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There aren't many rules to drug dealing, but one of them is not to get high on your own supply. The product is for punters, and getting wasted is bad for business. The equivalent rule in politics is not to be taken in by your own spin. Prime ministers employ people to push positive stories about them on Westminster street corners. But they shouldn't consume that line themselves.
Theresa May is sitting on a consignment of Brexit. The street value is unknown. The quality is hard to ascertain because it has been cut with bad promises, myths and unrealistic expectations. The spun version depicts a nation on the threshold of ecstatic liberation. Foreigners will no longer make the laws, nor swarm the shores.
When urging MPs not to tamper with the bill permitting activation of article 50, May said it was "time to get on with … building an independent, self-governing, global Britain". Anyone who queries the prime minister's approach wants a subjugated, dependent, non-global Britain. May's Brexit is the only Brexit, and it's the good stuff – clean, pure, no nasty side-effects.
Since the article 50 bill is now law, May's product can be tested in the laboratory of a European negotiation. The phase of platitudes about sovereignty and the will of the people is over. Heads of government and commission officials on the other side of the channel expect Britain to bring something more substantial to the table: something serious.
Or that is what they once expected. Since May took office, there has been an erosion of confidence that her government knows what it is doing. The appointment of Boris Johnson as foreign secretary was a bad start. His cod-Churchillian bombast is indulged as political cabaret by a domestic audience, but overseas it looks crass and unprofessional.
The resignation of Ivan Rogers as head of the UK's permanent mission to the EU (Ukrep) in January took another chunk out of British credibility. Ukrep is admired in Brussels as one of the best negotiating outfits in town, and Rogers was highly respected. If his sound advice was being ignored (and there is no better explanation for his exit), the conclusion to draw is that Downing Street listens to unsound advice or none.
May could have allayed anxiety with personal diplomacy, but that has never been her style. She is reserved with cabinet ministers she has known for years. With European leaders she has been formal to the point of rudeness, sticking to prepared speaking notes and gnomic banalities. Even in bilateral chats, where friendly counterparts have offered support in exchange for insight into May's thinking, the prime minister has used her "Brexit means Brexit" line, unaware of how insulting it is to fob off the head of an EU power with a vacuous media soundbite.
Some reluctance to cultivate goodwill might be deliberate. May wants to keep the EU guessing before presenting the outline of a negotiating position. She may be playing a strategic game, shoring up her credentials as an uncompromising Brexiter at home, leaving no doubt that she means business. She may then feel more confident striking a deal abroad without vulnerability at home to the accusation of disobeying her referendum orders.
That is what pro-European Tory MPs hope. They pray that a different May will emerge behind closed doors – one who grasps that there is give as well as take in a negotiation. This other May will not be so obstinate that she ends up walking away with no deal at all.
But there is no evidence to support this hypothesis, and plenty to suggest the opposite: May is in a weak diplomatic position because she is rubbish at diplomacy. Her chilliness with Europeans looks like a gratuitous snub alongside hand-holding intimacy with a US president who openly despises the EU.
May has bungled relations with Nicola Sturgeon. The Scottish first minister has always had an eye on opportunities to demand a second independence referendum, but May's charmless neglect has given the nationalists every provocation they wanted.
The prime minister is even struggling to maintain friendly relations with her neighbour at 11 Downing Street. When budget proposals for a national insurance rise came under attack as a breach of manifesto promises and an offence against the enterprising spirit of low-tax Conservatism, May's allies diverted blame towards the chancellor.
No 10 views the Treasury as a nest of Europhile elitists with political antennae poorly tuned to the Brexit Britain wavelength. Whitehall's economic mandarins look down on May and her inner circle as narrow-minded, anti-immigration zealots over-promoted from the Home Office.
Within 24 hours of Philip Hammond's budget speech, the prime minister had announced a review of offending tax policy. Capitulation was made inevitable by aggressive headlines in the Mail, the Sun, the Telegraph and the Express. May has risen to the top without crossing lines drawn by those papers, and she clearly doesn't intend to start tampering with her winning formula now.
For that reason alone, it seems unlikely she is about to reveal some hidden streak of diplomatic sophistication resulting in a smooth and friendly transition out of the EU. May has shown willingness to alienate everyone who counsels moderation and compromise while indulging those who depict the EU as an implacable enemy.
There is no prospect of a good deal without recognition that other governments have interests to be addressed. And there is no way to address those interests without upsetting the hardliners who believe Britain owes the rest of Europe nothing and could leap into a free-trading utopia in a single bound, no deal required.
May has never challenged that view. She has nurtured it. She has eschewed the friendship of habitually loyal Tory moderates and basked in the cheers of career rebels. She has courted the faction that has been ratcheting her party ever deeper into Europhobic paranoia for a generation. She has made their rhetoric her own.
Perhaps it is an act. Maybe a more nuanced approach to the negotiations is imminent. But the safer assumption is that May isn't just dealing in narcotic Brexit fantasy spin. She's hooked on the stuff.


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South Pacific is a 1949 Broadway musical written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, which was also made into a movie in 1958.
Songs performed by Muppets
- -Performed by Bert on episode 102 of The Muppet Show
- -Performed by Wayne on episode 116 of The Muppet Show
- Sesame Street Episode 4139 featured a Dinner Theatre segment spoofing the musical as "South Potato." In this parody, a potato loving family sings a song called "There Is Nothing Like Potatoes," a parody of "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" from South Pacific.
- During the "Octopus' Garden" sketch on The Ed Sullivan Show, the song "Some Enchanted Evening" is referenced
- Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear references the song "Some Enchanted Evening"
- The parody song "Some Enchanted Lunchtime" was performed on Sesame Street
- The Muppets Character Encyclopedia mentions Annie Sue took place in the stage production of Sow Pacific.
- Alec Baldwin played Luther Billis in the 2006 Great Performances concert
- Justin Bohon was a cast member of the National Tour
- Glenn Close played Nellie Forbush in the 2001 TV movie
- Harry Connick Jr. played Lt. Joseph Cable in the 2001 TV movie
- Christopher Gattelli choreographed the 2008 revival
- Lisa Howard played the Head Nurse in the 2008 Broadway revival
- Brian Stokes Mitchell played Emile de Becque in the 2006 Great Performances concert
- Lillias White played Bloody Mary in the 2006 Great Performances concert
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We went to Paradise Garage on a Wednesday and had an early table booked for 7pm. It was already pretty busy then, and was absolutely heaving half an hour later. If you want to go to Paradise Garage, which I suspect you will once you've read the rest of this post, then make sure you book. Well in advance.
I was there with three mates, none of whom I could convince to share the rabbit picnic (a whole rabbit that serves 2-4 and comprises roast saddle, confit leg, rabbit pastry, offal and scratchings with sautéed chicory, capers, radishes and artichoke piccalilli). Instead we ordered most of the snacks section (slightly smaller than a starter) and various dishes from the garden, sea and land sections (slightly larger than a starter), all to share.
Things got off to an excellent start. A pot of light green, fluffy pea mousse was brought to the table with radishes and their leaves (which I adore) and the thinnest potato crisps I've ever seen. This was quickly followed with bread served up with smoked whisky butter, which we devoured in seconds. The bread and butter had a hint of whisky, smelt like bonfires and tasted utterly divine.
Snacks are served as they're ready, so start with the cold dishes. We had the beef, beer and horseradish salumi; and the pork, black pepper and apple salumi, both of which are made on site. They had great flavours and a really nice texture that wasn't at all greasy or gristly, and I think my favourite was the beef, beer and horseradish.
Also from the snacks menu we had Cornish crab, kohlrabi, apple and grilled lemon - our least favourite due to a lack of strong flavour, it just didn't quite work for us.
Grilled sweetcorn, hemp seed and creamy sauce, which was incredible - the crunchy seeds glued to the charred corn with the creamy sauce were a fabulous combination of flavour and texture.
Venison tartare, preserved egg yolk and watercress - which I ate nearly all of myself and loved the fact that the venison shone through without having to fight against a strong sauce or pickle flavour as with so many tartares.
And finally the salt cod brandade (salt cod emulsified with olive oil to give a pate type consistency), squid ink, olives and shellfish crisp, which was an all round winner - the salty cod was given depth by the squid ink and the delicate flavour of olive.
From the 'garden' we had the globe artichoke, padron peppers, fresh curd and lemon jelly. I really liked the artichoke, curd and lemon jelly together, and though I'm a fan of padron peppers I'm not sure they worked on this dish.
A dish that definitely did work from the 'garden' section was the egg, charred grelot onions, spinach puree and lardo. What a fantastic dish - the spinach puree was so good, mixed with the runny egg yolk and lardo, I could eat this for breakfast every day!
'Sea' wise we chose the monkfish, clams, courgettes and herb oil which was fresh and zingy, with all the elements cooked perfectly.
And charred Cornish sardine, cod roe, pickles and rice crackers, which I loved. The fish skin was, as it said it would be, charred, and the fish inside so delicious - the oiliness lifted by the pickles and smear of cod roe on the plate.
Finally (and I didn't remember eating all that food until I was writing this and realised I had soooo many photos) we were on to the 'meat' section, from which we had one of each. I think these plates were my absolute favourites - each one with its own highlight. First was the white park beef, mushrooms, chard, miso and hazelnuts. The beef perfectly pink, and complemented by everything on the plate. The meat had a depth of flavour that tasted like it had been aged for well over 30 days.
The Iberico Presa, slow cooked pig head, coco beans, anchovy and lettuce was a winner with the whole table. Again, the quality of meat was amazing. Places like Paradise Garage are examples of why we should only eat the best quality meat we can get - it makes such a difference to a dish when the meat is that flavoursome.
Last but by no means least was Welsh lamb rump, lamb's fry, cabbage, peas and preserved lemon. By this point I have no more words to explain how good it all was! The lamb's fry (offal) coated in oats and deep fried, with the cabbage and pink rump is worth going back for alone.
Now that I've tried Paradise Garage, I really can't wait to try The Dairy and The Manor, and will make sure I do very soon! For more on Paradise Garage, check out their website here. Dishes range from £5-7.50 for snacks, and £7.50-12 for the other dishes, so if you go with a group, and order a bit of everything, with wine I reckon you'll spend £45-60 a head. I think that's incredibly good value for the food you're getting. And the service, which was so relaxed, but not in a sloppy way - we didn't feel pressured and hassled at all, but there was always someone there when you needed them (normally to clear empty plates and make way for more food!) It's not often a restaurant this good comes along, so go, eat everything, and then go again!!


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During the recent Disciple Making Movements conference in Lomé, the Lord showed me a few deficiencies in my approach to making disciples and training others to do the same. One thing that I became well aware of is that I had begun to develop a mentality that, because I am now busy training others to make disciples, it wasn't really important or necessary that I continue finding new "people of peace" (Luke 10:6) myself. The Lord showed me how this type of dangerous mentality can easily lead to spiritual laziness and pride.
So at just the right moment the Lord led me to an opportunity to put into practice this changed mentality. A good friend of mine named Koffi, who is also a dedicated disciple maker, had begun visiting a family in Kara (the city where we live) just before he moved down to Lomé (6 hours south). He briefly shared the gospel with them, and they were extremely interested and wanted to know more, so he asked if I would visit them to continue where he had left off. I gladly accepted and got the chance to meet Palakiyém (Patrick) and Éoda (Jeanne) just this past Thursday. I went with Daniel, one of the students in the Oikos School, and after chatting for quite a while and getting to know the couple, we asked if they would like to hear a small portion of the Bible. They excitedly said yes, so we listened to and discussed the story of creation and the fall of man. They were both very engaged in answering questions about the passage, and they seem hungry to hear more. I asked them, however, to wait until next week, and in the mean time to tell this story they just heard to some of their closest friends, family, and neighbors who might want to study the Bible as well. Then next week we'll see if we can get a group together to start a chronological study through the Scriptures.
Please be praying for this couple that they will have boldness to tell others about the story they heard, that Jesus will protect them from spiritual attack, and that the Lord will open the hearts of those around them and draw people to himself.


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The Ring Shot[1] is an object that appears in Shadow the Hedgehog. A pistol originating from the Black Arms, it is a gun-type weapon usable to both enemies and the player.
The Ring Shot has a black body with a red glowing area. Its shots create ring-shaped energy pulses.
In gameplay, the Ring Shot can only be found in certain Stages, such as Final Haunt. They can be wielded by enemies aligned with the Black Arms, who will use them against the player.
Ring Shots can be dropped by defeated enemies that wield them or released from breakable Containers. Touching them will make Shadow pick them up automatically and pressing // (whether on the ground or in mid-air) fires them. As a gun, the Ring Shot can shoot enemies from a distance (targets within range will be automatically targeted). By comparison to other weapons, the Ring Shots' shots are slow, but can be fired rapidly and have a wide damage range. A Ring Shot has a total of twenty shots and once those run out, it becomes useless. However, it can be reloaded with another twenty shots by picking up another Ring Shot.
- ↑ Kaizen Media Group (22 November 2005). "Appendix". Shadow the Hedgehog: Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games. p. 91. ISBN 978-0761551959.


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I have left every ABOUT page I have written, for those who might like to see how my perceptions have changed since the beginning of this journey. How I continue to learn, and continue to heal (or not). I am just one woman who is trying to figure it out. The most recent ABOUT PAGE IS #3- scroll down to find it. Thanks for coming to join me and I hope you find comfort, and support within my posts. Don't be shy, I welcome all comments whether you agree with me or not. Welcome!
This is the #1 ABOUT – January 16, 2014
Join me as I journey, both walking and stumbling, through the feelings, emotions and healing (I pray) in my life as I survive my husbands' affair. While being able to survive is essential, the crucial part for me is to heal and grow personally so that at the end of it all my marriage will be intact, not as it was, but as a strengthend, fulfilling partnership that can stand up against any type of intrusion that would dare to come between us. I do not know how this story will end, if through this journey I can save, or at least lessen, someone who is in a similar situation, from the PAIN & AGONY I have experienced by sharing what I have learned, then there can be some good from suffering. The desired conclusion is for my marriage to remain intact and yet different at the same time , because to remain married and yet change nothing would be a fruitless journey, one I do not plan to take. Won't you join me and see where this road will take me? No one should ever travel alone!
Sincerely your new friend,
#2 ABOUT ( REVISED ABOUT PAGE:) Thursday, July 24th, 2014
A mere seven months ago I began this blog, it seems like an eternity ago. I had recently learned of my husband's infidelity/love affair. My goal was to survive and keep my marriage from dissolving. I thought we can do this, we will survive. Yet I was in such excruciating pain every day that, surely keeping this to myself would drive me insane. So I read, & read & read & cried for 8 hours a day, for month's. I have learned so much and it has helped me begin to heal. The most important thing I wished i'd known in the beginning is: DON'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS WHEN YOU ARE IN THE DEEPEST DESPAIR – STOP TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO PROCESS PROPERLY SO YOU DON'T DO/CHOOSE SOMETHING YOU'LL REGRET!!– So I told very few people and began this blog to further my recovery and avoid insanity through the healing salve of the written word.
It's absolutely still possible to achieve my original goals. However the story has become more twisted and complex than I first suspected. While my husband and I are still together and trying to move forward from this, more details and an understanding of the additional challenges we face; narcissism, sex addiction, multiple partners, the depth and length of deception to name a few increases the commitment required to truly love again.
Yet sometimes he give me the feeling that he really doesn't love my heart, or care that its been broken. Damn that narcissism, it is a curse. Because I still believe that he is a good and decent man deep inside. You don't spend 20 years loving and fighting and living with someone and not know who they are inside. For better or for worse – I got both!! It is a difficult journey my friend. My heart and my pages are open to those who are in pain from infidelity and need someone to talk to. Open to all who want to experience my yellow brick road, no need to actually walk on the bricks, I will take you on this twisted tale through my words.
your friend chely
#3 ABOUT – July 21, 2015
After discovering infidelity by my husband I needed to get support. I was falling apart – I lost almost 50lbs. without trying and had a hard time not crying at ANY trigger. This blog and the many I follow have been what has saved me from drowning. Maybe they are the lifeline you may be looking for as well. I am currently still together with my husband. Being in a much more complex situation than simply an affair, has shown me that I am resilient. This has been the hardest thing to ever go through in my life. From my learning about infidelity, covert abuse, narcissism, dysfunction, personality disorders, sex addiction, what love is, what love isn't, men, women, long-term relationships, the effects of childhood on us as adults and our relationships and some in-depth looks at the baggage each of us carry, new technology, how marriage and relationships are evolving, and much more. It's mind boggling!! It's overwhelming and healing at the same time. It's important that you make decisions about you in your specific situation. No one lives there but you, so while learning is good you make your choices. You will be better for it.
That I am able to say that I'm still here, is an accomplishment in it's self. After 20+ years in this marriage I really don't even know who I am anymore. The girl I remember was not like me now. I miss her. This is not an attempt to go back in time at all. No, not at all- that girl would not know the things I know today. I don't want to be her again. I seek her spirit and desire of life again. I lost myself through "service to my family". I gave it all away. I should not have and the worst is my giving wasn't receiprocated in the way I needed it. My attempts to "fix" things are different now. It is about me and what I need to find me again. That may or may NOT include my husband, I'm leaning to the NOT. Because The most important thing I've learned is you can't change anyone but yourself. And boy, do I see this now. Change only comes from within not from without. Hey that's the same as happiness. Maybe I'm on to something.
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I am a white (grandparents from spain), 53 year old woman who has been married for 20 years. I have two children (boys currently 19 & 23 live at home, the oldest from a relationship that I had after a 10-year first marriage – no children. our oldest was adopted by my husband when he was 4 y.o.)and a husband,1-dog (sons), 1-cat, 14-fancy koi fish in a pond and 5 red-eared slider turtles all in their"holiday hotel" pond we created for these friendly pets. We took them all in when someone was going to abandon them.
I live in Northern Californian not too terribly far from San Francisco. I love the SF Giants baseball team, cheesecake, being by the water, and spend 50% of my time on the patio. I have always struggled as an adult in one way or another I have learned a lot of things about people. I think Psychology today is my favorite website and will refer to such often. I pretty sure I have PTSD and that my husband may be a sex addict of some sort, but due to his narcissistic tendencies, moving forward after discovering his infidelity and the mask he had been wearing (don't we all) all his life makes it uncertain what lies ahead for us. I'm sure he thinks things are much better – they are not. We have very different views on "us" and what that involves. We can change no one but ourselves and if meeting your needs isn't reciprocated at some point, it changes how you look at things and yourself. Please come see what you can find here that will be of comfort to you in your own journey.
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The Village of Orland Park and St. George Corporation, parent of Palos Community Hospital, have drafted a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would preserve the Palos Health & Fitness Center at 15430 West Ave in Orland Park.
Mayor Dan McLaughlin and village representatives have been working for weeks with Palos Community Hospital to reach a collaborative arrangement that would allow the proposed $100M health care development to move forward while preserving the fitness center.
"It has taken considerable time and effort to reach this agreement because like any project of this magnitude, proposed reconfigurations and new structural designs always include new legal, regulatory, construction and finance issues that must be addressed, negotiated and resolved," McLaughlin said.
"While we are still working out details to finalize a specific plan, I am greatly encouraged that the cooperation between Palos Community Hospital and the Village of Orland Park to date is going to manifest itself into a 'win-win' for all parties involved – especially those residents who have come to rely on the fitness center to help improve the quality of their lives," the mayor said.
Dr. Terrance Moisan, CEO of Palos Community Hospital agreed. "We appreciate Mayor McLaughlin's lead and interest in preserving the fitness center while helping us move forward with our very important investment in Orland Park. Ultimately, this project is about fulfilling our commitment to bringing state-of-the-art health care to the community that we have been proud to be part of for more than 30 years."


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My girl "Maggie" lives up to the Labrador Retriever's fondness of water.
This summer we took her to the ocean for the first time and she just loved it! Her previous owners did very little with her except for trying to breed her.
Since my other yellow lab "Lulu" didn't like the water much, I was really happy to see that Maggie did.
Shaking of the head and scratching of the ears are a good indicator that something is going on inside the ears. They start shaking their head more than normal and scratching at the ears. The ears typically become red, inflamed and infected. If left untreated, over time your dog can develop hearing loss.
After coming back from our vacation at the beach, she ended up with an ear infection. I had heard about a particular product that I wanted to test, and what better time than when your own dog has an ear problem. Ear infections can be a big problem for water dogs, so I decided to give K9 Solutions a try and do a product review after having Maggie to the beach.
About K9 Solutions
From what I understand, this solution was originated by a veterinarian several years ago and given to Woodhaven Labs. From what I understand, K( Ear Solution worked well for other lab owners, so I thought I'd give it a try on Maggie.
You'll want to wear old clothes and use K9 Ear Solution outside since it contains "Gentian Violet" which can turn things purple and stain, according to the manufacturer.
I only had to use the ear solution on Maggie twice and she was fine. However, if the ear problem is severe such as a yeast problem, dog owners often notice that each time they clean out their dog's ears, a thick brown, greasy substance returns almost daily after being cleaned.
Those types of issues often take longer and you should following the instructions on the bottle exactly by applying twice daily for 2 weeks and then once daily for one week. Yeast problems could indicate food issues.
- Fill the ear with K9 Ear Solution either from the bottle or by using an eye dropper.
- Gently massage for 30 seconds and then wipe out the ear with a cotton ball, soft tissue or cloth.
- Now, fill the ear with the solution again and immediately wipe out the ear without massaging.
- Quickly get out of the way (since it stains) and allow the dog to shake out what is left in the ear!
You can purchase K9 Ear Solution here!
My Opinion — I'd Recommend Another Product Instead
Over the years, I've dealt with many ear infections in dogs due to swimmers ear, food issues and allergies. While K9 Solution worked okay, I prefer Zymox ten fold.
Zymox works much faster, better, and with less fuss, plus it comes in two different formulas — one with cortisone and one without. I use the one without. No product has worked as quickly and as effectively as Zymox for my own dogs.
You can read the reviews here.
I agree! The K9 Ear Solutions is a great product. My dog had chronic yeast infections in her ears. She was itching and scratching at her ears, as well as, chewing at her back, tail and her feet. She began to smell like fritos all the time. I would bathe her, and the smell would come back the next day.
I went to the vet for all of it- He gave me antibiotic creams for the ears. It did work but only temporarily. And he told me the chewing was an allergy to fleas? She doesn't have fleas….and neither does my home. He insisted I did. I cost me $120.00 to try to take care of this. And it did'nt solve the problem.
I was at my wits end. I did not know that all the symptoms were related to each other. I started my own research online….I found alot of info on the GreatDanelady website about yeast infections- she recommends the K9 Ear solutions.
I bought the K9 Ear Solutions and put it in my dog's ears, feet and hot-spots twice a day. I also followed a special detox diet- meant to starve out the yeast (from starve out yeast diet @ Dinovite.com). It consisted of raw beef, hard boiled eggs, put a bunch of slightly baked organic egg shells in the coffee grinder to powder them up, and I added a prebioitc and an enzyme supplement (Udo's esstentials for dogs).
And I quit giving her what was causing the yeast infection- I was stumped because she is already on a semi-raw diet, it turned out to be her Parragone Chew Bone Treat(mostly potato starch), so I quit giving them to her.
(No carbs or commerical dry food- it feeds the yeast!)
The K9 Ear solutions kept her clean and comfotable. In two days she quit chewing at her feet and body.
Within 3 days (she did not smell bad-fritos- anymore) and now at a week later the ear infection is almost gone and all her other problems have ceased and her skin is beginning to heal.
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The June 6, 1995 Edition of ECW Hardcore TV was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- The Sandman (c) defeated Shane Douglas to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship (10:41)
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Search the library catalogue to find books, DVDs and articles on all aspects of Drama, Theatre studies and stagecraft.
Browse the shelves at 792 in the non fiction collection to see the full range of material.
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The Ashholes Choose the 2018 Cigar of the Year
It's that time of the year where Cigar of the Year is named. In 2016, The Ash Holes gave away our first ever Cigar of the Year tapping Serino Royale Maduro XX Sublime with the honor. On today's show we we light up the 2017 winner, Wise Man Maduro as we debate our top 5 list for 2018 before naming the winner of The Ash Holes 2018 Cigar of the Year.
Who will the winner be? Will your top 5 match up with our Top 5? Tune in to The Ash Holes as we broadcast live on location from Studio 21 Podcast Cafe high above Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, New Hampshire on the United Podcast Network. As always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com/.


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Working together with Gil Zeimer, we put together a strong showing for a vein clinic. The graphic designer added some nice overlay effects using the legs and the gradient lines on the home page. I think the header is nicely aligned with the legs in the left, the logo in the center and the call to action over in the right. Using WOO Canvas, the fonts are easy to change and we can add flowing handwriting fonts to give the site a friendlier, comfortable feel.
The top navigation uses a standard WordPress menu as well as the main navigation. The social media icons up top are just CSS classes so they're easy to edit in the menu system (changing the name, link, description, target, etc.). The top right header is using a custom header widget for WOO Canvas that is as easy to edit as a regular widget.


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Okay, it would only make sense if I say this today. And it's probably gonna be my last post about the presidential elections.
If you're hoping for relatively free and fair elections in Nigeria, stick to the cities and major towns. Anywhere else is a sham. I don't know, the PVC and card reader might help – a bit. I hope so. I also hope a lot of heads won't be bashed in, in the process.
No I am not going to vote. No it isn't because I don't want to. It's because I can't.
You see, I did my voter registration 4 years ago in Ukanafun Local Government, Akwa Ibom State, Ward 4, Unit 6 precisely. Transferring proved to be hectic and I'm just gonna chill till INEC gets it right. It's only common sense that people relocate.
Now this isn't even the point.
Back then I functioned both as a Registration Officer 1 and Presiding Officer. Fortunately, I had to work in my local government and my village home in Ikot Oku Usung happened to be in the same ward 4. A few people already knew me, I taught their children in school even though I was really supposed to be at the Local Government Secretariat.
Registration was a major headache because people would bring 13-year-olds and you dare not question them. "Corper, nsido, you sabi my pikin age pass me ni?" So you shut the hell up and register the kid. I'm not gonna get my head broken for some town I really had no stake in. No. Once I asked my ward supervisor and he said, "Please do, for your own safety," I registered em all and ate bush meat while at it.
Then elections came and I was still gonna work in Ward 4 but another polling unit. The man who took us there later called me aside into a Qua Iboe Church nearby and offered me 20 grand, 15 for my assistant and 10 for another official. He said the governor just wanted to ensure we were well taken care of. That wasn't my problem but hey, if you are gonna bribe me, it shouldn't be inside a church (I remember seeing that same man two Sundays later at the Winners Chapel I used to attend in the town, seated in the corner exclusively reserved for elders – but that's a story for another day) I think I told him to hold on and let me finish my job first.
I thought it was just us. I was wrong.
Everyone else had been paid! Even agents from opposition parties who now rallied everyone they were canvassing for, to vote the ruling party. He was their man and it didn't matter if he was in another party. He's Annang. They're Annang. He will get 100 percent votes in Annang regions.
Same thing happened at the presidential elections. He's South-South, they're South-South. Their kin must get 100 percent. CPC and AC agents rallied their people to give 100 percent to 'Their Man'. It was a blatant sellout and i saw tribal politics at its best both for state and national level elections. This was for a governor who only came to campaign and didn't do shit for those people but 200 Naira per voter was all right to sway them. He's their man!
So I gave up. Wait up sir, I'm coming for our money!
One dude, came over at some point and snatched the box and ran off, the others pursued him and brought it back "den never put anything officer, everything dey there." At some point they took the ink pad and ballot papers and created a desk for themselves to thumbprint at will -PDP. It was messy. Well I heard the others did the same at their strongholds. Some dudes were there with cutlasses and hoes, "We dey go farm after voting oga. No worry." Yes sir, by all means. No, nobody is gonna farm on my head. I don't live here. I won't pay taxes here. I don't have a Chihuahua in this fight. I will siddon look and go home to my family when the time comes.
When we got back to the collation centre, I realised some of my colleagues had been badly beaten for being 'too stubborn.' Oh oh, na so dem go kill person for matter wey no be my own? Iyo!
Now what also worried me was that there was basically a 100 grand budget for every polling unit per election. We had about 10 per every ward in that LG – 20 wards, about 200 units. Do the maths, the. Do the same for the remaining 29 local government areas. When salaries wasn't paid on time that month end, I laughed.
It was more violent in some other areas. Some colleagues lost lives. Over what? Bullshit. Sure it was fine in the more accessible areas where the observers camped out. But in the far flung villages, it was something else. The people didn't know their right or what to do. And this is why I believe that you don't wait 5 months to the general elections before sensitising people. What do you have 4 years for?
Despite our reports, nothing was canceled. Not even places where friends were beaten up. They wanted 100 Percent, they got it.
It's all about numbers and those in the cities don't really count for shit. Now tell me where the bulk of the voters are and you'll realise that what we have so far is a sham.
Free and fair elections? Not until we install sense 2.0 in our heads in this country. As for the candidates we have, its a shame on us that there seems to be only two to pick from. Darn shame. Why didnt APC go with Rochas and seal the East? Why not KOWA? Ah yes, she's a woman with no 'experience'.
Vote wisely, your life isn't worth losing for this. Friends shouldn't be lost because of political differences. I hope we get it righter. Receive sense! Amen.


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Much cuter! You can download the bag toppers HERE if you want to make your own.
You could also make some homemade play dough if you don't want to buy any. We made this one a couple years ago and the kids loved it!
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64 Reasons to Opt for Linux
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a nicely done article, being the nitpicker that i am though...
anyway, i digress, good article, the future's bright.
actually proprietary microcomputers didn't have much of a market until IBM created one, and since IBM's PC was open architecture right from the start, one can't really say it replaced anything. IBM did try for a few years to keep PCs slow and inefficient to try and make sure they didn't cut into IBM's minicomputer market, but that didn't last long as they fumbled the ball to Compaq quite early in the game.open PCs replaced proprietary microcomputers twenty years ago.
anyway, i digress, good article, the future's bright.
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good read and I hope that they will provide the download link for the 4.2 kernel they mention
but that is nitpicking on a typo.
good article nonetheless
pretty please? can I get the 4.2 kernel? I've still got 2.4 and I want to see how far GNU/linux has comeNote that despite the different version numbers, all are really based on Linux version 4.2, and are also available on 32-bit x86 processors.
but that is nitpicking on a typo.
good article nonetheless
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Ray J Biography
We love Ray J! He was the Kim Kardashian sex tape partner and has turned that video into a full-fledged career that involves... being famous. But can you blame a brother for trying to turn a profit?
Since his relationship with Kim ended, Ray J has been hired to direct porn, has released a rap album and has dated Whitney Houston. Not a bad resume. In 2009, Ray J got his own dating show. It's called For the Love of Ray J
And it's can't-miss television.


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With the fire performance of mass timber on demonstration in BC; and the US Code Council set to vote on mass timber; it's no surprise that tall timber developments are already making headway in Toronto. Equally unsurprising is the Halloween-infused news on building code changes proposed by the Standing Committee on Paranormal Phenomena and the US National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grants to The Bats to the Future Fund.
In Forestry news: new research says deforestation is still occurring but has slowed worldwide; Canada and the US are said to be key to the remaining wilderness; the damage reports to timber from hurricane Michael are in; and Brazil's new president creates concern about the future of the Amazon.
Finally; Ontario's wildfire season was one of the busiest ever; while BC and California look to prescribed burns to reduce future risks.
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Take everything that makes us a pioneer company in the business process and integration. Then double it. This is our objective. We know that to achieve our goal, it is the people who will make the difference. If you are interested in becoming part of a world-leading company, driving your own career and working with outstanding people to deliver top-notch solutions, then you've come to the right place.


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Yerevan is the capital city of the gorgeous Eurasian country, Armenia. This city is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, dating way back to the eighth century AD and is home to a plethora of Soviet-influenced architecture, dotting the entire central part of the city. Looking for good hiking spots, a different flavour of Mediterranean cuisine, or a trail of historical buildings to explore? Yerevan is your perfect destination
Arrive at the Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan. Transfer to your hotel and check-in. Then, leave for your half-day city tour of Yerevan. During our city tour, we shall visit Monument and museum of Genociide-Tsitsernakaberd, Church of Grigor Lusavorich, Monument of Mother Armenia, park of victory, Cascade, Republic Square.
Enjoy a scrumptious breakfast and A picturesque trip to the Lake Sevan starts from Yerevan; you will be picked up at the hotel. Meeting with our guide at 10.00 in the lobby of your hotel.
We'll start our tour to Tsahkadzor-Lake Sevan. You'll have a chance to see a ski resort of Armenia with its mountains, snow and Ropeway. Also, you'll visit Kecharis church. After we'll continue our way to the Lake Sevan, where you can visit Sevanavank monastery. In Sevan, you can taste a fresh fish from the lake (with additional charge). In the evening we'll be back to Yerevan. Free time.
After breakfast, you will check-out from the hotel and be transferred to international airport for departure. Bon Voyage!
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Examining an obstacle. This part was also challenging for me as I do not work in the role as yet. I decided to focus on something that affects me as a classroom teacher, that being the current information literacy levels of classroom teachers and the barrier this can create in establishing an information literate school community.
While this part was challenging I also found it a really good exercise as it forced me to examine ways in which to overcome this problem – certainly good training for the role. I found it enlightening to examine the literature as there are many practical suggestions and real world examples. I found Todd and Oberg's writing to be particularly clear and informative.


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Are you looking for paradise beaches? If so, pay a closer look for Barra Grande and Taipú de Fora, both located in southern Bahia, in the peninsula of Maraú.
These two villages are like post cards from paradise, perfect places to relax and forget the stress of every day life. If you enjoy simple life and the lightness of being this is your destination, no need to rush and run from one sight to another or fight for a beach chair. No, here you can just lay down and watch how the palms trees gently swing in the warm winds of Bahia.
This paradise destination is located about 200km south of Salvador, 150km north of Ilheus and 70km north of Itacaré, an another popular beach destination in southern Bahia. So knowing these details it's easy to find out the best way to reach this lovely peninsula. First thing to do is to take a flight either to Salvador or to Ilheus, then a transfer to Camamu and again either a regular boat or a speed boat to Barra Grande. We do recommend a speed boat as it takes only about 30 min compared to 1½ hours of a regular boat. For a foreign tourist even the price difference is not that significant. The alternative ways to reach Barra Grande are either a bimotor flight from Salvador to the airport located at Kiaroa Resort or a raither tiring 4×4 land transfer via Itacaré all the way to Barra Grande or Taipú de Fora.
As soon as you arrive to Barra Grande you will realize why I'm comparing this peninsula to paradise on earth. Barra Grande is a lovely mixture of sandy beaches, palm trees, transparent waters and tropical climate. It's also the principal village of Maraú peninsula, while the famous reefs creating natural swimming pools are located in Taipú de Fora. Where should you stay then? In case you are simply looking for relaxation and enjoy spending plenty of time in your resort opt for Taipú de Fora, but if you raither prefer village life with dining options, bars, restaurants, stores and other activities outside of you hotel or pousada stay in Barra Grande. Barra Grande is a lovely village with sandy streets, charming restaurants and a main square around which the warm nights of Bahia can be enjoyed.
During your stay you will surely enjoy the sun and the beaches, but don't forget to take some of the principal tours. In case you are staying in Barra Grande take a tour to Taipú de Fora and enjoy the transparent waters of this natural swimming pool by snorkeling around. During the tour you will also visit some of the view points and see the gigant bromelias growing in this peninsula. During your days in Barra Grande enjoy the calm waters of Ponta do Mutá and make sure you will stay until the sunset, which is a real spectacle on this beautiful beach. An entire day must also be decicated for an excursion to the nearby islands, one of them more beautiful than another. This tour is also an excellent way to enjoy sun and the sea.
Once you are in the region combine Barra Grande with Itacaré and why not even with Salvador, and get familiar with some of the most interesting sights of Bahia.
Brazil Diversity recommends:
- Pousada De Nada, Barra Grande – A stylish boutique pousada with independent bungalows facing the sea, just a short walk from the main square of Barra Grande.
- Pousada Ponta do Mutá, Barra Grande – A sea facing pousada next to the village and just a short walk away from the beach of Ponta do Mutá.
- Kiaroa Eco-Resort, Taipú de Fora – A luxury resort with ecological values with priviledged location at Taipú de Fora.
- Restaurante Donanna – Tasty contemporary dishes in an open air restaurant decorated with romantic lights.
- Restaurante A Tapera – Delicious Bahian food with goo value for price. Highly recommended!
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An Area Denial Node is a form of static heavy-weapon placement which is employed by the T'au to defend vital strategic installations. Area Denial Nodes are able to provide massive screens of anti-armour and anti-personnel fire which only the most determined of enemies will survive. All of these nodes are controlled by advanced Drone intelligences which are able to utilise the weapon's sophisticated targeting systems to their maximum potential.
The use of Drone intelligences to coordinate the node's weapon systems also means that the skill of Fire Warriors need not be wasted in simple garrison roles far behind the frontlines. The use of these automated weapons systems also prevents a higher cost in T'au lives, as it is far better to lose Drone-controlled weapons than risk the lives of valuable T'au warriors.
Tactical Role
T'au strategic doctrine favours a fluid form of manoeuvre warfare over stationary defence, meaning that it is only in the most critical situations that a position will be defended to the last. The use of Area Denial Nodes allows mainline Fire Caste units to pull back safely in the face of overwhelming enemy attack, whilst still opposing the enemy's assault and punishing him for any gains he makes though the incredible firepower the nodes possess. Each node often forms part of a network of such emplacements, where the Drone intelligences can coordinate and combine the fire of solid-shot rounds from their Railguns with their neighbours.
In this way, Area Denial Nodes are capable of providing fearsome and devastating point attacks that are capable of penetrating all forms of vehicle and infantry armour. In at least a dozen reported instances during their use on the various battlegrounds of the T'au Empire, Area Denial Nodes have disabled and destroyed enemy super-heavy vehicles. It is even reported that a battery of seven nodes engaged and destroyed an Imperial Warhound Scout Titan at the Battle of Dal'yth.
All Area Denial Nodes are armed with turret-mounted, twin-linked Railguns like those mounted on other mobile heavy weapon platforms deployed by the T'au Empire. However, the Railguns mounted on these nodes are a non-standard variant that can fire solid-shot rounds with more than double the range of the Railguns mounted on other platforms, such as the XV88 Broadside Battlesuit. This allows the Area Denial Nodes to compensate for their static nature with an extreme potential threat range.
The Railguns mounted on Area Denial Nodes can also fire explosive submunition rounds, like the Hammerhead Railgun. These rounds provide area saturation fire which is extremely effective against groups of infantry. However, the dispersed nature of their ballistic pattern means that the submunition rounds' range is diminished in comparison to that of the standard, solid-shot Railgun rounds. Nevertheless, the submunition rounds still maintain the effective long-range fire of the standard Railgun.
Area Denial Nodes are also protected by a thick layer of nano-crystalline alloy armour comprised of a substance currently unknown to the Adeptus Mechanicus (equivalent to 40 millimetre composite/120 millimetre homogenous) named Fio'tak in the Tau Lexicon.
Ordo Xenos Departmento Analyticus Technical Specifications
The technical specifications for this T'au unit have not been obtained or released by the Ordo Xenos.
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We're heading to the polls to elect our Welsh Assembly Members – so what will the next Welsh Government need to do for our planet? Here are some of the things we think are most important…
1. Protect our seas
The Welsh coast and seas are amazing. They're home to a massive variety of habitats and species, including porpoises, dolphins and turtles.
As well as being beautiful, our seas provide vital resources including food and energy, as well as opportunities to improve our health and well-being such as walking and swimming.
But Welsh waters are getting busier. There's a risk that unless we look after them properly, we could deny our children and grandchildren the same opportunities.
We want the next Welsh Government to put in place better planning and management for our seas. It also needs to improve protection of species and habitats by completing a network of Marine Protected Areas.
2. Help tackle climate change
Did you know that 1 in 6 species is at risk of extinction because of climate change?
The Earth's global temperature is warming, meaning that weather patterns and ecosystems are changing more quickly than many people and species can adapt.
All countries need to play their part in cutting greenhouse gas emissions to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees C.
In Wales we now have legally binding targets to cut emissions but action is needed to deliver.
A crucial action for the next Welsh Government is to support a phase-out of fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy, harnessing the natural power of waves, wind and solar energy that Wales has in abundance.
3. Deliver cosy Welsh homes
Cosy homes? Nice idea, but what's that got to do with WWF and protecting the planet?
The sad reality is that Wales has thousands of cold and draughty homes, which are wasting lots of energy and contributing to climate change.
Upgrading these homes to prevent heat loss would make a huge difference. Welsh Government needs to provide support for people to take action such as fitting loft insulation or more efficient boilers. This would cut greenhouse gas emissions, as well as improving health and creating thousands of jobs.
4. Help the world's forests and oceans
Imagine if all public spending in Wales was geared around helping our planet, instead of harming it.
The Welsh public sector spends an estimated £4.3 billion annually.
We want this budget to be used responsibly, to avoid causing damage to wildlife, habitats and communities around the world.
For example, consider wood and paper products, such as the books in schools or the timber to build a hospital.
The Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) label gives us confidence about where the wood comes from. If it doesn't have this label, it may well have come from illegal or controversial sources – and so have harmed forests, wildlife and local communities.
So how about Welsh public money buying FSC certified wood, as well as sustainable MSC fish and ethical Fairtrade products?
5. Create jobs for the future
You've probably heard the phrase "Reduce, re-use, recycle".
Our economy depends completely on having a healthy environment. Where would we be without energy, timber or clean air and water?
We want to see Wales create jobs for the long term, in businesses that can thrive in a world of scarce resources.
According to a report by the Green Alliance, there are now more low carbon and environmental jobs in Wales (over 40,000) than in motor trades, financial services and telecommunications!
The next Welsh Government needs to build on this foundation, as well as helping our whole economy become more sustainable.
This means, for example, helping businesses reduce the resources they use – from metals to water – and recycle their waste.
If you support these five actions, why not join our online campaign to tell Welsh politicians to protect our planet?


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Hi All, I am 46 and have ET jak2+ . I was diag 6 years ago and my platelets have stayed around 600-700. Treatment has been low dose aspirin up to now. Unfortunately 3 months ago I had severe chest pain, went to my local A&E and had lots of tests. The blood results indicated potential pulmonary embolism so they put me straight onto blood thinners. 24 hours later they did a pulmonary angiogram to check for a clot In my lungs. They couldn't see anything. Saw my haem one week later and bloods were back to normal. After further investigation by cardiology the theory is that I most likely did have a clot but it was either too small to see or had broken up by the time the angiogram was done. Has anyone else had a similar experience?
We are now looking at treatment options. I'd be interested to hear your experiences of starting on hydroxy or interferon.
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Unlike the Irish, Latinos can't assimilate, says Heritage immigration study co-author
A version of this story was originally posted on NBC Latino.
Another day, another series of head-scratching comments surfacing from Jason Richwine, co-author of a controversial immigration study, which sought to calculate the cost of undocumented immigrants becoming citizens with immigration reform legislation pending.
In three YouTube clips added Thursday by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think-tank, Richwine pours water on the idea that all races and ethnicities are equally likely to assimilate saying that blacks, Native Americans and Mexicans have shown an inability to do so. Unlike the Irish and Sicilians who he says assimilated, some groups have no prospect of that happening, he says.
"We have blacks, we have American Indians and even early Mexican Americans who have been living in the country for a long time and have not assimilated to the cultural mainstream as typified by white Americans," he says.
Richwine goes on to say black and white culture has diverged in the last 50 years, Native Americans are still on reservations and Mexicans who have been here for a long time also can not assimilate.
"They've been around since the Mexican-American war," he says. "They've been here ever since and I don't think that they have been defined as white, certainly not by Europeans and really not by themselves except in the cases where they're trying to distinguish themselves from being black."
Richwine goes on to propose a "thought experiment."
"Imagine if early immigrants in the 20th century — the Italians, the Pols, the Jews, the Irish. Imagine if we replaced all of them with, say, Australian-aborigines, Pakistanis and Cambodians. Imagine if they were the immigrants in the early part of the 20th century. Can we really say with any kind of rational argument that they today would be absolutely indistinguishable from the white majority?"
Richwine adds that while he doesn't see race as insurmountable, it is a larger barrier today, "simply because they are not from Europe."
In a blog post The Heritage Foundation sought to separate itself from Richwine's comments and a 2009 disseration where he said Hispanic immigrants have low-IQ's and are destined to have children and grandchildren with low-IQ's as well. They said the dissertation was "not a work product of The Heritage Foundation" and "its findings do not reflect the positions of The Heritage Foundation or the conclusions of our study on the cost of amnesty to U.S. taxpayers, as race and ethnicity are not part of Heritage immigration policy recommendations.
"We welcome a rigorous, fact-based debate on the data, methodology, and conclusions of the Heritage study on the cost of amnesty," wrote Mike Gonzalez, vice president of communications, at The Heritage Foundation.
"Instead, some have pointed to a Harvard dissertation written by Dr. Jason Richwine. Dr. Richwine did not shape the methodology or the policy recommendations in the Heritage paper; he provided quantitative support to lead author Robert Rector. The dissertation was written while Dr. Richwine was a student at Harvard, supervised and approved by a committee of respected scholars."
The National Council of La Raza, which blasted Richwine's dissertation comments as "unspeakable" were further angered but mostly just shocked about the new videos. Lisa Navarette, advisor to the NCLR president said she couldn't believe Harvard gave him a Phd.
"This gentleman's PhD dissertation shows that when you scratch the surface of extreme immigration opposition you find a disturbing and troubling history with racism, a belief in eugenics," she said. "It's just troubling and disturbing. It's bigotry disguised as science."
Online humor and social commentary site Latino Rebels called Richwine "racist" for his views and many on Twitter piled on.
Glad to see they're naming and shaming this Jason Richwine character. These types of people need to be run out of the conservative movement.
— Matt Dabrowski (@MattDabrowski) May 9, 2013
Hector Cordero, posted the conclusion to Richwine's dissertation which says "today's immigrants are not as intelligent on average as white natives."
Richwine's beliefs have only added to the anger surrounding the Heritage Foundation study on the cost of a path to citizenship included in the immigration reform bill, which they calculated to be $6.3 trillion, but conservatives blasted as incorrectly calculated. Now groups like the Center for Community Change have called for Heritage president and former senator, Jim DeMint to resign.
"No one should be surprised by the results of the Heritage Foundation's "economic study" about the cost of immigration reform. After all, its president, Jim DeMint, is someone who has a history of unabashed opposition to immigration reform," the statement read.
"We cannot stand by and allow our country's ugly history of racism and injustice to repeat itself."


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Jennifer Handford "Daughters for a Time"
May 30th, 2012
As a young teenager, Helen Francis suffered simultaneous losses — her mother died, and her father walked out on Helen and her older sister Claire, who became Helen's de facto mother and mentor.
And now Helen wants nothing more than to be a mother herself.
In Jennifer Handford's debut novel "Daughters for a Time," Helen is now 35 and married — and unable to conceive. Finally coming to accept her circumstance, Helen and her husband adopt a baby from China.
And then comes word — Claire has cancer.
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"This is a religious ideology, a strain within the worldwide religion of Islam, as far removed from its essential decency and truth as Protestant gunmen who kill Catholics or vice versa are from Christianity."
Prime Minister Tony Blair
"The most outrageous lies that can be invented will find believers if a man only tells them with all his might"
Mark Twain 1867
There are only two implements in the imperial tool-chest; fear and deception. So, we can forget about diplomacy, negotiation or, heaven help us, compromise. These are not part of the Bush-Blair repertoire so they can be dismissed as irrelevant. Any serious investigation of the London bombings must keep this in mind; fear and deception: the lone forces that animate the administration and move policy.
We must also address the issue of "motive"; who benefits (cui bono) from the bombing of innocent people in a London subway. For Bush, of course, 9/11 proved to be the catalyst for overturning long-held constitutional precedents, enacting regressive legislation (Patriot Act) and initiating a global resource war. In fact, there has been no downside to the Sept 11 attacks for Bush and Co. It almost seems like the entire tragedy was simply staged to meet the stated objectives of Bush's neocon base.
For Blair the political situation is strikingly similar to that of Bush before 9/11. He's presented a raft of regressive bills to Parliament; including more repressive anti-terror legislation and a fabulously unpopular National ID card bill analogous to those used in dictatorships. The bombings have strengthened Blair's hand considerably; allowing him to traipse about affecting Churchillian poses and helping him pull his career out of the political ash-heap.
So, have the London attacks helped Blair reassert his role as leader and move forward the agenda of his paymasters? It's hardly a matter for debate, however, that does not imply that Blair is directly complicit in the bombings, only that there is a clearly recognizable motive for him to do so.
In the case of Bush, the official version of events simply makes no sense at all. Anyone who has studied 9/11 knows that the government account is utterly false. This may explain why Bush refused to appoint an investigative commission for more than a year, and then, insisted on "hand-picking" every member on the committee. The results proved to be the absurd "whitewash" that many expected from the beginning.
Does this mean that Bush was involved in 9/11? No, it simply means that the reasonable cannot exclude the possibility, especially when Bush and Co are the only ones to have clearly gained from the attacks.
As a matter of fact, there is a remarkable pattern to nearly all the bombings we have seen around the world since the Bush clique took office. If we revisit the Bali bombing we can see that it allowed Bush to strengthen ties with the repressive Indonesian government; ensuring aid to the brutal military and opening channels for direct action in Aceh and other parts of the theatre.
Similarly, the bombings in Beirut forced US's enemy Syria to exit Lebanon, putting additional pressure on the Syrian regime. Even the seemingly random bombings in Iraq have served the greater interests of the US. The administration no longer believes it can defeat the Iraqi resistance so they hope to provoke a civil war that will divert attention from the occupation. By sowing the seeds of unremitting chaos and death, the administration hopes to split Iraq up into more manageable parts. The Balkenizing of Iraq allows the multinational corporations to enter a safer provincial environment and precludes the likelihood that Iraq may rise again as a serious regional power.
In other words, the current rash of bombings has one unique characteristic; they invariably benefit the overall political goals of the US.
In the case of the London bombings the same rule applies; Blair's career is miraculously revitalized, personal liberties are compromised, and the global neocon war-agenda moves forward. It's a "win-win" scenario for the party in power.
Blair is playing his role masterfully; spouting his racially-charged platitudes about "confronting an evil ideology"; invoking the same wearisome religious symbolism and posturing as his mentor in Crawford. So far, it's impossible to know if people are being taken in by the PM's fabrications and feigned piety. There's reason to hope that Parliament will put up a greater struggle than Bush's rubber-stamp Congress.
But, whether Parliament fights or not, we have incontrovertible evidence (from the Downing Street Memo, the "sexed up" dossier; the testimonies of Richard Clarke, Paul O' Neill, Scott Ritter etc) that both Bush and Blair lied on every issue of consequence leading up to the war in Iraq. This means that neither should be trusted in the current investigation and that we should anticipate that they will pollute the evidence in a way that will advance their agenda.
Terror Serving the Greater Interests
In the last week we have seen a serious intensification of the war in Iraq. The week began with reports that "Ten Sunni Muslim tribesmen died after American-trained Iraqi police commandos kept them in an airtight container for more than six hours in 115 degree heat, because they belonged to the same tribe as the leader of the Association of Muslim Scholars" (antiwar.com) None of the men had been charged with a crime.
This regrettable incident was followed by 13 unidentified men being dumped at the Baghdad morgue after having been brutally tortured and murdered "gangland style" with a single shot to the back of the head. It is assumed that the men are Sunnis and that their deaths are part of a larger crack down against the resistance by the reconstructed Mukhabarat (secret police) Then on Friday 32 Iraqi children were killed when a Marine patrol entered a Baghdad neighborhood and inexplicably began handing out candy to children during a bomb alert. 32 children were killed when a truck loaded with explosives drove into the crowd and detonated.
The Friday incident was followed by the bloodiest weekend since the war began in 2003. "On Saturday evening, a man detonated an explosive belt in a crowded marketplace in the highway town of Musayyib - 35 miles south of Baghdad. The explosion erupted just as a tanker containing cooking gas was passing by. The blast triggered an inferno that destroyed dozens of buildings, including a nearby Shiite mosque where worshipers were emerging from evening prayers." (Democracy Now) The blast killed more than 100 people.
Iraq has descended into utter chaos; a scenario that fits nicely with the neocon vision of "creative destruction". As neocon theorist Michael Ledeen said, "Creative destruction is our middle name…We tear down the old order every day….We must destroy (them) to advance our historic mission". Ledeen's fanaticism underscores the prevailing US policy in Iraq today. Rumsfeld admitted just 2 weeks ago that "coalition forces are not going to repress the insurgency," and that the resistance may continue indefinitely. This means that the Bush team no longer entertains the notion that the conflict can be won, so they have embarked on a different strategy entirely.
The current plan is to submerge Iraq into absolute anarchy; implementing the many resources the military has at their disposal to ensure that the Iraqi public can be managed thorough a "no-holds-barred" campaign of terror. This, in fact, is where Rumsfeld and his colleagues, who matriculated in the El Salvador and Nicaragua terror-wars, really excel. This also guarantees that Iraqi society will be laid to waste behind an iron-curtain of media silence. Would the architects of this barbarity, with all of its attendant torture, cruelty and death, have any problem planting bombs in a London subway if their primary objectives were at risk?
Perhaps, covert agents are already involved in such nefarious activity? Investigative reporter Chris Floyd has written three insightful articles (Yoo Hoo: Peeling Back a Layer of the Bush Faction's Terrorist Connections; uruknet) on "Pentagon operatives (penetrating) existing groups and 'provoke terrorists into action'" Floyd continues, "All of these operations take place in a shadowland, where "terrorists" are actually "police informers" and vice versa, where "security agencies" and "terrorist groups" operate in impenetrable knots of interpenetration."… "In the fallen world of the 'war on terror,' neither government pronouncements nor terrorist claims can be taken at face value."
So, we will never completely know the level of government involvement in the London bombings, nor do we need to. We know that terror serves the greater interests of the state, props up the flagging careers of inept politicians, savages civil liberties, incites violence against minorities, divides society into hostile political encampments and vindicates the war agenda. We also know that Blair's fear mongering on the attacks has enhanced his standing with the British people and increased his ability to manipulate public opinion. This is consistent with our original thesis that that the imperial tool-chest contains only two implements; fear and deception. Blair is a master of both.
We also know that the government version of events is unadulterated fakery; a hopeless tangle of loose-ends, spurious allegations and blatant propaganda. This has left many people believing that if we looked hard enough we'd probably find that the bloody footprints from last weeks bombing lead straight to the front door at 10 Downing Street.


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Pickled Shallots
- 6 small shallots (about 8 ounces), trimmed, quartered lengthwise, leaving some root end intact
- 1 cup Champagne vinegar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon pink peppercorns
- 1 dried bay leaf
- 1 dried chile de árbol
Tomato Vinaigrette
- 1/2 cup chopped ripe tomatoes
- 3 large basil leaves, coarsely torn
- 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Pane Pomodoro
- 3 large very ripe tomatoes, halved crosswise
- 6 Crostoni Bagnati (click for recipe)
- 6 teaspoons high-quality extra-virgin olive oil
- Maldon sea salt or fleur de sel
- 12 thin slices speck or prosciutto (about 3 ounces)
- 9 ounces burrata
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 18 flat-leaf parsley leaves
Recipe Preparation
Pickled Shallots
Combine all ingredients and 1 cup water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
Tomato Vinaigrette
Combine tomatoes, basil, vinegar, salt, and sugar in a blender and purée until chunky. With motor running, add oil in a slow, steady stream until vinaigrette is slightly thickened and smooth.
Pane Pomodoro
Rub cut half of each tomato onto oiled side of each crostoni until only skin remains. Discard tomato skins. Drizzle each crostoni with 1 teaspoon high-quality olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt. Drape 2 slices of speck over each crostoni. Cut burrata into 18 pieces; top each crostoni with 3 pieces of burrata. Drizzle with some vinaigrette, then top each piece of cheese with a shallot quarter. Sprinkle pepper over. Garnish each crostoni with 3 parsley leaves, placing atop shallot.


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I am working on weeks 30 to 34 right now, so slowly I am getting caught up and it feels good! I've had this week completed for awhile now, I just haven't gotten around to sharing it :)
Week twenty-six we celebrated my oldest daughter's graduation from senior kindergarten, as well as Canada's birthday!
On the first and last day of school I always take a picture. I love seeing those pictures side-by-side like this. It shows how much she has grown in such a short time!
To celebrate Canada's birthday we always attend some sort of event, either in our community or somewhere close by. This year it was in our community. The girls had a lot of fun.


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Additionally, the company moved into offices in Old Town Alexandria on Montgomery St. Not quite as campy as Del Ray, but certainly fun and convenient. It's amazing what happens when the goals are clear, the vision is set, and you just take daily action steps to achieve them.
Last week I was invited to and joined a Mastermind group. If you're curious as to exactly what Mastermind group does, check out Karyn Greenstreet's concise summary. In short, using a commitment to principles, a small group of CEOs drive each other to great successes. The group should help the company significantly, challenging me to grow and fit the shoes that I'm creating.
Part of the group's commitment is reading dynamic books. I just ordered Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich (mandatory) and Malcolm Gladwell's the Tipping Point (oft suggested to me) on audio book. I have a hard time reading business books anymore, probably because of the heavy workload, but audio books work. The new reading is good, because I've been driving around listening to the Book of Five Rings and Denis Waitley's psychology of Winning on CD for the past couple of months (when I'm not grooving to XM radio).
With the mastermind group, the very robust experiences that are teaching me everyday plus Dale Carnegie, it figures to be a great year. Here's to learning.
Got paid on Friday. Two months in a row now at or almost at my expected wage. I'm matching my old base salary from a year ago, plus 5% to help compensate for social security, etc. It's not my ultimate vision for compensation, but it's putting food on the table. I skipped October and November (a very painful couple of months) to help get #1 on board. A leap of faith, but it paid off. Now we're going gangbusters.
Monday's quotes:
"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence." - Abigail Adams
"Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival." – W. Edmonds
"To know yet to think that one does not know is best; not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty." - Lao-Tzu


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It's normal for your child to be inquisitive about his birth family. After all, the birth parents play an important role in your child's story and what you share about them will make up a large part of his perception of them — and of himself.
From the very beginning, humanize the couple who gave birth to your child. They are a man and woman made in God's image — not vague, faceless entities. The respect you show for each birth parent's intrinsic value and humanity will boost your child's own self-respect.
As your child matures, likely the makeup of her questions will change as well. Answering these key questions in an empathetic and supportive way is important — even if your child doesn't ask them out loud.
Why didn't my mother keep me?
In some adoptions, the child's birth mother or birth family may have written a letter explaining the circumstances surrounding the child's birth and the love that went into the adoption decision and placement into the adoptive family. These words from the heart of the birth family may be able to answer the child's curiosity and longing better than any perspective the adoptive parents can give.
But for many adoptive parents, this question is difficult, if not impossible, to answer. The adoption was closed or the facts were never disclosed. Unless there is an extensive search, a real relationship is not possible. Ongoing honesty and sensitivity are key as your child learns more about his past and as you address his feelings of loss. Share openly the facts that are known, being considerate of age-appropriate details. Photographs and written records make the subject approachable and more natural to discuss.
Remember — just because you have an answer to this question doesn't mean that your child won't still struggle with the facts and feelings of abandonment and loss. What counts most is your very present love and support as he goes through these difficult times.
Where is my birth mother/birth father now?
Perhaps you will tell your child that someday you will help her look for her birth parents. As a believer in an omniscient, loving God, you can assure your child that God knows where her birth parents are and that He is caring for them just as He cares for your child. You and your child can pray for these people, trusting God to do good in their lives as a result.
Will you always be there for me — even when I have an interest in learning more about myself and my background, or when I am sorting out my feelings about being an adopted child?
The answer should always be, "Yes!"
As an adopted child matures and learns more about her history, she begins to realize that adoption means one family surrendering custody to another. This may translate into a subconscious or overt concern that the adoptive parents, too, may someday abandon her. Children of any age (even young adults) may fear triggering abandonment if they show interest in or pursue a relationship with members of their birth family. Don't ever assume that you have assured your child enough of your commitment to her — even if she doesn't verbalize her concerns.
If your communication about the birth family has been open from the beginning, you have a greater potential for growth and bonding as the child explores more about his biological background. Remain steadfast and secure that you are the child's parents, and that a child searching his own feelings and sense of self and history does not threaten family status.
A child wants to know that he can still rely on the parents he has known — the adoptive parents — for love, support and encouragement as he learns more about himself. Simply because a child has an interest in his biological past does not mean he doesn't recognize the primary relationship and role of his adoptive parents.
How will I know how to prevent behaviors or health issues without my full medical history?
Access to medical history may be a concern with an adopted child. The existence and availability of medical records may vary depending on the circumstances around the child's adoption and medical history. Seek out as much information as you possibly can.
Make sure your child's doctor is conscious of the child's adoptive history and is sensitive to the child's concerns. A good doctor will be willing to alleviate a child's fears by answering any questions and thoroughly explaining all diagnoses and procedures.
Encourage healthy living as you parent your child. If your child, particularly as a teenager, is concerned about his medical history, have his doctor explain all the choices and precautions that can lower his genetic risk.
Do I need to have a relationship with my birth family?
Adoptive parents may feel their child needs to develop a relationship with the birth family as part of her emotional well-being. However, not all adopted children have a felt need to know their birth family intimately. Adoptive parents can be attentive to their child's wishes, and still remain open to the possibility of a relationship, should the child's needs change.
Of course, in many cases it is not safe or wise for the child to have a close relationship with her birth family. Determining the extent of the contact and emotional connection is your role as a parent, but the key should be what is best for your child, not just what is convenient or comfortable for you.
There may come a day when your child is a teen that he will begin to make his own decisions about staying in touch with his birth family. While this may be painful for you and the birth family, exploring or ignoring these relationships are a normal part of the maturation process. It may fall on you to explain to members of his birth family that he does not wish to communicate further with them at this time. Be honest with them, and share that this is a common phase.


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Late February and early March led to the crowning of three Arizona Amateur Hockey Association state champions at the Tier II level.
The Jr. Coyotes team out of Scottsdale claimed the 14U title, while the Jr. Coyotes, also from Scottsdale, captured the 16U championship and the DYHA Jr. Sun Devils skated away as 18U champions.
The 14U tournament, contested from Feb. 28-March 5 at AZ Ice Peoria, saw the Scottsdale club go undefeated with a 5-0 run to the title after preliminary round wins over the Jr. Sun Devils, the Jr. Coyotes 14U team out of Chandler and Mission AZ.
In the best-of-three championship series, the Jr. Coyotes and DYHA played two one-goal games, with Scottsdale coming out on top 2-1 in Game 1 and 1-0 in the clinching game.
Ben Leshin scored the lone goal and Jonas Hamrin made 21 saves to pick up the win in goal in the championship game to send the Jr. Coyotes to the USA Hockey Youth Nationals from April 6-10 in Coral Springs, Fla.
The Scottsdale Jr. Coyotes took after their 14U cohorts with the championship win at the 16U level.
The Jr. Coyotes knocked off the Jr. Sun Devils 2-1 on March 7 at AZ Ice Gilbert as Grant O'Neal and Will Josephson scored to back Sean Slavik's 17 saves in the blue paint.
Taking a 2-0 lead into the third period, the Jr. Coyotes held off a late surge from DYHA after Josh Plunkett cut the lead in half late in the period.
Jr. Sun Devils goalie Tristan Hadley stopped 30 shots in defeat.
After the Jr. Coyotes took a 4-2 win in Game 1 of the best-of-three series, DYHA came back with a 3-2 overtime win in Game 2 as Andrew Suan was the hero.
That set the stage for the thrilling Game 3.
In the preliminary round, Scottsdale blanked the Arizona Hockey Union and also topped the Jr. Sun Devils and Mission AZ.
The 16U Tier II USA Hockey Youth Nationals will be staged in Frisco, Tex., from April 6-10.
At the 18U event, held Feb. 28-March 7 at the Arcadia Ice Arena, DYHA upended the Flagstaff Northstars in the prelims before going to the limit with Mission in the best-of-three finals, winning Game 2 by a 5-1 count and Game 3 in a 7-1 rout after losing 7-5 in the opener.
The championship game on March 7 saw Ryan Bonner score three goals and Barrett Rosser make 34 saves to pick up the win between the pipes. Evan Shupe, Devin Most, Anthony Masanotti and Jeffrey Solomon also scored in the win and Turner Stansbury had a pair of assists for DYHA.
Emmanuel Malki tallied Mission's lone goal and goalie Jonathan Dinges stopped 16 shots.
The Jr. Sun Devils now travel to Lansing, Mich., for the USA Hockey Youth Nationals from April 6-10.
— Matt Mackinder