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Since Israel's creation in 1948, Israeli political and military leaders have demonstrated a pattern of repeatedly violating ceasefires with their enemies in order to gain military advantage, for territorial aggrandizement, or to provoke their opponents into carrying out acts of violence that Israel can then exploit politically and/or use to justify military operations already planned. The following fact sheet provides a brief overview of some of the most high profile and consequential ceasefire violations committed by the Israeli military over the past six decades.2012 - On November 14, two days after Palestinian factions in Gaza agree to a truce following several days of violence, Israel assassinates the leader of Hamas' military wing, Ahmed Jabari, threatening to escalate the violence once again after a week in which at least six Palestinian civilians are killed and dozens more wounded in Israeli attacks.2012 - On March 9, Israel violates an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire and assassinates the head of the Gaza-based Popular Resistance Committees, sparking another round of violence in which at least two dozen Palestinians are killed, including at least four civilians, and scores more wounded. As usual, Israel claims it is acting in self-defense, against an imminent attack being planned by the PRC, while providing no evidence to substantiate the allegation. Following the assassination, Israeli journalist Zvi Bar'el writes in the Haaretz newspaper:
"It is hard to understand what basis there is for the assertion that Israel is not striving to escalate the situation. One could assume that an armed response by the Popular Resistance Committees or Islamic Jihad to Israel's targeted assassination was taken into account. But did anyone weigh the possibility that the violent reaction could lead to a greater number of Israeli casualties than any terrorist attack that Zuhair al-Qaisi, the secretary-general of the Popular Resistance Committees, could have carried out? "In the absence of a clear answer to that question, one may assume that those who decided to assassinate al-Qaisi once again relied on the 'measured response' strategy, in which an Israeli strike draws a reaction, which draws an Israeli counter-reaction." Just over two months prior, on the third anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, Israeli army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz tells Israel's Army Radio that Israel will need to attack Gaza again soon to restore its power of "deterrence," and that the assault must be "swift and painful," concluding, "We will act when the conditions are right."2011 - On October 29, Israel breaks a truce that has maintained calm for two months, killing five Islamic Jihad members in Gaza, including a senior commander. The following day, Egypt brokers another truce that Israel proceeds to immediately violate, killing another four IJ members. In the violence, a total of nine Palestinians and one Israeli are killed.2008 - In November, Israel violates a ceasefire with Hamas and other Gaza-based militant groups that has been in place since June, launching an operation that kills six Hamas members. Militant groups respond by launching rockets into southern Israel, which Israel shortly thereafter uses to justify Operation Cast Lead, its devastating military assault on Gaza beginning on December 27. Over the next three weeks, the Israeli military kills approximately 1400 Palestinians, most of them civilians, including more than 300 children. A UN Human Rights Council Fact Finding Mission led by South African jurist Richard Goldstone subsequently concludes that both Israel and Hamas had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the fighting, a judgment shared by human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
2002 - On July 23, hours before a widely reported ceasefire declared by Hamas and other Palestinian groups is scheduled to come into effect, Israel bombs an apartment building in the middle of the night in the densely populated Gaza Strip in order to assassinate Hamas leader Salah Shehada. Fourteen civilians, including nine children, are also killed in the attack, and 50 others wounded, leading to a scuttling of the ceasefire and a continuation of violence. 2002 - On January 14, Israel assassinates Raed Karmi, a militant leader in the Fatah party, following a ceasefire agreed to by all Palestinian militant groups the previous month, leading to its cancellation. Later in January, the first suicide bombing by the Fatah linked Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade takes place.2001 - On November 23, Israel assassinates senior Hamas militant, Mahmoud Abu Hanoud. At the time, Hamas was adhering to an agreement made with PLO head Yasser Arafat not to attack targets inside of Israel. Following the killing, respected Israeli military correspondent of the right-leaning Yediot Ahronot newspaper, Alex Fishman, writes in a front-page story: "We again find ourselves preparing with dread for a new mass terrorist attack within the Green Line [Israel's pre-1967 border]... Whoever gave a green light to this act of liquidation knew full well that he is thereby shattering in one blow the gentleman's agreement between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority; under that agreement, Hamas was to avoid in the near future suicide bombings inside the Green Line..." A week later, Hamas responds with bombings in Jerusalem and Haifa.2001 - On July 25, as Israeli and Palestinian Authority security officials meet to shore up a six-week-old ceasefire, Israel assassinates a senior Hamas member in Nablus. Nine days later, Hamas responds with a suicide bombing in a Jerusalem pizzeria.1988 - In April, Israel assassinates senior PLO leader Khalil al-Wazir in Tunisia, even as the Reagan administration is trying to organize an international conference to broker peace between Israelis and Palestinians. The US State Department condemns the murder as an "act of political assassination." In ensuing protests in the occupied territories, a further seven Palestinians are gunned down by Israeli forces.
1982 - Following Israel's invasion of Lebanon in June, and after PLO fighters depart Beirut under the terms of a US-brokered ceasefire, Israel violates the terms of the agreement and moves its armed forces into the western part of the city, where the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila are located. Shortly thereafter, Israeli soldiers surround the camps and send in their local Christian Phalangist allies - even though the long and bloody history between Palestinians and Phalangists in Lebanon is well known to the Israelis, and despite the fact that the Phalangists' leader, Bashir Gemayel, has just been assassinated and Palestinians are rumored (incorrectly) to be responsible. Over the next three days, between 800 and 3500 Palestinian refugees, mostly women and children left behind by the PLO fighters, are butchered by the Phalangists as Israeli soldiers look on. In the wake of the massacre, an Israeli commission of inquiry, the Kahan Commission, deems that Israeli Defense Minister (and future Prime Minister) Ariel Sharon bears "personal responsibility" for the slaughter.1981-2 - Under Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, Israel repeatedly violates a nine-month-old UN-brokered ceasefire with the PLO in Lebanon in an effort to provoke a response that will justify a large-scale invasion of the country that Sharon has been long planning. When PLO restraint fails to provide Sharon with an adequate pretext, he uses the attempted assassination of Israel's ambassador to England to justify a massive invasion aimed at destroying the PLO - despite the fact that Israeli intelligence officials believe the PLO has nothing to do with the assassination attempt. In the ensuing invasion, more than 17,000 Lebanese are killed.1973 - Following a ceasefire agreement arranged by the US and the Soviet Union to end the Yom Kippur War, Israel violates the agreement with a "green light" from US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. According to declassified US documents, Kissinger tells the Israelis they can take a "slightly longer" time to adhere to the truce. As a result, Israel launches an attack and surrounds the Egyptian Third Army, causing a major diplomatic crisis between the US and Soviets that pushes the two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war, with the Soviets threatening to intervene to save their Egyptian allies and the US issuing a Defcon III nuclear alert.1967 - Israel violates the 1949 Armistice Agreement, launching a surprise attack against Egypt and Syria. Despite claims Israel is acting in self-defense against an impending attack from Egypt, Israeli leaders are well aware that Egypt poses no serious threat. Yitzhak Rabin, Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli army during the war, says in a 1968 interview that "I do not believe that Nasser wanted war. The two divisions he sent into Sinai on May 14 would not have been enough to unleash an offensive against Israel. He knew it and we knew it." And former Prime Minister Menachem Begin later admits that "Egyptian army concentrations in the Sinai approaches did not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him."1956 - Colluding with Britain and France, Israel violates the 1949 Armistice Agreement by invading Egypt and occupying the Sinai Peninsula. Israel only agrees to withdraw following pressure from US President Dwight Eisenhower.1949 - Immediately after the UN-brokered Armistice Agreement between Israel and its neighbors goes into effect, the armed forces of the newly-created Israeli state begin violating the truce with encroachments into designated demilitarized zones and military attacks that claim numerous civilian casualties.
A Tea Party federal Judge was so blinded by his hate for President Obama that he used his official email to forward a disgusting "joke" attacking the president's deceased mother.
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"The only reason I can explain it to you is I am not a fan of our president, but this goes beyond not being a fan. I didn't send it as racist, although that's what it is. Is sent it out because it's anti-Obama." -- Judge Cebull
Have you heard about the Montana federal judge who got caught forwarding a disgusting racist, misogynist "joke" about President Obama's deceased mother?
Sign our petition now telling him to do the right thing and RESIGN his post as chief judge of the Federal District Court for Montana.
Judge Richard Cebull, the chief Federal District Court judge in Montana, admitted that sending the email to his personal contacts -- from his official email account on a government computer -- showed "terrible judgment" and that he was aware that the joke was racist, but that he did not send it because it was racist. He sent it because it was "anti-Obama." And, in his eyes, that made it okay.
See the outrageous email he sent and sign our petition urging Judge Cebull to step down now.
Judge Cebull submitted himself for disciplinary review to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Montana, and wrote a seemingly sincere apology to the president in which he said, "Honestly, I don't know what else I can do." Well that's easy -- he can and should resign.
Last week, PFAW called for his resignation. This week, we were joined by editorial boards both in Montana and at the New York Times.
Please add your voice to the call for Judge Cebull's resignation too. See Judge Cebull's shocking email and sign PFAW's petition now.
Judge Cebull's hatred for the president is so extreme that he forwarded on a very personal attack that he KNEW was racist and tasteless. He did it because it was, in his words, "anti-Obama." Welcome to the Tea Party Era.
The Far Right's hate rhetoric against this president has created an environment where even people who should know better consider racist, misogynist attacks ... even attacks on his deceased mother, fair game. Nothing is out of bounds if its purpose is to denigrate or hurt the president.
You've heard the term "snow blind" -- Judge Cebull was "hate blind." And that hate blindness surely led to his transgression. Regardless of what led to it, his action clearly shows a severe lack of judgment, potential bias, and a temperament unbecoming of a federal judge. He needs to step down now.
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P.S. Rep. John Conyers has now called for a congressional hearing "to consider the full ramifications of Judge Cebull's conduct on integrity of the federal judiciary," and to consider possible "further investigation or possible legislative action."
Congressional attention is certainly warranted and welcome, but Judge Cebull should take it upon himself to do the right thing and step down.
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This is Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson, one of the "Wisconsin 14." One year ago today, we left the state to stop Governor Scott Walker from turning his war on workers into law.
The weeks we spent away from our family and friends empowered a movement back home -- with people all across Wisconsin standing up for workers.
With the help of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and many others, we turned anger into accountability. We won two victories in the August recall elections, turned the Wisconsin 14 into the Wisconsin 16, and took away Governor Walker's working majority in the Senate -- massively slowing down his ability to hurt our state and our nation.
Today, I'm asking you to help us finish the job.
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We've already collected over 1 million signatures to recall Governor Walker from office, shocking the political world. But right now, the billionaire Koch Brothers are flooding our state with pro-Walker TV ads. We need the 99% to stand with us to fight back.
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What happens here in Wisconsin has ripple effects throughout the nation. When Governor Walker bashed unions, that was quickly followed by Republican governors in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and other states.
The Wisconsin recall victories added momentum in Ohio, where voters overturned a devastating anti-union law. And in Arizona, where voters recalled an anti-immigrant leader from office. It was also a precursor to Occupy Wall Street.
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It's too bad antitrust laws only cover mergers between corporations, because these days it seems as though the Republican Party itself has become just another arm of the biggest multinational corporations.The GOP barely even pretend to represent the interests of voters anymore. Well, that got us thinking: what does this near-merger actually look like?Check this out:http://pol.moveon.org/republicorp_orgchart/?id=24068-18031740-z9wB.ex&t=1
That's the RepubliCorp merger plan to take over our government.
Will you take a look and pass it on? The best way to stop these corporate front groups from stealing our election is to make sure as many people as possible know they're trying to do it—and we created this chart as a fun way to spread the word. Can you help?
Check out the full interactive chart here: http://pol.moveon.org/republicorp_orgchart/?id=24068-18031740-z9wB.ex&t=4
Hover over the elements of the takeover plan to find out more. And be sure to tell your friends about RepubliCorp's big plans:
The Cabal of Multinational Corporations is pleased to formally announce RepubliCorpTM, a new combined entity following our complete merger with the Republican Party.
RepubliCorpTM combines the ethics-free campaigning savvy of the GOP with the limit-free spending power of Corporate AmericaTM. This merger is precisely timed: With the recent Citizens United ruling finally placing the United States government on the open market, RepubliCorpTM is now perfectly positioned to lead our hostile takeover bid, currently scheduled for completion on November 2nd 2010.
See below for the restructuring plan for the takeover bid, designed to maximize the impressive array of assets which are now—or soon will be—wholly owned subsidiaries of RepubliCorpTM:
Public Relations
This unit has a proud track record of mass-marketing corporate priorities and training our political associates to serve us in government. Unfortunately, funding transparency laws and the GOP's visible contempt for the American people will pose a serious challenge to this unit until all campaign finance regulations are repealed and the GOP's image is sanitized. Of course, these are two of RepubliCorp'sTM top priorities for 2011.
Revenue Generation and Political Enforcement
This unit has an unparalleled capacity to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to corporate candidates and lobbying operations. While recent accusations of tax fraud, money laundering, and soliciting donations from foreign corporations have posed minor setbacks, these will be quickly resolved following our U.S. government takeover.
Left unchecked, an informed electorate poses a serious risk to our long-term interests. Thankfully, this unit has demonstrated a best-in-class ability to ensure a healthy climate of constant fear, driven by unquestioned RepubliCorpTM talking points, perfect for achieving and maintaining our full ownership of the U.S. government.
HR and Development
Funded by other subsidiaries such as Fox News and major oil companies, the recent merger will allow full integration of this growing campaign asset into the RepubliCorpTM family.
We're proud to bolster our hostile takeover bid with an outstanding set of new divisions, led by the very best in the field political manipulation.
Founded in 2004 by Oil and Gas billionaires the Koch Brothers, AFP is the industry-leading expert in converting corporate funds into the appearance of grassroots support. The well-financed force behind the "tea party" apparatus, AFP will ensure RepubliCorpTM appears to be on the side of "the people" for years to come.
While protesting that he doesn't, Karl Rove (see staff profile) will lead this unit with a healthy $60 million budget. Unfettered by principles and funded by billionaires, this unit's deceptive and negative advertising will considerably strengthen our takeover bid.
RepubliCorpTM was proud to hire disgraced politicians Norm Coleman, Haley Barbour and Jeb Bush to run this division. AAN is poised to spend $25 million on attack ads in 2010, and is fully immune from disclosure thanks to Citizens United and the Senate's fortuitous failure to pass the DISCLOSE Act.
This unit has faced troublesome allegations in the past of hiding its revenue and illegally funding corporate money into deceptive electioneering. Despite that, this unit soldiers on, running political strategy for the narrow self-interest of our donors. Thankfully, once our takeover is complete, this highly effective branch of RepubliCorpTM will be able to advance our interests without fear of accountability.
RepubliCorpTM shareholders can be confident that our hostile take over bid for the US Government is in the hands of an all-star team of executives who are passionate about transferring power from voters to corporations—and have the track record to back it up.
CEO-Designate, Government Division
As the top Congressional Republican, Mr. Boehner is a life-long pioneer in bringing corporate power deep into government. He set the new standard in 1996 when he when he physically distributed checks from tobacco lobbyists to Republicans on the floor of the US House of Representatives. Just imagine what his leadership can do for RepubliCorpTM once the takeover is complete.
Vice President For Corporate Communications
Mr. Murdoch is not just a principle investor in RepubliCorpTM but a passionate advocate of replacing journalism with corporate PR. He will now fully devote his considerable talent to our hostile takeover bid for the U.S. government, and ensure voters are sufficiently frightened and misinformed to avoid any interference from below.
Marketing Director
A legend who needs no introduction, 'The Prince of Darkness' has proven the boundary between politics and governance is just an antiquated formality by bringing the same fear-mongering, divisive agenda into George W. Bush's White House as he made famous on the campaign trail. RepubliCorpTM shareholders can rest easy knowing our takeover bid and future administration plans for the U.Ss government are in Mr. Rove's experienced hands.
Diversity and Equal Employment Solutions
Cumbersome laws promoting diversity and equal employment opportunity have long bedeviled many of our private sector subsidiaries. Following our government takeover, Mr. Paul will be retained at the 'Senator' level and lead the effort to eliminate these tiring restrictions. With a long track record of outspoken opposition to key provisions of the Civil Rights Act, Mr. Paul is clearly the right executive for this delicate task.
Director of Outreach and Incitement
Until our R&D engineers at Diebold are able to perfect the Fully Automated Voting System, individual voters still pose a potentially threatening externality to our takeover bid. And nothing disturbs voters like facts. That's why RepubliCorpTM is proud to retain Ms. Palin, the world's leading authority on the replacement of facts with folksy talking points and Facebook posts. Ms. Palin's legendary ability to neutralize voters though inciting and misdirecting anger while obfuscating our activities makes her an irreplaceable addition to our senior executive team.
Executive Vice President for Fundraising and Arm-Twisting
Mr. Donohue's excellent leadership of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce makes him an invaluable asset to the takeover bid leadership staff. He has demonstrated a prodigious talent for converting corporate wealth into unrivaled DC influence, and a healthy penchant for money laundering and deceptive smear campaigning against politicians who refuse to join our business units. And the vast quantity of consumer dollars that secretly flow into U.S. Chamber political coffers ensures a reliable revenue source even in a worst-case-scenario outbreak of voter awareness and outrage.
Chief Morale Officer
Mr. Steele has raised all of our spirits over the past year as Chairman of our newly acquired GOP unit with his knee-slapping gaffes, lesbian bondage excursion scandals and astounding ability to retain a straight face despite his kind-hearted buffoonery. While we are confident of success, hostile government takeovers can be grueling affairs, and we are excited to have secured Mr. Steele a permanent slot on our senior team to keep the smiles coming.
Director, Conspiracy Unit
At RepubliCorpTM we know that customer service comes first. And nothing interferes in our ability to serve our corporate customers like voters who demand know 'what's going on here.' That's why we've found Mr. Beck's conspiracy unit to consistently yield amongst the highest ROI's of any RepubliCorpTM division. With just a healthy imagination, a common blackboard, famously flexible ethics, and the integrated support of our Fox News unit, Mr. Beck has provided millions of voters with carefully fabricated answers to their questions, expertly diverting their concerns and even enlisting them as inadvertent supporters of our takeover bid.
Chief Investors, Shareholders, and Chairmen of the Board
Nothing proves the unofficial RepubliCorpTM motto: 'billionaires know best' like the inspiring story of David and Charles Koch. These visionary brothers understand that hard work is the engine of progress, and no one will work hard if they think that once they become billionaires they will still be expected to pay taxes like regular suckers. As billionaires themselves, the Koch's have selflessly contributed over $100 million to a series of RepubliCorpTM campaigns to remove the yoke of reasonability from billionaires' shoulders and thus unleash the hidden potential of this great nation. RepubliCorpTM is humbled to have this duo as our chief investors, shareholders, and Chairmen of the Board.
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Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp., the second- biggest U.S. lender by assets, said home loans President Barbara Desoer is retiring after aiding a reorganization under co-Chief Operating Officer David Darnell.
Desoer, 58, who has spent 34 years at the company, was assigned in October to integrate her mortgage business into the Charlotte, North Carolina-based firm's consumer operations, handing over responsibility for loans to other executives. With the transition complete, she decided to resign later this month, according to a memo sent to employees.
"Barbara has always been one to take on our company's greatest challenges," Darnell said in the memo.
Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan, 52, shook up management in September, putting Darnell in charge of consumer and wealth-management units, which included supervising Desoer. Earlier last year, she lost responsibility for about half of the bank's mortgages when Moynihan segregated about 6.7 million loans into a so-called bad bank run by Terry Laughlin.
Bank of America ceded about three-quarters of its market share in U.S. home mortgages since 2007 as the firm grappled with defective loans, falling to 5.6 percent of originations in the fourth quarter, according to FBR Capital Markets.
Desoer had management roles in technology, retail and commercial banking and risk management and helped the integration of takeovers including that of FleetBoston Financial Corp., MBNA Corp. and U.S. Trust, according to the memo. Her retirement was reported earlier by the New York Times.
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Good Times Restaurants Inc. Closes $5.5 Million Public Offering
Good Times Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIM), a regional quick service restaurant chain focused on fresh, high quality, all natural products, today announced that it has completed a public offering of 2,200,000 shares of common stock at a price per share of $2.50, together with warrants to purchase 2,530,000 shares of common stock at $2.75 per share ("A Warrants") and additional warrants to purchase 1,265,000 shares of common stock at $2.50 per share ("B Warrants") for gross proceeds to the company of $5,504,950, which includes the partial exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option with respect to 330,000 A Warrants and 165,000 B Warrants. The Company's common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "GTIM".
Good Times intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the development of new Bad Daddy's Burger Bar restaurants associated with the Company's previously announced Bad Daddy's joint venture transaction, restaurant remodeling of its Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard restaurants, Bad Daddy's franchise development entity capitalization and general working capital. President & CEO Boyd Hoback said, "We are excited to accelerate our growth with the proceeds of this offering and look forward to further equity capital through the eventual exercise of the warrants. We have no debt on our balance sheet, our core business has significant sales and earnings momentum and we have an exciting new concept in Bad Daddy's that we intend to grow through new company owned and franchised restaurants."
Maxim Group LLC acted as the sole book running manager in the offering.
A registration statement relating to the common stock and warrants was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2013. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.This offering was made by means of prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from Maxim Group LLC at 405 Lexington Ave, New York, New York 10174, (800)-724-0761.
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I lie awake most nights, just thinking about my lifeI wonder what's my purpose and why i'm still here tonightmy life's so hard to get throughI just don't understand whypeople all seem to hate me although i really tryI have many demons to fight, many things keep me up at nightsometimes i wish i could just end it all, it's just to much to baresociety is so nasty, people aren't that niceI'm bullied when I make a stance and even when I don'tIt's everyone around me, sometimes there's no escapeI feel like i'm a little child who's trying not to cryI need my God to strengthen me - but where is He?It hurts so much when the lashes just keep comingthere's no one there to rely on, or to keep me goingI've tried to hide it for so long, to smile and get throughbut trying isn't working now, I'm really done, I'm throughWhere is my God, my church or friends - they're no where to be seenif only God could help me now, reach out and pull me upI'm drowning in my sorrows, I'm losing this struggle fastmy eyes are swelling up as i try to fight the tearsPlease help me, save me, love me - is that too much to ask?The hurt is just to much for me, it's bare, it cuts, it's real.
The Lord never sleeps, He keeps thinking of youHe knows your purpose, He has a plan for youHe's carrying you through the rough time and you do not knowThere's no need to questionHis love is undeniable and unendingThe Lord is your keeper, He is your armorFind comfort in Him that is your escapeHe is your father, He is there for all your needsYour strength is perfected in weakness He tells you in Second Corinthians TwelveEach lash that puts me to the ground is another chance to riseTo rise with Christ and truly taste His resurrectionA resurrection from pain and struggle ending with true joy and happinessTruly He is right there with you in that struggleExtending His hand for you to hold on to and riseFear not from the struggle instead cry out with David Saying:"Though an army should encamp against me, though war may rise against meMy heart shall not fear, in this I will be confident,For in the time of trouble, He shall hide me in His pavillon,He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock."
+Dear SharetheLord,What a beautiful beautiful response, thank you for that.Dear Depressed,Sometimes life is hard, and it sucks. Sometimes it's partially our fault, sometimes it's really by no fault of our own, and others a combination of both. People were created to live in community. We are supposed to be the Light of the world and Salt of the earth. We are supposed to act like God one toward another, which is why our Lord gave the example of people standing in judgment who said "We did such and such in your name etc..." and He says, "I don't know you. You never comforted me, clothed me, helped me out...you never had my back".There is a comfort that will come from God through your deep personal connection with Him - particularly through consistency in reading the Bible and opening up your heart in real prayer (I don't mean just rapid fire random psalms or words).Personally, when things suck, I find the psalms that match my mood and make them about me. Out of the depths am I crying, Lord --- hear me! If you go through the psalm, King David is saying the same as your poem. He's saying, Lord, where are you? Why am I feeling like this?! Are you listening? Will you please hear me?! I use it to get me into prayer and then open up my heart some more. But I also try in those prayers to listen to Him as well, and not only to rant (rant but then calm down and listen). Coupling this with the Bible may help you find some solace as well, but I emphasise again that this needs to be consistent.Another type of comfort is supposed to come from humans. So it's good that you reached out here, and I hope that you reached out to your local friends and pals as well. We're supposed to offer a listening ear in love, we should help each other get through slumps, occupy each other, take each other out, laugh when appropriate, be serious when appropriate, rebuke when appropriate...this is why the commandment is love of God and love of neighbour.Reach out not just to God, but also to your friends, family and community.I pray that the cause of your sadness is not some kind of guilt or doubt in His love for you, or any thing you may have messed up in, because if it's any of the above, I hope that you realise that He loves you no matter what.Keep trucking!pray for me,ap


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Recording information: Tiny Telphone Studios, San Francisco, CA (01/2011-03/2011).
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The Drift: Memory Drawings [Slipcase]
1 CD / Temporary Residence / 2008-04-08Tracks: If Wishes Were Like Horses; Uncanny Valley; I Had a List and I Lost It; Golden Sands; Smoke Falls; Lands End; Floating Truth
Artists: The Drift
The follow-up to their debut Noumena. Though the music on this release is familiar, there's a depth to both the performance and production that feels...continue...
Personnel: Danny Grody (guitar, keyboards); Jeff Jacobs (trumpet, electronics); Safa Shokrai (upright bass); Rich Douthit (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Jay Pellicci.
Recording inform...continue...
The Drift: Ceiling Sky
1 CD / Temporary Residence / 2007-11-06Tracks: Streets; Nozomi; Noumena; For Grace and Stars; Gardening, Not Architecture - (Four Tet Remix, Four Tet remix); Invisible Cities - (Sybarite Remix, Sybarite Remix)
Artists: The Drift
Audio Remixers: Xian Hawkins; Kieran Hebden.
Recording information: Tiny Telephone Studios, San Francisco, CA (12/2004-07/2007).
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The Drift: Noumena
1 CD / Temporary Residence / 2005-10-25Tracks: Gardening, Not Architecture; Invisible Cities; Hearts Are Flowers; Transatlantic; Inconsistency Principle; Fractured Then Gathered (Reprise)
Artists: The Drift
The Drift: Jeff Jacobs , Danny Grody, Safa Shokrai, Rich Douthit.
Personnel: Danny Grody (guitar, keyboards); Jeff Jacobs (trumpet, flugelhorn, electronics); Safa Shokrai (upright bass); Rich D...continue...


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City Launches Plan For Another Protected Bike Lane
The city of Denver and Downtown Denver Partnership announced a plan on Tuesday to bring a new protected bike lane to downtown.
Bennet Says Lack Of Congressional Action Could Take Toll On Roads
Transportation and road projects always seem to be stop-and-go because of funding, and that problem could get worse after Congress failed to pass a long-term transporation bill during their most recent session.
Governors Don't Agree With Proposed Tax Hike For Road Repairs
Transportation and road repairs were one of the many topics discussed during the nation's "Governors Meeting" with President Obama.
Company Hopes To Build Elevated Monorail From Boulder To Longmont
Two Colorado cities are considering a proposal to revolutionize transportation.
RTD Shows Off BRT Bus That Will Be Used On Boulder Turnpike
RTD is showing off buses of the future this week.
Coalition Considers Toll Lanes For Busy Stretch Of C-470
If you have driven C-470 through the southern part of the Denver metro area there's a good chance you've come to a complete stop on it.
Ex-Ill. Gov. Blagojevich On Way To Colo. Prison
Convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich stepped off a plane in Colorado on Thursday and headed to a federal prison to begin a 14-year sentence for corruption, the latest chapter in the downfall of a charismatic politician that seemed more like a bizarre reality TV show than a legal battle.
GOP Backs Off Plan To Strip Money From Transit
A Colorado Republican has backed off his plan to strip funding from Colorado transit and bicycle lanes in favor of highways and bridges.


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Tottenham have entered the race late on to sign Liverpool target Divock Origi, but the Lille man is expected to still choose the Reds.
Liverpool are believed to have already agreed a £9million deal with the French club for the Belgium international, who caught the eye at the World Cup, but Spurs are attempting to hijack the move.Reports claim the 19-year-old is keen to meet with Tottenham officials to see what their proposal is before making his final decision, as Liverpool's plan to loan him back to Lille for a season may not be as attractive as the north Londoners propelling him straight into their first-team for the upcoming campaign.Spurs have trumped Liverpool for several players in the past few years, including sealing deals for Clint Dempsey and Gylfi Sigurdsson after it had looked like they were bound for Anfield so they will hope to do the same for Origi.The youngster's stock has risen after some impressive performances for his country in Brazil this summer, during which he kept Romelu Lukaku out of the starting line-up, scoring one goal in the Group H win over Russia.
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texasheat wrote:I know that i stopped you in Kislev from getting DAC. However, i've played wrong in the past, so i'll ask the question. You need 2 magic icons, And/Or 2 warpstones yes? That dosen't seem to say 1 of each yes? I could have been playing wrong and it DOES mean 1 of each, but that's not how i read it originally. If i'm wrong, then yes the bloodbath was perhaps a stupid move...
BobCesca wrote:play : (M) Daemonic Subtlety - 0 - Your Warriors and Greater Daemons in this region each place one corruption during the corruption phase.
In Tilea
So, Nurgle and Rat, looks like you have the power to deny Khorne any ticks at all and still get yours. Nurgle can even balance out the two DACs I'll be able to get so I won't double tick. Or I guess he could gamble that Khorne won't hit anything in Estalia for a slim, slim chance of a double tick.
That is such a crazy card.
Bolt of Change - 0 - When you play this card, you may replace one Warrior figure in this region with two Cultist figures belonging to the same player. If there are not enough cultists in his stockpile, there is no effect.
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- Nov 18, 2006
Volkswagen Neeza Concept: official shots and info
This morning, Shanghai Volkswagen revealed the Volkswagen Neeza concept at the Beijing Motor Show. Looking exactly as we expected it to after seeing the advanced renderings and sketches released earlier this month, VW calls the bright red concept a "cross between a sport coupe and an estate with an off-road appearance." The "sport coupe" part of the description is a total reach. This is a wagon, through and through, regardless of what the PR boilerplate says.
And as wagons go, it's quite fetching -- no surprise, given that Volkswagen already produces a handsome Passat estate. Sitting on what looks like an Audi Allroad-height suspension, the Neeza sports unique fascias that showcase restyled head and taillights while still clearly evoking the aforementioned Passat. Note that the shape of the projector/turn signal assembly inside the reshaped lens up front retains the look of the corporate headlights we see on the automaker's current lineup. The grille incorporates some traditional Chinese window etching design elements, but is actually a throwback in that it doesn't have the full-shield look other VWs have today. If you're wondering where you've seen that familiar-looking thick D-pillar, pull up some shots of the Audi Q7 and wait for the light bulb to appear over your head. In summary, the outside of the car looks quite good, even though you feel like you've seen it all before.
Suicide doors offer a great view into the land-of-make-believe concept cabin with its neat read seats, blue lighting, enormous glass panoramic roof, and all-in-one radio/nav/phone/organizer/etc. control interface.
Fortunately, the car's press release explains that the name Neeza is taken from a mystical historic figure, otherwise we'd have thought it was Chinese for "spiffily restyled Passat with doors that'll never see the light of day."
(More photos, press release after the jump)
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Shanghai Volkswagen has today revealed the Neeza concept car at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition.
The Neeza concept is a crossover between a sports coupé and an estate with an off-road appearance, and has been designed in China for China. The study combines Chinese and German design philosophies, signifying the future of new models from Shanghai Volkswagen. Produced with Chinese culture, tastes and requirements firmly in mind, it is a mix of traditional Chinese and modern European features.
The off-road look of the Neeza concept reflects the versatility of the model. The front of the concept features a grille and bumper design that is typically Volkswagen, yet traditional Chinese window engravings are incorporated into the grille design. The rear looks sporty, yet is also functional.
The Neeza concept offers a large, functional interior for both business and leisure purposes. The design is open with optimal comfort in mind, for example, the front seats swivel so passengers can face each other. Access to rear seating is simplified by rear doors which open towards the rear, while a large panoramic roof provides a bright interior.
The concept intentionally has neither a radio, navigation system nor other form of infotainment equipment. Instead a 'Magic Box' serves as an interface for radio and navigation systems, mobile phone, personal organiser and other devices.
The name Neeza originates from 'Ne-zha', the name of a famous and mystical figure from Chinese history who had magical weapons and fought evil spirits.


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When Jennifer Lawrence traded her long locks for a choppy pixie, CNN issued a breaking news alert. "That was seriously the weirdest thing that's ever happened to me in my entire life," the Oscar winner told Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. "Can you imagine getting your hair cut and then finding out about it on the news?"
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Quality of life assessments have become increasingly important in measuring treatment effectiveness. For example, if two drugs are equal in their ability to cure a disease but unequal in their impact on patients' quality of life, the one that positively impacts HRQL will likely be favored. As cancer treatments become more efficacious, particularly for childhood cancers, their impact beyond the tumor is becoming increasingly important to families and physicians choosing treatments.
While doctors and researchers can rely on adult patients' responses to HRQL questionnaires, those working with children often rely on multiple sources for these measures, including the child, parents, teachers, physicians, and nurses. Previous evidence, though limited, suggested that parents may not be reliable reporters of their child's HRQL. For example, studies have shown parents of seriously ill children tend to underestimate the HRQL of their child.
However, the evidence is limited by inadequate study designs. Researchers led by senior author Sean Phipps, Ph.D., and first author Kathryn M. W. Russell, M.S. of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis conducted a broad inclusive study of 199 children either during or after cancer treatment and 108 healthy children to compare the agreement of HRQL measures between child and parents.
Analysis of parent-child HRQL assessments showed that in each of the ten HRQL measures, parents and child provided significantly similar answers. The correlation between parents and child was most consistent in families with cancer. However, parents reported lower physical function and greater physical challenges than their child. In addition, parents of a healthy child significantly overestimated most HRQL measures.
"Although it would be preferable to obtain data from both informants," conclude the authors, "data can be obtained with reasonable confidence from either parent or child if only one informant is available."
Article: "Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Cancer: Consistency and Agreement between Parent and Child Reports," Kathryn M. W. Russell, Melissa Hudson, Alanna Long, Sean Phipps, CANCER; Published Online: April 10, 2006 (DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21871); Print Issue Date: May 15, 2006.
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Get Schooled at the W.E.B!
In 2014, the World Expo of Beer is offering two exciting and unique learning opportunities for newbies and beer connoisseurs alike! Your chosen course price includes W.E.B. admission ($10), instruction, food, beer, and an exclusive 2014 "I Got Schooled" at the W.E.B. T-Shirt. There is limited seating for both offerings and these events WILL SELL OUT - so register now!
Registration: http://www.worldexpoofbeer.
Fine Food and Craft Brew Pairing:
Friday, May 16th 6:00 PM
Cost: $60
Enjoy opening night of the World Expo of Beer with a meal presented by the pinnacle of Frankenmuth fine dining - The Bavarian Inn Lodge. Each course of this fine meal will be created by executive chef, Jason Wellnitz, and paired with a delicious Michigan craft brew. This unique dining opportunity will be held on-site as brewers lead diners through four courses explaining the nuances of each pairing. Don't miss this opportunity to experience Michigan's finest craft brews served with mouth-watering fine foods!
Menu: Cherry Pecan Salad - Baby Spinach mixed with swiss cheese, dried cherries, pecans, tossed in a sweet oil and vinegar dressing, with a cherry balsamic reduction. Traditional Chili - Beef stew meat sautéed with onions and 8 different types of peppers, simmered for 4 hours in a broth of beef, tomato, and beer. Served with shredded cheese, green onion, and sour cream. Barbeque Brisket Sliders - Slow cooked beef brisket served on Cheddar Garlic Biscuits with a sweet and spicy Kentucky Barbeque sauce. Sea Salt Caramel Ice Cream for desert. Beer selections are carefully being considered at this time and will be announced during your dining experience!
Saturday, May 17th 4:00PM
Cost: $40
Join us for a laid back discussion with regional expert, Rex Halfpenny, on the basics of beer! During this course attendees will taste a fine selection of craft brews and learn about their properties. Our knowledgeable instructor will guide the class in distinguishing between the different beer styles and explain how beers are recognized by color, body, and taste. Participants will then be educated in the proper methods for storing, pouring, and serving different brews. Lastly, Rex will open the floor for questions and conversation. Traditional (and hearty) beer snacks will be served at this tasting and learning opportunity along with brews carefully selected from the following categories: Light, Dark, Hoppy, Malty, Low and High Alcohol. Come hungry and thirsty friends!
Find out more about Rex!
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TORRINGTON — Cameras surrounded the Board of Education Wednesday night as the board's meeting was broadcast live for the first time in almost two years.
Board of Education meetings returned to the airwaves after months of lobbying for the practice to return by longtime Board of Education member Paul E. Cavagnero.
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Collegians all over the country are calling for "trigger warnings," or "explicit alerts that the material they are about to read or see in a classroom might upset them," the N.Y. Times reports. The wisest activists favor narrowly drawn alerts intended to spare veterans and sexual assault victims from post-traumatic stress. Others want students warned about any content that might stoke anxiety or trauma. Critics of the "trigger warning" movement include academics who worry that requiring alerts in the classroom would chill speech and erode academic freedom. Others argue that the alerts are condescending, showy, or useless.
Strange as it may seem, reflecting on The Sopranos can help us here. The HBO series was as graphically violent as you'd expect of a mob drama: arms and legs are broken to extort protection money; gamblers who can't cover debts are brutally pummeled; a couple seasons in, I'd seen aggravated assaults, extreme domestic abuse, and more murderous gunshots to heads, chests, and guts than I can recall. Hence my surprise that Season 3, episode four was preceded by a warning I'd never seen. HBO uses standard Pay TV Content Descriptors. I'd been tipped off countless times about "adult content" and "graphic violence." What I hadn't known till just prior to that episode is that there's a special designation for rape:
After watching the episode, that brief warning seemed like a good idea. It isn't that the character's rape, awful as it was, is significantly "worse" than other traumas perpetrated in the series–in another episode, for example, a stripper is beaten, killed, and dumped in a ditch on a whim, a scene covered by generic "graphic violence." But every viewer of The Sopranos knew people would be beaten and killed. Rape, a distinct trauma, is absent from the show aside from one episode, and virtually every viewer was unprepared for the unexpected way it arose. I suspect the preemptive descriptor helped some number of viewers to avoid the scene, or more likely, to brace for it so as to be better prepared to watch.*
Notice that the general concept of "trigger warnings" is not, in fact, unique to feminist blogs or campus activists, even if they've cornered that particular buzz phrase. Mainstream, mass-entertainment networks find value in preemptive viewer alerts, even at the cost of tipping everyone off to a future plot development.
Weighing costs and benefits, that Sopranos episode strikes me as deft deployment of a "trigger warning." But the series illustrates the limits of such alerts too.
The descriptor "Adult Content" may be useful in pay TV as a whole (or may not be), but it had almost no value within the universe of people who watched or were passingly familiar with The Sopranos. Some episodes are more disturbingly violent than others–and individual sensitivities inevitably vary in a mass audience–yet the vague "adult content" label is appended to literally every episode. "Trigger warnings," by whatever name, are diminished when applied to extreme content that a typical person expects, or when used so ubiquitously that we reflexively ignore the meaningless tip because it isn't specific enough to be useful.
Unfortunately, college activists aren't just agitating for warnings to precede unusually graphic content that a reasonable person probably wouldn't have anticipated.
They're going much farther:
Should students about to read "The Great Gatsby" be forewarned about "a variety of scenes that reference gory, abusive and misogynistic violence," as one Rutgers student proposed? Would any book that addresses racism — like "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" or "Things Fall Apart" — have to be preceded by a note of caution? Do sexual images from Greek mythology need to come with a viewer-beware label?
The N.Y. Times story goes on to quote a draft guide on "trigger warnings" from Oberlin College:
Triggers are not only relevant to sexual misconduct, but also to anything that might cause trauma. Be aware of racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, cissexism, ableism, and other issues of privilege and oppression. Realize that all forms of violence are traumatic, and that your students have lives before and outside your classroom, experiences you may not expect or understand.
The standard critique here is that a "trigger warning" policy written like that would impinge on academic freedom, chill speech, and infantalize 18, 19, 20, and 21-year-olds. I agree. But most confounding is the notion of students pushing to be warned about classroom material more tame than much of what they encounter in daily life. The Oberlin language is broad enough to cover a huge chunk of network TV shows, hip hop albums, standup comics and Hollywood films. If everything the Oberlin community considers privileged or oppressive were labeled with a "trigger warning" they'd need to be taped all over campus.
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Christmas decorations can be super expensive so I came up with the idea of making all my decorations with wrapping paper this year. Different papers, different decorations. In this tutorial I will show you how to make wrapping paper trees. Check it out below!
DIY Wrapping Paper Trees
Using sturdy construction paper you want to create a cone. If your wrapping paper is super thick you don't have to do this step but if you are using thin wrapping paper you will need to do this. I used four pieces of construction paper for the largest cone. One piece of construction paper makes the 12" cone.
Now roll your construction paper at a diagonal, keeping the point tight in your hand.
Now tape the paper together so you have a sturdy base. It doesn't matter what this looks like. It's going to be covered by the wrapping paper.
Now cut the excess paper off your cone so you have a completely round base. This needs to be straight.
Alright, now pick your paper. Pick something pretty that you want to keep around for a while. You can use these decorations year after year. My paper is from the beautiful Paper Source store. I could live there!
Now flip your paper over. Pretty side down. Using a small piece of tape. Tape the corner of your paper to the point of your cone.
Tape the corner of your paper to the point of your cone and slowly start rolling the paper around it. Make sure to hold the paper tight to the cone.
Cut across your paper to create a straight edge. You can continue rolling the paper until it ends but this doesn't look as good. If you cut a straight edge you will have one seam in the back.
Using double sided tape, place a couple strips on the inside flap and seal the seam.
Now cut off the excess paper. You can cut the base as short as your construction paper cone inside or if you are using really think paper you can leave it a little longer.
Now embellish with whatever you want. I used glitter paper for the stars on top (and used a glue gun to attach them). You can also tie ribbon down them or glue buttons and beads to look like ornaments. Get creative!
You can watch how I made these trees here!
This was seen on Home and Family on the Hallmark Channel on 12/5 ~ See the pictures below!
I decorated the set on Home and Family with lots of paper decorations. Here I am building the 5 ft paper tree!
Here are the beautiful paper snowflakes I made! Working on uploading the tutorial now!
On set making the paper snowflakes!


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