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I give this episode a 60 on Robin's Scale.
Overall, I think this is the best written show this season (which isn't saying much). A few things stood out:
* Great development as far as Negan's ability to judge internally the plots against him and to change his plans at the drop of a hat.
* The way Gregory was handled in the past two episodes has been a bit flimsy (See: the Bad).
* Big Reveal: Simon ran the Sanctuary before Negan and was responsible for killing all the men at Oceanside!
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* Rick reads the letter Carl left for him, which I thought was emotionally moving in terms of the hopes and viewpoint of a child. Carl always felt safe around Rick and felt that was what life was about for when he grew older. He wants Rick to make peace so that everyone can pass on the feeling of being safe to their children again (including Judith).
* Gregory somehow makes it back to the Sanctuary (SEE: The Bad) and sides with Simon.
* Eugene tells his minions that Simon is in charge and has stepped up bullet production. He takes Father Gabriel off of bullet production because he figures out that he is purposely messing up the making of the bullets. Eugene goes outside to test rounds that were made and is captured by Rosita and Daryl and they run off with him towards the Hilltop.
* Negan surprises Dwight in the courtyard and tests his allegiances.
* Negan confronts Simon, who asks for a pass on his move to exterminate rather than infect the folks at Hilltop. Negan makes it clear that in the past it was Dwight that ran the Sanctuary before him and it was revealed that he was the one who killed all the men from Oceanside (not Negan). Negan forgives him.
* Negan lays out a plan to surround the Hilltop with caches of ammo so they can focus on picking off Hill toppers one at a time. I guessing the gradual plan is to starve them into surrender. He asks everyone to leave but Dwight.
* Rosita calls out Eugene for the traitor that he is (because he assisted the Saviors with their escape from the Sanctuary) and put all the deaths that occurred after that on him. Rosita wants to put him in the darkest hole and then just use his brains to make the world a better place.
* Eugene forces himself to throw up all over Rosita and hides in a pile of body ashes; and escapes. He makes his way back to the bullet factory.
* Simon has a talk with Dwight and wants him to meet them all in the courtyard after rounds to discuss their plan for taking Negan down.
* Aaron is camped outside of the Oceansiders compound and fights off walkers. The Oceansiders find him and he struggles to convince them to fight against the Saviors; just like he fought the walkers around him.
* Dwight meets Simon, Gregory and some Saviors in the courtyard and Simon tries to persuade Dwight to be the one that takes out Negan (since he has the most beefs with him.) Negan shows up (probably because Dwight told on Simon to Negan behind closed doors.)
* Negan has a meeting with Simon surrounded by Saviors inside the Sanctuary and tells everyone how Simon went against his word and killed all the garbage people. He tells Simon that he's going to give him one last shot to kill him to be the man in charge. Negan fights Simon and wins with strangulation. Simon's walker body is tied to the front gate with all the other walker bodies.
* Negan brings Dwight into a room where he reveals Laura, who he double crossed. She told Negan that Dwight tried to kill her and how he killed all the other Saviors in their party. Negan figures out it was Dwight who told Rick when to attack; how to get to the outposts and probably didn't kill Sherry and was responsible for helping her get out of there.
* Negan reveals that he gave fake plans to Dwight; sent through Gregory to Maggie to set up at trap.
* Michonne walkie talkies Negan and reads Carl's letter to him. Carl says the way out is working together. You can see he's affected although he vows to kill them all.
The Good:
* I loved Negan's maneuverings. I loved how he reacted to Carl's letter. He's definitely getting more complex than I had in my mind previous to this episode.
* Big Reveal: Simon ran the Sanctuary before Negan and was responsible for killing all the men at Oceanside.
The Bad:
* Gregory. Someone has to explain how he escaped Hilltop; and was not amongst those in the Dive bar. How did he escape? Somehow Gregory makes it to Sanctuary. How did he do that? Gregory escapes execution fire in the courtyard (although he is out there with Simon and Dwight)? How do they know he isn't on Simon's side? Gregory is also trusted (as well as his intel) after he has escaped the Hilltop by Maggie and is allowed back in the compound?
* I understand that Negan killed Simon partially for disobeying his orders. Now, that Simon is out of the way Negan is going with Simon's plan to kill them all. You would think after Negan made such a large speech about using people as resources to Simon that his plans would still reflect that kind of logic. What exactly has transpired on the Hilltop side that has ratcheted up Negan to change the way he looks at things?
* What will happen to Dwight? Will they set him up so Rick kills him rather than kill him themselves?
* Does Maggie believe the plans brought over by Gregory and Dwight?
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COULD there be a single phrase that explains the woes of our time, this dismal age of political miscalculations and deceptions, of reckless and disastrous wars, of financial boom and bust and downright criminality? Maybe there is, and we owe it to Fintan O'Toole. That trenchant Irish commentator is a biographer and theater critic, and a critic also of his country's crimes and follies, as in his gripping if horrifying book, "Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger."
He reminds us of the famous if gnomic saying by Donald H. Rumsfeld, then the United States secretary of defense, that "There are known knowns... there are known unknowns ... there are also unknown unknowns." But the Irish problem, says Mr. O'Toole, was none of the above. It was "unknown knowns."
What he means is something different from denial, or evasion, irrational exuberance or excess optimism. Unknown knowns were things that were not at all inevitable, and were easily knowable, or indeed known, but which people chose to "unknow."
Unknown knowns were everywhere, from Wall Street to Brussels, from the Pentagon to Penn State. Ireland merely happened to offer an extreme case, where "everyone knew." They just chose to forget that they knew — about the way that Irish banks ran wild, how easy credit fueled a monstrous explosion of property prices and speculative house-building. Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister at the time of the rapid economic growth, merely boasted, "The boom is getting boomier," preferring to unknow the truth that booms always go bust.
Beginning in 2008, the skies were lighted up by financial conflagrations, from Lehman Brothers to the Royal Bank of Scotland. These were dramatic enough — but were they unforeseeable or unknowable? What kind of willful obtusity ever suggested that subprime mortgages were a good idea? An intelligent child would have known that there is no good time to lend money to people who obviously can never repay it.
Or recall how we were taken into the Iraq war. That was the origin of Mr. Rumsfeld's curious words 10 years ago. When he murmured about "things we do not know we don't know," he was touching on the unconventional weapons that Saddam Hussein might — or might not — have held.
In a sense, Mr. Rumsfeld was more right than he realized. Those of us who opposed the war may be asked to this day whether we knew what weaponry Iraq possessed, to which the answer is that of course we didn't. Nor, as it transpired, did President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Mr. Rumsfeld or Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain.
But that was the wrong question. It should have been not "what weaponry does Saddam Hussein possess?" but "Is Saddam Hussein's weaponry, whatever it may be, the real reason for the war, or is it a pretext confected after a decision for war had already been taken?" The answer to that was obvious and could have been known to all, but too many people chose to unknow it.
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Then there was another unknown known: the likely consequences of an invasion. Shortly before it began, Mr. Blair met President Jacques Chirac of France. As well as reiterating his opposition to the coming war, Mr. Chirac offered the prime minister specific warnings. Mr. Blair and his friends in Washington seemed to think that they would be welcomed with open arms in Iraq, Mr. Chirac said, but that they shouldn't count on it. It was foolish to think of creating a modern democracy in an artificial country with a divided society like Iraq. And Mr. Chirac asked whether Mr. Blair realized that, by invading Iraq, they might yet precipitate a civil war.
This has been described in a BBC documentary by someone present, Sir Stephen Wall, a Foreign Office man then attached to Downing Street. As the British team was leaving, Mr. Blair turned and said, "Poor old Jacques, he just doesn't get it," to which Sir Stephen now adds dryly that he turned out to get it rather better than "we" did.
At that time, Mr. Chirac was reviled in America, and his career has just ended in disgrace, with a court conviction for embezzlement. But who was right about Iraq? All the calamities that followed the invasion were not only foreseeable, they were foreseen. And yet for Mr. Blair, as well as Washington, they were unknown knowns.
One more such, bitter as it is to say so when many people have been ruined, was the Bernard L. Madoff fraud. For years, his investors gratefully and unquestioningly accepted returns that were strictly incredible. Loud warning voices sounded. Harry Markopolos, a former investment officer, exhaustively back-analyzed Mr. Madoff's supposed figures by computer. He spent nearly nine years repeatedly trying to explain to the Securities and Exchange Commission that these figures were not merely incredible but mathematically impossible. And still the S.E.C. chose to unknow it. Leos Janacek wrote a harrowing opera called "The Makropulos Affair"; Peter Gelb at the Met should commission someone to write "The Markopolos Affair" as a fable for our times.
In a very different kind of scandal, not everyone at Penn State, and certainly not every fan, knew what had happened in the showers. But quite enough was known by people who could have acted. They chose instead to unknow. And so to another classic unknown known, the euro. The recent summit in Brussels turned into a silly melodrama, with a British prime minister, David Cameron this time, once more playing the pantomime villain. But Mr. Cameron was right, if for the wrong reasons, to oppose the European Union's latest frantic (and doomed) plan to prop up the euro.
If truth be told (but it so rarely is!), the euro cannot work and could never have worked. That is, a single currency embracing countries as diverse in social culture, productivity, work practices and taxation as Germany and Greece, or the Netherlands and Portugal, is economically impossible without much closer fiscal and financial union — which is politically impossible. Anyone could have known that at the time the euro was introduced, but for the rulers of the European Union it was their very own unknown known.
"The Cloud of Unknowing" is a medieval classic of mystical writing, and unknowing still hangs over us. It will be a happier new year if we can dispel some of that cloud, try to unknow less, and know a little more.

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Allowing Young People the gift of 'Responsibility' through Struggle, Failure and Freedom
During my years of teaching and coaching young people in classrooms, lecture theatres, and sports environments I have noticed certain patterns in those who go on to be successful and happy. I would like to share my observations with you and explain how 'less' can lead to 'more' when it comes to nurturing young people.
It may sound simple to say but the one thing above all else a youngster who thrives has, is a wisdom that "they are in control of their own improvement." If you asked them, "Who makes you better?" they would instantly respond, "ME! I make myself better." They have a sense of personal control and self confidence which allows them to take this responsibility on their young shoulders. The key word is Independence and it leads to fantastic results in their psychology and their behaviours. They seek out great people for advice, they bounce back from failures, they risk, they dream and they improve themselves at fast rates in many areas of their lives. In sport, they win. They win big in fact. They become great role models, they are a joy to work with and they always improve. They inspire others around them and they make their coaches look brilliant!
The opposite of this are those that generally look to others to improve them. They hand over responsibility to teachers, coaches, parents, trainers, physiotherapists, psychologists etc. They believe that other people improve them and that basically if they listen to the expertise and take the incoming motivation, then they will progress in life. Often they struggle to improve. Expertise can't be used and fear creeps in to the areas where true self esteem is missing. Nothing really gets earned and they enter yo yo cycles of enthusiasm, new coaches and often injuries.
The Help Illusion
The 'Help Industry' (of which I am part of), comprising of coaches, analysts, physiotherapists, psychologists, nutritionists, S&C trainers, performance directors, private tutors, therapists etc has obviously been brilliant for top performers in sports and business. Expertise layering on to already successful characters has clearly been a positive move at world level sport. In a way, great players make the helpers look good. Characters in squash such as Nick Matthew, Nicola David, Amr Shabana, Sarah Fitzgerald, Jonah Barrington and Susan Devoy make their trainers appear outstanding and I am sure this would be admitted. I notice that many 'so called' gurus of coaching and training, who have helped many world class performers, have had no impact and some negative impact with many others. The ratios are often negative. This validated phenomenon called the "Halo Effect" goes further than just making the individual helper look like an "Improvement God" but actually starts to make the whole "HELP industry" look necessary to young people and their loving parents.
Worryingly, as Universities and Governing Bodies churn out thousands of people ready to fill those roles, all willing to be paid and all willing to make careers out of giving all the help, expertise and support any youngster could wish for. Precarious times…..
Bottom Lines – People have started to think that other people make them better, not themselves. All these "helpers" have wonderful ideas and expertise but what can happen is that the more they help you, the less personal responsibility you feel and then the less confident in yourself you become and the cycle begins.
Tough Times Make Tough People, Cosy Times Don't
In terms of character development and personal drive, youngsters of today have had it harder in many ways. This is because as they grew up they have had so many people offering to take "responsibility" away from them. They have been inadvertently spoiled because there are more people offering to fix things for them. There is more money about to pay for other people to do your thinking for you. It happens at School too, at least in the UK. There doesn't appear to be a way to FAIL anymore. When people fail they fall back to a certain level of luxury and care and attention. A re-sit here and a bit of easy coursework there always allow people to progress. We even see passing of responsibility with equipment now. "All the gear and no idea" is a funny saying but actually has key point hidden in it. Responsibility gets passed to kit, rackets, grips, courts, balls and shoes. Not forgetting all the latest recovery clothing, drinks and massage machinery.
Bottom Lines – there seems to be no harsh 'wake up' call anymore. There is always someone to pick up the pieces and make you feel like you are working hard when YOU are not! There is always a 'side door' to take, an excuse to make a person/piece of kit to blame. Somebody will sponsor you, pay for all your flights, lottery fund you or help you for free!! Self Responsibility drops away, real issues not faced and true self esteem is never earned.
Don't Deprive Them of the Struggle
What is never going to change is that we have to overcome struggle, in order to strengthen ourselves. Things have to be hard for us so we go inside and change. Pain is a massive motivator. Embarrassment, letting somebody down, being banned, losing, being outplayed, poor form, financial ruin, an alternative miserable life and other tough situations will always occur if you let them. And let them you must. Top performers always say how they learn from the bad times more than the good. That not only takes a certain mindset but takes a certain amount of SUFFERING to go through. It is the suffering that can be your ultimate character builder. Wanting to avoid that feeling again and wanting to replace it with success really drives people on. People don't run out of petrol very often do they? Somehow they always get to the pumps! Even those "forgetful" types! Why I wonder? Too much misery….
Helpers beware here, don't add to the suffering too much. Don't add guilt or blame or punishment, simply just get out of the way and let the person feel it themselves. This will be hard if you are used to rescuing or you are worrying about your own reputation as a coach or parent. We all have our ways of getting attention after all and "Helping" when other "nasty people" won't, is a banker! Resist giving the solutions, resist diverting or softening of the experience and give the situation space. Allow the contemplation and then ask them how they intend to move on. By all means stay supportive and humane but let the reality of the hurt stay a little.
Bottom Line – Look for struggle, embrace it, overcome it, let youngsters feel it and they will earn genuine personal strength when they come through it. Support them mildly but use struggle as character building tool.
A Way Forward
Developmental work of any kind is difficult. This is because each and every situation has a life of its own. There is no correct scientific way to work with Humans. It is chaotic, random and complicated. This is why growing is an ART form. The main point being made in this piece is this; The best person to navigate the perils and joys of growth and character development is surely the person themselves. (not including many medical psychological conditions, where expert help is vital)
Without an experience in doing this, how can they ever be blamed for failing when adult life kicks in and when they leave juniors in sports terms? I propose that less is more when it comes to helping young people develop their sporting craft and life characteristics. Hand back responsibility; challenge them to improve themselves and set expectations related to improvement, performance standards and behaviour. Shatter the "HELP ILLUSION" as quickly as you can and remind them that coaches and the rest of the help gang are just the cherries on top of a very deep and high quality cake that must be baked by them.
Development of People first, Players second
I am not saying anything groundbreaking here but the "law of familiarity" can be at play if we are not careful. That being we don't pay attention to the obvious things because it is so basic and familiar. The hardest part for coaches and parents is sometimes the basic and familiar wisdom of letting go and allowing young people room for mistakes and growth. This does not mean being lazy or not caring, quite the opposite. You get good and bad coaches just like you get good and bad police officers, mechanics or doctors. Some will be great at building independence and responsibility in people and will have it strong in their philosophy and behaviours. Some will not and believe in a more controlling / lazy approach to helping people, who they often just see as players. Each person to themselves but research and experience continues to suggest that successful people made it because of something from within themselves. I think that is worth remembering because that is where youngsters need to be skilfully encouraged. Help the person to grow from within, and then the player in them will thrive.
If you are interested in trying any of the tasks and activities I have designed to help youngsters get in charge of themselves more in terms of inspiration and action, then contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com


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January 23, 2018
Dear Senator Baldwin,
We urge you to support the proposal to increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant by $2.9 billion in the FY 2018 appropriations bill. This substantial investment in access to high-quality child care will help parents work, boost the well-being of children, and make our economy stronger.
Currently, Wisconsin families and child care providers are struggling. Our state is paying significantly below the federally recommended child care reimbursement rates for families eligible for this support.
This increase will ensure that states have the resources they need to implement the provisions in the 2014 bi-partisan reauthorization of CCDBG that will bolster the quality and safety of child care and help families more easily access help in paying for child care. The new funds will also allow nearly 230,000 additional children to receive child care assistance giving low- income parents financial help to afford high-quality child care so they can succeed at work; help to fund salaries needed to attract and retain well-qualified child care professionals; and give children the early learning experiences they need to succeed in school and in life and to become productive members of the future workforce.
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We look forward to working with you to make this investment that would benefit our children, our families, and our country.
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Easter in Chios
The religious and devoutly atmosphere prevails in every single of the innumerable churches, the Byzantine monasteries and the small chapels of the island. The celebrations are at their peak on the Resurrection Day. The prevailing custom of rouketopolemos (fireworks war) in Vrontados offers the visitor a spectacular view. This is one of the best vacation periods in Chios, where the visitor finds out what hospitality really means.
During spring, the Chian nature's majesty emerges though the bright colors, the heady aromas and the strong tastes. From the wild tulips and flowers of March to the innumerable flowers and blossoms of May, the Chian earth generously offers the visitors its ineffable beauty and intrigues them to explore and enjoy it.
Sweet Life
The women of Chios make excellent "sweets of the spoon" (fruit preserves) with the great variety of fragrant fruits and blossoms produced in the orchards and the fields. The local doughnuts (loukoumades), the macaroons (amygdalota), the fragrant mastic sweet (hypovryhio), the dried figs, the pasteli (made with sesame, nuts and honey) and the refreshing soumada (a refreshment made from almonds) and vissinada (sour cherries juice) respectively constitute a distinctive gastronomic experience and leave the visitor with nostalgic and pleasant memories.
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Traditional customs, people in disguise (koudounati), jokes, and feasts with friends as well as all kinds of entertainment compose the Chios' nightlife during the carnival period. What a better suggestion than visiting the medieval villages of the South and enjoying the old custom of Aga or visiting Thymiana and enjoying its famous mostra (carnival)! The whole island is a feast where traditional food and plenty of local wine are offered to the visitors.


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The first results of a new set of New York State math exams show about two-thirds of students performing at grade level, with striking disparities between rich and poor school districts, according to scores released yesterday.
The share of students at grade level in affluent districts was more than twice as big as in impoverished urban districts.
The use of new tests, adopted to meet the federal No Child Left Behind law's requirements for tracking annual progress, and changes in the state math standards made it impossible to compare the results released yesterday, from 2005-6, with those from previous years. But the state education commissioner, Richard P. Mills, said there was clearly no improvement.
Over all, the statewide results showed 65.8 percent of students in grades three to eight to be proficient in math. And, as on the state English test, there was a steady decline in achievement as students got older; in math, the sharpest drop was between the fourth and fifth grades, a year earlier than the drop-off in English. In third grade, 80.5 percent of the pupils were proficient in math; by eighth grade that percentage fell to 50.3.
In New York City, 57 percent of students were proficient on the math exams, outperforming the state's other large urban districts. "Today's math results, I think, represent real progress," the schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, said at a news conference.
Mr. Klein acknowledged that he could not make year-to-year comparisons, because of the new tests and standards, but said that the city's schoolchildren had made faster gains in recent years relative to all children statewide.
He also conceded that the only way to judge progress was to look at relative declines because scores everywhere were lower than on last year's different tests. On this, Mr. Klein said, "While we went down, we went down much less."
It was the wide gap between poor cities and wealthy districts that Mr. Mills identified as a cause for alarm when he announced the scores in Albany yesterday. While 86.3 percent of students in rich, or so-called low-need districts scored proficiently, only 28.6 percent did so in Buffalo, 30.1 percent in Syracuse, and 33.1 percent in Rochester.
"I am talking about state aid, and it's a reminder that resources have something to do with this as well," Mr. Mills said. He added: "The low-needs school districts, that is, the ones that have the resources, are higher performing — much higher performing."
The results came a day after lawyers appeared before the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, over a lawsuit that challenged the fairness of the state education financing system and accused Albany of shortchanging New York City.
Lower courts have twice ordered the state to provide at least $4.7 billion more a year for the city's schools, to ensure that all students get the decent education guaranteed by the State Constitution. And while the suit pertains only to the city, officials have long said the state's other impoverished school districts also need more help.
But Mr. Mills also stressed that money alone was not enough. "You can see in those three school districts — Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse — big drops in performance that occur right after the fourth grade, and it would lead me to ask what is the quality of the math program after the fourth grade?" he said.
Mr. Mills added that schools should review their programs, provide better training for teachers and scrutinize student test data to understand where weaknesses lie. He said the state would closely review the requirements for teacher training and would also enforce rules that teachers who earned their licenses since 1998 must attend at least 175 hours of training to remain certified.
And, echoing his comments when he announced the English exam results three weeks ago, Mr. Mills said the decline from third grade to eighth grade was not inevitable, noting that many schools defy the trend.
"The scores that we see here in some school districts are very encouraging," he said, "but the scores in other districts demand immediate change in instructional practices, in curriculum, in professional development."
In New York City, Mr. Klein and Deputy Chancellor Andres Alonso said efforts were under way to improve instruction in middle school, though they did not specify any particular program geared to improving math skills.
But Leonie Haimson, of Class Size Matters, an advocacy group dedicated to lowering class sizes in the city public schools, said she blamed what she called the Klein administration's failure to reduce class sizes in middle schools for the decline in performance from third to eighth grades.
"This decline is a direct consequence of the huge class sizes in these grades," she said, adding, "Even students who were thriving and motivated up to this point begin to become disengaged and fall behind."
Because of the adoption of new exams, the full test results were not available in the spring when New York City made promotion decisions. These decisions were based on early estimates to meet Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's rules that students reach a minimum score or be forced to repeat the grade.
Mr. Klein said yesterday that because these estimates were imprecise, 322 students held back in third grade and 757 students held back in fifth grade had scored high enough to earn promotion. He said the parents of those children would be given the option of moving them into the next grade.
But the chancellor acknowledged that most of those students had to take another city math exam after summer school in August and scored too low then to earn promotion. He said he would urge parents not to move their children up. "My recommendation to those students is they remain in the grade they are in right now," he said.


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The new FWF initiative fosters innovative, creative collaboration of outstanding young researchers. The project, "Emergence of causal order in quantum theory and beyond", will be coordinated by Yelena Guryanova and will function jointly between IQOQI Vienna (Austrian Academy of Sciences) and the University of Vienna.
The programme will investigate the notion of causality in quantum theory as well as post-quantum theories and theories of computation. Do the laws of quantum mechanics facilitate our ability to discern causal relations; what kind of problems would a computer be able to solve if it could admit non-causal processes? The project will work at the interface of quantum physics and computer science to address concrete questions related to time keeping devices and causal order. Within these frameworks, the researchers plan to investigate how an arrow of time may arise in indefinite-order theories.
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You will be asked to lie back and relax on a donor bed. The arm from which you will donate is cleansed with an antiseptic and a sterile, single use needle is inserted to begin the actual blood donation. During the donation process (5-10 minutes) you will give about one pint of blood.
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Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) was born here at Clairemont High School in 1980.
It was developed by Mary Catherine Swanson, then head of the Clairemont High English Department. She was determined to help integrate the influx of underserved inner city students into our academically acclaimed school. Her solution was AVID. She created the program as an academic elective, applying the philosophy of holding students accountable to the highest standards,provide academic and social support, and they will rise to the challenge.
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Fr. S. Servatius, International Collaborator, CCI is participating in the international retreat for priests from all over the world at Ars, France, home of St. John Vianney as part of the Year for Priests celebrations.
In a video message addressed to more than 1,200 priests from 75 countries participating in the retreat Pope Benedict exhorted the clerics to be joyful.
The theme for the International Year for the Priest retreat is, "The joy of being a priest: Consecrated for the salvation of the world", Catholic News Agency reports.
According to Bishop Guy Bagnard of Belley-Ars, the theme expresses "the positive nature of the meeting and the happiness that priests experience" in their vocation.
"The priest, man of the divine Word and of sacred things, must be today, more than ever, a man of joy and hope," Benedict said in his video messag, ZENIT reports.
"To men who can no longer conceive that God is pure Love, he will always affirm that life is worth living, and that Christ gives it all its meaning because he loves men, all men."
The pope said the patron of parish priests had a "religion of joy," not a "morbid seeking of mortification, as sometimes has been believed."
In that regard, he cited one of St John Vianney's sayings: "Our happiness is too great, no, no, we will never be able to understand it."
Pope Benedict said that it is an awareness of the priest's own weakness that opens him to intimacy with God. And it is God who "gives us strength and joy."
"The more the priest perseveres in friendship with God, the more he will continue the work of the Redeemer on earth," the Holy Father said, again referring to John Vianney. "The priest is no longer for himself, but for all."


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I explored the inside of a human nose and it convinced me that the real business in VR isn't gaming, it's all about training workers
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- On Thursday, virtual reality company HTC VIVE announced its new headset called the Vive Focus, which is aimed at enterprises.
- It can be used for business collaboration, training and education, such as teaching medical students about sleep apnea, showing car designers how to fix and prototype a car, and conducting remote meetings in a 3D virtual space.
Although virtual reality is typically associated with consumers, such as for video gaming, the technology is increasingly being adopted for use in professional settings. VR and augmented reality are projected to grow to $162 billion by 2020, and more products are targeting enterprise use.
What makes this hardware significant is that it's much simpler and more portable for customers to use, says Dan O'Brien, General Manager of the Americas at HTC VIVE (My note: so he said…). Other VR headsets that only developers may use might involve expensive hardware and require users to stay in one place.
VIVE Sync. This can be used to help employees collaborate with each other in a virtual space, especially when they work remotely. Each employee's avatar can share ideas, show presentations, import images, show videos and more all in a 3D virtual space (My note: Second Life tried this; and failed; Do you have any NEW ideas, Dan?).
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TORONTO - A Liberal attempt to embarrass Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak by calling him to testify at public hearings into cancelled gas plants backfired Tuesday, the opposition parties said as they accused the government of trying to turn the process into a circus.
Hudak came out swinging after being sworn in at the justice committee hearings into the Liberal government's decisions to cancel gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga at a cost of at least $585 million, more than double what the government originally claimed.
"The insinuation that anyone other than the Liberal party is responsible for this fiasco is an insult to the intelligence of every Ontarian, a betrayal of the people who are now on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars to save a handful of Liberal seats in the last election," Hudak said under oath.
"If Kathleen Wynne and the Liberal government get away with this, they'll do it again."
Hudak accused the governing Liberals of turning the hearings into "cheap theatre" by calling him to appear when he had absolutely nothing to do with the government's decisions to cancel the gas plants to save Liberal seats in the 2011 election. It's the Liberals who need to answer questions, not the opposition parties, he added.
"We've seen conflicting testimonies from the Liberals, we've seen - to put it politely - selective amnesia, and we actually saw an intent to destroy documents that can give answers to taxpayers," Hudak said outside the committee hearings.
The Liberals wanted to highlight that Hudak also promised to cancel the partially built gas plant in Mississauga, but the PC leader said he never would have put it there in the first place, and accused the government of trying to obscure the facts.
"It's sad to say this, but the only way we'll actually get answers is to have a full judicial inquiry, that the threat of jail doors slamming behind those who are not answering these questions, hopefully that will get some truth from the Liberal members," said Hudak.
The Tories say a judicial inquiry would be a step up from the public inquiry the NDP has requested because it would be headed by a judge instead of what they said would be a Liberal-friendly appointee, although every public inquiry set up by the Liberals during their 10 years in power has been headed by a judge.
The Conservatives said they plan to call a judicial inquiry immediately if they win the next election and don't want one before then because they can't trust the Liberals to create a fair, unbiased process.
Even though the Tories and NDP couldn't agree on what type of outside inquiry they want into the gas plants, both opposition parties feel the Liberals haven't been telling the justice committee the whole truth.
"It's pretty clear that information isn't as forthcoming as people had thought it would be, particularly from the former premier and current premier," said NDP Leader Andrea Horwath. "There's still a lack of openness about who knew what when."
Horwath said she couldn't see what light Hudak could possibly have shed on the gas plants scandal unless he was a secret adviser to the Liberals in the last election, and accused the government of playing games at the committee hearings at the legislature.
"We always said from day one that this was going to dissolve into chaos around here, a bit of a circus, and that's why we wanted a public inquiry where it was taken out of this place and done professionally in an unbiased, third-party way," said Horwath.
"Instead, it's being done here, and we pretty much got the circus we expected."
Government house leader John Milloy lashed out at Hudak for refusing to answer questions about how much the Tories thought it would cost when they promised to cancel the Mississauga gas plant.
"Mr. Speaker, 28 times direct questions were put to the Leader of the Opposition ... and 28 times he would not answer a single question," said Milloy.
"I have not seen skating like that since I saw those old clips of Barbara Ann Scott on TV."
Former premier Dalton McGuinty told the committee last week he had no idea what it would cost when he made the political decisions to cancel the two gas plants, but insisted it was the right thing to do in the face of widespread local opposition.


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The Yankees took the no-brainer approach to improving their pitching staff, making an undisclosed but reportedly huge offer to C.C. Sabathia. But on the heels of that offer, Hank Steinbrenner confirmed that New York is preparing bids for both A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe, with the idea that adding both would provide the security missing from the starting rotation in 2008.
Unfortunately for the Yankees, while Sabathia represents the addition of a workhorse pitcher likely in his prime, both Burnett and Lowe are far less certain. In fact, the risk of adding both could have negative ramifications, not just for 2009, but for years to come. Not only are Burnett and Lowe far from sure things, their signing will block better short and long-term moves the team could make.
A rotation with both would likely put Sabathia at the top, Joba Chamberlain at number two, Lowe third, Burnett fourth, and Chien-Ming Wang in the fifth spot. If everyone stays healthy and effective, that should be the best rotation in baseball.
But Burnett has not been a particularly sound bet to stay healthy. He pitched 221 1/3 innings in 2008, but just 165 2/3 in 2007, and 135 2/3 in 2006. His 135 2/3 innings came after the last season in which he pitched more than 200 innings; the only other time he passed 200 innings, he followed with 23 innings the next season.
And Burnett will likely command a four-year deal at more than $12 million annually in the pitching-starved marketplace, meaning that the Yankees would be on the hook for a massive contract until at least 2012.
Lowe is a better bet to stay healthy based on his track record, pitching 199 1/3 innings or more in each of the past four seasons. However, those were his age 32-35 seasons. The Yankees would likely need to sign Lowe to a four-year deal for similar money to Burnett, meaning they'd get his age 36-39 seasons.
The combination of Lowe's age and his relatively low strikeout rate (just 6.2 per nine innings in 2008) bode poorly for his long-term success as a frontline starter. Of his ten most comparable pitchers through age 35 at baseball-reference.com, nearly all of them were out of baseball before age 39.
So while neither Burnett or Lowe are great bets over the life of their contracts, locking in both will also keep the Yankees from providing opportunities to the young pitchers they staked much of their 2008 success on: Philip Hughes and Ian Kennedy.
Hughes, who is pitching extremely well in the Arizona Fall League, is still one of the best prospects in baseball. Kennedy, who struggled at the major league level but dominated at AAA, also has a bright future. Neither pitcher has anything to prove at AAA, and would likely be trade bait.
And it isn't as if the Yankees don't have alternative options to blocking Kennedy and Hughes for years to come. If instead of Burnett and Lowe, the Yankees simply retained Andy Pettitte on a one-year deal (or Mike Mussina should he decide not to retire), Kennedy and Hughes could battle for the open spot in the rotation, with the loser ready to step in should the winner falter. Mexican import Alfredo Aceves could also be an option.
New York could also take the money they would spend on pitching, and instead turn to improving the offense. With the loss of Jason Giambi, the Yankees have an opening at first base. Recently acquired Nick Swisher is an adequate stopgap, but the free agent Mark Teixeira, 28, would provide an in-prime superstar for the money it would cost to bring in Lowe and Burnett.
Teixeira is an offensive upgrade, a terrific defender, and nearly all of his best comparables were productive well into their thirties. (His top comp, Carlos Delgado, just came off a superb age-36 season.)
No baseball move is a sure thing—but the smartest teams give themselves the best possible chance of long-term success by playing the percentages. And the Yankees, should they sign Lowe and Burnett, will be forsaking their best bets for both 2009 and beyond.


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They had been to Couples in Jamaica; how bad could Hedonism II be? Little did they realize at the time they had a hand in encouraging my lifetime of bawdy naughtiness.
Strangely, on my first trip to Hedonism II I didn't realize the resort had a nude beach because the prude beach was hopping in the '80s. But I saw people at dinner who I never saw all day. They dressed in exotic ensembles (a.k.a. slutwear). Did they sleep late?
Their outfits knocked it out of the sexy park even more for PJ night (the back-then must-do Tuesday event in the disco). I wore my mom's short slinky nightgown because I had heard guests needed to wear something appropriate for bed. A guest tried to tie up the side of my nightie to show more thigh; I refused. Ten years later I walked into the disco as Lady Godiva with just a wig.
My nudist social training was slow because I had mistakenly equated nudity with being a woman of easy virtue. I spent my first four trips clothed on the prude beach (now clothing optional), until I could no longer ignore the noisy fun at the other end of the long beach.
Having a tiny skull has its advantages when blowing up a condom. But remember that Magnums seldom break so you'll miss the climatic pop.
All Hedonism II rooms were updated by 2018. Some have a bed for a third person instead of a window seat or patio walkout.
Now I do demos of the Inverted Pile Driver (an athletic nookie position) on the beach with the clothed entertainment staff, when I'm not instigating a car wash or listing all 14 Jamaican parishes during the pool-side trivia contest to win oodles of Hedo Bucks.
Being a gal with a penchant for flesh and singing off-key in the piano bar, I had found my place in the world. I'm never more comfortable with myself than when I'm at Hedonism II, even with its warts.
My father said I'd outgrow Hedonism II. I still go at least twice a year and met my future husband there.
When I published the 1st edition of The Naked Truth About Hedonism II in 1998, the resort sued me in federal court. After reading the book, though, the judge said he wasn't in the business of banning books, and the then-owners of Hedonism II and I settled out of court—I needed only to add the word unauthorized to the cover and a statement of non-affiliation within. Nothing else changed. Editorial was and is all mine.
Later the resort even sold the book in its boutique. I've never felt unwelcome. The resort has a new owner since 2013 so I've updated The Naked Truth About Hedonism II with this 3rd edition to reflect the evolution of the resort, its guests, and ambiance since its last 2nd edition update in 2010.
By 2017 the top-side pool became yet another center for nekkid nudititty.
Chris Santilli is from Chicago's western suburbs but lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband. She holds a B.S. in photojournalism from Northern Illinois University, an M.S. in magazine journalism from Syracuse University, and a MLIS (Master of Library and Information Science) from Dominican University.
She teaches writing at a local university and her portfolio includes her first book, Opportunities in Masonry Careers, and more that 200 bylined newspaper and magazine articles. She has twice won the Robert F. Boger Award for articles from the Construction Writers Association. She enjoys hearing from her readers by email.


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I have used this product for several years now. It is the most effective shaving gel for defense of Razor Bumps. I have to order online because my local stores do not carry it. Each time I have ordered online, it has been at a low price and quickly delivered.


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I am knitting the border of Dad's blanket and a few things have become apparent to me through the struggle.
First, this is one heavy blanket. Skeins and skeins of bulky weight wool yarn knitted together makes one hefty blanket. Knitting the border while sitting beneath all that weight is challenging. At the end of each row, the entire blanket gets turned and repositioned. I need both arms to lift and readjust the wooly mammoth. Each border has 11 very long rows. Three hours of lifting and wrestling has left my shoulders quite sore. I am thinking rotator cuff injury, but I don't want to freak myself out. Who knew a lofty bulky weight wool could weigh so much when knitted together?
Second, in sitting beneath all that woolly warmth and knitting away I get quite hot and sweaty. I hate feeling hot and sweaty. Call it a womanly thing, but excessive heat is not me. So between knitting the border rows I go outside and stand in the cool night air. It's a little like going from the Amazon to a Swiss Alp, and yes I am noticing a sore throat, some sneezing and a cough developing, but we all know we can't really catch a cold this way…can we? After the fourth time of standing outside, I went downstairs to The Skipper's shop and brought up a fan. I figured it might help me stay cooler while I worked underneath the woolen goliath. That's when The Skipper said, "Are you too hot? I turned up the heat because I thought it was too cold in here." Ah, the male thinking pattern. Suffice it to say, the heat was cut off but it didn't help much. I still needed my evening air breaks.
Third, Yarn Rascal is trying all his best manipulative behavior to try to appropriate the blanket for himself. The minute the blanket goes on my lap so does he, as if I need more fur and warmth on me. He immediately rolls over on his back, becomes like jelly, and looks up at me with big puppy eyes that say "For me?????" It is hard to carefully remove a dog who has amazingly rid himself of all bones in his body. He oozes one way, then the other and is impossible to pick up. In the meanwhile, I am getting hot and sweaty from the struggle and can't wait to rip off blanket and dog from my lap and run outside into the cool air.
I figured once I got to the borders the blanket would come together like a dream. I figured wrong. Today I am going to take my head cold medicine and some aspirin for my aching shoulders which I may never be able to use again and knit up the second of four borders. It's going to be a lovely day.


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It's always a panic when preparing your luggage, especially if you're Backpacking. It always starts with questions like "Which backpack to choose?" "What to take for this trip", and it ends with the famous phrase "I hope I didn't forget anything".
So here's a checklist for for everything you'll need in your travel backpack.
1 – The clothes (Backpacking Version)
Pants, t-shirts, sweaters and vests, raincoats or coats, underwear, pyjamas, socks, sportswear, sunglasses, sandals, flip-flops, sneakers, hiking boots.
2 – The toiletry bag:
You need to make sure you take all of those: Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap and shampoo, razor and shaving foam, cotton swabs, deodorant, bath towel.
3 – The pharmacy kit:
It depends on the travelers number and health condition, but mostly you'll need to take: Anti-pain, anti-mosquito, anti-diarrhea, bandages, prescribed medications.
4 – Gadgets and accessories:
Only you can define the gadgets and accessoires you need for the trip, but don't forget to include those essentiels in your travel pack:
Mobile phone, laptop, watch, camera, camcorder, chargers.
6 – Money and documents (hand luggage):
Cash or traveler's checks, credit card, e-ticket, ID card and passport, travel guide, road map, emergency phone numbers, vaccination card.


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Object Hop
|easy senior high school
|Warm-up and review activity.
|15 mins
|10-20 objects (or name cards).
You will need objects which relate to new vocabulary, or which review older vocabulary. If you can't scavenge the necessary objects, use cards with the objects drawn, or with the words written, on them (e.g., favourite is a difficult word to find an object for, or even to draw). This activity is simple to adapt for a variety of levels (e.g., fruit, months, season and weather words)
Before starting, review the names of the objects with the class in chorus. Then clear a space about 3 meters x 3 meters. Split the class into teams (how many depends on the time available), and assign a team scribe and team gatherer to each. The members of each team have to work together to alphabetise the items you have scattered on the floor and inform the scribe, who in turn must instruct the gatherer in which order the objects have to be picked up. Choose gatherers who are fairly robust, as they have to hop on one leg for thirty seconds to a minute while picking up an object. If the team functions well, there will be little time for the gatherer to rest between items.
Give points for any items picked up in sequence, and if you include a time limit, the competition can become intense.
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November 11, 2009
Welcome! This is a free newsletter on becoming a Response-Able parent raising Response-Able children.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to strengthen families and improve parent communication skills (including our own) by helping parents learn practical, usable verbal strategies for raising responsible, caring, confident children.
In This Issue
1. Quote2. Spirit Whisperer Contemplation3. Bumper Sticker4. Article: Taking Medicine5. Parent Talk Tip
1. Quote:
"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters."
George Herbert
2. Spirit Whisperer Contemplation
What have you been paying attention to as a parent? What if paying attention to something causes it to increase? In what ways would that alter what you choose to pay attention to?
3. Bumper Sticker
Noticed on a green Ford Explorer in Schnecksville, PA:
Previous Owner Had
An Honor Student
4. Article: Taking Medicine
Thomas Haller and Chick Moorman
Maybe your child needs to take a common aspirin. Or perhaps he has been diagnosed with depression/anxiety and been put on Zoloft by your doctor. He could be eight years old or sixteen. Regardless of age or type of medicine prescribed, what do you do if he refuses to take it? How do you get a strong-willed child to take his medicine when he is determined not to take it? Can you force somebody to swallow?
Consider the following do's and don'ts.
1.) Do not attempt to force your child to swallow medicine. If you take that approach, the problem will only get worse, and it will continue to get worse as he or she grows older. Demanding obedience and exerting adult power in this situation will not work.
2.) Do ask your doctor to prescribe a chewable or liquid version of the medicine. Doctors don't always think of this, and you may have to ask and push him or her to find a medicine easier for the child to take.
3.) Do remember that the dislike of swallowing is more in the mind than in the body's ability to swallow. This child has swallowed bigger gulps of drink and food without realizing it. (However, simply telling her this won't work.)
4.) Do nurture and be gentle in your approach to help the child understand the importance of the medicine. Emphasize health and safety. Gentleness on the part of the parent is key to making this be a more positive experience for all concerned.
5.) Do work together with your child to find a solution, and come up with creative ways to help him take the medicine: crushing the pills and adding them to applesauce or yogurt; swallowing them with a glass of a favorite juice or other drink; sticking the pill in the back of the throat (as far as possible) and drinking lots of water; or swishing the pill around in a mouth full of liquid and then swallowing it all at once. There is no one best way, just his way. Work cooperatively to help your child find his own best way.
6.) Do not sneak medicine into your child's food or drink. Hiding a
pill in peanut butter may work with your dog. Nix that idea for your child. Stay open about why she needs the medicine and the creative ways you will help her learn to take it.
7.) Do not attach consequences to the taking of medicine. Don't tell your child she will get ice cream if she takes her medicine, or he will lose TV if he doesn't. This is about health and safety, not bribery.
8.) Do focus on health and safety. We do lots of things to stay healthy. We limit sugar drinks and junk food. We limit television and video games. We get shots, go to the dentist, and exercise. We read books, brush our teeth, and get sufficient sleep. Taking medicine becomes one of the many things we do that we sometimes don't like to do. Help your child understand by telling him, "We are going to do this healthy thing and we will find ways to make it as easy as possible."
9.) Do tell your child, "I know that you don't like this medicine, and the doctor says you need to take it for now. You don't have to take it forever, only until we can get you healthy again."
Yes, it's tough on parents and children when kids don't want to take medicine. Hopefully, these ideas will help you keep moving forward with gentleness and love as you help your child through this difficult time.
Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller are the authors of The 10 Commitments: Parenting with Purpose. They are two of the world's foremost authorities on raising responsible, caring, confident children. They publish a free Uncommon Parenting blog. To obtain more information about how they can help you or your group meet your parenting needs, visit their website today: www.uncommon-parenting.com.
10 Commitment: Parenting with Purpose
5. Parent Talk Tip
Twenty-One Things Not to Say to Your Child During Study Time
From Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller
I have better things to do.
Do we have to go through this every night?
You're wasting time.
If you'd spend as much time working as you do trying to get out of it, you'd be done by now.
Why didn't you do it in school?
Stop staring at the wall.
No TV until you get it done.
You're just being lazy.
I don't have this problem with your sister.
Better make sure you turn it in.
Stop whining.
This would be a lot faster if you knew your times tables.
What are you waiting for?
You can just sit there forever if you want. It's your choice.
You call this neat? I can't even read it.
You only did one in fifteen minutes.
You have no ambition.
Here, let me do it.
Your teacher is an idiot.
You can just do third grade over again.
I haven't got time to show you right now.
Chick Moorman
Contact Chick at 877-360-1477 (toll-free) or e-mail him at email@example.com.
Thomas Haller
Contact Thomas at 989-686-5356 or e-mail him at email@example.com.
Copyright 2009 Chick Moorman Seminars and Thomas Haller Seminars, all rights reserved. Share this with your circle.


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NEW YORK — Joe Pavelski scored with 2:11 left to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.
Melker Karlsson and Tomas Hertl also scored to help the Sharks win for the third time in four games. Joe Thornton and Brent Burns had two assists each, giving both five on the season. Aaron Dell stopped 20 shots to win his NHL debut.
On the tiebreaking goal, Thornton sent a pass into the slot and Pavelski deflected it in. It gave Pavelski his fifth point in two games after he had a goal and three assists in the Sharks' 7-4 loss to the New York Rangers on Monday.
The Islanders trailed 1-0 after getting outplayed in the first period, but picked it up in the second and took the lead with two goals 2:10 apart in the middle of the period.
The Sharks tied it 2-2 with 1:57 left in the middle period as Thornton's shot deflected off Hertl's thigh and in.
Anthony Beauvillier and Anders Lee scored for the Islanders, and Jaroslav Halak finished with 24 saves. New York lost for the third time in four games.
Beauvillier, one of the Islanders' two 19-year-old rookies, tied it with his first career goal at 9:39. Driving to the net, his first shot was stopped by Dell, but he reached out and backhanded the rebound in the air over Dell's glove and in.
Lee made it 2-1 with 8:11 left. Jason Chimera backhanded a pass toward the middle to Lee, who wristed it up over Dell's shoulder.
The Sharks controlled the puck most of the opening 20 minutes, outshooting the Islanders 10-4. The Islanders failed to get a shot on goal over the last 12:47 of the first, managing only a slap shot by Cal Clutterbuck in the opening minute, a wrister by Nick Leddy at 3:14, and then a backhander by Anders Lee and a slap shot by Dennis Seidenberg 14 seconds apart.


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Archive for February, 2013
Motor Voter Law 1993, Clinton, Cloward, Piven, Alinsky, Obama, Economic COLLAPSE
Posted on February 22, 2013. Filed under: ACORN, Capitalism, Clinton, Communism, Constitution, Democrats, Dictator, Freedom, Health Care, Hillary, Illegal Aliens, immigration, Liberty, Marxism, Obama, politics, Rush Limbaugh, Socialism, sovereignty, Taxes, U.S. Government, Uncategorized | Tags: activism, Bill Clinton, Cloward, Columbia University, Congress, Debt, Malik Shabazz, Marxism, Motor Voter Law, New Black Panthers, Piven, president, radicalism, Saul Alinksy, Senate, sequestor, sequestration, spending, Taxes, welfare, White House |
Remember the "Motor Voter Law" passed by Democrats and signed into law by Bill Clinton? Bet you didn't know this:
"This voter registration movement was spearheaded by the husband and wife team of Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward in the early 1980s in response to the Reagan administration. Both of them college professors and liberal activists." Both of them involved in Alinksy radicalism. Still at it today. Obama embraced Alinsky, Cloward and Piven beliefs.
What's the implication of involvement of Cloward and Piven? This:
"First proposed in 1966 and named after Columbia University sociologists Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, the Cloward-Piven Strategy seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse. Obama attended Columbia U and is carrying this out right in front of us, brazenly destroying our economy. "
Have you noticed that there is crisis after crisis after crisis, since Obama was first elected in 2008? Each one is said to be devastating if Congress doesn't pass some big money bill to solve it. The results are trillions in debt, ailing economy, job losses, businesses closing. Capitalism is under attack. If it fails, what will replace it? Socialism, Marxism, Dictatorship, something less than our Constitutional republic?
"In their 1966 article, Cloward and Piven charged that the ruling classes used welfare to weaken the poor; that by providing a social safety net, the rich doused the fires of rebellion. Poor people can advance only when "the rest of society is afraid of them," Cloward told The New York Times on September 27, 1970. Rather than placating the poor with government hand-outs, wrote Cloward and Piven, activists should work to sabotage and destroy the welfare system; the collapse of the welfare state would ignite a political and financial crisis that would rock the nation; poor people would rise in revolt; only then would "the rest of society" accept their demands.
The key to sparking this rebellion would be to expose the inadequacy of the welfare state. Cloward-Piven's early promoters cited radical organizer Saul Alinsky as their inspiration. "Make the enemy live up to their (sic) own book of rules," Alinsky wrote in his 1989 book Rules for Radicals. When pressed to honor every word of every law and statute, every Judeo-Christian moral tenet, and every implicit promise of the liberal social contract, human agencies inevitably fall short. The system's failure to "live up" to its rule book can then be used to discredit it altogether, and to replace the capitalist "rule book" with a socialist one."
"Cloward and Piven calculated that persuading even a fraction of potential welfare recipients to demand their entitlements would bankrupt the system. The result, they predicted, would be "a profound financial and political crisis" that would unleash 'powerful forces for major economic reform at the national level'."
"Their article called for "cadres of aggressive organizers" to use "demonstrations to create a climate of militancy." Intimidated by threats of black violence, politicians would appeal to the federal government for help.
"This was an example of what are commonly called Trojan Horse movements — mass movements whose outward purpose seems to be providing material help to the downtrodden, but whose real objective is to draft poor people into service as revolutionary foot soldiers; to mobilize poor people en masse to overwhelm government agencies with a flood of demands beyond the capacity of those agencies to meet. The flood of demands was calculated to break the budget, jam the bureaucratic gears into gridlock, and bring the system crashing down. Fear, turmoil, violence and economic collapse would accompany such a breakdown — providing perfect conditions for fostering radical change.
"Cloward and Piven recruited a militant black organizer named George Wiley to lead their new movement." Beginning to sound like what we're watching today?
"Both Cloward and Piven attended the White House signing of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act as guests of President Clinton.
"Both the Living Wage and Voting Rights movements depend heavily on financial support from George Soros's Open Society Institute and his Shadow Party."
(Unlikely to improve on the writings in these two cited articles, I chose to post excerpts from them, adding only a little commentary here and there. I sincerely hope you go to these articles and read them in their entirety. It's important that our elected officials and influential people like Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, and many others, be sent this information. Send it to your state governors and elected officials, too, because they fight on the front lines to stop this onslaught. They need to know and expose it before it's too late.)
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The Left Fixated on Trivia – New WaterGate
Posted on February 13, 2013. Filed under: Democrats, News Media, Obama | Tags: bias, drink, frenzy, gaffe, Marco Rubio, media, politics, rebuttal, Republican, response, Rubio, SOTUS, State of the Union Address, trivia, water, water bottle |
Social media and otherwise serious news organizations were all abuzz about Sen. Marco Rubio's drink of water during his speech which followed up Obama's State of the Union Address Tuesday night. The frivolous attention to trivia did not mask their attempt to avoid the substance of Rubio's well-received common sense contrast to Obama's call for more spending and bigger government which hasn't worked in four years, nor anytime it's ever been tried in history. The bias of the Left prompts their mocking of a Republican expressing conservative views, yet having no desire to do the same to "their guy". Obama's list of highly visible faux pas' are noteworthy, but the Left will never note them.Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )