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Southampton vs Sunderland: Match Preview
Posted by Featured Articles | Published on 04/03/2016
There's no rest for the wicked as Premier League sides are playing their third match in seven days, and after the mid-week matches, Sunderland will be the happier of the two sides. Although the Black Cats led 1-0 against Crystal Palace, their former player Connor Wickham bagged two goals to put the Eagles 2-1 up. Fabio Borini then levelled the game late on to snatch a must needed point which meant Sunderland climbed above Norwich and arch rivals Newcastle to move out of the relegation zone. On the other hand, Southampton lost ground on 5th place and a Europa League spot after their second consecutive defeat at the hands of south-coast neighbours Bournemouth. The Saints looked flat and unconvincing and couldn't match the Cherries' desire and pace going forward, something they will look to rectify this weekend.
Saints' £4 million signing Charlie Austin will miss out after sustaining a hamstring injury at The Vitality Stadium on Tuesday. Koeman confirmed Austin will be out "for a few weeks". Despite returning to full training last week, Jay Rodriguez and Florin Gardos will still be unavailable as they look to gain match fitness. After Koeman's 3-5-2 didn't work against Bournemouth in the early stages, the Dutchman switched the formation back to 4-3-3. As his teams performance picked up slightly after this change, Koeman may start with the latter formation. Shane Long will also miss out of this game due to a knock to his knee sustained at Bournemouth. Graziano Pelle is set for his first start since February 13th in the Saints' 1-0 win over Swansea at the Liberty Stadium. Sadio Mane also looks set to fill in for the missing Long. Pelle and Mane are looking to re-form their partnership which ran Chelsea ragged earlier this season.
John O'Shea has a chance of facing Southampton this weekend after a calf injury. Former Portsmouth defender Younes Kaboul is on standby for the Black Cats. £8 million pound signing Jermain Lens will miss out on the trip to St Mary's but is expected to be fit for the Tyne-Wear derby on the 20th of March. Another former Portsmouth player Jermain Defoe will be crucial for Sunderland if there to gain three points this weekend, as the Black Cats will be relying on him for goals. Fabio Borini could be in line for his first start since the 2nd of February due to his last gasp equaliser against Crystal Palace. Lee Cattermole suffered a concussion against Crystal Palace and due to FA protocol, the Englishman cannot be considered.
Past Meetings
22nd December 2012- Southampton 0-1 Sunderland:
Steven Fletcher scored the only goal of the game as Martin O'Neill's side looked comfortable against Nigel Adkins' Saints.
12th May 2013- Sunderland 1-1 Southampton:
An improvised Jason Puncheon finish all-but secured Southampton's Premier League status after a Phil Bardsley goal opened the scoring.
24th August 2013- Southampton 1-1 Sunderland:
Southampton's record £17million signing Pablo Daniel Osvaldo made his debut in this match. Emanuele Giaccherini scored the opening goal as he found himself free in the box to score a header from a corner (despite being only 5ft 5). A late Jose Fonte header snatched a point for the Saints.
18th January 2014- Sunderland 2-2 Southampton:
Mauricio Pochettino's side led 2-0 in this match with goals from Dejan Lovren and Jay Rodriguez, however Sunderland pegged the Saints back after goals from Fabio Borini and Adam Johnson.
18th October 2014- Southampton 8-0 Sunderland:
A rout at St Mary's! After Sebastian Vergini scored a stupendous own goal to open the scoring for Ronald Koeman's side, Sunderland fans knew they were in for a long afternoon after this. Saints led 3-0 at half time when Jack Cork and Graziano Pelle added to Vergini's own goal. Five second half goals followed as Pelle grabbed another with Tadic and Wanyama joining in. Sunderland caused all their own problems as Liam Bridcutt and Patrick van Aanholt joined Vergini by inadvertently putting the ball in their own net.
2nd May 2015- Sunderland 2-1 Southampton:
Two penalties from Jordi Gomez sealed a vital three points for Sunderland as their annual great escape moved into full swing. Said Mane levelled the game at 1-1 but after James Ward-Prowse gave away the second penalty of the game and was sent off, Sunderland took advantage by scoring and taking all three points.
7th November 2015- Sunderland 0-1 Southampton:
Southampton's first win at the Stadium of Light in twelve years came courtesy of a Dusan Tadic penalty after Ryan Bertrand was brought down by Yann M'Vila
Southampton: DWWLL
1st March: Bournemouth 2-0 Southampton
27th February: Southampton 1-2 Chelsea
13th February: Swansea 0-1 Southampton
6th February: Southampton 1-0 West Ham
2nd February: Arsenal 0-0 Southampton
Sunderland: LDWLD
1st March: Sunderland 2-2 Crystal Palace
27th February: West Ham 1-0 Sunderland
13th February: Sunderland 2-1 Man Utd
6th February: Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland
2nd February: Sunderland 0-1 Man City


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One Eyed Girl
After the death of his girlfriend, Travis, a thirty-something psychiatrist, struggles to keep it together. On the brink of a nervous breakdown he stumbles across a strange church run by a charismatic leader, Pastor Jay. In search of answers Travis is led deeper and deeper into the underworld of religious fanaticism, home to a Doomsday cult and a teenage girl named Grace.
Craig Behenna, Elena Carapetis, Kate Cheel, Mark Leonard Winter, Matt Crook, Sara West, Sebastian Freeman, Steve Le Marquand, Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Director: Nick Matthews
Country: Australia

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St Andrews is recognised as a special place in Scottish History, it take its name from the Apostle whose relics, legend dictates where brought to this place in antiquity by St Rule, later Scotland took St Andrew as the patron saint and took his saltire cross for her flag. It is a town recognised the world over and attracts international tourists for its beauty, for its challenging and famous
golf courses and presents for these discerning visitors a catalogue of fine Saint Andrews Hotels.
Before the reformation, the town was regarded as the center of religious life in medieval Scotland, the Bishops held great influence over church and state. St Andrews has a reputation as being a place of learning and the university was founded in 1410-111 and is the third oldest in Britain. In the main its biggest attraction is the game of Golf and its home as it has been played here for some 600 years. The old course is arguably the most famous Golf course in the world and the Royal and Ancient golf course is still the ruling body for the rules of golf the world over. The Old Course hosted the Open during the millennium year and repeated this again in 2005.
The town of St Andrews is a town that opens its arms and welcomes guests to explore, its center is described through a fascinating medieval layout and the main shopping areas are concentrated in Market Street and South Street and connected by Bell Street and Church Street. The town is extremely friendly and is one of Scotland's most historic towns, set in an idyllic coastal location edged by miles of golden beaches and yet it is within easy reach of Edinburgh, Dundee and most of the Scotland's major cities.
Visitors will discover a matchless blend of past and present and for more than a hundred years has been famed as a holiday resort, not only on account of its golf but for its scenery and invigorating climate. Of course it is the game of Golf that attracts many of its visitors and it is the ambition of every golfer to play on the world famous'' Old Course''.
The town offers the ideal weekend break as flights are numerous and the low cost air flights have made the destination even more accessible consequently the number and quality of hotels has increased. The luxury hotels provide airport transfer and some of the hotels offer their own helipad allowing VIP's private entrances.
Visitors are provided with wonderful accommodation choices from unique hotels found in the town center offering welcoming comfort and town center atmosphere doorstep location to local restaurants and trendy wine bars. Found on the outskirts and on acres of landscaped grounds are beautifully renovated and restored country mansions, former shooting lodges and castles now offering deluxe Hotel accommodations.
These country retreats offer guests a glimpse at the life of the privileged gentry providing country pursuits such as shooting, fishing and hunting. Many are still privately owned providing very specialised service and personal touches and the true warmth of Scottish hospitality.
Accommodations are described through individually designed suites, detailed with antiques, thick drapes framing floor to ceiling windows, ornate light fittings, found within sitting rooms, dining areas and study areas. Master bedrooms are home to ancient four poster beds, canopied beds and king size beds dressed in fine linens and comforters. Lavish en suite bathrooms are complemented with deluxe bath products.
The Hotels are home to fine restaurants presenting international cuisines by highly acclaimed Chefs. Health Spas offer exceptional indulgence companioned with indoor pools, whilst concierges are on hand to see to all needs.
The Saint Andrews Hotels have considered their guests every need and present them with every imaginable luxury.
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Back to school without the sugar
That's not what kids need to grow, learn, play and sleep well. They need food, real food. Being a parent isn't always easy and we all do the best we can for our children. For some added simplicity and inspiration here's our best back to school ideas, without the added sugar.
The recipes below can be made in advance and kept in the refrigerator for easy access when your children get home from school. They provide good nutrients and will keep them satiated until dinner time.
For more information on kids and low carb, have a look at our low-carb kids guide. Please let us know in the comments what your best ideas are for children's lunch boxes or what your little ones like for breakfast.
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Date: January 21, 2016 | Category: News
WARRENSBURG – Seniors are the most likely targets of fraud and should be cautious in investing their savings.
That was the message from Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander as he spoke to more than 50 people at the Care Connection for Aging Services Warrensburg Senior Center Thursday.
"The majority of the fraud attempts are against seniors," with 42 percent of senior citizens reporting that they have been a target of investment fraud, Kander said.
He told people to report any suspicious or potentially fraudulent activity to the Securities Division of the Secretary of State's office at 1-800-721-7996.
"You shouldn't be embarrassed if happens to you," Kander told more than 50 people in attendance. "This is what (investment scammers) do for a living. They are criminals, they are professionals, and they are very good at it."
He explained the top threats to Missouri's Senior Investors and cautioned his audience to watch for the "red flags."
Unregistered Salespeople: Because all investment salespeople must be registered with the state according to law, Kander told people to call his office to make sure dealers and firms are registered. He also said consumers should be wary of credentials such as "senior specialist" or "certified retirement financial advisor."
Online Discount Brokerage Accounts Managed by Third Parties: He warned people not to share their online user names or passwords with third parties who offer to set up or manage online discount brokerage accounts.
"You should be in the one to manage your own online account," Kander said. "Giving them your account information really is like giving them access to your bank account."
High-Yield or Ponzi Investment Schemes: Be wary of high-yield or Ponzi investment schemes, he said, pointing to investment fraudster Bernie Madoff as perhaps the most infamous example of a criminal who victimized his clients.
"Anything that feels too good to be true, chances are, it is. If it's a Ponzi scheme, nobody ever gets their money back," Kander said.
Real estate investments: "One red flag would be that people might offer to have you invest in something that is very complicated and located in a place where you are unlikely to go and see it with your own eyes," he said.
Investment Fads: "If there is an investment in something that you don't understand how it works, it's very complicated, or is going to be hard to monitor, avoid it," Kander said.
Kander explained the Senior Savings Protection Act, which is intended to protect seniors who may have declining cognitive ability that affects their decision making.
Under the law, if a person associated with a financial broker-dealer has reason to believe that a requested transaction involving the account of a senior or adult with a disability would result in financial exploitation, the broker-dealer may refuse to process the transaction for 10 days.
The broker-dealer then must notify the appropriate people authorized to transact business on the account, as well as the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Commissioner of Securities. The recently enacted law also authorizes the broker-dealer to notify those state authorities or a family member or legal guardian upon the suspicion that financial exploitation is occurring.
The Warrensburg Senior Center is one of 22 operated by Care Connection for Aging Services, an area agency on aging serving 13 West Central Missouri counties, including Johnson. Care Connection's mission is to provide resources and services that empower people to create healthy aging experiences.


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The effort was worth it, however, as together we managed to crack the first major gambit laid out by the mysterious Tweeter "WhiteRabbitYT". But lets start from the beginning: like many good stories, this one begins on Valentine's day.
On "Corporate Forced Love Day" a number of us over at unFiction received a mysterious message from a secret admirer:
Nice, isn't it? Well... it would be nicer if Forest weren't a dead guy.My name is F.F.E.Y.-T. and I would like[with my friends] to wish you a good day.
Just a little something to let you know you are being thought of.
And will be thought of again this year...
Forest Frederic Edward Yeo-Thomas
Forest Frederick Edward Yeo-Thomas (1902-1964) was quite a guy: captured by the Russians during the Polish Soviet War; he strangled a guard in order to escape, after this he worked in a stylish French fashion house before becoming an interpreter for the Free French Forces. He didn't work this job for very long before being whisked away to be a secret agent, parachuted into occupied France to help the French resistance coordinate attacks against German forces. After returning to Britain he wangled a meeting with the PM managed to convince Churchill to help fund the French resistance. In 1944 he once again parachuted into occupied France, but was betrayed by one of his men and captured by the Gestapo. Tortured and imprisoned; he organised a revolt amongst the prisoners and briefly escaped. Upon recapture he passed himself off as a French national and was transferred to a prison near Marienburg. Once again he managed to escape and make it back to the Allied forces. After the war he was a witness at the Nuremberg Trials.
Its quite a life to hi-jack. Experience tells me that it is not random that the PM has chosen this important character as his pseudonym and there are numerous connections which have already been made: FFEYT has a habit of quoting Mary Shelley and Byron; "Shelley" was a pseudonym the real FFEYT went under whilst in occupied France. "White Rabbit" was also another codename the real guy went by; which is how we found the character's twitter account (also worth noting that a "trailhead" or starting point for an ARG is often called a "Rabbit Hole").
FFEYT has been communicating mainly through Twitter up until now, through cryptic tweets about "P.M", the day of the water in the street and endless poetry. After a bit of brainboxing we worked the tweets lead to "Rue de Eaux" or "Street of Water"- a reference to the location of FFEYT's death and so this lead to the date of his death: 26th February. We waited with bated breath for the 26th to come around and for the promised "Gauntlet" to be thrown down.
On the 26th, those who had sent FFEYT an email received a .wmv file in response: the video showed a number of different images and challenged the watcher to "find" him. At the start of the video, there were scrolling numbers running across the screen from top to bottom: 4369605441. Simply googling the number lead to http://www.flickr.com/photos/blinkofaneye/4369605441/ - and at the bottom of this page we find that WhiteRabbitYT had favourited the picture; allowing us to view his saved images.
When: The White Rabbit
If you look carefully, you can see some text in white over the Rabbit's eye; thats binary. It translates to 20th April 1798. Fairly easy for a beginning question, don't you think? There was also another code embedded in the picture which translated to "QTR" - we don't know the relavence of this yet.
Who: The Letter Grid
The letters in the grid spell out:
"NATO ACCOLSI GALVANI E PIANSI ESTINTO. PER LUI FU L'UNO ALL'ALTRO POLO AVVINTO - GALVANUM EXCEPI NATUM LUXIQUE PEREMPTUM CUIUS AB INVENTO IUNCTUS UTERQUE POLUS"Which translates to: "I received the newborn Galvani; I cried him dead / He held together both the electric poles." The numbers at the bottom translate to the coordinates 49.6 N, 84.6 W - which leads us to a crater on the moon: Galvani. The who was Luigi Galvani.
Where: The Parrots
This is the one which stumped us. We knew they were parrots and they might be on fire or something... The tagline to the picture reads: "Names, collectively, have power..." which lead us to believe it had something to do with the collective noun for parrots; which we could only find to be "Company".
I TinyEyed the background and found it was a well used image of Hell. Meanwhile, String, a relatively new player, popped in an informed us that another name for a group of parrots was a "Pandemonium" - Pandemonium was the name for the capitol city of Hell in Paradise Lost - our where was Pandemonium.
Ofiuco contacted FFEYT with our answers and he confirmed they were correct. Seems Ofiuco will now be receiving a package with the next set of clues! FFEYT tweeted that we should wait for more information and expect an update on "White Day" - 14th March.
Last night was very fun, and working as a team to put together all the clues really felt good. I can't wait to see what other twists and turns might be lying just around the corner for us. This game reminds me of Ministry of Argon in its twistyness and that was one hell of a ride; this game is shaping up to be awesome on a whole new scale. Bring on March.
The game can be followed at the unFiction thread here.
Or you can contact FFEYT directly at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Today, the Cleveland Velodrome ran two events: TT and Mass Start. The Time Trial events were the 200m flying lap, 1K TT, 3K Pursuit, and the 4K TT (ran as a persuit). Other events were offered such as Team Sprint and Team Pursuit for the local teams that were in attendance. This is my first actually racing the Cleveland Velodrome because the last time I came up, it rained (torential downpour) after I got in 10 laps of a warmup. The Clevelend track is a 160M steal structure wood panel track that is very smooth to ride on.
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I can still recall seeing a old photo of a old Forest City Velodrome member riding at the Masters Track World Championships. Since I started at the Forest City Velodrome, I've taking to liking track racing more than the road. I have a goal to compete and win in the Provincial Track Championships this year, race competitively at the Track Nationals next year, and place at Nationals the year following. I figure when I can compete at Nationals and place or do well, I can seriously consider booking the trip to Masters Track Worlds and representing Canada. In the meantime, I have a lot of work to do.
This year I decided to keep up with Wednesday training at the Forest City Velodrome and that has helped. I kind of fell into going to the International Velodrome at Bloomer Park. One of the FCV regulars, I know, makes trips out there, and urged me to go with him. When it couldn't make it, I decided to go on my own and I've been there some five times this summer. I have also been to the track in Cleveland on my own. So, magically, this summer I have had a fair amount of track racing and riding time. This weekend two major events at these two tracks happened to line up perfectly.
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With Track Provincials coming up at the end of the month, I decided to force myself to like riding a fixed gear bike. While riding a fixie on the track is relatively easy, it's not so on the road - at least for me. There are things called "hills" to deal with. Bike Couriers ride these daily and are far better at it than me. With the Fixed gear bike, unlike a regular bike with gears, there is only one gear - in this case, 46x16 or 78 gear inches. That means, I'm spinning at about 90RPM at 32km/h.
Hills means getting out of the saddle unless I don't feel like it and just gring away up to the top. For the most part, I'm climbing out of the saddle on this machine in order to use my body weight to turn the pedals around. It saves the knees.
Cornering has new meaning as well. Most roadies stop pedalling through corners unless they are racing. On a fixed gear bike, stopping pedalling is not an option. Stopping pedalling usually means one gets a very violent reminder that you can't. When I first got this machine, a few times I've almost been thrown from it.
So, this month in order to build strength and skill riding a fixed gear, I'm commited to riding my Urbane Cyclist special (and the fenders make it great for the rain). I hope that improves bike handling on the track where one need only ride in straight lines.


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Around the Village
Northpark Square allows for access to the Venta Spur biking and walking trail as well as the Mountains to Sea Trail, which runs 22 miles from Weir Canyon to Upper Newport Bay. Nearby parks include Hicks Canyon Park and Lower Peters Canyon Park. Hicks Canyon not only has several sport fields, but eucalyptus-lined walking trails, perfect for joggers and anyone looking to enjoy the great outdoors.
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Northpark Square is close to a wide variety of shops, restaurants and entertainment, which to the west, includes the 1.6 million square-foot Market Place. Here, enjoy diverse eateries, movie theaters and popular big box stores.
For daily errands, Northpark Plaza is centrally located within the village, and has a grocery store, several quick service restaurants, a spa, cleaners, banks and more, including:
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Educating more than 24,000 students in its district, Tustin Unified offers Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) programs at each of the middle and high schools. With a variety of award-winning schools including elementary, middle and high schools, the Tustin Unified School District is home to numerous National Blue Ribbon and California Gold Ribbon schools. For information about which schools service Northpark Square Village, please call TUSD at 714-730-7301.


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Top 10 Learning Vacations
These trips let you make memories, make a difference, or even make a boat.
1. Coral Reef Survey, San Salvador Island, Bahamas
Help save coral reefs simply by snorkeling. Well, you do have to measure and map as you splash along. Three U.S. researchers have been studying the reefs for years with help from the Earthwatch Institute, a nonprofit organization that gives ordinary people a chance to assist in scientific projects. A session in the Bahamas (June 29-July 9 or November 19-26), including food and lodging, costs $1,830; 800/776-0188 or earthwatch.org.
2. Whale Watching/Photography, Petersburg, Alaska
Choose Jodi Shepherd-led safaris, which offer plenty of general nature-photography tips, or Jim Nahmens' "Blubber Lovers" adventures, which focus more intently on humpback whales, especially their feeding behaviors. Either way, Alaska Sea Adventures' small-ship (only eight passengers) cruises follow ethical viewing guidelines for all wildlife. Inside Passage scenery alone makes this a photographer's dream vacation. Trips are scheduled for June and July; 888/772-8588 or yachtalaska.com.
3. Boatbuilding, Brooklin, Maine
At WoodenBoat School, you can create your own boat in a week―and maybe even take it home with you. Or, if that seems a bit ambitious, you could warm up by building a pond yacht (a working model sailboat). Other course topics include decorative carving, watercolor painting, and diesel-engine repair. The schedule runs May through September; 207/359-4651 or thewoodenboatschool.com.
4. Canoeing the Everglades, Ten Thousand Islands, Florida
Less than an hour south of chic Naples on Florida's Gulf Coast, the world gets wild. In this edge-of-the-Everglades ecosystem, land and sea mix as they do nowhere else in the country. Thousands of tiny islands create a lacework of bays and channels. Mysterious streams under tunnels of arching mangroves lead to flocks of herons, egrets, and roseate spoonbills. Wilderness Inquiry leads a canoe/camping trip through this ecosystem, heeding its mission to make the outdoors accessible to everyone―including people with disabilities. Next dates are in February and March 2006; 800/728-0719 or wildernessinquiry.org.
5. Weed Removal, Point Reyes, California
This Sierra Club outing involves yanking out non-native plants that have invaded Point Reyes National Seashore, the stunningly scenic Northern California preserve. You'll learn about the area's abundant wildlife and see evidence of the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco, 35 miles south. May's trip is booked, but September 11-17 is available; 415/977-5522 or sierraclub.org/outings.
6. Cooking Classes, The Waring House, Picton, Ontario, Canada
Choose from all manner of classes covering everything from knife-sharpening to French bistro cuisine. Classes, workshops, and special education/accommodations packages carry on year-round. The 17-room Waring House inn and restaurant sits in the middle of a charming Lake Ontario town; 800/621-4956 or waringhouse.com.
7. Ecosystem Preservation, Kauai, Hawaii
Global Volunteers, founded in 1984, sends adventurers on service-oriented visits to rural communities around the world, with full immersion into the local culture. This project, on Hawaii's "Garden Island," seeks to preserve native Hawaiian plants. You might uproot non-native species, repair historic buildings in a state park, or even help put on a festival; 800/487-1074 or globalvolunteers.org.
8. Historical Cruise, Chesapeake Bay
Smithsonian Journeys, affiliated with Washington's Smithsonian Institution, has put together a nine-day educational expedition through places that shaped the earliest history of the United States. The trip aboard the cozy, 49-passenger American Eagle starts and ends in Baltimore. Stops include the archaeological site of St. Mary's City, Maryland's now-vanished first capital, and lovely St. Michaels, Maryland, a wonderful town for history, seafood, and antiques; 877/338-8687 or smithsonianjourneys.org/cruises_us/042005chesapeake.asp.
9. Delta Exploration, Skagit River, Washington
The North Cascades Institute, headquartered just north of Seattle, aims to "inspire close relationships with nature through direct experience in the natural world." In other words, you get taken to beautiful places and find out what makes them so amazing. In August and again in January 2006, biologists will guide weekend trips through the huge variety of plants and animals in the Skagit River delta. They'll also point out successful conservation projects by local landowners; 360/856-5700, ext. 209, or ncascades.org.
10. Sea Turtle Conservation, Wassaw Island, Georgia
Throughout the summer, the Caretta Research Project brings everyone from schoolchildren to senior citizens to an uninhabited barrier island southeast of Savannah. There you help protect nesting sea turtles, their eggs, and their hatchlings. ( Caretta caretta is the scientific name for the loggerhead turtle.) You'll stay in primitive cabins and assist with housekeeping and cooking. Expect an extremely rustic but intensely rewarding experience; 912/447-8655 or carettaresearchproject.org.
For other learning vacations, check oceanic-society.org and shawguides.com.


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SCOTLAND will take on 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar at Easter Road in a warm-up ahead of the Euro
qualifier with the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on June 13.
Manager Gordon Strachan got his wish of a game ahead of the clash with Martin O'Neill's side as many of his players' club seasons will have finished several weeks previously.
He said: "We won't know the full picture in terms of our squad's individual circumstances until May but we'll ensure those whose seasons finish early will have a fitness programme to work on over the break.
"The match against Qatar will give us a competitive game before playing the Republic of Ireland."
Scotland have suffered a blow after UEFA awarded Russia a 3-0 win over Montenegro following the abandonment of their Group G qualifier in Podgorica due to crowd trouble.
Strachan's men had been the best third-placed team, which means automatic qualification for France, but Russia now hold that spot.
Meanwhile, Scotland are back into the top 30 sides in the FIFA world rankings following wins over Northern Ireland and Gibraltar. Strachan's men are 29th, rising 10 places from their previous position.
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Incarcerated opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has complained to the Luanshya Magistrate Court over the manner he was moved from Mukobeko Maximum Prison to Luanshya.
Mr. Hichilema, through his lawyer Chimuka Magubbwi of Magubbwi and Associates of Ndola said the prison authorities lured him that he needed to see his lawyers when infact not.
This is in a matter in which Mr. Hichilema and his Vice Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba are jointly charged with unlawful assembly.
The matter has since been adjourned to August 28, 2017 for continued trial.
Police sources have indicated that Mr Hichilema has now been taken to Kamfisa state prison.
"Before we conclude on date, we want to address the court. The manner in which our client was moved from Mukobeko Prison to here is not good. He was called around 06:00 Hours and told that he needed to talk to his lawyers yet they were bringing him here. And also what is the interest of the police when our client is before the hands of the prison authorities? Our client is concerned of his security. Why are the police and other agencies interested? We wanted to inform the court," Mr. Magubbwi said.
The state later applied for adjournment and the defence did not object.
However, Magistrate John Mbuzi said he was not comfortable with the dates that were suggested by the defence.
" I am not comfortable with those dates. It is for the good of the accused to have this date near and conclude this matter. So if we are not sure when the treason case will start, we better bring this matter so we finish. Find a date that is near," Magistrate Mbuzi said.
Mr. Hichilema arrived at the magistrate court at 11:10 hours amid tight security.
Immediately the matter was called before Magistrate John Mbuzi.
The state applied that the matter be adjourned because the lead state advocate was in Lusaka attending to another matter in the Supreme Court.
Mr Hichilema has been in jail from April 10 on a charge of treason and has spent time at Chimbokaila and Mukobeko Maximum Prison.


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I was just browsing the net, looking for recipes with Nutella. I came across one blogger commenting on an awesome Nutella cookie recipe: '…it looks like we are going to be snowed in the next couple of days; I know what I will make for my family! Yum'.
Oh, that brought me the sweetest memories, literally… I don't think my family and I will be snowed in so soon; we are living in California! But, we used to live with massive amounts of snow, when living in NY.
As a Brazilian mom, I used to complain so much about the snow, the freezing weather, the never ending (Upstate) NY Winters…
'Snowed in the next couple of days…' I can nearly feel it…in the warmth of our (sold) house in NY…It was so nice! The children outside, playing in the snow, in our huge backyard where we could even sledge; so fun! They would come back inside with their red noses, to find hot chocolate with cream and a hint of cinnamon beside a plate of freshly baked cookies! So comforting to meet up for the many dinners with our friends and children; all the cooking, the laughter, the warmth of friendship, Brazilian music 😉 and fireplace! I did not know how incredibly precious moments we were creating…I had no idea.
Now, pretty much, doing the same over here, under this amazing blue sky and sunshine of California. I complain about the heat! About the competitiveness of the Valley, the ridiculously high prices of housing…All unaware of the precious moments we are collecting, right here, right now…
Where next, I wonder? Will there be a next stop for this family? Is this it? Whatever the answer is, just by searching for a Nutella recipe, today, I was suddenly reminded: these are precious moments…and they do not compare to any other; they are all unique in one's lifetime.
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The NY Post has an interesting article this week, whereby assessments are made by some eggheads as to how we may potentially disarm the crazies out there with access to firearms. Of course, we American with brains are already familiar with gun safety, the use of trigger locks, safes, and proper storeage of firearms, so as to keep them out of reach of kids and the occasional lunatic who may break into our homes.
But, what about the looney birds like the Aurora, Columbine, VA Tech, Ft Hood(x 2), Santa Barbara, and Newtown shooters? Well, it's a simple answer-be armed. We should all be armed. And it seems a leftist at Harvard with a lot of sheepshins on his wall agrees with me/us. In fact, he comes right out and says it: "Potential victims need to be able to protect themselves". Or as I like to say, gun up, cause not every family is like yours or mine, and they won't seek help for a family member who has a screw loose. And since that possibility is omnipresent, we should all be armed. You never know when an Obama voter with a gun is going to show up.
I am ready 24/7. And if you aren't, in the wake of all these whack jobs who are under psychiatric care, have had multiple contacts with the cops, and still managed to get their hands on firearms, then you just may be crazy too. Get trained, carry a gun. The life you save may be your own! Self defense is a strong tenet of our country's framework. It is what differentiates us from everyone else on earth. While many countries have disarmed their citizens, we can still make a difference, and guarantee we are not victims. Will you be ready?
Read the full article at NYPost, and some interesting comments as always from our friend and colleague, Dan Cannon at Guns Save Lives.
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Maduro ja Chávez sanoivat Ei. He eivät ole kataisilaisia, vaan heillä oli/on kunnia ja omatunto. Sitä ei ole enää monella Euroopassa.
Kapitalismi on aikamme vitsaus. Kapitalismi on globaali ongelma. ---Jos olisimme järkeviä niin kehittäisimme itsenäisiä kansallisvaltioita ympäri maapalloa, jolloin kansallisvaltiot olisivat se ylin päätäntävalta. Nyt ei ole näin, ja tämä on yksi suurimpia kehityksen jarruja.
Lainaus käyttäjältä: Delaz - 27.02.2019, 12:36:15Maduro ja Chávez sanoivat Ei. He eivät ole kataisilaisia, vaan heillä oli/on kunnia ja omatunto. Sitä ei ole enää monella Euroopassa.Kannattaa mennä kertomaan tuo niille 2,4 miljoonalle Venezuelasta paenneelle ja niille miljoonille jotka eivät pysty pakenemaan. Maan ryöstäminen on siis mielestäsi sallittu jos ryöstäjänä on sosialisti? Maduron hallinto yrittää jatkuvasti ryöstää maan kultavarannot, mutta muiden maiden pankit ovat estäneet sen.Siinä sulle sosialistin kunniaa ja omaatuntoa. Mutta niin aina, USA on syyllinen kaikkeen... aina. Ei tarvitse vastata, mutta kysyn kuitenkin: Onko vihtaasi kustu?
Provosoikohan tämä Delaz vai onko tosissaan. Venezuelalaiset pistävät kommunismilla yhden maailman rikkaimmista maista paskaksi ja jenkit tulevat rauhoittamaan tilanteen --------------> jenkit aloittivat sodan. Jos maassa syttyy sisällissota Venezuelalaisten ja kommunistien välillä niin sekin jenkkien vika.Tai jos jenkit ei tee yhtään mitään niin sekin ojenkkien vika. Taas jos tukevat kommunistihallintoa sisällissodassa niin sekin jenkkien vika.Aina kun kommunismi tai totalitarismi menee vituis ja syttyy sota niin se on jenkkien vika.
Toistaiseksi armeija on tukenut presidentti Nicolás Maduroa. Uutistoimisto Reuters näyttää suoraa lähetystä Caracasista.VENEZUELAN oppositiojohtaja Juan Guaidó julistaa aloittaneensa "viimeisen vaiheen" suunnittelemastaan vallassa sinnittelevän Nicolás Maduron syrjäyttämisestä. Hän pyysi Twitter-videollaan venezuelalaisia ja armeijaa olemaan tukenaan. Videolla Guaidó esiintyi sotilasasuisten miesten ja vapauteen kotiarestista päässeen oppositiopoliitikko Leopoldo Lopezin kanssa."Kansallinen armeija on tehnyt oikean päätöksen, ja se luottaa Venezuelan kansan tukeen", Maduro totesi Reutersin mukaan....Samaan aikaan Reutersin toimittaja näki oppositiojohtaja Guaidón seisovan lähellä maan ilmavoimien tukikohtaa pääkaupungissa Caracasissa. Hänen ympärillään oli Reutersin mukaan ryhmä "univormuihin pukeutuneita miehiä".
#Venezuela - The situation at the El Carlota airbase in the vicinity of #Caracas is heating up. Pro-#Guaido forces are besieging roads leading to the base. pic.twitter.com/8QwTthDzzm— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) April 30, 2019
#Venezuela - The situation at the El Carlota airbase in the vicinity of #Caracas is heating up. Pro-#Guaido forces are besieging roads leading to the base. pic.twitter.com/8QwTthDzzm
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY KIM BARTLEY AND DONNACHA O'BRIAIN IRELAND, 2003 74 MINUTES IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES HUGO CHAVEZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA IN 1998, IS A COLORFUL, UNPREDICTABLE FOLK HERO, beloved by his nation's working class and a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power structure that would see him deposed. Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly removed from office. They were also present 48 hours later when, remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides. Their film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'état. It's a unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall Street Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washington's biggest Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba."
Here is the document's entire text:SOUTHCOMTOP SECRET23 FEB 2018PLAN TO OVERTHROWTHE VENEZUELAN DICTATORSHIP"MASTERSTROKE"UNITED STATES SOUTHERN COMMAND23 FEBRUARY 2018TOP SECRET/20180223CURRENT SITUATIONThe Venezuelan Chavista dictatorship staggers as a result of its frequent internal problems; there is a great shortage of foodstuffs, an exhaustion of the sources of foreign currency and a rampant corruption. The international support, won with petrodollars, becomes scarcer each time and the purchasing power of its national currency is in a constant downfall.Such scenario is not supposed to change, but the Venezuelan present-day leaders, as they usually do, in their despair to preserve their power, are capable to appeal to new populist measures that perpetuate their positions of privilege; the only mechanism that sustains them obstinate to the struggle to hold on their positions.Maduro's corrupt regimen will collapse but regrettably, the divided opposing forces, legitimate defenders of democracy and the well-being of their people, do not have power enough to put an end to the Venezuelan nightmare and the awakening of theirs beloved nation at a luminous dawn, in which the vision of fortune, true peace and tranquility predominate for their fellow citizens.The internal disputes, the supreme particular likings, the corruption similar to the one of their rivals, as well as the scarcity of rooting, do not grant them the opportunity to make the most of this situation and to give the necessary step to overturn the state of penury and precariousness in which the pressure group, that exercises the leftist dictatorship, has submerged the country. We are at the presence of an unprecedented criminal action in Latin America.This affects the entire region, there is no respect to international right and local political alternatives are unacceptable.Democracy spreads out in America, continent in which radical populism was intended to take over. Argentina, Ecuador and Brazil are examples of it. The rebirth of democracy has the support of the most valuable determinations, and the conditions in the regions run in its favour.It is the time for the United States to prove, with concrete actions, that they are implicated in that process, where overthrowing Venezuelan dictatorship will surely mean a continental turning point.It is the first opportunity of the Trump Administration to bring forward the vision in reference to security and democracy. Showing its active commitment is crucial, not only for the administration, but also for the continent and for the world.The time has come toStep to speed up the definite overthrow of Chavismo and the expulsion of its representative:Undermining the decadent popular support to Government.— Encouraging popular dissatisfaction by increasing scarcity and rise in price of the foodstuffs, medicines and other essential goods for the inhabitants. Making more harrowing and painful the scarcities of the main basic merchandises.Securing he the present-day dictator's irreversible deterioration— Developing actions to encourage the egocentrism and the verbal incontinence of the Dictator, compelling him to fall into mistakes that generate greater distrust and rejection domestically, while continuing to minimize the international significance of his public figure.— To beseige him, to ridicule him and to pose him as symbol of awkwardness and incompetence. To expose him as a puppet of Cuba. Exacerbating the division among members of the governing group. Revealing the differences in his living conditions with respect to those of his followers, at the same time to incite them to keep on increasing those divergences. Highlighting examples as the ones of Rafael Ramirez from PDVSA and Nelson Mercengtes from gthe BCV.— Making his government unsustainable, forcing him to claudication, to negotiate or to run away, as other close collaborators have done.— Making provisions for a back or escaping door, in case he finally chooses to look for a safe port out of his country.Increasing the internal instability to a critical level.— Intensifying the undercapitalizatioin of the country, the leaking out of foreign currency and the deterioration of its monetary base, bringing about the application of new inflationary measures that increase its deterioration and that simultaneously provoke the citizens with less access — who support the present-day rulers — and those who are best positioned, to see their social status threatened or affected. Establishing that the use of bitcoin, Petro, is a key element in the deterioration of the economy, which is an unconstitutional and illegal manipulation of the national currency, useable for money laundering.— Fully obstructing imports, and at the same time, discouraging potential foreign investors in order to contribute to make more critical the situation of the population — mainly in the sphere of oil, essential for any attempt of recuperation of the national economy.— Appealing to domestic allies as well as other people inserted from abroad in the national scenario in order to generate protests, riots and insecurity, plunders, thefts, assaults and highjacking of vessels as well as other means of transportation, with the intention of deserting this country in crisis through all borderlands and other possible ways, jeopardizing in such a way the National Security of neighboring frontier nations. Causing victims and holding the Government responsible for them. Magnifying, in front of the world, the humanitarian crisis in which the country has been submitted to.— Making use of the generalized corruption and the originating profits from their operations with prohibited drugs, to do away with their image in front of the world and their domestic followers.— Promoting fatigue inside the members of the PSUV, inciting the annoyance and nonconformity among themselves, for them to break noisily away from the line of the Government; for them to refuse the measures and restrictions which also affect them, inciting the rising of internal politic factions, which divides it in its schism, making it as weak as the the opposition is. Creating frictions between the PSUV and "Somos Venezuela".— Structuring a plan to get the profuse desertion of the most qualified professionals from the country, in order "to leave it with no professionals at all", which will aggravate even more the internal situation and along these lines putting the blame on of Government.Using the army officers as an alternative of definite solution.— Continuing hardening the conditions inside the Armed Forces to carry out a coup d'etat before concluding 2018, if the crisis does not make the dictatorship to collapse or the dictator does not decide to move aside.— Continuing setting fire to the common frontier with Colombia. Multiplying the traffic of fuel and other goods. The movement of paramilitaries, armed raids and drug trafficking. Provoking armed incidents with the Venezuelan frontier security forces.— Recruiting paramilitaries mainly in the campsites of refugees in Cucuta, La Guajira and the north of Santander, areas largely populated by Colombian citizens who emigrated to Venezuela and now return, run away from the regimen to intensify the destabilizing activities in the common frontier between both countries. Making use of the empty space left by the FARC, the belligerency of the ELN and the activities in the area of the Gulf Clan.— Preparing the involvement of allied forces in support of the Venezuelan army officers or to control the internal crisis, in the event they delay too much in taking the initiative.— Establishing a speedy time line that prevents the Dictator to continue winning control on the internal scenario. If it's necessary, act before the elections stipulated for next April.— Getting the support of the allied authorities of friendly countries (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Panama and Guyana).— Organizing the provisioning, relief of troops, medical and logistic support from Panama. Making good use of the facilities of electronic surveillance and signals intelligence, the hospitals and its deployed endowments in Danen, the equipped airdromes for the Colombian Plan, as well as the landing fields of the old-time military bases of Howard and Albrook, as well as the one belonging to "Rio Halo". In addition, the Humanitarian Regional Center of the United Nations, designed for situations of catastrophes and humanitarian emergency, which has an aerial landing field and its own warehouses.— Moving on the basification of combat airplanes and choppers, armored conveyances, intelligence positions, and special military and logistics units (police and military district attorneys and prisons).— Developing the military operation under international flag, patronized by the Conference of American Armies, under the protection of the OAS and the supervision, in the legal and media context, of the Secretary General Luis Almagro. Declaring the necessity that the continental commandment be strengthened to act, using the instrument of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, in order to avoid the democratic rupture.— Binding Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Panama to the contribution of greater number of troops, to make use of their geographic proximity and experience in operations in forest regions. Strengthening their international condition with the presence of combat units from the United States of America and the other named countries, under the command of a Joint General Staff led by the USA.— Using the facilities at Panamanian territory for the rear guard and the capacities of Argentina for the securing of the ports and the maritime positions.— Leaning on Brazil and Guyana to make use of the migratory situation that we intend to encourage in the border with Guyana.— Coordinating the support to Colombia, Brazil, Guyana, Aruba, Curacao, Trinidad and Tabago and other States in front of the flow of Venezuelan immigrants in the event of the crisis. Promoting international participation in this effort, as part of the multilateral operation with contribution of the States, Non-Profit Organizations and international bodies. Supplying the adequate logistic, intelligence, surveillance and control support.— Anticipating, specially, the most vulnerable points in Arauca, Puerto Carreno and Ininda, Maicao, Barranquilla and Sincelejo, in Colombia, and Roramia, Manaos and Boa Vista, in Brazil.Information Strategie— Silencing the symbolic presence of Chavez-representative of unit and popular support-, and in the other way around, keeping the harassment to the Dictator as the only responsible of the crisis in which he has submerged the nation.— Holding the Dictator and his closer followers responsible, in the first place, for the prevailing crisis due to his inability to find the way out that the Venezuelans are in need of.— Intensifying the media denouncement about the cubanization of Venezuela.— Outstandingly intensifying the denouncement toward Maduro's regimen, considering himA criminalA illegitimateA thief of the wealth of the Venezuelan peopleSomeone who plunders the national treasury to carry out his evasion— Highlighting the incompetence of the mechanisms of integration created by the regimens of Cuba and Venezuela, specially the ALBA and PETROCARIBE, in order to tackle the situation of the country and their inability to find solutions to the problems that the citizens are facing.— Increasing, inside the country and through the mass media established abroad, the dissemination of designed messages based on testimonies and publications originated in the country, making use of all the possible capacities, including the social networks.— Claiming, through that mass media, the need to put an end to this situation because of its unsustainable essence.— Justifying and assuring through violent means the international backup to the deposal of the dictatorship, displaying an extensive dissemination, inside the country and to the entire world, through all the open means and the capacities of the psychological war of the US ARMY.— Assuring that the disclosed images and reports of the military actions are approved by the General Staff to prevent their manipulation and use by the enemy.— The United States should entirely back up the OAS, strengthening the image of the OAS and other multilateral institutions for the inter-American system, as instruments for the solution to the regional problems.— Promoting the request of the the dispatch of a UNO military force for the imposition of peace, once Nicolas Maduro's corrupt dictatorship is defeated.[signature]K.W. TIDDAdmiral, USNCOMMANDER
U.S. Gov't. Plan, Dated 23 February 2018, for Coup in Venezuela, Now Leaks OutA detailed plan from "UNITED STATES SOUTHERN COMMAND" dated "23 FEBRUARY 2018" was issued with the title "PLAN TO OVERTHROW THE VENEZUELAN DICTATORSHIP 'MASTERSTROKE'" and is here presented complete. This document was personally signed by Admiral Kurt W. Tidd, who was the Commander (the chief), at SOUTHCOM, and he was thus the top U.S. military official handling Venezuela. But this was far more than just a military plan. It was comprehensive — directing military, diplomatic, and propaganda, policies — regarding the Trump Administration's planned "Overthrow" of Venezuela's Government. His plan has since guided the Administration's entire operation, including "the capacities of the psychological war," regarding Venezuela.It instructed SOUTHCOM:"Encouraging popular dissatisfaction by increasing scarcity and rise in price of the foodstuffs, medicines and other essential goods for the inhabitants. Making more harrowing and painful the scarcities of the main basic merchandises." …"intensifying the undercapitalization of the country, the leaking out of foreign currency and the deterioration of its monetary base, bringing about the application of new inflationary measures." …"Fully obstruct imports, and at the same time discouraging potential foreign investors in order to make the situation more critical for the population." …"compelling him to fall into mistakes that generate greater distrust and rejection domestically" …"To besiege him, to ridicule him and to pose him as symbol of awkwardness and incompetence. To expose him as a puppet of Cuba." …"Appealing to domestic allies as well as other people inserted from abroad in the national scenario in order to generate protests, riots and insecurity, plunders, thefts, assaults and highjacking of vessels as well as other means of transportation, with the intention of deserting this country in crisis through all borderlands and other possible ways, jeopardizing in such a way the National Security of neighboring frontier nations. Causing victims and holding the Government responsible for them. Magnifying, in front of the world, the humanitarian crisis in which the country has been submitted to." …"Structuring a plan to get the profuse desertion of the most qualified professionals from the country, in order 'to leave it with no professionals at all', which will aggravate even more the internal situation and along these lines putting the blame on of Government." …"the presence of combat units from the United States of America and the other named countries, under the command of a Joint General Staff led by the USA."It was posted online at the Voltairenet site, and was first copied to a web archive on 14 May 2018. So, it has been online since at least that date. However, because the photo in it of the document wasn't made available via software which includes the individual symbols, but presented only the full visual image of the paper document, it still hasn't yet gone viral on the Web. Here, therefore, is the first appearance, on the Web, of the full document, that's manually copied, character-by-character, so that each phrase in this document becomes, for the first time, web-searchable, and thereby conveniently available for journalists and historians to quote from. This prophetic document — the source for what has happened afterward in and to Venezuela — might therefore finally receive the public attention that it so clearly merits. The document starts with propaganda against Venezuela's existing Government (and it totally ignores the extent to which the pre-existing U.S. economic sanctions against Venezuela had actually caused these problems), and it then proceeds to present the U.S. plan to overthrow the 'dictatorship'. (Tidd refers to Maduro only as "the Dictator," except at the very start and very end. At the end, he commands "the denouncement toward Maduro's regimen" and he also uses the phrase "the enemy" to refer to him — as if there had been the U.S. Constitutionally required authorization, by the U.S. Congress, of this "war." The close urges "the dispatch of a UNO military force for the imposition of peace, once Nicolas Maduro's corrupt dictatorship is defeated." The U.N. is militarily to "impose" "peace," after the U.S. and its allies have conquered Venezuela.) Although Tidd placed 100% of the blame for Venezuela's problems upon Maduro, and ignored the crucial extent to which U.S. economic sanctions had caused them, his plan emphasized that the U.S. must actively make things even worse for the Venezuelan public than America's economic sanctions had yet done. His coup-plan is loaded with such statements, and, in fact, opens with one: "Encouraging popular dissatisfaction by increasing scarcity and rise in price of the foodstuffs, medicines and other essential goods for the inhabitants. Making more harrowing and painful the scarcities of the main basic merchandises." So: he wasn't naive. America's induced suffering upon Venezuelans was part of his plan for Venezuelans, in order to get them to do what the U.S. regime wants them to do — overthrow Maduro. Furthermore, the United States Government has had extensive successes in previous such operations. One example is that this was how Chile's Salvador Allende was brought down in 1973 (at a time when the U.S. Government's claims to have done it for 'national security' reasons had much more credibility than its current excuse of helping the Venezuelan people does, because the supposedly ideological Cold War was still on). The only excuse that the perpetrators can come up with, this time around, is "to put an end to the Venezuelan nightmare and the awakening of theirs beloved nation at a luminous dawn, in which the vision of fortune, true peace and tranquility predominate for their fellow citizens." Impoverish the nation, in order to help Venezuelans attain "true peace and tranquility." That's the plan. Here is the document's entire text:https://washingtonsblog.com/2019/05/u-s-govt-plan-dated-23-february-2018-for-coup-in-venezuela-now-leaks-out.html
CEPR-instituutti (Center for Economic and Policy Research) on julkaissut taloustieteilijöiden Mark Weisbrotin ja Jeffrey Sachsin tutkimuksen, jonka mukaan presidentti Donald Trumpin hallinnon elokuusta 2017 alkaen Venezuelalle asettamat talouspakotteet olivat aiheuttaneet maassa yli 40 000 kuolemantapausta vuoteen 2019 mennessä."Pakotteet estävät venezuelalaisia saamasta elintärkeitä lääkkeitä, hoitovälineitä, ruokaa ja muita välttämättömiä tuontitarvikkeita", sanoo Mark Weisbrot. "Tämä on laitonta sekä Yhdysvaltain että kansainvälisen oikeuden mukaan, ja Yhdysvaltain allekirjoittamien sopimusten vastaista."Jeffrey Sachs toteaa, ettei Venezuelan talouskriisistä voi syyttää vain maata itseään; Yhdysvaltain pakotteet ovat pyrkineet tarkoituksella raunioittamaan Venezuelan talouden ja sitä kautta johtamaan hallinnon vaihtoon. "Tämä on hedelmätöntä, sydämetöntä, laitonta ja epäonnistunutta politiikkaa, jolla on vakavia seurauksia venezuelalaisille", Sachs linjaa.Tuoreet pakotteet, jotka seurasivat siitä kun Yhdysvallat tunnusti itsensä presidentiksi julistaneen oppositiopoliitikko Juan Guaidón maan lailliseksi presidentiksi, ovat nopeasti pahentamassa maan inhimillistä hätää.
The United States have become the leading world producer of hydrocarbons. As from now, they are using their dominant position exclusively to maximise their profits, and do not hesitate to eliminate their major rivals in oil production, plunging their citizens into misery. Although in the past, access to Middle East oil was a vital necessity for their economy (Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr.), then a market over which they presided (Clinton), and then again a failing ressouce whose supply they wanted to control (Bush Jr., Obama), hydrocarbons have now become black gold (Trump). Thierry Meyssan retraces the evolution of this bloody market.
The astonishing story of how an American sponsored coup d'état almost led to the collapse of democracy in Venezuela. Featuring exclusive interviews with the key ringleaders and extraordinary archive footage - Chavez in jail arguing with his captors, secret meetings with the plotters and soldiers storming the presidential palace as plotters escape. As a fly on the wall documentary, you've never seen anything like it.
Judith Miller: For Venezuela, is the moment now?02.05.2019Venezuela is on the edge. Tuesday's uprising is a make-or-break moment for the opposition's protracted effort to oust disputed President Nicolas Maduro. The odds are against its success, and the Trump administration needs a backup plan in case there is a failure of Operation Libertad (Operation Freedom), as opposition leader Juan Guaido calls it.(...)
Judith "Judy" Miller (s. 2. tammikuuta 1948 New York) on entinen yhdysvaltalaisen The New York Times -sanomalehden toimittaja. Hän on saanut Pulitzer-palkinnon.Miller tuli tunnetuksi Irakin joukkotuhoaseita käsitelleistä artikkeleistaan ennen vuoden 2003 sotaa. Merkittävä osa hänen artikkeleistaan The New York Timesissa osoittautui epätarkoiksi tai perättömiksi. George W. Bushin hallinto käytti Millerin kirjoituksia sodan oikeuttamiseen.
When the coup was hurriedly launched a day early, defections from the regime failed to materialise, Maduro remained in power and the US government looked like it had badly miscalculated..."Today, brave soldiers, brave patriots, brave men loyal to the constitution have heard our call. We have finally met on the streets of Venezuela," Guaidó said.Behind him, was the country's most prominent political prisoner, Leopoldo López who had been under house arrest since 2017. The fact that he was free as the uprising was being declared seemed proof that something significant was afoot.We now know that there was indeed a plan designed to resolve the dangerous standoff in the country between Guaidó's assembly and the socialist government of Nicolás Maduro, heir to Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian revolution.Key members of the security apparatus were to defect. (Christopher Figuera, the head of the secret police, Sebin, had already done so, springing López from house arrest.) That was supposed to be a signal to the armed forces – the key to Venezuela's future – to flip sides.Maduro was to fly to Cuba "in dignity". Everyone else from his regime would keep their jobs while Guaidó became interim president, pending new elections. All of this had been put down in writing, in a 15-point document, according to officials in Washington.But it is still far from clear whether this plan had any chance of working – or whether some of the would-be defectors were simply laying a trap.Even if the plan was real, it was already going awry when Guaidó made his speech to camera on Tuesday.It was a day earlier than planned. Operation Freedom was supposed to reach a climax with mass protests set for Wednesday. And in retrospect it is clear the Tuesday video had been closely cropped to mask the fact that there were only a handful of troops standing with Guaidó.Vanessa Neumann, who was appointed Guaidó's envoy to the UK in March, said that his camp had heard reports that Maduro had got wind of the plan and was going to arrest the national assembly president."The decision to go on Tuesday rather than Wednesday was an operational decision, taken in reaction to new reports from the ground that we got," Neumann told the Guardian. "But how it unfolded – in terms of the people, the military and calling on the people to join – that was foreseen."...The troops wore blue ribbons on their arms to show they had defected to the opposition; one wore a bandanna across his face. López and several members of the opposition-controlled national assembly were also there."Valientes, patriotas, sí se puede," chanted the crowd. "Brave patriots! Yes we can!"But the momentum was already disappearing. After addressing the crowd, Guaidó and his team melted away – and the crowd which had expected to march on the Miraflores presidential palace were left milling in the square.Apart from the secret service chief, Figuera, no big names from Maduro's government had switched sides. One by one, the big fish tweeted out vows of allegiance....Unarmed and in civilian clothing "out of respect to Colombia", the defectors gathered by the Simón Bolívar International Bridge that separates the two countries in hopes of an ad hoc invasion. "We were ready to take San Antonio," one defector said, referring to the town on the Venezuelan side of the bridge. "We were just waiting for the orders to join our brothers in arms on the other side."That order never came. Instead, defectors say, they received an order from Guaidó's team to return to their hotels."It was a great letdown," one soldier said. "We wanted to help free Venezuela."In Washington, Trump administration hawks who had hailed a moment of liberation watched in consternation as the uprising fizzled....The Trump administration reacted as if it had been personally betrayed, and took the unexpected step of going public with its version of events, saying out loud the sort of details normally kept secret.John Bolton, the national security adviser, named the three powerful Venezuelan officials he claimed had been negotiating Maduro's departure: the defence minister and head of the armed forces, Vladimir Padrino; the chief justice of the supreme court, Maikel Moreno and Iván Hernández, the head of the presidential guard and military intelligence....The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, claimed that Maduro's plane had been on the tarmac waiting for takeoff, but that he had been persuaded not to leave at the last moment by the Russians, a claim the Russians denied.Donald Trump himself went on Twitter to rail against Cuban support for Maduro. And the US envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, a veteran of Reagan-era US covert operations in Latin America, appeared on a independent Venezuelan television channel, giving a detailed account of the 15-point document the defectors were supposed to have signed.So while the official line was that the uprising was the work of the Venezuelan masses, everything the Trump administration did reinforced the message that it had been made in Washington."It's idiocy. I don't know what they think they are doing but they are undermining the efforts of the opposition to achieve their goals," said Eva Golinger, the author of several sympathetic books about Chávez.
YHDYSVALTAIN ulkoministeri on vedonnut Venezuelan kansaan ja kehottanut heitä ajamaan presidentti Nicolás Maduron hallinnon vallasta. Ulkoministeri Mike Pompeon mukaan "vallanvaihdon aika on koittanut".Videoviestissä Pompeo kehottaa venezuelalaisia vaatimaan paluuta demokratiaan.Samaan aikaan videoviestin julkaisun kanssa Maduro kehotti maansa armeijaa varautumaan Yhdysvaltain mahdollisiin sotilastoimiin Venezuelaa vastaan.Oppositiojohtaja Juan Guaidó on kehottanut kannattajiaan osoittamaan mieltään lähimpien varuskuntien luona, jotta armeija asettuisi tukemaan Guaidóa.
Voltairenet-sivuston nettiarkistosta löytyy huippusalaiseksi merkitty, 23. helmikuuta 2018 päivätty Yhdysvaltain Etelä- ja Keski-Amerikan sekä Karibian alueen sotilaallisista toiminnoista vastaavan sotatoimialueen (!) päämajan, US SOUTHCOMin muistio nimeltään "Plan to overthrow the Venezuelan dictatorship — Masterstroke" (Suunnitelma Venezuelan diktatuurin kaatamiseksi — "Mestarisuoritus"). Helpommin luettava, hakukelpoinen versio muistiosta löytyy off-guardianin sivuilta.Suunnitelman on allekirjoittanut amiraali Kurt W. Tidd, joka toimi aiemmin US SOUTHCOMin johtajana.Asiakirjan aitous on kysymysmerkki (SOUTHCOM ei ole kiistänyt sitä eikä — luonnollisestikaan — vahvistanut sen aitoutta), mutta sen sisältö on tuttua aiemmista vallanvaihto-operaatioista ja siksi sen selostaminen on aiheellista. Palaan tähän kommentissa artikkelin lopussa. (Seuraavassa sivunumerot viittaavat dokumentin kuvamuotoiseen arkistoversioon.)
CNN took the concept of "fake news" to a whole new level with a recent report on Venezuela, in which it claimed that citizens "chose" coup leader Juan Guaido over current president Nicolas Maduro in January "elections."In a report on Sunday's deadly Venezuelan military helicopter crash, CNN wrote that "pressure is mounting" on Maduro to step down "following elections in January in which voters chose opposition leader Juan Guaido over him for president."
Being the ex-President's daughter pays off: Hugo Chavez's ambassador daughter is Venezuela's richest womanDiario las Americas claims that Maria Gabriela Chavez, 35, has $4.2billion in assets held in American and Andorran banksHugo Chavez famously declared 'being rich is bad' and during his lifetime railed against the wealthy for being lazy and gluttonous Efforts to determine Chavez's wealth have been made before, without much luckThe daughter of Hugo Chavez, the former president who once declared 'being rich is bad,' may be the wealthiest woman in Venezuela, according to evidence reportedly in the hands of Venezuelan media outlets.Maria Gabriela Chavez, 35, the late president's second-oldest daughter, holds assets in American and Andorran banks totaling almost $4.2billion, Diario las Americas reports. The figure would make Gabriela Chavez wealthier than media mogul Gustavo Cisneros, whom Forbes named the wealthiest Venezuelan earlier this year with $3.6billion in assets.The Miami-based newspaper did not detail what evidence there was outlining Chavez's assets, though there have long been rumors she held a sizable fortune. Last year, reporter María Elvira Salazar displayed what appeared to be a receipt showing millions in a bank account belonging to Gabriela Chavez withdrawn in the United States.The receipt displayed the name Frabz Federal Bank, a fictitious bank used in a meme of fake ATM receipts. Others close to Chavez managed to build up great personal wealth that was kept outside the petrostate. Alejandro Andrade, who served as Venezuela's treasury minister from 2007 to 2010 and was reportedly a close associate of Chavez, was discovered to have $11.2billion in his name sitting in HSBC accounts in Switzerland, according to documents leaked by whistleblower Hervé Falciani.During his lifetime, Hugo Chavez denounced wealthy individuals, once railing against the rich for being 'lazy.''The rich don't work, they're lazy,' he railed in a speech in 2010. 'Every day they go drinking whiskey - almost every day - and drugs, cocaine, they travel.'After her father's death in 2013 and until her appointment to the United Nations as alternate ambassador, Chavez continued to live in the presidential mansion, forcing the current president Nicolas Maduro to remain at the vice presidential home.El Comercio reported in 2014 that opposition congressman Carlos Berrisbeitía claimed the daughters of Chavez and Maduro, were costing the Venezuelan state $3.6million a day
Suomesta käsin on vaikea tietää mitä Venezuelassa tapahtuu, heikkotasoinen uutisointi Suomessa on väitteitä ilman todisteita.Se, että sosialismit systemaattisesti ovat aina köyhiä kurjaloita, ei ole sattuma, lännessä tulkitaan lännen ajattelutavalla, että sosialismi on epäonnistunut siksi, että sosialismi on köyhä, se on niin, että se kansan köyhyys on tarkoituksella luotu sosialismissa siksi, että sosialismi olettaa olevansa vahvempi, kun kansa on kurjuuden tilassa. Se on sama logiikka kuin, että siirtomaaisäntä ylläpitää köyhyyttä, kurjuutta ja heikkoa koulutustasoa Afrikassa siksi, että kouluttamattomia neekereitä on helpompi sortaa. Valta on nautinnollista ja varsinkin, kun saa sortaa köyhiä ja heikkoja. Älkää vain sanoko tätä niille siirtomaaisännille Eurooppa neuvoston kokouksessa, mutta nämä ovat tulppa Afrikan kehittymiselle siksi, että eihän ne muuten pystyisi sortamaan Afrikkaa kuin pitämällä Afrikan köyhänä ja oppimattomana.
Suomessa asuva nicaragualainen nainen, joka on nuoruudessaan asunut 10 vuotta Kuubassa, kritisoi tässä kirjoituksessaan venezuelalaisten ja kuubalaisten kommunistien propagandaa omakohtaisen kokemuksensa ja asiantuntemuksensa perusteella:Juan Guaidó kaduilla ja Nicolás Maduro bunkkerissa2.5.2019 16:35 Ana María Gutiérrez SorainenTämä nainen kuuluu Suomessa SDP:hen, mutta hänen näkemyksensä Latinalaisen Amerikan kommunistien propagandasta on paljon realistisempi kuin suomalaisten vasemmistolaisten.
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(With the Arcayena Family, June 2008)
You can swim in Tagaytay Highlands many beautifully landscaped swimming pools. These 2 photos below is at the Clubhouse
The swimming pool at the Camp Highlands is our favorite
(My husband John, with Aquinian friends Gilbert and Henry, June 2007)
A fairly small but clean zoo that houses farm animals
(with Juan, December 2006)
(with the Guerrero Family, December 25, 2008)
Kart Racing, which your daredevil son(s) will surely like
As for gastronomic delight, Tagaytay Highlands has several restaurants and cafes with fine dining experience. Highly recommended is the buffet lunch at the Veranda which would surely challenge your intestinal capacity.
(With friends Dr. Dolf Pascual, Jingle Leomo and, November 2007)
A must go to is The Peak, the highest point, where you can see the whole of Tagaytay Highlands
(with the Eugenio Family January 2008)
(With our pamangkins, April 2007)
(with the Dela Vega Family, June 2008)
(with my Kumares, Zeny and Amy)
(with the Abelos, Eugenios and the Pos)
Not everybody can afford the membership fee to the country club. Best way is to find friends who are members and ask them to lend their membership rights (Thanks to my friend Arlene for the many wonderful Tagaytay Highlands memories!)


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chairman of the House education committee is questioning the legality of U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's plan to grant waivers for some requirements of the No Child Left Behind law.
Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., sent a letter Thursday in which he asks Duncan to explain how the department has the authority to grant waivers "in exchange for reforms not authorized by Congress."
Two weeks ago, Duncan announced that he would give states relief from federal mandates in the law if Congress didn't quickly finish its overhaul of No Child Left Behind.
Duncan released few details of the plan, but did say that in exchange for the flexibility, states would have to agree to the department's education reforms.
A Duncan spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Kline is a dope.
He carried Reagan's luggage!
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Excellent talk, please take a peak, she talks about the vital nutrients for your brain's mitochondria. Eating tons of greens, sulfer vegetables, and berries helped turned her disease (MS) around. This researcher/doctor promotes dropping gluten and dairy. She has other great talks via YouTube (a great way to listen to the latest scientists – TEDtalks, GoogleTalks, MIT, Yale, Harvard, etc.; you don't have to spend tons of money or travel to access these great talks – go for it!). Go raw, eat your greens, change your life compassionately. FYI my pause in publishing is due to job change busyness, my passion for eating raw veggies and fruits grows and grows as I see it works!
Brain Biology, Greens for your brain – Dr. Wahls
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Science knowledge helps CEO succeed in the business side of medicineSteve Freeland | 1984 Alumnus, B.S. Biology | Biology Department Steve Freeland has never been far from medicine.
From spending more than two decades working at St. Vincent Hospital to his most recent position as CEO of Cancer Care Group (CCG) in central Indiana, he has built a successful career in the business of medicine.
Today, Freeland is responsible for running one of the country's largest private radiation oncology practices – overseeing the group's operations, as well as several separate business ventures, including a physics company and a leasing firm. He also directs CCG's partnerships with over 20 hospitals throughout Indiana and manages a regional staff of more than 60 associates. Before joining CCG, the executive brought a homecare pharmacy company back from the brink of failure, turning it into a profitable enterprise in just four years.
While Freeland is as comfortable in the CEO's chair as anyone you'll ever meet, it's not the job he envisioned for himself as a science student at IUPUI in the mid-1980s. Freeland had every intention of going to medical school, following in the footsteps of his father, once a small-town family practitioner and later an Indianapolis OBGYN practitioner. Medical school admission offers came from schools in other states, but Freeland, father of a toddler at the time, turned them down to stay close to his family.
"Not getting accepted to medical school here was a real setback," says Freeland. "I stayed at St. Vincent, where I'd been working while attending IUPUI, and decided the best thing to do was progress through the business side of health."
Navigating down a new road, he earned an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University in 1995, which was, according to Freeland, "one of the best things I ever did," and invaluable for the positions he's held since.
As for the biology and chemistry learned in his days as an undergraduate, the science hasn't been lost on him. Freeland refers back to it frequently when in discussions with the practice's oncologists and physicists about their work treating cancer patients. There were other lessons learned at IUPUI too – lessons that serve the CEO well, even today.
"The thing I got out of IUPUI is learning how hard you have to work to achieve," Freeland says. "That's the kind of place IUPUI was – a lot of hard-working students, there for different reasons, doing just what I was doing – trying to balance school, full-time work and family. I really liked that diversity."
Spotlight Update: Steve Freeland received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the School of Science Alumni Association in 2013.


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Pressure on to keep County Limerick garda stations open
CHIEF Superintendent David Sheahan will attend a public meeting in Pallaskenry this evening where he will address local fears about the future of their garda station.
Meanwhile, he has confirmed that Askeaton will not be getting a new superintendent. "I don't think that is a runner," he told a meeting of the Joint Policing Committee last Friday.
And as fears subside about the fate of Pallaskenry garda station, county councillors have unanimously called on the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence to stop closing rural stations.
The public meeting in Pallaskenry was called last week, just days before Chief Supt Sheahan gave a qualified commitment to keep the station there open. But local residents, keen to keep the pressure up, are going ahead with the meeting. .
Michael O'Sullivan, chairman of Pallaskenry Community Council, and who will chair the meeting, said: "We are hoping to get a commitment to put in a member of the Garda Siochana on a full-time and more permanent basis."
Noel Nicholson, the Garda assigned to Pallaskenry retired earlier this year and no full-time replacement has yet been appointed.
At last Friday's meeting of the Joint Policing Committee, Chief Supt Sheahan explained that one garda is currently allocated to Pallaskenry on a part-time basis.
Ideally, he said, he would like to assign a second garda to the area. However, he warned that with funding and recruitment restrictions still in place: "I wouldn't hang your hat on that."
However, the good news for Pallaskenry was offset when he confirmed to the committee what he told the Limerick Leader earlier this month, that combining the Askeaton and Newcastle West Garda Districts was "an option being looked at" . And on the question of appointing a new superintendent to Askeaton, he said: "I don't think it's a runner ... we're not going to get a superintendent for Askeaton".
But he stressed that a plan for "rationalisation" of local policing is still being developed.
This is likely to mean that Pallaskenry will have to wait until that plan has been decided before it receives the commitment it is seeking.
Representatives from Pallaskenry, Kilcornan and Kildimo met with the Chief Super-intendent this Monday night where he explained the situation but it is understood that he gave no indication of a time-scale for a full-time service in Pallaskenry.
Meanwhile, an incident in the village last week has sharpened local determination to maintain their Garda station. Shortly after 2.30pm last Thursday, a car crashed into a pedestrian safety barrier just metres away from the local national school.
The two young men and two young women who were in the car then abandoned the vehicle, posing a danger for parents arriving to pick up school children.
Nobody was injured but had it been a little earlier or later, there could have been more serious consequences, local barrister Emmet O'Brien said.
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FRC Team 971 has three email lists that it uses for team communication. The first is the MVHS school elist. The second email list is a general Google group list. The third email list is the team leadership Google group list.
This list is an open list and anyone can put themselves on the list through the school website. All meeting notices and general information will be sent out using this list. This is so that anyone who wants to join the team will have the necessary information.
This list is restricted to currently active team members and is used predominantly for communications during the build and competition season. Any member who attends meetings will be added to this list as well as active mentors. Parents of active members may also be put on this list upon request.
There are two Google Group email lists: team and leadership. Members of the team are put on the team list. Any member may be put on the leadership if they want to receive the extra team emails. If you are not on these lists and want to be added to the Google group list or the leadership list, send the team adult leader, Wyn Schuh, a request. Your request will be evaluated and if you are an active team participant, you will be added to the list. If you have a Google Account associated with this subscription, you can use that account to access the team Google Docs. See the Google Account section below for more information on creating a Google Account.
If you want to be removed from this list you may do it directly through Google Groups or request removal by sending Wyn Schuh a request to be removed via email.
The team uses Google docs and other Google tools to work collaboratively together. If you need to, you can create a Google Account with a non Gmail email address or create an Google Account with a new Gmail email address.
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Unwind hit bookstore shelves on June 2, 2009. At the time, I was working two summer jobs to pay for my three-month semester abroad in London. It was an extremely chaotic summer full of 13-hour workdays and fundraising, but I still found time to read Unwind. And then I found time to read it again. I fell completely in love with the characters and the concept truly inspired me to be a better writer.
The author of Unwind, Neal Shusterman, visited my school when I was in eighth grade. As a class, we read his novel The Dark Side of Nowhere, and ever since his visit his work has found its way into my life in one way or another. I still remember the night I stayed up late to watch the Disney Channel Original Movie Pixel Perfect and spotted his name in the credits as a screenwriter. My trips to the library or bookstore have always included a quick glance through the S's to see what he's released. I picked up Unwind on a whim that summer, and I was not disappointed.
If you haven't read Unwind, you're missing out. It's a fast-paced read that's sure to make you think. Since I'm discussing UnWholly, the sequel to Unwind, here's a quick overview so you won't be confused. Unwind takes place at some point in the future after the Second Civil War, also known as the Heartland War. The two sides of the war were split between the Pro-Life and Pro-Choice debate. To peacefully end the war, a recently developed surgical innovation was used to create "unwinding," the process of dismantling a person in order to donate every single organ and tissue, thus technically keeping the person "alive," just in a "divided state." This process is used to retroactively abort someone between the ages of 13 and 18, after they've had time to prove themselves to society and the parents have had time to contemplate such a huge decision. The process is socially accepted and commonly used. The novel follows Connor, Risa, and Lev, three unwinds in hiding trying to escape harvest camps.
I have to admit, Unwind is a book that can make you lose sleep. It's very deep and the characters are complex. I'm always recommending this book to someone who is looking for a good read. That's why I was so excited to discover that, after three years of being in print, Unwind would soon have a sequel. UnWholly was released on August 28, and I flew through it within a few days. Since then, I've had time to read it again at a more contemplative pace (thanks, unemployment), and I'm ready to discuss it.
UnWholly threw me for a loop from the first page. We first meet Mason Starkey, who goes by his last name. At first, Starkey seems a lot like Connor, someone rebellious yet honorable. I fully expected Starkey to be the "new" Connor, the hero of the novel who will accomplish remarkable things. However, Shusterman makes sure nothing about UnWholly is predictable. Throughout the novel, I had trouble telling who to root for and who to side with. I think this is a sign of brilliant writing: Shusterman is presenting two sides to an extremely complicated issue, and even after two novels I'm not quite sure which side he's on. The book is perfectly balanced, and makes the readers reach deep inside themselves to question who they are and where they stand.
For example, UnWholly introduces a new character, Cam, who is simultaneously repulsive and intriguing. Cam represents the contradiction between creation and control. He's a bit like Frankenstein's monster, constructed entirely of donated organs. The question is plain: Is he human? Does he have a soul? The issues tackled in UnWholly are perhaps even more complex than those in Unwind.
The book is much more fast-paced than its predecessor. Unwind has periods of quiet conversation between characters to discuss issues, while UnWholly battles these issues out. It's exciting and leaves a reader short of breath, full of gunfire, explosions, natural disasters, chase scenes– you name it! While some prefer the slower pace of Unwind, I think this is the natural next step for the series. Nothing will be resolved without a little violence; the characters are only human.
While this book introduces several new characters, it continues to follow familiar characters as well. This means there are half a dozen story arcs at one time, which might be confusing to some. It's important to pay attention and follow each detail closely. Some characters, like Miracolina, might need a little more development in the last book because they didn't get a chance to truly hold the spotlight in UnWholly. I am very interested to see how Shusterman ties up all the loose ends in the last book, UnSouled, which is due to come out next year.
Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in dystopian literature, young adult fiction, or simply looking for a good read. If you haven't read Unwind, I suggest you read it first, though it's not necessary to understand the plot. I wouldn't recommend this as a stand-alone book, only because it feels like a book connecting two other books, Unwind and UnSouled.
You can read an excerpt of UnWholly and buy the print version or Kindle version here on its Amazon Page.


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Tokyo's culinary arts are as innovative and progressive as it's fashion. However, when it comes to Mexican food, I find Tokyo to be a few steps behind the Taco trucks. Since I have moved to Tokyo, I have yet to find anything comparable to my favorite "American West-Coast" Mexican food. ;)
All held true until last week, when my beautiful buddy held her birthday shin-dig at a restaurant that served up legit Mexican. Fonda Dela Madrugado, what we called the "dungeon in the ground", had tasteful decor, unlike the "trying to hard", "tacky themed", Mexican restaurants I have frequented. The food was delicious and the atmosphere would be hard to beat if we had been in Mexico ourselves. Dinner included all the favorite authentic dishes paired with Cadillac and Strawberry Margaritas to wash it down. Don't like Tequila? The Sangria was on point! Besides the food, the live music had us all on our feet, dancing around the table to La Bamba and Bidi Bidi Bum Bum.
The atmosphere + food + music = a night in the memory book. ME DIVERTî!
|Three, steep stairways until you get to the restaurant
|Jalapeño Poppers! OISHIKATTA NE!
|Beef and Chicken Tacos... Solid!
|"Feliz cumpleanos a ti, Feliz cumpleanos a ti"
|Birthday FLAN!
|Started with two, but once Bidi Bidi Bum Bum began everyone got on their feet.
|Accessories: My Favorite GOLD pieces Dress: Victoria Secret
~* I have fallen behind on my restaurant posts and look forward to catching up in the next few days. Stay tuned to salivate over a few of my favorite gems! *~


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Hi Monty, Michael Widenius, 21.10.2009 01:27: ... > Then add also as a pending proposal to keep the current code style > convention. Are you serious? IMHO, this would be equivalent to vote against every change proposal. Or do you mean a proposal to never ever change the "current code style" again? > I would also suggest that you never accept a code style > convention that is not accepted by those that are affected by it > (I those that produced code to MySQL or it's variants). Agree. That's the reason why I raised a request for ideas, how this could be done transparently. I would like to have a voting system that accepts a vote from everybody, who works with MySQL code directly, and refuse votes from other people. The procedure, we used last time, was relatively near to it IMHO, but, as you pointed out, community developers were poorly involved. Regards Ingo -- Ingo Strüwing, Database Group Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Geschäftsführer: Thomas Schröder, Wolfgang Engels, Wolf Frenkel Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Häring HRB München 161028


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TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel plans to honor the gays who were arrested, sent to prison or concentration camps, experimented with and tortured, then killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Between 1933 and 1945, more than 100,000 gay men were arrested by the Nazis and about half of them were convicted and sentenced to prison. Although records are sketchy, World War II experts estimate that 5,000 to 15,000 of those gay prisoners were sent to concentration camps. According to Wikipedia, "leading scholar Rüdiger Lautmann believes that the death rate of homosexuals in concentration camps may have been as high as 60%. Homosexuals in the camps were treated in an unusually cruel manner by their captors."
Not only did the Nazis abuse the gay men, but so did other prisoners. Some gay men were beaten to death in the camps. Some were used for target practice by SS soldiers, who aimed at the pink triangles that the gay men were forced to wear to designate that they were homosexuals.
The persecution of gays by the Nazis remained little known for decades, and it wasn't until 2002 that the German government apologized to the gay community. In 2005, the European Parliament approved a resolution on the Holocaust that finally acknowledged the persecution of gays.
The pink triangles would become a symbol for the modern gay community. And the Israel monument will include the pink triangle when it is erected later this year in central Tel Aviv in Meir Park, not far from the city's Gay Center. according to haaretz.com.