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Nina and I left Princeton on Thursday to start a road trip. On Thursday we drove from New Jerset to spend the night in Madison, Connecticut and had a fabulous time there with some friends. Then on Friday we drove to Harrison, ME to spend two nights at Vacationland Campground with some friends I had in College. There were almost 20 families and it was so fun to see everyone. It's amazing how people look exactly the same.
During the day Saturday we had spent most of our time on the sandy beach by the lake that the campground is on. It is a truly gorgeous spot and the beach is very shallow so I didn't worry about Nina being in the water--she had a great time and probably was in there splashing around with her friends for at least 3 hours. The water was warm and my skin and hair felt amazing, as they always do after swimming in lake water. It had been too long.
Saturday evening one of the husbands cooked up a whole bunch of chicken and ribs with his own special barbecue sauce and everyone else brought side dishes and desserts. It was a fantastic feast!
On Saturday night there was a DJ'd toga party and of course everyone (except a few of us) dressed up in a toga and completely embarrassed their children. One of the highlights of the evening was when one of my friends did the hammer dance to "can't touch this." AMAZING. The other was when Nina got taken in by a couple of tween girls who danced with her all night and taught her how to do some of the dances. It was so sweet that my cheeks hurt from smiling. I finally took Nina to bed at 10 and it was clear that it was one of the best nights of her life, well worth keeping her up way past her bedtime.
Sunday morning we got up, had breakfast, and packed up--I hadn't slept well for the two nights that we camped. It was much colder than I had thought it would be and we hadn't brought enough blankets. Nina was warm enough but I was super cold all night both nights. Add that to my general dislike of camping and I was ready to move on.(Nina wanted to stay, however).
Our destination was our friend Shyla's new house with her lovely man Nik; they live in Belfast. After a lovely afternoon (some other old friends who live in Seattle dropped in for a visit) and delicious dinner of caldo verde cooked by Nik, I slept like a baby. Nina and I walked around Belfast all day and got back to the house in time to rest before dinner.
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TV in prison: What men and women watch in their cells
By Kayte Rath
Political reporter, BBC News
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Details of which television channels prisoners are allowed to watch in their cells have been revealed.
Up until 2010 there was a clear gender divide - with sports news for men and US comedies and soaps for women.
But Sky Sports News was dropped from the approved list when it became a subscription channel. Women can still watch entertainment channel E4 however.
The Prison Service said inmates could only watch TV in their cells as "a condition of good behaviour".
Some inmates of privately run prisons are given access Sky TV pay channels, while those in publicly-run prisons are restricted to free-to-air channels.
Conservative MP for Shipley, Philip Davies asked the MoJ to provide details of how many prisoners had access to pay-to-view Sky TV in their cells.
The department said the pay channels were not available to inmates in any public sector prisons, but some inmates were given access to nine free digital channels.
These were decided at the time of the recent digital switchover on the basis of what channels were thought to be the most popular.
BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV3, VIVA - a music channel - and Film4 were given to both men and women.
The department consulted female prisoners as to whether they would prefer to have Sky Sports News, like the men, or E4 - which is run by Channel 4 and known for reality shows like Made in Chelsea, soap opera Hollyoaks and US comedies like The Big Bang Theory.
But a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said Sky Sports News was cancelled when it stopped being a free-to-air channel.
Mr Davies said he was unconcerned about which channels were available - but said the rules on which prisoners are eligible to have TVs in their rooms should be stricter.
He said: "I'm not a big fan of every prisoner having a TV but once you've gone down that line it's inevitable, with digital switchover, that they will get free-to-view channels.
"But to lose the right to have a TV you really have to be going some.
"I once visited a prison and a prison officer told me that an inmate had thrown a TV at an officer and smashed it all to pieces on the floor of his cell.
"A few hours later they'd given him a new one."
A Prison Service spokesperson said: "In-cell televisions are funded by prisoners from rental payments.
"They can only watch free to air digital channels on small televisions. Individual prisons decide which channels are available and ensure they are suitable for viewing in a prison.
"Access to televisions is a condition of good behaviour. TVs can and will be removed from prisoners whose behaviour becomes unacceptable."
Prisons that are run by private companies, of which there are 11 in England and Wales, may provide Sky TV in prisoner's cells.
Figures for the number of inmates with access to Sky TV in their cells rose from 1,536 in 2006 to 4,070 in 2009. The MoJ has yet to publish the latest figures.
"I think it is outrageous that prisoners have the luxury of Sky TV when my law-abiding constituents - who have to pay and lots can't afford to - don't," Mr Davies said.
"I will certainly be pushing the new justice secretary to make prison a more austere place for those that get sent there."
A spokesperson for the department said decisions about which TV channels were available was an operational matter for the companies running the prisons.

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Xenia, OH -- Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers are proud to announce the single release of "Some Kind Of War" from their highly successful project They're Playing My Song on Rebel Records. In addition, the band featured the song in a performance with Alternative Strings, a youth orchestra from Centerville, Ohio, and are releasing the performance video simultaneously through their YouTube and Vimeo channels.
The Sons of the American Legion and Jay Armsworthy prepare for the final American Legion Bluegrass concert of the winter season with Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers. The show takes place on Sunday March 24, 2013 at the American Legion Post 238 in Hughesville, MD with Chris Tenney & Riverside South opening the show.
The latest CD from Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, They're Playing My Song, has been received really well by DJs, reviewers, and fans across the country. In February, it moves up to the #9 spot on Bluegrass Unlimited's Top 15 Albums chart and the first single, "Bottom Of A Mountain" moves up to #17 on the Top 30 Songs chart! In other chart news, "Bottom Of A Mountain" is #4 on SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction's Most Played Tracks and the CD is #8 on the Most Played Albums chart.
Xenia, OH -- Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers are welcoming a new year with open arms as they celebrate the success of their most recent Rebel Records CD, They're Playing My Song. Released October 2012, the project debuted this month on Bluegrass Unlimited's Top 15 Albums chart at #13. The CD's first single, "Bottom Of A Mountain" has been very well received by radio programmers and is #1 on the current Bluegrass Today Monthly Airplay chart. The song also moves up 6 spots to #24 on Bluegrass Unlimited's National bluegrass Survey Top 30 Songs chart. In addition to receiving a glowing review in the January issue of Bluegrass Unlimited, They're Playing My Song has also made its way onto several "Best of 2012" lists including Top KBCS Releases of 2012 (Bluegrass Ramble with Tom Voorhees and Tom Keeney) and WHUS "Bluegrass Cafe" with Amy Orlomoski.
Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers received an exciting and early Christmas gift this week with the news that the band's latest music on Rebel Records has hit the top of not one, but two charts! The new CD, They're Playing My Song, is this month's #1 CD on SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction's Most Played Albums chart. Bluegrass Today's Top 20 Songs chart for the week of December 7th put the CD's first single, "Bottom Of A Mountain" at #1.
Charlottesville, VA (November 28, 2012)—Rebel Records is proud to announce, They're Playing My Song, the new CD from Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, has debuted at #8 on Billboard Magazine's Top 10 Bluegrass Albums Chart. The project also made it's debut on SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction's Most Played Albums at #7 for November and is #6 on Roots Music Reports Top 50 Bluegrass CDs chart. Released in mid-October, They're Playing My Song has received much critical acclaim and has produced several tracks finding their way onto bluegrass charts including the first single, "Bottom Of The Mountain" which was #3 on the Bluegrass Today Top 20 Songs chart (week of 11/16) and #7 on SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction's Most Played Tracks (November 2012). In addition, "Cruisin' Timber" has debuted at #9 on this week's Bluegrass Today Top 20 Songs chart (11/23).
Award winning bluegrass music group Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers had a marvelous Veteran's weekend hosting the twice annual Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, OH. Since 2003, Joe and his family, along with the staff of his radio network, and many regional and national sponsors present top Bluegrass talent at one of Ohio's most comfortable convention centers. Friday and Saturday, November 9th and 10th, the show included The Gibson Brothers, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage and more. For Joe and his family, the highlight of the weekend was a successful fundraiser in memory of Prudence Mullins, Joe's Mom, who passed away just two weeks before the festival. Janet Davis Acoustic Music partnerrf with Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers for the Breast Cancer Fund benefit.
The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival is just around the corner and is expected to be one of the biggest and best events of the season! This year's fall festival will take on a special meaning for Joe Mullins. Janet Davis Acoustic Music and the Radio Ramblers will be working together at the festival to benefit breast cancer support. Joe's Mom, Prudence Mullins, passed away just over a week ago after battling breast cancer and Janet Davis Acoustic Music has donated a Martin guitar to be given away in an effort to raise funds for breast cancer research in her memory. Proceeds will benefit the Ohio area Breast Cancer fund. "I am certainly grateful for all the prayers and support from the Bluegrass community, and the help from our supply sponsor, Janet Davis Acoustic Music will have lasting benefits", stated Joe.
Charlottesville, VA -- Rebel Records is proud to announce the release of They're Playing My Song, another stellar project by the International Bluegrass Music Association's newly-crowned Emerging Artist of the Year, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers. The CD has been shipped to radio programmers and will hit streets today, Tuesday, October 16th.
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers would also like to announce that our upcoming album, They're Playing My Song, ships to radio stations next month. Featuring originals from Adam McIntosh, Mike Terry, Joe Mullins, Becky Buller, and Bill Anderson, the album will also included deep catalog covers they learned from Dave Evans, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jim & Jesse, and even Johnny Cash! Also featuring a tribute medley to The Osborne Brothers, keep an eye out for more news regarding They're Playing My Song, coming soon on Rebel Records.
Having met at a concert in Northern Virginia this past spring, Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers and Janet Davis Acoustic Music found common ground quickly. Janet Davis Acoustic Music's motto is "a tradition of exceptional sound and service," which is something Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers doesn't take for granted. Janet Davis Acoustic Music are now the Official Supply Sponsor of Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers.
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Our Man in Kabul?
For the U.S. and its allies, Afghanistan is now a two-front war: a military struggle against the Taliban and a bitter political rift with the Afghan president.
The darkest pages of Afghan history are reserved for a traitorous king named Shah Shuja. Enthroned by British invaders in 1839, he was ignominiously slaughtered once the routed infidels left.
President Hamid Karzai knows this story well. He hails from the same Pashtun sub-clan as the reviled 19th-century monarch. In their leaflets, poems and songs, the Taliban relentlessly mock Mr. Karzai as the modern-day Shuja, a ruler imposed by outsiders and destined to meet an unhappy end.
In a broken country whose main glory is its history of defeating invading empires, this insult is pernicious and hard to brush off. Brought to power by the U.S. invasion, Mr. Karzai understands that his legitimacy and future survival depend on proving that he is no puppet of the Western unbelievers—no matter how much he actually depends on their money and troops.
This critical contradiction, often misunderstood in the U.S., has crippled President Barack Obama's escalation of the Afghan war, America's longest foreign conflict. It also makes fresh rifts all but inevitable as U.S. troops prepare to come home in two years.
American commanders got a taste of Mr. Karzai's deep ambivalence about the war, ostensibly waged in his government's name, during a visit to Kandahar in 2010. They had flown Mr. Karzai to a meeting with elders in the Taliban's hometown, expecting him to act as a wartime commander and kick off the military offensive that was the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's troop surge.
Instead, as stunned generals looked on, Mr. Karzai called the Taliban "brothers" and told the turbaned elders that the war wouldn't end as long as he was seen as a "foreign stooge." He then asked the elders whether they wanted the offensive to begin. Hearing shouts of "no," Mr. Karzai ordered a halt to the long-planned operation to clear Afghanistan's second-largest city.
This disconnect is now deepening, as Washington begins negotiations on what enduring military presence, if any, the U.S. could have after the Western coalition's mandate ends in 2014. How to deal with an increasingly assertive Mr. Karzai is likely to become one of Mr. Obama's main foreign-policy headaches during his second term.
"We want to be your good friends, but we will never want to be your servants," said the Afghan president's chief of staff, Abdel Karim Khurram, in a rare interview.
Mr. Khurram said that the way America has waged war there since 2001 has been "counterproductive," adding that the Taliban, once seemingly vanquished, are resurgent across Afghanistan and in neighboring Pakistan. "This region is more radical now than 10 years ago," he said.
A close look at Mr. Karzai's growing alienation from the U.S. helps to explain why so many of America's war objectives in Afghanistan remain unfulfilled. It seems increasingly likely that the U.S. will leave behind both an undefeated Taliban insurgency and a dysfunctional government mired in corruption and utterly dependent on foreign aid.
Mr. Karzai described his relationship with the Obama administration as "tension-ridden" in an interview with The Wall Street Journal earlier this year. To many U.S. officials, these tensions have translated into a two-front war: a military struggle against the Taliban and a more insidious, parallel political tussle with the Afghan leader.
Aware of Afghanistan's history, Mr. Karzai opposed the very notion of a U.S. counterinsurgency campaign, fearing that the insertion of American troops into traditional Afghan villages, and the casualties that they cause, would end up reinvigorating the Taliban. He has also argued that U.S. military operations are meaningless without first confronting Pakistan, which provides havens and support to Afghan insurgents—allowing the Taliban to bounce back after every offensive.
As a result, between the U.S. and Mr. Karzai, said a senior former American diplomat in Kabul, "there is a fundamental difference in defining the threat and in how to deal with the threat."
In Kandahar in 2010, this meant that the U.S. had to scramble to revise the military campaign as it sought to satisfy Mr. Karzai's demands. The military abandoned plans to ring the city with Baghdad-style checkpoints, biometric control posts and walls to filter out insurgents—measures that Mr. Karzai, a Kandahar native himself, thought would erode support for his government. Major sweeps were called off.
These days, the Taliban are still a potent force in Kandahar, carrying out assassinations almost every week. Nationally, the insurgents manage to pull off more attacks, roughly 100 a day, than when Mr. Obama first entered the White House, according to the U.S.-led coalition.
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Defying skeptics who once portrayed him as a faintly ridiculous "mayor of Kabul," Mr. Karzai has emerged as a surprisingly powerful figure in his struggle with Washington to claw back Afghan sovereignty. This year he forced the U.S. to stop unilateral Special Operations night raids, a key tactic in the war against the Taliban. He insisted on taking custody of hundreds of insurgent suspects held by the U.S. at the Bagram airfield, releasing many of them in a so-far failed effort to convince the Taliban to open peace talks. He also disbanded Western-backed private security firms and deftly removed cabinet ministers and provincial governors whom he suspected of becoming too close to the U.S.
"Karzai was seen in the West as a weak person. This is wrong: Karzai has dominated the Afghan political scene for a decade, and he wouldn't have been able to do that if he was not a strong personality and a clever tactician," said Kai Eide, a senior Norwegian diplomat who, as head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, closely interacted with the Afghan president. "I don't think anybody underestimates him now."
The lesson that Mr. Karzai has learned from these confrontations with Washington, a former palace insider said, is that the U.S. will end up yielding to him no matter what he demands. "He kept telling us: 'The U.S. has no breaking point; when you push them, the Americans always step back.' He said, 'They will never say that you're a bad boy and we're leaving.' "
In recent weeks, Mr. Karzai further rankled the U.S. by ordering the ouster of international representatives from the country's elections- watchdog agency and by suggesting that Afghanistan may deny U.S. troops immunity from local law after 2014—the deal-breaker in similar talks in Iraq. He also threatened to turn to China and Russia as alternative military allies and intensified his criticism of the coalition, regularly issuing statements that condemn the U.S. for causing civilian casualties.
In this posturing, Mr. Karzai may end up overplaying his hand and misjudging the public mood in the U.S. and in other coalition countries that are increasingly losing patience with Afghanistan and its president, senior U.S. officials warn.
"The constant drumbeat of criticism of the West by President Karzai is corrosive to our long-term relationship," said one senior U.S. official. "While everyone understands President Karzai's concern for Afghan sovereignty, his recent statements cause grave concerns about his willingness to see things through to 2014 and beyond."
A rupture with the U.S. could have potentially devastating consequences for Afghanistan's future. Afghan security forces would likely fracture without billions of dollars in annual foreign assistance, precipitating a civil war of the kind that followed the Soviet withdrawal in 1989. Such a national tragedy could even put in question the physical survival of Mr. Karzai and his family.
"Every morning, I wake up at 3 a.m. and ask myself, 'When will he ever get it?' " said one senior Western diplomat. Mr. Karzai, one former close aide retorts, often wonders the same about his Western counterparts.
"There is a chance we will see the whole edifice crashing down spectacularly, either in 2014 or shortly thereafter," said Bruce Riedel, a former Central Intelligence Agency official who headed the Obama administration's task force that recommended escalating the Afghan war in 2009.
At the time, Mr. Obama ordered the tripling of U.S. troop numbers here, to about 100,000, and committed hundreds of billions of dollars to the campaign. More than two-thirds of the 2,158 American troops killed in Afghanistan have died during his presidency.
Yet, as the Obama administration ramped up the war, it kept the country's president at arm's length, or worse. In 2008, Vice President Joe Biden, then a senator, threw down his napkin and walked out of a dinner with Mr. Karzai in Kabul, after Mr. Karzai minimized the extent of corruption in the government. It was a major insult in the rank-conscious Afghan culture.
Ahead of the August 2009 Afghan elections, the late Richard Holbrooke, who served as U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan, openly talked about the need to disempower the Afghan president, if not to replace him outright. "He thought he was dealing with someone like Milosevic," said Afghanistan's senior minister, Hedayat Amin Arsala.
Relations grew especially chilly after Mr. Obama's December 2010 trip to Afghanistan. Arriving at the height of the surge, Mr. Obama was supposed to visit American troops at the Bagram base, an hour's drive north of Kabul, and then to discuss the war over dinner with Mr. Karzai in the presidential palace.
That night, as Mr. Karzai waited for Mr. Obama—kebabs, Kabuli rice and fresh pomegranate juice at the ready—he received a phone call from Bagram: The American president would not be coming to dinner after all. The U.S. blamed the last-minute cancellation on rough winds that made the short chopper flight from Bagram too dangerous. But Mr. Karzai, a palace insider said, didn't buy the excuse, believing that he had been deliberately snubbed by Mr. Obama as punishment for his statements criticizing the course of the war. It didn't help that, whatever the weather in Bagram, it was a windless night in Kabul. Furious, Mr. Karzai went to his residence and refused to take a video conference call with the American president.
In the following months, Mr. Karzai hardened his stance, as civilian casualties and the destruction of Afghan property mounted during the military operations. His anger with what he perceived as occasional lack of respect from Washington translated into erratic statements, such as public threats to join the Taliban. He also embraced conspiracy theories, once accusing the U.S. of flying the Taliban to northern Afghanistan in order to destabilize that part of the country.
"He is a complex character, and he can react very emotionally, especially if he believes that he is being humiliated," said one senior Western official who frequently dealt with Mr. Karzai.
Mr. Karzai himself explains that his rift with the U.S. began emerging under President George W. Bush, well before Mr. Obama took office.
"Issues of private security firms, and civilian casualties, and violations of Afghan homes, and violations of Afghan laws [by the U.S.] had already made things tense," Mr. Karzai said in his interview with the Journal earlier this year. "I have tremendous respect for President Obama. It's not about individual relationships. It's about issues."
The most important of these issues cuts to the very heart of the U.S. war effort. The Afghan president, his aides and foreign diplomats say, was fundamentally opposed to the counterinsurgency strategy that pushed American troops deep into remote, arch-conservative Afghan countryside.
"President Karzai argued that Afghan villages are not really where the source of the problem is, and that the source is mostly outside Afghanistan," said Mr. Arsala, the senior minister who also served as vice president under Mr. Karzai. "But not much was done in that area, and the pressure was put only on the Afghan side of the border—and as a result, there were more civilian casualties. And this has created tension between the Afghan public and the international forces."
Precisely because of such concerns, Mr. Karzai repeatedly frustrated Washington by refusing to welcome Mr. Obama's troop escalation. He also rejected American requests to formally ask other North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies to send more troops.
Mr. Karzai remains suspicious, too, of the second main pillar of the American war plan: the creation of a 352,000-strong Afghan army and police force. Unlike his security ministers, who eagerly backed the American-funded ramp-up and the gravy train that came with it, Mr. Karzai felt that such a massive force, costing billions of dollars a year, would perpetuate Kabul's dependence on foreigners—and expose him to the possibility of a coup.
"I don't believe in a big army. I never believed in a big army," Mr. Karzai explained in his interview with the Journal. "I believe in an army that is…apolitical and one paid for by the Afghan taxpayers' money."
Now that the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan, Mr. Karzai and his aides feel that their concerns have been validated. They openly challenge the Obama administration's optimistic assessments of the surge's outcome.
At a recent meeting with the coalition commander, U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen, a frustrated Mr. Karzai pointed out that the Taliban now operate with impunity at the gates of Kabul, in provinces such as Wardak and Logar that were safer back in 2009, according to officials present there. "Even if there was a surge, it hasn't helped the betterment of the security situation," said Mr. Karzai's spokesman, Aimal Faizi.
This dispute colors the Afghan government's internal debate about whether to allow the U.S. to keep forces in Afghanistan and project regional influence after 2014. "If the 150,000 foreign troops haven't been successful here so far, how could the 10,000, 20,000 or 30,000 that would stay inside their bases after 2014 achieve any success?" said Mr. Khurram, the president's chief of staff. "This is a paradox and a question that must be answered."
The Taliban, for their part, have warned that whoever allows U.S. bases to remain will "go down in history as a traitor and slave like Shah Shuja."
At his meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Kabul last month, Mr. Karzai openly raised the prospect of ending his country's alliance with Washington.
"Afghans are poor and destitute, but very proud when it comes to the issue of respect to their sovereignty and security," he said, according to a palace statement. "They would even consider discontinuing the strategic partnership [with the U.S.], as any such partnership would have no practical benefit if it does not translate into peace and stability."
In a vicious cycle, such statements fuel the temptation, steadily growing in Washington and other NATO capitals, simply to walk away from Afghanistan. Mr. Karzai's remarks calling for a diminished American role here, a senior U.S. official warned, "fall into the category of 'Be careful of what you wish for.' "
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Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators 2/e Sandra DeYoung Designed to prepare nurses to teach clients, staff and students, the second edition of Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators is the best resource for the nurse educator. Based on a strong foundation in educational theory and practical teaching strategies, it offers practical suggestions specifically applied to nursing and health education. References to the most current evidence-based research on effective teaching practices are imbedded throughout the book. This book guides the nurse educator through the entire teaching process, from planning learning to conducting classes, applying traditional teaching methods and innovative technology, both in the classroom and within the context of distance learning platforms. FEATURES: Case Studies give students the opportunity to apply information presented in the textbook. Critical Thinking Exercises encourage students to reflect on what they have learned and express opinions as this knowledge is applied to a variety of situations. Ideas for Further Research will stimulate both graduate students and faculty to conduct research on current topics in nursing education. NEW TO THIS EDITION Chapter 15 discusses the various facets of the faculty role. Chapter 2: Learning Theories, includes discussions of constructivism and multiple intelligences. Throughout the book, the reader will find new information and suggestions on incorporating current technologies into teaching.Sandra DeYoung is the author of 'Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators (2nd Edition)', published 2008 under ISBN 9780131790261 and ISBN 0131790269.[read more]
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Want to know my not-so-secret secret? I often over-commit myself.
Last week, for example, I offered to host a dinner for seven people in honor of a friend who was visiting from out of town.
I immediately started polling the FreshDirect Research & Development team on what I should make (admittedly, I'm lucky enough to have insider access to their professional advice!), and they came up with the idea of using our own Marsala Wine & Mushroom Sauce — which is truly to die for.
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The basic principles of automobile internal combustion engines have remained the same for decades. Even today this endearingly goofy clip of gasoline going from tank to exhaust fumes is just as relevant and informative as it was for aspiring moonshine runners in the '30s.
There are certain modern systems that this film doesn't address — electronic fuel metering, emissions controls, and of course, engine management system-controlled cylinder deactivation with a variable fuel mix — but the general idea was the same in 1935 as it will be in 2015: fuel gets pumped out of a tank, mixed with air, burned in a cylinder and exits through a pipe.
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Had a quick question about having emacs-like word skipping in my terminal. I had set this up pre-upgrade to Lion and had
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U.S. Department of Education
For districts in states affected by Hurricane Sandy and for which the President has issued a major disaster declaration or an emergency declaration, the new Race to the Top-District deadline is 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has a list of states for which the President has issued a major disaster declaration or an emergency declaration based on the effects of Hurricane Sandy. See http://www.fema.gov/disasters/.
For all other districts, the new deadline is 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012.
Due to unforeseen weather conditions that may prevent many applicants from submitting their Race to the TopDistrict applications by Oct. 30, 2012, the Department of Education is extending the application deadline for Race to the TopDistrict competition.
The Department will post additional information regarding the new submission deadline on the Race to the TopDistrict website soon. Please continue to check the website at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop-district/index.html for the most up-to-date information.


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NATO Information and Documentation Centre (NIDC)
The NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Ukraine (NIDC) was inaugurated in May 1997 on the eve of signing the NATO-Ukraine Charter on a Distinctive Partnership, which serves as the founding document for the relationship between NATO and Ukraine. The NIDC is part of the NATO Public Diplomacy Division and was the first information office established by NATO in a partner country, and open to the general public.
In September 2015, the NATO Secretary General signed an Agreement with the Ukrainian authorities establishing the NATO Representation comprising the two NATO bodies operating in Ukraine - NATO Information and Documentation Centre and NATO Liaison Office (NLO) in Ukraine - with the necessary legal framework. The two offices will eventually move and be collocated in the same premises courtesy of the Ukrainian Government.
The NIDC in Kyiv plays a key role in promoting a better understanding in Ukraine of NATO's core tasks and priorities, benefits of NATO-Ukraine cooperation, as well as in in providing support to the Ukrainian authorities in the area of public information and strategic communications.
The NIDC also contributes to the efforts to facilitate and enhance Ukraine's participation in cooperation activities with NATO in the frameworks of the NATO-Ukraine Charter, Ukraine's Annual National Programme, Strategic Communications Partnership and other forms of cooperation between NATO and Ukraine. It advises the Ukrainian authorities and institutions in the area of strategic communications and public diplomacy.
NIDC Staff
Director (Slovakia/NATO IS)
Deputy Director/Strategic Communications Advisor (Lithuanian Voluntary National Contribution)
Local staff
The mandate of the NIDC consists in:
- Maintaining and establishing contact with all relevant civil and military ministries or agencies;
- Advising and assisting the Ukrainian authorities, in particular the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Interior, the National Security and Defence Council, the Security Service of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service, and the State Emergency Service in respect of strategic communications, as well as in developing communications activities in respect of defence and security sector reforms;
- Developing and organising public diplomacy and communications activities for visiting NATO officials;
- Developing and implementing public diplomacy and communications programmes, including training and capacity building programmes and activities in the realm of public diplomacy, in furtherance of the NATO-Ukraine Distinctive Partnership;
- Strengthening public awareness of NATO through personal contacts and the dissemination of information on NATO, to allow free access to information on NATO to audiences and the public at large, including, inter alia, government officials and structures, the military and security authorities and institutions, in particular the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Interior, the National Security and Defence Council, the Security Service of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service, and the State Emergency Service, as well as parliamentarians and their researchers, the media, journalists and media professionals, libraries, university and institute departments dealing with political, security, foreign policy and defence matters, relevant non-governmental organisations and economic and business leaders, and other interested publics;
- Establishing a comprehensive NATO computer-based documentation and correspondence network, which will be freely accessible electronically to the Ukrainian and international publics;
- Initiating, coordinating and/or organising national, regional and international seminars, conferences and roundtables on European and global security, and specifically on NATO's role;
- Reviewing and coordinating proposals for potential visitors to NATO and NATO-related conferences and seminars, and assisting with visits to Ukraine of NATO officials;
- Making available information on NATO academic and scientific programs to potential applicants, and reviewing applications;
- Contributing to, monitoring and reporting on Ukrainian and international media coverage of NATO-related issues;
- Liaising with NATO authorities in the context of relevant NATO-Ukraine activities and cooperation programmes; and
- Any other public diplomacy activities.
Public Diplomacy/Communications Projects
In order to facilitate NATO's core mission and activities in Ukraine, NIDC supports various public diplomacy and communications projects, including seminars, conferences, multimedia projects aimed at promoting awareness and better understanding of NATO, its values and activities, and NATO-Ukraine cooperation.
Flagship projects in Ukraine include the Kyiv Security Forum, Yalta European Strategy, and others.
Grants are awarded on a regular basis throughout the year to recognised Ukrainian non-governmental organisations for a variety of initiatives and activities related to NATO and/or NATO-Ukraine relations. For more information and/or an application form, please visit the following link: NATO Public Diplomacy Division's Co-Sponsorship Grants. Please send requests for additional information and project applications relating to Ukraine to email@example.com.
Implementing the Strategic Communications Partnership Roadmap
NIDC advises Ukrainian authorities on Strategic Communications. A major milestone expanding the scope of NATO-Ukraine relations was achieved in September 2015 in agreeing the NATO-Ukraine Strategic Communications Partnership Roadmap (further referred to as 'Roadmap'). The Roadmap was signed by NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov.
The NIDC is the NATO executing manager in Ukraine for the Roadmap and its associated programmes and activities. While the Secretariat of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine is the primary lead and coordinating authority on behalf of Ukraine.
The Strategic Communications Partnership aims to enhance the capabilities of the Ukrainian authorities in the field of Strategic Communications, assist the development of Ukraine's Strategic Communications culture and maintain the highest standards of accuracy and ethics to ensure the credibility and efficiency of Ukraine's government communications. Activities under the Roadmap Implementation Plan are tailored to achieve these goals and focus on: capacity-building in various communications disciplines, training capacity development, public diplomacy, and research in the sphere of communications.
Under the Comprehensive Assistance Package for Ukraine adopted at the 2016 NATO Summit in Warsaw, NATO will assist Ukraine in the development of strategic communications capabilities of the Defence Forces through the implementation of the NATO-Ukraine Strategic Communications Roadmap.


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Complete! Includes all doctors fees, pre-op tests, consultation, anesthetist fees, normal hospital fees, post-op visits, medical supplies and medications.
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Compare this $3500 liposuction procedure in beautiful Costa Rica to the very same liposuction procedure costing $9100 or more in your area! You may combine a liposuction procedure with other procedures such as an arm lift, a tummy tuck or other "mommy makeover" procedures. While you are at it, you may wish to consider a face lift, buttocks lift or other cosmetic enhancements since individual prices are always lower when combining procedures! If you wish a combination, please write to us at firstname.lastname@example.com before ordering this deal and we will quote a combination price of all the procedures you have in mind. Then when ready, we will create a special link for you to order everything together.
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- For medical procedures, you will have your pre-op doctor's appointment the day after you arrive along with any tests needed. Surgery will follow the next day.
- Laser procedures require a very short stay when having an ordinary in-office laser treatment. A stay of one or two days longer may be required if having a more intensive facial Fractional CO2 procedure. We will give you a time line when ordering a deal.
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The Costa Rica Medical Center Inn will coordinate your airline departure and return you to the airport for your trip home. Airport pickup and delivery is complimentary and included in their Premium rate when staying four days or more.
No Deposit or Pre-Payment Necessary!
You may travel to Costa Rica anytime within one (1) year after the deal closing date. You will have plenty of time to organize your trip. No deposit or pre-payment is required and the price of your surgery will be held for you until your arrival.
There is never an obligation to have the surgery, so if you are not a candidate for the procedure or if you decide later not to have the surgery, it is fine. The procedure will simply not be scheduled. Please see the Rules that apply to all deals.
For complete details on this deal, please click here. If further questions, please write to us at firstname.lastname@example.com and reference deal number 324488.
If not sure whether the procedure is right for you, please write before selecting the deal and we will get the doctor's opinion. If combinations of different surgery procedures interest you, please write with the combinations you wish and we will promptly reply with a price quote.
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Whether you are looking for a Gemstone Ring or plain Sterling Silver Spinning Rings, which also work well as Silver Thumb Rings for Women and men, Mistry Gems has it all available for you.
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We are an online comprehensive information guide to Ex-pat Brits, Irish and other EU nationals who are Living in Greece and especially on the Greek Island of Crete, or aspiring to do so.
Web Portal, Brits in Crete, comprises a main website, a lively forum, a blog, a Crete Property Feedback web site, a Sissi web site (under construction) and we utilize Web 2.0 bookmarking and network communities to expand our reach to communicate day to day life to visitors and britsincrete members.
Brits in Crete provides valuable and timely ex-patriate information on current trends on living in Crete and Greece, for British UK, Irish and other EU nationals and those returning Ex-Pats, who wish to settle down, back into the EU.
We help many with guidance and informational support who wish to live out their dream, including many Northern Europeans to find their place in the sun. There are few places on the Internet with precise information, provided with intelligence in one place such as ourselves, based on timely and up-to-date feedback and input. We are such a place!
Since January 2007, Brits in Crete has aggressively embraced Web 2.0 and to fully promote the "Brits in Crete" as a recognisable Brand to as wide an audience as possible across all media. We focus on the UK, Eire as well as English speaking, Continental European consumers . From November 15, 2011 we have adopted a new look CMS web site.Add a comment
Brits in Crete would like to thank all the advertisers listed below for working with our Brits and Irish Ex-pat oriented, web portal - one of the fastest growing of its kind serving the Ex-pat niche of English speaking and foreign communities markets in Crete and beyond. Traffic growth and page impressions continue an upward trend. Brits in Crete works 24/7 for you, your products and services. Monthly statistics at bottom of the advertisers' list.
"your design is exactly what I hoped for!" James Scott, English Lawyer
"Landmarkcrete has had a huge number of hits from BIC- maybe because its new? anyway will see what happens ..."Helen of LandmarkCrete.com
"I advertise with loads of British companies like 'The Move Channel' and the like - but the click responses I'm getting from Britsincrete is amazing. Thank you ... Jean Michaelides" "Buy and Sell" Real Estate, Crete.
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Direct sales is not simply what display advertising is all about on the Internet.
It is so much more.
For the smaller entrepreneur it is important to understand that placing an advertisement on BritsinCrete.Net (itself an established brand) is as much about awareness and product re-inforcement as it is for a sale.
Visitors get used to seeing ads on our website. I call it the "comfort factor". How many times do you go on the Internet to your favourite sites, and remember an ad when you come to need a product or service that ad represents! That is what I mean by "the Comfort Factor".
Every day we see so many informational messages. And yet when we come to want a particular product or service we try to recall where it can be found. Was it in a newspaper, a magazine or a website etc. To recall it was on Brits in Crete is proof the ad worked for the client!Add a comment
Brits in Crete as an online advertising platform reaches further than just Crete and is recognised throughout the English speaking ex-patriate markets across Europe as an authority on the subject of Living in Greece.
Below, we list the graphic layout advertisement sizes available on our main web portal - www.britsinCrete.Net
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+ Benefit from a website that is at the right place at the right time. Crete and Greece as a current market "hotspot" for those wishing to have their stake to have a place in the sun.
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+ Benefit from working with a leader in the market ! We are a fast growing web portal in Greece, that woke up the Crete English language web site market when we re-launched Brits in Crete in January 2007.
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This lion's roar is still plenty strong the second time around.
The 3D rerelease of "The Lion King" reigned again at the box office this weekend with $22.1 million in ticket sales – the second straight time that Simba, Timon and Pumbaa have been at the top in their extraordinary return to the big screen.
This weekend Disney's 1994 animated classic triumphed over a debuting A-list movie with high buzz, the Brad Pitt hardball drama "Moneyball," which was second with an estimated $20.6 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
That's the best opening ever for a baseball movie. "Moneyball," based on Michael Lewis' bestseller, tells how Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane made his small-market squad a consistent contender by rethinking how baseball teams should be built. His approach is finding players who are highly effective (but don't necessarily hit a lot of home runs), as reflected by stats such as on-base percentage.
"The Lion King" is certainly a smash for Disney, and a bang-for-your-buck one at that, as the studio rereleased the movie to promote the BluRay edition due on Oct. 4. Now, in what The Hollywood Reporter is calling "one of the biggest box office surprises in recent history," it's brought in $61.7 million in 10 days domestically, and $77.7 million worldwide.
That makes the film's total box office gross $862.1 million -- #5 on the list of the top-grossing animated films of all time, and within striking distance of "Finding Nemo" ($867.9 million) and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" ($886.7 million). "The Lion King" is already the highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film ever.
Right behind Sony's "Moneyball" at No. 3 this weekend was the family-friendly "Dolphin Tale," with an estimated $20.3 million. The movie from Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. is about a bottle-nosed dolphin that is rescued and nursed back to health, robot fin and all, by a team led by Dr. Clay Haskett (Harry Connick Jr.) and Dr. Ken McCarthy (Morgan Freeman). It features the real-life dolphin involved, named Winter.
Both movies were highly rated by CinemaScore audiences, with "Dolphin Tale" deemed an "A+" and "Moneyball" an "A."
And with three movies above the $20 million mark, box office receipts were up 18 percent over the same weekend a year ago, The Hollywood Reporter noted.
Opening in No. 4 with $11.2 million was "Abduction," starring Taylor Lautner, and in No. 5 was "Killer Elite" with $9.5 million.
"Contagion," which was second just a week ago, is quickly fading from its peak of worldwide influence, as it dropped to sixth with $8.7 million.
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The larynx is a tubular structure in the neck, through which air passes to the lungs. The thyroid and cricoid cartilage form the narrowest section of this airway.
The area of the larynx bounded by the thyroid and cricoid cartilage is a frequent site for obstruction, either by swallowed foreign bodies or abnormal tissue growths. A cricothyrotomy is an emergency procedure that relieves an airway obstruction until formal surgical placement of a breathing tube (tracheostomy) is performed.
If the situation is acute, a hollow needle is inserted into the throat, just below the Adam's apple (thyroid cartilage). This is called a needle cricothyrotomy. More frequently, a small incision is made in the skin over the cricothyroid membrane, and another incision is made through the membrane between the cricoid and thyroid cartilage.
A tube that enables breathing is inserted through the incision.
Cricothyrotomy is generally followed by a surgical tracheosotomy, if there is need for a prolonged use of a breathing tube. Removal of breathing tubes from both a cricothyrotomy and tracheostomy is usually followed by prompt healing of the incision site.
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It's recently been revealed that Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix will include a 2 hours and 50 minutes long video to summarize Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Famitsu reports on what else to expect.
"you won't be required to sit there for almost a full 3 hours to enjoy it."
Hopefully there's a play-all option, I have no problem watching the whole thing at once.
i wish ya'll would stop with all this dumb talk about a super long cutscene thats plays straight thru....u kno what im sorry 2 call names im just mad cuz now im sittin here wishin i could watch a kingdom hearts anime.lol


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is there anybody who knows a good program about security?
kac has this got nething to do with the topic??
1 question why is he suing dos i mean this is 2002 we have things called windows and linux lol
just a quick question i thought i should pop in
RiOtEr, how many people stilll use Cobol? It's 2002, we have C++ and Java, right?
I wish to express my gratitude to the people of Italy. Thank you for inventing pizza.
well if you are on a windows 2000 box.. type "help" and it will show u all the windows DOS commands..
If you have windows95 (not sure about later releases) the help command doesn't exist so you might want to look up a tutorial if that is the case.
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Thanks to all you senior members and addicts out there. I am improving my skills at an alarming rate. One of these Days I too will be a Senoir Member, All thanks to you Input. Thanks again,
I know that DOS is going away from us, but as to why we would use it, I have a very pertinent answer! I bought a new hard drive this weekend, and the dang installation software didn't work...so I used DOS command to install, partition and format. Now this may sound like bragging....It is. I am a complete newbie, and in December I had never even opened my tower. So I was thrilled to be able to use DOS to take care of an aggravating situation....To me, DOS is very simple and straightforward, but then I don't have a lot of experience with other programming languages.
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
You hit the head on the nose. Knowing DOS is a big help when dealing with a reformat or new drive set-up. I still use it alot, probably more than I should.
Bearbizket (Like that name) Here's some more sources you might try:www.cknow.com www.easydos.com www3.sympatico.ca
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DOS commands most usefull in an computer in network
NET START starts net services in your computer
net accounts list the accounts in your computer
net user test 123 /add add an user in your computer with username test and password 123
net user test /delete delete an account in your computer
netstat shows all the connections of your computer with others on the net
netstat -an shows the connections and your open ports in your computer
net use computer_name open and session with another computer in your network
nslookup www.yahoo.com resolves the domain names in ip (this tests your dns settings)
Ping 127.0.0.1 test if an computer is alive in an network (127.0.0.1 is the ip adress of the other computer)
ipconfig shows your ip configuration
ipconfig /release release your ip
iconfig /renew renew your ip
md test create and directory test
cd test let you enter to the directory test
dir shows all files and folders in test directory
cd.. exit from an directory
rd test remove directory test
attrib shows all files attributes in a directory
attrib -h change an attribute of a file from hiden
attrib +h add the attribute hiden to a file
del filename.txt delete the file filename.txt
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'Ever since the releases of San Andreas for PSN and Vice City for iOS and Android, we've received more than a few requests from the community wondering when they'd be able to touch down at Escobar International and return to the neon-lit streets and sun-splashed shores of Ocean Beach on their PS3s. Today, we can confirm that it won't be long now'
They really should release these for the PS Vita as well but I welcome this news
Does anyone know, are these HD remakes or are they just straight ports? I would still be fun to play either way but an HD remake would make vice city look soo much better at this point.


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Holy shit, you people are disgusting. A new study from search engine PornWatchers.com confirms some astronomical truths about porn, focusing the internet's two most popular adult sites, xHamster and YouPorn. First and foremost: since 2006, 1.2 million years–years–of porn has been watched on the two sites.
1.2 million years ago, people looked like this and giant swans roamed the earth. 1.2 million years ago, the first humans ever to settle Europe were emerging from their caves, yawning and rubbing their eyes to face the day, making their initial rudimentary stabs at using symbolic language. 1.2 million years ago, the last ice age hadn't even happened yet.
The two sites have racked up a staggering 93 billion page views since their inception. That's roughly 15 views for every single person on the planet in the past six years. And we're only counting two of the gazillion porn sites on the web.
Go to your room and think about what you've done, Earth. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
(Photo: NASA x Richard Kern, Photoshop: Marina Galperina/ANIMALNewYork)


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Hi Kitty14,Kitty14 wrote:Hi, I am 31 years old and have an AMH of 2 and FSH 18. We have a male factor also. We are just about to embark on our 1st cycle of IVF but have been told our chances of success are around 5% or less due to my poor ovarian reserve. Last antral follicle count was 6. We have also been advised that unless we have a surprising response then this is likely to be our only advisable attempt at IVF. We are going to be put onto the flare protocol.
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Lampard's Chelsea contract runs out at the end of the season when he would be free to leave Stamford Bridge after 12 years. It was reported in some outlets on Tuesday that Gourlay had suggested talks with the 34-year-old midfielder had begun over a new deal, but the club quickly claimed he had been misquoted before posting his comments on their official website.
Speaking at a press conference to promote a forthcoming pre-season trip to Asia, Gourlay refused to confirm or deny talks with Lampard, and he said:"I am not prepared to discuss this (Lampard's future) at this time. Obviously conversations must remain confidential between the club and the players at all times so that is as much as I can say."
Chelsea have previously refused to talk about any possible discussions with their players, including Lampard, and remained tight-lipped on Tuesday.
Lampard's potential exit is one of a couple of off-field issues to overshadow the club as the season enters its final quarter.
Interim manager Rafael Benitez confirmed last week that his tumultuous spell in charge would come to an end at the end of the season, with some speculation he may go before then. While Chelsea's fans have shown their desire to see Benitez leave, the opposite is true of Lampard, following his glittering career in west London.
He is just one strike away from becoming only the second Chelsea player to score 200 goals for the club and is three behind Bobby Tambling's overall club record.
Lampard's agent Steve Kutner claimed in January that the club had told him and the midfielder that he would "not be offered a contract under any circumstances".
Despite that, Lampard has remained a key part of the Blues' first team this season. The England international has scored 13 goals in all competitions, despite playing a more withdrawn role, as the Blues continue to compete on three fronts.
Chelsea currently sit fourth in the Barclays Premier League, the final Champions League qualification place, while they are alive in both the FA Cup and Europa League. At present Lampard is free to talk with other clubs about a move, with Major League Soccer side the Los Angeles Galaxy previously linked with the player, although no offers have been made public.


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Skip to comments.Karl Rove Huddles With House Republican Leaders (to plot war on TEA Party)
Posted on 02/14/2013 11:18:29 AM PST by Timber Rattler
Republican strategist Karl Rove huddled with a group of House GOP leaders in the office Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy Thursday morning to discuss the party's messaging efforts, Republicans familiar with the meeting said.
Details of Rove's presentation to a group of McCarthy's "whip team" a subset of the broader conference tasked with educating the rank and file, rounding up votes on key bills and generally enforcing discipline within Republican ranks.
Following the meeting, several lawmakers could be heard instructing staff to setup meetings with Rove.
(Excerpt) Read more at buzzfeed.com ...
When are we going to be rid of this puffy little poof?
NOW, and here's how: www.TokyoRove.com
Maybe Karl "Turd Blossom" Rove is drumming up support to get Romney to run again?
After all, the GOP Elite endorsed Romney last time so why not this time too?
Karl Rove just can't help but to play the game that he is so good at. There was a time not long ago when he was held up as conservative royalty, a sort of scheming king fighting against the Pelosi killer queen. So entrenched was he in the establishment that he damn near claimed Regan told him "you will carry on Republican values because you're my best friend". When he saw the failing popularity of the neocon movement and that the growing tea party was looking for somebody to love, he swooped in and started Crossroads super PAC. Suddenly he wasn't establishment anymore as if he wasn't a well educated insider but some everyman good old fashioned lover boy. The tea party success of 2010 let him scream to the media that 'We are the champions of this election'. Drunk with the success and the fat bottomed girls of tea party groupies he was partying with, he was still telling liberal opponents "we will rock you at the polls!" right up to the 2012 elections, and the tea party faithful loved him for it. But that crazy little thing called love can fade awfully quickly when they see the emperor has no clothes. I saw his body language on his Fox News election night meltdown and we all thought that another one bites the dust, but no. Rove realizes that, like a charity bicycle race, it is not who crosses first but who collects the most cash along the way. The establishment yelled out 'Here is a lot of money, won't someone save me?" And on cue Rove jumps in and says "Don't worry, now i'm here". And even though the weakened tea party will warn him to 'Don't stop me now, when we have achieved so much or you will reap the consequences!', I have little doubt that in a few election cycles they will again throw money at him. I want to break free of this short memory style of politics but i just don't see it stopping
..also seven seas of rhye.
Received an email from Rob Collins, Executive Director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, wanting money to gain more seats in Congress. Fat chance! As an independent who is basically conservative, why should I support a party who pretends to be conservative but acts like the opposition? Karl Rove has shown himself to be a loser and certainly not a conservative. His opposition to "Tea Party" candidates, whom I view as conservatives, has turned me against supporting a party of RINOs. Before anyone reacts, yes, I will vote for the lesser of two evils, the failure to vote being the same as casting two votes for the opposition. But I've learned my lesson with Romney; no more financial support to any candidate who does not mirror my personal beliefs. My support now goes to individuals, not parties, until and if one earns my support.
The Tea Party gave us Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Nikki Haley and Ron Johnson. I can't think of any candidates Rove has backed that will make a difference in our future when it comes to defending American values and promotion conservatism.
He has been a RAT party mole all along is my guess.
The answer is all of the above.
Conservative constituents of any Congressman who has Rove lecturing his staff, should make it very clear that continuing such mistaken connections will end any future political contributions.
In the meanwhile, contrast the Tea Party victories in 2010 with the disaster that Rove led the Republican Party into in 2006.
Rove is being paid by some entities that will do as much damage to this country as the traitors across the aisle. Wonder who his paymasters are...CFR, Crony Corporist, Bush crime family, lefty Billionaire Club or Billionaire Jewish Casino owners or other lobby, foreign powers?
This may be the end of the Republican Party.
"Karl Rove Huddles With House Republican Leaders"
Well, you can't say that it's not appropriate: weak and ineffectual pseudocon leaders meet with pseudocon adviser who had an abysmal track record in 2012 despite spending $390,000,000.
These jokers define the word "defeated."
These infil-traitors need to be drummed out of the party. If that doesn't happen soon, the Tea Party should become the replacement party.
We are ourselves worst enemies. WE hate and loathe leftwing JournoListas such as buzzfeed and know enough not to turn our backs while these vermin are prowling, yet, when push comes to shove we eat up every last word out of these wolves' mouths. What's wrong with us??? We are throwing house furniture at each other while the monsters are setting fire to the house.
The article didn't mention it, but I'm sure Grover "Mr.Amnesty" Norquist isn't far behind. Where you find Rove, you find Grover.
Grover Norquist: Immigration Warrior and ally of Jesus the Celestial Immigrant (GAG me!)
Report cited by Bachmann claims Norquist linked to Muslim Brotherhood
Interesting, and congratulations on the book.
Did you get into Grover Norquist, Rove's biggest facilitator?
He's the guy Rove brought in to bring all the Muslims into the Bush Whitehouse and wrote the Bush/Rove amnesty. They go WAY back.
Thanks for the comments, but no, I did not get into Norquist. The book is about Rove's influence on the establishment messaging and strategy, and outlines 20 years of failure, but is not in the weeds of who is doing back room deals with who.
There's nothing wrong with a book of that focus mind you, but that's not what this book is. Norquist is an enigma, has done some great work on taxes and on over all liberty at times, far more conservative than Rove is on those issues....but then there are his associations.......very troubling, and they don't seem to make sense.
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William Wolf Pecan Bourbon Whiskey
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Color: Amber butterscotch. Nose: American pecan, honey and caramel. Palate: Maple pecan pie, smoky oak and toffee followed by creamy vanilla flavors. Finish: Extraordinarily smooth and long lasting
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Healthy George Michael reschedules concert dates
LONDON (AP) -- George Michael says he is in good health and resuming a concert tour cut short when he contracted life-threatening pneumonia last year.
The former Wham! singer was in the middle of an extensive tour when he fell ill in Vienna in November. He spent several weeks in hospital, and later said his survival had been "touch and go."
On Tuesday he announced that the "Symphonica" tour would resume with two shows in Vienna on Sept. 4 and 6. Michael says he will give 1,000 tickets for the first concert to medical staff who helped treat him.
A statement released by Michael's publicist said the singer was "back in good health and fighting fit."
Online: http://www.georgemichael.com


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When you cast your ballot on Nov. 6, regulatory policy for investment advisory firms may not be at the top of your list in deciding who to vote for—or against. But make no mistake, the 2012 elections will have a profound impact on how advisory firms will be regulated and overseen in 2013 and beyond.
Viewed through this admittedly narrow prism, your vote for Obama or Romney will be the most important vote you cast. Why? Because the president has the power to appoint the people who will make the most important decisions about regulatory policies and programs that directly affect the investment advisory profession.
Topping the list is the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department. You may think the Treasury Department has little to do with regulating investment advisory firms. But remember that very significant financial services initiatives often come from the Treasury Department. Recent examples include Hank Paulson's regulatory "modernization" blueprint in 2008, which called for self-regulation of investment advisory firms and "harmonization" of investment adviser and broker-dealer regulation, and Timothy Geithner's 2009 white paper that formed the framework for what became the Dodd-Frank Act.
Remember also that the Treasury Secretary now presides over the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), created under Dodd-Frank, which has extremely broad powers to address potential risks in all segments of the financial services industry.
It is certainly possible that Secretary Geithner will leave his current post after the election (many were predicting he would leave after the debt ceiling talks in 2011). Rumors of potential successors that may be appointed by President Obama, if re-elected, include Erskine Bowles, Lawrence Fink, Daniel Tarullo, Laura Tyson, Roger Altman and Lael Brainard. Mitt Romney's rumored potential picks include Robert Zoellick, John Taylor, Glenn Hubbard, Carly Fiorina, Rob Portman, Meg Whitman and Kevin Warsh.
The president also has the authority to nominate the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. By law, the SEC has regulatory and oversight authority of investment advisory firms that manage assets of more than $100 million. As such, whoever serves as SEC chairman will have the most direct impact on policies and programs governing the investment advisory profession.
While SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro has not made any public statements, many observers feel she will step aside after the upcoming elections. If this is true, the SEC will have new leadership in the coming months, no matter who wins the White House.
Other important presidential appointees include officials at the Department of Labor who administer laws and regulations relating to private pension plans under ERISA, as well as the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which exercises broad authority over the futures and options markets.
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill…
In addition, your vote for members of Congress may be consequential. The House Financial Services Committee has broad jurisdiction over securities and other financial services laws, as well as oversight jurisdiction of the SEC and other regulatory agencies. While control of the House will likely continue to be in the hands of the Republicans, the chairmanship of this important committee will change. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), the author of recent legislation that would authorize FINRA regulation and oversight of thousands of investment advisory firms, will relinquish his chairmanship of the Financial Services committee due to term limits imposed under Republican caucus rules. Potential successors include Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.), and Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.).
The situation in the Senate is less certain. Democrats currently hold a narrow majority, but are defending twice as many open seats as Republicans. Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) currently chairs the powerful Banking Committee that has broad jurisdiction over securities-related issues. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) is the committee's Ranking Republican and would likely take over as chairman if Republicans end up with a majority of Senate seats. However, unless Senate rules are revised, most legislation will not move unless there are at least 60 votes in the upper chamber. That means that the Senate will still be the key in deciding what legislation, if any, will move to the president's desk. (See AdvisorOne's comprehensive article on the 11 Congressional committees about which advisors should be concerned for more insights).
No one can accurately assess all the potential possibilities—even if we could determine who all the key players will be, it's impossible to know where these individuals stand on investment advisor issues. But it is clear that the next Administration and the 113th Congress will result in a new cast of characters who will wield power over policies and programs that directly affect investment advisory firms.
As always, I welcome your views and perspectives…