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Artist Karl Lansing
Title A View from the Top #18/20
Media bronze sculpture
Size 33.5 x 21.25 x 12.5 in. / 85.1 x 54 x 31.8 cm.
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; on wood plinth measuring [31 x 22 x 22 inches]
private collection, Blairmore, Alberta
Biographical Information
Karl Lansing ~ [b.1959] Canadian
artist's web site at www.bronzewildlifesculptures.com; represented by Gainborough Galleries, Calgary


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BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP - Three Virginia residents were charged Wednesday with trying to steal air conditioners from the roof of a vacant Kmart department store off Route 541, police said.
Diane Gamble, James Gamble and Robert Orndoff, ages unavailable and all of Chester, were arrested about 1:30 a.m. after officers went to investigate reports of noises coming from the empty building.
The officers found various burglar tools and determined that the suspects had climbed onto the roof to steal the air conditioners and copper pipe, totaling $36,000 in value.
Diane Gamble was located walking down a road behind the Kmart. James Gamble and Orndoff were found behind the nearby Wawa.
All three were charged with burglary, theft, conspiracy, criminal mischief and criminal trespass. They were sent to Burlington County jails on $50,000 bail each.

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Why Gluconeogenesis is Bad for Ketosis
The body's preferred source of fuel is glucose, which it gets first from carbohydrates on a standard diet. However, if enough carbs aren't present, which is the case when you're eating low-carb or ketogenic, the body will have to turn to other sources for energy.
The purpose of the keto diet is to have the body break down fatty acids, which then produces ketones for energy—the process known as ketosis. Those following a ketogenic diet know that monitoring ketones in the body is how you know you're in ketosis.
However, there's another way the body can create carbohydrate-style energy in the body—by breaking down amino acids from the protein in your muscles. Gluconeogenesis (GNG) is how your body turns protein into glycogen that can be used as glucose to burn for fuel.
Why is this bad? There are two big reasons:
- When the body turns to protein for fuel, it keeps your body from going into ketosis. This stalls any long-term progress from the keto diet and you won't reap the benefits that come from using ketone bodies for energy, burning through fat, and reducing your body's reliance on carbs for fuel.
- Plus, it's bad news when the body turns to your lean muscle mass for fuel. This isn't good for your physique, or your physical performance, or your health.


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Jane Guyton said that when she was being considered for the position of North Hagerstown High School principal in 1988, the joke was that her wardrobe put her over the top.
"The joke was they chose me because I had the most red in my closet," said Guyton, noting that red is the school's color.
But what really got her the job as the first woman high school principal in Washington County was her depth of experience as a dedicated teacher and administrator.
All that and more contributed to her being named the Business and Professional Women's Club Woman of the Year for 2008.


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From the VIP platform, you can enjoy a spectacular view of the concert. Leave your car in a reserved parking space near the Piazza Grande. Thanks to a separate entrance, you won't have to stand in line to enter the VIP zone. You can hand in everything you don't need during the concert at the cloakroom. Plus, your ticket also includes a culinary experience: you can look forward to delicious snacks, soft drinks and alcoholic beverages – before and during the concert. Our on-site staff will be there to meet any additional needs you might have.
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I've learned so much about voice acting from Bob Bergen. His training and guidance have made a huge difference in my career. Here he's talking about his job security!
Source: "I Know That Voice" documentary
I've learned so much about voice acting from Bob Bergen. His training and guidance have made a huge difference in my career. Here he's talking about his job security!
Source: "I Know That Voice" documentary
Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.
Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
This new day is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on the yesterdays.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Welcome to my new website and a brand new day! It's the best day of the year…
until tomorrow.
OK, who thought of this? A blend of pop culture and classic Gilbert & Sullivan. HMS Pinafore, The Next Generation…brilliant!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZskbnQrzk&w=500&h=281]
Many of Jonathan Murphy's friends and family LIVE a creative life! Here's a look at…
Holly W., the Healthy Everythingtarian.
Holly is another one of Jonathan's many second-cousins from the Minnesota Strong clan. She writes a blog where she puts her view of life, eating, personal issues, and passions out there for all of us to read. Her style is open, honest, witty, and fun. She "lets her freak flag fly" to empower us to do the same, and she shares how she works towards living a healthy, balanced life.
"I'm a vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian, fruititarian, pescatarian and raw foodist all rolled into one. I'm an Everythingtarian, yo."
Curious? Find more at Holly, The Healthy Everythingtarian.
The Shadow
By Ben Loory
Once there was a man who was afraid of his own shadow.
Then he met it.
Now he glows in the dark.
This story is from "Stories for Nighttime, And Some for the Day," by Ben Loory
Many of Jonathan Murphy's friends and family LIVE a creative life! Here's a look at…
John A and Joan Dieball, Jonathan's grandparents and his source of creative inspiration, unconditional love and support.
To many, it seems that John Dieball is a true left brainer, strategic thinker, and number cruncher. He graduated from Pepperdine University, got his CPA, and eventually founded his own tech and security companies. But John (or John A as we like to call him), played the piano on early television and in ballet classes, pizza pubs, theater variety shows…anywhere he could make some money to get himself through college.
Joan Dieball is a force of nature! She's got a larger than life personality and has a vibrant, always-on-the-move energy. When she was just 3 or 4 years old, her mother would take her on the riverboats to sing and eventually her cute little self could be heard on WCCO radio in Minneapolis. She donned little bo peep and sailor costumes and sang patriot songs and clever (?) tunes, such as "My Mommie told me If I be goodie that she would buy me a rubber dolly."
John A and Joan have carved out a grand life together! In addition to family and career, their creative spirits still shine bright.
John Dieball founded and produced the Orange County Classic Jazz Festival with partners Connie and Larry Baker. For 12 years, they've kept Costa Mesa hoppin' to the tunes of Fats Waller, et al, and played an integral role in introducing America's rich musical heritage to new generations.
Joan Dieball has recently written and illustrated her first children's book, "Sparky's World," based upon a real life, lovable, yellow lab she encounters while on her four mile walks! (We did mention that she has unstoppable energy.)
Many of Jonathan Murphy's friends and family LIVE a creative life! Here's a look at…
Frank Remley, a guitarist, performer for, and best buds with the legendary Jack Benny.
Frank was Jonathan's great, great uncle who played in the famous Phil Harris (a.k.a Disney's Baloo!) Band and was a part of the orchestra for the Jack Benny Television Show. He and Benny, and their wives, traveled the world together. Jonathan's family recently discovered that the Boston Library had several letters in their archives between Jack and Frank, who corresponded regularly. Frank was one of the few people who could make Jack laugh!
A fun bit of Wiki-trivia: "A popular running gag on Benny's show concerned the social habits of Benny's on-air orchestra, who were consistently portrayed as a bunch of drunken ne'er-do-wells. Led first by Phil Harris and later by Bob Crosby, the orchestra, and in particular band member Frank Remley, were jokingly portrayed as often being too drunk to play properly, using an overturned bass drum to play cards on just minutes before a show, and so enamored by liquor that the sight of a glass of milk would make them sick. Remley was portrayed in various unflattering situations, such as being thrown into a garbage can by a road sweeper who had found him passed out in the street at 4 am, and on a wanted poster at the Beverly Hills police station."
The insider's truth: Frank Remley rarely drank alcohol. He preferred buttermilk.
Here's one of the few clips from the Jack Benny Show with "Frankie:"
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwYMWPoTnto&w=480&h=360]
Many of Jonathan Murphy's friends and family LIVE a creative life! Here's a look at…
Mike Brindley, an extraordinary poet and theater performer.
Jonathan has tons of cousins…first cousins, second cousins, first-cousins once removed…yep, there's a lot of them! Mike, a cousin from the Minnesota Strong clan, is quite the creative guy. He's written over 3,000 poems and he's published some of his favorites on blurb.com. Here's a beautiful example…
Here take my lovely warm hanky
Just wipe your tears out
I'm standing next to you sweet loving angel
He said to her chin up
Here take my lovely warm hanky just wipe
Your tears out she said to him you are
So romantic person he put his one hand on your
Cheek he smiled and the boy said
I always see you cry your tears was warm and gentle
I seen that smile of yours very soft and cuddly
And the girl said to him well I like that you just said
To me and the boy he was in love
He came closer touching her warm baby face and he
Kissed her twenty minutes long
Mike is also an Interact actor, performing on stage in productions at The Lab Theater in Minneapolis. You can see him and his fellow performers in this short rehearsal clip from Life is Sweet.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMpfBzuhUyU&w=640&h=360]
Their current production, JOY, A Holiday Cabaret, is getting rave reviews! If you live in Minneapolis, there's still time to check it out. You're guaranteed to leave with a good dose of the Christmas spirit!
Poem taken from from Mike Brindley's Falling in Love is Worth Wild
Images of Mike by Carrie Brindley
Many of Jonathan Murphy's friends and family LIVE a creative life! Here's a look at…
Chen Neeman. Remember that name! His star is rising in Hollywood as a hot young composer for television and movies. His credits include soundtracks and songs for Hannah Montana, Princess and the Frog, and loads of Disney Channel productions. His latest song, "Pictures in My Head" is sung by Kermit the Frog in The Muppets, a tune that will surely touch your heart.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjkaYh8bauA&w=480&h=360]
Music and lyrics by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman


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(JNS.org) Nine-year-old Noam Glick was wounded
Saturday night in a terror attack in Psagot, a Judea and Samaria community
located north of Jerusalem and adjacent to the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
She was rushed to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem in
serious-to-moderate condition, suffering from a gunshot wound to her chest. Her condition eventually stabilized.
It was unclear whether Glick was shot by a terrorist who had infiltrated the community or by a sniper from nearby Ramallah. Glick described the perpetrator as "a man wearing a black wool cap," Israel Hayom reported.
"We have enjoyed peace and quiet for years. This is a difficult time for us," said David Tzviel, spokesman for Psagot.


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Portuguese striker accuses team-mates after bitter CSKA Sofia departure
Jose Furtado accuses colleagues of racismBulgarian side CSKA Sofia have announced that Jose Emilio Furtado will leave the club and have stripped Valentin Iliev of the captaincy after the two were involved in a training ground fight.
However, the Portuguese striker has hit out at the club, claiming he was the victim of a premeditated gang attack and accusing his Bulgarian team-mates of racism.
It is not the first time that Furtado, who joined CSKA from fellow Bulgarian top-flight side Vihren in 2006, has been in trouble with his current employers, and manager Stoycho Mladenov announced the 24-year-old's departure at a news conference.
"We are not a pub team and we can't allow things like this to happen," he said. "We sacked Furtado because it's his second disciplinary offence."
But speaking to Portuguese website Maisfutebol, Furtado had a very different take on the incident.
"The training session was coming to an end. I had the ball at my feet and the captain, Valentine Iliev called for a pass. I saw another team-mate unmarked and decided to pass to him. From that moment onwards all hell broke loose," explained Furtado.
"Iliev came over to me raging and shouting, putting his head against mine and trying to punch me. I defended myself and the session ended there, but the worse was still to come."
Lying in wait
11 May 2007, by Sean Gillen and Tom Kundert
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If only all of our parents owned awesome, exotic bag lines for us to work at when we graduate college; we should all be so lucky. But we're not Kate Falchi, daughter of PurseBlog friend Carlos Falchi, who has just joined her father's eponymous bag line and has begun collaborating with him full-time. A good gig if you can get it, right?
And based on the looks of their first collection together, she's a wise addition to the design process. The bags of the Carlos Falchi Graffiti Collection use Falchi's signature tiger snake skins as a backdrop for punk-inspired doodling and defacement that is as true to its inspiration as any I've ever seen. These bags certainly won't be for everyone and skew toward the young audience of which 25-year-old Kate is a part, but they're very successful for what they're trying to accomplish: a deconstructed, edgy look that remains luxurious and doesn't loose its cool.
Bags will come in three patterns and will retail for between $395-$1195. The collection will debut at Bergdorf Goodman during Fashion's Night Out on September 10. For larger pictures of a few of the collection's bags (and to see the intricate graffiti detail up-close), make the jump.
P.S. Please consider supporting our small, bag-loving team by clicking our links before shopping or checking out at your favorite online retailers like Amazon, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, or any of the listed partners on our shop page. We truly appreciate your support!


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Scientists have discovered the existence of gravitational waves, tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time, which have long predicted but never before been seen or measured. The discovery cements a fundamental premise of how gravity operates and offers science a new way to explore the universe.
"We have detected gravitational waves. We did it," said David Reitze, a physicist with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). "I am so pleased to be able to tell you that."
Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity predicted gravitational waves 100 years ago. The theory states that gravity—the warping of space and time by mass—would manifest as ripples.
This Science & Technology Facilities Council video animation explains Einstein's theory of relativity and why it is so important.


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Note: I realise that I haven't updated this blog in well over a year, and honestly, I didn't know what to update with. I usually post most news and introductions on my main blog now, however recently I decided to write a fanfiction on a group I have actually talked about, and introduced, on here before. This is inspired by their most recent PV, Datte LOVE ME DO by the group ANNA☆S. This was writen because, as of late, I have been talking to someone on Facebook who is a dedicated fan of the quirky and cute group, and I have found myself roleplaying the members with characters that I think fit them based on their appearances. So, that said, this is the fanfiction that I have written for them. I hope that this is okay, and that you all enjoy~
Also, this is my first Idol Fanfiction. I also have not written fanfiction in a while... so it might just be the most boring thing ever! Apologies!
This Fanfiction was inspired by Gaston, who I talk to about ANNA☆S a lot on Facebook. They are a group he loves, and whenever he posts pictures of them, I will sometimes comment with the characters I have made up for the girls based on how they look. So, Gaston, here is an Idol Fanfiction dedicated to you, and also the wonderful Idol trio that is ANN☆S. Enjoy~
*The members Anna, Suzuka and Yu-na are real people of the idol group ANNA☆S. This is a story made by a fan who just wants to have fun, and to show that she truly likes this group enough to dedicate a fun and silly little fanfic to the group! Do not take any of this seriously, please.
It was a normal day in the ANNA☆S Studio, and all three members of the cute Idol unit were ready to rehearse for their up-coming PV shoot for their new music video, Datte LOVE ME DO. After the success of their last single, the energetic and powerful Su And You, the girls are now ready to take on their next song and amaze their fans even more with their energy and cuteness.
But, unlike the days before this, the ANNA☆S Studios have, in fact, been infiltrated. This is where I, Chiima, come in, as today I will be taking a look at what goes on behind the scenes of the ANNA☆S girls, and will report to you all just what happens. Let's go, shall we?
Immediately upon walking into the Studio, the girls were standing there, waiting with as much patience as they could muster for their Choreographer and Director, a man that many have come to know simply as BOSS, to start the practice and photo session. It was a big day for the girls, as this would be a new PV shooting, and they were ready to perfect what they had been learning for a few weeks now. However, much to the frustration of the group members, BOSS were terribly late.
"Ahhh~ I wonder where BOSS-san is today? I rea~lly want to dance!!!" Su-chan, the quirky character in yellow sighed, her feet tapping against the ground as she tried not to move around too much. She, a burst of energy much like her member colour, wanted to dance desperately, to let out that pent-up eagerness that she had been containing since stepping foot in the Studio that morning. She was patient, but there was only so much on young girl could contain when her excitement was far too much to bear.
"Urgh, where IS Director-san!? Don't they know that we have a schedule to keep!?" Cried Anna, the cautious and punctual leader of the Idol trio. Ever punctual and never late, Anna really did not like it when others were late for a session, even if it was only to practice. Knowing that they would not start their lessons on time threw the Leader off-track, bringing out the panic in her that she tried to contain at all times. Running forward with frustration, Anna went to check the door, hoping that their beloved BOSS would come through any second.
No one did, and she frowned, her hands curling into small fists as she tried to calm the knot that was tying in her stomach that very second.
"Hmph!" Came the haughty and cool tone of Yu-na, walking towards the door with her hands set on her hips, a dark glower across her face. "Of course they won't come now! They are too selfish and lazy for their own good!" She snapped coldly, her expression unwavering. Ever aloof and indifferent, Yu-na was the spoiled Princess-character and youngest of the group. With an air of superiority and arrogance about her, she has an image of absolute importance, and commands attention with her tongue of steel and poison.
Shooting a glare at Anna, Yu-na quickly turned on her heel and returned to where Su-chan stood, her mood dark and sullen, eyes fixated on a wall now. Standing at the door alone, Anna felt herself start to shake. They would be late, and there was nothing that they could do about it now...
"Hey, wait a minute!" Su-chan cried happily, jumping up with a wide, toothy smile on her face as her eyes glittered. Both Anna and Yu-na turned their heads to stare at the energetic member, eyebrows raised as she beamed brightly, bouncing on her feet energetically, the excitement hard to contain at the thought that had just entered her mind. "Why don't WE begin the practice and photo sessions!?" Su-chan was practically bouncing off the walls at that point, her energy and spirit high as she told the other members her plan. Upon hearing this, both Anna and Yu-na exchanged quick glances, before returning their gazes to Su-chan, who was still bouncing, eyes and smile wide.
"I don't know..." Anna began, quickly glancing at the door in the hopes that BOSS would come to save them from this mad plan of Su-chan's. Of course, no one came in.
"Come on!!!" Grinned Su-chan, bouncing over to Anna happily and dragging her back towards Yu-na, who ignored the glances that cried help from her Leader as she stared at the wall with disinterest, and found herself standing between the two girls helplessly.
"Th-this wasn't in the... sch-schedule..." The Leader gulped, eyes wide with panic and fear as Yu-na shrugged and Su-chan laughed, shaking her head and running over the CD Player and camera equipment that they had used for practice before. Anna turned her head, staring at Yu-na who was now watching Su-chan intently.
"Why aren't you saying anything!?" Anna cried, the frustration and panic in her voice and eyes clear. Yu-na simply shrugged before standing in the right position for the dance practice that was clearly about to happen.
"Because, one way or another, this is going to happen, whether you like it or not." She answered matter of factly, turning her attention away from Anna as she prepared herself for the inevitable. Mouth agape, Anna could do nothing but stand there, and admit defeat. This was happening... and she could do nothing to stop it, because one way or another, it had to happen.
"Ready?" Smiled Su-chan, running towards her group mates as Anna stared at her with horror. Yu-na simply shrugged, paying little attention to either of them. "Sure, whatever." She muttered, and waited for the song to start as they stood in formation, getting for their practice session.
Upon hearing the music play, Anna, ever the professional regardless of how punctual and organised she liked to keep everything, began the dance session as she had been taught by the kind and caring BOSS. After that, Su-chan and Yu-na followed suit, working hard to perfect the dance that they had been learning alongside their Leader since a few weeks back.
"Hey... this actually isn't that bad!" Anna smiled energetically, finding that she was having a lot of fun, despite the fact that their instructors were not there to guide them in case they made a mistake. Upon hearing this, Su-chan smiled even more brightly than before, glad to know that her Leader and friend was having fun and letting herself go. It was, in her opinion, wonderful to see a carefree and happy Anna, rather than the punctual and jumpy Leader that she knew so well.
"Good! Because this is supposed to be fun!" Giggled Su-chan, dancing with extra energy now that she knew Anna was having a good time, rather than focusing on perfecting everything. Yu-na, on the other hand, simply rolled her eyes, only to then quickly conceal a small smile from her group mates when she knew that they weren't looking.
The girls, enjoying what would have been a serious dance session if BOSS had been there, we having fun! Their energy was high, and they were dancing without worrying about the mistakes that they would make and possibly get scolded for or have to repeat. So, when the music eventually came to an end, it was a disappointing moment for the members of ANNA☆S, especially Anna, who had found herself really enjoying the ease of dancing without the worries of making mistakes.
"See?" Grinned Su-chan, her smile eager and bright, "Wasn't that fun? There was nothing to worry about!" she said, laughing happily as Anna, not really wanting to admit defeat, nodded slowly. Yu-na, who had kept quiet so as not to give away her cool demeanour, folded her arms across her chest and shrugged.
"It was alright I suppose..." She muttered, looking up in time to see the crazed look of eccentric giddiness on Su-chan's face. Quickly, Yu-na stiffened and frowned. "N-Not that I enjoyed it, that is! I mean, it was okay for just a practice session without BOSS-san... th-that's it, though!" She cried indignantly, turning her back to the group members as Anna and Su-chan exchanged knowing glances, a large smile spreading across the already cheerful Su-chan's face.
"Awww, Yu-na! I knew you would love it, too!" She cried happily, running over to hug Yu-na who was trying hard not to smile or give in to Su-chan's infectious happiness. Watching the two, Anna could only shake her head and sigh.
"Hey!" Su-chan suddenly piped up, eyes sparkling once again as Yu-na and Anna stared at her, wondering what sort of idea their mad group member and friend had concocted this time.
"Er... Hey, what?" Yu-na asked, regretting the simple question the second she heard herself say it.
"Why don't we do a freestyle dance!?" Su-chan turned her head from side to side, staring at her friends with hope-filled eyes as they looked at her, pondering what she had just said. Smiling brightly, and without even listening to anything either Anna or Yu-na would have to say if they had been given the chance, she ran over towards the CD Player again, ready to press the play button as the other two girls stood, waiting for her whilst still thinking over what Su-chan had just proposed they do.
Then, the realisation of what she had said dawned on Anna...
"Wait, WHAT!?" Anna yelped, turning to stare at Su-chan with wide eyes as her peppy friend laughed, amused by Anna's reaction to what she had said.
"I said, let's do try a freestyle dance! You know, just... dance. Like idiots!" Su-chan explained brightly, her smile widening as Anna, mouth open in shock, stared at her younger group mate. She wanted to say something, to stop this madness already. Practising without BOSS to watch over them was one thing, but to completely freestyle the entire dance...
"So, we're going to do it, right!?" Su-chan was eager and filled with energy, to the point where she looked ready to burst, and raring to go. Anna knew then that, no matter what she said, she could not deter Su-chan from the plan she had already formed in her mind. There truly was no going back now...
And so, with defeat and reluctance in her tone of voice, Anna sighed heavily and replied "Sure... we're going to do it." earning a squeal of delight from Su-chan almost immediately, and a look of stern disappointment from Yu-na.
As Su-chan eagerly pressed the play button on the CD Player before skipping back to her group mates, Yu-na stared Anna, clearly annoyed by her agreement to the Freestyle dance they were about to do.
"What?" Anna muttered bitterly, folding her arms across her chest and returning the stern gaze to the youngest member. "It's not like you were helping me stop her from deciding to do this!" Frustrated more than she had been before the start of the practice session, all joy and happiness from the practice they had experienced together was gone from Anna now, and she was left feeling nervous and unsure of herself. She didn't do freestyle dancing, it was always structured! It was how she liked it, but right now Su-chan was making them play around, messing up everything that they had learned...
"It'll be fine!" Su-chan said brightly, noticing immediately how nervous Anna was, and catching the stern and dark look upon Yu-na's face. "It's only a little bit of fun! Anyway, what else are we going to do? No one's here to tell us what to do, right? Relax!" She seemed so confident and up-beat about the entire thing, and in a way, it eased the other two a little. Not a lot, but enough to help them relax as the music started up again.
"No, no! Stop trying to do what we learned!" Su-chan scolded, surprising both Anna and Yu-na with her sharp tone of voice. They had, sub-consciously, started to repeat the steps that they had known since they had started dance lessons for the song, even though they were supposed to be trying the freestyle dance that Su-chan had wanted to do. "Just forget the dance! Be silly!" She told them, sounding almost like BOSS did when he was instructing them on what to do. Exchanging glances of uncertainty, Anna and Yu-na sighed, unsure of what to do with themselves. Both were rather reliable on their dance lessons (especially Yu-na, it has to be said) and di not know how to do freestyle dance. They were not carefree like Su-chan was, and did not have the energy or nature to be silly and outrageous in their dance moves.
"Er..." Yu-na slouched, wondering what to do with herself. Anna simply stood there, wondering if she could somehow incorporate the original dance moves subtly, making sure that Su-chan never noticed. The two girls were really at a loss with what to do.
"Come on, just dance! Jump around or something!" Su-chan jumped, flinging her arms in the air and grinning. She was a ball of energy, and was bouncing around more than Anna or Yu-na had ever seen her bounce around before. With the freedom to do what she wished, Su-chan was well and truly an absolute nut-job.
Anna and Yu-na could do nothing but admire, and slightly fear, this mad side to Su-chan that she somehow restricted when in the presence of their mentors.
Then, without them noticing as they pondered on what they could do to match her madness, Su-chan disappeared.
"BOO!" She yelled suddenly, jumping from behind Anna and landing at her side.
"KYA!" Screamed Anna loudly, turning suddenly as Su-chan grinned, hands above her head and a look of pure satisfaction upon her cheerful face. Yu-na looked unimpressed, though she would never admit that Su-chan's little prank had also shocked her a bit, too.
"Su-chan, stop being such a child!" Scolded Yu-na sternly, glaring at her friend as Su-chan snickered gleefully, unashamed of what she had done.
"Well, I had to get you to jump somehow!" She admitted, smiling proudly to herself as Yu-na rolled her eyes, tutting to herself at the yellow members immaturity. Anna, however, stared at Su-chan, amazed by what she had done. Yes, it was impractical and childish, but in a way, it had allowed the two of them to join...
It was then that Anna, much to Su-chan's utter delight and Yu-na's confusion, started jumping around and waving her arms above her head.
"Yes! Yes, you're getting it now!" Su-chan yelled happily, jumping around with Anna madly as Yu-na watched the two, wondering what had gotten into them (Anna especially, because she already knew that Su-chan was nuts).
"What the heck..." She started, only to find that Su-chan, who had jumped behind her aloof friend, had started to tickle her without remorse, her smile stretching from ear to ear. "Yah! Stop it!" Yu-na squeaked, trying to get away from Su-chan, only to find that she was hopping and jogging around the studio madly in an attempt to escape the tickling fiend, who was laughing madly behind her.
"Good, this is good!" Giggled Su-chan, now trying to run after both Anna and Yu-na as they tried to escape her weird ways of getting them to move around. But, as they moved around, the two found it far easier to dance freely to the music like Su-chan had been doing earlier.
And soon enough, much to the delight of the ball of energy that had suggested they do this, Yu-na and Anna were soon dancing along to the music without a care in the world alongside their mad, but brilliant, friend.
"It's okay, I guess..." Yu-na mumbled, spinning quickly and running behind Anna to hide a smile that threatened to ruin the cool look on her face. Anna wanted to laugh at this childish and shy Yu-na, but she knew that if she did, she would embarrass her in front of Su-chan, who had barely ever seen this side of the Cool, Princess-like member. Soon enough, though, Yu-na was back to dancing alongside her friends and group mates, smiling slightly as she waved her arms around and ran after Su-chan, happy and merry.
The girls continued to bounce around after that, laughing and running after each other happily in their own version of a freestyle dance. Despite the nerves and fears of both Anna and Yu-na previously, they were now at ease and happy with the energetic and carefree ways that Su-chan seemed to live by. And, because of the amount of fun that they were having, whenever the music stopped they would simply start it again, making up their own dances as they went along with the music.
But, of course, all good things do have to come to an end, and whilst the girls were tired and worn out, they did not want to stop their quirky new way of dancing. Sure, it was not structured or organised like Anna and Yu-na were used to, but it was the most fun the girls had had in a long time! For a few glorious hours of their life, they were able to frolic around and be kids again, all thanks to the carefree and energetic nature of Su-chan.
With one last jump together, the girls landed on the ground. Breathing heavily and clearly tired from their running around and dancing, the girls smiled at one another as they stopped to catch their breath. At that moment, Su-chan felt proud of herself, patting herself on the back for a job well done at allowing Anna and Yu-na to dance and run around without restriction. For her, it was a truly wonderful moment, and she would cherish it forever in her memories.
"That was really fun!" Smiled Anna, thankful that BOSS had not made it to their practice session that dy. Yu-na could only nod in agreement, a small smile on her lips as Su-chan grinned broadly, glad that she had been so successful in her freestyle dance session.
"We should try it again sometime, maybe..." Yu-na admitted quietly, which earned an even bigger smile from Su-chan. "But only when BOSS-san isn't here!" She added quickly, earning a nod of understanding and agreement from Anna.
Hearing this, Su-chan clapped her hands happily, nodding eagerly at what Yu-na had said before beginning to walk towards the CD Player and camera equipment again, her eyes twinkling even brighter than before.
"Oh yeah, I have to tell you guys something...." Su-chan started, staring at both Anna and Yu-chan with an intent, almost terrifyingly serious, gaze now. The two girls looked at each other, and frowned. Why had Su-chan, so carefree and happy, become so serious in a matter of seconds, they wondered?
"What is it?" Anna asked, almost afraid of what the answer could be. Surely, Su-chan could only have good news? Right...?
"Just thought you should know this, but I put the cameras on record! I was filming our freestyle dance practice the entire time!" She grinned, and in one swift motion, Su-chan had grabbed the camera that had recorded the whole dance process, and ran towards the door before either Yu-na or Anna could stop her. She was gone as quickly as she had announced her deceit, leaving the Studio behind in her wake as the two gob-smacked members stood there, eyes wide and mouths open. Yu-na was the first to regain her composure and make a move for the door.
"... SUZUKA!!! Get back here NOW!!!" She screamed, her cool, aloof character replaced with an angered mistress now hell-bent on catching Su-chan, who was cackling gleefully as she ran for her life from the enraged Yu-na, leaving behind a shocked, and once again nerve-ridden, Anna...


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Doing the right thing
They say bad habits die hard. It should also be said that good habits are a laborious birth. At DDA, doing the right thing is NOT a matter of unlearning bad habits, but rather the articulated and dedicated practice of doing the right thing.
Most advertising agencies are born of deception and subterfuge. Example after example abounds of new agencies being formed by one or two account representatives who steal a few clients and set up a business of their own. The ease of doing this is enhanced by the fact that almost by definition, advertising agencies often don't really do the marketing or advertising design and production themselves. Outside design and production houses, like DDA, serve the advertising agency industry by providing in-depth graphic design, photography, video production, 2D and 3D animation, programming, search marketing, copywriting, website design, ecommerce and other services. DDA provides them all.
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70 years after the Antifascist Victory: On the confrontation against fascism and the imperialist wars
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Intervention of the KKE at the 37th international Theoretical-Political Conference of Prague:"To the anti-communist disinformation about the causes, course and results of the World War II; to the danger of a new rise of fascism"
The Conference was organized by the Prague City Organization of the CP of Bohemia and Moravia
Dear comrades,
The day when the Red Flag, the banner of the first socialist state, the Soviet Union, was raised triumphantly over the Reichstag by the Red Army, which had crushed the main part of the allegedly invincible armies of Nazi Germany, remains one of the brightest pages in the people's history.
The KKE pays tribute to all those who gave their lives or were disabled on the battlefields and in the underground resistance in order to smash the fascist monster, which was created by capitalism. To the communist parties all over the world which led the national liberation struggles.
To all those who fought with weapons or with leaflets in their hands, maintained a heroic stance in the dungeons and in the face of the execution squads. To the countless who died of hunger, the main victims of which were children. To the millions who were tortured in the terrible concentration and death camps, and in every place where unspeakable horrors were committed, where the exploitation of man by man reached its nadir, with the absolute degradation of human existence.
We honour and defend from distortion the enormous contribution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The Soviet Union shouldered the main burden of the war. It made the decisive contribution at an enormous cost.
For this reason, the Soviet Union, its people, the Red Army, the Communist Party of the Bolsheviks which was at the head of this titanic struggle, its youth the Komsomol, deserve the recognition and gratitude of all those who honour the anti-fascist victory. As the smallest tribute to this immortal epic, everyone must condemn the wretched attempts to blacken its name, something which the organizations and mechanisms of the bourgeois class and capitalism are constantly attempting.
The victory of the Soviet Union, with J.V. Stalin as its leader, over Nazi Germany and its allies was achieved due to: the role of the working class soviet power in the creation and organization of the defensive buttressing of the Soviet Union. Due to the advantages offered by the socialization of the means of production and the central planning of the economy. Due to the leading role of the popular masses, with the working class as the leading force. To the role of the Communist Party as the revolutionary workers' vanguard. It is a hugely important historical lesson for the present and future of the revolutionary movement.
The salvation of the Soviet Union would not have been possible if it had not traveled, in the 20 years after the end of the civil war that followed the October Revolution, an enormous distance along the road of consciously planned socio-economic and cultural development, socialist construction.
The Soviet epic is a legacy for all those who struggle to establish socialism-communism. It does not belong to governments like Putin's , pillars of Russian imperialism which exploit the 9th of May to ideologically reinforce the capitalist restoration in the USSR, hijacking the sacrifices of millions of communist men and women and concealing who created the soviet achievement and for what reasons they did so.
The KKE is proud that it was the instigator, organizer and main provider of militants for the great resistance of our people, under the banners of EAM.
The national liberation movement of our country, the armed struggle of ELAS, emerged as one of the most mass movements in the occupied countries. All the national liberation movements, the partisans, made their own important contribution, with the Communist Parties at their head.
We are inspired and we learn from history in order to deal with the tasks of the present and the future with greater maturity and readiness.
The KKE addresses itself to the working class, the poor popular strata and especially to the young men and women and calls on them to seek out the truth, the real facts and the reasons that caused global and local wars, the rise and domination of fascism-Nazism in certain countries.
The inter-state unions and every kind of official organ that serves capitalism harbour unalloyed hatred for May 1945, because it is the symbol of the antifascist victory of the peoples. They are attempting to erase it from the people's memory, to distort its content, to turn the historical truth on its head. This is a component of their anticommunist-antisocialist propaganda in order to conceal the organic connection of the Nazi-fascist monstrosity with monopoly capitalism and the major responsibilities of the bourgeois and social-democratic parties. The European Union is in the frontline of this organized and dirty campaign.
They must not achieve their aims. The working class and the popular strata, the scientists, the intellectuals, all the people who do not accept the distortion of history and anticommunism have a duty to oppose them. All those who understand that historical knowledge and the scientific conclusions that arise from it are essential resources for the consciousness and the victorious struggle of the peoples and youth against the iron boot of the dictatorship of the monopolies and the horror of the imperialist wars. So that they can finally put an end to the womb that gives birth to these phenomena and the terrain that nourishes them.
This is what determines the task to protect the peoples and younger generations from the great threats against them which are created by the sharpening imperialist competition, the capitalist crises, the great impasses of ageing capitalism that is in decay.
The KKE, with a sense of responsibility, vigorously defends the historical truth and highlights the lessons from the heroic struggle of the peoples and the communist movement. It considers that it is a primary task to systematically research and utilize in the formation of its strategy the conclusions from the struggle of the revolutionary movements. It courageously underlines its own mistakes and weaknesses and those of the movement. The prettifying of reality is alien to communists. There is an abyss that separates our criticisms and self-criticism from the slanderous ideological offensive of the KKE's and revolutionary movement's enemies, as well as from the idealization and one-sided focus on mistakes which is characteristic of opportunism. Our motives and aims are diametrically opposed to these approaches.
With a century's worth of experience, struggles and sacrifices for the people and socialism, the KKE highlights the need for a consistent ideological-political front against every form of capital's dictatorship, such as the Nazi-fascist one.
Fascism emerges from the bowels of the capitalist system and is not merely the result of a form of management e.g. the neo-liberal policy, as the opportunist and social-democratic forces of Europe are claiming. It is one of the forms used by the monopolies to exercise power. It also defends capitalist ownership of the means of production, the exploitation of man by man. Particularly in conditions of capitalist crisis, poverty, unemployment, and the decay of the governing bourgeois parties, the bourgeois classes utilize the Nazi parties in multiple ways, as fortified redoubts to serve its interests. It utilizes bourgeois activity which, with its extreme nationalism and alleged "solidarity", casts a net over popular forces, the unemployed, ruined petty bourgeois strata and assimilates them.
The KKE in a well-substantiated way reveals to the people that the bourgeois class and the capitalist state abolish or bypass bourgeois democracy, bourgeois parliamentarianism and legality, which they themselves had established. When their interests demand it and they judge it to be necessary, they carry out military and political coups, suspend their own laws, in order to intensify state and every other form of violence and repression, restrictions on any political and trade union freedoms.
To repel anti-communist slanders
Imperialism is attempting to erase the contribution of the communist movement in order to conceal the achievements of the socialist system. They are attempting to manipulate the younger generations with black propaganda in order to subjugate them in a mass way to their crimes today.
The imperialist centres conceal the fact that the unjust wars emerge from the heart and veins of the capitalist system and that they are not caused by some maniacs, as Hitler and Mussolini are often presented as being. On the contrary, the Soviet Union having eradicated the exploitation of man by man, abolished the incentive for taking part in the division and redivision of the world. It is precisely for this reason that of the participating states only the USSR was conducting a just war.
They deliberately hide the fact that the 2nd World War revived the hopes of the counterrevolutionary forces in the Soviet Union, which saw it as great opportunity to restore capitalism and consequently allied with the Germans.
They conceal the fact that the crimes against humanity were not only committed by the Axis powers, but also by the governments of the "democratic" bourgeois states. The USA committed the most massive and awful crime of all these, when it dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (6 and 9th of August 1945), without there existing any military need to do so.
The anticommunist centres fabricate monstrous lies and do not hesitate to utilize slanders-provocations of the Nazis in order to throw mud at the USSR! A characteristic example of this is the so-called "Katyn massacre". EU governments and organs as well as those of other countries accuse the USSR, despite the fact that the execution of the Polish officers took place, according to the findings, after the autumn of 1941, when the region had been occupied by the Nazis. It is well-known that the head of Nazi propaganda himself, Goebbels, in his diary recognized that the Germans committed the crime, that the bullets found were German and gave instructions for this to be concealed and for the slanderous propaganda campaign against the Soviet Union to continue.
The EU, playing the leading role in the anti-communist hysteria, established the 9th of May as the "Day of Europe", canceling out the "Day of the People's Victory"! It is no accident that the expulsion of the German armies and liberation of the countries of Eastern Europe by the Red Army is labeled as occupation! The deserters from the German army, who defected to the opponents and chiefly to the Red Army, are essentially considered to be a "national shame" in Germany and Austria.
The EU and the USA support the attempt to historically rehabilitate and vindicate the fascists in the countries of the Baltic and Ukraine, who during the 2nd World War aligned with the Nazis. They labeled them "militants for democracy" because they fought against the Red Army and Soviet power. And while the fascist crimes of the SS legions, the so-called "Ukrainian Liberation Army" and other similar organizations are well-known, they present them to the younger generations as "patriots" and "democrats". The official propaganda in the Baltic countries reached the point of presenting the concentration camps as "reformatory centres".
Recently the EU and the USA, in the framework of their competition with Russia, openly intervened in the developments in Ukraine in order to overthrow the elected government. They did not hesitate to support fascist forces in order to promote their geopolitical designs.
The contribution of the KKE to the anti-fascist victory
On the 28th of October 1940, fascist Italy declared war on and invaded Greece from the territory of Albania. The Glixbourg-Metaxas dictatorship expressed bourgeois power in cooperation with Britain, with the consent of the bourgeois parties that gave a vote of confidence and toleration to this government. The mobilization of the people and their heroism on the battlefields in the Pindus Mountains temporarily impeded the invasion.
The KKE, from the very first moment, gave a clarion call of resistance against the invader, despite the fact that it had been seriously damaged by the Metaxas Dictatorship, with thousands of its members in prison and exile. With his first open letter, which was published on the 2nd of November 1940, Nikos Zachariades, the General Secretary of the CC of the KKE, from the Athens prison where he was being held, called on the Greek people to lend all their strength to this struggle, stressing that "The prize for the working people and the completion of today's struggle must be and will be a new Greece of the world of work and of freedom, liberated from every foreign imperialist dependency, with a truly popular culture." Two other letters of N. Zachariades followed, which correctly characterized the war as imperialist and called on the army-people to overthrow the government and take the defense of the borders into their own hands with the support of the Soviet Union. These two letters were never published because, unknown to Zachariades, they were delivered by informers into the hands of the state security.
In addition, the imprisoned communists from the very first moment demanded to be released in order to fight at the front, something that was refused however by the Metaxas Dictatorship, which then later handed them over to the German occupiers.
On the 27th of April 1941, German troops entered Athens and the country found itself under the triple occupation of Germany, Italy and Bulgaria. A section of the bourgeois political world chose open collaboration with the occupiers. Another section escaped, together with the Palace, abroad (Cairo, London), taking enormous amounts of the state's gold reserves with them. A third section stayed in Greece and stood aside from the struggle, looking in an opportunistic manner to future developments, while another section undertook an anti-occupation struggle, while at the same time cooperating with the occupiers in order to strike against EAM-ELAS and the KKE.
The KKE devoted all its forces to organizing the resistance against the occupier. A handful of communists who were free and others who escaped from the prisons began the struggle to develop the resistance in the difficult conditions of the triple occupation and the defeatism and passivity fostered amongst the people by the bourgeois forces. It was the basic instigator, guide and provider of men and women for the EAM resistance. It gave its best children to this struggle. At its initiative, the Workers' National Liberation Front was created immediately after the beginning of the occupation (EEAM-16th of July 1941) and on the 27th of September 1941 it founded EAM. EAM rallied the great majority of the working class and the popular strata.
EAM organized the people's resistance and saved them from hunger, ELAS (The People's Liberation Army) developed a very significant armed struggle. The seeds of a new power were created in the liberated areas (local government, People's Justice). The people's cultural ascendance was nourished in these conditions. On the 10th of March 1944, The Political Committee of National Liberation was formed (PEEA), the central political body that administered the liberated areas.
It organized elections the conditions of the occupation (23 of April 1944) for the "National Council", which had its headquarters in Koryschades (30th of April 1944). Women and young people over the age of 18 voted for the first time in these elections. About 1,800,000 people voted. It should be noted that in the parliamentary elections of 1936, 1 million people took part, as women did not have the right to vote then.
Thanks to the activity of EAM, not one worker was sent to work in the German factories, with the exception of those the Germans had captured as hostages. Thanks to EAM not one person was sent to fight against the Soviet Union, while ELAS forced 8 to 12 enemy divisions to remain in Greece.
Thousands of communists and other supporters of EAM gave their lives. Kaisariani, Kournovo, Akronafplio, Kokkinia, Haidari, Ai-stratis, the "Pavlos Melas" camp are only a few of the places where these sacrifices were made.
It is a provocation and an act of desecration for SYRIZA to present its ascendance to government as a vindication of EAM's struggles, when it continues to politically defend the bourgeois class and its power and the country's attachment to the imperialist organizations and alliances, like NATO, the EU and the USA, when everyone knows that EAM and ELAS came into armed conflict with imperialism in order to serve the just cause of the people. There can be absolutely no correlation of the heroic struggle of EAM-ELAS with today's "leftwing" management of capitalism by SYRIZA.
This mass people's struggle was not able to reach the final victory.
The KKE, despite its contribution, was not sufficiently strategically-politically prepared to pose the issue of conquering working class power as a result of the resistance struggle and as the prize of the people's struggle. It was not able to form the preconditions for a trajectory that could, at least in terms of the subjective factor, have led to victory, to workers' power.
It detached the struggle against war and fascism-Nazism from the need to fight for workers' power.
The deeper reasons for the KKE's weakness
The deeper reasons that did not allow the KKE to take the options that would have advanced the struggle of the armed people's movement towards the conquest of workers' power flowed from the contradictions in its own strategy and that of the Communist International. Problems of ideological and strategic unity manifested themselves throughout the CI's entire course in relation to the character of the revolution, the character of the coming war after the rise to power of fascism in Germany and the stance towards social-democracy. The dissolution of the CI (May 1943), despite the problems it had regarding unity and regardless of whether it could have been maintained or not, deprived the International Communist Movement both the centre and the potential to elaborate its revolutionary strategy in a coordinated way so that it could transform the struggle against imperialist war and foreign occupation into a struggle for power, as a unified task for every CP in the conditions of their countries.
The problematic strategy of stages which it had in the period 1941-1944 was based on the decision of the 6th Plenum of the CC (1934), on the decisions of the CI (7th Congress) and the 6th Congress of the KKE in 1935. This strategic line was expressed at the 2nd National Conference (1942), as well as in the Programmatic Declaration "People's Rule and Socialism". Mistaken political choices of the KKE's leadership were made on this basis, such as the Agreements of Lebanon and Caserta. These agreements also had the feature of compromise with bourgeois forces.
More generally in the capitalist west, the CPs did not form a strategy of transforming the imperialist war or the national liberation struggle into a struggle for the conquest of power. The strategy of the communist movement did not appreciate the fact that the contradiction between labour and capital was contained inside the antifascist-national liberation character of the armed struggle in a series of countries, so that they could place the problem of power on the agenda, as socialism and the communist perspective are the only alternative solution to capitalist barbarity.
The war created conditions characterized by the significant sharpening of the class contradictions inside many countries, but the antifascist struggle only led to the overthrow of bourgeois power in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, thanks to the decisive support provided by the Red Army to the people's movements.
The revival of fascism
The KKE honours the 70th anniversary of the people's victory over fascism and calls on the working people, the pensioners, and the youth in Greece to decisively condemn and isolate Nazi criminal Golden Dawn. It is a vehicle of the reactionary theory known as National Socialism, which is a mixture of ideas and slogans of utopian petty bourgeois socialism with nationalism. It follows the examples of Hitler, the fascist regimes that butchered the peoples and humanity, the Security Battalions -the collaborators with the occupation forces- the dictatorship of 1967-1974. It promotes crude anticommunism and hatred against the labour and people's movement. It organizes and carries out criminal acts against it. It has connections with sections of the state apparatus and especially the forces of repression and with criminal networks. It is directly supported by sections of capital.
The murder Pavlos Fissas, a 34 year old man from Keratsini, the attack against members and cadres of the KKE in Perama are part of a series of criminal attacks against immigrants, tradesmen, workers, young people that reveal the true criminal face of Golden Dawn.
The emergence of Golden Dawn and the rise of its influence in Greece occurred in conditions of a deep and protracted capitalist economic crisis, with the rapid reduction of the influence of the parties that have served for decades as pillars of the bourgeois political system, in a period when the movement has not regrouped its forces in an anti-capitalist antimonopoly direction. Golden Dawn utilized the vague "anti-memorandum" rhetoric that was also used by the "leftwing" SYRIZA, concealing the real causes of the crisis and the ferocious attack against the people's rights, the role of the EU etc in order gain support and an audience for its fascist demagogy. It utilized the well-known slogans about the "kleptocracy", "loan sharks", "thieving politicians". In addition, it was accommodated and covered by various activities that were permeated by the reactionary and disorienting slogan "parties out, trade unions out". Golden Dawn is being reinforced by the anticommunism and the hatred which is fostered by the system towards the workers' and people's struggles. It was benefited by the promotion of the reactionary theory of the "two extremes"; by the demagogy and the racist ideological constructs of the bourgeois parties regarding the issue of immigration, which is a product of the imperialist wars and interventions, of the uneven development and the internationalization of the capitalist market. It is fed by the decay of the bourgeois system, by the EU guidelines which equate fascism with communism and demand measures be taken against "extremism" and "radicalism".
The people and the movement should not be complacent despite the arrests and the trials, in relation to the murderous attacks, both of the leading cadres of Golden Dawn and of those cadres who actually implement the decisions. No one should forget that Golden Dawn was provocatively promoted and prettified by a large section of the mass media, and that there are attempts to utilize it in the various plans for the reformation of the political system. The coalition government of SYRIZA-ANEL also bears great responsibilities as cadres of both parties are fostering an attitude of tolerance vis a vis Golden Dawn utilizing various parliamentary procedures as a pretext.
Golden Dawn and Nazi activity cannot be tackled using theories about "constitutional", "parliamentary" and "democratic" arcs, by the alleged improvement of the functioning of bourgeois democracy, as other political forces like SYRIZA, PASOK, "POTAMI" suggest.
The reactionary bourgeois state is neither wiling nor able to tackle Nazism root and branch; neither can the so called "antifascist fronts", an alliance of the labour-people's movement in cooperation with bourgeois political forces. Only the people's alliance, the development of the class struggle with the aim of overthrowing the monopolies' power, the capitalist system can deal with Nazism. Only the mass struggle and the decisiveness of the people and the youth can delegitimize and root out Golden Dawn from among the masses, once and for all.
At this point, we would like to clarify that it might be possible to agree with bourgeois and opportunist forces on some issues on how to deal with the fascist organizations. But creating an alliance with them is something different. You should always take into account the strategic commitments of all social and political forces when considering an alliance.
Let me give you some examples: before the recent elections, the parliament decided to suspend the state financing of Golden Dawn. All parties agreed on this, including the KKE, due to Golden Dawn's criminal activity. This did not require an "anti-fascist alliance", but political will.
Unfortunately this political will was absent during the municipal and regional elections (2014), the EU parliamentary elections (2014) and the national elections (2015) when the KKE demanded that Golden Dawn should not be given airtime on TV to poison the consciousness of the working people with its criminal ideology. It is remarkable that all political parties (right-wing, social democratic, "left" including SYRIZA) opposed the proposal of the KKE in the name of "safeguarding democracy".
In addition, we should note the particularly dangerous attitude of the Speaker of the Parliament, a well-known cadre of SYRIZA, who is taking a series of initiatives for the rehabilitation of Golden Dawn claiming for instance that the Parliament cannot function properly unless the state prosecutor allows the fascist MPs, who are remanded in custody for murders, attacks and other criminal actions, to attend the parliamentary procedures. At the same time, SYRIZA, whenever it suits it, raises the banner of the alleged antifascist struggle.
Allow us to say a few words about the revival of fascism in Ukraine: our party has assessed that the conflict in Ukraine broke out on the terrain of capitalism and was caused by the open intervention of the USA and the EU in the internal affairs of the Ukraine, in the framework of their fierce competition with Russia over the market shares, the raw materials, the energy transport networks. In this framework, the USA and the EU have no problem relying on fascist forces in order to promote their geopolitical interests.
This is not a new phenomenon. We have seen in our country, for instance, that Great Britain had no problem in joining forces with the fascist regime of Metaxas (1936-1940) in order to promote its own geopolitical plans. This did not mean that Britain was a fascist power in that period. This demonstrates how baseless the views on "exported fascism" are, views which are supported by certain comrades who claim that the USA and the EU are exporting fascism to the world, and to Ukraine amongst other places.
As regards the region of Donbass: we understand very well what dangers the vindictiveness and the hatred of this section of the bourgeoisie that governs in Kiev entail for the people of the region. We know that this section is supported by the USA and the EU and seeks to eliminate all political forces that hinder the assimilation into the EU and NATO, even the national and linguistic minorities, especially those that are considered to be seeking an alliance with the capitalist Russia. The structures of power which were formed in the so-called "People's Republics" are bourgeois ones and the relations of production remain capitalist. We note that the power has been transferred form Ukrainian oligarchs to the local bourgeoisie, which is closely connected with Russia. It characteristic that the new governments of the People's Republics in Donetsk and Lugansk continued to send to Central and Western Ukraine the coal extracted from the coalmines of Donbass. Although the people of the republic of Donbass have been left with no coal during winter, they supplied the territories which are controlled by Kiev. The taxes from the enterprises that are still operating in Donbass were also given to Kiev. In addition, the owners of the enterprises were collecting war taxes from the working people of Southeast Ukraine, for the so called operations against terrorism!
The above-mentioned demonstrate, once again, that the power will either be in the hands of the bourgeois class or in the hands of the working class. There is no intermediate "left", "patriotic" or "anti-fascist" power. Our party expresses its solidarity with the struggle of the working people in Donbass and generally in the Ukraine and assesses that this struggle cannot be placed under a "false flag" but should raise its own banner: for the socialization of the means of production, the central planning of the economy, working class power, socialism.
Dear comrades,
The KKE stresses that the struggle against fascism, for the defense of the workers' rights and the people's gains must not be detached from the struggle against the monopolies, against capitalist exploitation and capitalist power, that it must not slide into alliances with bourgeois and opportunist forces which seek to rescue the parliamentary form of the capitalist dictatorship. The goal of working class power must be a firm commitment. The goal of the people's alliance as a social alliance with an antimonopoly-anti-capitalist direction, as a working class-people's opposition against bourgeois power should not change its direction or its content. Only in this way can the people's struggle safeguard its prospect.
The recent economic crisis has sharpened the competition and the contradictions between the capitalist states and their various imperialist alliances which are becoming increasingly aggressive against the peoples in order to reinforce their geopolitical position, for the division of the markets, the control of the energy resources and the transport routes. The sharpening of the contradictions and the escalating imperialist interventions and wars in Ukraine, Middle East, North Africa, Balkans, etc are outlining even more intensely the threat of a generalized imperialist war in our wider region as well as around the world.
The KKE has taken a clear position regarding an imperialist war in a complicated situation which is being formed e.g. in the Eastern Mediterranean, in the Balkans, in the Middle East, taking into consideration the domestic and external contradictions: the workers' and people's movement must not be trapped in the framework of the aims of the Greek bourgeois class or follow any possible different choices, or identify itself with a differentiated stance of sections, parties or institutions of the bourgeoisies in the framework of the two-sided schema of imperialist war-imperialist peace.
The struggle for the defense of the borders, for the defense of the sovereign rights of Greece from the standpoint of the working class and the popular strata cannot be separated from the struggle for the overthrow of capital's power.
In addition, we communists, who base our analyses on the theory of scientific socialism, know very well that war is continuation of politics by other specifically violent means. War arises on the terrain of the conflict of different economic interests, which permeate the entire system of capitalism. This is the reason why, even if war in the conditions of capitalism is inevitable (like economic crises, unemployment, poverty etc); it is not a natural phenomenon. It is a social phenomenon, as it is connected to the nature of the society we live in. This is the society which has the profitability of those who possess the means of production as its "corner-stone". The monopolies and their power give rise to the imperialist war. In conclusion, our struggle for a society where the means of production will be the property of the people (and not the property of the very few), where the economy will operate planned centrally and controlled by the workers themselves, with the aim of satisfying the needs of the people (and not the increase of the capitalists' profits) is integrally connected to the struggle against the imperialist war and the "peace" imposed by the imperialists with the gun to the people's head, which prepares the new imperialist wars.
Nevertheless, this formulation of ours, that as long as capitalism exists, the conditions will exist which give rise to war, does not mean fatalism and defeatism! Quite the opposite. We address ourselves to the working class of the country, to the peoples of our region and we stress that their interests are identified with the common anti-capitalist-anti-monopoly struggle, for the disengagement from the imperialist organizations, the removal of the foreign military bases and nuclear weapons, the return home of the military forces from the imperialist missions, the expression of solidarity with every people which is struggling and seeks to chart its own development path. So that our country is disentangled from the imperialist plans and wars. So that slogan becomes a reality: "No land, no water for the murderers of the peoples." This is a daily struggle. A struggle with specific goals, which the communists wage in a way which is united with the struggle for power and not detached from it.
Because Lenin's theses continue to be relevant which note that "In such conditions, the slogans of pacifism, of international disarmament under capitalism, of arbitration, etc., are not only a reactionary utopia but the downright deception of the toilers, intended to disarm the proletariat and to divert it from the task of disarming the exploiters.
Only a proletarian communist revolution can lead humanity out of the deadlock created by imperialism and imperialist wars. No matter what difficulties the revolution may have to encounter and in spite of temporary failure of waves of counter-revolution the final victory of the proletariat is inevitable."[1]
[1] V.I. Lenin: "Programme of the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik)". 1919


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EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has called on President Bush to veto any extension of the farm bill after World Trade Organization talks collapsed this week. In response, American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman and his organization state it's necessary to extend the farm bill and extend trade promotion authority to keep WTO talks alive and stand against EU's attempt to make the
In a media call Thursday Stallman explained if drastic changes are made to farm bill programs, the
"The reason is clear; the negotiations are not dead," Stallman says. "Our only negotiating leverage consists of our domestic programs. Our markets and tariffs are already low."
Stallman recognizes the repercussions of the
"We're never completely immune to challenges, but at least less susceptible," he states.
Extending TPA
Ongoing bilateral and regional trade negotiations will benefit from extending trade promotion authority, Stallman adds. Currently TPA is slated to expire
Negotiations are underway with several countries.
Timeline from here
Stallman says farmers benefit from knowing as soon as possible about the future of farm policy. He says Farm Bureau members are contacting their members over the August recess to potentially co-sponsor legislation to achieve FB's goals.
With November elections, it would be difficult to pass anything yet this year. In addition, those elections could change the dynamic of Agriculture Committee leadership. Stallman maintains that agriculture always remains a non-partisan issue and that both sides of the aisle were supportive in U.S. Trade Representative's negotiating strategy in WTO talks.


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Trade unions representing Portugal's schoolteachers have asked the country's president to veto government legislation on their members' years of service, on the grounds that it is illegal and unconstitutional.
"What we have asked of the President is that he does not promulgate, so [that he] vetoes this law decree, in that it does not comply with a law of greater force, in this case the 2019 state budget," the secretary-general of the Fenprof union federation, Mário Nogueira, told journalists after a 50-minute audience with the head of state.
Representatives of Fenprof, the FNE, the SEPLEU and the SPLIU were received on Monday by the president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, at their request, so that they could present their arguments for him not to promulgate the statute approved by the cabinet last Thursday.
The legislation only foresees two-and-a-half years of teachers' service time counting for the purposes of career progression of the time that has been frozen for almost a decade. The unions are demanding that the full nine years, four months and 29 days be recognised for career purposes.
"It seemed to us that the president was sensitive to our arguments," Nogueira said. "That doesn't mean he is going to make one decision or another - we don't know that - [but] nor was that why we came here. We have come to bring topics for the president to reflect on."
Nogueira said that the president had asked whether, if the law was not promulgated, there was not a risk of the unions losing the two-and-a-half years proposed by the government. His answer was that, in such a situation, parliament would be responsible and there would be a new negotiating framework for the 2019 budget.
Unions have issued notice of a series of regional strikes from 15 October to 31 December on the issue.


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The World Cup is in full force and getting more attention than Sonny Bill with his shirt off. Wellington has been rocking, with teams and fans galore, a brilliant fanzone right outside our Travel offices and now the All Blacks arriving readying themselves for their clash against the mighty Canucks. So caught up in rugby fever are we in Wellington that one of our Travel bloggers, Simon, lent his beatbox opera skills to this amazing piece of performance art:
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Announcing our Winter photo competition winners
In the Travelbug newsletter last week we had a photo competition, looking for the best winter photo snaps. Since then winter really hit Kiwis hard with big snow falls up and down the country including my very own Wellington suburb of Brooklyn.
Because of the timing of the newsletter, we probably missed many of the millions of amazing photos that were surely taken early this week, but we got some fantastic shots nonetheless.
5 things to know about booking rugby accommodation
As the World Cup rushes towards us like Sonny Bill Williams with ball in hand – it's less than 30 days away – here at Travelbug we've taken a look at some trends regarding NZ accommodation bookings and some interesting patterns are emerging.
1. Prices are up – say what you like about how properties are pricing their accommodation, the numbers we're seeing from bookings on Travelbug tell us that travellers are paying more for bookings in September and October this year than they were last year:


text: Calvin Harris, the man of many accolades and achievements was due to perform at the MTv EMAs but announced on a (now-absent) post on Twitter "No EMAs for me this weekend. Got some heart problems. Heading home to see if it can be fixed x." The Scottish DJ, Producer and singer/song-writer was set to perform alongside Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX, Kiesza and Enrique Iglesias among others had to cancel, as announced by MTV EMA's Facebook page. We really hope the DJ recovers soon and gets back to surprising us with achievements like his recent success of Motion.


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Reedman Ralph Carney is pret' near legendary, and plays around here and near and far with a multitude of projects. This one — EaR Candy Quartet — is constituted to test the proposition that "to steal from one artist is plagiarism but to steal from everybody is research." Ralph goes on to say that EaR Candy digs "a little deeper to uncover hidden gems in the early repertoire of Duke Ellington, Red Allen, Jelly Roll Morton as well as diverse and more recent influences."
He's joined at Bird & Beckett today by piano player Eric Shifrin, bassist John Clark and drummer Mark Lee to do a little musical spelunking along these lines. We're ecstatic at the prospect and suspect you ought to be as well! Stir your stumps & come down to the store this Sunday afternoon to find out what Ralph & Co. have in store for you.
There may be a test, but we'll probably all skip that. We're likely to be too loopily happy to concentrate once the drums are packed and the band wanders off into the fog of time…
Not satisfied and want to read more on or near Ralph? Check his website at http://www.akroncracker.com/


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2019 Member Registration Details to be announced soon
Membership to the club including registration to play with the USGAA. insurance policy for playing through the USGAA, funding for fields and equipment. You must be registered to play any games, attend training and participate in the inner city league. All player members must fill out the form below and follow the payment link at the bottom.
If you are a non-playing member and wish to purchase a Social Membership you do not need to fill out the registration form. Please click the button below for payment options.


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In addition to the ongoing release date madness, we've heard numerous hints that the Diablo 3 developers are (still) making some big changes to some core game systems.
Another one of those came this evening via Bashiok's twitter:
We'll be sharing some of it in the next couple weeks. —Bashiok
Hopefully this means that they've been working on these systems for weeks/months, are happy with the changes, and are going to announce them as a preview of what we'll see in the final game. Rather than them throwing out more work in progress dev stuff, with no end in sight.
We saw 100+ comments worth of speculation about what major systems (attributes, skills, runes, etc?) might be getting revamped in a post just a few days ago, but you guys are welcome to leap astride that horse once again.


text: The Middle East International Film Festival – Abu Dhabi (MEIFF) platforms not only local films but also brings an assorted selection of worldwide filmakers. MEIFF allows film makers of all nationalities to use the resources of the area. A plethora of worldwide films can be enjoyed in the festival. The highlight of the festival is the high-status Black Pearl Award which is given to the best movie of the year.


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if I start my computer with the win98 boot disk and type "fdisk /mbr"
that wouldn't erase my hard drive would it?
my mom told me to come see what's wrong with the computer. when you turned it on, it said invalid system disk, as if you had a floppy in the drive or something.
So I checked the ide cables.
booted with the startup disk, did the mbr thing in case the mbr was screwed up.
after that didn't work I tried to see if I could get to my c: drive at all
I could but when I type "dir" it says file not found, I guess as if the hard drive is cleared.
I have no idea why it won't start anymore. Or if the hard drive is wiped, how that happened. this isn't cool
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Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo say the Paris climate accord would cost nearly $3 trillion to implement and cost nearly 6.5 million industrial and manufacturing jobs.
Numbers apparently come from a NERA model that paints the worst-case scenario while ignoring any benefit of avoiding climate change.
They continue that "Researchers from MIT have concluded that the agreement would likely do little for the environment, reducing global temperatures by less than .2 degrees Celsius before 2100."
However, MIT researchers say that the interpretation of the study is totally wrong, and believe that the Paris agreement is an unprecedented and vital effort by nearly 200 countries to respond to the urgent threat of global climate change.
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Finally, Crapo said, "It would allow other countries like China to continue polluting for decades…." Anyone who has traveled to China in recent years observes that the Chinese are grappling with a major problem to solve as not only are their economic activities major contributors to global warming, but they are also making Chinese air quality extremely bad producing a major public health problem. Therefore, they must reduce global warming.
We are deserting the climate effort, leaving no vestiges of U.S. leadership. Isn't that a problem?
Steve Simpson, Boise


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Liquidware Labs does not have a software distribution mechanism built into the Stratusphere™ product. Liquidware Labs Customer Support has used freeware and open source tools such as PsTools & FePsTools to distruibute the CID Keys. These can be freely downloaded and installed on a single local administrator desktop. PsTools is a list of executables for the Windows platform that perform a variety of operations. The FePsTools needs PsTools to be installed and you need to configure the tool to point to the folder that contains the PsTools executables. Liquidware Labs Customer Support will also provide batch files that will reference a shared folder with the EXE based installer – so make sure this folder (UNC) is also accessible. Once configured, run the FePsTools tool and make your screen look like the attachment. We have also created a sample list of computers that contains fully qualified names of machines that are targets for this software distribution exercise. You will need administrative credentials to install this software on the these desktops.
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Work At Hopeless
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There's nothing here but you're in the right place. Check back regularly to see if we have any new openings!
So you wanna intern do ya?
Hopeless Records and our Sub City nonprofit take on a select few interns each semester to help out in various departments. Intern spots are pretty competitive and our interns often go on to working in the music business, including at Hopeless Records. No guarantees of course, but if you are seriously interested in a career in music, this is the place for you. Please read the below in full and make sure you meet all requirements before applying.
- Must be over 18 years old.
- Available to work at least 2 full days a week. Ideally, our interns work about 15-20 hours a week, split up into two-and-a-half days.
- We are located in Van Nuys, CA, just outside of Los Angeles. We need you to be able to reliably commute for your internship.
- Our office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30am to 6:30pm. Your availability will need to fit into that.
- Meet the requirements. Obviously you are here to learn and we will help you, but they are there for a reason. Don't apply to do design work if you don't know how.
- Be flexible. Our interns specialize in certain departments, but your job will be to assist the team as a whole. Be up front about your strengths and abilities, but also be willing to hop in on projects that may not be in your area of expertise.
- Really want to do this. Our interns get a lot of perks (tickets to shows! free CDs! being around us charming people every other day!) but that only comes with hard work and commitment.
- Must be eligible to receive college credit for your internship.
Apply by emailing us (firstname.lastname@example.com) with your resume and cover letter, as well as your favorite band right now and why you're digging them. We will review all submissions and if we think you are a great fit we will be in touch.
Fall application deadline: August 20
+ Creative Internship
Assisting the Marketing department in organizing and creating social media posts and artist-related content.
- Be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite as well as basic web and video editing
- Must be up-to-date with current trends and formats of all social media platforms and have a passion for communicating with our audience in an engaging and unique way
- Portfolios and examples of work are welcomed and encouraged Recommended for anyone interested in a career in graphic design, web development/design or social media
+ Marketing Internship
Assisting the Marketing, Sales and A&R departments in tracking artist development, updating databases and calendars, and general administrative responsibilities.
- Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets and Google Docs
- Confidence making/receiving phone calls a must, as well as strong organizational skills
- Recommended for anyone interested in a career in A&R, sales or general music industry administration
+ Operations Internship
Assisting the Operations department in merchandise operations, managing/sorting inventory, creating/updating day-to-day systems and more.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and Google Drive/Apps. Photoshop/Illustrator experience is a major plus
- If you have prior experience in graphic design, please send along links or a portfolio
- Recommended for anyone interested in a career in merchandising, production or digital operations