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NSA and GCHQ target 'leaky' phone apps like Angry Birds to scoop user data — GCHQ documents use Angry Birds - reportedly downloaded more than 1.7bn times - as a case study for app data collection. — The National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have been developing capabilities …
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Janet Shan / Hinterland Gazette: Snowden Leak: NSA and GCHQ Target Phone Apps Like Angry Birds for Personal Data
Russell Brandom / The Verge: New NSA documents reveal massive data collection from mobile apps
New York Times:
Spy Agencies Scour Phone Apps for Personal Data — When a smartphone user opens Angry Birds, the popular game application, and starts slinging birds at chortling green pigs, spy agencies have plotted how to lurk in the background to snatch data revealing the player's location, age …
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico: Jay Carney ducks Angry Birds surveillance question
Cheston Catalano / Liberaland: Spy Agencies Scour Phone Apps For Personal Data
Fran Berkman / Mashable: Report: NSA Snoops on Angry Birds and Other Apps
Matthew Feeney / Hit & Run: New Snowden Revelation: NSA, GCHQ Look Through Apps To Find Personal Data
Eyder Peralta / NPR: NYT: NSA Can Exploit Mobile Apps For Information
Spy Agencies Probe Angry Birds and Other Apps for Personal Data
Spy Agencies Probe Angry Birds and Other Apps for Personal Data
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Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch: NSA May Want Mobile Data, Including Info From Angry Birds And Maps
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
A Pen, a Phone, and a Flailing President — The White House's problem might not be strategies and tactics. It might be Obama himself. — For months, the White House and its allies mocked critics of Barack Obama's leadership, arguing that no president has "Green Lantern" superhero powers.
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Ryan Cooper / The Plum Line: President Obama is not a lame duck
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix: The White House is re-opening its political office. Why?
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Obama to sound Nixonian theme in SOTU?
Yuval Levin / National Review: The Phone and Pen President
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico: Pfeiffer: Obama will use 'pen and phone' in 2014
Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Assert Unilateral Agenda — President to Seek to Use State of the Union Address to Shift Souring View of Leadership … WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night will seek to shift the public's souring view of his leadership …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Morning Plum: Inside Obama's game plan for 2014
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller: White House to a few big companies: sign a 'pledge' to hire unemployed people
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Time for Obama to punch hard
Time for Obama to punch hard
Jim Acosta / CNN: State of the Union: The presidency - feeling feisty
Ann Althouse / Althouse: Sad-eyed President of the Lowlands.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Some Republicans Departing From State of Union Response Script
Some Republicans Departing From State of Union Response Script
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Trey Radel to resign House seat — Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.) will resign from Congress on Monday, according to multiple sources. — Radel, 37, was caught buying cocaine in November from an undercover federal agent in Washington and spent nearly a month in a rehabilitation facility.
Michael O'Brien / NBCNews: Florida Rep. Radel to resign after coke conviction
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Breaking: Radel to resign today
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo: Read Trey Radel's Resignation Letter
Richard Luscombe / Guardian: Florida congressman Trey Radel to resign after cocaine conviction
Caitlin Huey-Burns / Real Clear Politics: Trey Radel to Resign House Seat
Abby Livingston / Roll Call: Connie Mack, Florida Republicans React to Radel Resignation (Updated)
Scared Monkeys: Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL) Will Resign His Seat Effective Today ... In Wake of Misdemeanor Possession …
Mark Memmott / NPR: Rep. Radel Resigns; Pleaded Guilty To Cocaine Possession
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Congressman Arrested In Cocaine Bust To Resign
Pamela Engel / Business Insider: Florida Congressman Who Pleaded Guilty To Cocaine Will Reportedly Resign
Associated Press:
Rep. Trey Radel to resign from Congress
Rep. Trey Radel to resign from Congress
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Leslie Larson / NY Daily News: Trey Radel to resign from Congress after cocaine scandal
Andrew Johnson / National Review: Radel to Resign Following Cocaine Charges
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Says She Hasn't Driven A Car Since 1996 (VIDEO) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that she hasn't driven a car since 1996, the year her husband Bill Clinton was elected to a second term as president. — "I have to confess that one of the regrets …
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Donald Douglas / American Power: Hillary Clinton: My Biggest Regret Is What Happened In Benghazi...'
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Hillary Clinton: "My Biggest Regret Is What Happened In Benghazi"
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller: Father of Benghazi victim to attend State of the Union as GOP guest
Andrew Johnson / National Review: Clinton: Benghazi Is My Biggest Regret
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton's biggest regret at State: Benghazi
Clinton's biggest regret at State: Benghazi
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico: Hillary Clinton: Benghazi 'biggest' regret
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Clinton Supporters Want Iowa To Want Her
Clinton Supporters Want Iowa To Want Her
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Shadow theme song for Hillary 2016 shadow campaign: "I want you to want me"
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard: Hillary Supporters in Iowa: She Can't Be Seen As 'Ordained'
Philip Rucker / Washington Post: Hillary Clinton supporters get a head start organizing for 2016 Iowa caucuses
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Deficit Reduction Declines as Policy Priority — Just Half of Democrats Rate Deficit as 'Top Priority' — For the first time since Barack Obama took office in 2009, deficit reduction has slipped as a policy priority among the public. Overall, 63% say reducing the budget deficit …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Public Aware of Asymmetric Polarization
Tal Kopan / Politico: Dems winning care-about-me poll
Brad Plumer / Wonkblog: What voters actually care about, in one chart
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA: GOP In Shambles As Poll Finds Americans View Democrats as More Ethical and Honest
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos: Obamacare political disaster
Brian Beutler / Salon:
How the right destroyed itself: History, ideology and strategic blunders — Even if they could, Democrats already beat them there — Last week I wrote an article arguing that the impediments to conservative reform are structural — that the idiosyncrasies of the Republican base make appealing …
Sochi 2014: No gay people in city, says mayor — The mayor of Sochi, host of the Winter Olympics, has said there are no gay people in the city. — Anatoly Pakhomov said homosexuals were welcome at the Games - as long as they "respect Russian law" and "don't impose their habits on others".
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo: Mayor Of Sochi Says There Are No Gays In City, Despite Its Gay Bars
Adam Taylor / Business Insider: If There Are No Gays In Sochi, Then Who Goes To The Gay Cabaret Club?
Sam Laird / Mashable: Sochi Mayor: My City of 343,000 Has 0 Gays
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National Review:
Don't Do It — The House Republican leadership has been confronted by devilishly difficult tactical choices over the years. But what to do on the issue of immigration right now isn't one of them. The correct course is easy and eminently achievable: Do nothing.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Are House Republicans planning to pull a fast one on immigration?
Are House Republicans planning to pull a fast one on immigration?
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The Hugh Hewitt Show: Targeting service members for budget savings is a losing strategy for Republicans
Laura Meckler / Washington Wire: The Latest Ideas on Changing U.S. Immigration Law
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Fox News:
A Republican plan to replace ObamaCare, cover pre-existing conditions and lower costs — During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama will probably declare that his signature health care law is finally starting to work as designed. — We expect him to claim the mantle of …
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Danny Vinik / Business Insider: There's A New Republican Health Care Proposal And It's Actually Not That Bad
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Avik Roy / Forbes:
Senate Republicans Develop The Most Credible Plan Yet To 'Repeal And Replace' Obamacare
Senate Republicans Develop The Most Credible Plan Yet To 'Repeal And Replace' Obamacare
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas: New GOP health care plan is a major remodel of Obamacare, not a complete tear down. And that's OK
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Stephen Glass denied California law license — Stephen Glass, the former journalist who famously fabricated his articles, was denied his bid for a law license by the California Supreme Court on Monday. — Glass, whose fabrications were the subject of a 2003 film, left The New Republic …
Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:
Dear GOP, Stop Talking About Women's Bodies — Mike Huckabee and Rand Paul think women have out-of-control "libidos" and like playing the victim. Did they not learn anything from Todd Akin? — Perhaps it's time for Republican men to stop talking about women's bodies and choices.
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Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: "THERE'S NO MORE RACISM" TALKING POINT WORKING SO WELL FOR GOP THAT RAND PAUL TRIES OUT SEXISM VERSION
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Hawaiians, D.C. Residents Most Approving of Obama in 2013 — Wyoming and West Virginia residents least approving — PRINCETON, NJ — Residents of 11 states and the District of Columbia gave President Barack Obama job approval ratings above 50% in 2013. Hawaii had the highest approval rating among …
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Janet Shan / Hinterland Gazette: Poll: D.C. and Hawaii Give President Obama High Job Approval Ratings for 2013
Andrew Johnson / National Review: Obama Approval Below 50 Percent in Nearly 40 States
Chicago News and Weather:
Gary woman admits selling baby for sex — HAMMOND, Ind. (Sun-Times Media Wire) - — A Gary, Ind. woman admitted this week that she sold a baby eight times to a Gary man for sex and was in the room for all the meetings except for the last one. — Natisha Hillard, 25 …
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Stop 'Constantly Bashing Banks' And 'Lecturing On Ethics And Integrity,' Megabank CEO Says — "Life is hard enough," according to Swiss banking executive Sergio Ermotti, "without people "constantly bashing banks. " The UBS chief executive made those remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "
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Matt West / Boston Herald:
Sheriffs cheer pot shot, say DEA chief ripped Obama remarks — Photo by: — WE'RE 'FRUSTRATED': Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson, above, lauded DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart after she criticized President Obama for comparing smoking marijuana to drinking alcohol. — By:
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Paranoia of the Plutocrats — Rising inequality has obvious economic costs: stagnant wages despite rising productivity, rising debt that makes us more vulnerable to financial crisis. It also has big social and human costs. There is, for example, strong evidence that high inequality leads to worse health and higher mortality.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Dish: The Cognitive Dissonance Of The One Percent
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David Sirota / PandoDaily: Disingenuous Basterds: The oligarchs' long campaign to depict their critics as Nazis
Kathy Gill / The Moderate Voice: Godwin's Law and the Wall Street Journal
The Star-Ledger Editorial Page:
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American Prospect:
Macroeconomics and the Iron Truths of Accounting Identities — Most college-educated people have been through an intro econ class where they were punished with the basic macroeconomic accounting identities. They then quickly forget them as soon as the class was over.
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Shields already has one boite requirement down cold: She knows how to be herself. Even better, that person is someone we like right from the start: unpretentious, smart, and convincingly genuine. Her self-written patter sparkles with wit and shines with perception, and she tells great show-biz stories (particularly one about dating George Michael when she was a famous teenage virgin). Backed by a fine four-piece band led with snap by musical director Charlie Alterman, she seems more at home with pop songs, such as her opener, James Taylor's "Your Smiling Face," and the Carole King–Gerry Goffin "One Fine Day." Perhaps that's because they call for the projection of a single emotion, are not about character, and allow Shields to sing in a more contemporary style than the raft of theater songs she does, many of which come from the classic musicals in which she has appeared on Broadway as a replacement: "Grease," "Cabaret," "Chicago," and "Wonderful Town."
The possessor of a modest instrument, Shields is not going to be able to wow the crowd with her vocal abilities. It's not that she can't sing; she's definitely got the chops to do roles with moderate musical demands. But she needs to bring more to the table as an actor, finding depths and resonances that will compensate for the lack of thrilling high notes and vocal power. She should also ease up on the constant references to her nervousness. However true, they inevitably undercut her relationship with her audience. If she doesn't have confidence in herself, why should we?
Veteran director Mark Waldrop, surprisingly, has made some uncharacteristic blunders. One of Shields' better moments is the Mary Rodgers–Stephen Sondheim comic lament "The Boy From…," introduced by the great Linda Lavin Off-Broadway in "The Mad Show." Shields is a lot of fun in the number, but she gets no laughs, because it has been preceded by the George Michael story, giving away the song's comic premise. Having the star sing Frank Loesser's "Can't Stop Talking About Him" is another misstep. It's not so much the ghost of Betty Hutton, for whom it was written, that hovers; it's the recent example of Audra McDonald's virtuosic rendition, currently available on CD and recently seen in her concerts and on PBS. Shields can't compete with it, so why ask her to? Finally, programming John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Maybe This Time" as her closer is bewildering. Shields may have sung it on Broadway, but she hasn't the vocal strength to do it justice, and she and Waldrop haven't found a successful interpretation that would justify an understated delivery.
Beautiful and brainy, winning and warm, Shields has much to offer a cabaret audience. Right now, however, she's learning on the job, something I expect she's used to, having been famous since she was a child. I hope she hangs in there and gets her sea legs. An entire evening as accomplished as her "Rien de Rien" would be something to look forward to.
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The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers presented its elected officers and board members for 1997 at its biannual membership meeting on Mon., Nov. 18, in New York City.
Gloria Muzio was elected as vice-president and Paul Weidner won the seat of secretary. Continuing officers are: Julianne Boyd, president; Susan H. Schulman, executive vice-president; and John Going, treasurer.
Newly elected board members included: Mark Brokaw, Ardre Ernotte, Paul Lazarus, Ted Pappas, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Mary Robinson (who will serve out Muzio's term), and Stephen Rothman (who will complete Weidner's term).
Elected as alternates were: Kathleen Marshall, Bick Goss, David Petrarca, and Tazewell Thompson.
Continuing board members are: Julie Arenal, Pamela Berlin, Clinton Turner Davis, Susan Einhorn, Gerald Gutierrez, Hope Clarke, John Dillon, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Roberta Levitow, Austin Pendleton, and Jerry Zaks.
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Patisserie Valerie set for Northern Ireland
London bakery chain Patisserie Valerie has plans to open up to nine shops in Northern Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
Paul May, the chief executive of parent company Patisserie Holdings, said the firm had already been eyeing up premises in Belfast's Corn Market, which could open within the next year.
Negotiations were taking place over a possible site – and he said the company would then turn its sights to other towns around Northern Ireland.
Mr May said he had visited Northern Ireland "two or three times" in the last 12 months. "Northern Ireland is very much in our expansion plans and we have been looking for quite some time to see if we can go in there.
"We have looked at two or three sites in Belfast in its own right, and then would look to the obvious towns, eventually opening around nine."
He said the company had been pleased with the outcome of its expansion into Scotland, where it now has eight bakeries employing 150 people.
"We think it would do very well in Belfast," he said.
He described its market position as "between coffee shops and casual dining".
Mr May said he had previous experience of expanding a retail chain into Northern Ireland – he is a founder and former director of The Money Shop.
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Patisserie Valerie arrival heralds showdown of the bakeries
He said he was familiar with Patisserie Mimi, a business set up in High Street in Belfast last year by hospitality business Beannchor. "I think they're a good operation," he said.
He revealed that Patisserie Valerie's biggest sellers were its cake slices at £3.95 each, and 'treat boxes' containing four slices for £10. Its gateaux cost £30 each.
Its eye-catching window displays of cakes were able to draw in customers, he said.
The goods in its eventual Northern Ireland shops would be made here, Mr May said. "It is a labour-orientated business, so we would have a small facility for production underneath our first store."
He said Patisserie Valerie was proud of its heritage, with its first bakery opened by Belgian-born Madame Valerie in London in 1926.
The ambitious expansion programme comes after it unveiled plans to raise £33m through a stock market flotation.
Patisserie Holdings, which also includes the brands Druckers and Philpotts, believes it has significant growth potential, having developed from eight shops in 2006 to 138 today. It will use the proceeds of the proposed share placing to pay down debt, while the listing will enable existing shareholders to secure up to £55m.
Entrepreneur and former Pizza Express chairman Luke Johnson is majority owner of the business after backing a management buy-out in 2006.
He said the rapid progress made in recent years made it an "exciting time" for the company.
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I was personally attacked by a student after I pushed her out of personal space. I felt threathen and of bodily harm due to her aggressive behavior and attitude. She rebounded and charged me and I defending myself. Then a male friend came running at us and attacked me as well. I was in a tussule with the both students until some on lookers got us separated. I was holding two bags the entire time. The district took the position I should have just walk away and let the student have her day bully and disrepecting me as her teacher and coach. I was told my perception of the male students attacking me was wrong he was trying to protect his friend from my attack and trying to break us up but maybe threw a bunch before separated us. All lies. witnesses share the truth. Students suspended for 4 days back at school. I was ask to resign or be terminated. I feel my rights were violated and safety was put at risk. If they had a weapon or if no was there to stop them. I have the right to defend and protect myself. kids back at school playing sports. I am on leave of absence awaiting how they plan to get rid of me. I am not tenured. I want justice for dragging my name down and the possiblility of not being able to teach again and the personal unprofessional approach directed towards me at the district meeting. Intimidated and in correct information being used by the investigation officer and HR director. What rights do I have and what type of lawyer do I need to fight for my rights and other teachers thrown under the bus to cover their butts?
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Was this investigated by the police? From what you have related, I doubt that there would be sufficient evidence to support a criminal charge of battery or assault. Has the student brought a civil complaint for battery or assault? I would doubt that they would because the student himself may have threatened harm (assault). So, given this, what has the district charged you with? Who is the investigation officer and HR director--and is this the proper role for a HR person? Where are you located in California? It soundls like you teach high school. In my experience the involvement of a lawyer tends to make these school administrators reconsider.
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We've been to Acapulco, Cancun and Puerto Vallarta? Can anyone give some comparisons? We like nice beaches, good weather, shopping, good restaurants and nightlife. We've loved all our trips so far, but we've gone to larger cities so not sure if Cabo is for us. Please share any advice! Thanks
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What is Cabo San Lucas like??
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It is a lot of fun if you thinking kicking balls and humping skunk and getting drunk are fun. Ya it is Timeshare Hawkers paradise. Do a goolge on Timeshare Scams Cabo and read Latin Trade. It is beach vendoring at its worst and it is bloody expensive for anyone who appreciates value for your dollar. It is teenage hookers, young boys and drugs dealt out on the street. If you are a couple of old fogies they will leave you alone. It is loud, lewd, tacky tourist bars, overpriced silver shops and a polluted marina.
It is full of low lifes that have gravitated from the States to live the life of la la and the only way they can manage to live there {rules of employment] is to hawk a piece of real estate or time share on you. By the way the market is down, down down.
How much do you want to pay to sit in a dump of a town is the question you should ask yourself?
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Above post is unfortunately true, BUT...there are some wonderful resorts nearby which are self-contained and therefore immune to most of the ills described. You won't get the shopping and nightlife though.
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We usually spend the day there off a cruise. Take a local boat to Los Arcos.
It's a city that has developed to appeal to Americans and unfortunately to
much to fast. It's like the PV Marina area with more beach. It's enjoyable in moderation. Nice break from the cruise ship. Actually cruising to these ports is a better value and just enough exposure. Regards
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Message: They call me Doodly Squat
Cuz I always have the trots
Flim Flam is my game
Bullshit is my middlename
I fly around Cabo Town
in a spiffy white car
The top is always down
I think I am a star
I believe I will go far
I am very easy to reach
My office is Medano Beach
I like to put on the airs
The wind blowing thru my blond hair
I live a life of no cares
Just try to get you into Timeshare
Don't Call my name out loud
I am no down here as a fraud
I am ever so fat
And really am a brat
I give out business advice
Back home I am sought by the vice
Someone of whom you should be careful
I will try and hawk you a land deal special
I hang out with the Humdingers
A gang of Gringo Dingers
They call us the Cabo Lice
we have paid off the local vice
We are on a permanent vacation
Flim Flam is our occupation
Anyone with common sense
wouldn't lend us two cents
Come on down We will spin round the town
my car the top is always down
Its on a yearly lease
from a company I have fleeced
Oh a tourist with cash I am happy to greet
I have people for you to meet
they have so many good deals
from the tourist they do steal
They call me Doodly Squat
I always got the trots
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OH my gosh! Such Negativity! Yeah Cabo is no Costa Rica but gosh Cabo is wonderful! Its definatly more "American" than say PV or Aculpulco....smaller too. But it has charm, lots of it. Ive came across drug dealers in PV and Cancun but NEVER in Cabo. Good clean fun and everything is in a walkable distance from each other. The nite life is wonderful...NO CANCUN mind you, but fun and relaxed, more of a mixed age crowd, the little open aired bars are fabulous. There are many wonderful resturants and as always the seafood in MX is to die for and cheap if you travel off the beaten path. Ask locals for good suggestions too. They are all too happy to help. You have been to MX before so you know what to expect. Beach Vendors are beach vendors. Just flag them away and they will leave you alone, want something? BARGIN! we all know the deal. You should go! The beaches are clean and bueatiful! The Golf Resorts are amazing! The Hotels are mostly all within 10 years old, so they are gorgeous! everyone speaks english, ect ect! Have fun, form your own opinion based on your own expierence! And dont forget to Let us know what you think!
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Oh My gosh Cabo is no Costa Rica, it is no Maui or Cuba or Grand Caymans or Virgin Islands nor is it Greece or Turkey or anywhere else that is cultural interesting or exotic.
Cabo is Bullshit, Timeshare Hawkers, Bullshitin Realtors, Flim Flam and Scam. Cabo Is Murder on the Streets, Police ATM extortion, Cabo is overpriced, rough and dangerous beaches and American Fast Food joints, overpriced seedy bars, Strippers, hookers and drugs. Yes it is all there waiting for you. Cabo is Rich American developements surrounded by guards and stone walls. {Wonder when these rich Americans will become subject to the New Mexican Fad for getting hands on fast crime Kidnapping which is not viewed as an extreme crime at all in Mexico.}
Mexico is American developers, American entrepreneurs, American timeshare, American Real Estate develepoment all after your hard earned money. All trying to convince you that you have found a piece of heaven in Cabo. Bullshit. Overpriced and to close to the United States.
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How can anyone compare Cabo to PV, Cancun, or almost anywhere else except maybe a bombed out third world country. Cabo is unlike anywhere else. There is absolutely no community spirit in the place. Its a dirty rundown village inhabited by crooks, drug dealers, con artists, whores, gigolos, poor unfortunate locals who have no choice in the matter. If you go to Cabo (and I won't again) your best vacation choice is to get reservations at a very nice resort (expensive-everything is expensive in Cabo) and spend your vacation within the resort area. That's not the way I would want to spend a vacation but to each their own way. The area is desolute. There is nothing of any value to see except maybe that rock just offshore with a hole in it & that won't take much of your time. If you liked Puerto Vallarta with all its sights & friendly accommodating locals you will not like Cabo.
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A Freaking hell hole sums it up quite nicely.
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I noticed all these replies are VERY old and really out of date. So, let's set the record straight.
Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas and Cabo San Jose) are quite developed going into 2013. Big box stores like Lowes and Walmart now mar the desert landscape. CONVIENCE provided for tourists as well as full time expats so you can live and visit a foreign country and fee just like you are at home. That being said, let's talk about the REAL Cabos.
There are 2 corridors of hotels strung along the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez. The sea side is more tranquil and has plenty of swmming beaches. The ocean side is less swimmable as you have strong currents and under tows due to the sea meeting the ocean. More beach activities are available on the sea side vs the ocean side due to that.
Cabo San Lucas is quite diverse. From multi-million dollar homes to BoHo style apartments renting at less than $500 USD per month. There is the "new downtown" with growth near the main Marina and there is the "old downtown" here locals live and shop.
The cruise ships come into the Marina area, and it is very carnival/Disney like as you see tour guides in white and green polo shirts, with numbered ping pong type paddles up in the air as they walk the cruise tours from the ships to their destinations: glass bottom boats, pirate ship cruises, mini-sub diving, etc. There are actually arrows painted on the sidewalks so the tours know which way to go.
In the older area of Cabo, you'll find the traditional "Mexican" style markets selling blankets, hats, etc. Grab a fresh fish taco from a local vendor - YUM
You also have the mega bars like Hard Rock Cafe, Squid Roe, Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo along with local favorites like Tanga Tanga, Cabo Cafe, Cabo Lounge, the newer Pier 19, Besos (temp closed for repairs as of Oct 2012) and others.
So, you can party all night at the mega bars or hang out at the local places, hear some great music and enjoy good food.
My suggestion, go to both. Enjoy the true flavors of the town you are visiting.
In Cabo San Jose, about 20 minutes away, is the other hotel corridor. Most of the resorts are all inclusive, so those tourists typically just say on resort property. That's fine, but they really don't get to see "what's out there"
We stayed an the all-inclusive, all adult Temptations in Jan 2012. It has since changed to a clothing-optional resort and is now called Desire. It had a great vibe, lots of parties, and a great crowd of tourists from the U.S. and Canada. (FYI Cabo is to Canada what Flordia is to the U.S.)
I used to own and manage restaurants, so my professional opinion of the food was Very Good - Excellent at Tempations. They offer food basically from 7 am - 3 am. Start off breakfast with an enormous buffet that includes cook to order omeletes as well as fresh pastries, bread, cheese, fruit at at least 6 hot entrees including Spanish/Mex tradional.
Lunch is lighter fare poolside. Includes salad bar, buffet entrees and cook to order sandwiches, burgers etc. If you don't see something featured, just ask. They'll grill you up fresh fish, chicken, etc.
Dinner has 2 options: Theme buffet with grill to order fish, steaks, etc. or Miko's Japanese. Personally, if you go to Miko's do the Hibatchi grill. Their off menu items were just "ok" when we stayed there.
Multiple bars here, carrying all the standard top shelf drinks, but beer is pretty much limited to local Mx beer. There is a Mega store nearby so if you REALLY need that Miller Light, go there, buy it and keep it in your room. Buy cans, no glass in the pool areas.
At the time, you could also get a day pass into Temptations for $75 USD. I don't know if they do that now under the Desire brand. I give Tempations 4 stars (would be 5 but its on the Pacific side, so you can enjoy the beach, but not really swim in the ocean - wade yes, swim at your own risk)
Yes, both places - Cabo San Jose and Cabo San Lucas are wild, puking drunk parties during Spring Break - same goes for most Spring Break destinations. If you don't like that scene, then don't go there at that time of year. Common sense, people.
Timeshares - well, I can't remember ANY place touristy that I have been that DOESN'T have timeshare hawkers: Florida, Hawaii, Flordia, Aruba, The Bahamas, St. Maartin, etc. Did I mention Florida???
Just ignore the sales people. A firm NO GRACIAS usually does it. Either that or just look at them cross-eyed, babble like an idiot in some made up language and they'll probably ignore YOU !
Los Cabos are filled with wonderful people from all over the world. Cabo San Lucas prides itself on being clean and as crime free as possible.
Yes, they are party towns, but they are also places where people LIVE and WORK full time. The locals are gracious, inviting gente who put up with nasty Americans, with bad attitudes who want Starbucks, McDonalds, and Walmarts.
Well, one out of 3 ain't bad - if you want everything to be like it is where you live, then why bother leaving home in the first place???
Go - Enjoy - Be a good Tourist/Visitor - Embrace the Diversity
Or, just stay home and read stuff like this on the internet.
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Why not just start a new thread to share your current information? Instead of dredging up one from a decade ago. By topping such an old post, you're only causing people to read thru all the information you say is incorrect.
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and Welcome to Fodor's btw!
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Wow Suze!
You know I'm not a big fan of Cabo but IT AIN'T as Bad as These people say.
Some very unfair/untrue comments here. Shame on them.
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i know i know!!!
but that's why if sandgypsy wants to say GOOD things about Cabo better to start a new thread (not bring this old one up so everyone reads all this junk one more time)
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Considering the increasingly anti-gay Russian laws that are causing a firestorm of international controversy, it's little surprise that a planned biopic of famed composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is planning to whitewash his sexuality. While most people agree that Tchaikovsky was gay – or at least as gay you could be in 19th Century Russia – screenwriter Yuri Arabov is having none of it.
As the New York Times reports, via a Russian interview, Arabov says, "It is far from a fact that Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. Only philistines think this. What philistines believe should not be shown in films."
This is despite plenty of evidence of Tchaikovsky's attraction to men, including a biography by his brother, as well as letters by the composer himself where he talks openly about his nature.
Arabov seems to think his biopic will set the record straight on a man who "is marked by rumors and suffers greatly from this." Even if those 'rumors' appear to be the truth.
The writer also offers the slightly odd statement that he would, "Not sign my name to a film that advertises homosexuality. Not because I don't have a gay friend, but because this is outside the sphere of art."
However, he doesn't say why homosexuality is outside art. It may be outside the law though, as most of the recent controversy in Russia has surrounded the introduction of laws that ban the 'promotion' of 'non-traditional relationships' to people under 18. It is possible that the film, simply titled Tchaikovsky, could be considered to break that law if it said one of Russia's greatest historical figures was gay.
Indeed, Stephen Fry said just that in a letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron and the International Olympic Committee about the controversy surrounding the upcoming Sochi Olympics, that "Any statement, for example, that Tchaikovsky was gay and that his art and life reflects this sexuality and are an inspiration to other gay artists would be punishable by imprisonment."
So it seems we're getting a straight Tchaikovsky in the upcoming 2015 movie, no matter how far from the truth that is. Perhaps now those outside Russia need to make their own biopic of the composer to set the record straight (or rather, gay).


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Torta Margherita Recipe
While I'm talking about cakes, here's one that was leaps and bounds more successful than the last.
This recipe comes from Pellegrino Artusi, the author of the veritable bible of recipes from all regions of Italy: La Scienza in Cucina e l'Arte di Mangiare Bene (The Science of Cooking and the Art of Eating Well) which he published in 1891.
As an uber-geek interested in both food and history, I get overly excited by historic recipes like that time I found out that the National Archives has a full copy of The New Galt Cookbook on their website(!)
I like to think about how much more work it would have been 100 years ago to prepare food compared to today. I think's it's amazing both how little and how much recipes have changed over the years. And I think eating food from historic recipes gives you a real connection to the past.
In my grade 12 Modern European History class, we had a project where we had to prepare a dish typical of revolutionary France. I still recall showing up to school smelling like fried bacon and onions from the roasted squash dish that I made that morning. Best. Project. Ever.
Italians love simplicity– seriously, just ask my Nonna. If she calls you "simple" it really is the utmost compliment.– even in their desserts. In this sense, Torta Margherita is classically Italian.
It's an unintentionally gluten free and dairy free cake that has only 4 ingredients. It is made with potato starch (not potato flour) and leavened with egg whites. It's cheap to make, it's easy to make (although it would have arguably been a hell of a lot more labour intensive before the age of electric mixers and beaters), and it is a really great, light cake.
The taste and texture sort of reminds me of ladyfinger cookies which makes me think it would be awesome in a tiramisu. I ate mine with a very hefty drizzling of coconut curd (which is also coincidentally gluten free and dairy free).
Pellegrino Artusi's Torta Margherita Recipe
This is a very simple cake that can be served in many ways. Simply with a dusting of icing sugar and dunked in a caffe, or served with a berry compote, or as part of a trifle or tiramisu, or you can drizzle it with an Asian coconut curd called Kaya if you want a really cool cross-cultural fusion like I did.
You can also play around with the flavours, swapping orange zest or vanilla or perhaps even a little rum for the lemon zest.
120 grams potato starch, sifted (not potato flour)
120 grams granulated sugar
4 eggs, separated
Zest of 1 lemon
Butter a round cake pan and line with parchment. I used a 6″ pan for a taller cake but you can also use an 8″ pan for a wider cake and bake it for less time.
Preheat the oven to 350*F
In a large bowl, beat the yolks together with the sugar until very pale and creamy. Add the lemon zest and the potato starch and beat until combined. Note: the potato starch will make the batter very tough and tacky, but don't worry the egg white will lighten it up so it's smooth and pourable.
In a separate clean bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form then fold the whites gently through the batter a little at a time. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake at moderate heat for an hour or until the cake is firm and passes the toothpick test.
Remove from the pan to a wire rack and let cool. Serve as desired with a dusting of confectioner's sugar or with whatever accompaniment that you like (like coconut curd, for example).


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I am debating whether to drink Chinese Wutong tea or Vietnamese Da Lat tea. Is it important or tea is tea?
Tea may be a welcome break for the buzzing coffee lovers. When your immune system is on its last leg, and you have already thrown back three coffees and three energy pills, why not complete your day with a cup of tea. It is delicious, too.
Asians have been enjoying the healthy benefits of drinking green tea for thousands of year. Scientific research is now confirming 4,000 years of folklore and medicinal uses of tea for achieving and maintaining good health.
The amount of tea consumed a day in Asian countries typically is three and a half cups or more per day. It can be steeped for 3 to 15 minutes depending on your preference. There are many good health reasons for tea drinking which could benefit everyone, and its virtues are now being recognized. Tea drinking is becoming more popular in Western countries, and hopefully now in the Fitness communities!
Tea drinking is also a ceremony to involve your love ones and communities. This is a form of stress reduction and relaxation. No wonder why tea drinkers live so healthy.
Green Tea
Green tea has shown far greater antioxidant protection than the well known polyphenols in antioxidant vitamins such as C and E. Green tea is 6% more potent as an antioxidant than black tea.
Green tea is produced by lightly steaming the fresh cut black tea leaf, whereas black tea, the leaves are oxidized which destroys some of the compounds which have the potent antioxidant and anticancer properties that green tea has.
The forms of cancer that green tea has shown the most aid in preventing cancer of is the gastrointestinal tract such as the stomach, small intestine, pancreas and colon. Lung cancer prostate, bladder and skin cancer have also shown a reduced risk of developing as an added benefit of drinking green tea.
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Blood Sugar Reduction:
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- Persons with diabetes who drank tea had a reduction in their blood sugar. You may already know how to control your blood sugar with your diet, but now you can add tea to help keep your blood sugar consistent.
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- Researchers have found that by drinking green tea the "bad" cholesterol can be reduced, and tea drinkers can eat almost twice the foods containing cholesterol as those who don't drink green tea, but still have an equal cholesterol count. This is important to note if you are an off-season bodybuilder and may be consuming hi amounts of cholesterol.
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- Green tea has been extensively tested and has been found to be highly beneficial in lowering blood pressure and aiding the recovery of heart attack victims.
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- Because the ritual of drinking tea and the social dynamics, it can be a therapeutic intervention for anxious and depressed individuals.
- The delicious and soul touching taste of tea can also be part of the aroma therapy
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- Green tea has shown to inhibit the spread of disease. Tea catechins are strong antibacterial and antiviral agents which make them effective in treating everything from tooth decay and HIV. Green tea can also relieve influenza and diarrhea.
- Improving blood structure
- Sexual stamina
- Preventing osteoporosis and arthritis
- Improving bone structure
- Preventing dangerous blood clots
- Aiding and preventing diabetes type two
- Helping Parkinson's disease sufferers
- Preventing bad breath
- Calorie burning - Green tea should be used as part of a healthy diet, as it can play a role in controlling weight. Green tea works by increasing energy expenditure and also has thermogenic properties which promote fat burning.
White Tea
One of the big differences between green and white tea is in the processing. Green tea is exposed to high temperatures to remove the moisture and drying the leaf, while white tea is dried naturally using sunlight or lowered temperatures indoors which preserves tea polyphenals.
Therefore, white tea is especially potent and it has three times as many antioxidant polyphenols as green or black tea, and has shown to be 100% more effective in cleaning up free radicals that cause our skin to sag as we age.
White tea is more expensive because it is produced in a different way from all other teas. The leaves come from special bushes and then dried in the sun. Only special leaves are selected. Some of the world's best known tea experts consider white tea to be even finer than green tea. True white tea only comes from the Da Bai Hao Bush.
It is better to brew white tea at a cooler temperature instead of boiling water. There are different kinds of white tea. The more expensive the tea the better grade of tea leaves used to produce the product. Yes, you get what you pay for!
White tea has a pleasant, mellow taste that is subtle and also sweet. It has a delightful aroma and the leaf tea is very fruity.
Why not try tea today?
I am debating whether to drink Chinese Wutong tea or Vietnamese Da Lat tea. Is it important or tea is tea?
Remember, drinking tea can also keep you warm. It is best to serve tea while it is still hot. Cold tea is not as good.
I'm a tea addict. I could never get through an entire day without a cup of freshly-brewed loose green tea. The smell alone is enough to make my mouth water and the delicious sensation of fresh hot tea sliding down my throat is something that I always take time to relish during my tea break. Green tea has tons of health benefits and is a great source of antioxidants. Green tea does have some percentage of caffeine but the good news is caffeine can help stimulate circulation and metabolism via the central nervous system. All in all, tea is not only a great source of antioxidants but is also beneficial to your health. Some of the best green tea can be found at trentonteas.com. Cheers!
Staying healthy ??
Simple: Everything in moderation, Exercise regularly, Eat small frequent meals, plenty of fiber, consume at least 5 sevings of fruits and veggies every day, drink plenty of clean water, get uninterrupted quality sleep 6-8 hrs per night, & don't forget to get your ANNUAL physical at your GP.
yes ! Green Tea !
It really make people live longer..
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Tarantino collaborated with Hopper on the 1993 movie "True Romance" and the upcoming film "Hell Ride."
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"Beginning? There was no beginning, kid," the stranger told her.
"well then, how are we here and why? What's our purpose? Is there a purpose? I want answers!" The little girl cried.
The stranger sighed, "We all want answers. Tell you what, kid, I'll tell you a story and you can decide whether or not it's the answer you're looking for."
The girl nodded, eager to learn.
"I'll talk as we walk back to the village." They headed east, and with the sun shining strong above them the stranger told her a story.
"Like I said, there was no beginning. There was just one bright light in unending darkness. It was the Universe itself. That light was like the sun's, or the sun is like that light, only much brighter and bigger than we can even begin to think about.
"It's that big?" The little girl asked, wide eyed.
"Bigger," the stranger replied. "Whatever number you have in your head is too small."
"Nine billion-trillion miles in radius!"
The stranger shook her head, "Even bigger."
"Exactly. Now, the Universe was everything and nothing: it felt nothing and everything, knew all and none."
"How is that even possible?" The girl asked.
"Don't know, that's why I question it."
"You don't believe in this creation myth?"
"Then why are you telling it to me?" she threw her hands in the air, incredulous.
"Because I believe in it as well."
The girl looked at the stranger like she was crazy or a genius. Maybe crazy, maybe genius, maybe both: you choose.
"I feel like there's a truth in there, that's all," the stranger offered as an explanation.
"Oh," was all the girl could say.
"Anyway, let me continue: little pieces of the light, the Universe itself, broke off and orbited around the Universe―itself―pulled by its forces. These pieces were the elements. Some of them collided with one another and combined to form water, salt, and such. But these elements couldn't create life yet, not without the elements deep in the light. One day, the―"
"Let me guess, the Universe exploded?"
The stranger chuckled, "Yep"
"Knew it," the girl said smugly, so proud of herself. "But why?"
A shrug, "No reason. The Universe has no reason for doing anything. Remember, it feels nothing and everything, knows all and none. One day―no, moment―it decided to explode. It must have seen the infinite future."
"This doesn't make any sense!" the girl groaned.
"No creation myth does."
They walked in silence for a while, both of them deep in thought. The little girl contemplating the why's; the stranger wondering what's for dinner.
"So, yeah, the Universe exploded," the stranger continued, "and all the elements, in one instant, merged with each other, forming stars and large clumps of rocks that became life bearing planets. Some carried water, some carried pure, raw elements, some were lava, and some had atmosphere. All of these and more collided with one another and formed what we call home and Earth, which orbited around a sun. On Earth, life bloomed and birthed, and that life, those creatures, opened their eyes for the first time. They had neither body nor eyes, just thought. They were both the Universe's creation and the Universe itself, and the Universe whispered secrets to them. These secrets were knowledge of flight, how to swim, how to hunt, how to use the sun as food source, and such. The creatures, following the Universe's instructions, grew wings and flew into the sky; grew roots and stayed rooted to ground; grew gills and fins and dived into the ocean; grew legs and arms and climbed trees."
"So that's how we came to be?"
"I guess so."
"What secret did the Universe tell us?"
"Just let me finish, okay?"
The girl nodded.
"The Universe told them how to live using the bodies they have―how to hunt and such."
The little girl gasped, "But that's mean!"
"Perhaps, but that's the circle of life."
"But why would the Universe do that? Turn its creation―itself―against one another?"
"Because we need fuel to live. We are not immortal. We are not like the Universe; we can't live on living itself.
"But why?"
"The Universe has no reason for doing anything, it just does."
"That's cruel!"
"Look, kid, if we―and by we I mean everything―don't eat anything we will cease to exist."
"Have you ever seen a wolf pack feasting on a bear?"
The little girl nodded.
"Is it cruel?"
A nod.
"But did you hate those wolves?"
A shook of the head, "No."
For a second she had nothing to say then she realized, finally understood, that this was the circle of life: a cruel and simple thing. Not quite kill or be killed, it's something that just…is. And we all have our place in it.
"You get it now, don't you?"
No answer.
"I know this doesn't justify hunting animals and pulling plants form their roots, but death is part of life. As long as we take only what we need and sew what we reaped, the circle is balanced. Don't get too cocky, though, the Universe doesn't tolerate excess."
Still no answer.
The stranger sighed, "So anyway, one of these creatures couldn't hear the Universe―well, more like the Universe didn't speak to it."
"There better be an explanation for that or I'll be mad," the little girl chimed in.
"Oh-ho! So she speaks!"
"Just continue," the girl grumbled, "And don't say 'the Universe has no reason for doing anything.'"
"It's true the Universe has no reason for doing anything, but I have a theory that it saw the infinite future of that creature."
"What do you think it saw?"
"God only knows what it saw!" The stranger giggled at the joke meanwhile the little girl was not amused. "Ok, so this creature couldn't hear the voice of the Universe, right? It had no idea what…um, well, just no idea what. It saw everything around it change and take shape, the first bird take flight and fish diving, plants reaching their arms high, and land animals taking their first step. The creature was awed and wanted to join in but didn't know how. It knew it lacked something, but it didn't know what. It wanted to fly as well, and swim, climb trees, grow, bath in sunshine like the animals on the trees, and eat the fruits as well. It wanted all of that and more, it thirsted for knowledge. The creature was so full of longing for things it did not understand that it began to cry. Real tears spilled over―it had learned to cry, to feel emotions, on its own. But the creature didn't notice the tears: it just kept silently crying and yearning (like a child).
"Even though it was silent crying and the creature had yet to develop voice, the Universe heard it, had foreseen it first, and spoke to the creature for the first and last time."
"What did it say?"
"I don't know."
"UGH! Again?"
"Look within yourself, the answer should be there. After all, we are the descendents of that creature. Now, where was I? Oh yeah: the creature wiped away its tears with, much to its surprise, a hand! And it was attached to an arm!
"'Did I do that?'" the creature said aloud.'
"It was amazed! It had changed as it had saw the animals around it do. The creature wondered what else it could do. It looked to the animals on the trees for, what's the word, 'Inspiration! An excellent word!' It saw a monkey on the tree, saw how it could grab things with its hands and swing with its arms. The monkey's leg was short but it could still walk. It was the perfect specimen, the creature thought, but I can do better. And so the creature modelled itself after the monkey and shaped itself into the first human: a woman.
"'Now I can fly―well, no quite yet but I will find a way. And swim! Can't swim if I have actual wings," she said. And with determination and will, she went on to discover secrets and share it with other creatures who became humans as well, men and women. Together, they attempted to learn the infinite secrets of the Universe."
When the little girl realized that was it, that that was the story, she asked, disappointed, "That's it?"
"Well that's disappointing. It's a sucky story."
"If you think so; it's just a story, anyway."
Hello, my 9-ish readers! (That's the number of people who usually reads my posts). I haven't updated in a long while, I know, but I just haven't had anything to write about. Now I do: I went to Band Camp over the summer and it was AMAZING! Hope you all had an awesome summer as well and aren't too bummed about school. I, for one, like school and am glad to be back. I recently went to an open house at a nearby University and took a session of English Literature class: it was so much fun! After going to the open house I feel like I have a firmer grasp on what I want to do with my future. I mean, at first it was daunting to be at the university, being, probably, the only grade 10 there, but the professors were very nice and I learned a lot; by the end of the day I wasn't scared anymore--I even made a friend!
Okay, anyway: what you just read was my assignment for English class. We had to create our own creation myth (in any media of our choice) and I chose to write a story. It took 3 days to write the rough draft, which ended up being 3 double-pages long and hand-written, and took 2 hours to type out. I feel pretty good about this. Sure, it could definitely be better but I'm too tired to care. What do you guys think of it? Did you see how the story has no "beginning" or "end?"
I will probably have another short story out by next month (it's half inspired by Haikyuu!! and partly by the plane in Familiar of Zero). If you have not seen Haikyuu!! I definitely recommend it as well as the manga. Speaking of which, season 2 is coming out this month! And you know what else? So is chapter 6 of Kuroko No Basuke Extra Game manga! I'm so happy!
One last thing: it's a bit late to tell you guys this but I participated in YASH (YA Scavenger Hunt) this year (*finges crossed) It's is a bi-annual event held online to connect readers to new authors, exclusive content of their favourite books, and the chance to win book prizes! The fall hunt is over now and the winners will be announced on Wednesday, but you can always participate next year! Check out the website here: YASH
Have a nice day,
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Some works tickled the funny bone. A faux commercial for "medicated meat," to be applied to painful naughty bits of the anatomy, is delightfully bizarre. "Showdown" breaks the convention of Old West gunslinging by having inappropriate weapons and hilarious arguments about the English lexicon. It is one of the few bits in which the energy of players Ray Klein, Cynthia Rube, Cameron Fife, Andrea Cansler, and the consistently enjoyable Bruce Green is consistent and balanced.
When leader Klein closes the show as horny, pansexual aerobics instructor Mike Stimmons, finding reasons to grope and kiss both male and female students while leaping about in a horrifyingly amusing Spandex outfit, one sees what this group might have accomplished with uniformly stronger material. Michael Ross' sometimes lethargic direction and still-shaky tech elements undercut the group's effectiveness even further. I'm not sayin' there's no hope. I'm just sayin' you have to bat at least .500 during a sketch show.
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Legacy.com — Movie producer Tyler Perry says his mother, Willie Maxine Perry, has died. His mother was 64. Tyler Perry announced the news of the Tuesday death on his Web site, where he thanked fans for their prayers. He did not say where his mother died or anything about the cause. Obituary | Memorial Guestbook
After making publicity rounds with the movie Precious, Perry had announced via email to fans that he was taking the end of the year off.
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I doubt today's breaking news that Islamic terrorists in Great Britain were plotting to blow up air planes headed to the United States will awaken many from their oblivious slumber. It is amazing to me that as these terrorist continue to provoke nations such as the United States and Israel, as a whole, we are still reverting to the same tried and failed head in the sand mentality of the 1930's. I honestly do not know how many times Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah and states supporting them like Lebanon, Syria and Iran have to say they want to kill us before we understand that, yes Virginia, they actually do want to kill us.
To date we have fought a war against these terrorists with both hands and one leg tied behind our backs. And just to give our enemies a sporting chance we have amputated our other leg at the knee, blinded our selves in one eye and made our selves deaf as well. We've done all this in the hopes of winning the hearts and minds of our enemies with a "kinder" and "gentler" war and out of fear of being seen as no better than the enemy which we fight day after day. We ignore that attempting to win a war in this way not only makes us look weak but truly does make us weak. And to those that respect, if not fear, strength such weakness is constantly exploited. Fighting a war in such a manner does not work all that well.
Meanwhile our enemies are setting up in civilian neighborhoods. They are using women and children as human shields. With the help of a complicit media they are doctoring images to fight a PR war. And they launch rockets designed simply to kill civilian populations at residential neighborhoods without a military target in sight. I am not so naive as to look past the fact that in many places the "civilian" populations either openly or through their own unwillingness to act against the murderers among them give their support to the terrorists.
Do many begrudgingly give their support out of fear? Sure they do. That is the point of terrorism! Many support the terrorists because they fear the terrorists more than they care about dying senselessly as pawns for the terrorist cause.
Terrorists run in, set up a rocket near an apartment building, point it towards a civilian target with no military value, launch and then run like scared little school girls hoping they can get far enough away before the retaliation comes and kills those inside the apartment. Then they rush back in and parade the dead (and not so dead dead) around for the cameras.
We, on the other hand, put our own soldiers in shackles. We do this after they are struck by an IED which even a small child admits he and others knew was there and after our soldiers proceed to clear the area as they are coming under fire. In the process they kill some of these same civilians (whose status as "innocent" is seriously in question) whom the terrorists put in harms way in the first place.
We did not always fight wars this way. Wars were once even more brutal conflicts where the civilians of nations that were aggressors were considered supporters of the cause. We used to not worry about whether they were soldiers out openly carrying arms against our troops or if they were simply civilians who passively supported their government by refusing to rise up against them or even participate in creating the machines of war. We just bombed them. We flattened their homes until either they had had enough and turned on their government or they were room temperature.
If need be we brought out the big guns. We would drop single bombs capable of not just flattening a city but literally incinerating it and everyone within a quarter mile of the blast.
Truman in World War II had the right idea – you win peace (especially against a fanatical enemy) through superior firepower. You make it clear that you will annihilate them, their families and their lands unless they give up and surrender unconditionally. You do this not by telling them you will do this, but by actually doing it.
As Lebanon and its citizens continue to allow Hezbollah to strike at Israel we see the results of fighting wars with kid gloves. And make no mistake, Lebanon is allowing Hezbollah to operate in its lands. Even when the dust is settled after Israel cleans Hezbollah's clock (again) there will be more violence and terrorism. That is unless Hezbollah is wiped out and the people that would support them are no longer willing to do so because they know that to support terror means the death of them and their families for a hopeless cause. If Hezbollah and their supporters are not annihilated the terrorists will retreat to lick their wounds and the carnage will continue.
I do not, to be clear, support the wanton bombing of "civilians". Make no mistake, I do not suggest what I am about to suggest be done to areas where no attacks are emanating from and where people are peaceably living their lives.
However I do support the full use of the weapons we have against the military machinery of Hezbollah and other terrorists as well as those that are either actively or inactively supporting them by turning blind eyes to their actions.
My proposal is simple and, by some standards brutal. There should be a flight of B-52s in the sky right now over those cities where Hezbollah is setting up shop as well as states like Syria and Iran that support them. These bombers should be dropping leaflets that are simple to understand. They should read "In 24 hours if the rocket attacks and aggression against Israel do not stop immediately and permanently, the next time we drop something it will have a nuclear warhead attached. Civilians evacuate now!" If the guns and missiles are not silenced you carry through with the threat. You don't capitulate or waffle or negotiate. You start dropping tactical nukes on every site that a rocket launch comes from be it next to a school, a mosque or a hospital and also on the military installations of each nation that supports these terrorists. And a couple on the homes of the leaders of these nations too would not be a bad idea either.
I certainly do not want to ponder the idea of truly innocent men, women and children being vaporized by a nuclear blast. But I also do not want to ponder the idea of a world 20 years from now we are continuing to fight this battle in an endless meat grinder of a war. I do not want to see another generation pass where people who just want to live their lives are sent off to be shot at by religious wackos and die fighting them. I do not want to see a world in the future where citizens of this country wonder when the next airplane full of people will be flown into a building or blown up over the Atlantic.
Nearly five years of this war out in the open rather than being fought in the back allies has tired all of us. All sane people are tired of the death and the fighting of this war and have been since the first bullet that was fired. Just because we are tired is not a reason to give up however. No sane person wants to watch children die when there is hope that they be spared and no sane person wants bloodshed to continue. Some of us however do not have our heads in the sand. We recognize evil and know the necessity of defeating it decisively.
The concept of "kill them all and let Allah sort them out" may seem a cruel and warped cliché. And I don't want to kill "them" all where "them" refers to all followers of Islam or even Muslims and Arabs in general. I want to kill the terrorists and those that support them and end this war.
But unless we are willing to start showing the enemy that they will not win this war and start turning cities into craters it is looking less and less likely that many people whom they control will never turn against their terrorist masters with any determination and resounding force. And until they dread the alternative to supporting Islamic Terror more than the Islamic Terror they will never raise up against those that are enslaving them, turn on them and end this war once and for all. Until then, evil will continue to infest this world and our posterity will be forced to live in a world at worst ruled by it and at best held hostage by it.
One nuke will not end this war. It might take ten or twelve or even a hundred cities turned into green glass to end this as we chase the fanatics more consumed with death across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. But I am willing to support it.
Does that make me no better than the terrorists? Some might say it does not. I say it does. It does because I want peace for freedom loving people around the world and not a "peace" where men, women and children are forced to their knees in slavery to unkind masters.
The price of peace is high. It always has been. But the sad truth is our enemies dictate how high that price will ultimately be.


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Pro: Merit pay for all public school teachers could lift student achievement to new heights
In nearly every sector of the American economy, human nature and financial incentives combine to produce better widgets or improve service.
Unfortunately, common-sense performance standards are not fully used in education, where an arcane approach to salary distribution and teachers unions concerned more with status quo than quality education has created a system that is failing both the students in it and the country around it.
In its last triennial survey of student knowledge in 30 developed countries, the OECD�s Programme for International Student Assessment found that American students lag far behind the international norm in math, science and reading.
Only about 70 percent of American students graduate from high school. The number is lower for urban, Hispanic and black students who suffer achievement gaps that keep them three years behind white students.
Our education system is a mess, with long-term consequences for the students it fails. Reforms have been suggested that restructure education delivery, but most controversial are those that affect compensation for the agent of delivery�the teacher.
And the most electrically charged of these is supplementing base pay with merit pay�a system whereby teachers are rewarded for increased achievement by their students as demonstrated by standardized testing.
Criticisms of merit pay are numerous, and most of them have little to do with what is best for kids. Reflexive opposition by teachers unions have pre-emptively biased many teachers against the idea, but in recent years there has been undeniable momentum toward acceptance of merit pay by state and local union members, and successful models exist in numerous states and school districts.
The important question�indeed, the only question we should ask�is �does merit pay give us brighter children?� And the answer is, �what a silly question. Of course it does!�
Merit pay provides incentives to attract energetic younger teachers and experienced professionals considering career change, and to retain good teachers. When the quantified success of the student is the metric for a pay increase, the achievements of that student will be the singular focus of his or her instructor.
In 2006, the city of Houston implemented a merit program rewarding teachers as much as $5,000 for campus and individual improvements. In two years, the district significantly increased its teacher retention and doubled its �exemplary� schools.
Denver commenced its merit based plan systemwide in 2007 with support of 60 percent of its teachers. Its diverse incentives contain premiums in 10 categories, including mentoring, attendance, teaching in underperforming schools and �hard to fill� positions. Although national metrics are not yet available, preliminary testing and teacher satisfaction indicate that the new salary method is working well. Programs in Florida and Minneapolis have also demonstrated quantifiable success.
In underperforming areas, cries for reform and objections to those reforms are loudest. The District of Columbia school system abysmally fails its 90 percent black student body, which often ranks last in national testing. Yet when reformist School Chancellor Michelle Rhee suggested attracting and retaining good teachers with incentive pay, she faced intense criticism from teachers unions.
To maximize student success, merit pay should be tailored to the unique demographics of a school or district, but include student achievement goals, voluntary teacher participation, objective testing that drives merit pay and removes personal bias, and communication between all stakeholder groups.
As evidence of the successes of merit pay mounts, we should embrace teacher incentives as one reform that can deliver a more promising future to our kids, especially for low-income and minority students that the current system is clearly failing.
Why would we not? Along with our children, teachers are one of our nation�s most important resources. Rewarding them for pushing a child up the ladder of knowledge just a little further is the very least we should do.
Kerri Toloczko is senior vice president of policy at the Institute for Liberty (www.instituteforliberty.org), a privately funded conservative think tank. Readers may write to her at The Institute For Liberty, 1250 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20036; Web site: www.instituteforliberty.org; e-mail: email@example.com.
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Gabriella Marucci took her degree in Pharmacy on the 04/06/1989 with at the University of Camerino. She is an Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry Unit, University of Camerino. Her main field of interest was the mechanisms of drug-receptor interaction applied to adrenergic and muscarinic receptors. Currently her interest is directed toward the study of G-proteins coupled receptors through a pharmacological, toxicological and biotechnological approach. She was referee for international journals. She has been one among the organizers of the Camerino-Noordwijkerhout Symposium "Trends in Receptor Research" that is held, every 4 years, in Camerino. Moreover she has organized the meeting "Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology of Purinergic Receptors" Camerino 2003, and "Third Joint Italian-German Purine Club Meeting", Camerino 2009. Gabriella Marucci has been a member of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) and of the International Purine Club, a no-profit organization gathering together all the major expert worldwide in the field of purine and pyrimidine research. She has presented 150 communications to meetings and has published more than 100 scientific papers in international journals.
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We can (and do) provide Services in-person or electronically (via Internet), to Companies and Organisations worldwide.
Our company principal, Carl Holden has over 15 years of Internet Marketing experience. Carl is now regarded as an internet marketing veteran, and has a unique combination of life experiences and skills, that have combined together for this very necessary work with the Internet, Computers and Applications.
He has over 3 decades of experience - doing, observing and training; from Aviation to Audio & Radio Communications to Computing - and since 1995, Internet. Working with People and Machines - and their interactions and what makes them 'tick' for marketing.
One of his most significant self learning experiences was having actively worked "hands on" in the role of Chief Flying Instructor, carrying out training from Basic Ab-Initio (Student) to Advanced Instructor/Chief Flying Instructor level. He also currently trains and Coaches Internet & Computer "Users" from a wide range of ages - specialising in those over 35 & Mature age who did not have Computer technology exposure during their formative years.
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