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text: Multiple call integrations Multiple call (or multiple page) integration scripts are a bit more complicated. They require multiple calls to a data source to retrieve data. Like a single call integration, a multiple call integration must also have retrieveData() implemented. In the body of retrieveData(), the integration uses the hasMoreData() and setNextRunParameters() methods provided by VulnerabilityIntegrationBase. The hasMoreData() method accepts a single Boolean that instructs the VulnerabilityIntegrationController to insert more processes to pull more data. When passing true to hasMoreData(), a call to setNextRunParameters() is made to provide context to the next process. The setNextRunParameters() method accepts a single object that provides context information to be used by the next call to retrieveData(). This object is used to pass state to subsequent calls to retrieveData(). An example use case is to pass an object that indicates the current page number and page size to a web service. For multiple call integrations, each retrieveData() call first checks the current process parameters. The _getProcessParameters() method is provided to all VulnerabilityIntegrationBase as a convenience to get the parameters set by the previous process. If there are no parameters, it would indicate that it is the first process. A screen shot of a sample multiple call integration script follows. Extending on the single call integration example, this script demonstrates making calls to a REST endpoint that has basic pagination support. It shows how you can get a single page of data, recognize that there is more data to retrieve, and then tell the next process which page to retrieve.Figure 1. Multiple call integration script

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Lieutenant Sengar Hesh was an Arkenite Starfleet officer in the 2260s.
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Environmental Concerns About Controversial Federal Enforcement Nominee Confirmed
The US Environmental Protection Agency's Region V office today will release its preliminary draft report on the investigation of Ohio's enforcement of federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act. The US EPA's investigation has been the object of heightened public interest because it reflects upon the qualifications of the Bush administration's controversial nominee – Donald Schregardus – to head EPA's national enforcement program. The draft report will be released to the public later today, but a letter accompanying the draft was released to the public late last Friday. According to the letter, Ohio must take steps to avoid withdrawal of authority to administer Clean Air Act programs in the state.
"This program review appears to be a wake-up call for Ohio EPA and bad news for Don Schregardus's bid to be EPA's top enforcement cop," said Maria Weidner of Earthjustice's White House Watch program. "EPA's letter threatens withdrawal of Ohio's clean air programs unless changes are made. As part of its consideration of whether Mr. Schregardus is fit to head EPA's enforcement program, the US Senate should carefully examine this report as well as the public comments on the draft that will be submitted during the 30-day review period."
Schregardus's tenure as director of Ohio EPA (and that of his successor) has been the subject of this federal investigation by EPA known as the Ohio Program Review. The review was initiated after petitions from several Ohio environmental groups submitted information to US EPA documenting the failure of Ohio EPA under Mr. Schregardus to enforce federal environmental standards.
"EPA's letter indicates that the review is not a good report card for Don Schregardus," explained Weidner. "We are concerned that the Bush administration has been trying to sugar-coat the findings of the Ohio Program Review in order to help Schregardus's chances of being confirmed by the Senate, but apparently Ohio's failure to adequately enforce the Clean Air Act was too blatant to overlook."
Donald Schregardus's nomination for Assistant Administrator of EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance has drawn fire from national, regional, and Ohio environmental groups, as well as from several US Senators. Concerns have been fueled not only by the EPA's investigation of Ohio's enforcement of federal environmental programs, but also due to several other troubling aspects of Schregardus's track record as director of Ohio EPA, including:
- Schregardus's opposition to every federal initiative to clean up the nation's dirtiest power plants while at Ohio EPA and his role in the agency's decision to disregard a federal mandate that called for the reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions from utilities.
- A ruling by a US administrative law judge that found Schregardus and other Ohio EPA officials guilty of violating the whistleblower provisions of seven federal environmental statutes and of misrepresenting possible threats to human health at contaminated sites in Marion, Ohio.
- During Schregardus's tenure at Ohio EPA, legal actions brought by the agency to force polluters to clean up contaminated sites fell by more than 50 percent.


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Ryan Pearson explains the Mason hair club
I mentioned last week that the George Mason Patriots have pledged to stop cutting their hair until their longest-in-the-nation winning
losing streak finally ends. The Patriots play two CAA bottom dwellers this week. If they sweep those games and win the CAA tournament, we're talking about at least three more weeks before these hairs get trimmed. And Ryan Pearson, seen above, apparently hasn't had a haircut since the winning streak began on Jan. 12. That's a legit hair club.
"It just gives us our own little personality," Pearson told Comcast SportsNet. "Everybody come out here, we looking rough, we looking a little intimidating. We intimidate our opponents and we get Ws. That's what we're doing....My mom hates when my hair's like this. She is so against it, but I told her it's for the team. Whatever it takes for the team to win, I'm gonna do."
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Grilled Avocado with Black Bean Salsa
Simple and tasty, and as spicy as you like!
Strawberry Salsa
Try this fresh twist on a salsa and serve it on crostini, with nachos or as a side dish.
Quinoa Meatball Tagine
All of the flavours and textures of a spiced, fragrant tagine with the benefits of nutritious quinoa, herbs and seeds.
A simple, healthy, whole food recipe, ready in under and hour!
Chilli Sin Carne
You'll love this bowl of gently spiced chilli which is perfect with a little soya yoghurt.
Quinoa Coconut and Coriander Salad
So I am quite a salad freak.
Love salads and when I say salad I don't mean lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber…I mean protein packed deliciousness and plenty fresh ingredients on a plate!
NEVER be stingy with a salad.
Chia Pudding
Chia is an incredibly nutritious seed that is usually organic and sustainable.
I call this a pudding, but feel free to eat it for breakfast, as a snack or an after-dinner treat.
Roasted Red Pepper Soup
This soup is a vivid red colour and looks lovely served with a swirl of dairy-free cream or yoghurt. It's especially nice on a rainy day or anytime you need to add some brightness to a meal.
Jackfruit Ceviche
Ceviche (pronounced "seh-VEE-chay") is a Latin American dish which traditionally consists of raw fish or shellfish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime and/or lemon juice). The acid in the citrus juice coagulates (denatures) the proteins in the seafood, effectively cooking it. Since no heat is used, the dish is served cold. There are many recipe variations combining the marinated fish/shellfish with a wide variety of other fresh ingredients such as onion, tomato, cilantro, chili peppers and avocado. My plant-based version relies upon cooked unripe green jackfruit as a replacement for the fish/shellfish, since it has a neutral flavor which takes on the flavor of the marinade and a flaky texture reminiscent of cooked crab. The dish is essentially a zesty, marinated plant-based salad which is served cold as a refreshing appetizer with crispy corn tortilla chips. This recipe yields enough ceviche for two to three guests; for more simply multiply the recipe.
Chunky Spanish Rice
I LOVE making meals that can feed my family for a week and one of my hubby's faves is my Chunky Spanish Rice! It's bursting with flavor, chunky and crispy veggies and perfect for any week night meal. I healthified and veganized this from my mother-in-law's recipe and added my own Colombian twist too!
Vegan Feijoada
I like to take traditional recipes from my country, Brazil, and 'veganize' them. Feijoada is a black bean stew, with the consistency of a thick sauce. Black beans are a great source of protein and vitamin B6. This vegan feijoada is a nutritious and well-balanced meal…
Homemade Fruit & Nut Chocolate
There's some amazing vegan chocolate out there, but it is also great fun making your own!
Sweet Potato Bread
Gluten free, soy free, nut free, yeast free. This quick, no-rise bread is so incredibly simple to make and relies on only a handful of ingredients to pull it together. Cooked sweet potato binds the dough; adding moisture, colour and flavour. The result is a crisp crust with a dense and slightly sweet soft interior.


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Hardback, 10 x 6 ins. Blue cloth with illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW minor rubbing to edges, small nick at top of spine. NOT clipped.) Inscribed by the Author opposite main title page "Barbara Pasham, from the Author, Jan 1983." Some minor handling marks else a very clean and tight copy. 274pp. Illustrated with 81 B&W photographs and 12 maps + Maps to endpapers.
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Wallpaper* & Bentley: more than meets the eye
Bentley is renowned for going to extraordinary lengths in order to achieve excellence, or in the case of its latest project, extraordinary heights.
From the soaring towers of Dubai, Bentley has captured the world's most detailed landscape image using a panoramic 'Gigapixel' camera. Suspended 264 metres off one of Dubai's tallest buildings, the camera withstood the Emirate's hazy 40-degree heat and 15 mph winds to capture 1,825 individual frames. Painstakingly stitched together with careful attention paid to light balance, the result is a 57.7 billion-pixel panorama, which is so wide, it even shows the curvature of the earth.
From among Dubai's swirling network of highways, turquoise waters and glittering glass towers, eagle-eyed viewers will just about be able to pick out a Bentley Flying Spur W12 S parked within Dubai's luxury marina. However, zoom in, and there is no mistaking. Using NASA-derived technology, the 'Gigapixel' camera's powerful lens allows viewers to get so close that they can inspect its famous winged bonnet badge in sharp focus.
A testament to Bentley's attention to detail, the intricate process took no less than 48 hours to create. The amount of time that Bentley has invested in perfecting this single image is impressive, but coming from the British marque that thinks nothing of dedicating 130 man-hours to the build of a single Flying Spur, perhaps it's not so surprising.
Just like the photograph it features in, the Flying Spur W12 S is full of extraordinary detail and hidden delights. Designed with both the driver and passenger in mind, Bentley describe the W12 S derivative as 'a luxury sedan for those who wish to be chauffeured, as well as those who choose to drive'. Beneath its bonnet lies a mighty 6.0-litre, twin-turbo W12 engine with enhanced power (635 PS) and torque (820 Nm) outputs. To match the impressive power upgrades, Bentley saw fit to install a new responsive suspension tune to improve handling and provide even more traction.
In terms of appearance, all of the hallmarks of traditional Bentley styling are here but are accompanied by some subtle sporting updates; sharp feature lines complement muscular rear haunches, while LED daytime running lights, subtle blackware elements and a choice of stylish alloy wheels lend it a contemporary, athletic character.
In a new 360-degree film featuring John Paul Gregory, Bentley's Head of Exterior Design, the Flying Spur W12 S reveals itself to possess an altogether darker and more assertive character than its stablemates. In the film viewers can further explore the Flying Spur W12 S's sleek detailing, from the new gloss-black rear bumper to the new black 'S' on the W12 S badge. For Bentley the devil has always been in the detail.


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Islamabad, February 27, 2019 (PPI-OT): The inauguration ceremony for Project for Strengthening Training Center on Grid System Operations and Maintenance took place between H.E. Mr. Yusuke Shindo, Charge d' Affaires, Embassy of Japan in Pakistan and H.E. Mr. Omar Ayub Khan, Federal Minister for Energy, Government of Pakistan.
The grant for "Project for Strengthening Training Center on Grid System Operations and Maintenance" was used for the installation of Grid Training Simulator and Classroom Building at New Kot Lakhpat training center of Technical Services Group (TSG) of National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC). With the Simulator, it is expected that the improved capacity of Grid Stations and Protection Relays training function will serve for operations and maintenance of Grid Stations.
H.E. Mr. Yusuke Shindo, Charge d' Affaires, Embassy of Japan in Pakistan, emphasized the hope that this cooperation will support the work of the government of Pakistan to have sustainable development through this project and would strengthen the existing bond of friendship between the two countries.
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Spicy prawn cakes
Nutrition and extra info
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- carbs61g
- sugars1g
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- protein33g
- salt3.59g
- 3 spring onions
Spring onionsp-ring un-yun
Also known as scallions or green onions, spring onions are in fact very young onions, harvested…
- 2 small red chillies
Part of the capsicum family, chillies come in scores of varieties and colours (from green…
- finely grated zest of 1 lime and 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
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- pinch of sugar
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- 3 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
- 225g shelled raw tiger prawn
- 1-2 tbsp plain flour, for dusting
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
Sunflower oil
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- 140g medium egg noodles (we used Blue Dragon)
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 rounded tsp grated fresh root ginger
- 50g mangetout, trimmed and thinly sliced lengthways
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- 2 tbsp soy sauce
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- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
Chop 1 spring onion and tip into a food processor. Slice the remaining 2 spring onions diagonally and set aside. Halve both chillies lengthways and discard the seeds. Put 1 chilli into the food processor, finely chop the other and set aside.
Add the lime zest, sugar, 2 tbsp of the coriander and a generous pinch of sea salt to the spring onion and chilli in the processor and whizz to a coarse paste. Add the prawns and whizz until everything is chopped but still has some texture.
Tip the mixture on to a floured surface and with floured hands lightly shape into 4 rounds, each about 1cm thick. (You can make ahead up to this point. Cover and keep refrigerated for up to 24 hours.)
Heat 2 tbsp of the sunflower oil in a smallish frying pan and start frying the prawn cakes – cook over a medium heat for 3-4 minutes on each side, turning them over when they become golden. As soon as you have turned the prawn cakes, put the noodles into a saucepan of boiling water on a back burner. Stir to separate and cook for 4 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 tbsp sunflower oil in a wok (or another frying pan) and stir-fry the garlic, ginger and reserved chilli for 1 minute. Tip in the mangetout and reserved spring onions and stir-fry for a further 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the soy sauce, sesame oil and lime juice.
Drain the noodles and toss them into the stir-fry. Pile on to plates, top with the prawn cakes and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and remaining coriander.


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On Sunday, August 5, we took our sweet boy over to St. Ignatius Church with our family and friends to have him baptized.
As it was a 90+ degree day with exceptionally high humidity, a few scattered rain showers and thunderstorms popped up, but never took away the humidity.
It was so wonderful for my family to drive in from New Jersey to celebrate with us! It was also their first time to meet Max and to see Jack for the first time in a few months, so there was a lot of catching up to be had.
As Max was 6 weeks old, he had a growth spurt this past week and was eating more and a little bit more fussy than usual, but the day of the baptism, he woke up with a smile on his face and was happy all day long.
Our friend Father Kelly returned from his vacation to come down to his old parish to baptize Max.
Max wore the heirloom christening gown that my mother, uncles, cousins, sisters, Jack and I wore. The beautiful Irish linen gown is close to 100 years old and is extremely delicate, so we opted to dress him at the church.
His Godmother, Colleen and I dressed him, which brought back many memories of my mother dressing Jack in the gown two and a half years prior.
As we were waiting for a few other people to arrive at the church, we decided to take all of the pictures with the family, etc… ahead of time. Max's Godfather, Jeff and Colleen posed for pictures and we also made sure to get the whole family together for one big family shot for the first time in a long time.
Jack loved playing and sitting with his cousins and we were all very glad to spend time together and laugh.
Max was very good during the baptism, and when it came time for Father Kelly to pour the water over his head, he literally moved his head side to side in delight as he poured the water. Looks like we may have another water baby on our hands!
Following the baptism, we all headed back to my mother's house for a little luncheon. We enjoyed lunch and of course, the children were anxious to get to the cake.
Two friends of mine so graciously offered to spend the Friday of the baptism weekend to bake a cake from scratch and to make my Aunt's famous icing for our celebration. As I do not have one cooking or baking bone in my body, I was absolutely nervous, but we did a fabulous job! My Aunt who makes the famous icing also had some of the cake and said that we hit the nail on the head and that it was delicious! We were thrilled!
It was a lovely day and a wonderful little celebration for our Max! May God bless him always.


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The Hunger Games
We are in a strange moment. It is a moment that calls out for resistance – the global retrenchment of class power through austerity; the increasingly bold political attacks on women in North America; the still-changing mix of attack on queers and accommodation with queers who are already privileged in other ways, combined with appropriation and re-organization; the quite different mix of re-organization, silencing, and attack on racialized people; the ongoing erasure of disabled people; so much more. And people resist. They live when they are told they should die, they help and love and co-operate when they are told they should consume and compete, they defy when they are told they should comply…at least sometimes. Collective expressions of that impulse are important to nurture where they happen but are unpredictable, scattered. So many spaces churn with isolated efforts to survive, leftover imagery from past struggles, and a kind of emptiness that cover real anger and real contemporary struggles of ones and twos and tens getting by, and sometimes managing to blunt the local manifestations of the knife. Those swirling images matter, I think – they are one of the few hooks that we have for this desire for things to be other than they are, this sense that they can be, when so many of us are not only detached from participatory, democratic spaces that can give collective form to the struggles that fill our everydays but, after decades of neoliberalism, even from the sense that it is possible to create such spaces in ways that could mean anything for our lives. We sense the swirling anger, the swirling images, but we have trouble making the leap to seeing them as genuine possibilities of radical imagination that we can struggle to make real, and instead relate to them more often as ghosts. Yet the desire persists, the need persists, for a world that is more just and free, as well as the echoes, at least, of past efforts to make it so. Hollywood can stir them up, remix them, sell them back to us. We know this because of how much work is done by the social organization of the news and entertainment media to convince us that these things don't matter, that they are fun but without any real meaning or possibility.
This is the realworld cultural context in which Katniss Everdeen's story is being told. I think a big part of her resonance in this moment is her passionate commitment to survival in the face of hardship, and her unflinching insistence in respecting human dignity, her own and other people's, in the face of oppression that denies it. Not only that, but her story allows her to make such choices in moments where their resistant character is clearly visible to us, and where her choices have important material consequences (even if more of those will only become clearer in future instalments in the series). Insistence on survival and dignity in the face of all of the pressures not to survive and all of the pressures that deny our own humanity and push us to deny the humanity of those around us speaks to what we need so very badly in this moment. However, the way these things happen in the movie misdirects us, neutralizes their potential. It builds on what is messed up and awful in what is even as it remixes images of resistance and tunes them to our desires for something more, something better.
Who Katniss Must Be
One important way that The Hunger Games misdirects us is through what it says about who Katniss must be in order for her to win. Some of these elements are present in the story arc in both book and movie, and others are accentuated in the movie – I would argue because the extremely high level of capital investment in a feature film intending to be a "blockbuster" means a different kind of responsiveness to mass audience expectations (or their incorrect perception by studio execs) than the more modest outlay required for a book. In both, her chance at victory requires her to perform a certain kind of femininity as she tries to position herself, in the lead-up to the start of the games, to get sponsors. That is, being a certain kind of woman is shown as necessary to win. This happens in the book as well, but there it shown more clearly as an imposition, and Katniss is shown as more resistant. (Though see also this piece which points out that the way it is shown wavers between opposing imposition and opposing femininity itself – for instance, exaggerated femininity, and perhaps a kind of aesthetic queerness, is a primary way in which the Capitol is Othered for the viewer.) Another element of how this shifted with the change in medium is the way her fiery temper is made much more moderate in the movie. That is, for her to act in resistant ways that refuse to deny human dignity, she has to do it in a way consistent with how many people in the audience (and many studio execs) perceive as proper for a woman – she couldn't be shown as too angry, or people might not like it.
Moreover, in both texts her victory is shown as depending on her being seen as involved in a heterosexual romance (one which even invokes the epitome of hetero romance, Romeo and Juliet, in a number of ways, including the threatened double suicide in the climactic scene). Again, the fact that this is imposition and the fact that she resists – that is, that heterosexual coupledom is not inherent and natural but is socially imposed as a condition necessary for a woman to be allowed to succeed – is much clearer in the book, though she ultimately complies there too. In the movie, I think it was deliberately portrayed such that those viewers who had read the book would read Katniss as deliberately faking it to survive, while those who hadn't could just as easily read it as a genuine romance blossoming between her and Peeta. In the movie it seems like an almost invisible instance of the near-universal convention in which the successful conclusion of a movie requires the formation or triumphant preservation of a heterosexual relationship.
Another aspect of what the movie shows that Katniss must be in order for her to win is white. In the early stages of turning the book into a movie, online critics writing from an anti-racist perspective pointed out that Katniss is portrayed as racially ambiguous in the book – as not white and perhaps as mixed-race. There was a great outcry when Jennifer Lawrence was cast in the role. This is not, I should add, any comment on her skills – I think she is very talented and she really impressed me in this movie. The problem is that the producers decided that whiteness was necessary to tell the story they wanted to tell in ways that they thought would resonate with enough (white) people to make the movie financially successful. Another troubling moment related to Katniss' whiteness and her heroic journey within the movie is the scene in which Rue dies. It is already clear by this point that Katniss' immediate struggle in the games is meant to be read as connected to a larger, collective struggle of survival and dignity against the oppressive Capitol. In her final moments, Rue tells her "You have to win!" While there is certainly ample justification in the movie in terms of the interpersonal relationship between these two characters to make this a plausible statement for Rue to make, it still reads quite strongly to me as a moment meant to bestow a certain kind of legitimacy on Katniss, a kind of confirmation of the racial universality of the struggle of the white hero through a sympathetic Black character saying to do it for her. This universality, of course, is so often denied to non-white heroes in general, and was specifically denied to a non-white hero in this movie through the casting of Lawrence.
What Struggle Must Be
The movie, again in line with the book in some ways and more than the book in others, also politically misdirects us in what it tells us about what struggle must be.
Before expanding on that, it is important to note that there are ways that it portrays oppression and resistance that are interesting and that do allow us to think usefully about the world in which we actually live. The kind of spatialized mechanisms of control between a centre (the Capitol) and a periphery (the Districts), and the specialized roles in production played by the territories of the periphery, reformulate a very real and active aspect of how our current global social relations work. It even potentially makes this mechanism more visible to readers and viewers because it casts it all within a post-apocalyptic U.S. rather than as the relation between Europe/North America and the rest of the world which is made largely invisible in our realworld culture. The Hunger Games also shows in a number of different ways how horrible violence is ritualized and/or routinized and thus made invisible, particularly to those who are not subject to it. And, certainly, this is an important idea to explore, given the extent to which our lives in North America depend on massive violence that is largely invisible to us, and the extent to which good liberals will immediately reclassify you as someone not worth listening to when you try to point that out. As well, various points made by the "President Snow" character about the political role of the Games, such as giving oppressed people a hint of hope – not none, but not too much – resonate with the real world (see: Horatio Alger). And the division of those who benefit from oppressive social relations between a small number of conscious elite oppressors and so many others who more passively benefit but whose desires, structures of feeling, and interpretive practices are organized such that they can maintain a self-image as good, violence-free people yet react to resistance by the oppressed in ways that fully support the oppressive status quo and tacitly or explicitly support repressive and oppressive violence.
But there is a lot about how struggle is portrayed that is much more troubling. For instance, while there are moments where refusal of an oppressive status quo is shown as being an assertion of dignity, there are other moment where resistance is shown as being about virtue. Assertions of human dignity are an important aspect of struggle because it is core to that act to assert that all of us deserve it, even though we are flawed. An emphasis on virtue, however, reinforces an oppressive and culturally dominant idea that only those who are virtuous have a right to object to their oppression, and that ways of objecting to and resisting oppression must be such that virtue is maintained in order to be seen as legitimate. The bind of having to be passive or (an oppressive version of) perfect is yet one more way that resistance gets undermined.
As the previous section outlined, even Katniss' instances of insisting on dignity are in part grounded in certain kinds of implicit claims to virtue through who it is shown she must be in order to be the resistant hero. But it becomes even more stark when you look for signs of oppression and resistance beyond Katniss herself. One powerful association of virtue in the dominant, white-supremacist imaginary in our society is with whiteness, and between sin or evil or corruption and non-whiteness, particularly Blackness. Part of how the movie constructs Katniss' fellow citizens of District 12 as not only oppressed but virtuous in their oppression, therefore, is showing them as largely white and by invoking (sanitized) imagery from our past of hardscrabble, oppressed, poor white folk and white industrial workers. When they show snippets from other districts later in the movie, more multi-racial images of oppressed people are shown, but in the initial establishment of the movie's framework, white members of the audience are pulled in to identify with those who are oppressed in part through the whiteness and ostensible virtue of the oppressed.
Interestingly, while they do show more breadth of racial backgrounds among the competitors in the Games and in the snippets of other districts, they still show a lot less racial diversity than a post-apocalyptic U.S. would actually have, following today's trends – the virtual absence of people who are visually identifiable as Latina/o particularly struck me. This, too, is part of trying to generate identification between the movie-going demographic with the most money and the people the story needs the viewer to identify with. And, of course, when they show the beginning of forms of resistance that the movie-going demographic with the most money will find scary or offputting – when the riots start after Rue's death – it is shown as a Black man that starts it, playing on racist stereotypes that associate violence and criminality with Black masculinity. (This is also in line with the way that Thresh is portrayed as meeting certain dominant, white, racist stereotypes of Black masculinity.)
A final aspect of this appeal to virtue rather than to assertions of dignity, I think, has to do with the relative apportioning of aesthetics and gender expression alluded to in the previous section. The citizens of District 12 are shown as having very conventional gender expression – the one fairly minor exception is Katniss, and she is disciplined to more conventional expression as the movie progresses – and the people of the Capitol are shown as hyperfeminine and queer-ish. Again, dynamics of oppression and resistance are mapped onto imagery that evokes culturally dominant ideas of what is virtuous and what is not.
That is not the only way that the movie misdirects the impulse, so important in our current moment, to see ordinary people standing up for themselves, for survival, for dignity. The social arrangement in the movie makes at least one aspect of oppression in the lives of the characters very stark and visible, both to the characters themselves and to the viewers of the movie – the domination of the Districts by the Capitol. What could be clearer than the lack of food and the sad lined faces in District 12 in the opening scenes? What could be more stark than the theft of children for a spectacle in which they must murder or be murdered? And while making it obvious and visible makes it easier for those of us viewing the movie to talk about, it also implies that for oppression to matter in the real world it must be similarly stark and obvious to viewers. Which, of course, is not going to be true for many viewers, particularly those of us with privilege of various sorts for whom the awful violence of realworld social relations can be very hard to see and very easy to rationalize away. Or another way in which this could be read by many viewers resonates with one particular tendency among a particular layer of newly politicized people – I'm thinking of a subset of those associated with the Occupy movement – which sees only the newly visible (i.e. since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008) problems and not the longstanding ones. Reinforcing the idea that what matters is what you can already see contributes to the way that this tendency often ignores problems dating back before 2008.
This way of portraying oppression and resistance also makes it appear as unidirectional – the only problem shown in the movie is the Capitol. While many movements past and present have also framed the world's problems as emanating from a single axis of domination, and feature film storytelling is rarely noted for its portrayal of social complexity, there is also decades of evidence from many writers and many movements that the real world is never that simple and it is oppressive to pretend that it is. Even granting that the story being told needs to show the struggle against the domination by the Capitol as central, there is never a hint that Katniss' experiences are also organized by gender oppression, say, or of the inevitable continuity of racial oppression in a post-apocalyptic North America. This, too, misdirects the identification with struggle generated by the movie.
Perhaps the most fundamental way that The Hunger Games movie misdirects us – and this is implicitly present in a number of the points I've already made – is that, through the identification it creates between privileged viewers and oppressed protagonists in a struggle portrayed in a particular monolithic, unidirectional way, it allows us not to see our own place in analagous struggles in the real world. The fact is, even granting the huge imbalances in how wealth and power and privilege are allocated within the continent, most of those of us who live in North America are, on a global scale, citizens of the Capitol, not of the Districts. Nothing about this movie encourages us to wrestle with that. And, of course, many in North America do live lives that are cast into struggle, but even so, the landscape of that struggle is much different and much more complicated than the struggle that is portrayed in the movie. Almost all of us are simultaneously oppressor and oppressed, along different axes. Even when there are moments in which the lines of a particular struggle are clear – the students of Quebec versus the Charest government's austerity agenda or the Occupy Wall Street folk versus the big banks, for instance – the impulse to see self as wholly constituted by righteous opposition to external nasty is a guarantee that our work will reproduce major political problems and will thereby limit itself. We must start from our own complicity, and The Hunger Games makes it easy to not do that.
All of that said, I think I still enjoyed the movie more than the two people with whom I originally saw it (and whose critiques of it have certainly informed this piece – thanks SR and SC!). And, as always, noting all of these things is not so much a demand for political perfection from mass media pop culture artefacts, but more to point out the work that this particular artefact is doing because of how it is put together and the ways in which that is troubling and disappointing.
[Scott Neigh is a parent, activist, and writer based in Sudbury, Ontario. This post originally appeared on his personal blog. His books Gender and Sexuality: Canadian History Through the Stories of Activists and Resisting the State: Canadian History Through the Stories of Activists will be out in late 2012.]


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Just when you think I'm going to be writing this tip about a guy named Hank who may or may not be a dreamy hunk, think again.
There are two words that mean a section of something, and these two words are "hank" and "hunk"; however, there's a big difference between their two meanings. And it has nothing to do with their dreaminess factor.
For example, if you had a tangle of yarn, you'd have a hank of yarn, not a hunk of yarn. Do you know why?
- A "hank" is a coil, knot, or loop, often of a definite length. You can have a hank of yarn or a hank of hair.
- A "hunk" is a piece or portion. You can have a hunk of cheese or a hunk of clay.
If it resembles threads, cords, or twine, use "hank." If it's a big chunk of something that's not stringy, use "hunk."
Of course,
- "Hank" is also a male name, often a shortened form of "Henry."
- A "hunk" is also a studmuffin.
A Hank may be a hunk, but that's beside the point of this reminder.
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BAST is a French-Swedish body care brand, designed for daily use amongst athletes and fighters, offering products that care both for the environment and your body. Made with a formula to better your physical performance and self-confidence, with BAST you will cover all good fighter's body needs such as muscle pain, bad smells and personal hygiene thanks to their magnificent range of products.
The founders of this sport cosmetics brand are Mats Johansson and David Frossard, both sportsmen and businessmen.
Mats Johansson is the creator of the Swedish cosmetics brand L:A Bruket, which uses raw materials such as marine seaweed, ocean salts, castor oil, citronella and bee wax to create their ecological products. Mats is obsessed with outdoor sports and he loves the ocean.
David Frossard is at the helm of Différentes Latitudes, an independent brand that has an exclusive perfume bar called Liquides, and the creator of the peculiar perfume brand Liquides Imaginaires alongside his friend Phillpe Di Méo. David Frossard is passionate about perfumes that cause a shock in your system when you smell them. David, just like his colleague Mats, is a sportsman who furthermore is fascinated by combat sports and kickboxing.
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BAST has five star products that all good sportsman should use, made to help your body and hair recover after a long sports session.
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Bast Foot Cream: a natural cream for feet that contains shea butter, a natural cell regenerator that softens dry and rough skin patches.


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08:09 | 16/10/2014
The way Vietnam is managing the recruitment of foreign employees, both blue-collar and white-collar, has become unwieldy and confusing.
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Mr. Pham Van Dung to take the helm at Ford Vietnam from August 1.
10:16 | 11/7/2015
Mr. Achal Agarwal, President of Kimberly Clark Asia-Pacific, shares his views on Vietnam's FMCG market with VET.
12:45 | 10/7/2015
State Audit of Vietnam has inspected the pricing of petrol and may soon look into electricity prices, which are two matters of increasing public...
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The results of VET's recent pocket survey indicate that local enterprises are quite confident about Vietnam joining the AEC despite lacking...
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Mr Do Thang Hai, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, spoke with VET's Do Huong about how Vietnam has prepared for the ASEAN Economic Community.
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Latest report for Q2 from Savills Vietnam shows office space performing strongly in southern city.


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Climbing "La Concha" from Istán
The best views over the Costa del Sol
The reward for the hard ascent is the unsurpassable fantastic view! We begin our tour in Istán, from the beginning we enjoy the view over the village and the underlying lake of Istán. There is a steady rise that is worth it. Once we reached the top we follow the ridge, with views on all sides and down to Marbella. The well-fortified Trail follows the ridge on the final kilometer to the summit, it is not dangerous, but requires no fear of heights.
high - 7 hours, 11 km
Please bring:
Good hiking shoes, long trousers (part of the route can have thorny bushes), sun and rain protection, food and enough water.
Pick-up times:
Estepona 08:30
Marbella: 09:00
Expected return:
Price: 45€/Person
Guide, insurance and transportation to the starting point and back
Not included:
Food and drinks
Reservation required
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You are currently browsing the category archive for the 'big bike shoes' category.
I guess you could call these blingy. But at only $110 retail, does that qualify as bling?
You may remember my previous post on the M086. They served me quite well this summer. They were awesome during the Breck Epic which had numerous long hike-a-bikes. The stiffness was perfect and the right amount of flex at the toe made them quite comfortable.
The downside…one of the velcro straps on my black ones broke…the day after the epic. I was able to use duct tape to fix it. I used the new Loctite brand Sumo tape. That stuff is way better than standard duct tape. I continued using the shoes the rest of the summer with no problems.
At the beginning of the summer I ordered the above bronze colored shoe from the UK. They finally showed up today! I'll have to take extra good care of these bad boys as I don't think the Sumo tape comes in a bronzish gold color. They'll be my race shoes.
Anyway…I got on Facebook this week. It's a time waster for sure, but I think I can maintain good internet discipline. Signal Peak is this weekend. The camper is ready to go and the truck got it's first oil change. It took me over an hour to get the filter off. I think the robot they use to install the filter hadn't been calibrated in a while. I turned it one full turn with 2 tools on it before I could turn it with my hands. Ridiculous.
Most of you who read my blog know that I'm not one of those bloggers that spouts a bunch of crap about their sponsors and shamelessly (or would it be shamefully) name drops every other sentence with some sponsor who gave them some piece of crap product that no one really needs. Nor do I tout new products that I purchased with my own money at full retail hoping that I might get a discount from that company in the future. But thanks to my genetic contributors, I wear a size 15 shoe. So anytime I find shoes that fit, I spread the word to other big footers around the land.
Let me start with a bit of background. I'm pretty much a "Big15" on a Brannock device (the measuring device you find in shoe stores). My left definitely is on the line if not slightly over it. My right is a little smaller. My heel is pretty narrow and my instep is low. My toes are a bit long putting my first metatarsal head slightly behind the natural bending point of a shoe. I comfortably wear a size 15 in shoes from Vasque, Nike, and New Balance as long as nothing funny is going on like the pair size 16 of Nikes I got once that were made in Vietnam.
I wear a size 51 in Sidi. They are a bit roomy and I have to use an after-market insole….which most people my size use anyway. I have a set of custom footbeds as well as several pair of Superfeet insoles. They all take up a bit of volume in the shoe since my foot is thin….not narrow, but thin. I don't really like the Sidis available in that size as they are total noodles on the pedals.
I wear a 50 in Northwave. I bought a few pair from Sierra Trading post long ago and still have 2 pair. They run pretty long and fit really well, but they are a bit flexy on the pedals.
Since both Sidi and Northwave don't make anything in carbon larger than a 48, I ordered a pair of "stock 15" Rocket 7's. Very expensive. They originally started as customs which were WAY too small. Then I wound up with the "stock" model after some begging and pleading. They are light, super stiff and have held up fairly well. The lorica around the sides has taken a beating, but they are supposed to be super light race shoes.
Recenly Shimano released the M081 shoe up to a size 52! This shoe has a ratchet buckle, 2 velcro straps, and a fiberglass reinforced sole. So I ordered a 50 and 51. I started with the 51's by unleashing a 6.5 hour mountain bike hammer fest followed the next day by a stout 5 hour mountain ride. The 51's are a bit large. My insoles slid back and forth in them and made my feet hurt a bit. No blisters though.
A week later (yes, I've turned into a weekend warrior), I rode in the 50's. My insoles still have a bit of wiggle room, but the toe box is distinctly smaller. Every now and then I'd notice my left toe rubbing the end of the shoe…..and I was wearing traditional sock guy bike socks. But I think I'm going to stick with these as they have the "race fit".
The rubber sole is very sticky allowing for confident hike-a-bikes. They even have the size molded in to them. Downside is you can't screw in toe cleats. They also have the size of the sole stamped into them. Different size soles for each size….some shoe companies use one sole length for a couple of sizes. The stiffness is EXCELLENT! I can actually feel the insoles "squish" when I stomp on the pedals whereas with my Sidi's, the entire shoe would flex around the pedal.
The mesh in the toe is very breathable and my feet stayed cool in mid-90 degree temps.
My future concerns include tearing of the synthetic upper and shrinkage. While I never had any problem with tearing of shimano shoes long ago when I wore a 13, these seem much more supple….maybe thinner. And those old shimanos from years back shrank up on me. I may soak them in water and take them on a long ride in the heat to see what happens. Then I'll soak them again and leave them in the 90+ degree heat we are getting and see if they shrink. If they don't, I'll be ordering another pair of 50's. I'll hang on to the 51's in case my foot decides to grow again or I'll use them as winter shoes. Throw a little duct tape on the toe and you're good to go!
The M086 is available up to a 52!! Wow. I'd venture to guess that a small 17 or big 16 could fit into those. The Euro mail order companies are selling them in bronze. American companies are black and white. If anyone finds any bronze size 50 here in the US, please let me know. I want! While these shoes are a bit heavy compared to carbon sole race shoes, they'll work great for clydes and big foot racers around the land while saving you a ton of freakin' money over a custom carbon shoe since retail is only around $100.


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I'd like to share a rather unfortunate incident that happened to me on Tuesday morning on my way to work. So I've begun a little habit of meditating on my morning commute, specifically during the bus ride to the train station. I have half an hour of sitting time and I figured that would be the perfect opportunity to slot in some spiritual biz. I've wanted to introduce meditation into my day for many months now but just couldn't stick to a time. I've personally found routine quite vital to making meditation a common practice.
Let me set something straight...my practice isn't hardcore meditation. But I would classify it as a form of meditation. According to Encarta Dictionary mediation is "the emptying of the mind of thoughts, or the concentration of the mind on one thing, in order to aid mental or spiritual development, contemplation, or relaxation". And this is certainly what it's all about for me. Stopping. Emptying. Relaxing. Ahhhhh.
Essentially, I slam on some sunnies, hit play on my phone's music app, close my eyes and breathe. Just breathe. I sit on the front seat on the bus behind the bus driver and this is my little nook. Luckily, no one seems to steal MY seat. Yes, I've adopted it. Generally I do 3 songs worth of breathing, which is equivalent to about 12 minutes. That's all it takes for me. I don't feel I need any more for now. In fact, I think if I tried to push myself to do more, I'd stop looking forward to it. Yes, look forward to it I do! It's odd as while I love to sit and just think sometimes, to sit and not think...well that seemed a challenge. But, now I crave that time to zone out and escape my clattering mind.
I must warn you though, if you're considering taking up mediation, you might want to learn from my experience. You see, this particular Tuesday morning I was deep breathing to Mr Kanye. I miscalculated how long his song runaway is and when I opened my eyes to take a peek at how close I was to the bus station I realised WE HAD PASSED the bus station. Panic smacked me in the face. I asked the bus driver to stop and clambered out of the bus with my laptop and handbag in tow and proceeded to POWER WALK to the bus station.
Considering my sense of direction is at best appalling I was a little concerned I would take a wrong turn even though I knew the station was reasonablely close by. I made it to the train station a sweating mess, breathing faster than a hyperactive kid who's overdosed on red cordial. Of course this happens on the day that it's hot outside and the train is packed to the brim. Seriously!?! Regardless, I squeezed myself inside as my lil Deepak moment meant I was running late and I WAS NOT going to miss this train. I felt like Kristin Wigg in that scene in Bridesmaids when she gets food poisoning and is standing in the dress shop sweating like a fool, turning a lovely shade of pale green and trying to act like she's totally cool and not about to get all exorcist projectile on everyone.
So that's my meditation story.
Please kids...do meditate.
It's great.
But, be wary.
Relaxation may come at a price.


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Word to the Wise
Friday, April 2, 2010 - Good Friday - Celebration of the Lord's Passion[Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12; Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9; John 18:1 - 19:42]
Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken as one smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins; upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed. We had all gone astray like sheep, each following his own way; but the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all.
When we gather to resume our pilgrimage this morning, we are informed that Jesus was arrested last night in the Garden of Gethsemani! Judas' plan was carried out. Jesus will be brought before a kind of Jewish court and then to Pilate. Isaiah gives us an eerie outline of the meaning of what we are about to experience, along with lines from another later guide called "Hebrews," whose author no one really knows. As we try to ponder the "before" and "after," our third guide, John, urges us on so that we can catch up to the fast moving events since the enemies of Jesus need to "get this done" before sundown! We are told that it will be like a "living Stations of the Cross," but this time, the characters are the original participants, and the events are not pictures on the wall of a church. Those of us who have seen the movie, "THE PASSION," gulp and say, "You mean......" John replies that the movie is graphic but this time we have to draw our own conclusions and not those of Mel Gibson! We will not be observers this time. We are going onto the stage of events. As we follow Jesus through the terrible events of this day, our guide, John the Evangelist, helps us to organize our impressions dramatically, but he cannot organize our feelings. Isaiah keeps reminding us that what we are seeing is being done for each of us! We are tempted to turn away, guilty and embarrassed, as if we have been caught scapegoating someone for our misconduct - which is a terrible truth. We are caught up in the violence of our lives, individually and collectively, as well as our current feelings at seeing the consequences of that violence falling upon Jesus! Will we ever be able to look at a crucifix in the same way again? Is this what is meant by redemptive suffering? How can this be love? No "streamlined" or "gory" re-creation on a wall will ever equal what we are seeing. Around us there are taunts and sobbing both. Someone gets close enough to read the sarcastic yet true inscription nailed to the cross with Jesus! But we are left to see the small group of figures standing nearby, while struggling with our own feelings, until another small group comes with a ladder and removes Jesus' body and takes it away. The mixture of horror, sorrow and emotional/physical exhaustion that comes from this day can tempt us to abandon the whole pilgrimage in a futile effort to remove ourselves from any responsibility or implication in the events we have witnessed. Yet, our guides persuade us that the pilgrimage is not over yet and it would be a big mistake to leave. Isaiah leaves us a copy of his prophecy and David a copy of his sad psalms, and we are all left to make the best of it that we can, each in his or her own way till we meet again tomorrow. AMEN


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## UPDATE 4, January 17, 2014: On the day of the school shooting there was an advanced training being held which was obviously PLANNED in advance according to the Active Shooter Threat Training Program (ASTTP) website. The exercise, drill or training was spread over 3 days starting on the 14th of January, 2014 (Artesia, NM — Jan 14 to Jan 16). "The FLETC-Artesia is located approximately 40 miles southwest of Roswell, New Mexico, at 1300 W. Richey Avenue, Artesia, New Mexico." ##
## UPDATE 3, January 17, 2014: In their new updates the media continues to spread distorted information. According to them the male victim is now 12-years-old although his age was AGAIN confirmed to be 11. Or was it 14, who will tell the truth here?
"All three rounds were discharged in the school's gymnasium — one at the ceiling, one at the floor and a third round was aimed into the stands at the students." This completely contradicts the first official story whereby it was also CONFIRMED that there were two shots aimed at the victims, injuring the alleged male suspect's face and the girl's arm. The third shot was fired in the air.
Initially it was CONFIRMED by the state police that there were three victims, later it was only 2.
All of a sudden the band instrument case that carried the alleged shooter's firearm has also changed, into a duffle bag, which is odd because there was already an animation ordered to give weight to the OFFICIAL narrative in which it was clearly stated that the alleged suspect carried his weapon with the wood stock sawed-off in an instrument case.
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJgcCoQX9dY
Why is it so important to point out all these facts and findings? Well, that's very simple, people just believe whatever the media throws at them and they don't even realize that that same media is allowed to lie, legally. Therefore pointing fingers at us for questioning the media and the officials is not only irresponsible it's also very dangerous because once a lie is believed to be the truth people will live in fantasy bubbles and then it becomes very hard to even convince them of the existence of their bubble.
We are being called "trash" for daring to say and write what the media is doing wrong, so we ask ourselves what the mainstream media should be called for publishing their fake facts and fabled reports. Lets be very clear about it, before any media outlet publishes or broadcasts anything they first have to make sure that they have obtained the real facts, that's what's called journalism. Heidi Toth can certainly teach the establishment media a few lessons in journalism, that is a fact.
When you really believe that the prestitute media is giving you the truth then please answer this question: Was the off-duty police officer, who allegedly helped to detain the alleged shooter, dropping of his daughter or his son? Or is his child gay or does he have a twin?
And what about this excerpt from the police tapes?
- Dispatcher: "OK, do they still have the gun?"
- Caller: "Yes, they still have it. He shot three shots, but he only hit one person."
## UPDATE 2, January, 16, 2014: Apparently the Roswell NM police department Facebook page IS online, however at least 50% of all the people we asked DO NOT have access to this page. People have sent us screenshots after we requested those as feedback. As was expected, others are claiming we are a scam site and don't spread truth. Well, considering the fact that those people can access the particular Facebook page their reactions are understandable. Yet, this doesn't change the fact that we DON'T have access to the Facebook page. Whatever is happening it is very suspicious to say the least. Of course we will keep this article online because it's not only about the Roswell NM police department Facebook page. More updates will be posted as more details become available. ##
# # UPDATE 1, January 15, 2014: Within an hour of the publication of our report on the Roswell school shooting the Roswell Georgia Facebook page posted this, although there was NOTHING posted there before we released our report online:
- "As the sun rises over our police department this morning, we wanted to let our friends at the Roswell, New Mexico Police Department know that our thoughts and prayers are with you and your community. We are also praying for the children that were injured in yesterday's school shooting. Peace and blessings also go to all the children and workers that attend Berrendo Middle School."
Surely it has already come to their attention that we are on to the setup and so now they want to provide cover for their colleagues, or they really aren't aware in Roswell Georgia about the staged events and the MISSING Facebook page of the Roswell New Mexico police department. In any event, we posted a link to this report in a comment to their Facebook post which is ONLY ONE HOUR OLD. # #
Many people will not like this report and even express their hatred but we got to do this. More so because since at least 2003 the US media is authorized to lie and distribute distorted information and news.
On January 14, 2014, the US media, immediately followed by the rest of the world of course, reported about a shooting at Berrendo Middle School Roswell in New Mexico. The alleged suspect: a 12-year-old boy, carrying a 20-gauge or 22-gauge shotgun with the wood stock sawed-off.
The alleged shooter Mason Campbell, a seventh-grader at the school, was reported to have smuggled his weapon into the school using a bag or backpack but Carranza a student and alleged witness said that she saw him pull a gun out of a band instrument case.
However one witness said that the boy "didn't have a backpack and wasn't wearing a school uniform – the Berrendo school T-shirt all students are required to wear." He said that that is when he thought something was suspicious.
Yet another student reported that "he was terrified for his life as he watched the alleged shooter walk into the gym holding a shotgun."
Now, which one of the three is it? Did the alleged shooter have his shotgun in a bag or in a "band instrument case?" Because that would be impossible when he walked in already armed and holding his shotgun, ready to shoot.
The two alleged victims, 11-year-old Nathaniel Tavarez (identified on January 16, 2014) and Kendal Sanders a 13-year-old girl, were airlifted to a hospital but a spokesperson at the University Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, told CBS News that they received a 14-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, who were both injured in the shooting.
Fox on the other hand reported, in one and the same article, that:
- "New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said late Tuesday that a 12-year-old boy wounded in the shooting underwent two surgeries. A 12-year-old girl who was also wounded is now in stable condition, the governor said."
- "I am asking that all New Mexicans please keep these two children in your prayers," an emotional Martinez said at an afternoon press conference. "We have a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old who were shot while simply sitting in their gym while waiting to go to class."
NY Daily News: "The male victim, previously reported as aged 14 by local authorities, was taken back into surgery for his grave injuries sustained at Roswell's Berrendo Middle School just before 8 a.m., a spokesman at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas confirmed."
Sixth-grade student Anyssa Vegara, an alleged witness, said she was talking to a security guard when she heard the shot. "I turned around, and all I saw was someone on the floor with their arm bleeding," Vegara said. She said the security guard ran to assist the injured student.
Clearly this girl seems to be convinced that there's ONE shot and ONE victim. Not two, according to her alleged statement.
"This kid shot another kid with a shotgun in the school gym," he (Jonathan Flores) said. "Nobody knows why, " said the youth, who wore a blue Berrendo Middle School sweat shirt with the bulldog mascot.
"He had his hands up in the air," wrote CNN, about what Salcido, another student, had said of the shooter.
Carranza, another student and alleged witness, said the suspect shot another boy twice in the face and shot a girl in the arm. "Then he shot up in the sky, then dropped the gun, and then some teacher grabbed the kid that had the gun," according to AP.
ABC News wrote: "A heroic teacher talked a shooter, aged just 12, into dropping his weapon this morning, just moments after the child walked into a packed gymnasium and opened fire at his classmates."
Here, AP's version and ABC News' version are clearly completely different.
According to the LA Times, yet another student described the scene as "a person with a shotgun was in the school and was tackled and caught."
"Eva Gomez, Roswell Education Association president, identified eighth-grade social studies teacher John Masterson as the staff member who stopped Campbell and convinced him to put his gun down," reported ABQ Journal. "Masterson wouldn't confirm that when contacted this afternoon, saying police had asked him not to comment on the shooting."
OK, so why is the hero not allowed to comment or confirm his bravery, while the Roswell Education Association president is allowed to do so? What is it that Masterson might say that could be the opposite of what the official story dictates?
"Employees who arrived early to work at United Drilling Inc, across the street from the school, heard no gunshots. They didn't know about the commotion until around 8 am, when their parking lot filled with police and rescue vehicles," claims The Guardian.
After the shooting, the students were put on lockdown for about two hours in their classrooms as some teachers tended to the wounded students, according to CNN.
"In a Facebook post Roswell police asked parents not to go to the school because it was locked down. Parents instead were able to pick up their students at a mall parking lot nearby," reported ABQ Journal.
According to News.com.au the Facebook post was more like "shooting at Berrendo Middle School!!! The shooter has been apprehended." News.com.au also wrote that the police had said that parents could pick up their children at a nearby shopping centre, but warned them to stay away from the school grounds.
"Family members were finally reunited with their loved ones at around 10 a.m., nearly two hours after the shooting," that's what KRQE wrote.
Now, before we continue, lets get a few things straight. All the above information about the age of the alleged suspect and the victims, about whether or not he had a bag or an instrument case or none of both, whether he was tackled or not, whether the teacher is a hero or not, this is all information that can be debated about and it doesn't really give weight to this report but that will all change when you find out the rest of the facts. Really CRUCIAL information, starting with the Facebook page of the Roswell police department.
As far as we can determine and find out THERE IS NO ROSWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT FACEBOOK PAGE! If there is one then we can't find it and we sure don't have access to it if it really exists.
Here are the links that they provide in the prestitute media outlets: https://www.facebook.com/RoswellPoliceSS / https://www.facebook.com/RoswellPoliceSS?hc_location=timeline, the links redirect us to Facebook's homepage only. NOT to any police page at all!!
Find the FAKE linked Facebook page here at NY Daily News and here too where it's archived!
Want to see a Roswell Police Department Facebook page? Try this one: Roswell Georgia's, but you won't find any school shooting tidbits there.
Moving on…
So why were the children kept for two hours in the locked down school and why were the parents WARNED not to come to the school? We find this VERY STRANGE!
According to the LA Times, "the parents were directed to wait at different mall entrances for their children, who had been bused to the site. The sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders emerged one-by-one from different mall doors as the parents' names were called out to reunite with their child."
"The school's enrollment is about 200 students," according to a Fox News article. So what's this whole charade for with keeping children locked up for two hours, warning parents not to go to the school and then releasing the kids one by one at different exits. Seriously, it's getting obvious now that the official narrative is NOT the truth. It's like the Sandy Hook children who had to close their eyes while walking away from the crime scene. Next thing we know we'll have some crisis actors popping up here as well.
And please, can someone explain who the mayor of Roswell is? Because there can be ONLY ONE mayor in Roswell, New Mexico.
According to Heidi Toth, "a reporter gypsy from New Mexico taking a hiatus from real life in Europe," who's tweet we found at Daily Mail, Roswell's mayor is Del Jurney. All others state that the mayor is Jere Wood.
To make it clear for those who've created a staged event once again, since you can't even get your names right let me give you a hand so your next false flag charade might be more professional. Jere Wood is the mayor of Roswell GEORGIA and Del Jurney is the mayor of Roswell NEW MEXICO.
Confirm it yourself: NO mayor Jere Wood in Roswell, New Mexico!
Apparently, Heidi the gypsy is a much better reporter than all mainstream outlets combined, what a bunch of AMATEURS!
Next time you stage an event make sure you don't mix up your names so bad, it's distorting your propaganda. It makes you look like greater fools then you already were!
And finally let us add these too facts, because those who spread all this nonsense and stage all these "shootings" really have to do better or stop right away since they're being exposed over and over again.
When you shoot a kid in his face, twice, with a shotgun do you really believe he will only need two surgeries?
And what about the time frames here, come on, seriously.
- New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassetas his deputies arrived around 8: 11 a.m.
- The shooting in the school's gym erupted at 8:11 a.m.
- The shooter opened fire at 8:11 a.m.
- The 12-year-old pulled a shotgun and opened fire there at about 8 am
- the drama unfolded at the school around 7:30 a.m.
- Three students have been injured in the shooting that took place just before 8 a.m.
- Ynez Fox, who works at a nearby hospital, said she saw police cars and ambulances rushing to the school just before 8 a.m.
- A woman in a powder blue pant suit was waiting at the parking lot for her 14-year-old son. The woman, who asked not be identified, said her son called her about 7:50 a.m. from a locked room in the school office. She was told that teachers and fellow students were inside.
Now we don't know who messed up the script here but the timing and the reporting is really sleazy. How can police cars and ambulances go to a scene when there's not even a scene to rush to yet. The alleged shootings happened at 8.11 a.m. but these rescue workers were already underway before 8.11 a.m. Really? That's like having a crystal ball.
And this…
"New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kasseta confirmed a 12-year-old boy was taken into custody after the shooting. The suspect allegedly packed a sawed-off .20 gauge shotgun in his backpack, walked through the front doors of the school and headed to the gym, where he opened fire." Come on man, who's making this up? It's even worse than a cheap 1980s C-movie.
What's the size of this school? It takes this kid 40 minutes to get to the gym at 8.11. a.m., after walking in at around 7.30 a.m. Must be a pretty heavy shotgun, even with the wood stock sawed-off.
Look, when the kid allegedly opened fire on the students at 8.11 a.m. the cops can't show up at the same exact minute because the nearest police office is about 10 minutes away.
Well, maybe all of this is possible. Maybe Piers Morgan knows the answer: "Where is the @NRA today? Why aren't they calling for all other 12-yr-old schoolkids to be armed with guns? Only solution, right?"


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