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Shattered Innocence - Poem by Brittany Bell
im sorry, im sorry i whispered into the dark room
all alone, u left me, scarred and broken
u took my innocence away, are you happy?
are you happy that u did this? u took my childhood away from me
the only thing i had worth while, and u took that away
u took away the only thing i had going, u left me broken
alone weeping, embarrassed that i let this happened
u hurt me, u broke me, tore me up, scared me into not talking
u took my innocence away, are you happy?
u made me lose myself, lose myself in misery and despair
took away the one thing i hold dear to me, my pride
its all gone because of you, because u took that away
couldn't you have left me with something? ...
couldn't you have given me a break, and not let this happen
screaming for help, silently begging for someone to free me
from ur grasp, from ur hold on me, im a mute, waiting to be let out
u took away my innocence, my pride, my dignity, my childhood
nobody knew until too late, until u did it to someone else
u took away my friends, u left me alone, cold and bitter
heartless, and careless i was to have let this happen
all my fault, i could have said something but i didn't
i let this happen, i let it continue, was this some game to u?
i believe it was, u laughed in my face, called me worthless
said i deserve this, u tore away my pride, my innocence
all for ur amusement...how could i have let this happen?
the past is the past, the old me is gone, broke apart
from some mindless bastard who took my innocence from me
i will never forgive you for what u did to me, for what you made me into
u made me silent as a ghost, u made me put up a wall
that will take forever to break, u made me silent and i hate u for that
u are the only person i truly hate, for what u did to me
for what i have become, u are part of my past that im not proud of
i hate you, i hate you and i hope you burn in hell for the sins you have done
i hope you rot in jail until the day u die, u ruined my childhood,
u took everything from me for ur own sick amusement
i hate you i hope you know that,
i hope you die, i hope u rot
i hope you burn in hell
i hate you for what u did to me, for what u did to others
i hate you, i hate you I HATE YOU
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Is it ok to hubpages? can i generate some income from my other blogging site? tnx a lot!
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You may incur a small Hubscore penalty for the duplicate content, but duplicate content that you own is not against the TOS. The only thing I would really add to nettech's answer is that it's not necessarily the one that was posted first will rank higher, there are many other factors that come into play including how much traffic it gets, and how Google perceives the site where it's posted. Some of my articles are posted exactly the same on four different sites that all allow cross-posting, and it's really a toss-up as to which will rank first. My best article here, for example, was posted to Hubpages after being posted to two other sites...it has gotten very little notice on the other sites, and those URLs are ranking down on pages 12 and 15 of the search engine results. The Hubpages version of the article, however, currently ranks #1 in the search results, and has for the past couple of months. When I checked the other two sites against Hubpages on Google Trends, it revealed that Hubpages gets about double the overall traffic of one of the sites, and about three times the overall traffic of the other one, so Google likes it better and will likely rank your Hubpages version quite a ways above your personal blog version (depending on the blog site).
Do what you want to do and don't let any of that crap scare you. What's the worse that can happen?
Well not much. It all depends really. Although it may get indexed by Google, it will not really rank high since it has already been indexed by hubpages. It will be seen as duplicate content. Don't worry as there is no duplicate content penalty. All that will happen is Google will assign more prominence to the site where the article appeared first.
If your blog attracts visitors anyway, it still may be worth adding it in as you may get visitors from the blog site.
Small penalty if anything. Does your blog generate high rankings and traffic?

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Strategy A View From the Top By: Kluyver & Pearce. Chapter 3: Analyzing the External Strategic Environment. Globalization.
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Globalization as a political, economic, social, and technological force, seems unstoppable. In this era the lines between countries has been broken and the flow of information is being shared at and incredibly fast pace.
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A discrete-time hazard analysis of the exit of burley tobacco growers in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia
This article examines the exit and survival dynamics of burley tobacco growers in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia using a discrete-time hazard logit model. The study also predicts the effects of selected farm and family characteristics on exit hazards, assesses the proportionality of their effects over time and their relative importance in explaining the variation in exit hazards among burley tobacco growers. Results provide the longitudinal progression of the probability of exiting the tobacco industry since the end of the federal tobacco program in 2004, and identify off-farm participation, percentage of farm receipts from tobacco, tobacco price, educational level, and farm size as the most important determinants of the decision to exit the tobacco industry. Further, the effects of off-farm participation and farm size on the exit hazards of burley tobacco farms are proportional over time while the effects of the percentage of farm receipts from tobacco and tobacco price are time variant. Copyright (c) 2010 International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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The Terrifying Hubris of Corbynism
(FYI — a further article responding to some criticisms of this piece, and expanding the arguments a little, can be found here: https://medium.com/@matatatatat/corbynism-without-guarantees-310d760ea5a6#.185nqp9aj)
The Corbyn phenomenon has rapidly become the apotheosis of the conspiracy thinking that pervades contemporary politics, both on the right and left. This means it is extremely difficult to write about 'Corbynism' with any clarity or objectivity. Separating what is actually going on from the mediatised fantasy world of vicious Trots, rabid antisemities, and the puppet masters of Portland Communications is virtually impossible, precisely because so many of the key actors believe themselves to be living in that world.
One thing that can be said for certain is that British politics does not currently have a functioning opposition party. Regardless of who is to blame (and it is certainly not Corbyn alone), a parliamentary party whose leader cannot count on the support of his MPs or fill all the positions of a shadow cabinet is not able to hold the government to account. Corbyn supporters presumably expect that if he wins the forthcoming leadership election, the 172 MPs who signed the motion of no confidence will have no choice but to slink back into position. This seems unlikely, and even if they did so, the situation would not hold for long. Equally likely is another leadership challenge, followed by a party split if Corbyn refuses to step down or wins a further contest.
It is striking how few Corbyn supporters seem concerned by the gravity of this situation. Their argument is that the party membership voted for Corbyn, 200,000 people have signed up in recent weeks to vote for him again, and that therefore the parliamentary party should fall in line. Even those critical of Corbyn's performance up to now, or those who do not dismiss his poor showing in opinion polls, argue that this a matter of principle — that this is a battle between the membership and the PLP over the way power is distributed within the party. It is a fight for its very soul. There can be no compromise, even if it means the outright destruction of the party's institutional structures.
This argument is closely connected to that deriding the need for a Labour leader to be 'electable'. When Corbyn was first elected, many people (including myself) believed that given none of the other candidates looked like winning an election in 2020 — particularly after the implementation of pro-Tory boundary changes — it was worth 'playing the long game'. Only the most naïve thought someone like Corbyn could win an election in the face of a rabidly rightwing media and distorted FPTP electoral system. Rather, this was a '10 to 15 year project' — a chance to rebuild Labour from the bottom up, to turn it into a living, breathing 'social movement', a 21st century party of the radical left, ready to take power when the next financial crisis hit and the scales fell from Tory voters' eyes.
The 'social movement' argument is the key to understanding why so many people see Corbyn as the only option for Labour, the reason why no other politician in the party is regarded as capable of anything except a collapse into reheated 'Blairism' and outright racism (never mind the fact that Jo Cox — targeted by a fascist for her explicit support for migrants — co-wrote an article calling for Corbyn's resignation a month before her murder, indicating that Corbyn does not have a monopoly on anti-racism within the party). The gargantuan size of the new membership is constantly invoked — 300,000, 400,000, perhaps a million one day! Whatever Corbyn's failures as a leader — his lack of policy proposals, his tepid public appearances, his catastrophic media management — the fact that so many people are joining the party is a sign that British politics is changing. If only the party could get enough members, enough boots on the ground, it can counteract the power of the media, build concrete connections with local communities and activist groups, and fundamentally shift the terrain of politics — the very meaning of 'electability' itself — for good.
That's the theory. The practice is rather different. My own CLP doubled its membership during Corbyn's leadership campaign, with 300 people signing up. In the past year, I would generously estimate that perhaps 10 of those 300 has had any concrete involvement with the party (going to meetings, canvassing, delivering leaflets, taking up positions in the local party, running for council). The local Momentum group has had a little more success in turnout, though the majority of people attending were already involved in other campaigns, and the most that has been organised has been a few fundraising socials and the odd pro-Corbyn demo. This indicates that Momentum will be most effective in areas which already have a wide range of activist groups and networks (ie places with a high density of population due to a strong local economy) but far less so in places further away from the urban centres of capital accumulation, where existing political activism is thin on the ground, if not non-existent.
The point here is not to bash people for lack of activity — there are all sorts of reasons why participation might be difficult, from lack of time to the labyrinthine structure of the party rulebook, to the deeply, deeply dull nature of most political work. It is merely to say that simply pointing to the numbers of new members says nothing about the existence or quality of a 'social movement'. For the vast majority of 'new members', joining the party was not a promise of future activity, but a gesture of general support — perhaps similar to signing a Change.org petition — for whatever they thought Corbyn as Labour leader symbolised.
In this sense, Corbynism has been (at least up to now) as much of a top-down mediated phenomenon as anything under Blair. It is rather a simulation of a social movement — a form of clicktivism, of gesture politics based on an identification with 'what Jeremy stands for'. It makes people feel like they are part of a 'social movement' without having to engage in the tricky, boring work of actually building one. This is why the figure of Corbyn himself is so vital, why his tenacity in holding onto the leadership trumps questions of whether he is actually able to wield it in parliament. Because if Corbynism actually was a social movement that had developed over time and culminated in, rather than started with, Corbyn's leadership victory — if Momentum really was the rebirth of Militant, with well-organised new members embedded within their local parties, taking up positions of power, standing for office — then the importance of Corbyn himself would be correspondingly reduced. The fact that everything rides on Corbyn staying in power testifies precisely to the lack, the weakness, of the 'social movement' of which he is the supposed avatar. (On a related, if slightly tangential note, this is also why it seems slightly disingenous to frame the exclusion from the leadership electorate of those who have joined in recent weeks specifically to support Corbyn as an issue of 'party democracy'. Those 200,000 are, at present, merely a segment of unusually vocal and politically engaged floating voters (perhaps from the Greens or 2010-era Liberal Democrats). The idea that the views of someone who signed up online a week ago should be immediately equated with a longterm member who has been delivering leaflets for years is one dripping with entitlement. It is another clicktivist delusion. On the other hand, the bizarre decision to give those who can afford £25 the chance to buy a vote is genuinely outrageous.)
This leads on to the most fundamental problem facing Corbynism — the difference between 'extra-parliamentary activism' and a 'political party'. The aim of most extra-parliamentary activist groups is not to take control of the state (at present none would be capable of doing so in any case) but to make demands on it — to force it to change laws or provide resources for whatever the particular ends of the group are. The tactics of such groups change according to political persuasion, ranging from direct action to A-to-B marches. The latter form has been the basis of Corbyn's own political activity throughout his life, particularly in the Stop The War movement. The aims of an organisation like Stop the War are generally to get as many people on the streets on a march or rally as possible, in the hope that eventually sheer quantity of numbers will turn into qualitative change, regardless of who is in power. The belief is that by repeating the same message over and over again, enough people — even if not a majority, or evenly distributed across the country — will be convinced to force the government to accede to their demands.
This is precisely the logic that lies behind the veneration of the hypertrophic growth of Labour membership, and the idea that such growth indicates a 'groundswell' of general support for Corbyn amongst the electorate, polls be damned. For a campaign group, 200,000 new members does indeed represent such a groundswell, and will bring them much closer to winning concessions from the state. For a political party, competing for the votes of 40 million people, the enthusiasm of 200,000 geographically unevenly distributed supporters with varying levels of commitment is, unfortunately, nowhere near as important.
Even more pertinently, the one thing that extra-parliamentary activism doesn't have to worry about, unlike parliamentary parties, is winning over swing voters in Nuneaton or Croydon. The relation between activist groups and the state is not mediated by any electoral mechanism, and certainly not a mechanism as freakishly weighted as First Past The Post. There is thus no need to think about ways to tailor messages to deal with the particular concerns of particular groups of voters in particular areas. In this sense, this form of activism is not really political. Or, rather, it is political in a very different sense to that of working out how to win elections so as to actually take control and use state power, as opposed to merely asking things of it. Interestingly this distinction is recognised by both hardnosed Mandelson types and those in the more radical/anarchic sphere of activism, but it is completely missed by the mainstream 'socialist' or 'green-liberal' left who are the main constituency of Corbynism.
The latter are much closer in form to moral or religious crusades, or perhaps a charity appeal, than marxism or anarcho-syndicalism. They are defined by a complete lack of strategic thinking, and are utterly devoid of cunning. Here, faith in the 'truth' of the core demand is all that is deemed necessary, replacing any analysis of, say, objective conditions or the workings of commodity fetishism. Rather than stopping to ask why people may think the way they do, to think about how their material conditions, their relationship to capital and forms of work and social reproduction, may affect their understanding of the world, this approach is instead based on the idea that people who disagree just haven't been exposed to the 'truth' enough yet. This is one reason why Corbyn's personal example of tenacious honesty — as a politician who just 'says what he thinks', who keeps on campaigning in the way he has always done, regardless of whether people agree with him or not — is so highly regarded by activists and fellow believers. This unalloyed proclamation of faith explains his support far more than his actual policy platform, which in real, as opposed to rhetorical, terms is hardly different from that of Ed Miliband.
If the aims of activists happen to coincide with the deeper direction of travel of political culture as a whole, then applying this kind of faith-based logic to a political party may be effective. If they do not — and the 2015 general election result and the EU referendum seem to indicate that the mainstream of British political culture is moving away from Corbynism rather than closer to it — then as a strategy it has serious flaws. Those who adhere to the '10–15 year project' justification of Corbynism believe that the impossibility of a Labour victory in 2020 alleviates those flaws. If electoral victory is out of the question regardless of who is in charge, bringing down the whole edifice of the party as it currently exists in order to gradually rebuild it form the bottom up as a 'social movement' may be worth the risk. Political culture today might be pointing in the opposite direction, but who is to say that ten years of activism based around an ever increasing Labour membership won't pull it around.
However, Brexit has pulled the rug from under the feet of this argument. If such a 'spare decade' ever existed, it certainly does not now. If Theresa May were to call an election in the next few months against a Corbyn-headed Labour party that is barely functioning, the polls indicate an increased Conservative majority, alongside the real possibility that UKIP could finally make a parliamentary breakthrough. An increase in the number of new Labour members attending ward meetings in urban seats Labour already holds does nothing to prevent this. We would then be faced with the situation where a strengthened right wing Conservative government, backed up by UKIP, would be the sole participants in Brexit negotiations. Freed from the constraints of the European legal structure, including the European Convention on Human Rights, the right would have a free hand to reconstitute the British polity in its entirety. Everything would be up for grabs, from abortion rights, the rights of Trade Unions to exist (let alone go on strike), to the spectre of forced deportations. This is an unprecedented situation.
At the moment, the one thing standing in the way of this genuinely terrifying prospect is the Labour party, as the only institution nominally of the left with the capacity to take hold of and administer state power. For all the conservative tenor of the present moment, the divisions of Brexit and the fact that boundary changes have not yet taken place does open up the possibility that a competent Labour electoral campaign aimed at the 48% (as well as those who voted Leave but are now wavering — or will be once a recession hits) could achieve a hung parliament — especially if a 'progressive alliance' agreement prevents a split in the left/liberal vote in Tory marginals. There is as yet no evidence that Corbyn is willing or able to run such a campaign. Brexit was not his fault, but his reticence was clear to see, as was the total inability to communicate with anyone outside of his core support, something exacerbated by the utter failure to generate the sort of sustained press coverage that is the mainstay of a national campaign. His response to the Leave vote was to call for the immediate invocation of Article 50, without laying out any terms or demands — or even calling for reassurances on the status of EU migrants living in the UK (a task that was left to Andy Burnham). This was a political misstep that has caused huge confusion as to his actual position. It is still not clear whether he has one. These kind of strategic errors could possibly be excused if circumstances were still as they were when he was elected leader, when he still had time. Unfortunately, Brexit means that time is the one thing the Corbyn 'long term project' does not have.
If Corbyn wins the forthcoming leadership election, there is a real possibility that the party could split, or cease to function in any meaningful way. This outcome should be treated as a catastrophe by everyone on the left. Under FPTP, a Labour split would in effect mean the end of any left or centre left presence in Parliament, at the same time as all protection from the European legal system and convention on human rights dissolves. Without the institutional support of Labour as a political party, with at least the potential for direct access to state power, the only thing protecting the poor, the vulnerable, the unemployed, migrants and refugees will be their own actions, in concordance with those of already-existing activist groups unevenly distributed across the country. The idea that such groups — under-resourced, voluntarist, impermanent, fragile — are in any position to provide a defence against the combined forces of the state, a triumphant Tory right, UKIP and the far right is hubris of the most dangerous kind. To acknowledge that is not to pretend that Labour governments and councils have not contributed to the oppression of those people. But it is to reject the trite, ahistorical conclusion that there is absolutely no difference between a hard-right Conservative government and a centre-left Labour administration, particularly in a post-EU/ECHR context.
What, then, is to be done? There are no easy answers. But for a first step, all of those who have joined Labour over the past year should perhaps put their efforts into campaigning for Proportional Representation. It is only by getting rid of the farcical imbalance of FPTP that a Corbynist-style party has any chance of power (even if only as a minor partner in a coalition), and it would be far more effective in concrete terms than the membership reaching a million. Corbyn himself has had little to say about this issue, but McDonnell and Clive Lewis have intimated that a deal with the SNP, Greens, Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru — and perhaps even UKIP — could be a possibility.
Secondly, the idea that Corbyn retaining the leadership is worth a Labour split (before any implementation of PR) has to be rejected outright. In the light of Brexit, the collapse of Labour as an institution would be an utter disaster. Corbyn should have cut a deal in the weeks after the mass resignations, using his influence among a membership which has decisively turned left to ensure there was a left candidate on the ballot, and then walked. Given that he has not done so, the possibility remains open for another candidate on the left to use Corbyn's perceived 'radicalism' as a means of presenting themselves as a 'realistic' moderate — and being recognised as such by the media, even if their actual policy programme was more or less identical to that of the current leadership (save, perhaps, for the simplistic Counterfire-style presentation of foreign policy). That is an unprecedented opportunity, and one which would be Corbyn's greatest gift to the Labour left, if only they would grasp it.


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Sunday, June 22, 2008
some thoughts...
Honestly, I'm a bit pissed now, I had expected to be an explanation how the hunting would go this time. Just a sentence in the post about the release time would have been enough to let us all know if there were hints again or if we had to randomly look for the snitch. And I have waited for a prompt that the snitch was released, like last time.
So, please, tell us next time in advance how the rules are.
And don't get me wrong, I'm not pissed because Hufflepuff found the snitch and not Slytherin, the hunting was just no fun this time and as this is a game, it is supposed to be fun. I can't be the only one to feel like this
6 comments:
- Penelope of Flitwick said...
I think we were all a little confussed but that is what makes it fun. Now I have more time to put my kit together :)
- June 22, 2008 at 12:43 PM
- Lizzie Wychwood said...
I enjoyed the anticipation and the excitement at the release time, and seeing all the camaraderie on the main blog. And now I have a better idea of what is expected (ie don't make assumptions) I can't wait for the next match.
- June 22, 2008 at 12:50 PM
- Penelope of Flitwick said...
me either we will be on top of our game huh!
- June 22, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- Ophelia Ballycastle said...
Yes it's nice to know when the game starts. When you play quiditch there is a blow of the whistle.
- June 22, 2008 at 1:57 PM
- Cassandra Puddlemere said...
I think we all feel this way..it is what it is though...Not much we can do about it. just get ready for next round and find the snitch!
- June 22, 2008 at 2:24 PM
- Ang said...
While I appreciate the announcement of the rerelease, I want to make a few points as well.
1. Last round was the first time in two swaps that I felt we worked together as House teams and really found a sense of camaraderie. We ENJOYED the game instead of being angry about the way it was played.
2. Last time I enjoyed losing because the game itself was fun. This time I feel just like I did a few times last term, as though the odds were stacked.
3. I am glad things will be redone, but I wish that didn't have to be the case. I just felt like it was a shame to ditch a good way to play and reintroduce the hurt and angry feelings that were so prevalent around snitch release last term. This is supposed to be a game, yes. Well, aren't games supposed to be fun?
- June 22, 2008 at 6:50 PM


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The troubled Metro Rail project has hit another snag. Entertainment industry officials on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood say that the noise and vibration caused by the transit system could interfere with their recording operations.
The group has taken its concerns to Los Angeles City Councilman Michael Woo, who represents the Hollywood area. Woo said that he will appoint a special advisory panel to investigate the complaint and suggest possible solutions.
"We want to keep as many of the entertainment and communications jobs in the Hollywood area as we can," the councilman said Tuesday. "We don't want to give these studios an excuse for moving to Burbank or somewhere else."
City Councilman Nate Holden, chairman of the council's Traffic and Transportation Committee, joined Woo at the press conference. Holden said that he supported the study and would abide by the panel's recommendations.


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Samsung Electronics, the world's top technology firm by revenue, reported on Friday a record operating profit of $5.9 billion for the June quarter, as rampant Galaxy S handset sales helped stretch its lead over Apple Inc.
September quarter mobile profits are expected to forge further ahead as the latest Galaxy model enjoys a sales boom before the next iPhone launch, widely expected in October, driving Samsung's profit to a record of nearly 8 trillion won ($7 billion). The mobile business brings in around 60 percent of Samsung's earnings. Profits of the handset division more than doubled from a year earlier and the flat-screen business swung to a profit as LCD prices stabilized.
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JK Shin, head of Samsung's telecoms business, told Reuters on Sunday that sales of the Galaxy S III, the most aggressive competitor to the iPhone, were better than his initial forecast of at least 10 million units in the first two months after its launch in late May. It is also preparing a sequel to the popular phone-cum-tablet Galaxy Note later this year to counter Apple's new product releases.
Samsung, which earlier this year ended Nokia's 14-year reign as the top global handset maker, is estimated to have increased smartphone shipments to 50.5 million in the June quarter, nearly double the 26 million iPhones sold.
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CONCORD, Mass – There's no such thing as "too complicated" in Franck Muller's world, and if there were it would be a compliment. The Swiss watchmaker celebrates complexity, layering one component on another to create some of the world's most expensive and sought-after timepieces.
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"The movements in this watch are so precisely packed in a small space that it would not have been possible to have a clear overview of how the mechanisms function within the allotted space without SolidWorks 3D design tools," said Franck Muller R&D Engineer Jean Pierre Golay.
SolidWorks software enabled Franck Muller engineers to shorten the design cycle by 40 percent and cut development costs by 60 percent. During development of the Aeternitas Mega 4, SolidWorks helped reduce design errors by 30 percent.
"Once the size of the watch is defined, the challenge is to figure out a way to design the various mechanisms to fit and function within the case," Golay said. "This challenge becomes increasingly difficult when developing complicated movement. SolidWorks software not only allows us to visualize individual components but also to simulate the motion of components and mechanisms, so we can avoid interference errors."
Franck Muller chose SolidWorks solutions for their ease of use, advanced design and simulation capabilities, and seamless integration between the CAD, simulation and product data management applications.
"Any competent designer can make something complex, but it takes real creativity to make complexity into the kind of beauty you see in Franck Muller watches," said Christine Washburn, vice president, corporate marketing, SolidWorks. "We're grateful that Franck Muller chose our software as the canvas its designers use to experiment and innovate as they explore ways to make a centuries-old craft new."
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of Montreal announce U.S. tour dates
Coming up this spring, of Montreal will be taking their new surprise EP 'Rune Husk' on a 25-date trek across America. The tour kicks off April 5th in New Orleans and extends through the rest of the month visiting cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and Brooklyn among many others. The new tour follows up last fall's 43-date stint which was joined by Ruby the Rabbitfoot and TEEN.
UPDATE: Tour dates have been extended into September visiting cities like Greensboro, Brooklyn, Grand Rapids, Chicago and St. Louis.
of Montreal released their latest EP 'Rune Husk' on January 13th, 2017 via Sybaritic Peer. The EP features 4 new tracks including 'Internecine Larks', 'Stag to the Stable', 'Widowsucking' and 'Island Life'. The band's most successful album 'False Priest' was released back in 2010 and reached #34 on the Billboard 200. After multiple lineup changes since forming in 1996, the band currently consists of frontman Kevin Barnes along with Clayton Rychlik, Jojo Glidewell, Davey Pierce and Nicolas Dobbratz.
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The Bridge is a growing church plant in Portage, Michigan. Our church is growing rapidly
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The power of celebrity was palpable in Washington this week, as George Clooney testified before the Senate, posed for photos at the White House state dinner and traveled the talk-show circuit to discuss violence in the Sudan.
He came across as serious, knowledgeable and committed - his Danny Ocean character turned inside out.
Clooney belongs to a network of famous friends, many of them co-stars in the Oceans movies, who have leveraged their fame to improve life around the globe, with a focus on Africa.
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They have founded a passel of nonprofits, which also operate as a network, partnering with and promoting one another.
Clooney's Senate testimony followed a trip to the Nuba mountains of southern Sudan, where civilians have been terrorized by the government of Omar al-Bashir. Clooney spoke not only of the atrocities he witnessed, but of a satellite project he has co-founded with activist John Prendergast to monitor violence in the region.
Prendergast is a co-founder with Don Cheadle, another Oceans star, in the Enough Project. The Washington-based program works against genocide.
Former United Artists CEO Jerry Weintraub, who appeared in all three Oceans movies, is a co-founder and board member with Clooney of the humanitarian group Not On Our Watch. Cheadle, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt are also co-founders.
Damon is a co-founder of H20 Africa, which supports clean water programs. Pitt founded Make It Right, which has worked to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
His wife, Angelina Jolie, is well known for her work in Africa as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High commissioner for Refugees.
And back to Clooney: He's also active with the United Nations, serving as a messenger of peace.
Update: Clooney and his father, journalist Nick Clooney, were among the demonstrators arrested Friday morning while protesting outside the Sudan embassy in Washington.
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By Catherine Cerny
Linda Gerdner PhD, RN, FAAN is presenting a lecture on "Hmong Story Cloths: A Historical and Cultural Understanding" on April 22, 2017, at the de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The Textile Arts Council, a support group affiliated with the Textile Department at the De Young, sponsors the lecture. Dr. Gerdner, who recently published Hmong Story Cloths: Preserving Historical and Cultural Treasures, has worked with the Hmong American community since 2002.
Story cloths originated during a pivotal time in the history of a specific cohort of Hmong people from Laos. Following U.S. withdrawal from the "Secret War," those Hmong who had allied with the U.S. were forced to flee their homeland. During confinement in refugee camps in Thailand, Hmong women applied their superior needlework skills to create a new art form. These embroidered story cloths visually convey lived experiences and cultural heritage. Following closure of the last refugee settlement, story cloths have become a dying art.
The presenter has been collecting story cloths for over two decades, with a discerning eye for quality of stitches and diversity of content. Her collection includes 51 of these unique textile arts. The earliest piece in this collection dates back to 1977 and was made at Ban Viani Refugee Camp. The most recent story cloth was purchased from an elder woman shortly after her arrival to the U.S., with last wave of refugees in 2005, from a Hmong settlement adjacent to Wat Thamkrabok.
The presentation will include a photographic sampling of these meticulously embroidered textiles along with a discussion that including unique attributes and cultural significance. Select images will be supplemented with life photos; memories previously shared by Hmong individuals, and handcrafted artifacts to enrich understanding. Close-up photos of embroidered images spotlight meticulous attention to detail.
The time span in which these textiles were created allows for a visual comparison regarding the evolution of embroidered artistry. Story cloths are divided and presented by the following themes: Hmong People's Journey, Traditional Life in Laos, Hmong New Year, Folk Tales, and Neighboring Ethnic People. Content is synthesized to discuss the overall significance of this art form. This presentation is based on the book, Hmong Story Cloths: Preserving Historical & Cultural Treasures, published in 2015 by Schiffer Publishing.
Dr. Gerdner has an earned doctorate in Nursing in Aging and a minor in Anthropology. She served as an ethnogeriatric specialist at Stanford University and continues to have an affiliation there. Her research and scholarly efforts have focused on the Hmong American community since 2002. To enrich her understanding she visited three Hmong villages located in Xieng Khouang, in northern Laos. She has also visited Wat Thamkrabok and the former refugee settlement adjacent to the Buddhist monastery on two separate trips to Thailand. She has published three books that focus on Hmong Americans, these include: Hmong Story Cloths: Preserving Historical and Cultural Treasures, Demystifying Hmong Shamanism: Practice and Use by Hmong Americans Across the Lifespan, and Grandfather's Story Cloth (a bilingual book for Hmong American children and their family to promote understanding of Alzheimer's Disease).
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ch00ftech has been on a roll lately with their blog posts documenting the process of building their new QR Clock. In the latest blog post, ch00f talks about the process of having circuit boards fabricated and assembled by a third party.
The original prototype took about an hour and a half to assemble, and since I don't feel like quitting my day job to take up a career in burning my fingers, I decided it might be a good idea to look at some other options for assembly.
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Nigel de Jong believes temperamental team-mate Mario Balotelli is beginning to realise his responsibilities as a Man City player.
Last Updated: 16/10/11 4:08pm
Nigel de Jong believes temperamental team-mate Mario Balotelli is beginning to realise his responsibilities as a Manchester City player.
The controversial striker starred for City against Aston Villa on Saturday, providing the inspiration for a convincing 4-1 win which fired them to the top of the Premier League.
It was a timely contribution from the 21-year-old ahead of the resumption of City's stuttering UEFA Champions League campaign in midweek.
And De Jong believes Balotelli is finally settling down following a turbulent start to life in Manchester.
Getting it
The Dutchman told City TV: "I think he is getting it now, why we always try to teach him a lesson. He is getting it slowly but surely.
"You have to give him credit for the last couple of weeks, not just on the pitch but in the training sessions.
"He is behaving quite normal for him. Everyone is happy to be with him.
"Nobody ever doubted his qualities but with great qualities you need to have big responsibilities as well - not only on the pitch but outside as well.
"I think he showed that to the group and Manchester City as well in the last couple of weeks."
Balotelli took advantage of Mancini's decision to leave Edin Dzeko, David Silva and Samir Nasri on the bench and not to risk Sergio Aguero after injury as he provided much of City's attacking thrust.
After testing Shay Given, he gave City the lead with a sharp overhead kick and continued to bother previously unbeaten Villa throughout, bringing another fine save from the keeper in the second half.
On the downside there were occasional displays of frustration and an apparent collision with Given, but the biggest disappointment for City is that he is suspended for this week's Villarreal encounter.
After beginning their European programme with a draw against Napoli and that infamous 2-0 loss at Bayern Munich in which Carlos Tevez allegedly refused to play, City need to beat the Spaniards to kickstart their campaign.
De Jong added: "They are two massive games (this week). The Champions League is the first one and it is obvious we have to win that game to proceed to the next stage.
"After that is the Manchester United game, which will be a massive game, number one and number two against each other.
"We just have to prepare ourselves very well and focus again now."


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Ethnic Violence, African Extremists Worry Pentagon Officials
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FILE - AFRICOM commander General David Rodriguez
Twenty years after close to one million people were slaughtered in the Rwandan genocide, U.S. military officials are confident that forces are better positioned to prevent a repeat of such mass slaughter. But, Washington is still concerned about security across the African continent.
Fears run rampant across much of the Central African Republic, where 2,000 people have been killed in ethnic violence since December, and some African peacekeepers already have pulled out.
But U.S. defense officials say the fact that African forces have been able to intervene is a sign things are slowly improving.
"The African forces that now are available that participate in these interventions and those types of things have expanded incredibly in the last 20 years; I mean six nations in Somalia, nine going to 16 in Mali," said General David Rodriguez.
And the commander of the U.S. Africa Command, General David Rodriguez, says American forces also are better positioned to respond, with as many as 6,000 troops on the ground, including some at a forward operating base in Djibouti and trainers on the ground in Uganda, aiding the effort to track and stop warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army.
"They continue to get weaker every day, and we're going to continue to support the efforts of the African Union Regional Task Force to finish this off," he said.
But deep concerns remain about the growing nexus of extremists, especially in northeastern Mali and southwestern Libya. Rodriguez points to the 2013 attack on a gas facility in Ain Amenas, Algeria, where three al-Qaida-linked groups joined forces.
"They're also transferring things that are very worrisome like the IED technology, and tactics, techniques and procedures," said Rodriguez.
In addition, U.S. defense officials say they and their African partners worry about the flow of extremist fighters to Syria and their eventual return across sometimes porous borders.
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WHEN LITTLE MIX performed at my Bizarre
gig last month, I joked to JADE THIRLWALL that she should hook up with
their latest duet partner JASON DERULO.
And my match-making skills have paid off. Jade's bandmates have revealed she
is in the early stages of dating the US superstar after sharing the stage
with him at this weekend's bash.
The Geordie star went weak at the knees when Jason gave her a wink during
their performance of new single Secret Love Song on Saturday.
Cricks Perrie, Jade and co put their backs into the Capital FM Jingle Bell
Then bandmate JESY NELSON let the cat out of the bag, telling me:
"She's got someone on the go. His name starts with a J. . . then a D."
Jade then confirmed: "He's very hot. It's early days."
If their romance goes well it would make PERRIE EDWARDS the only single
member of the group after her split from ZAYN MALIK earlier this year.
LEIGH-ANNE PINNOCK goes out with footballer Jordan Kiffin, while Jesy
is engaged to RIXTON frontman JAKE ROCHE. It's Jesy who seems
to be the driving force behind Jade and Jason's romance.
Over a mince pie and some chocolate coins in my festive-themed room backstage
at the Capital Jingle Ball with Coca-Cola, she gushed: "He's so lovely,
really, really sweet.
"He gave Jade a little wink when we introduced him on stage. There's four of
us but he looked to Jade and gave her a wink."
Jason's gain is NICK JONAS' loss. The former JONAS
BROTHER has been desperate to get with Jade after admitting he had the
hots for her, but. . .
Jesy explained: "Jason's a bit more manly. Nick's a nice boy but Jason, I feel
like he'd look after her. She's only little."
Jade's definitely keen. She joked: "Yeah, he can pick me up!"
However, Jason will have to contend with the other man in Jade's life — JEREMY
Jade caused a stir last week by tweeting her sadness at the Government's
decision to bomb IS in Syria. She told me she was "proud" of the Labour
Party leader for opposing the airstrikes.
I'm sure she can talk politics with new man Jason on their first dinner date.
Liam already a wanted man
TWO years ago it would have been unthinkable to put THE WANTED and ONE
DIRECTION in the same room, let alone on the same track.
But NATHAN SYKES has revealed he has buried the hatchet with his former
rivals and is even going into the studio with LIAM PAYNE.
The pair bumped into each other at the Jingle Ball in San Francisco last week
and Nathan aid: "I spoke to Liam about writing together, which is going to
be cool. I'm looking forward to that when we can get it in our schedules."
The boybands had a long-running spat after LOUIS TOMLINSON waged war
with them on social media.
Petty jibes included Louis calling TOM PARKER a "little girl" and Tom
poking fun at Louis' dodgy singing.
ZAYN MALIK and MAX GEORGE locked heads too — with the former 1D
star branding him "chlamydia boy" in a public tweet.
Now The Wanted are all but over and 1D are on an extended holiday, they have
decided to call a truce.
Nathan, who performed at the Jingle Bell Ball, said: "That was a few years
ago, everyone has grown up. I hate confrontation so it was nice to see them
on a friendly level.
"I sat down with a few of them and we kind of laughed about it. It was nice to
see them and be like, 'Oh my god, we can be friendly with each other!'"
Why do I get the feeling Liam and Nathan will write a soppy love song?
Lag me like you do, Ell
ELLIE GOULDING was massively jetlagged for her Jingle Bell Ball
performance after flying in from the States, but you wouldn't have known it
from her energetic set.
Goulding shows some leg at her MAC makeup launch
She even got out her guitar to show off her rocky side at London's O2 Arena.
I'm glad she didn't let her fatigue defeat her, or I'd feel very guilty about
interrupting her sneaky nap earlier. I had to wake her for a special
announcement, which I'll be revealing in Bizarre in a couple of weeks.
Besides Ellie, THE VAMPS impressed with a rowdy set which even saw BRAD
SIMPSON hurl his guitar.
Jonas glugger
IF you want to be mates with American megastar NICK JONAS, just ply him
with booze.
That's what Brit actor LUCIEN LAVISCOUNT did on Nick's recent
23rd birthday night in New Orleans after they met filming new hit US show
Scream Queens.
Nick told me: "He was generous with the drinks . . . which was nice. We kept
our time hanging out pretty much just to having a good time.
"He's really talented, he'll have a great career in America."
Lucien will need to keep the big roles coming in to settle those huge bar
Carly Rae-tes Bieber
CARLY RAE JEPSEN says she knew JUSTIN BIEBER's new album Purpose
would return him to the top in epic style.
I spoke to the Carly, who was having fun with my Christmas gear from Claire's
accessories, ahead of her performance last night.
She told me: "It was risky changing his style but it was so impressive. It
takes balls."
And now we all know Biebs has balls . . .
Will David Guett to collab with Adele?
ADELE worked with so many people on record-breaking third album 25 that
she had to leave half of them off. However, I think I've found the
collaboration Adele has been waiting for — a dance track with DAVID
GUETTA. On his visit to my festive-themed room on Saturday, the
Frenchman admitted: "Adele would be amazing. But I'm not sure if she would
go into dance music. Of course, I would love to work with her. You send her
the message."
Let me just dig out her number for you then, David . . .
Ball bit
FORMER chart-topping boyband JLS may still be in daily contact, but
that doesn't mean a reunion is on. MARVIN HUMES, working for
Capital FM, told me: "Not any time soon. But we speak every day. We have a
WhatsApp group."