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Today is Monday, April 30, the 121st day of 2012. There are 245 days left in the year.
Today's headline:
On April 30, 1812, Louisiana (formerly the Territory of Orleans) became the 18th state of the Union.
On this date:
In 1789, George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States.
In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about $15 million.
In 1912, Universal Studios had its beginnings as papers incorporating the Universal Film Manufacturing Co. were filed and recorded in New York state.
In 1939, the New York World's Fair officially opened with a ceremony that included an address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1945, as Russian troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun.
In 1958, the American Association of Retired Persons (later simply AARP) was founded in Washington, D.C.
In 1968, New York City police removed student demonstrators occupying five buildings at Columbia University.
In 1973, President Richard M. Nixon announced the resignations of aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, along with Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean.


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Media Direct: towards better security for whistleblowers
How can whistleblowers and journalists protect themselves from casual snooping by security agencies? A new secure whistleblowing site offers some answers to the challenge of providing better security for media sources.
One of the most significant but under discussed problems in contemporary journalism, especially in Australia, is the threat to whistleblowers.
Put simply, few Australian journalists can guarantee sources who wish to remain anonymous that their confidence will be protected, if governments are sufficiently determined to track them down. Nor can sympathetic politicians. As Crikey reported last year, the Australian Federal Police has already admitted it has used communications metadata of both journalists and MPs and senators in order to track down whistleblowers and anonymous sources.
It doesn't matter if a journalist is prepared to go to jail rather than reveal a source, or if they're backed by their editor and company, if their phone data can be obtained by the AFP (without needing judicial authorisation) it can lead directly to a source. And that's before you get to the threat posed by National Security Agency-style mass surveillance. Even Glenn Greenwald had to be coached remotely by Edward Snowden to install data encryption software PGP in order to exchange encrypted emails.
Whistleblowers are a critical resource for a watchdog press, which is why mass surveillance mechanisms like data retention pose such a fundamental threat not just to privacy, but to the quality of our civil society.
Improving basic IT hygiene and making encryption a default practice within the media should be a priority for the media. Encrypting communications and using anonymity tools significantly complicates the task of intelligence and law enforcement agencies in trying to hunt down whistleblowers. But this is an industry that has higher priorities currently, like trying to stay in business.
Following the closure of WikiLeaks' anonymous whistleblower system, outlets like the Wall Street Journal and Al Jazeera tried to establish their own anonymous dropboxes. The News Corporation version was plagued both by security flaws and the basic legal problem that News Corp admitted it would hand over whatever information it had, if forced to. Last year, The New Yorker launched Strongbox, based on code developed by the late Aaron Swartz.
And a fortnight ago, Media Direct was launched in Australia, based on the GlobaLeaks platform, developed primarily in Italy (there's already a working system in the Netherlands).
In essence, Media Direct seeks to enable encrypted interactions between anonymous whistleblowers, who access it via the Tor relay network, and specified journalists, with the submission server itself not logging anything, thus meaning it has no information to provide should it be targeted by the government of its host country (which remains secret, even from the administrators to the Media Direct site here in Australia). The site automatically deletes material that isn't used within two weeks, and the keys whistleblowers use to access the server also have a limited lifespan. It's close to plug-and-play for whistleblowers, as long as they can install Tor.
Luke McMahon, the Australian co-ordinator of the project, said the site differed from Strongbox in its goals:
"While we use a significantly modified version of similar open source software, unlike Strongbox we are not backed by a corporate entity. Strongbox is financed by the New Yorker — we are not a publisher out to monopolise information for a profit, they are."
McMahon said they considered adopting a publishing model but decided not to:
"Journalists are backed institutionally in a way that we are not. They also have various protections such as shield laws in most jurisdictions. By providing a passive communication service journalists can either direct a source to use it, or it's just there … The legal onus, as is always the case in situations where unsolicited information is handed to a journalist, especially in cases where the info has been obtained unlawfully, is placed on the whistleblower. They must abide by our terms and conditions. That means they should not break the law."
"Most corporate entities won't go that road of The New Yorker," McMahon said. "Legal and other institutional barriers prevent them from taking those steps. That's why we don't make agreements with corporate entities, we make agreements with journalists."
The list of signed up journalists includes top Fairfax investigative journalist Richard Baker and gun business journalist Adele Ferguson, The Australian's higher education reporter Andrew Trounson and myself and Crikey editor Marni Cordell.
In the post-Snowden era, no system can guarantee online anonymity for whistleblowers. But currently, journalists are at the other end of scale, struggling to offer even basic protection from casual, warrantless snooping by the endless list of agencies that can obtain metadata on them in Australia. Part of the benefit of a system like Media Direct should be to concentrate media minds on viable ways of better protecting sources.
1fractiousPosted Monday, 26 May 2014 at 4:55 pm | Permalink
Thanks Bernard.
I am a complete ignoramus about such things as Tor and encryption and so on, nonetheless…
What's to stop the snooping agencies (AFP, ASIS etc) leaning on a sympathetic government to get legislation in place that makes installing encryption services like Tor an illegal act? I have a vague memory of a few articles here at Crikey that talked about the Abbott govt's intentions on internet censorship - is it but a short step from banning access to certain types of socially undesirable sites to shutting off access to Tor and its like?
I entirely take your point when you say "Whistleblowers are a critical resource for a watchdog press". I just wish a much greater proportion of the Australian press deserved being called "watch-dogs" - apart from Crikey, The Monthly, The Garuniad (to an extent) and (before it went under) New Matilda, much of Failfax and almost all of News Corpse's outputs amounted to little more than advertorials or lightly re-hashed agency subs.
Regardless of my amateur doubts, I hope this Media Direct thing works, because we would all be in a much worse place were it not for the likes of Snowden, Assange (raving egotist as he is) and Wikileaks and the numberless, nameless other whistleblowers, and the software that gives them a (relatively) safe channel.
2LiamjPosted Monday, 26 May 2014 at 4:59 pm | Permalink
Sounds good, glad to read the 'no system can guarantee online anonymity' admission, and agree that (to paraphrase) half a mask is better than none at all, so long as whistleblowers understand the limits. My crypto-muggle understanding is that the more people running Tor, the harder it is for snoops to snoop, correct?
3Brendan JonesPosted Tuesday, 27 May 2014 at 12:36 pm | Permalink
It's good to see whistleblowers have a secure path to contact the media, but contacting the media is only the beginning. Just because you contact a journalist doesn't mean they will run the story. In fact, the odds are very much against it.
The experiences of the vast majority of whistleblowers is that the media just aren't interested. I'm one of the lucky ones (Crikey broke my story last year), but the MSM had known was happening for many years (before even I knew about it), but kept quiet, allowing myself and others to come to harm. Criminal lawyer Chris Murphy: "In Court exposed police corruption in 100s of cases. Media reported none of them. Journos knew if they did they lost source of newstips" http://victimsofdsto.com/guide/whistleblowers_guide_to_journalists.pdf
Australia only has a dozen investigative journalists capable of reporting corruption, but they only do a couple of stories at a time, and many stories are never told. (Beat reporters won't touch corruption. In a few cases where I've seen them try to, their editors have told them to drop it.)
ABC's Chris Masters: "For every story that goes to air, there are dozens that never make the cut - perhaps because they cannot be fully checked, the source is unreliable, or because they are replaced by something more urgent. Yet these untold stories are often the most intriguing of all."
Wendy Bacon: "The biggest difficulty for the whistleblower is finding a journalist who has the time to do the work. Even with people who can mentally package a large amount of information, you need to have lots of time at a stretch to do complicated stories. This requires a huge amount of focus and there are simply not mainstream employers prepared to do that now, except on the rare occasion. It was always difficult but it was better."
Investigative journalists have to do the same job that lawyers do, but they don't get paid $230-$500 p/h for it, and have to do it weeks (or days) what lawyers get to do over many years. It's very risky reporting unflattering news about powerful figures:
With no Federal ICAC and the AFP politicised, only journalists can hold the government accountable, but cannot while constantly under threat of defamation. Joe Hockey is suing Fairfax for defamation. So is Nick Di Girolamo, also suing three investigative journalists. Craig Thomson sued Fairfax. So did Eddie Obeid, winning $1M and telling Kate McClymont: "You put one word out of place and I will take you on again. You are a lowlife. I will go for you, for the jugular."
The ABC's Chris Masters who won a 13 year long defamation case warned: "Journalists and broadcasters are just not going to do stories when defamation proceedings become as arduous and lengthy as this one was. … You watch your morale and assets erode all the while surrounded by lawyers who are having the time of their lives. Horrible." It takes years and costs millions to defend a defamation suit. Geoffrey Robertson QC points out cases where newspapers have printed the truth and still lost.
American journalists have strong constitutional protection, the US courts ruling that democracy cannot function without the free-flow of information on matters of public interest and on the conduct of public officials. Aussie journalists don't have that protection, and over 200 years our media has been beaten into servility. http://victimsofdsto.com/hrc/#mycorruptcountry + http://www.theguardian.com/books/australia-culture-blog/2014/may/23/bob-carr-political-writing-and-the-sovereignty-of-the-mind
Journalist Stephen Mayne has compiled a long list of defamation actions: http://www.maynereport.com/articles/2009/03/10-1024-2493.html
Then there's the matter of Section 70 and State 'secrecy' laws. A public servant who leaks information to a journalist can be jailed for two years. http://victimsofdsto.com/guide/whistleblowers_guide_to_journalists.html#s70 + http://www.bmartin.cc/dissent/documents/DeMaria_wbs.html
This is completely different in the US where "The general legal theory is that the public's interest in how public dollars are spent and public safety decisions are made is very strong, and public employees are in a very good position to address those public interests." http://victimsofdsto.com/hrc/
Whistleblower laws will not protect you
State and federally, these laws are a sham. They prevent a whistleblower from going to the media: http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/07/30/you-better-be-careful-blowing-the-whistle-new-laws-have-holes/
You might think, ahhh, but if I leak anonymously they can't catch me. Thing is, they don't have to:
Allan Kessing did blow the whistle on Customs corruption, but he did so internally. The AFP never had evidence that Allan Kessing was the one who leaked that information to The Australian. He went to his local member and Shadow Transport Minister Anthony Albanese… who said he would not take any action (WTF?) Kessing: "I agreed to take it to my local MP, Anthony Albanese, but for whatever reason, nothing came of that." http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/allan-kessing-my-side-of-the-story/ The report was leaked to The Australian. That information was never revealed at Kessing's trial, and it turned out the AFP had withheld evidence of Kessing's innocence. When Rudd learned of these new allegations, he refused to investigate them. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/govt-wont-probe-new-kessing-claims-20090907-fd8p.html Kessing wasn't even allowed a public interest defence at his trial. Despite the new evidence, Kessing is financially exhausted and can't afford an appeal, and despite all this Labor Justice Minister Jason Clare still refused him a pardon. (All these stories are linked here: http://victimsofdsto.com/abbott/index.html#fn3 )
Journalist Phil Dorling @AusFlatFish has had similar experiences. http://www.theage.com.au/national/secrets-lies-and-perils-of-a-whistleblower-20120217-1tecx.html
And then there's the case of whistleblower Mick Skrijel, where the cops allegedly fabricated evidence to silence him: http://pastebin.com/tD8Vd6Vd
The irony here is Kessing drew attention to himself by blowing the whistle internally. So you see, whether or not you leak information is irrelevant. If the AFP *think* you leaked it, you're going down.
Don't be suckered into thinking the courts will protect you. Brian Martin: "Many people think of the law as a great protector, as a place where justice is dispensed. If only it were true! Actually, the legal system serves best those who have the most power and money. … Formal channels [including the courts] don't work when challenging a more powerful person or organisation." http://victimsofdsto.com/hrc/#injustice + Evan Whitton's http://netk.net.au/Whitton/OCLS.pdf
The statistics are taking a story to the press only fixes the problem 10% of the time, and even if the guilty are bought to justice, the whistleblowers are inevitably harmed. Brian Martin's 'Suppression Stories' is fascinating if very depressing reading: http://www.bmartin.cc/dissent/documents/ss/

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El Viajero Cartagena HostelCartagena, Colombia
Is a good hostel with decent facilities (including air conditioning which is a lifesaver in the humidity). Breakfast is average and wifi slow. Staff aren't very helpful at all and make you feel like you're bothering them if you ask a question. This put a dampener on our stay.
Casa Bellavista HostelBogota, Colombia
Is a good hostel in a pretty good location. The staff - a family who live below the hostel - are lovely and make you feel very comfortable. They are also very accommodating!
Backpackers Family HouseLima, Peru
Good kitchen, lovely staff, great location. Limited available lockers in the dorms and varying water availability were probably the only down sides.
EcopackersCusco, Peru
Great hostel in a building with lots of character. In a great location - able to easily walk everywhere. Good security and lockers available. Showers were great in the morning but cold and occasionally a little dirty by the evening. Only downside was the kitchen (to cook yourself) was filthy and not very well equipped.
Hostal Campo BaseSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Absolutely fabulous hostel - the best I have stayed in whilst travelling all over South America. Clean and modern with great facilities, including lots of extra bonuses like a free bottle of water every day. In a good location with super friendly staff. Would recommend to everyone!
Wild Rover BackpackersLa Paz, Bolivia
A pretty good hostel but nothing amazing. Staff were helpful and you can easily book lots of activities from the hostel. Is in a pretty good location, can walk to most places. It has a cool pub with decent food at good prices. Is a total party hostel with loud music every night until 2am, and then people screaming and carrying on until 7am so don't stay here if you're not interested in that. Cleaners are always cleaning! Bathrooms ok.
Lemon Spirit HostelRio de Janeiro, Brazil
A really great hostel in a superb location. Staff are awesome and incredibly helpful. Good facilities including a decent kitchen and lots of bathrooms. Would recommend!
Marcopolo Inn IguazuPuerto Iguazu, Argentina
An ok hostel! Has a cute outdoor area which is nice to relax in. Facilities are ok, nothing amazing. Some staff don't speak English which makes it hard but otherwise were pretty helpful. Our room was ok but the bathroom was pretty horrid. It smelt like sewerage and the toilet didn't flush!
Milhouse AvenueBuenos Aires, Argentina
A really good hostel with fabulous facilities, super helpful staff and good rooms/bathrooms. Is very much a party hostel (which they advertise) so you will hear people all night long every night.
La Chimba HostelSantiago, Chile
A pretty good hostel in a decent location. Is in an old, slightly run down building but has lots of character. Rooms are pretty tiny, as are bathrooms. Staff are good!
HI Washington DCWashington DC, USA
Planet TravelerToronto, Canada
Majority of the staff members were fantastic but unfortunately there was one particular girl who was rude and disinterested, she wouldn't help with anything and made you feel bad for annoying her. It's a shame that her behaviour ruined the reputation of the other fantastic and helpful staff members!
Chelsea International HostelNew York, USA
USA Hostels San FranciscoSan Francisco, USA
USA Hostels HollywoodLos Angeles, USA
Valley HostelLauterbrunnen, Switzerland
A cute hostel situated in a beautiful location. Our dorm room had a balcony with sensational views of the mountains. Staff were friendly and helpful. Great kitchen facilities. Close to train station and walking tracks. Would recommend this hostel to anyone!
Pfefferbett HostelBerlin, Germany
Amazing hostel! I have travelled Europe for over six months and this is by far the best hostel I have ever stayed in. The staff were beyond helpful and went out of their way to assist us and make our stay more enjoyable. I loved the little restaurant/bar that was available 24/7. Great facilities and atmosphere!
Wombats City Hostel MunichMunich, Germany
Great hostel! Staff very friendly and is situated close by to main train station. Has a lovely outdoor area for relaxing after a long day of sightseeing. Would definitely recommend this hostel!
Mambo Tango Youth HostelBarcelona, Spain
The staff were exceptionally friendly. It's a small hostel and really makes you feel at home. Everyone hangs out together which is nice. A lovely place to stay! Would definitely recommend it.
Hostal Charo IISantiago de Compostela, Spain
I didn´t end up staying here. I arrived and was given a dirty dingy room where I felt incredibly unsafe. I did not see another human being in the place, it was very creepy. So I left and stayed elsewhere. Wouldn´t recommend it at all.
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While there is general consensus that seeing a Black man in the White House is inspiring, there is little to point to in terms of genuine gains in racial equality. In other words, while the election of Obama provided an emotional boost, it does not seem to have dramatically impacted the underlying dynamics between white and black Americans.
In less than one year, the possibility of electing a black president has given way to a sinking reality: Very little has actually changed for the average black person. America's legacy of racial injustices remains evident in the racial education and economic gap. Segregation remains a problem throughout America. Today, public schools are more segregated than during the Jim Crow era. Nearly one out of every four black families lives below the poverty line compared to just six percent of white families. American Blacks were particularly hard hit by the economic downturn. More than twice as likely as whites to receive subprime loans, Black families are now losing their homes at an alarming rate. Substandard education begets poverty begets violence.
The Justice Department estimates that 32 percent of black men will go to prison at some point in their lives compared with just six percent of white males.
If you ask most American Blacks how they feel about Obama, they are understandably proud. There is no doubt that Obama's election has instilled a sense of "pride" that gives American Blacks hope and inspiration. But if you ask American Blacks if Obama's election will reduce the foreclosure rate, or the racial economic gap, or keep cops from beating on them, they say of course not. Daily life is not changing just because there is a black face in the White House. And in some ways, it may be getting worse.
I worry that Obama's victory could undermine the push for equality by creating a sense of passivity amongst both black and white voters.
Though there is no way to prove this, I suspect that much of Obama's cross-over appeal resides in the fact that he seems safe to white voters. Like Bill Cosby or former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Obama is the perfect American Black faceplate to overcome latent biases —a homogenized black upper class person who seems to carry around none of the anger for centuries of racial injustices. This is the subliminal appeal to Obama's presidential candidacy: he seems to represent the exception to every black stereotype. By voting for Obama, the White voting populace was presented with a unique opportunity to vote for someone who evoked none of the black anger, while at the same time offering them atonement for centuries of racial inequality. With the pull of a lever, American Whites collectively congratulated itself for moving beyond its ugly past. At the same time, American Blacks seem to be regarding the mere fact of a black face in the White House as some sign of fundamental change. Both views are naïve. A lot of work needs to be done to root out the systemic racism that remains in our society. No one success story—no matter how inspiring—should distracts us from the systemic racism that still exists.
So, what lessons can we draw from this historical moment? It could very well be that Obama's election signals a decline in individual racism, but not systemic racism. Systemic racism refers to the inequities that are entrenched in our social institutions. For example, the best public school systems are located in the most expensive communities.
Poor people—mostly of color—are priced out of these communities.
Consequently, public schools are now more segregated than during the Jim Crow era. These types of inequities may not be the result of individual bigotry, but they are certainly hangover from a shared history of racial and economic segregation.
What the success of Obama tells us is that our primary concern can no longer be with individual bigotry. We must shift our focus to the systemic issues that have resulted from a shared history of slavery.
The crucial first step is realizing that the lessons of liberalism no longer apply. The dialogue in the black community should not be about getting a seat at the table; it should be about owning the table. We need to educate ourselves on how to build wealth in our communities because the mere fact that the President is black, doesn't mean that our lives will change. The key to overcoming systemic racism is to rely on ourselves, instead of the government. Without this crucial first step, the dialogue on race relations in this country will remain mired in accusation and defensiveness—and the lingering systemic issues will remain unchanged.
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28.3.2013/29.11.2013 HappyAggro here again! *dusts off cobwebs*
[All of Fall Out Toy Works is available to read online for free!], in handy webcomic format! For you if you haven't read it, for your friends if they haven't read it, for your dog if your dog can read...you get the drift.
Comixology has issue one for free and issues 2-5 for $1.99 digitally!
You can also buy the print versions of issue one, two, three, four, and five via Fall Out Boy's GoMerch store. (Issue 1, for some reason has the Trade Paperback description. If you somehow get the trade paperback version through GoMerch, congrats!)
Show some love for Fall Out Toy Works, share the webcomic version with your friends, and maybe buy it through Comixology or GoMerch if you haven't already.
You've arrived in Los Angeles. It's dark but the neon lights are bright and the Dollhouse is open at all hours. The fun is at the Toy Works factory with the Toymaker and Tiffany...as long as the Baron doesn't get his way.
Welcome to the Fall Out Toy Works fan group! Here you will find fanart and fics of all your favourite FOTW characters, artwork from the series, updates on release dates, news about future Tiffany Blews merch and cartoons AND the answers to those frequently asked questions. That's right, robots, lovers, and you crazy kids, we've got it all! Except Pete Wentz, there's only one of him and Supra got there before us. )
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BEST NEWS EVER!!! I heard Patrick Stump will be Toymaker (<3) and Pete will be Crybaby. Again, BEST NEWS EVER!! I almost got a heart attack after reading this ;D
Yep! We reported that earlier in the year! Very exciting news. <3 We have some more news to tell you about the motion comic (and who they have to voice the Baron!) but that's dependent on when Double Barrel Motion Labs makes the announcement about it. All that we can say is that close to release, it's just a matter of time.
Completely epic news yeah I just realized that it was reported around September my bad but yes... Question when is the release date again? ;D
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Excerpts From This Morning Chillin' In Bed With the Pigs
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Miles, climbing onto the bed: "Is a daddy. Can I pat it?"
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Helpdesk Man: "What time is my hideous sister coming around today?"
Snortlepig, gasping: "Daddy! You must not say this thing! You have a lovely sister. She is in fact my aunt."
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Miles, holding a purple sequinned top someone had given me in a bag of hand-me-downs: "Look! Is buttons!"
Me: "They're sequins."
Miles: "Sea-queens."
Snortlepig: "They're sparkles, Mummy."
Me: "They're called sequins, though. That's what they're called."
Miles, cuddling the top dreamily to his chest: "Is wonderful."
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Snortlepig: "Mummy, you're very insensitive to clothes. People give you clothes, and you say "meh" and put some of them in a pile. I think they're all beautiful."
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Me: "Eugh, we should get up."
Snortlepig, leaping into action: "OK, it's de-cozing time! I'm gonna de-coze you!" [Begins to pull off the blankets]
Me: "You know, you enjoy this too much. When you grow up you should get a job as a professional de-cozer, at a prison or something."
Snortlepig, deeply interested: "Do people do that?"
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A week ago I turned 27. Of late years my birthday tends to induce short-lived but bleakish angst, as I recall how many years I am past being a precocious novelist and contemplate how my knee-joints are Only Going to Be Downhill From Here. This year, however, I remained serene. For a few months at the start of the year I thought I was already 27, so by the time Helpdesk Man informed me this was not the case I was inured to the concept. Plus, my chin-pores decided to relive their teenage glory the night before my party, and it's hard to feel old with a spotty chin.
Which is just as well, because the pig, having decided she is the guinea-pigs' mother, has taken to referring to me as Gran.
Figuring that the Ravages of Time should be given due deference even without the angst, Helpdesk Man and I have decided to slim. Well, I decided. Helpdesk Man said "Mm", miserably. So for the time being, no sugar or white flour. I have been very virtuous so far, even giving the snortlepig the last of my chocolate orange birthday cheesecake instead of polishing it off myself as a last hurrah. I did unthinkingly buy Tic Tacs today at the supermarket, but I shall only use them in cases of extreme garlic.
(Digression: Oh dear. The pig just wrapped Tiny Miles up in a blanket for a present for me, but Tiny Miles objected halfway through the process; and by the time I came along the pig was firmly pressing the blanket over his face, saying "Hush!" as he struggled. Poor wee Miles.)
Anyway. I just made a batch of double-chocolate-orange brownies – it seemed wise to use up all the chocolate lest temptation befall – for supper after choir practice tonight, and I didn't even lick the bowl. So there. And I'm going to try for the ever-elusive batch of light wholemeal bread. Five rises, longer-than-you-think kneading, a wet dough and adding porridge to the mix are all helpful, I hear. We shall see.
And now I'm going to curl up by the fire and read a memoir by a chef. Poor timing, perhaps.
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1. Smokey: "Tell me a story about guinea pigs and shmallows."
Pig: "Talking shmallows?"
Smokey: "If you wish."
Pig: "Okay! Once upon a time there were three guinea pigs. Their names were Toby, Hansel and Gretel. They were very happy together. One day, Hansel got sick. But he didn't die. He got better and they got married again."
Smokey: "…Who got married again?"
Pig: "Hansel. Then one day, a shmallow came walking out of the forest, with eight little baby shmallows walking behind her. And Hansel wanted to show them the church, because he wanted to show them the church. So – hang on, I have to change my dress. It's too poofy."
[Two minutes, later in pyjamas]
Pig: "And then Hansel showed them the church. The end. Now you tell me a story about a snake and a shmallow."
2. Pig: "Ooh, Mummy, I know! If you died, before you died you could make Daddy a Prince Charming costume, and then like if you had cancer you'd get very sick, and after you died, he could go to Disneyland and he could find a lady dressed like Cinderella and he could marry her in his charming prince suit, so they'd be Prince Charming and Cinderella!"
3: Miles: "Wazzat?"
Smokey: "It's a quiche."
Miles: "Izza very cute quiche."
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1. On Sunday at church, Tiny Miles spied a woman who had changed into her running clothes so as to jog home. Her top, while eminently respectable, was sleeveless. Miles took one look, pointed at her upper arm and squealed, "Naked!"
We're Reformed Baptist, dude, not Closed Brethren.
2. "Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice." Henry Ford. Sooth.
3. On the internet today someone advised the wives of the world to show appreciation for their husbands by pre-toothpasting their toothbrushes for them, to give them a little frisson of Caring and Thoughtfulness when they stumble into the throom of a weary morning. Now, I realise I am not the veriest paragon of a wife, and therefore my opinion counts for little: but nevertheless: Que?
4. Last night we had the fire going, and I asked the pig if she wanted to roast some shmallows. Always alive to the romance of a situation, she was very keen and insisted we find a blanket to snuggle under for maximum cosiness. "Mummy, this is so beautiful and nice," she sighed rapturously as I opened the "Reduced to Clear 99 cents" Pascalls retrieved from the dodgy bin at Pak'N'Save.
I put a shmallow on the skewer and handed it to her. She extended it cautiously towards the flame and tossed it in. Puzzled, I retrieved it and toasted the shmallow. I then handed it to the pig.
Whereupon she gasped and said "You can eat them?"
Me: "…Yes? What did you think you did with toasted shmallows?"
The pig, shrugging: "Just burned them up, I guess."
5. Yesterday we went to the zoo. It was fun. It was long. By the end of the trip we were all a bit past it, and dragged ourselves round the supermarket wishing we were elsewhere. Especially Miles. As I was searching the likker section looking for $6.99 plonk for the lamb chops, he started to throw a tantrum and loudly wailed to the world "Whissskeeeeyy! Whissskeeeeeeey!"
6. Just heard Miles crowing "Bad baby!"
Helpdesk Man and myself, in unison: "What did you do?"
Miles, smuglier still: "VERRAH bad baby!"
Still haven't found out what he did. Ah well. I'm sure it'll make itself hideously obvious at some point, like the pens he posted into the grille of the fireplace.
7. This morning in bed Miles crawled over, gave me a big sloppy kiss and then shouted fiercely "SO! CUTE!"
8. A question for the single ladies. Or gents. (Hey! You should meet up.)
Would you choose to meet and marry a woman (or man) of stunning beauty, impeccable intelligence, functional but not obtrusive fertility, a clean police record and comely financial prospects, with a wonderful sense of humour, cleanly in habits, domestically gifted, politically sane, etc, etc – in short, the perfect woman (or man); if you knew that after 40 years of blissful wedlock, he or she would suddenly flip out and kill you?
I asked Helpdesk Man this question and he said "Sure". "What if it was me?" I said, and he went "Ehhh…"
I cry at night, sometimes.
9. Dammit! As I was typing this, Tiny Miles fossicked through my bag and found my lip balm, which he has been strictly forbidden to touch on account of he pokes his fingers in it, and if a girl who wears neither makeup nor heels and has never had a massage, facial, manicure, pedicure or more than a triannual freakin' haircut can't have a nice smooth unmolested lip balm surface with which to caress her cragged and strinky lips, what is the point in being a woman?
Anyway, so rather than trucking off with it sneakily like a regular baby, Tiny Miles put the whole thing in his mouth like a cigar, made sweet hooty noises until I looked at him, then beamed and went away. It took my typing-addled brain a full two minutes to catch on; whereupon I tracked him to his sister's bedroom. He was sitting, pantsless, in a little wooden wagon, beaming with delight and holding the unopened lip balm out to me. He is a bad baby.
10. In a fit of health, I just made Baked Cauliflower Poppers. Tastes just like French fries, she said. She lied.
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To the library user who had The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2013 on reserve:
I am very, very sorry. Helpdesk Man left his coffee within pig's-reach, and I left the volume likewise. In retrospect, we ought not to have done these things. I am even sorrier that the copy upon which Miles carefully spooned half a cup of coffee was the sole remaining copy in our city's public library system.
If it is any consolation, it is a very good book, and worth buying. I happen to know – painfully well – that $32.89 will buy you a copy. You can probably buy it for considerably cheaper, in fact, being in a position to shop around; unlike some.
To Helpdesk Man:
Now we have to go to Disneyland this year.
One Dog Mildly Harassed During the Writing Of This Post
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Our sole remaining chicken, Wingdings the Dogproof of the Order of the Stoopid Hairdo, appears to have lost the plot. For reasons known only to herself she spent Saturday night outdoors in a torrential downpour. Come morning she looked like a particularly repellent pipe-cleaner recovered from the interior of a Sarlacc. She whiled away the hours staggering backwards around the house, scraping her beak along the ground with her head on one side, staring cock-eyed at the world and giving every indication of having already become Chicken Zero.
Helpdesk Man offered a little too eagerly to go all Atticus on her white meats; but by the time we got back from church she had fluffed up and regained some low-level sanity, so we decided to wait and see. I realise that this is the kind of thinking that causes people to shout at the screen; and sure enough, the next rainshower saw her sopping and crazy again. Today, Wingdings is nowhere to be seen. Humanity, we apologise.
This being our track record, it is a wonder that we have been entrusted with the temporary care and feeding of not only a dog, but two guinea-pigs. The dog is Holly, a mere four-day addition to the household. The guinea-pigs, Eartha (Ertha?) and Gretel, are small fluffy reminders that my ungrateful family of origin is heading off to the British Isles for the next, if you don't mind, ten weeks. Missing, I might add, two birthdays, a whole term of both violin and choir, and numerous prime babysitting opportunities. Some people.
3:30 PM: Snortlepig: "Miles! Don't sit on the guinea-pig! What were you THINKING?"
7:00 PM: Miles, towering over Holly, who was lying meeky on the floor: "Sit down! Doggie! SIDDOWN DOGGIE! SIDDOWN DOGGIE!"
9:30 AM: Miles, shouting inches from Holly's (silent) nose: "Hush you dogs! Hush you dogs! HUSH YOU DOGS!"
1:14 PM: Snortlepig: "Ooh, you know what we could do? You could make Miles a dog costume, and me a bigger dog costume, and a fat one for Daddy, 'cause – you know. I'm not saying he's fat, because that's rude. And we could all wear the costumes, and then when Alison came to pick Holly up, she'd be all concerned and say "Where did all these dogs come from?" … We probably better not."
Daddy: "Oi."
Snortlepig: "I didn't say you were fat, Daddy."
4:30 PM: Snortlepig, shouting across the orchard: "Mum! Holly's met Macy!" [Macy is the orchard dog.] Pause. "They're BEHAVING!"
4:45 PM: Smokey to visiting small child: "She likes you? …Mm. No no, we won't pull her hair out. Guinea-pigs look better with hair. No, we won't poke her eyes. Don't squeeze the head! That's important. Squeeze the other end. Oop! Careful with the eyes. Do you think she likes that? Hmm, I think she's looking a bit sleepy. Maybe we'll put her back for now."
5:02 PM: Helpdesk Man: "OK Miles, time to sleep. Night-night! Kiss for Mummy… kiss for your sister…"
Miles: "Kees a doggie?"
6:12 PM: Miles: "Hi doggie! I'm naked!"
6:35 PM: Smokey: "No, Miles, that's your toothbrush! Don't brush the doggie's… give that here."
6:37 PM: Miles: "I bash a doggie!"
Smokey: "Miles, no! Give me the fork."
6:58 PM: Smokey: "Miles, don't feed your baked beans to the doggie. Doggies don't like baked beans."
6:59 PM: Smokey: "…Well, maybe doggies do like baked beans, but I said not to feed her. Those are your beans."
7:00 PM: Smokey: "Miles! Don't! Feed! The dog!"
It is now 7:43. Smeg. I forgot to feed the dog.
A Moustery, and Other Matters
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1. It is the season for mice, apparently. The orchard dog has been joyously snapping them up among the apple trees; the orchard pigs have been spotting them by the dishwasher and squealing "SO CUUUUUTE!" repeatedly.
Helpdesk Man being less impressed, we have been loading a lot of mousetraps. Most commonly, the mouse licks the peanut butter off the trap and prances away smugly; less often, the thing works as advertised and Tiny Miles gets to admire the corpses up close before we fling them over the fence. And then there was last week.
Before bed: a trap, peanut-butter-baited placed enticingly by the open door of the pantry.
Come the dawn: a mouse lying dead with a bloody nose in front of the pantry, and no trap to be seen.
We still haven't found the mousetrap.
Chilling, no?
2. Here are my two latest cakes. The first was for a two-year-old nephewpig, who wailed at it like an ingrate. The second was for Helpdesk Man's 30th. He did not wail at it, but he did fail to finish his piece in favour of someone else's trifle; so it's been a pretty psychologically taxing run, cakewise. I should write a book on Suffering.
3. This past weekend, we loaded up the pigs, a sword and a bow and arrows and went to Wellington so Helpdesk Man could attend a martial arts conference. I was a little apprehensive about the prospect of two days in a strange city with no car, two pigs and a foreboding weather forecast – to say nothing of the eight-hour trips there and back – but I've been lobbying for a return to Wellington since our honeymoon, so it seemed silly to pass up the chance.
It wasn't too bad, actually. We rented a tiny house, which turned out to have one bedroom fewer than might be desired and was located up a perilously steep hill, accessible only via numerous ramps and flights of stairs. Still, clean and cozy, a proliferation of spare towels, and a kitchen well-stocked enough to make nachos and ravioli, so we didn't feel we should quibble – especially after Miles throomed on their duvet.
On Day 1 we went to the zoo, where Tiny Miles confounded me somewhat by his attitude to the beasts. His invariable first question – "Izza cat izza dog?" – made sense, but when he followed it up with "Eyebrows?" I was frequently stumped. Does a cheetah have eyebrows? I guess, kind of. But an otter? A porcupine, of which only the hinder end is currently visible in any case? Deep stuff.
Wellington Zoo is a nice little zoo – by no means spectacular, as there aren't any elephants and the Little Blue penguins had done a bunk. But there was a Giraffe Talk, at which the pigs were given sprigs of browse and allowed to feed the beasts. The snortlepig kept shying away at the critical moment and dropping her leaves – Miles, however, suffered no such qualms and happily let himself be licked all over while the giraffe attempted to wrest the leaves out of his chortling paws. At the end of the encounter Miles waved goodbye to the giraffe's retreating head, and then sighed with beatific content: "Cat!"
On Day 2 we went to Te Papa. This is a museum – apparently a good one. We studied it in the only history class I took at Uni, which despite being called Communication In History: From the Printing Press to the Internet and being taught by a rabid Tolkien fan, was mind-numbingly dreary. What museums have to do with the history of communication, I never did find out: but we learned that Te Papa is a respected, highly up-to-date and progressive institution.
Which is all very well, except that
a) I have a phobia of museums
b) I have a phobia of stuffed, skeletonised and otherwise corpsified animals
c) I have a phobia of large aquatic life
and d) Te Papa is an a) filled with b), some of which are c).
Despite this, I have been twice – once on the initial horrifying trip that cemented a) and involved me being literally dragged, sweating with clenched eyes, round a bunch of taxidermied stags by my two heartless sisters who kept saying things like "Ooh, let's take her into the Marine Mammal Skeleton room!", while a museum assistant looked on with mild interest and said "Is she all right?"; and once to see a display of LOTR movie props, which just goes to show that Geekdom Conquers All.
As do drugs, apparently. This third trip wasn't planned, but after waiting for a bus which didn't come and walking all the way into the city, trying to persuade the pigs that the shops were interesting enough not to whine about visiting them, but not so interesting that one needed to escape from one's pram and destroy them – well, any remotely child-friendly space was appealing, be it ever so festooned with the scaffolding of plesiosaurs.
So we went in, and I averted my eyes from the giant creepy anchor that looms in the foyer, and asked the information lady which pig-friendly areas could be accessed without passing beneath a fibreglass reconstruction of the Kraken – which she took rather well, even advising me to go down this side of the lifts because there was the skeleton of a famous racehorse on that side (side note: why? WHY?); and there we were.
The areas we visited were on "Pasifika" and "Invention", and they were moderately well-done; but I spent most of my time gazing in fascination at my son and heir.
Miles is not a shy child. Where the pig saw Things to Do, Miles saw Friends to Make. His modus operandi was to find a baby, walk over to it, kindly but firmly appropriate its toy, and then make its parent play with him. And they did.
If he happened to come across a temporarily babyless adult, he would instead break the ice by thrusting out a foot and saying "Izzabzzagllbta BOOT!", or perhaps pointing and saying "Lady!" repeatedly, until the parent admitted to being a lady. At one point he brought a hand-puppet goat to a man and said "Wazzat?", and when told it was a goat decided the man was a zoological authority and brought him a possum, an octopus and a parrot for inspection while the man's neglected daughter played by herself in a corner.
He was only snubbed once – by a pre-pubescent, shy-looking Asian boy who tried to brush him off with a vague smile. Miles, being immune to the concept of a brush-off, continued to attempt conversation for a good two minutes while the boy shifted from foot to foot and cast occasional nervous glances in my direction, as if to say "Call off your baby, woman, it thinks it's human". I probably should have, but it seemed a shame to deprive a forward-thinking museum of such a compelling anthropological performance piece.
On the way off the bus home, Miles cheerfully shouted "Thank'oo! See'oo! See'oo! Bye-bye!" to the bus driver. Giggles from every adult in the vicinity. I don't know where he gets it from. Some recessive non-recessive gene, I spose.
And I did not have a panic attack, even when the corner of my eye caught the grinning front end of the racehorse (who was looking far smugger than circumstances warranted.) All hail Big Pharma. Srsly.
A Near Miss
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Miles [having eaten approximately half the crackers in the known universe]: Quacker!
Me [tearing self away from reading article online about alopecia for no valid reason]: You want more crackers?
Miles: Quacker! Moah quacker!
Me: Whoa. You are so hungry for crackers! –Oh dear. They're all gone!
Miles: Moah quacker!
Me: There aren't any more, Tiny. You ate them all!
Miles: Moah quacker!
Me: There are no more crackers. Look, they're all gone!
Miles [dispiciously]: Gone?
Me: Yes, all gone! Look.
Miles [outraged]: GONE?!
Me [nervously, trying to jolly him along]: All gone!
Miles: EMPTY?!?!
Me: Yes, the packet's empty.
Miles [quietly]: Mmh. [trucks off happily down the hall to play with his trains]
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1. I made myself a dress.
Further details here if you're into that sort of thing. I like it – it's just 50s enough that I feel I should be wearing it with cherry-red pumps and cherry-red lips, sipping root beer from a Mason jar and perching ingenuously on a bicycle with cat's-eye glasses and a heavy Instagram filter over the whole. Sadly, this is not a look I am ever likely to pull off. I do have a cherry-red lipstick – one of Helpdesk Man's clients sent it to me (long story) – but I wore it the other day at the pig's insistence, and Tiny Miles pointed at my face and squeaked in outrage "WazZAT?", and I cannot disagree with his assessment. Also, Helpdesk Man refuses to let me buy cat's-eye glasses. Still, I like the dress.
2. Here's a question for you. For $100, would you sleep for a night on a pile of peeled bananas? No pillow; a blanket is allowed, but it must not come between you and the bananas.
Helpdesk Man says no. I am inclined to agree, although oddly, if I could sleep for ten successive nights on a pile of bananas (fresh each night, obviously) and make $1000, I'd be more inclined to consider it. I dislike bananas, and the smell would be off-putting; and I imagine it would be an intensely unpleasant experience, especially around 4AM or so. But still. We're trying to save for Disneyland. Thoughts?
3. This evening I was looking through some old photos on the computer while Miles sat on my knee. I unearthed one of me carrying him at six months or so.
"Girl!" said Miles. "Girl!"
"That's me!" I said. "That's Mummy. See, Mummy?"
"Girl!" said Miles.
Apparently these last sixteen-odd months have aged me beyond recognition. He still recognised Daddy, of course, from photos of a similar vintage. Rotten little blighter.
4. The snortlepig's latest thing is watching childbirth videos on YouTube. Whenever she's bored. It unnerves Helpdesk Man no end when he emerges from the office for his bihourly coffee. The pig will not, she informs me, be having any babies herself; I'm not sure whether she watches the videos to bolster that conviction, or simply because, she puts it, the babies are "so cute and squashy". Either way, she's learning a good deal about amniotic fluid. SCIENCE, guv'mint.
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Last night we invited Gran, Grandpa and the aunts over for an Ancient Egyptian dinner. The pig got quite into it.
She has quite the Clara Bow thing going on, don't you think?
We made the lot – dress, wig and necklacey collar thing, the name of which I should probably know, given that we're doing a whole study on Ancient Egypt. We were going to do armbands, but we ran out of time. But then, so did the Ancient Egyptians, eventually.
There was also a pharaoh.
The pig decided he was going to be Tutankhamun, and that she would be his queen. "But we can't pretend to be married, because he's my brother," she said. Without thinking, I said "Well, I think the real Tutankhamun actually married his sister…" "Oh! That's all right then," said the pig cheerfully. "Isn't that handy?" She then generously offered to let me and Helpdesk Man act as her slaves – or alternatively, grave robbers. We declined.
For eats, after some hasty Internet-based and none-too-rigorous research, we had a platter with cucumbers, gherkins, eggs, lettuce, radish and cream cheese; a chickpea salad with green onions and sesame oil; fish cooked with cumin; and wholemeal flatbreads topped with mustard seeds, cumin and herbs.
Dessert (unpictured) was melons and grapes; a fact which outraged all my notions of hospitality. It caused me physical pain to refrain from whipping up some ice cream to serve after the pig had gone to bed; but I refrained. Probably good for my soul.
The drinks were ginger beer. Apparently Egyptian beer contained a large percentage of solids – surely one of the most intensely off-putting phrases ever applied to a beverage. It was the consistency of gruel and highly nutritious. We skipped it.
All in all, the evening was a success, not least because I got to feel like a Fancy Homeschooling Mother who Does Such Things. The downside is the pig's newfound obsession with eyeliner. I may have unleashed a monster.


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Fortified with essential vitamin and minerals means the woman and her vagina are healthy and she will grow strong/healthy babies.
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Beautiful image!
Beautiful work as always!
awesome yo!
Looove it!!!
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A new update to show the progress after adding weapons bay in the J-31 aircraft
This group is open to everyone who likes any kind of aircraft
A new update to show the progress after adding weapons bay in the J-31 aircraft
A report on Vector Thrust's preliminary campaign; the revamp of the Alpha campaign build.
A delayed report that this time came a lot later than the featured aircraft.
Maybe too slow, but step by step VT moving towards the definitive early access release
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who here still plays wings over Europe & strike fighters?
ya'll know that you can download more planes & ships & stuff like that for strike fighters right?
Still, collecting every single of them is pain in the @$$ since most of the modder site (CombatAce, Chinese InSky - sadly looks like they're more focused on DCS ever since) requires registration + limited download count per day.
Most notoriously the A-Team, with its ridiculously strict registration rule (IPban awaits if you do anything stupid) but extremely rewarding mods.
I got an account at dev's A-team place. capun is a straight up *******. I broke the 15 item dl limit, I persuaded him to let me back, limited me to 5 items a day. & combatace is the coolest. I just dl with moderation there. & I've never heard of Chinese insky.
Insky was once a promintent group of Chinese flight sim modders, especially on LOMAC/LOMAC:FC and Strike Fighters series, but looks like they're pretty much done with modding SF series because people keep accusing them of ripping models from other mod/games in the most typical Chinese way. Still, they're the first who bring most PLAAF planes (ironically, except J-21/J-31 which was first made by a Brazilian modder) to SF2 (they did PLAAF mod for LOMAC too, so I think it's just a matter of converting stuff and whatnots).
I don't know what happening on them recently, perhaps they're only focused on DCS and whatnots nowadays.
Why yes, SF2 is one of my most favorite semi-flight sim of all time.
how do you add pics to a group plz help
I think you have to be here for at least a month before you can.
and why
No idea why i think it's ModDB's way of preventing Image Spam or something..yet there are still guest accounts.
I have some pictures and videos I took from an airshow I was at this weekend.
I "may" make an exception and post them here if there is interest.
Sexy PAK-FAs are sexy
Can we get a petition to remove the F-35 from the groups banner?
Put a MiG-21 instead of it, it is a glorious aircraft at least.
No a SR-71 or a F-105
I say we put something Neutral we have the SU-37 on the right and EF-2000 left, so instead of F-35 we should put a JAS-39.
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Pretty good but its ff vii, not vi
Hahaha oops my bad I blame it on uni lol these last few weeks have been brutal as.
Lol dont worry, its not as bad as when my friend said cloud was from ff13... And im sorry things have been rough for u
Bahahaha thats funny as lol FF13? so it's like cloud rocked up in the FF series a bit late haha
I finish my study this week thank god.....then i can focus on the important things like anime
I finish my study this week thank god.....then i can focus on the important things like anime
Lol yeah apparently lightning became cloud... And thats good, anime is very important xD i'm almost at that point in my ap art class >.> after this next project i can finally put effort into my art and draw something worthwhile, instead of drawing realistic leaves in every media because "that's what it's like in college"... Ugh that class has ruined so much of my art
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The cost of caring
Surviving the culture of niceness, occupational stress and coping strategies
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Palliative care nursing occurs in a context of significant human suffering, suffering in which nurses are both witness and participant. As palliative care nurses, every day we deal with people facing one of life's greatest challenges – people who are often distressed, in pain and struggling with questions of meaning. We are not immune to this suffering and, for most of us, our reason for working in this field is a desire to make a positive difference in the lives of dying people and their families.
We work in a setting that for the rest of health care is associated with the failure of modern medicine to hold death at bay. Our work is also often hidden from view in a social context where there is both a fascination with death and an avoidance of its proximity. We are lauded for the work we do because others see it as distasteful, yet the skill of our work is seen as hidden (Aranda 2001), innate rather than learned. Nursing in palliative care is even described as the quintessential spirit of nursing (Bradshaw 1996) – potentially little more than attention to the basics. For me, such beliefs minimize the complexity of our work and undermine the skill – a skill that is a combination of disease knowledge, clinical expertise and human compassion.
Believing that palliative nursing is natural rather than learned leads to what I consider to be a clear paradox in the self-perception of palliative care nurses – on the one hand, this is something everyone with a bit of humanity can do and, on the other, it is hard work and skilled practice. This paradox means we work in a constant balance between emphasizing the ordinariness of what we do and having to defend the need for skilled nurses in the delivery of palliative care. If nurses are to survive and even thrive in this context, attention must be paid to the skills and supports required to do this.
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- Interstate Commerce Commission, ICC(noun)
- a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995
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Over the past several days it seems that every elected democrat is claiming that they, along with Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), are inviting people to attend a rally in Santa Ana. In some cases, they are making it look like they are hosting, or co-hosting, the event. The Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC) sent out an email blast, announcing the rally, but they had the intellectual honesty not to claim it was their event.
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Sherri Loveland announces endorsements for Tustin City Council race
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Our last post on Tustin showed what a boy's club the city council has become. Let's just say I sure hope these guys don't treat their wives the way they do fellow council member Deborah Gavello. This election, it's time to give Deborah some support by electing Sherri Loveland to the Tustin City Council. Loveland…
Democratic Party of Orange County releases local endorsements
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Frank Barbaro, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Orange County today announced the local Party endorsements of Democrats who are seeking elected office for Mayor, City Council and/or K-14 Board of Education. In the release sent to their email list, the DPOC included contact information so that people can take a moment to volunteer or to contribute to the…
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Representative Barney Frank delivered the keynote address to the Democratic Party of Orange County's Truman Award Dinner on Saturday night. Four-hundred guests attended the sold out annual fundraising dinner held at the UFCW Local 324 Banquet Hall to honor Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee John Hanna as he received the 16th Harry S Truman Award. Congressman Barney Frank represents the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts.
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According to a Tweet from the DPOC, Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank will be the keynote speaker for the 16th annual Harry S Truman dinner for the Democratic Party of Orange County. See the Tweet here. Not a lot of details to report just yet. Barney Frank is a fearless, tell-it-like-it-is Democrat who does his homework.…
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We paid a visit to Choi's website and did email the Councilman's fundraiser asking about his service in the South Korean military. There's no mention of Choi's military background on his website. Frankly, I find it odd for a Republican not to mention any military service. Look at Chuck DeVore's mulitple references to his own miliary experience. Dana Roharbacher evaded the draft but is as hawkish as can be. Vice President Cheney is famous for having other priorities during Vietnam.
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On Monday night, the Democratic Party of Orange County installed Long Beach City Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske as their new Executive Director. Schipske comes to the DPOC with a terriffic background of work in democratic politics. Schipske has a long history of working with the community of organized labor.


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C: It can be - it certainly was when the Japanese did it. If you want to, you can kill someone in minutes by waterboarding. But that's not the way it was done by American intelligence officials. They had to have physicians on hand empowered to stop it at any time. They had to tell their subjects they were not going to be killed - because if they didn't, that would cause them too much suffering. They could only pour water on them for up to 40 seconds at a time -unpleasant, sure, but not longer than they could hold their breath.
And let's remember: Only three individuals were waterboarded. Three. All of them al-Qaeda leaders concealing information about active terrorist plots. And by the way, no one has been waterboarded since 2003.
J: But answer my question: Is waterboarding torture? Yes or no?
C: Defining torture is not easy. A simple legal definition is that it "shocks the conscience." Cutting off Daniel Pearl's head on videotape - that shocks my conscience. Sending a child out as a suicide bomber - that shocks my conscience. People jumping off the World Trade Towers because they'd rather die that way than by burning - that shocks my conscience. Khalid Sheikh Mohamed, mastermind of the 9/11 atrocities, gagging for a few minutes and, as a result, providing information that saves lives, then going back to his cell for dinner and a movie - no, my conscience is not shocked by that.
J: There's no proof any of this was effective. In fact, a lot of people say such techniques don't produce good information.
C: Obama's top intelligence official, Admiral Dennis Blair, says these techniques produced "high-value information" that gave the U.S. government "a deeper understanding of the al Qaeda organization that was attacking this country."
Former CIA director, Gen. Michael Hayden, and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey recently wrote: "As late as 2006, fully half of the government's knowledge about the structure and activities of Al Qaeda came from those [coercive] interrogations."
Former CIA Director George Tenet has said, "I know that this program has saved lives. I know we've disrupted plots. I know this program alone is worth more than [what] the FBI, the [CIA], and the National Security Agency put together have been able to tell us."
Former National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell has said, "We have people walking around in this country that are alive today because this process happened."
Many other top intelligence officials say the same: coercive interrogations are the only way we have to get life-saving information out of trained, hardened al-Qaeda terrorists.
I think the evidence is clear. But if others do not, let's release the "effectiveness memos" as former Vice President Cheney has requested and let's release other data on this question. Perhaps at this point we need a national debate on security and morality.
J: How do we know softer methods wouldn't have worked?
C: Look, we know this: Khalid Sheikh Mohamed was captured. He said: "I want a lawyer." He didn't get one - I know some people think he deserved one but he's not a criminal defendant or an honorable prisoner of war. The Geneva Convention does not cover him - even Obama's attorney general, Eric Holder has said that.
Later, they asked KSM over and over: "Will there be another attack?" He would just smile and say: "Soon you will see."
Now maybe you think asking him again and adding pretty please with a cherry on top would have produced results in time. The intelligence officials didn't think that. They went to the Justice Department and said: "What can we do? How far can we go to save lives?" And they got the information they needed -- and we haven't had another attack on American soil since
And after being waterboarded and suffering other coercive methods in 2002, Abu Zubaydah explained that he and his "brothers" were permitted to give up information - only once interrogators pushed them to the limit of their endurance. At that point, he provided information that helped the CIA capture terrorist Ramzi Binalshibh.
The two captives then gave up details that led to the capture of KSM who, as I said, was initially defiant but who finally revealed information leading to the capture of several other terrorist and at least one terrorist cell.
J: You not saying we're "in danger" if we stop this kind of interrogation?
C: I am. The current administration appears to have ruled out any coercive techniques: No sleep deprivation - not even for a night. No loud music - it drives the terrorists crazy! So it's torture! Better to let the attack proceed. The victims and their families surely will understand.
We basically have three weapons against terrorists: capture them, interrogate them, kill them. But there's no point in capturing if you can't effectively interrogate, so that leaves just killing. How do you justify that? How do you say, yes you can hit that terrorist with a Predator missile but you can't make him listen to Shady Slim?
J: And what do you propose?
C: I would hope that President Obama would change his mind. I would hope he would say to his advisors: "Give me a list of all the techniques that are effective. I'll take a red pen and cross out the ones we will never use no matter what. But I'll circle the ones that may be used if I'm asked -- and if I give specific authorization. As for other techniques that are clearly not torture but may inflict discomfort, there will be detailed guidelines and I want the director of the CIA to sign off every time they are used.
J: Fair enough but those who have already broken the law, shouldn't they be prosecuted?
C: What we're talking about is astonishing: Government lawyers in the current administration prosecuting government lawyers from the previous administration because they disagree with their legal opinions. Never before in American history has policy been so politicized. It's as though Eisenhower prosecuted Truman for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
The one indisputable achievement of the Bush administration was keeping Americans safe from terrorism for seven years. It's one thing to minimize that; it's quite another to try to spin it as a war crime.
J: But surely no one is above the law?
C: If there was any real basis for prosecutions, those cases should have been brought. They could have been brought anytime since 2003 - when, as I said, waterboarding stopped being used. Instead, leaders of Congress from both parties were briefed on these interrogation methods and they not only approved of them - they funded them. And there were occasions when bills were brought before Congress to specifically outlaw waterboarding. Those bills did not pass.
If members of Congress want to make a statement now, let them pass a law against waterboarding. Let them do that this week. But no witch hunts or show trials. That's not good for the country.
J: Gosh, Cliff. You've made some very strong points. I need to think about this. And can I make a donation to your organization?
Ok, this was my fantasy interview. It didn't actually go quite this well. How did it come out? You can watch the real debate on-line (www.thedailyshow.com) and judge for yourself.
Clifford D. May is the President of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
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Marking the 25th anniversary of Early Music America with a look at its past competition winners: Ensemble La Rota, Asteria, and the Catacoustic Consort.
The Tudor Choir performs on the Early Music Guild's International Series, the Hilliard Ensemble interprets Perotin, and Ensemble Sarband re-imagines Bach.
A sneak-preview of prominent early music concert series for the 2010-2011 season.
Music from the time of Vlad Dracula with Cançonièr, Imagem da Melancolia and 17th-century Portugal, and Bach's viola da gamba sonatas on the lautenwerk.
Medieval and early Anglo-American songs with Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi) and the Tudor Renaissance with Stile Antico (Harmonia Mundi).
The medieval ensemble Cançonièr explores music from the time of Vlad Dracula and the Dunedin Consort and Players perform J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor (Linn).
Musical instruments from the Middle Ages, Baroque oboist John Abberger, and Private Musicke performs music of Spanish Renaissance composer Alonso Mudarra.
Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of Claudio Monteverdi's "Marian Vespers" of 1610.
Performances by Ensemble Alkemia, Plaine & Easie, and Musica Fantasia.
A Christian expression of joy, the word "noel" has been associated with Christmas for hundreds of years.


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Smart Meter fires explained, with examples from around the globe. Plain English technical analysis of how, why, what, who, where smart meter fires. Short term issues (bad installs) long term issues (corrosion from RF etc.) Did Utilities and Smart Meter Manufacturers just admit responsibility for smart meter fires?? http://bcfreedom.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/smoking-gun-did-utilities-and-meter-makers-admit-responsibility-for-fires/ "So let's recap. We have […]
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Peco explains smart meter fires
September 14, 2012 | Andrew Maykuth Peco and representatives of the three biggest smart-meter manufacturers indicated the overheating problems are most likely caused by "external" problems in the panels mounted to walls into which the meter is plugged, not by a defect in the device itself. Peco says that fires caused serious damage in two […]
Commonwealth Edison confirms 3 smart meter fires in the Chicago Region; sending out meter designs for independent evaluation
Chicago Tribune article written by Gregory Karp and published August 30, 2012: Excerpts: Commonwealth Edison confirmed on Thursday that three of its smart meters, which wirelessly relay power-use data between homes and the company, have been involved in "small fires" in the Chicago region. ComEd said the problems stemmed not from the smart meters themselves […]
Inside PECO's smart meter debacle (regarding fires and smart meters)
Fierce Energy | Barbara Vergetis Lundin | October 15, 2012 There appears to be a lot of subtle blame going around when it comes to the cause of recent incidences of approximately 30 overheating smart meters — some of which resulted in fires — with Sensus as the "sacrificial goat" (scapegoat, that is). PECO pulls its smart meter […]
Maryland Public Service Commission holds hearing to discuss smart meters overheating and causing fires
The Maryland Public Service Commission held a hearing in Baltimore on Tuesday, August 28th in response to fifteen smart meter fires following newly installed utility meters in the Philadelphia area, compelling the Pennsylvania utility PECO to halt its smart meter installations pending a Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission inquiry. The Maryland Public Service Commission held the […]
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Webster Tarpley is the author of 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in the USA–Myth of the 21st Century, which largely deals with his conspiracy theories about 9/11. Tarpley is without question and quite obviously a brilliant man, a big thinker and re-thinker. His theories about what happened prior to, during and after 9/11 have gained a lot of credence amongst the doubting Thomases of the 9/11 era. He blames most of what happened on a rogue network of government agents, moles and patsies (including the high jackers) who orchestrated all of the events that occurred that day, especially the mess-up in air traffic control, when controllers had no idea what was a game and what was live. He believes that what happened on 9/11 was not a Muslim terrorist event, but rather a coup d'etat which was ultimately successful, thanks to the capitulation and willingness to do everything his betters told him, by George the Younger.
There is absolutely nothing in this book, however, that is not a stretch of some sort or another. My argument is that there shouldn't have to be a stretch unless you're trying to impress someone. Stack up your facts and state your conclusion. Tarpley's book is long on facts and very short on conclusions. He has no idea who was ultimately responsible for 9/11, he simply says this agency did this or that and we are to form our own conclusions without having names, addresses or social security numbers. It was the "Rogue Network." Yeah, OK, I believe you; so who were they? What are their names?
He also concludes that the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh was an inside job, complete with instant demolition of the evidence as a warm-up to 9/11 by the "rogues" in our government. Now, I get it. Witnesses heard bombs going off inside the building. There is no way sound or vibration from the truck explosion could have done that kind of damage to the building. And once again, the criminal elements of the FBI did away with most of the evidence before anyone had a chance to examine it. But where is the connection other than his own speculation that OKC was a run up to 9/11, a dress rehearsal of murder and mayhem? He hasn't a single shred of evidence.
He makes the very salient point that there is no way cell phone calls could have originated from the doomed aircraft over Pennsylvania mining fields unless the plane was flying below 8000 feet, an unlikely scenario unless it was under fire (Tarpley does contend the plane was shot down by U.S. aviators, it did not crash because of a "Let's Roll!" mutiny by large male passengers ganging up on a few pimply-faced, whore-mongering jihadists wielding box cutters.) Ok so the point has been made, so what? What does it mean? Tarpley doesn't say.
The cottage industry that has grown up around this conspiracy stands to be, in the long run, even more lucrative than the one which grew up after Kennedy was assassinated; it also stands to be just as underwhelming, short on indictments or arrests, and woefully short on public support, as the American public's outrage at what happened on 9/11 evidently knocked some key brain cells adrift in our collective consciousness. They have even failed to recognize that the large-scale selling of the military after 9/11 was bought and paid for by the U.S. taxpayer, who funds these stadium and other events by essentially buying advertising for our own military. That's right, those half-time shows, the fly-ins: they are paid for by you and me, they are nothing more than advertising.
Tarpley and his doubting crew need to focus on one or two events around 9/11 and get Congress to investigate, or some brave AG to file an indictment (political suicide). Unless and until that happens, it all comes out in the wash. When 258 people own as much as 3 billion people on this planet, their power is such that not even something as self-evident as a false flag attack on the U.S., where our own people murdered 3500 other Americans, is ever going to raise its little head above the waterline.


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Usher reportedly left 'The Voice USA' for his children because he no longer trusts anyone to look after the,
Usher has left 'The Voice' to look after his children.
The 34-year-old singer - who secured full custody of his sons, Usher V, five, and Naviyd, four, after a lengthy battle with his ex-wife Tamika Foster - allegedly no longer trusts anyone else with his kids after their former nanny, Cecilia Duncan, filed a lawsuit against him, claiming she was unfairly fired for asking for overtime pay.
A source said: ''He's at the point where he doesn't trust anyone to take care of his boys. Besides, he didn't fight so hard for custody just to hand them over to a nanny.''
His fellow judges Blake Shelton and Adam Levine have tried to convince him to stay on the show, insisting that celebrities are always in the firing line for people who use stars for their stack of cash.
Speaking to the National Enquirer, an inside source said: ''Blake told him that stars are always targets for people who think they can treat celebrities like cash registers. But Usher is really steamed about this lawsuit. He believes he's always been generous to people who work for him.
''If he has to leave 'The Voice' to free up more time to be with his kids, he's ready to do it.''


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We spent 10 nights at the resort in February. The website is slightly misleading. All of the pictures of the interiors of the condos are of the larger (543 sq. ft.) units, of which there are only three (the other 3 are not rented out)! Unit C is not available for rental at all, and unit B, which has 6 units, measure only 414 sq. ft., so that is a total of nine units. We had our son with us & when the sofa bed was pulled out, you could hardly move in the living/dining/kitchen room! Luckily, we were able to move over to unit 11 & that gave us adequate space. There's no getting around the fact that the rates are very fair for what you get. The staff is great & will do anything for you. The owner was on the premises, & was a genial host. The location is perfect -- just far enough north of town that it's quiet & peaceful. Yes, there is a road between the property & the ocean, but it's a sand-packed beach road & doesn't get much traffic, so it's not an issue. The pool, while small, is well-maintained & the chairs outside the rooms are padded for comfort. All that is needed is a new website showing the property as it really is, so that people will know what to expect.
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Yeah I needed to draw her too yee
Possible print for Bronycon? We'll see...
Possible print for Bronycon? We'll see...
Twilight looks so lovely.
Fantastic! <3
Its so evocative makes me feel joy inside and..
SO SPARKLY.~o3o~* i think this can be a t-shirt*
SO SPARKLY.~o3o~* i think this can be a t-shirt*
So majestic...
Nice work! I like how the dress is slimmed down... It always bothered me how big it was in the show.
Very cool piece of art.
Beautiful as always!
Great work!
An awesome and beautiful pic I love it
Very Nice Work, She Looks Beautiful
ah alicorn twilight, whatever her destiny will be im sure she accomplish it no matter where everyone likes her differences or not besides you can change your look for someone but you can't change what your heart desires for everyone. Im sure alicorn twilight will do a great job on what she'll be doing as a princess in season 4
Great artwork! ^_^
Great artwork! ^_^
beautiful pic
Very good. The background is great. The way you handled her dress is flawless. The shadows on her body are amazing. Her new main is awesome.
It's very dreamy.
Love the lighting and contrasts on your art.
Faved, but not because I'm a fan of Twilicorn...
Beautiful use of lighting!
It is a very beautiful picture. If you sold a print of this at Bronycon, I'm sure people would buy it. I know I would, if I wasn't broke and on another continent...
I'm wondering where her tail is though, it looks like it would show in this angle.
I'm wondering where her tail is though, it looks like it would show in this angle.
As controversial as this change may ghave been, I can't deny that she deserved it.
Amazing man. Amazing. ^_^
This is beautiful!!
Not bad. :3
Where's her tail?
Or is the dress just folded around it?
Or is the dress just folded around it?
Ooh. Sparkles.
Nicely done! I do like the simple composition and that lighting is very nice.
She is a cute one.
And everyone knows winged ponies are the most huggable.
And everyone knows winged ponies are the most huggable.
Very pretty.
Not bad. Not bad at all.


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