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"Homeland" season 2 finale succeeds
Sunday's "Homeland" season finale ran with a fitting disclaimer, due to the tragedy in Connecticut. More bodies, more prayers, the TV experience this weekend was ghastly, from news coverage to this topical drama. Warning: SPOILERS ahead.
The task before "Homeland's" finale was to plant a hook to bring viewers back next season and to regain the trust of those on the verge of quitting due to seeming lapses in story logic. It succeeded on both counts.
Heavy betting was on Damian Lewis' Brody character being killed in this hour. One theory, that "Homeland" would choose to mimic the Season 2 finale of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," in which the protagonist killed her evil boyfriend, was disproved.
Didn't Checkov say if you show the bullets in an Altoids box beside the gun in the first act, that gun has to be loaded and shot before the final curtain? Not necessarily. This hour delivered a much deadlier bang, the terrorist act that was Nazir's "long game."
"Maybe all this will end in tears," Brody told Carrie during their awfully long, awfully pretty, romantic interlude at the cabin in the woods. Ya think?
The curtain falls with Saul the No. 1 in command at the CIA, Carrie and Brody not yet out of the woods, daughter Dana ever more perplexed about her father, who admitted to donning the suicide bomb vest but says he's changed now, and Saul warning Carrie she's in love with a terrorist. One surprise: Quinn has scruples. "I'm a guy who kills bad guys," he told Estes, but he declined to kill Brody as Estes ordered, just to save Estes' reputation. And so with that resolution, Quinn and Estes exit the show, while Saul's wife vows to return to his side.
At moments of exasperation, I think, to borrow a phrase from Saul, this is "the smartest and the dumbest" show I've ever known. Brilliant for tackling national fears of the day, silly in its depiction of the starry-eyed CIA agent losing herself to a triple agent. Smart for weaving domestic family tensions with global action/adventure in a Hollywood way that captivates an audience, dumb for manipulating the cat-and-mouse game too far beyond reason. Exasperating, but addicting. I'm still in.

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No limits on medical pot, Calif. high court rules - Health - Health care - NBCNews.com
This is an important ruling because we are just learning about the impressive therapeutic effects of concentrated cannabis oil, used both internally and topically for anti-tumor activity. More and more pathology reports are turning up that seem to confirm that ingesting huge amounts of cannabinoids, concentrated into an oil, works to stunt and possibly kill off tumors. Without the freedom to produce massive amounts of cannabis, these remedies cannot be made. Also, more and more topical pain relief products are coming out that are infused with marijuana's cannabinoid oils. Try getting those from a street dealer! No limits on medical pot, Calif. high court rules
High court reverses mandate that patients can have maximum of 8 ounces
SAN FRANCISCO — A unanimous California Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that sought to impose limits on the amount of marijuana a medical patient can legally possess.
The California Supreme Court ruled that state lawmakers were wrong to change provisions of the voter-approved Proposition 215. The 1996 measure allowed for patients with a doctor's recommendation to possess an unspecified amount of marijuana.
The Legislature, seeking to give law enforcement guidance on when to make marijuana possession arrests, mandated in 2003 that each patient could have a maximum of 8 ounces of dried marijuana.
The high court says only voters can change amendments that they've added to California's constitution through the initiative process. The ruling by Chief Justice Ron George left in place the portion of the new law that protects patients possessing a state-issue medical marijuana identification card from arrest. George did note, though, that police were still authorized to make arrests if they believe the cards to be forgeries or reasonably suspects a crime has been committed.
Left open to interpretation: What amount of marijuana is for legitimate personal medical consumption and how much constitutes illegal trafficking?
"The California Supreme Court did the right thing by abolishing limits on medical marijuana possession and cultivation," said Joe Elford, the top lawyer for the marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access. "At the same time, the Court may have left too much discretion to law enforcement in deciding what are reasonable amounts of medicine for patients to possess and cultivate."
The Supreme Court's decision upholds a lower court ruling that tossed out the conviction of Patrick Kelly, a Southern California man who was arrested for possession of 12 ounces of dried marijuana and seven plants. A "confidential informant" called Lakewood Police to report Kelly's possession in October 2005.
Experts testified that the amount of marijuana Kelly had on hand would last him just a few weeks for treatment of hepatitis C, chronic back pain, and cirrhosis.
The ruling was widely expected because the California Attorney General's office largely agreed with the position of Kelly's court-appointed attorney Gerald Uelman, a Santa Clara University law professor.
Also Thursday, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that a doctor's permission to use medical marijuana doesn't preclude police from arresting a patient or searching a home. The court upheld the conviction of Jason Fry, a Stevens County man busted with 2 pounds of marijuana in 2004.
Justices said sheriff's officers who smelled marijuana smoke at his home had probable cause to believe a crime was committed — even after the man presented them with an authorization from his doctor.
Justice Richard Sanders disagreed, arguing that under the ruling, a patient could be searched, arrested and hauled to court every time an officer smelled marijuana at his or her home, even absent any evidence the patient is breaking the medical marijuana law.
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An Interview with Trevor Thomas/
LGBT activist Trevor Thomas has served as deputy communications director for the Human Rights Campaign, communications director for the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and worked to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" by leading a grassroots communications effort that included a youth outreach plan featuring Lady Gaga. In 2012, at the age of 28, Trevor ran for a congressional seat in Michigan's 3rd district. Although his bid was unsuccessful, Trevor managed to collect endorsements from former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, former Massachusetts State Representative Barney Frank and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, among others.
Having grown up less than fifty miles from the red-leaning Michigan district where Trevor ran, I paid close attention to his congressional race and was inspired by the courage he showed not only in entering, but in doing so as an openly gay candidate.
Because of his LGBT activism and our shared Michigan roots, I reached out to Trevor this week to discuss what he's doing now, how he's continuing to make a difference in the LGBT community and where he finds inspiration.
CL: What are you up to these days?
TT: I'm working for a group called Americans for Tax Fairness. We're pushing as hard as we can to make sure any deal in Washington includes new tax revenues. There are a couple of ways to do it, including corporate tax reform and eliminating loopholes that are legally allowing companies to avoid paying their fair share of taxes or, in some cases, no taxes at all. Most folks seem to agree they'd rather see big multinational companies pay up rather than themselves, but I've been surprised by how many folks seem to not care about the tax code and how royally we're screwed.
CL: How are you making a difference in the LGBT community?
TT: I would love to make an attempt at explaining how tax equality impacts gays, but I'll leave that alone.
In the past I've worked on a number of LGBT issues and I think the biggest thing I've learned is that we in the LGBT community need to be ready to act when our political power is at its peak. I'm pressing this point as our movement may be hitting another peak soon. With two major cases in front of the Supreme Court (DOMA and Prop 8), we're likely to have more momentum and I'm hopeful we'll harness it well. One thing I feel confident in saying is that our movement gains when we realize how to get things done and by not always accepting what party leaders tell us.
Today I see a big space for helping young people and LGBT people get elected to office. Our movement isn't doing all it can do when it comes to helping viable candidates and I think we can improve in big ways. I hope to be able to share some of those ideas publicly very soon.
CL: What LGBT issue are you most passionate about?
TT: Young people killing themselves will always be my personal passion as I'll never forget my own story. As a once suicidal teen, I worked to start an LGBT speaker's bureau at my college, raised money for The Trevor Project and worked to spread the word about the It Gets Better Project.
I also think it's important how full circle I've come personally with my family, specially with my mom and dad. I wrote an opinion piece in The Grand Rapids Press in 2011 where I shared parts of that story.
I was 19 years old when I came out. It was 2004. I had driven from my campus apartment at Grand Valley State to my parents' house in Marne in the same Chevy Camaro I had once contemplated running into a tree. The altar-boy at St. Mary's Catholic Church (third grade through sophomore year) knew that homosexuality was a sin, but suicide was, too.
Mom sat on the couch and my dad on the loveseat. I debated if I should use the word "gay" -- which I despised for its stigma -- or "homosexual." I went with gay. My mom pulled my college funding.
Having brought no guys around my family, I had never given them the opportunity to show how much they loved me. I went from 19 to 28 not so thrilled with their reactions from a decade ago, but they stepped up in the summer of 2012. Running for office nearly broke me and they saw it. They saw the weight loss. They saw my getting sick. They saw the stress that even the campaign staff didn't fully understand. What really shocked me was their willingness to do whatever it took. Sure, they donated as General Motors retirees with limited income and it meant something to me, but they became furious at the inequality of politics. They were furious we were raising cash for ten hours a day and our opponent just wrote a check and matched us. They were furious they worked the lines of GM and no matter how hard they worked the United Auto Workers endorsed against us. With total spending within reach of our opponent, they wanted to mortgage whatever assets they had for me to compete, though, to be clear, were not able to do it legally given contribution limits.
When the media reported our loss, they were emotional. My dad hugged me. My mother was even a bit tipsy. It was a moment I can't forget. It was real. And I think losing could very well have been the best thing that ever happened to us.
CL: Can you name the one person whose contribution to the LGBT community has inspired you most?
TT: Judy Shepard, Matthew Shepard's mom.
My parents have a cottage in Irons, Michigan. It's pretty remote and smack dab in the middle of the Manistee National Forest. It wasn't long ago when I was sitting alone at the bar of the local tavern listening to the folks around me, all of them commenting loudly when Barack Obama showed up on the TV. The disdain was shocking to me and the level of racism in Lake County seems marked by the number of homes flying confederate flags. Yes, people still do that and it's no joke to them.
I think of their rage and their anger every time I see a celebrated success in the LGBT movement. We're largely a new movement compared to that of the civil rights movement and yet deep levels of racism are still present in our country. I think we should be mindful of this as we move forward in our so-called equality. While laws will change, I fear supportive hearts and minds in large urban areas encompassing large numbers of LGBT people and folks who support them creates a seemingly systemic false impression of just how far we've come.
Judy Shepard was asked why she speaks to so many people at so many schools in so many places around the country when the folks who attend likely already support her. She answered boldly, "Because even the choir needs preaching sometimes." And she's right. She pressed that we all remain mindful that there is still, every day, a gay or trans person in places like Irons who think they're the only one. The only one with those deep feelings they don't dare talk about. They think they're alone. And guess what, they really are. Running water is not always common, so forget the Internet. Forget Twitter or YouTube. And with home schooling, don't assume kids have access to outside opinion.
CL: If you had to recommend one book, movie or song with an LGBT bent, what would your recommendation be?
TT: I'd recommend the song "For Good" by Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth from the Broadway musical Wicked. I'll just note that the song kept me going and reminded me that I was not alone.
Note: A link to this post appeared on Towleroad on March 7, 2013.


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While most of the crime writing focus down this part of the world in the past couple of days has been on the Ngaio Marsh Award announcement, our cousins across the ditch have also been handing out trophies to great crime writers. On Saturday night in Melbourne, the 2012 Davitt Awards (for best crime writing by Australian women) were presented at a Sisters in Crime Australia Gala Dinner.
From all reports, it was a great night. The Awards were presented by terrific Swedish tax lawyer turned crime writer Asa Larsson (THE SAVAGE ALTAR, THE BLOOD SPILT), who prior to the awards presentation talked about her 'life in crime' with Professor Sue Turbull.
The Davitts are named in honour of Ellen Davitt (1812-1879) who wrote Australia's first mystery novel, FORCE AND FRAUD, in 1865. The winners were:
Best True Crime - Cold Case Files by Liz Porter
Best Young Fiction - Surface Tension by Meg McKinlay
Debut Fiction - Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford
Best Adult Fiction - A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill
Readers' Choice - Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford and The Brotherhood by Y.A. Erskine
Congratulations to all the winners!
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The Theme of Morality in Sunflower.
Part The Second
Did you miss Part 1? Awww. Here.
Moving on from Strasser to the other plotlines....
Creeping Unease
When Foyle steps off the boat in Series 8, it's into a Britain far less wholesome than its wartime "Blighty" image—not that Foyle's wartime Britain was ever as untarnished as the myth. But somehow, now, the atmosphere's uneasier, and by the time we get to Sunflower, it's relentlessly grim.
In post-war Britain, government is struggling to reconcile conflicting social and political demands. Tensions in society are surfacing; the status quo is toppled, government has changed and must confront the urgent need for social reform; national security is under threat from former allies, and the old alliances have fragmented as the interests of individual nations have diverged.
In such a climate, integrity is the first victim. Trust in national institutions is a natural casualty; and for Sam and Foyle, for whom the machinations wrought inside the corridors of power are all too visible, that trust has worn extremely thin. Sam confides to Foyle that she trusts no-one any more. When questioned by her boss as to whether she includes him in that sweeping statement, she qualifies:
You and Adam—about the only people I do trust
And neither does Sam feel trusted. She has a sense of being under close, unwelcome scrutiny:
These days I feel as if... if I opened my mouth I'd get carted off and arrested.
Society is suffering under the effects of prolonged austerity and upheaval. Families temporarily or permanently fatherless have spawned a disaffected generation. For all the energy and manpower that Whitehall is ploughing into espionage and protection of the nation, out on the street, things are disintegrating. Sam's highly principled husband, Adam Wainwright, listens to a constituent complain that she no longer feels safe to walk in her own neighbourhood for gangs of bored, disgruntled youths:
The trouble is, nobody has any respect any more.[...]Nobody's doing anything about it
Adam respectfully disagrees with the complainant. Something is being done: Dame Myra Curtis is preparing a report (the reference here is to the 1946 Care of Children Committee, formed to look into the prevailing conditions for children deprived of a normal home life). But Adam's constituent scoffs: reports are all very well!
Adam listens with concern, and wonders whether an increased police presence would help to ward off trouble.
What emerges clearly from this scene is Adam's touching and persistent faith in institutions and in process. His idealism is preserved—in spite of travesties already witnessed in The Cage. His is an outlook which, as the episode progresses, casts him as a more naïve thinker than his wife.
The RAF Mutiny in India
Meanwhile out in the colonies, disaffection also plagues the Royal Air Force. Its men are feeling abandoned by the country they have served so faithfully. Impatience to be shipped home has resulted in a bout of unrest from RAF personnel in Delhi and Karachi. Stern voices fearful for the status quo are branding it a mutiny, and angling for an armed crackdown.
Government minister Charles Roper argues to Adam that the term "mutiny" is absurd and he will speak against it. This is a strike, he insists, and the grievance of the men is real.
You can't go shooting members of the Royal Air Force.
He observes that
The problem is one of perception.
The real reason for retaining them in India—to protect British regional interests as the Indian Independence Movement in India ramps up—cuts little ice with battle-weary men stuck on the Indian subcontinent, under siege from malaria and dysentery while they watch ships being loaded with GI brides and supplies for the East Indies.
Roper instantly impresses as one Whitehall denizen who stands for what is fair and reasonable. But clearly he has underestimated the effort required to implement reform. He jokes to Adam:
No wonder the Tories prefer the status quo. It's more relaxing.
Two upright and fair-minded men, Adam and his minister seem to have the Integrity Market cornered. All the more unsettling then, when the Helliwell land scandal erupts, and implicates Roper.
Charles Roper and the Helliwell Land
Adam later reels at the exposure of his boss's involvement in the dishonest over-valuation of a large tract of agricultural land.
We learn that the land originally belonged to a businessman named Helliwell, and was compulsorily purchased for RAF bombing practice during the war. Helliwell was assured he would be allowed to buy it back afterwards, only to discover the value of the land had doubled in an unreasonably short time, preventing him from buying it back.
The issue is further complicated when Helliwell, having complained bitterly of this to Adam, is badly beaten on the street and ends up in hospital. Helliwell believes he's been the victim of intimidation. Adam hardly knows what to think.
As it turns out, Roper had nothing to do with the beating. Furthermore, his motives aren't venal, but social. He defends his actions: the priority must be to keep the nation fed, and the land in question is under cultivation. No contest in his mind:
The single, greatest challenge facing this country is food production. Practically an emergency.
For this reason, he has been prepared to sacrifice the rights of one individual. Roper sees his action as keeping the land from a "grasping profiteer".
As an approach to morality, Roper's motivation falls under the principle of "common good". It is a utilitarian approach, whereby the needs of the many outweigh the rights of the few. By Roper's lights, his choice to break the law was difficult, but he believes it was a moral one.
Does he deserve censure? Since Roper is allowed his say, at length, it's reasonable to assume that viewers' opinions are intended to polarise on this issue. He says in his defence:
I put my country first
In exasperation, he lectures Adam, first in political reality:
...sometimes you have to make uncomfortable decisions
and then on his harsh judgement:
It sickens me that you should think I was in it for the money.
This explanation appears to confuse Sam's principled husband, who has seen it as his clear duty to expose dishonesty, and has not considered nuances of motive. Suddenly, and to his immense shock, he finds himself on the back foot with Roper, and altogether less sure of himself than he imagined.
Just Deserts
RAF "mutineers" apart, a number of other threads in Sunflower explore the theme of fair treatment for the individual who has suffered in the call of duty and been short-changed by the State: Tom Nelson, injured in service, and unable to resume his career, dependent on his sister for financial support; Parry-Jones and his Polish sidekick Tchorek, former SOE agents who have suffered under torture but are now fending for themselves, dealing badly with their demons.
It seems to us unfair that these men should be "cast off" in this way. Their treatment seems abominable. But what then should our reaction be to Helliwell? Though he is the least sympathetic amongst them, he did his duty nonetheless, only to be cheated by a broken promise. And what of Roper? Does he deserve to be exposed? After all, he, too 'put his country first'.
It seems that, for every apparently clear moral position, exceptions are introduced into the episode to hold "straightforward" moral assumptions up for question.
Foyle and Sam
I've been eager to analyse what Sunflower teaches us about the relationship between Foyle and Sam; but first I looked up the academic definitions of a few moral frameworks, and discovered the term consequentialism:
Consequentialism refers to those moral theories which hold that the consequences of one's conduct are the true basis for any judgment about the morality of that conduct.
Hold that thought.
The strong surviving trust between Foyle and Sam is highlighted early in the episode. Trust doesn't, however, mean that there is always total honesty, and Sunflower goes on to explore this interesting dynamic of their relationship.
Two situations presented in the episode invite us to assess how important honesty is. When are lies admissible in a relationship?
We all tell lies to save people's feelings or avoid embarrassment, and it is clear that Sam has told a lie when Foyle inquires about her trip to the dentist; the truth is that she's been off to submit herself for pregnancy testing. But that's a sensitive and personal matter, and not one that impinges on their work. Under the circumstances, no-one with a consequential attitude to morality would brand the lie immoral, since nobody is hurt by it.
But how about Sam's bigger act of dishonesty—the one that does impinge on work, and potentially damage Foyle? She omits to tell him that she's used his name and gone behind his back to trace, then institute a tap on the phone line of the land-valuer, Gibson, whom she and Adam suspect of deliberately over-valuing Helliwell's land.
Students of Sam's character will meet this departure from 'loyal subordinate' behaviour with degrees of surprise and even displeasure. Sam reacts with just the merest flick of conscience when she gives Foyle's name to Charlotte as the authorisation for her interest in Gibson, and she does so with no more apparent compunction than if she were lying about going to the dentist. But the potential impact of the lie for both herself and Foyle could turn out to be huge.
Her motive, as she later explains to Foyle, is to protect Adam's reputation:
If Mr Roper's up to no good, where does that leave Adam?
More intriguing still is Foyle's reaction once Sam's actions are revealed to him by Myerson: without missing a beat, he covers for her. Though afterwards, he's tetchy with her, and entirely blunt about the awful legal ramifications of her actions for both of them, he is not incensed. He listens to her motives, and praises them, before remarking:
Commendable, but not nearly a good enough excuse.
His use of the word "excuse" reveals Foyle's attitude as that of a survivalist, rather than a moralist. Interestingly, his reaction to Sam's initiative differs materially from Adam's, once her husband discovers what she has done, (more on which below).
Foyle opts for damage limitation, proceeding to implicate himself more deeply by pursuing the investigation Sam has begun. It's as sure a departure from duty as his maverick actions in The Cage, and a more dangerous one as regards his own position. I'd go so far as to say that he appears to be setting himself up to take the blame on Sam's behalf. In spite of what he says:
Trying to save my own skin as well.
it is hard to believe, considering the unblinking and unhesitating way he covers for her with Meyerson, that Foyle would allow the blame to devolve on Sam. He sticks his neck out for her in the same way she has stuck her neck out (and, actually his too) for Adam.
Personal loyalty and fairness are what motivate Sam here. She breaks the law to expose wrongdoing that might put Adam's reputation at risk. In turn, Foyle's response to Sam's behaviour places personal loyalty to Sam above duty—a capitulation that is all the more interesting for the way it contravenes his professional instincts. Nevertheless, it connotes trust in her moral judgement and a shared sense of what is the right thing to do.
In this matter, the differences between Sam and Foyle's behaviours are simply those of style. Sam's impulsiveness contrasts with Foyle's more thoughtful and considered approach (the Myers-Briggs personality-type discussion comes in here!) But morally, the pair of them are of a similar mind: they conspire as consequentialists, to do what's necessary for a just outcome.
Sam and Adam
It isn't just illegal, it's unthinkable.
This is Adam's appalled reaction on discovering what Sam has done to obtain evidence. Sam is somewhat annoyed with him, but Adam is incredulous. How can it ever be ethical to eavesdrop on people's conversations? His moralistic tone is an interesting contrast to Foyle's irritated-survivalist response, and marks Adam out as a different moral "type" from either Foyle or Sam.
In this regard, then, Sam appears closer to Foyle in her moral reasoning than she is to her husband. Though Adam's political and social ambitions are for reform, his instinctive attitude to 'the rules' is, ironically, more conservative than his Churchill-voting wife's. But when the evidence obtained by unethical means exposes Roper, he is forced to question his own instincts. The more general lesson to be gleaned, it seems, is that idealism can't survive without the protection of benevolent pragmatists. In Adam's case, the pragmatist is Sam.
Though Roper's self-defending statements fail to sway Adam, in that he responds:
It's still a fraud
Adam's dilemma does not end there. As a card-carrying, rule-respecting idealist, he then has to confront the painful consequences of Roper's exposure, and learn the bitter lesson that acting out of high moral motives doesn't necessarily guarantee the most beneficial results. A furious Glenvil Harris enumerates the outcomes of his actions for him:
- • Roper has resigned and will not stand again, meaning that a champion of reforms the country so badly needs is lost
• Adam is out of a job as private secretary
• Adam's career in government is likely to be in ruins since he will be perceived as a whistle-blower
• The country will have lost 1000 acres of agricultural land
At home with Sam, Adam begins to doubt his high-minded decision to confront Roper:
What did I achieve?
Apparently, doing the honourable thing can do more harm than good.
And even heroism comes with fallout. However heroic Sam's protective instinct towards her husband might have been, it's nevertheless an instinct that spared no thought for Foyle.
This mêlée grants an insight into the hierarchy of protective attitudes between Foyle, Sam and Adam. Sam takes Foyle's tolerance for granted while protecting Adam. Foyle instinctively protects Sam. They make an interesting pile of shielding bodies with Adam at the bottom, struggling to catch his breath. (Oh dearie me. One hopes he isn't squashed too flat, so that they have to write him out... )
But Sam has always been in love with integrity. She hero-worshipped it in Foyle throughout her wartime stint as his driver. Now, with her attentions focussed on her idealistic husband, she applies the wisdom of acquired maturity, seasoned with a dose of 'worldly-wise' picked up since joining MI5, and her instinct is to protect the thing that she admires.
Still focussed on the moral health of her immediate family above all else, she comforts Adam when he expresses doubts about his part in Roper's downfall:
Can't have politicians lying and breaking the rules just because it suits them
What you've achieved is everything I married you for. Stayed true to your beliefs. Didn't let anyone bully you into turning a blind eye.
Then we discover the real source of her added zeal: Sam is expecting a child, and the instinct to protect her own is all the stronger for it.
She asks, rhetorically:
What kind of a world are we trying to create?
Sam's solution is to focus on things close to home—an outlook amounting to the moral equivalent of "look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves". It's not a sophisticated vision, but as far as she is concerned, it's the best that she can do to make things come out right.
Sam is allowed this moment of insight, but in the general maelstrom of perspectives afforded in this episode, her outlook has its limitations and can carry only partial weight. No one answer is the truth in Sunflower. Every path chosen is, in some way, flawed or open to question. And everybody—even the amoral sociopath Strasser—gets his moment and his say.
So, for the last word, I'll leave you with nasty Strasser's spurious view that war suspends the normal moral rules:
It was war. I make no apology.
And. sad to say, there's an uncomfortable grain of truth lurking even inside that distasteful argument: by absolutist standards, war, any way you look at it, is an ignominious theatre in which to argue right and wrong.
So, back to the original tweet:
"The theme of morality could not have been argued/analysed any better than on Sunflower"
Tweet from @ramprana to @AnthonyHorowitz ]
Spot on, I'd say. The episode's a veritable moral finger-buffet.
I re-read the tweeter's Twitter profile—this time properly (because the first time I was sidetracked by the Portuguese poultry). @ramprana identifies himself as a Tamil living in Australia. A member of a stateless nation, I bet he values reliance on like-minded individuals over loyalty to any state. Also, he had the solid sense to say his piece in under 140 characters.
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OK, I'm writing this down just in case I run into again the future, because I just spent HOURS tearing my hair out before finding the solution. Maybe it will help someone else someday, too. I recently messed around with a whole bunch of configuration-related stuff for my Google App Engine app, requiring me to reestablish my my Eclipse run configuration parameters for executing my app in the development server. In the past, I had set up port forwarding rules in my router, so that I could hit my app running in my dev server from remote clients like browsers running on other machines, from my client Android app, etc., and it had been working fine.
As is so often the case, after making configuration changes, there is a hill to be re-climbed in order to get everything working again. In my case, although I could access my app in the dev server from clients running on the same machine, my remote clients could not connect. I checked my port forwarding rules in my router -- they were still there. I tested them using PFPortCheck tool, and it verified the ports were forwarding correctly.
I turned off my firewall; nope, that's not the problem.
I rebooted. Nope.
I power cycled my router and my cable modem (obviously getting desperate here, since I'd already verified that port forwarding wasn't the issue, but I've also found that sometimes challenging your assumptions helps). But nope.
I tried different ports. I checked to make sure there weren't other apps listening on the same port and stealing the requests. Nope, nope.
I set up Fiddler in reverse-proxy mode, and get this -- it started working. That is, with my dev server listening to port 8080 (the forwarded port) and Fiddler listening on 8888 (also forwarded), my outside requests to 8888 were being picked up by Fiddler, rerouted to 127.0.0.1:8080, and successfully received by my app. Damn, a Heisenbug. OK, interesting, but still frustrating -- why did that work, and what does it tell me about the problem?
After much Googling and cursing, I eventually stumbled across the culprit. I needed to provide an "--address=..." argument in the run configuration's command line, to tell the server to listen for connections to addresses other than 127.0.0.1. After setting this argument to the value of my externally-visible IP address (see WhatsMyIP), I was back in business!
[follow-up: if you specify the --address argument as 0.0.0.0, you can connect from remote clients using the externally-visible IP address, and still connect locally using 127.0.0.1]


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Building upon its efforts to provide greater access to vaccines and other health care services for populations in need,Walgreens has partnered with the United Nations Foundation this flu season, to help provide up to 3 million life-saving vaccines to children in developing countries through a donation to the Foundation's Shot@Life campaign.
Through October 14th, when you get a flu shot or any other immunization at Walgreens or Healthcare Clinic, they will help provide a life-saving vaccine, primarily those for polio and measles, to children in developing countries in need through Shot@Life – up to 3 million vaccines. Even if you're not one for getting flu shots, spread the word and give those who do a chance to save lives!
Statistics show 1 in 5 children worldwide lack access to life-saving immunizations, and a child dies every 20 seconds from a vaccine-preventable disease.Through the United Nations Foundation's Shot@Life Campaign, Walgreens and YOU can help.Simply go into Walgreens, get a shot and give a shot. See? Simple.
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The Las Positas College is a member of the Cooperative Collection of the Foundation Center, a national nonprofit service organization. As a member of this national network of libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit agencies, the Las Positas College provides visitors with free public access to grantmaker directories, books on fundraising and nonprofit management, and the Foundation Center's electronic database, the Foundation Directory Online Professional.
The databases can be accessed only in the Library. Copying privileges are available at $.10 a page. Photocopiers are available.
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Amherst Model Hobby Train Show 2012
Some video clips from this years amazing Train Show at the Big-E in Springfield, MA. The Amherst Railway Society always does an awesome job on this Show and this year was no different. Great Show!
Over the years, the Amherst Railway Society has donated the proceeds of this annual Train Show totaling more than $600,000.00! Lately, much of these donations have been going to the Bay State Childrens Hospital. So, it is a great Show with a great cause!
Amherst Model Hobby Train Show 2012


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We discuss a spatial filtering interferometry setup that employs a periodic spatial filter with either cosine transmittance or binary phase modulation. The setup's input plane is formed by two separate windows, one of which supports a phase object and the other, a reference beam. Using the appropriate frequency and orientation of the filter produces an interference pattern of the two input fields at the output plane of the system. The main attributes and advantages of the setup are discussed and experimentally illustrated with the example of a binary phase periodic filter implemented with a spatial light modulator.
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Thailand Snake Note – Anacondas
I get quite a few searches on this site for Thailand Anacondas, and the truth is – there are no anacondas in Thailand – well, not any that are naturally occurring here. Someone could have brought one into the country as a pet I supposed. Anacondas are not native to Thailand, but, Pythons – the reticulated python and the Burmese python – are.
Pythons can grow to enormous size. Last night I played with a 4 meter python, and they do get 8 meters or so. Last time I saw a giant python was when it ate a villager's goat and the city snake guys went to pick it up. It was on display for a few hours before they took it to the park and let it go. That snake was around 5-6 meters, a true-giant.
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THE ruling by the High Court in Pietermaritzburg declaring the results of the 8th KwaZulu-Natal ANC provincial elective conference as unlawful and invalid will have serious consequences for the national conference in December, according to political analyst Levy Ndou.
He said although the ruling throws a spanner into the works of the ruling party's biggest voting province, presidential hopeful Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will be worst affected.
Ndou said the ruling puts into question the credibility of those who nominated and backed her. KwaZulu-Natal has been leading chants for her to replace President Jacob Zuma as party leader in December.
"This leadership has never taken serious decisions [since assuming office]. I wanted to leave Nkosazana Zuma out of it but it means she was being supported by people that got into power illegitimately. That then touches on the credibility of the people that are supporting Nkosazana Zuma. She is being supported by fraudsters, people who rig conferences, that will have an impact," said Ndou.
The provincial leadership was taken to court by ANC councillor Lawrence Dube and four others following the conference that saw former provincial chairperson Senzo Mchunu dethroned. He was replaced by Sihle Zikalala but his victory was marred by controversy.
Certain branches and people complained that the conference was held prematurely and that it was full of irregularities. The results were also questioned. Zikalala had received 780 votes with Mchunu getting 675.
It was claimed that the results were rigged. Ndou added that the ruling also casts serious doubts on the current ANC top leadership and national executive committee (NEC) members for failing to listen to members who brought the matter to their attention.
He added that it laid bare for all to see that the organisation is besieged by factions. "This becomes a blow not only to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, it's a blow to President Zuma who gave a blessing to this leadership. "Lastly, it's a blow to the ANC NEC because this matter was brought to the NEC, 43 branches complaint and the national leadership did nothing about it. That means the ANC was being led in KwaZulu-Natal by an illegitimate leadership. It's a confirmation that there are serious factions in the ANC and if it can't deal with factions decisively the ANC is going to be divided. The ANC must be able to listen to its branches and deal decisively with the concerns that are being raised by branches," said Ndou.
Looking ahead to the conference, Ndou said the province would be under severe scrutiny to ensure what transpired at the provincial level does not take place nationally. He said that will leave the provincial delegation seriously frustrated. He added that Zikalala himself would be under microscopic watch from now on.
"It is going to frustrate KZN as a province because it says whatever delegates KZN takes to the conference, they will have to be closely scrutinised because of such a behaviour. It is a huge blow not only to the ANC but the current chairperson of the province because he has been running it illegitimately. It will mean whatever he says now beyond the judgement, people are going to perceive him as a person that got to power illegitimately," he said.
KwaZulu-Natal ANC spokesperson Mdumiseni Ntuli said the judgement would be discussed during a Provincial Executive Committee meeting before deciding on a way forward. ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa, on the other hand, said they had noted the ruling and would study the judgment as delivered and "interact with their structures on the political ramifications of the decision prior to placing the matter before the appropriate political platform for a decision on the way forward".
It's not the first time that the party has been rocked by such a scandal before an elective conference. In 2012 a similar thing happened in the Free State. A task team was set up to represent the province at the conference.
Ndou though indicated that the two cases were setting a bad precedence within the organisation. " If you get this type of concerns raised and a court rules in favour of those who raise them, this has a potential of creating a trend in the ANC in which the smaller number of branches or members who are not satisfied with a process will take the ANC to court.
"In the main, this is about factionalism in the ANC which the current leadership couldn't deal with because they thought it was survival based," he said.


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Years ago I remember dad telling me to start putting cash away for retirement. I remember scoffing at the idea, not because I thought there was anything wrong with it but because it just seemed so far off in the future.
Today I see things different. As I approach retirement I realized that every cent I would have put in would have amassed along with some interest. The later you wait the less interest you can draw on. The point is you want to start contributing as soon as possible….because you will have more to draw on later on.
A lot of writers, especially newbies to the craft see writing as a quick transition into a lifestyle. There will always be exceptions to the rules but for the majority of writers — good solid writing only comes from the interest accrued from writing.
The next time you sit down to write keep in mind that the effort will pay off. Even if the writing project doesn't amount to anything the mere effort you put in will add to your skill level. This applies whether your writing is very good, good, mediocre or just plain lousy. Yes, even the worst writing will later pay off. At some point you will look back and say "Ughhhh! I wrote that!" the real writer will look at that and say "GREAT! I've improved to the point where I can recognize bad writing!"


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Date published: October 03, 2016
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Litigation Release No. 22941 / March 13, 2014
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Alexander H.G. Mascioli and North Street Capital, LP, Civil Action No. 3:14-cv-00325 (D. Conn.)
SEC Files Settled Securities Fraud Charges Against Alexander H.G. Mascioli and His Purported Hedge Fund, North Street Capital, LP
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled fraud charges in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against Alexander H.G. Mascioli and his alter-ego, purported hedge fund, North Street Capital, LP ("NSC"), alleging that Mascioli and NSC made a fraudulent May 2012 offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Winnebago Industries, Inc.'s ("WGO") common stock.
The Commission alleges that, on May 9, 2012, Mascioli authored on NSC letterhead, signed, and sent to WGO an offer to acquire all outstanding common stock of WGO for approximately $321 million in cash. The May 9 letter represented that NSC's offer was not conditioned on any financing, that NSC was prepared to move forward immediately, and that it could complete the process in approximately two weeks. In truth, Mascioli and NSC had virtually no assets, significant liabilities, and no reasonable prospects of securing any financing to fund the acquisition. Furthermore, at the time they made their offer, Mascioli and NSC had not retained any financial or legal advisers to represent them in the transaction. On May 17, having not received a response to the May 9 offer, Mascioli sent a copy of the May 9 letter that he had modified to look like an NSC press release to Bloomberg, which subsequently posted the offer on its website. After NSC's fraudulent offer was made public on May 17, WGO's stock price and trading volume increased significantly. In pre-market trading on May 18, almost 700,000 WGO shares were traded. By contrast, in the four trading days prior to May 18, WGO had little to no volume in pre-market trading. Moreover, on May 17, WGO's stock closed at $8.51 per share; when trading opened on May 18, however, WGO stock opened at $9.81 per share, an almost 15% increase. In pre-market trading on May 18, after learning of NSC's offer for WGO and viewing a public website Mascioli created for NSC that contained various misrepresentations about NSC's business, a New York hedge fund made the decision to cover the majority of a large short position it held in WGO and incurred losses in doing so.
Without admitting or denying the allegations in the complaint, Mascioli and NSC have consented to entry of a final judgment permanently enjoining each of them from violating Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 thereunder and ordering them to pay, jointly and severally, a $100,000 civil penalty. Mascioli has also consented to a final judgment that permanently bars him from serving as an officer and/or director of any issuer that has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or that is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The proposed settlement is subject to court approval.
The SEC's investigation was conducted by George Bagnall and George Parizek with assistance from trial attorney Cheryl Crumpton. The Commission acknowledges the assistance of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in this matter.


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Rageville Music Festival 2015!9.11.15
Our Second annual Rageville Music Festival will be happening at The Bomb Factory on October 30th with Future, Paper Diamond, Araabmuzik, 12th planet, & Keith Ape.
Get tickets now at THEBOMBFACTORY.COM
The pulsing edm and rattling hip-hop fest Rageville returns to Dallas after a ground breaking 2014. The one-night hodgepodge will take place Oct 30th at the Bomb Factory in Deep Ellum.
Announced headliners for hip hop are Future, who released his third album DS2 in July 2015 which earned No. 1 on the Billboard 200. South Korean rap sensation Keith Ape, who is best known for his viral hit "It G Ma" will be making his Dallas debut. The edm headliners announced are Paper Diamond, 12th Planet, and ArrabMuzic. More artist will be announced for the event's return to Deep Ellum.
Created in the Spring of 2014, Rageville is a music festival that combines both hip-hop and electronic dance music together to create one extreme party! October 30th will mark the second annual event that will take over the Bomb Factory in Deep Ellum. Experience not only a state of the art production, but also an explosive hip-hop and EDM lineup while you and your friends RAGE the night away in a Halloween based environment. It's the sweet spot where two cultures converge for one day, in one city, for one massive party!
Navyvadius Cash, better known by his stage name Future, is an American hip hop recording artist from Atlanta, Georgia. Best known for his music, Future boarded on his hip hop career in 2010, when he was signed with A-1 Recordings . Since then his work ethic has driven him to his success. He has gone on to make 4 albums including his latest album DS2 (released on July 17th this year), he has won a number of BET awards, and has dominated the charts with many of his singles. Future has gone on to work with big name artists including: Kanye West, Rihanna, Ciara, and Diplo just to name a few.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FutureOfficial/timeline
American electronic producer Alexander Botwin, better known as Paper Diamond, will be taking the stage at our second annual Rageville Music Festival. The former bassist for the young, thriving live dance music trio Pnuma, has since evolved into something of a modern day renaissance man. Paper Diamond enjoys a stylistic sonic quality that while it adheres to much of the dance music formula, provides a completely unique, incredibly artistic sound that's seldom seen in today's scene. He has performed in various festivals that include Mad Decent Block Party, SXSW, EDCO (Electric Daisy Carnival Orlando), and Hardfest so we can already foresee a dance party forming among us.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PAPERDIAMOND/timeline
Abraham Orellana, better known as araabMUZIK, will be yet another artist we can expect to see dazzle us on October 30th. After making beats for a range of hip-hop acts including Dipset and fellow speedster Busta Rhymes, AraabMuzik's 2011 album Electronic Dream had him unveil an undiscovered talent. This music producer and artist adds a unique spin to his music by using an MPC (music production center) to produce fast rhythmic touches on his tracks. AraabMUZIK calls himself the "MVP of MPC" and he's surely going to prove it to us when he makes his way to our Rageville Music Festival! Don't forget to check out his most recent mixtape, Dream World!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AraabMuzikMVP
John Dadzie who is known as 12th Planet burst onto the scene back in 2006 which helped ignite the North American EDM explosion. He is an electronic music pioneer who has also been named the "Los Angeles dubstep god" by Rolling Stones. His sets include countless styles that reflect the current, diverse landscape of EDM music that continue to display his role as an essential trendsetter in the dance music world. He has performed at many major festivals which include Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival, and Ultra Music Festival! He has also collaborated with many artists such as Skrillex, Kill the Noise, Datsik, and Plastician to just name a few. 12th Planet's DJ set is no longer classifiable by genre, but best dubbed "a trip to the 12th planet and back"!
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Published: October 1st 2006 by HarperTeen
Rating: 5 stars
Age Recommendation: -
Three years ago, Alison disappeared after a slumber party, not to be seen since. Her friends at the elite Pennsylvania school mourned her, but they also breathed secret sighs of relief. Each of them guarded a secret that only Alison had known. Now they have other dirty little secrets, secrets that could sink them in their gossip-hungry world. When each of them begins receiving anonymous emails and text messages, panic, sets in. Are they being betrayed by some one in their circle? Worse yet: Is Alison back? A strong launch for a suspenseful series.
After reading "Twisted" the 9th book in the series, I found myself still thinking about the characters and the plot that happened in that book even though it had already been a few weeks after I read it and I decided that I really wanted to read the series again.
Onto the review.
I found that reading the book for a second time just made me love everything about the story even more and also picking up on things that I had missed before and also because I had already finished the series I found that the things that the girls did made a lot more sense then it did to me when I read the book for the first time.
I thought that the plot was really amazing. This is such an original concept for a book and I have never come across anything like it before I read this series. The book is filled with a whole lot of suspense and twists and turns and a whole lot of things that you just didn't see coming at all.
The characters in this book were so relatable and written so well that you really felt like you knew them and that you were apart of their circle of friends aswell, I really loved all of the characters and reading the book for a second time really helped me understand the characters a whole lot more.
Overall reading this book again made me love the characters and the series even more then I originally did and I think that this is a book that almost all YA fiction readers would enjoy.


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Logic Pro X Tutorials for HipHop and Trap Beatmakers — dj mustard type beat logic
How to make a DJ Mustard type beat in Logic Pro X | Music Production Tutorial
What's up? Back at it again with another type beat tutorial for Logic Pro X, this time around were taking it to the west coast and making a beat from scratch in the style of DJ Mustard. Download the Logic Pro X Project File so you can follow along: Download MF80 Drum KitDownload GRAVITY MRhythmizer Preset Bank


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FLOWER GRANNY SQUARE CROCHET COVERLET Hand Made Afghan! - eBay (item 310012482207 end time Jan-08-08 18:59:07 PST)
This hand-made crochet coverlet has bold multi-color granny squares with 3-D flowers in the centers. It's 100% polyester yarn made by my friend who crochets about 60 mph. She usually makes coverlets from whatever yarn colors she has on hand. This blanket, large afghan or throw or lap robe is shown on a single bed.
This one has a dainty picot edging in cream. The flowers stand up about an inch above the surface, giving the coverlet lots of texture. It's a sweet, homey item to warm up your decor and snuggle up in for a nap or TV watching.
This coverlet is made of polyester worsted-weight yarn and is machine washable. You can feel extra warm knowing half of the proceeds from this auction goes to Doctors Without Borders.
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FMC Warns Carriers on Port Congestion Surcharges
The Federal Maritime Commission warned ocean carriers this week to follow the rules when imposing congestion surcharges related to labor unrest at U.S. West Coast ports. The notice came on Nov. 17, the same day a group of major shipping lines said they would begin implementing congestion charges of up to $1,000 per 40-foot container for imports and exports of cargo moving via West Coast ports affected by labor-related terminal delays. Press reports subsequently indicated that some of these carriers were suspending these surcharges but reserved the right to impose them at any time. In response to "numerous inquiries," the FMC reiterated that the rules applicable to any given shipment shall be those in effect on the date the cargo is received by the carrier or its agent. This means that if any labor disruption were to occur at a port after cargo has been tendered by a shipper, a carrier may only lawfully charge the rates in effect on the day the cargo is tendered.
The FMC notes that congestion surcharges or any other rule in a carrier tariff that results in increased costs to shippers may generally not be effective earlier than 30 days after publication. The Commission acknowledges that many carriers have previously published in their tariffs advance or conditional notice of their intent to implement surcharges in the event certain conditions are experienced but cautions that all such rules must be clear and definite as to the implementation and termination of those surcharges based on specific criteria related to labor unrest.
In a Nov. 14 press release the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, a group of 15 carriers engaged in the U.S.-Asia trades that have previously given notice of possible congestion surcharges, cited a number of labor issues that have prompted its members to move ahead with those fees. Terminal operators at Seattle and Tacoma are reporting 40-60 percent productivity reductions in the loading and discharge of vessels; 14 ships were at anchor in Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor awaiting a berth and cargo handling operations fell to a low of 11 containers per hour; increased longshore container and chassis safety inspections have contributed to average truck turn times of two to three hours at terminal gates and yards; and Oakland terminals have reported work slowdowns and disruptions involving equipment operators. TSA members say these problems are causing them losses and expenses due to blanked sailings, skipped port calls, and speedup of existing vessels or chartering of added ships and equipment to maintain schedules. There are also "extraordinary" shoreside costs such as container detention and storage charges, additional longshore gangs and associated overtime, extended gate hours and fees, tug services and increased trucking charges relating to inter-terminal transfers.
The FMC notes that it continues to review congestion surcharge rules published in carrier tariffs and is gathering information from carriers regarding implementation of these surcharges.


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"It's a dream until you write it down, and then it's a goal."—Anonymous
I often ask others about their Dreams. I am genuinely interested in the Grand and often unspoken Aspirations of others, having a few of my own. One of the things I notice about average working people is that they tend to treat Dreams as dirty little secrets, and they almost sound embarrassed for harboring them. "Well, what I suppose I might like to do is maybe start my own, you know, business or whatever. It's stupid, I know." And then they scurry back into the shadows, hoping that no one will take notice of their transgression.
People don't like to speak about their Dreams out loud, because speaking a thing makes it more real, it makes it feel like a goal, which is much scarier. Like Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter. Everybody goes around calling him "You-Know-Who" and "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named", because they lack the Bravery to face him. It goes without saying that if you can't call your Dream by name, odds are you won't be able to muster the Perserverance and Courage to pursue them.
Homework Assignment for Heroes
In that spirit, I would like you to complete a simple homework assignment. I would like each of my literally dozens of blog followers to leave a comment below in response to this post. I am asking you to step out of the darkness into the light, where everyone can see you, and call your Dream or Dreams by name. The more audacious the Dream, the better. Call it loudly, confidently, without hesitation or disclaimers.
No matter how ridiculous it sounds, type it into the comments field. Look at it. Say it out loud. Repeat it to yourself. Make it your mantra for the next week.
You've just taken your first steps into a larger world.
Next time: Putting words into action.


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Spooky Men's Chorale (AUS)"Men, singing songs. Some of them are funny," states their website meekly. A classic understatement if ever. The Spookies are renowned for their combination of Visigoth-strength Aussie bravado, absurdist humour, eye-moistening (and pants-wetting) tenderness tendencies. This 15-some ensemble is as thunderous as a herd of kangaroos, as sly as a shedload of Spike Milligans, and as waspish as a choir of monks under the baton of Dame Edna Everage. "Catch them on the road – a fantastic night out is guaranteed!" (Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2) "A no-brainer." (Ken Hunt)


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As repeat Clients, a COLOR SCHEME was the main FOCUS in this new vertical house that would LINK ALL five floors together into ONE SPACE.
Using TEXTURES, COLORS and WALL PAPERS created a sense of PERSONALIZATION and WARMTH that was a true essence of the WHOLE family and reflected the FUN of each member.
A BAGUA mirror was added for PROTECTION from a large construction job adjacent to the property.
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Along the lofty ridges of the Himalayas lies the Kingdom of Bhutan, a place that has remained blissfully untouched by the rest of the world. With very few visitors entering the country, Bhutan's landscape has remained pristine, its rivers pure, and its mountains magical. Bhutan's people are gracious, the culture is rich, and spirituality is prevalent.
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Paro Airport - Thimpu
Welcome to Paro!!! After meet & greet at the airport you will transferred to Thimpu (7,710 Ft. ) the capital city of Bhutan. On arrival check in at the hotel. Evening explore Thimpu town by walking. Overnight stay at hotel in Thimpu.
Day: 2
Thimpu Sightseeing
Today after breakfast visit Kuensel Phodrang (Buddha Statue) a place of refreshing with a huge statue of Buddha on the top of the Kuensel Phodrang, National Memorial Chorten (Monument) & Folk Heritage Museum. Afternoon visit Sangaygang View Point, Changangkha Monastery, Taking Preserve Centre, The talking National animal of Bhutan can be seen here Tashichho Dzong (Fortress of the Glorious Religion). Overnight stay at hotel in Thimpu.
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Thimphu - Punakha / Wangdue Sightseeing (77Kms /03Kms)
After breakfast check out from the hotel and drive to Punakha/ Wangdue, on the way stop at Dochu - La - Pass (3150 Mts) to view the higher Himalayas. Arrive at Punakha check in to the hotel. After noon visit Punakha Dzong - built in 1637 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. For many years until the time of the second king, it served as the seat of the government. The Dzong was named Druk Pungthang Dechen Phodrang (Palace of Great Happiness). Punakha is still the winter residence of Je-Khenpo and King Jigme Dorji Wangchuch convened the first National Assembly here in 1952. After that take a short excursion trip to visit the Chhimi Lhakhang - The Temple, also known as "The Temple of Fertility" as built by Lama Drukpa Kuenley , " The Devine Mad Man". Evening free for leisure. Overnight stay at hotel in Punakha/ Wangdue
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Excursion to Gangtey (Phobjikha) (78kms /03Kms oneway)
Today after breakfast start your full day excursion tour to Gangtey (9,840 Ft.) . Gangtey is the home of Black Necked Crane which migrates from teh arid plains of Tibet in the north. it is a beautiful valley of Bhutan. you can also visit Gangtey Gompha. Evening return back. Overnight stay at hotel in Punakha / Wangdue.
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Punakha/Wangdue - Paro Sightseeing (140Kms / 05 Hours)
After breakfast drive to Paro ( 7,483 ft.). On the way stop at Lamperi to visit the Royal Botanical Park- The park contains a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna and features a huge species of plants and animals including endangered species. On arrival check in at the hotel. Afternoon visit Ta Dzong - National Museum with an excellent collection of arts, relics, religious thangkha, etc., Ringpung Dzong - Meaning "fortress of the heap of jewels". The dzong now serves as the administrative ad judicial seat of Paro. Evening free of leisure. Overnight stay at hotel in Paro.
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Paro Sightseeing
After breakfast visit Drukgyel Dzong. Also visit famous Taktsang Monastery - called " Tiger's Nest" ( 02hrs hike from the base camp ) & Kitchu Monastery. Overnight stay at hotel in Paro.
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There's no other experience like photographing the Milky Way at night. Learn how easy it can be with this FREE guide, in which I reveal the one "secret ingredient" that takes all of my pictures to the next level, and it will do the same for you!
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Squeezing in a quick blog post before I start getting ready for my birthday dinner tonight. We'll be dining at Marco Polo's BLU Bar & Grill, our venue of choice for special occasions. I wore this outfit to a business meeting a few days ago. I'm not really a fan of boring work wear ensembles so I decided to inject color and pattern into my look. Instead of putting on a plain skirt suit, I opted for this striped pencil skirt and a sleeveless blouse, which I previously wore here. Topped off the outfit with my trusty pair of black ankle strap heels and a structured sling bag.
Happy weekend, my loves! :)
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I.T.S stands for what?
Its I.T.S discovery, I.T.S stands for the Information, Technology & science. So, it becomes the information, Technology and Science Discovery.
AuthorsITSDiscovery was founded by two school friends named as Shahzad and Ehtsham on 8th sep, 2016.
ITSDiscovery was founded by two school friends named as Shahzad and Ehtsham on 8th sep, 2016. These two have also been writing for other international sites from years and are currently studying I.T and Business respectively.
Age we are living in demands high knowledge of IT and other related ideas. There are many other websites on the internet where you can find related information but not as good as our website provides. The purpose of ITS Discovery is to provide its audience with 100% latest information not only about IT but also about following categories:-
- Mobiles
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ITSDicovery.com is one of the top emerging websites. We are not limited to above-mentioned categories only, in fact, our main focus is to convince people about freelancing (earning from the internet) and guiding them toward different legal methods of freelancing on the internet.
What Will You Find In Mobile And Laptop category?
We have setup this category to keep people posted about latest versions of different mobile phones, their specifications or faults. On this website, you can also find prices of different mobile phones.
On the other hand, you will also find information about best Laptops here. Again everything will be included from their price to their specifications. In short, we are confident enough to say that we'll provide our audience with best and authentic information even no one will be able to point his/her finger toward us.
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As I mentioned earlier, this website is not limited to the technology only. We have tried our best to put all possible categories for people with different interests. This website will also talk about latest software, Health issues (especially who work on the computer), Sports, games and different scientific facts.
I am not interested in other categories but I guess it is important to mention about games here. In this busy world teenagers usually, spare their time for gaming. In this category, we will be talking about latest games and their basic requirements.
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How Dentists Can Benefit from Email Marketing?
Many people, especially the kids cringe at the very thought of visiting a dentist. Most of the time a visit to a dentist is out of fear of losing a tooth or a severe toothache. Trusting a person for such an important and delicate task is not easy. It is crucial for the customers to know which dentist office they can actually rely on. Similarly, it is essential for the dentist office to attract customers as the competition even among doctors is stiff. Today, sending advertisement in newspaper and television do not create the desired impact. The marketing tool which will help you rope in new customers is email marketing. The depth and penetration of email marketing are the best among any other form of marketing. However, email marketing alone will not suffice, if you want to increase sales and ensure that customers stay loyal for a long period of time. Email validation will help you connect and engage customers who are genuinely interested in the marketing campaign.
Focus on content and building relations
Developing a perception in the minds of the customers that you are an expert dentist will build long term relations because public relation and marketing are like twin sisters. Wherever they go, they go together. You have to understand the difference between the two and cultivate each of them to bring out the best for your office. When the content shared with the audience is relevant, you automatically build long term customer relationship. And, if you use verify email the process will be accelerated as you will be contacting customer who are really interested in hearing from you. Clean the mailing list on a regular basis using an email verifier and you will notice the difference in the marketing statistics.
Have a strategy in mind
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When the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan immigration reform bill last June, many were hopeful to see comprehensive reform finally come to life. However, by the time it arrived to the House, the bill stalled, and immigration efforts died out by the end of the year.
In recent weeks, it's been hinted that this year could bring change to the country's immigration laws, but it is still unclear whether Congress will proceed. Any type of reform revival in 2014 would affect the lives of the reported 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., among them young men and women brought here as children by their parents - often referred to as DREAMers.
During Friday's broadcast of Arizona Week, two DREAMers shared their experiences as undocumented students, who continuously struggle to have a normal life in the only country they've called home, despite not having been born in U.S. soil.
Jessica Garcia, a student at Pima Community College, who qualified for the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is a Mexico native and was brought to the U.S. by her mother when she was 13 years old.
As she grew up, her initial plan was to finish school and then move back to her native country. However, she then decided to stay to continue her education, because she knew the opportunities she'd have here, would not materialize in Mexico.
"I cannot speak for my mom, but her actions were so that (we) could have a better life," said Garcia, who also works for Scholarships A-Z, a local organization that helps students of various immigration statuses fund schooling. "Mexico, we know, is not a safe place. And, as a woman, as a female role (model) for us, (my mother said) 'I don't want you to be there.' And she brought us over here."
Garcia said that, while she is thankful for the deferred action program, such is not a solution, because it is only useful to legally work in the country. "The obstacles is that we can't (easily) go to school or have a driver's license in Arizona." she said.
Sandra Lopez also came to the U.S. from Mexico as a child. The now 22-year-old graduated from Amphitheater High School in Tucson, and recently enrolled at Maricopa Community College. But prior to her status as a DREAMer, Lopez spent three rocky years apprehended in a county jail and an immigration detention facility.
At 19, Lopez was arrested after shipping a box with narcotics in behalf of a friend. She said she didn't know what was in the box, but she still had to deal with the consequences and was sentenced to five months in a Florence, Ariz. jail. After checking her immigration status, law enforcement realized Lopez was in the country undocumented, and deported her to Nogales, Sonora.
"I didn't know where to go, I didn't know anyone there, I hadn't even been there before," Lopez said.
After facing the dangers that lurk in the borderlands, she was able to reach out to U.S. border agents, who said they would help her, but instead charged her with trying to illegally re-enter the country. Lopez was then sent to the Eloy Immigration Detention Center in Eloy, Ariz., where she spent two and a half years, until being released November 2013.
"It was very hard to be incarcerated," said Lopez, who continues to fight her deportation. "There were more (undocumented people there) than (actual) criminals. I don't think they should keep us that long for coming back. Most of us come back for help. The U.S. (is good at helping us) but lately they have been kind of messing up, because they haven't helped us."
Both Lopez and Garcia agree that reform is also key to keep families together.
Garcia's father lives in Mexico, and while he legally can visit, it would make it easier if she, her mother and siblings were able to travel south of the border as well. "We just want to protect our families, keep them together," she said.
Lopez calls her family a "mixed status family," with her and her mother living here undocumented and her two younger siblings being U.S. citizens.
"To tear families apart is really sad," she said. "And I know there are thousands of families out there (just like mine)."


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In collaboration with the Bangor Y, day campers leave from our camp by bus to experience nature and outdoor learning. All trips are science and nature based and may include exploring the ocean bottom with a professional diver equipped with video cameras, overnight tent camping, canoe trips and hikes to wilderness areas, trips to natural science museums, oceanariums, etc. The program is an extension of our "Wild Adventures" camp program and has a prerequisite of being a return camper with an interest in science and nature.
Each day, campers will travel by bus to various outdoor adventures such as canoe trips, whale watching, exploring the bottom of Frenchman's Bay with a professional diver using video equipment, wilderness hikes, and overnight tent camping. This is an extension of our "Wild Adventures" camp program that will provide environmental and nature studies experiential education for our campers.


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Cross-Posted from Michelle Hazen's Blog.
Everybody's heard of show don't tell, right? That's so 90s. I say, stop abusing your readers. Let them eat cake!
Before you click out of this blog, grumbling, "There goes Michelle, off topic as usual," think of it this way: what are your readers here for?
If you write fiction, as most of my followers do, your readers are here for a good time. A vicarious experience. So why would you short-change them by giving them the literary equivalent of Cliff's Notes? That's what you're doing every time you SUMMARIZE (They sat down and chatted for a while, laughing easily as they got to know each other) or TELL (He was in love with her. More in love than he'd ever been.)
When your editor says, "Show don't tell," they're really saying: Give the reader the experience your character is having.
Don't tell them the lemon velvet cake is good. Write about the silky texture, the way the bite of citrus tingles on the back of their tongue even as the hint of vanilla warms their mouth. Tell them how the whipped icing is nearly weightless but immensely satisfying, like oxygen dusted with sugar. Let the reader decide the cake is good, because they've just experienced it themselves.
The principle doesn't just apply to sensory experiences in novels. It also applies to relationships and emotion.
You don't want your reader to know your hero is falling in love with your heroine. You want your READER to fall in love with your heroine. You want to show the exact way a strand of hair brushes along her cheek when the breeze kicks up. Or the tiny quirk of her lips when she thinks something you've said is funny. You want to adore her for listening intently to your great-aunt's stories about how they used to catch mice in the barn—and appearing just as enthralled the third time she heard the story, because your aunt never can remember which stories she's already told. By the time the hero says he loves the heroine, you want the reader to be head over heels for her, or it's going to feel false.
It's going to feel like fiction.
One more place you can use this technique: backstory. If you want people to connect, you don't tell them a fact, you tell them a STORY. It's the reason we write novels instead of publishing lists of events.
If you tell them, a boy met a girl and they fell in love, okay. That's adequate. They know what happened. But if you want them to be interested and invested, you give them a peek at a real moment of that backstory. Like, the girl went straight from high school to church one day and when the church door opened, she saw a man with a square jaw and blue eyes with a bit of a mischievous sparkle. She knew, just as simply and factually as opening a letter, that he was the man she'd marry someday. And then she walked inside and found out he was her new youth pastor.
Right there, in a few sentences, you get a hint of emotion and a terrible obstacle and you know they've overcome it somehow but you want to know WHY. You want to read more, rather than just hearing the generic boy met girl. (Romance novelist Katie Golding goes into more depth about how to use backstory to evoke emotion in THIS must-read blog). Of course, with backstory, keep it short, keep your pacing up, and you do have to tell and summarize sometimes, or your word count will get too big for its britches.
But in the end, be kind to your readers, folks. They're here to have fun, and you don't want to short change them with summaries and dry telling, letting your characters gobble all the cake without writing it out so the reader can enjoy it just as much.
Nobody wants to read about somebody else eating cake. They want to eat the damn cake themselves.


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