text: Follow Matchstick Men Composer: Hans Zimmer Artist: Various Artists Release date: 09/30/2003 Label: Colosseum (4005939651527)Varčse Sarabande (0030206651522) Type: Movie Listen: iTunes Amazon.com MP3 Format: CD, Download Reviewers (8.00/10) Members (7.00/10) (10 votes)Vote here!10987654321 Subscribe now! Stay better informed and get access to collectors info! Support this website by buying this music through the links below!iTunes Amazon.com Amazon.com MP3 Amazon.fr Amazon.co.uk Amazon.de Amazon.es Amazon.it Moviemusic.com: $15.99 Advertisement: Tracks1 reviewTrailers 1. The Good Life, Bobby Darin (2:23) 2. Flim Flam (:12) 3. Ichi-Ni-San (2:51) 4. Matchstick Men (2:09) 5. Weird Is Good (6:42) 6. Lonely Bull, Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass (2:15) 7. Ticks and Twitches (2:48) 8. I Have A Daughter? (1:06) 9. Swedish Rhapsody, Mantovani and His Orchestra (2:37) 10. Keep The Change (1:24) 11. Nosy Parker (2:44) 12. Leaning On A Lamp Post, George Formby (3:00) 13. Pool Lights (:54) 14. Pygmies! (2:07) 15. Charmaine, Mantovani and His Orchestra (3:05) 16. Roy's Rules (2:04) 17. Carpeteria (2:26) 18. Shame On You (2:55) 19. Tuna Fish And Cigarettes (1:55) 20. No More Pills (4:39) 21. Tijuana Taxi, Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass (2:05) 22. The Banker's Waltz (3:07) Total duration: 55 minutes Write your own review for this soundtrack! Review of Andreas Lindahl, submitted at 2008-01-20 21:25:40, score: 8/10 "If the score doesn't have an accordion in it, we don't have a movie." That quote by director Ridley Scott can be found in the unusually lengthy liner notes for the soundtrack release of Hans Zimmer's score for Matchstick Men. And Zimmer did not let down his director. Apart from being one of the most entertaining scores of 2003, there's a great deal of music performed by accordion.For Matchstick Men, Hans Zimmer has created a European sounding score, with a lot of influences from Italian composer Nino Rota (and sure enough, his theme for La Dolce Vita is actually quoted in a couple of tracks) and lounge music of the 50's and 60's. It can basically be described as the bastard child of Hans Zimmer, Nino Rota and Thomas Newman. And it's incredibly entertaining and fun listening to. Imagine Hans Zimmer's lovely score for As Good As It Gets with a, at times, twisted Nino Rota sound, coupled with Thomas Newman's more quirky side, and occasional guest appearances by geeky Herb Alpert-ish music. Performed by strings, woodwinds, piano, accordion, marimba, whistling and other instruments. Sounds cool? It is. From the somewhat bizarre opening whistling in "Flim Flam" to the lovely, if not even wonderful, "The Banker's Waltz", which closes the CD. Great stuff. It's inventive and it sounds rather fresh. And it is, above all, fun.Tracks such as "Pygmies!" offers some excellent orchestral music, with lush, bouncy strings and brass that almost sounds like some distant, tounge-in-cheek relative to Zimmer's battle music from Gladiator, while playful tracks, like "Roy's Rules", is more groovy, with big band brass. And the almost ever present accordion. More downbeat, quiet pieces underscores the main character's (Nicolas Cage) relationship to his newly discovered daughter, with lots of piano and subtle woodwinds, strings and percussion. It adds variety too a score that otherwise would have been perhaps a little too repetetive.The soundtrack CD also includes music performed by the already mentioned Herb Alpert, as well as Mantovani with orchestra. It's classic, mostly familiar pieces - like Alpert's "Tijuana Taxi" - and, not surprisingly, they mix really well with Zimmer's score. Even the somewhat bizarre version of Swedish composer Hugo Alfvén's Swedish Rhapsody...So it's a fun and playful score and soundtrack. Almost as fun as the liner notes, actually, which are extremely entertaining to read. Or what about these small selections: "Orchestra distracted by Bruce Fowler", or "Bruce Fowler - Trombone & Whistling (Is There Really A Difference)". And the special thanks to "The Media Ventures Sleep Is For Wimps Team". Cracked me up, anyway.All in all, Hans Zimmer's score for Matchstick Men is one of the more surprising and most refreshing releases this year. It's not Acadamy Award material, based on how it sounds on CD alone, but it's still a darn good score. Read other recent reviews by Andreas Lindahl: The Rocketeer, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Phantom of the Opera Find more reviews on FilmMusicSearch.comTrailer:This soundtrack trailer contains music of: Erin Brockovich (2000), Thomas Newman (Movie) For the Love of Money, The O'Jays (song(s)) Ocean's Eleven (2002), David Holmes (Movie) Brazil (1985), Michael Kamen (Movie) See also: All trailers Report a fault or send us additional info!: User name FilmMusicSite.com is Copyright © 1998-2015 by Arvid Fossen. Privacy Policy.


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New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino has told an evangelical audience that the political left wants to take away their freedoms.
Astorino, the Westchester County executive, spoke Tuesday in Albany to a meeting of the New Yorker's Family Research Foundation.
Astorino has focused his campaign on economic issues, but told the evangelicals they must push back against the political left. He later cited the health care act's mandates on religious organizations as an example.
He also criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal last year to strengthen the existing right for women to have abortions after six months of pregnancy when the fetus is viable outside the womb.
Astorino said New York is already considered the abortion capital
There is no immediate comment from the state Democratic party.
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Bargaining Unit 4
The University-wide annual review program applies to staff employees in all bargaining units, with the exception of Unit 3-Faculty.
Full-time permanent and part-time permanent State employees are reviewed annually using the annual forms.
Probationary-status university employees are reviewed using the annual forms, but remain on their contract-mandated probationary performance review schedule until such time when they reach permanent status, and then enter into the campus annual review cycle.
The annual review cycle covers the performance review period of April 1 to March 31 of each year for bargaining unit 4.
The following documents are used to complete the performance review process for Unit 4 staff:
- Contact your Workforce Planning team to request an MPP or Staff Position Description Template
- Staff Pre-Performance Review Worksheet (PDF)
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I think I might be losing my grip on everything
I have a ass load of homework That I haven't had time to
do I have the day off work I worked last night and
my ex is insisting on making my life a living hell
I changed my cell phone number last night and since the
apartment doesn't have a phone that can't be changed
But since she broke up with me I keep getting 12, 1, 2, 3, 4 oclock phone
calls so I changed my number and guess what it worked
I am so glad I am angry that she won't stop calling
and I am mad that she is making a big deal out of this
I hate it when people do that. Let me tell you what
we where fighting about. A dinner and a movie. Which
then turned out to be more than that she
thinks I am cheating because I went out clubbing with
friends Friday and she didn't get to go so she
thinks the guy I use to date and me are cheating
on her and his new girl. At least I think its his
new girl. I am not going to even touch that one.
Then it got to she's not out up here yet but is getting
there and she was wanting me to come out with her
but everyone already knows and so its like why do
it again and it just got worse the longer we argued
which in turned end up with me pinning her to the wall about
to hit her and then of course you all know the story
from there and its just like I am tried of fighting
with her. I am so tried of having her show up where
I am going to be and I am tried of being tried.
On another note I am getting to know the person
I am mentoring his name is Jef. I think I am just
going to call him that since he is a young teenager
I didn't know he was only 13. He is straight at least
he says he thinks he is and he has no problem with
gays or lesbian or anybody else in GLBT community
he says a lot of his friends are and he is very
activity in his schools GSA club which I found to
be very good but he needs mentoring to stay away
from drugs and off the streets and thats my job someone
to call if he gets in trouble since his mom is
out of the picture and his dad is always working
I feel like I have adopted a brother
I am also having lots of fun going out. I am going
out every night I have off and singing a lot more
I have been neglecting my homework
I am getting it done so Its not like I am waiting
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Jenny Dell Offers Glimpse Into a Day in the Life of a Red Sox Reporter
8:30 am: Time to wake up! I turn on the news, check emails, Twitter and Facebook, look over my calendar for the day and then head into the kitchen.
9:00 am: When I have a night game, I have time in the morning to make breakfast and pack up a lunch. (For the life of me, I cannot make good coffee at home — boxed cakes, for that matter.)
9:15 am: I'm fortunate enough to be staying in a condo that has a screened-in porch. So, I bring my breakfast outside, set up my laptop and start researching. I read articles on the Internet, baseball blogs, search Twitter for news and info. At this point, I figure out the top storylines for the day and formulate segment ideas and interview questions. Tonight, the Red Sox are playing the Yankees.
11:15 am: Get dressed to go for a run, but usually make some excuse as to why I shouldn't go before I walk out the door. (Pathetic, I know. Something I will work on.)
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We're expecting Blu-ray 3D to be bigger this year as Disney just announced they will be releasing new titles this 2011. According to Engadget, at least 15 Disney titles will be offered in Blu-ray 3D version. Included in the lineup are 'Lion King', 'Beauty and the Beast', and the 3D hit 'Tron: Legacy and Tangled'.
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Governor Of 'Broke' State Hires Donor's Dropout Son
Despite Gov. Scott Walker's repeated claims that the State of Wisconsin is broke, his administration recently gave the college-dropout son of lobbyist and campaign donor Jerry Deschane an $81,500-a-year job overseeing environmental and regulatory matters. What do you think?
"Oh, my God! If you convert that from Midwest dollars, it's like $200,000 a year!" "
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Soundscape Artist"Those who argue that hiring an unqualified dropout for such a high-level position is irrational clearly haven't thought through how much Scott Walker disdains the environment and regulations.""
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On January 1, Chris Brogan truly inspired me with his blog post, Your 3 Goals For 2009. His basic pitch is quite unique. Instead of thinking of the New Year in terms of resolutions (push), frame your year in "words as goals" (pull). As Chris says, "come up with 3 or so keywords that tie to goals and work from that." I'd encourage you to read his post for more detail. Don't forget to check out the comments too. As of January 7th, 2009, there are over 250 comments.
So, how does this tie to email marketing best practices? Well, I thought that instead of the traditional "predictions for email in 2009" or "2009 email resolutions," I'd frame this year in 4 words that best exemplify where I'd like all email marketers to focus their time and energy. (I know Chris suggests 3, but I couldn't resist).
Over the next few weeks, I'll be expanding each of these words into full blog posts. However, these will not be your traditional "follow this best practice" type posts. We've all heard these terms before. Some of them may even be written in a document or on the whiteboard next to your desk. Unfortunately, for many, that is where they remain. My goal will be to give you concrete suggestions - transforming static, fluffy words into actionable goals that you can implement (and measure) immediately.
Please feel free to share (comments here or in subsequent posts) what your email marketing goals are for 2009.
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I think another one to add to
I think another one to add to this list is "Consistency". Most people either send too much email or not enough. Find some balance and stick to it. Your subscribers will thank you.
@Alex - Great one. People -
@Alex - Great one. People - for the most part - don't like surprises. However, to play devils advocate (one of my favorite roles), sometimes a random email...one not in the regular rotation...is nice. It's different. It may stand out.
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@nony - I've never had anything like this condition. I did, however, spend a day at the beach once without applying lotion to my scalp. I applied it to the rest of my body, but not to my scalp, and I am half bald.
I got burned so bad that it appeared I had all the conditions of scalp dermatitis. There was the redness, peeling and flaking skin, and that petulant itch. Some people actually thought I had the disease when I returned back to work but I had to explain that it was sunburn.
It's hard to cover that stuff up when it's on your scalp, so I understand how these people must feel.


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This past week the President whined that 100 billion dollars per annum was being pilfered from Medicare!? Obviously our government hasn't made a serious dent in controlling waste including on the defense contracting front where many times this amount is being outright stolen or assets incrementally pilfered by free-booting contractors both large and small. The VA is another disaster concerning waste and pilferage.
So why should any sane person think that by our government creating some newer massive legislation it's going to improve anything other than provide more tax-debtor monies to end up the same; ie., stolen without any chance of recovery.
The last I heard this bill is now in excess of 2700 pages and possibly still growing towards the final vote. This bill needs to go down and down hard. Prudent legislators need to drag this revenue constricting 'snake' out behind the woodshed and chop its head off before its too late.
The same needs to be for every legislator that can be booted to the curb in November and then again in 2012 along with this failed, jive-turkey President that snookered a nation with his marginal to unfulfilled campaign trail
Note: I read about one month ago that Medicare waste was now at the 40 billion mark per annum. Evidently our President doesn't know the correct figure or inadvertently blabbed the horrible truth; ie., 100 billion…ouch!
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Does anyone know if you can upload music to your web page if so how? I was able to upload music files to the file manager but how do I put it on my website? Also is it possible to make the music play when the web page is opened
This question has been asked and answered many times in this forum. Yes you can add music to your web pages. If you are using the comcast web page tools they strip out html tags like the <embed> tag so the best approach is to create your web pages on your own computer using any html editor then upload your page and music files using ftp to your comcast web page space. Do not use the comcast file manager or web building tools and templates unless you only want the most basic of pages (no embedded music).
Use the search function at the top of this page and you'll find detailed descriptions including the html code needed in order to do what you want to do.
As Fishman noted, you can't do this using the Comcast page building tools. You can add a link to the file on your Comcast-tool-built page.
However, searching for 'embed music' in this forum didn't yield as many useful responses as you'd expect given how frequently we've discussed the subject in the past few years. Try this thread link. Remember that file names are case-sensitive and that it's best to not include spaces and strange punctuation.
I have an example page showing HTML code for embedding a music file on a web page at:
I just have to chime in with my opinion - resist the urge to make a "musical" page that plays music automatically when visited. It's really bad design and annoying as heck. Now a link to play something at the user's request is fine, since the asked for it.
Just my opinion.
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If Any Girls Are Wondering How They Should Look At 41 After Having A Bunch Of Kids And Surviving Cancer, Just Take Notes From Brooke Burke
Been looking at these pictures of 41 year old mother and cancer survivor Brooke Burke all day and wanted to share them. If any girls out there are wondering how they should look at age 41, this is it. Just do this. And if you have kids or get thyroid cancer, you should look like this afterwards too. This is right. Anything else is wrong.
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If I'm not ordering my roasted chicken mainstay for an entrée (as a cook myself, I'd love to know how they get that skin so crunchy but keep the poultry so slick and juicy underneath), I usually opt for the osso buco. I've had this white wine-braised veal shank here on and off over the years, but I've never had it more redolent with carrots, tomatoes, mushrooms, and onions than I did a few evenings ago. Though rather large, as if purloined from a cow rather than a calf, the veal was unbelievably succulent. I was most thrilled with the fact that, old-fashioned though it might be, the center of the bone featured a marrow fork, which I employed to extract the pearly, fatty, wonderfully rich interior of the shank.
Granted, the regular menu can seem a little dull in comparison to the numerous dry-erase board specials, which boast fish and shellfish prepared in ways that range from curry to scampi. I found the blackened salmon, which carries a warning of spicy! written in red pen next to it, more highly flavored with a host of spices than zippy with cayenne. But there's no denying its expert execution, the large flakes of fish separating easily from one another, pink-red and supple. Whole trout meunière also pleased us, primarily for the succulence of its boneless fillets, which separated from the skin without a fight, but also because of the restrained nature of the buttery sauce. A tuna fillet, dressed with tangy-sweet mango salsa, showed some pedigree as well; though not sushi-grade, the tuna, requested rare, was seared white on the outside and was red and juicy on the inside.
The cooks do make an occasional misstep: On one such occasion, beef Burgundy was dried out and stringy, and a recent sampling of meat loaf revealed a pasty, slightly lumpy sauce. But even when the main course is not to one's liking, the vegetables and starches can't be faulted. Broccoli and asparagus remain this green only in one's own kitchen usually, and mashed potatoes and basmati rice are authentic and satisfying. A third side-dish alternative, the nightly vegetable soufflé, is worth the indulgence; the night I tried it, the zucchini soufflé was light and fluffy.
The Weston location has yet to become as busy as the North Miami Beach one, a plus for the custard-tart devotees; the creamy pie, topped with impeccable blueberries, kiwi, and strawberries, is usually still up for grabs by the end of the meal. We would have preferred an apple tart served as is, since a stint in the heat caused the pastry crust to wilt. Still, the warm, thinly sliced apples passed muster with the pickiest Northeastern pie lovers at my table. No doubt the Gourmet Diner will do the same with every member of its newly acquired community, Marlboro Man excepted, of course.


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Dean's Corner: Three Wishes For 2012
Posted by Bank Street on January 19, 2012In the event that the turning of a calendar year is like an Aladdin's lamp and I am entitled to three wishes, here are three wishes for educational policy in 2012 (and no, the first one is NOT the wish for three more wishes).
Wish #1
I wish that educational policy would reflect that public education is a social benefit, not solely a product for an individual to buy.
Human capital is the "stock" of knowledge, skills, and capacities that relates to an individual's relative productivity in society. Social capital refers to the networks and social relationships that people build to develop collective productivity in society. Social capital, when developed equitably, has been seen as a foundation of democracy by such scholars as de Tocqueville, Burke, and Dewey. Yet social capital, when developed inequitably, can perpetuate societal disparity and disaffection. Education can be a strong democratizing force through the development and equitable transfer of social capital.
In the United States, recent educational reform has been driven by a human capital perspective: education is a product for individuals to buy/consume, and educational change is brought about by the reward or punishment of individual teachers. The countries that outperform the United States in educational attainment use a social capital approach: education is a collective benefit/necessity, and educational change is brought about by increasing the social capital of professional expertise at the school and district level.
Michael Fullan, a leading international scholar on educational change, explains this and related issues in a brief and cogent analysis of successful and unsuccessful policy "drivers" of educational improvement (PDF). In this paper, Fullan lays out the theoretical and empirical reasons why we can expect to see the current approach to educational reform in this country continue to fail to meet its aims without making fundamental changes in how we conceive of education and educational change.
Wish #2
I wish that the current administration would desire for all children that which President Obama desires for his children.
A newspaper article by Erica Werner of the Associated Press on March 28, 2011, reports on comments that President Obama made regarding the use of standardized tests in the education of his children. He says that students should take fewer standardized tests and school performance should be measured in ways above and beyond just exam results.
"Too often," he is quoted as saying, "what we have been doing is using these tests to punish students or to, in some cases, punish schools." He further suggests that policymakers should find a test that "everybody agrees makes sense" and administer it in less pressure-packed atmospheres, potentially every few years instead of annually—an occasional administration to establish a baseline for use down the road in programmatic appraisals.
The President continues,
One thing I never want to see happen is schools that are just teaching the test because then you're not learning about the world, you're not learning about different cultures, you're not learning about science, you're not learning about math. All you're learning about is how to fill out a little bubble on an exam and little tricks that you need to do in order to take a test and that's not going to make education interesting. And young people do well in stuff that they're interested in.
He uses his own children's experience as an example of what he is talking about, noting that Sasha, 9, and Malia, 12, "recently took a standardized test that didn't require advance preparation. Instead, he said, it was just used as a tool to diagnose their strengths and weaknesses."
I couldn't agree with the President more. Unfortunately the policies and the financial expenditures of his administration are doing exactly the opposite—creating more tests to be given more often and with teacher employment decisions based on the results of those tests. In order to evaluate all teachers on test results, the tests will need to be administered in all the subjects that are taught in school. Currently approximately two-thirds of teachers do not teach in subjects that have tests that can be used in the prescribed ways to evaluate teachers. Simple math suggests that means a two-thirds increase in tests to provide the data needed to evaluate teachers in this matter. Couple this increase with teacher employment based on the results of those tests and the likely outcome is precisely that which the President railed against in his speech.
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I wish that educational policy makers would jettison the chimerical certainty of numbers and embrace the nuanced wonderfulness of human growth and development.
I love research studies using large scale data sets. They provide very useful information for research and programmatic interpretations and decisions. They cannot and do not, however, provide either CERTAINTY or particularly useful information regarding decisions about individual human beings (children or adults). Correlations in large scale data sets cannot provide, with any level of precision or accuracy, certainty in individual cases. As Bruce Baker notes,
Therein exists one of the major fallacies moving from large scale econometric analysis to micro level human resource management. (School Finance 101, 1/7/12)
Using the recent study by Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff (PDF) as a case in point, Baker explains why it adds to the evidence that teachers matter but does not help figure out how to improve teaching quality. "Most importantly, the results do not really speak directly to how teacher quality is best improved except insofar as it adds to the body of compelling evidence that teachers are important and that successful methods for improving teacher quality—if and when they are identified and implemented—could yield benefits for a broad range of outcomes over the long-term."
In fact, social science research numbers by themselves do not provide any answers whatsoever. The interpretations of those numbers (often times guided by one's preexisting dispositions) determine the recommendations derived from those numbers. Numbers do not make sense, people make sense of numbers.
Finally, the evidence is clear, even by their own metrics: slavish devotion to the kind of quantification provided by standardized tests (with all of their strengths and their limitations) does not enhance the growth and development of our youth. Michael Winerip documents the failed irrationality of blind faith in, what he calls, "scientific exactitude" (New York Times, December 18, 2011). He opens his article, tongue planted firmly in cheek, with,
In the last decade, we have emerged from the Education Stone Age. No longer must we rely on primitive tools like teachers and principals to assess children's academic progress. Thanks to the best education minds in Washington, Albany and Lower Manhattan, we now have finely calibrated state tests aligned with the highest academic standards.


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Ivan Eland: DEA's New Database Recorded: Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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Ivan Eland: Is Obama the Worst President Ever? Recorded: Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of the newly updated book Recarving Rushmore which ranks all of the U.S. Presidents in terms of peace, prosperity and liberty, talks about President Barack Obama and his ranking. Obama ranks near the bottom, but it was an early 20th century president that takes the title of "Worst President" in terms of peace, prosperity and liberty. Eland spoke with Kerry Lutz of the Financial Survival Network.
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Ivan Eland on Ranking US Presidents Recorded: Sunday, October 26, 2014
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Ivan Eland on RT Television: Coalition of the Killing Recorded: Wednesday, September 24, 2014
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Ivan Eland Speaks on Recarving Rushmore at LPAC 2014 Recorded: Friday, September 19, 2014
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland speaks on Americas Presidents at the 2014 Liberty Political Action Conference .
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Ivan Eland: Risk of Further Terror Attacks Recorded: Thursday, September 18, 2014
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on Canada's CTV News to talk about the US-led attack in Syria. He discusses whether or not this action will lead to further terror attacks.
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Ivan Eland on the Russia/Ukraine Ceasefire Recorded: Friday, September 5, 2014
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and author of "The Failure of Counter-Insurgency: Why Hearts and Minds are Not Always Won," analyzes the Russia/Ukraine ceasefire.
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Ivan Eland on Russian/European Politics & Sanctions Recorded: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appeared on AriseTV discussing Russian/European politics. Russia's oligarchs are expected to withdraw money out of UK markets in light of EU sanctions against Russia. Sanctions were imposed after the downing of a Malaysian passenger jet. The sanctions will hurt EU countries as well as Russia says Eland.
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Van Jazmin is young, but he carries himself in the way a middle-age, experienced business owner would. As customers come into Clothesline Gallery & Boutique, he tells them about the Nick Sirotich exhibit, which opened July 28.
He suggests that sometimes he has time to work on his own art at the gallery; but it's hard to believe he has time to think of himself at all.
"Part of me is worried that I'm going to get so involved in other things that I'm going to stop illustrating," he says. After all, he has been illustrating since he got in trouble with school administration in first grade for selling drawings to his peers.
In addition to his own illustrations and photography, Jazmin is an advocate on many artistic platforms, in collaborations with groups and projects all over the city. And he's doing it without the ego typically associated with someone who's accomplished as much as he has by his age.
Most people know him as the kind, long-haired, eclectic man behind Clothesline's front desk. But plenty of people know him from elsewhere.
He's a Ringling student; an ambassador for Earthdance, an art and music festival taking place in September; a commissioned illustrator; a live-drawing artist at The End of the Dial Tone Radical Experimental Collaborative Music Band; and is a live, digital artist for Third Eye Projections. He sure does get around, but to him it's equally as exciting as it is exhausting. He thrives on his involvement.
Jazmin came to Sarasota in 2009 for an art education at Ringling College. He stems from "the most radioactive town in America" — Canonsburg, Pa. (He wonders if this aspect has anything to do with the way he turned out.) He'll graduate next May with a degree in illustration and a minor in business.
Not long after his move to Sarasota, Jazmin began collaborating with local artists, starting with fellow Ringling students.
In 2009, he realized the college was lacking a student publication on campus that showcased students' work, poetry and photos. Jazmin became enthralled by an underground magazine idea. He teamed up with his dorm roommate at the time, Jack Stone, and peer Brett Lindstrom to execute Zig Zag magazine. The students published, printed and distributed 300 copies of five issues of the dark magazine.
"No one knew what we were doing until the magazine came out," he says. "We'd lock ourselves in the print studios and not let anyone in."
The issue releases were each celebrated with catered "smash hit" release parties featuring live music and art exhibitions. The releases resembled trade shows with tents full of artists of all mediums, from traditional art to multimedia and music.
"We kept having success helping artists communicate and connect with each other and a lot of it was about collaborating and art coming together," Jazmin says of the events.
At the time, Clothesline owner Austin Kowal was sponsoring Zig Zag's releases with his screen-printing services. His sponsorship turned into a collaboration with Jazmin and a few other partners. They shared a common goal to give local and emerging artists a platform on which to launch their careers. That goal translated into pop-up shows Jazmin helped Kowal promote.
The success of the shows eventually enticed Kowal to move Clothesline a few doors down into the 529 Pineapple Ave. location and a re-vamped and re-energized Clothesline re-opened in March as a permanent art gallery and boutique.
Jazmin started out curating the artist line up for the shows, but has since shifted roles to store manager and a do-it-all kind of guy. Jazmin admits he hates mopping, and painting the walls for in preparation for a new show each month.
The majority of art shows that take place in the gallery are comprised of current students or Ringling alumni.
"I wanted this to be a platform for Ringling students to launch their careers," says Jazmin.
He feels committed to Sarasota because he's advanced and thrived here. He's been introduced to up-and-coming artists and business owners; he has organized successful pop-up shows; he has also commissioned his own work for book covers and food labels — he's really made himself known among the Sarasota art community.
"Being here, I feel re-rooted, and I feel like I need to do something for my community.
There just seems to be opportunities everywhere, and not everyone sees the opportunities," Jazmin says about Sarasota.
"Even though it's quieter and smaller than a big city, it has this sense of growth throughout it and I think that is very stimulating for creativity."
He hopes more young people will also choose to call Sarasota home in the future.
"Opportunity has kept people here, and Clothesline is the reason they stayed (in Sarasota), and that makes me really happy," he says.
Jazmin is humble about his own artwork. He doesn't even bring it up until prodded.
It would be easy to guess, that many of his illustrations focus on the collaborations he has found in life: music, art and community.
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FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi recently set up his official Instagram account @leomessi.
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No judgment on this Pope.However,for the sake of argument,Jesus choose Judas.God does allow evils for a greater good to come later.
Come on Bernard. There is no need to make a POSSIBLE comparison to Judas, even for the sake of argument.
There is nothing in his background to suggest any evil in our new Pope. He could be completely incompetent for all we know and time will tell just how good a Pope he will be.
Jesus chose Judas for a reason. He knew from all eternity that Judas would betray Him yet he chose him anyway. So His choice must contain a lesson for us, focus on that rather than making some outlandish comparison.
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Last year, Stacy Lewis trusted her Pro V1x golf ball to a closing 3-under 69 and three-shot victory, the third consecutive win for Titleist golf ball players at Mission Hills. Yani Tseng (Pro V1x) won in 2010 and Brittany Lincicome (Pro V1x) in 2009. "I think the golf ball is the most important thing at a major. The greens are always firm and you have to be able to control your shot and control the trajectory with the wind," Lewis tells Team Titleist."They're the hardest conditions we play all year and to know your golf ball is going to perform the same every time – it's a perfect thing."
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Chris appears to be letting the world know that Rihanna is HIS woman. In a new video, Chris tells a packed crowd at Emerson Theatre on Mar. 6 that Rihanna's 'mine.'
On top of allegedly dissing Drake at the Hollywood nightclub on March 6, Chris Brown was also caught publicly claiming ownership to his woman — presumably Rihanna — while partying at Emerson Theatre. Were his comments out of line? Keep reading to watch the video.
In the video, posted by TMZ, Chris says, "Every guy in this building has said one thing to their female. If you're not an insecure [person], and you let her have fun with her friends, I applaud you. But you gotta say that one thing to her, and I made this s**t up. Don't make me have to tell you again that that's my p**** baby. It is mine, baby, babe, mine. Don't make me have to tell you again that that's my p**** baby. It's mine girl, it's mine girl, it's mine, so you better not give it away. So every person in this motherf***ing building, if you got a bad b****, you better say that to her cause she might f*** another [person]."
These weren't the only offensive remarks Chris made while partying at Emerson Theatre. E! Online reports that Chris took a jab at Drake while the former Degrassi actor's music played in the background.
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Chris, 23, reportedly ripped into Drake by saying "The DJ can play this s**t, but I want you all to know, F**k Drake!" and proceeded to give everyone in the crowd the middle finger!
Guests at the club were then treated to an impromptu concert by Chris.
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Rihanna is currently embarking on her Diamonds World Tour. She kicked things off in Buffalo, New York on March 8, where she was spotted wearing sexy costumes! Do you think she cares about Chris "owning" her?
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EXETER — It's mid-morning at Phillips Exeter Academy, and Bill Dennehy is in a good mood.
With two children, including son Pat, who is the boys hockey coach at Choate Rosemary Hall, and seven grandchildren, Dennehy is ready to move on. He'd like to stretch the winter trips to Florida a little longer, spend a little more time at the place he and his wife have on Martha's Vineyard.
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This is his 42nd year involved with the baseball team, which has been a natural fit. His hockey tenure is almost as long, from taking over for George Crowe in the mid-1970s when Crowe moved on to Dartmouth.
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Meetup with DG Blancaflor of IPOPhil November 20, 2011
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Thanks to Davao Intellectual Property Society (DIPS), inventors and technology innovators of southern Mindanao had a chance to interact with Director General Ricardo Blancaflor of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines. Coffee for Peace, along McArthur Highway, in Matina, served as venue. During the occasion, DG Blancaflor shared the vision of IPOPhil and explained a number of initiatives and projects that the agency seeks to promote to the regions, among them the hosting of Innovation and Technology Services Office (patent libraries) to serve the needs of inventors and technology innovators.


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The building atop North Broadway in the Village of Irvington, New York that now serves as the administrative headquarters for all Abbott House operations was initially created as a hospital. "Irvington House" focused on care of children with chronic disease. Over time, the hospital began to shift its focus from a mission of purely medical treatment to embrace the cause of child welfare.
In 1963 Abbott House was officially incorporated and now provides services for children and families in foster care throughout the New York metropolitan area with offices and care centers in the Bronx as well as seven Hudson Valley counties.
In 1992 Abbott House further expanded its spectrum of services to include assistance to the developmentally disabled population. Through assisted living programs at 15 Individualized Residential Alternatives (IRAs) and one Intermediate Care Facility (ICF), developmentally disabled individuals are given the opportunity to live their lives with the dignity they deserve. Through employment and volunteer programs such as Meals on Wheels and the "Grime Stoppers" work crew, the people served by this program are able to become positive contributors to society.
At any given time, Abbott House provides care for more than 1,300 children, young adults, and families with a goal of preparing the next generation of society with the knowledge, tools, and opportunities they deserve to attain the success we know they're capable of achieving.


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The new Dell XT3 laptop which is said to be of enterprise class, how much is the price of this device and what is its approximate weight?
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Petition: Don't Divide Alabama
When the Alabama Legislature begins the 2014 session on January 14, State Sen. Jerry Fielding (R-Sylacauga) plans to introduce a resolution in the Senate supporting Phil Robertson, of Duck Dynasty fame, and his infamous homophobic and racist remarks to GQ magazine. Mr. Fielding has said, "Phil Robertson's family values are shared by the vast majority of Alabamians." Nothing could be further from the truth. Robertson's comments were ignorant and hurtful towards African-Americans and LGBT people and have done nothing but divide American families — smack-dab in the middle of the holiday season. Alabamians believe in the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And that means treating everyone — and their families — with dignity and respect. [Read the full resolution here.]
Incidentally, Sen. Fielding represents a district in which a man named Billy Jack Gaither was brutally beaten and murdered, his body burned on a heap of rubber tires, simply because he was a gay man. Bullying is still very much alive and well in the United States, especially in the South. The Alabama Legislature should spend its time working on legislation that would protect all children — gay, lesbian, straight, queer, transgender — from dangerous bullying. LGBT youth who come from unaccepting homes, schools and congregations are significantly more likely to attempt suicide, be victims of violence, or fall into the trap of drug and alcohol abuse. Mr. Fielding and the Legislature should take up measures to ensure these children receive a quality education in a safe space.
Furthermore, still today landlords can evict and employers can fire LGBT individuals for simply being who they are. Mr. Fielding and the Senate should spend time researching the dire effects this has on our state's economy by driving away business and talent. Imagine if Alabama passed an employment and housing non-discrmination act, sending a strong message of love and compassion for all Alabamians, not just a preferred few. Fortune 500 companies overwhelmingly embrace policies to include sexual orientation and gender identity in their workplaces. We're telling these companies, "We don't want you here," when we embrace the thinking of yesteryear.
Alabama doesn't need politicians in Montgomery making job-killing, time wasting declarations. Hateful rhetoric is anti-family values, it punishes our economy, and it leads to violence. Let's put aside divisiveness that uplifts the privileged majority at the expense of oppressed minorities and their families. Tell Senator Fielding and his colleagues to get back to governing and moving Alabama forward.
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True to his word, Rafael Correa, Ecuador's newly re-elected President, apologized to the LGBT community for using homophobic language a second time during his victory speech.
It all started last year, July 28th, when Correa read a reader's comment on El Commercio's Facebook page repeatedly calling the president a fag: "The fag thought that faggotry was part of the Olympic games and thought he could bring a gold medal in homosexuality – which is his strength… Degenerate fag." (As you can tell, this reader was quite articulate.)
Correa later responded to the comment in kind: "If anyone knows this gentleman let me know. And I'll invite him and only him to tell me these vicious things face to face. To see who's the real fag."
As you can imagine, responding to homophobia with more homophobia doesn't play well or foster productive conversation. Local GLBT organisations signed and sent him an open letter, and on August 4th Correa wrote his first apology and promised if re-elected he would apologize again.
"And because you know there will be bad faith journalists who'll argue I am doing this because the election season is near, ladies and gentlemen, if I decide to run and the Ecuadorean people give me the privilege of winning the election with their vote, the next day after winning the election I will reaffirm this apology. I am extremely sorry if I overreached, I sincerely am sorry if I offended you. I do not deny that I harbor prejudice and stigma inside of me because we have all grown up in this society."
Just like he promised, Correa said a heartfelt apology on national television during his 40 minute victory speech.
A few months ago I used a number of inappropriate words that were offensive to LGBT groups and for which I apologized in writing – and I stated I would apologize again after winning [the election] to make sure they knew I wasn't doing it simply for political gain.
Once again I'd like to express my apologies to those LGBT groups for some words that might have escaped me. Each one of us was born and grew up with stereotypes and stigmas and we have to fight against this type of – let's call it deformed – social upbringing, etcetera. But our commitment is to defend everyone's dignity and equality. We are diverse but never unequal.
And I was reminded of this by the leader of a GLBT group who I greatly admire a couple of days ago. You need a lot of courage to lead these type of movements. Let's offer them all our support and – on a personal basis – I offer my full respect and the effort and commitment to eliminate all types of discrimination in this country.
Now that is an apology I can believe. Thank you, Mr. President.


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Sharon Fay Keller, 63, of Bismarck
Sharon Fay Keller, 63, of Bismarck, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at her home.
Sharon was born in Kintyre on July 6, 1949, to Alvin and Alice Kemmet. The family lived in several cities in North Dakota including Napoleon, Hazelton, Carrington, Tioga, Washburn, and Glen Ullin. She graduated from High School in Glen Ullin.
Sharon subsequently completed a degree from Capital Commercial College in Bismarck. She was one of first North Dakota Female National Guard Technicians in the state.
She is survived by her husband, Clifford Keller, Bismarck; her daughter (from her first marriage), Michelle Keller, Annandale, Va.; her older brother, Darold (Cheryl) Kemmet, Bismarck; and her nieces, Jennifer Kemmet, Bismarck, and Joy (Gary) Beeter and their three children, Macy, Hailey and Jadon, all of Fargo.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Alvin and Alice Kemmet, Bismarck.
A memorial service was held Friday, March 22, at Bismarck Funeral Home.
Burial was held at North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan.
Go to www.bismarckfu neralhome.com to sign the online guest book or to send a message of condolence to the family.
The family prefers memorials be sent to North Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Mandan.
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Teen Boy Shot In Wynwood Last Night
Categories: Crime
According to WSVN, the boy was shot once in the back. A witness claims he heard a car speed off shortly after the incident. The witness then attended to the boy. The boy was apparently shot while riding his bike.
"The boy told me to get the bike off of his legs cause he couldn't feel his legs," the witness told WSVN. "But I didn't take the bike from him cause I was shaking with him, cause I was scared."
The boy, believed to be the only victim, is now in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
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"Bienvenidos," exclaims Barral, blowing kisses to the camera and to the band, "a Siete Menos Cinco." That is the name of this new talk show, "Five minutes till seven" in English, which is what time in the evening the program airs on TVC, the five-month-old local cable channel that is also known as TV Cuba. (Siete Menos Cinco was the name of a popular variety show in Cuba in the Fifties.) Every weekday morning Barral and crew tape an hourlong program for broadcast later the same day.
Barral finishes with his greetings, the band rests, and the host fixes his gray eyes on the band leader, Gaby Gabriel, standing at his usual spot a few feet away from the host's desk, behind a pair of red conga drums. Barral appraises the tomato-red suit Gabriel is sporting. "Que cosa mas linda," he compliments the musician, promising an equally lindo program for tonight. But first a little banter, Miami-style: In the classic improvisatory mold of Johnny Carson-Doc Severinsen, or David Letterman-Paul Shaffer, Barral and Gaby Gabriel exchange remarks in Spanish. "Ay, Rolando, I had a terrible dream last night," Gabriel confesses. "I dreamed Fidel Castro's wife tried to molest me in an old-folks home." (He later swears he didn't make it up.)
This gives Barral, even with five decades in show business behind him, pause. "That is a terrible dream, Gaby," he commiserates. "Maybe you were seeing a ghost."
"Well, she used to be a beautiful woman," Gabriel says, "but after living so long with Fidel, she must be crazy by now."
Barral agrees, then goes on to more mundane matters, items recently published in Spanish-language gossip columns, such as legendary singer José José's upcoming tour and the comeback of a once-hot South American singer who, according to El Nuevo Herald, will now perform with the aid of a microphone that releases oxygen into his emphysema-damaged lungs.
"Que bárbaro," Gabriel comments. "That's really something."
"Now we'll take a commercial break." Barral announces. "But we'll be back with a very interesting guest. Don't go away."
Drums, congas, and bass start up, and the singers launch into a rapid-fire jingle to the break: "Barral, Barral, Barral," they coo, Gabriel interjecting "Rolando! Rolando!"
Outside the studio, housed in a mamey-colored building in an industrial section of Hialeah Gardens, director Sommer Carlucci sits behind a video panel in a remote truck -- one of those mobile TV control booths. Until TVC moves into its new permanent studios, currently still under construction at its new offices in Doral, Siete Menos Cinco will be taped here. "En la frente dile que le ponga pancake," Carlucci speaks into the floor director's headset. "Tell the makeup lady to powder Barral's forehead." Then Carlucci sets up the camera angles he wants. "Wide shot on camera four so we can see the whole drum set." In the next segment, Gaby Gabriel is going to sing a song while playing drums.
And tres, dos, applause, and Barral introduces a number by Gaby Gabriel y su Orquesta, the band that has performed five nights a week for the past fifteen years at the Fontainebleau hotel's Club Tropigala in Miami Beach. It's a hot salsa version of "La Negra Tomasa," the musicians are cooking, and the three singers spice up Gabriel's vocals, their hips gyrating in sparkly gowns and their arms undulating like octopus tentacles.
It's not cheap doing a live-on-tape talk show with a live band. Barral estimates per-week production and talent expenditures for Siete run about $5000, but that's because the startup TVC has to cut costs and his guests aren't usually paid; the same show on one of the major networks would easily be five or ten times more expensive. Nor is it easy taping straight through with no second takes; not once does the host or any of his guests misspeak, hesitate, or mess up in any way that would require reshooting a segment. That is but one of the advantages of building a show around Barral, who twenty years ago was lauded as the Latino Johnny Carson and today is making a TV talk-show comeback.
Barral says he saw an opportunity to create a program by and for Miamians -- Cubans, in other words, and Caribbean Hispanics, as distinct from the heavily Mexican and South American audiences to whom the two leading Spanish-language television networks cater. "Let's be frank," Barral argues. "Univision and Telemundo don't take Miami into consideration. Now it's time to do something for Miami in TV."
"Our guests are anyone who contributes to the culture of Miami," sums up Janny Villar, Barral's associate producer, who helps with the bookings.


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Philippines rebel group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters undermines peace talks
MANILA – Attacks by Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters [BIFF] are challenging peace talks between the government and the larger Muslim group Moro Islamic Liberation Front [MILF].
The BIFF is a group of radical armed Muslims espousing independence in the Southern Philippines. Headed by Ustadz Ameril Umbra Kato, the group is considered responsible for attacks in the province of Maguindanao.
Government and MILF officials responded to the hostilities by claiming their peace talks in Kuala Lumpur were not affected by the attacks.
Attacks on military camps
The BIFF is displaying its capabilities to create a full-scale conflict and undermine efforts to bring permanent peace in the Southern Philippines, particularly in Central Mindanao where BIFF and MILF base their largest forces. The radical group, which vowed to not settle for anything but an independent Muslim state, simultaneously attacked power facilities and the Army's 1st Mechanized Brigade military camps and detachments in five towns in the provinces of Maguindanao and North Cotabato in August.
The rogue Muslims, headed by Ustadz Carialan, also occupied key highways that connect Maguindanao to other provinces, temporarily sealing off the province. The rebels cut down electric lines and bombed two transmission towers of the National Grid Corp., plunging at least 11 towns into darkness.
Carialan, BIFF chief of staff, is leading the group's more than 500 fighters. The military reported he took control of troops after Kato was incapacitated by a stroke suffered last year.
As soldiers cleared major roads and highways in and around Maguindanao, the fighting shifted however to the mountainous areas in the towns of Datu Unsay, Datu Saudi and Shariff Aguak.
Col. Mayoralgo dela Cruz, commander of the 1st Mechanized Brigade, said his troops killed at least 50 rebels, mostly by howitzer and cannon fire.
By Aug. 20, the military had seized five BIFF satellite camps, all within MILF's Camp Omar in Maguindanao. The fifth encampment, taken by the Army's 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion at the southern part of Camp Omar, can accommodate 100 people and has 10 bunkers with overhead protection. It revealed war materials and personal belongings left behind by its occupants.
Maj. Gen. Rey Ardo, commander of the 6th Infantry Division, said the satellite camps are being used by the fighters to stage their attacks on highways and civilian communities.
At the peak of fighting, at least 7,865 families or 39,325 people in 18 barangays were forced to flee from their homes, while classes in 16 schools were suspended, affecting 10,572 students.
Army spokesman Maj. Harold Cabunoc said more soldiers have been deployed in strategic locations to thwart any attempt by Kato's men to conduct more attacks, especially against civilians.
The MILF declared attacks unjustified
"So, what did they gain? … Nothing, except putting in the consciousness of people that they are still there, alive and kicking. But in exchange, their safe haven is now free fire zone," MILF leaders said in an editorial posted on its website.
"There is virtually no way to justify the military offensive of the so-called Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters [BIFF]. It is ill-timed during the Holy Month of Ramadan," the editorial said.
"It is not MILF's policy to speak ill of fellow Muslims especially during Ramadan. But what is now taking place in Maguindanao, courtesy of the BIFF, will be more harmful, if we do not come out with a statement. A real organization, such as the MILF, will have to take a position. Silence, in the face of this serious development, is never a good policy. We, therefore, have to say, because we are not only challenged but also aggrieved."
Still, MILF leaders do not want to involve their group in any offensive against the BIFF.
Hardliner Kato spearheaded the massive and widespread attacks of the MILF in Central Mindanao in 2008 after the Supreme Court junked the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain amid peace negotiations. The hostilities quickly spread in Western Mindanao.
MILF leaders believed that the latest attacks by Kato's men were meant to shame them as they held their 30th exploratory talks with the Philippine government in Kuala Lumpur.
"It is no secret that one of the reasons why the BIFF bolted away from the MILF was over their stiff opposition to MILF's policy to talk peace with the enemy. To them, the only way to deal with the enemy is through the barrel of the gun. One who is the most radical of them even branded the leaders of the MILF as traitors to the Moro cause. We just let it fall on deaf ears; we never answered back. We know nothing good will get out of it if we engage them in senseless mudslinging," the MILF editorial said


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hi can anyone help me?
whenever i turn my steering wheel it makes a really bad whirring noise and the harder the urn the louder it is.
and also my car is also getting hard to start when it is cold.
it is a 98/99 t reg zetec
any ideas??