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I recently got the opportunity to attend one of Atlanta's fashion-forward red carpet events inside the historic Georgia Freight Depot for one of the most dynamic spectacular charity fashion shows of the season. Tastemakers, celebrities and supporters joined Polow da Don to celebrate his 5th anniversary of Zone 4 Inc., to commemorate Foundation F.O.C.U.S'  on their 3rd year of service and the 5th Annual Celebration 4 A Cause (C4AC) fundraiser.
Hosting the evening's festivities were National Hot Rod Association driver, Nicole Lyons and C4AC Creative Director & Founder, Clay West. Quickly becoming a household name in the industry, Lyons has won four national NASCAR events in 2011, is poised to become the first African-American female NASCAR driver in 2012-2013 and has also been featured on FOX Sports' Car Warriors on Speed TV.
Other celebrities who made a guest appearance during the event included: Zone 4, Inc. recording artist, Keri Hilson, reality TV star Toya Wright a F.O.C.U.S. 4 LIFE campaign ambassador who also premiered her women's collection Adori Denim during the fashion show, singer Meelah Williams formerly of the platinum selling girls group 702, celebrity stylist and reality TV star, Derek J and model Yelena Leuchanka of the WNBA Atlanta Dream, just to name
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C4AC media partner and publisher of Jones Magazine, Londell McMillan also joined the celebration. The evening kicked into full gear when R & B's newest sensation, Luke James performed a soulful medley of familiar tunes and sang his debut single "I Want You" while Disney's Next Big Thing teen stars, Chloe and Halle Bailey dedicated their rendition of the "Greatest Love of All" to all of the F.O.C.U.S. Honorees. READ MORE


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Great interview with Egoscue's Brian Bradley September 18, 2014Posted by jeffrooney in Egoscue.
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Here's a thirteen minute interview with Brian Bradley, a 23 year veteran of the Egoscue Method and Vice President of the company. Give a listen and see if it resonates. Get in touch with me if it rings true to your situation.
Un-smart Use of Smartphones! The Perils of "Text Neck" October 15, 2012Posted by jeffrooney in Posture, Posture Alignment Therapy.
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Your smartphone, or rather what you do with your smartphone is not so smart after all. See how neck and shoulder pain, spinal problems, and headaches can begin at a very early age with incessant use of "smartphones". Have you heard of "Text Neck"? Peer inside for a look. Hey, but use good posture when doing so!
Proper posture is the key to strength and health October 10, 2012Posted by jeffrooney in Posture, Posture Alignment Therapy.
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Proper posture is the key to strength and health.
Here is a great video put up by Matt Whitehead at Portland Egoscue. It explores why posture should be the core idea behind strength and longterm health. It is by Kathleen Porter who also does great work on the issue of posture. It is about 7 or 8 minutes long.
Youtube interview with David Smith at the San Francisco Egoscue Clinic December 12, 2010Posted by jeffrooney in Egoscue.
Tags: active life, Egoscue, muscle and joint pain, pain relief, Pete Egoscue
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Here is a great interview on the basic features of the Egoscue Method as told by Dave at the San Francisco Egoscue clinic. He talks about how Pete Egoscue got started and healed his own body leading to the discovery of the method. He describes typical cases that he sees in his clinic and the process of resolving any kind of musculoskeletal problems. Have a look. It is about 14 minutes in length.
From Physical Therapy to Egoscue July 5, 2009Posted by jeffrooney in Egoscue.
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I just came across a brief but interesting discussion from two women for PTs who now have a practice using the Egoscue Method in Virginia. They talk about the journey they took from having an active Physical Therapy practice to an Egoscue Method practice, what prompted their journey and the difference it has made in how they work with chronic pain conditions. Worth a look. The video is about 7 minutes long:


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OK, this is an invitation, to men as well as ladies, (although I have to forewarn that it may be a very estrogen-charged room!). Monthly from November through May, 2-part BLISS WORKSHOPS are being offered by yours truly (sustainably yours?) at Hacienda de Arte in Bucerias!!
BLISS, hmmm, you may be thinking. Sounds like a crystal-grippin', granola crunchin' yoga retreat on following your bliss, the kind that only serves kale lattes. Only good vibes and privilege allowed.
Well, I'm here to say that it's none of that. Additionally, that wallowing in BLISS is a crucial pathway to making the world a more sustainable and holistic place. What's the definition of BLISS in this sense? It's the merger of your passions, gifts and purpose. Fusing these together, the 'BLISSER' is tangibly becoming the best version of him or herself. And a world population becoming the best version of itself is pretty much the best way to actually achieve such utopian ideals as world peace, etc, etc.
The 2 part workshop will emphasis both left brained (creative) and right brained (analytical) approaches to manifesting goals. Of course, many good folk are in flux with their goals in the first place, with poorly defined senses of personal mission. Others have detailed hopes and expectations. Our Course will appeal to both, and includes a workbook that empowers both types to define as well as refine their visions, no matter where they are at with them.
The first workshop focuses on Planning, excavating your deepest and reaching your highest yearnings, how to reverse engineer a future you are actively creating. The provided workbook allows you to continue digging deeper in between courses on your own time. The structure of the session is a lecture format that focuses on the participants as individuals.
The second monthly workshop emphasizes more of a playful approach, with sharing interactions between the participants and the artistic expression of their plans and hopes. We review the practice of vision boarding, not merely as the collaging of goals but rather as a habit which evolves and expands with one's vision over a timescale. My sister in law and sister in spirit, Nicole Majewski, is co-hosting the Creative Session. Her colorful expertise leading vision board workshops is also available for private groups and team building events (firstname.lastname@example.com).
What especially makes this course meaningful is that BLISS is relevant to every single person on the planet, right up there with eating and breathing. It's pretty much the main thing everyone wants for themselves and their children. While humans tend to dream up many goals (see Laos, learn to make a soufflé, become a mentor), all of these goals are secondary vehicles to the ultimate goal of being happy. While 'how to be happy' is one of the great philosophical questions with often materialistic connotations, we will be addressing a more transcendent version of happiness. BLISS, is the zone where you are operating as the best version of yourself no matter what life throws at you, rain or shine, rich or poor, from Puerto Vallarta to the gulag. It is the zone of saints and sages but accessible to everyone else too.
As always, Hacienda del Arte creates a nurturing backdrop to the content of the course. In fact, this very special hub of creation – whether of art or the creation of you becoming the best version of yourself – deserves special mention in an upcoming article. In the meantime, check out Hacienda de Arte at (facebook.com/haciendadearte) or please email me at email@example.com to get set up with registration. Each course is limited to 25 people, first come, first serve regarding sign-up. The 2018/19 calendar is below.
Between Hacienda de Arte as a local gem of artistic empowerment and this tropical paradise we call home, BLISS couldn't be a more appropriate theme.
I very much look forward to exploring BLISS and meeting many of you this coming season!
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As Orlando's ABD (associate builder distributor) in Orlando we have an unfair advantage over the area's retail dealers. We offer many models unavailable at the retailers at prices formerly reserved for builders and developers. Whirlpool offers a very full line of products and is overall a great value brand with many upgrade options.


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Barndominium Floor Plans – The floor plans are scale sketches that show the connection between rooms, spaces and other physical characteristics that were seen from above. They provide a way to visualize how people will move through space. Floor plans make it easy to verify if space is suitable for its intended purpose, analyze any potential problems and redesign before moving on to more elaborate planning and construction stages. It can also be fun to experiment with different design alternatives and circulation flows, which shows how people move through space.
Renowned architect Jean Nouvel stated, "Space and more space: architects always talk about space. However, creating a space is not automatically architecture. With the same space, you can create a masterpiece or cause a disaster. "That's why, whether we have to build" little houses" or have a convention go smoothly for attendees, a floor plan is a place where you start to create and generate a diagram of a logical space based on the requirements of the end user.
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The barndominium floor plans show the global vision of living, work and outdoor spaces of your barndominium. Although they should be scale drawings, floor plans do not have enough information for builders to actually build a house or other structure. Instead, a floor plan is essentially a simple diagram that shows the layout of rooms and offers a conceptual starting point. A builder needs complete plans or drawings ready for construction, with technical information that you will not find in most floor plans.
Barndominium floor plans is important in new structures, but it is also important in reorganizing existing spaces to determine how to use them more efficiently. This planning is in demand as a differentiated service for architectural firms for many reasons: office space in many-story buildings with unfinished interiors, high speed of organizational growth depends on technological changes, staff cuts, and the reorganization.barndominium homes, barndominium homes architect, definition of barndominium, what is plan consideration of a floor, one story barndominium plans, Inside Barndominium Photo Gallery, floor consideration definition, definition o9f barndominium, barndominium simple, barndominium interior


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How can better understanding our collective cultural heritage and shared humanity across time and geographic place help us to be better stewards of a global future? What role or roles do you believe understanding cultural differences across time and throughout the world plays outside academia, if any? Support your response with specific examples or details.© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com June 4, 2020, 12:40 am ad1c9bdddf
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We better understand what does and does not work when we understand those around us, both near and far, as well as what has happened before. War is an easy example of what not to do, and yet we continue to go to war to fix other peoples and cultures, sometimes causing complete genocide or disruption of cultures and traditions. When we don't understand their perspective, we commit the crimes of war, and subject them and ourselves to these damaging aftereffects. An excellent example is the U.S. role in WWII.
We attempted to stay out of the war until brought into it for various reasons. Our reaction was to mistrust those of a different race, rounding them up and making them prisoners in their own country out of our fears. We sent those of ...
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Mmm, Chanterelle Sauce. I remember years ago when I lived in Stockholm for the first time & became accustomed to seeing these golden treats which I would select for special Friday night meals at the end of busy weeks. I love treating Chanterelles as the star of a meal which is exactly what I did last night, opting for a creamy sauce.
Although I have been gearing up to do more R & D in the kitchen with recipe development, I still go with a very unmeasured flow sometimes – as was the case last night. Please use this post as inspiration if you make this meal. I myself was inspired by a variety of chantarelle sauces online & just relaxed into making my own vegan version, tasting along the way. As I get more into recipe development I definitely plan to revisit this & similar dishes & present a full recipe as creamy, rich savory veggie sauces on pasta are among my favorite dishes.
Chanterelle mushrooms
Vegan Butter
Vegan Cream*- here in Sweden they have some great vegan cooking cream options ( 'matlagningsgrädde'). Finding your preferred vegan cooking cream might take a moment but when found (or created) be very rewarding as you can continue using that for sauces, soups etc.
Vegetable broth
Pasta (*ensure it is egg free)
Cherry Tomatoes
Crema Balsamico
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-Begin by sautéeing the shallots & garlic in vegan butter. Add in the mushrooms.
-As the sauté is progressing, prepare the vegetable broth.
-When ready, gradually add the vegan cooking cream & broth to the sauté as well as seasoning to additional taste (I used herb salt for this dish).
-When ready top onto pasta. The pasta I use is nearly always durum wheat based (no eggs).
-Fill lettuce cups with a blend of diced cherry tomatoes, walnuts & shallots (just a bit) mixed in Crema Balsamico & Olive oil (season to taste- I used a sprinkle of herb salt here as well).


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Mistletoe is a group of hemiparasitic plants that live on trees with a worldwide distribution. It is popular at Christmas due to its association with kissing under the mistletoe.
It is important for cat owners to be aware of the dangers of bringing flowers and plants into homes with cats and the possible dangers.
- Name: American or European Mistletoe
- Scientific names: Phoradendron flavescens, Phoradendron serotinum and Viscum album
- Toxic compounds: Toxalbumin, pharatoxin viscumin (Lectins, Phoratoxins), alkaloid tyramine
Mild to moderate.
All parts of the plant can be toxic, though the berries are the most dangerous.
Symptoms of mistletoe poisoning in cats
- Drooling
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Difficulty breathing
- Drop in blood pressure (hypotension)
- Slow heart rate (bradycardia)
If ingestion was recent, gastric decontamination (removal of the toxin from the gastrointestinal tract by inducing vomiting or pumping the stomach).
In addition, supportive and symptomatic care which may include fluids to prevent or treat dehydration and anti-nausea medication.
What other Christmas plants are toxic and non-toxic to cats?
- Holly – Toxic
- Poinsettia – Mildly toxic
- Ivy – Toxic
- Christmas trees – Fir and spruce; non-toxic, pine; toxic
- Jerusalem cherry – Toxic
- Amaryllis – Toxic
- Lilies (Lilium and Hemerocallis) – Highly toxic
- Christmas cactus – Non-toxic
Keep plants and flowers which are toxic to cats out of the home, especially if your cat is prone to nibbling plants.


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By Eola Eyes, Doctors of Optometry
Do you have old pairs of glasses sitting around your house just gathering dust? Would you like to get rid of that extra clutter, but not sure exactly what to do with the outdated specs? Let's be real—there is something more beneficial to do with your old, out-of-style glasses than save them for next year's crazy Halloween costume. Bring them to Eola Eyes and we will recycle your old glasses and give the gift of sight to those in need. Your donation can and will change the lives of those less fortunate.
At Eola Eyes, we are involved in many community outreach programs, one of which is the Lions Club's Project Right to Sight (PRTS). This project was founded in 1990 and its purpose is to sponsor and promote programs that focus on sight preservation as well as the fight against blindness. By combining the group efforts of the Lions Clubs with local eye care professionals, the project provides reconditioned, recycled eyeglasses to homeless and uninsured people here in Central Florida. What's the best part? It's FREE for all recipients! One of our very own at Eola Eyes, Dr. Kerry Giedd, has served on the board of PRTS for many years and we are proud to support this wonderful cause. Over the past ten years, Eola Eyes patients have helped hundreds of people see better and lead more productive lives simply by recycling their old glasses through PRTS.
Beyond just Central Florida, PRTS also provides glasses for national and international vision projects and medical missions, helping those in need throughout the world. Many of the recycled glasses go to people in developing countries where they will have the greatest impact. Optometrists and members of the Lions Clubs work together to conduct eye examinations and distribute your recycled eyeglasses. (Again, all at no cost!)
Another organization that we partner with to recycle old glasses is called The Eyeglass Project. Hunter Vision, a local ophthalmology practice specializing in LASIK, founded this charity outreach as a means of repurposing the glasses their patients no longer needed after having LASIK. The Eyeglass Project collects gently used glasses and takes them to those in need throughout the Dominican Republic (DR). Dr. Kerry Giedd and her daughter will join The Eyeglass Project team in May 2013 as they travel to the DR to examine patients and distribute glasses. In the DR, a middle class family may need to save up to one month's salary to purchase a single pair of glasses so, as you can imagine, your old, donated glasses can truly be a life-changing gift.
We encourage you to come in to Eola Eyes and donate those glasses that we know are just sitting around in your drawer or closet. We gratefully accept any prescription, clear or sun lenses, readers, driving glasses, bifocals or progressive lenses, men's, women's, or children's frames—whatever you have, we can use. There is no cost to do so, and you could easily be giving someone the best gift of all—sight!


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Rates of Change
Rates of Change
To illustrate how scenario planning can be applied to IT issues, veteran technologist Steve Andriole and scenario planning expert Paul Schoemaker sketched out some quick scenarios. Schoemaker is research director of the the Wharton School's Emerging Technology Program. Andriole is the former CTO at CIGNA Corp., and the founder and CTO of Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based TechVestCo.
Approach: We put ourselves in the position of a CIO of a large, established firminvolved in anything from insurance to healthcare to server manufacturingwhere technology is critical to the business. Then we asked, "How can we get a handle on future investments based on the environment in which we expect to compete in the next two to four years?"
Key Trends: We asked, "What are some of the long-term trends affecting the company and its consumers?"
Pervasive computing. This involves everybody having devices connected to the Net and to each other. The main uncertainty is how fast this will develop.
Privacy concerns. Pervasive computing raises concerns about who gets access to data about consumers, and that will increase the pressure for regulation.
Greater importance of security. To match the growing computing pervasiveness and privacy worries, IT professionals will need to invest in and worry more about the integrity of financial transactions, medical data and other security issues.
Such trends specific to an industry or company should be present in any scenario. What sets the scenarios apart is the way in which these trends play out.
Key Uncertainties: Next we took a look at the key uncertainties that could effectively alter the rate of change or the direction of the key trends.
Consumer acceptance of the technology invasion. To what degree will people embrace new technologies at home, work and play, and give over their lives to it?
Adoption of common technology standards. Will XML, Wi-Fi and similar technologies become the common standard? Will the world move toward open or proprietary platforms?
New killer applications. What's next after ERP and CRM? A new generation of business tools could facilitate more seamless and responsive technologies that help companies better serve consumers and clients.
Health of global economy. This is one example of the macro uncertainties that should be considered in a scenario process.
Create Scenarios: The most common technique for building scenarios is to compare the most important trend with the most important uncertainty. But when we stepped away from this problem a bit, we decided to consider the uncertainties as a cluster. The first three are fundamentally about adoption of technology by consumers and businesses. That seemed a reasonable basis against which to analyze the trends. Once the scenarios are roughed out, we can layer in macro factors, such as the last, and ask: "What is the economy likely to look like in each scenario?"
Three Futures for the Business of Technology(see
New Business Model
Consumer behavior is changing rapidly and so is technology,opening up new opportunities for business. This is what the world might have looked like if wireless has taken the world by storm with a common standard across all platforms.
Seamless Communication
Consumers eagerly snap up new devices and communication technology in part because of better integration between devices. Expect continued technological advances, but these will be evolutionary, not revolutionary.
More of the Same
You could also call this scenario "gradual change." Consumer acceptance and technology evolve at their current pace. Would the economy boom in an environment like this? Probably not.
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Dexter star Michael C Hall cured of cancer
Story by Jack Foley
DEXTER star Michael C Hall has fully recovered from cancer, according to his wife Jennifer Carpenter.
The 39-year-old star, whose TV credits also include Six Feet Under, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma – a cancer that attacks the lymph nodes – and revealed his condition in January.
But according to Carpenter he has now returned to work on the series, in which he plays a Miami police analyst by day who moonlights as a serial killer.
Speaking of her admiration for the way in which Hall has handled his diagnosis and subsequent condition, Carpenter described him as "incredibly brave" in making his condition public.
Hall went into remission in January and continued treatment at a health centre near Los Angeles.
Dexter has been a big hit with viewers on both sides of the Atlantic – it screens on the F/X Channel in the UK – and is now entering its fifth season in the US.
Hall won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award earlier this year in recognition of his work on Series 4.
Carpenter also stars as Dexter's sister, a fellow detective, on the show.


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About The Bahamas
Key Facts
- Officially called " The Commonwealth of The Bahamas"
- July 10,1973 the Bahamas became an independent country from the United Kingdom
- Nassau (originally known as Charlestown until 1695) is the country's capital, however, Dunmore Town in Harbour island was the original capital of The Bahamas
- The official symbolism of the Bahamian flag's colors and design is as follows: Black represents the vigor and force of a united people; the triangle pointing towards the body of the flag represents the enterprise and determination of Bahamians to develop and possess the rich resources of land and sea symbolised by gold and aquamarine respectively
- The name "Bahamas" came from the Spanish word bajamar", which means "shallow water"
- English is the official language
- Total population 395,361 as of 2017
- Eighty-five percent of the Bahamian population is of African heritage. About two-thirds of the population lives on New Providence Island
- Median Age: female 32.9 years, male 30.6 years, total: 31.8 years (2016 estimate)
- The Bahamas is a religious country; greatest number of churches per capita in the world
- There are 256 schools in the Bahamas. Of these 161 (63%) are maintained by the government and 95 (38%) are independent.
- 100,000sq mi archipelago that extends for more than 500 mi between Southeast Florida and Northern Hispaniola
- There are 700 islands; 30 inhabited and 2,400 cays
- The mile deep Tongue of the Ocean is located east of Andros, flanked by the world's third longest barrier reef
- Dean's Blue Hole is the world's deepest known blue hole with seawater. Plunging 663 ft in a bay west of Clarence Town on Long Island, Bahamas
- Bordered on the West by the Gulf Stream and on the East by the Atlantic Ocean, the islands have a tropical maritime climate
- The Bahamas can be affected by hurricanes or tropical storms between June 1 and November 30. Based on figures compiled for the past 90-year period, Nassau may expect to experience hurricane conditions on average of once every 9 years
- Operates on Eastern Time (ET) which is five hours behind GMT. Effective 2007, along with the US, the Bahama islands observes daylight saving time from the 2nd Sunday in March to the 1st Sunday in November
- Highest land elevation is 206ft (Mount Alvernia, Cat Island)
- The principal islands include Abaco, Acklins, Andros, Berry Islands, Bimini, Cat Island, Crooked Island, Eleuthera, Exuma, Grand Bahama, Harbour Island, Inagua, Long Island, Mayaguana, New Providence (where the capital, Nassau, is located), Ragged Island, Rum Cay, San Salvador and Spanish Wells
- All the Islands of the Bahamas are called Out Islands or Family islands, except for New Providence and Grand Bahama. This is because that is where the two biggest cities are located. Nassau is in New Providence and Freeport is in Grand Bahama
- The earliest settlers of The Bahamas were Siboney Indians, who disappeared after the Taino people arrived from South America (2,000 years ago)
- The Taino or island Arawaks arrived from Cuba and Hispaniola and created a new culture that spread throughout the archipelago and became known as Lucayan
- When Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World, on what is now San Salvador (formerly Guanihani) on October 12, 1492 there were an estimated 40,000 Lucayans living throughout the islands. They disappeared within 25 years
- In 1647, The Company of Eleutherian Adventurers attempted to colonize the depopulated Bahama Island and claim them for Great Britain
- Between 1717 and 1783 the Bahama Islands were invaded by pirates, American Colonial warships and Spaniards before finally being restored to Great Britain by treaty
- In 1964, the colony gained internal self-government. It became a commonwealth in 1969. In 1973, the Bahama Islands became the free and sovereign Commonwealth of The Bahamas ending 325 years of British rule
- In May 1966, The Bahamas switched from British pound sterling to the Bahamian dollar, which has remained on par with the US dollar
- Legal currency of The Bahamas is the Bahamian dollar, although the US dollar is accepted throughout the islands
- There is no personal income tax, no corporate income tax, no capital gains tax, and no inheritance tax. Due to the absence of these tax structures, there are import/customs duties which are the main source of government revenue
- GDP (purchasing power parity)
GDP GDP Growth GDP per head 2017 est. $12.06 billion 1.4% $32,400 2016 est. $11.89 billion -1.7% $32,300 2015 est. $12.09 billion 1% $33,200
- The Bahamas imports most goods from the US
- The largest domestic export is spiny lobster tails valued at $67.7m
- Manufacturing output in The Bahamas in 2007 totaled $491.880m – leading product is beverages, particularly rum and liqueurs
- Nearly a million pounds of salt is produced from the Salinas of Inagua by the Morton Salt Company. There are 80 salt ponds, covering over 12,000 acres
- The bark from the native Cascarilla tree is gathered and shipped to Italy where it becomes a main ingredient in medicines, scents and the Italian aperitif called Campari
- The Bahamas economy is based on tourism, offshore banking and construction. The agricultural and industrial sectors are comparatively small. Tourism generates about 60% of the total GDP and directly or indirectly employs about half of the country's workforce. In 2016, according to the Ministry of Tourism visitors to the Bahamas spent $ 2.6bn. Cruise ships bring in more than 4m people in The Bahamas yearly
- The banking and finance sector is the second pillar of the economy, accounting for between 15-20% of GDP, and employs more than 4,900 persons. The Bahamas ranks as one of the top 10 offshore jurisdictions worldwide, and has long been considered the leading offshore banking center in the Americas
- The agricultural and fish sector contributes 5% to GDP and employs about 3% of the population. The value of the output of this sector in 2018 was $81.3m
Government & Politics
- When independence from the United Kingdom was achieved on July 10, 1973 a constitution representing the supreme law of the land went into effect for The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
- The constitution proclaims The Bahamas as a sovereign democratic state. The Bahamas retains its ties with the Commonwealth of Nations and also retains the British Monarch as its head of state. The Queen is represented in The Bahamas by a Governor General who is appointed and serves at "Her Majesty's pleasure", legally removable by the Prime Minister
- There is a bicameral Parliament consisting of a Senate (16 members; 9 appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister, 4 on the advice of the Leader Of The Opposition, and 3 on the advice of the Prime Minister after consultation with the Leader Of The Opposition) and a House of Assembly (currently 41 elected members)
- Executive branch consists of a Cabinet of at least 9 members including Prime Minister and Attorney General.
- An independent judiciary, including a Supreme Court and a Court of Appeal is provided for along with the right of appeal to Her Majesty's Privy Council (England). Judges are appointed by the Governor General
- The Governor general signs bills into law after they are passed by the House of Assemble and Senate
- English common law is the basis of the Bahamian judicial system, although there is a large volume of Bahamian statute law


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This is a post about the storyline, artefacts and pitfalls of creating the RyanAir Weekend site discussed in my previous post.
And the story starts with …
My wife and I like to take short trips to city nearby Belgium. For personal reasons, we don't want to take any holiday days for such trips, so we try to fly out after work or on Saturday morning and come back on Sunday evening or Monday morning just before work.
At work I'm focused on PowerShell for the last six months.
To enhance my knowledge with PowerShell I started building certain artifacts to help build up knowledge and experience necessary to drive a team as product owner. The RyanAir Weekend started as a very experimental proof of concept that grew more ambitious and at the end became something I wanted to share with everybody.
The main idea of the proof of concept is to build a site with simple tools such as scripting.
Initial attempt
My initial attempt was to create a flat PowerShell script that queried the RyanAir API and rendered a static html site that hosted internally at home. My biggest problem was rendering a web site. It's not an easy thing especially if you want to combine different types of content structures like paragraph, bullets, tables etc.
During the same time, I started another project at work where I wanted to create a dashboard page for SDL Knowledge Center deployments. It soon became obvious that rendering HTML from PowerShell was a dead end. Too much noise in the script, not enough flexibility and at the end an ugly outcome.
MarkdownPS to the rendering rescue
Then came the idea to replace HTML with markdown. This is one of the best ideas I've ever and led to the creation of MarkdownPS PowerShell module. With this module, rendering data into what becomes a pretty descent HTML page is super easy. In this blog there is a section for all posts relative to MarkdownPS.
The problem is that markdown needs a special web server that can dynamically render the content to html as github and bitbucket do. I found my solution in NodeJS package Markserv. Then I turned the package into a persistent windows service as described in Simple markdown web server for windows
RyanAirPS for everybody
At this point the dashboard page at work had progressed and was proving more and more useful. Adding functionality was easy because I just need to implemented the logic and quickly render it using the MarkdownPS module. At this point I turned back to my efforts for generating a quick overview for weekend trips with RyanAir.
What was missing was a standardized library to query the RyanAir API. I had this embedded in the original flat script but I wanted to share this functionality with the rest of the world, because then my plan was still to make an internal page. I would at worst share the code base on github, make a blog post with instructions here and let everyone host their own mini site at home.
So, I extracted the functionality and created the RyanAirPS PowerShell module. I still haven't found the time to create a post for the module but if you are interested on how to use it please read about this on the github repository.
Hugo and Github pages set ambitions
At this point I've already managed to set up an internal functioning site. My wife and I could easily browse through the possible destinations from Belgium and nearby airports, then chose a weekend and then go to RyanAir to book the flights. This would have been the end of the story but around the same period I've gone through the process of setting up this blog. I've written a full post about Building the site with Hugo but short story I use:
- Hugo to render markdown files into a static HTML site.
- Github pages for hosting.
Wait a minute? The content that drives Hugo is actually markdown and I know how to turn it to a web site. I also know how to automate the build with Visual Studio Team Services as I bloged about it in Automate Hugo with VSS.
What was missing was to open up the pipeline to process more airports and render a more useful site to navidate. And because I'm bad with HTML and CSS, I repurposed the them from this blog and adjusted to a non blog oriented content. I put all in a github repository RyanAirWeekend.
The execution flow is:
- PowerShell module RyanAirPS extracts the data from RyanAir
- PowerShell module MarkdownPS helps scripts render markdown files as content for Hugo.
- Hugo processes the markdown content and generates static html files.
- Script push the html files to the gh-pages branch in RyanAirWeekend
And….. unforeseen problems
Everything was working and I was ready to unleash the daily build when I realized I had some serious problems:
- As expected PowerShell is very slow. At home the execution took minimum four hours. Through my proof of concept I proved an argument I've made that PowerShell is not good to create applications. It was never its purpose after all.
- Visual Studio Team Services hosted agent allows maximum execution time of 30 minutes per build. Ouch!! 30 minutes version 4 hours! My first reaction was to limit the processing to 3 airports until I figured out a solution.
- Visual Studio Team Services allows maximum build time for free accounts of 240 minutes per month. While troubleshooting and rendering the filtered site for a couple of days, I ran out of build minutes very quickly.
I must admit I should have checked upfront about the above problems. I knew about PowerShell performance but the other two where unexpected. As a small remark, the above limitations are really small print in Visual Studio Team Services.
For better or worse, I hadn't looked it up and since I had invested too much that forced me to find a solution.
Looking for solutions
Although I knew PowerShell performance is at fault, I took a look into optimizing the script. This is still a proof of concept based solely on light weight tools such as scripting.
I looked into making parallel execution of script blocks using the
Start-Job cmdlet but it turns out that it simply spawns PowerShell processes, equally slow.
With PowerShell jobs I couldn't improve performance more than 15% and the behaviour was not predictable on Visual Studio Team Services.
At this point, I decided to skip the "only script" mandate I've set to my self and finish this. I was getting tired and I want to do something else.
I've worked with .NET my entire professional life and I know how much fast it can be, especially with multi-core processing.
I did some quick tests and the results were promising.
So I've ported line by line the functionality of RyanAirPS to C# while making sure I could leverage the
System.Threading.Task namespace to its most potential.
If you take a look at the C# code keep that in mind please.
I've hooked up the script to the new executable and by just replacing the most intensive part of step 1, I know manage all processing of all airports for 4 months within 24 minutes on the hosted build agent.
The rest of the 30 minutes is allocated for the rest of the build steps and some grace period if the performance is slow. Last build took 28 minutes and I really hope that Microsoft adds some horsepower to the hosted agents.
As a quick performance comparison between PowerShell and .NET executables, more than 4 hours of executing web requests to a rest API, processing the returned JSON, and saving to the file system is done with .NET in less that 15 minutes on my system.
I really do not know how long it will take on the hosted build agent although I speculate to a minimum of 6 hours.
I'm sure I could optimize the rest of the process with .NET and gain around 5 minutes. This would allow me to increase the processing period from 4 months to 5 but it's something to think about in the future.
Lessons learned
This is the part of retrospective. What I take from this project besides some good priced city tripes are:
- Don't ever use PowerShell to develop any sort of application. It's too slow. Also listen to your own arguments.
- Never forget the power and speed of binary executables. Somebody did recently a comparison between a NodeJS web server and Kestrel powered with .NET core. .NET core is 6 times faster than NodeJS.
- Although I'm biased because the module is mine, MarkdownPS is an amazing tool.
- When using free tools and services, its best to look first for the limitations. Especially if there is a pricing model, then there is bound to be some fine print.
- This is for Microsoft. Visual Studio Team Services needs serious usability improvements.


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Sick! Sick! Sick!
Alexander McQueen has out done his self again on his Fall 2010 shoe and handbag collection.
Not for the faint at heart fashionista, this collection is what we like to call SERIOUS! lls
Beaded, gold, platform......I'm mean who else does this!
R.I.P. to a mastermind of fashion, Alex McQueen


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Portable Flaw Detectors
OES100VMI multi-channel (64channels at most), the OES is a new design developed by Skyray to give ferrous and non-ferrous metal a fast quantitative measurement. It provides an effective way for product quality control and can be widely applied in metallurgy, machinery and other industrial departments to fast analyze before forging and inspect centre laboratory products.
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Counseling center
CALL THE COUNSELING CENTER at 247-7212 during business hours, or bring the student to the Counseling Center (260 Noble Hall) and describe the crisis.
It is a crisis if the student:
CALL THE POLICE AT 911(on or off campus)
Faculty, staff and students are asked to call the Counseling Center and consult with the "on call" counselor when they encounter a potentially suicidal student. Please let the Counseling Center's secretary know you need to consult about a potential crisis and how serious the situation may be. The "on call" counselor will evaluate with you how to best approach the case. It is hoped that the individual calling will be able to encourage the student to voluntarily come to the Counseling Center for an assessment or counseling.
If the student is not willing to voluntarily come for an assessment and the situation seems potentially dangerous, then it is possible that the "on call" counselor might decide on any of the following actions:
Counseling Center
Fort Lewis College
260 Noble Hall
1000 Rim Drive
Durango, CO 81301


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Problems in the low back shown by MRI don't much on their own
PainSci summary of Borenstein 2001?This page is one of thousands in the PainScience.com bibliography. It is not a general article: it is focused on a single scientific paper, and it may provide only just enough context for the summary to make sense. Links to other papers and more general information are provided at the bottom of the page, as often as possible. ★★★☆☆?3-star ratings are for typical studies with no more (or less) than the usual common problems. Ratings are a highly subjective opinion, and subject to revision at any time. If you think this paper has been incorrectly rated, please let me know.
In 1989, 21 of 67 perfectly healthy people, with no history of back pain, were scanned with MRI, and found to have "an identifiable abnormality of a disc or of the spinal canal." Such findings are surprising, but perhaps the effect of such abnormalities is delayed: how were they doing a decade later? The research team followed up with 50 of the original subjects.
Their backs looked somewhat worse — more of the same — but only 21 of them had developed back pain, and not the same 21 that had abnormalities in '89. Only 12 of them had any findings on their original scans (and some of those were trivial).
The authors therefore concluded that "the findings on magnetic resonance scans were not predictive of the development or duration of low-back pain" and that "clinical correlation is essential to determine the importance of abnormalities on magnetic resonance images." MRI findings — and the structural abnormalities that they reveal — are essentially meaningless on their own.
original abstract†Abstracts here may not perfectly match originals, for a variety of technical and practical reasons. Some abstacts are truncated for my purposes here, if they are particularly long-winded and unhelpful. I occasionally add clarifying notes. And I make some minor corrections.
BACKGROUND: In 1989, a group of sixty-seven asymptomatic individuals with no history of back pain underwent magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine. Twenty-one subjects (31%) had an identifiable abnormality of a disc or of the spinal canal. In the current study, we investigated whether the findings on the scans of the lumbar spine that had been made in 1989 predicted the development of low-back pain in these asymptomatic subjects.
METHODS: A questionnaire concerning the development and duration of low-back pain over a seven-year period was sent to the sixty-seven asymptomatic individuals from the 1989 study. A total of fifty subjects completed and returned the questionnaire. A repeat magnetic resonance scan was made for thirty-one of these subjects. Two neuroradiologists and one orthopaedic spine surgeon interpreted the original and repeat scans in a blinded fashion, independent of clinical information. At each disc level, any radiographic abnormality, including bulging or degeneration of the disc, was identified. Radiographic progression was defined as increasing severity of an abnormality at a specific disc level or the involvement of additional levels.
RESULTS: Of the fifty subjects who returned the questionnaire, twenty-nine (58%) had no back pain. Low-back pain developed in twenty-one subjects during the seven-year study period. The 1989 scans of these subjects demonstrated normal findings in twelve, a herniated disc in five, stenosis in three, and moderate disc degeneration in one. Eight individuals had radiating leg pain; four of them had had normal findings on the original scans, two had had spinal stenosis, one had had a disc protrusion, and one had had a disc extrusion. In general, repeat magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed a greater frequency of disc herniation, bulging, degeneration, and spinal stenosis than did the original scans.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings on magnetic resonance scans were not predictive of the development or duration of low-back pain. Individuals with the longest duration of low-back pain did not have the greatest degree of anatomical abnormality on the original, 1989 scans. Clinical correlation is essential to determine the importance of abnormalities on magnetic resonance images.
related content
- "Systematic Literature Review of Imaging Features of Spinal Degeneration in Asymptomatic Populations," W Brinjikji, P H Luetmer, B Comstock, B W Bresnahan, L E Chen, R A Deyo, S Halabi, J A Turner, A L Avins, K James, J T Wald, D F Kallmes, and J G Jarvik, AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2015.
- "MRI Findings of Disc Degeneration are More Prevalent in Adults with Low Back Pain than in Asymptomatic Controls: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," W Brinjikji, F E Diehn, J G Jarvik, C M Carr, D F Kallmes, M H Murad, and P H Luetmer, AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2015.
These three articles on PainScience.com cite Borenstein 2001 as a source:
- Trigger Points & Myofascial Pain Syndrome — A guide to the unfinished science of muscle pain, with reviews of every theory and self-treatment and therapy option
- Save Yourself from Low Back Pain! — Low back pain myths debunked and all your treatment options reviewed
- Your Back Is Not Out of Alignment — Debunking the obsession with alignment, posture, and other biomechanical bogeymen as major causes of pain
This page is part of the PainScience BIBLIOGRAPHY, which contains plain language summaries of thousands of scientific papers & others sources. It's like a highly specialized blog. A few highlights:
- Effectiveness of customised foot orthoses for Achilles tendinopathy: a randomised controlled trial. Munteanu 2015 Br J Sports Med.
- A Bayesian model-averaged meta-analysis of the power pose effect with informed and default priors: the case of felt power. Gronau 2017 Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology.
- The neck and headaches. Bogduk 2014 Neurol Clin.
- Agreement of self-reported items and clinically assessed nerve root involvement (or sciatica) in a primary care setting. Konstantinou 2012 Eur Spine J.
- Effect of NSAIDs on Recovery From Acute Skeletal Muscle Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Morelli 2017 Am J Sports Med.


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If you're looking for OKTA Interview Questions for Experienced or Freshers, you are at right place. There are lot of opportunities from many reputed companies in the world. According to research, average salary for OKTA is approximately $88,428 pa. So, You still have opportunity to move ahead in your career in OKTA Software Architect. Mindmajix offers Advanced OKTA Interview Questions 2019 that helps you in cracking your interview & acquire dream career as OKTA Integration Network.
Q1) What is OKTA?
OKTA is an application management service, developed for cloud, which ties all devices, logins and application.
Q2) Why OKTA is in demand?
OKTA is in demand due to below three reasons.
1. It helps organizations to construct customer-oriented experiences.
2. It helps to block data breaches.
3. It helps to construct and modernize IT.
Q3) Give names of different OKTA products.
There are different products provided by OKTA.
1. Single sign-on
2. Lifecycle management
3. Universal directory
4. Multi-factor authentication
5. OKTA API Products
Q4) What is Single Sign-on? Explain its benefits.
Single Sign-On (SSO) enables us to integrate all web and mobile apps. It has many benefits like it reduces login related help desk problems. It is also faster and easy to use different apps for new users. Also, IT related businesses can be integrated faster.
Q5) Define Multi-factor authentication.
Multi-factor Authentication provides different ways to implement various factors of authentication across usability and assurance levels. Different factors are described as below:
1. Knowledge: It depends on users' knowledge
2. Possession: It depends on something users have
3. Biometric: It depends on something which user is.
Q6) Mention few benefits of OKTA Universal directory.
Universal Directory is the centralised place for managing all users, groups and devices from any sources. It has few benefits which make it most secure.
- It provides group-based password policies
- All the users and passwords are stored securely in it
- It has also option of complexity for password policy
- It also supports rich SAML and authorization scenarios based on different attributes.
Q7) Can admin of OKTA see passwords of any user?
Passwords are not visible to anyone. OKTA Admin can only see username of any user.
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Q8) What is SAML?
Security Assertion Markup Language(SAML) is an open standard for issuing authorisation and authentication between different providers.
Q9) Why to use SAML?
SAML has many benefits for individual user, identity provider and service provider.
- It saves time from administrative tasks like password resets etc.
- It increases security
- It also increases usage by reducing barriers to entry.
Q10) How does SAML works?
SAML sets the secure environment between different organizations. To communicate seamlessly, identity provider and service provider needs to implement SAML. Once SAML has been set up, when user tries to access SP, IDP will authenticate user. SP will confirm and assures that message is coming from the trusted IDP and registers a session with app for user.
Q11) Explain the difference between SCIM connector and server.
SCIM is the System for Cross-domain Identity Management. SCIM is used to connect Okta to on-premises applications. Okta and on-premises applications communicate via Okta provisioning agent and a SCIM server or a provisioning connector constructed with the help of provisioning connector SDK.
Q12) How can we set up to send an email notification to new users upon joining?
There is one checkbox, which needs to be unchecked to send a welcome email to any new user. Navigation for same is as below.
Okta Admin Console → Directory → Directory Integrations → AD → Settings → 'Don't send new user activation emails for this domain' Checkbox
Q13) How long SMS(OTP) is valid for multi-factor authentication? Can we edit it?
SMS(OTP) is valid only for 5 minutes. We cannot modify it. Timeout is not configurable as of now in Okta MFA.
Q14) Is there any way to remove remembered device or account so that it will re-prompt for MFA?
Yes, it is possible to forget a remembered decide/account. There is a table called Prople, where the "reset multifactor" button is placed. This button can clear the MFA factor setup on any device or account.
Q15) Can we enter multiple mobile numbers in Okta MFA?
No, Okta MFA doesn't support multiple mobile numbers as of now.
Q16) How to add factor in Java?
Code to add factor in JAVA: oktaClient.instantiate(SecurityQuestionFactor.class);
Q17) How to add users in bulk in Okta?
Okta Admin can upload users in bulk by navigating to below location.
Directory → More Actions → "Import Users From CSV"
Okta also provides Realtime Sync facility to updates user profiles, groups, group members during sign in period instead of waiting for any import.
Q18) Can we give priority to password policies?
Universal directory provides group password policies, where any policy having higher priority over others will take precedence.
Q19) Can users be notified if their passwords will be expiring soon?
Okta supports password expiration notification to Okta users. This option can be seen under below directory.
Security → Authentication → Default Policy → Prompt user "X" days before password expires.
Q20) Which two attributes defines last logon of a Okta user?
Whenever any Okta user logs in Okta account, the AD attributes- lastLogon and lastLogonTimestamp are modified and updated to recent.
Q21) Can we set up MFA when user changes the password?
MFA is only applicable to user logins. There is no option which can prompt MFA while user is changing password.
Q22) Is it possible to change MFA prompt text?
No, Okta doesn't support changing MFA prompt text as of now.
Q23) Define state token.
State token is termed as a temporary token which encodes the state of current transaction.
Q24) Is there any way to download all users or groups from Okta?
All users and groups can't be located at one place. 80% of them will be found in system logs and reports. Users permissions can be found in Security → Administrators directory.
Q25) If multiple factors are configured for Okta MFA for any user, which one will be considered?
In case of multiple factors for Okta MFS, user will get a chance to choose factor they wish to use. Admin can restrict easy factors by creating policies.


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When I launched Nobody's Favorites eight (?!?) years ago, I promised myself that it would not turn into another one of the many "Mort of the Month" features which infested the comics blogosphere at the time. The goal wasn't pummeling a succession of soft targets in a context-free vacuum, but to use the dimmer lights of funnybook history as a means of exploring some relevant autobiographical or critical angle.
While I think I (mostly) succeeded on that front, things eventually hit a point where the requisite "value added" became harder to pull off. There are only so many ways to approach the Chromium Age boom-and-bust cycle or the one-note nature of Marvel Team-Up villains before entering the real of autoplagiarism. As real life events began cutting into my research and reading time, the temptation to pick easy targets for cheap snark grew stronger. Meanwhile, Jon Morris's return to Gone and Forgotten obviated the need for what began as a G&F tribute act.
At no point did I considered permanently retiring Nobody's Favorites. I let it go fallow while my attentions were concentrated elsewhere.
But now it's back, with a renewed focus on its original mission statement — a focus on funnybook things neither great nor terrible, but just sorta there. They may be fondly regarded or even earnestly liked, but lack the level of dedicated fandom that makes them anybody's sincere favorite.
So let's kick things off with a character I honestly like yet can't say I love….
…Quality Comics' Human Bomb, who made his debut in Police Comics #1 (August 1941).
Created by Paul Gustavson (under the pen name of Paul Carroll), the Human Bomb was a research chemist named Roy Lincoln who was helping his pa synthesize "27-QRX" — the most powerful explosive known to man.
The compound was so destructive and volatile that the Elder Lincoln worried about what would happen if it should fall into enemy hands — so, naturally, the lab was rushed by a gaggle of Fifth Columnist goons the moment after the old man finishes is portentous speech. After the goons finish off his dad, Roy decided the best way to keep the Axis from nabbing the only sample of the formula was to eat the damn thing.
(I suppose it could've been worse. His dad could've been involved in top secret research on cat litter, broken glass, or Taco Bell food.)
This being a superhero comic, the chemical miraculously infused Roy's body with raw explosive power. His punches could explode walls, his bare skin could disintegrate bullets, his poops could make him the most unwelcome house guest ever. Roy used his new abilities to wipe the Fifth Columnists (and his father's mansion) off the face of the earth, vowing bloody vengeance upon whoever sent them.
Needing a means of controlling his pyrotechic powers, Roy whipped himself up a containment suit of "fibro-wax" before exploding his way up the chain of underlings in search of their Nazi paymaster. When he did finally (as in "two pages later") encounter him, Roy's revenge was as fittingly horrific and thankfully off-panel.
Though the Human Bomb's adventures began on a note of vengeful payback via explosive decapitation, his five year run of stories settled into a lighter territory. Presumably taking a page from Police Comics' emerging flagship feature, Gustavson — consciously or subconsciously — began to hew closer to the dynamic style and semi-comedic tone of Jack Cole's Plastic Man stories.
It wasn't a full-on attempt at cloning, but it was still obvious — right down to the Bomb getting saddled with his own version of Woozy Winks in the form of Hustace Throckmorton…
…a henpecked nebbish who gained the enviable power of explosive feet following an almost fatal attempt to mimic the Black Condor's flying ability and a blood transfusion from a reluctant Roy. Hustace injected an additional does of comic relief, mostly in the form of evergreen and tasteful jokes about things like spousal murder and "red-nosed" drunken Irishmen.
It truly was a Golden Age for comics.
After his Police Comics run ended in 1946, the Human Bomb spent a couple of decades in limbo before getting revived — along with a host of other Quality characters purchased by DC — during one of the annual Justice League/Justice Society crossovers. There it was revealed that stable of heroes hailed from Earth-X, a low calorie The Man in the High Castle scenario where the Bomb and his fellow "Freedom Fighters" battled the forces of a triumphant Axis.
That in turn led to a short lived Freedom Fighters series, followed by appearances in All-Star Squadron, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and all the other regular places Golden Age backbenchers turned up over the years. The character was inexplicably aged into a mentor figure for the similarly powered Damage in the Nineties, then de-aged so Geoff Johns could attempt a shitty Pat Mills impersonation in Infinite Crisis #1…
…also know as "the moment when I stopped giving a shit about contemporary superhero comics."
Honestly, though, the poor Bomb had been at a loss ever since his Bronze Age return. As part of an ensemble cast, the character was little more than a one-note gimmick — the explode-y dude stuck in a containment suit. Of the few moments where he did manage to nab the center stage, most involved some mishap where he accidentally flattened his teammates at an inopportune moment.
It was a far cry from the Bomb's days as a solo adventurer, where his signature gimmick was saved for dramatic moments between non-pyrotechnic bouts of quippy thug-punching. Gustavson's restraint on that front may have undercut the character's unique qualities compared to other costumed mystery men of the era, but it did prevent the slide into single-note predictability that defined the Bomb's more modern appearances. It also didn't help that the streamlined simplicity of Gustavson's original costume design seemed to elude later illustrators, who opted for a baggier and bulkier look for Bomb's containment suit that made him look like a mediocre Mindless Ones cosplayer.
(Despite the 1970s Freedom Fighters comic making a big deal about finding a way for Roy to ditch the suit during his off hours, he actually spent a good deal of time in the Police Comics run sporting a fashionably broad-shouldered men's suit and a pair of fibro-wax driving gloves. The tragic volatility of his powers was very much a Bronze Age conceit.)
Since his (stupidly tasteless) demise in Infinite Crisis, the Human Bomb has spawned of a pair of forgettable legacy characters, a Heroclix figure (based on one of said legacy characters), and a non-speaking appearance in the Brave and the Bold animated series. A miniseries featuring the latest incarnation of the character was released a couple of years back, and defied expectations by shifting upwards of a dozen copies. Someone at DC obviously has some fondness for the concept, yet so far has been unable to translate that past the vagaries of copyright maintenance which govern the cycles of d-lister appearances.
I myself have a small amount of affection for the Dauntless Detonator, though nothing approaching anything remotely close to dedicated fandom. He's a fun bit of fluff from a time when the concept of superhero comics was getting fleshed out in fits and starts and all manner of oddness. The Human Bomb is a perfect example of the latter, mildly fascinating but Nobody's Favorite.


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Time Capsule
I begin the school year by doing time capsules with my students. They include their height, a handwriting sample, a math timed-test (multiplication facts) some predictions (both individual and class) as well as resolutions. I use oatmeal boxes or Pringles canisters for the capsules. We wrap them in wrapping paper, to seal them, them put them all into a large, taped box, kept in plain sight. We open it on the last day of school. It has been great fun.


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Fraktal is a god-send for the expats and locals of Letná. It's a favorite stop after hanging out at the Letná Beer Garden or at Stromovka Park. Plop yourself down on one of the elevated red apolstered seats and throw back as many Gambrinus beers as you can before you topple down. It's one of those places that fascinates foreigners for inhabiting a seemingly cave-like space. Even though Fraktal is usually buzzing most nights it possible to find a table. During the spring and summer, they have some picnic tables on the street level too. The food selection is varied with Mexican options, burgers, ribs, and even some vegetarian-friendly dishes.
Address: Šmeralova 1, Prague 7
Opening hours: 11:00-midnight
Wifi: Yes
Non-smoking section: Yes
Credit cards: No
Web: http://www.fraktalbar.cz/index.php


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He isn't called Mr. 305 for nothing. In Fuse's upcoming interview special Pitbull: Beyond Worldwide, Pitbull explains how growing up in Miami during the '80s influenced everything about his future, from his art to his business endeavors and overall attitude.
"Anybody who knows historically what was going on at the time, there were a lot of extracurricular activities going on with other products, and I'm not talking about music," Pit reflects of his hometown. "It's the same mentality, same philosophy: You got a good product? You're going to have clients. What do you want to do? You want to get them hooked."
See how else Pitbull has seen the industry change and how his roots keep him grounded in the clip above. Below, check out Pitbull sharing exclusive details on his new collaboration "Options," featuring Stephen Marley.
Watch much more when Pitbull: Beyond Worldwide premieres Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 8/7c on Fuse. Find Fuse in your area with our Channel Finder.


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Fleur-de-lis translates to "flower of the lily," and both French and English monarchs have used the design to signify royal status on shields and coats of arms. The Fleur-de-lis has gained popularity in modern society as a tattoo design.
The Fleur-de-lis links to the French river, Lys, where lilies that resemble the symbol grow on the banks. According to The Mists of Antiquity, the origin of the name is related to the river.
General Symbolism
The Fleur-de-lis symbolizes purity and perfection, which caused the Church to lay claim to the symbol.
Religious Symbolism
According to Fleur-de-lis Designs, the three petals of the Fleur-de-lis symbolize the Holy Trinity. The Catholic Church links the symbol of the lily to the Virgin Mary.
Military Symbolism
Military branches of government have used the Fleur-de-lis in correlation with a spearhead to symbolize the strength of military power.
Other Uses
The New Orleans Saints football team uses the Fleur-de-lis as their symbol. Jewelry makers often use the Fleur-de-lis as a popular design theme.
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Holiday Turkey ORDERS Will begin in September 2017!!!
Free-Range Holiday Turkey
We enjoy raising turkeys on our farm. The turkeys are especially good at grazing and enjoy following us around on the farm. The turkeys have unlimited access to all kinds of grasses and in the fall we give them a special treat of pumpkins.
The turkeys have 30 x 50 hoop houses to roost in at night, but during the day they are out adventuring. We primarily raise Broad Breasted Bronze turkeys. These turkeys are very meaty and were the primary turkey raised before industrial turkey production. The turkeys are harvested between 13 and 20 weeks of age allowing
us to provide you with the size turkey that fits your needs. We offer the turkeys both fresh and frozen for your Special Thanksgiving meal.


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LOS ANGELES, June 20, 2014 ― Steak: Rib Eye, Porterhouse, NY Strip ― all favorites. But how do you make them perfect?
It seems every year when we talk about making the best meal we lean towards delicious cuts of meat. The rich, decadent and mouthwatering flavor of a perfectly aged piece of meat is a great gift to give dad this year. Food is always a great way to show someone you love them, so here are some helpful hints on how to buy, prepare and cook the perfect Rib Eye, Porterhouse, NY Strip and burger for Father's Day.
Start by searching for the freshest meat. Look for a bright red color (unless Cryovacked then it might be purple). The meat should be soft but firm to the touch. The blood (actually myoglobin, if you're picky about these things) that comes from it should be red, not brown. The blood and meat should smell clean and a bit sweet.
A good test for steaks is shared by one of Italy's finest Chefs, Valter Roman of the Tuscan Chef Cooking School. Put your thumbnail into the beef; when you remove your nail, its imprint would remain in the meat for a few seconds, then fade away.
You really want to spend the extra money to buy quality meats, particularly if dad likes his steak very rare. Find a butcher who sells fresh meats, or visit a quality supermarket like Whole Foods, where the butchers can help you find the best cut and provide grilling tips.
If you really want to splurge, many Whole Foods now offer dry aged meats, but you should reserve as far in advanced as possible.
Different cuts have different textures and call for different cooking styles. A prime rib, for example, has a lot more fat, which produces softly textured, sweet meat, that pairs well with horseradish sauces. A prime rib or porterhouse does well with a minimum of pre-preparation. Tried and true is to let the meat sit on the counter until it reaches room temperature, covering it with a light rub of a little quality olive oil, salt, white pepper and crushed garlic.
Those flavors will soak in while the meat is warming. Never put ice-cold steak on the grill. It will cook quickly on the outside, but remain raw on the inside.
Most American connoisseurs prefer their steak medium rare; if you're French, you'll probably prefer it rare. You never want to overcook steak; it becomes tougher and drier as you cook it longer.
Medium rare steaks have a bright pink center, not the translucent bleeding red color of raw beef. The juices should be red, but they should be clear and light, not dark. (The juices should never actually look like blood, even when the meat is raw.)
Cooking prime rib or porterhouse steaks requires a hot fire that will quickly sear the outside of the meat. If you cook it too slowly, the fat will melt and the meat can fall apart. These steaks should always be served medium rare at the hottest.
If your family likes a medium to well done steak, consider sirloin.
Sirloin, a less expensive cut with little fat, requires a moderate, even temperature to cook more slowly. It is a denser meat that slices well for platter serving. This more moderately priced steak will benefit from an overnight marinade and a slow grill.
Sirloin can also be slowly precooked in the oven, like a roast, on a very low heat so that it stays very rare in the center.
Just remember that the lack of fat in the meat means it can and will dry out. It needs to be well marinade and cooked with extra fat, kept covered or wrapped in foil while precooking.
What temperature should a steak be? A quality piece of meat should not be served over 145°F. Well-done is over 165°F; rare is 125°F. I do not suggest serving a T-bone or strip steak rare, because it does not allow the fat in the steak to melt, and the fat is where the flavors reside. However if you like a rare steak try it with a filet because the flavor resides in the meat itself and not in the fat.
An instant read thermometer could help you determine the temperature of the meat if you are a novice cook or if you are cooking a large piece of meat. Other wise use the clenched fist test. Make a loose fist with one of your hands and use your finger on the opposite hand to touch your fist in three places: your thumb (in-between the knuckle and joint) for well done, your pointer finger (in-between the knuckle and hand joint) for medium rare and the fatty place on your hand that resides between your thumb and pointer for rare. If all else fails look to see if your steak has red juices pooling on the top, that is an indication your meat is medium rare.
The time to start checking is when you can really smell the flavors of the steak, not just smell the initial burn you get when you toss it on the grill.
Ask your butcher, or search online, for suggestions of cooking times based on the thickness and cut. A rule of thumb is, for a medium sized cut, say one inch to one-and-a-half inches in thickness, to cook it is five minutes over direct heat (rotating it at 3 minutes) on a hot grill on one side, then flip for three to four minutes. Press the center with your thumb, if mushy, cook for another minute on both sides.
If the flesh is firm and springs back, it should be medium rare.
Check, but as few times as possible; every time you puncture your steak, it loses juices. At 130-135°F, take it off the direct heat, putting it on a plate on an upper shelf of the grill or covering to the side, and let it sit (rest) for 5-10 minutes. The temperature will rise another 10°F as it rests.
Garnish the plate and serve.
Fresh ground beef is relatively easy to buy, but what makes it tricky is not the freshness, but the fat-to-meat ratio. As in your steaks, it's all about the fat.
For more flavorful burgers, try 80 (meat)/20 (fat) ground beef; for a healthier version try either an 85 (meat)/15 (fat) or 90 (meat)/10 (fat). At Whole Foods you can purchase a pound of the grass feed, very lean meat, and mix it with a half-pound of an 80/20 mix to introduce some fat. This gives you that grass-fed, quality beef flavor and the fat that makes a good burger juicy.
The trick is to buy enough meat for your hamburger buns. An 80/20 patty will shrink by almost half when it's cooked, while an 85/15 patty will only shrink by about one-third; a 90/10 patty will stay almost the same size.
There is nothing worse than a small hamburger patty hidden inside an enormous hamburger bun. A good rule of thumb is to make three patties per pound of meat.
You need to make your patty, once flattened larger then the bun all the way around so once shrunk, it fits.
Marinades, rubs and basting can add a lot of flavor to your meats. Marinades are used on tough pieces of meat like tri tip, skirt steak or flank steak. The proteins in these cuts need the acid in a marinade to help break down the muscle fibers.
Marinades work best if they're left on for at least two to three hours. If you have cut of beef that's really tough and large, leave it soaking in the marinade for up to two days. The flavor of the marinade will penetrate deep into the meat.
Rubs are a mixture of seasonings rubbed deep into the fibers of the meat. Rubs are best used before grilling with any type of protein (steaks, hamburgers, chicken). The key to rubs is to use a little bit of oil and rub the seasonings into the meat. It will create a nice, crusty layer.
Basting uses s a liquid like barbecue sauce, honey mustard or an orange soy sauce reduction. Bastes are painted onto browned meat.
Basting is best done toward the end of cooking; the mixtures can have a lot of sugar in them, and if you baste meats too early, the sugars can flare the fire and end up burning your perfectly cooked meats.
When you baste at the end, the baste reduces and caramelizes onto the meat, leaving a delicious outer layer of flavor.
When you grill you can use all three of these techniques. The flavors of the marinade, baste and rub should be similar or complementary to prevent them from fighting over your taste buds.
One trick to cooking meat and enjoying your event is to undercook your meat ahead of time, then before serving finish it off on a low grill.
If you cook to serve, check your meat with an instant-read thermometer and remove it from the fire when the temperature reaches 10 degrees below ideal; the meat, particularly thicker cuts, will continue to cook after it is removed from the grill. A steak should be allowed to sit for five minutes or so before slicing to allow the hot juices to settle into the meat instead of running out all over the plate.
If you slice the steak before serving, sprinkle a course sea salt it will help to settle any liquids.
Follow these tips and you will be able to enjoy your party with out stressing over raw meat, dry meat, and a ruined meal.
Here are the ingredients of some favorite rubs. Combine to your favorite flavor profile, adding a little more or less spice or other flavors to suit your own tastes:
Paprika Rub
1-tablespoon paprika
½ tablespoon garlic powder
Salt and cracked pepper
Rosemary Rub
½ tablespoon chopped rosemary
1 tablespoon chopped Italian parsley
½ tablespoon olive oil
Salt and cracked pepper
Creole Rub
1 tablespoon Creole Seasonings
½ tablespoon oil
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Acer C720 and C720P Chromebook Review and Giveaway
There's a Chromebook for virtually every need and budget. And while we've been looking at some of the newer form factors (like the all-in-one desktop LG Chromebase Review and Giveaway Chrome OS is blasting it's way haphazardly onto different form factors – but can it really take on the all-in-one desktop? Here comes the LG Chromebase ($329) to prove it can. Or not. Read More ), it's time to go back to basics. Smooth performance and a budget friendly price – is this the Chromebook you're looking for?
At the end of this review, you'll be able to enter a giveaway for a chance to win the Acer C720 and C720P (we have one of each to giveaway).
About the Acer C720 and C720P
The Acer C720 ($199) is currently among the cheapest Chromebooks on the market, joined by the Asus 11.6″ model and a few others with a similar form factor. Though similar on paper, I'd be inclined to recommend the ASUS Chromebook over the C720 due to its superior build quality and keyboard, and larger trackpad.
The C720P ($309) differs only in that it has a touchscreen – and while it represents great value for money, there are slightly cheaper models that also have a touchscreen, such as the Lenovo Chromebook (review Lenovo IdeaPad N20P Chromebook Review and Giveaway The Lenovo IdeaPad N20P is Lenovo's first attempt at the Chromebook market. Read More ).
The packaging is nice yet straightforward. The Chromebooks were nicely protected by wrapping and styrofoam bumpers, and came with a power cord and a small user manual — that's it. That keeps the entire package lean, which I like.
The Chromebooks have a very nice yet simple design that is in line with its low price tag. The entire Chromebook has one color, but the screen is surrounded by a black bezel (on the C720 this bezel reaches the edge while on the C720P it does not).
We also get a decent amount of ports: on the left side there's the power jack, a full-sized HDMI port, a USB 3.0 port, and a combo headphone/microphone jack; on the right side there's an SD card reader, a USB 2.0 port, and a Kensington lock slot.
It's dimensions are 11.34 x 8.03 x 0.75 inches with a weight of 2.8 pounds, which makes it very thin and portable — two crucial characteristics of a good Chromebook.
Build Quality
The build quality is interesting to note, because the materials used in making these Chromebooks feel like they aren't terribly cheap despite it most likely being a very cheap plastic. However, although there's tons of plastic all around, it feels decently sturdy and could handle a few bumps and scrapes.
Since the device is so cheap and made of plastic, I can't guarantee that the device will be very durable. If you treat it well, it should last quite a long time, but it might not hold up very well to heavy beating. Don't confuse those statements with the device being flimsy — it's not flimsy, but the quality of the materials just isn't great. Which doesn't surprise me at all — I believe that this is probably where most of the cost savings comes from.
Getting Started
Like any other Chrome OS device, you just need to plug in the power cord to get it to boot up (it'll refuse to until you plug it in, even though the battery is half full). From there, you just sign into your Google account and off you go. Everything that you have synced with Chrome on any other computer will show up on your Chromebook in just a few seconds.
Display (and Touchscreen)
The 11.6-inch display comes with a 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, which isn't extraordinary but quite good for such a display. The viewing angles were acceptable — although it's still best if the screen is facing you directly — and the color representation was good for the price. Saturation of colors was a little low but not to the point that it looked strange.
The touchscreen on the C720P is very nice and easy to use. It was responsive and accurate to my input. Chrome OS supports quite a few gestures on touchscreens, so the experience there was productive.
The speakers were actually very good, and I'm not saying that they're good for the price. They're actually good — no matter what the price was. I was surprised by this, as speakers are usually one of the areas where Chromebook manufacturers tend to make sacrifices. But nope, these were loud and clear.
There was virtually no distortion at higher volumes, and there was even some bass in them. Not a lot, but I was expecting none at all. This alone makes these Chromebooks good devices to consume media, particularly music, on the go for cheap.
With an Intel Celeron 2955U processor and 2GB of RAM, I had been expecting to see some stuttering or lag during my use of these Chromebooks. However, it performed quite well. It wasn't a perfectly buttery smooth experience, but it wasn't really laggy either. Updates after first booting the device made it perform better, so I'd expect further updates to do the same. There might have been an occasional, minimal hiccup once in a while, but it's otherwise fantastic to use.
Even YouTube videos playing at 1080p worked without a hitch, though given the low resolution display there would be little point in playing anything beyond 720p. The included 802.11n WiFi is mature and fast enough for anything that the Chromebook can handle.
Battery Life
I was expecting battery life to suffer, but that wasn't the case either. Acer advertises 8.5 and 7.5 hours for the C720 and C720P, respectively. I actually got approximately a half hour better on each device for light to moderate mixed use. You shouldn't have to worry about plugging these Chromebooks into the wall unless you have a very, very long day to tackle.
Keyboard and Trackpad
The keyboard and trackpad were acceptable, but here's another area where sacrifices were made by Acer. While the keyboard looks good and there's plenty of spacing between the keys, the tactile feedback is minimal, so it's difficult to tell whether you've reached the threshold for keystroke recognition. Your eyes can confirm or deny that fact, but your fingers will get confused and will keep getting confused until it gets accustomed to the keyboard.
The trackpad works pretty well, but it isn't as smooth and sensitive as I would have liked it to be. The area of the trackpad is rather small (which most 11.6-inch Chromebooks suffer from). With the C720P, I found myself using the touchscreen more often than the trackpad. I'm not a big fan of touchscreens generally, and while I would prefer a better trackpad or mouse, in this case it complimented the system nicely.
Webcam and Microphone
Another trademark of any Chrome OS-powered device: the webcam isn't great. It's a 1.3 MP webcam, sufficient for 800 x 600 video conferencing. It'll get the job done, but it won't be the best experience. The microphone is also of standard quality — good enough to clearly capture your voice, but it's nothing "high-definition."
In the end, are the Acer C720 and C720P worth your money? Yes! While they do have their downsides (and at that price, how could they not), but they are certainly much better than I was expecting them to be.
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This is a fairly recognizable poster, it's been around the internet for some time – the answer to the posed question of who will be indicted next is NO ONE.
The fix is in, it's been in. That's been made abundantly clear and the question that should accompany these photos is not who will be indicted next but who is the next snitch that will be exposed?
By employing AIM's definition it is well established that both Russell Means and Dave Hill were.
A breakdown in the official wall of silence occurred when South Dakota AG Marty Jackley announced that Means had not only "assisted" him in developing a case against John Graham and Thelma Rios pertaining to the abduction murder of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash but also assisted other law enforcement agencies as well.
AIM's word for that has always been "snitch" leaving them in the midst a conundrum of sorts, If they attempt to defend Means or deny his snitch status then they are obliged to do the same for those who have spoken against them, testified in any AIM related case, or provided information.
Left with a bare minimum of options, and none of the good from their viewpoint, they have elected to opt for the lesser of the perceived evils and remain silent.
No one, NO ONE, that I am aware of anywhere on the net or this blog has attempted such a defense. Ask yourself why?
AIM of course would rather exist on a diet of buffalo chips ( which is probably a dietary staple for them anyway) than address anything related to such troubling and high risk topics.
Curious isn't it that an organization that has employed "paranoia", moles, snitches, and provocateurs as the mea culpa of choice hasn't anything to say about the venerable "statesmen" Means snitch status?
But then the perception may well be if they did people might then say maybe others were as well and begin following the bread crumbs.
Curious isn't it as well that no mention is made on AIM satellite sites like LRI or the RoL as they go on about all the inequities and a sincere desire to address them?
With the talk of constructing a "library" to "honor" Means maybe some consideration should be given to making it an adjunct to the Hoover building or that monolith in Utah the NSA calls home.
Dave Hill was outed decades ago after bombing Mt. Rushmore and being allowed to walk away without a single indictment hanging over his head.
In addition to that immediately following his get out of jail free pass he was arrested on state charges of possessing a handgun the serial number had been filed off and then SD career politician, and drunken vehicular life taker Bill Janklow stepped in and the charges were dropped in the "public interest". What definition of in the public interest was employed to dust Hill off, give him a cookie, and send him on his way?
John Trudell has gone on for years about an "agent provocateur" within the AIM ranks insisting the path to discovery begins at the Custer Court House – but like those fan dancers of Burlesque fame reveals only enough to leave his audience wanting more – the question that should be directed to Trudell since a contingent of the usual media attention seeking AIM leadership were there and Hill was the one to throw the first punch that began the fracus is he implying Hill is the provocateur? Seems logical to me that if you want to provoke a confrontation you would throw a punch.
Maybe Trudell would have us look not at Hill, a Dennis Banks invitee to join AIM and become a member of his personal cadre of security bumbling dolts and Keystone Cops, but at Means or one of the other "liberators". Either way though the field of candidates is finite.
Something else that should be looked into is whether or not Hill had a previous history of criminal charges being dropped prior to joining AIM? If so the plot would thicken as they say.
Now I don't know much about child support cases other than people can go to jail for non payment – Hill didn't, and it would be interesting to see who intervened in his behalf or if he did in fact make good on any payments in arrears and kept them current following that.
Of the remaining individuals in the above rogues gallery it's my opinion shared by others that at least the AIM leadership as a whole probably rolled over at one point or another if we look at their ability to either walk from charges, never be charged, or being able to "plea bargain" their sentence down to a minimum as a convicted "major drug dealer".
Dennis Banks is an interesting case in point. The man his bromance partner Russell Means said had the ability to make people disappear – Annie Mae and Perry Ray Robinson Jr. are prime examples.
Banks having been tape recorded instructing Chris Westerman to dispose of Ray's body makes him at the very least an accessory after the fact to murder.
This taped recording should have at a minimum led to an effort by law enforcement to conduct a search and recovery effort for Ray's remains…..but didn't, and everyone should be asking why?
In addition Banks ability to immediately identify Annie's body upon discovery from a considerable distance, as in more than a thousand miles away, before anyone else could should raise a few eyebrows and questions, yet no charges have ever been brought against him related to either incident.
Consider the fact also that Westerman apparently enjoyed a measure of trickle down immunity from Banks as it would have been impossible to go after him and leave Banks unscathed. Sounds more than a little suspicious doesn't it?
The way of it seems to be if you're going to commit crimes you should also be an informant to insure a free hand, or at the most a slap on the wrist.
Dennis Banks, the "warrior" who fled the scene of the Oregon RV stop as did another "warrior" by the name of Leonard Peltier, both of who obviously felt it wasn't "a good to die" but one to abandon women, one pregnant who gave birth during her detention.
Dennis Banks who undoubtedly stayed in contact with his "security" lap dog Leonard Peltier keeping him apprised of all events as Peltier by his own words wandered back and forth across the U.S./Canadian border.
In Banks having done so Peltier would have known about the "tribunal" that issued the fatwah for Annie.
I personally believe that if Peltier didn't have a vote in the "tribunal", which I suspect he did, he nonetheless knew, encouraged, and appreciated the decision that was made.
It's also more than a little suspicious that the DOJ operating under the tenure of USAG Eric Holder has announced that yes, AIM did kill Annie and Ray, but they aren't interested in pursuing such old cases.
This is about as close as the public will ever come to the particulars unless a whistleblower emerges.
The official position is the feds don't give up an informant while they're alive – Means no longer is and although it wasn't the feds who gave him up he nonetheless was outed by law enforcement – Banks, Hill, and Clyde remain among the living so we shouldn't expect much in the way of official announcements, nor do I think we can in their passing as it could open an entirely different can of worms that might very well involve not only governmental agencies but also politicians in key positions related to the nations.
What has been established is that Means was an informant at least when it came to the case Jackley was building, what I'd like to know is what else did Means snitch about, for how long, and to whom?
I also would like to challenge anyone to describe Means snitch status to be something other than AIM's definition of a snitch or as being in the spirit of Crazy Horse.
Murder is allegedly a crime without a statute of limitations, yet new statutes seem to have been written when it comes to the cigar store internet construct ndns of the AIM leadership and by extension select minions. Gun violence and Lives Matter? Really? Could have fooled me.
I'd like to think that somewhere in the government there is at least one lone individual who would prioritize truth and justice by stepping up and revealing the truth, all of it, but that's probably as much a fantasy as believing AIM is a "spiritual organization" composed of liberators and patriots who operate in the spirit of Crazy Horse.
A feature of the leaderships survival mode is to stay lawyered up applying generous amounts of super glue to themselves and attorneys like Bruce "I'm taking the Fifth" Ellison and Charles Abourzek who inserted himself into Arlo Looking Cloud's pre trial preparations in an effort to discover what testimony Arlo would give and how wide the loop might be employing a process of something referred to as "psycho drama".
Strange isn't it that inspite of Arlo's statements that Abourezk was present at Bill Means house when the call came to murder Annie Arlo's attorney would have allowed Abourezk any form of contact with Arlo?
Abourezk has portrayed his contact with Arlo as being ex parte, a sort of friend of the court whose sole purpose was to facilitate Arlo's defense, apparently with the belief that no one would notice the law firm owned by both and he his father not only represented various AIM members but had a long history of doing so – a clear conflict of interest.
The very law firm where Russell Means spent his day release under the guise of water rights expert during his one year sentence for his Custer conviction. Really? Russell was better versed in the legal ins and out of such rights, had a greater access to case law, his knowledge and understanding were so encyclopedic his assistance was essential?
And what about those water rights and the combined effort of the Abourezk and Means collaboration? Anyone want to tell me what benefit to the nations was secured?
I'll conclude this post with an additional question – why was it necessary to abduct Annie from California and return her to Pine Ridge if it was simply about an interrogation? That would be PR where Means said nothing AIM related could take place without his knowledge and consent.
PR, where the participation of various Means family members and AIM friendly attorney Bruce Ellison in Annie's interrogation took place at the WKLDC office.
PR, where the call came to murder her was taken at Russell's brother Bill's house and where she was buried in a hurried faux traditional ceremony by a bunch of pretenders who neither knew anything about tradition, cared about, or respected them.
In consideration of location, those involved, motive, and Mean's proclaimed warlord status anyone doubting Means was unaware until 1999 as he claimed is either a fool, owned outright by AIM, or both.
I'd be interested in knowing if Jackley and Means ever discussed the AIM murder of Perry Ray Robinson jr. at WK2, or the multiple unmarked graves, if so what did Means have to say about that? Who did Means point the finger at to divert attention away from himself and family members?
AIM has attempted for decades to portray any who speak the truth against them as "haters" – I submit the opposite is true, they hate the truth.


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