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Two years before they were teammates in New England, Tom Brady and Tim Tebow squared off twice on the field, with Brady winning each game handily.
After the first one, coming in December 2011 and at the height of Tebowmania, the two quarterbacks shared concerns about Aaron Hernandez and Brandon Spikes, who played with Tebow at the University of Florida and then with Brady on the Patriots.
"I'm trying to watch over Aaron and Brandon," Brady says to Tebow in an NFL Films video, via the Orlando Sentinel.
"I appreciate that, too, man. They're good guys," Tebow says in response.
"[T]hey're a lot to handle," Brady adds.
While those concerns, along with Hernandez's various red flags coming out of Gainesville, don't project to murder, it shows that the Patriots knew or should have known that Hernandez had baggage before giving him a $12.5 million signing bonus in 2012. As Ben Volin of the Boston Globe pointed out earlier this month, Hernandez bristled when Patriots coaches and employees asked him to break free from his friends in Connecticut.
Despite those concerns, the Patriots signed him to a lucrative contract that he'll never earn.
So while the Pats may have been "duped" when it comes to whether Hernandez would kill another person in cold blood (allegedly), the team had reason to believe that something wasn't completely right with a guy into whose pockets the Patriots stuffed millions of dollars.


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Microsoft, Intel, Google legal news prevails
It was a week where competition regulators danced with IT industry behemoths: the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, while the European Commission gave approval to Microsoft's proposed browser "ballot screen" and pushed the proposed Oracle-Sun Microsystems deal forward. Meanwhile, a French court slapped down Google for what it saw as a copyright grab in a book-scanning case.
1. EU approves Microsoft ballot screen, Microsoft browser antitrust agreement gets cautious backing and With EU browser case dropped, Microsoft seeks trust, interoperability: The European Commission's antitrust investigation into Microsoft ended with the approval of the company's proposal for allowing Windows 7 users a choice of browsers. The agreement received cautious applause, with a reminder from one critic that Microsoft has a history of "inadequate commitments and broken promises."
2. FTC files antitrust lawsuit against Intel and Nvidia">Intel's FTC lawsuit could prove a boon for rivals AMD, Nvidia: The FTC filed antitrust-related charges against Intel in a lawsuit that some observers believe will give a boost to rivals Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia.
3. Paris court rules against Google in book copyright case: A Paris court slapped Google with a fine for breach of copyright in its book-search project and ordered that the company stop distributing digital copies of French books to users in that country without first getting publishers' permission.
4. Oracle, Sun merger gains favor in Europe: The European Commission appears poised to approve Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun after a review of the latest promises from Oracle about how it will safeguard competition in the database software market.
5. Unencrypted drone video intercepted by militants and Drone incident serves up data encryption lesson: Insurgents in Iran and Afghanistan used $26 eavesdropping software to intercept live video feeds from the U.S. military's predator drone aircraft flying over those countries -- news that didn't surprise some observers.
6. Scammers lurk behind Google Doodle: In a further sign that we are approaching a day when it will be unsafe to click on just about anything on the Internet, security researchers found that Tuesday's picture of the day at Google -- the "Doodle" -- was infected with malware.
7. Heartland pays AmEx $3.6 million over 2008 data breach: Heartland Payment Systems settled charges related to the massive 2008 breach of its network by paying American Express $3.6 million.
8. Plurk_Says">Microsoft apology for code theft may not do, Plurk says: First, the popular microblogging service Plurk, which is based in Canada, accused Microsoft of ripping off Plurk code for the MSN China microblog service, Juku. Microsoft checked into the allegations and found that they were true, saying that an outside company it hired for Juku development copied Plurk code. Then Plurk said the apology might not be enough and that it is considering "all possibilities," including a lawsuit in light of Microsoft's admission.
9. Apple granted permanent injunction against Psystar: A U.S. District Court judge granted a permanent injunction to Apple against Mac clone-maker Psystar, which has until Dec. 31 to comply with the court ruling. Happy new year.
10. Facebook target of FTC privacy complaint and Facebook privacy complaint ignites war of words: Well, we had a feeling last week we should clear space in the weekly top-news list for ongoing Facebook privacy policy coverage. Sure enough, 10 privacy groups filed a complaint with the FTC this week about the privacy policy changes that were announced last week. The privacy groups, led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, contend that the policy changes "violate user expectations, diminish user privacy, and contradict Facebook's own representations."
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Nikki Finke's silence is deafening on the day that her boss, Jay Penske, bought the trade publication Variety.
Finke, who chose to be on vacation when the deal was done, had been agitating for weeks to get Penske to buy the trade for her to run. She blanketed the town with phone calls weeks ago when she believed TheWrap was about to buy it. (She needn't have worried: We looked, we passed.)
Also read: Deadline Owner Penske Media Buys Variety
In the end, Penske appears to have shut her out from having much to do with Variety, and that will ultimately marginalize her. This creates the challenge he is going to face going forward: owning two competing brands that cover the exact same subject matter.
The purchase raises a lot of questions:
>> Is Nikki Finke, seething in silence, expected to stop competing with Variety?
>> Will she lay off the "Toldjas," and the browbeating when she loses a scoop?
>> What will Variety do that Deadline does not?
>> Will readers want to read both Variety and Deadline?
>> Where will Mike Fleming and Nellie Andreeva end up?
That does not even begin to address the business questions, which are much more challenging.
If the Variety paywall goes away, as Fleming said in his post Tuesday about the acquisition, the publication will immediately need to replace several million dollars a year in subscriptions. That's one challenge.
More serious for the long term is that maintaining Deadline and Variety creates brand confusion for the endemic advertisers that drive both their revenues.
If you are an advertiser, will you put the same print dollars into Deadline, or shift that money into Variety at three times the cost? And with competitors like THR and TheWrap offering beautiful, glossy alternatives, how do you maintain market share?
Penske can cut his way to profitability at Variety — there is a mountain of fat to be sliced away, even with all the layoffs in recent years. The editorial salaries of senior Variety staffers would shock even the once-generous L.A. Times.
But here's the bottom line: Penske is going to have to choose to put his muscle and his capital behind one of his two insider brands.
Also read: What's Variety Worth and Who Will Buy It?
And given that he's just put about $25 million of his and Third Point founder Dan Loeb's money into buying a print trade, that's going to be Variety.
So if Variety gets better, Deadline will necessarily be marginalized. He cannot maintain and grow both brands equally; it's a law of nature. Deadline can't continue to be a flame-throwing blog while coexisting with the trade's most conservative publication — with both seeking revenue from the same advertisers.
And that is why I'm told that Nikki Finke is breathing fire from her vacation in Hawaii. She came this close to being the queen of Hollywood she believed was her due, and Penske has taken it from her. (My insiders say the purchase agreement requires that Finke stay out of Variety's editorial business for one year.)
In March I wrote this about Reed Elsevier when Variety was put up for sale:
"Now — four years after deciding $1 billion wasn't enough — they are ready to unload the much depleted trade.
"They are probably dreaming of a buyer who will overpay to own an historic brand and go to the Oscars. I doubt that will happen. Variety doesn't have the cachet it used to. Peter Bart is mostly gone. Army Archerd has passed. And there is no one who has filled their shoes….
I concluded:
"So who will buy it? Someone who cares about content. And in a Twitter-Instagram-Facebook obsessed world, those parties are fewer and fewer
Three weeks ago I went to see Barry Diller in New York at his office in the IAC building.
We talked about the media business, and I was curious about his view regarding Variety, since Diller launched the Daily Beast only to merge it with the historic Newsweek magazine, a legacy print brand that reportedly has been losing tens of millions of dollars a year.
Should TheWrap buy Variety? I asked.
His answer was unequivocal: "Not even if they give it to you."
Good luck, Jay. And thanks, Barry.


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By Marcy Kennedy, @MarcyKennedy
Part of the Indie Author Series
Last month, I walked you through the 6 Steps for Setting Up Your Amazon Author Page. In that article, I talked exclusively about your author profile on Amazon.com, but Amazon sells books all over the world. While setting up our author page on Amazon.com is the most important (because that's where we're likely to sell the most books), we shouldn't overlook our author pages elsewhere.
You might be thinking, Why do I want to take the time to do that for non-English speaking countries?
The answer is simple. English is the most common second language in the world. Even if English isn't the primary language of Germany or India or China, many people living in those countries still speak it, read it, or are trying to learn. Creating an author page on international sites gives us a leg up over authors who only bother to update their Amazon.com page.
Because you'll want to add the same information as you did for your Amazon.com author page, I won't go over all of that again. You can read my previous article for details. What I'm going to focus on in this article are the unique things to keep in mind when we're updating our pages on the international sites.
Tip #1 – How to Find International Amazon Author Central Sites
Currently, there's no centralized list of Amazon Author Central sites, so the first thing we need to do is explore a little. Searching for sites is a two-step process.
Google the Amazon site for the particular country you're interested in. For example, I might type "Amazon France" into my search bar.
This lets you know if Amazon has a site in that country, but what you're really looking for here is the little country code that comes after www.amazon in the search results. For France, it's fr.
The URL for all Author Central sites begins like this…
So once you have the country code, you add it like this…
And that's where you'll sign in to create your author page.
Not all countries currently have Author Central, but more and more are appearing all the time. If you can't find an Author Central site for a specific country (I'm looking at you Canada), just wait. It will probably appear in the not-too-distant future.
Here are a few sites to get you started:
Tip #2 – How to Read International Amazon Author Central Sites
Remember how we talked about these sites being targeted at non-English speakers? That creates a snag for those of us who don't speak multiple languages.
Thankfully, technology gives us two ways around it:
(A) Keep your Amazon.com Author Central page open so you can compare. For the most part, the sites are all the same structurally, so you'll know what it's asking for even if you can't read all the words.
(B) Use Google Translate or download Google Chrome (which comes with a built-in translator) to use as your browser while you create your pages.
These won't be perfect, but they'll be enough to allow you to easily fill in your author pages.
Tip #3 – Some Other Countries Will Want You to Create a New Account
Some countries will allow you to sign in with the same email and password you used when you created your Amazon.com account, and some countries will require you to set up a new Amazon account with them. If your regular Amazon email and password won't work, it just means you need to start from the ground up with a new account.
Tip #4 – Don't Think You're Doing Something Wrong If You Can't Find All the Same Features
Strangely enough, not all international sites are created equal. Some won't allow you to connect your blog. Some won't allow you to upload pictures. If you can't find a particular feature, it's probably not because you're blind. It's probably because it doesn't exist on that specific site. The key with the international Amazon author pages is to fill out what you're offered and not worry about the rest.
When you find a site that doesn't allow you to connect your blog, make sure you include your website address somewhere. Along with claiming your books, this is the most important thing. This is all about providing readers with a way to find more of your books and to form a relationship with you.
Good luck!
Have you taken the time to set up your author page on international Amazon sites? Do you have any other tips I haven't included?
Marcy Kennedy is a suspense and speculative fiction writer who believes fantasy is more real than you think. Alongside her own writing, Marcy works as a freelance fiction editor and teaches classes on craft and social media through WANA International. She's also the author of the Busy Writer's Guides series of books. You can find her blogging about writing and about the place where real life meets science fiction, fantasy, and myth at marcykennedy.com.
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How enable Tablet mode.
Putting the computer into Tablet Mode allows the operating system to go full screen, full time, removing windowed apps and turning the Start Menu into the Start screen. This makes the operating system easier and more intuitive to use with tablet and touch devices, or if you just prefer not to use the keyboard and mouse.
Follow these steps to enable Tablet Mode.
- Click the Start button, and in the Start Menu, click Settings.
- In the Settings window, click System.
- In the System screen, on the left side of the screen, click Tablet Mode.
- On the right side of the screen, under Make Windows more touch-friendly when using you device as a tablet, click to move the slider to On.
Tablet Mode is now enable, and the taskbar and desktop icons are now hidden.
NOTE: Disable Tablet Mode if you wish to return the computer to normal and once again have the taskbar and desktop icons displayed.


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Jack O'Lantern – Block 4 of 13 :: 9" Finished
Refer to Trick-or-Treat Quilt-a-Long Overview for fabric lettering and requirements.
All seam allowances are 1/4".
Make a Halloween lap quilt, mantle quilt or wall banner using these original blocks by Alexandra Henry. The series will have a possible 13 blocks to choose from. Each week, at least two blocks will be posted. The settings will be posted the last week of the quilt-a-long in time to finish before Halloween. These 9" blocks have piecing, machine or hand applique, or a combination of both.


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IMPACT delivers unique, original and dramatic courses in the field of Personal Safety and Crisis Mental Health. These courses are designed and delivered by Dr Iain Bourne. The signature course is the dramatic, intensive and widely renowned course "Difficult, Disturbing and Dangerous Behaviour."
The "Fringe Theatre" approach involves "live" critical encounters visually and dramatically performed before the training group allowing for a highly focussed, evocative and collective experience. It also ensures that, rather than the training being lost in a fog of words, participants can see what is being talked about, engage with it directly and determine how the course material stands up to their own personal scrutiny.
Although the training is dramatic, the purpose is to illustrate how good practice can realistically be delivered under the most extenuating of circumstances taking into account all the complications found in practice.
We keep ourselves at the fore-front of current practice in health, social care, housing, education and enforcement. Our aim is to provide participants with the very best information, awareness, guidance, skills and resources - right up to date.
Although there are a number of standardised courses, any of these can be combined, adjusted or adapted to suit your needs. We deliver courses across all professional groups, settings, tasks and circumstances.


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Fig. 3 PCA scatterplot of West Eurasians (click to enlarge) |
Fig. 7 Relative affinity of (A) mtDNA and (B) Y-DNA of European Jews |
- My own amateur analysis: (Sephardi) Jews in the context of the Levant and Anatolia
- Discussion on Behar 2010 at Leherensuge (my old discontinued blog)
- Discussion on Atzmon 2010 at Leherensuge


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Lady Antebellum Stress That Tornado Relief Prom Concert in Henryville Is 'Biggest Priority'
Earlier this week, we reported that Lady Antebellum will be putting their talent and fame to good use by performing a special concert on May 16 for the students at Henryville High School, which was completely ravaged when a tornado ripped through the town recently.
The trio will give a private 45-minute set for the juniors and seniors at the KFC YUM! Center as part of the school's prom night, which will be followed by a full-fledged post-party concert that will be open to the general public in order to help raise funds to rebuild the town.
"The whole community — especially the students — is excited about Lady Antebellum coming and performing for Henryville," says Monty, Schneider, the Superintendent for the West Clark community schools. "They missed so much with the school being destroyed that things like this help them feel whole again. They will be talking about the tornadoes for the rest of their lives, but this event will give them something positive to reflect on about that time. It's going to be a special moment for the entire community."
Lady Antebellum songstress Hillary Scott also had a thing or two to say about the band's mission, stressing that helping the town is of utmost importance to them. "Helping rebuild this community is our biggest priority right now," she said. "We were so moved by the stories from Henryville High School, but also from the students at their rival schools who raised their hands and said they wanted to help. There has been so much national media attention and so many sponsors and volunteers are stepping forward to help. It's going to be
an amazing day!"
Lipton Team has also come on board to help with the event in the spirit of their "Drink Positive" and "Live Positive" message, a campaign that Lady A already supports. All proceeds raised from the concert portion of Rebuilding Henryville will remain local through the New Hope/Indiana Bankers Association for the benefit of the disaster relief fund. Fans who are unable to attend Rebuilding Henryville can still get involved by making donations in any amount here.
Watch the Winning Submission to Lady Antebellum's 'Own the Night' Prom Contest


text: EDWARD STAFFORD, THIRD DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, eldest son of Henry Stafford, second Duke of Buckingham, was born at Brecknock Castle on 3 Feb. 1477-8.1 Through his father he was descended from Edward III's son, Thomas of Woodstock, and his mother was Catherine Woodville, sister of Edward IV's queen, Elizabeth Woodville; she afterwards married Henry VII's uncle, Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford. His father forfeited all his honours by attainder in 1483, when Edward was five years old, and a romantic account of the concealment and escape of his young son is preserved among Lord Bagot's manuscripts.2 On the accession of Henry VII, the attainder was reversed in 1485, and the custody of Edward's lands, together with his wardship and marriage, which had been given to the crown, was granted by Henry VII to his mother, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond.3 He is doubtfully said to have been educated at Cambridge.4 On 29 Oct. 1485 he was made a knight of the Bath, and in 1495 he became a knight of the Garter. On 9 Nov. 1494 he was present when Prince Henry was created Duke of York, and in September 1497 he was appointed a captain in the royal army sent against the Cornish rebels [see Battle of Blackheath]. In November 1501 he was sent to meet Catherine of Arragon on her marriage with Prince Arthur, and on 9 March 1503-4 he was appointed high steward for the enthronement of Archbishop Warham. On the accession of King Henry VIII, Buckingham began to play a more important part. He was appointed lord high constable on 23 June 1509, and lord high steward for the coronation on the following day, when he also bore the crown. On 20 Nov. following, he was sworn a Privy Councillor. In Henry's first parliament, which met on 21 Jan. 1509-10 and again in February 1511-2, Buckingham was a trier of petitions for England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. From June to October 1513 he was a captain in the English army in France, serving with five hundred men in the 'middle ward.' On 13 Aug. 1514 he was present at the marriage of Henry's sister Mary Tudor with Louis XII of France, and he served on commissions for the peace in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent, and Somerset. He was summoned to parliament on 23 Nov. 1514. In 1518 he was thought to be high in the king's favour, and in August he entertained Henry with great magnificence at Penshurst. He was present at the meeting with Francis I in June 1520 [Field of the Cloth of Gold] and at the interview with Charles V at Gravelines in the following July. Nevertheless, Buckingham's position rendered him an object of jealousy and suspicion to Henry VIII. Even in the previous reign his claims to the throne caused some to speak 'of my lorde of Buckyngham, saying that he was a noble man and woldbe a ryall ruler.'5 He was formidable alike by his descent, his wealth, his wide estates, and his connections. He was himself married to a daughter of the Percys; his only son had wedded the daughter of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, and his daughters, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey and afterwards Duke of Norfolk, Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland, and George Neville, Lord Abergavenny. He naturally became the mouthpiece of the great nobles who resented their exclusion from office and hated Wolsey as a low-born ecclesiastic. On one occasion when the cardinal ventured to wash in a basin which Buckingham was holding for the king, the duke is said to have poured the water into Wolsey's shoes, and on another Wolsey sent him a message that, though he might indulge in railing against himself, he should take care how 'he did use himself towards his Highness;' but Polydore Vergil's story, followed by Holinshed and others, that Buckingham's fall was mainly due to Wolsey's malice, lacks documentary proof.6 Nor is Wolsey's statement to the French minister Du Prat, that Buckingham fell through his opposition to the French alliance, the entire truth, though that opposition was probably one of the causes. According to the tradition followed in the play of 'Henry VIII' assigned to Shakespeare, Buckingham was betrayed by his cousin, Charles Knyvet, who had been dismissed from his service; but more probably his betrayer was his chancellor, Robert Gilbert, who was no doubt the author of an anonymous letter written to Wolsey late in 1520, giving an account of the duke's so-called treasonable practices. Henry took the matter up himself, and personally examined witnesses against the duke in the spring of 1521. On 8 April Buckingham was ordered to London from Thornbury, where he had spent the winter in ignorance of these proceedings. On his arrival he was committed to the Tower (16 April). He was tried before seventeen of his peers, presided over by the Duke of Norfolk, on 13 May. The charges against him were trivial and possibly not true. He was accused of having listened to prophecies of the king's death and of his own succession to the crown, and of having expressed an intention to kill Henry. The chief witnesses against him were Gilbert and Delacourt (his confessor), but the duke was not allowed to cross-examine them. Henry had made up his mind that Buckingham was to die, and the peers did not venture to dispute the decision. He was condemned, and executed on Tower Hill on 17 May, his body being buried in the church of the Austin Friars. An act of parliament confirming his attainder was passed 31 July 1523.7 Buckingham was certainly guilty of no crimes sufficient to justify his attainder, and his execution aroused popular sympathy; but his character does not merit much admiration. Weak and vacillating, he seems to have treated his dependents with harshness, and his vast enclosures were a constant subject of complaint. At the same time he was devoted to religion. On 2 Aug. 1514 he obtained license to found a college at Thornbury, Gloucestershire, where he had built himself a castle and imparked a thousand acres. he has also been claimed as a benefactor of Magdalene College, Cambridge, which, however, was called Buckingham College before his time. The college possesses an anonymous portrait of the duke.8 Another anonymous portrait belongs to the Marquis of Bath, and a third to the Rev. Abbot Upcher. Two, attributed to Holbein, belong respectively to the Lord Donington and Sir Henry Bedingfield.9 Buckingham married, in 1500, Alianore, eldest daughter of Henry Percy, fourth Earl of Northumberland.10 By her he had an only son, Henry Stafford, first Baron Stafford, and three daughters: (1) Elizabeth, who married Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk; (2) Catherine, who married Ralph Neville, fourth Earl of Westmorland; and (3) Mary, who married George Neville, third Baron of Bergavenny. 1 'Stafford Register,' quoted by G. E. C. Complete Peerage, vii. 22; Hist. MSS. Comm. 4th Rep. App. i. 326; Brit. Mus. Add. Ch. 19868. 2 Hist. MSS. Comm. 4th Rep. App. i. 328b. 3 Campbell, Materials for the Reign of Henry VII, i. 118, 532 et passim. 4 Cooper, i. 24. 5 Gairdner, Letters and Papers of Henry VII, i. 233, 239. 6 Brewer, Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, vol. ii. pt. 1. Introd. pp. cvii et sqq. 7 Statutes of the Realm, iii. 246-58. 8 cf. Cat. Tudor Exhib. No. 105. 9 cf. Cat. First Loan Exhib. Nos. 44, 71; Cat. Tudor Exhib. Nos. 69, 136, 439. 10 cf. Campbell, Materials for the Reign of Henry VII, ii. 554.


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During Mr. Chambers' tenure, the company has enhanced its corporate structure to better focus on safety, customer service, profitability and growth. The company has grown its business relationships with current clients and its customer base through an emphasis on delivering customer centric solutions based on client need. Mr. Chambers has emphasized employee development and a climate of teamwork while preserving the Townsend family culture that has endured for more than 65 years.
Mr. Chambers joined Townsend in August of 2007. Prior to his affiliation with Townsend, Mr Chambers served in various executive capacities in the investment industry where his responsibilities included directing sales and marketing, strategic planning and investment management activities for brokerage, investment advisory and insurance firms operating in broad geographies with multiple product lines.
This latest announcement was made by Gary Townsend who continues in his capacity as the company's Executive Chairman.
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We are delighted to announce this year's production. Written five years before his death Griselda represents perhaps the culmination of his opera writing career, and the crowning glory of his relationship with his most famous pupil Anna Girò (for whom the part of Griselda was written). It was also the first time that Vivaldi received a commission from the most famous theatre in Venice – the Teatro S. Samuele – ending twenty two years of rejection by the great theatres of Vivaldi's home city. With two such momentous events in his mind Vivaldi wrote the most amazing opera carefully balancing vocal pyrotechnics, expansive orchestral writing and the poignancy of the characters and story.
In both style and form it is vastly different from his Juditha Triumphans (which we performed to great artistic and box office success in 2007). Juditha was an oratorio, and this work for us is the first opera in the galant style since our inaugural production of Handel's Semele in 2001. It requires a superb cast with great vocal and dramatic skills! We're very excited about this work, and we know you will be too.
Vivaldi's Griselda
4 performances (Mark your diary's now):- Wednesday 30 November 7:30 pm; Saturday 3 December 7:30 pm; Sunday 4 December at 5:00 pm; and Monday 5 December 7.30 pm
City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney.
This will be the first Australian production of this work:
Griselda (mezzo): Caitlin Hulcup (In photo above; by Tim South)
Gualterio (tenor): Christopher Saunders
Ottone (countertenor): David Hansen
Costanza (soprano): Miriam Allan
Roberto (countertenor): Tobias Cole
Artistic Staff
Conductor: Erin Helyard
Director: Mark Gaal
Lighting Designer: Bernie Tan-Hayes
Orchestra of the Antipodes on period instruments.
Sung in Italian with English surtitles (libretto by Apostolo Zeno, revised by Carlo Goldoni). First performed Teatro S. Samuele, Venice 1735.
Box office opens July 2011.
Check out our March newsletter HERE for more information. And join up for those that are not already receiving the newsletter - you will be entitled to opening night discount tickets and priority bookings.
Here's to a fabulous 2011!


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Off the Air With Jeremy: My Trip to San Antonio
This weekend a couple of my friends and I decided to go to San Antonio. We had no idea that more than 300,000 people would also be there celebrating fiesta!
It was crazy busy, but a lot of fun. Of course we ate Mexican food on the River Walk, and after dinner I found this awesome ice cream place. Now, don't get mad at me, but I went a little crazy! Ha! I got strawberry, crazy colors (vanilla) and cotton candy.
I can't believe it turned out this big, but I ate it all up! Thank goodness you have different chambers for food -- one for dinner, and the other for dessert!
So, that was my weekend! How bad on a scale from 1 to 10!?
Jeremy Robinson is the host of Taste of Country Nights, a syndicated radio show that airs on 41 stations across the United States on weeknights. Radio has been his life since the age of nine, when he "hosted" a show out of his bedroom. After almost 16 years on the air, country music isn't just his job — it's also his passion.


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Drug War Issues
Politics & Advocacy
Voters in Arizona last month passed Proposition 203, an initiative that makes Arizona the 15th state to approve medical marijuana. State officials now have a little more than three months to come up with rules and regulations to implement the program, but budding medical marijuana entrepreneurs are not just twiddling their thumbs in the meantime.
While businesspeople are eager to start serving the community and making money, they also worry about their investments. They look to states like California and Colorado, which also allow for dispensaries, but which have also seen significant blowback from communities that have felt overwhelmed -- Los Angeles, for example, where the city council responded to the nearly a thousand dispensaries that popped up in the area by cutting their numbers back dramatically.
The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) is reporting that its phones are ringing off the hook with calls from people wanting to know how to go about setting up businesses that cater to the medical marijuana community. And MPP executive director Rob Kampia told the Chronicle the group is responding with a December 13 evening forum on the medical marijuana business in Phoenix.
"We've been getting lots of phone calls and emails from people in Arizona, as well as places like Colorado, who want to know all about this new law we just passed," Kampia explained. "These are entrepreneurs who smell opportunity and want a crash course on what the law would do and what the prospects are that the health department or city councils might mess with it. When a bunch of people are contacting you asking for guidance, you can either blow them off or you can field each call individually and have your organization come to a screaming halt. We chose a third alternative."
That would be the December 13 forum. In true entrepreneurial spirit, MPP will charge the would-be cannabis businesses $300 per individual or $500 for two people. A web site for the forum will be up shortly, but in the meantime, people who are interesting in attending should send an email to [email protected].
"This will be a money-maker for MPP," said Kampia. "We'll use the money for lobbying efforts in Arizona and elsewhere."
But of course, it's not just a money-maker. "It's about educating the community," Kampia said. "One byproduct of education is that people will be less likely to creatively interpret the law."
That has been a problem in non-dispensary states, such as Montana and Michigan, where the cutting edge of medical marijuana entrepreneurship is bumping up against hostile state and local governments and recalcitrant law enforcement officials. Similarly, in California, where dispensaries are not licensed by the state, dispensaries face restrictions and even bans from local governments. Even in Colorado, which, like Arizona, features state licensing of dispensaries, conflicts have arisen.
"We will be giving words of warning at the forum, particularly about Michigan and Montana," said Kampia. "In Michigan, there are people who think the law allows for the unlimited operation of dispensaries, and as a result, the legislature will try to roll back the law. In Montana, you have that traveling circus giving group physician recommendations to patients, and that's causing similar backlash in the state legislature. There are already bills pre-filed to rollback or repeal the Montana law."
Some of the messages the forum will put out may seem obvious, but they aren't so obvious that somebody somewhere hasn't gotten into trouble for not heeding them. "Don't put on a traveling road show, don't open a dispensary without a permit, don't do inappropriate advertising," Kampia ticked off in rapid-fire order.
Kampia will be at the forum in Phoenix to discuss the relationship between federal law and Prop 203. He will be joined by MPP's Karen O'Keefe, who co-authored the newly-passed initiative; Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente, who will explain how dispensaries work in Colorado, and a representative of the Phoenix consulting firm that worked with MPP to pass the law, who will discuss how Arizona law will change and how state and local authorities might respond.
Medical marijuana as a business opportunity may seem crass to a sizeable segment of the community, but that is the American way. If people don't think sick people should have to pay for their medicine, that's a defensible position, but in the meanwhile it is probably unfair to expect medical marijuana providers to be the only ones not getting paid.
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Bill Montgomery, the Maricopa County Attorney, and Marc Victor, a local attorney, will debate whether Marijuana should be legal.
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It's not often you see an NFL coach take points off the board in a one-score game. Yet when Jim Harbaugh did it Thursday night, it made total sense.
With 43 seconds left in the San Francisco 49ers' dominant second half, officials called a chop-block penalty on Seattle Seahawks offensive lineman Paul McQuistan.
The penalty took place in the end zone, which meant a safety for the 49ers. That made the score 15-6 and essentially ended the game with a minute remaining. At least it was over until Harbaugh declined the penalty.
Say what?
In a strange sequence, Harbaugh decided not to take the penalty (or the two points) because the Seahawks came up 1 yard short on the fourth-and-17 play. The ball was turned over on downs. Harbaugh preferred to take the ball up 13-6 rather than let the Seahawks attempt an onside free kick after a safety.
There's almost no way the Seahawks could have scored twice at that point, but Harbaugh's reasoning was sound. You never know what could happen.
"We can just kneel on the ball and the game will be over," Harbaugh said. "Otherwise, they can onside kick it and give them a chance."
Harbaugh also prevented any chance of his players being hurt on additional plays. After all, Pete Carroll wasn't going to pull a Greg Schiano and try to bust up a victory formation.
When you have a chance to kneel on the ball to end the game, you take it. Even if that means taking points off the board.
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The late Terence McKenna (Conversation Snippet – 2000)
The late Terence McKenna is one of the smartest and most inspiring guys I've ever interviewed. Ethnobotanist, psychedelic philosopher of DMT, shamanism and fundamental erotic connection between the "Deep Animal" and the "Deep Vegetative" Kingdoms. This is just a snippet from one of our many interviews. Over several years, I talked to him about space exploration, the rain forest, ecology, psychology, human evolution, ethno-botany, art, philosophy and the Eschaton. Many see him as the kind of serious man that Timothy Leary could have been if he hadn't been so absorbed in his personal dramas with his family and the law and so addicted to playing to the media as brand.
I was allowed by VOA to make this tribute to him soon after he died of a brain tumor as a relatively young man. Very sad. Many of us really miss him.
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Korres Raspberry Antioxidant Liquid Lipstick
Heylo women,
I am so excited today as I share with you my first Korres liquid lipstick. It is my first product from the brand and I must say it leaves me impressed.
Product description:
What it is: A cooling, water-based liquid lipstick rich in line-smoothing, antioxidant-rich raspberry and pomegranate extracts.
What it does: This cooling, water-based formula contains the natural raspberry and pomegranate extracts to protect against free-radical damage and smooth lip lines for softer, more youthful-looking lips. It glides on with the creamy texture of a lip gloss and has the long-lasting, vibrant finish of a lipstick.
What it is formulated WITHOUT:
– Parabens
– Sulfates
– Synthetic Fragrances
– Phthalates
– GMOs
– Triclosan
-Raspberry and Pomegranate Extracts: Provides antioxidant, line-smoothing benefits. These extracts are rich in antioxidant polyphenols that protect against free-radical damage and in turn aging.
– Certified Organic Acai Palm Pulp Oil: Moisturizes and soothes the lips creating a long-lasting creamy texture.
Water, Triisostearin, Hydrogenated Polydecene, C18-70 Polyisoprene, Microcrystalline Wax, Glycerin, VP/ Eicosene Copolymer, Diisostearoyl Polyglyceryl-3 Dimer Dilinoleate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Beta Sitosteryl (Octadecene/MA) Copolymer, Myristyl Trisiloxane, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, C30-45 Alkyl Dimethicone, Silica Silylate, Phenoxyethanol, Stearalkonium Bentonite, Cetyl Dimethicone, Punica Granatum Sterols, Potassium Sorbate, Lauryl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer, Propylene Carbonate, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Seed Oil, Ethyl Vanillin, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Zinc Oxide, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Oil, Caprylyl Methicone, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-t-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Tin Oxide. [+/- (May Contain) Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Carmine, Red 6, Red 7, Red 7 Lake, Red 22 Lake, Red 28 Lake, Red 30 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake]
Price: $22 for 0.12 Oz
My Review:
I am absolutely loving it. 🙂 This is becoming my favourite of the lot lipstick. It is compact, sleek bottle so it looks really cute and is convenient to toss in your clutch. The color is intense and vibrant. Though they say it is a liquid but it is more like a gloss – in application, shine and texture. But then it dries off soon, unlike many glosses, and gives a clear, sheen look to the lips.
This is shade 28 in Berry.
The color does not bleed at all. I didn't even feel the need of applying a liner as the color could stay easily. Though it showed on my teeth couple a times but I guess that's the case with many non-sticky glosses.
What more should I say about these? These are fabulous. I love them thoroughly though I wish they could stay on longer. The staying power is around 3-4 hours though the manufacture says these are long lasting. They survived a meal in the sense after the meal, they left a tint on the lips and the tint stayed on for long.
The texture is ultra smooth, water based and shiny. It feels ultra light on the lips and very thin. So don't expect them to give you a heavy pout. Also the fact that they are parabens, phthalates free is the best thing!
• Very light and do not feel sticky
• Very smooth texture
• Water based lipstick, imparts a nice sheen to lips
• Intense color
• Lasts for about 3-4 hrs
• No need to apply gloss over it
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Overall Rating: 4/5
Overall Recommendation: RECOMMENDED
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Sikora Interiors (www.sikorawnetrza.com) is a young Design Studio operating in the northern Europe (Poland and Sweden). They have accomplished about forty interior design projects for private and public utility objects (including the Railway Station and Churches). Jan Sikora PhD is the founder of the Studio. He has worked for the Institute of Service Design at the Technical University of Koszalin for many years. He is the author of the PhD thesis on the Architecture of the Baltic Sea. For the last five years the Studio have been working on the interior design projects focused on space individualization and exposing the artistic value. The year 2013 brought a dynamic growth to the Studio who, in a team of four, have started work on international competitions.
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What better place to start the correction of history than in the pages of The New York Times:
U.S. Inches Toward Goal of Energy Independence
Taken together, the increasing production and declining consumption have unexpectedly brought the United States markedly closer to a goal that has tantalized presidents since Richard Nixon: independence from foreign energy sources, a milestone that could reconfigure American foreign policy, the economy and more. In 2011, the country imported just 45 percent of the liquid fuels it used, down from a record high of 60 percent in 2005. …
How the country made this turnabout is a story of industry-friendly policies started by President Bush and largely continued by President Obama — many over the objections of environmental advocates — as well as technological advances that have allowed the extraction of oil and gas once considered too difficult and too expensive to reach. But mainly it is a story of the complex economics of energy, which sometimes seems to operate by its own rules of supply and demand.
[Emphasis added. Link may require subscription.]
Winston Smith and the boys over at the Ministry of Truth must really be burning the midnight oil utilizing stored solar energy.
When they start disappearing history down the memory hole, stories like my diary from last week will be a priority: Flashback to 2009: Administration Policies Sought to Discourage 'Overproduction' of Oil.
In the interest of bureaucratic efficiency, I've assembled a list of other diary entries, dating back to the Campaign of 2008, that document a history of Obama's hostility to domestic oil and gas production. These, of course, will need to be 'sanitized' in order to conform with The New Truth.
9/27/2008: Energy: The "Yes, We Can!" Man Says "No, We Can't!" . Witness the birth of Obama's Big Energy Lie™:
During last night's [Presidential] debate, Candidate Barack Obama perpetuated one of the most pernicious memes of the current energy debate, one that lets the candidate of "Yes, We Can!" wrongly declare "No, We Can't!" when it comes to energy policy.
The meme: The U.S. consumes 25% of the world's petroleum, but contains only 3% of the world's reserves. Therefore, there is no point in trying to drill our way out of our current energy dilemma. Or so the defeatist thinking goes. …
"Oil Reserves" are to "Oil Resources" as "A Bushel of Apples" is to "An Orchard"
12/11/2008: Carol Browner for Energy Czar? Carol Browner?!
1/12/2009: Shades of 1984: Socialist International Expunges Carol Browner's Links to Group: Officially, the job was the head of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy. Efforts to institute a Cap-and-Trade system came to naught. Ms. Browner left the Administration in 2011 after assuming a prominent role in the Deepwater Horizon response.
1/27/2009: Obama Remarks Re: Energy and the Environment
ENERGY DO's: CAFE standards, high tire pressure, cute light bulbs, insulation (how long to pay that back?), investing in new green jobs (whatever those are), emphasis on the proven science of Climate Change
ENERGY DON'Ts: Domestic oil, gas and coal, nuclear energy, ANWR, OCS, acting like a grownup
$4.00/gallon gasoline is in your future, it's just that this time, more than half of it will be tax.
[I got it right, except for the last part… Ed.]
2/18/2009: Rookie Energy Secretary Neglects to Read His Own Job Description : "Nobel-laureate Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu did not realize that lobbying OPEC on matters like price and production levels falls under his purview."
2/26/2009: So you thought $4.00 was a lot for a gallon of gas??
As I said, we may disagree whether the industry 'deserves' favorable tax treatment, but it would be asinine to think that by 'reforming' tax policy you're going to enhance domestic energy security. This is a measure to punish oil and gas, but you my friends are going to share the pain.
[Of the proposals mentioned in the diary, the tax changes are still on the table. Royalty and rental rates on Federal leases have been "reformed" (i.e., raised). The point of this post is that consumers proved they would pay $4.00/gallon for gas in 2008; with gas around $2.00/gallon at the time, it was too big a target for the government to resist.]
3/1/2009: What is a gallon of gasoline worth? In which Obama's Budget Director Peter Orzsag admits that the President's Cap-and-Trade proposal would inevitably make carbon-based energy more expensive for all consumers.
3/5/2009: Tim Geithner Makes a Pair of Scary Statements "'We don't believe it makes sense to significantly subsidize the production and use of sources of energy (like oil and gas) that are dramatically going to add to our climate change (problem). We don't think that's good economic policy and we think changing those incentives [i.e., raising energy prices across the board] is good for the country,' Geithner told the Senate Finance Committee…"
3/17/2009: Mr. Obama: Why Do I Feel Like There's a Target on My Back? Obama's increased taxes on oil and gas would have mainly affected the "independent" tier of companies that drill 90% of domestic wells.
4/20/2009: The Let's-Hogtie-the-American-Economy-and-Throw-It-In-the-Ditch Act of 2009 The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES),
…"contains all the expected Lefty prescriptions for dealing with Energy Security and Climate Change: green jobs, rebates, CAFE standards, Cap'n'Trade, and – get this – carbon tariffs. There is concern from some quarters that it creates an individual right to sue companies, based on 'harm', or the expectation of harm, from Global Warming. What it does not do is deal with real concerns about energy security or supply while we transition to the Brave New World: there is no mention of nuclear power generation or an increased role for natural gas."
5/8/2009: White House Declares Jihad on Domestic Oil and Gas
All bloviating about "Energy Independence" aside, the White House's new budget proves that the main goal vis a vis the domestic energy industry is to maximize the extraction of tax dollars. The inevitable result will be the permanent crippling of the industry and the loss of millions of jobs. In the meantime, say goodbye to whatever shot at Energy Security that the U.S. ever had.
I've also heard a couple of times recently from high-ranking Dept of Interior officials (namely Sec. Ken Salazar and MMS official Chris Oynes [who would be subsequently fired as one of the scapegoats in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster]) that the government is looking at royalty schemes that would increase its direct take in mineral revenue. Higher royalty rates generally make exploration less attractive from the oil company's perspective.
Even if Our Energy Future is one of gumdrops, rainbow unicorns and Magic Windmills, it ain't going to happen tomorrow, babe. Or in 10 years. The grownups in the room must realize that there is a role for fossil fuels (which, together with nukes and non-P.C. renewables account for 99.5% of current energy use), even if it is only to bridge the gap to that new future.
Ooops. There's the problem. There are no grownups in the room.
7/10/2009: Mr. Obama, Tear Down That Wall! Reprint of a letter to President Obama from 20 public policy groups. Excerpt:
Taken separately, each of these events has cost the American people millions of units of usable energy, and potentially billions of dollars in lost wages, revenues and royalties. Taken together, they represent critical points along a troubling arc of activity that, more often than not, has appeared to rise and fall in favor of narrow special interests, and against those whose quality of life and living standards depend on reasonable access to affordable and secure energy. The United States cannot meet your goal, Mr. President, of reducing our dependence on foreign oil," if we refuse to allow our people to work toward producing more of it here ourselves.
Executive bans may be lifted, and congressional ones may have lapsed. But make no mistake: a de facto ban on more than 1.2 billion acres of energy-rich submerged land remains very much in place. And its consequences are every bit as severe as those associated with its statutory predecessors. The United States needs to end its embargo against its own oil supplies—both in policy, and in practice.
5/27/2010: MMS Chief Out: 'Heckuva Job, Lizzie!' It was clear from the résumés of the political appointees in the Minerals Management Service that at the outset the Administration had no serious interest in oil and gas; the MMS was to be one of the flagship agencies in the new Green Energy future, as it reinvented itself to promote Offshore Wind! Then a little unpleasantness known as the Deepwater Horizon disaster intruded:
In today's press conference, President Obama claimed to know nothing of MMS Director Liz Birnbaum's sudden departure. Whatever. Let's consider Liz's qualifications to be the head of the agency charged with regulating rigs like the Deepwater Horizon and 30% of domestic oil production.
Brown/Harvard Law? Check. Environmental lawyer? Check. Environmental policy wonk? Check. Experienced with oil and gas technology?
< chirp … chirp … >
Liz's bio … is chock-full of counseling, coordinating, legislating and advocating, but very little doing. I posit that Ms. Birnbaum would not know an oil well if she fell into one.
Under Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, the Minerals Management Service became an instrument by which the Administration advances its Green Energy/Green Jobs vision. The MMS Cape Wind and other renewable projects were the way to really get noticed within the agency. Oil and gas were so … so, over.
Other MMS top management resumes can be found here. [Link no longer active. – Ed.] Note that the emphasis is heavy on environmental activism, light on oil and gas experience.
The notion that Obama has done anything "industry friendly" during his term in office is simply absurd. All of the oil production gains came from two places: the deepwater offshore, and on private lands onshore, under state jurisdiction. The big deepwater fields were leased, drilled and sanctioned during the Clinton and Bush II administrations — those fields take too long to develop to help out in the short term, remember?
That's just a selection from the RedState 3.0 archive. Most of the articles above were original "member diaries" written by my alter ego 'Vladimir', before I was a front-pager. I haven't yet explored the RS 2.0 archive; I amy do that in the future, if Winston and the boys don't beat me to it.
Cross-posted at stevemaley.com


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Makers and Takers: How Wall Street Destroyed Main Street
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Eight years on from the biggest market meltdown since the Great Depression, the key lessons of the crisis of 2008 still remain unlearned--and our financial system is just as vulnerable as ever. Many of us know that our government failed… to fix the banking system after the subprime mortgage crisis. But what few of us realize is how the misguided financial practices and philosophies that nearly toppled the global financial system have come to infiltrate ALL American businesses, putting us on a collision course for another cataclysmic meltdown. Drawing on in-depth reporting and exclusive interviews at the highest rungs of Wall Street and Washington, Time assistant managing editor and economic columnist Rana Foroohar shows how the "financialization of America" - the trend by which finance and its way of thinking have come to reign supreme - is perpetuating Wall Street's reign over Main Street, widening the gap between rich and poor, and threatening the future of the American Dream. Policy makers get caught up in the details of regulating "Too Big To Fail" banks, but the problems in our market system go much broader and deeper than that. Consider that: · Thanks to 40 years of policy changes and bad decisions, only about 15 % of all the money in our market system actually ends up in the real economy - the rest stays within the closed loop of finance itself. · The financial sector takes a quarter of all corporate profits in this country while creating only 4 % of American jobs. · The tax code continues to favor debt over equity, making it easier for companies to hoard cash overseas rather than reinvest it on our shores. · Our biggest and most profitable corporations are investing more money in stock buybacks than in research and innovation. · And, still, the majority of the financial regulations promised after the 2008 meltdown have yet come to pass, thanks to cozy relationship between our lawmakers and the country's wealthiest financiers. Exploring these forces, which have have led American businesses to favor balancing-sheet engineering over the actual kind and the pursuit of short-term corporate profits over job creation, Foroohar shows how financialization has so gravely harmed our society, and why reversing this trend is of grave importance to us all. Through colorful stories of both "Takers" and "Makers," she'll reveal how we change the system for a better and more sustainable shared economic future.From the Hardcover edition.


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Eating full-fat cheese won't raise chance of heart attack, study finds
CBS Local — Pass the cheese, please. While it may not be the healthiest thing in the world, a new study claims that full-fat dairy products is not as bad as once thought. Eating full-fat cheese, milk or yogurt does not increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke, according to a study published in European Journal of Epidemiology, via Guardian,
The study was an in-depth analysis of 29 prior studies that looked at the link between dairy products and risk of cardiovascular disease or heart problems. Their findings were such that these dairy products have a "neutral" effect on those areas.
"This meta-analysis showed there were no associations between total dairy, high- and low-fat dairy, milk and the health outcomes including all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease or cardiovascular disease," the report reads.
Experts from Europe coalesced for this research. A pair from England, one from Denmark and one from the Netherlands were in on the study.
"There's quite a widespread but mistaken belief among the public that dairy products in general can be bad for you, but that's a misconception," said Ian Givens, one of the researchers. "While it is a widely held belief, our research shows that that's wrong. There's been a lot of publicity over the last five to 10 years about how saturated fats increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and a belief has grown up that they must increase the risk, but they don't."
The government, though, still suggests watching dairy consumption.
"Dairy products form an important part of a healthy balanced diet; however, many are high in saturated fat and salt. We're all consuming too much of both, increasing our risk of heart disease," a spokesman for Public Health England told Guardian. "We recommend choosing lower-fat varieties of milk and dairy products or eating smaller amounts to reduce saturated fat and salt in the diet."
The researchers stand by their report.
"Our meta-analysis included an unusually large number of participants," said Givens. "We are confident that our results are robust and accurate."


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Lawmakers target Irene, health care
MONTPELIER — Local lawmakers kicked off the 2012 legislative session Tuesday seeking, among other things, to make further strides in health care reform and to craft a tight state budget that will be further stressed by road, bridge and culvert repair bills racked up because of Tropical Storm Irene.
It is a session during which lawmakers will also re-draw House and Senate district boundaries based on 2010 census numbers. An ad hoc reapportionment committee has already proposed maps that would keep Addison County's current House districts largely intact, but swap Brandon for Charlotte on the Senate side.
Addison County lawmakers are positioned this year to play significant roles on key issues. Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Weybridge, is leading the Senate Health and Welfare Committee while Rep. Michael Fisher, D-Lincoln, is chairman of the House Health Care Committee. As such, the two will help set the agenda for Vermont's anticipated transition to a single-payer health care system.
Rep. David Sharpe, D-Bristol, is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Joint Fiscal Committee. He will, in those capacities, have a say in tax policy when it comes to balancing the budget and finding revenues to pay for Irene-related damage. Rep. Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, will also be at the forefront of the Irene repairs debate as a member of the House Transportation Committee.
Meanwhile, Rep. Willem Jewett, D-Ripton, continues as House majority whip, a role in which he will help set the House's legislative agenda.
"It will be an exciting challenge," Jewett said of the General Assembly's full 2012 agenda. "We are going to be busy."
Most lawmakers acknowledged that post-Irene recovery will be the dominant issue at the outset of the session.
Vermont Emergency Management officials announced that as of last week, federal authorities had provided more than $72 million in aid to Vermonters who were affected by last spring's floods and Tropical Storm Irene in August. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, that figure includes $23.1 million in aid to individuals and families, $31.2 million in U.S. Small Business Administration low-interest disaster loans, and another $18 million in aid to the state, towns and other entities for infrastructure repair. Currently, FEMA estimates that there will be nearly 4,300 projects with a total cost of more than $168 million eligible to receive public assistance funding.
But lawmakers realize the state will need to pick up part of the total Irene-related tab. With that in mind, the Legislature will need to find resources in a fiscal year 2013 budget that is already facing a $75 million revenue shortfall. It will also mean reprioritizing longstanding project lists that had been queued up for funding.
"We will revisit construction projects," said Sen. Harold Giard, a Bridport Democrat and member of the Senate Institutions Committee.
Giard on Wednesday was scheduled to tour the state office complex in Waterbury that was washed out by Irene flooding, displacing hundreds of government workers. The Legislature will need to determine how to salvage or replace those offices, along with the Vermont State Hospital, also in Waterbury. Gov. Peter Shumlin has proposed replacing the state hospital with a regional system that would include a new 15-bed mental health hospital in Berlin and expansion of existing facilities in Brattleboro and Rutland.
When it comes to replacing state offices, Giard said officials should think outside of the box. With scarcer resources and better technology, Giard believes state workers could increasingly work out of their homes, thereby saving construction dollars.
"Are we going to go back to doing offices with bricks and mortar, or are we going to go with the digital world?" Giard asked.
Ayer, whose Senate Health and Human Services Committee will play a role in the future of the state hospital, is also willing to look for innovative solutions.
"This is an opportunity as well as a challenge," Ayer said of post-Irene planning. "We are taking a look at how we deliver care. A lot of times, the way we do things now isn't what we'd do if we sat down and mapped it out."
Rep. Harvey Smith, R-New Haven, called "natural disaster recovery" the number-one issue lawmakers will deal with this year.
"We will be talking about the impact of this disaster for years to come," Smith said. "It's affecting everybody's lives."
Smith added the Legislature should resist increasing taxes as an Irene-recovery mechanism and instead look at increasing opportunities for business growth that would in turn boost the state's tax base.
"If we create some wealth in the state it will improve our recovery efforts," Smith said.
The aftermath of Irene, according to Smith, has provided proof of what can be accomplished under a streamlined permitting process.
"We know firsthand that around 500 miles of roads were repaired, and most of that work was done 30 days after the storm," Smith said. "A lot of that was because they eased the restrictions on the permitting process."
He cited the quick rebuilding of Bristol's twin bridges after the 1998 flood and two-year construction of a new Champlain Bridge after the former span's emergency closure in 2009 as examples of projects speedily completed following emergencies. At same time, other projects have been lingering so long on the state's to-do list that they have had to be re-permitted, according to Smith.
"We are wasting an incredible amount of time going through re-permitting," Smith said.
The General Assembly is expected to spend some considerable time on health care reform.
Ayer, Fisher and their respective committees this session will help map out a "Health Benefits Exchange" as part of Vermont's health care reform law. The exchange, also required by federal law, will include a clearinghouse of information offering Vermonters the means of comparing information on available health benefit plans — including private insurance and state-sponsored plans such as Medicaid and Dr. Dynasaur — to enroll in plans, and to receive tax credits or public assistance, if eligible.
According to the Department of Vermont Health Access, the exchange will also approve "qualified health plans" to be offered in the state, rate those plans based on quality, maintain a website and toll-free phone number, provide an online calculator for consumers to determine the amount of their tax credit, require insurance plans to justify rate increases, and contract for "navigators" to provide public education and help people enroll. The exchange will also offer small businesses the opportunity to assist their employees in enrolling in health plans offered on the exchange. Exchanges must be up and running by Jan. 1, 2014.
"We have to define the market and educate Vermonters on what all of this means," said Fisher. "The rules have changed significantly since the passage of health care reform."
State finances — or the lack thereof — will have an impact on many issues to be debated in the Statehouse, and the House Ways and Means Committee will be consulted frequently for possible revenue streams.
"It's going to be very tough," Sharpe said. "It's not likely for the Legislature or the governor to look at tax increases in an election year, but I think the pressures are going to be tremendous on the state treasury. We are going to have to find a way to balance that and I don't see a clear path to that yet."
Sharpe noted Shumlin recently agreed to earmark $6.1 million in state funds to backfill a reduction in the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program that helps qualifying residents purchase heating fuel.
"I await the governor's budget to see where he's going to get that $6.1 million from," Sharpe said.
Permit reform, environmental protection and increased government efficiency are topics lawmakers are likely to deal with this year, according to Sharpe.
While the Legislature will spend a lot of time trying to solve current problems, it will also seek to lay a foundation for future economic prosperity, according to Rep. Paul Ralston, D-Middlebury. Ralston is a member of the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee.
"My focus will be to keep the economic development agenda on the forefront," said Ralston, founder and president of Vermont Coffee Company. "I think that will be more difficult this year because of the flood, but I will work hard to protect at least minimal funding that exists in our state for economic development and make sure that in these tough fiscal times we continue to invest at least something in our economic future."
Like many of his colleagues, Ralston believes the aftermath of Irene gives the state an opportunity to look at delivering government services differently.
"I feel this very strong sense of urgency about moving Vermont's economy into the 'new economy,' moving away from our difficult times and investing in the opportunities that are there for the future," he said.
The state, Ralston said, must look at different ways of attracting new employers and rewarding existing businesses that create new jobs and tax revenues. He applauded his hometown of Middlebury for considering (at its upcoming town meeting) an economic development director position and said towns that take such initiative should get more consideration when it comes to state grants.
Ralston said his committee will also work on unemployment and Workers' Compensation Insurance. Specifically, he said the Legislature must come up with a definition of "independent contractors and how they are treated for tax and insurance purposes. We have to get to a common definition across different agencies, different programs and different laws so that employers are clear about what their obligations are."
Other 2012 legislative priorities cited by lawmakers include:
• A "Death with Dignity" bill that would give qualifying, terminally ill patients the right to end their own lives.
• Further expanding broadband Internet access and cell phone coverage in the state.
• Upgrading the state's electricity transmission line system.
• Finding a way to crack down on the abuse of regulated drugs.
• Defending the state against a lawsuit filed by two advocacy groups alleging that Vermont has failed to improve its backlog of unassigned cases related to adults and children that have been placed in Vermont Protective Services.
Reporter John Flowers is at [email protected].
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Through portent, fate, and act of faith we became the lineage bearers of the Robert Cochrane tradition held in the covenant through the bequest of Evan John Jones. We are the People of Goda, Clan of Tubal Cain and remain a closed Initiatory group aligned to the Shadow Mysteries within the Luciferian stream dedicated to experiential gnosis. As students of arte we mediate the ancestral stream via teaching through practice with the sacred tenets of Clan of Tubal Cain - the convocation of Truth, Love and Beauty. The Word is thus manifest in deed and vision.
"A driving thirst for knowledge is the forerunner of wisdom. Knowledge is a state that all organic life posesses, wisdom is the reward of the spirit, gained in the search for knowledge. Truth is variable – what is true now, will not be true tomorrow, since the temporal truths are dependent upon ethics and social mores – therefore wisdom is possibly eternal Truth, untouched by man's condition. So we must come to the heart of the People, a belief that is based upon Eternity, and not upon social needs or pressures – the 'witch' belief then is concerned with wisdom, our true name, then is the wise people and wisdom is our aim."
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The NROC Developmental Math program from the Monterey Institute of Technology and Education is a free and open program designed to help students who need to upgrade their math skills before proceeding to college-level math courses. Entrants to the program complete a diagnostic pre-assessment to identify gaps in their knowledge and create a personalized learning path. The program is multi-modal, uses rich digital media, and is modular, so teachers can adapt the resources to suit students or changes in curriculum. The program is already in use in colleges, adult schools, high schools, and middle schools across the country and has been used in online, blended, and traditional classrooms.
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"The significance of the WOW Award is more than just some cool, new technology tools," said James Bowey, professor at Winona State University and chair of the WOW Awards Committee, in a prepared statement. "At the heart of the award and this year's three honored projects is that each addresses a real and important need that is shared widely across higher education. It's the innovative, often collaborative, way in which these projects were carried forward that merits the award, as well as the fact that each serves as a model for others to replicate."
The WOW award will be presented at the WCET Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX in November.
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Shaming White People for Calling the Cops Is Just the First Step
Next, we have to reduce our reliance on police.
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Black Twitter recently (and hilariously) highlighted a frequent source of 911 calls: annoyed white people. Concerned neighbors called police on a Black woman checking into her Airbnb because she did not smile or wave at them. A Starbucks manager called police on two Black men waiting for a colleague (who were then arrested and jailed). An environmental scientist called police on Black people for barbecuing in a park (and "BBQ Becky" monitored the pair for two hours until the police showed).
These calls resonate for two reasons: First, since the 1400s, white people have legally and socially restricted the movement of Blacks, Native people and poorer whites. Slavers loathed runaways and feared uprisings. States passed laws requiring white people to monitor, track, capture and beat people who escaped their captors. As free and enslaved Black populations increased, states and cities developed police departments to patrol and punish them, with the help of white civilians. White people reported or detained Black people for vagrancy, minor permit issues or neglecting racial etiquette (like stepping off of a sidewalk when passing whites). Police then essentially leased Black detainees back to whites for slave labor.
Second, law enforcement and white civilians still share legal and social power to control and kill Black people. In 2013, a jury acquitted George Zimmerman under Florida law after he stalked and killed Trayvon Martin. "These assholes … always get away," Zimmerman told the 911 dispatcher. In states where the law requires someone to flee a potentially violent encounter rather than "stand your ground," white people are 250 percent more likely to be deemed justified in the "self-defense" killing of a Black person than a white person. In "stand your ground" states, that number jumps to 354 percent. Black people are almost never found legally justified in the self-defense killing of a white person. If Martin, rather than Zimmerman, had survived, he would likely be in prison.
Black people rightly fear dual policing by civilians and cops. On June 23, "Permit Patty" hotlined 8-year-old Jordan Rodgers for selling water without a permit. To quote Rodgers' mother: "To call [the police] on a child of color, knowing that people have been killing black kids? That says, to me, you don't care about my child's life." Consequently, these incidents have gone viral to try to shame the callers. The goal is to limit 911 calls to "real emergencies" and avoid needlessly putting Black lives in danger.
While, yes, shaming these callers can reduce harm, it should only be the first step toward more radical organizing projects. An abolitionist response goes further, pushing the public to face the root causes of harm and work toward a future that does not rely on police to solve problems. For example, Starbucks conducted a single diversity session with employees in response to a boycott after the manager called 911 on two Black men who asked to use a bathroom while waiting for a friend. Starbucks has regained public favor but police power has not changed. Instead, organizers could have demanded the city decriminalize trespassing and increase public bathrooms, and for Starbucks to redistribute one week's profits annually to co-op coffee shops. Meanwhile, Hasta Muerte Coffee, a worker-of-color-owned coffee shop and community space that does not serve uniformed police officers, received backlash against their attempts to keep vulnerable groups safe from police. The shop is also radically organizing against gentrification and faces eviction. Hasta Muerte is a mile from where Bay Area transit police killed Oscar Grant.
Framing the question solely around "white people calling the police" also ignores the way much of policing actually occurs. In my Southeast D.C. neighborhood, there are cops and cameras aplenty, regardless of calls. Of any U.S. city, D.C. has the highest police-to-population ratio, the fifth-largest transit police department and the most police surveillance cameras. That's in addition to 20 federal law enforcement agencies and six university police departments. Without anyone calling in, cops still lurk. Focusing on when to call the police also narrows the conversation about what violence our society considers worthy of state intervention. Try calling the police about the routine violence that happens in the halls of power, like when Michigan agents decided to funnel Flint's drinking water through corrosive lead pipes (causing fetal deaths), and see what happens.
The lasting effect of these "real emergency" narratives is that police will continue to use force against poor Black people. Hundreds of studies have found that street violence can be virtually eliminated by providing people with quality education, economic opportunity, accessible housing and guaranteed healthcare. Instead of making these investments, the state continues to expand police presence, hire more prosecutors and build more prisons to capture, cage and kill the most vulnerable. The only way to stop police from potentially killing Black people is to reduce their encounters with police, reduce the ranks of police and work towards a society that does not need police at all.
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The meek shall inherit the Earth. But not Dominaria. Take a 100-year leap forward to a harsh Dominaria where deadly pit fighting is the new order of things. And if you want to make it through another day, you better begin with an Odyssey set of cards.
They twist and torture reality into the dark shape of horror. This is the dark, blackened reality of Torment. Known during development as "the black set", the Torment expansion introduces new madness and nightmare mechanics, which are designed to drive your opponents insane. The cards in Torment center around the environment of the Cabal's Dementia Summoners, and specifically Chainer with his deadly nightmare horrors.
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