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Inside Israel and the Palestinian Territories
You've set my mind at ease
Israel's political picture has been so unclear and complicated since an indecisive Feb. 10 election that President Shimon Peres said he asked right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu to put it down on paper that he had in fact agreed to accept his mandate to go out and form the next Israeli government.
"And he has put it in writing, so now my mind is at ease," Peres joked as he announced his decision to designate Netanyahu, rather than centrist Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, as potential prime minister — once he completes that task of coalition building.
Livni's Kadima party had outpolled Netanyahu's Likud, winning 28 seats in parliament to his 27. But Peres chose Netanyahu for the job of would-be prime minister because Netanyahu, a former prime minister, had the most other parliament members recommending him for the job.
But as much as Netanyahu, U.S.-educated and a polished speaker, wanted another shot at the nation's top job, he certainly had a complex task ahead of him to rebuild a coalition with politicians whose views were disquietingly similar to the far-right lawmakers who effectively toppled his previous government in 1999 and forced an early election.
Team of rivals for Israel?
Coalition-building in the aftermath of Israel's inconclusive Feb. 10 election kicks into high gear on Wednesday, when the final results become official and President Shimon Peres begins sounding out party leaders on whom he should appoint to try to form the next administration.
To recap: neither the centrist Kadima party led by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni nor Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud won enough seats for a majority in the 120-member parliament. Kadima took 28 seats to Likud's 27, but Netanyahu could stand a better chance of getting the nod from Peres because he is likely to have the support of a majority right-wing bloc of 65 legislators.
Army disappoints Bibi, the battle goes on
"When the soldiers' votes come in, we will be way ahead." So forecast a senior aide to Israeli right-winger Benjamin Netanyahu just after shock exit poll findings on Tuesday showing his Likud party trailing the centrist Kadima of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni by one seat. But that result, which overturned months of opinion polls in Netanyahu's favour, turned out to be bang on the money. Throughout Thursday, Likud supporters were banking on votes from army barracks. These were being counted a day after those of civilians and Likud had hoped that a traditional right-wing bias in the military would be enough to turn the election around and give Netanyahu the advantage – a crucial one in terms of persuading President Shimon Peres that Netanyahu, not Livni, should be invited to form a government coalition.
It wasn't to be. As the elections committee in parliament finally faced the media, over an hour late, and then flustered through their notes on live television to declare the result, it turned out the initial result still stood. Kadima on 28 votes, Likud on 27 in the 120-seat Knesset. So, it's all over? Not by a long way. The result isn't absolutely final until it's published in the official gazette next Wednesday. And from that point Peres has a week to designate someone to form a government. Livni tried and failed in November, triggering this election. Netanyahu, popularly known by his nickname 'Bibi', says there has been a general rightward shift in the election. That has included a surge for the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu (Our Home is Israel) of Avigdor Lieberman, which elbowed past Labour into third place on 15 seats. That, Netanyahu says, gives him a better chance of forming a stable administration. Perhaps. But in 60 years, Israel's largely ceremonial president has never passed over the leader of the party that has topped the polls. Cue more intensive negotiation. Watch this space.
Can Israel do a power-share?
A predawn victory party for Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni had all the trappings of a fairytale, including a ballroom setting in a Tel Aviv hotel.
The woman who had edged ahead of rival Benjamin Netanyahu in a national election stood to become Israel's first woman prime minister in 30 years, and she had surely beaten the odds to get there, just weeks after polls predicted a resounding defeat for her centrist Kadima party.
Israel votes, Palestinians groan
Posted by Wafa Amr.
With each Israeli election since the 1993 historic Palestinian-Israeli interim peace deals, the Palestinians feel their situation has gone from bad to worse. This time, their sense of desperation deepened as they woke up to an Israeli political map strongly dominated by the right wing. People say the chances for peace and ending occupation seem more remote than ever. The editor-in-chief of the Palestinian official al-Hayat daily newspaper, Hafez al-Barghouthi, called the growing strength of the right-wingers in Israel the "Right-wing Tsunami". Israel's shift to the right has added to the Palestinians' sense of hopelessness. "The victory of the Israeli right means an open invitation for the Palestinian factions to turn fanatic to confront the advocates of settlements and land theft," Barghouthi wrote on election day.
Tzipi Livni's centrist Kadima party led in Tuesday's election with 28 seats, one seat over Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud in the 120-member parliament. The centre-left Labour party, which made peace with the Palestinians 16 years ago, suffered a heavy blow. The rise of Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party who has vowed to keep settlements and advocates tougher measures with the Palestinians and Israeli Arabs, has added to the Palestinians' despair.
I won! No, I did…It sounds like the perfect outcome – no losers in Israel's parliamentary election. Of course, it's nothing of the sort. "I won!" screams this headline in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. Trouble is, that's both main party leaders saying it - Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu.
It's a recipe for trouble and it will be down to Israel's veteran president, 85-year-old Shimon Peres to sort it out. In sum, Livni of the ruling Kadima centrists, has a one-seat lead over former premier Netanyahu's right-wing Likud. But neither party has as much as a quarter of the seats in the Knesset. Cue possibly weeks of haggling among the parties on forming a coalition government. By tradition, Peres ought to ask the leader of the biggest party – thus far, Livni – to try and build a cabinet first. But Netanyahu, rejecting her offer of joining her in a national unity government, says that overall the new parliament has a right-wing majority and that he is therefore in the better position to forge a stable administration.
Peres is no stranger to Israel's convoluted coalition arithmetic. In 1984, he agreed to one of the weirdest election outcomes seen when, as left-wing Labour party leader, he did a deal with Yitzhak Shamir of Likud whereby the two spent two years each as prime minister during the four-year term of the parliament. There has been talk again today of the famous "rotation", though few remember it with much fondness and recall a time of general political stalemate. Anxious to push for peace in the Middle East after Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip last month, new U.S. President Barack Obama will be among those concerned at the gridlock.
It ain't over
A lesser blog than this one might resort to some trite cliche about how 'it ain't over until the fat lady sings'.
We will refrain – but it is tempting.
Despite taking the most Knesset seats according to exit polls after Israelis went to the polls – Tzipi Livni is still a long way from being anointed as Israel's new Prime Minister.
Like a hurricane…
Amid fears that voters would stay away from Israel's polling stations because of bad weather, apathy born of a coalition-based political system that forces elections every two years or so and a lacklustre campaign overshadowed by the Gaza war – you knew at least these guys would show up at the ballot box.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni, Ehud Olmert and Avigdor Lieberman all voted early - hoping that their supporters would follow them to the polling stations.
Tzipi Livni – man of the moment?
Sex has rarely been far from centre-stage in an otherwise low-key campaign for Israel's election on Tuesday. The fact that the ruling Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni is a woman has, however, been largely debated by allusion and suggestion, often in a far from gentlemanly way in the still macho world of Israeli politics. So it's striking then, in the campaign's final days, to see Livni herself, bidding to become the country's first woman leader since Golda Meir in the 1970s, putting the issue front and centre. Take a look at this poster, photographed in Jerusalem by my colleague Jerry Lampen. It reads, in French, "Tzipi Livni – Man of the Moment", or perhaps "The Right Man for the Job". It looks like a direct response to repeated attacks from right-wing opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu especially that "she" is not ready to lead a country facing threats on numerous fronts. "She's not up to the job," runs one ad from Netanyahu's Likud party. It shows Livni, slumped, with her head in her hands.
On Tuesday at 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) we should know if Livni has been able to turn around Netanyahu's opinion poll lead. Even if she does, it is not guaranteed that she can form a coalition government. The reason this election is being held over a year early is because Livni, taking over from the corruption-hit Ehud Olmert, was unable to cobble together a workable coalition. As my colleague Jeffrey Heller had predicted when she took over her party's leadership, many believed the former soldiers running the other leading parties found it hard to accept her. Some saw the refusal of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party to join her cabinet as a reflection of religious sexism. That wasn't the official reason. But Livni, a secular denizen of liberal Tel Aviv, did go out of her way, unsuccessfully as it turned out, to appeal to religious tradition. She donned monochrome clothing and swapped her favoured pant suits for long skirts when meeting Shas leaders. Even so, the Orthodox press would not even print her picture. They would airbrush her out of group photos. Or, as for other women, they might photoshop her into "a tree, or something", one journalist at an ultra-Orthodox paper told my colleague Dan Williams.
A yawning gap
With just two days to go before Israel's general election, opinion polls show more than a quarter of the electorate is still undecided.
Call it the yawning gap in an election race that's largely been one big snooze.


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A couple in Mesa, Arizona called 911 after discovering that hash browns were missing from their order and now they're facing charges.
At 9 am Sunday morning, 31-year-old Michael Smith called 911 from the Mesa McDonald's as he and his wife, Nova, argued with a manager about their order.
Smith says the situation escalated because he didn't like the way the manager was talking to his wife and he says they wouldn't give refund for the hash browns.
"I felt like he was stealing. He was stealing from my pocket! I didn't call for the hash browns. I called because he wasn't giving refunding my money back," Smith said.
Smith is cited with disorderly conduct. His wife, Nova, is cited with disorderly conduct and assault with no injury for throwing a bag of food at a McDonald's employee. Public opinion is not on the Smith's side even though everyone is a fan of the hash browns.
"Yeah, I love 'em but I wouldn't go jumping over the counter just because somebody didn't put them in the bag or call 911. It's a waste of money. It's a waste of 911's time," Mesa Resident Jim Englage said.
Smith says it was an emergency to him, McDonald's was robbing him.
"He was completely wrong in what he was doing and we had no other choice who else were we supposed to rely on at that moment on a Sunday morning," Smith said.
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#41 Wed 10 Aug 11 12:33am
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
I have just given a home to a beautiful cockerel in direct breach of my husband's injunction, sneaking him in last weekend he wasn't looking. He soon spotted him and was furious for about 10 seconds then this male bonding thing went on and now I can't keep my husband out of the chicken field. He's there before me every morning praising Percy's hirsuit handsomeness. However I got him on the basis that if anyone locally is upset by his noise, his previous owner will take him back at once. We are quite a long way from our neighbours, lock him up at night and don't let him out till 7.30. So far I have not hear a single doodle do and we sleep on the field side our house, but I won't hesitate to send him back if anyone objects to him.
I love the sound of a cockerel personally but sympathise with those who are driven mad by it. If this was me and it was a residential area I know for sure that I would fetch the cockerel out when the owner was not looking and pluck him and roast him. Whilst this may not be the proper way of dealing with it I would not think twice about it.
#42 Thu 18 Aug 11 8:37pm
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
Good to find a thread with all sides represented; I'd be pleased to hear opinions of my situation as my neighbours think I'm an intolerant townie. They recently put 3 cockrels in separate pens within an area c. 5m by 5m, 10-15m from our bedroom window. They were locked up in houses overnight, but clearly not dark enough or small enough to stop crowing, as they got cracking with the dawn, clearly competing against each other for most and loudest crowing. My neighbours have the best part of an acre of land on the other side of our block of building so I popped round this morning in friendly fashion, explaining I have trouble sleeping anyway and really could do without losing more, to ask if they might think about moving them.
Does this seem unreasonable?
#43 Mon 10 Oct 11 6:53pm
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
I live in a residential area. On one side (100 yards away) there is a main road, on the other side (100 yards away) there is a main line railway track into London Waterloo. Alongside that there is a motorway. Oh yes and we are beneath the Heathrow flight path.
I have never had any noise problems in the more than 40 years I have lived here (if I exclude the bin men at 5:30am on Tuesdays. However this has all changed. The neighbour at the end on my garden (60 feet long) has decided to keep chickens, lots of them and house them in a shed up against my fence. Of course in the natural progression of things, His Majesty comes along. On Saturday and Sunday I counted the number of times I heard him annouce his presence between 2pm and 5pm. It worked out at once every 18 seconds. Is this a record?
I was interested to see what other people's thoughts were on this sonic phenomenon. Pretty much the same as mine I find. I was suprised to see that only one person has mentioned the smell, and am even more surprised to see that there is no mention of the arrival of rats on the hunt for easy pickings (but not from McDonald's) is this a unique feature of my neighbour's flock? It is hard to imagine that it is
#44 Mon 10 Oct 11 7:20pm
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
Time for Coq au Vin!
#45 Thu 07 Mar 13 10:24am
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
Fine u live in a village but ppl like me that live in towns have to put up with it too. Is it narrow minded that my 6 year old son gets woken up every hour from someone else's cockerel, is it narrow minded that it's effect his concentration at school. That's with him ring in the furthest away bedroom and all the windows closed. Never mind I work a job that requires me to do 12 hour shifts a day and other peoples lives are in my hands!! It's not narrow minded for people to want to be able to be happy in there homes but consideration to neighbours means a lot. If people want to have livestock that's fine but do it somewhere it won't affect others. I like playing music but I wouldn't play it at 3am so why should I have to put up with other peoples noise.
#46 Thu 07 Mar 13 11:40am
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
I used to keep hens. I think you'll find that different counties/boroughs, have their bi-laws about keeping livestock. For me it was fine to keep hens, providing that neighbours didn't object. They didn't, even though for a short while we had a cockerel. Do look into your local bi-law covering this subject. You maybe surprised.


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Other than a company PDF, I can't find crap all for reviews on this sub amp.
I am currently debating a sub upgrade.
I have a high end passive sub that needs an amp and the Powerpack 500w is pretty much perfect since it *says* (company PDF) it is 2 ohm stable and I know that this passive sub can and will dig that deep on occasion.
I guess my biggest thing is when I listen to the 1812 Overture, I want to hear and FEEL the cannons fire. Not in that tactile transducer sort of way but more in that just got punched in the chest by Mike Tyson sort of way.


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Fresh start for the Quakers as fans buy out club
8:00am Friday 4th May 2012 in Darlington FC News By Joe Willis, Regional Chief Reporter
AFTER months of pain and uncertainty, Darlington Football Club has been bought by its fans and is looking forward to a new beginning.
Community company Darlington FC 1883 Ltd (DFC 1883) yesterday agreed a deal with administrator Harvey Madden to purchase the club's assets.
The deal went through without a company voluntary arrangement in place, meaning creditors, including former chairman Raj Singh, are unlikely to get their money back.
The club could also face further sanction from the Football Association (FA).
However, DFC 1883 last night pledged to do all it could to help local businesses who lost out when the club was placed in administration.
Denis Pinnegar, interim chairman of DFC 1883, is also hopeful that the FA will look favourably on the club and not demote it below the Evo-Stik Division Premier North – two divisions below its current position.
Mr Pinnegar last night paid tribute to the fans, DFC 1883 board members, players, administrator and manager Craig Liddle for keeping the club alive after it was placed in administration in January.
He added: "This is a big day for Darlington.
"We have created a club that will be run for the benefit and entertainment of the community.
"Any money that is made will be reinvested in the community."
Mr Madden said he was "delighted and elated" that a deal had been signed for fans to take over the club.
He added: "My hope is that DFC 1883 can get going, get promoted fairly quickly and can get back to Darlington as soon as possible."
The new owners have the support of caretaker manager Craig Liddle, who has agreed to sit down and discuss his own future with DFC 1883.
He said: "I'm chuffed to bits.
"We now have a football club that is run by people who are in it for the right reasons – that is for the football club to be secure and move forward, and not for any financial gain."
It has prompted the community company to begin the process of returning about £325,000 to fans who bought shares through the Crowdcube funding system.
However, supporters will be urged to reinvest their money in the new proposal, with DFC 1883 saying it needs at least £200,000 by July.
It is understood Darlington Uncovered fans forum and Darlington FC Supporters' Club will reinvest their money. The Northern Echo confirmed it will also reinvest its £10,000 as long as the DFC 1883 plans remained credible.
DFC 1883 said on Wednesday morning that it was ready to submit its offer for the club.
However, complications emerged later in the day that prevented the purchase.
The complications surrounded the players' wages and the 25 per cent of their salaries they have not been paid since the club was placed in administration. DFC 1883 learnt on Wednesday it would become liable for the unpaid wages once it took over.
In order for the purchase of the club to go ahead, members of DFC 1883, with help from Craig Liddle, contacted all players asking them to agree to temporarily waive the money they are owed – about £100,000.
All agreed on condition they will receive their money later.
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9:39am Fri 4 May 12
MSG says...
11:20am Fri 4 May 12
quakersam says...
This is because the Arena is just too expensive to run for the league we will be playing football in. It will cost 270k for the year to play there, whereas groundsharing we will be paying c30k for the year. There's an extra 240k that could potentially go into the playing budget.
The Arena is due a massive maintenance check because its been there 10years so costs have gone up significantly.
Unforunately for us there are no grounds with a grading high enough for the EvoStik League within Darlington right at this moment. However the plans are to return to the town within a year.
Hope this answers your query
11:22am Fri 4 May 12
morgan1 says...
I would have expected a statement yesterday evening or first thing this morning but so far nothing.
11:29am Fri 4 May 12
morgan1 says...
Before I even think of a re-invest I would want to see details of the deal on the record, a detailed business plan not fantasy statements like being back in the league in three years when dont even know which league you will start from.
Quite honestly the way this has been done ignoring would be investors, why should we believe you would involve us in any future decisions.
So far the community club has been the board and nobody else.
I look at peoples actions and not what they say, and so far the actions of the board do not imply a community run club no matter what the excuses.
12:12pm Fri 4 May 12
quakersam says...
Look, they only took the club over yesterday, discussions on how the refund policy and re-investment process is happening today, and this will be put out to fans as soon as possible. These board members have real jobs to go to, they are giving up paid jobs to do this for you and I so cut them a bit of slack eh.
They can't spoon feed you every little decision, again there just hasn't been the time for consult every would-be investor, the club was a few minutes from being liquidated yesterday, how long do you think it would take to consult every would be shareholder on a certain decision?
There is no you and us here, we are all in this together, you need to understand to have a little bit of patience, if it wasn't for the board members you wouldn't have a club today.
Shareholders will be involved in future decisions, however there is an awful lot of work to be done to get this club into a league for next season.
We need everybody pulling in the same direction here
12:31pm Fri 4 May 12
morgan1 says...
There is little difference in liquidation you still end up in the same place you still have to apply for a licence and buy the assets, Darlington FC 1883 ltd is a NewCo founded in 18/01/12.
In liquidation you would not have the added complication of Raj holding the existing license and as all things are paid for there and then, they may not have been able to purchase all required as I suspect they may not have all the money needed as yet.
Simple too focused on avoiding the CVA as a way out and not getting an opinion from the pledged shareholders on Crowdcube.
12:36pm Fri 4 May 12
kelly_0980 says...
12:42pm Fri 4 May 12
morgan1 says...
The full amount was not raised as Stage 1 was not acted upon as stated but I think 750K probably was a reachable target, if there had been more direct communication from the board to the pledged investors of which there was none.
This decision is based on the board only and you may find the majority may not wish this, this would have been the correct thing to have done.
Even now its not to late to ask the pledged investors whether this is what they want or can they provide the additonal funds necessary, I dont see why it cant be done.
12:43pm Fri 4 May 12
Holbrook Quaker says...
If where we are is good enough for Craig Liddle then it's good enough for me! There's a man I trust.
I'm grateful for those fans investing significant amounts of their own time on our collective behalf to rescue the club I've loved since I was 7 years old.
I'll definitely reinvest - and I might even put a bit more money in now that I know that none of it is going to Raj Singh.
1:01pm Fri 4 May 12
quakersam says...
We are where we are now, you either support it or you don't. Simple as that
1:04pm Fri 4 May 12
MSG says...
I will not be going to Co.Durham to watch football.
Very sad about how it has ended. I thought my £100, along with many others contributions would secure a better outcome.
1:05pm Fri 4 May 12
quakersam says...
1:17pm Fri 4 May 12
morgan1 says...
I dont need questions answered, I want a community club (pledged shareholders) to be asked their opinion, you seem to miss the point of a community owned club, the board is not the community.
You are obviously much closer than most but if its a coin toss then I am probably out as I simply dont see them asking the opinion of the would be shareholders, sounds like they will do what they want as they already have done.
1:18pm Fri 4 May 12
quakersam says...
On the bright side there are already a number of people who've said they are coming back now we are out the arena and the fans now own it, good on them!
1:23pm Fri 4 May 12
bishops_man says...
1:36pm Fri 4 May 12
randy mcflabb says...
1:36pm Fri 4 May 12
quakersam says...
1:43pm Fri 4 May 12
gavshaw62 says...
1:46pm Fri 4 May 12
quakersam says...
You do realise that the board will be in charge of the running of the club, we need proper business people in there who know what they are doing, not some numpty with the IQ of a 2 year old.
Seriously, what do you actually want to be asked? This isn't a club where you are going to pick the manager, pick the team and pick the signings, its not football manager.
They have already listened to fans opinions on the msgboard about where we groundshare next season, however a decision needs to be made for the FA within the next 5-7 days and to speak to clubs and draft up a lease doesn't take a few minutes.
These are times when decisions will ultimately have to be made quickly. In the future when we have more time to consult everybody, fans will be asked their opinions. I'm sure the options on returning to the town, fans will be consulted on their thoughts and opinions.
Remember, the people on the board are just like you and I, they are fans of the club and want the best possible route forward. This isn't a school project where you do a quick survey
1:49pm Fri 4 May 12
quakersam says...
2:11pm Fri 4 May 12
morgan1 says...
I have been only courteous to you.
Having run businesses successfully for 25 years and with a wealth of business capability as well as resources, I know how and what it takes to make companies successful.
The model I was interested in but felt the pitch was well short of what was needed, and did not offer anything for a larger investor, so I think I will sit on the sidelines for now to see what happens.
2:17pm Fri 4 May 12
quakersam says...
You have your opinions, I have mine.
How much do you mean by being a "larger" investor out of curiosity? Why didn't you come forward when the club needed money if you were interested? You could of least been in communication with them if you wanted information, no?
The pitch is designed so that the club isn't owned by one single person with a majority shareholding, which is exactly how we've been put in this positions three times before; Reynolds, Houghton, Singh.
You are allowed to invest up to a maximum of a 15% shareholding in the club for this exact reason.
2:25pm Fri 4 May 12
Friendoffeetham says...
After all the DFC 1883 has put in a lot of work the keep this club going on! What kind of capasity and amount of time somebody expect them to have?! For the moment they have saved the club from liquidation - give them some time to sort out all details before you judge them. It's a lot to be done - not at least versus the tricky and stubborn football authorities. Decission about in which league to play next season - and finding a new ground are the most urgent challenges at the moment.
2:28pm Fri 4 May 12
gavshaw62 says...
3:03pm Fri 4 May 12
morgan1 says...
Likewise if you want to succeed back to the league you have to deliver a balanced plan which provides for the shareholders as well as growing the club.
If you ignore this then it wont happen.
How many managers or players are going to work for you for 'free' to get you back to league football, 'None', so it will stay as volunteers and part timers and as such you will not make it back.
So why do you think people who are willing to invest their hard earned income should expect nothing other than a few peaks, may be ok for £100 here or there but not if you want serious money.
I have tried to get across that the board did not actively seek the opinion of those willing to pledge money, so it did not find out what resources may have been available, and as such did not succeed in raising the finance.
The very fact that they did not try or encourage or connect with those pledging investment made me very uneasy.
I suspected the route achieved was always what they had in mind.
3:37pm Fri 4 May 12
quakersam says...
Sorry that won't be happening. Investors will be investing in their club, any profits made will be going straight back into the club. We are not investing to make money from the club, we are investing to be a part of our club, to protect its future.
Of course players and managers aren't going to work for free, the club will go to part time this coming season like any other club in the EvoStik League. But wages will be a lot less than this season, and with the larger crowds we should be able to prize the better players and will hopefully rise through the leagues. I'm not saying we're going to win promotion every season, we'll have to see what happens
4:40pm Fri 4 May 12
morgan1 says...
Yes, I understand what you are saying, but that is why I dont think it will work (My opinion). I truely hope it does but I dont expect it.
I personally dont like what Football has become but in this our time if you want success in Football then it is a money game and with the best will in the world you cannot ignore this substantial fact.
Even business support does not come for nothing.
With respect assumptions are never good, there is no guarantee you will get larger crowds and one should not plan on this better to plan and expect less and pleased with more than make the assumption.
The club can still be a community run club where the community benefits with success and you should not rule it out having a couple of 15 % shareholdings would have made the financing successful.
I see getting them difficult if there is no return for them, all you will suceed in doing with success is making players wealthy off the backs of the community, rather than everyone sharing in the success.
Everthing in life is balance.
10:41pm Fri 4 May 12
elvispresleysking says...
I thought that the initial £250k was to purchase the club from HM and then the next £250k was to be used to pay the creditors with the final £250k being used to cover ongoing running costs.
Now we are told that the club only costs £200k with £100k of that to cover player wages that have been deferred whilst DFC1883 'buy' the club.
So if DFC1883 are refunding the £325k pledged and asking for it to be 're-invested' by June/July what have they used to actually 'buy' the club yesterday?
11:42pm Fri 4 May 12
laughingboy51 says...
11:52pm Fri 4 May 12
quakersam says...
So the assets of the club was bought yesterday from resources that weren't disclosed, although part of the money was from the Darlington Uncovered Fighting Fund that us the fans had raised.
All money is being refunded via CrowdCube because the pitch has changed and 1883 feel they couldnt take fans money in these conditions.
The new business plan will be made available in due course and fans will have the chance to re-invest, which I will be doing, as will a lot of others.
Laughingboy, your not living up to your name as none of us are amused at you, back to school next week is it?
1:17pm Sun 6 May 12
Darlo1883 says...
11:59pm Sun 6 May 12
quakersam says...
Don't forget we too have a responsibility to make this work so any points like that, put them on the 1883 board on Uncovered and they will look at it points like those. The travel problem and how they will address it is a good one which I agree with.
Obviously these things will take time to organise and their is a hell of a lot of work to be done before we even get to that stage which I'm sure you'd appreciate
12:05am Mon 7 May 12
quakersam says...
They only took over on Thursday remember, lets not expect too much too soon. Be patient and give them the time they need to do everything properly
11:40am Mon 7 May 12
Darlo1883 says...
I appreciate the amount of time and effort people of 1883 consortium have been doing, maybe they need to delegate out to some people who use Uncovered to keep people up to speed better. It's amazing how many people ask the question, What is going on at Darlington, I dont think many know and that is a problem and the club yet again seems to get dragged through the mud. Better communication would greatly help at this time, things dont seem to move forward or timelines arent given and people get frustrated, the not knowing always gives certain people the idea that there is some sort of conspiracy. The article in the Echo on Saturday I think from the guy who runs the coach company who wanted to invest didnt portray the 1883 board in a good light, rightly or wrongly. With the amount of bad press the club has had in the past few (days, months, years - delete as appropriate :) - this needs to change quite quickly in my opinion. Altho it may take time to get certain 'deals' 'business' done by 1883 people (shareholders) need to be made more aware of whats going on - could someone not set up a blog on Uncovered that way the information is up to date and people can read back from the start what has been done, achieved, to do??
12:38am Wed 9 May 12
quakersam says...
But then again, when any progress is made it is usually put on Uncovered or will be in the Echo. However I don't think they should have to be announcing everything they're doing, there's really not much point. Let them get what they need to do done, if you have a question, the ask 1883 forum is open to anyone.
Re-investment should be sorted in the next couple of days and details will be made available. Yeah think the blog might be a good idea, will mention it tomorrow.
Also, there is an open evening happening on Friday with 1883 board members. Blackwell Grange Hotel, 7pm start. Ray Simpson will be chairing. Get yourselves down
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- Knead together the sesame oil, soy sauce, garlic powder, ground ginger, onion powder, pepper, ground beef, green onion, and water chestnuts in a bowl until evenly combined; form into four patties.
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This has become a staple for us. I make it mini sized, and have it as side dish. *** DO NOT SKIP on sesame oil or soy sauce or garlic, these are the main flavor ingredient. Used ground turkey instead. Added a little jalapeno, and breadcrumbs. Used parseley and onions instead green onions and water chesnut. Used real ginger and garlic. Made toping of sauted onion and mushroom on the same pan in the left over running juices.
I served these up on a Friday night recently. With the snow still on the ground, I fried them up on the stove. They were excellent! Everybody enjoyed them. I did not stray too far from the recipe, but I certainly did not measure out any ingredients either. They did not lack flavor as suggested by another reviewer. I always roll my burgers and then place them in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before flattening and cooking. This helps them to stay together through cooking and enhances any flavors added...I was asked to make these again once barbecue season is back.
Course chop the water chestnuts. Otherwise this is the best burger I have ever had. Thanks for the recipe
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- 39%
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- 23%
- Sodium
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(202) 626-0015
Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday - Friday: 11:30am - 2:30pm Dinner: Monday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 10:30pm Friday:5:00-11:00pm - Saturday: 5:00pm - 11:00pm Sunday -CLOSED
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Michel Richard's modern American brasserie,and winner of the 2008 James Beard award for best new restaurant is located on Penn. Ave NW between the White House and the Capitol. We serve Michel's tribute to great American cuisine, both modern and classic, with a French accent. A vibrant bar scene
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Diner Reviews
Always a very good experience. My
go-to in the work lunch arena (as well as a solid happy hour spot). Food is excellent, nothing but experienced and attentive wait staff. Outside seating today. Perfect day. (although construction outside chipped away at the perfection). Well done, Central."
Dined on 7/29/2014
Food great, and service good the
cheese puffs outstanding. The burger was great, but sad the lamb burger is gone off the menu. Bring it back!!!"
Dined on 7/29/2014
The most memorable dish was the
frisée salad, which was just about perfect with the poached egg and bacon."
Dined on 7/26/2014
This was a special birthday for my
husband--and the special cake he received at the end was fireworks chocolate in taste PLUS a mini sparkler/roman candle that was gorgeous when lit.The food is ALWAYS--and I do mean ALWAYS--excellent--the gazpacho soup is unbelievable and so is the beet salad, and I could go on but truly it is a flavorful delight."
Dined on 7/26/2014
Delicious, and every part of it,
stellar. Food, service, preps, taste, quality, decor, ceilings, bathrooms, staff. Stop reading, start eating! Top of any list."
Dined on 7/26/2014
This is one of my favorite
restaurants. I don't go every week or every month, but the server I have had several times (but not the last one) remembered my order and was so attentive. It has wonderful food and really great service. It works like a well-oiled machine which puts out a great product. I tell everyone and of course, I'll be back."
Dined on 7/25/2014
Softshell crabs, beet salad, &
scallops were amazing."
Dined on 7/25/2014
first time there for me. others
had been there before and enjoyed it. definitely will go again. nice restaurant with great food and good service."
Dined on 7/24/2014
The French onion soup was good but
not superb. I had filet tartare, prepared and spiced very well. The best part is the chocolate bar dessert. Service is generally attentive. It's loud."
Dined on 7/22/2014
I took my wife to Central for her
birthday recently. Maybe we went on an off night, but it just didn't live up to our expectations. Here's the run-down: Service: We had to wait about 10 minutes after our reservations, which wasn't too bad. Long wait for service once seated. When asked for a recommendation, server said, "Everything is good." This is not a helpful response. Long wait for food, but, to their credit, they apologized without our having to say anything and comped us dessert (classy). Food: Decent cocktail menu. Cheese puff appetizer and fried chicken were great. Pork chop was bland. Michel's chocolate bar was good. Ambiance: nice decor, but noisy. Will still recommend and would eat there again, but not in huge rush to do so."
Dined on 7/19/2014
Everything was perfect - as usual.
The chocolate bar is extraordinary."
Dined on 7/19/2014
Central came highly recommended by
a foodie friend so had high hopes. Thank goodness for the charcuterie platter appetizer and celebration cake for dessert, which were both very good and saved an otherwise ok meal. Had the hanger steak which was best of all entrees. Scallops were ok but not as good as what we had the night before somewhere else. Fried chicken was good, mussels were generous portion but the mussels were so tiny! Had much better the next night at another restaurant. Ambiance and decor very nice. All in all, just an ok experience. Had much better meals at other restaurants the two other nights of our visit to DC."
Dined on 7/18/2014
First time dining--overall, very
pleased with the ambiance, service, meal presentation/taste. Will return again soon, and would recommend to the discerning diner."
Dined on 7/17/2014
My friend and I both ordered the 3
course lunch special. My onion soup and her frisee and mushroom salad were fabulous. Her salmon was good, but my filet tartare was so heavily seasoned (or had so much filler) that I wouldn't have known what it was in a blind taste test. My crème brulee was OK; her chocolate bar with ice cream was delicious - I wish I'd ordered that. Between the noise level (I could barely hear the person across from me and had to ask her several times to repeat), and the perfunctory service from our waitress (she wasn't particularly friendly or attentive) I'll visit other restaurants in Penn Quarter. And it took us nearly two hours for lunch - not exactly work friendly."
Dined on 7/17/2014
I've never had a single bite in
this restaurant that wasn't perfection. The fried chicken is a standout, but everything is incredibly delicious and the service is impeccable!"
Dined on 7/16/2014
We immensley enjoyed the soft
Shell Crab special on our visit on a rainy night this week. We made reservations online a few hours before and were sure glad we did as the place was packed. Although we got an undesireable table close to the front door, we lucked out on a fantastic waiter and superior wine. The noise level was extreme and we had trouble hearing each other. The decor was a bit dull and dated but the food, wine and service more than made up for it."
Dined on 7/15/2014
Food was quite good, but not
particularly special. The place is extremely noisy. It mostly comes from the bar but there is not place to get away from it. Not a place if you want to talk at regular volume"
Dined on 7/15/2014
I have been to Central in the past
and remember loving it, but it's been a while. I won't let it go that long again before I return because everything was outstanding. The food, charcuterie board, beet salad, salmon, creme brulee, chocolate mouse and wine were absolutley delicious. The waiter was professional, well informed, helpful and friendly and made sure we had plenty of time to relax, enjoy the meal and still make an 8 pm concert in plenty of time. I love this place and can't wait to go back."
Dined on 7/15/2014
We had a wonderful lunch. The
soft shell crab was not only delicious but a work of art when it arrived at our table. The service was, as always, perfect. Thanks once again for a great meal."
Dined on 7/15/2014
Totally disappointed. Too noisy
to hold a conversation. Way overpriced for what you get. Had to wait forever it seemed like for the entrees. Marked Central off our list to do again."
Dined on 7/12/2014
This is my second time dining at
Central, DC. Previous eating experiences include Central in Las Vegas, & numerous trips to the former Michele in the Ritz Carlton, Tysons Corner. While Central has finesse, it doesn't quite have the same vibe as Michele. Food & service were excellent at Central, but it doesn't quite have same same warmth of Michele."
Dined on 7/12/2014
Central is always tasty and fun,
so expectations are high for Bastille Day and we were not disappointed. Starting with complimentary gougeres. Knew about that in advance so didn't eat all day. My husband and I both ordered from the special menu. He enjoyed his escargots (a delivery system for butter), and the asparagus soup was very good, and beautifully presented. We both had the Seafood Boudin. It was delicious and hope it will be added to the regular menu!"
Dined on 7/12/2014
Though the food may not quite live
up to the reputation, at this point, what could? It's still delicious--and, considering the quality, reasonably priced. The Gougères alone are worth the visit."
Dined on 7/12/2014
While the food is very good, the
pricing is too high, the noise level is ridiculously loud, and the table we sat at was essentially squeezed between two rows of tables that lined the walls--we were smack in the middle of what seemed like an aisle for customers and wait staff. The result was an inability to really enjoy the meal."
Dined on 7/11/2014
Great lunch at Central. Love the
goat cheese ceasar salad."
Dined on 7/11/2014
Central was one of a handful of
upscale restaurants in Washington DC that my family and I chose last week, while on vacation. It seems that the culture among waiters and waitresses in DC, is to appear only "tolerant" of tourists. We aren't usually needy or bothersome patrons. And even if we were, I find it odd that in a city that relies heavily on summer tourism, that a server wouldn't bend over backward for a decent gratuity. At Central, the waitress was slow to bring drinks, never cleared our bread and appetizer plates, and was generally apathetic. That being said, the fried chicken, a signature dish, is fantastic. So is the Mai Tai. So was the European sea bass. All delicious!"
Dined on 7/10/2014
We went for a pre-theatre dinner
and were both thrilled with the service and menu selections (especially pre-theatre choices) but also the options for our kids. Fantastic service and the kitchen is bustling and fun to watch. Especially loved see Michel Richard there and saying hello to him!!"
Dined on 7/10/2014
Excellent food. Went for lunch
and had the lunchtime special - frisee salad with warm mushrooms and bacon absolutely delicious. Salmon with miso and eggplant was perfect. Crème brulee was fantastic; didn't like the chocolate bar dessert as much. Only down side was our server, a "low talker" in a noisy place, who seemed less than interested in us. At some point, however, she departed and her replacement was much better. Just a lovely lunch overall, however, and we would (and will) return."
Dined on 7/10/2014
Menu seemed a bit limited, noise
level too loud - felt like I was in an echo chamber, and it was difficult to talk."
Dined on 7/9/2014
As always, David Hale and his team
provide not only perfectly prepared and beautifully presented food, but impeccable service all of which creates unforgettable dining experiences. And the bar is second to none. The cocktails alone are worth visiting. Central since it's opening keeps getting better and better."
Dined on 7/9/2014
I like Central a lot. Be
forwarned, it appears they have made recent, slight tweaks to the menu. I went this week, looking forward to having their warm, spinach bacon and egg salad for lunch, but it is off the menu, as is their bacon sweet onion tart, which was another one of my favorites. However, there are many excellent options that remain. A constant standout is their dry-aged beef burger, and the fried chicken. If you can, save room for dessert as well. I have never had a bad experience, or bad meal, and their servers are gracious, prompt and knowledgeable."
Dined on 7/8/2014
This use to be my favorite place
in DC but in the last 6 months the service has been terrible multiple times and now they have consolidated the menu to the point where it is not even worth going back..."
Dined on 7/7/2014
Central never fails to please. The
menu options are wonderful: sophisticated comfort food for American francophiles. Servers are knowledgable, efficient and full of personality. The dining room is very handsome and seems larger than it is because of very high ceilings. All of the elements are right, the most important of which is the food. The best Parisian bistro food, improved, brought to Pennsylvania Avenue. Bravo Michel."
Dined on 7/5/2014
I enjoyed our evening, but having
been to this renowned restaurant before, I expected more. We were told when reviewing the menu that is was a shortened list due to the holiday, July 4th weekend. The entree I ordered in the past, Mussels, were at best average when ordered this night... Not tasty and not served hot. We were treated well, but our server seemed a bit rushed and was also trying to fit between our table and our neighbors's table to help each of us. Not the greatest dining experience. I am hoping it was due to the holiday weekend and will never happen again. What a shame!"
Dined on 7/5/2014
The reservation included a request
for quiet table. Instead we were placed right in front of the kitchen. After awhile, the staff did accommodate us with a slightly better table. While the food was very good (especially the gazpacho), the noise level was was too high, and the ambiance left a bit to be desired. After numerous high quality visits to Central, this time it missed the mark."
Dined on 7/5/2014
This as my 2nd visit on a trip to
DC. I enjoyed my 1st meal better, but my husband & I enjoyed our meals. Sea Bass with Arugula Salad could have used a bit more pizzazz, but was very good. My husband enjoyed his hangar steak, & we shared a delicious,refreshing beet salad. The beet salad was a bit difficult to eat..everything was diced into tiny pieces & it was served with a fork. Suggestion: a spoon would've been far easier. I did think, however, that 17.00 was pricey for this starter salad! I'm a chef . We dine out often, but I don't think that we often have to pay 17.00 for a non-entree beet salad! The trio of ice cream & sorbet for dessert was delicious, particularly the homemade vanilla bean."
Dined on 7/5/2014
We had a nice outside table,
watching the Washington scene go by. The food, wine and service were excellent and the bill was not too expensive, given the fine food and drink. Loved it and will go back with friends and family. Great location and dining experience."
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incredible. The celebration cake was fantastic. They tried to sit us next to the kitchen, but it was so noisy we asked to be seated outside, which was great. The wine list was decent, but not overwhelming. I was disappointed with only two local wines, both of which were over my budget."
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Food was great, service was great.
We will be back!"
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The bread is AHHmazing. So was the
friend chicken and the Napoleon for dessert. Simply delicious."
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Income-Based RepaymentIncome-Based Repayment (IBR) is a new payment option for federal student loans. It can help borrowers keep their loan payments affordable with payment caps based on their income and family size. For most eligible borrowers, IBR loan payments will be less than 10 percent of their income—and even smaller for borrowers with low earnings. IBR will also forgive remaining debt, if any, after 25 years of qualifying payments for students who don't qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Who can use IBR?
IBR is available to federal student loan borrowers in both the Direct and Guaranteed (or FFEL) loan programs, and covers most types of federal loans made to students, but not those made to parents. Qualifying loans include Stafford, Perkins, and Grad PLUS loans. To enter IBR, the student has to have enough debt relative to their income to qualify for a reduced payment.
How does IBR make payments more affordable?
IBR uses a kind of sliding scale to determine how much the student can afford to pay on federal loans. If the student earns below 150 percent of the poverty level for his or her family size, the required loan payment will be $0. If the student earns more, the loan payment will be capped at 15 percent of whatever they earn above that amount. Except for the highest earners, that usually works out to less than 10 percent of the student's total income.


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10/18/2012 13:22
Alternative health expert Natalie Marx answers your questions: Any herbs that can help lower cholesterol?
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Q. Dear Natalie, I am rather concerned; I am 35 years old and have recently been diagnosed with high cholesterol. Which vitamins and minerals do you recommend I take as a supplement to my diet?
There are a wide variety of vitamins and minerals which help prevent fatty deposits from sticking to artery walls and therefore help decrease high cholesterol levels.
Vitamin B-3, a water-soluble vitamin, repairs damaged blood vessels and removes fatty deposits from artery walls. It increases levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) which is also known as "good" cholesterol, while it also decreases levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) known as "bad" cholesterol.
Homocysteines are naturally occurring amino acids that can damage artery walls, thereby increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. It is vitamin B-3 that reduces high cholesterol levels by decreasing the amount of homocyteines in the body. To increase Vitamin B-3 intake include more whole grains, turkey, beef, fish, poultry, baked potatoes, peanuts, mangoes, peaches and almonds into your diet.
Vitamin B-9 also works to regulate cholesterol levels, repairs damaged blood vessels, thereby lowering the risk of heart disease and strokes. For Vitamin B-9 sources include more poultry, dates, cheese, oranges, beans, spinach and whole grains.
The vitamins C and E help lower cholesterol, as do the minerals copper and zinc. Vitamins C and E are the best antioxidants that prevent cholesterol from going through the oxidation process, preventing LDL from sticking to the artery lining. The Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly found in a study that LDL cholesterol was higher in those with low intakes of copper and zinc.
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble antioxidant reduces high cholesterol levels. Foods rich in Vitamin E include sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, hazelnuts, pine nuts, liver, sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli, peppers and asparagus.
Finally, the mineral chromium picolinate also reduces high levels of cholesterol. One may be deficient in chromium if we have over consumption of refined sugar in our diets.
Q. Dear Natalie, my doctor has recommended dietary changes for my high cholesterol. In addition to this, I have heard some herbs are reputed to lower cholesterol levels as well. Can you suggest any particular herbs that might help?
Red yeast rice contains compounds that lower cholesterol. It is an herb that has been used for centuries in Chinese medicine and contains monacolins which the pharmaceutical industry processes into cholesterol-lowering medications.
Start consuming the herb psyllium seed. Consuming between 5 to 10g daily can lower cholesterol. Simply sprinkle the seeds onto cereal or soup or make a drink out of the powdered form. Psyllium seed can be found in all good health food stores.
The herb turmeric contains the cholesterol-lowering component called curcumin. As well as improving your blood circulation, curcumin can lower your LDL levels.
Using garlic can have an amazing effect on lowering LDL cholesterol. It not only helps to lower the serum cholesterol level, it also raises the beneficial cholesterol. You can buy garlic in capsule form as a supplement or use fresh garlic when cooking.
Lastly I recommend switching your favorite drink to Green Tea. Green Tea is an excellent antioxidant and can help remove harmful plaque from the body. Not only can it lower your harmful cholesterol level, your "good" cholesterol level will increase.
Q. Dear Natalie, I have heard so much conflicting advice regarding what to eat and what to avoid if one suffers from high cholesterol. Can you please clarify what kind of diet one should maintain to lower high cholesterol?
Changes in diet can certainly help improve cholesterol and also reduce the risk of heart disease. Begin by limiting three types of fat in your diet -- cholesterol, saturated fat and trans fat. Include no more than 200 - 300 mg of cholesterol, between 16 - 22 g of saturated fat and 2 g or less of trans fat in your daily diet.
Try to avoid or limit organ meats. You also should avoid eating fatty cuts of beef, instead choose leaner cuts and keep portions small.
Try to avoid whole milk products. Per one cup serving, whole milk contains 33 mg, whereas non-fat milk instead contains just 4 mg of cholesterol per glass. Egg yolks contain a lot of cholesterol, so separating the yolk and using only the whites can limit cholesterol.
Avoid eating commercial baked foods and snacks, such as cakes, pies, packaged cookies, crackers and crisps.
When cooking, avoid using margarine; instead try the healthier olive oil or low-cholesterol margarine free of trans fat. Instead of using butter to flavor foods, try lemon juice or garlic and avoid eating fried foods.
By ensuring you have a serving of oily fish such as salmon regularly, containing omega-3 fatty acids, this can actually help reduce cholesterol levels. Eat plenty of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, low-salt canned vegetables and fruits.
Include whole grains, such as whole wheat bread and brown rice. Increasing the intake of fibre will help lower cholesterol levels; include oats, peas, Brussels sprouts, carrots, oranges and pears.
Most importantly, start reading food packaging labels more carefully. All packaging labels indicate how much cholesterol is in each serving. Remember to add the number of servings together to calculate accurate cholesterol values.
This column is brought to you as general information only and unless stated otherwise is not medical advice nor is it based on medical experiments. This column is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. For more information about specific problems, please contact a doctor.
Natalie runs a clinic both in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem offering a wide range of natural treatment, including a women's clinic every Wednesday. To make an appointment please email
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Part II: Using the Library and Archives Canada Web Site
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Keywords have been developed for many of the archival records that are in electronic format. Not all records in RG 10 have been assigned keywords, but for those that have, a keyword search can be useful. In particular, the keyword searches can help identify the Black Series and Red Series files created between 1872 and 1923 and transferred to Library and Archives Canada.
Keyword searches can be initiated in the ARCHIVED - Government of Canada Files database. Unfortunately, this database does not show when a record created in one classification system (such as the Black Series or Red Series files) was transferred to another classification system, transferred to another physical location or destroyed.
A great number of keywords can be used to identify RG 10 records of interest in ArchiviaNet. Useful keywords include the names of individuals, bands, agencies, districts and treaties, as well as such generic search terms as "annuity pay list$", "interest distribution pay list$", "census", "membership list$", "school file$", "enfranchisement", "Metis", "Inuit$", "Eskimo$", "soldier$", "war", "military", "grant$", "settlement$", "pension$", "allowance$", "land$", "veteran$", "VLA", "enlistment$" and so on. The symbol "$" is a wildcard to replace zero, one or more letters (e.g., "grant$" would identify "grant", "grants", "granted", etc.). Combinations of keywords can be used to obtain more precise search results.
To Initiate a Keyword Search in the Government of Canada Files
Example: Follow the above steps, using the name "Bigstone" (for the Bigstone Cree Nation) as a keyword. Try the search again, this time using "Wabasca" (the band's former name). Note the varying results because of the name change.
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After arriving to loud cheers and prolonged applause on a night of political pomp and ceremony, Obama began the speech on a positive note, saying the nation was on sound footing to move forward.
"Together, we have cleared away the rubble of crisis, and can say with renewed confidence that the state of our union is stronger," he said.
The president continued his push for Congress to act on politically volatile issues such as immigration reform. Other measures in the speech included a paycheck fairness act intended to make it easier for women to fight salary discrimination without losing their jobs, and new proposals to develop alternative energy hubs in the country, and help people refinance their mortgages at today's lower interest rates.
Headlines of the day also influenced the speech.
Obama mentioned North Korea's latest underground nuclear test, which the State Department labeled "provocative" and "extremely regrettable."
With victims of gun violence in the audience at the Capitol, including former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Obama continued his push for tighter gun laws opposed by the influential National Rifle Association and legislators from both parties.
He mentioned 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, the Chicago girl killed by gun violence after returning home from taking part in inauguration activities in Washington, saying she was shot a mile from his home in the city.
The girl's parents were guests of first lady Michelle Obama at the address. Also attending was former rock star Ted Nugent, a vocal critic of Obama and any efforts to strengthen gun controls in America.
Obama cited the major provisions of his package of gun proposals, including background checks on all gun sales, a ban on semi-automatic weapons that mimic military weapons, and limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Listing gun violence victims -- Hadiya's parents, Giffords, the families of the Newtown schoolchildren and others killed in mass shootings, Obama said "they deserve a vote" as the audience cheered loudly.
In his response, Rubio sounded the NRA line that "unconstitutionally undermining the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans is not the way to" reduce gun violence in the country.
On foreign policy, Obama announced that this time next year, another 34,000 U.S. troops will have returned home from Afghanistan.
The move will reduce by more than half the current force level of 66,000 troops in Afghanistan. Obama and NATO previously announced that Afghan forces will take the lead in combat missions this year.
By the end of 2014, the planned official end of the combat mission, the White House is considering a range of troop levels for Afghanistan, from as many as 15,000 down to zero.
One thing Obama didn't mention Tuesday night was new regulations on carbon emissions for existing power plants a senior administration official said. Environmentalists hoped the president's pledge in his recent inaugural address for increased steps in response to climate change would include expanding tougher standards in place for new power plants to those already in existence.
At the same time, the president promised executive action on climate change if Congress fails to address what he called a litany of evidence that the nation and the world face increasing impacts such as more frequent and powerful storms, wildfires and drought.
One new measure from the president will be an executive order signed Tuesday to address the country's most basic cybersecurity needs.
The order will make it easier for private companies in control of our nation's critical infrastructure to share information about cyber attacks with the government. In return, the Department of Homeland Security will share "sanitized" classified information with companies about attacks believed to be occurring or that are about to take place.
Congress has failed so far to pass any of the dozens of cybersecurity bills aimed at meaningfully securing critical infrastructure from an online criminals.
Rubio is a tea party favorite being promoted as the new face of the Republican Party due to his Hispanic heritage and strong communications skills.
Obama won overwhelming support from the Latino vote in defeating GOP challenger Mitt Romney in the November election.
Rubio is leading an effort by some Republicans to shift party policy on immigration reform by accepting the concept backed by Obama and Democrats that the nation's estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants should have a path to legal status.
However, he neglected to mention specifics of an immigration reform plan in his response Tuesday night.
When Obama raised the immigration issue in his speech, a bipartisan group of senators, including Republican John McCain of Arizona and Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York, stood and applauded together to signal bipartisan support for moving forward.
In addition to Rubio, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky offered a second Republican response that reflected the concerns of tea party conservatives who support him. Paul criticized Obama and Congress for failing to seriously address the federal deficit and national debt.


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"Gothic Kitty" creator Holly Crawford has been sentenced to six months of house arrest for using a 14-gauge needle to pierce the ears, necks and tails of three kittens and then attempting to sell the maimed felines over the Internet. The 35-year-old Pennsylvania woman was further ordered to close her dog grooming business for at least two years. Despite opposition from concerned citizens, the judge ruled in favor of allowing Crawford to maintain guardianship over her other pets, including a dog, three cats and three snakes.
Crawford was initially charged after a tip led humane investigators and the state police to her home on December 17, 2008. Investigators found and seized three kittens wearing heavy piercing jewelry on their ears, necks and tails. At least one of the kittens had a thick elastic band wrapped around his tail to prevent blood flow, as a means of docking it.
Despite arguments that Crawford used sterile needles and surgical soap when piercing the kittens, a Luzerne County jury found her guilty of animal cruelty. Helping to seal the conviction was expert testimony from the ASPCA's leading forensics veterinarian, Dr. Melinda Merck, who testified that the kittens had been maimed and disfigured, had their hearing damaged, and could have died.
"I was very happy to work with the Luzerne County District Attorney's Office on this case of abuse," says Dr. Merck. "The idea of mutilating animals in such a way for profit is appalling, I am glad justice was served."
If you know of an animal who is being hurt, please report it. To report animal cruelty in New York City, call the ASPCA's tip line at (877) THE-ASPCA. Visit our Report Cruelty FAQ to learn how to report cruelty elsewhere.
I'm ready to bet any cat or dog would rather get an earring than having their bollocks cut off and livelihood dampened.
Anyone who eats meat is NOT an animal lover. He/She may be a dog lover or a cat lover or whatever, but they have no right to call themselves an animal lover. Anyone who pierces their pet(s) is a stupid freak who does it for their sick vanity with no concern for the pet(s).
I am from an Asian country and we eat cat. They are very delicious. If this girl does not respect her cats please give them to me.
Mutilating the genitals of babies, legal and acceptable.
Cats with pierced ears, criminal.
Cats bodies are all about balance and their ears, tails, whiskers, necks all play a part in living a life which involves jumping, climbing, moving safely through spaces which have vegetation or furniture. Their natural balance will have been badly affected if not destroyed. I wonder at the quality of life of these poor mutilated cats.
Please, please put your energies into something productive. Do not inflict this on them - they were not created to handle this stuff.
And her other pets have been left under her 'guardianship' why?? Is that judge for real?? Some judges need their faces smashing in!!
Just because we mutilated animals historically does NOT make it right today. And for those people who are making comparisons with other atrocities in the world,"We are not discussing those issues here we are discussing the issue of piercings on cats."
I am very committed to a number of causes, and have demonstrated and created petitions against inequality and inhumane treatment to anyone.
If you really care about mans inhumanity your would have some real concern for any living thing.
OK lets get some perspective here. 1. Dogs have their ears and tails docked all the time via a vet. 2. Cats have had their ears and tails docked from time to time via a vet. 3. There are various times in history and present day that animals have recieved adornment of jewelry via piercings. These in present day should not be done without a vet knowledge of the animal structure and possible damage. 4. Various animals in the past and present day recieve nose rings via a vet. 5. Various animals are neut. or spayed to halt reproduction via a vet at times for their health or to halt reproduction. 6. There are a lot of various animal abuses that are more severe that jewelry adornment. So long as the individual does not leave the adornment on the animal while they are out and about or unmonitored so that they do not get stuck on some item that will cause them greater damage. 7. If you do not have the means to feed, clean, pay vet bills, and care for a animal on a daily basis you have no business owning one. Having an animal is not a right but a responsible choice one makes to have an animal companion. 8. To all of those who judge piercing a cats ears but not the docking of ears and tails, nose rings, and vocal cord removal of animals. Especially the ones who have their animals in animal shows!!!!!!!!!!! All of the docked tails and ears OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They make a profit when they win those things and get ribbons and things for doing the alterations to their animals. If you go after someone about the ear piercing of a cat which has been done in various countries for centuries without ill effect then you need to also be just as fair and go after the animal show owners on docking ears and tails on thier animals. It is cruel either way. YOU CAN NOT HAVE ONE CHARGED IN SUCH WITHOUT CHARGING THE OTHER IT IS PREJUDICED AND BIASED!!!!!!!!!! OH THERE ARE SOME SHOW ANIMALS WITH PIERCED AND TATTOOED EARS TOO!!!!!!!!!! WHAT ABOUT THE ANIMAL GPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shall I go on? I own 9 cats and they do have adequate food, vet care, and I do not have any of them pierced but I do have them neut. and spayed since there is a rampant amount of strays as it is that do not have adequate care in the world. My cats even when giving them meds from the vets run from me for while. When they go to the vet to get their shots and what not they run from me for a while. No they did not give me concent but I do take them to the vet for their overall health and benefit. Want to have a case against me for spaying and neut. my animals or giving them healthcare via a vet since I did not have their consent. ANIMAL PROTECTION NEEDS TO GET A GRIP AND IF THE ANIMALS WERE NOT SUFFERING ANY INFECTIONS OR ILL HEALTH OVER THE PROCEEDURE THEN THEY NEED TO GET A GRIP AND WORK ON THE CASES OF ALL THE DOG, COCK, AND OTHER ANIMAL FIGHTS!!! THERE IS ALSO A RASH OF GAMING GO ON WHERE PEOPLE ARE TYING 2 CATS TOGETHER BY THE TAIL AND THROWING THEM OVER LINES TO WATCH THEM FIGHT TO THE DEATH!!!!!!!!! WHAT ABOUT ALL THE ANIMALS STARVING IN PEOPLES BACK YARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO AFTER ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT IS IN PLAIN SIGHT INSTEAD OF SITTING ON THEIR FAT REARS WAITING ON CALLS OVER PEIRCED EARS! ALSO IF IT IS BAD TO DO SO FOR CATS IN PEIRCING THEIR EARS WHAT ABOUT ALL THE HUMAN BABIES THAT CANNOT TALK YET WHO DID NOT GIVE CONCENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET FOR REAL PEOPLE WAKE UP!!!!!!! GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!


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CHESTER — The Chester Cyclones scored 13 unanswered points in the second half to break open a close game at intermission and defeat the Central Pageland Eagles 27-13 in nonregion action Friday night.
Tommy Sanders rushed for 106 yards on nine carries and completed nine of 20 passes for 135 yards to spearhead the Cyclones attack. Broderick Roscoe added 77 yards on the ground on 15 carries.
Sanders opened the scoring with a 21-yard run in the first quarter to give Chester a 7-0 lead. C. J. Chisholm upped the count to 14-0 later in the period when he picked off a Sam Caldwell pass and raced 38 yards for a touchdown.
The Eagles Mitch Meadows closed the first half with a 2-yard run and the Cyclones headed for intermission with a 14-7 cushion. Meadows finished the game with 131 yards rushing on 20 carries. Tyvonne Blakeney added 87 yards rushing on 15 attempts.
Sanders hooked up with Quan Caldwell on a 25-yard pass play in the third period, and Chester was in front 21-7 after Jake Wright kicked his third extra point of the game. Early in the fourth period Sanders capped the Chester scoring with a 69-yard gallop and the Cyclones were in front 27-7 with 9:56 left to play in the game.
Drae Linton Wright pulled Central Pageland to within 27-13 when he hit Tyvonne Blakeney with an 11-yard pass.
The win improved the Cylones to 2-3. The loss dropped the Eagles to 2-2 on the year.
Chester 27,
Central Pageland 13
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Scoring Summary
C - Tommy Sanders 21 run (Jake Wright kick)
C - C. J. Chisholm 38 interception return (Wright kick)
CP - Mitch Meadows 2 run (Joseph Rollins kick)
C - Quan Caldwell 25 pass from Sanders (Wright kick)
C - Tommy Sanders 69 run (kick failed)
CP - Tyvonne Blakeney 11 pass from Drae Linton Wright (kick failed)


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Today Penfolds announced a change to the annual release timings for its Bin Series and Icon and Luxury Collection wines. Currently released in March and May respectively, the new vintage fine wines will now be unveiled as one collection on Thursday 16th October 2014.
Spanning five vintages (2010 – 2014) The Penfolds Collection, as it will now be referred to, is led by the highly anticipated release of 2010 Grange. This is the 60th consecutive release of Penfolds flagship wine sourced from a critically-acclaimed vintage that saw South Australia benefit from arguably the best conditions seen within this decade. The 2010 vintage was particularly well suited to Penfolds winemaking philosophy and style.
Penfolds Chief Winemaker, Peter Gago, said; "There is no better time to change the date of release of these wines, than with the highly anticipated 2010 Grange and 2012 reds. This is a wonderful fine wine message and a perfect entrée into Penfolds next 170 years, all to be realised in October 2014!
For over 170 years Penfolds has shown that it is prepared to innovate and lead, while all the while maintaining a consistent focus on quality. An October release for our Bin Series and Icon and Luxury wines honours those credentials."
Moving the release of Penfolds Bin Series and Icon and Luxury Collection wines to one annual release, on the third Thursday in October each year will ensure Penfolds wines are more accessible to wine enthusiasts, and available for key gift giving occasions including Christmas, Chinese New Year and Easter. Overall as a collection, the October release highlights include: the return of star Cabernet Sauvignon Bins 707 and 169 with the 2012 vintage and benchmark 2012 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz, 2012 Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz and 2012 Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon. Other items of note include the 30th consecutive release Magill Estate Shiraz from vintage 2012 and an anniversary of 20 years after the first Reserve Bin release. The 2013 Reserve Bin A Adelaide Hills Chardonnay continues to push the boundaries of contemporary winemaking providing an intriguing counterpoint to the multi-regional Yattarna.
Simon Marton, Chief Marketing Officer Penfolds, said the Penfolds winemaking team has been waiting for this change for some time. "This adjustment is a positive step forward for the brand delivering many benefits. It comes on top of our decision to significantly step up our marketing investment on Penfolds in the coming months and as part of the release including: a global advertising campaign, amplification of the luxury gifting suite, increased consumer activation in key markets and a powerful consumer promotional offer in Australia from July."
*RRPs are in Australian dollars
The Penfolds Collection is available from Thursday 16th October at fine wine stores nationwide and the Penfolds Cellar Doors – Magill Estate, 78 Penfold Road, Magill SA 5072, Tel: (08) 8301 5569 and Barossa Valley – Tanunda Road, Nuriootpa SA 5355, Tel: (08) 8568 8408.