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Reactions from 10News.com story…
Public Reactions from 10News.com story (this is the sort of collective mindset we're dealing with)…
For some good commentary on these, go HERE.
"Clearly the way college students view African Americans is offensive to some. Where would they get these ideas? TV shows on MTV and BET? Spike Lee movies? Television stations that fascinate on ghetto behavior? Who knows…
It sure isn't from the 'frats'…."
"NOTE: The only folks making a big stink over this are the media and college administrators trying to cover their arses in the name of political correctness. As I said yesterday, sometimes it hurts to see how the rest of the world sees you. The party may have been in poor taste, but it was certainly a pretty good parody on black youth in America. Just drive through Compton (or Southeast San Diego), and tell me if you see anything different from what this party portrayed."
"The entire Hip Hop industry is "Ghetto-Themed" but it's OK; they're "keeping it real".
If you're a black college student, you're "embracing your roots".
If you're a white college student, you're a racist. HEY PARENTS: Is this the kind of hypocrisy and double standard you pay to have forced down your kids throats? Also, Hollywood and the music industry do not exactly try to glorify life in the trailer park, the way they do life in the hood."
"I'm not sure what is more funny.
The fact that these students are having a "Ghetto-Party" or that UCSD is promoting respect for the ghetto culture."
"Racism is in the eye of the beholder"
The vast majority of us are sick of how offended you are. Your self-esteem is not a concern in the real world, so grow [u]p and stop griping about everything.
"Ghetto" relates to a segment of the population just as "redneck" refers to a segment of the population. When people think of "ghetto", they think of lower class blacks, and when they think of "redneck" they think of lower class whites. Not all blacks are "ghetto" no more than all whites are "rednecks". I was not at all offended, because these stereotypes do not apply to me, my family, or my friends.


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Friday, 30 August 2013
30 photo challenges for Summer!!
Hi everyone! I have been slacking once again and have found it difficult to get back into blogging since my last post but my dude Laura, found this 30 photo challenge for summer, created by a talented photographer, Christina Greve, where you take a photo relating to each random topic which relates to Summer and it has to be taken this Summer! So I have been using my good old Iphone4S as its just easier when you're out and about and will post a photo a day in September, some words haven been challenging but I'm going to give it my best shot...so watch out for mine and Laura's summer photographs!!
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Police are warning elderly Gold Coast residents to be wary of a phone scam after an 89-year-old woman lost more than $200,000.
The Tallebudgera woman was one of several elderly people to fall victim to the scam, in which a man cold calls and claims to be a police officer or bank official and that the person's credit card or bank account has been compromised.
The caller then convinces the victim that police and the bank are working together to stop the thieves.
After several follow-up calls, the victim is then told to transfer funds into a safe account located in the United Kingdom, where police believe the scammers are based.
Police know of seven victims of the scam with the first reported incident occurring on October 17 at Bundall with an 84-year-old woman losing $84,000.
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The last week has proved mighty busy for Richard LaGrevenese and the team behind his new supernatural love story BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, with the latest move so far being one of the wisest.
Deadline is reporting that two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson (pictured) is currently ironing out a deal to star in BEAUTIFUL CREATURES. In the dual role of Mrs. Lincoln - a small town religious zealot, and Sarafine, who is the dark witch who possesses her - Thomson joins Viola Davis, Jack O'Connell and Alice Englert.
Here's the skinny: BEAUTIFUL CREATURES is set in the South about two star-crossed teenage lovers - a local boy, and a mysterious new girl who uncover dark secrets about their families, their history and their town.
I'm down with Emma getting a chance to go ham on dual roles. That shite's always fun...Jeremy Irons in DEAD RINGERS style. I just hope LaGravenese doesn't pander to Twi-hards and actually makes something of substance. Given his writing credentials, that's certainly not a lot to ask for.
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I thought that marriage would provide me with everything I wanted in a partner; strength, stability, unity and respect. In that I would provide them with the aspects they needed from me; strength, love, respect, a mother for their children, a woman for their home, a wife for the other stuff...
But it doesn't work like that.
I thought I would find and marry a man who would share my dreams, understand my worries and love every fibre of our intertwined lives, whichever direction it went in. We would become a collective mind, knowing what the other needed, wanted and expected (in a respectful manner-of course) and react accordingly.
We would smile, a lot.
We would dance at our wedding in such perfect unison that the world would think we were one.
My marriage has turned out different from this. I find myself feeling incredibly lonely and on the very few days we spend together between the 14 hour shifts and renovating the house (seperately) we argue about the dishes, or how I do the washing, or how he screws up my ironing.
Our intertwined lives aren't sparkly ribbons of synchronised energy moving through time and space and the awesomeness that is completely achievable by any well matched couple - married or not.
I was wrong and I finally understand why.
Marriage does not a perfect partner make. Individuals, pre-marriage, are not changeable creatures. We are what we are and change is innevitable and impossible all at the same time. And that's when you realise you spend more time smiling with other people.
I know I was wrong to want my partner to change, I should love him for who he is. But they key to any success is the positivity behind it and there was no positivity in our relationship before we were married, so why was I foolish enough to think there would be now? Despite his promises and vows, he never has changed, just become more moody and demanding, more unhappy (though he will always deny it).
Ultimately any relationship is a hard fought battle of personalities, wills and strengths. All aspects of the individuals that when used correctly, can create a perfect partnership.
Despite always wanting to be able to define my identity as a wife, I cringed at the very moment the registrar announced us as Mr. and Mrs. Ball. I felt like my identity had suddenly been ripped away from me. The years of honing myself as Eleanor Dalton were laid to waste and now I had to be Mrs. Ball, a person I didn't know how to be.
Just know that if you can't walk down the aisle without physical help from your dad, that's probably not your perfect partner you're walking towards.
I should add that I am not blaming my husband for this. I know I make him just as unhappy as he makes me. We are badly matched and it kills me to know I cannot change it. I can't be different and neither can he.
So our energy will continue to flow in different directions. I wonder if I'll still be in this situation in a years time.


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Cress: This is the next book in the Cinder series that I just started and I want to get it to continue on - however, I do so knowing that the last book does not come out for another year (winter 2015), mind you I heard they are connected to each other but not directly related? Either way, I do want this one, assuming I like Cinder. (I am too early to really tell)
Murder on the Orient Express - Christie
Make up:
-Make up forever setting powder: I have the ELF ``dupe`` for this, but honestly I don`t really feel like it does that much. I want to try the real deal out, I have tried it on in stores and liked it, although it does do that odd flash photography thing that whitens your entire face which isn`t cool.
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- NARS - foundation (Fiji)
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I am not a builder, y'all.
I usually come up with amazing build projects and think they are going to be really easy and I can totally do it – then I have to call in Grunt Labor at some point for help.
But this modern rustic bookshelf is so easy to build, Bill and I did it all by ourselves.
Well, we did have Grunt Labor on standby.
After Bill had decided what he wanted in his room makeover, I found this bookshelf over at Waiting on Martha.
I thought it would work perfect for his room, so I tracked down where it was from…All+Modern…and it was $1000.
One Thousand Dollars.
I'm sorry, but I just don't know if I could ever bring myself to pay $1K for a bookshelf.
On top of that, the bookshelf was quite a bit larger than what we needed or could even fit in the space. After looking at it though, I was totally like, we can build that. I sent an image of the shelf to Bill and asked if he liked it. His response was "That's awesome." So the next day, we went and bought our materials and came up with this version of the bookcase – for less than $50.
It is seriously an easy build, ya'll and I am so thrilled with how well it turned out.
DIY Modern Rustic Bookshelf
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Materials Needed:
- Two – 2″ x 10″ x 10's (That link is to the pressure treated version, which you don't need – you just need the regular wood version. For some reason, that is not online, but I wanted you to know what I was talking about.)
- Two – 2″ x 2″ x 8's
- 3″ Wood Screws
- Wood Stain (We used this shade.)
- Spray Paint (We used this green shade.)
Tools Needed:
- Either a circular saw or miter saw (We used our miter saw.)
- Drill & Drill Bits
- Nail Gun (We use this battery powered one.)
- Wood Glue
- Clamps
- Right Angle Drill (We found this helpful, but it is not necessary.)
Cut List:
- Five – 2″ x 10″ x 36″ (Cut the 2″ x 10″ x 10′ down into five 36″ long pieces.)
- Four – 2″ x 10″ x 9 1/2″ (Cut the 2″ x 10″ x 10′ down into four 9 1/2″ long pieces.)
- Eight – 2″ x 2″ x 6 1/2″ (Cut the 2″ x 2″ x 8′ down into eight 6 1/2″ long pieces.)
- Eight – 2″ x 2″ x 9 1/2″ (Cut the 2″ x 2″ x 8′ down into eight 9 1/2″ long pieces.)
Step 1:
Make all the cuts noted above.
Step 2:
Set aside the 2 x 10 cuts. Gather the 2″ x 2″ cuts, wood glue, nail gun and clamps.
Create a square using two of the 2″ x 2″ x 6 1/2″ pieces and two of the 2″ x 2″ x 9 1/2″ pieces as shown below. Put wood glue on all the joints and clamp.
After clamping, nail the pieces together. Do not remove the clamps yet. We waited a few hours before removing the clamps to ensure the glue dried properly.
Repeat this three more times to create a total of four "open" squares.
After each square is completed and dried, paint or stain the squares the color of your choice.
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Take one of the 2″ x 10″ x 36″ pieces and drill three pilot holes along the left end of the board.
After drilling the pilot holes, come back with a larger drill bit that is the size of the screws head and drill out just a little bit over the pilot hole – this is so you can countersink your screw and give the shelf a more finished look.
On the same board, come in 9″ on the other end of the board and drill two more holes the same way you did above, however you only need one on each side of the board as shown below.
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Using the wood screws and drill, place one of the 2″ x 10″ x 9 1/2″ pieces on the end of the board where you drilled three pilot holes and secure it from the bottom of the longer 2″ x 10″ piece. Place one "open square" on top of the place where you drilled two pilot holes and secure this piece with wood screws from the bottom as well as shown in the image below.
It comes in really handy to have someone on standby to hold the pieces as you secure them.
Step 5:
Place one of the 2″ x 10″ x 36″ pieces on top of the pieces you just fastened together.
Repeat the same process with the pilot holes and fastening the pieces together with the screws, however this time, you will be doing this from the top.
The arrows in the image below indicate where your pilot holes and screws should go.
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Place an open square and a solid square on the second shelf you just fastened together as shown below.
Once more, you are going to drill pilot holes, then fasten the pieces together with screws as you did before. This time you will be coming up from the bottom. This is where we found that a right angle drill came in handy.
It was easier to get the right angle drill into the tight spots, rather than the full size drill.
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Place a 2″ x 10″ x 36″ piece on top of the open square and solid square you just fastened together.
Repeat the pilot hole and fastening process as you did with the other shelves.
Next, you will add on another open square and solid square, however you are alternating the location of each with each new shelf you add as you can see in the image above.
Continue fastening on shelves and squares until you have no more left. You can also alter the size of the shelf by adding more or less shelves.
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After the shelf is assembled, stain or paint it the color of your choice. I did this after the shelf was assembled, however, I should have done it before – would have been much easier!
$50 vs. $1000 bookshelf. I'll take the $50 any day of the week.
What do you think of this easy build DIY Modern Rustic Bookshelf?
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Harris related his home community to his college community. When he got to college he then realized where he came from was a community that he valued. Because of Harris' unique community he is able to advance into the discourse community.
"The troubles of many student writers, Bartholomeo suggests, begin with their inability to imagine such a position of privilege, to define their views against some "common" way of talking about their subject."


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I picked up a bag of Unbleached All Purpose flour. Not all AP flours are created equally. King Arthur AP flour contains 11.7% protein. Why is that important? Check out this page for a basic breakdown.
Now that we're done with the Science lesson for the day...on to the cooking! I got the KitchenAid pasta roller and cutter set earlier this month and I've been dying to try it out. I used their basic egg noodle recipe below:
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon water
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 t salt
Place ingredients in bowl, attach flat beater, turn to speed 2 and mix 30 seconds.
Remove the flat beater and attach the dough hook. Turn to speed 2 and knead for two minutes.
Hand-knead dough for 30 seconds to one minute. Cover dough with a dry towel and let rest 15 minutes before extruding it through pasta maker.
I dried and froze my pasta overnight, so it took about 8 minutes to cook. Fresh rolled pasta cooks in under 5.
For the sauce....
1 cup dry white wine
4-5 large tomatos-blanced, peeled and cut
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 cup chopped white onion
fresh oregano, thyme, rosemary and basil....be generous!
1 bay leaf
2 cloves crushed garlic or 2 cloves minced garlic
salt to taste
Combine all ingredients in large skillet over medium-low heat. Cook, covered, until onion is tender.
Toss cooked and drained pasta in sauce.
We opted to add chicken and fresh mozzarella...two thumbs up from the crowd!
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Thanks to Laurent de Janvry at UC Berkeley for showing off VolunteerCampaigns™ in this presentation on software tools for enhancing your fundraising and volunteer activities.
Go to 55:10-1:05 of the video to see a brief demonstration of the features available to institutions as part of VolunteerCampaigns™ and how UC Berkeley is using it for volunteer success.
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North East Labour MPs urged the party to unite behind Jeremy Corbyn following his leadership election win.
But some MPs also warned he had to do more to reach out to people who do not currently support him.
Easington MP Grahame Morris , the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, said there should be no more leadership challenges.
He said: "We must unite, work together, and organise at every level, in our communities, our workplaces and in parliament.
"If we fail to do so, hard fought gains will be squandered, our causes and issues will not be advanced, and it will be our communities that have to live with the hardships caused by a Tory Government.
"The first priority for whoever wins the Labour leadership is to take the fight based around the policies that the vast majority of the party's membership agree with to the Tories in Parliament through a competent effective co-ordinated opposition. The Labour activists planning to re-run the coup as an annual event until the party is destroyed must not prevail.
"We have a limited window of opportunity to reach out and build a mass social movement of communities with a common interest and a clear message. Our aim to give hope and mount an effective resistance to which the alternative is a counsel of despair and decline."
And he argued that North East communities needed a united Labour Party to fight the Conservative government.
Mr Morris said: "We have a government that are acutely aware of the housing crisis, but are wedded to a political ideology, that refuses to build the homes so desperately needed, blocks local government from replacing council housing sold under the right to buy, and ignores the needs of communities like Horden, Easington and Dawdon that are crying out for housing regeneration.
"All this Government talk of devolution and localism is simply empty rhetoric to the community of East Durham whose needs have been ignored by Government and its agencies."
Gateshead Labour MP Ian Mearns also called for unity - and said Labour MPs must accept the result of the leadership election even if they disagreed with Mr Corbyn.
He said: "When a leader gets elected, you back them.
"There have been plenty of leaders of the labour party over he years, while I've bene party member, that I haven't agreed with 100 per cent or sometimes even 50 per cent.
"But they are the democratically elected leader of the Labour party and therefore you back them.
"And that is what I would urge all party members at all levels to do."
Redcar Labour MP Anna Turley, responding on Twitter, said: "Congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn on winning the Labour leadership. Now we must focus on exposing the weakness of this government."
But she added: "It is vital now that we listen to the electorate. We cannot just shout at them with slogans and flags and ideals.
"We must set forward positive and concrete Labour solutions to the daily fears and concerns they face."
Ms Turley said: "We must look like a government in waiting. For all British people, not just the ones who share our views."
In a message on Twitter, former Labour leader Ed Miliband called on the party to unite behind his successor.
"Congratulations to Jeremy on his victory and commiserations to Owen," said Mr Miliband, whose reforms created the electoral system which delivered Mr Corbyn victory.
"Now is the time for the party to unite and to focus on the country."
But the Scottish Labour leader warned Jeremy Corbyn he faces a "difficult task" to reunite the party in wake of a divisive leadership election.
Kezia Dugdale said: "Jeremy can unite the Labour Party, but he needs to want to unite it. That means he needs to work with both the party across the country and MPs to provide an effective opposition to the Tories in Westminster.
"It will be a difficult task for Jeremy, but not an impossible one. Likewise, the Parliamentary Labour Party must recognise that a divided Labour Party serves no-one."


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The Informatica Insurance Gateway for Salesforce CRM solution leverages Informatica's market-leading Data Integration Platform to enable lower-cost, higher volume exchange of data between back office systems and a carrier's salesforce.com partner management application, while leveraging ACORD standards to ensure that the information can be efficiently exchanged, easily interpreted and readily used. Using Informatica, customers have been able to reduce ACORD transformation costs by 50% or more.
One joint Informatica-salesforce.com customer, a wholesaler of insurance and other financial products to third-party agents, leverages the solution to achieve visibility into producer data across multiple products and contracts. Averaging more than 100,000 transactions per day, the solution transforms data from multiple contracting and licensing applications and administrative systems, including mainframes, into ACORD, aggregates and loads the integrated data into Salesforce CRM Partner Networks in real-time. Among the benefits of the solution are that agents can be on-boarded more quickly, have current information on commissions, policies and claims at almost all times, and can leverage Salesforce CRM to manage leads and opportunities. Advantages to the carrier include having a single view of every producer and agency and a reduction in ACORD transformation costs,
"By supporting the ACORD standard, Informatica and salesforce.com are driving insurance carrier success with cloud computing," said Renny Monaghan, vice president, Industry Solutions, salesforce.com. "Salesforce.com's partner relationship management application, built on the company's real-time cloud infrastructure, enables carriers to drive more business through their agent networks. Using Informatica to integrate Salesforce CRM removes infrastructure barriers to data exchange and enforces ACORD standards so that carriers can share data with partners in real-time and at a lower cost."
Insurance carrier performance is increasingly dependent on the ability of agents to retrieve and deliver vital information on customers, leads, policies and claims that is stored in the carrier's back office systems and data stores. The Informatica solution integrates data bi-directionally between carriers and their agents, with support for industry standards, including ACORD. Using the Informatica data integration platform, data is accessed from almost any backend system, packaged application or legacy data source, and validated and transformed to comply with the ACORD-based data internal data model as an integral part of the cloud-based data collection and distribution process.
"ACORD is clearly the future of insurance industry information sharing. The Informatica Insurance Gateway for Salesforce CRM solution can reduce the cost of bringing data in ACORD format to agents by as much as 50 percent and accelerate access to meaningful data by sharing information in the cloud," said Girish Pancha, general manager, Data Integration, Informatica. "Informatica and salesforce.com both have a large customer base in the insurance sector, and these customers are able to leverage their existing investments in Informatica and salesforce.com's cloud computing infrastructure and extend their value through the use of the new gateway solution. Our goal is to help our customers to stay current with industry requirements and drive efficiency by enabling the adoption of and continued compliance with standards."
Functionally, the Informatica solution enables a common data model based on ACORD standards across enterprise data sources. The solution natively supports ACORD XML and enables customers to easily adapt to new ACORD versions as they emerge. The solution also supports proprietary ACORD implementations and legacy insurance formats including AL3 in their various versions. Leveraging the Informatica Data Integration Platform, the solution is optimized to support large ACORD structures and large data sets for superior performance, and is highly scalable to keep pace with expanding distribution channels.
For information about the Informatica Insurance Gateway for Salesforce CRM solution please contact Informatica. For more information on Informatica's integration solutions for Salesforce CRM available on the Force.com AppExchange visit www.salesforce.com/appexchange
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I have just returned from a fabulous 'hen' weekend at Hagg Hill Hall. The house is truly amazing, a Grade 2 listed Manor House, full to the brim with antique and quirky furnishings. Many of the bedrooms have stunning four poster beds with en suite facilities. The lovely owner, Lord Mel Humphries took the time to show us around his wonderful home and was available when asked to provide the history of the house and gardens. He clearly has put a lot of love and care into restoring the hall to the superb home it is today. There is also hot tub and a large, fantastic indoor pool for guests to enjoy, not to mention pool table and huge boat for both small and 'big kids'!
I booked this house for my sister's hen party weekend for 16 people; we were not disappointed. It is an absolutely beautiful old house with lovely views. Lord Humphreys (the owner) was very friendly and really looked after us. He gave us a tour once we'd arrived and then on our last night came around and lit a fire for us. There were plenty of towels and also little bottles of free water/wine in all the rooms!!
The house is filled with gorgeous furniture - from memory I think most bedrooms had a four poster and its own ensuite (which is great for a big group). The dining room was very grand - laid out with silverware and candles (which we used for our private chef dining experience), and the conservatory was beautiful with hanging flowers (perfect for our mad hatter tea party). Everyone loved the pool and hot tub. I think everyone left happy!
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This house is beautiful, full of history and character. Each room is full of antiques, nearly every bedroom has a grand four poster bed, roll top bath and lovely views. Great for a big group of girls as there are lots of bathrooms, a few en suites with both baths and showers. The pool and hot tub were lovely and warm and one of the highlights of the house.
Mel the owner is very hospitable and passionate about the property which really shows in the short tour he gave us. He was very relaxed about what we were up to in the house, we had a party til the early hours one night and a professional chef in the (very!) grand dining room the second night and Mel was happy for both to happen. The kitchen was well equipped and when we asked about the wifi it was fixed within the hour.
Though we went for a hen party, the house would be absolutely amazing at Christmas or New Year, would also be great for kids. Would highly recommend to anyone.
We could see from the details that our Son sent us that we were in for a truly majestic stay.
We arrived on our 50th Wedding Anniversary, Friday 2nd October 2015. We were the first to arrive out of 17 family members. We were greeted, at the door, by the owner, Lord Humphreys who showed us around his magnificent house. You need to look up 'Hagg Hill Hall' in Derbyshire to appreciate all the terrific facilities such as four poster beds, en suites, kitchen facilities, sitting rooms (plural), oak beams, candelabras, silver cutlery, large televisions, hot tube (up to 7 people), personal towels everywhere, BBQ, big garden play boat, welcoming wine, in each bedroom ! Lord Humphreys (call me Mel) craftily saved the 'Piece de Resistance' until last - the truly magnificent dining room. Downtown Abbey eat your heart out! As it was OUR day I insisted that on our anniversary (2nd Oct) we all wear dinner jackets and gowns. We had everything except Carson the butler! The indoor swimming pool was the largest and best house pool I have ever come across (40ftx20ft). On the Saturday night (3rd Oct) we dined in the luxurious garden dining room (up to 20 people) and had fairy lights and candles (casual dress, this time)! In summing up - I was gobsmacked! I had never stayed in such a truly magnificent country house in my life. Unfortunately there was already a Lord there - otherwise I would have happily played the Lord of the Manor - especially as I was at the head of the big dinner table!
What an absolute crazy awesome weekend the girls have done me proud , the grounds were beautiful would stay there again, Mel the owner was brilliant too , everything you would need, an if the sun was out you wouldn't know you you weren't abroad I loved it from start too finish thank you, the hot tub was a great way to chill an unwind 10/ 10 from me
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When the doom and gloom brigade were questioning whether the Football Ferns deserved their Olympic place, it didn't matter a hoot to Rebecca Smith.
Born and bred in California, Smith was far removed from the kerfuffle surrounding the women's soccer squad's approval for the Games competition.
That probably helped. The fact that she was shortlisted for the world women's player of the year last year also may have assisted her in taking a view that it was a nonsense and sold New Zealand's chances well short.
Since getting the nod for Beijing, the Ferns have made steady improvement, culminating in a 1-1 draw with world No 9 Canada last week. Considering New Zealand are ranked No 24, it hints that they might raise a few eyebrows when they kick off their campaign against world No 10 Japan in Qinhuangdao tomorrow night.
Smith took no notice of those arguing that the New Zealand Olympic Committee had gone against their stated position of what was expected of teams in Beijing, that of having the capability to make the second round.
"I guess the team can take that [criticism] and use it but I don't think there's any doubt in the players' minds that we deserved this," Smith said.
Smith has New Zealand-born parents. She was educated at Chadwick High School in Palo Verdes, a suburb just south of Los Angeles, has an Economics and Spanish double degree from Duke University and is eyeing a career in international business.
Despite the Californian accent, Smith returns to New Zealand every year and feels a strong connection.
She spent time with FC Frankfurt, when the squad included about two-thirds of the German national team, before being picked up by Sunanna SK in the strong Swedish league where her game further blossomed.
A central defender, Smith captained New Zealand at last year's World Cup when she was carrying a knee cartilage injury. That took her out for nine months but she returned in time for the Peace Queen Cup earlier this year in Korea. The break gave her the opportunity to assess the state of the Ferns squad. What she saw before and after her layoff bear no relation to each other, she believes.
"The improvements have been tremendous. We'd always had defensive shape but now, on the ball, it's like a whole new team."
Smith suspects the other nations have cottoned on to New Zealand's progress. Their chances of catching Japan, Norway, or the defending champions the United States, off guard in the next week are receding.
"I think our reputation is getting round that we're not a team to be underestimated. We are becoming a team that's legitimate," she added.


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You further mentioned, MRIs provide equal or superior imaging without the ionizing radiation. Why is it better without ionizing, and what can ionizing radiation do to a person or child?
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Ionizing radiation is radiation that produces ions when it interacts with matter — it changes the structure of atoms. This is important for health reasons because when ionizing radiation hits the DNA in our bodies, our genetic blueprints, it can ionize the atoms in the DNA molecules — leading to the death of that cell, or to changes that might result in cancer. X-rays and gamma rays are examples of ionizing radiation.
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Xerox Expands Range Of Workflow Options With New Fiery Servers
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Press release from the issuing companyLAS VEGAS, June 29, 2004 – Opening up more workflow options to customers in commercial print, quick-print and in-plant color printing environments, Xerox Corporation and EFI today announced two new EFI Fiery color servers specifically designed for Xerox digital color presses. The announcement was made at EFI's Connect 2004 Users Conference. The new servers for the Xerox iGen3 Digital Production Press and DocuColor 5252 Digital Color Press expand the range of front-end systems available to customers, enabling them to easily integrate these presses into their existing workflow. "Working with our partners, we're able to bring more solutions to market for Xerox customers, helping them leverage the value of their existing investments while streamlining their processes," said Fred DeBolt, vice president, color business team, Xerox Production Systems Group. "EFI is known for its color management systems and expertise; add that to Xerox's industry-leading digital presses, and together we are able to offer efficient workflow solutions based on an open architecture." "High-volume customers seeking the power of iGen3 with the quality and ease-of-use of our award-winning Fiery servers have an unbeatable combination," said Mehran Farimani, general manager of Advanced Server Products, EFI. "By working with Xerox we are able to offer customers the same high speed, precision color output with full variable-data capabilities that tens of thousands of print production professionals have come to expect from their Fiery-driven devices." EFI Fiery Server for iGen3 Users now have access to the Fiery front-end and the Xerox DocuSP color controller for the iGen3. If EFI tools and support are part of the creation phase of a job, then printers can maintain a consistent and reliable workflow process by submitting that job to the EFI Fiery server on their iGen3 for digital color printing. The new Fiery server provides the familiar operator interface for customers who favor Fiery front-ends and want the industry's most advanced digital press. It enables iGen3 users to use a full range of EFI open workflow solutions and components. EFI EXP5000 for DocuColor 5252 Coupling the EFI EXP5000 server with the Xerox DocuColor 5252 results in a powerful package boasting one of the industry's fastest image processing times. A replacement for the EX2000d, this new color server is based on the latest EFI platform and enables quicker, easier and more accurate color document production. Concurrent job processing that allows multiple jobs to be submitted at once helps to increase productivity. The EXP5000 comes with the EFI Command Workstation , a user interface that can be customized with predefined layouts, and customer settings that help simplify the job submission process. Color management is top-of-the-line with the EXP5000. It automatically matches PANTONE colors and handles color conversions that ensure the DocuColor 5252 printouts are accurate to job specifications and maintain precise color consistency. For more advanced color management, an optional Graphic Arts Package is offered. Pricing and Availability The EFI Fiery combined with the iGen3 is $590,000 and will be available in August through Xerox's direct sales force. Existing Xerox DocuSP/iGen3 configurations can be upgraded with the Fiery solution. The U.S. list price on the EFI EXP5000 server for the Xerox DocuColor 5252 is $42,000 and is immediately available through the Xerox direct sales force and reseller partner Enovation.
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Manifesto analysis: Liberal Democrats and Greens
Liberal Democrats – Change Britain's Future
Giving people a voice on Brexit is a central tenet of the Lib Dem manifesto, with a commitment to a second referendum on the terms of the deal with Europe. Despite promising to be the party that represents the 48%, the Liberal Democrats didn't perform as well as expected at the recent local and mayoral elections and have failed to significantly increase their vote share in national polls.
Their manifesto seeks to broaden their appeal with significant investment in health, education and social care, as well as niche policies such as the legalisation of cannabis. However, whether this will translate into votes come polling day, remains to be seen.
Summary of key policy announcements:
- The Liberal Democrats have called for a referendum on the terms of the deal with Europe once they have been agreed
- Commitment to fight a 'hard Brexit' including continued access to the Single Market and the Customs Union, protecting the rights of EU citizens and UK citizens, supporting freedom of movement and maintaining environmental standards in UK law
Business and Economy
- Plan to eliminate the deficit in day-to-day spending by 2020
- Increasing investment in research and innovation and protecting the Science Budget
- Providing greater support to small businesses by expanding the remit of the British Business Bank to provide greater capital for SMEs
- Introducing provisions that allow employees of businesses with 250+ employees the right to request shares
- Give employees representation on remuneration committees and the right to representation on company boards for listed companies
- Reform fiduciary duty to include other measures such as employee welfare, environmental standards and community benefit
- Introduction of 'good employer' kitemark
- Modernise employment rights in line with advent of 'gig economy'
Transport and Infrastructure
- Implement a programme of capital investment with £100 billion for infrastructure, including 300,000 new homes per year by 2022, investment in schools and hospitals, road and rail and a scheme to encourage more private investment in renewable energy
- Create a British Housing and Infrastructure Development Bank with an initial investment of £5 billion
- Diverting more funding into the NHS by levying an additional penny on every pound of income tax
- Matching waiting times for mental health treatment with those of physical health
- Introduction of a cap on social care costs and moving towards location based health and social care budgets by 2020
- Investment of £7 billion in education including increasing school budgets and the Pupil Premium
- Increasing the Pupil Premium for Early Years to £1000 per child
- Opposing new selective schools in a direct challenge to the Conservatives Grammar School policy
Defence and Foreign Policy
- Maintain commitment to spend 0.7% of GDP on international aid
- Suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other countries with poor human rights records
- Maintain commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defence
- Greater investment in security and intelligence services, with a particular focus on cyber security
Green Party – Stand up for what matters
The Green Party have published 10 election pledges including:
- An economy for everyone
- Protecting our environment
- Membership of the EU
- A truly public NHS
- Education for all
- Our promise to young people
- Safe, secure and affordable homes
- A safer world
- A citizen's democracy
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While I don't spend a lot of time watching the news I was glued to my TV set last night as the Cleveland news stations broke the story about 3 women, who were kidnapped, presumed dead, were found alive in a house in Cleveland. They weren't hundreds of miles away, just locked inside a house for 10 years!
While there are still questions to be answered, the fact that a neighbor paid attention to something that just didn't seem right. The world needs more people like this gentleman! We all need to learn a lesson about vigilance, observation and just plan old common sense!


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Todd will be providing an economic update to the Calgary Chapter of CPAs.
Todd Hirsch is the Chief Economist of ATB Financial.
For over 20 years, Todd has worked as an economist at numerous organizations including the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canada West Foundation and the Bank of Canada. For almost a decade, Todd taught economics at the University of Calgary. He released his first book, The Boiling Frog Dilemma: Saving Canada from Economic Decline in 2012 and his second, Halfway Home in 2016.
Todd provides economic commentary for many Canadian media outlets and is a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail. He currently serves on the University of Calgary Board of Governors and is the chair of the Calgary Arts Academy. Todd recently received the University of Alberta's Alumni Honour Award.
He holds a BA Honours in Economics from the U of A and an MA in Economics from the University of Calgary.
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I looked up the ratings for each episode of the show to see what, if any impact the controversy may have had on the ratings. What I found was that compared to other shows during the Thursday night time slot, Beyond Scared Straight was unfailingly fairing well. It was consistently being ranked as being one of the top ten shows for the night.
I also noticed that ratings have been dropping with each new episode. For example, Season 1 premiered with 3.7 million viewers, Season 2 premiered with 2.7 million and Season 3 premiered with 2.1 million viewers. I do not believe this is necessarily in relation to the controversy. I believe there are other outside factors that could explain for the drop in ratings. It simply could be that the show is no longer a "new" concept and people have somewhat "grown tired" of the show.
After speaking with several fans of the show, I discovered that most people tuned in every week because they enjoyed watching the teens break down. After getting a short introduction to each child at the beginning of the episode, they were curious as to how the program would effect each teen. None of the fans were aware of the controversy and were somewhat shocked to hear that states were taking steps to suspend the programs. Each person I spoke with felt that the program did more good than harm and that these at-risk teens needed to get such "harsh" reality checks because obviously more subtle means had proven less successful. None of the fans I spoke with agreed with officials wanting to pull the plug on the programs. They all believed that the show has proven that the programs do offer high success rates and that even if one teen was saved, it was worth the time and effort of all those involved.
Though there are many arguments for and against the program, government officials have decided that the programs have proven ineffective and such programs should cease running. The government relies on studies and select organizations/individuals to advise them in policy making. An overwhelming number of studies have shown that such juvenile awareness programs do more harm than good for teens and our society. Studies show that the programs actually increase recidivism, decrease deterrence and may encourage deviant behaviors. Studies have also found that such programs cause emotional and mental harm. Juvenile advocacy groups have gathered together and created petitions asking A&E to cancel the show. They believe airing the show helps promote a program that does not work and encourages people to invest in programs that they shouldn't.
I believe the main factor that has pushed states such as California and Maryland to suspend their programs is the fact that the programs may violate federal laws, which prohibit court-involved youth from being detained, confined or otherwise having contact with adult inmates in jails and prisons. Funding is very important to correctional facilities. If they do not obey federal laws, these facilities may face fines and a drastic cut in funding. In fear of losing funding, I believe states have begun suspending the scared straight programs and turned to conducting meticulous evaluations of such programs.


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Roving Reporter | "Rockport Earth Day and Red Fish Run 2014" Pictures
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|Festival Organizers in Front of the WWN's Purple Banner from Left to Right, Kimmi Moake, Chris Hale, Christy Ilfrey, Ashlee Flowers & Becky Sanders
"Overall, we did exceptionally better in participation in the Redfish Run and the Earth Day Festival. We received excellent feedback from the vendors that they are excited for next year and really enjoyed this year. We're already planning for next year and are excited for the growth that occurred at our 2nd Annual Rockport Earth Day and Redfish Run. We thank everyone for their support and assistance throughout the entire process." - Kimmi Moake, Organizer
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"Thank you for including the Humane Society in the booths for the Earth Day Celebration on Saturday. We had two very successful things happen at the event. First, we had our Recycled VIP Cats in the booth and there was a lot of interest in them. In fact, there was so much interest that one of the cats, "Two Bits," was adopted at the event! He is an older brown tabby with a lot of personality and has lived at the shelter for some time. The exposure provided by his being at the booth gave him a chance to impress many people he would never see at the shelter. His new home is with the family that had the pygmy pig kissing booth to raise money for the Humane Society. Secondly, we received a lot of donations at the event. Our booth brought in $43 and the Kiss the Pygmy Pig booth brought in $58. This was a great day for all the kitties at the Humane Society." - Gayly Opem (pictured below on right), Volunteer, Humane Society & Adoption Center of Rockport-Fulton
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What is happening in Eagles this Spring term
In topic we have been learning about North America. We are learning about the different countries in North America and how their geographical areas can differ.
In Science we have been learning about the human body with Mrs Gilibrand.
In PE we have been practicing our skills in hockey. We also enjoyed our dance topic (musical theatre). We have used three songs from the theatre show Matilda. It took five weeks, but we have managed to make our dance to the songs. Watch our final performance on the news feed.
In literacy we have been learning about journalistic writing. We thoroughly enjoyed creating our own newspaper article.
Maths is always a busy subject for us. It is constantly changing.
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Apple MacBook Airs are Cleared for Takeoff
The new MacBook Air notebooks are turning heads everywhere, including at airport security. An Air-owner recently got stopped at security while the TSA employees tried to figure out what the darned thing was. Poor guy missed his flight.
The TSA (Transportation Safety Administration) has a fun and interesting blog that weighed in on the episode. Bob from the TSA Evolution Blog Team thinks that the security people really just weren't sure of what it was. In particular because of the solid-state drive, it probably looks very different than a conventional notebook.
Bob's going to work with Apple to test the machine so that the TSA's training can account for such notebooks. Others are coming, from Lenovo for example.


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tonight (9:45 pm) while finishing the girls Easter Baskets I came up with this great idea for a card to send to the girls I visit teach for next year. I hurry and ran to my Scrapbook Factory Program and drew this out by making circles. I wish I would have thought of this sooner!
So if you see any of those bunny ears 50% off next week pick them up and use to give them away for Easter next year. Target had them in their dollar section. (if you click image you should be able to save it, the quality is better when you double click it)
now i am off to run outside to use powdered sugar to make bunny footprints, i hope it doesn't snow again tonight.
and with all my spring break D.C. history "festivas" I forgot to post my favorite bird nest cake. So if you are up late and want to make one, here is the one I made last year.
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US President Barack Obama has voiced renewed determination to destroy the Islamic State group, vowing to win back territory in the Middle East and kill the group's leaders.
Sounding a notably more strident tone, Obama on Monday (local time) said that the United States and its allies were taking the fight to Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
"We are hitting them harder than ever," said Obama, in a second address following a seemingly IS-influenced attack in San Bernardino that has raised questions about his strategy.
"As we squeeze its heart, we will make it harder for ISIS to pump the propaganda to the rest of the world," Obama insisted at the Pentagon after meeting with US military leaders.
Listing a series of Islamic State leaders killed in coalition operations, Obama issued a stern warning.
"ISIL leaders cannot hide," he said.
"Our next message to them is simple, you are next."
Even before the attack by a Muslim husband and wife in California killed 14 people, polls showed that more than 60 percent of Americans disapproved of the way Obama was handling the Islamic State and the broader terror threat.
As was the case in his primetime Oval Office address a week ago, Obama offered no shift in policy, but admitted: "We are recognising that progress needs to keep coming faster."


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WHAT: Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND), the global leader in device software optimization (DSO), will host a series of developer conferences around the world, beginning November 9, 2004. The conferences are designed to educate developers about Wind River's core product lines — Workbench, General Purpose Platform and Market Specific Platforms. Wind River engineers will provide tutorials and hands-on access to the new technology. In addition, the conference will also highlight current industry and technology trends.
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I guess I tired of the lack of freedom this company says they give. But in reality, there's none at all. The managers suck and have no professional attitude, owners see it all there and keep their eyes shut. The supervisors don't let their staff know which products are coming out, or treat us slackers with respect or even act professional.
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Oki was never an easy napper. I had to walk for hours to get him to fall asleep, even though he was really tired. My average was 2-3 hours, although I think my record was 5 hours, ridiculous! He didn't like me to stop walking either, even when he was asleep. Or step into a shop. Or stop to chat to a friend. He wasn't fooled by the rocking. He always knew and would wake up crying. I envied those mums having a drink and a chat, a meal even, with their friends at cafes, whilst their baby slept peacefully in the buggy. That was a complete alien concept for me. From the day he was born, Oki made us work super hard to get him to fall asleep, and rewarded us with non-stop crying until he did. He's a bit better these days, but since we moved him into a big boy's bed, it's back to square one...sigh...
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
walking his majesty
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Labels: motherhood, oki, portrait, type
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Oh, I feel your pain! I can relate all too well to the unrelenting creative battle to encourage sleep in a small sleep resistant child! I know nothing anyone says helps and unsolicited advice is the worst so all I will say is thank you for sharing your sleep struggle in a such a funny and relatable way. (Those cafe mums may have had their coffee, but we get great calf muscles from all the walking!)ReplyDeleteReplies
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thats brilliant Mique, very nicely put!! I hope you can sneak in a flask of warm mulled wine on your walks as the blizzards approach! maybe a sip for the majesty too!! jxxxReplyDeleteReplies
now there's an idea...keep me nice n toasty :)Delete
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If seated kokyu is THE exercise to develop the substance beneath the skill, then certainly we have to examine it and explain it in more straight forward terms.
kokyu-ho, whether standing (on one leg/2 legs) or seated (seiza/cross-legged/one butt cheek off the floor), makes no difference... It is A way.... one of many.... this is what we're trying to get at and examine and explain in straightforward terms....
Problem is... some people are missing the point and getting sidetracked into off-topic discussions about some other stuff pertaining to how wrists should rotate, and getting mired in the technicalities of how the waza is like this or that... etc. etc.
One sits in seiza, allows one's hands to be grabbed, and with as little effort as possible attempts to topple the attacker. That's pretty much what's going on and simple enough. But if you want to have it explained further, and we all want that, then it starts to get complicated.
Is it that simple really??? How does one not use muscle power? More pertinently, shoulder power? Define "good posture"? If "good posture" is sitting up straight, how is it possible to do it cross-legged, sitting on one butt cheek, whilst scratching your other butt? Define "extension"? Breathing...? How? Why can this be done breathing in, out or holding the breath? What purpose does imagery serve? If I imagine reaching out to embrace a Playboy PlayMate, would that work? Why?
As to the question of how or where one is grabbed, I beg to differ. There are a number points along the circle of my wrist and one is enough to form the connection. With so many points to choose from, shouldn't one point be tactically better than the rest...theoretically, of course?
Theoretically? Practically it makes no difference.... that imaginary PlayMate could be holding anywhere any which way - even as high as up the forearm, or even restraining my elbows....or hands on shoulders.... if you understand how kokyu-ho can be applied in any and all of those situations, we wouldn't be having this conversation...
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Arizona Republic published a story this week stating that 36.1 percent of the nation's commercially managed hives have been lost in the past year. After reading about this, I remembered a poem that seemed fitting.
nobody noticed. Nobody put on black
or made a dirge for the death
of honey. Nobody wrote an elegy
to apricots, no one mourned for cherries.
When the last bee died,
everyone was busy. They had things to do,
drove straight to work each morning,
straight back home each night. The roads
all seriously hummed. Besides,
the pantries were still packed
with cans of fruit cocktail in heavy syrup,
deep deep freezers full
of concentrated grape and orange juice,
stores stocked with artificial flavoring.
When the last bee died, nobody saw
the poppies winking out, nobody cried
for burdock, yarrow, wild delphinium.
Now and again a child would ask for
dandelions, quickly shushed: That pest!
And everyone is fine. The children healthy,
radish-cheeked. They play she loves me/not
with Savoy cabbage leaves, enjoy the telling
of the great myths, peach and peony.
No one believes in apples any more.
End Notes for a Small History
Betty Lies
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Elektra (2005)
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DURING the recent Grammy Awards, a cartoon farmer and his cows and pigs made their TV debut, starring in an ad for Chipotle Mexican Grill.
At the start of the ad, the farmer and his animals are happy and content. But then progress rears its ugly head, and the animals move indoors, into large, crowded buildings. They are pumped with antibiotics and processed into cubes, all to the mournful sound of Willie Nelson singing a Coldplay tune: "Science and progress/Don't speak as loud as my heart." In the end, the farmer sees the light, gets rid of the technological evils and frees his cows and pigs. Redemption is found in a simpler life. And you can have it all at Chipotle, for the price of a burrito.
According to Chipotle's Web site, the company uses only "happier" pigs. It doesn't say how it measures a pig's happiness, and I can't help but picture porcine focus groups, response meters designed for the cloven of hoof. We can all agree that production methods should not cause needless suffering, but for all we know, pigs are "happier" in warm, dry buildings than they are outside. And either way, the end result is a plate.
The ad is a cartoon and easy to caricature. But its ideas have real effects on America's farmers. The day after it ran, McDonald's announced that it would require its pork suppliers to end the use of gestation crates. These crates do restrict pigs' movements, but farmers use them to control the amount of feed pregnant sows consume. When hogs are grouped in pens together, aggressive sows eat too much and submissive sows too little, and they also get in violent fights at feeding time. The only other ways to prevent these problems are complicated, expensive or dangerous to the pigs.
Since we can't ask the pigs what they think, we know only one thing for sure about the effects of scrapping our most efficient farming systems: the cost of bacon will rise. Wealthy consumers will reward farmers who are able to pull off the Chipotle ad's brand of combination farm/tourist attraction and are willing to trade efficient animal husbandry for political correctness. Many big multistate operations will also be able to afford to make the changes, or will at least have the political sway to resist them. But the small farmers now raising hogs will be pushed out of the industry.
Farmers are businesspeople and respond to market signals as best we can. But the messages we receive are decidedly mixed. The market tells us to produce more, as prices and worldwide hunger are high. But from disputes over animal care to arguments over the adoption of genetically altered seeds, the media and popular culture send a completely different message: abandon the methods of production that best provide a plentiful and affordable food supply.Continue reading the main story
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Its been a week since the first inkling that a poll which showed a less than favourable result to the Better Together campaign had been conducted by the UK government. An employee leak, followed by a clever find of £46K paid to a polling company, confirmed it. The hashtag #publishthepoll was born, demanding that the …
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There hasn't been terribly much in the mainstream press recently about Greece. The dominant narrative is that the country has been through severe austerity and punishing financial adjustment, but is emerging from the crisis, stamping out the fascist threat and slowly making its way back to normality, but the reality of life in Greece is very different.