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Signups are now open for GrifballHub's very first Halo 4 Grifball League! Our league, called the Good Games League (GGL), is a recreational Grifball league that welcomes all teams, regardless of your level of experience. So if you are a squad of grizzled pros, or if you are new to the game, you are all welcome to join!
If your team is ready to sign up for the classic divisions, click here.
If your team wants to sign up for the veteran divisions, check below.
And everyone should read on for more information…
Every team will play two games per week for five weeks at a set time, for a total of ten games. This is a great way to make friends in your division and in the Grifball community. You will get to fill your friends' list with other Grifballers and have great people with which to play more Grifball games! After the regular season, the top teams will advance to the playoffs.
When you sign up, you will be given a choice of gamenights. Your team can choose from:
When we place your team in a division, you are to play every game of the regular season at your chosen time.
Let's walk through an example:
Your team normally gets online to play Halo every Wednesday evening. So when you sign up for the Grifball league, you pick the Wednesdays at 10:00PM EST time slot. Once registration closes on November 23, you will be placed into a division with five other teams that can also play on Wednesdays at 10:00PM EST.
We will give you a schedule that tells you who to play each week. You will get online with your team every Wednesday night (November 28, December 5, 12, 19, and 26) and play two games of Grifball: One against your first opponent for the week, and one against your second opponent of the week. This means you will play two games per week for five weeks, for a total of ten games over the course of the regular season. You will only be required to play on your chosen night.
If having regularly scheduled Grifball matches every week sounds good to you, then you can sign up your team here!
Note: When you sign up you will receive a confirmation e-mail. To confirm that you will play in the league, please simply reply to that e-mail.
Although we can't directly place you on to a team, we can help you meet new people, including captains that are looking for new players.
Your first stop should be to post in the Looking for a Team thread. Be sure to include your gamertag and any other important information you can, such as your availability and experience.
Your second stop should be to participate in one of our Free Agent mixers. GrifballHub is running one on Friday, November 16, starting at 8:00PM EST. To receive an invitation, simply post your gamertag in this thread. We will be running lobbies of eight players and playing Grifball for a few hours.
A second mixer is being run on Tuesday, November 20 at 9:00PM EST. For more details check out this article.
If you are the enterprising sort, you can even start your own team! Go to the Looking for a Team thread and be proactive — contact other free agents and try to put together a team of four or more for the league.
Finally, just keep an eye on the forums and other GrifballHub events for chances to meet other Grifballers. Become active in the community, get noticed by other Grifballers, and you may soon find yourself on a squad!
You're in luck! Not only does the GGL offer you a kick-ass Grifball games every week, but we also supply teams with a list of (optional) Grifball Achievements to pursue during your league games! We call them "Achieveables."
Achieveables are 100% optional for all teams. If you'd like, your team can safely ignore them, still make the playoffs, and rise to the upper echelons of Grifball glory. But if you want a little more spice in your games, we are here to provide!
Each Achieveable is worth a certain number of GrifPoints. The total number of GrifPoints your team has won is called your GrifScore. Achieveables are all team-based, so your team earns them together. There is no such thing as an individual Achieveable. While some Achieveables require only one person on the team to complete a feat, they all count towards your team's GrifScore.
No Achieveables will require you to stat-pad. They will never be tied to earning killing sprees or Killionaires. Achieveables are a challenge, meaning that they will actually make it more difficult for your team to win. We may ask you to win the game with an overall negative Kill/Death spread, for example, or to play a match without using the sword!
So what good are Achieveables? At the end of the regular season, the teams with the highest GrifScores will make the playoffs, regardless of their record! So you can go 0-10 and still make the playoffs! Note, though, that this is in addition to the teams that make the post-season by winning their divisions or earning themselves a wildcard spot.
We will release a full list of all the season's Achieveables at the start of the first week. For more information, please check out this page.
Veteran divisions will be open to teams with a proven track record of playing their games. Generally speaking, this means teams with six or more seasons of league experience. If a team has fewer than six seasons, but believes they have a strong history of playing Grifball, they can register.
Veteran divisions will have six teams each, and teams will play more than two games per week. During signups, teams will tell us how many games per week they would like to play. The schedule for the division will reflect this consensus. Furthermore, teams will choose from a list of 20 gametime options to help us formulate the schedule. Teams are encouraged to choose as many gametimes as they can during registration…and to have a roster big enough to cover all those times!
You see, regular season games in the veteran divisions will never be postponed. There will be no make-up week, no free scheduling. Teams are expected to get on at gametime and play. If a team does not show, that team will receive a loss.
Relatedly, games in the veteran divisions will all be eligible to be streamed. Since all the scheduling is set-in-stone, we will be able to more easily set up a streamer for the match and show the game to a wider audience! Teams should enter with the assumption that any of their games may be streamed.
Not everything will be different for the veteran divisions, though — Teams can use subs for their squad if both captains agree on the player. Everyone can still go for Achieveables. And both the veteran divisions and the classic divisions will feed into the same playoff bracket for the post-season.
If you want to sign up for a veteran division, click here.
For more information on veteran divisions, check out this article.
Let us know if you have any questions. See you on the court!
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Gah!!!! I love pink flowers, AND coffee… hm, I can't sew, but I'll learn! Yep, if I plan it just right I could have these weird little ceramic dogs in every corner of my house! They are the work of Berlin / Stockholm based artist Eleonor Boström. I discovered her through Sara Barnes and the lovely show, titled Lost Dogs, that Sara currently has up in her online gallery, eyra. Here's a little taste of what you'll find:
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{psst… The shadow dogs are $70, and the bowl dogs are $250. For other bits, visit Eleonor's etsy shop}

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Statement by Gita Sahgal on Leaving Amnesty International April 12, 2010Posted by amnestyhaslostitsway in Uncategorized.
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Read the full text here, on Harry's Place.
This is a sad day indeed for human rights campaigners everywhere — and a confirmation of our worst fears about Amnesty International.
Amnesty: "It would not be helpful" to debate Gita Saghal's case at AGM April 4, 2010Posted by amnestyhaslostitsway in Uncategorized.
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The following is the response I received from Amnesty International's UK section following the submission of my emergency resolution to the annual general meeting.
Dear Eric
Thank you for submitting your resolution on Gita Saghal.
Unfortunately we are not able to accept this resolution.
There is currently an investigation under way at the International
Secretariat in relation to Gita Saghal which is being carried out in
accordance with the IS's established human resource policies and UK
employment law. The investigation is clearly carried out
confidentially in line with established human resource practices and
accordingly we do not believe it would be helpful, or carry any weight
in the outcome of this investigation, for the AGM to debate the specific issue of Ms Saghal's employment
If you disagree, you may have 3 minutes time on Saturday morning in plenary to ask conference to overturn our decision. If you get a two-thirds majority, the resolution will be debated.
I'm sorry to disappoint you.
Ruth Breddal
Standing Orders Committee
The global petition to Amnesty International: Restoring the Integrity of Human Rights March 29, 2010Posted by amnestyhaslostitsway in Uncategorized.
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As organisations and individuals who stand for and support the universality of human rights, we have noted with concern the suspension of Gita Sahgal, head of the gender unit at the international secretariat of Amnesty International in London, for questioning Amnesty International's partnership with individuals whose politics towards the Taliban are ambiguous.
We come from communities that recognise and appreciate the work of Amnesty International in defending human rights and women's rights around the world. Many of us work closely with Amnesty International in its campaigns at various levels.
We believe that Gita Sahgal has raised a fundamental point of principle which is "about the importance of the human rights movement maintaining an objective distance from groups and ideas that are committed to systematic discrimination".
This issue of principle is critical at the present moment, with the United States-led "war on terror" leading to the suspension of human rights and increased surveillance over individuals and the body-politic. Ironically, the language of human rights and human-rights defenders is being taken over by the US/Nato alliance in its efforts to legitimise a reborn imperialism. Equally disturbingly, this language is also being hijacked by organisations that espouse extremist and violent forms of identity-based politics. The space for a position that challenges both these is shrinking, and human rights are becoming hostage to broader authoritarian political agendas, whether from states or communities.
In this context, it is crucial for human-rights defenders and organisations to clearly define principles and core values that are non-negotiable. Our commitment to countering, among others, Islamophobia, racism, misogyny and xenophobia should at no time blur our recognition of the authoritarian, often fascist, social and political agendas of some of the groups that suffer human-rights abuse at the hands of the big powers.
The broader issue of principle which we raise here, is one which concerns all of us as human-rights defenders from different parts of the world. Many of us who work to defend human rights in the context of conflict and terrorism know the importance of maintaining a clear and visible distance from potential partners and allies when there is any doubt about their commitment to human rights. Given the circumstances in which questions regarding the partnership with Cageprisoners appear to have been raised, we feel that Amnesty International should have refrained from providing them with a platform. It should have been possible for Amnesty International to campaign against the fundamental human rights abuses that have occurred at Guantánamo and elsewhere without making alliances that compromise Amnesty International's core values, just as other human-rights organisations have done.
History has repeatedly shown us that anti-democratic organisations can and do manipulate information and their own self-representation for narrow political advantage. In any situation of ambiguity, we feel that the benefit of doubt should have been given to the expert staff members of Amnesty International. We feel that in this instance there has been a lack of respect for the opinions expressed by Gita Sahgal, who is a senior member of staff, and a critical failure of internal democratic functioning at Amnesty's international secretariat.
What is needed is democratic debate, internally as well as in the public sphere, on the human-rights principles that should guide Amnesty International and all of us in determining our alliances. We have to ensure that the partnerships we form are true to the core human-rights values of equality and universality. Our accountability in this area, internally as well as externally, to all our diverse constituencies, cannot be put at risk. We need a rigorous examination of potential partners. Given the complex situations we work in, what is needed is open debate, not a censoring and closure of discussion on these important issues. Shifting the debate and turning this into a discussion about "Othering" and "demonisation of Guantánamo prisoners" is merely obscuring the real issues at stake. It puts at risk the work that Amnesty International is attempting to do in Afghanistan and other areas. Unfortunately, it also fails to answer the very serious questions that have been posed to which we are also seeking answers.
In the present context of 'constructive engagement' with the Taliban, as proposed at the conference on Afghanistan in London [on 28 January 2010], it is our obligation to ensure that we do not barter away the human rights of minorities and of women for "peace". There are enough recent examples of such attempts which show that these deals are a chimera and do not result in either peace or security. Whatever the nature of "engagement" with authoritarian groups, and whatever partnerships and alliances we enter into with individuals or organisations involved in such "engagement", the positive conditionalities and checks based on human rights, which are universal and indivisible, must remain central and non-negotiable for human-rights organisations and defenders.
We call on Amnesty International to clearly and publicly affirm its commitment to the above in all areas of its work; and to demonstrate its obligation to make itself publicly accountable, as it has so often demanded of others.
We extend our solidarity and support to Gita Sahgal, who is well known and widely respected for her principled activism on human rights internationally, for her courageous stand in raising this issue within and outside Amnesty International.
Initiated and drafted by:
* Amrita Chhachhi, senior lecturer in the women, gender and development programme, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague; member, Kartini Asia Network of Women/Gender Studies
* Sara Hossain, advocate, supreme court of Bangladesh
* Sunila Abeysekera, INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre, Sri Lanka
The petition's signatories include the following (a fuller list can be found here):
Rhonda Copelon, director of International Women's Human Rights Clinic (IWHRC)
Meredith Tax, president of Women's World
Michael Walzer, co-editor of Dissent
Salman Rushdie, writer
Amitav Ghosh, writer and professor of comparative literature at Queens College, New York
Malalai Joya, Afghan politician
Nawal El Sadaawi, writer and activist, Egypt
Martha Nussbaum (professor of law and ethics, University of Chicago; co-founder of the Human Development and Capabilities Association (HDCA)
Yakin Ertürk, board member of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
IA Rehman and Iqbal Haidar, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, professor, Columbia University
Marieme Helie-Lucas, coordinator of Secularism is a Women's Issue, Algeria & France
Charlotte Bunch, founder of the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL), Rutgers University
Rosalind Petchesky, professor of women's studies and political science, Hunter College
Katha Pollitt, columnist for the Nation
Judy Norsigian, co-founder of the Boston Women's Health Collective
Jodie Evans, founder member of CodePink, Women for Peace
Kum-Kum Bhavnani, filmmaker, US
Gila Svirsky, co-founder of the Coalition of Women for a Just Peace, Israel
Sonia Correa, Brazilian Interdisciplinary Aids Association (Abia)
Carole Vance, associate clinical professor, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Steven Lukes, professor of politics and sociology, New York University
Tom Harrison, co-director, Campaign for Peace and Democracy (CPD)
Patricia McFadden, editor of Southern African Feminist Review (Safere), Zimbabwe
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, distinguished professor of sociology, City University of New York
Kristin Booth Glen, legal scholar and surrogate-court judge in Manhattan
Mariella Sala, writer and former director of Relat, a Latin American network of women writers, Peru
Virginia Vargas, sociologist and founder of the Flora Tristan women's association, Peru
Dubravka Ugresic, writer, Netherlands
Wanda Nowicka, co-founder of the Central and Eastern European Women's Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (Astra), Poland
Dan Connell, distinguished lecturer in journalism and African politics, Simmons College, Boston
Lynne Segal, anniversary professor of psychology and women's studies, Birkbeck College, London
Doug Ireland, investigative journalist, US
Nayantara Sahgal, writer and former diplomat, India
Romila Thapar, historian, India
Lilian Halls-French, president, European Feminist Initiative (IFE-EFI)
J Sri Raman, journalist and peace campaigner
Madanjeet Singh, Unesco goodwill ambassador and founder of the South Asia Foundation, India
Kamla Bhasin, co-president, PeaceWomen Across the Globe, India
Hameeda Hossain, South Asians For Human Rights, Dhaka
Yvonne Deutsch, co-founder of Women in Black Jerusalem
Shabnam Hashmi, founder of Act Now for Harmony and Democacy (Anhad), Delhi
Kushi Kabir, founder of Nijera Kori, Dhaka
Harsh Mander, founder of Aman Biradari, India
Andrej Grubacic, associated with Global Balkans Network
Sunanda Sen, economist, India
Kumudini Samuel, Women and Media Collective, Sri Lanka
Caroline Fourest, editor of ProChoix, France
Bruce Portugal Amoroto, Diversity and Equality in the Philippines
Sonia Jay Wright, Mulher & Democracia, Brazil
Houzan Mahmoud, representative of the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq
Martha Villanueva, GrupoSafo
Stasa Zajovic, founder of Women in Black-Belgrade
Ramachandra Guha, historian, India
Asghar Ali Engineer, director, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai
Sultana Kamal, director of Ain O Salish Kendra
Mazher Hussain, director, Confederation of Voluntary Agencies (Cova), Hyderabad
Gautam Navlakha, People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR), Delhi
Kavita Srivasta, People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Delhi
Deniz Kandiyoti, professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Mohammad Tahseen, executive director, South Asia Partnership – Pakistan, Lahore
Sheema Kermani, dancer, and founder of Tehrik-e-Niswan, Karachi
Zoya Hasan, professor of political science at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Abid Suleri, executive director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad
Nira Yuval-Davis, director of the Research Centre on Migration, Refugees and Belonging (CMRB), University of East London
Babu Gogineni, international director of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), India
Kumudini Samuel, Women and Media Collective, Sri Lanka
Sumit Sarkar, founding member of the Subaltern Studies Collective, India
Tanika Sarkar, professor of history at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Dilip Simeon, founder of Aman Trust, India
Urvashi Butalia, founder of Zubaan Books, India
Pragna Patel, Southall Black Sisters, London
Jessica Almy-Pagán, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Arecibo
Pamela Philipose, director of Women's Feature Service, India
Meghna Guhathakurta, scholar, Dhaka
Subhashini Ali, president, All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA)
Javed Anand, general secretary, Muslims for Secular Democracy, Mumbai
Karamat Ali, founding member of Pakistan Peace Coalition
Ruchir Joshi, writer and filmmaker, India
John Dayal, secretary-general of All India Christian Council
Nick Cohen, journalist, London
Kalpana Kannabiran, Asmita, India
Tahir Mahmood, member, Law Commission of India
Peter Waterman, scholar and initiator of a Global Labour Charter, Netherlands
Cherifa Kheddar, president, Djazairouna association, Algeria
My new blog – on the Amnesty website March 12, 2010Posted by amnestyhaslostitsway in Uncategorized.
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Amnesty has lost its way — and what we can do about it February 26, 2010Posted by amnestyhaslostitsway in Uncategorized.
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Amnesty has lost its way.
I write that in sadness — because I believe in Amnesty International.
This is an organisation that has for nearly half a century represented the very best values. It deservedly won the Nobel Peace Prize. It has captured the hearts of millions. In Britain alone, more than a quarter of a million people count itself among its members, donating money to the cause, participating in its campaigns.
I am proud to be one of them.
When Amnesty campaigns to release prisoners of conscience, I am with them. When they fight against the death penalty, I support them. When they campaign against torture, they have my backing.
But when they get it wrong, someone has to tell them.
And recently, Amnesty has gotten it very wrong on the question of Israel and Palestine.
Before saying another word, I should be clear about where I stand.
Not that it matters — I could have no view at all about the Israelis and Palestinians and still could have valid things to say about Amnesty on this question.
But I want to tell you who I am and what I believe.
I support a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine living side by side with secure and recognized borders. I support a withdrawal of Israel from the occupied territories as part of a peace agreement with the Palestinians. I support a negotiated settlement regarding Jerusalem, one which gives both Israelis and Palestinians the right to call that city their capital. And I oppose those on each side who work to undermine any chance at peace and reconciliation — including the West Bank Israeli settlements, which I want to close down because they are an obstacle to peace.
I am not a supporter of the Netanyahu government; I do not believe that violence is the way to solve conflicts; I do not accept any side's claim to a God-given right to the land.
Having said that, I do believe that all peoples have a right to self determination, and that includes a right to self-defense. I believe that it is right for Israel to use its military might to defend the country.
And now we come back to Amnesty.
I guess the best way would be to illustrate, perhaps just with one example, what has gone wrong. There are other examples in the articles below, but here's just one.
Take the most recent issue of the Amnesty magazine, which is sent to all members and supporters of the organisation. I'm talking about its January/February 2010 issue.
The magazine is only 40 pages long.
- Two-thirds of page 4 is taken up with an article about Gaza, about the Israeli blockade. It does not once mention the fact that Egypt too shares a border with Gaza, and that it — like the international community — enforces strict border controls because a terrorist organization, Hamas, has seized control of the territory. (There is no such blockade of the West Bank, which is under the control of the Palestinian Authority.)
- Page 8 makes the top 'what you can do' item an appeal to the UK government to lift the Israeli blockade on Gaza.
- Page 22 is a feature on the use of cluster bombs. It is illustrated with a photo of young girl injured by Israeli cluster bombs used in Lebanon.
- Israel is named as a country that produced cluster munitions on page 23.
- Page 28 has an 'Action update' focussing on the denial of clean water to Palestinians by the Israeli government, part of a policy, Amnesty says, "to drive Palestinians from their homs to make way for further illegal Israeli settlements". No mention of the Israeli settlement freeze announced by the Netanyahu government.
- Page 30 gives a couple of examples of feedback the organisation receives — and the first one condemns Amnesty for "calling for an arms embargo" on Gaza. The writer, presumably, supports the import of arms into Gaza where they can be used by Hamas to attack Israel.
- Page 33 has 'Appeals updates' and the first one is about a Palestinian, jailed by Israel, who was released and "is now at home with his family and plans to resume his studies". There is no mention of what he was jailed for — presumably, links to a terrorist organization.
- Page 34 lists upcoming events. One lecture includes Gaza in the title. Another is a dramatised reading about a family in Gaza.
- Page 37 runs a letter from a reader protesting Israel's treatment of convicted spy Mordecai Vanunu.
- Another letter defends Israel on the water policy stuff, but gets a repy from Amnesty — the only editorial reply to any letter in the magazine — saying simply that AI "wrote to Israel's Water Authority before the report was published but received no response."
That's 10 or 11 references to Israel in a 40 page magazine.
And to put things in perspective, do you know how many times Amnesty mentions, for example, North Korea — probably the most repressive regime on earth, in the same magazine?
Iran also gets mentioned, I think, only twice.
But Israel gets mentioned on almost every other page.
And the mentions of Israel are biased, incomplete, sometimes inaccurate.
One wonders why this tiny country which faces relentless violence from its enemies and yet retains its essentially democratic character — why it is the subject of so much attention by Amnesty?
One might say that Amnesty is obsessed with Israel.
And that this obsession is blurring its critical faculties, making Amnesty uncritically accept the "Israeli is apartheid" line being put forward by its new allies in groups like War on Want.
Maybe it explains Amnesty's rush to embrace the Goldstone inquiry, which was launched with the backing of regimes like those in Burma and North Korea but opposed by every democratic country in the world.
How did Amnesty wind up taking the same line as North Korea, opposing the views of the US, Canada, the European Union and others?
Clearly there is something wrong here.
And there's something we can do about it.
Amnesty remains a democratic organisation. We, its members, elect its governing bodies, and we set its policy.
We can turn this around it we want to.
If you are an Amnesty member in the UK, you will be getting a ballot with the next issue of the Amnesty magazine. You will asked to choose 3 new members of the Board. There are 10 candidates. I am one of them, and I ask for your vote.
This is only the beginning. Together, we can do much more.
And we will do this, we will turn Amnesty around, we will turn it back into the organisation that the whole world respected — an organisation that campaigns for human rights everywhere and that is not tarred with bias against some countries, in particular, Israel.
We can turn Amnesty back into an organization that instead of winding up on the same side as North Korea (on the Goldstone inquiry, for example) actually turns its attention to human rights issues there.
Of course Amnesty should criticize Israel when it violates human rights, when it tortures, when it holds prisoners of conscience. But as I hope I've illustrated above, and as other examples on this site show, Amnesty keeps getting it wrong and remains obsessed with Israel.
If you support what I'm trying to do here, please make sure to sign up to our mailing list and tell everyone you know about this site.
Thank you.
Jewish Chronicle: Amnesty critic stands for role on charity's board February 25, 2010Posted by amnestyhaslostitsway in Uncategorized.
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A trenchant critic of Amnesty International's policy on Israel, Eric Lee, is standing for its section board in the UK – effectively the organisation's board of governors, which makes its policy.


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Pizza, por favor?
A Houston, Texas pizza restaurant is giving away free pepperoni pizzas - but only if you order in Spanish.
"Just say, 'Pizza, por favor,' and they will get the free pizza," said Jose Miguel Dominguez, who owns four Pizza Patrons in the Houston area. "This is a way to give back to the customer."
That requirement has angered some, who've lashed out at Pizza Patron on Facebook.
The company is no stranger to controversy.
In 2007, it promoted it would start accepting pesos.
Johnny Mata with the Greater Houston Coalition for Justice commended the restaurant.
"I think they should be commended for embracing the culture and the language," Mata said. "This is the most diverse city in America."
The promotion is on June 5 from 5 to 8 p.m.
There are eight locations in Houston.
Each location will be prepared to give away 300 pizzas.


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- Extra Squid for a sleepover......they got the giggles
- An unexpected visitor.......wanted to chat. Don't normally get night visitors.
- A quick call from Mum..........good news up coming craft weekend....yes.
|Couple of cobblestones to add to my swap
|Laid out my UFO quilt & started sewing
|I tried a pinwheel block Mum had talked me through....
what do think Mum????


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The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia is the largest among its 93 counterparts across the country, with over 360 Assistant United States Attorneys and over 350 support personnel. The size of the Office is due to the breadth of our responsibility for criminal law enforcement and our location in the Nation's capital.
Organizational Chart
The Office is made up of divisions and sections. Select each for more iinformation:
Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering
Cyber Crime Section
Fraud and Public Corruption
National Security
Violent Crime and Narcotics Trafficking
Homicide Section
Felony Major Crimes Trial Section


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Good on them, I say! We don't hear nearly enough from Jim Wallace, Lyle Shelton and Wendy Francis about how private, consenting relationships between two adults who happen to be of the same sex can do irrevocable ... something something ... Oh, won't somebody think of the children?
In truth, I'm in favour of looking after the children too, and I'd volunteer to babysit hoards of them before I'd let the folks from the ACL anywhere near one. There. I said it.
But back to today's ACL campaign, designed to ensure that the Governments - both State and Federal - aren't influenced by anyone or anything other than the Christian Right, and perhaps Big Mining. That's fine; it's their job, and they do it well. Those skills should come in handy they try to talk their way through the Pearly Gates. Somehow, I think their greeting might not be what they expect.
Anyway, the ACL's website includes the following paragraphs, which I'll include here so you don't have to go there:
That a TV current affairs show, let alone TV station, should take sides in such a highly contentious issue in the public square is disgraceful. What it says for the respect they have for alternative opinion, even our values, is extremely disappointing and we need to register our disappointment.
This comes at a strategic time in the debate, so please spend a minute to fill out the Sunrise comments section at this link to make your comment, but please do it now
You might:
Ask them what you are supposed to think this action means for their respect and even tolerance of your views and values on an issue that goes to the very heart of family and the flourishing of children;
Ask why Sunrise has decided it's a 'human rights issue' when the Australian Government has removed discrimination in 84 laws in 2008 and when the European Court of Human Rights ruled in March that same-sex marriage is not a human right
Register your disgust that the press, supposedly the neutral umpire and facilitator of public debate, should allow itself to be captured by the propaganda machine of the gay lobby; and
If you're so convicted, you might advise them that you do not propose to watch the show again.
Also, please consider sending an email to Sunrise's partners sharing your concerns about the television show. They include Purina, The Coffee Club, Accor Hotels, Myer and Jetstar.
Bully for the ACL, who are without doubt the least Christian group of any Christian group this side of the Vatican. Remember though, they are not a Christian Church; they are a political lobby group, with all the Christian grace and generosity of spirit that you'd expect from a political lobby group. Their anti-gay stance is as steadfast as it is bewildering.
Meanwhile the rest of us are signing our petitions and sending letters of support to Sunrise and their advertisers. Thanks again to the ACL for including that list on their website, along with the helpful Sunrise Feedback link! Yes, we're that clever!
At the other end of the spectrum, the official GetUp Petition to thank Sunrise was closing in on 30,000 signatures at the time of writing this. Here's GetUp!'s blurb:
Yesterday we announced that Sunrise are getting behind the campaign to stop marriage discrimination. This morning they woke up to a campaign backed by the Australian Christian Lobby denouncing their decision.
The Sunrise team went out on a limb and others who might be thinking about backing this campaign will be watching how this situation unfolds. Can you let the team know they have our support by adding your name to the thank you card on the left?You know how I feel about the ACL's hate campaign against the LGBT community. Please take a look at the two perspectives above, and consider which one is deliberately divisive, which one is promoting fear and distrust, which one is more Christian.


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A Christmas Story You May Not Know
On a nearby mountain
Above Pleasantry Cove
Stood a toy factory
They made them in droves
All kinds of playthings
Both large and small
From electric to wind-up
This place made them all
24 hours a day
The factory kept running
For it was late in the year
And Christmas was coming
The kindly old owner
As nice as your granddad
Had been in the business
Since he was a wee lad
Now Halloween had passed
Thanksgiving gone a day
Now so very shortly
Santa would be on his way
This factory had a special deal
With Santa's operation
This was the main elf depot
The number one toy station
Oh, you think Santa was alone
With his elves at the pole
Making all the kids' toys
Not to mention the coal
In the old days yes
But the world it grew
So just to keep up
Santa Claus did too
How this came to pass
Is a story all its own
I am privileged to tell it
For it's not well known
Well Santa had a great plan
For he was a smart guy
To meet all the kids needs
He would just diversify
He would go worldwide
And set up toy stations
And expand his Elf force
To avoid automation
For toys made by hand
Was Santa's trademark
Plus they lasted forever
And still held their spark
So around the world
Santa made a few deals
With a chosen cartel
Of men in his field
Now in Pleasantry Cove
Santa made a stop
To see the Toymaker
And check out his shop
On a snowy morning
Santa"s sleigh did appear
At the Toymaker's gate
With his squad of reindeer
Rudolph and the crew
Antlers 3 feet tall
They were allowed through
Santa, sleigh and all
In the Welcome Hall
Of the Toymaker's Shop
Santa stood smiling
With the Toymaker he talked
Chris it's good to see you
The Toymaker said brightly
You look the same Santa said
Though he had aged slightly
Rudolph Santa said
You should stay here
Feed your team
And check all the gear
Right Chief Rudolph said
And honked his shining nose
It's been a long trip
They're starving I suppose
To the Toymaker's office
The two of them walked
laughing and gesturing
Wildly as they talked
Now inside the office
On the sofa they both sat
Santa pulled out his plans
As he removed his hat
He spread them out
Before them on a table
So Carl Santa asked
Are you ready, willing and able?
I know what you've told me
The Toymaker replied
But I'm still a bit confused
As to the How, Where and Why?
Now Santa sat back
Rubbing his rosey cheeks
He waited a moment
Then he began to speak
It's gotten tough lately
These last few years
My sleigh is so full now
Not even room for my rear!
To visit all the kids
With just one toy sack
Means I have to lean forward
And let it rest on my back!
Plus the sleigh wear and tear
Why it's about to bust
The reindeer carry so much weight
They use all my magic dust!
So the time has come
For a revolutionary change
In the way I do business
Please don't think me strange
I'll create the ultimate
Of toy organizations
We'll have a baker's dozen
Of toy refilling stations
The Toymaker looked down
At the Jolly One's plans
And after a moment
He began to understand
This is exciting news Chris
We will have a business
The Toymaker exclaimed
But will things be the same
Between you and me
What partners will there be?
Relax Carl Santa soothed
You'll be my number one
The others will only follow
What you will have done
All orders will come through you
And you will designate
Where it is to be filled
City country and state
Oh, I'll not interfere
You will run it yourself
But I'll supply the workers
From my Department of Elves
All around the world
These stations will save time
With so many more kids
I've been falling behind
The world's gotten bigger
And so too must I
He patted his middle
And winked his left eye
They both laughed
As they got up from the couch
Santa rolled up his plans
And put them back in his pouch
The Toymaker smiled
And shook Santa's hand
I'm with you Chris
I agree with your plan
Carl you'll help me greatly
More than you realize
You can help put the joy
In a little child's eyes
They strolled out of the office
Arm in arm like brothers
As the both of them left
There remained another
The curtain on the window
Began to shake and shimmer
From behind came a figure
Who seemed somehow to glimmer
Out of the sunlight
In the shadow of the desk
Stood one ugly elf
He was quite grotesque
Misshapen eyes and nose
Thick lipped mouth and moles
With darkness in his soul
Not an elf but a troll
He looked at the door
As he quietly hissed
Then flew through the window
Vanishing in a mist
On another peak miles away
Stood a castle of ice
Within lived a creature
With a body that was twice
The size of Santa Claus
With a head to match
Cold blue eyes
And an iceberg thatch
Of glistening hair
Straight back in a cone
He stared at his spy
From his icicle throne
The troll known as Cratch
Kneeled before King Freeze
Giving his full report
And hoping it would please
And they went out arm in arm
Cementing their agreement
If they can pull this off
It would be quite an achievement
I don't need your opinion
King Freeze said with a shout
Just give me your report
And quickly get out!
Yes my lord Cratch sniveled
That is all of what occurred
Every minute of the meeting
Every gesture and word
Cratch turned to leave
And was stopped in his tracks
By King Freeze's words
Which ran ice down his back
Are you sure
That the deal is made
Cratch turned around
Even more afraid
The King stared down
His icy claws now raised
If you are wrong Cratch
Guess who will have to pay?
I know my King
But I am living proof
What I heard and saw
Is the very truth
Freeze stared a moment longer
Before his decision was made
It's time to have our own meeting
Get on the phone to Slade
Yes my Lord Cratch said again
And quickly left the room
Leaving the wicked King
Alone in the icy gloom
Cratch was given an order
And he was not one to stall
On the phone in moments
He quickly put through the call
The phone was picked up slowly
And a voice said This is Slade
Cratch said only 7 words
The North Pole deal has been made
I'll be there in the morning
Relay that to the King
Slade hung up and smiled
As his heart began to sing
At 6 the next morning
As darkness became day
Slade's private jet landed
On the King's private runway
Only 10 minutes later
Inside the castle walls
Slade sat down with Freeze
In the King's meeting hall
At first they stared at each other
Across the table of ice blocks
Then the King cleared his throat
And slowly began to talk
So, will you tell me now
Of your marvelous plan
To pay back Santa Claus
For your revenge is at hand
You will know in due time
Slade said with a grin
You will hear it all
When we go to see him
The King said bluntly
Now how do we do this
Santa's shop is well hidden
No one knows where it is
Don't be so stupid
Slade shot right back
Have you forgotten
The tale of my past?
No sir not at all
King Freeze humbly said
If it were not for you
I'd probably be dead
That's right Slade said
Getting up from the table
After all I'm living proof
That elves aren't just a fable
But perhaps it's time
Slade said a bit kinder
That I give you a lesson
More like a reminder
And with that, golden dust
from his hands did fly
Right into the blue
Of King Freeze's eyes
Old Freeze jumped a bit
But soon drifted downstream
On the river in his mind
Now cast into a dream
And there stood Slade
Before the Elf Committee
Feeling quite condemned
Awash in his self pity
Mr. Slade we're sorry
But you're applications declined
You don't qualify on 2 points
The rules are quite defined
You've failed the Elf Exam
For that there's no excuse
But you're size I'm sure
Was not for you to choose
But it's not how you feel
And it's not how you look
It's simply a clause
In the Santa Rule Book
3 feet is required
To qualify in size
You do not measure up
No pun I apologize
Poor Slade had a right
To feel as he did
He'd been 2 feet 10
Since he was a kid
Now he was denied
Of his lifelong dream
To be an elf
How he wanted to scream
He left the Academy
And drifted around
All the time thinking of how
He would get even
All the time just believing
That Santa was to blame
For his dream being lost
Oh yes he would get even
No matter the cost
Freeze kept on dreaming
And watched Slade grow
Not in size but mind
His smarts starting to show
Slade made his own way
He went off to college
To be a CPA
And gain higher knowledge
Of the world
And its ways
How it works
How it pays
Soon he was a CPA
By studying real hard
He dealt his own cards
Now he was a master
Of money and its terms
He became his own boss
By starting his own firm
Whether profit and loss
Or stocks and bonds
Or companies he'd escaped
Like the notorious Enron
Slade handled them all
In his devious way
His clients always satisfied
And all willing to pay
The stock market was next
Where he bought into electricity
He acquired market shares
With startling simplicity
In a year's time he had
A monopoly he'd grown
He controlled the province's power
And the company he owned
Into politics he went
Achieving every office
It was not long until
He controlled the whole province
But running a province
Was not his thing
So he had Freeze do it for him
By acting as its king
Freeze was but a puppet
Who was doing Slade's will
Slade found him in the mountains
Just north of Whoville
Just a babe in the snow
Starving and near death
Some kind of snow beast
With permafrost breath
No one knew what Freeze was
But Slade took him in
And taught him the ways
Of wickedness and sin
And that brings us up
To the present situation
With Freeze King of the land
And Slade off on vacation
The dream suddenly ended
And Freeze opened his eyes
With Slade saying wake up
Let's go look alive!
We leave immediately
Slade said let's go
To which Freeze replied
One more thing you should know
We won't need to go
All the way to the North Pole
Santa will be back tomorrow
At the shop in Pleasantry Cove
All the better Slade said
Along with me will be you
Because of Santa's deal
The Toymaker will pay too
At sunrise the next morning
The meeting took place
As Santa arrived
With elves and supplies
Not even a moment late
The Toymaker was beaming
As Santa flew in
His face cracked wide
In an excited grin
He walked up to Santa
As he got off his sleigh
Well Chris he said
The future starts today
Santa laughed and nodded
As they grasped hands and shook
Just then a commotion nearby
Made them both turn and look
At the gates stood 2 figures
One quite burly and tall
The other who was talking
Was incredibly small
Santa Claus said the small one
It's been a long time
Do I know you asked Santa
Just what's on your mind
The 2 were allowed in
And as they got near
The Toymaker recognized them
And wondered why they were here
Why it's Freeze he said
The supposed King of this land
But he's really just a puppet
Controlled by this little man
King Freeze growled
He pouted and hissed
The Toymaker and Santa
Ignored all of this
And Slade he sighed
Even smaller than an elf
So power hungry
He thinks he's God himself
Slade Santa said aloud
Yes this man I know
He attended the elf academy
But that was so long ago
Not long enough Slade replied
That I don"t remember well
That your rules ruined my life
And made it a living hell
But I'm so much better now
I've come a very long way
You see I'm very powerful
That's why I'm here today
Rules are rules Santa said
For that you can't blame me
The exam you failed was not of size
But of heart don't you see
An elf's heart must be pure
And only one thought in mind
Intentions of happiness
For all of mankind
But your are conflicted
With thoughts of yourself
And the respected stature
When you become an elf
Not to mention the evils
You have done since those days
Ruining people's fortunes
And then making them pay
You could never be an elf
For you're rotten to the core
You only think of yourself
Of that I am sure
Say what you will fat man
Slade icily shot back
When you leave here today
You'll not be coming back
What do you mean Santa asked
I come here every year
Just like the rest of the world
You must not interfere
Oh but I will Slade hissed
Just as soon as you leave
This area becomes restricted
In that you can believe
I'm sorry to say Santa
The Toymaker interrupted
But he does control this land
Although he's corrupted
If you try to come here
I will not be pleased
I will cut off the power
And Pleasantry Cove shall freeze
No happy children
No goodies or toys
Will be in this town
Just sad girls and boys
You cannot enter this province
During your Christmas ride
I will see you on radar
You can no longer hide
Why are you doing this
Santa now said to Slade
I must stop off here
I must refill my sleigh
Don't disappoint the kids
If you want revenge on me
Can't you find some other way
To yield your vengeful glee?
Ah but it's the best way
Slade said at last
The kids are everything to you
You cannot let Christmas pass
Without fulfilling your duty
By delivering your booty
To every young lad and lass
More kids to see every year
Have brought you up to this
Unless you give me what I want
This year some kids will be missed
Very well Slade Santa said
What is it you want
Will you get to the point
I'm tired of your taunts
What I want is simple
This I know you can do
I want my elf degree
And an apology from you
Santa stared at Slade
His face all aghast
An elf you can never be
Your chance is long past
Well then get on your way
Your business is done
There'll be no Christmas here
Not for anyone
Santa then looked over
At the Toymaker's face
And saw there some hope
If only a trace
I'll consider your offer
Santa said to Slade
It is Christmas Eve
So I must be on my way
An answer by midnight
Slade said with a grin
Concede to my offer
Or not be allowed in
With that Slade backed off
Quickly turning his back
Then he and a scowling Freeze
Were gone just like that
Santa said this is a problem
That man I can't believe
Relax said the Toymaker
I've something up my sleeve
That night Slade watched
For a sign to appear
Of the jolly fat man
And his 9 freakin' reindeer
No word had been sent
From Santa to Slade
Nor agreement reached
No offer was made
So Slade waited patiently
To catch his big red fish
And just before midnight
He finally got his wish
His desk phone rang
Jarring Slade from his thoughts
10 objects on screen sir
It could be what you've sought
He ran to the radar room
And looked at the screen
He was coming all right
Then Slade got real mean
Hi picked up the phone
Get me Central Power
Pleasantry Cove goes black
At the stroke of the hour
Old Slade was incredulous
How dare you ignore me
You've made your decision
A sad Christmas it shall be!
Midnight came upon them
The valley below went dark
On the distant horizon
Was one tiny red spark
The blips on the radar
Continued in their direction
What's he doing Slade screamed
He should make a course correction!
Now across the valley
The toy factory grew bright
The light from a hundred windows
Glowing through the night
How is that possible
Slade asked in dismay
I control the power
He's not allowed I say!
But the Toymaker knew long ago
On this man not to depend
For he was certainly evil
And in no way a friend
So he had a plant installed
To the best of his ability
For insured operation
From a power facility
Slade saw in shock
As Santa flew in
To the Toymaker's shop
Send some men in
He must be stopped
Before he can refill his sleigh
Hurry Hurry!
Before he get's away!
Slade's goons responded
In their iceberg fighters
But were met with 100s
Of small flaming Bic lighters
Next from the factory
Their tales spouting fire
Were missiles equipped
With powerful blow dryers
Their heatwave settings
Were all set to high
Melting Slade's raiders
Right out of the sky
While this went on
Santa refilled his sleigh
Then he jumped back aboard
And headed on his way
As he took to the sky
He knew not what to think
He did know the Toymaker
Had given him a wink
He banked at 10,000
Down toward Pleasantry Cove
Rudolph's nose the only light
Shining down below
Just then behind Santa
Glowing lights did appear
But one look was all it took
To see these weren't reindeer
From the Toymaker's factory
Like fireworks in July
Countless orbs of light flew out
Lighting up the sky
Landing on the houses below
Turning night into day
Giving heat and warmth
Showing Santa the way
They were more than orbs
No one knows why
But after they landed
They turned into fireflies
Spreading their wings
Warming all that were near
Filling the people with peace
And calming all of their fears
Santa came and was welcomed
As he delivered his gifts
No one had quite ever
Had a Christmas like this
He was cheered and waved to
As he rode out of sight
Wishing Merry Christmas to all
And to all a good night
Meanwhile Slade watched
Knowing his plan had failed
He'd be removed from power
And most likely put in jail
But as it turned out
That's not how it went
Oh he was removed from power
And his money well spent
But he and Freeze
Were run out of town
And nobody knows
Just where they are now
Are they still alive?
Well nobody knows
At certain wrestling events
And burlesque shows
Sightings do occur
Of indeed a strange pair
An angry small midget
And a beast with ice hair
Well the Toymaker went on
Doing his part on Christmas Eve
Other adventures await him
Just what we can't conceive
Meanwhile as you might know
Santa continues his rounds
So be nice and not naughty
Because he's coming to town


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Charlize Theron Adopts Baby Boy
Charlize Theron has adopted a baby boy!
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Governor Cuomo Announces Empire State Plaza Ice Rink to Open December 31
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the Empire State Plaza ice rink in Albany will reopen to the public on Saturday, December 31 at 11:00 a.m. Opening day will include figure skating demonstrations as well as free skate rentals and free hot chocolate.
"I am pleased that after being closed for years, this ice rink is once again open to the public," Governor Cuomo said. "The Empire State Plaza is a wonderful asset that deserves to be enjoyed all year round, so I am thrilled that we are able to end this year with such a great event."
The rink was last operated during the winter of 2007-2008 and will be reopened by the Office of General Services this year through a partnership with the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) and the Lake Placid Regional Winter Sports Committee.
Capital Region families and visitors to the area will have an amazing location to enjoy ice skating starting on New Years Eve, RoAnn Destito, Commissioner, Office of General Services said. I hope that everyone will take advantage of Saturdays opening activities including free skate rentals and free hot chocolate.
The Lake Placid Regional Winter Sports Commission praises Governor Cuomo for his leadership in supporting winter sport for youth throughout the region and are proud to be a partner in sponsoring the Empire State Plaza Rink, said Serge Lussi, Chair of the Lake Placid Regional Winter Sports Commission.
Opening Day Activities
Ribbon Cutting and Rink Opening: 11 a.m.December 31 Hours: 11 a.m. 8 p.m. The rink will be closed from 1 p.m. 2 p.m. for maintenance.Cost to Skate: FreeSkate Rental: FreeSkating Demonstration: The Albany Figure Skating Club will conduct figure skating demonstrations at 2 p.m.Learn to Skate Assistance: The Albany Figure Skating Club will be on the ice at 11 a.m. to help those learning to skate.Amenities: Full-service snack bar with free hot chocolate courtesy of Sodexo; skate lounge with lockers for personal items; and music.
Starting New Years Day, the ice rink will be open every day through early March.
General Rink Information Hours: Every day from 11 a.m. 8 p.m. The rink will be closed each day from 3 p.m. 4 p.m. for maintenance.Cost to Skate: FreeSkate Rental: $3 for children under 12 and $4 for adults. Skate rental will be available whenever the rink is open.Amenities: Full-service snack bar; skate lounge with lockers for personal items; and music.
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text: Did anyone catch the show Translogic (from AOL) on the SPEED channel last night? The episode featured EV Supercars, and gave pretty positive, enthusiastic reviews of all the cars featured (The enthusiasm was by design...They gushed over every car and didn't really talk about any negative aspects in detail). They started with the Fisker Karma, and ended up with the Tesla Roadster and Model S...But in between, they talked about the Lightning GT. Gulp. TRANSLOGIC 90: Lightning GT Electric Supercar - YouTube Maybe some of you have heard about the Lightning and/or seen the video (apparently it was on AOL a year ago). But this was the first time I've seen it. And...HOTDAMN! It's a gorgeous car. Now that I have my dream car (Model S), I just found my new dream car! Anyone else catch the episode? Thoughts? One thing I noticed was that it was clear they shot the segments over a large time span...The Roadster segment featured shots of a very early Model S, but the Model S segment shows the current version.


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The feature-length version of a film we first introduced you to way back in 2009, the first year of this site's existence, will be screened at the DOC NYC festival next month.
For about 3 years, the film traveled the film festival and film screening/educational series circuit, but the shorter version of it, which clocks in at about 50 minutes.
The feature-length version is 71 minutes long. It made its world premiere in May of this year, at the Montclair Film Festival, so I gather most of you haven't seen it yet.
The synopsis for André Robert Lee's The Prep School Negro reads:
André Robert Lee revisits the life-changing events of his adolescence when he gained a way out of Philadelphia's ghettos with a scholarship to an elite prep school. As he moved into a different world, he grew distant from his sister and mother. In this poignant film, he explores thorny questions of race, education, opportunity and family. He also spends time with current day prep school students of color to see if anything has changed inside the ivory tower.
If you live in New York City, or will be in the city on November 11, you'll be able to see the feature-length version of the film, when it screens at the DOC NYC documentary film festival.
For dates, times and ticket information, click HERE.
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Those activist judges
Doug Smith's article ("Toxic judicial elections and how to avoid them," Nov. 2) did not scratch the surface of this important issue. "Greedy corporations and bigoted, right wing religionists seizing control" of the judiciary is the most sophomoric and irresponsible comment I have ever read in your paper. What Hon. Robert Brown describes as "toxic judicial elections" and demagoguery are actually, in my opinion, positive and healthy democratic responses to judicial overreach. For example, the judges invent a right of privacy (Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965), which is contained nowhere in the Constitution. Then, the courts invoke these judicially created rights to invalidate laws passed by our elected representatives and by the people themselves (e.g., Initiated Act 1 in Arkansas). In Iowa and elsewhere, the courts consistently ignore public opinion in enacting same-sex marriage, which has been rejected every time it has been put to a vote. And you and others criticize us for having the audacity to remove activist judges from office? Exactly what do you propose we do? Judges who want to "constitutionalize" very sensitive and contentious social and political issues do so at their own risk and should not complain when they are thrown out of the political arena they chose to enter. Thankfully, they are not immune from democratic oversight. We are all familiar with the concept of "judicial review," another power the judges awarded to themselves in 1803 (which was considered and specifically rejected by the Constitutional Convention). Let's call this "democratic review." Yes, it is messy, imperfect and expensive, but it is far better than the alternative.
Michael Emerson
Little Rock
Don't forgive loans
At what point did a "loan" not become a loan? I was shocked recently when I read that the government was (by executive order) reducing the time on "forgiving" a student loan from 25 to 20 years. In my ignorance, I simply went to school and paid my way through by working. After all that education, how dumb am I? I simply could have taken a student loan and not paid it back, only to be forgiven after the time limit on it expired.
What a message we are sending to young people being educated. Get the degree we told you would be beneficial, but if it doesn't work out, hey, don't worry about it. We'll forgive it, at which point your kids and the construction workers who didn't go to school will pay it off for you. In the meantime, don't shower for a couple of weeks, go down and occupy Wall Street, and urinate in public. God Bless America.
Ron Collins
Hot Springs
From the web
Commenters flooded the Arkansas Blog in response to a post that included a video of Little Rock Police Lt. David Hudson, working off-duty at the time for Ferneau Restaurant, repeatedly hitting a man named Chris Erwin in the face. Erwin was later charged with resisting arrest, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. To see the video and read about the incident, visit arktimes.com/Erwin.
These actions were not warranted in this situation. Force to this extent is only in situations of life threatening nature to the officer. Take his badge! Furthermore, he was in LRPD uniform acting as a figure in law enforcement, even though it was more like the scum of the PO's you see on TV. Thank goodness for the civilians who stepped in and did their part in making sure this was brought to light.
What this video doesn't reveal is the conversation between the suspect and the officer. It looks like the officer was giving the suspect plenty of opportunity to place his hands on the wall and to comply. As you can see, the suspect never does and is continually trying to turn around to face the officer. As an officer who has been in such situations with a non-compliant suspect, it was always my practice to leg-sweep them and get them to the ground where I could gain compliance and get them handcuffed as quickly as possible. The only thing I can say about this video otherwise is that as an officer it has never entered my thoughts to ever just punch anyone in the face. Also, such incidents don't need to be reviewed or investigated by, at least solely, a civilian. Civilians do not go through the use of force training and are not educated on the real threats that are out there for police officers. So a civilian without the training and experience will be too quick to judge such incidents.
This is another good reason why police officers should not be allowed to work private security jobs while off duty. Just as the two female officers in the apartment complex who killed the old man recently, these cops were representing and protecting private interests, but since they are police officers 24/7, they have subjected the City of Little Rock to potential liability for their off-duty exploits. Just about all police departments allow this; none of them should.
I know this "cop." He is not a thug or a criminal but a decorated and respected police officer. That man resisted arrest and was treated accordingly. It's too bad that a 175-lbs. yuppie picked a fight with a 250-plus-lbs. experienced police officer. It tends to screw your face up a bit. Next time he should think about what he says and does in the presence of law enforcement. I always do and I have never had my ass kicked by one.
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Top Ten Best "Goodbye" Quotes
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This is very true! If you like good friends never say goodbye they simply say 'until we meet again' if you like this find me on Facebook at ally Marie ward3268686942737!
this is true I believe that if you pass you go to another side.
I think we all would want that goodbye's to mean this - MatrixGuy
But if we don't who will come on the information we have if you don't see it shameV 104 Comments
when I first heard this I cried. my cousin took forever to say goodbye. unfortunately, he's dead. :(
Love it and in fact shared it on Facebook when I left my family and friends and studied overseas. So far it has been one of my favourite quotes.
That is deepV 30 Comments
Thank you.. It's touch me. Yeah, true friendship will never die. I really appreciate this. Awesome and really cool. I like it a lot. But its pretty sad realize that I'm not gonna see my best friend for a long time.
Very good I really appreciate this. Wowing and good and wowwing Want to give you thumbs up and many excellent and I having a feeling of exhilaration and very good
Its true if you have a friend yalls friendship will never die
Yea it's absolutely trueV 35 Comments
There will always be people you love and miss, and you will always be that person for someone else. You'll want to hold on forever and never let go. But the thing is, you can't say hello again if you haven't said goodbye.
I wanna all my friends to hang around me even after a farewell goobye
I'm writing a letter for a graduating friend I find this very true and promising. Yes indeed, true friends never say goodbye.
FartV 16 Comments
Says a lot without saying a lot.
Sad, but also true and therefor beautiful. It's sad how I've had my goodbyes without actually saying it
Warning: sad story about goodbyes like these.
I have always been a shy, secretive and an awkward person. I had this huge crush on this boy named Jake in the 5th grade but I was determined not to show it. I knew I was weird. He was popular, cute and mysterious. But when we started texting out of the blue, I got to meet a side of him that no one knows. And he met a side of me that no one knows. He looked at me differently than any other girl and I knew he had feelings for me. But I was scared. I was weird, shy and almost the opposite of him so I didn't show any affection. Until the 9th grade we stayed in contact until we just started falling apart. Even though we didn't talk anymore, I still had immensely strong feelings for him. And when we occasionally bumped into each other in the halls, I could tell he wasn't over me either.
Randomly in the middle of my junior year, he left. Without a warning he moved. I had to hear it from one of his friends during class. It was after the ...more
I just left my friend group without any explanation. I just kinda left and went my own way. This quote really struck thatV 22 Comments
You can hold onto the memories of what's good and let a new day come, because the good is what matters after all. - PositronWildhawk
I was reunited with the "LOVE OF MY LIFE" We are both married (to others). We had not seen each other in 50 years. We may never see each other again. I will not cry, I am simply smiling with each thought of him and the coversation we had.
I like this one because I had to say goodbye
Okay :) Bye. - BritgirlV 16 Comments
Its true... Its is very hard to accept the reality that you will never see or hear that person your entire life. You can only remember him and mesmerized the days spent with that person... So sad but it is reality we have to live with those memories
ya its true its painful to know that I can't even say goodbye to a friend... for she'z dead! I lv this quote..
It touches my heart! I cried after I read as it is reminding me that I wouldn't be able to see someone beloved to me again ever after! Sigh... But life still need to go on... That is LIFE!
Yep, I agree - RighteousV 25 Comments
I have just said goodbye to a true and gentle friend. My heart is sore at his leaving because we are now touching sixty and have known each other all our lives. He is going to the far side of the world and I don't know if we shall ever meet again. I wish I could have said the quote above as I hope it is true.
I like that quotes..
it is so beautiful...
So hard to lose a real friend...
Yes... True friendship is forever.. - OliveleafV 7 Comments
I really hate to heard someone saying GOODBYE... What I want is to say this word always. 'SEE YOU'.
Very simple and speaks for itself, doesn't need a lengthy explanation. There is just hardly anything GOOD about saying goodbye.
An amazing quote, obviously deeply thought about. It's so true though, what good has anyone got in saying goodbye. I know it's never done me any good.
It's wishing farewell, so maybe that's what makes it good. ~ - OliveleafV 16 Comments
This is quite my favourite of all the goodbyes, it is so bitter sweet
This hits pretty close to home, a friend of mine was killed a few weeks back and it was the hardest thing I've ever gone through, and I found a unique 'comfort' in this.
It really touched my heart
This quote is such a classy way of saying goodbye.V 38 Comments
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I just thought of this and liked it!
Fantastic! I found it so relevant.
This quote isn't the best one here but, it should definitely be remembered.
That's not a bad idea, actually. - OliveleafV 4 Comments
Unless you come to end there is no beginning, so this means something new and interesting but no forgeting the past.
This saying covers all you want to say when a friend leaves.
Because there is no new starting until there is old ending
Nice msgV 3 Comments
If it wasn't for this quote, none of these would be on this list - gemcloben
This is kinda lame
My really close friend is moving away... It's surprising how hard it is to say goodbye
This has been quoted about a trillion times in the world. It's even on Monty's profile which nearly made me cry. :( - OliveleafV 8 Comments
It's a precious moment..
This is so true... I've experience it before, when my friend left... It got me wondering why it's so hard to say goodbye
That's how I feel with my best friend
Very touchingV 3 Comments
Goodbye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and you will be there with the rest
Had tears while reading this... As it was my farewell today
For people who don't know, this quote comes from the greatest movie of all time, The Fox and the Hound. It's when Widow Tweed has to let Tod go to protect him. It's such a sad scene but it's sad in a beautiful way!
TrueV 5 Comments
If you never fell how good bye really means and have taste the back of your tongue, you're not ready to let that person go.
Good byes are the words which are adamant to come out not only from the tongue but from in the poor heart..
I cried after reading this. I love everyone around me
If you love everyone around you, does that include me? I wanna feel loved... :-) But seriously, really strong quote... Love it...
I's kinda true
You don't want to say good bye if you see him/her
My ed boyfriend broke up with me alittle while ago, I'm still hurt and id do anything to get him back. But now I see that that someone new can now come along and say hello and start a wonderful new chapter
"Don't say goodbye if you don't want to see me again." Fania Simon
very true
Its really true
I am very to listen this
Its great
So true... And funny...
Even if you are saying goodbye to someone because they passed away, they will still be in your heart. - Oliveleaf
Great, to fence off the deeper emotions
Yeah, I agree - OliveleafV 3 Comments
That exactly the point.
There's no room for saying goodbye
This is the main point
The worst is not knowing what went wrong.
I have never felt anything before I met the farwell & these lines made me think abut it
That is what happened to me and it hurts so bad because l do not know from the bottom of my heart what happen.
We will meet again and hoping to do farewell together because life give 2nd chance.
It is true. I have been through this experience for the first time in my life, when I had to say good-bye to someone very close to my heart. He did not answer, and later I realized why.
This gives everyone a chance to one day meet again.
Ain't it the truth! Thanks you help fill a void :-)
Correct wordings to write in a board without making much noise..
I love this because it's so very true
True that's how I feel right now😭V 1 Comment
This is what you would say to anyone you love because... good bye hurts you more than anything
It made me cry! :(
Yes but if it's a friend not a soul mate and you say that.
Today I moved from a school that I've been at my whole life. Truthfully, I always complained about but my leave was very abrupt, as in we left in a week. So for my parting fb status I used this. Over 80 likes, I'm gonna miss it. #dragon
Ya when we tell good bye to one it's sure we are leaving them and moving far where we meet another new friend, so we discover something new isn't it?
Nice I miss my all friends :(
I don't GET IT!
And yes but bye is only hai... withab
Only a true friend would understand.
I LOVE THIS! I moved country with only my mum and my younger brother, thus having to say goodbye to every friend and family member. it was the most heart-breaking experience. however when back in my home country for a holiday saying goodbye was easiest because there was always the next day
Hm... mine was took off...
Very true.. Love it
Damn Vera Lynn will make you bawl your eyes out.
Vera Lynn- we'll meet again🎶 you're seriously killing me softly
THIS IS PERSONAL BETWEEN FRIENDS or LOVERS...beautiful, simple and SO RIGHT for two who CARE and LOVE.
This is so beautiful... I have to send this to the one who's destiny has been mapped and whome I love wit al my soul.
Most goodbyes are for a greater good.. , like promotion, marriage pregnancy etc.. ,
The last words of Johnny in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
This is a really good book also! - music-is-life
Or about timing.
This means like if you move to Florida I'm still in your heart.
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Avid weekend readers of this site may be interested to know that tomorrow (Sunday) sees the annual get together to commemorate would have been Kirsty MacColl's upcoming birthday.
Londonist has always had a soft spot for Kirsty that has continued after her death in 2000. We paid full tribute to her earlier this year.
At noon, fans, friends and family will gather around her bench in Soho Square to celebrate her life and music. There will be a sing-through, appropriately, of Soho Square. There will be a trip to a pub after.
It may be chilly so expect the pigeons to shiver in the naked trees. More details for tomorrow here.
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The Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney is currently seeking applications from potential PhD or Masters by Research students for the Julian Small Research Scholarship in Labour Law. The Scholarship will provide the successful applicant with a full living stipend (at the standard RTP rate - A$26,682.00 per annum in 2017) for the duration of their research higher degree studies at Sydney Law School.
The Scholarship is open to commencing, full time domestic and international applicants seeking to be admitted to a PhD or LLM by research degree, at the University of Sydney Law School, in order to undertake study in the discipline of labour law (encompassing employment law, industrial relations, workplace health and safety and workplace discrimination).
For further information about the Scholarship, or about research higher degree studies in the discipline of labour law, contact Associate Professor Shae McCrystal ( email@example.com).


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Laurentian's Student Centre is a great place to chat, study or unwind. It has lounge areas, a fireplace, a fairtrade coffee shop, and television/games area featuring pool tables, air hockey, Xbox consoles, free wi-fi and big screen televisions. It's a meeting place for students who want to catch up, review notes in a group setting or reach their online friends.
Student Associations
Laurentian Students' General Association (SGA)
The Students' General Association provides comprehensive representation, services, social and cultural enhancements to the general student body. It actively participates and lobbies not only within the university but at municipal, provincial and federal levels of government. It is an active player in the provincial and national student movements.
Indigenous Students Circle (ISC)
The Indigenous Students Circle works to support the academic endeavours of its members by promoting Indigenous culture and by supporting and developing opportunities for social and cultural interaction in the Laurentian community. An array of events are planned throughout the year including drum socials, traditional teachings with elders, brown-bag lunch lecture series, dinners and socials, and much more. A new radio show on Laurentian's CKLU 96.7 FM, hosted by ISC members, celebrates the talent of Indigenous artists, discusses the events and activities of the association and engages in dialogue about issues that affect Indigenous people at the local, regional and national levels.
Association des étudiantes et étudiants francophones (AEF)
The Association des étudiantes et étudiants francophones represents the interests of Francophone students on campus. Its mandate is to enhance social, academic and cultural ties that unite, through the promotion of the French language, student engagement in a variety of Francophone activities and events, and political, academic and administrative representation.
Laurentian Association of Mature and Part time Students (LAMPS)
LAMPS represents approximately 2,500 students studying all year round on campus and around the world via distance education. Its mission is to represent mature and part time students, advocate on behalf of its general membership, and link them to Laurentian University and the community at large.
Graduate Students' Association
All full-time and part-time graduate students are members of the Graduate Students' Association (GSA) at Laurentian University. The GSA Board of Directors represents graduate students and usually consists of an executive and representatives from each department elected by the general membership. When questions relevant to graduate students arise, the University Administration consults the GSA as the body representing graduate students.


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Australian music is hot. We here at LTBN know this. It's not to put down any other countries' music scenes, but in the particular genre of music we focus on, the Aussies seem to be doing it best at the moment. And speaking of moments, look at Shazam growing up right before our eyes. Loved his original stuff (especially Pool Party) but he seems to be doing stuff in the vein of Fred Falke, half Balearic, half French with synth melodies and choruses fading in and out of songs, allowing for the music to have room to breath between more wacky sounds, handclaps and the rhythm sections. Here we find the young prodigy remixing Sneaky Sound System's new single, an effort inclusive of all of his trademarks:
Sneaky Sound System - When We Were Young (Shazam Remix) + (alt)
Next up is an effort between British provocateurs, Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris, and they also receive the Shazam treatment to good results. If there's one detriment to Shazam, it is that he doesn't seem to step outside his sound too much; fortunately for us, that's not that big a setback:
Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris - Dance Wiv Me (Shazam Remix) + (alt)
Listen to these tunes and give Shazam, Sneaky Sound System, Dizzee and Calvin a shoutout.
Bonus: Shazam - Pool Party (Rogerseventytwo Remix) + (alt)
Monday, November 17, 2008
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Everything comes up roses at historic Floral Hall at Forest Park! This venue is the perfect location for both your ceremony and reception. The beautiful hardwood floors and rich paneling create a warm, romantic ambiance. Imagine a winter wonderland wedding where you say your vows in front of the giant stone fireplace while your guests sit amid candlelight. During the warmer months you can decorate the hall with fresh blooms and twinkling lights and the paneled windows will allow natural light to flood the room. Unique circular light fixtures hang from the high ceilings and offer a flattering light for your celebrations. Forest Park surrounds the venue and offers locations for outdoor ceremonies as well as gorgeous wedding portraits, the fall months are particular gorgeous as the park boasts beautiful autumnal colors. The large kitchen gives the caterer of your choice ample space to whip up your delicious reception dinner. After dinner move on to toasts and dancing, the large space allows for plenty of room for both a seated dinner and a night of dancing.
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The rental fee ranges from $472 to $1,675 for a ceremony and reception and includes 12 hours of event time excluding set up and clean up time. The fee for a ceremony only wedding ranges from $472 to $$1,675. A refundable security deposit is required, please inquire with event coordinator for additional information. Please inquire with venue to discover overnight package pricing and hourly rates.
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The average wedding cost at Legion Hall at American Legion Memorial Park is estimated at between $3,045 and $8,483 for a ceremony & reception for 100 guests.
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The Beauty of Mosques
Architecture, specifically of mosques, is an inspiration for many of my henna designs. I have been lucky enough to have traveled to several places around the world and I have seen many different styles of mosques. Some are centuries old and are some modern and new. They leave behind the same effect, awe, wonder, and inspiration. I've shared a few of my favorites here.
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"Strength is not a data point; it's not a number.
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The Conviction Kettlebell Club trains Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings in the Conviction Fitness Garage Gym, with online members training in their own courage corners around the world.
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Our programming is built around focused skilled practice to help us grow stronger, leaner, and more mobile.
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There is no better tool to help keep you lean, strong, and mobile for the rest of your life.
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Kettlebell training on its own is fun, challenging, and very rewarding, but it also offers the opportunity to compete.
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In fact, as the new rules go into effect in nine months (though some will kick in as soon as 90 days) and banks start curtailing the abusive practices this legislation reins in, other practices will likely emerge that can hurt consumers just as badly. "The pendulum may have swung in the wrong direction", says Dennis Moroney, research director and senior analyst for TowerGroup, a research and advisory-services firm focused exclusively on the financial-services industry. "The banks now have to respond to these changes."
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Spencer Bohren's roots music journey has taken him from the Big Empty to the Big Easy. Born in Casper, his musical inspirations led to him to his adopted hometown of New Orleans. We're always honored to have Spencer stop by our studios on a visit back to Wyoming. Here, he performs a couple of classics and an original.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Obstructive sleep apnea in children produces chemical changes in brain areas associated with learning, memory, and executive function, a researcher said here.
Luckily, treatment for the sleep apnea appears to reverse many of those brain changes, Ann Halbower, MD, of Children's Hospital Sleep Center in Denver, said here at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society.
A small study found that the normalization of the brain chemistry resulting from treatment was associated with a corresponding improvement in attention and executive function, Halbower told reporters after her oral presentation.
It's the first study to show that treatment of sleep apnea can reverse brain injury associated with the disease, Halbower said.
In the study, Halbower and colleagues tested 16 children with obstructive sleep apnea and 11 healthy controls for brain metabolites using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The participants also were given a battery of neuropsychological tests, Halbower said.
The key finding, she said, was that the ratio of N-acetyl-aspartate and choline (NAA/Cho) in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus was significantly lower (at P=0.04 and P=0.03, respectively) in children with sleep apnea, compared with the healthy controls.
The ratio is regarded as a measure of how active brain cells are.
At the same time, the patients had significant decreases in working memory, attention, and verbal memory compared with controls (at P<0.01, P<0.01, and P=0.02, respectively), Halbower said.
Treatment was usually with adenotonsillectomy, she said, although some children also required the use of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine.
Six months after treatment, some of the brain deficits were reversed, Halbower said. Specifically, the average NAA/Cho ratio in the left prefrontal cortex rose significantly from baseline (at P=0.02) in treated patients and was no longer different from the healthy controls.
On average, hippocampal metabolites also rose but did not return completely to normal, she said, speculating that the hippocampus may simply take longer to recover. On the other hand, among children with milder disease, recovery was complete in both regions, Halbower said.
In addition, she reported, attention and executive function in the treated children rose significantly from baseline (at P<0.01 and P=0.04, respectively) and was no longer different from the healthy controls 6 months after treatment.
"Earlier diagnosis and treatment may improve the trajectory of development," she said.
The study raises the question of what's causing the problems – low oxygen levels or the frequent arousals needed to overcome low oxygen, commented Mary Morrell, PhD, of Imperial College London, who was not a part of the study but who moderated a press conference at which details were presented.
"We always need to try to dissect that out so that we can target therapy appropriately," Morrell said.
"The metabolites are an index of how active the brain is," she added, "and one thought is that if you have sleep apnea long enough, the neurons actually die."
Both in children and adults, "the more we study these patients, the more we think the sleep apnea is damaging the brain," she said.
The study had support from the National Center for Research Resources and the University of Colorado. Halbower did not report any relevant financial conflicts.
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineSource Reference: Halbower AC, et al "Brain injury and cognitive deficits reverse with treatment of childhood obstructive sleep apnea" Am J Respir Crit Care Med 185; 2012: A6722.


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