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Matthew 27:27-31 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
After 27 days of following the life of Jesus Christ through the gospel of Matthew, we seem to have reached the end of his life. All those years of humble selfless service and the one eternal sacrifice of his life penned in a few chapters seems so little but amounted to an event that would be etched into the hearts and minds of billions of people over the years. Many would never believe that Jesus was anything more than a great teacher, a prophet maybe and at most a saint but few would actually be able to believe in him and be willing to submit their lives in his service. What is the mystery to this man and his life? If he was the son of God, why would we, the world, find it difficult to accept him as God's son?
To answer that question, we need to ask ourselves what is it that we are looking for? To me it seems like everyone of us are seeking something which we can never find in our own strength and therefore refocus our attention to things we can work towards like careers, wealth, family, friends, status, power, prestige, respect, etc. However hard we try and however successful we are, there never seems to be the satisfaction of having achieved. In Christ, the pyramid of success is reversed because we are called to serve him and work towards his glory, not ours, because that was the purpose of our lives. We are called to bless those around us with all that we have and share the good news and in everything seek God's glory, not ours. In this we have the most amazing gift of sharing eternity in God's presence much after our earthly bodies rot into dust on this earth and we are a forgotten. Are you satisfied with where you are heading?In His Loving Service, Vineet


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Haulotte Group expands its offering of telehandlers that now includes three ranges :
COMPACT Range: HTL3210 – HTL3510 – HTL4010
As compact telehandlers with a capacity to lift 3.2 to 4 tonnes designed to lift any type of load to heights up to 10 m, this range addresses needs in the construction and industrial sectors where performance and compactness are inextricably linked.
HIGH LIFT Range: HTL3614 – HTL3617 - HTL4014 – HTL4017
This range is able to lift 3.6 to 4 tonnes up to 17 m, a significant advantage for operating at work sites in all environments. Regardless of the configuration on the ground and obstacles, as a four-wheel-drive and steer vehicle, it offers both power and manoeuvrability.
The latest addition to Haulotte's offering, the HEAVY LOAD CAPACITY range
HEAVY LOAD CAPACITY Range: HTL5210 – HTL6508 – HTL7210
An entirely new line of Haulotte telehandlers specifically adapted for heavy loads, this range addresses needs for handling loads of 5.2 to 7.2 tonnes. It accordingly completes the existing product offering which now covers a wide range of solutions adapted to the specific needs of each user.
HTL 5210: This latest addition to the Haulotte range offers the best load rating for the 10 m segment with a lift capacity of 5.2 tonnes up to a height of 10 m, representing a maximum forward reach at 3.5 tonnes to 5.8 m with the stabiliser. PIdeally suited for all types of applications in the heavy construction, mining, oil, port cargo handling , and recycling sectors this telescopic handler is synonymous with optimal productivity. Thanks to its exceptional performances, the HTL 5210 directly rivals the 10/12 t ranges with an unbeatable price/performance ratio!
The stabilisers, included in the standard configuration, ensure an excellent horizontal outreach, and the rear axle locking system of the HTL range offers greater lateral stability for a very high load rating performance for the upper section. Easy to operate on non-stabilised surfaces, HTL5210 is a four-wheel drive and steer all-terrain telehandler. This model is equipped with a hydrostatic transmission for high precision movements and an inching pedal system for a smooth and easy approach. The result is an extremely versatile range of applications based on the availability of numerous compatible accessories. The HTL 5210 is a powerful telescopic handler powered by a Tier 4i / Stage IIIB-compliant Perkins 113 hp (83kW) engine for Europe, and a Tier 3-compliant Perkins 95 hp (70 kW) for Latin America, North America, the Asia-Pacific region, Russia & the Middle East.
HTL6508 / HTL7210: The HTL6508 and HTL7210 are extremely powerful «heavy load capacity» telehandlers with lift capacities without stabilisers for 6.5t up to 7.7 m for HTL6508, and 7.2t up to 9.5 m for the HTL7010. Ideally suited for safely handling bulky and heavy loads, the HTL6508 and HTL7210 are adapted in particular for extraction industries and civil engineering works and perfectly adapted for pick-up and carry operations.
The HTL6508 model sold in Europe and the HTL7210 model in Latin America, North America, the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East, complemented the HTL 5210 model by offering load capacities of more than six tonnes.
With the priority given to safety and comfort, an integral part of the Group's DNA, the HTL6508 and the HTL7210 include in particular pothole guards with a cut off system preventing dangerous movements and a limited slip differential on the front axle and the cabin, as well as an inching pedal for smooth and precise forward movements even with the engine at full throttle.
This range is equipped with FPT Tier 4i-compliant 130 hp (96 kW) FPT engines for Europe and FPT Tier 3-compliant 127 hp (93 kW) engines for Latin America, North America, the Asia- Pacific region, Russia and the Middle East.
Particularly versatile with a wide selection compatible equipment available, these two new telehandlers effectively complement the new HTL5210 in the demanding segment for high-capacity lifting equipment.
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Re: Are All Our Sins Covered?. This believer may not understand the difference between salvation and temporal fellowship. 1 John 1:9 says If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. As you have taught in other articles, this restores us to fellowship with God in the here and now. So, yes, we should be aware our our sins and quickly confess them to God. When we are in fellowship we can do nothing wrong and when we are out of fellowship we can do nothing right. Have I understood you correctly?
Thank you for the follow up comment. I considered putting this point in my original answer, but the question was about salvation and I didn't want my answer to confuse anyone about the sufficiency of the Lord's sacrifice.
There are two levels in our relationship with the Lord. I call the first one Union. It refers to our salvation which is eternal and unconditional. From the moment we first believed it was guaranteed because every sin of our life was paid for on the cross (Colossians 2:13-14). The Holy Spirit was sealed within us to guarantee our inheritance (Ephes. 1:13-14, 2 Cor. 1:21-22) and there's nothing anyone can do to change that.
I call the second level Fellowship. It pertains to our relationship in the here and now. As you have correctly stated, staying in fellowship with God and receiving the blessings that come from an intimate relationship with Him requires that we confess our sins on a regular basis to purify us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). This has nothing to do with earning or maintaining our salvation, but with maintaining the quality of our earthly relationship with the Lord. Many Christians live defeated lives because they don't understand this distinction and ignore John's admonition to confess early and often.
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The Morse Code tapping of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers has just started reverberating in northern New England woodlands once again – a sure sign of spring. There is an interesting relationship between sapsuckers and hummingbirds, with hummingbirds reaping most of the benefits. It is thought that the Ruby-throated Hummingbird may time its migration north to coincide with that of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in some areas. In northern New England, hummingbirds arrive on their breeding grounds about a month after sapsuckers, insuring that sapsucker-drilled sap wells will be waiting for them. The reason this is important is that these wells are an important source of nutrients (both sap and insects attracted to it) for hummingbirds as well as sapsuckers. In addition, and not surprisingly, hummingbirds often place their nest near sap wells. This affinity for sap continues well past the nesting season – – hummingbirds have been observed following sapsuckers throughout summer days. (Photo: male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker & male Ruby-throated Hummingbird)
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I'd always thought of Jesus Freaks as fundamentalists. People who hand out tracts as tips (please, fellow Christians; that's just tacky and insulting) or will start up conversations in the line at Subway with, "Have you heard the good news?" (as happened to me just last week). Jesus Freaks cover their cars in stickers about abortion being murder and have tattoos about how homosexuality is a sin (oh, the delicious irony). That's what I'd always thought.
But since I returned home from Baltimore–with all its tenuating circumstances and experiences–I have realized how deeply religious I have become. I still reject the idea that I must proselytize to others (at least with words), or that Jesus Christ is the only way to God or salvation. Most of my friends are not believers, and I love them. I don't think they are deficient. I don't think that their souls are damned. For some, that rules me out as a Christian. Meh. I have stopped caring what those of narrow minds believe. For evidence, check out my tattoos and dreadlocks. Aaron is gonna do Aaron.
But if you really want to know me, you need to know that everything I do, think, and say is informed by my desire to follow Jesus Christ. I feel it like a burning in my stomach. I want community, works of justice, acts of love, and relationships that are committed to being nurtured, even in the most difficult of circumstances. These are not ideas that I alighted upon by myself. They stem from the gospel, and the gospel alone. I am not saying that one needs Jesus to arrive upon these commitments. Not at all. I am sure there are many people who could read everything in the list and respond, "Me, too." What I am saying, though, is that I cannot arrive upon those ideas outside of Jesus. I mean, maybe I could grasp the concepts. But I only feel drawn–even compelled–to live them out because of my faith.
I feel that I've reached a new place in my Christian walk. I understand that the way I worship most significantly is through pastoring work, through visioning and executing plans to make life more loving, more sustainable, more equitable, more meaningful. I understand sin to be that which keeps us out of relationship, keeps us from being grounded in compassion and patience. And for me, following Jesus is the remedy to that sin. Grace is God putting us in situations in which we are able to reveal our true selves, beings created in the image of God. Theological praxis is prayer given flesh. Putting hands and feet and voices and minds and hearts and souls toward good.
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Kasbah Moroccan Restaurant, Seattle, WA
A restaurant review follows, but–first–something that expands the review I'll be up-front about this: I've been looking forward to using the Groupon I bought for Kasbah Moroccan Restaurant a lot more than my husband has. We're both food adventurers, but … Continue reading
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A great picture of a cashew apple :)
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I found Staghorn Sumac! :)
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They say that rattlesnake tastes like chicken.
Ostrich meat, curiously, does not. Rather, it tastes like beef, so I am told.
So here's the question for the coming weekend: What does child slavery taste like?
Turns out that child slavery tastes exactly like … chocolate.
Let me explain why.
Most of the chocolate in the world comes from West Africa, from countries like the Ivory Coast and Ghana. In those two very poor countries, the farmers who grow the cocoa beans are not paid very much for their crop. In order to bring in the harvest of cocoa beans, the farms find children to work the orchards. The parents may think that their children are being given a paying job. But in fact, the children are paid nothing, fed little, beaten often, forced to work from dawn to dusk in sweltering heat, allowed no sick time, and are often injured from the nature of the work.
Cocoa beans grow in big pods that have to be sliced off the trees with machetes. Then the pods have to be opened, again with a machete, and the beans stripped out and allowed to dry and ferment, before being bagged up into 100-pound sacks for shipping to distributors.
Much of this work is done by child slaves, many in their teens, but many younger than that, and some as young as five years old. These children are clearing the forests with chainsaws, climbing up into to trees with machetes to hack off pods, splitting the pods open in their bare hands with machetes, and carrying 100-pound sacks on their backs for up to twelve hours a day. They are exposed to pesticides and weed killers and other agricultural chemicals with no protection. They are frightfully skinny, fed meager portions of corn paste and bananas, scarred from the blades and scarred from whips and cudgels. They sleep on wooden planks in buildings with no windows—and no way to escape—and they are not provided sanitary toilets or clean water. Some of them have been trafficked by slave traders into the farms from other countries in Africa. They grow up without their families, without an education, without hope for any kind of future except grinding poverty, sickness, and misery.
When the knowledge of child slavery in the chocolate industry broke out in the late 1990s, the big candy companies in America—Hershey, Nestlé, Mars, Kraft (aka Mondelēz)—claimed that they were shocked! shocked!! SHOCKED!!! to discover this was going on. Funny how all those high-powered CEOs with MBAs from the top schools in the country never got around to asking themselves the question: How is it that we can sell for less than a dollar a huge block of product imported all the way from around the world … and still make fat profits doing it? Someone it never occurred to them that for their most lucrative brand names—KitKats and MilkyWay, Snickers and M&Ms and Butterfinger—the price was unusually low, compared to other kinds of agricultural products from another hemisphere.
In 2001, with mounting pressure from Congress, the heads of Big Chocolate made a voluntary agreement (the Harkins-Engel Protocol) to put measures in place to reduce the use of child slaves by their suppliers. They did this to keep a bill from going to a vote that would have allowed a label of "slave-free" for chocolate products that were ethically produced—a label that would NOT be found on most of the candies made by Big Chocolate. So Mars and Nestle and Hershey and Cadbury said: let us handle the problem, don't pass any legislation. Congress agreed, through the persuasion of their former colleagues-turned-lobbyists, Bob Dole and George Mitchell. However, the chocolate companies have been rather secretive about how exactly they are implementing these changes. Ten and fifteen years later, investigators are not finding much meaningful progress in the reduction of child slavery on the cocoa bean farms of West Africa. It remains a terrible, terrible problem.
Cheap chocolate—slave-made chocolate—shows up in so many ways in the American diet. Big corporations make so much money off their cheap chocolate in our cereals, our fancy Starbucks Frappuccinos, our ice cream bars, and our Oreo cookies. In order to avoid the bad name that they deserve for their indifference to human suffering, they throw a few bucks around here or there—build a school, dig a well, whatever. They spend a million while they rake in billions upon billions off the sweat and blood of children.
Unfortunately, the mainstream media—not wanting to offend its big buyers of advertising—fails to shine the light of attention on this shameful problem. We should all know about how we personally are making child slavery profitable, but that knowledge is willfully withheld from us.
With the coming weekend in the United States, many Americans will be celebrating Independence Day. This means a lot of backyard barbecues, a lot of roasted marshmallows, and a lot of S'mores—that tasty sandwich of graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate. I won't be having a S'mores this weekend, and when I decline, I plan to say why. My object is not to rain on anyone's party, but to raise awareness of how we are all unwittingly made accomplices to a great evil. Celebrating one's independence (such as it is) should not come at the cost of another's slavery.
I know full well that questions like these are vexed by the corruption of local governments, the complexity of world economics, and the challenge of sorting out good information from disinformation. I cannot say that boycotting Big Chocolate would make things better for the child slaves of West Africa. Even so, I can longer bring to my lips a foodstuff that I know to be tainted with cruelty towards a child. (Or an animal … but that's a post for another day.)
A portion of the world's chocolate supply is grown in South America. Most of the organic chocolate comes from South America, and there is no record of slavery or child labor being used in the South American chocolate industry. This is not a blanket endorsement, but if you absolutely need your Fourth of July S'mores, the slave-free solution is available, albeit expensive. If you want to find ethical chocolate, there are websites dedicated to that information, like this or this.
One of the child slaves interviewed in West Africa said, "When people eat chocolate, they are eating my flesh." The next time you take a bite of a Snickers bar, ask yourself if it really satisfies you to ingest such exquisite human suffering.
PS—This meditation arose from hearing a comedy routine by Michael Connell, Stoic and comedian. This is a shout-out to him, with gratitude.


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Native Affairs Exclusive - In August this year, Native Affairs reported on the hurt and concerns of Ngāti Tama beneficiaries following multimillion dollar losses of their Treaty of Waitangi settlement monies.
Concerned beneficiaries questioned iwi leadership, lack of accountability and a decision to invest significant treaty settlement monies in a software venture, MyVirtualHome International Ltd (MVHI), with kiwi entrepreneur, David Phillips.
Mr Phillips was, in fact, prepared to be interviewed by Māori Television for our story.
He says that he lost $1.1million dollars in the failed venture with Ngāti Tama and hopes for positive outcomes to refund monies to the independent investor interviewed in the programme.
Ngāti Tama members interviewed by Native Affairs broke ranks to publicly challenge the new leadership and demand answers.
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Joe Brady, an esports photographer based in Suffolk, has worked in the esports industry for a number of years, capturing some of the greatest events from around the world. We spoke to him about his journey to esports photography, his favourite events, and his tips for getting into the industry.
How did you first venture into photography, in particular esports photography?
My career in photography was honestly mostly an accident. I previously worked in TV for 4 years on shows such as Top Gear, QI and The Apprentice, which was an incredible experience, but it wasn't making me happy. I was doing a lot of photography in my free time, shooting small local bands and pub gigs which I was enjoying a lot. I eventually got to the point where I was turning down photography work because of my real job, so I decided to take a risk, quit my job and give freelancing a shot! At first I was mostly shooting music and spent a lot of time on tour, but in 2014 the opportunity came along to shoot Gfinity's G3 event in London for an online publication a friend of mine was writing for, which was my first step into the world of esports! Once Gfinity built their dedicated esports arena in London, they asked me to start covering their events, and that's how it all started!
How does esports photography differ to other events such as music concerts?
esports and music photography require very different skill sets. With music you have constant photo opportunities during a show, there's very rarely a break in the action, but with esports you have to be very patient for those killer shots. Sometimes you'll be waiting an hour before a player jumps up and cheers after winning a game! Also, with music photography you generally shoot the show then edit all the photos once it's over, but with esports you're constantly editing between games and important moments, so great time management is essential. The deadlines for social media posts can be very tight, so you have to be able to edit quickly under pressure! esports events also tend to be very physically demanding. You'll often be working from 8am until 3am for 4-5 days in a row, with no breaks. It's not for everyone and it's not always as glamorous as some people might imagine!
What have been your favourite esports events to photograph?
IEM Katowice was special for me personally because it was my first experience of an esports event in a huge arena setting, in addition to it being my first esports event outside of the UK. I'd watched the IEM Katowice events from previous years, so to be there capturing it myself was a huge honour. Hearing thousands of fans shouting and cheering for their favourite teams from the stands gave me a huge buzz while I was shooting! I was also recently lucky enough to shoot the Gears of War Pro Circuit Open in Atlantic City, which was my first esports shoot in the USA. I've been wanting to shoot an esports event over there since I started, so I'm glad I got to achieve that goal!
"I'd watched the IEM Katowice events from previous years, so to be there capturing it myself was a huge honour."
Are there any particular difficulties you face when photographing esports events? What do you have to look out for to get the best shots?
You always have to be conscious of the broadcast cameras. You don't want to be that guy who walks in front of an important shot live on stream! Lighting can also be an issue at a lot of events, they often tend to be pretty dark meaning you have to push the limits of your camera to get a good image. It helps to know the game you are shooting, so you can prepare and be ready to capture the key moments. The displays of emotion from the players are usually over in a few seconds, so you have to react quickly to get your shot in that short window of opportunity.
What is your favourite esports title to photograph? Are there any teams or players who are especially expressive?
CS:GO is definitely my favourite Esport to both watch and shoot. I think it's great for spectators and an excellent gateway into esports, even for people who don't have much knowledge of gaming. It's easy to grasp the basics, and almost anyone can appreciate the skill and technical ability involved. Two of my favourite teams to photograph are actually from the Call of Duty scene. OpTic Gaming and Faze Clan always provide great photo opportunities and some of my favourite photos are of key moments during events from both these teams.
Esports has grown hugely within the past number of years, have you noticed this change when it comes to your role, and what are your thoughts on this as the growth continues?
Before I started shooting esports events around 3 years ago, I had no idea that making a living from gaming was even a possibility for a photographer, so I have to say that it feels like the industry is growing very quickly. I do hope the growth continues, as I'm an avid gamer myself and to see esports breaking into the mainstream makes me very happy indeed. With the internet and the way people consume content these days, I can only see the growth continuing.
"To see esports breaking into the mainstream makes me very happy indeed"
Your esports photography is clearly full of expression and emotion, are there any photographs you've taken that have an interesting story behind them?
One of my favourite photos has to be a shot I got of Formal fist-bumping his teammate with a smile on his face. OpTic Gaming are one of the teams I supported back when I was just a spectator of esports, so being able to capture that image of him was quite special for me. Gfinity have a giant version of this photo printed on the wall in the player lounge at their arena in London, and it makes me proud whenever I see it!
Another of my favourites is a shot I got of Snute, a Starcraft 2 player for Team Liquid, at IEM Katowice. He'd just lost in the final and was sitting in the booth with his head in his hands. It's not the best photo in the world from a technical perspective, but for me it shows that esports isn't just all about the glory and the winners. There's another side to every story which is rarely seen, which is the upset and heartbreak the losers feel after putting so much time and energy into competing at such a high level.
What does your schedule consist of whilst photographing an esports event?
Most events start with a media day, which involves shooting headshots of the players one by one. These photos get used by production on the stream and can pop up anywhere, so it's important to get them right! Once they are done, the rest of my time will be spent shooting and editing event photos. Deadlines are usually very tight, as the social media team want the photos as quickly as possible to accompany their posts. Time management is key here, since you need to be aware of where and when the big games are happening so you don't miss any key moments! The climax of most events is obviously the final, followed by the trophy being presented to the winners. This is one of the most important moments to capture, so the pressure is on!
Your style is unique, but have there been any iconic photographers that have influenced you along the way?
Todd Gutierrez was the first esports photographer that I was aware of and started following. His photos are simply stunning and technically incredible. His work sets a real benchmark for esports in my opinion. Helena Kristiansson is also one of the best, her photos and editing style are a real inspiration for me.
For the photography enthusiasts out there, what is your 'go to' gear for events?
For most events, I shoot with the following:
Canon 5D Mark IV
Canon 5D Mark III
Canon 50mm 1.4
Canon 70-200 2.8
Canon 16-35mm 2.8
Did you ever study photography? What is your opinion on whether studying photography can lead to a career in photography?
I've never studied photography or taken any courses or lessons, everything I know has been self-taught. Personally I think that's the best way to learn, as it allows you to develop your own style and technique at your own pace. You certainly don't need a degree or any training to have a successful career in photography, in fact I know a few people who completely lost their motivation for photography after studying it, as you're forced to shoot what they tell you to, rather than finding your own way! I actually think a business course would be more useful, as taking photos is not the thing you spend most of your time doing if you run your own photography business!
What would you say to budding photographers looking to get into the industry? What is the best place to start out?
Firstly, work hard on knowing your camera inside out until you're confident you can get a good image in different lighting conditions. Shoot as much as you can, it doesn't matter what, just keep learning and improving. Try looking for local LAN events and contact them to see if they need a photographer. You might have to accept unpaid work for a while to build your portfolio, but we all have to start somewhere! Networking is hugely important too, I would say that 90% of my work comes from people I know, so being a kind and friendly person goes a long way too. You could be the best photographer in the world, but nobody will want to hire you if you're a misery to work with!
"Shoot as much as you can, it doesn't matter what, just keep learning and improving."
You've mentioned that you have always been a passionate gamer, what games are you currently playing?
I'm currently playing a lot of CS:GO, but also working my way through Breath of the Wild which I'm absolutely loving. I've also been thoroughly enjoying PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which just keeps getting better and better with each update!
How does it feel to be able to combine your passion of gaming with your professional career?
I honestly feel very fortunate, I never thought I'd be in this position. Teenage me would be freaking out if he knew what I was doing now! Photography has allowed me to see some incredible places and meet so many great people, I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Do you have any goals going forward? As you were nominated for an esports Industry Award in 2016, are there any other targets you'd like to achieve whilst working in the esports industry?
It would've been great to win that award I was nominated for, but I was up against some tough competition, so I was happy to be shortlisted in the first place. My main goals are just to keep shooting bigger and better esports events around the world. I'm off to Paris this week to shoot a Gears of War Pro Circuit event which should be great fun! I'd love to shoot more of the bigger CS:GO events, and maybe one day The International, which I think is near the top of the list for anyone who works in esports!
Is there anything else you would like to add?
I'd just like to give a shoutout to all the people who make esports such a special industry right now, from the people who work behind the scenes to the fans who watch and attend every event, and all the players who dedicate their lives to being the very best in the world. Keep up the good work!
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U.S. Appellate Panel Reinstates Kansas City Desegregation Case
A federal appeals court has reinstated a 23-year-old desegregation case against the Kansas City, Mo., schools, ruling that the judge who dismissed it in November did so with insufficient evidence that the district had improved enough to justify its release from court supervision.
The ruling last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit revives one of the nation's most closely watched and most expensive cases aimed at ensuring that all children, regardless of race, receive equal educational opportunity.
It began in 1977, when a group of parents sued to force improvements in the beleaguered district, and eventually led to a court-ordered, $2 billion campaign to upgrade academics and facilities.
The three-judge panel of the appeals court noted that U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple had dismissed the case even though he himself had commented that he was unconvinced that the district was trying hard enough to improve.
As a result of that legal error, the appellate judges took the relatively unusual step of instructing the federal trial court to select another judge to preside over the revived case.
Accreditation Loss Looming
The decision does not immediately affect the scheduled withdrawal this spring of the 32,000-student school district's state accreditation.
The Missouri board of education voted in October to strip the district of its accreditation as of May 1 because, despite millions spent to improve student performance and other indicators, the system had failed to meet the state's 11 performance standards.
Missouri Commissioner of Education Robert E. Bartman said last week that he foresaw no change in the plan to deaccredit the district, since that decision was based on data such as dropout and attendance rates and test scores that could not be updated or changed before that time.
Mr. Bartman said he believes that the prospect of losing its accreditation has motivated the district to work harder, and he expressed worry that the return of federal court oversight might detract from that focus.
"The court's jurisdiction was ineffective in moving the district toward academic achievement," Mr. Bartman said.
"They had other issues they were dealing with," he added. "My worry is that with the district back under the court's jurisdiction, it could mean it's protected from consequences for students not performing."
In Chinyere Jenkins et al v. State of Missouri, the three appellate judges were not asked to rule on the decision to take away the district's accreditation. But in their unanimous ruling, they called it a "statement of thunderclap proportions" that would place the district "in a most difficult situation."
The judges said that while many improvement plans have been drawn up in the five targeted areas of curriculum, classroom practices, professional development, assessment, and accountability, those plans have not been fully implemented.
Mark A. Thornhill, a lawyer for the district, said he regretted that the case was revived, but was encouraged because the educational plans the judges said should be the focus of the district's efforts are ones that it is already implementing.
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A Fantastic Warmup
The SaSi is a beautiful toy, well made and obviously unique, but it belongs in part of a larger collection, not as a stand alone. I definitely recommend it to avid collectors and users looking for something a bit different, but those looking for a toy that serves all their needs would be better suited to something a little less unique.
excellent foreplay, enough settings to please anyone
very expensive for a warmup toy
The SaSi is basically foreplay in a beautiful little package. Its primary function is clitoral stimulation, but I've really enjoyed using it on my neck and nipples. Because it "learns" what you like, this toy is completely adaptable to your turn ons and turn offs. I wouldn't suggest it as a beginner's toy, simply because it isn't a toy that actually gets me off on its own, but I would definitely include it in any collector's cache of well-made luxury toys.
Material / Texture
The toy is covered in velvety silicone that is surprisingly strong - even in the most vulnerable parts of the toy, I was unable to hurt the material in any way. It has no taste or texture, and is definitely a luxury material.
Design / Shape / Size
The design is beautiful and completely unlike any other toy I've seen. The "tongue" moves under the stretched silicone to stimulate whatever you'd like, and while others have complained about the length being too short, it works really well for my anatomy. Like many toys, the chances of this particular design working for your anatomy are kind of hard to tell before you actually use it.
It's relatively small, although still larger than any clit vibe I've used, but it fits perfectly in the palm of my hand and the controls are super easy to use and conveniently placed.
It's relatively small, although still larger than any clit vibe I've used, but it fits perfectly in the palm of my hand and the controls are super easy to use and conveniently placed.
Functions / Performance / Controls
While the SaSi has never been the orgasm winner for me, it works beautifully as a slow build up. The tongue moves in different patterns that you can set as "favorites" and the toy will remember and use them again. The only problem I have is that the vibrations settings make it impossible to feel the movement of the tongue portion of the toy.
Care and Maintenance
I wash this toy with spray toy cleaner and wipes, and I use water-based lubricants that don't harm the silicone. It's easy enough to clean because there aren't an crevices or texture to catch dirt or anything else. It's easy to store in the box it comes in, which is beautiful on its own.
Follow-up commentary 2 months after original review
I still love this as a warm up toy, but after a few months with it, I'm not sure I can recommend buying it at its current price. I really thought SaSi would become my favorite toy, but it isn't really living up to my expectations.
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The United Kingdom has survived for centuries; it has survived being Thatcherized— even Reaganized from afar in recent decades— but can the crowned country survive a reign under King Charles III? Mike Bartlett's thought-provoking drama examines exactly such a premise, kicking things off at the funerary farewell to the woman who was arguably England's greatest monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Now appearing in the Sidney Harman Hall of Shakespeare Theatre Company,


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Smaller is Better as UCR Enhances its Ability to Nanoscale
New reactor installed at Bourns College of Engineering sparks the beginning of a new nanofabrication research center.
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Cengiz Ozkan, professor of mechanical engineering.
An MOCVD reactor is used to fabricate nanostructures including nanowires (structures that have a thickness or diameter constrained to tens of nanometers or less and an unconstrained length) and thin films having precisely controlled dimensions for applications in nanoelectronics and optoelectronics.
"The new facility will be used for research in nanowire fabrics, transistor arrays, solar cells and sensors, and will provide materials for many other nanoengineering applications," said Cengiz Ozkan, professor of mechanical engineering. "It's a very important addition to our arsenal of tools."
This technology will enable researchers to produce superior material quality and process efficiency.
"One area to benefit from the advanced technology will be the production of flexible, low-cost, high-performance solar cells composed of group III-V nanowires, which are expected to provide higher conversion efficiencies compared to thin film technologies," Ozkan said. "Nanowires having typical dimensions of 10-100 nm diameter and 1-5 micron length permit electrons and holes to be collected before they can recombine (loss) and maximize absorption. We are starting to do research on multisegment or heterojunction nanowire solar cells that can absorb a greater range of the light spectrum, compared to what you could achieve with conventional silicon based solar cells."
The vast range of applications including solar cells for automotive, household and military applications, and personal applications including mobile devices like cell phones and laptop computers, will greatly benefit from the new solar technologies.
This move will also expand collaboration outside the university. "It will bring more researchers together," Ozkan said. "We can offer more materials that will benefit all engineering disciplines as well as physics, chemistry, and biology."
This new nanofabrication tool adds to a variety of technologies available to Bourns researchers including molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), chemical vapor deposition (CVD) material growth facilities and micro-Raman characterization equipment. The next leap in nanotechnology at UCR is the 2010 completion of the $66 million Materials Science and Engineering Building, which includes a 20,000-square-foot clean-room facility.
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A few days ago we informed you about Android 4.4.4 test builds being seeded on Motorola DROID Maxx, Ultra and Mini to qualified Verizon testers. We knew this meant the updates are in the final stages and will begin seeding soon.
Well, the official updates are now available over the air. If you haven't got the notification on you DROID Maxx, DROID Mini or DROID Ultra already, you should probably check for an update manually.
In addition to the pure Android 4.4.4 improvements, the firmware update for those devices include:
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- Camera: Added the ability to pause video recording with a convenient pause/resume button on the viewfinder.
- Updated Verizon applications: VZ Cloud and Visual Voicemail application (VVM3.)
- Added Isis mobile wallet application for contactless payment for Droid Ultra users on Verizon.
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Our Guild
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hosted Phil Lowe for a three day hands on seminar and then a two day general seminar.
Man O Man, does that guy ever know his stuff.
He made the most beautiful Slipper Foot cabriole Leg in 15 minutes, and then after lunch he casually carved a ball and claw foot leg that was out of this world.
I picked up a lot of woodworking knowledge in a very short time.
I suggest that if you ever have the opportunity to take a class from him, do it.
Guarantee it'll be worth the time and cost.
He is a very nice guy and took his time to show us some tips that I've used already.
BTW, the class was held at my friend Mike's new "super shop".
Lots of room. Lots of nice toys.
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text: Perge 1 Report post Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Hello everyone, been lurking for awhile. My main spec is disc, and I have a pretty good handle on that, but my guild currently has 2 disc priests and 2 druids as our healers (small guild), so I am going to switch to holy when our other Disc priest is here. I just started playing holy on Friday, so I was wondering if I could get some critiques on the couple fights I did over the weekend. I only have 3 logs to post. (Don't bother looking through the rest of my logs for other fights, they are a mess). I havent actually raided with the guild yet, just pugs. Imperator N - https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/7xRqYpT2wLr4Ad6V Kargath H - https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/hqZ9wYXtPr7xRbMB#fight=9 Butcher H - https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/hqZ9wYXtPr7xRbMB#type=summary I am mostly interested in healing spell breakdowns over total output (although I was pretty happy with the butcher total output). Armory - http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/suramar/perge/advanced I was also curious about talent choices specifically for holy for heroic-level encounters. It looks like holy sticks with words of mending and cascade on all fights, but what about tier 3 and tier 5? I tend to stick with PI and mindbender right now. I am also interested in how/if people switch chakras mid-fight. I have been sticking with serenity as sanctuary seems lackluster. Thanks. Edited January 27, 2015 by Perge Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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by Eva Dean Folkert
Another trip to Albion College, another nail-biter for the Flying Dutch at Kresge Gymnasium.
But in the end, it was senior guard Madison Geers of Scottville, Michigan (Mason County Central HS) who provided the calm to what had been a 39-minute, 53-second competitive storm to seal a hard-earned win for Hope, 62-59, on Saturday.
With seven seconds to go, and with Hope up by just one, 60-59, Geers stepped to the free throw line after being fouled to shoot two. She briskly made both. Albion's mad dash back down to their end of the floor yielded a decent three-point shot by Briton Emily Bernas, but the ball caromed hard off the rim as the buzzer sounded. It was a finish somewhat reminiscent of the last game between Hope and Albion at Kresge a year ago, a game that went into overtime that the Britons won.
"Last year's game (at Albion) was on our minds all week long," said head coach Brian Morehouse. "Playing Albion is always a challenging game because Doreen (Carden, Albion's head coach) is an excellent coach and she knows how to prepare her team to win. But we have a good mix of veterans and young players who know how to win too. I felt good when Madison stood at the line. She's been in those situations before, and she likes them."
Heading into Saturday's matchup, the two teams were undefeated and led the MIAA in team scoring at around 80 points a game. It was to be expected, then, that Hope and Albion would square off in typical gritty fashion. Leads in the game were slim, turnovers got numerous, and the two teams battled like it was the last week of the league season, though it was the second.
Hope jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead in the first quarter but Albion steered the direction of the game for the rest of the first half. The Britons took the lead, 6-5, at the 6:06 mark and did not relinquish it through the end of first quarter, when they led 19-15, and the end of the first half, when they led 32-29. Albion's largest lead was seven points.
The second half belonged to Hope, though. Geers got Hope back on top with a contested layup and subsequent free throw, 38-36, with 4:51 to go in the third quarter. The lead would seesaw over the next four minutes until the score was tied at the end of the third quarter, 44-44.
It was a new game with 10 minutes to go.
The Flying Dutch were first to score in the fourth quarter and from there, they never gave up the lead, owning a seven-point margin, 59-52, as late as 1:52 in the game, appropriately off two more Geers free throws. Over the next minute-and-a-half, Bernas scored a three, and Briton Rain Hinton made two layups to pull Albion to that one-point margin before Geers toed the free throw line and put the game away for Hope.
"When the buzzer sounded, I was ready to just head right to the bus and take the win," confided Morehouse.
Though Geers may have been the perfect hero from the free throw line, shooting five for five there, junior forward Francesca Buchanan of Grant, Michigan (Sparta HS) led Hope in scoring with 16. Senior Jacquelyn Schwark (pictured above) of Fraser, Michigan (Lutheran North HS) pulled down the most rebounds with 10 and added nine points. Freshman Kenedy Schoonveld of Holland, Michigan (Holland Christian HS), though held scoreless in the first half, was Hope's only other player in double figures with 10 points.
Hope and Albion's shooting percentage were almost identical as the Flying Dutch shot 37.3% and Albion 37.7%. "But the most important stat was rebounding," added Morehouse, and the Flying Dutch won the battle on the boards too, 43-39.
Hope's record now stands at 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the MIAA while Albion has a 5-1 overall record and is 1-1 in the MIAA.
The Flying Dutch will take a week off for final exams and will be back in action on Friday, December 15 for the Post-Exam Jam Tournament at DeVos Fieldhouse. They'll face Finlandia with tipoff at 7:30 p.m.


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Xenophon's SA BEST unveils community electricity co-op plan
A Community Energy Co-op based around renewables for Victoria ????? Let's plant the seed in our State Governments ear, we need to try to keep up with the SA political parties oneupmanship on electricity prices and carbon reduction strategies. Xenophon's SA BEST unveils community electricity co-op plan
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Homily by Archbishop Vincent Nichols for Easter Sunday Mass, Westminster Cathedral
Our Mass this morning is quick-moving and full of vitality. Mary Magdalene is running to Simon Peter with astonishing news; Peter and John dash back to the tomb to see for themselves, the young John outstripping the older man. Peter is quick to become a witness to these events: to the preaching and miracles of Jesus, to His death by 'hanging on a tree' and to His being raised to life. 'God', he says, 'has ordered us to proclaim this to His people…that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through His name.'
Talk of sin is not always popular – unless we are talking about other peoples' sins. Then we can't get enough of it! That's what really sells newspapers! But to appreciate the message of this great Christian feast we have to begin with our own sense of need.
A self-sufficient soul has no sense of Easter!
Mary Magdalene, Peter, John and the others knew better. They knew that in Jesus they had met someone who opened up a way a life beyond the pettiness, jealousies and violence which mark and mar our human nature. Then He was executed and the dream vanished like mist. But with His resurrection from the dead, all is alive again – literally alive in a new and revolutionary way.
Jesus goes beyond everything we know for ourselves. Most importantly He goes beyond our sense of justice. We know all about 'an eye for an eye'. We know all about 'making them pay'. But here an innocent person pays an exorbitant price so that we who are guilty may receive a priceless blessing. Far from exacting human justice, this judge steps in to take the punishment himself so that we may walk free and forgiven. And to demonstrate its truth He bursts out of the tomb of death.
What does all this mean? St Paul tells us plainly. Here, he says, is a glimpse of the glory that belongs to all of us. 'When Christ is revealed – and He is your life – you too will be revealed in all your glory.' We go from forgiveness to fulfilment; from the status of a sinner to one of sharing in the glory of Christ. This comes to us only slowly. Only by being close to Christ, by learning His Way, by conforming our thinking, our speaking and our acting to His can the change begin to come about. It is the work of the Holy Spirit, the breath of the Spirit within us – inspiration!
This is the message which inspires our finest efforts, both today and across the centuries. The music in this Mass is its fruit: plainchant from the 6th century; Palestrina from the 16th and two arrangements by composers from our own day.
This is the message that brings us hope: hope that the vision of life embodied in the Risen Christ can find its place in ours, despite all the sin and failure that we know so well; hope that with all the inspiration we can receive we can fashion a society in which graciousness is visible and forgiveness forthcoming; hope that in our homes today we will radiate the joy of the Risen Christ. Alleluia is our song. Christ is truly risen from the dead we know; Victorious king, thy mercy show!


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In short, Judo has a wide range of appeal as a sport, an art, a discipline, a recreational pastime, a social activity, a fitness program, a means of self-defense, and a way of life.
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The enactment of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) legislation is a watershed moment in our federal polity. The constitutional amendment and the enabling four GST bills enacted by Parliament is the first instance of pooled sovereignty.
Pooled sovereignty implies that for enhancing overall economic and social welfare, Parliament and state legislatures vacate some space in favour of a designated entity. Some MPs in Rajya Sabha proposed amendments which would technically seek to preserve the sovereignty of Parliament in determining the rates of indirect taxes. In practice, it would have implied the buffer of Parliament between the deliberations of the GST council and action by the 'Union and States'. It was feared that the GST council was abridging the sovereignty of Parliament.
FM Arun Jaitley to attend World Bank-IMF meet, woo investors in US
World Bank says India to grow 7.2% in FY18, GST to have positive impactSince the constitutional amendment bill was a fait accompli, the current debate of sovereignty curtailment was somewhat dated. Fortunately, the wise counsel of senior Congress leaders like Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram prevailed for enabling wider consensus to be forged. The proposed amendments, even if it was adopted by Rajya Sabha, were of little material import since all these bills were money bills. The concept of pooled sovereignty is consistent with the broad principles of social contract and best international practices.
The evolution of the concept of pooled sovereignty, per se, has been co-terminus with modern political thought. Indeed, the emergence of globalisation, the changing global economic landscape, the interdependence of nations is embedded and emanate from the concept of pooled sovereignty. The spectacular progress made in achieving high rates of economic growth, the impressive outcomes in poverty reduction and improvement in human welfare stem from sovereignty being subsumed for the broader social good.
The welfare gains from enhanced economic integration of several nations forming trade blocs, common markets, and free trade areas all derive their raison d'etre from pooled sovereignty. The classic case being of the European Union wherein, the political and economic assemblage of 28 nations created a single unified common market and currency. Free movement of goods, services, capital and people across borders produce major spill-over and synergistic effects. And all this is possible only because these nations have proactively embraced the ideas of pooled sovereignty and supranationalism.
The European Parliament draws its inspiration from its constitution stating that "Reflecting the will of the citizens and States of Europe to build a common future, this Constitution establishes the European Union, on which the Member States confer competences to attain objectives they have in common". The concept of pooled sovereignty seeks to 'confer competencies' to achieve the common objective of fostering the multiplier gains from the one common entity that India will now become. In the process, some loss of autonomy is inevitable. This is the fundamental principle which forms the basis of multiple international agreements on environment, trade and tariff preferences. Organisations like the UN, WTO, World Bank, and IMF came into existence because nations agreed to collectively advance their common interests.
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70% of India's small, mid-sized firms yet to start GST preparationsThis is the first time that we have invoked the principle of pooled sovereignty. India has always been a common political entity, and as it moves towards a commercial union, the idea of pooled sovereignty should be embraced and broadened to other outstanding federal issues like sharing of natural resources. Meanwhile, leveraging ICT to improve tax administration efficiency and enhancing research capabilities of the GST council secretariat must be prioritised. It cannot be anybody's intention to saddle the GST, which is essentially a tax reform, with other collateral ideological or economic objectives. Nonetheless, the implied impetus to economic growth has consequential spill over benefits in multiple ways.
The GST is a reality. This does not mean that the last words may have been spoken on further fine tuning of multiple issues based on experience. Multiple tax slabs and exemption of fiscally critical goods like alcohol and petroleum are by no means economically optimal. Nevertheless, constrained optimisation should be the mantra for the GST council. Allaying fiscal pressures require revenue neutrality be the supreme objective while setting indirect tax rates for goods and services. GST-induced growth, favourable global economic scenario and fruition of domestic reforms would definitely create sufficient headroom for recalibration of rates in the near future. Notwithstanding transitional hiccups, the time for GST is now, as John F Kennedy once said, "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining".


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Ministry of LovePosted: December 16, 2007 Filed under: Politics | Tags: Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush, Middle East, US Leave a comment
The President's Coming-Out Party
So now the process can be fully diagrammed, and the cast of characters is stunning. The torture system involves the operations division of the CIA on the implementation side. They rely heavily on contractors, it seems, in torturing people. And a special role is apparently played by a couple of psychologists. (Time used to be that healthcare professionals had an oath. It started "first, do no harm." But, just like the Bible and the Constitution, that's so pre-9/11. And with the American Psychological Association providing full cover, what's the worry.)
We know that the Justice Department is right in the thick of it. Who precisely? The answer is most likely the Office of Legal Counsel—which has now emerged as what George Orwell called the "Ministry of Love" (remember: in Nineteen Eighty-Four that's the ministry that picked and approved torture practices). But it doesn't end with the opinion lawyers. The National Security Division is also in the thick of things, apparently. Alberto Gonzales, before he became attorney general, played station master for the initial series of torture memos. Once he landed at Justice, he kept a close watch on all torture issues and lied to Congress about it. With the attorney general's office staking out a close interest in torture, it's unlikely that others in the Department would have substituted their judgment for his. Thus the ball would seem to be squarely in Michael Mukasey's court.
And finally the White House. David Addington, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley—these are all name we can now link directly to the torture system. Not just as a matter of theory. As a matter of practical application. They decided who would be tortured and how. And John B. Bellinger III, the man who keeps making a laughing-stock of himself with speeches on international law (as, for instance, when he tells us he can't raise a legal objection to the idea of the Iranians waterboarding some captured American airman), who was legal counsel at NSC and continues now to hold that role with Condi Rice at State. He constantly issued assurances "off the record" to human rights groups and bar groups that we certainly don't torture. And now it's reasonably clear that he was right in the thick of the torture approval process all along.
There seems to be some question as to whether or not America tortures. I can think of a few ways to get to the bottom of the matter; Cheney, Rice, etc. for 18 months at a black site, which I understand is an intense hotel-resort-spa (at least according to Rush Limbaugh), and I'm sure we'd get to the bottom of the matter.
We know torture doesn't work, but I say give it a shot on these guys anyway. It can't hurt.
Amman, TexasPosted: December 15, 2007 Filed under: News | Tags: Middle East, US Leave a comment
Inside the CIA's notorious "black sites"
The nightmare started for him back in fall 2003. Bashmilah had traveled to Jordan from Indonesia, where he was living with his wife and working in the clothing business. He and his wife went to Jordan to meet Bashmilah's mother, who had also traveled there. The family hoped to arrange for heart surgery for Bashmilah's mother at a hospital in Amman. But before leaving Indonesia, Bashmilah had lost his passport and had received a replacement. Upon arrival in Jordan, Jordanian officials questioned his lack of stamps in the new one, and they grew suspicious when Bashmilah admitted he had visited Afghanistan in 2000. Bashmilah was taken into custody by Jordanian authorities on Oct. 21, 2003. He would not reappear again until he stepped out of a CIA plane in Yemen on May 5, 2005.
Bashmilah's apparent innocence was clearly lost on officials with Jordan's General Intelligence Department. After his arrest, the Jordanians brutally beat him, peppering him with questions about al-Qaida. He was forced to jog around in a yard until he collapsed. Officers hung him upside down with a leather strap and his hands tied. They beat the soles of his feet and his sides. They threatened to electrocute him with wires. The told him they would rape his wife and mother.
So I'm beginning to understand the reason for AmeriKKKa's obsession with the Middle East; it's all about their questionable attitude to human rights. For the average AmeriKKKan businessman it's like a home away from home (or an office away from the office) with the main attraction for him being the absence of impediments to getting the job done (for example no quaint concern for human rights). A place where efficiency reigns! And we know how much AmeriKKKan businessmen like their efficiency…
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Morgan Packard
Morgan Packard grew up in rural New England and planned to be a jazz saxophone player when he grew up. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in jazz school in Boston. There he discovered that jazz wasn't the only cool music in the world. He quit studying jazz, moved to New York, and spent the next five years immersed in drum and bass music, which was the most explosively creative electronic music of the time. Then he got tired of making only drum and bass music and studied western classical music and wrote little pieces for acoustic instruments for a while. He also learned how to program computers and started building his own music software. Programming his own tools allowed him to create sounds that no one else could make, and he began to feel like his own voice was finally shining through. He started working closely with visualist/programmer Joshue Ott, and also found himself aligned with musician and label man Ezekiel Honig. Josh challenged him to write better software, Ezekiel challenged him to make an album for his label, Anticipate. His first solo album, "Airships Fill the Sky", pricked up ears around the world, got good reviews, and people started buying him airplane tickets to travel and perform in their cities. His sound is characterized by constantly shifting textures, a minimalist approach to rhythm, unconventional use of traditional acoustic instruments, and a sensitivity to melody and harmony. While his music is influenced by dub techno, ambient, and other established styles, it is best understood on its own terms, rather than through the lens of genre. Recently, much of Morgan's efforts have been directed toward Thicket, an experimental audiovisual app for the iPhone and iPad created in collaboration with Joshue Ott. Thicket has been a surprise success and was chosen by Apple as one of the ten best generative art & sound apps in its 2010 "Hot Trends" list.


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Building a new culture in a long established school is proving to be a significant challenge for Roebourne District High School's new principal, Jackie Barry. Jackie was asked to take up the role in term 4 2008, previously she had been working as a Principal Consultant for the Pilbara...Read More
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When Lisa O'Malley was educated at Weipa in far north Queensland in the 1980's and 1990's, Indigenous class mates came and went and "it appeared to be accepted". When she assumed the position of Head of Campus at Western Cape College's Mapoon Campus in 2006, she...Read More
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Many, many times during her five years as principal of Kalgoorlie East Primary School, Donna Bridge, has said: "That's it. I quit. It's all just too hard." She hasn't thrown in the towel and her school of 81 students in the West Australian Gold fields is now a leading...Read More
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The Big Interview - Kasey Keller
Thu 18 May 2017, 09:15|Tottenham Hotspur
Kasey Keller
- 99 appearances for Spurs 2001-04
- 124 appearances for Leicester 1996-99, League Cup winner in 1997
- 22-year career took in spells in USA, England, Germany and Spain
- Capped 102 times by the USA
- Went to the 1990, 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups
- Inducted into the USA National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2015
Kasey Keller squeezed just about everything into a 22-year professional career.
Over a century of caps and four World Cups for the USA, cutting his teeth at Millwall, glory days at Leicester, 83 consecutive starts at Spurs, the first American to play in La Liga and a title challenge with Rayo Valecano, only the second American to captain a Bundesliga side during his time at Borussia Monchengladbach before a hero's return home to Seattle, where he played until he was 41.
He even lived in a castle during his time in Germany!
As part of Martin O'Neill's golden spell at the old Filbert Street in the late 1990s, Kasey helped the Foxes lift their first trophy in 28 years - the League Cup in 1997 - and clinch three-successive top 10 finishes in the Premier League. He was also in goal for Leicester against is in the League Cup Final in 1999, won by Allan Nielsen's late, late diving header.
Kasey later played in the final game at Filbert Street as a Spurs player in May, 2002 and then had a game he'll never forget in our first visit to the all-new Walkers Stadium, as it was then (now King Power Stadium) back in October, 2003.
Below: Kasey at Millwall - 1993
Based in Seattle, Kasey was more than happy to talk over his Spurs-Leicester links and reflect on a career to remember...
You joined Leicester from Millwall in 1996 and things really took off from there. What was it about the club at that time?
Kasey Keller: "When I joined Martin O'Neill hadn't really made a lot of signings. He brought in Spencer Prior and myself a couple of days before the season started. Just before that, he'd bought Neil Lennon and Muzzy Izzet and Leicester had a great run into the play-offs, won and came up into the Premier League. Martin hadn't really become Martin O'Neill, as such, no-one knew what was going to happen and I remember everyone predicting we'd get relegated. Martin was obviously very charismatic and inspiring. You met him and you just felt something was going to happen. I only had one day of training before the first game of the season, Sunderland away. We drew 0-0, I had a couple of saves to make but it was that first hurdle for everyone - we were in the Premier League, we kept a clean sheet, we gained a point and we thought 'okay, let's see what happens'. We then won 2-1 at home against Southampton and it wasn't a situation where a team has come up, played five games, only got one or two points and suddenly there is a gap before they really get started. We went that season without losing three games in a row and consistently found ways to win points. From a team that was meant to be getting relegated by Christmas, we finished ninth and won the League Cup! In the three years I played we never finished outside the top 10. It's remarkable really. If you look at the recent history of the Premier League, not many teams will be able to do that."
Below: Flying through their air for Leicester against Chelsea - 1998
What was Martin O'Neill like to play for?
Kasey: "He did a tremendous job in selecting players positionally, players who would play exactly how he wanted to play and exactly how they wanted to play. It wasn't a case of a manager buying a player and saying 'okay, now I want you to play this way'. He would think 'I need a player who can do X, Y and Z' and there would be 10 other guys doing exactly the same and it worked. It was just putting the right players in the right spots and it all fell into place. We had a great team spirit and if you were one of Martin's guys, you fought for him and he fought for you. I remember a game at Old Trafford. I could barely walk going into it and Martin said 'I know you're not right but go out there and if you play poorly, I'll take responsibility - but that won't happen'. In the end, we competed really well and they scored late, typically. He would always have your back."
Filbert Street was Leicester's home for 111 years (1891-2002), what are you memories of the stadium?
Kasey: "We were right in the city centre, one huge stand, another that was really small and pushed up against a street. The development of the main stand was the first process of trying to bring the club forward. There was so much history there and I was lucky to come to England and play at some of the old stadiums like the old Den at Millwall, they had played there for over 80 years, Filbert Street and Derby's Baseball Ground. It was interesting to be part of those transformations and to see what the Premier League would become."
Below: Kasey in typical all-action form against United - 2002
You joined us in 2001 and played every minute of 83-consecutive matches between March, 2002 and August, 2004. What are your memories of Spurs?
Kasey: "You know, the toughest part is looking back and we'd have some really good runs, but we just couldn't maintain any consistency. We all wanted to be successful, to go to the next step. We all felt 'we're the group that will do it' but in my time, it wasn't to be. But I had fantastic experiences playing with the likes of Teddy Sheringham, Gus Poyet, Les Ferdinand, Steffen Freund, Christian Ziege and Ledley King, who was coming through at the time. It was funny when Ledley came out on Tour to the USA with Spurs last summer (we visited Seattle, Toronto and Chicago in the summer of 2014) in his Ambassador role. I was joking with him because he was the senior player at the end of his career and yet I remember him talking to me in the locker room about how he used to watch me when he was a kid! I said to him 'you are still a kid, Ledley!"
Back to Leicester - we were the opponents for the final game at Filbert Street in 2002 and I'm guessing you won't forget our first visit to the new stadium in 2003?
Kasey: "I remember Leicester had already been relegated, there was nothing really on it and we ended up being on the wrong end of a 2-1 scoreline. I'd played in the last game at the old Den as well and it was nice to be there, even if I was on the rival team and we lost! And 2003, yes, I gave up one of the worst goals of my career (a shot went through his legs). We came back to win and that makes all the difference but as a goalkeeper, you still have to take your medicine! I remember David Pleat saying to me along the lines of that the team stepped up because they wanted to do it for me after that mistake. I don't know if he actually meant it or was trying to make me feel better but it was a nice thing to say at the time! Who can forget OJ's (Mabulelo 'Old John' Mabizela) goal either? When you make a mistake, you always remember the goal that pulled you out of trouble."
Below: Kasey at home in Germany, his castle 'Haus Donk' - 2006
So from Portland Timbers to Millwall to Leicester to Spurs to Spain, Germany and back to the USA over 22 years - how do you sum all that up?
Kasey: "From the very beginning I always thought I wanted to go to England but I also wanted to play in other countries and experience different leagues. Rayo Valecano was another team that was meant to be relegated and okay, we faded in the end, but after 16 games we were a point ahead of Barcelona! In my second season we reached the quarter-finals of UEFA Cup. Then I had the opportunity to go to Germany and play for a club the size of Gladbach, just before Germany hosted the 2006 World Cup. I lived in a 1,000-year-old castle! You just look back and think 'that was fun'."
"After all that to be able to come home and finish my career at a new franchise in the MLS in Seattle, who are now averaging over 40,000 (it was 43,734 in 2014) was something special.
"I look back and now, as I get older, I think 'wow, that all happened'."


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Venue: Longacre Theater
Address: 220 West 48th Street
Length: Two hours and 40 minutes, including one 20 minute intermission
Opened: April 18, 2010 (Open-Ended)
Category: Broadway Musical
The best of times certainly is upon the colorful revival of La Cage Aux Folles. The flamboyant musical cleaned up at the Tony Awards ceremony on June 13 at Radio City Musical Hall. It won for Best Direction of a Musical (Terry Johnson), Best Revival of a Musical and Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for the amazing Douglas Hodge. I had the pleasure of attending the Saturday matinee at the Longacre Theatre and witnessing the sheer brilliance of this musical.
Kelsey Grammer, in his Tony Award nominated role of nightclub owner Georges, effortlessly owned the stage. He was born to play this charismatic, fun-loving character and watching him was magic. The chemistry he had with his leading "lady" Hodge, in the role of Drag Queen Albin/Zsa Zsa was pure genius. The two lit up the stage and created a believable relationship about love, respect and admiration. The comic relief in the production was a total bonus and was radiantly played by both actors.
Perhaps the most defining moment of the production was after Albin learns that he won't be included in a family function to meet his son's future in-laws. Hodges belts out a poignant and mesmerizing version of "I Am What I Am." The meaning behind this song and how it relates to the play was felt by everyone in the theater. I'm sure that performance alone won this man the Tony Award. It was perfection.
The talented supporting cast only enhanced the success of this production. The "Les Cagelles" were a pleasure to watch. They moved gracefully and naturally around the stage, displaying Tony/Olivier nominated (for this show) choreographer Lynne Page's magnificent choreography. The dance sequences for "We Are What We Are," and "The Best of Times" were a pleasure to watch and had the audience clapping and stomping along. The break out performance in this show belongs hands down to Robin De Jesus in his Tony nominated role of Jacob, Albin's maid/butler. He delivered each line without hesitation and clearly stole the show. I loved every scene he was in.
La Cage Aux Folles is a Broadway gem and up until now a virtual secret. Now that it has picked up three Tony Awards and audiences are starting to buzz about the talent in this show, I'd expect a huge increase in La Cage Aux Folles Broadway ticket sales. If you're looking for a fun, traditional musical, La Cage is just the one for you. It has glitzy numbers, fast-paced choreography and mega talent. It also creates the opportunity for audience interaction and participation. This is one of the best shows I've seen! You can View Our Great Selection of La Cage Aux Folles Broadway Tickets Online by clicking the link.
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