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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Expose The Truth
Friday, August 28, 2009
Fighting Dirty
In the Obama inner circle, the sweeping rhetoric, outlandish promises, and reliance on a romanticized American people is beginning to give way to the political knee-capping of old
By Nathaniel Givens
America's Right
Ever since Gordon Brown / Barack Obama gift-exchange fiasco, the Obama White House has been working hard to earn a reputation for incompetence. There is no shortage of theories to explain how an apparently elite campaign has turned into a bumbling troop of amateurs after securing the White House.
One theory is that Obama just hasn't been able to get his elite team members into place. As the New York Times recently reported, less than one-half of his top appointees are actually in place. The explanation seems plausible until you consider the that Obama--disdainful of Constitutional limits on the executive branch now that he's in the White House--prefers to nominate czars directly rather than deal with legislators in his own party.
Then there's the suggestion that Obama's campaign team specializes in campaigning, and that they have not adapted well to executive responsibilities. This is almost certainly a genuine problem, especially given Obama's total lack of first-hand executive experience at any level, significant or otherwise. I recall Sarah Palin's line from the Republican National Convention: "I guess a small-town mayor is kind of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities." The same would apply, it seems, to campaign officials. Lastly, there is the hypothesis that Obama never had an elite campaign team to begin with. He had a complicit media that prostituted their credibility for a spot on the Making History Express. He also had an American people desperate for some happy fairy tale to invest in: a chance for racial redemption, change from the moral complexities and controversies of the War on Terror, and a shot at pretending 9/11 never happened. Now that many of Obama's most wide-eyed supporters in the media are actually working for his administration and Americans are realizing he can't deliver on his impossible promises, the protective cocoon around an inherently weak politician is crumbling.
The sense of executive incompetence has been heightened in recent weeks as the cap-and-trade bill barely managed to limp through the House in a watered-down (but still dangerous) form, as the health care debate has spiraled out of control, and as Obama's approval ratings have continued their slide into oblivion.
All of this can lead to a dangerous mistake: underestimating Team Obama.
Up until now Team Obama has been drinking their own Kool-aid. He swept into power on a wave of public enthusiasm and optimism. The crowds were huge and the adulation palpable. His campaign was a long orgy of sycophantic pandering to the anointed one, and it went to his head. Consider his nomination victory speech:
I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth. This was the moment--this was the time--when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves, and our highest ideals.
If that's not Utopian Koolaid, then I don't know what is. Obama has been ruling from the White House as if the oceans really were going to move just because he is president. That's not what got Obama where he is today. His initial rise was due to Chicago-style thug politics, patronage, and corruption. Not to mention cute tricks like campaigning for voter rights and then using legal technicalities to make sure those voters had only one choice to vote for: him. Brute political force is Obama's native political language.
Now, however, Obama has his back against the wall. Rebranding Obamacare as Kennedycare doesn't distance it from his credibility as a national leader. Given the litany of failures thus far, it's not clear that he will be able to salvage anything that looks remotely like success from what will almost certainly be his only term in office if the health care initiative goes down in flames.
Now that's what I call a wake-up call.
The painful reality Obama is waking up to is this: that stuff about commanding the seas to fall only works aesthetically in a speech. It's not real. He and his advisers are on the verge--if they haven't already--of completely abandoning their ridiculous Captain Planet mentality and getting back to the business of political knee-capping.
And that means that the battle for health care is about to get dirty. I know you probably thought it was dirty before, but trust me -- you ain't seen nuthin' yet.
Exhibit A: Meet the Department for Official Propaganda:
The NEA Why invent a new government agency to spread official propaganda when you've got one lying around you can already co-op? Patrick Courrielche had no sooner finished writing an article for for Reason magazine sounding the alarm over conformity in the artistic community when he was invited to join in on a conference call with the National Endowment for the Arts. Here's how he summarized the content of the call:
Backed by the full weight of President Barack Obama's call to service and the institutional weight of the NEA, the conference call was billed as an opportunity for those in the art community to inspire service in four key categories, and at the top of the list were "health care" and "energy and environment." The service was to be attached to the President's United We Serve campaign, a nationwide federal initiative to make service a way of life for all Americans. It sounded, how should I phrase it…unusual, that the NEA would invite the art community to a meeting to discuss issues currently under vehement national debate. I decided to call in, and what I heard concerned me. [...]
We were encouraged to bring the same sense of enthusiasm to these "focus areas" as we had brought to Obama's presidential campaign, and we were encouraged to create art and art initiatives that brought awareness to these issues. Throughout the conversation, we were reminded of our ability as artists and art professionals to "shape the lives" of those around us. The now famous Obama "Hope" poster, created by artist Shepard Fairey and promoted by many of those on the phone call, and will.i.am's "Yes We Can" song and music video were presented as shining examples of our group's clear role in the election.
There's nothing wrong with a bunch of artists deciding to dedicate their own time and talents to their favored candidate or initiatives, but there's something very wrong with trying to convert the NEA into the Department of Propaganda. (Incidentally, this is another good reason why the NEA shouldn't exist at all.) If there's one thing that political life in the Daley Machine teaches you, it's how to use power to stay in power.
Expect to see this kind of co-opting of government agencies wherever Obama can get away with it. He's got the levers of power now, and he's going to pull them all. Which, I might add, is another reason that big government is a Bad Thing. You create a monster to give the people what they want, and then some egomaniac realizes that he's got this giant monster lying around and why not use it as his personal political army?
Exhibit B: Polling "Research"
The politicization of the scientific community has been going on for some time, with issues like embryonic stem cell research and global warming turned into little more than political footballs for progressive politicians. Why take a break now? I've got no reason to believe that this particular initiative came from Team Obama, but it doesn't really matter one way or the other. It's exactly the kind of thing his allies will continue to try to do with or without central coordination.
The Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research at Indiana University--taking a page straight out of the White House playbook--recently released the results of a polling survey which found that the Majority Of Americans Believe 'Myths' About Health Care Reform. The problem isn't with the results of the survey. It's with the questions. The researchers decided to take Obama's word for what was and was not a "myth" and then lend the credibility of their institution to his political campaign by dressing up a survey that really serves no point other than to validate White House talking points.
Eugene Volokh has tackled the survey head-on at his blog The Volokh Conspiracy. In his first post he described the extent to which the researchers had turned their backs on the most fundamental axioms of polling research:
If you look at the survey, you see that most of the supposed knowledge questions do not turn completely on known facts, which can have true or false answers. The myth questions are mostly subjective — expectations or predictions about the future — which by nature have no right or wrong answers. This distinction is axiomatic in the field of survey research.
In a follow up post, he listed several of the myth-questions along with his comments on those questions. Here's a sample:
3. Health care services such as treatments, physicians, and care will be rationed.
COMMENT: Given that the White House admits that rationing is already happening by private insurance carriers, I don't understand why they think that rationing in some form is unlikely under their proposed reforms. I suspect, however, that the government will find it difficult to make many of the tough decisions, so that most "rationing" will occur not by the government denying care but by doctors being unable or unwilling to treat many of the patients covered under government or private insurance plans. Time will tell.
4. Reforms will cover more Americans by making cuts to Medicare.
OMMENT: Given President Obama's own statements, I don't see how any honest researcher can call this a "myth." In his New Hampshire town hall, Obama said that he will accomplish health care reform "without adding to our deficit over the next decade, largely by cutting out the waste and insurance company giveaways in Medicare that aren't making any of our seniors healthier." So Obama is promising to make large cuts in Medicare funding without compromising the health of seniors. I have my doubts whether Medicare funding will be cut substantially by anything other than longer waits for Medicare patients who want treatment under Obama's health care reform. Time will tell.
5. Tort reform, which would limit the amount of money awarded to injured patients in malpractice cases, will decrease health care costs.
COMMENT: Given the conflicting scholarly literature on this, I don't see how any honest researcher could call this a "myth." For example, Ronen Avraham and Max Schanzenbach reviewed 7 tort reforms and concluded that some had no effect while others "are effective in reducing healthcare costs. The magnitude of the effects on price sensitive groups suggests that some tort reforms can reduce health care costs by as much as two percent."
Volokh has nearly 20 question/comment pairs in that post, and it's obvious that while a couple of the questions are really about myths, most of them are actually attempts to dismiss real dangers of the Obama health care reform initiative. But the issue isn't really "did they guess right about what will happen with health care reform in the future?" it's that despite the fact that there are no solid answers (how can there be, when we don't even have a specific bill to analyze?), they nevertheless came down on the side of the White House. There's a word for this: prostitution. It makes the mainstream media look chaste by comparison.
I am reminded of something that Thomas Paine wrote in Age of Reason:
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional beliefs to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
These professional researchers didn't just accidentally forget undergraduate-level principles of polling research, and so I must conclude that they have subscribed their professional beliefs to things they do not believe, and that thus they are preparing themselves for the commission of every other crime. This is what we have to look forward to in the coming debate. Every dirty trick you can think of is going to be pulled and quite a few you can't think of. Every dishonest and corrupt advantage will be taken. This is politics, Chicago-style. Thankfully the truly radical nature of the agenda and the hubris of the leftist elite mean they've got a very steep hill to climb. We don't need to ponder the morality of stooping to their methods or whether or not ends justify means. Victory over dishonesty isn't reached through more deceit, it's accomplished by exposing lies and liars to the truth.
As long as Americans stay angry enough to be responsibly involved in our politics we're going to win this one.
But that's not going to make it any less ugly.
Nathaniel Givens is classical liberal and a devout Mormon. He is currently studying economics in graduate school. He and his wife work as business analysis consultants, and they live as undercover conservatives with their two small children in a liberal bastion of a college town. Nathaniel maintains a public Facebook Page, and he has been writing for America's Right since December 2008.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Now Is The Time To Get ACTIVE
ac·tive [ak-tiv]
1. engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation
2. involving physical effort and action
3. characterized by action, motion, volume, use, participation
4. causing activity or change; capable of exerting influence
5. effective
6. requiring or giving rise to action; practical
7. requiring personal effort or attention
This month there has been a couple of opportunities for our voices to be heard, opportunities to listen, learn and be informed, opportunity to stand together with other Americans and actively be a part of American democracy.
Thursday (8/20) was the Governor's Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair. Nearly every single elected official attended this event. We stood with reminders that that they work for us and 2010 would determine if they still had a job. It was quite incredible, actually. When we first got there we really didn't know where to stand or where others were gathered. We took our position right at the main gate where every single person had to pass right by us to enter. Talk about a front row seat! We got to shake a lot of hands, meet some interesting people and our voice was undeniably heard. There weren't many of us but we came with a voice that spoke for the majority. One of the incredible people that joined us was Kevin Jackson. If you've never heard of Kevin consider this an introduction to a outstanding young man who is great patriot with a gift to face politicians with truth and he is a motivating conservative leader. I became familiar with Kevin at the St. Louis Tea Parties and started following him on his blog, The Black Sphere. Kevin and his beautiful wife, Melissa were on the front lines at the Breakfast with us. And I have to tell ya, when you're going into battle Kevin & Melissa are the David's you want to join to face this Goliath that We The People are battling.
Kevin also has a book out, "The Big Black Lie," and the reviews are enthusiastically praising it.
One review:
The BIG Black Lie is a must in the collection of all conservatives, particularly Republicans. It teaches conservatives to be unapologetic and proud by explaining conservatism from a unique perspective. The book also showcases the lunacy of liberalism in a humorous and satirical way, that provides the reader plenty of belly laughs.
In The BIG Black Lie: How I learned the truth about the Democrat Party, the author explores from a first-hand perspective the devastating damage wrought by Democrats and Liberals on the black community. He believes that conservatism is the soul of America, and he provides ways for conservatives, and specifically Republicans to take back the mantle of being the party of the down-trodden. Readers will become empowered by The BIG Black Lie.
Read more here: Amazon Reviews
The next informative adventure was the Claire McCaskill Town Hall Meeting held at Moberly Area Community College on Monday, 8/24. I normally have my daughter or husband to attend events with, but this was one that I had to do alone. This was my first (and definitely not last) town hall meeting. I studied issues the night before and I had my notes all written out so if by some odd chance I got in, and by some even more odd chance I got called on I would be as prepared as possible. I confess that I went in with a dozen preconceived ideas. I figured it would be filled with McCaskill people with only a few rows left for the crowds to fill 1st-come-1st-serve. I was ready for it to be campaigning as usual with set up questions without challenge. And I was ready to hear endless lies about this administration... just to name a few. I arrived about 45 minutes early. I had to go thru security to get into the auditorium and I was only behind 3 people when I got there. Zero crowd. Entering the auditorium to my left was where the cameras were lining up and only the first few rows were filling up, people were kinda spread out. It may have been 1/4 full. I found a seat about the 6th or 7th row back on the right hand side of the room. Nix my first preconceived idea. I saw people from the Free Tax group on the front row and I saw Obama stickered people also on the front row. As the room filled up, it was hard to determine the pro-obamacare and anti-obamacare people so I just started taking pictures of the crowd and watched, observed and listened to the chatter around me. About 15 minutes before the meeting started it was filled to capacity (500). In our chairs were slips of paper and if we had questions we were to write them on these forms. A gal came around with a basket and picked up all the forms and took them to the front.
Once Senator McCaskill arrived the meeting began with prayer by a Presbyterian pastor. The Senator was introduced and she asked everyone to join her in the Pledge of Allegiance and this was the loudest part of the entire event. (It was awesome!) Senator McCaskill said that she didn't want anyone to think that the questions were set up so she asked if there was anyone in the audience who disagreed with everything she stood for and didn't believe she serving the people of Missouri. About 10 hands went up and she chose a man from that group. It happened to be the guy from the Fair Tax group. She was going to call out the name and the person had the option of asking their question or having her read their question. I won't go through all of them, but the very first question was prefaced with, "I wasn't paid to be here and I wasn't bussed in by any organization, I am just a citizen with questions." I don't remember her question but Senator McCaskill prefaced her answer with, "I want everyone in this room to know that I do not believe that this meeting is filled with people who are plants, or paid to be here, nor do I believe that you are plants from insurance companies or any other organization. I believe that every single person in this room is a Patriot. You are citizens of this country with sincere concerns for your country -- this is what democracy is all about and YOU are a part of this democracy happening." She had my attention with that response. I didn't get called on, but every single one of my questions and comments were addressed in this meeting. And I believe she answered them honestly. If I had to guess I'd say that the percentage in the room was about 75% anti-government run health care, health insurance, government controlled anything and the rest were Obama supporters. There were a few times when she'd say something wasn't in the bill and the crowd would roar with correction. She would explain how it's worded and give her stand on the issue. Abortion was a big one. She explained about the Hyde Amendment and that no bill would over ride that law. She was called on the loopholes and she said that she would not vote for any federal provision what-so-ever for abortion in the final bill. And that's pretty much how the whole meeting went. I didn't agree with her on certain issues (cap & trade for example) and she gave her reasons for support, which sounded like BS so I want to watch the video and research what she explained. I recorded the whole meeting and I'm glad I did. I've watched a couple of the questions and answers and naturally I'm hearing more than what I heard in the meeting. I learned alot and I have to say that Senator McCaskill conducted an excellent meeting. She wasn't campaigning, she appeared to sincerely want to discuss and have dialog with the people. She was informative, she was sure footed with what she would support and with what she wouldn't. When she was asked if she would go on a program they wanted the American people on she said absolutely, yes. And she would vote against a government controlled health care system. But that she was absolutely for health CARE reform. She wouldn't vote for anything she wouldn't want for herself or her 80+ year old mother.
The Senator closed the meeting saying that if she lets us down we can vote her out of office. That got a standing ovation and the meeting was over. I left feeling like I'd been a part of something good. I left feeling challenged by a curiosity to identify facts I'd come with and a desire to check out the new information I had. And I left with a different respect for Senator McCaskill, I will watch how she votes to determine if she is sincere or if she's just great at working the crowd.
Now, I have to say that it was disappointing to not see one familiar face from my local area at either event. (With the exception of Aaron.) I know people work and thank God people still have jobs. I know life is busy in the fields at this time of year, but there were several farmers, small business owners concerned about the future of their livelihood, retired men and women concerned about their future health care. People, now is the time to get out there and let our politicians see our faces, hear our voices, add to the body count that holds them accountable. And now we've had a new challenge added. Do you remember how Pelosi stood in front of a camera and accused us of being a part of an astroturf movement, hired by conservative groups? Remember when we were called terrorists and accused of being a part of an organized group to infiltrate and upset these meetings? Well, guess what Pelosi and her fellow thugs are organizing? There is a bus tour that is starting tomorrow in Phoenix and traveling across the country planning 1,000 events to counter protest through September 8th when recess is over. This is being orchestrated by SEIU, ACORN, HCAN, Planned Parenthood, LaRaza, MoveOn and more. Their signs are coming from the Whitehouse and if they want to print their own they can get the art off of the whitehouse.gov site.
Fox News reports it.
Politico explains it.
Gateway Pundit exposes it.
Please get involved.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Call To Action
Missouri Patriots have a rare and excellent opportunity to have their voices heard among all of their elected officials, one day, one morning only. And we're ready!! I know it's short notice, but we won't get another opportunity like this one. Thursday morning, 8/20/09, at 7:30 a.m. the Missouri Tea Party Patriots are gathering to greet all of Missouri's elected representatives at the Missouri State Fair. "The Missouri State Fair Foundation is proud to host the 57th annual Governor's Ham Breakfast." http://www.mostatefair.com/2009premium/hambreakfast.pdf We are gathering in the parking lot off of Highway 65. It's free parking.
Here's a map of the fairgrounds:
There is free parking for the event right off of 65 highway, which is also right next to the "Director's Tent," where the ham breakfast is held. That's right next to 65 and right next to the free parking. This is easy access!
The map makes it appear you need to enter at the "centennial gate." That's actual the gate directly into the fairgrounds. There's no tickets required for the free parking. You go into the main, obvious entrance into the fairgrounds on Highway 65, park, and then pay to get into the fair through the centennial gate. However, the tent is inside the parking lot right next to the highway and away from the actual fenced-in fair. You can see the white tent on Highway 65, north of where we will turn into the main entrance.
And an added bonus, admission to the fair is only $2 that day. So you can spend the rest of the day at the Missouri State Fair!
Please make a plan to join us, one voice of We The People!
This is a peaceful demonstration of "ideas," i.e. non-partisan. It is important that we jointly focus on issues. Just your presence speaks volumes to our elected officials.
See you there!!
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Small and Simple Souls
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Town Hall Meetings
I'm just getting back from a week with family in St. Louis and the hot news down there is all about Missouri's town hall meetings. I got down there the day of the 2nd Russ Carnahan meeting. My daughter and I had hoped to make this one, but as things worked out we weren't able to. On one hand I was relieved that we missed it, on the other I wish we would have been there to witness the insane brutality brought in by the Obama administration. In case you haven't seen it yet here is the video of Kenneth Gladney being beaten by a SEIU member.
Kenneth Gladney was selling Gadsden flags outside of the meeting when a few SEIU (Service Employee International Union) members got a hold of him and roughed him up. Another SEIU member smashed a woman in the face while she was filming Mr. Gladney being beaten. In all 2 SEIU members, 1 journalist from the StL Post-Dispatch and two members of the Carnahan crew, volunteers trained by the Carnahan campaign, were arrested. As of today, violent hate crime charges have been filed on the 2 SEIU members. Elston K. McCowen , Director of SEIU Local 2000, is the man who beat up Mr. Gladney. And I've lost the name of the member who smashed in the woman's face with her camera, but she has charges against her as well.
During Russ Carnahan's first town hall meeting he got laffed at as he read thru his talking points.
Apparently he decided he was going to handle his future town hall meetings a little differently. An account of how it was set up inside: "The chairs placed on the floor were divided into 2 sections, right and left. All of the chairs on the left side facing the stage area were tagged reserved for pre-registrants. I found it interesting to see that everyone on that side of the room was pro-Obamacare. There were SEIU members in their union shirts, and ACORN people who I saw standing outside carrying their look-alike pre-printed signs, and local politicians and staff members of Russ Carhahan, as well as dedicated supporters." The Carnahan staff was sneaking in SEIU members in the side door marked "handicapped." There were about 1,000 people locked outside of the building.
Up until this meeting, the town hall meetings have been non-violent and most have been given the opportunity to ask questions or speak out. What's changed?
~Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer publically declaring that those speaking out against the healthcare reform bill are un-American.
A fellow democrat seems to disagree:
~Pelosi in her sneaky coy voice saying there are swasticas at these health care meetings.
~SEIU sending out memos saying "come out in strong numbers to drown out their voices."
~Kathleen Sebelius calling her "brothers and sisters" at SEIU urging more to get involved. "Keep doing what you're doing."
Or possibly this piece of gas on the fire from the Democrat National Committee (DNC) ad attacking citizens who are opposing a Government-takeover of Health Care as an "angry mob" comprised of "right-wing extremists of the Republican base.
I can barely stand it. This administration has declared an all out war on it's own people! These are just Americans like you and I. These are people who are listening and reading and trying to understand what this administration & congress are trying to push thru at warp speed, without reading. These are tax paying citizens of this country who are scared to death of the spending rate of this administration and just trying to have a say. And they're not all Tea Party participants. They're our seniors with legimate fears about their futures, they're family members taking care of mentally &/or physically challenged parents, siblings, children. They're Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Independents or no party what-so-ever. Nobody's paying them to be there. Nobody's calling them and including them in an organized mob. And I have to say here that the Tea Party people are some of the most peaceful, non-confrontational groups I've ever seen. They are not "backed by insurance companies and corporate front groups." They're not listening lies from talk radio or conservative television, they're learning on their own and making a stand against it and refusing to accept lies from politicians. The only fears they have, the only thing scaring them is the strong arming tactics, closed door meetings throwing together pork laden bills, insane spending of taxpayer money, abuse of power from this administration. It doesn't get any more grassroot than this. And the more they disrespect the rights of these people with the lies and attempted deciet, the further they're pushing them away and more are gathering who are seeing the truth.
Pelosi calls it astroturf. You want to see what the real definition of astroturf is? Are you ready for this?
And who's paying for it?
The game plan from HCAN (Health Care for America Now):
The Democrat National Committee has another tactic used in their propaganda called "turnspeak." A couple of examples:
Believe it or not the SEIU blog site has taken the video of Mr. Gladney being beaten up and said it was Mr. McCowen aka The Reverend, who was attacked. Here is their rendition of the evening:
This is a fight that's personally important to my husband and I for several reasons, but right off the top are 3 that are worth our time and effort to make a stand for. We have parents who are dependent on quality health care and they hang on the professionalism of their doctors. I can't imagine them having the "end of life" discussion with their doctors about their quality of life, based on the measure of quality of Obama's science czar (zero accountability) John Holdren, or top health advisers, Ezekiel Emanuel and Dr. David Blumenthal. What about my brother-in-law who is mentally retarded from childhood meningitis and in his late 50's. What measure of quality of life will he be judged by?
Don't get me wrong, there is no doubt about it that we need some kind of health care reform. My husband and I haven't had health insurance for 10 years. It has worked out in our favor to be on a cash basis with our medical care. When we've had hospital &/or doctor needs they have all given us real fair rates for paying cash. What we've paid out in cash for medical care is still less than what insurance would have cost us. We've been extremely blessed that neither one of us has had any critical or life threatening illness. Just to throw a couple of ideas out there, the way I figure it is if they'd get the out-of-control law suits reigned in it would be a huge reform that'd help our doctors afford their practices and pass those millions of dollars in malpractice insurance savings on to us. And have you noticed the tv commercials? Every other commercial is for some sort of law suit you "might" be eligible for. And in between all the law suits are prescription drug commercials. Drugs for depression, weight loss, allergies, sleeping, and of course erectile dysfunction. In an excellent article about a UCLA study, it said, "They show people that have "lost control over their social, emotional or physical lives without the medication; and they minimize the value of health promotion through lifestyle changes. The ads have limited educational value and may oversell the benefits of drugs in ways that might conflict with promoting population health." Sounds like a couple of good places to start with reform to me.
Now is not the time to be silent. They are listening and the polls are telling the truth that they can't deny. Your voice is so important and we're not getting a do-over if they pass any part of this atrocity against America. If there's a town hall meeting, please go. Get involved. Write or call your representatives. Let them hear your voice.
And I'll close this post with this priceless moment of truth from our president:
August 11, 2009
My fears are now allayed: I'm thrilled to hear that government-run health care will be as efficient as the post office. And that's according to the president.
Your hard-earned money will be collected from your paycheck via taxes, and sent to finance a program that will be run like the post office.
Anyway, the president has convinced me. We need to have government-run health care. And the post office example sold me.
But, there are some of you, I'm sure, that aren't yet convinced. So, as a loyal American (who doesn't what to be flagged), I present other reasons to let the government run health care. Here are things that will present excellent examples of how government-run organizations (regardless of the level of government) operate:
- Amtrak
- The quality of public schools
- The NEA funding of porn
- The DMV
- Oil for Food
- Paying farmers to not grow crops
- Student visas
- The TSA
- The IRS
If these examples don't show you just how wonderful a government-run health care system will be, I don't know what will convince you.
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AlignACE exercise
Short conserved sequence elements located upstream of the transcriptional start site are often binding sites for transcription factors that regulate a group of genes involved in a similar cellular function. Additional genes with this motif in their upstream regions are good candidates for involvement in the same cellular function. Thus, upstream regulatory motifs can provide powerful hypotheses about links in the genetic regulatory network. These upstream regulatory motifs can be discovered computationally by local alignment of upstream regions from coregulated sets of genes. Here we will focus on the AlignACE motif-finding algorithm (Roth et al., 1998), which is a modified version of the Gibbs sampler algorithm (Neuwald et al., 1995).
In order to discover a motif computationally using local alignment methods, an accurate list of coregulated genes, or regulon, is needed. The AlignACE program can tolerate some noise in the alignment process from extra sequence that does not contain the motif of interest, but too much extra sequence will prevent the motif from being aligned. Thus, we must employ additional experimental and computational methods to obtain accurate regulon predictions. mRNA expression data has proven useful for this task. Genes which are up-regulated or down-regulated in a single experimental condition are likely to be coregulated, as well as genes with similar mRNA expression profiles across many conditions or timepoints. There are also several computational methods for predicting regulons. Here we will discuss several methods for predicting regulons, motif-discovery algorithms, indices for evaluating the significance of a motif, and applications of motif-finding using AlignACE in 17 bacterial genomes and in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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|Abigail Manson McGuire
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Nexans introduces DISTINGO™, an innovative low voltage power cable for office and industrial buildings*
Designed to make electricians' everyday work easier, the new cable features two major enhancements: length marking and color marking.
Paris, June 26, 2013 – Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, is introducing DISTINGO™, a new low voltage power cable for fixed U 1000 R2V installations, with cross-sections from 1.5 to 16mm² and 1 to 5 conductors. The U 1000 R2V cable category covers a range of products that professional electrical installers use most frequently inside office and industrial buildings for the wiring of outlets and lighting equipment, powering of machinery and distribution of electricity from power meters.
Two innovative features for professionals
DISTINGO™ features two major enhancements that will highly benefit users: length marking and color marking.
In order to make installers' everyday work easier, Nexans has designed a new length marking system called METRIUM™ and patented at the INPI (National Institute of Industrial Property). It includes two main features, i.e. the double marking with both the length value which makes it possible to cut precise lengths but also to keep the number visible at both ends of cable and the incrementation direction indicated by – and + signs. The system is available on all packaging types (including coils and drums) so that the remaining cable length can be easily and quickly read at all times. As a result, professional electrical installers will have better control of their inventory before and after working on site, as well as complete records of the amount of cable used so that accurate invoices can be raised as soon as the installation is completed. In addition, valuable time will be saved during stock taking.
DISTINGO™ also features color marking for the specific cross-section. The outer sheath for each of the six available cross-sections including 1.5, 2.5, 4, 6, 10, and 16mm² is marked with a unique color stripe. The instant visual identification of cross-section eliminates mistakes during installation. For added visibility, the coil wrappings have also been redesigned. Installers will thus save time both at their own storage facilities and at their distributors' as they will be able to check the accuracy of orders at a glance.
U-1000 R2V cables—a very competitive market
The U-1000 R2V product category accounts for nearly 40% of the overall building market, generating about 500 million euros of sales in France annually. These cables are mainly sold through professional electrical distributors. The U-1000 R2V cable is manufactured in line with French standard NFC 32-321 which fully specifies the product.
"In a very competitive market, innovation is more than ever a key differentiator for Nexans. As the general market becomes increasingly commoditized, we remain committed to developing new products that meet our customers' needs, such as DISTINGO™," said Jean-Philippe Machon, Executive Vice President Europe Distributors & Installers Market Line for Nexans.
All DISTINGO™ cables are manufactured in France and are already available on the French market.
More information on www.nexans.fr/DISTINGO
DISTINGO™ was awarded "Construction Product 2013 by Professionals" in the Technical Equipment category during the competition organized by the company Sageret. The "Construction Product Selected by Professionals" label is the result of extensive consultation with more than 250,000 companies asked to choose the best products from seven main categories.
More information (in French) on www.lesproduitsdubtp.com
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With energy at the basis of its development, Nexans, worldwide expert in the cable industry, offers an extensive range of cables and cabling solutions. The Group is a global player in the energy transmission and distribution, industry and building markets. Nexans addresses a wide series of market segments: from energy and telecom networks to energy resources (wind turbines, photovoltaic, oil and gas, and mining) to transportation (shipbuilding, aerospace, automotive and automation, and railways). Nexans is a responsible industrial company that regards sustainable development as integral to its global and operational strategy. Continuous innovation in products, solutions and services, employee development and commitment, customer orientation and the introduction of safe industrial processes with limited environmental impact are among the key initiatives that place Nexans at the core of a sustainable future. With an industrial presence in 40 countries and commercial activities worldwide, Nexans employs 25,000 people and had sales in 2012 of nearly 7.2 billion euros. Nexans is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris, compartment A.


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The all-in-one system has multiple functions to serve for the businesses of insurance intermediaries. It can provide service, including institution management, personnel management, customer management, product management, insurance policy management, claim management, commission settlement management, budget and expense management, receipt and payment management, interfacing business system with finance system and collecting and analyzing reports. This solution leverages cloud technology, distributed deployment and other new technologies. With the features of high degree of automation, low manual intervention, low complexity of system construction, strong scalability of distributed architecture, low operation and maintenance cost and high availability, Insurance Intermediary Core System is able to provide insurance intermediaries with convenient, efficient, stable and safe system.
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A: You're probably familiar with arch supports, which are sold over the counter according to shoe size; they're not customized. Orthotics are shorter and narrower than arch supports, and offer excellent shock absorption and a rigid lever for pushing off when walking or running. They're biomechanical devices that create a near-normal anatomical relationship between your forefoot, heel, leg and the ground on which you walk. They help eliminate the jarring effects created by abnormal motion of the foot. This reduces foot pain and leg and back fatigue, and it improves postural stability and spinal alignment. Custom orthotics require approximately 23 steps in their fabrication.
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Independent gas tank of Italian manufacturer «Antonio Merloni Cylinders Ghergo Group S.p.А.» is a high-technology product where you can find quality, reliability, long-lasting and safety.
(pic. 5.1 – Gas tanks for summer houses,
made in Italy)
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epoxy coating "Carboline")
(pic. 5.3 – Unique protecting bag "Marsupio")
Gas tanks for summer houses are made of low-alloyed 7-10 mm sheet steel on special equipment of high technological effective factory. Plate structures are formed and casted automatically. Upper and lower cistern bowls are pressed out from whole piece steel by huge press machines. An advantage of low-alloyed steel is its advanced specifications and low transition temperature range (here we get long-lasting operating lifetime of the equipment and operating temperature response less than - 40°С). Buying the short-life equipment of other companies you are subscribing yourself to prompt future replacement of the cisterns, doubling or tripling their base cost.
Outside surface of cistern body is covered by three corrosion-resistant epoxy coatings of 800 microns thickness (standard is 500 microns). This coating is produced by «Carboline» Company, worldwide leader in research, development and production of protective coatings for steel surfaces. Today this is the most reliable and efficient metal protection under the ground. Paint on epoxy resin base is dried up according to the patented technology in special chamber, this provides gas tank surface with chemical-physical impact protection. Special surface inside gas tank provides it with corrosion protection.
Italian independent gas tank is not afraid of outside and inside corrosion thank to patented production technology of double wall tank (bulb inside bulb). The space between gas tank walls is fulfilled with special composition which doesn't affect heat transmission and allows inside bulb to "absorb" warmth of the earth. Boiling and evaporation of liquified gas provides the fulfilling this very important condition.
Three-component anodic-cathodic protection (two cathodes and one anode) is the only one protection for the tank from underground vagabond and induce current impact. The protection is connected and activated in workshops of Italian Corporation. Battery charge will be enough for all life-time of gas tank.
Italian Company «Antonio Merloni Cylinders Ghergo Group S.p.А. » has patented unique protecting bag "Marsupio". This bag is made of strong conducting polymer (life-time is more than 150 years), protecting the tank from mechanical damages during seasonal soil movements. «Marsupio» is connected to anodic-cathodic protection and maintains its active state all the year thank to special sand (on concrete- alkaline base) inside the bag. Special "Marsupio" bag uses down-hole (to 3 m) earth thermal capacity to warm liquified petroleum gas. It speeds up and simplify installation process on place (the bag has mounting slings), excluding any risk of wrong installation.
«Antonio Merloni Cylinders Ghergo Group S.p.А. » gas tanks can be used in almost any climatic region of Russian Federation, even during strong cold period. In extreme conditions like serious temperature drops, the tanks are not only maintaining their integrity (like the tanks of other producers, at best) but also their working efficiency (!); they continue evaporating gas in required volumes. Horizontal gas tanks evaporate gas at a temperature of -20ºС; vertical gas tanks evaporate gas at a temperature of -40ºС.
All storage tanks for liquified petroleum gas are made according to ISPESL Raccolta "VSR", "M", "S", European Directive 97/23/CE and according to EN 14075 (underground gas tanks) and EN 12542 (above ground gas tanks) standards. All the equipment, used in Italian gas tanks also corresponds to the Standards and European Directives.
Italia is a center of engineering movement. The history and the Company approach inspire profound respect.
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Ten years ago I blitzed £4,000 on a 4 week trip to the USA.
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When news of the TomKat split erupted a couple of weeks back, I braced myself for the inevitable. Just how long would it be before the media and the Twittersphere pointed accusing fingers at that mysterious, select group of individuals, that elite corps of which Tom Cruise, David Miscavige, and I are all such prominent members? Not long, as it turned out. Not long at all.
"Cruise and Miscavige are great friends. They are both short men, like motorbikes and are deeply into Scientology," screamed the London Independent.
The Twittersphere was even more direct:
"Apparently Tom Cruise proposed to Katie Holmes standing on top of the Eiffel Tower. How paranoid do you have to be about your height?" quipped @theLastJedi.
"Tom Cruise is a creepy little midget. Congrats Katie Holmes, you dodged that bullet," added @MaceyWaddington.
How horribly predictable it all is! Whenever things go awry, pundits the world over blame the short guy. Was Tom Cruise attempting to oppress and control his wife and daughter Suri? Quite possibly! Is that because Tom Cruise is a Tom Thumb and must therefore be an ill-intentioned control freak?
Certainly not.
Whenever there is perceived oppression, the world pulls out that yardstick—and I do mean yardstick—and starts measuring the oppressor. OK, I understand there are some unfortunate short-equals-bossy precedents. Hitler was dinky, Mussolini was too, and Bono is not exactly the tallest person on the planet. But these examples do not mean that every male under average height is hell-bent on establishing a tyrannical global brand. Yes, the Marquis de Sade was petite. But so was Gandhi.
From my vantage point—an admittedly low one, since my passport says 5 feet 4½ inches, and I just measured myself and I have lost half an inch in the last 40 years, which is actually a relief since I thought it would be more—the picture is by no means a simple one. The truth of the matter is, there are all kinds of little dudes. Yes, some of us are megalomaniacal, rage-filled Hummel figurines with Napoleon complexes. But only when the situation calls for it! And not all of us have such maniacal tendencies. We short guys are a spectrum, a rainbow. Let's start at the darkest end.
Certain diminutive fellows have a rough time contending with the altitudinal disadvantages of their daily lives. Frustration, caused by years of not being able to reach the cookie jar, turns them into stop-at-nothing despots. No, I'm not talking about Gary Coleman (4-foot-8) or Phil Collins (5-foot-6). I'm referring instead to malevolent munchkins like Joseph Stalin (5-foot-6) and Robert Blake (5-foot-4). The late Kim Jong-il (5-foot-3 + lifts) is another prime example. Of course there are exceptions: Dr. No was 6 feet 6 inches tall—Ian Fleming describes him as "a giant venomous worm wrapped in grey tin-foil"—with pincers for hands.
(Yes, I believe Dr. No was a real person. Why not? If Tom Cruise can believe in Lord Xenu then why can't I … OK, let's not go there.)
This group is the most fun and the shortest and includes the late, great Dudley Moore (5-foot-2), Chuy from Chelsea Lately (estimates vary), Danny DeVito (5 feet), and myself (for height, see above). We fun-lovers respond to the humiliations and challenges of our pixietude with self-deprecating humor—when travelling we amuse others by shouting "Zee plane! Zee plane!"—and by the wearing of idiotic costumes.
This is an impressive group. Members overcome Lilliputian feelings of teensy-weensy-ness by reaching unimaginable (and dizzying) heights of professional success. Famous overachieving gnomes include Aristotle Onassis (5-foot-5), Ryan Seacrest (5-foot-8, allegedly), and Nicolas Sarkozy (5-foot-6). Not to mention Slate Group chairman Jacob Weisberg (5-foot-5). Some overachieving gnomes achieve prominence through creativity rather than business acumen. These artistic homunculi are always catnip to women and invariably have legions of hot chicks chasing them—they are easy to catch—down the charming cobbled alleys of Saint Tropez. Hall of Famers in this category include Roman Polanski (5-foot-5) and Pablo Picasso (5-foot-4) and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (5-foot-1). The last was particularly easy to catch due to a not inconsiderable absinthe intake.
Lastly we have LES MUNCHKINS SPORTIFS
This is a vital group. We short guys rely on them for feelings of self-worth. When people mock us and encourage us to join the circus—a tall pal once vindictively sent me a fake circus employment application asking me to specify my "height above sawdust"—or shower us with discount coupons for elevator shoes, we reply, "Listen! Muggsy Bogues was in the NBA and he was 5-foot-3, fur chrissakes!" If I am dealing with younger detractors I shriek, "Lionel Messi is 5 feet 7 inches tall and the all time top-scorer for FC Barcelona!" Sometimes I get really beaten down and go transgender with my Munchkins Sportifs and play the Korbut card. Yes, I am talking about "The Sparrow from Minsk." Despite being only 4 feet 11 inches tall, Olga Korbut took home three gold medals at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. With the U.K. games looming we shorties are scanning the horizon for future sporty munchkin role models. For some reason they are really hard to spot.
In the meantime, please stop picking on us. We have had enough of it, plus there are some groovy new fall fashion deliveries at Osh-Kosh right now and we cannot allow ourselves to be distracted. See you there, Tom!


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Tony Award-winning TV and film actress and producer Tamara Tunie has found unbelievable success in both her professional and personal lives. She has been (very!) happily married to jazz musician Gregory Generet for 17 years, and with more than 25 years in the industry under her belt, she is still one of the hardest-working Black women in Hollywood today.
The Flight star credits essentials like pre-marriage counseling, awesome communication and having his-and-hers home offices as a few of the secret weapons in her marriage — although it's clear that what really makes her marriage unbreakable is the love and true friendship she shares with Generet. "A joyful person is whom you want to be with, and whom you want to live with," insists Tunie, who says each year her marriage gets better. So what's their secret? Read on to find out!
ESSENCE.com: Seventeen years!? That's amazing! Does it just keep getting better?
TAMARA TUNIE: Yes, it seems to get better with every year. I just feel even closer to my husband. We still enjoy each other's company very much. There's nobody I would rather share things with — oftentimes, when I'm traveling or out and about, I see something and I think to myself, "Oh, Monsieur (my nickname for him) should see this or he should taste this." He is truly my best friend.
GREGORY GENERET: We're not joined at the hip. We can be in the same room and be in different places in the room and not have to be near each other at every moment. Yet we can just feel each other's presence all the time.
TUNIE: Not only do we love each other, but we like each other a lot. His warmth and his…
GENERET: Cooking!
TUNIE: …And his cooking! I can cook, but I don't have to because he's so much better at it. The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married. We have great respect for each other's talents and abilities, wherever they may lie. We celebrate who each other is and we're supportive of each other in our careers.
ESSENCE.com: How do you balance work and love?
GENERET: We spend a lot of time together supporting each other's different projects because it's a part of our lives. It's a beautiful thing. It's what gave me the strength to go out and do what I'm doing right now. My wife is a champion, a cheerleader, a note taker, a note giver — these things help me.
TUNIE: At the end of the day, it's about love and support. Any suggestions or constructive criticism that we might have for each other is about making the other person better. That's a very critical component. We both have home offices. Mine is on the basement of our brownstone and his is on the fourth floor of our brownstone. We shared an office for a little while but that didn't work. We moved to the opposite ends of the house, and that's why we're still married! [Laughs] We still get to see each other a great deal.
ESSENCE.com: You two seem to enjoy each other's company so much. How do you keep things fun between you?
TUNIE: My husband and I swore to each other that we'd never be that couple who is sitting at dinner and has nothing to say. That is the most depressing picture to me. So we enjoy each other, all the time.
ESSENCE.com: When you're asked to offer marriage advice, what's the first thing you say?
TUNIE: Even though you're married, you're still individuals. You still have to grow and nurture your individuality. And what you have to gather is the marriage. Each partner brings his or her own special joy to that marriage and that's what helps the marriage grow. You have to continue to grow and evolve as individuals in order for your marriage to evolve. It takes two pillars to support a structure. If those two pillars become one, you have a structure that teeters.
ESSENCE.com: How do you keep unwanted drama out of your marriage and stay so positive?
GENERET: It's about communication. We communicate about communicating because we don't fight; we just disagree about different things. There's never a day where you're going to hear us seriously arguing around here. Sometimes we just agree to disagree because we're individuals and you're going to feel the way you're going to feel.
TUNIE: For me, it's living in NYC as opposed to Hollywood. I think that that environment sometimes creates an unrealistic kind of picture or equation for people. Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground. I've been in this business a long time and I'm very clear on what is real and what is fleeting. And what I know is that the relationship I have with my husband is very real and very solid. Pretty things may pass before me, but I know who really is my rock and my anchor. I would never jeopardize what I have.
See Tunie in her new film Flight, in theaters Friday, November 2, and catch Generet performing every Thursday night at renowned Smoke Jazz Club in New York City or visit his website to listen to his debut album, (re) generet-ion.


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The Banality of Crimes against Migrants
Writing in the German publication, Der Spiegel, City Law School's Dr Ioannis Kalpouzos and Haifa University's Dr Itamar Mann, have drawn attention to the plight of migrants subjected to criminal treatment by nation states.
In their article, titled, 'The Banality of Crimes Against Migrants', they refer to a new report authored by UN Special rapporteur, Agnes Callamard' - Unlawful Death of Refugees and Migrants - focused on government responses to worldwide flows of migrants across borders. Callamard says her report deals with "an international crime whose very banality in the eyes of so many makes its tragedy particularly grave and disturbing."
Dr Kalpouzos wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) to punish crimes involving the incarceration, abuse, starvation and death of migrants in camps.
In search of monsters
He believes that the effort to move international criminal justice from war to migration is not just another attempt to expand the gamut of a cash-strapped and inefficient court, but an attempt to shift political priorities, in the Court and outside of it, away from looking for "monsters" committing spectacular violence and towards addressing increasingly normalized suffering. The very 'banality' of these crimes, he and Dr Mann argue, is a testament to their gravity and the necessity of their prosecution.
Dr Kalpouzos is the founder of the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN).
In February 2017, GLAN and the Stanford International Human Rights Clinic submitted a 108-page legal submission to the office of the prosecutor of the ICC, detailing the "harrowing practices of the Australian state and corporations towards asylum seekers".
News reports on the submission, calling on the ICC to open an investigation into possible "crimes against humanity committed by individuals and corporate actors", were widely published around the world, notably in Australia, the UK and the USA.
The Rohingya crisis exemplifies the violence meted out to refugees beyond their persecution in their state of origin in Myanmar. This violence ranges from the conditions of their reception in neighbouring countries, to repeated instances of drowning at sea while fleeing, to deportation back to Myanmar. Australia's unlawful deportation of Rohingya refugees is part of a policy of deterrence of refugees and constitutes a systematic attack against a vulnerable civilian population, and therefore a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court.
To read Dr Kalpouzos' Der Spiegel article in full, please visit this weblink.


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Love the addition of the new recommendation widget that allows us to add a widget based on tags, collections etc. in Shopify.
I would like to add that it would be nice if we could make the recommendation header linkable. This way when we create the recommendation widget we can allow the customer to see the whole collection or all products rather than being limited to the 30 max.
The second item would be to allow us to set up the recommendation filter and be able to add an 'and/or clause' to the filtering. For now, all we can do is choose a collection, product cat, Brand or tags. It would be nice if we could select a collection and also a tag, or a brand and a collection and so on..
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ELKRIDGE, MD - The Chesapeake Chapter of NAFA Fleet Management Association will hold a golf outing Oct. 4 at The Timbers at Troy in Elkridge, Md. (Note: Original announcement listed the event date as Sept. 10.)
The outing is scheduled from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be available.
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6100 Marshalee Drive
Elkridge, MD 21075
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Friday, December 21, 2007
Neo Alphasmart
I am using a Neo Alphasmart for Notetaking in the library and on the train. Why?
It is Affordable. At $219, it's only a fraction of the cost of a standard laptop (though one might argue it is still a bit pricey).
It is Flexible. I can send text directly to a PC, Mac, or USB printer by USB cable.
It has incredible battery life. Up to 700 hours on 3 alkaline batteries, or up to 300 hours using the rechargeable battery option. The last set of batteries lasted almost a year!
It is simple. Instant on/off, autosave, one-touch file access keeps you on task. I especially like the instant on/off. No boot-up, no waiting, just start writing. And nothing to distract you. No Web-Access, no games.
It is small. About half the size of a normal laptop. (It is also not very heavy.) The screen may be small, but it's more than enough for taking notes and writing small scraps of text. What is more important than having a big screen is that it has a real full-sized keyboard.
Now, it does not do much, except allowing you to write text, but that's all I want for note-taking. It does not do italics, bold or other formatting, but since I use the wiki-markup for later inclusion in ConnectedText, it does everything I need to do on the road or in the library. While it was designed for kids in grade school, it is used by many serious writers .
The company also has something fancier, called "Dana," which has almost all the distractions the Palm operating system has to offer, and that I don't need.
I used to own a Tandy WP 2, which did everything the Alphasmart Neo does - and more. But exchanging information between the computer and the WP 2 was never easy, and it got more difficult as more advanced operating systems emerged. So I stopped using it, and gave it to one of my nieces. This is a perfect replacement.
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Fraser Real Estate - Find Your Perfect Home For Sale!
Fraser Listings Summary
Fraser - Town vs. County Stats
Avg Price in Fraser: $190,100 / County Avg $301,000
Avg Taxes in Fraser: $2,500 / County Avg $4,100
Avg Sq. Ft. in Fraser: 1,388 / County Avg 1,938
Avg Price per/ft2 in Fraser: $137 / County Avg $155
Avg Walkscore in Fraser: 42 / County Avg 34
Avg Year Built in Fraser: 1977 / County Avg 1978
Avg Days on Website in Fraser: 48 / County Avg 83
Fraser Real Estate Market Health
The Village of Fraser was incorporated by an act of the state legislature in 1894. The city was named for a lawyer from Detroit. The City of Fraser was established by home rule charter November 7, 1956, and adopted by the electors on December 26, 1956.
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Coffee with Great taste
Coffee is one of Uganda's largest exports and Carpe Diem coffee shop wants everyone to be able to appreciate the fine taste of some good African coffee. An Italian coffee machine, a healthy menu with homemade dishes from a variety of different countries and our relaxed and friendly atmosphere will definitely bring a stress free smile to your face!
The gardens have intimate, cosy sofa areas where you can appreciate the lake views or simply soak up the African sunshine with a good book.
WIFI is available throughout the coffee shop and gardens.
Homemade biscuits, cakes and slices will be a tempting delight as will the selection of fresh fruit and vegetables from local suppliers.
Relax & Enjoy
We want you to feel relaxed and at home at Carpe Diem coffee shop. You are more than welcome to borrow a book from our library or play one of the varieties of board games or puzzles that we have for our guests.
Carpe Diem coffee shop is open to the public from 0800hrs to 2100hrs daily. We also do take away coffees and lunches.


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'Pie Love You! These comforting little fellas will definitely have you feeling the love this V-Day. Handmade in Herefordshire, and chock- a-block with delicious meaty fillings, these cold pies are tasty, satisfying and made from ingredients reared just down the road. (We fell especially hard for The Celebrity, featuring local pork, perry and pear.) Available from the Legges of Bromyard shop, and online.'
Crumbs Magazine, February 2015
'Feed the Family- This will ensure your freezer is nice and full, with bacon, thin pork sausages, a gammon joint, beef burgers, a cooked chicken and piri piri pork steaks. There's even a pork and leek pie for when you can't be bothered to cook and eggs to complete a morning fry-up.'
Independent Ten Best Meat & Fish Boxes, November 2014
'I was taken to Legges, a butcher in Bromyard. This is the antithesis of everything you are told about rural shops. Big and bustling, with things that yelled "Eat me", and almost everything collected within five miles of the shop. Its pie was made with short hot-water crust, perhaps not quite as much jelly as you'd like, but the meaty filling has a wonderful piggy flavour. the straight-up spicing of the white pepper gave it that characteristic palely hot afterburn. This was a round-voweled fistful of pie that knew its Ps from its Qs.'
AA Gill, Sunday Times Style Magazine, 1 July 2012
Legges beat off competition to win the Best Retailer Award at the HEFF Diamond Awards.
HEFF is a food group for the heart of England, celebrating the best of local food and drink from across Shropshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Black Country and Birmingham.
We underwent an unannounced store visit from a panel of experts who were scoring the range of local produce, in store merchandising and how local products were promoted and the knowledge of the staff.
The annual food and drink award scheme for producers, retailers and hospitality members showcasing and raising the profile of the finest food and drink from the heart of England. In excess of 250 entries are judged over two days by more than seventy industry experts, their combined experience and expertise adds enormous value to the honour of becoming a Diamond Award winner.
The awards were presented in the company of fellow producers and sector professionals at the HEART of ENGLAND fine foods gala dinner, an annual celebration of regional food and drink attracting sponsorship from leading food retailers and associated businesses.


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Various ornamental waterfowl – all this years hatch(2015), all pinioned, ready to go:
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Mandarins – normal £50 a pair, blondes £70 a pair
European Pintails – blondes £ 40 a pair, blue £45 a pair
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Pomeranian geese £120 a pair(show quality) less well marked at discounted prices
Call ducks £50 a pair, ducks £30, drakes £25
We have over 250 pairs of beautiful birds, on various fresh running water ponds, in a natural and quiet surrounding of the warwickshire countryside, which is the ideal environment for good pair bonding as is essential for breeding these fantastic birds!
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Herald Sun
27 August 2016
When Building Fences Ends Up Burning Bridges
Blanche Clark
Life in the 'burbs is not all lawnmowing and barbecues. Like Christos Tsiolkas's The Slap,
Australian debut author Meredith Jaffe's novel homes in on a hot-button issue that divides the characters, in this case a fence rather than a slap.
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Courier Mail
27 August 2016
Don't Fence Me In
- Belinda Seeney
Gwen Hill arrived - fully formed - three years ago, long before she had anywhere to go. Author Meredith Jaffe knew her fictional character was an elderly gardener who enjoyed a cold wine after a long day tending her plants. She knew Gwen had a neighbour called Babs and another called Val, and that they lived in a suburban cul-de-sac. "I knew Babs had to die and someone new had to move in but, beyond that, I didn't have a story," the debut novelist says.
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31 August 2016
Caroline Baum
Botanically speaking, Jaffe is of the same popular species as Liane Moriarty: let's call it by its Latin name: Hortus Nastyus Domesticus. A deceptive native shrub with dangerous spines concealed beneath showy blooms.
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3 August 2016
- Thuy On
Reminiscent of the fiction of Liane Moriarty, Meredith Jaffé's debut explores a range of topics beyond mere border patrol disputes. Written with astute characterisation and alternating viewpoints so the reader can sympathise with both sides, The Fence also explores gender roles at home and work marital and parental friction.
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Weekly Times
2 September 2016
Edwina Hall
It's this clash of generations, differing ideals, and a cast of interesting and eccentric characters that makes The Fence a page-turner.
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Chick Lit Club
This suburban satire is a very promising debut. The dirty tactics employed by these feuding neighbours raises plenty of smiles and the relationship troubles faced by both Gwen and Frankie ensure the book has plenty of heart too.
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Beauty & Lace
17 September 2016
The Fence
I really enjoyed this book once I got involved, and I was so entranced by the goings on that I had to find out what would be next.
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Book Muster Down Under
19 September 2016
Marcia B
Meredith Jaffé has written an absorbing, entertaining and utterly believable story that brims with the assurance of an important new voice in contemporary fiction and I can't wait to see where she takes us to next. Highly recommended and one for the Book Clubs!
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But Books Are Better
7 September 2016
Heidi F
A wonderful novel, and a full 5 stars from me. Loved it – very much recommended, especially for readers who enjoy a good Aussie drama, such as Liane Moriarty's writing.
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The Australian
15 October 2016
The Fence
Andrew McMillen
The Fence is an accomplished, self-contained story by a debut author with evident skill in writing realistic characters, place and dialogue. Jaffe has an ear and eye for each of these aspects, and none of the
narrative's turns feel forced or implausible.
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The Australian Women's Weekly
December Edition 2016
Hannah Richell
With her eye for satire, Jaffé does for neighbourly disputes what Liane Moriarty did for schoolyard scandals in Big Little Lies. The Fence is guaranteed to resonate.
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Beauty & Lace
8 August 2017
The Making of Christina
This is a book that was beautifully crafted with flawed characters that could be any one of us.
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The Australian
16 September 2017
The Making of Christina
Thuy On
Jaffe has been likened to Liane Moriarty and the comparison is a fair one. She knows how to create and animate the domestic dramas of easily relatable characters and exploit the darkness seething beneath the gloss of surface civilities.
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