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Several hours ago, I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw that one of my friends had posted "Governor Pence is a piece of shit." I didn't even need to read the rest; I already knew what had happened. Several weeks ago, a judge in southern Indiana struck down the ban on gay marriage in Indiana, calling it unconstitutional. Within the next three days, several hundreds of gay and lesbian couples rushed to the courthouse and got married. Immediately, the attorney general's office issued an appeal. Today, Governor Pence released an order regarding these same-sex marriages stating that the ban "is in full force and effect and executive branch agencies are to execute their functions as though the U.S. District Court Order of June 25 had not been issued." Meaning, my marriage, and several hundred others, are null and void.
Imagine driving through Starbucks to get your coffee while you're running errands for the day and sitting in line behind a mini-van with cartoon pictures of a five member family, and while reading your news feed on Facebook you find out you are no longer married. Imagine the excitement of planning a wedding only to realize it will never happen. Do you resend the invitations? Do you cancel the honeymoon? Imagine making dinner tonight and realizing that your "family" is a fraud, a joke to everyone around you, because the Governor of the state you lived in decided to send out a memo stating that your marriage was no longer valid. What would you do?
Even worse, imagine reading it on Facebook.
Honestly, most of my friends are married, heterosexual couples. I've never once questioned the authenticity of their marriage, but I'm starting to wonder if maybe I should. I was raised by two parents who were liberal minded and didn't believe in retaliation, rather suggested peaceful demonstration. I'm not suggesting a revolution but something has to change. At the beginning of the year when the House of Representatives was hearing the case of the ban on gay marriage, I posted an article called "Dear Annie, This Is How Indiana's Ban on Gay Marriage Will Affect Me." The article went viral and I received hundreds of letters of support. The House removed the bill's controversial language(obviously not because of my letter), making it one step forward towards same-sex marriage in Indiana. On June 25th, when the judge struck down the ban as unconstitutional, I really thought we were moving forward. What happened?
Governor Mike Pence happened.
He has stated that he believes in "traditional marriage." What exactly is a "traditional marriage" other than being between a man and a woman? I just don't get it. We're about as traditional as you can get. We work, pay taxes, eat dinner, play with our dogs, sleep, hang out with friends, work on communication issues and try to be good contributing people to our society. What's wrong with that? What do you want from us?
I'm extremely supportive of my gay friends who are married in other states, but the emotional turmoil, yes turmoil, I have gone through by not being married legally, getting married legally and then it just being taken away, is unbelievable. I just don't think most people understand what it feels like to not have any choice in the matter.
STD rates in Indiana are at an all time high. Crime and violence are astronomical and are devoted police force are overwhelmed with work. Several police officers have even lost their lives. Our inner city school system is overpopulated and no one wants their children in the Indianapolis Public School system due to the lack of attention, the amount of violence and the underachievement of the students. How is it that gay men and lesbians who want to be in monogamous, committed relationships are contributing to the lack of "traditional values" in Indiana. If anything, we're contributing to them.
Someday, we will get legally married. Today is a very serious day in my history. It has made me start to think about what I want from my life, who I want in it and where I want to be. And the truth is, I don't want to live in a state that can not and will not support the human rights of all people, especially as a social worker who has dedicated my life to the betterment of a city and state who doesn't even recognize my marriage.
As far as Governor Mike Pence, I believe his decision was political suicide. Maybe not today or next year or even next term, but the issue of marriage rights in this country will be a deciding factor in the history of this 100 years and those opposed will not be remembered, they will be forgotten.
People are referring to him as a "bigot," so I decided to look it up in the dictionary and see if it fits:
Bigot: : a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
You be the judge. As for me, I've already made my decision. I hope for the rest of you reading this, you don't find yourself scrolling through Facebook while shopping for shoes, filing papers at work, cooking dinner for your family or sitting in line at Starbucks, like me, that you find out that your marriage means...nothing.
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Quinta de la Rosa White Port 50cl
- Description:
- Shows excellent fruit on the palate, but at the same time has a long relatively dry finish.
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- Country:
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- Bottle Size:
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- Wine Code:
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- Website:
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- Other Info:
- The Bergqvist family have been making port since 1815. Quinta de la Rosa was given as a christening present for Claire Feuheerd, Sophia Bergqvists grandmother in 1906. The family port shipping company, Feuheerd, was sold in the 1930s but La Rosa was kept and run by Claire. In 1988 Sophia and her father, Tim, decided to restart the family business and launched Quinta de la Rosa as a top quality port producer onto the market place. Starting in the 1990s, the Bergqvist family were one of the pioneers in taking red table wine production in the Douro region seriously. Quinta de la Rosas wine has won many accolades in the press and is sold in many prestigious restaurants and wine stores around the world. The arrival of winemaker Jorge Moreira in 2002 has further improved the quality of the winemaking at La Rosa and their 55 hectares are now used to produce top notch port and table wine in a ratio of 2:1.
Quinta de la Rosa practice a sustainable agricultural regime being part of ADVID & SATIVA. They don't use genetically modified organisms nor do they use animal products so vegetarians can drink their wines. They recycle where possible and are HACCP & BRC rated.
Made from traditional white port varieties, mainly Viosinho, Gouveia, Rabigato and Malvasia Fina. A first class aperitif wine, a beautiful amber/honey colour, it shows excellent fruit on the palate, but at the same time has a long relatively dry finish. Very refreshing, especially well chilled.
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This Port should be served slightly chilled and is also a good compliment to rich pates and fois gras. Good to drink cold as an aperitif or with a mixer. White Port and tonic is a particular favourite on the terrace at La Rosa in the summer whilst nibbling on some home produced roasted almonds. Make it like a gin and tonic together with ice and a slice of lemon.
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The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission says goodbye to its home of more than 40 years
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May 6, 2012
1) Hugh Keice "Drink in the Desert"
Yay! Another Hugh Keice song. In case you missed it when we reviewed Hugh Keice last time, Hugh Keice sings entirely in English, and that's cool! Come to think of it, though, I'm not sure if Hugh Keice really qualifies as Korean Indie by our standards, you know? Hugh Keice is Korean, but he's based out of the UK and sings in English. That's kind of like Far East Movement, in a way, and we wouldn't really consider Far East Movement Kpop. Ah well. I think we'll be more strict in picking our Korean Indie artists next time, because we're trying to reflect what Korean Indie music is being played in Korea, kind of like how we're trying to show what Korean Pop music is being played in Korea. Problem is, we can't know for sure what indie music is being played in Korea because, well, it's Indie, which makes it not easy to pinpoint. Ah! Rambling! Anyhow, moral of the story: cool song and video by Hugh Keice.
2) Mighty Coala "열대야"
Ok, this is not what we had in mind when we first heard of the name. First off, I never thought of "Koala" as being spelled with a C. Maybe it's like those rare times I see Korea being spelled "Corea" as well? Also, this band has such an oxymoron of a name, isn't it? In what way could a Koala be mighty? Supposedly they sleep more than any other animal in the world, because they eat lots of eucalyptus leaves and are constantly zonked out. Or, at least that's what I heard on a random radio show we were on two or so years ago. MIGHTY KOALAS: SLEEPING LIKE NONE OTHER! But they're bears, so they can be violent, too. I had to Google "Koala Attack" to see if I could prove my point, and give Koalas a greater sense of mightiness. Turns out there's a band called Koala Attack. Ha! But wikipedia said Koalas are aggressive as well, so…yeah. I guess. Not that this song reflects Koalas attacking or being aggressive. This song fits perfectly with the sleepy koala stereotype, as it almost seems like a lullaby. Ha!
3) Nell "기억을 걷는 시간"
Ok, this song is going up there with some of our favourite Korean songs ever. Really: this here – QUALITY. We usually separate our Kpop Music Urges from our other music urges. Kpop has its time and place, as does – say – listening to Beach House, and the two don't really cross paths for us often. Kpop makes us dance and have fun, puts smiles on our faces, gets us up and going when we're feeling lethargic, but it doesn't often have special places in our lives, it doesn't really have a kind of life-essence beauty to it, you know? Ah! Don't kill us for that. I think some of you will agree with us here.
Anyhow, this is a Korean song that we'll put in our "beautiful music" rotation rather than our "kpop music" rotation. The last two minutes: some of our favourite Korean music ever. Really beautiful stuff. This is soundtrack-of-your-life kind of music, the end of a romantic comedy movie. It's…just…so…good! So check it out, even if you've seen it before, watch it again, and if you haven't seen it before, you can thank us in the comments :D
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Nell makes me want to learn korean. I'm seriously considering taking korean next semester because of them. Their music sounds so beautiful and I want to be able to understand the lyrics and sing along.
♥ love the k crunch!
and that Nell song is so beautiful, it is one of the first korean songs that I' ve heard ( I did not even know that the language was korean by that time) and I think that they have really good songs, and the singer, a beautiful voice, what can I say, thanks for talking about this song.
and I understand what you say about the kpop songs, that they dont have that special meaning to you, because well, most kpop songs are just to dance and have fun, as for me, it kinda has a special place, because of different things, but anyway, for me the best kpop songs are ballads XD
After listening to The Day Before, and Time spent walking through memories. I went and listened to their Slip Away album and to their old songs. Thank you sooooooooooooooooo much Simon&Martina for introducing me to such a great band. I completely fell in love with Nell.
After listening to these songs i love korean music even more! ^^;
Thank you Simon and Martina ♥
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Thank your K crunch indie. I love learning more about the K indie music. Does these groups make the K-pop chart or Do K indie music have another music chart? Mahalo.
I was so looking forward to your reviewing of The Day Before. Really. Even though it wasn't top rated, this is your blog, you can do what you want. I know you really want to review it. I (and many others) really want to see you review it. What is stopping you? Anyway, thanks for the Nell video. I love that band. Love your reviews. Fighting!
so thanks to you guys im obsessed with NELL. ever since you guys talked about their song The Day Before, i started to listen to them and realized they have a lot of good songs. same with busker busker….thanks you guys
Omg thanks so much for that Nell song, it really is gorgeous and i expect its going to be on continous rotation for looooonnnnnnnng time *_* <3
i thought the hugh keice song was in korean until i read the little bit of info you guys give…….that's embarrassing. Dx
Have you guys ever listened to Mate? They have some really pretty stuff. :)
Yaay, I love Nell and this song is awesome! :'D My favorite besides "It's Okay" and "Part 2" ^^
the second song is super cute!
and Nell is soo goodd!! Their music is so beautiful especially their newest album! I love it!
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I love nell!!!!
Their songs are great by themselves but I think the lyrics really enhances them.
I hope you have a chance to listen to "good night", "멀어지다", "얼음 산책", "마음을 잃다" as well. :)
that is one of my favorite Nell songs ever ;__________; thank you for including it ^^ I hope this would want to make you listen to more from Nell! My other favorite song is 멀어지다 :3 1분만 닥쳐줄래요 is really pleasant sounding but the irony is that the lyrics aren't so pleasant :p maybe you could check it out and see if you like it ^^
Thank you! Nell is now in my top favourites. It is so rare to find such a.. mellow? Kind? Innocent? K-pop song. It just makes me want to relax and save the world while taking time to smell the roses. o vo


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It's remarkable to learn all the information that the Canadian documentary Defenders of the Dawn manages to insert into its 45-minute length.
As a Canadian, it's shocking to learn that we do not have a guaranteed right to clean water, air or pure food, and, in fact, residents of places such as Ecuador, the Philippines and Argentina have fought for and secured those rights.
"It's not just our land, our water -- it's sacred to everybody," declares a First Nations activist in New Brunswick in the film.
The TV documentary, produced and narrated by distinguished Canadian writer/broadcaster Silver Donald Cameron, examines the fight in the Maritimes for those rights, situated within the perspective of the world stage.
I discover along the way that 177 out of 190 member countries at the United Nations recognize environmental rights, with the exception of nations like Oman, the U.S., China, North Korea and Canada. Incredible.
The film examines three key battlegrounds in the Maritimes: a contaminated landfill site near Halifax where homeowners couldn't sell their houses and had to declare bankruptcy, the pulp mill that dumps millions of tonnes of effluent into the river in Pictou, N.S., and the incredible hard-fought fight in Elsipogtog, N.B., where an American company was granted a lease to frack.
The Pictou Landing story is indeed a tale for all Canadians to consider. The Northern Pulp mill disgorges 77 million litres of drudge a day into the town's river. In addition, residents have had to put up with dirty air since the mill's precipitator -- equipment designed to reduce emissions at the mill -- conked out almost 10 years ago. It was finally replaced in May.
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What used to be a picturesque tourist town is turning into a ghost of itself, populated by empty business fronts.
"It's no longer the smell of money," noted one of the town's innkeepers. "It's the kiss of death."
But the effluent is still flowing -- called a "witch's brew of heavy chemicals and waste" by a local First Nations activist.
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Nothing seems to be moving on this issue. In fact, according to the film, Northern Pulp is listed as one of the top five polluters in the country by Environment Canada.
In late August this year, the mill was charged under Environment Canada's Fisheries Act with releasing pulp and paper effluent into water inhabited by fish due to a leak in a pipe in June 2014.
What's alarming besides the heavy polluting going on is that Canada stands among a minority of countries that don't provide environmental rights.
The filmmakers head off to places such as the Philippines, Ecuador and Argentina to show how those countries deal with their environmental problems.
In Buenos Aires, the city's 800-kilometre river was a dumping ground for industry, locals and farmers for 200 years until a group of activists decided to fight for a clean river under what is known as the Mendoza Case.
As a result, the court ruled that government and industry were required to improve the river's conditions, and an organization -- overseen by a citizen's council and a judge -- was created to remove the pollution, clean landfills near the river and install proper sewage systems to shantytowns along the river.
There are now 250 inspectors just for the river -- that is more than all of the inspectors Environment Canada has for our country.
Fracking fight
The film ends with its most compelling story -- the one from New Brunswick. If there was one thing I would have liked to see more of in the film, it would be the Elsipogtog battle prominently introduced as a thread at the start, middle and end of the documentary. The footage and the stories from the 2013 battle of residents vs. the police was riveting.
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French, English and First Nations people united in what can only be described as a soul-warming front to put a stop to the fracking of a 2.5-million acre piece of prime land in Inverness County.
The coalition involved health workers, parents, educators and a whole lot of seniors and Aboriginal people who spent days outside trying to block trucks.
It wasn't pretty.
"I saw a policeman go to this old lady sitting front of a truck and, bam! He hit her. That's when I lost it," said one First Nations activist.
There were some violent RCMP police actions and one night when the temporary settlement of activists was burned to the ground.
You may recall images from this protest. In fact, rabble.ca's 2014 Year of Living Consciously anthology uses a version of the image of an Aboriginal protester holding a feather up against a phalanx of officers for its cover.
The fight is a phenomenal story of a citizen's protest that went right. Eventually, the province's new government put a moratorium on fracking. The Texas company given the lease gave up and went home.
More than 60 communities now across Canada have environmental rights edicts -- that covers about five million Canadians. The battle continues.
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Magnolia Bakery in NYC located at 1240 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY
On my Cupcake Mission the third stop for me was in NYC on Black Friday……I know New York..Black Friday…what was I thinking!?!? It actually wasn't that bad. This Bakery on the other hand was BUSY! I can't imagine they aren't everyday though. And Yes, I did say this was my third stop on My Cupcake Mission. I will be blogging about my first two trips to different bakeries but was so excited to get this one in that well….I skipped the first two!
First of all the window decor is just the cutest thing ever. My 3 year old who loves any and everything to do with tu-tus and purple was loving this display. You can imagine her excitement when actually walking into the bakery and finding that there were Cupcakes inside! This Bakery is so cute, friendly staff, and the layout was nicely planned.
I wish I would have had a chance to take any pictures of the inside but since it was Black Friday, well enough said. What I can tell you about the inside is that it isn't very big which is the story of most restaraunts and bakeries in Manhattan. When you walk in the door to your left will be different sections for ordering. They have cakes, pies, cookies, Ice Box Cakes, and of course Cupcakes! The Carrot Cake Cupcake was to die for!! The Red Velvet was the best beside Crumbs Bakery located just down the street. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am on this secret mission to try all the Red Velvet Cupcakes from every Bakery in the United States. I know what ambitious goals I have 🙂 All joking aside I will definitely be back to get more cupcakes and try other things as well. I think my dad had a slice of pumpkin pie there which he thought was very good. Oooooh….Speaking of Pumpkin….their Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese……AMAZING!!!
Out of the six I tried there wasn't one I didn't like. I forgot to mention the Red Velvet. I need to personally address this Cupcake, after all I am on a secret mission. The Red Velvet as stated above was moist however I love my Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese. At Magnolia Bakery they make there's with Buttercream. Some people like Buttercream with there Red Velvet and if you are one of those people you have to try Magnolia Bakery in NYC, the Buttercream was melt in your mouth, so good it could have been Italian Buttercream, Buttercream Icing!
My overall Rating for Magnolia Bakery NYC would be an A++
This picture is from the Website of Magnolia Bakery!
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My daughter is a freshman at YCP which is about 2 and a half hours away from home, so on the day of her birthday her dad said she "must" have a cake!…What to do?! So i googled bakeries in York, Voila! Bearheart! Amazing, Professional,Fast,Personal Delivery, right to my daughters hands,(2 Dozen Gourmet Cupcakes!)within a few hours! it DOESNT get any easier than that! Thanks Bearheart!!! We will be back! P.S. She later informed me the variety was Fantastic, there wasnt one she did not like!:D
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Bear Heart Baking Company recently delivered Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes to Turkey Hill Dairy in Conestoga, PA. These adorable Ice Cream inspired Cupcakes were ordered by Tammy at Allebach Communications in Souderton, PA. Tammy wanted to catch the attention of the Marketing Team at Turkey Hill Dairy by sending them these cute Ice Cream Cupcakes to be delivered along with Napkins showing there Company logo. Tammy provided the napkins and the picture of what she wanted and I recreated it and delivered them to Turkey Hill Dairy in Conestoga, PA.
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****Cupcake Creation Contest**** Do you have a great idea for a Cupcake?? Come in and put your suggestion into our Cupcake Flavor Box and you could see your cupcake in our case. Winner receives 1/2 a dozen cupcakes and there picture posted in our store with the winning Cupcake!!! Entries in store only make sure to bring your ideas 🙂 Cupcake Flavor will be featured on Tuesday, August 31st so hurry in today. Name, Number, Cupcake Flavor, Filling, and Icing should be included. See you soon!Bear Heart Baking Company 1413 North George Street York, PA 17404
We introduced Brownies today at the Bakery. We had so many requests for the brownies and we were so happy to finally get them into the case today! We topped some with a Chocolate Hazelnut and Bittersweet Chocolate! We also featured some of our Original Brownies with a Whipped Chocolate Ganache and Bittersweet Chocolate! Pretty Close to a Death By Chocolate.
On top of the excitment from putting out the Brownies today I received an intersting call from someone who works at Food Network. It isn't everyday someone from a network, let alone Food Network, calls you to ask if you are going to apply to there new show, Cupcake Wars!!! You can imagine my excitement 🙂 Thousands of applications are submitted daily and I received a personal phone call!?!? SO Many Questions but so little time. I only have three days to make the video and submit the application to Cameron. Oh yes, Cameron is the nice Gentleman that found me on the internet and called me from Food Network (He works there) LOL! At this point I feel like screaming because this is an amazing opportunity for my sister and I and the Bakery!
For now I am crossing my fingers in hopes that I can meet there deadline and the deadline of my 6 Custom Cake orders that need to all be filled. Some Thursday, a couple Friday, and then a delivery and pickup on Saturday, all while stocking the cases for our storefront traffic! How do I work under pressure………I have to laugh……or else I couldn't do it 🙂
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20th March 2017
Recognising World Glaucoma Week
This week is World Glaucoma Week – to bring attention to what glaucoma is and how it affects you. Glaucoma results of a build up of pressure in the eye which results in the optic nerve being crushed – and hence your peripheral vision (initially) and then your forward vision (subsequently) being lost.
Untreated, you will go blind. Caught early and it may only require drops in the eye to keep it under control.
How do you know you have it? You won't. There is no pain, dull ache or any other physical symptom. Having a regular, thorough eye examination is the best way to protect yourself.
Any damage done is irrevocable so catching it early is very important.
If either of your parents have it, you are much more likely to get it (but not guaranteed to do so). Again, a regular eye examination at your favourite Liverpool optician is your best defence.


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SIR, I don't know, actually": The fact that America's surrogate commander in chief, David Petraeus, could not say whether the war in Iraq is making America safer was all you needed to take away from last week's festivities in Washington. Everything else was a verbal quagmire, as administration spin and senatorial preening fought to a numbing standoff.
Not that many Americans were watching. The country knew going in that the White House would win its latest campaign to stay its course of indefinitely shoveling our troops and treasure into the bottomless pit of Iraq. The only troops coming home alive or with their limbs intact in President Bush's troop "reduction" are those who were scheduled to be withdrawn by April anyway. Otherwise the president would have had to extend combat tours yet again, mobilize more reserves or bring back the draft.
On the sixth anniversary of the day that did not change everything, General Petraeus couldn't say we are safer because he knows we are not. Last Sunday, Michael Scheuer, the former chief of the C.I.A.'s Osama bin Laden unit, explained why. He wrote in The Daily News that Al Qaeda, under the de facto protection of Pervez Musharraf, is "on balance" more threatening today that it was on 9/11. And as goes Pakistan, so goes Afghanistan. On Tuesday, just as the Senate hearings began, Lisa Myers of NBC News reported on a Taliban camp near Kabul in an area nominally controlled by the Afghan government we installed. It is training bomb makers to attack America.
Little of this registered in or beyond the Beltway. New bin Laden tapes and the latest 9/11 memorial rites notwithstanding, we're back in a 9/10 mind-set. Bin Laden, said Frances Townsend, the top White House homeland security official, "is virtually impotent." Karen Hughes, the Bush crony in charge of America's P.R. in the jihadists' world, recently held a press conference anointing Cal Ripken Jr. our international "special sports envoy." We are once more sleepwalking through history, fiddling while the Qaeda not in Iraq prepares to burn.
This is why the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq, including those more accurate than Mr. Bush's recent false analogies, can take us only so far. Our situation is graver than it was during Vietnam.
Certainly there were some eerie symmetries between General Petraeus's sales pitch last week and its often-noted historical antecedent: Gen. William Westmoreland's similar mission for L.B.J. before Congress on April 28, 1967. Westmoreland, too, refused to acknowledge that our troops were caught in a civil war. He spoke as well of the "repeated successes" of the American-trained South Vietnamese military and ticked off its growing number of combat-ready battalions. "The strategy we're following at this time is the proper one," the general assured America, and "is producing results."
Those fabulous results delayed our final departure from Vietnam for another eight years — just short of the nine to 10 years General Petraeus has said may be needed for a counterinsurgency in Iraq. But there's a crucial difference between the Westmoreland show of 1967 and the 2007 revival by General Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. Westmoreland played to a full and largely enthusiastic house. Most Americans still supported the war in Vietnam and trusted him; so did all but a few members of Congress, regardless of party. All three networks pre-empted their midday programming for Westmoreland's Congressional appearance.
Our Iraq commander, by contrast, appeared before a divided and stalemated Congress just as an ABC News-Washington Post poll found that most Americans believed he would overhype progress in Iraq. No network interrupted a soap opera for his testimony. On cable the hearings fought for coverage with Britney Spears's latest self-immolation and the fate of Madeleine McCann, our latest JonBenet Ramsey stand-in.
General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker could grab an hour of prime television time only by slinking into the safe foxhole of Fox News, where Brit Hume chaperoned them on a gloomy, bunkerlike set before an audience of merely 1.5 million true believers. Their "Briefing for America," as Fox titled it, was all too fittingly interrupted early on for a commercial promising pharmaceutical relief from erectile dysfunction.
Even if military "victory" were achievable in Iraq, America could not win a war abandoned by its own citizens. The evaporation of that support was ratified by voters last November. For that, they were rewarded with the "surge." Now their mood has turned darker. Americans have not merely abandoned the war; they don't want to hear anything that might remind them of it, or of war in general. Katie Couric's much-promoted weeklong visit to the front produced ratings matching the CBS newscast's all-time low. Angelina Jolie's movie about Daniel Pearl sank without a trace. Even Clint Eastwood's wildly acclaimed movies about World War II went begging. Over its latest season, "24" lost a third of its viewers, just as Mr. Bush did between January's prime-time address and last week's.
You can't blame the public for changing the channel. People realize that the president's real "plan for victory" is to let his successor clean up the mess. They don't want to see American troops dying for that cause, but what can be done? Americans voted the G.O.P. out of power in Congress; a clear majority consistently tell pollsters they want out of Iraq. And still every day is Groundhog Day. Our America, unlike Vietnam-era America, is more often resigned than angry. Though the latest New York Times-CBS News poll finds that only 5 percent trust the president to wrap up the war, the figure for the (barely) Democratic-controlled Congress, 21 percent, is an almost-as-resounding vote of no confidence.
Last week Democrats often earned that rating, especially those running for president. It is true that they do not have the votes to overcome a Bush veto of any war legislation. But that doesn't mean the Democrats have to go on holiday. Few used their time to cross-examine General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker on their disingenuous talking points, choosing instead to regurgitate stump sentiments or ask uncoordinated, redundant questions. It's telling that the one question that drew blood — are we safer? — was asked by a Republican, John Warner, who is retiring from the Senate.
Americans are looking for leadership, somewhere, anywhere. At least one of the Democratic presidential contenders might have shown the guts to soundly slap the "General Betray-Us" headline on the ad placed by MoveOn.org in The Times, if only to deflate a counterproductive distraction. This left-wing brand of juvenile name-calling is as witless as the "Defeatocrats" and "cut and run" McCarthyism from the right; it at once undermined the serious charges against the data in the Petraeus progress report (including those charges in the same MoveOn ad) and allowed the war's cheerleaders to hyperventilate about a sideshow. "General Betray-Us" gave Republicans a furlough to avoid ownership of an Iraq policy that now has us supporting both sides of the Shiite-vs.-Sunni blood bath while simultaneously shutting America's doors on the millions of Iraqi refugees the blood bath has so far created.
It's also past time for the Democratic presidential candidates to stop getting bogged down in bickering about who has the faster timeline for withdrawal or the more enforceable deadline. Every one of these plans is academic anyway as long as Mr. Bush has a veto pen. The security of America is more important — dare one say it? — than trying to outpander one another in Iowa and New Hampshire.
The Democratic presidential candidates in the Senate need all the unity and focus they can muster to move this story forward, and that starts with the two marquee draws, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. It's essential to turn up the heat full time in Washington for any and every legislative roadblock to administration policy that they and their peers can induce principled or frightened Republicans to endorse.
They should summon the new chief of central command (and General Petraeus's boss), Adm. William Fallon, for tough questioning; he is reportedly concerned about our lapsed military readiness should trouble strike beyond Iraq. And why not grill the Joint Chiefs and those half-dozen or so generals who turned down the White House post of "war czar" last fall? The war should be front and center in Congress every day.
Mr. Bush, confident that he got away with repackaging the same bankrupt policies with a nonsensical new slogan ("Return on Success") Thursday night, is counting on the public's continued apathy as he kicks the can down the road and bides his time until Jan. 20, 2009; he, after all, has nothing more to lose. The job for real leaders is to wake up America to the urgent reality. We can't afford to punt until Inauguration Day in a war that each day drains America of resources and will. Our national security can't be held hostage indefinitely to a president's narcissistic need to compound his errors rather than admit them.
The enemy votes, too. Cataclysmic events on the ground in Iraq, including Thursday's murder of the Sunni tribal leader Mr. Bush embraced two weeks ago as a symbol of hope, have never arrived according to this administration's optimistic timetable. Nor have major Qaeda attacks in the West. It's national suicide to entertain the daydream that they will start doing so now.


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Autumn Jones works as a Human Resources Manager in Organization Development. She holds an undergraduate BS degree from Hampton University in Virginia and is currently pursuing her Masters in Organization Development and Change from Pennsylvania State University. Autumn was born and raised in Southern California, where she currently resides with her husband and two children.
Lisa and Autumn met over 16 years ago in corporate retail where they traveled together as buyers for Mervyn's. Although their working relationship was short lived and their lives have led them to different geographic locations, their friendship has not faltered. Autumn is a fighter. After surviving cancer three times, Autumn credits her resilience to the love, prayers, and support from her family and friends, and to her growing relationship with God. When she could not lift herself, they were there to raise her. From this experience, she has learned intimately that sometimes women simply can't do it all. Autumn is honored that Lisa chose her to be a part of this book. She knows the stress women face in the many roles they play and believes that too often women neglect their own hearts and bodies, as they constantly care for others. Through this lens, she sees Unveiled Beauty as granting women a gentle permission, a reprieve from the inevitable guilt, an acknowledgement of their own worth and a desire to etch a space for themselves in this hectic, joyful life.
"The first time that you hear those words 'you have cancer', it feels like an immediate death sentence. But what this hurdle has taught me is how deep my faith is in God, and just because man says it is so, does not make it so." ~Autumn Jones
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If you're a miserable, jealous person who can't feel happiness for others, then wedding season must be the most painful time of the year. We bet a recluse like you could think of a million ways to ruin some happy couple's special day. But this list isn't about you, weirdo. Go back to listening to noisecore.
This list is about everyday, happy people. People who find each other, fall in love, and have horrible weddings. We're talking corny, predictable, eye-rolling snooze fests, monstrous demonstrations of fawning that not even free cake can save. So, raise your glass as we toast the 10 Ways to Ruin a Wedding.
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Manchester United were left sweating on Wayne Rooney's fitness after the striker hobbled off the field at the end of Manchester United's 2-1 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena.
Rooney appeared to go over on his right ankle at the end of the game and his manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, said that the full extent of the damage is unknown.
"He's got a kick in the ankle, we'll just have to wait and see tomorrow," Ferguson said. "Hopefully it's not too serious. He may be doubtful for Saturday [against Chelsea], but it's too early to say."
Ferguson admitted that his side simply did not play well enough after Bayern came from behind to take a slender lead going into next week's second leg.
Rooney gave United the perfect start with a goal after just 64 seconds, but Franck Ribéry's deflected free kick in the 76th minute, and Ivica Olic's injury-time strike secured victory for Louis van Gaal's side. "We didn't play well enough to be honest," Ferguson said. "We kept giving the ball away. We caused our own defeat.
"Bayern were the better team, we can't complain about that, but we're better than that in possession. We kept giving it away and that was our downfall. The first goal was a bit of luck with a deflection but the last goal, I don't know how you describe it. The game was done and we gave a terrible goal away."
Ferguson was optimistic, however, that United can turn things around in the second leg. "Old Trafford will be a different game obviously," he told Sky Sports. "We will be much better, no doubt about that, and hopefully we can recover. We have the away goal and we'll go out to win the game."


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Orc Warlord (named Orc Warchief and ChaosWarlord in the World Editor) is a scrapped orc unit from the Warcraft III beta. It was supposed to be a hero unit, along with the far seer and blademaster but appearently it was replaced by the tauren chieftain. His quotes found in the World Editor hint that he was planned to fight for the Horde.
It appeared in the World Editor with a chaos orc portrait. It also appeared in the campaigns as Slave Master. It is also used in the WarChasers official map as a Beast Knight.
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Dream word – DOMINIONS
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For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. NKJV
All about Eve
Charterhouse public school boy, Peter Gabriel, founder of the hit band Genesis, later continued with his own solo career having his first top ten hit with "Jeux Sans Frontieres" or "Games without Frontiers". Gabriel probably based his song lyrics on a popular and lavish Pan European game-show of the same name. The British copied this show and called it "It's A Knockout", putting Stuart "as a hatter" Hall, as its host. Laugh! Everybody laughed so much at this show that they cried! In this respect then, Gabriel's repetitive lyric of everyone playing "games without frontiers and war without tears"was on the one hand quite funnily wrong.
Maybe it is just too cold and boring in Iceland, for it was an Icelandic gaming corporation that created a player-driven, persistent-world, massive multiplayer online game called Eve. Set in a science fiction space setting, players pilot a wide variety of customisable ships through a universe comprising of over, not a few thousand virtual, star gate-connected solar systems! Conquest, cloning, acquisition, economic accrual, manufacturing, trading, alliance building, wars and a multitude of other real time experiences, can all be most thoroughly experienced in the "New Eden", once accessed through the game's fictional wormhole, which by the way, is called Eve. The game is played in real time and is very, very addictive and at the time of my writing, has over a quarter of a million practicing players! I tell you tonight, that whole worlds have been created in virtual reality where thousands upon thousands of human beings, right now, are hiding themselves and wasting away their time and talents. There's a multitude of Christians amongst them as well. Why such popularity? Well I believe Peter Gabriel, that great angelic messenger of the 1980s, had it right, for there is something attractive about "games without frontiers and war without tears".
On the negative side, has there ever been a time in history where a pastor has had to try and pull people from an unreal pit of virtual reality, though the mud of material reality and then up and out the womb like worm hole of true spirituality? On the plus side, has there ever been a time where we can now truly show people how to virtually live, in a spiritual reality, within a thoroughly a material world? No, I do not think there has never been a time like this! Ever!
Surely the real possibility of functioning in the spiritual realm, receiving a new name, new character, new destiny and participating in power anointings, angelic visitations, hyper travel, intuitive intensity, insight, healing, visions and violence and much, much more, would be a far better draw for the game players of today than the life consuming virtual dreams of a few bored and cold Icelanders? You would think so wouldn't you but we have a couple of problems to overcome before we can bait this particular hook with attractive lures.
First of course, is those of us participating in dimensions and worlds unknown to other men, need first to begin to move into those spiritual realms and so much the more. "Higher up and further in," as a brave mouse once declared on reaching the edge of Aslan's land, "higher up and further in" indeed. Yet so many of us are still struggling with mouse clicks on the edge of this vast unknown which lies still so silently set before us. Tell me, if we cannot lead the way into living with Christ in the heavenlies, then who can follow?
Secondly of course, despite our ignorance of it, there nevertheless lies before us a world of waiting wonder and also of most dreadful danger. This is no game without frontiers here, this is no war without tears here either! This is the real world, the solid world of set spiritual density, and if you're not careful, then it will wound you like a knife, burn you like fire, consume you like quicksand, cower you like a whipped dog and haunt you like following shadows, cast along the damp and silent, frost ridden lanes of your life. This is the spiritual realm of which we are the rulers and the takers. Yes, this is the realm of the shining ones but of the shadow creatures as well.
There is a spiritual reality that far outstrips any player-driven, persistent-world, massive multiplayer online game. One day, as we fall headlong into its limitless and starry depths, it shall be revealed to us in all its fullness. For now though, it is open only to those who have the time and the inclination to gain the skills and the gifts to function in it.
Beware all who enter here! For this is no online game and you are no avatars in that game. It's all real! Real flesh, real blood, real soul, real spirit. Tell me tonight then O Gameboy guru, are you wise enough to let go of unreality? Are you brave enough to enter here?
Listen: "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." - Ephesians 6:12-13 NKJV
Pray: While I draw this fleeting breath, when mine eyes shall close in death, when I soar to worlds unknown, see Thee on Thy judgment throne, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee. Amen.
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I was surprised to learn that Dennis Lehane is a Dorchester native because the dialogue in the film adaptations of his books reads like it was written by a non-local enamored with Boston stereotypes. As in Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone made me wince and cringe as the actors "wikkid pissa'd" their way through a klutzy third-grade-level script. Hollywood needs to take a lesson fron George Clooney in The Perfect Storm and realize that a bad accent causes more distractive harm than good and stresses out the audience.
But what's most shocking about this film is that, in his directorial debut, Ben Affleck directs circles around Martin Scorsese's ridiculous attempt to make Boston into NYC with The Departed (known in my house as The Retahdid). Affleck is lucky he's got such an ace in the hole with his charming, accessible brother Casey, who carries the film gracefully over troubled waters.
Gone Baby Gone's not half bad but it does play into a classic Lehane cliché: an endangered child gives a protagonist license to do whatever s/he wants. It's boring watching characters go all high and mighty; poor Michelle Monaghan gets stuck with the worst and weepiest role in the pic. But she's just a symptom of another Lehane cliché: sucky female characters. As in Mystic River, none of the female characters are truly strong, likable, or smart. Amy Ryan rightfully earned herself an Oscar nod with her portrayal of a working-class slag whose daughter goes missing but the film leaves her without an ounce of humanity: It's a fine line between gritty writing and misogyny.
While this film is a much closer vision of Boston than Scorsese's, its incredulous portrayal of tough neighborhood bars, drug dealers, and police work might have you on the floor laughing. Missing kid causes characters to re-exmaine their moral fiber: It ain't Shakepeare but at least it ain't Scorsese.
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I've been fixated with this European Hillclimb Championship video captured recently by FingerVideo in St. Ursanne, Switzerland. A broad range of sporting variants charge (and dance) their way through the town and up the Pass, posting truly incredible speeds in the process…
Enjoy 😉
Car control: Europeans have it, and understand it.
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By: Brian Huber of the Waukesha Freeman
WAUKESHA — Wisconsin U.S. Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner on Thursday said no more U.S. aid or food would go to the "rogue state" of North Korea in the foreseeable future, and called on China to help defuse growing tensions on its neighboring peninsula.
The comments came during a Thursday interview ahead of the Menomonee Falls Republican's series of town hall meetings with constituents in his district over the next few weeks. Sensenbrenner will have conducted more than 110 meetings in his district this year by the end of October. He said people have predominantly been discussing health care, tax reform and foreign policy, particularly as the rhetoric between North Korean and U.S. leaders escalates.
Sensenbrenner said North Korea has violated previous agreements not to develop nuclear weapons, and where things go from here "all depend upon China."
"North Korea is essentially a client state of China and the Chinese are going to have to be the adults in the room because nobody wants to have a nuclear war and the more bellicose the young dictator of North Korea is, the closer we come to something that is accidental that will happen," he said.
"Certainly North Korea is going to have to be required to uphold all the U.N. sanctions that have been passed against them for both their nuclear program and their ballistic missile program. They've completely blown those sanctions and U.N. resolutions off. They definitely are a rogue state and frankly I don't know what the young dictator wishes to accomplish on this. What I can say is there is no way President Trump will propose or Congress will approve any more food or other aid to North Korea as a result of the fact that ever since Kim Jong Un became dictator things have gotten worse, almost exponentially."
Turning to the comprehensive tax reform Republicans want to undertake, he said the failure to repeal Obamacare means that its taxes remain in place and $1 trillion less is available for tax relief, and he pinned the blame on Democrats: "Because of the universal Democratic opposition to doing anything with Obamacare, there will be less money for tax relief for middle- income Americans, and they are the ones who are not only going to be paying for this obstructionism on the part of Democrats, also Wisconsin residents who are under Obamacare — and let me make this clear, it's a relatively small percentage because most people are covered either by Medicare or Medicaid or by an employersponsored health insurance program — they are going to be seeing double-digit increases in the cost of their Obamacare policies that are offered through the exchanges.
"Let me say that members of Congress are under Obamacare; that was a part of the Obamacare law. We are the only federal employees that are required to be under Obamacare if we get health insurance as a part of our employment by the federal government."
Messages left late Thursday for the men challenging Sensenbrenner in next year's elections, Democrats Tom Palzewicz and Ramon Hyron Garcia, were not immediately returned.
Tax reform, privacy legislation on deck
Regarding tax reform and the standard mortgage interest deductions enjoyed by homeowners, "there is no proposal that is on the table to do away with" that, Sensenbrenner said. But he predicted fewer state residents would itemize their tax deductions because he expects more exemptions in the tax code, all in the name of simplifying things.
"First of all, it is important to have the tax relief go to middle-income people.
"There will be some tax relief for upper-income people because the top 10 percent pay 70 percent (of federal taxes)," Sensenbrenner said. "You're going to see people opposed to tax reform zeroing in on that. But No. 1, we have to concentrate it on middle- income people so they can spend more of their own money.
"The president said his proposal for tax reform will basically put $4,000 a year more in the average middle-income person's pocket. But the other thing we have to look at very strongly is reducing business tax rates.
"We have the highest corporate income tax rate in the world, and that has caused businesses like Johnson Controls to move their headquarters overseas where the business tax rate is much lower, but most small businesses in the country are established as the so-called Subchapter S corporations, so their income and profits are taxed at personal income tax rates.
"Small businesses are what generates economic growth and generates jobs in this country, and the president has proposed reducing the top tax rates for these types of small businesses from the current 39.6 percent top rate to 25 percent. That'll allow small businesses No. 1 to hire
more people because they will have more disposable income and secondly to give their existing employees bigger raises because they will have more money to do that rather than send it in to the IRS," Sensenbrenner said.
Sensenbrenner also predicted the passage of the USA LIBERTY Act, to protect Americans from government searches of their communications. The current law on it, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, expires on Dec. 31, "so it has to be extended in one form or another," he said. The bipartisan effort balances the need to protect Americans' privacy with the need to protect national security, he said. He added it was important to require the government to get a warrant for gaining access to Americans' phone logs and records and go before a judge to show a need for that before information can be seized; foreigners are not entitled to such Fourth Amendment rights, he said.
NFL demonstrations
Lastly, Sensenbrenner was asked his thoughts on the national anthem demonstrations in the NFL and President Trump's call for firing players who participate in them. He said he believes everyone should stand for the anthem out of respect for what the flag stands for and sacrifices of those who fight and have fought to defend it throughout our history.
"This was a case of the NFL owners initially deciding that they were going to be backing their employees rather than backing their customers. Now it seems to me if you are in business, and the NFL is in big business, the customers should come first. I think that's what the president was stating. But there is no way the government can force anybody to do anything on that," he said.
"That's up to the owners in deciding what their employees should do as a way of keeping their customers happy. I certainly don't want to see politics being injected into sports. I am a great Green Bay Packers fan, my wife and I have season tickets to the Packers, and we go to as many games as we should, and I don't go to Lambeau Field for a political rally, I go there to watch the Packers win."
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December 2012 Visit Shetland Newsletter
I'm Abby, author of Postcards from Shetland, and I'm here again with the latest Shetland happenings, information and holiday suggestions. If you are considering a visit to Shetland, please do not hesitate to contact us for holiday planning advice, using either the contact form on the website or by phoning +44 (0) 1595 98 98 98.
Since we last spoke…
I've been thinking about all the Shetland adventures I've had over the past few years and asking myself, as always, 'where has the time gone?!' As I was hanging Mary Fraser's Fair Isle bunting across the fireplace I recalled one winter when the gales were so strong that car keys flew out of my hand into the darkness and my coat rose, like a hot air balloon, above my head! I couldn't stop laughing as I struggled back to the house to find a head torch.I tethered myself to the fence and eventually found the keys twinkling in the snow!
Apparently, the winter of 1947 was particularly harsh. Snow fell every day for weeks on end and many sheep, sheltering in peat banks or in the lee of a stone dyke, were buried in drifting snow.
A good sheep dog and a skantin-staff (a long staff or wand) were used to locate and dig out the buried sheep. If you'd like to view Shetland from the comfort of your own home with mulled wine in hand - visit the live webcams and see if Shetland experiences a white Christmas this year!
Did you know: Centuries ago, the festival celebrated in Shetland was known as Yule, which had ancient pagan roots. Yule Day was originally 23rdDecember and the month long festivities began a week before that day.
A robin is spied and reestit soup savoured
Last month a friend told me he had spied a robin in his garden (in addition to many striking waxwings. View a fantastic video of waxwings having a spot of lunch on Fair Isle here). I've been told that the sighting of a robin this early in the year means a wild winter to come. I have to admit I do love the snow. Out comes the sledge and squeals of delight as we fly down the steep hill behind our creaky old cottage, followed by foodie treats - potato soup made with reestit mutton (mutton steeped in brine, then salted) - a Shetland tradition and a great winter warmer, and a cheese and pickle midnight feast by a blazing peat fire. (Jay - why oh why did you relocate to Skeld and establish Shetland Cheese? My waistline will never be the same!) Don't forget to order one of Jay's moreish hampers as soon as!
Did you know: In times past, Yule cakes were made for the main celebration. The cakes were pinched into points around the outer edge and a hole was made in the centre; symbolizing the sun returning to the north.
'The last untamed corner of Britain' is waiting for those with a pioneering spirit
Life in magical Shetland is always an adventure, including the journey to get here! The Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2011 contributors agreed that, 'Shetland is the last untamed corner of Britain…adventurous travellers step this way'. Whatever the time of year - life (and the weather!) is never dull and there's a huge amount to offer wildlife watchers, outdoor enthusiasts and culture buffs. Author of the Shetland Quartet - Ann Cleeves, recently spoke to Mark Lawson on Radio 4 (6th November, starts at 10.20) about Shetland's scenery and its powerful influence on her writing'…because there are very few trees, so an open landscape covering hidden secrets is very interesting…You have the contrast between that great sparse openness with the huge skies and nothing to stop the wind from Norway…'
Shetland is a unique and fascinating place to live and visit, and as another new year approaches and I am click-clicking my way slowly (no competition for Hazel Tindall!) to finishing my first ever hand knitted green-as-mistletoe hat for hubby (with a rather too large brim!), it's the perfect time of year for reflection and an ideal time for those, with a pioneering spirit, to plan a winter wonderland visit to Shetland's wild and beautiful islands….
Fiery adventures and a blazing good time
Would you like to escape the gloomy January chill and visit the largest fire festival in Europe? Then get over here for January 29th 2013 and celebrate one of the events of the New Year - Up Helly Aa! Author Gary Sutherland wrote about this epic festival in his book: Great Balls of Fire: A Year of Scottish Festivals (a hilarious read). He flew in for 24 hours, didn't bother with accommodation and had the time of his life, 'Oh what a night! I'm sure I've forgotten half of it. That's what Up Helly Aa does to you…'
I recall my first Up Helly Aa - being amazed by the sight of over 800 men in crazy costumes, led by the Guizer Jarl and his fellow Vikings - all with lit torches held aloft; a mesmerizing trail of fire marching around the darkened streets of Lerwick - the sparks tracing patterns across the night sky, and the Longship carried to its final resting place - flaming torches thrown into the galley. TO VALHALLA! Followed by feasting and merrymaking in Halls across Lerwick until the wee small hours. Unforgettable.
I'll be joining local historian and guide, Douglas Sinclair, on one of his renowned Up Helly Aa tours and getting insider information about this annual festival (the Visitor Centre, Lerwick, will have dates and times). Up Helly Aa really is one blazing good party you'll brag about for years to come (when you've recovered!). Top tip: There is a programme of events throughout the day leading up to the evening shindig - visit the UHA website for further details, including information about applying for Town Hall tickets. Get booking! Did you know: Up Helly Aa actually dates from the 1880s and arose because authorities objected to raucous revellers dragging burning tar barrels through Lerwick's narrow lanes!
There's a shopping buzz in Shetland!
It's so easy to go Christmas shopping in Shetland - no crowds to battle with, no queues, and most importantly - a wide range of unique local arts and crafts to choose from. If you can't get over here for some Zen retail therapy - pop over to Shetland Heritage Shop, Shetland Arts and Crafts website (with artisan contact details) andSpirit of Shetland (irresistible knitwear).
There are also Christmas gift ideas in the Autumn and Winter issue of 60 North (free online magazine, Winter issue is out on 30th November) and if run-of-the-mill high street goods are driving you crackers - Promote Shetland info gurus are happy to answer gift idea queries and point you in the right direction (01595 989898). If you do have time to jet over to Shetland, with an empty suitcase in hand - don't miss following the Craft Trail or visiting Buzz at Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale - this year the Christmas exhibition (16th November - 23rd December) showcases a selection of work from some of the UK's finest artists, designers and makers.
Don't missDiane Garrick's stunning embroidered maps of Shetland or the very funny cartoon correspondence between local illustrator, Smirk and Sally Kindberg. There's late night shopping until 8pm (21st and 28th November, 6th and 12th December), there's hot chocolate and yummy cake in the café, there may even be an otter hanging around the burn! What more can you want? Ummm…maybe a tipple and a plate of nibbles at Mareel?! The giving is easy - in Shetland!
The Foy and other folk tales - an ideal Christmas gift for all ages
It seems like yesterday that I was on the high seas, enjoying the North Isles Nature Cruise with Simon King - watching hundreds of gannets dive for fish (spectacular), being wowed by the coastal scenery and relishing the running commentary from acclaimed Shetland storyteller, Lawrence Tulloch. I met him once again at Shetland Museum - we were both there for a 'sheeks' (a free monthly informal chat where you can discover more about Shetland's past and present). Lawrence shared that he is busy writing his second book of Shetland folk tales, due to be published in 2014.
In the meantime, I have been reading his first folk book: The Foy and other folk tales. I especially love the tale of brilliant fiddle player Robbie Anderson who was accosted by a trow (troll). He said to Robbie, 'I want you to come and play at our Owld Yul Foy' (Christmas celebration) - an occasion that Robbie always spent with his family and friends. However, Robbie knew that it was a bad idea to deny the trow his request, 'to get on the wrong side of the trows was living very dangerously.' Robbie eventually agreed to play every Owld Yul Een and was subsequently rewarded with exceptional good luck until….
The spellbinding collection of tales, many of which are from Lawrence Tulloch's native island of Yell, deals with stories of the supernatural to the lives and hardships of ordinary Shetlanders. This book is an ideal Christmas gift and suitable for all ages. If you'd like to find out what happens to Robbie Anderson and the magical Foy loving trows -follow me! Be sure to watch out for mischievous Shetland trows - according to folklore they like to appear from their underground abodes seven days before Yule Day (known as Tulya's E'en) and visit the homes of mortals. Did you know: On Yule Eve people use to leave an iron blade near the door - apparently trows don't like iron!
December's prize: Colours of Shetland - ten signature hand-knit designs from Kate Davies
Congratulations to November's prizewinner Joanne Rowshangohar from Essex - the Shetland Quartet - a sequence of four spine-tingling murder mysteries is on its way to you! Don't forget to keep an eye on Shetland.org for scheduling information about the forthcoming two-part drama: Shetland. I can't wait!
This month's prize is from my favourite woolly writer and textile designer - Kate Davies. I'm wearing one of her designs (Sheepheid) in my profile photo, and on my Christmas wish list (BIG hint hubby!) is the snugglyRams and Yowes Blanket kit.Kate's new book - Colours of Shetland - featuring ten signature hand-knit designs (five garments and five accessories) is inspired by Shetland landscape, wildlife, objects and people - each pair of designs is part of a different Shetland "colour story" which is explored through words and pictures.
If you're not familiar with Kate's work - you're missing traffic stopping cool knits and if you want to nail cold weather chic - visit Kate's website. I heart the Snawheid design - a snowflake-adorned beanie featuring a gigantic snowball pompom and knitted in Shetland Organic 2 ply, and a second beanie knitted in, 'it feels like spending time with an old friend'Jamieson and Smith Jumper Weight. Gorgeous!
New Year Plans…
I have so many plans for 2013 - camping on Fetlar,Geocashing - an outdoor treasure hunting game, navigation lessons and a walk on the wild side with walking and wildlife guide, Graham Uney… My to-do list is endless and a calendar (or three) is essential! My favourites are Mark Sinclair's breathtaking contemporary full colour Shetland calendar (£12.50) andShetland Museum and Archives calendar (£6.50) showcasing vintage scenes of knitting and textile production. Make sure you highlight your holiday to Shetland!
Wishing you a very happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
See you soon!
The Perfect Christmas
Beginning of December is our favourite time of the year. It's dark and cold outside but inside the fire is blazing, lights are twinkling and the house smells of mulled wine, gingerbread and mince pies - it's Christmas time!
Every second year we tend to spend our Christmas in the Czech Republic where I come from but this year we staying is Shetland. We are looking forward to two weeks of spent cosied up inside after long afternoon rambles and visiting friends. And for Hogmanay we are heading to Unst to spend a few days in my favourite cottage. Unst is brilliant for a mini adventure so we will be taking waterproofs and warm clothes with us and I'm looking forward to exploring more this beautiful island.
If the weather allows us the plan is to do the spectacular 'Burral and Sandwick' walk which ends on our favourite beach - The Easting. Also known as Sandwick, meaning 'sandy bay' in Norse, it provided a home, food and shelter to generations of Shetlanders and the land surrounding the bay is peppered with the remains of farmsteads, field boundaries and cultivation from periods spanning from Iron Age, through Picts to Viking/Norse settlers. For Jan, who loves Vikings, it will be amazing to 'step inside' a Norse house which was built in the early 1100s and lived in by several generations - we will be instantly transported almost 1,000 years back in time! And when we get back to the cottage we'll have some hot chocolate and enjoy reading some of Jan's favourite Shetland books - one of them 'The Grumpy Old Sailor' written by Janice Armstrong and beautifully illustrated by an internationally renowned Mailo So. Sounds like a plan!
Merry Christmas and happy adventures!
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Naturopaths believe in traditional methods of good health and treating illness. That's the problem.
While it may be fun to go back in time and visit a historic town like Barkerville, it's not fun to treat disease with traditional medicine. Ezekiel's parents found this out when their 19-month old died while under the care of a naturopath. An Alberta court found the parents guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life. It prompted 43 medical doctors to demand an investigation of the College of Naturopathic Doctors of Alberta.
The idea that nature knows best dates back millennia. Natural healing is recommended in a book endorsed by the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors:
"Over 2,400 years ago Hippocrates was the first to proclaim 'the healing power of nature'. Known as the founder of medicine, he believed in the natural healing ability of rest, a good diet, fresh air and cleanliness. Naturopathic medicine is based on this ancient philosophy."
While it's true that cleanliness is vital to health in the form of potable water and hand-washing, it's true only because of the modern discovery of pathogens not because of any inherent virtue of cleanliness.
But rest, a good diet, fresh air and cleanliness won't cure infection caused by bacteria and viruses. Only modern antibiotics and vaccines can do that.
Modern medicine and naturopathy both converge and diverge with Hippocrates.
Hippocrates got some things right and some things wrong, says Peter McKnight in the Globe and Mail (May 9, 2016). Hippocrates rightfully criticized the old Greek notion that the gods were responsible for health. What Hippocrates got wrong, and what naturopaths persist in believing, is that disease was the result of an imbalance of life forces. Hippocrates replaced one false notion with another says McKnight, a former Templeton-Cambridge fellow in science and religion at the University of Cambridge.
Medical doctors still take the Hippocratic Oath as a testimonial to ethical standards. However, the modern oath was not penned by Hippocrates: it's less than one hundred years old.
"Yet ironically, his effort inspired vitalism, the discredited, pseudo-religious idea that living matter differs from non-living matter in that it possesses – or more accurately, is possessed by – a mysterious, metaphysical, non-mechanistic life force," adds McKnight.
"This phenomenon has gone by many names in the West – the vital force, vital energy, elan vital – and is given expression in the chi and prana of Eastern philosophy. . . it was the job of healers to balance things out, which is why Western medicine once relied on bleeding people to re-establish harmony and balance."
The notion of a life-force may be interesting but it's not medicine. What is the difference between a person that is living one moment and dead the next? It seems like a life-force has left. Alas, such questions are in the realm of philosophy and religion.
I also see the appeal of nostalgia, to magically return to a way of life more in tune with nature –a way that probably never existed except in our yearning to escape our complex and depersonalized way of life.
Naturopaths rely on a dose of magic. "But magic isn't medicine. And neither is naturopathy," concludes McKnight.