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Suggestion for a 'Holy Taoist See' Sovereign State – Pater H – posted on 4th August 2012
Suggestion for a 'Holy Taoist See' Sovereign State (excerpt of memo from Pater H – Imperial Vault of Heaven)
. . . that the OICS alongside Red Taijitu Society of China's initiatives, apply for the Supreme Celestial Patriarch of the Ordo Imperialis Celestium Sinensis's assent, the PRC's blessing and UN recognition of the proposed Holy Taoist See, sovereign statehood in a 16km square area based around the proposed Sacred Tiantan Forbidden Gardens, with appropriate UN representation and voting rights at the UN . . . much like Vatican State and other microstates have obtained recognition from UN and also have voting rights. See below pic for suggested microstate :
Sovereign state (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
A sovereign state is a political organization with a centralized government that has supreme independent authority over a geographic area.[1] It has a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states.[2] It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither dependent on nor subject to any other power or state.[3] The existence or disappearance of a state is a question of fact.[4] While according to the declaratory theory of state recognition a sovereign state can exist without being recognised by other sovereign states, unrecognised states will often find it hard to exercise full treaty-making powers and engage in diplomatic relations with other sovereign states.
The word "country" is often colloquially used to refer to sovereign states, although it means, originally, only a geographic region, and subsequently its meaning became extended to the sovereign polity which controls the geographic region.
Westphalian sovereignty
Westphalian sovereignty is the concept of nation-state sovereignty based on territoriality and the absence of a role for external agents in domestic structures. It is an international system of states, multinational corporations, and organizations that began with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.
Sovereignty is a term that is frequently misused.[5] Up until the 19th century, the radicalised concept of a "standard of civilisation" was routinely deployed to determine that certain peoples in the world were "uncivilised", and lacking organised societies. That position was reflected and constituted in the notion that their "sovereignty" was either completely lacking, or at least of an inferior character when compared to that of "civilised" people."[6] Lassa Oppenheim said "There exists perhaps no conception the meaning of which is more controversial than that of sovereignty. It is an indisputable fact that this conception, from the moment when it was introduced into political science until the present day, has never had a meaning which was universally agreed upon."[7] In the opinion of Justice Evatt of the High Court of Australia "sovereignty is neither a question of fact, nor a question of law, but a question that does not arise at all." [8]
Sovereignty has taken on a different meaning with the development of the principle of self-determination and the prohibition against the threat or use of force as jus cogens norms of modern international law. The United Nations Charter, the Declaration on Rights and Duties of States, and the charters of regional international organisations express the view that all states are juridically equal and enjoy the same rights and duties based upon the mere fact of their existence as persons under international law.[9][10] The right of nations to determine their own political status and exercise permanent sovereignty within the limits of their territorial jurisdictions is widely recognised.[11][12][13]
In political science, sovereignty is usually defined as the most essential attribute of the state in the form of its complete self-sufficiency in the frames of a certain territory, that is its supremacy in the domestic policy and independence in the foreign one.[14]
In casual usage, the terms "country", "nation", and "state" are often used as if they were synonymous; but in a more strict usage they can be distinguished:[citation needed]
Nation denotes a people who are believed to or deemed to share common customs, religion, language, origins, ancestry or history. However, the adjectives national and international are frequently used to refer to matters pertaining to what are strictly sovereign states, as in national capital, international law.
State refers to the set of governing and supportive institutions that have sovereignty over a definite territory and population. Sovereign states are legal persons.
State recognition signifies the decision of a sovereign state to treat another entity as also being a sovereign state.[15] Recognition can be either express or implied and is usually retroactive in its effects. It doesn't necessarily signify a desire to establish or maintain diplomatic relations.
There is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations on the criteria for statehood. In actual practice, the criteria are mainly political, not legal.[16] L.C. Green cited the recognition of the unborn Polish and Czech states in World War I and explained that "since recognition of statehood is a matter of discretion, it is open to any existing State to accept as a state any entity it wishes, regardless of the existence of territory or of an established government."[17]
In international law, however, there are several theories of when a state should be recognized as sovereign.[18]
Constitutive theory
The constitutive theory of statehood defines a state as a person of international law if, and only if, it is recognized as sovereign by other states. This theory of recognition was developed in the 19th century. Under it, a state was sovereign if another sovereign state recognized it as such. Because of this, new states could not immediately become part of the international community or be bound by international law, and recognized nations did not have to respect international law in their dealings with them.[19] In 1815 at the Congress of Vienna the Final Act only recognised 39 sovereign states in the European diplomatic system, and as a result it was firmly established that in future new states would have to be recognized by other states, and that meant in practice recognition by one or more of the great powers.[20]
One of the major criticisms of this law is the confusion caused when some states recognize a new entity, but other states do not. Hersch Lauterpacht, one of the theory's main proponents, suggested that it is a state's duty to grant recognition as a possible solution. However, a state may use any criteria when judging if they should give recognition and they have no obligation to use such criteria. Many states may only recognize another state if it is to their advantage.[19]
In 1912, L. F. L. Oppenheim had the following to say on constitutive theory:
…International Law does not say that a State is not in existence as long as it is not recognised, but it takes no notice of it before its recognition. Through recognition only and exclusively a State becomes an International Person and a subject of International Law.[21]
Declarative theory
By contrast, the "declarative" theory defines a state as a person in international law if it meets the following criteria: 1) a defined territory; 2) a permanent population; 3) a government and 4) a capacity to enter into relations with other states. According to declarative theory, an entity's statehood is independent of its recognition by other states. The declarative model was most famously expressed in the 1933 Montevideo Convention.
Article 3 of the Convention declares that statehood is independent of recognition by other states. In contrast, recognition is considered a requirement for statehood by the constitutive theory of statehood.
A similar opinion about "the conditions on which an entity constitutes a state" is expressed by the European Economic Community Opinions of the Badinter Arbitration Committee, which found that a state was defined by having a territory, a population, and a political authority.
State practice
State practice relating the recognition states typically falls somewhere between the declaratory and constitutive approaches.[22] International law does not require a state to recognise other states.[23]
Recognition is often withheld when a new state is seen as illegitimate or has come about in breach of international law. Almost universal non-recognition by the international community of Rhodesia and Northern Cyprus are good examples of this. In the former case, recognition was widely withheld when the white minority seized power and attempted to form a state along the lines of Apartheid South Africa, a move that the United Nations Security Council described as the creation of an "illegal racist minority régime".[24] In the latter case, recognition was widely withheld from a state created in Northern Cyprus on land illegally invaded by Turkey in 1974.[25]
De facto and de jure states
Most sovereign states are states de jure and de facto (i.e. they exist both in law and in reality). However, sometimes states exist only as de jure states in that an organisation is recognised as having sovereignty over and being the legitimate government of a territory over which they have no actual control. Many continental European states maintained governments-in-exile during the Second World War which continued to enjoy diplomatic relations with the Allies, notwithstanding that their countries were under Nazi occupation. A present day example is the State of Palestine, which is recognized by multiple states, but doesn't have control over any of its claimed territory in Palestine[26][40] and possess only extraterritorial areas (i.e. embassies and consulates). Other states may have sovereignty over a territory but lack international recognition; these are considered by the international community to be only de facto states (they are considered de jure states only according to their own Law and by states that recognize them).
ICCR Notes :
All Taoist Temples and Temple Committees within the proposed 16km square area may contact the Red Taijitu Society of China via this site to prepare a paper for presentation to the CPPCC at earliest convenience.


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It's hard not to think about proper stockmanship as something akin to a dance. There's a lot of give-and-take involved, and in most cases, both parties enjoy each other's company, flowing and moving cohesively as one.
In this second instalment of the two part series How to Safely Work with Cattle, I move away from the "human mind" part of the proper stockmanship equation, where I talked about the different negative perceptions and emotions a person might have when working with cattle, and how to get over them. Here we shift into the fun part of being the "bovine interpreter," if you will, where we look more at the "bovine mind" part of the stockmanship equation.
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Hi world,
yesterday i toke a few pics of some of my markers. Not so much, but maybe it ill help to keep updated the blog. Ill show you those pics in the next days…
For today i choose one dedicated to "Jesulin de Ubrique" one of my most participative readers.
He ask me about why i doesn't open the markers and how i can resist the temptation to check properly my collection.
Usually i keep the markers in the same condition than i found it. Only to save the original look. I love markers and i prefer unused but i have some opened and of course I'm so curious and some times i need to cross the line and broke some plastics.
I brought this Shoe polish mop in Tokyu Hands Shibuya, in Tokio. I carry this mop for some days in my baggage and still with a very nice look, but since i have his glass body in my hands i need to know the tip system. I broke the wrapping plastic, remove the cap and Yeah!
Simply Japanese technology.
Now it's time to see the whole piece.
Nice selection, Mr. Hands!
"How to" instructions.
I have no close ups but the valve are very sophisticate.
"On the small jars have the best jam" Maybe it doesn't have sense in english, but for my spanish and catalan readers i close this post with this great sentence:
"En el pot petit hi ha la bona confitura"
"En el bote pequeño hay la buena confitura"
Best regards people!
Pentel White World Tour
Hi World,
here we go, a long time ago from the last post.
I have been bussy those days, not doing so much things, only spending more time and enjoying it.
Today i have something like an investigation post. Well is not an essay, i have not so much english base to introduce the subject properly, but i have a nice history to tell.
I have two Pentel White 100W. One from NYC and other from TOKIO.
Both are manufactured in Japan and have the same thin design, but the blisters are different for the different markers in diffent countries with different culture and different lenguage. Many differences to be the same.
On left the Japanese and on right the almost American.
Clear design, only a few texts that i don't undestand and a minimal drawing of the tip.
In the back side have a few instructions and a technical esquema about how to punkp the marker.
The cardboard is smaller than the yankee version.
Here the American version. The brand takes all the space. And the pictogram of the tip is more sofisticated.
I like it the specification "Marker" in the left, very important because in fact don't seems a markers, seems an umbrela.
Here the marketing. Why i need a marker? paint a bike, mark book covers, helmets … the most common things i say to the police when they ask me why i'm carring a marker. I have been surprised during the photo shot with the label covering the bar code. Total fail.
What about the black lines on the right side?
Different holes.
And now a conclusion, what is better?
Or just leave a comment if you found more differences!
Best regards!


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Lawyer Arthur Aidala continues his practice-building and attention-getting media tour. And in so doing he continues to arguably undermine the interests of his newest client, Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor.
In a Friday afternoon appearance with Mike Francesa of WFAN, Aidala made several key — and possibly unwise — concessions.
First, and most importantly, Aidala acknowledged that ignorance of the alleged victim's age is no defense to the charge of third-degree (i.e., statutory) rape. "100 percent," Aidala said, even if the woman lied about her age.
Aidala then explained that, if the alleged victim admits that the defendant was concerned about her age and that she lied about her age, it could be a mitigating factor in plea negotiations. (Aidala cited his own experience as a prosecutor in support of this point.)
But Aidala overlooked one important aggravating factor — the Plaxico phenomenon. A big fish caught red handed helps advance in dramatic fashion law enforcement's mission to deter crime. The intense media coverage that the case has received and will receive sends a powerful message to every man (or, theoretically, woman) who may be inclined to purchase the services of a prostitute that there are real risks, and real consequences, for this supposedly victimless crime.
Later in the interview, Francesa was marveling at the fact that the judge opted to read the charges verbatim during Thursday's televised arraignment, assuming that the judge was merely looking for his "10 minutes" of air time. Aidala joined in the speculation without acknowledging the mindset that he surely applied as a prosecutor — if clear evidence of guilt falls into the lap of the law regarding a high-profile defendant, the law realizes that the process can have far-reaching benefits when it comes to scaring low-profile people into not committing crimes.
So if ignorance isn't a defense, what will the defense be? Apparently, Aidala hopes to argue that Taylor did not have "sex" with the girl but, presumably, "Clinton sex." We've yet to research whether the law contemplates intercourse only or whether it applies to some other form of sexual contact, but it appears that Taylor plans to admit that something happened. "The evidence is gonna show that there was some contact between the two and that they did not have sex," Aidala said, explaining that by "sex" he meant intercourse.
Part of the problem here is that, before L.T. got "lawyered up," he gave a statement to authorities. Aidala has yet to receive a copy of the statement, and Aidala made it clear he's prepared to attack any aspect of the statement and the manner in which it was gathered in any way that these things can be attacked.
Aidala also promised to investigate "every aspect" of the case, and even though Taylor's agent, Mark Lepselter, dismissed the possibility of a "set up" during a Friday appearance on Today, Aidala mentioned the possibility of extortion at least twice during the interview.
In all, it was informative and it was entertaining. But we still don't understand how any of this benefits Taylor. Surely, prosecutors are listening to everything Aidala says, making strategic plans and decisions accordingly. At best, Aidala's visit with Francesa has let us all know that we can fully expect him or Taylor to answer a question by saying that it "depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is."


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God watch over his wife and child.
Rest in Peace, Arturo.
Prosecutor found dead in MexicoBy Lynn Brezosky - Express-News
BROWNSVILLE _ Cameron County officials are investigating the weekend death in Mexico of a 26-year-old prosecutor.
Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos in a news release said Assistant District Attorney Arturo Jose Iniguez's death "is considered an open and on-going investigation, which our office is reviewing."
"Cause of death has not been confirmed," Villalobos said. "We don't suspect foul play; however, because of our type of work and because of the death occurring in Mexico, we want to be completely confident of the manner and means of death."
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Tactacam brings new technology to market, launching its FTS scope viewing tech designed to bring high definition video to riflescopes.
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"By offsetting the FTS camera mount, shooters are able to safely operate their firearm as they traditionally would, viewing through a live feed to their smartphone," Tactacam said in a news release. "After setup, the unique design of the Tactacam FTS allows the riflescope to operate as normal without additional adjustment or modification."
The Tactacam FTS captures live video from the scope, delivering it to hunters' smartphones. (Photo: Soldier Systems Daily)
The FTS is compatible with the Tactacam Solo, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 compatible. Paired with the Tactacam 5.0, the set-up delivers 4K resolution in addition to high power magnification. Using integrated Wi-Fi, the Tactacam app pairs with the FTS to offer viewing options, remote control activation, slow motion and live streaming.
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DeLaSalle High School graduate Allina Starr, who played one season at Auburn, has transferred to the University of Minnesota and will be eligible to play for the Gophers women's basketball team after the 2015 fall semester.
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What's more fun that racing in the 24 Hours of LeMons? Racing in it with a stupid-fast car. After a few years of honing our race craft, we decided to up the ante and bolt the ruined turbocharger from an early Subaru WRX to our yellow Miata. The result? 193 horsepower at the rear wheels, and a view under the hood that was sure to earn us more penalty laps than all who'd come before.
Yeah, that didn't happen–at least not at first. Thanks to some sweet bribes, we skated through LeMons' BS Inspection without a single penalty lap. We'd gotten away with murder–or so we thought. During day one of the two-day race, we worked our way up from a mid-pack start to fifth overall and still climbing, hampered only by a black flag thrown after one of our drivers put a few too many wheels off the track while passing a slower car.
Then, disaster struck. Well, LeMons disaster, anyway. We were black flagged to the penalty box. The LeMons Supreme Court had one command: "Pop the hood!"
We'll be honest here: We pretended we couldn't reach the hood release. That didn't work, as the judges figured it out and opened it anyway. That blew the lid off our whole plan–sure, we'd been telling anyone who would listen we had a turbo, and we'd been passing Mustangs and Camaros on the straights, but the judges assumed we were joking and/or would blow the engine before we came even close to victory.
What was our penalty for bringing a turbo, and doing well? 1000 laps, or four times what many competitors would turn in the entire race. Thankfully, we had an ace up our sleeve: A get-out-of-penalty-free sticker from LeMons of Love. The charity provides care packages for chemo patients, and every competitor who donated earned one free pass from the LeMons Supreme Court's hammer of justice.
That pass knocked our penalty down to 100 laps, which put us back to 70-something overall. Over the next 7 hours of racing, we managed to work our way up, eventually finishing 49th out of 102 competitors. Without the penalty, we would have earned a top-three finish.
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I can't really help you, but WOW! That is an impressive looking setup!
Greetings to everyone!
I have been working on a rather unique project for about three months. The project is now near its completion, but I am still looking for any insight, advice or turning experience anyone here might have to offer.
The overall challenge here is to fabricate one clamping device and a turning beam for stripping from their forms and turning five (5) different sizes of concrete tanks ranging from 2500 to 6000 lbs. each. My dilemma at the moment has to do with needing to revise my configurations of the lifting lugs (engaging the tank ends) and turning lugs (hanging in the slings) in order to get the clamping device down around the tanks while they are still in their forms.
Here is a picture from one of my 100%-successful turning tests with the smallest of the five tank sizes, and I can post more details or answer some questions if anyone here would like to help me consider certain balance and turn-control issues while I decide about lug configurations ... and I thank you in advance!
I can't really help you, but WOW! That is an impressive looking setup!
Glenn H. Shelton III
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I thank you for your comment!
Since that picture was taken, we have successfully lifted and turned the largest tank ... and some modifications we will be doing should address the minor difficulties we discovered.
I think I speak for the group here - we would like to see more. I don't know about everyone else, but I am interested.
If it wasn't for the last minute I wouldn't get anything done
At this site you can see more of this kind of equipment in action:
Click on the little picture for "Product Info" and it will animate. Then, there are pictures of specific applications available under "Applications" at the bottom of the home page.
I should be able to take some more pictures of my own project around the middle of next week after some modifications to the "clamping device" (around the tank) so it will slip down into the forms for the initial lift.
I thank you for your interest, and I gladly listen to suggestions.
I had finished this project quite some time ago, and I am ashamed to say I had forgotten about this thread. And while I know I took more pictures at the end, now I cannot find them. So, I have turned one of the older pictures sideways to at least offer a closer look at the tank clamp.
The lifting sockets cast into the ends of the tanks ended up needing to be slightly farther apart than the clamp's lugs so the weight of the tank would always be on the lowest lugs (and not break the tank with stress at the higher ones). That was not an issue with the smaller tanks like in this picture, but it immediately appeared the first time an attempt was made to lift and turn the largest tank.
In this picture you can see the straps, pins and clips that hold the clamp's width, and then their holes that allow a change in width for larger tanks can also be seen. Changing clamping widths turned out to be fairly easy by hanging the clamp in the slings and using the hoist to raise or lower one side at a time, but changing the clamp's length requires more physical effort while the clamp is sitting flat on the floor.
Air cylinders with locks slide one end of the clamp for a total of just under 6" in order to allow the clamp to slip down over a tank and then engage it, and the air for those cylinders comes down from a small 12V compressor on the turning beam. Overall, there is 480V (for the turning motor) coming down to the beam from the hook, and then a transformer supplies 120V for control voltage and a battery charger.
I could talk on and on about this project and the many things learned along the way, and I would gladly answer any questions anyone might have!
Can you post a video of this in action? I'd love to see in working...
You will see me touch the system a couple of times to keep the wind coming in the open door from blowing things away from view, and the wind must have also been bothering my not-so-steady "camera man" just a bit! Overall, however, and as you will be able to see as the clamping device rolls, the biggest challenge here is to hold the load in a proper balance -- toggling the hydraulics at the hook -- so the contact/lift points are/remain aligned with the straps as the two come together during rotation.
This entire project began on the business owners' desire for a safer way to flip tank bottoms (and without damage) than had always been done in the past.
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Arizona Democratic Party, Russell Pearce, and "Operation Wetback"
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The sleazy Arizona Democratic Party is up to its old tricks again, this time trying to smear Rep. Russell Pearce (R-AZ) over his reference to Eisenhower's "Operation Wetback" on a radio program. From their press release titled Pearce Resurrects "Operation Wetback" and subtitled Russell Pearce Longs for Pre-Civil Rights Era Immigration Program:
In an interview on KJZZ Wednesday, Republican legislator Russell Pearce called for the reinstatement of Eisenhower's 1953 immigration plan, "Operation Wetback." The program, which was abolished a year later, sought to round up and deport all undocumented workers.
That paragraph probably contains a lie. Establishing a new program that's similar to an old program is not the same as "reinstating" the old program: things can be similar without being the same in every respect. And, only a fool would believe that Pearce would want to name the new program "Operation Wetback." So, it's almost certain that Pearce does not want to "reinstate" OW, and it's almost certain that - once again - the AZ Dems are trying to mislead.
Here's the only quote of his that they provide:
"We know what we need to do. In 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower, put together a task force called 'Operation Wetback.' He removed, in less than a year, 1.3 million illegal aliens. They must be deported."
Further, we're informed that "Hispanic leaders in Phoenix are outraged", which is only followed by one example from "former legislator and activist Alfredo Gutierrez". He's a member of the "Somos America" group that organized at least one Phoenix illegal immigration march.
Needless to say, the press has taken the Dem smear and run with it.
Sarah N. Lynch of the East Valley Tribune offers "Pearce calls on 'Operation Wetback' for illegals", informing us that he's "angered the Hispanic community this week when he called for the reinstatement of a pre-civil rights era program that called for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants", language that's highly similar to that used by the AZDems.
The Arizona Daily Star offers a rewrite of an AP report in the falsely-titled story "Phoenix legislator supports deportations through 'Operation Wetback'".
The apparently original AP report is in "Rep. Pearce calls for mass deportations":
A state lawmaker has drawn a firestorm of criticism from the Hispanic community this week by calling for the renewal of a 1950s-era federal deportation program known as "Operation Wetback." Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, a fiery proponent of new border security laws and a crackdown on illegal immigration, talked about the possibility of mass deportations in a radio interview.
The word "renewal" may be somewhat more accurate than the word "reinstatement" used in the AZDem press release. The only evidence of a "firestorm" the AP presents is the press release and quotes from Roberto Reveles, the president of Somos America.
Dusty (not verified)
Sun, 11/26/2006 - 18:32
I beleive we do need to deport anyone who is in this country illeagally. If they are criminals, definately deport them immediatly. They have no rights in this country as far as I am concerned. If they are violent criminals, the death penalty should be utilized in every case especailly crimes (any crime) against the children of this country. Start killing off these trashy people and I'll bet you'll see a real decrease in the stream of illigeals coming across the border! Once they know we aren't messing around with them, that will put a damper on it. Oh and in America, we speak english and it's called a Christmas tree. Get over it and get out!
Anna (not verified)
Sun, 11/26/2006 - 18:26
Damn right.....I say deport every single one of them. Let them go back to wherever they came from and stay there!!! I am an angry american! I'm sick of paying for illigeal mexicans who want to come to MY country and live off my hard earned money and try to tell me what I can and cannot say or do because it "offends" them. Good, I hope I do offend them. If enough of them get offended maybe they'll get the message. WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE AND WE DON'T NEED YOU HERE! Screw the polititians. We already know they don't have the guts or back bone to get the job done. Bring back the old policy and get rid of the damn good for nothing wetbacks!
Thu, 10/05/2006 - 18:09
I support the deportation or execution of all illegal alien criminals in the United States. I think illegal aliens who molest citizens should be executed. I support calling it Operation Wetback, but I think Americans are creative enough to find a more fitting title for the necessary reassertion of our non-hispanic identity.
Fri, 09/29/2006 - 23:25
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Equivocation? You mean, fear of the Nazi boxcars? No one one on the law and order side of this issue (other than a few nutcases the movement wants nothing to do with) wants this as 1) it would behumiliating and physically dangerous for the illegals being trained back to Mexico and 2) the left-wing MSM would have a field day comparing what happened in Occupied France and elsewhere during WWII with this. Boxcars aren't needed or wanted. "Attrition thru enforcement" will do a big portion of the job. Along with Governors of the Invasion states holding press conferences telling illegals to "Go home!", a true crackdown across the board on American employers for hiring illegals, the reinstitution by Congress of E-verify (with no sunset provisions) and the expansion of E-verify to include current employees, all this along with a crackdown at the local level by local police by refusing to continue the illegal Special Order 40 which has hampered local police for 30 years. With the self-deportation by many millions of illegal aliens as they see the U.S. becoming a very unfriendly and expensive place for them to live, there will of course be the 300,000 to 700,000 gang banging illegals who will have to be searched out, rounded up and (if not tried and convicted for outstanding crimes they've committed) deported. This will no doubt be a bloody round-up, because these gang bangers are dangerous, armed individuals. Citizen watchdog community groups can assist law enforcement greatly with this roundup. The 2007 CAPS Study reported the number of illegal aliens to be 38 million. That was 2 years ago. The break ins continue as a rate of 1.5 to 3 million per year. Can anyone say "40 million"?


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Your genes may influence whether or not you respond to a fake drug.
Genes and the placebo effect. I'm Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update.
For the first time, scientists have linked a specific gene variant to the placebo effect, at least in one situation. Psychologist Tomas Furmark, of the University of Uppsala in Sweden, says it started as a test of a new drug for social anxiety. Standard procedure requires giving some subjects a placebo, or sham drug, to see if the real one works. Furmark says 40 percent of the placebo group got better.
The clinical effect was as evident as it was in groups that were treated with active drugs.
The groups had different forms of a gene that controls a brain chemical called serotonin. But it's not yet clear how serotonin affects the placebo response. I'm Bob Hirshon for AAAS, the Science Society.
Making Sense of the Research
A placebo (Latin for "I will please") is a name given to any medicine or procedure with no known medical benefit, at least for the condition for which it's prescribed. A classic example would be a plain sugar pill instead of a real drug. Placebos have been used for at least two hundred years, in cases where a doctor feels that the psychological reassurance of being given medicine would be beneficial enough for the patient.
Placebos also play a key role in medical research. In most clinical trials of a new drug or treatment, some patients are given the real experimental treatment, while others are given a placebo. Neither the patient nor the doctor administering the treatment knows who gets the real thing; this is recorded and tracked secretly by other researchers in the study. In order to be considered effective, the new treatment has to work significantly better than the placebo.
That's an important point, because in almost all clinical trials, some patients who receive the placebo improve. Often, placebos relieve feelings like pain or discomfort, but they can even improve more concrete medical symptoms, like high blood pressure or skin rashes. Patients receiving placebos also report side effects, and these, too, must be compared with side effects from the experimental drug.
The therapeutic power of placebos is known as the "placebo effect." Scientists have long recognized the placebo effect, but have yet to fully understand it. It seems, though, that the very act of receiving medical treatment can not only make you feel better, but can sometimes help your body heal. Recent studies suggest that the placebo effect may be even stronger than we thought, especially for psychiatric conditions.
So it's not unusual that 40 percent of Furmark's patients with social anxiety disorder responded to a placebo. What Furmark discovered, though, is that patients who responded to a placebo and those who didn't fell into very clear genetic categories. Those who responded carried a particular variant of one gene, which affects a brain chemical called serotonin, a key influence on mood and psychological well-being.
What's more, previous studies had shown that these same genes affect activity in a part of the brain called amygdala, a known center for fear and anxiety. Furmark found that the patients who responded well to the placebo had less activity in the amygdala at the end of the study than they did at the beginning—suggesting that somehow, the gene was allowing the placebo to calm down their brain's fear center.
It's not known exactly how the gene variant does this, or whether this gene variant would make patients respond well to other kinds of placebos. However, this study suggests that some of us may be hard-wired to respond to certain placebos, depending on the medical situation. Eventually, if this could be better understood, it could help researchers design more accurate medical trials, or even identify people who don't need risky drugs to recover from a particular illness.
Now try and answer these questions:
- What is a placebo? What role does it play in medical research?
- What is the "placebo effect"? How did the genes of the patients in this study influence the placebo effect?
- Would you expect that patients who respond well to the placebo would also respond well to the actual treatment? Significantly better? Give reasons for your answer.
- Suppose you had a particular illness, and there was a popular drug that could treat it. If a doctor could determine whether or not you were genetically predisposed to the placebo effect for that drug, should the doctor give you a placebo or the real drug? Give reasons for your answer. Would it depend on the circumstances?
Check out the December 26, 2008, Science Update Podcast to hear further information about this Science Update and the other programs for that week. This podcast's topics include: cleanliness clouds moral judgment, the genetics of the placebo effect, secrets of master impressionists, and more.
The National Geographic Magazine resource Please Pass the Sugar offers a brief discussion of the placebo effect.
Understanding Gene Testing, from the Access Excellence website, contains an explanation of various types of genetic testing and their uses.
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Sausage meat Jalouise
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ServingsServes 6
A great easy recipie for special occasions
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- 368g packet puff pastry, thawed if frozen
- 1 large onion, skinned and finely chopped
- 225g sausage meat
- 25g cheddar cheese, grated
- 30ml (2 tbsp) fresh breadcrumbs
- 30ml (2 tbsp) tomato puree
- 1 medium egg, beaten
- pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper
- Milk to glaze
- Pre-heat the oven: 200C/fan gas mark 6. Prepare a baking tray rinse with cold water.
- Make a filling: in a large bowl mix together the onion, sausage meat, cheese, tomato puree, breadcrumbs, egg, salt and pepper. Cover and chill until required.
- Divide the pastry into equal pieces and roll each piece out to an oblong approx 30cm x 20cm. Trim if necessary. Place one piece on the damp baking tray.
- Spread the filling onto the pastry; to within 2cm of the edge. Brush the edge of the pastry with water.
- Prepare the top of the jalouise: fold pastry in half lengthwise and using a pair of scissors cut through the folded edge within 2cm of the open edges. Open out carefully and place on top of the filling. Seal the edges with a fork and trim off the uneven edge. 'Knock up' the four edges of the jalouise. Brush the top with milk.
- Bake in the centre of the pre-heated oven for 35-40 minutes, or until well risen and golden brown in colour. Remove from the oven. Serve the jalouise hot or cold, cut into slices.


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This workshop serves as an introduction to NVivo and is ideal for any level of student using NVivo for the first time. This interactive workshop will cover all the core features of NVivo including adding sources, coding data, managing nodes and classifications.
This is a theoretical workshop and due to the time restriction participants will use sample data.
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PHOENIX — Willie Itule Produce hosted it's second annual Farmers Market Pop-Up Dinner event on Tuesday evening, April 10, at its warehouse, here. The produce facility was transformed into a shabby-chic farmers market dream, complete with a long wooden table under glistening lights to enjoy dinner and conversation at.
Sponsors of the event included Babe Farms, Crystal Valley Foods, Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce, and Pacific International Marketing. Local chefs and restaurants from around the valley, including Wrigley Mansion, The Mission, and Cartwright's Modern Cuisine, were also on hand to whip up some mouth-watering dishes utilizing the sponsoring companies freshest produce.
Willie Itule Produce, headquartered in Phoenix, hosted its second annual Farmers Market Pop-Up Dinner on Tuesday, April 10, at its warehouse in Phoenix.
Sponsors of the Willie Itule Produce dinner event were Country Fresh Mushroom, Crystal Valley Foods, Pacific International Marketing, Babe Farms and Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce.
Chef Christopher Schlattman welcomes guests to the second annual Willie Itule Produce Famres Market Pop-Up Dinner.
The second generation of Willie Itule Produce — Andy, Jessie and Billy Itule.
A beautiful assortment of vegetables on display at the dinner event.
Emily Roth and Jeff Boles of Andrew & Williamson with Tom Haney of Willie Itule Produce, and his wife Danielle.
Eric Ramirez and Vernon Erickson of Postinos restaurant with Andy Itule of Willie Itule Produce.
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Mildred grew up in New York City, where she studied art at a special high school for the arts. She worked as a commercial artist before receiving degrees from New York University and Hunter College. Mildred taught art in the public schools for many years. She won many art awards. Two of her artworks are in the International Museum of Electrographic Art, in Spain. As a member of I.S.C.A. (an international art organization), her work was included in portfolios and sold to museums and university libraries, including the Museum of Modern Art. The Smithsonian, the Tate Gallery, and others. Mildred works in various media. Color is an important factor in her work. She is concerned about the environment (both natural and political). She had completed a series of paintings on these subjects. Mildred Becker is president emeritus of MCGOPA (Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists). She was a board member of Artists Equity. Her work may be found locally at Delaware County Community College collection and Rosemont College. Mildred's artwork is included in a book, "Artists Speak".
"I've always had the "creative urge". Color, is my passion. I enjoy experimenting with various, media. There are so many ways to make art. For me, painting, drawing and inventing art, is fun, but also serious business. I've taught art for many years, both in the public schools and private institutions. Observing the growth in my student's work is so gratifying."


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This week's episode features a review of the Apple HomePod with what it does and doesn't do, when compared to the Amazon Echo and Google Home. Live sports are now finally being broadcast in 4K HDR. Boston Dynamics has a new robot that is more Black Mirror than ever before. Robot Skiers are being tested at the Olympics. 3D Printing goes to a new level with a company that will make a model of your pet.
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As recent as 10 years ago, cybersecurity was merely a passing thought for most businesses and consumers. Today, the threat is front and center, with thousands of headlines reporting the damage of cyber incidents like the worldwide WannaCry attack in May and the more recent Equifax data breach. Protection is now a priority for all companies, and it starts with business owners knowing the top threats, empowering employees and choosing the right insurance.
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Today's contribution comes from Kate Donovan, who blogs at The Heresy Club, where this post first appeared.
I have but this one short life. Though it would be nice to plan to live to a ripe and grouchy old age, it could end tomorrow. Or next Tuesday. Life has this terrible habit of behaving unpredictably, you know.
Though I am extraordinarily clumsy, I will likely, as do the vast majority of people, fade out of existence quietly. Five, ten, fifty years from then, I will have become nothing but curled pictures and retold retellings of stories.
These are facts, and they are cold. We atheists hear a lot about the chill of disbelief, about what we miss without a sense of the supernatural, the oceans of unseen, unmeasured universe we just have to have faith in. We are asked if it isn't just a little bit lonely, to have nothing but ourselves and the neurons between our ears? With so little meaning to our lives, what motivation can we have?
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Pilot fund of £250,000 open to charities in South West
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The Santander Foundation, the charitable arm of the bank Santander, has launched a £250,000 fund open to charities that help disadvantaged people in south-west England.
The Santander Community Fund, launched this week, will provide grants of up to £5,000 for projects for disadvantaged people in the area through the foundation. It is open to small regional charities or local projects run by national charities.
The fund is being piloted in the south west before being launched nationally as a £1m fund in 2013. Applications to the fund can be made by visiting any Santander branch and completing a form.
Funding can cover salaries, equipment or materials. The closing date is 12 October. Entries will be considered by a panel of staff drawn from across the region and grants will be awarded in November.
Alison Varney, divisional managing director at Santander, said: "We're keen to hear about those small, local charities in the south west where a grant of up to £5,000 could make a real difference to help people in the area."
She said the new fund had been set up to support a broad range of initiatives, along with a quick and simple application process specifically designed for small charities.
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Every rebrand is different. Sometimes it can be as simple as a "brand refresh" – update a logo here, pull together some new print materials there…you know the drill.
But sometimes a rebrand will change the face of an organization forever. It is more than a new logo or a touched-up brochure. Sometimes a rebrand takes a long-standing and respected organization and gives it an entirely new identity and a resurgence of purpose.
When the Community Food Banks of South Dakota wanted to make their efforts as a statewide hunger relief organization more recognizable, they came to us at ADwërks with the hope that we could help them find the new identity they were looking for. We were definitely up to the challenge.
After carefully considering the CFBSD's feelings on their "current" (at that time) name and their long-term goals and vision, we knew we needed to come up with a new identity that brought to mind not simply the local community food bank, but inspired a greater vision and a greater purpose for this state.
And so, Feeding South Dakota was born. In an age when we have more causes and foundations to support than ever before, we wanted an identity that left no room for ambiguity or confusion. We wanted a name that told people, "When you join our fight against hunger, you are Feeding South Dakota." It also lets this state build off of the success that Feeding America (Feeding South Dakota's parent organization) continues to experience nationwide.
Since announcing the new identity to the public, the reception has been fantastic. Numerous major news outlets covered the story statewide, the Feeding South Dakota staff has been invigorated by the change, and volunteers and supporters couldn't be more excited to join Feeding South Dakota's efforts in relieving hunger across the state.
Along with a new logo and branding materials, ADwërks had a chance to work with ClickRain and build a new site that truly reflected Feeding South Dakota's forward-thinking vision. As you'll be able to see in the screen shots below, the new site is a much-needed upgrade and will play a major role in Feeding South Dakota's continued success over the upcoming years.
Between the new website and the community-building going on over on the Feeding South Dakota Facebook page, Feeding South Dakota has plenty of ways to reach people and fight hunger statewide. With this post, we simply wanted to highlight what a unified vision, purpose and strategy can do when creating a new identity for an organization.
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I took a break from writing for a couple of months because work got really intense and hectic, and I didn't want to beat myself up about yet another thing I couldn't achieve.
But now I'm back(ish), ready to start putting my heart back in my words and laying them bare on a sleeve… (This mixed metaphor is all awry.)
Awry is a funny word. When we were kids, my sister and I read it as aw-ree.
Tsk was tisk.
Epitome was epi-tohm.
There's a right way to do some things, and some things you can muddle through because the end justifies the means.
But the things that have a right way- you need to be open to learning that way, and you can't go on saying aw-ree, tisk, and epi-tohm.
And if you insist that your way is right, you end up looking like an uneducated fool.
It's the same thing when you're dealing with other people. If you insist that your history or your perspective or your aesthetic sense is "right", without a care for other histories and other perspectives and other aesthetics, you risk alienating amazing people while looking like an uneducated fool.
Will everybody just take a breath and listen to other people instead of trying to justify themselves? Or worse, gaslighting?
Then we can figure out the right pronunciations, together.


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First Thursday returns to Del Ray on Thursday, April 5, with the theme "Hats Along the Avenue." The monthly street festival takes place from 6pm to dusk along Mount Vernon Avenue, and is free and open to all.
In April, pull out your favorite hat, Easter Bonnet, or Crazy Hat Day-inspired creation and stroll Mount Vernon Avenue and enjoy live music from the Billy and Bob Classic Country Trio plus themed activities. Pets are welcome.
Participants are encouraged to bring donations for the Alexandria Battered Women's Shelter, to help give women escaping domestic violence a fresh start. Needed items include pots, pans, dishes, glasses/cups, toasters, can openers, coffee makers, diapers (sizes 4-6), batteries (D & AA), and gift cards. Donations will be collected at the Pat Miller Neighborhood Square, located at the intersection of Mount Vernon and Oxford Avenues.
Held the first Thursday from April to September along Mount Vernon Avenue in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, First Thursday is a series of free outdoor street festivals that bring the community together around a fun theme, benefiting a local nonprofit.
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Proposed by: David
Reviewed by: Jonathan
I've reached the conclusion—duh—mixology is subtle. My brother and I encounter some exotic ingredients, but many drinks vary themes. We revisit the staples—juice, simple syrup, the major spirit and the minor one, maybe some stretcher like soda or tonic of ginger ale, and perhaps an element like bitters to challenge an untrained palate. The Tom Collins contains essentials and is even more basic than the archetypical cocktails' constellation of ingredients. With just four parts, it's simple.
Yet, our cocktailian adventures tell me every variation deserves a story. To me, it's a wonder someone playing with these ingredients wouldn't discover a Tom Collins, but disputation is more interesting, and, of course, there's an argument.
Who invented the Tom Collins and how does the name arise? A cocktail called John Collins hits the historical record in London around 1860 as part of a song of the time. The name change, apparently, comes from "Professor" Jerry Thomas, the famous American mixologist whose description in 1876 gave the Tom Collins a name and place in bar lore.
But wait a minute. The name change may actually arise from London and the addition of Old Tom Gin, a slightly sweet version of Gin.
But wait a minute again. It turns out that the Tom Collins was also a hoax popular in New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere in 1874. People would approach someone they knew and say, "Do you know Tom Collins?" and then regale their listener with outrageous stories of the aspersions Tom had been casting about them in a nearby bar. Once the perpetrator had sufficiently riled the victim, the hoaxed person stormed into the bar and shouted, "Where is Tom Collins!?" The other patrons would roar with laughter, happy to discover (and I hope welcome) another snipe hunter.
No one really knows whether a Tom Collins is British or American—though plenty of people, apparently, fight half-heartedly over it. By 1878, it's a popular drink in bars in New York and London, busily proliferating as people tinker with alternative spirits and other ingredients.
When it comes to provenance, cocktails soar to baffling complexity. You can't know how hard I fought against making up my own story about the Tom Collins, including obscure German philosophers, time travel, an expedition to Africa, and some mighty angry hippos.
Instead, I'll just give you the recipe:
- 1 1/2 ounces gin
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup
- Club soda
- Maraschino cherry for garnish
- Lemon slice for garnish
Here's Jonathan's Review:
It's funny how even with the classics, like the Tom Collins, there is something to learn and the opportunity for a new liquor to be acquired. We've tried a lot of gin recipes and as a result learned quite a bit about gin. Even with that, I hadn't read much about Old Tom gin or had a reason to use it. But if a drink is named after the gin type, and I lean towards the story that the drink's first name comes from the liquor, I had to add to the gin collection with some Old Tom.
Another given is that there needs to be some variation of the classic to try along with the basic recipe. We subscribe to a CSA (community supported agriculture) where we pay a seasonal fee and get a bag of fresh produce each week. One of the benefits of this CSA is that we get fruit along with the vegetables plus a small amount of local maple syrup. You read that right—tapped and collected from maple trees in central North Carolina.
This year the farmer has added a quart of sorghum syrup too. Sorghum is one of the early sources for a sweetener that went out of style as sugar cane took over. A quick Google search will show that it is regaining popularity, and I thought it would be interesting to substitute a simple syrup made from sorghum syrup and water in place of the standard simple syrup.
This part is simple—the classic was better. Clear and sparkling, it is a great summer drink. Not sure I could tell a difference in the Old Tom versus another gin, but we can pretend. I expected that the sorghum version would add an extra subtle bitterness that is characteristic of the sorghum extract, but there really wasn't any notable difference in taste. The color was the main change, and the golden brown, while pretty, wasn't as appealing as the light color of the original. It was worth the try though.
Jonathan's take: It may be boring, but I'm not sure you can beat this classic for simplicity and taste.
David's Take: Like most classics, this drink does little to offend. I'm not sure whether that's a recommendation, but it's certainly an affirmation.
Next Week (proposed by Jonathan):
Time for something different. I've been intrigued by types of tequila, and particularly mezcal. There are few cocktails made with mezcal in large part because of the assertiveness that results from the roasting and smoking of the agave. The drink that I am proposing is called the Old Oaxacan and it includes lime, mint and champagne to soothe the savage liquor. At least that's what I hope.


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While not on disk yet, MATLAB release 2008a (MATLAB 7.6) is available for download from the MathWorks for licensed users. This release brings news on several fronts:
The Statistics Toolbox has seen a number of interesting additions, including: quasirandom number generators and (sequential) feature selection and cross-validation for modeling functions.
Another change which may be of interest to readers of this log is the upgrade of the Distributed Computing Toolbox, now named the Parallel Computing Toolbox. This Toolbox permits (with slight restructuring of MATLAB code) the distribution of the computational workload over multiple processors or processor cores. With more and more multi-core computers being sold every month, this offers the opportunity to greatly accelerate MATLAB code execution (think in terms of multiples of performance, not mere percentages!) to a very broad audience. Code which can be parallelized will run nearly twice as fast on a dual-core machine, and nearly four times as fast on a quad-core machine.
On a non-technical note, MATLAB has finally moved beyond software keys to on-line authentication for software installation. Is this good or bad? Both, I suppose. I'm sure that the MathWorks experiences its share of software piracy, so this move is understandable. It's also worth mentioning that MATLAB licensing is still very casual, with "one user" licensing still permitting installation on multiple machines (such as work and home), with the understanding that only one licensed person will use the software at a time.


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text: Thinking back over the last 5-6 years, how many times did someone here say, "It's not really fair to judge Tannehill when he's getting lit up almost every play?" I personally said it dozens of times because our line really has been that bad. So when I see a young QB in Rosen get the &$%# knocked out of him while he shoves the defender to the ground...then dances around a 2nd defender and launches a 20 yard bullet...wow. That's all I can say. Wow. And to top it all off? On most of those plays where he was getting pounded and knocking defenders to the ground...the kid was smiling. He was having the time of his life while his line did nothing and big, mean men were trying to kill him. I watched the game online so I don't have the luxury of going back to review, but my initial impressions of Rosen were sky high. He throws a good ball, he's super tough and he just doesn't seem to know how to give up. He almost reminds me of a Cam Newton type of QB that never stops dancing while looking downfield. For those who didn't see the game, Rosen threw a pick on his 2nd or 3rd drive. It was a bad pass where he didn't see the coverage rotating....clearly Rosen's fault. But he also had close to a dozen gorgeous throws while under extreme pressure. We're not talking about a collapsing pocket here....there literally was no pocket. Rosen would get hit once, twice and he would keep moving and shoving defenders. On one pass to Preston Williams, he was wrapped up at the waist for a full second before tossing about a 12 yard strike....that one absolutely blew me away. By the way, Preston Williams will be a WR1 somewhere next season. The kid is phenomenal and easily worth a 1st round pick. Despite anything else that happened, we know today that Rosen is a gamer. Does he have some stuff to work on? Definitely. But now I absolutely see why we went after him and I do believe he lives up to the hype. Rosen is going to be a stud in a couple of years and I really hope he's still in a Dolphins uniform.


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Görlitz. Dresden. Leipzig. Halle. I'm on my way back to Frankfurt on a searing summer day. The milk train stops in every little village, rattling through eastern Germany. The half-dozen passengers are dozing off. It is early in the morning, no conversation yet.
As I gaze out the window I see a forlorn countryside – run-down buildings, abandoned factories, empty train stations. Is this the legacy of 40 years of communism? In one of the most affluent countries in the Western world?
In the Saxony town of Halle, the train door slams open. Five young men burst into the compartment, laughing. One shouts, "Heil Hitler!" Startled, maybe scared, the passengers instantly look to their feet.
He and his friends have shaved heads. They wear heavy black boots and black T-shirts with a huge German eagle spread on it and the word "Sturm," or "Storm" in English plastered on it. One in the group has a stack of CDs in his hands. "Rock für Deutschland" is written on the cover.
Now I get it. "Rock for Germany" is a rock and heavy metal concert that takes place every year in the nearby town of Gera, about 50 miles from Halle – or that's the official version. In reality, it is one of Europe's biggest neo-Nazi festivals. That weekend, I found out later, it attracted a record 4,000 participants. The men I saw must have spent the night at the concert.
Their racist shouting echoed in my mind Monday as I woke to the news that police believed that two men they found dead were behind the killing in the last decade of at least nine men – most of them of Turkish origin – and a policewoman. The men lived in a house in Zwickau, only 20 miles from where the "Rock für Deutschland" concert took place, and are believed to have been members of a local neo-Nazi cell. In a video, they claimed to be part of the National Socialist Underground.
The region of Gera is known as the heart of Germany's radical right music scene, which police say is a gateway into the racist, neo-Nazi subculture that attracts disillusioned young people. The festival is one of myriad small neo-Nazi rallies that the men may have had contact with. For a long time, German intelligence services paid too little attention to that subculture – some say because they were overly focused on preventing potential terrorist attacks.
From my adopted city of Frankfurt, with its affluent, shimmering banks, the neo-Nazi crimes seem like something from a bad science fiction movie. But what I saw and heard in eastern Germany testifies to a sobering reality: More than 20 years after the fall of the Berlin wall, Germany remains divided into two. In eastern Germany, a sense of hopelessness prevails, often hand-in-hand with soaring unemployment and resentment against anything that's foreign.
"Here you have young people whose parents, from one day to the other, lost their ideals," said Reinhard Melzer, the pastor of the Methodist church in the Saxony town of Görlitz, during my visit that summer. According to him, almost a quarter of the town's population is unemployed. "There was no chance for them to digest that. This loss of ideal was never discussed. And now, the young people have to deal with that."
Now everyone is asking questions: What to do about neo-Nazi violence? Should there be a national data bank with names of neo-Nazis? Should the government ban extremist parties?
Maybe all of that is good and necessary – but as long as Germany remains two societies, it is questionable whether those measures would work.
On that long train journey, I remember the feeling of relief when I reached Kassel. Finally, I was back in western territory.


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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Unfair says fairy's union
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I believe in the Tooth Fairy, so this news is of great concern.ReplyDelete
Should I use my own money for my chidren's teeth?
A perfect fairy tale!ReplyDelete
as a dirge it sucks!
Demanding fairies, now there's an idea!ReplyDelete
a fairy union??? what is the world coming to, heee hee heeeeReplyDelete
I adore this! So surprising in content and the tone... perfect.ReplyDelete
I picked up a western philosophy text book and tore a page out to use in my art journal, random, completely... with the theme... category mistakes. Absurd conclusions.
Here, once again, an example of such a thing. A Fairy Union? Even an ANGRY fairy. I had never equated fairies with anger... cool to think of the power of an angry fairy (I suppose Tinkerbell got her share of anger on, didn't she?)
Anyway - loved this... on so many levels. THANK YOU!
we have a debate going on just exectly like that in the US Congress. Wish you would have told us the outcome so I would know what is going to happen over here.ReplyDelete
O I so love this! A fairy tale alive with very real innuendos!ReplyDelete
Bwahahahahahaha! So funny. "Gap in the tooth market..." ROFLMAO! :DReplyDelete
This really made me laugh! Excellent.ReplyDelete
This is a real delight. Pun after pun after pun. Glad you didn't extend it into the misuse of the word fairy by humans!ReplyDelete
Oh Keith this was absolutely brilliant. I loved word for word;ReplyDelete
the gap in the tooth market and the concern of the flower fairies etc ,so original and clever.
Aww I so support UNFAIR. I'm going to start printing up little signs tomorrow and see if I can organize a protest!! Loved this Keith :)ReplyDelete
as always you are so entertaining and and uplifting! this tale reminded me of american economics! xoxReplyDelete
Love it Keith, so funny and punny.ReplyDelete
I wonder if there are Denture Fairies For The Toothless?ReplyDelete


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1970s: The Solid State Era
From Silicon Valley to the Silicon Prairie, the work of the 70s laid the groundwork for the personal computer revolution of the 80s.
CSL explored all levels of electronics, expanding research on semiconductor materials and devices - the solid-state foundation on which microchips are built.
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26 June 2012
Storage...I finally bit the bullet
I filled it with 3, Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM, 2 TB drives in a RAID 5 config for redundancy, that gives me 4 TB of usable space, AND 2 open bays for future expansion. The nice thing about this device is that you can connect an additional 2, 5-Bay arrays to just keep expanding your current array if the need arises. Those bay only add-ons are a fraction of the cost of the main system.
The main features I'm currently using are obviously a file share, for storage of images and other data, an FTP Server for submissions to media outlets, the Media Server so I can stream videos, photos and music across my local home network and basic AntiVirus. There are so many more options I can install down the road if I have the need, like an OpenERP solution, Surveillance Station, Mail Server, VPN Server, Syslog Server, Auto backup and the list goes on and on.
If you have any questions about it, feel free to ping me. I'd be happy to point you in the right direction. My old 1 TB NAS drive will now be living across the country and has been setup with a scheduled backup so that my really important data is not only backed up, but also geographically separated. Basic disaster recovery. Bad things do happen, and this is a little insurance to guard against that. The base system (Synology DS 1512+) with drives (Seagate 2 TB) was just over $1,100, but after getting it and migrating my data to it, it's well worth the investment.
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i use the seagate black armor units. does this unit have iSCSI capabilities? is that how you are connecting to it?ReplyDelete
I'm using them for backup units and video surveillance storage units. I've setup six so far and they are working perfect. the seagate version only has 4 bays, but i stuff them with the 3TB drives in a raid 5 setup.
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It does have iSCSI built in. I'm just connecting to it via a standard UNC file share. It also has Video Surveillance built in as well (though I think that requires an additional license, I haven't used it so I'd have to check). I like the fact that I have the ability to add 2 additional external arrays of 5 bays each, which could all be controlled by this one unit. I started out with 3, 2 TB drives and left 2 bays open for future expansion....currently RAID 5.Delete
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I am a picture-o-holic. Really. I take thousands of pictures. This started when I was a little girl and has never stopped. I always had a camera with me and was always capturing moments. My grandfather used to tease me that I would never be able to afford life because I was always paying to have my pictures developed!
A couple of years ago I took the plunge and moved beyond a point and shoot camera and purchased a DSLR camera. I purchased a backpack bag and was set….except the backpack bag was an additional bag that I needed to take with me or I would have to throw my camera into my purse or children's bag – and after waiting my whole life for my DSLR, I was not about to risk scratching or damaging it! So I set about searching for a smaller camera bag – even contemplated making making my own – and then I found Camera Coats! I saw the 'Jane Eyre' and had to have it! But they were sold out! So I haunted the camera coats website almost daily to see their products. When the 'Ti Amo' came out I I did not hesitate – thank goodness because it sold out FAST!
The Camera Coat is one of the best purchases I have ever made. Ever. It has allowed me to take my camera with me everywhere. I can fit it in any bag without worry, I can sling it over my shoulder and it is protected and looks lovely. Two years ago for Jay's birthday, Mel and I decided to purchase one for her. We bought her a grey chevron with yellow shabby flowers.


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Kuro-Obi Take-Away Bar by Ippudo at Marina Bay Sands
Marina Bay Sands is known to be one of the more difficult places in Singapore when it comes to finding an affordable meal (at least to many of us, besides the 'high-end' food court).
With the opening of Kuro-Obi Take-Away Bar by Ippudo, those working around the vicinity or frequent Marina Bay Sands visitors / Pokemon trainers would rejoice as each bowl of ramen only cost $8 to $12!
Like many ramen outlets out there, customers would be given a form where they could customise the hardness of noodles, intensity of the soup as well as the amount of oil. I love my ramen to have extra garlic but with no onions! I usually enjoy strong broth but 'light flavor' would be my preferred option here since the soup base was kind of overwhelming.
Be prepared to be full since each bowl contains 140g of thick noodles instead of the usual 100g standard of Ippudo.
I had the KURO-OBI ($12) (top right bowl form the above image) and the ingredients were done perfectly to my liking. Molten yolk egg, tender chicken chashu and soft vegetables that still retained a bite.
The other ramens available were SHIRO-OBI ($8), AKA-OBI ($10) and CHA-OBI ($9).
If you would prefer to sit in, relax and enjoy your meal, Ippudo (located beside Kuro-Obi Take-Away Bar) would probably be your option instead.
The Goboten Salad with Collagen Tonkatsu Dressing would be your average salad with the addition of goboten. A quick google search told me that goboten is a root type vegetable, which is actually very rich in dietary fibres.
Our Hakata Bite Size Gyoza ($9 for 5 pieces ; $16 for 10 pieces) came a little darker than usual but not burnt. Yup, I could finish one in a bite.
The Pork Belly Bun ($5) came in cute dim sum baskets. They make decent bites for those who would want a less filling non-ramen meal.
Samurai Rib ($7 per piece ; $13 for 2) was a new dish of a refreshing twist to me. It looks partially fried, giving it a slightly crisp exterior. The meat inside was delicious yet tender.
Corn Balls (decided to call them that since I forgot the actual name) were actual corns, clustered and deep fried, finished with paprika! It was so addictive and one would never be enough.
Looking like a mini bowl of ramen, the Almond Jelly Noodle ($6) was an interesting twist to how desserts should look like. Equipped with a pair of chopsticks, I started slurping down the silky smooth agar noodle, gulping down the remaining bowl of almond soy milk (if I am not wrong).
My friend even mistaken that piece of goji berry to be chili padi!
|Goboten Salad with Collagen Tonkatsu Dressing
|Hakata Bite Size Gyoza ($9 for 5 pieces ; $16 for 10 pieces)
|Pork Belly Bun ($5)
|Samurai Rib ($7 per piece ; $13 for 2)
|Corn Balls
|Almond Jelly Noodle ($6)