text:
Kemi Kemms
My Father - Poem by Kemi Kemms
My father
He's ill
He has this disease
That hides and rests
That waits and gets
Eventually out
My father
He's lazy
He has this habit
To do nothing at all
To constantly ignore us all
When we want him the best
My father
He's voracious
He has this need
To eat all the time
To stop would be a crime
He thinks we envy him
My father
He's weird
He acts a stupid one
When actually he's not
When actually he's lost
In boredom of his life
My father
He's stubborn
He rejects our help
We only want him a fuller life
Me, sister and his wife
But he thinks we hate him
My father
He's blind
He's neglecting the fact
That soon it might be too late
That illness might ruin his fate
But how can we help him?
Comments about My Father by Kemi Kemms
Ekaterina M. Polischuk (3/13/2012 1:16:00 PM)
good personal poem... i like the way you describe everything... so, people are quite different and somebody we can not help to change something.... (Report) Reply
Read this poem in other languages
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem »
Kemi Kemms's Other Poems
Famous Poems
Phenomenal Woman
Maya Angelou
Still I Rise
Maya Angelou
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
If You Forget Me
Pablo Neruda
Langston Hughes
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe
Caged Bird
Maya Angelou
Rudyard Kipling
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Robert Frost
A Dream Within A Dream
Edgar Allan Poe


text:
Pro Bono Honors Pledge Program - Suggested Placements
Domestic Violence
- American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
- American Bar Association Commission on Immigration
- American University Washington College of Law Clinical Program
- Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
- Archdiocesan Legal Network (ALN)
- Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
- Ayuda, Inc.
- Family Violence Prevention Fund
- Human Rights First
- Legal Services of Northern Virginia
- National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
- Neighborhood Legal Services Program Private Bar Initiative
- Tahirih Justice Center
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
The mission of the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence is to mobilize the legal profession to provide access to justice and safety for victims of domestic violence. Founded in 1994, the Commission is the only national organization that focuses exclusively on improving the legal response to domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The mission of the Commission is to increase access to justice for victims of domestic violence by mobilizing the legal profession.
American Bar Association Commission on Immigration
The Commission directs Association efforts to ensure fair and unbiased treatment, and full due process rights, for immigrants and refugees within the United States. Acting in coordination with other Association entities, as well as governmental and non-governmental bodies, the Commission: advocates for appropriate statutory and regulatory modifications in law and governmental practice consistent with Association policy; provides continuing education and timely information about trends, court decisions and pertinent developments for members of the legal community, judges, affected individuals and the public; and develops and assists the on-going operation of pro bono programs that encourage volunteer lawyers to provide high quality, effective legal representation for individuals in immigration courts, with special emphasis on the needs of the most vulnerable immigrant and refugee populations.
American University Washington College of Law Clinical Program
Civil Practice, Community and Economic Development, Criminal Justice, D.C. Law Students in Court, Domestic Violence, Intellectual Property, International Human Rights, Federal Tax, Women and the Law. Students may only receive pro bono credit of they are not also receiving academic credit.
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
ADA is the nation's oldest, liberal, independent political organization. It focuses on economic, military, foreign, social, and environmental issues, and maintains a political action committee (ADA/PAC). It publishes a weekly legislative newsletter for liberal activists and a quarterly newsletter.
Archdiocesan Legal Network (ALN)
ALN provides referrals to attorneys and will occasionally directly handle matters in the following areas: domestic relations, labor/employment disputes, public entitlements, bankruptcy or insolvency resulting from medical debt or job loss, wills and probate, guardianship and landlord/tenant relations.
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
Research, plan, and execute targeted legal projects in the D.C. metropolitan area. Past interns have worked closely with the Legal Director on initiatives such as a Street Law Project for at-risk APA youths, coordinating and writing testimony on language access issues, and designing volunteer training materials. Conduct client intake on the hotline by using language skills to help clients in matters involving domestic violence, employment, immigration law, and other legal issues.
Contact: Marita Etcubanez, 202-367-0793 or email@example.com
Ayuda is a non-profit organization offering comprehensive legal and social services to the low-income immigrant communities of Washington, DC and its surrounding areas. We serve the community in the areas of immigration, domestic violence, family law, and human trafficking. Our mission is to help our clients lead safe, violence-free lives and become fully participating members of society.
Family Violence Prevention Fund
The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by violence because everyone has the right to live free of violence.
Human Rights First works in the United States and abroad to create a secure and humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of law. We support human rights activists who fight for basic freedoms and peaceful change at the local level; protect refugees in flight from persecution and repression; help build a strong international system of justice and accountability; and make sure human rights laws and principles are enforced in the United States and abroad.
Legal Services of Northern Virginia
LSNV is beginning a volunteer project for second- and third-year law students interested in domestic violence law. Law students are needed to conduct initial interviews with victims of domestic violence who are preparing to appear in court to obtain permanent protective orders. Volunteers may also be asked to perform tasks incidental to the interview process, such as preparing subpoenas or locating potential witnesses identified during the interview. Volunteers may attend court hearings, if desired.
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
The mission of the Law Center is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness. To achieve its mission, the Law Center pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education.
Neighborhood Legal Services Program Private Bar Initiative
The Neighborhood Legal Services Program, a nonprofit organization, handles cases involving landlord/tenant issues, consumer affairs, public benefits, family law, employment discrimination and health issues for financially disadvantaged DC residents.
The Center represents immigrant and refugee women and girls in gender-based political asylum and other immigration cases. Clients face abuses such as rape, domestic violence, honor crimes, female genital mutilation, trafficking, involuntary servitude, and forced marriage. Legal interns participate in the following, under the direct supervision of an attorney: In-depth phone and in-person client interviews, affidavit drafting, evidence gathering, soliciting expert statements, legal and country conditions research, correspondence, legal briefs, trial preparation, and observation of court proceedings.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Without steak, most Americans wouldn't be able to justify owning such terrifyingly sharp steak knives, much less an entire rack of steak guns. Today's Groupon to Kansas City Steak Company gives you a chance to use them with $50 worth of steaks and more, plus free shipping. Kansas City Steak Company woos carnisseurs with delicious deliveries of high-quality beef, poultry, seafood, and more—chiseling scrumptious steaks from slabs of corn-fed beef and carefully hand-trimming them down to marbled perfection. Choose from premium steaks or USDA Prime private stock, and Kansas City Steak Company will deliver your juicy filet mignons, rib eyes, strips, and porterhouses straight to your door, packed in a cooler with dry ice, where they can then be slapped onto sizzling grills, empty dinner plates, or shiners acquired from sparring matches with pet kangaroos.
$25 for $50 Worth of Steaks and More Plus Free Shipping from Kansas City Steak Company ($54.95 Value)
Give as a Gift
Limited quantity availableOver 1,000 bought
In a Nutshell
- Corn-fed beef aged up to 28 days
- Free delivery to all 50 states
- Many specialty meats
- Great gift
The Fine Print
Promotional value expires Feb 15, 2011. Amount paid never expires. Limit 5 per person. May only redeem 1 per order. Not valid with other offers. Shipping included. Additional fee applies for shipping to Hawaii and Alaska. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
Love the ribeyes and the marinated salmon. They become comparable in pricing when they are periodically on sale. Their top line steaks are also spectacular.
Greg K. · February 7, 2014
Everything arrived quickly and was delicious!
Cynthia G. · 13 hours ago
Received product timely. Glad they put in a card explaining why the steak burgers my have a funny color. I was easy to call and complain. When I've gotten burgers from Omaha steaks they were always reddish. These were kind of grey.
Betty A. · 16 hours ago


text:
Happy Independence Day
What do you think makes America great? I think it's our belief that every life has equal value, our fierce individualism, and our commitment to protect mankind's most fundamental rights. We can trace all of those values to one document--the Declaration of Independence. This week, we celebrate the day our country came into being--when we declared independence from Great Britain. It's hard for us to imagine just how courageous this action was. By signing a document that proclaimed we are born with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, our Founding Fathers were putting all of those rights on the line. If the Constitution is the foundation for our nation, the Declaration of Independence is the blueprint. If you haven't read the Declaration of Independence recently, I encourage you to take a minute to look it over. It's a powerful reminder of what makes our country great. You can still see the original document at the National Archives. If you'd like to visit Washington, DC and see more national treasures like this, please contact my office. We can help arrange tours of the U.S. Capitol, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Library of Congress, and the Supreme Court.
A Small Victory on the Lesser Prairie Chicken
Last week, I sent a letter to Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dan Ashe, requesting additional time for public input on listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a "threatened species" under the Endangered Species Act. This issue is incredibly important to landowners in West Texas. If the Lesser Prairie Chicken is listed as threatened, it would place severe restrictions on public and private land use, and limit farming, ranching, transportation, and energy development. It could force layoffs that we simply can't afford. Even if you won't be directly affected by this listing, you should still care. Why? Because FWS isn't following normal procedures for this listing process. Instead of following sound science and established timelines, the process is being driven by a closed-door lawsuit settlement with environmental groups. That's a bad precedent to set. I've been working tirelessly to make this process more transparent and to prevent an unnecessary listing.
This week, we had a small victory. The FWS agreed to my request to postpone their final decision until March 30, 2014. That's good news, because it gives them more time to consider a voluntary range-wide conservation plan which will preserve habitat without the need for costly federal regulations. Unfortunately, the Service still isn't following the standard timeline laid out by the Endangered Species Act. That timeline is in place to allow for the detailed study that's required for these decisions. People's livelihoods are at stake, and this decision shouldn't be rushed because of a closed-door legal settlement with environmental activists.
I'll keep working on your behalf on two fronts: getting the voluntary conservation efforts approved and making this process more accountable to our citizens.
Action Item: Littlefield Celebrates Its Centennial
This Saturday, July 6, I'll be in Littlefield to celebrate its centennial anniversary. There are three days of events to mark this historic occasion. You can learn more at www.littlefieldtexas.net. At 11:30 am, I'll be presenting a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol to Mayor Danny Marquez. I hope to see you there!
Question of the Week: Last week, the Supreme Court ruled against Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and dismissed the case regarding "Prop 8," California's voter referendum banning same-sex marriage. Do you agree with their decision?
Source: http://randy.house.gov/randys-roundup/randys-roundup-small-victory-lesser-prairie-chicken


text:
The Safari works hard to remain a family-friendly occasion… it is an exercise in skill, learning and camaraderie, which 4WD is proud to support.
Compton, CA (PRWEB) April 12, 2014
4Wheel Drive Hardware is sponsoring three trails for the Easter Jeep Safari – a wildly popular, popularly wild, annual nine-day group trail ride in Moab, Utah from April 12 – 20. The three trails, Metal Masher, Golden Spike, and Moab Rim are tough, beautiful, and sure to put wheelers' truck and Jeep parts to the test.
The Metal Masher Trail, running through Mirror Gulch – a trail named for its fondness of ripping off 4x4 mirrors, does not allow full size pickups because the ride becomes too narrow for them to make it through with their mirrors intact. However, it is a heck of a ride for Jeepers and smaller 4x4's.
Red Rock 4-Wheelers Vice President Doug McElhaney describes the Golden Spike as the trail which "separates the men from the boys and the women from the girls." Golden Spike connects Poison Spider and Moab Rim. One of the ride's many highlights is the Golden Crack: an obstacle which each wheeler must overcome, as it cannot be circumnavigated. The length of the trail ensures a lengthy 12-hour drive – which is completely worth it.
The Moab Rim trail, according to McElhaney, "has one of the best views in Moab." It's one of the oldest trails in Easter Jeep, having debuted in 1968. It was the second trail ever to be offered for the Safari. The ride is difficult despite the fact that the trail remains close to the highway. "You're not 100 yards from pavement and you're in for some serious wheeling," he says, "but if you get stuck, you can just walk to McDonald's!"
This year's Easter Jeep Safari will be the 48th to date, 30 of which have been hosted by Red Rock 4Wheelers. The Safari works hard to remain a family-friendly occasion for off-road enthusiasts of all sorts. It is not a race to the finish, but instead an exercise in skill, learning and camaraderie, which 4WD is proud to support.
About 4Wheel Drive Hardware: 4Wheel Drive Hardware is a top industry provider of Jeep accessories and parts, with a passionate focus on the off-road industry. 4WD supplies everything from Jeep soft tops and exterior accessories to Jeep wheels and decals. Contact 4WD and connect with other Jeepers worldwide through their toll-free order number: 800-555-3353.


text:
The other morning my son crawled into my bed and whispered in my ear, "Mama, I dreamed something last night."
"Really? What?" I was interested. This was the first time he ever told me about a dream
"I dreamed that I was in this spaceship and it went really, really fast. And Simba [that's our cat] was in the spaceship with me and we went to this planet where everything was made of Legos and I got to put as many Legos as I wanted into the spaceship and take them home and then…and then…and then."
I've always wondered what my children dream about, and so I was delighted to hear my son tell me this tale. When my kids were babies and smiled and cried in their sleep, my husband and I made up wild stories about what might be going on in their little minds.
A new mom brilliantly took this idea a step further and created a blog, Mila's Daydreams, featuring photographs of her sleeping baby in imaginative dream scenes that she creates with costumes and props. Her photos are magical, whimsical, and downright adorable.
Adele Enersen, lives in Helsinki, Finland, and on her blog she explains her photos:
This blog is my maternity leave hobby. While my baby is taking her nap, I create scene around her and take quick snap photos.
I use only few minutes per picture, including creating idea, implementation and editing, 'cause I don't want to disturb her sleeping and most of my time is for my family. My camera is small and inexpensive Canon IXUS 750.
A few of Adele's images…
All of these photos of babies dreaming led me to wonder, do babies actually have dreams?
I checked in with Dr. Alanna Levine, a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics and BabyCenter contributor. "We know that newborns experience REM sleep (the time during sleep when the baby has rapid eye movements), and this is the cycle during sleep where dreaming occurs," Dr. Levine says. "We can only infer that newborn babies dream during this cycle. It's hard to say what they are dreaming about, and when they start remembering their dreams. We only know for sure once they have the developmental capacity to understand what a dream is, and to express that with words."
And as I'm learning, kids can definitely express their dreams through words — my son's tale went on and on…
"…and then I took the Legos and built a big spaceship and got inside that spaceship with Simba and we went to another planet that had lots of donuts and I put those in my spaceship…"
I started to wonder if this was all really in his dream. No matter, I was enjoying listening to him.


text:
From Our 2011 Archives
Infant Acetaminophen Dosage Change May Cause Confusion
Latest Cold and Flu News
FDA: Know Concentration Before Giving Acetaminophen to Infants
By Jennifer Warner
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Dec. 23, 2011 -- Double check the label on liquid acetaminophen before giving it to a child or infant to avoid giving your child the wrong dose.
The FDA is urging parents and caregivers to carefully read the label on liquid acetaminophen marketed to infants and children as a new, less concentrated form of the popular pain reliever arrives on store shelves.
Acetaminophen products include several over-the-counter brands, including Little Fevers, PediaCare, Triaminic, Tylenol, and store brands or generic versions of the drug.
While the new 160 mg per 5 mL concentration is now arriving in drugstores, much of the older, more concentrated 80 mg per 1 mL or 80 mg per 0.8 mL versions may still be in people's medicine cabinets.
"There is still some on store shelves; there is still some in homes; and there is still some in distribution," Carol Holquist, director of the FDA's Division of Medical Error Prevention and Analysis, says in a news release. "Be very careful when you're giving your infant acetaminophen."
Giving too little liquid acetaminophen could cause the drug to be ineffective. Giving too much could possibly lead to death.
The drug is used to temporarily reduce fever and relieve minor aches and pains from the common cold, flu, headache, minor sore throat, and toothache.
Why the New Version?
Until recently, liquid acetaminophen marketed for infants was available only in the stronger 80 mg per 1 mL or 80 mg per 0.8 mL concentrations that don't require giving infants as much liquid with each dose. Meanwhile, the less concentrated 160 mg per 5 mL version was marketed for children.
Earlier this year, a report from the FDA showed that confusion caused by the different concentrations of liquid acetaminophen for infants and children was leading to overdoses that made infants seriously ill, and some died from liver failure.
To avoid these dosing errors, some manufacturers voluntarily changed the concentration of liquid acetaminophen for infants to the same concentration as the liquid acetaminophen marketed to children.
The new, less concentrated 160 mg per 5 mL liquid acetaminophen for infants has new dosing instructions and may have a new dosing device in the box, such as an oral syringe rather than a dropper.
What You Should Do
The FDA advises parents and caregivers to read the "Active ingredient" section of the Drug Facts label on liquid acetaminophen marketed to infants or children to tell the difference between the two products.
Other tips for ensuring safe and accurate dosing of liquid acetaminophen include:
FDA officials say it is important to note that there is no dosing amount specified for children younger than 2 years of age. If you have an infant or child younger than 2 years old, always check with your health care provider for dosing instructions.
SOURCE: News release, FDA.


text:
Some manufacturers place restrictions on how details of their products may be communicated.
Inexpensive Scan Tool 06/28/2013
This review is from: Mini Bluetooth V1.5 ELM327 OBD-II Auto Diagnostic Scanner Tool
In addition to reading trouble codes, the software also provides 8 pages of engine sensor data. More information than the $50 scanners from Harbor Freight.
Must have a Windows computer/laptop with bluetooth capability to use the unit out of the box. Provided no software on the included CD disk for Palm, PDA or smartphone as indicated in the ad. Only for Windows. I was able to download "Torque Lite" to my android tablet from the Google Play (Market). This is a free generic OBD-II reader program that seems to work with the unit. The provided Windows software was better, however.
Other Thoughts:
Simple straight forward software. However no information provided on how to use it.
Did you find this review helpful? Yes / No Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!


text:
The St. Edward's University Alumni Association is a family of more than 25,000 graduates and growing. Alumni support the Hilltop through service throughout Texas and across the country. We are grateful to the hundreds of alumni who volunteer each year positively impacting the University with their time and talents. Alumni volunteers from 2014-2015 are featured in our Honor Roll of Volunteers.
Are you interested in volunteering with St. Edward's? Find more information on volunteer opportunities in the Volunteer Handbook!
To receive our communications and information on volunteer opportunities and events in your area, please make sure we have your most up-to-date contact information. Below is a short list of ways to serve St. Edward's:
Assist with the admission process by representing St. Edward's at local college fairs for high school students, contacting prospective students on behalf of St. Edward's, or hosting recruitment events.
Share knowledge and insights with students by volunteering your time to be a guest speaker or panelist for various St. Edward's University organizations. You can also hire a St. Edward's student, create an internship opportunity, or provide a job shadowing experience.
Host a regional event that promotes the university's initiatives. Assist in the identification of a location, planning, and execution of the event. Regional events are special opportunities to bring together prospective students, their families, and St. Edward's alumni. Events are coordinated with the assistance of University Staff.
Serve on your milestone reunion committee for Homecoming and Family Weekend. Help plan your reunion event, encourage classmates to return to campus during Homecoming, and encourage your classmates to participate in Love Blue Give Gold, social media fundraising campaign. Learn more about Reunion Ambassadors.
Serve as the primary contact for alumni in your local community. Coordinate with University Staff to create opportunities for alumni to connect with each other at service and social events throughout the year.
Highly engaged and motivated volunteers may be nominated to serve on the Alumni Board, nurturing a lifelong connection to the St. Edward's community for current and future alumni. Members are selected to hold the position based on demonstrated involvement, support and commitment to St. Edward's University.


text:
There's something truly exciting about running across the very first issue of a new magazine, one you haven't heard a word about in advance, especially in these precarious times for all ventures that deal with the printed word. That happened recently to me during a visit to Barnes & Noble, where I stumbled upon 12th Street.
This new journal, we're told, is "published by the Riggio Honors Program: Writing and Democracy, of the undergraduate Writing Program at the New School, New York City, N.Y." A further acknowledgement on the second page thanks Leonard and Louise Riggio, "who made this unique and essential program possible, allowing us to learn new ways to read and write, and for providing us with a public voice."
The magazine's cover is filled with print only, as if to taunt the visual gods that seem to reign supreme these days, all of it rendered in different fonts and point sizes, some of them in black and others white, all of it set against a red backdrop. When you look more carefully, you realize that these sort of haphazardly arranged words and sentences are quotes from the material that appears inside the magazine and so provide something of a laid-back table of contents (even though there's a perfectly conventional one inside).
For example, right beneath the 12th Street banner come the words, in small black type, "The first three sentences of 'The innocent,' a story on page 9," followed, in much larger, much heavier white type by, "Hey. Psst. Is anyone there?" Some of this is very intriguing, and some of it is sort of precious.
Inside, the magazine is not only filled with stories, poems, interviews and nonfiction of all sorts, but there are also several statements of purpose relevant to what the magazine hopes to accomplish. First off, there's a quote from E.B. White, of New Yorker fame, which is a truly heartening sign: "In the days of my youth, in the days of my youth/I lay in West Twelfth Street, writhing with Truth."
Directly across from these words is a letter from the editor in chief, Adrián Jiménez. "The history of West 12th Street in New York City is self-evident. Located in the West Village, there are shadows on every block of those who have lived and worked here before. I have seen and held a copy of a literary journal called 12th Street, published in 1949, by the New School. This is our history. With this first issue, we continue the history of 12th Street, the place and the journal, while relying on the resources of the present.
"The staff, in creating a new legacy with our founding issue, discussed the goals of 12th Street at length. Our mission is to present literature that establishes a discourse on the artist as intellectual and explores the role of the writer in the world. We want to promote literature as an engine of democracy."
These are lofty goals, and readers will have to be the final judges in all this. Still, one can only wish such optimism well, especially since it so clearly flies in the face of current attitudes. That, in itself, takes a lot of courage.


text:
Hello Fresh recently had a 50% off coupon that I could not resist. I decided that I needed to order another box right away. Hello Fresh is a weekly meal subscription service that delivers fresh ingredients for delicious, fast, and easy to make meals.
The Cost: $69 per week for two people, including shipping
The Products: Each week, you can select three out of 5 Hello Fresh meals for you to make. They deliver enough fresh ingredients for you to make each recipe, plus usually a little more for left overs! If you have a bigger family, you can also choose to get enough for 4 people. They also have a vegetarian option for $59 a week. You can read my past Hello Fresh reviews here.
The Coupon: Use my code ZRX9QF for $20 off your first box!
This week I chose Creamy Fettuccine with Wild Mushrooms and Tarragon, Parmesan Crusted Tilapia with Parsley Potatoes and Carrots and Chicken, and Linguine in a Spinach-Tomato Cream Sauce. I love how the recipe cards break down exactly what each recipe includes and what you will need to complete the recipe.
Everything is securely packaged with exactly enough for that you will need for the recipe and is clearly labelled. I like that you can just grab the bags you need and go.
They keep the fresh meat hidden under ice packs to keep them fresh. The ice packs were still completely frozen by the time I opened my box when I got home. As you can see, you are only getting exactly what you need for each recipe and everything looks incredibly fresh.
This is the first recipe I tried from this box – the Chicken Linguine. Sorry for the messy photo, I was rushing to get the picture taken while it was fresh and I was really hungry!
It took a little longer than their estimated time for me to make the recipe. The way the recipe is worded is to be true to real-time, meaning they will tell you to start doing one thing and tell you later in the recipe when that should be finished cooking. In this instance, it was the linguine. You boil the linguine in the first step and by the fourth step, it should be finished. I found that my linguine finished cooking in the middle of the second step.
The recipe is incredibly simple to follow and the recipe was really simple, but had restaurant-quality flavor. What I really want to mention though are the Hello Fresh portion sizes. While my fiancee is away, my daughter and I have been living with family and there are six of us in the house. It's not fair for me to get a box for just the two of us, so I get the bigger box for 4 people. I constantly worry if there will be enough for more people, but the amount of food you get for 4 people is always more than enough for us. If you noticed on my social media last night I posted a picture of my pan I made the Chicken Linguine in. Not only did it feed 5 adults (my daughter didn't like it, so she had her own meal), but it was enough for seconds and lunch today. They really give you plenty of food, so if you have a family that likes to eat, I think compared to Plated whose portions I think are "true to serving size," Hello Fresh is definitely the way to go.
Thoughts: This is only my second box with Hello Fresh and I am still impressed with the quality of ingredients and simplicity of the recipes. I also love the amount of food you get with each recipe. Since the box has a ton of insulation and ice packs, it is very heavy so I recommend getting someone strong to bring the box in for you! I've kept all the recipes from my last box to make later and I am probably going to keep these recipes as well.
What do you think about Hello Fresh? What is your favorite meal subscription service?


text:
Love Struck Vixen II
Sally's Vengeance
By Timothy Bettencourt
Sirrus, Minerva and the Warners are walking in the zoo enjoying their vacation away from Warner Brothers. Across the way, they are spotted by Buster, Babs, Plucky, Shirley, Fifi and Hamton, who all rush up to Sirrus.
BUSTER: Where have you been?! It's been fur-ever since you left! We missed you!
BABS: Things got SOOOO boring without you!
SIRRUS: I'll bet.
PLUCKY: So, have you come to try and take back Fifi?
Shirley then zaps his tail feathers and he yelps in pain.
SIRRUS: Some things never change. I'm sure you all know the Warners. This is my girlfriend Minerva Mink.
MINERVA: Hello.
Buster and Plucky both faint. Sirrus notices that Fifi and Hamton are standing back looking down in worry. He walks up to them.
SIRRUS: Guys.
They both look up with guilt in their eyes.
HAMTON: Sirrus...We...
FIFI: We never meant to hurt vous! We just-
Sirrus puts up a hand to stop them.
SIRRUS: It's alright. I don't bear any grudge against you two. Love looks not with the eyes. It looks with the heart. You two are meant for one another. The last thing I want is to try and stop that. Besides, (smiles at Minerva) thanks to that; I have a little slice of heaven.
Minerva giggles and blushes.
HAMTON: Friends?
Sirrus takes both their hands in a shake, but they both receive a shock. They both look to see a buzzer in each of his hands.
SIRRUS: A classic never dies.
He laughs and everyone joins him. They all walk together and chat pleasantly.
Two scientists are watching a glass cage. The first is a short, grey haired male with a nametag reading "M. Stupid" The other is a tall, black haired woman with a nametag reading "R. A. Hottie"
STUPID: I hope you can help us with this specimen, doctor. Nothing we've tried works.
HOTTIE: If it is as extreme as you say, then this will be my greatest challenge.
Suddenly, Sally the Amazonian Polefox leaps onto the glass and smashes against it in an effort to break it, but it does not budge. She then begins tearing up the entire habitat, uprooting trees and tossing boulders.
HOTTIE: Incredible! Her anger has made her more than five times stronger than the average Polefox.
STUPID: Yes, and she has been getting worse and worse since we had to get rid of the other Polefox.
HOTTIE: That's it!
STUPID: What?
HOTTIE: This Polefox is in the lifecycle in which she needs a mate. A companion. Without one, she will become more and more aggressive until she can find one.
STUPID: But where will we find a mate for her?
Meanwhile, Sally is hanging onto the bars of the window to her cage, vainly trying to break them. She then spots Sirrus walking past. She first rubs her eyes in seeing him, then she howls and whistles in excitement and finally floats to the ground swooning.
STUPID: Doctor! Something has sated her!
HOTTIE: And that is what we need!
The two then rush outside to find what calmed Sally.
The Tiny Toons and the Warners are admiring the exhibit of the lions.
BUSTER: I would hate to take on a guy like that!
YAKKO: Don't tell me you're too scared to take a chance.
BUSTER: No, I just-(looks around) Wait, where's Sirrus?
YAKKO: You don't know?
Yakko points to where Sirrus and Minerva are sitting on a park bench, nuzzling noses, holding hands and tails.
DOT: Romantic, isn't it?
FIFI: Le sigh. No wonder I fell for him.
SHIRLEY: Minerva is a really lucky girl.
BABS: Yeah.
The girls start swooning over the couple and the guys roll their eyes.
PLUCKY: What are we, chopped liver?
HAMTON: For once, I think you're right.
Meanwhile, Sirrus and Minerva are still cuddled together when the scientists watch them from a bush.
HOTTIE: Looks like that boy is our solution.
STUPID: What about the mink?
HOTTIE: I think I have an idea.
She then get's up and walks up to the couple.
HOTTIE: Excuse me?
The two turn to the doctor.
SIRRUS: Can I help you?
HOTTIE: I am Dr. R. A. Hottie.
SIRRUS: Not as much as Minerva.
Wakko beats a joke tune on a drum set.
SIRRUS: (to the camera) Hey, I don't write 'um, I just say 'um.
HOTTIE: Ahem, anyway, I was wondering if you might be able to help us.
SIRRUS: What can I do for you?
HOTTIE; Well, one of our polecat exhibits has a slight leak, and none of our crewmen are able to repair it, so...
SIRRUS: So you think I, as a Gold Striped Dragon Skunk could do it.
HOTTIE: Yes.
SIRRUS: Whats in it for me?
HOTTIE: Well
Stupid walks up and answers for her.
STUPID: How about a free lifetime pass to the zoo?
Sirrus thinks for a second, then he and Minerva huddle and mumble like football players. They then regard the scientists.
SIRRUS: Throw in free snacks and you got a deal.
HOTTIE: Done!
SIRRUS: Okay, then. Ill be right back babe.
MINERVA: Dont take too long.
Sirrus then kisses her cheek and the scientists lead him into the observatory.
Sirrus is standing at the door to Sallys cage, thinking it holds the polecats he was told about. The scientists open it and he walks in and they close the door behind him.
SIRRUS: So, where is the-
Sally then jumps down from a tree and gasps in excitement and has a big smile. Sirrus eyes go huge in fear.
SIRRUS: Yipe
Sally then howls and dashes for Sirrus. Sirrus legs spin in an effort to get away, but Sally catches him and grips him in a hug. The scientists watch feeling satisfied.
STUPID: Well, done, doctor. Sally has been sated, finally.
HOTTIE: Now, either she will be a tender lover to the boy, or she will tear him to bits. Lets watch.
Meanwhile, Sally is cuddling Sirrus while he is trying to escape, using a jackhammer, pick and even dynamite, but nothing loosens Sallys grip. She then smiles seductively at Sirrus, who looks to the camera with a worried look.
SIRRUS: (to the camera) Im sure you all know what comes next.
Before Sally can make out with him, he interjects.
SIRRUS: Wait a minute. Before we get to that, I have to take you out to dinner.
Sally looks interested as she sets him down.
SIRRUS: Just give me a little time, and Ill have a gourmet meal ready.
Sally giggles and disappears behind a bush. Sirrus then pulls out a 16th century royal kitchen and spin changes into a French chef.
SIRRUS: (to the camera) For this evening, we shall preparing Cest magnifique hour dourves. We will be using Le Poisson, Le Mustard, La tomato, and Mon petite wine du rouge.
He pops the bizarre mix into an oven and pulls it out after a second to reveal a massive banquet.
SIRRUS: Voila! Zee dinner, it is, how you say, perfection.
He then spins back to himself.
SIRRUS: (to the camera) Ill bet you thought all I could do was drop anvils.
He then spin changes into a tux with top hat and cane and knocks on Sallys burrow.
SIRRUS: (to the camera) No, folks, I dont plan on taking her as my new girlfriend. I just plan on showing her a nice evening.
Sally then walks out wearing a dazzling blue dress and makeup.
SIRRUS: (still to the camera) I mean she is very beautiful but-
Sirrus stops when he hears purring and turns to see Sally posing. His eyes bulge out to 5 times their size. He then twitches into 5 different love reactions and hops like a dog and finishes by panting heavily. Sally pulls him close with her tail and gives him a kiss and he turns bright red with sweat streaming from him like a waterfall. He then shakes his head clear and escorts Sally to the table. He pulls out her chair for her and she gently rubs his head with her tail as she sits down. He then places a platter of gourmet meat before her with a full assortment of utensils.
SIRRUS: Bon appetite, mademoiselle.
Sally then tosses aside the utensils and madly devours the food. Sirrus shrugs to the camera.
SIRRUS: Well, nobodys perfect.
He then uses his utensils to enjoy his own meal. The scientists watch with noteboards, making notes on the actions of Sally.
STUPID: My, it seems that Sally is displaying near sentient qualities.
HOTTIE: The boy is
a very fascinating specimen.
STUPID: What do you mean?
HOTTIE; His striping led me to believe he was a Dragon Skunk, but he claims he is a Gold Striped Dragon Skunk. I had never heard of such a species before. I checked our database and found that there-
Suddenly Sirrus reaches for the side of the screen and pulls it to him and Sally.
SIRRUS: This is a cartoon, not a documentary. Sheesh!
We see that Sally has finished her meal and licking herself clean. When she finishes, she smiles at Sirrus and crawls across the table toward Sirrus, who backs away nervously.
SIRRUS: Now, lets not get excited. I mean, there is still a lot more courtship before we get to this point. I mean, theres movies, a walk on the beach, the-
Sally clamps his muzzle shut and pulls close. She then starts to tug at his shirt and jacket.
SIRRUS: (to the camera) Okay, thats enough of that!
He then pulls his tail and disappears and pops out Stupids pocket outside the cage.
SIRRUS: (to Sally) Well, it was fun, but I got to run. Bye-bye!
He then dashes away, and Sally roars in anger and smashes through the glass.
HOTTIE: Secur-
Sally punches both scientists and sends them through the wall, making shaped holes and she runs after Sirrus.
Minerva, the Warners and the Tiny Toons are all waiting for Sirrus.
YAKKO: I wonder whats taking Sirrus so long.
BUSTER: Something tells me that those doctorss were trying to trick him.
MINERVA: What do you-
Sirrus then pops out of a fountain and lands in Minervas arms.
SIRRUS: Miss me?
MINERVA: What took so long?
SIRRUS: Well, Sally, the Amazonian Polefox, didnt really like the guy I set her up with, and she now wants me.
FIFI: Again?
MINERVA: Again?
SIRRUS: Its a long story.
Sally then smashes through a wall and runs for Sirrus.
SIRRUS: And thats my cue to exit.
Sirrus then dashes away with Sally close behind.
YAKKO: Why cant that happen to me?
DOT: (slaps him in the back of the head) Focus! We gotta save him!
They all dash to find Sirrus.
Sally is sniffing the air to find Sirrus when an Italian man walks up with a cart.
MAN: Hey, who wants a hot dog? Theyre a nice and hot and tasty! They a come with a mustard, relish and beans.
Sally gives him a dollar and he gives her a hot dog. She swallows it in one bite. Her face turns red and she screams making fire shoot out her mouth as she dunks her head into a fountain. The man then spins into Sirrus.
SIRRUS: They dont call them hot dogs for nothing.
He chuckles and dashes away.
The Warners are dashing and popping out of various objects, looking for Sirrus. They soon meet with the others.
YAKKO: Nothing.
BUSTER: Nothing.
MINERVA: Nothing.
WAKKO: This is'nt good! Who knows what that Sally will do to him.
FIFI: Well, last time, whenevere she got ahold of my lizard of L'amou-
Fifi notices the raised eyebrow of nearly everyone and the glare from Hamton and Minerva.
FIFI: Pardone moi, I mean Sirrus. Anyway, last time, she would throw herself on him and start to make out with him.He said it made his whole body burn with lust.
Minerva, meanwhile, is gritting her teeth tightly and tightening her fists.
FIFI: He even tried dropping an anvil on her, but she just tossed it aside. And as much as he tried to fight it, he could'nt control himself.
Minerva then shoots up and stomps away.
MINERVA: I'm gonna give that slutty fox a piece of my mind!
The Warners rush to her and try to stop her.
YAKKO: She might kill you!
WAKKO: She's an animal!
DOT: She's vicious!
MINERVA: And she has MY man!
They then hear a loud whistleand Sirrus smashes into the ground. He pops back to normal with stars spinning around his head. Minerva rushes to his side and helps him up.
MINERVA: Are you okay, baby?!
SIRRUS: Yeah, I just-
Sally suddenly tosses Minerva aside and grabs Sirrus and starts licking him. Minerva gets up with fire in her eyes.
MINERVA: How DARE you steal my man!!
She then starts to grow. Both Sally and Sirrus look with huge fearful eyes.
SIRRUS: ...Minerva...?
MINERVA: No one steals my beau! NOONE!!!
SIRRUS: (to Sally) Been nice knowin' ya.
He then squirms out of Sally's arms are rushes to the others.
He, the Warners and the Tiny Toons duck into a trench as Minerva continues to grow. A massive explosion then creates a huge crater and an enormous mushroom cloud rises into the air and the entire city is rocked to the ground. The toons look to see a glaring Minerva tapping her foot and standing over a smoking and shivering Sally.
MINERVA: Get out of here!
Sally then runs away yelping.
MINERVA: Sirrus?
The others then all push Sirrus toward Minerva. Sirrus is sunken into himself and is shaking in fear.
SIRRUS: "gulp" Y-y-y-y-y-yes, Minerva?
Minerva then smiles warmly.
MINERVA: Come here and give your girl a kiss!
Minerva then gives him a loving kiss and gives him a tight hug. Sirrus then grins slyly.
SIRRUS: (to the camera) Eat your heart out Katie-Ka-BOOM!
The screen then irises out to black.
Love Struck Vixen 2 by ShadowloreWatch
©2008-2017 Shadowlore
Sirrus and his friends return to Acme Acres for their vacation. However, Sirrus will once again meet Sallt the Polefox, who has lost Jojo and has been driven into rage in her loneliness.
Let me know what you think.
Let me know what you think.
Dude I absolutely love these stories of the chases and whole "new lover coming" stories you make!! 10/10 Stars
Dude I absolutely love these stories of the chases and whole "new lover coming" stories you make!! 10/10 Stars
Most excellent story i ever read it was great and heart-pounding if you ask me it's 5 star story Shadowlore.


text:
Former world No.1 Roger Federer won't play outside of centre court after all.
The four-time Australian Open champion was scheduled to play Germany's world No.93 Andreas Beck in the fourth match on Hisense Arena today, but his opponent withdrew from the tournament with a back injury.
The Swiss champion hadn't played an Australian Open match away from Rod Laver Arena since 2004 - the first year he won the tournament.
Federer has advanced to the Australian Open third round without hitting a ball.
The third seed now has a clear path to a final-32 clash with either Croatian Ivo Karlovic or Argentine Carlos Berlocq.


text:
Florida 49
Offensive Stunner
# 7 Sean walker
1) Stop caring and play half-hearted and hope that your coaches will just try to end the game as quickly as possible.
2) Play as if the game is tied and make every catch count as much as possible. In other words, continue to fight.
Sean Walker chose to fight. Walker responded to the Gators efforts to stop the Commodore passing game by going out and establishing himself. Walker's final yards came on a short route in which walker turned into a big gain by dragging Gator defenders for several yards before finally being gang tackled. Walker was a great example of fighting on no matter what the circumstances are. Sean "Wrens" Walker finished the day with four catches for fifty yards with one hell of an effort on a twenty-nine yard gain.
#24 Marcus Buggs
#85 Jake Bradford
In summary I would like to say that it would have been very easy to fold after Florida came out red hot against the Commodores and established control of this game. There were several examples of our players not giving up and continuing to fight (such as Dalron Spead's defensive touchdown) and not giving up. The Commodores have several question marks, which need to be answered before Kentucky arrives in Nashville. Vanderbilt lost a game to a very good football team Saturday. It happens. The DORES now have a chance to get that elusive sixth win of the season, at home, in front of the home crowd. BE THERE EARLY and BE LOUD.


text:
Stuff with the Perl Foundation. A couple of patches in the Perl core. A few CPAN modules. That about sums it up.
This is the second time I've written this and the first time was years ago, so I don't recall what I was doing. I am writing our Web tests so we can pass a --noserver switch and run the code directly. That means overriding WWW::Mechanize::_make_request and pretending to be a Web server, knowing how to call your code, setting up the proper %ENV variables, following redirects, etc. So far I have this debugging information along with the tests:
> > > GETing login.pl
> > > POSTing login.pl
< < < Redirect requested to
> > > GETing
< < < Redirect requested to
> > > GETing
That tells me I've successfully logged in, handling cookie information and all that. Then the code blows up, but it's getting closer! When it's done, we'll be able to debug our Web tests much more easily.
Ah, looks vaguely similar to what I've written. It would be nice if a generic solution could be provided for this. Since I'm writing this for work, I can't release the code.
Argh! I checked on the CPAN and glanced that that module, but I didn't really look at it as closely as I should have. I was thinking "run mech without a Web server" and that code is "run mech with requests on an object". D'oh! Ah well


text:
Tweets from @TBHomeTeam/writers
MORE from our HomeTeam writers.
Mon. November 21, 2011 | Matt Baker | Email
Mitchell senior Jake Driscoll surpassed 1,000 career points tonight with a 51-point explosion in the Mustangs' 107-101 victory over Wiregrass Ranch. He entered the game needing 33 points to surpass that plateau.
"He was hitting 3s. He was hitting pull-ups. He was hitting layups," Mustangs coach Jared St. Charles said. "He just hit everything. Unbelievable game."
The 6-foot guard is being recruited by some small Division I programs and several Division II schools.
Driscoll averaged 23 points and 7.5 rebounds per game last season but also missed time with mononucleosis. St. Charles said Driscoll has gotten progressively better during his career.
"I never expected 51," St. Charles said, "but we expect him to be scoring around 25 points per game."


text:
PoJazz Live In VPR Performance Studio
01/28/10 9:00PM By George Thomas
George Thomas welcomes PoJazz, Vermont's own poetry and jazz repertoire ensemble as the six musicians and four poets create new works from jazz standards and original poetry. The music is improvised as is the interaction between the words and jazz, recalling the era of Jack Kerouac and The Beat poets. Tony Whedon is the driving force behind the group, as a poet and trombonist but they operate fairly spontaneously in performance.
Vermont Poets tonight include: Tony Whedon; Tom Cote; Geoff Hewett and David Cavanagh.
Vermont musicians include: Tony Whedon-Trombone; Dan Silverman-Trombone; Lar Duggan-Piano; Barry Ries-Drums & Trumpet (sometimes simultaneously!); Will Patton-Upright Electric Bass; Steve Blair-Guitar
|I Knocked Over An Ashtray
|Artist Name: Tom Cote
|Note: Live In VPR's Performance Studio
|What I Drank
|Artist Name: Tony Whedon
|Amendment; For Sharon
|Artist Name: Dave Cavanagh
|Artist Name: Geoff Hewitt
|Flying Low
|Artist Name: Tony Whedon
|Lightning Turkey
|Artist Name: Geoff Hewitt
|When You Pulled Up To Her House
|Artist Name: Tom Cote
|I Apologize For Yesterday
|Artist Name: Tom Cote
|Quantum Jump
|Artist Name: Dave Cavanagh
|Artist Name: Geoff Hewitt
|Maxfield Parish Blue
|Artist Name: Tony Whedon
|What Matters, Simply
|Artist Name: Dave Cavanagh
|Artist Name: Geoff Hewitt
|Things We Pray To In Vermont
|Artist Name: Tony Whedon
|Slow Freight
|Artist Name: Ray Bryant
|Composer: L. Fien / I. Mills / B. Ram
|Soloists: Ray Bryant-Piano
|CD/Album: Somewhere In France
|Record co./Cat #: Label M 5701
|Release Year: 1993
|When I'm Called Home
|Artist Name: Abbey Lincoln featuring Stan Getz
|Composer: Abbey Lincoln
|Soloists: Abbey Lincoln-Vocals ; Stan Getz-Tenor Sax ; Maxine Roach-Viola
|CD/Album: You Gotta Pay The Band
|Record co./Cat #: Verve 314 511 110-2
|Release Year: 1991
|Spann's Stomp
|Artist Name: Otis Spann
|Composer: Otis Spann
|Soloists: Otis Spann-Piano ; S.P. Leary-Drums
|CD/Album: Chicago / The Blues / Today!
|Record co./Cat #: Vanguard 172/74-2
|Night Time Is The Right Time
|Artist Name: Count Basie & Joe Turner
|Composer: Leroy Carr
|Soloists: Count Basie-Piano ; Joe Turner-Vocals
|CD/Album: The Bosses
|Record co./Cat #: Pablo/OJC 821-2
|Release Year: 1973
|Time's Gettin' Tougher Than Tough
|Artist Name: Jimmy Witherspoon
|Composer: Jimmy Witherspoon
|Soloists: Jimmy Witherspoon-Vocals ; Gerry Mulligan-Baritone Sax ; Ben Webster-Tenor Sax ; Jimmy Rowles-Piano ; Leroy Vinnegar-Bass ; Mel Lewis-Drums
|CD/Album: The 'Spoon Concerts
|Record co./Cat #: Fantasy 24701-2
|Release Year: 1959
|After Hours
|Artist Name: Avery Parrish with Erskine Hawkins
|Composer: Avery Parrish
|Soloists: Avery Parrish-Piano
|CD/Album: Jazz Piano - A Smithsonian Collection
|Record co./Cat #: The Smithsonian Collection Of Recordings 039
|Release Year: 1940
|Blues Petite; Beethoven Riffs On
|Artist Name: The John Kirby Sextet
|Composer: Shavers / Beethoven
|Soloists: John Kirby-Bass ; Charlie Shavers-Trumpet ; Buster Bailey-Clarinet ; Russell Procope-Alto Sax ; Billy Kyle-Piano ; Specs Powell-Drums
|CD/Album: The Biggest Little Band In The Land
|Record co./Cat #: ASV/Living Era 5304
|Release Year: 1940
|For The Figs
|Artist Name: Mary Lou Williams
|Composer: Mary Lou Williams
|Soloists: Mary Lou Williams-Piano
|CD/Album: Nite Life
|Record co./Cat #: Chiaroscuro Records 103
|Release Year: 1971
|Old Quaker Blues
|Artist Name: Jimmy Yancey
|Composer: Jimmy Yancey
|Soloists: Jimmy Yancey-Piano
|CD/Album: Boogie Woogie And Blues Piano
|Record co./Cat #: Mosaic Select 030
|Release Year: 1940
|It's A Low Down Dirty Shame
|Artist Name: Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
|Composer: Ollie Shepard
|Soloists: Louis Jordan-Vocals & Alto Sax
|CD/Album: The Blues
|Record co./Cat #: The Smithsonian Collection Of Recordings 101-3
|Besame Mucho
|Artist Name: Jaki Byard
|Composer: Consuelo Velasquez
|Soloists: Jaki Byard-Piano
|CD/Album: Sunshine Of My Soul
|Record co./Cat #: HighNote 7169
|Release Year: 1978
|Note: Live At The Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA


text:
A letter from Auschwitz 1943
A complete 1943 Auschwitz pre-printed letter form
Translation of printed instructions:
The following regulations are to be noted with respect to correspondence with prisoners:
1.) Every prisoner is allowed to receive (and send) two letters or cards from (to) his relatives each month. The letters to prisoners must be easily readable, be written in ink, and consist of no more than 15 lines on a single sheet. Only letter sheets of the normal size are allowed. Envelopes must be unlined. Only 5 stamps of 12 Pf each may be enclosed with each letter. No other enclosures are permitted, and will be confiscated. Postcards consist of 10 lines. Photographs may not be used as postcards.
2.) Money may be sent.
3.) In sending money or postal orders, the exact address should be given, i.e., Name, Date of birth, and prisoner number. In the event that there any mistakes in the address, the mail will be returned to sender, or destroyed.
4.) Newspapers are allowed, but may only ordered though the Auschwitz camp post office.
5.) Parcels may not be sent, as the prisoners can buy everything on camp.
6.) Requests to the camp authorities for release are pointless.
7.) Visits to, and authority to talk to prisoners are not permissible on principle.
The Camp Commandant.
Translation of letter:
Addressed to;
Josef Novy
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
My Address: Prisoner
Name: Josef Novy
Date of Birth: 27th April 1911
Prisoner Number: 73,034. Block 9a, Concentration Camp Auschwitz, Post Office II
Auschwitz, 14th February 1943
My dear ones!
I'm in good health, and I'm alright - I hope the same applies to you. I've received 3 letters and 6 parcels from you recently - all in good shape. Letters and parcels may not be sent registered, just send the parcels as per the first ones. The first parcels made me very happy - particularly the chocolate honey and the many sweets - please send more like that. My brother Jarde and aunt Milka could also send me packages - I would be very grateful. Send the money as I previously asked you, i.e., RM 40.- per month.
From now on I shall only be allowed to write once a month. Your lovely letters are a source of great happiness, and I look forward to receiving more. Please don't forget to send me garlic, onions, and enough sugar. I thank you for everything you have done for me, and I hope that you will not forget about me. I'm always with you in my thoughts, and am looking forward to seeing you again. Please give my regards to all friends and relations, especially the Faila family.
Your thankful son, Josef
PS. You can send parcels frequently.
Officially stamped:
Registered packages and letters are forbidden
Letters may be written once a month
Checked: (signed)
Parcel receipt from Auschwitz
Red Cross Report
The Report states that "As many as 9,000 parcels were packed daily. From the autumn of 1943 until May 1945, about 1,112,000 parcels with a total weight of 4,500 tons were sent off to the concentration camps" (Vol. III, p. 80). In addition to food, these contained clothing and pharmaceutical supplies. "Parcels were sent to Dachau, Buchenwald, Sangerhausen, Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg, Flossenburg, Landsberg-am-Lech, Flöha, Ravensbrück, Hamburg-Neuengamme, Mauthausen, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, to camps near Vienna and in Central and Southern Germany. The principal recipients were Belgians, Dutch, French, Greeks, Italians, Norwegians, Poles and stateless Jews" (Vol. III, p. 83). [4]


text: In 1979, Kechele first began taking to the "air". This was an exciting time in Surfing as strong skateboarding influences began trickling into surf Kechele explains, Sort of what urethane skate wheels did for Skateboarding. " New Performance twin fins did for surf, we now had lots of extra speed. With the mixed wedges of Sebastian Inlet Taking to the air and above the lip was a natural place he wanted to go.." The Surf and Skate crossover was way funner. A few years later, Kechele continued aerial pioneering by taking first place in the coveted "1981 Stubbies Pro" at Sebastian Inlet. Kechele had performed aerials throughout the entire event, (a first). And Kech's first big win as a Pro surfer. Winning a ticket and invite to the international IPS Pro at Burleigh Heads to kick off the start of a long journey on the world tour. Photo: Rich McCarey


text:
I already know how to surf but I wouldn't mind a lesson in riding that all the way in! thanks Jack!!!! Surf's up.
posted by smooch on 7-Sep-2011 12:18
Date: 7-Sep-2011
He's hot, gay, a gifted designer, accomplished athlete, has a heart of gold and wants to raise money and awareness for HIV/AIDS research. Perfect man much? Jack Mackenroth lent his beautifully sculpted body for a day to the guys at Ergowear Swimwear. We have no doubt their garments will now be flying out the door. Any label would be lucky to have Jack model for them.
8 comments, 13931 views, last reply:13-Sep-2011 1:56
I already know how to surf but I wouldn't mind a lesson in riding that all the way in! thanks Jack!!!! Surf's up.
posted by smooch on 7-Sep-2011 12:18
I'd love to look like Jack!
posted by Brodes13 on 7-Sep-2011 14:39
What a hot guy ,great looking body love his abs .
posted by gardenguy on 7-Sep-2011 21:13
This man is in my all-time sexiest list...
posted by will-at-DNA on 9-Sep-2011 14:27
Jack is EYE CANDY - he IS the man of the month; one look in Jack's eyes and I melt. He is Hotier than HOT!
posted by roberth on 11-Sep-2011 10:47
WOW!! Jack has the most BEAUTIFUL EYES and GORGEOUS HAIRY LEGS!!!!! WOOF!!!!!!;-) ;-) Gets my vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by AMP62 on 12-Sep-2011 6:41
Fantstic, but once again you cheat the model out of an opportunity by only punishing 1 picture. Most candidates normally have 5 and he gets one. You really need to add some fairness to the process.
posted by LAPhil on 13-Sep-2011 0:56
Definitely a bottom boy.
posted by Noble on 13-Sep-2011 1:56


text:
Richard Mozer
Liszt's Rhapsody
Home Box Office's enjoyably educational Composers Specials series profiles the legendary Franz Liszt (played by Geordie Johnson) in another laudable effort to teach young devotees of classical music about the genre and the artists who made their mark in it. Tired and uninspired, the pianist taps into his well of creativity when he befriends a genius violinist. Includes performances of Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" and "The Mephisto Waltz."


text:
Published on Tuesday, October 24, 2000 in the Hartford Courant
Stray Missiles, Shattered Lives
by Matthew Hay Brown
ABU FLOUS, Iraq -- Abdul-Rezak Jasim was sorting through the tomatoes, onions and potatoes, the only food available that day at the small market in this dusty desert hamlet 20 miles south of Basra, when he heard the sky rip open and felt the thud of the impact 100 yards away.
A veteran of the Iran-Iraq war, Jasim knew the sound and feel of a missile strike. He dropped the vegetables that would have been his family's dinner and ran for the low cement home where he lived with his wife and their seven children.
Then Jasim saw his daughter. Two-year-old Nasima had been playing in the street when the missile struck the block. Now she lay on her belly, with blood flowing freely from the burning shrapnel wounds in her head and shoulders.
A neighbor with a car pulled up to speed the injured child to the Abu Kaseeb medical clinic 2 miles away, but it was too late. Jasim was holding her broken little body in his arms when she shuddered and died.
Nasima was one of six villagers, all women and children, killed in the abrupt attack on Jan. 25 last year, residents here say. Others included a 2-year-old boy, a 4-year-old boy, a schoolteacher, a grandmother and an unmarried young woman who helped her mother around the house.
Jasim, recounting the strike more than a year later, still wonders why the allied planes came to his village that day.
U.S. commanders call it a humanitarian mission. U.S. and British pilots monitor no-fly zones in the north and south of Iraq to protect Iraqi Kurds and Shiite Muslims from attack by the Sunni Muslim-dominated regime of President Saddam Hussein.
When Iraqi ground forces challenge the allied patrols with anti-aircraft fire, radar illumination or missile - gestures that both sides acknowledge pose little threat to allied aircraft - the pilots respond with missiles and bombs.
As the Iraqi challenges have grown more frequent, the allies have claimed broader license to strike back, putting civilians on the ground at greater risk. U.N. reports tell of stray missiles plowing into residential neighborhoods and nomadic camps.
Iraqi officials say more than 300 people have been killed and 900 wounded in allied attacks since December 1998, when Saddam ordered ground forces to fire at the patrols. Most of the casualties, the officials say, are civilians.
U.S. officials discount the Iraqi figures, but U.N. reports and investigations by foreign journalists indicate that at least some of the claims have been accurate. Mounting casualties led France to drop out of the no-fly patrols last year, and have drawn sharp rebukes from China and Russia.
"Why do they hate us?" Jasim asks. "We just want to be left in peace. We want the American government to take its hands from us and leave us in peace."
The United States, Britain and France began patrolling the northern no-fly zone in April 1991, six weeks after the end of the Persian Gulf War, after standing by as the Iraqi army slaughtered the Kurdish uprising that President Bush had encouraged. They established the southern no-fly zone in August 1992, after watching the army crush a Shiite Muslim rebellion.
Unlike the embargo, which was established through a series of resolutions by the U.N. Security Council, the no-fly zones are an allied invention. The allies have not laid out the conditions for their end.
From the beginning, Iraq has considered the patrols a violation of international law, but for the first several years, it challenged them only occasionally. Iraqi anti-aircraft fire and unguided missiles had little chance of striking jets flying 350 to 600 mph, 4 to 6 miles up, and brought swift retribution in the form of precision-guided missiles and bombs.
Then, in December 1998, the United States and Britain pounded Iraq with a 70-hour bombing campaign to punish the regime for ending cooperation with weapons inspections. Saddam ordered ground forces to fire on foreign aircraft in Iraqi airspace, whatever the cost.
"When you are in a situation to choose between defending your integrity and sovereignty and independence and avoiding bombardment, for us, we have chosen to defy them, whatever the consequences are," says Ambassador Saeed Hasan, Iraq's permanent representative to the United Nations. "It is a question of the principle that we could not really bargain on."
Challenged more often, the allies expanded their rules of engagement. Where pilots once were authorized to attack the source of anti-aircraft fire, radar illumination or missiles, now they may attack any part of what U.S. commanders call the "integrated air defense system" - that is, any anti-aircraft battery, radar installation, missile launcher communications center or headquarters in the country. They may strike at the time of the challenge, some time later, or both.
With more ordnance in the air, reports of civilian casualties increased. In January 1999, then-U.N. humanitarian coordinator Hans von Sponeck began investigating the Iraqi claims and verified several.
On Jan. 25, 1999, von Sponeck reported, 17 people were killed and 100 injured in separate strikes in the residential al-Jumhuriya neighborhood of Basra, the village of Abu Flous, the Basra airport and the Rumaila oilfield. On April 30, seven people were killed in an attack on a nomadic camp near Kuban in Ninewa. On May 12, 14 people were killed and 22 injured in attacks outside the village of Abu Awani near Mosul.
In the last incident, von Sponeck reported, shepherds were grazing their livestock on a stretch of pasture shortly before 10 a.m. when a missile struck four tents and exploded. Villagers rushed to the scene to tend to the wounded and take away the dead. As they worked, the jets returned and dropped a cluster of bombs, killing and maiming more people.
In a rare admission, the U.S. military subsequently acknowledged its error, but it blamed Saddam for any casualties. A press release said pilots had responded to anti-aircraft fire and radar illumination by dropping precision-guided bombs and launching air-to-ground missiles.
"Coalition aircraft have been enforcing the northern no-fly zone for more than eight years," the release continues. "Beginning last December, Saddam Hussein opted to challenge coalition aircraft enforcing the northern no-fly zone, putting his own people in harm's way. As he continues to target coalition aircraft, the Iraqi people will continue to be at risk. Coalition aircraft have every legal right to defend themselves against Iraqi hostility, and will continue to do so."
Von Sponeck says the no-fly patrols are themselves illegal.
"No Security Council resolution permits two foreign air forces to fly in Iraq," he says. "First we had a silent violation of international law. Since December of 1998, it has become a much more vociferous violation.
"It is not convincing to me that this is collateral damage, that the civilian victims were simply the result of an unavoidable self-defense.
"When they argue that the Iraqi gunners had fired on them, or the radar locked in on them, sometimes the target they choose has nothing to do with the source of the complaint. In other words, it's punitive."
Von Sponeck resigned his post earlier this year in protest of the sanctions. Tun Myat, his successor, has not reported on allied strikes during his tenure. But the Iraqi government continues to claim civilian casualties.
On April 6 of this year, Iraqi officials says, 14 civilians were killed and 19 injured in a series of attacks in southern Iraq. On Aug. 11, they say, two people were killed and 19 injured in Samarra in attacks that struck a government warehouse holding food and humanitarian goods from the U.N. oil-for-food program.
After that last attack, U.S. officials took the unusual step of discussing classified bomb damage assessments to dispute the Iraqi claims. They say pilots had attacked two command posts and a surface-to-air missile site. And they say, the warehouse contained military equipment and was surrounded by anti-aircraft guns.
U.S. officials say they attempt to avoid civilian casualties, but their task is made more difficult by the regime's practice of locating military installations in and around residential areas.
Revetments - low stone forts, each containing a single, movable anti-aircraft gun - dot the Iraqi countryside; small military bases and headquarters proliferate in and around cities.
"Probably some people have been killed, as the ordnance comes down on or very near the target," says Rear Adm. John B. Foley III, commander of the 14-ship Eisenhower Battle Group in the Persian Gulf. "They may very well have been civilian employees of the military, or military members. I don't think that the claims of mass civilian casualties are credible."
"We use precision munitions directed against military targets," says P.J. Crowley, spokesman for the National Security Council. "From the reports that we've seen, it's far more likely that that damage was triple-A fire or missiles that Saddam has fired that are coming back home to roost."
Abdul-Rezak Jasim welcomes visitors in his sitting room, the one room rebuilt by the Iraqi government after the missile strike last year. A single photograph hangs on the wall. Little Nasima is at the center of the family portrait, sitting in her father's lap. She is a striking child, with short, black bangs, large brown eyes and sharp features. While her parents and six siblings smile for the camera, she alone looks into the distance beyond it.
At 2 years old, Jasim says, Nasima had learned the Arabic words for mother, father, food and water. She didn't know the word for missile.
Abu Flous is a poor village of a few dozen families living in small, empty houses organized in a grid around a central plaza. Villagers say the children get sick from drinking the water. Sewage runs in open gutters through litter-strewn streets.
Jasim and most of the other men work for a state-owned fertilizer plant a few miles away, earning less than $10 a month operating machinery that dates from the 1970s and '80s. The women keep the houses and mind the children.
Residents say the only military equipment here is the aging anti-aircraft gun out in front of the civil defense headquarters by the main road into the village. The gun is more than 200 yards from the site of the missile strike.
Surprised by American journalists, villagers are eager to offer testimony. Uniformed soldiers at the civil defense headquarters produce twisted pieces of gray metal with writing in English: "WING," "CONTROL SECTION," "WARRANTY EXPIRATION." Children raise their shirts to reveal jagged scars on their chests and bellies.
"They attacked us for no reason," says 26-year-old Haidr Jabar. "There is nothing for them here. We are suffering already from the sanctions."
Haidr's brother, 17-year-old Abdul, was standing in front of his family's home when he felt the earth buckle. Shrapnel carved a deep purple groove into his left shoulder, ripping out a large chunk of muscle and tissue. His sister, 22-year-old Niheda, was killed.
Fatima Hadey, their mother, fantasizes about meeting the pilot who launched the missile.
"He bombed my heart," she says, her voice breaking. "So maybe I will kill him."
She pulls the black veil over her face to hide her tears.
Copyright 2000 Hartford Courant


text:
The Apple fansites are covering an article today with titles like "iPhone users suffering 'Stockholm Syndrome', analyst firm reckons", and "iPhone Owners Plagued by Stockholm Syndrome, Analysts Say".
It took a little bit of searching to find the original article, but Fierce Wireless has the source, with title "How will psychologists describe the iPhone syndrome in the future?"
Note the difference in headlines alone… the original essay describes the syndrome of aggressive overcompensation among a minority of owners, while the followups extrapolate this to all iPhone users and owners.
The article clearly focuses on the cognitive problems of a minority of Apple customers: "Apple has launched a beautiful phone with a fantastic user interface that has had a number of technological shortcomings that many [emphasis added] iPhone users have accepted and defended, despite those shortcomings resulting in limitations in iPhone users' daily lives." It goes on to list twenty complaints, as well as the typical defenses to those complaints raised in online discussion ("The phone cannot send MMS: There is no need to send MMSs, hardly anybody sends MMSs" etc.) This pattern of overcompensation is not addressed in the defending essays, shifting instead to (in broad stroke) "Hey! Those guys over there are saying all you iPhone owners are sickies!", which was not the point of the original essay.
Rephrased, the defenses themselves exhibit the same problem the article describes — an inability to focus on the issues at hand, with deflections using strawmen to attack The Other, all in the defense of The Precious.
Remarkably, the iPhone's major complaint of "Full Web (just no Flash)" is not mentioned, but the same dynamic of "oh who runs around with spare batteries anyway!?" and "oh the phone quality is the networks' problem" is common to all these rebuttals.
The authors close with an evocative tangent: "In reality the iPhone is surrounded by a multitude of people, media and companies that are happy to bend the truth to defend the product they have purchased from Apple." Apple gains consistent blogosphere hype on a remarkable basis, and there has long been suspicion that they seed false rumors into the blogosphere for buzz. It's hard to know just how much back-channel manipulation there is, because few in the rumor mill cite their sources, and few are transparent about their private communications with the company. We can see the truth-bending, but we cannot yet see how this truth-bending comes about.
Bottom line, it's no big deal… we've all seen these patterns of evasiveness in online conversation. But even when these are openly identified and discussed, there's a scurry to distort and misrepresent the uncomfortable conversation. And Adobe sees Apple as a significant part of today's computing ecology, and will continue to work to connect content creators with their audiences wherever they may be.
[The title? A wonderfully counterintuitive phrase from The Church of The Subgenius and its inspiration J.R. "BOB" Dobbs… as explained by Pope David Meyer: "BOB (once properly compensated) wants his minions to pull the wool over their own eyes. You see, all our lives we've been sold everyone else's wool. Our parents' wool, our church's wool, our teachers' wool. But when you pull the wool over your own eyes, when you relax in the safety of your own delusions, in five minutes you'll be so bored you'll do what BOB (once properly compensated) wants you to do: you'll start thinking for yourself! BOB is that rarest of gurus. BOB is a short-term personal savior!" Given that all we frail humans are fallible, it's better to take responsibility for our own beliefs than to just blindly Obey Alien Orders.]
[And comments are turned off on this blogpost, because I've no interest in publishing those who can't focus on the subject… easy enough to find the flamers elsewhere.]


text:
With urban growth continuing to nibble away at Utah's most vital watersheds and wildlife habitats, a conservation group - with the help of Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. - has kicked off what it calls the largest land preservation and restoration campaign in state history.
The Nature Conservancy unveiled its Living Lands and Waters initiative Tuesday, laying out a program to target eight key areas around the state for critical lands protections through the use of property acquisitions, easements and other conservation tools.
Essentially, said Dave Livermore, the Nature Conservancy of Utah's executive director, "this is an effort to protect eight major watersheds. We're not out to protect every acre, but we want to focus on these areas."
This initiative is different, he told The Salt Lake Tribune's editorial board, because it marks the first real attempt in the state "to merge the natural world and the world we humans need to survive. We're not out to protect these lands from people. We want to protect them for people."
Giving the initiative a high-profile push: Huntsman, who pledged the backing of state agencies to help the conservancy reach its campaign goals. Huntsman also promised to seek "enhanced" funding for the state's LeRay McAllister Open Space Fund, which has never been fully funded and is currently languishing with a balance of just over $1 million.
"All of us have a vital economic interest in protecting these critical lands and water resources," he said during a speech to the Rotary Club in downtown Salt Lake City, noting the huge revenues tourism and recreation generate for the state. "And we can do this without killing the golden goose."
That goose, of course, is growth - economic and otherwise. But a new study also released Tuesday warned that without stepped-up conservation efforts, Utah is in danger of losing some primary assets - and the quality of life that residents enjoy.
The report, by the Salt Lake City-based Oquirrh Institute, notes that Utah:
l Is the fifth-fastest-growing state in the nation.
l Loses an average of 15,000 acres of agricultural land and open space yearly to development.
l Is ranked fifth in the nation for the highest number of species at risk of extinction.
l Has already lost 58 percent of the Great Salt Lake's historic wetland.
l Could lose 45 percent of its riparian areas by 2030.
"Growth is still an issue. It hasn't gone away," said Brad Barber, the institute's environmental management chief.
Last year, he noted, "was the largest absolute growth the state has ever experienced. If the trends continue, we'll develop another 308 square miles along the Wasatch Front by 2030. That's the size of New York City."
The Nature Conservancy's initiative in Utah is part of a larger national effort that has identified 240 "eco-regions" from coast to coast. The eight areas targeted in Utah are in parts of the state being pressured by growth, such as the Great Salt Lake watersheds and the Mojave Desert in Washington County. But remote areas, such as the Grouse Creek Mountains in northwest Utah, have also been identified.
Emblematic of the conservancy's initiative is the Selman Ranch in Cache County. There, the organization has raised $1.5 million for what is a nearly $4 million conservation easement. Once money is raised and the transaction completed, the 6,700-acre property will remain a working cattle and sheep ranch, with the Selman family still operating it and able to pass it down to its descendants.
"We want to stay in the ranching business," said rancher Bret Selman. "I want to see my grandkids ranching sheep. It's ingrained in us to protect this land. This will allow us to do that."
Public initiatives to protect open space have not fared well in Utah, with a ballot referendum to set aside $150 million for critical lands protection failing in 2004. That was due at least in part to skepticism on the part of ranchers and farmers.
But Leonard Blackham, commissioner of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Foods, said that opposition is beginning to subside as farmers and ranchers see the short- and long-term benefits conservation easements can offer.
"They still have mixed feelings about it, but they're starting to come around to the idea that the no-hands approach we've been using doesn't work. If they can maintain their viability and be profitable, this can be a good tool."


text:
Mind Control, the fourth Tantric album and the second
by the band's new incarnation, surprises on multiple
fronts. First, it comes just a year after their previous effort, The End Begins, which followed a four-year period
during which all of the original band members except frontman
Hugo Ferreira left and four new musicians entered the fold.
Second, it's a lot heavier than what I expected from
I have somewhat mixed feelings about this release, though.
I appreciate the more aggressive approach, but the thicker
sound leaves less room for violinist Marcus Ratzenboeck to
roam. His playing stood out on The End Begins, most
effectively on the hit single "Down and Out,"
giving Tantric something other bands don't have. He's
still here on Mind Control, and "Coming Undone"
and "Walk Away" show what he is capable of even
in a heavier framework. But guitarist Joe Pessia and Erik
Leonhardt are more prominent in the recording. There's
nothing wrong with that in and of itself—these are good
songs and Ratzenboeck is still able to add an exotic flavor
to the sound. I guess I wanted something a little more adventurous,
but I remind myself that Tantric began as a guitar-bass-drums
rock band and that's what they will remain.
My hopes are my problem, not yours. On the whole, Mind
Control is a stronger album than The End Begins,
every song a perfect fit for heavy rotation on your local
rock radio station. It establishes these musicians as not
just the "current version of Tantric," but as
Tantric, a band that's here to stay.


text:
Welcome to Coin Update!
We're back with another fresh round up of coin collecting news and articles to finish out the week!
A reader of Mint News Blog has shared some pictures of his 2013 West Point Silver Eagle Set. The sets have shipped to a few collectors, but most are still waiting.
An article on the life and work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, including some of his sculptures and numismatic items.
Michael Bugeja, a member of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, writes about the CCAC's resolution to create Liberty themed circulating coins.
Here is a look at the design candidates recommended by the CCAC for another round of Code Talker Recognition Medals.
A Congressional Gold Medal is being sought to honor the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders.
Coin Collectors Blog writes about the recently introduced COINS Act, which seeks to replace the $1 bill with the $1 coin .
A coin market report following the Whitman Baltimore Expo which contains some general commentary and coverage of recently auctioned NGC graded coins.
Doug Winter takes a look at some gold issues which have Multiple Levels of Demand, or more than one potential set of buyers competing for them.
A local news story about a bag of so-called collectible coins sold by World Reserve Monetary Exchange, which contained mostly coins that you could get from a bank.
CoinWorld covers the Royal Canadian Mint's recent expansion of their Winnipeg production facility and the launch of a new research and development center.
Here is a look at the latest numismatic releases from the RCM, which includes another silver coin offered at its legal tender face value.
And now for some notable auctions. First, to go with one of today's articles, a 1908 Matte Proof Saint Gaudens Double Eagle graded PCGS PR63 with CAC sticker.
Next, the 2011 25th Anniversary Silver Eagle Set with all five coins graded PCGS MS70 or PR70 in holders signed by John Mercanti. These sets were limited to a mintage of just 100,000.
That's it for the update. Have a great weekend!


text:
London (CNSNews.com) - President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair planned to discuss the Middle East on Wednesday in advance of a summit of G8 leaders in Canada.
The U.K. government yesterday indicated overall endorsement of Bush's plan to exchange Palestinian statehood for major reform of the Palestinian Authority (PA).
"We strongly support the call for reforms to the Palestinian Authority and for new elections," Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told the House of Commons. "These will be an opportunity for the Palestinian people to decide who will lead them towards a final and peaceful settlement."
"I recognise that there are also some uncomfortable messages here for the Palestinian Authority," Straw said. "But I am glad to note that President Arafat has welcomed the speech."
Questions still remain, however, about the willingness of Britain and European countries to push for PA Chairman Yasser Arafat's complete removal from power.
Blair's spokesman refused to directly answer questions about Arafat's status, although he did say that the U.S. and Britain weren't using "precisely the same language" but supported the same aims.
Across Europe, leaders lined up to support the plans - but also to emphasize that the Palestinian people alone should choose their leaders.
"We share the same fundamental objective, the perspective of two states living side by side in peace and security," said Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign policy chief. "And we agree on two basic conditions to reach that objective: an end to terrorism and an end to occupation."
A statement released by Spain, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, the called PA reform "essential." Europe has been calling for an international conference to hammer out the details of the peace plan.
"It is the right and responsibility of the Palestinian people to choose their leadership through democratic and fair elections," the statement read.
Bush took a tougher line on the Palestinian leader during his speech Monday. Although he didn't mention Arafat by name, he said that, "Peace requires a new and different Palestinian leadership."
"When the Palestinian people have new leaders, new institutions and new security arrangements with their neighbors, the United States of America will support the creation of a Palestinian state," Bush said.
Some Palestinians were critical of the speech, but Israel and Arafat himself came out in favor of the plan.
On Wednesday, the PA announced it would be holding elections next January.
E-mail a news tip to Mike Wendling.
Send a Letter to the Editor about this article.


text:
Thai Beef Salad
READY IN: 30mins
Recipe by Sackville
Here's a salad with substance. You could serve it as a main meal, or as a starter for a Thai meal.
Top Review by An_Net
Really enjoyed this salad. I omitted the grapes and beans as I didn't have any and didn't use the lemongrass but still believe the flavour of this comes from the 1st 5 ingredients. I actually marinated my meat for a couple of hours in those 5 ingredients and then followed the recipe as directed. Very quick and easy and really tasty.
See Discussion:1 Review
Ingredients Nutrition
- teaspoon chili flakes, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed into a paste
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice or 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 small red onion, sliced into thin rings
- 2 stalks lemongrass, bruised and chopped (optional)
- 100 g green beans, trimmed
- 1⁄2 small cucumber, peeled
- 20 small cherry tomatoes, halved
- 20 red seedless grapes
- 1⁄4 cup of fresh mint
- 1⁄4 cup fresh coriander
- 300 g sirloin steaks
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Directions See How It's Made
- Mix the chili flakes and garlic together.
- Mix in the lime or lemon juice, fish sauce, sugar, sliced lemongrass and red onions.
- Boil the beans in a pot of water for just for a couple minutes. Rinse in cool water and drain.
- Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise and use a spoon to scoop out the seeds. Cut into half-moon shapes.
- Mix the beans, tomatoes, cucumber, grapes and most of the herbs together in a salad bowl.
- Heat up a frying pan or griddle until very hot.
- Smear the meat with oil on both sides and cook for 2-4 minutes on each side. This will leave a bit of pink in the middle.
- If you want it well done, adjust the cooking time as necessary.
- Let the meat rest for five minutes before slicing, then lay it on a work surface and slice it thinly on a slant.
- Spoon most of the dressing mixture you prepared earlier over the salad.
- Slide the steak slices through a bit of the remaining dressing, then arrange it over the salad.
- Decorate with the leftover herbs and serve.


text:
The original Columban monastery was founded nearby in the 7th century at Old Melrose. It was burned in 839 during the wars between the Scots and Angles, and, although it was rebuilt, it was deserted in the mid-11th century. In 1136 an abbey was founded a little higher up the Tweed. The abbey was frequently attacked; it was destroyed in 1322 and again in 1385 and was finally reduced to ruin by the English in 1545. In 1822 the ruins were repaired under the supervision of the novelist Sir Walter Scott, whose country home was located at nearby Abbotsford. The work was carried out for the owner, the duke of Buccleuch, who subsequently presented the restored ruins to the nation. The southern front of the abbey is still impressive, but the western front and much of the nave have disappeared. The heart of Robert the Bruce, the Scottish national leader who won the throne in 1306 as Robert I, was buried at the high altar.
The town of Melrose grew and prospered under the auspices of the abbey. Since the death of Sir Walter Scott (1832), Melrose, with its literary and historical associations, has attracted many tourists. Near Newstead, an eastern suburb, was the Roman fort of Trimontium. Melrose is now an agricultural market town. Pop. (19912001) 21,270656.


text: Culture 26 September 2011 Notes in the margin: Equal Opportunity Sign up for our weekly email * Dartington Hall, near Totnes in Devon, has a long association with left-of-centre thought and politics. Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst bought the derelict estate in 1925, and the following year, inspired by the precepts of the Indian writer and thinker Rabindranath Tagore, they founded Dartington Hall School, a co-educational boarding school run along progressive lines. Alumni of the school include the historian Martin Bernal, artist Lucian Freud and Lord Michael Young, founder of the Open University and author of the influential, if often misunderstood, 1958 book The Rise of the Meritocracy.Young's book wasn't meant to endorse the notion of meritocracy, but rather was intended as a satire and a warning of what would happen when status is distributed by education rather than by birth. Shortly before he died in 2002, Young wrote that he took no pleasure in seeing confirmed his prediction that the "poor and the disadvantaged would be done down". The coming of meritocracy, he concluded, had led to inequality becoming "more grievous" not less. It is appropriate, therefore, that Dartington should be the venue for the UK's first arts and ideas festival to take social justice as its theme. This year's Interrogate Festival, which the organisers hope will be the first of many, will focus in particular on the causes and effects of, as well as the possible remedies for, income inequality, which has worsened considerably in this country over the past 30 years. The keynote presentation will be given by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, authors of The Spirit Level. They will make the case that more equal societies do better than more unequal ones. Interventions will follow from a range of thinkers and acitivists, including geographer Danny Dorling, author of Chavs Owen Jones and local MP Sarah Wollaston. There will be music, film cabaret and comedy too, with Mark Steel, Inua Ellams and Stuart Silver, to name only three. The Interrogate Festival runs from 23-25 September. For more information and to book tickets, visit: dartington.org/interrogate Jonathan Derbyshire is Managing Editor of Prospect. He was formerly Culture Editor of the New Statesman. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 26 September 2011 issue of the New Statesman, The fifty people who matter More


text:
Volunteers can sign up to do brief book interviews on-on-one with students on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 from 11am - 12pm. Discussion questions will be provided. Following the book interview, volunteers will help students log the book(s) they have read into the Hartford Public Library summer reading program.
Volunteers are asked to arrive at 10:45am for a brief and important orientation.
If you have questions, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Yong blonde girl was cruelly fucked
Tags: blondes
Tags: blondes hardcore
Yong blonde beauty was cruelly fucked
Tags: amateur beauty blondes blowjobs brunettes cfnm group sex
Yong girl was cruelly fucked in every whole out side by the brick wall
Tags: amateur blowjobs gangbang group sex hardcore orgy party
Yong golden-haired adorable girl was cruelly screwed
Tags: adorable amateur blowjobs brunettes cfnm handjobs public
Yong blond pretty gal was cruelly drilled
Tags: amateur blondes blowjobs brunettes cfnm drilling interracial
Yong girl was fucked out side
Tags: amateur group sex hardcore orgy party
Tags: hardcore
Blonde guy cruelly fucked girls
Tags: amateur blondes hardcore mom orgy outdoor party
Tags: amateur blondes hardcore milf mom orgy outdoor
Tags: amateur blondes blowjobs gangbang group sex hardcore homemade
Yong gal was fucked in each whole out side by the brick wall
Tags: amateur blowjobs cfnm group sex hardcore public reality
Yong girl fucked hard after dance
Tags: amateur blowjobs club drunk group sex hardcore orgy
TrafficHolder.com - Buy and Sell Adult Traffic|Trafficshop.com - Let your business grow|Contact Us|Webmaster
All content, including images, text, graphics, video and audio content contained in the website is protected under the laws of copyright, owned or under license to company or its designees,and represents proprietary and valuable intellectual property.
Contact Webmaster 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement
Powered by Stream Rotator


text:
They were sacked last year over their involvement in two public contracts, which were then cancelled.
These are the first prosecutions for corruption since donors increased pressure on the government, saying it was not doing enough to stop graft.
The BBC's Adam Mynott in Kenya says many people want action taken against politicians, as well as officials.
Two contracts - to print new top security passports and to build police forensic laboratories - were awarded to Anglo-Leasing, a company which our correspondent says does not exist in a conventional sense.
Millions of dollars were allegedly involved but the money was recovered, leading Justice Minister Kiraitu Murungi to call it "the scandal that never was".
Attorney General Amos Wako said there was sufficient admissible evidence for the men to be taken to court.
"Prosecution will ensue without fear or favour and without regard to the status of the persons involved," he said.
Mr Kibaki was elected in 2002 on a pledge to end the rampant corruption under Mr Moi.
But two weeks ago, the UK High Commissioner to Nairobi, Sir Edward Clay launched a blistering attack on Mr Kibaki's government.
His comments were backed up by other diplomats, who warned that aid could be cut if more was not done to tackle corruption.
Shortly afterwards, Mr Kibaki's chief anti-corruption advisor John Githongo resigned.
He has since remained in the UK and his friends say his life could be in danger.
Most donors cut off aid under former President Daniel arap Moi, citing corruption. They restored funding under Mr Kibaki.
A Transparency International survey of perceived corruption rated Kenya 122nd out of 133 countries in 2003.


text:
|Sport, 1 pitch, 25'
|YDS: 5.12c French: 7b+ Ewbanks: 27 UIAA: IX- ZA: 27 British: E6 6b [details]
|Mark Rolofson (5.12 A0), April 2001. FFA: Henry Lester, March 15, 2003
|Page Views:
|Submitted By:
|Taylor Roy on Nov 14, 2006
|Comments on Brat Slamet
|Add Comment
|Show which comments —
By Mark Rolofson
Jun 8, 2015
rating: 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
The name of this route is Brat Slamet (not Slamit). I cleaned, bolted, & led the climb with a hang. F.A.: (5.12 A0) in April 2001. F.F.A.: Henry Lester on March 15, 2003. I belayed Henry, my friend & longtime climbing partner, on this desperate thin, shallow seam. It tweeked my right hand ring finger tendon badly. I was forced to stay on jugs for a couple months to heal it. I returned on January 10 2004 to finally redpoint it. We rated it .12c. It definitely earns its grade.
I have ignored Taylor Roy's slightly inaccurate, incomplete posting of this route for 9 years. The information can be found in my guidebook "Boulder Canyon Sport & Adventure Climber's Guide - Volume II" (2005). There was a time when more climbers got there info from guidebooks & this website didn't have much credibility. Times have changed, so has the great climber that this route was jokingly named after. His editorials used to slam much on the sport climbing in this canyon. I figured if he saw this route, he would say it should be a highball boulder problem, done with a good pad. I don't believe anyone has done it this way. It is a short route with a bit of narrow flat spot at the base. A 30 meter (100 ft.) long rope is more than long enough to descend.


text:
When it comes to beautiful women, Germany is home to some of the best in the world. These women are multi-talented in their country and look gorgeous in the process and just for kickers, have large breasts.
Most women spend their lives worrying that their breasts are too small, which explains why breast augmentation is a far more common procedure than breast reduction. Men are attracted to a woman's general appearance, but unfortunately for women breast size does matter to most men. Fortunately for women, this infatuation for large breasts depends on the man's current relationship status. Single men tend to appreciate large breasts. Once a woman has a guy who loves her for who she is, she has no reason to worry about her breast size, so she can forget about breast implants. If a man can't appreciate a woman for what she has to offer, believe me, he won't respect the rest of her either. A woman should never get breast implants to please a man. She'd be doing it for all the wrong reasons. If she does want implants, I hope that she'd be getting them for herself and no one else.
Enter Xvideos.com for Big Breast Pictures