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Are We Stressing Out Our Lakes?
Summer's just around the corner. Learn what you can do now to create a watery wonderland at the cottage.
A Backyard Frog Guide for New BrunswickBlossoming frog enthusiasts in New Brunswick will soon have a new tool to help them identify the province's nine frog and toad species. Aided by a $2,700 grant from the Canadian Wildlife Federation, Nature NB is producing a poster and field guide to introduce beginners of all ages to their amphibious neighbours.
A Garden StreamCascading water enhances a garden and attracts a larger variety of birds. The sound of a gurgling stream is an intoxicating draw to both people and wildlife. It enhances relaxation and helps filter out background noises that invade our lives.
A Hero for Whales
CWF supports critical rescue work in Newfoundland.
A Woodland Wonder
Getting a Headcount for the Woodland Turtle Is Harder Than You'd Think.
Are We Stressing Out Our Lakes?Summer's just around the corner. Learn what you can do now to create a watery wonderland at the cottage.
Asian Carp InvasionThe Mississippi has been inundated with a species that could very well threaten Canada's waters.
Beach Grass? It's GnarlyGeorge Holmes and the Niagara-on-the-Lake surf club spend a lot of time at the beach - but it's not always about the waves.
Cleaning up a Wetland Wonderland
An $11,800 grant from the Canadian Wildlife Federation to the BC Wildlife Federation's Wetlandkeepers program helps ensure a future for British Columbia's wetlands.
Dining on DebrisHow are Animals Affected by Marine Litter?
Doing Our Lakes JusticeWill you lend your lake a helping hand this summer?
Doing Right by the Right WhaleCWF meets with DFO to resolve right whale entanglement issues.
Dolphin Tale 2We've paired up with Warner Bros to get kids excited about marine animal rescue!
Eel UpdateStill a Bad Deal for the American Eel
Flotsam and JetsamApproximately 260 million tonnes of plastic is produced every year, 10 per cent of which finds its way to our oceans. Nearly 80 per cent of marine litter is ushered into the sea via wind and runoff — litter from our roadways make its way to our streams and rivers and eventually gets dumped into our oceans. The remaining debris that enters our waterways comes from ships.
Goodbye, Dirty DonToronto's Don River is not a shining example of conservation in a city setting. People like Phil Goodwin are making sure it doesn't stay that way
Help for Fish in Federal BudgetThe federal government announced yesterday as part of the budget that it has allocated $10 million over the next two years to support partnerships to implement fish habitat conservation.
Larry the Loon Lives On
By Mahina Perrot
When you help wildlife, sometimes you can make a big difference
Listen Up!The latest in whale conservation? Hearing them out.
Making Waves on World Water DayDiving into CWF's Work for Water
Making Waves to Protect the Right Whale
This past November, researchers embarked on a unique whale research expedition in the Gulf of Maine, with support from the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) and TD Bank.
On the Fly: Migrating in the Face of ExtinctionOver 500 species of migratory birds stop over in Canada as they make their way to wintering or breeding grounds. En route they face a number of challenges including poor weather, changing climate, a loss of habitat, habitat degradation, pollution, hunting and predation.
Our Watery LegacyCanada is steeped in historic waterways – let's dive into a few!
Permission to ShopYou've vowed not to eat farmed salmon, but you're not really sure how to go about buying wild. Let's go shopping together, shall we?
Protecting the OceanCWF at the International Marine Protected Areas Congress
Protecting the Sauger
CWF recently donated $10,000 in funding to the Lac Saint-Pierre Zip Committee for their research efforts on protecting the sauger fish through the identification of spawning grounds and migration patterns. The sauger, a North American fish that belongs to the perch family, is considered the most economically valuable species in Canada's inland waters as well as a major importance for the sport fishing sector, especially in Quebec. The change in recent years in size of the walleye and the sauger, as well as the decreasing quantity of the species demonstrates signs of problems in the population.
Reptile ReliefCanada's turtles need some help. Find out what you can do!
Right as RainGrab your umbrella and put on your wellies. Let's chat about April showers!
Salute the SockeyeWitnessing British Columbia's amazing salmon spawn
Saving the North Atlantic Right WhaleEntanglement is taking its toll on this Endangered species.
Saving the Steller Sea LionThey May Be the Lions of the Sea, but They Need Our Help More than Ever.
Setting the Record Straight on Right WhalesA Response to the NRDC's report Net Loss: The Killing of Marine Mammals in Foreign Fisheries
Seven Ways to Give Back in Cottage CountryWe challenge you to make your cottage more wildlife-friendly this summer. Are you up to the task?
Shark Survival
A beast of a fish, the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second largest fish in the world, growing up to 15 metres in length. But due to low birth rates, slow growth, late maturity, small population and ship strikes, the basking shark is at risk.
Show some loveDo you enjoy summers at the cottage? If so, check out the Love Your Lake program. Your lake — and its ecosystem — will thank you.
Species at Risk and under the Magnifying GlassThe assessment of 52 wildlife species by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) in November has highlighted a need for more attention to our species at risk.
Stepping Up for SalmonWhy the Canadian Wildlife Federation is concerned about Chinook Salmon
Supporting the Snapping TurtleWe've released 4,000 Snapping Turtles in the Muskoka and Lake Simcoe area!
Swimming with SharksWould you free dive with sharks? This researcher tags them for his job.
Take This to the BanksSections of Moncton's Jonathan Creek are in serious decline. Good thing that the Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance has a plan. Project coordinator Susan Linkletter explains
The Fate of the North Atlantic Right WhaleIn 2017, 12 North Atlantic Right Whales died in Canadian waters. Five more died in U.S. waters. With about 430 individuals remaining, we need to do everything we can to save these precious marine mammals. Can we avoid another catastrophe like last summer?
The Heroes of the Fishing IndustryHow fishermen are becoming the champions in conservation
The InvadersHow aquatic invasive species worm their way into our waters By Annie Langlois
The Mount Polley Mine SpillWhat really happened on that dreadful day, and how do we avoid more?
The Pacific SalmonOne fish that made quite the impact on Canadian history and culture
The Right WhaleDiving into History with this Endangered Marine Mammal
Trying Times for the Western Painted Turtle
CWF is supporting one of Canada's most colourful creatures – the at-risk western painted turtle
Waning Whales
Belugas in the St. Lawrence area of Quebec live at the southernmost edge of the species' range and are isolated from other belugas which are found in northern and Arctic waters.
Water's Worth It: Care. Conserve. Commit.
From the smallest droplet to the tallest glacier, water is considered to be precious worldwide. Not only does it cover nearly 70 per cent of our planet, but most plants and animals consist mainly of water as well. It is the primary source of life for plants, insects and mammals, and is essential to our well being. It is a religious symbol of devotion and purity and plays a large role in the history of Canada. Rivers to Oceans Week, a flagship program of CWF, pays homage to this life giving role of water every June 8 to 14.
Wildlife with WanderlustWhat happens when a Canadian animal migrates hundreds of kilometres away from home?
Wonderful Whales
North Atlantic blue and right whales are disappearing from our waters.


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Hyman B. Muss, professor of oncology at the University of North Carolina and director of geriatric oncology at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses how patients with breast cancer should press their physicians to help them make the best medical decisions.
"We're in a culture of too much choice," he says, encouraging patients to ask their physician to help them make a definitive treatment choice.
"Some patients do want to make their own decisions, but a lot of patients need to push that doctor in guiding them to give them the best advice and the best decision."

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The All-Inclusive Western Buffet
Down at the Western Dining Commons there's been a new change in town—students can now enjoy a full buffet-style dinner, which includes access to all food stations inside. Along with the extended Allergen Free station, there's also a new dessert station full of cake and cookie choices. Just come in, grab any hot-and-ready dishes you feel in the mood for, and eat up!
When students first walk in if they head straight to the left they will have pizza choices, burgers, chicken sandwiches, and more! Also at this station will be featured any topping and condiment choices they would like, as well as sides like french fries and green beans!
If students are in the mood for something spicier, they can head over to the station on the right and fill up on Pad Thai with Chicken or Moroccan Chicken (made fresh in front of them)! Beef Stew and Three Cheese Pasta are also available at this station if students are craving something that reminds them more of home.
The Allergen Station features a giant carved baked ham, pasta dishes, and grilled chicken as their main courses with grilled veggies and potatoes as sides. Everything made here excludes the eight most-common food allergens. Everyone is able to enjoy this ultimate feast!
Last, but certainly not least, is the new dessert station located on the bottom level. Each night features a different dessert which is typically cakes and pies dish with cookies! These all come pre-sliced and plated so it's easy to indulge in all the goodies available!
So come #EatWithUs and stuff your faces 🙂 no judgement here, with all the different choices there's sure to be something that catches your eye!
"The Delish Menu Changed; So I Decided to Check it Out.."
Maplestreet Station is relatively new as of last fall, and with new developments come experimentation and adjustments to bring about improvement. I heard that the Delish menu changed over break, so I decided to check it out. The first change I noticed was that while students can still choose from eight unique sandwich options, they also have the option to completely customize their own sandwich—kind of like how Encounter's burgers work.
The menu offers a myriad of bread, cheese, meat, sauces, and additional topping choices. In fact, other students in line with me agreed that they found this menu easier to order from. Instead of ordering an already established menu item sandwich and having to switch out the bread or meat choice to get what you desire, you are now able to pick exactly what you want without any hassle.
In my opinion, the Delish menu is better than ever, and I would recommend checking it out for yourself!
Kelsey Simpson
Miami Sophomore
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Local Pumpkin Milkshakes
(October 23)
Have you heard anything about Miami Dining's pumpkin milkshakes?
Yeah, I saw a sign for it. I'm so ecstatic to try one. I'm interested in seeing how they will incorporate pumpkin in milkshakes.
Describe the pumpkin taste.
There's a light pumpkin taste. It definitely doesn't taste like liquid pumpkin pie. The flavor isn't overwhelming at all. It's just enough pumpkin!
And the milkshake has a good texture.
How do you feel about the use local pumpkin in the milkshake?
Oh, I think that's really great. I like that a lot of what Miami dining uses is pretty local.
It makes the seasonal milkshake idea even cooler. The ingredients aren't store-bought, they're from down the road.
Did you know that the ice cream is local?
No, but I'm happy to hear that!
Yep, the ice cream is from Young's Dairy in Yellow Springs, OH.
Oh! That's really cool!
What flavors do you detect?
Pumpkin, obviously, but there's a bit of a French Vanilla taste too.
Are you enjoying your local pumpkin milkshake?
Yes, I'd definitely go back for more this pumpkin season! The salty/sweet combo of the milkshake and Pully's fries is amazing.
Local Pumpkin Milkshakes are now served at Encounters and Pulley Diner. The ultimate combo is this milkshake and a plate of fries. Take our word for it.
RA Andrea loves Super Brunch
(September 16)
Peabody RA, Andrea, gets interviewed about her super experience at Super Brunch.
Is there one quote you'd want someone to take away from your experience?
"Super Brunch, I'm intrigued."
Have you heard anything about this event? If so, what?
Yeah! I heard about it last week. My friend sent me a snapchat "BUFFET!"
So because of that I was excited.
What are you most looking forward to this morning?
I'm excited to see how much they have to offer. I think I might be most excited for french toast, that's my favorite.
I'm looking forward to free refills on drinks too!
Walk from Peabody to Western Dining Commons. While you're walking please count the amount of wingspans it takes you to get from one place to the other? It might help to pivot your feet to do this.
About 50 of wingspans.
Describe the first thing you smell when you walk into Super Brunch?
The eggs and potatoes. Smelled familiar and inviting.
Were you able to find a variety of breakfast options? or Were you able to easily navigate through your choices at each station?
Yeah. There were so many options, I didn't get a chance to try them all. Next week I can eat something that I didn't try today.
How is this brunch compared to 1809 (assuming you've had the 1809 brunch)?
Lavish, like 1809, and really good quality.
Crepes are a must. I would only eat crepes at 1809, so it was really critical that Super Brunch served crepes too. That might be one of the options I try next week.
Are there any comments on Super Brunch that you're hearing while you're here?
"The silverware is nicely wrapped here!"
"Good orange juice!"
"Yes, FRENCH TOAST! I had a feeling it would be here!!"
"I didn't think the flowers were real until I looked closer. The flowers are a nice touch."
What is the food you are most enjoying? Why?
I'm enjoying the breakfast potatoes with the peppers and onions and I like the mushrooms and onions in the eggs too. I like the variety. I like vegetables, I like omelets. Combined, it is awesome. The variety adds some nutrition to my regular diet.
Overall, how is your dining experience been at Super Brunch?
Positive. I'm pleased with the options. I wish it was like this every day!
Good variety, good space, and I enjoyed seeing a lot of people there in the morning. I like that it's a new thing I can try on campus and because I can customize my options, I can eat something different every time I go.
How many students are still in pajamas while eating here? What's the most unique pair of pajama pants you can see?
People are pretty casual here. Maybe not PJs, but pretty much every other student was dressed like they just woke up. Lots of comfortable clothes at Super Brunch today.
Actually, my friend, Albert is rocking the most unique pair of pajama pants I've seen here. Iron Man PJs.
Taylor's Encounter with Encounter
(September 9)
(At Encounter, the protocol is to order your meal and grab a table. The food will be brought to you!)
Quote to summarize the whole experience:
There is a lot of hype about this place, especially the burgers, and it definitely lived up to the hype. I love how customizable the burgers are too.
I for sure am coming back.
Have you ever eaten here before, Taylor?
I've only had a milkshake here before now. It was chocolate and really yummy.
I stopped by because I was visiting my friend who works here, so I got to enjoy my milkshake while chatting with my friend.
What did you order?
The Encounter burger. Antibiotic and hormone free, a third a pound of local beef from Oxford's Reserve Run Farms, according to the menu!
I'm really excited for the burger! I've heard good things about these burgers.
The hype is high.
How would you describe this restaurant, in a word?
Retro, but also modern. I see the comic art which is so retro and cool, but then I see the people and the food and that is all modern. It's retroly modern, if that makes sense. There's lots of natural light through the big windows too, so it's a nice place to escape the heat, but enjoy the beautiful campus.
Now that you've gotten a chance to take a bite, how is your burger?
It's good. The onions have some spice to them. It's actually really good.
I like how the server asked if my order looked right when she delivered it to me. That was a nice touch.
Would you eat here again?
Yeah, it's a really good sit down restaurant. Along with the food, I like the vibe of the music—it's current and not too loud. It's a good place to hang out with friends.
If you were to compare this restaurant to another restaurant off campus, what would that restaurant be?
It reminds me a lot of Johnny Rockets. The decorations are similar and the American-style food is also really similar. One of the differences between the two is that Johnny Rockets has a jukebox that you have to put a quarter into to the pick the music, but the music at Encounters is more current, not to mention free!


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tsw day 91 being strong while delicate
Everyone has them. A bad hair day, a sick day, a sad day, a day when you don't feel or look your best. But sometimes, life deals you not a day but a week, a month or a bad year. We all press on. All of us are negativity slayers.
I enjoyed a bit of calm where my skin was not angry though a tiny bit moody. I was comfortable enough to do things I took for granted like putting petro into my car and getting some grocery shopping in without being distracted by pain.
I'm sitting on the ledge where time seems to elude me during my solitary moments. I am at my best when I'm teaching my students and enjoying my time with family and friends. Alone, I meet bits of limbo time.
If you're going through TSW, I encourage you to schedule time to see your friends at least every other week. It's grounding and they don't care that you are not wearing makeup.
I'm getting better at unpuzzling the riddle of my health. Using absolutely NO moisturizers is working for me as well as taking a certain nutritional. I haven't had an ibuprofen in a long while and I'm down to a couple of antihistamines at bedtime in order to get some decent sleeps in.
Do I look awesome? Meh. But at least I'm not cradling an ice pack and I feel optimistic even when my skin feels a smidge moody.
It's day 91 of saying bye bye to topical steroids. I've had a couple of mini bouts of angry skin but I seem to be stabilizing and having more productive days versus pain management days.
Pressing on….


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by Richard Wagner
Translated by William Ashton Ellis, From Religion and Art, Richard Wagner's Prose Works, Volume 6, Pages 264-274, Published in 1897
Original Title Information: Erkenne dich selbst, Published in 1881, Sämtliche Schriften und Dichtungen: Volume X, Pages 263-274
GREAT KANT taught us to postpone the wish for knowledge of the world to criticism of man's power of knowledge; if we thus arrived at the most complete uncertainty about the reality of the world, Schopenhauer next taught us to draw the most infallible conclusions as to the world's In-itself from a farther-reaching criticism, no longer of our mental faculties, but of that Will in us which goes before all knowledge. "Know thyself, and thou hast read the world"—the Pythia said; "look round thee, all of this art thou"—the Brahmin.
Individuality, of course, is inherent above all in the intellect; reflecting the phenomenon, the intellect is related thereto, and the phenomenon has the principium individuationis as its form. But individuality is also inherent in the will, in so far as the character is individual; yet this character itself is abolished in the denial of the will. Thus individuality is inherent in the will only in its affirmation, not in its denial. The holiness attaching to every purely moral action rests on the fact that ultimately such action springs from the immediate knowledge of the numerical identity of the inner nature of all living things. [10] But this identity is really present only in the state of the denial of the will (Nirvana), as the affirmation of the will (Samsara) has for its form the phenomenal appearance of this in plurality and multiplicity. Affirmation of the will-to-live, the phenomenal world, diversity of all beings, individuality, egoism, hatred, wickedness, all spring from one root. In just the same way, on the other hand, the world as thing-in-itself, the identity of all beings, justice, righteousness, philanthropy, denial of the will-to-live, spring from one root. Now, as I have sufficiently shown, moral virtues spring from an awareness of that identity of all beings; this, however, lies not in the phenomenon, but in the thing-in-itself, in the root of all beings. If this is the case, then the virtuous action is a momentary passing through the point, the permanent return to which is the denial of the will-to-live.
-- The World As Will and Representation, by Arthur Schopenhauer
How totally these lessons of ancestral wisdom had been lost to us, we may judge by their having to be re-discovered after tens of centuries by Schopenhauer treading in the shining wake of Kant. For if we view the present state of all our Sciences and Statecraft, we find them void of any true religious core, and simply wed to a barbaric babbling, to which two thousand years of practice have given a well-nigh venerable aspect in the people's purblind eye.
Who ever finds that "Know thyself" applied to any rating of the world? Not one Historic action do we know, that betrays this doctrine's influence on the transactors. We strike away at what we know not, and should we haply hit ourselves, we think another struck us. Who has not witnessed this once more in the present stir against the Jews, let us say, when looked at in light of that doctrine? What has given the Jews their now so dreaded power [265] among and over us, not one man seems to stop and ponder; or if he goes into the question, he seeks no farther than the facts and phases of the last ten years, or at most a few years earlier: nowhere can we trace as yet an inclination to a deeper search into ourselves, in this case to a thorough criticism of the will and spirit of all that conglomerate of nature and civilisation which we, for instance, call the "German."
Yet the movement here alluded to perhaps is more adapted than any other to set us marvelling at ourselves: in it we seem to see the late rewakening of an instinct that appeared extinct. A man who some thirty years ago drew notice to the Jews' inaptitude for taking a productive share in our Art, and felt impelled to renew that attempt just eighteen years thereafter, (2) was met by the utmost indignation of Jews alike and Germans; it became quite dangerous to breathe the word "Jew" with a doubtful accent. But what once roused the bitterest ill-will when spoken on the field of ethical Æsthetics, we suddenly hear cried in vulgar brutal tones upon the field of civic intercourse and party politics. The fact that lies between these two expressions, is the bestowal of full right upon the Jews to regard themselves in all conceivable respects as Germans (3) —much as a blanket authorised the blacks in Mexico to hold themselves for whites. Whoever weighs this matter well, even if its real absurdity escapes him, must at least be highly astonished at the levity—nay, the frivolity of our State-authorities, who could decree so vast, so incomputable a transformation of our national system without the smallest sense of what they were doing.
The formula ran as "Equalisation of the rights of all German citizens, without regard to difference of 'Confession.'"
How was it possible for there to be Germans, at any time, who could conceive of all that keeps the Jewish stem so wide apart from us under the idea of a religious [266] "confession," seeing it was first and solely in German history that divisions arose in the Christian Church which led to the State-acknowledgment of various confessions? However, if only we will turn that "Know thyself" with ruthless energy upon ourselves, this curiously perverted formula may afford us one of the principal clues to explanation of the seemingly inexplicable. The first thing then to strike us, will be the recent experience that our clerics feel lamed at once in their agitation against the Jews when Judaism itself is seized by the root, and the patriarchs for instance, great Abraham in particular, are submitted to a criticism involving the actual text of the Mosaic books. (4) At once the groundwork of the Christian Church, its "positive" religion, seems to reel beneath their feet; a "Mosaic Confession" is recognised; and its adherents are accorded the right to take their place beside us, to examine the credentials of a second revelation through Jesus Christ—whom even in the opinion of the late English Prime Minister they regard as one of their countless minor prophets, of whom we have made by far too much ado. [/b]To tell the truth, it will fall hard to prove by the aspect of the Christian world, and the character of the Culture shed upon it by a Church so soon decayed, the superiority of the revelation through Jesus Christ to that through Abraham and Moses: in spite of its dispersion, the Jewish stock has remained one whole with the Mosaic laws to this very day, whereas our culture and civilisation stand in the most crying contradiction to Christ's teaching. To the Jew who works the sum out, the outcome of this culture is simply the necessity of waging wars, together with the still greater one, of having money for them.[/b] Accordingly he sees our State society divided into a military and a civil class: as it is a couple of thousand years since he did anything in the military line, he devotes his knowledge and experience with great gusto to the civil class, for he observes that this must find [267] the money for the military, and in that affair his talents have been trained to highest virtuosity.
Now the astounding success of our resident Jews in the gaining and amassing of huge stores of money has always filled our Military State authorities with nothing but respect and joyful admiration: so that the present campaign against the Jews seems to point to a wish to draw the attention of those authorities to the question, Where do the Jews get it from? The bottom of the whole dispute, as it appears to us, is Property, Ownership, which we suddenly perceive to be in jeopardy, notwithstanding that each outlay of the State has the look of aiming more at the insurance of possession than anything else.
If the application of "Know thyself" to our Church's religious descent would turn out poorly for our case against the Jews, the result will be no less unfavourable if we investigate the nature of the only thing our State systems understand by possession, before endeavouring to secure it from the Jews' encroachments.
"Property" has acquired an almost greater sacredness in our social conscience than religion: for offence against the latter there is lenience, for damage to the former no forgiveness. Since Property is deemed the base of all stability, the more's the pity that not all are owners, that in fact the greater proportion of Society comes disinherited into the world. Society is manifestly thus reduced by its own principle to such a perilous inquietude, that it is compelled to reckon all its laws for an impossible adjustment of this conflict; and protection of property—for which in its widest international sense the weaponed host is specially maintained—can truly mean no else than a defence of the possessors against the non-possessors. Many as are the earnest and sagacious brains that have applied themselves to this problem, its solution, such as that at last suggested of an equal division of all possessions, has not as yet been found amenable; and it seems as if the State's disposal of the apparently so simple idea [268] of Property had driven a beam into the body of mankind that dooms it to a lingering death of agony.
As the historic origin and evolution of our States seems worth a close examination in any verdict on their character, since thence alone do rights and conditions of right appear deducible, so the inequality of Possession, nay, its total absence in one great section of the State's constituents as result of the latest conquest of a country—e.g. of England by the Normans, or of Ireland in turn by the English—should be matter for explanation and, if need be, for vindication also. Far from embarking on inquiries of such difficulty ourselves, we have merely to point out the patent metamorphosis of the original idea of Property by the legal hallowing of usurpation, and to say that right by purchase nowadays has taken the place of right by earning, between which two came right by violence of seizure.
Clever though be the many thoughts expressed by mouth or pen about the invention of money and its enormous value as a civiliser, against such praises should be set the curse to which it has always been doomed in song and legend. If gold here figures as the demon strangling manhood's innocence, our greatest poet shews at last the goblin's game of paper money. The Nibelung's fateful ring become a pocket-book, might well complete the eerie picture of the spectral world-controller. By the advocates of our Progressive Civilisation this rulership is indeed regarded as a spiritual, nay, a moral power; for vanished Faith is now replaced by "Credit," that fiction of our mutual honesty kept upright by the most elaborate safeguards against loss and trickery. What comes to pass beneath the benedictions of this Credit we now are witnessing, and seem inclined to lay all blame upon the Jews. They certainly are virtuosi in an art which we but bungle: only, the coinage of money out of nil was invented by our Civilisation itself; or if the Jews are blamable for that, it is because our entire civilisation is a barbaro-judaic medley, in nowise a Christian creation. [269] A little self-knowledge on this point, methinks, would not come amiss to the representatives of the Church themselves, particularly when combating the seed of Abraham, in whose name they still go on to claim fulfilment of certain promises of his Jehova. A Christianity which has accommodated itself to the brute violence of every ruling power in the world might find itself when turning from the raging to the reckoning beast of prey, outmatched in cleverness and cunning by its foe; wherefore there is little present hope of special welfare from the support of either our Church or our State authorities.
However, an inner motive plainly lies at bottom of the present movement, little as it may be evinced by the behaviour of its leaders so far. We expressed our belief, above, that this motive was the re-awakening of an instinct lost to the German nation. People speak of an antagonism of races. In this sense we should have fresh cause for self-inspection, as it would necessitate our defining the relation of certain given breeds of man to one another. Here it would probably have to be recognised at the outset that, in talking of a German "race," it would be very difficult, nay, wellnigh impossible to compare it with a race so strongly pronounced, and still unaltered, as the Jewish. When learned men debate the relative value of mixed or pure-bred races, for the evolution of mankind, the decision must surely hinge on what we mean by man's developmental progress. The so-called Romanic nations, and the English too, are praised as hybrid stocks that obviously surpass in Culture-progress the peoples of a haply pure Germanic breed. On the other hand, if one declines to be blinded by the glamour of this culture and civilisation, and seeks the welfare of mankind in its bringing-to-birth of great characters, one finds that these far rather come to light—nay, almost solely—in pure-bred races; where it seems that the still unbroken nature-force of Race at first makes up for every higher human virtue yet unformed, and only to be won through life's sore trials, by that of pride. This peculiar pride of race, that still gave us in the [270] Middle Ages such towering characters as Princes, Kings and Kaisers, may be met even to-day in the old nobility of German origin, although in unmistakable degeneration; and that degeneration we should have to take seriously into account if we wished to explain the fall of the German Folk, now exposed defenceless to the inroads of the Jews. For this, the proper course might be to first recall the unexampled devastation which Germany suffered through the Thirty Years War: after by far the greatest part of the male population had been rooted out of town and country, while the female had been violated to no less a degree by Walloons, Croats, Spaniards, French and Swedes, the relatively little-injured nobles may scarcely have felt themselves one racial body with the remnant of this decimated people. That feeling of community we still find markedly expressed in many a preceding epoch; and then it was the true patrician families, that contrived to re-illume the proper spirit after serious diminution of the nation's substance. This we may see in the revival of Germanic races by new offshoots from the parent stock, when tribal migration had robbed the home-stayers of their first heroic clans; we see it in the resuscitation of the German language by patrician poets of the Hohenstaufen era, after monkish Latin had become the only medium of gentility, whereas the spirit of their poetry thrust down to the peasant's hut and shaped one wholly equal speech for Folk alike and Noble; and once again we see it in the stand against the outrage foisted on the Germans by the Church of Rome, when the example of its lords and princes led the Folk to stout defence. 'Twas otherwise after the Thirty Years War: the nobles found no nation left, to which to feel their kinship; the great monarchic powers shifted from the stricter seat of Germany towards the Slavic east: degenerate Slavs, decadent Germans, form the soil of the eighteenth century's history, a soil to which the Jew might confidently migrate from a Poland and a Hungary sucked dry, since even prince and noble durst no longer be ashamed of doing business with him; for—Pride [271] itself had just been pledged already, exchanged for vanity and greed.
Though in recent days we see these last two traits of character adopted by the Folk itself—our ancient relatives the Swiss can think of us no otherwise!—and though the title "German" has thus been almost coined anew, yet this new-birth still lacks too much, to constitute a real rebirth of racial feeling, a thing that always finds its first expression in a settled instinct. Our nation, one may say, has not the natural instinct for that which suits it, for what becomes it, helps and furthers it; estranged from itself, it dabbles in foreign manners. On none other have great and original spirits been bestowed, as on it, without its having known in time to treasure them: yet if the silliest news-writer or political cheap-jack but brazens out his lying phrases, it chooses him to represent its weightiest interests; whilst if the Jew comes tinkling with his bell of paper, it throws its savings at his feet, and makes him in one night a millionaire.
The Jew, on the contrary, is the most astounding instance of racial congruence ever offered by world-history. Without a fatherland, a mother-tongue midst every people's land and tongue he finds himself again, in virtue of the unfailing instinct of his absolute and indelible idiosyncrasy: even commixture of blood does not hurt him; let Jew or Jewess intermarry with the most distinct of races, a Jew will always come to birth. Not into the remotest contact is he brought with the religion of any of the civilised (gesittete) nations; for in truth he has no religion at all—merely the belief in certain promises of his god which in nowise extend to a life beyond this temporal life of his, as in every true religion, but simply to this present life on earth, whereon his race is certainly ensured dominion over all that lives and lives not. Thus the Jew has need to neither think nor chatter, not even to calculate, for the hardest calculation lies all cut and dried for him in an instinct shut against all ideality. A wonderful, unparalleled phenomenon: the plastic dæmon of man's [272] downfall in triumphant surety; and German citizen of State, to boot, with a Mosaic confession; the darling of Liberal princes, and warrant of our national unity!—
Despite the enormous disadvantage at which the German race (if so we still may call it) appears to stand against the Jewish, we yet have ventured to suggest the re-awakening of a German instinct as one factor in the present agitation. As, however, we have been obliged to discard all idea of its being a purely racial instinct, we perhaps might search for something higher: a bent that, merely vaguely (wahnvoll) felt by the Folk of to-day, would at first appear indeed as instinct, though really of far nobler origin and loftier aim, and which might haply be defined as the spirit of the purely-Human.
From the Cosmopolitan proper, if such a man exists in fact, we probably should have little to expect for the solution of our problem. 'Tis no small thing, to run through the history of the world and yet preserve love for the human species. Here nothing but a rooted feeling of kinship with the immediate nation whence we sprang, can serve to re-knit the strand dissevered by a survey of the whole: here operates the thing we feel ourselves to be; we pity, and strive our best to hope, as for the future of our nearer family. Fatherland, mother-tongue: woe to the man bereft of these! But what unmeasured happiness, to recognise in one's mother-tongue the speech of one's ure-fathers! Through such a tongue our feelings and beholdings stretch right back to early Man himself; no fence and pale there hedge our nobles in, and far beyond the fatherland at last assigned us, beyond the landmarks of historic knowledge and all our outer trappings thence derived, we feel ourselves one kin with pristine Man's creative beauty. Such is our German language, the only heritage retained intact from our forefathers. Do we feel our breath fast quitting us, beneath the pressure of an alien civilisation; do we fall into uncertainty about ourselves: we have only to dig to the roots in the true father-soil of our language, to reap at once a reassuring [273] answer on ourselves, nay, on the truly Human. And this possibility, of always drawing from the pristine fount of our own nature, that makes us feel ourselves no more a race, no mere variety of man, but one of Manhood's primal branches,—'tis this that ever has bestowed on us great men and spiritual heroes, as to whom we have no need to trouble whether fashioners of foreign fatherless civilisations are able to understand and prize them; whilst we again, inspired by the deeds and gifts of our forefathers, and gazing with unclouded eye, are able to rightly estimate those foreigners, and value them according to the spirit of pure Humanity indwelling in their work. For the sterling German instinct asks and seeks for nothing but this Purely-Human, and through that search alone can it be helpful—not merely to itself, but to all that shews the pure and genuine under never so great disguise.
Whom could it escape, that, suffering from the inability to truly manifest itself in either national or church-religious life, this noble instinct could but lead a feeble, indistinct, misunderstandable and scamped existence hitherto? In not one of those parties which aspire to guide the movements of our political or our intellectual national life, especially at the present day, does it seem to us, alas! to find a voice; even the names they take proclaim them not of German origin, still less inspired by German instinct. What "Conservatives," "Liberals" and "Conservative-liberals," and finally "Democrats," "Socialists," or even "Social-democrats" etc., have lately uttered on the Jewish Question, must seem to us a trifle foolish; for none of these parties would think of testing that "Know thyself" upon themselves, not even the most indefinite and therefore the only one that styles itself in German, the "Progress"-party. There we see nothing but a clash of interests, whose object is common to all the disputants, common and ignoble: plainly the side most strongly organised, i.e. the most unscrupulous, will bear away the prize. With all our comprehensive State- and National-Economy, it would seem that we are victims to a dream [274] now flattering, now terrifying, and finally asphyxiating: all are panting to awake therefrom; but it is the dream's peculiarity that, so long as it enmeshes us, we take it for real life, and fight against our wakening as though we fought with death. At last one crowning horror gives the tortured wretch the needful strength: he wakes, and what he held most real was but a figment of the dæmon of distraught mankind.
We who belong to none of all those parties, but seek our welfare solely in man's wakening to his simple hallowed dignity; we who are excluded from these parties as useless persons, and yet are sympathetically troubled for them,—we can only stand and watch the spasms of the dreamer, since no cry of ours can pierce to him. So let us save and tend and brace our best of forces, to bear a noble cordial to the sleeper when he wakes, as of himself he must at last. But only when the fiend, who keeps those ravers in the mania of their party-strife, no more can find a where or when to lurk among us, will there also be no longer—any Jews.
And the very stimulus of the present movement—conceivable among ourselves alone—might bring this great solution within reach of us Germans, rather than of any other nation, if only we would boldly take that "Know thyself" and apply it to the inmost quick of our existence. That we have naught to fear from ultimate knowledge, if but we conquer all false shame and quarry deep enough, we hope the anxious may have culled from the above.
1 "Erkenne dich selbst" appeared in the Bayreuther Blätter for February-March (double no.) 1881.—Tr.
2 See Judaism in Music, Vol. III. of the present series.—Tr.
3 Decreed by the Reichstag in 1871.—Tr.
4 It was not very long before this was written, that biblical critics began to turn their attention from the New to the Old Testament.—Tr.


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We're just over a month away from the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and this week the opening salvo in the last stage of the Star Wars hype train leaves the station.
Battlefront arrives on games consoles, and its companion app makes an appearance in this week's app roundup, along with some apps that might well make you more productive – if you so wish (dedicated lazy-types, there's lots for you too!).
iPhone: Firefox, Free
The biggest app release this week is Firefox finally making its way onto iOS, years after being available for Android and on desktop.
Developer Mozilla boasts that the new app will make search suggestions, allow you to manage tabs visually and include a "private browsing" mode for when you don't want to remember what sites you've been visiting. You know, for when you buy people surprise presents. Umm, yeah, that's it.
Best of all though, if you use Firefox on the desktop then the app will automatically synchronise your browsing history, tabs, passwords and bookmarks, enabling you to seamlessly move between devices. It's also available on iPad too. [Firefox]
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Relight (Update): An app for taking and tuning HDR photos with many more options to improve your snaps has just had a bunch of updates added. [£2.99]
NYT VR (Update): If you have a Google Cardboard headset, or something compatible like the Samsung Gear VR, then this is the best implementation of VR you'll see. The New York Times is now producing 360-degree documentaries that really do feel as though they are putting you in someone else's shoes. [FREE]
iPad: Star Wars Battlefront Companion, Free
Later this week one of the biggest games of the year hits shelves and digital stores. Star Wars Battlefront for PlayStation and Xbox takes the Star Wars Universe, and grafts it onto a Call-of-Duty-style engine to make the Battle of Hoth and several other iconic moments from the original trilogy seem more intense and real than ever. But if you can't wait, there's always the companion app which takes the form of a card game.
The objective is to defend your rebel base from an advancing Empire by playing the right cards at the right moment. What makes it a companion app is that it interacts directly with its console older sibling: When playing on console you can earn extra cards to play while mobile, and on the iPad (and iPhone/Android) game you can earn credits to spend in Battlefront proper.
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FlightRadar 24 (Update) The amazing flight-tracking app has just received an update that lets you filter your virtual map to just the types of aircraft you're looking for. Though it perhaps isn't very practically useful to non-pilots, it is still mesmerising to see just how many planes are are in the air simultaneously without any problems. A celebration of human achievement in app form. [FREE]
Windows Phone: Box, Free
If you need to share files around your business, one of the most popular platforms for making it easy is Box, which also provides a suite of online collaborative tools to work with it.
This week the company has released its Windows 10 Universal app, which works on Windows Phone as well as Windows 10 on tablets and desktop computers, and makes the process of sharing files easier than ever. You can even edit Microsoft Office documents directly in Box.
Android: Apple Music, Three-Month Trial, Free
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. Apple has actually created an app for Android, one that brings across its new music streaming service, Apple Music, to Android customers. The app brings Android up to speed with the iOS version, including streaming from a catalogue of millions of songs. It even let's you listen into Beats 1, Apple's new radio station that has been masterminded by Zane Lowe.
The best bit? There's a three-month free trial. So if you haven't taken the leap with the likes of Spotify yet, why not sign up and get yourself a quarter of a year's worth of free unlimited music?
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Google Translate (Update): Google has released an update for its brilliant translation app, adding support for photo-based translation between English, German and Arabic. It's a must-have if you're going abroad as you can even download offline language packs to help you translate when there's no data. [FREE]
Doodle (Update): If you ever need to plan a meeting with more than one other person, then this is the app to do it. A simple way of offering up dates and comparing calendars, without using fifty billion emails to do so. [FREE]
Special Mention: Facebook
Yes, we know you likely already have Facebook on your phone but as far as we're concerned it earned its place as the top app this week with a clever functionality that was used during the terrorist attack in Paris. "Safety Check" enabled people who Facebook believed to be in Paris (based on what it knows about each user's location) to check in as safe – and let them check in others too. It then broadcasts a user's safety status using that 'check in'.
Not only is this a brilliant use for such a ubiquitous tool, but it could also help in the rescue efforts as it means phone lines potentially being less congested. For instance, during the 7/7 attacks in Britain, phone networks were briefly brought down by the volume of calls; anything to make things easier at a time of crisis gets a big thumbs up from us.


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To sum this place up before I even begin, it's Peruvian meets Asian meets Gaudi meets catacombs. An odd combination by most accounts with trendiness pouring out of every crease and crevasse, but somehow it all works. From the projection of tropical settings on the twisting white walls, to the deer antler wine racks and the polyp ornamented bar, you'd think you were back at Iridium near Lincoln Center in the 90's.
But acid trip-inspired décor aside (pictured), the food impressed. Starting with a decent showing in the sushi department- but the clear winner of that course is the tuna tataki. This is a must-get. No seriously. If you don't I will hunt you down and force-feed you.
Other top dishes were the red Thai curry boasting some kick-ass heat and moist-ass fish. The salmon poke was also the shiznit. Fresh and flavorful and smarter than your average bowl! Both are strong winners in the entrée round. The duck and the ribeye, however, were just okay.
For sides, ya gotta give it up for the truffle fries. And for dessert, I say skip the chewables and go for the liquid. The liquid tiramisu that is. Holy caffeinated hangover batman! Might just be an Ultimate in two categories at once- Cocktail and Tiramisu.


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DJ Khaled discusses his upcoming album "Suffering From Success" and what the title means. He also talks about Vado potentially joining We The Best.
After dropping one of the biggest compilation albums of last year with Kiss The Ring, DJ Khaled has been enjoying immense success, but has also become weary of the pitfalls of that success, hence the name of his next project Suffering From Success. In a recent interview, the We The Best mogul talks about coping with the behind the scenes drama that unfolds with having hit records. He also addresses the signing of Vadoto his label, and hints heavily that the artist will be officially part of the roster.
Comparing his next album to his previous one, Khaled speaks about the "bullshit" he has been dealing with as of late, ""What separates [this album] is that I made it to my seventh album...After Kiss The Ring, I'm a winner. So I'ma continue winning, but when I was coming up, I didn't know that when you win, you gotta deal with a lot of this unnecessary bullshit a lot. So my album sound is going to… You're going to hear different types of anthems: the suffering side, and the success side."
Vado has been jumping back and forth between saying he has signed with We The Best, and not, but it does appear the rapper will be part of Khaled's crew soon enough. Although he doesn't confirm the signing, the label head says an announcement is coming up. "Definitely shout out Vado and definitely shout out Harlem," DJ Khaled continues, "I'ma be real with you. Right now, I'm bigging up Vado right now. I never said. You sayin', I ain't never said. But, expect a big announcement and something real exciting."


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Protecting the diversity and unity of the European Union and ensuring citizens of member states live in harmony are the goals of the EU. Issues concerning refugees and asylum seekers must be addressed on many levels – with ongoing infrastructure as well as humanitarian investment, Deniz Demircioğlu, Director of Socio Economic Consultancy for WYG in the Middle East and North Africa will argue at this year's ACE International Conference, on 15 June, in London.
In order to understand the problems caused by migration, all relevant parties must be placed under the microscope, she will say. People have sought refuge away from their homelands over many centuries for various reasons. In this day and age, people migrate because of poverty, conflicts, and violence in their countries, in the hope to find better living conditions for themselves and their families.
To accommodate refugees, for short-term or long-term, a country requires adequate infrastructure. This includes the building of premises for accommodation, as well as enabling access to basic needs such as clean water, electricity and food. Furthermore, access to health services, legal and psychological counselling, education for all ages, access to employment are essential components of accommodating refugees in their new circumstances. Promoting social inclusion, enabling integration to society, raising awareness about the needs of refugees are also parts of the infrastructural changes needed.
With a population of almost 80 million, Turkey has tried its best to accommodate refugees. Since the beginning of conflicts in Syria, 2,748,367 Syrians have fled to Turkey and many more to neighbouring countries as well as EU member states. Since 2012, Turkey has invested heavily in building accommodation for Syrian refugees both in terms of camps and providing housing assistance in cities. For camps near the Syrian border, which is the initial point of arrival of many refugees, investment has covered physical, social and psychological features such as building camps, establishing sanitary needs, providing guidance and removing social barriers.
The European Union and its Member States are an invaluable part of the international response to assist refugees from Syria. More than €5 billion have been mobilised for relief and recovery assistance to Syrians in their country and to refugees and their host communities in neighbouring countries. In addition, the EU has pledged €3 billion at the 'Supporting Syria' conference held in London. The €445 million EU humanitarian assistance to the Syria crisis for 2016 will continue addressing the needs of Syrian refugees and host communities in neighbouring countries. The need for a comprehensive EU policy framework for Syria is among the hot topics in the EU agenda.
There is no doubt that Britain has been among the major contributors of humanitarian assistance for Syrian refugees both through financial means and social needs. NGOs as well as governmental organizations have provided food, shelter and counsel for Syrians living in camps and various cities in the hosting countries. Britain's dedication to providing much needed humanitarian assistance can be understood through over £1 billion spent on providing support, such as food, shelter, medical care and clean drinking water for people affected by the conflict, both inside Syria and for refugees. The total UK humanitarian funding for the response to the Syria crisis is close to £40million; £21.5m to meet needs in Syria and £18m for refugees in neighbouring countries. DFID's budget for humanitarian aid to Syria for 2016 and 2017 is given at over £60 million, proving its dedication on assisting Syria.
With BREXIT on the agenda, it is a possibility that Britain may part ways with the European Union. However, its dedication to provide humanitarian assistance for refugees will not be affected. Through government bodies and non-governmental organizations, Britain will continue to support building the physical and social infrastructure needs of Syrian refugees in their hosting countries.
Click here for full details of the ACE International Conference and to book a place.


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Professional graphics cards are a segment of the industry that can look strange to gamers and PC enthusiasts. From the outside, it appears that businesses are paying more for almost identical hardware when compared to their gaming counterparts from both NVIDIA and AMD.
However, a lot goes into a professional-level graphics card that makes all the difference to the consumers they are targeting. From the addition of ECC memory to protect against data corruption, all the way to a completely different driver stack with specific optimizations for professional applications, there's a lot of work put into these particular products.
The professional graphics market has gotten particularly interesting in the last few years with the rise of the NVIDIA TITAN-level GPUs and "Frontier Edition" graphics cards from AMD. While lacking ECC memory, these new GPUs have brought over some of the application level optimizations, while providing a lower price for more hobbyist level consumers.
However, if you're a professional that depends on a graphics card for mission-critical work, these options are no replacement for the real thing.
Today we're looking at one of AMD's latest Pro graphics offerings, the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200.
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Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia
by Carmen Lomas Garza.
A picture book for children in English and Spanish of Garza's artwork with a one-page story about each painting. Contains 15 color reproductions. Published by Lee & Low Books. http://www.leeandlow.com/books/468/pb/family_pictures_cuadros_de_familia
In My Family/En mi familia
by Carmen Lomas Garza.
A picture book for children in English and Spanish of Garza's artwork with a one-page story about each painting. Contains 13 color reproductions. Published by Lee & Low Books. http://www.leeandlow.com/books/469/pb/in_my_family_en_mi_familia
Magic Windows/Ventanas mágicas
by Carmen Lomas Garza.
A picture book for children in English and Spanish of Garza's artwork with a one-page story about each paper cutout. Multicolor layout of 18 images. Published by Lee & Low Books. https://www.leeandlow.com/books/magic-windows-ventanas-magicas
Making Magic Windows: Creating Papel Picado/Cut-Paper Art with Carmen Lomas Garza
An instructional book in English for parents, teachers, and teenagers on how to make "banderitas", tissue paper cutouts and more complicated cutouts. Published by Lee & Low Books. https://www.leeandlow.com/books/making-magic-windows
A Piece of my heart/Pedacito de mi Corazón, The Art of Carmen Lomas Garza
A reprint of the catalogue for the solo exhibition at Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, in 1991 which traveled to five cities. Contains twenty-four color reproductions and thirteen black & white.
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Carmen Lomas Garza, Lo Real Maravilloso /The Marvelous: The Real
A catalogue of a solo exhibition at The Mexican Museum in San Francisco in 1987. Contains fifteen color reproductions. Published by The Mexican Museum/La Tienda, Fort Mason Center, Bldg. D, San Francisco, CA 94123. Tel. (415) 202-9700, email@example.com
Carmen Lomas Garza by Constance Cortez
In this volume of the path breaking A VER series, Cortez explores Garza's artwork in the context of the Chicano/a art movement, family and regional traditions, and Garza's own political and social activism Published by the University of Minnesota Press.
Carmen Lomas Garza: Looking Back
a film by Severo Perez with original music by Marcos Loya
Carmen Lomas Garza's artwork taps into a distinctive vision of her childhood in Kingsville, Texas during the late 1950s. Her paintings and etchings recall celebrations, rites of passage and intimate family moments. Available on DVD, TRT: 42 minutes.
Homenaje a Tenochtitlan: An Installation for Day of the Dead by Carmen Lomas Garza
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Unique Halloween Party Decorations
October 22, 2013
Halloween is right around the corner. Have you decorated your house yet? Check out these unique Halloween party decorations for a little inspiration! Use these ideas to decorate your event space for your spooktacular Halloween party.
Friendly Ghost Shades
To make these, you'll need paper window shades, thin white paper, paint tape, spray adhesive, double-stick tape, and a ghost template. First, trim the window shade to fit your window. Then, print and cut out the ghost template and trace onto thin white paper. Finally, cut out the ghost shapes and glue onto your window shade. Then hang them up and you're done!
Tin Can Luminaries
This is a really affordable way to decorate your home for Halloween. Place them along your driveway or by your front door to light up the front of your house for trick-or-treaters. All you need are some large coffee cans, permanent marker, hammer and nail, paint, and candles. Fill the cans with water and freeze them. Once they are frozen, take them out and draw your design or words onto the can with black marker. Keep it simple. Then take a hammer and nails and hammer holes into your design. Finally, paint the can, melt the ice out of it, and place a candle inside for a festive decoration.
Glowing Staircase
Crack a bunch of glowsticks and pour the liquid onto your outdoor staircase to create a spooky entryway for trick-or-treaters. After, simply wash away with a hose.
Spooky Indoor Staircase
If you're hosting a Halloween party and want to keep your guests on the first floor, then you'll have to come up with a creative way to block the staircase in your event space. First, line up small flameless candles along each step, then add black rat cutouts to the upper stairs. Finally, drape black cheesecloth and black leaf garland across several lower stairs so that your guests understand that the upstairs is off-limits.
Ghoulish Beverage Center
Get a cocktail cauldron and fill it with your favorite drink. Then come up with one or two other specialty cocktail drinks. Get a black chalkboard with an ornate frame and write your drinks on the board. Give them scary names like "Gin and Toxic Tonic" or "Pomegranate Poison." If you can find cool cocktail glasses in the shape of skulls or anything like that, serve the drinks in those as well.
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by Marcel Mutoni / @ marcel_mutoni
Things look bleak in Laker-land at the moment, with indications being that superstar center free agent Dwight Howard will bolt to another franchise.
Howard has yet to make his intentions publicly-known, but scanning the tea leaves, it appears that he may prepared to move on from Hollywood.
Per ESPN:
After team sources initially indicated the Lakers were feeling better about their chances after their face-to-face meeting with [Dwight] Howard on Tuesday than they did coming into it, pessimism began to creep back in Thursday, stemming mostly from ongoing questions outside and inside team headquarters about Howard's ability and willingness to co-exist alongside Kobe Bryant and play for coach Mike D'Antoni. Sources close to the situation stressed that the famously fickle Howard — deliberating at a hideaway in Aspen, Colo. — still was undecided about choosing between the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks and incumbent Lakers. Yet, there were indications late Thursday that Lakers officials, already bracing for the worst, had begun to rethink their long-held position of ruling out sign-and-trade options in the event Howard decides to bolt to one of L.A.'s rivals.
One source briefed on the Lakers' thinking said that, if the extra fifth year and nearly $30 million they can offer Howard isn't enough to hold off the competition, they would be forced to "look at everything." For months, Lakers officials have privately indicated they have no interest in taking back long-term contracts in a sign-and-trade for Howard, preferring to preserve their salary-cap space for the summer of 2014 and focus on slashing their luxury-tax bill for the coming season.
With Dwight Howard possibly relocating, and Kobe Bryant's Achilles injury situation still very much up in the air, the Los Angeles Lakers could conceivably trout an Opening Night starting lineup consisting of Pau Gasol, Jordan Hill, Steve Nash and Steve Blake. Yikes.
This latest Dwightmare will be over soon enough, but should the Lakers lose out on the NBA's most coveted free agent this summer, their fans can expect to have plenty of sleepless nights going forward.


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Well-- after 8 weeks my little guy is QUITE the swimmer! Now only can he swim REALLY well... he also LOVES to swim! I would call this class a huge (and more expensive than I planned!) success! The kid "swims" everywhere now (on the kitchen floor, in the bath tub, in his tiny baby pool). He is even teaching his lego man and stuffed bear how to "swim"on the floor too. : )
So-- I would HIGHLY recommend these classes if you want your kid to really know how to swim and not have a fear of water. We'll have to do 1 week refresher classes each year but the premise is that its now all muscle memory and will take very little effort to remember even if we don't see water all winter long!
I wish I could swim this well!
Here is a short video of the swimmer in action. He was taught to look for a wall to swim to and float on his back to catch his breath before swimming again. Here goes...
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University of Texas UAVs, AUVs, and UGVs working in swarms
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Scientists at the University of Texas, San Antonio use swarms of effective, inexpensive land, air, and sea robots that communicate with each other to complete important tasks as a group effort. Roboticists refer to these robots as Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs), Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs). Tasks include surveillance, search and rescue, and mine sweeping... Page 10


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Vision Express acquired over 200 Tesco Opticians in late 2017 and enlisted the support of The Tonic to support the acquisition announcement to national media, and subsequently plan and deliver PR events to launch the re-branded stores, in line with an intensive refurbishment schedule that saw around 12 outlets open every week between January and June 2018.
The Results
The Tonic's strategic approach was to cluster stores by regional area – and media patch – and identify one store per cluster to hold a PR event at, with a special guest arranged to officially open it. A total of 45 MPs and Mayors were engaged to participate in the celebrations, alongside a similar number of ambassadors from Vision Express' charity partners- the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust, Stroke Association, International Glaucoma Association and Macular Society. Customers who had compelling stories to tell from a condition being detected via an eye test were also invited to join the opening events, plus high profile individuals, such as Olympian Bryan Steel and Paralympian Darren Harris. The Tonic team took responsibility for project and event management, from briefing guests, to booking photographers, liaising with stores, onsite event handling, and developing and pitching media stories. Key results achieved were:
- 123 opening events were held across the UK, from Cornwall to Inverness, at an average rate of 10 events per week
- 105 media stories were developed and distributed
- 230 pieces of coverage were generated, of which 100% were positive and contained key messaging about Tesco being home to Vision Express optical expertise
- Almost 5.5 million consumers were reached.
Jenny Wye, senior PR manager at Vision Express, said: "This project was crucial to the business and involved engaging stakeholders across both Tesco and Vision Express, working within tight timescales and managing many moving parts. The Tonic team dealt effortlessly with the challenges inherent in such a large, intensive project – including a snowstorm that brought the UK to a standstill. They worked seamlessly with our in-house team and executed a rolling programme of nationwide events and PR activity to an extremely high standard, exceeding KPIs and delivering an impressive volume of positive, on-brand coverage."


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Courgette, potato & cheddar bread
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving (8)
- kcal330
- fat8g
- saturates3g
- carbs60g
- sugars2g
- fibre3g
- protein10g
- salt0.22g
- 500g new potatoes
New potatoesn-ew po-tate-oes
New potatoes have thin, wispy skins and a crisp, waxy texture. They are young potatoes and…
- 500g strong flour
Flour is usually made from grinding wheat, maize, rye, barley or rice. As the main…
- 7g sachet dried yeast
Yeast is a living, single-cell organism. As the yeast grows, it converts its food (in the form…
- 1 courgette
The courgette is a variety of cucurbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…
- 85g strong cheddar (or vegetarian alternative), grated
Once cheddar was 'Cheddar', a large, hard-pressed barrel of cheese made by a particular…
- few thyme sprigs
This popular herb grows in Europe, especially the Mediterranean, and is a member of the mint…
- 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for greasing
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
Boil the potatoes in salted water until just tender, drain and allow to cool a little. Put the flour and yeast into a large bowl. When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, coarsely grate half straight into the mix, tossing occasionally to coat in the flour. This will stop the potatoes sticking in clumps.
Grate in half the courgette, add half of the cheese and strip in half of the thyme leaves. Add 1 tbsp olive oil mixed with 175-200ml hand-warm water. Bring the dough together and knead for a couple of mins. Put into a lightly oiled bowl, cover and leave to rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Grease a 20cm x 30cm tin. Push the bread dough into the tin firmly, pushing out air. Finely slice the remaining potatoes and courgette. Scatter over the top along with the remaining thyme and poke in roughly with your fingers so the slices stick out a little. Cover with oiled cling film and leave to rise again for about 45 mins. Drizzle with the rest of the olive oil, scatter with the remaining cheese, then cook for 50 mins-1 hr, until well risen and golden. Leave to cool, then serve, cut into squares.


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Image Remarks: Artistic self portraits from Iranian-American photographer Nazee Abbasi exploring her identity as an Iranian and an American woman. She sometimes feels confused, proud even awkward about how to simply deal with the differences of two parts that make her.
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Supreme Court of Canada rules Alberta not constitutionally obligated to enact laws in French
Friday, November 20, 2015 - Filed in: Court Cases
"C and B were charged with traffic offences under the Alberta Traffic Safety Act and the Use of Highway and Rules of the Road Regulation, which were enacted in English only. Both claimed that the law and regulation were unconstitutional because they were not enacted in French, and further that the Alberta Languages Act was inoperative to the extent that it abrogates what they claimed was a constitutional obligation on the part of Alberta to enact, print and publish its laws and regulations in both French and English.
In 1870, the vast western territories under the control of the Hudson's Bay Company became part of Canada. The terms of this Canadian expansion were largely the result of negotiations and agreement between Canadian officials and representatives of the territories. The result was that the new province of Manitoba was added by the Manitoba Act, 1870. Further, the remainder of what had been the North‑Western Territory and Rupert's Land — a vast land mass including most of what is now Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and parts of Ontario and Quebec — was annexed as a new Canadian territory under federal administration by the 1870 Rupert's Land and North‑Western Territory Order (the "1870 Order"). The Manitoba Act, 1870 expressly provided for legislative bilingualism. The 1870 Order did not.
C and B contend, however, that legislative bilingualism was in fact guaranteed for both areas and therefore extends to the modern province of Alberta, which was created out of the new territory. Their argument is intricate and has changed over time, but rests on one key proposition: an assurance given by Parliament in 1867 (the "1867 Address") that it would respect the "legal rights of any corporation, company, or individual" in the western territories must be understood as a promise of legislative bilingualism. And that promise is an entrenched constitutional right because the 1867 Address became a schedule to the 1870 Order, which is part of the Constitution of Canada by virtue of s. 52(2)(b) and the Schedule to the Constitution Act, 1982 . Their challenge was successful at trial, but was rejected by the summary conviction appeal court and by the Court of Appeal."
The S.C.C. (6:3) dismissed the appeals.
From the decision:
Justices Cromwell and Karakatsanis wrote as follows (at paras. 1, 5-6, 100-103, 107, 110):
"…The province of Alberta's Languages Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. L-6, provides that laws may be enacted in English only. The appellants claim that this is unconstitutional. While they take no issue with the general rule that the language of provincial legislation is a matter for the Province to decide, they say that an exception to this general rules applies here: there is a constitutional right, from which the Province may not derogate, to have Alberta laws enacted in both English and French. We will refer to this as a right to legislative bilingualism. The Province maintains that there is no such right.
There is, of course, no question that linguistic duality and linguistic rights with respect to French and English are deeply rooted in our history and reflect our fundamental principles of constitutionalism and the protection of minorities. They are basic to the very idea of Canada. The Court must, as it has often affirmed, "take special care to be faithful to the spirit and purpose of the guarantee of language rights": Mercure, at pp. 269-70, quoting Société des Acadiens du Nouveau-Brunswick Inc. v. Association of Parents for Fairness in Education, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 549, at p. 564. The Court must also be mindful, however, that federalism — another fundamental constitutional principle — recognizes a large measure of "autonomy of provincial governments to develop their societies within their respective spheres of jurisdiction": Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217, at para. 58. We must be equally faithful to the spirit and purpose of all of these fundamental constitutional principles.
We therefore cannot, as the appellants ask us to do, allow the pursuit of language rights to trample on areas of clear provincial legislative jurisdiction. Neither can we resolve the tension arising from the interplay of fundamental constitutional principles, as the appellants ask us to do, by resorting to broad and uncontroversial generalities, or by infusing vague phrases with improbable meanings. Rather, we must examine the text, context and purpose of our Constitution to see whether there is a constitutional constraint on the power of the province of Alberta to decide in what language or languages it will enact its legislation.
In summary, at its highest the appellants' argument is that there was a constitutional guarantee for bilingualism in the North-Western Territory located in the 1870 Order or in the 1869 Proclamation. In the context of the unrest, the Lists of Rights, and the negotiations, the promise to respect "legal rights" or "droits acquis" / "droits légaux" or "rights and privileges" represented an historic compromise and a constitutional guarantee operating to limit a province's power to legislate within its own area of competence. The fact that the joint administration of the North-Western Territory beginning in 1870 was bilingual, combined with the operation of s. 133 of the Constitution Act, 1867 , shows that the inhabitants of the North-Western Territory were successful in getting what they bargained for: bilingual governance.
At their most basic, the essence of these lines of reasoning is as follows: the inhabitants of the territories demanded legislative bilingualism in the negotiations with Canada, and we must hold that Canada acceded to this demand and granted a constitutionally protected right throughout the territories, either because Parliament assured the inhabitants in the 1867 Address that their "legal rights" would be respected and this was attached to the 1870 Order, or because of the assurances given by the Governor General in 1869.
We note that these arguments have far-reaching consequences. They would require holding that bilingualism has been constitutionally entrenched not only for Alberta, but also for all of the former HBC lands, which now form part of Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon, Nunavut and present-day Northwest Territories. This reasoning would also require holding that this Court's decision in Mercure is erroneous because bilingualism has been protected in Saskatchewan since 1870. The logical extension of this reasoning would also lead inevitably to the conclusion that a variety of other demands made by the settlers have been constitutionalized by the words "legal rights". To note but one example, the settlers demanded bilingual judges ("XVIII. that the Judge of the Supreme Court speak the English and French languages": third List of Rights). As our colleagues describe, this reflected the practice of the time in the pre-annexation territorial courts. The argument that supports the entrenchment of legislative bilingualism throughout the annexed territories supports equally the entrenchment of a right to the exclusive appointment of bilingual judges to the Superior Court, which would continue to the present day.
However, these arguments cannot be sustained in the face of the historical record and the underlying principles of constitutional interpretation. Absent some entrenched guarantee, a province has the authority to decide the language or languages to be used in its legislative process. Clearly, a province may choose to enact its laws and regulations in French and English. But we cannot simply infer a guarantee of legislative bilingualism that would override this exclusive provincial jurisdiction absent clear textual and contextual evidence to support an entrenched right. It has never been the case in our constitutional history that a right to legislative bilingualism was constitutionalized by inference through the vehicle of the words "legal rights". The words in the 1867 Address cannot support a constitutional guarantee of legislative bilingualism in the province of Alberta. Parliament knew how to entrench language rights and did so in the Manitoba Act, 1870 but not in the 1867 Address.
With respect to the relationship between the Métis and the Crown, a fiduciary duty may arise as a result of the "Crown [assuming] discretionary control over specific Aboriginal interests" (Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests), 2004 SCC 73, [2004] 3 S.C.R. 511, at para. 18). While this Court has noted that the relationship between the Métis and the Crown, viewed generally, is fiduciary in nature, not all dealings between parties in a fiduciary relationship are governed by fiduciary obligations (Manitoba Metis, at para. 48; see generally paras. 46-50). The appellants have not demonstrated that a fiduciary duty attaches to the Crown in these circumstances.
While costs typically follow the outcome of the case, this Court has the discretion, in appropriate circumstances, to award costs on appeal and in the courts below regardless of the outcome (Supreme Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-26 , s. 47 ). Here, we would exercise our discretion to depart from the normal practice: despite their lack of success, we would award Mr. Caron and Mr. Boutet their costs on a party and party basis."
Note: The summary and body are drawn from Eugene Meehan's SupremeAdvocacy Weekly Updates for the Law Community.


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Dear Parents,
All the children came back from the half term break refreshed and ready to learn – with only a few weeks until the Easter holidays everyone seems very determined to work hard. I've been so impressed with the quality of poetry, art work, letter writing and number skills being sent to me for Headteacher's awards. It's one of the best aspects of my job, talking with children about why I'm proud of them, and also why they are proud of themselves.
It's even more rewarding when a group of children arrive together – I love seeing how supportive of each other they are, how much pleasure they each derive from each other's work and also how much they are encouraged by comments from their peers. Research shows that children learn more from each other than from adults! I'm sure it's true.
In our assemblies this week, we've been looking at the importance of friends. We looked at the New Testament story of the disabled man who was lowered down through the roof of a house in order to meet Jesus who then healed him. Like him, without the help of our friends, our lives are less fulfilled. As a school, we place a huge emphasis on relationships with each other, learning how to be more supportive and kind to those around us.
That's one of the reasons why during Book week we will be working in our house teams rather than in our usual class settings – it's a good way of growing new friendships. I'm looking forward to next week's newsletter when I can report on how the week goes. Do keep an eye on Twitter though for regular updates each day….and don't forget to book your tickets for the Saturday night quiz, a chance to have an evening with friends!
With best wishes
Book Week, 29 February – 4 March
We are all looking forward to Book Week next week. Children will be working in their house groups all week, and house t-shirts are optional (children can either wear their house t-shirts with normal uniform bottoms or their usual school uniform).
On Friday, to celebrate World Book Day, staff and children will be dressing up as book characters.
World Book Day vouchers will also be distributed next week and there will be a small supply of the £1 books available for the children to 'purchase' with their voucher. These books are also available from Waterstones. The voucher may be used against any book in bookshops.
Year 2 swimming
There is no swimming on Wednesday 2 March as it is book week.
Parent Consultation meetings, Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 March
Please return your form for the parent consultation meetings by Monday 29 February, if you haven't already done so.
5th March HTSC EVENT
Tickets for the Quiz Night will be available from Monday (8th Feb). This is a great opportunity to enjoy an entertaining quiz and a wonderful Rajdoot curry. The price at £10 a head is the best value night you will get all year! Put together a table of up to 8, or come along and join a team, but get your tickets while they are available as places are limited.
13th March Action Sunday in conjunction with Movie Sunday.
We are hoping to have a film afternoon at school between 2-4pm showing the film Paddington on the big screen in the hall. The film is free, but to raise funds for school we will be selling popcorn and squash for £2 per child.
Parents will need to supervise their child/children. If you are interested in coming along to the film please let Ali Fairbanks (Sophie's mum Walnut), Leanna Donkin (Poppy's mum Willow) or Sally Rolton (Marcus and Zach's mum Walnut and Hazel) know (either in the playground or by email) as they will be issuing tickets to gain an idea on the amount of popcorn/squash.
This is also the same date as the Action Weekend where the school is hoping parents will put on their gardening gloves and help out to clear/tidy up the school grounds in readiness for Spring.
13th April Next FOPS Meeting
14th April Phil the Bag
23rd April Bake 'n' Stroll
14th May FOPS and HTSC Event
Saturday 14th May 2016 - 8pm to 1am:
The organisation of this year's HTPD event is now well on the way and is promising to be yet another fantastic evening. This year we are planning a bond themed evening with welcome drinks, canapés, entertainment and lots of dancing. More details to follow but meanwhile book your babysitter for what is going to be a fantastic evening. Everyone welcome!
12th June Summer Fair
16th July Summer Festival
Menu for week beginning Monday 29 February
Please note that there are no sports fixtures or after school clubs next week because of Parents' Evenings (Tuesday and Thursday). If you have not already booked your slot, please request a slip from the office or email your child's classteacher.
THIRSTY THURSDAY – 3rd MARCH
February's thirsty Thursday was a great success, look forward to making March's equally as good! Join us for a drink to welcome in the spring - 8pm onwards, Rogues wine bar.
QUIZ & CURRY NIGHT - SATURDAY 5th MARCH - 7.30 PM - TICKETS SELLING FAST!!!
Don't forget to order your tickets for the chance to pit your wits against the brightest and best brains of Guildford in our annual Quiz Night! Tickets are £10 each to include a delicious curry from Rajdoot in Burpham and there will be a fully stocked bar - everyone welcome. To order tickets please send in cash or cheques made payable to HTSC in an envelope to the HT office. On the envelope please specify how many tickets you require and if you have any specific dietary requirements, together with the name and class of your child. Tickets will also be on sale during book week and at your child's parent consultations, in the library.
PHIL THE BAG - week commencing 11th April - collection Thursday 14th April
Phil the bag is back - why not have a clear out over Easter and raise money for the school.
Please keep all your old clothes and shoes as we will be collecting them during the week beginning 11 April (final collection day Thursday 14th April). Phil the bag no longer give out bags, any type of bin bags/plastic bags is fine.
Next cake sale date:
Year 3 - Friday 11th March
Help please! Is there a mum who could help with pick-ups Monday – Friday? Our son would be happy to fit in with other schedules, and can stay in Clubs Plus if that suits your timetable. If you can help, or if you know of a registered childminder, please call 07771 199166.
Lost: Alice Williams and Alex Winterton (both in 3C) and Toby Earl (4J), have mislaid their (named) PE kits. Please check your bags! Thank you.
Menu - Week 2
Surrey Libraries' Geek Week (part of British Science Week), 12 – 20 March 2016
Events range from a planetarium show for pre-schoolers to a tablet tea-and-teach for older people. Further information and all events can be booked at: surreylibraries.eventbrite.co.uk.
All events are running at Guildford Library, North Street with the exception of Innovate Guildford, Guildford Borough Council's Arts & Science Festival. The library programme can also be found at: www.surreycc.gov.uk/digitalfriday/ And Innovate Guildford can be found at www.guildford.gov.uk/innovateguildford
Children's Fun Day, 5 April 2016, 1-4pm, St Peter's School, GU1 2TN
Tombola – Crafts – Goal Shoot – Cake Stall – Hook a Duck….
All monies raised will go to our Children's Outreach Service. For further information or if you would like to have a stall please contact Susie on 01483 577392 or firstname.lastname@example.com at South West Surrey Domestic Abuse Outreach Service.


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Boot Animation for your Rooted Android Device
The capability to customize Android devices is one of the primary reasons why Android fans remain with the Android ecosystem for as long as they have. Many people want to add a personal touch to their devices, such as the logo animation that appears as you restart your device. This article will teach you how to let your video as a boot animation for your rooted Android device.
Before proceeding with the step by step guide, here are a few reminders and checklist of what you need to know and accomplish:
- Your Android device needs to have root access
- Download Root Explorer App
- Download executable files for boot animation
Procedure to create a video as boot animation:
- Open your Root Browser App
- Go to the directory /system/bin
- Replace the Boot animation executable files with the executable files you have downloaded for boot animation
- Change the permission of your files to rwx-rx-rx. To do this, long press the files and change the file permission
- Download the zip file for boot animation
- Open the zip file
- Look for the mp4 files and change the video file with your videos
- Open root browser app again then go to /system/media
- Change the original boot animation zip file with your modded file
- Change the permission to rw-r-r
- Restart your Android device
If you have questions regarding the procedure, post it in the comments section below.


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Bill O'Reilly is a God. We all know that. He ducked bullets in Argentina, the Balkans and the Falklands or someplace. He probably can't really talk about it beause he's connected with the government. He fully supports the armed forces, and he looks really tough, too. He talks tough, and that is so important to keep the enemies of America at bay. If Bill O'Reilly wasn't there to call Mother Jones and NY Times writers liars for questioning his impeccable war record as a fighting correspondent, then they could just continue to say whatever they want and continue to find old footage that seems to contradict Bill's claims to having been in a live war zone like Brian Williams was. With Bill, what you see is what you get. Those liberal publications do not have writers as American as Bill O'Reilly who, I'm sure, probably killed a bunch of communists while he was "over there" and can't even talk about it because he's not the kind of guy to brag about his accomplishments. That's our Bill, very understated, proud but in a dignified, quiet way, never tooting his own horn.
God bless Bill O'Reilly and the USA. I can't even look at his strong, proud Irish face without hearing Lee Greenwood's teary-eyed version of 'God Bless America.' Oh, Bill, you are so tough. I swoon with my loofa when I dream of you in the shower. Phone sex me up anytime and keep up the great work!Back