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The league table is a rather enjoyable read for Jurgen Klopp right now.
Despite having been at the Anfield reins for just over a year, he has propelled his side into the top four and in with a realistic shot at the title. His squad has been in fine form and has helped the Reds secure victories at Chelsea and Arsenal.
However, it's one of Liverpool's struggling players that has Klopp has heaped praise on recently. In fact, the German has stated that he's so good in training that it brings a tear to his eye.
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Daniel Sturridge
When Daniel Sturridge is on song, there are few better finishers in the Premier League.
However, the Englishman hasn't been fit and firing for several months now and has gone an unprecedented 616 minutes without a league goal. It's certainly not the form you'd expected from a starting striker for Liverpool and England.
Nevertheless, on the pitch at Melwood, Klopp is left welling up by the potency of Sturridge's finishing and the poetry of his dribbling.
It's no secret that the 27-year-old has bundles of talent, but this proves rather unexpected and perhaps exaggerated praise.
According to the Liverpool Echo, Klopp explained: "If we have a shooting exercise, there are still tears in your eyes when you see him and think: 'oh f****** hell, what is that? That is unbelievable!'
"But then you see the games. There are no easy one, two, three situations where he could have scored and you think 'uh-oh, he should have scored'.
Goal drought
So, it's all well and good that Sturridge produces the goods in training, but what about when chips are down in big matches? Klopp can't seem to put his finger on the problem and as to why his star striker is struggling so much.
The German goes onto say: "I've been here a year, and even I have thought in some moments: 'Ball… Sturridge…. Goal. Oh No!' There are moments when you think he should score and he doesn't but you have to carry on.
"It is a very important and very useful moment in his career.
"A big name.... (Robert) Lewandowski. There were times when he didn't score. Gerd Muller! There were games he didn't score.
"I still can't believe it. You look back on his career and he scored 600 times but there were moments when he didn't score.
"It is only to handle situations like this. It is not to make too big a thing about it."
While it's true that even the finest strikers go through dry spells, it's hard to imagine Muller experiencing such a yawning barren period. After all, his last league goal came against a team in Newcastle that now embark on away trips to Rotherham.
Regardless though, it can only be positive for Sturridge's intended return to form that he has such backing from his manager. Besides, if Klopp's comments are to be taken literally, the 27-year-old has moves to make coaches break down.
Even so, he'll have to start finding the net soon otherwise Divock Origi and co. will be waiting enthusiastically in the wings.
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Fremont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend a temporary moratorium on e-cigarette retail stores, lounges and vapor bars that was put into effect at the council's Feb. 11 meeting. The 22- month and 15-day extension was given in order to provide staff with additional time to adequately study the issue before coming back to council with a recommendation on the city's stance on e-cigarettes.
Fremont has joined cities across the Bay Area in studying the effects of electronic smoking devices. The city of Milpitas voted unanimously this Tuesday as well to ban e-smoking devices near playgrounds and city facilities and to restrict sales of e-cigarettes to those 18 years old and older, as the city already does with traditional tobacco cigarettes.
California law prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, but neither state nor federal law restricts the use of e-cigarettes, so it is falling on local governments to decide whether or not to allow the use and distribution of e-cigarettes in their city.
Approximately 60 cities in California require retailers to obtain a license to sell e-cigarettes including Richmond, Albany and Oakland. Hayward has placed a moratorium on e-cigarette lounges and vapor bars to allow further study to determine if and how to regulate e-cigarettes. Union City, on the other hand, passed an ordinance in November 2013 banning e-cigarette bars, lounges and vapor bars within its city limits.
Fremont staff members asked for the extra time to analyze the potential impacts of such new uses and determine if modifications are needed to the city's zoning ordinance or other sections of the municipal code, as well as to review existing studies and data on e-cigarette use and review regulations adopted by other jurisdictions.
Owners of some of the eight establishments that currently sell electronic cigarettes or "e-cigarettes" in Fremont, four of which opened in the last eight months, vocally opposed the moratorium at the Feb. 11 meeting, but were absent at this Tuesday's meeting. The moratorium does not prevent existing establishments from continuing to operate.
E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices intended to emulate smoking a cigarette which allow the user to inhale vapor without producing fire, smoke, ash or carbon monoxide. They are usually designed to resemble traditional cigarettes and the liquids vaporized by the e-cigarette may contain nicotine, other chemicals, and flavoring, but do not contain tobacco.
Electronic cigarettes come in many shapes and prices, ranging from the disposable types that can be purchased at convenience stores for a few dollars and resemble real cigarettes to the more complex vaporizers sold at "vapor stores," which can be hundreds of dollars, according to the staff report.
The health effects of inhaled vapor, with or without nicotine, and second-hand vapor are unknown. However, the Food and Drug Administration conducted a limited analysis that found that e-cigarettes do contain carcinogens, including nitrosamines, and toxic chemicals such as diethylene glycol used in anti-freeze, among other issues, according to the staff report.
E-cigarette retailers insisted at the Feb. 11 council meeting that e-cigarettes were a kind of treatment for people who smoke tobacco.
Councilmember Raj Salwan said after the Feb. 11 meeting that he was worried that the e-cigarette flavors such as bubblegum and chocolate would mislead youth to use them, thinking that they are harmless.
There was no public comment or council comment at this Tuesday's meeting.
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"But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." Hebrews 5:14
Spiritual discernment is as vital to the health of a Christian as eating vegetables is to the human body. Without the use of discernment, through the proper application of God's Word, we will never be able to know God more fully or grow in our relationship with Him. We will bandwagon with lies and live by what makes sense to our untrained minds and reckless emotions!
The spiritually undiscerning will often hide behind very powerful truths they misunderstand and misapply.
One example of this is the phrase: 'God knows my heart.' The implication is, 'because God knows my heart, you can't judge me!' This is often used to defend one's actions, particularly when confronted by another believer. While it is true that God does know our hearts . . . This should be cause for the individual to genuinely beg God for a revelation of their own heart instead of a complacent, apathetic, and or stubborn lack of searching and application of God's Word. James tells us in 3:17 that true wisdom will listen to admonition instead of denying error so change does not have to be considered. May we never forget that one of the chief reasons for a church is so that others may prod us out of our self-deceived complacency and remind us of who God is and what He requires (Hebrews 10:24-25).
The church as a whole has way too much trust in their own hearts which God says are, "deceitful above all else and desperately wicked…" (Jeremiah 17:9.). We have very little trust for the Creator of our hearts. We are out of practice when it comes to a teachable spirit and a total dependence upon the Word of God to guide our lives. Conversely, we have perfected, to the point of incompetency, the misapplication of individual soul liberty and frivolous feeling driven doctrines.
Woe to anyone who would dare speak contrary to the passions and ideals of the heart. We throw verses at anyone who challenges our lifestyle. Like Satan, we twist Scripture from its original meaning and proudly proclaim, "Judge not, that ye be not judged." (Math 7:1) Or "Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart." (I Samuel16:7)
The spiritually undiscerning Christian will take these and other verses out of context and pick and choose Scripture passages that meet their already achieved level of Christianity. However, they will neglect such verses as Galatians 6:1, "Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted." James 5:19-20, "Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins." Matthew 18:15, "Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained a brother." Titus 1:13, ". . . Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;"
The undiscerning Christian will not allow another individual to scrutinize their actions for several reasons: God knows the heart, the confronting Christian has faults, and they've prayed about it. This kind of individual will not take time to consider the possibility that they have erred. Sadly, they are often more concerned with their current position in life being confirmed as right than wanting to be stretched and shown their sin.
This is not to say that every instance where a confrontation takes place will always be accurate or even done in the right spirit. Yet, the spiritually discerning individual will welcome Biblical confrontation. "A wise man will hear and increase learning." (Proverbs 1:5) We cannot embrace some portions of Scripture and neglect other portions and present ourselves as those who are exercising or training unto godliness. (I Timothy 4:7, "But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.") The Lord wants us to test the things we see and not mindlessly accept them. "He wants us to hold them up to the standard of Scripture and discern whether they line up with God's plumb line."(1)
Discernment is crucial to the body of Christ, and is played out by individual believers interacting with the Word of God. When God has clearly spoken our application is a priority that requires no hesitation. In other words, we don't need to pray about what God has already outlined for us in Scripture. Discernment is played out by individuals recognizing their own faults through Scripture. We then apply God's grace to our own sin, so that we are qualified to gently, caringly, firmly, and even sharply point other believers to the Savior (Mat 7:3-6). Those who are willing to mutilate Scripture for their own purposes will be tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine (Ephesians 4:14), and will defend their unstable Christianity because it endangers their pride to do otherwise.
Lack of discernment can be due to lack of maturity (an element of youth in the LORD). This immaturity is a natural process of the Christian life, however, one of the main characteristics of immaturity is an unawareness of one's inability. This is why throughout Scripture, God commands His people to help each other along the pathway of holiness. The babes in Christ need to be nurtured and fed milk. There ought to be a time, however, when the baby moves on to solid food. If this does not occur, it is the responsibility and obligation of the mature Christian to confront and point out their sin, I Corinthians 3:1-3a, "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: . . ."
Once believers have been made aware of an immaturity and refuse to submit to Scripture, the issue then is not a lack of maturity but rebellion. This rebellion results from a lack of discernment due to one's own neglect to consistently meditate on and apply Scripture. This mentality has nothing to do with youth and everything to do with disobedience! Belief determines behavior; what do your actions reveal about your beliefs?
Written By Christa Mielke
Christa has served the Lord faithfully alongside her husband in full time ministry since 2007. She has a passion to introduce people to the beauty of a Christ-Centered relationship. She holds a BA in Biblical Studies and Sacred Music and has written extensively on adult and young women's issues. Even as a full time mother of three and wife to (one) high maintenance and slightly deranged husband, she still finds time to grow her relationship with God through concentrated Bible and book studies.
1) Kassion, DeMoss, True Woman 201, pg. 35.


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Musings: Stop Calling it the Break Up Diet
I've always joked about it….we all joke about it… But I need to stop. I think everyone should stop. It happened with my first break up in 2005. I lost some weight, cried some, and did not know how to handle my sadness of ending a six-year relationship with my


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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said that the Centre is working on formulating a new law under IT Act, on the lines of section 66 (A) that was struck down recently by the Supreme Court.
Fadnavis was replying to Shiv Sena MLC Neelam Gorhe, who asked whether the state will frame a new law in place of Section 66 (A) that would compensate for the repercussions on the Supreme Court order.
"Under the previous law, an accused could be put behind bars if he made objectionable comments on somebody. After this law was struck down, these miscreants will now get teeth to continue doing this. Will the state government formulate a law in line with the previous law?" Gorhe asked.
Fadnavis said that there is no need for the state government to frame a new law as the Central government is already working on it.
"The Centre is working on formulating a new law on the lines of Section 66 (A) that was struck down by the SC. There was no conviction in the previous law and thus a law is being formulated that will be strong and which will result in convictions," the chief minister said.
While there were 937 registered cases under the IT Act in 2013, the number rose to 2,696 in 2014, he said.
Replying to a question by Hemant Takle (NCP), who pointed out that merely training 1,000 policemen will not help and that all police stations should be trained in handling cases of cyber crime, Fadnavis said that his suggestion will be considered.
"To tackle cases, we will also think about taking help from outsourced agencies if required," the CM added.


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Sunday, August 2, 2009
So I'm here today because God kept me...I'm alive today, only because of His grace...
I have a fun card to show you today...I was so excited to hear that Mercy was starting her sketch challenges again. I have been a huge fan of her sketches, so this was fabulous news! She posted the latest one on Tuesday, so I decided to sit down tonight after everyone was in bed and play a little bit. See what you think.
Never Give Up...I love this sentiment. I think it is super versatile...what a great card for encouragement, friendship, or just because. It was perfect for this sketch, don't you think?
Of course I had to pair it with my favorite paper from the Basic Grey Lemonade collection...love this print! Added some embossing, sponging, stitching, and then topped it off with a ribbon/button combo. I love how it turned out, if I do say so myself!
Well, I gotta hit the sack, so I'm gonna keep this short and sweet...thanks for hanging out with me today, and don't forget to check out Mercy's new sketch on Tuesday! Have a wonderful Sunday!
Stamps: Never Give Up (Serendipity)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Neenah Solar White, Kiwi Kiss, Soft Sky, Basic Grey Lemonade
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Ribbon, Button (SU), Dimensionals, Nestabilities, Sewing Machine, Thread, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Sponges, Kaiser Craft Pearls
13 comments:
- Mercy said...
shannan...this is just beautiful! and yes...it is very encouraging! i love that sentiment, and the basic grey paper is deeee-liscious!
thanks so much for playing along with my sketch, and i hope to see you again next week! :)
- August 2, 2009 at 2:22 AM
- Kim said...
That is so gorgeous Shannan. Thanks for enabling me to more stamps and the heads up for new sketches to check out!
- August 2, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- Kristina said...
This is so gorgeous! I've been eyeing that Lemonade dp for a while and may need to go get it after seeing this card. Love the colors combos!
- August 2, 2009 at 11:13 AM
- Jessie/knightrone said...
This is beautiful Shannan...I need to remember that sentiment!!
- August 2, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- Kris Turner said...
This is such a beautiful, inspirational card! TFS!
Kris, Wadsworth, OH
- August 2, 2009 at 1:22 PM
- Pam Speidel said...
OUTSTANDING! Such a beautiful card for Mercy's sketch challenge. Shannan, you've inspired me once again! Smiles, Pam :)
- August 2, 2009 at 4:49 PM
- rush8888 said...
mercy may have given you the layout, but you put it together so nicely. the color combination is super. i have the new basic grey paper that is begging to be used!
- August 2, 2009 at 6:47 PM
- Stamp Talk with Tosh said...
What a beautiful card Shannan!! Love your sweet mix of colors, textures and dp!! And the sentiment is fabulous!!
- August 2, 2009 at 11:09 PM
- Juliana said...
Such a lovely card!!!!
I love that sentiment--and the combo of papers with it!!
- August 3, 2009 at 6:18 AM
- Laura said...
This is beautiful!!!! I love your sewing!! Great colors and papers!!:)
- August 3, 2009 at 7:55 AM
- Katie Cotton said...
this is fantastic! That sentiment is awesome and the card is SUPERB!
- August 3, 2009 at 8:05 AM
- Lynda Benden said...
Oh so pretty Shannan!!! That sentiment is awesome and of course the Lemonade paper rocks!!!
- August 3, 2009 at 4:32 PM
- Joan B said...
beautiful job. love that sentiment in the perfect font and your card enhances it.
- August 5, 2009 at 5:02 AM


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If you're interested in knowing... the strips with the hyena twins take TWICE the time to make than a regular strip, so, I hope you loving them Hyena twins ;) So, answer me this, How are you loving the new banner, and if so, why? Daughter of the iron duo. 17th Aug 2015, 7:46 PM edit delete Hey can I kill the human now with out Pituka noticing please. Leon wolfheart 17th Aug 2015, 9:20 PM edit delete Sorry, can't come to the stream Gunny Waffle 17th Aug 2015, 9:53 PM edit delete I am loving the new banner art, it shows a lot more emotion of the primary cast. I guess this shows more depth to your comic to me. :U Also, I GREATLY appreciate your hard work on this strip! Drooken 17th Aug 2015, 10:19 PM edit delete Love the banner School just prevents me ftime seeing the stream. Also, that is interesting to see a furret there, I like the design of him/her. Hope to be there Friday. (^.=.^) SwegBunnyGabe 17th Aug 2015, 10:40 PM edit delete I'm loving the new banner! Not only does it have all the characters, it also looks a lot more polished and official. Awesome stream btw. Though I think I need to talk more in chat :p. Anyway Baker ur amazing! :3 Stay awsome XD Bohden 17th Aug 2015, 10:56 PM edit delete I can only hope she doesn't roll her own with recycled chew :c That would literally be the worst. Also, new banner is nice! It's inclusive~ SilentTiger 18th Aug 2015, 12:05 AM edit delete the stream was really good, and i was glad i got to be a part of it. i really like the new banner! i always wondered why it was just pucho and pituka…. Sceptillio133 18th Aug 2015, 12:28 AM edit delete Oi, I heard that smokes'll kill ye, but this is a wee bit ridiculous. The banner is great. Mostly its because of the character additions. Inkie Winecrest 18th Aug 2015, 12:41 AM edit delete I'm lovin the new banner! the whole page just has a all around cleaner and more modern feel to it. Wish I had more words but really I don't know what else to say about it. Now onto the newest panel. I'm digging their post apocalyptic threads! Think it would be great to see a short spin off with those two starring in some short where their the heroines of an action movie. Popping jokes and zombie heads all while protecting their helpless friend. The friend could be the guy running the factory at the moment. Oh and I feel bad for the poor dude cause when Nelly finds out he smoked one of her cigars.... Oh the poor, poor guy. As for the stream, I had a great time as always. Wish I could have been more active in both the picarto chat as well as the discord chat. Just been so very worn out that it's made it hard to muster up much energy. Also sorry about being all sad sack when talking about being depressed, just some days I get that way. Inkie Winecrest 18th Aug 2015, 1:42 AM edit delete Did anyone else notice the furnace has ears? It looks so much like a giant knights helmet with slats for the face and ears so not to impair sight or hearing. Sora Jones 18th Aug 2015, 9:19 AM edit delete IT IS AWESOME!! Coves 18th Aug 2015, 12:41 PM edit delete Love the new banner! I like it mainly because it shows the other characters, and it is new and unexpected. GoldMoon 18th Aug 2015, 1:57 PM edit delete Yea the banner looks really cool I wasn't on whole stream. Baker can you start streaming a little earlier? cookiecoon 18th Aug 2015, 2:02 PM edit delete The new banner was a pleasant surprise. I't shows more of the cast and a lot more emotion. Micro711 18th Aug 2015, 10:13 PM edit delete The new banner is awesome it really shows the main cast and their characteristics. Amazing job! Classified 18th Aug 2015, 10:23 PM edit delete I like it because it adds more depth to the characters. Such as Pucho being paired up with Pitaku, along with luna being near them to show that their is still "work" to be done. *wink wink nudge nudge* On the other side, I think Nelly being next up with Hos/Pervy already says that they are close to having a relationship. *Close* With Astrid next to them just having the "Meh" look. I like the style of it too, more cartoonish. (And silly.) Scoobky 20th Aug 2015, 5:41 AM edit delete Coop: First! Why Did you have me Naked in the Dark!? and now Why did you give me Nelly's Cigars!! She's gonna kill me T_T wait...did one of them call me a beefcake O///O Zade teh fox 20th Aug 2015, 10:55 AM edit delete I like the new banner and I was wondering when you usually stream?? Drooken 20th Aug 2015, 5:38 PM edit delete @Zadetehfox Its on the days he updates. 'bout 12 where he it, -3 hours from US pacific timezone witch is 3 there. you figure out from where you are from this Zade KineticBurn 20th Aug 2015, 7:07 PM edit delete Oh my god the new banner is beautiful! Time to update the wikipage. Pootis 20th Aug 2015, 10:50 PM edit delete Edit:Edit:Edit:Edit:Edit: Pootis 20th Aug 2015, 10:52 PM edit delete Yush luv it sandwich for you Valka 21st Aug 2015, 5:00 PM edit delete Sorry I'm late to comment but my computer nearly got destroyed... As for the new banner, I really like it because it shows the main cast not just two of the six. Nahul 22nd Aug 2015, 12:34 AM edit delete Remember kids, smoking any thing but meat is bad for you. © 2010 - 2019 Tomas Del Rio, Hosted by ComicFury Webcomic Hosting RSS | Comic Profile | Top Ads by Project Wonderful! Your ad here, right now: $0


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The purpose of the Frederick Piano Collection is to give musicians and music lovers a chance to hear works by major piano composers, played on pianos such as those the composers knew, and for which their music was conceived. The Collection includes only grand pianos, by important makers whose instruments were highly regarded in their day, acquired in basically good condition, with most of their original materials intact (especially soundboards). It aims to match each instrument to a specific composer or generation of composers known to have used or preferred that make and vintage of piano. The period of pianos in the Collection extends from about 1790 to 1907, representing music from Haydn and Beethoven through the French Impressionists. ...
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Paracelsus: A 16-century physician (1493-1541) who saw the need for scientific experimentation in toxicology and thus gave toxicology a scientific basis. He recognized that chemicals often have both therapeutic and toxic properties based on dose. His observations laid the foundation for the concept of the dose-response relationship.
parathion: An organophosphate that is used as an insecticide; it is absorbed through the skin, eaten, or inhaled; it is toxic because it acts on the nervous system.
pesticide: Chemicals developed to control a wide variety of pests in primarily agricultural and forest environments.
pollution: The undesirable presence of matter or energy that can cause harmful environmental effects.
population: A group of individuals of the same species living in a particular area.
potency: The measure of a chemical's effectiveness as a medicine or a poison. The more potent the chemical, the less it takes to exert its effect.
response: The variety of reactions to exposure to chemicals that might occur in an organism.
risk assessment: Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the risk posed to human health and/or the environment by exposure to a chemical.
risk management: The process by which risk is reduced or controlled. Risk assessment information is used, along with other information, such as values, cost, and feasibility, to arrive at a risk management decision.
route of exposure: The way in which a person may contact a chemical substance. For example, a person may ingest a chemical, inhale a chemical, or absorb a chemical through the skin.
solvent: A substance (usually a liquid) capable of dissolving or dispersing one or more other substances. Water is a solvent. Organic solvents include alcohols, aldehydes, benzene, toluene, glycol ethers, trichloroethylene (TCE), formaldehyde, and carbon tetrachloride. Drinking water is an important source of solvent exposure; solvents also pass rapidly through the skin and produce high levels in the bloodstream within minutes after skin exposure. Nearly all solvents (other than water) can cause acute and chronic injury to the central nervous system. Many solvents are associated with development of kidney failure and chronic kidney disease, and others can cause acute toxic damage to the liver.
subacute exposure: Repeated exposure to a chemical for one month or less.
synthetic: Made by forming a compound by combining two or more simpler compounds, elements, or radicals; human-made, not from nature.
threshold: The lowest dose of a chemical at which a certain measurable effect is observed and below which it is not observed.
toxic: Harmful; poisonous.
toxicant: Any chemical or mixture of chemicals that presents a risk of death, disease, injury, or birth defects in organisms that ingest or absorb it.
toxicity: The capacity or property of a substance to cause adverse effects.
toxicologist: A scientist trained to examine the nature of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms and assess the probability of their occurrence.
toxicology: The multidisciplinary science that examines the adverse effects of chemicals on organisms.
toxin: A naturally occurring substance or agent that may injure an organism exposed to it.


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Thriller Thursday (5/10/18 Edition)
A LibraryReads pick, a cozy, and a sniper thriller are our #ThrillerThursday reads:
OUR KIND OF CRUELTY by Araminta Hall
Also available in audio
A May 2018 LibraryReads pick! Verity + Mike sitting in a tree C.R.A.V.I.N.G. First comes (a twisted kind of) love, then comes marriage (to another man), then comes murder? "Hall brings the unreliable narrator to new heights in this disturbing narrative…. For fans of Nabokov's LOLITA, Highsmith's Ripley tales, or Christine Mangan's recently published first novel, TANGERINE." — Booklist
CHARMED BONES by Carolyn Haines
In Haines's "enchanting"* 18th Sarah Booth Delaney mystery, three sisters want to open a Wiccan school in Zinnia, MS, on a manor house rented from local artist Trevor Musgrove. When Trevor dies under suspicious circumstances, the sisters become suspects, and Sarah really gets involved. "Fans of humorous paranormal cozies will be rewarded." — Publishers Weekly
REAPER: GHOST TARGET by Nicholas Irving & A.J. Tata
Also available in audio
The explosive new thriller series written by the New York Times bestselling author of THE REAPER and star of Fox's AMERICAN GRIT. "This debut of a new black-ops series boasts two coauthors who know the field. Irving's stature in the black-ops world will ensnare readers who follow Brad Taylor and Vince Flynn." — Booklist
Share your reads with us @MacmillanLib this #ThrillerThursday.
Thriller Thursday (6/29/17 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday to these bestselling authors and their new books:
TRAP THE DEVIL by Ben Coes
"Coes continues to deliver intense and gripping novels showcasing the world of special ops with his hero Dewey Andreas. Coes continues to get better with each installment of the series, building on themes from The Da Vinci Code and countless other thrillers, but finding within them new depth and sources of suspense. Coes' name should be on the lips of every reader who enjoys Vince Flynn and the Brads (Taylor and Thor)." — Booklist, starred review
INDIGO by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Jonathan Maberry, Kelley Armstrong, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James A. Moore, and Mark Morris
A collaboration between acclaimed and bestselling writers about a pragmatic NYC journalist with a secret crime-fighting alter ego. "Their respective fans may enjoy trying to figure out who wrote what." — Publishers Weekly
PUTIN'S GAMBIT by Lou Dobbs & James O. Born
From TV broadcaster Lou Dobbs, an international financial thriller about a KGB plot to use a series of terrorist attacks as cover for a Russian military incursion into Estonia. "…a rollicking and tense adventure that recalls the early works of John Grisham…" — Publishers Weekly readmoreremove
Thriller Thursday (5/21/15 Edition)
We've got four fabulous thrillers for you, plus BookCon news!
LITTLE BLACK LIES by Sharon Bolton
A May 2015 LibraryReads pick! When a child goes missing, three islanders—Catrin, her childhood best friend, Rachel, and her ex-lover Callum—confess to the crime. "[A] nail-biter… This brilliantly plotted thriller, filled with lies and betrayals, builds to an unexpected, mesmerizing ending." — Publishers Weekly, starred review
EIGHTH GRAVE AFTER DARK by Darynda Jones
The eighth entry in Jones's "tongue-in-cheek supernatural soap opera" (Publishers Weekly) with ever escalating stakes finds Charlie Davidson and her super-sexy, literally-from-hell husband, Reyes, hiding from hellhounds in a convent while awaiting the birth of their daughter, Beep.
And since we'll be busy at BEA next week, happy early #ThrillerThursday to:
THE STORM MURDERS by John Farrow
THREE starred reviews for the smart, enthralling fourth Émile Cinq-Mars thriller! "Farrow (the pen name of Canadian writer Trevor Ferguson) has written an excellent thriller in which characters, plot, and setting score a triple for suspense." — Library Journal, starred review
INDEPENDENCE DAY by Ben Coes
TWO starred reviews for the latest Dewey Andreas thriller! "Coes is in the same league as Brad Thor and Vince Flynn, and this high-octane race against time will have plot-driven thriller readers unable to turn the pages fast enough. Libraries should grab this one in quantity and make sure Coes' backlist is available as well." — Booklist, starred review
Going to BookCon next weekend? Stop by for the Crime Time Quiz Show, hosted by The Criminal Element and emceed by yours truly, Anne Spieth!
Thriller Thursday – Stars Edition
We've got an all-STAR line-up for this #ThrillerThursday, but first Edgar Awards news: THE STRANGER YOU KNOW by Jane Casey won the Mary Higgins Clark award! Click here to see the full list of 2015 Edgar Award winners. Now, on to the books!
SIGNAL by Patrick Lee (THREE stars!)
"Two books into this series, and it's clear that Lee has hit the jackpot. Expect the horde of out-of-breath readers gasping to keep up with Lee's breakneck pace to keep growing exponentially with each new appearance of Sam Dryden." — Booklist, starred review
"Lee's thriller featuring a loner hero compares to Lee Child's 'Jack Reacher' series but with the added kick of technology. Readers will wait with bated breath for the next Dryden adventure." — Library Journal, starred review
"A credible hero and a plot filled with nonstop cinematic action will leave thriller fans eager for the next installment." — Publishers Weekly, starred & boxed review
BADLANDS by C.J. Box (THREE stars!)
"Although he's placed kids in danger in other books, this could be the most effective of his thrillers since his Edgar-winning BLUE HEAVEN. The temperature on the northern plains may fall to 40 below, but the engine of this thriller races red hot, providing plenty of warmth to keep readers going all night." — Booklist, starred review
"Suspenseful—you can't put it down." — Library Journal, starred review
"[A] superior thriller…" — Publishers Weekly, starred review
THE PRECIPICE by Paul Doiron
"Doiron brings his gift for making the Maine woods live and breathe to a taut whodunit in his stellar sixth novel featuring game warden Mike Bowditch. Multidimensional characters and a high level of suspense help make this a winner." — Publishers Weekly, starred review
"This is one of the finest entries in a uniformly strong series that has quietly taken its place among the very best outdoors-based crime dramas." — Booklist, starred review readmoreremove


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EHRC has identified 5 changes to EU Withdrawal Bill needed to achieve 'a positive vision'
Ahead of Committee stage of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has produced the first in a series of briefings.
The Commission has identified 5 changes to the Bill that are needed to achieve a positive vision of the kind of country we want to be after we leave the UK. This first briefing covers Amendments relating to the following issues:
Ensure the UK keeps pace with developments in equality and human rights law by ensuring the courts have regard to relevant EU case law after exit day (Clause 6):
The Commission supports Amendment 137, which provides clear guidance and a consistent framework for UK courts by requiring them to consider any relevant decision of the European Court of Justice. We also support Amendment 306, which means a court or tribunal must take account of the European Court in relation to— (a) employment entitlement, rights and protections; (b) equality entitlements, rights and protections; (c) health and safety entitlement, rights and protections. It helps to keep Britain in harmony with social standards across the EU.
Retain the protections in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (the Charter) (Clause 5 and Schedule 1);
The Commission supports Amendment 8 which would preserve the Charter as part of retained EU law (in so far as the Charter is covered by clause 4(1)) and ensuring people living in the UK continue to enjoy its protections. We also support Amendment 10, which edits Schedule 1 of the Bill regarding important remedies currently available in UK law, undoing the effect of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 ensuring these remedies remain available to people in the UK.
Include a principle of non-regression of equality and human rights law in the Bill;
The Commission supports New Clause 76, which gives effect to the Government's commitment to protect our equality laws after we leave the EU. It requires any legislation relating to EU withdrawal to be accompanied by a statement by a minister certifying that it does not remove or reduce protections in the Equality Acts 2006 and 2010.


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Maine motorists will now be able to renew their driving license at any Maine branch office for AAA Northern New England.
The automobile club is offering the service as part of an agreement between the club and the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Last year, AAA began offering basic driver license and state identification card renewal and replacement services at its branch offices in Portland, Watervile, Bangor and Augusta.
Starting on Wednesday, AAA will offer the same service at its remaining branch offices in Ellsworth, Brunswick, Auburn, South Portland and Biddeford.
The services are available to both AAA members and the general public.
The services are only available to United States citizens, and branch offices can only do basic renewal and will not be able to make changes to current credentials.
The automobile club is offering the service at no cost to the state and will pass on all the money it receives from motorists to Bureau of Motor Vehicles, according to its agreement with the state.
The automobile club is providing the service to benefit its 370,000 members in Maine, said AAA spokesman Pat Moody.
"We are not making money of it," he said. "It's a benefit our members find has a lot of value – to be able to come into the automobile club and have their license renewed." Unlike the DMV offices, the AAA branches are open on Saturday.
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said he credits his Republican predecessor, Charlie Summers, for establishing the partnership with AAA. Summers was secretary of state last during the first two years of the Gov. Paul LePage administration.
"His team did that," Dunlap said of Summers. "We just carried the baton forward."
Dunlap said the partnership between the state and AAA will help his department reach its objective of improving customer service. Getting more people to renew their license at AAA will have another benefit: shortening lines for more complex transactions at DMV offices, he said.
AAA branch office business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Tom Bell can be contacted at 791-6369 or at
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This weekend it's Winter Carnival time in one of Maine's hottest summer towns
Wednesday's NFL notebook: Steelers let Bell go as a free agent
Wednesday's NHL roundup: Report – Bruins trade Donato to Wild for Coyle
Wednesday's college basketball roundup: With Zion injured, No. 8 UNC routs No. 1 Duke 88-72
Wednesday's Sports Digest: Mariners win fifth straight, top Reading, 6-4


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This week, the European Union (EU) announced that it would focus on imposing stricter online gambling rules within the burgeoning online casino industry. The new focus will target underage gambling throughout the wide ranging and successful European online gaming market.
There are currently several online casino gambling markets throughout Europe and most certainly more to come. In an effort to ensure safety and fair play for all markets in this huge but fragmented market, a new look at laws will continue to regulate the exploding market.
In Europe, most any and all forms of gambling are available – from poker to sports wagering and everything in between. The worldwide online gambling market is soaring, with Europe being one the most successful. EU findings show that in 2012 alone, 7 million Europeans gambled for real money at online casinos where wagering is regulated throughout the region. 7 million players equates to about 45% of the worldwide internet gaming market. It is also reported widely that the worldwide online market raked in $33 billion (24 billion Euros) in 2012.
Regulated online gambling took off throughout Europe, after countries such as Malta and Britain helped paved the way. Other countries, such as the Netherlands and France, did not jump onboard right away, but pressure by demand forced these country's to open up to the concept and liberalize their markets, although at varying levels.
In this week's EU announcement, an EU spokesperson stated that it seeks to "better protect all citizens, and in particular, our children from the risks associated with gambling". The EU is calling on all European online casino markets to match its enthusiasm in protecting consumers. This includes casinos themselves. Seeking to scrutinize laws to better convey an utmost level of protection for players throughout the EU in an era of digital advancement is the EU's heightened goal.
The new plan is to guarantee that online casinos be the most transparent in all ways, including clearer warnings on casino websites, more thorough registration requirements to better eliminate underage gambling online, and further develop effective forms of support for addiction. The EU is also looking to curtail advertising of online casino sites and make sure ads are also free of pressure to wager and honest about odds.
The European gambling industry is looking for better uniformity in general, and this new focus on gambling in Europe should be well received. Here at OnlineCasinoSuite, we have to agree. As a site designed to advocate the safest, most reputable casinos online, consumers certainly ought to have the best protection throughout the EU and beyond. An EU-wide enforcement level for online gaming is evidently necessary just as it is in the US. That said, perhaps the US will take note and begin a nationwide form of regulation as it sees the European market trying to join in a blanketed form of regulation. Like in the US (and throughout Europe), gambling online is a heated issue. The fine line between being a source of state revenue and the potential cause of harm is easily crossed by many.
Interestingly enough, the EU said it decided to draft recommendations, versus outright legislation, as the latter takes too long and easily lacks being a sure thing. With several European countries in the process of creating national legislation, the EU recommendations can be used as assistance.


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Steptoe & Johnson is committed to a team approach to meeting the needs of clients, while providing the highest quality legal services at the best value. The group understands that workers' compensation represents a significant cost of doing business in the region. Group lawyers strive to create a partnership with clients to manage all aspects of workers' compensation effectively.
Group members treat the workers' compensation practice as a distinct and specialized area, requiring the full-time commitment of experienced attorneys and paralegals.
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- Defended manufacturer in workers' compensation claim and deliberate intent claim of non-Hodgkins lymphoma allegedly caused by exposure to paint fumes
- Represented clients in more than 50 appeals before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- Defended numerous employers from claimants' permanent total disability applications
- Defended major coal company in a variety of claims of disease allegedly due to chemical exposure, including exposure to solcenic, perchloroethylene and other chemical solvents
- Defended general contractor in workers' compensation coverage dispute with sub-contractor
- Defended against more than 20 claims of permanent total disability
- Represented clients in more than 800 protests before the Workers' Compensation Office of Judges
- Represented clients in more than 400 appeals before the Workers' Compensation Board of Review
- Defended multi-national manufacturer in workers' compensation claim and related deliberate intent action alleging solvent exposure
- Defended against multiple claims arising from allegations of chemical exposure at mining laboratory
- Defended against more than one dozen claims of permanent total disability
- Defended numerous industries and businesses in claims of occupational pneumoconiosis
- Defended numerous industries and businesses in claims of occupational hearing loss
- Defended against multiple claims arising from alleged occupational disease exposure at a hardwood flooring manufacturer
- Defended numerous employers in claims of permanent total disability
- Defended manufacturer in occupational fatality claim resulting from suicide
- Defended national manufacturers in aviation and other industries in claims of disease and cancer allegedly related to exposure to chemicals including arsenic, trichloroethylene, trichloroethane, and benzene
- Defended clients in more than 100 appeals before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- Defended major energy company in a claim related to exposure to manganese in welding rods and the alleged development of Parkinsons-like symptoms
- Represented clients in more than 100 appeals before the Workers' Compensation Board of Review
- Defended a major newspaper company, a coal company, a casket manufacturer, and an oil and gas drilling company in claims involving acute myocardial infarction or sudden cardiac death
- Defended manufacturer in claim of injury allegedly due to inhalation of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) fumes
- Defended manufacturers in claims involving asbestos-related illnesses and mesothelioma
- Defended fast food industry in deliberate intent, liability and workers' compensation claims related to an on-site murder
- Defended against claim of suicide allegedly caused by the psychological effects of an occupational injury
- Defended against occupational stress-related claims including cardiac arrhythmia, colitis, and other physical and mental conditions
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I get all excited when I get a comment from someone I've never met before, someone new who might have just found the haw. So, I thought I'd just say thanks to some folks who just started stompin' around these parts. Luckily, most of them also have some kickass blogs you should be checking out, too.
Sean Howard of Craphammer
Brian Clark of Copyblogger
Lewis Green of bizsolutionsplus and the Daily Fix.
Colin Mckay of Canuckflack
Megan of expo86
Derrick Daye of Branding Strategy Insider
Michael Wagner of Own Your Brand
Greg Verdino of Greg Verdino 2.0
I hope I didn't miss anybody that just started commenting in the past couple weeks. If I did, a thousand apologies. But, I hope you guys take a minute to swing by these blogs, if nothing else, just to say hello.
So, let's have a big group hug and a round of high fives for all the kicking ass going on right now.
And, don't think I've forgotten the rest of you who have stuck around here for awhile. You guys make the blogging easy. So, thanks.


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In 2013, Bishop Nehru announced that he would be working on a project with the legendary MF Doom. Now, XXL has spoken to both artists together in a London studio as they shared details about the upcoming project. Titled Nehruvian Doom, it is a project that the two have worked on together over the past year, giving Bishop a unique opportunity to work with someone whom he was listening to when he was younger. While Bishop talks about what it means to step up his lyricisim in order to keep up with Doom, the rapper/producer explained that he is equally inspired to work with Bishop, calling the recording process "organic."
[via XXL]
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Do you remember my earlier post about coloring my ADORNit planner covers? You can check it out HERE! The next step in my preparation process is to color the monthly dividers. I started off coloring with plain colored pencils.
I love how bright the colors turned out using the colored pencils!
I will post the rest in the next part. I received the ADORNit watercolor pencils, so I switched to the watercolors for the rest of the dividers. I cannot wait to show you the differences!
Thank you for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!
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by Stephen Krug
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We sell upscale tobacco pipes and accessories. They are truly a work of art. Each piece is labeled for tobacco use only and we check ID to ensure the customer is 18. I run a professional business and I would love to set up at some of your events. I have been selling these products for 3 years and have yet to have a problem. I am open to a probationary period, so that you can see "I'm on the Level." I have really nice products and I would love to present them to the attendees of certain venues. My name is Stephen Krug, number is 412-901-0755, I have no website, and I will travel all over. This will be a great way of seeing the country.
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QApps… "is exploring every option of mobile technology, and they have certainly set the bar high". University Business article 2012
QApps is Queen Mary University of London's smart phone App Store, distributing a range of innovative and exciting Apps developed by staff and students.
QApps is as a collaborative venture, lead by Professor Peter McOwan and supported by Queen Mary Innovation, Queen Mary's knowledge transfer company.
QApps would like to thank QMI, the QM Innovation Fund and the EPSRC ImpactQM project for their support and funding.


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Our Daily Bleed...
French individualist anarchiste, military deserter, writer, traveler.
Provence, France: WORLD'S GYPSIES gather for two day religious festival.
French lampoonist, publisher, writer & anarchiste propagandist. Published La Feuille, & ran an ass in the elections, which caused street brawls. See the Anarchist Encyclopedia page,
Soma coma, soma goa.
1899 -- Henri Michaux lives (-1984). Belgian-born French painter, journalist, & lyric poet, who revealed the inner world by dreams, fantasies & drugs. His poems show his interest in Surrealism & emphasize the impossibility to make sense of life.
I am writing to you from the end of the world. You must realize this. The trees often tremble. We collect the leaves. They have a ridiculous number of veins. But what for? There is nothing between them & the tree any more, & we go off troubled.
1909 -- US: Anarchist-feminist Emma Goldman speaks at the Sunrise Club in New York City on "The Hypocrisy of Puritanism," sharply criticizing Anthony Comstock, the creepy anti-vice crusader.
1910 -- US: Emma Goldman begins lecture tour, visits San Diego, Portland, Seattle, & Spokane.
The prosecution leaves a trail of doctored eyewitness accounts, altered testimony & false ballistics reports.
That trail appears to exonerate the victims while convicting the executioners.
Here's to you, Nicola & Bart
Rest forever here in our hearts
The last & final moment is yours
That agony is your triumph
"Here's To You"
(Lyrics by Joan Baez, Music by Ennio Morricone)
See also: Woody Guthrie, Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti
1926 -- Japan: Founding conference Zenkoku Jiren.
400 delegates, representing 25 unions with a combined membership of 8,400, particpate in the founding of The All-Japan Libertarian Federation of Labor Unions (Zenkoku Rôdô Kumiai Jiyû Rengôkai), generally abbreviated in Japanese to Zenkoku Jiren.... show details
1930 -- US: Playland opens at Bitter Lake in north Seattle. Auntie Dave played there as kid in the 1950s. Alas, it is no more, else you know where you could find him now...
1933 -- Jimmie Rodgers, knowing he only has a few days left to live, records 12 of the 24 songs for his last album.http://www.jimmierodgers.com/
"Tea for Texass, Tea for Thelma, Tea for Ice-Tea, gonna be the death of me..."
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
1934 -- Italy: Mussolini si vanta che "i tre quarti dell'economia italiana, industriale ed agricola, sono nelle mani dello stato." La libera iniziativa è scomparsa già da un pezzo; lo statismo la fa da padrone.
Source: [Crimini e Misfatti]
1935 -- US: First Major League baseball game played at night, in Cincinnati, where the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1.
1940 -- Poet Joseph Brodsky lives (1940-1996), Leningrad. Early poems earned him a reputation as a free thinking writer & he was convicted as a 'social parasite' & sentenced to five years hard labor commuted in 1965 after protests. Expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972 & settled in the US. Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1987, where he named Osip Mandelstam, Marina Tsvetajeva, Robert Frost, Anna Ahmatova, & W.H. Auden, as more deserving poets.
1941 -- Singer/songwriter, antiwar folkie, Robert Zimmerman lives.
1943 -- Bulgaria: March against anti-Semitism leads to stop in Jewish deportations.
1944 -- US: Shoichi James Okamoto is shot to death at Tule Lake concentration camp by a guard after stopping a construction truck at the main gate for permission to pass. Private Bernard Goe, the guard, is acquitted after being fined a dollar for "unauthorized use of government property" a bullet.
1945 -- Japan: The US makes a massive bombing raid on Tokyo (WW II). This criminal act of terrorism, using weapons of mass destruction against a civilian population, is not called a war crime in the US nor in American school books.
1949 -- US: Victor Reuther is shot & nearly killed at his Detroit home by a cop. His brother Walter was previously victim of an attempted abduction in April 1938, a shotgun blast in 1948 & in 1949 the UAWs headquarters in Detroit was bombed . Walter later died in a plane crash in 1970 (only one paper addressed the possibility that he may have been murdered; In October 1968, both Walter & his brother Victor were almost killed in a small private plane near Dulles Airport).
1950 -- 'Sweetwater' (Nat) Clifton's basketball contract purchased by the NY Knicks. Played for the Harlem Globetrotters & the first black player in the NBA.
Sweetwater Clifton was the first black player to be under contract to an NBA team. Chuck Cooper was the first black to be drafted by an NBA team (before Clifton's contract was purchased), & Earl Lloyd was the first black to play in a regular-season NBA game later that year. All three should probably be mentioned, as all three played from the start of 1950-51 season.
Bleedster Michael Ceraolo, 2009
1954 -- US: Supreme Court says aliens may be deported for being Communists. Take that! You dirty little Red Martians!
1956 -- Brendan Behan play "The Quare Fellow" opens, London.
1959 -- US: First house with built-in bomb shelter, Pleasant Hills (sic), Pennsylvania.
1961 -- US: Freedom Riders are arrested minutes after arriving in Jackson, Miss; meanwhile Beloved & Respected Comrade Leader Pres. JFK appeals for contributions to a committee to buy tractors to exchange for Bay of Pigs prisoners held in Cuba.
1963 -- Elmore James suffers a fatal heart attack in Chicago at age 45. Born in Chicago & probably the most influential electric blues guitarist of all time.
1964 -- US: Beloved & Respected Comrade Leader Barry Goldwater, running for President, proposes using nuclear weapons in Vietnam. He sees a brighter light at the end of the tunnel.
1964 -- Perú: 318 die in a stampede to kill a soccer referee, Argentina vs Perú, Lima.
1967 -- ¶ March-May: Beatster Jack Kerouac completes his novel, Vanity of Duluoz.
1968 -- May Days: Belgium, Germany, Italy, Chile, France, US, & elsewhere: University occupations & confrontations with authorities.
The University of Frankfurt & the University of Santiago are occupied.
[Details / context]
In France during the "May Days" such occupations have led to a General Strike of 10 million workers. As one person noted,
"On Wednesday the undertakers went on strike . . .
"Now is not a good time to die."
1968 -- France: Paris '68: By today barely two weeks after the great demonstration of May 13 approximately 10 million workers are on strike. Immense demonstrations continue to occur, while the government plans to call out the army.
In the evening battles break out in the streets & on the barricades near the Lyon Station in the Latin Quarter. In the provincial towns brawls break out.ANARCHISTE
1968 -- France: In Nantes the whole movement & events of 1968 reach a pinnacle. For a week the city & surrounding area is controlled by workers themselves.
1968 -- US: Four protesters, including Reverend Philip Berrigan & Tom Lewis, are jailed six years each for pouring blood on draft cards, Baltimore, Maryland. Meanwhile the blood senselessly pours in SE Asia.
1968 -- US: Charlie Musselwhite & Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks appear at the Straight Theatre in Frisco.
1968 -- Canada: FLQ terrorists bomb the US consulate in Quebec City.
1969 -- US: Haight-Ashbury Festival in the Golden Gate Park Panhandle, Frisco.
1970 -- US: San Francisco Chronicle reports that Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poem, "Flowers & Bullets," dedicated to 19-year-old Allison Krause, one of four students killed by the National Guard at Kent State University on May 4, has been printed in Pravda, the Russian Communist party newspaper. Its theme is based on her having put a flower on a National Guardsman's rifle the day before her death, foolishly claiming that
"Flowers are better than bullets."
See Flowers & Bullets & Freedom to Kill (City Lights Books, 1970)
1971 -- US: 29 US military officers publish an antiwar newspaper ad, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
1972 -- US: Explosions in a Kiln, Mississippi ammunitions plant kill five women workers.
1973 -- US: Beginning of 11-day strike at state prison in Lucasville, Ohio.
1973 -- US: NY Times reveals a Nixon White House plan for massive domestic espionage that was abandoned because of opposition from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (A secret White House intelligence unit was set up instead).
1974 -- Duke Ellington dies.
Big band composer, bon vivant, jazz genius.
1976 -- 28-ton mobile "White Cascade" by Alexander Calder is installed, Philadelphia. No lightweight he...
1978 -- England: Iris Mills & Ronan Bennett are arrested in Bayswater. They, together with Vince Stevenson, Trevor Dawton, Dafydd Ladd & Stewart Carr are charged & become known as "Persons Unknown."
[Details / context]
1980 -- US: Hundreds arrested in occupation of Seabrook, New Hampshire, nuclear power plant construction site.
1981 -- First International Women's Day for Disarmament.
1982 -- Heaviest known viable baby, South Africa. (10.2 kg . . . that's 22lbs 6ozs of joy, for the metric impaired.)
1982 -- Japan: Over 200,000 people participate in massive anti-nuclear demonstration in Tokyo.
1983 -- US: Robert Toye, a blind man, is arrested for 17 bank robberies, New York.
1984 -- New Zealand: Largest national gathering of women in anti-nuclear demonstration, Aukland.
1984 -- El Salvador: A Salvadoran court convicts five enlisted men of 1980 murder of four US nuns.
1985 -- México: Strip Mining?? Miners in Hidalgo strip naked & strike for 75 minutes; the company agrees to their naked demands.
1988 -- John Moschitta sets a Guinness world record for fast talking, 586 words per minute. A born politician.
1990 -- US: Bomb injures Earth First! members, Oakland, California police arrest the victims.
1990 -- US: The largest paper airplane (5-m wingspan) flies 26 m, Indiana.
1991 -- US: Kahlil Gibran Garden is dedicated, Washington, DC. We believe the caretaker is Chance the Gardener.
"Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpetings, & farewells him with hootings, only to welcome another with trumpetings again."
The Garden of the Prophet, 1934http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalil_Gibran
1991 -- Daddy Freddy raps 528 syllables in one minute, New York City.
1992 -- Thailand: Democracy protesters force out Suchinda Kraprayoon as PM.
1993 -- Tibet: China uses tear gas on 2,000 antigovernment protesters, Lhasa.
1993 -- A bookstore confirms it has found the diary of Grigory Rasputin.
1993 -- Cuba: Dissident poet María Elena Cruz Varela is released after 1« years.
1995 -- Brazil: The army takes over four oil refineries during a strike.
1997 -- Burma: Oppositionists say the government has just arrested 193 of its members.
2000 -- Canada: 10,000 Alberta health-care workers begin an illegal strike.
2013 -- Balkan Anarchist Bookfair
Balkanski anarhisticki sajam knjiga 2013.
Deset godina Balkanskog anarhistickog sajma knjiga 24-26. maj 2013, Ljubljana - Slovenija
2014 -- Canada: Montreal Anarchist Book Fair: May 24th-25th in Montreal
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"Corrupted by wealth & power, your government is like a restaurant with only one dish. They've got a set of Republican waiters on one side & a set of Democratic waiters on the other side. But no matter which set of waiters brings you the dish, the legislative grub is all prepared in the same Wall Street kitchen."
Huey Long
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Legendary British metal act ANGEL WITCH is set to release their new album As Above, So Below on March 20 via Metal Blade Records. The CD unites newly-penned yet timeless-sounding material such as 'Geburah', 'The Horla', 'Brainwashed' and 'Upon This Cord' with four long-lost tracks from the classic-era. 'Dead Sea Scrolls' and 'Witching Hour' both date back to 1983 / '84, while 'Into The Dark' and 'Guillotine' are older still. Both were live favorites during Angel Witch's late-1970s heyday; indeed, 'Guillotine' was actually intended to have appeared on the ANGEL WITCH album.
Take a listen to "Dead Sea Scrolls" below.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Scum News: Angel Witch New Album Details Revealed New Track Available For Streaming
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Monday, October 28, 2013
I put down my needle and picked up a paint brush and ..............
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No broken items here to use in the very, very small garden, but gosh how pretty yours came out.
blessings, jill
- October 28, 2013 at 4:13 PM
- Bev said...
You are so smart!! It looks lovely!!!
- October 28, 2013 at 5:38 PM
- Carol- Beads and Birds said...
What a great way to revive an old item. Very creative and resourceful.
- October 28, 2013 at 6:11 PM
- Patty H. said...
Love. them.
- October 28, 2013 at 6:28 PM
- Hindustanka said...
Such a creative idea! I love the shovels' make over :) Also you paint so very well, beautiful!
- October 28, 2013 at 10:44 PM
- chrissies said...
Wonderful ideas and a beautiful Welcome sign.
Chrissie x
- October 29, 2013 at 12:48 AM
- lil red hen said...
Wonderful!! No matter if I had old items, I can't paint! There are some old hand saws ~ hum ~
- October 29, 2013 at 6:45 AM
- Connie said...
You are so creative . . . you seem to have a talent for turning rust to gold. I am in love with your appliqued teacups, they are delightful, you have inspired me to do better.
Your newest follower and blogging sister, Connie :)
- October 29, 2013 at 9:37 AM
- Deb @ Frugal Little Bungalow said...
No I have not but I admire your creativity ! :) Beautiful! :)
- October 29, 2013 at 3:28 PM
- Mary @ Colony Mountain Folk Art Dolls said...
And, of course your garden must have a Welcome sign...just perfect and so creative!
- October 29, 2013 at 7:02 PM
- KathyB. said...
I love what you created from "junk". I do have a lot of rusty, broken shovels & rakes I have saved to maybe do what you've done. Great ideas !
- October 30, 2013 at 12:26 AM
- Prairie Patch Quilts said...
Great way to Welcome people to your door. You can paint as well as stitch. You are so talented.
- October 31, 2013 at 6:16 AM
- Cindy said...
Great way to reuse old tools!
- October 31, 2013 at 6:43 PM
Oh, I do like the good use you found for those worn out items...now they look charmingly happy and content with a reborn 'spirit', if you will. I love the way you put the shovel head as a sign in your garden. You're are a true creator, Kathleen!
Blessings for more inspiration and creation,
Marianne xo
- November 4, 2013 at 7:02 AM


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The right workout playlist can be an invaluable ally in making the time you spend pumping iron or pounding the pavements more enjoyable, so it's worth freshening up your personal exercise soundtrack regularly. If you're short on ideas of what to listen to this January, then look no further than Spotify's round-up of the most popular workout music among its worldwide audience.
In creating more than 25 million workout playlists on the music streaming service, the people have spoken, and with one voice they have shouted "Eminem". For the second year in the row "'Till I Collapse", has topped Spotify's global chart of most popular workout tracks, and the American rapper also grabbed third spot in the rankings with "Lose Yourself".
Providing the filling in this Eminem sandwich is another American rapper – Post Malone – with his song "rockstar". Kendrick Lamar's "HUMBLE" and Axwell / Ingrosso's "More Than You Know" round out the top five.
However, Eminem did not claim top spot in the UK – that honour went to MK's "17". Post Malone's effort was also popular in the UK, hitting third in the workout charts, with Avicii's "Lonely Together" fourth and Jax Jones's "You Don't Know Me" fifth.
You can see the full global and UK rankings below, and if you're on the hunt for a ready-made workout playlist Spotify has also given the rankings of its most popular options, a chart topped by its "Beast Mode" playlist.
Top Global Workout Songs
- Eminem – "'Till I Collapse"
- Post Malone – "rockstar"
- Eminem – "Lose Yourself" (soundtrack version)
- Kendrick Lamar – "HUMBLE"
- Axwell / Ingrosso – "More Than You Know"
- J Balvin – "Mi Gente" (feat. Beyoncé)
- Camila Cabello – "Havana"
- Jax Jones – "You Don't Know Me" (radio edit)
- Dua Lipa – "New Rules"
- Kanye West – "POWER"
Top UK Workout Songs
- Eminem – "'Till I Collapse"
- Post Malone – "rockstar"
- Avicii – "Lonely Together"
- Jax Jones – "You Don't Know Me" (radio edit)
- Eminem – "Lose Yourself" (soundtrack version)
- Dua Lipa – "New Rules"
- Kanye West – "POWER"
- J Balvin – "Mi Gente" (feat. Beyoncé)
- Karen Harding – "Say Something" (Zac Samuel remix)
Popular Workout Playlists on Spotify
- Beast Mode
- Cardio
- Run Wild
- Workout Twerkout
- Workout
- Hype
- Power Workout
- Latin Dance Cardio
- Throwback Workout
- Pumping Iron


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If you've seen the films Requiem for a Dream or Funny Games you'll know what I'm talking about when I say that I thought Soft Apocalypse [2011] was really good, but I'm not entirely sure I can recommend it. It's difficult, sometimes outright upsetting, but really compelling.
Soft Apocalypse is about Jasper, who is an ordinary college-educated American kid, living during end of the world. This isn't the catastrophic apocalypse of all-out nuclear war or total environmental collapse. Instead, it's the slow, relentless decline of climate change, resource shortages, never-ending armed conflicts, sustained economic retreat, and (bio-)terrorism, all piling up.
The book starts in the near-future -- Spring 2023 -- and things are already bad. Jasper's parents were killed in water riots in Arizona, and he and his cohort are having to face up to the fact that their sociology and English literature degrees are worse than useless. Jasper is homeless, hungry, and has no prospects for employment. It only gets worse from here.
I think this book is about whether, and to what extent, it's possible to maintain your humanity while the world slowly comes apart around you. Jasper and his friends aren't gun-toting survivalists, they're just ordinary people. If you put aside finding the next meal, Jasper's pre-occupation is the perfectly average search for someone he can love.
With a few notable exceptions, I'm not really a fan of post-apocalyptic novels. I have trouble suspending my disbelief when it comes to civilisation being wiped in a single stroke. I wasn't raised with a fear of nuclear armageddon. Even if I can swallow the premise, I often can't relate to the characters. They're like superheroes whose special power is self-reliance.
Soft Apocalypse has neither of these issues. The end of the world is perfectly believable (if not necessarily in the specific details, then in the general form), and the characters are perfectly average. That makes it chilling. McIntosh doesn't pull any punches, either. Sometimes that makes it difficult to read, but I don't think it's really gratuitous. Is it possible for something to be necessarily gratuitous?
I'm not sure that I'm selling it very well, but I think this is a really good book. I'm particularly keen to hand it to a non-SF-reading friend, to see how they respond to it. I think the impressive prose -- bleak and naturalistic -- would be perfectly at home in a mainstream literary novel. Nevertheless, the book does contain some fairly science fictional ideas (largely as set dressing), and I'm fascinated to know if somebody unfamiliar with the genre would find them jarring.
If you hadn't already guessed, I'll definitely be nominating Soft Apocalypse for the Best Novel Hugo Award this year. I don't think it stands any chance of winning -- it's published by a small press, and it is a confronting read -- but it absolutely deserves to be on the ballot.
(Interesting little aside: much of the book is set in the city of Savannah, Georgia, which was also the setting for John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.)
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Soft Apocalypse, by Will McIntosh
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- AnonymousJanuary 15, 2012 at 11:53 AM
I agree so hard. The book is great but hinestly I cannot get past the fucked up bit at the wallmart. It isnt even close to the end and I'm overwhelmedReplyDelete
Cheers, Ryan. I think putting the book down when it gets to be too much is a perfectly valid response. It doesn't get any less difficult. It does stay really compelling right to the end, though!ReplyDelete
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In a more serious vein that the post below, this is kind of interesting:
The Hebrew-only speakers behaved like children just starting to read most languages — they tried to tell Arabic letters apart, managed to do it slowly but made a lot of mistakes, and used both hemispheres of their brains. The good Arabic readers, however, only used their left hemispheres to tell Arabic letters apart. […]
And using both hemispheres is the right thing to do when reading English or Hebrew — so children's learning strategies would be fine if they were reading another language.
But previous research has found that the right hemisphere is not that good at distinguishing small details, so readers starting to learn Arabic have to learn to focus on small details, which is not natural to them, but could help them shift to their left hemispheres.
This is attributed to the fact that Arabic characters are often distinguished from one another by small details "such as the placement of dots," though my understanding is that Hebrew works this way too. Would be interesting to see the same research applied to reading Chinese characters.


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|The Gustavus III Box
Swedish, 1751
The Victoria & Albert Museum
King Gustavus III of Sweden presented this box to Patrick Miller of Dalswinton (1731-1815)—a British banker, inventor and patron of the poet Robert Burns, no earlier than 1791. That's the date the box was made. King Gustavus III died in 1792 after enduring an infected wound following an assassination attempt at a masked ball. How very Pine Valley-ish.
The box was given to Miller after he offered his double-hulled ship with a paddle wheel to the King. This ship is depicted on the base. The ship--the paddle turned by manpower-- became known in Sweden as "the British sea monster."


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Latex paints or acrylic paints are fast-drying water-based paints. Oil based paint is a slow drying paint made with oil.
Latex paints are generally better for the interior of homes and on large surfaces. Oil-based paints are generally used on metals, wood and for paintings. The difference between oil-based and latex paint lies in their composition, properties, and ease of use. The fumes of the oil-based paint are also known to be toxic to health and harmful to the environment and is hence a less popular choice in home furnishing.
Comparison chart
Difference in Composition of oil-based and latex paints
Both paints use the same type of pigments, but they use different binders, and that is what sets them apart.
Latex paints or acrylic paints use pigments suspended in a binder made from an acrylic polymer emulsion. The acrylic emulsion is water-soluble, non-toxic, and flexible, which is why they are likely to be used in areas exposed to heat and cold.
Oil-based paint use the same type of pigments but they are suspended in an oil based binder (usually made from linseed oil). The oil makes the paint thicker and more prone to mildew. Also the oil is not water-soluble so it must be thinned with Turpentine instead of water.
Ease of use
Oil-based paints are thicker and hence more difficult to spread. Various brushes and different rollers are required to use this paint whereas latex paints are thinner and much easier to use. Being thicker, oil-based paints take longer to dry (sometimes days or weeks) than latex paints which dry within minutes, and only one coat can be applied at a time, whereas multiple coats of latex paints can be applied to spread it more evenly.
Oil-based paints tend to have bubbles, and it is important to stir and not shake it before mixing. Latex paints do not develop bubbles while painting.
Latex paint are also easier to use as no priming is required before painting, while in case of oil-based paints, a priming coat is required to prevent it from peeling.
House Painting
Acrylic paints are more easily obtained and dry faster. However, they swell the grain of wood, and so it must be sanded between coats. Acrylic paints cannot be painted over steel unless used with a primer. They do not adhere to dirty or chalky walls, and are less durable in places with high humidity, such as bathrooms.
Oil paints go on more smoothly and cover more thoroughly in one coat, but this requires care. However, their fumes can be overwhelming. They are more adhesive, and so can be used on chalky surfaces. They also provide better coverage for stains.
Acrylic paint can be applied to raw canvas, but is usually primed with Gesso before painting.
Oil paint must be applied to properly sized and primed canvas, or else the canvas will rot.
Acrylic paints can be used along with other materials, such as pastel, charcoal, pen. They can also be diluted with water to create a watercolor-like effect.
Oil paints are not as versatile.
Type of Finish
Oil-based paints have a glossy finish whereas latex paints are available both in a glossy and matt finish. One disadvantage of a glossy finish is that imperfections are easily visible.
Oil-based paint is more durable and stain resistant than latex paints. Once, cured latex paints last longer without cracking or peeling whereas oil-based paints may turn yellow or oxidize with age. This is the reason why oil-based paints are used for areas like kitchen, bathrooms, trims and other exteriors, whereas latex paints are used for interior painting, especially if used by amateur painters. On the other hand, if spilled, latex paints are easier to clean with soap and water than oil-based paint which requires a solvent or thinner for clean-up.
Availability of colors
Certain colors like Prussian Blue and Zinc white are available only in oil-based paints, and not in latex paints, whereas fluorescent colors are available only in latex paints.
Oil-based paint has a much stronger odor than latex paints. Thus, if you use oil-based paint make sure it is a well-ventilated area and allow the odour to diffuse before entering the room.
Oil based paints are toxic and hazardous to health, while latex paints, being water-based are not toxic.
Price varies by brand and the finish, but in general, latex paints are cheaper (upto 40%) than oil-based paints.
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Novel, potent anti-CD39 antibody, IPH52, validated in preclinical models.
Innate Pharma and OREGA Biotech today presented preclinical data on IPH52, a new CD39 checkpoint inhibitor program, at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Poster #3222 presents IPH52, Innate's humanized anti-CD39 blocking antibody. This novel antibody exhibits high affinity and specificity for CD39 and potently inhibits ATPase activity in in vitro assays and ex vivo models with patient biopsies. In a murine tumor model, treatment with anti-CD39 antibody results in a significant decrease in tumor volume, and improved survival.
Poster #3218 presents for the first time the impact of CD39 disruption on the efficacy of other cancer therapeutics by comparing their effects in wildtype versus CD39 knock-out mice. The results revealed that CD39 deficiency sensitized to anti-PD1 treatment in animals that failed to respond to anti-PD-1 treatment. The antitumor efficacy of CD39 disruption is further improved when combined with an immunogenic chemotherapy. In animals bearing PD-1 insensitive tumors, combination of immunogenic chemotherapy, anti-PD1 antibody and CD39 disruption led to complete tumor eradication and long term protection (specific anti-tumor immunity) in most animals. The efficacy of an ADCC-inducing cytotoxic antibody was also improved in CD39 knock-out mice compared to wildtype.
Nicolai Wagtmann, CSO of Innate Pharma, said: "Taken together, the data presented by Innate and our partner OREGA Biotech form a very promising body of evidence supporting the development of this new, first-in-class checkpoint inhibitor antibody. The results presented today raise exciting perspectives for the development of IPH52, both as single-agent and in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors, and we are eager to now take this first-in-class candidate forward into the preclinical development phases".
Jeremy Bastid, COO of OREGA Biotech, further commented: "CD39 mediates immunosuppression through a different mechanism than other immune checkpoints and may broadly impede the efficacy of cancer therapies. The exciting data released today using both antibody blockade and genetic CD39 deficiency shed light on the capacity of CD39 disruption to drive antitumor immune responses, either alone or in combination with PD-1 checkpoint blockers, ADCC antibodies and immunogenic chemotherapy, suggesting broad development potential".
Nicolai Wagtmann, Chief Scientific Officer of Innate Pharma, will hold a conference call to the attention of analysts and portfolio managers to discuss the data published and Company's innovative pipeline.
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|Poster AACR 2016 on CD39 presented by Innate Pharma
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The shift knob, parking brake trim, and driver's side door pull trim on my car (red/black sport interior) have some scratches and I recently placed an order for new pieces. After several weeks I had not received them, and I called the dealer to find out the status of my order. I was told the two trim pieces were out of stock in the US, but were available in Germany and would be arriving shortly. On the other hand, the shift knob (the red (rot) version), was out of stock in the US AND Germany, and no way to tell when, if ever, it would become available.
While my preference would be for a new shift knob, if that is not likely to happen any time soon if ever the next best option might be to refinish the aluminum trim on my existing knob. The red leather is in fine shape, only the aluminum shows wear. Anybody have experience in this area? Other thoughts?


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Sometimes I wonder why I thought coming out here in the middle of winter, in the worst part of winter was the best idea. I don't think you can ever escape coming to winter in Russia once in your life if you have family here. I thought I would manage it better, and I do. On the other my son hasn't had the best times with travelling in the cold. But then again it's not like we are super suffering.
This picture is from Velikiye Luki, a suspension bridge, something I fear. But I went across it, I also ran across the frozen river. So I stepped out of my comfort zone, stepped pretty far out of my comfort zone.
But what am I going to do when I am done with Russia. Looking into work and jobs, thinking about the future. Yet I don't really like thinking about the future.
I am trying to cover it!