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"It's in my blood" Top 5 Page for this destination Sweden by Sjalen
Sweden Travel Guide: 12,113 reviews and 30,190 photos
Sweden - famous for being expensive, cold and full of public drunkenness. Is that all there is to it? Definately not! If you like me, live in Sweden and work in Denmark but used to live in Britain, you will also realise that some things are quite cheap in Sweden. You will also see that the reputation that Swedish girls are stunning is true ;-) but the reputation that we will walk off with anyone is NOT just because we can be nude in the sauna. In fact, we can be quite conservative - it's just that we love things to be the natural way, which you can read more about below.
Ask people what they think of when they hear "Sweden" and what you will hear is ABBA, Björn Borg, blondes, meatballs, high taxes and snow. But there is so much more to this huge country. For a start, the weather is better than most foreigners think. In August we often have 28 degrees almost every day in the Stockholm area and Sweden is the driest EU member state. How about that! The main difference to other countries is that the temperature differences between day and night are more dramatic up north and that spring comes later. It can also be a bit miserable in June because the sea is still not warm enough to affect daytime weather.
"What about the fact that you can't afford going out?" You can. It's only when you want to buy beer for your own fridge that you're better off in Denmark. Otherwise, Sweden is cheaper than both Norway and Denmark when it comes to pubcrawls. Whilst that might not be much to brag about, the solution is to find a good deal. Swedes love package offers and happy hours and drink-with-meal deals are common. The same goes for accommodation where main hotels often have weekend deals. Youth hostels are also in abundance and often very clean and used by all ages.
I hope you read my tips first but if you then want more tourist information, look here: http://www.smorgasbord.se/ Should you want more country statistics and information, try http://www.sweden.se instead.
The south of Sweden is not surprising the most densely populated part of the country, which really doesn't mean a lot by European standards. The Malmö area is in combination with Greater Copenhagen actually Europe's most densely populated region (according to The Economist's statistics) and most of the Scania region lacks the desolate forests you can find just a while further north, but otherwise you will soon find yourself in the countryside once you have left a Swedish town. Urban sprawl only really happens around the big three cities of Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö. Having said that, those cities have everything you might want as far as shopping, culture and nightlife go. Sweden is known for its many musicians, be it pop, jazz or opera, and with a country full of forest and coastline, its restaurants have a great reputation for fish and game, and with the immigration of later decades, a huge number of fun World food and culture.
So, do we have no faults? Yes. Our Danish neighbours often say that Sweden is the "boring big brother" and whilst we certainly know how to enjoy ourselves (as anyone who has been to a crayfish party can testify to), we do tend to follow all rules and regulations and even these days when more and more rules are bent, we pretend that they are not and that everything is well as usual. We might complain to each other and in the media but no way would be protest loudly. We also have a tendency to believe that the Swedish way of doing things is the right way - something that immigrants know only too well as they have tried to settle in Sweden their own way.
Us Swedes worship the great outdoors to the point of it being like a religion. Throughout history, we have had to depend on it since we had few urban areas and still today, more than 50% of the country is made up of forests. This means that we are a nation of fishermen, hunters, mushroom pickers, horse riders and canoers. Living in an oblong country also means that there is always somewhere to go for something interesting whatever the season. Summer comes early to the south and late to the north. Thus, you can enjoy a midsummer swimming in the sea in Stockholm or skiing on a mountain in the Arctic. In January, there are seven hours of daylight in Malmö, but none whatsoever in the Arctic which instead looks like in this picture at noon. In summer, the Arctic instead gets all the fun with 24 hours of daylight compared to only 17 in Malmö...
- Pros:beautiful, clean, organised, spacious, water everywhere
- Cons:expensive, dark winters, mosquitoes
- In a nutshell:You'll be surprised!
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Very helpful pages - I've got lots more ideas now for my trip in May.
Great pages of your home country. Greetings from Paris. Juliana
Wow - so glad that I happened upon these pages and will be touring w/you for awhile!
Thank you so much Charlotta for your countless inspiration I got through your Sweden page :-)) Eksjö will be a must during this summer together with the nearby little national parks :-)) Oh and husmanskost and sill :-)
Great infos on your pages! I was surfing through them for a while... Looking forward to my trip to Sweden. Greetings from Hamburg, Chris.
Fantastic pages! Have spent the last 4 hours browsing through your Sweden and Stockholm pages & links alone! Thinking of a honeymoon in Sweden... Great job! :)
great pages about Sweden! especially the local customs, sounds interesting:)
Interesting and well written tips. I especially enjoyed your restaurant tips and the mouthwatering photos. Cheers!
hi Charlotta,this is vivek,must say that your pages on sweden are really fantastic,I am planning to come there in september for a conference from 8-12th.......dr.vivek
Hi Charlotta: Very well done on your pages. I found them clear and well informed. Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia is definately on my list of places to visit. I'm going to add you to my friends list so I can return to your pages. keep smiling. Jim
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Indian Army Dental Corps Recruitment 2015 – SSC Officer Posts: Indian Army has released notification for the recruitment of Short Service Commissioned (SSC) Officer vacancies in Army Dental Corps (AD Corps). Eligible candidates may apply in the prescribed application format on or before 15-07-2015. Other like age limit, qualification, selection process, how to apply are given below…
Indian Army Dental Corps Vacancy Details:
Total No.of Posts: 23
Name of the Posts: Short Service Commissioned Officer in Army Dental Corps (AD Corps)
Age Limit: Candidates age should be less than 45 years as on 31-12-2015.
Educational Qualification: Candidates should possess BDS/ MDS (with minimum 55% marks in final year BDS) from a College/ University recognized by Dental Council of India (DCI).
Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on marks obtained in the All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Exam (AIPGDEE)-2015, interview, medical examination.
Application Fee: Candidates have to pay Rs. 200/- through Demand draft of any Nationalised Bank only payable at New Delhi in favour of the Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (AP Fund).
How to Apply: Eligible candidates may send their applications in the prescribed format along with self attested copies of relevant certificates, attested 2 passport size recent photographs, one self-addressed post card for acknowledgment, one self-addressed envelope of size 23 cms x 10 cms with Rs. 40/- postal stamps affixed for speed post, demand draft by Registered /Speed Post to the Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, (DGAFMS/DENTAL-2), Room No. 25, 'L' Block, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi-110001 on or before 15-07-2015.
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Can an MDS passed out apply?
Is AIPGDEE is mandatory for the applicant?
@Dr. Tanvi Verma
As per the notification only candidates (BDS/ MDS) who have appeared in All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Exam (AIPGDEE) – 2015 held on 24-01-2015 are eligible to apply for Short Service Commissioned Officer in Army Dental Corps (AD Corps) in Indian Army Dental Corps.
I have got selected in AIPGDEE 2014 , so can I apply for these posts?
I received my call letter just two days ago may i know what is the date of interview it is not showing on official site also.
Dr.Sindhura Pendem: I have received my acknowledgement letter but have not received any interview call.Can anyone tell what is the cut off mark usually every year my BDS final year percentage is 63 can i expect a call for interview?
I had received my acknowledgement letter 20 days ago but I didn't get call letter yet would I selected for interview or not? And what is the date for interview?
Any one knows the cut off % this year? and which dates are interviews starting? how cum interview list not published on website this year?
I didn't get my call letter and acknowledgement letter,can u please tell me that what is the problem?
Any idea what type of questions are asked in the interview? Which topics r common? Anything from anatomy, physiology and biochemistry? Wht abt dental materials and community dentistry?
I had received my acknowledgement letter 10 days ago but I didn't get call letter yet would I selected for interview or not? And what is the date for interview?
I did not receive my acknowledgement letter . But I have received call letter through email . My interview is on 13 Nov . I am a periodontist. Is hard copy necessary or a print out of the call letter will do .
yes it is. the hard copy has ur roll no. ur photo(the one submitted with the application)and the signature of the authority, which is missing from the soft copy. the soft copy is for when u dont receive the hard copy for ur interview.
I have received call letter through mail my interview is on 13 Nov has anyone got hard copy through speed post?
Dr. Vikas congrats for d call Sir may i please know your percentage in final year. It would be very helpful
Thanks Dr.Ruchi.my final year percentage was 76.5
Dr Pooja congratulations on receiving the call letter If you are comfy can u let me know your final year percentage? This would be indicating the cut off grade for this year! Anticipating a reply.
It ok. My final year percentage was 74.04. I still have not received the hard copy yet as it will come through mail. Only a soft copy of call letter is there.
I have received my call letter information through mail it has also been sent through speed post as they say my interview is on 12 Nov. has anyone got theirs?
Are the interview dates out?
I had received an acknowledgement letter about one month ago,would i will be called for interview or not, i am an endodontist with 57 percent marks in final year?
I have not received my acknowledgement letter yer for this year(2014) while many of my friends who also have applied have got their what should i do?

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May 25, 2016
Services for Mr. Paul L.Harper will be held 11 am, Monday, January 25, 2010 at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church of Meridian with Rev. Haskel McMullen and Rev. Jerry McMullan officiating. Burial will be in the Church cemetery. Milling Funeral Home of Union in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Harper, 85, of Meridian, died , Friday, January 22, 2010 at his residence in Meridian.
Mr. Harper was an Army veteran of WWII serving as a heavy machine gunner in the South Pacific. He was a recipient of the APTO Medal; the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two bronze stars; the Good Conduct Medal; and the WWII Victory Medal.He was a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. The highlight of his week was going to Sciples Mill in Dekalb to have a good time with others.
Survivors include: Three daughters, Janice McCollum and husband Murvis of Meridian, Carolyn Hawkins and late husband Fred Hawkins of Tell City, Indiana, and Rachel Curbow and husband Rusty of Tupelo, Ms., two sons, Paul Bethea Harper and wife Reba of Hanceville, Alabama, and Gary Harper and wife Sandra of Meridian, 12 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, 8 step children, one sister, Catherine Creel and husband Jerry of Meridian, two brothers, Raymond Harper and wife Doris of Meridian, Bob Harper and wife Billie Jean of Meridian. He was survived by numerous nieces and nephews and a very special friend, Cookie Woodall of Meridian. He was preceded in death by two wives, Ruth Harper and Hazel Harper, one son, Kenneth Dale Harper.
Pallbearers will be his grandsons, Stephen Harper, Dewayne McCollum, Jason Hawkins, Riley Curbow, Robby Curbow, and Alex Smith.
A private family visitation will be held from 2-3 pm Sunday afternoon at Milling Funeral Home.
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National fiddles – while Cancer Kills
Fun Fact 1: New Zealand has one of the highest bowel cancer rates in the world. Bowel cancer is the second highest cause of cancer death in New Zealand. More than 2800 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year and more than 1200 die from the disease. By 2016 the number of new cases of bowel cancer diagnosed each year is projected to increase by 15% for men and 19% for women to 3302 (for all ages). – Ministry of Health
Fun Fact 2: Bowel cancer is more common as you get older, particularly from the age of 50. Bowel cancer affects more men than women. – IBID
Fun Fact 3: People who are diagnosed with bowel cancer, and receive treatment when it is at an early stage, have a 90% chance of long term survival. If there is a delay in diagnosis and treatment, and the cancer is more advanced, it is harder to cure. Bowel screening can detect cancer early, when it can be more successfully treated. – IBID
It is a sobering statistic that we try to ignore and put out of our minds; more than 2,800 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year and more than 1,200 die from the disease. If that were a death toll from a communicable disease, the media would be carrying front page newspaper stories and lead bulletins on 6PM news. The government would impose a State of Emergency, and strict travel conditions imposed on everyone.
But we don't.
Bowel cancer is hidden away. Victims are not acknowledged. People go about their every day lives. Media focuses on sensationalism or trivia (with few exceptions). Government does nothing. The death toll continues to rise.
And it is wholly preventable.
In October 2011, the Ministry of Health began a four-year-long bowel screening pilot in the Waitemata District Health Board area. The screening was offered to everyone aged between 50 to 74, living within the Waitemata DHB zone, and who was eligible for publicly funded healthcare. Those lucky to be eligible were sent an invitation letter, a consent form along with detailed instructions, and the necessary free bowel-screening test kit.
By July 2013, data from the screening pilot detected cancers in seventyfive people within the first fifteen months of the pilot. Around 60% had been picked up at an early stage when they could be more successfully treated.
Between 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013, six thousand people had a colonoscopy or a CT colonography through the Bowel Screening Pilot. By 1 April 2015, two hundred and fiftyfive people had been identified with a cancer.
Those are 255 people who might not have approached their medical clinic for a test screening kit, or followed up with a colonoscopy. Those are 255 people whose cancer was detected early, and who had necessary treatment.
The pilot screening have also picked up non-cancerous polyps (adenomas) and those participants will still be at an increased risk of developing more adenomas or bowel cancer. These participants will require on-going regular bowel checks in the future.
The initial four year pilot project, initially costing $24 million, was extended to the end of 2017, with a further $12.4 million invested in the programme. But only in the Waitemata District Health Board area. Those living outside the WDHB are not eligible to participate.
That result is from just one DHB "catchement" area. There are twenty DHBs throughout the country. If similar results were obtained from the nineteen other DHBs, that could mean approximately 5,100 people detected with cancer.
The government's response can best be described as slow – at worst, reluctant to invest in a nationwide programme. On 6 July, Health Minister Jonathan Coleman announced a graduated roll-out of a nationwide screening programme.
First, Minister Coleman began with the usual meaningless platitudes;
"Delivering better cancer services is a top priority for the Government. Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in New Zealand."
Minister Coleman then explained in a little more detail;
"I expect to take a business case to Cabinet by the end of the year which will consider a potential staged roll out of a national bowel screening programme from early 2017."
However, note the caveats;
"I expect to take a business case to Cabinet by the end of the year which will consider a potential staged roll out…."
"To inform the next steps towards a possible roll out of a national bowel screening programme, the Ministry of Health will be consulting with the health sector and other agencies on how the service could be provided across the DHBs."
So not only will any nationwide extension of the life-saving screening programme not begin until "early" 2017 – which happens to be an election year (no connection of course) – but at this stage it is still only a "possible" or "potential staged roll out". At this point, Coleman will be only be taking "a business case to Cabinet by the end of the year".
Unsurprisingly, health advocates and professionals are not impressed
Bowel Cancer NZ's, Dr Sarah Derrett, did not hold back when she condemned National's lethargic response to the sucessful screeing programme;
"Currently this Government is more interested in holding a referendum for a flag as a legacy to our Prime Minister at a cost of $26.5 million than it is at saving lives… it was scandalous there had been no action on a national programme, given 1200 people a year die from bowel cancer in New Zealand."
Bowel Cancer NZ's chairwoman, Mary Bradley, was also scathing;
"We are really pleased that this is happening and that they are talking about a staged roll-out, but we would like to see potential moved to definite roll-out in 2017.
We would like to see a staged roll out now or a start next year would be fantastic. We've always known it [screening] is proven, so why wasn't it done sooner. It could have happened a couple of years ago. This is great, but it's taken a long time to get here. In the meantime, people are dying."
There is no feasible reason why Coleman is delaying a national extension of this screening programme that has already saved 255 people. Delaying the roll out condemns hundreds of New Zealanders to a horrible illness and unnecessary death.
Coleman claims that that the delay is caused by a shortage of skilled staff;
"The largest constraint to a national bowel screening programme is having the workforce to do the colonoscopies. There are a number of initiatives underway to address this.
Initiatives to strengthen the endoscopy workforce include increasing the number of gastroenterology trainees. The sector is also considering increasing the use of CT colonography where appropriate."
Yet, the pilot programme has been in operation since October 2011 – giving this government a lead time of five years to begin training required staff. Where was the planning for staffing a nationwide screening programme that was being considered after the Waitemata DHB pilot?
Did no one at the Ministry of Health or the Health Minister's office pause to think; "Ok, what happens after the pilot?!"
The only possible explanation for this tardiness is purely financial. As Bill English attempts to balance the books and deliver a budget surplus, cuts to health services become more invasive;
National's reluctance to spend on much-needed, critical services is no secret. Successive National governments have cut services, whilst giving away billions in tax cuts.
But it is also not averse to spending taxpayers' money on projects it deems "necessary";
Those four examples alone come to $78.5 million that could have been invested in rolling out a nationwide bowel screening programme plus pay for training of required specialist staff. Instead, the money has been spent on a luxury apartment; bribing a Saudi businessman; John Key's vanity-project to change the flag; and acceding to a multi-national corporation's demands for a cash subsidy.
This is worse than wasting tax-payer's hard-earned money.
New Zealanders are dying whilst National fiddles and wastes time.
It is not the first time this has happened;
On 21 July, I wrote to Minister Coleman on the issue;
Kia ora Dr Coleman,
I understand that you plan to "take a business case to Cabinet by the end of the year which will consider a potential staged roll out of a national bowel screening programme from early 2017".
Considering that a Ministry of Health pilot programme carried out by the Waitemata District Health Board since October 2011 has saved the lives of approximately two hundred and fiftyfive people who had been identified with a cancer, it seems unbelievable that New Zealanders will have to wait at least another year and a half before a screening programme is rolled out nationally.
You stated on 6 July this year that;
"The largest constraint to a national bowel screening programme is having the workforce to do the colonoscopies. There are a number of initiatives underway to address this." (https://www.national.org.nz/news/news/media-releases/detail/2015/07/06/Consultation-on-next-steps-for-bowel-screening-programme)
Surely the training of skilled staff should have been started in 2011, when the pilot programme at Waitemata was initiated?
Waiting until the beginning of 2017 means that thousands of people around the country may be stricken by bowel cancer.
How many will contract the illness during the time it takes to extend the screening programme?
The Ministry of Health states;
More than 2800 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year and more than 1200 die from the disease. By 2016 the number of new cases of bowel cancer diagnosed each year is projected to increase by 15% for men and 19% for women to 3302 (for all ages) (http://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/cancer-programme/bowel-cancer-programme/about-bowel-cancer)
I urge you to re-visit this problem and to begin an immediate, strategic roll-out throughout the country, so that screening can begin to take place.
It is simply unacceptable that 1,200 New Zealanders will perish this year; next year; and the year after, when an effective screening programme is available to save their lives.
If this government can spend $78.5 million on a Saudi farm; a Manhattan apartment; an aluminium smelter; and a flag referendum – then spending at least half that amount to save lives should not be beyond us.
2017 may be an election year – but we should not have to wait until then. Not when thousands of lives are at risk.
One of Minister Coleman's staff replied the following day;
The Minister has asked Ministry of Health officials to advise him on the matters you have raised. Please be aware that due to the large volume of correspondence we receive, a personal reply to your email may take some weeks.
Time, evidently, is not of the essence here.
What is truly shameful is not that a National government Minister is prevaricating on this critical medical problem – but that the Minister in question is a qualified medical clinician.
He, more than any other politician, should know better.
Somewhere in this country, another person has just developed bowel cancer. And doesn't know it.
Ministry of Health: About bowel cancer
Ministry of Health: Bowel screening pilot
Comprehensive Care: Bowel Screening programme successes
Radio NZ: Govt told to act now on bowel screening programme
Ministry of Health: Bowel Screening Pilot results – January 2012 to September 2014 – How many colonoscopies have been performed?
Ministry of Health: Bowel Screening Pilot results – Round 2 – January to December 2014 – Footnotes
Ministry of Health: DHB Location boundaries (map)
National Party: Consultation on next steps for bowel screening programme
Radio NZ: Govt told to act now on bowel screening programme
Radio NZ: Health fund loses $18 million
Fairfax media: NZ government shells out $11m on New York apartment for UN representative
TV3 News: Flag referendum to cost $26M
TVNZ News: Government accused of wasting $11.5 million on wealthy Saudi farmer
Fairfax media: Govt pays $30 million to Tiwai Pt
National Party: Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman
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Latest Roy Morgan poll – wholly predictable results and no reason to panic
The latest Roy Morgan poll reports a surge in support for National – up 8.5% to 54% – one of the highest rises since October 2011, according to Australian-based the polling company.
Labour and the Greens have suffered a corresponding drop in support;
National: 54% (+ 8.5%)
Labour: 25.5% (-2%)
Green Party: 10.5% (- 3%)
NZ First: NZ First 6% (- 2.5%)
Maori Party: 1% (-0.5%)
ACT: 1% (n/c)
United Future: nil (n/c)
Mana Party: nil (n/c)
Conservative Party: 1% (n/c)
Undecideds were up one percentage-point to 5%.
However, the results should be seen in the context that the poll was conducted in the lead up to, and during, the 2015 Budget, delivered on 21 May.
In fact, National's polling rises during each Budget event, only to drop back down as media attention and political hype subsides. The charts below show the correlation between Budget events and the days/weeks leading up to each Budget Night, where National drip-feeds positive news stories to the public, via media;
The 'spike' in National's support will begin to abate, as on previous occassions.
As housing prices continue to escalate, and child poverty continues to be a major problem in our society, the public will once again focus on what – if anything – National is doing to alleviate them.
On top of which will be a growing feeling that if English fails to deliver a Budget surplus next year, then National's talk of tax cuts becomes more and more an absurdity. This seems more than likely according to various commentators, as next year's surplus has already been pared back from $565 million to $176 million.
National got away with promises of tax cuts in 2008, even as the Global Financial Crisis was impacting on our economy. But at that stage, the Great Recession had not yet hit with full force. Unemployment in 2008 was still only 4.3% and the Clark-led Labour government had paid down most of the country's sovereign debt.
By contrast, unemployment is now at 5.8% and the country is around $65 billion in debt. (Net core crown debt is forecast to be $61.7 billion by 30 June, up $1.7 billion from last year.)
Faced with the Four Horsemen of the Fiscal Apocalyspse of another Budget deficit; higher debt; broken promise of tax cuts; and a runaway housing crisis in Auckland – National's undeserved reputation as a "prudent manager of the economy" begins to look every bit as shabby as what Muldoon left the country.
By 2017, even a Budget event may not be sufficient to give National a boost in the polls.
Roy Morgan Poll: May 25 2015
NBR: Budget 2015 – NZ credit ratings unaffected by government's 2015 budget
Fairfax media: Budget 2015 – An idiot's guide
This blogpost was first published on The Daily Blog on 26 May 2015.
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Letter to the editor – hitting charities where it hurts, courtesy of the Nats
A cash-strapped government – having frittered billions away in two tax cuts for the rich – now seeks to penny-pinch voluntary organisations and charities to make up for the gaping deficits they have created?!
from: Frank Macskasy <firstname.lastname@example.com>
to: Sunday Star Times <email@example.com>
date: Mon, Feb 16, 2015
subject: Letter to the ed
The Editor
Sunday Star Times
This government is planning to implement a user-pays charge whereby charities; other voluntary organisations, and non-profit groups are required to pay for police vetting of volunteers and employed staff.
How long will it be before the $5 or $7 vetting fee becomes $10? $20? Then full recovery costs? If there is one thing we know about government charges, once they are introduced, they invariably increase as governments look to cut taxes, and raise user-pays charges for state services. Tertiary fees, fuel taxes, gst, prescription fees, court costs, are all examples of government shifting costs on to the individuals and public organisations.
One day, New Zealanders will wake up to the realisation that far from being "prudent fiscal managers", National's track record in managing the government books are ad hoc and worse still, penalise those who need help the most.
This is penny-pinching in the extreme, and shows how we are still paying for two ill-considered and unaffordable tax-cuts in 2009 and 2010.
-Frank Macskasy
[Address and phone number supplied]
NZ Herald: Fee for police background checks slated by charities
Radio NZ: Education and charity sector worry about cost of police checks (Audio - 12′ 24″ )
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Random Thoughts on Random Things #3…
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That drug testing the unemployed is seen by National Ministers as a good thing…
Fail a drugs test and lose your benefit, job seekers warned
By Isaac Davison @Isaac_Davison5:30 AM Monday Jul 2, 2012
Beneficiaries who refuse or fail drug tests while applying for jobs will have their welfare cut from mid-2013 under the Government's next round of welfare reforms.
The National-led Government says there are now no consequences for drug-takers who opted out of job applications when faced with a drug test.
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett told the Herald the new Welfare Reform Bill would have new requirements for drug testing, but the finer details were still being finalised.
National's pre-election policy document said beneficiaries who did not apply for a job because a prospective employer asked them to take a drug test would have their benefit cancelled.
If they took the drug test and failed it, they would also be sanctioned.
Source: NZ Herald
… But drug testing the Police (who regularly have access to lethal weapons), is a big No-No?
Police minister says no to drug tests at work
Updated at 7:38 pm on 17 October 2013
Police Minister Anne Tolley says police staff should not be drug-tested in the workplace.
Her comment came after a police prosecutor on Thursday admitted charges of using and possessing methamphetamine, and using cannabis.
Brent Thomson posted videos of himself using methamphetamine, and blogs describing his use of drugs at sex parties in April and May, online.
Police found a small amount of the drug "P" and syringes when they searched the 49-year-old's home. He is seeking a discharge without conviction in the Waitakere District Court.
Thomson, who worked mainly in the Family Violence Court and the Auckland District Court, is also subject to an employment investigation.
Anne Tolley says the overwhelming majority of police staff are doing a fantastic job and they should not face workplace drug testing. She says police are quick to prosecute their own if there is any wrongdoing.
The Police Association agrees that staff shouldn't be given workplace drug tests. President Greg O'Connor says the public should be re-assured by the systems that police already have.
Source: Radio NZ
All together now; H… Y… P… O… C… R… I… S… Y.
Yep, hypocrisy. National has it mastered to a fine art.
With a good helping of beneficiary bashing.
Because if you, as a government can't fire up the economy to create jobs and reduce unemployment (as we had under the previous Labour-led government), then the next "best" thing is to paint the unemployed as "lazy druggies". If enough of the middle class (those who still have jobs or don't regularly associate with unemployed friends and family) swallow this mindless pap, then that translates nicely into votes at election time.
Never underestimate the power of demonising a minority – especially if there are votes in it.
Just ask any old historian familiar with Germany in the 1920s and 30s…
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Dear Leader Key blames everyone else for Solid Energy's financial crisis (Part Rua)
Continued from: Dear Leader Key blames everyone else for Solid Energy's financial crisis
Opposition Party members of the Commerce Select Committee are demanding that ex-CEO, Don Elder appear before the Select Committee to answer questions what went wrong at Solid Energy.
With unanswered questions about Solid Energy's financial crisis; a murky history leading up to current events; big bonuses paid out as the company's accounts were sinking into the red; and revelations that Don Elder is still recieving his $1.3 million annual salary – whilst working from home "serving out his notice" – pressure is mounting on National.
Solid Energy went from a multi-billion dollar company to being heavily indebited to $389 million.
How did this happen?
Did ministerial shareholders Bill English and Tony Ryall not notice?
Were they not receiving reports from Solid Energy's Board of Directors?
Were no rumours or conversations floating around?
How does one keep a secret like that in a small country like New Zealand? (In which case should Solid Energy take over our country's security, from the GCSB and SIS?)
Why were we paying Don Elder for ($1.3 million p.a., plus bonuses no doubt) if not to be held to account?
On 8 March, Key was reported as saying,
"If he wants to go [to the Select Committee hearings] and they want him to go he is not going to get any opposition from my office."
And SOE Minister chipped in with this,
"It's a matter for the Commerce Select Committee, Solid Energy and Dr Elder whether or not Dr Elder attends, but I don't have a problem either way."
Good. Because the public – who own Solid Energy – deserve answers. Thus far all we've had is the usual finger-pointing by National, with childishly pathetic attempts to blame Labour for Solid Energy's woes. As if Labour was still in government and the 2008 and 2011 general elections never happened.
This statement from Key, on 26 February 2013, simply doesn't wash,
"They [Labour] can't wash their hands of the fact that from 2003 on, they were intimately involved with the plans that that company had.
The argument that somehow we would have gone in, in 2009 when the company was performing well, its results were good, the valuation of the company was going up, and just gone and sacked the board on day one is a bit fanciful.
Maybe we should have re-tested those [Labour-approved] initiatives but actually we gave [Labour] the benefit of the doubt that they might get one thing right."
That was ten years ago! What has National been doing in the meantime?
As far back as September 2011, the Nats were abundantly aware that Solid Energy was embarking on expansion plans,
Solid Energy starts work at Mataura Briquette Plant
Friday, 9 September 2011, 2:57 pm
Press Release: Solid Energy NZ
9 September 2011
Solid Energy marks the start of work at its Mataura Briquette Plant
The Hon Bill English, MP for Clutha-Southland and Minister of Finance, today marked the official start of work at Solid Energy's Mataura Briquette Plant, by "turning the first sod" at a small event on site with neighbours, local authorities, and other guests.
The $25 million Mataura briquette plant is planned to start production by June 2012. It will produce up to 90,000 tonnes a year of low-moisture and higher-energy briquettes from about 150,000 tonnes of lignite mined from Solid Energy's New Vale Opencast Mine and trucked to the Craig Road site. The plant will use technology developed in the USA by GTL Energy.
Here's the photographic evidence, from National's own 'Flickr' account, same date, 9 September 2011 – that's Finance Minister Bill English, "turning the first sod of earth" for Solid Energy's Mataura Briquette Plant in Southland. That plant was part of their expansion plans,
Only three months earlier, in June 2011, Key himself was supporting Solid Energy's explansion plans,
Note Key's comment in the above article in the National Business Review (hardly a leftist rag),
"At the moment companies like Solid Energy are growth companies and we want them to expand in areas like lignite conversion."
So for Dear Leader to blame Labour is not only disingenuous – it is cowardly.
It shows the entire country that the man who is supposedly or Prime Minister hasn't got the balls to take it on the chin and admit that he and his Party f****d up. Big time.
Even the editorial from the Dominion Post said, with unconcealed exasperation on 2 March 2013,
There are always excuses when a company starts to fail. John Key's explanation for the trouble at Solid Energy, however – he blamed the Labour government – was pitiful.
It was Trevor Mallard's fault, apparently, for encouraging SOEs to spread their wings and fly. That was in 2007 or 2008.
This won't do, and not just because Mr Key's Government has been in power for more than four years. His argument also contradicts itself. A Labour government was seemingly omnipotent and could have its way with the state-owned coal company. But National had no such power.
The Government certainly said no when Solid Energy asked for a billion dollars to turn itself into a super-company along the lines of Petrobras, the Brazilian giant. Mr Key says it had grave doubts about the company's expansion plans. His political opponents point out that he and Bill English had publicly backed Solid Energy's big plans for lignite conversion and briquetting.
This blogger welcomes Don Elder fronting up to the Commerce Select Committee. However, that is simply not sufficient. In the interests of full justice, the following should occur,
- John Key should front up and answer questions as well,
- Bill English should front up and answer questions,
- Tony Ryall should front up and answer questions,
- All documentation should be made available to the Committee,
- The Chairperson of the Select Committee – National MP Jonathan Young, should stand aside and be replaced by a non-partisan senior judge or Queen's Counsel,
- If necessary, if the Committee is unable to answer questions, a full Royal Commission in Inquiry should be held.
National prides itself on being the party of 'personal responsibility'. It is no such thing. It is the party of personal advantage and not much more.
Thus far all we've had are evasiveness and pathetic attempts to blame others. We're also seeing more of the same from our Prime Minister; bullshit.
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Scoop.co.nz: Solid Energy starts work at Mataura Briquette Plant (9 Sept 2011)
NBR: Key supports Solid Energy's lignite plans (3 June 2011)
TV3: Govt, Labour squabble over Solid Energy (26 Feb 2013)
Dominion Post: Editorial: Solid Energy excuses fuel anger (2 March 2013)
TVNZ: Pressure grows on Don Elder to front over Solid Energy (8 March 2013)
Fairfax media: Minister, PM fine for Elder to appear for grilling (8 March 2013)
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Dear Leader Key blames everyone else for Solid Energy's financial crisis
Continued from: That was Then, This is Now #18 (Solid Energy)
A bit of very recent history,
Solid Energy starts work at Mataura Briquette Plant
Friday, 9 September 2011, 2:57 pm
Press Release: Solid Energy NZ
9 September 2011
Solid Energy marks the start of work at its Mataura Briquette Plant
The Hon Bill English, MP for Clutha-Southland and Minister of Finance, today marked the official start of work at Solid Energy's Mataura Briquette Plant, by "turning the first sod" at a small event on site with neighbours, local authorities, and other guests.
The $25 million Mataura briquette plant is planned to start production by June 2012. It will produce up to 90,000 tonnes a year of low-moisture and higher-energy briquettes from about 150,000 tonnes of lignite mined from Solid Energy's New Vale Opencast Mine and trucked to the Craig Road site. The plant will use technology developed in the USA by GTL Energy.
Eighteen months later, on 19 February, the SOE Shareholders Bill English and Tony Ryall, made this shock announcement to the public (see: Statement on Solid Energy).
The media were quick to report the crisis,
National's response?
Default to Deflection #1 (see previous blogpost: National under attack – defaults to Deflection #2 )
As described in my previous blogpost (see: Taking responsibility, National-style), National does not do Taking Responsibility very well. Their automatic instinct is to blame someone else – anyone – for problems of their making,
And true-to-form, National and Dear Leader are once again playing the Blame Game over Solid Energy's woes,
"They can't wash their hands of the fact that from 2003 on, they were intimately involved with the plans that that company had," sez Key?!
Really? 2003 ???
Why stop at 2003?
Personally, if I was John Key, I'd be asking serious questions on Labour's role in the sinking of the Titanic. The Cuban Missile Crisis. And don't forget the 2007/08 Global Financial Meltdown – that has Labour's fingerprints all over it, surely???
Getting serious again…
National is supposedly Very Big on responsibility issues. Their website is constantly referring to responsibility,
"The National Party is built on age-tested principles that reflect what is best about New Zealand. We are a party of enterprise; a party of personal freedom and individual responsibility; a party of family; an inclusive party; a party of ambition." – John Key, 27 May 2007
"We also need to remember the enduring principles on which the National Party is based – individual responsibility, support for families and communities, and a belief that the State can't and shouldn't do everything." – John Key, 30 January 2007
It seems that their constant refusals to accept responsibility is also one of those things that "the State can't and shouldn't do", according to Dear Leader.
A few questions spring to mind,
- How far back will Key go to blame others for his failures?
- How many terms in office will National have to win, before blaming Labour or Uncle Tom Cobbly is no longer tenable?
- If John Key and his cronies are unable to 'man-up' and take a hit for any one of their balls-ups, and constantly feel the need to sheet responsibility back to Labour – then why is National in government? Why not just resign and put Labour back in office? After all, what would be the difference?
We wouldn't accept finger-pointing and blame-gaming from our children (or, at least I hope we wouldn't). So why is the public and media letting Key get away with it?
I look forward to National's next major cock-up.
Who will they blame next? Australia?
Meanwhile, back to 9 September 2011…
Doesn't Bill seem a happy chappy in this photo-op?
Bill English, poses with ex-Solid Energy CEO, Don Elder, as the 'first sod is turned' at a new Briquette Plant in Mataura, Southland.
The same plant that was "Labour's fault".
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National signals epic fail – and waves flag of surrender
Last year's election was fought on two main issues;
- the economy and jobs
- a tea-party in Epsom
Ignoring the last item, National was adamant that it had policies that would deliver 170,000 new jobs for this country,
Key said,
"New Zealand can't keep borrowing money at $380 million a week. We can't have New Zealanders exposed to high interested rates, New Zealanders need a plan for jobs.
This is a budget that actually delivers that.
Treasury say in the Budget, as a result of this platform on what we've delivered, 170,000 jobs created and 4% wage growth over the next three to four years." – Ibid
Unfortunately, even the pro-National Party group, Business NZ could see no discernible plan from National,
Nearly five months after Business NZ's extraordinary criticism, National still appears to have no plan for job creation, aside from relying on Christchurch's re-build – and a fair whack of sheer hope. Instead of implementing an economic plan from jobs, what we have is,
- 2,500 jobs cut from that state sector, with a promise of more to come
- shuffling ministeries into super ministeries
- failed projects such as the nationwide cycleway
- overly optimistic reliance on big events
- more and more New Zealanders heading off to Australia – especially sacked state sector workers
- shifting the blame for economic stagnation onto welfare recipients
When the Ministry of Economic Development and Ministry of Science and Innovation, Steven Joyce, said,
"A more efficient and effective ministry focused on lifting overall productivity and supporting the growth of competitive businesses is a crucial element in creating more jobs and higher wages, and boosting our standard of living." – Source
… it appears that National has some fairly bizarre ideas as to what will create jobs.
No less disappointing is this statement from Finance Minister Bill English, and Development Minister Steven Joyce, speaking in unison like Tweedledee and Tweedledum,
" "Sustainable economic growth which creates permanent worthwhile jobs is best achieved by building a competitive economy that allows business to trade successfully with the rest of the world," the Ministers say. " – Source
In effect, National has adopted a hands-off policy to job creation, leaving it to the "market" to deliver new jobs,
"The reality is that if we want more and better jobs for New Zealanders we need to encourage more businesses to be based here. To do that, the Government is focused on making it easier for businesses to access the six key areas they need to grow. " – Ibid
So having abrogated all responsibility for direct job creation in this country, National is defaulting to Plan B;
- Deflect reponsibility by shifting blame on to victims on economic stagnation
- Paint welfare beneficiaries as "lazy lifestylers"
- Make life harder for welfare recipients
- Look tough in front of National voters
National's Bene-Bashing Bill will include,
- Managed payments for young people and teen parents that will pay essential costs directly and provide a payment card for living costs.
- Youth service providers will be incentivised to help young people into work, education or training.
- Young people will be encouraged to take budget or parenting courses with weekly bonus payments.
- Introduction of a guaranteed childcare assistance payment.
- Information sharing between government departments to target school leavers likely to go on a benefit at 18.
- Sole parents on the DPB, women alone and widow's benefits will have to look for part-time work when their children are five or older.
- They will have to look for full-time work when their children are 14.
- If they have additional children while on a benefit they will have to look for work after one year.
No mention of jobs.
No suggestion of "more exports, more real jobs",
In fact, like Dear Leader's "State of the Nation" speech on 15 March, there is very little emphasis at any job creation whatsover. Throughout his 2,990 word-speech, job-creation is not mentioned once. But Key does refer to an expectation in "reduction in long-term welfare dependency".
How a "reduction in long-term welfare dependency" can be achieved whilst not investing in job creation is one of those unanswerable puzzles of right wing parties like National.
It probably also did not help the plight of unemployed, solo-parents, etc, that Paula Bennett did away with most of the Training Incentive Allowance – an allowance she herself benefitted from when she was a solo-mother, going through University.
National is trapped. Trapped in a free-market paradigm of hands-off government where only the 'Market' can create jobs, and a right wing government's role is simply to keep taxes low; ministeries small; and regulations minimal.
The trap is that when the 'Market" fails to deliver expectations, National is left with the ultimate responsibility of why the economy is still stagnating and so many people are out of work.
Default Plan B: shift responsibility onto welfare beneficiaries and infer that they are choosing a deliberate "lifestyle" and "welfare dependency".
Outcome: National absolved of reponsibility.
The irony is that while right wingers are hot on personal responsibility – right wing parties like National are quick to dodge any form of it.
I leave the final word to the National Party and it's "values",
Actually, no, I'll have the last word: when National fails to deliver – expect blame to be dumped on scapegoats. Preferably the most vulnerable ones who can't fight back.
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Long Beach, Calif. - Sophomore middle blocker Alma Serna was named the Big West Player of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday. Serna is the first 49er to win the weekly award this season.
In the first week of conference play, Serna helped lead the 49ers to a 2-0 record as Long Beach State defeated both Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara at home.
On Friday against the Mustangs, Serna set a career high with 16 kills and tied her career best with six digs in a 3-1 victory. The next night against UCSB, she finished with a team-high 11 kills on .611 hitting, making no errors as the 49ers swept the Gauchos to remain unbeaten in Big West play.
Over the week, Serna made just three errors in 47 attempts and hit .511 with 27 kills, leading the 49ers in kills during both of Long Beach State's wins.
The honor is the first of Serna's career, and the first for Long Beach State volleyball this season.
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THE following reply to M. Claparède's "Remarques à propos de l'ouvrage de M. Alfred Russel Wallace sur a Théorie de a Sélection Naturelle, " was written some months ago, and was intended as an appendix to a French translation of my "Essays "by M. Lucien De Candolle, to be published by Reinwald, of Paris. As it is now very uncertain when the translation will appear, and as M. Claparède's critique has been highly spoken of in several English periodicals, I think it advisable that my answer to it should be no longer delayed.
In the "Archives des Sciences de la Bibliothèque Universelle, " for June, 1870, M. Edouard Claparède has done me the honour to make my "Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection" the subject of some critical remarks. To these I now propose briefly to reply.
I must premise that I do not intend to discuss here any of those difficulties which my critic finds in the theory of sexual selection, and which apply as much to Mr. Darwin's views as to my own because, in his new work now announced, that theory will, I have no doubt, be fully developed, and be supported by a mass of facts and observations, in the absence of which further argument is useless. I proceed therefore to the objections that apply more especially to my own views.
At p. 15 of his "Remarques" M. Claparède says, "Son étude est consacrée á la coloration des oiseaux et, absorbé dans son sujet, l'auteur oublie que d'autres facteurs peuvent, aussi bien que la couleur, attirer l'attention des ennemis sur la gent ailée. Un nid couvert d'un döme volumineux échappera tout aussi peu, grace à ses dimensions, a l'œil d'un animal en quête de proie, que quelques plumes brillament colorées. Les gamins de nos villages en savent quelque chose, comme l'a remarqué M. le Duc d'Argyll, et ils ne réussissent que trop, à la présence d'un gros nid, a deviner l'oiseau caché et sa couvée." This objection does not seem to me very serious, because in the first place, nests, however large, generally harmonise in colour with surrounding objects, and are not so easily seen at a little distance as a bright patch of colour; and, secondly/because "gamins" are not the chief natural enemies of the feathered tribes, while hawks and falcons do not break open nests, although they do seize and devour birds.
After giving (p. 23-25) what I must allow to be a very fair abstract of my reasons for believing that Natural Selection is not the only power that has operated in the development of man, M. Claparède intimates that I have so completely abandoned my own Darwinist principles that the reader will easily refute my arguments. He therefore confines himself to certain "reflections." I regret that he did not think it necessary to do more than this, because I have as yet in vain sought from my reviewers for any other than general objections to my arguments on this subject, and am at a loss to know how they


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Congratulations on your admission to Indiana State University. Part of becoming a Sycamore is to attend New Student Orientation. Indiana State University Orientation provides students with information on campus resources, introduces them to current students, their academic advisor, and serves as the method to scheduling classes for the first semester. All new freshmen and transfer (domestic and international) students are required to attend Orientation. A fee will be assessed on the student's first e-bill. Students enrolled in any online-only major or program do not have to attend orientation.
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- School of Nursing: Nursing Building, Room 107
- Social and Behavioral Sciences: Science Building, Room 018
- College of Technology: Holmstedt Hall, Room 103
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Step 1 in bringing the Chicago Bears' offensive line to respectability will kick off with the team beginning serious negotiations with free agent center Olin Kreutz on a new contract as soon as the new CBA is ratified, according to an NFL source.
Because lockout rules prevented contact between teams and the players, the Bears presumably hadn't engaged in any talks with Kreutz.
In the past, Kreutz declined more lucrative offers to remain with the Bears and has stated a desire to return in 2011. At the same time, Kreutz is seeking a respectable market value offer that might allow him to retire with the club, according to sources.
It's expected that teams won't receive an exclusive period from the league to sign their own free agents. That means the Bears must work quickly strike a deal with Kreutz, who is sure to have other suitors, in part because of the market conditions.
Multiple teams have starting centers set to hit free agency, and with limited options on the market at the position, most teams will look to retain their own players.
Kreutz has been to more Pro Bowls (six) than any of the other centers set to enter free agency and is coming off an injury-free 2010 season.
His experience and leadership ability make Kreutz a vital cog for a team planning to revamp an offensive line that gave up a league-high 56 sacks last season. The line is set to enter 2011 playing in the second year of a new offensive system with two inexperienced players (J'Marcus Webb and rookie Gabe Carimi) projected to start at tackle.
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Alabama head coach Nick Saban walked out on Wednesday's press conference following questions about former player D.J. Fluker and the improper benefits he is alleged to have received. The topic is proving ill-timed for the Crimson Tide, who take on last year's Heisman winner Johnny Manziel and the sixth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies this weekend.
Pat Forde (@YahooForde) of Yahoo! Sports joins SportsDash from Tuscaloosa to talk about the atmosphere and how Saban is handling the situation.
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Hickory, NC - The Hickory Crawdads have announced the game times for their 2014 schedule, with the team keeping the same starting times as the 2013 season.
The 'Dads will once again employ special spring game times, with Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday contests all beginning at 6:00 pm EST for the months of April and May. Starting in June, the games will change to 7:00 pm for the summer months.
Thursday and Friday contests will begin at 7:00 pm all season, while Sunday games are scheduled for 5:00 pm first pitches throughout the year.
The Crawdads will also have five weekday day games again in 2014, serving as Education Day, Senior Day, Business Person Lunch Special, and Summer Camp Day Games:
• Wed., April 16 - 11 a.m.
• Tues., May 13 - 11 a.m.
• Wed., June 4 - 11 a.m.
• Wed., June 25 - 12 p.m.
- Wed., July 16 - 12 p.m.
The 55th Annual South Atlantic League All-Star Game will be hosted at Crawdads Stadium this year as well, with the June 17th contest scheduled for 7:00 pm.
The Crawdads kick off the home portion of their schedule on Thursday, April 10th against the in-state rival Asheville Tourists. The 'Dads 22nd season will begin with Opening Day on the road on Thursday, April 3rd in Greensboro. The 2014 schedule showcases Crawdads home games over both Memorial Day and the 4th of July, and will include 9 Fireworks Fridays.
The entire 2014 schedule is available on the Crawdads website.
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NCAA Tourney: What Just Happened?
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Wed, 03/30/2011 - 3:20pm
VCU, Butler, Connecticut and Kentucky? Why even play in these stupid bracket pools anyway.
Let's take a look at what on Earth just happened, and draw some conclusions from what has been one of the most exciting and unpredictable tournaments in recent memory.
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The Passion of Joan of Arc
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A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc (Renee Falconetti) is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials (Eugene Silvain, Andre Berley). Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.
Cast: Renee Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, Maurice Schultz, Michel Simon, Antonin Artraud, Louis Ravet, Andre Berley, Jean d'Yd
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Genres: Historical drama
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Boston Police report arresting Kevin Graham, 36, and Ellis Golden, 32, for the Aug. 12, 2004 murder of Thomas Hawkins on Theodore Street.
Both are scheduled for arraignment tomorrow in Dorchester Municipal Court.
Innocent, etc.
Boston Police report arresting Kevin Graham, 36, and Ellis Golden, 32, for the Aug. 12, 2004 murder of Thomas Hawkins on Theodore Street.
Both are scheduled for arraignment tomorrow in Dorchester Municipal Court.
Innocent, etc.
The Dorchester Reporter takes us on a tour of the revamped Lower Mills Tavern, but keeps the beer samples to itself.
Boston Police today identified the man shot to death on Southern Avenue Thursday night as David Stewart, 22, of Dorchester.
His friends knew Stewart, who attended South Boston High School, as Bones.
No arrests have been made.
Police say he is not the same person who was arrested during a melee on May 11.
Around 6:45 a.m. on Johnson Terrace, off Woodrow Avenue, Boston EMS Incidents reports.
A Dorchester man charged with firing a bullet that grazed a 52-year-old woman's head as she was leaving church in Codman Square was actually aiming at two men who were arguing nearby, a prosecutor said today. Read more.
A federal judge in Boston this week sentenced Raymond Jeffreys, 28, to 30 years in federal prison after he pled guilty to charges of sex trafficking, tampering with a witness by attempting to kill him, and making false statements to a federal agent, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting James Martin, 22, on charges he fired the shot that sent a woman who'd just left church to the hospital last Friday evening. Read more.
UPDATE: Boston Police report the victim, a man in his 20s, died.
Jeff Durham reports somebody was shot around 9:15 p.m. at Southern Avenue and Darlington Street and that the person was taken away in bad shape. This makes the third shooting in the area since Friday.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court refused today to consider the First Amendment issues involved in a judge ordering a man to stop writing horrible things about his ex-girlfriend online as part of a domestic protective order against him. Read more.
A drone video posted on Scott Eisen's channel shows the Milton rowing team and some fascinating scenery along the Neponset estuary.
A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Harold and Shawn Coleman of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of Christopher Borgella outside the DoubleTree Hotel on Mt. Vernon Street early on March 1, 2014, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Two South Boston brothers today admitted they attacked a man sleeping near the JFK/UMass T stop with a metal pole and their urine on their way home from a Sox game last August because he was too Mexican for their tastes. Read more.
The delays have been reduced from "moderate" to "minor" on the inbound Red Line due to a train that let Elijah carry it upward at Shawmut.
Around 11:15 p.m. at 3 Walton St., just off Washington. The shooter may have fired nine rounds.
Around 8:20 p.m. on Saturday at 387 Columbia Rd., DD3William reports.
UPDATE: Arrest made.
For the second day in a row, gunfire erupted in Codman Square, but this time, somebody was shot - a woman, in the head, around 6:40 p.m., John Duffill reports, adding the shooter was aiming at somebody else. Read more.
The BRA today approved the Dot Block complex, which would replace a series of low-slung storefronts and industrial buildings at Dorchester Avenue and Hancock Street with 384 apartments, 60,000 square feet of retail space and a 450-car garage.
Around 10:20 p.m. At least five shell casings found in front of 310 Talbot Ave., near Southern. A car at Talbot and Southern was hit.
The filming of a rap video on a Dorchester cul-de-sac yesterday evening ended with six people under arrest and the confiscation of four loaded guns, police and prosecutors say.
One man had bail set at $100,000, two others at $75,000, at their arraignments today in Dorchester Municipal Court. Prosecutors had asked for bail as high as $500,000. Read more.
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I bought the cutest dress for a coming home outfit. It's all white cotton with small white polka dots on it. I got it from Old Navy on clearance but it isn't on their website anymore.
I am hoping to buy a crocheted headband with a big flower on it for her head for when she comes home but I can't seem to find any anywhere except for ebay. Does anyone know any stores that aren't online where I can go and look at them? I have checked all the major stores like Children's Place, Gap, Carters, etc... I really want her to have some color in her outfit and I think that a pink headband would be perfect!
Anyone with little girls get these or do I need to order it from ebay (they are cute on there though).
This is what they look like btw-http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250435017148&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching


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Rarity and Trixie Can-Can Dance by newyorkx3Watch
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Well here you go! For some reason I can't stop drawing ponies doing Can-Can.
**Funny how I'm the only one drawing anthro ponies doing Can-Can, and first Speed Racer crossover. Check the tags on derpibroou.
**Funny how I'm the only one drawing anthro ponies doing Can-Can, and first Speed Racer crossover. Check the tags on derpibroou.
Not bad.
I can can-can, can you do the can-can? Kidding, can't do the can-can
Trixy looks a little unsure of what she is doing
Oh my! :3
Rarity was pretty as Trixie.
Oh goodness, first Tutus now Can-Can?
You're my favorite pony artist, sir.
dunununununununununu BOOM!
I just love how you did raritys hair
They look good in blue!
1 2 3 kick 1-2-3-kick
I approve
You can-can draw a can-can. If I can-can draw a can-can, I should draw a can-can, but I can't-can't draw a can-can. So draw more can-can. <3
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy!! I can imagine the look on their faces. Both madly blushing.
Sweet, who else can do the can can.
these two are the most sexy girls , Rarity and Trixie
I would imagine if Spike saw Rarity in that attire. He might just stand around get all lovey-dovey.
NMM, Tavi, Vinyl, Flitter, Cloudchaser....the possibilities are endless
buttons mom!? Yea I said it!
buttons mom!? Yea I said it!
Can't stop drawing can-can?
Dare I say....Teenage CMC's?
Dare I say....Teenage CMC's?
Schwarze Sonne: Trixie... *¬*
If it had Vinyl then all the best unicorns would be present.
Do a Nightmare Moon doing the Can Can! and in a tutu!!!
I love them both.I mean Rarity wearing a attire and Trixie wearing same thing.Also to add them doing the Can-Can is amazing.Just amazing nice job on them.They came out beautiful.
Hey~ I'm diggin' Rarity in that attire~
Trixie in a can-can dress, I love it
Glad to see you took my advice my friend. It was well worth your efforts!
You got to love Trixie Face
Hey umm... did you get some Inspiration to do that or are You doing that for fun ...?
While I was reading the Shoprite sales.... that's when it came into my head. You know the Shoprite's Can-Can sale thingy. :3
Not really i don't like only the Can Can Dance because its a bit... Yuck (for showing the panties its a bit Perverse for me.... ) but i love the Music x3 anyway thx for answering ... And keep up the good work :3
spike approves this lol
only one? then if i'm correct, YOU'VE BECOME A FIRST-TIMER DEVIANT!
Aw, that's cute. :3
the rest of the mane 6 next?
so fluttershy and rainbow dash are next or applejack and pinkie pie
Dance fever is here and the mares won't let it past
So many Can Cans!!
I love it!!
they're hot
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Everything you write should be to the same standard as your branding. The Woodchuck Arts Team is ready to help you shine-up your content and make it as exceptional as your business.
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Your brand is your promise to your customer. It represents your company as a whole and differentiates you from your competition. Needless to say, branding and print design are important aspects of any business.
Social Media Management
Marketing is all about telling your story.
Woodchuck Arts would love to help you expand your story through social media platforms. It is a critical part of any business's brand development and marketing efforts.
Website Development
Developing a solid site presence takes work!
The good news is the Woodchuck Arts Team lives and breathes to help you do that work! We are here to help make your vision a reality.
Our Work
We love what we do and enjoy working with our clients to realize their vision! Our clients are ambitious and passionate about what they do. It's our privilege to help them share that with the world.
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About Our TEAM
Our team is passionate about what we do. When you work with Woodchuck Arts, you might be surprised how very excited we are about your business. Whether we are creating your website, developing your graphics, or helping you streamline your social media, branding, or technology, our goal is to make this process easy and fun. With over 25 years of graphic design and marketing experience, we are confident that we can ensure your company is represented in the best way possible. We consider a project complete when our customer is 100% happy with our work.
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28 Mar 2011 6:12 AM #1
[CLOSED] Redundant requires
I see that many classes require classes that have already been required.
For example:
Ext.panel.Panel requires Ext.XTemplate which has already been required by Ext.AbstractComponent.
Ext.AbstractPanel requires Ext.util.MixedCollection which has already been required by Ext.AbstractContainer
Ext.AbstractContainer requires Ext.ComponentMgr which has already been required by Ext.AbstractComponent
Do you consider this an issue?
I realize that the additional requires are harmless since each class will be loaded once even if required multiple times.
28 Mar 2011 8:38 AM #2
This is the expected behavior.
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