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EUGENE, OR—December 30, 2013—Mountain Rose Herbs, one of the nation's largest bulk suppliers of organic herbs, spices, and teas, is excited to announce they have been awarded Salmon-Safe certification for the campus on Stewart Road in West Eugene. This certification culminates a long process of assessment and evaluation by an interdisciplinary team of scientists with expertise in salmon habitat and restoration, integrated pest management (IPM) and innovative storm water treatment. The assessment team conducts a comprehensive assessment of the overall management policies and planning related to habitat and water quality protection of the campus. The team also conducts a field review of the campus management practices and habitat conditions to evaluate whether such management is consistent with Salmon-Safe's site-specific standards for avoiding harm to stream ecosystems. This is the first Salmon-Safe certification in the Eugene, Oregon area.
Prior to the half-day site visit on July 10, 2013, representatives from Mountain Rose Herbs put together documentation to be reviewed by Salmon-Safe evaluation team members prior to, during, and after the field assessment. This has been a collaborative process to ensure Mountain Rose Herbs is being as innovative as possible in the following areas: conserving water, a commitment to pesticide-free and minimal fertilizer use in landscaping, managing storm water runoff through the development of a bio swale, and progressive habitat restoration.
Salmon is the common name for many species of fish in the Salmonidae family. In the Pacific Northwest, salmon have been an historically and ecologically significant species—sustaining other important animals like bears, beavers, and birds. Urban development, climate and habitat changes, and over-harvesting have all contributed to marked salmon population decline. It has become imperative for a region-wide focus on improving salmon habitat in both urban and rural areas.
Prior to Euro-American colonization, the site where Mountain Rose Herbs is located was probably covered by wetlands. In the late 1800's, the area was ditched and drained to be developed as farmland. It is now a mix of farmland and industrial warehouses and properties. The site now drains to the adjacent Amazon Canal, which then drains to the Long Tom River, a significant salmon bearing river and tributary of the Willamette River. Past land management practices in the Willamette Basin, including the filling of
wetlands and modifications to natural channels, have adversely impaired salmon habitat. Improved land management practices have the potential to improve rearing and migratory habitat for salmon in the adjacent Amazon Canal and downstream waters.
Salmon also figure prominently in the mythology, culture and spirituality of the native people of the Pacific Northwest. Because salmon health is so important to the ecosystem of our local environment, Mountain Rose Herbs believes it is imperative to do everything possible to repair, restore, and improve habitat and water quality. As the health and well-being of the salmon goes, so goes the health and well-being of the water, land, and people.
According to vice-president and co-owner Shawn Donnille, "Salmon and water health are the cornerstones of environmental well-being here in the Pacific Northwest. Any conservation efforts must include rigorous changes in how we live and work at every level."
Director of Sustainability, Alyssa Lawless adds: "At the end of the day, it's about being accountable. We've done this with the help of Salmon-Safe by gathering the facts, analyzing them, making recommendations, and improving our policies and procedures. Mountain Rose Herbs has taken a firm stance on protecting aquatic life in urban ecosystems and we hope that other businesses, farms, and campuses will join us!
About Mountain Rose Herbs
Since 1987, Mountain Rose Herbs has been known for its uncompromising commitment to organic agriculture, sustainable business practices, and a steadfast focus on the pure aesthetics and freshness of botanical products. Their wide range of product offerings includes bulk herbs and spices, aromatherapy and essential oils, tea and tea supplies, and natural health and body care. Every aspect of product creation is carried out in accordance with strict quality control and organic handling procedures by employees who care. From fragrant and beyond-fresh organic herbs and spices, to soothing essential oils and delicious herbal teas, the quality and integrity of Mountain Rose Herbs is unparalleled – with smiles guaranteed. To learn more about Mountain Rose Herbs please visit www.mountainroseherbs.com.


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With a theme of 'Boating for the Future', Marine13 is all about setting a new course for the industry, providing the resources to stay on track and sustain a successful marine industry.
An extensive panel of highly experienced, knowledgeable and international speakers, from the marine industry, retail, marketing, social media and other consumer sectors, will provide the gamut of practical information and tools relevant to whatever field you're in.
'If you represent a brand, marina or event, sell B2B, or direct to consumers, you will benefit from the range of expertise of these leading professionals who will be sharing their insight on how to operate in business in a cluttered, complicated environment,' says Nik Parker, general manager at the BIAA.
Marshalling the world's top marine industry proponents and speakers from diverse business backgrounds to inject some perspective on consumer and global trends – social media, branding, e-tail and demographics – organisers have come up with a program that is replete with insight and information hot and first-hand from the experts.
To date, confirmed speakers include: Everett Babbitt, President & CEO, Bellingham Marine; Malcolm Page, double Olympic Gold medallist, seven-time World Champion 470 sailor and now Yachting Australia Discover Sailing Ambassador.
Peter Corcoran, Director of Maritime Safety, Transport Safety Victoria; Kevin Chandler – founder of Chandler Macleod Group, on hiring and retaining top talent and succession planning; Ian Mayer, MD of Chatswood Toyota, speaking on how to deliver repeat customer business and drive income/profit from the service centre.
Thom Dammrich, President of the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) will speak on the topic 'Engaging Boaters of Today and Tomorrow'.
Jeff Hoedt – Head of Boating Safety, US Coast Guard, will be speaking on striking the balance between education and regulation and Ed Mahoney, Head of Recreational Marine Research Centre, Michigan State Uni, will present his insight on communicating the economic value of boating.
Darren Vaux, Director of Bobbin Head Marina, will be speaking on managing emergencies, particularly fire; Mark Thompson from NZ Maritime and Peter Keyes of Marine and Safety Tas (MAST) are speaking on fast craft development and human interactions.
John Winning, CEO of Appliances Online will share his intimate knowledge on how he established an online business and built it up from the ground to become arguably one of Australia's most successful online retailers.
John Spragg, JohnHogan and John La Man will speak on marina maintenance, outlining key considerations and how to evaluate your investment, and Neal Moodie, National Manager Marine Weather Services, BoM, will speak on ocean weather forecasting.
As Principal Partner of Marine13, Transport for NSW will join with other marine safety agencies, including Safety Stream sponsor AMSA, to cover the latest thinking in risk management, commercial vessel regulation and user responsibility.
What Women Want panel discussion
Then there will be an informative and no doubt feisty panel discussion on the crucial value of women and families in the approach of recreational boating and its marketing in a session ambitiously called 'Empowering women in boating: who really makes the decisions?', featuring authors, journalists and researchers.
'There's a lot more to it than running an ad in pink,' says Darren Finklestein, who will take his place among the female marketing experts on the panel and is quite content to be the 'token bloke'.
Darren runs St Kilda Marina and has been in the brokerage business for 10 years and in boating since he was a boy. He believes boating is egalitarian and doesn't belong to any or demographic or gender.
'Boating is inclusive. There's something for everybody and it should be promoted as fun for all.'
As well as operating his brokerage, Darren spent many years in senior management with Apple, one of the world's most versatile and progressive consumer companies and has written a book called 'Honey, Let's Buy a Boat' – launched in October 2012 and 'going great guns' – a summation of many years figuring out the ins and outs of what buyers big and small, seasoned and novice want to know about getting in to boating.
Darren admits to being slightly daunted about being on a panel titled 'What Women Want', but he comes well equipped with reams of research and personal coaching from his wife, who works for Women Leadership Australia, an organisation which supports equity and opportunity for women.
'One thing I have learned over the years is that everybody, male or female, is an individual. The onus is on us as skilled professionals to tailor our sales approach to each person, whether they be part of a couple, family or any variation on those.
'It's really a life lesson, that people come in all varieties and we have to personalise our service to their requirements and preferences.'
The other key member of the panel is Karen Phillips, PR dynamo, professional MC, founder of Early Risers networking events and author of best-selling tome, 'Women's Words of Wisdom, Power & Passion' – a collection of the advice and anecdotes from 50 of Australia's best known women, from Wildlife Warrior, Terri Irwin and model, Miranda Kerr to the PM herself.
In demand for her corporate coaching and assistance with branding and strategy with multinationals and businesses all over Australia, Karen has recently completed research on the conundrum of What Women Want from surveys and testimonials from women of all walks of life. She will be a witty and wise panellist with the credentials to shed light on how companies can leverage female consumers appetite for quality, value and family-friendly offerings.
Multiple Delegate Registration Incentive
In response to strong support from the boating, marinas and boating safety sectors for the expansive program of the Marine13 International Conference and Exhibition, organisers are offering a pricing plan to ensure organisations registering multiple delegates benefit from attractive incentives with savings of 10%, 20% and 30% for second, third and fourth delegates from the one business or organisation.
'There will be nowhere else in 2013 to get such a diverse range of business support delivered directly to the industry,' says Nik Parker.
'Being at Marine13 is a must if you are serious about tackling the issues facing our industry – those topics we are continually discussing in the media, in association meetings, in the boat yard or dealership, day-in-day-out.
'See you in Sydney 28-30 April!'
More at marine13.com

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Over an lengthy period, the defense minister and the chief of staff and their aides were engaged in an attempt to destroy each other.
The Harpaz affair is full of distracting elements. The amount of material that has been leaked and published since August 2010 when the story broke, and even more so after publication of the state comptroller's draft report in March of this year, has made it difficult for a reasonable person to understand exactly what happened between two of Israel's most important bureaus: that of the defense minister and that of the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff.
But beyond the mountains of material, no matter how complex or how much they advance one party's interest or another's, a clear picture emerges: Over an lengthy period, the defense minister and the chief of staff and their aides were engaged in an attempt to destroy each other.
A lack of faith, deep grudges and ego struggles are the key components of the Harpaz affair. The secondary questions, which amount to wondering "who is the bad guy," unjustifiably overshadow the realization that in one of the most critical junctions for Israel's security, too many people were preoccupied for too long with issues that were too unimportant. This was an ongoing failure that could have resulted in the army and the defense establishment functioning poorly in wartime. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lack of involvement in what was happening is in the realm of negligence.
It is not by chance that the parties' versions of events are murky. The purpose is to keep the key people in the affair from having to give an accounting. An ostensible symmetry has been created between the parties. For every transcript that reveals a problematic link between former Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi's aide, Col. Erez Weiner, and Boaz Harpaz, a harsh quote by Ashkenazi is published about Defense Minister Ehud Barak's conduct. For every testimony by Barak's bureau chief, Yoni Koren, regarding the paranoia that gripped him while he was living under surveillance, a version by Weiner appears about Koren's aggressiveness.
The battle of the versions, brimming with disinformation, might increase following the unnecessary gag order issued last week. However, the picture that emerges from the Ashkenazi camp, with its potentially criminal materials, as well as that emerging from Barak and his people, whose conversation recordings were erased due to a technical error, justify State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss' demand that Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein launch a renewed criminal probe of the affair.
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Hamburg protest against ASEM and the G8
5,000 people march in Hamburg against the ASEM and G8
Energy to protest the G8 (June 6-8 summit) grows with preparatory march in Hamburg. Today there was a large march Against the European Union economics ministers and Asian economics ministers from ASEM. Their summit is today and tomorrow.
The march gathered at 12:00 and police were all around. The march was permitted and had been organized by the Autonomen or radical "black block" style activists. There had been good work with other groups and thousands of other people came. When the route was all settled with police the march started. Sound vans made constant announcements and kept us informed about what was happening. They also played music to get us pumped up.
The march had 4,000-6,000 participants and there were up to 5,000 cops. So the odds were not good of getting away with much. The march was surrounded on all side by a wall at least two thick of riot police. Dozens of water cannon tanks and armored personnel carries with bulldozer blades stood by.
The march was led by a "black block" of over 1,000. In Germany it is illegal to cover your face but everyone dressed in black with hoods, hats and sunglasses.
Police controlled the rate of the march but the marchers jumped and ran for bits and had fun. Several times flares or fireworks were shot up. At one point police tried to squeeze the march and were resisted. They peppersprayed the crowd on a street called Peper-something. The march continued and was stopped by water cannons in the road several times but then went on again. There were also stops for speeches.
The organizers finally decided to end the march early as a protest of police tactics. There had been arrests and other harassment. The march began to disperse but cops blocked the street. People tried to break through then eventually sat in the street. Others left through spaces at the sides. Several more arrests were made.
Many people headed back to the Rota Flora social center. Eventually hundreds outside built barricades. Hundreds of cops came and this led to several hours of minor barricades and some thrown objects and cops blocking streets. The police blasted with their water cannon tanks. By 8:00 the situation was calm again it seems.
Indymedia timeline: http://de.indymedia.org/2007/05/178833.shtml
mainstream German news with pictures: http://www1.ndr.de/nachrichten/asem/asembilder2_org-asemindex2.html
Police State - No thanks
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Monday May 28th, 2007 6:02 PM
please garble the faces before you publish the pictures. german police have also internet and they are very good and assiduous in collection pictures of activists!
Monday May 28th, 2007 6:15 PM
here you can see a typical german demonstration. dont forget, german politicals call us all terrorists!
Tuesday May 29th, 2007 5:54 AM
around 15 minutes ago civil police men entered the infoshop schwarzmarkt in hamburg to take around 8 people out. right now they are no longer inside the infoshop. but a prisoner-transport arrived so it seems likely that they want to take some people with them. Around the squat Rote flora, which is hosting the convergence center hamburg these days, civil cops are observing, so watch out if you go in or out, because yesterday as well as today people were arrested from the streets. solidarity is our strength, meeting point at 8 pm at the rote flora for a demonstration in solidarity with the prisoners!
Right now there are still some people in prison and at least one they want to keep for 14 days (confirmed by lawyers) and around 25 are facing evidences (as media said)
Tuesday May 29th, 2007 8:18 AM
Here is a link to German Indymedia where they have compiled a bunch of posts and links: http://de.indymedia.org/2007/05/179084.shtml
Wednesday May 30th, 2007 5:38 AM
The G-8 Meeting
Fidel Castro Ruz
For those who are not informed –and I am one of them-, G-8 refers to the group of most developed countries, including Russia. The anticipated meeting which begins in 6 days has awakened great expectations due to the profound political and economic crisis threatening the world.
Let's read the news services.
The German news agency DPA announces that the German minister of Transportation and Urbanism, Wolfgang Tiefensee, declared "that the European Union countries have agreed on a common strategy."
"The European ministers of Urbanism meeting in the eastern city of Leipzig in an informal council under the motto of 'Urban Development and Territorial Cohesion', will employ a common strategy for the protection of the environment and the halting of climatic change."
"For example," Tiefensee warned, "in the south of Europe the summer temperatures are expected to increase up to six degrees, while on the coasts we can expect strong winter storms.
"The drought threatening Spain and the lack of water in Poland are two more examples of the challenges facing the European Union, the German added at the end of the council."
Meanwhile, AFP reports that "the German minister of the environment, Sigmar Gabriel, judged it to be 'very difficult' that in the next G-8 summit any success could be achieved in the matter of climatic warming due to United States opposition."
"Germany will be the host country to the summit which will be held on June 6 to 8 in Heiligendamm with the eight most highly industrialized countries on the planet.
"Even though there are many in the United States who would like to see another kind of policy on climatic warming, 'unfortunately, Washington prevents' such a position to materialize, according to the German Social-Democratic minister.
"The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will put forth a 'strong signal' about the need to act urgently on this matter; the United States administration multiplies its opposition signals."
Reuters, the English agency, reports: "The United States has refused the German proposal to see that the Group of Eight agrees to tougher restrictions for carbon emissions that are producing global warming, according to the draft of the communiqué which will be presented at the meeting.
"The United States still has serious and fundamental concerns about this declaratory draft, to which Reuters had access.
"Treatment of climatic change goes completely counter to our position and crosses many 'red lines' in terms of which we simply cannot be in agreement, explained the American negotiators.
"This document is called FINAL, but we were never in agreement with any of the climatic language present in the text", they added.
"Germany would like an agreement to contain the increase of temperatures, in order to cut back global emissions by 50 percent lower than 1990 levels for the year 2050 and to increase energy efficiency by 20 percent for 2020.
"Washington rejects all those objectives."
While Blair declares that he would persuade his friend George, the only thing certain is that he added another submarine to the three that are now being built in Great Britain; with this, the expenses for sophisticated armament increases another 2.5 billion dollars. Perhaps someone with one of those new computer programs developed by Bill Gates could calculate the resources being used for war expenses at the cost of education, healthcare and culture for humanity.
George must say what he really thinks at the G-8 meeting, including the subject of the dangers threatening peace and food for human beings. Someone should ask him and he should not try to escape with the advice of his friend Blair.
Fidel Castro Ruz
May 29, 2007.
6:45 p.m.
TODAY-HOY, Mesa Redonda Informativa:
Un nuevo encuentro de los poderosos.
30 de mayo de 2007
Cubavisión, el Canal Educativo, Radio Rebelde y Radio Habana Cuba transmitirán hoy, desde las 6:30 p.m.(hora de CUBA), la mesa redonda informativa "Un nuevo encuentro de los poderosos", en la que se analizarán las nuevas Reflexiones de nuestro Comandante en Jefe sobre la venidera Reunión del Grupo de los 8 y la posición norteamericana en relación con temas cruciales para la supervivencia humana.
Sintonizar (*)en:
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Other Websites:
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* To sign the "FIGHT FOR JUSTICE CAMPAIGN":
edhcuba [at] cubarte.cult.cu
Thursday May 31st, 2007 3:17 PM
that photo (asemdemo8_v-gallery.jpg) with the cops all surrounding the crowd is amazing, as is the photo in the Indymedia.org feature ( German police react repressively to ASEM protest in Hamburg). Where can I get larger versions of those two images?
Thursday Jun 28th, 2007 11:17 AM
there is no need to protect the faces of protestors on media/news websites.
the police have their own cameras!


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(CBS) - In a break from the program's history, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was picked as Barbara Walters' "Most Fascinating Person of the Year."
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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dead at 56 - CBS News
Walters began the segment explaining that Jobs had already won the slot when he stepped down as chief executive officer of Apple in August. Jobs died on Oct. 5, so Walters was never able to get the interview.
"Rules were made to be broken, and that's certainly how Jobs lived his life," Walters said.
Instead of a conversation with the fascinating man, Walters' team produced a short retrospective of Jobs, which included footage of the tech luminary through his life and career.
"His last words, his sister said, were 'Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow.' As always, Steve Jobs was seeing something we couldn't. And that makes him the most fascinating person of 2011," Walters' ended the segment.


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I would like on-demand compilation of the collects tree. It seems there are two reasons why it doesn't exist right now 1. building the documentation requires the collects tree to be touched, so its worthwhile to just compile everything in there 2. users might not have write access to the collects tree I use docs.racket-lang.org almost exclusively (because its simpler for me to open) so I'm not too concerned with 1. There are rare times when I need local docs and in those cases I don't mind building all of collects. And as a developer 2. is not much of a concern. I imagine some configure switch would allow the compilation manager to assume write access to the collects tree thus solving issue 2 and a new `make' install target that only copies the binaries to bin/ would solve 1. My motivation is to quickly test changes to core libraries (like collects/racket) after doing a 'git pull --rebase'. How hard would something like this be?
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For the purposes of this column, I am not criticizing WWE, but simply bringing to light that a long time fan favorite character is possibly on the brink of being eliminated from the WWE.
The Monday, August 1st RAW, was the culmination (or if you prefer, the train wreck ending) of about six months of storylines between Kane, Lita, Edge, Snitsky, and Matt Hardy. Hardy proceeded to tell the whole world what they already knew, that the Kane/Lita marriage was simply a storyline. Not that big of a deal, we all knew that already.
However, in doing so, Matt Hardy or VKM have basically taken the Kane character and reduced it to nothing. The baby, the marriage, the attempted murder, the necrophilia, the childhood trauma, the relationship with the Undertaker, none of it matters anymore.
Kane has always been one of my favorite characters in the WWE, and subsequently, Glen Jacobs has always been one of my favorite wrestlers. Jacobs has been faithful and loyal to the WWE since he started. You never hear about Jacobs starting locker room trouble, and he has shaved half his head and all of his eyebrows for about a year and half now. Think about that. The man runs around in public with shaved eyebrows. That's dedication.
So what's in line for Kane now" It seems he will become a non-issue in the Edge/Lita/Hardy storyline, unless he is set to tag with Hardy against Edge and Snitsky. After that feud has been played out, then what" And, by the way, whatever happened to the movie Kane was making" Didn't filming end a long time ago"
When/if HHH returns, we all know he will probably push to have the title around his waist again, but he (LÈvesque) will not work a major storyline with Kane. The Intercontinental belt" Nope. It seems to be reserved for developing/midcard wrestlers. Tag team title" Nope. To form another amalgamated tag team right now would be a disaster. Hardcore title" Doesn't exist anymore, right" However, it would seem suited to Kane's power-march style of in ring skill.
The only suggestion I have is to give the man about 2-4 months off, let him grow his hair and eyebrows back, and bring him back in the style they did after his biceps injury. Let him talk, laugh, and interact with the fans. Many of us loved the post-return Kane, although he skinny (relatively), and smiled, and seemed to be having a good time in the ring and with promos for the first time.
Kane is one character that I definitely don't want to see let go for budget reasons, or because the writers "don't have anything for him right now."
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Paramount Insurge, the division formed to generate micro-budget movies following the studio's success with Paranormal Activity, has made its first acquisition. Insurge just acquired an untitled pic by director and co-writer William Brent Bell for worldwide distribution (it had the working title The Devil Inside but studio says it might change). Par-based Lorenzo di Bonaventura will be exec producer with Paranormal Activity's Steven Schneider. Faith is no protection for a young woman whose mother is accused in the mysterious murders of three religious figures. Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth and Suzan Crowley star. The film is produced by Morris Paulson and Matt Peterman, who wrote the script with Bell. CAA and Automatik Entertainment's Brian Kavanaugh-Jones brokered the deal. Sierra/Affinity sold international rights. Filmmakers are repped by CAA and Generate, Andrade by Genesis Entertainment Partners.
Paramount's Insurge Makes Its First Micro-Budget Buy
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Sounds interesting, as long as it doesn't turn into a stupid horror flick
I hear that it is a really great movie with superior acting from new faces. It brings a new and unique approach of addressing the subject that will surprise and capture the audience, I'm excited and anxious to watch it!
LOL.. it's not obvious at all that you're involved with it…
i've seen the film and think this movie is going to be huge. good move by paramount.
Sounds like a great idea for February Sweeps!
Platt @ Generate has been talking about this film forever, plus I saw an early screening of it…the movie is going to kill! Solid buy.
That this report buries the fact the direct DID DIRECT a "stupid horror film" called Stay Alive.
What does it mean Lorenzo will exec produce?
Sounds like everyone commenting worked on the film or works for Paramount. Still waiting to hear about the micro-budget movies and the filmmakers that Insurge Pictures is supposed to be giving a chance to start their filmmaking careers. Also to actually be able to go to the Insurge Pictures website and see an actual active website.
So far, with this news, it seems it's just set up for industry insiders who have already produced a movie on their own. Which makes it sound like Insurge is going to be just another distributor working under the guise of a pseudo indie production arm of Paramount Pictures. C`mon guys! Where's the access?
This film was number one this weekend and was called THE RITE. Lol. Paramount missed the boat.
I heard from someone that is it MUCH better than 'Exorcism Diaries'. With a better ending. We shall see.
I've watched "The Rite" with high expectations, but I have no words to express my disappointment to see such a poor, uncreative movie. Paramount may have missed the timing, but the opportunity for a great movie of the genre is still out there!!
As a regular and loyal follower of Nkki's blog, I find it strange that my comment was removed, when all I did was make a statement and asked questions based on the news release and readers' comments I had read concerning Paramount Insurge's news release.
I stated that most of the people commenting, sounded like they worked for either Paramount Insurge or the writers of the film and that it sounds like Insurge is not so much interested in producing micro budget films as much as they are in distributing them. As the article seems to indicate, rather ambiguously, that the film is being produced, then says it is produced. Rather confusing.
Anyway, what about the great news for new filmmakers to get a chance at making a micro budget film through Insurge Pictures that would have a chance at theatrical release? It's been months since their announcement and this is the first news we have? With all the heavy hitters involved in this project, it doesn't sound like some new talent getting a break. It just sounds like your average Hollywood deal going down between the same old players.
I also stated it would be nice to see an Insurge Pictures website that was active, instead of the dead page they have for a website. Seems pretty amateurish at best. This is not hate speech, just reasonable observations and questions, so why was my comment removed? These certainly seem like reasonable observations and questions.
Hmmm, Could it be that there are powers far greater at play here than meets the eye? Or merely just some sort of mistake? I'm hoping for the later.
I don't care either way, but because you hear the word 'faith' you immediately compare it to The Rite? You have been eating retard sandwiches again.
Nikki means this will be the first law suit filed from the union that cost big P millions and millions.
Go Adam!
To me, this article is a little unclear. Is Paramount producing this film from scratch or providing finishing funds for a work in progress?
Given how many microbudget films are out there, it seems as if it would be a lot cheaper and easier to provide finishing funds than to do films from scratch.
Sounds like a direct-to-video release to me. What's this, the third exorcism 'film' in the past calendar year? Prediction: At some point the possessed will writhe and contort. How frightening and original. Way to really raise the bar paramount. And yes, Shadowman, this does sound like your every-day hollywood deal in lieu of looking for fresh new talent. Suit logic, though I could be wrong. We'll have to wait for the release to pop this into our dvd players or comps tell.
Bell & Peterman are really great guys. Good for them.
I have been trying to submit my screenplay to Insurge. I have a production team and a small studio in Cherry Hill New Jersey. I graduated film school ten years ago and have made award winning shorts and commercials. I also directed a pro-bono documentar Jean Webster: The Mother Theresa of Atlantic city which won the Atlantic City Film festival. When I first saw the ad for Insurge, I was very excited to try to get my Supernatural thriller involving the underground railroad made through them because I believed I had a very good story and I could showcase my directing skills. I have a team ready to go and I have a 102 page well written screenplay. How do I get Insurge to look at my stuff? Somebody please tell me. Oh congrats on getting your film picked up by Paramount Mr. Bell. If anyone can give me information regarding Insurge's submission process, please do.


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I'm going to the Malice Domestic conference at the end of this month in Washington, D.C.
This has put me in a tizzy. Conferences and other types of public appearances do that to me. I'm on a panel, too. :)
Now, suddenly, I'm done with various deadlines (until revision deadlines come in) and I've got Malice coming up in just a few weeks.
I needed bookmarks. I've had postcards and business cards. But I needed bookmarks.
I've needed bookmarks for a while. I'm in a couple of promotional groups that are very good to promote me while they're promoting their own events. I've sent along postcards to these folks, but really…I needed bookmarks.
Iconix is supposed to be one of the best places to order bookmarks online. A ton of authors have told me this. Somehow, something always came up, priority-wise for me, though….and I didn't call to order them.
And so…I got down to the wire and suddenly Malice was right on top of me and it was too late to order them online and still mail them to Lorraine Bartlett who nicely offered to bring them for me to Malice since I'm flying.
So I decided to make my bookmarks on MS Publisher which is a program already on my computer. After designing them (which took maybe 30 minutes), I emailed the bookmark as an attachment to Office Max. I asked them to print them on card stock, in color, and to print about $50 worth…and gave them my cell phone number if they had any questions.
I'm not even sure exactly how many I got, but it's definitely several hundred.
If you're in a similar boat, here's how to make a bookmark on Publisher: (they can be printed 4 to a 8.5 x 11 page), with space for trimming. This is right from the Microsoft Office website.
- In the Publication Types list, click Blank Page Sizes.
- Under Standard, click Create custom page size.
- In the Custom Page Size dialog box, type 2" in the Width box, and then type 7.5" in the Height box.
- In the Name box, enter a name for the new custom page size.
- Click OK to close the Custom Page Size dialog box, and then click Create to create the bookmark.
Customize your bookmark publication by adding any pictures, graphics, or text that you want. You can also customize by selecting color schemes or font schemes. For more information about any these tasks, search Publisher Help.
So I've learned two lessons from this experience.
One—You can make your own bookmarks in case of an emergency and get them back that same day. If you have Microsoft Office on your computer, you have MS Publisher. They may not be as nice as the Iconix ones, but they were nice enough for the Office Max worker to ask me if I were "the bookmark lady" when I walked in and then ask me for a bookmark.
Two—Perfectionism takes up time and makes me lose out on opportunities. It's better, for me anyway, to just go with something that works fine and use it instead of miss out on promotions.
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A spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has struck back against criticism from prominent Catholic prelates who accused the California congresswoman of misrepresenting church teachings about abortion.
"While Catholic teaching is clear that life begins at conception, many Catholics do not ascribe to that view," said Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly.
Pelosi, the nation's highest-ranking Catholic elected official, said on "Meet the Press" Sunday (Aug. 24) that the question of when life begins is "an issue of controversy" within the church. Her comments drew rebukes from the archbishops of Denver, Washington and New York.
In a statement released Tuesday (Aug. 26), Cardinal Justin F. Rigali of Philadelphia and Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., both high-ranking officials in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Pelosi's argument was inaccurate.
"The church's moral teaching never justified or permitted abortion at any stage of development," Rigali and Lori said.
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Pelosi, who supports abortion rights, cited the work of St. Augustine, who wrote that life begins three months after conception. Church leaders say medieval teachings were "uninformed and inadequate" in light of modern science, and that the question of when life begins was firmly answered in the middle of the 19th century.
Daly reiterated Pelosi's position, again citing St. Augustine, while stressing the need for Congress and the church to work together to reduce the number of abortions.
"The speaker is the mother of five children and seven grandchildren and fully appreciates the sanctity of family. She was raised in a devout Catholic family who often disagreed with her pro-choice views," Daly said.
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Obama asks Congress for $500 million to train Syrian rebels
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President Obama requested $500 million from Congress on Thursday to train and equip what the White House is calling "appropriately vetted" members of the Syrian opposition, reflecting increased worry about the spillover of the Syrian conflict into Iraq.
The training program would be a significant step for a president who has consistently resisted providing military aid to the rebels in the conflict in Syria and has warned of the dangers of U.S. intervention.
But military and State Department officials indicated that there were not yet any specific programs to arm and train the rebels that the money would fund, nor could administration officials specify which moderate Syrian opposition members they intended to train and support, or where they would be trained.
"While we continue to believe that there is no military solution to this crisis and that the United States should not put American troops into combat in Syria, this request marks another step toward helping the Syrian people defend themselves against regime attacks," Caitlin Hayden, a National Security Council spokeswoman, said in a statement.
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HSINCHU, Taiwan --- Kingston Technology Inc. is planning to raise its memory chip purchases from Taiwan. The Fountain Valley, Calif. module maker said that it would buy about one-third of its global procurement from the island in 2002. Last year, Taiwan chipmakers accounted for 15% to 20% of the memory module manufacturer's procurement.
"Demand and supply of DRAM is approaching a balance following the sluggishness for more than a year," President John Tu told reporters during a trip here. "2002 is going to be a bright year" in part as IT demand is rising.
Prices of the mainstream 128 MB DRAM have surged more than 50% since September, mostly due to production cut by Micron Technology, NEC Corp., Toshiba Corp. and other Japanese and South Korean players, according to ING Baring Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Looking forward, the memory module maker expects the price momentum to continue. Scott Chen, director of Asia business development of Kingston, said that it's possible for 128 MB DRAM prices to jump to as much as $8 later this year, compared with about $3.50 currently.
Kingston's view seems too optimistic as it still takes time for DRAM manufacturers to work off their existing inventories, said some analysts. "We forecast the prices will stay at between $3 and $4 over the coming two months," said Chris Hsieh, a senior analyst for ING Baring, adding that the main key to watch in the longer term is whether Micron will succeed in its plan of acquiring Hynix Semiconductor. Talks between those two companies have broken off.
The purchase will allow Kingston to take advantage of Taiwan's lower prices and steady supply. "A module maker like Kingston needs to have long-term and stable supply," said Thomas Chang, a vice president at Mosel Vitelic Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan. "Kingston wants to use Taiwan as a long-term supplier, making sure they can get the best prices at good times or bad times."
Kingston plans to ship to global customers with the DRAMs -- including 128 MB and 256 MB DRAM as well as double data rate DRAM -- it will buy from Mosel, Winbond Electronics Corp., Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. and Nanya Technology Corp., Chen said. These Taiwanese companies together with two others represent about 10% of the world's output.
Turning to Taiwan also helps Kingston to pay less. DRAMs made by Taiwan companies generally cost 30% lower than those made by bigger rivals in the U.S., Japan and Korea, analysts said.
The increase in Kingston's procurement in Taiwan comes in part after Toshiba exited its DRAM business, Kingston said. Now, Kingston buys 25 million DRAMs per month worldwide.


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There will be no changes Tuesday night at the Canadian Tire Centre as the Philadelphia Flyers open this three-game homestand.
The status quo will remain.
That means defenceman Patrick Wiercioch and winger Colin Greening will be scratched. The decision on Wiercioch is interesting. He's fully recovered from a head injury he suffered just over a week and this is the second straight game he'll be listed as healthy scratch.
The Senators don't really want to make any changes at the moment because despite a 4-3 loss in Arizona Saturday night they feel good about the way they're playing and coach Dave Cameron isn't just going to make a move for the sake of making a move. He thinks about everything he does.
Does anyone think we'll see Chris Driedger at any point?
Craig Anderson makes his eighth straight start in the club's net. The Senators start a stretch of five games in eight days. You have to think at some point or another Anderson is going to come out of the net. Ottawa has back-to-backs against the Islanders and Rangers on the weekend.
That might be the point where a change is made.
The Senators need to start December on the right foot and a win over the Flyers would certainly do that.
An important stretch starts DecemberBruce Garrioch - December 1st, 2015
There will be no changes Tuesday night at the Canadian Tire Centre as the Philadelphia Flyers open this three-game homestand.
Stepping backwardsBruce Garrioch - November 11th, 2015
The Senators will start a pivotal five-game homestand Thursday night against the Vancouver Canucks.
At this point, Ottawa is sitting in a playoff postion but there's lots of racetrack left. There are concerns, there are major concerns, about this club's inconsistency. World-beaters in one period and then in the next period the Senators don't look like they can beat anybody.
Up and down and around and around they go.
Like everybody else, coach Dave Cameron is probably a little perplexed.
The way the Senators have played just doesn't make sense.
"I thought we had a real good start," said Cameron after the 7-5 loss in Nashville. "In the third period, we just didn't execute."
The way the Senators isn't right. The answers have to come from within and a guy who has to lead the charge is captain Erik Karlsson.
As he goes, so go the Senators.
It all starts with him because he is the straw that stirs the drink.
"The last two periods they were definitely working a little harder and a little smarter," said centre Zack Smith.
The question is: Why does that happen?
"We need a little bit better from everyone, myself included, I scored a goal today but it's not a good enough game throughout 60 minutes," said Karlsson.
The Senators are having a hard time finding the answers.
I'd like everybody to participate.
Hammond tonightBruce Garrioch - October 30th, 2015
DETROIT _ The Hamburglar will make his return Friday night.
The Senators have decided to give backup Andrew "The Hamburglar" Hammond the start against the Detroit Red Wings in this home-and-home series that gets underway Friday night at the Joe Louis Arena.
It's expected that goalie Craig Anderson will play at home Saturday night.
This is a homecoming of sorts for Hammond. He makes his off-season home in nearby Grosse Pointe, Mich. He missed the first two weeks of the season with a groin injury he suffered before an exhibition game Oct. 1 and has only made one start _ a 4-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes Saturday at home.
There are no other changes to the club's lineup.
Winger Mike Hoffman was on the ice here Friday morning but he won't play. He is sidelined with what's believed to be a groin injury but could return Saturday night at home.
The losing continuesBruce Garrioch - October 25th, 2015
The Senators lost their fourth straight at home to start the season and fourth in a row.
The injuries are now mounting.
Curtis Lazar was added to the long list that includes Clarke MacArthur, Marc Methot, Chris Phillips and Mike Hoffman.
The latter should return Wednesday against the Calgary Flames at home but who knows right now.
- The Senators have to get their act together and play 60 minutes.
Bobby Ryan had eight shots on net Saturday and he played well but he's paid to score goals, he better start scoring and giving a second-effort to get to the net to make things happen. Put him Kyle Turris and Mark Stone because you need a $7 million player to score.
- Get the power play going. Captain Erik Karlsson needs to lead the charge here.
- Stick with goalie Craig Anderson for awhile. Let him get in a groove because I feel he plays his best when he plays a lot. The Hamburglar was brought in to be a second string goalie and that's the way it should stay for now. They need to get Anderson going here.
- Finally, sit Patrick Wiercioch if you can find another healthy defenceman. He just looks a little nervous right now. I'm sure over the course of the season he'll be fine but watching a game wouldn't be the worst thing for him at the moment. Also Jared Cowen has to figure out fast because he hasn't set the world on fire either.
No changes Saturday nightBruce Garrioch - October 17th, 2015
The status quo remains for the Senators.
They won't be making any changes Saturday night.
Goaltender Craig Anderson will make the start and there is no change in the status of winger Clarke MacArthur, who is out with a head injury he suffered after getting hit in the first period of Wednesday's 7-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on the road.
"You just come prepared ready to play. That's my job to be ready when called upon," said Anderson Saturday morning.
The Senators have been outshot in all five games they've played this season but Anderson wasn't about to get into that debate.
"There's a reason I don't play forward or defence, I'm not very good at it," said Anderson. "My job is just to stop the puck."
Since the Senators aren't making any changes, here's how they'll look:
Mike Hoffman-Kyle Turris-Mark Stone
Milan Michalek-Mika Zibanejad-Bobby Ryan
Alex Chiasson-Jean-Gabriel Pageau-Curtis Lazar
Shane Prince-Zack Smith-Chris Neil
Marc Methot-Erik Karlsson
Patrick Wiercioch-Cody Ceci
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PHILADELPHIA — A small army of electricity restoration crews labored Friday to reconnect nearly 300,000 customers in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and utility companies warned some will have to wait several more days.
The lion's share of the outages remained in the Philadelphia suburbs, where many schools were closed for a third day, and a PECO spokesman said work was continuing around the clock. PECO accounted for about 250,000 outages late Friday afternoon.
"That number is coming down throughout the course of the day," said PECO spokesman Fred Maher.
Severe cold weather that gripped the mid-Atlantic on Friday was expected to remain in place for days, and forecasters said light snow was possible over the weekend.
Utility companies reported about 280,000 customers without power in Pennsylvania — most in the five-county Philadelphia area. In Maryland, service has been restored to all but about 16,000 homes and businesses.
There has been progress — more than a million total outages had been attributed to the storm.
Systems engineer John Bowman said he has been buying $6 packages of firewood at a neighborhood hardware store, planning to burn them in the coming days to keep the temperature in his Downingtown home high enough to prevent damage to water pipes. He said he was told it may be Sunday before his power is restored.
"With the way the sun's been warming up the house, I don't want to use those rations yet," Bowman said.
Authorities urged people to be careful when using space heaters and other methods to heat their homes. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency said four confirmed cases of carbon monoxide poisoning, and a fifth suspected case, were reported at a hospital in the Philadelphia suburbs on Wednesday night.
The Bucks County Courier Times also reported that one person was taken to a hospital and several others were sickened in a carbon monoxide incident Thursday night in the suburban town of Horsham. The newspaper also reported a fire emergency call on Thursday from someone who took his barbecue grill inside for warmth.


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Sanjeev Sewnarain, Client Liaison Officer at the South African Weather Service in KwaZulu-Natal, said November had been cooler than expected.
"We have been experiencing below normal maximum temperatures… so [it has been] slightly cooler compared with previous years."
Sewnarain said that Durban had had 24 days of rain since the beginning of November.
If the figures from January to November were compared for the past 13 years, then this year's rainfall was the highest since 2000.
He said that 383.8mm of rain had fallen since October.
From figures supplied by him, the city has had 600mm of rain from September to November. Compared with the averages for the past 13 years, September had three times the Average amount of rain, and October double.
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The port of Newcastle will be sold for an anticipated $700 million in the latest privatisation by the O'Farrell government designed to pour funds into infrastructure for NSW.
The sale - by way of a 99-year lease - is the centrepiece of Treasurer Mike Baird's third budget and aims to capitalise on the record price of more than $5 billion received for Port Botany and Port Kembla earlier this year.
Half of the anticipated proceeds - $340 million - will be spent on revitalising Newcastle CBD, including replacing the heavy rail line running through the city with newly announced light rail.
The balance will go to the government's general infrastructure fund, Restart NSW.
''The $5 billion received less than three weeks ago from the long-term lease of Port Botany and Port Kembla was a landmark event in the fiscal strategy of the government,'' Mr Baird told Parliament.
''The transaction showed what can be achieved when the right asset is marketed at the right time, with the right process.'' Legislation for the sale is expected to be introduced to Parliament this week, before a scoping study is commissioned. The sale is anticipated to be completed before next year's budget.
Mr Baird announced a smaller than anticipated deficit for 2013-14. In December, the mid-year review forecast a deficit of $423 million, which has been revised to $374 million.
The budget is still anticipated to return to surplus in 2014-15, but instead of a previously forecast surplus of $1.3 billion, it is now estimated at $829 million.
A new accounting standard introduced this year relating to how the government must calculate interest on superannuation assets means the actual budget result for 2013-14 will be recorded as a deficit of $1.89 billion.
For 2014-15 the forecast deficit will be $563 million before there is a return to a slender surplus of $157 million in 2015-16.
But Mr Baird stressed this did not change the underlying fiscal position of the state.
To drive further savings, Mr Baird has announced a two-year extension of an ''efficiency dividend'' imposed across government departments to 2016-17.
The measure will save $250 million in 2015-16 and $500 million in 2016-17, he said.
The budget papers reveal that the previous decisions to 5000 job cuts, cap wage rises of public servants to 2.5 per cent and impose a labour expense cap on government departments have seen expenses projected to come in at $600 million below forecasts in 2012-13.
The size of the public service has fallen this year for the first time in more than a decade.
As anticipated, the government has also announced funding for its signature transport programs - the North West Rail Link and the 33-kilometre WestConnex motorway linking the M4 and M5 via Sydney Airport and Port Botany.
The budget papers reveal the final cost of the rail link will be $8.3 billion with expectations it will open in late 2019.
The $1.8 billion earmarked for WestConnex has been spread over the next four years, but with the largest amounts allocated beyond the next election.
The budget allocates $111 million to the project in 2013-14, $413 million in 2014-15, then $629 million in 2015-16 and $647 million in 2016-17.
Mr Baird also announced incentives aimed at stimulating the housing sector and small business.
As previously revealed, the first home buyers grant for purchasers of new homes will remain at $15,000 for an extra two years. The grant was due to drop to $10,000 from next year.
There are payroll tax sweeteners to encourage small businesses to take on extra workers. Mr Baird announced that the payroll tax threshold will be lifted from $689,000 to $750,000 from July 1, but that indexation will be removed.
He said this means about 1300 businesses that previously paid payroll tax would now be exempt.
The Jobs Action Plan payroll tax rebate will be increased from $4000 to $5000 for each new job created and extended for a further two years until June 2015.
Mr Baird said the budget marks ''a pivotal moment in the first term of the O'Farrell government''.
''The tough decisions we've made now provide a foundation for future growth and prosperity.''


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Well, to answer the question in question, it turns out that is in fact not okay to drink whiskey at work, as at least one employee discovered recently. According to certain sources of mine-- that actually operate inside the Strand (you'd be fucking amazed at some of the resources I have at my disposal)-- last night a few workers faced a choice all-too-familiar to those of us that get paid to wear stupid fucking red name tags and inhale asbestos just to scrape by. The dilemma? On the one hand, a relatively slight personal physiological alteration, and on the other, STABBING ONE'S OWN EYES OUT WITH A GODDAMN PEN OEDIPUS-STYLE, EXCEPT WITHOUT ALL THE COOL WEIRD SEX STUFF PRECEDING IT.
It seems a few persons decided that it would be less-than-professional to commit hari-kiri at the front cash registers, so they instead retired downstairs for a nightcap . . . or nine. I won't dwell on the matter, suffice to say . . . well, shit happens I guess.
(On a personal level, even were they detained by our Disney-esque authorities, I love that termination isn't even a credible threat at the Strand. Everyone knows that it would only mean having to hire and retrain some other scumbag to do your job, while at the same time giving you a much-needed, long-overdue kick in the colon to go do something with your life already.)
Look, I know I'm a bit biased here-- I love liquor as much as I hate humanity. It goes with the territory of being a brillyunt righter and an abusive lover. However, I am not entirely without a heart, so I will offer these words of advice: forget that furtive hide-the-bottle-in-the-corner-behind-some-books shit. Drink openly, early and often. It's far less suspicious and far more fun. Also, you'd be amazed at some of the stuff that comes out of your mouth to people when you're stumbling around the aisles. I once asked a customer if she would give me a piggyback ride up to the second floor. (Her mother informed me that the young lady was turning eight the following weekend.)
Everyone there smells like some combination of urine and death anyway. We should be allowed to mask that in whatever way we feel is proper. The union should issue Jack as part of our health plan.


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Politicians – Owned and Operated by Corporate America – by Jack E. Lohman (ISBN: 0976890631) – Connects the dots between politicians and those who fund their elections, and shows the massive cost to the taxpayers. You may get a free copy HERE ($3.90 shipping and handling).
Hostile Takeover : How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government–and How We Take It Back – by David Sirota (ISBN: 0307237346) – Describes the conquest of America's democratic government by Big Money interests.
Is That a Politician in Your Pocket: Washington on $2 Million a Day – by Micah Sifry, Nancy Watzman (ISBN: 047167995X) – This book nails both political parties on paybacks and names the special interests who made out the checks and what they got in return.
The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence and Close the Democracy Gap – by Ralph Nader (ISBN: 0060756047) – Though heavily Liberal with thorough analysis, Nader likes neither party's actions or solutions and has excellent arguments and ideas.
Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Presidency – by Patrick J. Buchanan (ISBN: 0312341156) – Conservative and mostly right on target (though Buchanan fails to connect the dots to the moneyed interests).
Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy – by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson (ISBN: 0300119755)
Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and its Poisonous Consequences – Edited by James Lardner and David A. Smith (ISBN: 1565849957) – A series of articles on the issues of the Left, but many will be very compelling even to those on the Right.
America the Broke: How the Reckless Spending of the White House and Congress are Bankrupting Our Country and Destroying Our Children's Future – by Gerald J. Swanson (ISBN: 0385513046) – Excellent description of the symptoms but fails to connect the dots.
Greed and Good: Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality That Limits Our Lives – By Sam Pizzigati, (ISBN: 1891843257) – Liberal, but very hard to deny the premise of this book.
Dismantling The American Dream: Globalization, Free Trade, Immigrationxe "Immigration", Unemployment, Poverty, Debt, Foreign Dependency, More – by Kenneth Buchdahl (ISBN: 0975320718 ) – He watches the dominoes fall, and the outcome isn't pretty.
10 Steps to Repair American Democracy : An Owners Manual for Concerned Citizens – by Steven Hill (ISBN: 0976062151) – From the publisher: Unresponsive government. Uninspiring candidates. Mindless political debate. Suspicious voting equipment.
Corporate Predators: The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy – by Russell Mokhiber, Robert Weissman (ISBN: 1567511589) – Of the world's biggest 100 economies, 51 are corporations, not countries.
Take the Rich off Welfare – by Mark Zepezauer (ISBN: 0896087069) – Although the popular media has been largely mum about it, most of the welfare payments go to large corporations in the form of tax write-offs, subsidies, and plain old handouts.
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power – by Joel Bakan, Joel (ISBN: 0743247442) – Also see their DVD at www.TheCorporation.com
The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money – by Timothy P. Carney (ISBN: 0471789070)
Outrage: How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Ripoffs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies Are Ripping Us Off – by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas – by Lou Dobbs, Lou (ISBN: 0446577448 ) – A Republican seemingly with his eyes open – perhaps we should export our workers to fill the foreign jobs we are creating. But Dobbs seems not to connect the dots to the moneyed interests, either in his book or on his TV show.
Shakedown: How the Government Screws You from A to Z – by James Bovard (ISBN: 0140258191) – The title says it all.
Class War in America: How Economic and Political Conservatives Are Exploiting Low- And Middle-Income American Families – by Charles M. Kelly (ISBN: 1564743489) – Even as a Republican, I found it hard to disagree with many of the arguments in this obviously Liberal writing.
Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working – by Jonathan Rauch (ISBN: 1891620495)
Health Care
The Corrosion of Medicine: Can the Profession Reclaim Its Moral Legacy? – by John Geyman (Author), Marcia Angell (Foreword) (ISBN-10: 1567513840) This is an absolutely excellent book that pulls no punches. If you are concerned about where the wasted health care dollars are, and how to eliminate them, this is the book for you.
Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much -by Maggie Mahar (ISBN-10: 006076533X) – "A straghtforward, credible and comprehensive survey of contempory American medical care." (Reviewer)
Making A Killing – by Jamie Court and Francis Smith – This is an absolute must read, and you can buy it or download it free HERE
The Corrosion of Medicine: Can the Profession Reclaim Its Moral Legacy? – by John Geyman (Author), Marcia Angell (Foreword) (ISBN-10: 1567513840 )
Equal Healthcare For All – by R. Garth Kirkwood, M.D., (ISBN-10: 0979699401)
Bleeding the Patient: The Consequences of Corporate Healthcare – by Drs. David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woodhandler, Ida Hellander (ISBN-10: 1567512062)
The Health Care Mess: How We Got Into It and How We'll Get Out of It – by Kip Sullivan (ISBN: 1420885510) – If you really want to understand why our health care system got where it is, and what we need to do to fix it.
The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman –by Peter Rost (ISBN: 193336839X) – Peter Rost was a VP at Pfizer, until he came out publicly in support of the reimportation of drugs. Then, suddenly, he no longer had a job. (Funny how those things work, isn't it?)
Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business and Bad Medicine – by Donald L. Barlett, James B. Steele (ISBN: 0385504543) – The Prologue is worth the price of this book by two investigative reporters.
On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business can Endanger Your Health – by Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D. (ISBN: 0195300041) – Physicians, their conflicts of interest, and how it affects the patient.
The Truth About the Drug Companies – How they deceive us and what to do about it. – By Marcia Angell, M.D. (ISBN: 0375760946) – If you thought the high profit margins were necessary for heavy R&D, you'll know better after reading this excellent book. Those profits are taken after deducting for R&D, advertising, and exorbitant salaries. But Dr. Angell exposes much more behind the scenes that will deeply concern you.


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PLYMOUTH Argyle entertain York City tomorrow having lost just one of their last 11 home games in Sky Bet League Two.
That loss came during a 1-0 reverse against play-off hopefuls Burton at the end of November. Wycombe and Fleetwood are the only other teams to take all three points from Home Park this season.
John Sheridan's men will also be boosted by the return of Argentinian playmaker Andres Gurrieri for the game.
The ex-Burton midfielder has served a three-match suspension with Benin international Rommy Boco's starting place coming under the most threat from his return.
But first-choice goalkeeper Luke McCormick, striker Marvin Morgan, centre-back Guy Branston and forward Matt Lecointe will definitely play no part against the Minstermen.
McCormick is out for the rest of the season with a serious finger injury, meaning reserve shot-stopper Jake Cole was recalled for last Saturday's 2-0 win at Northampton.
Full-backs Durrell Berry and Matt Parsons, meanwhile, both remain doubtful.
Tomorrow's game is unlikely to be a goal-fest with Argyle's 15 home League fixtures having only produced 25 goals – the lowest at any Football League stadium this season.
In Reuben Reid, a season-long loan signing from Championship outfit Yeovil, the Pilgrims do, however, boast one of the most reliable scorers in the division.
Reid's return of 14 goals in all competitions this term puts him just one behind League Two's most-potent frontmen – Scunthorpe's Sam Winnall and Scott Hogan, of Rochdale.
The prolific Pilgrim was on target during last weekend's win at anchor club Northampton, which saw Sheridan's side end a run of six games without a win, including four draws and two defeats.
Plymouth (probable): Cole, Blanchard, Trotman, Nelson, Purrington, Boco, Blizzard, Hourihane, Banton, Alessandra, Reid.


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The latest furore to hit education is not a new one. Recent reports in The Age that Victorian principals are dissatisfied with the quality of many teaching graduates sound all too familiar.
When you add these reports to what we already know about new graduates not feeling adequately prepared for the classroom and the shockingly high attrition rate in the profession, we have a very worrying picture indeed.
Perhaps even more worryingly, there seems to be a blame-game going on, with universities and schools pointing variously to one another and to governments to account for the sorry state of pre-service teacher education. Universities struggle to find schools willing to take on the "burden" of trainee teachers. Schools don't believe universities understand the realities the classroom or provide adequate support. Schools and universities both think government is under-funding this area.
And while all this finger pointing rumbles on, it is the next generation of teachers and their students who are suffering.
Teaching is one of the most challenging professions there is. It is the collective responsibility of governments, universities and the profession to make sure our teachers are properly prepared for life in the classroom. Indulging in blame games won't achieve this.
A real solution exists in the revision of teacher preparation programs to reflect the fact that teaching is a clinical profession and should be taught and funded as such. A good analogy is a medical degree. Universities work closely with teaching hospitals in research and professional training, so that theory and practice become one coherent learning experience and new knowledge can be applied into practice.
This is exactly how pre-service teachers should be taught. Partner schools should serve the same purpose that teaching hospitals do, with a constant two-way exchange of knowledge between the school and the university working to the ultimate benefit of the profession,
The same argument is being made by President Obama's highly respected Secretary for Education, Arne Duncan. He is driving an agenda to rebrand teaching as a practice-based profession like medicine or nursing, where there is a close link and mutual exchange between practice in schools and theory in universities.
So how does a clinical teacher preparation program work? In the Melbourne Graduate School of Education's Master of Teaching, cohorts of "Teacher Candidates" are in schools two days per week from the first week of the program, and every week thereafter. The rest of their week is spent attending lectures and seminars at university.
They are supported by a network of experts; teachers in partner schools are funded by the university to spend two and a half days per week providing mentoring and support, working closely with university specialists, who are on hand one day per week to provide the link between theory and practice
This network provides a vehicle for a truly meaningful partnership. The university's research agenda is informed by what's really happening in classrooms and, in turn, teachers' classroom practice can be enhanced by new research developments. Teacher Candidates get to know their individual students and colleagues, becoming part of the school and a useful resource; outcomes that would not usually be possible if they were "parachuted" in for a short three week block.
The fact that the program is delivered at postgraduate level is also very important; we believe that life experience and a commitment to the profession are required to become a teacher, qualities it would be unfair to expect from school-leavers.
This is a more expensive model than the traditional model, and requires similar funding to clinical psychology or nursing. But we firmly believe the money is worth spending. Independent research, feedback from Principals and international debate provide strong evidence that it is the best way forward.
It's not all doom and gloom for pre-service teacher education in Australia. What is needed is a fundamental shift, and that always takes time. As Arne Duncan says of America's pre-service teacher preparation, "revolutionary change - not evolutionary tinkering" is required. And, with the support of schools and governments, we're certainly heading in the right direction.
Professor Field Rickards is dean of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at Melbourne University.


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Everyone has the right to live free from violence, abuse, neglect and fear.
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We put people at the heart of our grant making. This means working in partnership with people and organisations to create solutions to challenges together. Our strategy connects our UK and international work and will sit under the Global Goals for sustainable development, which challenges governments, companies and communities to respond urgently to poverty and inequality.
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FRANKFURT - September 13, 2011: SEAT reveals an exciting concept car at the Frankfurt Motorshow. The innovative SEAT IBL concept car marks the junction between SEAT's contemporary sportiness and audacity and tomorrow's style and innovation.
As a significant evolution of SEAT's shapes, the SEAT IBL concept car distinguishes itself with a powerful identity that strikes the eye right at the first glance. At 4.67 meters long and 1,85 metres wide, the SEAT IBL falls into the full-size saloon category.
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SEAT's future design language interpreted as a sports sedan. The LED fascias announce the evolution of a new stylistic era. The angular design completes the futurist and elegant look provided by the LED technology. With sophisticated interior and exterior innovations, this creation points to the expression of SEAT's identity in the future. Enter a cruising ship, controlled by amazingly integrated panel boards. A highly flattering driving position is highlighted by a dynamic steering wheel design.
The calm and comfort provided by the interior are only equalled by the level of performance of the car. The white board platform, enhanced by a glimpse of red-sewed audacity typifies this audacious design.
Seriously self-assumed lines, generously delicate design; sportiness: the SEAT IBL concept car drives on the playgrounds of elegance and character.
"IBL is all about emotion. Love at first sight. But this first impression is something that is meant to last thanks to its timeless elegant design," says Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, the Head of SEAT Design. This highly-rated sedan is being introduced for the first time in Germany.