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Posting Gann Charts after a very long time.Chart shown that Gann supports near 5640-5660 zone
Nifty hourly trading for 20 August 2010
Hourly charts of nifty remains the buy signal with cloud supports near 5427 zone.Daily charts of nifty remains the buy signal since 10th June 2010. i.e the recent buy signal right from 5075 remains in buy mode for more than 2 months .Current cloud supports are near 5354
Nifty maintains the hourly sell signal for 19 August 2010
Nifty maintains the hourly sell signal with resistance place at 5435 zone. And also spot nifty is holding the GANN Support zone 5410-5415 zone. As of now nifty nears the make or break kind of situation which could be confirmed after crossing the 5410-5435 barrier. Gann lower end supports next 5410 are available near 5210 zone.
Nifty hourly trading for 17 August 2010
Chart shows that Nifty hourly mode @ GANN Supports zone 5417-5410. Breakdown below the support zone will target the next support zone 5200
Nifty hourly trading for 13 Aug 2010
Nifty hourly resistance still near 5466 zone and continuing the sell mode. Also in yesterdays action it nears the first GANN Support zone 5375-5370 region. As the GANN Supports are in increasing mode the current supports zone has increased to 5380 zone. Any breakdown below 5380 will target the next GANN Support zone 5200.
Nifty hourly trading for 12th Aug 2010
Hourly sell signal in nifty continues with cloud resistance 5462. GANN Supports/Targets are at 5370-5375 zone and 5180-5200 zone.
Nifty hourly trading and Trin Charts
Nifty hourly trading shows the continuation of the buy mode with hourly supports near 5456. Also the rising trin charts shows that recently there are more declining stocks than the advancing stocks in terms of volumes which indicates the possibilities of bearishness in shorter term. Any failure to hold 5456 could target nifty towards the next available gann support zones 5370 and 5180
Nifty hourly trading for August 6
Nifty hourly supports at 5437 failure to hold 5437 will target 5330 zone. Shorts are recommended only below 5437
GANN Long Term Overview and NMA Nifty Charts Update
One of the regular reader(Savani Keshav) of marketcalls requested for posting the long term GANN charts of Nifty. As of Now the long term GANN Supports are still in the increasing support near to the region 5025-5032 zone.Nifty Daily Charts(2,20) holds the buy signal with a trailing stop loss of 5192
Nifty Long term GANN FAN Supports
Nifty Long term GANN FAN supports near 4692. Charts are bit older(Updated as on 18th May 2010)
Nifty GANN FAN, NMA Signal, Ichimoku Charts Overview
Long term GANN Fan Charts of Nifty shows that it is trading currently between the long term resistance line 5400 and the long term support zone 5200 pts. Still there could be a possibility of oscillation before the breakout or breakdown occurs. Remember currently the bias is on negative side as nifty is trading below the cloud supports as shown below with the cloud resistance of 5293
Nifty Again Nearing the long term GANN resistance point
Nifty once again in the way of reaching near the long term GANN Resistance point 5420 region. Chart shown above is Nifty Daily GANN Chart. The intermediate GANN Supports coming around 5240 weakness will prevail only on closing below 5240 on EOD basis. Possibly market could move in the range bound fashion between 5240-5400 till this expiry season

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Sheila Jordan was about to be fired. It was 1997 and Jordan's boss believed she was mismanaging a program for pregnant teens in East Oakland. Augie Scornaienchi, Alameda County's superintendent of schools, called her in for a meeting. But Jordan is nothing if not tough. Once Scornaienchi told her he was terminating her contract, she told him that she planned to run for his job.
Jordan had landed the teen-pregnancy position less than a year earlier allegedly with the help of her mentor. Scornaienchi said Don Perata, who had just won a seat in the state Assembly, had called and asked him to hire Jordan even promising to locate the public funds to pay for her job. The then-superintendent said he reluctantly agreed.
So when Jordan told Scornaienchi that she planned to become the next superintendent, he told her that she wasn't competent to run the Alameda County Office of Education. The office not only educates some of the East Bay's poorest and neediest students through programs like the one Jordan was running, it oversees the budgets of every school district in the county.
There was no denying that Jordan lacked the most relevant qualifications; she had never been a principal and didn't possess the administrative credentials required by state law. Her experience did include teaching special education in Contra Costa County, and then serving four years on the Oakland school board, and four more on the Oakland City Council. But Scornaienchi said Jordan didn't share his concern that she was unqualified. "I know how to win elections," he recalled her saying.
Jordan rejects Scornaienchi's entire account of how she obtained and managed the teen-pregnancy job. During a recent one-hour interview at her Hayward office, she called it "a complete fabrication" and said that Scornaienchi is still bitter that she decided to oppose his handpicked successor, Cheryl Hightower.
What's beyond dispute is that Jordan is a tenacious politician who does indeed know how to win elections, schmooze with voters, and put together an impressive list of endorsements. With the help of Perata's stable of campaign contributors, she bested Hightower by 2.5 percentage points in the November 1998 election.
Once Jordan took office, she managed to escape scrutiny. The County Office of Education operates in relative obscurity. Bay Area newspapers, including this one, are largely to blame for this, given their spotty track record of covering the agency. This is unfortunate, because the office and its leader hold one of the most important responsibilities in local government making sure that scarce public education funding is spent properly and responsibly.
After almost eight years in office, Jordan's record suggests that Scornaienchi was wise to question whether she possessed the skills to serve as county schools superintendent. Under her stewardship, one-third of Alameda County's eighteen school districts have encountered serious financial troubles that required county or state intervention. Of the seven school bankruptcies in California since 1990, two occurred on Jordan's watch in Emeryville and Oakland. No other superintendent or county has weathered more than one such crisis. On this score, Jordan's record is worse than that of any other county superintendent in the state.
Under state law, county superintendents are the last line of defense to prevent such catastrophes. Yet each time financial trouble surfaced in Alameda County, Jordan refused to accept responsibility. However, the Alameda County Civil Grand Jury, a group of residents appointed each year to investigate allegations of wrongdoing at public agencies, has often repeatedly blamed her for failing to anticipate and not doing enough to prevent these looming crises.
In fact, there have been so many financial problems during Jordan's two terms in office that in each of the past five years the grand jury has launched full or partial investigations into her office and issued reports criticizing her. It has described her approach as being both insufficient and late. The panel also has praised Jordan for decisive actions once financial problems fully emerge, but repeatedly scolded her often sharply for failing to anticipate the disasters in the first place.
Two former county employees said recently that they have been interviewed by the current county grand jury, which is once again investigating Jordan's office. Yet as the June 6 election approaches, the 61-year-old appears headed for her third term as county superintendent. She has gathered another long list of endorsements and has many prominent friends, most notably Perata, who is president of the state Senate. Even her political enemies acknowledge that she is a formidable campaigner. She can be alternately charming and hard-nosed, and like many successful politicians, she knows how to work a room full of deep-pocket donors.
But interviews with more than a dozen ex-employees, fellow educators, and former friends, and a review of hundreds of pages of public documents, reveal a darker picture of Jordan a public servant whose office has botched its major responsibility while she at times seems preoccupied with politics or exacting revenge against employees who dared to question her judgment or her alleged illegal behavior.
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PAM DZAMA | Climate change and angry 'earth gods'
October 1987 found parts of Western Washington in a continued drought condition. We lived in Edmonds at the time and any outdoor grass or garden watering was very limited. Although we managed to save the vegetable garden, the flowers and grass suffered. Washington and drought are two words normally not included in the same sentence.
The weather was completely different in 1993, which proved to be cooler and rainy much of the time. We had a special trip planned to Fort Riley, Kansas, in September for my husband's birthday and the weather there was much the same. After touring his birthplace, we continued to Germany where again we encountered similar weather. As residents of the notoriously rainy Northwest we should have known better, but it was so inclement we got tired of dodging raindrops and ended up buying umbrellas in Heidelberg.
I bring these two experiences up as examples of weather conditions which create "averages," included in "climate" descriptions. Everyone obviously knows each year's weather experience is usually different from the preceding one or, for that matter, the following one. If it's cooler than "normal" one year and warmer the next the two, weather experiences are averaged.
I understand two years do not make a credible statistic, but over time the differences create what most of us think of as an average. And "climate" is a compilation of numerous averages of various elements over longer periods of time.
While our area is accustomed to "rain," we don't often experience the recent unstable weather conditions which produced thunder and lightning, sending those outside scurrying for cover. I found it exciting because it reminded me of visiting Illinois as a child and watching the electrical storms so common to that area in the summertime. To a kid, the streaks of lightning across the sky and the accompanying shattering sound of thunder wasn't frightening, only exciting. However, that's not exactly what reality can deliver, as we saw last week.
When the isolated electrical storm parked itself over Bainbridge Island, lightning managed to strike the "122 Bar & Restaurant" in Winslow, devouring the 28-year-old establishment in flames. It seems the lightning strike shot though the ground and came back up into the buildings' pipes, creating another "mini-electrical-lightning type" event severe enough to destroy the building. Sadly, the building wasn't protected by a sprinkler system, nor did it have a fire alarm.
Weather fluctuates and it's not necessarily predictable. But neither is the climate. Regardless, a concerned citizen wrote a letter to the editor about his alarm over the unruly electrical storm which visited us last week and attributed it to "climate change."
"A thousand years ago I would have blamed it on the gods and despaired of their anger. Now I blame it on humankind and feel despair."
The writer praises Bill Nye the Science Guy and his experiment with a jar filled with CO and says the increased temperature generated by a light shined into the jar "... mimics what we do every day when we pour 88 million tons of CO into ... our atmosphere ..." He concludes by asking, "Why care about a little thunder and lightning? Because it is our country and our world that are hurting. The earth gods are angry."
Not to insult any polytheistic readers out there, but I don't believe a summer storm, complete with lightning and thunder, was caused by angry "earth gods" and portends the demise of the Earth. His reaction to the storm reminded me of a recent "Freshly Squeezed" cartoon showing the ever-environmentally-correct wife at the office of an eco-therapist. The therapist offers her a cup and she's horrified that it's made of plastic foam.
After she throws the cup in the trash he asks, "There. The world didn't end, did it?" "I don't know" she answered. "I'm afraid to look."
Many people believe global warming — now called climate change — is settled science. Hence, they must have conniption fits when new information challenging the orthodoxy of this opinion appears. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is a research institute in Germany focusing in part on materials science, earth system science and nuclear and particle physics. Recent studies of semi-fossilized pine tree rings from Finnish Lapland indicate the world has been cooling for the last 2,000 years, not getting warmer. Their study of the rings dates back to 138 BC and they attribute this finding to distance changes between the sun and Earth.
Scientists are always discovering something they didn't expect to find, like the recent spotting in Puerto Rico of the St. Lucia racer snake, declared extinct in 1936. Scientific "truths" are rarely settled.
Meanwhile we're wasting trillions of dollars on taxpayer-funded alternative forms of energy including mandates for pipe-dream substances like cellulosic ethanol to "save" our planet.
It's time we critically re-evaluate the pseudo-religion of climate change and the wasted funding of pie-in-the-sky "solutions" it produces.


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Vermont is one of the few states that has no commercial gambling available aside from a state lottery. Vermont has not made a stance against online gambling at this point. Many residents of Vermont have been turning to online gambling since the internet boom. Their only other option is to travel outside of the state to gamble.
Can Players From Vermont Play Poker Online?
Yes! Many people from Vermont have chosen to gamble online, and they have an abundance of choices when it comes to choosing a poker site. As many of you know, the UIGEA made it harder for online poker sites to offer their services to players from the United States, but it definitely didn't make it impossible. In fact, there are still several [geolink href="https://www.usafriendlypokersites.com"]poker websites[/geolink] that accept players from the United States, and all of these sites accept players from Vermont.
Is it Legal to Play Online Poker in Vermont?
The realm of legal jargon is way out of our scope of expertise so we cannot give you a definitive answer as to the legality of playing poker online. What we can do is provide you with a review of some of the laws of Vermont that may pertain to playing online poker. You will find these listed below:
- The laws do not specifically define what is considered
gamingso these are some of the vaguest laws when it comes to gambling that we have ever encountered.
- It is unclear if home poker games are legal in Vermont due to this law
A person who plays at cards, dice, tables or other game for money or other valuable in a common gaming or gambling house that is maintained for lucre and gain, shall be fined not more than $200.00 or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both.(Chapter 51, 2133)
- Another law refers to keeping a gambling instrument, but there is no definition of what is considered a gambling instrument. The law reads as follows:
A person who has or keeps on premises owned or occupied by him or her implements or other things used in gambling and permits persons resorting to such premises to use such implements or things for the purpose of gambling shall be imprisoned not more than six months nor less than 10 days or fined not more than $500.00 nor less than $10.00, or both. (Chapter 51, 2134)
- Another law that might pertain to online gambling states:
A person who wins or loses money or other valuable thing by play or hazard at any game, or by betting on such play or hazard, or sharing in a stake wagered by others on such play or hazard, shall be fined not more than $200.00 nor less than $10.00.(Chapter 51, 2141)
- Nonprofit organizations may have casino events as long as they are approved, and they may not have more than 3 casino events in a calendar year. [addreference url="http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/sections.cfm?Title=13&Chapter=051″ text="Vermont Gambling Laws"]
As we mentioned earlier, the Vermont laws pertaining to gambling are very vague. With that being said, the penalties for illegally gambling can be pretty harsh in the state of Vermont. We highly suggest that you contact a legal professional if you are concerned about the legality of playing poker online in the state of Vermont.
Vermont Gambling History
Gambling was a common pastime for the early settlers of Vermont. This went on for many years, but like most states the mid-1900s brought about change. It seems that the majority of the states decided that gambling was bad around the same time. Gambling was not legal in Vermont prior to this, but it was widely ignored. Many of the law makers were involved in the illegal gambling or they just chose to turn a blind eye to it.
Once the state decided to take a strong stance against the illegal gambling activity many of the underground gambling houses were raided and shut down. There is no doubt that illegal gambling activity was going on within the state, but it wasn't as widely advertised anymore.
About a quarter of a century after the gambling was almost completely shut down in the state of Vermont, the voters of Vermont gained a small concession when they approved the state lottery in 1976. The first tickets were sold on February 14, 1978. By June of 1978, the state lottery had introduced scratch off tickets, and several games have been added since.
Although lottery is about the only commercial gambling offered in the state of Vermont, poker players still get some action within the state. The state does approve of charity gambling, and there are some big poker events offered at charity events throughout the year. Of course, the charity gaming is highly regulated, and each organization can only have a limited number of events each year, but it is better than nothing. [addreference url="http://www.naspl.org/Contacts/index.cfm?fuseaction=view&ID=4″ text="Vermont State Lottery"]
Legalized Gambling Options in Vermont
The choices for legalized gambling within the state of Vermont are pretty slim. The state lottery has ticket games, and they also offer instant scratch off tickets. Aside from this, charity games are the only legalized gambling within the state. This is why a lot of players have chosen to turn to online poker.[recent_posts_by_tag tag="Vermont" title="Vermont Poker Related News" months="999″]
Will Vermont Legalize Online Poker in the Future?
With very little legalized gambling in the state of Vermont, it isn't likely that they will make a move to legalize online poker anytime in the near future. The law makers of the state seem to be fairly happy with their "no gambling" stance, but if federal legislation is approved for online poker it might change their minds. Many states are cash strapped right now, and online poker is a huge market with a lot of money to be made. So, we will be keeping an eye on Vermont to see how all of it plays out.


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This post is all about how you can get signed autographs of the cast of Casualty. (We are not the BBC so please do not ask us to get them for you) but follow these steps to get them.
*All BBC Casualty Cast signed autographs are Free.
*Please note that we are NOT the BBC and we do not send off for the autographs for you & you can only send off for present cast!
You can obtain signed photographs by writing individual letters to each actor who you'd like signed photographs of (you can put them all in one envelope to save on postage) and they will pass them on. Please note that the actors are responsible for answering their own fan mail and at busy times it may take them a while to respond to the huge volume of letters they receive.
The address to send the letters to is:
Name of actor (i.e. Michael Stevenson)
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Casualty Production Office
Fan Requests Dept
Roath Lock Studios
Cardiff Bay
Mark the top left-hand corner of the envelope with the word 'Autograph'.
Make sure you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope – with your name and address clearly written.
If you want to write to more than one actor, you must write a separate letter to each cast member.
Please be patient when waiting for your reply as it can depend on the actors' schedules.


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The International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP) is an international event that brings together academics from all over the world focusing on the relationship between public policy and various disciplines such as anthropology, economics, planning, political science, sociology, international relations, and philosophy. After the tremendous success of the first edition held in Grenoble (France) in 2013 that gathered around 1300 participants from different countries, the second one was held in Milan (Italy), 01-04 July.
CAF was selected to take part in the Panel 05 – Think tanks and Policy Advisory with its article "Think tanks under the notion of heterotopia".


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"Coming from a very cultured family, biased group of teachers, they told me I could never make a living out of this. I overcame those obstacles and did what they told me I couldn't do."
Check out the interview with Scence exclusively on Skilly Magazine Online.
Skilly: Where did this all start? Tell us about your journey in the entertainment business.
Scence: I did a lot of high school events, mainly acoustic as oppose to having a DJ. I did a lot of hosting in high school as well, a lot of rap battles with friends and what not. I really realized that I wanted to make this my life in grade 12 and started getting booked for shows around December of that year. I'm proud of what I've done so far, but I still strive for more.
What would be your biggest piece of advice for the young kids out there trying to do what you do?
Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do it. Coming from a very cultured family, biased group of teachers, they told me I could never make a living out of this. I could never make any sort of income from it. I overcame those obstacles and did what they told me I couldn't do.
What are some of the hardest challenges and tasks in your position?
One would definitely be the non-believers which I could honestly say I ran into quite a few that attempted to put me down. Another one would probably be getting opening opportunities and having the close friends I thought were at the time saying they wanted to support me, but not coming out.
We all know the entertainment business is very tough, but what do you find is the best way to promote and advertise your music?
There's so much you can do online to create a presence, but I feel like most of the so called famous artists or social media celebrities have a social media prescience and no confidence in person to do anything for the public. I try to balance the social media advertising with public eye advertising.
Tell us about your city. How are the artists and the fans?
Everyone does their thing. I have a lot of personal disliking towards some, but on a mature end let them do their thing and I'll do my thing. As for fans, most of the appreciation I gained was from the Toronto hip hop scene. It's where I truly started my career in terms of shows and promotion.
Where do you see yourself a year from today?
Hopefully signed and doing festivals, perhaps headlining shows. I reached all the goals before turning 18 which was getting a taste of what the industry was like. I opened for a few mainstream artists, did a lot of showcases, somewhat traveled, and hit a couple thousand on my music.
Who and what were your biggest inspirations? Who do you look up to in today's world?
Pryde is one of the main inspirations. The 1975, Ed Sheeran, my homies Tyler Mcrae and Shane Douglas, they really showed me the realness you can find in people that's quite difficult to find.
How do you feel about the music coming out today? Do you like it?
Music is music, everyone has their art that they display to the world. I'm influenced by everything. Even if I don't listen to it on a daily, it has a huge influences however. There isn't as much of a feeling and realness in music anymore, it's kinda repetitive but it's their art and I respect it.
Where can we contact you and find you online?
Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/whoisscence


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Mystical Parties are home parties where participants stay together to hear the readings. I have found it to be a fun and very connective experience for participants. The amount of personal reading time depends on the numbers. For example, if there are 6 people, each will receive about 30 minutes of reading time. Mystical Parties are made up of whatever types of readings, games, etc that the client selects from the offerings noted on the website. I have often selected on behalf of clients. These parties are approximately 3.5 hours long and cost $225. These readings are the most popular but there are other home party readings.
Mystical party plus is for groups 9 and over up to a maximum of 15. I provide approximately 15 minute private readings for participants in the host home. All that is required is a private to semi-private space. Tarot and/or other card readings best suit these parties.
For groups of 16+ people, I offer 5-10 minute messages, depending on the total numbers / time. This set up works well for special occasion parties. It is also ideal for conferences or workshops, where hosts want to provide a break from intellectual sessions. For larger groups I also offer an hour session, which includes a 30-minute talk about the different types of intuitive readings (or another lecture topic the client selects from the website) and then I randomly pick folks from the group and offer them an intuitive message (please refer to Mystical Lectures section).
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Trump, Macron agree on European defense after European army row
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France's Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Saturday on the need for Europe to bear more of the burden for defense, papering over an earlier Trump tweet that described Macron's call for a European army as "very insulting".
Meeting for talks at the Elysee ahead of commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, Macron welcomed Trump with a firm handshake, but there appeared to be less immediate warmth between them than in the past.
Seated on gilded chairs, Macron placed his hand on Trump's knee and referred to him as "my friend", while Trump too sought to find common ground on an issue that has caused friction.
"We want a strong Europe, it's very important to us, and whichever way we can do it the best and more efficient would be something we both want," said Trump. "We want to help Europe but it has to be fair. Right now the burden sharing has been largely on the United States."
Macron echoed those sentiments, saying he wanted Europe to bear a greater share of the defense costs within NATO, a point he has made repeatedly since taking office, alongside calls for Europe to develop its own military capability.
"That's why I do believe my proposals for European defense are totally consistent with that," Macron said in English.
Fresh off U.S. congressional elections that saw his Republican Party's power eroded, Trump is in Paris to bolster the U.S.-European alliance during the Armistice commemorations.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron as they meet at Elysee presidential palace, as part of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
But in a tweet prior to landing in Paris on Friday, Trump took a dim view of comments Macron made in a Europe 1 radio interview this week.
Discussing the threat from cyber-hacking and outside meddling in the electoral process, Macron said Europe needed to protect itself against China, Russia "and even the United States".
Later in the interview he spoke about the need for a European army, saying:
"Faced by Russia, which is on our borders and which has shown that it can be threatening... we need to have a Europe that can better defend itself by itself, without depending solely on the United States."
Trump, who has pushed NATO allies to pay more for their common defense and not rely so heavily on the United States, complained.
"Very insulting, but perhaps Europe should first pay its fair share of NATO, which the U.S. subsidizes greatly," Trump said on Twitter.
Trump and Macron are set to hold around an hour of bilateral talks before they are joined by their wives, Melania and Brigitte, for lunch at the Elysee Palace. It is the second time the four have dined together in Paris.
During the weekend, Trump is scheduled to make pilgrimages to two American cemeteries, Belleau Wood east of Paris on Saturday and Suresnes on the western outskirts of the capital on Sunday, where he will make formal remarks.
His trip comes just days after congressional elections delivered results that will complicate his next two years. While Republicans slightly expanded their majority in the U.S. Senate, they lost control of the House of Representatives to Democrats who may use their newfound power to launch investigations into Trump and stymie his agenda.
As well as defense, Macron said he and Trump would discuss trade, Iran and the conflicts in Syria and Yemen. Talks may also cover European concerns about Trump's plans to withdraw the United States from the 1980s Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Agreement and U.S. renewal of sanctions against Iran.
Macron told Europe 1 radio that the "main victim" of the U.S. withdrawal from the INF accord was Europe and its security.
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No Supreme Court decision has been more consistently reviled than Dred Scott v. Sandford.' Other decisions have been attacked, even virulently, by both contemporary and later critics; other decisions have been overruled by constitutional amendment or by subsequent Court majorities. But of all the repudiated decisions, Dred Scott carries the deepest stigma. If a proper criterion for evaluating a judicial decision is its success in achieving peaceable resolution of a social dispute, Dred Scott was a palpable failure; indeed, its critics then and now have plausibly claimed that the decision played a significant role in precipitating the Civil War. If a proper criterion is its consistency with high ethical values, Dred Scott fails even more clearly. Chief Justice Taney's opinion for the Court recited the most explicit racist dogma that appears anywhere, before or since his opinion, in the pages of the United States Reports. In explaining why no black person, whether slave or free, could ever become a citizen of the United States, Taney relied on blacks' historic status "as beings of an inferior order... altogether unfit to associate with the white race... ; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect."
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I've been suffering with knee pain for over 5 years yet get the run around with doctors wanting me to get cortisone shots or pay for synvisc shots. I've done both of these with cortisone 4 times now. I'm only 60 and think that's the real reason they won't do it. Any insight would be welcome.
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Hello @ecook — Welcome to Connect. I am in a similar situation and have had the same thoughts except I'm a lot older at 75. I had surgery on my right knee to remove torn cartilage back in the mid 70s and have had trouble with the knee off and on for many years. I have degenerative arthritis in both knees and the right knee is bone on bone. I have trouble walking and was at the point of using a cane daily and a walker at night when I had to make trips to the bathroom so that I can support/balance myself. I know each of us are different and I describe my pain at around 3 or 4 max for the knee which is subjective. A month or so ago I thought I would be a candidate for a knee replacement but after meeting with Mayo ortho docs they did not recommend it at this time. They suggested physical therapy which I had already been doing on my own and a shot as the next step…well, I had the shot last month and felt great up until the past few days. I over did it one day and did some kneeling working on the edge of the driveway. Now the knee is really tender again and I'm probably going back to using the cane for a few days until I see if it gets better. I still have better range of motion than before so that part is OK.
I'll give you what I think the answer to your question is but it's only my own opinion and I have no medical background or training. I think when the pain is unbearable (10+?) they probably would recommend the knee replacement. That and it will only last so many years and if they replace it now you might need another one and rehab is probably a lot harder for us old follks ☺
I'm tagging a moderator @JustinMcClanahan who is a youngster with a lot of experience and knowledge that I'm hoping can provide some enlightenment for both of us.
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Hi @ecook! I am 52 and had to have my right knee replaced in May and now need to have the left knee replaced. I can tell you what my situation is. I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in 2009 and I had a cortisone shot then. My knees were often stiff and sore, but I kept going. In February of 2018, my right knee began to lock up and was painful. It was at that point that I went to go see about the orthovisc shot. The doctor compared my x-ray to the one from 2009. I had no cartilige left and was bone on bone. At that time I told them I wanted the shot and there was no way I was going to have a TKR. They tried for months to get the shot approved. I finally got to a point where my knee was locking up constantly and at one point was walking from a restaurant to my car and it locked up so bad that a friend had to drag me to the car. It was then that I realized that I had no other options. When I went to see the doctor, he told me the same thing. I was at a point where the shots would no longer work and a TKR was my only option. I went to the doctor on May 2 and had the surgery on May 14. Normally there is a 3 month wait, but My right knee was severe. My left knee was not in great shape either and the shots won't help. So I need to schedule that surgery. If the doctor says the shots will help, then I would take the shots and hold off as long as I could. They will let you know when the shots wont work. Because of my age, I will have to have both knees done again at some point. If you have other options, I would consider them. See what some of the others in this group suggest. Good luck to you. Let us know what you decide.
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John this is Beryl another nut that over does things in the garden and suffers after, don't do it again …..ha ha ……I know we are just human and think we can get away with it……I bet the drive looks nice though…….
Hi Beryl @beryl, I wish I was done. I did smarten up a little and bought some knee pads. Now just need a power lifter to get me off my knees. Have to take a break and get an adapter and 45 pvc elbow and some drain pipe to extend the drain out into the woods a little. Guess I should have paid more attention when I had the concrete work done.
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Glad you have a sense of humour John, my Mum used to say "You have to laugh or you will cry". That is quite job you have had done there think maybe you need some help with that ! Try not to hurt yourself ……Beryl
My wife is diabetic and overweight and has severe knee problems. Deterioration. Surgery is a higher risk for her. Does anyone have any suggestions? Or tried stem cells?
Hi Rob @robseverson, I've thought about stem cell treatment for my right knee but insurance doesn't cover it so it's all out of pocket cost. There is currently another discussion on Connect about stem cell treatment for the knee that you might want to read through and talk with others who are thinking about getting it done.
Groups > Bones, Joints & Muscles > Cost of stem cell therapy at Mayo
— https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cost-of-stem-cell-therapy-at-mayo/
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Hi ssbionicknee, Thanks for your insight. The shots work for less and less time and the uncertainty of knowing when they stop really is a pain. I thought if I could just get the TKR then I could plan again. I was an avid hiker who has recently retired and one of my bucket list trips was to hike in Switzerland. Not able to do that even when the shots work as they do not give me that much improvement that I would risk hiking again.
Hi John, thanks for your reply. There have been periods of time when I've had a snap in the back of my left knee which had me using crutches for two weeks. I couldn't even put any weight on it. The pain will gradually become worse as the cortisone wears off. So, I gather from most here that waiting is best. Still frustrated though.
Hi @ecook, I don't blame for being frustrated. I am too. I hate not being able to do simple tasks that require kneeling down and having to get up from sitting slowly before taking a step to make sure the knee is OK. If I had the money I would try the stem cell therapy although the ortho doctor I talked with didn't think it would help much if you have bone on bone – didn't think it could grow any new cartilage for the joint. Probably my biggest fear is not being able to get the knee replacement until I'm even older than I am now and that will make rehab even more painful. I just take it one day at a time and try to keep moving the best I can.
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I think if your X-ray or MRI shows bone-on-bone, then TKR will be done! My daughter-in-law is only in her 50, she had both knees totally replaced because of bone-on-bone. I am 78 with knee pain but the doctor only recommend PT, Cortisone shots and Advil. He said my knee only shows narrow gap but not bone-on-bone. Also, he won't do TKR if I was 85 or over even with bone-on-bone condition!!! Don't know if this is because Medicare policy or only his own policy!
Thanks John. I excerise religiously but it is still difficult getting around most times.
I've had knee pain for four years, receiving Ortho Visc injections and/or cortisone shots and when I realized these weren't giving me the relief I needed, I had surgery, 12 days ago. These initial days have been basically rough on me but like so many other people, I do not even look forward to going to bed at night because I'm restless much of the night. I have looked for videos of the best sleeping positions after TKR and feel like I'm not seeing what I'm looking for. I'm sleeping on my back but can't find 'that comfort spot' for my knee. I put my leg on a pillow and then my other leg almost feels a tingling sensation. I hate sleep at night………I'm icing my knee as I type now but know I need to return to an uncomfortable sleeping position. I almost look forward to daylight so this restless sleeping cycle ends.


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Youre Abetting Voter Fraud: Tucker Battles Chicago Alderman Over New ID Card for Illegals
Tucker Carlson said that with the ongoing bloodshed and debt in Chicago, Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuel is facing a low 25 percent approval rating.
Carlson said that since Emanuel plans to be reelected in 2019, he must find a way to win without the standard population voting for him - by "creating [a] new one."
Late last year, the mayor rolled out a new city-issued ID card called CityKey, for the 'undocumented' and people 'on the sidelines.' Alderman Ameya Pawar (D-Ravenswood) was among the card's supporters.
Carlson said ICE cannot use the ID to enforce federal law because the card lacks some of the holder's identifying information that the federal government would need.
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Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed the Santiago Bernabeu club are in negotiations with Tottenham, regarding the transfer of Gareth Bale.
The Welshman, who scored 21 goals in the Premier League last season, has been strongly linked with a move to the Bernabeu for most of this year, with speculation surrounding a possible world record transfer ebbing and flowing.
Spurs' chairman Daniel Levy appeared resolute that he would not sell his talisman, no matter what the offer. It now appears the White Hart Lane supremo has relented. This comes after sustained pressure from the Spanish capital, including a new world record bid of £85m, according to Sky Sports.
However, Ancelotti, who only joined Madrid this summer, says he has yet to speak to the Welsh international directly.
"I believe the club is in talks to find a solution and we will see what happens. It is difficult to talk about Bale because he is not a Real Madrid player at present. I have never spoken to him. I do not usually talk to players who are not from my team and it would not be fair to do so," the Italian said.
Ancelotti also stated there was no truth to speculation linking Luka Modric with a move away from Madrid this summer.
The Croatia international has been linked with a £24m move to Manchester United, who are in the market for a midfielder. Rumours have also linked Modric with a surprise return to Spurs, as makeweight in a deal for Bale. However, according to the Independent, Tottenham will reject any such offer.
"That's not true. All of the players are happy to be here with us. We have not spoken about any player leaving. It's completely false that Modric could leave. He is a very important player for us. Modric will play for Madrid this season," he stressed.
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"Wilsonian government, meaning (in Wilson's words) government with 'unstinted power,' is hostile to Madison's Constitution, which, Madison said, obliges government 'to control itself.' Thus our choice is between government restraint rooted in respect for nature, or government free to follow History wherever government says History marches."
The Danger of a Government with Unlimited Power. Read the column HERE.
"Lack of 'a limiting principle' is the essence of progressivism, according to William Voegeli, contributing editor of the Claremont Review of Books, in his new book 'Never Enough: America's Limitless Welfare State.' The Founders, he writes, believed that free government's purpose, and the threats to it, are found in nature. The threats are desires for untrammeled power, desires which, Madison said, are 'sown in the nature of man.' Government's limited purpose is to protect the exercise of natural rights that pre-exist government, rights that human reason can ascertain in unchanging principles of conduct and that are essential to the pursuit of happiness."
"The cheerful assumption is that "evolving" must mean 'improving.' Progressivism's promise is a program for every problem, and progressivism's premise is that every unfulfilled desire is a problem."
"Today, government finds the limitless power of dispensing not in Madison's Constitution of limited government but in Wilson's theory that the Constitution actually frees government from limitations."
Read the full column HERE. (have I made the point?)
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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: Camping (07/11/05)
TITLE: The Perfect Campsite | Previous Challenge Entry
By Lynda Lee Schab
He'd been out in the woods for a long time. If he'd had a watch on, it would probably indicate several hours, at least. He started having second thoughts. After all, he'd never done this before. He was used to the city, with lots of noise, and lots of people. When Little Mama expressed a desire to leave the city with their son, Ben couldn't help but agree. Especially when she'd batted those big, brown eyes and flashed him an irresistible smile. So they escaped the big city and here they were.
Ben stopped to rest for a moment. A couple of rabbits and several squirrels scampered for cover at the sight of him. He briefly wondered why God had made him such a scary, formidable presence to these small creatures. He wasn't going to hurt them, after all. But he supposed they didn't know that. He didn't see many rabbits and squirrels in the city. It was nice to experience this part of God's creation.
Darkness was quickly closing in and he gathered his resolve and trudged on. He thought of Benny's face, full of youthful anticipation of roasted marshmallows, crispy graham crackers and melted chocolate. He was so excited to try his first s'mores. And Ben was determined to make that happen.
He felt a strong urge to prove himself. To prove to Little Mama and Benny that he could provide for them. He'd heard what people said about him, that he was a big show-off. Maybe that was what he was trying to do: show off for his woman and his son. He knew they were waiting expectantly, fully confident in his abilities to find the perfect campsite. Visions of s'mores were probably dancing in his son's head. Ben wanted more than anything to turn that vision into reality.
A light glowed up ahead and Ben hurried toward it as the blanket of night fell over him. He paused for a moment, behind a tree, and observed the scene before him.
Two adults and three children sat talking and laughing around a blazing fire. A tent was set up several yards away and coolers and duffel bags were scattered about. But what Ben's eyes rested on was the open package of graham crackers and the marshmallows attached to long sticks that the kids were holding over the fire.
Ahhh. The perfect campsite.
Ben stepped around the tree and approached the family, and was prepared to greet them. But he wasn't quite prepared for the reaction he received.
Ben stood, stunned, as the people fled to their vehicle. Just one more thing he would never understand: humans. They definitely were a strange species. God must have had a purpose for them but wasn't exactly sure what it was.
Wait a minute. Maybe he did understand their purpose. Lifting his head to the stars, he growled, "Thank you, God."
Ben ambled over to the fire and snatched the chocolate, the crackers, and the bag of marshmallows with his claws. He glanced toward the van and saw the three kids and the woman gawking, open-mouthed, through the window. The man was talking into something shiny, waving his arms around like a mad man. Yep, an odd bunch, indeed.
Ben made his way back into the woods to find his way back to his own family. He couldn't wait to see the expression on Benny's face.
*Ben, Little Mama and Benny were all captured and brought back to the Cleveland Zoo, from where they had escaped the week before. The zoo keeper now keeps a large supply of graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows on hand to reward the bears for good behavior. Benny has never been happier.
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Crab Shala
Recipe Information
Travetta Harris from Florida
1/2 bell pepper, diced with seeds
1/4 onion (any variety), diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 bay leaves
1 bottle (8 oz (224 grm).) olive oil
2 cans (8 oz (224 grm).) of tomato sauce
1 can (8 oz (224 grm).) of tomato puree
1 lemon
salt and lemon pepper to taste
12 large live blue crabs
1 box (1 lb) spaghetti
Place the crabs in hot water to kill them. It can
be in the kitchen sink. You may also put them
in the freezer for about an hour.
Pull of the back of the crab off and take out the
insides. (Anything that is not white.) This
can be done by shaking the crab over the
garbage and the rinsing with running water.
The meat should be left in the crabs.
Remove the last joint on all the legs except the claws.
Squeeze the lemon over the cleaned crabs (open side up).
Saute the bell pepper (and seeds), onion and garlic in 1/2 of the olive oil.
When the bell pepper, onion and garlic are slightly tender add the tomato
sauce, tomato puree and the bay leaves.
Season with salt and lemon pepper to taste.
Bring to a simmer and reduce heat.
Once the sauce is simmering, add the crabs open side down.
Cook on low to medium heat for about 20 minutes or until the crab legs are
bright red.
Prepare spaghetti according to directions on package adding remainder of
olive oil to water.
Serve spaghetti and crabs with sauce over them.
This dish is my birthmark and can be made with any type of crab. (I've tried it!) The best way to make it is, once you've made it the traditional way, to experiment with the ingredients. I am sure that the way I make it is not the correct way. I am not sure what country it originated in but I think it is Italian. This is a messy dish, break out the bibs and cover the table!


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Day One of 2011 Caps Development Camp in Photos
(Photo credit: Chris Gordon)
The Caps began their annual Development Camp on Monday, held at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Virginia for the fifth year in a row. The six day session features prospects signed in the organization, including Cody Eakin, Stanislav Galiev, Dimitri Orlov and Mattias Sjogren, as well free agent invitees and players selected at the Draft last month.
Day one was pretty exciting. Group A skated around a bunch of cones, Bruce blew his whistle a lot, Troy Brouwer addressed the DC media for the first time, George McPhee looked super dreamy, Olie the Goalie (coach) showed off his new sweatpants, Sjogren lost a chicklet, Group B skated around another bunch of cones, Bruce blew his whistle a lot more before the day was capped off with everyone's favorite drill: wind sprints! And some trick shots of course.
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Welcome to the First Day of Your Bad Job…
Words you will never hear in real life but happen every day. We a think of the future being this lovely techno-utopia where peace and intelligence reign supreme over society. Where all our highest ideals and plans for generations to come can reap the unlimited benefits from. Where even the crappiest vending machines can produce the the most decadent morsels of endless delights. Ahhh the glorious future indeed!
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Tinker's dam & cuss
Posted by TheUnlurker on February 08, 2002
In Reply to: Tinker's dam & cuss posted by James Briggs on February 07, 2002
: : : What I learned from my daddy, almost seventy years ago, was that a "tinker's
dam" was a small piecd of clay to hold the solder on a pan until the solder cooled
and set.
: : : You would not make a dam out of solder. It is what you melt to mend or tie something together either mechanically or to make a good electrical connection.
: : : At least you did not write that it was the "profane language"
of the lowly tinker. Heck, he had to be a craftsman to do his work.
: : : Thanks for the link.
: : That sounds like a good explanation to me.
: If someone doesn't give a tinker's dam (or cuss) the they are reckoned to be completely indifferent to the outcome of an event. Dam (note the lack of a terminal "n") is used today to describe a structure for holding back water; so it was in the days of Tinkers. They used to travel the country earning their livings mending pots and pans and sharpening knives. They would mend the pots by filling the leak on the inside with some clay and then repairing the outside with permanent material. When this was done the clay was discarded. The clay stopper was the tinker's dam. The dam was also known as a cuss. Both were worthless, hence the saying.
I feel like I must be stalking you James (I'm not -- but surely we need a word to describe stalking someone through newsgroups etc.).
These three links:
say otherwise*, and that the most likely explantion is the supposed disposition of tinkers and their tendency to,... well,... cuss.
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- Connect only one cable to your router, and leave the other unplugged.
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You can go home again.
That was the opinion of more than 1,500 alumni and friends of Fordham who gathered at the Rose Hill campus for Jubilee Weekend 2008.
Attendance at the event, which ran from Friday, May 30, to Sunday, June 1, topped last year's total by roughly 100 guests. Amidst the barbecues, lectures, ceremonies and banquets, there was another reason to celebrate: from the Golden Rams through the Class of 2003, Fordham alumni gave more than $14 million in honor of their Jubilee reunions.
"Jubilee is by far the largest alumni relations event we stage each year," said Mary R. Nolin (FCRH '06), alumni officer and reunion coordinator. "We solicit suggestions afterward to make each year better than the last."
For instance, WFUV's new headquarters in the basement of Keating Hall was the most popular stop on last year's campus tour, so this year the radio station offered its own tour separate from the regular campus excursions.
As another example, Nolin responded to a request from the Class of 1968 for a special dinner on campus—even though the class is still 10 years away from their 50th anniversary reunion.
Variety is the watchword when planning Jubilee Weekend, and this year was no different, with events to nourish body, mind and spirit. Alumni and their families broke bread and shared stories, learned about the state of the University in a special session with Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham, and celebrated Mass at the University Church, as they did when they were students, among many other events.
The University took a break from the celebration and camaraderie to honor the greatest heroes of its first 100 years. Eighteen names—those belonging to Fordham's founder, its first president and 16 alumni and other notables—comprised the first set of inductees into the University's Hall of Honor.
The hall is located in the main corridor of the administration building on the Rose Hill campus. It was dedicated on Saturday by Father McShane and a gathering of trustees, alumni and guests.
"The hall was established to recognize alumni and alumnae whose lives have exemplified and brought recognition to the ideals to which the University is devoted," said John P. Kehoe (FCLC '85, FCRH '60), a member of Fordham's Board of Trustees, "ideals which are manifested in its enduring commitment to educating men and women for others."
Inductees included giants of sport, archbishops and cardinals of the church, military leaders, men of arts, letters and science, politicians and business leaders.
All in all, the Jubilee offerings set the tone for guests to recall their college days, reconnect with friends and toast the past, present and future of their alma mater.
"This is my ninth Jubilee, and I can tell you that this was the best one yet," said Peggy Pospisil, Fordham's director of alumni relations. "I'm always impressed and delighted by the energy and enthusiasm alumni bring to the event."
At the President's Club cocktail reception on Saturday evening, all glasses were raised in honor of William D. Walsh (FCRH '51), and his late wife, Jane. The University took the opportunity to unveil a portrait of the Walshes that will hang in their
namesake library at Rose Hill.
"It makes me smile to think that this portrait will quietly urge Fordham students yet to come to work and play and give as mom and dad have done," said Deborah Hirsch, daughter of William and Jane Walsh.
Ensuring that the three-day affair went off without a hitch were scores of student volunteers, who Nolan credits with making the weekend successful year after year.
"The students are there from 7 a.m. to midnight for three days," she said. "They're the ones that the alumni love to talk to, and our students are very good about answering questions about events or where to go next."
Nolin, who already has begun to plan Jubilee Weekend 2009, said she is considering special events celebrating the 150th anniversary of Fordham baseball and the 40th anniversary of the Graduate School of Business Administration, among others.


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Westchester Broadway Theatres ShowboatPublished: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 By: Jim DeBlasi Source: The CUE
Westchester Broadway Theater delights its audiences with a sparkling production of the 1927 classic, "Showboat". The stage comes alive with a story that spans four decades in the lives of the inhabitants of the Cotton Blossom, Mississippi Riverboat from 1887 to 1927.
With lyrics and music by Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern and based on the novel by Edna Ferber, "Showboat" is recognized as the first musical to address the social issues of race as part of its plot and paved the way for musicals like "South Pacific" in both entertaining its audiences but also making them think about serious matters.
As the aptly named Magnolia, a flowery beauty who proves over the course of the musical to possess a backbone of steel, Bonnie Fraser brings an effortless grace and a glorious singing voice. As Gaylord Ravenall, whose name alone invokes the image of the ne'er do well gambler, John Preator portrays him with a seductive charm that leaves no doubt to the viewer why the lovely Magnolia falls for him. Sarah Hanlon's Julie La Verne is a study of poignant sadness as woman's whose life is changed forever when a secret from her past is revealed. Daniel Scott Walton and Amanda Pulcini exude abundant charm in their comic relief roles of Ellie May Chipley and Frank Schultz. The pair often leads the talented ensemble in rousing dance numbers with energy and enthusiasm. Jamie Ross as Captain Andy is delightful in his paternal role. As the loving but disapproving Parthy, Karen Murphy has a warmth that belies her gruff exterior.
Providing the evening's most memorable moment, Michael James Leslie as Joe sings the classic "Old Man River" the anthem of struggle and fortitude. He and, Inga Ballard as the down-to-earth Queenie serve as pragmatic moral touchstones. Their second act duet, "I Still Suits Me" was an audience favorite.
Under the able direction of Richard Stafford, evocative lighting design by Andrew Gmoser and beautiful sets and costumes provided by Michael Bottari and Ron Case, Westchester Broadway Theater presents a stellar evening of musical theater.
Performances continue through November 29th and then resumes December 30 through January 31, 2016. For reservations, call 914 592-2222.


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When I worked for the U.S. House of Representatives, one of my favorite Congressmen was Dan Glickman, of Kansas. (Another was Howard Berman). Mr. Glickman, along with 34 other Democrats, was defeated in the Republican 1994 electoral rout, and the following year he became President Clinton's Secretary of Agriculture, where he served with great distinction. In 2004, he succeeded Jack Valenti as head of the Motion Picture Association of America -- a hard act for anyone to follow. He recently announced he would retire at the end of his contract next year. Mr. Glickman has always been a sensible person, not given to extreme statements, and more interested in working through problems than in creating them. High-flying rhetoric is out of character.
For this reason, I was surprised by a story in Wired back in late November about a letter he sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee on ACTA. It didn't surprise me that MPAA strongly supports ACTA, but what did surprise me was the letter's effort to create a moral panic about those who oppose ACTA. In the letter, he says :
Opponents of ACTA are either indifferent to [worldwide piracy]
or actively hostile toward efforts to improve copyright enforcement
worldwide. Many of them decried the WTO TRIPS agreement when it
came into force in the 1990's and they now insist that any effort to
build upon the TRIPS minimum standards for enforcement is
"anti-consumer" and "anti-innovation."
None of those statements are true, and there is an unfortunate, careless eliding of a number of points to misstate positions. The parts of ACTA that are controversial are not the parts that deal with customs and counterfeiting enforcement. Aside from some early wild conjectures about the scope of ACTA's customs proposals caused by the secrecy of the text, no one, as far as I know, has been critical of the very provisions that concern actual enforcement of rights against counterfeiters: MPAA is right to want to stamp out such conduct, and if improvements in global standards are required, we should improve them.There is no indifference or hostility on this issue.
The next part of the statement about opposition to TRIPS is also false. I worked on the TRIPS implementing legislation on the House. Mr. Glickman did not, presumably, he was rightly focused on the agricultural provisions. I am not aware of anyone (much less "many") who at the time decried the TRIPS provisions on enforcement. No one called them anti-consumer or anti-innovation, or was hostile or indifferent to counterfeiting.
Let's debate the merits of proposals, and skip the false rhetoric.


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Four Steps by Wendy Hudson is a lesbian romantic suspense novel set in Scotland. Alex Ryan lives alone on her family farm, the scene of a violent crime when she was a child. Over the years she has created a safe circle of friends who are like family, and has the fierce love of her best friend Jess, her ally and protector. One place she finds peace is hiking the Scottish Highlands with her dog Frank. She heads to the hills to wipe away the last traces of her failed relationship with a girlfriend and meets Lori Hunter, a Londoner and translator who dreams of one day working at the UN in New York City. Lori has escaped to the Highlands after a last final row with her boyfriend. Neither woman expected to share their shelter that first night. And neither expected the instant and powerful attraction that flared between them.
The Characters
I want Lori Hunter (Lady Hunter – you'll find out if you read the book) to be my new best friend. She is funny, smart, brave, and sexy. Lori's best friend Detective Stella Roberts gets to the bottom of things in short order. Whether it's a police case or grilling Lori about the "new person" in her life.
Alex Ryan is a farmer and computer engineer who investigates internet crimes. It has taken years of hard work to put herself back together after a horrendous childhood tragedy. She couldn't have done it without the help of her best friend Jess who is always close by.
The Writing Style
Romantic Suspense is not my go-to genre and I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book at all. But I was swept up into the Scottish Highlands and the lives of Alex and Lori. The author uses alternating chapters to tell the story of the growing romance between Alex and Lori and the secondary story of suspense, which builds step by step until the final chapters where I was flipping (tapping actually, as my copy was an ebook) pages as fast as I could. My wife turned to me and asked, "Are you really reading, or just flipping pages?" I told her that I know we needed to eat dinner, but I had to finish the book.
The Pros
I loved the arc of the romance between Alex and Lori. And the pacing of this story was perfect. Alex and Lori's romance built slowly alongside the trouble creeping toward them. The trouble was indeed creepy.
The Cons
None really. The ending might have wrapped things up a little too fast for me.
The Conclusion
I am so happy Sheena gave me the opportunity to read this one.
If you haven't read romantic suspense in a while (I haven't for quite a few years.) Pick up this one and give the genre another try. I am pretty sure this is Wendy Hudson's first book and I'd encourage her to keep writing romantic suspense. I'll read her books. All of them. And the setting is an added perk for me, as those of you who read my reviews know by now. The only thing better would be to get these UK les-fic books on audio.
**trigger alert** This is a suspense novel and does contain scenes of violence against women and elders.
Excerpt from Four Steps by Wendy Hudson
She was about to speak when Alex looked up from her feet as if suddenly struck with inspiration. Tilting her head as if sizing Lori up, she looked her dead in the eye, and stroked her chin in the same mischievous way she had that morning.
"So, about that dark and naughty side of yours? I'm not quite sure I believe you have one."
Lori raised an eyebrow, playing along, "And what makes you think that?"
Alex looked at her knowingly, flashing that dimple again. "Your face is much too innocent and honest. I don't think you have it in you to take a risk."
"Oh, you don't think so."
"I don't. You're going to have to prove it."
"And how might you suggest I do that?" Lori replied, surprising herself with the hint of suggestion in her voice.
Alex stepped forward into her space, effectively pinning her against the car.
Lori felt her heartbeat pick up pace, taken aback at having Alex so close without warning. Yes, she'd admitted to herself that Alex was attractive and had enjoyed the friendly flirting, but Lori was straight and on the rebound, there couldn't be anything more than friendship between them.
Yet here they were and suddenly it wasn't so innocent.
"It's simple," Alex whispered, tilting her head up to stare into Lori's eyes again.
Lori couldn't tear her gaze away and realised she wasn't the only one feeling the effects of their closeness. She could feel the heat radiating off Alex, hear the quick short breaths she took as her eyes searched Lori's. Was she searching for reassurance that this wasn't a one-sided thing?
Alex raised her hand, placing it lightly on Lori's chest. The smile that appeared told Lori she had found her answer in the form of her pounding heart.
"What's simple?" she whispered back. Glancing down at Alex's lips, she waited for a response. She realised how close they were to hers, plump and red from the cold.
"Don't let this be good-bye."
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- ISBN number: 9783955336905
- Publisher: Yvla Publishing August 31, 2016
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Note: I received a free review copy of Four Steps by Wendy Hudson. No money was exchanged for this review. I will always review books as honestly as possible and on occasion I refuse to review books.
About the author
Laney Webber discovered lesfic in her early thirties and her life was never the same. She lives in New England where she is a superhero librarian by day and a writer by night. Most other times she is reading a book. Laney loves a good cup of tea, a sturdy tent, and all kinds of animals, especially rescues. She is working on her first lesfic novel.


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About us
The team – voluntary work as a matter of principle
Of the 30 people who currently work in the Gutenberg Shop a good two thirds are volunteers. These people regularly sacrifice their most precious commodity – their time – in order to help us achieve our aim, namely that of promoting the world-famous Gutenberg Museum and supporting it financially long-term with proceeds generated within the building.
Our volunteer printing fans from Mainz sell in the retail shops, help out in the office and – if needs be – occasionally also in the warehouse. They are also present when the museum makes an appearance at trade shows and assist us at festive galas and book fairs.
Nobody works at the Gutenberg Shop simply to earn money. All who volunteer their services here do so out of interest and with great commitment to a common cause – and because they enjoy it!
Products – from the Smallest Book in the World to the goose quill
The Gutenberg Shop sells around 1,000 exclusive items which focus on printing, reading and writing. We have gifts to suit all tastes and pockets, from the now widely famous Smallest Book in the World containing the Lord's Prayer in seven languages to reprints of single sheets of the Gutenberg Bible to ink pads for children. There is of course also an extensive selection of specialist publications on all aspects of printing and the manufacture of books.
Quality and sustainable production are our maxims:
- The theme and content of each product must be inextricably linked to the museum collection or to an exhibition being held at the museum. In the broadest sense the products on sale provide specific thematic information on printing and the arts and crafts related to it, furthering the museum's desire to educate and inform the general public.
Materials are used which are originally applied in printing, such as paper, ink, wood, metal, stone, fabric etc. Synthetic materials are only used if a product needs a protective wrapping.
In an attempt to do justice to the international focus of the museum and its collection, many products, books and brochures are in more than one language or include multilingual descriptions.
The shop also endeavours to revive long-forgotten crafts and techniques, such as papermaking, calligraphy, book illumination and bookbinding. Where possible, Gutenberg Shop products are manufactured using these traditional methods.
The museum is frequented by visitors of all ages and levels of education. This variety is mirrored in our range of products.
Individual gift wrapping
The Gutenberg Shop not only has a wide selection of products for all occasions and gift-giving opportunities; we also offer a very special gift wrap service. On request all presents can be packaged in hand-printed paper, with no two sheets the same. Each gift is thus guaranteed to be unique!
Why not also visit our shops in the museum and on the marketplace in Mainz?
Opening hours of the shop in the museum (Liebfrauenplatz 5, 55116 Mainz):
Tuesday - Saturday: 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am - 05:00 pm
Opening hours of the shop at the market (Markt 17, 55116 Mainz):
Monday - Thursday: 10:00 am - 05:30 pm
Friday - Saturday: 10:00 am - 03:00 pm
The Gutenberg Foundation
The Gutenberg Shop is operated by the Gutenberg Stiftung or Gutenberg Foundation (a registered non-profit organisation). We are supporting the Gutenberg Museum in two ways: through the purposeful collection of donations and by organising and running our two Gutenberg Shops and online shop. Nearly all of the ladies and gentlemen who work for us are volunteers. Thanks to their commitment the museum is presented with a sizeable contribution every year which enables it to work more independently and gives it renewed scope for various projects. The prime objective of the coming years is to create the Gutenberg Museum of the future which will entail full architectural and contextual modern


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- Master degree center
- Duration
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- Language
- Bulgarian
- Mode of study
- Full-time
Specific courses:
- Livestock and Plant Production Technologies
- Agricultural Business Management and Organization
- Fundamentals of Agricultural Business
Specialized courses:
- Agricultural Policies
- Agricultural Marketing;
- European Programmes and Projects in Agriculture
- Agricultural Investment Management
- Quality Management in Agricultural Business
- Social Capital and Social Networks in Agricultural Business
- Master Seminar
- Rural Tourism (elective)
- Markets and Trading in Agricultural Business (elective)
- Risk Management in Agricultural Business (elective)
Expected knowledge and skills after acquiring qualification:
Graduate students gain professional competencies to plan, organize and manage production in the agricultural sector; to optimize the use of land, material, and labor resources of the companies; to carry out economic research, analyses and economic forecasts, and etc. They successfully can provide consultancy for companies and to perform expert activities, to realize and make decisions in public policy for the sector. The most important competencies that are acquired by graduates are related to: building skills for better learning; promoting the entrepreneurial skills, capacity building to teamwork; creativity in the research planning, commitment to the agricultural matters, and etc.
Employment opportunities upon graduation:
Graduates acquire knowledge, skills and competencies to organize and manage economic system in the agricultural sphere – production and trade of agricultural products and food, alternative production activities in rural areas, companies in production infrastructure, and etc. Graduates can successfully make independent entrepreneurial initiative or consulting in the field of agriculture.
Master students are economics who can successfully occupy positions in state and municipal structural funds and divisions, directed to agricultural activities, national policies and financial support for the sector. They can continue their education as PhD students in Bulgaria and abroad.


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Bacardi Serves Up Shot of Superfruit
From Jell-O to the juice aisle, "superfruits" have been all the rage for the past couple years. Now, liquor brands are increasingly getting into the act with the launch of Bacardi's Dragon Berry flavored rum this month.
Superfruits, like acai and pomegranate, are known for their high antioxidant levels and nutrients. Bacardi is the first to add dragon fruit to a spirit. Others, like Van Gogh Vodka, have added pomegranate.
Bacardi's new spirit is meant to target the general market as well as multicultural male consumers. Prints ads, created by Moosylvania, will run in Maxim, Rolling Stone, Vibe and other publications. Digital buys will support.
The addition of superfruits to spirits is still quite unusual, said Lynn Dornblaser, analyst, Mintel, Chicago. She said Bacardi is likely trying to leverage the cachet these exotic fruits carry, however, "I think most consumers are smart enough to know that there isn't going to be any sort of quantity to have any sort of health benefits."
Gordon Chisholm, Bacardi's brand director for flavored rums, said in a statement: "In today's environment, flavored rums continue to drive innovation in the rum category. Bacardi Dragon Berry brings together the classic taste of strawberry and enhances it with the exciting and dynamic flavor of exotic dragon fruit."
Alcohol industry consultant Arthur Shapiro said the Bacardi line extension is "smart and adventurous. After all, how many more lemon-flavored spirits can you have? A lot of people are gravitating towards superfruits because they provide a unique taste. I think it's something you're going to see a lot more of [in the spirits category.]"
Bacardi did not reveal the marketing spend for the brand. Last year it slashed its media budget by 57 percent, per The Nielsen Co. Overall, it doled out $32 million in U.S. ads for its Bacardi portfolio in 2008.


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MSMEs may find it easier to raise funds
At present only immovable assets such as real estate are taken as guarantee.Though a final decision is yet to be taken on the issue, sources said that the proposal if accepted will give a larger headroom to the cash strapped SMEs to borrow from banks. A meeting to discuss the issue would take place soon.
Most government banks have adopted a cautious approach towards the MSMEs and they are closely monitoring the performance of all loans given to the small and medium enterprises with the level of non-performing assets rising significantly. While the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India have asked banks to focus on lending to SMEs—as they create thousands of jobs--most bankers said they have not performed too well with the economic slowdown.
"It is important to come out with new ways to ease financing in the sector…the proposal to attach movable properties as collaterals can help to a large extent," Anil Bhardwaj, secretary general, Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) told HT.
"The loan books of all SME accounts are being monitored on a regular basis to ensure there are no fresh slippages," a chairman and managing director of a large public sector bank, who refused to be identified, said.