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A little background.
I am a stay at home mom. I have a 3.5 year old and a 3 month old. I love them and I love that I get to be home with them. I also do my best to keep up the house, do everybody's laundry, shower, work out, write, work part time for HurryDate, blah blah blah.
The story of every housewife. Right?
Anyway, both my kids were sick last week which kept me quarantined to my house and unable to see adults, the sun, or a shopping mall. Ya, it was tough. Really tough. I mean, sniff, I barely made it through....
So, today I got dressed. I did my hair and I put on my favorite mascara. I even wore my new gray boots. And I left my man with both kids and took off.
My big outing? A one year old's birthday party. Once there I realized the opportunity I had before me. I was out of the house without kids! I had makeup and cute clothes on! And I was at a birthday party??? With kids??? It was Noah though, and he's worth it for sure. I mean, he's betrothed to my daughter, so it's more like a family function.
Anyway. After I left the party I called Jimmy to check in. I had only been gone
an hour.
Me: Hey babe, how are things?
I thought today was going to be a relaxing day and it's not turning out
that way. Grump, grump, grump....." (he went on, but I tuned out.
Thanks dad for that useful skill!)
Me: Okay then, be home later. Bye.
Somehow instead of driving home though, my car took me to Ross. And then an hour and a cute purse later, I unknowingly ended up at
Purses, shoes, and clothes, OH MY! Flash forward a few hours after putting
mean it's been all day, and then taking care of Chloe and the house. I mean, I am going to lose it. I really am.
Have I mentioned that he hates that look?


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Hit by massive capacity expansion and poor utilisation of their plants, some Indian cement companies are looking towards war-ravaged Sri Lanka, which is rebuilding its infrastructure. Industry sources said that Madras Cements is shipping cement to Sri Lanka, while India Cements and Dalmia Cement have got the approvals from the island nation's quality certification body – which is a precursor for shipping cement.
"Cement manufacturers import coal through us and use our port to export cement to Sri Lanka. Already, we handle vessels for Madras Cements for their exports. We are now constrained by the inadequate number of vessels plying between Lanka and Karaikal (on the eastern cost, south of Chennai)," MLN Acharyulu, executive director, Karaikal Port, told the Times of India.
Cement plants in the Ariyalur cluster – Madras Cements' Alathiyur plant, India Cements' Dalavoi plant and Dalmia Cement's Dalmiapuram plant – would be the extensive users of Karaikal Port for exports. Madras Cements has been shipping cement through this port. Between October and December there was no dispatch by this company, while in January and February the company exported 2825t of cement, port traffic data shows.
"For now, they (Madras Cements) are exporting bagged cement (each bag 50kg). We have been in talks with other cement companies as well who are keen to export bulk cement (which will get bagged at the port of arrival) as well as clinker (an intermediate product which is ground to cement)," Acharyulu said.
A Dalmia Cement spokesperson said that Sri Lankan market looked attractive. "Today, it is cheaper to export from Karaikal than through Tuticorin port. We will consider exports to Lanka, but nothing has been finalised as yet," he said. India Cements officials remained tight-lipped, while sources said that the company has received the quality approval from Sri Lanka. Published under Cement News

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Darkstalkers antiheroine Morrigan. Yeah, I know the boobs wouldn't be jutting out if her arms were up like that :-) It's more of a lighting study to see what I could come up with without reference crutches. I'm trying to progress my digital paint mid-game and finishing Spock touches...
I have been listening to
Dave Rapozza's live stream
as he paints some bad ass ninja turtles. He inspires me to push my artwork further...
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Universal Orlando Resort™ has some of the best attractions in the world and is a must visit on your Orlando holiday. With three amazing theme parks – Universal Studios Florida™, Universal's Islands of Adventure™ and the all-new Universal's Volcano Bay™ water theme park – it's days and nights of endless fun for every member of the family.
Volcano Bay™ at Universal Orlando Resort™ is an all-new water theme park like no other that opened in May 2017. Thanks to the power of TapuTapu™, at Volcano Bay™ there's no standing in long lines, no carrying rafts around the park, nothing between you and a full day of fun. Many of the rides are multi-person, so it's a perfect water park for families to enjoy some fun and make some memories together.
After the excitement of Orlando, it's time for some rest and relaxation at Clearwater Bay. Clearwater Beach consistently ranks among the top beaches in Florida. Here you'll find soft white sand and excellent swimming conditions in warm seas. Clearwater Bay has plenty of options to entertain the entire family. Explore the aquarium, museums, boat rides and spas, before heading out to do a spot of shopping, there is no shortage of malls and outlets in the area. Clearwater is a haven for watersports enthusiasts, with lots of water based activities to choose from including snorkelling, stand up paddle boarding, kayaking and sailing.
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Privateer Press Holiday Sale Happening Now
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Privateer Press has launched their holiday sale over in their webshop. If you'd like to go and get your minis for a lot cheaper than usual, now's your chance.
They have special Holiday Bundles on various faction forces, which includes some extra dice as well as one of their pins. Also available, while supplies last, are their convention exclusive minis. So if you missed out getting one of those at any of the shows this past year, you can have another chance now. Lots of other products have been discounted as well.


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Social Equality Educators Meeting Sat 09/19/15 @ 1pm
Social Equality Educators (SEE) Meeting
When: Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 1pm – 3pm
Where: Room 132 Savery Hall – UW
Parking is free on Sat after 12 noon in the underground garage:
RSVP: We would appreciate a head count before the meeting. SEA members only!
Please send an e-mail to:firstname.lastname@example.com Call Dan with questions at : 206-851-4963
The agenda will include an assessment of the strike and discussion about the Tentative Agreement.
Day 1 Was A Resounding Success!
The first day of the SEA strike was a resounding success across Seattle. Not only did teachers and staff run spirited picket lines across the city, but many parents, students, and community members joined the lines as well. Below are some of the photos and videos sent to the Coalition for the Schools Seattle Deserves of the actions today.
Thurgood Marshall teachers supported by parents and students.
Seattle Public School Substitute in Solidarity! United we are Strong!
#SeattleTeachers at BF Day holding it down on the picket line!
Hamilton Middle School going strong!
Singing "Solidarity Forever" with Doris Brevoort, teacher at Licton Springs during the picket lunch break. Doris is a veteran of the 1985 Seattle Teachers strike.
Salmon Bay K-8 getting down. Sun shining overhead on the picket line.
"Union Power" at the Lincoln Building.
"We are the union…" at Ballard High School.
Seattle Teachers picketing in front of the School District Administration press conference in front of Dearborn Park International School.
Community Members: Support the SEA Strike!
The teachers and staff in Seattle have already received an amazing amount of support from parents and community members. Thank you!
If you are looking for ways to get involved and support the strike, here is a list of things you can do to help:
- Join a picket line at your local school! Teachers and staff will be thrilled to see broader community support for their struggle and bigger numbers on the picket lines help draw more attention to the cause. You can show up to any picket during school hours and introduce yourself and help walk the line. If possible, it's also great to bring handwritten signs and wear red.
- Join the newly formed community support coalition "Coalition for the Schools Seattle Deserves" on Facebook.
- Attend a rally at 23rd Ave. and E. Alder St. on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 12pm sponsored by the Seattle Solidarity Network.
- Attend a Community Forum at City Hall sponsored by the Coalition for the Schools Seattle Deserves on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 6pm.
- Write and call the Superintendent and the School Board and let them know you support the teachers' demands:
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent
Dr. Larry Nyland
(206) 252-0180
Seattle School Board
(206) 252-0040
Standardized Testing and "Opting Out": What are the impacts on our regions' diverse schools and students?
Wednesday, March 25, 6:00-7:30 pm
Hillman City Collaboratory
5623 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA Seattle 98118
Sponsored by parents from Dearborn Park, Hawthorne, Orca, Leschi, John Muir and Beacon Hill Elementary Schools; Families of Color Seattle; and Seattle Opt Out Group
Wayne Au: Wayne is a graduate of Garfield High School, a former Garfield social studies teacher, and future Seattle Public Schools parent. Currently Associate Professor at the School of Education Studies and Chair of the Campus Diversity Council at the UW Bothell, his research focuses on educational equity, high-stakes testing, curriculum theory, educational policy studies and social studies education.
Jesse Hagopian: Jesse is a graduate of Seattle Public Schools and current parent at Dearborn Park International School, teacher and Black Student Union co-advisor at Garfield High School, and editor of "More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High Stakes Testing"
We will have an open discussion with:
- Information on new tests required by the state and district this year
- Effects of testing on our students, teachers and school
- Reasons why growing numbers of parents are opting their children out of standardized testing, and how to opt out
Everyone is welcome!
We are hoping to have an engaging and informative discussion with many viewpoints represented.
If you would like an interpreter or childcare, please contact Rachel Eells at 206-372-4382 or firstname.lastname@example.com
#BlackLivesMatter to Teachers
Social Equality Educators is supporting the below event. Please come out!
Please join us, a group of concerned teachers, in a demonstration to show that BLACK LIVES MATTER *to Teachers*
When: Friday, Feb 6, 5:30-6:30
Where: Westlake Plaza, downtown Seattle
- to send a clear message of support and love to our black students and their families;
- to send a message to all police to treat people of color with respect; and
- to send a message to our school boards and districts to enact policies to desegregate classrooms and foster anti-racist curriculum for the benefit of ALL students.
We will have large light panels that read "Black Lives Matter to Teachers" in addition to leafleting.
Social Equality Educators (SEE) Meeting Dec. 7, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Social Equality Educators (SEE) Meeting
When: Sunday, December 7
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where: Greenwood Library, 8016 Greenwood Ave N., Seattle, WA 98103
RSVP: We would appreciate a head count before the meeting. Please email or call and let Dan know if you can make it. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or (206) 851-4963. You can also RSVP at the Facebook page.
Join us in planning our efforts to build a more democratic union that is committed to social justice!


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Hello, there is a lack of a wiki for the FiveReborn, so I setup one on Wikia (It's uggly but I hope it will help someone..)
Unofficial FiveReborn Wiki:http://fivereborn.wikia.com/
I have some stuff already done that I have used. Feel free to use the template:Function to create functions that are not up there yet :S If you know how to use them. If there are functions missing just add them?
@Lex_The_Great , maybe you need full-functionally wikimedia engine on my hosting with subdomain develop.mysite.domain or fivereborn.mysite.domain?If you and me will admin it, it will help more people, then this ugly wikia site.Write PM, if you are interested.
@Lex_The_Great thank you for the credits on http://fivereborn.wikia.com/wiki/Server_Functions
So, i see you ignoring my request for using http://develop.rolegame.online instead of wikia.com...
Sorry you think I'm ignoring your request, I made the wiki before you said anything. I havn't touched it since. I don't have time to transfer everything over at the moment. If you want to move it over go ahead!


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How to make sure people see your value
It doesn't matter how skilled you are or how much value you offer if no one wants what you have. Leadership, change management, sales, customer service, marketing, and safety all have one thing in common: they require a specific level of personal influence to be sustainably successful. This customized keynote session combines humorous storytelling with serious takeaways that will bring all the elements of your conference together for maximum impact.
The Real Truth about Success
What the Top 1% Do Differently and Why They Won't Tell You
Version 1
Prepare to laugh and learn as a decade of Wynn Solutions research reveals what makes owners and managers of top-performing businesses so effective – and it's not what you'd expect! If you enter this keynote session expecting to learn all about best practices and superior strategy, you'd better read the title again. Standout success in a challenging economy often comes from personal advantage, whether it's perceived value, personality, leadership-style, communication skills, abundant resources, or access to privileged information. This entertaining session takes a realistic look at the influence you'll need to make sure your knowledge and hard work deliver the results you want.
Essential Leadership
Making Employee Engagement Actually Happen
We hear the term "employee engagement" a lot these days; we also hear how recognition, goal alignment and a clear path to success can create it. But how can an individual positively influence the opinions his or her employees and coworkers have about their job? This highly entertaining session, backed by Evolve Performance Group research across 46 countries (and combined with over 70 years of Gallup survey data) shows that the thing people value most is feeling valuable! It gives the specific communication tools that anyone can use to dramatically reduce resistance to change, difficult behavior and employee turnover. The impact of this program reaches far beyond the session itself, creating an emotional shift that fuels immediate implementation.
Dissolving Conflicts
Separating the Data from the Drama
Success is almost always about working well with others to get the best possible result. The issue is not everyone agrees on what's important, and it becomes difficult to separate fact from fiction. Also, some people are so set-in-their-ways that they see everything through a filter of distrust. Or worse, things get overly dramatic and can develop into a "blame distribution" environment that affects morale and productivity.
This entertaining research-based session shows you how to gain agreement without manipulation and create clear, unified actions so you can quickly dissolve conflicts.You'll find out how to make sure people value your opinion and quickly turn disputes into workable collaborations.
Making the Most of Difficult Situations
Changing Markets, Changing Times
This funny, insightful keynote combines relationship building with motivation and change management to deliver real solutions in uncertain times. Garrison examines the challenges we face and shows how we can laugh at our problems while using them as catalysts for success. This session covers a lot of ground and provides no-cost, easily implemented, research-based solutions that your people can use right away.
Available in Motivational, Sales and Management versions.
What the Most Influential Leaders Do Differently
This insightful keynote session delivers the specific actions that attract, create and retain top talent. Based on new research about the origins of outstanding performance and laced with Garrison's trademark professional-grade humor - this program is high on content and low on boredom.
Millennial Loyalty
Keeping and Attracting Top Young Talent
People in their 20s don't want what their parents wanted from a job. They are also more likely to live at home and less likely to put up with a work environment that cramps their style. What a shift in mindset! Attracting the young people needed to replace your retiring workforce (and making sure they stay long enough to make a difference) is crucial for your organization's future. This entertaining yet heavily researched program shows business owners, leaders and managers how to adapt their organization into a company young people want to work for and how to establish a culture they do not want to leave. Besides actually having a work force 10 years from now, the benefits include improved performance and heightened accountability from the millennials who represent your company's future.
Inclusion + Tolerance = Success
Creating a diverse culture that drives performance
Having a culture that includes and supports all people is more than just a moral obligation. It is a critical and commonly overlooked ingredient for success. An alloy is stronger and has more applications than something made of just one material, and research shows the same is true for high-performance teams. This entertaining session (heavily supported by research from Gallup, MIT and Rutgers) shows that tolerance leads to awareness and understanding that creates long-term value. From attracting top young talent with a culture they'll support to fostering the diversity of thought that is the foundation of creativity, this high-energy program is a great kickoff keynote or closing session for your Inclusion and Diversity Conference.
The Real Truth about Success
What the Top 1% Do Differently and Why They Won't Tell You
Version 2
Be prepared to laugh and learn as this research-based keynote reveals how top performers harness the power of their advantages, even when the odds are not in their favor. Business relationship expert and Amazon.com bestselling author Garrison Wynn delivers a high-impact program that answers two monumental questions: How do you get people to do what you want them to do? And how can you get better results from the challenging people you encounter along the way? With an emphasis on what you can actually walk out of the session with and achieve tomorrow; this program shows you how to weather the perfect storm while still looking really good in a raincoat!
Available in motivation, leadership, customer service and sales versions.
Change is Mandatory...Stress is Optional
Change is something we all have to deal with, but the stress that accompanies change is more of choice. In this heavily researched session, Garrison applies his signature humor to a very serious topic. This fun, comprehensive program offers tools and tips for getting through big change with very little stress. More importantly, it creates an emotional shift for attendees as they see how much control they have over how change affects them. This session also shows attendees how stress is more about what we believe than it is about what is actually happening. From embracing big transitions in technology to dealing with growth or downsizing, this presentation helps leaders, employees and customers implement necessary changes with minimal resistance.
Being the Best vs. Being Consistently Chosen
Success is more than being good at what you do; it's about being consistently chosen to do it. Garrison helps people to understand why their products, services or leadership styles or those of their competitors are selected. People don't necessarily choose what's best; they choose what they are most comfortable with, whether it's the best or not. We've all heard the importance of best practices and superior knowledge, so why aren't the smartest people with the most information always in charge or number one in their field? This keynote provides original research on managing expectations and emotions and shows there really is more to success than being the best.
Available in Sales, Leadership and Customer Service versions.
Getting Great Results: Turning Talent Into Performance
In this keynote, results from the largest management survey ever conducted are combined with real-life management and leadership solutions to get the most from your people, regardless of their skill level. Participants learn how to manage their ego-driven top producers, how to listen like leaders and make their people feel heard, how to hire for talent and turn it into top performance, how to create a culture of excellence with their most promising people and how to help their low performers fight their way to the middle.
Available in Leadership and Management versions.
The Real Truth about Success
What the Top 1% Do Differently and Why They Won't Tell You
Version 2
Be prepared to laugh and learn as this research-based keynote reveals how top performers harness the power of their advantages, even when the odds are not in their favor. Business relationship expert and Amazon.com bestselling author Garrison Wynn delivers a high-impact program that answers two monumental questions: How do you get people to do what you want them to do? And how can you get better results from the challenging people you encounter along the way? With an emphasis on what you can actually walk out of the session with and achieve tomorrow; this program shows you how to weather the perfect storm while still looking really good in a raincoat!
Available in motivation, leadership, customer service and sales versions.
Generations Working Better Together
This extremely informative, entertaining, solutions-based session explores why younger and older people don't see eye to eye, and what to do about it in the workplace. From pointers on motivating, managing and retaining younger employees to ways of preventing older managers from losing their minds, this research-based program shows it's possible for baby boomers and Gen X and Y employees to work well together.
Influencing People You Have No Authority Over
A great idea rarely wins out on its own merit. Sound, well-structured logic regularly loses out to mediocre ideas from people who really know how to influence. This enlightening, research-based session delves into the human condition, revealing that the true key to influence is not intelligence or logic, but an understanding of what people really value. Through a collaborative toolkit, this program delivers the tips and strategies you need to make people see the value of your ideas so you're well positioned to gain agreement.
Program segments include:
- Developing strategic advocates and create your own personal "influence upward" plan
- How to get people to agree with you
- Why some people disagree with everything, and what you can do about it
- How to get people to listen to your ideas
- Managing your boss: How to help your supervisor make your job easier
- How to gain more influence from any position in your organization
- Reading between the lines: Learning how to adjust your approach
- How to hold people more accountable on projects without conflict
- How to make sure your input is seen as consistently valuable to others
- Creating a repeatable process for agreement: Making the tools work well
- Gaining an understanding of what people really value and how that impacts agreement
Influence in Action: How to Consistently Hold People Accountable
Great ideas are rarely good enough to get people to take action. Sound, well-structured logic regularly loses out to mediocre ideas from leaders who really know how to influence. This high-impact, research-based session focuses on revealing the true key to accountability: not intelligence or strategy, but an understanding of what makes people feel valuable. In this entertaining, interactive and sometimes brutally honest session, Garrison shows executives how to create a culture of accountability, even among employees at different performance levels. You'll learn how to push your average and low performers to reach a higher level and how to hold ego-driven top performers accountable without causing them (or you) to lose the will to live.
Influencing Safety
Whether you are trying to reduce your number of recordables or prevent a good safety record from creating complacency, this entertaining, customized session is more than just a safe bet. It will get your people laughing, learning and motivated to create a culture of safety while maintaining productivity. This program focuses on developing the personal influence to make things stick, whether you're helping leaders move change through their locations or getting workers to look out for each other on the job site. Garrison is authentic - a guy who's been there. He's a chemical plant explosion survivor who has developed environmental safety products still in use worldwide. He expertly fuses his experiences into key takeaways such as how to build the trust and relationships that make consistent safety a reality. He delivers those takeaways using a humorous approach that will have a serious impact on your event.


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Pudhu Vaazhvu Project
Tamil Nadu Pudhu Vaazhvu Project was launched on 15th Nov, 2015 by the Government of Tamil Nadu under the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department. This project was initiated with an aim to empower the poorest of the poor, marginalized and differently abled people. It aims at providing sustainable livelihoods for them.
- To empower the poorest of the poor
- To enable marginalized and differently abled persons maintain a sustainable livelihood
- A person belonging to a very poor household are the beneficiaries of this scheme
Benefit Type:
- An individual will be receiving grants from their concerned state government
- To avail the grant the beneficiary should belong to a very poor household
- This scheme is implemented in backward blocks only
How to Avail:
- An individual may approach the Village Poverty Reduction Committee present in their respective Village Panchayat
- This scheme will remain valid upto 29th September, 2016. The beneficiary may approach their respective Panchayat as soon as possible For More Information: Click Here


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The Giver by Lois Lowry. Vocabulary. Chapters 1-4. Adherence Apprehension Awed Bewildered Chastisement Gravitating Nondescript Nurturer Rarity Transgression. Apprehension ( ap - ri -HEN- siv ) adj. Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
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Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
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To care for and protect
To support and encourage
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Filled with or expressing an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, and fear, produced by something grand, sublime, or powerful
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Violation of a law or command; sin
Derivatives: transgressor, transgress
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steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment
Derivatives: adherent, adhere
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discipline, especially by corporal punishment
Derivatives: chastise, unchastised
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something rare, unusual, or uncommon
Derivatives: rare, rarest
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completely puzzled or confused; perplexed
Derivatives: bewilderment, bewildering, bewilderedly
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of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind
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to have a natural tendency or be strongly attracted (usually followed by to or toward)
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'Dancing With The Stars' Season 23 Week Nine - ShowStoppers Night Song & Dance List
Showstoppers Week is coming to Dancing With The Stars!
Frozen's Idina Menzel will be a guest judge on the show while the six remaining couples will be performing TWO show-stopping dances – one from some of the hottest Broadway musicals, and a second where they are paired up for a Team-Up Challenge.
For the first dance, the couples will each dance a style they have not yet danced to a song from a hit Broadway musical. The teams traveled the country to see famous shows in person to get inspiration for their dances in the ballroom on Monday night. Each couple will perform either a samba, Argentine tango, waltz, Charleston, paso doblé, contemporary or jazz.
For the Team-Up Challenge, each team will dance together to one song, and for a portion of the dance, the two celebrities will dance together without the assistance of their professional partners. Each team will perform either a paso doblé, contemporary or jazz routine.
The points from both of the performances will be added together for the final judges' scores. At the end of the night, one couple will be eliminated, and the five remaining couples will advance to the semi-finals.
Here's the song and dance list for Showstoppers Week:
Marilu Henner & Derek Hough – Samba – "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" from "Jersey Boys," featuring guest performances by Mark Ballas and The Four Seasons
Laurie Hernandez & Val Chmerkovskiy – Argentine Tango – "Cell Block Tango" from "Chicago"
James Hinchcliffe & Sharna Burgess – Jazz – "A Brand New Day" from "The Wiz"
Calvin Johnson Jr. & Lindsay Arnold – Waltz – "Memory" from "Cats," featuring a guest performance by Leona Lewis
Terra Jolé & Sasha Farber – Charleston – "If My Friends Could See Me Now" from "Sweet Charity"
Jana Kramer & Gleb Savchenko – Waltz – "She Used to Be Mine" from "Waitress"
The Team-Up Challenges are as follows and will dance to the following songs:
Team-Up #1: James & Calvin - Paso Doblé – "No Good" by Kaleo
Team-Up #2: Jana & Laurie – Contemporary – "Bird Set Free" by Sia
Team-Up #3: Marilu & Terra – Jazz – "Big Noise from Winnetka" by Bette Midler
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Stories Through Food: An LB Kitchen Love Story
- Written by Christopher Papagni
- Published in Food
I'm a sucker for a good love story. I get all weepy when I'm alone with a novel and love wins out over evil. I watch young couples embrace at the cinema and imagine a lifetime love affair that has only just begun. When I see an elderly man tenderly kissing his wife of 60 years, my faith in humankind is restored. And when I stumble upon a love affair unexpectedly, I can't help but share my good fortune with the world.
Bryna Gootkind and Lee Farrington are the owners of the recently opened LB Kitchen and the two are married to their restaurant and each other. They met when Bryna was introduced to Lee, the then owner of Figa. And so their love story began.
I recently sat down with the two of them in their intimate and softly lit restaurant dining room. They both have an affinity for Parisian-style bistros and the details of this labor of love, should not and cannot be overlooked. You experience a simple, yet warm and inviting space, the two created with their own hands. The irony is that they almost let it slip away.
Lee purchased the building in 2008 prior to opening Figa, and when the restaurant did not work out, she decided to sell. Complicated factors led to this difficult decision. Bryna was torn about the sale; meeting Lee in the space made it more than just real estate. The building was a part of their beginning and therefore, symbolic of their love for one another. The building sat empty for three years. Potential buyers came and went and deals fell through. The process was exhausting for the two of them. Prior to meeting the last potential buyers, they made a pact: if the deal fell through, for whatever reason, they were going to keep the space and open a restaurant together. Well, you can guess that the promise they made to one another that day has led to LB Kitchen. I only just realized what LB stands for — duh. It didn't take me long to surmise the stubbornness of these two women. They decided to build a restaurant, build it the way they wanted it, and to build it themselves.
Bryna walked into the old restaurant one day to sounds of demolition. She entered what was once the restroom to find the entire space leveled. Bryna smiled and realized that Lee was not joking when she said that they'd do the buildout with their own hands. It took a little over two years and a few obstacles to open their doors.
Bryna and Lee shared with me what they're aiming for with LB Kitchen. "Let's be honest, we are not those kind of people who eat to live. We live to eat, all day and every day. We wake up thinking about food we dreamed about. We spend our days and our nights swirling around in our kitchens creating, tasting, laughing, loving, and sharing. To us, food is life, love, medicine and community. Our mission at LB Kitchen is to tell you stories through our food; where it came from, why we love it, why we chose it, why it tastes and makes you feel so good. We believe that food is fun and functional."
At this point in our conversation I was curious about their customer demographics. Did people ask about specific ingredients? Has anyone complained about the combinations of foods? Are people interested in knowing more about the functionality of their dishes? Bryna told me that most people order the food without questioning the ingredients, but it was clear she'd love for them to ask questions.
I asked about their biggest surprise concerning LB Kitchen since they opened, "90 percent of our customers want to eat in. We thought most would grab and go. We're rethinking the front of the house; where can we squeeze in more seating?"
They'll open up their patio at the first sign of warm weather — a wish most of us hope is not too far down the road.
Here's a sample of some of their creative and delicious menu items.
- Sweet & salty oats with coconut oil, nut butter, honey, cacao nibs, and mulberries
- Breakfast salad with greens, turmeric egg, lacto-fermented beets, avocado, and citrus vinaigrette
- The Figa: wild Boar, rendang, and coconut rice
- The New Yorker: Standard Baking Co. five-grain bread, beet-cured gravlax, and heirloom tomato with a caper schmear (my favorite for so many reasons)
There's also coffee, beer, kombucha, and more. I have not tried everything on the menu, but I'm looking forward to doing the research.
Fate obviously intervened and as a result, this venture has brought Bryna and Lee closer together in every way. Their schoolgirl giggles and obvious profound respect for one another made this customer feel honored to have made their acquaintance.
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|25 Oct 2011
Thanks for hanging in there with me in an effort to resolve the problem of not being able to send or receive mail in Outlook 2003 in XP Mode.
When I come to the screen that you picture above, namely the second one on the right where "More Settings" is encircled, the Server Information is already filled in, its reads "Hotmail" because I am using my hotmail account and not a pop 3 account. When I click More Settings, and come into another screen where the first tab is General; there Hotmail is again already filled in. There is nothing to change.
Sorry that I cannot yet attach thumbnails. I haven't installed a program for that in XP Mode. I will do that.
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|25 Oct 2011
Re: Your problem is most likely hotmail, I don't use hotmail but something tells me that there is a configure option when you log onto hotmail to allow remote access. I know in gmail there is to allow pop. Sorry can't be more help there.
BTW: the snipping tool in windows 7, if you put it on the task bar, will allow you to mark and capture parts of your xp screen. that's how I captured the screens for my prior posts.. I love the snipping tool.
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|25 Oct 2011
I think you are right. The problem is probably Hotmail. I prefer using Outlook to access my hotmail account but if its not possible in the XP Mode its not terribly disappointing. I have Outlook 2010 in Win7 on my host machine.
I didn't know that there is a snipping tool in Win7. How do I access it?
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Windows snipping tool is in all programs accessories. I copied it to the task bar and then it is easily run..
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The Well-Tuned Brain is a call to action. Swept along by the cascading advances of today's technology, most of us take for granted that progress brings improvement. Despite spectacular material advance, however, the evidence grows that we are failing to create a sustainable future for humanity. We are out of tune with the planet that nurtures us.
Technology itself is not the problem, as Whybrow explains, but rather our behavior. Throughout its evolution the ancient brain that guides us each day has been focused on short-term survival. But fortunately we are intensely social creatures. Without the caring behaviors that flow from intimate attachments to others, we would be relying on a brain that is only marginally adapted to the complexity of the problems we must now face together. Today we must grapple with survival, not in its immediacy but over the long term.
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Hotel DAH - Dom Afonso Henriques
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With a stay at Hotel DAH - Dom Afonso Henriques, you'll be centrally located in Lisbon, convenient to Instituto Superior Tecnico and Castle of Sao Jorge. This hotel is within close proximity of Maria Matos Municipal Theater and Culturgest.
Make yourself at home in one of the 39 air-conditioned rooms featuring plasma televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
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Federal government agencies, and by extension their employees, believe they are the country. The U.S. Constitution doesn't pertain to them. These thugs believe they have a license to harass and abuse citizens with impunity. Americans have seen this too often. It makes you wonder how many times a crime of this dimension goes unreported. Here is an account published by Freedom Outpost, I'm sure most haven't heard about.
The Bureau of Land Management have been acting tyrannically for decades. As an unconstitutional agency, we have seen them in recent years not only violating the Constitution and the rights of the people, but we've also seen them take an armed violent stand against ranchers, both in Nevada and Oregon. All of it is unlawful. I want to share story that I ran across concerning two BLM employees and a miner in Idaho from 2012 during some research on the BLM. In a confrontation with the BLM, the Idaho miner asked, "You are telling me that you supersede the Constitution of the United States?" The BLM employee smugly replied, "Yes, I do."
You have to read the rest of the article to get the full monty. These federal agents know they have access to taxpayer largess and can practically bankrupt a citizen with fines and court costs, often forcing their victims to plead guilty to a lesser charge.


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"Need a filling and healthy dinner on the double? Got pasta but no sauce? Fear not! My father in law comes to the rescue. This is served as a main course in my home, but it would also make a nice side dish."
Pasta With "quickie" Sauce
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- 170 g whole wheat linguine (or pasta of choice)
- 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
- 3 -4 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 -12 grape tomatoes
- 1⁄4 onion, minced
- salt
- 2 teaspoons parmesan cheese, grated
- Cook pasta according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, slice each tomato in half and squeeze gently to remove some of the seeds and juice (does not need to be perfect - but without this step, the sauce will be too watery!).
- Heat oil in a small pot. Add garlic and cook until lightly browned. Remove garlic from oil with a slotted spoon and discard.
- Transfer garlic-infused oil to a large skillet on medium-low heat. Add onion and tomatoes, and stir frequently.
- By the time the pasta is cooked, the tomatoes and onions should also be ready. Drain pasta and add to skillet with sauce. Toss to coat.
- Serve topped with grated parmesan cheese.
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Wednesday, November 28. 2007
SCO must account for Novell's money
I posted in September about SCO's attempt to avoid paying Novell by declaring bankruptcy. During that time they have acknowledged that there is a ruling which says they owe money (which they intend to appeal) but that money is all spent, so Novell cannot be considered a creditor. They also tried to sell off the assets and liabilities to a stalking horse private equity firm, which has since been quashed.
SCO has now been told that they must return to Utah to face the music. The lawsuit they raised against Novell was dismissed some time ago, but the countersuit by Novell was found against SCO. The ruling had been given, but the amount had not been decided before a carefully timed bankruptcy filing halted proceedings. SCO was using bankruptcy law to prevent Novell from proceeding to award, and to avoid having to list them as a creditor.
The asset sale they tried to perform was squashed after every interested party in the SCO bankruptcy case objected vehemently, and now the bunkruptcy judge has ruled that the award part of the Utah trial must go ahead so the amount they owe to Novell can be included in discussions there.
This is a killing blow for SCO. Even though they have declared bankruptcy they are solvent. The only reason i can see why they declared was to prevent the Utah courts coming to an award decision in that trial. Their desperate gambit appears to have failed. The award from the Novell trial will likely be greater than their current assets, effectively killing them. Even though they have a chance to appeal the decision, SCO is bleeding money and would be unlikely to last very long.
Once this award has been decided this will all come back to Delaware. I would not be surprised if at that point the administrator doesn't move to close SCO down and for the court to sieze and sell the assets to be returned to debtors. It is highly unlikely that there will be anything left at the end of this to return to shareholders. I don't feel bad for the opportunists who invested in the hope SCO could strong arm IBM into a settlement, but there are people working at SCO who have had nothing to do with this strategy and may be losing money they can't really afford to lose.
The executives of the company will get to walk away without much impact. Even if they do feel the occasional pang of guilt they will believe that they were acting in "the best interests of shareholders". meanwhile many people will have lost their jobs at a company that could have still been operating, or saleable as a going concern. I wonder if anyone is running a book on the last trading day for SCO. I'll take $10 on April 1 just for the potential irony.
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Wednesday, November 21. 2007
On Leadership
There are almost as many different views on what a leader is as there are people, and every culture has different ideals that they look for in a leader. There is no set rulebook that can tell you how to be a leader and the amount of contradictory books on leadership can tell you that there are many approaches that can deliver a measure of success.
My attention was brought to this topic from reading a post from Jason Calacanis on his "community CEO" style of managing. This was in response to a poorly thought out piece on CenterNetworks criticizing Jason for this style. Now Allen Stern is not wrong because Jason is right, he is wrong because his argument is poor. He gives two reasons that the community CEO method is bad; The staff and the customers lose faith in the leader. For both he delivers no coherent argument to back up those claims, only conjecture with no factual backing.
If you are the leader of the ship, be the leader. And the CEO is the leader.
This is not true of leadership today. Leadership is not only hard to define, it is constantly evolving as the focus and complexity of business evolves. There are also differences in style dictated by market, product, customer segment and location, to mention just a few factors. One very clear trend for leaders today is that pronouncements from on high delivered with positional authority are becoming less effective and less trusted. Leaders are expected to engage more with their staff, customers and business partners to understand their needs and ideas. Now this is contradictory to the position put forward by Mr Stern, but can be backed up by actual research. In a 5 year research study by CCL, they found some interesting changes in the requirements of leaders.
Asking leaders to focus more energy on creating an environment where others can help them succeed is another important trend. This becomes apparent when comparing the individual skills deemed most important in 2002 with those expected to be important two years in the future. Participative management, building
When examining an organization's approach to leadership from the past to the future, we see movement from more individual approaches (i.e., leadership as a position) to those that are more collective (i.e., leadership as a process). Specifically,
In this sense, Jason is doing some very clever things in managing his company. In engaging with his customers and his staff he gets more information about what is truly going on in his company. This is invaluable information that he cannot get without asking, and information that helps him to make better decisions if used properly. He also engages people in a dialog about Mahalo. This engenders a feeling of belonging and of goodwill in those who contribute. People like to have people ask their opinion and actually listen.
In the end it is the performance of the leader that will generate trust. While there are positives to engaging staff and customers, there is a balance to be achieved. If taken to excess it can distract a leader and hinder their focus and decision making. A fortune 100 CEO has large teams to interact with customers and staff and summarise the results. As the leader of a smaller company Jason has luxury to perform this interaction personally. I have not worked with Jason, so do not know how good a leader he is. His track record is fairly good though, and there is nothing inherently wrong with how he is conducting himself at Mahalo. I have written about Mahalo before and think there is some definite promise there. Like most things, time will tell.
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Wednesday, November 14. 2007
Super Google and everything metadata
In the second half of his recent posting Robert X. Cringley talks about Google extending the metadata they collect so they can further refine their targetting in advertising, and continuing to increase the platforms they can supply targetted ads for. In a way this is a promising future, we are resigned as a culture to be regularly sold to and an increase in the relevance of the messages we receive makes the imposition easier to take.
I agree with him that this would give Google the potential to be the most valuable company in the world. In my previous article I talked about the flimsy nature of ad dependant revenue models, however this does not apply to Google. Googles business is not ads, it is information and it is that resource which has value. At this time it uses that information to assist advertisers as its predominant source of revenue. The key difference is the level in the chain that they operate, they sell their services to the companies that want to advertise and make those company's spend more effective and cheaper to manage. They offer a product and service that companies wish to pay for. This is radically different from simply offering a billboard location.
This does not mean that Google at this time is worth its share price. Their advertising management business draws revenue, but the valuation of the company is vastly greater than that revenue. In essence many recognise that the value of Google is in the information. While their current business model does not completely exploit that resource, it still has value. It is no revelation that the management of Google are pretty smart and they realise that they need exploit their resources more fully to justify their value. They are doing so in three ways.
1 - They are continually producing new products and looking for ways to derive value from them. With IMAP support and hosted domain email offerings that companies will be willing to pay for, with enterprise search appliances or company website search plugins and with Google Apps potentially becoming a future revenue source. Google are in the enviable position of being able to use their advertising business to supply a revenue stream for these products while they gain a level of acceptance.
2 - Continuing to increase their value by increasing the depth and sophistication of thier metadata. Each new business they enter and each application they create also contribute more information to the pool. Doing so in a controlled way allows Google to further improve their accuracy, and increase the areas in which they can provide relevance.
3 - Using their equity to invest in new business. Even though they do not directly receive money for their value, they can borrow against it, or trade it away for companies or products that can then generate revenue.
Through these methods Google can translate their valuation into value. The strategy is good but the result depends on the execution. Growing competion in the ad provision space threatens their current revenue, sites like facebook looking at managing their own advertising could show others how it can be done. This makes it all the more important that Google can deliver revenue from other products. If Google cannot deliver consistent revenue growth they will lose the enthusiasm from their valuation which will limit their ability to buy. If their revenue declines from advertising or their margins get squeezed it limits their ability to finance their new services through ad revenue. Google's share price is down $100 in the last week(ish). This is partly due to a general tech stock downturn, but the threats to their core revenue's growth plays a part in this.
Back to the increased metadata though, there are two main issues that concern me about Google, or anyone, being able to build a better relevancy filter than they already have. Firstly I have little control over what they use that data for, and current regulations do not offer a level of oversight that increases my confidence. I am happy for the data to exist if it helps people to get me information I might like to have. The flip side is that if the data is not controlled then people have the ability to more effectively spam, con or phish me. Regardless of how good the algrithm is to link ads to terms that are relevant to me, there is little control on who can purchase ads on those terms. The gaurantee of the relevance at this time is to the advertiser not to me. The next big step is relevance both ways, and Google needs to work this out before someone else does.
My second concern is that too much relevance will cause my life to become self refferential. Sometimes ads are useful when they tell you about a product, service or category you hadn't thought of before. I don't go to Digg because they list what I already know about, I go there because they list what other people think is cool. Some of it is not interesting to me, but I find things I would not have come across in my regular travels. Human nature is to defer to what we already know, if we have already solved a problem one way sucessfully, we tend to default to that solution with any problem that even looks the same. Sometimes the unexpected information from left field is what we need to improve. Too much relevance feeds and reinforces our biases. A balance is needed between sorting out the irrelevant and retaining the possibly relevant.
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Ad based revenue models worry me
The vast majority of new services that have launched in the Web2.0 space depend on advertising fro their revenue. All the major blog sites, social media and services such as Facebook, Digg or Engadget receive no direct revenue from their users. Some services such as SecondLife offer premium content for a subscription, but generally there needs to be a richness of experience or a tangible deliverable to attract direct revenue.
Advertising has long been a stable alternative revenue model. Old media, such as television and radio have been able to survive and thrive purely on this base. This does not directly translate to the Internet medium though. TV and radio advertising has matured over a long period, it knows what it is about, has a good idea of its audience and is relatively expensive. The cost is the most pertinent issue, the expense of a TV spot means that advertising in that medium requires greater thought. This drives both greater quality in the message content, and a greater trust level in the audience.
The difference in price to time slot on television advertising gives a good example of this phenomenon. Take away all factors regarding the product itself and consider the company that is advertising. Are you as a consumer more likely to trust the company with a well produced ad shown in a national prime time slot, or the cheap infomercial playing late at night on the local feed. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the message delivered in the prime time slot will be perceived as more trust worthy. The cost of the spot means that there needs to be a greater return to justify the spend. There becomes a direct correlation between the cost of the ad spot and the chance that the advertiser is reputable.
In the Internet space, ads are cheap and the places to put them are plentiful. Because of the small value per individual impression to a website owner, in most cases it is not feasible to manage advertising contracts directly, this creates the need for the ad buy consolidators. This tactic allows the advertising model to succeed in giving a return to the site hosting the ads, but removes a level of control over what gets shown. This created the vacuum for Google to enter the fray and build a business model on improving the relevance of ads. Using search they are able to link the subject of the ad to the content on the site the advertising appears on, which is better than random.
This does not fix the issue of trust. While there is a greater chance that the product being advertised is related to the viewers interest, there is no accurate method except familiarity to judge the trust of the ad. Even the quality of the ad gives no trust information, a slick ad does not cost much more to produce than a cheap one. There are also techniques to game the system upon which a whole business strategy (SEO) is born. And in the web space the consequences of following an untrustworthy link can be dire, through fraud, trojans and worms, and there is little hope of recourse if you are wronged. If the TV ad is untrustworthy you end up with a crappy product, and the regulators of TV and consumer affairs have power to either address the issue with the supplier or force the ads off the air. If an Internet ad is untrustworthy you could end up with a trojan that records your bank account details and passwords.
The dynamic and unregulated nature of the Internet significantly reduces the chance that any of these issues can be solved. Changing the Internet to reduce this effect is not realistic technically, and would have negative consequences that outweigh the benefits. This leaves an Internet advertising model where ad trust in viewers
- Cannot be enhanced by the brand of the site it appears on
- Only exists where the Brand is already known (which limits the mediums use)
- Is not enhanced by the perceived quality of the ad
- Is further impeded by a potential real cost
Ads from the Digg homepage
This is a screenshot of the ads displayed on the Digg homepage at the time I was writing this article. The context of these ads is probably determined by the stories on the homepage at that stage. I have no reliable method by which to determine if any of these advertisers represent a reliable or trustworthy company. As these ads are all for a similar service, even if I was interested in the product this has actually contributed to my confusion rather than reducing it.
The way in which Internet and TV ads are similar is that it is the content that brings in the viewers, which in turn enables the advertising to be seen. I believe that this creates the illusion that advertising as a business model can be sustained on the Internet.
The whole Internet advertising paradigm appears to be a house of cards. At this stage there is no stable base on which to rely. That does not mean that it is impossible for one to exist, only that it does not exist now. In this environment a company that bases its whole business model on advertising revenue is on shaky ground. To be certain of any future life then there needs to be a direct revenue stream. This direct stream is also required to ensure that there is a stickiness to the site as well, otherwise the fickleness of the average Internet user can see the revenue of a site plummet dramatically. A user is more likely to stay with a service that they are willing to spend their own money for. This has been very evident in Secondlife where dissatisfied users have stayed and complained when Linden Labs have acted outside their desires. The real money they had spent on the site tied them to it in a very real way. It is only zeitgeist that ties me to Digg, and the lack of stickiness makes their future ad revenue uncertain.
Advertisers of quality product and reputable brands recognise this. They are trying to take the same road that old media has taken; towards product placement as a more reliable means of getting the message out. The result is that site owners like my friend Todd at Geek News Central get barraged by email from corporate PR reps trying to get their product mentioned in his blog. Chris Anderson from Wired recently posted a list of PR people that sent him email. And this was only the subset that did not follow his directions of emailing to the relevant sub-editors.
To give me any confidence of their value, web services need to either provide a source of direct revenue, or to have a level of stickiness for their users that would prevent them from leaving. If these do not exist then I consider any revenue they make or claim to be transitory. I would personally value them on a P/E ratio of 1 or less, i.e. their value is equal to their current earnings. Anything greater than that is pure hype.
In trying to research the actual statistics on the effectiveness of web advertising I was unable to penetrate the barrage of SEO promises. I intend to research this in more detail, and maybe create a research project of my own, no promises. There is a huge business opportunity for the company or individual that can fix the problems of web advertising. Whomever cracks it will earn their fortune as it is not an easy problem to fix. In the meantime I will shy away from over optimistic valuations of companies with advertising revenue as their core business model.
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Hillary News & Views beigins today with Clinton's appearance on Seth Myers.
Topics covered included Donald Trump, gun control, and the scare tactics of the NRA.
The Guardian reports...
On Trump:
"I think for weeks, you know, you and everybody else were just bringing folks to hysterical laughter and all of that," Clinton told the host. "But now he has gone way over the line. And what he's saying now is not only shameful and wrong – it's dangerous."
Trump's rhetoric was harming the nation's ability to fight the rise of the Islamic State, feeding the group "propaganda" it could use to recruit, Clinton said.
"This latest demand that we not let Muslims into the country really plays right into the hands of the terrorists," she said.
"I don't say that lightly, but it does. He is giving them a great propaganda tool, a way to recruit more folks from Europe and the United States. And because it's kind of crossed that line, I think everybody and especially other Republicans need to stand up and say 'Enough, you've gone too far.'"
"Some of his Republican rivals are saying that his latest comments have gone too far," she said during a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Tuesday. "But the truth is many of them have said extreme things about Muslims. Their language may be more veiled than Trump's but their ideas aren't so different."
On gun control:
After discussing Trump, Meyers moved the conversation with Clinton to gun control, pressing the Democratic frontrunner to explain why advocates had "failed to connect" with the oft-cited "vast majority of responsible gun owners" who say they would be supportive of certain reforms.
"I do think we all bear some responsibility for that," she said, agreeing with the host that firearm safety measures would require the support of gun owners.
"I do think that we don't have the right approach to it and we do need to reach out to more responsible gun owners and begin to try to say 'Look, we can do more to prevent as many deaths as possible.'"
On the NRA:
Meyers said: "There's obviously so many guns in this country. We're never getting those guns back."
"No, no, right," Clinton said. But she added that the National Rifle Association benefited from fueling this fear.
"If you are trying to keep people paying dues and supporting your organization, you want to keep them upset," Clinton said of the NRA. "They want people to feel like, you know, the black helicopter is going to land in the backyard and your guns are going to be taken. Totally, unbelievably untrue, but it does create doubt and they just drive right through that."
Clinton picked up yet another major endorsement, this time from the American Federation of Government Employees.
The Federal Times reports:
The union, which represents more than 670,000 government employees, officially endorsed Hillary Clinton as its candidate for the 2016 race.
"Secretary Clinton shares AFGE's vision for a strong and vibrant government workforce that has the necessary tools and support needed to deliver vital programs and services to the American public," AFGE National president J. David Cox Sr. said, in a statement.
"The American people count on government employees to keep their streets safe, deliver their Social Security checks on time, and care for our nation's heroes at veterans' hospitals, and AFGE can count on Hillary Clinton to help us get it done."
"In a Clinton White House, working families will have a powerful ally in the ongoing fight to raise wages, create good jobs, expand benefits, and preserve workplace rights and protections," Cox said.
The New Yorker writes about "What Hillary Clinton Gets (and Bernie Sanders Doesn't) About Wall Street":
Clinton's beyond-the-banks rhetoric, in the op-ed and in the debate itself, is meant to position her as tougher on the finance industry than Sanders, a move that is hard for her to make convincingly—one has the sense that Sanders would strip every last cufflink off every investment banker, if he could. If you agree with the Democrats that Wall Street should be reformed, though, Clinton's more comprehensive solution better grasps the world of finance today. Not only are Sanders's bogeybanks just one part of Wall Street but they are getting less powerful and less problematic by the year. "It ain't complicated," Sanders said during the debate. But Clinton is right: it is.
To critics, the Problem with Wall Street can be separated into five distinct problems: the Wall Street rich are strangling democracy with money and clout; Wall Street's inherent recklessness will imperil the economy again as it did in 2008, especially if its financial institutions are "too big to fail"; Wall Street speculators are a parasite on the real economy; Wall Streeters don't pay their fair share of taxes; and their super-salaries are a shocking offense against fairness in an era of acute income equality. (I work on Wall Street, in private equity, and while I don't think that I earn a super-salary, I also know there's no way to justify how much I make relative to a nurse.)
Sanders would almost certainly agree that these are problems. He'd probably add a few more just to make his point. (In the debate, he said that Wall Street's "business model is fraud and greed.") Yet his answers seem to consist of a broad personal solution and a narrow policy solution. The main way that Sanders would counter Wall Street power is Bernie Sanders, in all his lovably crotchety, Wall Street-donation-denying, incorruptible Bernieness. But when Sanders discusses how this would happen in policy terms he demonstrates an obsessive focus on breaking up the six largest U.S. banks and reëstablishing Glass-Steagall. His Web site, too, is a hedgehog where Wall Street is concerned, burrowing deeply into his big idea of a big-bank breakup.
Clinton's fox-like, forty-eight-hundred-word plan for smaller, wider reforms contains so many details that it's impossible not to quibble with some of them. But their breadth and diversity capture Wall Street's diffuseness and variability. In finance, there is a divide between the "sell side," the banks selling financial advice and services, and the "buy side," the thousands of asset managers—mainly hedge funds, private-equity funds, venture-capital firms, and mutual funds—that sometimes use the sell side's services to invest money. And if there is a central story of Wall Street since the nineteen-nineties, it has been the stagnation of the sell side and the rise of the buy side, because of technology, regulation, and new profit opportunities.
Clinton will expand on her counterterrorism policies next week.
CNN reports:
Hillary Clinton will outline her counterterrorism strategy next week in Minnesota, with a particular focus on combating "domestic radicalization," her campaign announced Thursday.
Clinton on Tuesday will "lay out a counterterrorism strategy that protects the U.S. homeland from terrorist attacks," her campaign said in an announcement.
"The strategy will address the threat of domestic radicalization, and demonstrate her belief that the most effective plan stays true to America's most deeply held values, such as inclusiveness and religious freedom," read the announcement.
"This is no time to be scoring political points. We must use every pillar of American power, including our values, to fight terror," Clinton said.
Clinton, however, has stressed the need not to demonize Muslim Americans in the wake of the attacks and aides said she would do the same during her Minnesota speech. The point is a direct response to Donald Trump's call earlier this week to ban Muslims entering the U.S.
The former secretary of state's pitch is also likely to include how the United States will approach domestic surveillance in the wake of terrorist attacks.Politico has more on the Clinton campaign's response to anti-Muslim rhetoric on the right:
The latest approach involves explicitly tying Republicans nationwide to Trump's anti-Muslim remarks this week, which Democrats say are harmful to national security and evidence of the GOP's intolerance. The real estate mogul's name has yet again been plastered all over fundraising emails for state Democratic parties and candidates up and down the ballot in recent days.
The Clinton camp, in particular, has been flooding airwaves and inboxes with the message that Clinton herself is — in the words of former President Bill Clinton at a closed fundraiser on Monday just hours after Trump's anti-Muslim proposal was unveiled — "the grown-up in the room."
"If you're not taking Trump seriously, it's time to start," read a campaign email to backers on Wednesday. "The rest of the GOP candidates are, and that's why they're adopting positions that are just as extreme as Trump's."
Never one to shy from criticizing the GOP, Clinton herself said Republicans would need to answer for their candidates' primary election positions during a stop in Iowa on Wednesday night, and her campaign has rushed to raise campaign cash off Trump's latest proposal by selling $1 stickers that proclaim, "Love trumps hate." It also published a web quiz featuring seven "hateful" lines titled, "Who said it: Donald Trump or not Donald Trump?" (The answer was, in every case, a candidate not named Donald Trump.)
The African-American vote is central to Clinton's election strategy. Indeed, African-American voters, especially women, are the most important voters in this election, just like they were in 2012.
U.S. News and World Report reports:
Even as she navigates a primary in which she faces little competition for the African-American vote, Clinton has been nurturing the constituency with policy rollouts, private meetings and surrogate assignments. She's targeting black radio stations in South Carolina – where more than half of the primary voters are African-American – noting her proud service in the Obama cabinet. She's met with African-American mothers who have been thrust into the national spotlight for having lost children to gun violence. She's sat for interviews with influential African-American media figures like Al Sharpton, Roland Martin and April Ryan. And she's tapped familiar faces, like former host of "The View" Star Jones, to campaign on her behalf inside of black churches. On Friday, her campaign's African-American director will host a conference call with black sororities to continue the process of enlisting new volunteers and emissaries.
"Hillary has earned the respect of the African-American community," says Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell, the first African-American congresswoman elected in the state of Alabama. "She's the only one, in my opinion, who has truly delivered results for the African-American community."
Barring an unforeseeable turn of events, Clinton or any Democratic nominee will easily carry the black vote in November's general election. But how big of a margin she can produce could prove decisive for her chances of capturing the White House.


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