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Mahinda Rajapaksa needs more professionalism all round By Malinda Seneviratne
Mahinda Rajapaksa cannot defeat a two-bit gang led by a half-witted paathale figure if he goes about the matter in an ad hoc, let's-ask-Basil Malli, what-does-Gota-think, kind of way. Where is the coordination between defence, foreign affairs and media? Where is the evidence of getting the professionals in each field involved, getting the best that we have together so that we can fight the necessary fight in the best way possible? Where is the effort to stamp out corruption, that wicked little 'enemy-within' that terrorism so desperately needs? Is there a strategy that has taken into account all the weaknesses of the enemy, all the strengths of the enemy, all our strengths and weaknesses, and modelled out the scenarios that can be expected to unfold?
Let me answer the question before it is asked. We were always at war, CFA or no CFA. A terrorists' word is not worth the breath used to utter it and this is a truth that successive leaders have refused to acknowledge to the detriment of peace, democracy and protecting human rights.
Let me answer the next question too. We don't have any option but to fight back. The non-military option simply does not exist because that is not a territory that the LTTE can fight on and therefore one into which they will venture only for purposes of distraction. The non-military option does not exist when Prabhakaran's blood-thirsty thugs summarily execute civilians on the ground that they suspect of passing on information to the security forces. The non-military option cannot exist when Prabhakaran decides that there is nothing wrong in allowing 30,000 acres of paddy land to go waste and thereby destroy the lives and livelihoods of 15,000 families.
If war is what we have to deal with it, then there is only one thing that the people must demand: professionalism on the part of everyone involved. In wars, one must pick one's battles carefully. It is imperative to fight certain battles, but the logic of war demands that it is often prudent to concede ground temporarily. The matter of deciding what to do and what not to do is in the hands of the professionals, or should be.
The closing of the Maavilaru Anicut was a horrendous crime against humanity. Prabhakaran does not deserve any mercy on that one. This does not mean that the government has to secure the anicut at all costs. The logic of war doesn't flow that way. The farmers needed to be compensated in some way, of this there cannot be disagreement. Dealing with terrorism (i.e. in ways that are in concert with the notion 'zero-tolerance') demands a comprehensive, well-informed strategy and one that is executed to perfection in a professional manner. If being professional demanded that the anicut issue be sorted out later and instead the forces concentrate on capturing Sampur for example, then 'Onward to Sampur!' should be the battle cry.
The point is that the government should understand that propaganda, while it has a part to play in the political, should not be the prime definer of agenda and strategy. A popular President who has conceded political, geographical and ideological ground to the enemy is not what we want. What is needed is a President who understands not only that capturing real estate is not the A-Z of the battle against terrorism, but that the war has to be fought on all fronts by professionals and not populists.
Someone can claim that we can't fight this war because we are not ready. This is true. We are not ready. We are not ready because we don't have a proper strategy, a strategy that can take on the LTTE on all fronts, and one which includes a communications element to keep the people on the side of the security forces. This, however, does not mean the end is near. The Doom's Day Prophets can go back to their armchairs. War has a way of forcing a population to 'get ready.' Let's consider what this 'getting ready' involves.
It involves being upfront about realities. Let us list the realities: people are going to die, thousands are going to become homeless, Colombo may suffer attacks of a magnitude that has so far not been experienced, and operations can and must include the Karuna Faction. These are the things that the government must let the people and the rest of the world know. It is still not enough. The realities include the fact that corruption and inefficiency on the part of politicians, bureaucrats and military officials (from the lowest to the highest in each category) are the main weaknesses that allow Prabhakaran, cornered internationally though he is, to continue to wage war and score his little successes here and there.
Let us be brutally frank about the ground realities on 'our' side. If a professional army cannot defeat a rag-tag army of brain-washed thugs who have been shown up as pariahs over and over again all over the world, if the mouth-pieces of and apologists for these terrorists are not only allowed to run free but are hired as advisors to those at the top of the decision-making apparatus, if intelligence units cannot outthink Prabhakaran, and if there is absolutely no coordination between relevant institutions of the state, then there is something radically wrong with the structures of governance.
I concur with what Asoka Handagama was saying in 'Me Mage Sandai' and what Prasanna Vithanage said in 'Purahanda Kaluwara': this is a meaningless war! The challenge is to fight it in a meaningful way. The only way to do this is to infuse into the entire process that which it lacks so sorely: professionalism.
Mahinda Rajapaksa cannot defeat a two-bit gang led by a half-witted paathale figure if he goes about the matter in an ad hoc, let's-ask-Basil Malli, what-does-Gota-think, kind of way. Where is the coordination between defence, foreign affairs and media? Where is the evidence of getting the professionals in each field involved, getting the best that we have together so that we can fight the necessary fight in the best way possible? Where is the effort to stamp out corruption, that wicked little 'enemy-within' that terrorism so desperately needs? Is there a strategy that has taken into account all the weaknesses of the enemy, all the strengths of the enemy, all our strengths and weaknesses, and modelled out the scenarios that can be expected to unfold?
The bottom line is that this war must be fought and can be won but this requires that everyone, President downwards, must become serious about it. There can be no half-way measures when you are dealing with a ruthless terrorist.
We get back to Mahinda Rajapaksa. The man has to get his house in order. He has to make a serious effort to get the institutions right, i.e. such that political expediency does not compromise the fight against terrorism. The people need to be insulated from the politicians. That is in the general. With respect to the war, the 'specific' is simple: the effort should be insulated from the politicians.
Mahinda, if he wants inspiration, can read the story of Ramon Magsaysay, who instituted decisive reforms in the military established in the Philippines, boosted the morale and performance of the Filipino soldiers and renewed people's trust in government, almost 56 years ago. No, he doesn't have to go to Manila to do this. A bit of web-browsing would do.
What is needed today is sound judgment, know-how, maturity, sense of responsibility, problem-solving perseverance and ingenuity. This is called 'professionalism'. With it, Prabhakaran will be defeated comprehensively; without it, things will drag, people will suffer, the economy will decline and politicians will be kicked out of power. We don't have to walk the latter path.
This constitution is the executive presidency. If the constitution is a massive tree, then the executive presidency is its massive trunk. We cannot talk about strategies and solutions pertaining to anything without getting back to the Executive President. Can Mahinda Rajapaksa be professional about it? Does he want to do the kick-an-own-goal number? There's some head-butting that could happen, he better remember. Mahinda can earn himself a red card, but that won't be a consolation.
The country would have by then taken a big hit. This is as far as we can go with the Zidane-Matarazzi analogy. Winning a war is not like winning the Soccer World Cup in a penalty shoot out. There is too much at stake to think that way. The problem is, to put it bluntly, can Mahinda think?
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Politics of waging war over water and the battle for prestige
Basil Rajapakse, Keheliya Rambukwela,
S. Elilan and Rauf Hakeem
Govt. looks to negotiate water dispute
JVP wants war to join Rajapakse
Tamil Nadu leaders call for Sri Lanka's isolation
Muslim people say attacks coming from govt. side charges Hakeem
Donald, Basil accuse LTTE of targeting civilians
Well, Sri Lanka is at war again though the government is taking pains to tell the whole world it is not so and ironically so is the LTTE.
If there is one issue on which both the government and the LTTE are in agreement, it is that there is no war with each party claiming they are addressing the urgent humanitarian needs of the people.
Truth it is said is the first casualty of war and the people are in the process of now getting a full dose from the government as well as the LTTE depending on which media one follows even as the death toll from both sides continues to rise.
While the media has been denied access to the war zone, varying reports have surfaced on progress made by the government forces in Mawilaru and the LTTE in Muttur, with the only certainty being that both sides are at war amidst large scale human suffering.
We are just 10 minutes away from opening the sluice gates, Government Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella declared on Tuesday but by Friday, the 10 minutes had still not lapsed while the LTTE was claiming they have captured Muttur on Wednesday.
The government's official position however as articulated by Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake is that the security forces are on a limited operation to remove the obstruction of the water supply, which he described as an insult to humanity.
"A common question asked by many was whether the government has re-started the war. The government wishes to categorically state that it had not started a war," the Prime Minister said on Wednesday even as the fighting raged in the east.
"Obstructing the water supply to thousands of Sinhala, Tamil and Muslims living in Seruwila is an insult to humanity and human values. It is the duty of a responsible government to clear such obstructions and ensure the water supply which is the civilians' basic human right," Prime Minister Wickremanayake had also elaborated.
Similar reasons
The Tiger position was somewhat similar though the reasons adduced were different in that they accused the state of depriving water supplies to Tamils in LTTE controlled areas and argued, when the same treatment was meted out to the Sinhalese by the LTTE there was a declaration of war.
"The LTTE said Wednesday that its recent military activities in Trincomalee including the operation against Sri Lankan military camps in the early hours were intended to disrupt Sri Lanka's indiscriminate onslaught against Tamil civilians. The LTTE's military spokesman, I. Ilanthirayan said that amid the indiscriminate bombing and shelling of civilian areas by the Sri Lankan armed forces as part of their offensive in the Mawilaru region, there was an urgent 'humanitarian need' that had compelled what he described as 'defensive action,"' is how the pro LTTE Tamilnet website described the on going conflict on Wednesday.
Understandably both sides are seeking to capture the moral high ground and blame the other for restarting the war, no doubt keeping an eye on international opinion.
For the LTTE it is important not to be seen as the party which started the war, hence the statement by Political Wing Leader S.P. Tamilselvan on July 28 to British Deputy High Commissioner Lesley Craig that the aerial bombing on July 26-28 was a declaration of war by the government.
The government on the other hand continues to maintain it is LTTE's violation of the Geneva Convention by stopping the water supply to the people of Seruwila which forced it to launch a limited humanitarian operation, an argument which was music to LTTE's ears for no reason other than the state's reference to the Geneva Convention, thereby equating it to a separate nation.
But there is of course more to both arguments than meets the eye and the international community is not oblivious to them, hence the call for a return to the negotiating table to resolve the dispute.
The problem for the government however is that having launched a military operation to secure the Mawilaru anicut, there is no turning back now without a complete loss of face, more so given strident calls by the JVP for all out war.
For, how can the government possibly defeat the LTTE militarily if it is unable to capture even an anicut in Trincomalee will be the logical conclusion people will reach if the effort fails, thus turning the entire issue into a prestige battle for the Rajapakse administration.
In fact even as Rambukwella was claiming on Tuesday, August 1 the security forces were 10 minutes away from the anicut, there was a blitzkrieg of posters islandwide by the National Movement Against Terrorism calling on the security forces to march onwards to Kilinochchi.
Easier said than done considering the government forces even 48 hours later not being able to go that additional 10 minutes to open the sluice gates, but such factors were of little consequence to those agitating for full scale war.
Interestingly, the march towards Mawilaru itself comes at a time the JVP was demanding of President Rajapakse to declare war on the LTTE if it was to join the government, and Wimal Weerawansa himself subjecting the SLFP to pressure on the issue if he was to bring the JVP around.
There is no gainsaying, many a military operation was launched in the past by various governments to achieve a political objective at least in the short term and the security forces have no choice but to carry out the orders.
But the government is learning the hard way in Mawilaru that pleasing the extremists is no cake walk and by Friday, with Tuesday's 10 minutes still having not lapsed, Rambukwella went on public record the government was prepared to negotiate a settlement to the water dispute using Norwegian facilitation.
It is also prudent to understand therefore the real issues at hand if the problem is to be settled in a meaningful way, thereby minimising the loss of human lives.
In that context, the LTTE position on the Mawilaru water dispute itself becomes relevant, especially given the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission's own assessment of the situation.
To the 1970s
The Mawilaru dispute according to the LTTE Peace Secretariat goes back to the 1970s when the Allai-Kantalai irrigation scheme for irrigating paddy fields in Muttur and Serunuwera was started by the government. The LTTE charges large scale Sinhala settlements were created in the 'traditional Tamil homeland,' to benefit from the irrigation scheme which areas are currently under government control.
It was also said that during the early phase of the 2002 ceasefire agreement, the Asian Development Bank proposed providing drinking water to the same government controlled areas when people in the LTTE controlled areas protested claiming they have a more urgent need for water especially since the water to be used for the ADB project would be coming from Tiger territory.
Following these protests, according to the LTTE, the ADB agreed to extend their water supply to include Tiger administered areas as well but that the scheme was put on hold due to the deteriorating security situation.
The LTTE goes on to charge, the North East Development Ministry announced three weeks back it was going to implement the water supply scheme only for the government controlled areas leading to protests by the people in LTTE controlled areas since just two years earlier there was agreement for the water to be supplied to their areas as well.
It is this situation according to the LTTE which led to the sluice gates being closed on July 20, cutting off the water supply to the government controlled areas.
Thereafter, a letter was despatched to the government making three demands for the opening of the sluice gates, namely, the security of civilians who travel between GOSL and LTTE areas, removal of the ban on items imposed by the army and incorporate drinking water supply to their areas.
What the LTTE did through this letter under the cover of the civilians was use the same 'humanitarian,' argument of the government against it to justify the closing of the sluice gates, hoping it will find some resonance with the international community.
"No response was received from the GOSL by the protesting people. Instead the Secretary General, Palitha Kohona, wrote to the head of SLMM on July 25 saying that the GOSL will resolve the water dispute. The LTTE Peace Secretariat received the letter at 9.30 p.m. The letter was immediately forwarded to the LTTE Trincomalee Political Head S. Elilan. The following morning Elilan informed the protesting people and began plans to solve the issue."
"The people demanded that they want to talk directly to the SLMM. Elilan went back to the SLMM with the people's request on the same day. The SLMM could not come on that day, July 26 due to security concerns but promised to visit the next day. This promise was made at 2 p.m. July 26. At 3.20 p.m. that day GOSL bombs were dropped on the LTTE camp in Kathiraveli, 5 km. from Mawilaru, killing seven people," the LTTE Peace Secretariat argued.
Meeting protesters
Added the Tigers, "On July 27, the head of SLMM contacts Elilan wanting to meet the protesters and a meeting was arranged for 2 p.m. on July 28. At the meeting people demanded guarantees from SLMM head which he said he cannot give. During the meeting, the GOSL drops bombs very close to where the meeting was taking place. Frustrated protesters walked out of the meeting. The head of the SLMM in an interview to the Reuters said, "We sat for talking and got clearance from the government and tried to convince the LTTE to have confidence in the government. They dropped a bomb in the vicinity. That's not the right signal."
The LTTE Trincomalee Political Head, Elilan then poses the following comparison, "The Pankulam irrigation tank in Trincomalee is occupied by the Sri Lanka Navy and as a result 2000 acres of paddy fields belonging to the Tamils have not been cultivated for many years. Contrast this with the Mawilaru sluice gate closed by the protesters on July 20 and the GOSL bombing on July 26 and 28."
Despite the case made out by the LTTE, the government did not respond strongly, quite content in arguing there was no war and that the military was only on a humanitarian operation to open the sluice gates.
End game
In doing so, the government had also not thought through its end game on reaching the anicut despite being convinced the security forces cannot hold the territory without compromising overall military strategy. Rambukwella in fact has said as much, in that the government does not intend holding on to territory once the sluice gates are open.
If that be the case, then how on earth is it to ensure the sluice gates remain open after the military leaves the area? It is only later such factors began to dawn on the government compelling it to look at alternate strategies.
Faced with this dilemma, the government was looking at a diplomatic initiative to settle the water dispute after reaching the anicut, but given the fierce resistance faced and LTTE's counter strikes, the situation soon escalated to a full blown war and there is no turning back for President Rajapakse now with the JVP breathing down his neck.
In fact, even as the military operation was going on, the JVP at a meeting with the President submitted 20 conditions based on the acceptance of which the party was ready to join the government and they all practically dealt with a war scenario including the ouster of Norway and withdrawal from the CFA.
Thus, for the President to now, not continue with the war would definitely see the JVP walking away, leaving his government in total disarray, notwithstanding the swearing in of individual UNP MPs as deputy ministers.
Furthermore, the President's refusal to acknowledge the country was at war has also not helped him garner public support, fearing such a declaration will not only send a disastrous signal internationally but see the international community too walking away.
And the President's reluctance to do so also is because it would then be said the government started the war by launching an operation to capture Mawilaru in the backdrop of the LTTE position Tamils too were subjected to economic blockades.
Caught in crossfire
To make matters worse, the fighting in Muttur also saw the Muslims caught in the crossfire with one particular incident at the Arabic College where 10 Muslim civilians were killed causing pandemonium.
The LTTE was quick to say about 9,000 Muslim civilians had sought refuge at the Arabic College in Muttur and 10 were killed when a army artillery shell hit the school, while the security forces blamed the deaths on the Tigers.
This situation prompted Muslim Congress Leader Rauf Hakeem to go on national radio and appeal for the Muslims to be evacuated from the area on humanitarian grounds but there appeared to be no respite in sight.
While both the government and the LTTE were thus trading charges, SLMC Leader Rauf Hakeem stepped in since the victims of the Muttur fighting were largely Muslims and he had a hurried meeting with Joint Chief of Defence Staff Donald Perera and Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapakse, with the hope of negotiating a ceasefire in the area to enable the civilians to be moved out. It appeared, Basil Rajapakse was the man calling the shots, be it in negotiating with the various political parties and MPs to form the government, which economic projects must be given priority, not to mention military strategy. He was in fact, the Executive President, all but in name.
Hakeem in fact told this column on Friday the Muslim people of Muttur claim the attacks are emanating from army controlled areas though the government has tried to show with the use of maps, that was not the case, and that he told so to Basil Rajapakse.
"I am reflecting what the people keep telling me. Even this morning they keep telling me, these attacks are emanating from government held camps and the naval base. This is happening but then the government is in denial. In fairness to the Joint Chief of Staff Donald Perera, and Basil, at our meeting they denied and kept showing maps and asked how they can attack. I said people are very clearly pointing the finger at the government. That is the Muslim people. The government position is, it is coming from the LTTE area," Hakeem said.
People panicking
"The thing is, commandos have moved in from yesterday (Thursday), small batches of commandos have moved in, but whether they can bring the entire area under control is not sure because the town area is still under LTTE control. In the outskirts they have perhaps cleared a few areas but people are panicking and they are beginning to leave. That is why we want at least a temporary halt," Hakeem added.
Given this war environment, the CWC and SLMC decided not to join the government and become a party to the conflict once again leaving the President totally dependant on the JVP but the cost of linking up with the Marxists based on their demands would be that much more politically suicidal and Rajapakse knows it.
And even as the war drums were beating in Colombo, emotions ran high in Tamil Nadu with all political parties banding together and urging the central government not to help Sri Lanka because of the civilian casualties due to the army offensive.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi went so far as to tell the state assembly on Thursday, his government had not given permission for the training of Sri Lankan policemen in the state.
Responding to a question by MDMK Leader M. Karunappan, Karunanidhi was reported as saying, "I hope the centre pays attention to this issue."
Going a step further was MDMK Chief Vaiko who in writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the centre not to provide any assistance to Sri Lanka.
Violation of CFA
Sri Lanka is blatantly violating the ceasefire agreement and innocent Tamils are being killed in indiscriminate aerial bombings, Vaiko said in his letter.
He went on to charge that despite LTTE leadership's warning not to engage in military attacks, the Sri Lankan government has unleashed continuous shelling and bombing and that the LTTE was retaliating to protect Tamils and their homeland in addition to preventing civilian casualties.
"More or less the Sri Lankan government has launched an undeclared war against Tamils," Vaiko wrote.
Jumping the bandwagon was former cabinet minister and Leader of the Tamil Nationalism Movement, P. Nedumaran, charging that "if India degenerates itself by going to assist the Sri Lanka army, there will be adverse repercussions in Tamil Nadu."
"Now they are pleading with India to escape and save their lives," Nedumaran said.
Added he – "India should not help the Sinhala government that stabbed it behind its back. India should firmly state that it would not interfere in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka. If it did, it would hurt the susceptibilities of the Tamils living not only in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka but all round the world as India's unfair partiality towards Sri Lanka, with complete disregard to the sentiments and expectation of the Tamils as a whole. This undoubtedly would meet an adverse impact in Tamil Nadu."
These comments came within 24 hours after news reached that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had spoken with President Rajapakse and urged restraint especially on the issue of civilian casualties and the exodus of refugees.
Unfortunately, the government's failure to articulate a clear position with different spokespersons expressing different views resulted in the LTTE seizing the propaganda initiative internationally.
It is in this backdrop Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer announced in Oslo on Wednesday before leaving for Sri Lanka that the government had said it is willing to consider Tamil Tiger demands to open up a key water supply in the north east.
"The Colombo government has shown willingness to consider the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam demands to reopen a strategic reservoir in the Trincomalee area," Bauer was quoted as saying.
And 24 hours later, Rambukwella was echoing similar sentiments raising questions why the government could not have negotiated a settlement in the first instance without having to start a bloody war to get the JVP on board.
Then again, power can be intoxicating and moreso when consumed in large quantities without considering the fall out.
[Inside Politics with SURANIMALA The Sunday Leader]


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Shelley: Doctor, I read that your ears and nose continue to grow as you get older. Quite frankly, that scares me. A lot. Have you seen the size of my nose?
Doctor: Ha! Ha! Relax. That's not quite accurate. Your ears don't grow longer, they just lose their elasticity. Imagine what your ears would look like now if you had used those plug earrings. Ha! Ha! And, as for the nose, it doesn't get any wider, it gets longer. Like a hook. Not much you can do about that either, though, unless you are willing to pay the big bucks for plastic surgery. Are you?
Me: Not on this budget.Doctor: Any other concerns?
Me: My eyes are progressively getting weaker. My right eye is already at plus five.
Doctor: Perfectly normal.
Shelley: But if this keeps up, I'll eventually be blind.
Doctor: That's a little melodramatic, don't you think? Any other concerns?
Shelley: My hair is falling out. Every morning I sweep it off the pillow.
Doctor: Perfectly normal too. Over 50% of the women, who are menopausal, lose their hair.
Shelley: Perfectly normal? But, I don't want to go bald.
Doctor: (Points to his head) Look at me. Do you think "I "want to go bald?
Me: What? No. But, at least you look trendy with it cut short.
Doctor: That's a very sexist thing to say. Maybe you could shave yours, like Sinead O'Conner.
Shelley: From the 80's? But, she shaved a full head of hair. And, it looked awful. What about vitamins?
Doctor: Won't work.
Shelley: A prescription?
Doctor: Won't work.
Shelley: What then?
Doctor: Rogaine.
Shelley: Rogaine? The stuff John tried 25 years ago? The stuff that makes your hair greasy and leaves clumps of black gooey stuff everywhere as soon as you stop using it? No thanks.
Doctor: Don't panic. You won't completely go bald, it will grow back like peach fuzz.
Shelley: Peach fuzz?
Doctor: (Looks at his watch) Any other concerns?
Shelley: My knee. It blew up a couple of times during the winter.
Doctor: RICE. Rest, ice, compress and elevate.
Shelley: I know that, but...
Doctor: You need to know that it will get worse. Much worse. So bad that you won't be able to walk on it without excruciating pain.
Shelley: Wow! Will Glucosamine sulfate help protect the cartilage?
Doctor: Won't work.
Shelley: Vitamin D?
Doctor: Won't work.
Shelley: Vitamin C. Surely Vitamin C will...
Doctor: Won't work. Waste of money. At some point you'll have to go under the knife. Any other concerns?
Shelley: My menopause subscription refilled. But, it's not vey effective and I'm still having hot flashes powerful enough to light up this office.
I can deal with the flashes. But, I can't sleep and I'm pretty sure that guzzling Nyquil is not the answer. And, much worse, if I do have wine that night, so I can sleep, I lie in bed worrying that I'm drinking too much.
Doctor: Double your medication.
Shelley: But, it's over 60 dollars a month.
Doctor: We'll change it. Did you know the prescription is actually for birth control pills? I can give you the kind where you can become pregnant.
Shelley: At 51?
Doctor: Ha! Ha! Just kidding. Any other concerns?
Shelley: Guess there's nothing you can do about memory loss.
Doctor: What? I forgot what you just said. Ha! Ha! Kidding. Perfectly normal. So, if that's about it, we'll see you next year.
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Valve have released their promised update for Team Fortress 2, and it's an absolute monster.
In fact, upon first glance, there are more than 40 listed changes/fixes/additions applied in the update which has also delivered the revealed new King of the Hill game mode and all those promised hats. For the full list of changes, click here. Otherwise, get the update applied and get in there and exercise the TF2 team's hard work.
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The Silver and Black has seen a total makeover since the regime handed over the keys to general managerReggie McKenzie. The new GM addressed the club's gameplan in a press conference for the upcoming 2012 NFL Draft earlier this month.
Considering the massive mess that was left when he entered the organization, McKenzie and company have cleaned house exceptionally well from the get-go. They went into the 2012 NFL Free Agency frenzy cap-strapped to the max, and the deck won't be stacked in their favor for the draft, either.
Barring any trades, the team's first pick will come late Saturday night on April 27 after 94 players have already been selected. Becoming the first decision-maker other than Al Davis since the early 60′s is a tough task for him and his staff.
Former head coach Hue Jackson sold the farm for quarterback Carson Palmer, which left Oakland without a first, second, third or fourth-round pick this April.
Nonetheless, the lack of picks in this year's draft has just as much to do with the moves to get Richard Seymour from the New England Patriots for a second-round selection, the decision to get Terrelle Pryor in the 2011 NFL Supplemental Draft and the trade for Jason Campbell in the 2012 NFL Draft in exchange for a fourth round pick (now with Chicago Bears).
Prior to the announcement of compensation selections, the Raiders were entering the three-day festivities with just two draft choices. Oakland now has five total picks, with one compensatory pick each coming from the third, fourth and fifth round.
Expect the team to continue to make more daunting decisions to try to strengthen the team's chemistry and instill much-needed discipline as the 2012 NFL regular season inches increasingly closer.
Here's a fresh seven-round mock draft on the Oakland Raiders.
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If the first Hobbit film was hampered by a treacherously slow introduction as the dwarves wooed Bilbo, here Jackson jumps right into the action — and make no mistake, this is an action movie above all else. The battles are visceral and physical, Jackson's horror roots shining through in the movie's fondness for decapitations, and while there's no mistaking the aid of computer-generated imagery, the polish is so high it all comes together in a delirious frenzy.Peter Jackson does not understand The Hobbit
Today (Wednesday, September 18, 2013) is a big day for Apple fans: the software that powers the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch is getting its major yearly update. That's right: today is release day for iOS 7.
iOS 7 represents the first truly significant design change to iOS since the iPhone was first announced back in 2007. iOS now has an intense focus on typography, color, and depth. I've been running it on my two-year-old phone for a week now and it really does make it feel like a new device.
But while I think it's a great update, there are some changes that may throw a more casual user for a loop. The web is full of in-depth previews and reviews of the differences and new features of iOS 7 and I don't want to re-tread that same old ground. Instead, I want to take a look at how iOS 7 might look to the most casual of users who might be taken aback by some of the more sweeping changes.
After your device reboots, you will be greeted by the new lock screen. The new lock-screen is a showcase for the new design sensibilities in iOS 7: its edge-to-edge wallpaper, complete lack of OS-chrome, and emphasis on typography are all themes that you will now find throughout the new operating system.
The old "slide to unlock" slider is gone now. Instead, you can slide anywhere on the screen to move the entire screen out of the way and unlock your device. It's elegant and natural and it feels like the way it should have worked from the beginning.
There are a few things to call out on the lock screen. At the top and bottom of the screen are two rectangular indicators. On the right-hand bottom corner, there's a little camera icon.
These are there to let you know that you can slide in from the top or the bottom of the screen to some special features. If you put your finger on top of your device above the screen (say, on the earpiece) and swipe down, you'll access the Notification Center. If you put your finger at the bottom of your device below the screen (say, on the home button) and swipe up, you'll access the new Control Center. And if you swipe up on the camera icon, you'll be granted quick access to the camera app without ever needing to unlock your device (or entering a passcode).
The Notification Center is an update to an existing feature. Now, there are three tabs at the top: "Today", "All", and "Missed".
The Today screen becomes more useful the more information you put into your device. It can give you a short weather forecast along with the current conditions. It can give you an at-a-glimpse view of your financial holdings. If you use your device's calendar, it can tell you when and where your next appointment is and give you a quick snapshot of your calendar. It can even give you a preview of what your schedule looks like tomorrow.
The "All" tab is roughly the same as the entire Notification Center in iOS 6. It will list any notifications that apps have given. Tapping a notification will open the appropriate app and tapping the x icon will remove those notifications from the list.
Dragging up from the bottom of the screen will instead open an entirely new feature: Control Center. Control Center is a fantastic reason to upgrade. With just a swipe, you can control your device's radios (by turning on or off WiFi or Bluetooth — or enabling/disabling Airplane Mode). You can activate Do Not Disturb to keep your device from intruding in your life and you can activate the portrait lock to keep your device from rotating.
There's now a slider to easily adjust your screen's brightness and you have full access to music playback controls. There's even a feature to turn on your devices camera flash so you can use it as a flashlight.
Both Control Center and Notification Center are accessible from anywhere in the system. Even if you're in an app, you can just swipe up or down and they'll be there.
Once you unlock your device, you'll see the new Home Screen.
The biggest change to the home screen is probably the new icons for the built-in apps. Instead of showing those changes here, I'll link to this Mashable post which does a really good job of showing the new vs. the old. Overall, I think the new icons are recognizable updates of their now-classic ancestors.
Apple's built-in apps have also been redesigned to match the new look of their OS. In addition, you can expect 3rd party app developers to work to update their own apps to avoid looking dated.
I won't run down the full list of changes: other sites have done that far more thoroughly than seems warranted here. Instead, I want to look at a few of the highlights that might be most likely to throw someone for a loop.
The Calendar app is a showcase for some of the dynamic animations that Apple wants to encourage throughout the system. It's a clean design that's nice to use.
The biggest negative is that Apple has kind of "hidden" the extremely handy "list view". This view is now found along with the search interface.
Once there, you can easily see your agenda in a handy list view. (Note: Additional blurring added by me)
Safari, the web browser, has fully embraced the chromeless look. When you first load a page, it feels a lot like the iOS 6 version.
But, as you scroll down the page, the toolbar at the bottom of the screen disappears and the address bar display shrinks.
By removing its interface elements, Safari really lets the web page's content shine. But, some of those buttons (like "back") are really useful. To summon them back, you just need to tap on the now-miniaturized address bar.
The Photos app has been given a new focus on "moments". It starts by organizing your photos by year and then guesses which photos belong together based on the time and location they were taken.
I find this view to be completely useless. Fortunately, Apple left an escape hatch. The "Albums" button in the bottom right hand corner takes you to a familiar album list. From there, you can access your camera roll just like always.
The Camera app has become a bit more functional. The major new feature is some built-in effects. These can let you spice up your pictures without needing a separate app.
iOS 7 also offers some deeper features that can help you get the most out of your device.
Home Screen folders now have a new look (and a fantastic new animation) and, most importantly, support paging.
If you double-press the home button on your device, you'll be presented with the snazzy new multitasking interface.
This lets you easily scroll through your apps (in the order that you've most recently used them) and shows a gorgeous visual of just what you were doing the last time you were in that app.
If you need to close an app for some reason, you can just throw the screenshot up towards the top of the screen. This gesture will be particularly familiar if you ever used a Palm Pre.
The just scratches the surface of all of the changes between iOS 6 and 7. I think it's an incredibly worthwhile update and would encourage everyone to upgrade. But it's possible I haven't touched on the best feature yet.
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So yes, marriage will change. Or rather, it will change again. The fact is, there is no such thing as traditional marriage. In various places and at various points in human history, marriage has been a means by which young children were betrothed, uniting royal houses and sealing alliances between nations. In the Bible, it was a union that sometimes took place between a man and his dead brother's widow, or between one man and several wives. It has been a vehicle for the orderly transfer of property from one generation of males to the next; the test by which children were deemed legitimate or bastard; a privilege not available to black Americans; something parents arranged for their adult children; a contract under which women, legally, ceased to exist. Well into the 19th century, the British common-law concept of "unity of person" meant a woman became her husband when she married, giving up her legal standing and the right to own property or control her own wages.
Many of these strictures have already loosened. Child marriage is today seen by most people as the human-rights violation that it is. The Married Women's Property Acts guaranteed that a woman could get married and remain a legally recognized human being. The Supreme Court's decision in Loving v. Virginia did away with state bans on interracial marriage. By making it easier to dissolve marriage, no-fault divorce helped ensure that unions need not be lifelong. The recent surge in single parenthood, combined with an aging population, has unyoked marriage and child-rearing. History shows that marriage evolves over time. We have every reason to believe that same-sex marriage will contribute to its continued evolution.
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I wrote what I thought was a nice review of this book and then the Internet ate it.
Which I think actually speaks to some of the themes of this very novel: humanity before technology and all that.
But, in this case, technology won and I'm far too upset to try writing it again.
But, for future readers, I'll sum it up: the sci-fi parts of this book were brilliant. Robinson paints a future that is so tantalizingly close that it's agonizing we haven't achieved it.
But the plot and characters were weak and perfunctory.
So while this book is well worth a read from for the inspiration and hope it gives for our future, it's not such a great novel.
The Internet has been aflutter recently with news of a massive attack against WordPress blogs: one good resource might be this article at Ars Technica.
The gist of the attack is that automated scripts are hammering at WordPress blogs that use the default names like "admin" for the administrator user. Since blogs which have changed their admin user name aren't at risk, the security advice going around at the moment is to make sure you're not using "admin" as a username (as well as making sure that you have strong passwords for all of your accounts, of course) [EDIT: Hmm. It seems you can't change a username once it's been created. I'm sure there's a plugin for that, but I haven't studied it enough to give advice one way or another. Still, at least this will let you know if you're at risk so you can go set stronger passwords to those accounts!].
But I host a lot of WordPress sites on my server (17 right now) and I don't even have logins for all of those. So I needed a way to see what usernames each of the blogs on my server use.
So I wrote a script. This script will scan a root folder and look for wordpress blogs. It will then use the database credentials for each blog to log into mysql and look for the usernames that can log in. It will then tell you what those usernames are.
Since it seems like this script could be useful to folks other than me, I'm making it available in my public Mercurial repository. In the process, I went ahead and added a couple other scripts that I've written which you might find useful.
The direct link for the "Audit WordPress Blog Credentials" script is http://hg.jameswilliams.me/sysadmin_scripts/file/tip/wp_audit_blog_credentials.sh. You'll find a link to download the "raw" version of the file on the left-hand side of the page.
I'm sure more scripts will make their way to this repository as I find things I need to automate (that aren't particularly specific to my situation).
I hope this is useful!


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Why Do Mormons believe the Constitution of the United States was inspired by God?
To a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, there are few principles as important as the principle of "agency." Agency is a gift from God to allow us personal growth through liberty and choice. In life, we choose what to be and how to live. God sent His Son Jesus Christ to free us from the bondage of sin and give us liberty through the gospel, but he also knew that oppressive governments would never allow the gospel to flourish. Totalitarian states create systems of control over their populations such that the right to worship is restricted or controlled.
Consider the case of the early settlers of this country. Many of them fled England because their natural rights were being violated. They had no freedom to worship God as they saw fit. To hold political office and influence laws, one had to be a member of the state church, the Church of England.
The Land of Promise
Ancient prophets on the American continent had great views of latter-day America. They saw things concerning the destiny of this country and how God would use it as a base of freedom, both religiously and politically, and called this country "the land of promise." These prophesies are recorded in The Book of Mormon, another witness of Jesus Christ, and a companion volume of scripture to the Holy Bible.
One such prophet named Nephi, saw in vision the events that would lead up to the founding of this nation. He recorded in 1 Nephi 13 the following events (red text are my comments): Continue reading
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Jacob's Inspired Blessing to Joseph
In the book of Genesis just prior to the death of Jacob the Patriarch, he called his sons together to bless each of them with prophetic pronouncements. His son Joseph, on whom was the birthright blessing, was given this blessing in Genesis 49.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
In the LDS faith, we interpret this as being Joseph's descendents (branches) would be numerous (fruitful). They would travel (run) over an ocean (well of water) which is difficult for a desert people (wall representing the difficulty). They would arrive in a promised land containing everlasting hills and be separated from their brethren in the same way Joseph was separated from his brethren during his life. The American continent is the only one in the world with mountains that run from the top of North America to the bottom of South America. We believe these verses show the promised land given to Joseph was upon this continent.
Interestingly, in the book "The American Covenant" by Timothy Ballard, he references page 28 in "The Freemasons in America" by Paul Jeffers which notes that George Washington took his first oath of office with the Bible opened to Genesis 49 during his swearing in ceremony.


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Paris is a must visit city whatever negative things there are about it. One of the things you would find tricky there is that locals are not very willing to speak in English so it makes it hard if you don't speak French. Start speak in English and you wouldn't be welcome. Despite that there are plenty of things to see, learn, do and nejoy. I have been three times in Paris, last time being last year. The Effel Tower is a great experience and is much nicer if you take the ride when night... (read more)
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We had a weekend break in Paris flying with Easyjet and it was a fantastic holiday. The weather was beautiful and everything we wanted to see was within comfortable walking distance. It takes 1 hour to walk from the Eiffel Tower all the way to the Notre Dame.
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Went for a long weekend with my girlfriend.
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Notra Dame was great and down the side streets were good cafe/bistro's.
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The War Against the PoorPosted on Nov 7, 2011
By Frances Fox Piven This article was originally published by TomDispatch. Click here to read Tom Engelhardt's introduction to this essay. We've been at war for decades now—not just in Afghanistan or Iraq, but right here at home. Domestically, it's been a war against the poor, but if you hadn't noticed, that's not surprising. You wouldn't often have found the casualty figures from this particular conflict in your local newspaper or on the nightly TV news. Devastating as it's been, the war against the poor has gone largely unnoticed—until now. The Occupy Wall Street movement has already made the concentration of wealth at the top of this society a central issue in American politics. Now, it promises to do something similar when it comes to the realities of poverty in this country. By making Wall Street its symbolic target, and branding itself as a movement of the 99%, OWS has redirected public attention to the issue of extreme inequality, which it has recast as, essentially, a moral problem. Only a short time ago, the "morals" issue in politics meant the propriety of sexual preferences, reproductive behavior, or the personal behavior of presidents. Economic policy, including tax cuts for the rich, subsidies and government protection for insurance and pharmaceutical companies, and financial deregulation, was shrouded in clouds of propaganda or simply considered too complex for ordinary Americans to grasp. Now, in what seems like no time at all, the fog has lifted and the topic on the table everywhere seems to be the morality of contemporary financial capitalism. The protestors have accomplished this mainly through the symbolic power of their actions: by naming Wall Street, the heartland of financial capitalism, as the enemy, and by welcoming the homeless and the down-and-out to their occupation sites. And of course, the slogan "We are the 99%" reiterated the message that almost all of us are suffering from the reckless profiteering of a tiny handful. (In fact, they aren't far off: the increase in income of the top 1% over the past three decades about equals the losses of the bottom 80%.) Advertisement Being Poor by the Numbers A moral economy for our own time would certainly take on the unbridled accumulation of wealth at the expense of the majority (and the planet). It would also single out for special condemnation the creation of an ever-larger stratum of people we call "the poor" who struggle to survive in the shadow of the overconsumption and waste of that top 1%. Some facts: early in 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 14.3% of the population, or 47 million people—one in six Americans—were living below the official poverty threshold, currently set at $22,400 annually for a family of four. Some 19 million people are living in what is called extreme poverty, which means that their household income falls in the bottom half of those considered to be below the poverty line. More than a third of those extremely poor people are children. Indeed, more than half of all children younger than six living with a single mother are poor. Extrapolating from this data, Emily Monea and Isabel Sawhill of the Brookings Institution estimate that further sharp increases in both poverty and child poverty rates lie in our American future. Some experts dispute these numbers on the grounds that they neither take account of the assistance that the poor still receive, mainly through the food stamp program, nor of regional variations in the cost of living. In fact, bad as they are, the official numbers don't tell the full story. The situation of the poor is actually considerably worse. The official poverty line is calculated as simply three times the minimal food budget first introduced in 1959, and then adjusted for inflation in food costs. In other words, the American poverty threshold takes no account of the cost of housing or fuel or transportation or health-care costs, all of which are rising more rapidly than the cost of basic foods. So the poverty measure grossly understates the real cost of subsistence. Moreover, in 2006, interest payments on consumer debt had already put more than four million people, not officially in poverty, below the line, making them "debt poor." Similarly, if childcare costs, estimated at $5,750 a year in 2006, were deducted from gross income, many more people would be counted as officially poor. Nor are these catastrophic levels of poverty merely a temporary response to rising unemployment rates or reductions in take-home pay resulting from the great economic meltdown of 2008. The numbers tell the story and it's clear enough: poverty was on the rise before the Great Recession hit. Between 2001 and 2007, poverty actually increased for the first time on record during an economic recovery. It rose from 11.7% in 2001 to 12.5% in 2007. Poverty rates for single mothers in 2007 were 49% higher in the U.S. than in 15 other high-income countries. Similarly, black employment rates and income were declining before the recession struck. New and Improved CommentsIf you have trouble leaving a comment, review this help page. Still having problems? Let us know. If you find yourself moderated, take a moment to review our comment policy.
By goredbytheright, November 9, 2011 at 11:51 am Link to this comment I don't condemn the rich for being rich.
By Textynn, November 9, 2011 at 11:26 am Link to this comment I don't think it's a mistake that in the past the news started at 5:00 which was the minute most working people finished their work day and were heading home and then again at 10:00 at night when most working people were already sacked out because they had to hit it again at 7:00 am. Up until now, we only heard a miniscule fraction of what the OnePercent were doing to us and who the major players were, and then that was heavily spun. NO MORE!! AND THEIR FREE RIDE IS OVER. WE ARE DONE SUPPORTING THESE UNAPPRECIATIVE PARASITICAL SOCIOPATHS. FOREVER.
By o.i.812, November 8, 2011 at 4:45 pm Link to this comment So a few are supremely wealthy and use that wealth to influence, well, whomever,
By joegod, November 8, 2011 at 5:28 am Link to this comment the sick sad truth of it is that many people can't bear to face and/or deal with |


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Chinese Cookery Demonstrations | Tai Chi Demonstration | Fungi Forays in the Forest | Whisky Tasting | Chinese Banquet | Hong Lok Chinese Dancers | Jazz Dinner | Kowloon Kids Klub | Antiques Roadshow | Bowling Bonanza | Learn Ceilidh Dancing | Chinese Emporium | Craft Fair | Wild Living Walks | photography competition | Ceilidh Dances | Strathart Exhibition | Crafty Raft Race | Free Barbeque |
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Crafty Raft Race (spectators £1) - 2pm Sun 24th Oct - Loch Ard *This event is cancelled*
Join in the fun or just come and watch as teams compete to construct and race their own improvised rafts on Loch Ard. This is a lot of fun to watch and so far we have 7 teams lining up to compete on the day.There are prizes for the winning teams who are able to build, launch and race their raft made only from improvised materials.
This event is being run by Go Country who are situated at the Forest Hills Water Complex on Loch Ard just 4 miles from Aberfoyle.
If you would like to enter a team the rules and entry form are here . Send it with the consent form to Go Country at the address on the form. This is great fun so get a team together and enter.
Free Family Barbeque at the Scottish Wool Centre (Free) - Sat & Sun 12 noon
The Scottish Wool Centre in Aberfoyle is the venue for a FREE family barbeque on Sat and Sun of the Festival.
No matter the weather the fun will go on so pop along and enjoy a free lunch with the kids and maybe take a browse aroung the large shop whilst your there. The barbeque will go on as long as stocks last to first come first served.
Don't dismay if you miss it, as the Centre also has a very nice cafeteria inside the building.
All the meat is being supplied by The Aberfoyle Butcher so you are assured of a quality lunch and its completely free as a small thank from the Festival Committee for attending the festivities. Enjoy!
Outdoor Bowling Bonanza (£5 per person) Sat 23rd Oct 1pm
The very picturesque setting of Aberfoyle Bowling Club is the venue for an all afternoon session of outdoor bowls. Don't worry if you have never played before as plenty of tuition and help will be on hand .
This is a very relaxing game and this is one of the most scenic greens around so come along join in for a great bit of fun and some gentle exercise. All money raised will go to the club for maintainence and refreshments will be included in the afternoon. Lunch will also be avilable in the Strathart Exhibition taking place next door in the memorial hall.
But be warned, its not as easy as it looks! All you need are flat shoes and children over 10 years are most welcome. Use the contact us page to book a place in advance or telephone John on 01877 382276 but you can also just turn up and give it a try. We have a wet weather programme should the greens be unusable with Petanque in the sand adjacent to the club.
Learn Ceilidh Dancing (£5 per person) - Sun 24th Oct 1pm
Aberfoyle Bowling Club is also the venue for Learning Ceilidh Dancing. Nobody need feel left out at a Ceilidh again!
Whether residents needing a few dances to impress friends, or visitors absorbing some local culture, this afternoon event is for you.
Our Trossachs area dance instructor and his team will take you from the very first steps through to joining-up the moves so that within a few hours most people will be able to take part in the family Ceilidhs which provide the foundation of our evening entertainment..
For beginners, we'll concentrate on the patterns of several dances rather than the toe-pointing stuff of Highland Games and The Edinburgh Tattoo - aiming to simply have fun in good company.
Country dances are also now proven to be the best form of exercise and a major force against a range of health problems. There is no better chance of learning something new and light refreshments will be included, with all money going to a charitable cause.
Also lunch is available at the Strathart exhibition in the Memorial Hall situated beside the Bowling Club. Booking is the same as for the bowling event but please book early as the clubhouse size is limited!
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Bruce Bartlett, former Reagan economic advisor now conservative apostate, in an utterly fascinating interview with Bill Moyers. I was shocked at how much I agreed with one of the architects of Reaganomics.One of the things that Bush argued during the campaign, not so much after he took office, is that budget surpluses are a bad thing. Because they might get spent. It really sounds silly when you say that. But he did say this over and over again.
And so, the idea of cutting taxes was a part of a policy that I call starving the beast. It's you take away the government's credit card, as Ronald Reagan said. And this will force spending down. This will shrink the size of government. And conservatives believe that there's only so much freedom out there. And the more the government, the more power government has, there's less freedom for the people.
And they have a tendency to look at this in terms of spending as a share of GDP. So it can be measured very precisely. So if the federal government takes 25 percent of GDP, then essentially, we have only 75 percent freedom. We're not 100 percent free. You know, if we could cut government spending down to 20 percent of GDP, then we would gain five percent freedom. We'll go from being 75 percent free to being 80 percent.
I'm serious. This is the way they think. And this drives a lot of these policies that on the surface don't make any sense. They're just about taking away the government's resources to force it to shrink to — if you cut the budgets of the regulatory agencies, then they can't regulate. This is a good thing.


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So...it's almost official. In 24 days (well less than that if you count my last test as my last day of class, which is almost 2 weeks before graduation... Or do you count candle lighting as the last day? Anyhoo) I will be a nurse. I will be graduating with my LPN, and yes I do plan to go for my RN (and I'm actually thinking of going for my Master's in Public Health, because I love trauma nursing and the logistics of figuring out what to do in a mass attack or zombie apocalypse, and you get paid a lot of money to be that person). This is a huge deal. Many of you may have been here when my world kinda' collapsed. Many of you may not have known I fought, lied, and was horrible to my parents because I didn't want to get my degree. So this is a big deal. So much so that when I got my cap and gown I cried, and every time I pass by it in the hallway closet I get misty.
That said I need ideas. My grandparents, my uncle/god-father (who said I wasn't smart enough to be a CNA), cousin, my brother, and sister-in-law are all flying in from California to see me walk. Furthermore my parents, sister, one of my good friends (and her parents) are going to see me walk. And added to this we're having a party at my house with some gals from my writing group coming (along with everyone else). So here's my question/need... I need food ideas for this mass amount of people. I usually am good about figuring out all this stuff. But there are things here that I'm not good at, people's diets and such. So here's the food limitations:
1.) My grandfather has diabetes (type 2).
2.) My uncle has diabetes but doesn't acknowledge it.
3.) Grandma, mom, and grandpa have high cholesterol (I'm thinking my uncle does too).
4.) My cousin just lost 200lbs.
5.) My sister in law is a vegetarian... unless she's drunk and then beef is a veggie.
6.) Me? I have no sense of smell so I like food that is super flavorful. My mom's standard joke is if it tastes like someone dumped 1 cup of sugar too much, added too much hot sauce, salt, vinegar, or garlic Kim (me) will love it and say it's the best thing ever.
7.) My graduation is at 3:30pm. So food has to be pre-made, made before the party, in a crock pot, or...?
Any ideas? I am thinking of doing pre-made sangrias, gin with cranberry, and bloody Marys in Mason jars before the party, putting them in the freezer, and then taking them out and yay instant drinks! Also having iced tea and water. My school colors are red/gold.
Thanks! I just feel kinda' lost with all these people's restrictions. I kinda' want to say "it's my day. My food."
(And I know gin and cranberry juice may not sound yummy to most, but gin is my favorite alcohol. It tastes like trees. And bloody Marys are my grandpa's favorite drink, and mine. They have a special place in my heart).