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Call of Duty 2 is undeniably hot right now. Months after it became the 360's top launch title, it's still the number one game on Xbox Live. Can lighting strike twice? We know 360 gamers are hoping it can. But the PlayStation 3's release is also coming up and the situation is, in many ways, similar. If you're planning to buy one of those beasts, you're no doubt already wondering - what games am I going to pick up? The undying appeal of the World War II shooter, a series you're pretty sure you can rely on, the online play you want to experience out of the box... it's a pretty simple decision to go for Call of Duty 3, right?
It's not quite as simple to make the game, however, and that's where Activision and Treyarch, the game's developer, are right now. Things are looking good, but nothing is a sure bet. That's why Activision was keen to give us a look into the game - and we have to say we're cautiously optimistic. By already being on the second next-gen iteration just a year out from the 360's launch, Activision is polishing a formula that's already proven engaging enough to make most people forget innovation.
To showcase the game, Activision threw a party in Paris, France on the eve of the 62nd anniversary of the liberation of that city from Nazi forces during World War II. Press were invited to enjoy a night of authentic '40s ambience in a former brothel frequented by German SS - complete with ladies in skimpy attire and actors dressed as soldiers putting the moves on them. Jazz was played, smoke curled toward the ceiling, and flyers declaring "Paris Libere!" were tossed out by the handful.


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November 15, 2000, The Philippine Star, Day of protest presses Estrada's ouster,
In a rare display of solidarity for a common cause, stock dealers walked out of their jobs, employers joined their workers, while teachers and school administrators suspended classes to be with their students in yesterday's general strike meant to force President Estrada to step down.
Leftist groups also linked up with church-based organizations in staging protest marches and rallies as drivers and operators of mass transport systems agreed not to ply their routes.
Even environmentalists held an emergency meeting to adopt a formal stand against the Estrada administration which they blamed for the alleged continued degradation of the country's natural resources. Many business establishments also closed while attendance was low in offices that were open.
Several government offices were forced to declare a half-day work to enable their employees to reach home early. Security was tightened at Malacañang with the Presidential Security Group beefed up by at least six busloads of crack policemen.
Road blocks were also set up on streets leading to the Palace. Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora described the general strike as "a mistake," but admitted the government could not do anything to prevent it. Members of the influential Makati Business Club led by Guillermo Luz merged with the strikers, among them members of the leftist groups Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) and Sanlakas.
Scores of traders, wearing black arm bands or black sashes, walked out of the Makati and Ortigas bourses, clapping their hands and chanting "Erap resign" The walkout caused stocks to fall, like the yellow confetti that rained down from high rises at the country's premier financial district in support of a protest march to press the President's ouster.
"If he is not going to resign, the market will continue to go down," said Romer Tan, one of about 100 stockbrokers who joined the hour-long walkout. "It's about time that we drive the message to the President." Stockbroker Paul Aquino said their position is for Mr. Estrada "to do fast– resign," adding that impeachment may take a long time.
At the Ortigas business complex in Pasig City, about 1,000 businessmen and employees, many in business suits, joined the rally. They used a laptop computer to send an e-mail message to the President urging him to "make the supreme sacrifice that will get the country back on the road to recovery."
At the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, police attempted to stop a protest by employees of the national flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL). A similar standoff occurred at the South Luzon Expressway in Carmona, Cavite where policemen in full battle gear intercepted a group of protesters on their way to Manila aboard some 40 jeepneys.
The lawmen backed off, however, when leaders of the strikers from the southern provinces of Laguna, Quezon, and Batangas threatened to hale them to court. The "Welgang Bayan" came a day after the House of Representatives passed an impeachment complaint against Mr. Estrada. Separate groups of protesters paraded toward Malacañang, along Ayala Avenue in Makati City, or staged a rally at the Liwasang Bonifacio.
Among the prominent personalities who attended the rally at the Liwasang Bonifacio were former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Perfecto Yasay Jr., former Transportation and Communications undersecretary Josefina Lichauco, former Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority chairman Richard Gordon and his wife, Olongapo City Mayor Kate Gordon, singer Cynthia Patag and the so-called Spice Boys at the House of Representatives who all belong to the opposition.
Police forces across the country were placed on red alert to prevent any trouble, but were under instructions to observe maximum tolerance. Chief Superintendent Edgar Aglipay, head of the National Capital Region Police Office, said there were no reports of any untoward incident "and we are congratulating the organizers for that." The protesters included members of militant and leftist groups, labor unions, transport workers and employees of large corporations.
An unusual alliance of left-wing workers and conservative businessmen expressed support for the strike. Vicky Garchitorena, spokeswoman for the Congress of the Filipino People (Kompil) which spearheaded the protest action, said Mr. Estrada has lost the "moral authority to govern" after he was impeached by the House on corruption charges, paving the way for his possible ouster pending trial at the Senate.
Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, constitutional successor of Mr. Estrada, and Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin, have expressed full support for the strike. In a statement, Sin urged the protesters to exercise calm and sobriety. "As I recognize the right of our countrymen to express their outrage at the immorality in public office, let me also take this occasion to remind them that such freedom must be tempered with order. The truth must be told, but always in charity," the prelate said.
He said strikes "must be exercised responsibly within the context of law and order all the time." Arroyo and Sin, along with former Presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos and key opposition leaders, were among those calling for the President to vacate his post following charges that Mr. Estrada pocketed more than P400 million in jueteng payoffs.
Accusations by estranged presidential ally Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson triggered a deluge of calls for the President to relinquish his position.
Strike spreads like wildfire
The general strike to force Mr. Estrada's resignation swept across the country, paralyzing trade and commerce in some 30 cities nationwide. Most multinational corporations at the Calabarzon industrial area in the Southern Tagalog region also allowed their workers to stage a one-hour work stoppage.
BMP president Victor Briz said some 200,000 workers left their posts, prompting their plants, 200 of them in Metro Manila, to shut down. Among these factories were Fortune Tobacco, Gelmart Industries, Novelty Philippines, Honda Philippines, the Duty Free shops, Republic Asahi Glass, Manila Bay Spinning Mills, Wrangler, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and PAL.
BMP leaders said bigger protest actions would be held in the next few weeks. Banks and airports, however, functioned normally, although seaport operations were minimally affected. "Many schools were closed," Reuters reported.
Among them were the state-run University of the Philippines (UP), Miriam College, St. Mary's Academy, Philippine Normal College, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippine Christian University and De La Salle University.
By about 9 a.m., the University Belt in Sampaloc, Manila which is just a stone's throw away from Malacañang, was already teeming with students for the march to the Liwasang Bonifacio where a rally was held in the afternoon.
Leaders of the College Editors' Guild of the Philippines, the Movement for the Advancement of Student Power and the Student Council Alliance of the Philippines took turns lambasting Mr. Estrada for clinging on to his seat.
In a joint statement, the student groups expressed their "vehement outrage and resentment against a despotic and vindictive leader who has disregarded the interest of the broad masses particularly the youth in the name of his populist rhetoric of being for the poor."
UP professor Carol Almeda, president of the militant Alliance of Concerned Teachers, said the people now want Mr. Estrada to resign. "This is the expression of the people's will to pressure the illegal occupant of Malacañang to step down. He is always saying that he was elected by the people. We the people now revoke that mandate," she said.
"This is a show of our conviction. The people do not trust the President anymore. We will continue attending these rallies until we pressure him to resign," said 29-year-old protester Jonathan Suarez. Other groups that participated in the strike were Kilusang Mayo Uno, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, the League of Filipino students, Bayan Muna, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, GABRIELA, the Rise All Government Employees Against Estrada (RAGE), and the Code RED (Resign Erap Dali).
An estimated 50,000 people gathered at the Liwasang Bonifacio, while some 10,000 others joined the mass action in Makati.
Former Mandaluyong City mayor Benjamin Abalos and Pasig City Vice Mayor Lorna Bernardo led some 1,000 protesters in a march toward Makati. At least 30 factories in Cebu City stopped operations as their workers joined the one-day strike. About 70 percent of public transport in the cities of General Santos, Davao and Cotabato in Mindanao was paralyzed.
In Butuan City, a boisterous crowd of some 10,000 people consisting of religious workers, farmers, fishermen, students, urban and rural poor, women, labor and academe held a rally at the city square. Placard-bearing marchers chanting "Erap babaero, lasengero, resign na" caused monstrous traffic jams. All Catholic schools in Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino provinces suspended classes to allow their students and faculty to join the protest action. Other areas hit by the strike were the cities of Tacloban, Zamboanga, Angeles, Santiago, Tarlac, Legazpi, Iloilo, Bacolod, and the province of Bulacan.
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Survey Shows Facial Redness Takes Emotional Toll
Posted: 11/05/2013
The emotional impact of rosacea is often substantial regardless of subtype or severity, according to results of a new National Rosacea Society patient survey.
Among survey respondents who suffer from the facial redness of subtype 1 (erythematotelangiectatic) rosacea alone, the most common sign of rosacea, 82 percent said the condition had a negative impact on their general outlook on life, and that figure rose to 90 percent for those who considered their symptoms moderate to severe. For those who reported having the bumps and pimples of subtype 2 (papulopustular) rosacea alone, 90 percent reported their condition had a negative impact on their outlook and for those with moderate to severe symptoms it was 91 percent.
"Even the most common signs of rosacea can lead to negative emotions such as embarrassment and anxiety," said Dr. Richard Fried, a dermatologist and psychologist in Yardley, Pa. "Fortunately today, medical therapy is available for the first time to treat the redness as well as the inflammation associated with rosacea, which should go a long way toward easing the emotional impact of the disorder for a far greater number of people."
While few survey respondents had the skin thickening of subtype 3 (rhinophyma) or the eye irritation of subtype 4 (ocular) rosacea alone, 88 percent of those with subtype 3 and 86 percent of those who had subtype 4 in addition to other subtypes reported that rosacea had a negative impact on their outlook on life.
Of the 1,675 patients surveyed, 90 percent said that rosacea's effect on their personal appearance had lowered their self-esteem and self-confidence, and 88 percent said they had suffered embarrassment. They also reported a wide range of other negative feelings, including frustration, cited by 76 percent; anxiety and helplessness, each noted by 54 percent; depression, 43 percent; anger, 34 percent; and isolation, 32 percent. Fifty-two percent of the respondents said they had avoided face-to-face contact because of the disorder.
Overall, rosacea's emotional impact on patients appears to increase as symptoms progress. While 68 percent of those who classified their rosacea as mild reported a negative impact on their general outlook on life, the adverse impact rose to 87 percent for those with moderate symptoms and 95 percent of those with severe symptoms.
"It's understandable that the more prominent signs of rosacea would lead to greater emotional distress," Dr. Fried said. "Patients should be frank with their doctor about any negative feelings they are experiencing so that he or she can tailor the most appropriate course of therapy for their personal needs."
The good news is that 68 percent of the survey respondents said effective medical therapy had improved their emotional well-being, and this is now expected to further improve with the availability of treatment for facial redness.
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H&M's creative team aren't looking very nice today
Over in East Atlanta Village, in Georgia, USA, there is a sign. It was hand-painted in 2008 by local resident Tori LaConsay, as a 'love letter' to the neighbourhood.
Tori tells regresty: "This was on the side of the sign that I thought people would see on their way to work. On the other side of the sign (the side I thought people would see the most on their return back to the neighborhood) I painted, "I'm So Happy You're Here" with another little heart. It was a small gesture that I genuinely hoped would make my neighbors feel good." So far, so hippy-dippy, but a nice enough sentiment anyway.
Fast forward to 2012, and let's have a look at what H&M are flogging on their UK website…
Hmm, that looks pretty similar to us. Tori got in touch with H&M, raising her concerns about what looks like an open-and-shut case of copyright theft. But no, it's okay, because H&M told her…
"We employ an independent team of over 100 designers. We can assure you that this design has not been influenced by your work and that no copyright has been infringed."
Let's take another look.
Yes, they're right. Sorry Tori, no case to answer. Now keep calm and carry on.
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- DJDarrenNo no, it's fine. H&M have used a lower case 'I' in Nice, so it's *totally* different...
- Mike H.What do you mean by I only look nice 'today'? Didn't I look nice yesterday?
- Iceland S.I've Got Lice Today, and I'm So not Happy They're Here
- AlexisH&M are screwed. Some nice royalties should be going Tori's way if she persists. If they employ 100 designers, that just increases the chance that one of them has copied it. Bit daft to mention it.
- ohpleaseShe painted on a sign, and all of a sudden she has copyright claims? This is pretty stupid.
- Tom F."She painted on a sign, and all of a sudden she has copyright claims? This is pretty stupid." Um, yeah. That's kinda how copyright works. Create a piece of art, and the copyright automatically belongs to the creator.
- AndyIt looks like they may have *cough* sold out on the website. I cannot find them anymore!
- NattyApple their Ass ! (c) Tori.
- WeevilOnly sensible way to settle this: H&M fire their thieving marketeers, Georgia police arrest the woman who defaced public property. Everybody wins.
- DawnThis reminds me of Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby "It's din din din da da din din". Clearly not Queen's Under Pressure which is "dun dun dun da da dun dun" Uhm... really? Cause they sound the same.. oh look.. just like those products look like the original sign.
- Jane"This reminds me of Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby "It's din din din da da din din". Clearly not Queen's Under Pressure which is "dun dun dun da da dun dun" ".... yes: and because Vanilla Ice used their work *without permission*, the copyright holders of Under Pressure threatened suit and settled with him out of court for an undisclosed sum. Get it now?
- this s.Do you really think the H&M team were just chilling in this tiny town, and happened to see this random sign? I think this is the silliest thing I've seen all day. Hopefully people will start backing off this...I'm amazed.
- Billy@silly No chance that there would be a few photos of the sign on the internet for the 'creatives' to find and inspire them then eh?
- Alicia J.And this poster looks rather familiar too...
- Alicia J.http://www.getstonedandgocrazy.com...
- Michelle V.Wow, this is upsetting to read about since I respect H&M highly on the retail scene in various areas. This is way too close for comfort. I freelance design and if I saw something that was DAMN-NEAR IDENTICAL to one of my designs (no matter the format) I would be crushed if I wasn't given even the smallest bit of credit for the inspiration. Such a shame someone is jeapordizing the H&M designing team. Fire them immediately. Bad press = bad business :::shakes head:::: This is where the internet becomes a double-edged sword. Millions of areas for inspiration, but many areas where ideas and designs can be easily snatched. COPYRIGHT ALL OF YOUR MATERIAL! Sign your name, stamp a symbol....something! Protect what is most important to you. I submitted 10 or so designs to a swimwear manufacture, but not before mailing myself a sealed envelope with a postdate on it containing my submitted designs - the "poor-man's copyright" It does wonders. If you paint something; even taking a picture and posting on a social site upon completion will secure a documentation of when the art was created. This is where social media can help artists stuck in this predicament. To the artists of the street art - Best of luck to you, and I love YOUR work!! XO
- ninsimRegistering 'Intellectual Property Rights' is an expensive business that only large companies can afford so this kind of 'theft' becomes the norm amongst the 'corporates'. The flaccid assertion that H&M's multitude of designers could easily come up with this amazingly identical (apart from the lower case 'i') is rather like the story of a million monkeys with a million word processors inevitably producing the entire works of Shakespeare. Shame on you H&M.


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The ongoing debate regarding the Redskins name has been turned up a notch.
In a letter to Commissioner Roger Goodell that Oneida Indian Nation released to the media after its Wednesday meeting with the NFL, Nation Representative Ray Halbritter asked Goodell to "refer Washington team owner Dan Snyder to the league Executive Committee for possible sanctions" in connection with the ongoing use of the Redskins name.
Halbritter explained that the NFL's bylaws authorize Goodell to take action "against any owner who is 'guilty of conduct detrimental to the welfare of the League or professional football.'" Halbritter also points out that Goodell has enforced that rule for situations "far less egregious than the use of a racial epithet as a team's name."
"The actions you and the NFL Executive Committee can take against an offending franchise include 'cancellation or forfeiture of the franchise in the league' and 'requir[ing] the sale of any stock or interest in a member club,'" Halbritter wrote.
Halbritter made reference to the request during a press conference that followed the meeting, suggesting that the request actually was made during the meeting. Per a source with knowledge of the meeting, however, the topic wasn't raised during the meeting itself. The letter to Goodell was not read by NFL representatives until the meeting ended.
While this implies the NFL would have provided a response to the request during the meeting, chances are the league would have told Halbritter and the other representatives that the request would be reviewed with Goodell for an appropriate reply.
Halbritter letter also invited Goodell to schedule a meeting with league owners for Super Bowl week in New York, and that Goodell and Snyder personally visit the Oneida Indian Nation homelands.
The league has not yet responded to any of these requests. Individually and collectively, they possibly will form the basis of additional issues on which the league and the Oneida Indian Nation will agree to continue to disagree.


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The gift of Cheshvan is the gift of intensity and the accompanying insights one obtains when turning that intensity within to discover the depths of one's own soul. Scorpio has three animal symbols usually associated with it - the Gray Lizard (the one who slithers), the Scorpion (the one who stings) and the Great Eagle (the one who soars). By elevating Scorpio's propensity to investigate the darkest and wettest of places within one's own psyche (or that of others), Cheshvan's energy can be used to find the nuggets of beauty, the sparks of holiness, and elevate them from beneath the mud and slime to the most exalted heights. Don't be satisfied with slithering through the mud, nor with stinging others with defensive poisons - transform that powerful energy into the eagle-like ability to soar and transcend even the uttermost depths of the darkest nights of your soul.
The following overview of Cheshvan is from the Gal Einai Institute, a United States non-profit organization dedicated to disseminating and implementing the inner wisdom of the Torah--Kabbalah and Chassidut--as taken from the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh
The Month of Cheshvan According to The Book of Formation (Sefer Yetzirah)
Each month of the Jewish year has a corresponding color, a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, a zodiac sign, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, a sense, and a controlling organ/limb of the body.
Cheshvan (or Mar-Cheshvan) is the eighth of the twelve months of the Jewish calendar.
In the Bible, Cheshvan is called chodesh bul, from the word mabul, "the flood." The flood began on the 17th of Cheshvan, and ended the following year on the 27th of Cheshvan. The following day, the 28th of Cheshvan, Noah brought his sacrifice to G-d and G-d swore never again to bring a flood upon the earth to destroy all mankind, and then revealed the sign of His covenant with the world, the rainbow.
Cheshvan is the only month which has no holidays or special mitzvot. We are taught that it is "reserved" for the time of Mashiach, who will inaugurate the third Temple in Cheshvan.
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Color: Violet
Letter: nun
Nun is considered to be the letter of Mashiach, as is said (with reference to Mashiach): "before the sun, is his name Ye-non [from nun]" (Psalms 72:17). As a verb-root, nun means "to reign." As a noun, it means "the heir to the throne" (from nin). The eighth month is the month of Mashiach, for eight signifies the eternal revelation of the supernatural (the consummate state of rectified nature being the secret of the number seven). Whereas the "harp" of this world possesses seven strings, the harp of Mashiach possesses eight strings. Just as 8 transcends 7, so does 50 (the numerical value of nun) transcend 49, 7 squared. In this world, the nun is bent over, confined by the boundaries of nature. With the coming of Mashiach, the nun "straightens out" (the shape of the final nun), breaks through the boundaries of nature, and descends "below the line" into the subterranean realms of reality in order to reveal there G-d's all-encompassing Infinite light.
Mazal: Akrav (Scorpio - Scorpion)
Our sages teach us that the scorpion is the most deadly member of the general category of poisonous creatures whose archetypal figure is the primordial snake of Eden. The word akrav derives from the word akev, "heel," as is said: "and you [the snake] shall bite him [man] at the heel" (Genesis 3:15). Thus the akrav symbolizes the consummate "bite" of the snake at the heel of man. While in general, the poison of the snake is "hot," the poison of the scorpion is "cold." The Mashiach is the one and only soul who can overcome, kill, and ultimately revive the primordial snake (in order to convert it to good). (The soul of Mashiach and his continuous state of consciousness manifest the ultimate rectification of "heat," "burning" solely in his love for G-d and Israel, as well as that of "cold"-absolutely "cold" to the false vanities of this world.) This is the secret of the numerical equation: Mashiach (358) = snake (nachash). Akrav (372) = Mashiach (nachash) plus David (= 14; nun is the 14th letter of the alef-beit). The root-letters of Cheshvan permute to spell nachash (in Cheshvan the nun is "straightened out;" in nachash it is "bent over").
Tribe: Menasheh
Menasheh is the firstborn of Joseph. Deriving from the word "to forget" (literally "to leap, up and away"), Menasheh implies the power of the tzadik (Joseph) to make us forget the hardships, trials and tribulations of this world, with the coming of Mashiach. By the power and sense of Menasheh, all of the pain of this world will transform and metamorphose into the pleasure of the Messianic era. The name Menasheh permutes to spell neshamah, "soul." Menasheh represents the sense to reveal the Divine soul in Israel. In the Bible, Moses is called Menasheh, for Menasheh is Moshe (Moses) with an additional nun (the letter of Cheshvan). Of Moses is said: "he is the first redeemer and he is the final redeemer" (See Shemot Rabbah 4:2; Zohar 1:253a; Sha'ar HaPesukim, Vayechi; Torah Or, beginning of Mishpatim). In his first lifetime (as "the first redeemer") he did not achieve the "50th gate of understanding" (the understanding of G-d Himself, as it were, and His deepest intention in the creation of the universe). When he returns as Mashiach, he will be given forever the "50th gate," the nun of Mashiach, the secret of Menasheh (Moshe-nun. In the Zohar we are taught that when Moses first passed from this world he received the "50th gate" and was "buried" in the Mishnah, another permutation of Menasheh, Moshe-nun. Through the study of Mishnah (in the time of exile) we reveal the neshamah of Israel and thereby merit the redemption of Moshe-Mashiach and the revelation for all on earth of the "50th gate."
Sense: smell
The sense of smell is the most spiritual of all senses. The Hebrew word for "smell," rei'ach, is cognate to that for "spirit" (ruach). Our sages teach us that smell is the one and only sense that "the soul enjoys and not the body." "Soul" (neshamah) is a permutation of Menasheh, as mentioned above. The sense of smell is the only sense (of the five common senses) that did not participate, and thereby was not blemished or polluted, in the primordial sin of man in the Garden of Eden. It is the sense which saved the Jewish people in the time of Mordechai and Esther, who are called Mor veHadas ("myrrh and myrtle," the two primary sources of fragrance). It is explicitly stated that the sense of Mashiach is the sense of smell. "And he shall smell in the awe of G-d"--"he shall judge by smell" (rather than by sight or hearing. Isaiah 11:3; Sanhedrin 93b). By his sense of smell (his ruach hakodesh, "holy spirit") the Mashiach will know how to connect each Jewish soul to its Divine root, and thereby identify its tribe (branch) in Israel.
Controller: intestines
The word for intestines (dakin) derives from the word "minute" (dakah) or "particle" (dak). It implies the power to dissect into fine, refined parts. In the process of preparing the incense for the Temple (the consummate expression of the sense of smell in the Temple service), one would say (over and over), "grind well, grind well" (hadek heitev, heiteiv hadek: hadeik from dak). All of the sacrifices in the Temple service are meant to produce a "satisfying aroma" (rei'ach nichoach) and please the Divine sense of smell, which implies the Divine "satisfaction" with the service of His children Israel in particular and with His creation in general. Our sages interpret the phrase rei'ach nichoach as "I am satisfied (nachat ruach), for I have spoken and My will has been fulfilled." This Divine satisfaction with man and creation was first expressed on the 28th of Cheshvan, when Noah offered his sacrifice to G-d. Due to His satisfaction, G-d swore to Noah never again to destroy the world by flood. As is expressed explicitly in laws of the Torah, it is the fats of the intestines that when offered on the altar produce the "satisfying" aroma for G-d. For this reason the intestines are seen to control the sense of smell.


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April 3, 2014
I am deeply concerned about the influence of corporate money on our electoral process.
In particular, I am appalled that, because of the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, publicly traded corporations can spend investors' money in secret.
I am writing to urge the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue a rule requiring publicly traded corporations to publicly disclose all their political spending.
Both shareholders and the public must be fully informed as to how much the corporation spends on politics and which candidates are being promoted or attacked. Disclosures should be posted promptly on the SEC's web site.
Personally I am sure that corporations should not be making political donations or making media presentations. The maximum personal donation to a political party should be limited to one-hundred dollars (efficient grass roots movements do just fine with donations of less).
At Least, a candidate should be required to clearly and conspicuously list, in printed media, or verbally state in video media, all of his his corporate sponsors and the amounts of their contributions.
Real simple, Really transparent!
Be safe and well!
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,Carl James


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In 2000 I traveled overseas to another country to learn a foreign language. My classmates and I learned the abc's and the basic phrases via patterns. We re-iterated the same sentence over and over inserting different words as we went. It was my first introduction to rote learning and I loved it!!! Not only did it cement my knowledge for the new language but it made it flow out of my mouth without thinking. I had the rhythm of the language not just the rules and vocabulary in my head. If you have ever learned piano, you know what I mean. If you don't practice it again and again it never comes easily. It never becomes second nature. It is what Charlotte Mason knew when she wrote about habits. It is the initail hard work of setting the habit that deterrs us, but it is the almost effortless performance of it after it is formed which seals our faith in the old method of repetition. Here is a quote from Dwane Thomas a teacher of Latin and orginator of Visual Latin;
"I've been teaching for over 15 years. During that time, I have seen some trends come and go. Someday, when I am old, wearing shorts and dark sock pulled to high, I'll say I have seen many trends come and go. Until then, a few trends.
Some things remain constant. One of the constants in my own in experience has been a hatred of rote memorization. Not from the students, though. I am not sure my students care. If I want them to memorize something, they usually do it. The older ones complain a bit, but they do it. The younger ones don't complain at all. Instead, they raise their hand to tell me they saw a fox on the way to school that morning.
It's the teachers and the parents that hate rote memorization. Not all of them, of course, but you get the idea. It just isn't popular. "Nobody does that anymore," they say. Which could be part of the reason schools in America aren't doing so well, I suppose.
I believe in rote memorization. In fact the word "rote" may come from the Latin word "rota" which means, wheel. Rote memorization is memorization by repetition. Wheels don't chase new, exiting, and fascinating ideas. They simply perform the same task over and over again. Not very exciting. At all. Perhaps that is one reason memorization by repetition has been abandoned by so many educators. It is boring. Admittedly, it can be boring.
But, repetition is probably the oldest way of learning. It is the way Kung fu and the other martial arts have been taught for years. It is the way Aristotle taught his students to write. The master and student perform the same patterns over and over again until the student begins to internalize the lesson. The student may not fully understand why he is asked to do this. He may not even understand what exactly the lesson is. Then, one day, the training takes hold and the meaning of the lessons becomes clear. The student has internallized the basics. Now, standing on that foundation, he begins to see the hidden nuances the master has seen all along. From this point forward, mastery of the skill develops.
Learn the endings in Latin. Read the stories. Then re-read the stories. Then do it again. And again. In time, you will be grateful for the foundation you built. You will read in another language, and you will start to see nuances in the English language that few ever see."
-Dwane Thomas
Rote learning doesn't have to be boring. Try thinking of it as a review, just over and over again. I use games alot to review and to repeat something I want my kids to really get. I hit the topic from all sides. Games, copywork, recitation, hands on projects, read about it, write about it, tell about it, and flash cards. Have fun, keep the reviews short, vary the way you review, and above review, review, review.


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Sprint wants to merge with T-Mobile, and as early discussions proceed, T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom is insisting that a $1 billion breakup fee be put in the contract, assuring it's well-taken care of for its troubles, should regulators prevent the deal from going through.
The Wall Street Journal reported the news May 9, citing people familiar with the matter—and increasing the likelihood of the rumored deal. Other reports have estimated a time frame for the announcement of June or July.
The same sources told The Journal that the T-Mobile brand and some of its management team would remain after a merger. The report also added that T-Mobile CEO John Legere is seen as a "front-runner" to lead the combined carriers, and that Sprint CEO John Hesse said in an interview last week that it "wouldn't bother him" not to run the new company, and there are "plenty of other things he is still interested in pursuing."
The $1 billion fee is rather modest, compared with the $4 billion fee (plus spectrum) that T-Mobile received when AT&T's 2011 efforts to merge with it failed. The sum may speak to the unsureness of whether such a merger could be pushed through. The report noted that Masayoshi Son, chairman of Softbank, which in July purchased a 78 percent share of Sprint for $21.6 billion, wouldn't do anything "reckless," such as let T-Mobile walk away from a failed deal with billions.
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The Journal first reported in December that Sprint was looking into the possibility of buying T-Mobile. The deal was met with something close to an industry-wide groan. "Let's pop this trial balloon quickly, please," blogged John Bermayer, a senior staff attorney with Public Knowledge, a consumer advocacy group.
If the pair were indeed testing the skies, they found them unfriendly. Reports soon followed that Softbank Chairman Masayoshi Son and Sprint's Hesse, taken aback by the negative public reaction, decided to take some time to consider their next step.
Also needed was a plan to sell regulators on the deal. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler has commented that he's skeptical such a deal could keep the current amount of industry competition intact, but that he would keep an open mind.
In 2011, AT&T spent 10 months working to gain approval of a proposed merger with T-Mobile. The FCC pushed back, and ultimately the U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T to shut down the deal.
In March, Son engaged in a number of speaking events, seemingly designed to change hearts and minds. Speaking with interviewer Charlie Rose, he suggested that it's silly to suggest that Sprint and T-Mobile were really competing against much larger carriers Verizon Wireless and AT&T, and for there to be "real fight' between "three heavyweights," Sprint and T-Mobile would need to combine.
The same week, Son delivered a speech, before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, during which he spoke about the personal debt he feels toward America and how he wants to close the digital divide in the United States and make this country a leader in mobile broadband.
"The U.S. has been number one on every infrastructure for the past 100 years ... How can the American people accept the fact that it is number 15 for the most important highway, the information highway, for the next century?" said Son. "I think we have to change this."
T-Mobile's Legere hasn't shied away from the talk of a possible merger. At a Jan. 8 press event, he didn't dismiss the possibility (as even he said he probably should have), but responding as vaguely as he could manage, suggested the T-Mobile brand would override Sprint's.
"The T-Mobile brand is here to stay," said Legere. "How that ultimately plays out [we'll have to see]. But we're a change agent, a maverick ... and I think people think that is very important."
T-Mobile has been enjoying a turnaround, in part thanks to Legere's leadership and the "un-carrier" strategy it introduced in early 2013, but crucially also the rollout of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, which was paid for with the nearly $4 billion it received from the failed AT&T deal.
During the first quarter of 2014, Sprint lost 333,000 subscribers, while T-Mobile added more than 1.3 million.
Legere, speaking during T-Mobile's May 1 earnings call, said customers are "having a ball" because they're finally getting a taste of "real competition."
"Would consolidation be a positive for the environment now? Of course," Legere continued. "Would it be a positive in two years from now? It depends upon the players and who they are ... [Right now] we're very pleased with the kinds of competition we're able to put to the big guys. And consolidation is one way that we know we could continue to put it aggressively to them over time."


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All right guys, it's time someone blogged about this. Perhaps someone else has written about this, but I am not aware of any 'pro-Colombia' blogger who has done a post on the recent tax laws that have come into effect and/or are being voted on …Read More
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Here are some things to help you prepare… 1. People on the ground are your best resource. When I first went to Colombia, the number one thing I did right was to have contact with somebody on the ground. I was admittedly a bit nervous …Read More
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One of the questions that comes across my mind often is "Is _____ dangerous?" By "_____", I'm thinking of a number of places in South America I haven't been to yet. Specifically, these days I am thinking about Venezuela, a country which I have been …Read More
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Viva Colombia And To Hell With Ecuadorian Bus Rides
I really have come to dislike Latin America bus rides. It's part of the most important thing I learned in 2012, and is based on the collected experiences I've had as a traveler in South America, especially in a number of experiences in Ecuador. Let …Read More
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After a passing a couple weeks in Arequipa and Cusco, I found myself in Lima the week before Christmas. I had been interested in Lima from a number of positive reports I had heard about the city. The food was supposed to be awesome, the …Read More
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After some time in Arequipa, I took an overnight bus to Cusco Peru, near where the famed Machu Picchu lay in waiting. Normally, I don't go for the tourist attractions, but Machu Picchu is a wonder of the world, and I tend to hit those …Read More
The Incredible Power Of A Reference Point (Or, Why I Only Spent A Week In Chile)
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Following the Google Panda update, links coming from article directories have lost a bit of their value and this is what it might be important that you look for alternatives. And one of those alternatives will be to use guest blogging. The good thing is that guest blogging do have some other advantages as compared to article submission. In this article I will be speaking about 5 key benefits of guest blogging in order to help you promote your blog
In most cases you will be inserting a byline in your guest post and this should be really useful to drive traffic to your own blog. Indeed if your articles are really useful people will want to learn more about you and as such will want to click on the link back to your site thus ensuring you get massive traffic to your own site. The more traffic that the host blog the more traffic you should expect to get on your own blog.
We all know that our rankings in the search engine page will revolve a lot around the number of backlinks that we have. And not only the quantity but also the quality of the links. The best type of links that you can get is the ones that come from real blogs and also one that are related to your niche. The good thing about guest blog is that Google really value these types of links and you can also choose the niche of the blog that you might be interested in.
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Posting on other blogs should also allow you to build your brand and name online. Posting some quality articles on established sites should enable you to position yourself as an expert in a field and thus build your credibility online. Very quickly people will begin to believe you and this can be really useful when it comes to conversion rate.
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Guest posting can also be useful when it comes to building new contacts within your niche. Indeed this can provide you with some fresh ideas within your niche and also some feedback regarding your blog. This can also provide you with opportunities for joint venture.
Social Media initiative
Established blogs usually have a well-developed social media presence and guest posting on these blogs should allow you to tap into this strength. Usually your article will be tweeted or shared on the Facebook page of these blogs and this should contribute to bring some massive traffic to your own blog. At the same time you will want to seize the opportunity to build your own social media presence. Just make sure that your social media icons are displayed in some visible position.
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Irish Open Golf Betting Guide - Big Names At Fota Island
The tournament in Fota will receive plenty of attention from the golfing media this year and that should ensure we have a top class field entered. The Irish Open will be held at the end of June, ahead of the British Open, which should ensure the players get plenty of links golf practise before the Open Championship takes place.
Latest Irish Open Golf 2017 Win Odds
2017 USPGA Champion Rory Mcilroy will be a major contender in the betting once again as he returns to Europe. McIlroy has been a longtime supporter of the Irish Open and he is sure to be well supported at Carlton house which should mean he is riding the crest of a wave and high up on the Irish Open Golf Leaderboard.
Irish Open Golf Players
Many Irish Players such as Paidraig Harrington or Darren Clarke could well turn up and there will be great support for them as they are the heros of the Irish Golfing public. This year there will no doubt be a huge welcome for top Northern Irish golfer , Rory McIlroy who is in great form at the moment after winning his first Major at the US Open last month.
As usual for European Tour events, the tournament will tee off on a Thursday morning and you will be able to keep in touch with all the play by way of our Irish Open live scores which shall be updated every few minutes. There are bound to be tickets available for all the days of this years event. For those that are unable to get to county Louth to watch the event at the Killarney Course, they will be able to watch it live on TV.
The Irish will be hoping that there will be another Irish winner to follow Harrington's victory in 2007 and Shane Lowry in 2009. They were disappointed in 2008 when it was won by Englishman, Richard Finch and last year when we saw Ross Fisher claim the win. In 2007 it was reported that the Irish Golf punters cleaned up with the online bookmakers on bets placed on Harrington.
Perhaps Darren Clarke who is getting back to his old form could make an impact as he will have plenty of support from the Irish faithful after his Open win recently. Perhaps however the biggest hope will be for new Irish golfing sensation, Rory McIlroy, already a US Open winner and considered the best young talent in the world.
Irish Open Betting 2017
Please look over our Irish Open betting page, this gives you the latest odds of each player on a round by round basis. Obviously in-play betting is a big feature for golf punters as the odds can fluctuate on every shot made and every shot missed. Please note this year we have combined our golfing knowledge to the betting knowledge of Paddy Power bookmakers who are offering new customers an Irish Open Free Bet.
Irish Open Golf Form Guide
It might also be advisable for readers to look over our player profiles in the Irish Open Form Guide. This gives details of past form in the event and 2011 form of some of the leading contenders. There is no doubt at all that Rory McIlroy will be the favourite to win at Killarney after he confirmed his participation in the event on home soil, he will know be smashed up by punters in the betting and the bookmakers will be hoping he gets beaten. Another form player to consider at the moment is Darren Clarke who of course recently won the British Open and makes his return to tournament golf at Killarney for the Irish Open.


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The first-quarter Restaurant Social Media Index Top 100 is out,
and proves yet again that restaurant brands both large and small
can equally utilize social media to garner, engage and retain
customers in the social sphere.
The latest rankings, covering the first quarter ended in March,
show a skyrocketing move from Red Mango, which jumped 18 places in
the rankings to No. 3. The frozen treat brand comes in behind
heavyweights Starbucks, which retained the top spot, and Wendy's,
which took over from McDonald's as the No. 2-ranked brand.
Compared to Starbucks, McDonald's and Wendy's, global brands
that operate thousands of U.S. units, Red Mango operates 170
locations. The Dallas-based brand climbed the rankings on the back
of its Sentiment Score, one component of the index that tracks
consumer engagement with the brand.
According to Red Mango founder and chief concept officer Dan Kim, the brand uses
three platforms primarily - Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare - and
is looking into work with Yelp and Google. There are about four
people that run social media operations at Red Mango, and they do
not outsource activities to an agency.
"We don't sell through these channels," Kim said last month in a
video interview with DigitalCoco, a social media analytics and
digital branding firm. "Once you start to sell to somebody … the
authenticity goes way. … Secondly, we use a lot of pictures … it
triggers an emotional response as to why they should love Red
The Restaurant Social Media Index Top 100 was developed by
DigitalCoCo and is presented exclusively by Nation's Restaurant
News. The index was developed to provide learnings that will help
restaurants become more robust and effective in their use of social
media, digital content and brand development.
"This quarter really shows that social media is year round and
an often-changing metric in which the restaurant business will need
to pay very close attention," Paul Barron, founder and chief
executive of DigitalCoco, said. "Like consumer sentiment and even
engagement and growth, these index numbers are proving to be much
more active that even we expected.
"Red Mango has made some heavy moves in consumer sentiment and
the question for them will be: Can they hold it like Starbucks and
Wendy's?" Barron continued.
Additional movers this quarter included: Bonefish Grill, which
jumped from No. 53 to No. 18; Buffalo Wild Wings, which moved from
No. 17 into the top 10 at No. 8; and Boudin Bakery, which cracked
the Top 100 this quarter for the first time.
The Restaurant Social Media Index is based on a quantitative
tracking effort of more than 600 restaurant brands, more than 25
million consumers, and thousands of keywords, menu items, and
restaurant terms that have been indexed. The RSMI analyzes
restaurant brands' social footprints, but also looks into
engagement credentials that drive the growth of social media in
platforms like Facebook, Foursquare, Google+ and YouTube. It is
built on an advanced algorithm that serves up several third-party
result indexes, like Klout, and then applies the DigitalCoCo Social
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gov. Charlie Baker has appointed Frederick J. Keator, the managing partner of Keator Group, LLC, in Lenox, as the newest member of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts board of trustees.
MCLA President James F. Birge said he is delighted to welcome Keator to the board.
"As managing partner of the Keator Group, Frederick has been recognized by numerous organizations as one of America's top independent financial advisors and will bring a wealth of knowledge to MCLA," Birge said. "Over the years, the Keator family has been a great supporter of the College and I look forward to working with him as we continue to advance the work of MCLA."
In his position as the Keator Group's managing partner, Keator is responsible for the company's asset management, compliance and day-to-day operations.
In addition, Keator was recognized on the 2018 Forbes Top State by State Advisors list; in Registered Rep Magazine as one of America's Top 100 Independent Advisors in 2011; by Barron's Magazine as a Top Advisor in Massachusetts in 2010, 2011 and 2012; and by Research Magazine as one of America's Top Ranked Family Investment Teams in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Previous to his work at Keator Group, Keator served as the vice president of investments at First Union Securities/Wachovia Securities in Pittsfield, and as associate vice president and syndicate trader, at First Albany Corporation in Albany, N.Y.
Keator earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Siena College in Albany, N.Y.
Keator also serves as a board member of the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, serves the Franciscan Volunteer Ministry as a member of its finance council since 2009, serves on the Town of Lenox Community Preservation Committee as a founding committee member and immediate past chair since 2008, and has spent over 25 years as a director of the Lenox Police Association.
In addition, he was a National Council member and a member of the board of trustees for the Norman Rockwell Museum from 2011 to 2015; on the Board of Assessors for the Town of Lenox in 2012; and served as a member of the Town of Lenox Financial Committee from 1995 to 2003.


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In tribute to TB's last season I made this minikit freebie Farewell Bon Temps at my facebook page.
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Bev, your friend from 44th Street Fabric has ask for prayers for your safety and well being for you and your country. Prayers for you and yours from Texas!
Gods Blessing on you all,
Billie in TX
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Hi Bev set me too! You are in our family prayers. Stay safe! You do lovely work!
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DeCooch who was arrested for trafficking contraband cigarettes in Trenton. With all her adventures she always seems to end up with the crazies. She is constantly chasing this guy. She finds him at his house to begin with but then he says he needed to change and went out the window while she was downstairs waiting for him.
They found a dead woman shot in his shed. Autopsy found that she was already dead when she was shot and died of a heart attack .
She enlists the help of Dougie and Mooner when they inadvertently get involved with Eddie. Not long after Dougie goes missing and Mooner ends up staying with her for a few days because he seems to need protection and they don't want him to go missing like Dougie . She finds Eddie on several occasions and he is driving a white Cadillac that he borrowed from Maggie Mary Mason. She let him borrow it on account of he is one of the three owners at the club where she works as a mud wrestler. DeCooch is running because he needs to find a heart that went missing. An acquaintance of his told him he needed to bring the body to him. Louie D had died of a heart attack down in Virginia where he was picking up the contraband cigarettes.
He misunderstood the acquaintance and cut out Louie D's heart and put it in a cooler for safe keeping. He left it at Dougie's house by mistake and it went missing. they needed to heart to put back into Louie D for his burial. Louie D's wife Sophia kidnapped both Dougie and Mooner and stuck them in a gutted room that only had a table with cuffs attached to it and dirt floor. Everyone thinks she is certifiable crazy. Eddie ends up kidnapping Grandma mazue in hope of a swap for the heart since Stepahnie has been tellign Eddie that she had it. She end up giving them a pigs heart since it turned out the next door neighbors dog ate the heart. She Ended up finding mooner and dougie at pinwheel sorba house. He was one of the other partners that owned the club where maggie worked. Eddie fianlly turns himself in on the condition that ranger woudl bring him in because he didn't wanted to be brought in by a girl.
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Britain's careers advice service in schools will be given an extra £50m to guarantee face-to-face advice from trained careers advisers, Ed Miliband and Labour's education spokesman Tristram Hunt will propose on Thursday, in what is being billed as an education manifesto ahead of the full manifesto due next week.
The money would come from a proportion of universities' existing access and outreach spending that was imposed as a condition of being entitled to charge higher tuition fees. Universities are predicted to spend more than £700m on widening participation in 2017/18.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in 2013 described the current careers advice service as being on "life support", with surveys suggesting four out of five schools are now offering inadequate careers advice.
A more recent Royal Society report last year found more than 90% of young people reporting not getting the information they needed to make informed decisions about their future.
The social mobility and child poverty tsar, Alan Milburn, has also repeatedly criticised the quality of schools' careers advice, saying it has become a barrier to poor people aspiring to improve.
Labour claims its £50m will be used to ensure trained careers advisers are available to all school children, beginning at the age of 11, so they learn about high-quality apprenticeships as well as traditional university routes.
Hunt has said he wants a new vocational route through education and into the workplace with a technical baccalaureate, compulsory English and maths to 18 and an apprenticeship for every school leaver who gets the grades.
Labour has said it will protect the entire education budget in real terms, while the Tories have said they will protect the schools budget in cash terms. The Liberal Democrats have criticised the Labour plans for early years as largely a childcare policy, as opposed to a pre-school education policy.
At an event on Thursday Miliband will argue: "Young people must be equipped with the right skills, the right knowledge and the right advice they need to succeed."
Hunt will promise: "Whether you want to pursue gold standard vocational education or a high-class academic pathway into work, Labour will make sure that you have the face-to-face guidance early on, so that doors are not closed off to you.
"Labour will ensure all young people can access face-to-face careers advice, with schools working in partnership with businesses, colleges and universities."
It is argued some careers advice is now so poor, it is often delivered by school staff such as receptionists and teaching assistants without careers training or knowledge of vocational routes and apprenticeships.
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Sunday we travelled the rails to Shrewsbury in Shropshire. Training through the countryside I understand why the early English settlers called the land they discovered New South Wales. Although not in south Wales, the countryside is so similar to the mid west of New South Wales.
On arrival we taxied through the ancient buildings of Shrewsbury to the magnificent St Chads church. It is apparently one of the three circular churches in England. Very beautiful.
We sang Evensong service, then a concert. The audience was very welcoming. First performances on a tour are always a little nerve wracking, however our audience was very enthusiastic with comments ranging from "the most exciting concert I have ever been to" to "I really quite enjoyed it".
After a full day of rehearsing, traveling, service and concert we went out for pizza with some members of the St Chad congregation who were billeting us for the night. For all accounts everyone thoroughly enjoyed their stay. I had a lovely evening and morning with my billets in the little village of Dorrington. Thanks to all those from St Chad's who looked after us so well.
After a restful sleep we are off to Cardiff, Wales for a day of being a tourist.


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Luckily for society, most people who shoot guns only do so when playing computer games. So I guess it's no surprise that someone would start selling ammo-shaped flash drives. Streetwear giant Crooks & Castles' Bullet USB takes aim at the novelty computer accessory market.
The Crooks & Castles Bullet USB is a 2GB drive made in the shaped of an AK-47 bullet, one of the most revered weapons where gun-nuts are concerned. Now I'm not a gun fan but they look kind of neat. The Bullet USB is gold-painted with the Crooks & Castles logo and is available on the company's website.
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During an interview on CBS on Sunday, President Obama was asked about the Scouts renewed discussion of allowing gays into the organization.
"Next week, the board of the Boy Scouts of America is going to vote on whether to end their national ban on gays in scouting," asked anchor Scott Pelley. "Should scouting be open to gays?"
"Yes," President Obama said, because "my attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity, the same way everybody else does, in every institution and walk of life. And, you know, the Scouts are a great institution, that are promoting young people and exposing them to opportunities and leadership that will serve people for the rest of their lives. And I think that nobody should be barred from that."
The organization's board will likely vote on Wednesday regarding whether the national ban should be lifted, reported Reuters. If it passes, local organizations will decide for themselves whether or not to allow gay members.
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Saturday, 1 September 2012
Flavour of the month
10 comments:
- Yna said...
Upps! I thought this is soap ;-)
- 1 September 2012 at 15:08
- Josefin said...
Lucky you! Jag är också sugen på en glass. Tack för länken :)
- 1 September 2012 at 19:14
- Nordic leaves said...
Ja denne er nydelig!! Jeg har vurdert den selv, og vurderer fortsatt;)
- 1 September 2012 at 20:07
- Will @ Bright.Bazaar said...
This is so fun and I love the packaging for it, too. Hope you are having a fab weekend, Mia! :)
- 2 September 2012 at 00:24
- Jeane M. said...
Omg, I totally understand why you can't resist this one. So cute, I want to nibble it. Haha Got my eye on your next posts.
- 5 September 2012 at 10:09
- re:signert said...
Too cool! Like that a lot. Gotta get one. Long time since I popped by you blogg. Soon again. Have a lovely weekend. Signe
- 8 September 2012 at 18:49
- The Clever Pup said...
This would make me hungry all the time- even though it looks like plain vanilla. We have these little dials in our Volvo that look like Oreo cookies.
- 11 September 2012 at 15:20
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- 9 November 2015 at 04:36
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- 14 December 2015 at 01:37
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I attend fitness classes twice a week at Haven Point.
These classes are part of the Health Education scheme and are designed to help those with health problems recover and get fit.
Individuals are assessed and monitored by trainers and the classes are well attended.
I understand similar classes are held at Temple Park and in Jarrow and Hebburn.
They are not free, we all pay membership fees plus class fees – as well as council taxes of course.
Last week we were told, by the trainers, that the classes are under review and likely to stop.
We are extremely upset and angry about this.
Senior council staff attended one of our classes last week to try to make amends for the badly managed way it has all been handled (this was not the fault of the trainers as they had little information themselves).
We were told by the senior staff we should access other classes such as yoga or the gym or join initiatives such as the "walking in the park schemes".
However, these options are not suitable for most of us. They also stated that there is a high drop-out rate and attendance is low - hence the need to drop the classes. However, they provided no data to support these statements.
They showed a woeful lack of knowledge and totally missed the point of these classes.
They seemed to think they are social meetings and the health issues could be met in other ways.
There is a social element as the classes are friendly and non-judgemental but people attend who would never attend a gym as they see the gym as intimidating or not suitable for their health.
They stated that all trainers in the centres are fully trained first-aiders but our point is that the trainers at our classes closely monitor individuals and observe, help, support, and encourage where necessary. This is not done at a gym or, I suspect, at other classes.
It is obvious that the decision to stop the classes has already been made and that older people are not welcome at Haven Point and the other centres.
People left the meeting still very angry.
Yvonne Anderson.


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Fail Proof Pot Roast, Potatoes and Vegetables
Growing up we always had Roast on Sundays, no one made it better than my Mom. It would just melt in your mouth and the flavor was amazing. When I grew up and became a Mom myself I continued to make this wonderful meal. I have added vegetables and potatoes to mine.
You can't mess this up! It is really fail proof. This Roasting Pan below was given to me and my husband by my parents as a wedding gift. It is the same type of Roasting Pan my Mom has always used and still has hers. They last forever and cook the perfect Roast.
You could certainly use any roasting pan with a lid or even a crock pot for this recipe but I highly recommend this pan.
The trick to a great Roast is cooking it long and on lower heat. If you can cut up some veggies you can make this Roast and those you serve this to will fall in love with it.
Beef Chuck Roast Boneless
1 package of Brown Gravy
1 package of Au Jus
Cut up potatoes
1/2 of a large red onion sliced
Heat oven to 275 degrees. Place roast in bottom of roasting pan. Pour brown gravy and Au jus packages on top. Cut up potatoes and onion and put around the roast. Add enough water to go halfway up the roast. Add the carrots and season with your favorite seasonings. I used Lawry's, Garlic Salt, Pepper, Kosher Salt and dried Parsley flakes. Put the lid on and cook for 6 hours. That is it! It is that easy. Make sure that you use Beef Chuck Roast. It just falls apart and it is delicious!
Make your own gravy with the bottom of the pan drippings or just make a package of gravy.
I served it with a side salad with Hidden Valley Ranch dressing and cheese bread.
My wonderful Roasting Pan is actually considered an antique. Ha! I have had it that long. If you are interested in getting one I found them on Amazon. I wasn't sure if they were still around but luckily they are still available. Click on picture below.
You will not be disappointed with this recipe. Enjoy!
Thanks for stopping by!


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Friday, August 5, 2011
My Berry Delight
This is a birthday present that I bought myself how cute is it? I purchased it from A Self Portrait
11 comments:
- jos xx said...
lovely pics!
have a great weeekend!
jos xx
- August 6, 2011 at 12:35 AM
- Claudia Moser said...
Great motion pictures :)
- August 6, 2011 at 12:45 AM
- Barby said...
How could you hate it, it's beautiful :) And that little gift you bought for yourself is just so adorable.
Have a great weekend.
- August 6, 2011 at 2:33 AM
- daisychain said...
SO many leaves!
- August 6, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- pop pop portraits said...
cutest brooch ever!
- August 6, 2011 at 4:06 PM
- VintageSweetheart said...
very cute brooch!
- August 7, 2011 at 1:55 AM
- Heather, 29 Skirts said...
Cute photos! I miss playing in the leaves...we don't really get piles of them where Jasen and I live now. It seemed like there were a lot more where we grew up.
- August 7, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- Hot Pink Combat Boots said...
Is it fall already there? Thats crazy, but you're so lucky since thats the best season ever.
What is it with kids and piles of leaves? They can't resist :)
- August 7, 2011 at 9:54 PM
- Kezzie said...
Hee hee, HOW old are you, honestly?! (she tuts in disapproval whilst wishing it was her kicking the leaveS!)
- August 8, 2011 at 4:07 PM
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- August 9, 2011 at 1:26 AM
- Aliya said...
I always go out my way to step on that extra crunchy looking leaf!! You look like you're having tonnes of fun with that huge pile of leaves!!
- August 9, 2011 at 5:34 AM


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Consumers and the Economic Outlook: Quarterly Update - UK - February 2015
"People are finally starting to feel the benefit of the recovery in their pay packets. After five years, average wages are finally increasing more quickly than prices. Although this will take time to feed through into consumer confidence, there are signs that spending habits are changing.
People are making more use of credit, for example, showing that they're confident enough to bring forward spending in the expectation of future pay rises. And Mintel's research showed an increase in planned financial activity in January, particularly when it comes to big-ticket purchases such as holidays and home improvements."
– Toby Clark, Director of Research, EMEA
This report looks at the following areas:
- An end to the income squeeze, but people are still wary
- Millennials are leading confidence upwards
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- Consumer Attitudes and Behaviour
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Table of contents
Key Findings
- An end to the income squeeze, but people are still wary
- Millennials are leading confidence upwards
- Key economic indicators
- Figure 1: Key economic indicators, January 2015
Current Financial Situation
- Will the feel-good factor return in time for the 2015 election?
- Figure 2: "How would you generally describe your financial situation at the moment?", January 2015
- The economic recovery will take time to feed through into consumer sentiment
- Figure 3: Financial wellbeing index, 2009-15
- Generation X are feeling the squeeze
- Figure 4: "How would you generally describe your financial situation at the moment?", by age, January 2015
- Will the feel-good factor return in time for the 2015 election?
Changes in Financial Wellbeing
- 23% say that they're better off than at the start of 2014
- Figure 5: "How would you describe your finances compared to a year ago?", January 2015
- Two years of stability
- Figure 6: The recovery index, 2011-15
- More than a third of Millennials say their finances have improved…
- …while 10% of baby boomers say that they are much worse off
- Figure 7: "How have your finances changed over the last 12 months?", by age, January 2015
- 23% say that they're better off than at the start of 2014
Financial Confidence
- Confidence edged upwards in January 2015
- Figure 8: "And how do you feel about your financial situation over the next year or so?", January 2015
- Figure 9: Financial confidence index, 2009-2015
- Generation Xers are facing an uncertain future
- Figure 10: "And how do you feel about your financial situation over the next year or so?", by household income, January 2015
- Confidence edged upwards in January 2015
Spending Plans
- A New Year boost to spending plans…
- …and there are clear signs that people are looking for an excuse to spend
- Figure 11: "Thinking about how you spend your money, which of the following have you done over the last three months? And which do you plan to do over the next three months?", January 2015
- Figure 12: Spending index, 2012-2015
- Youthful enthusiasm? Or just a lack of responsibilities?
- Figure 13: Spending index, by household income, January 2015
- A New Year boost to spending plans…
What it Means
- Expect improvement – But not elation
- New year, new washing machine?
- Expect improvement – But not elation


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Again I am crying with JOY over this most amazing recipe. SO GOOD
Bring the coconut milk to boil in large sauce pan. Add the chopped yams and cook on low heat covered for 5 minutes. Stirring occasionally
Add the kale, onion, apple and seasonings. Stir and simmer for 10 minutes or until yams are cooked.
Garnish with pine nuts.


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Thursday, September 14, 2017 [1] by APRIL PETERSON email@example.com [2] in Local News [3]State Rep. Justin Simmons, R-131st, tours animal shelter in support of Libre's Law
In June, Pennsylvania became safer for animals, especially pets, when Gov. Tom Wolf signed Libre's Law.
On Aug. 30, Lois Gadek, Ph.D., president of the board of trustees of Animals in Distress, a no-kill shelter in Upper Saucon Township, gave State Rep. Justin Simmons, R-131st and Kristen Tullo, Humane Society of the United States - Pennsylvania state director, a tour of the shelter to illustrate the constituents whom the law protects – animals, including pets and future pets.
"Animals deserve consideration. Their lives do matter," Gadek said of the law in a brief interview before the tour. "The conscience of a community is tied to how we treat living things."
Named for Libre, a Boston terrier who was rescued in dire condition in Lancaster County, the law increases penalties for animal abuse and cruelty. According to media accounts, at the time of his rescue in July 2016, Libre, then seven weeks old, was dehydrated, malnourished and struggling to breathe. His plight caught the attention of Pennsylvania lawmakers. Libre's Law, among other regulations, provides for more discretion for prosecutors and judges based on the level of injury to an animal or pet. The legislation also provides added protections for horses and those dogs left tethered outside.
"With the new law going into effect, our work has just begun," Tullo said in a brief interview before touring Animals in Distress.
Situated on a 42-acre farm property in Upper Saucon Township, the no kill shelter, as of Aug. 30, is home to more than 50 dogs and more than 300 cats. The cats and dogs live in distinct wings separated by a large courtyard.
Simmons, Tullo and HSUS State Council member Suzanne Gonzalez, with Gadek as their guide, walked the halls of the facility and met with volunteers, staff and animals, including Primrose, a calico cat and Mya, a dog who had been cruelly treated.
Animals at the shelter are cared for by a small staff and many longtime volunteers.
Linda Hoffert, a member of the board of trustees at the shelter, has volunteered at Animals in Distress about a dozen years and was featured on Facebook Live during the tour as Primrose's handler for a short video.
"We all agree it's a wonderful thing," Hoffert said of the law. "And about time."
The hour-plus long tour allowed Simmons and others to see rooms where the animals live, areas where supplies and food donations are stored, a whirlpool used for therapy sessions for dogs with arthritis and hip problems and many of the animal residents. The shelter, which does not accept government funding, features heated floors, a specially designed ventilation and heating system, indoor and outdoor dog runs, outdoor paths for volunteers to take dogs for walks and laundry rooms to wash pet blankets.
"It's awe inspiring," Gonzalez said of the shelter.
Simmons described Libre's Law as earning bipartisan support in the state legislature and as a "chance for Pennsylvania to be a leader" on legislation concerning animals.


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Most of the New England Patriots rested during the bye week, but offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels was as busy as ever.
McDaniels, 37, is a hot name on the NFL's head-coaching market right now, and the Cleveland Browns have pegged him as a top target for their opening. The Browns reportedly interviewed McDaniels for the job Saturday, and he confirmed as much Monday.
"We met, and that's about all there is at this point," McDaniels said during his weekly conference call with the media. "Nothing, nothing further."
McDaniels already has been a head coach in the NFL, spending a little less than two seasons as the Denver Broncos' top man. Some of his highlights — or lowlights — in Denver include trading away wide receiver Brandon Marshall and quarterback Jay Cutler, and drafting Tim Tebow in the first round. The Broncos barely missed the playoffs after an 8-8 season in 2009, and they fired McDaniels following a 3-9 start to his second season.
After spending one season as the St. Louis Rams' offensive coordinator, McDaniels returned to New England as an offensive consultant during the Patriots' Super Bowl run and eventually retook the reins as offensive coordinator ahead of the 2012 season. While he acknowledges that the opportunity and speculation are "flattering," McDaniels doesn't exactly sound like a guy pining to get out of New England, especially with Saturday night's divisional-round playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts looming.
"I know that's something that comes up each time this year for other coaches," McDaniels said. "The opportunities are certainly flattering if they come up. That being said, I am going to try to keep my focus on the Colts and our preparation this week. Like I've said in the past, I'm fortunate to have the job I have and I love being here. I love doing what I'm doing. Each opportunity that comes along is a little different, and I'm going to leave it at that and continue to put my effort and attention into the Colts this week."
While the Browns were given permission to interview McDaniels during the bye week, they aren't allowed to enter into any contract discussions under NFL rules, meaning neither Cleveland nor any other team can offer him a contract until the Patriots are eliminated from the playoffs.
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6 months. 1 fear. Are you ready to lean in?
If you could overcome any fear that you have in the next six months? What would it be?
Think about it. Write it down.
It doesn't have to be public. It can be big or small. But it should be real. It should come from the real, vulnerable you.
But write it down, stare at it.
Mine (now revised after some reflection), is losing the momentum for changes that I want to make in my life after The Bold Academy.
You can overcome any fear, whatever it may be, but to do that you need to do two things:
1) Pick date that you must smash that fear by (so six months from you reading these words).
2) Find someone to hold you accountable to overcoming your fear by that date.
The template above you can use for conquering just about any fear that you have. The following story is how we used this question and template on a random morning in San Francisco to bring joy and delight to hundreds of passers by.
We looked back at this space like we couldn't believe what just happened - what we'd just done. Five hours earlier this space had looked just like it did now. But taking a look now, we realized that we'd made a difference in the lives of over 400 people and whoever else they came in contact with. Whoever else they shared this story with.
The Bold Hustle
I recently took part in a 10-day personal accelerator called The Bold Academy. Sixteen Bolders, as we were called, plus staff, lived in a mansion in Alamo Square, San Francisco, for 10 days. We listened to talks, examined and reexamined our lives and the work that we want to do, took part in workshops, had some amazing soul talks, committed to changes we were going to make after Bold and found someone to hold us accountable to those changes.
On day six, we were divided into four teams of four and told to create a project that would make the most impact on the world in 24 hours. This was The Bold Hustle.
After a very long night of brainstorming, bad ideas, phone calls to Bold mentors, some iteration and some short naps, Alex, Betsy, Maíra and I came up with The Love Your Fear Project.
We left the Bold house around 7:30 in the morning. We called a Lyft and when the driver pulled up, I told him about our project and asked if he'd be willing to donate a Lyft ride for our project. He agreed (his fear was being burned alive) and drove us over to the Kelly Paper Store where we picked up a 500 foot roll of paper and then over to The Ferry Building where had breakfast and set up for the day.
During breakfast we froze, a moment called The Flinch that everyone experiences before a big decision or event. Thoughts raced through our minds and out loud. "What if no one wrote anything down?" "What if we looked like a bunch of asses standing out there." "What if this didn't work?"
We left breakfast. We showed up. We rolled out 15 feet of paper, put a few sharpies down, wrote the prompt that you see above and wrote down our own fears.
And then something happened: people started coming up and asking us what it was we were doing. Asking if they could participate. We experimented with different tactics for approaching people. I found that the best way to get people to write down a fear they wanted to overcome was to stand behind the paper, let them take a look at it, introduce myself and the project, tell them my fear and then ask them to participate.
Before we knew it, we were rolling more paper out to make room for more fears. We set a goal of hitting the first pillar of The Ferry Building with our roll.
People, without much prompt, without knowing who we were or why were doing this in most cases, started sharing incredibly intimate, vulnerable things with us:
People shared some incredible fears: A Prime Minister of a European country walked by with his staff and contributed one fear. A woman who was afraid of heights, a native San Franciscan, wanted to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. One man was afraid of being his own race (and gave specific examples why). Stoic businessmen who I never thought would be interested in participating in something like this were. Sometimes they came back and brought friends who contributed. Runners stopped to scribble something down before they ran off again. Commuters. Teenagers. The lunch crowd. Tourists. Husbands, wives, sons, daughters. Your loved ones.
We were interviewed for the San Francisco evening news. We talked to three security guards from the Ferry Building and two from the Port Authority, the last one made us leave.
Betsy, Alex, María and I were kicked off of Ferry Building property at around 1pm just after reaching our goal of rolling our paper full of fears past the first pillar in the middle of the building.
We went home humbled by what we'd just done and the people's lives that we'd touched.
**It's hard to measure the exact impact that we made through this project. Whatever it was exactly, I'm proud.
435 fears on 245 feet of paper contributed by people from 23 countries, on six continents, all in just over four hours.
We ended up winning The Bold Hustle but more importantly, we proved to ourselves that in a short amount of time we could come up with an idea, feel the Flinch, push past it and build a project that truly changed lives.**
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I can't wait for anything green to replace this blanket of snow. At least it has melted down just enough for the top of the raised bed frames to peep through.
Many more snow storms stand between now and gardening season. Yet, it is time to think of the garden and start the plants indoors. Our garden season is short and can be brutally cold. Having healthy and strong plants to set out when the weather finally warms makes a big difference in the garden's productivity.
Nursery centers have a nice selection of purdy vegetable plants all ready for you to purchase. But they have gotten so expensive! Last year they were $2-$5 PER PLANT! Unless you only need a plant or two for a small container garden – YIKES!
Starting plants indoors will give you a much broader choice of seed varieties. Next week I'll share how to make your own seed starting pots from newspaper. Until then, here are some of my favorite seed companies:
Pinetree Garden Seeds
Seeds of Change
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Totally Tomatoes
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Vermont Bean Seed Company
Seeds of Change
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Totally Tomatoes
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Vermont Bean Seed Company
Once you order seeds your mailbox will be perpetually filled with colorful seed catalogs to dream over during the cold wintry months. Do you have a favorite seed catalog?
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