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Our first morning in Japan began with a trip to the Japanese Ministry of Defense, essentially the Japanese pentagon. We were all deeply honored to merely be allowed on the grounds of the Ministry of Defense. During the morning, we had the chance to see the retirement ceremony for Itsunori Onodera, the Japanese Minister of Defense. The ceremony had perhaps 300 honor guard Soldiers and a detachment from the Central Band of 50 or so. The alignment and attention to detail of the honor guard was astounding. All of the Soldiers are nearly all the same height and weight, making for a level of similarity that is nearly impossible in our Army. The band performed several ceremonial tunes, some familiar to me, some new. We spent some time discussing the finer points of military ceremonies, both American and Japanese, with the commander of the Central Band, Col. Takeda, after the ceremony. Overall, the ceremony was highly polished and professional. As a Soldier who performs ceremonies for a living, I found it fascinating to see how another nation carries out military pomp and circumstance.
After the ceremony, we had the chance to meet briefly with Major General Kiyota, who had been instrumental in bringing musicians from West Point to Tokyo. Lt. Col. Keene presented Maj. Gen. Kiyota with one of the newly minted West Point Band coins in recognition of his support in making the mission a success.
We finished our morning with an early lunch on the top floor of the Ministry of Defense. The lunch was simply the finest food I have ever been served at any government establishment, and the view was pretty nice too. After lunch it was off to rehearsal with the Central Band for the first time.


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Deneki Andros South FIBFest is a little slice of heaven.
Please accept my following apology.
I'd write more, but I must go fly fishing right now.
Deneki Andros South FIBFest is a little slice of heaven.
Please accept my following apology.
I'd write more, but I must go fly fishing right now.
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WOW -Rebecca, now thats a White Fish, in fact that picture is fantastic. We have officially moved you to Rock Star Status, here's to today hoping day #3 brings you a
15lb BoneFish. It's Official you have now caught Moutain and Salt Water White Fish.
Congrats… and keep the write ups coming.
THAT is a picture suitable for framing. Bet he gave you a run for your money. Not an easy fish to hook and a screamer when they are. Good job.
You mean they don't spastically shake their heads? Great photo and a great looking fish.
I don't know if this feeling is love or hate. Oh yeah, it's jealousy. Looks like a blast.
I thought you were invited on the FIBfest with the understanding that you'd be writing about your trip, and not rubbing just it in our faces? Either way, nice fish. Great photo.
MONEY SHOT! There you go, Becca. And no…you don't need to write more.
Really glad you are having fun down there! We are supposed to have a "mini-nor Easter" up here in PA so I think that means possibly snow in APRIL (joy)… Fishing this weekend will not be fun. But yea… Good to see you enjoying the sun… And the clear water and O yea, FISH! (:
That fish is no WHITEFISH!!!! Oh, Ms. Photogenic…you are making me jealous with the tan and the cool colors you're wearing while I'm skiing on a mountain today!! Good job…keep it up!
What a great photo! That looks like cover material for a Fly Fisherman Magazine. Screaming reels to you, Rebecca! Btw, us Rocky Mountain Bonefish folks look up to you.
I love the pic and you sure look like your enjoying yourself! Congrats!
Pretty fish ! Anything besides bones biting? I have to agree with Mel , that picture belongs in a fly fishing magazine , or at the very least an Orvis catalog! Catch one for me would ya?
I have so many questions now that you're fishing in the big drink….
Someone once said a picture is worth a thousand words. Nice writing skills.
Wow, what a killer photo. Fantastic fish, aquamarine waters, blue sky and a big smile. Looks like a blast.
Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Well, ….yeah that's pretty freakin' cool.
Have fun! You can tell us all about it ( or at least the parts you want to tell) when you get back. If you ever come back. lol
Does anyone remember when Day 2 was??? I'm thinking that Day 3 turned into Day 4…haha.
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'Entourage': 'When things get ugly, all bets are off'
I'd like to start this recap with a quote from Turtle circa season one: "I don't know about the after life, but this life is sweeeet."
That was 2004.
Seven years later, our boys have grown up. Last night's "The Big Bang" (co-written by Jerry Ferrara) taught us that, for better or worse, these guys aren't the same crew who spent off-days looking for weed at Val Kilmer's house.
From the "Johnny Banana's" strike and E's step-mother-loving ways to the big reveal that is Mrs. Ari's real name, we've got a full plate.
Johnny Bananas
Drama is on strike and that means the old Billy Walsh is back wearing a pirate suit at a birthday party, threatening Drama's life if he doesn't end his hold put. Oh, how we miss the Billy of seasons' past who blessed us with gems like, "I have a mortgage, five kids and no maple syrup!"
You'd hate to see Drama self-sabotage his career again, as we - and apparently his therapist - have seen all seen. But wait, here's Lloyd to save the day.
My colleague and "Ento" enthusiast brought up an excellent point last week: Where in the Sam hell is Lloyd?
Rex Lee gets his marquee sign and credit in the show's intro, but seemingly disappeared from the show. Lloyd reminds Drama it took nearly two decades to get to "Johnny Bananas," and throwing it all away would be a mistake. Drama still won't budge, and he and Phil have it out over the phone. Phil says he'll kill the show and the Vince/Drama miner movie if Drama continues to hold out.
Well, leave it to Andrew Dice Clay to chat with Phil and apparently get the show back on track. "Victory?" We'll see.
Turtle the Restaurateur
Always looking to prove he can be successful without Vince, Turtle has the Don Peppe crew in town for business. These folks kind of remind me of those family members you hate to love.
The Royal Couple of Italian food is more interested in meeting celebs than hearing Turtle's business plan. "Do you know anyone on Glee?" On top of that it's too early to talk biz - wifey wants to get to the Lakers game so she can meet Jack Nicholson. Here's hoping that sooner or later, folks will take Turtle seriously.
Vince versus Vanity Fair
Over at the Vanity Fair shoot where models play ping pong as much as they share beauty tips, Vince is worried.
And with good reason. He lands on the cover of the magazine as an "insecure womanizer." Vince wants to track down Sofia and plead the case that he's a caring man. (Not sure about that one.)
"I opened up to you and you mocked me," Vince tells Sofia.
"I'm just a journalist you don't know who won't sleep with you." Touché. Finally - the Vince needed.
Eric the Ex-Stepmother Lover
Eric is ignoring Melinda Clarke's calls, even though she apparently landed a spot in a new J.J. Abrams show. Melinda was so smitten with E's managerial and bedroom skills that she bought him a $300,000 car.
"You gave me a car for sex?!"
Of course not, Silly. "The car was for the show, I'm sending you something else for the sex," Melinda fires back.
Oh and look, Johnny Galecki is back. He's been hanging with Sloan, which makes E worried they're doing more than talking about him behind his back. As always, it's clear that E isn't over Sloan, and it's eating at him. He threatens to fire Galecki, or walk out on Scott and the agency.
I've always said, behind every great man is a great woman, and behind every great man's downfall is a woman. If this isn't the truest statement ever, it's definitely the story of E's life. Think it's about time the E-mpire strikes back.
Mrs. Ari
Last, but not least, we seeing the impenetrable shield of Ari Gold's ego chip away, piece by piece, thanks to his failed marriage. Ari wants to know "What's the worst that could happen?"
"When things get ugly, all bets are off," Ari's lawyer tells him of his impending legal battle.
Mrs. Ari could possibly seek full custody of the children, oh, and control of his super agency. Ari's fate lays in the hands of Mrs. Ari and Babs. Obviously destroyed by the idea that he could lose everything, Ari visits the house where Mrs. Ari is prepping dinner with Bobby Flay. After a heated exchange between Ari and the grill master, one of the many questions we've been asking for seven years is answered.
Mrs. Ari's real name is…Melissa. Ok, now that's out of the way, what the hell is Turtle's real name?!
Updated at 2:30 p.m.: Apparently Turtle's name - Sal - was revealed during season 5. Thanks, commenters!
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House of Cards Season 6, or How to Brainwash NPCs After Trump
I have a confession to make.
I don't want to, but it's always best to face your sins, acknowledge them and repent before God.
In public, if necessary. So here goes.
Sometimes I watch Netflix.
Yeah I know. It's dirty and I should stop.
But Narcos was really good. It was the best portrayal of a shithole I've seen.
They left out the part in which the CIA basically established the drug trade to get money for their black ops; a strategy they still use in countries like Afghanistan. Under the Taliban, Afghanistan produced about 180 tonnes of opium annually. It's now 7000.
But still, it was a good show. My wife got sick of me saying "Mi Punta!" with my chin pushed out menacingly after a couple of weeks.
As usual though, too many titties. So unnecessary. Anyway. At least it wasn't propaganda created to make white men just give up and want to kill themselves.
Which can't be said for the dreary political hellscape that is House of Cards.
If you haven't watched it, don't. It might permanently lower your testosterone. All the spoilers are here anyway.
The season picks up after former President Frank Underwood had to step down and was murdered because
actor Kevin Spacey is a boy-raping pervert of political scandals. His wife Claire becomes the president, and in keeping with the Crooked Hillary smackdown of 2016 and the #metoo scandals around the show, it becomes a biopic for the cultural revolution against white male tyranny.
President Claire is the amazing strong womon who spends most of the season monologuing about how she's been condescended to all her life by tyrannical men. In the very first scene of the season, she is being briefed by a panel of security staff about all of the 'threats' she is receiving from those RWNJ alt-right boyim. According to her staff, a credible threat has been made by a deranged white nationalist and former soldier who thinks Claire is a "Jew c*nt".
I wonder if the ADL had input into that wording. Or maybe new Netflix producers the Obamas helped.
The psychological manipulation continues, as later in the season the first womon president uses a (false) smear of Russian collusion to take down a very white male vice president trying to impeach her, and then appoints an all-female cabinet after she fires the old one.
The triumphant music as she opens the door and shows a bunch of Boomer wimmin sitting around the table is vomit-inducing. References to the time of 'middle-aged white males' being over, not doing well, being over the hill, etc. are constant. An obviously Eastern European Ashkenazi-Jewish neocon deep state spook, who flashes way too much elderly sideboob and happens to be consumed with hatred for Russian leader
Putin Pavlov, tells the womon president that "Simone de Beauvoir was right about everything".
That would be the bisexual Marxist-feminist who agitated for pedophilia acceptance and was banned from teaching in France after she was found to be sexually exploiting her students. The one who is used to indoctrinate just about every undergraduate womon in the tyrannical, patriarchal West today. That Simone de Beauvoir.
This is the type of tedious agitprop we hear constantly from the womon president:
"I'm not going to be told what to do anymore, Doug. Not by you, not by any man."
This is said just before she has a bunch of people assassinated for knowing too much.
How empowered. It's a pretty accurate portrayal of the nature of every female workplace sociopath I've had the displeasure to encounter, though. They're masters at getting others to pull the trigger while projecting their guilt onto their targets.
What made it most obvious, however, that the Trump era has changed the way the elites must present themselves to the NPC zombies is that the curtain is pulled back just a little to acknowledge that were scoffed at before the 2016 campaign. Politicians are shown as not being in charge, but as self-obsessed actors who do what they are told by the oligarchs. Womon President Claire has a series of flashbacks to reveal the childhood abuse and trauma which created her damaged, sociopathic personality. There is a phony alt-media YouTuber who is funded by the corporate oligarchs as part of a political strategy to discredit people and views that particular oligarchic faction doesn't want to take hold. We know that happens all the time.
Israelis like to build. Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage. This is not a difficult issue. #settlementsrock
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 27, 2010
The womon president also acknowledges that think tanks form part of the government. This might not sound like much, but an enormous part of the shadow government or deep state that normiecons have been so fired up about since 2016 revolves around organisations like the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission and the Bilderberg Group. These are the entities which drive globalism forward, and are the tools used by the money power to create policy and spin the black ops of the intelligence agencies. They are behind the wreckage of the West.
The systematic blackmailing of congressmen and congresswimmin is also openly acknowledged, as well as how oligarchic factions use big data and control of the prestigious MSM mastheads to manipulate the NPCs, pressure politicians and create false realities.
All of this is yuge. Such views were outside the normie Overton Window of acceptable discourse even just three years ago. Now they're mainstream. The elite have had to incorporate such admissions into the Acceptable NarrativeTM that goes out to the normiesphere. This shows how much ground we've taken in the last few years when it comes to pushing the Overton and making National Socialism great again.
Nah lol jks. I hate socialism. Even when it's Prussian.
Maybe one day soon we'll see Netflix shows which are forced to admit that the CIA and NSA seedfunded the big tech companies like Google and Facebook, and have contracts with Amazon which have enabled Jeff Bezos to buy CIA-run MSM mastheads like the Washington Post and become the richest earthling in the galaxy.
Given that the big tech companies have more power than the president these days, this means that essentially we are ruled by drug-dealing spooks. Narcos and House of Cards united in the same show. Could be a hit.
There are still many normies to whom that list of facts sounds like crazy conspiracy theories. There's a reason for that.
When the evil oligarchic corporate faction opposed to our womon hero is planning her assassination, one of the plotters mentions the 'conspiracy theories' which will be generated as a result. The interaction is revealing:
"'And what about all the conspiracy nonsense we'll be hearing?"
"The theories are a useful distraction, and eventually they consume themselves. History will back us up on that."
Well sheeit. You mean to say that oligarchic interests who conspire against the people might create and spread outlandish conspiracy theories in order to discredit legitimate investigation and hide their crimes, keeping the masses distracted, disorganised and fighting each other, and not them?
The arch-nemesis of our womon hero is a corporate oligarch named Bill Shepherd, whose corporation makes profits by poisoning towns and hiding the evidence. He mouthes wishy-washy libertarian talking points while using the power of the state to cement corporate oligarchy; he says he wants to dismantle the CIA and FBI and turn Washington back into a small town again.
That sounds like a great idea. The thing is though, if he did that, Bill wouldn't be able to leverage the state machine to shut down competitors and keep poisoning all those towns. He'd have to compete. Corporations don't like competition. That's why they love big government.
No corporate oligarch is a libertarian. They're statists. They want Reagan-style small government; that is, the massive expansion of government so they can get juicy contracts and stifle small business growth, thus preventing competition.
This is one of the many falsehoods upon which the neoliberal left-neoconservative right political dialectic of the last 30 years has been based. It is all built on phony rhetoric rather than reality.
A constant theme throughout the season is that 'oligarchs' and 'corporate interests' are coming after the wimmin, le gayz, the PoCs and all the other historical victims of WASP hegemony. Bill, who represents the evil corporate WASP oligarch stereotype, is an irritable bully who just happens to be dying of a tumour while ranting about how America is too socialist and the country is in decline. He is frequently interrupted by brave wimmin and PoCs who call out his evil WASPishness.
Another of the falsehoods, of course, is that white men rule. That we have privilege. This is utterly false. White men are the untermenschen of postmodernity. We have fewer rights and worse opportunities now than other groups, yet we are still vilified constantly in the media. This false narrative enables the Western Marxist bait-and-switch when it comes to who the Bad Guys are who need to be overthrown. One minute, Bill is evil because he's an angry white male libertarian who wants to defend the 'patriarchy'; the next minute, he's evil because he owns politicians and operates as an invisible third party in American politics. Such false narratives serve to keep the NPCs confused, and prevent detection of exactly which groups have the real power in our societies.
If you want to find out who they are, start criticising them. It's not rocket science.
This type of NPC propaganda wants to have it both ways. Either the villain Bill Shepherd is a libertarian, or he's a corporatist. Those things are kinda mutually exclusive. The NPCs who watch these shows though have never thought any of that through, and so for them libertarian white guys are the new bourgeoisie that needs to be kulaked and gulaged to bring about utopia.
As always, Marxism updates itself like software to keep the bottom half of the genetic bell curve going out to marches, virtue-signalling on social media and fighting The Man. Whoever that happens to be at the time.
These false neo-Marxist narratives also created the dialectic which has framed the culture wars. For those who reject the Western Marxist Kool Aid, they then come to identify as 'conservatives'. What conservatives have managed to conserve is entirely unclear, but they will tell you proudly that at least they don't do 'identity politics', and that this makes them better than those evil racists in the dissident right.
My trip down the rabbit hole of anti-Ramsay activism at Sydney Uni. https://t.co/8N2raGXZ1t
— janet albrechtsen (@jkalbrechtsen) October 30, 2018
And all the while, they never notice the demographic replacement of the West, the moral corruption, the financialisation of every aspect of life and subsequent debt enslavement, the Luciferian culture creeping in progressively each generation as the permanent cultural revolution against all that is good destroys our civilisation.
But at least they weren't racist.
Bill is dying, and so are we. And the makers of House of Cards are cheering.
"Where do you think we'll be in ten years?"
"I dunno. Things don't really change, Bill. They just fade away."
"God I'm angry."
The people who make this propaganda want us to just fade away, angry and sick. They believe they are the future, and we are the past.
I don't think so. We built the greatest civilisation the world has ever known. We mapped the continents, plunged the oceans and reached the stars. None have come close to our accomplishments.
We did it. Not them.
Since the war, we let ourselves be enslaved to pleasure and made blind by ignorance. We succumbed to a hostile elite who obscured their agenda by hiding among us. We stopped fighting, because we didn't know who our enemy is.
We let our good nature and our openness be weaponised against us. We let ourselves be deceived.
In a climactic scene in the final episode, the womon president is having a dialogue with herself as a young womon. Her younger self asks if she is going to kill her dead husband's former employee, who is threatening to expose her. She ends up stabbing him while heavily pregnant inside the Oval Office. What she says during her internal monologue makes it clear who our enemy is.
"Our god, hail Lucifer! Beware!"
They're not even hiding it anymore.


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WELSH families told last night how they were "terrified" after being allegedly assaulted and abused by Spanish riot police following a complaint about a delayed flight.
Dennis O'Connor watched in horror as armed civil guards charged his family and other passengers, who were complaining about a five-hour delay to their flight from Palma, Majorca, last Saturday.
He said batons were drawn and Spanish police put their hands on their holsters as they drove the frightened tourists, including children and elderly, into an airport corridor.
The Carmarthen father-of- two, who served with the Territorial Army for six years, said, "I am no stranger to guns and weaponry, but I was astonished and terrified that someone would be seriously hurt.
"When hands are placed on holsters it only takes a brief lapse in concentration for something tragic to happen. It was very, very scary.
Mr O'Connor said the incident would have affected some more than others.
"The youngest child was around three years of age and the oldest adult in their 80s," he said.
Now he is acting as spokesman for the 57 passengers who saw the incident, and is taking his case to the British Consulate in Madrid.
"To me this was an international incident and I will knock on the door of 10 Downing Street if I have to," he said.
His complaint outlines how the holidaymakers heading back to Bristol after half-term "were physically assaulted and had abuse screamed at them by the Civil Guard riot police together with airport police".
He was with his family at the time, including his wife Sharron, their two children, Gareth, 16, and Laura, 12, and his in-laws.
"It does add to the terror of any situation when you are worrying about what might happen to your loved ones," said Mr O'Connor. "The whole family was shaken and I do not think we will go back to Spain again unless the King himself invites us."
The incident was sparked after passengers scheduled to fly home at 8.40am decided to complain about the delay, some five hours later.
"There were a mix of people there - all ages, about half of us Welsh and the rest English holidaymakers," said Mr O'Connor. "We were frustrated and annoyed but there was no violence, not even any shouting.
"We were just asking for an explanation about the delay because nobody was around."
However, an employee on the departures gate called security, which led to the arrival of a group of 10 armed airport police and civil guards.
"I asked if any of them spoke English, but they said they did not," he said.
"I was trying to explain our side of the story and tell them there was no need for them to be there as there was no sort of incident that would warrant police intervention."
But then the civil guards charged and began pushing and drawing batons, said Mr O'Connor.
His wife's mother, who has a heart condition, was among the first to be shoved backwards by the guards.
"Several people were assaulted and though none were actually struck by the batons, I feared things would get worse," he said.
"There were children and ladies crying, and general anger at a complete over-reaction by thugs in uniform."
Now Mr O'Connor and others are demanding an inquiry into the incident.
"Afterwards, several passengers decided this should be taken on to the next level," he said. "This was unacceptable ill-treatment of British citizens on Spanish soil."
Futura, which was running the charter flight in question, said the delay was unavoidable but added that staff were investigating the alleged police incident.
Chief executive Roman Pane said, "It seems that at some stage the employees did feel threatened and thought they would need protection for their own security.
"But at this stage we cannot say what the guards' attitude was. We just know there has been a complaint.
"We will pursue this through and try to find out if there was an inadequate attitude from the civil guards."
A spokeswoman at the British Consulate in Madrid said, "Spanish police do not go around attacking people for no reason, so this is a highly unusual complaint. But we will of course take it very seriously.
"We have not received the complaint about this incident as yet, but we will look into this further after receiving the letter."
Tour operators First Choice Airlines said they would also investigate.
"We are taking this very seriously," said an airline spokeswoman.
"We are working with our agent in Majorca and the authorities to find out what happened - it is an ongoing investigation."


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Once a month we host an "Art Party " which is two and a half hours of art, dance and yoga and includes a healthy snack! Birthday parties are also available at a reasonable rate.
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Ben CarsonBenjamin (Ben) Solomon CarsonTrump administration ends Obama fair housing rule Castro urges Dems to seize moment on social reform Overnight Health Care: Fauci says 'bizarre' efforts to discredit him only hurt the White House | Alabama to require face masks | House panel probes 'problematic' government contracts MORE is looking to recapture his magic in Iowa after months of campaign turmoil have badly damaged the once high-flying Republican presidential candidate.
In an interview with The Hill late last week, as Carson and his Iowa state director drove the back-roads of the Hawkeye State from a rally in sprawling Cedar Rapids to a stop in tiny Bettendorf, Carson insisted that a comeback was in the works.
Carson said he can "absolutely" win Iowa.
"We are seeing very large and enthusiastic crowds, standing room only and overflow crowds," Carson said. "The level of enthusiasm is tremendous and a lot of people are telling me that they are coming back home."
Even if he falls short of a win in Iowa, Carson said a "top three" finish will keep him viable at least through South Carolina, another early-voting state the campaign has circled as having the potential to thrust Carson back to the forefront.
The three most recent polls in Iowa show Carson in fourth place. He trails GOP front-runners Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzOn The Trail: Pence's knives come out Pat Fallon wins GOP nomination in race to succeed DNI Ratcliffe The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by the Air Line Pilots Association - Negotiators 'far apart' as talks yield little ahead of deadline MORE and Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump suggests some states may 'pay nothing' as part of unemployment plan Trump denies White House asked about adding him to Mount Rushmore Trump, US face pivotal UN vote on Iran MORE badly, and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has recently moved ahead of him as well.
Nonetheless, Carson is optimistic.
"It won't be a problem at all," he said of a top three finish in Iowa.
With only three weeks to go before the Iowa caucuses, Carson isn't going all-in on the state in the same way candidates like former Sen. Rick Santorum and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee have.
His appearances in the early-voting states throughout the campaign have been scattershot, as evidenced by the rally he held earlier this month in Staten Island, N.Y. Carson still has stops planned this month in South Carolina and Nevada, among other states.
But Carson will spend a majority of the days in January making retail stops and holding rallies across Iowa, where his top advisers see signs of him getting a second look from voters ahead of theFeb. 1 caucuses.
"We're going to be here a lot," said Ryan Rhodes, Carson's Iowa state director. "His message won't get cycled through some other narrative. Voters will get to hear directly from him and when people get to hear that message, they gravitate towards it…you're going to see that groundswell coming back as things progress."
That Carson needs his supporters to return "home" at all is an indication of how far he's fallen.
In the fall, Carson came out of nowhere, shocking political pundits as he sprinted past long-time front-runner Donald Trump to lead in some national polls and surveys of Iowa.
By late October, Carson had opened-up a 9 point lead over Trump in Iowa, according to the RealClearPolitics average, taking 29 percent support.
But Carson struggled to withstand the scrutiny that comes with front-runner status. He spent much of his time atop the polls beating back questions over the veracity of his inspirational back-story, and he failed to convince voters of his foreign policy acumen at a time when the Republican debate turned to national security.
In addition, long-simmering tension between Carson's campaign and his close friend and outside adviser Armstrong Williams over the direction of the campaign came to a head on New Years Eve, when campaign manager Barry Bennett and other top aides suddenly quit amid talk that they would be fired.
The sum total has seen Carson drop into fourth place in Iowa, where he now sits at 9 percent support. Cruz, who has galvanized the evangelical base that once boosted Carson to the top, now leads with 31 percent support, according to RCP.
"As these things go, you're going to see candidates all over the state looking for that [evangelical] voting bloc," Rhodes said. "Obviously, a lot of people are competing for it. Ben and Ted seem to be doing it the best, and I think I'll put Ben next to Ted Cruz side by side any day of the week. I think everybody will be very surprised come caucus day."
The Carson campaign hopes the fervent energy of his grassroots supporters will translate into votes on caucus night.
While outside groups supporting Carson never landed a mega-donor, Carson will benefit from a plucky super-PAC, whose members have been staking out retail centers and fairs, singularly focused on get-out-the-vote efforts in Iowa since before Carson even announced his candidacy,
And Carson continues to be a small-dollar fundraising juggernaut. He hauled in $23 million in the fourth quarter, besting Cruz, who raised $20 million over the same period.
The campaign now points to the size of Carson's rallies in Iowa as evidence that he still commands an enthusiastic base of support on the ground there.
"The rallies we have – this morning we were in a gymnasium that went over fire code so we had to unfortunately turn a few people away because there were so many people that showed up clamoring to see," Rhodes said.
Despite the recent setbacks, Carson's spirits are high. He says he feels reinvigorated by the campaign overhaul, which led many pundits to write his political obituary.
Former senior strategist Ed Brookover has taken over as campaign manager, while retired Army Gen. Robert Dees, who formerly advised Carson on foreign policy matters, is acting as the campaign's chairman.
Advisers say communication among the campaign team is better than it ever was before, and insist that the ground troops have not been dispirited by the tumult.
"I feel energized now," Carson said. "I feel that I have a very responsive organization now that knows how to execute and get things done and it gives me a lot more energy."


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Vienna, Austria, circa 1900
A Victorian era 14K gold ring is designed as a stylized coiled snake. The head of the snake is embellished with a sparkling bright white old European cut diamond (approximately 0.40 ct), the eyes – with cabochon cut rubies, the tail – with five old mine cut diamonds.
Estimated total diamond weight 0.54 ct.
Marked with Austrian fox head assay mark for Vienna and maker's initials 'SW'.
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The Sower
The teacher informs the class that they have a test on Monday. He tells them what they need to study and the sort of questions they will be asked.
Some of the class are sitting chatting to one another and don't even hear the teacher talking.
Another bunch hear the teacher and plan to study at the weekend. But as soon as they leave the class it goes out their head.
Others hear the teacher, and also plan to study at the weekend. Saturday evening comes and they sit down to study but they get a text from a mate telling them about a party that's happening that night. The books gets closed and they forget all about it.
The final group hear the teacher, plan to study and sit down saturday night to do so. They also hear about the party invite but plan their studying around it.
Monday comes along. Who passes the test?
Glasgow Passion Review
On Thursday night, I took our young people to see the "glasgow passion" (a modern retelling of the passion of Jesus set in Glasgow) in George Square, Glasgow and I thought I would share a few thoughts about it. I've seen a number of modern retellings, from the South Africa set "Son of Man" to the outdoor passion play in Manchester a few years ago. This production shared more than a passing resemblance to the Manchester play with its use of pop songs and outdoor city centre setting.
Rather than simply saying whether the play was successful or not, I will instead focus on three areas: story, setting and acting.
From experience, I know how hard it it to translate the story of Jesus into a modern setting because the gospel of Jesus is culturally bound. The events and characters in the story are time and culture specific. The issues that Jesus grapples with are the issues of first century palestine. I feel that the writers of the 'glasgow passion' did a reasonable job of updating the story.
Herod and (Mc)Caiaphas were recast as politicans campaigning for re-election amidst allegations of corruption. So far, so good. This idea worked well as it gave them a reason for getting rid of Jesus. They wanted the power and so when a new political candidate rises up, they will do anything to stop him.
They also introduce a new terrorism act which works as a plot device to have Jesus arrested and tried. Having Jesus labelled a terrorist works well.
Translating the disciples was always going to be difficult and I think they do an adequate job but as is often the case with these productions, many of the characters aren't given much to do and disappear into the background. It would have been better to reduce the numbers of disciples to three our four to make them more rounded.
My biggest gripe with the story is the ending. For most of the running time, the writers are keen to show that this is modern day Glasgow. That this is what would happen if Jesus walked around now. But by trying to be faithful to the gospel text, they make a huge mistake. After Jesus is arrested, he is sentenced to death by lethal injection.
That is not modern day Glasgow.
In that one act, the story loses its grip on reality. To add insult, the execution of Jesus is carried out publically. This would not happen.
It would have been better to have Jesus arrested and for Herod or Caiaphas to have paid another inmate to have killed him whilst in prison. Yes, the death wouldn't have been public but it would have made more sense and would have fit better with the modern day setting.
An outdoor play, in October, is a difficult thing to pull off. It was very cold on Thursday night and many of our young people lost interest because of this. In order to keep people focused on the story, rather than the temperature, it has to be more engaging and unfortunately the story sagged in the middle.
There were four stages (i think) dotted around George Square and the audience had to turn to keep up with the action (or just watch the giant screens). The problem with this set up is that you waste a minute or so trying to work out where the actors are speaking from. It would have been better to have had the four stages at the front but that is a small gripe.
The main players: Duncan Rennie, Alan McHugh, Derek Munn and Mike Tibbetts played their parts well and Rennie did a great job of bringing real depth to the character of Jesus. The rest of the cast were a mixed bag and there was some truly terrible and amateur acting that threatened to derail the entire production.
Overall, it was worth seeing and was a good experiment. I think if it were to happen again, some of these issues would need to be looked at if it were to be more successful.
Finding the Divine in the depraved!
I want to take a few minutes and talk about the film below:
Now much like my post on the revenge flick "I spit on your grave', I realize that this film is not for everyone and some of you may simply be disgusted that I would choose to watch a film like this and talk about it in the first play.
This blog probably isn't for you then.
But for those who have seen it, or watch this type of film from time to time, I wanted to talk about it.
Here is the BBFC's overview of the film:
"MUM & DAD is a horror film about a young Polish woman who is imprisoned and tortured by a middle-aged couple who wish to make her become part of their extended family. It was passed '18' for strong bloody violence, torture, terrorisation and sex references."
As I said. Not for everyone.
But there are some intriguing themes lurking in the blood soaked corridors of the movie.
'Mum' and 'Dad' have two adoptive children (Birdie and Elbie). It is implied that they were at one time captured like the Polish woman (Lena) and tortured. But over time, they became part of the family. That always seems the plan of 'Mum' and 'Dad'. They want to have children. They want to have a large family.
But what kind of family?
They want a family who will fear them. Who will do anything for them. Who will kill for them.
If the captured boys and girls' will yield to 'mum' and 'dad', and fear them, they will be invited into the family.
As humans, we too have been given an invitation.
Paul, in his letter to the Galations says this:
"So you are no longer a slave, but God's child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir."
We have an invitation into God's family. We no longer need to be slaves to the idols of this world: individualism, consumerism etc.
And unlike 'mum' and dad's family, it is build on love; not fear.
Unlike 'mum' and dad's family, we are accepted unconditionally into this family. We don't need to be slaves to their wicked demands.
Is this the message I speak of with the young people of the church?
Is this the message that they hear?
Not always. I'm often guilty of enslaving this good news with rules. Of 'norms' that they need to follow.
I end the post, as I often do, with a rhetorical question for myself (and maybe others)
What would the youth groups I oversee look like if they proclaim this joyful adoption message?
I Hate Christian T-shirts: A Rant
That title is maybe a little strong. I don't hate all christian t-shirts. But I do hate some of them.
especially the ones below that I saw today:
If you will be so kind, let me spell out why I hate these two particular t-shirts.
GOSPEL- God's only son provides eternal life
Now late me say I have no quarrel with the statement. I believe it. My issue comes with what is says overall. the word gospel means so much more than just Jesus giving us eternal life. the word in greek is euaggelion. It was a a word that existed before the new testament writers used it and they used it for a particular purpose.
'gospel' alluded to the birth of a new roman emperor. It forecast a new and prosperous era. It was a political term.
Mark chooses to start his story of Jesus with this line:
1The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
This statement was an 'up yours' to the Roman Empire. It was subversive. Mark was saying, "here is the start of a new era. And it's not brought about by a Roman Emperor. It's brought about by Jesus. The true son of God. (the term 'son of god' was also a political statement as roman emperors referred to themselves as god's son).
So do you see why I have issue with this statement? The gospel is so much more than Jesus giving us eternal life. It is about the coming of a new era. A new kingdom. It is about liberation. Other wise there is no point in mark including the story of Jesus' life. It might as well just focus on his death and resurrection. But it doesn't. it focuses on his life on earth as well. It focuses on his message. The gospel is about the gift of eternal life but to somehow say it is just about that reduces its impact considerably.Now on to the second one…
BIBLE- Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
In some ways this statement angers me even more as it represents a completely distorted picture of the coming of God's Kingdom. Jesus did not come to say us somewhere else. In the book of revelation it says:
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
The word new is kainos in greek which is better understood as renewed. Our hope is in the fact that the earth will be renewed. It speaks of God coming to dwell on earth. Not us going somewhere else. What is remarkable about the gospel story is that the eternal logos came and took on flesh and lived here. It is the coming together of body and soul.
Revelation speaks of the return of the earth to how it was meant to be. Not its destruction. If we are simply going to go somewhere else why bother about this earth at all? e might as well just speed up its demise. What kind of message is that?
Well my rant is almost over. I could go on to say that reducing the bible to an instruction manual is also ridiculous but I think I've said enough.
I don't hate all christian t-shirts but I DO HATE THESE ONES!
Rant over.


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9-Year-Old Chihuahua Needs 9 Teeth Removed
It Starts as a Tiny Lump
"Doctor, I'm worried about this lump on Tiny. It's been there for a coupla years, but it's been bothering me, and I wanted to get it checked out," said Tiny's mom.
A black, long-haired 9-year-old Chihuahua stood looking up and smiling at Doc Truli. Her tail wagged faster than a puppy Boston Terrier's tail!
"Has the lump gotten bigger, smaller, or stayed the same?" asked Doc Truli.
Tru Tip:
"Doctors want to know if a lump has gotten bigger, smaller, or stayed the same since you first noticed it. Getting bigger might be a bad sign. Getting smaller could mean the lump is inflammation, not cancer. Staying the same makes the doctor wonder what made you feel the urge to make the appointment. A good doctor will ask more questions to find out what put you over the uncomfortable edge and made you schlep your dog or cat to the vet that particular day," says Doc Truli.
"It's exactly the same. I just figured, since we're here because I got that reminder card, I'd mention it," said Tiny's mom.
"Well, the lump is about 4 mm, round, and fully under the skin. There's a chance it's benign. We should schedule surgery and have it removed and tested," said the Doc.
Hidden Dental Disease Unveiled at Annual Check-Up
"You have a bigger problem with Tiny's health. Her teeth are in abysmal shape."
"I just had her teeth done last year," said mom. (Everybody says that!)
"Believe it or not, it's been three years!" said the nurse, after double-checking the chart and the computer record.
"I can't believe it, are you sure?" said mom. (Everyone says that, too.)
"Yup. August 3, 2007," confirmed the nurse.
"OmiGawd! How much is that gonna cost?" asked mom.
Doc Truli examined Tiny's mouth as best as possible in an awake, nervous, squirming Chihuahua. The upper left front canine (fang) tooth was loose, and Tiny sneezed any time Doc touched the tooth tip. 4 other premolar teeth wiggled when Doc Truli lightly touched them. So, at least 5 teeth were not useful any more.
"Let's schedule Tiny for a surgery day," said Doc Truli
Tiny the Chihuahua Needs 9 Teeth Removed!
Under anesthesia, after ultrasonic cleaning, full mouth radiographs and a physical examination of each tooth, Doc found 9 loose, infected teeth and 1 tooth that was in danger of becoming loose, but could be saved for later.
The blue arrow in the picture points to the furcation in a premolar- the arch under the crown of the tooth that marks the separation between the front root and the back root. Normally, you should not see this furcation.
This damaged tooth, and the ones on either side of it also wiggled when Doc touched them. The radiographs (x-rays) revealed pockets of bone missing where the roots were; the teeth were barely holding onto anything. These premolars had to come out!
Here, the two surrounding premolars are already removed. The arrow points to a cut drilled through the tooth dividing the front and back roots at the furcation. The loose tooth is much less likely to crack and leave a fragment of root in the jawbone if the two sections are removed individually.
Doc Truli then irrigated the tooth sulci (sockets) with sterile water, applied Consil bone filler, and sutured the holes in the gingiva for quick healing.
Tiny made a full recovery and ate a Tablespoon of soft canned food about 40 minutes after waking up from her surgery.
"For about 14 days after mouth surgery, Tiny should eat only canned, soft food," said the Doc.
"Oh, Doc, she stopped eating dry hard kibble a year ago," said Tiny's mom.
*!*# If your dog suddenly stops eating hard food or hard crunchy treats, get the teeth checked by a veterinarian who enjoys and understands working with teeth!!!!
P.S. The lump took about 2 minutes of surgery, came out in no time, and tested benign. Not a problem at all!


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Adventure, Travel
Adventure Above the Clouds
Video by Joshua Eversham
The Kepler Track in New Zealand is a 60 km trail along the gentle beech-forested shores of Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri, up to the peaks of Mount Luxmore. The adventure included weather that ranged from cold to very hot . This couple made friends with strangers, learned the history and ecology of the area from the park wardens, crossed alpine ranges, and created life-long memories.


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Born Bradley F. Jones in Ames, Iowa, he first became known after entering Guitar Player Magazine's International Reader's Soundpage Competition in 1988 on a whim. He submitted an original composition, titled Back Porch Boogie, as well as a cover of Salty Dog Blues, recorded using a reel-to-reel recorder and then transferred to cassette using a boombox. Jones came in first place out of nearly 900 entries. He went on to win the National Fingerpicking Championship at Winfield, Kansas in 1990.
In 1995, Jones became a spokesman for Godin guitars,[3] playing a custom instrument he named "Pearl" for the mother of pearl inlay of his name on the neck. He toured often, earning the nicknames "Le Machine Gun" and "Pistola" for his fast playing style. That same style earned the notice of Chet Atkins, who described Buster by saying; "Buster B. Jones is the best fingerpicker I've heard since Jerry Reed... He plays like he's double parked."


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Fly Gang Entertainment R&B Recording Artist A Haygan, was born in Evansville, IN but attended school from k-12 at Henderson, Kentucky. A Haygan began singing in church at a young age and has since then found his calling in life, music. As a youth, he gained an appreciation of classical arts from one of his teachers and an equal appreciation of music from his mother. A Haygan also studied dance from an early age and performed in local talent shows. He also enjoyed sports as a child, and attended Henderson County High School in his hometown. After his high-school graduation A Haygan received a Basketball scholarship to attend Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Ky. He later went on to attend WKU in Bowling Green, KY. It was during college that he was encouraged by friends to grab the open mic one night at a club. This experience sparked his love to entertain audiences. His voice is truly amazing and he certainly has the charm that will fascinate female fans. His new single "I Like That" had over 386,000 views in one day. A Haygan has currently wrapped up filming of his video for new R&B music video "Showtime" song can be found on ahaygan.com, Google, Yahoo, Fly Gang Ent. & Hot New Hip Hop. It is rare yet refreshing that we come across an artist that truly brings the essence of R&B back to the music scene.
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Similar Artists: The Dream, Miguel, Jeremih
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Some officers in the Clay County Sheriff's Office refer to their workplace as "The House of Horrors." It's a joke, of course, but they don't smile when they say it. They also don't see things getting better any time soon, especially since the state agency tasked with putting said house in order seems to be dragging its feet.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is in the midst of investigating alleged misconduct on the part of Sheriff Darryl Daniels, who on May 6 ordered his deputies to arrest a woman who turned out to be his pregnant mistress of six years—and former protégé at his previous place of employment, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. CCSO whistleblowers contacted the State Attorney's Office for guidance after Cierra Lewis Smith stunned them with her narrative of the pair's long and ethically fraught romantic entanglement. Equally perplexed, the SAO deferred to the FDLE. The "arrest" became a "detainment." On June 26, the FDLE launched an official investigation into the matter.
Now, more than three months later, and despite more revelations that the 54-year-old sheriff has a fondness for young women in general and used his powerful position to solicit phone numbers and contact with women, the investigation remains unresolved. The CCSO is in upheaval, with record turnover, and many insiders have lost confidence that the FDLE will do its due diligence and recommend to the governor that the sheriff be removed from office.
For this reason, one sworn officer within the sheriff's office apparently took matters into his own hands. Folio Weekly received a copy of an anonymous official request for a CCSO Internal Affairs investigation. First filed in midsummer, the request was re-sent Sept. 27 after receiving no response. The sender, an officer still employed by the CCSO, believes an IA investigation will most likely be a moot point since Daniels has the power to nix any internal investigation he chooses, but he hopes IA will independently consider the sheriff's alleged actions and assist the FDLE—or at least give the state investigation a shot in the arm.
The FDLE effort certainly seems lethargic to say the least. Folio Weekly interviewed three young women who report that Daniels approached them for their phone numbers under the guise of seeking CCSO volunteers. The women did provide their phone numbers, fearing the powerful sheriff, and began receiving suggestive text messages. One of the women said it appeared the FDLE had retrieved the sheriff's texts because she was contacted and interviewed. One was not contacted. The third, who lives in Houston, said an FDLE investigator contacted her in July and told her she would be interviewed in Houston as soon as the following week. However, the investigator did not contact her again until Sept. 4. An interview was again suggested, but she has not heard anything since. The young woman is anxious to tell her story to the FDLE because she feels it may afford her some protection if Daniels seeks revenge for shunning his affection and talking about his actions. She changed her phone number, but Daniels found out where she lives and works. She believes he used his law enforcement connections to find her. If he did, law enforcement officials say these actions were also illegal.
Meanwhile, at HQ, the sheriff has reportedly become obsessed with controlling the narrative. In meetings with officers and staff, Daniels has allegedly launched into profanity laced tirades threatening whistleblowers. Sources say there is a "bounty" on the head of anyone who leaks information or may be disloyal to him in any way. This has turned friend against friend and created an atmosphere of distrust. Some have reportedly obliged Daniels with information and have indeed claimed rewards in the form of promotions and pay raises. Others have been fired, forced to resign or transferred from valued positions to dead-end jobs. Some have simply found other employment.
The sheriff has said that he will run and win reelection in 2020 because he has information that the FDLE's investigation will bear no negative consequences. Furthermore, he doesn't believe Gov. Ron DeSantis will remove him. Daniels was, after all, an avid supporter during last year's gubernatorial campaign.
CCSO employees say their future is now up to the FDLE. "The ball is in their court," says the officer who filed the IA complaint. A lot of unanswered questions remain. Will the FDLE make a half-hearted attempt to score? Will it hold the ball and let the clock run until the 2020 election, effectively forcing the people of Clay County to decide Daniels' fate? Or will these state investigators do their job and present a clear case to the governor? One deputy summed it up this way: "If the powers-that-be do not do their jobs and Daniels stays, we're all screwed."


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Naval War College Review
Volume 70, Number 4 (2017) Autumn 2017
Vice Admiral Friedrick Ruge, Inspector of the Federal German Navy (left) receives the Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander) from Chief of U.S. Naval Operations, Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (right). The award was presented to Admiral Ruge on February 21, 1961. Burke and Ruge established a relationship of friendship and trust as they worked together to integrate the German navy rebuilt after World War II into the Western alliance system. In "German Navies from 1848 to 2016: Their Development and Courses from Confrontation to Cooperation," author Werner Rahn recounts the arc of the history of German navies.
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The U.S. Naval War College
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From the Editors
Carnes Lord
President's Forum
On Internationalization
Jeffrey A. Harley
German Navies from 1848 to 2016: Their Development and Courses from Confrontation to Cooperation
Werner Rahn
Rebuilding the Ukrainian Navy
Deborah Sanders
Confronting Uncertainty with Decentralized Command, British Naval Decision Making at the Outbreak of the War of 1812
Kevin D. McCranie
Money, Motivation, and Terrorism, Rewards-for-Information Programs
Christopher M. Ford
Strategic Culture Is Not a Silver Bullet
Antulio J. Echevarria II
Book Reviews
Exporting Security: International Engagement, Security Cooperation, and the Changing Face of the US Military
Michael McCrabb and Derek S. Reveron
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon
Thomas W. McShane and Rosa Brooks
Rough Waters: Sovereignty and the American Merchant Flag
Scott Bergeron, Rodney P. Carlisle, and Bradford Smith
Practise to Deceive: Learning Curves of Military Deception Planners
Richard J. Norton and Barton Whaley
Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging US-China Rivalry
Mark Shulman and Lyle J. Goldstein
Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans
Philip M. Bilden and James Stavridis
Outsourcing War: The Just War Tradition in the Age of Military Privatization
Edward Erwin and Amy Eckert
Napoleonic Warfare: The Operational Art of the Great Campaigns
Michael V. Leggiere and John T. Kuehn
Hunters and Killers, Vol. 2, Anti-submarine Warfare from 1943
Sean Sullivan, Norman Polmar, and Edward Whitman
Honor before Glory: The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese-American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Battalion
Richard Norton and Scott McGaugh
Routledge Handbook of Ethics and War: Just War Theory in the Twenty-First Century
Edward Erwin, Fritz Allhoff, Nicholas G. Evans, and Adam Henschke
Reflections on Reading
Reflections on Reading
John E. Jackson
Additional Writings
The Case for Hard Power
Dov S. Zakheim
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text: Can't I just stay at home and worship God my own way? That is something that a Christian can do for sure but when the church gathers together, that is where a Christian should be. It's the best of both worlds because you can do both. Does the Bible address this issue? Sure it does. In Hebrews 10:23-25 it reads, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful, and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more, as you see the day drawing near." When the church meets, its for corporate worship, praise, to be built up in the faith, to exercise love and encouragement, as an oasis from the outside distractions. It is where someone can minister to us, or we can minister to another, to hear an encouraging word or give one. It is a place where we can enjoy the very presence of the Lord so as the Word of God says, that the Lord inhabits the praises of His people. Of the 168 hours in a week, to spend a few hours in the presence of the Lord with His people is a refreshing respite from the hectic world we live in. So, yes, I encourage you Christian, go to church!


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Some Comedy Abroad holiday magic to announce!
Due to Christmas & New Year's Eves having the NERVE to fall on Sundays, we're doing shows on December 23rd & December 28th at M Bar/ M Montreal!As of Jan 7th, we return to our regular Sunday slot.
Saturday, Dec. 23rd (that's TOMORROW):
JC Surette Kirsten Finch Aba Atlas Harrison Weinreb Oren Shbiro Jon Selig
Thursday, Dec. 28th
Darren Henwood Carly Baker Andrew Searles Jason Celin Jon Selig
Shows happen at 8:15pm, still pay-by-donation, at 1245 rue St. Andre. Join us to celebrate. If not, enjoy the season & misery of family!


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With the release of Hackbright Academy's latest Outcomes Report, our CEO Sharon Wienbar shares her input on transparency when choosing a school.Â
Today Hackbright published our results in the CIRR format.
"We are as proud of our outcome numbers as we are of the grads who achieve them." I said that the last time we published an outcomes report. Now I can add that Hackbright is also proud to again be at the forefront of our industry, advocating for reporting that is student-first in its clarity and simplicity. Today Hackbright published its outcomes in the CIRR standard format–the Council on Integrity of Results Reporting.
Hackbright's CIRR report and the other Council members' reports published today mark the first time that students, employers and industry partners can see schools' data in a common, clear, simple table that explains 100% of the graduate outcomes with no footnotes. Hackbright has held this goal dear since our earliest days, and we celebrate the dawn of this new era when "transparency" in outcomes reporting means students can see the facts without parsing footnotes and exclusions.
We've been working on this mission for a long time. Hackbright Academy's founder was the founding chairman of NESTA–the New Economy Skills Training Association. In March 2015, a group of ten schools came together, chaired by David Phillips, and announced that they would develop a common reporting framework. David said then, "As our industry continues to grow rapidly, it is crucial that our schools provide consistent and reliable statistics to ensure we're held to the highest standards demanded by our students and America's top companies. We are excited to collaborate with leaders of other top coding schools to establish these best practices."
With NESTA, there was not a definitive date, and we see that the early good intentions frittered away without achieving the common good. Now, CIRR launched with 15 members, an even larger group of schools, on March 1, 2017. Here we are, one month later, unveiling common reports in a simple, single table, for over a dozen schools.
Hackbright Academy is licensed by the California State BPPE, was the founding chair of NESTA and is now a founding member of CIRR. We care that our students and partners can trust and verify our student outcomes we love to talk about.
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The Ripon Consolidated Fire District (RCFD) broke ground Thursday morning for its third station.
It is being built on the northwest corner of River and North Ripon roads.
Officials taking part in the ground breaking ceremonies included Chief Dennis Bitters, Congressman Jeff Denham, Chairman of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors Bob Elliott, Ripon Mayor Chuck Wynn and fire district board members Don Wever and Bryce Perkins.
The $1.8 million facility will encompass 6,400 square feet with four bedrooms for firefighters and medics, an apparatus room and a police office within its walls. Initially it will be staffed 24/7 with one full-time fireman and a reserve firefighter. Ripon has one of the largest numbers of reserves in the region now at 30.
Completion of the station is expected in 270 days for the department that covers 56 square miles. Ripon responded to 1,555 emergency calls during the 2013 year, according to Chief Bitters.
Developer Mark Wilbur provided the district with three residential lots for the new station at half the going rate.
Bryce Perkins, board vice president, told neighbors in the crowd that he envisioned the station would enhance the Corner Stone Community. "This is your fire house," he said.
He credited Chief Bitters for bringing the new station to the community at a very opportune time for Ripon. Perkins complimented him for being a "very conservative manager" and also in being very effective in the human resources field.
"He knows how to manage the buck in this district, doing well through the tough times," Perkins said. "This is the right time and we can afford it now," he added. Perkins noted that the station will also provide a safe house for school children going to and from school. It will also include an office for the Ripon Police Department's officers on the street in that area.
In addition to two Ripon fire trucks taking part in the ceremonies; one also came to the event from the Salida station of the Stanislaus County Fire District.
The Ripon Consolidated Fire District (RCFD) broke ground Thursday morning for its third station.


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Beverly Hills Cop Movie #3
Synopsis: It's the Godfather Part III / Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles of the Beverly Hills Cop movies.
Blurb From the DVD Jacket: "Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) journeys back to Beverly Hills for a real roller coaster thrill ride at the Wonderworld amusement park! Joined by old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Serge (Bronson Pinchot), Axel becomes the hottest new attraction as he chases down the bad guys on the rides, through the shows and in the underground maze beneath the park."
What Did I Learn?: Yeesh...maybe Beverly Hills Cop II wasn't all that bad.
You Might Like This Movie If: Um... you probably won't like this movie.
Really?: 1) So, where's Bogomil? Come to think of it, Axel meets Serge for the first time in years, and neither man mentions Jenny Summers, the only person (aside from Victor Maitland and Michael Tandino) they have in common. 2) Upon identifying Ellis De Wald as Todd's killer, shouldn't Foley's next move have been to contact the Detroit District Attorney and ask for an arrest warrant, or an extradition order, or something? 3) So, Billy is no longer a plant-loving gun nut? Oh well...no explanations necessary. 4) Um... there's no way in the world I'm buying any of that "Spider" ride rescue sequence; Foley would have fallen any number of times as he jumped from cage to cage, and he then he somehow saves two children while hanging from a rope - one-handed? Bullshit.
Rating: Beverly Hills Cop III is atrocious on many levels. While it's hardly the worst movie I've ever seen, it's a huge letdown once you've seen the first BHC. Interestingly, the first two films were also revenge thrillers, yet they had a sense of insouciant fun that's clearly missing from this movie, even though it's largely set in an amusement park; come on - Axel Foley staying in a shitty motel, and never once pulling a con? Instead, we're treated to numerous scenes of Foley holding a gun to De Wald's neck, or beating the shit/attempting to beat the shit out of him, and it gets old, fast. The action scenes aren't credible, the "comedy" isn't funny, and the soundtrack stinks, big time (although the down-tempo, tuba version of Axel F was sort-of cute). I cannot recommend this movie. 3/10 stars.
Would It Work For a Bad Movie Night?: Take a drink every time Axel Foley says the word "killer".
Would It Work For a Bad Movie Night?: Take a drink every time Axel Foley says the word "killer".


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This fun food tastes great and comes together with minimal effort. We love that! The kids will go bananas making these Santa cookies for Mr. Claus and his furry pack of reindeer.
The ingredients are easy to find and inexpensive to boot! You don't have to fire up the oven or turn on the stove—hallelujah! You're busy enough as it is this holiday season.
Easy No-Bake Santa Cookies Recipe
what you'll need
- 12 peanut butter wafer cookies, Nutter Butters
- 1 cup vanilla icing
- red sanding sugar
- small white decorating pearls
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- mini chocolate chips
- small red hots
let's do it
- Line up cookies. The quickest and easiest way to make these Santas is to do each step to all the cookies before moving to the next step.
- Place ¼ cup icing in small storage bag and cut a tiny hole in the corner.
- Starting with Santa's hat, spread icing about 1" down from the top of each cookie being sure to cover the sides. Sprinkle red sanding sugar over icing. Now pipe a line of icing below the red sugar and press in small white pearls to crate the trim. Santa has a hat!
- Next is the beard. Spread icing over the bottom half of the cookie, again being sure to cover the sides. Press in shredded coconut until all icing is covered.
- Now pipe a dab of icing on the backs of two mini chocolate chips and put the eyes in place then attach the nose (red hot) using another dab of icing.
- Watch the kids eyes light up!
One Last Thing
Make a fun afternoon out of decorating the cookies—set the decorations on the table and let the kids go to town!


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No, he didn't just say that, No he didn't.
My husband Joe was irked at someone the other day because they said to him: "at least Joey doesn't have cancer." This statement might go down as the #1 worst thing, (and most often said) that you can say to a parent of a child with type 1 diabetes. We know that when someone says this, they… Continue reading No, he didn't just say that, No he didn't.


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I heard that sometimes videos approved for only limited distribution get upgraded if they have a decent performance. One of my LD vids made like pulled a few thousand views on rumble this weekend and made over $10.. Also noticed it has like 7% virality. Just wondering if theres a chance it can get upgraded to an exclusive license?


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This movie actually looks like it will be awesome…between Predators and A-Team, its looking like a good summer for remakes.
Robert Rodriguez's Predators Trailer/Featurette14 03 2010
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New Tron Legacy Trailer has Arrived!9 03 2010
Check it out, this is another movie i am super fucking pumped on: Tron Legacy. It's going to fucking blow people away and im sure by now that all of you know that Daft Punk is doing the soundtrack, so it seems like they have all their bases covered.
Check out the brand new trailer for Tron Legacy right here:
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Brand New 'Iron Man 2' Trailer8 03 2010
A brand new trailer for the upcoming movie 'Iron Man 2' has just been released, and it looks awesome.
Seriously can't wait for this to come out, Iron Man was one of the only comic book based movies that i actually enjoyed the entire way through, and the sequel looks like it might even top the first.
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1982 Paramount Movie About A Racist Dog22 02 2010
oh damn.
"I want you to shoot him now before he kills more blacks!"
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Kevin Smith Kicked Off Southwest Airlines Flight For Being Too Fat!14 02 2010
Hey Kevin, I'm really sorry you were too big for southwest airlines….you should have tried to cut some kind of deal since your bags fly free. You know what? Fuck it! I'm just so stoked for the new Kevin Smith movie that is being released "Cop Out" that it doesn't even matter dude…so you can't travel because you are too fat…you just created what could be the pinnacle of mixed race buddy cop comedies…bravo. P.S. business class has bigger seats and on southwest its really not that much more expensive….i'm sure you can spare some of your chasing amy money on it.
Cop Out Trailer:
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text: How's business? It's either improving, holding its own or declining. Which means you've got two-out-three odds that your current business plan isn't working. And do you even have a business plan—or is it just a vague, unspoken idea which hasn't been shared with any of the troops? In a breakthrough two-day session, we'll lead your C-Suite executives through a grueling boot camp to develop, write and outline the implementation of a better business plan. One that can turn your business around. Get it back on track. Get your entire organization re-energized and heading in the right direction. This is a special off-site program that requires the full participation of your key executives. At the end, you'll have the information and plan you need to build new business, new opportunities and revive a stagnating business.


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Video shot & edited by Paul Connop / libertycreate.com at Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton on 31st Jan, 2014.
Audio recorded & mixed by Finley Barker at The Flapper, Birmingham on 25th, Jan 2014.
Video shot & edited by Paul Connop / libertycreate.com at Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton on 31st Jan, 2014.
Audio recorded & mixed by Finley Barker at The Flapper, Birmingham on 25th, Jan 2014.
We'd like you to join us and our friends for a special evening to celebrate the release of our debut album 'Hatherton Lake'. We will be playing the album in full along with a couple of other numbers.
Physical CD copies of the album will be available for the first time here, featuring two stunning pieces of artwork by our good friend Reneé Sylvestre.
Joining us will be our friends io and Sunrise Over Europe – we saw these two bands one night a few years ago, and they both inspired us to finally start this band in the first place. Completing the line-up are the hotly-tipped Cold Fields.
Our first album, Hatherton Lake, is a self-funded labour of love: forty minutes over five sprawling songs, recorded over the last six months with long-time friend and collaborator Michael Clarke. We're proud of what we've achieved: expansive, washed out guitars colliding with pounding drums and dub-infused baselines.
"Stonking…Slow-burning melodies, that evolve into an intense, heady climax are what this band seems to do best, have a listen, it's great."
– Scene Not Herd
A glorious blend of sky-scraping post-rock tones and riffs that don't as much hit you as smash you. Their most recent album quickly became one of our favourites. Bring earplugs.
Sunrise Over Europe sound like an embodiment of Victorian Britain; the hum and the drone of machinery, the smog on the landscape, the final poetry of some war-ravaged mind on a French battleground. It's bleak and it's beautiful, and it's wonderful in every way.
After a well-received EP last year, Cold Fields have been hidden away working on their debut album (hey, that sounds familiar!). They play sweet, melancholic, easy-going indie with a dash of Brummie charm. Get in on them before the music press does!
For anyone looking forward to our new album, here's a video of "Damascus" from when we played the thing in full at our last gig. Hope you all enjoy!
On Friday night we played the album we are recording from start to finish for the first time (to other people, anyway). It was real nervewracking! All the songs flow into each other and we had to really focus to make it all work, but it did and we're real proud of how it came out.
We had the pleasure of supporting Island Three on their reunion/last-ever show. It was a real priveledge. They were amazing as well and we hope they felt it a fitting send-off!
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Design and features
Any photographer in the market for a wide-angle lens knows that the Canon, Nikon and Sony lenses of this world are all on the pricey side. Third-party lens manufacturers, like Tokina, are there to fill the gap with reasonably priced glass that covers desirable focal lengths.
The Tokina 12-24mm f/4 lens is an ultra-wide zoom with consistent maximum aperture throughout the focal-length range. It looks and feels very well made, with focusing and zoom rings possessing a pleasing level of resistance when turned. Along with a bayonet hood and a lens cap, the lens is available in both a Canon and Nikon mount. For Nikon cameras without a built-in AF motor, like the D3100 or earlier, there is an AF motor included on the Nikon version. The lens is designed specifically for APS-C cameras, rather than their full-frame counterparts.
The Tokina 12-24mm f/4 on our test camera, the Canon EOS 600D. It sits neatly on the camera body, but is a touch lens-heavy, with a lightweight body like the 600D.
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It's not as wide as some lenses available for APS-C cameras — such as the Canon EF-S 10-22mm — but it still offers a very decent wide-angle range. This lens has a focus clutch, which means that to activate manual focus, you need to pull the front focusing ring back towards the body. Distance markings are indicated in both feet and metres in the top lens window. The 12-24mm uses a filter thread of 77mm, which doesn't rotate when screwing in a filter. All focusing mechanisms are internal, and the lens doesn't extend at all when changing the focal length.
The focus clutch moves back and forth on the front of the lens element to switch between automatic and manual focus.
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As a refinement over the previous 12-24mm lens from Tokina, this new version (denoted with a II marking) has a multi-coating to help reduce ghosting and flaring.
Performance and image quality
On lighter bodies (we tested it in conjunction with the Canon EOS 600D), the lens sits comfortably on the front, and is just a touch lens-heavy.
A demonstration of the zoom reach of this lens at 12mm (left) and 24mm (right).
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For a lens this wide, it's inevitable that there will be distortion, particularly at the extreme wide end. At 12mm it's noticeable, but it presents no challenge that post-processing can't meet. Chromatic aberration is quite prominent when viewing at 100 per cent magnification, and there is a degree of halation present that can make the image look rather soft, again at full magnification.


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