text: | Dáil Éireann - Volume 655 - 21 May, 2008 Written Answers. - Tax and Social Welfare Codes. Deputy Olwyn Enright Deputy Olwyn Enright Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made with the programme for Government commitment to integrate the tax and social welfare systems fully to allow for more efficient data and money transfer mechanisms and provide for a fully integrated PPS number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20124/08] Deputy Mary Hanafin Deputy Mary Hanafin Deputy Mary Hanafin: My Department has taken a lead role over the years in developing and implementing identity management policies and procedures based on the use of the Personal Public Services (PPS) number. This number was previously known as the Revenue and Social Insurance (RSI) number. The name was changed to indicate the broadening of its role to one which supports delivery of a broader range of public services but it is also still used for its original core purpose of providing a common identifier for the Revenue Commissioners and this Department. As well as facilitating wider-scale exchange of information, the PPS number also has a role in the development of on-line services for individuals. My Department provides identity related services to a number of agencies in accordance with legislation. Building on these services, the Department constructed Public Service Identity (PSI) services to assist agencies in basic on-line identity management. The initial deployment of PSI services supports the registration and authentication functions of the Revenue Commissioners PAYE on-line services. 193 The overall Government strategy is to realise the potential of the Information Society through innovation and modernisation of public services. As part of this, the Standard Authentication Framework Environment programme, co-chaired by my Department and the [193] Department of Finance, builds on PSI Services to provide the basis for a consistent set of registration and authentication services for customer interaction with public services. The Revenue Commissioners are also participating in this programme of work and we will continue to develop PSI and other relevant services in conjunction with them. My Department and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners are currently engaged in finalising a renewed Memorandum of Understanding between our organisations concerning co-operation and mutual assistance. The objective of the proposed revised Memorandum is: to provide a basis for the continuance, enhancement and expansion of the existing administrative and operational arrangements to better reflect the missions, modern operating realities and totality of the relationship between the two organisations to recognise the growing interdependencies between the two organisations in achieving the delivery of services to the highest standard to strengthen liaison structures with a view to monitoring service delivery and control aspects. The details in this Memorandum are currently being finalised, and it is hoped to conclude negotiations shortly. My Department will of course continue to explore on the basis of these significant ongoing developments how greater data and money transfer efficiencies could be realised in the future. Dáil Éireann 655 Written Answers. Tax and Social Welfare Codes. Questions 20080521 | ||||||||||||||||||||||


text:
Leave the Planning to Me
You work hard for your vacation! Put my experience and expertise to work for you in planning the most care-free, stress-free Disney vacation. Whether you want to visit The World, The Land, Cruise the Seas, Enjoy Hawaii at Aulani or Experience the Exotic with Adventures by Disney, I can help create the vacation of your dreams.
Expansive Expertise
Mouse and More Travel is an Affiliate of Academy Travel, an official Earmarked Agency of the Walt Disney Travel Company. As a Disney Travel Specialist, I have traveled extensively through many Disney Destinations and graduated from the College of Disney Knowledge giving me the expertise to create a customized vacation itinerary to fit any family's needs.
Promotions Automatically Applied
As part of my service, once your vacation is booked, I will continue to monitor Disney's new promotional offers. If a new discount can be applied to your reservation I will do it for you automatically, giving you more money, more time and peace of mind.
Contact me to make your dream vacation a reality.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Skip to main content
Igniting Workplace Enthusiasm
Login / Register
Shopping Cart (0)
Contact Us
Find An Office
Corporate Solutions
The Process
Competency Areas
Curriculum Areas
Sales Effectiveness
Process Improvement
Team Member Engagement
Leadership Development
Customer Service
Presentation Effectiveness
Online Training
Carnegie Cloud Subscription
Online Training for Groups
Online Courses for Individuals
Training Resources for Managers
Train the Online Trainer: Certification
Online and Classroom Blended Training
Training Assessments
Organizational Assessments
Talent Assessments
Contact Us About Assessments
White Papers and Articles
10 Employee Engagement White Papers
Talent Management
Succession Planning
Government Agencies
Enterprise-wide Global Solutions
Case Studies
On-site Training
Online Learning
Browse All Courses and Reviews
Live Online Training Areas
Personal Leadership
Team Leadership
Organizational Leadership
Personal Effectiveness
Sales Effectiveness
Presentation and Communication Skills
Customer Service
Business Solutions
Carnegie Cloud Subscription
Online Training for Groups
Corporate Solutions
Train the Online Trainer: Certification
Resources for Managers
Digital Blog
Courses & Seminars
Course Finder
Dale Carnegie Course
Leadership Training For Managers
High Impact Presentations
Sales Advantage
Seminar Finder
Public Speaking Mastery
How to Communicate with Diplomacy & Tact
Confident, Assertive, In Charge: Developing the Attitudes of Leadership
Online Courses
Online Courses for Individuals
Online Training for Teams
Carnegie Cloud Subscription
Professional Certificate Programs
Certificates for You
Certificates for Your Employees
Leadership Coaching Guide
Workplace Conflict Resolution Guide
Time Management Guide
Presentation Effectiveness Guide
Sales Guide: Overcoming Objections
White Papers
Employee Engagement in Small/Med Businesses
Succession Planning
Emotional Drivers of Employee Engagement
Talent Management
Dale Carnegie Books
Case Studies
Videos & Podcasts
Tips & Advice
About Us
Worldwide Locations
Press Kit
Distinguished Leader of the Year Award
Dale Carnegie Merchandise
Inside Dale Carnegie
Job Openings
Contact Our Recruiters
Am I Qualified?
Franchise Options
Available Locations
Dale Carnegie Home
> Team Building and Workplace Engagement – What Tips Can We Get from Soccer?
Team Member Engagement
Team Building and Workplace Engagement – What Tips Can We Get from Soccer?
by Dale Carnegie
June 11, 2014
It has been years of preparation and months of anticipation as the world anxiously awaits the World Cup. The excitement is palpable as thousands of fans will cheer for their country - today the World Cup begins.
There is no lack of talent in the World Cup, but it takes a team to win. Team success is critical in the workplace as well; these team member engagement tips from Dale Carnegie will show you how you can gain willing cooperation and create engagement.
Follow these Team Building and Engagement Tips below.
1. Set a Goal:
Like on a soccer team, all 11 players work together with one sole purpose - win the game. At the workplace show your team their goal, mission, and vision for their upcoming project. Ensure that the team is attuned and working towards one common purpose.
2. Assign a task:
Just like in a soccer game, where the forwards, mid-fielders, and the defenders have their own mission, set specific tasks for each individual on the team for the project. Team members need to synchronize their activities in order to reach the established team objectives.
3. Communicate and Engage:
Before a game the coach and the players sit down and discuss their plan of action. The team leaders and members need to communicate frequently and openly. Clear communication with your team members establishes direction and will speed the decision making process. Create engagement by encouraging team members to give input and share their opinions and make suggestions.
4. Cooperate:
As the midfielders not only help the defenders with their task, but also arrange scoring opportunities for the forwards, team members should help each other in order to achieve the ultimate goal. This will create an environment of mutual support.
5. Recognize:
Once the game has triumphantly ended all team members should gather and show appreciation to one another for their effort and achievement. By giving honest and sincere appreciation the achievement is recognized and shared throughout the team. Give the team members a fine reputation to live up to and they will be proud to have a great reputation within the organization.
Related Posts:
Controlling Team Members' Emotions
Building Trust through Conflict
Building Enthusiasm & Establishing Accountability with your Team
Breaking Down Organizational Silos With Cross-Departmental Teams
Become a Contributing Team Member
Post a comment
(1 posted)
Enter comment here
Most Talked About Posts
Recent Posts
Select Month
January, 2015 (2)
November, 2014 (2)
September, 2014 (1)
August, 2014 (3)
July, 2014 (1)
June, 2014 (4)
May, 2014 (2)
April, 2014 (4)
March, 2014 (1)
September, 2013 (3)
August, 2013 (2)
July, 2013 (2)
June, 2013 (2)
May, 2013 (3)
April, 2013 (4)
March, 2013 (7)
November, 2011 (1)
Select a Category
Customer Service (7)
Leadership Development (7)
News (2)
Presentation Effectiveness (3)
Process Improvement (10)
Sales effectiveness (5)
Team Member Engagement (17)
780 Third Ave C-1, New York, NY 10017, US
P. | Toll Free. 800.231.5800
Follow us on
Join our mailing list
Site Map
Privacy Policy & Terms and Conditions
Terms & Conditions
© 2015 Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc.. All Rights Reserved.
Website design and development by


text:
Main Content
Marcos Ambrose is in his element when he's in the fast line and you're in your element when you're rooting for him from the stands. You need a way to show your support for the speedy racer and look cool doing so! This Element hat from Chase Authentics features an embroidered driver number on the crown and your NASCAR favorite's team logo on the back, along with "Marcos Ambrose" lettering on the adjustable hook and loop fastener strap. You'll never want to head to the track without this great Ambrose hat on your head!
- 100% Cotton
- 6 Panels with eyelets
- Adjustable hook and loop fastener strap
- Curved bill
- Imported
- Officially licensed NASCAR product
- Quality embroidery
- Structured fit
Ambrose Customers also liked:
Special event items are produced by manufacturers only after the outcome of a game
or event. These are advanced sale items and will ship immediately after they are
received in our warehouse.
Manufacturer direct items are shipped directly from the manufacturer. These items
are not available for international or expedited shipping.
Customized items can be personalized with options such as your name, your favorite
number, and/or designs. Some options may be limited by league rules.


text:
The Climate Registry is a nonprofit organization that provides meaningful information to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Registry establishes consistent, transparent standards throughout North America for businesses and governments to calculate, verify and publicly report their carbon footprints in a single, unified registry.
The Registry is committed to:
- Utilizing best practices in greenhouse gas emissions reporting
- Establishing a common data infrastructure for voluntary and mandatory reporting and emissions reduction programs
- Minimizing the burden on Members, Directors and Native Sovereign Nations
- Providing an opportunity for Members to establish an emissions baseline and document early action
- Developing a recognized platform for credible and consistent greenhouse gas emissions reporting
- Promoting full and public disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions while respecting business confidentiality
At its January 2009 meeting, The Climate Registry's Board of Directors unanimously adopted a policy regarding federal reporting programs in North America. The board strongly endorses that any federal greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting and regulatory programs in North America should partner with The Climate Registry as a cost effective central repository or clearinghouse for reporting and/or tracking GHG data. To read the full policy, please click here.
For answers to frequently asked questions about The Registry, visit our FAQs page.
For general information, download our printable brochure:
- What is The Climate Registry (PDF, 120kb)
- Qu'est-ce que The Climate Registry? (PDF, 139kb)
For all other inquiries, please contact us.


text:
If you don't want to spend your summer sweating it out in a real arcade, these Android games bring the arcade to you.
These are our top picks for the very best new, free Android games out now.
In the mood for a good arcade game? These are our top picks for the best Android arcade games of May 2014.
Download these 5 best new free Android games and start playing right now!


text:
Thaba Eco Hotel is equally suited for high-end corporate events as for concerts, matric farewells, birthdays and baptisms. Our separate Events Banqueting team is able to conjure up menus to accommodate any need: buffet, plated, portable, mini helpings, cocktail snacks, continental specialties, potjie, braai or even fine foods.
And beyond all this, we're a favourite among Event planners because of our eco-sensitivity; mountain biking and hiking trails; and fabulous on-site Sinzinani Spa.


text:
Public Meeting on Local Park Grants
Funding will become available in 2014 for the Local Park Grant Program and for the Community Outdoor Outreach Program (CO-OP). To assess the needs and desires of our grant customers, we are holding a series of statewide public input meetings
When |
Oct 22, 2013 from 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM |
Where | The Summit, 2975 Esplanade, Grand Prairie, TX 75053 |
Contact Phone | (512) 389-8224 |
The 83rd Texas Legislature has restored approximately half of the Texas Recreation Parks Account (TRPA) and Large County & Municipality Recreation and Parks Account funding for the 2014-2015 biennium. As this is only a partial restoration, program rules such as award ceilings, scoring criteria and application deadlines need to be reviewed. After the results of these inputs are obtained, TPWD staff will propose rule changes for adoption by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission in early 2014, with a call for grant applicants subsequent.


text:
St Anthony's Urgent Care
Please call clinic for hours.
This clinic has received no accreditation or certification.
We have been unable to verify this clinic's info.
1935 Prairie Dell Rd.
Suite 500
Union, MO 63084-4329
Get Directions
Suite 500
Union, MO 63084-4329
Get Directions
636-583-5300Hours of operation
- not available
About St Anthony's Urgent Care
St Anthony's Urgent Care in Union, MO located at 1935 Prairie Dell Rd., Suite 500. The hours of operation for this clinic are not known, however most walk-in clinics are open daily and for extended hours. St Anthony's Urgent Care appears to be individually owned and operated and not part of a larger network of clinics. There are, however, 2 walk-in clinics within 20 miles of Union in cities including Washington.
Map and Directions
Ratings and Reviews
No reviews have been provided.
Be the first to post a review.


text:
Thu, May 8, 08 at 20:46
Hi all,
I have a 17' x 30' area, with a 4' fence around. I've got potato's planted around 3 sides, with corn at the other end. I'm planting 4 15' rows of green beans in the middle. Previous years, deer and ground hogs feasted on the beans and some tomato's (with out the fence) this year I was thinking of installing a motion sensor light, with one light taken out and an inexpensive cassette player plugged in to the other socket with a sound effects tape ready to play with the sensor is tripped. What is everyones opinion on this idea? Thanks! |
Follow-Up Postings:
- Posted by daryljurassic OHIO 6a (My Page) on Sun, May 11, 08 at 9:27
A little Celine Dion in the cassette player should do the trick! You might try a picture of Rosie O'Donell by your motion light. Its sure to scare away even the hungriest of varmit...I have considered a Rosie scare crow in my garden but decided it wasn't worth it. I'd rather lose the corn. |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Ohio Valley Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here


text:
St. Vincent's Health System Health Library St. Vincent's Birmingham St. Vincent's Blount St. Vincent's East St. Vincent's St. Clair St. Vincent's Bham Foundation St. Vincent's East Foundation St. Vincent's Family Care St. Vincent's New Hospital Bruno Conference Center St. Vincent's Lodge East Medical Residency 119 Health & Wellness Jeremiah's Hope Academy The Heart Valve Clinic
Home Conference Rooms Directions and Parking Contact The BCC
Rental Equipment The Bruno Conference Center offers on-site rental equipment for your every meeting need. Below is a list of a few of the items we offer. If you are in need of something not mentioned here, please call and if we do not carry what you want, we will make every effort to secure the necessary equipment.
TV/VCR's LCD Data Projectors Overhead Projectors Slide Projectors Flip Charts/Markers Easels Conference Phones Wireless microphone systems Laser Pointers


text:
Hey all, I was hoping to get an identification on this fruit. They came with my house and for the past 10 years we have weed wacked them not knowing if they were edible or poisoness? I mention this because I have never seen them and if I were to come across this in a forest I would not eat them based on looks. It also seems like the old owner of the house had a garden in the yard, after diging up I found old stakes in the ground. These beeries are all lined up around our my back yard fence line. Many Thanks in advanced, |
Follow-Up Postings:
Yes they are strawberries. If they were more elogated they would look like 'Fraises des Bois'. |
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Fri, Jun 14, 13 at 13:25
They are mock strawberries, a common weed. Non-poisonous but not worth eating. Scott |
Here is a link that might be useful: Mock strawberry
While Scott might be right, they look more like Alpine (i.e. very tasty) strawberries to me. Have you noticed the flower color? Mock strawberries have yellow flowers, while alpine strawberries have white flowers. |
This post was edited by shazaam on Fri, Jun 14, 13 at 13:57
Since both mock strawberries and alpine strawberries are edible a taste test would not hurt you. They do look like Alpines to me, too. |
- Posted by PersianMD2Orchard none (My Page) on Fri, Jun 14, 13 at 17:18
looks like mocks to me, arent alpines usually more elongated anyway? |
That's a good point -- the berries on the variety that I grow are more elongated/conical in shape. I think flora's right...a taste test is in order. |
I believe they're the real deal. Mock fruits are usually, in my experience, held erect, and don't typically have the 'neck' I see in this photo. Flower color is a giveaway, and a taste test will seal the deal - the mocks don't really have any particular flavor to 'em. |
I believe they're the real deal. Mock fruits are usually, in my experience, held erect, and don't typically have the 'neck' I see in this photo. Flower color is a giveaway, and a taste test will seal the deal - the mocks don't really have any particular flavor to 'em. |
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Fri, Jun 14, 13 at 23:13
The seeds are sticking way out just like mocks. I often see a neck on mine like those. Crack one open, if its soft runny and whitish inside its a mock. Scott |
Those are wood or wild strawberries - Fragaria vesca or virginiana. They are not Alpine if they are producing runners. I have both, they will produce larger berries if in fertile soil and full sun rather than in their native forest habitat, but the berries are so small it's often not worth picking. Great flavor, I often grab a few in passing to snack on. DD actually picked about a pint last weekend and we had them on pancakes. I do have 1 Alpine plant I bought a few years ago, flavor of wild berries I transplanted is much better. The Alpine has gotten bigger but stays put, the wild berries have spread immensely and it's a chore just to keep them from cascading over the stone wall and into the lawn! |
- Posted by thebutcher 6b (Philadelphia are (My Page) on Sat, Jun 15, 13 at 14:39
Thanks for all the replies, I think I will give them a taste test today and get some close up photos. I don't know if this helps but all I know is that they only grow along my fence and come up every spring. And I think the birds like them which brings me to my next question, now attracting birds, could this be harmful to my tomatoes and peppers next to them or could this be a nice deterent that they will go for first. |
Do you recall the color of the flowers? |
- Posted by thebutcher 6b (Philadelphia are (My Page) on Sat, Jun 15, 13 at 16:30
I will take more photos this evening when I get back, but this is a closer up photo that I took the other day. I hope this helps. I think they are white? But when I get back I will inspect in greater detail. Thanks again all, |
I don't think those flowers belong to the strawberries. |
- Posted by thebutcher 6b (Philadelphia are (My Page) on Sat, Jun 15, 13 at 18:34
More photos and I did a taste test. At first I didnt think it was that good, but that could be because I had a few coctails but moments after the taste was better. It is kind of a nice tangy flavor. Does that help? I also took many photos but these are the initial. I also I looked way behind a big tree in my yard and there is plenty of them 10ft x 4 ft of all those green leaves and the red strawberries (I also noticed a black mat undernearth).. I did see some yellow flowers as well as white. Thanks again everyone. |
Your last photo is a clover flower. I've never cut one open, so I don't know what the inside of a wild strawberry looks like. But very intense strawberry flavor. I have some round ones that aren't that flavorful (though white flowers with yellow centers like all the others), kind of a deep pocked appearance. The ones that have seeds more on the surface and shaped like yours are more flavorful. The Alpine are very elongated and pointed and just don't taste like anything to me. |
- Posted by thebutcher 6b (Philadelphia are (My Page) on Sat, Jun 15, 13 at 19:12
Thanks Ajs, It puzzles me because I saw white and yellow. This photo is from the other side of the fence. Thanks again for all your help and same with every contributer here. - Mr Beno |
Those yellow flowers belong to the berries. Definitive ID. |
We have a weed that runners and has leaves like a strawberry plant and yellow flowers, but I've never seen them fruit and they have 5 leaves not 3 - I think they're Pontentilla. I can't tell from this last picture (and it's getting late in the season) if these flowers are on the strawberry plants or are weeds poking through like in your other pictures. If they have domed yellow centers (may see the seeds) surrounded by white petals (which may have fallen off by now) then they are one of the wild "real" strawberries. Basically, if you like the taste, they're strawberries. If you don't, they're a weed (or ornamental ground cover). |
Mock. After I went back and looked again, I changed my mind - and the next photos sealed the deal. Stick to the cocktails - or let me know what you were drinkin', 'cause if it made the mock strawberries taste tangy, I need to try some of that! lol. |
- Posted by thebutcher 6b (Philadelphia are (My Page) on Sun, Jun 16, 13 at 16:02
lol about the coctails and thanks for all the help and replies everyone. I tasted one today and they didnt have much flavor initally as a ripe fruit would have but the tangy taste did get a little stronger. I guess it could be from those seeds sticking out that are so small. Anyway I guess I will leave them be for now. They are just running along th fence. But in the back there is a whole big patch of them and I may use that space for growing Brussell sprouts now. Thanks again everyone, -Mr Beno |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Fruit & Orchards Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here


text:
This week, I actually left the house on more than one occasion. Surprising, I know! Philly almost never lets me (…)
I ended up calling my OB/GYN yesterday and this is how the phone conversation proceeded: Me: Hi! I'm a patient (…)
So.. day 1. Glad you are over, but day 2- you seem to be challenging me already. This is how (…)


text:
Lady Gaga bans reviewers from Vancouver shows
As career moves goes, Lady Gaga's latest one in Vancouver is a tad odd. On December 8, the management team for pop music's current It Girl announced that no complimentary review tickets would be issued for her three-day (December 9–11), sold-out stand at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
That's not entirely unusual. Occasionally, artists who don't need more ink will make similar stipulations for their concerts. What's different in their cases though is that those artists will almost always allow promoters to sell tickets to writers so their shows can be reviewed. In this case, Gaga's management also stipulated that promoters were not to sell tickets to reviewers either.
There are a couple of ways to look at this. One is that Lady Gaga is indeed being sincere on her breakout album, The Fame, and its recently released follow-up, The Fame Monster. Both records find her ruminating on being famous, with the latter examining the darker side of being so well-known that you can't order a latte at Starbucks or take a dump in an airport washroom without having someone doing their best to get a shot of you with a digital camera.
Lady Gaga has become so oversaturated so quickly that to add to her notoriety with more press would be nothing short of massively hypocritical. Make it impossible for reviewers to get into your concerts, and you don't have to open the paper the next day to see a picture of your smiling face, ginch-clad ass, and bubble-wrapped boobs.
Then again it's just as likely that her live shows suck so badly that she'd rather not have the word get out that, as a performer, she blows worse than Madonna's acting.
Whatever the reason, mission accomplished. Not that that's going to stop us from trying to worm our way in tonight, tomorrow, or the night after that. We'll be the one dressed up as Perez Hilton (complete with Kool-Aid-green hair), doing our best to convince the doormen that our good friend Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is waiting for us backstage and isn't going fucking on until she's seen us in the flesh in the front row.
My daughter, who is not easily impressed, was at the front of the mosh at the Bell Centre and said Gaga was amazingly entertaining, despite a few of the usual glitches that occur during the first show of a tour.
Lighten up and enjoy the show tonight, Mike.
What is the sense of critiquing an artist? There is none.
Not a fan of this lady's music, or theatrics, but definitely a fan of this move.
...If you're over 13 and actually going to see Lady goo-goo Gaga that's pretty embarrassing :-D
40 years ago we had musicians who could actually write their own songs and play an instrument live, like Van Morrison. 20 years ago what passed for music took a nosedive with such pathetic acts as Milli Vanilli. 10 years ago we reached what at the time seemed a new nadir in music mediocrity: Britney Spears--who shamelessly lip-synchs to sold out crowds. Amazingly, the idiot masses want the bar lowered even more! Bring on Lady goo-goo Gaga! All image and no content. Pure tabloid shmaltz.
...what will pass for "music" 10 or 20 years in the future from now? What new lows and can be achieved?? Can the corporate media come up with "musicians" that are even worse than Milli Vanilli, Britney Spears, or Lady Gaga?
This, of course, does nothing to excuse trumped up tarts and beefcakes who perform overproduced rubbish that is calculated to be as much like the last piece of successful rubbish as possible.
I just wanted to make it clear that there is no shame in being a performer who doesn't write all their own material - Frank Sinatra, Robert Gordon, The Cramps, Glenn Gould.
Youtube it, and hopefully you'll take back your woefully ignorant comment.
See how much it helps to know what the hell you're talking about?
And what higher praise could there possibly be?
Honestly folks, she may be decent fluff but let's not talk about her like she's the last bastion of artistic integrity.
Anyhow, no one revolutionized pop music more than Elvis Presley, and the man never wrote a single song in his life.
Quit your cryin Steve from Detroit...just cause she didn't come from 8 mile or raised in Flint, doesn't mean she doesn't deserve a little respect. If you all really enjoy music, you'll appreciate what this "lady" does on stage.
Thanks & have a happy holidays y'all.
The truth hurts, doesn't it :-D
I'm glad I got all of you pissed off. I'm right and you're all full of baloney!
Lady goo-goo Gaga's fan base consists of 8-13 year olds. She lip synchs all her songs, and represents the next step downward from Milli Vanilli, then Britney, and now Gaga.
Ok, Ok. I have to say one thing nice about her: I think its cool she's a hermaphrodite lip syncher. There, I said it.


text:
Grilled Cheese Steak Sandwich
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar
3/4 teaspoons dry mustard, divided
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
2 pounds well-trimmed tri-tip beef roast
1/2 cup shredded white Cheddar cheese
6 French baguettes, cut horizontally almost in half, opened flat
Prepare barbecue on medium-high heat. Whisk oil, vinegar, sugar, and
mustard in bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle beef all over with
salt and pepper, then top with mixture. Grill beef until thermometer
inserted into thickest part registers 120F to 125F degrees. Cook until
desired doneness is achieved. Place on cutting board and let rest 10
minutes. Cut very thinly across grain. Grill bread, cut side down, until
just crusty. Place on plates and arrange beef slices over bread. Sprinkle
with cheese and top baguette and serve.
Rec.food.recipes is moderated by Patricia D. Hill at [email protected].
Only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting.
Please allow several days for your submission to appear.
Archives: http://www.cdkitchen.com/rfr/ http://recipes.alastra.com/


text:
Lichborne: Top Death Knight DPS builds and patch 3.1
Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Talents, Death Knight, (Death Knight) Lichborne
Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Talents, Death Knight, (Death Knight) Lichborne
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Tips, Instances, Guides, Death Knight, (Death Knight) Lichborne
Filed under: Patches, Items, Analysis / Opinion, News items, Instances, Bosses, Death Knight, Inscription, (Death Knight) Lichborne
Filed under: Blacksmithing, Patches, Items, Analysis / Opinion, Talents, Buffs, Death Knight, Wrath of the Lich King, (Death Knight) Lichborne
Welcome to Lichborne, your (slighty late this week) weekly window into the zen of being a Death Knight.
As the dev team works to firm up Death Knights and get them ready for release, there is a debate that rages on among beta testers and the Death Knight community at large. I don't mean whether the recent huge nerf to Death Knight damage was justified. Rather, the argument I'm talking about is over the clash of 2-handers and dual wielding.
2-handers have been the Death Knight weapon of choice in the modern era of the game up until recently. Frostmourne, the ultimate Death Knight weapon, is a massive two-handed claymore. In the early to middle part of the classic end game, Baron Rivendare was the Death Knight that loomed large in everyone's thoughts, and he too wielded a much coveted two-handed runeblade.
Because of this, many Death Knights have no plans to ever pick up 2 weapons. The massive bloody two-handed runeblade is the classic Death Knight emblem. It's part of the lore and the feel of the class and, they say, there's no reason to change it.. At the same time, many other Death Knights say that dual wielding is here to stay. New prominent Death Knights such as Lord Darion Morgraine dual wield. It's now part of the lore, and 2-handed lovers should just suck it up.
Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, Expansions, Raiding, Death Knight, Wrath of the Lich King, (Death Knight) Lichborne
MMO Champion has pointed out something that should make Warrior and Shaman weaponsmiths rather happy: all one-handed epic weaponsmithing weapons will be non-unique as of 2.4.2. Combine this with the fact that the Main Hand designation is being taken off of most weapons as well, and you can see where this is going. Dual-wielded Dragonmaws, anybody?
If you can scrape together the mats, 2.4.2 should be a very good time to be a dual-wielding weaponsmith of the non-Rogue variety. The 2.7 speed on the mace and axe weapons means that your Windfury and Whirlwind will be very happy. All you have to do now is hope you have enough badges, gold, or pull with your raid leader to get all the Primal Nethers and Nether Vortexes ready to go.
Filed under: Rogue, Shaman, Warrior, Blacksmithing, Patches, Items, News items
Filed under: Shaman, Build Shop
Event | Date |
Love Is In the Air | 2/2 - 2/15 |
Blackrock Foundry Normal and Heroic open | 2/3 |
Darkmoon Faire | 2/8 - 2/15 |
Blackrock Foundry Mythic opens | 2/10 |
Lunar Festival | 2/16 - 3/2 |
Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 1 opens | 2/17 |
Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 2 opens | 2/24 |
Darkmoon Faire | 3/1 - 3/8 |
Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 3 opens | 3/10 |
Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 4 opens | 3/24 |
© 2015 AOL Inc. All rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Trademarks | AOL A-Z HELP | About Our Ads | Advertise With Us


text:
Sunday Celebration Service
Date: Sunday, June 22, 2014
Time: 8:45am
Location: Worship Center
The Sunday Celebration Service welcomes you to join a warm group of people in a beautiful setting to worship God
through a variety of choruses, hymns and favorite songs of faith. Music is led by our Worship Pastor, Tom Noland, along with FBC's Celebration Choir & Orchestra. Pastor Rick will challenge you each week by preaching Biblical truth.
Other Dates Coming Up...
Sunday, 06/29/2014
Sunday, 07/13/2014
Sunday, 07/20/2014
Sunday, 07/27/2014
Sunday, 08/03/2014
Sunday, 08/10/2014
Sunday, 08/17/2014
Sunday, 08/24/2014
Sunday, 09/14/2014
Sunday, 09/21/2014


text:
Chloroformed And Carried Away! 49 Minutes - $30 DVD; $25 Digital Download
This video celebrates the beauty of a helpless, vulnerable lady, choloformed, carried and bound. In the six scenarios included on this title, four of them include carrying.
First, Suzette Spenser is a snoopy reporter who is caught investigating a drug ring. She is chloroformed, carried into a back room, stripped naked, bound up and gagged.
Devin plays a geisha girl who has won the heart of a wealthy man. The man's soon to be ex-wife is enraged with jealousy so she chloroforms the petite geisha, carries her into a bedroom and ties her up. Will the geisha be rescued before Chantel can do horrible things to her?
Gavin is a burglar who has to subdue a pretty girl before he can split with the take. He chloros her and carries her to a bedroom where he ties her and gags her.
Eve is the maid to a wealthy and famous radio marriage counselor. When the good doctor keeps pestering Eve to break up with her bad-boy boyfriend, the boyfriend gets his revenge. He chloroforms the doctor into unconsciousness. Then he carries her to another room where she is trussed up. At first Eve is mortified that he would do that to her boss, but she soon warms up when he explains that they can take everything she has and head off to Mexico where they can live happily ever after.
Two other non-carry scenes round out this tape. MacKenzie is a talented musician who is knocked out by chloroform and tied up by a ruthless, washed up music producer. Yvonne is chloroformed and kidnapped by a jealous woman after Yvonne gets the attention of famous actor Tyler Banes. Will Tyler come up with the ransom money and free his new girlfriend?
I Want To Order This Title On DVD


text:
So I just started playing ANR with a buddy and had a question that we couldn't find a solid clear answer to in the rulebook, although it's possible we just missed it.
When making a run and encountering a rezzed piece of ICE without an icebreaker of the same type can the runner simply take the subroutine effects and pass through the ICE as long as one of the subroutines isn't 'End the run'?
This seems logical but we couldn't find a definitive answer. Thanks!


text:
Dragon Medical Spanish V11 is the Most Accurate Speech Recognition Software Ever Produced by Nuance!
What can Dragon Medical Spanish do for you?
Dragon Medical speech recognition software is the leading speech recognition software throughout the world. Dragon greatly simplifies the process of producing medical records, saving physicians and all medical facilities large amounts of money which is otherwise spent on transcription. Physicians no longer need to type or need to pay for transcription. They merely need to dictate their reports, and the words automatically appear in the document.
Dragon Medical has just been released in Spanish!
- Smart Configuration Recognition
- Speed Accuracy Tuning
- Smart Corrections
- Dragon Sidebar
- Profile Creation Wizard
- Help System & Tutorials
- Improved Desktop Navigation
- Time Reduced for Digital Recording Devices
- Enhanced Profile-Opening User Dialog


text:
The original deal pioneer keeps on pinching pennies and cracking wise. No, that price isn't a typo.
Go to Woot
Candlepower and puppet shows are so passé. Get the newest TVs, speakers, home theater gear, and more.
Go to Electronics.Woot
The robots are coming! And so are the laptops, the tablets, the chargers, and all sorts of other gadgets!
Go to Computers.Woot
High living at low prices with name-brand deals for your pad, crib, nest, or castle - inside and out.
Go to Home.Woot
Make it, build it, improve it. But whatever home project you've got in mind, start by saving money on it.
Go to Tools & Garden
Sports, fitness, and outdoors deals, because saving money is only one of your passions.
Go to Sport.Woot
You don't have to spend a lot to look like you do. Werk it and twerk it with amazing deals on designer watches, handbags and more.
Go to Accessories & Watches
Deals for moms and dads and anybody else who needs kids' stuff, from toys to baby gear to furniture to clothing.
Go to Kids.Woot
Our exclusive graphic tees will make you laugh, will make you cry, will make you look totally hot.
Go to Shirt.Woot
Direct from the winery to your thirsty lips: wine deals worth doing a spit-take over.
Go to Wine.Woot
Last chance deals for hardcore cheapskates. Catch 'em before they - you guessed it - sell out.
Go to Sellout.Woot
448,527 deals (and counting) from around the web, shared and ranked by a community of deal fiends like you. Go to Deals.Woot.
It seems like I face some new, frustrating dilemma almost every day. For a while, I tried to solve each one on my own, but I just can't do it anymore. I'm in over my head, and I need your help, Wooters! So, each week, I'm going to post a problem that I'm facing and you're going to help me solve it. But here's the catch: the solutions need to be puns. That's right: logic is secondary; puns are the primary goal here. I'll choose the best pun and announce it in next week's post.
THIS WEEK'S EPISODE: Cat Christmas Carols!
Tis the season to spread some cheer. And what better way than by going out caroling? But here's the thing: I don't just want to sing to people; I want my Christmas Carols to go viral, which means I need them to be about cats. Here's what I've come up with so far:
But if doing this every week has taught me anything it's that you guys are better at puns than I am. So please, post your cat carols in the comments and I'll pick my favorite in a few weeks (skipping next week for the holiday).
Last week's winner (rock and roll kids' books):Fun with Dick and Jane's Addiction, from user weisserteufel (who had a heck of a time getting that one past our filters; sorry about that!).
Other Favorites: Horton Hears the Guess Who from ambergreen; The Loraxl Rose from ralfe1; and UPoop2 (a companion to Everybody Poops) by master punster, SQUITODE…
Photo by flickr user twid, used under a Creative Commons License.
Away in a Mange O Calicoly Night Rudolph the Wet Nosed Tabby O Come Let Us Find More Hair Siamese Night ...and my favorite Silv-hair Balls
Anjellicle Cats We Have Heard on High
Meow be home Fur Christmas
Bring A Torch Jeanette Isabella (Which Is The Name Of My Cat, Not My Current Cat, But A Cat I Had When I Was A Child In The Thirties)
Lick the Paws (Deck the Halls), Mew you hear what I hear? Frosty the Tabby Go licking at the fountain Cat resist Ye merry catnip Bark! The Herald Felines Sing! The Kitty Runner Toy Pawing around the Sandbox free Siamese Night We Stray Cats of Orient Are
Titles ain't enough.... O Yowly night, the garbage cans are shining It is the night of our dear Tuna breath Long lay my plate in emptiness, me pining 'Til trash appeared and my tummy felt its worth A thrill of hope the weary cat rejoices For yonder there's a can without a lid Fall on your fleas O smell the the myriad choices O night feline! O night when snacks were born O night fe-LIIIIINE! O night, O Yowly niiiiiight
It is clear that any attempt I made at creating a pun would be a cat' (= cat apostrophe and you are on your own from here, but I think it is purrfect)
We must catnip your sort in the butt. (Well, that looks more unpleasant than any feline american would find it....)
All I want for Catmas is my Two Front Claws Hack! The Hairball Angels Spew I Saw Kitty Scratching Santa Claus Snowball Got Run Over by a Reindeer Fleas on My Cat (Feliz Navidad)
I saw Snowball licking sandy paws. Kitty Paws is clawing to town. Catmas time in Hollis (RUN C.A.T.). Simply licking a Wonderful Catnip Treat - Purr MeowCartney. Lickin' around the Catnip Treat.
Knockin' Down the Christmas Tree (to the tune of Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree) Silent Night (But Only When the Cat Isn't in Heat)
It's The Most Whiskerful Time Of The Year Kitty, It's Warm Inside It's Beginning To Sound A Lot Like Caterwauling The Litter Dumper Boy Have Some Holly Jolly Catnip Rudolph The Red-Furred Tigger Little Claws Nick Scent'a Kitty Santa's Paws Are Clawing To Town Mew Mew Rudolph Grandma Got Raced Over By Her Tigger Swattin' Around The Christmas Tree Felix Kneaded Navidad Dangle Ball Swat Whack the Balls Sandy the Catpan Go Yowl It From the Counter God Rest Ye Hyperactive Feline Whack, the Hand-held Dangled String! We Three Cats of Orange Fur Are Himalayan Blue Christmas >^..^<
Spay Ride. Bob Barker would be proud.
Hairballs roasting on an open fire Rockin' around the Catnip Tree I Wonder as i Dander ("I Wonder as I Wander") Garfield you Merry Gentlemen" Oh come, Oh come, Emmewnuel Silent Nyan
bongosolo wrote:Silv-hair Balls
I saw Mittens hiss at Santa Claws.
The First Meow The first meow the kitten did say Was to German shepards in beds as they lay: On hearths where cats lay a keeping their sleep On a warm cotton cloth that was their sheet. Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow Sleepy is the kitten that meows. It looked up and spotted a jar Shining on was feast beyond them far: And to the hearth it gave un-sate sight And so it gave kitten both prey and plight. Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow Thirsty is the kitten that meows. And by the sight of that same bright jar The kitten came forth to decree afar; To drink from that thing was it's content, And to reach the jar for it's lovely supplement. Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow, Impatient is the kitten that meows. Kitten grew spry out of warm nest; O'er shag carpet it took its unrest, And there it did not stop or stray, Right over the toys where dogs did play. Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow Quick is the kitten that meows The kitten in that counter top sea, Came reverently upon it's key, And drank there with its achievance Its warm soft milk and adamance. Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow, Happy is the kitten that meows When the kitten had it's reward Returned with it's small full belly restored, That kitten returned again to bed sought, Again to it's loving mother's soft spot Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow. Sleepy is the kitten that meows.
The 12 Strays of Catmas
This. Is. Hilarious.
patrice2 wrote:Titles ain't enough.... O Yowly night, the garbage cans are shining It is the night of our dear Tuna breath Long lay my plate in emptiness, me pining 'Til trash appeared and my tummy felt its worth A thrill of hope the weary cat rejoices For yonder there's a can without a lid Fall on your fleas O smell the the myriad choices O night feline! O night when snacks were born O night fe-LIIIIINE! O night, O Yowly niiiiiight
O' Little Town of Cat-bedlam We Three Siamese of Orient Are We Wish You a Hairy Christmas Rudolph the Red Nosed Maine Coon O Little Town of Cat-bedlam, by Diane - O Little town of Cat-bedlam How loudly we hear you cry! While those who'd sleep now toward you creep With hope that you're not shy. And while your dark heart pine-eth To rule the realm of night The hopes and tears of offended ears Shall end your lives tonight. Not one, but one of many Your lives to end we strive While mortals seek to get some sleep A few of us arrive With sticks and rocks we gather To drive you from our turf A ball of string to lure you in I'd whack you for all I'm worth. Don't get me wrong, I love my cat When cats are calm - not cursed. But Santa's due, I'm still hearing you And Santa, dear cat, comes 1st! For you just give us hairballs And other assorted sins If I could just instill your trust I'd catch and bring you in. O there you are, my kitty Out un yon fav'rite tree Scraping up the needles You passed some crap, I see. A bit of constipation did Make my kitty howl And now my piece of neighborhood Doth smell a little foul. Oh, come inside, you i di ot Now with your business done Yule play with string and other things It's now well after one! Oh, now you're ready to curl up And sleep through day and dawn. Fine! Scoot over, make some room That's my side that you're on.
Gotta be Bongosolo's "Siamese night" for it's elegant simplicity or dukeofwulf's "Spay ride" for reaching beyond the usual (Patrice2's rendition was good too)
Felis Navidad
View All →


text:
Bear Grylls stars in Mission Survive on ITV
Tue 27 Jan 2015
Bear Grylls stars in a new adrenalin-fuelled series for ITV in which the adventurer takes eight celebrities into the depths of one of the most unforgiving Central American rainforests, where they will be competing in an epic 12-day survival...
Fri 23 Jan 2015
The four broadcasters behind plans for televised General Election debates are today (Friday 23 January) publishing new proposals to expand the debates.
ITV confirms cast for The Frankenstein Chronicles
Thu 22 Jan 2015
ITV today confirmed a stellar cast for The Frankenstein Chronicles, a thrilling and terrifying re-imagining of the Frankenstein myth as a six-part period crime drama to be produced by Rainmark Films for ITV Encore.
Winners revealed at 20th National Television Awards
Wed 21 Jan 2015
The biggest names in TV descended on London's O2 tonight (21st January 2015) as the National Television Awards celebrated it's 20th anniversary in spectacular style.
ITV News appoints Tim Singleton as Deputy Editor
Wed 21 Jan 2015
ITV News has announced that Tim Singleton has been promoted to Deputy Editor, alongside his present duties as Director of Newsgathering.
Text Santa raises highest-ever total
Mon 19 Jan 2015
It's a record breaker - ITV's Text Santa raises highest-ever total. The fourth annual Text Santa appeal has been the most successful ever, increasing the total raised by a massive 20% on the 2013 campaign.
Britain's Got Talent 2015 Judges line up
Fri 16 Jan 2015
Thunderbirds Are Go new-look Tracy brothers are F.A.B.
Thu 15 Jan 2015
ITV today released an exclusive preview of the new-look Tracy brothers from this year's hotly anticipated new series, Thunderbirds Are Go.
Mon 12 Jan 2015
These are the first shots of the dramatic mini-bus crash which leaves the life of one of Coronation Street's much-loved residents hanging in the balance.
Mon 12 Jan 2015
Final Foyle's War episode brings one of tv's best loved series to a close


text:
Qaddafi, in a lineup of G8 leaders at a summit this year in L'Aquila, Italy, channels Saturday Night Fever in a white suit under the traditional Arabic bisht, accessorized with a small billboard of medals and, on his right breast, a brooch of Africa, just in case anyone forgot that Muammar is the president of the African Union. From UPI/Landov.
Dictator Chic
Colonel Qaddafi—A Life in Fashion
Since completing his transition from international pariah to statesman, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi—the longest-serving leader in both Africa and the Arab world—has brought color and his own eccentric panache to the drab circuit of international summits and conferences. Drawing upon the influences of Lacroix, Liberace, Phil Spector (for hair), Snoopy, and Idi Amin, Libya's leader—now in his 60s—is simply the most unabashed dresser on the world stage. We pay homage to a sartorial genius of our time.
- Topics:
- Libya


text:
Kodak Express Camera & Video Centre Penrith
589 High St, Penrith, Australia
Website: http://www.kodakexpress.com/
Phone: (02) 4732 2591
- Does 35mm film development
- Does 120 (medium format) film development
- Does C41 film development
- Does black and white film development
- Does X-Pro film development
Our friendly team can help you find the best solutions to your photographic printing, framing, giftware needs in addition to providing creative ways to display your photos. Our professional and archival quality photographic paper provides your photos with a lifetime of vibrant colour and detail
Film Processing
- 35mm: color negatives
- black and white
- color reversal films (xpro only)
- polaroids
Be the first to recommend this PhotoLab
Recommending PhotoLabs helps others find the best places to handle their film.
No comments yet, be the first
Do you want to submit a new PhotoLab?
Are we missing some Photolabs? Share your wisdom and help the Lomographic community!


text:
Kidkraft Austin Toy Box - Honey:
- Safety hinge on lid protects young fingers from getting pinched
- Doubles as a bench for additional seating
- Helps keep bedrooms tidy and organized
Finish: Honey
18.27"W x 30.55"D x 19.6"H
Furnished Over 1 Million Homes Since 1997...
I was very satisfied with One Way Furniture Service. I have referred them to many friends, family, and customers. Thank you. Kathy A. Eisele, Boston, MA
Product Review - Kidkraft Austin Toy Box - Honey
The product arrived the day before Christmas and that showed good delivery service. It is a great product. The chest has a good grade of wook and is durable. It also serves as a chair, as the child can sit on it as well. The color and the personal lettering makes it a piece of furniture that my child will be using in her room for years to come. - Keno the organizer
Furniture Brand
KidKraft is a leading creator, manufacturer and distributor of children's furniture, toy, gift and room accessory items.
Originally formed in 1968 as a manufacturer and supplier to the early-childhood sector, KidKraft began competing in the multi-billion dollar juvenile retail market in 1996. Today, KidKraft creates a wide array of room furnishings, gifts and toys, including licensed juvenile products for Harley-Davidson, John Deere, Hello Kitty, Strawberry Shortcake, and the PGA TOUR. Kidkraft |
Weight & Size
Reference - Sku: 14954 - Kidkraft Austin Toy Box - Honey by Kidkraft


text:
Soldiers Often 'Racialize' to Cope
November 12, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
New America Media, Interview, Aaron Glantz
Editor's Note: The horrific shooting Thursday at Fort Hood that claimed 13 lives and hospitalized another 30 people has set off a great deal of speculation as to why the alleged shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, did what he did.
NAM Editor Aaron Glantz spoke to former Marine Corps Cpl. Dave Hassan, who served in Iraq in 2005 and 2006. Hassan, an Egyptian American, said that while he was in Iraq, racist language was so pervasive that he began to use it himself.
When you heard that the shooter was an Arab-American major what was your reaction?
This is not going to end well. That was essentialy my first reaction. I don't know if the guy did it or not but assuming that this guy did do it, somebody who shoots a whole bunch of people ought to get punished for it, but in a broader sense, it's just going to fuel more of the anti-Arab racism that's grown up in the past decade or so. It's going to be fun for the rest of us. [laughs]
What about the fact that he was a psychiatrist?
He was probably treating guys with PTSD [post traumatic stress disorder] and there's a lot more overt racism in that crowd than there is in the rest of the military.
Talk about that.
Well, your average service member is not particularly racist and not necessarily more racist than your average American. But in order to go be involved with killing large [numbers] of other human beings, you have to dehumanize the enemy, and the easiest way to dehumanize them is to racialize them. In my experience, they're much more prone to talking about 'f** hajji's," if only "these f** hajjis wouldn't be here, this wouldn't have happened.'
But after you were deployed to Iraq, you used that language even though your family is Egyptian.
Oh, absolutely. I absolutely used those words. I didn't think anything of it. It was just a part of how you talked about the people who were in Iraq and it didn't even register that I was even talking about my own ethnic community until I started thinking about it after I got home. That was a little hard for me.
But it's just how you talk about Iraqis and Afghans. It's a word that's used for specific people in Arabic. It means someone who has completed a pilgrimage so it's a term of respect in Arab cultures. Now it's present at every level of the military chain of command, so everybody uses it. In the military, things stop because commanders want them to stop and that wasn't the case for that kind of language.
They're hajji's and you don't even think about the fact that it's a pretty racist term to be using it the way that we used it. And he [Hasan] would have heard a lot of it, because he was treating a lot of pretty angry folks.
And how was that day-to-day for you?
For me, it never went beyond the use of language. People would say, 'Why are hajjis wearing dresses all the time,' [talking about traditional Iraqi dishdash]. One or two of the officers that I had contact with would call me over and say 'Hassan, how come these hajjis want to be doing this?'
So thinking of all this were you surprised when Major Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood?
I was surprised that it was a psychiatrist that shot a lot of people. It's no longer surprising to me that returning veterans would kill a bunch of people. But this guy was a psychiatrist who hadn't been deployed, and he was also a major, which means he was in for a long time. If he had been at Walter Reed for a long time it was probably the first time that he had to think in detail about actually deploying to a foreign country and what that means. He would have been a lot closer to the 'action' there.


text:
Paul H. Smith
Paul Smith has a BA from Brigham Young University, an MS from the Defense Intelligence College; and is a graduate student in the Ph.D. program in Philosophy at the University of Texas-Austin. He enlisted in the Army in 1976 and served for seven years in the government's remote viewing psychic espionage program at Ft. Meade, MD. He is one of only a handful of government personnel to be personally trained in coordinate remote viewing (CRV) by Ingo Swann at SRI-International. He was the primary author of the government RV program's CRV training manual, and served as theory instructor for new CRV trainee personnel.
His military assignments also included Arabic linguist, electronic warfare operator, strategic intelligence officer for an Army Special Forces unit, tactical intelligence officer with the 101st Airborne Division during Desert Storm/Shield, strategic intelligence officer in the Collection Directorate of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and chief of the intelligence and security division, DCSOPS, for the Military District of Washington.
Past Shows:
Time Anomalies
Host Dave Schrader (email) welcomed paranormal researchers William Birnes and Joel Martin for a discussion on the possibilities of time travel, time slip phenomena, déjà vu, and alternate dimensions. They were joined in the first hour by time-traveling attorney Andrew D. Basiago and in the second hour by remote viewing instructor Paul Smith. ... More »
Host: Dave SchraderAn Electric Universe
Comparative mythologist Dave Talbott and physicist Wallace Thornhill (hour 2 only) discussed their theories about the electric universe, and how electric forces have widely affected our solar system, as well as Earth's ancient history. First hour guest, remote viewing instructor Paul H. Smith shared updates, and talked about the remote viewing process. ... More »
Host: George NooryAlien Abductions & Synchronicities
Experts in mysteries of the unknown, including UFOs and synchronicities, Trish and Rob MacGregor, discussed their work researching alien encounters and abductions, which ties into the Bermuda Triangle mystery, as well as planetary empaths who suffer physical symptoms related to pending Earth changes. In the first hour, remote viewing instructor Paul H. Smith presented a tribute to the recently deceased, Ingo Swann, legendary psychic, remote viewer, and artist. Tom McNear, the first military remote viewer trained by Swann, also joined the conversation. ... More »
Host: George NoorySpirit Consultations
Mark Anthony, the "Psychic Lawyer," a medium who specializes in communication with spirits, made his debut on the show. He sometimes uses his psychic skills on his cases as a criminal defense attorney, and some of his legal clients have sought him out for his psychic edge, he noted. First hour guest, Remote Viewing instructor and technical dowsing practitioner Paul H. Smith shared updates. Remote viewers use a specific protocol to gather information and observations about a location or object, distant or hidden from them, he explained. ... More »
Host: George NooryDowsing & ESP
Remote Viewing instructor and technical dowsing practitioner Paul H. Smith discussed practical ESP, including how dowsing can be used to find items and make decisions. Interestingly, if people are less invested in a particular outcome, ESP efforts are typically more successful as the subconscious has more interplay, he reported. First hour guest, author and economist John R. Lott talked about the new edition of his book, More Guns, Less Crime, which includes the effects of changes to gun control laws over the last 10 years. ... More »
Host: George NooryOut-of-Body Travels
Researcher and author Marilynn Hughes discussed her thousands of out-of-body travels, and the meaning behind these experiences. OBEs can be very transformative, helping people to dispel illusions and see the truth about themselves, God and our life purpose, she said. They can be like a bridge between our world and the eternal, and help the soul to evolve. First hour guest, remote viewing instructor Paul Smith talked about a recent RV experiment using Twitter that was conducted by Richard Wiseman. ... More »
Host: George NooryESP & Remote Viewing
Remote viewing instructor and dowsing practitioner Paul Smith discussed how people use ESP skills to their advantage. First hour guest, UFO disclosure advocate Stephen Bassett spoke about the Citizen's Briefing Book. ... More »
Host: George NooryDowsing, Remote Viewing & the Future
Remote Viewing instructor Paul Smith discussed how dowsing and remote viewing can be used to predict and visit the future. It's as if your consciousness can travel in time, both forward and back, he said. Large scale "deterministic" events in the future can't be changed, he noted, but if a person learns of an upcoming event they can alter their reaction to it, such as avoiding an area that will be hit with a catastrophe. ... More »
Host: George NooryDowsing & Remote Viewing for Gain
Remote viewing and dowsing expert Paul Smith discussed ESP techniques, and how people can use them to tap into future outcomes for financial gain. With remote viewing, you know where a target is, but you don't what it is-- dowsing is the reverse, where a person knows what the target is, but doesn't know its location, he explained. Both systems make use of the subconscious, but with dowsing the subconscious exerts a subtle ideomotor response.Associate Remote Viewing (ARV) can be applied to financial decisions-- by bypassing psychological influences, each outcome is associated with an unrelated object. For instance, a certain stock going up in price is represented by a hamburger, and a pencil represents the stock going down. The viewer then describes a visual of the object they see. This technique is successful 70% of the time, Smith stated.He also discussed how dowsing can be used to pick lottery numbers. Different blocks or cards are set up with a set of corresponding numbers ... More »
Host: George NooryUFOs and Remote Viewing
One of the most quoted authors in the field of Ufology, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jacques F. Vallee discussed his work on UFO phenomena, as well as his interest in remote viewing and parapsychology. ... More »
Host: George NooryDowsing & Remote Viewing
Remote viewer Paul H. Smith spoke about the interplay between dowsing, remote viewing (RV) and ESP. ... More »
Host: George Noory'Worker in the Light' Special
Best selling author, William J. Birnes spoke with George about their book Worker in the Light. ... More »
Host: George NooryOBE Perceptions
Author and speaker William Buhlman returned to share the latest observations and developments in out-of-body experience (OBE) research. ... More »
Host: George NooryGhosts & Reincarnation
Author Jeff Danelek presented his research into ghosts and reincarnation from an objective perspective. ... More »
Host: George NooryRemote Viewing & the Paranormal
Remote viewer Paul Smith spoke about his experiences working in the now disbanded Stargate program. As part of a team, they remote viewed targets at the behest of the intelligence community such as the hostage situation in Lebanon, he said, but were rarely told when they succeeded in giving accurate information. The CIA recently released 90,000 pages of archives related to Stargate, but crucial areas remained blacked out of the documents, Smith noted. ... More »
Host: George Noory


text:
Queen Victoria Cruise Review by Seabed: QV November Med cruise
Member Rating
Compare Prices on Queen Victoria Mediterranean Cruises
QV November Med cruise
Well,our second Cunard cruise and our second cruise.Not at all disappointed.We booked a Gateaway Deal and were very relieved NOT to get an obstructed view,all in all a very nice cabin on deck 8.This cabin 8049 is situated under the towel bar area for the midship pool.A little noise from above on a nice morning when the loungers are being put out,but may be we noticed it more because we are not very early risers!
The black out curtains don't help nor does the incredibly comfortable bed. This cabin is a corridor walk and one flight of stairs away from the Lido buffet.
The Lido food although very good does remind us of a BHS self serve cafe. Its horrible having to find a table with a tray full of food and drink,very difficult for some people, Gssss some of them take for ever to find a tea bag and even longer to dunk it!!! There is no shortage of staff in this restaurant and no reason why they cant help with finding the elderly or the less fit a table and taking their More
No complaints about the Britannia Restaurant other than the food wasn't always hot enough,the head waiter let the kitchen know quick enough! The waiting staff were fab and very funny, I do like staff that can relax a little but still be pros.
Oh that was a problem with the Lido, I had to mention there that the food wasn't hot although fresh.
We felt 12 nights too long on this trip for us,we needed more shore days of interest.Baltic and Russia next.
Our trip this time was made all the better for the table of 10 reducing to 9 that we shared with.good fun all. Less
Read more Queen Victoria cruise reviews >>
Read Cruise Critic's Queen Victoria Review >>
Absolutely Fantastic Cruise
Wonderful trip
Our 1st MSC Cruise. A Fantast...
Sponsored Links


text:
Why Miguel Cabrera is an a-hole
October 5th, 2009Last week I did a playoff preview where I went through each team individually and tried to pick a favorite (and it looks like I'll be an honorary Coors Field Drunk for the rest of this month). I went through each of the playoff teams and decided that the Tigers were going to win the division. The Twins had something like a 5% chance of coming back and I didn't think they would do it. Here's what I said.
(Skipping the Twins. They aren't coming back.)
That's it. I didn't even feel the need to justify it and now they are in a one-game playoff for the AL Central title to be played tomorrow.
(Quick tangent on this: Each year the MLB holds a series of coinflips in the event of tiebreakers to decide the home team. The Twins won this coinflip. (As lar pointed out in the comments this has been changed, but the overall point still stands.) Now, why wouldn't the MLB look at the schedule and say "You know, we want these tiebreakers to take place on Monday. We don't want either team gaining an advantage and we want the playoffs to start on Tuesday. Even though you won the toss, if you can't have that game on Monday, we're going to have that game on Monday in Detroit. Sorry." How hard would that be? The playoffs take forever as it is, why add a day because Brett Favre unretired?)
So, the Tigers play the Twins in a four game series and they split it when everyone says the Twins need to win 3 of 4 to have a chance. Then they sweep the Royals while the Twins fall apart against the White Sox. WHY? Why does this happen? I don't really care about either team at all, but I don't like to be wrong. Who likes to be wrong? Who is responsible for me to possibly be wrong? Miguel Cabrera, that's who.
Miguel Cabrera is one of the best hitters in baseball. He's also a completly irresponsible a-hole. On Friday Miguel.....
- Went out drinking with members of the White Sox (My guess: Freddy Garcia and Scott Podsednik.)
- Got home early in the morning (Did he drive?) and got into a fight with his wife
- Had bruises on his face and so did his wife
- Blew .26 on the breathalyzer (suck it LaRussa)
- Got picked up by Dave Dombrowski at the police station
- Went 0 for 11 in the series.
Now, it's hard to say that the performance of one player can have that big of an effect on the team's on field performance. It's hard to say that one player playing better would equal a win, but what we do know is that it doesn't help. What we also know, from personal experience, is that when you show up for work with little to no sleep and a ton of alcohol still in your system you don't do a good job. Just ask my buddy the airplane pilot.
But whatever. That's in the past. What matters is this next game and this one game, despite being exciting, is now surrounded by more talk about Cabrera than the actual game itself. Big League Stew is calling for his suspension and considering you can now listen to a 911 call where his wife clearly says he hit her, you might agree with them. Beyond that if Cabrera plays you might go out of your way to want the Tigers to lose. Millionaire douchebags are one thing. Millionaire douchebags who drink til 5AM when they have a game to play that day and then come home and beat their wives are another.
At the same time whether you hate him or not, as long as he doesn't go out drinking tonight, Cabrera gives the Tigers the best chance to win tomorrow. If he wants to ruin his life that's his business, but the rest of the team and their fans want to see the Tigers win the World Series. Ideally, they could do it without him but I have my doubts that they can. Using Miguel Cabrera gives them the best chance to win, but using Miguel Cabrera also sends a bad message so what do you do?
I don't know what to tell you. I know that what Miguel Cabrera did is something that I think is wrong, but I also know that if Ryan Braun ever missed a big game because of something he did off the field and the Brewers went on to lose I'd be mad about it. In the end we are all only fans of our teams and we want those teams to win. Sometimes to do that we need to let go of players as people and only think of them as cogs in the team. Morally, that sucks and it's not why we watch sports which is exactly what makes Miguel Cabrera an asshole. Whether he plays tomorrow or not, he's getting paid and by not being able to wait a couple more weeks to slap his wife he has made Tigers fans make an unwanted moral stand against his actions when all they want is to see their team win a few games. They know that Cabrera gives them the best chance and they hate him for it. Congratulations Miguel, you're an a-hole.
5 comments on "Why Miguel Cabrera is an a-hole"
As sad as this is to say, I'm more disgusted than Cabrera being out getting bombed until 5am when his team's trying to get into the playoffs than him getting into a dust-up with the Mrs. when he came home. Way to have one of your best players be a leader with the season on the line.
For having people acting that dumb, I gotta pick it as 7-3 Twins for that reason alone.
Wade Boggs played drunk all the time…As did many others…This is a non issue…If his wife was all beat up, I could understand the asshole comment…But he is a young guy who likes to let loose a little…
If he was on acid he probably would have hit 3 HR's that day…
I Agree he is a Total Jackass.


text:
Culprit: McDonald's Premium Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken contains 890 mg of sodium—more than half the recommended daily limit. And that's without the Caesar dressing, which can pile on another 500 mg. (Select the low-fat Italian and it's even 30% higher!) In these ready-to-go salads, says Lona Sandon, RD, an assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, "the worst part is usually the chicken, which is often cooked in a high-sodium marinade for flavor and may also be injected with a sodium solution to keep the meat moist."
Smarter choice: Skip the entrée salad and go for the burger with a garden salad on the side. A McDonald's plain hamburger has 520 mg of sodium (250 calories, 9 g fat); add the side salad (20 calories, 0 g fat, 10 mg sodium) or snack-size fruit-and-walnut salad (210 calories, 8 g fat, 60 mg sodium).


text:
David Wardle, Editor / Informer Technologies, Inc. / December 19, 2012
These applications can load and display geographical maps of various types. Some of them can also download or print the maps, besides displaying them. Various types of maps are supported, including MrSID ones.
Download solution synonyms: Map Opener, Open Map, View Map
These programs can help you with what you're intending to do:
The free AvisMap Viewer opens most GIS/CAD and raster image file types and most ArcView, ArcExplorer, and MapInfo projects. Besides just opening and viewing files, the Viewer supports an extensive list of features.
Download, View, and Print Maps with the MrSID Viewer. To download and view maps offline you need a special viewer. Maps are stored in MrSID format. The MRSID Viewer is a freeware tool. This library provides access to the MrSID viewer developed by LizardTech.
Autodesk MapGuide® Viewer allows you to interact with maps that were created using Autodesk MapGuide® Author. Using Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, you can zoom in and out on a map, find specific features, select features that meet certain criteria, display information about selected features, print the current view of the map, and more.
Getmapping Viewer is an easy to use aerial photo and mapping viewer featuring interactive roaming, zooming, measuring tools and more. Main features: - Save imagery as TIFF, JPEG, BMP, ERS, and BIL directly from ER Viewer. - View ECW images served by an Image Web Server. See www.EarthEtc.com for demo images. - View local images larger than 4GB etc.


text:
about us
about Sallie Mae alternatives
message board
donate links
Welcome to
The purpose of this site is to spread awareness of the predatory practices of student loan giant Sallie Mae and the flaws with the private student loan industry. I hope through our message boards, my story of dealing with Sallie Mae and media reports, we can bring change to the student loan industry. We need to educate new potential student borrowers before it's too late.
This site is under serious construction, however our
message board
is up and running. Please visit and register. We won't gain popularity or be able to properly voice our cause unless people post and tell about there experiences. Please register for the message boards and share your stories.


text:
This is a syndicated post from ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome. [Read the original article...]
In a communique issued on Saturday, the Office of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See which is headed by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, decried the use of false news stories as a means to influence the upcoming Conclave. Affirming that the freedom to choose a new pontiff by the College of Cardinals has been stro…
Incoming search terms:
- news vitican
- radio vatican


text:
Analysis: UN adds Benghazi suspect to al Qaeda sanctions list
Muhammad Jamal al Kashef. Courtesy of SITE Intelligence Group. |
The United Nations added Muhammad Jamal al Kashef, a longtime subordinate to al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri, to its sanctions list on Oct. 18. The UN's sanctions web page for Jamal, as he is commonly known in intelligence circles, contains many of the same details included in the US government's designation earlier this month. [See LWJ report, State Department designates longtime Zawahiri subordinate.]
However, the UN mentions two key aspects of Jamal's career that were omitted from the announcement of the US government's designation.
The UN notes that both Jamal and members of his network (the Muhammad Jamal Network, or "MJN") are "reported to be involved in the attack on the United States Mission in Benghazi, Libya, on 11 Sep. 2012." The US announcement did not mention Jamal's connection to the attack in Benghazi, even though it was first reported by The Wall Street Journal and subsequently other outlets, including The Long War Journal.
The UN describes Jamal as the head of the "Nasr City terrorist cell in Egypt in 2012." The Long War Journal has reported on Jamal's role in the Nasr City cell, which has multiple ties to al Qaeda.
The Nasr City cell has been tied to terrorist plots inside Egypt, according to Egyptian officials, including a planned attack on a Western embassy.
Another leader of the Nasr City cell was Sheikh Adel Shehato. Both Shehato and Jamal had been imprisoned prior to the Egyptian revolution but released in 2011. They were both re-arrested in November 2012.
Shehato and Jamal were both Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) leaders under Ayman al Zawahiri, who headed the EIJ and merged the terrorist organization with Osama bin Laden's operations prior to the 9/11 attacks.
Shehato did not hide his allegiance to al Qaeda prior to his arrest in late 2012. He openly proclaimed his loyalty to al Qaeda's ideology, and made numerous public appearances alongside Mohammed al Zawahiri, Ayman al Zawahiri's younger brother. The younger Zawahiri and Shehato helped incite the protest in front of the US Embassy in Cairo on Sept. 11, 2012. That protest was followed by the attack in Benghazi later in the day. Jamal is a longtime ally of Mohammed al Zawahiri, who was also an EIJ commander. [See LWJ report, Old School Egyptian jihadists linked to 9/11 Cairo protest, Benghazi suspect.]
The Nasr City cell is not mentioned in the US government's announcement.
In other respects, the UN's sanctions page lists the same details previously disclosed by the US. Jamal and his network have received support from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and they are "linked" to Ayman al Zawahiri and the leadership of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) as well.
Indeed, Jamal's communications with Zawahiri were discovered on his computer. [See LWJ report, Communications with Ayman al Zawahiri highlighted in 'Nasr City cell' case.]
Despite Jamal's arrest in late 2012, his network is still active. Jamal established multiple training camps in Egypt, including in the Sinai, and Libya. At least some of those camps and Jamal's operatives are still active.
The UN warns that the Jamal network is still training suicide bombers and foreign fighters. Members of the network are also "planning terrorist attacks in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere as of Sept. 2013."


text:
What Is Transformative Organizing?
Transformative organizing is the fusion of two important processes. The first is transformative learning, which leads people to question and change their deeply held views (i.e., perspective, worldview or frame) about themselves and the world. This has also has been defined as "learning to purposively question one's own assumptions, beliefs, feelings, and perspectives in order to grow or mature personally and intellectually." The second is community organizing, which leads people who have a common cause to unite and act in their shared self-interest.
The cornerstone to transformative organizing is laid by providing experiences that satisfy the autonomy, competence, and relatedness needs of young men and women in ways that are explicitly focused on presenting them with authentic opportunities to reflect and develop bonds of trust with one another.
Transformative organizing provides what disengaged young men and women need to change their lives. First, it strengthens their self-direction, redirects their view of the world and bonds them to a few people they can trust. Second, it shows them how to work together as citizens to confront personal problems and the institutional and situational barriers to their future success.
Powerful Ideas
Transformative organizing, the core strategy of Closing the Circle, links two powerful processes:
1) Transformative learning, which leads people to question and change their deeply held views about themselves and the world; and
2) Community organizing, which leads people who have a common cause to unite and act in their shared self-interest.
Unlike existing programs, our focus is not directly on changing institutions (like school) to better serve youth. The hundreds of millions of dollars being invested annually to improve schools and service programs seem to make little headway on the problem. Instead, our intervention aims to change youth directly so they, themselves, can challenge institutions to serve them better. Transformative organizing works to redirect their life trajectories, first, by changing their world view in fundamental ways and, then, by helping them to get meaningful control over their lives by learning to operate as a team with peers they trust.
Basics of Transformative Organizing The goal of transformative organizing is to foster meaningful perspective (or "world view") change that leads, among other things, to more positive engagement with family and community, as well as improved academic achievement.
To re-engage chronically disengaged youth, CTE's model nurtures transformative learning in ways that are "asset-based, internally-focused, relationship-driven" (Kretzmann and McKnight, 1993). The model's first phase is to build on friendship orientation – a defining feature of adolescence – to create strong peer-based teams and train them in effective methods of mutual support and discourse.
The second phase is to immerse these teams in community and school experiences that promote continuous transformational learning. Teams, themselves, become the key mechanism through which transformative learning takes place. These teams are trained in a range of group processes that give them the tools they need to deal positively with school, as well as with many of the critical issues and concerns of their members.
Transformation Begins with Teams The initiating event in our model is that youth are immersed in a summer-long, adventure program that leads them to bond in strong, peer teams that can provide mutual help and learning support to their members. Youth who participate in such teams, when exposed to challenging, even disorienting, experiences, will, ultimately, develop new perspectives that will serve as the foundation for a re-integration of their lives in a more successful and satisfying direction. This transformative learning will, in turn, lead to increased academic achievement and stronger academic, social, and community connectedness.
- Transformative organizing can be viewed as a multi-year sequence of learning experiences through which student teams pass as a tightly-bonded unit. Peer teams work (and play) together, provide mutual help for personal problems, encourage each other to engage in transformational learning and help one another to succeed academically. Teams develop expertise in a number of well-established group processes to give them the capacity to meet these challenges. These group processes cover four broad categories: talking circles, mutual help, team-based learning and community action.
- Fundamentally, transformative organizing depends on building trust. Sustainable transformation depends on creating a circle of trust which, ultimately, builds and strengthens faith and courage, and, therefore, helps hope to grow and be sustained. An important element of this is to create protected space in which members can open up and share real concerns, fears, hopes, aspirations, problems and crises. To achieve this, teams and circles must develop protocols and mutual agreements for dealing with the "chaos of poverty" in members' lives. An important objective of transformative organizing is to support the development of this structure.
- The teams that are forged in the initial summer program operate thereafter as a tight circle of friends and allies guided by four, main principles:
- Protect and support team mates — protect and strengthen the circle;
- Reclaim the family;
- Make school relevant and responsive to real needs and interests; and
- Bring about long-lasting social change in the local community to ensure a better future.
Teams Become the Foundation for a Youth-Led Organization The teams that have been forged during the first summer program will become the foundation for a larger, youth-led organization involving students at a given school or participating youth in a given community. These youth-led groups will form alliances with older adults and adult-led organizations who are willing to provide counsel, connections and resources in support of their efforts.
- Transformative organizing assumes that this youth-led infrastructure will be highly participatory, democratic, and relatively non-bureaucratic. Social networking is expected to play a dominant role in developing and maintaining group norms. Peer leadership is expected to develop from the base upward rather than hierarchically from the top down.
- The following arrangement suggests one possible scenario of how youth might organize themselves in loose federations at the school and community level:
Team/Circle – The basic group, formed over the first summer, is a 10-person Circle comprising deeply-bonded young men and women who trust one another. Teams with 5-10 members formed for specific objectives provide a first-line of support and personal intervention (see XXX for more on this). Circles provide backup to the teams and are the central forum in which members who trust one another can open up, confide, share their lives, and offer mutual caring, help, and support to one another. Teams and Circles are facilitated by peer leaders (i.e., "circle keepers") chosn by the members.
Chapter –Circles created by the efforts of a single "transformative organizer" (see XXX for more on this) organize as a Chapter, with coordination provided through a peer leadership committee comprising the peer leaders of each Circle and an executive team elected by the members of the Chapter leadership committee.
What Transformative Organizing Does/Does Not Do Our intervention does not "push" an alternative world view on participants but, instead, simply exposes them to challenging, disorienting experiences that lead them to question their existing perceptions, attitudes and world view. While this is taking place, they are guided to build teams that serve as arenas for critical discourse and dialogue, as well as sources of practical support for issues they face during the intervention and, later, in school and their personal lives. Our model does not require, or even suggest, that these teams ought to replace students' existing friendship network(s) but, instead, that teams help students to improve these relationships, as well.
Transformation Promotes Healing Because most disconnected young people have internalized hurt (trauma), whether they acknowledge it or not, Closing the Circle stresses that healing through personal transformation must be the first milestone. It is critical that Circles, in particular, learn how to help one another confront this hurt and begin to heal it. It is equally important for teams help one another to eliminate feelings of impotence in confronting personal challenges or institutionalized power.
Transformation Promotes Citizenship Closing the Circle teaches participating young men and women that they have real work to accomplish as citizens.
- The vision of our enterprise is not grounded in service delivery or advocacy. It is grounded in organizing youth to build the collective capacity to advocate for themselves, to obtain the services they need and to bring about positive change in their communities. We focus not on service or advocacy but on mobilization through transformation, capacity-building, and advising. We teach young men and women the truth behind the words of the Peruvian poet, Cesar Vallejo, "Hay hermanos muchisimo que hacer!" – "brothers and sisters, there is much to do" — and show them how they, themselves, can do it.
- In addition to what they do to help themselves via their teams and circles, the transformation of these young citizens requires that they, also, take on important work in their family, school, and community.
- The large majority of otherwise disconnected youth are bonded to their families but these relationships are often damaged and mistrustful (in both directions). We believe that youth need to reclaim and rebuild solid family relationships by supporting older adults and acting as a guardian of their younger siblings' future. Every youth should become a leader in his/her own family.
- Youth have important work to do in transforming their own schools into responsive centers of learning. This includes recruiting their families to support their effort and forming alliances with educators who desire to serve the needs of students more effctively.
- Youth can and should organize to confront the forces that marginalize adolescents. A movement of organized and mobilized youth can be a powerful change agent – socially, politically, and economically – in their communities and nationally. An obvious challenge is for them to confront the institutional inertia and bureaucratic rigidity of existing school systems. While respecting and honoring their schools for the potential value they offer, young people have the right to point out poor service and insist that schools provide them with a learning environment that addresses their needs and wishes with respect to their learning. In this and other arenas, youth have the potential and the right to exercise economic and political power to press for improvement.
Transformative Organizing is a Local Effort by Committed Communities Our work at present is to develop transformative organizing further and reduce it to effective practice. Once that is accomplished, we believe that it is critical to disseminate this intervention as a local, grassroots effort in each community rather than as a heirarchical intervention of an increasingly larger CTE operation. Our vision, therefore, is for CTE to evolve into a center at which dedicated individuals can study to become transformative organizers in order to bring CTE's model to the disconnected youth in their own communities. Within a few years, CTE will focus on training prospective organizers sent by interested communities. Once trained, these committed indivuals will return home to establish a local, grassroots organization with the young men and women of their own community.


text:
The Message (MSG) | New International Version (NIV) |
2 Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; God probes for what is good. | 2 All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD. |
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved. (The Message Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


text: The Emu: Nature's Sociopath This Man Did Not Want To Be Filmed Nearly Choking To Death Packers Fan Left Devasted By Recent Loss And A Bicycle Russia's Got a Terminator Thing, Y'all This Music Video Has a Great Message… Behold! I Can Play All the Keyboards! Grown Woman Throws Temper Tantrum The "American Sniper" Baby Could Use Some Acting Lessons Prepare to be recruited. Glitter Bomb Ruins Dad's Life Forever Captain Crust & Soul Food Has It All QVC Science Experts: The Moon Is a Planet Leonardo di Caprio Fights Japanese People We Accidently Made People Believe E! Called Lena Dunham Liza Minnelli This Irish Guy Is Super Excited About Snow Two Videos Of People Getting Hurt By Desserts Naya Rivera's Guide To Various Ethnicities' Silly Quirks Always Check Your Map This Drunk Woman Keeps It Real At The Monster Truck Rally Gamer Gets Rejected By Other Gamer On Video Game Live Stream Watch Papa John Make Online Pizza Ordering Look Awkward Drunk Bridesmaid Toasts Are the Best Toasts


text:
Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Chevrolet Cavalier Electrical System Questions
wesleymay Posts: 1I have a 2001 Cavalier and even though I affectionately refer to it as my Crapolier but it is a great little car. My question one question is about my dome light overhead. Sometimes when i am driving down the road my car turns into disco, disco because my dome light will start flickering on and off. I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else and if so what measures they took to correct the problem. Secondly is my oil light which sometimes flickers on and off also. More times than not when I am idle. The oil levels are fine and I have regular oil changes. Any thoughts?
arriola Posts: 1I had a problem i think theres a short circuit on my car. Whenever i open the head light at night,all those warning light on the dashboard comes out.and after that the aircondition gone out. And also the engine shut off.what should be the problem and how can i fix it.any help would be apreciated.thanks
tcc5 Posts: 1i own a 2001 cavalier, manual,2.2l engine, loaded except for power windows and leather (i dont even know if they came with leather). sometimes when i go to start my car all the electrical systems go dead. nothing starts up. everything works fine when i open the door, all the lights come on, everything works when the key is turned to the battery position, but when i go to start it everything dies. then a few or many minutes later the car will start no problem. im half decent mechanically inclined but completely useless when it comes to electrical stuff and i dont know where to begin trouble shooting this problem. any help would be greatly appreciated.
seafarmer Posts: 16Check the grounding wire from the battery to the battery tray. I found the tray had rotted out and separated a piece that the ground wire attached to causing all kinds of intermittent starting and dahsboard problems.
I'd also look at the battery wire connection to the starter. Check for continuity (unbroken wire) and corrosion at the starter connection especially.
Please post your finding back to assist others. -
doohingy Posts: 1I have a 99 Cavalier and one day the piece of junk decided not to run. It would start for a sec then just die then it wouldn't start again just turn over. But when I turn the key all the way off and try to start it again it would do the same thing start once then, die and just keeping turning over. Also the stereo and the dash lights wont turn on except for turn signals. if anyone has an answer to my issue it would be greatly appreciated.
airelectro Posts: 3I don't believe it is a fuse problem. You must check to see if you have an engine check light. If you have an engine check light, you must have the code or codes read. If you like to do some mechanics, then I suggest ordering a program for a windows laptop called OBDCOM. You can do a search on the internet for it. It cost about 90 dollars. If you have a laptop already, then this program will adapt to the on board diagnostics with the USB port adapter. If you don't have a computer then buy a code reader from Pep Boys or Auto Zone. If you don't want to spend any money then have them read the code for you. If you have no codes then it may be in your instrument cluster. Go to Youtube and watch a video on taking the dashboard out, then remove dashboard and instrument cluster. GM charges about 375 dollars for a instrument cluster. Hope this helps, if you have no code displayed then you don't have many leads to go on. Just check the electrical system out. Check battery, alternator, ground system, belts etc.