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In the last post I turned to a 2009 research paper on why British and Dutch politicians chose to go on Have I got News for You and its Dutch adaptation, Dit was het Nieuws. The motives of the politicians who participated in these programmes drew from three distinct but overlapping repertoires: a strategic repertoire, an indulgent repertoire and an anti-elitist repertoire.
This post will look at the second of these repertoires (in relation to dancing publicly) which boils down to "having fun" and " a nice change from day-to-day politics."
They see their participation as one of the pleasant by-products of being a well-known politician, but do not expect or need any direct political benefits from it. There are some strategic motives of personal visibility involved here, but these are absent for the well-established politicians.
Take for example the appearance of Oona King (Baroness King of Bow) on Dancing on Ice in 2013. As she is quoted in a Guardian interview:
"[raising one's profile] isn't the reason I'm doing it. I'm doing it because I love ice skating. There must be something you love that you've never had the chance to do, and if it was dangled in front of you for long enough you would eventually crack. That's how it is."
Similarly Edwina Currie, a Member of Parliament until 1997 appeared in Strictly Come Dancing in 2011 and and explained that she was motivated to appear not only her for her self but to inspire others to dance:
"After being approached previously, I had second thoughts this summer, as I broke my ankle in January and was in plaster for weeks and then found it hard to get back up on my feet. For a while I got quite depressed about it and wondered if I might ever walk without a limp again. But slowly it has improved, and then came the invitation. I thought, really I should try, and if I can do it, then it might encourage other people who have had injuries or accidents (especially older people like myself) that they should get out of the chair and start dancing. Life is to live – to make the best of yourself – and to enjoy!"
And more recently, serving MP Vince Cable starred in the Strictly Come Dancing 2012 Christmas special. The Business Secretary explained that he "loves dancing", his one hobby, and that appearing on the show is something he has "often dreamed about":
Of course there are some, like Jeremy Hunt MP, who love it but don't show it. According to Michael Gove, the current Health Secretary is an amazing Lambada dancer with a sprung dance floor at home. He even used to train at Pineapple.
Some responses to this post
@hamishmacp the proof that I did #DOI cos I love ice skating is that fact that the cameras have gone & I'm still taking lessons. Love it!—
Oona King (@Oona_King) April 18, 2013
@HamishMacP @bbcstrictly And still do, with hubby on Sunday nights, with the dance teacher who taught Tess Daly. But that's pure coincidence—
Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) April 16, 2013
See also
When do politicians dance part 1: All in a day's work
When do politicians dance part 2: Dance Diplomacy
When do politicians dance part 3: To be seen
When do politicians dance part 5: Anti-elitism


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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Around the farm...
7 comments:
- Mama Lusco said...
Fun! We have one hen that frequently lays big ones with double yolks. Wonder if we'd let her roost and it would make twins? :)
- April 14, 2011 at 3:45 PM
- mandi said...
Whoa! That egg inside an egg was crazy! I love the narration in the background "that poor bird". Haha!
- April 14, 2011 at 4:01 PM
- Enchanted Moments said...
Gorgeous, we have three rabbits, as pets that roam our yard...they are very happy bunnies...I just loved that video of you guys talking, I love listening to the accents...Suzanne, down under, Australia...x
- April 14, 2011 at 8:15 PM
A fun fiction book is called "The Enormous Egg". In that book, a dinosaur hatches out of a huge chicken egg. It's written by Oliver Butterworth. I highly recommend it.
- April 15, 2011 at 11:10 AM
- Cherishing My Days said...
I'd love to talk to you about keeping chickens in the south. We're getting ready to move to Florida and I've heard bugs can be attracted to the chicken feed. The big bugs they have in FL is my only phobia! Can't be around them! So....I'm wondering if you've found it to be a problem.
- April 20, 2011 at 2:38 PM
- Laurie said...
Oh, be still my heart! How cute was that video and your cute little accents! You do make fun memories for your babies.
- April 25, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- (((((( zizo's crochet ))))))) said...
oh, it's a tinny rabbit & maddi was so kind.
rinbowrabbet is afunny name.
- May 5, 2011 at 3:19 PM


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NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - Forget "Slumdog Millionaire". Two documentary films shot in India are also eyeing Oscar glory this month.
"The Final Inch", a short film on the battle against polio, and "Smile Pinki", the story of a child with a lip deformity, are two of four films nominated for best short documentary at the Academy Awards.
"Particularly in India, public health workers are incredibly committed to polio eradication," Irene Taylor Brodsky, the American director of "The Final Inch" told Reuters by telephone.
"Ultimately, my film really glorifies and appreciates how hard the Indian people are working to make a polio-free India a reality."
Brodsky's 38-minute documentary, filmed in Mumbai's slums and other Indian cities, follows health workers going door-to-door to persuade families to get their children vaccinated.
Parents can be suspicious of government-administered vaccinations. In December, false rumours of children falling sick after taking polio drops led thousands of parents to protest in Bangalore.
Polio, which is incurable, can lead to paralysis and even death. An international immunization effort has cut polio cases by 99 percent in 10 years. But the virus remains endemic in Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan.
Megan Mylan's film "Smile Pinki" is the story of six-year-old Pinki who becomes a social outcast because of a cleft lip.
In the 39-minute documentary, the girl from Uttar Pradesh, undergoes corrective surgery and gets a normal childhood.
"She stopped going to school as her classmates teased her and referred to her as the 'cut lip'," Pinki's mother, Shimla Devi, told Reuters Television.
"Now after the operation, she's back in school and everyone calls her Pinki," Devi said.
Plastic surgeon Subodh Kumar Singh, who treated Pinki for free, said the film's Academy Award nomination will help create awareness about the condition.
"With the film going to the Oscars, it will create awareness worldwide about the plight of children with the cleft lip and more people will come forward to help," Singh told Reuters Television.
"Their lives can be transformed with a simple operation and many doctors are working to get a smile back on their faces."
There has been little media coverage about "Smile Pinki" and "The Final Inch" in a country obsessed with Oscar frontrunner "Slumdog Millionaire", which has already won a clutch of prizes.


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The Manhattan heads uptown
The Professor, our cocktailian bartender, is feeling a little under the weather this morning as he opens the bar and allows a couple of regulars to take their usual places at the mahogany.
"What's up, Professor?" asks Doc, a quiet guy who often spends a few hours at the bar with his nose buried in one book or another.
"I can tell you what's wrong with our bartender today. I saw him leaving Harry Denton's Starlight Room in the wee hours of the morning. Not much sleep last night, Professor?" The question comes from Laura, an interior designer who's known to party hard herself, on occasion.
The Professor admits to spending a little too much time out on the town last night, but says it was all in the name of research. He had heard that Marcovaldo Dionysos, the "Beverage Specialist" at Denton's Starlight Room, had come up with a great variation on the Manhattan and decided to investigate the drink for himself.
"Marco put a lot of thought into that drink, and I thought it only fair to sample more than one, so I'd really get the hang of it," The Professor explains.
The Manhattan, usually made with bourbon or straight rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, and a few dashes of bitters, was created in the latter half of the 19th century, but nobody is sure who first came up with the drink. A New York City bartender from that period, though, credited "a man named Black, who kept a place 10 doors below Houston Street on Broadway," with its invention. The drink is one of the first cocktails to utilize vermouth, but Dionysos substitutes an Itailian amaro in its place in his Uptown Manhattan.
"You could say that spirits in the amaro category are spirituous versions of wine-based vermouths-- both are flavored with bitter herbs and spices-- but amaro tend to be an acquired taste. It's said that even Campari, which falls loosely into the amaro category, must be sampled three times before you start to appreciate it," The Professor tells Doc and Laura. "Italians tend to drink them neat, as a digestivo, and the flavors are so pronounced you've gotta be real careful if you use them in cocktails."
Dionysos adds a spoonful of cherry brandy to his Manhattan variation to act as a counterpoint to the bitter amaro, and a couple of dashes of orange bitters are introduced to the drink, too, making for a very complex potion that's best sipped slowly so as to appreciate the layers of flavors. And although there are quite a few bottlings he could have chosen-- Fratelli Averna, Fernet Branca, Suze, Amer Picon, or Ramazzotti, for instance -- he chose Amaro Nonino, a product with softer herbal flavors than most others in this category.
"If you have any memory of last night at all, you can fix me one of those Uptown Manhattans," says Laura. "I was out late, too. Could use something to get the heart started."
The Professor's eyes light up a little. "Not a bad idea, Laura. I'd join you but I've got a whole shift to get through. On the other hand, an ounce of amaro might help rid me of this queasy feeling in my stomach."
The Professor fixes Laura's drink and serves it to her in a champagne flute,
a glass he far prefers to V-shaped cocktail glasses. For himself, he pours straight amaro into a shot glass. They clink glasses, and while Laura takes her first sip of an Uptown Manhattan, The Professor shoots his drink right back in one gulp.
"Isn't it a little early to be doing shooters, Professor?" The Boss has just walked through the door.
"It's time for dinner in Europe, Boss. Just a little salute to our friends in Italy."
"Boy, you must have had a bad night if you can't come up with anything better than that, Professor. Pour me a shot of amaro, too. When I finally made it to Denton's last night they told me you'd just left."
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2 ounces Maker's Mark bourbon
1/2 ounce Amaro Nonino
2 dashes orange bitters
1 barspoon cherry brandy from brandied cherries
1 large orange twist, for garnish
1 brandied cherry, for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS: Combine the bourbon, Amaro Nonio, orange bitters and cherry brandy. Shake over ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass or Champagne flute.
Hold a lighted match over the glass, take the orange twist in your other hand and hold it by the sides using your thumb and first two fingers. (The colored side of the twist must be pointing toward the drink.) Hold the twist over the match and squeeze it to release its oils.
Garnish with the cherry.
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PER SERVING: 200 calories, 0 protein, 7 g carbohydrate, 0 fat, 0 cholesterol, 2 mg sodium, 0 fiber.


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Yes I was told in 2009 that "the failed EV was going to be Haley Barbour's ticket to the White House" Someone want me to take a lie detector test?
I knew from Mark Silverman that Rove and Gillespie did NOT know about this. That is WHY I reached out to them. It was Sal Russo that was Solar profiteering. I'm sorry to say this BUT Marsha Blackburn is "not as nice to the taxpayers as she pretends to be"...
- Wonder WHY Gannett pulled "this" article?
- Miss. settles with Twin Creeks solar panel | The Daily Journal ...www.thedailyjournal.com/article/D0/20130115/.../130115047ShareJan 15, 2013 – The state of Mississippi settled a lawsuit Tuesday with Twin Creeks, a California solar panel company that went out of business after the state ...
"...Some stakeholders in the Twin Creeks deal have political connections. W.G. Yates & Sons Construction of Philadelphia built part of the Twin Creeks plant. Executives and family members from W.G. Yates' parent, The Yates Companies, gave $25,000 to Barbour's federal PAC in August 2010. The Yates Companies also donated this year $10,000 of in-kind air travel to Haley's PAC, a Barbour fundraising arm in Georgia.
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April 7, 2010 (PR Newswire)
"Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) has selected W.G. Yates of Philadelphia, Miss., as the general contractor supporting the pre-construction services phase for Nissan's new battery plant that will be built at the automaker's vehicle assembly plant in Smyrna, Tenn. The battery plant will support the assembly of the Nissan LEAF that will be built at the Smyrna plant in late 2012.
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Here are some links I found.
This one mentions a Mississippi contractor that got the Nissan contract. Someone to check out who they are tied to.
Bingo, this one mentions Thormann. Used Nissan, EV, DOE, Funding Thormann
Other read worthy stuff
They mention the Group executive committee having one of the 3 suspended. Ghosn, Pelata and Thormann are all sitting on that committee, now we wait to see which of the 3 takes the fall for the rest. I think more heads will roll as the investigation continues and they see it is bigger than they thought. (so far ONLY Pelata's has "rolled" .....


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Over the last year I have been recording some of my favorite verses of scripture as I have read and studied our loving God's Word. I decided it would be a great thing to share them here and build on them further, all the while sharing them with my brothers and sisters in Christ. My hope is that these passages will lift up your soul and fill your hearts with joy and wonder for our everlasting, holy, and wondrous God. I use the NIV for personal study as it is plain and clear in it's literal translation, but feel free to use whatever version suites you.
- Hebrews 13:20-21 ~ May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- Psalm 42:1-4 ~ As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng.
- Isaiah 40:8 ~ The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
- Isaiah 40:28-31 ~ Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
- Isaiah 53:5-7 ~ But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
- Isaiah 55:8-9 ~ "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Proverbs 6:16-19 ~ There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
- Zephaniah 3:17 ~ The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."
- Revelation 3:20 ~ Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
- Psalm 27:4-5 ~ One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.
- Psalm 27:14 ~ Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.
- Psalm 33:4-5 ~ For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
- Psalm 33:20-22 ~ We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you.
- Psalm 37:4 ~ Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- Isaiah 64:8b ~ …We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.
- Psalm 19:14 ~ May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- Psalm 23 ~ The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
- Hebrews 12:2-3 ~ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
- Romans 12:2 ~ Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
- Romans 1:20 ~ For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
- Romans 3:23-24 ~ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
- Romans 5:8 ~ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Romans 6:23 ~ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 8:38-39 ~ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 12:9-17 ~ Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- 1 Corinthians 1:8 ~ He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27-29 ~ But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14-16 ~ The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:
"For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 ~ No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ~ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- 1 Corinthians 15:23-24 ~ But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.
- 1 Corinthians 15:50-57 ~ I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."
"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 ~ Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 ~ But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ~ Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14 ~ Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 ~ Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 ~ We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 ~ That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- 2 Corinthians 13:5 ~ Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
- Galatians 2:16 ~ know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.
- Psalm 25:1-3a ~ To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. 3 No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame…
- Psalm 27:1 ~ The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalm 31:24 ~ Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
- Psalm 34:18 ~ The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
- Psalm 36:5-7 ~ Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.
- Psalm 39:6-7 ~ Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it."But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.
- Psalm 62:1-2 ~ My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
- Psalm 62:8 ~ Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
- Psalm 63:1-5 ~ O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
- Psalm 68:19-20 ~ Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
- Psalm 68:32-35 ~ Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, to him who rides the ancient skies above, who thunders with mighty voice. Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the skies. You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
- Psalm 69:34-36 ~ Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them, for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it; the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
- Psalm 71:14-16 ~ But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your salvation all day long, though I know not its measure. I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.
- Psalm 73:23-26 ~ Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Psalm 78:3-8 ~ what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children, so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands. They would not be like their forefathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
- Psalm 84:10 ~ Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Psalm 90:12 ~ Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
- Psalm 96:11-13 ~ Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it; let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy; they will sing before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth.
- Psalm 103:11-13 ~ For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
- Romans 5:2b-5 ~ …And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
- Romans 5:8 ~ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Colossians 2:6-7 ~ So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
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- Romans 8:28-39 ~ And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- The Lord is Sovereign: 1 Samuel 2:6-8 ~ "The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. "For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's; upon them he has set the world.
- Ephesians 1:11 ~ In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
- Romans 9:19-24 ~ One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?" But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' "Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?
What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction? What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory— even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
- Ephesians 1:3-6 ~ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
- Ephesians 1:11-12 ~ In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:9 ~ For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 ~ But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Ezekiel 36:26-27 ~ I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.


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In a video released last month by Marylanders for Marriage Equality and the Human Rights Campaign, "The Wire's" Michael K. Williams expresses support for Maryland's same-sex marriage bill.
He says, "Gay and lesbian couples have the same values – like commitment and family. They want to build strong families through marriage. But what's going on in B'more and all across Maryland is that some couples can't even get a marriage license."
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Oscar winner Mo'Nique and "Good Wife" star Josh Charles, who are both Maryland natives, have also made videos for the project.
The "Boardwalk Empire" actor isn't from the state (he was born in Brooklyn), but fans of David Simon's classic series "The Wire" will immediately understand his connection. His character Omar Little was not only Baltimore's greatest stickup boy with a strict moral code, he was also gay. When asked by Mother Jones last year if the character "being gay made any inroads within the black community," Williams replied:
I think so. You know, I've had dudes who, in any other scenario would not want to be around openly gay men, but then they see me and then they see Omar and they got their arms wrapped tight around me, and it's, "Yo, I love you! I love you!" I think what the character Omar did for the homophobia in my community was it let people know: You can agree to disagree.
Williams gives a nod to his legendary character at the end of the video, as he says with a smile, "Join us — or Omar gon' come at you." Watch it below.
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About 27 years ago, I had lunch with a guy who claimed he had invented cold fusion in a test tube, offering unlimited energy at room temperature. His name was Prof Martin Fleischmann, and he had a distinguished career including a chair in electrochemistry at Southampton. I remember him even now. I don't think that that claim was ever resolved, but I do remember the general mistrust he had received from the scientific community. It was something akin to the treatment of Uri Geller and his extraordinary powers to bend spoons.
I rarely like to go to events these days for personal reasons, but I did manage to make it to Wimpole Street to the Royal Society of Medicine yesterday evening to attend a talk on how a nutritional supplement could 'reverse cognitive deficits' in dementia.
@KateSwaffer bredesen studied under the King of prions Nobel prize winner Stanley Prusiner. Wow wow wow pic.twitter.com/yZfNJyeSDg
— Dr Shibley Rahman (@dr_shibley) September 8, 2016
The mentor of the speaker, Prof Dale Bredesen, was a man whose work is very familiar to people in my field which is dementia – Prof Stanley Prusiner. Prusiner is prof of neurology at UCSF, and himself was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine in 1997 for his groundbreaking work on prions (proteinaceous particles). These particles in the brain can be radically changed in shape from normal to abnormal, causing the brain to die in certain dementia conditions – the most famous of which is Creutzfeldt Jacob disease, though others exist including kuru and Gerstmann-Slraussler-Scheinker. Prions exist in the normal brain, and one had been left wondering what the normal evolutionary advantage of such biology in the brain is. In 2002, I was then a junior physician on Prof Martin Rossor's firm – Prof Rossor headed up the cognitive disorders and dementia unit, a post now held by Prof Nick Fox, who used to be our specialist registrar. The variant Creutzfeldt Jacob disease was a very real phenomenon (as it is now) when I was a junior. I remember patients having brain biopsies for their rapidly progressive dementias – it was just after the time there had been concern about the transmission of disease from 'mad cows' to men. Indeed Dr Giovanna Mallucci was my Specialist Registrar too, and now is a professor in Cambridge – a lovely person in her own right. I remember doing lumbar punctures for us all normally on a Wednesday.
I dare say there is a fine line between genius and not-so genius. I found Prof Dale Bredesen a lovely guy, very measured and sincere about his research, cleverly reasonable, with a genuine drive to make a difference to people living with dementia. His work is on a personalised medicine to people with cognitive deficits, which he described as not just mnemonic (amnestic) but also perceptual (e.g. in face recognition, i.e. prosopagnosia). And he was merely describing his clear results where patients had vastly improved given a nutritional supplement. Bredesen's ability is no question – his junior posts included senior positions.
Modern medicine can have massive side effects. Even 'harmless statins' can rarely give people crashing renal failure in a condition called rhabdomyolysis. One is left wondering why a natural instinct is to question nutritional 'interventions' with seemingly more scrutiny than drugs in our own British National Formulary.
The push-pull effect of this type of research definitely includes the pull away from traditional Pharma research – which has had a disappointing score sheet.
For dementia. An unmitigated disaster argues Prof Bredesen. pic.twitter.com/AfHEOJInyV
— Dr Shibley Rahman (@dr_shibley) September 8, 2016
Kate Swaffer, Chair of Dementia Alliance International, talks about a 'prescribed disengagement' expected of people newly diagnosed with dementia. Bredesen drew attention to one of the worst aspects which I have found awful from the US jurisdiction, of people unable to take out long term insurance from health maintenance organisations on account of being diagnosed with dementia.
Patients in the US are resistant to get medical advice for reasons such as inability to get insurance. pic.twitter.com/6sourrKyJ4
— Dr Shibley Rahman (@dr_shibley) September 8, 2016
In the US insurance-based system, where hopefully the NHS is not being led despite strong internal forces within our UK politics, if you're at high risk, an insurance company doesn't want to take you on for fear of being given a shellacking in paying for your future healthcare needs.
Bredesen I feel is right to question not just the culture of cure from the medical profession and biomedical industry (one which is being challenged in England in an iceberg-level of pace by social prescribing), but specifically the culture of drugs which have been validated through a process of drug trials for monotherapy. I believe firmly dementia's hallmark characteristics are complexity and multi morbidity, whatever the age group, and this tends to entail polypharmacy. The thing is these drugs are validated in isolation, but it is a bit of a human experiment to guess how they might work in a different age group in combination.
'Every single intervention for dementia is a mono therapy but this does not make sense given complexity' Bredesen pic.twitter.com/ZNmCC5Ljk1
— Dr Shibley Rahman (@dr_shibley) September 8, 2016
But here Prof Trisha Greenhalgh brings up a good point. Whilst I'm a 'believer' in the n = 1 methodology made famous in social psychology research methodology, is this really endorsing anecdotes?
Interesting for me as I fully support n = 1 research. @MittlerPeter @KateSwaffer pic.twitter.com/UwTqsdPccq
— Dr Shibley Rahman (@dr_shibley) September 8, 2016
So it seems sensible indeed as Bredesen to tackle like with like, i.e. take a complex approach to a complex problem. In this framing of the narrative, no one size fits all; people are likely to benefit from a complex approach say of particular dietary supplements (or not). The magic bullet approach of acute illness seems fundamentally ill suited to the management of chronic long term conditions, something which the current NHS seems to be acknowledging slowly (but to do so properly will require social care to be adequately respected and funded.)
'We're trying to treat chronic diseases with an acute illness model'. Bredesen pic.twitter.com/YKVPESQq5o
— Dr Shibley Rahman (@dr_shibley) September 8, 2016
Prof Dale Bredesen is, though one would be frightened to accuse him so, is in fact caught between a rock and a hard place. He is expected to run larger trials with more 'power' to show his effect his real – and yet this approach could annihilate any dramatic benefits he has for particular individuals. This is in a way a general criticism of any approach regarding research in person-centred outcomes. But perhaps doing bigger trials will bring out the heterogeneity in course which does happen certainly in people with Alzheimer's disease (better called a 'syndrome'). I asked a question whether he felt he was being forced to make something so complex into a simple narrative, and Bredesen in a typically polite and pleasant manner suggested it was a 'balance'. Still, the work is being published and the external scrutiny I hope will benefit him and his work.
With so much money 'big money' being wasted elsewhere in dementia on what is well and truly rubbish, it seems to me an injustice not to look more carefully at this work. He might be a 'boat rocker' in the modern parlance of the Twitter cult, but this might subject him to unnecessary attitudes such as to disenfranchise him and alienate him from the mainstream stream of discussion where I believe he should be. Bredesen talked at one point of reversing 'Ockham's razor' to 'Razor's Ockham', but I feel instinctively the tough nut that Bredesen needs to crack is sorting out correlation from causation. He should not have such a mixed bag of people with dementia and 'pre-dementias' such as SCI or MCI, as he can't take it as given that all people with MCI progress to dementia. This is simply not borne out by the current evidence, howeverso Petersen and influential colleagues decide how to diagnose MCI. There are some people who will get spontaneously better without any intervention – in fact there are some forms of dementia, which have a markedly fluctuating cognitive time-course. One got a twang of these 'accidental fortunes' when Bredesen presented a person who had been exposed to a lot of mould at home but had been given therapy to ameliorate cognitive deficit; the issue here is of course how much we are all exposed to mould. Whilst it is important not to confuse correlation with causation, it is equally important for Bredesen not to get side-tracked by confounding variables – it could be a third thing which he feels to be a key feature of some people's dementias could just be something which is extremely common (take for example the swathe of research looking at whether herpes simplex or cold sores can cause dementia).
Where I feel Bredesen is very right, irrespective of the actual story over this, is the need to 'see the person, not the disease', and indeed there could be much to learn here from other cultures.
'Western medicine is good at looking at the biology but Chinese medicine is much better at the whole person' pic.twitter.com/Cy85jycWRr
— Dr Shibley Rahman (@dr_shibley) September 8, 2016
I found Prof Dale Bredesen very likeable indeed, and genuinely thoughtful. The one concern I do have is one of US medicine in general – of over investigating people – but this is nothing to do with him. I think it is pretty likely in fact that certain lifestyle changes will massively benefit some people in slowing down or even preventing outright the onset of dementia. If this can be done with minimal side effects or draining on scarce resources it is an approach which could be much more equitable than a very costly drug developed from the traditional Big Pharma route. I feel it is the responsibility of people to give this work a fair hearing, and to take it further.


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Well, here I am, brand new to being a chicken Mom! I'm excited. My 4 chicks arrive on May 19. I've ordered 1 each (female) Easter Egger, Australorp, Partridge Cochin and a Silver Laced Wyandotte. I can hardly wait to get started on this new hobby.
Here's a little info on me and my family: I've been married to my best friend, who I've known since I was 7, for 38 years. Hubby is a retired Police Officer with 28+ years under his belt. We come from a Law Enforcement family - my Dad was a Reserve Officer in our home town of San Francisco; my husband's identical twin brother was a Police Officer; his wife was too; a niece and a nephew are in Loss Prevention - one in Reno, NV and one in Honolulu, HI and now our daughter has followed in the family "business" as a Records/Warrants Specialist in Salinas, CA. Our son is an Emergency Room nurse and he and his wife gave us our first grandchild - a boy - 3 years ago. They are giving us our second grandson on Dec. 2, 2011.
I worked in Food Service for 15 years for our local school district. I also worked for 15 summers at a Girl Scout camp and 5 years at a Boy Scout camp. I am a charter member of a group of who formed a non-profit to buy the Girl Scout camp and run it ourselves.
We retired to the mountains above Fresno, CA (5000') so I could be closer to my camps. Prior to living here, we lived in Silicon Valley for over 28 years. We LOVE it here. We're above the heat and fog of Fresno and right at the snowline.
At the GS camp, I worked my way up from the bottom to Camp Director and I loved my time there. At the BS camp, I ran the Trading Post, was Business Manager one year and also taught rifle, shotgun, black powder and archery.
We have 4 cage birds: Katie, a 13 yr. old African Grey we adopted in May 2009; Sundance, a F 3 yr. old Sun Conure; Shaver, a F 4 yr. old Dusky Conure; and Dinkey, a F 4 yr. old Lutino Cockatiel. The last 3 we raised from 12 week old babies. We also have 3 cats, all male (2 of them are Ocicats) (one has passed away) and 2 F dogs - a German Shepherd and a black Lab.
My daughter and I raised puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind for many years, which was the most rewarding opportunity of my life. One of our dogs failed for hips (she never had any problem with them) and she became the "camp dog" for about 10 years. She's crossed the Rainbow Bridge but many a little girl remembers "Zee Dog" at camp. She was the MOST SPECIAL dog in the world and I miss her everyday.
I love Counted Cross Stitch and I collect anything Outhouse. I guess that's a "wrap" for now. Edited 9/19/11
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Since I've been pedalling a bicycle as a profession (age 18), I've been following a structured training program. This means I'll always start a training ride with a goal and head out on a route which will allow me to perform this session. For example, if I have to do 5 minute hill intervals I'll cycle to a hill that would take me 5 minutes to ascend and ride up and down this climb until I've completed the intervals. Afterwards I'll head straight back home or take a detour depending on the time left to complete my training ride for the day.
After dislocating my shoulder I was forced to change my training regime and to my surprise it turned out to be pretty enjoyable, especially towards the second half of the 6 week rehabilitation period.
For the first 2 weeks following my crash I had to keep my arm in a sling. Thereafter I was allowed to start cycling, but only on the road and within the limits of pain. I'm almost four weeks into my rehab program and can comfortable cycle for up to three hours without any shoulder pain.
Up until now I wasn't allowed to pull or push on the handlebars with my injured arm/shoulder and therefore wasn't able to perform any specific training. This gave me the opportunity to relive one of the main reasons why I took up cycling in the first place, which is the freedom of pointing your bike in any direction and simply to go exploring. Fortunately to make my injury feel more like a blessing than a curse, I had the good fortune of exploring a completely unfamiliar country. For the first time my Garmin Edge 1000's mapping function also came into its own as I explored the Austrian countryside.
To quench my sense of adventure I can either map out a course on Garmin Connect Online and send it to my device, or ride with my device on map view and turn off on whichever route I desire. The map displayed on the Garmin device clearly indicates tarred roads, dirt roads, cycle paths and even off road cycle paths – pretty impressive! When it's time to head home I'll simply reroute myself back to my starting point by the click of a button.
Thus far I've been cycling on scenic bike paths, followed narrow 'Nordic Walking' routes, visited clear blue lakes and have ridden along sinuous streams all with the help of my Garmin Edge 1000's mapping function. There is no way I would have been so adventures on my own because I wouldn't have had so many route options and no one wants to get lost in an unfamiliar place.
It has been a real treat to finally be able to use my Garmin Edge 1000's mapping functionality to its full potential and I look forward to discovering even more scenic routes and breath-taking places over the next few weeks.


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The Arts Commission is a catalyst for the arts, advancing the role of the arts in the lives of individuals and communities throughout the state.
The arts thrive and are celebrated throughout Washington State, and are woven into the fabric of vital and vibrant communities.
The Public Value of the Arts
- The arts impact our lives and develop strong schools, communities, and economies.
- The arts are an essential component of basic education for all students.
- The state's artistic resources are vital to Washington's identity and worthy of preservation.
- Public art is an essential, integral part of the state's built-environment.
- Artistic excellence is central to meaningful arts experiences.
The Arts as a Catalyst for Inclusiveness, Social Equity, and Racial Justice
- All Washingtonians should have access to and engagement with the arts.
- The arts create social bonds and amplify voices across all populations.
- We seek diversity of perspectives and backgrounds in our committees, staff, and board.
We support diverse forms of artistic expression.
Leadership in and for the Arts
- We support arts organizations, artists, and arts participants statewide.
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- We invest in effective strategies that align with statewide goals and priorities.
- We develop partnerships and collaborations to leverage expertise and resources.
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Our commissioners and staff work together to support communities in bringing art into the lives of all those who live in Washington state. As a catalyst for the arts, we:
- Distribute state and federal dollars through grants to expand opportunities for people statewide to participate in the arts;
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- Partner with local, state, and national leaders to develop and promote policies that advance the arts;
- Track the impact of the arts and arts education on Washington communities;
- Document and communicate the results of public investment in the arts;
- Protect the state's investment in the State Art Collection through stewardship that minimizes maintenance needs and offers resources for taking good care of artworks;
- Advance projects and collaborations that bring high-quality, standards-based arts education into the lives of public school students throughout the state.


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Alpha GPC is naturally found chemical in food products and released in the body. It is found in foods such as red meat, oat bran, and cream cheese being a rich source for choline. But the consumption of these foods is not much so body does not receive these in required quantities.The paucity of it may lead to dementia, Alzheimer's, learning disabilities etc. Alpha GPC helps to increase a chemical in the brain acetylcholine which is important for the normal brain functions and learning skills.
In plants and soy it's a fatty acid with a chemical release when broken down, which in turn is used as medicine.
About Alpha GPC
The chemical released by this medication can bypass the blood brain barrier and carry the choline to the brain and give the required effect with report increased attentiveness.
This medication is from a soy extract which is water soluble and high in nootropic supplement. This supplement is mostly used for memory boosting, brain health and learning skills. The cognitive processes of our body can really be improved with the use of Alpha GPC. Though we can get choline through our diet, it is usually not enough for the brain so supplements such as these prove effective.
Consumption of Alpha GPC
Oral ingestion of these tablets will have a lasting effect for 24 hours. They have been seen to affect the frontal cortex and takes about for 60 minutes to show the increase in choline concentrations and about 1 to 3 hours to spike. It is always best to start with lowest possible dose and increase gradually. It could be taken daily once or in multiple doses for sustained and constant effect of the drug. The health status should be assessed before consumption. It can be taken orally or injecting oneself and being water soluble helps it easy for consumption. Alpha GPC can be stacked or consumed alone. It depends on how you want to increase its potential or reduce its side effects or other supplements you consume. Alpha GPC is alone is said to have no side effects.
Benefits of Alpha GPC
When this medication is consumed with caffeine, the reaction times and attention levels are increased dramatically.
The alpha GPC is as stated above a kind of neurotransmitter and also protects the new brain cells from damage and this really helps in keeping the person mentally fit and always having good recollection of things.
Side effects
It is considered potentially safe for consumption if taken under the guidance of medical provider. The health status of the patient has to be kept in mind. The dosages to be consumed should be carefully monitored. It's better to start with lower dosages and go on for higher or stacking it with other supplements should be consulted as adverse reactions may occur. Some rare cases of nervousness, nausea, gastrointestinal distress, fatigue, dizziness, headaches and low blood pressure have been reported. But each individual has different body tolerance levels, but over all it's a safe drug for usage.


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They still fight over his legacy, from Paris, where legislators will soon mark his 70th birthday by debating whether he was a rightist or a leftist, to this city formerly called Leopoldville, where he had his defining adventure.
Tintin, the 16-year-old boy-reporter extraordinaire of the Belgian comic book series, journeyed to the Belgian Congo in 1930 and taught the Congolese, among other things, how to tell right from wrong, how to share and how to avoid superstition.
A stylistically innovative comic book, ''Tintin au Congo'' became a troubling cultural artifact banned for years in Europe and in this country, where the book still inspires strong, unpredictable reactions.
''Tintin was an agent of colonial rule,'' said Salumu Yamba-Yamba, a follower of Patrice Lumumba, a Marxist and Congo's first Prime Minister after independence in 1960. ''He was a mouthpiece for those who dominated us. It was not innocent. We read Tintin when we were young, but now we understand.''
Mr. Yamba-Yamba sat in a gazebo inside the mountainside villa of Christophe Gbenye, a Lumumba follower and former rebel leader who held the city of Stanleyville, now Kisangani, for five months in 1964. And what did the aging revolutionary think of Tintin? ''It was just entertainment for children,'' he said.Continue reading the main story
Political comments about a beloved literary character might surprise readers in the United States, where Tintin's popularity has grown. But in Paris, Brussels, Montreal and other French-speaking corners of the world, where children are fed Tintin along with their milk, Tintin has always been political.
Before they ever crack open ''The Heart of Darkness,'' many French-speakers first encounter Congo by reading Tintin. The enduring appeal of ''Tintin au Congo'' was seized by Sabena, the Belgian airline, whose recent advertising campaign featured a blond child gazing down at the cover of the book, with the caption ''Remember your first trip to Africa.''
But while Conrad is usually credited with exposing imperialism's inhumanity, Herge, Tintin's creator, has been accused of glorifying colonialism. About 15 years after the story was first published in a magazine in 1930, Herge, whose real name was Georges Remi, expressed regret for some of its contents and made changes -- most famously in a scene where Tintin teaches a classroom of children.
In the original, Tintin points to a map and says, ''My dear friends, today I will teach you about your fatherland: Belgium!''
In the revised version: ''Who can tell me what 2 + 2 are?''
But the politically incorrect passages were so numerous that Herge, who died in 1983, would have had to scrap the entire book to appease his critics: the Congolese speak in broken French even as Milou, Tintin's faithful terrier, speaks in French that would make the French Academy proud; the Congolese are drawn as black as coal and with exaggerated facial features; Tintin even offends animal lovers by butchering scores of now endangered species, at one point by drilling a hole into a rhinoceros and dynamiting it to bits.
With the stirrings of African nationalism in the 1950's, Herge's publisher practiced self-censorship, and ''Tintin au Congo'' was unavailable in Europe, according to ''Herge,'' a biography by Pierre Assouline. (In the United States, the book has never been translated into English or offered for sale by Little, Brown, Tintin's American publisher, which sells 122,500 copies a year of the 21 other books in the series.) But since the 1970's, ''Tintin au Congo'' has been sold freely in the French-speaking world, though not without the occasional debate.
To mark Tintin's birth -- on Jan. 10, 1929, in a strip depicting his adventures in the Soviet Union -- the French National Assembly is to debate whether the real Tintin was the colonial apologist and fierce anti-Communist of his early adventures, or the quasi-third world revolutionary of his last adventure.
There is probably much truth in Sabena's campaign that to many Westerners ''Tintin au Congo'' remains their ''first trip to Africa.'' Indeed, it might be many Westerners' only trip to Congo, since tourism to this war-ravaged country has dwindled to almost nothing -- unless you count international relief workers, arms smugglers, shady diamond dealers, not to mention the Rwandans and the Ugandans who are backing rebels trying to depose President Laurent Kabila.
Sadly for those interested in gauging the reaction of the Congolese to ''Tintin au Congo,'' Sabena was unable to kick off its Tintin campaign here in Congo because it coincided with the recent wars.
''Many of our best customers have fled the country, and we would have given them the Tintin posters,'' said Max Mukubu, Sabena's marketing director here. ''The timing was perfect, too, because the country's name had just been changed back from Zaire to Congo.''
Most who had actually read Tintin were men in their late 40's and 50's, who had grown up under colonial rule and attended schools operated by Belgian priests. These children belonged to the class known as ''les evolues,'' or ''those who have evolved'' -- elite Congolese given special identification cards, and privileges, by the Belgians.
Decades after reading ''Tintin au Congo,'' Dr. Kabamba Mbwebwe, the chief of the emergency room at Kinshasa General Hospital, remembered entire scenes from the book. He recalled how the Congolese mangled ''monsieur,'' addressing Tintin as ''missie.''
''Some people think that Herge wanted to ridicule us and invalidate our own culture; others are more philosophical and think he just wanted to make money,'' Dr. Mbwebwe said. ''I'm in the second group.''
By contrast, consider another reader, a deflated colonel inside his air-conditioned den, slumped in his rattan armchair, his slippers arranged neatly to his left, his favorite wooden carving of a woman without limbs -- titled ''Pourquoi?'' -- to his right. The colonel was also asking himself ''why'' on this day, for the Kabila Government had recently dismissed him and 314 other civilian and military magistrates in Kinshasa, all holdovers from the Mobutu era, for gross corruption.
Corruption? The colonel waved it away with his hand, evidently too depressed to consider the idea. But when he stopped the television remote on a cartoon and a visitor asked him whether he had ever read Tintin, the colonel brightened. ''Tintin! Milou! The captain!'' he said, rattling off characters from the series.
''I don't think the book is insulting to the Congolese,'' the colonel said. ''I think Herge wanted to faithfully depict the Congo of that period. If the typical Congolese spoke French poorly back then, what was he supposed to say? That he spoke it well?''
Leonard She Okitundu, Mr. Kabila's Minister of Human Rights, said he remembered Tintin fondly, though he believed that the book played a role in making it easier to discriminate against the Congolese. Feelings toward Tintin, he said, were as complex as those toward the colonial era, when foreigners ruled the streets, but the streets were paved.
''I am at the same time attracted and repulsed by Tintin,'' he said.Continue reading the main story


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In The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Alex Haley chronicles the story of the controversial civil rights leader, Malcolm X. In his youth, Malcolm X engaged in issues such as drugs, robberies and gambling. While spending time in prison for 5 years, Malcolm converted to the Nation of Islam, inspired by Elijah Mohammed, whom his siblings had told him about. Through spending time in jail, he changed his life by vigorously studying several subjects and completely changing his life habits. After he was released, Malcolm X worked for Elijah Mohammed to spread the Nation of Islam and later became a powerful speaker for black people's rights.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a very rare and inspiring book. By showing the prejudice and racism Malcolm X faced since he was young, the reader understands what he advocates for more. I think that Malcolm X is a focused man with sharp perspective. His story is a remarkable one; he progressed from a "hustler" to a serious and educated person. He went through various changes in his life. While he was under the influence of Elijah Mohammed, who changed his life by introducing him to the Nation of Islam and later betrayed him, Malcolm X agreed and advocated that white people were "blue-eyed devils" and that they couldn't help African Americans in their fight for equality. He was attacked for this, but his views changed after he visited Mecca. He came to the conclusion that problems could be overcome by brotherhood that not all whites were racist. He came to these conclusions on his own through experience. Although he may have said wrong things which he admitted to and later changed his views to the better and the wiser, the public still attacked him by calling him "reverse racist" and an extremist.
In the Autobiography, Malcolm X discusses the subtle and mixed feelings about color. He thought that his mother was specifically harsh on him because he was fair-skinned.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a very honest book. Malcolm X sparked anger and hatred because he revealed the hard truth about racism and had great faith in justice and truth:
""I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.""
He advocated for brotherhood because he understood that it was the only way to overcome racial barriers.
"I am in agreement one hundred percent with those racists who say that no government laws ever can force brotherhood".
Malcolm X is an important figure because he reminded people that history cannot be forgotten or ignored, and reading his autobiography will increase one's appreciation of Malcolm X and make one realize that what he preached was correctly said.
Malcolm X also said,
"I know that societies have often killed the people who have helped change these societies."
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The Masquerade is a voluptuous scene where costumes, masques and disguises are in vogue. Dress the part - ELEGANT ATTIRE IS REQUIRED, you are a guest of Prince Prospero so dress the part with creativity and good taste. If you are not inclined to wear a costume, dress to impress in formal wear, and consider a venetian carnival-style mask. Help us maintain the elegance of this event as something more than the typical Halloween party.
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The addition of our Handicomp software allows us to quickly setup scorecards, cart signs, player lists, and scoreboards specific to your outing or event. Our goal at the Pines Golf Course is to offer a relaxed and enjoyable experience for every participant in each outing.
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This was a fabulous course. Greener then many I've seen here in west Michigan. Course was challenging, especially the greens. But all in all amazing value for the money. Will golf here again
The Pines offers a well maintained golf course that is player friendly for all skill levels. The golf course is a beautifully maintained course with a layout of 18 holes and a driving range with practice greens. The clubhouse has indoor and patio seating to sit and relax after a successful round with our famous Big Dog Combo and an assortment of beer and pepsi products.
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From the very lightest of blue to a beautiful true natural aquamarine blue – these are the wonderful blue shade variations that this set offers. It is an elegant design that demands attention. The larger aquamarine elements in the necklace offer a delightful contract: the large nuggets and the oval
faceted stones – both showing a different element of the same gemstone and both displaying their own beauty. Imagine the necklace either on a deep color garment or on a lightly bonze tanned neckline – just stunning!
The healing energy in the elements of this set is:
Aquamarine: The "Stone of Courage". It is also the "Sailors' Gem" ensuring safe passage across stormy waters. It is said to awaken the love of married couples. It releases anxiety, fear and restlessness. Aquamarine facilitates calming and cooling from anger to hot flashes. They are stones of the Water element, bringing one in touch with the subconscious, the domains of Spirit and our deepest emotions. It brings one to a relaxed, alert stage of consciousness in which one is fully aware
of one's own store of knowledge, wisdom and feelings, and able to articulate them all with clarity and conviction. (The Pocket Book of Stones by Robert Simmons)
Chalcedony: Symbolizes calmness and composure; offers confidence. The pales stones are the chalcedony.
Silver: (Sterling) Is excellent for mental, emotional and physical releasing/cleansing. It works on the mind and emotions to see the overview of situations. It helps with emotional balance and patience. Like the moon's energy, it has a gentle, cool, smoothing effect, thus reducing stress. ("The Pocket Book of Stones" by Robert Simmons)
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Cat Depot, a non-profit, free-roaming center, is recognized for its progressive design and commitment to helping homeless, abandoned, and injured cats and kittens.
Cat Depot works daily to rescue abandoned, abused, injured, relinquished, and free roaming community/feral cats and kittens. In 2017, Cat Depot rescued 1,430 felines and assisted with local and national rescues.
(2017 Live Release Rate: 95.5% | 2018 CYTD Live Release Rate: 96.2%*)
Our goal is to find a good match and loving home for every cat who enters Cat Depot. Dedicated efforts have resulted in increased adoption numbers every year for the last five years.
Cat Depot provides volunteers and the community with educational activities that promote awareness and knowledge of cat behavior and care through public workshops, printed material, and online resource library.
Our Community Cat Program was developed to educate the public about free-roaming cats, supply food for community cats and personal pets, offer resources for free and low-cost medical care, loan traps and offer transportation assistance, provide free and low cost spay/neuter surgeries, and place adoptable cats and kittens into loving homes.
In an effort to care for sick and injured cats and their distressed owners, Cat Depot opened a small yet highly functional discount clinic. Reduced prices have helped people and their pets in Sarasota and Manatee counties, and as far away as North Port and Tampa.
1. Rescued 1,532 homeless cats and kittens and placed 1,419 into loving homes.
3. Community Cat Program:
- Community Food Bank distributed over 21,200 lbs. of dry food and 10,000 cans of wet food to those supporting feral cats and those who are in need of cat food for their personal pets in Sarasota and Manatee Counties. We helped feed 240 personal pets and over 500 community cats per month.
- Grants awarded to spay/neuter 1,016 community cats and personal pets.
4. Operated a Cat Care Clinic providing low-cost veterinary services to people who are unable to afford traditional veterinary care for their pets.
5. Continued Cat Depot Emergency Response Team (CDERT) efforts with partner American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), along with Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), and Best Friends Animal Society.
6. Rescued cats from local hoarding and animal abuse cases. We provided medical care, food, and love to help the cats heal so they could find loving homes.
7. 529 volunteers contributed over 22,000 hours of their time at Cat Depot, and 165 fosters contributed over 33,000 hours caring for cats in need.
8. Hosted several educational events including a Pet CPR/First Aid Class, two Florida State Animal Response Coalition training classes, and cat behavior classes by local veterinarians.
*Live Release Rate percentage calculated using Acilomar method.
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Since drug abuse is usually common amongst teenagers and young people, there is a special responsibility on their parents. It is possible to detect your child being under influence by standard symptoms.
External characteristics of using a smoking blend by a teenager: presence of foil or plastic bags containing a greenish, greenish yellow, greenish brown color substance, there might be some different drawings or inscriptions on the bags. If you see a bag with bright label on it among your child's belongings, pay close attention to it. >>