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At Home With Julia: inane drivel of the most idiotic kind
There can't be many people even in masochistic Melbourne who went from watching a numbing Bell Shakespeare production of Julius Caesar to the experience of looking at At Home With Julia, the much-dreaded (but Truly Dreadful) homage to our own imperatrix.
Julius Caesar at least had Alex Menglet's richly Russian Caesar and, against the odds, the actor channelled some ancient tradition of Russian classical acting, so that he put the rest of the cast to shame. Caesar, alas, is killed at half time. Julia Gillard in this horrible TV homage to her unloveliness is killed in the first five minutes and so is the reputation of the ABC for producing firecracker political satire and a high level of TV comedy.
You may think that Julia Gillard is the most hapless Australian Prime Minister since Billy McMahon. You may think that she has presided over the demise of a once great political party out of nothing but a lean hungriness for power and that she believes in nothing. You may even think that her assassination of Kevin Rudd had little to do with the viability of the Labor Party or the Government of the Commonwealth: it was simply that, like Cassius, she could not behold a greater than herself and if the troops marched under her and not unlovable Kevin Rudd - well, what price knives and conspiracy?
You may believe all this and more. That Julia Gillard does not really care about a carbon tax or genuinely oppose gay marriage. You may take the dimmest possible view of a Prime Minister who can attempt to ship children and poor harried seekers of refuge to be flogged and desolated in Malaysia (the country that hanged Barlow and Chambers, the Australian drug dealers, an action Bob Hawke, then in power, described as "barbaric"). You may abhor the way she attacked the Chief Justice when the High Court of Australia rebuffed her on the Malaysia solution in a resounding six to one decision.
Even so, taking the dimmest possible view, Julia Gillard did not deserve this and nor did the nation. At Home With Julia is inane drivel of the most idiotic kind. Had it not been so long in the planning it would look like a blatant attempt to arouse compassion for a Prime Minister whose support had fallen to 25 per cent in the polls.
It is a sorry thing when the nation that produced Barry Humphries, that provoked the political satire of the Gillies Report and gave a harbour to John Clarke could sink to this. Is the land of Edna Everage and Kath and Kym, the culture that nurtured Magda Szubanski, shrunk to this little measure?
Has Julia Gillard's Australia sunk so low that we are expected to laugh at this idiot rehearsal of snobbery which has the weird effect – because it is so lugubrious and rubbery and bad – of making the Prime Minister look, by comparison, like Dame Maggie Smith at the height of her powers, all grace and style and flawless timing?
The first episode of At Home With Julia revolved around Tim, the first dude, having to cook dinner for the independents – Bob Katter, Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott – and their preference for home-grown ingredients (by way of mince, tomatoes etc).
Julia is preoccupied with her single-minded political agenda of pleasing everyone and, with mild misgiving, is willing to usurp and ruin their date night despite the fact that she's about to get on a plane.
This threadbare situation comedy plotline in fact sounds immeasurably more promising in its hackneyed way than what in fact ensues.
Amanda Bishop's Julia – she also wrote the criminal script – has a rough (though not intricately accurate) version of Gillard's terrible voice, though it has too much hammy vibrato and too little hesitation. But the dialogue is ghastly beyond belief and the detail of the comic set up would disgrace a student revue.
So we get Julia mixing designer beers and serving them up to the fruitloops as Tim's "home brooow". Unable to use the wagyu beef (which has been served up to the small terrier, Bill Shorten – a wan and ghostly gleam of humour there) he ransacks the rubbish bin for last October's discarded chipolatas and makes them into a bolognaise sauce.
There are ho ho scenes with the local kids who simulate enviable laughter as he digs in the Lodge's rubbish bin by moonlight.
Is there some comic consequence – botulism, fruitloop diarrhoea of a convulsively ghastly kind, some massacre of the newer gross out comedy - that the young love and their sober middle-aged parents fear and loathe?
Nothing so interesting. We end up, for heaven's sake, with Tim falling asleep from exhaustion, just as the PM was going to deem him a quickie.
It's hard to say whether At Home with Julia is more of an open provocation to revoke the ABC's charter or a dire indictment of the current policy of buying in outsourced comedy.
I used to think that the ABC's short-lived cultural panel show The Vulture, the brainchild of that mercurial Renaissance man Guy Rundle - and a show, alas, in which I was a permanent panel member for the whole eight-and-a-half weeks of the run – had high claims to be considered the worst bit of television the ABC had ever put to air. Well, At Home With Julia makes it look like The Late Clive James or John Freeman's BBC interviews with Nehru and Evelyn Waugh.
It is appalling television which should never have gone to air. The idea of making Julia and Tim the subject of a TV show was bad from the start. The only kind of political figures you can get away with mawkishly softening into lovable sitcom figures –providing gentle hilarities are political figures of more or less vast objective glamour – the Kennedys, say, or the Obamas.
Otherwise you're better off sticking to the much safer territory of outright political satire. So At Home With Julia was rooted in (and by) a category mistake in the first place. Julia Gillard has never been a figure of film star-like charisma, as the Clintons were (or in a lesser way the Blairs, maybe the Keatings). She occupies a funny place in the pantheon of the national mythology of those who reach political Olympus. She is not, still not, I suspect, widely loathed, as Hawke and Howard, Fraser and Keating, not to mention Rudd and Abbott were at various stages.
We see her, on the surface, as a cartoon of what the national mannerisms can produce by way of nasal stridency, and we also have grave doubts about her lack of deeper political conviction and prowess. But, oddly enough, we perceive this as a form of personal frailty.
Can anyone tell Julia Gillard who she is? There is a pathos in that as the plight of a political leader not least when she looks hapless.
But At Home With Julia is such a trite bit of assassination, such a flummery mess of a show, that you oscillate between feeling sympathy for the Prime Minister and blaming her for bringing it into being.
At Home With Julia has far less colour and movement than the Julius Caesar I gave up on when the big florid Russian was knocked off. It did not, however, compare well with David and Margaret doing their shtick about the movies. As it happened they were talking about Fred Schepisi's splendid film The Eye Of The Storm and Vince Colosimo and Sigrid Thornton in a fine film Face To Face from a David Williamson script. Yes and they ended with a discussion of the Ingmar Bergman masterpiece Cries And Whispers.
It was enough to make you think the ABC had a function and Julia Gillard's Australia was capable of more than butchering any attempt at comedy or drama.
Peter Craven is one of Australia's best known critics and cultural commentators.
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A man suspected in 11 bank robberies attributed to the South Bay's Make It Quick Bandit confessed to investigators that he needed the money to pay the rent and "put food on the table for his family," the FBI said Tuesday.
Julio Cesar Porres, 40, of Lennox was arrested last week and identified as the suspect in the four-year robbery spree that affected U.S. Bank branches inside supermarkets in Inglewood, Gardena, Torrance and San Pedro.
Porres, who formerly lived in Gardena, admitted during questioning that he robbed a branch at 1221 S. Gaffey St. in San Pedro on Sept. 20, along with nine other branches, an FBI affidavit said.
"Porres stated that his rent was due on the 15th of each month and that he had fallen on hard times," an FBI special agent wrote in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
Porres told the agent he did not want to hurt anyone and had worked at U.S. Bank in the past, so he knew bank policy was to hand over money during robberies, the complaint said.
"Porres stated that he apologized to one of the female victim tellers as well as to several other victim tellers after he took the money by saying he was 'sorry,' " the complaint said.
Police throughout the South Bay said they always suspected the Make It Quick Bandit was a South Bay resident because the crimes occurred from San Pedro to Inglewood.
Police said the first robbery attributed to him occurred Jan. 4, 2009, inside the Vons at 1221 S. Gaffey St. in San Pedro. According to the FBI affidavit, Porres said he did not commit that robbery, but admitted to committing 10 other robberies.
The crimes he admitted to were:
• May 25 and Sept. 20 at 1221 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro.
• Dec. 21, 2011; June 30, 2012; Aug. 24, 2012, and May 17, 2013 at 1260 W. Redondo Beach Blvd., Gardena.
• July 14, 2012, at 1770 W. Carson St., Torrance.
• Nov. 13, 2011; Sept. 21, 2011; June 25, 2011 at 500 E. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood.
In each of the crimes, the robber approached a teller, presented a note demanding cash and sometimes apologized as he took the money. In some of the crimes, he walked the store aisles before striking. The FBI gave him his nickname because he sometimes told tellers to "make it quick."
Throughout the years, the FBI and local police agencies released surveillance photos and offered a reward for information in the hope somebody would recognize the man. A tip put Porres on the police radar.
On Sept. 20, Porres is suspected of walking into the branch on Gaffey, sitting down in a customer chair in front of a teller and passing a note that said, "Give me your cash." The teller handed over $1,055, the FBI said.
Porres allegedly took the money and walked away. Bank workers told police it was the same man that had robbed the bank in the past. One worker saw Porres walk to a dark-colored Ford Explorer backed into a parking spot and drive away.
Sheriff's deputies pulled Porres over for a traffic stop on Nov. 8. He was arrested for outstanding traffic tickets. Just by chance, an FBI agent investigating a tip provided by the public identified Porres as a suspect in the bank robberies, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
Five days later, workers identified his photograph as the man who robbed them, the affidavit said.
Federal prosecutors charged Porres with bank robbery. He was scheduled for arraignment Tuesday afternoon.
Torrance, Gardena, Inglewood and Los Angeles police all were involved in investigating the crimes.

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Hamilton named Player of the Month
ARLINGTON -- Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was named the American League Player of the Month for June on Monday. Hamilton led the Majors in average (.454), RBIs (31), hits (49), total bases (88th), slugging (.815), on-base percentage (.484) while also leading in home runs with nine. He was tied in extra-base hits with 20. "It's an honor. There are a lot of good players in the league," Hamilton said. "But most exciting to me is playing well and winning ballgames. Hopefully we can get back on both those tracks."
The numbers helped put Hamilton in the Rangers' record book, as his 31 RBIs established a team record for June while his 88 total bases was the fourth-most in any month. It marked his third Player of the Month honor, as he also won the award in April and May of 2008. He joins Rafael Palmeiro and Alex Rodriguez as the only Rangers to win the award three times. "That's a slam dunk right there. He had a huge June," third baseman Michael Young said. "He got hot and stayed hot. You normally don't see that for a month, you see it for about four or five games. But he made some great adjustments. He was really disciplined in his approach and during the game and it really paid off for him."


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The United Way recently set goals for the community in order to create a financially stable, healthy and educated community.
Through it's community matters survey the United Way has created four pillars that they believe can create a more stable community. It includes income, education and health.
For the first time the organization is setting goals for the programs it funds. The programs will report to the United Way how the money being used with in their organizations helps reach the goals set.
"The goals we've laid out we don't necessarily have partnerships or collaborations or programs that we're funding for each one," explained Community Impact Coordinator Amy Davis. "So, how can we change that? How can we start to get into the community to make those changes?"
The United Way will first tackle education. They'll focus on increasing parenting skills for parents of infants to three years old, an increase in behavior and social interaction, and an increase in the number of young adults who graduate.
Davis said the goal isn't to tell the schools what to do it's to partner with them.
"We're not trying to reinvent the wheel," said Davis. "Our intentions aren't to do brand new programs, to overlap something that is already being done. Is there a way that the United Way can advance what is already being done."
To get the input on from the community on the education issue the United Way is asking you attend an open dialogue at the Zanesville Schools Administration Center, Tuesday October 30 from 8-9p.m.
Davis asks that you call and RSVP for the event by calling (740) 454-6872 or e-mailing email@example.com by October 26.


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A youth pastor has the wrong idea about helping gain sexual purity when dealing with homosexual young men within his church. It landed him in jail through his own confession to the authorities.
According to Hiphopwired.com:
A former youth Pastor is out on bond today after he admitted to authorities that he had sex with teenage boys to cure them of their homosexuality.
31-year-old Brent Girouex of Council Bluffs, Iowa was arrested earlier this month on 60 counts of suspicion of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist.
In February, Girouex reportedly told police that he had sexual contact with four young men starting in 2007 in order to help them gain "sexual purity in the eyes of God."
Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber told local paper The Daily Nonpareil that at least eight men have come forward with complaints that Girouex molested them.
Three young men who were teens at the time of their molestation told authorities that they went to Giourex's home for help with "sexual purity."
One of them in particular estimates that he had sex with the Pastor 50 to 100 times.
Giourex reportedly gave details to authorities and told them,
"When they would ejaculate, they would be getting rid of the evil thoughts in their mind."
Investigators are said to be looking for more victims.
The Pastor is free on $30,000 bond.
I understand that we all have our own personal demons to deal with. But as my pastor says… "Sometimes you have to deal with them without anyone elses help, because their demons and your demons can work against both you… Deal with demons through Jesus! And Jesus alone!"
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I did something I said I�d never do: I voted early.
I was sitting at my desk last week, browsing Facebook, reading newspapers and checking email. Everything was about politics and nothing was pleasant. Like the clarity that comes from a direct injection of mescaline to the temple, I realized the madness had to stop.
Here�s something about being in the newspaper business: We are always working in the future. We are working on Sunday�s newspaper on Friday. The features department started preparing the Thanksgiving and Christmas calendars before Halloween. My life goes by in large chunks. In newspaper years, I am about 435 years old and during every one of those years, politics and the threat of elections have hung around like those old sneakers over powerlines. It�s only two more years �til the off-year elections.
This election cycle has been overblown and toxic. I have never in my life read so many lies, so many truths and heard so much bullcrap. No one is happy. No one listens to anyone else. Like Sinead O�Connor, I wanted to shave my head and stop the madness. Instead, in my weakened state of overdose, I concluded voting was the only way to make the horror go away. What better way to celebrate the most troublesome of holidays than to cram a few ballot boxes?
When I pulled the lever, I imagined, the clouds would part, the rainbow would appear, we would live in peace and sing Kumbaya to one another. The political signs and arguments would cease. Letters to the editor would get back to important issues like vandals in the cemetery or people who run over dogs in the street and don�t stop. If I could just make it to the ballot box, the voices in my head would go stop, the campaigning would stop, the telephone pollsters would stop, the lying mailers would stop, the TV talking heads would shut up, the ceaseless punditry would dissipate and we could stop running stories and candidate questions and sponsoring forums that don�t attract enough people to field a Squamish team. People in social media would get back to putting up pictures of kittens and puppies or cute shots of their kids and grandkids instead of the panic postings that prove the president is the spawn of Satan or his challenger eats senior citizens for snacks.
The line to vote was 30-minutes long. I got bribed with an emery board touting a state house candidate and a piece of sugar candy promoting a judge. At least when I lapse into a diabetic coma, I can go to the hospital with presentable fingernails. A Democrat handed me a light blue leaflet outlining the party slate and a Republican gave me a red sheet with their choices. What I thought was a guy handing out �I Voted� stickers was actually a guy who slapped a �Romney/Ryan� sticker on my coat before I could protest that I didn�t want to be a walking campaign sign for anyone, no matter how I intended to vote. Sigh.
Providentially for everyone and my mental health, the line soon moved into that protective zone where electioneering is not allowed. I was out of range of the argosy of party workers. I was recognized by some south Alamance homefolks like a wounded soldier or a wrongly accused madman making it to sanctuary. We conversed about neighbors who have passed the vale of tears and those still shuffling on the terra. I began to decompress a bit. This standing in line, legally protected from the madness, was calming, like being in a bubble. It was a pretty day, sunny, and even if someone passed gas in line, like they did the last presidential election, it would dissipate as quickly as my anxiety.
I have never voted early before on the rationale that if I voted early for someone, the next day he would be on the front page accused of being a drunken pervert, revealed as a predator Scoutmaster or beater of women and children.
I also like to vote on election day because I get to see all the ladies and gents who work the polls at Fairchild. I only get to see them once every two years, but they�re fun to be around. To some people, that�s the ideal length of time between family reunions. They are a great bunch, they never ask me for a loan, they don�t ask my opinion on anything and they know when I show up, it�s about time for the polls to close so they can get home, take off their shoes and soak their feet in Epsom salts.
To end this screed, my vote was cast. The heavens did not rain down praise or punishment. Aside from a few candidate candy wrappers peeking from beneath the potted plants along the street and the sidewalk, there was no indication anywhere that one thing had changed. And by the ads and robocalls and electioneering still persisting in my life, nothing has changed. Neither Left nor Right will shut up. Maybe they will next election. Ha.
Jay Ashley is managing editor of the Times-News. He remains politically scarred at email@example.com


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E-Grocery as New Innovative Distribution Channel in the German Food Retailing
Over the past decade the Internet has changed our today's society more than any other medium since the invention of television. The recent evolvement of the Internet as a new major distribution channel has obtained much attention, as the online channel calls the viability of traditional stationary retailing into question. Today, since innovation is a key factor in the Digital Age, the presence in the digital marketplace is essential for retailers, also in the food retailing. In the UK and other European economies e-grocery continues to grow, while in Germany the e-grocery business lags behind the European average, which points to reasonable growth potential here. Online food retailing, however, poses several challenges. There is a general lack of reality proven business models and of practical experience in consumer's needs and demands, which renders the development of a successful e-grocery strategy difficult. In order to live up to the customers' expectations and develop a profitable business model, the e-grocer has to know about the customers' demands on online food retailing. The main objective of this paper is to understand customers' motives behind grocery shopping online and offline. The paper first researches into the German food retailing with its market characteristics and the Status Quo of e-grocery in Germany by researching data from market research institutes and official bodies. The paper then examines the customers' perceptions of grocery shopping online as well as offline in a survey. Finally, a conclusion on the prospects for an e-grocery business strategy to successfully meet the consumer's needs and demands is drawn.
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Kasey Smith took to the red carpet last night (May 4) in Copenhagen for the Eurovision opening event.
The Irish Eurovision representative looked glamourous in a white cocktail dress which featured a plunging neckline and peplum detailing at the waist.
The Dublin singer posed alongside a number of other Eurovision hopefuls, including Austria's Conchita Wurst, the UK's Molly and Denmark's Basim.
Kasey smith at the red carpet with the Can Linn group
Kasey Smith in Copenhagen
Kasey and Austrian Eurovision hopeful Conchita Wurst
Kasey and Denmark singer Basim
Kasey and the UK's Eurovision representative Molly
At the weekend, Kasey and Can Linn met a group of Irish children from Rykaards International School who presented Kasey with pictures they had drawn for her.
She was touched by the gesture, commenting: "My god, I nearly started crying! They went to so much trouble making those... It was so lovely to hear the Irish accents in Copenhagen... a little piece of home."
The Irish Eurovision team also visited Copenhagen GAA club to meet some Irish players living here.


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Modern, beautiful villa KINOUSA VILLA 2, built in 2008, surrounded by trees and fields.House Equipment: air conditioning, washing machine (private use).Access & Parking: private parking. All-season motor access to the house. Situation: on the outskirts of kinousa village, quiet, sunny position in the countryside, on top of a hill. View from the apartment of the sea, the mountains, the garden and the countryside.Surroundings of the house: grounds (private use, 350 m2, fenced), park (private use), garden (private use, 20 m2), swimming pool (private use, length 8 m x width 4 m), barbecue (private use).Facilities and distances: shop 10 km, supermarket 10 km, restaurant 10 km, shingle beach 7 km, sandy beach 10 km, golf course 40 km, children's playground 14 km, m. how to find the villa: Once you pass Limni (the pier on your left) you will see a sign indicating Kinousa Makounta(F737), turn right there. Follow the road to Makounta- passing straight through, up the winding road until you see on your left a sign Welcome to Kinousa. Keep following the road for approximately 200m where on your left you will see a bus stop, continue another 100m where on your left you will see a sign Kinousa Villas, turn right , follow the road up the hill which turns to the left.Once the road levels, follow the road up the hill ( do not turn left),first right then first left. You have arrived.
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With "Arrogance of Supreme Power", Godless Truth has given us their 4th full length album, and it is nothing spectacular to behold. Hailing from the Czech Republic, Godless Truth plays Dying Fetus inspired Brutal Death metal. Now, I am big fan of Dying Fetus, but Godless Truth just doesn't do it as well as the boys from DF do. The grooves aren't as catchy, the vocals aren't quite as inspiring and the drumming is more lax. Also the biggest problem instrumental wise of this album is the bass, which is really weak and not the rumbling low end that I have come to expect from a death metal band.
Despite all those problems, this album has plenty of good parts to it. The grooves did get me headbanging and the vocals did have plenty of dynamics, switching from a death roar to a lower, sicker style. Also the guitar work was quite competent and played the grooves as good as the blasts. The standout tracks to me were: Mission:Fuck You, Reprobate Intention, and Embrace the Void.
In conclusion, Godless Truth's "Arrogance of Supreme Power" is enjoyable although it has plenty of problems.


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Since this site is all about me being a witch, I decided to post my resolutions as they relate to witchcraft. My personal resolutions (though they vary slightly from year to year) go in my journal and are not shared with anyone. Too embarrassing, too silly. Plus I've had to cross some off – like having Brad Pitt's love-child!
My witch resolutions for 2007: (in no particular order)
1. The Mother of all Book of Shadows – Since I have so many volumes, it has gotten difficult to find and index particular spells. For years I have dreamed of having a huge book of all my best and most useful spells. I have not ever come across the right book to be the definitive Book of Shadows of Morrigane, so this year I finally took some steps to have a custom book created. I hope if (no not if – when, say when!) it gets created I then have the energy to actually write my hundreds upon hundreds of spells in it! Of course that could be a resolution for another year.
2. Organizing my Witch Cabinet – Oh the disarray. It seems organized to me, in that I can always find my oils and candles and such, but I just know there are many wonderful things in there that I could be using, that I have not catalouged. It is a daunting task – I will take a photo sometime so you can see what I am talking about. You will probably absolve me of this one since I have doubts it can be accomplished in my lifetime.
3. Setting up my Faerie Altar – This one I will do! Since I began my recent study into Faerie Magick; I've been eager to get an altar up to honor my Fae friends. I'm also anxious to share some of my new Faerie Magick spells in the coming year. My newest altar will be an excellent way to bring this to reality.
4. The Great Herb Purge of 2007 – Herbs are kind of like husbands. They have lots of life in them initially but eventually that vigor starts to fade. Unlike husbands though – herbs can be replaced (well some husbands can be too I suppose, just not mine!) because fresh herbs make a witch very happy in her root work. I'm usually pretty good about keeping up with this however after the move this summer I let things slide just a bit. So the start of the New Year means new herbs, new mixes, new powders. Should this come before or after the Witch Cabinet organization?
5. Crystal Re-charging – Well the truth is I need to get my rocks organized. As well as cleansing and re-charging my large altar crystals. This will be a good thing to do on the upcoming Full Moon. My crystals will be happier and so will I!
6. Circle Ritual Re-vamp – Every couple of years I like to take a look at my ritual basics and see if anything needs tweaking. I've been casting a particular kind of circle for the past two years now and it may be time to work on a new casting ritual. My circles are always works in progress.
7. New Spells – This one is a given. Every year I write about 30 new spells. Some are spells that are customized for unique concerns; others are epiphanies I have that bring new magick to light and still others are researched or taught to me by witch-friends. I'll use the example of my marriage spell – for years I used the same spell until I found a much better one. This past year my old marriage spell had to hit the road and my new marriage spell (The Next Level of Love) made its debut to resounding success. So there will be many new spells and as always much magick making!
There it is! I will keep you up to date on my progress in 2007.
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I'm sorry... last words of low IQ woman executed in her flip-flops
Her last meal was fried chicken and green peas, washed down with a can of Dr Pepper.
Her last outfit was a blue prison uniform and a pair of flip-flops. And her final words, uttered in the moments before they strapped her down to administer the lethal injection, were: "I'm very sorry."
Teresa Lewis, a 41 year-old former drug addict with an IQ that puts her on the verge of being mentally disabled, became the first woman to be executed in the United States for five years when she was put to death at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia.
Supporters of Lewis, who was convicted of hiring two hitmen to kill her husband Julian and his son Charles in 2002 watched silently through one-way glass as she was tied down with leather straps securing her legs, wrists and chest, before intravenous lines were inserted into each arm.
Also looking on, in the other familiar ritual of American capital punishment, were friends and relatives of Lewis's victims, who were killed as part of a macabre plot to secure a life insurance payout. They saw her feet twitch slightly as the lethal injection was administered and she slipped into death.
Of the more than 1,200 people who have been executed since the US Supreme Court voted to reinstate the death penalty in 1976, only 11 have been women — a statistic which, together with the circumstances of Lewis's original murder conviction, helped turn her case into a global cause celebre. More than 7,300 appeals were lodged with the Governor of Virginia Robert McDonnell calling for him to stop her killing, including one by the thriller writer John Grisham.
Even the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, got in on the act. He used a speech in New York this week to argue that the case typified Western double standards: Americans expressed outrage at the stoning of woman in Islamic countries, he argued, yet sanctioned the lethal injection of a mentally challenged woman in their own backyard.
At her original trial, the prosecution portrayed Lewis as an appalling criminal mastermind who hoped to make $250,000 from the death of her stepson Charles, an army reservist who had a standard military life insurance policy which named Lewis's husband, Julian, as its chief beneficiary.
The court heard how Lewis, a serial adulteress, met two young men, Matthew Shallenberger and Rodney Fuller, at a branch of Walmart. She began a sexual relationship with both men, before plotting with them to kill both Charles and Julian using shotguns she had bought for them.
Although Lewis later admitted her guilt, her alleged role as mastermind seems at odds with her IQ, which at somewhere between 70 and 72 puts her on the verge of being mentally disabled. Adding to the apparent discrepancies in her death sentence was the fact that Shallenberger and Fuller, who were also convicted, were sentenced to mere life imprisonment.
"Tonight the death machine exterminated the beautiful childlike and loving spirit of Teresa Lewis," said her lawyer, James Rocap, shortly after her death was announced.
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Just watched the channel 5 doc on his comeback and the more i think about this fight the more i feel Senchenko should be the favourite.
The triangle theory of Malignaggi, Hatton, Senchenko is probably the least telling triangle of all time. You literally couldnt pick two fighters who were more different than Malignaggi and Hatton, not to mention the 3 year layoff, binge drinking, drugs etc.
Senchenko is a solid boxer with a good jab and right hand, hes also a natural Welterweight. Can see Ricky being stopped actually.
Obviously i could be proved horrifically wrong if Hatton really does bring his A or even B game, but this could be a big mistake by the Hatton team. I feel they should have picked a bum for his first fight, THEN go back to doing what Ricky does best taking on the hardest fights.
Paulie didn't do what he did to Senchenko by slugging it out with him, he stuck and moved then entire fight as Paulie normally does. Hatton is just on the train of thought that: "Well, I stopped Paulie pretty easily and if he can bust this guy up, then I should walk right through him."
This is a big mistake because Paulie fought at 147 and has more power at that weight than when Hatton fought him at 140. Hatton's stamina is going to be atrocious after a 3 year layoff and with him trying to press the action, he will fade after 3 rounds. Senchenko should take this fight over after the 4th and cruise to a UD. If Hatton starts eating shots, he might get taken out, just depends on how good his defense is.
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By Jim Spencer
I won't try to improve on Mike Loranger's articulate defense of the planned San Vicente Road improvements (
Ramona Sentinel,
Ramona Sentinel,
Jan. 10, 2013), except just to add a few points.
While it does not surprise me that "some residents say they were not aware of the road realignment," it nevertheless astonished me to read that the president of the SDCEA board had "never heard about the road improvements" in his three years on the board.
Where have these folks been? Over the past year, alone, there have been at least several articles about the planned SVR improvements in the
Ramona Sentinel
Ramona Sentinel
- The county has certainly not kept this long-planned project a secret! Perhaps this lack of attention on the part of some may explain the seemingly knee-jerk 11th-hour reaction in opposition to sorely-needed road improvements into our neighborhood. And maybe it also explains the questionable propriety of expending association resources to advance a singular agenda.
There is no question that the board of directors may take a particular position on any matter that impacts the community as a whole, as this project certainly will. But to actively solicit opposition by paying the expense of printing and mailing an argument against it and providing opposition petition forms for return on the association's dime is, in my opinion, a stretch of the board's authority.
That point aside, however, I would like to address some of the arguments against the planned SVR improvements. While it is true that no road design, anywhere, can eliminate the reality of stupid and reckless drivers, the planned improvements of SVR will at least make the road safer for defensive driving.
It is not only the recklessness of some drivers that cause accidents. The inability to take defensive action is also a major contributor. If, by easing some of the curves, and providing a couple of needed left-turn pockets, it makes it less likely for the inconsiderate driver to cause a collision due to the better driver being able to detect and avoid same, then the project would be worth it for that reason alone.
Furthermore, our fixation with trees throughout our community probably needs to be re-examined. I like trees as much as anyone else. But how many trees is a human life worth? Would we sacrifice 100 trees to reduce the likelihood of someone being seriously injured or killed on SVR? Would we sacrifice 145? At what point do we decide that it is more important to save a tree at the expense of a lost or ruined life? Trees can and will be replaced. Human life, not so easily.
I can no more speak for the entire community on this issue than can the board of directors. I encourage everyone, however, to carefully consider the current condition of SVR and ask themselves if they honestly don't believe that improvements are long overdue. Even if one has signed a petition in opposition, he or she always has the right to change their mind and remove their name.
Jim Spencer is a Ramona resident.
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The RMUG will meeting on Saturday, 28 August at the Largo Public Library in the Local History Room. The group took a couple months off during the summer, and this is the first meeting of the new season.
If you use the Roots Magic genealogy program or want to see what it is all about before you make a purchase decision, drop by and join in.
The session is largely unstructured, and follows the interests and questions of the attendees.
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Everyone needs to make a bucket list of their favourite destinations in the world. There are so many beautiful places u there to see that the list is mostly never-ending. Let's try confining the choices to must visit place in Europe. Europe has something special for every kind of traveller; from someone who wants to visit historical places to shopping to enjoying different cuisines to soaking in the beautiful landscapes and so on. The following list includes just a few of the amazing places that one must visit in Europe in their lifetime:
Var, Provence, France
Little tiny villages hidden away between the winding roads of Provence are the perfect place for a serene getaway. The lavender fields will take your breath away and make you never want to go back again. This is the place to visit if you are looking for good food, fewer crowds and beautiful scenery to seep into.
Sistine Chapel, Italy
To see Michelangelo's masterpiece with your own eyes is something you should definitely not visit on a trip to Europe. This fresco painting has been called by many experts as the masterpiece among masterpieces. To truly appreciate its beauty one must take a few minutes to let the history and grandeur of this marvellous piece to just soak in.
Aya Sofya, Istanbul, Turkey
This has often been included in the list of the most beautiful mosques in the world. It was initially a church which was converted into a mosque during the Ottoman era and now it is a museum. There is beautiful Arabic calligraphy written along the walls which shimmer on the pure byzantine mosaic. It is truly a feat of an architectural marvel considering the time it was built in.
Northern Lights, Iceland
The northern lights appear only from September to March. The best time to see it would be on a clear dark night. Being able to see the northern lights in all its glory is truly an unforgettable experience for any traveller.
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By: Beth Kirlin, Guest Blogger
Kindness, compassion, and love. When they seem out of reach, remember they are always closer than you think. Here's 50 ways to love through random acts of kindness right at your finger tips!
- Give thanks for gestures big and small.
- LOL with a friend.
- Compliment others freely & often.
- Bake cookies and bring them to work.
- Say hello to someone you pass on the street.
- Follow through on promises.
- Let the person with less groceries go first in line.
- Post an inspirational quote on a friends Facebook page.
- Share something you learned.
- Have a conversation with someone new.
- Let someone know you are thinking about them.
- Say I'm sorry and mean it.
- Lend a hand, often and humbly.
- Cook dinner for your friends.
- Create a surprise moment for someone special.
- Listen to others with your full, undivided attention.
- Buy a coffee for the next person in line.
- Host a makeover night.
- Hug someone you just met.
- Ask a store clerk how their day is going and really listen.
- Give your leftovers to the homeless.
- Tell someone how much you care about them.
- Donate clothes to charity.
- Take your dog for a very long walk.
- Give with no expectations in return.
- Hold the door for others.
- Take out the trash.
- Nurture others: mind, body & spirit.
- Make a friend a mix of new music.
- Spend quality time with your family.
- Take care of the planning details.
- Send a funny card to a friend.
- Allow other cars to easily merge into traffic.
- Share what you have to give.
- Leave a sweet note for someone to find.
- Pay the toll for another car.
- Give your girlfriends fun clothes you no longer wear.
- Leave a penny.
- Hold space for others.
- Over tip your waiter/waitress.
- Buy someone flowers.
- Offer to drive.
- Add sparkles, just because.
- Hold hands.
- Color, paint and dance with a child.
- Smile.
- Give out tootsie pops.
- Forgive.
- Be Yourself.
- Say I love you at least once a day.
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I had a Pair of Prada Low tops which i used for work and to be honest the prices are to high for something of such degradable quality Rubber soles ware down too easilt the leather scuffs within a week the seams tear of you walk for over an hour and general comfort was simply not there. They looked great for a short while but when one mark gets on them you should throw them out because that is the beginning of a tragedy. I Will never and buy another pair of designer shoes or trainers again because a pair of shoes i had for a year and a half costing just £12 lasted me longer was a shed load cheaper and i didn't begrudge having them damaged... if your going to ever buy a pair DO NOT wear them for prolonged periods at a time and keep them in the bag inside the box in bubble wrap inside another box in your attic somewhere for special occasions like weddings birthday parties anniversarries... or your own funeral (But with that last remark only keep them on for a short amount of time or they'll kill your feet in the after life)
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Controversy is still stirring over 'Night Before Christmas'
Updated 10:00 pm, Monday, December 10, 2007
TROY, N.Y. -- Printed part way down page 3 of the Troy Sentinel on Dec. 23, 1823, it was easy to miss.
Between beekeeping tips and a wedding announcement was a seasonal poem. Submitted anonymously, the poem charmed editors who published it anyway. It started like this:
" 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house ..."
The rest is Christmas history.
"Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" spread beyond this bustling, blooming Hudson River city as papers and almanacs elsewhere reprinted it. The poem helped cement the popular image of Santa as a "right jolly old elf" with a twinkle in his eye and eight reindeer (no Rudolph yet). Quoted by kids, co-opted by advertisers, celebrated in songs and shows, it is one of the most famous American poems.
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And 184 years later, there are still dissenting views about who wrote it.
Clement Clarke Moore claimed credit 21 years after the poem appeared in the Troy paper. Moore was a wealthy Bible scholar, the sort of man that the phrase "pillar of society" was meant to describe -- pious, accomplished, esteemed family -- and the claim was universally accepted.
Or almost so.
Soon after Moore's name became linked to the poem, counterclaims were made that a Revolutionary War veteran from the Hudson Valley named Henry Livingston was the true author. Livingston's relatives claimed he read the poem aloud to his family years before the Troy publication. Livingston's champions maintain that Moore -- that God-fearing pillar of rectitude -- lied.
"This comes up every year," said Kathryn Sheehan of the Rensselaer County Historical Society as she pulled out the old St. Nicholas file. The collection of copied articles, testimonies and letters provides no definitive answer on the poem's authorship, though it tells some good stories.
Moore taught at Columbia College and lived with his family in New York City on a big estate in Manhattan called Chelsea (it gave its name to the neighborhood). If not for the Christmas poem, his literary claim to fame likely would have been a two-volume Hebrew dictionary.
According to his descendants, Moore's muse struck while out sleigh riding to fetch a turkey on Christmas Eve in 1822. Moore later explained that the poem was a trifle, written only for the pleasure of his family. After years of rumors, he accepted authorship in 1844 upon publication of a book of poems.
Livingston is a more obscure historical figure. A gentleman farmer who lived midway between New York City and Troy in Poughkeepsie, he had many interests. One was writing light verse in anapest -- two short syllables followed by a long stressed one. The famous example, of course, is: 'Twas the NIGHT before CHRISTmas.
Livingston's proponents believe he composed the poem before 1808 for his family. The big problem with their case is the lack of evidence that Livingston ever claimed credit before his death in 1828.
"I don't think Henry ever needed to be acknowledged," said Mary Van Deusen, a descendant of Livingston. "The more you read his work, the more you realize the man was so contented in himself."
Van Deusen drew fresh attention to her cause by persuading literary detective Don Foster to investigate. The Vassar College English professor examines texts for clues to authorship. Foster devotes a chapter to the debate in his 2000 book, "Author Unknown," and concludes that Moore was more Scrooge than jolly elf. Moore wrote poems, often with a finger-wagging tone. Consider his take on fun-loving girls of Manhattan: "Shame! shame! heart-rending thought! deep-sinking stain ... arts first taught by prostitutes of France!"
By contrast, Foster sees Livingston as a jocular soul whose poems better match the spirit, meter and word usage of "St. Nicholas." One example: Livingston favored the unusual salutation "Happy Christmas," as in "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night."
But istorical document expert Joe Nickell disputes the notion that Moore was a joyless prig. In a study commissioned several years ago by a gallery that offers a Moore-inscribed book, Nickell pointed to two anapestic poems written by Moore. He asks why neither Livingston nor his family tried to set the record straight before he died in 1828.
"There's no serious problem with the scenario that Moore is the author," Nickell said in a phone interview, "and we can't do that with Livingston."
Van Deusen said she has done what she could, including posting material on her Web site so people can make their own decisions. She insists she doesn't want to diminish Moore, whom she likens to Salieri -- the conniving composer who covets Mozart's genius -- in "Amadeus."


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President Obama has refused to make public the text of the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) 'deal', and in fact he has restricted the text to a 'secret room' in the U.S. Capitol for only those members of Congress with high enough security clearances – who may only read the text while there (no copies, notes, etc..).
Not only is the TPP being kept from public debate, the president is manipulating for special executive powers (so called 'fast track' approval) whereby Congress transfers its authority to the executive and agrees to give up several of its most basic powers – the power to write legislation, the power to amend legislation, the power to fully consider legislation on the floor, the power to keep debate open until Senate cloture is invoked, and the constitutional requirement that treaties receive a two-thirds vote.
Shockingly, it seems that Congress is going along with it, which may very well submit the United States to new global governance as apparently the Trans-Pacific Partnership more closely resembles a treaty than a trade deal…
"In other words, through fast-track, Congress would be pre-clearing a political and economic union before a word of that arrangement has been made available to a single private citizen." said Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
According to Sessions, "Reviewing the secret text, plus the secret guidance document that accompanies it, reveals that this new transnational commission – would have the authority to …issue regulations impacting labor, immigration, environmental, and commercial policy." (here in the U.S.)
President Obama has ignored and rejected bipartisan calls for transparency on TPP (also called 'Obamatrade'), and refuses to release to the public the text of TPP that would be fast-tracked.
"In effect, to adopt fast-track is to agree to remove the constitutional protections against the creation of global governance structures before those structures are even made public."
The United States Senate has already passed the TPP deal a couple weeks ago, and the House could vote as early as next week for 'fast-track' powers to Obama.
What is the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)?
Apparently it's a giant 'free trade' deal of which the trade agreement talks have been conducted in secret. The little people (who will ultimately be affected) like you and I, apparently don't need to know. You see, the details are on a 'need-to-know' basis.
How is the TPP deal different from other trade deals?
Typical trade agreements deal mostly just with goods: You can import X number of widgets at Y price, perhaps with strings attached such as certain environmental and labor standards. The TPP however apparently "encompass a broad range of regulatory and legal issues, making them a much more central part of foreign policy and even domestic lawmaking" (The Washington Post).
What does your 'spidey senses' tell you about all this? What's wrong with an open dialog? Why has the text transcripts been kept from Congress? Why is Obama looking to usurp Congressional powers and fast-track the TPP without debate? Will the TPP further erode our sovereignty as a nation? Will member nations gain the 'power' to affect domestic lawmaking and regulations here in the United States? Will it further 'level' the global playing field whereby United States workers get the shaft?
Lots of questions and lots of secrets. My 'spidey senses' tell me that this might not be so good…
What do you think?


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A REMOTE Dales village which lies below one of the most exciting parts of the Grand Depart has dared to dream big and host a full scale music and arts festival.
Small business owners in Muker, Swaledale, decided last year to make the most of the Tour de France by hiring a large screen and putting up a tent in a field to host a beer festival with live music and children's entertainment.
Landowner Christine Clarkson, along with Darren and Emily Abbey who run the Farmers Arms pub in the village, had felt that not enough facilities were being provided along the route of the Yorkshire Dales.
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But what started as the more modest Tour de Fleece festival has grown into the ambitious King of the Mountains festival – featuring Yorkshire bands, including Leeds-based Sky Larkin, and BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens, as well as outdoor cinema, nature talks and live art shows.
Mr Abbey said: "With the news that thousands of people would be descending on Muker and Swaledale, we were motivated to bring something new and exciting to our small village.
"King of the Mountains festival is our chance to showcase Muker and provide visitors with the best place to watch the race, alongside quality facilities and the best in Yorkshire-sourced music, arts, food, and family activities."
The festival site lies at the foot of the infamous Buttertubs Pass – widely considered to be one of the best places to watch the action of stage one of the Grand Depart on Saturday, July 5.
Mrs Abbey added: "We are only a pub that can seat 50, and there's a tea shop next door that can seat 20.
"We thought it would be a good idea to hold a festival with additional food outlets, a big bar, toilets and security - providing three days of entrainment.
"We're in the middle of nowhere; the nearest cash machine is six miles away, so it felt quite natural to hold a festival and to provide people that are here with entertainment in the build up to the race and after because once they are here there wouldn't be much to do unless they enjoy walking.
"With more than 30,000 people in the area I think they'll want a bit of fun."
Mrs Clarkson added: "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to show off our part of the Dales and hopefully with the tickets priced at £39 for adults for the weekend, people will be happy to pay it and want to come back year after year.
"With the festival we are supporting various local charities including Swaledale Mountain Rescue."
Gary Verity chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire said: "King of the Mountains looks set to be a terrific event and will really get the community and visitors into the party spirit as the Grand Départ passes through."
For more details and to book please visit www.kingofthemountainsfestival.com.


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About Linwoods
Linwoods continues to be one of Baltimore's top restaurants striving to bring its customers fresh and creative cuisine and fine service in a warm, contemporary atmosphere. Linwood and Ellen Dame established this restaurant more than twenty years ago, and are involved in every detail of its daily operation. Linwoods is consistently recognized by Baltimore Magazine and the Zagat Guide as one of the city's best restaurants.
Owings Mills, MD 21117
Dining Style:
Fine Dining
Contemporary American
Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday - Friday: 11:30am - 3:00pm; Dinner: Monday - Thursday: 5:30pm - 10:00pm, Friday & Saturday: 5:30pm - 11:00pm, Sunday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm
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Price Range:
$31 to $50
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AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
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(410) 356-3030
Besides delicious cuisine, style and service, Linwoods Catering can offer its clients expertise and experience. This comes from almost twenty years of catering events from small celebrations at home to galas for thousands. Linwoods has catered weddings, mitzvahs, corporate events, charity balls, and openings. Our goal is to make our clients happy and relaxed, to provide special menus tailored to your style within your price range. We can also connect you to other reliable vendors, who will help make your event spectacular.
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Linwoods has a lot surrounding the facility with ample parking for all guests.
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Tom Devine
Banquet, Bar Dining, Full Bar, Outdoor dining, Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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Linwoods Ratings and Reviews
Classic lines, minimalist decor brings the atmosphere to a high end NYC steakhouse. Now old fashioned open kitchen reminisces of restaurant concepts of days gone by. A limited menu confuses the ambiance with wood fired pizzas and a burger on the menu. Definitely a conflict with front and back of the house. Specials include a barley soup that was below par and a venison loin. God this place loves bacon as they put it in almost anything.
Wine list was ample, but way too expensive for the selections provided. The food itself was well-seasoned. I had the tenderloin with a red wine and truffle reduction. Could not taste the truffles. Their take on potatoes dauphinois was little fried mashed potato balls.
However, with that said the food was tasty and well seasoned. Clientele is on the older side so for the 70 and up generation this place is definitely a hit. No pizazaz, nothing special but a friendly wait staff. I'll go back for my 70th birthday.
I think that Linwood's is the best restaurant in Baltimore.... at least it's the one I prefer for very special occasions. The food is always outstanding, the service has always been great, and there's a nice friendly atmosphere. It doesn't hurt that Linwood's is near by to me - and the parking is fine too.
OMG! We LOVE this place! The chef is not just amazing he's considerate also. I have severe allergies and he has modified many amazing dishes just for me. Our server was so awesome that she remembered my exact allergies! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!!! One of the few places that I feel blessed to have found them.
Never a bad meal at Linwood's.
Why don't we go to Linwood's more often? The ambiance is always warm, and the place always seems to be crowded, even on weeknights. Servers are polite and attentive. Mixed drinks are generous - we had Manhattans up, and there was enough in the shaker for another half drink.
Food was delicious as always. Sea bass was delicious and well-cooked. Price fixe menu was a bargain, with oysters, steak, and dessert.
We had a leisurely dinner on a weeknight, very nice.
Our lunch was very delicious. The most amazing thing about our visit was that the wonderful Pastry Chef transformed a very obviously homemade (and not very pretty) birthday cake we brought into a thing of beauty!! He frosted it and added some strawberries and been leaves. It was wonderful and so very appreciated. Also, the hostess was especially lovely and attentive
Consistently good food. We eat here several times a year and although there are some seasonal menu changes the food and preparation are always excellent. Service is pleasant and attentive and Chef Linwood usually circulates to make sure everyone is satisfied.
A rather elite dining spot but consistently dependable quality. They offer a pre-fixed 3 course option as well as their traditional fare. There is also brick oven pizza (a pleasant surprise) and the chocolate sundae is incredible. Our Server was attentive and accommodating without hovering. Very good experience.
Very nice. The food was innovative and good, not exceptional. The service was good. There was a problem with another guest near us. It was handled well but, again, not exceptional. They need to understand, with high prices you expect an exceptional experience. I will return as I think they will figure it out. The basics are there, just a little more experience will improve them to the phenomenal.
Linwood's is a perfect special occasion restaurant. We had great drinks + appetizers (including tempura lobster) followed by excellent entrees (Crabcakes) and impressive deserts. A few friends were all mutually celebrating turning 40. It felt warm + special. So glad we choose Linwood's.
Linwood's never disappoints. There were nine of us, so we got a nice sampling of the menu, although several people ordered and enjoyed the delicious scallops entree. Their fried oysters are some of the best I've tasted, the lobster tempura impeccably prepared. Go to Linwood's!
My friend and I both have dietary restrictions and Linwoods was fantastic in helping us to have a great birthday celebration without compromising our health. The food and service were great. The prices are on the high side, but they do offer a prix fixe menu option. This was my first visit and I will certainly return.
THE go to place in suburban Baltimore for exceptional food and impeccable service. Linwoods consistently delivers a memorable dining experience, no matter what the occasion. I recently made lunch reservations at Linwoods to celebrate my sister's birthday. I called in advance to request a pear tart for dessert because my sister love's pears and they are in season now (October). At the end of the meal, my sister was presented with a specially made pear tart, with vanilla ice cream, and a birthday candle....enough for sharing. The pastry chef had gone above and beyond! The tart (and rest of the meal) were perfect. My sister was delighted....as was I. Bravo Linwoods!!! Will definitely return soon. I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area, where we have our fair share of notable restaurants. Would love to see a Linwoods West open up there soon!
My friend treated me to a wonderful 70th birthday celebration. I was offered to be immediately seated while waiting for my friend, which I accepted. Unfortunately for him, he experienced a couple of unavoidable delays, so he was very late for our reservation. While I was waiting, I had a soothing glass of wine and a few rolls. But, once he got there, everything, including the food and service was great. Claudia was our server and was very understanding, supportive, and comforting to me as a result of the circumstances. She provided extra rolls and asked if I wanted to order an appetizer while waiting (I had advised her of the delays when my friend called, once to handle an unexpected emergency, and once for a traffic accident blocking the entire road, sincerely apologizing). I cannot say enough good things about her and how she handled the situation assuring me that she understood and not to worry about holding the table. This speaks very well for the Restaurant and the service. Nothing less than top notch.
Linwoods is always in the top of their game! Their seasonal options always amaze and I have learned to eat slow as to savor each and every bite. This is our anniversary spot as they catered our wedding and will be for many years to come. Their food is fresh and cooked to perfection and the staff are always on point.
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Reports from 1) BBC news, 2) Haaretz, 3) Ynet news.
Ed Miliband and his wife Justine visiting the Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin community in the West Bank. Photo by PA.
Ed Miliband criticises expansion of Israeli settlements
By BBC news
April 12, 2014
Expanding Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank poses "a mortal threat to the two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ed Miliband has said.
The Labour leader, nearing the end of a three-day visit, said Israel's policy on settlements was "wrong and illegal".
He visited a Bedouin camp where residents are among 2,300 Palestinians facing possible displacement.
Mr Miliband's trip follows a recent faltering in US-led peace talks.
Israel and the Palestinians have blamed each other for taking steps they believe breach commitments aimed at advancing negotiations.
Mr Miliband, who is Jewish, said he supported "the homeland for the Jewish people" but also made it clear he does not back all actions of the Israeli government.
Speaking after his visit to the Khan al-Ahmar camp on Saturday, Mr Miliband said: "What I have seen today shows that the expansion of Israeli settlements on the Palestinian West Bank is not only wrong and illegal but represents a mortal threat to the two-state solution and to a successful outcome of the peace process.
"If we are going to have a viable, democratic Palestinian state the more we see an expansion of settlements the more it becomes difficult to construct this state."
Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war. Settlements it has built there are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this and continues to approve the construction of new homes for Israeli citizens.
Palestinian leaders say the West Bank must form part of a future Palestinian state.
Mr Miliband, who has been accompanied by his wife Justine, will stay overnight in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
He is due to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas before he leaves on Sunday.
He has already met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Taking questions at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Friday, Mr Miliband said he had "a deep sense of gratitude to Israel for what they did for my grandmother".
She survived the Holocaust in Poland before emigrating to the country.
'Frozen' taxes
Meanwhile, Israel has imposed sanctions against the Palestinian Authority (PA) in retaliation for its signing up to several international treaties – moves which analysts say could give the Palestinians greater recognition internationally.
Israel says such moves hinder peace negotiations.
It said taxes collected on behalf of the PA would be frozen, with limited access granted to bank deposits in Israel.
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat told AFP news agency it was "theft of the Palestinian people's money" and a "violation of international law and norms by Israel".
The Palestinian leadership accuses Israel of reneging on a plan to release Palestinian prisoners.
Miliband and the loneliness of a Jewish diaspora politician
In interview with Haaretz, visiting U.K. Labour Party chief speaks of 'deep affection' for Jewish state
By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz
April 11, 2014
In a little over a year from now, Ed Miliband could well be the first Jewish* prime minister of the United Kingdom. Despite this, in the three and a half years since he became leader of the Labor Party, there has remained a lingering feeling of unease with him in the British Jewish establishment, especially the more pro-Israel element of the community.
"David Cameron isn't Jewish, neither were Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, but there's always a feeling that Miliband feels a lot less comfortable than they ever did at Jewish events" says one veteran official at a major Jewish organization.
In an interview with Haaretz yesterday, Miliband tries to dismiss the suspicion with which he is regarded by some British Jews and Israelis.
"I think there are different people with different views. I have a very good relationship with the Jewish community in Britain and I'm very proud of my link with the Jewish community." Perhaps unconsciously this is the reason for some of the unease; Miliband regards himself as having a relationship with the Jewish community, not as being part of it.
Miliband is visiting Israel and the West Bank this weekend, only four weeks after his opponent, Prime Minister David Cameron was here, delivering a rousingly pro-Israel speech to the Knesset. For Israeli diplomacy, this has been a rare coup, having Britain's current and quite possibly its next leader here in the space of a month. At times, they both seem to be outdoing each other to praise Israel and paper over any differences between the two countries. Unlike on domestic policy, where the Labor Party and its leader constantly clash with Cameron's Tories, here in Israel, Miliband does not seem at pains to emphasize their differences on foreign policy.
"We have a bipartisan approach on these issues, so I think it's important we have a unified position. There are certain points of difference but in general we have a similar position." he says, reiterating the regular formulations of the two-state solution with security for Israel and independence for the Palestinians. The main division on the Palestinian issue was in November 2012 when Miliband supported the Palestinian bid to update its status at the United Nations because in his opinion it strengthened the "moderate" Palestinian elements, while the Conservative government abstained. Now, however, he refuses to take a position on the latest decision by the Palestinian Authority to unilaterally join more than a dozen international conventions, saying that the most important thing now is to get back to negotiations as soon as possible.
Ed meets Bibi in the PM's Jerusalem office.
Miliband in his visit seems to be going out of his way to seem as pro-Israel as possible. In an hour-long session during which he took questions from Hebrew University students at the Mount Scopus campus in Jerusalem, he started out by saying that "Israel gets into lots of headlines but its great achievements get ignored." In the interview he says "I'm here to learn, not to lecture."
But supporting Israel is never simple. A year ago, he was asked at an open meeting with a Jewish audience whether he is a Zionist, he answered in the affirmative but the next day his office tried to claim he hadn't actually admitted to being a Zionist. In the interview he denies that there is anything wrong with being both leader of the British Labor Party and a Zionist but somehow manages to avoid actually saying the Z-word. "I see Israel as the homeland for the Jewish people and that's really important to me."
He feels much more comfortable couching his connection with Israel to his family history, rather than in ideological terms. His father, Marxist theoretician Ralph Miliband, arrived in Britain during the World War II as a refugee from his native Belgium. His mother survived the Holocaust in hiding in Poland. In a similar way, in his speeches in Britain, he is describes his connection to his homeland as the "son of refugees," rather than as a British Jew.
He is however very sincere and warm when he talks about his "deep affection" for Israel.
"For me it's not just theoretical, it's actually practical. It's about what this incredible sanctuary means to my family. Landing last night at the airport took me back to being seven years old, coming to visit my grandmother. To me it's a practical sense of what Israel has done for my family and the importance of it."
Laying a wreath at the Holocaust memorial museum, Yad Vashem
But beyond his family experiences and a general commitment to the two-state solution, Miliband isn't into offering detailed policies for Israel and the region, certainly not being critical of Israel in any way. In his public appearances, he prefers not to talk about the settlements in length, saying they are "an issue that needs to be addressed" and reminding his listeners briefly that "they're illegal by international law" – but does not offer his own view. He actually has some relatives living in Israel across the Green Line, or as he says in response to another question "I've got a lot of relatives all across Israel."
When asked about Iran, Miliband, who successfully opposed in parliament the government's plan a retaliatory strike on Syria following the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons says "We never rule out any options" and that we "have no illusions about the (Iranian) regime, we shouldn't take on trust what they say."
Even when asked about Labor support for policies that the Israeli government is less happy about, such as the recent European Union guidelines against financing any Israeli organization connected to the settlements and labeling settlement products exported to the EU, he instead prefers to emphatically say "I'm not in favor of boycotting. Not in favor of the BDS movement. The labeling issue is about giving more information to the consumers. And that's important, but there's a different issue and that's do you go down the road to boycotts and I don't think boycotts are the answer, I think dialogue is the answer."
On a kibbutz outside Jerusalem Ed Miliband is welcomed by 84-year-old Sara – his mother's cousin – who, like her, is a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust. Photo by PA.
British opposition leader: I'm a 'Jewish atheist'
Ed Miliband, currently visiting Israel, says while his Jewish origin will always be a part of who he is, he does not believe in God.
By Ynetnews
April 12, 2014
British opposition and Labour leader Ed Miliband described himself on Friday as a "Jewish atheist," but noted he still believes in the importance of religion and faith, British media reported on Saturday.
While Miliband, currently on a visit to Israel, is of Jewish birth and considers his Jewish origin to be a part of who he is, he says he doesn't believe in God.
"I don't believe in God, but I think faith is a really, really important thing to a lot of people. It provides nourishment for lots of people," he said. "In terms of faith for me, it's a faith about how you change the world. And that is actually true for a lot of religious people as well."
Miliband's views of Judaism are a part of his upbringing as his parents were not practicing Jews.
His mother, a Polish Jew, survived the Holocaust thanks to being protected by Poles, and his father, of Polish-Jewish origins, fled with his parents to England during World War II.
Miliband also spoke on the impact his parents' experience escaping Nazi persecution had on his decision to go into politics and expressed his desire to be elected "the first Jewish prime minister."
"Someone asked me if I thought it was a disadvantage, that people would be less likely to vote for me because I'm Jewish, and I said absolutely not," he said. "That's one of the great things about Britain. There are elements of anti-Semitism, (and) it is really, really important to tackle those and have no truck with them. I have said I hope that I'll be the first Jewish prime minister if we win the election, but it is neither an advantage nor a disadvantage."
Despite this, he clarified, he views Britain as a "Christian country."
"We are really lucky in having the Church of England as an established Church. It is a great institution, not just in the spiritual faith and nourishment that it gives to lots of people, but also the good work it does in communities," he said.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is the only British party leader to say he believes in God. Miliband and leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg both declared themselves to be atheists.
Jewish origins
During his visit to Israel, Miliband got a tour of Jerusalem, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He was also taken to a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip and shown from where rockets are fired towards the Israeli south.
At a visit to Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, the Labour leader was given a document about his family history, that included a shocking fact – his grandfather had not died in Auschwitz as the family always believed, but in another concentration camp.
"I feel such a long way away from that family history in a sense, because I have led such a secure upbringing from a very stable family, but both my parents were refugees. Large numbers of their relatives – including my mum's dad – lost his life in the Holocaust and so it is part of who I am, but a long way away, and then to come so close to it is incredibly painful," Miliband told the BBC.
Sixty members of Miliband's family were murdered in the Holocaust. Touching upon his family's Holocaust history, Miliband said the only positive thing that came out of it was that he received an upbringing which said "don't waste a life, don't waste a single life."
"They never said 'our family has a Holocaust history so you better work hard and do your homework', but they inculcated in me a sense of 'you have got to try and repair a broken world,'" he added.
While in Israel, he also visited his mother's cousin, Sara Ben Zvi, whom he has not seen in 37 years. Ben Zvi, like Miliband's mother, is a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust. She lives in a kibbutz just outside Jerusalem and hosted Miliband and his wife, along with other relatives, for Shabbat dinner.
*The UK's first Prime Minister with Jewish parents was Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881) although his father Isaac D'Israeli (an Italian immigrant) abandoned Judaism and had all his children baptised as Christians. Benjamin was a member of the Church of England from the age of 12. He was Conservative Prime Minister from 27 February to 1 December 1868 and from 20 February 1874 to 21 April 1880.


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His literary conquests are, perhaps, not over. Right now, Wilde is having something of a publishing renaissance in the U.S....
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NI Water: Unusual signs that led to an internal audit
It was in late 2009 that NI Water's then chief executive Laurence MacKenzie asked its internal audit unit to investigate payments of £465,000 to a particular company.
The firm held a contract for meter installation and management services.
Auditors found the contract, due to expire in March 2009, had been extended to March 2010 – 12 months outside the agreed period.
This was a potential breach of European Union procurement regulations.
They also noticed that an unusually large number of invoices were under £20,000 – even though daily expenditure levels under the contract often substantially exceeded this.
One highlighted example found that on April 11, 2008, seven separate invoices with a total value of £108,000 were submitted by the company, and subsequently seven separate payments were made by NI Water.
Auditors established that the company had been told to limit invoices to under £20,000 by the NI Water manager responsible for awarding the contract.
The motivation for limiting invoices' size can be to circumvent rules which require larger payments to be authorised.
In other words, they are split up, thus falling below the threshold which makes them subject to a high-level check.
According to Tuesday's report, "invoice-slicing" is an indicator of fraud.
The Audit Office report details how the contract manager claimed he was acting on instructions from his line manager.
The report states: "The internal audit established that the instruction to Company E to limit invoices to under £20,000 had been given, in January 2008, by the NI Water manager who was at that time responsible for the contract (the contract manager).
"This was confirmed by the contract manager, but he initially claimed to have acted under instruction from his line manager.
"The contract manager subsequently alleged that this instruction had come from the then director with responsibility for this business area."
By April 2010 the internal audit team's final report concluded there was no evidence of fraud.
But it did identify serious control weaknesses in contract management procedures which needed urgent attention.
A disciplinary investigation found the contracts manager and line manager had a case to answer over breaches of procedures relating to invoice slicing.
Disciplinary action was launched "regarding incidental poor contract management issues found".
Hearings with the two officials were held in late July 2010.
However, less than a fortnight later, both were told that no further action would be taken.
The Audit Office discovered problems with the disciplinary process, including errors in correspondence sent to both individuals.
"Crucially, formal disciplinary letters issued to two members of staff contained an error of fact, which may not have been identified until the disciplinary hearing," the report said.
"In our view, the error led directly to the disciplinary panel's conclusion that the employees concerned had no case to answer."
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When your dog does his business, where do you put the remains? Most likely you pick it up with your plastic poopie bags and toss it in the garbage like a good owner should. But all that plastic does a number on our landfills! Since today is Earth Day, I thought it would be a great time to focus on one of the most important jobs a pet parent can perform: cleaning up after your pet in an earth-friendly way.
Recently, San Francisco was the first city to put a ban on plastic bags being given out at stores and replaced them with paper or biodegradable bags since the evidence of the damage that plastic causes to the environment was overwhelming. With plastic taking over 100 years to decompose, your stash of old Target and Safeway bags will be hanging around for much longer than you (or your pet) will. Thankfully, these BioBags for Dogs ($6) are here to save the day. To see how they are helping the environment, just
BioBags are being used in one of my fave local grocery stores here in SF in place of the dreaded plastic bag, and to me are a great alternative to the sometimes less-than-sturdy paper bag. Since I don't like the idea of chopping down ton of trees just to carry my groceries (or pick up North's doodie), I have collected a nice number of these BioBags to pick up poop with. But, now that they make smaller bags just for scooping poop, I have a few boxes on order already! BioBags are 100 percent biodegradable and completely compostable in ten to fourteen days, so you can at least get something back from your purchase in the form of some awesome plants and a clear conscience! What's more is BioBags makes a biodegradable cat Litter Box Liner ($7) as well, so your kitties can get in on the earth saving action, too!


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You have a unique medical history. Therefore, it is essential to talk with your doctor about your personal risk factors and/or experience with rosacea. By talking openly and regularly with your doctor, you can take an active role in your care.
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