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Parking costs driving shoppers out of town
I read with interest this week the thoughts of Sir John Timpson, whose shoe repair stores are a well-known name on the British high street.
He is of the mind that the local authorities are their own worst enemy when it comes to increasing footfall in town centres, driving shoppers to out-of-town retail parks with their unfriendly car policies.
Looking around Blackpool town centre I could not agree more. The decline in our once grand shopping hub is typical of the town under a Labour authority which knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
The introduction of shared spaces and the increasing complexity of the one way system makes Blackpool off-putting to motorists who are further discouraged by the steep charges for town centre parking.
Compare that to our out-of-town retail parks where ample parking is available just off major access routes.
It is no surprise that, nationally Sir John has opened the majority of his new stores inside supermarkets and not in town centre units.
In Blackpool we have many empty shop units, including prime sites formerly occupied by major national retailers. Even in the Houndshill Centre, where plans have been drawn up for expansion, a number of shops remain empty.
The high rents and business rates in the town centre show how hostile to business the Labour council is.
Perhaps a reduction in the cost to the entrepreneur and the motorist alike would breathe new life into Blackpool's streets.
Now is the time for action, before it is too late.
Richard Rendell
Via email
No refund on second tickets
In May this year my wife and I booked two tickets to see a 60s show at the winter gardens.
A couple of days ago we saw in the Winter Gardens foyer a notice that Gerry Marsden was appearing and it was going to be his last appearance. We booked two tickets.
When we got home we went to put our tickets into a filing cabinet, when we realised that we had already booked the same show five months earlier.
We shot back to the box office to get a refund on the tickets we had just bought, which cost us £71.
The box office refused, saying just that they were unable to do so.
We feel gutted and in protest have decided never ever to buy tickets again from this venue.
This letter is to warn other people who buy tickets. Don't buy two sets of tickets in error like my wife and I.
We are pensioners and are at a loss why they could not refund the tickets?
Charles Telfer
Via email
Cap interest on student loans
The Tory proposal to increase the repayment income threshold on student loans from £21,000 to £25,000 is helpful, but merely a palliative measure.
A far more popular step, short of reducing academic fees, would have been to cap the interest at say one per cent.
A post-graduate earning say £26,000 will, if the new threshold is implemented, still find difficulty reducing the loan because of the high interest charges.
The Tories should close the student loan office in Glasgow, given the privileged position of Scottish students attending Scottish universities, and relocate it to an area of England with a significant level of unemployment.
Graham Branston
via email
Lies and Tory benefit cuts
Re. the letter by Christian Cox (Your Say, October 9) criticising the claim by Roy Lewis that we have seen seven years of economic failure from this government.
Mr Cox rehashes the old chestnut that Labour caused the financial crisis in 2008.
Does he really not understand the financial crisis was caused by indiscriminate lending by British and American banks?
Royal Bank of Scotland was saved by the Labour government, and due to that investment, the UK government still owns much of RBS.
This was a world financial crisis, and, but for the swift action of the Labour government, it could have created a most serious financial breakdown in the country.
However what is of concern now is the roll out of Universal Credit.
Most severely disabled people will lose £78.35 per week.
This is because in Universal Credit there are no Severe Disability Premiums or Enhanced Disability Premium paid. Those just disappear, which will leave disabled people financially worse off.
Research has shown that the additional cost of being a disabled person is £500 per month.
However the government apparently does not seem to care how the disabled will be able to manage, and are taking away most of the money which they need to meet their additional costs.
We should be asking all Conservative MPs how they can justify taking money from disabled people.
This group of citizens have the highest support needs and are the most severely disabled citizens.
One could be forgiven for wondering how this government and their MPs can justify their actions.
I once read that a nation is judged on how they treat the less fortunate in their society.
This government's actions, including the austerity programme, which is affecting adversely a great many people, while at the same time reducing tax for people earning over £150,000 per year, I believe, will not fare well.
Jack Croysdill
Blackpool North/Cleveleys Labour party


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Golden Palace Inn is located in area / city Chang Phueak.
The hotel has a very good location, also near the Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX), which is only 6.35 km away.
There are plenty of tourist attractions nearby, such as Lanna Hospital within 0.73 km, and Chiang Mai Rajabhat University within 1.37 km.
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Splendid service together with wide range of facilities provided will make you complain for nothing during your stay at Golden Palace Inn.
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Vital Statistics: Latest Population Statistics for Israel
At the start of the Jewish new-year in September 2018, Israel's population stood at a record 8,907,000. This is a more than 10-fold increase compared to when Israel was founded in 1948.
Diversity & Growth
The Jewish population makes up 6,625,000 (74.4%); 1,864,000 (20.9%) are Arabs; and, those identified as "others" (non-Arab Christians, Baha'i, etc) make up 4.7% of the population (418,000 people). When the state was established, there were only 806,000 residents and the total population reached its first and second millions in 1949 and 1958 respectively. Judging by current population trend data, experts predict that the population of Israel will reach 10 million by 2024 or sooner.
In addition to these numbers, there are approximately 170,000 people living in Israel who are neither citizens nor permanent residents.
The overall population grew by 1.9%, (162,000) from September 2017 to September 2018.
Out of the 14.3 million Jewish people in the world, 43% reside in Israel.
Israel is the 99th most populous country in the world, not including the over 250,000 illegal foreign workers and African migrants residing in Israel.
Of Israeli Jews, 44.3% self-identify as secular, 11% simply as religious, and 9% as ultra-Orthodox. According to the Israel Democracy Institute, the percentage of ultra-Orthodox is slightly higher.
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Immigration & Naturalization
Israel welcomed approximately 37,000 new immigrants during 2017, with the most immigrants arriving in Israel from Russia (27%), the Ukraine (25%), France (13%), and the United States (10%).
The Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index ranked Israel as one of the least accepting countries for migrants in it's 2017 report. Israel scored a 1.87 out of nine possible points, making it one of the eight least accepting countries to migrants in the world.
In 2017, 75% of the total Jewish population were "Sabras" - born in Israel - compared with just a 35% native-born population at Israel's independence in 1948. Over half of the Jewish population are Israeli-born to at least one parent who was also Israeli-born.
Those of European and American ancestry make up about 2.2 million (36%) of the Jewish population in Israel while Africans fill out another 14.5% and Asians are 11.2%.
A study performed by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that one in four Jewish individuals currently live in a country other than the one they were born in. In contrast, one in twenty Christians and one in twenty five Muslims live in a country other than that of their birth. This makes Jewish individuals the world's top migrants.
A Young Population
Israel's population is considered young relative to the populations of other Western countries.
175,000 babies were born and 43,000 Israelis died between September 2017 and September 2018.
28% of the population was aged 0-14 while only 10.3% were older than 65 years of age. OECD average is 18.5% (0-14) and 15% (65+). Israel's average age, however, is getting older. In 2011, the average age was 29.5 years as opposed to 27.6 in the year 2000. Average age worldwide for males is 28.4 and for women is 30.6 years old. Life expectancy for Israelis is 80.9 years for men, and 84.5 years for women.
The World Health Organization issued a new report in May 2016 that concluded humans were on average living 5 years longer than they were 16 years prior, in 2000. Israel was ranked as the country with the 8th highest life expectancy in the world on the list, scoring above the United States, Canada, France, Russia, and other highly developed nations.
A study published by the World Health Organization in the medical journal Lancet ranked Israel 6th out of 188 countries in global healthy life expectancy in September 2015. This "healthy life expectancy" number takes into account the average life expectancy, as well as years of life without a terminal disease.
Life expectancy in 2018 was 80.6 years for men and 84.2 years for women. This life expectancy continues an upward trend of the last decade, and the Israeli life expectancy is higher than the OECD average.
Israel's population density in 2017 was reported as 373.2 people per km2. By comparison, Slovenia (who's territory is roughly the same size as Israel's) has a population density of 102 people per km2; Belgium (slightly larger than Israel) has a density of 364 people per km2.
Tel Aviv is Israel's densest region with 7,522 people per km2; Jerusalem has a density of 1,484 people per km2 and Bnei Brak is Israel's densest city with 22,145 people per km2.
The most popular cities for new immigrants to settle down in during 2014 were Tel Aviv and Netanya, with 3,275, and 3,102 new immigrants settling there, respectively.
2013 saw negative migration from Israel's largest cities, as people migrated to the suburbs and the surrounding hills. The greater Tel Aviv area lost 7,700 residents with the city itself losing 1,900. Jerusalem suffered a population loss of 7,400, while outlying areas such as Rehovot, Petah Tikva, Lod, and Modi'in experienced a net population increase. Petah Tikva experienced the largest population increase, with 3,100 individuals. Haifa and the West Bank reported total gains of 2,800 individuals as well.
Just under half of the Jewish population lives in the center of the country, either Jerusalem or Tel Aviv metropolitan areas. 60% of the Arab population lives in the north.
Jerusalem is Israel's largest city, with a population of 865,700.
Israel's male to female population ratio is 982 : 1,000.
Israel has 15 cities that are home to over 100,000 people.
Birth, Marriage & Divorce
The average age for an Israeli woman to be married in 2016 was 26.1 years old, and the average age for an Israeli woman to have her first child was 28.3. Teen births are uncommon in Israel, with births to women aged 19 and under accounting for 0.5% of national births during 2016.
175,000 babies were born and 43,000 Israelis died between September 2017 and September 2018.
Israel has the highest birth rate in the developed world, with an average of 3.11 children per woman. The distant runner-up is Mexico, with only 2.2 children per woman. The average fertility rate for countries like France, the U.S., Britain, Spain, and the Netherlands is less than two children per woman. The birth rates for Jewish and Arab Israeli women were identical (3.13 children per woman) for the first time in history during 2015.
Sources: Maytal Yasur Beit-Or.
Israel boasts highest fertility rate among OECD nations, Israel Hayom, (November 13, 2017);
Amir Alon.
Nearing nine million: Israel in numbers on eve of 2018, YNet News (December 31, 2017);
Ofer Aderet.
Israel's Population Near Nine Million on Eve of 70th Independence Anniversary, Haaretz, (April 16, 2018);
Ilan Lazarovich, As new year approaches, Israelis say they are happy, healthy, Israel Hayom, (September 5, 2018).


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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Kobe Days With Lakers Numbered?
Mike Brown is officially the head coach of the Lakers, which I found shocking. What I found even more shocking is that they didn't even tell Kobe. Since the beginning we have heard that Kobe wanted Brian Shaw, who was the assistant under Jackson (there were some others, but he seemed the most logical). Yet the Lakers decided they wanted "a new system" and not more of the same. In a way I understand, maybe they think it's time to blow things up.
Yet, when I sit back and think about it longer I think the Lakers are fucking morons. First off, as I said yesterday, Mike Brown is an awful coach. On top of that this "system" they are trying to get away from (triangle offense) is a system that won them championships.
I think Kobe has the right to be angry. I mean the Lakers followed him when he ran Shaq out of town, and though it took a little while it ended up in more rings. Kobe has been the face of this franchise for a long time now, and he has no say on who wil be coaching. I am against players deciding these things, but you have already let him run this franchise for years, so why the change now?
Unless the Lakers think Kobe is done, or it's time to move on. Very interesting. In my opinion Kobe still has enough left in the tank that he is a top 3 player in this league. Can he win it by himself? No, but if Gasol decided to show up this year then I think we might be talking about the Lakers in the finals, and from everything I am reading it sounds like it is mental with Gasol, so maybe he will be good to go next year.
This Gasol vs. Kobe thing is real. There were rumors Kobe's wife blew up Gasol's engagement. If that's true that could be tough to get around.
Either way, it does seem like the Lakers are getting past the "Kobe player/GM" and moving into a different era. I don't think Kobe is going to get along with this coach, so could that mean that Kobe could be playing in a different uniform? Strange to think about, and it's really hard to imagine, but if they start losing Kobe is going to throw a fit, and that fit is going to be focused on the front office for hiring this coach and not the guy he wanted.
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Bayard wall clock made in France
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Beautiful Bayard wall clock made in France in the 1950s. It features a laminated wood green case (Formica/Laminex) and an Art Deco dial. This clock can give a sophisticated touch to any room. This is a mechanical clock and has to be manually winded once a week to operate. It is in very good condition with only small age-related traces.
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Lot of 4 vintage table clocks (Blessing, Mauthe, Prim & Ruhla)Clocks, Misc Accessories, Special DiscountsLot of 4 vintage table clocks made in Germany (Blessing, Mauthe, & Ruhla) and Czechoslovakia (Prim). All are in full working order. Each of them need to be manually winded once a day to operate. Blessing: made in Germany in the 1950s, this mechanical alarm clock features Art Deco elements (hour marks, clock hands, clock base) and also the International Style aesthetics. Kept in very good vintage condition. Mauthe: made in Germany in the 1940s, this is an Art Deco mechanical alarm clock. The case, in beige, is in sharp contrast to the black dial. At the top and in the lower area, the golden accents complete the sober and elegant image of this clock. Although is kept in a good overall condition, there are some very discrete scratches on the glass; also the phosphorus on the hour and minute hands of the clock have some minor defects. Prim: made in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s, this is a metal case mechanical alarm clock. Kept in very good condition, this item is characterized by a minimalist, beautiful, modern look. Ruhla: made in Germany in the 1970s, this mechanical alarm clock features a bright orange plastic case and a black dial with bold, prominent, hour marks. A beautiful and highly collectible table clock, featuring an Atomic/Space Era aesthetics.
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About Mid-Century
Clockmaking was the economic engine of the small village of Saint Nicholas D'Aliermont in Normandy for over two hundred and fifty years, beginning with the arrival of Charles-Antoine Croutte in 1725. Son of a clockmaker, Charles-Antoine succeeded so well in attracting workers to the village that 25 years later in 1750, Saint Niicholas counted 8 production shops and 27 on the eve of the French revolution in 1789.
In 1867, Albert Villon established his clockmaking shop in Saint Nicholas and began creating small 'domestic' alarm and mantel clocks, utilizing Japy Frères' famous enamel dials. Villon identified his clocks by includiing his initials A.V. on the back and added his logo, the "lion passant" or walking lion which became the trademark for over eighty years.
In 1896, Albert Villon associated himself with Paul Duverdrey and Joseph Bloquel and the three of them created the company known as Albert Villon, Duverdrey et Bloquel which operated under that name until Villon's death in 1902.
It was then rebaptized Duverdrey & Bloquel and in 1928, the brand name Bayard was retained. Bayard was chosen in reference to a character of French history known as the Chevalier de Bayard, who was without fear and without reproach.
From 1928 to about 1932, many of the clocks produced were stamped with both names – Duverdrey & Bloquel – Bayard mostly on the clock mechanism and finally only Bayard was kept along with the logo of the walking lion. Interestingly, people still confuse the Bayard lion with the car manufacturer Peugeot's lion even though the two of them are dramatically different in design.
With the increasing mechanization of the manufacturing process, Bayard clocks were mass produced and exported to the four corners of the world during the 1930's – a feat in itself. They also produced models for private brands such as Tribaudeau and the Manufrance catalogue. Many of the clocks produced by Duverdrey & Bloquel did not have identification marks on the case, only on the clock's internal mechanism which makes identification sometimes a bit tricky. This is especially true for clocks that were manufactured for export.
The most easily recognizable Bayard clock is the one with the enamel dial and Roman numerals that was produced in varying sizes and case finishes.
This model ranged from the small "bijou" ladies clock in a leather carrying case, to a desk clock to the large mantle clock with a marble case weighing over 3 kgs.
The model on the left is one of Bayard's best- known and most popular. Produced around 1937, its chrome case and stylized numbering made it into a best-seller. It was also sold in brass, porcelain and stamped Bayard & Bayard . It was a completely new model of clock for the manufacturer.


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Paella Valenciana
I like eating food from different cuisines and Spanish cuisine is one of them. I don't mind that it originated from a country that colonized us for years. That was a thing of the past, right? Besides, their food is delicious. Today, my boyfriend brought me paella that he cooked, so it's safe to say this isn't my recipe. But he agreed to post this recipe in my blog for keepsake. 😍
Burger Steak Recipe
You know you are a Filipino when you hear of "burger steak", you think of Jollibee's. I'll be sharing with you this killer recipe that tastes pretty much the same as Jollibee's, minus the preservatives and the long line, especially now that it's the holiday season.
Tomato Fried Rice
For this week and until next week, I am in charge of the kitchen and especially in preparing breakfast for my siblings and niece so they don't go to school starving. Here is one easy meal that you can prepare for your loved ones in 20 minutes.
Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
My dad is fond of spicy food and I took after my father. 🤣 I decided to make this sandwich for him to eat while he is travelling.
Hearty Meaty Curry Recipe
Here is a simple and easy recipe that is close to my heart. My boyfriend, Jer, and I enjoy cooking together. He is great at portioning the ingredients, while I'm horrible at estimating them. To redeem myself, I'm the one who's in charge of the flavor and final touches of the dish. 😁 Who would have thought, right? If you've been reading this blog since 2009, you are probably aware that I used to be so horrible at cooking that even following a recipe ends up as a disaster. 😂


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Analysing the ecological impact of waste collection for MIWA/
The Context
MIWA is an intercommunale organisation aiming to develop a uniform and sustainable waste and material strategy by efficiently managing household waste to support a better environment. MIWA wants to be the reference on how to approach the environment and society in a sustainable way. They strive towards sustainable and efficient solutions whom are both ecologically and economically sound.
The Challenge
When Sint-Niklaas signed the Covenant of Mayors they asked Futureproofed to support them in developing a climate action plan. MIWA was one of the first pioneers to participate in the different workshops providing input for the development of this plan. They saw the possibilities of analysing their carbon footprint, learning from the insights and developing an action plan to support their strategic and operational decisions. What would be better: collecting different kinds of household waste with more heavy trash trucks or having all the people come individually by car? Or how do their avoided emissions compared to the scope 1&2 emissions? MIWA wants to make the most sustainable and efficient decisions based on both the economical and the ecological effects. MIWA asked Futureproofed to calculate the latter.
The Trajectory
Information was gathered for Scope 1 & 2 emissions (own operations), together with relevant data for Scope 3 emissions (upstream and downstream activities). Scope 3 focussed on MIWA's core business: the impact of the new recycling centre, the waste transport and the waste disposal. The study also looked into the avoided emissions of material recycling and energy recuperation. We also calculated what would have happened if the biggest fractions were not sorted.
Results and resolutions
MIWA's value chain carbon footprint provided good insights in their key impact areas. These insights ranged from strategic investment feedback for new recycling centres to operational initiatives. MIWA is now also informing their customers based on these numbers and is organising the first climate lab in Sint-Niklaas.
Country: Belgium
Client: MIWA
Sector: intercommunal waste collection
Services: Carbon management
Year: 2015


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Convienience – it's all about it these days isn't it? Especially being a mum. One thing I've learnt is that convienience is my friend.
It's month 6, I started out very prepared with weaning Nandy, Annabel Karmel book to the ready, I'd puréed broccoli, sweet potatoes and butternut squash within an inch of its life and frozen it into ice cube trays. Now this is where the fun started – whilst smashing frozen food out of ice cube trays one pinged up and smacked me square in the eye – the other flew up into the air and landed behind the freezer! Great! Not a great start!
Then ensued the defrosting element – thus had to be done in a jug if hot water which took hours as microwaving is considered bad due to hotspots in the food!
You can only imagine that this routine didn't go on long before I thought sod this for a game of soldiers and started looking to buy food – for convienience. But, what about when convienience doesn't suit – for example, the worry of wanting the best for your baby and what's easy for you as a mum!?
The answer – Piccolo food pouches – they are natural and contain foods which even I would normally eat, chickpeas, kale, sweet potatoes …. all those "in" things which a good for us and full of flavour and herbs.
Plus, they've just been made finalists for the 2017 best new brand in the world food innovation awards!!! How amazing is that! They are supported by the NCT too, which always gives you confidence.
Due to a lack of availability in my local supermarket I ordered a bulk of the pouches on Ocado.com for delivery to the house (even more convienient right!) my weaning journey literally transformed overnight.
Nandy LOVES the chickpea, squash and pepper purée, I mix it with his vegetables, cous cous, pasta, tuna … all manner of stuff! No more waste, no more defrosting, ease of transportation, fresh and tasty!
I also mixed the carrot pouch with some mashed potato!
I really wanted to try the mango, kale and pear with a hint yoghurt but couldn't locate it anywhere – so we were kindly sent a few pouches to try from Piccolo directly – they went went down a treat too!
So far the only pouch Nandy is yet to really enjoy is the chicken – it smells divine and just like a chicken roast! Perhaps he is going to be vegetarian – who knows!
Even though we try and follow baby led weaning we can still use the purees mixed with porridge for breakfast or with vegetables for tea!
Piccolo did not sponsor or endorse this post, all opinions are my own. We were sent a few pouches of food to try for free, but this was not in connection with any advertising. I chose to write about Piccalo of my own accord.
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Following Tuesday night's BBC Spotlight programme, which examined the issue of a pension for the seriously injured, victims umbrella organisation Innocent Victims United wishes to reiterate its position that terrorists must not benefit from a pension scheme alongside the innocent victims and survivors of violent, terrorist acts.
The programme was a timely reminder of the sheer depravity of terrorism, the mutilated bodies and minds that were left through the perpetration of evil within this society.
We accept that those who planted bombs causing injury to themselves, or who were shot whilst involved in a terrorist act and consequently injured, may well have health and welfare needs which cannot and will not be ignored by the state.
But we are clear that this does not and must not mean such individuals receiving a special pension alongside the innocents that they and their 'comrades' created.
Victims of clerical abuse receive compensation, not those who inflicted the abuse.
Why is the understood principle used in respect of other crimes not automatically being applied where terrorism and injury is concerned?
Ghandi once said that "the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members".
The very fact that innocent victims of terrorism are being asked would they be willing to accept a special pension (which they desperately need) if perpetrators and terrorists were also to be included is an illustration of how warped this society has become.
There are said to be ten terrorists – four republican and six loyalist – who would stand to potentially benefit from a special pension.
The proscribed organisations to which they swore allegiance could belatedly go some way to showing respect to the victims and survivors they created were they to step up and declare that they will assume responsibility for the financial needs of their injured 'comrades and soldiers'.
Unlike those innocent victims and survivors of terrorism, who were motivated to work to contribute to society and in-so-doing accumulate work-based pensions through their employment as civil servants, bank officials, bus drivers etc, the job title members of a proscribed terrorist organisation held was one of causing death and destruction within this society for the purpose of advancing their so-called political objectives.
When the Private Member's Bill on a pension for the seriously injured is brought before the Northern Ireland Assembly, political parties and individual politicians will either prove that they genuinely care about victims and survivors, or if their core motivation is about advancing a narrow, revisionist political agenda which is about decriminalising terrorism and its enduring effects.
Kenny Donaldson
Innocent Victims United


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Master Chief's cigar-chomping mentor Sgt. Avery Johnson is the star of the latest installment in the Halo book series, and publisher Tor Books has the cover art to prove it.
Penned by Halo co-creator and Bungie Studios lead writer Joseph Staten, Halo: Contact Harvest tells the story of humanity's first encounter with the Covenant horde and the ensuing civil war. In an image of the new art released today, Johnson walks with his squad through a field of wheat, battle rifle in hand, while explosions erupt in the background.
Staten started at Bungie in 1998, and has served as writer and cinematics director for Halo and Halo 2 and is currently working on Halo 3.
The book hits shelves October 2.


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A pair of delicate yet bold floral studs with a central oval-cut central crystal surrounded by many marquise cut crystals. A versatile pair of earrings to wear daily or for a special occasion.
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Aurora Dune Buggy (Yellow) [Good. Not original windshield.]
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Aurora Indy Car (Red) Slim Line chassis. [Good. Not original motor & exhaust.]
Aurora Car (Teal) Solid revit chassis [Good]
Dino Ferrari (White with Red stripe) [Good]
Aurora Ford GT(Blue) Solid revit chassis [Good]
Aurora LoLa #12 (Tan) Open revit chassis [Good.1 repaired window post.]
G Plus Indy Car #11 (Red & White) [Excellent. ]
G Plus Indy Car #11 (Orange & White) [Excellent. ]
Tyco Pro Corvette (Red/White/Blue) [Mint]
AFX Funny Car (White with Orange flames)) [Excellent. Not original rear bumper.]
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Bringing B4RN to Holme
February 12th, 2017
Most Recent News – Date : 12th Feb 2017
Application submitted for Infrastructure Grant
Holme Parish Council has submitted an application to South Lakeland District Council for a Local Infrastructure Grant. If this is succesful, it will cover roughly half of the cost of the B4RN service for Holme. The Village Hall, and Holme Community School will be major beneficiaries, together with important local businesses.
The final route is still a matter for agreement with local landowners, but a general route is shown as a guide
Residents wishing to receive B4RN services can do so for a connection fee of £150.00. The monthly fee if £30, giving a service many times faster than that presently available, together with services for telephone calls and video on demand.
The project as a whole will depend upon financial investment from the community – residents, property developers and business people. To see how you can invest, take a look at the detailed information here.
A series of public meetings will be held in March to answer questions about this exciting project and to invite you to invest on your local community.
If you want to find out more, please call Counc Vic Brown ( see Councillor details)
The following images show you what is involved :-
Watch out for Public Meeting soon to find out how you can help make this happen in Holme
Bringing B4RN ( Hyperfast Broadband) to Holme
Following recent expansion of the B4RN Rural Network towards Burton, and the new Auction Mart at J36, there is a very real possibiity of bringing this to Holme. The first priority will be to provide a service to the key businesses of in Holme, Elmsfield, and Holme Mills, but the service will also benefit community interests including the Village Hall and the Commuity School.
To understand the benefits of B4RN, take a look at this excellent video.
For this idea to work, it needs several important elements to come together :-
- Help of Landowners – to agree to a routing of the fibre cable ( the size of a small water pipe) across their land
- Private Investors – to invest in the project by a loan or shares to B4RN – this will include local businesses and local residents
- Community involvement – to help dig and lay the network, once funding has been secured, and agreements on the route have been finalised.
When could this happen ?
Funding has already been offered to bring the fibre from near J36 to Old Lane in Holme, and pipe is already in position from there to Elmsfield. The next stage, into Holme and Holme Mills, depends upon the cooperation of local landowners, offers of help, and funding. However, there is no reason why the service could not be live within the year.
A public meeting will be held in Holme during March, but before this time, a grant application will be made for a signficant proportion of the hardware which is needed. If this can be combined with other funding, then this project could easily become a reality.
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HOLLYYYYYY! My goodness, you are so stunning. I was looking through old blog posts and ... somehow missed ever sharing your gorgeous (sassy, empowered) images with the world. No time like the present, I guess!
Holly brought so much fun clothing with her to her boudoir session. I often like to keep it kind of simple when it comes to boudoir clothing selections (because I love featuring the person, instead of being super distracted by the clothing). But when someone brings in a swim suit (!) that is THIS amazing, and looks THIS good on her?! Uhhhh yes please, I will photograph you all day in this gorgeous teal/turquoise number.
This woman is one of the most strong, independent people I know. She is on a fierce health journey, she is a foster-mom extraordinare, and she also somehow manages to keep track of approximately a million animals on her land. And she makes a mean cake.
Holly, I am so glad I know you! Thank you for coming into my studio to play with me!


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Teviot sponsored the Documentary Strand at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival so of course it was only right that we headed down to this year's festival to see some of the documentaries for ourselves. And for us, one of the stand out films of the festival was Teenage Superstars, director Grant McPhee's follow up to 2015's Big Gold Dreams.
Teenage Superstars tells the story of the pre-Britpop, Scottish music scene from the early 80s to early 90s. The film is a mix of archive footage and interviews and focuses on the conception and incubation of several Scottish bands, including The Pastels, BMX Bandits, The Vaselines, Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, The Soup Dragons and The Jesus & Mary Chain. It's a charismatic documentary that gives a great insight into the music scene in Glasgow during the 1980s and we're sure it'll create a feeling of nostalgia for many Scottish music fans.
After the screening there was a Q&A session with Producer Wendy Griffin and Editor/Co-producer Angela Slaven and below we've got some of the stand out questions from the session…
Was there always a plan to make two films?
"Originally no, director Grant McPhee had been filming for 10 years so there was an incredible amount of footage to use – he wouldn't stop interviewing people! The original plan was to make just the one film, but due to the insane amount of footage it had to be split into two films. And after reviewing all the footage it was easy to see the natural split of the two films."
You must have to be quite trusting as an artist when you're doing interviews for things like this, as it's so easy to edit footage and and paint a different picture – what is your take on this?
"The artists placed their trust in us, for a few of them it was their first time doing an interview like this for a film so it was a really big thing for them – but we made sure everyone spoke for themselves and said what they wanted to say. We are also such big fans so we naturally wanted to portray everyone interviewed in a good light. We approached many of the interviews from a fans perspective, as well as a storyteller's perspective – so as well as chatting to the artists/bands for the film it was a great way to discover new things about the artists."
Did anyone object to their portrayal in the film?
"Luckily no, many artists saw the earlier cuts of the documentary/their interviews as Grant always ran it by them so they knew what was coming – he loved getting people involved."
Why was there no music from The Soup Dragons or Primal Screen used in the movie?
"Simple answer – cost. One of the songs that is mentioned in the documentary is 'I'm Free' by The Soup Dragons – their UK chart breakthrough song. But of course due to this being an up-tempo cover of a Rolling Stones song, if we wanted to use this in the documentary then it would have cost more to use than the production of the entire film. And since the music is still relatively well known we thought it wasn't vital that it was included."
Were there any bands or artists you wanted involved in the film but couldn't get?
"The Reid brothers (The Jesus & Mary Chain) and Bobbie Gillespie (Primal Scream)
But the charm of the film is that there are lots of bands and artists involved who haven't actually been on screen in this type of interview format before – so that's really cool."
Why was Kim Deal chosen to narrate the film?
"Kim was chosen due to her connection with The Breeders. She was great about the whole thing, she appreciated the fact that it was a low budget film and recorded her narration in her studio at her house and even sent over three different versions – although one recording was super slow and sounded a little bit like a late night call line so we didn't use that version for obvious reasons. There were also one or two Scottish pronunciation issues but we got that all sorted!"
Director Grant McPhee unfortunately could not attend the Q&A but he very kindly answered a question we emailed over to him…
How do you feel the music scene in Scotland today, compares with that of the music scene in the mid 80s to early 90s?
"I think musically there is a lot of fantastic stuff going on still today. It's very hard for anywhere with such a big shadow as Postcard hanging over it to move away from that. Its influence is still everywhere, and doing the opposite of Postcard to just be different only makes it as apparent. Postcard really changed things for Glasgow in a fundamental way and it must be very difficult to not be influenced. So other than trying to just make good music there's the added inevitable comparisons which will be made from labels past. And that included the bands featured in Teenage Superstars. Our film took the approach that the bands of the mid 80s and early 90s had different ideologies and a set of different influences. But even in 1985 it was only 20 years since Rubber Soul and there were still new genres to be discovered. Now it's more than 50.
But Scotland has always had a pop sensibility and a desire to write the perfect pop song and I think that will always be the case regardless of what form or package that takes. And even now perfect pop songs are still being written with a far more diverse sense of influences. Postcard and the Creation/53rd bands have cross pollinated across the world and that influence has come back to Scotland in different forms, and that can only be a good thing."
They finished the session letting the audience know that there's a plan to put on a few Scottish events and screen both of the films together – so keep your eyes peeled for that!
As well as sponsoring the renowned Documentary Strand at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Teviot also designed and built the new website, which you can check out here. The new site was designed using the latest digital innovation and best practice and there was a heavy focus on creating a clear and more intuitive user experience – and we're extremely proud of the end result!
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Local Area Mobility (LAM) – the true story
Every time I mention that Cisco IOS had Local Area Mobility (LAM) (the feature that would come quite handy in today's virtualized data centers) more than a decade ago, someone inevitably asks "why don't we use it?" LAM looks like a forgotten step-child, abandoned almost as soon as it was created (supposedly it never got VRF support). The reason is simple (and has nothing to do with the size of L3 forwarding tables): LAM was always meant to be a short-term kludge and L3 gurus never appreciated its potentials.
To understand the context in which LAM was launched, we have to time-travel back to the early 1990's. Ethernet LANs had been traditionally built with thick or thin coax (sometimes resulting in nice spaghetti mess) and people were busy implementing the brand new 10Base-T (twisted pair) standard and deploying switches to increase the total available bandwidth. Many building (or even campus) networks were still implemented as a single layer-2 domain and people were learning the hard way that bridges (oops, I should have said switches) were not very good at isolating broadcast storms generated by faulty NICs or broken software.
The gurus promoting large-scale bridging in modern data centers seem to be too young to remember those days, so they'll have to re-learn the lessons of the past. As @icemarkom said: "I can't wait to see @ioshints series of articles when new L2 gizmotrons* start failing in few years."
Smart network designers quickly realized that only the routers could provide true isolation between layer-2 domains. However, there was no DHCP (the first DHCP RFC appeared in October 1993) and BOOTP wasn't widely used in some environments, so most IP hosts had static IP addresses. Splitting them into multiple layer-2 domains (and thus multiple IP subnets) would require a major renumbering effort, including visiting each and every workstation, logging in with administrative password (LDAP or AD weren't available either and not everyone was using Kerberos) and changing the IP address.
It was way easier to invent a network-layer kludge that would solve the problem and thus LAM was born. Using LAM you could easily split a single IP subnet into multiple subnets and handle the hosts that landed in the wrong subnet as exceptions covered by host routes.
However, as Roland Dobbins pointed out in a comment to my Layer-3 gurus: asleep at the wheel post: current LAM implementation sucks. More about that in another post.
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I worked with a moderate-sized hospital that was using LAM as of about 18 months ago to deal with medical modailty machines (portable MRI and ultrasound equipment, etc) that would move between multiple wings of the building. The machines had static IPs and were more-or-less "unchangeable." According to the manufacturer changing the IP address was a major operation, and would invalidate all earlier studies by disassociating the machine with its prior studies in the database.ReplyDelete
LAM was used to deal with this, apparently on advice from Cisco TAC. I found it to be buggy though. One thing we encountered multiple times was that the router would occasionally do an ARP check to validate that the LAM'd device was still on the segment, and use that to persist the injected /32 route. Problem was, a well-meaning but poorly-configured L3 switch interface on the same segment would respond to the ARP with the proxy ARP feature and "refresh" the entry on the router. So the router would draw traffic for that device toward it even when the device had moved back to it's "real" subnet. The router didn't seem to track or notice a change in the MAC associated with that mis-located IP.
But as usual, this network-layer kludgery "fixed" an abhorrent application design...
I wrote a white paper back in October 2004 on how we used LAM in two instances; one like Bob mentioned above for a hospital while we migrated the network (so it was used temporarily then removed) and once to migrate a data center - again as a temp feature, but worked perfectly.ReplyDelete
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Court of Appeals of North Carolina
November 7, 2017
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINAv.THOMAS EVERRETTE, JR.
in the Court of Appeals 9 August 2017.
by defendant from judgments entered 16 August 2016 by Judge
Wayland J. Sermons, Jr. in Martin County Superior Court No.
Attorney General Joshua H. Stein, by Special Deputy Attorney
General Keith Clayton, for the State.
Patterson Harkavy LLP, by Paul E. Smith, for
Thomas Everrette, Jr. appeals from judgments entered after a
jury convicted him of three counts of obtaining property by
false pretenses under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-100. This
case presents the issue of whether
obtaining-property-by-false-pretenses indictments charging a
defendant with obtaining an unspecified amount of
"credit" secured through the issuance of an
unidentified "loan" or "credit card, " is
a sufficiently particular description of what he allegedly
obtained, such that it conferred jurisdiction upon the trial
court to enter judgments against him. Because we conclude
this vague language fails to describe what was obtained with
sufficient particularity, as required to enable a defendant
adequately to prepare a defense, we hold the indictments
failed to vest the trial court with jurisdiction.
Accordingly, we vacate defendant's convictions and arrest
the resulting judgments.
In June
2013, defendant joined Weyco Community Credit Union
("Weyco"). On 25 June, defendant applied for a
collateralized loan from Weyco. As part of the loan
application process, defendant completed a "verification
of employment" form indicating that Bail American
Surety, LLC ("Bail American") was his employer, and
listing its physical address and telephone number. On 27
June, defendant applied for a secured vehicle loan of $14,
399.00 to buy a Suzuki motorcycle ("Motorcycle
Loan"), as well as a credit card with a credit limit of
$2, 000.00 ("Credit Card"). These applications
listed Bail American as defendant's employer and were
approved by a Weyco loan officer that same day. On 3 July,
defendant applied for and obtained another secured vehicle
loan of $56, 976.00 to buy a Dodge truck ("Truck
Loan"). This application did not list defendant's
employment information.
On 31
July, defendant submitted his first payment on the Motorcycle
Loan via a $281.95 check draft, which was later returned for
insufficient funds. On 2 August, defendant submitted his
first payment of $891.27 on the Truck Loan. On 30 August,
defendant made his second payment on the Motorcycle Loan. But
because defendant had defaulted on his first Motorcycle Loan
payment, and since the Motorcycle Loan and Truck Loan
(collectively, the "Vehicle Loans") were
cross-collateralized, defendant was in default on both loans.
after Weyco issued defendant the Vehicle Loans and Credit
Card, Bank Branch and Trust's ("BB&T")
fraud department alerted a Weyco representative that an
unusual transaction had gone through Weyco's BB&T
checking account. BB&T faxed Weyco a copy of the check
from that transaction, and defendant's name was
typewritten on the upper-left corner of the check.
BB&T's alert prompted a Weyco loan officer
supervisor, Gay Roberson, to investigate.
attempted to verify defendant's employment information by
calling the telephone number listed for Bail American on
defendant's Motorcycle Loan and Credit Card applications.
The number returned a different company. After Roberson's
internet search for the company name proved fruitless, she
discovered the physical address listed for Bail American
belonged to a different business. Roberson eventually
contacted law enforcement.
Sergeant Gene Bullock of the Williamston Police Department
searched the North Carolina Secretary of State's records
to locate the entity, Bail American, and was unsuccessful.
But Sergeant Bullock found records of an entity named
"Everette's Bail Bonding, Inc., " formed in
2000 and dissolved in 2005, as well as an entity named
"Thomas Everette, Jr., LLC, " formed in 2011 and
dissolved in 2014, at some point after Weyco had issued
defendant the Vehicle Loans and Credit Card. Defendant was
later arrested and charged.
On 30
March 2015, a grand jury of Martin County indicted defendant
for three counts of obtaining property by false pretenses
under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-100. The indictment for the
first count, arising from Weyco's issuance of the Credit
Card, charged that defendant "obtain[ed] credit, from
Weyco" and alleged that "this property was obtained
by means of giving false employment information on an
application for a credit card so as to qualify for said
credit care [sic] which was issued to him based upon the
false information." The indictments for the second and
third counts, arising from the Vehicle Loans, were identical
save for the offense dates, and charged that defendant
"obtain[ed] credit, from Weyco" and that "this
property was obtained by means of giving false information on
an application for a loan so as to qualify for said loan
which loan was made to defendant."
trial, Roberson testified that BB&T's potential fraud
alert prompted her to investigate defendant's employment.
Over defendant's objection, the State admitted into
evidence the fax from BB&T, a screenshot of the image of
the check containing defendant's name typewritten in its
upper-left corner. Handwritten under the check's image
was "BB&T Ck fraud." At the close of the
State's evidence, defendant unsuccessfully moved to
dismiss the charges. He argued the State failed to present
sufficient evidence he misrepresented his employment
information, in light of the evidence he elicited on
cross-examination indicating that the two entities he
previously owned, Everette's Bail Bonding, Inc. and
Thomas Everette, Jr., LLC, did business as Bail American.
represented himself pro se with standby counsel. He
called his brother, Mr. James Joyner, and asked him about
defendant's prior work history as a bail bondsman and his
efforts to make timely loan payments. Joyner testified that
defendant had worked as a bail bondsman for most of his life,
that defendant used "Bail American" or "Bail
American Bail Bondsman" on business cards and
advertisements, and that Joyner helped defendant make loan
payments when needed.
cross-examination, the State asked Joyner how long he knew
defendant to be a bail bondsman; Joyner replied:
"[B]asically, all his adult life." The State asked
whether defendant was a licensed bail bondsman; Joyner
replied: "[A]s far as I know." Then the State
asked, over defendant's objection, whether Joyner knew
defendant had previously been convicted for impersonating a
bail bondsman; Joyner replied: "Did I know that he was
impersonating a bail bondsman? No. I don't know about
that impersonating." The State inquired no further. At
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Hi Peter,
Thanks for the prompt reply! I would like to know if there is a script or
a way that my form instead of posting from the form in real time onto a
.txt file would post it directly in a table in the html page?
Look at this mess http://libertyprofit.netfirms.com/lists.html
It would be nicer without the free hosts banners but you get the idea of
the 3 frames each with their .txt file I put that contain the names of
those who would of just submitted.
Now, there is something about the names not going one under the other and
it has something to do with the format I am saving the file. Still trying
to figure that one out...
It would look much more professional if I could put a table on an html
page and when people would submit, their names would go in a nice layout
page with a table with 3 colums instead of frames.
If I could only update the text file and the html page would update also.
I say that because I have to delete names sometimes from the list as
people fool around. I would need a script to reject bad words people post
instead of their names. But I guess updating the html table would be ok
Do you get the idea Peter of what I am trying to acheive?
Dear *NAME-DELETED*!
What you want to achive will get more and more complex. If you want to
learn the technology how to program web, go ahead and read my answer. If
you are only interested a bit and just want to save money not emloying a
professional to set up a web site that fits your purpose, rethink it
twice. If the second case is true try to estimate the final business needs
you have and if that is real business, then you really will save money
paying a professional.
I am not selling myself, I do not accept such a job.
And now to the technology:
There are two phases in such a task that you want to achieve.
1. Get the data from the web form and store it in some data store. A data
store can be a text file, MySQL, ORACLE and so on. It is even possible to
store the data temporarily in memory.
2. Get the data from the data source and format it for display on client
You can mix the two, but you have to know that they are essentially two
different tasks. The data store has to have a format that allows easy and
programmatical edition of the data (delete, modify records). Thus a plain
text file may fit your needs.
The second task is also performed by a program that reads the data from
the data store (from text file) and formats it into nicely formatted HTML
(or whatever format you need). This can be another CGI program, or the
program that alters the text file may also generate the HTML and place it
among other static HTML files so that the webserver can display it.
In short: store the data in a text file and have another CGI that displays
the data in HTML read from the text file.
I hope this helps.
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Cwallpaper is a ultra lightweight wallpaper changer based on FLTK ...
(it basically manages wallpaper for Open/Flux box... PekWM... etc. while avoiding Gtk/Qt bloat)
IMHO... this could be a nice addition to the Porteus pantheon of modules...
(unfortunately it has not yet been posted to http://webwarper.net/ww/~av/slakfinder.org)
Disclaimer: This is a module request ... https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/request
so... if any response to this thread is "do it yourself" then it would be logical to post a thread in (or link to) "Tutorial" explaining how.
Best Regards...A formal message requesting something.
Posted by 188.8.131.52 via http://webwarper.net
This is added while posting a message to avoid misusing the service


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Quiet these last few weeks. Reflective.
Humbled by the amount of people who came to Dad's Mass and sent food or cards or emails or texts.
Missing my dad – missing the dad of my childhood who made me laugh. Remembering that he wasn't a saint and he could be a miserable SOB when he wanted to be. Wishing I had visited him even more than I did when he was at the nursing home.
Thinking about so many of my life decisions I made because of his influence – now knowing they were not necessarily the directions I would have taken in my life if he had not been in it.
Remembering that he was the best father he knew how to be and forgiving him his addictions.
Watching and trying my best to help my Mom navigate this world without him. Making sure I call her every day and include her every time I go out somewhere so she can get out of that apartment that holds so many memories.
My mom has started the great clean out….prompted by my sister referenced below. She is getting rid of so many of my father's belongings and ships and planes that he built. His many hats, walking sticks, watches, ties, etc. I asked and received his two rings that he wore his entire life until he became so thin they slipped off his fingers. I have a little corner set up in my family room with some mementos that make me smile when I glance over at them.
My sister and I have not spoken to each other since the day after the funeral when she woke me from a deep sleep and insisted that we meet to discuss " the mixed messages" I was giving my mom concerning where she was going to live. After throwing my phone across the room, I decided it was better for me to remove her from my auto dial for a while. Now, I don't know how to smooth the waters.
Dad is still not in his final resting place – some clerical error at the nursing home – but I think his ashes will finally be laid to rest on April 5th.
Remembering how lost I felt at the luncheon after his Mass and realizing who I was looking for. I always took care of my Dad at these functions …found him a chair, made sure his ice tea glass was full, held his arm when he was coming and going, and he wasn't there to be taken care of this time.
Miss you, Daddy.


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Thursday, February 18, 2010
The One Where He Raced Against Death
Back in 2005, Robert Jordan (which is a pen name for James Oliver Rigney, Jr.) announced that this twelfth book would at last end the series. He had slowed down to a book about every two years, and long about the beginning of 2007, I began to search the internet for news about this eagerly awaited (certainly by me) novel. I found a website called "Dragonmount" which was apparently Jordan's official website, and also a blog of sorts for him. It was then and there that I read the distressing news: Robert Jordan had been diagnosed with the fatal heart disease cardiac amyloidosis. He had begun a race against the disease to finish this last book, A Memory of Light.
I began visiting that site frequently, as I was saddened by this news, but also fascinated by the idea that he was so determined to finish this work. The disease unfortunately progressed quickly, and rather than working to complete the novel, Jordan began to feverishly prepare for the eventuality that another novelist would complete the novel for him. He said, "I'm getting out notes, so if the worst actually happens, someone could finish a Memory of Light and have it end the way I want it to end." On September 16th of 2007, Jordan lost that race, and the conclusion of his life's work was up in the air.
In December of 2007, Tor Books announced that Brandon Sanderson, a fantasy author and Brigham Young University professor, was to finish A Memory of Light. He was chosen by Jordan's widow in part because she liked his fantasy novels, and in part because of a eulogy Sanderson had written for Jordan.
I am totally down with that, since I was not really ready for it to be over, and also because Sanderson did a bang-up job of honoring the memory of Robert Jordan with a seamless transition in this book. I don't do many book reviews here, but if you are an utterly hopeless sci-fi fantasy geek like me, and prefer books that are not sexually explicit (too many of them are, I am afraid), and you don't mind an 800-page read, this is a great series. I love the characters, and the amazing premise Jordan created. If you decide to attempt it, you will want to start with "Eye of the World."
5 comments:
- Tyler said...
Mom, you said dragon for the second post in a row. I that the theme for the week or rather you were reading this book during that time.
- February 18, 2010 at 12:10 PM
- Victoria said...
It is not the theme for the week, but I'll bet I can manage to work it into every post:)
- February 18, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- Just ME the MOM said...
Hee - I noticed that also.
My son loves Robert Jordan, I'll have to share this information with him, I bet he's unaware of it. I haven't read any of his books - but hear good things!
- February 18, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- Cherie said...
My husband and Ryan (my oldest) also are VERY into this series and have read them all. Ryan just finished The Gathering Storm and LOVED IT and was also very excited that this BYU professor had written it and done such an outstanding job!
I learned something new about you - I didn't know you were a sci-fi geek :D
- February 18, 2010 at 7:46 PM
- Debbie / Cranberry Fries said...
I still haven't read this yet but I think I'd like to pick up one of Brandons books. He's a local Utah author so he's been at a few of the events I've gone to this past year. In fact he was the keynote speaker at one and is just so funny. Glad to hear you've liked the series. I've heard fabulous things about it.
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Re: "Equality is a variable" (Thomas Whittington, Letters, Jan. 13).
Mr. Whittington refers to Section 8 housing projects as a "breeding ground for criminal activity." He also says that Section 8 freeloaders, and other undesirables live in "Felony Flats" in Apple Valley.
Let me remind Mr. Whittington that we are, as a country, in a financial crisis. Many hard working individuals have lost their jobs, their homes, their financial base. Many families have lost their homes, and find suitable housing and shelter for their families.
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There have been numerous letters posted by Victor Valley residents who claim that the Daily Press is biased and skews all political views to the right.
I would suggest they join the threads on Politico.com for some spirited debate, as I have for quite some time. The evolution of those debates goes like this: Start with the issue, everyone provides links and charts to prove their positions, next comes the demeaning name calling, followed by topic drift.
In the long run, both sides couldn't have been right, but most often what happens is those on the losing side refuses to admit they were ever wrong to begin with, if over time their position is somehow proven to be wrong. Who is the final arbiter of truth? We haven't found that unbiased person yet.
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While Donna Seep is right about what is happening in Arizona she omits the fact that it was conservative Republican Governor Jan Brewer that cancelled the program that paid for life-saving organ transplants for low income people, leaving now 96 people, two having already died, facing death if they cannot pay for their own transplants. Brewer continues to ignore pleas to restore the funding or even call a special session of the Republican-dominated state legislature to discuss the issue.
Fox News reporting is less than honest. It is infamous for its far right bias, twisting and distorting of facts, half-truths, innuendos and outright lies. This is the network that gives us people like Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly, who recently embarrassed himself yet again when in a debate with an atheist he tried to use the tides as proof of the existence of God, saying "Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that. You can't explain why the tide goes in." Yeah, this is credible source of information.
Those who blindly believe and repeat whatever they're told by the right-wing echo chamber, which constitutes about 98 percent of the Daily Press Opinion page, are in a very poor position to accuse others of being "brainwashed."
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The Daily Press has responded to the Tucson tragedy in the way we've all come to expect, by bombarding us with far-right editorials, commentaries and cartoons with no opposing views presented. The most offensive of these pieces has (so far) been Michael Reagan's "A fool with a badge is still a fool" (Jan. 13).
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has investigated the death threats against local Democrats like Gabrielle Giffords and the vandalizing of their offices. When it comes to the connection between such acts and the hateful, inflammatory rhetoric coming from the right he knows what he's talking about and he told the truth. When Gabrielle Giffords' father was asked by police if she had any enemies he said "The entire Tea Party." Reagan's rants about the majority of liberals being "mentally disjointed" or "failing to recognize reality," all things that could also be said about Reagan and his ilk, stand as perfect illustrations of Dupnik's point.
Reagan goes on to repeat the lie that Dupnik was somehow aware of Jared Lee Loughner and his "obviously foreseeable" plans to attack Giffords and is therefore responsible for the shooting spree that left six dead, including a 9-year-old girl born on Sept. 11, 2001. This claim, like everything else these people say, is complete and utter hogwash.
If Reagan, Rush Limbaugh and the like really believe this, why don't they invite Dupnik onto their programs and make these allegations to his face so he can respond?
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Apple Valley
Re: "A fool with a badge is still a fool" (Michael Reagan, Commentary, Jan. 13).
Michael Reagan's father, Ronald Reagan, would be very proud and Michael can certainly speak from his heart in this latest piece.
He calls the recent slaughter in Tucson exactly what it is and did not once use the word "alleged." Over and over the media must use that word even in cases of outright documented murder. Furthermore, Michael calls Jared Loughner just what he is, "crazy as a loon," and "nutty as a fruitcake." Oh heavens, someone is bound to yell that Loughner's rights are being violated. How many non-violent, nonmurdering citizens are tired of the delicate glove treatment for those among us who place no sanctity on human life?
Reagan's questions concerning the poor performance of Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik are valid and those local citizens need to act (vote next election) for their own physical protection and their freedom of speech. Dupnik is miles removed from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio when it comes to fulfilling the job that he was elected to do.
When local citizens of the High Desert feel they must correct every word written by another person, and complain about the Daily Press for "leaning," maybe they could turn to experienced quality writers carried in the Daily Press: Michael Reagan, George Will, Kathleen Parker, Star Parker, Charles Krauthammer and others have great insight regarding the political issues in the United States of America.
We need to read for educational purposes and not for playing "king of the mountain."
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Apple Valley
We shouldn't jump to conclusions. Speculation would serve no purpose at this juncture. The shooter is a Muslim, but we don't know his motivation, so at this point in time, the responsible and prudent thing to do is tread lightly until we gather more facts.
These are only a few of the mainstream media's comments immediately following the Fort Hood shooting in 2009 where a Muslim Army Major murdered 13 Army service members. On Jan. 8, the obviously far-left and biased media threw caution to the wind and ignored their own advice by jumping to conclusions about the Tucson Arizona shooter.
The shooter is a white male, so to them his obvious political affiliation is conservative. That is without a doubt "racial profiling." After jumping to their conclusion with absolutely no facts to back it up, they embarked on a tirade of smears against all conservatives that were so blatantly heinous, they cannot be considered anything less than "hate speech." I know the reporting by the lamestream media would have been much different if the shooter were black, Hispanic or Muslim.
There is talk from some members of Congress to bring back the Fairness Doctrine, because in their mind, the Tucson shooting was because of right-wing radio and television celebrities.
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Authorities are refusing to let a doting father visit his little girl in the hospital as she lays dying of cancer. My goodness, what a horrible dad this must be that hospital workers and security have blocked this father from seeing his 2-year-old daughter, who may not have much time left? What terrible, awful thing did he do? Well, he gave his toddler, who is in the late-stages of cancer, cannabis oil to help relieve her symptoms. Now not only is he not allowed to see his little girl -- but he faces prison too!
Adam Koessler, who lives in Brisbane, Australia, has watched his little girl, Rumer, battle stage 4 cancer. On January 2, Koessler was arrested after giving his daughter medicinal cannabis oil, which is not legal in Australia. He says the results were "miraculous" and Rumer "was alive again -- almost instant quality of life."
According to Koessler, after being given the cannabis oil mixed with coconut oil, Rumer started eating "like a champ" and she finally wanted to play outside again instead of curling up in a ball on her bed.
What dad wouldn't want to see this type of improvement? What dad wouldn't do anything, anything to stop his little girl's pain?
But after traveling to the hospital with Rumer, he met up with her mother, from whom he is separated, and found himself suddenly arrested. It's not clear how police knew what he'd given her.
He is charged with supplying dangerous drugs to a person under 16 and possessing a dangerous drug. His bail conditions mean he can't see Rumer, who is deteriorating with seizures, and who is now on morphine after being taken off the cannabis oil.
If I were a mother, I wouldn't necessarily want my sick child's father deciding her course of treatment. Perhaps the mom got angry that he went ahead and gave the girl cannabis without discussing it with her or doctors.
On the other hand, it's just inhumane to keep the little girl from seeing her daddy, especially when her time sounds very limited.
Perhaps the dad does need to go through the legal system, but he should be allowed to see his child -- why should SHE be punished? Now isn't the time to debate the merits of medical marijuana, but it IS the time to let a little girl behold her daddy again before she leaves this planet. This is unbelievably cruel.
But there may be more here than Koessler's version of events. Rumer's mother, Sacha Maujean, has reportedly been online saying that Koessler has never been a part of Rumer's life and that he started fundraisers that went to him and not to Rumer. Sounds like a big ol' mess. It's very confusing because if he is not a part of Rumer's life, how did he give her cannabis oil? Why was he at the hospital? How are there pictures of the two of them together?
Hopefully these two can put aside their differences for the time being. The good news is that Rumer's Recovery page makes it sound like she's doing a lot better.
More from The Stir: Dad Gives Toddler Marijuana & I Would Too
Meanwhile, a petition has been started to reinstate Koessler's parental rights.
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4 Comments:
- delu said...
me recuerda en algo a Quino, no sé por qué. Sí está muy bien.
- Oscar Grillo said...
Es muy posible que Quino te recuerde a Andre Francois...Le comentare a Quino esta comparacion que creo que lo hara feliz.
- Matt J said...
My God, that's stunning - thanks for sharing that Oscar. I only became aware of Andre Francois when I read his obituary last year in the Times! They published a superb drawing of NYC too. Do you know if there are any books available on him? I'll be in Paris next week - there MUST be something available over there.
- Oscar Grillo said...
I suppose you know that ALL his work burned in a studio fire when he was 85 years old...A tragedy.
I have a DVD with a programe about him made just before it happened and it is heart wrenching!
There are few books about him. "The Tattooed Sailor", "The Half Naked Knight" and "Andre Francois" edited by Edward Booth-Clibborn..This is around and you may find it in Charing Cross second hand bookshops.
Then there were several children books and collections of cartoons by him. They are quite difficult to find. I met him in the nineteen nineties. He was a BEAUTIFUL man!...He described himself as a Painter who was a "Sunday Cartoonist"..A genius!!!


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