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Welcome to SWCC and the Health Technologies, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Science and Social Science division.
As SWCC students:
You are the reason we are here.
You are our top priority.
You are the purpose of our work.
You are the most important person on campus.
The SWCC Health Technologies, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Science and Social Science Division faculty, staff and I are committed to your success.
If you have an issue, need advising or just want to ask a question come see us. Again, please ask. The only "bad" question is the one that you have not asked. Our doors are always open during operating hours and after hours you can contact us through email.
I look forward to hearing from you. Cathy Smith-Cox, Dean
See the College Catalog for a complete listing of available programs
Department Updates & Program Notes
Pre-requisites and requirements for the RN program are changing for 2018.
Please see the Notice to 2018 RN Applicants for more information.
(Register for the TEAS test at https://www.atitesting.com . Choose Richlands Virginia for testing delivered at Southwest.)
Behavioral Health Workforce Education & Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals
Southwest has received a three year grant to train 80 students annually for jobs in the field of behavioral health. This training will address the workforce needs for social service aides, mental health workers, community outreach workers, certified substance abuse counselors and substance abuse counselor assistants.
The emphasis of the program centers on services to at-risk and transitional youth, though all groups will be addressed. Each successful student will receive a certificate in either Substance Abuse Rehabilitation or Human Services Technology.
- Students who already have a bachelor's degree can sit for certification as a substance abuse counselor.
- Those who have earned the certificate, but do not have a bachelor's degree, can sit for certification as a substance abuse counselor assistant.
The grant will provide tuition assistance and textbooks for all students in the program who have financial need. Tutorial services, academic strengthening workshops and intrusive academic advising will also be provided.
Classes will be weekend, online or in combination to meet the needs of working adults. There will also be an internship component to be completed at the end of the program that will provide real world based experiences.
For additional information, registration and program dates contact Stephanie Davis, program director, by calling 276.964.7314 or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. You may also contact Jennifer Roark, internship coordinator, at 276.964.7653 or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. This division, Health Technologies, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural and Social Science, is yet another source of information. You may reach the]is division office at 276.964.7340.
The Science & Math department's website provides core information for students interested in a science or math major or in a pre-professional program such as pre-pharmacy, pre-med and others.
SWCC's Virtual Cadaver Lab provides training opportunities normally available at only a handful of large universities. SWCC's lab is one of only two currently in the Commonwealth. Learn more…
Health Technology
The Occupational Therapy, Radiography, LPN and Registered Nursing programs require separate applications in addition to the SWCC Application for Admissions.
Radiography Program applications are due in Admissions by January 15 for fall admission. OTA, Registered Nursing & Practical Nursing Applications are accepted until February 15 for fall admission.
Required application materials include:
-completed application forms (for applicants who have not been previously enrolled at SWCC);
-high school transcript;
-transcript of any previous college work;
-GED results, if applicable;
-copy of LPN license, if applicable; and
-Virginia Placement Test (ASSET or COMPASS). Scores are valid for two years.
Nursing Program
The nursing program accepts new students each fall semester. Applications must be submitted by January 15th of each year. During the month of February, applicants are notified of testing dates for the PSB Nursing Aptitude Exam.
Selection of students into the program is determined by criteria that includes GPA, completion of general education courses, LPN license, being on the previous year's alternate list, and PSB Exam scores for academic aptitude and natural science aptitude. See VATNP website for more information
Nursing School Aptitude Examination (RN) (TEAS)
Candidates for the Nursing program must complete the TEAS Test. Register for the TEAS test at https://www.atitesting.com/Home.aspx . Choose Richlands Virginia for testing delivered at Southwest.
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Technology
Students applying to MECC, VHCC or SWCC should complete the following:
1. Paramedic Program Application Cover Letter– read this important information
2. Apply to College at https://apply.vccs.edu
Apply to either MECC – Big Stone Gap, VHCC – Abingdon, or SWCC – Richlands. Students who will attend class at either Wytheville or Galax must apply to SWCC- Richlands. If you have trouble, call the college's admissions office at the number below.
3. Apply to the program.
Download and complete the Paramedic Program Application. Attach to an email to firstname.lastname@example.com or fax to 276-964-7531.
4. Apply for EMS tuition assistance:
Download and complete the Tuition Assistance Application. Attach to an email to firstname.lastname@example.com or fax to 276-964-7531. Note: the applicant MUST apply for college financial aid before they can be eligible for this assistance.
5. Financial Aid applications are in some ways specific to each college. Apply to one of the following:
Southwest Virginia Community College For assistance call: 276-964-2555 Apply for SWCC Financial Aid SWCC code: 007260 for FAFSA (Federal) Aid application.
Virginia Highlands Community College For assistance call: 276-739-2400 Apply for VHCC Financial Aid VHCC code: 007099 for FAFSA (Federal) Aid application.
Mountain Empire Community College For assistance call: 276-523-2400 Apply for MECC Financial Aid MECC Code: 009629 for FAFSA (Federal) Aid application.
Occupational Therapy Assistant Program
The Occupational Therapy Assistant program is a 2-year associate of applied science degree program designed to prepare selected students to qualify as contributing members of the health care team who will care for patients under the supervision of a Registered Occupational Therapist. The goals of the occupational therapy team are to develop, restore, or maintain adaptive skills in individuals whose abilities to cope with daily living are threatened or impaired by disease, injury, developmental disability, or social disadvantage.
OTA Application Letter | OTA Application Checklist | OTA Student Handbook
Program Statistics – The total number of graduates from the Southwest Virginia Community College Occupational Therapy Assistant program during the 3-year period of 2013-2016 was 93, with an overall graduation rate of 75%. For NBCOT's annual board exam pass rates of OTA and OT graduates, please see: https://secure.nbcot.org/data/schoolstats.aspx
Radiography Program
Radiography Program Handbook Revised April 2016 ; Program Requirements Link | RAD Student Shadowing Form 2017
Radiography is a two-year program, six semesters, with practical experience in a radiology department to complete requirements for ARRT certification.
The programs' mission is to prepare and graduate selected students to qualify as contributing members of the allied health team, who will care for patients under the supervision of qualified physicians. The Program combines adequate didactic instruction with clinical experience to create a sound foundation for a professional career. Radiography Program Page
The annual SWCC Mathematics Contest holds competition with three divisions, representing 11 area high schools, competing in five subject areas: algebra I, algebra II, algebra III, geometry, and trigonometry and calculus. Awards are given for the top three students in each of the subject areas and their photo listings are published on SWCC's Facebook each year.
Download tests for the Math Contest:
- Algebra I Test and Algebra I Key
- Geometry Test and Geometry Key
- Algebra II Test and Algebra II Key
- Algebra III & Trigonometry Test and Algebra III and Trigonometry Key Key
- Calculus Test and Key
Natural Sciences
Science & Math department website
The Southwest Virginia Biodiversity database website. is a work in progress by the SWCC Natural Sciences department.
Human Services & Social Sciences
EducateVA is Virginia's Community College's Teacher Prep Program.
Become a Teacher!
Contact Jereial Fletcher, 276.964.7224 for more information or visit the EducateVA website.


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Writer, actor and political /social commentator Ben Stein wrote a commentary back in December of 2005 which he read on the CBS Sunday Morning show. His commentary has been repeated and sent worldwide on the internet ever since. He said the following:
"Herewith at this happy time of year, a few confessions from my beating heart: I have no freaking clue who Nick [Lachey] and Jessica [Simpson] are. I see them on the cover of People and Us constantly when I am buying my dog biscuits and kitty litter. I often ask the checkers at the grocery stores. They never know who Nick and Jessica are either. Who are they? Will it change my life if I know who they are and why they have broken up? Why are they so important? I don't know who Lindsay Lohan is either, and I do not care at all about Tom Cruise's wife. Am I going to be called before a Senate committee and asked if I am a subversive? Maybe, but I just have no clue who Nick and Jessica are. Is this what it means to be no longer young. It's not so bad.
"Next confession: I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish.
"And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees. It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu. If people want a crèche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
"I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat. Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him?
"I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we knew went to."
That's what Ben Stein said, and I agree with him.
Throughout the 20th Century American Jewish writers, artists, and song writers have contributed to a lot of what we've come to think of as the American Christmas culture, along with American Jewish movie moguls, advertising men, retailers and toy manufacturers. It may sound laughable, but many claim that the best Christmas movies and Christmas songs of the last century were written by Jewish guys.
I think it is altogether possible to be Jewish and to enjoy the American Christmas season with our fellow Americans. As a Jew, I'm not for "Jews for Jesus" or participating in the Christian religion in any way, shape, or form. We need to be true to our own religion. But one doesn't have to be a Christian to embrace the spirit of Christmas, to participate in the virtues of charity, faith, goodwill, love, and kindness. Those values are as much Jewish as they are Christian. All of us Americans, Jews and gentiles, can and should come together as a nation at this happy, warm time of year. How could it hurt?


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In 2006, when Hannah Montana was an established hit comedy show, Cyrus released an eight-song soundtrack CD. Her career as a solo artist was launched with the release of her debut album Meet Miley Cyrus, which included "See You Again," her top ten single. The success of "See you Again" boosted her status from a Radio Disney star to a mainstream artist, at par with the rest of the successful young musicians on the scene. The debut album was followed by Breakout released in the summer of 2008. Miley Cyrus's first two albums hitting #1 on the Billboard 200 was an incredible achievement and was followed by the making and release of the film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert.
Miley Cyrus's popularity has been on the rise since she first appeared on TV. She is the winner of Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Actress as well as for Favorite Music Star. She won the Teen Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy two years in a row, and also won as leading actress the Young Artist Award (best Performance in a TV series).
Miley Cyrus debuted as an actress on her father's TV series Doc, when she was still a pre-teen. This was followed by her role as Young Ruthie in Tim Burton's Big Fish in 2003. Apart from recording the main soundtrack single "The Climb" for, and starring in the recent film spin-off of Hannah Montana: The Movie, Miley Cyrus has also had a role (voice of Penny) in the 2008 computer-animated film Bolt. Her soundtrack song "I Thought I Lost You" earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award. Cyrus has had a brief cameo appearance in the popular film Highschool Musical 2 and played the role of Yatta on the Disney production The Emperor's New School. Miley Cyrus is expected to film The Last Song, based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, followed by the movie Wings.
Young as she is, Miley Cyrus has taken the music and cinema world by storm, and she is still on a roll. Her concerts tend to sell out in a flash and she is eagerly awaited on-screen as well as on-stage. A spunky young artist, she has all the right ingredients to be mega star.
Miley Cyrus Announces New Album
Popular American singer, songwriter and actor Miley Cyrus recently announced a new music album titled 'Younger Now' According to an image that appeared on the music artist's official website, the record is slated to release on September 29th, 2017. Not many details are known about the new album. However Miley recently returned with her new singles 'Inspired' and 'Malibu.' She performed the former at Ariana Grande's benefit concert 'One Love Manchester' in June.
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HOUSTON - We have one more day of widely separated thunder storms.
According to Local 2 Meteorologist, Anthony Yanez, heavy rain and funnel clouds are a possibility.
High temperature of 89 today with 40% chance of rain.
Rain chances go down over the weekend, but the temperatures go up. High in the lower 90s for Saturday and Sunday.
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Thursday, August 24, 2017
Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
Hoarseness, change in voice
Hi, I am a physically fit, 42 y/o female, don`t drink or smoke. I have been experiencing hoarseness,(kinda coarse or raspy sound, not smoothe, and pitch actually sounds a little lower,) for approximately 9-11 weeks. Nothing major, just more annoying than anything. I do not have sore throat or sinus drainage. I`ve also noticed my uvula deviates to the right.......Not sure if I should see ENT or just general practioner, or if it even warrants seeing anyone at all?......I had read persistant hoarseness should be checked out, but I`m not sick.....so I`d really rather not go if it`s not absolutely necessary. Any advice?
While the odds are that there is probably nothing bad going on, I can't tell you that through an E-mail. You may have acid reflux or you could have a tumor in your throat. I can't be sure.
Remember, most tumors and cancers don't cause any pain in the early stages. If you have ever heard a women with breast cancer talk about how she discovered it, she will usually say that she found a lump, not a painful lump.
I recommend that you see an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist if you want the issue thoroughly addressed. An ENT doctor can evaluate your vocal cords properly and hopefully resolve the hoarseness problem.
Keith M Wilson, MD
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GARDEN GROVE – City Council members Tuesday night will consider approving agreements with all five unions representing city employees that they will not receive wage increases for another year in light of budget cuts.
The agreements were made with the understanding that with the deferral of these wage increases, there would not be layoffs. City employees did not get a wage increase last year either. Two consecutive years of no wage increases is unprecedented in Garden Grove, officials said.
According to a staff report, this agreement was reached because both the city and the unions "recognized the difficult financial circumstances facing the city and worked diligently to arrive at tangible reductions."
What this means for the unions is that the 2 percent wage increases, which were slated for July 1, 2010, will be deferred for a year and will take effect July 1, 2011.
Those wage increase deferrals are expected to save about $1.5 million in general fund costs. The unions cover police, firefighters and other city employees.
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K'ril is known for dropping parts of the Robes of subjugation, Zamorakian spear, Steam battlestaff, and Zamorak hilt.
There are some ways to get Zamorakian killcount:
- North from the rope. Werewolves, bloodveld, vampyres and hellhounds fight frequently.
- Inside Zamorak's Fortress, there are five imps that can be quickly killed.
- Spiritual mages can be killed inside of the fortress to earn additional gold as they often drop large amounts of gold and items with a good alchemy value.
K'ril has a unique set of attacks as one of the original God Wars Generals. As of the September God Wars update, anyone near or on the tank will also receive damage. After the Evolution of Combat update, he has the ability to increase his poison damage and decrease the duration of your antipoison potions. All of K'ril's attacks will be split evenly if near the attacked player.
- Melee attack: K'ril slices you with one of his scimitars. Not accurate now as of the Evolution of Combat, but can occasionally hit over 1100+ damage.
- Magic attack: K'ril jumps into the air and sends a shockwave with one of his scimitars.
- Prayer draining attack: K'ril jumps into the air, saying "Yaarrgh!". A game notice will tell you he has penetrated through your prayer and you feel drained. It deals up to 5800 in typeless damage and drains some of your prayer points, and it can be used regardless if prayers/curses are on or not. K'ril will use this attack after he misses against his targets too much.
- If timed correctly, the ability Debilitate will halve damage from this attack. The ability Berserk consequently will make the player take double damage - potentially over 10,000 life points.
- Depending on the amount of damage output, K'ril can use this attack much later in the fight.
After the Evolution of Combat update, tanking is a little easier now. Here are some strategies you may want to use when fighting him. You may implement if needed. Using the mage setup is recommended as with a full inventory and a beast of burden filled with prayer flasks which could allow you to stay for many hours.
Regardless of your combat style, the ability Debilitate is a must as it will remove half of K'ril's damage on you, therefore saving supplies for more kills. This ability should be used as your second threshold, as very often K'ril will use his special by the time you have the required adrenaline, reducing damage taken drastically.
If meleeing, since your goal is to kill K'ril as fast as possible, using Berserk is recommended. Darklight and Silverlight do not work against K'ril himself, but they do work against his minions.
The Venomblood perk prevents all poison from K'ril.
Void setup is for players who are not tanking and are in a group of two or more.
Void Setup/Pure DPSEdit
Melee SetupEdit
- Spells: Fire Surge > Fire Wave > Storm of Armadyl
- Sharks or Rocktails
- Enhanced excalibur
- More Saradomin brews and fewer rocktails if using Overloads
- Overloads or Extremes
- Prayer renewals
- Prayer potions or Super restore potions
- Anti-Poisons
- Best beast of burden pouch you can use
- Spring cleaner or runes for High level alchemy
- Enhanced Luck Potion
Fastest Spawn SoloEdit
- Steel titan pouch with scrolls
- Saradomin brews
- Overloads
- Prayer renewals
- Prayer potions or Super restore potions
- At least a T80 weapon
- At least T70 armour, preferably Nex armour
- Kill K'ril as fast as possible to avoid taking his heavy prayer draining attack
- Start kill with Sunshine or Berserk if available
- When soloing, it is highly advised to bring a Demon horn necklace and Attuned ectoplasmator regardless if you are on a task or not. This is because one bunch of Infernal ashes restores 150 prayer points each, totaling up to 600 restored prayer points per kill, which is enough to avoid bringing any sort of prayer restoration items.
- When K'ril spawns, either place yourself in the south-western corner or eastern side of the room. In the south-west corner, you can deal more damage in total from AoE attacks, killing them quicker and restoring health if Soul Split is active. (In this corner, K'ril and the magic minion spawn close together, and the melee minion walks towards you.) In the eastern side of the room, you can deal extra damage before K'ril can start attacking you.
- Minions can provide Sharks and Tuna potatoes to help prolong trips. K'ril also drops Super restores which can be used to restore summoning points.


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Sunday, August 20, 2017
Smoking and Tobacco
Can you reverse the damage done?
Can you reverse the damage to your lungs done by years of smoking by quitting? How long does it take? Can your lungs be as healthy as they once were?
Quitting smoking at anytime improves your health. Your lungs will not return to their pre-smoking healthy state, but you may significantly improve symptoms like shortness of breath or asthma attacks. Once you quit, the decline in lung function slows and starts to resemble that of someone who does not smoke. Good luck to you.
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Out of state Walmart would not sell to me
OK, before I go any further, it was in New York State. I was in Syracuse, my home town, for a wedding this past weekend, went it to a Walmart, they had 9mm ammo so I told him I would take 3 boxes. He asked if I had a permit, I said yes. He asked to see it, I showed it. He called his manager, and his manager told him he couldn't sell it to me because it was not a valid NY state permit.
That's total BS.
I went to another sporting goods store, and he told me he would be more than happy to sell me ammo. Of course, he didn't have any!
I hate Walmart. I hate New York State. This was the nail in the coffin of ever moving back to my hometown.
Why do I get the feeling you are only giving us half the story??
No idea, but that is exactly what happened.
Problem number 1: You were in NY.
Problem number 2: you were in a Wal-Mart.
Wal-mart isn't really known for their high quality employees. They aren't going to research it for you, if they aren't sure, they ain't doing it. From their perspective, selling you ammo ain't worth legal troubles if they aren't sure.
Wallyworld and Dick's are known to make up their own rules. Under Federal law, you can buy a long gun from an FFL in any state. Dick's will only sell to a resident of that or an adjoining state.
I'm a British citizen green card holder living in Oregon. I've bought many guns and types of ammunition from all sorts of places in the US with no problems, I even have an FFL 03 (C&R) license however dicks refused to sell me 2 boxes of 30-06 because I'm not a US citizen.
On checking out the register signing pad stated that I had to be a citizen or a green card holder which I am. They still refused me.
I agree, they totally make up their own rules
Yup, my wife ordered 1000rds of 7.62×39 from sportsman guide for a good price, it took her a whole whopping minute and a half to do it. :O
Well, at least you know now not to ever move back. They may have saved you some trouble; imagine if a NY LEO had caught you with that ammo hoard; heck, three boxes of 9mm and a Glock (anything not a revolver or 1911) would have probably been considered an "arsenal".
You might still be under a jail somewhere; you should send Wally's corporate a strongly worded thankyou email explaining how they saved you legal expense money. ;)
Nobody ever said I had any weapons with me in New York State. And there is no law saying I can't buy ammo and transport it in my vehicle across state lines. I was in no danger of breaking any laws, even those barbaric ones in NY.
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The TV Academy has set September 22 as the date for for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. As part of the Big 4 network's eight-year wheel deal, it is CBS' turn carrying the show next year. It will originate from the Emmys' home, NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. Nominations for the 2013 Primetime Emmys will be announced Thursday, July 18 from the Academy's Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood. The last time CBS had the Emmys in 2009, they were hosted by How I Met Your Mother co-star Neil Patrick Harris.
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The Primetime Emmy Awards should not be held on a Sunday night during the NFL season.
It could be the lowest-rated Primetime Emmy's ever, especially if NBC's Sunday-night NFL game is a top-notch marquee matchup between two popular teams (and I suspect NBC is already on the line to Roger Goodell asking him to schedule just such a game for that night).
More NPH hosting duties?
Yes, please.
How about Craig Ferguson
NPH, Craig Ferguson, or the cast of the BIG BANG THEORY. Yes, that last one would be a bit of gimmick, but with its ratings momentum, would you necessarily blame CBS for the decision? Something to think about…
how about one of the modern family members? Maybe Eric Stonestreet! Or Ed O Neil! Or Julie Bowen! they are really good!!!


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Adjacent Routes
Climb either crack in the right-hand side of the slab (the right-hand one is easier) to a short jamming crack; up this to a tricky move onto a ledge and an awkward finish on flat holds.
The finish is easy, not akward, there is an obvious finger jug available
What a ridiculous grade ! is someone really trying to say this route is more serious than Central Groove ??
A pleasant HS route when clean, better in winter when the ants at the top don't attack you.
Never hard, but nicely sustained (for a short route anyway) and very plesant.
What on Earth is the logic behind grading this VS 4b. It has only one hard move (which is probably only 4a really) and it is safer than a very safe thing. Surely HS 4b if not S 4b.
This was quite dirty when I did it. Well, not excessively but the whole route had a thin layer of mud over it.


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Looks like China's blocked Twitter as we approach the anniversary of Tiananmen Square. This means there's going to be an awful lot of blog posts about it; everyone from human rights to tech blog will be interested.
I saw the news first via Mike Butcher TechCrunch UK article that I read via Google Reader. TechCrunch UK sometimes uses AdSense for Feeds to monitise their RSS.
At the end of the article (which contains swearing - I know some sensitive souls read this blog) Korean Air is unlucky enough to have an ad placed.
This probably isn't a case of bad geographic targeting as Korean Air does fly from Europe to China (or China / Mongolia as their dropdown offers) but I really doubt the airline fancies the brand association.
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Slow-Cooked Lamb with Lemon and Oregano
Recipe adapted from "Food From Many Greek Kitchens," by Tessa Kiros. Copyright 2011 by Tessa Kiros. Used with permission of Andrews McMeel Publishing.
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- 1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice (from 6 to 7 lemons)
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 heaping tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 leg of lamb (about 4 pounds)
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into big chunks
Combine lemon juice, oil, oregano, and water in a large nonreactive baking dish. Rub lamb all over with salt and pepper, and place in marinade, turning to coat well. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate 24 hours, turning once or twice.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Transfer lamb and marinade to a roasting pan. Cover lamb with parchment, and cover pan tightly with heavy foil. Roast 1 hour, then flip lamb. Cover again, and reduce heat to 300 degrees. Roast lamb 2 hours.
Flip lamb gently, since it will be very tender. Add potatoes to pan, and sprinkle with a little salt. Cover, and roast 1 hour. Raise heat to 400 degrees. Uncover, and roast until potatoes are golden around edges, 15 to 20 minutes.
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shadow9990124 MAR, 2015Are these cooking times right? Recipe sounds delicious but I like my lamb about medium-rare.Reply


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The SpiritLed Woman podcast is empowering women weekly to follow their purpose in Christ and boldly walk in faith. Listen at charismapodcastnetwork.com.
Can Christ overcome our mind-consuming battles with bitterness? Why is it that it's easy for us to bring the "big stuff" to God—cancer, broken marriages, financial problems—but when it comes to matters of the heart, we try to handle it ourselves.
We think, "God, I've got this. These heart problems are just things that I struggle with. I shouldn't still be hurting over something as simple as bitterness, so I'm going to pretend that I'm not. Or I'm just going to wait it out and hope these nasty feelings go away. God would be ashamed of me if I told Him I was still battling this."
Here are some practical barriers we must put in place to guard against this sneaky, consuming beast!
1. Pray that God will overcome it. Continue praying that He will until He does. The problem with bitterness is it is consuming, it comes out of left field, and it has the tenacity to take us out. It speaks loudly and constantly, and it's a voice that feels impossible to shut out—but I promise you, friend, it is not impossible. Praise God!
Pray not only for your own heart but also for the person that hurt you. Pray specific good things—the very hardest thing to pray for them—and watch what God does.
2. Our view of God must be bigger and viewed with higher respect than what's frustrating us. God and what matters to God should consume our minds first. God and His view of me and how He wants me to view things should be the filter by which I see the world.
3. Focus and say out loud your blessings and the good things God is doing in your life. Because we're sinful, when these ugly feelings present themselves, we like to bask in them.
I'm a Southern girl, and in the South, we use the term waller. Even though we know the proper way to say it is wallow, wallow doesn't correctly explain our sick relationship with these ugly feelings. We waller in them. We get filthy. There is nothing dainty or cute about it.
These ugly feelings can cause us to make idiots of ourselves when they drive our mouths to say things that are better left unsaid. Can you relate with me here? There have been times in my life that I have been caught muddy from head to toe from all the ugly wallering I've done.
4. Don't let your frustrations define you. The things that cause bitterness also try to claim they define us.
- Your job
- Your relationships (family members, friendships, an estranged child, co-workers)
- Financial struggles
- Car problems
- Infertility
- Singleness
You do not begin and end with these things. When we place all of our focus on one of these things, we have allowed our heartache to become our idol. Anything that we give the power to steal our focus from God becomes our idol.
5. God's plan for you is bigger than what is momentarily hurting you. When we focus on our bitterness (anger, frustration, hurt), it blinds us to where God is at work in our lives, and we miss the blessings He has in store for the heart surrendered to following Him.
The enemy wants to steal that joy and replace it with bitterness.
Today, if that sneaky snake of bitterness tries to worm its way into our hearts, let's refuse to let him win this battle! May we choose instead to make Philippians 4:4-8 our battle cry against bitterness!
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Former French Foreign Minister: The War against Syria was Planned Two years before "The Arab Spring"
By Gearóid Ó Colmáin
Global Research
June 15, 2013
In an interview with the French TV station LCP, former French minister for Foreign Affairs Roland Dumas said:
'' I'm going to tell you something. I was in England two years before the violence in Syria on other business. I met with top British officials, who confessed to me that they were preparing something in Syria.
This was in Britain not in America. Britain was organizing an invasion of rebels into Syria. They even asked me, although I was no longer minister for foreign affairs, if I would like to participate.
Naturally, I refused, I said I'm French, that doesn't interest me.''
Dumas went on give the audience a quick lesson on the real reason for the war that has now claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people.
''This operation goes way back. It was prepared, preconceived and planned… in the region it is important to know that this Syrian regime has a very anti-Israeli stance.
Consequently, everything that moves in the region- and I have this from the former Israeli prime minister who told me 'we'll try to get on with our neighbours but those who don't agree with us will be destroyed.
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Native American Honoring for Kevin "Snowberry" Sheahan
Known to many among the southern and central California Indian nations, Kevin "Snowberry" Sheahan was adopted into both Chumash and Gourd Dance societies. He will be honored as one of them at the Children of Many Colors Powwow.
Honoring a Friend, Veteran and Brother (posted on Facebook on Redbird's community page)
Kevin Snowberry Sheahan will be honored in the Native American way during all three sessions of the Gourd Dance at the Children of Many Colors Powwow. Kevin was accepted by and danced with the Gourd Dancers for as many years as his health would allow. We will be giving him the same honoring that is given military and first responder personnel and members of the Native American community; the same honoring that one of the Apache Gourd Dancers gave to Navajo Code Talker Joe Morris Sr. last year on Sunday when we got word of his crossing over.
Kevin will be honored with an empty chair, the chair he used to use when he danced, which will be placed along the edge of the circle during the three gourd dance sessions; Saturday morning at 11 AM, Saturday evening at approximately 6 PM and Sunday, during which the honoring for all Veterans will take place, at 11 AM.
If you would like to show your respect for Kevin we ask that you do it in the way of his chosen people, the Gourd Dancers. There are four sets of Gourd Dance songs. The final set is called a "two and two" which is two blanket songs followed by two powerful closing songs. If you would like to honor Kevin, come out during the first two blanket songs and leave something on the blanket. Show your respect by honoring the singers and the songs, the drum that makes the Gourd Dance Ceremony possible, the singers who are given those songs, special, sacred songs that must be sung appropriately, powerful medicine songs. Thank his fellow Gourd Dancers for being there, for accepting him, for helping him, for their service to our country and to all people.
Understand how many generations the Gourd Dance has been passed down through, that for many years it was illegal to perform these ceremonies, that the Gourd Dance was almost lost, but for a handful of people who understood that if they did not sacrifice to keep the ceremony alive, it would be forgotten. Be grateful that the Gourd Dancers took Snowberry in as one of their own and afforded him the opportunity to participate.
It was Kevin's most fervent desire to be accepted into the Native American community, and he was. We will honor him as a Native American Gourd Dancer is honored.
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Angelina Jolie's Signature Smile
Angelina Jolie spoke to the media in Mumbai yesterday during a press conference to talk about her shooting experience in India for A Mighty Heart. She clarified that she and Brad Pitt have no plans to adopt an Indian baby. Read the full article after the jump but here what Angelina said on the importance of this film: "We need to tell the story of Daniel Pearl and the reason we are making this film is because it's very important to have a dialogue between the two cultures. I have the blessings of Daniel Pearl's family to play this role."
UPDATE :: Added more pictures of Angelina Jolie in sandalas and carrying a brown leather bag on the set of A Mighty Heart from earlier today. Angie was spotted leaving the Anjuman-e-Islam school in Mumbai, India.
Angelina Scorches Indian Baby Rumors
It was an unusual start to an eagerly awaited press conference. Hollywood diva Angelina Jolie, who evidently kept her role as ambassador in mind at her first encounter with the Indian press on Wednesday evening, began with a confession.
"We have been avoiding the press since we landed in India, but the only reason was that we had a lot of work to do,"she said.
Jolie arrived at the conference in a white linen ensemble. Flanked by co-stars of the film, A Mighty Heart, her humble confession was followed with a terse rider: please ask questions pertaining to the film only.
The only personal query she allowed was one that enabled her to clear the air about rumours of her adopting again. No, Brangelina won't be adding an Indian baby to their brood after all.
The evening began with the usual banter between her management team and the press. The 'screening' of journalists took an inordinately long time, with some being asked to stay out of the conference.
For those who did eventually make it to the Princess room at the Taj, there was disappointment in store: producer Brad Pitt had decided to stay away. Was it to mind the babies? No one knows.
The actress insisted that A Mighty Heart was not about terrorism. "We need to tell the story of Daniel Pearl, and the reason we are making this film is because it is very important to have a dialogue between two cultures,"she said. "I had the blessings of Daniel Pearl's family to play this role."
When asked if Marianne Pearl was the most difficult character she had played in her career, the actress replied, "When you are in the middle of making a film, you always think that way.
Playing her role is certainly challenging for me, as I have to make the world understand this woman and her family."
Jolie said that though she knew Marianne personally, she had never met anybody who had faced this kind of trauma.
"She has every reason to be embittered and angry about what happened to her husband and her, but she is very positive and has nothing against Pakistan,"she declared. Did Marianne visit the shooting or want to see rushes of the film? "She is not interested,"replied Jolie.
"She has been travelling around the world, writing on women's issues."
Indian actor Irrfan said that he had expected to get intimidated by the star but she went out of her way to make him comfortable.
"She has a very strong personality and it comes across,"said the actor who referred to Jolie as "Angie"during the conference.
And finally, Jolie's take on Mumbai's infamous suburban trains. When asked how her much-publicised ride on a local was, she replied straight-faced, "It was fun."


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Taco Rosa to Hold Fundraiser for Costa Mesa Non-Profit This Friday
There are few restaurateurs for me that can do no wrong, and one of them is Ivan Calderón of Taco Mesa fame. Not only has his food remained consistently delicious over the years (even while appealing to a largely gabacho audience), but Calderón has also been strong community leaders in their home base of Costa Mesa, helping out various nonprofits and standing strong against the Know Nothings that have unduly influenced city government over the past years.
It's in this spirit that Calderón is opening up his family's Newport Beach jewel, Taco Rosa this Friday for a fundraiser for Save Our Youth (SOY), a longtime Costa Mesa nonprofit on whose board of directors he sits and that's been under attack for daring to help out underprivileged, mostly Mexi kids. Details after the jump!
The event happens this Friday at Taco Rosa in Newport Beach starting at 5:30 p.m., and while the tickets are a bit pricey ($50 pre-sale, $60 at the door), at least you go in known there will be great food and drinks to be had instead of your umpteenth charity chicken dinner. See you there!
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text: But even further penetration for Velcade in multiple myeloma is not likely to get investors very excited in the near term, some analysts say. Second-line Velcade use could cannabilize use in later-stage patients, while approval for first-line multiple myeloma is a bit far down the road. Instead, the company has to make Velcade work in additional (and bigger) cancer markets. The best opportunities right now appear to be in a couple of different forms of lymphoma, including mantle cell lymphoma and possibly non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, as well as non-small cell lung cancer. Millennium is expected to make a so-called "go, no go" decision on a phase III Velcade non-small cell-lung cancer study in January, with an announcement likely at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, Fanucci says. Interim data from a phase II non-Hodgkin's lymphoma study of Velcade in combination with Genentech ( DNA) and Biogen Idec's ( BIIB) Rituxan will be presented at the closely watched American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in May. Drug pipelines get biotech investors excited, but Millennium's lineup is a bit too dependent on experimental drugs still in the early stages of clinical testing. One exception might be MLN2704, a monoclonal antibody combined with a chemotherapy drug that targets a specific antigen found on prostate cancer cells. Data from a phase I/II study of MLN2704 is expected to be released at a prostate cancer meeting in February. Fanucci says the company considers expansion of Velcade and Integrillin's approved treatment options as part of its late-stage drug pipeline. However, Wall Street doesn't look at it the same way. Some analysts and investors believe Millennium could help itself by licensing new late-stage drug candidates or by making another company acquisition. That's easier said than done. With Big Pharma in the doldrums, competition for potential growth-revving product candidates has become more intense, and potential sellers are raising prices.


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Video of San Francisco Police beating and arresting Demonstrators 10/6/2012
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On October 6th, 2012, 22 demonstrators were beaten and arrested by San Francisco police during an anti colonial / anti capitalist march.
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Sunday Oct 7th, 2012 9:52 AM
Thanks for sharing this Jacob. I hope you don't mind but I passed it along as well with the proper credits.
Folks need to understand that they live in a police state and perhaps this will open a few eyes and add to the conversation that's taking place in USA and the world at large.
To the protesters...
I feel your pain and thank you for your sacrifice. You know when they start clubbing citizens you've gotten under their skin and that your cause is just.
Sunday Oct 7th, 2012 11:25 AM
I knew this was going to happen because I knew this was a poorly organized event and that's why I chose not to show up. I won't show up to anything unless there is a well concerted effort that assures me that the mobilization will be massive. If the people don't have faith in them selves to orchestrate a mass presence and believe in taking on the cops in small numbers, I WILL NOT SHOW UP! Not trying to massacred let alone get captured and go back to jail. At least if we're organized we would have a few thousand with the power to fight back. Why are you going to throw shit at the cops when you are such a small group of people? STUUUUUPID! What is up with these random call outs for anti-capitalist action on indybay and facebook. It takes a lot more work to bring people out in large numbers that are a force to be reckoned with. Idiots!
I feel sorry for the people who came out and decided to go out with a bang knowing full well the risk. Now you have have battery on an officer charges pc 69 and a whole bunch of other shit. When are anarchists going to get organized? There is such thing as horizontal power you know? You can have an organization with out leaders or leader. Why not adopt a new model for once and stop with the calls outs for anti-cap actions. sigh
Sunday Oct 7th, 2012 3:31 PM
People who wimp out have the right to duck and cover, however when the cowards snipe from behind at the People Who had the courage to Show Up....That's sniveling Backstabbing Egocentric Piggish behavior.
You know what and who you are (Undercover cops doing counterintelpro, BADLY)!
Sunday Oct 7th, 2012 4:56 PM
Well, supposed "Anarchist", as soon as you mobilize millions for an anti-capitalist mass movement let us know. Meanwhile the rest of us will do what we can with what we got.
There's nothing revolutionary about sitting safely in your armchair and insulting comrades as they're being battered by the cops. I guess you never heard of solidarity?
Sunday Oct 7th, 2012 7:15 PM
I'm showing a lot of solidarity by correcting stupid mistakes as I see them because I'm tired of seeing people repeat them. More like tough love to be accurate. My problem isn't with "St. Paul Principles". It's with the failure to have each others backs, delivery of tactics, disorganization, sloppiness, poor communication, impatience all of which contribute to ever low turnout in the bay that is a recipe for mass arrest of those just eager to lash out at the system. All of this was preventable but nobody wants to think like a group and strategize street tactics.
Rather than rushing into things why don't anarchists try to build affinity groups that meet regularly and grow in physical strength and numbers? What is the point of going into battle when you're not ready for anything but an asswhoopen? We had plenty of time to get ready since Seattle WTO. What's taking everybody so long to build something? We could have had a big fucking organization of cells like the anarchists in Athens by now. I've been watching anarchists since the 1999 and they haven't really done much of anything and non of them want to listen to me. I keep getting the same feedback about how organization takes authority which is a bunch of crap because no one is in charge of the Greek molotov cocktail resistance. How much more time does it take for people to get their act together?
We could have been prepared if we had prepared well in advance years ago for future protests rather than just throwing out random call outs hoping that the world will join in. Christ! You won't learn or win for that matter as long as you refuse to adopt a strategy for insurrectionist tactics in the Bay Area. That doesn't mean go out and have a shoot out with AK-47's and AR-15's with cops. It means take a step back, BREATH, and try to play out scenarios before they happen and adopt and develop some clever anti-cop tactics.
Your unit out there wasn't very effective or responsive to abuse and I'm glad they didn't put up a real fight because they were in no position but to surrender. They were outnumbered by the men in blue who had batons and you guys had nothing and were ill prepared for conflict. What did you guys have but 100 people? Terrible planning. And I hope you don't go thinking a revival of the occupy movement will turn things around. That was just as much a failure because it never meant to address class contradictions in society and how to deal with them in a movement that disagrees on tactics.
It is no mystery why so many failed to cease the moment to beat back the cops in every occupation. Americans don't have the mindset for conflict with the state. It's not in their DNA and that is a weakness that serves not just the 1% but every capitalist in the chain of command as well as police and military. What shows real planning and success is when you notice all people in black moving together as a unit with out hesitation and moving fast not lagging behind or standing to the side in confusion. A revolutionary movement is no stranger to conflict.
That is the real problem we are facing here. You guys are WAAAAAAAY behind in getting used to conflict and using it as a tool the same way rioters do in other parts of the world. You don't move like a mob. You move like sheep in a grace field. I don't enjoy telling the truth with out sugar coating. That would be lying to you. Where were your shields and protective body armor? Where was the team work? You're all out there wearing normal civilian clothes. You don't look like you've went through a briefing. You guys may as well not have showed up.
I won't go into the "battle of the bulge" with you guys ever again until I see some improvement in organized street tactics that make me feel safe and protected by a solid bloc mass. BLACK BLOC MASS! I know plenty of anarchists stayed home because this seemed sketchy as fuck. The number of people on facebook was 150 or so people and there was only a few days left until the event. NOT SHOWING UP TO THAT and I'm sure a lot of those who came to NOV.2 anti-cap stayed home for the same reasons I lay out! I'm just kind enough to tell give you the reasons. IN FULL DETAIL.
Unless there is was a well established movement to beat back American security forces like there is in Greece you're gona keep getting your asses handed to you, rightfully so and I don't feel sorry for you. Look at how people organize their direct actions around the world and look at you. What's wrong with this picture? You don't see the same sloppiness else where. That is not the work of a miracle but someone out there is probably as fed up as I am said enough is enough and critiqued every sloppy action. In time people got tired of the criticism and started to change their ways and work together with out getting in each others way. Coordinated affinity cells is the way its done.
Communication skills are essential. Look at your Greek comrades. Why do you think they can take on the cops with out having to use rocket launchers and shit?
I'd be surprised if anybody listened to what I say and started correcting these errors that have become pretty frequent.
Sunday Oct 7th, 2012 10:37 PM
Listening to (obeying) some anonymous dickhead online??
The US is not Greece. It's much, much larger and far more diverse and heterogeneous on multiple levels.
You know what needs to be done? Then get out there and organize it yourself. You got some brilliant plan? Get out there and implement it. If it's truly so great and effective, you should have little problem attracting folks to it. Show us what you have done lately, in the real world, not just armchair quarterbacking online.
Otherwise, it's only so much blah, blah, blah from you, and puzzling why you expect anyone to read your lengthy "critiques". Not helpful in the least, Mr. Know-It-All.
Monday Oct 8th, 2012 1:31 AM
A Solidarity with Tristan Anderson and Palestine demonstration was called for 4pm today in front of the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco on Montgomery Street. Hundreds of demonstrators rallied at the consulate and then marched to the intersection of 5th and Market. After rallying at the intersection for a little while, demonstrators marched back to the Israeli Consulate. Within minutes of arriving back at the consulate just before 7pm, demonstrators were more or less milling around and chanting when one officer began to assault demonstrators who were standing near some barricades and newspaper stands. Within seconds, up to a dozen cops rushed in swinging their billy clubs wildly at anyone they could hit in the crowd -- swinging overhead, swinging to their sides, just swinging at everyone in front of them.
Monday Oct 8th, 2012 2:27 AM
I don't care how diverse America is. It is not a valid excuse for why anarchists don't have a web of cells that thrive off their own existence and growth and live for revolution and work to achieve that goal and never stop until it is achieved. If the goal here isn't to build momentum to set the stage for overthrow, then it must be another agenda to set the stage for more reform or maybe you're just here to have fun because you have nothing better to do but throw a brick through a window.
I don't know what is motivating some of you to come out but it would help if people at least tried to articulate why they participate in direct action. No one ever says anything about uprising. It's almost as if they just want a riot so they can break windows and then disappear. Kind of like a hobby with no motive. I seems like people are not really envisioning anything but just letting off some steam.
Monday Oct 8th, 2012 6:05 AM
maybe anarchist IS armchair QB'ing, but s/he is right.
the points that were brought up can't really be refuted.
there is no motive. it does seem like people are doing this to kill time in their lives, not really to challenge anything.
there are no strong anarchist cells in the bay area (yet) to pull off this kind of street action. there were about 150 people there (as anarchist said, without protection, just some fun tools in a backpack) and a chunk of them weren't even from the bay area. so what does that tell you?
the march only lasted for 10 minutes and not one thing was accomplished. it seemed like everyone was surprised that the cops came out swinging. this shit has been happening for the past year, with little skirmishes of 100 protestors against trained, armed cops, then people are like WTF when they lose within minutes. no strategy whatsoever. just walking around in the black costume and throwing paint.
i disagree with one thing: i do feel bad for the people who were arrested and beaten.
Monday Oct 8th, 2012 10:13 AM
Why are people blaming themselves. This is no time to feel sorry for ourselves (it never is). "anarchists are being ineffective," "we need a better movement" and so on, and so forth. This is critical analysis? Talking endlessly about what anarchists "need" to do, or how anarchists are fucking up "the movement" ?
Monday Oct 8th, 2012 11:39 AM
At last report 26 comrades were beaten, arrested and charged each with two felonies. Bail $ are high some over 50 k . Of course every struggle has it's risks , many have lost their freedom and/or even their lives over the decades .
But our lives and freedom should be risked only after careful evaluation re the potentail benefits of such an action .
And so what was the goal of this demo ? To protest the fact that some backward elements still glorify a Italian imperialist adventurer (instead of the Native peoples of this continent ) ?
Actually there have been some real victories in challenging that distorted historical narrative . A few cities even were compelled to call it '' Indigenous Peoples Day '' instead .
So what done or could even possibly have been accomplished Saturday that was worth some valuable activists being beat, clubbed , jailed and possibly tens of thousands of our very limited funds spent ? I really want to know.
Monday Oct 8th, 2012 2:44 PM
What did people hope to accomplish? I think the aim was pretty clear: solidarity in resistance to Columbus day, and the continuation of neocolonialism.
Monday Oct 8th, 2012 3:44 PM
So to show that solidarity, the plan was to vandalize and destroy the shops and property of the hard working middle-class merchants?
...and you seriously wonder why you have so little support from the masses?
Monday Oct 8th, 2012 5:47 PM
I agree with some of the above. Here are some positive observations, which I can add:
--first, the police said they found flares and paint in a couple backpacks. It is good that a separate march was called, and that the people with the paint, or aggressive folks did not attend an anti-Columbus event that called for family attendance, or called for nonvandalism. There has been a lot of tension between groups calling mass liberal or radical but strictly nonviolent events, and people who feel that it is worthwhile to escalate tactics. So it is good to separate such things in space.
It will be even better if the 95% of the arrested who did not throw the rock at a window file a lawsuit for false arrest. You can clearly see in the video that the police decided to detain everyone in the block, regardless that most hadn't done anything and were just watching. I was angered by seeing photos and names posted on sfgate, and hope you file suit. The police do the mass arrests because they want to bring a protest to a fast halt. I personally was falsely detained during an antiwar protest, and everyone discussed filing something, but is challenging to organize. Luckily this detention w/o charges didn't come up when I recently got a government security clearance, as part of my tactic of getting a job where I can hopefully help reform from the inside. The other thing I would try next time is to reflect more on Sun Tzu - allow the police to overreact to a perfectly legal protest, and don't let anyone get into a risky situation
--Second, I noticed that essentially zero from the insurrectionary crowd traveled to Tampa for the RNC, or Charlotte for the DNC, both of which were somewhat tactical nightmares. This reflected some great group cohesion and communication. Even the TV networks gave up on electoral politics, showing fewer hours of the speeches on primetime. I had expected at least a few cliques from around the country to travel out of curiosity. Instead, there were only a few arrests of local townies for drunken behavior or wading in the creek. The media were totally surprised at the change of pattern. The police force of thousands had done their normal ritual of releasing warnings that they had intelligence that anarchists would be throwing bags of urine or would set dangerous devices, but within a day or two it was clear that they have no intelligence
Monday Oct 8th, 2012 11:26 PM
Yes, I guess I should admit the truth: Friends and myself traveled, via BART, from the East bay in order to participate in a dastardly "plan" to go after the poor struggling cafe's, restaurants, department stores etc. in San Francisco. But alas are evil intentions to disturb the "the hard working middle class merchants" were foiled by the police attacking, and arresting everyone (if you watch the video, in front of the business called Staples). Every which way you looked, people had there cell phone cameras aimed toward the Blue angels as they roared overhead, surely this was our chance to further rupture their support for the cause. When are these young hooligans going to get it?
Tuesday Oct 9th, 2012 2:58 AM
Hooligans are indeed everywhere about, waiting to foil organizing an effective "movement". Lashing out at the neo colonial landscape solves nothing. Get used to it kids! You got some real growing up to do, and need to stop inhibiting are ability to convert people to the cause. Isn't it obvious to you deviants out there that apathy, ignorance, misinformation, stupidity, and repression can be resolved by acting appropriately. Also, never mind the fact that those arrested were not even engaged in any vandalism, or confrontation with the cops, but they asked for it anyway for having idiotically been in the presence of such a possibility arising because of you. Cops on TV say that their actions were justified due to someone throwing paint bombs at them. One can watch the video, and obviously see there was absolutely no provocation for the attack, but we need to let that go, and blame the victims for not correctly protesting the way I, I mean we see fit.


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