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The Tollgate is the quintessential 16th century English inn, situated in the village of Holt. With picturesque gardens and a dining terrace, this charming inn is set in 1. 5 acres of Wiltshire countryside.
Free Wi-Fi and free private parking are also offered. With 4 fantastic en-suite guest rooms The Tollgate is the ideal place to relax and unwind. We have 2 log burners and an open fire, so sit back and enjoy a selection real ales some of which are brewed in the village or choose from our fantastic wine selection all whilst sampling our excellent food. Locally sourced meat from a farm only 2 miles away is served in the restaurant, where guests can dine beside an open fire. Tollgate is a 5-minute drive from the Georgian market town of Bradford-on-Avon. The historic city of Bath, known for its spas and pump rooms, is 7 miles away.
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no issues with anything , would stay again , shower good , food good , above pub ,plenty of parkng - ideal
A pub with a local country feel.
The building is old and the room I stayed in was in the eaves. It was a spacious room, but limited in space due to the steep sloping roof. The food was good and service was very friendly. Lots of parking and easy access to Trowbridge.
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Mixed signals in Scout scandal
Recent news stories on the sex scandal rocking the Boy Scouts of America organization are deeply misleading because virtually every newspaper article, and every television news report, makes reference to pedophilia or child sexual abuse. The deeper problem lies elsewhere.
Like the Roman Catholic Church, which in past decades was protective of predatory priests and the church's own reputation at the expense of innocent children and teenagers, the Boy Scouts concealed the extent of sexual abuse in the ranks. Scouting's preferred solution was to blacklist adults suspected of abuse. And the attempts to hide such incidents from public view, dating almost to Scouting's founding, are consistent with the larger society's practices during that era.
But the relentless critics of Scouting have a blind spot. To the extent they acknowledge homosexuality at all, they insist homosexuals should be allowed to participate in Scouting because they are no more likely than heterosexuals to be pedophiles.
That may be true, but it's irrelevant. Pedophiles are attracted to pre-pubescent children. Most Boy Scouts, being at least 11, are post-pubescent. An adult man who makes advances on a 15-year-old boy is not, by definition, a pedophile. He's a homosexual, no different from a heterosexual who is attracted to young women.
The prevalence of child sex abuse — studies suggest as many as 25 percent of women and 15 percent of men were molested as children — is a natural manifestation of a culture that is awash in the sexualization of youth. Pornographic websites boast that the women pictured therein are "barely legal." Cartoons aimed at young children feature buxom, scantily clad heroines and sculpted, handsome heroes; the subplots often are sexually charged. Clothing manufacturers market highly revealing garments to children and teens, and publish catalogs that border on pornographic. Homosexuals are no more immune than heterosexuals to the morally anesthetizing effects of these signals emanating unceasingly from the popular culture.
None of this makes preying on young Scouts any less despicable, whether one calls the predator a pedophile or a homosexual. But there's a disconnect here that cries out for another explanation, as many of the people who vehemently opposed the organization's hard-won exclusion of homosexual Scouts and leaders are now attacking it for failing to protect every child who joined a troop.
According to an Oct. 22 Associated Press report, "Many people posting their views on social media questioned the Scouts' recently reaffirmed policy of excluding gays while seemingly shielding child abusers in their midst." The story included a quote from Thomas Plante, a Santa Clara University professor who has done extensive research on the Catholic Church child-sex scandal: "It's a double whammy for the Boy Scouts right now because they're already under the gun because of the gay issue. That contradiction, that hypocrisy, creates that much more of a story."
Contradiction? Hypocrisy? Given that most Boy Scouts are post-pubescent, and therefore of no interest to pedophiles but of great interest to homosexuals, how could such a policy serve any purpose but to protect the Scouts from sexual predators? Indeed, it's the critics of Scouting, not the Boy Scouts organization, who are conflating homosexuality and pedophilia.
These critics should be honest about their intentions. The Boy Scouts, with deeply conservative religious and moral principles, have no place in the amoral, libertine world the Scouts' detractors seek to create.

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S'mores without the campfire! These Peanut Butter S'mores have a graham cracker crust, lots of marshmallow, rich chocolate and a peanut butter drizzle – all served in a jar.
Who is starting school this week, or has already started?
I'm a newbie to this whole school thing. Well, this being a mom to someone in school thing. My oldest is going into Kindergarten this year, and I feel like I totally don't know what to expect. I think I'm more nervous for everything than my daughter is.
I'm one of those people that gets so caught up in everything that is going on in life that sometimes I miss the details. I totally knew that school started this week. So I was prepared. And then I found out on Friday that while school does start this week, the kindergarten classes don't start for another week.
Yeah – I'm that mom that would have totally sent her daughter on the school bus a week before she was actually supposed to be there.
But the good news is that we have another week of summer!! The reality is that I will continue to celebrate summer until at least Labor Day, but having no school means some extra fun times.
One thing we haven't done yet this summer is to have s'mores in the backyard. I actually bought ingredients several weeks ago, but for one reason or another, they never happened. But you don't have to have a backyard fire pit – or even a backyard for that matter – to enjoy s'mores.
Because today, I've got you covered with Peanut Butter S'mores in a Jar.
This dessert right here is one that will make your summer. All of the flavors of s'mores – plus added peanut butter – right in an easy to eat jar. No campfire needed.
I actually tried to make these using a homemade brownie recipe and they were a complete disaster. They completely overflowed and were not cooked through. It was a delicious mistake, but it was definitely not the best way to make them. The second time I went to make them, I was going to try a different homemade brownie recipe, but then decided to just stick with the recipe and use a boxed mix. And honestly – if you serve these to guests, they will never know that the brownie portion came from a box. These were amazing. I almost skipped the peanut butter, but that little bit of peanut butter totally made these. So I would definitely recommend keeping the peanut butter.
These would also be perfect for summer entertaining. Individual portions are always a good thing, and the jars make them feel a little bit special.
I'm thinking these Peanut Butter S'mores in a Jar are the perfect summer dessert. And the perfect dessert to celebrate (almost) going back to school!
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- 1 sleeve graham crackers (9 whole crackers), finely crushed
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 (7 oz) container marshmallow creme
- 1 box (18 oz) brownie mix, plus ingredients called for on the box
- 4 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups miniature marshmallows
- Preheat the oven to 325F. Place 8 (8 oz) jars on a baking sheet.
- In a bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar. Reserve about ¼ cup of the crumbs, and divide the rest of the crumbs evenly between the 8 jars. Use a spoon or a spice jar to flatten the crumbs into the bottom of the jars.
- Place a large spoonful of the marshmallow creme in each jar over the crust, dividing it equally between the 8 jars. (I microwaved the creme for about 8 seconds to loosen it up a bit.) The creme should spread to the edge of the jars while you make the brownie batter, but if it doesn't, use the back of a spoon that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray to spread the creme.
- Prepare the brownie batter according to the package directions. Divide the batter evenly between the 8 jars. Place in the oven and bake until the brownie layer is cooked through, about 30 minutes. The marshmallow may puff up in the center or along the sides of the jar. The brownies may also fall a bit after baking.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly. Place the peanut butter in a small bowl and microwave for 30 seconds. Drizzle ½ tablespoon of peanut butter over the top of each jar. Sprinkle the reserved graham cracker crumbs on top. Top each with about ⅓ cup of miniature marshmallows. Use a kitchen torch to char the marshmallows. Alternately, place the jars under the broiler until the marshmallows are browned.
- Serve warm.
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14 Responses to Peanut Butter S'mores In a Jar
My daughter (my oldest) starts Kindergarten this year too. We have one more week to enjoy summer, and these s'mores jars look like the perfect way to do it! I hope your daughter has a great (real) first day!
I love this twist on a s'more! Anything baked in a jar is always a hit!
These are too adorable! Love these little jars of s'mores goodness
OMG get this to my apartment immediately! What a sweet idea, taste and presentation!
These are so adorable!
I pink puffy heart love these!!! Peanut butter s'mores rock.
S'mores + peanut butter? GLORIOUS.
What a great idea making a s'more in a jar! And I love the addition of peanut butter, that's perfect!
Girl, that looks aaaamazing! School starts after labor day here too. But since I homeschool, we usually start in October. I did however, just take advantage of all the crazy deals at my grocery store for back to school supplies. Holla for savings!
What type of jars do you use?
Have that Kleenex box at hand when she heads off to kindergarten. It's hard at first, but I promise that it will get easier!
This dessert is such a cute idea! What a fun way to enjoy summer flavors even in the winter.
Say this whole fall/back-to-school thing ain't so! I don't think I'm ready for it. There are still so many s'mores I have yet to eat! Case in point.
I read this recipe and thought it was a great idea for a gift! I couldn't find any jars, but instead I used a regular baking pan. Also, I added peanut butter to the brownie mixture (peanut butter addict haha). Thanks for this great idea!


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The loan that she is currently seeking will enable her to buy 2 boxes of batteries, 5 dozen boxes of beauty lotion, 1 box of tobacco, 2 boxes of soap, and 1 box of plastic packaging. She fears competition, but she is striving to move her business forward by expanding into rural areas.
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Walter Cronkite previews the office of 2001, in 1967.
Marissa Mayer would obviously disapprove. Working from home! Of course, Cronkite couldn't imagine a woman in this office.
Walter Cronkite previews the office of 2001, in 1967.
Marissa Mayer would obviously disapprove. Working from home! Of course, Cronkite couldn't imagine a woman in this office.
I heartily recommend the first two parts of this four part Ronald Moore interview. Representative bit:
ES: I want to return to Colonel Tigh for a minute. When I initially watched—at least the first couple episodes of the miniseries—Tigh didn't strike me as particularly sympathetic. There's the question of whether he's making the right call throughout his struggles with his wife and with alcohol, but overwhelmingly all the veterans I talked to identified most—and it didn't matter whether they were officers or enlisted—they identify with Tigh. One wrote, "[Colonel] Tigh reminded me of one of my old flight chiefs…a tough Bronx Jew who retired a Senior Master Sergeant, as well as a couple other senior NCOs I knew. (Not coincidentally, most of them were functioning or recovering alcoholics). He might not have been PC, and he didn't handle delicate situations well but when everything went to shit, he knew how to do his job and [do it] well." Another veteran recalled "33": "'Yes, the Cylons keep coming after us time after time after time. And yes, we are still expected to do our jobs!' That quote really resonated with me—it's definitely the type of mentality you need to have to be an Army Ranger." You see these diverse service members connecting with Tigh. Is he a military everyman?
RM: In a way. He was emblematic of a lot of different men I met when I was in ROTC in the cruise and other cruises and different environments that I was in over those years and some other experiences with my father being military-based now and again, and I just recognized that. There was something about those men that were deeply flawed, were really gruff, and were people that you didn't want to mess with and you were kinda afraid of and didn't know what they were capable of. They didn't seem like they'd be recruiting poster types, but you knew that you wanted them with you in a fight, and you sensed everyone else needed them, too. I remember there being some gunnery sergeants I met in the Marine Corps that were—I don't know if they became alcoholics; frankly, I wasn't around them in their off-hours but they certainly gave off that vibe—were screwed up individuals, but everyone from the colonel down to the privates in that unit would definitely look to them as somebody who knew what the score was and who were the backbone of the unit. I was always struck by that—that the guys who really pull it together may not be very pretty and might be people that, you know, weren't very PC and no one would hold up and say this is the model soldier, marine, or officer, but you know that doesn't mean that they're not good.
Tigh was a fabulous creation. If there's a common thread that runs through the Golden Age of Television, it's in the effective display of the travails of middle management; people who need to resolve the problems of those under them while mollifying those above them. BSG, the Wire, the Sopranos, the Office, and even Mad Men (to some extent) leap to mind in terms of effective depictions.
Of course, in this case Moore wrote himself into a corner and decided to wreck the character with the "Final Five" nonsense. Still, Tigh was one of the best parts of the series, and remains one of my favorite television characters.
Robert Chew, who played Prop Joe in The Wire, has passed. One of the greatest roles in one of the greatest television shows in history.
Why has television surpassed film as the most important form of motion picture media? Maybe because shows like Mad Men tell interesting stories while the 14th sequel to a superhero movie might sell tickets in China but is culturally irrelevant over the long-term. And while I don't doubt that TV being free after subscription and pirating are issues, the real problem for Hollywood is that they don't tell interesting stories anymore, preferring to rely on CGI and tricks to get 15 year old boys to spend money, while adults can watch Mad Men or Girls or The Wire or whatever.
But hey, I'm sure having Seth MacFarlane host the Oscars will make a huge difference and put film back on top. Clearly Hollywood studio executives have identified the problem correctly…..
Ta-Nehisi Coates is correct. The attacks on Lena Dunham as the ultimate purveyor of white privilege in the arts are utterly bizarre. This isn't to say Dunham doesn't benefit from white privilege or shouldn't think of casting non-whites in her show, but she hardly benefits more than anyone else and is hardly more guilty than anyone else.
(This is another one of those visual rhetoric posts that's born of this upcoming course … which now has its own website that's only a demo at the moment so don't judge.)
To recap: in the first post, I demonstrated how Van Patten turned Will into a sympathetic character. In the second post, I established that the scenes in Winterfell that weren't in the novel were designed to establish a perspective on Will's coming execution that's focalized through Bran, but which also introduces the audience to the larger Stark family dynamics. (I also, as Julia Grey pointed out, inadvertantly indicated how Arya's character would develop over the course of the season. I'll let Julia's analysis carry the weight of that interpretative thread for now and return to it when it comes to fore later.) Before I can yoke those arguments together, though, it would behoove us to see what happens when Bran steps off-stage, as it were, beginning with the announcement of Will's capture:
Those smiles are residual: for one of the only time in the series, Ned and Catelyn have watched Arya and Bran engaging in what we might call "play." She hits his target and he's encouraged by his brothers, bastard and true, as well as his parents, to take off after her:
Turning downtown Springfield, Oregon into a Simpsons-themed shopping district actually makes a tiny bit of sense, as cheesy as it would be, considering that downtown Springfield reminds one of a city like Canton or Schenectady more than Eugene or Portland.
Most of what I read about the latest Mad Men ("The Other Woman") focused on Joan's decision to accept Pete's indecent proposal—and rightly so—but the title of the episode basically demands the audience answer the question "Who's the woman, and who's the other one?" As far as I can tell, the consensus seems to be that it's Joan, who unlike Megan and Peggy lacks a defined role in Don's life, but that strikes me as only significant in this episode and inconsonant with developments in the series as whole. Moreover, the final minutes of the episode indicate that while Peggy's role in Don's life may have been circumscribed by their working relationship in recent episodes, it bears remembering that, before Megan, Peggy and Don regularly confided in each other about things like the ramifications of unplanned pregnancies. In short, I'd argue that over the course of five seasons, Peggy's been Don's perpetual "other woman," and I think the structure of the episode bears this out.
But first things first, let me remind you of a moment from the first episode of the first season. Don criticizes Peggy for allowing Pete to enter his office and steal research from his trash, to which Peggy responds thus:
The latest Mad Men ("The Other Woman") presented me with more to think about than I can currently wrap my head around, but so too did the latest Games of Thrones ("Blackwater"), albeit it for very different reasons. So instead of delving into "The Other Woman" or drowning in the sudden narratological shift in "Blackwater," I'll focus on a fine point about shot construction in Game of Thrones. Before I do, however, I should note that I'm by no means endorsing the more problematic elements of the show—the racial politics foremost among them—because those strike me as endemic to sword-and-sorcery as a genre, so anything I write about them will inevitably be general and uninteresting to a fault.
If you want a re-cap of the episode itself, I recommend Alyssa's, but for my purpose all you need to know is that 1) the great Peter Dinklage plays Tyrion Lannister and 2) he commands an army that's on the brink of being besieged. Tyrion, in the lingo of the show, is a "halfman," and Dinklage's height presents difficulties for directors—if they shoot a close-up or medium close-up of him in conversation, his wit and intelligence will be diminished by the fact that his head's surrounded by a sea of crotches. The typical solutions to this problem are two-fold: have everyone he converses with sit down while doing so (as Thomas McCarthy did extensively in The Station Agent) or shoot him in extremely shallow focus so he's surrounded by a sea of fuzzy crotches. In "Blackwater," director Neil Marshall eschews both techniques, employing instead an exceedingly stylized compositional mode that would look ostentatious in almost any other context. To wit:
How many shows have reached such outstanding heights in the 5th season as Mad Men has done this year, episode after episode? The last 3 episodes especially have been just fantastic. And the comedic writing is so much higher this year. I find myself laughing out loud consistently, which I don't remember doing before. Even The Wire slipped in season 5. I guess MASH and Seinfeld were pretty fantastic around season 5 and The Sopranos was always pretty great. But there's not many shows still able to break new ground in their 5th season.
In other words, you west coast people need to be watching tonight.
(It goes without saying that this is another one of those posts.)
Poor self-defeating Pete, trying his best to become the very Draper whose misery's invisible to him. Remember when Pete had hope, and director John Slattery hammered the possibility of it home via reverse shots? How Pete saw Peggy longing for him:
Returned her implicit, medium long offer in kind:
And was returned in kind:
And again:
And again, an almost final invitaiton?
Of course, between them in each reverse shot is the not-insignificant–and increasingly significant, given the racial aspects entering the series in future episodes–glass door separating the firm from the world it claims to represent. As I wrote in the post linked above:
The viewer is looking at Peter looking at Peggy in the first medium close up in the scene. (There is a slight unreality to this point of view shot: it zooms in on the pair in a way only cameras can. The zooming seems to act as a cinematic proxy for attention or concentration.) Slattery made sure the nearly invisible wall separating them remained visible, which creates a tension between the intimacy of the close up and the reality of the glass walls separating them. That he chooses a more intimate when these two are in different rooms is, for obvious reasons, significant. She sees him peering at her and, by its positioning, the camera acknowledges the bond that will remain despite the increasing distance between them: the baby they had together.
But now Peter's a father, only not of Peggy's baby, but of his own. Who's screen presence exists as such:
See the baby? The one he had so he could be more like Draper? It's sitting there, frame central, hovering invisible in that tacky chair he should've had the decency to replace if he'd had any sense of style. He's becoming Draper–disappearing into the life he mistakenly believed he wanted. No children to greet him, just cold dinner and a warm shot of whisky. Don't believe me? Let's rewrind to the first season and remind you of a similarly framed shot:
In this case, however, Betty's lying about going to the community center to watch them film the pool–she's off to watch pretty things die, as per the episode's title, for"Sport." But there's something more than sport to her deliberations. She wants to savor the experience of watching something die. First she feeds the children, then she does the laundry:
Then the camera acknowledges that she's had an idea and zooms into a close-up to reiterate that fact:
Note the joy on her face. Knowing that her idea is one that–whatever joy it might bring her, society would disapprove of, she ponders her decision for a moment:
Moments are fleeting:
Her decision has been made. Cut to exterior:
Relief. Betty's just a central figure staring at the sky in wonderment at all God's creations:
Look at those birds? The fact that they're incapable of being centrally staged only emphasizes their freedom. The frame can't constrain them! They're free! If only Betty had an equivalently symbolic emblem of relinquishing societal constraints:
She does. Her feelings of entrapment are nothing a healthy dose of nicotine can't cure. Except why has she shifted stage-left? She had occupied the central portion of the screen, but now it's as if she's making room for something else. Whatever could that be?
Of course, she being an American, the only thing she can do with her symbol of freedom is shoot it with … another symbol of her freedom. I wasn't able to capture her aiming the gun, which is why the space on the right side of the frame had to be cleared, but that's why it was. Oddly, her cigarette still occupies the central portion of the frame, as if, like the nicotine it delivers into her blood, is calming her down, making her transgressive violence possible. Can't be sure. However, visually speaking, the indication is that Draper's created/creating a sociopath, and the implication is that Peter's following a similar path. He began his morning commutes in "A Little Kiss," you'll remember, alone and engrossed in a paper:
His loneliness is highlighted by both the empty chair beside him and the man with the solitaire board across from him. By episode's end, things seem a bit different, though:
Wonder why that might be? Couldn't have anything to do with, say, this:
Nothing at all there. Not between Peggy and Pete. Not with a viable baby hanging out right there in a carriage.
UPDATE: This is not what I do.
My promised follow up post about Peter's sad descent into the trappings of Draper's life is nearly half-complete, but I wanted to address something that's come up in the comments first, because I encounter variations of it every time I teach. Uncle Ebeneezer wrote
On a tangent–a friend of mine read your post and remarked that they doubt that THAT much thought really goes into it. I disagree, but I'm sure you must hear that sort of sentiment all the time and I'm just curious how you usually respond.
He's correct in that I encounter this all the time–frequently as a back-handed compliment about me putting more thought into the show than the people who made it–but it's usually the person doing the slapping that has no clue what they're talking example. For example, in an interview I can't relocate, Christopher Nolan was discussing the logistics of using an IMAX camera to capture Christian Bale hanging off of a skyscraper in Hong Kong. The joke of it was that between the helicopter, its pilot, safety equipment, those equipped to use it, Nolan and Bale's salaries, the insurance policy on Bale, the rental cost of the IMAX camera and its crew, every single syllable was costing Warner Brothers $300,000, "so if everyone would quit fucking cursing they could fucking film this fucking shot for under three million dollars."
And that's pre-production. So do I occasionally hazard into a situation in which I over-read some last minute practicality? No doubt. But should the wizards with the duct tape see my analysis and note that I missed their wizardry, don't you think they'd be proud that they'd done their job so well I couldn't imagine it having been done differently? But if your friends are still unconvinced–and if my students are any indication, many of them will be, send them to the "full credits" listing of a show like Mad Men. John Rogers—friend of the blog and showrunner of Leverage—can add to any of the many things I've forgotten, but keep in mind that all of the following people must be paid, eat, have their equipment plugged in and powered up, etc., and remember as your friend's scrolling down that very, very long list, there are a number of unusual positions, such as:
I've chosen that list a little randomly, but it's also a little representative of the collaborate work involved in any significant production. Odd as it may seem, the burden of proof that something isn't in a particular scene should fall to the casual viewer, who thinks television is magic and all you need is a camera, some costumes, and a few pretty pictures to make it work. Granted, that's true of some reality television — it wear its cheap production for all to see — but for quality, scripted television, each minute of which costs thousands to film, there's a reason why certain mediocre actors are come to be called "character actors" as they age. It's not that Benjamin Bratt — and I'm not picking on him — is a good actor, but there's a reason why people want to work with him. To my knowledge, he's polite, shows up on time, knows his lines, and is forgo having a potentially short or taller stand-in sit for him in the rehearsals and run-throughs. (That's anecdotal evidence, but I trust the source, and if I'm wrong, there are a million others I could substitute for him.) Point being:
Shooting quality film/television is very expensive, so it's all planned out in advance, then modified, script-color-change-by-script-color-change, then ideally handed to actors who behave professionally. In short, the implicit answer to why there aren't more great television shows is sort of the same as why they aren't more perfect storms.


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Short on action and slow in developing, this drama is set during World War II on a small island in the Pacific. Two GI's are holed up inside a cave, the only survivors of a failed offensive on the island. One day they witness a mass suicide among the Japanese soldiers who control the area, and so they realize that the war has ended. As they open up to each other, one of them loses his temper unexpectedly and bursts forth with an anti-Semitic tirade against his supposed buddy. That unexplained outburst mortifies him as much or more than it does his companion, and he takes a shocking punitive action against himself. Meanwhile, the two men need to be rescued soon because the island is scheduled for an atomic bomb test. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi


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Chicago has 4 notable large-scale breweries that are open for tours regularly, Revolution, Half Acre, Goose Island, and Lagunitas. And like most people who live in Chicago, they've been on my "I should check that out sometime" list ever since I turned 21. I suppose it wasn't really a priority of mine, since my legal birthday was 5 years ago and … [Read more...]
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[JURIST] UN human rights expert Maria Grazia Giammarinaro on Monday urged the Malaysian government [press release] to make improvements to its efforts to combat human trafficking. At the conclusion of her first visit to Malaysia, Giammarinaro said [statement] that there are currently several million undocumented migrant workers in Malaysia. Although … [read more]
[JURIST] Experts from the UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and practice [official website], along with several other special groups within the UN, urged [press release] Kenya on Monday to repeal sections of the Marriage and Property Act [text]. According to the experts, the provisions effectively deny … [read more]
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo [official profile] on Friday urged [press release] the island nation of Seychelles to establish a National Action Plan to combat human trafficking, and to hasten to pass the draft anti-trafficking bill currently circulating in … [read more]
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of the Ave Maria School of Law says says the US must pursue a full spectrum of "smart power" capabilities in Africa, to include but not be limited to the use of drones for surveillance or targeted killing strikes...The ongoing crises in Algeria and Mali … [read more]
JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Landriscina, New York Civil Liberties Union Legal Fellow, revisits her article on the displacement of the Chagos Islanders by the US and UK. Here, she examines what she argues is the lackluster response of the US to a petition of the plight of the Chagossians and … [read more]
[JURIST] UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson [official profile] on Monday stressed the need to address the causes of maritime piracy [statement] with a "multi-dimensional approach" [press release]. Addressing the UN Security Council, Eliasson noted three areas of concern that warrant immediate action: 1) better coordination, information-sharing and trust-building among countries … [read more]
[JURIST] The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg [official website, in German] on Friday issued sentences for 10 Somalis who were involved in the hijacking the German freighter MS Taipan off the coast of Somalia two years ago. The defendants, ranging in age from 19–50, were found guilty on charges … [read more]
[JURIST] An appeals court in Kenya ruled Thursday that Kenyan courts have jurisdiction to try international piracy suspects. The court's decision overturns a 2010 ruling [JURIST report] which found that Kenya does not have jurisdiction outside of its national waters. The appellate court, composed of a five-judge panel, concluded that … [read more]
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court Eastern District of Virginia [official website] on Monday sentenced a convicted Somali pirate negotiator to a dozen life sentences. Judge Robert Doumar sentenced [Reuters report] Mohammad Shibin to serve 10 concurrent life sentences, two consecutive life sentences and two 20-year sentences, and … [read more]
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] released an accused Somali pirate Tuesday after prosecutors failed to produce sufficient evidence to proceed to trial. English-speaking Somali citizen Ali Mohamed Ali, 50, was scheduled to be tried next week [AP report] on charges … [read more]
[JURIST] The International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau (IMB) [official website] on Monday reported that the number of global pirate attacks fell sharply [press release] in the first half of 2012. The IMB Piracy Reporting Centre [official website] (PRC) received reports [materials] of 177 incidents in the first six … [read more]
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official website] ruled Wednesday that the legal definition of maritime piracy [JURIST news archive] includes an armed attack to hijack a ship, even if the attempt is unsuccessful. In one case, the court upheld [opinion, PDF] the convictions and life … [read more]
[JURIST] Ten Somali pirates were sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday in the Abu Dhabi Federal Criminal Court of First Instance. The men were convicted of highjacking the MV Arrilah-1, a UAE-owned ship hauling aluminum in the Arabian Sea, in April 2011. The US Fifth Fleet [official website] … [read more]
[JURIST] Six accused Somali pirates went on trial in a Paris court Tuesday for taking 30 crew members hostage in 2008 on the ship Le Ponant in the Gulf of Aden. The men could face life in prison [AFP report] if convicted of both kidnapping and theft as a result … [read more]
[JURIST] Somali national Mohommad Saaili Shibin was convicted in a US court on Friday of piracy [JURIST news archive] for his role in the hijacking of a German merchant vessel and a US yacht in 2010 and 2011. Shibin, who played the role of negotiator in the hijackings, was convicted … [read more]
JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Landriscina, American University Washington College of Law Class of 2012, is a student attorney at the school's UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic. Here she discusses the expulsion of the Chagos Islanders from Diego Garcia, and the need for the US to take responsibility for its … [read more]
[JURIST] The US government on Tuesday handed over [press release] 15 suspected Somali pirates it captured in January to the Republic of Seychelles for prosecution. The suspects are accused of attacking a ship and kidnapping 13 Iranian fisherman, all of whom the US Navy rescued. They will be tried in … [read more]
[JURIST] The Tribunale Ordinario di Roma [official website, in Italian] on Monday ordered nine alleged Somali pirates [JURIST news archive] to be tried in Italy's first international piracy trial on charges of attacking the Montecristo, an Italian cargo vessel, off the coast of Somalia last year. Currently being held in … [read more]
[JURIST] Seychelles President James Michel [official profile] on Monday asked world leaders to address security problems in Somalia with greater urgency on Monday in order to lower the rate of Somali pirate [JURIST news archive] attacks in the southern Indian Ocean. In letters to a number of leaders, including US … [read more]
[JURIST] Six accused Somali pirates [JURIST news archive] went on trial in Paris Tuesday on charges of hijacking, kidnapping and armed robbery in connection with a 2008 attack on a yacht. Then men are accused [CNN report] of capturing the Carre-d'As IV in the Gulf of Aden and holding a … [read more]


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Do you feel like you're a prisoner? With regards to your savings that is. Remember the days when all of your retirement income came from the interest paid to you from your investments? Miss those days? Yes; we all do and unfortunately it does not seem likely that those days will return anytime soon.
Apparently some retirees have found a solution.
I know we have all heard this before- "the experts are surprised"—Well they are surprised again.
According to Beacon Research the top selling annuity product in the first quarter of 2012 was an immediate annuity. That's right the product that generates a negative knee jerk reaction from so many "financial advisers" and their partners in the financial press is being purchased at a record pace. Yet, again the people are ahead of the so called experts.
So what do these so called experts dislike about an immediate annuity?
Yes, I attend the training meetings, so you can think of me as your mole and here is what I hear:
Outdated thinking point # 1 – Loss of future purchasing power due to inflation.
Reality Check- In the distant past this was mostly true. Currently there are new income annuities that offer cost of living increase or will increase income payments based on changes to the S&P 500. Once increased the monthly payment is guaranteed to never decrease over your lifetime.
Outdated thinking point # 2 – If you die the insurance company keeps any unpaid money.
Not anymore. Most annuities will pay any remaining cash balances to your beneficiaries.
Outdated thinking point #3 – If a financial emergency happens you have no access to your money.
Reality Check – Most modern annuities allow the withdrawal of unpaid funds after a nominal early withdrawal charge and in some cases a percentage can be withdrawn each year without charge.
With proper planning, emergency funds should be kept in very liquid accounts. However, in the case of unforeseen extreme emergencies annuity funds can be accessed.
Outdated thinking point #4 – Funds placed in an annuity are "dead money."
The question is dead for whom?
Unfortunately some advisers feel this way because most annuities do not pay ongoing fees (commissions). The entire equity financial service industry gets paid from ongoing fees generated by money under management and "money on the move." Every time your money moves it generates a commission for someone.
Not so with fixed annuities.
Consider annuities as a "get out of Saver's Prison card."
Fixed annuities average 3 to 4 times more interest than CD's are currently paying.
Index annuities could pay considerably more interest depending on the performance of the index they follow.
Immediate income annuities which are currently the most purchased provide guaranteed lifetime with cost of living increases; Thus making it possible for you to spend all of your money plus some of the insurance company's money before you die. All the while you never have to worry about running out of income even if you live to be 120 years old.
You may ask questions in the comments or contact me privately Tim Barton, ChFC


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I love how Meta Knight's the only one who didn't move XP and our cameraman-- woman? puffball.-- doesn't really care, she just wants to take a picture, right?
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Yasmine Ryan | 06 Oct 2011 14:19 GMT | Egypt, Tunisia
TUNIS, Tunisia - As history has shown repeatedly, access to information can play a decisive role in triggering social change.The publication of leaked diplomatic cables by the whistle-blowing organisation WikiLeaks has been controversial.But as a panel at the Third Arab Bloggers' Meeting affirmed this week, the monopoly of state media in most authoritian Arab regimes had been progressively undermined for several years as citizens sought alternative information from dissident bloggers and television. WikiLeaks, if anything, offered the final blow, and, in fact, found partners in the Arab world in the alternative media.In North America and Europe, WikiLeaks formed partnerships with major news organisations. But in Tunisia the whistle-blowing organisation entrusted the diplomatic cables to the dissident website, Nawaat.Sami Ben Gharbia, Nawaat's co-founder, explained how they took the time to read the documents, before publishing them in context and translating them into French to allow Tunisian readers to understand them.As agreed, the first TuniLeaks went live less than an hour after WikiLeaks had published the diplomatic cables on its own site on November 28, 2010.
"Everyone could read the documents, they helped tip the balance," Gharbia said, particularly by helping to turn bourgeois Tunisians against Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's regime.
"Everyone could read the documents, they helped tip the balance."
- Sami Ben Gharbia, Nawaat's co-founder
Al Jazeera Arabic hosted a series of debates around some of the revelations made in the diplomatic cables, helping ensure that many Tunisians were aware of the affirmation that their government was being run by a corrupt and nepotistic extended family.While most Tunisians suspected as much, for the first time they had all the juicy details on the extent of the worst excesses by Ben Ali and his family.WikiLeaks also found a partner in the Arab-language, left-leaning Lebanese newspaper, Al-Akhbar.Mansour Aziz, described as "the geek behind Al-Akhbar", headed the project in his position as the paper's online manager.Shortly after the cables went online in early December, Al-Akhbar's website was hacked and hit with a direct denial of service attack.
The power of WikiLeaks
Aziz said it was too early to understand the real role WikiLeaks documents played in sparking the uprisings, but cited the considerable repercussions of the Pentagon Papers as an example of how leaked information can change the course of history.Panellists discussed Julian Assange's controversial comments in a spoof video, in which the WikiLeak's founder apparently takes credit for the Arab uprisings ("Changing the course of history? Priceless.") The Tor Project's Jacob Appelbaum, who has worked closely with the WikiLeak's team, said that Assange "doesn't take credit for the Arab Spring".Indeed, the cables concerning Tunisia and other Arab states may have been published just weeks before Tunisia's uprising, but bloggers in the region had been exposing their governments' hypocrisy for several years.
Award-winning Egyptian blogger, Wael Abbas, explained how his reputation for daring to throw the spotlight on issues no one else would touch led Egyptians to start leaking him controversial material.
"People started sending me leaked videos of torture."
- Wael Abbas, Egyptian blogger
"People started sending me leaked videos of torture," he told Al Jazeera.While mainstream media in Egypt turned a blind eye to social realities like torture and sexual harassment, Abbas was willing to post videos and information on his blog, misrdigital.com, showing readers what was really happening in their country."Everybody knew that this was happening, but then you have a video on the internet actually showing it," he said, referring to the videos of police brutality that led many Egyptians to support his anti-torture campaign. "[The blogosphere in the Middle East and North Africa] has played an important role for civil society, not only in terms of media, but also in push the envelope. It paved the way for Facebook and Twitter," he said.
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Like so many others, young English trio The Wombats caught my attention in 2007 with their triumphant breakthrough single "Let's Dance To Joy Division." Here we are, eight years later, and I was finally able to catch the energetic bunch live in the flesh. Last night they stopped by Rough Trade NYC for a intimate warm-up show before the much larger tour that will follow the release of their upcoming new album Glitterbug. Read the rest of this entry »
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It was weird enough to see that RZA was featured on "Take A Fall For Me", a song from James Blake's new album Overgrown. It's even weirder to see that RZA joined James Blake during his live performance at Coachella over the weekend. RZA made things even more weird by bringing a girl on stage and rapping his verses to her. It was slightly strange and definitely a little awkward.
Watch the performance below.
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Lana Del Rey kicked off her UK tour at The Ruby Lounge in Manchester over the weekend. She debuted a new song titled "Off The Races" that takes a different direction from "Blue Jeans" & "Video Games".
Watch her play "Off To The Races" below:
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For this week's Visiomento session The Drums posted a live performance of Portomento track, "I Need A Doctor". I can't get enough of that bouncy bassline.
During The National's concert at the Open Air St.Gallen music festival in Swizerland a few weeks ago, the band was joined by Beirut on stage during their performance of "Fake Empire". Zach's vocals certainly stand out when put next to Matt's.
Check out the performance below via Twenty Four Bit.
Yesterday was brutal hot, over 100 degrees in many places. It didn't stop me and some music hungry Brooklynites from heading to the Williamsburg Waterfront to rock out with Death From Above 1979.
The Drums were announced as a surprise opener only a week ago or so to my delight. Their music has practically been the soundtrack to this summer for my friends and I. They played a lot of new material such as the catchy new single, "Money". Some new stuff really seems to be playing true to a 80s new wave sound. They played most of their debut album, notably leaving out "Let's Go Surfing" and "Down By The Water". I think part of this attributes to the new direction that the band hinted at on some of the new songs. I had a great time swaying to their set. Not sure how the rest of the crowd enjoyed it since it's sort of an odd pairing considering the music that comes out of Death From Above.
Immediately as Jesse Keeler & Sebastien Grainger took the stage they teased us with the beginnings of "Turn It Out". You'd be lying if you said that you couldn't feel the tension of the crowd waiting to be released. As soon as these guys started rocking, a full on mosh pit was going strong in the front. Who can blame the fans, we've been waiting nearly five years for these guys to come back with a tour.
I watched the first two or three songs right behind the pit, snapped a few photos, then couldn't resist and joined in myself, with my friends following. We spent the rest of the set in there and can't imagine the show without doing so. For such a hot day, it's incredible that everyone kept dancing/moshing for the duration of their set. Things were steadily pretty crazy, but it truly hit the fan when "Romantic Rights" came on. It was hot, sweaty, and crazy in the pit, but it was contagious fun as well.
I don't think the band has any plans to get back together, but I can live with that now because last nights concert was straight up fun. It was as rock and roll as you can ask for. It was hot, sweaty, and half the time I was out of breath and bracing my surroundings. I wouldn't want it any other way with DFA1979. The band seemed to be having a lot of fun, and it seemed like they haven't missed a beat even after spending so much time apart.
In summary, last night I saw two bands: One who have been taking a big chunk of my present (The Drums), and another who took up a big chunk of my past (DFA). It was an odd eclectic mix that may not have worked for others, but it was a great contrast of my musical past and present that added up to an awesome summer night.
Here's a setlist I snagged post show:
Check out more photos and videos after the jump:
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The Tins will soon be making their return to the musical world, and I couldn't be happier. I've had the pleasure of hearing some demos of new songs – and they're sounding incredible. One of the new songs is the very memorable "Spies" which I haven't been able to shake since my first listen.
The Buffalo, New York natives should be ones on your radar after "The Green Room". If you don't know who they are, then get to know them. Here's a fantastic live performance of the new song that the band played at Boston's Brighton Music Hall while opening for The Blow:
You're gonna want to hit replay.
Radiohead played The King Of Limbs in it's full glory "From The Basement" for BBC. The band also played new takes "Daily Mail" & "Staircase, in addition to the new album.
You can watch the whole thing after the jump, or just head to the youtube page where you can skip to specific tracks:
The Morning Benders twitter stream has been full of wonderful updates about the recording of their new album. The band played a new song this weekend at the free concert, Make Music Pasadena. The song is called "I Wanna Be Your Man" and you can watch/listen below thanks to a video that a fan uploaded. It sounds very Paul Simon to me. As expected, the band is exploring new territories. I like it quite a lot. Take a listen:
The band also covered Prince's "When You Were Mine". You can watch that after the jump:
Things start out real nicely for "The Saboteur", the new single from The Kooks. It's no bullshit guitar riffs blaring loud with a catchy crunch. But somewhere along the middle the band slows it down and that's where it lost me. The Kooks are at their best when they deliver catchy power riffs backed with a catchy chorus. They keep a nice pace at certain points of this new single but things get lost in the process.
For a band like The Kooks I think less is more. This single is alright but I think it would have done them better just to expand on the vibe that the beginning of the song flirted with.
[mp3]: The Kooks – The Saboteur
What do you think?
"The Saboteur" is taken from the bands upcoming new album, Junk Of The Heart, which drops on September 13th via Virgin Records.
The Kooks stopped by FlyTV to debut three songs from the new album, along with "Jackie Big Tits". Watch all three after the jump:
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