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8:05 am, August 1st, 2012 - 124 comments
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If John Key chooses to ignore the Waitangi Tribunal and continue to foment racial division in a desperate bid to split opposition to asset sales, he may be in for a nasty surprise. The Waitangi Tribunal has noted it has the power to make binding recommendations over memoralised land. Key doesn't think Mighty River has any memoralised land. Yes, it does.
Just as he didn't know that that the Government is planning to spend tens of millions of dollars on paying the brokerage fess for looters and he doesn't have a clue what the illegal looters' bonus of free shares would cost, once again, Key has shown he's clueless on the details of his flagship policy.
Not just clueless on the details – completely out of his depth. Asset sales are pretty much a core National party doctrine. I know righties are supposed to be a bit thick, but this is just sloppy.
1. Someone in National knew but didn't tell Key, or raise it in policy discussions, not once in twelve years or,
2. No-one in National knew, after twelve years, not a single one of them had figured this out.
Hi, I'm with stupid.
I just had a look on the LINZ system. There are 52 titles where the proprietor is Mighty River Power Limited. The first title that I had a look at had the section 27B memorial on it.
Key has this habit of running off at the mouth and saying whatever is helpful for him. His lack of respect for accuracy and the truth is so obvious.
To all those who jumped up and down and said that the Tribunal is toothless all that I would like to say is that I await your retractions.
Slippery John Key Prime minister, an empty suitcase of intellectual rigor…
Even many lowly real estate agents know to look for 27b's.
Good post and points eddie.
This whole process is a mummers farce (just finished the 5th book).
How many times will this selling asset beast be pierced by arrows and still walk?
My big worry is the Maori Party, because key will be applying the instruments of displeasure to them soon and they will not like it. They will fold into the narrative key and his minions have constructed, and before you know it they will have justified it all away. I hope my fears are unrealised..
I am so looking forward to Maori and in particular the Treaty of Waitangi doing to Key's career what it originally did to Muldoon on the shores of Taranaki.
I have been particularly impressed that (apart from total nut jobs like Bob Jones) there is no massive fissure between the general public who are overwhelmingly anti-asset-sales, and Maori/Waitangi Tribunal who are becoming the main source of hope that the sales will be significantly delayed if not stopped sufficiently for the 2014 election. Might get worse, but one hopes not.
This claim is opportunistic at best, but more likely vexatious. Why did they wait so lomg to make the claim? They say J.K acted in bad faith by saying he did not have to listen to the tribunal findings yet the Maori council say they will go to court if they don't get the answer they want. Is this not a prime example of bad faith? I call it spoiled child syndrome. Bob Jone article in the Herald yesterday hit the nail on the head. The treaty should be ripped up, it has served it's purpose and is now just an industry run by lawyers and bludgers who are scared of life in the real world. Only then will we be able to move forward as one people. That is also the best way to stop the exodus to Oz. By the way how do you define a Maori? How much Maori blood do you need to be a Maori?
Without the treaty/Maori culture industry, I reckon Maori unemployment would be around 50%.
That's why they won't/can't get rid of it
Oh, you're one of those idiots that can't or wont understand/accept that the Crown has certain responsibilities under Te Treati O Waitangi vis land rights, and on top of that, you probably think that Maori shouldn't be able to claim back land etc that was stolen from them, or illegally sold.
As for the the "50%" claim, reinsert it where you got it from, namely out of your arse.
"you probably think that Maori shouldn't be able to claim back land etc that was stolen from them, or illegally sold"
aint it strange how those that scream from the hill tops that property rights is the be all and end all dont like the idea of redressing historical injustice in regards to the exact same thing
One thing treaty issues always do: bring out all the ugly redneck minority dimwits like Tarkwin and BM.
We have a racist problem in New Zealand, but far from treating these people with the contempt they so richly deserve, the National Party courts them.
You mean the Maori Party?
Why did they wait so lomg to make the claim?
Because the sale of assets like Mighty River Power changed the situation – it's not opportunistic.
While the hydro-electric plants had been publicly owned, Maori had not asserted their rights over water, but, said Mr Jones, "the moment the Government moves to privatise access rights, or make those access rights enjoy a character very close to a tradeable property right, you wake up the taniwha of Maori ancestral rights,"
And there has been a long history of Maori claiming rights over river beds and water access:
Tribunal presiding officer Chief Judge Wilson Issac asked pointed questions of Crown witnesses about the reliance of the energy SOEs on these water rights. The fact is that energy SOEs, and their Government shareholder, derive significant commercial advantages from the consent regime. Yet the claimants argue that there is little quid pro quo for iwi and hapu that claim rights akin to ownership of these waterways.
You cannot challenge Parliament's right to enact laws such as the Resource Management Act in the courts but you can in the Waitangi Tribunal, as a breach of the Treaty.
The unenviable position for the Crown to navigate is that there have been acknowledgments by the Government, and a legal history that recognises various forms of property rights and interests held by Maori in water. Any recommendations the tribunal makes, even if non-binding, will likely force the Crown to deal with the existing legal precedent.
You have to love the way the National Party cuddles up to these racists, stumbling around in their low-IQ ignorance and prejudice.
The embodiment of incompetence and failure finding its place in the natural order.
PS "Move forward as one people" – who the fuck wants to go anywhere with you, you racist loser?
exactly – I suppose they will get a minister to stand up and spew the one people line soon.
Ein Volk, Ein Reich.
I can tell by your stylish retort you are one of those bludgers I mentioned earlier. Abuse tends to be the refuge of cretins who lack the ability to create a rational reply. I suppose you blame the colonials for your lack of ability. Why don't you try thinking really really hard and see if can answer some of the questions I asked or is that to hard for an early settler like yourself/
I reject the questions you asked, fool – they do nothing but reveal your ignorance of history and law, as your remarks about early settlers reveal your illiteracy.
We have a problem with racist scum like you in New Zealand, but at least we are starting to understand more about what is wrong with you.
"Why did they wait so lomg to make the claim? "
– they didnt wait, the sale was announced which changed the nature of the relationship between the crown and iwi in regards to the issue at hand
"They say J.K acted in bad faith by saying he did not have to listen to the tribunal findings yet the Maori council say they will go to court if they don't get the answer they want. Is this not a prime example of bad faith?"
– you have NFI about what bad faith means going by that description. Bad faith essentially is saying one thing than doing another – it IS NOT appealing to a higher authority if your unhappy with a result. By this logic the court of appeal and the high court should be disbanded.
"The treaty should be ripped up, it has served it's purpose"
– Its an agreement between two parties – so both parties would have to agree – and they dont
"industry run by lawyers and bludgers who are scared of life in the real world."
– abuse much?
"Only then will we be able to move forward as one people."
– OK, i'll forcibly evict you from your house, and prevent you or your family from receiving the proceeds – then in the future my grandkids will say to your grandkids – "whats the matter? dont you know were one people now?"
"That is also the best way to stop the exodus to Oz."
– the best way would be to have a functioning economy that works for all – not an elite
"By the way how do you define a Maori? How much Maori blood do you need to be a Maori?"
– how do you define belonging to the family of tarkwin? – at what point do they get struck of the family tree because the blood of tarkwin does not flow strong in their veins?
really dude – engage brainy before open mouthy – if you want to get treated like an educated adult behave like one
I didn't steal any land.
so…. nothing at all about the really idiotic statements you first made? nothing?
all you got is "i didnt steal any land"?
not even an abusive or witty retort to the answers politely given to you?
just how weak are you?
from the abject lameness of your response can we all assume that youve admitted that youve got many many things wrong – but just cant bring yourself to admit it?
Who cares what you did or didn't do? I think I'll have someone come and throw you out of your house, and then I'll move in, and when you come crying I'll say "I didn't steal any land". Luckily for you, they don't let low IQ ignorati redefine property law every time their stupidity comes calling.
that's awesome.
I can tell by your stylish retort you are one of those bludgers I mentioned earlier. Abuse tends to be the refuge of cretins who lack the ability to create a rational reply. I suppose you blame the colonials for your lack of ability. Why don't you try thinking really really hard and see if can answer some of the questions I asked or is that to hard for an early settler like yourself/
Plus you're a tone troll.
And on the "One People" thing, that's pure high grade racist bullshit, because in practice it ignores cultures other than White-Dude culture. In NZ, it was part of the colonial BS that tried to drive Maori as a spoken language to extinction and as a dog whistle to marginalise and ignore Maori Treaty claims.
"– who the fuck wants to go anywhere with you, you racist loser?" is as much of a scummy spew as anything.
Obviously 'one people' is a quaintly impossible goal even if it made sense – I don't think even 'Maori' can be regarded as 'one people' – but we should at least be able to find a way to live together without resorting to abuse and swearing (that comes from both extremes).
Reduced to defending reactionary racists again little "bad hair"…..or is cute little tarqwit a member of united future?
Get yourself back to the nunnery young lady!!
KTH – So what is the plan then? To go backward as two people? The plan is working.
What "plan"? Do you think this useless incompetent government has a "plan"? Are you deranged?
As a Pakeha New Zealander who opposes the asset sales, I applaud the Maori people who are taking action, through the Waitangi Tribunal, to obstruct the planned sales. If they succeed, it will benefit us all (well, except Jonkey and a few of his greedy mates) and I will be lastingly grateful.
Good comment Roy
They could have tried voting in the election, asset sales were a major plank in Nationals policy. To bleat now is un-democratic. Mind you, we are talking about the Maori council here.
ACT party had a fairly prominent policy on treaty stuff, as did National when Brash was in charge.
Iwi/kiwi remember all that?
Yeah, it lost.
So run along, read some history, and stop stealing arguments from boring herald writers opining outside their areas of expertise.
"To bleat now is un-democratic"
bullshit – democracy is more than ticking a box every three years
You putting in a lot of effort to prove to everyone that you really thick – keep up the good work
On the contrary, only the most myopic and ill-informed view of democracy would confine it to a simple plebiscite every three years. Further, I doubt you live by this new rule you just made up, and that makes you a hypocrite. Again.
Aparently excersising your democratic right to protest or seek redress through the proper authorities isn't democratic. You sir should be hired by websters cause I recon you would write the best dictionary. Laugh a minute.
I had no idea there were so many intolerant highly emotional inarticulate people out there. It must be hard going through life with blinkers on, your only solice being to abuse those who disagree with you. Fortunately I have broad shoulders, a legacy of actually working rather than whinging.
is you last name "Galt"?
Congratulations, you have won One Anonymous Bloke's "Fucking Cry-Baby of the Week" award and it's only Wednesday. I've been looking in vain for a single substantive assertion in your comments, so I can "disagree" – but regretfully none of your positions have any factual basis.
Further, they reveal profound ignorance and prejudice. While ignorance and prejudice are conditions we all share to one degree or another, yours take a particularly familiar and dreary form, as discussed in the article I linked.
Your hostility towards fellow citizens is revealed in your first comment on this thread, but we have to be polite to you? Shall we add hypocrite to stupid racist?
Funny bit is I'm part Maori. I'm just more tolerant than you. I want a future you can have the past.
how do we know that? prove it! after all didnt you say " By the way how do you define a Maori?"
go on define away
frankly i think your telling fibs
"By the way how do you define a Maori? How much Maori blood do you need to be a Maori?"
(tarkwin 11.02am)
tarkwin you dickhead, 'blood quantum' has been disregarded by anyone other than racists for decades re ethnicity. It is about heritage, history and identity.
I'm channelling Wolfgang Pauli.
so tarkwin if you found out you were related to the royal family and you had a rather large inheritance would you turn that down
My grandmother was 1/4 caste Ngati Kuri, married my granfather in England in 1932. He was Irish. They came here after WW2.
So that makes you what? its not 1/8th because were talking your grandparents – maybe 1/16th?
so – considering that your kids will likely marry and produce offspring with people of similarly diluted (or none at all) maori blood – when is the point where they can no longer call themselves maori?
Im dying to hear the answer to this one
and bro – i know some Ngati Kuri – they would "smack you upside the head" for the way your behaving here
"smack you upside the head" being slang for "give a stern talking to" of course
with aplogies to Tiger Mountain – im not arguing in favour of blood quantum – just following tarkwins previous statement "How much Maori blood do you need to be a Maori?" to its logical dead end
To be fair you should declare your own if you're challenging someone else about it.
where have i challenged tarkwins blood line, maori-ness or whatever you choose to call it pete?
its not a pissing contest of "my bloods better than yours" – its all based on tarkwins claim re: how much blood does it take to be maori?
got it?
DNFTT, framu, he's just trying to wind you up. Try the rolling eyes icon, it's a more effective response because it indicates solidarity with other posters here who've also had enough of Pete's trolling.
yeah i know – just felt it was neccessary this one time
whats the code for the rolling eyes again?
Shift key the 2 dots next to the letter L, next print roll and shift key the 2 dots next to the letter L again,
To use this method more than once means you have to add something else,(i presume to get around the anti-spam),
For instance * ,space ,shift key the 2 dots next to the letter L, print the word roll, shift key the 2 dots next to the letter L, space, *
<i?where have i challenged tarkwins blood line, maori-ness
@ 188.8.131.52 you said: "how do we know that? prove it! "
I didn't call it anything.
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"smack you upside the head" being Te Reo for "I can't talk common English because I failed school because I didn't listen to the honky teacher because I'm staunch and I'm alway told its not my fault anyway because whitey stole "my" (actually the most powerful chief at the times) land over 170 years ago. But instead of working to build a real future we are still relitigating the past. And we wonder why things aren't getting better. And even some of the whanau have had enough and gone to Australia.".
the last land grabs were in the 1960's
water 2012 under key
one track Maori were given land rights that were never conferred.
The Irish took over 400 years to have their land returned .
the Jews 75 years.
Maori began legal action against insider trading settlers and land agents in the early 1870's but were denied justice.The right of British citizenship
Maori have got this idea from European if you can steal it and get away with it its OK.
If we want to show leadership to Maori leaving them at the bottom of the heap while we make plenty off their stolen lands is not leadership.
I really can't answer the percentage question, I asked it earlier myself. By my reckoning I must be 1/16. Grandma never denied who she was she just chose not to embrace it. Much the same as I do. Unfortunately she died relatively young, they say you go back to your past as you get older, hopefully I'll find out. I just get sick of plastic Maoris who are only ever there for a dollar. Quaintly enough I have brother who is right into the language etc, he spends a lot of effort helping educate young Maori who go off the rails. Other than that he is like me – not a tribalist, a realist with a future. He likes to look back I don't.
Really? How astonishingly inane.
even though youve started making an argument worth discussing, stop avoiding the question
"so – considering that your kids will likely marry and produce offspring with people of similarly diluted (or none at all) maori blood – when is the point where they can no longer call themselves maori?"
you started all this blood quantum stuff mate – stop side stepping it
" I just get sick of plastic Maoris who are only ever there for a dollar"
really? i thought you were here for a good trolling – why has it taken this long for you to get away from the stupid unintelligent comments? Youve spent alot of the time making foolish comments, avoiding addressing the rebbutals, abusing people and generally throwing your weight around in an effort to do… well i dont know what.
You might be sick of plastic maoris as you call them – but up till now youve gone about expressing that in a pretty ignorant way, and when this has been pointed out youve avoided the answers.
"they say you go back to your past as you get older, hopefully I'll find out"
well theres no time like the present aye
Why don't you follow the example of your brother?
There are many like you, deliberately cut off from their Māori heritage, following the inane lines spouted by those who like you just the way you are. The truth is out there – ask your brother.
Tribullshitlist racism is racism
My children are New Zealanders. There seem to be an awful lot of pretenders around here. I believe blood is blood it is who you are not who you want to be.
What? You want to change the laws of New Zealand as they relate to Te Tiriti O Waitangi, and all you can offer in support is that inarticulate gobshite? Are you delusional?
We need better bigots.
"it is who you are not who you want to be"
OK – so just were are these pretend maori? – i would be willing to bet that the most vocal maori, especially those taking claims to the waitangi tribunal (think about it – to even stand a chance at the WT they need to know, and be able to prove these things), can usually trace their whakapapa Maori back pretty well
The plastic Maori might be the ones who always seen able to summon a Taniwha which can only be subdued with an appropriate amount of koha. And , somehow, the Taniwha itself never gets the koha but some bros end up with a few flash cars. How convenient.
Racism&politics of envy ot
You must have some sort of Sunburn on the back of your neck.
Its either blaming Maori for being poor and whining .
Now Maori are getting a head your Jealous of their reinstating of their rightful place as successful citizens along side us.
may be we should send you off to Afghanistan for a week on the front lines with Willie Apiata.
Your a gutless brainless mentally deficient naive idiot look up racism on a mental health site on the internet.
Thats you disaffected low education low self esteem etc Mental health not all their.
Keep spreading your cynical racist garbage up their with the KKK and hitler breivik etc
Dollars make fabricators. Haven't seen too many people here mentioning their lineage.
Excuse my language skills here bro but how do you pronounce your name, is it Farkwit…
your the only one who started the "how much blood?" business
what does my lineage have to do with your claims?
How witty Bozo, forgotten who your father was or just never knew?
It was a pretty good one though 🙂
Tarkwin, you had your chance to argue your way out of the paper bag you've crawled into, but you failed miserably, and now everything you represent turns out to be bullshit, all you've got left is semi-articulate abuse.
Clearly there are "cognitive limits" to your ability to engage further. My condolences.
Well then Farkwit now we have dispensed with the unpleasantness of an introduction, from my part anyway as having to address scum tends to give me a bad case of the heeby jeebies,
just thought i would disabuse you of one of the particular predilictions you have imported into this particular post in your little effort at wrecking the form of the debate with the usual nut-jobs intent of making it all about you,
You happening to be akin to that which emanates from Nga kuri tiro i usually scrape from my shoes with disdain, but, as i have a spare five i just thought i would alleviate a small piece of your obviously inbred ignorance,
No-one here need whakapapa in any way to an obvious sham such as you be they Maori or Pakeha, someone else put the relationship of those here who whakapapa back to European waka more succinctly than i could have gathered together the words for,
He in effect said as Pakeha the Treaty of Waitangi gives all Pakeha the right to stand on these lands, with Him i wholeheartedly agree and would add, the Treaty of Waitangi gives to all Pakeha the Mana to stand upon these lands and where the Crown refuses to honour previous breaches of that Treaty then the Pakeha among us begin to lose that Mana,
Your pathetic little demand for the whakapapa of others is simply the retreat of the idiot into some really stupid attempt to claim that Pakeha should not be defending the Maori Council view on water rights or perhaps discussing the Treaty at all…
I (obviously) aren't any good at Te Reo but can you clarify the meaning of Mana. It has mistakenly been described to me in the past that Mana means the same as the word "respect" in the language of the modern world. But that doesn't quite cover it, because while it is well accepted that you need to "earn" respect, whereas, apparently, you need to demand "Mana". Is that a fair summary of the difference?
OT you are off track Mana is more than a Narrow word like respect and is never demanded.
Mana is earned not by being a narrow minded narcissistic racist bully.
Perhaps you should go on to a Marae just once in your life to try and understand the other side of the .I have and have been pleasantly surprised by the inclusiveness understanding lack of prejudice patients listening and open mindedness.
Sounds good mike e, but I think the reality is somewhat different. I have seen many tribal "leaders" over the years who simply sound like "Eric" on Southpark when he does his "you will respect my authooritay" sound bite.
That's 'authoritah', OneTrack. And Eric Cartman is a pisstake of people like you; a pumped up bigot and bully who ultimately gets shown to be a snivelling coward. Somewhere out there is a Wendy or a Kyle or a Token just aching to show you up for the worm you are.
Name one tribal leader who sounds like that, WrongTrack. Then please show why he has no mana. In my experience, what you are talking about is either policemen or traffic wardens, but I can see how you would get them confused.
I looked up mana here and I found this other maori dictionary easier and with extensive examples. http://www.maoridictionary.co.nz/index.cfm?dictionaryKeywords=mana&n=1&idiom=&phrase=&pr
Totally the opposite, "demanding" Mana, depending within which social circle your demand was made would at least get you laughed at as a fool,
To be blunt, get your ass kicked,
Mana is your standing among your peers, it can neither be demanded, bought, or bestowed upon oneself,
Mana is the respect with which others view you, be that through your honesty, your ability to fight for those things you hold dear,
In the context of my earlier comment, Pakeha who view the actions of the Crown toward Maori as unjust when considered against the provisions of the Treaty of Waitangi and are willing to add voice to their concerns in the face of often rabid criticism from fellow Pakeha are viewed as greatly enhancing their Mana…
maybe you could introduce OneTrackIdiot to the ManaXchange. There you can buy as many units of mana as you want at the current market price per unit. That's an idea that he'd get.
Yeah, am playing that particular ball(dhead)with a straight bat for now, when it's obvious that ya can't learn them like the one we bestow our smiley faces upon or today's farkwit, then it's time to offer some remedial aversion therapy…
You play the violin so well for an early settler.
Are you talking to me, cretin? Remedial te reo Maori comprehension 101?
And your rhetoric is as empty as the upoko from which emanates such lies…
I get it now tarkwin – you are pretending to be Māori so that you can start saying shit that reflects badly upon those you're pretending to be. Nice strategy – except for one problem – you're a fuckwit.
Darwin was right, they're coming thick (very thick) and fast now.
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Poor cupcake, arguments torn to shreds yet too stupid to realise it
tarkwin your the one that is expressing darwinisms
Maori unique to New Zealand racist farkwits found anywhere and everywhere.
More to the point, "Tarkwin", what do you think of Key & cabinet's planning around asset sales:
Selling assets to pay down debt that costs less than the returns from the assets to be sold;
not pre-empting Waitangi Tribunal challenges on water rights/ownership;
the entire "49% of voting shares" vs "49% of all shares" kerfuffle;
thinking that the WT can be ignored;
not knowing about memorialised land and the legal implications thereof.
Have I missed any?
After all, that's the point of the post. You might very well want to resurrect the "Travesty of Waitangi" debate, but the real issue is whether any halfway competent government would have been caught out so many times on their flagship policy issue.
So do you think the government has managed the rollout of their keystone policy competently? Should they have done a bit more homework on the issue? Or has it just been a bit of unforseeable bad luck?
Tarwind up Tag team troll of the day.
Personally I don't agree with assett sales, but we can't keep borrowing forever. I would happily support anyone who has a better idea. It's very easy to sit in opposition and complain but it's a lot harder to come up with viable alternatives. Both Labour and the Greens seem to be bereft of ideas which is not a good thing. A healthy democracy needs a healthy opposition. And no, I don't think Key has done a very good job of the roll out. I would have expected better.
The last two sentences were all I needed, cheers.
Do you know of any current MPs who would have done it better? Or even anyone likely to be a parliamentary politician in the future?
He possibly thinks Brash could have done a better job.
And Colin Craig definitely would have.
Personally I don't agree with assett sales, but we can't keep borrowing forever. I would happily support anyone who has a better idea.
1) You lower the value of the NZ dollar significantly. 10%-20% will do it.
2) You greatly increase local capital reserves by rewarding saving, not spending.
3) You put in place an asset tax, as well as a CGT and FTT.
4) You make cheap credit available to new and recently established exporters for export market expansion. Print the funds.
5) You reverse tax cuts for the rich, and for companies.
6) You implement a new 49% bracket for anyone earning more than 10x the median wage, as well as a 49% tax on windfall company profits (>$50M pa).
and the list goes on.
Anyone who says they'll support someone who has a better idea than asset sales, but has yet to see one, should just boil their head. They're obviously not doing anything else with it.
Thats silly tarkwin. Of course we can keep on borrowing. Look at Greece – we need to follow their lead.
Ot pathetic billionaires who don pay tax, Goldman Sachs Conspiring to defraud Greece(NZ SHOnKEYS ASSET SALES AGENTS).Right wing governments buying votes NACTUF.
Right wing trols wheeling out the same arguments verbatim lies no surprise!
Try something original One Track dickhead.
Mike e – you are heading off the reservation now with left-wing buzzwords and soundbites. Greece was spending well beyond its means and it was its left wing governments that were overseeing it. There are simply not enough Greek billionaires to pay the tax that they needed. And now they have run out of other peoples money. I can't see the Germans bankrolling them for too much longer as they are starting to see that the Greeks have no intention of reining their spending in either. If we aren't careful, we will end up in the same boat.
I <3 brainless idiots who can't critically examine their attempts at comparisons.
Greece – high rate of tax dodging, high government debt, normal-ish private debt
NZ – Low rate of tax dodging, low government debt, high private debt due to investment in overpriced land capital.
The only real link between the two is a glut of cheap credit and bankers willing to lead despite rather major longterm problems and warnings from their own modellers about the risks.
Oh and incidentally, the current hole in the NZ overnment's books is entirely their own fault for cutting taxes and trying to make it (look) neutral via rising GST during a recessionary period, where people generally spend less…
we have the additional advantage of being able to cause a economically helpful devaluation of our currency, if we wish to. Not that any of our dumb-ass recent govts have had the sense to do so, but still.
Currency vultures, I mean traders, would stuff us over though, plus there'd be whining from our trade partners over how it's oh so unfair…
OK, wrongtrack. Greece has plenty of billionaires. Please name one who paid taxes.
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text: After a refreshing two nights back in CM I took the Steed down the Super to Lampang. Awful. Hate Super's. Continued on Route 11, got off that to take Route 1023 to Phrae for the overnight. Route 1023 was a good ride; scenic, easy, and gentle. It was late afternoon and the heat was mostly off and traffic was light. Stayed in the big hotel: [Nakorn Phrae Tower] -felt like a real tourist. Checked in after the long ride from CM, showered, went out walking, stoping at the first Carlsberg beer sign I saw. Two big one's went down real easy. Can't recall much after that but had dinner somewhere [more beer]. Sloshed, I stumbled back to the hotel for a good sleep. I know the area has interest but for me the next morning I just wanted to ride and so took off for Nan on R101. Uneventful ride; it was hot and dry so I kept a high speed reaching Wiang Sa in time for lunch. Road surfaces were all good and no probems anywhere. Having this Steed over the old hard-tail was much easier even though the handlebars were too wide limiting your turning control. Reached Nan by mid or late afternoon and checked into the Dhevaraj Hotel [just fine]. It's at the far side of town close to the river and the walking around is good having a nearby marketplace, the river, and an interesting small Wat next to a city park. I struck up some good conversations in this park after sunset with two policeman, a Thai military man and another local. The police were looking for drugs but asked me no questions; only introducing themselves to me and as a Farang they were interested in talking with me. The other two locals wanted to meet again the next night [same place, same station] (?)..So I went off to dinner at Da Dario's for some Italian Veal Cordon Blue. I rode around Nan a lot at night on the bike simply enjoying doing that, stopping along the river at times. Although it was dark the full moon made this sojourn quite nice. Couldn't find any girly-bar so spent the rest of the evening in an outdoor beer garden along the river bank. I kept the room for two nights so I could return after a days riding up to Bo Klua and that area. This was a great ride. North from Nan on 1080 to Pua then across the mountain to Bo Klua. Stopping in Chomphu Tree for lunch which turned into the locals plying me with some kind of rice liquor. The local policeman was there as well but he kept professional yet friendly. This also turned into a photo event as I shot most of the locals and their children. The policeman took the Steed for a ride up the road much to his satisfaction. I lingered a bit to get over the liquor before hitting the curves and going onto Doi Phukla National Park where I spent most of the remains of the afternoon. Realizing I had to get back to Nan I jumprd on the bike and roared down 1081, linked up on 1169, and continued south all the way back to Nan. What a ride. Perfect road, perfect curves, no traffic, and great scenery. I was hummin' and almost regretted arriving back to Nan. I drove by the Wat on the way to the hotel and one of the local's from the night before was there waving at me. After a shower in the hotel I re-met him outside and he took me to some great eatery way down some road north along the river. An outdoor place with great Thai food and cost less than 150 baht for both of us, plus a few beers. Quite a few actually. It was a fun evening with a few other local's joining in. One of the things I like about Thailand is this friendliness you find everywhere with strangers. They are so trusting and usually turn out to be great company. From Nan I took route 1091 west to Ban Luang and Chiang Muan enroute to Phayao. This was a tough decision as I really wanted to take route 1080 north to route 1148 to Chiang Kham as David had indicated this was the road to do and was one of his fave's. It looked like a great run but long in order to get to Phayao for an overnight so I elected the shorter way which wasn't bad at all. From Chiang Muan a bit north is a road [#1251] which I wanted to take but I found no info as to surface type or condition and since it is marked a minor road I had to find out. The police check point near Ban Luang said it was rough and full of potholes and the going would be slow, so I opted to take 1091 to Chun then 1021 to Phayao, and that was a day long enough. Besides I had to reach and stay the night in Phayao due to an experience of last December that cost me B1000 and I wanted my refund. [This story is cut out here] Refer to "Rain Trip up North" posting of last December. It involves a girly-bar that wasn't a real girly-bar. Phayao this time was better as I discovered the waterfront area and hung out there eating and drinking and meeting local folks and a few expat farangs riding big chrome bikes who live there married to Thai's. A Kow Vulcan [1400cc] and a Harley. All spic n span. These guys must wipe down their bikes every hour. They liked living there [who wouldn't with a 1400cc Vulcan and a Thai wife]. They were good company and fine drinkers. So [before the serious drinking], we linked up and rode around the lake together at sunset time. The next day I winged it back to CM at speeds beyond my previous ones and made CM in surprisingly short time. The traffic was light all the way to Pong Din and by Doi Saket it was work and slower speeds. All in all a good week on this run and it's always good to return to Chiang Mai.


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There's something to be said for waiting until a written series is finished before adapting it for the screen. We've seen what happens when filmmakers get impatient. The Hellsing TV series was made after only a fraction of the series was published. The result was a strong beginning with a lackluster 2nd half that ultimately falls short of the story's true scope. Fullmetal Alchemist ended up going in an entirely different direction than the 1st adaptation, an ending which was satisfying but now seems weird and heavy-handed now that we have the true ending in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. How successful Harry Potter's adaptation was with its wildly varying directorial visions is debatable. But for the many Hellsings, FMAs, Gantzes, etc, we sometimes have an X.
Let me explain: CLAMP's apocalyptic manga series, X, has been stalled for decades due to publishing rights issues, leaving it with a clear direction but no ending in sight. When it was decided that it would be adapted for TV, the creators wrote an ending but stated that this was different from the ending they had originally envisioned. (I'm purposely ignoring the movie because it is beautiful but nonsensical garbage made to promote the manga.) Being the only ending we are likely to ever see, it was logical, made narrative sense, was true to the characters, and tied up all loose ends. In other words, it was a good ending that most fans have accepted as cannon.
To me, season seven of Game of Thrones is not an X. It had some great moments and the finale was amazing, but all the stuff in the middle reminds me of all the weird post-911 commentary shoehorned into the first adaption of Fullmetal Alchemist. Like, they wanted to include terrorism and ethnic cleansing and Hitler because that stuff gives the audience what they think they want, but that's not what the story is about. It's a roundabout way to get to the endpoint without respecting the world and themes that had been so carefully put together.
I am not hoping for Game of Thrones to be remade once the books are done, as some are speculating for Harry Potter. A Hellsing Ultimate-style treatment for GoT is not the way to go. Instead, no matter how much I might enjoy or revile what D & D have in store for us, I will take their ending with a grain of salt and wait patiently for the real ending.


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It was a lovely May evening–a perfect 70 degrees outside, breezy with the smell of fresh-cut grass in the air. The family had decided to eat dinner on the porch, just munching and enjoying a comfortable silence.
And then:
"Mom, what part of your body bleeds the most?" Wondergirl asked. I swallowed my bite of steak, trying to buy time and think of what to say.
"Um, the neck, I think." What the heezy? Where did that come from? Had she just been sitting here thinking about bleeding the whole time? Why the green beans did she need to know that? While sitting here with her family? Maybe it doesn't seem strange to you, but here's what (I'm pretty sure) the rest of us were thinking about:
The Big Man: Bills
Me: Why everyone's clothes got too small all at once and who was going to have to walk around looking homeless for a while. It will probably be me.
The Destroyer: WWE 2K14.
The Weirdo: Thomas the Tank Engine.
You see? These are the things normal people think about. (Although I wish that the Weirdo would outgrow Thomas already. He's six, it's time to grow up.) My nine-year-old daughter is thinking about bleeding.
I know what you're thinking. "Maybe she'll be a doctor someday," or something innocent like that. Maybe, but here's the thing: Wondergirl is always saying crap like this.
For instance: She revealed in a conversation with my sister, Birdie, that she fully expects her death to be avenged by her father, in the event that someone kills her. She then elaborated that even though she would be dead, it would be okay because the person who killed her would be dead too. And she would be glad that they were dead because they deserved it for killing her. My Wondergirl says, "But I can't die because too many people love me and they would be too sad."
Birdie later told me, "And then she was silent for about ten minutes. I stopped for a minute, and was like, 'Um, what are you thinking about?'"
Or: While watching the Simpsons, Moe was threatening to jump of a building and no one cared. That was the joke. Wondergirl says, "If I saw someone who wanted to jump off a building, I would push them." And that was all she said. No explanations. I thought maybe she was joking; our family has a pretty dark sense of humor. But she just got up, made herself a snack and went to her room, leaving The Big Man and me in mute shock. The Destroyer sat up, stretched, and said, "That's about right." The Weirdo kept playing trains. He doesn't talk much.
I don't know. Wondergirl likes animals, so we haven't found any random dead or tortured cats. She can be the sweetest thing in the world at times. She loves to help me when she feels like it. She has stopped scratching up her brothers' faces. (For about five years, it looked like Wolverine lived at our house. I threatened, punished and threatened some more, but in the end it just took one good shove from The Destroyer and she cut that mess right out.)
I have seen her smack one brother in the head, elbow the other, and then skip away in her pink tutu, ponytail a-swishing. Like some straight up violence didn't just go down.
I tried to talk to her about bullying at school. She cut me off mid sentence, (because I was apparently wasting her time with this nonsense) looked me dead in the eye, pointed her little thumb at her chest and said, "Nobody bullies ME." And that was the end of that conversation.
Wondergirl, my cute sweet baby girl said to her brother, "Weirdo, don't come in my room. There is nothing but pain for you in here."
Yesterday she asked me a follow-up question, "So, if you neck bleeds the most, do you have to cut it or just poke it?"
Whaaa? The boys are getting locks on their doors.
It's not all bad. I'm sure if Wondergirl ever got kidnapped, she'd be home within hours, filling up a deep hole in the backyard and telling me, "You didn't see nothin."
Sure didn't.


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The country's uninsured rate has dipped among blacks and lower-income Americans, and now sits at its lowest level since 2008, according to Gallup numbers released Monday.
Gallup reported that the percentage of Americans without health insurance dropped to 15.6 percent, a drop of 1.5 percent from the fourth quarter of 2013.
Gallup researchers said the drop in uninsured rate corresponds with the deadline to enroll in coverage or face a penalty under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
The slow, but continued, decline of the uninsured rate indicates "that enrollment through the health care exchanges increased as the March 31 deadline approached," researchers said.
Last week, the Obama administration announced that 7.1 million people had signed up for a plan under PPACA following the March 31 open enrollment deadline.
Gallup said as PPACA continues its implementation — and rolling deadlines — the uninsured rate could drop even more.
"The Obama administration also announced that Americans unable to sign up by March 31 could request an extension through April 15, which could further drive down the uninsured rate in the second quarter of 2014," Gallup reported. "Additionally, other provisions of the health care law have not yet gone into effect, such as the requirement for employers to provide health insurance to their employees by 2015. These provisions also may affect the uninsured rate over time."
Despite slight gains in health coverage among all age groups, there wasn't a huge drop in the uninsured rate for young adults, a group whose enrollment in health plans was a priority for the administration.
The uninsured rate among 18- to 25-year-olds fell to 21.7 percent in the first quarter; the rate fell to 26.4 percent among those aged 26 to 34, and to 16.1 percent among those aged 35 to 64, Gallip said.
Meanwhile, Gallup found the uninsured rate fell the most among blacks and lower-income Americans. The uninsured rate for lower-income Americans dropped 3.2 points to 27.5 percent — the largest decline within any key subgroup — while the uninsured rate for blacks fell 3.3 points to 17.6 percent.
Hispanics still remain the subgroup most likely to lack health insurance, with an uninsured rate of 37 percent, though their rate dropped 1.7 points in the first quarter.
The results from the first quarter are based on more than 43,500 interviews with U.S. adults from Jan. 2 to March 31, as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.


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Unlike previous WK7 12-inches, Washer isn't a nod to past eras. Aspects of it draw in more contemporary styles, if only by osmosis. This is particularly true of "More Music," whose jabs of funk remind me of an Eglo or Apron record. The track's rides and cymbals skip among lightly grilled chords and a smooth vocal.
"Washer (Dirt Dirt Dirt)" takes a more familiar shape. Its vocals, two sets of utterances chopped off at both ends, engage in animated conversation in a strange yet easily understood language. Its drums swing and bounce in Pawlowitz's trademark style, but what you notice about "Washer (Dirt Dirt Dirt)"—and "More Music"—is how much friendlier it is. These are bridge tracks, not destination points. They may therefore be perceived to be not as good as other Power House records. But, to paraphrase an old saying, it's not about where you're going, it's how you get there.


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Here's guide post which helps you join the Samsung One UI beta program. You can Sign Up for Samsung One UI Beta Program from here!
Samsung announced about the new One UI last week. They re-branded the user interface from Samsung Experience UI to Samsung One UI with some crazy designs. The Samsung One UI will be available to all supported devices along with the Android 9.0 Update. Meanwhile, Samsung invited limited users to test out the new One UI on their devices. So here's how to Sign Up for Samsung One UI Beta Program.
Samsung One UI Beta Program can be enrolled only by the Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9 Plus owners! The One UI Beta Invites will be available in the US, China, India, Korea, Germany, France, Spain, Poland and UK.
If you are interested to test out the latest features of One User Interface and Android 9.0 Pie Skin on your device, then sign for the beta program. Many users are interested to register for One UI beta testing, but unfortunately available only for Samsung Galaxy S9/S9 Plus users.
Let's see how to apply for Samsung's One UI beta program!
Who can Join Samsung One UI Beta Program?
Only the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus users!
How to Sign Up for Samsung One UI Beta Program
- Download the Samsung Members/Samsung+ applications and Install it on your device. Developer: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Price: Free
- To participate in the Samsung One UI Beta Program, you have to Register an account with Samsung as Samsung Member.
- Then Login, Go to Notices >> select "One UI Beta Program Registration".
- Fill the required details and submit the application.
- Once your application got approved, you will receive an OTA notification for the One UI update.
- Download the Download One UI Updates Manually & install the One UI Beta OTA on your device and have fun!
That's How you Sign Up for Samsung One UI Beta Program using the Samsung Mobile App. Feel free to share your experience with One UI in comments below!
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South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS for short) is part of the National Health Service (NHS). SCAS' main functions are:
- Accident and emergency service that responds to 999 calls
- Provision of the NHS 111 service for when medical help is needed but it's not an emergency
- Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS)
- Commercial Logistics Service
SCAS' clinical coordination centres handle around 500,000 emergency and urgent calls each year, and around 1.25 million NHS 111 calls. The Trust serves a population of about 4.6 million people in its core area of the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire, and has recently also become the provider of the NEPTS service in Surrey and Sussex.
SCAS started working with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) two years ago to recruit military service leavers through job fairs hosted by the CTP. Since then, military recruitment at SCAS has grown considerably and more in-depth recruitment related activity is now taking place. SCAS is also part of the NHS Employers Reservist group and active Champions for Military workers within the NHS.
Thanks to our organisations commitment to both serving personnel and veterans, SCAS was one of just 33 employers recognised with the Ministry of Defence's Employer Recognition Scheme in August 2017. SCAS is one of just two ambulance services in England to receive this prestigious award. You can find out more details at https://seepotential.campaign.gov.uk/
We have a number of roles in our organisation that would be suitable for someone who is looking to transition out of service and wants to work in an environment with similar values to those that the Military adheres to. All of our vacancies are advertised on NHS Jobs http://www.jobs.nhs.uk and you can find out more about our roles at http://www.scasjobs.co.uk/
Below are the Vlogs of some veterans who have found very rewarding second careers with SCAS.:
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Grilled Cod & Poblano Tacos with Gremolata
MAKE AHEAD: Cut, stem and seed poblanos. Prepare the gremolata (through Step 1). Cut foil and parchment pieces for the grill.
FINISH ON SITE: Grill tortillas, poblanos, avocados and cod; assemble tacos.
PACK THESE TOOLS: Grill, grilling tongs, brush, spatula, knife, cutting board and fork.
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- 6Servings
6 tbsp fresh cilantro
¼ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley
3 cloves garlic
½ red jalapeño or serrano chile, halved and seeded
2 tsp finely chopped lime zest + 3 limes, quartered, for serving
12 6-inch corn tortillas
4 poblanos (4 oz each), each cut into 3–4 large pieces, stemmed and seeded
4½ tbsp olive oil, divided
3 avocados, halved and pitted
1¼ tsp sea salt, divided
¾ tsp ground black pepper, divided
1½ lb skinless cod fillets
1 tsp ground coriander
1. Prepare gremolata: On a cutting board, chop cilantro, parsley, garlic, chile and lime zest together (or pulse together in a food processor). Transfer to a portable lidded container; refrigerate.
2. Preheat a grill or grill pan on medium. Grill tortillas until grill-marked, about 2 minutes per side.
3. Brush poblanos with 2 tbsp oil and halved avocados with 1 tbsp oil. Grill avocados on high, cut side down, until grill-marked, about 2 minutes. Grill poblanos until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes per side. Season poblanos with ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper. Thinly slice poblanos crosswise and thinly slice avocados.
4. Reduce heat on grill to medium. Brush cod with remaining 1½ tbsp oil, sprinkle with coriander, ¾ tsp salt and ½ tsp pepper, and grill until marked and flaky, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a cutting board and flake into large chunks. (NOTE: To prevent delicate fish from flaking too much on the grill, cut pieces of foil an inch wider than the size of the fish and line with a smaller piece of parchment paper. Brush generously with oil, then cookw fish on top. If you're using a grill pan, you can place fish straight into pan.)
5. Divide avocados, poblano, flaked fish and gremolata among tortillas. Serve with lime wedges.
Nutrition Information
- Serving Size: 2 tacos
- Calories: 481
- Carbohydrate Content: 39 g
- Cholesterol Content: 43 mg
- Fat Content: 28 g
- Fiber Content: 12 g
- Protein Content: 24 g
- Saturated Fat Content: 4 g
- Sodium Content: 482 mg
- Sugar Content: 2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat Content: 19 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat Content: 4 g


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Tiger Time: The Pictorial Story of Richmond's 2017 AFL Premiership
Author(s): Russell Jackson (Editor); Geoff Slattey (Editor)
Richmond's 2017 AFL premiership proved that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. The club finished a dismal 13th in 2016, and only the most blindly optimistic member of the Tiger Army would have believed Richmond were set to break a 37-year flag drought. Yet that was exactly how this gloriously unpredictable season played out. The suburb formally known as Struggletown rejoiced to that famous club song: "YELLOW AND BLACK!" Thanks to midfield superstar Dustin Martin's record-breaking, Brownlow Medal-winning season, the manic brilliance brought to the table by Jack Riewoldt's 'mosquito fleet' of tenacious small forwards, disciplined and versatile team defence following the lead of Alex Rance, and the rebirth of captain Trent Cotchin as a smiling, content and ultimately inspirational leader, the Tigers were simply irresistible come September. Tiger Time tells the story-through stunning images taken by AFL Media's photographers-of a campaign during which Richmond coach Damien Hardwick stood in front of his loveable and committed group of players and asked one simple question: "Why not us?" Tracking the highs, lows and thrilling conclusion of Richmond's dream run to the Premiership dais, Tiger Time captures the defining moments of the Tiger renaissance. Running the gamut from tear-stained struggle to fist-pumping joy, it shows that football miracles really do happen after all-even in Tigerland. A must-have for all Richmond fans, Tiger Time, a Slattery Media publication, under licence from the AFL, will be published in November 2017 at a RRP of $39.95.
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I had every desire and intention to write these past few days but I just couldn't make it happen. With camp ending we've had an extra full whirlwind of forty-eight hours, packing and unpacking, hosting the counsellors one last time, and more goodbyes.
All the emotions are usually what drives my urgent need to write and process. It's too much to carry around inside of me. Sometimes I wish I could cope better with life without feeling so dependent upon writing/blogging/journaling or whatever this particular vice/coping mechanism/exercise/joy is.
It's okay though. I'm learning there are going to be times when the best and sometimes the only way to process is simply to treasure up all these things in my heart.
We had such an amazing week at camp this year. This was a great summer for all of us. God has truly blessed us so much. I feel so thankful to have the chance to this life again, and even more so that my kids do. We figured out we had come to camp five years as a family prior to this one.
I have always battled with such sadness and borderline (okay, probably full blown) resentment the others years we returned to camp. Camp had always been a place where work never felt like work. But coming back with babies and little ones was so different. Every lonely second of the day felt like a never ending selfless chore. Motherhood felt so degrading.
I had several moments of crying this week, not in sadness and despair, but in utter praise and redemption. The kids could help me carry things to the car. They could carry their own plates in the serving line.
They could sweep the cabin floor and pack up their bedding. They could walk by themselves. They could use the bathroom by themselves or with the help of an older sibling.
They helped me get things ready for our last night with the counsellors.
I want to write all their parents and tell them how proud they would be to see what great kids they have and what a great job they did this summer.
They all did a fantastic job.


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How is it that the Paralympics were so moving? Nearly two months later I still ask myself the question. The memories have stayed with me – of the tears I felt at the sensational courage, fitness and desire in the wheelchair 400 metres of David Weir and his fellow competitors as they hammered their way, backs horizontal, necks forward and raised, arms pumping; like swans in flight above a river. Or the guided blind runners, young women hand in hand with male runners in the 200m sprint, freed into lightness from all inhibition. Or the women from Saudi Arabia and Jamaica trying to warm themselves in the chilly evening breeze before putting the shot or throwing the javelin from sitting positions.
What lay behind my tears? Was it pity, a patronising attitude? Or was it partly denial of a real, though embarrassing, discomfort in relation todisability, an unease combined with triumph that we may all feel at some level?
Or, more simply, was it a matter of being moved by the courage of these sportsmen and women in overcoming disadvantages? Though most of us have not had legs blown off, or suffered from meningitis as children, we all have nevertheless some inner knowledge of how hard it is to be unable to do things that others can do, to feel vulnerable or ashamed or humiliated.
One palpable feeling that stayed with me afterwards was the sense that I, too, could now tolerate more, and face more, of the little and big obstacles of living; that I could live with these difficulties, and go through the process of struggling to learn new skills, new competences. I (and you) can learn from these athletes; the experience of watching them can result in a calmer, less anxious, frame of mind. I think all present also recognised a shared sense of generosity in the crowd; the powerful insular passion and patriotism did not push out respect and admiration for all the athletes.
As I think back to the extraordinary events of early September I also reflect on how we reacted differently to different classifications of event – from athletes with magnificent physiques (the blade runners had an air of mythical beings, larger than life) to others with more pervasive and severe disabilities.
Some of the athletes had inborn limitations, other acquired. Those in the former category will feel that their limitation is their norm, and may therefore feel uncomfortable when people like me go on about their bravery. "They can't see what all the fuss is about," says Ian Martin, the England and Wales Cricket Board's head of disability cricket. But I suspect these people have nevertheless had to face down the ridicule, embarrassment or mockery of others, on top of requiring the same sort of courage as that of their Olympic colleagues.
As a psychoanalyst I am fortunate to be privy to similar strengths and courage, mainly in relation to psychological limitations. I can be upset or troubled by others' problems and difficulties, but I can also admire and be touched by people's efforts to make the best of a bad job without manic attempts to deny the pain, without shifts to superiority or to callous indifference as means of dealing with envy or a sense of inadequacy. Some patients are remarkably free from grievance – or they struggle pluckily with this familiar tendency.
There are two main sources of error that we as analysts or therapists may fall into in relation to psychopathology or psychological disability. One is to lack empathy, to fail to comprehend and take on something of the burden of suffering, both that which is directly expressed and that which is projected and given to us to experience. The opposite error is that we allow ourselves to be moved in the wrong way, with too much pity; we may go along with exaggeration of suffering, with a victim mentality in which resentment at the cards dealt one, resentment that may even amount to sabotaging oneself in order to keep up an image of being badly done by and deserving of special treatment, becomes more powerful than getting on with life. As analysts or therapists, we need to confront such grievance and envy to enable patients who are in their grip to become more responsible for their actions and attitudes.
Oscar Pistorius, the Blade Runner, told a story of his mother's matter-of-factness when trying to get him and his siblings to school on time: to his brother she said, in effect: "Put on your shoes, it's time for school"; and to Oscar: "And you, Oscar, put on your legs. And hurry up."
There are similarly two broad trends in political affiliation: those on the left tend to feel for the disadvantaged, an attitude that may risk being soft on benefit fraud, being collusive with passivity and irresponsibility. As Salman Rushdie, commenting on his experience of the fatwa, said recently: "I think this is a historical mistake of the progressive left. The sense that people who say they're offended have a right to have their offendedness assuaged." By contrast, those on the right may tell people to get on their bikes, advice that readily veers into unkindness, suspiciousness and indifference towards the disadvantaged, as well as (possibly) colluding with or encouraging the tendency to mock and stigmatise the less fortunate for disabilities or even differences of various kinds.
Talking to the former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss, and coach Andy Flower recently, I discovered that their highly successful working partnership in leading the team was based not only on a similarity of attitude to the team (which was obviously there). They also balanced each other; Strauss (in Flower's words) had remarkable empathy and support for his team, and earned their love. Flower, according to Strauss, was willing to ruffle feathers (in the least disturbing way possible) when players needed to be confronted. Empathy and confrontation – both are qualities needed by leaders, parents, teachers, coaches and, in fact, everyone.
Paralympic athletics has perhaps come of age when ambition can be robustly or even crudely owned, as in the men's sprints, with accusations from one athlete (Pistorius) about the length of another's (Alan Oliveira's) blades, while in the ensuing 100m there were two tense and touchy false starts, even possible gamesmanship in keeping other runners waiting. Disabled athletes are not exempt from the tensions and temptations of a fierce desire to win.
It was interesting that one play included (at The Globe) in the Cultural Olympiad was Richard III. Richard is a character who deals with being born "deformed, half-finished, sent before my time into this breathing world scarce half made up" by vengefully imposing suffering on others. In him, grievance functions at the utmost limit of cynicism. All of us have our limitations, our misfortunes, our disabilities and our disadvantages. We all have the choice between underplaying our vulnerabilities (and then being prone to manic flight, addictions, escapes and retreats of all kinds) and overplaying them by becoming victims, whether self-annihilatingly or aggressively.
We can, in short, learn a lot from the Paralympic athletes. Their predicament is ours, writ large. And something of their achievement, made possible by lottery funding and the state's commitment, could be ours. A touch of nature makes us all akin.
The experiences of all of us watching the Paralympics may result in such outcomes; I hope they will persist, that the small fires lit at the end of the closing ceremony create a growing heat, at both individual and public levels, in sport and beyond it.


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One of the most memorable Bond Villain lairs surely has to be Stavro Blofeld's mountainous base high in the Alps in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. And rather than being a studio-built creation, it still exists – and you can go there.
It's called the Piz Gloria in Schilthorn in the Swiss Alps. It's a 30-minute ride to get there, but once you're there, you can enjoy the amazing scenery that was the backdrop to the movie. And on top of that, you can watch the Bond movie, enjoy a champagne Bond breakfast or have some other food or drink in the Bond-like revolving restaurant. Yes, that's a revolving restaurant – the world's first apparently.
The round trip costs around £30, food obviously is extra.
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Supporting Scientific Research
The Austrian Climate and Energy Fund has launched in 2010/2011 a funding programme called "Large solar thermal systems", in order to support the use of solar thermal systems in industrial applications. The funding programme, which was prolonged in 2012, is divided into the following programmes:
- an investment promotion programme
- a supporting scientific research programme
The investment promotion programme is executed by Kommunalkredit Austria AG; the supporting scientific research is undertaken by AEE Intec (Lead), AIT and ASiC.
Tasks in the context of the supporting scientific research
- Execution of consultative workshops prior to proposal submission
- Support in project planning and implementation
- Development of monitoring concepts
- Monitoring over a time-frame of at least one year
- Analysis of the results and feedback
- Derivation of research questions
- Dissemination of the results in the framework of the ASTTP
Further information
Additional information on the funding programme "Solarthermie - solare Großanlagen" are to be found on the website of the Klima- und Energiefonds as well as on the site of the executing agency Kommunalkredit Austria AG.
First results of the supporting scientific research can be found here (available in German only).
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Active-duty and retired military welcome all day Monday
Pizza Inn has long been a popular dining destination for America's military personnel. Many of the international chain's restaurants are located near military bases, and its bountiful buffets are a favorite among those with hearty appetites.
This Veterans Day, participating Pizza Inn buffet restaurants across the country are inviting active-duty, reserve and retired service-members to enjoy a delicious buffet on the house. Simply bring a valid government/military ID on Monday, November 11th, and you'll receive our sincere gratitude and all the freshly made pizza you can eat.
"For generations, America's military has stood on the wall and fought to preserve the freedoms that each of us holds dear," said Randy Gier, chief executive officer of Pizza Inn Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZI). "We are forever in their debt, so we hope to express our appreciation this Veterans Day with a delicious meal and a heartfelt thank you."
For the Pizza Inn nearest you, visit www.pizzainn.com.
Headquartered in the Dallas suburb of The Colony, TX, Pizza Inn Holdings, Inc., is an owner, franchisor and supplier of a system of restaurants operating domestically and internationally under the trademarks "Pizza Inn" and "Pie Five Pizza Co." Pizza Inn is an international pizza chain featuring traditional and specialty pizzas, as well as freshly made pastas, sandwiches, and desserts. Pie Five Pizza Co. is the leading brand in the rapidly growing fast-casual pizza space, offering individual pizzas made to order and cooked in less than five minutes. Founded in 1958, Pizza Inn Holdings owns and franchises approximately 300 restaurants. The Company's common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "PZZI." For more information, please visit www.pizzainn.com.


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Stock photography can be found in many places. From the generic images on your morning box of cereal to the flowery ads in the magazine on your coffee table, stock images bring life to advertisements, packaging and even text books. Created by amateur and professional photographers, stock images are often the extra frames from a previous photography assignment that are sold to stock-photo agencies.
Stock photography can include any subject matter, but the more conceptual and vague the image, the better it will sell as a stock image. People engaging in routine activities, close-up photographs of objects, technology and money are very popular subject matters for stock photography.
Stock images that sell well are executed with a professional touch. Images of people use models. The lighting is controlled in a studio, and stylists make sure foods, objects and locations are clean and perfect representations of the subject matter.
Stock photos can help illustrate concepts. They bring a visual element to written materials and draw attention to products.
Stock photography is not royalty-free. Just because an image may be visible on the Internet or in a text book doesn't mean you can copy it and reproduce it at will. Copyright laws pertain to stock photography.
Stock photography is often sold on stock-photography websites, by photo agencies or by private photographers. For a fee, certain rights will be sold with the image. One-time publishing rights and lifetime usage are common levels of rights that may be granted.


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As predicted in (Gold Price to Increase on Serious Euro Concerns) posted in the the Gold Price News on the 14th of April 2005, the gold price in Euros has broken out since the French voted no to the Euro constitution.
The Euro gold price closed at $345.76 on on Friday the 3rd of June, a price not seen since the 11th of November 2004, when the price of gold in Euros was 343.221. The gold price was trading near $460 in U.S. Dollars at the time.
"The next resistance for gold in Euros is the April 2004 high at 347.446. If gold can breach that level in a convincing fashion, the major high near 351.50 is within reach. That is a big, big deal if that level can be broken." said Bill Murphy of Letropolcafe.com
James Turk of GoldMoney.com said "Is gold about to experience a cascading series of breakouts against the major currencies? It is possible, and the strength that we are seeing in gold's price against other currencies – most notably the euro – is very encouraging, bullish news." James provides more charts and commentary on the break out of gold in rand and pounds here.
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At Frontline we focus on our people, and our culture reflects that. Our headquarters is located in Eastsound, WA, but we have employees all over the country. We recognize the value of each employee and take pride in the diversity of unique skills each member brings to the company. We strive to strike a balance between enjoying the work environment and achieving results for our clients. Working together is the key to success at Frontline Call Center.
We are looking for remote agents with strong IT and computer skills, customer service experience, and excellent work ethic. Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Skype are a must.
Frontline Remote Agent Requirements:
To facilitate a good inContact user experience, each agent needs a computer with mouse, keyboard, and color monitor. In addition, the minimum workstation requirements are listed below.
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Note: Chrome and Safari do not support Reports 2.0 or Studio. Also, inContact does not support browser versions earlier than the ones listed here.
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VoIP Bandwidth Requirements
• Based on the CODEC implementation
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On 6/7/2013 WWR proudly stood a flag line to honor the service and memory of Sims residents that were called from the ranks during the months of April and May 2013. Family, friends, loved ones, and care givers gathered to hear the readings of the brief obituaries which had been prepared for each fallen resident. Thanks to all those that took the time to honor these American Heroes.
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The zip line property is home to all sorts of creatures, one of the most notable being the pack rat. During your Captain Zipline tour, you will pass by one of our most famous residents, a pack rat, tucked away in his very own penthouse inside a rocky crevice.
Pack rats are found throughout North and Central America. They belong to the genus Neotoma, and in the United States, are most commonly found in the southern and western regions. There are 22 species of pack rats; 7 of these species exist in the desert regions of North America. They live at elevations from below sea level up to 8000 feet. Here in Salida, we are situated at slightly more than 7000 feet above sea level in an outdoor paradise that is a perfect home for these and other creatures.
It is unlikely you will see our famous "Penthouse Pack rat"–or for that matter, any other pack rat–scurrying around the zip line grounds simply because they are nocturnal animals. They are most vulnerable to be preyed upon when out foraging around for food and building material and thus they seek the cover of the darkness of the night. This makes sense since they have quite a few predators, including the coyote, fox, owls, and snakes.
For those who are curious about the pack rat and want to form a mental image of this critter, here is what they look and act like: Pack rats look a bit like a squirrel, only with larger ears; they have soft fur that can be brown, buff, or gray in color and may reach a length of 18 to 20 inches, including their hairy tail. These rodents are vegetarians and thrive on seeds, nuts, berries, and wood debris such as twigs and roots. In arid places, they rely on succulent plants for hydration. They tend to build their nests in areas protected from the elements such as rocky crevices and overhangs. In dry desert environments, it is common for these animals to use pieces of cacti in the building process, creating a formidable fortress as their home.
Take a look around our high-mountain-desert zip line grounds and you will see lots of low-lying cacti all over the property…and thus, it's not a good idea to disturb our Pack Rat Penthouse by attempting to reach inside his home.
Pack rat females are prolific breeders. They can produce a litter of two to six offspring in only 33-39 days. As many as 5 litters in 1 year may be produced by a pack rat. Sexual maturity is reached in about 60 days. And, most pack rats are polygamous.
With so many generations possible in such a short period of time, it is no wonder that pack rat predators are plentiful as well. Keep an eye out, then, for some of these animals that might be out in the light of the day, namely rattlesnakes. Rattlers are no strangers to this region, and have been spotted on the zip line property from time-to-time, however they tend to be shy creatures and want to avoid human contact at all costs. In other words, they really are not interested in "tangling" with a human.
The "Pack Rat" is also known as the "Wood Rat" or "Trade Rat" since it 'trades' what is in its immediate possession for shiny, more eye-catching objects it finds along the way. In return, it might leave some pebbles or other debris behind, including chunks of animal dung. So, in return for our drill bits and shiny nails that disappeared from the zip line, we found presents of tiny rocks and other bits of garbage in their place! After all, the rodent can carry only one thing at a time and the brighter, shinier objects are preferred. If you have a chance, then, to shine a light inside the zip line Pack Rat Penthouse, you'll see the gleaming bits of metal meshed in with the pack rat's other "construction" materials.
Such bad habits can become quite a nuisance when pack rats live in and around human habitats. It is not uncommon for them to seek refuge underneath the hood of a car, destroying the wiring and anything else they can literally sink their teeth into. The mechanical damage can be substantial, but it pales in comparison to the stench they create while making themselves comfortable in their "new home." This is because they repeatedly urinate on whatever place and materials they claim as home turf, the urine serving as a sort of "glue" to hold the expanding structure together.
Pack rat urine is the "secret ingredient" in the matrix that holds together their ever-expanding nests. In the wild, pack rat nests can evolve into huge beaver-dam-like structures as wide as 4 feet, all of this held together by–yes, you guessed it-urine. Pack rat urine is very concentrated and viscous, especially in arid environments. When it dries, it crystallizes into a substance referred to as "amberat." The sugar content of the urine adds to its cohesive properties, allowing structures to be built that are stable over many, many years, especially in the drier climates. Generation after generation lives in the same nest and tends to build upon this home. These nests are called "middens," literally meaning heaps of garbage.
Pack rat middens offer much more than simple shelter to its inhabitants. Strangely enough, they are a treasure trove of artifacts lending to an understanding of the flora and fauna of past times. There are actual "midden expects" who seek out these structures as a way to understand and explain a region's natural history. One of these scientists-or "paleoneotomologists"-is Tom Van Devender of the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. In the process of trying to explain how the native Anasazi of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, were able to find logs and other wood products for building their complex structures in what is now a treeless region, Van Devender looked for secrets that may be hidden in packrat middens in the area. Initially he found pinyon needles among other plant debris in the middens, suggesting that there once were pinyon trees in the immediate area since pack rats notoriously remain within several dozen yards from their homes. He then submitted samples of these fossil packrat middens for radiocarbon analysis. This analysis revealed that many of the middens were more than 1000 years old! The evidence overall supported the existence of forests in this region many, many years ago.
Van Devender is not alone, though, in his use of pack rat middens for scientific purposes. It has become quite common to look at these structures as a means of understanding some of the unknowns regarding the world around us. So when you pass by the zipline's Pack Rat Penthouse, keep in mind that the critters inside may one day make substantial contributions to science, including insight into the ongoing concern over climate change.


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The Red Lip Shade For Those Who Think They Can't Wear It
Red lipstick is a makeup classic that works on everyone, but finding that perfect hue (let alone the confidence) can be hard. Whether you're already a red lipstick lover or someone trying to ease your way into the look, the Fresh Sugar Cherry Tinted Lip Treatment ($23) will be your new favorite balm. Just in time for transitioning to Fall, this red hue gives your lips enough color to make an impact, but it's sheer enough to let your natural lip color peek through. For the red lipstick addict, this can be your go-to balm to give your lips a more casual hint of color. But it's also a way to start wearing a red lip color for those who haven't mastered the art of the red lip just yet. And because it works on pretty much all skin tones, there's really no reason not to rock red this Fall.


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An important business management skill is the ability to make effective decisions. Therefore it is strongly advised to commence this process in February or March to give your financier, accountant and financial planner sufficient time to understand the business management plan, including the operational assumptions and financial budgets, so they can add value to the business well in advance.
As I stated earlier, having an ISO 9001 QMS is a strategic part of the overall business plan, so it's imperative to determine if the processes are assisting the organization in meeting overall goals and objectives of why the process was initially created.
Flexibility, simplicity and other strengths can be brought about through the use of a good business management strategy Organizations that have a complex business strategy and organizational structure, find it difficult to change direction when a change happens.
If the process is not monitored and the nonconforming product rate goes beyond 2{0f0f1c7e02bdc0566beb6e22fa5232f83512e650b042840e820c5270f763c9bc}, the organization would have to analyze the cause(s) and implement corrective action to get the final inspection process back in tolerance, but by this time the issue may be bigger, than if addressed at 1{0f0f1c7e02bdc0566beb6e22fa5232f83512e650b042840e820c5270f763c9bc} and would have resulted in increased customer dissatisfaction.
At the beginning of a new project it will be the managers job to take the lead by inspiring and motivating staff to buy into the project. Six Sigma is a business management strategy that involves betterment of the organization's existing products to render them free of defects.


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Seattle Destroys Denver in the Super Bowl of Travel Destinations
Remember Denver International Airport's ground-breaking baggage-handling system? "Construction costs of $186 million were compounded at the rate of $1 million a day for months through 1994, when the airport's opening was delayed by the baggage-handling failures. Millions more have been spent since in repairs and modifications," the New York Times reported. While the system was junked in 2005, the shame still lingers.
More recently, Denver's airport has been the focus of low-rent conspiracy theories about mass genocide and the New World Order.
Winner: Seattle
The Seattle area was the launching ground for grunge acts like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Denver's best-known musical association is with Bob Seger's "Get Out of Denver" -- a classic song for sure, but it's about leaving the city.
Winner: Seattle (but Pearl Jam's last 10 years make it closer than it should have been)
Seattle is in the Pacific Time Zone, the second most important one in the United States. Denver is in the Mountain Time Zone, best known for also containing Utah.
Winner: Seattle
Boeing was founded in Seattle. Denver is home to MapQuest's headquarters.
Winner: Denver (Possibly relevant fact: MapQuest is part of Aol, the very same website you're reading right now.)
Beyond contrived articles comparing the travel-worthiness of the two Super Bowl team's cities (hey that hurts, no wonder no one came to my birthday party), the travel media's found all sorts of fun angles for covering a sporting event.
Attention on Seattle has focused on Boeing painting a 747 in the Seahawk's colors and Air Alaska hosting a tailgate for Seahawks fans at 35,000 feet. Travel-related coverage on Denver has centered on Peyton Manning getting under center and yelling, "Omaha!" -- a city that is not Denver.
Winner: Seattle
The Denver area's altitude and climate make it ideal for skiing. Seattle's 201 cloudy days a year make it perfect for sitting inside and drinking.
Winner: Seattle
Seattle topped Denver in every freaking category save the one where Denver had a connection to Aol. If travel-related angles are a factor Sunday -- and, breaking, they probably won't be -- Seattle's going to win in a landslide.
This article's author hails from New England. Never, under any circumstance, would he suggest that a team that bested the Patriots (via Bill Belichick-confirmed dirtball tactics) or a squad starting one Peyton Manning would stand a chance of winning so much as a coin toss.