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Welcome to part two of the answers to the fans questions put to the board by Lee Ryder from the Evening Chronicle.
In part one, which you can read here, we featured questions 1-6. This part will conclude the questions and answers, and the final part will be a reaction to it all.
As I said in the first part, communication is at a premium when it comes to the board and fans at NUFC and it's almost got to the point where something is better than nothing. Some may not like these answers, but at least they are out there now and I guess that is all we could ask for.
Ready for part two? Here goes.
Q.7 – Many fans clamoured for a marquee signing on the striker front. Are those days gone and can we expect more continental-based players coming in January, if any?
The days of Newcastle United acquiring 'trophy' signings who command huge salaries for past successes on the pitch are over.
Yes they have generated excitement and anticipation in the past, but ultimately many of them have left the club poorer and with little to show for it in terms of our standing in the league.
As for where we scout from, we have no specific policy to recruit continental players and we obviously have to satisfy the Premier League rules in respect of home-grown players.
It's not about where a player is from, it's about their ability, age, character and value for money. We've found this year that we have got better value for money on the continent which is why we've recruited well from France in particular this summer.
Q.8 – Are you concerned about the 10,000 drop in attendance and that fans are either not renewing season tickets or have headed to support local non-league teams instead?
On the contrary, season ticket sales are actually up on where we were this time last year.
We introduced a ground-breaking ten year fixed price deal for season ticket holders this year. This was a genuine initiative aimed at rewarding loyalty and guaranteeing long-term affordability for fans. The deal was very well received and in fact two-thirds of all season ticket holders have taken advantage of that deal. So we're delighted to have introduced a genuine initiative which has been so popular, and we're very happy with the number of season ticket holders we have this year.
It's too early in the season to suggest there's any trend emerging with regard to on-the-day sales. The Fulham fixture was a Sunday match and a 1pm kick-off, as well as falling during the school holidays too. Those factors undoubtedly played their part. Also of course Fulham's travelling support was very small at just 433. The attendance was actually not far off what we had expected for that fixture. For the Arsenal game, the attendance was far higher than we saw for the first game last season which is fantastic.
The support this club receives is phenomenal and never taken for granted. If we do see a trend emerging for whatever reason, then we will look to address that.
Q.9 – Is Mike Ashley considering putting the club up for sale?
Mike Ashley has no intention of putting the club up for sale.
He is still extremely passionate about strengthening the club and making it a real success. We are balancing the books and getting the finances in order, but there's plenty more work to be done and he's committed to doing that for the long-term.
That said, it's worth going back to the analogy of the house that's not for sale. If suddenly an incredible offer comes in, he may have to consider it.
From time to time we are approached by people claiming to have an interest in buying the club. Our message to them is clear: buy a box for a commitment of five-seasons and then we'll know you're serious. No-one's taken us up on that offer!
I'd like to make a further point here. This club can't support itself without the financial backing of Mike Ashley; we still rely heavily on the owner. To date Mike has invested over £280m into the club, including £140m in interest-free loans. For him to continue to support the club, he has to be interested and enthused to do so. He deserves credit for his financial support but a section of supporters don't make him feel welcome at St James' Park, or when he attends away games. Criticism is part and parcel of the job, abuse is not.
This makes life uncomfortable and certainly doesn't make Mike feel more inclined to put his hand once again in his pocket. That's not stubbornness, it's human nature. I think most of us would feel exactly the same.
Q.10 – Newcastle United has the third highest attendances in the country, Sky TV and income from merchandising, plus a lower debt position than many in the EPL. Why in terms of player recruitment can Newcastle not compete with smaller clubs like Stoke, Fulham and QPR?
We're privileged to have a huge fan-base and the TV income and merchandising revenue that goes hand-in-hand with that.
The efforts we've made over recent years to reduce our debts has only been possible because we've kept our operating costs in check and carefully managed our wage structure, wage to turnover ratio, and transfer spending policy.
It would be inappropriate to pass comment on the way other clubs run their business, and it would be a largely irrelevant exercise. Suffice to say that we have a strong business strategy which we are committed to following and which we believe will reap benefits for the club and its supporters over the years to come.
Q.11 – Are you aware of fans' disgruntlement with the away ticketing policy given the Toon Army are amongst the most loyal fans in the UK, and will you consider reviewing the policy?
Yes, we're aware that some fans are unhappy with the changes we've made.
There was however a lot of anger from the majority of law-abiding fans at the behaviour of a few at our friendly game against Darlington that evening, and it's as a result of their behaviour that we have introduced these restrictions.
We did so to protect the reputation of the club. The scenes we witnessed at Darlington were disgraceful and cannot be repeated. The changes we've made ensure that the club has better control over who gets access to away tickets so that people who break the law are able to be identified much more easily.
If non season ticket holders want to purchase tickets for away games, then it's very simple to do so by way of a club membership.
Q.12 – Alan Pardew said he was 100% convinced he would get a new number 9. What changed?
It was everyone's desire at the club to bring in a striker. As I said in answer to a previous question, we worked hard to make that happen but ultimately couldn't complete a deal that we'd hoped to.
Alan was aware of the efforts we were making in our negotiations and as such had every right to be confident. We were making good progress on a number of fronts, but unfortunately we couldn't get the player over the line.
Q.13 – Why was Joey Barton allowed to leave for free and join a club that could be considered to be a rival in the Premier League?
Joey's a big character and a talented player, which is why we supported him from the moment he came to Newcastle, in spite of the difficulties he faced in his first two seasons here.
In January 2011, we were keen to offer Joey a new contract because we wanted to keep him at the club. We offered him what we considered to be a great deal but unfortunately Joey chose not to accept it.
We felt we couldn't improve on that offer and therefore would need to consider selling. However with a transfer fee attached we received no formal interest from any club. We eventually made a decision to release Joey on a free transfer after well-publicised differences between the club and the player couldn't be resolved. We wish Joey all the best at Queens Park Rangers and look forward to seeing him on Monday for our fixture at Loftus Road.
Q.14 – Many fans now consider us to be a "selling club" after the departures of Nolan, Enrique, Carroll and Barton. How do you respond to this?
The term "selling club" is a misnomer. In reality all clubs are selling clubs at the right price – even the Premier League's top six clubs.
We're no more a selling club than any other in the Premier League – you sell players, you buy players; that's football. The Manchester Citys of this world operate on a different level to most other clubs, including ourselves, and it's easier for those with greater financial clout to hold on to their best players and replace those they need to.
The fact is, we've done some excellent business in this window and brought in seven very good players. The quality of these new signings shouldn't be overshadowed by the fact that we were unable to bring in an additional striker.
I've addressed the circumstances of Andy and Joey's departure in earlier answers. In relation to Kevin Nolan, we offered Kevin a new contract at the start of the summer. Unfortunately he wanted a longer deal than we were prepared to offer and ultimately an approach came in from West Ham which worked for the player and his long-term security, as well as for the club..
The situation with Jose was very straightforward. We tried to negotiate a new contract with him early in the 2010/11 season, but the player wasn't willing to enter negotiations at that time. When we did eventually get round the table with Jose we offered him an exceptional deal. His advisors subsequently made it clear to us that he wanted to pursue a new challenge elsewhere.
If a player wishes to leave the club, then there's only so much we can do to try and keep him. We did everything we could, but he chose to move on. Faced with the prospect of running his contract down and leaving for nothing, we had to look to sell.
That concludes part two of the questions and answers to the board. I'll be writing a new article featuring my take on the answers to the questions so stay tuned for that.
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Judge Denies Child Care Permit for Texas Lockup
(CN) — In a rare win for immigrant advocates in Texas, a judge stopped the state's plan to grant a childcare license to a large federal immigrant detention center near San Antonio.
Travis County Judge Karin Crump granted Grassroots Leadership a temporary restraining order late Wednesday that prevents the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from granting contractor Corrections Corporation of America a license for the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, 50 miles southwest of San Antonio.
"Family detention camps are prisons," Grassroots Leadership's director Bob Libal said in a statement about the ruling. "They are not childcare facilities. DFPS has for a decade refused to regulate these facilities because they do not have authority to do so. The Texas agency has never regulated a facility this large.
"Yet they came up with a regulation allowing a license in three months. It was not done to protect children, but to protect the Obama administration's family detention program, putting children in harm's way."
Grassroots Leadership, founded in 1980, is an Austin-based civil rights group focused on the private-prison industry.
"Federal contracts for 'civil' immigrant detention remain the cash cow of the prison industrial complex," the group says on its website.
There are 1,368 people in the Dilley facility, which can house 2,400, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement told San Antonio's CBS affiliate KENS5.
Crump set a hearing on the order for May 13, after which she could temporarily block Texas from housing children in the prison, or find the license valid.
Texas is desperate to have somewhere to house the thousands of women and children who, starting in the summer of 2014, crossed the border illegally and turned themselves in to U.S. immigration authorities and asked for asylum, citing the gang violence and poor living conditions in their home countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
DFPS adopted the licensing regime after U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled in July 2015 that the federal government's practice of housing mothers and their children in unlicensed prisons violated a 1997 settlement meant to stop the government from placing kids in such harsh conditions.
In response to Gee's ruling, the department adopted a rule on March 1 that places the prison in Dilley and the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, 55 miles southeast of San Antonio, under the administration of its Child-Care Licensing Division.
The two prisons are the only in Texas set up to detain immigrant mothers and their kids, according to the department.
The temporary restraining order is a surprise victory for immigrant advocates, given that the Texas agency granted private contractor the Geo Group a license on Friday to keep immigrant children at the Karnes City prison, the Houston Press reported.
DFPS didn't publicly announce that decision. The Press found out by checking the department's database on Monday.
Attorneys and social workers who have visited the prisons say children there are not getting adequate medical care and are losing weight and hair, two signs of depression, the Press reported.
The Texas agency's effort to legitimize the detention of kids in the prisons through licensing suggests cooperation between the federal government and Texas on immigration.
That speaks to the complexity of U.S. immigration policy, where on one hand the Obama administration has set records for deporting undocumented immigrants, and at the same time it has introduced policies aimed at keeping law-abiding immigrant families together in the U.S.
Texas officials agree with the Obama administration's detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants, and are adamantly against letting those who entered illegally stay in the U.S.
Texas and 25 other states sued the federal government in December 2014 to block the Obama administration from offering a deportation reprieve for parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
The Fifth Circuit twice upheld an injunction against the program. The Supreme Court heard arguments last month and is expected to issue a ruling in June.
DFPS is accustomed to controversy. A December 2015 ruling by U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack called out the department for maintaining a "broken" foster care system that overmedicates wards, shuffles them between foster homes, and doesn't document incidents of "child-on-child" sexual abuse.
Jack appointed two "special masters," a Duke University law professor and a former New Jersey child welfare czar, to oversee reforms to the system.


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Best city for biking in the 1880s? Minneapolis!
Well, hot banana seat: The bicycle is turning 150! (Well, depending on how you count the years. But it's a good time to celebrate, regardless.) On April 4, 1866, a year after the end of the Civil War, Pierre Lallement took his first bicycle ride in New Haven. He filed for a patent less than a month later.
Hennepin History Museum
In honor of this historic moment, Hennepin History Museum is partnering with the Cycling Museum of Minnesota for a show that features high-wheel bicycles, which were all the rage in the 1880s. And guess where the hub was for high wheel racing in the United States at the time? Minneapolis, of course. Some things never change, clearly.
The exhibit tells the story of cycling in Minneapolis in the 1880s, presenting half a dozen high-wheel bicycles from the time period, as well as other smaller artifacts like membership cards, race trophies, a bicycle repair kit, and photographs.
The six-day race, where competitors biked 8 to 12 hours a day for six days to see who could cover the most distance, was all the rage in the 1880s. "Minneapolis was pretty much a hotbed for that particular type of racing," curator Kate Cravens says. During her research, Cravens was surprised to discover that Minneapolis had more six-day races than any other city in the country during the 1880s, including Madison Square Garden, which a decade later would make up for lost time. "Some argue that Minneapolis popularized six-day racing," she says.
Most of the races took place at the Washington Rink, located on Washington Avenue and 10th Avenue North, an indoor roller skating rink that had a track around it. The venue was also used for skating lessons, boxing matches, and musical entertainment before it burned down in a fire in 1896.
Besides races at the Washington Rink, there were also a number of bicycle clubs in operation, starting in about 1882, that would take rides around the city. "They would announce their rides in the newspaper," she says. The clubs would take different routes, with destinations including Lake Calhoun, Minnehaha Falls, or St. Paul — just like the various formal and informal rides that happen these days.
Much like today, bicycles were considered vehicles, and could legally be on the streets, which caused some controversy. "People riding horses and carriages did not want high wheels on the road because it scared the horses," Cravens says. Bikes were not allowed on the sidewalks, however, as they were considered dangerous.
The one thing the exhibit doesn't include a lot about is the bikes that women rode. The high wheels, unfortunately, made it impossible for a woman to ride in the 1880s because it conflicted with the accepted clothing they had to wear at the time. Women did ride tricycles, which had two great big wheels on either side and a smaller wheel in the front. The model they were going to include in the exhibit didn't fit into any of the doorways, so it didn't make show show, Cravens says.
There was one famous female high-wheel racer named Louise Armaindo, whose photo is included in the exhibition. "She created her own uniform, so to speak," Cravens says. She wore a tunic and tight breaches, but decorated her jacket with lace. "What you get is a lovely juxtaposition of a male associated outfit but feminized by the woman who is wearing it," says Cravens.
In addition to the bikes and objects, the exhibit also offers a chance to experience what it felt like to ride a high-wheel bicycle. There is an interactive piece in the show that includes a frame built to hold reproduction high wheels. Visitors can climb into the contraption and pedal, giving an idea of what a different body position the bikes entail from today's typical bike. "It's a much more upright position," Cravens says.
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The opening party takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 31
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A young boy savaged by a Japanese Akita dog said he feared his throat was going to be ripped out.
Caoimhin McFadden (12) was on his way to play in a park near his home in Londonderry when the dog leapt over his friend and sank its teeth into his arm, ripping the flesh and leaving him covered in bruises and bite marks.
The animal has since been seized by a Derry City Council dog warden.
Caoimhin said it was the most frightening experience of his life.
He is now recovering at home with his mother.
Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph from his home in the Galliagh area, the youngster said: "I was on my way to the park with my friend Conor, walking along an alley, and the dog was walking down towards us.
"Conor put his hand out to pet the dog and I did the same but it just started growling at me and the next thing I knew it jumped over Conor and sunk its teeth into my arm and was biting me.
"I pulled my arm out of its mouth and tried to punch it to make it stop but it was trying to bite me again. So I ran as fast as a could until I reached a metal fence at Glencar and climbed over it — but even when I was climbing up on the fence the dog was trying to eat my legs.
"I was really scared, I thought it was going to get me again and if it did I know it would've ripped my throat out.
"It kept jumping up at the fence but it couldn't get over.
"A woman from Glencar saw me and came over but she didn't think I was too bad until she looked at my arm. At the same time Conor had got to me too and he grabbed my phone and called my mammy."
Caoimhin's mother Kelly said her son is lucky not to have been killed.
She said: "When Conor rang, at first I couldn't understand what he was saying but then I realised he was saying a dog had eaten Caoimhin and to come quick to Glencar. I didn't say another word, I grabbed my keys and ran out the door for the car.
"The woman who was with Caoimhin told me that he was badly bitten and must go straight to hospital. I was ||too scared to even look at his arm.
"I bundled him into the car and went to A&E and it was only when I was at the hospital that I saw for myself how bad he really was.
"The minute I looked at it, I just went into hysterics.''
"I couldn't believe how badly his wee arm was bitten," she added.
Kelly reported the attack to a police officer who rang the council dog warden the next morning.
She also went to the home of the people who she understood owned the dog but was told by a woman the dog had been passed on to someone else.
A spokeswoman from Derry City Council has confirmed that a Japanese Akita dog was involved in an alleged attack on a young boy in the city this week.
She said: "The dog involved was removed by a warden and is being held at a shelter whilst an investigation is under way.
"We can't comment on an ongoing investigation due to the possibility of legal proceedings."
The Akita is a large spitz breed of dog originating from the mountainous northern regions of Japan. Local history describe the ancestors of the Akita, the Matagi hunting dog, as one of the oldest of the native dogs.
Since it is a large, powerful dog, the Akita is not considered a breed for a first-time dog owner and has been targeted by some countries' breed-specific legislation as a dangerous dog.
Experts describe Akitas as sometimes spontaneous and in need of a firm, confident, consistent pack leader, without which the dog will be very willful and may become aggressive to other dogs and animals.
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The death toll from the bombing of a Yemeni wedding party on Monday has jumped to 131 people, "making it one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in Yemen's war," Reuters reports.
Initially reported as a "mistaken" air strike by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.S. backed group is now denying its role in the civilian tragedy as a coalition spokesperson "suggested local militias may have been responsible" for targeting the party, which included many women and children.
Saudi Arabia-led airstrikes "mistakenly" struck a wedding party in Yemen early Monday killing at least 38 people, many of which were women and children.
The U.S.-backed coalition was purportedly targeting Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, when it bombed a celebration in al-Wahga, a village near the strategic Strait of Bab al-Mandab. One senior government official declared the two airstrikes a "mistake."
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According to the BBC, "First reports from the village said that 12 women, eight children and seven men had been killed, with dozens more wounded, when the air strike hit two tents during a wedding for a local man linked to the Houthi group."
And the Associated Press notes that the village in which the strikes took place "lies in the battered Taiz province, where civilians routinely fall victim to daily Saudi airstrikes as well as rebel mortar shells."
The United Nations estimates that roughly 4,900 people have been killed and more than 25,000 wounded in the six months since the Saudi-led bombing campaign began in March. Further, roughly 21 million of Yemen's population of 25 million have been impacted by the conflict.
The incident immediately drew references to the United States' December 2013 drone bombing of another wedding party in Yemen, which resulted in the death of 15 people. Among those who connected the two attacks, blogger Marcy Wheeler wrote on Twitter:
To be fair, the US would have a hard time calling out Saudi Arabia for killing a bunch of Yemenis at a wedding party. #DoAsISayNotAsIDo— emptywheel (@emptywheel) September 28, 2015


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The Show
Celebrating the 19th year, Race Retro is Europe's no.1 historic motorsport show. The three day event, running from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 February 2021 at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, is the season opener for historic motor racing and associated industry.
Our Audience
Of the 24,000+ visitors expected at the event:
- 93% are male of which 77% are aged 35-64
- 60% attend race meetings
- 55% are in Senior Exec or Senior Management positions
- 44% own or sponsor a competition car
- 1 in 5 visitor households own 6 cars or more
- Visitor satisfaction 4.2 out of 5 – one of the highest in the UK
Who Visits?
Racing drivers and active/past competitors
Racing circuit owners/managers
Linked people to racing, sponsors, friends and relatives
Motorsport heroes
High net worth individuals with the rescourses to buy, restore, maintain and race high value cars
Passionate and knowledgable racing fans
Key industry stakeholders
Historic racing, classic car and motorsport enthusiasts
Racing car owners, car collectors, prestige dealers and investors
Race teams and team principles
Motorsport club secretariart or members
Race series owners and promoters
Specialist trader, engineering and race preparers
Followers of teams, racers, racing marques, genres and series
Who Exhibits?
Race Retro offers an opportunity for any business involved in historic, vintage, classic and retro racing to join together in one place, acting as the ideal location to target a specific motorsport related audience.
Those invovled vary from product suppliers and manufacturers preparing visitors for the racing season ahead, to autojumblers offering a haven of hidden motoring treasures, and automobilia for the passionate enthusiast.
Technical and engineering service providers, motoring clubs and associations, event organisers, museums, colleges and universities are also a key componant to our variety of exhibitors.
Why exhibit?
Regardless of company size, face-to-face marketing is the most powerful way to collect qualified leads, drive sales and build relationships with new and existing customers. In an increasingly competitive market, exhibitions allow companies to mark themselves ahead of their competition through a highly personal approach. If you offer products or services to the motorsport market then exhibiting at Race Retro will help you achieve significant sales, orders and business right at the start of the new racing season.
Exhibiting Options
There is different pricing for each hall or area at the show in order to accommodate the wide range of interests and budgets of exhibitors.
SHELL SCHEME: £120 + VAT per square metre
This is a ready built stand for you to simply 'move in' and furnish with your branding and products. It includes floor space, carpet, walls and name fascia.
SPACE ONLY: £85 + VAT per square metre
This is exactly how it sounds, only floor space. It often suits those who prefer to build their entire stand from the ground up. The mininum stand size available is 6sqm (e.g 3m x 2,, 4m x 1.5m).
Should trade stand prices present a cost issue to smaller businesses, we suggest looking at the market-style Classic Trader/Autojumble area as an alternative.
SPACE WITH CARPET: £70 + VAT per square metre
Many dealers choose to make Race Retro their showroom every year, and with good reason - car sales at the show are historically proven to be very strong. We work on a basis of one car, with the dooors open, using around 24swm of space (6m x 4m).
Hall 1 is part shell scheme with back walls and 1 metre returns unless full shell is specifically requested.
Hall 2 is full shell sheme, except Speed Street which will include a back wall and 1 metre returns.
Hall 3 is the Hall of Fame Live and also accommodates prestige car dealers in carpeted space.
Hall 4 is the Autojumble and Classic Trader Village
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Radiating an aroma of middle to top notes with herbaceous, light and clear refreshing with traces of balsamic woody backnotes and a lingering sweetness.
Frankincense is derived from the resin of Boswellia serrata trees which are native to the dry, mountainous regions of northeast Africa and India. Frankincense's influence can be clearly observed throughout the pages of history. Ancient Egyptian pharaohs burn the resins as spiritual offerings to appease the gods, whereas the fabled emperor Nero burnt an entire year's harvest in memory of his passing wife Poppaea. Emanating a warm, sweet and piney scent, it is often incorporated in praying incenses and meditational oils for a conducive atmosphere in spiritual practices. The immune-enhancing abilities of the essence boosts your body's natural defense. On the other hand, Frankincense is an effective skin astringent and natural sleep aid for restless individuals as well.
The luscious, fruity aroma of Frankincense restores yourself to a joyful and centred state of mind, hindering the stressful blues and beckons a deep, peaceful sleep every night.
Frankincense combats free radicals towards your skin and slows down the effects of aging with its rich phytonutrients.
The cleansing properties from Frankincense naturally relieves oral health complications such as bad breath and tooth irritations when diluted as an organic mouthwash without preservatives.
Frankincense is exceptional effective when applied in studying sessions for an improved strength of mind for better memory or spiritual practices where greater focus is required during sessions.
For a heightened focus and better concentration, diffuse together with Lavender or Sweet Orange and meditate in a calming, centered presence of spirit and body.
For a nourishing, healthier skin tone, mix it in your bathtub for a stress-relieving bath soak or shower gels as you cleanse impurities off your body for a purifying experience.
Dilute with purified water as a relaxing room spray to mist in your bedroom to prepare yourself for a peaceful slumber and unwind tense minds.
Sweet and exhilarating, freshen up your surroundings and clothings with Frankincense as a natural deodorant.


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- Create or revamp an existing website
- Install a Content Management System so you can maintain it yourself
- Clean up or build a database or application for your organization
- Help you develop reports for your Board and donors
- Help you rebrand your organization with a new logo and marketing materials
The only real constraint is that the project scope must be achievable in the span of GiveCamp weekend. Have questions about requesting a project? Send us an email! We can help walk you through the process.
Who Participates? We help New England-area non-profits/501c(3)s that are just starting out or are eager to grow to the next level. Smaller organizations without an IT department and those trying to establish (versus expand) a web presence are likely to be favored over established organizations; however, we encourage everyone to submit their requests for consideration. At the event your representatives will work side-by-side with a team of volunteers dedicated to your project.
How are Projects Selected? The process begins with your non-profit completing the very low-key application form below. The primary constraint is the scope of the effort: it must be something that can be completed to a reasonable degree during the weekend event. A GiveCamp representative may reach out to you for more details before a decision is made. We also evaluate the likelihood we will have an appropriate team of volunteers to best support you. In past years, nearly all applicants are accepted, although we sometimes recommend a modification of the project requested.
When will Projects be Selected? You will be notified on or before April 15th if your organization has been accepted. We ask that you keep the weekend of the event free until then, so you can be certain to have someone available to join us should you be accepted.


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Video of the Day
Since it's illegal to sell African gray parrots captured from the wild, available birds are usually bred in captivity. Fortunately, these smart, talkative parrots are generally easy to breed, as long as they've got a proper nest box in the cage. Shy breeding pairs spend nearly all of their time in the nest box if people are around.
Creating the Nest Box
African gray parrots require deep nesting boxes. Avian veterinarian Dr. Susan Clubb's website recommends using a vertical, horizontal box with dimensions of 18-by-18-by-24-inches. A second choice could be an L-shaped box with similar dimensions. While such nest boxes are available for purchase, if you decide to build a nest box for your birds, make sure to use nontoxic and untreated woods.
Nest Box Placement
Your African gray breeding pair require a large cage. The minimum size should be 4-by-4-by-4-foot, or 3-by-3-by-6-foot. Provide at least two perches of natural woods for the birds. Mount the nest box as high in the cage as possible. You don't need to place bedding materials in the nest box. Females lay between two and five eggs per clutch.
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Grief Counseling & Support
Hospice services have long been associated with providing quality, home-based care to individuals coping with terminal illness, but Regional Hospice provides additional supportive services for families coping with the death of a loved one. Composed, empathetic reassurance is critical in helping patients and families in the last hours of living. Care does not end until our team has helped the family with their grief reactions and helped those with complicated grief to get supplemental care.
Grief counseling and support from our nurses, social workers and chaplains help assure the long-term mental and physical well-being of survivors of all ages by helping individuals adjust to their loss and express their feelings.
Youth Grief Support
Regional Hospice has staff available to offer grief support for individuals, schools or other groups who may be experiencing loss. Our Bereavement Coordinator has specific services geared for children, which are presented in a loving and supportive way.
Book & Origami Craft Page
Regional Hospice Director of Operations, Sonya Newton has developed two companion pieces to help explain the natural process of dying to children. The book "Faith & Hope" tells a story of a daughter caring for her mother at the end of life and how hospice provides faith and hope. The book not only increases the understanding of the dying process, but also explains the importance of being with our loved ones at the end of their lives. The goal for this book is to help initiate conversations between children and their parents.
The origami craft page can be used to create your own Faith or Hope bird by coloring or drawing pictures on it.
The Book and Origami Craft page is available to anyone who would like help in explaining the dying process to children. Please call our office at 417-832-0577 for more information.


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The Accident
A NovelBook - 2010
A tale set against a backdrop of the Balkans war follows a fatal Autobahn accident in Vienna that triggers an investigation into the dual identities of two mysterious victims, a pair of young lovers who engaged in an illusory affair marked by political subterfuge.
Perseus Publishing
On a rainy morning in Vienna, a taxi pulls onto the autobahn only to crash into the median barrier moments later, hurling its two passengers?a man and a woman?from the backseat as it spins through the air. The driver cannot explain why he lost control; he only says that the mysterious couple seemed to be about to kiss.
As the investigation into their deaths deepens, a lonely researcher will uncover a mutually destructive relationship that blurs the line between fact and fiction, fear and desire, and love and fixation over the course of twelve years. An alluring mixture of vivid hallucination and cold reality, The Accident is a fever dream of a novel that marks a bold and fascinating departure from Kadare's previous work.
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A tale set against a backdrop of the Balkans war follows a fatal autobahn accident in Vienna that triggers an investigation into the dual identities of two mysterious victims, a pair of young lovers who engaged in an illusory affair marked by political subterfuge. By the Man Booker International Prize-winning author of The Siege.
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I have not read this, based on the reviews I most likely will not. What i must write is to thank the two reviewers for giving me a more personal response to the book, instead of the frequently used cover words, which rarely help and are a cop-out. I want to know what the reader really thinks, if the book seemed 'beyond them' - as one comment - or explaining to me why the confusion turned out revealing in the end. Thanks.
Confusing, there is not clear sequence in action, strange composition, mystery, to which there is no specific answer. But, apparently, it is in this, so to speak, in ambiguity, is the attractiveness of this work. I really liked it. It seems to me that in order to understand more the author's idea, it is necessary to know more deeply the history of the Balkans, first of all, of Albania, with its legends and folklore. The book reminded me of the movie "Nine weeks and a half"
This book was recommended as one of he best books from 2011 by the Toronto Star. I found it completely beyond me. Too literary, I didn't know what they were talking about most of the time or otherwise felt I missed the point. Just did not resonate at all with me.
"Among Eastern European writers, Ismail Kadare has a reputation for writing books of an especially dark nature. As an Albanian, the veteran novelist has been witness to both his own nation's agony under the wonky totalitarianism of Enver Hoxha, and the crisis that enveloped the Balkans in the 1990s. Out of such life experiences are dark preoccupations naturally made.
The Accident, Kadare's 17th book to be translated into English, is a formidable puzzle. An Albanian couple living in Vienna are killed when their taxi overturns. The driver survives, but can explain only that the crash occurred after he glanced in his rear-view mirror. What he saw upset him so much he lost control of the wheel.
How The Accident is told, a kind of slow reveal mixed with a purposeful ambiguity, does the most justice to his concerns. The structure of the book, in effect, is its meaning, a nifty literary dissolve between content and form."
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Powerful Personal Magnetism: Secret #1. Your Body Language.
Some people seem to have "IT" the minute they walk into the room. "It" is unmistakable. What creates that kind of presence?
Very often, it is simply a matter of posture. Like it or not, some of the strongest messages we send come from what we are NOT saying but how we are moving, sitting, and standing. How we hold ourselves has a hold on others as well.
Often when we think of posture…..it's about someone barking at us to , "Stand up STRAIGHT!" or.."Hold your shoulders UP!" Right? But we all know how turned off we can be when we see someone who looks like they forgot to take the coathanger out of their jacket.
Good posture is about standing in alignment with our body parts—using our core or diaphragm—to center the rest of our body. What I mean by that is to lift your mid-section up, off your hips. This flattens your stomach and straightens your back at the same time. When you do this, your shoulders just go along for the ride. When you are in alignment, you can actuallly stand for long periods of time without getting tired. Your hips are under your body, supporting your torso, and your knees are in a natural alignment, under your hips…..with your ankles and feet doing the same thing.
When you body is in alignment, you are AT EASE. You are sending that same message to others. We are powerfully attracted to people who look and feel "at ease" with themselves. It sends a message of health and confidence in a much more powerful way than great clothes or hair could ever do.
There is a technique for developing this kind of posture. It is often taught to television personalities, models, and savvy people who appear in front of an audience, regularly. It goes like this:
Stand Up. Suck in your stomach, while sucking in your breath. You will feel your diaphram, rising naturally to its full extension. Doing this, sideways, in a mirror—you will be amazed that it can make you instantly appear ten pounds thinner, as well. Are you liking this???
Then, let your breath out but not your stomach. Stay "lifted". For most, this will be a new sensation. Don't let yourself "sink" back into your previous stance. Do it a few times just to see how much of a difference it makes in the way you look, and feel…..to yourself!
Just try being conscious of STANDING UP like this—-and you will begin to see people responding in a way that confirms you are also STANDING OUT.


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Killing the Medicaid Expansion Controversy
There are benefits to expanding Medicaid -- like reduced death rates, according to a new study -- but what are the real costs?
To expand or not to expand (Medicaid) -- that is the question states have been facing since the Supreme Court's June decision on the federal health-care reform law. Unsurprisingly, states' decisions have been falling along party lines, with most blue states choosing to expand coverage to more low-income people and most red states opting out of the Medicaid expansion. The reasons are usually based on ideology and cost, but almost never the potential health of the recipients.
That changed -- momentarily anyway -- when a study conducted by Harvard researchers and published in the July 25 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine found that three states that expanded Medicaid in 2001 and 2002 -- New York, Arizona and Maine -- collectively saw a 6.1 percent decline in the death rate for people ages 20 to 64 compared to neighboring states. Even larger reductions were reported among minorities and people in low-income areas.
Columnists and bloggers immediately began making hay over the report, but one comment in particular, at the very end of a long New York Times article about the report, seemed particularly pithy to me. Janet M. Currie, director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University, said the new study helps reframe the Medicaid debate. "This says, well there is benefit to giving people insurance," she told the Times. "Maybe you don't want to pay the cost, but you can't say there's no benefit."
I contacted Currie, a professor of economics and public affairs, to learn more about this corner of the Medicaid expansion debate. The first thing to note is that the NEJM study is nothing new. "There are lots of past studies showing that Medicaid expansions have improved health for target groups (e.g. infants, children, teens), some showing reductions in mortality also," she wrote me in an e-mail. In fact, another study came out last July reporting that Medicaid patients in Oregon -- which expanded its Medicaid program in 2008 -- see doctors more often, take their medications more often, report better health and better financial stability, and even feel happier and less stressed.
"So there should not be controversy about whether there are benefits," Currie wrote. "It does cost money to provide medical services to people, so the question is how one balances the costs and benefits."
OK, I'll bite: How does one do that? As an economist, Currie does it through an analysis called "value of a statistical life" or VSL. One paper she sent me calculated that Medicaid costs between $1.1 million and $1.6 million per life saved. That sounds like a big number, but "actually it means it's cheap to save lives this way," she said in a follow-up phone call.
There are all kinds of government regulations based on VSL, she said, mentioning flammability standards for children's clothing as just one example. "Many regulations are based on an order of $10 million to $20 million per life saved," said Currie. "The standard number is $5 million, so anything less is a good deal compared to other things we do to preserve lives."
If research shows that Medicaid can save lives and do so cost-effectively, why wouldn't states expand coverage? "Ultimately these are all political decisions," she said. "No matter how good the cost-benefit analysis is, if someone thinks government has no place in the lives of people, it doesn't matter."
Then Currie asked me a question ("Why did this study appear [in the NEJM] when it did?") that she answered herself: "One reason is that it will cost providers boatloads of money if [the states] do not accept the federal dollars being offered to cover expanded Medicaid." As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the feds will pay almost all the bills (93 percent) for states to expand Medicaid coverage until 2017 – at which point the states will start chipping in. That means that if states covered all newly eligible members, the feds would pay about $931 billion through 2022, while states would collectively pay $73 billion, according to an analysis of a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report.
"Now, if a big state like Texas decides not to take the money the feds are offering, their providers are up the creek," she said. "They will get a lot less revenue but will still have to treat the uninsured. If you want to take the cynical view, the NEJM puts these studies out because doctors really want states to do something about the uninsured."
Pressure like this, she said, is in part why some Republican governors who are against the ACA have said they will at least look at the issue.
Still, some states will opt out anyway. Currie predicts that, "they won't save lives and they will put a lot of stress on providers and hospitals, especially in areas with poor people. They will have a lot of problems caring for those people. Not having insurance doesn't make these people go away."
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With such a diverse variety of Jewish camping options in this area, the question isn't whether Jewish camp is right for your child, but which is the right one, writes an associate director at the Federation's Center for Jewish Life and Learning.
When I became the associate director of the Center for Jewish Life and Learning at the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia six months ago, I found myself immersed in a world that was new to me: Jewish camp. I frequently met colleagues who gushed with childhood stories of their camp years, telling me about the best friends and spouses they had met. Yet for me, "Jewish camp" remained just a vague concept in my head.
So it was with much excitement that I — along with some other staff members and lay leaders — embarked on a multistop tour of Jewish camps, both day and overnight, this summer that truly opened my eyes to the wonder, excitement and joy of this community.
Seeing the camps in action, it was easy to grasp their appeal. They radiate fun, camaraderie and youth. I saw kids of all ages walking around camp with their arms slung over each other's shoulders, telling jokes and playing games. Kids not plugged into their iPhones but laughing, singing, dancing (Israeli-style, of course) plus engaging in a slew of other activities from sports to gardening to arts and crafts.
And yet, what most surprised me about the camps was, despite their commonalities, how different each one is. I visited the "Big Six" area nonprofit Jewish camps that draw the most local campers: Galil, Pinemere, Golden Slipper, Ramah, Harlam and JRF. Each one offers campers a unique experience based on its environment, Jewish programming and size.
"Jewish camp" is anything but a monolithic term. Lest one have the idea that Jewish camp connotes hours of studying the Torah or daily Hebrew lessons, this could not be further from the truth.
Each camp has its own idiosyncratic take on Jewish content, some influenced by the movements with which they are associated. Ramah, for example, which is affiliated with the Conservative movement, begins with daily morning tefillah (prayer) experiences. Others, like JRF, the Reconstructionist camp, interpret morning prayer more loosely and provide campers with options from yoga to a guided walking meditation to theatrical improv.
Still other camps find ways of incorporating Jewishness in everything they do, but in more subtle fashion. Golden Slipper, for example, displays the names of its buildings in Hebrew, accompanied by transliteration and English. Pinemere looks to infuse Jewish moral values, such as treating people with respect, in all of its activities.
In short, if you're a parent, the question is not: "Is Jewish camp right for my child?" but "Which camp is right for my child?" From the Israel-focused Galil to the numerous facilities and activities at Golden Slipper, there's a camp for everyone. And those are just the "Big Six."
This year, Federation provided $1,000 One Happy Camper grants to 270 first-time campers who went to camp not only locally but all over the country. From the new Camp Zeke, which focuses on health and wellness to the 6 Points Sci-Tech and Sports Academy camps, the amount of diversity is stunning. Plus, many camps are also working to make sure that they speak to individuals from diverse backgrounds, including interfaith families and the special needs community, so that camp can truly be an inclusive experience.
And overnight camp isn't the only option. I also visited three of the area's major day camps: Ramah in Elkins Park, Kaiserman JCC camp in Wynnewood and the brand-new Harlam Day Camp, located at the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy. The thoughtfulness of programming at these places is equally inspiring. From robust morning services with lots of singing and a band at Ramah to the gorgeous new outdoor pool at Kaiserman to the beautiful grounds at Harlam, day campers receive no less of a camp experience right in their own backyards.
With the summer season now coming to an end, it's not too early to begin thinking about next year. Applications for One Happy Camper grants will open again at the end of October, so now is the perfect time to visit a camp. The directors are warm and wonderful people who are committed 24/7 to giving campers the best experience possible.
And while camp isn't an inexpensive option, there are camps at all price ranges and financial aid is available — in part from Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia — to help send your child.
If there was only one disappointing aspect of my visits, it's the fact that I had to leave. With everyone having so much fun, I only wish that I, too, had had a Jewish camp experience growing up.
Warren Hoffman is associate director of community programming at the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia's Center for Jewish Life and Learning.


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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]"Why would I work with a life coach"?
That's a question I get a lot. Almost every day someone hears what I do and asks me, often in a voice tinged with some challenge, why people need life coaches and what I do as a coach. I love being asked the question because my answer usually isn't what they expect.
"I'm a systems analyst, I look at where people are now (A), where they want be (B), and what's not working in the process of getting from A to B. And then I help them get there".
"Oh yeah…… And I don't advise or tell people what to do".
"What? …….. Really? So what do you do"?
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="3/4″][vc_single_image image="24775″ img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4″][vc_separator color="black"][vc_column_text]I think of my work as a coach like that of a flashlight.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I like to think of my work as a coach like that of a flashlight. A really, strong flashlight. The kind that doesn't conk out in raInstorms or on super muggy days. The kind of flashlight that you can use to pound in tent-stakes, or that has a flasher option to enlist help from others. I'm the flashlight that shines a light on all the habits you have been hiding behind, maybe without even knowing you are doing that.
The analogy of a flashlight is also pretty apt since it's the client who has to do the work. Just like your teachers telling you in school that copying only made you dumber, it's no good if I am doing all this running around and working for my client while they sit back and watch what I already know how to do. Coaching is really about stepping up for yourself and diving into the work. Shedding your old habits and creating new ones that really let you live boldly.
I'm here to help my clients see their habits and then make a conscious choice about whether they are helping or hindering.
Helping?….. Great, we strengthen those!
Holding back?…… That's where the work of shedding starts!
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][mk_blockquote style="line-style" font_family="PT+Sans+Narrow" font_type="google" font_size_combat="true" text_size="25″]"BEFORE WE GO ANY FARTHER CAN I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE SEEING WHAT MY CLIENTS CREATE FOR THEMSELVES ALONG THE WAY? IT MAY SOUND CORNY BUT SOME DAYS I JUST WANT TO CROW LIKE THE PROUD PARENT WHO SEES THEIR TEENAGER MAKING ALL THE BEST DECISIONS FOR HIMSELF. IT'S EXCITING AND ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO LIVE BIGGER AND HAPPIER. "[/mk_blockquote][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]"So what do you actually do"?
One of the key things that we work on in coaching is to identify the "Gremlins". "Gremlins" or as I call them, "Critical Voices" are those voices that we have each internalised from our childhood. They are the voices of our parents and teachers, coaches and community leaders. They are the statements that we heard from people who at some point held some power or authority over us and whether they were true for us or not, we internalised something from them and then went about living our lives as though those things were actually true.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="3/4″][vc_single_image image="24774″ img_size="full" alignment="right"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4″][vc_separator color="black"][vc_column_text]Critical Voices are those voices that we have each internalised from our childhood.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The trouble surfaces when we get to being adults who are living lives that don't quite fit who we are or who we want to grow into being. Like constantly wearing a sweater that is several sizes too small- we get so used to the feeling that it's tight that we forget that it doesn't actually fit us any longer. We go along feeling more and more stuck until a seam bursts and it finally hits us that we need to change something. Sometimes this "aha moment" comes when people have actually forgotten that they have a sweater on in the first place. Coaches can point out the tight parts.
But even too small sweaters with reindeers and snowflakes are hard to shed sometimes. Imagine that your limbs are so used to being wrapped tightly in the sleeves, that taking it off feels naked, totally vulnerable! The common reaction to feeling his way is to dive right back in even if getting it back on is a bigger struggle. That gift sweater from Aunt Sally is going on! Because the feeling of being uncovered is new and raw and can be difficult in the beginning.
We often only become aware of old habits or patterns of behaviour and thinking when they rub us raw. When we notice that there's a part of life that feels wrong or tight, that's when we pull at the sleeves of the sweater and notice… "Hey! I have this old thing I'm wearing! When did I put that on"?
Now as millennia have proven, Just saying you want to change something isn't always the most effective way to make it happen. How many times have you made a resolution to do something different and after a few days or weeks, you simply forget? Or you find it's harder than you thought, or…
OR… The Gremlins start showing up big time, and boy are they loud!
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You'll know them once you are paying attention to them. Their clamour grows louder and louder the more you are working to rid yourself of them. You can imagine each voice as it's own little creature, one with really grabby hands who has been taking control for years. Now it's been discovered and is kicking and grabbing onto whatever it can in order not to be removed from power. Imagine plucking one off your shoulder as it sits there whispering in your ear all the opinions that it grew out of.
Do any of these sound familiar to you?
- "Big boys don't cry".
- "Nice girls do what they are told".
- "You aren't good at math".
- "Your brother is the creative one in the family".
- "Leave it to your sister to cook the perfect dinner for us all".
- "You need to do better for the team".
- "Good students work hard every single day".
- "Next time you need to stick to the plan you made".
All these and many statements like them, when they come at us from powerful adults in our youth, stick in our heads and get so embedded there that we forget they were not our own voices, or our own opinions and we act as if they are true. Maybe they are, then again maybe they are not.
One way to know for sure that you are addressing the Gremlins, or your Critical Voices is that they will get louder is when those voices you are working to see them clearly and to rid yourself of the unhelpful ones.
The benefit to working with a life coach is that you are now an adult coming to the table with the clear intention to change what is not working for you, to identify what is working, and to make more things work better whether they are in your career, your love-life, your relationships, or in some other area of your life that you want to live more fully into. Working with a life coach will be a collaborative process that is really all about getting you the tools and support you need while ditching that too tight sweater, shredding the Gremlins and finding new ways to make your Critical Voice a useful tool rather than something that stops you dead in your tracks.
Jump on into our conversation here and offer any thoughts about your own gremlins and where and how they show up- How are you combatting them and what have you found that helps you?


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Great Northern Black Bar Style Lincoln 8 OZ Antique Popcorn Machine Review
I got this Lincoln eight ounce antique popcorn machine three years ago and it still works just as well as it did when I first used it. It makes the best tasting popcorn ever. It's better than the microwave popcorn even the premium one. I found Amazon.com to have the best prices on the Lincoln popcorn machine with a five stars rating. Click here to check it out.
I thought it was a little big for the kitchen so I put it in the family room, which is actually the best place for it. I have a family of four and since I got this machine, we've been popping corn instead of opening bags and bags of chips. We use it about twice a week and more often when the kids don't have school. We usually make popcorn when we watch DVDs together. Sometimes my kids have their friends over and they really love this machine. They almost always have popcorn.
Setting this popcorn machine up was pretty easy. It was easy to put together and the kettle is easy to attach and remove for cleaning. It's not really easy to put the kernels because I can't just dump handfuls at a time. Once it's turned on, it just pops non-stop. We never had to worry about making big batches because the popcorn stays warm and fresh. It could be because of the warming light in the machine or because we go through a batch too soon. The aroma from the machine stays in the room for as long as the popcorn's there so the popcorn doesn't really last very long. It's just gone after a few. Oh, there are very few wasted kernels so it pops them well. I haven't noticed the machine working differently or poorly over time as it's still consistent in how much popcorn it makes.
Cleaning the kettle is OK. There are instructions in the manual, which I've followed so I haven't noticed any signs of deterioration. As for the rest of the machine, I just use warm water and paper towel and it was OK. This Lincoln popcorn machine still looks good as new. I noticed a water stain on the stainless surface of the machine once and after I rubbed it with a paper towel with cooking oil, it disappeared.
The surface of the Lincoln popcorn machine doesn't get too hot for the skin. My kids can safely help themselves with the popcorn, which are crispy and fluffy. I tried adding flavors before and noticed that the smell of the flavoring doesn't stay after cleaning the machine. The faint smell of freshly popped corn always stays in the pan no matter how I clean it. I guess it's because we pop corn too often!
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Satin Cream Lip Crayon
Healing jojoba oil and nourishing rosehip oil is mixed with organic sunflower seed wax to gently lock color in place for a long-lasting, semi-matte finish.
A pop-out sharpener is included in the base of the product for a perfect application every time.
Drench your lips with creamy color that warms on contact with the skin for a weightless feel that lasts (2017).


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Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, January 4, 2010
9/11 Commission whitewash chief Thomas Kean told CNN yesterday that the Christmas Day plane bomber "did us a favor," by allowing Obama to expand the so-called war on terror into Yemen, a startling reminder that the highly suspicious Flight 253 attack served to fulfil pre-determined U.S. geopolitical objectives.
"This guy in some respects looking at it in retrospective probably did us a favor," Kean told CNN's State of the Union Sunday talk show, adding that the attempted attack shifted the Obama administration's attention away from health care and global warming and back to the war on terror.
"We weren't really focused on Yemen and the terrible things that are happening there. Now we are and that's a good thing," said Kean.
"The GOP chairman's quote raised eyebrows; by his logic, the Sept. 11, 2001 attackers may also have "done us a favor" by drawing US attention to extremism in Afghanistan," writes Raw Story's John Byrne.
However, Kean's implication that Yemen was not a subject of U.S. geopolitical interest before the attempted attack drew attention to the country is completely at odds with the facts.
A December 24 BBC News report entitled Yemen: New frontier in US 'war on terror' revealed how the U.S. had already invested $70 million dollars over the last year on expanding the war on terror into Yemen and that "US intelligence agencies are keeping a closer and closer watch in this newly-emerging theatre in the "war on terror"."
A week after the incident, President Obama pinned the blame for the attack on terrorists based in Yemen despite the fact that no formal investigation into the bombing had been concluded.
Obama's statement came one day after Britain's PM Gordon Brown called an "emergency summit" on "extremism" in Yemen. "Gordon Brown has invited key international partners to a high-level meeting in order to discuss how best to counter radicalization in Yemen," a statement issued by Downing Street announced. "The prime minister will host the event on 28 January in London."
The fact that the aborted plane bombing attack provided the perfect justification to expand U.S. military operations into Arabian Peninsula in the name of fighting Al-Qaeda makes the suspicious circumstances surrounding the December 25 incident all the more alarming.
As we have documented, The FBI has repeatedly changed its story in a haphazard effort to accommodate eyewitness testimony from passengers that conflicts with the official version of events.
At first the FBI denied that a second man was arrested in connection with the incident but later admitted a second man was handcuffed after Flight 253 passenger and eyewitness Kurt Haskell said he saw an Indian man being led away by authorities after sniffer dogs had found something in his luggage.
Officials then claimed that the man had not been on Flight 253 at all and was not connected with the incident, but had to reverse their statement again just days later when other eyewitnesses emerged, admitting that the man had been on the plane.
The fact that the FBI is apparently protecting accomplices involved with the bombing attempt, and thereby keeping the official story within the script necessary to pin the attack on a lone man from Yemen who was inspired by Al-Qaeda, blatantly suggests that the facts are being manipulated to fit a pre-conceived geopolitical agenda.
The attempted bombing has also been exploited to push for a renewal of the unconstitutional Patriot Act, as well as the implementation of invasive naked body scanners in all major airports.
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Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. has released this year's subjective but funny round up of the wackiest cat names registered in their database of insured kitties. The monikers taking top honours in the wonderfully weird department definitely prove we cat lovers are a creative bunch. (There were some pretty interesting dog names noted too. Captain Underpants, anyone?)
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Hello again!
Welcome back to another bright shiny bookish day here at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers.
Today we're gazing into the (not-so-distant) future at a title that surely going to have audiences fretting, worrying, and in the end cheering with the masses as things (possibly) right themselves and all is (possibly) well. What's with all the parentheses? Well, I can't spoil the outcome for you now can I? Well I can, but I won't and before I say too much, allow me to introduce the subject of today's clandestine discussion...
Henry Holt and Company
About the book…
Wanted. Nice reader to show this naughty book who's boss.
This book just ate my dog is a story about a little girl, a big dog, and a very badly-behaved book! Bella is taking her dog for a stroll across the page when something odd happens. Her dog disappears and it becomes apparent to Bella, her friend Ben, and the rescue services that peril lurks in the pages of this book. But where the police and fire brigade fail, you – the reader can help!
For those that read picture books either to little ones or themselves (*raises hand*) this has got to be one of the most adorable and interactively fun ones I've encountered as of late. The illustrations are cute…just rough enough to give them a hand drawn and colored air while still presenting a lovely colorful page to be enjoyed by eyes of all ages. The concept of the story is delightful…well, okay not delightful like "yay-the-book-ate-the-dog" but more so in the who'd have thought of that and whoa, can books REALLY eat dogs, sorta way. The marriage of story, visuals, and interactive qualities is spot on…I myself could be found shaking the page to help our little friend out (you'll see why when you read it) as will all of you! I can definitely see this working with an audience of one to one hundred…with the laughter and cheers set on high.
So, to keep this review in check with the length of the book, my summary is this… a BIG read in a small package fit for all ages and all audience sizes. I've no doubt it will win the hearts and minds of the youngest set while still being highly entertaining for those further on in their years. Smiles and giggles await any and all who journey within the pages of this title that is in my humble opinion pretty darn perfect from title to end page and everything in between.
One final question though…who among you is up to the task? I mean the "ad" on the back is seeking someone to show the book who is boss….are YOU that reader?
About the author….
Author/Illustrator Richard Byrne was…born in a hospital. Brought up in Brighton. Learnt to colour-in in Eastbourne. Worked in graphic design. Worked in Brighton, London, Manchester and Yorkshire Hills. Worked for myself. Met Philippa somewhere along the way. Had two children. Had the mid life crisis. Bought my first guitar. Got the urge to create a children's book. Got an agent. Got a book deal. Got another book deal. Got to Chichester.
ARC for review courtesy of Ksenia at MacMillan Children's Publishing Group. (THANKS!) For more information on this title as well as their complete catalog, be sure to stop by their official site, like them on Facebook, or follow along on Twitter. This title is set to release the first week of October 2014 (at the time of this post), so be on the lookout for it on a bookstore shelf near you VERY soon! IN the mean time, if you so desire, it IS available for pre-order! Just search it out at your favorite online sites and BAM, you're all ready to go.
Until next time…happy reading!


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How do we decide if band/artist deserve a separated page or not? To my mind, we should separate if band/artist satisfies at least two criteria from: touring/performing together, sharing band members, remixing/prodicing/collaborating. I think that Tori Amos, Peaches and The Icarus Line do not deserve having their own articles, while A Perfect Circle and ModWheelMood definetly do. -fillow 12:45, 10 November 2007 (PST)


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Arellano University is an institution accredited by TESDA that offers Technical and Vocational Education and Training Programs (TVET) under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
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Address: 2600 Legarda St Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Telephone Number: 734-7371; 735-3215
Website: http://www.arellano.edu.ph
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|Baking and Pastry Production NC II
|119 hours
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|286 hours
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|436 hours
|Finishing Course for Legal Transcription
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|336 hours
|Front Office Services NC II
|472 hours
|Housekeeping NC II
|416 hours
|Medical Transcription NC II
|396 hours
|Performing Arts (Song) NC II
|271 hours
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Diving to the top
February 3, 2012
By Sarah Gerdes
Newport Hills resident Maraea Skeen is among the elite athetes in the Western Region
Diving has become one of the most popular spectator sports at the Olympics. It combines the unique attributes of gymnastics, dancing, grace and athleticism.
But for 20-year-old Newport Hills resident Maraea Skeen, diving also offers something else.
"It's a thrill," she said, describing jumping from 20 feet above the water into a cold pool.
Skeen's zeal for diving has lifted her from the ranks of elite high school athletes to a top competitor in the Western Region.
"In all my years of coaching, I've never once seen a person, male or female, have such intense concentration at such a young age," said Penny Yantis, Skeen's high school dive coach.
Yantis trains the dive teams for the four Bellevue High Schools, as well as Mercer Island. Penny trained Skeen for four years, but had also seen her as a 9-year old, teaching herself to dive.
"What sets Maraea apart from her peers is a natural affinity for diving, as well as the focus and athleticism," Yantis said.
Skeen did have her challenges. The biggest hurdle she faced as a high school athlete was an inconsistent approach.
"The lead up to the actual jump makes or breaks the dive," Yantis said. "If the walk, the jump, the arms and the body movement isn't synchronized, the entire dive will be affected."
Always the underdog
Economics were also a challenge.
"I was a penny pincher," said Terry, Skeen's mother. "With five kids, the first child never even had a new pair of shoes. By the time Maraea developed into swimming, we couldn't invest in her the way we would have liked."
While other elite divers at the high school level trained daily at private clubs, Skeen attended only once a week.
"Driving to Federal Way and managing the house was a juggle," Terry said.
She was also dubious her daughter's passion would yield long-term results.
"I wasn't thinking about college tuition or a scholarship," she admitted.
Although three of the four children had gone on to attend Brigham Young University, none had been eligible for a scholarship. Skeen's older sister had briefly practiced with the dive team, but ultimately decided grades came first.
That didn't deter Maraea. Every day after attending the Running Start college preparatory program at then-Bellevue Community College, she trained with the dive team. Her placements were usually in the top 10, but rarely in the top three.
When Skeen arrived at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, all of that changed.
Skeen was suddenly beating the young women who had placed above her in previous years. She attributes this to the training and coaching staff at UNLV. Yantis said she believes it was something more.
"When Maraea was doing a little club diving, she was competing with kids who were working out year round and working at the elite club level," Yantis said. "At college, they are all training about the same, and Maraea was no longer at a disadvantage. That's where her hard work and athleticism pays off. Now, she has the opportunity to be equal."
From underdog to the top
The statistics prove Yantis' point. Skeen was the 2010-11 Mountain West Conference Scholar-athlete award. She'd received the top academic award for three semesters of the year. She was also the 2010-2011, spring academic All-Mountain West athlete. Her finishes are always in the top three, and in many cases she is No. 1.
"I think it surprised my coach a little," Skeen said.
She has broken a number of diving records at UNLV, and as a sophomore was named captain of the dive team.
Skeen was recently home for a short break before she begins her master's program at UNLV. With two years of eligibility left, UNLV has given her a full athletic scholarship, which pays for all tuition, room and board plus a stipend.
"It's more than I ever imagined," her mother said.
Skeen herself said she is a little surprised that she has achieved so much with her sports and academics. And she's not done yet.
"I still have two years left to compete," she said.
Sarah Gerdes, the author of this article, is a freelance writer. Comment at www.newcastle-news.com.
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OPC Blog Entry 5
March 29th, 2009
Today we took a city bus to the neighborhood of San Agustín, the headquarters of the laboratorio artístico de San Agustín (LASA). This alternative venue was established in 2008 by the artist Candelario when his friends needed space to work. About an hour outside central Havana, San Agustín has become for LASA a forum for interactive engagement with the social and spatial aspects of a small community. This approach of direct intervention is defined by LASA as "contextual art."
According to the group's own description, borrowed from Paul Ardenne's Un art contextuel, in this model "the art work is an insertion in the complexity of the concrete world, its confrontation with the material conditions." Curator Dannys Montes de Oca Morada, in writing about LASA, says "What characterizes this type of project and particularly LASA is an action that involved many agents from the social sphere, originating as operational platform or scene of actions that establish an ecosystem of relations, exchange and communication to subvert also the traditional models of production, circulation, and reception of the work, its aural condition and its physical limits of autonomous existence."
As their writings suggest, the performances presented at LASA this weekend were immersed in the public space of San Agustín. For the biennial exhibition, international artists invited by LASA came to the neighborhood and created work that involved the residents and the cityscape in the area.
German artist Peter Kees drove around in a 1950s-era car and asked members of the community what they considered the quintessential sounds of San Agustín. After collecting a number of audio clips, Kees attached a neon orange loudspeaker to the roof of the car to replay them. The car was displayed in the rear area of LASA's building, installed between painted water tanks on the roof of the adjoining building and films screened in the interior of the art space.
One of the films screened was a lyrical depiction of the neighborhood by Italian/French artist Laura Delle Piane. The film followed a series of neighborhood residents as they went about mundane actions throughout the day, from a middle-aged man shaving to a small girl preparing for ballet practice. As we watched the film, other residents of San Agustín chuckled and pointed out friends and neighbors.
The physical space of LASA demonstrates the biennial's diverse exhibition spaces: colonial forts, white box galleries, and crumbling warehouse spaces all housed artworks around the city of Havana. See their website for more information: <http://www.lasa-cuba.blogspot.com>.


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