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The human body is composed of three parts: the Brainium, the Borax, and the Abominable Cavity.The Brainium contains the brain. The Borax contains the lungs and the liver. The Abominable Cavity contains the bowels. The bowels are a, e, i, o, and u.Famous men with learning disabilities:Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Auguste Rodin, Thomas Alva Edison, Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill, George Patton, Albert Einstein, Nelson Rockefeller, George Burns...
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At the end of each lesson, it is wise to request feedback from students to check what was learned....Written individualized feedback allows us to see how a student is integrating new knowledge with prior knowledge. The following humorous essay demonstrates that what we say is not always what a student hears. An upper grade student wrote this paper:
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Goseong (South Korea) (AFP) – Untouched by Olympic bonhomie and unified Korean teams, Southern soldiers patrol the barbed wire fences that run towards the Demilitarized Zone, guarding against the nuclear-armed North.
At the northernmost tip of South Korea, just a few kilometres from the bristling fortifications of the world's last Cold War frontier, opinions on the diplomatic drive that saw shows of unity at the Winter Games an hour away are as divided as the peninsula.
Only a few months ago, Pyongyang's missile and nuclear tests, and exchanges of threats with Washington, were driving tensions on the peninsula sky-high.
But in a whirlwind of Olympic diplomacy, hundreds of North Koreans came South last week to attend the Pyeongchang Games.
In extraordinary scenes the North Korean leader's sister Kim Yo Jong cheered a unified ice hockey team together with the South's President Moon Jae-in.
Despite the sudden thaw in ties, little has changed near the DMZ, which has split the peninsula since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, leaving the two sides still technically at war.
On the way to the Goseong Unification Observatory, where curious visitors peek through large binoculars for a blurry glimpse of North Korea, soldiers huddle in a guard post against the bitter cold.
Souvenir stands at the observatory — admission price 3,000 won ($2.70) — offer a range of military-themed items from army snacks and electric airguns to DMZ wine.
"You can never trust North Korea," said Shin Young-Sin, 51, who has had a jewellery stand at the site for a decade.
The Olympic rapprochement has seen Kim Yo Jong, acting as her brother's special envoy, invite Moon to a summit in Pyongyang on his behalf — an offer sidestepped by Seoul's leader, who said the "right conditions" were needed first.
Shin was sceptical.
"On the outside, they appear friendly but on the inside, they are always plotting something," he told AFP.
Another vendor added: "As long as North Korea has nuclear weapons, nothing will change."
– 'Life will be good' –
Others are eager for closer ties.
Just a few kilometres south, on the way to the checkpoint, the village of Myeongpa-ri used to prosper when thousands of South Koreans would flock across the border on tours to North Korea's scenic Mount Kumgang.
But Seoul banned the tours in 2008 after a South Korean was shot dead by a North Korean guard and the passing trade disappeared.
Residents say some 400 local businesses have since closed down. "I can't even describe my financial losses," said Cho Soon-nam, a 67-year-old grocery store owner. "I don't have any customers."
Kim Deok-ja has lived in the village for 50 years and used to sell corn and potatoes to tourists driving up to the border.
"It will be great if North and South reunifies," she said. "Life will be good."
Many older South Koreans on both sides of the political divide harbour a nostalgic longing for some form of reunification — conservatives through the North's collapse and conquest by the South, liberals through a more amicable arrangement.
But younger South Koreans have spent their adult lives in a culturally vibrant democracy regularly menaced and occasionally attacked by Pyongyang, which stands accused of widespread human rights abuses.
They have far less interest in unification and fear its social and economic consequences.
A poll last year found almost 50 percent of over-60s believed the two Koreas can be reunified, while just 20.5 percent of those in their 20s agreed.
But Kim Deok-ja — who married into a family of North Korean refugees — still harbours hopes.
She was delighted that Kim Yo Jong was visiting. "Doesn't it signal that things are improving?" she said

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Ogle more diamonds than either Marilyn or Madonna could handle on Diamond Jewelry Way. For added fun, take a friend of the opposite sex, and count how many people ask if you are looking for something "extra special".
Wander into a church on a Tuesday afternoon and see if you can catch organ or choir practice.
Spend some time catching up on your travel log in the Rose Room at the New York Public Library...
or just get your giggles in as you imagine Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd running down the front steps.
Eavesdrop on conversations at Bryant Park or make friends with a shoeshine man.
Look up.
Visit Cleopatra's needle or Alice in Wonderland at Central Park.
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- Diamond Jewelry Way
47th Street between 6th and 7th
Look for the giant fake diamonds on top of the street signs.
- St. Patrick's Cathedral
Fifth Avenue and 51st Street, across from Rockefeller Center
Check out the statue of Atlas across the street before entering this gorgeous Gothic cathedral
- St. Bart's
Park Avenue and 50th Street
Frequently on Tuesday afternoons you can catch organ practice at this stunning Byzantine church.
- Little Church Around the Corner
29th Street between Fifth and Madison
Officially known as the Church of the Transfiguration, the Little Church Around the Corner has long been a favorite of New York's acting community.
- New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
The two lions named Patience and Fortitude guard the entrance of this imposing monument to literacy. The Rose Reading Room and the front steps were both featured in the opening scenes of Ghostbusters.
- Bryant Park
Sixth Avenue between 41st and 42nd Streets
Behind New York Public Library
Once rundown and filled with drug dealers, this beautiful 15-acre plot is filled with sunbathers and business people on sunny afternoons.
- Shoeshine man
Corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue
- New York Skyscrapers
They're some of the best in the world. Take some time to look around.
- Cleopatra's needle
In Central Park, behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art
82nd Street and Fifth Ave.
Given as a gift from Egypt.
- Alice in Wonderland
In Central Park, north of Conservatory pond
75th Street and Fifth Ave
Pure Innocent Goodness. Definitely bring the kids.
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Curtis Reed is an antagonistic character who appeared in the soap opera, Days Of Our Lives.
He is the deadbeat father of Austin and Billie Reed. Curtis Brown married Kate Roberts in 1969 while living in Chicago. They had a son and daughter. Curtis was a jazz musician and made several records, but his career was cut short when he became involved with the Mafia and had part of his ring finger cut off. After this he became addicted to drugs and became abusive toward his family, at one point raping his own daughter. Kate began having an affair with Bill Horton in late 1974. When she got pregnant by him, Curtis found out, beat her up and left her on the side of a road. He then took their two young children and disappeared.
Curtis immediately changed his last name and the names of the children; their birth names have never been revealed, but Curtis renamed them Austin and Billie Holliday Reed. Curtis and the kids went from city to city, often changing names due to his criminal activities. Kate was searching for her children when Curtis contacted her and told her that their children had died in a car wreck. Years later he would appear in Salem and shoot John Black under orders from Stefano DiMera. Since Curtis didn't kill John, DiMera refused to pay him. An angry Curtis kidnapped Stefano and held him on Smith Island until Kristen Blake paid him ransom for Stefano.
He was shot to death by Stefano DiMera on November 10, 1993 in a back alley behind Billie's apartment. He was discovered in the morning by Bo Brady and Wendy Reardon when they went to the alley to get some crates. Due to multiple seemingly conclusive pieces of evidence, the most important being the gun from which the bullet came having been found in a dresser drawer during a search warrant at her apartment, Billie was originally arrested for his murder. It was not until the March 31, 1994 episode that Stefano was revealed as the shooter. After this, he appeared as a ghost multiple times between 1994 and 2001.


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Developing Brand Names
In addition to the work we do that you'd expect from a brand communication firm, things like websites, sales materials, presentation design, and logos, another service that we provide is naming. We've helped develop many names for brands, companies and products. Over the years we've learned a few things about how to develop names. Here are 5 things we've learned that makes the process successful.
Graphic Above: The Stressdesign 10 Step Process for naming. Download a detailed version here.
1. Responsibility
No matter how well planned and thought-out your team is, there's got to be someone at the customer level who is responsible for all internal communications and approvals. Ideally one person, or a small group. 3 people max. Without this person in-place, the process dies. This person at your client will be the Brand Advocate for the new launch.
2. Transparency
Transparency is really important in order to communicate plans, launch schedule and buy-in across the organization. You're not going to make everyone happy, so forget that notion. However, there will be people at your client who are excited and who can help spread the excitement by being "Brand Cheerleaders." The more you can share by way of leading the team and your client through the process the better. You can also help the client by providing talking points and setting the compass to where you're going.
Important note. When your team is preparing to announce the name forward, positive momentum is important for success. Typically, new naming updates are shared as informational, not for large group approval. As such, open questions like "What do you think of our new name/logo" is detrimental. Instead, direct the conversation by saying "Our new name/logo is [new name here] and we'll be using it starting on [specific date here]. Identify internal, external, and "VIP" audiences who need to know this info, and help support the name change or introduction.
3. Staging
For a successful roll-out it's important to stage things out over time. There should be a concrete date when the new name takes effect, but it may be months before that new sign goes on the building. Setting expectations here is key. Everything can't be done at once, so don't try. Setting expectations and a phased launch schedule supports transparency and builds-in the ability to be flexible.
4. Celebrate
Create ways to celebrate the new brand. A company event where everyone gets a t-shirt or pen or a custom notebooks with the new name on it. A public event — depending on company size— where officials, press, and partners are invited to help generate broader awareness and word-of-mouth.
5. Guts
Naming takes guts. The process must be rooted in confidence and direction. Committees don't have confidence. Company wide consensus is not confident. There must be someone with approval authority driving the process who — when all the research, process and options are presented — says this is our name.
Then what? Then it's time to make it real. Promote the new brand to your world.
Download a PDF of our process overview. The PDF contains more detail to accompany the infographic above.
Coming Next
In our next post, we'll share a roll-out schedule on how to approach a naming for a small to mid-size organization or brand name, and a list of things to consider for a corporate naming exercise.
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Engineering Technology, SOP
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Solveig is the daughter of a king; she is not beautiful, like her older sister Asa, and she is not a boy, an heir, like her little brother Harald. She is just...Solvieg, plain and sometimes invisible. Now Solveig's father is at war with with a neighboring king, and Solveig and her siblings are squirreled away, with only a few of her father's most loyal warriors and servants, in an isolated fjord. Just before the winter freeze makes it impossible for ships to reach them, her father sends his berserkers, Oden's men, the king's personal guard, men who wear the skins of bears and wolves and go into a blind, frenzied rage during battle that's dangerous for enemies as well as friends. And then begins the sabotage, first the cows that were to see the group fed through the winter released into the wild, then a poison that hits nearly every one of the berkserkers and leaves only those closest to Solveig as suspects. And they're all trapped there until spring thaw.
There are other things that seem too important not to mention, but that don't really need to be mentioned in a plot summary; Solveig's affection for the head of the berserkers, her realization that she's meant to be a storyteller and her training toward that end, her love for her brother, her desperation for her father's attention and approval. And of couse, you probably got that this is historical fiction, set in Scandanavia in the late 9th century. It feels like fantasy, like your'e constantly waiting for on eof the gods to come out, or for Solveig's storytelling to weave an actual spell, but it's not fantasy.
But it is pretty awesome. I love Solveig; she was very believable, and the depth of her emotions really shone. I love Hake, and Harald, and I love the story; it's got mystery, suspense, a tiny bit of romance. And awesome characters being awesome in a really authentic-feeling way. Very nice.
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This may seem like a very narcissistic post, but its not. Quite the opposite actually. Thing is, I was always above average, till 7 years ago. Always excelled at anything I put my hands, and mind, to. ANYTHING.
Six months into college, life got to me.
And somehow I never quite learnt not to let it get me so down, I don't recognize myself anymore. I'm not even a shadow of what I used to be. I took every little thing to heart...earlier till 12th grade, I was all of these and more :
- Slim and fit.
- V.diligent
- Confident
- An academic topper, always among the top 5
- Pretty and beautiful
- In demand among the opposite sex.
- Intelligent
- High on self esteem.
- Health conscious.
No, I wasn't perfect. I had my flaws. I was also :
- Arrogant [ no more]
- Vain about my looks [definitely no more]
- A terrible leader [nope, not anymore. I've learnt to follow those I'm leading]
- The kind of girl who thought nothing of breaking a guy's heart.[ had my heart broken.i know how it feels now.]
- Condescending [ only to nikhil.]
- Aloof [yes, sometimes still.]
- Cold [if I hhate someone.]
I was chatting with a friend when I told him to name some people who were in my league and working [my league = low achievers league.] and studying. When did I start thinking of myself as an underachiever? Worse, when did I sart believing it and acting upon it?? All the good things I was in school were simply because I never doubted them, I was always sure I was. It didn't matter what someone else said. I had utter faith in myself and my abilities. There was never any room for doubt.
Life and people, both get you down. But maybe thats because you let them. What does it matter if someone won't talk politely to you? Or won't respond to your desire for a meaningful relationship? Maybe a few exams have gone badly, but does that mean they ALL should ? So what if one lousy guy or conceited girl said you weren't good looking, does that mean you really aren't? Who is anyone else to decide whether you're good enough or not?
And people, well they have some nerve really. They forget that they themselves are as far away from perfect as they can get, but they've got no problem criticizing other people!! They don't stop to consider the fact that their words or behaviour maybe hurting other people. And when they do get to know, they're not even sorry!! It's amazing really.
But the point I'm getting to is, no matter how unfair life is or how mean people are, if you let them get to you...change you for the worse, then they've won.
You can't lose against life! And certainly not against useless people! If anything, one should learn lessons from life and definitely so from those people...from life – how to live and from those people? How not to be! At least give those people's lives some meaning.
Go, go ... go out and be better, no no, go out and be the best that you can!! If someones criticizing you, chances are they're simply jealous of you or you make them insecure. Not everyone likes to be related to a doctor or someone more educated than them. Some people get jealous and that drives them to be mean and spiteful. But you cannot hold yourself back from being your best because of their immaturity. Thats their issue, and bad behaviour will only hold them back. And theres absolutely no reason to desire revenge or want to hurt them the way they have you. Just take satisfaction in the fact that "what goes around, comes around."
And there are good lessons to be learnt from life. Remember what doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger. Its true!
It makes no sense that we've stopped believing in ouselves and started believing in others, particularly those others who may not necessarily wish us well.
Go out and be the best you can, because you owe it to yourself to do so!! Don't let negative elements win.


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Sun-dappled despite the seasons, and set around its celebrated harbour, Sydney living is synonymous with the outdoors. Whenever it's not raining, the city's beer gardens become extensions of the local community, playing host to the whole spectrum of socialising. But which one is right for you and your occasion?
Outdoor living – The Newport
The term "beer garden" doesn't do justice to the sprawling grounds of The Newport. Overlooking the shores of the Northern Beaches' Pittwater, and filled with jacarandas, plane trees, Chinese elms, and myrtles, the recently revamped Newport has a Mediterranean-via-Montauk vibe and a capacity of 1000. Overseen by executive chef Sebastien Lutaud, the dining options scattered around the gardens resemble an in-house food festival. Choose from Vinnie's Pizzeria, platters from The Kiosk, and burgers and salads from The Shack. There's no table service; instead you can order via an app.
As well as watching the sun set over Pittwater, you can play ping-pong, badminton and Scrabble (on a giant magnetic board, no less), or you can have a spin on the exercise bikes, which charge your mobile phone as you pedal.
A quiet pint with friends – The Duck Inn
The leafy, intimate beer garden at the back of Chippendale's The Duck Inn seems custom-built for a quiet catch-up with friends. Drink choices include local craft beers from Willie the Boatman, Rocks Brewing and Hawthorn Brewing Company, while Fuller's London Pride will satisfy anyone hankering for an English ale.
Time your visit around a meal: as well as a strong selection of pub classics, the menu features dishes like hickory-smoked duck breast, fennel-seeded pork loin, and a four-point lamb rack.
Sunday session – The Norfolk
With a winning combination of grit and kitsch, The Norfolk in Surry Hills is the ideal casual-style venue to settle in and get comfortable. The compact and colourful beer garden is a popular spot for both locals and travellers, so arrive early on the weekend to snag a seat.
The menu is inspired by the Americas and features tacos, burgers and hotdogs. On Sundays, there are DJs and a barbacoa pork special($30). Beers on tap range from the likes of James Squire Chancer Golden Ale, through to your familiar Euro-internationals.
A group get-together – The Oaks
Shading The Oaks' large beer garden is its tree namesake, reportedly given to the publican's daughter as a sapling in 1938. At night, the oak is illuminated by thousands of fairy lights strung around its trunk and branches, providing a charming backdrop to a birthday party or group get-together. The bar is stocked with local wines and craft beers, while the Bar and Grill menu has something for everyone. Choose from burgers, mussels, pizzas, salads and pub classics like Cumberland pork sausages with mash, a pot pie and mushy peas, and flathead fillets and chips. Larger parties can book the newly refurbished Garden Pavilion.
Family dinner – The Henson
The Henson in Marrickville is one of Sydney's most family-friendly venues. While the front bar remains a classic local boozer, the beer garden adjoining the dining room is regularly bustling with patrons of all ages. Out back, an enclosed activities room – complete with a mini-ball pit – keeps kids busy, while the bar and kitchen offer locally sourced food and beer, including many of the craft beers on tap.
The menu features Japanese- and American-inspired takes on classic burgers, tacos and mains, while a kids' menu stars all the favourites, from macaroni to meatballs. But it's the smartly designed garden's ability to feel both communal and intimate that makes it ideal for gatherings of all sizes.
This article produced by Broadsheet in partnership with James Squire.


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Liz Miele returns to the Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show series
The Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show series is returning to Capital Rep in Albany December 31 -- and it's bringing headliner Liz Miele back to town. Tickets are $15 ahead / $20 day of.
Miele as the headliner for a Pretty Much show at Proctors last year. A clip from a Paste profile:
Her ability to zero in on the feelings behind her feelings evokes Chris Gethard: even when the material is dark, it is affably so; when it is light, there is darkness woven into the fabric. (I'm fond of a bit in her recent set at the Paste Studio in which she considers pregnancy as a means of treating hormonal acne). "I really do think how reflective you have to be in comedy and how reflective you have to be in therapy really came together to give me a little more understanding of who I am as a person, which helped me have more of an understanding of who I am as a comic," she said. This was not an easy process--"There were like three years of finding out everything that sucks about me"--but it seems to have proven crucial to her work. "We all go into comedy as a defense mechanism," she speculated. "I think a lot of us feel ostracized by whatever community we grew up in, so then we start to build our own community. It's weird."
As with other Pretty Much shows, the night also includes an opener and a host. Show starts at 8 pm.
More New Year's Eve comedy
There are a bunch of comedy shows around the area that night...
+ The First Night of Funny series will be at multiple venues around the greater Capital Region.
+ Impression comic Frank Caliendo is at the Rivers Casino in Schenectady.
+ And there are shows at the clubs -- the Comedy Works in Saratoga and Funny Bone in Albany.
Speaking of comedy, don't forget to include the shows being put on by Mopco in Schenectady on New Years Eve!
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Lack of a friendly clip is what kept me from making user "friendly" web sites all those years! =) This is really great btw.
I don't want to sound negative but, Angular already feels bloated. Is this really worth the complexity it brings? (I'm really asking. Like, do you really have a significant improvement on your productivity?)
I had down-voted the article about performance-tests because, well we have enough comments under it. But this... This is a new release. I also don't get it.
That may not have been clear: By publishing test code, I mean, sharing all the details about running that snippet as well. For instance, Vert.x has a lot of configuration options which affect its performance significantly.
Down-voted. Please publish the test code and even better, make a pull request to the techempower benchmarks ( http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/ ) github repo ( https://github.com/TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks ) to be included in there.
@pokani I'm simply pointing to the fact that the whole node ecosystem is built by assuming that node is single-threaded. When multiple threads are necessary, most people write it as a native extension and provide a callback to the JS world. I'm not discouraging you or anything. I love innovation. I just want to understand how this helps me. I see, that one may start pushing blocking operations to other threads, but doesn't it make sense to do such operations on a lower level anyway? I also think that this fork is too tied to a web framework.
Node.js supports c++ plugins. Unless you make it clear exactly why you needed a fork of it instead of a plugin, people will get confused. JavaScript is designed to be single threaded. The implementation may run async functions on other threads but programmers usually have no option to force spawn threads. If you need to spawn threads, write a native extension which does. I understand it may have taken a lot of work and I really appreciate the effort but we don't have any information about the real purpose of this (what can we do now that we previously couldn't?)
First of all, a question: I didn't see an obvious way to interrupt and check for permissions when clients make a request. Method validations look good but where do I get the session to check? Well, other than this, it really looks great. Looking forward to further development. Best luck to the author.


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The Berlin School of Movement Science (BSMS) organizes an International Autumn School on Movement Science for young scientists with excellent international speakers. The 5th International Autumn School on Movement Science will take place in Berlin from the 8th to 12th of October 2018.
Topics this year:
- Muscle-tendon unit mechanics
- Muscle and tendon plasticity (adaptation)
- Tendon injury and regeneration
- Motor control of human movement
Participation is free for all who wish to attend.
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Just back from Kerala, beautiful Kerala, the state of my birth, mother country, the state that confounds me still with its vivid contrasts and inexplicable charm. I was born there, but somehow I can't understand it well enough that too after all these years of visiting it, at least, once a year. I have to explain this, um, so here it is: why are there so many palatial but unoccupied houses, why are there so many abodes that have been started but are still struggling to find concrete shape, why are the rice fields filled with wild plants instead of paddy, why are the coconut palm fields empty, why are there more hoardings than coconut palm trees now, why are the areas along the train tracks littered with plastic bottles, cups and food plates? Why are the labourers on street corners dress one day in blue, another day in green, the next one in orange. I learn later that they are the different colours of the political parties they represent – blue is for Republican, green for Muslim League, orange for the Hindu party, etc. So on and so forth.... More of this in the book I am planning to have published, if the goddesses (meaning editors) of the publishing world oblige! Cogito ergo sum.
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with a lot of expectations. I had intended to add a few more chapters to the travelogue I was working on, also about Kerala, something like, "To God's Own Country – a Serendipitous Journey to Kerala". This time I wanted to discover the culture of Kerala – how it had managed to maintain the oldest art forms of India like Koodiattam, which according the Kalamandalam Sridevi Mohan (who along with her husband FACT Mohanan runs Samskrithy, a school for traditional Kerala arts like Kathakali, Mohiniattam, and Kalari Payattu) is a play, so vast in scope that it is presented over 4 entire nights, that too in chaste Sanskrit. The content? It's pantomime, opera, musical, all combined, presented by the flickering light of the holy lamp - Nilavilakku. It's common knowledge that Koodiattam is the only extent form of Sanskrit theatre in the world. The fact that it is preserved in Kerala shows the love of the arts in this abode of the Gods. Have patience, till you read it all in my proposed book, snatches of which appear here. Bombay
I had maintained my Facebook account all through the journey, posting updates, receiving comments, and replying to them immediately. Soon I found myself running out of the balance in my cell phone, making me scamper to get refill, which, alas, was not available in the nearby towns. Finally, as all crises do in my insignificant life, it blew over and I resumed my life of contented online networking. To see some of the crazy messages and updates I shot out of my Nokia go here.


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The SARS story and the threat of Asian bird 'flu
Plant praised the Vietnamese Government for its rigour and honesty in tacking the SARS crisis, which was over within a few weeks in that country. SARS infected about 8000 people in 29 countries and killed close to 800.
The threat of bird 'flu
In 2004, avian influenza simultaneously broke out in eight different South-East Asian countries - an unprecedented event. To date over 100 million birds (mainly chickens and ducks) have died or have been slaughtered in an effort to halt the spread of the virus. Avian influenza, or bird 'flu, has the potential to become the next pandemic - as devastating as the Spanish 'flu or the more recent Hong Kong influenza outbreak in 1969. Bird 'flu was first seen in 1997 in Hong Kong, where 6 out of 18 people died; in the latest cases 27 people have died in Vietnam and 16 in Thailand.
Three things are needed to start a pandemic: a new virus must be transmitted to humans, the virus must replicate in humans and cause illness, and the virus must spread efficiently from human to human. So far the bird 'flu has meet the first two of these preconditions.
A pandemic of bird 'flu would be much, much worse than SARS. Alan Hampson, deputy director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Influenza Research, says estimates based on the influence of past pandemics on Australia suggest 4 million Australians could catch bird 'flu, with 100,000 hospitalised and a possible death toll of 10,000 to 20,000. According to Professor Plant, rapid human transmission of bird 'flu is a real possibility, for example it could happen when a human (or pig, as they can catch human influenza) already suffering from human 'flu also catches bird 'flu. Inside the ailing body, the two 'flu viruses could swap their genetic material and produce a nasty mutant with the fast-spreading capability of human 'flu. So far there is no indication of such virus swapping – but it is likely to be a case of when not if.
The eradication of bovine pleuropneumonia from Australia by Dr Timothy Mahony
Historically there are three great cattle plagues of the world: foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, and contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP). Incursions of all three have occurred on the Australian continent since European settlement, however only CBPP became established. CBPP entered Australia in late 1858 in Victoria and by 1864 had spread through the eastern Australia states as far north as the Gulf of Carpentaria. The spread of CBPP continued across northern Australia becoming endemic in the large cattle herds in this region. By 1883 it was reported in Northern Territory and also in the east Kimberley region. Once established in these areas eradication in the other states was problematic at best as the markets for the northern herds were in the southern states.
The first experiments aimed at developing a vaccine were conducted as early as 1860. Attempts at legislative control were made through the introduction of Stock Acts between 1888 and 1896 in SA, Victoria, and Qld. In 1892 chief stock inspectors agreed in principle to compulsory vaccination in endemic areas for subsequent movement of stock. However, despite coordination of control efforts between the states, CBPP continued to spread with incursions reported in south-west Western Australia in 1897. Little progress was made over the next forty years on the eradication of CBPP. There were widespread outbreaks in Qld in 1941 and the disease was considered endemic in NSW. In 1948 Qld introduced regulations requiring cattle moving through the state to be vaccinated, however severe epidemics in NSW and Victoria were reported in 1952. Two years later Qld was delineated into endemic areas.
In 1957, almost 100 years after the initial incursion of CBPP, the chief stock inspectors agreed to establish a national eradication campaign. Eradication commenced in Qld and NT in 1961 using vaccination. CBPP lesions were still observed at slaughter in cattle from NT and Qld in 1963 and some clinical disease was reported in NT. Despite vaccination in all northern areas CBPP lesions were found in slaughtered cattle in NT, WA and SA, while an outbreak of disease occurred in Victoria during 1965. Vaccination continued through to 1968 with no confirmed cases of CBPP recorded, however lesions in NT and WA cattle were still observed. Monitoring and vaccination for CBPP continued and in 1973 all properties in Australia were considered free of disease. The Federal Minister for Agriculture announced Australia as being free of CBPP in August 1973.
A number of lessons can be learned from the establishment and eventual eradication of CBPP:
Newton, I.G. and Norris, R. (eds) (2000) Clearing a continent: The eradication of bovine pleuropneumonia from Australia. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood, Victoria.
The Australian Wildlife Health Network
Outbreaks of wildlife diseases pose an increasing threat to Australia's trade, biodiversity, human health, agriculture and tourism. These threats can only be prevented by dramatically increasing our understanding of wildlife health. The Australian Wildlife Health Network connects the agencies that defend Australia against these threats.
The aim of the Network is to promote and facilitate collaborative links in the investigation and management of wildlife health (including feral species) in support of human and animal health, biodiversity and trade. The Network coordinates a national wildlife health surveillance system, operates a national database of wildlife health surveillance and diagnostic information, and a registry of wildlife expertise. Core members of the Network include Commonwealth, state and territory departments of agriculture and primary industry, and environmental, wildlife and conservation organisations.
To date, Network members have been involved in investigation of endangered green turtle deaths on the east coast of Australia, wildlife disease incursions in the Northern Territory and South Australia, and in supporting investigation of a new disease affecting Tasmanian devils in Tasmania.
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Eucalyptus rust (Puccinia psidii) – a serious threat to a national icon by Andrew Geering
Eucalypts (Eucalyptus and Corymbia spp.) are the dominant component of the Australian vegetation, from the tall, wet forests of Tasmania, the snowfields of the Australian Alps, the bonsai forests of the mallee to the savannah of northern Australia. Not surprisingly, eucalypts are critical to the survival of much of the Australian fauna, which utilise them for both food and shelter. Alarmingly, a serious threat to eucalypts lurks offshore, outside the natural range of the trees, in South America. This threat is Puccinia psidii, the cause of rust disease in eucalypts.
Eucalyptus rust is an example of a 'new encounter' disease. Eucalypts belong to the family Myrtaceae, a large family of plants containing c. 155 genera and over 3000 species. The Myrtaceae, through ancient Gondwanaland links, is predominantly distributed in the southern hemisphere. P. psidii was first reported on red guava (Psidium guajava syn. P. pomiferum) in Brazil, another member of the Myrtaceae that is thought to have originated in Central America. Eucalypts were introduced to Brazil for timber production and an unfortunate consequence was the exposure of the trees to an endemic pathogen able to switch hosts. P. psidii is now considered a serious pathogen in eucalypt plantations in Brazil, with a report of the loss of more than 300 ha of 6-month old seedlings of Eucalyptus grandis in one epidemic.
P. psidii must be regarded as one of the most serious quarantine threats to Australia. P. psidii is unusual amongst rust fungi in having a relatively broad host range, which in addition to eucalypts, includes other Australian plant genera such as the bottlebrushes (Callistemon and Melaleuca spp.) and lilly-pillies (Syzygium and Eugenia spp.). The full host range of P. psidii is unknown, and all genera of the Myrtaceae can be regarded as potentially susceptible. If it were to be introduced in Australia, it is likely that P. psidii would spread rapidly through wind dispersal of spores, and there would be no practical control method in native forests. There is evidence of varying levels of resistance within and between different species of eucalypt, and young trees (less than 2 years old) are more susceptible than old trees. If it were to be introduced to Australia, P. psidii could be very damaging to the native flora, and indirectly, fauna, as well as the hardwood timber industry. The exact impact is unknown, but let's hope we never find out.
Further reading
Coutinho, T.A., Wingfield, M.J., Alfenas, A.C. and Crous, P.W. (1998) Eucalypt rust: a disease with the potential for serious international implications. Plant Disease 82: 819-825.
Floyd, R,, Wylie, R., Old, K., Dudzinski, M. and Kile, G. (1998) Pest risk analysis of Eucalyptus spp. at risk from incursions of plant pests and pathogens through Australia's northern border. CSIRO Entomology, Contracted Report No. 44, p 73.
Park, R.F., Keane, P.J., Wingfield, M.J. and Crous, P.W. (2000) Fungal diseases of eucalypt foliage. In: Keane, P.J., Kile, G.A., Podger, F.D. and Brown, B.N. (eds) Diseases and pathogens of eucalypts. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood, Victoria, pp. 191-193.
Karnal bunt – a timely reminder by Andrew Geering
In February 2004, two shipments of Australian wheat were rejected by Pakistan because of 'claimed' contamination of the grain with spores of the fungus Tilletia indica, the cause of the disease Karnal bunt. Thankfully, the spores were shown to be those of a related fungus that infects perennial veldt grass (Ehrharta calycina), a common weed in the wheat belt of Australia. Nevertheless, the incident provides a timely reminder of the trade implications that an incursion of an exotic pathogen into Australia can have.
Tilletia indica is rated as the most serious quarantine threat to the Australian wheat industry. Tilletia indica affects yield and - more importantly - grain quality, by colouring the flour grey and imparting a foul smell, rather like rotting fish. One estimate of the economic cost of this pathogen if it were to become established in Australia is 17 per cent of the value of Australian production ($491 million per year in 1998). An immediate impact of the introduction of Tilletia indica into Australia would be the loss of many markets through quarantine restrictions imposed by importing countries.
When the claims of contamination of the Australian wheat shipments were made in 2004, Australian scientists were able to quickly refute these claims using morphological and molecular techniques, thus averting an escalation of the trade crisis. The incident does, however, emphasise the need for validated diagnostic protocols for exotic plant pathogens, as well as a thorough knowledge of the endemic plant pathogens in Australia.
Further reading
Murray, G.M.and Brennan, J.P. (1998) The risk to Australia from Tilletia indica, the cause of Karnal bunt of wheat. Australasian Plant Pathology 27: 212-225.
Pascoe, I.G., Priest, M.J., Shivas, E.G. and Cunnington, J.H. (in press) Spores of Tilletia ehrhartae, a smut of Ehrharta calycina, are common contaminants of Australian wheat grain, and a potential source of confusion with Tilletia indica, the cause of Karnal bunt of wheat. Plant Pathology.
Wright, D., Murray, G. and Tan, M-K. (2003) A national diagnostic protocol for the identification of Tilletia indica, the cause of Karnal bunt. Plant Health Australia.
Exercise Tethys – preparing for an emergency disease outbreak in the aquaculture industry by Belinda Wright
In 2003, the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) conducted the world's first national emergency disease outbreak simulation exercise focussed on the aquaculture industry. Exercise Tethys, held in November 2003, simulated a major disease outbreak in the silver perch aquaculture industry. More than 80 staff from eight government jurisdictions and three industry bodies participated in the exercise.
The disease chosen for the simulation was the highly infectious viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS), which is listed by the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). The VHS virus has never been reported in Australia, but occurs in the continental part of Europe and has been associated with massive mortalities of herring along the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada. In Western Europe, annual losses due to VHS have been estimated at US$60 million.
The exercise scenario and activity incorporated a simulated disease outbreak that spread from the initial infected premise to a total of seven farms and two enclosed lakes in three States, as well as an export shipment of live fish. The exercise did not incorporate physical field operations although these activities were simulated as required. The simulated interstate movement of infected fish required a large amount of communication between jurisdictions and a high level of co-operation. All seven participating State and Territory governments were involved in simulations of disease surveillance activities, controls of fish and product movement, and national decision-making and resource allocation. Emergency operations centres were established and participants were required to meet and make decisions. Among other things, participants had to:
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Enola Gay - Vzpomínka
Heavy Metal from Czech Republic
The band was founded in 2011 and cast in Milan Kratochvil (guitar, backing vocals), Karl Neuman (bass), Peter Landsinger (drums) and Francis Panek (vocals) gives Demo 2012. Eventually, however, changes the composition of the band and the drummer sits Patrik Podroužek . He also went singer Francis Panek was a question of who will replace him. This role will eventually befriended guitarist and backing vocalist Milan Kratochvil. Mlada Boleslav propeller "bomber" more spin second guitar played by Mark Podroužka. The new crew then for a short time passed several new compositions, played a variety of large and small concerts. Speakers also on September 14 2013na first Mladá Boleslav Rock Air Festival 2013 [1], which according to the press attended by over 17,000 spectators. [2] In 2013 managed Enola Gay also releasing their second demo in 2013, which was an important step toward full-fledged album Remembrance, which was released in 2014.V September 2014, however, there is again a change kits and drum up new Martin Kubica takes the lead guitar and Lukas Bartos . The beginning of 2015 brings another change, lead guitar takes Petr Harsa
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Location in the middle of city already become a favorite place for private residence which built by people. There are many residence buildings which exist in almost around of city. Some people deliberately designed with unique model of residence. The main building already built with unique shape on its roof, and main home body building. The location which is much advantaged for people make them always can see city condition in every time. There are some examples from unique residence building which already lived by people. This residence is little bit very private, because this residence almost covered by closed fence which surround the residence. Besides that, this residence also has huge building. The roof model deliberately designed with oval combination and circle form. It is almost similar with butterfly place. Where usually butterflies live in big room and has high roof. Then, regardless from that matter this residence completed by good facilities and setting. There is some goods space which deliberately designed with unique model.
This residence completed by green park on inside and outside. Inside is surround a residence building, and then outside exist on out of fence. This unique private residence already used by people to live and enjoy their time. The big building seems like represent a big hall inside of it. However, inside of residence consist from some rooms like other home building. Gradual designs still become a favorite model for people, so this private building adopts that kind of model. The outside park also completed by lamps garden.
Then, inside of residence designed with some rooms, and also some stuffs. People use ground floor as public room and first floor as private room. Actually, there are some terraces or balcony which exists in ground floor and first floor. Swimming pool also exists as one of important part from residence. Actually, people can see a beautiful panorama of city, especially when night comes from first floor. So, there is a balcony which adhere on first floor, and it completed by set of sofas and its table.
Private home buildings are chosen by modern people who live in the middle of city. Some people in there try to have different home building, where in other hand some people prefer to live in simple home or in apartment. The option for location always becomes a main important thing, where city always become a favorite place. Private residence design also deliberately designed with unique model by people.


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In today's business world, Interviewing has been identified as a critical management skill. Proven results have concluded that the "Old Style" interview is a failure. Published results show it's less than 1.5% likely to be successful. The new approach to interviewing is to use the behavioral approach - as recommended by psychologists. The approach once mastered will transform your ability to interview effectively. Also featured in this advanced program will be explanations and demonstrations of psychometric tests and personality questionnaires. This technique - once mastered can be used for appraisal and disciplinary interviews. Interviewing techniques have advances so much in the last few years no one who has not been trained since 2008 is probably not currently competent to interview.
Highlights of this conference:
By the end of this conference you will be able to:
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Very practical, interactive, seminar with a high level of delegate participation. There will be illustrative DVD examples and throughout the conference group work. All of the training will carried out in a relaxed supportive atmosphere.
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Recruitment is a critical management tool and nowdays requires a very high level of skill and ability, organizations sending delegates on this conference can expect:
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Most people in the Los Angeles media market have seen him on TV or heard him on the radio.
He's loud, flamboyant and zany as he delivers his catch phrase.
"Sit `n Sleep will beat anyone's advertised price or your mattress is freeeee!"
However, in it's 30th year in business, the mattress retail giant finds itself soberly climbing out of a sales slump caused by the recession and housing market collapse.
"We're in an industry that's probably been down double digits three years in a row. What our industry depends on is new home sales, remodels, births, deaths, divorce," said Larry Miller, co-founder and president of Sit `n Sleep, which moved in 2005 to its current headquarters in an unincorporated area near Gardena.
Sit `n Sleep's revenue reached $100 million a few years ago, before the housing bubble burst.
For 2010, the privately-held firm estimates sales of about $89 million, Miller said. That's up from about $86 million in 2009 as business starts to turn around for the retailer.
It's a long way from 1980, when Miller and his father started a Culver City store to sell futons.
Yet, despite the company's recent struggles, Sit `n Sleep has been expanding.
It currently has 24 stores in and around Los Angeles County, including one in Torrance. That's up from 18 in 2007. The company added two stores this year, an outlet store in Anaheim and a traditional store in Santa Monica.
Three more store openings are planned for 2011, in West Hollywood, the Agoura/Thousand Oaks area and another store in Orange County.
"The pie is smaller, so we need a bigger slice of the pie," said Miller, 60, of Redondo Beach.
He also noted that lease prices for commercial space is at a discount these days because of the weak economy. That has made the company's expansion easier.
"We could not afford to be at 2828 Wilshire (in Santa Monica) in 2007, but we can now," Miller said. "And we locked it up for another 20 years."
Nelson Bercier, Sit `n Sleep's vice president who has been with Miller from the beginning, said their company aims to fill its "media umbrella" with stores.
That umbrella is the large swath of the Los Angeles media market where Sit `n Sleep's quirky commercials are broadcast to create brand awareness.
"We have maps and we look at where the stores are and where the holes are and we're going to fill the holes," Bercier said. "We think there are 10-plus opportunities we have yet to attack. The good thing is we use our own cash flow to open stores, so we do it slow."
While many retailers have suffered during the Great Recession and its aftermath, mattress stores have proven resilient, with some of them able to grow, according to retail analyst George Whalin.
"During this particular period, it's unusual for anyone to be expanding," said Whalin, president of Retail Management Consultants in Carlsbad. "There are segments of the retail industry that are expanding and opening new stores, and the mattress industry has been doing pretty good. It's one of those things where when you need a mattress, you need a mattress."
Once Miller and Bercier feel they have filled the Los Angeles media umbrella, they may look elsewhere to expand.
The mattress seller is conducting a market study in the San Diego area to determine what proportion of consumers there know about Sit `n Sleep, Bercier explained.
If there's enough brand awareness, new Sit `n Sleep locations may event open in San Diego.
The company recently launched a national website to offer mattress delivery in the lower 48 states.
And depending on whether Miller and Bercier's children join the business, Sit `n Sleep could open stores in nearby states like Arizona and Nevada, Miller said.
Miller's adult daughter and son have each worked at the firm for multiple summers. His son is studying business at San Diego State University. His daughter graduated from the University of Vermont with a psychology degree.
He says there's a chance both of them will join the business.
Bercier has three adult sons and one adult daughter. The eldest son currently works as a mattress wholesale sales rep. Bercier hopes he also joins the Sit `n Sleep team.
This past year, the retailer tried something new. It set up an 1,800-square-foot showroom at the L.A. County Fair.
"We decided to bring our product to the people instead of having the people come to our product," Miller said. "And we sold a lot of product."
The company even ran a "bed" float in the fair's parade. Miller and his children stood on the float and threw to onlookers plush toys depicting dust mites. The company plans to expand its presence to the Orange County Fair in 2011.
Giving away stuffed dust mite dolls came out of the company's new marketing campaign warning of the dangers from dust mites infesting old mattresses.
The dust mites have largely replaced the "accountant Irwin," who used to co-star with Miller in most Sit `n Sleep commercials. Irwin was prone to complaining that Miller's prices were too low. He would then scream, "You're killing me, Larry!"
Throughout the changes in Sit `n Sleep's marketing, Miller has mostly served as the star of the commercials and public face of the company.
Miller says he fell into the job of spokesman in the company's early years after deciding that a radio announcer reading his radio ad spots lacked energy.
So Miller started reading the ad spots himself.
"It happened by accident," Miller recalled. "I didn't have the money to pay for an actor."
To keep his ads fun and interesting, Miller – who appears low key in person – developed a loud and whacky public persona, accentuated by such antics as appearing in a commercial singing "Reunited", the 1978 hit song by the R&B vocal duo Peaches & Herb.
Despite his company's ups and down, Miller sees a bright future for Sit `n Sleep. And he has no plans to retire in the coming years.
"It's tougher than ever to make money, but what else am I going to do, sit on a beach?" he said. "I'd go crazy."


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We have averaged about $50,000 worth of annual expenditure for the past few years. Even though I have set a budget of $42,000 early this year for 2017, the likelihood of us achieving it is really quite low. With plenty of luxuries like travel, dining out and buying new clothes, a $50,000 budget was always much more realistic and reasonable.
But that said, if our incomes were to drop off a cliff in the future, and that cutting our expenses became more necessary, how would we do it? Or what if our incomes explode and there's more slack to spend on the "finer" things in life?
We would go for the big wins and explore the big three traditional cost categories; Food, housing and transport.
If we were to cut down on most of the frills, we could eat very healthily for a combined $300 a month. We would have 2-3 meals …


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Skin cancers are named for the cells in which they develop. They most often occur on the parts of the body most consistently exposed to the sun--the head (the face and tips of the ears), neck, arms and hands. Also, cancers are increasingly being found on the backs and chests of men and the lower legs on women.
Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer and the least life-threatening. Usually found on the head, neck or hand, it begins as a shiny, pearly nodule and can proceed to bleed and crust over repeatedly if left untreated, eventually destroying underlying tissues.
Squamous Cell Carcinoma is most often found on the lips, face or tips of the ears. It begins as red patches or nodules with well-defined outlines and may continue to grow (and spread to other parts of the body) if not treated.
Malignant Melanoma is the least common form of skin cancer but can spread throughout the body and eventually cause death if left untreated. It develops in or near a mole and is characterized by its black or brown color (with some red and blue portions) and irregular shape.


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The technological imagination from the early Romanticism through the historical Avant-Gardes to the Classical Space Age and beyond
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Dialectic of Counter-Enlightenment: The Frankfurt School as Scapegoat of the Lunatic Fringe by Martin Jay
The History of Political Correctness
On August 18, 2010, Fidel Castro contributed an article to the Cuban Communist Party paper Granma in which he endorsed the bizarre allegations of an obscure Lithuanian-born conspiracy theorist named Daniel Estulin in a 2005 book entitled The Secrets of the Bilderberg Club.[1] In an Associated Press wire story written by Will Weissert, which was quickly picked up by scores of sites on line, Castro's infatuation went viral, and suddenly Estulin was unknown no more. Soon after, he was invited to Havana for a meeting with his new admirer, who was untroubled by Estulin's ambiguous political affiliations, and before the day was out, the aging Cuban leader and his unexpected friend had declared that Osama Bin Laden was really a secret CIA agent and the United States was planning to destroy Russia's still potent military forces, if necessary by nuclear means. [2]
Here we have clearly broken through the looking glass and entered a parallel universe in which normal rules of evidence and plausibility have been suspended. It is a mark of the silliness of these claims that they even subjected to ridicule by Rush Limbaugh on his August 20, 2010 radio show. Even he had to point out that the Beatles were on the side of social change, not opposed to it. Limbaugh, to be sure, ignored the other most blatant absurdity in Estulin's scheme, which was attributing to the Frankfurt School a position precisely opposite to what its members had always taken.
Larouche and his followers have, to be sure, always remained on the fringe of the fringe, too confused in their ideology to be taken seriously by either radical left or right, with little, if any significant impact on the real world. But the germ sown by Minnicino was ultimately to bear remarkable poisonous fruit. The harvester was the Free Congress Foundation, a paleo-conservative Washington think tank founded by Paul Weyrich, who was also in on the creation of the Heritage Foundation and the Moral Majority movement. Much of the financial support came from his collaborator Joseph Coors, who knew how to turn all that pure Rocky Mountain water into a cash flow for the radical right. The FCF sponsored a satellite television network called National Empowerment Television, which churned out slickly produced shows promulgating its various opinions.
Ever since that lamentable broadcast I have often been asked how I fell among such dubious characters, and so let me beg the reader's indulgence for a moment to explain before moving on to the larger issues at hand. When I was approached for the interview, I was not informed of the political agenda of the broadcasters, who seemed very professional and courteous. Having done a number of similar shows in the past on one or another aspect of the history of the Frankfurt School, I naively assumed the end results would reflect my opinions with some fidelity, at least within the constraints of the edited final product.
There is a transparent subtext in the original CFC program, which is not hard to discern and has become more explicit with each telling of the narrative. Although there is scarcely any direct reference to the ethnic origins of the School's members, subtle hints allow the listener to draw his own conclusions about the provenance of foreigners who tried to combine Marx and Freud, those giants of critical Jewish intelligence. At one point, William Lind asserts that "once in America they shifted the focus of their work from destroying German society to attacking the society and culture of its new place of refuge,"[7] as if the very people who had to flee the Nazis had been responsible for what they were fleeing![8] Airtime is also given to another of Weyrich's colleagues at the FCF, Lazlo Pasztor, who is innocently identified as a "leader of the Hungarian resistance against Communism," but had already been discredited a decade earlier as a former member of the pro-Nazi "Arrow Cross," who had to leave the Bush campaign in 1988 when he was outed.
Talking about the Frankfurt School is ideal for not naming the Jews as a group (which often leads to a panicky rejection, a stubborn refusal to listening anymore and even a "shut up") but naming the Jew by proper names. People will make their generalizations by themselves - in the privacy of their own minds. At least it worked like that with me. It was my lightbulb moment, when confusing pieces of an alarming puzzle suddenly grouped to a visible picture. Learn by heart the most important proper names of the Frankfurt Schoolers - they are (except for a handful of minor members and female "groupies") ALL Jews. One can even quite innocently mention that the Frankfurt Schoolers had to leave Germany in 1933 because "they were to a man, Jewish," as William S. Lind does.[9]
1. The creation of racism offences
2. Continual change to create confusion
3. The teaching of sex and homosexuality to children
4. The undermining of schools' and teachers' authority
5. Huge immigration to destroy identity
6. The promotion of excessive drinking
7. Emptying of churches
8. An unreliable legal system with bias against victims of crime
9. Dependency on the state or state benefits
10. Control and dumbing down of media
11. Encouraging the breakdown of the family[10]
Well, I suppose at least the second plank has been realized, with perhaps the self-inflicted help of the sixth. In this confused world, it is only a short step to blaming everything from Roman Polanski's lust for underage girls to the allegedly liberal curriculum at the Naval Academy to Obama's health care initiative—these are among many of the wild assertions one can find on line—on the sinister influence of Horkheimer and his friends. One site even asserts that the Fabian Society, the reformist intellectuals of late 19th-century British socialism, was "a division of the Frankfurt School," which suggests that linear chronology can be swept aside when it comes to exposing the work of the devil. The ultimate goal of "cultural Marxism" in their telling is thus far more than the leftist thought-control that denies alternative positions under the guise of restricting hate speech. It is the subversion of Western civilization itself.
[1] http://www.granma.cu/ingles/reflections-i/19agosto-34reflexiones1.html. Originally written in Spanish as La Verdadera Historia del Club Bilderberg, the book is translated as The True Story of the Bilderberg Group (Waterville, Or., 2007). In the English translation, all references to the Frankfurt School, Walter Lippmann and the Beatles are purged.
[2] Daniel Estulin and Fidel Castro, "Humanity Must Preserve Itself in Order to Live for Thousands of Years," Granma Internacional, Tuesday, August, 31, 2010.
[3] http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixj3s-khJwpcfPSqYbjoTDn-q20aAD9HM2NVG0. Castro's paraphrase of Estulin reads as follows: "The responsibility of devising a social theory of rock and roll fell to the German sociologist, musicologist, and composer Theodor Adorno, 'one of the leading philosophers at the Frankfurt School of Social Research…' Adorno was sent to the United States in 1939 to direct the Princeton Radio Research Project, a joint effort between Tavistock and the Frankfurt School with the aim of controlling the masses, which was financed by the Rockefeller Foundation and founded by one of David Rockefeller's trusted men, Hadley Cantril…" One of Estulin's main players in the Bilderberg conspiracy, it should be noted, is the Tavistock Institute for Social Relations in London.
[4] Michael Minnicino, "New Dark Age: Frankfurt School and Political Correctness," Fidelio, 1(1991-1992); reprinted by the Schiller Institute http://www.schillerinstitute.org/fid_91-96/921_frankfurt.html
[5] www.amconmag.com/.../the-roots-of-political-correctness/
[6] Ralph de Toledano, Cry Havoc! The Great American Bringdown and How it Happened (Washington, 2007).
[7] In later incarnations of his narrative, Lind would elaborate this point, arguing in a chapter of a 2007 book edited by Pat Boone and Ted Baehr, The Culture-Wise Family: Upholding Christian Values in a Media-Wise World: "The Frankfurt School was well on the way to political correctness. Then suddenly, fate intervened. In 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, where the Frankfurt School was located. Since the Frankfurt School was Marxist, and the Nazis hated Marxism, and since almost all its members were Jewish, it decided to leave Germany. In 1934, the Frankfurt School, including its leading members from Germany, was re-established in New York City with help from Columbia University. Soon, its focus shifted from destroying traditional Western culture in to doing so in the United States. It would prove all too successful." www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55833.
[8] www.stormfront.org/forum/t633959-3/. For a similar anti-Semitic rant, see www.thejewishquestion.com/.../jews-created-spread -political-correctness-to-destroy-western-civilization.
[9] www.stormfront.org/forum/t633959-3/. Although it's not clear that the website really represents a group or just a lone psycho, he is clearly not alone. For similar anti-Semitic rants against the Frankfurt School, see www.thejewishquestion.com/.../jews-created-spread-political-correctness-to-destroy-western-civilization; and buchanan.org/.../kevin-macdonald-pat-buchanan-is-censored-by-human-events-3754. Kevin Macdonald, a Professor of Psychology at California State, Long Beach, has written several unapologetically anti-Semitic books blaming the Jews for the fall of Western civilization, in which the Frankfurt School figures prominently.
[10] Timothy Matthews, "The Frankfurt School: Conspiracy to Corrupt," Catholic Insight, March, 2009 www.scribd.com >Research> Humanities.
[11] When the invasion took place, I was asked to support a commission set up in Belgium by Lieven de Cauter on the model of the Russell Tribunal during Vietnam to have a public trial of the perpetrators, who turned out in the first version of the initiative to share certain ethnic traits. When I pointed this out to de Cauter, he publically acknowledged my warning. See his blog of March, 18, 2003: email@example.com/msg00582.html
[12] Estulin, La Verdadera Historia del Club Bilderberg, p. 15, footnote 25.
[13] See Savage's show on You Tube entitled "Liberalism and Frankfurt School Marxism" where he blames Obama on the influence of the evil Herbert "Marcoosee."
[14] See the incredulous response to one of the more prominent conservative voices, Andrew Breitbart, in the May 24, 2010 New Yorker by Rebecca Mead and the internet piece by John Knesel on May 18, 2010: trueslant.com/.../who-let-andrew-breitbart-into-the-critical-theory-section-of-the-book-store/ . They focus on Breitbart's claim that Obama was a tool of the Frankfurt School, but do not comment on the larger phenomenon.
[15] David Jenemann, Adorno in America (Minneapolis, 2007) and Thomas Wheatland, The Frankfurt School in Exile (Minneapolis, 2009).
[16] Leo Lowenthal and Norbert Guterman, Prophets of Deceit: A Study of the Techniques of the American Agitator (New York, 1949).
[17] For an example of the link, see James Simpson, "Frankfurt Reigns Supreme at Notre Dame," American Thinker, September 8, 2010: http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/ frankfurt_school_reigns_suprem.html
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I found this incredible recipe for pasta salad (without mayonnaise, as per my husband's eternal request) on MidWest Living. I wish summer wasn't almost over because it is the perfect summer picnic recipe. I recently took it to a potluck dinner and everyone loved it. I love that it's healthy and still delicious!
This recipe serves many and is perfect to take along and share with friends!
1lb red and yellow cherry or grape tomatoes
2 tsp dried italian seasoning
1 tsp crushed garlic
salt and pepper (I just eyeballed both of these)
1/4 cup olive oil (I always use extra-virgin)
16oz packet of dried rotini pasta
1/3 cup olive oil
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
8oz fresh mozzarella, ripped or chopped into chunks (can also use small mozzarella balls)
1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped
– Preheat oven to 450degrees F. Slice the tomatoes in half, and lay cut side up on a foil-lined baking sheet. Drizzle with 1/4 cup olive oil (I just eyeballed this part, and was pretty generous with it), sprinkle with Italian seasoning, salt and crushed garlic. Roast the tomatoes, uncovered for about 20 minutes until shriveled and slightly browned on the skins.
While your tomatoes are roasting, cook your pasta to al dente (not fully cooked otherwise it will get mushy when it cools). I always cook my pasta in heavily salted water with a splash of olive oil, and then rinse it with cold water as I drain it.
In a bowl or jug whisk together the 1/3 cup olive oil, white wine vinegar, a dash more Italian seasoning and salt/pepper. Add this to the warm pasta and toss to coat. I actually ended up making a little more dressing and added a pinch of sugar to take the edge off of the acidity. Let pasta cool to room temperature and add the tomatoes, any leftover drippings from the pan, the basil and the mozzarella cheese. Toss well and serve at room temperature. So delicious!


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Modi is a good leader because he has worked for development of state. Every time Congress and Sonia has tried to bring him down, Modi has come back stronger and he will win 2012 elections as well.
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I've been quite busy with my sticks since I last posted. Knitting has been a productive and relaxing distraction from lots of things that I need to get done. I'm branching out in what I'm making, as I start to use my rather large yarn stash and begin to plan for holiday gift-making.
I finished another pair of baby booties, that I sent off to a friend for her son that will be born on Monday,and a triangle shawl that I gave to a close friend.
I started a second shawl (pics to come next week) and designed the pattern for my friend Valerie's arm warmers.
This past weekend was full of knitting with friends. In the upcoming week, I'll share more about those creative evenings.
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China's first-tier cities are always attractive for migrant workers because of the job opportunities they offer.
However, the large population of mega cities has put enormous pressure on public transport, housing, environment and public services, and has led to various issues such as overcrowding, traffic congestion and pollution.
Earlier this month the State Council revealed plans for the Xiongan New Area, which will absorb the non-capital functions of Beijing, and similar new cities are likely to emerge near other first-tier cities.
In the past, young Chinese flocked to these big cities to find good jobs. But then they found themselves at a disadvantage when trying to access public facilities and services because of hukou or the household registration system.
Many were also repelled by the skyrocketing home prices, pollution and traffic congestion in mega cities.
"Escape Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou" has become a buzzword.
City planners have also realized that an ever increasing population won't be sustainable.
For example, Beijing said recently it intends to limit the city's permanent population to below 23 million.
The capital city already had a population of 21.71 million by the end of 2015. That means the city barely has room for one million newcomers.
But population size is key to economic development. That is why the government is trying to integrate nearby areas into large cities.
The Xiongan New Area is one such example, in the same way Pudong has become a part of Shanghai and Panyu a part of Guangzhou.
However, many government-planned new areas eventually became "ghost towns" for lack of transport infrastructure and job opportunities.
As such, the government should focus on building transport infrastructure to ensure the success of these new areas.
Several Xiongan-related stocks have performed well in recent days.
Still, I believe infrastructure projects will be critical for the new city. And as such, transport construction firms stand to gain the most. These include China Communications Construction Co. (601800.CN), China Railway Construction Co. (601186.CN) and China Railway Group (601390.CN).
This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on April 7
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The Welsh language of our fathers is still very much alive today and can be heard ringing around the land during any Welsh national rugby match, "Mae hen iaith y Cymry mor fyw ac erioed-The language of Wales lives out to this day". But how much do we now value and recognise the importance of this status?
Welsh comes from a branch of the Celtic languages and is the oldest language of the British Isles; it survived both Roman and Anglo-Saxon's invasions (despite the interchanged impurities transmitted in the contact).
Quickly looking back on a major historical event such as the Union Act of Henry VIII, it is evident how strong the Welsh language is to have survived the English imposition. Indeed since 1536, with the attempt of unifying the empire under a modern and efficient English monolingual empire, the Welsh language faced many linguistic battles, but has been maintained and epically defended by the Welsh inhabitants for centuries.
It was once prophesied that Wales, even in its darkest moment, would not lose its language and culture. Despite fears of the language disappearing, the Welsh continued to fight for their language. It's strength was based on the Bible translation, which constituted a major written witness of the welsh grammar. Other organisms also acted in defence and promulgation of the Celtic language, the most important of which include Plaid Cymru and the Welsh language society.
Despite the language being underestimated on various occasions, it is now strongly cultivated thanks to many governmental organisations that sustain welsh scholarly and the media support, with radio and TV channels prominently broadcasting in Welsh.
This brief historical insight is useful to sustain the thesis that a language is deeply tangled in a nation's growth. It is thus vital for a nation to grasp the importance of its origin and to value and maintain traditions; traditions deeply filled with the hope of keeping the Welsh language alive.
While some families might not favour the maintenance and use of the language, schools provide efficient means by which tradition will survive and help young minds to develop an automatic linguistic base, within the support of a bilingual education system.
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau. O may the old language endure.


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This week has been good. Had lots of visitors and nice meals out. However the main thing is that today I bought my wedding jewellery after a lot of pondering. I spotted a beautiful set in Paul Smith in Leeds, they had a number of vintage items in store and this was perfect, aurora borealis style crystals in a bow shape and matching earrings. I'll post a picture at some point, but the groom doesn't want to see it and I don't want to risk him seeing this.
Anyway, I thought I would theme this blog around Alice in Wonderland, since the Tim Burton film has just been released and everywhere is producing some amazing Wonderland themed ranges. Here is a pick of my favourites.
This is the most amazing things I've seen. Disney Couture always have amazing ranges, however, the range they have produced with designer Tom Binns is incredible, this is my favourite:
The workmanship is amazing, the detail is amazing and it would be such a fantastic thing to own forever, a great collectable item. I also like it because it is an homage to Alice in Wonderland without being so obvious.
Another thing I've seen that I'm a big fan of, linked to my recent obsession with crazy nail colours (Barry M Nail Paint rocks!) OPI have brought out a Alice collection, my favourite colour being the Mad Hatter one, I'm hoping these colours come out like the Barry M glitter colours come out, like solid glitter.
The final thing that I've seen that I love is the Swarovski collection, again tastefully done and lovely quality. Items to invest in: http://www.swarovski.com/Web_GB/en/magazine?contentid=10007.110047
I have yet to see the film, I'm sceptical as I feel that Tim Burton has a habit of being very predictable, sticking to his commercial version of 'quirky' that will appeal to the goth type teenagers and such like. Adapting such a classic story as well will always cause some difficulties.
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In some ways, Donald Trump's Nov. 5-14 visit to Asia was truly historic. After the U.S. President had consolidated good working relations with Japan's Shinzo Abe and South Korea's Moon Jae-in on the first part of his journey, his "state visit plus" to China was a high point, followed by attendance at the APEC, ASEAN and East Asia summits, coupled with state visits to the two host countries, Vietnam and the Philippines.
On all these occasions, Trump stressed the need to develop and maintain constructive relations with all countries. In so doing, he dealt a tremendous, potentially fatal, blow to the geopolitical creed of "divide and conquer" which has dominated western foreign policy for decades.
The lack of a private meeting with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the APEC summit is what attracted the most headlines, but the Russian President said he understood that the problem was due to "internal domestic struggle" in the United States. Indeed, since well before he was elected President, Trump has been under constant fire for his intention to work together with Russia and China from the so-called "establishment", that is not only the Democrats, but also – and perhaps especially – the neocons in the Republican party, who never accepted his candidacy. Senator Bob Corker has openly declared war on him, as have the notorious war mongers John McCain and Lindsay Graham.
Nonetheless, Trump has stuck to his guns. Speaking to the press on Nov. 12 in Hanoi, he stressed "it's very, very important that we get along with Russia, with China, with Vietnam, and with lots of other countries" because we have to "solve the problems of North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, terrorism…."
The United States and China Open a New Era of Cooperation
During Trump's visit to China, beyond the progress made on solving the Korea crisis and increasing stability in the South China Sea, and over $250 billion dollars worth of trade deals, the two heads of state were able to come closer on a personal level, which is a crucial aspect of diplomacy.
The Chinese leaders organized an unprecedented welcome, with the Nov. 8 arrival ceremony broadcast live on national television for the first time. On the first day of his visit, the entire Forbidden City was closed down for the first time in history, to allow the U.S. President and his wife to tour the complex to gain a better appreciation of Chinese culture and history, hearing hear selections from the renowned Peking Opera, and sharing many experiences. On a very personal note, Trump showed President Xi and his wife a video of his six year old granddaughter Arabella Kushner, dedicated to "Grandpa Xi" and "Grandma Peng", singing Chinese folk songs in Mandarin.
Xi said he was optimistic that mutually beneficial relations will develop between the two countries, despite inevitable issues. "With our economic relations expanding rapidly, it is natural that we may have differences, from time to time. The important thing is, we act in the spirit of mutual benefit and mutual understanding, and seek proper settlement through dialogue and consultation."
Trump, as expected, did decry China's "unfair" trade surplus with the United States, but added it was due to the mistakes of past U.S. administrations and not to China. "After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the sake of its citizens?" In fact, the Chinese have been willing to increase their imports from the U.S., but Washington would refuse to sell many products because of alleged "dual use" technologies.
As on countless previous occasions, Trump stated throughout the ten days that he defended the interests of Americans, just as the other leaders must defend their own national interests.
Directly countering the grotesque image of President Xi presented in many western media, Trump said of him on Nov. 11: "I really believe he's a good person. He wants to do right, he's representing his people… He's very strong… And we get along very well." That gives the "deep state" one more reason to intensify the mobilization against him.


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Quick tips: Freeze pancakes and waffles
Heather says:
On relaxing less harried mornings, double a batch of pancakes or waffles for quick reheating on busy mornings. Flash freeze by placing them in a single layer on a baking sheet, freezing and then place the pancakes or waffles in freezer bags.*
Alternately, if a baking sheet won't fit in your freezer. Freeze pancakes and waffles by placing a square of wax or parchment paper between each one in a stack.
Both methods prevent the creation of an inseperable stack-o'- breakfasty-goodness.
If you do this, you'll chuckle about national shortages of Eggo Waffles®.
*Frugal tip – Unless a freezer bag shows signs of wear or has been used to store meat, rinse and reuse! Not only will this save your wallet, it helps reduce the amount of waste in our landfills.
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I actually did this for the first time and my pancakes froze perfectly with wax paper between them and into a zip lock bag. We were very suprised when we reheated them in the microwave for a late night snack! The totally tasted like the day I made them. I am going to make homemade waffles also, so my son can make a quick snack anytime!! I was so happy it worked. Do it you won't regreat it!!!!!!!!!
I actually have parchment paper that I reuse to flash freeze on my cookie sheets. I let my pancakes cool on a wire rack while we eat breakfast and then I move then over to the parchment lined cookie sheets and stick them in the freezer for a flash freeze. You reheat them just like you would Eggo Waffles or Pancakes. They are super yummy!!! And yes, berries are the same way. Spread them out so they don't stick to one another and by the freshest best fruit you can to help with it not being as mushy when you get it out. It won't be like eating a fresh berry or slice of fruit, but they are still very good. This also helps you buy in season when the fruits are cheaper and taste better. You can use some of the frozen fruits to top off pancakes/waffles/french toast with whip cream, drop into smoothies, mash up and sweeten for syrup to put on top of ice cream or other deserts, make a fruit salad, serve still a little frozen to a kid for a frozen treat that seems more fun that "just fruit", or bake them into muffins, bread, cakes……….just a few ideas for frozen fruit.
I do this but use tin foil and wrap two at a time (I have two kids). For pancakes, I zap them for 20-30 seconds, then put them in the toaster over for a bit. For waffles, I put them straight into the toaster oven for double the time I do the pancakes.
Oh I have SO wanted to do this for the LONGEST time (and freeze berries too) but it just sounds too simple. Can you really just cook your pancakes and then put them in a freezer? How do you reheat them for breakfast? And about berries – you just spread them out on pans to freeze? Can you do this with other fruits too (sliced peaches, etc.)? How do you freeze your fruits so they don't get all mushy?
Flash freeze? Does that involve liquid nitrogen?
Handy tip – ziplock bags can go in the top of your dishwasher to be washed -on a gentle cycle – did this many many times when my daughter was a baby!
I am not sure about the non-ziplock brand, so be careful.
This makes my mornings with little ones so much easier. Fast homemade pancakes, waffle, french toast etc. I even double my corn muffins, breads, etc. Cheaper on the wallet as well.
I am going to do this next time!
I'm a faithful freezer bag washer-and-reuser!


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