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|Nepalese journalists protest in Kathmandu, June 5
The journalists had gathered near the main government offices in downtown Kathmandu and called on the royal government to allow FM radio stations to broadcast news.
The trouble began when they tried to break through a line of police who were blocking them from leaving an exhibition center where they had been protesting.
The royal government has declared that many of the streets near the royal palace are restricted areas where demonstrations are not allowed.
Dozens of reporters have been arrested since King Gyanendra took power, and some of them are still behind bars.
There is a ban on criticism of the king, and also on any independent reporting on the country's Maoist insurgency.
Some information for this report provided by AFP and AP.


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Sentext Solutions Llc reviews
Sentext Solutions Llc is a privately held company in marketing and advertising with 11-50 employees . Sentext Solutions Llc's reputation score is 100%, which is excellent.
Editorial review
SenText Solutions, is not too keen in sending information to the internet
Here's SenText, yet another mail shot company but are they doing things differently?"SenText", quite a crackerjack name as it has the most powerful Google keywords in its name for their specific industry and is just short of the "d". Did you know that 91% of users do not go past Google Page 1, so smart cookies in SenText for coming up with that name? However, are they we wonder?
They specialize in offering businesses to grow their customer base by collecting their mobile telephone numbers. Then, the application uses it to send out the one to cover all single text messages about their client's products or promotions. In other words, a sophisticated mail shot company. They are based in Milford, Connecticut and has been around since 2011, relatively young start-up but not making waves, at least not yet.
We are unable to consider any Glassdoor reviews for the simple fact that the company does not make background checks against their contributors namely identification, contract of employment, wage slip or reference letter. In fact the credibility of Glassdoor is being investigated by several organisations and we will be sure to let you know the outcome. It's similar to TripAdvisor that openly states in their help section that they do not do fact-check reviews, so should we follow suit or have they become so huge that we have collectively decided to trust them? We decline to use them as it's simply not reliable as a source of fact-based information.
Anyway back to SenText that helps merchants, provides an exclusive text marketing messaging service with instant communication which covers advertising, coupons and linking their merchants or customer base to the services available in the local areas. Shame, they cannot predict customer trends.
SenText claims that they can over a period of 12 months increase your sales by 20% per annum, this is simply impossible as every 100 leaflets, emails, letters, posters sent only yields 1% to 2% tops and it has been like that for decades, sms texts are no exception. We cannot find a single customer testimonial to verify the 20% claims, this is impossible even with a never ending budget pot for marketing. It's because people do not like to be bothered by sales, spams, consistent marketing and will only buy it if they need it or the campaign was so tempting they simply fell for it.
We have skimmed through nearly 100 websites to find employees records, neither published accounts data nor board of directors and sadly we have not found any reliable data that we can use on this editorial review.
Update on 10 Jun 2016:
However, we have done our own investigations for customer testimonials and here are our results to date:-
- "Sentext Solutions is the most effective way to reach out to our customers during slow times. In just a few minutes I can tell over 900 customers about a special and they will begin coming in within minutes!" - Eric, San Jose Mexican Restaurant
- "Thanks to our VIP Mobile Club, The Basketry has been able to increase both brand awareness and customer loyalty significantly. When we tell customers about the program, they are not only interested in learning more about The Basketry but they also return to our store regularly for events and specials that are promoted only through the text message program. Text message campaigns are easy to create and are received promptly. This strategic marketing program is a great way to add to any marketing program already in place or to create an entirely new one." - Kristi, The Basketry
- "SenText is so easy and has helped my business tremendously!" - Brandy, Mode Covington
Sadly, we were unable to speak to both Eric and his brother Tony, so we shall keep you posted.
We were able to speak to Kristi directly and she mentioned that she would use SenText services again but it's not suitable at present as it's more geared to deals or coupons being offered. She also mentioned that she would recommend SenText.
Unfortunately, it went straight to voicemail but we shall either keep trying or speak to other clients.
Mobile Phone Trends
Although, it's disappointing that we are unable to provide more information on SenText Solutions, we have decided to contact some of the clients featured on their website. We tried contacting Mr Cassius Walls of Diamond Shine which offers car cleaning services, but had no luck. We will surely update this review as soon as we hear from them.
In the meantime, we would like to alert you to the fast paced mobile technology which is outstripping everything else in sight. Here's a few to knock you out, take note business owners:-
- In 2013, mobile marketing advertisement grew by 100%
- Customers are more likely to respond or make a purchase to mobile phone offers than other mediums
- 66% of customers that have subscribed to mobile marketing made a purchase but only if it was relevant
- For some unknown reason, mobile offers are redeemed ten times more than printed offers
- This is the most important of all, the open rate amongst mobile customers is a staggering 98% against their main competitor, that electronic mail aka emails only gets 22%
Mala Papachan
06 Jun 2016
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Suite 402, Shelton, 06484, Connecticut, US
Incorporation Date
18 February 2011
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Privately Held
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Hands-On: Job Simulator On Valve's Vive VR Headset
Virtual cartoon hands, that is
The Vive overwhelmed me when I first tried it at GDC, but after playing through Valve's hand-picked demos for a general sense of the VR headset, I went back for a second time to play more of Job Simulator [official site]. Of the game-like experiences I've had with the device, it was the best – better even than Valve's own Portal 2 vignette.
The game begins in a cartoon kitchen. Laid out in front of me is a kitchen surface with a chopping board, a rolling pin, a stove, some ingredients, and behind it all, a robot. "The high level of Job Simulator is, in 2050 robots have taken most of our jobs," explains Alex Schwartz, the founder of developer Owlchemy Labs. "So in order to make sure our children understand what all of the old usurped professions are, there's this simulation. It's basically this pile of VHS tapes in the loading scene, and you can put the tape in – say, "gourmet chef" or "chemist" or "bartender" – and you put it in the mouth of the job-bot and then you get teleported into this world."
The demo they're letting people play at GDC is the chef simulation, so job-bot welcomes me and shows me a recipe on screen for tomato soup – two mushrooms, two tomatoes, and a lot of sriracha hot sauce. I pick up a mushroom and plop it in the pot, then grab two tomato halves at the same time and drop those in. I look for a second mushroom and as I glance towards the fridge, it opens automatically. I reach inside and take what I need, toss it in the pot, then pick up and turn the sriracha bottle upside down to pour it inside.
As simple as they sound, these mere actions – simple tasks of picking, dropping, reaching – are core the pleasure of Job Simulator. "It's amazing to grab stuff, it's amazing to just put things on top of each other – stack, move, throw. All these kind of kinetic actions that weren't possible before we had input," says Schwartz. I agree. What would have felt mundane in a first-person game with mouse and keyboard controls takes on a strange pleasure in VR with motion controllers, albeit one likely dependent upon the novelty of interacting in an unusual way. Owlchemy know this, too – they're the only VR developers I speak to at GDC who aren't also planning to release the game for regular monitors.
Once I've combined my ingredients in the pot on the stove, they combine to produce a tin of what looks a little like Campbell's tomato soup. I put the tin – the whole, unopened tin – on a plate by a window in the wall, ding a bell, and the plate flies off to its unseen restaurant eater. Objective complete.
"Things are wrong in the simulation," says Schwartz. "Like, why do you make a can of soup when you put all the ingredients in, why isn't it real soup? And, it's because it's the future's view on the past, done through like a dirty lens. As if the robots didn't do their research very well about what those jobs used to be, so it's a simulation of the current from the future as the past."
This is the other half of Job Simulator's appeal: there is silliness in the simulation, and Owlchemy are writing or programming responses to any actions players are likely to perform in the world. That means that when you reach up to knock a hanging pot, it swings. When you throw things at the robot, he obediently responds. "We just watch people play and we realise; hey, they're doing this real world analogue thing that we haven't supported," says Schwartz. "Like, my wife; she threw a plate on the ground and it didn't break. She was like, 'c'mon!'. So I added that immediately to the top of my task list; make plates break."
A second recipe has appeared on the screen next to the job-bot, but I ignore it. I start to look around the room at all the different objects. I pick up a recipe book, put it on a plate, and ding the bell to watch it fly away to a virtual patron. I put a knife inside the microwave and cook it, to which the job-bot congratulates me. "You have created a: no." I put the smoking, charred lump on another plate, and ding it away, too.
"We thought people were going to follow the recipe straight up, and it would be like, 'OK, here's this and then that,' and then you follow the steps and you've successfully done your thing," Schwartz tells me later. "And usually people, so far that I've seen, they do the soup creation and they realise 'OK, I'm in control here' and they stop listening to the robot and they start throwing shit around."
Yeah, pretty much. Plates do break now. That 1:1 relationship between your expectations and the game's responses is important, because it's twice as frustrating than it would be in non-VR games to try something in VR – to physically try to crack an egg against the side a pan, say – and to have nothing happen in response.
The other benefit to that close simulation, even in a cartoony world, is that when a game world works as expected, there's a lot less that needs explaining to players. "My mother who is 59-years-old and gets sick on motion simulation rides even at Universal, she put this headset on and she was in that kitchen, throwing shit around, picking stuff up off the floor. There was nothing to know, there was no 'how do I do this, how do I do that?' You just do it, because it's a one-to-one of the real world."
This freedom to go off-track and experiment so easily is what made Job Simulator the best game I played on the device. I was more impressed by the technology in some of the tools and passive experiences, and Valve's Portal 2 vignette was funnier, but everything else was also wholly linear. They were either cinematic novelties or simply frustratingly limiting, albeit while still leaving you staring gawp-eyed in wonder. Job Simulator, meanwhile, felt like it had a structure in place that could expand to be entertaining even after the initial VR thrills wore off.
Owlchemy are aiming to release on day one with the release of the Vive, which is due before the end of the year.


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First off , the winners of election night …
Barack Obama — Obvious choice, he got enough Americans to believe he can turn the economy around despite serious struggles in his first-term. Bill Clinton, to his credit, understood his limits in governing in a Democracy during a second term, it will be interesting to see what Obama attempts to do and how he goes about it with the same opportunity. Made good moves in reaching out to Chris Christie and even Mitt Romney in recent days, but were they political or practical?
Joe Biden — Made plenty of gaffes on the campaign trail, like getting his locations incorrect and stating things 'incorrectly' but still was part of the winning ticket. Some of the best veep's in history worked behind the scenes to help the president get bills passed and work with members across the aisle, it will be interesting to see if Biden has the political capital or respect of Republicans to do the same. While Obama is considered the 'transformational' leader of the country, perhaps Biden can help him develop some limits on what 'change' can be accomplished. To do so, however, he may need to behave, ahem, "differently".
Liberals/Progressives — The nation is now apparently center-left, perhaps for the time being or for a long-time to come. That means more emphasis on government programs that some would argue have a mission to 'help' people while others are concerned they may be intended to 'control' them. Getting the massive deficit under control will apparently take a back seat to creating or expanding social programs that some feel could bankrupt us.
For the losers …
Romney — Mitt will go into the dustbin of the political scene, like Bob Dole, Al Gore , John Kerry and Mike Dukakis before him. Romney went to the right in the campaign and picked up serious steam, but it was not enough to overcome an incumbent who had plenty of advantages to run on. The Republicans have younger, more exciting candidates for 2016, including perhaps Marco Rubio and Bobby Jindal, and whoever the nominee is needs to be a solid conservative from the get-go. John McCain and Romney were apparently TOO moderate to win. Democrats were right to believe they could beat both candidates.
Paul Ryan — I could have seen the young, energetic Wisconsin congressman working the House and Senate to build up their respective relationships with the Romney administration. Alas, the budget wonk won't have that opportunity and that may actually make America the loser in the process, as well if the deficit isn't addressed, as it likely won't be.
Political pundits — Ex-GW Bush advisor Karl Rove takes the biggest hit, along with Dick Morris, both of FOX News. Both predicted wins for Romney, the latter by 'landslide' and both have egg on their faces as a result. They weren't alone, however, as the old political model oversampling Democrats for polls didn't seem to apply. Many were upset or offended by Rush Limbaugh's comment comparing Obama to Santa Claus, but did Democrats turn out in droves to protect what some Republicans see as handouts?
Television/newspaper media — Many outlets appeared to stick with the president until near the very end of his first-term, when several newspapers, including the NY Daily News and Newsday, flipped their support to Romney. What was the purpose of endorsing him so late, when so much of the media seemed SO opposed to him throughout the campaign? The legitimacy of the media, what's left of it, took another serious hit.


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Chairman of the Vodafone Group plc. Assumed office July 2006.
Stepping down 2011 to take over at Xstrata.
Chairman's Compensation for 2010 -fees earned or paid in cash £602,000.00.
At HSBC, Bond received £4.2m, including a salary and bonus package of £2.1m. His pension is worth £7.9m and he also has shares and share options worth £10.6m.
With his Vodafone salary and a small stake, he is valued at £30m.
Chairman of the HSBC May, 1998 – May 2006.
Chief Executive Officer of HSBC, January 1993 – May 1998.
Chairman Vodafone 2006 -2012
Chairman Xstrata (Glencore) Minining and Commodities 2012
Born 24 July 1940 (age 70) Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Married to Lady Elizabeth Bond, with 3 children
Bond failed to gain admittance to Oxford University, so on leaving school he spent two years in the USA, one as an English-Speaking Union scholarship student at Cate School, near Santa Barbara, California, before being given passage on a ship from Long Beach to Hong Kong as a deck hand.
He was knighted in 1999 for his services to banking.
Vodafone Group plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in Newbury, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenue. It has 79,000 employees.
Xstrata/Glencore is the worlds largest mining and commodities company.
HSBC is a global financial services company and one of the world's biggest bank.
In an interview in 2005 he noted being driven more by a fear of failure, of letting down shareholders, customers and staff, rather than a sense of personal aggrandisement.
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Canadian grad student, Jewish anti-Zionist activist, and descendant of Holocaust survivors Jenny Peto is breaking new ground with her University of Toronto master's thesis The Victimhood of the Powerful: White Jews, Zionism and the Racism of Hegemonic Holocaust Education, though perhaps not in the way she intended.
His new boss told us, "There's a lot of attention on Prince Harry at the moment. With that attention then demand for a Prince Harry look-alike increases. We'd had several applications but nobody that looked right. Then Prince Harry turned up and he was perfect. He can do the voice and everything. We're sure he'll be a success."
WE are on our way to becoming a Pariah Nation.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today that victims of a Ukrainian flight that crashed in Iran would still be alive if the US hadn't triggered tensions in the region.
In an interview with Global television, Trudeau suggested America's assassination of Iran's General Qassem Soleimani had brought about the tensions in the region, and the subsequent response from Tehran to target a US military base in Iraq. The Ukrainian flight was accidentally hit by a missile which was intended for the American base.
He said: "I think if there were no tensions, if there was no escalation recently in the region, those Canadians would be right now home with their families."
Maxwell Johnson thought his appointment at the Bank of Montreal would be routine.
He's been a customer since 2014 and wanted to open an account for his 12-year-old granddaughter so he could transfer funds to her electronically when she was on the road for basketball games.
But at the Dec. 20 meeting at BMO's Burrard Street location in downtown Vancouver, an employee questioned the identification he and his granddaughter presented.
"She said the numbers didn't match up what she had on her computer," Johnson said from his home in Bella Bella, a Heiltsuk community located on B.C's Central Coast.
Johnson, 56, and his granddaughter were using government-issued Indian Status cards, his birth certificate and her medical card. He said the employee became suspicious and went upstairs with their cards.
Absoflippinglutely unbelievable.
That First Peoples in the US and Canada have had a "rough go" with emerging governments of both countries; but THIS, to add insult to injury?!?
Forgive me, Prime Minister Trudeau, but it sounds to me as though the country's national anthem, "Oh, Canada", needs immediately to be changed to "Oh, Can-na-DUH"!!!
On Thursday, December 19, 2019, by a vote of 385 Yeas to 41 Nays, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (H.R. 5430) to approve and implement the USMCA regional integration scheme.
Of those who voted against the sovereignty-crushing regional merger scheme, Representative Justin Amash (I-Mich.) tweeted earlier on Thursday:
Canada voted in favour of a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution supporting the Palestinian right to self-determination yesterday, in a defeat for pro-Israel groups.
The General Assembly adopted the resolution by 167 votes to five, with 11 abstentions, with only Israel, the United States, in addition to US-dependent Pacific island states Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Nauru, voting against the text.
The resolution reaffirms "the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including to their independent State of Palestine", urging states and UN agencies "to continue to support and assist Palestinians in the early realization of their right to self-determination", stated the UN press release.
Mexico tops the list of the largest lithium deposit in the world , according to the report ranking made by Mining Technology.
The report indicates that the mine of this element located in Sonora is the largest element deposit with proven and probable reserves of 243.8 million tons.
In recent days, members of the Sonora government have met with the Chinese capital mining company Ganfeng Lithium, who are looking to settle and invest in the region.
"They have more than seven thousand employees and are very interested in coming in January, they will come on a commercial mission to Sonora, because they are interested in being here, seeing the possibility of installing and setting up a battery factory," said Jorge Vidal, secretary Sonoran economy.
I would completely dismayed, if the scientific elements in this government didn't know about this huge deposit in Sonora, and that the Mexican government is now negotiating with China.
But what if the American government knew full well that this was about to happen, and had a plan to make such a Mexican/Chinese deal....a moot point?!?
Let's look at a map, in terms of the border of Mexico (Sonora, to be exact)
Border; Arizona, United States; Sonora, Mexico
Notice the flurry of headlines we have seen in the past couple of months, about cartel gang violence in Mexico, "spilling over" into the the US?!?
The Sinaloa
Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug
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Mexico ambush: How a US Mormon family ended up deadThe article goes on to state that "In time, the Mormon community south of the border grew in number and wealth.
They purchased land in the states of Sonora and Chihuahua and set up ranches and other colonias. They thrived as pecan farmers, grew wheat, planted apple and pomegranate orchards and produced honey to sell at farmers' markets. Although many returned to the southern United States after the Mexican Revolution, by the 1950s the Mormon enclaves had populations in the high hundreds or low thousands."
And notice, right after that, how President Trump was attempting to get Mexican drug cartels designated as "terrorists" ?!?
President Trump wants to label Mexican cartesl as "terrorist organizations"
Even though the Mexican government is bitterly opposed to such a measure, what happens if the US military goes in and "Controls" Sinaloa?!? Would this not mean that the US government also controlled the flow of lithium, in terms of practical production, and insuring that this mineral, would only be sold in the US dollar?!?
The previous moves by the US government remind us of the reality, that President Trump has US soldiers "guarding Syria's oil, and is at least considering having the refining by a US-trusted company"?!?!?
Trump OKs wider Syria oil mission, raising legal questions.
So what about Bolivia's "coup coup ka CHOO!" last month, when President Evo was overthrown, and found sanctuary in Mexico, for at least a while?!? What was his "crime" leading up to the ultra-right Putsch which took power here?
Bolivian Coup Comes Less Than a Week After Morales Stopped Multinational Firm's Lithium Deal
And another salient comment on bolivia's coup:
After Morales Ousted in Coup, the Lithium Question Looms Large in BoliviaThe story goes on to state:
"Last year, Germany's ACI Systems agreed to a deal with Bolivia. After protests from residents in the Salar de Uyuni region, Morales canceled that deal on November 4, 2019.
Chinese firms—such as TBEA Group and China Machinery Engineering—made a deal with YLB. It was being said that China's Tianqi Lithium Group, which operates in Argentina, was going to make a deal with YLB. Both Chinese investment and the Bolivian lithium company were experimenting with new ways to both mine the lithium and to share the profits of the lithium. The idea that there might be a new social compact for the lithium was unacceptable to the main transnational mining companies.
Tesla (United States) and Pure Energy Minerals (Canada) both showed great interest in having a direct stake in Bolivian lithium. But they could not make a deal that would take into consideration the parameters set by the Morales government. Morales himself was a direct impediment to the takeover of the lithium fields by the non-Chinese transnational firms. He had to go.
After the coup, Tesla's stock rose astronomically.
I do not know when President Trump is likely to characterize Mexican cartels (particularly in Sinaloa) in Sinaloa and beyond, as "terrorists; that gives President Trump gets a great more leeway in terms of how he uses our military; but I would suggest that an executive order, putting the wheels in motion for such an action, will not be long in coming.
And in terms of Mexico's "sovereignty"?!?
President Trump will give Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, precisely the same consideration as he did with Syria's President, Bashar Al Assad, when he both trained, funded, and provided weapons to Jihadis, whose task it was, to regime-change Syria, and take a great deal of their oil.
Oh, and if this isn't disturbing enough, we find this little "crumpet" of news in blacklistednews.com: US Army will fund rare earths-processing
So I have to wonder; will the first "funding" go soon-to-be US-controlled lithium mines in Mexico?!?
I will nearly bet you one thing; the "timing" of this announcement, is not accidental.
Moscow Creates 'Anti-Missile Dome' Over Northern Fleet As Battle For Arctic Heats Up
The international struggle for military supremacy in the Arctic has just risen to absurd new heights.
Following the collapse of the arms control regime that for decades aided the US's tenuous grip on power in the region, the US, Russia and China are now engaged in a winner-takes-all struggle for control of territory north of the Arctic Circle.
And as Russia moves to defend its territory (Russia and Canada have the most territory inside the Arctic Circle), the Russian army is reportedly preparing to upgrade the equipment on the anti-aircraft regiment of its Northern Fleet with its new state-of-the-art S-400 missile defense systems.
The upgrades will create what RT described as a "missile defense dome" able to stop a flurry of NATO missiles.
What concerns me, is that this has been known to be happening among US diplomatic, and intelligence communities for some time now; so why is the US government and military so lagging behind, and almost seeming to be caught off guard, in caring for their legitimate interests in this region?!?
The Israeli government is aiming to increase the volume of Israel's defence exports, reported Globes, which has revealed the main points of the plan for the first time.
The project, being overseen by the Defence Ministry's International Defence Cooperation Directorate (SIBAT) led by Brigadier General (Res.) Yair Kulas, will begin to be rolled out in early 2020.
According to Globes, the plan is based on "focused seminars for senior commanders in foreign armies", Israeli military "assistance for promoting sales of Israeli weapons", and "subsidising small and medium-sized defence companies seeking to sell arms around the world".
Speaking this week, Kulas said that SIBAT favours a major expansion of agreements between countries, resulting in significant deals for the large defence companies, especially Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Rafael Advanced Defence Systems.
Color me unsurprised at this development; but one has to wonder how Israeli weaponry really stands up to that of China or Russia, at this point?!?
Canadian politicians are echoing fabricated claims of anti-Semitism after students rallying for Palestinian rights were attacked by a violent anti-Palestinian group at York University in Toronto last week.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asserted that "violence and racist chants" were directed at Jewish students, and blamed "anti-Semitism."
But available evidence, including video, paints a completely different picture: It was pro-Israel extremists who attacked students protesting the presence of Israeli soldiers on their campus.
China is set to expand its bond market through a record sale of sovereign bonds in dollars, according to Bloomberg sources.
The bond offering could raise up to $6 billion, would be one of the largest dollar bond offerings on record. The offering could be seen as soon as Tuesday.
Sources said the Ministry of Finance is considering tenors of three years, five years, 10 years and 20 years:
"It reaffirms China's determination to develop an orderly offshore dollar bond market for Chinese issuers," Anne Zhang, head of fixed income for JPMorgan Private Bank in Asia, told Bloomberg. "The new deal will further complete a sovereign curve," she said.
The size of the issuance would be more than double last year's size, and triple the amount from 2017.
Chris Powell of GATA writes today about how he finds it interesting that CNBC are careful to admit that owning the GLD ETF is not the same thing as owning physical gold, a theme that has run strongly throughout our market commentaries for many years.
He writes…
Two cheers for today's CNBC report celebrating the 15th anniversary of the gold exchange-traded fund GLD, since the report does not pretend that owning GLD is the same as owning the monetary metal itself.
When the invaders say, "I am Canadian" or Canadien", they are saying "I am a squatter on kanastoteh". Be careful of the words you use. Know where they come from and what they means. Canadians have a problem defining who they are. And now we're telling them. They've been using the word long enough. It is time we told them what it means.
. In this piece, Radovac reveals the buried plan for a finance-sector managed, all-surveilling National ID card buried in the latest massive wedge of largely unread documents from Google spin-out Sidewalk Labs (previously) that is building a controversial, privatized city-within-a-city in Toronto
As noted moments ago, futures ramped to new record highs rising above 3,100 following a quote from top Trump advisor Larry Kudlow, who has figured out that he gets most bang for the buck in juicing futures when liquidity is virtually nil, around 8pm or so, when he told reporters that Phase One of the China deal is "down to the short strokes", adding that "we are in communication with them every single day right now", and repeating that "a deal is close", even if "it's not done yet."
(Sigh)Has complete, geopolitical tone-deafness, become a mandatory requirement for serving in Congress these days?!?
Natalie Salisbury was kicked out of school after defending the traditional red and black poppy.
Her crime?
The Grade 11 student refused to don an LGBT-inspired rainbow poppy so she printed off posters to defend her decision and explain why the traditional red and black poppy means so much to so many Canadians.
Natalie's father called us to express his outrage at the school's decision. He said Natalie is worried that no-one will stand up for her, which is a damned shame after she proudly stood up for our veterans and our right to remember their sacrifices.
A convoy of buses carrying employees and contractors of a Canadian gold mining firm and its military escort fell victim to an armed ambush in eastern Burkina Faso, leaving upwards of 37 dead and 60 injured, some reports say.
The SEMAFO convoy was attacked by unidentified gunmen some 40km from one of its mines in the Est region despite an escort by local security forces. The total number of casualties is not yet known, and an official statement from the company only mentions "several fatalities and injuries."
Prayers for those killed and injured, and their families.
But one has to ask, Cui Bono?!? Who benefits?!?
One has to wonder if, after this attack, US military are quietly telling the government of Burkina Faso, that they "really need" American military protection, in order to prevent this from happening again.
This week, a judge ruled that it was reasonable for the insurer to take back the plate because the word is connected to the Indigenous experience in Manitoba.
Troller originally got the plate in 2015 and put it inside a Star Trek themed border that stated: "We are the Borg" and "Resistance is futile."
"The Bering Strait rail and tunnel project can help enhance and expand prosperity for the 21st Century by linking the world's greatest industrial nations with the vast untapped mineral resources of the Arctic.
To the south of Alaska and Canada, stands the continental United States, with the greatest economy on Earth, and it too badly needs resources. Building a corridor, linked across the Bering Strait, will provide access to our Arctic resources of oil, gas, precious minerals of all kinds, and freshwater. This vital link will greatly enhance the prosperity of the world.
Walter J. Hickel was twice elected as Alaska's governor, serving as the state's second governor, 1966-69, and again in 1990-94; he served for nearly two years as President Richard Nixon's first Secretary of the Interior (1969-70).
A Superhighway Across the Bering Strait
Russia is considering a plan to build a superhighway from Eurasia to North America.
Recent polling by Ipsos, Earnscliffe Strategy Group and MIT researchers suggests nearly all Canadians have come across misinformation online, yet only 40 per cent feel they know how to differentiate between fake news and the real thing
So ... the people who have been feeding Canadians misinformation want to set up a group to reassure said Canadians that their messages are the truth!
If you've never had a heart attack or stroke, you likely should not be taking aspirin to prevent them, according to new research.
"This is the most significant practice-changing evidence to come out in the past year," said Michael Kolber, a family medicine professor at the University of Alberta and co-author of a paper published in Canadian Family Physician, along with recent University of Calgary family medicine graduate Paul Fritsch...
As writer or thinker, Jack London can't touch George Orwell, but he's nearly the Brit's equal when it comes to describing society's bottom. To both, being a writer is as much a physical as an intellectual endeavor. Wading into everything, they braved all discomforts and dangers. This attitude has become very rare, and not just among writers. Trapped in intensely mediated lives, we all think we know more as we experience less and less.
London's most enduring book may turn out to be The People of the Abyss, his 1903 investigation into the abjectly impoverished of London's East End.
Dressed accordingly, London joined its homeless to see how they survived. With a 58-year-old carter and a 65-year-old carpenter, London wandered the cold streets, "From the slimy, spittle-drenched, sidewalk, they were picking up bits of orange peel, apple skin, and grape stems, and, they were eating them.
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Justin Trudeau's 3rd blackface photo emerges
Have I cured more people than Jesus?
Jimmy Carter believes there should be a Presidential age limit
CNN's Phil Mudd RIPS intelligence whistleblower to shreds
UFOs are real? Unexplained videos emerge
Impressive list of wrong predictions on climate change
Aramco: Drones confirmed as Iranian technology
Response options?
Do Americans have a right to own guns without anyone knowing?
Can Amazon be required to flag products made in China?
"Magnet Communities" to attract the drug addicted
The picture, found in West Point Grey Academy's yearbook, shows Trudeau with his face, neck and hands darkened—along with him wearing a turban and robes. While he was not the only one pictured in costume at the gala, he appeared to be the only one pictured in brownface.
The photo, which surfaced as Trudeau is ramping up his re-election campaign, sparked an outpouring of criticism on Twitter, where many accused the Canadian prime minister of racism.
There's something rotten in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, an intelligence sharing community that includes the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Canada on Friday revealed that it had arrested the former director general of the RCMP's National Intelligence Coordination Center, one of the country's top intelligence officials, but Canada wouldn't say exactly what he had done.
That has allowed unsavory suspicions that he was some how in league with Russian criminals who laundered money through Canada to fester.
All we know is that Cameron Ortis, a director general with the RCMP's intelligence unit, has been charged under a 2012 security of information law used to prosecute spies. According to Reuters, his arrest on what amounts to charges of leaking secret information could hurt intelligence operations by "allied nations," the RCMP said on Monday. And that could hurt Canada's standing inside five-eyes.
By B.N. Frank
Thanks to Frank Clegg and Michigan Safe Technology for posting this short but information-packed video featuring the former Microsoft Canada president addressing issues with WiFi and 5G radiation again...
Siding with Israel lobby groups, the Canadian government is appealing a federal court ruling that wines produced in Israeli settlements cannot be labeled "Made in Israel."
Meanwhile, Canadian authorities have bent to the demands of Israel advocates and put a hold on the distribution of Palestinian beer and wine.
By Natural Blaze
Curtis Stone is known as the Urban Farmer. For years he ran a successful market garden that he grew in urban yards in Kelowna British Columbia. Now he homesteads his property to feed his family and educates small farmers on profitable practices. In the video below, Curtis explains how land regulations are harming local farmers in Canada...
EXCELLENT OP-ED in the Vancouver Sun was scrubbed from the internet in less than 24 hours.
Thankfully, an archived version still exists. Canada should say goodbye to diversity, tolerance and inclusion to rebuild trust in one another and start accepting a new norm for immigration policy — compatibility, cohesion and social trust, says professor Mark Hecht.
By the 1800s, the settlers had perfected their killing machines when other forms of extinction were enacted. These were the Indian Act, the Indian Lands Acts of 1924 that created prisoner of war camps for the natives called reserves that we still live in today. We are the protectors of all of turtle island.
By Aaron Kesel
The (BC) British Columbia province in Canada is starting a new forced vaccination schedule program for children, requiring parents to submit their child's vaccination records if attending a public school. However, there are numerous issues with this since vaccines affect individuals differently and can have adverse side effects as will be documented in this article...
By Lee Friday
Simply put, this gives the police an immense amount of leeway. Essentially, the police will determine whether the need to keep the public safe requires them to put the public at risk. This contradicts the first of six principles of the PSA under which "police services shall be provided throughout Ontario," namely "The need to ensure the safety and security of all persons and property in Ontario [emphasis added]." This principle should preclude police pursuits which might put anyone in danger. That is, the police ought not be allowed to trade your safety for my safety, regardless of whether the danger arises from the reckless driving of the police, or the reckless driving of the criminal as a result of the police pursuit.
Unfortunately, these conflicting rules are typical of government policy. This is how bureaucrats, and especially courts, are given wide latitude to interpret the law, often protecting those who are supposed to protect us...
VOA News interviewed a business owner and a trade official in Maine following a massive drop in lobster exports due to President Trump's escalating trade war. Their comments on the trade war are an eye-opener that contradicts the president's claim that his trade duties on China won't hurt American firms.
VOA spoke with Vice President of sales and marketing at Maine Coast, Sheila Adams, who said her company saw a 20% plunge in business activity in a matter of days last July after China retaliated against US tariffs on Chinese goods by raising duties on US food and agricultural exports, which included live lobsters.
"Essentially what's happened is about 80% of our sales into mainland China have gone away," she said.
"And that's purely because our product is simply just too expensive compared to the Canadian because of the additional 25% tariff that was levied."
Bank says this was the best way to exit Canada after folding its Amazon and Marriott Visa cards
Scientists at the National Microbiology Lab sent live Ebola and Henipah viruses to Beijing on an Air Canada flight March 31, and while the Public Health Agency of Canada says all federal policies were followed, there are questions about whether that shipment is part of an ongoing RCMP investigation.
Ebola and Henipah are Level 4 pathogens, meaning they're some of the deadliest viruses in the world. They must be contained in a lab with the highest level of biosafety control, such as the one in Winnipeg.
French lawmakers approved a controversial free trade pact with Canada last week that will remove tariffs on nearly all goods and services between Ottawa and the European Union - a decision that has fuelled fears it will bring unfair competition to French farmers.
In a landmark defeat for Israel, the Federal Court of Canada ruled on Monday that wines produced in settlements on occupied Palestinian land in violation of international law cannot be labeled "Made in Israel."
This decision comes just days after the Vancouver city council rejected an attempt to label Palestine rights organizing as anti-Semitism.
Judge Anne Mactavish ruled that "labeling the settlement wines as 'Products of Israel' is both inaccurate and misleading."
In an affirmation of the right of citizens to engage in boycotts, the court found that people who wish to express their political views through their purchasing decisions "have to be provided with accurate information as to the source of the products in question."
Good for the Canadians!
By Kevin Pham
Canadian Medicare, our northern neighbor's universal health care system, generally receives rave reviews from proponents of nationalized or socialized health care, but the Fraser Institute found that more than 63,000 Canadians left their country to have surgery in 2016.
As Americans contemplate overturning our health system in favor of one similar to Canada's, we must ask why so many leave...
Under pressure from Israel lobby groups, a Canadian church canceled an event celebrating a scholarship award in honor of the iconic Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
The event, organized by the US-based Palestinian Youth Movement, was scheduled to be held at Trinity St. Paul's United Church in Toronto on 13 July.
Kanafani, a communist, intellectual and novelist, was a spokesperson for the Marxist-Leninist PFLP party. He was murdered by an Israeli Mossad car bomb in Lebanon in July 1972.
Along with the extremist Jewish Defense League, which has a long history of violent threats, racism and harassment against Palestinian activists in Canada, Israel advocacy group B'nai Brith Canada bragged about its role in the cancellation and smeared Kanafani as a "terrorist."
B'nai Brith said it would "continue to investigate" PYM's scholarship program and threatened that it will "take all possible steps to thwart it."
By Arjun Walia
"Anti-vaccine" is a term used by the medical establishment and mainstream media to point a finger at and ridicule those who question the safety of vaccines. Any information that's shared on social media today that simply questions the safety of vaccines and even uses credible sources, like peer-reviewed research and testimony from scientists and doctors, is almost instantaneously censored...
Disagree with gender transition practices? Ontario just passed a law that will allow them to seize children of parents that are not supportive of their child's "gender identity" or "gender expression." The Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act of 2017, or Bill 89, was approved by a vote of 63 to 23,
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Consultant Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon
Mr Nick Cawrse is a highly trained, committed and motivated surgeon who prides himself on providing a high standard of care with the safety of his patients the priority. He has an open and honest approach to each of his patients. This fosters a trusting relationship where confidence in your surgeon is key and ensures his patients are comfortable and satisfied with their decision following any consultation or procedure.
Mr Cawrse is Head of Department for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital where he has worked as a consultant since 2010. He specialises in breast reconstruction, skin cancer (including sentinel node biopsy) and microsurgery. This appointment involves additional clinics at Sherborne and Yeovil Hospitals.
He was educated in Middlesex before training in medicine at Newcastle University having previously secured a pure sciences degree at Nottingham University. He qualified as a doctor in 1996 followed by anatomy tutor and emergency department work at the University of Bristol and Bristol Royal Infirmary respectively. Surgical training at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol followed with membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England awarded in 2000.
Plastic surgery training commenced in 2000 gaining an extensive experience in all areas of plastic surgery at units in Bristol, Exeter and Perth, Western Australia. He passed the Intercollegiate Examination in Plastic Surgery- FRCS(Plast)- in 2008 and awarded Certificate of Completion of Training in 2010.
He trained in cosmetic surgery as an aesthetic fellow in Bristol, Perth, Western Australia (The Mount Hospital, St John of God, Subiaco) and at the prestigious McIndoe Surgical Centre, East Grinstead.
In addition to training future plastic surgeons, Mr Cawrse works closely with his surgical colleagues to improve and develop the breast reconstruction service and chairs an Enhanced Recovery team for this patient group. He is departmental lead and has published widely.
Mr Cawrse is a full member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and is listed on the General Medical Council Specialist Register for plastic surgery.
Outside work he spends as much of his time as he can with his wife and young family. He maintains his fitness by cycling, running and triathlon completing various events as a motivation to raise funds for such charities as:
- SCaRF (Skin Cancer Research Fund) in Bristol
- Interface Uganda
- Force Cancer Charity
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Welcome to nofly.zone!
Take the cockpit of diferent aircrafts and fight against other players online, share a link and play with a friend in the same airplane!
How to Play Nofly.zone
Use the mouse to aim, shoot and steer the airplane; If you are with a friend one is the pilot and only controls the aircraft, the other the gunner.
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The Marines are starting to recall thousands of their inactive reserve troops back on to active duty due to slow recruiting and lower than expected inactive reservists volunteering to return to active service.
Col. Guy Stratton, head of the Marine Corps' manpower mobilization plans, said the service is short some 1,200 volunteers over the next 18 months to fill roles in the war on terrorism. The total shortfall fluctuates regularly, he said.
Stratton said President George W. Bush authorized the Marine Corps to issue involuntary recall orders to members of the Individual Ready Reserve, part of the non-active force. It will be the Marine Corps' first involuntary recall since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The authorization limits the number of Marines who can be activated involuntarily to no more 2,500 at any one time, out of a pool of about 35,000, Stratton said. The length of each activated service member's duty is capped at 24 months but will likely last 12 to 18 months.
An Iraq war veterans group believes that this call up is one of the last steps before having to resort to a draft.
"This move should serve as a wake-up call to America," said Jon Soltz, an Army captain who served in Iraq and heads the group VoteVets.org, which raises funds for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans running for Congress. "Today's announcement that thousands of Marines in the Individual Ready Reserve will be called back to go to Iraq is proof that our military is overextended, and there is no plan for victory in Iraq."
No wonder Iran is growing a "set" in their dealings with the US and the UN, we cannot even support the 2 occupations we are currently involved in.


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So the popular question and of course what this entry is about: How's New Zealand?
On the scale of 1-10 on how fun Zealand was, it'd be a....... 6.5 haha.
Out of the 10 days, I honestly only remember enjoying 1-2 days. Tops, 3 days. The rest were like... hmm, okay so so mmmm yeah alright. I mean, NZ no doubt is a beautiful place and I think I would have seen it much differently if I wasn't with a tour group. I was travelling with my family so being with tour group is like a safety blanket to them; no risks, safety guaranteed, and maybe convenient.
At airport toilet taking a selfie while old granny checks me out, "daaaayum guurrllll" hahahaha
I like how I could charge my phone this way on plane
When we've reached Auckland, I was indeed blown away by the things greeted my eyes. Th grreeeeeens, architecture of buildings, the open air, the sky, I got lost in the beauty in everything I saw. It then strikes me how Haji Lane or Tiong Bahru are always trying to create something when New Zealand achieves the authenticity so effortlessly without a care.
Travelling with tour this time reminded me why haven't I been travelling with my mom for so long cause I simply hate being with tour group. Not because of the people on tour but.... the entire thing is just so exhausting and draining. I don't get how it is a holiday when we are always rushing from point A to point B. Waking sooooo early that we don't actually have enough rest. Each day we feel worse than before. Does it make sense to be resting much lesser on holiday than when we work on the weekdays back at home, that is a problem don't you see?
Don't ever try asking me names of places cause I'd only mention if I do. Otherwise, it means I don't like the place enough to even bother remembering the name hahaha. It's so unnerving for me that we had to start our tour the moment we landed in Auckland. We didn't even get to go to the hotel to check in and freshen up a little after such a long flight (estimably 10hours plus minus).
With tour, it's always quantity over quality. They think that the more you see, the more worthy is your trip; something that I definitely don't agree with. Each place we stopped at, we had only 10-15mins to see what more enjoy.
So how can it be worth it when nothing is experienced but only seen? Get it?
We went to tour the district where all the richness reigns. The houses were all so so beautiful, also expensive looking of course. I can totally imagine those MTV Crib shit going on in there. Like bowling alley in the basement, bar at swimming pool, tennis court, indoor courts etc. It's such a privilege to have no land constraint and have beaaaaaautiful houses with big backyard for kids to play around and run about.
I didn't manage to capture most of the houses in still but I think I took a video! I'll be compiling the videos together for vlog but that's gonna take time soooooo I'll just be showing y'all the photos of the trip bit by bit first till then, I hope the video will be ready. I foresee a long and draggy NZ entry that's why I wasn't even really eager to get started on haha.
We were told about the rose garden during the itinerary briefing which got me and mom totally excited. We were imagining beds and beds of wonderful flowers, blooming gloriously. We picture it being totally breathtaking and amazing.......... and........ yeah above was what we saw. I didn't even bother taking lots of pictures hahahaha.
We checked in at about 4plus 5 so I had time to doll up and feel pretty for dinner hehehe.
Dress from Minkpink. I absolutely love this brand. Now we all can actually get the Minkpink goodies at Made by Lauren Jasmine cafe at 47 Amoy Street!!! It's so exciting cause I can now physically try on the clothes and not risking the online purchases heh heh heh #awesome
I was in horror when the second meal in Auckland was again...... THAI.
During lunch, it was like a own-time-own-target kind of thing, so we (my family) decided to have Thai just in case the other days were all gonna be filled with Western food. AND AND did you know padthai that I had for lunch cost $19.80 ........................... IKR. I was literally whuuuuuuut when I saw the menu. Yeah. And little did we know our tourguide actually planned a Thai dinner for us waaaaay beforehand and we couldn't say no. Yayyy Thai in NZ #coolbutnotcool
There weren't a lot of see cause most of the shops closed pretty early...... like 6ish 7 if I ain't wrong. Just super early. And guess whaaaaaaaaaat, I saw WINDSOR SMITH SHOES. I wanted to buy it so so bad. I tried a few on and somehow they just didn't look as nice on my feet. Maybe I'm critical, maybe I've ugly feet.... idk. In the end, I didn't buy. It was about $129. Haven't confirmed if it's cheaper to buy it there or online but yeah. IT'S OK NO REGRETS IRINA. I like it but I didn't like it enough. My aunt was so confident that I was gonna get it but Irina's self control just proven itself.
And then, we decided to drop by the supermarket. You'll see I visited a lot of supermarkets during this trip hahaha cause supermarkets are awesome!!!! It's filled with foooood and it's much easier to hunt for stuff than stores on streets. I love how they've this self checkout machine! It's so convenient and smart. Luvvvviiiit.
And then Irina went to casino with the aim of tryna understand how Jackpot works and the conclusion is... it's stupid. I just don't get it. How can people sit there for hours, like come on there are better games out there, really. Irina ain't bitter cause she lost money but Irina really doesn't get it.
More to come and I hope the posts get better too.
My day 1 was evidently as meh as this entry haha.
Irina gonna go have some ice cream now. This eve seems to be slightly depressing.


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City-Wide Stormwater Drainage Improvements
LOCATION: Sweetwater, Tennessee
- Steve Bostic
COST: $1.5 Million
- Funding Assistance
- Traffic Flow Concerns
- Residential Coordination
LDA Engineering provided consulting services to the City of Sweetwater, Tennessee to upgrade a significant portion of the City's stormwater drainage system in conjunction with an inflow and infiltration reduction project conducted for the Sweetwater Utilities Board. LDA assisted with identifying funding options for the City, as well as provided assistance with the application and obtainment of a State Revolving Fund Loan.
Other responsibilities included coordinating the location for the proposed drainage system improvements which entailed identifying locations for sanitary sewer system rehabilitation by the Utilities Board in order to minimize inconvenience to residents in these areas. Additionally, design services were provided including surveying the proposed locations, preparation of plan and profile drawings for the drainage system improvements, an engineer's estimate of construction cost, and contract documents. LDA worked in conjunction with the City to obtain construction bids, and provide inspection and engineering services during construction.Back to Projects


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JYP Entertainment has provided an update on September 1 regarding the condition of GOT7's Jackson following a car accident.
A rep from the agency stated, "In the afternoon, while Jackson was going to the Chinese airport in order to go to Japan, he was in a car accident. At the time of the accident, Jackson was in the car. The collision was caused by a fan who was following his car. We are aware that the Chinese reps are investigating the incident.
"Jackson did not sustain great injuries. However, he did go to the hospital right after he arrived in Japan because it was a car accident, after all. He is being examined, and we'd have to look at the results. Based on the results, we will make decisions about his future promotions. We plan to watch over the situation to see if he can participate in the JYP concert set to open in Japan on September 4. The health of the artists under our agency comes foremost."


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Private Wastewater Pump Station
This project involved two adjacent residential lots. The client wanted to keep the existing front dwelling and subdivide the rest of the site, building five new houses on it. The site is located in an area with wastewater pipe capacity constraints; therefore, we had to investigate temporary storage of wastewater and pumping at night into the wastewater network. This involved two stages of work:
- Preliminary design to gain conditional approval from Council & Watercare: Calculate wastewater flow and storage volume requirements; Pump station preliminary design, preliminary pump selection, configuration and storage; Compile design information, provide outline drawings and liaise with Council & Watercare to obtain approval in principle.
- Detailed design to gain approval from Council & Watercare: Wastewater design report and detailed design of pump station, storage tank and preparation of engineering plans and long-section of rising main to connection to wastewater reticulation. Submit and obtain Council & Watercare approval. Architectural design drawings created by Design & Development Consultants Ltd (DDC).
Services provided:
- Environmental Engineering
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It is said that The Sky Beings and the Fire Beings have fought for eons for the ultimate power in the universe; The Star Throne. The Elementals of the sky send their children to earth to fight to prove their power to all… The Story of the Elementals.
Four thousand years ago a curse was put on all of those who came from the Star Line from the stars and who hold the Star Medicine. They became The Ashe family a Native American family from Virginia with a ruthless past. All have unknowing Elemental power.
It is now the 1900's the Ashe family comes to New York City and plunges into the dangerous game of racial politics, bitter betrayal, ambition, power, destiny, and brutal magic. Where the weapons are sexual intrigue, secrets, lies and love. Where enemies must unite for prophecy to be fulfilled so the Star Medicine can be used once again to end the ancient family curse.
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The story and prophecy of the Star Song Carriers.
A long time ago when the earth was new and the animals could talk, Thunder Girl, Lightning Boy and Moon Woman all came from the stars. They were all the past, the present, and the future.
They waited on the old land for the children of the stars to come: The Star Children.
The Star Children were lost; they traveled from the water to the land. Thunder Girl, Lightning Boy and Moon Woman sang the songs to guide them to get to the land. The songs were heard from all of the creatures of the earth, sky, and water. Brother whale guided the children from the water to the sacred land by the river. It was there that the children were given The Star Songs.
To honor where they came from, Moon Woman, Thunder Girl and Lightning Boy made a society after the constellations next to the moon. For this is where they received their strong medicine. The Star Medicine. The Star Songs. They became the Star Society.
Millions of years pass from the beginning; peace reigned for the people of the river and the Star Society. The Star Medicine was balanced. But there were ones who wanted to undo the balance of the Star Society. Out of greed, anger, and jealousy the clan split and war came........
Pre-European Invasion
Turtle Island
Pokatawer's lean body was very heavy with child. Her black hair down her back with the stripes of red was a sign that she was of the Fire Society. She was leaning on her husband Akwimess. He was a large man but had a presence that made him look even bigger. His body wasn't fat but had layer upon layer of muscle with tattoos on his forearms and chest. His liquid black eyes were sharp. His ears were pierced with long silver beads down to his shoulders. He had a sensuality coming from him combined with his razor-sharp handsome face.
Pokatawer fell to the ground holding onto him, trying to stop him from going. She was desperate and crying. She held onto his legs but he kept on moving.
"Don't leave me Akwimess. You can't go. Don't do this! You can't leave me behind. Wait until our child is born." She sobbed as she collapsed to the ground in a high wail that made the birds stir and fly away.
He roughly helped her stand; out of patience.
"I have to go." He said briskly.
"Let me go with you." She pleaded.
He pushed her gently away.
"You can't. You know you can't. You have to stay here with your family to have the child."
As they got closer to the river, Pokatawer stopped stricken with inner pain when she saw in her husband's canoe, her twin sister, Otter Woman, standing at the helm. Otter Woman didn't look at her sister; she turned away and wrapped her feathered cape closer around her body.
"I see." Pokatawer said with deadliness in her voice.
"Now it is my time to be betrayed after I deceived all of my earth blood so you could rise higher in the Star Society and our clan. I am no longer any use to you. Now you take my earth sister who can give you more power."
He turned on her so fiercely that he almost struck her down.
"That's a lie, Pokatawer! I never asked you to do the things you did. You did it for yourself . No one else. You did it for power. You are the one that killed every man in the Star Society not me. Now there is nobody left to protect us. I have to leave to do it."
She pointed at her sister in the canoe.
"Why are you taking her?"
"She is the only one who can help, she is the female Star Song Carrier- you know this."
"Don't you think I have always seen that you both always wanted each other? I have seen the way you have looked at her. The only thing she will help you with, is in and out of your covers and-"
Akwimess slapped her lightly on the cheek, hard enough to stop the flow of her words. Pokatawer's face became red and her eyes shown with fury and she made herself big, tall, and fierce.
"I did what I did for the love of you both and now you both turn on me. Just remember Akwimess, I did it because I loved you. I am a Fire Being, the daughter of the Great Lord Matotam of the Fire Realm. I won't be set aside. He won't let you set me aside. You were brought into the fire by him. Turn me away now and it will be more than a battle with me. I will get my revenge. It is my warning to you."
The wind went into a howl then a screamed. Dark clouds came over the river and thunder ripped through the sky. The river made waves and the canoe tipped from side to side. Otter Woman steadied herself and put her head down with a silent prayer.
Akwimess looked up and laughed.
"Don't try to scare me with your tricks. I have to do what is needed and you are not part of it. We are the holders of the Star Medicine. You are not!"
"I too Akwimess am part of the Star Society as the Woman of the Fire. I have more power than both of you combined! I am on the Human Empire for a reason. You want the Star Throne as much as I do."
"At one time perhaps -I thought it was what I wanted but I am guided by Star Woman. I will never side against the Star Society. You abused your power. Now get from my sight. "
He pointed at their unborn child.
"And I will return to get my child so your evil doesn't destroy it also."
He pushed on the canoe and went down the river.
Pokatawer watched as they paddled away with her eyes full of fire.
"Have your rut with my earth sister but I will not be put aside. You will never touch a child of mine. Never! You think you can best me, Akwimess? I will have the power I seek." She said under her breath.
The next night Pokatawer knew it was the right time. She went to the river and looked up to the night sky. She watched the eclipse come over the moon. She squatted as if she was giving labor, her hair plastered to her back, and her skin a sheet of sweat. She took in her breath and her chin went to her chest. She made a deep prayer as the eclipse went over the moon. She slit her wrist and the blood spilled down her arm. She changed form and became a Fire Being. Her long red hair flowed down to her ankles, her skin pure dark bronze, eyes a flaming golden crimson. She started to sing. The Star Song she sang didn't go forward but backwards. She called on all that was unspoken and evil. The song over took her body. She used all of her hate, greed and jealousy as she sang to the night. Her belly quivered and a golden blood came from between her thighs. A darkness slithered from her womb. It wasn't a child. It was an unformed shape shifter. It appeared as a thin outline of black smoke. The shape shifter made an inhuman cry. Pokatawer offered it her throat and it greedily sucked on her blood. Its claw like fingers pressed against her back. It grew and took shape from her blood. She cradled the smoky child in her arms.
"Take my blood, my child. I name you this night, Firemoon. You are my daughter. The blood I gave will enhance you. The blood of the others of The Star Society will taste just as sweet. It will give you more power."
She threw the child from her arms into the sky.
"Go my love! Go my sweet! Go and seek your revenge on your father Akwimess and my sister Otter Woman. Find them and feed! Feed on them. Feed on their sorrow and feed on their blood line. Feed on the Star Society. Feed on the Star Medicine until it is gone. Feed on every generation until they are gone never to return!!!"
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Out of the ashes of slavery will come two girls and a boy, with ancient strength, old souls live in them, the Star Medicine guides them, they meet the old souls from the past, they are the Star Society reborn, lovers, enemies, brothers, sisters unite from the past to fight the ancient curse.
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Praise for Murielle Borst Tarrant.
Murielle Borst Tarrant is a one woman earth cruise to the infinite and so is her work! - Linda Hogan, Chickasaw Nation. Author of Mean Spirit, a winner of the Oklahoma Book Award, the Mountains and Plains Book Award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Muriel Borst Tarrent takes story-telling to another realm to explore what is possible in her new work, THE STAR MEDICINE.
She gives to her reader knowledge of the importance of native mythology, not only with a taste of the past, but of the future.
She follows myth beyond the boundaries of what can and cannot be done.
Muriel is half-visionary, half-story-teller. In her braided work, she goes to the stars to bring back their magic to the earth, then gives it back to the sky. - Diane Glancy, Cherokee author of Pushing the Bear, and winner of the American Book Award.
Murielle Borst Tarrant is a daring, creative performer, writer, director and now novelist!
Watch her, as she carries forth the gifts that have come through.
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Following a petition back in March that asked the Obama administration to legalize unlocking cell phones without carrier permission and the administration's response endorsing it, the National Telecommunications & Information Administration filed a formal request today asking the FCC to legalize the process.
Unlocking cell phones, which allows customers to migrate their devices between carriers, has been a contentious subject between cell phone carriers, for whom locked phones help customer retention, and consumer advocates, who argue that the restriction unfairly limits consumer choice.
The push to formally legalize cell phone unlocking comes following a Library of Congress ruling. Every three years, the Library revisits exemptions to copyright law but on their last go-around, chose not to renew the exemption for cell phones. In effect, even after fulfilling a contract and paying off a subsidized phone, it is still technically licensed rather than owned by the consumer, and they must get carrier permission to unlock their phone.
The NTIA argues in the petition that carriers have numerous mechanisms to retain customers besides locked devices, arguing, "Operators can protect that business model, however, without refusing to unlock wireless devices upon request. Operators can – as they currently do – effectively prevent consumers from subverting that model through long-term service contracts, enforced by penalties or fees for early termination."
The petition calling for the FCC to formally allow unlocking was praised by numerous House members. "This is an issue of consumer choice and flexibility, plain and simple. We are appreciative of the support of groups like NTIA and we will all continue working to see that this issue of significant importance to most Americans is addressed," said Reps. Bob Goodlatte, John Conyers, Howard Coble, Mel Watt, and Jason Chaffetz.
CTIA, speaking on behalf of the wireless telecom industry, issued its own response, arguing that unlocking a phone could make further copyright violation even easier. It endorsed a current bill aiming "to prevent the bulk unlocking of handsets and arbitrage of the handset subsidy system, which can harm consumers and facilitate the sale of stolen smartphones."
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Clean the fridge and create a satisfying soup with cabbage, spinach, mushrooms, carrots and more.
Fast and easy nutritious meal using Annie Chun's Maifun Brown Rice noodles. Gluten Free.
A yummy alternative to regular ice cream, and a good way to use up ripe bananas. No sugar is added. Adjust cocoa to taste.
This generous sandwich is meant to be eaten as a half-serving alongside a steaming bowl of your favorite soup. Forget boring old American cheese. This sandwich is made of 1 oz. of Muenster and a 1/2 oz. of Colby to give a richer flavor, along with the low-sodium deli chicken. When you're craving comfort food, this will satisfy.
Only 3.7 g of fat per serving, this recipe is adapted from several variations of green curry coconut soup. Instead of green curry paste, I used a delicious Jalfrezi simmer sauce by Seeds of Change which I found in the organic section of Kroger. The coconut taste is very subtle, which allows the fragrant basil and curry to shine through.
This lo-cal dessert or snack is only 79 calories per serving. A tropical blend of Asian pear, papaya, mango and fresh blackberries. The lemon juice helps preserve it and the dash of greek yogurt gives it a little creaminess.
Delicious on wraps or toasted buns, this healthy dish is a great alternative to regular burgers. The lentils and crumbs made from sprouted grain bread are full of fiber and vitamins/minerals. Even my husband enjoys these for a light lunch or dinner. Double or triple the recipe, freeze on wax paper, and enjoy lentil burgers for up to a month. (Adapted from a slightly more complicated recipe from Cooking Light)
This delicious sauce is low-cal and perfect for wraps and sandwiches. I adapted this recipe from Cooking Light.
High in fiber and nutrients, this filling dish is made with red and white beans and a small amount of penne pasta. Add some southwest style spices, a trio of sweet bell peppers, and a little shredded swiss and green onion garnish, and you have a spicy little meal or side dish.
This version is gluten-free since there is no pasta added, but this tasty minestrone is loaded with garden veggies, mushrooms, healthy red beans and lean chicken breast.
I discovered a nice blend of spinach with bok choy and baby swiss chard at Kroger's which became the base of this delicious salad. The sweetness of the apples and oranges mixes with the tanginess of the balsamic vinaigrette and lemon juice. Very flavorful and pleasing taste, great portable lunch when you're on-the-go.
This spread uses Neufchatel cheese to save on fat grams. Delicious schmear on bagels, or serve with apples or crackers/chips. I love it with sweet potato corn tortilla chips. Feels decadent. (adapted recipe from Pinch My Salt)
This meal is low in fat and calories, and the black beans add fiber and nutrition. Serve with salsa and low fat baked tortilla chips. A quick and easy, family-friendly meal.
My husband's sudden decision to switch to gluten-free inspired this spur-of-the-moment recipe. These tasty pizzas make a great snack or meal.
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A Parish Speaks for UTO
How important is the United Thank Offering mission and ministry to individual Episcopal parishes? Certainly one sponsoring a successful application for a grant may place it high on its priority list in thankfulness to God. But what about other parishes that participate regularly in Ingatherings without the blessing of immediate reward?
Although the founding of R. E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church in Lexington, Virginia, occurred nearly five decades before that of UTO, as one of 56 parishes now in the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, it has maintained records of UTO Ingatherings since 1938, when our beloved Elizabeth Galt Welles was custodian. In those early days, leaders among the Episcopal Church Women (ECW) managed the program by collecting the humble offerings from parishioners and sending them to the national Triennial meetings held every three years.
In a tiny black book, Mrs. Welles handwrote the total offerings of our parish until 1943, after which time successor custodians or ECW treasurers carried on the practice. As the UTO story grew in prominence among churches throughout the country, the funds collected, meager at first, and sent united to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS), provided for more UTO grants for mission. By the end of World War I, for instance, UTO Ingatherings grew sufficient to grant more than $1 million!
Our current parish coordinator, thankful for the continuity of record keeping in a tiny black book, recently added up the total receipts from parish UTO Ingatherings recorded over the past 78 years through December 31, 2016, to a surprising sum of $80,641.50! Witness the clear truth to the tag line that pocket change in any amount can change lives. Today the accounting of the funds runs through the parish treasury, not that of our local ECW, where the offerings are tallied, recorded, and sent to the bishop and combined with those from other participating parishes in our diocese before being delivered to the DFMS for safekeeping and investment, making possible UTO annual grants for mission around the country and the world.
R. E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church historically focuses on four distinct missions – a faithful communion for Episcopalians and others of faith, college ministry, UTO participation, and outreach to the broader local community and worldwide. R. E. Lee Memorial parishioners thank God that UTO has partnered twice with us through two grants for our parish's community outreach mission: The Yellow Brick Road Preschool Learning Center (2002), housed originally at our church, and the Rockbridge Area Health Center (2014), which now is able to provide mobile dental care to children in elementary and middle school throughout the county.
Unique to our church, however, is its proximity to two institutions of higher education, Washington and Lee University, whose campus is adjacent to the church, and Virginia Military Institute, which is within walking distance. As a result, college ministry has been an ongoing mission since our founding in 1840. It seeks not only to nurture Episcopal undergraduates through regular Sunday worship, as choir members, or as volunteers for youth programs, but also to influence no fewer than 40 graduates from the two institutions, over the same number of years, to choose careers in the priesthood, five of whom became bishops!
While the focus of UTO grants varies from year to year, at least to some extent, our parish continues this historic mission addressing a growing, indeed desperate, need for parish priests. Nevertheless, year after year, decade after decade, at least since 1938, our parish's missional priorities have included support for the United Thank Offering. Its two-faceted objective is spiritual enrichment through the sacrifice of thanksgiving that simultaneously matches gratitude with generosity of time, talent, and treasure.


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The state of Victoria with the capital city being Melbourne is a must do when travelling Australia. It is the second largest city in Australia and loves it sport. We have add below a list of casual Jobs that are available for Farms, Outback Pubs or Hotels, Factories, bars, clubs office work, Holiday Resorts and many more places you may find employment while travelling around Victoria.
Main harvests are: Apples, Cherries, Stone Fruit, Citrus, Tomatoes
Cobram is a large fruit growing area situated on the Murray River just 250 kms north of Melbourne. The district is referred to as "Peaches and Cream" country as it is an irrigated fruit and dairy region with large areas of stonefruit varieties and many dairies. The small farm area expanded with the introduction of soldier settlements after WWII followed by a significant number of Italian immigrants arriving and establishing themselves in the farming community. Cobram includes the smaller towns of Barooga, Strathmerton, Tocumwal and Yarroweyah. See also Shepparton and Echuca.
Main Harvests are : Apples, Cherries, Grape and Picking, Pears,Berries
The Yarra Valley covers an area from Lilydale, 40 kms north east of Melbourne, through Healsville and Coldstream. A large variety of cool climate crops have traditionally been grown in the Valley, including apples, lemons, pears, cherries and berries. There are around 85 vineyards and wineries in the Valley and many different selections of wines, several with cellar door tastings, accommodation and restaurants.
Yarra Valley includes: Montrose, Hoddles Creek, Yarra Junction, Silvan, Gladysdale, Coldstream, Wandin, Seville, Monbulk, Yarra Glen, Lilydale and Healesville.
Main Harvests are : Citrus, Vegetables, Grape and Picking, Stone fruit
Swan Hill is a major town on the Murray River. It is in the Mid-Murray area of Victoria, on the eastern edge of the Mallee country in the north west of the State. One of the historical river towns of the Murray and a former large port, Swan Hill is now a vibrant city. A diverse range of fruit and vegetables as well as significant amounts of wool, grain and stock are produced in the area. A large tourism industry based on the river and river history is featured around the city, with the centre piece being the Folk Museum and the Paddle Steamer Gem.
Swan Hill includes Beverford, Koraleigh, Lalbert, Lake Boga, Moulamein, Nyah, Piangil, Ultima, Vinifera and Woorinen.
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There is no effective substitute for Congressional battles over funding the war. The "power of the purse" is the one clear, constitutionally protected power that Congress can exercise to terminate the American occupation of Iraq.
In a series of hard- fought budget battles over the past twelve months, antiwar members of Congress sustained a set of bruising defeats. Their efforts to mandate the withdrawal of US troops were thwarted by an unexpectedly solid phalanx of Republican legislators and a disappointing number of Democrats, who still favor an American military presence in Iraq.
With a national election pending, major Presidential candidates and members of Congress may share a desire to downplay these conflicts. Funding votes can illuminate where office-holders really stand at a time when a certain amount of fog and ambiguity benefits political campaigns. It is therefore not surprising that Senator Clinton has deftly changed the subject, challenging the White House on its plan to sign a formal agreement with the al-Maliki government that would authorize a long-term presence of US troops on Iraqi soil. Clinton has offered to sponsor legislation requiring the White House to obtain Congressional approval for such a deal.
While this is a fine idea, it is important to recognize that in the unlikely event that such legislation passed, the war would continue. By moving this to the top of the Iraq agenda, attention is diverted from the more politically potent but difficult issue of funding. There are already a bevy of politicians embracing the Clinton approach and there will surely be more.
It would be a great error and misfortune if some peace organizations around the country fell into line, as recent reports suggest. The only rationale for shifting positions is the string of losses that have been sustained. To this point, there have not been "enough votes" to attach requirements for troop withdrawal to the funding bills. But one might as well argue that since five years have elapsed and the Iraq war has not been stopped that peace advocates turn their attention to more tractable problems.
A casual perusal of the present crop of Presidential "front-runners" makes it decreasingly likely that any Chief Executive will take responsibility for ending this war. No matter who is in the White House, Congress will have to step up or the United States will never leave Iraq. The task for the peace movement is to insist that Congress do so.
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"Not enough votes?" The remedy is to increase the numbers. It is not a remedy to squander limited energy on measures that miss the target. In the space of eighteen months, we have seen a significant increase in the number of House members and Senators willing to resist unconditional war funding and to insist on binding deadlines. We need more.
While the percentages are constantly shifting, the majority of people in the United States and Iraq want a definite plan to withdraw the troops. For the most part pro-war legislators, whether they are Republicans or Democrats, are voting in ways that are at odds with their own constituents. Their ability to do so depends on obfuscation of the issues. It is hard to find an office-holder, who does not have something negative to say about the way the Bush White House has conducted the war. That critical rhetoric easily lulls an inattentive electorate into thinking their views are being represented.
This is the place where the peace movement has already made a difference and has the potential to exert a more decisive influence this year. Members of Congress need to know that informed constituents are tracking their actual votes. Even more crucial is the communication of their record to the electorate. Until 2006, the Republican-controlled Congress allowed no debate on the war and limited legislation to straight up-and-down votes on funding with no opportunity for amendments on troop withdrawal. However, this past year there were many opportunities for legislators to register their convictions. Too many of them voted against efforts to bring the troops home. They will naturally hope that few people noticed.
Regardless of anyone's preference, the issue of funding is coming back. For FY 2008, President Bush asked for $196 billion dollar for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. So far Congress has only appropriated $70 billion. This means that sometime within the next few months, he will be returning to Capitol Hill with a demand for the remainder. Moreover, following the State of the Union the President will unveil his new budget for FY 2009, containing even more money for his failed Iraq policy.
Members of Congress should be on their feet, demanding accountability from this Administration and insisting on a binding plan to bring the troops home. Major sectors of the peace movement, including United for Peace and Justice, remain committed to a fight on this issue. Because of the impending election, this is the best possible time to draw clear lines and to force members of Congress to stand up and be counted. If that occurs, the vote tally will surely improve and some pro-war incumbents will be sent into early retirement. All of this is worth doing and must create a positive momentum extending into the next administration, enabling us to finally end this tragedy.
It has been undeniably frustrating to watch the Congress yield to White House pressure on a host of vital questions, including the war. However, once President Bush dispatched U.S. troops to Iraq and created predictable havoc, it was never going to be easy to get them out. All the more reason to avoid distraction and to remain focused on the real levers of change. For now, it is the money.


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The K2 Paraglider's Incredible Safety And Stability On Video
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Very often newcomers to the sport have very serious concerns about what will happen if their glider is damaged in any way and or even normal wear and tear and how it will affect the safety. Things from small holes, to frayed or broken lines or cuts in the canopy all too often give people a very unrealistic fear of what will happen. We obviously don't recommend you fly a damaged glider and should get it repaired and inspected regularly but to help people understand just how ridiculously safe and stable the K2 paraglider is we flew this one that was severely damage with huge gigantic holes, tons of missing lines including the left brake completely gone and about 1/3 of the glider was totally shredded. As you can see from the video it flies just fine. People fear the unknown and most people just don't know that the K2 paraglider can literally fly with only 1/3 of the glider in tact. So fear not, even if you accidentally dump 2 cases of 12ga into your K2 while in flight it will very likely continue flying without a problem. Again this doesn't mean you should ignore damage mindlessly but it should help you feel much more secure knowing that anything you might not have noticed is highly unlikely to cause any real issue. The K2 paraglider is the safest glider we've ever tested. Hopefully this video will help give newcomers a more realistic perspective of what should and shouldn't be a real concern with their K2 paraglider. Keep in mind this is a K2, we would not have flown this had it been any other glider.
We have tested K2's so extensively there was no question in our minds it would fly no problem in this condition.
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