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A millionaire turns a streetwalker into a lady for one weekend.
Christine Cromwell becomes entangled in a feud between brothers over the future of their world-famous winery. Later, one of the men is murdered and her own life is threatened as she seeks the killer. A presentation of the "Christine Cromwell" series of telefilms, broadcast as part of "The ABC Saturd
Christine Cromwell tracks a diabolical killer whose aim is to murder all the members of an investement club she manages.
A Tang-dynasty Buddhist monk brings three disciples on a journey to the West. On the outside, everything seems harmonious. However, tension is present beneath the surface, and their hearts and minds are not in agreement. After a series of demon-capturing events, the monk and his disciples gain mutua
Two of Christine Cromwell's clients, Billy Peale and Hayes Thorogood, are cheated out of millions of dollars by a smooth-talking con man. When the con artist is found murdered, incriminating evidence seems to point first toward Hayes, then toward Billy. Christine tries to prove her clients are innoc
Christine Cromwell is a lawyer from a wealthy background who works as a financial advisor for a major San Francisco investment firm. In this television movie, Christine is forced to act as defense counsel for a woman who was a childhood friend and now stands accused of murdering her wealthy husband.
Where is an African prince supposed to go to find the woman who will one day be his queen? Obviously that would be Queens, New York and that''s where Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) goes in this hilarious fish out of water story. Traveling with the prince is his trusted friend Semmi (Arsenio Hall) and, hiding the prince''s identity, the two of them get jobs at a fast-food restaurant. While the prince is trying to adjust to a minimum wage lifestyle, he falls for Lisa (Shari Headley) the daughter of his boss Cleo (John Amos). As romance blooms, Akeem finds it hard to hide his royal secret, especially when the king (James Earl Jones) arrives with his regal entourage.
A recently divorced woman faces problems when her attention becomes divided between her young daughter and a new man in her life.
In order to pay off his gambling debts, a man plots to kill his rich uncle and collect his inheritance. So he hires the three most inept orderlies he can find to take care of the old man.
An astonishing number of cameos pepper this spoof targeting a local TV station''s airing of ''50s sci-fi B-movie, complete with film scratches, take-offs of TV commercials, and spots for upcoming TV series.
Wealthy brothers conspire to switch the fortunes of a young investor and a man from the hood.
Natalie Wood plays a dual role in what was to be her last television work, starring as an heiress to a fortune trying to uncover the mysterious death of her mother, who went down with a torpedoed luxury liner during World War II. Ralph Bellamy is her wealthy father who is obsessed with the ship, and
A James Bondish superspy is assigned to thwart the devious plans of a master agent who is threatening to destroy the planet unless he is paid one billion dollars within forty-eight hours. This lighthearted thriller was the pilot for a proposed series.
A science-fiction series pilot involving a biochemist, working on a top-secret government project, who clones thirteen perfect replicas of himself and sends them forth to fight evil wherever it might exist in the world.
Three people's lives are drastically changed when they are suddenly given one million dollars each by an eccentric billionaire in this pilot to a prospective new series which the producers hoped would equal the success of the original one that ran from 1955 to 1960 -- with Robert Quarry now in the r
In this pilot for a prospective Western detective series, a private eye of the 1870s is hired to deliver a California rancher's long-missing daughter to him, despite numerous efforts to thwart the plan involving the rancher's new wife, his top hand, and a crooked sheriff.
A grocer is selected by God to help spread a message.
A dramatization of the true story of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin who, two years after his historic moon landing in 1969, suffered a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized for psychiatric treatment, ultimately losing his wife and children.
A series pilot about a female deputy district attorney, here assigned the task of trying to pin a murder rap on a "saint," a beloved religious crusader accused of killing her young lover. The subsequent series ran for three episodes.
Two college coeds find their vacation drive across the country turning into a nightmare when one is attacked by a small-town sheriff and both are then beaten, degraded, and locked into a corrupt prison farm with no way to tell their parents or friends where they are.
A teenager, born with no immunities and forced to live in an incubator-like environment isolating him from any direct human contact, is faced with a life-or-death decision when he falls in love with the girl next door. Diana Hyland, playing the boy's mother, won an Emmy Award for her performance. Wr
Three young people search for a priceless medallion in their quest for evidence of ancient visitors to earth.
A luxury cruise ship is threatened with destruction -- with all aboard -- as part of a deadly vendetta against a multi-millionaire passenger in true Irwin Allen seagoing disaster style. The liner Queen Mary provided the backdrop for this suspense movie.
A young businessman receives a cryptic message from his seafaring grandfather, triggering the search for a sunken treasure and an expedition threatened by sabotage.
A road-company "Airport" with a stellar cast being menaced by a maniac on a transatlantic jet who has murdered once and threatens to kill again. Rock-jawed Robert Stack is the stalwart, unflappable pilot; his wife Rosemary and daughter Elizabeth have key roles.
A three-hour television movie dramatizing the events surrounding the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when the Soviet Union tried to establish nuclear ballistic missles on Cuba in defiance of the American demands that they be removed. Some months later, the U.S. removed its own missles from bases in Tu
After his doctor orders him to take a much needed vacation, talk show host Dan Bartlett heads out to a ranch in Arizona where he hopes to get a little rest and relaxation. However, Once he arrives, he stumbles upon the murder of an Native American girl and becomes the primary suspect. In order to cl
A horror tale about a young couple moving into a Bucks County, Pennsylvania farmhouse, unaware that it is occupied by an unseen presence that is trying to possess the wife.
Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O''Connor, Rachel Roberts, Janice Rule, Diana Sands, Cara Williams, Richard Anderson, Ralph Bellamy, John Colicos, Scott Brady. Frank G. Slaughter''s best selling novel of infidelity in the hospital ward becomes an enjoyably lurid soap opera sparked by the performances of Cara Williams as an alcoholic, Janice Rule as a drug-addicted housewife, and Dyan Cannon as a sexually voracious maneater
A young woman fears the baby she''''s carrying is the son of Satan.
A corrupt rancher hires four soldiers of fortune to rescue his wife from kidnappers.
After a bout with polio, future president Franklin Roosevelt fights to save his political career.
An air-corps pioneer stands trial for criticizing his superiors.
A young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes.
A USO girl defies the rules when she falls for a soldier visiting the star-studded Stage Door Canteen.
The twisted Ygor plots to put his brain into the Frankenstein monster''''s body.
An unconscious man is found in a boat which drifts to the landing of an isolated African outpost where Baron von Ragenstein (Ralph Bellamy), an enemy agent, recognizes the man as his exact double, Sir Edward Dominey (Ralph Bellamy), with whom von Ragenstein went to school. He plots to kill Dominey and pose as the dead man.He learns about Dominey's broken marriage to Muriel (Evelyn Ankers) and his relation to Sir Ronald (Aubrey Mather), head of home defense. Back at the Dominey estate,Muriel is delighted with the change in Dominey, and Sir Ronald gives the spy a confidential position.The situation is complicated by Bardinet(Edward Norris), Muriel's admirer who, like von Regenstein, is under orders from Seaman (Henry Danielle), chief of the enemy agents. Another difficulty is Baroness Stephanie (Kaaren Verne), a spy who loves von Regenstein. The jealous Bardinet tells Muriel that Dominey is an imposter and she tells Sir Ronald. At Police headquarters Dominey reveals that, in Africa, it was actually von Regenstein that was killed and that he, Dominey posing as von Regenstein, has been playing the dual role in order to uncover the enemy leaders.
A foreign correspondent hurries home to stop his wife from getting a divorce.
An aspiring mystery writer stumbles on to a real murder.
A British nobleman undergoes a startling transformation when he's bitten by a gypsy werewolf.
A crusading scientist fights to prevent bomber pilots from blacking out.
After a failed hit, a mob chief recuperates in a monastery.
When a waiter (Murphy) gives a society girl (Joyce) a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle (Ruggles) makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.
A ballet dancer and a burlesque queen compete for a wealthy suitor.
Airline stewardesses vie for the love of a dashing pilot.
The mysteriously ill John Braun (Fred Niblo) makes a new will, leaving out his daughter Barbara (Marsha Hunt), over the protests of his wife (Ann Shoemaker). The trouble began when the daughter wanted to marry Mr. Braun's doctor, James Rogers (Michael Whalen). Mrs. Braun asks Inspector Queen to help find the long-missing Barbara. The inspector's son, Ellery (Ralph Bellamy), works on the case. He goes to a home frequently visited by Dr. Rogers where the bell is answered by Nikki Porter (Margaret Lindsay) who Ellery mistakes for Barbara and insists she return to the Braun home. Nikki does, to protect Barbara, and a short time later finds herself alone in a room outside Braun's bedroom. She finds him dead - his throat cut. No weapons are found and the door to the room where Nikki had been is locked, and she is suspected. Ellery hides Nikki in his apartment. Braun's body, sent for an autopsy, disappears and in its place is a life-sized statue of the dead man. Elley finds the body in a closet, the police prepare to send it downtown but someone drives off with the ambulance. Ellery, with Nikki, visits Braun's bedroom that night and discovers that a pet raven flies in and out taking items.
An unscrupulous editor plots to keep his star reporter-and ex-wife-from re-marrying.
When a gangster takes him hostage, a psychiatrist psychoanalyzes the criminal.
Two wrongly convicted men are sentenced to death.
A Coast Guard lieutenant and a reckless flyer vie for the same woman.
Two wacky Hollywood writers drive their boss crazy while trying to help a pregnant waitress.
A Hollywood star falls for a broken down aristocrat.
A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.
A student accused of tattling fights to regain her classmates' trust.
A private eye falls for the murderess he's pursuing.
A divorced couple keeps getting mixed up in each other's love lives.
A criminal has plastic surgery done to change his identity but loses his memory during the operation.
Anthony Halliday (Ralph Bellamy), brillant young surgeon, is forced to resign as chief of staff at a New York hospital when he is compelled to delay an appendectomy on the daughter of John Mitchell(Stanley Andrews), wealthy supporter of the hospital, because of an emergency operation he has to perform. The appendectomy is successful, but later complications cause the girl's death. Carol Andrews (Joan Perry), his fiancee, regards him as a failure and leaves him. Halliday, suffering from amnesia brought on by the shocks, drifts to Scranton, Pa.,where he gets work in the steel mill. He only remembers who he is when he finds himself bandaging some injured workers. The mill doctor, Miller (Edward LeSaint), asks him to become his assistant. Halliday remains at the mill under the name of John Davis. Because of many accidents at the mill, the smelter boss, Joe Kosovic (Fredrik Vogeding) is demoted. He becomes friendly with Halliday and invites him home for dinner, where he becomes attracted to Gerta (Gloria Shea), Joe school-teacher daughter. Accidents increase at the mill, and the mill's safety and personnel man, Brant (Fred Kohler), is ordered to investigate. Brant is actually in the pay of a rival firm trying to shut the mill. In school, Gerta hears Danny Brant (Georgie Billings) talking about a game called "Steel-Mill" that has a point of dropping bricks on people's heads. He sullenly refuses to tell Gerta that his father's conversations with his conspirators inspired it. Gerta inform Halliday about it, and he begins to investigate Brant's activities.
Polo player Brian stops in a Kansas town and find a girl and her aunt needing money to keep their ranch. He also finds his new real estate partner is the crook trying to do the women out of their ranch.
A manicurist uses her beauty and emery board to snag a rich husband.
Two competing air services battle each other while a mysterious death ray threatens the security of the world.
A married author falls for the beautiful farm girl whose inspiration has saved him from writer's block.
A woman fights to keep her husband from cheating.
A backwoods faith healer falls for a married man from the big city.
A wrongly convicted woman tries to make amends after getting out of prison.
An ex-con brings his crooked ways to a job as a news photographer.
Criminals threaten a wealthy woman''''s underwater expedition.
A police inspector investigates the murder of a man who prophesied his own death.
During World War I, a woman suspects her husband of being a German spy.
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
A man on the run for murder tries to escape fate in the Pacific islands.
After he's branded a coward, a sculptor travels to France to help fight World War I.
An American in London stumbles on a criminal ring.
A trio of veteran pilots joins an aerial circus.
When motorcycle cop Dick Fay gives a ticket to Phyllis Crawford, her father's graft-fed influence leads to his demotion to foot patrolman. When Fay leads a raid on a gangster's place he discovers Phyllis there, helps her escape, then blackmails her father.
Already in trouble with the law, Arthur and his friend Nutty break into a drugstore to get medicine for Nutty's grandmother. The druggist's wife, Mrs. Doray, asks for custody. When he hears them arguing over him, Arthur runs away. When he returns Mr. Doray is being held up by bandits at the drugstore.
On an ocean voyage, a librarian falls for a married man.
Level headed Mike Miller runs Desert Airport, an air mail base full of daring young pilots risking their lives to get the mail through-regardless of the weather. Following the death of one pilot in a horrific crash, Miller is forced to engage the wild and arrogant, yet skillful, Duke Talbot. When pilot Dizzy Wilkins crashes and dies in a storm, Talbot runs off with the young Mrs.Wilkins, leaving Miller to complete the last leg of Wilkins' mail run. Miller crashes on a mountain. Alive but in an inaccessible location, Miller tries to endure his injuries while futile attempts are made by air mail pilots to rescue him. Hearing of the impossibility of reaching Miller's crash site in time to save him, Talbot can't resist the challenge of trying an airborne rescue himself.
Russian beauty Anita Mellikovna, traveling by train with a forged passport and carrying jewels, finds the police on her tail. Seeing Deene Maxwell, whom she met one summer in Scotland, on a train across the tracks, Anita climbs out of her train and enters his compartment. Deene, a British official traveling to Moscow, suggests they pose as husband and wife, since he has diplomatic immunity, and offers to marry her at the British Embassy. After the wedding, Anita reveals that she is already married to an eccentric, violent composer, Louis Capristi, whom she left on their wedding night after he threatened her. Meanwhile, Capristi, under the name Charles Pringle, is imprisoned in an English asylum for the criminally insane since he strangled a woman to death. Anita and Deene are happily in love in England when they are confronted by Capristi, who escaped after he heard about their marriage. Capristi threatens to have them arrested for bigamy unless they allow him to stay a few days until his boat for South America sails. Deene's friend, Scotland Yard Inspector Slante, becomes suspicious of Capristi and posts guards to watch him. One evening in a restaurant in Soho, the French girl Mariette recognizes Capristi as Pringle, and he murders her. Disguising his voice, Capristi calls Deene and lures him out of the house by telling him to meet Slante at Mariette's apartment.
A millionaire doesn''''t remember getting married but can''''t forget how much he hates his new wife.
A secret society funds the investigation of a bootlegging gang.
Cast (special)
Documentary tracing the life and career of actor Bela Lugosi. Includes film clips and recollections by associates.
A documentary about the late film actor Cary Grant, featuring interviews with several of Grant's colleagues and clips from his classic films. A "Crazy About the Movies" presentation.
Live coverage of the fifty-ninth annual Academy Awards ceremony.
A live three-hour telecast from Pasadena, California, of the thirty-eighth Annual Emmy Awards which honors excellence in the television industry. David Letterman and Shelley Long are this year's co-hosts. Veteran comedian Red Skelton, recipient of this year's coveted Governor's Award by the Board of
Convinced that the Messiah has come, Artaban, a "magus" (an old Persian word meaning wise man, holy man, magician, sorcerer), sets off in search of the baby Jesus. But every adventure that brings him closer spiritually means another delay in reaching his goal physically.
The Screen Actors Guild, the trade union for motion picture performers, celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in this variety special.
The story relates the romantic adventures of Bobby Halevy, a stenographer who pursues a lover instead of a husband, fearing marriage and its related hardships would not be for her. Based on the play by Maxwell Anderson, "Saturday's Children" (which refers to people who must always work for a living
The pilot film for "Burke's Law." The story of Amos Burke, an inspector with the Los Angeles Police Department. In the pilot episode, Burke attempts to solve the murder of a famous model.
A romantic story about two married strangers who meet and fall in love during a summer holiday. The program marks the dramatic TV acting debut of Dinah Shore.
The first of three pilot films for a potential "Josephine Little" series. The story, set in Hong Kong, relates the exploits of Josephine Little, the beautiful owner of an import-export business. In the first pilot film, broadcast as a segment of "The Barbara Stanwyck Theater," and set in China, Jose
The pilot for the television series, "The Defenders." The story of Walter and Kenneth Pearson, a father-and-son legal team. Broadcast as two segments of "Studio One," the story relates how the Pearsons defend a young man accused of killing a woman during a robbery attempt.
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
A 12-part miniseries continuing Herman Wouk's epic two-volume saga which began with "The Winds of War." The first 17-hour installment begins one week after Pearl Harbor. The family of career naval officer Captain Victor "Pug" Henry is scattered around the globe. Pug and his son, Byron, are fighting
James A. Michener's epic best-selling fictional account of America's space program, spanning the years from the end of World War II to the exploration of the moon in the early 1970s and a fictional expedition to the "dark" side, was the basis of this well-received 13-hour miniseries with a stellar c
Herman Wouk's best-selling 1971 epic about a fictional Navy family in the days leading up to Pearl Harbor came to TV in this 16-hour miniseries over seven nights (initially it had been planned for only twelve hours). At about $40-million, it was the single most expensive television event up to that
This four-part adaptation of Arthur Hailey's tale of power and greed in the banking business has two ambitious vice presidents become rivals when an imminent board room vacancy arises won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Series of the 1976-77 season as well as an Emmy for Christopher Plummer
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this four-hour movie traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (played by Joe Don Baker) from Chicago dock worker to influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, eventually finds himself behind bars in a federal prison and later, not long after his parole, and again like
The slick Hailey novel about passion and intrigue at the corporate level of the automotive industry emerged an elegantly produced soap opera in this project, the biggest ever handled by a single director and highlighted by the Emmy-nominated performance of Lee Remick as the bored wife who finds that
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About this Course
Part A:
Darwin's Observations
Part B:
Darwin's Evidence
Part C:
Darwin's Theory
Facilitator Notes
SESSION 2: How Does Darwin's Theory of EvolutionIllustrate the Process of Science?
Explain Part B: Darwin's Evidence
Darwin wrote extensively to other scientists while he was collecting evidence and developing his theory of evolution. Review Darwin's letters to understand the evidence he collected and the processes he used to develop his theory.
Even Darwin had bad days. In a letter to his cousin, he expressed his frustration:
My Dear Fox: I am rather low today about all my experiments -- everything has been going wrong -- the fan-tails have picked the feathers out of the Pouters in their Journey home -- the fish at the Zoological Gardens after eating seeds would spit them all out again -- Seeds will sink in saltwater -- all nature is perverse & will not do as I wish it, & just at present I wish I had the old Barnacles to work at & nothing new.
(From Burkhardt, Frederick, ed. Charles Darwin's Letters: A Selection 1825-1859. [Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998] p.139)
Facilitator Note 4
For a classroom activity that recreates one of Darwin's experiments, see the Evolution Teacher's Guide (pdf), Unit 2: In-depth Investigation:Seeds at Sea.
Next: Explain Part C: Darwin's Theory


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First Sunday, the feature filmmaking debut of playwright David E. Talbert, stars Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan as two longtime pals and ne'er-do-well petty crooks prone to pulling harebrained schemes, such as a wheelchair caper that leaves them on the bad side of some Jamaican gangsters. While fleeing the law, Durell Washington (Cube) and LeeJohn Jackson (Morgan) take refuge inside a Baltimore church where they get an idea that may be the answer to their prayers.
Durell loves his son more than anything else in the world, so when his ex (Regina Hall) tells him that she's going to take their son with her to Atlanta unless she can come up with $17,000 to pay off a business debt, Durell realizes that he may have to resort to desperate measures to make sure he doesn't lose his kid. While laying low inside the aforementioned church, Durell and LeeJohn notice just how much cash it rakes in. So they decide to steal from a house of God. This will allow them to get back on the good side of the Jamaicans, and Durell can make sure that his ex doesn't move away with his son.
But these two inept thieves get more than they bargained for when they encounter Pastor Mitchell (Chi McBride) and his congregation, including the pastor's daughter Tianna (Malinda Williams), flamboyant choir director Rickey (Katt Williams), Deacon Randy (Michael Beach), and church secretary Sister Doris (Loretta Devine).
What should have been a simple smash and grab soon turns into a protracted hostage situation. Durell and LeeJohn may have the guns, but it's the churchgoers who hold the real power; Durell and LeeJohn might be out to rob the church, but they'll also end up stealing the hearts of its congregation. Awwww.
While First Sunday is being sold as a wacky comedy, there's actually a turn towards drama a little over halfway through. That's when Durell is faced with the seriousness of his crime and LeeJohn's troubled past is revealed in a sob story chat with Sister Doris. Morgan musters up enough teary-eyed pathos to make this saccharine scene effective.
Cube once again scowls his way through most of his performance, but he does nicely convey Durell's devotion to his son and that's the key to his character. But even this heartfelt attempt at trying to make audiences feel for the characters can't atone for the hour or so spent plodding along through dull and predictable comedic interludes.
The film doesn't find its footing (or a pulse) until late in act two when Durell must decide which path he's on in life. After rambling along for so long, a sudden sense of urgency overtakes the story. A stronger script would have found that momentum much earlier.
As a comedy, First Sunday isn't especially funny -- indeed, there are no memorable gags in it save for a predictable massage parlor visit -- and is only slightly more involving as a drama. The movie's spiritual message of forgiveness and love proves too on the nose, but at least it's sincere and delivered (pardon the pun) with passion. That alone should make the film resonate with its churchgoing target audience.


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Whether you're running a small business or a blossoming startup, leaving your employees untrained is simply not an option. By waiting too long, you will lose a lot of money and the chance to boost productivity. The best training will meet the mission of your business, offer consistency for the company's services and products providing new members of staff with the skill they need to be productive and to succeed.
Investing in training gives employees needed confidence. Without training safety will be a problem while it gives new members of staff the chance to feel a part of the company to start contributing to its success much faster. The affordable training you provide employees will be an investment you will reap when the time is right.
Failure to train is training to fail
It's common for small companies to insist that they are unable to afford corporate training consultants and training or the time to engage in staff training is just not there. However, the reality is that failing to train is training to fail. One very critical truth of employee training is that it does not have to be expensive to be great. From coming up with in-house video training or unique and inventive gamification examples to bringing in a cheap or free speaker, any company, big or small can do it. Training tools and manuals can be produced using the company computers and resources without breaking the bank.
Mandatory training
While there are diverse training courses out there, there are specific mandatory training programs every small business should consider. This includes government compliance requirements, such as training relating to workplace violence and harassment as well as safety and health. Even with a small budget, these mandatory trainings can be accomplished easily with web-based training programs. Through the use of technology, you do not need to have a trainer on site or subscribe to a costly program. If the course is government related, chances are the training is available for free.
Enhancing and improving business performance
As a small business, you have no choice but focus on enhancing the organizational and employee performance. This includes having a feedback process in place although the systems of feedback and performance have to be laid down first. Performance management and development trainings are important and focus on developing the individual goals of every employee. There are workshop modules for the delivery of these models with direct and immediate impact on a company, a team and individual.
Rotating employees
Training employees and ensuring they have learned something new includes adopting cross-training schedules inside the small business. It's not just affordable but ensures employees have learned wholly new skills. For instance, IT staff can be rotated by providing various assignments involving diverse projects and technologies. Rather than make IT staff feel like they are dealing with maintenance alone, they can be allowed to work on new areas and new products that compels them to try out new technologies. In the process, no one will be bored or stagnate in their careers.
Come up with forums
Forums are also an effective way of training employees on the cheap. For instance, a pharmaceutical start-up can have lunch breaks that bring colleagues with some well developed expertise in certain pharmaceutical areas. Once interest on the lunch breaks has been built, the program will become really popular and the participation can be left open to all. Tech topics can be handled and others that relate to the domains of a business as well as employee recognition programs. Even issues that could probably be affecting departments can easily be dealt with as employees lead the discussions.


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Even serious wine geeks are often unfamiliar with Greek wine. Instead of well-known varietals, the wines are made with odd grapes that have grown on those islands for centuries. Even if they've tasted Greek wines, they may not like them.
"Most of the Greek wine that has been brought into the market," said Beth Ribblett of Swirl wine shop, "is not very good."
The importer Ted Diamantis, however, has been working for years to prove that Greece can make exciting, and unusual, wine. On Tuesday, June 26, he'll team up with Swirl and Maurepas Foods for a seven-course dinner featuring a half dozen Greek wines and an ouzo cocktail.
Tickets to the wine dinner are $85 plus tax and tip. For reservations, call Maurepas Foods at 504.267.0072.
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Are Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher planning on children? Not any time soon. HollywoodLife.com exclusively reveals why Mila has plans to wait before getting pregnant.
Mila Kunis — Will Wait Before Getting Pregnant
Mila Kunis, 30, and her boyfriend Ashton Kutcher, 36, are reportedly engaged! This exciting news comes shortly after Mila fueled pregnancy rumors when she sported what looked like it could have definitely been a baby bump while out on Feb. 4. Now, HollywoodLife.com has learned exclusively why that's not possible — and why Mila is planning to wait before having Ashton's babies.
"Though Mila wants to be a mother it will not be anytime soon," a source close to the actress tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.
But why? Our source explains: "There are two main reasons for this, one being the fact that she is in the best part of her career and wants to work a little longer on those goals and dreams and then move onto family and she also has been named the new face of Jim Beam so she will be meant to attend events and drink which is obviously a no no in the pregnancy department."
Pregnancy Rumors Always Looming
Rumors that Mila was expecting sparked after she spent the holidays in Iowa with Ashton and his family. A report claimed that after the couple tried "for months" to get pregnant, Mila had recently gained 10lbs and had started taking pre-natal vitamins.
Mila fueled those rumors when she stepped out solo in Los Angeles and looked to be sporting a tiny baby bump in her form-fitting clothes.
Tell us, HollywoodLifers — Do you think Mila and Ashton will wait to have a baby together now that they are reportedly engaged?
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Hey Folks,
Now you know I haven't really been gone, just not blogging much but in the words of MC Lyte, I'm "back and better than before / as if that was possible!"
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So much is happening, so let me fast forward since my last blog:
1. The State of the Black World Conference was phenomenal in New Orleans. You'll find pictures, updates and conversation here on our Facebook page.
2. I have to admit, while I have some criticism for our new POTUS, I disagree with the Far Right (obviously) and also the Black and White Left (sadly). I'm quite proud of Barack Obama's first 100+ days in office. From the Inauguration to his volunteer work with Black, homeless, teenage boys to the Lilly Ledbetter decision to the creation of the Women and Girls Commission to the plans to close Guantanamo Bay to his talks with the Muslim World and showing respect for the human family in a manner no other U.S. President had (really) to having Spoken Word Poetry Night at the Whitehouse (whether I was invited or not, I am not bitter! He supports the genre! ;-) to getting out into the actual D.C. community to Michelle Obama planting an organic garden in the White House to their trip to see the Queen of England and Ben's Chili Bowl in DC before that, to the G-8 Summit and sashaying through France to ensuring that he stopped in Ghana (the first nation Independent of British Colonialism in 1957) before returning home to the soon-to-be appointment of another woman and the first Latina Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor (please pronounce her name correctly, which means don't say the word "mayor" as if she is the Mayor of your City, okay? --- 'So-toe-my-your'!!).
3. I'm sorry, did I not mention that NetRoots Nation will be in Pittsburgh August 13 - 16?
4. Oh dear, did I neglect to note that the G-20 Summit will be in Pittsburgh Sept. 24 - 25?
5. And back in my own neighborhood, the Historic Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we have embarked upon the Masterplanning process. RFP's were accepted from various firms and 26 applications were short-listed to 4. "Planning School" was enacted by the Hill Consensus Group for four consecutive Mondays, the last of which was a presentation by a couple from Fayetteville, NC who helped put together their community plan and revitalize their neighborhood. The week prior, the short-listed firms gave their presentations to the Hill Community as well as to the Masterplan Steering Committee, which consists of various elected officials and community representatives. We could have been here a long time ago but at this point, I am not complaining, just happy to be here. "And still we rise." You can follow the Historic Hill District neighborhood (personified LOL) on Twitter and on Facebook!
Oh yes, these are exciting, exciting times.
Check this Revelations blog for updates on our collective stories but follow Facebook and Twitter for those daily updates you've come to know (and hopefully love. LOL).
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Then we went for a walk around downtown and went to our community garden plot and watered. There are so many bees!
Then we went to Ikea and bought a garlic press and a strainer thing and a plum colored fitted sheet and a very inexpensive bathmat just to try out having a bathmat.
Just now I was reading to Ming from Alice in Wonderland while he washed dishes. Earlier I did some fundraising. It's hot and we're cooped up with the air conditioner, but we're okay.


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Just a small sentence from The Power of Now, a book I'm reading for our discussion group in The Hague. It's really a mind bugger sometimes. Not because he's brilliant or anything, but because you start realizing how much you don't do in the present. How much you live in the past and/or in the future. And how much you are missing with it.
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By Bob Katzen
Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senator's votes on three roll calls from the week of December 4-8. There were no roll calls in the House last week.
SEN. STAN ROSENBERG RESIGNS FROM SENATE PRESIDENCY -- "I believe taking a leave of absence from the Senate Presidency during the investigation is in the best interest of the Senate," said Sen. Stan Rosenberg (D-Amherst). "I want to ensure that the investigation is fully independent and credible, and that anyone who wishes to come forward will feel confident that there will be no retaliation."
Last week saw Rosenberg's resignation, the election of Worcester's Sen. Harriette Chandler, the majority leader and second-in-command in the Senate, to replace him for now and the beginning of an investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee into allegations in the Boston Globe that Rosenberg's husband, Bryon Hefner, groped three men and kissed another one against his will. The Globe story also included claims that Hefner has said he speaks for Rosenberg and talks about Senate business with legislators and their staffs.
"Choices had to be made and today we've chosen to move on and to move forward," Chandler said. "What's most important right now is that we work towards a swift and resolute conclusion to this whole sad event." Chandler has stated that she plans only to serve as interim president and to step down when Rosenberg returns, or a new Senate president is elected.
The Senate empowered the Ethics Committee to begin the investigation of the sexual assault charges against Hefner, whether Rosenberg violated any rules of the Senate and if Hefner did have any influence over what happens in the Senate.
"I think it's really important that this gets started," said Gov. Charlie Baker. "It's going to be really important for Chandler and for all of the members of the Ethics Committee to demonstrate by both who they choose and what the rules are that whoever it is that's conducting this investigation has the latitude and the independence to provide comfort to those people who are going to come forward who were victimized -- that they won't suffer repercussions for doing so."
"I wish to reemphasize that the most important thing is to make sure that anyone who may have been hurt has every assurance that they can turn to whatever authority they feel comfortable with, with absolutely no fear of retribution, and to restore confidence in the Senate," said Rosenberg in a written statement. "During my leave of absence from being Senate president, I look forward to a thorough, fair, and independent investigation. I thank my colleagues for providing this opportunity and have every confidence that the Acting President will help the Senate focus on a robust agenda for 2018."
"I am deeply disturbed by these allegations which jeopardize the integrity of the Senate," said Sen. Michael Rodrigues (D-Westport), chairman of the Ethics Committee. "Sexual harassment and assault have no place in the Massachusetts state Senate or any workplace. I am committed to a fair and thorough review of the facts as well as a process that ensures confidentiality for any person who has any information to report on sexual harassment or sexual assaults."
The Senate cannot bring criminal charges against anyone. However, Attorney General Maura Healey and Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley issued a joint statement that encourages victims to come forward.
"We ask anyone with this information to contact either office, and we remind every survivor of sexual assault that they can count on us to provide a safe, respectful, victim-centered environment, no matter what the circumstances might be." said the two prosecutors. "Sexual assault is a crime and we want to send a clear message that harassment and assault of any kind will not be tolerated."
No one knows if Rosenberg's will return as Senate president or whether the Senate will elect a new permanent one. Everything hinges on the outcome of the probe. However, "just in case," four senators are said to be already jockeying for votes for Senate President: Sens. Sal DiDomenico (D-Everett), Linda Dorcena Forry (D-Boston), Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) and Eileen Donoghue. (D-Lowell).
Here are the votes of local senators on Chandler's election, opening the investigation and recusing Rosenberg and his staff from all decisions relating to the investigation.
CHANDLER ELECTED SENATE PRESIDENT -- Senate 31-6, elected Sen. Harriette Chandler as president. The vote, as expected, was straight along party lines with all the Democrats voting for Chandler and all Republicans casting their vote for Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester).
CHANDLER: Sens. Michael Barret, Eileen Donoghue, James Eldridge, Cindy Friedman, Anne Gobi, Barbara L'Italien
TARR: Sen. Bruce Tarr
AUTHORIZE INVESTIGATION (S 2228) -- Senate 37-0, authorized the Senate Ethics Committee to retain a special investigator to investigate the question of whether Rosenberg violated the rules of the Senate.
YES: Sens. Michael Barret, Eileen Donoghue, James Eldridge, Cindy Friedman, Anne Gobi, Barbara L'Italien, Bruce Tarr
RECUSE ROSENBERG AND HIS STAFF (S 2227) -- Senate 37-0, approved an order that Rosenberg and his entire Senate staff be recused from all decisions relating to investigations of the conduct of Rosenberg or Hefner.
YES: Sens. Michael Barret, Eileen Donoghue, James Eldridge, Cindy Friedman, Anne Gobi, Barbara L'Italien, Bruce Tarr.
Also on Beacon Hill
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES -- The Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Committee held a hearing on several proposals involving persons with disabilities including:
REPLACE "HANDICAP" WITH "DISABILITY" (S 50) -- Strikes all references in the state's General Laws to "handicap" and replace them with "disability."
Supporters said over the years, the word "handicap" has developed a negative connotation and is commonly perceived as being offensive by implying that persons with disabilities are somehow lesser than their able-bodied peers.
PROHIBIT ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT (S 93) -- Prohibits any state or local facilities from using electric shock therapy, hitting, pinching or any procedure which causes obvious signs of physical pain on individuals with a physical, intellectual or developmental disability.
DISABILITY AWARENESS TRAINING (H 3802) -- Establishes a mandatory disability awareness training for employees of the Massachusetts House and Senate, Massport, MBTA, and all public safety agencies. Disability is defined in the measure as a person with "physical or developmental impairments blindness, deafness, and intellectual disabilities."
SOME 2018 POSSIBLE BALLOT QUESTIONS CLEAR ANOTHER HURDLE -- Sponsors of several possible ballot questions for the November 2018 election faced another deadline last week in the long process to get their proposed law on the ballot. Sponsors had until December 6 to file 64,750 valid signatures with Secretary of State's Bill Galvin's office. If the signatures are certified by Galvin's office, the proposal would then be sent to the Legislature and if not approved by May 2, 2018, proponents must gather another 10,792 signatures by July 4, 2018, in order for the question to appear on the November 2018 ballot. Supporters try to gather a lot more than the 64,750 signatures required in order to ensure that they have 64,750 certified ones.
When this process began several months ago, there were 26 initiative petitions for proposed laws filed for the 2018 ballot. Only five have made it to this semi-final stage.
HIKE MINIMUM WAGE -- Increases the minimum hourly wage from $11 per hour to $12 in 2019, $13 in 2020, $14 in 2021 and $15 in 2022. Raise Up Massachusetts, the group sponsoring the question, says it has dropped off 139,055 signatures.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE -- Creates a program to provide paid family and medical leave to Massachusetts workers. Raise Up Massachusetts is also the group sponsoring this question, and says sponsors dropped off 135,597 signatures.
"When a family medical emergency happens, or a new child is born, workers are often left to choose between taking care of the family member they love or keeping the job that puts food on the table," said spokesman Andrew Farnitano.
REDUCE SALES TAX TO 5 PERCENT AND ESTABLISH SALES TAX HOLIDAY -- Reduces the state's sale tax from 6.25 percent to 5 percent and at the same time establishes an annual two-day permanent sales tax holiday in August that allows consumers to buy most products that cost under $2,500 without paying the state.
LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS PER NURSE -- Limits how many patients can be assigned to each registered nurse in Massachusetts hospitals and certain other healthcare facilities. The maximum number of patients per registered nurse would vary by type of unit and level of care. Sponsors say they dropped off more than 100,000 signatures.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS -- Creates a citizens' commission to consider and recommend potential amendments to the U.S. Constitution to establish that corporations do not have the same constitutional rights as human beings and that corporations' campaign contributions and expenditures may be regulated. Sponsors say they delivered more than 85,000 signatures.
The proposal is in response to the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. In that decision, the court ruled that the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting corporations, unions and individuals from donating unlimited funds to Super Political Action Committees (PACs) that do not donate directly to candidates or political parties.
How long was last week's session?
During the week of December 4-8, the House met for a total of 59 minutes while the Senate met for a total of eight hours and 53 minutes.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Christian Court
I mean, really, guys? Christian Court? (Let's just ignore the fact that this has no earthly [or heavenly] connection to any kind of color.) Do we...do we miss those? Personally I was getting kind of attached to that whole "separation of church and state" thing we've been working for a while. Did you get sick of that? I mean, I guess it would be pretty cool to turn my loud neighbor in for being a heretic. But then again, someone would probably accuse me of witchcraft, I would have to go through trial by drowning, and it would totally ruin my dress. So that kind of breaks even.
Let's just call the whole thing off, all right? You keep your nail polish, I keep my First Amendment, and if I see you again, we're all going to have a nice chat with the Comfy Chair, mmkay?
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Excellent points, Pander.ReplyDelete
There was that one bishop who wore lavender gloves in a Bronte novel I read a long time ago. Or maybe it was a lavender cape, I forget. Wait, did men even wear gloves in Victorian churches? Hmmmm. Might have to go dig up that horrible paper I wrote on the book. Or better yet, not.
My main point (though I apparently forgot to say it) was that Court, and especially Christian Court seems decidedly un-pastel-purple. Maybe dark and somber. But not shiny lavender!ReplyDelete
Now hopefully the bishop bit above makes more sense.
I need coffee.
Minor point: my cameraphone spy skills are apparently subpar; I think this was actually a straight up silver instead of purple. Still not seeing the relation to court, though.ReplyDelete
Major point: how much do we need matching lavender cape/glove sets?? I don't think I would ever take mine off.
We *totally* need matching lavender cape/glove sets. Appropriate for everything and gorgeous besides. :)ReplyDelete
Though probably everyone would copy us.
I want to get paid to come up with these names. I'd call this one "beige."ReplyDelete
Just stumbled upon your blog, and I find it to be hilarious!! Love the Monty Python reference in the beginning :)ReplyDelete
This is super belated, but thanks, Drisana! It is always a pleasant surprise when the Monty Python I laboriously studied in my adolescence impresses rather than horrifies.ReplyDelete
lol love this oneReplyDelete


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Ok, here we go: One bottle of Dexaprine, which is 39.99 (pre-order offer @ I-Force webshop) has 60 servings (serving size 1 capsule) of the "thermogenic powerhouse" (I love these advertisment guys) @ 600mg of the following ingredients
- Thermophoric Amine Mood Enhancing Complex,
which is basically just synephrine (from citrus aurantium) + geranamine (which is also known as 1,3-dimethylamylamine, 4-methyl-2-hexylamine, or as I-Force has it on the label 1,3-dimethylpentylamine)
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which is a combination of caffeine and theophylline, with the latter having identical beneficial (stimulant, beta receptor agonism, etc.) as well as detrimental (e.g. temporary insulin resistance in muscle tissue, cf. Colnes. 2010, adrenal problems due to long term (over-)use etc.) effects on perceived energy and weight loss, but a longer half-life, which is even prolonged by the concomittant admistration of caffeine (Jonkman. 1991)
- Anabolic Protein Synthesis Enhancing Complex,of which I think that it is completely mislabeled, because it is a combination of the two diiodo-L-Thyronines (also known as T2s), 3,3'-T2 and 3,5-T2, of which I have already written in a paper for a German BodyBuilding and fitness magazine (click here for Google-translation) that their impact on metabolic rate (in non-hypothyroid individuals) is probably negligible and would - according to the mice studies that are presently available - require much higher doses than those present in current "thyroid stimulating" products to up-regulate UCP significantly above "normal" levels.
On a side note: As it is quite often the case in the supplement industry, Dexaprine is deliberately named to sound similar to a potent drug, the synthetic amphetamine Dexedrine (has up to 15 mg dextro-Amphetamin per cap). This practice is about as shabby as calling a product XYZ-"drol". The latter, i.e. the "drols", have incidentally been banned by bodybuilding.com - good idea, guys ;-)


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Agenda 21
Address by Representative Sam E. Rohrer
History offers many examples of societies which have sought to increase security by sacrificing freedom. America itself provides many pertinent instances. However, our founding fathers have not left us without wisdom on this issue. Ben Franklin has famously stated, "People willing to trade freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both." REAL ID undoubtedly exemplifies a scenario in which a difficult tension exists between freedom and security. By commandeering every state's driver's license issuing process, REAL ID threatens the results warned by Franklin - loss of both freedom and security. It has become the biometric enrollment phase of a plan to implement a terribly invasive tracking system, largely without public knowledge or approval. REAL ID is merely the current face of a far larger, international government and private economic effort to collect, store, and distribute the sensitive biometric data of citizens to use for the twin purposes of government tracking and economic control. At issue are much more than standardized or non-duplicative driver's licenses. This effort extends worldwide, threatening every person alive today. Although very legitimate security concerns exist in this age of terrorism, this Act extends far beyond terrorism prevention or protection of the innocent. Keeping that broad picture in mind, let us move to some background behind the face of REAL ID implementation in America.
The REAL ID Act passed Congress in 2005 buried in a "must-pass" war funding and tsunami relief bill. The little debate in the House and total absence of debate in the Senate ensured that many Congressmen did not realize the full implications of REAL ID. Importantly, the desire by government and economic interests to implement a national tracking and ID system did not start with the REAL ID Act in 2005. Under the guise of security, it has been attempted numerous times in the past, even during Ronald Reagan's administration. When former Attorney General William French Smith proposed to implement what he called a "perfectly harmless" national ID system as well as when a second cabinet member proposed to "tattoo a number on each American's forearm," Ronald Reagan responded, "My God, that's the mark of the beast," signaling an abrupt end to the national ID debate during the Reagan years.
The significant opposition to a national ID system in the past extends to the REAL ID issue today. This conviction has united both Democrats and Republicans as well as such normally opposed groups as the ACLU and the ACLJ. Whether the concern is privacy, religious rights, states' rights, or cost of implementation, REAL ID has galvanized broad and deep resistance, currently including an estimated six hundred groups. Today, over twenty legislatures have passed resolutions or legislation variously opposing implementation of the REAL ID Act. Eleven of those legislatures have gone further by passing laws specifically prohibiting compliance with REAL ID.
What does REAL ID do? REAL ID attempts to mandate a standardized process and format for all state drivers' licenses to achieve increased security. Most importantly in this standardized process, REAL ID mandates a certain picture quality. A footnote issued by the Department of Homeland Security establishes this quality as compliant with the ICAO Document 9303 biometric format. The global body setting this format, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), is a specialized agency created under the United Nations. Biometric data can be produced from a simple digital photograph of this quality by running the picture of a person's face through a software program which measures and analyzes the unique, personally identifiable characteristics of that face. The process results in a unique numeric code which identifies a person according to facial measurements. You read that correctly. A unique number or "code" is developed from an algorithmic formula which converts a digital biometric sample to biometric "face print" data. Under REAL ID biometric facial recognition technology, you become a number literally worn on your face - a number which is read by computer, tracked by surveillance camera, and distributed worldwide. Clearly, this international standard provides global compatibility of American citizens' biometric data collected through REAL ID.
Having this background, we should observe that many Americans still do not know why the provisions of the REAL ID Act must be rejected and aggressively opposed because they do not understand the full implications of REAL ID. Many wrongly assume that the legitimate need for security trumps all other considerations. However, REAL ID is not primarily about a secure driver's license or terrorism prevention. The full and dangerous implications of REAL ID may be fleshed out through a discussion of why each American must vigorously oppose this Act's most basic tenets. It poses dangers in the following three areas:
I. First, let us note that compliance with REAL ID would violate our constitutionally protected freedoms.
Amendment I - Freedom of Religion
REAL ID violates freedom of religion for some citizens by forcing inclusion into a system which requires a picture - and more - just to access public services. The Amish and some Mennonites provide examples of religious groups who view the mere taking of photographs as idolatry. REAL ID conditions their freedoms, such as entering a federal building, upon a provision which violates their religious beliefs. Because this "government" identification system limits travel and access to certain public places, and could even become a debit card, other more mainline religious groups view REAL ID as the advent of the "mark of the beast."
Particularly because this technology assigns a unique number to represent each person's biometric face print, these concerns are hardly unfounded.
A Powerpoint presentation from L-1 Identity Solutions, the major biometrics company in the U.S. today, bolsters this claim. A slide in that presentation includes a graph which charts future likely applications for biometrics. Phase 1 of this "blueprint" for biometric implementation utilizes the authority of Federal agencies to impose such requirements as REAL ID. Phase 2 utilizes bureaucratic leveraging on regulated industries to implement biometrics. Phase 3 anticipates mass implementation on the citizens at large for such everyday activities as buying and selling. As an example, under Phase 2 DHS is attempting to force airlines to pick up the costs of collecting biometrics from foreigners at airports. In Texas under Phase 3, a company is experimenting with using the driver's license as a debit card. Whether one is personally alarmed at some or all of these concerns, REAL ID would prohibit the free exercise of religion for many people.
Amendment IV - Freedom of Privacy
REAL ID also violates the Fourth Amendment's guarantee of freedom of privacy. First, by mandating the collection, storage, and dissemination of personally identifiable data without any informed consent, REAL ID tramples on this right. In reality, this practice constitutes government-sanctioned identity theft and seriously breaches the "security of person" guaranteed to every U.S. citizen. No sufficiently compelling need exists to warrant government mass collection and storage of such sensitive information about its citizens. Concern heightens even further when private corporations control the databases being set up to house this information. As an example, L-1 Identity Solutions houses a database of U.S. driver's license information. This company, which has consolidated a virtual monopoly on the driver's license issuing market in the U.S., will handle all private information collected during the license issuing process.
Secondly, REAL ID threatens freedom of privacy because this warehoused data cannot be confidently secured. Even the Department of Homeland Security's own Privacy Impact Assessment fails to guarantee that the database linking and networking that will result from REAL ID will be secure. Many privacy experts agree that REAL ID will actually increase identity theft! In reality, the database and access to it will create an electronic superhighway for potential mass identity theft.
Thirdly, REAL ID violates the Fourth Amendment in that the process of collecting personal biometric data without consent violates the very laws that exist to protect against such measures. This is probably one of the most significant Constitutional issues. Current US law allows the collection of biometric information only in the case of criminal activity. However, REAL ID institutionalizes the capture of facial recognition biometrics for every driver, regardless of criminality.
Fourthly, REAL ID ripens the climate for aggressive efforts to control the masses via information and leading-edge technology, regardless of crucial privacy considerations. Data collection and surveillance is simultaneously occurring across several diverse fronts, each one a potential privacy danger painting the broader picture of where REAL ID will take us as a country. For instance:
These examples only serve to underscore the aggressive global government efforts to track and control citizens. In every case, REAL ID violates the freedoms guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment.
Amendment X - States' Rights
REAL ID violates the Tenth Amendment in that the federal government is attempting to force the states to collect private data on their citizens, only to allow that data to be shipped out-of-state and shared worldwide. This action forces the states to work against the very interests of the citizens they are to protect. When states accede to this pressure under REAL ID, they allow the transfer of state authority to the federal government. The separation of powers built into our Constitution then crumbles as the federal government makes the rules, interprets the rules, and enforces the rules regarding all state drivers' licenses.
II. In addition to the three ways REAL ID would violate the Constitution, compliance with the REAL ID Act would undermine our national and state sovereignty. While REAL ID reads like a manual for a national ID card, the Department of Homeland Security's own rules for REAL ID reveal that it implements an international ID system based on biometric identification. Complying with the requirements under REAL ID would violate U.S. national and state sovereignty by forcing states to adopt international biometric facial image standards and to document standards set by international organizations.
As mentioned previously, the ICAO, affiliated with the UN, sets the standards for facial image captures (photos). Besides tracking the movements of international travelers, the ICAO also has assumed the responsibility of creating a common international passport system that stores individual personal and biometric information on a RFID chip built into the passport. The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), which recognizes ICAO standards, "enables" this scheme. This international body and private organization sets nearly all the standards for REAL ID document scanning, storage, data encryption, barcode and layout design to comply with their 2005 international driver's license system. Under REAL ID, AAMVA is the hub and backbone of the database system being set up to share information between states. From a broad perspective, the system created by REAL ID destroys national sovereignty and constitutional authority by removing control of government from the people and establishing government control over the people.
Furthering AAMVA's control strategy here in North America, implementation of REAL ID is "de facto" enrollment of each state into AAMVA's Driver's License Agreement (DLA). AAMVA has pushed the DLA, which meets REAL ID specifications, for nearly ten years. The implementation of this DLA is crucially important to the global effort because it mandates the sharing of all U.S. drivers' license information with Mexico and Canada. This egregious step places U.S. citizen's data at the mercy of Canadian and Mexican privacy controls, further exacerbating the identity theft problem, and violating Constitutional law and national sovereignty by essentially having states form a treaty with a foreign nation.
REAL ID also violates national sovereignty because any international system includes and requires agreements and obligations that would weaken any sovereign standing. In fact, a Government Computer News report notes the following from Robert Mocny, acting program manager for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program. His quote comes from comments about a federal plan to extend biometric data sharing to Asian and European governments and corporations, so as to create a Global Security Envelope of identity management. "My question is, how is it ethical not to share?" Mocny asked. "It makes no sense for us to develop separate systems . . . information sharing is appropriate around the world." Government Computer News further notes that he is sketching a plan for sharing biometric data that would permanently link an individual with data that governments and corporations hold. Since both governments and corporations have been infiltrated by extremists and terrorists and since certain governments of today may be our enemies tomorrow, I hardly think that worldwide sharing of our citizen's data is a good idea!
Enhanced Driver's Licenses (or EDL's) provide a further example of the undermining of national and state sovereignty. Citizens that purchase these nearly REAL ID-compliant licenses, which contain biographic and biometric information on an RFID chip, can use them as a passport to enter either Mexico or Canada. This advancement establishes the international ID designation of REAL ID. The Canadian province British Columbia has also issued a new EDL which, according to their website is also, "an acceptable document for entry from Canada into the United States by land and water."
REAL ID violates state sovereignty because the issue in contention is "national identity management", with the federal government manipulating the tool of state driver's licenses. Consider the following statements about REAL ID from Electronic Data Systems, the very company likely to maintain AAMVA's driver's license database: "The Real ID Act, then, is about more than a driver's license. It puts in place a set of standards for Identity Management (IdM) that can be leveraged across an entire government organization to create an integrated citizen identity security program." The international biometric standards mandated in DHS's final rules, paint the broader picture of an international ID card for government surveillance and tracking.
III. REAL ID would endanger Constitutional rights and both national and state sovereignty. Finally, let us consider that compliance with the REAL ID Act would compromise the safety of our people. Unlike what some government officials might say, 9/11 and the prevention of terrorism are not the real reasons for REAL ID. In fact, this technology was being pushed well before 9/11. Although REAL ID and biometrics are promoted as the "cure-all" to terrorism and identity theft problems, many highly dispute this claim. In response to the post-9/11 claims of biometrics companies that their technology could have prevented 9/11, Jim Wayman, the former head of the US Biometrics Center countered, "No, the government didn't have this stuff in place, precisely because it had been working on it and knew its limitations and didn't find any value for the costs involved." He further noted, "It's going to be hard to know how these technologies can be applied to increase national security. We're not just going to turn these machines on and start catching terrorists." REAL ID will not assure greater safety since terrorists will either avoid or duplicate a REAL ID compliant drivers' license, although a correctly operating biometric system would certainly increase the difficulty of faking or forging a license.
Despite the government's assurances about the "certain" safety benefits of REAL ID, no government or company can create a foolproof, perfectly secure system. A person who breaks the law or who desires to wreak havoc on American soil will find a loophole with which to avoid the requirements of REAL ID. One needs only consider that driver's licenses on the black market will continue to be readily available.
Further, the safety of law abiding citizens will be compromised as their identities are stolen, stored and made accessible to thieves around the globe. Some people reject this idea because they hope that the government will be able to protect their identity once it has all of a person's information. The simple faith implicit in this idea is widely misplaced, however. As proof, consider that in 2007, a Globe and Mail report noted, "A security flaw in Passport Canada's website has allowed easy access to the personal information - including social insurance numbers, dates of birth and driver's licence numbers - of people applying for new passports." A breach of security in Great Britain last December resulted in the loss of approximately 25 million individual records. In my state of Pennsylvania, a security breach which occurred two years ago at a Driver's License Center resulted in over 11,000 records being compromised. Such security breaches highlight significant personal dangers to law abiding citizens and prove that the only secure data is uncollected data.
Finally, REAL ID does not assure safety because biometric technology itself does not work predictably. At this point in time, the technology we are discussing does not work well; hence REAL ID and facial recognition biometrics can not ensure safety. As a result, no one has yet been successfully prosecuted via facial biometrics. The opportunity for false identification and therefore being, "guilty before proven innocent" is great. For example, the Tampa, Florida police force scrapped a facial recognition system in 2003 because, according to a spokesman, "We never identified, were alerted to, or caught any criminal. It didn't work." While on its face, the concept of REAL ID seems like it would increase security, it does not. A Privacy International Study conducted in 2004 found "Of the 25 countries that have been most adversely affected by terrorism since 1986, eighty percent have national identity cards, one third of which incorporate biometrics. This research was unable to uncover any instance where the presence of an identity card system in those countries was seen as a significant deterrent to terrorist activity." The simple truth is that REAL ID cannot stop crime.
In summary, we have seen that REAL ID threatens Constitutional rights, national and state sovereignty, and the safety of our people. The enrollment of American citizens into an international biometric system of identification and tracking constitutes the heart of the REAL ID issue. A secure driver's license is not the ultimate goal or certainly the ultimate result of the REAL ID Act. And it is unfortunately clear that the ultimate purpose is government tracking and economic control through enhanced knowledge and surveillance through biometric identification and tracking.
This being established, it is clear that this aggressive effort of the federal government, working hand-in-hand with private commercial interests, must be opposed on every level. While Congress must move to quickly repeal the passage of the REAL ID Act, the states provide an ideal position from which to fight this encroachment by the federal government. The responsibility for the security and privacy of our own generation and the generations to come, however, rests upon our shoulders.
The next action to be taken involves the following three steps.
First, Congress must immediately repeal the REAL ID Act and resist any effort to pass anything remotely similar. Secondly, individual states which have not passed legislation preventing implementation of any provision of REAL ID, particularly the biometric portion, must do so without delay. As has been stressed throughout this article, biometrics is the core provision of REAL ID; consequently, the states must move to protect their citizens' biometric data immediately. This step is critical because the vast majority of statutory law did not envision the breadth of individually identifiable data that could be gleaned by rapidly advancing technology. Further, because L-1 Identity Solutions holds a virtual monopoly as contractor for state DMVs, they could use their position to coerce the states into implementing all of DHS's wishes. This scenario further endangers state's rights. Therefore, it is not enough for states to simply stop collecting biometric data. They must purge and "dumb-down" databases to preclude any government knowledge or use of private citizen's biometrics. Additionally, private third-party inspections should be ordered to ensure that all measures have been fully implemented. Fundamentally, the states must demand control - they must inform the contractor what to do, not vice versa. Thirdly, citizens must play a role in resisting illegitimate actions of the federal government. They must be encouraged in their capacity as law-abiding citizens to whom Constitutional guarantees were acknowledged, to resist implementation of any effort that would compromise their individual, God-given rights.
The American people remain the strongest defenders of freedom in the world. Many in our past have died for the liberties we enjoy today. Most of us are still willing to fight and die today for our freedom and the freedom of our children tomorrow. May we each do our part to ensure the greatest nation on earth remains "the land of the free and the home of the brave!"
"Liberty has never come from the government; it has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it." -Woodrow Wilson
Sam Rohrer is a Representative for the state of Pennsylvania and a member of the American Policy Center Advisory Board.
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4 Kalopian Cabinet Members Implicated in Assassination of Deltarian Czar Norbert I Von Thaller
The Majatran Alliance's team of Detectives sent into Kalopia to investigate the Bombings that killed the Deltarian Czar Norbert I Von Thaller has completed their investigation and announced the indictment of the following members of the Kalopian Cabinet.
Minister for Foreign Affairs: Acacia Savas
Minister for Defense: Musa Kongoli
Minister for Internal Affairs: Cala Mali
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport: Alddes Carras
The team of Detectives consisted of nationals of the Majatran Alliance Member States and began their work with the evidence provided by Deltarian Authorities in the aftermath of the attack. Evidence showed that these 3 cabinet ministers were in contact with the attackers 3 weeks before the incident. The method of contact was online via the Deep Web and the mentions of the equipment used as well as the plan for the attack match what occurred in the incident. The motive showcased seems to be to Destabilise the Nation of Deltaria.
The Government of Kalopia is instructed to hand over these 4 cabinet ministers to face trial for their crimes or face further action.


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Monday, October 26, 2015
You Deserve A Break(fast) Today. Too Bad You Still Have To Get Up Early For It!
As if that weren't bad enough, he got a call from the restaurant, wanting him to come in last Monday. He didn't get the message because his phone is turned off when he's sleeping. I knew about it because they also called my number. I didn't answer. We had plans, and they didn't include Collin having to work.
But I'm getting off topic here.
We were looking forward to being able to sleep in on his days off and being able to enjoy our favorite breakfast menu items...until the announcement came that the all-day breakfast menu would only be a limited menu, consisting of the "most popular" items. That meant Egg McMuffins, biscuit sandwiches, breakfast burritos...no biscuits and gravy, McGriddles or steak and egg bagels.
None of the things we love.
I saw a story on the evening news about how franchisees and employees have been complaining about the expanded menu, saying it was too much work. They claimed to be losing money because customers were ordering the cheap breakfast items over the pricier sandwiches.
Well, who decided to only add the cheap breakfast menu items?
Now, it's been announced that the company saw a huge jump in profits for the most recent quarter, and they're giving all the credit to the all-day breakfast. They made that much money in just a couple of weeks?
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I haven't been in a McDonalds in years, so I have no idea what their breakfast menu is. I think though, because McDonalds Canada is a separate organization that they do things differently, including not going with all day breakfasts. I can't recall biscuits and gravy or steak and egg bagels.ReplyDelete
It's amazing how many places stop serving breakfast after 11am.. I can eat poached eggs on toast at any time of the day Norma :)ReplyDelete
Sorry they don't have your favorite items available. Back when I worked at Mc's, they just didn't have the space to house all the breakfast and lunch at the same time, and I hear the owners hate this. But places like Sheetz, they do breakfast 24/7 along with hot dogs, burgers and all that. They're set up for it. And our Timmy's here, sells most breakfast items until 5pm.ReplyDelete
Anyway, maybe if Mc's finds they are selling well, they will increase the space to house the more popular McGriddles and such. Hope so for you guys.
Happy Halloween week and boogie boogie.
When I use to travel back to Laguna Beach from Tucson, i would get up early leave by 6am. By the time I need to stop for a break and some gas, the last think I would do is drive through the McDonalds and get a some sort of breakfast sandwitch then on to California.ReplyDelete
It is the only time I stop there.
cheers, parsnip
I've always preferred Breakfast Anytime restaurants.ReplyDelete
William: As I recall, the Canadian McDonald's have lobster--something we'll never have here!ReplyDelete
Grace: I usually prefer breakfast stuff to the lunch offerings. I'm burned out on burgers.
Ivy: I've never heard of Sheetz or Timmy's. We just recently got a Tim Horton's here. But Jack in the Box has a full menu all day and has for a long time. They don't seem to have a problem managing it. Even White Castle now has a full menu all day.
Gayle: I prefer the breakfast menu because I really don't eat much beef or pork anymore except for occasional BBQ and things like tacos that have small amounts of beef. And then there's bacon...
Lynn: So do I! Collin works at IHOP, so I'll often have him bring home dinner. He'll have a diner entree. I'll get French toast, biscuits and gravy or fruit crepes.Replies
Tim Hortons, we call it, Timmy's here. yes, I agree, some places don't have a problem and manage breakfast all day. Maybe Mc's will get with the program.Delete
This is such a sweet post. I'd say Happy Belated Columbus Day but that would be politically incorrect. We stay away from MickeyD's unless we're traveling. I can make an expensive or cheap breakfast any time! LOLReplyDelete


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Archetypal Self-organized Systems
I want to see something like Baraka, Koyaanisqatsi, or Powaanisqatsi but with science. I imagine the title would be something like "Biological Cybernetics" but in a language not English. The gist : take high resolution footage of biological and technological processes, and group systems with common underlying dynamics into chapters.
- swarms : birds, fish, ants, bees, locusts, robots, simulations, people, herds
- dendritic growth : trees, neurons, cities, vasculature, coral, slime mold, fractures in pavement, erosion
- vascular transport : dendritic growth, but zoom in on the things that move around inside
- dividing systems : mostly just cellular life here, maybe some crystal growth, time-lapse industrial development
- decay processes : oxidization, rot, death
- pattern formation : animal coat patterns, chemical reaction diffusion systems, genetic patterning in embryos, cortical patterns
- burning systems : fires, slowed down explosions, disease propagation in plant tissue, disease propagation in bacterial culture, disease propagation in society, certain brain waves
- waves : water, air, brains, dunes, traffic, light, electrons, sound
- oscillatory systems : planetary orbits, shifting seasons, tides, cycles of reproduction, day/night wake/sleep, breathing, heartbeat, cellular oscillations


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Recognize this snake-long queue at Level 1 of Wisma Atria? Japanese PABLO Cheese Tart chain which was newly opened in Singapore last month, caused a crazy hype among Cheese Tart lovers and curious onlookers for a good whole month. And yes, my curiosity has led me to succumb to my temptation. But thankfully, I queued only about 15 minutes on a weekday evening to get my cheese tart cravings fixed.
Click here to watch a short clip of the PABLO Cheese Tarts
(Video credit: Colman C)
PABLO has an open kitchen concept for others to observe the whole process of baking and decorating the cheese tarts. You can watch these delicious tarts being baked right in front of you! As a baker, I always find the process very satisfying to watch.
Iconic PABLO Cheese Tart
Instead of the shortbread buttery crust, the crust is more flakey and has slight resemblance to that of a portuguese egg tart. Unfortunately, this Iconic PABLO Cheese Tart falls short in terms of its texture. Perhaps it must be eaten fresh (I kept mine for about 3 hours), but I was told by the staff that it can be kept in room temperature for about 6 hours.
Glazed with a layer of apricot jam on the top, the tart is filled with cheese that is of a mousse-like texture, and somewhat similar to custard. In fact, it reminded me of egg tarts, but with cheese. Don't expect that the cheese will flow out like a lava cake and the cheese flavor is quite subtle too. This would probably suit those with a lighter palate who doesn't want something too gelat.
PABLO Mini Cheese Tarts
On the other hand, the PABLO Mini Cheese Tarts ($3.5) are definitely cheesier in terms of taste. The cheese also has a firmer texture which is close to a cheesecake.
The crust has room for improvement but the cheese could be just a little smoother. Other than that, the mini cheese tarts are decent in terms of its overall taste and texture. I can't say that the standard is in proportionate with the hype that the brand is receiving, but if I pass by Wisma Atria again and there isn't a long queue, I wouldn't mind buying some for supper.
This was really difficult to decide but if I really had to choose between the big or mini tarts, I would prefer the big ones because the mini ones were more similar to cheesecakes and I'm not super fond of it. But as greedy as I usually am, I will gladly have both all by myself.
PABLO Cheese Tart Singapore
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Many of you who I am friends with on Facebook know we've been asking for prayers for our Sweet Baxlyn. Here's the scoop. Baxlyn has dealt with tummy discomfort for quite some time… for years, actually. She has mentioned her tummy hurting since about the time she could talk. In the beginning she would say her tummy hurt a couple times a week for a couple of weeks and then we wouldn't hear anything from her for several weeks/months. She then would complain just a bit for a little while and then nothing for a while. Over and over. All the time she said her tummy hurt, she still acted normal. She always played, ate and was as active as she was when it seemed she was not in any discomfort. She, and the other quads, have always dealt with constipation, which is a very common long term problem for preemies. Miralax has been a regular in our house for years. We always chalked her "discomfort" up to being constipated and never looked deeper into the issue as it never affected her other than an occasional complaint.
Over the past 6 months or so, Baxlyn's discomfort has gotten much much worse. Everyday she tells me "Mommy, my tummy hurts." Lately, I'm hearing those words dozens of times a day. I took her a few months back to be examined by our wonderful pediatrician and we decided to be more aggressive with the Miralax, again assuming it was constipation. After a few weeks of no change, our doctor send us for abdominal X-rays which confirmed she was "FOTS" (full of toddler stool). Again, we were told to up the Miralax. With her discomfort only becoming more frequent and beginning to bring her to tears at times, I knew something just wasn't right and that Miralax wasn't the answer we needed.
Our pediatrician sent us to a gastroenterologist (GI). Dr. Russo met with Baxlyn and I last week and we talked and talked and went over her history. After a manual exam, Dr. Russo wanted to do blood work right away. Friday, Dr. Russo called me and said…
"I'm afraid Baxlyn has Celiac Disease."
What? I was stunned. I asked him exactly what Celiac Disease was and he explained it's the "gluten thing I hear so much about". People with Celiac Disease have an autoimmune disorder that can occur in genetically predisposed people where the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine. There are Villi that line the inside of the small intestine and in people with Celiac, the gluten in foods damage those Villi which keeps the person from being able to absorb the nutrients needed to grow and live a healthy life. It is estimated to affect 1 in 100 people worldwide. I was told many people choose a gluten free (GF) diet as it makes them feel better in general. However, it is essential for people with Celiac Disease to have a GF diet. Good news is that because so many people are choosing to go GF, stores are starting to carrying more products that are safe for people with Celiac.
Although based on her blood work alone, he feels 99% sure Celiac Disease is what we are dealing with, Dr. Russo will be performing an EGD (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy) this week to confirm the diagnosis. He will take several biopsies of her small intestine. He said the walls of the intestines are supposed to look like a shag carpet and with Celiac, they often look like tiles. He also said, due to being a quadruplet, he thinks there is a good chance the other quads will have it as well. After we confirm Celiac in Baxlyn, he will go on to test the others. I'd imagine that needing to go all GF for Baxlyn, we would automatically go GF for all of them (us). That being said, it is very important to know if the others have it as well for overall health reasons as it can affect many other areas.
I feel overwhelmed, to say the very least. The condition is treatable with a strict diet but it will mean a HUGE lifestyle change for our family. I personally couldn't read a food label to save my life and have never been on any kind of diet. For now I'm depending on the good ole' internet to learn more about the disease and what all comes along with it. I'm hoping to connect with other moms who have a child with Celiac to learn more. Our doctor will also be setting us up with a dietician to help direct us as well.
For now, please continue to pray for us. I feel like we juggle SO much these days and it seems as time goes on, more and more "medical things" are thrown our way. You are all aware of the surgeries three of the four underwent just before Christmas but there have been other things we've been faced with that we've chosen, for their own privacy, not to blog about for now. Now this…. which isn't something that will "pass" like many other things. Since NICU, Miss B has had the "easiest ride" as far as long term doctors go. While check ups, procedures and trips to hospitals are a regular occurrence for Brody & Kylee, a lot of this is new for B. She's a very brave little thing, that's for sure, but I know she's nervous about what is going on and I'm trying to explain things the best I can to her, especially for not understanding it all myself. She will be going in super early on Thursday morning for her scope. She will be put under anesthesia and the procedure itself will only take about 30 minutes. We've been told not to change anything in her diet just yet, not until we get results from her EGD. In the meantime, I'd love to hear any experience YOU may have with Celiac Disease, especially in children. I have so many questions, I don't even know where to begin!
In the end we know and trust that God has it all in His hands and he has a perfect plan! We also know that He will be with us every step of the way, regardless of any challenges we face! I'll keep you all posted!
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