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Most wildcat miners hail from impoverished highlands communities and barely earn subsistence wages. They chew coca leaf, a mild stimulant, to ward off the fatigue that can lead to fatal accidents.
They sweat through 28-hour shifts in the malarial jungle of the Madre de Dios region of southeastern Peru, braving the perils of collapsing earth and limb-crushing machinery to come up with a few grams of gold.
Most wildcat miners hail from impoverished highlands communities and barely earn subsistence wages. They chew coca leaf, a mild stimulant, to ward off the fatigue that can lead to fatal accidents.
Life is cheap in the mining camps. Deaths go unrecorded and the mercury they use to bind gold flecks compounds the risks. It doesn't just seep into the food chain. It poisons them and their families, too.
A new threat now looms for the estimated 20,000 wildcat miners who toil in a huge scar of denuded Amazon rainforest known as La Pampa, an area nearly three times the size of Washington, D.C.
Peru's government declared all informal mining illegal on April 19 and began a crackdown. It raided the older boomtown of Huepetuhe, dynamiting backhoes, trucks and generators. Troops even destroyed the outboard motors of canoes used to ferry mining equipment across the Inambari river.
In La Pampa, miners fear they are next. Their gasoline supplies have already been choked by authorities.
Some buried their equipment after the crackdown began only to unearth it days later when no raid came. But come it eventually will, the government says, because no legal mining concessions exist in La Pampa.
People in La Pampa say that if the authorities eradicate their livelihood, it must quickly make good on promises to provide employment alternatives.
"Motors are my life. I'm a mechanic. If the government comes and destroys them, then from what will I and my family live?" said Leoncio Condori.
The 51-year-old, a native of the Andes city of Cuzco, has been fixing motors in La Pampa ever since artisanal gold miners began carving out lawless, ramshackle settlements from Amazon jungle there in 2008.
It's not just miners who are threatened with economic catastrophe from the government's campaign to wipe out illegal mining operations, said a mining camp cook, who identified herself only as Gladis, fearing government retribution.
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New Ebay Contracts: What's in the Fine Print?
If you've ever bought or sold anything on E-bay, your consumer rights with the online company are changing as of today. November 9 is the last day that E-bay users have to opt-out of a new forced-arbitration provision and prohibition on class-action lawsuits, both of which appear in the company's new user agreement contract.
The company announced on September 15 that unless consumers send written opt out notice today, they would no longer be able to file suit against E-bay. The company said it would only accept opt-outs received via snail mail and using a special printed form. Otherwise individual arbitration, a private legal proceeding known for favoring the corporations that pay the legal bills, will be your only means of resolving any dispute with the company.
Unsure of what this means, exactly? You're not alone. The implications of the legal changes, and the means of evading them, are deliberately opaque. "Most people aren't even aware of the impact of an arbitration clause to begin with, then asking them to print out a letter and send it in the mail is just ridiculous," said Christine Hines, Public Citizen's consumer and civil justice counsel. "Opt-outs generally don't work; an opt-out by snail mail is an extra outrage."
By making it unlikely that most users will protect themselves against the new provisions, E-bay is eliminating potentially valid legal claims against their site. For example, users will find it more difficult to challenge any misuse of consumer data. Also, those with small-dollar claims typically file class-action suits because it does not make financial sense to pursue such matters individually. By protecting themselves against class-action, E-bay can potentially take advantage of whole groups of shoppers.
Forced arbitration clauses are becoming ever more popular in the corporate world, particularly in the telecommunications and financial-services industries. There has been a noticeable upswing since 2011, when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of AT&T including such a clause in their user agreement. Public Citizen has compiled a gallery of forced arbitration rogue companies to help raise consumer awareness.
If you've never shopped on E-bay, but might in the future, be advised that new users still have 30 days to opt out of the contract provisions. Also, if you use PayPal, which is owned by E-bay, you have until December 1 to opt out of a similar forced arbitration clause with them (for a downloadable template, check theconsumerist.com).
If you'd like to oppose the growing trend of corporations sneaking these clauses into their user agreements, Public Citizen recommends contacting your members of Congress and letting them know you oppose forced arbitration clauses. Corporations may think they can erode consumer's legal rights without our notice, but we're onto them.
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Note: Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, electionlineweekly will not publish on Thursday November 22. We will return on Thursday November 29. Enjoy your holiday.
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Ten Things I Learned On (and Around) Election Day 2012
With apologies to David Letterman, here are 10 things I picked up shortly before, during, and after Election Day:
1. At its simplest, election administration is a throughput business. We spend lots of time in our world discussing issues of equity, transparency, security and accuracy in elections, but on Election Day it's all about turning voters into votes. Long lines in many communities across the country had a variety of causes – late openings, machine breakdowns/shortages. l-e-n-g-t-h-y ballots, etc. – but the effect in each place was the same: a reduction in throughput that resulted in lines that grew at the back faster than they shortened at the front.
2. Video of a malfunctioning voting machine is guaranteed to go viral. On Election Day, nothing – not even an adorable little girl weeping her frustration with the presidential campaign – can compete with a video of a voting machine that won't honor a voter's choice. The video by YouTube user centralpavote was shared liberally on Election Day. I lost count of how many times the video (which I think was of just one machine in Pennsylvania) was re-Tweeted or shared with me on Election Day.
3. Voters and experts don't necessarily agree about voting machines. Voting technology experts are almost unanimous in their disdain for touchscreen (DRE) voting machines – and yet in my precinct (and many others) voters were willing to wait in line to use such machines even though paper ballots (which experts prefer) were available right away. I'm guessing that both voters and the experts should listen a little more closely to one another.
4. The words "may" and "could" are overplayed before and during Election Day. By midday on Election Day, the overwhelming number of conditional catastrophe headlines – where one or more election problems "may" or "could" lead to chaos, controversy, Constitutional crisis or all of the above – was making me a little nuts. There are always things that can go wrong, but the hyperventilating got very old by November 6.
5. When in doubt, don't irritate a federal judge. Lost in the various controversies across the nation is the increasingly contentious relationship between Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and U.S. District Judges Peter Economus and Algenon Marbley. First on early voting and now on provisional ballots, Husted's (non)responses to the two judges drew sharp reactions. Husted and his lawyers may be confident they'll prevail on appeal, but if they're wrong their next visit to either courtroom has the potential to be even more uncomfortable than the usual "day in court".
6. Poll worker problems aren't caused by what they know – but what they think they know. The reports of poll workers requesting ID despite the absence of laws requiring it in places like Pennsylvania, Texas and California are a continuing reminder that the biggest obstacle to successful poll work isn't ignorance but misguided confidence; in other words, the trick isn't so much learning new material but un-learning the old.
7. Poll watchers can't cause problems if they never show up. The pre-election coverage (see #4 above) focused heavily on the prospect of poll watchers from organizations like True the Vote creating problems on Election Day. Those fears may have been overblown, but we'll never know for sure since (like challengers in Ohio in 2004) those challengers stayed away in droves.
8. Voters don't like lines, but they'll stand in them anyway. Experts, advocates – and even the president – commented on the unacceptability of long Election Day lines, but the fact is that voters were willing to stand in them. Indeed, it's important to note that in many ways voters are the most durable part of the American election system. While I fully agree that we need to do what we can to keep lines manageable, we should do so because voters shouldn't have to stand in excessive lines – not because they won't (because they will).
9. Partisan control of secretary of state offices is something else that didn't change in 2012. One of the jokes you saw time and again after Election Day was that despite the billions spent on the election, precisely nothing had changed – at least not at either end of Pennsylvania Avenue. Interestingly enough, the same principle held in the states, where all three incumbent Democratic Secretaries (Oregon's Kate Brown, Montana's Linda McCulloch and West Virginia's Natalie Tennant) were all re-elected while control remained unchanged in Missouri and Washington with the election of Jason Kander (D) and Kim Wyman (R), respectively. This could mean that despite the debate of the last two years, neither side has gained much ground on election policy.
10. You never know. A car crashed into a polling place. A spider web delayed tabulation of ballots. A woman voted while in active labor and another passed out in line. A man – literally – came back from the dead to make sure he'd cast his ballot. All of this is what makes elections so much fun for me - and validates my belief in Andujar's Law, named for MLB pitcher Joaquin Andujar, who once said "There is one word in America that says it all, and that one word is, 'You never know'."
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MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Australia's remarkable Ashes fightback left England staring at a first innings total of 527 for seven on Friday and the loss of two late wickets on day two of the third test made the task look even more imposing.
England were 52 for two at stumps after painstaking play.
With his under-pressure side 2-0 down in the five-match series, Australia captain Michael Clarke earlier led from the front and moved on from his overnight 125 to craft a near chanceless 187 – his highest test score against England.
His bold declaration after tea caught many at Old Trafford on the hop but his statement of intent was heeded by his bowlers, who kept things tight against nervous England batsmen.
England captain Alastair Cook was unbeaten on 36 and Jonathan Trott on two after Lord's centurion Joe Root edged in-form quick Peter Siddle behind for eight from 57 deliveries and nightwatchman Tim Bresnan (1) seemed to do the same.
However replays suggested no nick, but he did not review.
"Bresnan heard a noise so he obviously thought he hit it," England off-spinner Graeme Swann, who took five for 159, told a news conference.
"Australia are in a good position, I don't know if they are in an ideal position to win a test match as we have only lost two wickets in our first innings. The fact Cook is still there is good for us as he is due a big score."
Cook, who has a slight back problem, survived on 15 when he edged returning off-spinner Nathan Lyon on to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin's knee and the ball dropped just short of a flat-footed Clarke at slip.
But Clarke's day was to be remembered for his batting as he further inspired his side before finally falling when tiredness got to him. He was bowled, awkwardly playing on to Stuart Broad.
Australia had not bagged a century in the series but Clarke, who hit Bresnan for three straight fours as he passed 150, began to turn the tables on those who laughed at his prediction of a 3-2 series win after the second test humbling at Lord's.
His wicket was Broad's 200th in test cricket but it was scant consolation for England, who have laboured under the Old Trafford sun and saw Steve Smith (89), Chris Rogers (84), Haddin (65 not out) and Mitchell Starc (66 not out) rack up handy scores on a largely flat pitch.
Swann removed Smith when the number five gave away his wicket by skying a top-edged sweep to Jonny Bairstow in the off-spinner's first over of the day.
His dismissal prompted the return of David Warner.
The left-hander punched England's Joe Root in a Birmingham bar during June's Champions Trophy, leading to a ban from the Australia side, but he was drafted back in for this test with the batsmen previously struggling.
Warner was widely booed and taunted from the packed stands as he walked to the crease.
He was initially watchful but got a thick edge on five off Swann, the ball hitting wicketkeeper Matt Prior's knee and bouncing up for slip Jonathan Trott to take the catch.
Warner conferred with Clarke and reviewed, but replays showed a clear nick and there was nothing wrong with the catch.
Warner's review came after controversy on Thursday when Usman Khawaja was given out by the on-field and third umpires despite not appearing to edge Swann behind. Cricket Australia asked the ICC for clarification over the "incorrect" call.
The jubilant crowd waved Warner back to the dressing room with glee, leaving Haddin to come in and steady Australia.
He had a bit of luck when his inside edge was dropped on 10 by Prior off the unusually misfiring James Anderson, who ended with nought for 116 on his Lancashire home ground.
Clarke, who won the toss, then got out and left the field to wild applause from the posse of green and gold clad Australians in the vast temporary stand at the revamped Manchester venue.
Siddle (one) was Swann's fifth victim when bowled as spin looked to be the way forward for the rest of the test, with Lyon impressing and pacemen struggling to extract reverse swing.
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Michael Bublé – "Crazy Love" Tour
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With Naturally 7 beginning the party with their spectacular vocal play acapella, the crowd were more than warmed up for the entrance of Michael Bublè at his 25th of February show at Rod Laver Arena. Making a big arrival to the instrumental opening of Cry Me a River, he had the hearts of Rod Laver Arena in that single moment. After putting the entire audience into tears of laughter with his wit and charm, Michael continued to serenade his audience with such hits as "Everything" and "Crazy Love".
The funny moments continued short after with a humorous introduction to the band and an insight into Michael's love of music and his idolisation of Michael Jackson, leading to a hilarious rendition of Billie Jean complete with dance moves. Michael continued to delight all his fans with karaoke of the crowd favourite, "Home" and a performance of his new song "Hollywood". Closing out the main set with the classic "Heartache Tonight" and hit song "Haven't Met You Yet", by far the most enjoyable song of the night for both Michael and the audience.
The encore after a 3 minute standing ovation closed out the show perfectly with an ideal of combination of "Feeling Good", "Me and Mrs Jones" and the ultimate finale, "Song for You". This song was a heartfelt thank you to all his fans and his removal of his microphones for the last verse made it that much more personal and for that single moment you were the only one in that massive stadium and he was singing to you, only you.
A spectacular concert that proved there's more to Michael Bublè than suits and Big Band, but rather a comedic, personal man whom can make you feel like you're in a small bar even when you're surrounded by 15,000 other adoring fans, he's always singing to you, no one else.


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Republican Ky. Sen. Paul speaking in NH May 20
April 03. 2013 8:41PM
CONCORD - A high-profile Republican senator and the chairman of the Republican National Committee will be featured speakers at the state GOP Liberty Dinner on May 20, according to a release from the NHGOP.
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., will deliver the keynote address and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus will speak as well.
"I am honored that Senator Paul has agreed to address our party and I look forward to welcoming him to the Granite State." NHGOP Chairman Jennifer Horn said in a statement. "I am also pleased to have Chairman Priebus visit New Hampshire to discuss his plan to reinvigorate and grow our Republican Party."
General admission tickets for the dinner will cost $100 and will be available for sale at nhgop.org.


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マラケシュ Riad Aljazira
Marrakech 8 der Mayara Sidi Ben Sliman
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Riad Al Jazira: White and sleek, this riad with a sober beauty seduced by the harmony of its proportions. Three patios: a giant banana tree in one, a nice fountain dominated by a majestic gallery in another, the third, have a swimming pool (5m x 5m) and an open large lounge. The lounge upstairs appreciated in the winter to enjoy a good fire wood is also used as a meeting room for seminars.
The 15 rooms of the Riad Aljazira offers the same comfort and the same standard, they give on the patios. Welfare has not been forgotten: the hammam, dedicated to health care such as scrubbing with beldi soap with eucalyptus or wraps with rhassoul or henna and a massage room for relaxation treatments with essential oils. .. The huge terrace invites you to relax in an environment of tranquility just troubled by the haunting chant of the muezzin that pace the day of religious Muslims.
moroccan breakfast : tea , Coffee , Milk , 2 kinds of pancakes , 2 kinds of juice , Bread , butter , honey , jans , egg , Cheese
Riad Aljazira is located north west of the medina (old city) of Marrakech in the bottom of Derb Mayar (n. 8) in one of the most endearing Marrakesh neighborhood, which has preserved its authenticity: the Sidi Ben Sliman district, one of the oldest and important quarter of the city, which houses the zaouias (mausoleum) of two of the seven patron saints of Marrakech: Sidi Bel Abbes & Sidi Ben Slimane.
Riad Aljazira Policies and Conditions:
Cancellation policy: 48h before arrival.
This property may preauthorize your card before arrival.
Check in from 14:00 to 23:00.
Check out before 12:00.
Payment upon arrival by credit cards, debit cards.
Taxes not included - occupancy tax 28.50 MAD per person per night.
Breakfast included.
No curfew.
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What Does an Undetectable Viral Load REALLY Mean?
By Gary Bell
April 11, 2012
There are many well documented benefits to reducing the viral load of an HIV+ individual to an undetectable level. Unfortunately, there also remains a some haziness about the term "undetectable." In actuality, it is somewhat of a misnomer. For someone to truly have undetectable HIV would mean that the battery of sophisticated tests available could not find any virus in a person's body. Thus far there is only one case of an HIV+ individual, an American living at the time in Germany who received a bone marrow transplant from a donor who had a genetic resistance to the virus, who seems to have cleared HIV entirely from one's system. An undetectable viral load means that the HIV virus in one's blood has been suppressed to the point where either the HIV RNA is not present in your blood at the time of testing or that the level of HIV RNA is below the threshold needed for detection. Another factor is the sensitivity of the specific test that is utilized.
Viral suppression, as its called, may allow for the partial rejuvenation of one's immune system, thereby making one less vulnerable to certain opportunistic diseases. Perhaps one of the most intriguing recent findings (HPTN 052) is that viral suppression may help to reduce HIV transmission in sero-discordant heterosexual couples (where only one of the two is HIV+) by as much as 96%. An earlier study with MSM found an approximately 60% reduction. However, 60 or even 96 percent is not 100%.
The 2010 International AIDS Conference highlighted the following:
Now, a recent study of HIV+ MSM by Boston University School of Medicine found the presence of detectable HIV in the semen of approximately one-quarter of the men studied people with supposedly undetectable (through blood tests)viral loads. The researchers added that a major factor in the results of this study had to do with the high level of STIs in the study participants. While the study did not specifically look at whether these men were more likely to transmit HIV, it should serve to remind us that aggressive HIV treatment alone will not stop HIV transmission and that the importance of knowing one's status, treatment for STIs and condom use all remain as very important tools.
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The Deconstructive Theatre Project presents The Orpheus Variations
Early on in The Deconstructive Theatre Project's recent staging of The Orpheus Variations, there's a delightful unveiling of the unfamiliar storytelling mechanism that will guide us through this story, familiar as it is. The piece opens with projections on a large screen at the rear of the stage that suggest travel: landscapes passing by, left to right, set to the sounds of a train. Then, in a moment of pure deconstructive bliss, lights fade up on the stage to reveal an actor sitting in a chair, head pressed against a square of plexiglass covered in beads of water. A camera operator stands in full visibility to the audience; another crew member holds a light just-so. The resulting image that is transmitted from the videocamera, via a live feed to the rear screen, is a frame of just the actor's head, pressed against the plexiglass, that slips in seamlessly with the travel-themed prologue: he's in the train we heard, watching the rain-soaked landscape whizzing by outside his window. And so the Variations unfold, each moment constructed in full view as it's simultaneously beamed to the rear screen, one vignette cutting seamlessly to the next, giving us access to layers of representation usually hidden from cinematic and theatrical view.
In the grand tradition of McLuhan's concept of medium-as-message, The Orpheus Variations was perhaps most remarkable for its development of this inventive mode of narrative presentation that ended up feeling emotionally resonant not only for the familiar pains and longings of the Orpheus myth as expressed by the text and the actors, but also for the feaures of the presentation itself: the ephemeral nature of each vignette's delicate staging, suggestion, and then ultimate vanishing, as lights, chairs and props were hustled away for their reuse in a completely new setting. It was like watching Gerald Edelman's concept of Neural Darwinism embodied in a cinematic and theatrical language: using just the bare essentials, the building blocks of theater– an actor, a light, two or three props, well-timed foley effects– a whole universe was created from the nimble adaptation of its existing elements into new and sometimes surprising uses. In this way, the system of presentation created by Orpheus director Adam Thompson and his collaborative company– most of whom wore multiple hats during the production– is a brilliant reflection of the constant stitching-together of human consciousness.
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Some cognitive scientists, such as Robert Stickgold of Harvard, have used the relationship between the seen and unseen in theater as a good metaphor for the relationship between the conscious and non-conscious activity in our brains when we sleep. The metaphor goes something like this: One leading theory about sleep, called the activation-synthesis hypothesis, posits that sleep is a time for the brain to sift through all the experiences and thoughts we've kept in our short-term buffer throughout the day, decide what's worth keeping, and then weave those survivors into the complex web of memory we already have within us, for us to carry along until tomorrow, at least. That process happens quite unconsciously– in the "backstage" regions of the mind, as we sleep. This process of sifting– of activation, then synthesis– generates waves of activation throughout the brain, probing neurons that store information not only from what happened that day, but also activating those that deal with longer-term memories that may be of associative use as we try to relate the new stuff to the older stuff, and see how the new memories might be of use in preparing for the future, a constant pursuit of the mind.
Those waves of activation end up seeding our dream consciousness– the theory goes– by creating a stream of objects, people, feelings, places, and everything else, that sort of "bubbles up" from that non-conscious background memory-sorting process, and surfaces in our conscious, dream-state. In this sense, it's that raw material that bubbles up from the backstage process that is seized upon by our conscious minds– the fully-lit, gazed-upon stage of the theater– which then weaves it all together, onstage, into our dream narrative, imposing meaning, as we do, in the strangest–or sometimes most poignant– of places.
In following with this metaphor, watching The Orpheus Variations felt like being given an all-access pass to the theater of the conscious mind. And here, instead of the standard routine of months of secret preparations, then presentation to the public on one illuminated stage, with a fury of even more secret activity happening just out of sight in the orchestra pit, backstage chambers, and managerial booths above, in Orpheus we were given several worlds to view all at once, each world relating to the next one, the viewer free to climb up and down the ladder from pure construction to complete deconstruction. We saw a coherent, well-constructed film playing at the rear; then, onstage, the collection of actors, crew members, videographers, props and lights that were sufficient and necessary for generating each image in the film; and then there was the dim glow cast upon the rest of the exposed stage, were we could see a foley artist adding a layer of sensory experience, other crew members pulling aside a precarious cable or preparing props for the next scene, a videographer, once in place, giving a thumbs-up to the live video-switcher, who would cut from one camera's live feed to the next, stitching the film together, one shot at a time. This variation on the familiar Orpheus was a thrilling reminder of just how illusory the sum is when we get to see all the parts.


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MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say they have detained 24 alleged members of the Gulf drug cartel, including seven who once worked for the rival Zetas drug gang.
Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene says the Zetas deserters told investigators that they left the Zetas and joined the Gulf cartel because they hadn't been paid in months.
Domene said Friday that the seven had jumped to the Gulf cartel in recent months and were working as assassins. He says the 24 detainees, including two teenage girls, confessed to participating in at least 48 homicides.
The Zetas first worked for the Gulf cartel, which dominated drug trafficking along Mexico's northeastern border with Texas. But the two groups split in 2010, leading to an unprecedented escalation in drug violence in that region.


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WASHINGTON — Four administrators of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency who served under Republican presidents told a Senate panel Wednesday climate change is real and the federal government has the responsibility and the legal authority to combat it.
While saying they might differ on the details of how U.S. officials should react, the former administrators said the cost of delay — or of doing nothing — was high.
Florida came in for special attention.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., talked about rising sea levels in his state but also about Florida — "ground zero for climate change" — and the flooding problems that come with extreme high tides fueled by rising seas.
former Republican EPA administrator Lee Thomas, who served under Reagan, and William K. Reilly, who served under President George H.W. Bush, also testified.
Thomas also spoke of his home state of Florida, which is already working to combat the affects of climate change."The economic impact is undeniable," he said, "and local governments struggle to address today's impacts of climate change, while trying to anticipate the increased risk it poses in the future."
In a hearing before a Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee, William Ruckelshaus told lawmakers "the four former EPA administrators sitting in front of you found we were convinced by the overwhelming verdict of scientists that the Earth was warming and that we humans were the only controllable contributor to this phenomenon."
Ruckelshaus was the nation's first EPA administrator, a job he held under Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. He said the four administrators "believe there is legitimate scientific debate over the pace and effects of climate change, but no legitimate debate over the fact of the Earth's warming or over man's contribution."
The hearing comes two weeks after the Obama administration proposed new rules to substantially reduce carbon pollution in the nation, a process that could shutter older coal-fired power plants and spur development of more wind and other alternative energy sources. The rules, which are still in the works, face considerable push-back from industry sources and Republicans on Capitol Hill.
The four former administrators were met by senators who generally sparred over familiar terrain and repeated their usual talking points.Republican members of the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety sought to poke holes in the scientific consensus on climate change and its effects, and to talk about how they think the Obama administration overreached in its recent rules and that Americans' energy bills would rise if new carbon rules go into effect.
Democrats responded with exasperation that issues that used to have bipartisan consensus had turned bitterly political, and said the prevailing view among scientists about the nature of climate change couldn't be ignored. More than one Democrat turned to comparisons of doctor-patient relationships: "When doctors tell us we need a heart bypass or cancer treatment, we listen," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
The former administrators generally said that all scientific issues presented complexities as well as costs. And there are always forces pushing back, saying the costs far outweigh the benefits.
Ruckelshaus talked about an effort to reduce automobile pollution. Carmakers at first resisted, saying it wasn't possible and that it would decimate their industry. But once they saw the EPA was serious about pursuing the rule they began to focus on how — not whether — to comply.
The attitude changed from "one of claiming the end is near to one of `Let's see if we can do this, and do it in a cost-effective way,' " Ruckelshaus said. While he used his authority to give automakers more time to comply, Ruckelshaus said the EPA remained serious about enforcing the rule. The reality today, he added, is that cars emit far less pollution than they once did.
Christine Todd Whitman, a former governor of New Jersey who was the EPA administrator under President George W. Bush, said she was frustrated by the debate over whether the EPA had the authority to take the action it did on carbon pollution.
"The issue has been settled," she said in her prepared testimony. "EPA does have the authority. The law says so and the Supreme Court has said so twice. The matter should be put to rest."
While she questioned whether the EPA may be "stretching its legal authority a bit too far in some parts of the proposed rule," she said those concerns can and should be worked out in the rule-making process. The focus should be on those details, not on whether the EPA has the authority to act, she said.


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Review: Pampero Seleccion 1938 Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on April 3, 2012
In 1938, a distillery in Venezuela was established called Industrias Pampero, C.A.. This distillery is said to be the first distillery in Venezuela to set the high standards for which Venezuelan Rum is now famous for. Their flagship rum, Pampero Seleccion 1938 is a rum which unfortunately is unavailable any longer where I live in Alberta, because Diageo, the spirits conglomerate which currently owns the rights to the Pampero brand outside of Venezuela, has chosen not to market this rum in my locale. The way it was explained to me is that boutique brands such as Pampero, regardless of how well-regarded they may be, just don't sell well enough in my market to warrant the effort.
I found what I believe was one of the last bottles for sale in Edmonton about two years ago and now, two years later, I cannot find the rum anywhere in the Province. Sadly, it seems the entire family of Pampero rums will be absent from Alberta shelves for quite a while. I did however review the bottle I found, and here is an excerpt from that review:
"…The rum looks dark and rich with red streaks. The glass smells of nutmeg and roasted hazelnut. A very faint cigar and leather aroma lies under a dark caramel molasses and is very inviting. There is a very small medicinal quality to the nose indicating a younger spirit than I was expecting…"
Here is a link to the full review"
Review: Pampero Seleccion 1938 Rum
As part of the review I have provided my Cocktail Recipe, The Selection Cocktail.
Please enjoy the review and the cocktail!
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All Hallow's Eve is the spookiest night,
It's filled with the scariest feelings of fright.
And what's it all for with no stories to tell?
Shmoop's got the goods since they know books so well.
For students who're looking for candy to eat:
Shmoop's Top Ten Places to Not Trick-or-Treat.
Miss Havisham's House, Great Expectations. More like Great Exspooktations. Nineteenth-century England is dreary enough as is. Add a crazy lady with coping issues to the mix, and the result is a place meant to be skipped during trick-or-treating.
Coraline's House, Coraline. A world where people have buttons for eyes? Creepy point proven. But what makes Coraline's house in the "other" world so especially sinister is that it seems nice at first glance. Never trust appearances on Halloween.
The Bottomless Pit, The Bible. The Bottomless Pit of the Bible's final book features smoke, locusts, and an evil angel. In case that's not enough, the Devil joins the party, too. The Pit is the pits every day of the year, but Halloween is sure to bring out its true stench.
The Inferno, Dante's Inferno. Medieval punishments were the best (read: worst), and Dante sure knew how to dole 'em out. Unfortunately, those souls experiencing eternal pain aren't just a cheap Haunted House decoration. Probably best to skip this one in favor of one of Dante's less horrifying places, such as Paradiso.
One of Coleridge's Drug Trips, "Kubla Khan". Shmoop just says no to drugs—but not to trippy literature. Coleridge's adventures in la-la land are the stuff of ultimate ghost stories.
The Post-Thneed Truffula Forest, The Lorax. Dr. Seuss's worlds are usually filled with color and delight, but the decimated Truffula forest is as eerie as they come. The ghosts of trees past are not ones to mess with.
A River with Marlow, Heart of Darkness. Floating down a river with Marlow on Halloween is like riding a ship straight into post-colonial hell. The horror! The horror!
The Veldt, The Veldt. Dystopian literature presents a world in which every day is spooky. Bradbury's virtual reality kill-fest definitely makes Shmoop thankful for the other 364 days of normal.
Room 101, 1984. For Winston, it's rats. For Shmoop, it's bad grammar. Room 101 contains everyone's biggest fear, so it's best not to test the waters on the scariest day of the year. Oh, the split infinitives!
Everywhere, A Clockwork Orange. Even the the bravest faux Batman will quiver at the cover of Anthony Burgess's classic. With blood, violence, brain zapping, and forcing-you-to-watch-violence-until-you-break torture, this book is definitely chill-inducing and boot-quivering.
Stay away from these places on All Hallow's Eve.
Unless you find them within a book's leaves.
What other lit locales deliver a spook?


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Carly Chaikin & Allie Grant: 'Suburgatory' TCA Panel
Carly Chaikin and Allie Grant join their cast mates at the Suburgatory panel during the 2014 TCA Winter Tour held at the Langham Hotel on Friday afternoon (January 17) in Pasadena, Calif.
The actresses previewed the return of the show and what's to come during the second season, which debuted earlier this week on ABC.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Allie Grant
"She has an older man in her life that we stumble on," show runner Emily Kapnek shared about Dalia's romantic storyline.
Carly added, "She wants to hook up with someone, and if it's a girl, it's a girl."
15+ pics inside…
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MUSC 114 Survey of Music History: 1800 to Present • 5 Cr.
Reviews the development of music from the Romantic period through the 20th century. Course format includes lectures, demonstrations, listening exercises, and research work. May be taken independently of MUSC 113.
After completing this class, students should be able to:
- Understand how assumptions, value organizations, and conditions of societies influence artistic creation. A successful student:
- Expresses personal understanding of the importance of the arts in society.
- Interprets a selected society or culture (its assumptions, values, relationships, etc.) and its influences upon art work created within the society or culture.
- Analyzes how an artistic work(s) reflects or reacts to needs, beliefs, and trends in a society or culture.
- Draws and communicates general conclusions about the ways in which artists and the art reflect or react to society and culture.
- Interpret works of art from various historical periods, cultures, and peoples, analyzing the context in which they were created, the characteristics of the works, and the range of possible interpretations. A successful student:
- Identifies the historical, cultural, social, biographical, intellectual or artistic context in which a work(s) of art was created.
- Distinguishes and interprets significant contexts on an artist(s) and artistic work(s).
- Recognizes and discusses varied perceptions of and responses to an artistic work(s)caused by the social, cultural, historical, or personal perspectives of its audiences.
- Recognizes artistic forms, styles, and/or qualities which are characteristic of work created within various cultures and/or historical periods
- Interprets works of art from various historical periods, cultures, peoples, and artists in relation to the context in which they were created
- Recognizes and interprets examples of influential artistic movements, schools, or styles within a selected art discipline
- Understand the significance and potential contribution of the arts to the quality of one's life. A successful student:
- Reflects discovery of personal meaning in the creation or interpretation
- Makes clear and specific references to aspects of artistic work which are personally meaningful
- Makes clear and specific references to personal experiences, discoveries, or views in relation to artistic work
- Discusses and analyzes personal reactions to artistic work in relation to personal experiences and views
- Articulates discoveries about self, life, and/or the world which have been shaped by artistic work or by experiences with the arts
- Represents, communicates, or alludes to connections between selected artistic work and her/his own work represents the ways in which the arts contribute to and enrich his/her life.
- Analyze and evaluate works of art and performances from functional, structural/formal, historical, and cultural perspectives, using defensible criteria and communicating effectively. A successful student:
- Describes and explains personal responses to a work(s) of art, extending beyond initial observations and general opinions
- Investigates and considers the responses of other audiences, and compares them to personal responses
- Examines creative choices made within a work(s), and relates them to audience responses
- Discusses specific aspects, examples, and details from a work(s) in analyzing its effects on an audience(s)
- Correctly uses concepts and terminology particular to a chosen critical approach and art discipline
- Uses criteria and sound-critical analyses to evaluate their own work and the work of other artists/performers (both works in progress and final work


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There's an overview of the system right here – take a look. Got questions? We've tried to think of everything you could possibly want to ask and have compiled an FAQ to try and answer them. If you still have questions, you can email Shannon – your friendly neighbourhood affiliate chick – at affiliates [at] jadedpixel [dot] com.
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February 05 2008, 03:38PM
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February 05 2008, 03:38PM
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Why do you do this? Aren't you getting enough word of mouth?
February 05 2008, 03:38PM
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In her four-year term, Hillary Clinton has not only been the State Department's most traveled secretary of state in history, she's also been a frequent flier to Latin America and the Caribbean. In 22 trips to the region (including Canada), she traveled to 31countries.
Can we expect the same level of attention from secretary of state nominee, Senator John Kerry? Not likely, though that may not be a bad thing.
In contrast [to Hillary Clinton] , Senator Kerry has shown little interest in the sorts of development issues that would make him look south.
- Christian Sabatini
By 2008, U.S. political capital in the region was badly damaged. In the first four years of President George W. Bush's administration, a number of high-level government officials made little effort to hide their preferences for specific candidates or parties in elections in Nicaragua, Bolivia and Venezuela, violating a long-standing policy – in place since the presidency of President Bush's father – to support the process of democratic elections regardless of their outcomes. Moreover the brief embrace of the seizure of power in Venezuela during the confusion that erupted on April 11, 2002 after troops, acting on orders from President Hugo Chávez, fired on protestors – further inflaming regional suspicions that the U.S. was up to its old habits of interventionism in the region.
While the Bush Administration course-corrected in its later years, the perception and lingering suspicion remained.
For many, inside and outside the United States, the election of President Barack Obama was an opportunity to reset the relationship. But politics in the region had changed too much. A new generation of populist presidents in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia, the so-called ALBA alliance, (largely as a means to assert their own sovereignty) refused to let the old suspicions die. At the same time, concerns about their intentions, within their own countries and outside of it, remained, irrespective of the party in the White House.
President Obama and his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, did bring a new tone that helped smooth over relations, especially with the other countries in the hemisphere, but there was no going back to the days of regional consensus and partnership with the United States that had marked relations under President Bush (father) and President Clinton (husband).
In the early years of the administration, Clinton tried. She travelled with President Obama to the Summit of the Americas in April 2009 in Trinidad and Tobago and went to the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly in June the same year. But these high-level efforts did not reward her efforts, nor did the subsequent trip to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia last year. Chávez and several other countries friendly to his project turned these into platforms to embarrass the United States rather than focus on concrete problems such as security and development that were on the agendas. Most of the real work on issues near and dear to her heart was done on her bilateral trips.
It was Secretary Clinton's personal interest and dedication to development and social inclusion that drove her engagement in much of the region and will differentiate her foreign policy from any future tenure under Senator Kerry. Since her time as First Lady, Secretary Clinton has shown a deep commitment to health, women's rights and economic empowerment issues. Development issues became a centerpiece of her visits whether it was women's leadership in Peru, economic empowerment in Colombia and of course Haiti, which she visited four times. Her commitment to social inclusion also led to the creation of a social inclusion division within the Western Hemisphere Bureau.
In contrast, Senator Kerry has shown little interest in the sorts of development issues that would make him look south. While on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and in his capacity as a special emissary for the Obama administration, his focus has been on the traditional areas and themes of U.S. foreign policy, the Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and China.
None of this is to say that, should he become Secretary of State, Senator Kerry will ignore the region nor that he won't bring special skills that are relevant to the hemisphere. For one, it is quite likely that several crises in the region will force him to become involved, among them the challenge of narcotics trafficking and security in Mexico and Central America, the complex political transition in the midst of high levels of polarization in Venezuela, and the process of change in Cuba –coming in part from the possible (though never certain) death of Fidel Castro (who is 86) and/or Raúl (who is 81).
For another, the prism of development may not be the most appropriate approach to a changed region. The existence of the Venezuela-led ALBA countries and the economic and diplomatic rise of Brazil could well benefit from diplomatic tools and approaches from other regions. The question then is: Given all the pressing issues on any secretary of state's agenda, when and why he will he need to look south?
Christopher Sabatini is an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, and in May this year is launching a new website dedicated to opinion and analysis in the Americas, www.LatinAmericaGoesGlobal.org


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Roger Brown's High School Football: Division II showdown will answer questionsBy ROGER BROWN
September 22. 2017 12:18AM
ANY TIME you've played three games and still haven't allowed a point, you know your defense is good, but sometimes you still don't know how good.
That may be the case with the Bow High School football team, which has outscored its opponents 125-0 in its three games this season. A win is a win, as they say, but Bow's three victories have come against teams that are a combined 1-8 so far this year.
The Falcons (3-0) can expect a much tougher test Saturday when they play at Plymouth (3-0) in a game between the two programs that met in last year's Division II championship game. Plymouth won that contest 27-24.
"They can't control who they play," Plymouth coach Chris Sanborn said. "They play the schedule they're given. What I know is they're unbeaten and unscored upon.
"They very good up front (defensively), especially their defensive tackles. They definitely control the line of scrimmage. They're big and athletic. Very impressed with number 50 (Nolan Filteau)."
Bow coach Paul Cohen said swarming to the ball carrier has been the recipe for his team's defensive success this season.
"Gang tackling," Cohen said. "They understand that it's been working as a collective effort. (Plymouth) hasn't shown a varied offense, but what they do they do well. We're not the same team we were a year ago and neither are they."
Plymouth is ranked fifth in this week's Union Leader Power Poll. Bow is No. 10.
Sanborn said he expects Bow will try to win by controlling the line of scrimmage. "Last year (in the championship game) I'm not sure they thought they could beat us up front so they spread us out and threw the ball against us," he said. "They have most of their interior linemen back so I think they'll try to eat the clock and pound the ball at us. I think that will be their game plan. I know if I was them that's how I'd look at it."
Plymouth has outscored its three opponents 129-21 thus far. Those three teams are 2-6, so Sanborn will likely learn a lot about his team Saturday as well.
"Both teams want to win, but this is not a game that's going to be won by desire," Cohen said. "It's going to be won on execution. It's a huge game for both teams."
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IF YOU'RE headed to Saturday's game between Bishop Guertin and Keene, don't make the mistake of showing up at Nashua's Stellos Stadium. Stellos wasn't available to BG this weekend because of the Battle of the Bridge sporting events between Nashua North and Nashua South, which includes a football game tonight and several contests Saturday. That left BG scrambling to find a field.
"Two years ago, we did it at St. A's (St. Anselm College) and it went well," BG coach Jeff Moore said. "There was talk of doing it at St. A's again, but that's not really a home game. We were going to play on Thursday night but couldn't because one of the Keene coaches had a conflict."
BG passed on an opportunity to play in Keene, and decided to hold the game on Elliot Field — its practice field at the high school.
"That trip to Keene is definitely an advantage for the home team," Moore said. "For us it's very familiar to play on this field."
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LONDONDERRY will be trying to beat Pinkerton Academy for the first time since 2001 when the teams meet in Derry tonight as part of Mack Plaque weekend. The Lancers improved their record to 3-0 and moved into the No. 8 spot in the Power Poll following last Friday's victory over Nashua North. Pinkerton (2-1) is No. 9 in the poll.
Pinkerton, which is coming off a 35-20 loss to No. 1 Salem, has won the last 18 meetings and leads the series 29-6-0.
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THE Sixth Annual Blackout Cancer Week at Windham High School will culminate with tonight's football game against Souhegan. Tickets for a raffle being held to support childhood cancer will be sold until halftime and there will be other fund-raisers before and during the game as well.
In addition, there will be a VIP tent for Windham children who are fighting cancer and their families. These children will also be recognized at halftime.
"We've been holding events all week and this will wrap things up," Windham coach Bill Raycraft said. "I think everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer."


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HIGH POINT, N.C. - Coker College's Sydney Greenwalt has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas Softball Pitcher of the Week during week number ten in the 2011 season. This is the second week in a row that Greenwalt has received this honor.
Greenwalt had another outstanding week on the mound for the Cobras going a perfect 3-0 without allowing a single earned run. Her stellar pitching is one of the main reasons the Cobras have won their last nine in a row. Greenwalt had two big victories this week both against Mount Olive. In their first game, she threw a complete game shutout allowing just three hits with five strikeouts. Then in game two she came on in relief and threw four innings of lights out softball to lead Coker to a 9-7 nine inning victory.
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How do i deal with family?
How do i deal with family?
I'm very worried have any one told they family and friends they are atheist and how did it go ,should i tell them or keep lying to them and myself ?
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Have a look in the Atheism / Theism section ... there are many stories.
Here's an example but there are many threads of members' experiences...
I didn't have to do it so I'm not qualified to offer advice.
I confess I am curious as to why this topic belonged in the Entertainment section of the forum.
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I posted it here by mistake .
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I came out as an open atheist when I was still in high school, although my family probably knew well before that. I know to this day it bothers my grandmother and she tries to get me to go back to religion. It is hard to go back to something that I was never really a part of. I think it used to bother my aunt and uncle a bit and they are deeply religious. I can't really be sure, as I have never been treated differently by my family. If you think your family will react badly, you need to take that into consideration. One need not lie to themselves in order to fool others.
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^I know its really bothering me everyday my family still believe in Jesus and Jehovah witness its a battle between my mom and my grandmom about those two faiths so if i come out and say i do not even believe in jesus or a god anymore then i know i will never hear the end of it smh :/ i'm sick of lying and praying when i know its fake.
*side not* I followed the link @ DLJ thanks for that link i'm going to read the whole thread to.
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Hey, Bizzy.
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
-Dr. Seuss
I know people who have come out of the closet (be it about sexuality, language, religion) and their parents disowned them and cast them out of the house. I know people who have come out of the closet and, through ongoing struggle, have moved from a place of confusion and fear to a place of acceptance, sometimes with the whole family and sometimes with only part. I know people who have come out of the closet and been accepted with tearful joy. I know people who have come out of the closet and been greeted by, "Well no fucking shit. It's about time."
This isn't a question of them. It's a question of you. Are you willing to hide yourself or are you willing to live out loud? Hiding yourself is always toxic. And yes, the consequence of living out loud may very well be ostracism. Then again, it might be acceptance. Then again, it might even educate the uninitiated. What are you comfortable with? How do you want to live your life?
Peace and Love and Empathy,
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(28-01-2013 07:27 AM)Ghost Wrote: Hey, Bizzy.Thanks Matt I don't want to be disowned that is my all time fear ,
i know my mom will still be my mom but she will try to convert me like she did when i was 18 i'm 33 now .to my family being a atheist is like saying i follow the devil !so at 18 my mom told me do not tell any one and kept talking to me about god everyday :/ i gave in and kept going to church it'll hurt me to see her sad about me giving up gain
like it's just stupid they will not give me a chance i'm a good person i do not go out hurting people i have solid values in my life .
i know they will disown me or try to preach to me every day .and my grand mom has a nasty attitude omg so bitter and cold but she loves Jesus smh she will be the one calling me a idiot and every name in the book for Jesus :/.
My family are Bible belt people in the south its God or Devil and i can't get them to stop trusting in God .
That was a rant Your questions opened my eyes i never took the time to think how my life after i confess will be i seen my family disown gay family members and one of my sisters always pick on people for being gay and those two topics are hand in hand to them because when i was like them i hated gay and Atheist people i'm very sorry i was narrow minded and a fool i guess this is Karma .
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss
Dr.Seuss is epic win <3
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"like it's just stupid they will not give me a chance i'm a good person i
do not go out hurting people i have solid values in my life ."
Then live your values and demonstrate to those who will see that atheism isn't moral nihilism. As for those who would disown you, what need do you have of them?
Parents are just two people who fucked. There is no inherent virtue in being capable of fucking... pretty much anyone can pull that off. If your parents and other family members aren't willing to accept you as an atheist, then it isn't you that they value, it's what you can do for them that they value. That's a one sided relationship that no one is obliged to cater to and it brings nothing of value to you. In fact, as your words suggest, it brings quite a bit of negative value to you.
It may not seem like negative value to you now and if that's the case, it's likely because you've been raised in an environment where your needs weren't considered but, rather, you were responsible for attending to the needs of your parents. Children shouldn't be responsible for catering to adults. On the contrary, adults bear the responsibility of catering to the children they've created who have no choice in being there. But that was then. You are now an adult and all adult relationships are voluntary. If you aren't being treated with respect in a relationship or aren't getting any value from the relationship you are perfectly free to absent yourself from it. If those who mistreat you really value you for the right reasons, they will shed their bigotries and bring something of value to you. If not, there are people who will and it is those people whom you should seek.
I'm really sorry you've been put in such a predicament and I sincerely hope you'll consider yourself ahead of others. In the long run, it will pay you dividends.
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(30-01-2013 09:55 AM)bbeljefe Wrote: "like it's just stupid they will not give me a chance i'm a good person iI agree 100% and your right .
i'm grown but i been living my whole life like this no matter what no one care about my needs it's always "what will my family think"
i even skipped a concert this last week i told her i'm going to a concert just talking about it and i had the money my mom begged me not to go knowing how much i like Bone thugs but her just saying do not go over and over i'm like a kid trapped .and i stayed my dumb ass home and gave her the money to pay a bill that all of a sudden she needed to pay :/.
I can't leave my family even tho im hurt all the time emotinoly they say they love me and thats how i get over it like i can't disobey my mom shes all i have after my dad died
I don't want to be that person that do not speak to they mom or family its a fear of mine i was brain washed by Jehovah witness that the world is bad and if i leave my family and try to live in this world with out family i will be abused or worse .
even today i told my mom jokingly "i'm going to move and never call you if i miss another concert btw i missed 3 thanks to her asking me to not go "
and a few hours later we was watching tv and this lady moved away from her family and was raped and stalked and my mom as always said that's what the world will do Dedra if you move away from your family ,and read a chapter about family but i ignored her and walked into the kitchen .
i just said i'm never moving then like a stupid lil robot I just want to be free like other people but still have my family they do know how to let us live like every adult kid in my family is like me and the ones who rebel are "going to hell".
when i spoke to my therapist last week she told me its ok to leave my family and i looked at her and said no its not and broke into tears after hearing my self sound like a lost child and i was scared that it was even a option .
my mom knows how i am and she use it to her full advantage.
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The thing has about 12 tubes in it... So even if it doesn't sound great when I'm done, I can use it to heat the studio . I got the tubes from a place in Memphis called TubeDepot.com -- they seemed to have really great prices (like 1/3 what I saw in other sites), sell the same brand of NOS tubes as the others, and they test each one before shipping.
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The scanned schematic was pretty raggy resolution - - I had to guess or derive certain values. But I got it about 2/3 done yesterday. The control circuits (to sample the audio and control compression/expansion) are pretty bizarre looking. It may take a bit of time to sort out just how they work.


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We spent Thanksgiving at Darrin and Maura's home – technically, they are dear friends but actually they are much, much more like family. They are more like our grown children than plain old friends and their children are our grandchildren. Being a part of their extended family is one of the things for which we are very thankful not only on Thanksgiving but every day.
My contribution to Thanksgiving dinner was to make enough dessert for a large, extended family gathering. So, I decided to make four pumpkin pies (as many as fit in my oven). Usually my pies turn out well, I always make my own pastry and don't have any problems with that turning out the way it should. These four pies just didn't turn out well at all – not because of the pastry but because I put more than twice as much sugar in the pumpkin mixture as the recipe called for.
It was late on the Wednesday evening before Thanksgiving and I was trying to be quick about making the pies. I didn't bother to put my reading glasses on and thought the recipe said each pie needed 1 3/4 cup of sugar so I multiplied that by 4 and put 7 cups of sugar in for the 4 pies. They should have finished baking in an hour but it took 2 1/2 hours for them to get firm. By that time, I knew something was wrong – not just the long baking time but the smell was dreadful. Instead of that wonderful pumpkin pie smell wafting from the oven there was a sickeningly sweet, burnt sugar smell filling the house. A sticky sugar syrup was bubbling out of the pies and all over my oven, when I took the pies out of the oven the syrup was at the hard crack stage making long crispy strings as I lifted them out and put them on the counter. It was a mess. Anyway, I looked at the recipe again to see what on earth might have gone wrong (with glasses on) and saw that each pie only needed 3/4 cup of sugar! For the 4 pies, I should have only used 3 cups of sugar and I used 7!
No one tasted these pies but I bet they tasted really awful. They certainly smelled awful. I put them out in the garage before I went to bed so they would quit stinking up the house and they were thrown out Thanksgiving morning.
Thanksgiving morning, I baked Coconut Cranberry Bars to bring for dessert. Luckily, I had all the ingredients they needed and they were quick and easy to make. I had seen the recipe on the Land O'Lakes site several days earlier. They turned out nicely and tasted great.
Here is a link to the recipe:
They turned out so well and people seemed to like them so much that I made them again to take to my Knitting Night on Tuesday. Everyone there seemed to like them, too – at least they ate them and even asked for the recipe!
The Land O'Lakes site has many good recipes, they are easy to find and the pages don't have any pop-ups or weird ads. I've had good luck with any of the recipes I've tried from their recipe collection.
To see more pictures from Thanksgiving, here is a link to a set of pictures on Flickr:
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