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Taking Sides: the Sea or the Woods?
The sea, easily. But even better - losing oneself in the woods only to stumble out atop windswept cliffs overlooking the sea. (NB: this has never happened to me, but would undoubtedly be pretty rad.)
― emil.y, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:20 (five years ago) Permalink
This has totally happened to me. In Cornwall of course - place called Kemmel Crease. Wandering through this beautiful wood and then - the sea through a tree break! It was amazing, but granted, not very unexpected.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:49 (five years ago) Permalink
Hello Cooler.
Picking between woods and sea feels too much like picking between grandparents, with my mum's parents often taking me for picnics in the woods and my granny on the other side living on the south coast.
I guess I'll just say that I miss them both. (Although I probably could walk and could definitely bus to some woods from here if I got my act together, which isn't true for the sea, sadly.)
― Schleimpilz im Labyrinth (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:35 (five years ago) Permalink
i used to live one street from the beach
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:46 (five years ago) Permalink
Passing Bass Spuddette! I always get happy when I see you on t'Cooler! It is a bit of a "daddy or chips?" dilemma but that's why I asked it. The boundless possibilities expressed by both (the size of the sea, the age of trees.)
And I am jealous that you used to live one street from the beach, Pfunk, it does not make me less jealous to imagine it a very cold and windswept Scottish beach.
I am just back from dinner with a friend of mine who is the final stages of crazy in completing a PhD, and she makes me feel more like a human being again because we can say things like "problematising the indexicality of the Yorkeian craniofacial follicular register" and then piss ourselves laughing going "LOL Judith Butler speak."
I also started reading the most wonderful book, which I thought would be WCC-bait when I saw it in the library but a chapter and a half in, and I'm just o_0 in love with it. It's called Beechcombing (LOL, see why I was asking about sea vs woods?) and it's a natural history of the Beech Tree as a metaphor for human conceptions of Nature and conversation and also lots of botany and art history and just LOVE LOVE LOVE did you ever just pick up a book and think "this is so tailor made for me?"
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:31 (five years ago) Permalink
Yes. It was called Gender Trouble.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:39 (five years ago) Permalink
Oh, but I'm sorry, I forgot that my experiences and interests are completely invalid because I like something you don't. You can carry on laughing at me now. Cheers.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:40 (five years ago) Permalink
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:50 (five years ago) Permalink
Like, where did that come from?
Because my friend and I were laughing about Butler's prose at dinner? She's an academic (a linguist with a heavy interest in gender) so she's familiar enough with Butler to laugh about it.
You can like whatever you want, your experiences and interests are as valid as you experience them to be - I think you'll find I'm the person constantly arguing for the right of people to have their own experiences and interests accepted as valid. What I don't like is people expressing random opinions as scientific facts without the citations or studies to back them up. If you want to continue that whole argument here, which I really don't.
You're allowed to love Butler. I'm allowed to dislike her and find her impenetrable. Both options are allowed to coexist, and it makes me really quite upset when you get so defensive as to paint me as a tyrant for not liking her.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:55 (five years ago) Permalink
I'm just bummed that the thread stopped being about trees and sea.
Not that I should be in here, being employed and all...
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:56 (five years ago) Permalink
Oh, you're welcome to post in here if you're employed, Z! I only called it the unemployed watercooler because the previous ones were office watercoolers.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:59 (five years ago) Permalink
The conversation was just bizarre because I was explaining how flummoxed I was by the difference in cultures between different internet messageboards. (the sort of thing bored linguists talk about at dinner.) That in the past week, I have had, simultaneously at the same time, open in two different windows on the same computer:
1) a thread on ILX where I am painted as an uncultured rube because I said that I find Judith Butler's prose style obfuscating
2) a thread on atease where I am being where I am mercilessly derided as an intellectual (as if this is an insult?) and accused of being a troll or possibly insane because I used a word like "salient" in conversation
It's just the irony, that both these things are possibly at once, that I am an anti-intellectual in one context for disliking Butler, and an impenetrable and possibly dangerous intellectual - that I am tarred as being *like* Judith Butler in one context while tarred for disliking her in another. It was just funny. But I guess only to me (us.)
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:07 (five years ago) Permalink
I'm staying out of the obfuscation thread and I have no opinion on Judith Butler; I am uncultured in most contexts I suspect.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:09 (five years ago) Permalink
You are so completely not uncultured. I think it's just the specific thing of being a philosophy scholar which some people have an intuitive feeling for and others just don't - the same way that I can easily wrap my head around maths or code or whatever, but I realise that other people just don't.
I have not set foot in the obfuscating thread, either. I'm glad they started a thread about it, and I'm sure it was an interesting debate, but I'm quite happy to just stay out of that one.
I am resolutely middlebrow and proud of it LOL I'm going to listen to Julianna Barwick and read my book about Beechcombing (complete with Nash paintings.)
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:14 (five years ago) Permalink
fwiw I think the sea/woods combination emil.y mentioned is perfect. Trees and lakes are also awesome.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:16 (five years ago) Permalink
Oh god I want to go on a painting holiday in the Lake District, I think that is one of those old lady occupations that I was just born for. Mountains! Woods! Lakes! Sea! Is it that bit of Cumbria where the forest covered mountains just go right up to the edge of the wild North sea and just STOP. I was reading about it in another natural history (the under the field guide to British landscape) and it made it sound so spectacular.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:25 (five years ago) Permalink
full of sewage and it stunk at times. No locals went in it apart from those from the sailing club. On a hot summers day it got mobbed by glaswegians and the like.Winters were amazing though, watching the huge waves on a windy day hitting the promenade wall and flying over the grass where my mates and i played football or cricket. My friend lived on a house on the seafront (mentioned him before his big sister is a writer).
The other thing I miss there is the sunset. used to love getting on my bike and cycling all the way along to where the sailing club was and sitting on the wooden benchseat to watch the sunset. Was a great place to think. Sometimes even did my history homework there if i was home from school early.Good place to be young in and great to settle down in not so great if you're 18-35 imo. Also Prestwick was quite snobby. I was glad to move to Hamilton (being a season ticket holder at accies) but I'd gladly move back there in a shot. Our old house had a huge loft and it seems its been converted. Shame we could never afford to move there really.
ours is the one at the end on the left(next to the railway track). It has a fence there now and I can see windows on the roof where it obviously has been renovated.http://i49.tinypic.com/o7iumc.jpg
I have another pic somewhere of the front of the house but cant find it.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:25 (five years ago) Permalink
What a lovely looking house! I like beaches so much more in winter - that really sounds great, that whole thing of waves! smashing! on a windy day against a promenade, that's like everything I love about Cornwall. Aw, your whole post makes it sound lovely, despite the smell and the Glaswegians. Watching the sunset and thinking, these are some of the greatest pleasures of life.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:29 (five years ago) Permalink
We went up to Cockermouth for Christmas the year after my ma died. It was incredible - we had really clear weather. Sun on the water, clean air. The greatest surprise was the night skies! You could really see *depth*. I love London (when I'm not trying to negotiate buses, lolz) but I love to get out to where places where you can feel properly small.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:29 (five years ago) Permalink
Feeling small in the country (in the face of SEA! MOUNTAINS! FORESTS!!!) is a much different and much nicer way of feeling small than feeling small in the city, which is the smallness of feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of people flooding into your way like lemmings.
And don't get me pining for the night skies outside of London. I've just got used to the fact that the night sky is purple-orange when in Cornwall it is velvety blue and COVERED in so so many stars, like that Kusama exhibit that Lex and I spent an hour gawping at last week.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:33 (five years ago) Permalink
Looks so different now. The loft conversion, the sheds, the carport, windows,fences. so so different.My bedroom was on the left.I remember the estate agents calling it a cottage rather than a bungalow.
If anyone here ever wins the lottery will you buy it back for me please?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:36 (five years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I will totally buy it back for you. When I win the lottery. Right after I buy an entire Cornish village for myself!
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:38 (five years ago) Permalink
The other side of the street had proper posh houses http://i42.tinypic.com/206j1hv.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:41 (five years ago) Permalink
in scottish terms that is. Quite different to where we lived before and after!
a thread on atease
good lord, what are you thinking? (well, i guess i know the answer to that, but still!) i used to be semi-regular there and still occasionally visit for what i guess is masochism's sake, and what a horrible bunch of children they are.
― shart practice (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:42 (five years ago) Permalink
Are those stained glass designs in the windows? I really like those.
x-post to Merd I know, I know, I'm stupid but I want to talk about Radiohead far more than ILX will really put up with, so stupidly, I thought it might be OK to talk about Radiohead in the Radiohead section of a Radiohead messageboard? But clearly it was unacceptable.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:43 (five years ago) Permalink
yeah it's 'hoppers' above the window pane and the design is engrained in them.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:45 (five years ago) Permalink
Walk up my smallish street (we lived at the bottom) and walk up the next street (Ailsa Street) and this is the view
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:51 (five years ago) Permalink
Lovely. So bleak. It makes me want to post up all the beach pictures I've taken, ever, but that would be silly.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:53 (five years ago) Permalink
Thread is making me want to move to remote villages with funny names on the Antrim coast, or at least make bleak dubby techno tracks named after them.
Have spent all evening going "I caaaaan't do my German homework" instead of actually doing it, have now done really lousy half-assed job which is way too short, will soon go to bed. Exciting!
― Schleimpilz im Labyrinth (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:58 (five years ago) Permalink
prestwick sailing clubhttp://i41.tinypic.com/mlsaqd.jpg
would cycle past that all the way along to that seat to watch the sunset. There was rocks n stuff there too. Will see if i can get a photo of that
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:00 (five years ago) Permalink
The bleakness is just so inspiring and lovely. It's like a Boards of Canada record played at the wrong speed.
LOL, spacecadet, that's me with my Cornish homework. Except I actually forgot to go to class last week. As in, genuinely forgot, I didn't realise it was Friday until I was eating dinner and realised I was supposed to be in Holborn (an hour away) in fifteen minutes.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:02 (five years ago) Permalink
here we go. The seat was just around where the lamp post is iirc.http://i43.tinypic.com/2qk8n12.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:05 (five years ago) Permalink
I kinda wish I were there. Well, except for the smell and the neds.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:08 (five years ago) Permalink
I am quite excited that Cornish classes are a thing which exists outside Cornwall!
Last time my parents were in Cornwall they brought me back a book (more of a pamphlet really, probably only 10 or so pages) of Cornish words which I spent a while excitedly crosschecking against the Welsh and Breton dictionaries we stopped mr spacecadet's father putting in a skip when his linguist mother died. The Breton part was a bit tricky as it was Breton-French.
Actually I don't think we got very far on that quest, but I liked that the Breton for rain is "glao", which is like the Welsh but spelt better.
― Schleimpilz im Labyrinth (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:10 (five years ago) Permalink
Cornish is a lot like the Welsh but spelled phonetically! It's great that way. It's funny, all Celtic minority language speakers are kind of obsessed with checking how their words translate in the corresponding cognates.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:11 (five years ago) Permalink
want to explore the seafront?http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=prestwick+promenade&hl=en&ll=55.495784,-4.619318&spn=0.000741,0.002642&sll=55.495755,-4.616803&sspn=0.000748,0.003664&hnear=Promenade,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=55.495784,-4.619318&panoid=Q9jXDPb4MoXVJC_UPa0fIQ&cbp=13,281.97,,0,-2.83
ive taken you to the left so have fun going all the way to the other end
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:11 (five years ago) Permalink
I want to say raining is ow kul glow (pronounced to rhyme with cow) in Cornish but I'm probably misspelling it.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:12 (five years ago) Permalink
this will make it easierhttp://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=prestwick+promenade&hl=en&ll=55.495785,-4.618807&spn=0.000741,0.002642&sll=55.495755,-4.616803&sspn=0.000748,0.003664&hnear=Promenade,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=55.495801,-4.619555&panoid=GDc0R_dDdZFVqPhMfyXe1Q&cbp=13,339.49,,0,2
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:12 (five years ago) Permalink
Nope, it's spelled Glaw.
Snow is "ergh" which I'm convinced is onomatopoeic for what ppl sailors say when they open their doors and think "I have to go out in that?"
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:14 (five years ago) Permalink
i would like to find a pic of the council flat we lived in EK until i was 2 1/2 as i dont recall it at all. I do remember the council house in greenhills, EK, but cant find it either, it goes to a totally different address. Stupid google.Doubt the house in Blackwood will be on google maps
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:33 (five years ago) Permalink
Did you have a browse along the seafront?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:37 (five years ago) Permalink
A picture of the seafront at sunset. That's Arran in the distance
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:53 (five years ago) Permalink
Tides out as you can see. Used to go out quite far in summer. In winter it came up over the wall when it was stormy just in front of my friends house. Along past the sailing club and up where i posted the pic from, you got it the most. Further you went to the right it didn't go anywhere near the wall.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:55 (five years ago) Permalink
I'd promise to buy your house back, but I've never bought a lottery ticket.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:04 (five years ago) Permalink
Sorry, I fell asleep reading my beeches book.
That photo with the crepuscular rays on the clouds is incredible, Arran looks so pretty. Can't ever get streetview to work on my interweb connection, which is just as well as I'd be spending hours strolling down country lanes in like, Lamorna, if I could.
On a completely unrelated note, I have just realised that I've spent the past ages mistaking "codex" for "concordance" and I only just found out while trying to look up on wikipedia what "indexicality" actually means (approximately what I thought it meant, but it was still nice to know.)
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 08:27 (five years ago) Permalink
while looking for info on the cats on iron maiden covers thing i came across thishttp://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Rock-n-Roll/witchcraft.htmThere's no thread on witchcraft in music so i thought hows about discussing it here? It's not really something I know about so not starting a thread on it.
Anyway i just kinda wondered what your mum thought of stuff like this?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 08:38 (five years ago) Permalink
and i mean properly, not laughable articles like that
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 08:40 (five years ago) Permalink
haha it links to this http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2006/04/george-w-bush-barbara-bush-and.html not heard that one before
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 08:51 (five years ago) Permalink
I'm not sure why my mum would be bothered? I suspect, knowing her personality, she'd think it was rather laughable.
I don't know. It seems like a lot of people in rock n roll muck about with ~the occult~ just to be shocking and a bit weird, and some paranoid people within christianity take it all rather too seriously, but they strike me as the same kind of thinking level as conspiracy theorists. Hedonism and rock n roll are all intimately tied up together, hedonism and satanism are all tied up, ergo they are one and the same. But these are people who think that the Devil is an actual gentleman who walks around with red horns and a tail, rather than a metaphorical personification of evil, which is a much more complex topic.
It's strange, I have to admit I've always had a vague fascination with the occult - but the devil worshipping aspect of it (usually christian projection onto older nature cults) always just seemed silly.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 08:57 (five years ago) Permalink
Have a sneaking suspicious this is why so many male events organisers are resistant to even "token women" on panels or events or gigs. Seeing one woman up there disrupts the illusion that all-male is normal or even acceptable. I get this shit all the time. My presence is "disruptive" or whatever in an all male environment that "never thought about gender before" because the mere presence of a single visible woman makes visible the massive gender elephant in the room.
Dear men: NOTICE THIS SHIT, PLEASE. I get tired of having to notice it for you.
― Bramble Bluebell (Branwell Bell), Friday, 2 May 2014 16:52 (three years ago) Permalink
Hi, shit has been duly noted and passed on to Faber…
In my defence:
1. This is the first time I've sat down and looked at the line up - Yeah, shit is lame. Sorry. I'm going to ask to have me replaced on the bill if they can do it at the last minute. HOWEVER. I've done one of Lee's events before (which I never looked into the line up before either) and two of the four readers were female. I work an 80 hour week and am a hands on dad to a three year old. I have literally no social life or downtime. This is all I do. Perhaps I should have checked the gender balance of the line up before agreeing to do it but I didn't because I was in a mad rush. I'll be more vigilant next time. 2. I really, really, really resent the implication this is just par for the course for us. Take a look at the front page of the Quietus today right now and you'll see a feature on Hole's Live Through This. An interview with Courtney Love. A reissue review of Bikini Kill. A review of the Iggy Azaelia album. A news feature on Daphne Oram. A news feature on Imogen Heap. I'm in the process of setting up (it's going to be run and steered 100% by women) a national initiative to encourage and support more women to write about the arts - announcement due on the quietus before the end of the summer. The problem runs pretty deep. I had a meeting recently with the person in charge of issues regarding female performers at PRS and she said that only 14% of their massive database are female. So things are pretty fucking bleak on both sides of the fence. But genuinely we're interested in helping make things better in whatever way we can. 3. I went on Radio 6 for an hour earlier this year and picked nothing but female artists to play on the show. I didn't make a song and dance about it, it was just that they were the right artists to play that week. We don't go round patting ourselves on the back when we do stuff like this - so no, the "I bet they'd notice" comment is wrong. If we always had 100% men on the site and always worked on 100% male line ups your concerns about us being actively misogynist would be understandable. But I think it would be fairer if you looked at our record on the whole. 4. I was asked to be a part of this year's Louder Than Words festival in Manchester and literally the first thing I said in negotiations was that our involvement depended 100% on them doing something about the gender, age and race imbalance. When it's up to me and its me doing the curating, it's something paramount in my mind. But then I didn't curate this line up or have a hand in it other than agreeing to do a reading. 5. As always Branwell you have my email address: j✧✧✧@thequie✧✧✧.c✧✧ - I only saw this because someone emailed me about it. I wouldn't have read it otherwise. If you're genuinely worried about stuff on the site and not just venting steam, the best way to get us to change stuff is to email us (as well as posting stuff on forums). That way we'll get to see it.
― Doran, Saturday, 3 May 2014 09:11 (three years ago) Permalink
I have asked a thousand times for people not to use government names on ILX. Could you maybe remember that?
Why is it *MY* job to email people about gender imbalance in panel discussions? This is precisely my point.
You are now making this all about The Quietus and all about ~you~ (quelle surprise there) because that's what you do. But can you, for once, separate yourself from this, and instead of taking it as a personal insult, accept that this is a problem that goes way, way deeper than "OMG, someone's talking shit about me and my ~thing~ on the internet?" This is the 8 billionth all male panel I've seen advertised in my inbox this year, and it's only May.
― Bramble Bluebell (Branwell Bell), Saturday, 3 May 2014 09:35 (three years ago) Permalink
I do accept that it's a deep problem. As I said above, it's something we're actually interested in helping combat in several different ways. I actually thought you might want to get involved in helping us given that it's something you care about but obviously not. You made several accusations about the Quietus above. I run the site and am the only person involved with it who posts on ILX… so I replied in a polite, explanatory and conciliatory way offering to try and make amends. And as always this ends up being your cue to get even more irate with me.
I'm running a site with the help of four people. It gets five times the amount of readers that NME got at its height - when it had a staff of over 40. There is a limit to what I can do on my own. I'll say again that genuinely the offer is always there if you want to get involved in the Quietus in terms of addressing the gender balance of the stuff we do. You have my email j✧✧✧@thequie✧✧✧.c✧✧. You probably still have it from the last two times you asked if you could write for us but then never bothered getting in touch but if not here it is again.
As for the other stuff. Yeah, I agree with you but I'm not really in a position to comment on the other 8 billion panels other than to say it's genuinely lame.
― Doran, Saturday, 3 May 2014 09:52 (three years ago) Permalink
You are deluded. I have not asked to write for The Quietus.
You approached me once back in 2008, when I was still at Plan B, about using my illustrations, and it was *you* who did not follow up.
And as yet another Cis dude who thinks that they get to toss around a name I've asked people repeatedly not to call me (this is your idea of "polite"? This is actually my idea of showing intense disrespect) I have no interest in talking to you further. Good day to you, sir.
― Bramble Bluebell (Branwell Bell), Saturday, 3 May 2014 10:05 (three years ago) Permalink
You asked if you could write for me on the Quietus thread over on ILM. Go back and check it yourself if you like. I had literally no idea that it was so offensive calling you by your name it's genuinely the first time it's come up with me but I won't do it again.
I'm pretty mystified as to what it is exactly I've done wrong here. Genuinely: take it easy, there was no offence meant.
And as I've broached this particular rubicon again today - to anyone else who is reading and interested in helping us broaden out the Quietus in any particular respect; please email me: john at the quietus dot com - I'll get back to you immediately.
― Doran, Saturday, 3 May 2014 10:10 (three years ago) Permalink
What is a "government name"? And how is he supposed to know what to call you if he may not have read the threads in which you told people what to call you?
If you're bothered by people getting your name wrong then maybe you should choose a different username again.
Doran, I emailed you/your colleague a while back regarding writing for The Quietus, he asked for some samples of my writing which I sent him but he never got back to me. I guess he didn't like the way I write which is a pity.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Saturday, 3 May 2014 12:05 (three years ago) Permalink
In other news
'Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom' on CBBC, ope episode is on Delia Derbyshire
― Mark G, Saturday, 3 May 2014 12:10 (three years ago) Permalink
a govt name is anyone's common first name
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Saturday, 3 May 2014 12:12 (three years ago) Permalink
well these guys ended our season in nov so whatever i spose
lol wrong thread
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Saturday, 3 May 2014 12:13 (three years ago) Permalink
"Government name" sounds kinda badass I guess. Wait tho can none of us use them or what
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Saturday, 3 May 2014 12:40 (three years ago) Permalink
Someone who isn't a poster's friend probably shouldn't be wielding their off-messageboard name in the context of debate; isn't it good netiquette to use the name they've chosen for ILX? Bramwell's friends - of which I am one - know the reasons not to address by given name here, no matter how familiar, so standard messageboard etiquette should probably cover les autres.
An interesting article was out recently re: argument strategies by men towards women, and part of the male belittling process under the guise of 'reasonable debate' was using your female adversary's given name (or, more commonly, a nickname version of said name) as a subtle form of diminishment (which is something anybody who is patronising will do to an adversary of whatever gender, but seems more prevalent in man to woman exchange). It's also incumbent on 'nice guys' to *be* that nice guy and gracefully accept a woman's attempt to consciousness-raise about their possible unconscious sexism in the same way said nice guy might reflect on fucking up in a similar way around issues of race.
Re. the Faber Social, all I really have to say it is galling to be at an event where there's a load of networking and men of similar or lower standing are being treated in a more inclusive way than a female equal. Some men notice when that's going on, but many don't or just go along to get along.
― baked beings on toast (suzy), Saturday, 3 May 2014 12:41 (three years ago) Permalink
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1sZTA8RMcG8/ToTHq8phCaI/AAAAAAAAD1I/8TImdSrMtIg/s400/bramwell_uk-show.jpg http://echostains.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/branwell-brontes-barbers-tale-by-chris-firth-sm-e1269813533507.jpg?w=227&h=300
― ogmor, Saturday, 3 May 2014 12:51 (three years ago) Permalink
anagram: we are horrifically overworked - I try and answer every single email I'm sent by writers but I can't expect the younger members of staff to lead the hermetic lifestyle I do in order to stay on top of work. Email me this weekend with some cuts and I'll get back to you.
I have literally never heard this about female first names before or netiquette about using people's first names & I didn't know what Government name meant until a few seconds ago. However rest assured I am now fully up to speed and won't be doing it again.
― Doran, Saturday, 3 May 2014 13:04 (three years ago) Permalink
Here's the few-days-old article in question; I admit I didn't see the use of name thing in anything other than an 'I'm trying to manage you and/or patronise you in this argument' outwith the whole sexism/privilege assertion angle before I read this and gave it a few seconds' thought, so...
― baked beings on toast (suzy), Saturday, 3 May 2014 13:15 (three years ago) Permalink
...argument' *way* outwith... erk!
― baked beings on toast (suzy), Saturday, 3 May 2014 13:16 (three years ago) Permalink
Will give it a read cheers. Also, I don't know who you are IRL but from what you've said, if you want to get in touch about work stuff please do. I don't have any control over this Faber event but it is an area we're moving more into.
― Doran, Saturday, 3 May 2014 13:18 (three years ago) Permalink
Literary and mixed media events rather than taking over Faber Social that is.
― Doran, Saturday, 3 May 2014 13:19 (three years ago) Permalink
JD, we met at a mutual friend/colleague's wake but that was ages ago. Your plans sound good! Admission-based events seem the only way to make a bit of wodge in certain areas of music and publishing, so hope participants are well looked after.
― baked beings on toast (suzy), Saturday, 3 May 2014 13:45 (three years ago) Permalink
Well, anything we've done before the artists always get paid first, even if we don't get paid at all, which is often the case. It would be a given that we'd carry this on over to apply to writers, poets, film makers etc.
― Doran, Saturday, 3 May 2014 13:50 (three years ago) Permalink
Branwell on stunning form in this thread
― online hardman, Saturday, 3 May 2014 15:19 (three years ago) Permalink
i like it when she tells people what they can and cant talk about on a messageboard
It's really amazing how, back in the days of yore, when some IRL shit went down in Nabisco's life, and he said "hey, you know, can you not use that name on the messageboard?" everybody got the message without a song and dance, and people stopped using his name.
It's really amazing how, back in the days of yore, when some crazy googlewhacking shit went down, Donut Bitch asked "hey, you know, can you not use that name on the messageboard?" everybody got the message without a song and dance, and people stopped using his name.
It's really amazing how, about 4 years ago, when some crazy IRL shit went down in my life, and I asked "hey, you know, can you please not use that name on the messageboard?" and somehow this message never gets through, and people continue to act like this is a bizarre and outré and unreasonable request to make, and I am a terrible person for even asking it.
And then the disingenuous "OMG, I have ~no idea~ what I'm supposed to have done wrong!!!" despite being told in the previous post, followed by "take it easy!" (what, you couldn't manage to slip in a "calm down, dear, no offence intended" while you were there?) is just the exact patronising bullshit I've come to expect from this specific individual.
And now we have the entire fucking rubbernecking peanut gallery of ILX clucking their tongues like a gabble of hens. What a joyful start to a bank holiday weekend!
― Bramble Bluebell (Branwell Bell), Saturday, 3 May 2014 15:48 (three years ago) Permalink
I actually had a great afternoon! I discovered three new patches of the Great North Woods that I had only glimpsed from afar.
― Bramble Bluebell (Branwell Bell), Saturday, 3 May 2014 15:49 (three years ago) Permalink
log off m8
― online hardman, Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:10 (three years ago) Permalink
Take it easy - as you well know - means I hope you're ok/may the road rise to meet you/I hope things are good for you. It does not mean what you're suggesting it does.
Disingenuous - no. I had no idea about this first name/government name thing. Why would I? Four years ago I very rarely ventured outside of metal threads.
― Doran, Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:42 (three years ago) Permalink
xp booming contribution
― kinder, Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:43 (three years ago) Permalink
Doran, it has been requested repeatedly. I think it's a fairly reasonable assumption that ILXors in general might have taken it on board. Obviously not in this case, but you can understand how it might get extremely tiring and 'real names' should at least not be the default when people are posting under usernames.
― kinder, Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:47 (three years ago) Permalink
Doran, it has been requested repeatedly. I think it's a fairly reasonable assumption that ILXors in general might have taken it on board
I for one have never seen it requested. There are so many threads I never read.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:50 (three years ago) Permalink
xp it's also a fairly reasonable assumption that not every single person who posts here does so with the same depth of attention to detail and desire to know the ins and outs of everything that goes on
in the case of Doran I don't think I've ever seen him post outside of ILM
― From Tha Crouuuch To Da Palacios (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:51 (three years ago) Permalink
This is the crux of it though isn't it? I had no idea. I've apologised three times now and I'll do it again.
I'm really very sorry.
I understand it must be tiring but does it warrant me being called a liar speaking 'bullshit'?
This is the first time I've ever, ever, ever posted on a non-music topic. Why on Earth would I know?
― Doran, Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:52 (three years ago) Permalink
You wouldn't. Bramwell overreacts, most ppl're aware of how she behaves on here
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:55 (three years ago) Permalink
xp I believe you, I'm just saying that if you *know a poster well enough to know their real name*, and keep up with the same 'depth of attention to detail' as to their various username changes, you might have read one of the many posts that they have posted on this topic. I am not trying to sound arsey - in fact I think you and I have friends in common.
― kinder, Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:58 (three years ago) Permalink
You don't KNOW her, how DARE you say that
― online hardman, Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:59 (three years ago) Permalink
XP: Yeah, I get it now. And believe it or not I feel bad about this. Not the least because I was genuinely trying to avoid another pointless flare up between us. Anyway, onwards and hopefully, sometimes, wherever possible, upwards.
― Doran, Saturday, 3 May 2014 17:04 (three years ago) Permalink
i've just eaten a salted caramel brownie, so upwards has happened
― kinder, Saturday, 3 May 2014 17:07 (three years ago) Permalink
I understand yr feeling bad fwiw Doran, yr intentions came across v clearly to me, but y'know
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Saturday, 3 May 2014 17:09 (three years ago) Permalink
Onwards, and upwards!
What is the German for sausage party? Just ask the Quietus and Faber & Faber:
― Branwell with an N, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 13:10 (three years ago) Permalink


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iconoclaste, September 3, 2008 8:28:21 PM CEST
The Blue Seeds "Lost and Delirious" by Stephane Fournier
The Blue Seeds is nominated for "Best International Video of the Year" at the 2008 Vimus International Music Video Festival for its animated short film/video "Lost and Delirious" directed by Stephane Fournier. The festival is held in Varzim, Portugal. Other nominees include Bob Dylan, Björk, José Gonzales and MGMT. The music video will also be featured at the 2008 Toofy Film Fest in Boulder, Colorado (USA). "Lost and Delirious" has been seen close to 50 000 times so far on Crackle and YouTube. It will be followed this fall by a second video, also directed by Stephane Fournier, for the song "My Fair Weather Friend".
my name is legion, September 4, 2008 12:19:56 AM CEST
excellent track + video
kayser_sauze, October 4, 2008 5:33:14 PM CEST

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Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy
Bruce Fein
Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008
238 pp.
The presidential election is almost upon us, and the candidates have been talking about all sorts of critical issues, such as who wears a flag pin, pays for travel for a candidate's children, associates with bad people, and is friends with Joe the Plumber.
Actually, there are more important issues at stake. In Constitutional Peril, Bruce Fein, a former Reagan administration appointee, warns that the very future of constitutional governance is at stake. The problem is not a threatened attack from without, but the erosion of limits on government and safeguards for liberty from within. He reminds us that "Eternal vigilance is the minimum price of liberty," but the state of the presidential campaign is merely additional evidence that the American people, and most of those seeking to lead them, are anything but vigilant. He laments: "The probability that the current tides daily eroding the constitution can be reversed is slim."
Fein starts with a bang. He advocates impeaching the president or risk "a degeneration of the US Constitution into executive despotism." Strong language, but the powers claimed by the Bush administration have been extraordinary.
Indeed, the president contended that the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), approved by Congress in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, also gave him essentially any power short of going to war, such as warrantless surveillance of American citizens and designation of American citizens as enemy combatants.
Fein takes his analysis a frightening step further. If the president's argument is correct, what power does he not possess? Fein writes:
"This means that, among other things, the AUMF empowers President Bush to use the American military to kill any individuals in the United States whom he declares were complicit in the terrorist acts committed on 9/11 on his say-so alone. In other words, the president is not required to supply evidence to a neutral or detached magistrate establishing reasonable cause for his belief that the target of the planned killing is a terrorist before employing lethal force. For example, if the president suspects that a dozen 'high value' al-Qaeda adherents are living in a suburban Los Angeles home, the AUMF authorizes him to order an aerial bombardment of the residence to kill its occupants. If the president's suspicions are later proved wrong as they were regarding the stockpiling of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the US invasion of March 2003; the numerous erroneous detentions at Guantanamo Bay, verified by the Defense Department's voluntary release of hundreds of suspected unlawful enemy combatant detainees since September 11, 2001; and a June, 23, 2008, federal appeals court decision nullifying an unlawful enemy combatant finding the homicides would still be considered legal."
This is America?
President Bush has not gone so far to level suburban neighborhoods across America, but it is the theory under which he has been governing. Thus, according to this administration, explains Fein, "if a power can be classified as 'executive,' then neither the legislative nor judicial branch may regulate, oversee, or check the president's actions." It is, frankly, a preposterous argument, contradicting the intentions and actions of America's Founders. They drafted the Constitution to disperse power to ensure that it was always checked, bounded, and constrained. How, asks Fein, "is President Bush's unitary executive theory different from self-coronation?"
Even the war power, so closely associated with the president, is divided. Congress is to decide on whether there is a war for the president to manage. Congress establishes the military. Congress approves the rules of war. Congress provides the funding for war. In short, Congress is the dominant player even in this area. But not in the view of the Bush administration, and its legal acolytes within the conservative Greek Chorus.
Yet despite abuses so obvious and pervasive, Congress, under both Democratic and Republican control, has done little to restrain the executive branch. Rather, Fein notes, "Congress has augmented the Bush-Cheney embrace of despotic powers through the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the Protect America Act of 2007, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendment of 2008, and the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act of 2006."
This explains Fein's extreme pessimism. Congress has the constitutional authority to check the executive, but it lacks the political will. Even worse, the American people seem disinterested in protecting their liberties. Notes Fein: "the American people are more culpable than Congress over the nation's constitutional peril because they have declined to exercise their right to vote or their First Amendment right to petition Congress for a redress of grievances to demand corrective legislation or impeachment to end the Bush-Cheney transgressions."
An air of near desperation pervades Constitutional Peril. Fein details prior precedents of executive branch lawlessness. He parses the complicated controversy over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, originally approved by Congress to limit prior presidential misconduct but ignored by President Bush.
He spends a chapter on the critical topic of government secrecy, so important for the executive branch to hide illegal behavior. He notes: "President George W. Bush has reveled in secret government by invoking executive privilege or state secrets to frustrate congressional or private oversight of executive-branch actions for example, the manipulation of US attorneys to skew law enforcement or secret spying programs that invade the privacy of Americans and, in the case of the Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP), are flagrantly criminal."
He also discusses "extraordinary rendition," by which the US turns people over to allied states to be tortured, as well as military commissions, which have won few convictions despite being designed to ensure prosecution victories. The point is not that the government cannot defend America from people who mean the country ill, but that the steps taken must be consistent with American law and principles, and should be effective. Most foolish of all have been policies, such as torture, which have yielded little security gain while wrecking America's reputation abroad.
Fein's judgment of the Bush administration is harsh, but no other conclusion is possible. Who else whether Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, or Richard Nixon has come close in executive misconduct? Writes Fein:
"President Bush has kidnapped, imprisoned, and tortured suspected terrorists abroad. He has created a climate of lawlessness in the executive branch, which emboldened CIA officials to destroy interrogation videotapes sought by the 9/11 Commission or Congress that probably provided ocular evidence of torture. He has signed bills passed by Congress while announcing his intent to disregard provisions that he maintains are unconstitutional for example, a provision denying funds to establish permanent military bases in Iraq. He has asserted the power to break and enter homes, open mail, kidnap and torture to gather foreign intelligence without review by any other branch. He has tacitly declared that every square inch of the United States is a battlefield appropriate for military force and military law because al-Qaeda hopes to kill Americans anywhere, and terrorists can blend into civilian populations."
All the while the president's policies actually have made Americans less safe. Quite an achievement for not yet eight years in office. Although Fein occasionally ranges over the top for instance, he compares the philosophies of the bloody Grenadian dictator Maurice Bishop and President Bush our republic truly is at risk. The danger comes not from the usual ruffians at the extremes of the political system, but seemingly respectable politicians, activists, and bureaucrats who insist that their powers must be enhanced and our freedoms must be sacrificed in order to protect us from dangers that only they recognize and understand. It is the same Siren call heard throughout history that has led to the destruction of so many liberal societies.
Ultimately, the American people can't rely on anyone but themselves to preserve their liberty. Writes Fein: "Everyone in a democracy is thus burdened with a moral duty to act as a sentinel for the liberty of everyone else. At present, the majority of citizens are neglecting their duty."
If not us, who? If not now, when? The time to act is short. Fein presents an emergency manifesto that should be heeded by all patriots and lovers of liberty.
Read more by Doug Bandow
- The Rise of ISIS: Iraq and Beyond – July 16th, 2014
- Squaring the Pentagon – March 12th, 2009
- Balancing Beijing – February 27th, 2009
- The Asian Century – February 20th, 2009
- Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty: The Battle Continues – February 6th, 2009


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Bishop Kukah: Politics in Nigeria is almost like armed banditry
2012-10-26 Vatican Radio(Vatican Radio) Among the participants at the Synod of Bishops on the new evangelisation is Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto in northern Nigeria. The nation is Africa's largest oil producer but is blighted by huge poverty, widespread corruption and recurring ethnic and sectarian violence. He spoke to Vatican Radio's Susy Hodges.
Listen to the extended interview with Bishop Matthew Kukah:
In a wide-ranging interview the Nigerian bishop looks at the ideas he will be taking home from the Synod and discusses the many challenges facing his country including the problem of poor governance, violence and high levels of corruption. Asked about the threat posed by the radical Islamic group Boko Haram, Bishop Kukah says he believes that both the Western and local media,when reporting on violence in Nigeria, put "too much emphasis" on the sectarian element by focussing too much "on our identities as Moslems and as Catholics."
At the same time Bishop Kukah says the Nigerian government is not using the right approach for resolving the violent campaign waged by Boko Haram by sending soldiers out onto the streets. "The Nigerian political class," he adds, "has hidden its incompetence by simply presenting the problem as a law and order issue, it's not." He goes on to say that by calling out the military, "the government is diminishing democracy" in Nigeria and is failing to tackle the roots of the problem and the need for dialogue to end the conflict.
Many people have also criticised the violent and heavy-handed approach by the military in trying to flush out the Boko Haram militants and Bishop Kukah agrees with those criticisms: "Ordinary people," he says, are saying we are actually suffering more from the military than from Boko Haram" ... "it's become like an army of occupation."
When it comes to the problem of poor governance, Bishop Kukah says the country is blighted by "monumental corruption." He goes on to say: "Politics in Nigeria is almost like armed banditry" ... as the price is so high and because "a climate of impunity has become so predominant."


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Carla Marinucci
SF Gate
July 26, 2013
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg – one of the world's richest tech innovators – will break new ground next month by speaking publicly for the first time on a political issue when he delivers an address on immigration reform in San Francisco at the West Coast premiere of a film about undocumented immigrants.
Zuckerberg's Aug. 5 appearance at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, where "Documented" will be shown, will also mark the entrance by Silicon Valley, which previously has been mostly concerned with obtaining visas for foreign high-tech workers, into the wider debate on immigration.
"It's a dramatic move, and it tells you we're at a critical moment in this issue – it's all hands on deck," said immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas, who wrote and directed the film, which details his experience as an immigrant living illegally in the U.S.


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Tebow Taunted with Lolo Chants
We could see this one coming from a mile away. Recently, track star Lolo Jones told HBO's Real Sports that she is, at 29, still a virgin, and that remaining so was more difficult than training for the Olympics. She originally revealed her virginity on Twitter back in March, tweeting that she did so to "honor God and future husband".
One predictable result of this is the fact that guys are getting off barstools and coming out of the woodwork now in the delusional hope that they'll be her first. The other predictable result is that people would assume New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, who has similar views as Lolo, would be a good match.
The Jets are currently working out with off season OTA's, and Tebow's team mates got in on the act, with chants of Lolo! Lolo! in the locker room. When Lolo heard about it, she tweeted:
"Ask Tebow if he wants a glass of milk. If he says yes, ask him if he prefers chocolate. if he says no, then no more Tebow date suggestions."
We're not quite sure why Lolo chose to publicly reveal such a personal detail of her life (not the chocolate milk), but future dating partners will certainly know now what to expect if they want to enter into a romantic relationship with her. Girls who are feeling pressure to give in on this sort of thing before they're ready could see her as a role model, an attractive woman who is sticking to her principals. Meanwhile, Jones continues to train six hours a day in her pursuit of a medal in the 100 meter hurdles at the Olympics in London this summer.
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Lived in Oconee County: 12 years; originally from Athens.
Occupation: Ninth grader at Oconee County High School.
Family: Parents, Kathy and Kevin McBride; sister, Kim.
Hobbies: Collecting Hot Wheel cars; airbrush painting.
What do you like about Oconee County? ''It's a small town and you know everybody. The people are all nice. There's a lot of stuff to do here.''
Do you have any concerns about the county? ''Everything is fine. We have a bunch of restaurants here, so we don't need any more.''
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Wednesday, January 9, 2002.
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Still an actual sport rather than just a loud automotive marketing orgy, Formula One zinged into back into life with a victory for Jenson Button at the Belgian Grand Prix. Button had said he wanted to impose – of all things – a "boring" race from pole position and so it came to pass as he led from start to finish while stopping just once, a homage perhaps to Belgium's own just-passing-through-on-the-way-to-Germany/France/somewhere else motorway tradition. Button was followed home by Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen.
Transfer window frenzy
Football proved again that it inhabits its own private universe fuelled by endless self-minting wealth and borne aloft on a gale of recycled hot air as the transfer window's final week passed in a fug of furious activity. Premier League clubs spent £490m ($780m), just £10m short of the record set in 2008, and as usual deadline day was a stampede of the desperate and the desirable: Clint Dempsey went to Tottenham, Dimitar Berbatov signed for Fulham from Manchester United and Scott Sinclair and Maicon both joined the stockpile at Manchester City. Now. Can everyone just sit down for a bit?
Wigan top Super League
In Real Man's Sport news, Wigan pulled off an astonishing Super League comeback to beat Hull KR and win the League Leaders' Shield. Rovers led 26-0, with Wigan unable to score until the 37th minute. At which point they proceeded to go bananas, eventually winning 42-36 with nine tries of their own. "There were times when I thought we needed to change things quickly," Wigan coach Shaun Wane said, possibly referring to the point when his team were almost 30 points behind.
'Baseball on steroids' in US
The glittering semi-prize that is cricket's one-day international No1 ranking is England's again. Back-to-back victories against South Africa lifted Alastair Cook's team from third to first and ensured England retain their two-year unbeaten record in home ODI series. Elsewhere, more Twenty20 idiocy: the US is plotting a yeehawing short-form thrashathon designed to clash with the venerable old county championship, with the sport being marketed in America as "baseball on steroids". If anything, anywhere ever just isn't cricket, this is probably it.


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Monday, June 30th beginning at 9am crews will be conducting bridge inspection on the US-280 westbound bridge over the Coosa River. This is located at mile marker 31. This will effect the westbound (right) lane and shoulder. Expect the work to last until 3pm.
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Turkish Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Ireland on Sunday
- Published by Ozgur Tore
A Turkish airlines plane has made an emergency landing after its passengers reportedly found a note containing a bomb threat on board.
The Turkish airlines TK34 flight with 207 passengers had been travelling from the Houston (USA) to Istanbul, Turkey. The plane landed in Ireland on Sunday morning at Shannon airport following a bomb threat. A napkin was found in the toilet with the word "bomb" written on it, the airline said in a statement. All of the passengers have been evacuated, according to CNN.
After the plane was searched, it was confirmed that no explosives were found on the plane.


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Background / The Army Would Rather Grit Its Teeth Than Stamp Its Feet
Yesterday's dead won't be the last in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, nor are they likely to appear on the list of the last 100 victims.
Yesterday's dead won't be the last in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, nor are they likely to appear on the list of the last 100 victims. Between the Hebrew University bombing and yesterday's bus bombing, a senior officer said that if he were promised that there would be only another 100 victims and then peace would come, he'd sign onto the deal.
The much bleaker outlook is that it will take years - or at least two or three - of more of the current level of fighting, and that as many Israeli casualties as the past year will likely fall victim. The numbers are chilling: From September 2000 to August 1 of 2001, 136 Israeli civilians (and foreigners) and soldiers were killed. From August 1 last year to this year another 467 were killed, making a total of 603 victims.
But despite that assessment, the IDF, backed by the prime minister, wants to remain as long as possible in a waiting mode - not like in the waiting days before the Six-Day War, when then major general Ariel Sharon was one of the officers pressing the government to open fire, but waiting for the developments that will help reduce Palestinian violence with a minimal Israeli involvement.
Sharon, one of the pioneers of Israel's retaliation policies, which believed in immediate, costly and escalated responses to Arab attacks, now wants to adopt precisely the opposite approach - restraint in the face of provocations meant to make Israel bleed and strike back. Restraint will preserve Israel's achievements, giving up restraint will waste those. Of course, a series of "terrible and horrifying" attacks could send the documents and slide show presentations back to the desk drawers, forcing Israel, not to its benefit, to undertake a third attack much more difficult and dangerous than the previous two, Operation Defensive Shield and Operation Determined Path.
The IDF's working plan, as presented last week to Sharon, is diametrically opposed to the expectations of the simplistic critics from left and right that are fueled by high octane emotions between radio report to TV broadcast. The IDF, with the political echelon's approval, is not stamping its feet demanding to leap into action to beat up the Palestinians. On the contrary. The goal now is to avoid escalation in the weeks and months ahead, waiting for local and regional developments that will have far-reaching implications.
Three of those developments, on their own and combined into one, are revolutionary: The coming American offensive against Saddam Hussein; the rise of a Palestinian leadership that will depart from Arafat's hardline approach; and the completion of "The Other Road" - the 11-kilometer fence and obstacle course dividing the north and center of the West Bank from Israel proper.
The plan was worked out over the past few weeks at the general staff level. It was derived from intelligence estimates, drafted in the planning department and takes into account the missions and resources of the operations department - how many troops and billions of shekels will be needed to meet the expected challenges.
The plan was discussed at the general staff level and was brought to the political echelon with the blessings of Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon. More than anything it represents the staff work orchestrated by two brigadier generals: head of the strategic planning department Eibal Giladi and head of research in Military Intelligence, Yossi Kuperwasser. Its weak point is in two areas out of the army's control: The Israeli public's forbearance and the terrorist organizations' survival.
According to the general assessment prepared by operations, the IDF has to prepare for fighting on three fronts: Palestinian, in the north, and on the Iraqi side - at either the current level or more intensively.
That's what the army's fighting force is preparing for, but the basic working assumption in the strategic plan is that the general tendency, the spirit of the times, is working in Israel's favor, and against Arafat.
Therefore, Israel has to grit its teeth, even in the face of painful attacks, and keep the fighting at its current level, if not lower. It would not be to Israel's benefit to break the pattern, neither with a military operation to reconquer the entire West Bank and Gaza, at the cost of thousands of Palestinian casualties and loss of world support for Israel, nor in a major confrontation with Damascus and Hezbollah.
By the spring of 2003, says this plan, Saddam Hussein will be gone, Arafat will be sidelined to a ceremonial role without much influence - much like Shimon Peres - and the residents of Tul Karm and Qalqilyah will wake up to a view of the wall, not the Mediterranean. That wall will mark the end of Arab expansion westward - and Israeli expansion eastward - and its psychological importance will have ramifications far more important for both sides than its practical purposes.
The operative question, therefore, is how to get through the coming six months with a "tolerable" level of terror. That's a vague concept, which does not lend itself easily to measurement, and it changes - what was considered two years ago to be intolerable and necessarily requiring an escalation, mortars flying out of Gaza, for example, are now nearly routine.
The answer, therefore, is in the hands of the Israeli public, as understood by the ministers and parties trying to assess the public's mood. The politicians' worries about their survival if they don't order a "mega-response" could force the collapse of the strategic calculation.
Precisely because escalation does not serve Israel, it's exactly what Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the extremists in the Tanzim want. "The race," says one general, "is between the rate at which we destroy terror cells and the speed with which they propagate."
Both sides meanwhile suffer from a lack of resources. The terrorists lack material and freedom of movement, while the IDF doesn't have enough forces. The Nablus operation of recent days was postponed several times due to lack of manpower. So, the army calls up troops, prevents terror, releases reserves, people get killed, and reserves are called up again - it's the same old chain of events expected for the coming year, during which the minority of Israeli adult men who serve in reserve combat units will spend 37 days in uniform.
In the meantime, the fence will be completed - or so the general staff promises - by May 2003, along its current route, which is not exactly on the Green Line, and will probably be widened in the Gilboa, Latrun and Jerusalem areas. But it will extend practically the entire length of the seam area, except for in the south Hebron area, where the topography doesn't require a fence to hunt down an infiltrator.
The general staff is pleased with its restraint in the north. Hezbollah tried to provoke Israel in April, during Operation Defensive Shield, but the army and political echelon held back. "They behaved like savages and were declared the neighborhood bullies," said one general. "It turns out Iran and Hezbollah also have constraints, both domestically in Lebanon and internationally."
Those restraints have kept Hezbollah quiet (other than inconsequential anti-aircraft fire at passing planes). The American assault on Iraq might change that, though not necessarily. In any case, there are at least two very high ranking generals who are prepared to bet each other's money that President Bush will order action against Saddam Hussein before September 11.
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Free one-on-one counseling is available Saturday for homeowners facing foreclosures in Montgomery County.
The event is being held in Gaithersburg from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bohrer Park Activity Center, located at Summit Hall Farm, 506 S. Frederick Avenue.
"Unfortunately, at a time when homeowners facing foreclosure are under a huge amount of stress, there has been a proliferation of unscrupulous scam artists who prey on them, sometimes charging them thousands of dollars to get a loan modification service that never arrives," said County Executive Ike Leggett.
Homeowners will receive one-on-one foreclosure prevention counseling offered by trained representatives from four County-approved housing counseling agencies—Asian-American Homeownership Counseling, HomeFree USA, Housing Initiative Partnership and the Latino Economic Development Corporation.
In addition, pro bono legal advice will be available at the event.


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With less than a week left before his dual-threat experiment begins against Buffalo, Georgia's Malcolm Mitchell visited with reporters after Monday's practice.
Mitchell has begun practicing a bit more at his old position, receiver, after spending most of the spring and preseason at cornerback, in order to be prepared to play both positions this fall. He filled in reporters on how much work he is getting on offense and defense and how much his defensive knowledge has improved during preseason practice.
Here is some of what Mitchell had to say:
Have they been working you on offense some?
I started getting more reps on offense just in case, just to make sure I know everything. If the time comes where I need to step in a couple plays, I'll be able to.
Do you know all the plays on offense now?
You have a couple new plays here and there, but the majority of it I know.
How comfortable are you on defense?
Right now I'm feeling very comfortable. I know I can get the job done. I have to focus and just play.
How much do you think you'll play on defense?
Right now I have no idea. I have no idea how much they'll use me on offense or defense. But I know my role right now is just to be there and that's what I'm going to do.
Are you playing more at boundary or field corner?
Really all of it. I guess just to make sure I know the whole scheme and I can play all of it.
Which one do you think you do the best?
Star's probably the hardest one. I really like that. As far as boundary and field, it's basically the same thing. It's just working with a lot more field. I feel comfortable playing any one.
The star is basically the nickel?
Yeah, when the nickel comes in.
That's the one where [Josh] Harvey-Clemons works? Who else?
Yeah. Damian [Swann]. Really us three.
Does all the moving around make your head swim?
It's been OK. When you learn anything new at first, it's going to look like a different language. But right now I'm comfortable with all of it, so if they call it I can run it and just get the job done.
Now that the season is here, do you ever look over at the receivers regret or worry about what the future holds?
At first it'll bother you a little bit, but right now I really won't worry about it because the decision's been made. It's been put in process, so at the end of the day, that was a choice that I've just got to deal with right now. I feel like it's going to work out good either way. But when I look at the receivers, I know I'm going to be back over there eventually or I'll be doing both. So as long as I can do both, it doesn't matter how much of which one I do.
What was the main thing you wanted to work on this month, cornerback-wise?
Probably just knowing what to do and when to do it. Knowing what to do, it's fine, but you've got to know when to do it. In some spots you're inside leverage, some you're outside leverage, some you're 5 yards off, some you're 9 yards off, so it's a lot of stuff. You've got to know what to do, when to do it and it's all adjusting to the offense. So you've got to see something and adjust to it before they call the play.
How much did you know how to do and when to do it at the end of the spring?
I knew a lot, but nothing compared to the level that I know now.
You feel like you could play every down now and you didn't in the spring?
No [laughs]. No, it wasn't going to be no way. I'd have been out there asking.
Why do you say that?
Because I know what to do, but I'm not sure [in the spring]. And not being sure is very dangerous because if I feel like I know what to do, but I'm not sure about it, I might not do it. And if I might not do it, they might score. But now I'm sure about it. During the spring I was looking back, asking the safeties just to make sure. Now they make a call and I know what to do, so we're just rolling with it.


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Phyllis Ann McDaniel
Concorida, KS
Phyllis Ann McDaniel, 82 years of age, passed away on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Cloud County Health Center in Concordia. She was born on October 20, 1930 in Herndon to John and Anna (Versch) Wolkensdorfer. She graduated from Hastings High School in Hastings, Nebraska. Phyllis married Charles L. (Chuck) McDaniel on February 25, 1951 in Oakley. She enjoyed reading, walking, music boxes, and especially spending time with her grandchildren. Phyllis was a member of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Concordia and Altar Society.
Phyllis is survived by:
Dara Linton and husband Richard of Osborne
Lori Hess and husband Mike of Cedar Falls, Iowa
Erin Oertel and husband Steve of Goddard
Kelli Spear and husband Mark
Jona McDaniel of Concordia
Kathy Tatum of Concordia
9 grandchildren
18 great grandchildren
1 great great grandchild
Several nieces and nephews
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Chuck on January 13, 2012; 3 brothers; and 3 sisters.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM Friday, September 6, 2013 in the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Concordia with Rev. Brian Lager officiating.
Interment will be in the St. Concordia Cemetery in Concordia. Visitation will be held from 10 AM to 9 PM Thursday, September 5, 2013 with an altar society rosary at 5 PM and a vigil service at 7 PM at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home in Concordia.
Memorials are suggested to the church in care of the funeral home.
Condolences may be left online at www.chaputbuoy.com. Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home in Concordia is in charge of arrangements.


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Everybody loves Mexican food – it's tasty, filling and easy on the wallet. Lupita's Café, along Thornydale just south of Ina, is a new Northwest restaurant serving authentic, homemade Mexican food.
At Lupita's, everything is made from scratch, using fresh ingredients. Owner and head cook Lupita Montana is a young woman who grew up in northern Mexico. She uses recipes passed down by her mother and grandmother.
"My grandmother taught me to be sure to taste everything, to make sure it is just right, before it can be served," said Lupita. "A lot of our customers who come in say that this is the food they had growing up."
One of the house specialties is the chile relleno, two huge, fire-roasted green chilies filled with cheese, lightly fried and topped with tomato salsa. They're accompanied by ranchero beans, Spanish rice, shredded lettuce and tomato.
On the weekly lunch menu are albondigas (Mexican meatball soup), beef pozole (beef, hominy and beans), cocido (beef vegetable soup) and arroz con pollo (chicken and rice).
Every soup is homemade the day it is served. A popular favorite is the menudo, served on Saturdays and Sundays. On the weekends, to eat in or take out, people line up, sometimes carrying three-gallon containers to be filled. The menudo is made using 40 pounds of tripe (cow intestines) for every 10 pounds of cow's feet.
Walking into Lupita's is like stepping into Mexico. It is spacious, open and comfortable, easily able to accommodate a group or the single diner. Colorful murals painted by local artist Gonzalo Espinosa grace the walls, serapes hang from the windows and the tiles and even the serving dishes are rich in bright, primary colors. There is an outdoor patio shaded by thatched palm fronds.
Lupita's is also becoming well known for its Sonoran hot dog. It is a hot dog wrapped in bacon, served on a warm roll, with grilled onions, ranchero beans, dried tomatoes, mustard, mayo and guacamole crème, served with a chili guerrito.
"We're the only restaurant in Northwest Tucson with an authentic Sonoran hot dog," said Lupita. "Sometimes the workers around here will come in and order 12 at a time to go."
Every diner at Lupita's gets a dicho at the end of every meal. A dicho is similar to a fortune cookie and it contains proverbs and words of advise in English and Spanish. The proverb of this day reads "slowly but surely" (despacio pero segoro) – good advice while eating and savoring a meal at Lupita's Café.
Lupita's Café
7077 N.Thornydale, just south of Ina.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week. Breakfast is served all day.
Take out orders welcome; call at least 15 minutes ahead.


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Some sensitive digital components on the motherboard are vulnerable to power surges, the excessive current may cause your system to malfunction immediately. ASRock Full Spike Protection includes various technologies to prevent your motherboard's components from being damaged by these unexpected voltage spikes.
Surge Protection
Protects the motherboard from excessive surges from the power supply unit.
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The onboard LAN chip is protected against sudden and violent voltage spikes caused by lightning.
ESD Protection
USB: Added ICs to protect the onboard USB ports from electrostatic discharges.
LAN: Prevents the onboard LAN from being damaged by electrostatic discharges.
MOSFETs: MOSFETs in critical areas use a special design for protecting them from electrostatic discharge during the installation process.
Orbweb ME
Your Personal Cloud, Easy and Always Connects
ASRock Cloud* technology makes your mobile devices connect to your PC seamlessly and supports multi devices for accessing File Explorer cloud service simultaneously! We offer a one-year subscription to Orbweb.ME Professional version, a personal cloud service which is $49.99 per year. It allows you to get connected with your PC's files, music, photos, and video clips remotely with tablets anytime, anywhere. Plus an additional one-month upgrade to Orbweb.ME Ultimate package with Remote Desktop function is also available. Now, download Orbweb Me Host, enter ASRock Cloud promotion code "ASR2014B", ASRock's users are allowed to enjoy all services above.
Personal Cloud for Everyone
Cloud service should be simple and personal. Don't take time to upload the files to the public cloud again. Stop spending money on setting up another NAS device you don't know. Orbweb ME's file browser is your solution to zero adaption, managing your folders and files in the cloud. Accessing and exchanging files instantly among all of your PC and storages. All your folders and files are sitting just where you know they are.
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Orbweb Personal's media library takes care of your media content. Organize all your photos, videos and music across your PCs and online storages. Diverse, intuitive and smart sorting help finding desired movies in few clicks. Progressive streaming lets you enjoy your music collection almost no download time. Web browser based and mobile app portal keep you connected in any device any time.
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Laying in the bedroom or sitting in the office, tablet in your hands just becomes smarter. Pick up any work sheet left in office or start any application from you home PC. Orbweb ME's remote desktop not only mobilized your PC but also empower your tablet. No matter the device, No matter the location, Orbweb ME always keeps your PC by you.
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The latest technology that WOWs you with the ability to wake up your PC remotely over the internet. Turn your PC on/off only when you need to. Keep your PC healthy and save energy at the same time.
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What you've never understood about your computer is that it is scared to death of water, H2O, humidity or whatever you'd like to name it. And even though you do not see the water, actually there may be lots of excessive moist in the air killing your motherboard silently and slowly. No, your motherboard doesn't melt when in contact with water like the wicked witch of the west, but it dies of short circuit. Luckily, ASRock has a new High Density Glass Fabric PCB design that reduces the gaps between the PCB layers to protect the motherboard against electrical shorts caused by humidity.
All Solid Capacitor Design
ASRock is determined to use high quality materials to build the best motherboards, that's why all the capacitors on this motherboard are built with 100% solid capacitors. These solid capacitors bring long lasting durability and ultra stable performance.
Dual Graphics Outputs
Complete with two types of most used connectors! Packed with a D-Sub + DVI combo, you have more graphics output options now.
Gigabit LAN
This ASRock motherboard uses a Realtek gigabit LAN chip to support extremely fast internet connections.
A-Tuning is ASRock's multi purpose software suite with a new interface, more new features and improved utilities, including XFast RAM and a whole lot more.
USB Key
In a world where time is money, why waste precious time everyday typing usernames to log in to Windows? Why should we even bother memorizing those foot long passwords? Nobody has time for that! Just plug in the USB Key and let your computer log in to windows automatically!
Restart to UEFI
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ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
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UEFI Tech Service
Contact ASRock Tech Service by sending a support request from the UEFI setup utility if you are having trouble with your personal computer. Users may try to choose the category of the issue they have encountered, describe the problem in detail, and then attach an optional picture or log file for our technical support team.
Dampness kills most electronics, so it's a better idea to keep your personal computer dry. Now users may prevent motherboard damages due to dampness by enabling Dehumidifier. When it is enabled, the computer will power on automatically to dehumidify the system after entering S4/S5 state.
Easy Driver Installer
For users that don't have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from our support CD, Easy Driver Installer is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver to your system via an USB storage device, then downloads and installs the other required drivers automatically through the internet. Completely no CD or optical disk drive required!
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When Internet Explorer loads very slowly for no clear reason, it's usually due to inefficient management. ASRock is rolling out super efficient web management in the motherboard industry. XFast LAN is a convenient tool that controls internet related applications easily and efficiently. Creating a perfect Internet environment, all you need is a smart manager. ASRock XFast LAN allows you to enjoy more speed, easier multitasking, enhanced multimedia experience, and more – all without weighing you down.


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China Qatar Communique Establishing Diplomatic Relations
Out of a common desire to strengthen and develop the friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries, the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the State of Qatar have decided to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries at the ambassadorial level as from Saturday, 9 July 1988.
ZHOU Jue People's Republic of China Government
Abdul Rahman Bin Hamad AL-ATTIYAH State of Qatar to the
Paris, 5 July 1988
This work is in the public domain in the U.S. because it is an edict of a government, local or foreign. See § 206.01 of the Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices. Such documents include "judicial opinions, administrative rulings, legislative enactments, public ordinances, and similar official legal documents."
These do not include works of the Organization of American States, United Nations, or any of the UN specialized agencies. See Compendium II § 206.03 and 17 U.S.C. 104(b)(5).
PD-in-USGov}}, the above U.S. Copyright Office Practice does not prevent U.S. states or localities from holding copyright abroad, depending on foreign copyright laws and regulations.


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All stereotypes aside, I've never heard an Australian utter the above words with the exception of the highly-paid voice over artist for Outback Steakhouse. And possibly Paul Hogan in his notable performance as "Crocodile Dundee" (only the first movie, of course – the sequels aren't worth mentioning).
No matter where said stereotype originated, what I do hear emanating from Down Under is a keen series of statements reflecting how happy our Australian friends are to be doing business in America. After two weeks traveling and attending events, all – oddly – involving Australians, I had to wonder why entrepreneurs from south of the equator were more positive about the investment environment than we are: the ones who live, work, and dream in a Country where anything is possible. Whatever the reason, I'm inclined to eat a bloomin' onion for dinner.
The companies with which I've been meeting span the industry spectrum, from consumer electronics to video games, multi-media, and entertainment. In each reside a spirited CEO and management team, all of whom endeavor to make their places in the States. For many, it will be their first foray into the American investor market; for others, who've been building a life here for several years, it is their third or fourth company after several successful prior exits. And yet, in what we all know is a recessionary economy, all are seeking or continuing to seek opportunities here.
Nowhere else. HERE. Why?
Because they want the same thing every domestic entrepreneur wants: the chance to fulfill a dream, to create a successful business, and to retire to a large, beautiful island. Wait… the Aussies already have one.
Nevertheless, my idea-generating friends, the point is that we need to again find our spirit, our confidence, and our joie de vivre. Entrepreneurs from all over the world know that the United States is the place to come to cultivate relationships and to secure growth capital. The current economic "ebb" has an effect on the entire planet, yet those who wish to prosper still look to us for guidance. Perhaps we should not lose sight of that very basic fact.
I think actress Rachel Griffiths said it best, with comedic proportion, when being honored at the G'Day LA gala dinner last week (I do not quote verbatim, since I was wielding flatware in lieu of a pen): "I never thought I would do American TV; now I'm doing a Network series. I never thought I'd live in America, now I'm married to an American. I never thought I'd have children in America, now I'm breeding Americans. And I have to say: I will always be Australian but I'm PROUD to be breeding Americans!"
What does it really mean? I wasn't entirely sure at first, but it made us laugh. And as I sat there, surrounded by her Countrymen, it hit me: as much as I jest above about barbequing shellfish, Ms. Griffiths was jesting as well. Stereotype or not, Hollywood provided her the opportunity to expand her career. She seized upon it and is ultimately thankful for what it provided her.
Many follow the same path – rising star or layman – to this land where those who seek their good fortune have a chance to be thusly rewarded. It may not be easy, but it IS and will ALWAYS be possible for people with ideas, talent, tenacity, and enough hope to see the light at the end of this tunnel we call a recession.


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OUR Greatest Challenge Awaits US… Can WE Rise To It?
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. — Matthew 24:6
The anniversary of 9/11 is only days away and as Americans we should be ever vigilant for signs of a new attack. ISIS is threatening such an event. Judicial Watch has written that the Feds are gearing up for a big one on the Southern border, due to ISIS having become affiliated with the Mexican drug cartels in Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, TX.
This AM I read the following at Breitbart: Rocker Girl, Mother of Two ISIS Recruit Wants to Behead Christians with 'a Blunt Knife' and just had to write about it over at The Kitchen Cabinet's Facebook page:
We live in perilous times. We are weary of war. We just want to be left alone to our comfortable lives, our big screen TVs, our Friday night football games, the sounds of our children playing T-ball, our Facebook, our Twitter, our iPhones and X-Boxes…
However, there are forces out there that are determined to take ALL of that away from US, even recruiting from among us to do so. The executioner of American journalist James Foley was a Brit, rapper L-Jinny. The gal pictured here married an extremist, has changed her name, and they have gone to the IS caliphate to be with Foley's killer to "do their part" for jihad. She lusts for the opportunity to decapitate her "enemies" with a dull knife. These are not new, unique events… history is full of this kind of murder and mayhem.
The Greatest Generation is almost all gone from our midst. They would be seeing the signs, as they also witnessed a great evil arising in the middle of Western Europe and Japan, and later in greater Asia. Weary from WWI and ravished from the fallout of the Great Depression there was no stomach for beginning the doing of what needed to be done. Until… the Japanese brought the war to US at Pearl Harbor.
We got this upcoming war brought to our shores on September 11, 2001 with devastating direct strikes on our major financial district and our Pentagon. By the heroics of passengers who knew they were doomed either way and chose to die defending their country, one of our national seats of government was spared on that day.
We have NO idea how many radical Islamic terrorists have crossed the Southern border in the latest waves of illegal infiltrations, and neither do we know how many of them were flown to destinations across the land during the time the illegals were being allowed to board domestic flights without ID or documentation.
Sec. of State John Kerry will use a Nato summit and try to put together a 'world coalition' to fight ISIS on its home turf. The Saudi King has announced that ISIS will bring terror "in Europe in a month and US a month after."
We are tired… we are financially exhausted… we don't want to sacrifice our children and grandchildren to the ravages of war. No one of good heart ever does.
The big question is, how much do we want to survive as a society? What will we be leaving to our children? Will the future of America be the Freedom of our Founders, or the brutal, bloodthirsty Sharia of the medieval Arabian desert?
This is what the "brutal, bloodthirsty Sharia of the medieval Arabian desert" looks like. This is the British rapper L-Jinny moments before he takes that knife and brutally removes the head from the body of living American photo-journalist, James Foley.
What will be the response when ISIS infiltrators start posting videos like this on social media that have been shot in the desert outside Las Vegas, in the vast areas of New Mexico, from Times Square?
Why does President Barack Obama admit to the world that his administration has NO plan to deal with the likes of ISIS, and then cavalierly go golfing, again?
Our world is not what we think it is… it is a far more dangerous, brutal and deadly place. Modern civilization is a thin veneer of sophistication and ease, covering a deep well of evil, like an active volcano, ready to erupt at any time with violent, deadly force.
Unlike with a volcano, we can fight against this evil, if we have the will, and the faith.
That's the question… do we?
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The Art of Mastering Guide
Sellers intending to sell their property as well as buying looking to pupurchase property will be comfortable if they can talk to the people on the website and not automated machines. There is an About button in every website. Here, once a customer clicks on that button they get to know who is who is that real estate agency in the order or hierarchy. If possible use photos of every person detailing their rorolen the industry.


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32" Coby Flat Screen Televisions
Cocktail Glasses
Emergency Reporting System Transmitters
Evolution Mountain Bikes
Google Chromebooks
IKEA Children's Wall-Mounted Lamps (IMPORTANT)
Red Wing Shoes
Toro Lawn Mowers
Total Care Aerosol Cleaners
Remember, you should stop using questionable products until you understand the issue and contacted the distributors.
All recalls can be looked up at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/
Google and HP Recall HP Chromebook 11 Chargers because The computer's charger can overheat and melt, posing fire and burn hazards.
Contact Google toll-free at (866) 628-1371 or online at http://chromebook.com and click on the Chromebook link at the top of the page and then click on Support for more information.
IKEA Recalls Children's Wall-Mounted Lamps Due to Strangulation Hazard; One Child Death Reported.
A 16-month-old child in a crib died after getting entangled in the lamp's cord. In a separate incident, a 15-month-old child in a crib became entangled in the lamp's cord and nearly strangled. In both incidents, which occurred in Europe, the lamp cord was pulled into the crib by the infants, creating a strangulation hazard.
Contact IKEA toll-free at (888) 966-4532 anytime or online at www.ikea-usa.com and click on the Recall link at the top of the page for more information.
Solowave Recalls Home Playground Tube Slides with Port Holes because The plastic port hole-type windows in the tube slide can break, posing a laceration hazard to children.
Contact Solowave toll-free at (866) 678-0376 or online at www.solowavedesign.com and click on Important Safety Notice.
Playtex Recalls Hip Hammock Infant Carriers Due to the buckles on the waist and shoulder straps can crack or break, posing a fall hazard to the child.
Contact Playtex at (800) 522-8230 or
online at www.playtexproducts.com and click on Recall for more information.
Eight different Retailers Recall 32" Coby Flat Screen Televisions because An electronic component can fail, catch fire and ignite nearby items, posing fire and burn hazards.
The U.S. company is out of business so eight retailers have stepped up to voluntarily recall the televisions.
ABC Warehouse: Toll-free at (855) 510-0070 or www.abcwarehouse.com for more information.
Best Buy: (800) 566-7498 or www.BestBuy.com and click on Product Recalls at the bottom of the page for more information.
Fry's Electronics: Toll-free at (877) 688-7678 or www.frys.com for more information.
h.h. gregg: Toll-free at (888) 723-7385 or www.hhgregg.com for more information.
Nebraska Furniture Mart: (800) 359-1200 or www.nfm.com for more information.
P.C. Richard & Son: Toll-free at (866) 312-4493 or www.pcrichard.com for more information.
Sears/Kmart: Toll-free at (888) 852-3571 or www.sears.com or www.kmart.com and click on Product Recalls at the bottom of the page for more information.
Toys R Us: (800) 869-7787 or www.toysrusinc.com and click on Product Recalls at the bottom of the page for more information.
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Wahl Recalls Total Care Aerosol Cleaner Due to Vapors from the propellant in the Total Care product can ignite upon contact with hair clippers, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Contact Wahl at (800) 767-9245 or online at www.wahl.com and click on Recall for more information.
Libbey Glass Recalls Cocktail Glasses because The glasses can break unexpectedly, posing a laceration hazard.
Contact Libbey Glass at (800) 982-7063 or online at www.libbey.com and click on "Product Recall" for more information.
Linear Recalls Personal Emergency Reporting System Transmitters Due to Battery Signal Failure
The battery clips in the transmitters can corrode causing the transmitters to operate intermittently or not at all,
Contact Linear toll-free at (855) 554-2384 or online at www.linear-pers.com and click on Recalls.
Exmark Recalls Commercial Walk-Behind Mowers Due to Injury Hazard
Toro Recalls TimeMaster and TurfMaster Lawn Mowers Due To Injury Hazard
The mower's blade can break and injure the user and others nearby.
Contact Toro toll-free at (855) 340-7686 or online at www.toro.com and click on Product Recall Information.
Fox Factory Recalls Evolution Mountain Bike Suspension Forks Due to The suspension fork's damper cylinder/piston can separate and cause the front wheel to detach, posing a fall hazard.
FOX toll-free at (855) 360-3488 or
online at www.ridefox.com and click on the recall link for more information.
Red Wing Shoes Recalls Steel Toe Work Boots Due to the steel toe cap in the boots could fail to protect the wearer's feet in an impact.
Contact Red Wing Shoes at (800) 733-9464 or
by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or
online at www.redwingshoes.com and click on Safety Notice for more information.
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