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Tito's Handmade Vodka (1.75 L)
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- 80 proof
- OU Kosher and certified gluten-free
- The original American craft vodka
- Vodka distilled in Austin, Texas
- Old-fashioned pot stills used for batch distillation
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Tito's® Handmade Vodka (1.75 L) first came on the scene in the early 90s in Austin, Texas, which is where this vodka is still distilled to this day. This handmade vodka is created in small batches for quality sake with the use of old-fashioned pot stills. Every batch of vodka from Tito's is taste-tested before being sent out to ensure it has the quality taste that customers desire.
Who Started the Company Behind Tito's Handmade Vodka?
A man named Bert "Tito" Beveridge, a geophysicist who is now in his 50s, obtained the patent for Tito's Handmade Vodka back in 1995. This was the first permit ever provided to distill vodka in Texas and the same technique is still used today to ensure great flavor and smoothness. Tito's vodka is corn-based, so it's completely gluten-free. Nowadays, Tito's Handmade Vodka is bottled and distilled by Fifth Generation in Austin.
What Makes Tito's Handmade Vodka Different from Other Vodka?
The use of pot stills makes it the process at Tito's is a lot more time-consuming than many companies. It also takes a lot of skill to do right, but the brand has proven they have it down to a true art. Something else that sets the brand apart is the excellent value. Get the same taste you'd expect from high-end vodkas at a much more reasonable price. The company uses a simple bottle and label instead of spending a lot on fancy marketing and frosted bottles, ultimately transferring that value to the customer.
Fantastic Cocktails Courtesy of Tito's Vodka
While you can happily sip Tito's vodka straight up or on the rocks, it also works amazingly well in all sorts of cocktails. You can go with something as simple as mixing vodka and lemonade or create a high-end drink with a dozen ingredients. Tito's Handmade is a well-known vodka that will be appreciated by friends and family if you pull out a bottle during a celebration or while watching the game.
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In an interview later recalling the first successful nuclear test carried out at Los Alamos in 1945, Robert Oppenheimer famously quoted a line from the epic Hindu poem, the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." An apt description of what he achieved, the line may sound like the sort of bombastic speech one has come to expect from fantasy films and comic books. In reality, the quotation is even more contextually appropriate for those who destroy in order to create, for it comes at a moment in which a prince realizes that his enemies on the other side of a battlefield are his family and friends. The prince is reluctant to attack and try to kill them, but he is eventually persuaded by his charioteer to go ahead and slaughter them anyway, as it is his destiny.
In their sponsorship of much of contemporary architecture, this same sense of prideful, purpose-bent destruction seems to have infected the minds of many of those running our public and private institutions. In the effort to appear hip and trendy, thereby attracting the fleeting attentions of donors and visitors, too many appear to have been possessed by the idea that in order to improve what they have, they must destroy or so alter it as to ruin what they possess. Oftentimes they are helped in this endeavour by "starchitects": those world-famous individuals who provide, albeit temporarily, a sense of cachet to a substantial building project.
One very well-known exemplar of this phenomenon is architect Frank Gehry, whose work and ideas I have deplored on this site many times. A decade ago, Gehry was retained to add an extension to the Corcoran Gallery of Art here in downtown Washington, just across the street from the Old Executive Office Building. The design, which would have tacked a huge bit of Gehry's signature crumpled metal onto one of the most elegant Beaux-Arts buildings in the city, fortunately never came to fruition. This was thanks to many factors, not least of which was the combination of public opposition and the inability of the Corcoran itself to raise the enormous sums required for building a Gehry project.
This week a group of students, faculty, and others filed a Complaint and Petition To Intervene in D.C. Superior Court, seeking to stop the trustees from breaking up the Corcoran. Although only mentioning the proposed Gehry extension in passing, the pleadings focus on the inability to raise enough funds to renovate the existing museum, known as the Flagg Building, as evidence of the board's neglect of its duties. It may seem axiomatic or common sense to state that you don't start building a new wing for your museum if you can't pay for the upkeep of the old one, but the siren song of having a famous architect place his imprimatur on your institution appears to be too strong for many to resist.
Another "starchitect" well-known to the intelligentsia is Norman Foster, who turned the courtyard between the American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery here in D.C. into a humid, chlorine-scented glass atrium reminiscent of a circa 1986 Marriott resort hotel. The last time I strolled through the Kogod Courtyard, as the space is now known, I experienced rather an unpleasant sensation, as if I had wandered into an elderly lady's bathroom. I also wondered why on earth you would place such a massive, humidity-collecting space right next to two buildings containing art which is highly sensitive to changes in temperature and humidity. Lord Foster's work is yet another example of how a structure may look cool, but makes things worse, not better, for the institution that commissioned it.
Yesterday the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow's great art museum, announced that it had selected a local Russian architect to design its extension, after a very public falling-out with Lord Foster. The Pushkin and local architects split over Lord Foster's ideas for the expansion, which would have involved demolition of several pre-Revolutionary buildings on the site, and his refusal to come to Moscow to oversee the gigantic project. which will cost at least $640 million. For some reason, in this context I can't help but think of supermodel Linda Evangelista's quote, "I don't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day." To be honest, the design for the new addition is rather inappropriate as well, but I suppose at least it will cost less, since the architect is not at brand-name level as was his predecessor.
Meanwhile, a report in Roll Call this week indicates that investigators from the House Appropriations Committee are now looking into the efforts of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, which selected a rather atrocious and expensive design by Frank Gehry to try to build on the National Mall. Thanks to efforts by the National Civic Arts Society and others, it is looking increasingly unlikely that Gehry's carbuncle will ever scar the Nation's front yard. Yet unfortunately, a few hundred miles away, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has just announced that Gehry's proposed renovation and expansion of their magnificent temple to the arts, world-famous even to non-art lovers from the "Rocky" films, will involve alteration of its beloved steps in order to accommodate Gehry's plans. Although most of Gehry's work will be subterranean, it will cost the city between $350-500 million *if* there are no overruns. In a town still reeling from the recession, this seems rather a lot to take on at the moment.
This institutional obsession with engaging in destruction for the sake of self-promotion is a disturbing way of going about getting people's attention, a bit like getting a face or a neck tattoo. In light of the fact that so often the architects being selected for these projects are chosen because of their fame, rather than their merits as a talented and competent practitioner of architecture, engaging one of them for a project which is supposed to last for generations seems the height of folly. In destroying what such institutions are supposed to be preserving and honoring, the only purpose they serve is the further inflation of their own egos.


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2. I myself at that time thought that the only difference independence would make would be Malaysians would take over the administration of the country from the British. Nothing much more than that.
3. The other day I was given a copy of a news sheet called "Opinion" of November 1968, which I remember was edited and produced by Sulaiman Alias, one of the young political activist in UMNO.
4. It was quite a liberal paper and contained articles by such well-known personalities as Dr Lim Chong Eu (Gerakan), Dr R Kumar (Labour Party), Lim Kit Siang (DAP), Syed Hussain Ali (Parti Rakyat), Tengku Zaid (PMIP), Goh Cheng Teik, Ismail Ghani and several others.
5. I was also a contributor writing "In Defense of Feudalism". I was a Member of Parliament then.
6. The article that most interested me was one by Dr Lim Chong Yah, an economist, entitled "The Future of Malaysian Economy".
7. In it he gave a picture of the Malaysian Economy in 1967, 10 years after Merdeka.
8. The population was a mere 10 million and we were reproducing at 3.7% per annum. Our death rate had decreased from 12% to 7% which resulted in a natural increase of 3% p.a., a high rate, he noted.
9. Assuming decreasing death rate and also decreasing birth rate, the 3% population growth would likely continue over the next 10 years bringing the population to 13 million in 1977.
10. Dr Lim thought that national income should increase at 3% p.a. over the 1967 per capital (sic) income of USD940 p.a. But at 3% rate of growth the gap between us and the rich countries would widen.
11. Still the other developing countries would be behind us. However at 3% growth we would not be able to create jobs at 100,000 p.a. The rate of growth of national income should be 5%.
12. Investment growth (domestic) would not be able to do this.
13. If foreign investment makes up 4% of growth then it may be possible to achieve the necessary rate of investment for creating 100,000 jobs per annum.
14. It was a time when the rubber estates and tin mines were still owned by foreigners. Bringing in foreign capital sounded like increasing overdependence on foreign enterprise. We did not quite relish the idea of more foreign involvement in our newly independent country.
15. But without capital inflow unemployment would be 200,000 by 1977. Together with 160,000 unemployed in 1967, the rate would go up to 360,000, a horrendous figure.
16. The 360,000 did not include a large number of under-employed workers.
17. In the second five-year plan the public section was to spend 4,500 million Ringgit of which 1,900 million Ringgit was to come from foreign sources (borrowing).
18. Malaysia would have to depend on foreign capital inflow. Dr Lim remarked that political independence had not freed us from dependence on foreign capital. Still, he said, it was consistent with political independence. He named several developed countries which depended on foreign capital inflows.
19. He then turned to the rubber industry which was undergoing great difficulties because of the increasing usage of synthetics. He concluded that the difficulties of the rubber industry was also the difficulty of the nation in view of the strategic and preeminent role the industry occupied in the Malaysian economy.
20. The United States was making things more difficult through the release of their rubber stockpile. I remember being invited by Mr Bell, the American Ambassador to tea and I raised this matter. I was shocked when the Ambassador said that it was important for the US economy to keep rubber prices low. I told him that rubber prices were more critical to a small country like Malaysia than to a huge diversified economic power like America. But he did not care what happened to Malaysia. Yet at that time we looked up to America as a friend and liberator.
21. Rubber prices went down from 108.00 cents per pound to 68.14 cents. At the time Dr Lim wrote his article it was 50 cent per pound. The kampong people suffered grievously.
22. The other major source of income for Malaysia was tin. Already the production was decreasing.
23. We may be surprised but after tin came iron ore. We produced 7.3 million tons in 1963 but the production was going down. We produce no iron ore for export today.
24. Dr Lim predicted that income from rubber, tin and iron ore would decrease by 1977.
25. But the picture was bright for palm oil. In 1957 we exported 58.5 thousand tons of palm oil. By 1966 we exported 178.0 thousand tons.
26. Imagine how small we were then. Today if I am not mistaken we export more than 12 million tons at RM 3,000 plus per ton = 36,000,000,000 i.e. 36 billion Ringgit per year – well over the total public development estimate of 4,000 million Ringgit for the second five year plan (of course the Ringgit bought more than it does now).
27. Other than these we expected to earn something from timber, canned pineapple and pepper.
28. Dr Lim believed that growth would be from the domestic sector, with public sector contributing much towards it.
29. From Dr Lim's paper, presented at a forum organised by the National Union of Malayan Students at the University of Malaya, it did not seem likely that Malaysia would grow to what it is today. Yet Dr Lim was optimistic. He expected political stability to contribute towards Malaysia's development.
30. I write this in order to remind ourselves as to what we were like before. In 1967 no one thought of a Malaysia like what it is today. We did not think of industrialisation. We saw ourselves as a producer of raw materials.
31. Foreign Direct Investment was an unknown term when Dr Lim Chong Eu invited foreign industrialists in the early 70s to invest in the electronic industry on liberal terms. Prior to that we had insisted that all foreign industries must accept Malaysian Equity Participation (before NEP).
32. Only National or Matsushita came. But later we gave priority to job creation to benefit not those with money to invest but the unemployed workers. That was the best decision the Malaysian Government ever made.
33. Today Malaysia is more prosperous than the other countries which attained independence together with us. There is not a single race, not a single person, whatever may be his or her station in life who can honestly say that he or she has gained nothing from the independent Governments of Malaysia.
34. We are all the beneficiaries of the policies of those early people who lead this country. The systems and policies they initiated were excellent. If they seem not to work today it is not because they were bad but it is because we do not have their caliber. We have become very selfish and too materialistic. This country has given us much. Is it still the country we love? I wonder!


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DJ App Crossfader for iPhone Uses Movement To Mix Music
iOS has a lot going for it when it comes to mobile music creation 5 iOS Digital Audio Workstations For Producers On a Budget So you've transformed your iPad into an endlessly evolving musical instrument, programmed your own tight drum beats and discovered the huge potential of AudioBus. You've sacrificed disk space for samples and your bank balance for... Read More , curation and performance. I'm not suggesting that similar apps don't exist for Android, but Apple's App Store is absolutely jam packed with synths iPad Therefore I Rock: 8 Best Sub-$10 iOS Music Making Apps The iPad is often perceived as a fun yet altogether unnecessary gadget, and that leaves many wondering whether they can justify the purchase when their existing equipment will probably do. Despite being a great eBook... Read More , drum machines, effects processors, DJ tools and other weird and wonderful noisemakers for your musical pleasure.
One such app that produces fantastic results with relatively little skill is Crossfader, an app from DJZ that launched on the App Store at the beginning of April and has been "free for a limited time" ever since. If you're a fan of the Kinect, Wii and natural interfaces in general then Crossfader it bound to put a silly grin on your face.
You'll also look very silly, but that's all part of the fun.
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The first time I saw Crossfader in the App Store I completely overlooked it. At the time (and still to this day) I was besotted with iOS music apps, having discovered gems like NanoStudio NanoStudio: A $14 iOS Music Workstation With Free Windows And Mac Versions Yesterday's iOS digital audio workstation (DAW) round-up listed the best apps of all the budget tools available on the App Store. One of those featured apps was NanoStudio, a $13.99 iPhone and iPad app that... Read More and the expansive AudioBus AudioBus for iOS: The Future of Music Creation Has Arrived The iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are no longer toys when it comes to serious music production. No more will your "crippled" iOS devices be restricted to GarageBand when it comes to laying down a... Read More with which I can compose music using nothing more than an iPhone and some earphones. Crossfader markets itself to everyone – not just DJs, or those with an interest in music apps. For that reason I discounted it as a toy and figured it would be full of in-app purchases for terrible music I didn't like.
That was a mistake, and I'm glad I gave the app another go. This was cemented by the fact that I played with it for a straight hour on first launch, plugged it into my stereo amp and turned the volume up to levels that surely made me unfavourable with the neighbours. When my girlfriend arrived home from work, I was none the wiser until she was stood behind me wondering what I was doing and why I looked like I'd developed a physical disability in an afternoon.
After reassuring her I was simply blossoming into the musical prodigy I'd promised all along, I took a step back and reassessed my initial thoughts about Crossfader. To put it bluntly: it's bloody brilliant. Why? Because it relies on your movement for nearly every control you have over the resultant music.
Tilting left and right controls the main crossfader, as you'd see on any mixer or other DJ app. Tilting forwards and backwards applies effects (upwards being a beat-splicing gate and downwards adding a touch of high-pass). The further you go with either of these tilts, the more radical the effect and sudden the change. Jerking your phone left and right will also play a sample while simultaneously switching tracks.
The only thing you'll need your fingers for is flicking the red or blue tiles – which are essentially your "decks" – to change tracks. A quick double-tap brings up a complete list of included music, which you can re-order if you do so wish. There's a pause button in the top left, and a record button in the top right for exporting your mix which can then be uploaded to SoundCloud. Oh, and it helps to have a good latency-free AirPlay connection, though I've been using a stereo cable with enough slack not to damage anything which also does the trick.
Superstar DJs… Here We Go!
The music is a mix of modern dance, commercial, dubstep and other club hits with the odd a capella and breaks tracks in there for good measure. At present (and I counted) there are 48 tracks included, of roughly 30 seconds each. Most contain a break and a drop, though as mentioned others are simply vocals or drum accompaniments, in particular the Amen Break has been included which spruces up any tired old club hit.
Some of the music left me disappointed, but this is subjective. I'm not a massive fan of club hits or commercial dubstep from the likes of Skrillex, of which there is plenty in the app. That said, there is enough music to placate most crowds, and adding more really shouldn't be a problem for the developers thanks to the rather clever implementation.
By providing only short 30-second clips akin to an iTunes preview, DJZ have potentially solved the issue of requiring in-app purchase packs. They've also made this music very easy to mix by sorting out tempo, pitch and beat looping for you. Music builds and drops as it's meant to, and the results are limited but professional-sounding transitions. Limited for the lack of musical variation and two sole effects, professional because it only requires a small amount of practice before you can produce seamless transitions and start to look very silly indeed.
There's something about controlling music with physical movement that makes me want to move the rest of me as well. This isn't a new thing, in fact there are apps like the rather expensive multi-touch synth TC-11 ($29.99) which uses movement to modify parameters, but nothing that provides such a user-friendly implementation. That said, the app is definitely best for creating mini-mixes in its current state.
A Few Final Thoughts
After playing with Crossfader I soon realised that I'd seen this sort of thing before in the MIDI Fighter 3D, a MIDI controller for DJs and live electronic music performers. The MIDI Fighter range takes the robustness of arcade controllers and applies it to MIDI music-making, allowing you to trigger samples, effects and tracks with a punch of a button. The MIDI Fighter 3D builds on this with accelerometers and the like to build a controller you can twist and tilt. Crossfader takes this use of natural movement and puts it into an app (with admittedly far less scope) that anyone can enjoy.
The app has still not had an update beyond its initial release. In fact at the time of writing, it's never even had a price. With that in mind there is plenty of room for improvement here, including the possibility of adding your own loops, changing which effects and samples are triggered and even adding a tilt-reactive video output for sending to a TV or projector. Above you will find a quick mix I threw together for the purpose of this review – it's not exactly tight but it shows off the various functions and loops.
In its current state it's a fun toy that tires slightly sooner than it should do. The developers are pushing the "DJ your own party" angle, and for that it needs to be updated with more music and customisation options. Grab it!
Download: Crossfader for iPhone & iPod Touch (Free)
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By Paul Spear
Board of Supervisors votes to file Notice of Intent to Sue on Tijuana River Valley sewage flows
SAN DIEGO – County Supervisor Greg Cox announced today that the San Diego County Board of Supervisors has voted to file a notice of intent to sue to stop damaging sewage spills that have fouled the Tijuana River Valley and nearby beaches.
"Enough is enough," said Supervisor Cox, who represents the area. "We've exhausted all our efforts to resolve this terrible situation and it's time we force those responsible to once and for all fix this problem."
The Board of Supervisors voted in closed session Tuesday to join a growing legal effort against the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC), a government agency that applies the boundary and water treaties of the United States and Mexico.
In February, a sewage spill from Mexico estimated by some sources to have been more than 143 million gallons fouled the Tijuana River Valley and resulted in the temporary closure of beaches from Imperial Beach to Coronado due to the high levels of pollution.
After that, the City of Imperial Beach, joined later by Chula Vista and the Port of San Diego, filed a notice of intent to sue the IBWC and one of its contractors for violations of the federal Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The City of San Diego also joined that effort last week.
"Communication is restricted following the notice of intent to sue and I wanted to make sure we had exhausted all our options through both the federal legislative and executive branches," Cox said.
Cox worked on bipartisan legislative efforts to resolve this matter, including a recent bill by Congressmen Juan Vargas and Darrell Issa. He has been personally meeting with the top leadership at the federal Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Navy Region Southwest.
"Talking about this can only take us so far," Cox said. "At some point, we have to take action to protect the health, water quality and economy of South County and our region. I want to thank my colleagues on the Board of Supervisors for taking this step." ###
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It has occurred to me that I may be suffering from S.O.S (shiny object syndrome). I was reading a post from a fellow writer yesterday (yes miasilvvs I'm talking about your post "The Chase"). In her post she talks about loosing interest in a new relationship after some time has passed, she calls it "The Chase" As I was pondering life, as I always seem to do often. It dawned on me that I might be experiencing a case of Shiny Object Syndrome.
O pining about the Future!
For the past few months I've been giving serious thought to what I'd like by future to be, aside from my next relationship, I'm specifically thinking about my career. I'm getting older, and I'd like to have stability in my job. For me part of what has been difficult is that I also need to feel intrinsically motivated with what I do. Otherwise I'll end up sabotaging what I do, mostly subconsciously, not intentionally. Looking at what I've accomplished, I feel as though I can do better, or that I should be at a different place, much further along. I know that many people will say I'm crazy, and that I should feel proud. I was talking about this with a friend a few days ago, and while I don't think I'm where I should be, that's what also gives me the motivation to move forward.
Newness is always soo exciting!!
There's a kind of excitement that comes from doing something new, the discovery is invigorating, but like all things in life, there's usually a plateau for the newness. I started a new job a few months ago, while I didn't see it as being a career, I still enjoyed it. I still did my best, and I learnt something new each day. Now that I've been there a few months, I'm starting to learn about the "cons" of working there. It's no longer shiny and new.
What does the future hold for me?
As I was contemplating my future with that job today, it dawned on me that the past several years have been like that. It's not that I've not held a job for more than a few months, I was in the Military for 10 years. Although it's only part-time, I've had a primary job for the past 6 years, and work a 2nd job to supplement my income. Perhaps I should be doing something that will allow me to move, or change jobs every few months. That way I can stay in the newness stage, hmm something to think about next!
No one said figuring out what to do would be this hard, while the future looks uncertain. I'm confident that I will find the Career that's right for me for where I am in my my life. After-all I've gotten thus far, and I haven't imploded yet. What about you, is anyone else feeling like they get tired of things quickly. Are you also longing for the excitement of going on a new adventure?


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It's been the better part of a year since last we reported on Paramount's planned World War Z sequel. Then, it was to tell you that Juan Antonio Bayona was attached to direct; now it's to let you know that Steven Knight has been tapped to pen the script, with Brad Pitt set to return. Plot details are still under wraps, but one would assume the sequel would continue the events inspired by the Max Brooks novel. This screenwriting news comes about two months after word that Pitt may star in a World War II-era film written by Knight. While it's a no-brainer that Paramount wants a follow-up to their half-a-billion-dollar earner (the highest of Pitt's career), it's a bit surprising that Knight landed the writing job. Hit the jump for more.
Variety reports that Knight will pen the script for the untitled World War Z sequel. His recent effort was as writer and director on the Tom Hardy picture, Locke. In addition to the TV series Peaky Blinders, Knight also has writing credits for Seventh Son, The Hundred-Foot Journey, and the currently filming Pawn Sacrifice.
If you missed World War Z in theaters, take a look at the trailer below:
Here's a synopsis for World War Z:
The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. Enos plays Gerry's wife Karen Lane; Kertesz is his comrade in arms, Segen.


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~Rock N Roll~
Hello everyone!
Back again with a narrative of the thought process Pia and I go through to make our draws and storyline work with the words selected for Monkey Sidebars.
As I have mentioned in the past, sometimes when a word comes along and I can't come up with a plot to go behind the word then I will ask Pia if she wants to skip the word. My idea was to draw a Rock Tribute. I wanted to draw Mary sporting a Metallica t-shirt or something like that. Maybe draw her with headphones listening to The Beatles. Maybe we could draw Pia dressed as a punk rocker. Pia on the other hand said, "We can work with this." We started to throw up ideas and before you knew it we had a storyline for "Rock N Roll". I thought they should dress as a KISS tribute band since the villains were trying to lay low and not be noticed.
The first draw was done by Pia heading to the Belly Up Tavern. An actual bar that Pia said she used to visit in her college years in San Diego.
It was the kind of place that you hoped to get out of alive. It's where Pia got her training to become a Crime-fighter comic artist!
The next draw shows Mary and Agent W-D40 searching for the Twins. Only they did not know that The Twins were right in front of them!
I've seen so many cover bands and tribute bands in the Austin/San Antonio area but I don't think I've ever seen a KISS tribute band. Anywho… our tribute band playing at the Belly Up Tavern (notice how I wrote Bottom's up Tavern on the draw…doh!) was Destroyer!!! I didn't know if there was a tribute band by the name "Destroyer" but I figured there would be so I Googled their name and there is an actual band called Destroyer! They actually played 30 miles from my hometown this weekend! Weird.
WTF indeed! Pia and I discussed how we would make the GRAND REVEAL! I thought this idea was crazy but we actually pulled it off. I was so glad that we stuck to the storyline and not drawing some random draws.
Stay tuned for some exciting changes in the Jungle Turns saga!
Will Mary return from the DEAD!! Will she be a WALKER
(see what I did there Walking Dead fans).
Please follow @jungleturns on Instagram.
Thanks – Jaime.
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If you're a big TV fan like me, the Emmy Awards can be a big deal. It's the biggest night for our favourite TV shows and actors. At the same time, it's also the worst night for TV fans because it's a reminder of all the egregious snubs and the shows/actors who deserve all the awards but aren't recognized by the TV Academy. I feel this year, more than ever, I have many more issues with the Emmys and the nominations, which I really should have given its own post but will instead combine it with my predictions.
BUT FIRST, let's talk about some of the awards that were given out at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend.
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Jimmy Fallon, SNL: Well deserved! Loved his episode last season (JT being in the episode might've helped a little)
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series – Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black: It's a little funny how the Emmy rules work seeing as how half the nominees in this category are from OITNB and I would hardly call them "guests." Whatever.
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series – Joe Morton, Scandal: Papa Pope for the win! My only issue with this category? The fact that John frickin' Noble didn't get nominated for Sleepy Hollow. I mean, THAT FINALE and THAT MONOLOGUE. I repeat, HOW did John Noble NOT get nominated?
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series – Allison Janney, Masters of Sex: I don't watch Masters but really, how can you go wrong with the incredible Allison Janney?
- Outstanding Choreography – Tabitha & Napoleon D'umo, So You Think You Can Dance: Their fellow nominees were Derek Hough, Travis Wall, Mandy Moore, and Christopher Scott. In all honesty, you couldn't go wrong with any of them winning. I was pulling for Travis to win though, especially considering Wicked Games was one of the pieces he was nominated for. NappyTabs still deserved the win for the Puttin' on the Ritz choreo.
- Outstanding Reality Host – Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night: Jane Lynch is cool, and I love HGN but really? Jane over the INCREDIBLY OVERLOOKED CAT DEELEY???!!! I was upset but ok with Cat losing to Jeff Probst and then Tom Bergeron, but this is just getting ridiculous now.
- Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series – The Blacklist: The Blacklist won? For a category that hands down should've been given to Arrow, which for some stupid reason wasn't even nominated?! I had problems in previous years when Nikita wasn't nominated (and it should've!) but Arrow's season 2 finale should've gotten the nod AND win! Total BS!
Now onto the major award winners last night. Let's me preface all this by saying that I was already displeased with some of the nominations, so how the awards turned out (re: mainly predictable/boring) just made me even more upset.
- The Big Bang Theory
- Louie
- Modern Family
- Orange is the New Black
- Silicon Valley
- Veep
For the fifth year in a row, Modern Family wins. Like SERIOUSLY?! AGAIN?! It is not as funny as it used to be, and there are other shows from this past season that weren't even nominated, that were funnier than MF has been lately; I bring your attention to – Parks and Recreation, The Mindy Project, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Trophy Wife, Enlisted. Yup, I yelled expletives.
- Breaking Bad
- Downton Abbey
- Game of Thrones
- House of Cards
- Mad Men
- True Detective
Breaking Bad won! Because it was the best thing on TV, hands down. There's nothing to be mad about (except the Orphan Black snub, and the Parenthood snub but…)
- Louis C.K., Louie
- Don Cheadle, House of Lies
- Ricky Gervais, Derek
- Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
- William H. Macy, Shameless
- Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Admittedly, of all the shows these actors are on, I only watch The Big Bang Theory. But I also have to admit, I wasn't too thrilled about seeing Jim Parsons win for the third time in this category. Really? Even though I don't watch, I've heard nothing but great things about Louis C.K. and his show Louie – and all he seems to win are the writing awards. I also think it was a shame that Andy Samberg didn't get nominated for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, especially considering he won the Golden Globe in the category (granted, there's no direct correlation between the awards, but he won! That should've counted for something, no?) Adam Scott should've also been nominated for a great season of Parks and Recreation.
- Lena Dunham, Girls
- Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
- Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
- Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
- Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black
I'm not sure who else I wanted to be nominated in the category, but all I know is that I wanted Amy Poehler to win. Alas, it didn't happen. Because Julia Louis-Dreyfus won AGAIN. I don't watch Veep, though I've heard great things about it, and I'm sure JLD very much deserves the win, but COME ON! How has Amy not won anything, save for the Golden Globe win back in January? Actually, you know what, I know who else I would've liked to see get a nod – Malin Akerman for Trophy Wife, who was wonderful in that show, and the always awesome Mindy Kaling for The Mindy Project.
- Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
- Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
- Jon Hamm, Mad Men
- Woody Harrelson, True Detective
- Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
- Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Tough category guys, though let's be real, it came down to Bryan Cranston and Matthew McConaughey. An Emmy win for Matthew would've really capped off a tremendous year, what with winning an Oscar earlier this year. But it's Bryan 'Motherfuckin' Cranston! For the final season of Breaking Bad! It was a close one indeed. Poor Jon Hamm though, always nominated and never winning – maybe next year? One thing's for sure, I frickin' need to see Matthew Rhys nominated for The Americans next year – incredibly overlooked.
- Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex
- Claire Danes, Homeland
- Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
- Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
- Kerry Washington, Scandal
- Robin Wright, House of Cards
TATIANA MASLANY WAS SNUBBED! She plays how many different characters in one show? And does it so well that you forget she is only one actress? HOW DOES SHE NOT GET NOMINATED, LET ALONE WIN???!!!! Proof that I love my spies, Keri Russell for The Americans and Maggie Q for Nikita (even if Maggie was a longshot) deserved nods as well. For a second (a very quick second) I thought maybe Kerry Washington would win, but I figured history wasn't going to be made on this most predictable of nights. I am happy to see that Julianna Margulies won though, for what was an incredible year on The Good Wife.
- Fred Armisen, Portlandia
- Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Ty Burrell, Modern Family
- Adam Driver, Girls
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
- Tony Hale, Veep
Supporting Actor in a Comedy has always been a tough category, especially when all four of the Modern Family guys were nominated. This year the MF stranglehold loosened up a bit, but obviously not enough since Ty Burrell won again, his third win in the category. Ever heard of spreading the love, Emmys? I mean if someone from MF HAD to win, why couldn't they give it to Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who has yet to win? And that doesn't even get to who else should've gotten a nod. Albert Tsai from Trophy Wife (Bertwheels!)? Parker Young from Enlisted? Simon Helberg or Kunal Nayyar from The Big Bang Theory? Danny Pudi from Community? NICK OFFERMAN for Parks and Recreation?! So many possibilities and yet we end with the same result.
- Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
- Julie Bowen, Modern Family
- Anna Chlumsky, Veep
- Allison Janney, Mom
- Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
- Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black
At least MF didn't win? Like I said before, I like Allison Janney and you really can't go wrong with her winning, I just don't watch Mom. I wish Marcia Gay Harden had gotten a nod (however much of a long shot it was) for Trophy Wife, because anybody who actually watched the show can attest to how scary good she was as steely Diane.
- Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
- Josh Charles, The Good Wife
- Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
- Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
- Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
- Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Aaron Paul completely and utterly deserved the award, despite him not being given all that much (in comparison to previous years) in the too awesome for words final season of Breaking Bad. I think I would've liked to see Josh Charles win, because even from what little I caught of The Good Wife, he was pretty awesome. But again, not mad that Aaron Paul won (YEAH BITCH!). Still upset Jordan Gavaris didn't get nominated for Orphan Black though. Also, it did kind of bug me that Dean Norris didn't get nominated for his role in Breaking Bad because he did a fantastic job in those early episodes of the season when Hank finds out about Walter and is trying to take him down.
- Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
- Joanna Froggatt, Downton Abbey
- Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
- Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
- Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
- Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Two years in a row for Anna Gunn! It was a nice surprise to see Lena Headey get nominated for Game of Thrones, but without a doubt, Anna Gunn held her own against Bryan Cranston in the final season. May I ask though, what's with all the Downton Abbey love? Surely there were other actresses who deserved to get nominated? Bellamy Young on Scandal anyone? (Hi Drunk Mellie!) Or the wonderful actresses on Parenthood??!!
- The Amazing Race
- Dancing With the Stars
- Project Runway
- So You Think You Can Dance
- Top Chef
- The Voice
Aaaannnndddd we're back to The Amazing Race winning the category again. I love TAR but maybe it's about time to pull yourself out of the race? I wanted desperately to see SYTYCD win, just to show Fox a vote of confidence so that they'll renew the show and not have it be so much on the bubble. Also, what's up with Survivor not getting nominated? It's been on a total roll lately.
So there you have it, this year's Emmy Award winners. More of the same. If you won before, you were than likely to win again! Even if there were some puzzling surprises in last year's winners, at least there were surprises to keep things interesting! This year was just a whole other level of puzzling madness/blandness with the winners and nominees. One of the good things about this year? Seth Meyers did a good job as host, and bringing along his other funny friends to present and whatnot, at least made for some funny bits between the awards. Also, Sara Bareilles performing "Smile" was a beautiful tribute to those in the industry we lost in the past year.
STEP UP YOUR GAME NEXT YEAR, EMMY AWARDS AND THE TV ACADEMY! None of this, more of the same crap, okay?


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Earlier this month, a 21-year-old African American approached the home of his step-father's ex-girlfriend in Jefferson County, Alabama, and ended up dead. The woman who lived in the home said she shot him out of fear for her safety, and as a result, no charges will be filed against her under Alabama's Stand Your Ground law — the same law that gained notoriety after the tragic killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
The woman, whose name was not released, said she was out walking her dog when she saw a man run by her home and went inside to get a gun. When she came back out, a man she believed to be the same person was walking down her driveway. She told him to stop, and that she had a gun. But he kept approaching. She shot and he died.
Unfortunately, little else is known about the case, and likely never will be now that the inquiry has ended with the state's Stand Your Ground law. The woman said she could not identify the man and feared he was planning to attack her. She said she had particular fear because her boyfriend had been recently robbed, according to Jefferson County District Attorney Brandon Falls. The man, Demetrius Antuan Thompson, had no criminal record. He had no known motive for an attack or break-in.
Under Alabama's Stand Your Ground law, the woman had no duty to retreat, and it didn't matter that she voluntarily came outside with a gun. Even if she only feared second-degree assault (intent and execution of serious physical injury), she was authorized to use deadly force. "This is a tragic situation, but legally she was justified," Falls told AL.com.
This is the second case this month in which an individual who fatally shot another will escape any criminal liability under Alabama's Stand Your Ground law. Another was cleared by a jury after shooting dead a man who hit him with a socket wrench. Even the prosecutor who charged him said, "we felt Scoggins could have just driven away. That he was in no immediate danger."
Alabama is one of at least nine states that passed the aggressive ALEC and NRA-backed "Stand Your Ground" statute that authorizes unfettered deadly force in self-defense, and one of 21 with a similar law that imposes no duty to retreat when facing an "attacker" in any place where one is lawfully present, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Even after the outrage and movement for reform that followed the tragic death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin more than a year ago, not a single state has successfully repealed or scaled back one of these laws. Earlier this month, a New Hampshire repeal effort that passed the House was blocked by the Republican-led Senate after four months of debate. And even in Florida, a task force dedicated to review the Stand Your Ground law declined to make any changes in spite of several empirical studies associating these laws with an increase in homicides, a disproportionate impact on African Americans, and no deterrent effect.


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GAK Personnel Records (See CEI, CGI, GACD, GBI, and GCI) GAK-1
Personnel files required by the district shall be confidential and in the custody of the records custodian and/or the superintendent. Employees have the right to inspect their files upon proper notice under the supervision of an appropriate supervisor. All records and files maintained by the district should be screened periodically by the custodian of records.
All personnel files and evaluation documents, including those stored by electronic means, shall be adequately secured.
Requests for References
Unless otherwise allowed by law, a request by a third party for release of any personnel record shall require the written consent of the employee, and shall be submitted to the records custodian who shall respond to the request as the law allows.
Upon receipt of a written request district officials may provide information regarding past and present employees to prospective employers in compliance with current law. Information that may be provided will include:
· employment date(s);
· job description and duties while in the district's employ;
· last salary or wage;
· wage history;
· whether the employee was voluntarily or involuntarily released from service and the reasons for the separation;
· written employee evaluations which were conducted prior to the employee's separation from the employer and to which an employee shall be given a copy upon request.
GAK Personnel Records GAK-2
Immunity Provided
Unless otherwise provided by law, an employer who responds in writing to a written request concerning a current or former employee from a prospective employer of that employee shall be absolutely immune from civil liability for disclosure of the information noted above to which an employee may have access.
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K.L Malaysia – from my year of travels 2009-2010.
Happy New Year everyone!!
I thought it was about time I created another post in my 'new' blog that ain't so new anymore and so far only has one entry…. Needless to say I have thought about it a lot. And taken plenty of notes in my phone with ideas for blogs, but putting that all into action is a whole other thing in my world!
This post it just a little thought or thoughts that I have from time to time that I wanted to share with you. In a world now obsessed with quick fixes and a million games shows/ tv programmes/ lotteries/ competitions helping (or claiming) to get (a tiny fraction of) people rich or famous fast, I feel a lot of us have lost sight of what is important. I know that I have definitely been guilty of it from time to time, where I have been on a 'mission', always in a rush to get somewhere, to achieve something and make big things happen. The thing is, I definitely don't regret any of that, and if you follow my work you may see the evidence that this has started to pay off, and I have indeed managed to make a lot of my goals happen, and more, and quickly. However, now I have time to reflect and let all of this sink in, it has started to dawn on me that I can't live like that forever, where you are constantly looking ahead, aiming for the next thing and forgetting to live in the moment (the best place to be!). Yes it worked then and I am glad of it, but now I am happy to take things a tad slower and enjoy the so-called journey.
If I look back at the past few years, or even further, I can see clearly now what is meant by some of the, perhaps overused, quotes, such as, 'It is not about the destination, it is about the journey'. You have to remember to enjoy the hard times and the good ones, the people along the way, the places, everything that helped you get to where you are today, just now or this time next year, or at the end of an achievement or goal. Because this is what actually matters, what drives us, and where, I believe, the real satisfaction and fulfilment comes from. Yes it feels great when you get 'there', wherever/whatever that may be, but let's not neglect the getting there, after all, what is life but a huge collection of memories and experiences – sorry, had to get a little cheesy there.
I think we should also remember that everyone's 'journey' is so different, 'there' is somewhere or something different for everyone, you cannot compare your life or your achievements to anyone else's. For one thing, it will make you crazy, but also it is easy to look at someone else's situation or circumstances and think that they are so much happier or successful than you, and often this is not the case at all. Everyone ends up with such different obstacles and opportunities that any comparison is simply not fair or rational.
I could go on, but I think I will stop my rambling there, if you have read to the end, thank you, I hope it was worth it in some small way!


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I am I the only person in Tower Hamlets who is getting so many letters from Mayor Lutfur Rahman that I have difficulty keeping track of them? OK it's flattering and all that but soon people will start talking… [Editors Note: They already have.]
Either way I am in good company as the Mayor seems to have problems keeping track of his letters too! Or should I say his team does? Can't imagine the Mayor of Tower Hamlets opens his own post and sticks stamps on envelopes, he probably has people to do that for him. Anyway..
The back story
There is a bit of a 'back story' to this as they would say in Hollywood. Essentially one day in November three nice ladies knocked on my door, said they were from Tower Hamlets Homes (they weren't) and asked me how Mayor Lutfur could help me? Nice.
I raised two issues with the three nice ladies, one being the lighting in Wapping Woods, the other being the broken pavement in Wapping Lane outside Tower Pharmacy and Hussey's grocers. When it rains the pavement floods.
Now by some weird sequence of events the queries I raised with the three nice ladies not from Tower Hamlets Homes resulted in me getting letters from the office of Mayor Lutfur. Odd, huh?
But hey, it's better than being ignored, right!
Now I have to admit that I was a silly billy and did not ask to see the IDs of the three nice ladies at the time. Why should I though? But this simple act of knocking on a door, saying you are from Tower Hamlets Homes (when you are not as has been proved) and then me getting nice letters from the Mayor has caused a bit of a fuss. Almost a kerfuffle.
That fateful day in November
Since that fateful day in November I seem to have spent more time speaking to investigators from Tower Hamlets Homes, service heads at Tower Hamlets Council and journalists from publications both low and high that I have not had much time to do important things like feed the geese.
Let's hope no one makes a television program about the three nice ladies knocking on my door! Now that could turn a kerfuffle into a right palaver. And that would not be good. But I think we can rest assured that TV people – who are very, very important remember – would show any interest in this.
But I digress. Letters!
Just before Christmas I got yet another letter from the Mayor that had attached to it a letter from the Head of Transport and Highways at the Council.
The letter from the Head of Transport and Highways to the Mayor was very good indeed. In fact it is so good I have reproduced the main text below and the PDF files are attached to this post.
Basically the letter is in response to me ringing up the Mayor's office and complaining that the response to a previous letter was not good enough. OK, I admit I might well have been trying to find out the identity of the three mysterious women but my complaint was still valid.
Wrong problem
Problem being that I was complaining about the response to the broken pavement in Wapping Lane. Not the lighting in Wapping Woods. Because the lighting in Wapping Woods has been fixed and fixed very well. Mainly because Cllr. Denise Jones (Labour) and Cllr. Emma Jones (Conservative) worked long and hard to get them fixed.
The broken pavement in Wapping Lane is still broken. But more of that later.
Here is the text of the letters about the wrong thing. Oops.
Covering letter from Mayor Lutfur to me.
24th December
Dear Mr Baynes,
Highway maintenance
Further to my letter dated 10/12/2013, I have now heard from officers regarding the above matter that I took up on your behalf. A copy of their reply is enclosed.
I trust you will find the contents self-explanatory and I hope this satisfactorily answers your query. However, if there is anything further that I can assist you with please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Lutfur Rahman
Mayor of Tower Hamlets
And here is the report to the Mayor….
Report from Transportation & Highways to Mayor Lutfur
Dear Mayor Rahman,
Re: Highway Maintenance 1-84107736
I refer to your enquiry regarding Mr Baynes' continuing complaint about the lighting in Wapping Woods. He was not satisfied by the original response and has asked that the situation be looked at in more detail.
Mr Baynes was originally concerned about the quality of lighting in Wapping Woods possibly being linked to two attacks in that area. After a public meeting regarding those problems in Wapping Woods and surrounding areas, S106 funding was secured for lighting improvements and the lights along the path were upgraded to brighter white lighting. Officers have since been on another walkabout in the area with residents and they were really happy with the results and said they felt a lot safer walking through the woods. The Dellow Street route is now also a lot better lit and a lot safer.
Community Safety are now seeking approval for further funding to continue lighting improvements in other streets in Wapping and we hope that Garnet Street can be included in that project.
In the meantime, as confirmed previously- the lighting is regularly monitored and any defective lights repaired without delay.
Yours sincerely
Margaret Cooper
Head of Transport & Highways
At this point I would just like to thank Margaret Cooper and her team for their work. The improvement in the Wapping Woods lighting is fantastic. You can read about it here when I went on a walkabout. I won't mention who didn't go walkies of course. [Editors Note: Cheap.]
So there you have it. Lovely letter, wrong subject.
Wapping Woods remains properly lit.
The pavement in Wapping Lane remains broken.
No doubt throughout the Borough of Tower Hamlets residents are being thrown into confusion after complaining about dog mess and getting responses back with details of a Thames Barrier maintenance report.
Those people in the Mayor's office really need to get their system sorted. But then as I am still baffled as to how an issue I raise with a person passing themselves off as a Tower Hamlets Homes employee finds it's way to the Mayor's Office that might be a tall order.
TV Expose? No. Film? Maybe.
In conclusion all I can say is that there is no way very important TV people are going to make a programme about the pavement.
But maybe someone might make a film about it? Nah, no one would ever be that daft.
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The Affordable Care Act is the most recent and far reaching effort by the government to control healthcare in America. Our system has been the envy of the world with both clinical and research innovation at the heart of its foundation. What made our healthcare system exceptional was the fact that it was based on free enterprise. Doctors were free to practice medicine under the guidelines set forth by their Hippocratic Oath and patients were free to seek treatment from physicians of their choice. Initially it was very simple and affordable – the independent private physician had both a moral/ethical and a fiduciary responsibility to the patient. The doctor patient relationship was sacrosanct and there was no third party middle man.
Since 1948, when the United Nations created the World Health Organization (WHO) there has been an inexorable movement towards centralization of the power to take decisions away from the individual and give them to the government in the form of regulation and mandates. This model was adopted readily by countries and is the under pinning of socialized medicine. The US was notably the only western country to hold out. However, that changed in1965 when Medicare was passed as part of the Social Security amendments. Medicare was set up as a federal program that provided socialized medicine for America's seniors.
- Just like Obamacare, it was initially sold to Americans as a government program that would 'take care' of Americans. It would make the Government the benefactor, the caregiver, and the savior absolving Americans from personal responsibility – all you would have to do is put your faith and money in the government and everything would be taken care of with nothing to worry about.
- Just like Obamacare, Medicare was drafted by bureaucrats and politicians who were more interested in concentrating power and controlling the purse strings, not providing true healthcare.
- Just like Obamacare, there were no doctors or patients involved with the crafting of the legislation; and therefore, there was no one who was a true advocate for the patient.
Over the years, Medicare has devolved into a bankrupt, bloated, and wasteful system that has been a piggy bank for Congress (e.g., Congress removed 700 billion dollars from the Medicare trust fund set aside for patient care to help fund Obamacare). Although the costs for seniors have increased in the form of higher deductibles, there has been a steady decline in access and treatment options. There is nothing to suggest that money taken for Obamacare will do anything more than add additional money to their slush fund. For those who argue that healthcare will improve, they should realize that under Obamacare, Medicare reimbursements to hospices will increase 1% while those to hospitals will fall – making it hard to argue that healthcare in this new system will not emphasize rationing and palliative care to keep costs down.
While people are distracted by the argument about will they or won't they defund Obamacare, the medical system that was once the envy of the world is being dismantled and reconfigured as a government controlled grid falsely packaged as a caring patient centered system that will provide unlimited access to medical care, the freedom to choose your doctor with ever decreasing costs. Despite the blame being placed on Republicans about wanting people to die, the truth is Obamacare is set up to do the very thing that is said its opponents want.
If left in place, Obamacare will continue to drive a broken system propped up by taxpayer money. One where physicians, that still choose to be a part of it ,will be kept in line through fear and intimidation, while allowing cartels such as the medical insurance industry and big Pharma to collude via medication formularies and pharmacy benefit management companies to control both price and access to medication. Hospitals will continue to consolidate and become too big to fail by removing their competition and making themselves the only game in town. They will also limit access to patient care in the process by increasing waiting times for appointments, and restricting access by offering their own hospital underwritten insurance limiting patients to facilities and doctors within their system.
The most ironic part about Obamacare is it will not lead to a significant decrease in those who cannot access meaningful healthcare. People will still won't be able to access healthcare either because they can't find a doctor or they cannot afford to seek treatment. The only difference is they will be forced to pay for the privilege… but maybe that's the point. Create the problem, wait for the reaction and provide the solution as Harry Reid gleefully admitted – single payer.
It's time for Americans to stop being distracted by the bright shiny thing ….We deserve better.


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PROV-ISSUE-128 (Location-Example): Location example uses a filesystem and not a geographical location [Ontology] http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/128 Raised by: Paul Groth On product: Ontology I was looking at the definition of Location in the Ontology and the example talks about a file system path. This seems odd given that the general description of the concept is about a geospatial location. Can this be clarified?Received on Thursday, 20 October 2011 09:31:41 UTC
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High Performance Cycling kicks off the 2011 season
On Saturday, Feb. 5 from 1 to 3 p.m., Cycle U will host a Team High Performance Open House its West Seattle store, located at 4550 Fauntleroy Way SW. The party is for team members, their friends, and anybody else who would like to learn more about Cascade's High Performance Cycling program. Light refreshments will be served.
Besides socializing, topics to be discussed include:
- What Team HPC is all about
- Team benefits from our relationship with Cascade and Cycle U
- 2011 Team goals and initiatives
- Cycle U coaching clinics. Potential clinic topics include pace lines, climbing, group ride safety, cornering and descending, etc.
- The team discount program including discounts on Felt bikes and Specialized bikes and products
- Fitness performance testing program for members
- 2011 ride schedule
Cycle U will conduct fitness testing for HPC team members on Saturday, Feb. 26. The testing cost is included with membership, and new members who join before Feb. 26 will be eligible. On Saturday, March 5, Kristi Berg and Tom Meloy from Cycle U will conduct a "How to build your own training plan" clinic for people who did the fitness test.
Four years ago we announced the formation of a new program within the Cascade Bicycle Club. Cascade's High Performance Cycling (HPC) was developed to match the interests and needs of cyclists who like to ride fast, hard, far, and climb hills, but without a racing focus. The HPC program is committed to helping strong cyclists challenge themselves to improve their skills and fitness.
HPC riders should:
- Be committed to improving their fitness and cycling skills
- Be able to, or desire to ride at the CBC strenuous effort level.
- Possess the endurance to ride over 50 miles.
- Be comfortable with, or desire to master pace line riding techniques.
Cascade and Cycle U offer an HPC team program with a focus on High Performance Cycling, not racing.
Cycle University is a bicycle school that focuses on teaching riders of all levels how to improve rapidly. It is run by former pro Craig Undem and a staff of professional coaches. Cycle U offers everything from Private Lessons to InCycle Spin Classes.
For more information or to sign up and join the team, see the High Performance Cycling page, or the team page. You can also sign up at the party. The cost is $100 per year. Cascade membership is required.
Our primary goal for 2011 is to continue developing "HPC Powered by Cycle U" as an entity that offers a fun way to not only improve your cycling, but to do it in the company of professional coaches, and other riders with similar interests.
We hope to see you on Feb. 5. Look for HPC team members in their team jerseys, and feel free to ask them more about the program.


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Since the Creator designed it and created it and sustains it, He understands it. He knows that the earth is spherical, not flat; that it turns on an axis, is not static; that it is suspended on nothing; that it sweeps through space in a fixed rotation and a fixed orbit in its own solar system, and at the same time is dragged by the center of this solar system, the sun, through the entire space as the whole orbiting set of planets and sun that we know has an orbit of its own that runs from one end of heaven to the other. Whoever made this knows that, and that's why He says in Psalm 19 that the sun has an orbit from one end of heaven to the other.
Whoever made the world as we know it and the universe knows the galaxies. He knows the staggering reaches of space and the countless stars and galaxies. He knows them all; made every one of them, so He knows them. He knows their components. He knows their location. He knows their movement.
Whoever made this planet knows the cycles of air and water. He knows the facts of chemistry and biology, physiology. He understands atomic structure. So we would assume that whoever made this, if He were to give us a description that we could understand of His creative act would get it right. And that's exactly what you have in Genesis 1, and expanded upon in Genesis 2. What the Creator tells you about creation is exactly what happened. He is the Creator, after all, He knows.
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How is September already over?! I am certain we can only be halfway through and yet… here we are! A lot did happen here in September, here's what we talked about, in case you missed any of it!
Attractions for kids
We went all over the city, from the cottage right in our backyard at Mud Lake and exploring new corners of the city while trying out geocaching, to the Lumiere Festival, karters corners, and going on family bike rides.
We also found out why Chapters is a great place to take your kids, heard about the ruins at MacKenzie King Estate, visited the ByWard Market, an exhibition at the National Gallery and heard about putting your girls in hockey.
We visited the Sunnyside library and also heard about getting your kids their own library cards.
One mom told us all about how to make an amazing Thomas birthday cake and a trip to the apple orchard has people making apple crisp and apple sauce.
Fall fair season is upon us. We visited the Richmond and Spencerville Fairs.
We are heading out to MacKenzie King Estate this Saturday morning – will you join us?
Out of town activities
We visited the Granby zoo and it sounds amazing!
Parenting Tips
This month we talked about the importance of being aware of kids with allergies and how to make it easier for them when you host an event. We also talked about getting fussy babies to sleep, cutting your kids' hair, and using cloth diapers.
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The new Kindle software update, v2.5.x, has been described by many Kindle International (Oct. 2009) owners as providing darker fonts and more screen contrast.
The older Kindle 2 U.S. (pre Oct 2009) model does not seem to have been affected, at least not according to most of the font-change reports in the Kindle forums.
Increasing (or decreasing) font size
If wanting darker fonts while reading, you can try increasing the font size from the default '3' to '4' as shown in the illustration at the left. That's done with the 'Aa' key, also known by longtime Kindle owners as the "fonts key" but called the "text key" in Amazon's v2.5.x help area. That key is right next to the Spacebar, to its right, as you face it. In writing this, I just rediscovered Amazon's illustration showing the text-key location and the font-size changer.
Kindle-edition subscribers receiving the blog on their Kindles may also be able to click on the link to see the illustration as it's a rare faster-loading image. Since they use a security link (https), maybe not.
Decreasing amount of spacing between lines
This particular trick works only with Kindle-2, 6" models and not the largerKindle DX.
One disadvantage of using font size '4' setting (for some) is that there are less words on a page, which means page turning is needed more often.
One way to get a few more words on the page without decreasing font size is to decrease instead the spacing between lines, which some may find too large.
I think this is undocumented, but if you feel the spacing between lines is too large you can decrease that too.
Hold down the shift & alt keys with your left hand and then type a number that is smaller than the default size '3' -- in this case you'd type '2' and you'll get more spacing between the lines.
Typing '1' by the way gets the same results as typing '2'...
I use these setting when under dimmer lighting such as lamps (I don't like overhead lighting), at night.
These font-size and line-spacing settings made by you will stay put until you change them again. There's always an instant-preview of the new look in each case.
You can of course go in the other direction too, decreasing font size and correspondingly increasing spacing between lines.
Refreshing your screen's e-ink distribution
Sometimes you'll see a bit of ghosting or possibly fonts that appear thinner
and thus less black.
Hold down the alt-key and type 'g' at the same time, and that will refresh the e-ink distribution. I sometimes do it 2 to 3 times. It uses the battery anytime you change the screen display, but the Kindle has plenty of juice most of the time -- unless you keep wireless On, which brings quite a drain.
So turn off your wireless when not needing it for downloading books or for the Sync and Check for Items Menu option which lets Amazon servers know you would like them to back up your latest-read pages, your bookmarks and -- if you enable them under the Menu -- any annotations, while delivering any pending Kindle books and/or newspapers, magazines, blogs.
This will also back up changes you've made in your Collections.
Words per Line
You'll see this option under the font-size choices. It allows you to see the text in a smaller 'column' so that your eyes don't have to go across the screen horizontally as much. It's probably used more when you're using small font sizes though. (On the 9.7" Kindle DX a smaller column is often appreciated.)
The default is text to the edges, while the other choices give wider margins and will show less words per line.
Screen Rotation
Remember that you can use the Aa text key (fonts key) feature seen at the bottom -- rotating the screen to display in Landscape mode. This is especially helpful for PDF files and can help when viewing web pages too.
The older Kindle 1
The older Kindle 1 actually has a default spacing equivalent of '5' in effect, which is unchangeable. It also has a fatter font, which some find darker, as more black ink particles are seen on the screen and Amazon uses Bold fonts more (as I wish they would in the older Kindle 2 U.S. model.
Some feel that smaller fonts and line-spacing make for a nicer looking page if you're focusing on aesthetics, but in some cases that can make your eyes work harder. Everyone's eyes are different of course.
B&N is wisely putting out a WiFi-only Nook and also lowering the price of the current WiFi-3G model (3G mobile-wireless useable only at the store rather than full-web access like the Kindle's, now included at no added charge globally to a large extent). See CNet's report.
$199 for the regular Nook, $149 for the WiFi only, with no 3G.
But Amazon will have to cut pricing somewhat despite now enabling full-web access all over the globe. It'd be nice to see lower Kindle pricing, of course.
Shouldn't the Agency plan for e-books, even if fought by Amazon, benefit Amazon where they were losing money on bestsellers? Maybe that could help subsidize a price decrease in the Kindle readers.
Border's Kobo will suffer because, at $149, it has NO basic features other than straight reading currently and public library access. It has no Search of a book (useful for finding characters and events), no dictionary, no annotations. It does have some bad bugs they're trying to fix.
But the $149 Nook with wifi only is a good buy if you can bear with the slow, menu-heavy implementation of the functions for Search book, Dictionary (fewer results), and annotations made that the Nook owner can't easily find later. Maybe the new update coming will help. Kindle owners may be able to thank B&N for doing this. One can hope.
And Amazon's policy has been to give refunds of price differences within 30 days of a purchase of a model that has had a price decrease.
Those interested in the DUAL 7" screen color LCD, one of the screens doubling as a (virtual) keyboard, at 1.9 pounds, can view the hands-on article by Laptop Magazine.
At that price, I don't think it's targeting the Kindle as some news reports say, but more the KNO dual-screen tablet already lusted after by college students.
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Culled and revised jottings from a sermon from Dr. D.K Olukoya. General Overseer of the Mountain of fire and Miracles Ministries.
Sermon Date: Wednesday, 3rd June, 2015
@ MFM Headquarters, Lagos.
Mystery of Profitless Hard work
Today teaching is a continuation the Economic Deliverance series and it's to battle against a terrible spirit that has affected so many people.
A lot of people have been victims of this spirit; this is the spirit that makes many to labor very hard with little or no returns on their labor. This spirit has tied many people down at the bottom of life; it's a strange spirit indeed; it is the spirit of profitless hard work.
Mystery of profitless hard work
This spirit that has Denied many people of their inheritance; it has stolen so much from people.
It is tragic to hear of some people recount how much has passed through their hands; this is because if this money were allowed to stay in their hands, a lot of people would have been millionaires today.
The truth is that most people are not lazy to do work. Some even do multiple jobs especially abroad. Regardless of this, their economic destiny doors not add up. It is the mysterious power of this Power that has dominated such people s life and their effort are wasted.
"And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink." {Luke 5:1-7}
May you encounter a net breaking miracle in the name of Jesus.
"Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, we also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, no. And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes." {John 21:3-6}
Jesus transformed peter from Fisher of fish to Fisher of men
When went back to his fishing business after Jesus was crucified but they caught nothing until Jesus Intervened.
May the lord intervene in your situation in Jesus name.
Here lies this spirit of profitless hard work in the life of Peter. They worked very hard over the night, yet no result.
Despite the fact that they had no reason to fail . . .
v They were professional fishermen.
v They understand the waters so well.
v They work very hard through the night.
v They were fishing at the right time.
v They had the necessary tools of work
. . . But still they did not succeed because of the spirit of profitless hard work
Symptoms of the spirit of profitless hard work.
Ø No commensurate rewarded for work.
Ø Work very hard but no success.
Ø Prepare hard for exam but no success.
Ø Prepare hard for interview for no success
Many have been working for several years but nothing to show
Ø Fruitless labor.
Ø Running without certainty or headway.
Ø Slippery breakthrough.
Ø Poverty spirit.
Ø Anti-prosperity powers.
Ø Failing where it should not be.
Ø Fish in unproductive waters
Ø Labor for Pharaoh: Laboring and pharaoh getting the profit.
Jesus gave a strange instruction
Jesus asked them to do the very thing they have been doing and they were failing. They obeyed and got result.
May you overcome the spirit of profitless hard work confronting your destiny in the name of Jesus.
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Prayer Points
1. Every power of profitless hard work, die! in the name of Jesus.
2. You my hands ! Prosper by fire in the name of Jesus.
3. Strongholds of wicked taskmasters break in the name of Jesus.
4. I shall not work for other to profit; I shall reap the fruit of my labour in the name of Jesus.
Seven Fold Amen with Faith!!!
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2015 is your Year of multiple restoration and unparalleled Favor in the name of Jesus
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Last Monday evening a few of us ventured over to Clonakilty with some Argentinian friends to enjoy some traditional Irish Music. We stopped off at An Teach Beag which we would recommend as a sedate place well suited to older people who like a seat and who also like a bit of room. If you have younger people in your group and if you strike the right night for trad music, head to De Barras. On the night of our visit, there was a session so it was extremely lively and quite packed so not too much seating! The place had a real buzz and seemed full of young people.
this blog was posted by Catherine FitzMaurice of Kilbrogan House Bed and Breakfast in Bandon, Co Cork