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by Ryan Hauck | July 10, 2013 4:31 pm
Roxy has found itself in hot water as controversy grows around an ad featuring a scantily-clad female pro-surfer that many have labeled sexist.
The spot, ostensibly promoting the Roxy-sponsored Pro Biarritz surfing competition, depicts a woman waking up in bed, stripping down for a shower, heading to the beach – where she changes into a swimsuit and cleans her surfboard provocatively in slow motion – and then finally paddling out into the ocean, does not show the actress' face – or any actual surfing for that matter – once, but contains copious shots of her cleavage, legs, and rear.
As viewers took to social media in outrage, Roxy stood by its ad, claiming that the purpose of never showing the woman's face was to allow fans to guess her identity. The star of the ad was later revealed to be professional surfer Stephanie Gilmore. With backlash mounting, Roxy posted a statement on its Facebook page[1], saying "We believe all athletes are naturally beautiful, in and out of the water. You certainly don't have to be sexy to be an athlete, & we also believe it's not wrong to be an athlete and to be sexy, if you choose to be."
Tia Calvo at the Guardian [2]summed up the opposition to the ad among female surfers, saying "Skills wise, women's surfing has been reaching new heights in recent years… And yet here we are, gently tiptoeing around one of the oldest issue in women's pro surfing: do athletes have to be sexualised to attract and keep your sponsors?"
Whether the ad has consequences for Roxy's sales – some shoppers have threatened to boycott the company – remains to be seen, but one thing is for certain: if the point of advertisement is to garner attention, then this ad is working.
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Playing Bach
For ten years my musical mentor was Cape Town classical guitarist Ganeefa van der Schyff. By the time we met he was playing very little, and a few months later he lost the use of his left hand. During our time together he shared his music with me through his singing, his words, and my playing. In 1997 he told me to take out Segovia's edition of Bach's chaconne, just to start looking at it, for later. I had played Bach before, but this was something else.
I have been playing this piece in concerts for ten years now. We have a strong relationship. We have transformed each other, fought, been lovers, broken up, got back together again, ignored each other, hated each other, and been reconciled. Together we have taken on the world, felt judged, felt free, thrown caution to the wind, tried to be respectable, played the game, rebelled, rejoiced. We have got stuck in ruts, broken through to new places, explored, experimented, innovated, regressed.
The ciaccona stands amidst an ocean of music:. This ocean is the Six Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo, also known as The Six Solo.
Sonata I
Partita I
allemanda-double-corrente-double-sarabande-double-tempo di borea-double
Sonata II grave-fuga-andante-allegro
Partita II
Sonata III
adagio-fuga-largo-allegro assai
Partita III
preludio-loure-gavotte en rondeau-menuet i-menuet ii-gigue
Paul Galbraith: The Scottish Eight-String Guitarist
Slowly I moved from the ciaccona into the rest of this ocean. Here I discovered Paul Galbraith. Paul is the most musical and intellectually inspired person one could hope to meet. His conception of music is so big that the guitar had to grow to meet him. Under his hands the Spanish guitar of Segovia transformed into the Brahms Guitar, an instrument capable of going where Paul needed to go.
The discovery of Paul Galbraith threw me off track as much as it revitalised and pushed me to new places. Paul represented all the things I thought I should be. When I finally met him in person, after years of delving into the depths of his music through his recordings, I discovered a wonderful and humble man, whose playing was contained and pristine, yet capable of such beauty and freedom, and a tenderness beyond words. I spent a week listening to him teach and play, and every time he picked up his guitar he moved me almost to tears. I went home, from Brazil back to South Africa, transformed. The music I now made was like water, and this flow continues to grow stronger.
At first I felt that I needed to climb where he had gone, to match him. I had stopped playing the eight-string guitar long before I had gone to Brazil. For a while I considered going back to it, because I thought that I needed it to make the music I wanted to make. I even had one flown from England, to try it out. I prepared for its arrival by locking myself away and transcribing the entire Sonatas and Partitas for eight-string guitar in a single week. When the guitar arrived the music was ready. I played it for three days and knew that I could never play this guitar. The eight-string guitar could play music which no six-string could touch, but my six-string Hauser was a piece of pure magic. It was an ocean in itself. Pure, simple and unadorned, but so very powerful. When I played it I didn't have to make the music sound like anything. Everything was in the guitar. I suppose it is a little like what Bach said about just playing the right notes at the right time, and God making the music.
So I returned to the Hauser, leaving my aspirations to play the complete Six Solo behind. It was a hard time, and in the years that followed I gave up music completely. But slowly the Hauser worked its magic, and I let go of my ideas of what I should do. Slowly I let myself play what I could naturally play, what came easily to me, and what I loved playing. One of these things was the Sonatas and Partitas, which I now played directly from the violin score, with none of the complex bass lines I had inserted in a mad week, while dreaming of eight-string guitars.
So here is my first offering of just a third of this ocean. There was no sustained, focused work to prepare for this recording, no specific practice. I was going into the studio to record my compositions, the recording called Ayo, and I thought to myself that, since that wouldn't take very long, I may as well play some Bach afterwards. Here it is, a little reflection of the time that has passed since Neefa sent me to the library and started teaching me how to play the Bach ciaccona.
Prayers and Dances
We can only surmise what moved Bach to compose what he did, what inspired each little musical thought. For me I am not massively interested. I appreciate the purity of musical thought, and the constant flow of change in his music.
There are those who see this collection of Bach's as a life of Christ. The first Sonata and Partita is the birth, the second Sonata and Partita (the one on this recording) the death, and the third Sonata and Partita the resurrection. Beginning. End. Renewal.
Each of these parts is then broken into two, a Sonata (four movements) and a Partita (a collection of dances). The Sonata is an abstract form that belongs to the realm of the spirit. The Partita is a collection of earthly dances. So I called my version Prayers and Dances.
This is, of course, one of three CDs. The rest (Prayers and Dances I and Prayers and Dances III) will follow when the time comes.
Recording, editing and mastering by Murray Anderson at Milestone Studios in a single afternoon. So I think it qualifies as a "live studio recording."
The guitar is a Hermann Hauser III Special Edition from 2003. Hauser makes two of these specials a year and I am so lucky to be able to play it. The Hauser family have been making guitars for three generations, including Hauser Snr's famous guitar made for Segovia in the 30's. Thank you to Klaus Wildner for passing it on.
Many thanks to the teachers who have been such a part of this Bach journey. They are Ganeefa van der Schyff, Dietrich Wagner, Peter Klatzow, Jonathan Leathwood, and Paul Galbraith.
Thanks must also go to Camilla Driver who lent me her full score of the six about ten years ago. I still haven't given them back…sorry Cammy!
Thank you to Ruth for listening to hours and hours of Bach…and for waiting for whole Sonatas to go by before I washed the dishes.
Thank you to Gary for also loving Bach.
This recording is dedicated to my Grandmother, Daphne Elsie Gripper, who after bringing up her own four children, looked after me for many years too. I gave her a copy of this CD as her 80th birthday present. May you have many more.


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Textbooks (most recent editions)
- Large Animal Internal Medicine (Smith) — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 745 L322 2009 (4th ed.) and Vet Reserve Stacks SF 745 L322 2015 (5th ed.)
- Equine Internal Medicine (Reed, Bailey & Sellon) — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 951 E638 2010 (3rd ed.)
- Veterinary Medicine (Radostits, Gay, Hinchcliff & Constable) — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 745 B655v 2007 (10th ed.)
- Current Therapy in Equine Medicine VI (Robinson) — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 951 C976 2009
- Sheep and Goat Medicine (Pugh) — 2nd ed. (2012) available online
- Diseases of Dairy Cattle (Rebhun) — 2nd ed. (2007) available online
- The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (Goodman and Gilman) — 12th ed. (2011) available online
- Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology (Smith) — Vet Book Stacks SF 780.9 S657v 2006 (3rd ed.)
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- Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology (DeLahunta) — 3rd ed. (2008) available online
- A Current Textbook in Physiology (Guyton or Ganong)
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- Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, online 1997-
- Compendium of Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian, * online at VetLearn.com, Vet Journal Stacks, 1979-2009 (print only)
- Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, online 2002-
- Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, online 2002-
- ACVIM Consensus statements (ALL), available online
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- FDA Veterinarian Newsletter, available online
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- Code of Federal Regulations: Title 21 – Food and Drugs (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=21&PART=530&SECTION=41&TYPE=TEXT)
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1. The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
is pleased to respond to the House of Lords Science and Technology
Committee's Inquiry into Human Genetic Databases. The RSE is Scotland's
premier Learned Society, comprising Fellows elected on the basis
of their distinction, from the full range of academic disciplines,
and from industry, commerce and the professions. This reponse
has been compiled by the General Secretary with the assistance
of a number of Fellows with substantial experience of genetics
and genetic databases.
2. The specific questions identified by
the inquiry are addressed below:
Q1: What current projects involve collecting
genetic information on people in the UK? What other projects are
about to start? Are there collections of material (eg tissue samples)
that could be used to generate databases of DNA profiles?
3. Diagnostic laboratories (such as the
Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory) are sent specimens from patients
suspected of having a genetic abnormality detectable by cytogenetic
or DNA analysis. These laboratories can handle about 8,500 diagnostic
specimens a year and of these about 5,000 have DNA extracted and
stored for an indefinite period. DNA is also collected by large
regional cohorts, such as by the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents
and Children (ALSPAC), and by Police Forensic Science Laboratory
Dundee, and the UK National DNA Database at the Forensic Science
Service Laboratory in Birmingham.
4. In terms of new projects, the Division
of Molecular and Clinical Medicine at Edinburgh University is
in discussions with the Imperial Cancer Research Fund about the
creation of a genetic database for patients with a family history
of cancer. In addition, they are exploring the concept of creating
a database with tumour material from patients presenting to their
hospitals in Edinburgh with a diagnosis of cancer, where they
may wish at some stage to apply genetic tests to the material.
There is also an initiative planned by the Wellcome Trust and
Medical Research Council to take a representative sample of the
general population.
5. With regard to collections of tissue
samples, DNA could be extracted albeit with difficulty from fixed
cells from specimens sent to diagnostic laboratories. Such specimens
are stored for a number of years (varying with local laboratory
practice, but sometimes up to 90 years). However, these specimens
have been collected as part of the diagnostic process on individual
patient and there has never been any attempt for such specimens
to form part of a collection organised on a population basis.
There are also extensive collections of cervical cytology specimens
in all NHS Regions collected in the process of screening for pre-malignant
and malignant lesions of the cervix. These preparations consist
of relatively small numbers of cells fixed as smears to glass
microscope slides. DNA will be sparse, but in many regions these
will be fairly representative of the female population of reproductive
Q2: Why are these genetic databases being
assembled? How are these activities funded? What practical considerations
will constrain developments? Are there alternative ways of fulfilling
the objectives?
6. Human DNA/genetic databases and tissue
banks are essential resources that are invaluable for diagnostic
purposes and in research projects designed to improve our understanding
of the human genome.
7. Research projects are contributing to
the knowledge of the relationship between disease and genetic
make-up, with implications for quality of life and the relief
of human suffering. Diagnostic laboratories use diagnostic specimens:
(i) to diagnose conditions for which the specimen was submitted,
and (ii) anonymously as control material for other investigations.
They use research specimens only: (i) to undertake research on
the condition for which the specimens were obtained, or (ii) anonymously
as control material for other investigations.
8. With regard to funding, genetic databases
assembled for diagnostic purposes are funded by the NHS, while
those for research purposes are funded by Research Councils and
charitable organisations. Genetic databases are also used and
funded in other areas such as forensic science, where DNA databases
are contributing significantly to the detection of crime.
Q3: What is the genetic information that is
being collected? How is it being stored and protected?
9. Collections of DNA and/or information
from patients from diagnostic laboratories contain information
on a variety of conditions including mental retardation, behavioural
abnormalities, diabetes, reproductive difficulties, cytogenetic
abnormalities and specific malignancies. In addition to DNA, tissues
and cell suspensions, these laboratories collect information on
the immediate or extended family, relevant clinical information
and the results of the various diagnostic tests being undertaken.
The data from these laboratories are stored in computers and are
protected by restricted access, safeguarded by appropriate codes
and the professionalism of their staff.
Q4: How do the organisations involved see
their responsibilities regarding privacy; consent; future use;
public accountability; and intellectual property rights?
10. The RSE believes it will be important
to plan how to maintain individual databases while maintaining
confidentiality, and to ensure that human genetic databases are
made available in a carefully regulated and controlled manner
but in such a way that important research is not inhibited. In
this regard, it is often important to be able to inquire of the
clinical outcome of the patient from whom the material was originally
banked and to be able to know what happened to the patient from
whom the material was taken.
11. In diagnostic laboratories, information
identifiable with a patient is given only to other diagnostic
laboratories, or clinicians on an individual basis, where the
information is necessary to:
12. Such information is only provided with
the written permission of the referring doctor, and written consent
is obtained from all research subjects and all research protocols
are passed by the relevant Multi-centre Research Ethics Committees
or Local Research Ethics Committees.
13. There are, however, some concerns about
the quality of consent provided, given that the agreement from
a given patient to provide a sample may be relatively or completely
unspecific as to its future use. One question which may need to
be addressed concerns whether or not use of samples, additional
to that first proposed as agreed to, requires that the individual
is re-invited to consent. This issue is significant because subsequent
genetic tests may reveal different information which might ultimately
be of more significance to a patient and his/her family.
14. Questions about tracing individuals
will also need to be addressed. As with anonymised HIV testing
for epidemiological purposes, there is a residual concern thatif
therapy becomes available, or additional information comes to
lightthere may be a tension between the scientific endeavour
and patient care.
15. It would appear that, to a great extent,
intellectual property questions are straightforward, in that the
development of a technique or therapy from human genetic material
does not appear to provide the donor with any rights to benefit
financially from the invention.
16. As for the question of accountability,
arguably this will only be achieved by close monitoring of those
facilities involved in such research, and a strict adherence to
optimal observance of the law of consent and the professional
and legal commitment to confidentiality.
Q5: How do they see their activities in the
area of genetic databases developing in the future? What advances
in sequencing, screening and database technology are they anticipating?
17. It is clear that both molecular and
symptomatic screening for those who may be genetically susceptible
to common cancers are facing increasing demands and this is likely
to extend also to other common diseases with identifiable genetic
components, such as diabetes and degenerative cardiovascular disease.
Genetic predisposition to disease is likely to become important
and the tailoring of treatments to an individual's genetic constitution,
initially by screening for genotype at particular loci, may develop.
A key consideration will be the ethical problems involved in such
screening. These issues are addressed further in the Society's
response on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis.
18. The principles that underline decisions
to set up future screening programmes remain unchanged: the disease
is common and of consequence, there is an effective screening
test (irrespective of its nature), and early treatment favourably
alters the outcome. The existing and future national screening
programmes within the various regions should be co-ordinated and
monitored more effectively through a central agency to detect
problems and poor performance before these enter the public domain.
Demands for screening, however, are likely to increase, with a
risk that failure to screen will be perceived as negligence. It
will become correspondingly essential to tackle the ethical question
of who is entitled to have access to the information, particularly
in connection with medical insurance.
19. In terms of future advances in technology,
there is a great deal of activity in the area of DNA screening
that can be divided into low/medium throughput and high throughput.
In the former case it is now possible to analyse DNA for single
nucleotide poloymorphisms reliably and reproducibly and therefore
to gain knowledge of value in the field of clinical diagnostics
(eg to develop screening methods to differentiate between the
many strains of human papilloma virus to diagnose the onset
of cervical cancer). These new DNA-based methods are likely to
be much more reliable, faster and cheaper than existing cytological
methods. With the availability of high-throughput DNA analysis,
significant advances are being made in DNA array technology to
enable several thousand samples to be analysed simultaneously.
Q6: What lessons should be learnt from genetic
database initiatives in other countries?
20. Most common illnesses involve genetic
risk factors but individuals with the critical combination of
susceptibility genes will only develop the disease when exposed
to particular environmental risk factors. The genetics of common
disease, however, is very complicated and poses a huge challenge.
There are two complementary approaches to the problem: (i) to
study large genetically mixed populations, and (ii) to study isolated
populations with reduced genetic heterogeneity (such as Iceland
and Finland, or Sardinia).
21. At a seminar on National Databanks of
Medical Records, on 14 February 2000 at the RSE, Ragnheidur Haraldsdottir,
Deputy Permanent Secretary, Icelandic Ministry of Health and Social
Affairs described how a database has been produced in Iceland
from the medical records of almost the total population, secured
by anonymity and encryption, and funded by a private pharmaceutical
company. The information from the medical records included only
the key features from each record, and any individual who did
not wish to take part had to opt-out in writing to the Department
of Health. It was also expected that a genetic base would soon
be available, linked to this medical database, providing an unprecedented
wealth of information. The major ethical problem presented by
the Icelandic database is that the concept of truly informed consent
for its use in any future project cannot be achieved with the
documentation currently available. The implications of this ethical
dilemma will become more apparent with attempted use of the data
in this database for particular research projects.
Additional Information
22. In responding to this inquiry the Society
would like to draw attention to the following Royal Society of
Edinburgh responses which are of relevance to this subject: Consent
and the Law (December 1997); Review of the Common Law Provisions
Relating to the Removal of Gametes and of the Consent Provisions
in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (April
1999); Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (March 2000) and
Healthcare in 2020 (September 2000). Copies of the above
publications and further copies of this response are available
from the Research Officer, Dr Marc Rands.
Professor P N Wilson CBE FRSE
General Secretary
October 2000


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Congradulations Henry
PWNA membership special is only 175.00 if your interested in joining.
I just joined the first of the year. Guess we will see what that has for us!!
You will be Pleased
Well time will tell.
I would like to if at all possible make it to the Columbus convention.
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About Me
Start from scratch
I am back in Japan.. looking for my new life.
I was born and raised in Japan and always wanted to go and see other countries. So I first went to the United States and was shocked about how they enjoy their lives and were open minded, it was just very different from my environment. Then I went to New Zealand to go to high school for 3 years. Then I felt I had enough time in overseas, came back to Japan, went to university and started working like a typical Japanese girl....
But I got really bored... So I decided to see the world again!!
I want to know the world, people, culture as much as I can before I die.
I love to laugh!! I'm shy at first but will be so fun after getting along.
Let's have fun together:)
No pain, No gain
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Now I'm back in Japan willing to show people around although I'm very bad at directions...
When I went to the USA this year, I had a wonderful time with CSers.
I did the Road Trip from NY to LA with 3 other people and it was amazing.. we went to 9 national parks and camped in negative 3F degrees.... unforgettable experience.
I met great people in all over the States. CouchSurfing is amazing!!
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I'm a music freak!
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That experience changed my life and now I'm here exploring more of the world.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Thousands of people descended on the Wisconsin state Capitol again Wednesday to protest a bill that would strip most public employees of their collective bargaining rights, but Gov. Scott Walker insisted he has the votes to pass the measure.
On the second consecutive day of demonstrations, Walker said he was open to making changes in the legislation, the boldest anti-union proposal in the nation. But he said he would not "fundamentally undermine the principles" of the bill, which he says is needed to help balance a projected $3.6 billion budget shortfall and avoid widespread layoffs.
"We're at a point of crisis," Walker said.
The full Legislature could begin voting on the proposal as early as Thursday.
More than 13,000 protesters gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday for a 17-hour public hearing on the measure. Thousands more came Wednesday, with hundreds chanting "Recall Walker now!" outside the governor's office.
If adopted, the bill would mark an especially dramatic shift for Wisconsin, which was the first state to pass a comprehensive collective bargaining law in 1959. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — the national union representing all non-federal public employees — was founded in 1936 in Madison.
There were some signs that support for the plan may be waning among Republicans who control the Legislature. Senate Republicans met in secret Wednesday morning to discuss the bill. Asked where Republicans stood on Walker's proposal, Sen. Dan Kapanke of La Crosse told The Associated Press, "That's a really good question. I don't know."
The protests have been larger and more sustained than any in Madison in decades. More than 1,000 protesters, many of whom spent the night in sleeping bags on the floor of the Rotunda, shouted "Kill this bill!" on Wednesday.
In Madison, more than 40 percent of the 2,600 union-covered teachers and staff called in sick, forcing the superintendent to call off classes Wednesday in the state's second-largest district. No other widespread sickouts were reported at any other school, according to the state teachers union which represents 98,000 teachers and staff.
Prisons, which are staffed by unionized guards who would lose their bargaining rights under the plan, were operating as normal without any unusual absences, according to Department of Corrections spokeswoman Linda Eggert.
Walker has said he would call out the National Guard to staff the prisons if necessary. A union leader for prison workers did not immediately return messages.
Before Tuesday's marathon hearing, Republican leaders in the Senate and Assembly said they had enough votes to pass the bill as Walker proposed.
Scott Spector, a lobbyist for AFT-Wisconsin, which represents about 17,000 public employees, said the demonstrations were having an effect on lawmakers.
Union representatives were attempting to sway key moderates for a compromise, but Democrats said the bill would be tough to stop. Democrats lost the governor's office and control of the Legislature in the November midterm elections.
"The Legislature has pushed these employees off the cliff, but the Republicans have decided to jump with them," said Sen. Bob Jauch, one of 14 Democrats in the 33-member chamber.
While other states have proposed bills curtailing labor rights, Wisconsin's measure is the most aggressive anti-union move to solve budget problems. It would end most collective bargaining for state, county and local workers, except for police, firefighters and the state patrol.
Protesters targeted the budget committee's public hearing Tuesday to launch what Republican Rep. Robin Vos called a "citizen filibuster," which kept the meeting going until 3 a.m. Wednesday.
Two floors below the hearing, dozens of University of Wisconsin-Madison teaching assistants and students poured into the Capitol rotunda late Tuesday evening, putting down sleeping bags and blankets. Many were asleep on the floor when the hearing ended.
"I just think it's really crappy," said Alison Port, a 19-year-old freshman from Wauwatosa. "Let's take all the rights away. If he starts here, where's he going to stop? What else is he going to throw at us? It's only going to get more extreme."
But when voters elected Walker, an outspoken conservative, along with GOP majorities in both legislative chambers, it set the stage for a dramatic reversal of Wisconsin's labor history.
Walker's plan would make workers pay half the costs of their pensions and at least 12.6 percent of their health care premiums. State employees' costs would go up by an average of 8 percent. The changes would save the state $30 million by June 30 and $300 million over the next two years to address a $3.6 billion budget shortfall.
Unions could still represent workers, but could not seek pay increases above those pegged to the Consumer Price Index unless approved by a public referendum. Unions also could not force employees to pay dues and would have to hold annual votes to stay organized.
In exchange for bearing more costs and losing leverage, public employees were promised no furloughs or layoffs. Walker has threatened to order layoffs of up to 6,000 state workers if the measure does not pass.
Wisconsin is one of about 30 states with collective bargaining laws covering state and local workers.
Walker has argued that the public employee concessions are modest considering what private sector workers have suffered during the recession. Democratic opponents and union leaders said Walker's real motive is to strike back at political opponents who have supported Democrats over the years.
A Minnesota labor leader, President Lynn Nordgren of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, says similar uprisings could happen elsewhere.
"I think you might see us rise up in other places. We understand there are going to be tight times coming forward, but if you take away collective bargaining rights, it's a much bigger thing than just our salaries and our time. It's our voices," she said.
WCCO Interviews Lynn Nordgren of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
Nordgren spoke with WCCO from Denver, where she's attending a national convention on how teachers and districts can collaborate on ways to solve problems and improve education.
(© Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Audi of America prices 2015 A3 starting at $29,900; diesel, PHEV, cabriolet and S3 models coming
17 January 2014
Audi of America introduced the complete pricing for the 2015 A3 sedan in both the 1.8 TFSI and 2.0 TFSI powertrains. The base MSRP for the Audi A3 1.8 TFSI will start at $29,900 and the 2.0 TFSI will start at $32,900.
For superior traction and handling, the 2015 A3 2.0 TFSI will also include the quattro all-wheel drive. Both engines are mated to the standard 6-speed S tronic transmission.
The A3 sedan will be joined later in 2014 by the recently announced Audi A3 Cabriolet, A3 TDI clean diesel, the high-performance S3 sedan and in early 2015, the A3 Sportback e-tron gasoline electric hybrid (PHEV).
In addition to the base premium package, Audi offers two luxury packages on the A3: premium plus and prestige. Premium plus will include exclusive 18" 10-spoke-design Audi wheels, an aluminum interior package, and keyless entry for an additional $2,900. The prestige package will include everything that is offered in premium plus, and will give the A3 sedan a sportier look with the S Line exterior kit. It will also offer the Driver Assistance package, Bang & Olufsen Sound System, Audi MMI navigation plus, Audi Connect, Convenience package and full LED headlights for $8,800.
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BMC Med 11:250. 2013..For the first time, the GBD 2010 has systematically and quantitatively assessed major depression as an independent risk factor for the development of ischemic heart disease (IHD) using comparative risk assessment methodology...
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Many a BBC Producer harks back to a 'golden age' in which people stood around the water cooler and asked each other "Hey – did you see Top Of The Pops last night?"
Neglecting to mention, of course, that the statement was invariably followed by "Wasn't it the biggest pile of sweaty old donkey bollocks you ever saw in your life?"
Officially the World's Worst Ever Music Programme – the case for the alternative view being that episode where David Bowie put his arm around that bloke which was 'revolutionary' for some abstract reason – Top Of The Pops has finally keeled over and died. It went out, however, in characteristically cack-handed fashion.
Filming of the final edition apparently:
"descended into chaos … when half of the studio audience walked out."
The last ever programme – presented by Jimmy Saville and Fearne Cotton (somebody give this girl a good show, please) – ignited the attending crowd's anger when it was revealed that:
" …the show – which will air in the UK on Sunday – includes no live
acts and is made up of old clips of performances spanning Top Of The
Pops' 42-year history. Halfway through the recording – in which clips of the Spice Girls,
Madonna, Beyonce Knowles and The Rolling Stones were shown – the studio
was left almost empty."
To add insult to injury, the 'classic' video clips on display comprised of utter non-performers such as checkout-girls-got-lucky The Spice Girls and professional make-up saleswoman Beyonce, a viewing experience roughly about as entertaining as that bit where Malcolm McDowell is forced to watch recurring Nazi footage in A Clockwork Orange.
Still. While Top Of The Pops may – at last – be dead, hecklerspray forever salutes the next generation of music-makers. In fact, we've got something of a game to play.
We've come up with five prospective band names. The first group to name themselves after one of these titles – and to provide hecklerspray with a recording of your music as proof that you're, you know, real – will win a very special prize* indeed!
So. Without further ado, those Prospective Band Names in full:
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– Dead By Forty
– Young Black Farmers
– Official Cheese Violation
– Spearmint Truth Federation
Come on, kids! Get tuning those guitars …
* (Please note: 'very special prize' will actually be something we pick up from the local Poundstretcher)
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These Metaphor Dedication poems are examples of Metaphor poems about Dedication. These are the best examples of Metaphor Dedication poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
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-Dear, Mr & Mrs Poet-
Do you ever question where it comes from?
This poem's about you, sit down and get a load off
Tranquilize your pen, take heed to the ecstatic applause
The things in life we take for granting, in time get worse
From WHICH' our lives transverse, ascends a deep poetic curse
You write almost everything, rehearsing every living verse
Embezzling words, like Martha Stewart, ---NOT YOURS!
Withdrawing from your substance,
--yielding it to others, who aren't devoted lovers
Spacing your lines, ready for reader's digest,
Educating the mind, like Albert Einstein
You paint a different horizon for the color blind,
Drop a note, forecasting the news, that brings, Spring to mind
Your adrenaline, leaves people with a feel good faint.
At this level, Poet you're better than high speed Internet,
Anything that makes you feel this is the real deal,
Today, you write like there's no tomorrow, borrowing yesterday's clay
Inspiring ink, left to right, feeding the need to breed a poetic degree
Your dramatic dialogue, deserve 'The Peoples Choice award."
I love the sweet audio, when you lowercase every word
It's done so well, hell, let's never capitalize another word
Reaching a point across, when capitalizing every letter,
This is your world, take it, manipulate it, with the perfect stanza
Produce it like a poetic film, imagery, action, CUT it like Jerry Bruckheimer
One day Hollywood will incite a roll, looking for the best poetry soup rhymer
Your tears and affection, you pour on partial paper,
Showing every word you want to enunciate
A SHOULDER-- gone cold, drowning, forgetting the normal way
Writing about the pure religion that meets your light,
A beautiful flower under the moonlight
Hear the bells, Poe wrote about, adding sprinkles to the twinkle in your eyes,
A redolent scent not meant to be forgotten, from Eden's garden
Taking nature, by course, granting her a crown, before slamming us down
I will call her out --The evil and the fury of a goddess, a beast
This is my feast, I welcome you to my jungle, and the outer bounds of time.
If you ever question where it comes from?
Sit down and get a load off, listen---Where's the ecstatic applause?
I'm not afraid to say, -----I'm Proud to be A Poet Without A Cause
I do it for fun
Copyright © Poet Destroyer A | Year Posted 2014
Before the abyss, I had it all
Letting go of all I see
My friend, I hope our time won't end
It took a short time for you to notice
Without knowing who I am
We talked, we became friends
Connecting the dots, missing every line
Connect them and figure me out
Randomly it comes your way
Underneath a never known chemistry
Ask me to stay and I may
Grinding your teeth into my way
Cut out my eyes, and store them up
A tongueless mouth, nothing to say
Maybe by tomorrow you will forget
Losing myself in my own conversation
Hiding behind my one big regret
Don't know, Don't care
You had me open up
A book I closed, knowledge lost
No need to see
A mystery called deception
What I am cannot be seen with the naked eye
Along came you using your *ucked* up perception
The ability you miss use
making sense of this connection
A process you carry with your own patterns
You asked, you listened, without making assumptions
A taste to take off my shoulders,
To release an error locked in my Asylum
I myself am enjoying the insights about him
He's got me convince, using his perception
Copyright © SKAT A | Year Posted 2010
Time to banish that old broken mirror
It only shows sadness it gives you tears
Its faulty reflection can paralyze
Don't listen to its voice tell you sad lies
Find a new mirror take a really close look
You are in control take back what it took
You may be surprised by all that you see
Embrace this knowledge and see true beauty
Mirrors of distortion tell you you're less
Look beyond the makeup hair or that dress
I hope your conclusion is now not the same
Not seeing yourself would be such a shame
Embrace yourself you are one of a kind
Incomparable beauty, truly sublime
See your reflection it's where to begin
Once witnessed you can let love in
The mirror is one dimensional
Yet some are locked inside the glass
Listening to a lifeless image
That doesn't breathe or let them pass
Inspired by "Mirror Lie to Me" Written by Eileen Ghali.
Dedicated to all women in hopes that they learn to see how
beautiful they really are.
Copyright © Richard Lamoureux | Year Posted 2013
I can still see the aura of my favorite tree
Standing there tall, green, healthy, and strong,
In the bloom of its summer glory,
Before the scourge of disease ravaged
It to the core of its beautiful trunk.
From my second balcony I could peer
Down to the top of its branches and see
Happy birds nesting undisturbed,
Not unaware of my presence, yet unafraid,
Singing and winging to my delight.
As the unknown pest slowly killed my
Beautiful friend I witnessed the skeletal shell
It had become, standing there, still, naked
And stark, pleading for the mercy of being
Returned to the earth of its motherly birth.
My heart broke the day we had to chop it down,
Knowing there was no way it could ever be revived.
Now there is an emptiness in its space...
And that emptiness is felt too, in my heart.
Now, every time I look out where that beautiful
Tree used to be, I want to cry.
© Connie Marcum Wong
Copyright © Connie Marcum Wong | Year Posted 2017
A void of Facebook
Creativity dies here...
Copyright © Dan Keir | Year Posted 2013
She is the muse to her own sorrow;
She is the digger of her grave.
She is the painter of her ocean view
and every fatal wave.
She is the shadow of her Father;
She is the darkness in your sight.
She is the night without the stars
surrounding pale moonlight.
She is the music with no words;
She is sweet love without the reason.
She is your dreamer with submission
cold by warmth with every season.
She is your pet with cold intentions;
She is your baby scared and shaken.
She is the bold and pure- the lost and found,
She is a soul awakened.
Copyright © Dana Smith | Year Posted 2013
Suddenly I was caught
In the whirlwind of you.
Tumbling, tumbling...
My heart beating faster
Flying, soaring the heavens.
The universe in its vastness
Swallowed me.
Your brilliance penetrated
The darkness as a distant star
And I felt myself being pulled
Into orbiting around you
Eternally seeking to be eclipsed
By your grandeur and beauty,
To be warmed by your nearness
And kissed by your light.
© Connie Marcum Wong
That's Why I Love Him Contest
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*Dedicated to my husband Michael whose
sun sign is in Leo ruled by the sun.
Copyright © Connie Marcum Wong | Year Posted 2015
In this world of Uncertainties
I'm the man that you can trust
And in my words of sincerity
That my love would never last.
And if you could only feel, what i feel for you
You can ask me "why?" so you can see the truth
Like our love that tightens the rope,
Like a light that would give us hope.
As you watch the dark skies
Let me grab the moon for you,
And as I catch the bright stars
That's the way you can see me through
As this planet turns as it always will
And things go wrong and you don't know what to feel
Hold my hand for it will make us strong
Like a wind, we will carry on
The wind blow that sings a hymn for you
For they know what does love means for the two
Love is blind, and not deaf
So how's success if you're not ready to bet?
In this poem with full of rhymes,
A full of love, Babe can you be mine?
I don't expect too much from you
Why should I? If you complete my whole.
"Till death do us part" that's what they have said
But why do struggles crash them ahead?
Don't ask me when my love will last,
To count all of our quarrels, is that a must?
Now and Forever is all that I promise
No day dreaming and without reminiscence
As the matter of time, as the time passes by
Together we stand, together you and I
A poem for my Girlfriend for our anniversary :)
pls comment and rate... you are free to judge and criticize my work :) God Bless
Copyright © Emmanuel Fajutagana | Year Posted 2013
To be called ..
~ Grandma is a Honor ~
I have been blessed with 4 Grandchildren
~ one lays in Heaven " Kaleb " He is God's Angel ~
~ His twin brother he will always watch over , and be in his soul~
For he loved his Brother so much in the womb ,
he chose Heaven which gave life to his twin
~ I feel his spirit when I see the other Grandson ~
Time passed another gift to see
we are " Mickes" and Loved
Our Dad held the title in Baseball
~ that's how we roll ~
those children are Grandmas hero's
The Irish they love big and Family is everything
The brothers will protect the beautiful sister
~ as many lads will be calling ~
Every time my Grandson hits a home run
There will be a Angel watching proudly in the stand
It will be as if the Angel lifted him when he runs
~no one runs faster then my Grandson~
either baseball or Art ~ you shall find your gift given
These children have been blessed~
~ a beauty to hard to describe
If you think not ~~ Take a look at the Mom
That girl can stop Traffic
after raising three and still~
"Inspired by the gift and loss of Grandchildren "
May our precious " Kaleb " softly rest where Angels only Dwell
Copyright © Shanity Rain | Year Posted 2013
generic minds listen to generic music
have generic thoughts that are unknowingly abusive
watch generic things talk about generic things
gee this generic *****is spreading like a disease
better get your flu shot
thats what they said to me
a suicidal vaccine
a subliminal killing spree
its contagious and the outrageous
thing about it is that the people are blind in an eye
that they didn't even know they had
it's sickening to watch these clueless civilians
inside the looking glass
with nightmares of being free
without a key to their mind
for it is trapped in the frequency
in the illusion of time
bathed in our universe
killing all that refuse to see
those that admit to hypocracy
or see the message in hip hop
how cant you see
the message in the lyrics that
bring adolescents to their knees
from bullet wounds conflicting their flesh
contradicting that they're the best
but the songs keep telling them that they dont need no rest
that they dont wanna go home
that they should ride alone
with the gat as their only companion
and so the only path they choose is the one that they're told
until they grow old and hope turns to a window pane
inside a window pane, until all they feel is pain
they realize that the music itself is ashamed
so whats to look up to
when you cant even speak when you cant even walk because you look so bleak
your eyes are sunken from the tv you're infested with the dee zees
now its too late to turn around and live for your conscious
so when youre screaming oh please
close your eyes and bring your mind to life
open your eyes for the first time
and never wonder why
since the answer this entire time
has been inside
and you better find it before you die
you dont want your soul to be in a pool with all the others
a buncha brothers missing their mothers
but only seeing strangers
only feeling the haters
wishing they would have used their minds when they had them
and now its too late,
now it's time for another new born fate to grab them
Copyright © Green Trees | Year Posted 2012
As the time passes by season to season. I wait and wonder if this flower will ever grow. Planted so
many times what seemed to be the right place , but once again it was not right at all. Struggling to
blossom so it can show its color and beauty to the one that matters most of all. Thirsting for the warmth
of the sun , starving for the attention , not really asking for much at all. So many times it felt so right ,
but things would change so quickly in the middle of the night and all would be lost. Slowly it would wither
till there was no hope of blossoming one day. As the time passes by tears fill my eyes and there is nothing
left to say. I only know that this flower will grow , but not this way. It must be cared for and understood ,
loved and nourished so it will blossom and grow stronger , more beautiful then any flower you've ever known.
Will this flower ever grow? This is something I do not know. Sad as it may seem, it's even sadder to me , That I
am that flower that will never grow , didn't you know ?
Copyright © TIMOTHY CARTER | Year Posted 2013
He was always so happy
strong and bold.
He'd give you the shirt off of his back.
He had a rough life
growing up through the depression,
but like he always does,
he got through it.
He has two boys, of whom he is so proud.
Moved from Regina, to Victoria.
He had the best life anyone his age could have wanted.
But ever since his wife died,
he has not been the same.
But like he has always done,
he got through it.
Mind slipping,
just a little forgetful.
That's how it always starts out...
But like always, he powered through it,
until now...
He is not the same person that I used to know.
He been sentenced to the prison in his own mind.
Possessed by the thoughts of his dogs ashes.
He likes to play the blame game,
but we know he doesn't remember that it was him.
He wakes up in the night
shaking with pain,
tears streaming down his face.
There is nothing we can do,
Oh well...
Two more tylenol.
Hold on to hope
for as long as you can,
It's only a matter of time now.
He gets vocal, a very loud tone.
He'll block you in your room
and make false accusations
But we know that it's the pain induced monster in him.
Tick tock, tick tock...
You can't handle the stress anymore
you have to leave.
Just hope for the best,
maybe it will get better.
Surprise, it doesn't.
Your denial is foolish, everyone knows
what happens next.
All results of
Copyright © Laura Hamilton | Year Posted 2013
Never thought of making weapons,
But I've been called an expert,
Others are suspect for their skills,
The hackers; magicians; tyrant.
I am the same guy with a heart,
Although I've been hurt
So were my victims,
Nothing that's recognized
Can state otherwise,
I am human too
With a shining pure soul.
Maybe my patriotism turned
And to you that's cruelty
But I still see myself
As a citizen too,
I am a soldier!
And if need be
I shall die for my country
Copyright © Zakhe Michael Mcunu | Year Posted 2015
The Beach of Promises
Fingers entwined, barely touching,
turquoise waters teasing your dancing toes,
strolling along that serene deserted beach,
our promised dreams within aching reach.
Hands clasped, holding on,
sea-breezes tickling the nape of your neck,
walking together, alone, vowing to never breach,
the dreams dreamed on that faraway velvet beach.
Hands in my pockets, alone,
traces of you linger, teasing,
lost in my scribbles, your memory fading out of reach,
my thoughts ablaze, now and then,
catching a whiff of your fragrance,
wafting through alleyways of nostalgia,
your hand in mine on our pristine beach.
Copyright © Scribbler Of Verses | Year Posted 2013
Let the Deicide commence.
You're a voyeur at best!
Your vampiric heart is beating out of your chest!
And you have slayed the ones whom would love you for anything less
Ready to consume the final fragments of innocence,
And for you there is no forgiveness,
On your knees pleading, screaming to a tyrant in the skies;
The father of lies.
I will never be enslaved in your superiority
The people agree: jaded of your false dichotomies.
Know: I will be whomever nature intends to be
Apollo and I will share our dreams,
and you will be forced to see
your failure!
I know who you are...
Readily the first to present your scars
Chained by some despot or mental czar
An emotional homunculus in your mind, behind bars
Reluctant to escape - even when proven fake
Your demented mind - depths no one will penetrate!
...And you see me suffering
Not caring of any casualties
Just as long you recieve your safeguard of sympathy
So very wary of the masses and their Anarchy; Liberious ways
Solipsist - Is there no one you can see?
Even if she was presented burning?
Solipsist - Is there no one you can believe?
Even if Sophia was screaming?
Solipsist - Know you have killed and abused me
Imprisoned in your own personal reality
Copyright © Wyatt Loethen | Year Posted 2013
(Dedicated to Folake)
Your eyes, woman
are like twilight rainbow
amorously bearing aloft passions of mine
toward androcytic ecstacy.
They tell of endless lights.
Night skies clarion the warmth of you
keep me balled-up till
i am tilted to your adorned essence.
May I call up words to adore you,
agglomerate them into a panoply of worshippers
unsandalled before you
like Moses at the burning bush.
And now you seem to fall asleep
but you tell me it's the heavy night
bidding toward a sunny dawn
wherein our love is lighted.
Slowly I let you fall asleep
impatient with the long night
waiting to gaze once more
into the eyes of my lovely love.
Then a lip is placed on yours
and you rouse up wide-eyed
smiling at my romantic move.
We enjoyed the night, cruising on.
Copyright © Onis Sampson | Year Posted 2013
Catching Fire
Some of us are watching the skies for works of fire
While some of us are quietly catching it.
Which are you?
Copyright © Alexander Schwartz | Year Posted 2013
I once was like a catipiller young,naive,and new
Always living from my heart not knowing what
else to do.Easy to take advantage of, that is
just the case, people would walk over me
like I was their dirty used up suitcase.
Now I feel a newness coming, like a light
shining from the sky, colors fill my world
and I know I am blooming into a butterfly.
Purple,Pink, Blue and Green I can feel them
flowing through. Colors of the rainbow raising
me into full bloom. Wise and strong I am becoming
My faith leads me where I need to go giving me
insight and wiseness for only me to know.
I have not done this on my own you see
I have been guided by God and Angels
on this Earth. Wise words the wisdom at
it's best comes from a wise lady who
seems to know me best. Lucky, I am
to have her in my life, she always shoots
it straight and tells me like it is, knowing
her words touch my heart and gives me tons of faith..
I feel like flying through the sky or climbing
a tree way up high. I feel like observing the
world just like a brand new butterfly so as I
Bloom I become Anew something unlike the past
Smart and wise beautiful on the inside and outside
a touch of color here a touch of color there
makes me glow and become a beautiful blooming butterfly...
Written By: Christina A McCullouch
Copyright © Christina McCullouch | Year Posted 2013
I wake on the sand
Right near the beach
You have yet to awake
Far out of reach
And Daybreak has arrived
A beauty unlike any other
Comparable only to us, girl
And how we love each other
So I gaze up alone
Marveling up at the sky
The warmth of the sun
Drying my eyes
I'm reflecting on us
Oh how each other we trust
I'm just so happy we're together
And I think to myself,
Just as this sun, we'll last forever
Then returning to be with you
I lay again now
Place my hand gently
On your warm tender shoulder
While I think of our lives today, love
And how they'll be when we're older...
I know there'd be no other way
So "I Love You" I make sure I say
To you, each and everyday
Copyright © Andrew Shannon | Year Posted 2013
i could sit here. day in and day out
thinking of the most proper way
to let the ink in the pen spill out
but as of late im feeling prehistoric
so much weight on my shoulders
and i dont know where to go
resuscitate my soul
look back up and head to the goal
so much evil around. i feel like the devils workin double shifts just to bring me down.
on the road to redemption
you can take a seat up in the front section
just so you can feel the emotions
in this electric notion
i've done a lot of things that hide the halo
let it all collaborate when i medicate
now look at me, mind workin like plato
formulate a new path to take so i can
maneuver through all the mistakes
we all know we cant change what we've already made
but we can change the next thing we create
startin to sound like a serenity prayer
5 steps till im thirty
and the twenty four before i was never a player
found out when the lights came back on im strictly a lover
its the strongest drink for your soul, when its thirsty
so careful how much you intake or be left hungover
even worse be the one she ran over
i dont mean to come off like im too deep
but the obstacles made there way through just to scrape through
and leave me suffocating
just for me to re-invent a new way to breathe, re-decorating
is your life so complicated
you rather wet up your pillows and revoke from the life you live
just think of your kids mourning
theyll never see that pretty face in the morning any more
cheer your self up
you got a lot to live for
your a gem and im that friend
trynna appraise the value
that you dont see inside of you
just another day for him
goin about
searchin wonderin what his purpose is
running in circles
till he found a way through all the turbulence
Copyright © pat roswell | Year Posted 2013
Tick, tick, tick says the
Clock,make haste while
The sun shines.
For a stitch in time saves
Tick, tick,tick says the
Clock,am always on a
Slow steady motion,
Waiting nor stopping.
Moving like a train-
Carrying along the wise
Ones-for time is in
Constant flux.
Tick, tick, tick, says the
Clock,though I err-as
Regulator of time.
But time waits no man.
Judicious use of time
Yeilds,nonchalant attitude
Breeds failures and
Tick, tick, tick slips the
Copyright © Ifeanyi Bob Ekechukwu | Year Posted 2013
Through the lonely woods, I may head,
Upon the autumn leaves, I may tread,
At the secluded horizon, I may stare,
And only you, I may see,
In those symphonies of silence,
In those melodies of calmness,
In those euphonies of quietness.
By the silent lake, I may lay,
Till the twilight fades, I may stay,
Then in reclusive silence, I may walk,
And only to you, I may talk,
Through those toungueless emotions,
Through those wordless attachments,
Through those voiceless sentiments.
In the lone meadow, I may wander,
Along the untrodden paths, I may waver,
In companionless seclusion, I may hide,
And only in you, I may find,
The depths of oneness,
The bonds of togetherness,
The cozy feel of coalescence.
In the wilderness of emotions, I may die,
At the merciless daggering, I may sigh,
Through a million wounds, I may bleed,
And only in you, I may seek,
The balm of love,
The warmth of affection,
The heal of inseparability.
Copyright © Suyash Saxena | Year Posted 2013
Towards the heavens of the existing
long we beheld
the fleeting idea
which ravishes the immense beauty
to the dream
but it was only out to sea
of your appearing
she made herself
tangible, to the real,
and boundless
Copyright © Weightless Pen | Year Posted 2014
As we walk like children holding hands , swinging our arms together as we walked slowly through the blanket of the Autumn leaves. The path we walk is as it were never ending .The tall forest trees that lined each side , appeared to funnel off to the distant open sky . Sun now setting leaving a Orange sky that blended with the leaves all about us . That cool evening breeze upon our glowing faces . The whisper of the trees as they swayed in the wind , but the loudest sound of it all was the beating of our hearts . No it was not just the chill of the wind that made our faces glow , it was the love in our hearts that showed. Yes we were children for that moment , full of innocents of a love so pure at heart, a love so true , nothing could tear it apart . A love that memories are made of and dreams that come true .There is nothing so good as the love you have for me and I for you.
The path we walk that seemed to go on forever , was actually our love through out our lives ,as we travel together through it.
SHE beams with joy, like one in love
with love itself and all that's lush;
and when the mythic Nymphs above
unloose her from the morning's blush,
she descends like the milk-white dove
with the notes of a singing thrush.
With golden locks, as light as air,
and liquid, limpid eyes most blue,
none is like her or can compare
to her beauty and lovely hue
which lift the humble souls that dare
come to her for her balmy dew.
As wind and air Nymph and as muse
with the nimbused crest of a saint
which no man can therefore refuse
or with mean words tarnish or taint,--
so let all Creatures freely choose
to honor her without constraint.
Copyright © Ngoc Nguyen | Year Posted 2013
When the time comes we shall all gather,
People of all walks and talks together,
In front of the parish for the Holy Communion,
It is here that we meet our companion,
In holy matrimony we unite before the father,
But this is no ordinary parish,
We separate men from boys before they perish,
We relish in wines and spirit,
Just like church goers after the Holy Spirit,
In beer we trust because its fetish,
The parish,
I drink until i perish,
In beer my life i cherish,
I wish to make a wish,
Parish, perish, cherish, i wish,
Just like the church seeing holiness in the pope,
In the bar tender we see drinking hope,
We speak in tongues under the influence,
And we never shy away from an audience,
So don't demonize us, we don't do dope,
Just like Jesus who walked on water,
We keep on walking like Johnny Walker,
On your wall the Holy Virgin Mary,
On mine you'll find the famous Hale Berry,
Unlike them were living our happily ever after,
The parish,
I drink until i perish,
In beer my life i cherish,
I wish to make a wish,
Parish, perish, cherish, i wish,
We've never missed a bar gathering,
On several occasions you've missed a church meeting,
We pay all our dues to the bar tender,
You hardly give two percent tithe to the preacher,
So when we meet in hell spare me the greeting,
Copyright © Billy Simani | Year Posted 2013
Hopeful doesn't mean stupid
That doesn't mean I wasn't stupid
I was in a state and messed up
Simple as that.
I could dramatize
Spill all the stars from my eyes and mouth and cry out for answers but,
I won't.
My spirit can dance alone.
A lapse in judgement will not throw it off beat because it dances to a cosmic drum. My heartbeat and no one else's.
Dropped my shield
Set myself on fire
Burned up a daft dream
And fell to ashes.
I've proven to relate to the phoenix
Both of us know what it's like to die a quick death and come back stronger
Time and time again
Our ashes swirl into the manifestation of our desires and in that I find my comfort.
Hard topped, granite counters
Tough as nails kid
But kid is man or at least he pretends to be.
Smart phones aren't so smart but, I'm writing this on one
Sedatives and sad, country music mood swims through my veins.
Excuse me, while I go have a drink with that phoenix.
for bruce springsteen...
it was a rain-swept monsoon day
way back then, so many moons away
when i felt the music strumming in my veins
setting me free like a runaway horse without any reins
you sang of simple truths,
your verse spoke to people just like me
in my lonely, wasted, and desolately quiet night
as you screamed out tragic human wrongs, and of everyone's plight
'bobby jean' spoke to me
of that girl down the street
glimpses of whom, we as innocents would furtively meet
and 'the river' that flowed through my ever-barren heart
led me down further roads of thunder
when slowly i finally learnt that the hardest part was fighting on
and never to surrender
to the hard-luck dreams that were born to run
while i danced in the dark
with memories vivid and stark
even as i whined like that dog who for forever lost his howling bark
and then a 'human touch' came along
and 'better days' seemed real, not just words in a song
and still you sang and swayed and spoke straight into my unseeing eyes
as gardens of secrets were opened, and as your fist punched the skies
in an anger that i too felt and in whose cauldron i too burned
as we saw murder get incorporated, while on its wobbly axis, our fragile world apathetically turned
and then suddenly i was told that i was all grown up
working on a highway of scattered ideals
and absolving myself by sprinkling some coins in a waiting cup
well, after all these years of walking along so many a thorny road
with an armour of your verse covering me, even as i hear them taunt me and even as they continue to goad
but now i can feel myself fading away, into the bleakness of this coming night
just like the ghost of that old tom joad...
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
I felt my finger nails digging into his back
What an intensified sexual moment
I never knew that tears could roll
Down the cheeks of a robust man
he wept! he sigh! he came
Again, and again and again
was it a sportsmanship or
an injury cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
Copyright © Annie Lander | Year Posted 2012
I am the one who once traveled by flight and foot
And now I slither around on my round-body
My tongue has always been and still is split in half
In my first stage of life my speeches consisted of fire-bursts, ice-shards, smoke rings, and whirling-wild-winds
Now my speeches are speedy rollings-of-the-tongues and a-spitting venom-filled saliva
Horned was I back in the days after I had hatched out of my egg
Now my mushroom-like head consists of my eyes, my nostrils, and my ears
Once I had massive teeth to help me emasculate my food
And now I must swallow all of my food whole
Many primitive cultures have used me as a symbol for both good and evil
I symbolize the Morning Star, and have been blessed with many different names
Nevertheless, I am worshiped by many cultures of mankind as a powerful being
I am the Light-Bringer, and the Knowledge-Bringer to mankind and am similar to Prometheus
I seduced Eve to bite the apple in order that she may have knowledge and become like Yahweh
I am also Quetzalcoatl, the revered sky god of the Aztecs
Without the symbolism that mankind has placed upon me I am nothing more than a plain reptile
Copyright © Eric Shelman | Year Posted 2013


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I´m quite optimistic. Ascaron´s 2nd game is almost always (even) better than the first because one of their key strengths is the analysis of feedback and user behaviour.
Furthermore Sacred 2 will be great because it has to. Unconfirmed of course, but I´m pretty sure Ascaron is going all in with the Sacred 2 project. It either becomes a huge hit or they can sell to Ubisoft.
They have worked on their professionalism on all fronts:
- They´ve hired their own marketing manager and a community management team.
- Ascaron UK has been founded, the distribution / publishing network improved. Both leads to a better margin and/or more revenue.
- They have appointed another managing director for business stuff. The old one officially controls development.
- They have a 2nd team 200 km away work on the XBox360 conversion. (The Port Royal & Dark Star One team.)
- They have founded a daughter company for QA.
- The dialog with the community is now more filtered than before, which means less influence by the community but more stability for the project.
- Studio 2 hired a project manager from Scandinavia and Bob Bates for story or quests or so.
- They have decided to throw the Sacred 1 code base away.
- The new quest infrastructure is DB driven, to allow easy modifications in a controlled environment. Theoretically speaking the long search process through script files to find a random quest bug is history.
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Monday, July 30, 2007
When Protectors Abuse: Golin v. Allenby and Health Fascism in Santa Clara
Details about the Nancy Golin case are here. The story of Nancy Golin is an example of how the state, in the form of health and social service programs such as Santa Clara County's Adult Protective Services, can destroy the lives of whose whom public health bureaucrats claim to protect. In reading the Golin v. Allenby case, I am saddened by Santa Clara County Supervisor Donald F. Gage's abdication of responsibility for the actions of bureaucrats like Tucker Liske, (who, Metroactive.com implies, falsified or overlooked the falsification of Nancy Golin's signature). Michael Moore and the the left advocate publicly financed health insurance for all, but what does Golin v. Allenby suggest about the competence of American bureaucrats to manage a public health system?
Jeff Golin contacted me a few weeks ago with the following information about his case, Golin v. Allenby, which involves his daughter. I was concerned by Golin's description and allegation of incompetent behavior by Judge Alsup of the San Francisco federal court in responding to the Golinses' plight, which results directly from the incompetence of several Santa Clara agencies.
"On November 15, 2001, 31-year-old Nancy Golin was taken by Palo Alto, California police from her family, never again to return. Up to then, she had depended on her parents, Jeff and Elsie Golin, to protect her. They had unhesitatingly undertaken the task of raising their autistic child at home since birth, with love and quality care. Nancy's parents had fought against California agencies they saw as irresponsible and incompetent, after attempting for years without success to obtain appropriate school services.
"Police took Nancy to the nearby Stanford psychiatric ward on a ruse, without warrant, emergency or probable cause, and attempted to involuntarily institutionalize her. When the grounds were legally rejected and they could show no probable cause, they chose instead to "place" her in a group home at a secret destination chosen by the local Regional Center, San Andreas (SARC) and Adult Protective Services (APS), via a forged signature constituting "consent" to institutionalization. This whole incident began when Nancy's parents reported her missing, but upon her independent return to her parents' home, the police requested that she be taken to a medical facility for examination to insure that nothing had happened during her absence. Yet when the Golin's tried to reach Nancy, the nightmare began, with a series of clearly illegal confinements.
"To cover up their mistake and to squelch press reports, the San Andreas Regional Center (SARC) and Adult Protective Services (APS) alleged to the Santa Clara County DA a series of malicious abuse charges against the parents, Jeff and Elsie. The local police produced a falsified police report which was immediately discounted by Nancy's doctors and the parents' supporters. It took 14 months for Jeff and Elsie to get the district attorney to drop and expunge the charges. Meanwhile, State attorneys from the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) pursued Nancy's conservatorship by DDS Director Allenby and SARC, proceeding at first in secret, then opposing the parents own petition in a David versus Goliath mismatched 2003 probate trial (which did not address the illegalities of the removal and confinement). The parents' attempt to appeal was thwarted by procedural barriers caused by their inability to procure a complete record of the trial. The inability resulted from judicial incompetence.
Since her confinement, Nancy has suffered numerous physical and neurological injuries and abuses. She has lost the use of her hands, been hospitalized dozens of times for seizures and esophageal ruptures, five years of dental neglect causing her to lose almost half her teeth, been improperly subjected to destructive psychiatric drugging, and likely molestation. All of these injuries occurred while in SARC's and APS's care. Not the least of the harms, she is not allowed to see her parents except under extreme restrictions and she is not being allowed to go back home for reasons she cannot understand and no one purports to explain. The parents have been denied any say in her care or standing to litigate on her behalf.
"Jeff and Elsie filed timely tort claims and a civil lawsuit for damages in Federal District Court in 2003. They were unable to overcome the lack of counsel for next friend standing. Federal law mandates that parents need an attorney of record in order to have legal standing as "next friend" of the adult child. The case then wound its way through the federal courts into their present state court proceeding in Santa Clara County, where they have been interim representation provided pro bono by New York attorney Gerard W. Wallace of Albany Law School.
"The parents are suing Mr. Allenby of DDS, several County of Santa Clara defendants (including APS, the DA, and the public defender), several SARC defendants, the City of Palo Alto, Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, the care home operator, and others. Their 17 causes of action include both claims on their own behalf and on behalf of Nancy. They are claiming constitutional violations under 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th amendments, Section 1983 civil rights and ADA, as well as state tort claims including attorney and medical malpractice, personal injury, slander, emotional distress, and malicious prosecution. The parents are seeking general, compensatory, exemplary and punitive damages. The parents' statutes of limitations have not yet accrued. All parties have been served and all but three defendants have filed demurrers and answers. A Case Management Conference is set for August 7.
In California, well established authorities entitle the parents to represent their daughter in litigation as guardians ad litem (GAL), because the conservators are defendants and thus have conflicts of interest. Those theories are disputed by the defendants.
"The focus of SARC's and County's intent appears to revolve around their interest in covering up abuse by opposing and denying discovery rights by relying on the (flawed) theory that conservatorship creates a monopoly of legal standing. This theory, unsupported by any legal authority, which the Golin's lawsuit challenges, leads to the absurd conclusion that no one other than the conservator may sue the conservator. Without expressly claiming it, SARC has thus far garnered absolute protection from liability. The parents' desire for their daughter's return is paramount, but they perceive that due to local judicial entanglement this will never be possible as long as SARC perceives the loss of their conservatorship as representing a liability threat...
"During the California proceeding, the parents petitioned the US Supreme Court on Certiorari, to settle the question of who has standing to select Nancy's GAL, the plaintiffs or the defendants? Nancy is a plaintiff. We have an adversarial system of justice. No authority has been found to suggest that a defendant can play any part whatever in the selection of a plaintiff's representative. The defendants' inherent conflict of interest is inescapable. Yet the absurdity of a defendant nominated GAL is exactly what the state courts have been entertaining. This absurdity went as far as the state court recently attempting to appoint one of SARC's own attorneys as Nancy's GAL. This attorney was cited four times in the complaint as spearheading the effort to conserve Nancy and attack her parents. The attempted appointment failed because the parents were able to announce in open court their objections and the reasons that the proposed appointee had a overwhelming conflict of interest.
"Nancy's mother, Elsie, now armed with legal representation, was appointed as Nancy's GAL twice in a normal ex parte appointment proceeding. Yet twice the defendants have rushed into ex parte proceedings to remove her, on the grounds that Elsie supposedly has an unspecified conflict of interest with her daughter. Apparently, this is because she wants Nancy to be free of SARC's alleged neglect. SARC pretextually maintains that it is in Nancy's interest to stay in SARC's control and that they are the sole decider of her interests. Thus, SARC alleges, Elsie has a supposed conflict of interest with her daughter. As Nancy's lifelong caregiver Elsie is certainly legally qualified to speak on behalf of Nancy' interests, having a long-standing significant relationship.
"As cause, SARC declares that it fears that discovery by Mrs. Golin would potentially disclose abuses that might cause them to lose their conservatorship, saying that SARC apparently knows something that they feel is much too damaging to be disclosed. The probate court has supported this cover up so far.
The parents are hoping that the Supreme Court will step in and settle this question. The matter is calendared for conference in October. What is needed at this point is institutional support and publicity for our cause, which if left to stand will affect untold numbers of disabled persons. So far the mainstream media has ignored this case. The parents need help changing that, to help the Court focus attention on this.
"Critical Issues at Stake in Elder Law
"One critic of probate abuse has recently referred to a "white collar crime wave" involving handicapped persons in involuntary conservatorships, due to lack of effective court oversight, and due to the so-far undefeatable tactic of such defendants to smear anyone, whether family or friends, that attempts to intervene to rescue their loved ones from what would otherwise be considered kidnapping, abuse and false imprisonment.
"In each of these thousands of documented cases across the country, the standing of a caring relative or committed advocate to represent the interests of the ward is attacked as a defense strategy. Once the defense succeeds at removing the family member, the ward is helpless, because no one other than the alleged wrongdoer can represent the ward. And a reasonable person never sues himself. Thus, the ward is left with no rights at all.
"As a counter and check to such abuses, a precedent that controls such advocates rights to act as GAL's in civil proceedings, which may in some cases be the ward's only way out, would be very helpful. It affords a measure of heightened due process and damages that are not available in probate courts, and allows interested parties to participate that would otherwise be excluded. Authority is available under Title II of the ADA for "parties aggrieved" to afford standing to parents or relatives to litigate on behalf of their incapacitated family members, which follows the example set by the recent Winkelman v. Parma City Supreme Court opinion for IDEA cases.
What Do the Parents Need?
"The parents urgently need local representation in California for their civil suit. Mr. Wallace cannot continue to represent their interests from New York. He is filling in while permanent local counsel can be obtained. If even half their claims are supported, attorneys have opined that the damages awards would be very considerable, especially if submitted to a jury. Finding private counsel that would take the case on a contingent fee basis is feasible. It is only a matter of paying costs, and the parents have lined up a couple of interested attorneys. But law firms with pro bono projects which would usually be expected to have an interest, have not been receptive thus far for a variety of institutional reasons, apparently their reluctance to litigate against the state and thus step on powerful toes. After 6 years of litigation, the parents have limited resources, but can pay incremental fees as needed.
"The parents are committed and knowledgeable about their case. Jeff Golin is sufficiently self educated in the law as to present a formidable adversary during pro se hearings. The parents' rights continue to be infringed. Their visits with Nancy resemble jail visits more than family occasions. Nancy cannot understand why this is being done to her by her own parents. She appears more and more abused each time the parents see her.
"If the parents fail, Nancy will face a lifetime of false imprisonment and abuse without any available relief, truly a "creature of the state" as decried in the US Supreme Court decision, Parham v. JR. This is not only a bad outcome for Nancy, but sets an extremely dangerous precedent for the country as well.
For more information please call Mr. Gerard Wallace (518) 445-3266 or Jeffrey Golin (650) 518-2850."
Moral: If you want to harm a autistic child, set up a government agency like Santa Clara Protective Services or the California Department of Developmental Services. What will happen should public financing of health insurance put the likes of Donald F. Gage and Tucker Liske in charge of health decisions that affect all of us?
Equally disturbing is the reaction of Judge Alsup to Golin's suit. Alsup refused to pay attention to Golin, saying that because Golin was representing himself, he must not have a worthwhile case. Perhaps it is time to clean up the federal courts.
4 comments:
- Jeffrey said...
Thanks for covering this story, Mitchell. It is unfortunate that the Metro, while it at least was one paper that covered the story, chose to print so many false facts and half-truths among the truths, and then refused to retract them. There are too many mistakes to catalog, but I merely wanted to warn the readers of this article to beware that the reporter broke his promise to check facts with us before press time and instead went with the story he got from the regional center in several points. Still it shows the general injustice of what was done here, and is still going on. Most of this shows the general disgrace our judicial system has fallen into, like Alice in the rabbit hole, which most people have the luck not to find out about until the nightmare visits them.
- August 1, 2007 at 5:07 PM
- Jeffrey said...
Mitchell, your last version raises a fascinating point which I had to think about carefully. You said, "Michael Moore and the the left advocate publicly financed health insurance for all, but what does Golin v. Allenby suggest about the competence of American bureaucrats to manage a public health system?"
What went wrong with the bureaucracy in our case? Because whatever it is we need to avoid if we ever set up a universal health care system.
Nancy enjoyed free medical care in our family, and we used it as often as needed, under the State MediCal program. I and my wife have MediCare, and we rely on it and are happy with it. These are state financed health care systems for limited groups of people. All Michael Moore and the liberals are presenting is the idea of extending this care to everyone. So, what is so wrong with that? Love her or leave her, Hillary said, the devil is in the details and perhaps she was right there. She just didn't get the details right.
Let's look at what happened here, then. First, there is absolutely no competition for our services. The Regional Center is the only place to go for parents in each state subdivision. If you live in one of the four counties, for example here, where SARC holds sway, you are their captive customer, willing or not. This is like our telephone system when Ma Bell used to have a monopoly. Anytime you commission a state subsidized monopoly to exist, you are going to have substandard services and lots of corruption. This gets back to the Jefferson/Madison idea of checks and balances. For every state agency that is administering services, you need a competing agency ready to step in and eat their lunch if you are an unhappy customer.
It isn't a matter of passing more laws to protect our rights. Here, California has a great statute that mandates an entitlement to state services for families, where the family is in the driver's seat. What happened in our case is that the state agency simply ignored the laws, because nobody was willing to buck them. They simply had too much power to oppose. They have a $6 Billion dollar a year state budget! That is the size of some major corporations. That is going to happen if we have universal coverage, too. Medicare subsidizes this handicapped services industry, which is awash with money and little effective oversight. Nobody wants to oppose them because if they do they are afraid their children will be next. We are in the midst of a white collar crime wave because nobody is able to control these behemoth state agencies.
You mention Fascism. Most people do not understand that word. We lost sight of it after WWII and the story was that we defeated it. Now it is history. You cannot fight something that you cannot define, but it can be defined. It is the antithesis of our system of government, and I will tell you why. Fascism comes from the word, Fascie, which stands for a bound sheaf of straws. You can see this symbol in some of the iconography of the 30's and 40's. A sheaf of straws bound together by a strap, sitting on each side of a throne. It derives I believe from a legend. According to this legend, the patriarch of the Rothschild family brought his sons into a room together once they had reached maturity, and passed around one straw. He asked each of them to try to break it, and of course they all did. Then he bound a large number of straws together, and asked them to try to break that, and each tried but could not. The elder said that was a lesson that if they all stuck together no one could break them. Sticking together is what we are faced with. Not competing. Our system of government is based on checks and balances. As soon as we lose them, we have lost our democracy. In federal courts in the 70's Justice Rehnquist invented the theory of "comity" based on federalism, which means that federal judges should respect state judges and not oppose their judgments, so everyone can get along and play nice with each other. This meant that a federal suitor had to navigate through a minefield of judge-made legal doctrines that kept his constituional or civil rights case out of federal court, relegating him to a state forum, even if the case involved abrogations of civil rights by state agencies. That is why we almost lost our ability to oppose state agencies in civil rights suits. Comity sounds nice but we have to realize its danger.
When we "stick together" we are actually destroying the suspicion of authority and competition that is fundamental to our form of government that makes our unique experiment in government survive. Thus I would suggest that we need to revive all forms of competition we can in the marketplace and revive personal choices. That will take some work. If we have a universal health care system, the "liberals" are going to shove services down people's throats for money if we do not put in place systems of competition and checks and balances. That is my opinion.
- August 2, 2007 at 12:59 AM
Very Interesting!
Thank You!
- September 7, 2010 at 4:09 AM
Jeff is not a very good lawyer, but Nancy's abductors need to be taken out and Nancy has to be freed back to her parents. There is no way the courts are going to bend. Their time was up long ago. There are only a few things that Jeff can do, and could do but he didn't, so it's time he better get a move'on before he himself dies of old age. Whatever he does against the government will be respected, and I mean "whatever".
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