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Well it was time for Mr. Tay to get his sheath cleaning this year so I thought I would do a little recording to give you a few tips on horses. Most horses only need this done once or twice a year but it all depends on the horse. There are many more tips on horses when it comes to sheath cleaning but these are just a few that I use.
Buy a horse health assessment before you buy a horse!
This is a little video I shot inside today in regards to getting a health assessment done on your horse before you buy a horse. I find many people don't even know that kinesiology is an option for doing health assessments on their horses and they are unaware how accurate it can be. You can set up a program specific to your horse's needs and know ahead of time what you are getting into when you buy a horse. It takes the guessing out of your horse's health program and if you should buy a horse that's healthy or not.
How to train a horse to line up with a mounting block!
This 2 minute video clip gives you a basic idea on how to train a horse to come toward a mounting block and line up so you can mount and dismount. One thing I didn't mention in the video is that horses are pattern animals so if you work on this every time you go to mount and dismount it won't take long before your horse knows the pattern. It just takes a little time and patience and before you know it you will know how to train a horse to line up next to you every time you want to mount from a log, fence, tailgate or a real mounting block.
Connection and Horse Language!
Here's a quick video I did for you on connection and horse language. In this video I give you a few tips about horse language and how it can help you get that connection with your horse that many people only dream of.
Dentistry tips on horses!
I've put together a little video for you on some dentistry tips on horses from my own experiences with my horses. Horse dentistry is a part of horse husbandry that I feel very strongly about so I took the time to research it to ensure my horses are getting the best care possible. These few dentistry tips on horses are just a small example of what is included in my DVD for sale on horse husbandry. If you are interested on many, many more tips on horses feel free to browse my website.
Common mistakes made when you buy a horse!
For many people when they buy a horse it is a very emotional experience. And because of this, emotions play a big part when you buy a horse. Along with emotions there are other factors like finance, breed, color, discipline, etc. I have compiled a list of some common mistakes I have seen people make and hopefully this list will help you when you go to buy a horse.
1. Finances almost always play a part to a certain extent when you are looking to buy a horse. And because of this many people end up with younger inexperienced horses or older ones that have barely had any time put on them. Of course these horses are appealing because their prices are reduced due to the lack of training and experience the horse has. Training is expensive and time is precious so if you aren't experienced with horses it would be better and cheaper in the end if you buy a horse that is older with tons of experience. Just get on and ride!
2. Love at first sight! You go to buy a horse and it's the breed you want, the color you have been looking for and of course when you went to look at him he came right to the fence to greet you. SOLD! A common case of emotions gone wild when you went to buy a horse.
3. Or you aren't even in the market to buy a horse but you have the room and this horse needs rescued. Yet another case of emotions gone crazy! However in this particular case this is the first time you buy a horse and have no idea about the financial commitment involved. Surprise!
4. Too many people never ask to try the horse out first. When you buy a horse ask for a trial period. I have done that with all my horses and it's the best way for you to get to know the horse and in the end buy a horse that is the best fit for you. If the owners have nothing to hide then it shouldn't be a problem.
5. Time and time again I have seen people buy a horse that is not their skill level. They have dreams of barrel racing, jumping, endurance riding, etc. so they buy a horse that's already at that level but they have done nothing to train themselves to be at that same level.
6. So many times I have also seen people buy a horse without having a vet check done. They get their horse home and it's not long before signs of lameness or other medical issues start to arise. If you do buy a horse without a vet check you could be looking at writing a large cheque of your own.
7. When people buy a horse they rarely consider the emotional and mental state of a horse and just check out the physical state. Many, many horses have been emotionally damaged in their past and it can take years of proper care with connection, love and even medication to get them back to a state of trust with the human. If you buy a horse like this you had better be very prepared for the journey.
So those are just some of the common mistakes I have seen when people go to buy a horse. Please take careful consideration when you go to buy a horse as they have feelings and emotions just like you and I.
How to train a horse that is claustrophobic!
My mare Ms. Winnie is quite claustrophobic and learning how to train a horse like her has been very interesting. Getting through tight gates or even over some things has been very challenging. Interesting enough is that it's rarely the obstacle and more about the trust you build in your relationship. Hope you enjoy this short video I put together on how to train a horse like my Ms. Winnie using some obstacles and different strategies.
Understanding pain in horse language!
Horse language indicating pain is not always easy to evaluate especially when it is a slight pain that only occurs when doing certain manoeuvres or movements. It's very easy to mistake this horse language for dominance and your horse just not wanting to do the task you are asking for. Check out this quick video of Mr. Tay trying to use his horse language to tell me he is in pain.
Safety Tips on Horses!
Here's a quick video on a few safety tips on horses. Many people have fear of horses and for good reason if they haven't learned any safety tips on horses. They are large animals and safety should always be the first thing you learn about. Hope you enjoy this quick video starring Ms. Winnie.
How to buy a horse if YOU are an extroverted reactor!
Well this is my last blog on how to buy a horse depending on the type of person you are. You would really be amazed how much this will help you with your relationship with your horse when you go to buy a horse. Honestly just consider it when you go to buy a horse and if you aren't an extroverted reactor type then maybe check out my other blogs on extroverted thinker, introverted reactor and introverted thinker. We all tend to fit in there somewhere and it's just fun to do and really quite helpful when you buy a horse.
So the extroverted reactor type definitely has more energy and just jumps in with both feet and deals with the consequences later if there are any. If you are this person you are also quite sensitive, perceptive to things and ambitious. Wouldn't you love to buy a horse that matched your energy and positive attributes? But being this extroverted reactor type you can also get defensive, over react and be impulsive. We all know though when we go to buy a horse we have to look at all attributes positive and negative and accept them for who they are. After all don't our horses do that with us? I have said it before and I will say it again, if you want to buy a horse that will be your perfect partner then best ask your friends and family what type of person you really are. Most of us tend to think of ourselves quite differently than the ones closest to us.
Now lets look at what your perfect partner would be like when you go to buy a horse. This partner will have more "go" and will be athletic and have quite a bit of endurance. And remember if you buy a horse like this he will also be sensitive like you and quite perceptive. Again all great positives when you buy a horse like this. However this horse can also by fearful, reactive, have a tendency to bolt or rear and is a forward-aholic so you need to be quite the leader so this horse doesn't run over you. But don't fret if you are a first time horse owner and want to buy a horse like this. All you need to do is make sure when you buy a horse like this is that he has mild tendencies and not extreme ones. When any of these tendencies are mild they are easy to handle. So many people think of the horse that's gone crazy and think there is no way they would buy a horse like this which is so unfair to the ones with mild tendencies. These horses make great partners and will do anything for you.
I have ridden with someone who did buy a horse like this and they are such a perfect match. That horse will do anything for her! Can you see how matching yourself with your horse could be advantageous? Buy a horse like this and he will be able to keep up with you and have the endurance you are looking for. And because he is also so sensitive you can use consistency and a strong focus to help him. If you do buy a horse that is an extroverted reactor your goal will be calmness, and retreating will be your friend when he is feeling unsafe.


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Once, there was a small boy who loved football so much that he vowed one day he would travel half way across the world to see his favorite football team play. However, as the boy grew up, he forgot how much he loved his football. As the years passed and he was no longer small in size, the boy dismissed his once all consuming passion as nothing more than mere distractions. Sadly, he never gave much thought about what he lost when he did that.
A couple of weeks ago, I watched F.C København draw with their stiff rivals OB. The game had a couple of goals, wide wing plays and the usual football strategies. To anyone who is used to watching football, it was just another ordinary game. However, for me it was anything but ordinary. Quite hard to be impassive when you are standing next to a legion of diehard fans that were chanting and singing their hearts out. Before I knew it, I was cheering with the best of them. Hoping our collective will was strong enough to secure F.C København a win. We shared pain when OB scored and jumped with joy when F.C København grabbed the lead. It was eventful, fun and best of all, it was full of passion.
As the final whistle blew, I felt something old and forgotten stir. It was a part of me which has been lost for a long time. It was a part of me which I really wanted back. Since then, a new entry has been added to my list of 100 things to do before I meet the Big Guy…
"Pilgrimage to Old Trafford to watch Manchester United take on Liverpool".
It was long overdue. A forgotten promise to a passionate small boy who loved his football.


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Ex-Miami players sound off about state of the program
Miami opened the season with a 31-13 loss to Louisville on Monday, and while fifth-year head coach Al Golden has a respectable 31–20 record at the school, some former players are concerned about the direction of the program.
The Hurricanes have not won a conference title since they joined the ACC in 2004.
Former running back Clinton Portis told the Miami Herald that Golden is "the right man for the job" but also said that the team doesn't have the defense and playmakers to compete right now.
Former wide receiver Randal "Thrill" Hill, who played at Miami from 1987-90, indicated that ex-players weren't the only ones whose patience was wearing thin.
"Fans are spoiled because it's Miami. And rightfully so. Butch Davis went through sanctions and won games. You can't just win against only teams with losing records. A lot of former players want to see better defense and a better team. Are they going in the right direction? My jury is out."
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Brett Romberg, a former offensive lineman, was even more harsh and made his comments before the season even started.
"It's a short leash this year," he said. "Excuses are over. You're getting good athletes. No excuses any more! You're seeing the same mistakes, and that's coaching."
The Hurricanes play Florida A&M and Arkansas State at home before a tough road test at Nebraska on Sept. 20.
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By Erika Sommer, Content Writer at PipelineDeals
Traditional outbound sales have always been the sustenance needed to acquire leads. But in this day and age, there are many alternative methods of outbound lead "mining." Most of which are actually more efficient.
We'll discuss the most useful methods, all of which can be found in our Building a Lead Machine eBook.
Build a Target List
A target list is a group of people in specific industries who you want to develop an interest in your product or service. You essentially want to build out a large database of potential leads. The larger your market, the more room you'll have to mine through the gutter for those gems.
And the idea is to grab these potential leads before they come into your space. Make them aware of your product, before they know what it is.
So how do we do this? Well, keep reading.
Move Vertically
When pinpointing targets, you'll want to start with the big shot in charge of the customer you're aiming at. For example, if you're looking to target someone in sales, try contacting their vice president or director.
And while this person won't be who you'll negotiate the sale with, they will better be able to direct you to your point of contact.
Invest in a Platform
If you have the budget, it's highly advised to invest in a specialized data resource to help build these lists. This can come from an internal specialist, or an external data company.
If you choose to outsource, some recommendations include purchasing off-the-shelf lists, custom lists, and lead generation platforms. All are explained in further detail in our Building a Lead Machine eBook.
If you want to keep the position in house, try creating a Sales Development Rep (SDR) role within your sales team. SDR's help scout out targets and help move them through the sale pipeline.
But if your business isn't large enough to support a SDR, make sure you're actively researching, list building, and creating mass email campaigns. Also, create designated times each day to reach out to targets. And always work around the customers' schedule.
One of the tools that will allow you to find your prospects and reach out to them is Prospect.io. You will be able to use a browser extension to find anyone's email address by visiting their website or a LinkedIn profile. Afterwards, you can automate the initial outreach with campaigns. Once your prospect responds, you can take the conversation to your email or live and close the deal.
As a side note: Make sure you're actively seeking referrals at all stages of the sales process. This is a reliable way to gain easy access to leads.
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One of the most important aspects of generating and qualifying leads is finding a good tool to help ease you through the process. There are a few different options we've reviewed below.
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Who doesn't love the idea of automated lead generation. Well, this is becoming more of a cost-effective reality. These platform's build databases where they can use marketing techniques to find targets who are already interested in your product.
Examples of these platforms include GoodCall, Carburetor, and SalesLoft. You can read more about them in our eBook.
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This type of service can provide you with data such as email addresses, geographic locations, vertical markets, and more. And most will automatically load the data into your systems. Some popular tools include Datanyze, LinkedIn, Mattermark, FullContact, and Social123.
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Examples of some of these tools include PipelineDeals, MailChimp, AWeber, and Constant Contact.
So, now you have a glimpse into some new ways of capturing outbound leads. But for a more comprehensive account, make sure to check out our eBook, The Pipeline Way: Building a Lead Machine.


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Installation is where the "rubber meets the road" or in this case, the "water meets the turf!" The best design is useless if it's not properly installed in the field. We work diligently to ensure the proper installation techniques and manufacturers specifications are followed. From the depth of pipe installation to the installation of valves and controllers, Cut Above's trained technicians understand the importance of doing the job right the first time.
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Melina Mercouri
Biographical Information
She was born Anna Amalia Mercouri or Maria Amalia Mercouri, and became well-known to international audiences when she starred in the 1960 film Never on Sunday, directed by her husband Jules Dassin. In fact, she had been making movies since 1955, first appearing in the Greek film Stella.
The most important person in her early life, was her grandfather Spyros Merkouris, mayor of Athens for many decades. Her father was a member of the Parliament. The marriage of her parents ended when she was a youngster and she lived with her mother.
Her first lover was a Greek actor surnamed Papas, but she was first married, during her teenage years, to Panos Harokopos. She later maintained that although she loved her husband, their marriage was a mistake. He supported her need to become an actress, something that her family did not. They were married during the Second World War, and his wealth helped her to survive the difficult winters of the Nazi Occupation.
Nominated for an Academy Award for Never on Sunday, she went on to star in such films as Topkapi, Phaedra, and Gaily, Gaily.
Her first film Stella (1955) was directed by Michael Cacoyannis, the director of Zorba the Greek, and brought her to Cannes, where it was nominated for the Golden Palm. It did not win the prize, but she met there the man of her life, director Jules Dassin.
Jules Dassin is the father of Joe Dassin, the famous French singer who died in 1980 at the age of 41, and the actress Julie Dassin, by his previous marriage. Dassin and Mercouri did not have any children.
During the period of dictatorship in Greece from 1967 to 1974, Mercouri lived in France. When the dictatorship revoked her Greek citizenship, she said, "I was born Greek and I will die Greek. Mr. Pattakos was born a dictator and he will die as a dictator." During those years she recorded four records in France, one with Greek lyrics and the other three with French lyrics, all created by Greek musicians. They were highly popular, and they are still critically acclaimed and remastered. Her husky and unusual voice made her the perfect performer of some great Greek songs which are known classics and performed by hundreds of singers.
One of her first songs was by Manos Hadjidakis and Nikos Gatsos. It was titled Hartino to Fengaraki and was a part of the Greek production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1949, in which she starred as Blanche DuBois. The first official recording of this, now-legendary song was made by Nana Mouskouri in 1960, although the company Sirius, created by Manos Hadjidakis, issued in 2004 a recording that Melina made for French TV during the 1960s.
When democracy returned to her home country, she returned, and became first a member of Parliament for PASOK, and then Minister of Culture. In 1971, she wrote her autobiography, I Was Born Greek.
Mercouri retired from film acting in 1978. Her last film, A Dream of Passion, was directed, as were most of her films, by her husband Jules Dassin. Her co-star in the film was Ellen Burstyn. In 1980, she starred in the Greek production of Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams, in the lead role, which had been originated on Broadway by Geraldine Page.
As Minister of Culture, she proposed the Cultural Capital of Europe ideal within the framework of cultural policy of the European Community. Athens inaugurated this institution in 1986. She advocated the return of the Parthenon Marbles that Lord Elgin removed from the Acropolis. The Marbles are now a part of the British Museum collection. The return of the marbles is anticipated as a highly probable eventuality. For this reason a new museum is created under the Parthenon to host the collection and other pieces from the monument that are being removed and restored.
Mercouri died in 1994 in a New York hospital at the age of 73 from lung cancer. She was a heavy smoker and when she died, hundreds of Greek citizens left her favourite brand of cigarettes as a memorial at her shrine. Her body was returned to Athens and she received a state funeral equivalent to that of a Prime Minister.
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5-Minute Meals: Backcountry Crepes
No-Frills Crepes
3 large eggs
1 1/3 cups whole milk
¾ cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
At home: Mix all ingredients together and blend until smooth. Pour ¼ cup at a time into a buttered 8" skillet over medium heat. When the edges are noticeably crispy, flip the crepe. Lift the edge with a spatula, then flip with your hands to avoid tearing. Cook until golden brown. Let the crepes cool, then stack them (separated with pieces of wax paper), and put into a large zipper-lock bag. Store flat like a stack of tortillas in the fridge. Makes 8 to 10 crepes. Crepes last up to 3 days on the trail.
Option: Use watered-down pancake batter to make crepes in camp. Pancake mix is sweeter than crepe mix, which makes it better for dessert crepes than meal crepes.
Bananutella Crepes
2 bananas
1 cup Nutella (a chocolate hazelnut spread available in most supermarkets)
4 crepes
½ cup walnuts, chopped
At home: Pack bananas in your cooking pot.
In camp: Spread approximately ¼ cup Nutella on each crepe. Peel and cut bananas lengthwise, using a half for each crepe. Sprinkle with walnuts. Roll up. Serves four for dessert, two as an entrée.
Salmon Crepes
2/3 cup water
1 small bouillon cube
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ cup mushrooms, sliced
½ cup celery, diced
¼ cup yellow onion, diced
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
8-oz. pack salmon (foil pouch)
1 tablespoon sun-dried tomatoes, sliced
1 tablespoon parsley flakes (or fresh)
6 crepes
½ cup Swiss cheese, shredded (optional)
At camp: Boil water with bouillon cube and set aside. Put olive oil in skillet and add mushrooms; sauté for 2 minutes. Add onion and celery; continue to sauté for 3 to 4 minutes. Add flour, stirring constantly for 2 more minutes. Add bouillon and Worcestershire. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens to the consistency of alfredo sauce. Stir in salmon, tomatoes, and parsley. Heat 1 minute. Place ¼ cup salmon mix onto each crepe. Add cheese. Roll up. Serves three.
Southwest Scramble Crepes
1 12-ounce carton Easy Eggs or Egg Beaters (or powdered equivalent of 6 eggs)
1 small avocado, sliced
1 tablespoon cilantro
1 4-ounce can green chilies, diced
2 red chili peppers, diced
1 cup shredded jack cheese
4 crepes
At home: Drain green chilies and pack in small zipper-lock bag. For squish-free transport, carry avocado in cooking pot.
In camp: Dice chilies and peppers. Scramble eggs, cilantro, green chilies, and red peppers in frying pan. Scoop egg mix onto crepe; top with avocado and cheese. Roll up. Serves two.


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I grew up in a mixed family. My father's parents were staunch Taoists and very superstitious people. My father himself, as far as I can tell, is an atheist. On my mother's side were Christians; however I had never seen my grandparents there go to church. I am grateful that my mother always brought me with her to church. It was through this that I've always known that God existed, was familiar and tried to practice the 10 commandments, and was taught in Sunday School that there was a man called Jesus, and he was very important.
But God was a stranger to me, and I didn't know it. Because I thought I knew God, I never searched for Him. Indeed for me, I can fully understand when Jesus said in Matthew 13 verse 14: 'You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive'
He is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
When I was 13, I was moved up out from Sunday School to Youth Bible Study. And the teacher started bluntly with: there is one God. And yes I had no problem with that. But then she said something that completely threw me off: And He is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I was shocked that she should say such a thing! I felt angry and even betrayed. Why is she saying now that there are 3 Gods? The first commandment said that there was one God and that we should love Him, and Him only. Also, if this was true, why had no one told me? I blamed everyone, I was angry at everyone. I had been to church all my life, and was it possible that I could have missed the whole point?
And then I realised, that not once had I read the Bible for myself. I was also scared stiff to start. What else was it going to tell me? What if I would lose myself even more and come out more lost? I had lost my trust in people to teach me. So one day I prayed to God (The Father of course) and I told Him I was sorry I didn't look for Him, and if He could, could He please guide me and give me understanding as I read His word. Then I started to read.
Matthew 7v7 and 8: "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it will be opened to you"
All I can say is, it was SUCH a struggle. Even the smallest seed of doubt in mind could throw me off. Things just did not seem to make sense. Why was it so important to believe in Jesus? Then one day in church, the Pastor said that we believed in Jesus because we know we need Him. Here are my pastor's words:
"By default, we are all born into the Kingdom of Satan, Only through faith in Christ and the Grace of God do we enter the Kingdom of God"
I thought I was a good person
So here's the big problem. I thought I was a good person. At least, good enough so that no one had to be brutally whipped and crucified and killed for me. I asked God to show me that I needed Jesus, to show me my sin. And as they say, be careful what you ask for, it may come true.
God revealed to me my sinful rotten nature through many events, but also mainly a fight with my brother. These events were very painful, very long and resulted in sinful cycles that I could not break myself. I shocked even myself. Then I realised I was damaged and guilty. And it felt so permanent. I prayed to God to forgive me, yet I remained unchanged in nature. I realised I was a hopeless case.
Then Pastor Stephen said in a sermon: Jesus came to save sinners, people like me. And when I read the Bible, things finally fell into place. And everything made sense. I realised I truly needed Jesus. I thank God for ending my cold war with my brother and helping me start a new relationship with Him.
Where is Jesus in my life?
Where is Jesus in my life? When I look back I see that He's always been with me, from the very moment I first sought Him. He's worked in me, so that I do things that, when I think about it, I would never have done if it was just left to my own nature. Also, He has helped me to trust Him in everything. I cannot say that since the day I found Him my life has been easier, no, in fact perhaps it has been harder, as with everything I am aware of the serious threat of temptation and the consequences of falling in to it. But He has made it possible for me to trust Him.
Actually if I look back again, I see that every difficulty, each and every one was necessary to make me who I am today. His plan was really perfect. Now that I think back about it, no other way could have made me a bigger impact on me. Who am I to complain about how my life goes if that was needed to make me get here. I thank God for intervening, showing me the way, guiding, forgiving and providing in the kind and loving way that He has. And I thank Him for providing me with a great family, a great church and amazing friends here in Manchester to help me through and be my role models.
I would like everyone to take heart in that God works in everyone according to his plans. And in Jeremiah 29v11:
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future".
I believe this has been true for me. Take heart that he works in everyone, even those who do not know they don't know Him.


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2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down
3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store
4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day
5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter
6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet
7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen
8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing
9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour
10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow
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Washington, D.C.— Senators Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and Kelly Ayotte met with Ambassador Susan Rice on Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill in a secure briefing room to discuss the Benghazi attack. Michael Morrell, the acting CIA director, was at the meeting, as were select national-security staffers. The meeting lasted for 70 minutes, according to sources, and the tone was civil but quite chilly.
"Things got really tense when Rice wouldn't fully answer questions," says a top Senate staffer.
All three Republican senators questioned Rice about her role in the administration's response and left the meeting unsatisfied with her answers. "Clearly the information given to the American people was wrong, and Ambassador Rice said today it was wrong," Ayotte told reporters, according to BuzzFeed. "We are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get," McCain said.
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Jim Rickards: Gold is so manipulated we don't have to speculate about it
11:25a ET Tuesday, April 9, 2019
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Fund manager, author, and geopolitical strategist Jim Rickards, whose recent book, "The New Case for Gold," provides the best summary of gold price manipulation by governments and central banks --
-- returns to the subject in commentary just posted at The Daily Reckoning.
In an essay that takes for a headline J.P. Morgan's famous dictum -- "Gold is money, and nothing else" -- Rickards writes in part:
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"A central bank, for example, can lease gold to one of the London Bullion Market Association banks, which include large players like Goldman Sachs, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, and HSBC.
"Gold leasing is often conducted through an unaccountable intermediary called the Bank for International Settlements. Historically the BIS has been used as a major channel for manipulating the gold market and for conducting sales of gold between central banks and commercial banks. The BIS is the ideal venue for central banks to manipulate the global financial markets, including gold, with complete nontransparency.
"But it all rests on a tiny base of physical gold. I describe the market as an inverted pyramid with a little bit of gold at the bottom and a big inverted pyramid of paper gold resting on top. There's just not that much gold available. But in the paper gold market, there's no limit on size, so anything goes.
"Leasing of paper gold by bullion banks allows them to sell the same gold as much as 10 times over to 10 different buyers. It's like a game of musical chairs, only with more participants and fewer chairs.
"Someday, probably sooner than later, somebody is going to show up and say, 'I want my gold, please,' and the custodian won't be able to give it to them. What if a major institution wants its gold but can't get it?
"That would be a shock wave. It would set off panic buying in gold, driving prices through the roof.
"Meanwhile, the physical fundamentals are stronger than ever for gold. ..."
Rickards' commentary is posted at The Daily Reckoning here:
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Four international posters for the film landed online today and I hate them. Not because they look cool or they're funny but because they're inaccurate. Rules #8 and #21 are never mentioned in the film so they're spurious claims at best. Also, "Don't Be a Hero" is Rule #14. Sure, I don't know how to visualize the "double-tap" but that doesn't mean you just make up the rules. I seriously doubt that the person who made these would survive a zombie apocalypse. You can see these posters after the jump but make sure you see "Zombieland" so you understand the rules and survive the zombpocalypse.
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This readme provides a rough overview of the changes in Project Phoenix. It does not cover every little detail – if you want that, you'll have to look for yourself. The changes are divided by group. If a section says "no changes", then there are either no changes beyond corrections for grammar/spelling, or the changes are so minor as to not be noteworthy.
Everything is divided into several broad sections:
Bonuses have been clarified (which bonus can add to what), and a few dropped.
General: Favored classes are gone, along with the XP penalty.
Dwarves: Darkvision changed to low-light vision, gain a bonus to Appraise/stonecunning checks (+1/5 levels).
Elves: Are taller (5 1/2 feet); gain a +1/5 levels bonus to saves vs. Enchantment spells and Perception/Search checks.
Gnomes: Gnomes are seagoing traders who live most (if not all) their lives on their ships. They gain +1/5 levels bonus to Craft (alchemy) checks, favored enemy was changed to sahuagin and locathah, and speak w/animals changed to aquatic animals instead of burrowing animals.
Half-Elves: Gain +1/5 levels bonus to Perception/Search checks; gain a bonus feat at 1st level and every 10 levels thereafter. They lose the bonus to Diplomacy/Gather Information checks, but aren't treated as outcasts as they were in 3E.
Half-Orcs: Stat adjustments changed to +2 Str, -2 Int. Gain a +4 racial bonus to Intimidate, +1/5 levels. Gains rage ability at 10th level.
Halflings: Changed to perpetually-travelling land-based traders, similar to gypsies but without the stigma. Lose the -2 Strength penalty and the bonus to Stealth (Move Silently) checks. Gain +1 bonus to Perception checks, +1/5 levels, and luck bonus to saves increases by +1/5 levels.
Humans: Gain a bonus feat at 1st level and every 10 levels thereafter.
Many classes have been changed to have "paths" – instead of every member of the same class having the same abilities, you can choose a a path that better suits your character and make him/her unique from every other member of the same class.
Barbarian: Barbarians are gone. They're really a one-trick pony that's better served as a PrC, so that's what I did with them.
Bard: No major changes. Bardic knowledge now adds a bonus equal to half class level (and has been cleaned up a bit); added a couple bardic music abilities, and the abilities now grant additional bonuses for high check results; all abilities are now based on DC 10 + 1/2 class level + Cha bonus.
Cleric: Clerics can choose from a pool of divine abilities every 3 levels. Domain abilities (as opposed to divine abilities) are all usable 1 + Cha bonus times per day, and draw from the same pool, as with paladin abilities (see below). Turning and rebuking undead is limited to two domains only: Sun and Undeath, respectively, though a cleric can also choose one of them as a divine ability.
Druid: Druids no longer center around wildshaping. Instead, they have a pool of selectable abilities, as with the cleric. Wildshape, as with polymorph, is limited by ECL instead of HD. Druids also get favored terrain (bonuses to some skills while in a terrain with which they are familiar) and a suite of generic abilities including most of the existing ones. They cast spells as a sorcerer, not a cleric.
Fighter: Fighters get a variety of general class abilities to bolster their defenses, along with the standard bonus feats as well as weapon feats and combat abilities, which are divided into four tiers. The combat abilities are geared toward one of four fighting styles: fast (Dex-based), strong (Str-based), defensive (weapon/shield), and close-quarters combat. They can also take Weapon Focus in groups of weapons, or Weapon Spec (and further feats) in a single weapon.
Monk: Monks have changed the most out of all the core classes. Almost all of their original abilities are gone, and they were remade into culture-neutral martial artists. They have a number of fighting styles they can train in, based on the elements – Mountain (endurance), Sea (dodging/deflecting attacks), Shadow (disabling opponents), Sun (focused on attack), Wind (a fast style). Each style is modified by a different stat. AC and speed bonuses remain, but are changed to advance by fighting style. They retain slow fall, wholeness of body, ki strike, and timeless body. Their unarmed attacks are treated as true magic weapons, not just for purposes of bypassing DR.
Paladin: Paladins are now holy knights of their god, and can be of any alignment (those of other alignments often receive other titles to differentiate them). They gain auras at 3rd, 8th, 13th, and 18th levels, and a series of Divine Touch abilities (poison, disease, ability damage, and negative levels), which were split off from Lay on Hands. Paladins' spells are based on Charisma, not Wisdom, and draw from the cleric's spell list.
Ranger: Rangers are now more focused on being hunters, trackers, and general woodsmen. They lose the two-weapon combat style, but retain (and are focused in) archery; they also gain favored terrain and a series of abilities related to favored enemies, stealth, and tracking.
Rogue: Rogues received moderate changes. Trapfinding grants them a bonus to Search checks equal to half their level; anyone can find a trap with a Search DC over 25 if they roll high enough. They can now choose abilities at all levels, instead of just post-10th level; these are divided into three groups to ensure rough balance, and are a mix of combat, stealth, and utility.
Sorcerer: After the monk, the sorcerer received the most changes (although "changes" is a relative word, since the sorcerer didn't have much to begin with). Sorcerers now gain their power from bloodlines, and are more closely tied to the source of magic – they are, effectively, inherently magical and can cast spells innately. If the sorcerer chooses to tap into the power of the bloodline, he gains increasingly powerful abilities, but at the cost of physical changes. They also gain innate powers based on their bloodline, which come automatically (no tapping into the bloodline). Sorcerers can cast spells from any list, not just the Sor/Wiz list, and can learn a spell by watching someone cast it (they're still classed as arcane casters). Finally, they gain several generic abilities – metamagic proficiency/mastery, and magic sense (the ability to sense auras and magical items/beings). Sorcerers no longer gain a familiar.
Wizards: Wizards, as opposed to sorcerers, are more structured casters – their knowledge comes from book-learning and repeated practice, not innate power. They receive abilities based on their specialization (generalist wizards also receive abilities), but are otherwise unchanged.
Animal companions, bonded mounts, and familiars: All of these are no longer class abilities - they can be gained only through the Leadership feat, as cohorts.
Project Phoenix uses the fractional BAB/save system from Unearthed Arcana; multiclass spellcasters also gain a bonus from their other class levels.
Prestige Classes
All the PrCs have received changes to some degree, and most are gone completely: Archmage (folded into wizard), Blackguard (folded into paladin); Duelist (cannibalized for the fighter); Dragon Disciple (folded into sorcerer); Hierophant (folded into cleric); Horizon Walker (cannibalized for the legendary druid and ranger); Eldritch Knight and Mystic Theurge (dropped due to changes in multiclassing rules for spellcasters); Thaumaturgist (combined with several other classes into the Planar Binder PrC). I've also added many more PrCs to bring the total number to around 40.
Specific changes by class not noted above include:
Arcane Archer: Straight enhancements to arrows (+1, +2, etc.) were replaced with enhancements or +1 market value enhancements (flaming, keen, etc.) – the Archer can apply any combination up to the allowed total bonus.
Arcane Trickster: Small changes to make it more than simply a gestalt between mage and rogue.
Assassin: Completely overhauled. The Assassin now has a choice of several paths denoting focus in facets of the assassin's trade (disguise, poisoning, special weapons, etc.). They keep sneak attack and gain a few other abilities to buff them up.
Dwarven Defender: Loses trap sense and dodge bonus while in a stance, but gains better DR and more abilities that focus around the stances.
Shadowdancer: Completely overhauled. HiPS is no longer the 1st-level ability - it's the last in a series of related shadow abilities. Shadowdancer abilities are now centered around evasion and denial.
There were many changes to the skill system; the list itself has been condensed as such:
Balance, Escape Artist, Tumble: Combined into Acrobatics.
Hide and Move Silently: Combined into Stealth.
Listen and Spot: Combined into Perception.
Open Locks: Folded into Disable Device.
Forgery and Use Rope: Gone.
The rules for cross-class skills have changed. All skills, regardless of class or cross-class status, are 1 point each. A skill that appears on any of your class skill lists is a class skill, and you gain a +3 bonus.
Due to the changes in the skills, all classes' skill lists have received minor to moderate changes, and many get more skill points, as noted:
Bbn, Clr, Ftr, Pal, Mnk, Wiz: 4 + Int mod
Brd: 8 + Int mod
Synergy bonuses as such are gone. Instead, the DM can simply rule that having x number of ranks in a given skill can grant a bonus to checks with another skill (+1/5 ranks is recommended).
Many skills now have epic use DCs in their descriptions, for PCs with exceptionally high rolls. These were, of course, altered for balance purposes.
Major Changes by Skill
If a skill is not listed here, it received no major changes.
Acrobatics: Combines Balance, Escape Artist, and Tumble; rules have been cleaned up a bit, and every 10 ranks grants a +1 dodge bonus to AC.
Appraise: DC is based on item's value.
Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate: Use a unified Speechcraft system.
Craft: The Craft system has been completely overhauled. Magic item creation is now a function of the Craft (artificing) skill, rendering item creation feats redundant. PCs can also create forgeries of items.
Decipher Script, Speak Language: These skills use a unified system whereby you can gain partial fluency in written or spoken languages – you can spend up to 3 ranks in a given languages to gain increasing proficiency with it. The skills now have clarified DCs for tasks depending on how fluent the reader/speaker is and how complicated the language is to read/write (someone who knows only basic Dwarven trying to read an old text with lots of obscure terminology, e.g.).
Disable Device: Besides Open Locks being folded into it, devices and locks were tweaked to have several levels of difficulty, and the DCs/times were altered slightly.
Gather Information: This skill now lists DC, times, gp cost, and chance of attracting attention for the relative obscurity of the information the PC is trying to acquire.
Heal: PCs can now treat different levels of injuries with increasingly difficult checks.
Intimidate: This skill now has a list of factors that can modify the check. Demoralize was split off into a combat maneuver.
Knowledge: Each separate Knowledge skill is more clearly defined and has guidelines for setting DCs.
Perception: Besides combining Listed and Spot into one skill, Perception uses a more realistic system than just "-1 per 10 feet of distance"; it factors terrain, weather and lighting conditions, and size of the target (or magnitude of the sound) into the check.
Perform: Earnings for making Perform checks are based on size of the venue and the performance (check result).
Search: DCs are based on the size of the item being sought, with modifiers for circumstances (hidden, invisible, unknown to the seeker, etc.).
The changes to the skill system rendered many feats (the +2/+2 feats, and item creation feats) redundant. As a result, they were all removed. Several new feats were added to take their place, most of which tie into new systems/altered rules. I also converted a lot of the epic feats and a bunch from the psionics and divine parts of the SRD into the list, for a total of nearly 200 feats; see the Feats discussion for more details.
Other changes include:
Diehard: Changed to tie into the new death/dying rules.
Dodge: Grants a flat +1 dodge bonus to AC. You can take it multiple times.
Great Fortitude, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes: Can be taken multiple times; the epic versions are gone.
Great Cleave: The number of extra AoOs is limited to the PC's Strength bonus or his BAB, whichever is less.
Improved Bull Rush/Overrun/Sunder: Combined into one feat, Improved Offense, and the bonus was dropped to +2.
Improved Disarm/Feint/Trip: Combined to form Improved Finesse; bonus was dropped to +2.
Natural Spell: Gone. It was a broken feat.
Simple/Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Gone. Exotic weapons are now martial weapons with prereqs for proper use; everyone can use simple weapons, but the weapon groups system limits how many weapons anyone can use overall.
Toughness: Grants +2 hit points, +1/level thereafter. Epic Toughness is gone.
Track: Modifiers based on size are doubled.
Widen Spell: Level adjustment reduced from +3 to +2.
Armor: The armor system got overhauled. Max Dex is now a straight Dex penalty (so having a high Dex is actually meaningful again); arcane spell failure changed to a Concentration penalty (which applies to all Conc. checks; additionally, wearing armor with which you're not proficient always incurs a Concentration check when casting a spell, no matter what class you are). Also, armor doesn't limit base speed - it limits max speed. Someone can walk normally in heavy armor, for instance, but he can't move faster than a jog (x3).
Weapons: Weapons are now divided into weapon groups (though the original divisions of simple/martial still exist); all classes are proficient with simple weapons, but a limited number of groups. Exotic weapons are now treated as martial weapons (and some are just martial weapons), but those with additional abilities (like disarm/trip bonuses) have prereqs to be able to employ them.
Mastercrafting: The masterwork item rule was expanded to have 10 levels of craftsmanship, along with better rules for Craft modifiers and requirements.
Materials: The material list has been expanded with over a dozen new materials, and tied into the mastercrafting system.
Wealth by Level: This system was overhauled. Basically, the progression was flattened out, so that PCs end up with much less wealth at higher levels.
Magic Items
All weapon and armor abilities are now straight market bonuses instead of some of them being "+x gp" (energy resistance, e.g.). Some items were repriced due to changes in spell levels, and most of the staves were repriced (because they were just plain wrong).
Weapons and armor now use a scaled multiplier for market values beyond +5 - instead of a flat x10, it increases with the market value, keeping in step with starting wealth.
Otherwise, magic items received few changes except where affected by changes to spells.
Most of the conditions have been changed for balance. The various fear effects (shaken, frightened, and panicked), for example, now have an increasing series of penalties; also, someone who is shaken who is shaken again becomes frightened. Also, short-term conditions apply penalties to things like attack rolls, saves, and skill checks instead of ability scores (making them easy to track).
The combat system received a large number of changes, many of them fairly subtle. Along with numerous feats designed to aid high-level fighters, the following changes were made:
Attacks: Full attacks were altered so that PCs could move and still get a limited number of attacks each round (the number depends on how far they move).
Combat Maneuvers: Combat maneuvers were overhauled (grapple in particular) and condensed to be much simpler to use. Trip and overrun, for instance, are things you can do during a bullrush. The size modifiers were reduced, and the Improved xxx feats combined into two - one for Strength-based maneuvers (bull rush, grapple, overrun) and one for Dex-based (disarm, trip). Sunder is gone - it's the same thing as attacking an object. Taunt is a new new maneuver, which joins feint and demoralize in a third group covered by the Improved Combat Manipulation feat.
Turning: The turning system was overhauled. There are now several options for using negative/positive energy - turning (making undead flee); energy burst (harms/bolsters undead in a radius); or command/rebuke. All undead (or other creatures that can be turned) now have turn resistance, and turning requires a Will save. HD of undead affected was changed to number of undead, and the power of such undead is ECL-based, not HD-based.
Death and Dying: A character dropped to -1 hit points can make a Con check to stabilize; three failed saves = death. All PCs now have a death threshold equal to their negative Con score. Anyone dropped from 1+ hp to below the death threshold doesn't die immediately; he can make a Con check each round to remain alive (but unconscious), but he can't stabilize or recover without outside aid.
A lot of minor changes here, mostly to conform to rules changes elsewhere.
This system was overhauled. PCs can now run for long distances (as normal humans can) if they are only lightly encumbered, or not at all (there's a new category for this). You can also attempt to run longer while encumbered - the times have increased, and there are better checks in place.
The traps system was overhauled; it now ties into the Crafting system, and prices were drastically changed.
Overall, the spells received only a few changes here and there. Perhaps 20% were significantly altered.
First, as noted in Design Diary 9, several (15-20) spells (most spells with casting times of 10 minutes or more) were turned into rituals (yes, there are ritual rules). Many others had their levels changed to conform to the rules for "greater" or "mass" spell levels, and a few were cut entirely due to their spell levels being too high (mass heal, miracle, shades, true resurrection, wish). //Greater magic weapon was cut due to conflicts with the new DR system, and detect secret doors was cut because it was simply a pointless spell.
Since XP costs were dropped, all XP costs in spells where either changed to ability burn (from the XPH) or simply dropped.
Other major changes include:
"Animal buffs": Duration increased to 10 minutes/level, and they affect modifiers instead of the base abilities (for example, cat's grace grants a +4 modifier to all Dex-based checks, instead of a +4 bonus to Dex).
Antimagic Field: All spells/effects require a caster level check to be suppressed. Permanent magic items (magic weapons/armor) can't be suppressed, though any extra abilities can.
Darkness: Level adjusted, and the spell is actual darkness, not "shadowy illumination". Darkvision grants limited sight in the darkness.
Disjunction: Spell is treated as dispel with no caster level cap; grants additional effects for targeted dispel; doesn't affect artifacts.
Flesh to Stone: Does progressive Dex damage over 3 rounds; when the victim reaches 0 Dex (or on the 3rd round regardless), he turns completely to stone.
Gate: Cut the calling function – it simply serves as a two-way transport between planes.
Heal: Does only one of the following: restores ability damage, heals hit point damage, or heals conditions (dazzled, blinded, etc.).
Polar Ray: Added a slow effect on a failed save.
Polymorph, et al.: Limited by CR/ECL, not HD.
Rope Trick: Duration was reduced to 10 minutes/level, the space is stated as extradimensional (not nondimensional) and can hold up to 8 Medium creatures or their equivalent (not 8 creatures of any size).
Save or die spells: Drop the target to dying (-1d4, 1d6, 1d8, or 1d10 depending on spell level, and it can't recover on its own) on a failed save.
Scorching Ray: Damage/ray is halved, but number of rays (and rate of gain) is increased. Damage was lowered because the original version grants 12d6 total damage at 11th level with no save. This version grants 8d6 at 12th with no save.
Summon Monster/Nature's Ally: Revamped summoning lists, duration changed to 1 minute/level.
True Seeing: Subject can see through illusions only if their caster level is lower than the TS caster level; range is reduced to 60 ft.
Weird: Changed targets to "1 living creature/level in a 30-ft. radius", dropped extra damage, changed Strength damage to Wisdom damage.
Overall, the monsters received only minor adjustments here and there, like spells. About 15-20% got any major changes (mostly the really overpowered ones); things like angels and balors had their abilities trimmed down a bit.
Natural armor bonuses were tweaked according to UK's rules.
Most importantly, Project Phoenix has gone to an ECL-based system - that is, all monsters and PCs are rated by ECL, not CR, which makes things like class levels and templates much easier to apply. Traps are still rated by CR, though, because they are challenges.
DR: DR was changed so that magical weapons of higher bonuses can bypass different levels of DR (+2 for /silver, +3 for /cold iron, +4 for /alignment, and +5 for /adamantine); for DR /magic, each plus of the weapon bypasses 5 points of DR.
Poisons and Diseases: The poison and disease rules have been overhauled; they now work on variable onset times, strengths, and check times - no two are the same.
Types and Subtypes: Angels, eladrin, guardinals, and archons now fall under the Celestial type, while all fiends fall under the Fiend type (mostly because eladrin, guardinal, baatzeu, and tanar'ri are all PI terms); all abilities gained from their types were unified for ease of use. Elemental immunity is now resistance (degree depends on if the creature has a subtype or if it's a true elemental).
Immunity to crits and sneaks is now downgraded to resistance (minor, moderate, or greater). Creatures only get immunity in rare cases - oozes and elementals, for instance, are immune to sneak attacks due to their lack of organs.
Likewise, immunity to energy is gone. Creatures now have a variable amount of resistance (10 + 1/2 HD for those with an energy subtype, or 15 + 1/2 HD for elementals).
The epic rules are, for all intents and purposes, gone - post-20th-level play has been integrated into the base ruleset, and extended progressions exist for all base classes (but not PrCs). Also of note: epic spells are gone, changed to a level-based system. The epic feats, magic items, and monsters are now integrated into the core. "Epic" rules are now referred to as "legendary" rules; all base classes have legendary progressions (PrCs do not).


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YEI, 06 April 2013 [Gurtong] – The children were arrested early Sunday morning dancing in the disco hall and the group includes 10 girls and four boys of aged between 11 and 15.
The arrested were pupils and are detained at the military police patrol office waiting for their parents to secure their release after being questioned by the authority.
The disco organizer was also arrested for having allowed the under aged children to enter the disco hall.
The children were later released on a condition that each child received five strokes after most of their parents failed to turn up at the police station for questioning.
Juma David Augustine, the commissioner of Yei River County warned the arrested under aged children to keep away from night movement in the disco places.
Juma also urged the parents and guardians of the children to be cautious and control their children.
This week, Juma David Augustine has been counseling pupils, students, parents and teachers from the payams in Yei River County on the cases of primary school girls being impregnated by the teachers.
He called on both boys and girls to concentrate on their studies and keep away from immoral behavior.
According to the report by Yei Town payam Inspector of education, the use of mobile phones by young girls in the schools and dressing in miniskirts, contributed to the cases of pregnancies among the primary school girls.
Some pupils are also fond of loitering in the street, bars and hawking second hand clothes, all contributing to poor performance in school.
In September 2012, the commissioner issued a local order banning children selling second hand clothes, and other types of business, where a number of children were arrested by the police but later released on a ground that some of these children are orphans.
Last year, the commissioner issued a local order stopping all under aged children from entering disco and videos halls after a report showed that under aged children constituted the greatest number of discos and video shows attendants in the county.
The order also regulated the operation of the video and disco shows to close by 10pm but this order has not been implemented, as disco and video halls still operate normal in the county.
Juma said that the county authority will not sit back seeing the future of the nation is being ruined in videos and discos shows instead of concentrating on their studies.
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"Fake news" makes its way across the Internet in all forms and agriculture isn't immune to it as a viral Facebook post proves.
A Facebook page that appears to be based in Australia called "Animals are people, too." and was created on July 3 went through a posting tirade for seven days. Posts shared by the page appear to be satire with outrageous memes like a photo of cotton sitting in a ditch saying "Truck Drivers! Slow Down and Stop Hitting Animals". Another says "Say no to pig hunting with dogs and release the doges into the wild so they can be free." There is also photo depicting a man who allegedly stole a wild horse, but the horse is stuffed and hoisted over his shoulders.
The post that took the cake though was the "Cow Crusher" and it quickly caught the attention of social media users around the globe. In the photo published on July 9, the last day anything was sent by the page, a bull can be seen laid on its side in a hoof trimming chute.
A caption with the photo reads, "Cow crushers designed to crush cows to death is one horrid thing but this is a whole new level or cow torture! This device gives farmers a kick from LITERALLY crushes the poor animal whilst rotating it up, down, side to side in a rapid movement controlled by a big tractor machine, shaking it around in HORROR! This is NOT a theme park! This poor cow had no hope, the blood would have rushed to her head until she passed out and who knows what the "farmers" did to the poor animal after that. All I know is that she is dead now and is probably covered in urine."
Cow crushers designed to crush cows to death is one horrid thing but this is a whole new level or cow torture! This...Posted by Animals are people, too. on Monday, July 9, 2018
People were quick to jump on the post and point out it was incorrect with nearly 34,000 comments, while eclipsing 21,000 shares in a week.
"That photo is not of a livestock crushing device, it is a cattle handling crush, used to trim feet, treat injuries, perform veterinary procedures with the least amount of danger to the cattle, and the attending persons," writes a Facebook user from Canada.
"Farmers do care about their animals, the reason it's run off the hydraulics of the tractor is because cattle are very heavy. Hydraulic power makes it easier to turn the cow. Please educate yourself and your children," says a person from the United States.
"This is a bull so I don't think that name is very respectful to his sexuality," says a user from the United Kingdom pointing out the original post said the bull's name is Stephanie.
"This gently turns the cow on its side so their hooves can be trimmed. It's not cruel. They walk in if their own free will and are secured in so they don't get hurt, it turns them, their hooves get trimmed, they're turned upright, and they walk out and eat. No cruelty here. Move along!" adds a Facebook poster in the United States.
Following all the pushback on social media a page was created on the popular fact checking website Snopes to let people know that the post was "false."
The Snopes page shares a number of videos with squeeze chutes to help debunk the myth, along with facts from Meat & Livestock Australia on "cattle crushes," which is the term used in Australia for a chute.
The photo used in the viral post originally came from Glendale Engineering, a livestock equipment manufacture in the United Kingdom.
Whether the post was a deliberate piece of fake new or satire is up for debate as the page has stopped being active, but it still serves as a reminder of the disconnect between rural and urban areas around the globe.


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Black Forest Pavlova Recipe
For the Classic Meringue (as adapted from Jamie Oliver):
Egg Whites from 6 large eggs
of Caster Sugar
of Sea Salt
For the Cream:
of Pure Cream
For the Cherry Mixture:
of Dried Sour Cherries
of Pitted Morello Cherries (available in jars & 3-4 Tablespoons of Syrup from jar)
of Kirsch/Cherry Liqueur
of Caster Sugar
For the Chocolate Ganache:
of Thickened Cream
of Dark Chocolate (chopped)
Edible Gold Color Mist (Food Color Spray)
Fresh Cherries (for topping)
For the Classic Meringue:
Preheat the oven to 150°C (130°C if fan forced).
Place the egg whites into a clean and dry mixing bowl and whisk them at a medium speed until they start to form nice firm peaks.
As the egg whites are still being whisked, gradually add the sugar and a pinch of salt. Turn the mixer up to the highest setting and whisk for 7-8 minutes more until the meringue forms a white, glossy and smooth texture. If it feels grainy, whisk for a little bit longer, being careful to not let the meringue collapse.
Line two baking trays with baking paper. Divide the meringue mixture evenly between them and shape each blob into a circle about 20cm in diameter*.
If you have left over meringue, pipe them into small desired shapes to decorate the pavlova.
Put both trays into the oven and bake for approximately an hour, until the meringues look slightly golden and are "marshmallow-y" in the middle. Remove and set aside to cool completely.
Once cooled, lightly spray some gold shimmer over the meringue for that extra touch of class.
For the Cherry Mixture:
In a small saucepan, gently heat & stir the Morello cherries, syrup, Kirsch and caster sugar for 2-3 minutes or until the sugar completely dissolves.
Using a wooden spatula, gently mash & stir the Morello cherries into a jam like consistency.
Add in dried sour cherries and cook for another 3-5 minutes until dried cherries starts to swell. Add more syrup if mixture is too dry. Set aside to cool completely.
For the Chocolate Ganache:
Gently heat cream in a small saucepan and turn heat off once it reaches just below boiling point. Place chopped dark chocolate in a bowl and pour over hot cream. Stir mixture until chocolate melts and you get a smooth consistency. Side aside to cool completely.
For the Cream:
Once the meringue layers, cherry mixture and chocolate ganache have sufficiently cooled, start with the whipping of the cream.
Place the cream into a clean mixing bowl and following the instructions of your mixer, whip at medium speed until the cream starts to thicken out. Be careful to not over-whip the cream as it can go from smooth and creamy to fluffy and whipped in a matter of minutes (it happened to me!)
To Build The Pavlova:
Place the first meringue on a cake stand. Top it with a layer of cream, followed by a layer of chocolate ganache and finally the cherry mixture.
Place the second meringue over the first layer. Repeat the cream, chocolate ganache and cherry mixture layers.
Top pavlova with some fresh cherries and individual meringues to finish off.
*It's really up to you how you want your pavlova to look and the number of layers you want. You could do smaller blobs and divide the mixture evenly to 3-4 blobs to have a pavlova tower.


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Women's Campaign School at Yale attracts participants from around the world
Program at Yale Law School draws from around nation, world
NEW HAVEN >> One woman is running for mayor, another has aspirations for statewide office, while others are looking for helpful insight into the election process.
They filled a lecture hall at the Yale Law School Monday morning for the beginning of the weeklong Women's Campaign School where their first speaker, Connecticut's Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, talked about her accidental entrance into politics and the lessons she has absorbed along the way.
Currently the tie-breaker in the evenly divided state Senate, Wyman explained what is happening in Connecticut to the majority of program attendees who came from across the country and the world.
No. 1, Wyman said it is important to learn to work with everybody.
In Connecticut, where Democrats were accustomed to counting on a large majority from there own party, it is a new day.
"It is as difficult for the Democrats to understand, that they don't have all this power anymore — that they really have to talk to other people. It is also difficult for the Republicans to know that they have to start leading. Before, they didn't have to vote for a budget ... On the Democratic side you got to work together to get bills passed because not everybody is going to vote your way in your own caucus. ... To me that was something that people should have learned a long time ago," Wyman said.
It took awhile, but someone finally asked her if she aspired to higher office now that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is not seeking a third term in 2018.
Repeating her standard answer, Wyman said, "it is something we are looking at."
As to when she will make her decision public, Wyman said not before the stalled biennium budget is adopted, which could be open-ended with a special session already set for the end of the month.
"We have to get the budget done and that is going to be the hard part. I don't want to hold anybody up so I told the other candidates to please get going. Do what you have to do," Wyman said.
Four Democrats have formed exploratory committees to run for governor, while eight Republicans have declared or formed exploratory committees to start raising money.
With her self-deprecating humor and her Brooklyn, N.Y. accent, one woman said it was refreshing to see someone who wasn't projecting an image, but rather was acting herself.
Wyman told them if you are not going to be open about who you are, "don't be in government."
She told them "to make sure your word is your bond" and don't do anything to embarrass yourself or your family.
The school, which is in its 24th year, claims such graduates as N.Y. U.S. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand and former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, both Democrats.
After advancing from election to her school board and then state representative, Wyman said she had to fight to get the Democratic nomination for controller instead of secretary of state, the position party leaders would save for a woman. She said she was also discouraged because it would have put "too many Jews" on the ticket. That year, Wyman said all the Jews won.
Wyman warned the women that some votes are really difficult and there will be backlash. She said voting for the state income tax was the hardest vote she ever cast, a policy change that brought 80,000 protesters to Hartford.
She said driving home at night at some point after that ballot, a man jumped on the roof of her car and spat on her window. Soon after, she gave up her license plate that identified her district.
As for getting elected to office, "women are getting stronger, but not strong enough," she said.
"You have to stand up and really believe. You have to push a little bit more, but women in some ways, do wait too long," Wyman said, given the responsibilities of young families.
Among those listening to Wyman was Lindsey Jacobs, 32, of Greenville, South Carolina, a lawyer, who is contemplating a run for office at some point.
"I'm just frustrated with politics in South Carolina," she said and hopes to start at the county or city council level and then maybe Congress. She said she is not happy with either party and, while independent, leans Democratic.
Jacobs represents domestic violence and sexual assault victims in her law practice.
She would like to see the country go to single payor health care and elect more women to office to eventually reach gender parity.
"I'd like to see us work better across the aisle. I think we are more alike then we are different," Jacobs said.
Deana Holiday Ingraham, a council member in East Point, Georgia, is running for the mayor in her town.
She said her kickoff is later this month and she is "eager to use all that I learn. I'm very excited."
Wendy Tyson-Woods, 53, lost her first election contest this past year against Republican Stephanie Cummings for the 74th District state House seat in Waterbury.
She came to the campaign school to learn campaign strategy and how to get the vote out, especially in the African-American community, while also generally "empowering citizens to participate in the political process."
She is now the chairperson of the Election and Education Committee of the Waterbury Black Democrats and the chairwoman of the NAACP for the city of Waterbury.
She works at Inroads, a company that helps college students get leadership development through internships.
Among the youngest there were six Yale University students who were recipients of the Women in Government fellowships, which required that they attend the campaign school.
Valentina Guerrero, 20, who is entering her junior year at the university, said she wants to work in public service when she graduates after getting a law degree. A resident of Florida, she feels the school will give her some idea of what a campaign would entail and put her in touch with like-minded individuals.
Guerrero was shocked at the small number of women in legislative positions in the U.S., something she wants to see changed.
Only four women are governors; 24.8 percent are state legislators, while only 23.7 percent hold statewide elective executive offices around the country, according to Catalyst.


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African American Woman Delivers Valuable Improvements to Government Agencies
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. federal government employs architects, biochemists, software developers, and many other professionals who work to promote the ideals of public service and strengthen America. May Smith, an 85 year-old African American woman who has been a federal employee for more than 65 years, stands out as exemplary.
Beginning her career in an era with very few Black federal employees, Smith has overcome racial adversity while advocating equality in the workplace and delivering innovative improvements to federal agencies across the country. She has experienced change firsthand from increased race and gender equality in government agencies to an African American president leading the country.
She has set high standards and worked diligently in the U.S. government since before the Civil Rights Movement.
"Throughout my career I've always remembered one thing: the only place you'll find success before work is in the dictionary," states May Smith, Coordinator for the Wetlands Outreach Program for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Pacific Southwest Region. "I am constantly trying to improve myself and always hoping that other women are as well."
Smith was born in Corsicana, Texas in 1926 and began her distinguished federal career in San Antonio, but she has been a driving force for public administration improvements in federal agencies throughout the country, including relocation allowances for dependent elderly parents of federal employees who must relocate for work. Additional improvements include a computerized travel advance system for HUD employees, an efficient system to speed processing of HUD payments to landlords during disasters, allowing the use of federal funds for travel club membership to obtain discounts on federal travel, and allowing Administrative Leave for jet lag after a full day's travel or crossing the International Date Line.
"Every time I think about May and what she's accomplished despite many hardships and obstacles, my spirit is uplifted," says Wendell Smith, longtime friend and colleague in the EPA's Tribal Water Division. "She has been and still is a role model for me and so many other people."
Numerous federal agencies have acknowledged Smith's invaluable contributions. She has received various recognitions and awards, including the highest award for a federal employee. Smith has also been awarded a Federal Employee of the Year Award in Administration, but recognition of her achievements is not limited to the federal government and in 2008 Smith was honored with a lifetime achievement award from the American Biographical Institute.
May Smith's success extends beyond the workplace. Beginning a graduate program at the University of San Francisco at age 54, she wrote an award winning thesis revealing barriers facing women of color in government agencies and proposing innovative recommendations addressing issues of discrimination. Smith wrote the thesis ,"A Profile on Minority Women Professionals in the Federal Government," while continuing her work as a federal employee, attending classes, and helping to raise her five children. Her thesis was the first study focusing on minority women in federal agencies and was adopted by Equal Employment Opportunity officers and advocates.
Working for the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, HUD, and EPA, Smith has been setting and achieving goals in the federal government since 1944 and with 2011 marking the 35th anniversary of Black History Month, she continues to set new goals. Smith aspires to obtain a doctorate in Public Administration and become a congresswoman. She studies issues affecting African American women and is an active member of the national Beta Pi Sigma Sorority, which awards annual scholarships to underserved youth. Smith contributes to the EPA as the Senior Environmental Employment grantee in the Water Division, and Administrative Assistant for the Wetlands Program.
"I have one primary goal left and that is to obtain a doctorate," says May Smith. "I'd like to continue working and making a contribution while I reach my goal. I'll stop when my body tells me it's time to stop."
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