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Amsterdam, 28 March 2023
Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
Mr. Frans Timmermans, Commission VP for the European Green Deal
Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis, Commission VP for an Economy for People
Ms. Mairead McGuinness, Commissioner for Financial Services and Markets
Ms. Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy
Mr. Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market
A short while ago, we read with dismay the news that Austria chose to challenge the inclusion of nuclear energy in the European Union’s taxonomy for sustainable activities. We read with further dismay that Greenpeace had decided to take legal action to the same end. While we welcome the challenge to the inclusion of natural gas in the taxonomy, the continuing attacks on the inclusion of nuclear energy are counterproductive and dangerous.
In 2022, the crisis of climate change was already upon us, and the urgency of a rapid switch from fossil fuels to clean energy of all types was already present. It is now greater still. The ongoing criminal invasion of Ukraine by Russia adds a geopolitical and humanitarian angle – Europe’s dependence on imported fossil fuels is a major vulnerability, one which Vladimir Putin has been only too keen to exploit. Do we really wish to be dependent on the energy
The continuing attacks on the inclusion of nuclear energy are counterproductive and dangerous
The need for simultaneous decarbonisation of our energy supply, and for energy independence for all of Europe, has never been clearer – and nor has the vexatious nature of the legal action being undertaken by Greenpeace against nuclear energy.
Nuclear is the single largest source of carbon-free energy, providing 25 per cent of all electricity across the EU. It provides security of supply, and in addition to the direct supply-chain benefits of nuclear operation and construction, the clean, cheap, plentiful and reliable energy it supplies enables the survival and indeed growth of economies across Europe.
It is exasperating how evidence of nuclear energy’s superior qualities in terms of economic, ecological and societal sustainability, compiled in a report by the Commission’s own science and knowledge service – the Joint Research Centre– are ignored in this discourse. Nuclear energy has the lowest life-cycle mineral resource needs of all energy sources, which is advantageous for the environment and the economy as well as supply chain security. As the most power-dense source, nuclear also provides land-sparing benefits for the energy transition.
The need for simultaneous decarbonisation of our energy supply, and for energy independence for all of Europe, has never been clearer
The JRC report discusses technical and stakeholder solutions for nuclear waste. Some may weigh this issue differently, but they should bear in mind that industrial waste exists for all low-carbon sources, and that spent nuclear fuel still has enormous potential for energy production in a closed fuel cycle.
It is telling that our Ukrainian friends and allies, who were hit with the worst consequences of Soviet negligence and Russian aggression, are supportive rather than fearful of nuclear energy – in contrast to some Western European politicians – and plan to expand its role post-war. Russia’s invasion has been largely bankrolled by sales of fossil fuels, particularly natural gas, to Europe. It should not be hard to draw connections here. Ukrainians show a better understanding of the benefits of nuclear energy; that it saves lives by providing energy security without air pollution, displacing fossil fuels and mitigating energy poverty.
Are we really willing to throw them under the bus to appease a counterproductive stance that runs contrary to the scientific consensus ?
By pursuing legal action against nuclear energy, Austria and Greenpeace are gambling with the feasibility of the energy transition, and, as a consequence, our livelihoods.
It is telling that our Ukrainian friends and allies are supportive rather than fearful of nuclear energy
It is our concern, as individuals deeply committed to a liveable future for humanity and a secure European energy system, that Greenpeace’s decision to challenge the inclusion of nuclear energy in the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities may hamper the transition to low-carbon energy that’s so desperately needed. This is a risk that we cannot afford to take, as Europeans, and indeed as humans living on Earth. The potentially chilling effect, as with Austria’s decision to pursue legal action to a similar end, is firmly in the realms of irresponsible risk, especially in such troubling and historic times as these.
Nuclear power is not a ‘transitional’ energy source, but already a de facto sustainable one. All we ask is that nuclear energy be given political support, like wind and solar, in order to unlock its full potential as a cornerstone of a sustainable and prosperous future.
Nuclear power is a de facto sustainable energy source. All we ask is that nuclear energy be given political support, like wind and solar
The proposed Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) provides a golden opportunity for a united Europe to back nuclear energy – clean energy. Wind, solar, and hydropower alone are not enough. Nuclear must be included on an equal footing with all other clean energy sources in the NZIA.
Every day counts, and every day we delay firm climate action – which includes nuclear energy – is a day we will rue to have wasted in the years to come. The sooner we acknowledge the positive role nuclear power can play in our transition, the more realistic a low-carbon future becomes. We call on all political representatives in the EU to face the facts and do the right thing.
On behalf of RePlanet,
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Manchester City news: Pep Guardiola ‘angry’ with Leroy Sane’s surgery decision
- August 19, 2019
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Sane injured his anterior cruciate ligament in City’s Community Shield win over Liverpool.
Guardiola wanted the 23-year-old to undergo surgery with trusted doctor Ramon Cugat, who has operated on Benjamin Mendy and Kevin De Bruyne in the past.
However, The Mirror report the Spaniard has been ‘angered’ by Sane’s decision to choose Austrian specialist Professor Christian Fink to operate on him instead.
Fink is the German FA’s go-to surgeon and Sane is determined to prove to national team boss Joachim Low that he will be fit in time for Euro 2020.
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The former Schalke star was controversially left out of Low’s 2018 World Cup squad as Germany were knocked out in the group stages.
Sane has been ruled out until March, meaning he will have two months of action to impress Low before the season ends.
However, he was overlooked by Guardiola, at times, last term as Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez were preferred.
It led to Sane being linked with a big-money move to Bayern Munich earlier this month.
Low revealed he has been in touch with the winger since suffering the injury setback.
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Yes to workers' control, yes to peasants' control, yes to control by the communal councils!
The revolution must go forward!
No to the eviction of the workers of occupied factory INAF
The owner of Industria Nacional de Artículos de Ferretería (Inaf) has threatened to evict the workers from the factory on August 30th, 2008. The workers were forced to occupy the factory in August 2006, in order to defend their jobs and their families' livelihoods. The workers were responding to the sabotage of the owner. The workers of Inaf are an example for the working class, nationally and internationally. They have proven that workers can manage the factories and that workers' control is alive as part of the Bolivarian Revolution. Workers' control is a fundamental part of taking the revolution towards genuine socialism.
Yes to restarting production at Inveval
The workers of Inveval (a company expropriated by the Bolivarian government in 2005) have successfully managed the company under workers control, recovering the whole of the machinery and infrastructure. However they are missing the raw materials (valve bodies) which used to be provided by Acerven (a company that has been shut down since the bosses' lockout in 2003). In order to be able to supply the oil industry with new valves, Acerven must also be expropriated and put to work under workers control.
There are other companies that were also occupied by the workers and are now facing similar difficulties.
The bosses are sabotaging the country's economy, hoarding basic foodstuffs, closing down companies, making workers redundant, increasing the exploitation of workers, etc.
For all the above reasons we demand:
The expropriation of INAF under workers control in order to build a genuine socialist company.
The expropriation of Acerven under workers control so that Inveval can supply PDVSA with valves.
The expropriation of Transporte MDS under workers control
The expropriation of Franelas Gotcha
We are making a solidarity appeal to Communal Councils, PSUV Battalions, Trade Unions, Peasant Movements, Cooperatives, and revolutionary organisations. We must unite in struggle to take our revolution to socialism.
For the expropriation of Inaf, Acerven, Transporte MDS, Franelas Gotcha, under workers control.
For workers control in the nationalised industries like Sidor, Cementeras Lafarge, Cemex and Holcim, EDC and CANTV.
For the setting up of Factory and Workers Councils.
We must struggle for:
Decent living conditions for workers
Shortening of the working week
Against the exploitation of workers
Socialism under the control of the workers and the people
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Ministry of Light Industry and Commerce (MILCO) firstname.lastname@example.org
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Lil Uzi Vert Says Tyler, The Creator Doesn’t Think His Beats Are Hard Enough to Use
Lil Uzi Vert reveals what Tyler, The Creator really thinks about his beats.
In a tweet he published on Saturday (Nov. 30), the "Futsal" rapper admitted to his fans that Tyler once told him that his beats don't go hard enough for him to use for himself.
"Yes it’s true @tylerthecreator Told me my beats wasn’t hard enough I love that nigga honesty 🔥🔥 thanks big bro ++®," Uzi wrote in his tweet.
There are plenty of "yes men" in the music industry, but it's good to see that Tyler apparently isn't one of them. Regardless of the feedback, Uzi appears to be thankful just to get Tyler's thoughts on his production.
There's also no confirmation on what led to Tyler to critique Uzi's production skills. However, it could have something to do with Uzi's Eternal Atake album, which is still in the works.
Over the last year and change, the Philly rapper, whose last album Luv Is Rage 2 dropped back in 2017, has released singles like "That's a Rack," "New Patek" and “Sanguine Paradise." All three tracks could appear on his new album. As of this report, there is still no confirmed release date for the album.
Tyler, who's Igor album was just nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2020 Grammy Awards, hasn't responded to Uzi's tweet yet.
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Miller stayed home Tuesday — a busy day leading up to the start of the session — with what his aides said was an illness. That meant he didn’t speak, as scheduled, at a lunch with Democratic delegates and senators.
Miller, a Democrat, was re-elected Wednesday to lead the Senate.
“These guys are the band. If they want me to step down, I’ll step down,” he added.
At other times in the past few years, Miller used a cane around the State House complex. Miller raised his cane in the air Wednesday and joked he planned to use it against Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration.
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While speaking Wednesday in the House of Delegates, Hogan referred to the health issues he and Busch have endured, acknowledging they are both “graduates” of the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore.

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The affidavit stated that the card was supposed to be used for work-related expenses, and the drill was not related to Menchaca's job.
The discovery then led to the company conducting an audit which uncovered many more purchases of tools.
Investigators said the expenses were incurred during the four year period while Menchaca worked at the company. He worked there from May 2010 until January 2014.
The affidavit stated that detectives never determined what happened to the tools that Menchaca purchased, and that he did not give them to his employer.
He was arrested Monday on a charge of misapplication of fiduciary property.


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Marathon Oil announced just two weeks ago that it plans to sell almost 100,000 non-core acres in the Eagle Ford Shale, but this past week the company announced it has spent $227 million on 4,300 net acres in its core area. Associated production wasn't released, but this will easily go down as the highest multiple the company has paid for any sizable tract of acreage. $227 million for just over 4,000 acres works out to be more than $50,000 per acre.
Don't let the assets sale fool you. The latest acquisition is the perfect example how committed Marathon is to the area.
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- $3.5 billion for Hilcorp's Eagle Ford Acreage
- $750 million acquisition of Paloma Partners
- $227 million for the latest deal announced in late October 2012
The planned asset sale in the Eagle Ford is part of a larger plan to sell $1.5-3 billion in assets between 2011 and 2013. The company has completed $1 billion in deals so far and will add to that total selling a portion of its oil sands and Eagle Ford assets. Marathon will have approximately 225,000 net acres once current deals on the table are completed.


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I recently posted a Call to Writers, asking those of you who write to allow me to interview you for a guest spot in my blog. I was astounded by the response (and if any of you still want to participate, please contact me for details). I asked thirty-five questions and gave the interviewee the freedom to answer only what they wanted. My friend and fellow-blogger, R.S.A. Garcia, had some very clever responses which I’m sure you will find as humorous as I did. When you’re done reading the interview, please go on over to her blog and make sure you follow her for more charming stories. And now, I present for your pleasure, R.S.A. Garcia…
1. Please tell us your name (or pen name) and a little bit about yourself:
I’m R.S.A. Garcia and I have journeyed across an ocean of stars to reach you. For some time, your world has sheltered one of my citizens…oh, wait a moment…*shuffles papers*.
Sorry, got my speeches mixed up. Where were we? Oh! I’m a speculative fiction writer who obviously spends far too much time watching movies. I’ve been writing since I was a child and I just published my first book, a space opera mystery called Lex Talionis. In between, I’ve held the usual complement of unusual jobs writers end up at so they can both make a living and have time to write. I am owned by several dogs, only one of which belongs to me.
2. Please provide the link to your blog (and website, Facebook fan page, Twitter, etc.):
3 .How many books have you written?
I’ve written eight other books which will NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. I’m currently working on two others which might be let loose in the future. I recommend you cover your eyes when that happens.
4. Has any of your work been published yet? If so, please share the link(s) to purchase it:
My novel is available on Amazon, Kobo and Barnes and Noble, as well as at my publisher’s website Dragonwell Publishing. You can read my story ‘Douen Mother’ over at Abyss and Apex for free. I also have a couple of free stories up on my blog. Because that’s how much I love you, peeps.
5. If you have been published, did you self-publish or use traditional publishing? Why? If you have not been published yet, what are your plans for the future?
I published with a small press, Dragonwell Publishing. In the Caribbean, if you have a ton of money and an idea for a textbook, you can get published. Otherwise, you have to do it through the UK or the US. I didn’t have the money for self-publishing, so I went a more traditional route, but with a smaller publisher who showed real care in making my book the best it could be, and who had better terms than a traditional publisher.
6. How old were you when you started writing? When did you know you wanted to be an author?
I was ten when I finished my first book of stories. One of the stories was about a goat afraid to cross the road. Scintillating stuff. When I was 14, a friend asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. Without thinking, I said a writer. I was surprised when I said it because even then I knew I would write speculative fiction, and at the time nobody from the Caribbean had published outside of contemporary fiction. But I guess my heart knew the truth, if not my mind. Of course, my mind is so rarely aware of anything I shouldn’t be surprised.
7. What would you say motivates you to keep writing?
The voices, the voices in my head…they won’t…shut…UP! *Preternatural wailing forms a wall of sound around you*
8. Who are some of your favorite authors? What are you currently reading (or what is the last book you read)?
Seriously? That list would exhaust you and I’d get cramps typing it! I can say I have read and admired Phillip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Octavia E. Butler, William Goldman, Ed McBain, John Steinbeck, Katherine Kerr, Margaret Weis, Anne McCaffrey, Jack Vance, Carl Sagan, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, C.S. Lewis, Louisa May Alcott, Laura Ingalls Wilder, L. Ron Hubbard, Michael Crichton, Roald Dahl, Nalo Hopkinson and many, many more.
At the moment, I’m halfway through Stephen King’s Under the Dome, I’ve read the first third of George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and I’ve started Frank Herbert’s Hellstrom’s Hive.
9. What is your preferred reading method? (i.e., Kindle, Nook, paperback, hardback, etc.) Why?
Paperback from the library. A whole lot of choice for the best possible price. When I was growing up, I couldn’t afford to buy books at the rate I read. My mother would have been in the poorhouse in a month! As it is, the few books I pay for via Amazon threaten to land me there all the time.
10. Do you write in first or third person, past or present tense, and why?
I’ve tried them all, at least once. I’m adventurous like that. My first published story was a mix of first and third person, present tense. I do tend to write most often in third person, past tense, sometimes close, and sometimes omni. I believe an author should practice as many tools of their craft as possible, especially when it comes to difficult techniques like POV. You never know what story will come to you, and what tools you’ll need to have to do it justice. You may not be great at all, but you won’t know until you try.
11. Do you “always read” or do you take breaks between reading books?
I don’t consciously take breaks. But when I’m writing, I won’t read in the same genre. I don’t want to be influenced by anyone else’s work. I tend to read a lot of historical romances when the muse has taken over. They call that living vicariously, if you must know.
12. How many books would you say you read in a year? How many at any one time?
Once upon a time I would have had a number that would make you green with envy. Now, I’m an old, surly author who gets really nit-picky about what she reads. I seldom read more than one book at a time, but I’m making exceptions these days as I tend to travel a lot for my job. I didn’t have a tablet until recently, so I had to pack light and that meant the heavier books sometimes got dropped mid-read. I seldom read more than three at a time though.
ABOUT YOUR CURRENT BOOK::
13. What is the title of your current work in progress of the most recent manuscript you’ve completed?
I have two WIPs at the moment. One is the sequel to my currently published book and it’s called ‘Iacta Alea Est’ (The Die is Cast). The other is a high fantasy set in a matriarchal world where there are female warrior magicians because women control ‘real’ magic and are more powerful than men who control ‘illusion’. It’s called ‘The Nightward’ and is built on myths and legends from several different cultures, including my own Caribbean ancestry and African and East Indian influences.
14. What is your novel’s genre? Would you say there is a sub-genre? What makes yours different than other books in the same genre?
Lex Talionis is a science fiction mystery, but its sub-genre would be space opera. Most space operas focus on guys on ships bouncing around the galaxy dealing with alien civilizations and occasionally getting the girl, which is awesome fun. I decided to mix it up a bit, so I wrote a space opera that focused on a young girl’s quest to find her past after she dies in a terrible attack and is brought back to life by an alien. She’s lost her memory, so we journey with her through strange worlds as we try to solve the mystery of who she is and why she was murdered.
15. What inspired the current or most recent story you’ve completed?
My last short story, ‘The Bois’, was inspired by a myth from Trinidad and Tobago. Papa Bois is a folklore figure who protects the forest from hunters and those who would hurt forest dwellers. He’s a guy who looks a lot like the god Pan. I wrote a story about a female cyborg sheriff (which I called a Tantie instead of a sheriff – a name for a woman of age and experience in my society), encountering an alien version near her colony on another planet.
16. What is your target audience’s age, gender, etc.?
Lex Talionis is about a teenager, but it is most definitely an adult story. There is some graphic violence, for example, and sexual assault. It’s meant for all backgrounds and genders, but it can get quite dark.
17. Do you want to tell us a little bit about your story?
Just did, I think! You want more? Well here you go, kind ladies and sirs!
A battered young woman wakes from a coma in a space port hospital with no memories of her past. The only thing she remembers are two words: Lex Talionis—the Law of Revenge. To discover her identity, she must re-live the nightmares of her past, and face the only survivor of a terrible massacre that connects her with her abductors.
Hope that lit your britches on fire! Or maybe not, ’cause that would be painful.
ABOUT HOW YOU WRITE::
18. How often do you write?
I try to write at least five days a week. I’m a huge procrastinator. I like to put it off until everything is quiet and then write for hours. Problem is, I don’t live in a mansion with maids or housekeeping staff and I work a full-time job. Those hours never seem to show up. So I have to try and squeeze in a few words a day, five days a week, to keep moving forward, or I’ll hardly get anything done. But I figure even my job gives me the weekend, so I take a break then unless the story is flowing.
19. Approximately how many words do you write at each sitting?
I actually don’t do words or pages. I do lines. I usually get really guilty about taking time to write when I have so much to do and a family I want to hang out with so I tell myself, three solid sentences and you’re free to go. By the time I get those out, I can usually do more and I keep going of my own accord. Ends up being anything from 100 words to 1000 most days.
20. Do you do your own editing or send it to someone else?
My publisher had an editor who kicked my ass into shape, thank God. I can’t imagine sending a book into the world without an editor’s assistance.
21. What is your method of writing? (i.e., Do you write the entire manuscript, then go back and make changes? Do you plan chapters as you go along or write the story then go back and add chapters? Do you re-read as you go along or after you are done with the first draft?)
I write till I’m done or a satellite falls on me, whichever comes first. I don’t usually do chapters out of sequence, though I will write a scene out of order if I’m really feeling inspired. I do re-read as I go and make changes, usually when I’m feeling blocked. Editing can sometimes get the juices flowing again. When I’m done, I put it aside for a few months and then I go back over and over again editing and refining. Some stories are easier than others and just need a few drafts. Lex Talionis on the other hand…well let’s just say there are whole books of stuff I tossed into the trunk and locked away forever.
22. Do you have a muse? If so, please elaborate. If not, what inspires you?
The only muse I have is the sweet, sweet jingle of money.
Kidding. Kind of. Okay, short answer? Nope, no muse. Life in general inspires me. Getting outside and observing people, nature, society. And I love to read the news, science and tech news, current affairs, anything like that. Other people’s art inspires me too, whether it’s movies, books, dancing, paintings etc.
23. How long does it take you to write a full manuscript?
Heh. Never thought to clock myself. I once wrote a manuscript in 30 days. Lex Talionis has existed as a dozen or more manuscripts over the course of ten years. So…between a month and ten years, I guess.
24. Do you give yourself a word limit for each day or a time limit to finish your novel? If so, please elaborate.
Sometimes, on both questions. Most of the time, I’m good if I get three sentences or more. Limits freak me out if I don’t make them, and flagellating yourself like a medieval monk while writing tends to get in the way of finishing the manuscript. And it makes it really bloody and gross.
25. How do you come up with your character names and geographic location / business names?
I make them up. Or I run into a name in real life and I co-opt it. Either way, you won’t know which is which because I’M NOT TELLING!
26. How long (or how detailed) are the notes you take before you start writing?
Oh, you think I plan this? *Laughs hysterically*.
Pantser, I am. Plan, I do not!
You see I’m usually writing before I do my research and I just research as I go. I prefer to file away stuff in my head and use it when it becomes necessary. Makes the writing more organic and less ‘telling’ for me.
27. Do you have any “must haves” to help you write? (i.e., a full cup of coffee, a view of the ocean, etc.)
I must have my desktop. I hate laptops, the keyboards aren’t large enough. Anything else I consider a crutch, so I avoid creating crutches. After all, I don’t want to have the perfect scene in my head and be unable to write it because I’m out of coffee.
Especially since I hate coffee. *Ducks the flying tomatoes*
28. Do you only write during a certain time of day or in a certain location? If so, do you make yourself stop after a certain time?
I will write at some point when I get home from work. I will only stop myself if I’m not forcing the damn lines out in the first place. The forcing part happens more than I like to admit. Sort of like what happens if you don’t get enough bananas in your diet.
29. Does your real life ever neglected because of your writing? If so, how do you feel about that?
Hell no. My writing gets neglected because of my real life. I wish I had more backbone. I’d stand up to real life and sock it in the jaw.
30.What is the quirkiest thing you do or have ever done when writing?
Sadly, I have less quirk in me than a straight-haired terrier. All I can think of is I used to write with pencil in notebooks before I graduated to computers. And I once stood on my head while singing Adele and typing a love scene with one hand.
Thank you for allowing me to interview you. I hope everyone else has enjoyed learning about you and your work as much as I have.


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Caramelized Onion and Cheddar Mashed Potatoes
Caramelized Onion and Cheddar Mashed Potatoes: Light and creamy mashed potatoes with just the right amount of caramelized onions and cheddar cheese. Change up your mashed potatoes this holiday season and not only add yummy onions and cheese, but also swap out some of the milk with cream cheese. Get a jump on your Thanksgiving prep by making your mashed potatoes now, freezing them and then reheating on the big day. Scroll down to see how!
Why I love these Caramelized Onion and Cheddar Mashed Potatoes
- FLAVOR! So much great flavor
- Easy ingredients
- The perfect every time base recipe for mashed potatoes
- Can be made ahead of time and frozen (more on that below)
- No gravy needed
Tips for making the perfect bowl of mashed potatoes
- Choose the right potato for the job.
- Salt the water. As the potatoes cook they will absorb the salt. If you salt at the beginning you won’t have to add as much salt at the end.
- Starting with cold water. If you start with hot water the potatoes will cook unevenly.
- Drain the potatoes well. Not draining your potatoes could result in mushy, watery potatoes.
- Pour potatoes back into the hot pot, add butter, place lid on the pot, wait 5 minutes and beat until creamy.
- Keep potatoes in the original (hot) pot until ready to serve and then transfer potatoes to your serving bowl.
How to Freeze and Reheat Mashed Potatoes
FAT! That’s what makes freezing mashed potatoes possible. On their own potatoes do not freeze well. Add plenty of butter, cream or milk and you’ll have a freezer friendly potato. TIP: If you choose to skip the butter and cream and use broth this technique WILL NOT WORK.
- Make the mashed potatoes as instructed (JUST PLAIN NO MIX INS).
- Scoop into a large container with a tight fitting lid
- Freeze until Thanksgiving (well….a few days before to allow for defrosting)
- Take the potatoes out of the freezer at least two days before your dinner and place in the refrigerator to thaw
- Stovetop: Spoon thawed mashed potatoes in a large pot on low to medium low heat, stirring occasionally.
- Oven: Spoon mashed potatoes into a heat proof dish that has a lid. Place in a cold oven. Heat oven to 350°. Depending on the amount of potatoes and the shape of the dish (shallow or deep). The reheating time will vary. Allow 30 minutes to 1 hour. TIP: Stir after 30 minutes.
- Slow Cooker: Spoon thawed mashed potatoes into a slow cooker. Heat on low 2 to 4 hours. BEST METHOD..IT FREES UP THE STOVE AND OVEN!
- Microwave: Spoon mashed potatoes into a microwave safe container. Heat a total of 6 minutes at regular powder. Heat in increments of 2 minutes, stirring between each time.
- FINAL THOUGHTS: Once reheated, if the potatoes seem to be on the watery side, stir in some sour cream or cream cheese to give them a thicker creamier texture. If the potatoes are thick and chunky, add a couple of splashes of milk. Taste the potatoes and add more butter, salt and pepper is necessary.
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Distance from Decin to Brno
Distance from Děčín to Brno is 246 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 153 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Děčín and Brno is 246 km= 153 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Decin to Brno, It takes 0.27 hours to arrive.
Decin is located in Czech Republic.
|GPS Coordinates (DMS)||50° 46´ 55.7400'' N |
14° 12´ 53.2080'' E
Děčín Distances to Cities
|Distance from Decin to Cheb||152 km|
|Distance from Decin to Ceska Lipa||25 km|
|Distance from Decin to Breclav||296 km|
|Distance from Decin to Brno||246 km|
|Distance from Decin to Chrudim||146 km|
Brno is located in Czech Republic.
|GPS Coordinates||49° 11´ 42.7920'' N |
16° 36´ 28.6560'' E
Brno Distances to Cities
|Distance from Brno to Breclav||52 km|
|Distance from Brno to Blansko||19 km|
|Distance from Brno to Beroun||202 km|
|Distance from Brno to Bohumin||149 km|
|Distance from Brno to Benesov||154 km|

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This isn’t easy to watch.
Tennessee defensive lineman Danny O’Brien took an unfortunate hit in the fourth quarter of the Vols’ game against Texas A&M on Saturday, and after a lengthy time on the turf, he was carted off.
O’Brien reportedly had feeling in all four extremities, which is obviously good news.
Update from Tennessee: Danny O'Brien moving all four extremities. Being taken to hospital for precautionary measures. Thank goodness.
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) October 8, 2016
It unfortunately wasn’t even the Vols first scary moment of the day, as a Dylan Wiesman collapsed earlier in the game.
Hopefully O’Brien is okay.


DC's Metro transit system could default on a complicated deal and wind up owing foreign bankers $43 million. AIG guaranteed the deal and others like it, leaving at least 31 public services facing defaults too. Steve Henn reports.
When gas prices increased, so did noble things like public transportation ridership and sales of fuel-efficient cars. Now that gas prices are sliding, have bad habits returned? Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon reports.
Merger talks with Chrysler are "progressing," but GM's troubles are not at bay. The automaker announced another global sales drop and reportedly plans to cut back on new car development. Renita Jablonski asks if that's wise.
Huge corporations like The Carlyle Group and Blackstone got into the private equity business when credit was easy and cheap. But now that the credit market is drying up, will the private equity game go with it? Stacey Vanek-Smith finds out.
An important point to keep in mind, says commentator David Frum, is that the government's new role in banking, insurance and other industries is for emergency purposes. Ultimately, that role needs to go away.


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Minority party chooses the speaker
From a Politico story on Boehner's resignation as speaker:
The reality is that his critics inside his conference would have been hard pressed to ever remove him in this term as speaker. Democrats are reluctant to support any such effort since they don't want Republicans intruding on their own leadership fights in the future.
To those outside of Texas, it's unthinkable that a House minority party would be able to choose the speaker. Yet strangely that is the current equilibrium in the Texas House.
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“Habit. The stuff of the everyday — places we go, things we do, people we see.”
I don’t always remember where I went. Sometimes I can’t recollect whom I was meeting. But I always know what was for dinner.
It’s not Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. It’s “the day I roasted the chicken with lemons”, “the day we ate fresh waffles” and “the day we went out for Turkish food”.
And because it’s not weird enough, I photograph my food. Even regular meals if they come out photogenic. Why? Why not. Continue reading


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Drawn to the country by its cool weather and spectacular scenery, Rosemary Behan travels by air, sea, roadand rail and comes away as impressed with the history of this isolated, oil-rich nation as its geography.
Oil-rich Norway also holds a wealth of beauty and history
"Tall. Blue eyes. Blond hair. You know, you could actually be a Viking." We're on a boat to Bygdøy Island to visit Oslo's Viking Ship Museum and Iori Roberts, our Welsh-born guide for the morning, is giving us an accelerated city tour.
We've already been to City Hall, which depicts Norway's origins, history and identity through carvings, murals and sculptures, and seen where the Nobel peace prizes are handed out. We've discussed Norway's decision to stay out of the European Union and done the "depressed" period of 18th-century landscape art at the National Gallery. Then, Roberts says, "Norway was a bit like Ireland or Albania. Between 1825 and 1925 around 800,000 people left because of famine and poverty."
That angst-ridden time - note the words anger and angst can be traced back to Old Norse - could perhaps be represented by Edvard Munch's 1893 painting The Scream, which Roberts shows us up close. My response to the work - one of four versions painted by the artist - is more a sharp intake of breath, but it's wonderful to see and even more wonderful that it and the entire impressive collection is absolutely free to view. This in a country where the basic costs of any trip are, as the Canadian couple at breakfast at the Hotel Continental this morning put it, simply "frightening".
The Viking Ship Museum is an evocative collection of restored Viking burial ships and artefacts, from jewellery to armoury and furniture, all more than 1,000 years old. I studied Old English at university, but it's one thing to read the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and another to see real-life evidence of Viking activity. My mother was from York and my father from Dublin, so, spurred by maps showing the extent of Norway at the height of its attacking peak, we agree that some genetic genealogy could be in order.
Norway's new peak is, of course, oil. Since production started in 1971, Norway has become fifth-largest producer and the third-richest country in the world. With wealth per capita of US$97,255 (Dh357,207), it's only $1,074 per person behind Qatar. Roberts, of course - who married a Norwegian, had four children and has lived here for 30 years - is full of praise for the country's free health and education systems, made possible both by income from oil and a population of just five million.
Shielding ourselves behind an umbrella (we have arrived to find the worst summer in 20 years) we walk along the waterfront - a mostly modern development as Oslo has burnt down repeatedly in the past - to Tjuvholmen Sjømagasin seafood restaurant. Here the excellent three-course lunch of the day features "red fish" in a butter sauce with chives and garden vegetables and caviar, for 325 Norwegian kroner (Dh205) per person. When you realise that a small bottle of water in this country costs 25 kroner and cheese on toast will set you back 130 kroner, such prices seem attractive.
The rain has stopped, so we head north-east of the city centre on foot via the royal gardens and palace and Karl Johans Gate, the main street, which is stately yet sedate. Much like the Norwegians, who all seem ready to offer directions in English, or, if they don't know the way, to look it up nonchalantly on their iPhone. We stop at DogA, the Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture, but at 4.30pm everyone has already gone home. Between Markvein and Thorvald Meyers gate, we enjoy a civilised evening hopping between cosy bars and restaurants, drinking in the hushed tones of intelligent conversation and the marked absence of loud music, shouting or crowds we've seen in other European capitals. The staff, of course, are mostly Swedish; one Spanish restaurant manager tells us that "the Norwegians don't like manual work. They prefer to study".
We head back to the Hotel Continental, which dates from 1900 (the adjacent National Theatre opened in 1899). The hotel is run by women, which is perhaps best reflected in the small details of the bedrooms, such as the thoughtful provision of two single mattresses side by side and two duvets instead of one. Despite daylight until midnight, I sleep better than I have in a hotel room anywhere. The pillows, the beds, the air conditioning and the fact that you can open the double-glazed windows to let in fresh air - all work wonders.
We leave Oslo on the Oslo-Bergen railway, slipping silently through woodland and skirting lakes before heading west into the mountains. Though some of the view is blocked by a tunnel, the highlight of the journey is at Finse, where, at an elevation of 1,200 metres, we're amazed to see the tiny hamlet surrounded by frozen lakes. With snow on the ground and swirling fog, it looks like the Arctic. If this is the weather in July, I wonder what it must be like in winter.
Back down at 867 metres, we switch trains at Myrdal to take the historic Flåm Railway further down to Flåm. We're on a "Norway in a Nutshell" tour of the Fjords, and all the other passengers are tourists, straining to take photographs of thundering waterfalls and the vertiginous valley below. At Flåm everyone gets off. "How did all these boats get here?" I hear someone say. "Did they bring them by helicopter?" Rather than sitting on a lake, Flåm is situated on the innermost part of the Aurlandsfjord, an arm of the Sognefjord which cuts like a deep gash from the sea into the western part of the country. The village is much less twee than I expected, and once the crowds have dispersed, we feel like we're on our own. Hiring bikes, we cycle along to Aurland, finding wild strawberries by the side of the road.
Back at the Fretheim Hotel, we eat a rack of barbecued local lamb with organic salad before going outside to watch the stars. The next morning, after refilling my water bottle from the tap for the umpteenth time, I hike back along the Flåm valley, alongside a thundering river. I wish it was warm enough to swim in, as its glacial freshness looks enticing. We catch a lunchtime ferry along the fjord to Gudvangen on the Nærøyfjord, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Perhaps it's the weather, or the crowds of tourists feeding the birds and taking photographs, but I'm not as impressed with this as I was with New Zealand's Milford Sound. More impressive is the bus ride, starting at Gudvangen, which takes us to the top of a mountain and then down the other side via dozens of hairpin bends. The scale of the fjord then becomes apparent. While I'd rather have been walking than on a bus, time limitations prevents us from doing anything else.
From Voss, the train continues to Bergen, Norway's second city. The busy fish market, piled high with giant crabs, salmon and smoked whale meat, is dotted with food stalls and staffed almost wholly by Spaniards, who sell us lunch of grilled salmon and vegetables for 160 kroner each. We enjoy a guided tour of Bryggen, the old Hanseatic wharf area, containing several dozen beautiful timber buildings, which often feature in promotional photos. Several have been preserved as museums, and it's fascinating to learn about the harsh but lucrative stockfish trade, which the city was built on. Sadly, only a small portion of the original area remains.
It's a 2.5 hour flight north to Tromsø, 350km north of the Arctic circle. It's like landing in Alaska - the city of 68,000 people is surrounded by snowy mountains, and the streets have the deserted air of an outpost town. The local newspaper, the Dagens Næringsliv - devotes several pages to birthdays and anniversaries, with photos of individuals of every age from babies to the elderly.
At the Polar Museum, part of Tromsø University and surrounded by attractive wooden buildings, we learn how, 120 years ago, the town was the starting point for brutal - and brutally cold - hunting expeditions to Svalbard and the North Pole. Just before we board the Hurtigruten coastal ferry, we take in a midnight concert at the Arctic Cathedral. The Sami folk songs are hauntingly beautiful, as is the town, viewed from across the water in the half-light that is 24-hour daylight in bad weather.
Our 17-hour journey south on Hurtigruten's MS Richard With, named after the founder of the huge fleet of vessels which ply the entire west coast of the country, promises to be "the world's most beautiful voyage", but the drizzle and mist say otherwise. Luckily, the ship is fast and smooth, the cabin is clean and comfortable and a small window prevents claustrophobia. The best part is the Trollfjord, a narrow channel with almost-sheer sides rising to more than 1,000 metres.
We disembark at Svolvær, the capital of the Lofoten Islands. Its population of around 4,000 makes Tromsø look like a metropolis. We head west in a hire car to the village-cum-outdoor centre of Henningsvær, situated in a chain of small islands connected by bridges. The Arctic Hotel is run by Briton Sean Clarke, whose Norwegian wife complains that she gets a headache from the pollution whenever she visits the United Kingdom. Again, there's a gift shop run by a Spaniard from Catalonia and the funky climbing cafe is staffed by Colombians.
We drive all the way to the end of the archipelago to Å, which is pronounced "or". It's ferociously beautiful: the road takes us past jagged mountains rising from sandy beaches with turquoise water. We stay at Nyvågar Rorbuhotell in Kabelvåg, in a small, two-bedroom wooden house. At midnight I look outside and see Norwegian children rowing stoically around the lake. It's 10°C, and they are in shorts and T-shirts. It's summer, and whatever the weather, they are having a good time.
If You Go
The flights Emirates (www.emirates.com) flies from Dubai to Copenhagen from Dh3,700 return including taxes. DFDS Seaways (www.dfds.com) from Copenhagen to Oslo costs 1,053 Danish kroner (Dh650) each way for two people. Scandinavian Airlines (www.flysas.com) flies from Bergen to Tromsø from €135 (Dh623) including taxes. Wideroe (www.wideroe.no) flies from Svolvær to Bodo from 222 Norwegian kroner (Dh140) including taxes. Norwegian (www.norwegian.com) flies from Bodo to Oslo from €100 euros (Dh460) with taxes
The trip For general information on travelling to Norway, visit www.visitnorway.com. The Hurtigruten ferry (www.hurtigruten.com) from Tromsø to Svolvær costs from €198 (Dh9,154) for two people sharing
The hotels The Hotel Continental in Oslo (www.hotelcontinental.no) costs from 2,190 kroner (Dh1,387) per night including taxes; the Fretheim Hotel in Flam (www.fretheim-hotel.no) costs from 1,250 kroner (Dh790) per night including taxes; the Nyvågar Rorbuhotell in Lofoten (www.dvgl.no) costs from 2,100 kroner (Dh1,330)


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Former Patriots and Raiders wide receiver Kembrell Thompkins has been charged with access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, after allegedly using the stolen identities of numerous Florida residents to fraudulently obtain roughly $300,000 in unemployment insurance benefits from the state of California, the Department of Justice announced.
Thompkins, 32, was one of 18 defendants who has been charged in connection with CARES Act-related financial fraud in the last month in the Southern District of Florida.
According to the DOJ, he's accused of using "the stolen identities of numerous Florida residents to obtain fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits" from the state of California.
The unemployment benefit funds were distributed in the form of debit cards, which were allegedly subsequently mailed to addresses associated with Thompkins in Miami and in Aventura, Fla. The court documents allege Thompkins then used the debit cards to withdraw money from various ATMs.
According to the DOJ, the alleged scheme involves around $300,000 with Thompkins withdrawing approximately $230,000.
Thompkins signed with the Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2013, totaling 32 catches for 466 yards and four touchdowns. New England released him early in the 2014 season and he later also had brief stints with the Raiders and Jets.

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Two races are set for tomorrow's primary elections in the Lake Country area.
Voters in the Hartland-Lakeside School District face a $930,000 referendum question. The School District is seeking additional operating revenue in hopes of maintaining its current level of academic programming and class sizes. The District says it would be forced to cut programs and services should the referendum fail. Read more on this issue here.
Meanwhile, voters will also cast ballots to determine which two candidates for Lake Country Municipal judge will face off in the April 3 municipal election.
Candidates are Peter M. Wolff, 43, of the Town of Delafiel, Daniel P. Fay, 60, of the Town of Merton, and Timothy T. Kay, 52, of Oconomowoc.
Voters from the following communities can cast votes in that primary: Town and Village of Merton, Town and City of Oconomowoc, the Towns of Delafield, Lisbon, Ixonia, and Erin, and the Villages of Chenequa, Dousman, Hartland, Lac La Belle, Nashotah, Oconomowoc Lake, Summit, Sullivan, and Sussex.
Read more about the municipal court elections here.
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Anderson: Why corporate America is lashing out at stricter voting laws
This is a story about an ad.
Last Wednesday – sprawling across two pages in the “A” section of the New York Times – was a long, long list, headed by the tagline “We Stand for Democracy” and sub headed “A Government of the people, by the people.”
Fine, fine sentiments, if a bit vague. Few would take issue. What was it really aimed at? What was the target? The gigantic bundle of state-level voting restrictions now headed for consideration in legislatures all over the country. These bills are varied; they differ from state to state and even chamber to chamber, but they all seem to have one malignant aim: to make it more difficult to vote.
For easy access to the ballot box, Florida is the model. Here, we’ve had mail-in voting for more than 20 years. General election voting by mail reached almost a third of all voting – before the pandemic. Registration is strict, but easy in terms of where and how. Early voting has played a role for years, and it boosts turnout.
Please note: “boosts turnout." We are inclusive. We encourage participation. And we are, politically, often in flux, but it's easy for all to participate. Florida also has a uniquely generous climate for business – a facet we all seem to agree on when we agree on little else. That these things exist side by side is no coincidence.
“These are not political issues … [t]hese are the issues that we were taught in civics,” said Kenneth Frazier, CEO of Merck, on legislation that would restrict voting.
Back to the ad. Who’s on that long list of folks underneath the sharply worded “no you don’t”? The core of corporate America is. Among the corporate entities signing on, en masse, are businesses: from AIG and Amazon to Target, United Airlines and Wells Fargo. The Mastercard people are on the list. Netflix, the Ford Motor Company, Levi Strauss and Starbucks are all here. Hundreds of individual CEOs, founders of companies – the CEO of Crossfit, even a wild-eyed radical former chairman of the Campbell Soup Company. A vice dean of the Wharton School is here, and the president of Lyft. And the fanciest corporate and international law firms in the nation.
It is a literal “who’s really who” of American commerce, and the largest and most determined collective effort on the part of corporate America to stop something.
Why? Because good, profitable business and democracy depend on each other.
Capitalism is the norm in the successful economic world, in one form or another, wherever you are. But the kind of free-wheeling, no-holds-barred, entrepreneurial and hugely successful kind of capitalism native to the United States is grounded in, depends upon, and is, in fact, a facet, tenet and outgrowth of our exceptional system of representative republican democracy.
Representation – the idea that all have a voice in what happens next – is the bedrock of stable capitalism. Business has grown up with the expanding democratic features of our system: A threat to this system is a threat to the basic economics of the nation.
Authoritarian elite systems stifle initiative, cruelly steal the energy from the economy and smash individual initiative. Democratic norms – the ability to fight it out peacefully at the ballot box, to argue every point of our collective future, a system where no-one has complete advantage – creates a system best suited to the stability and unfettered discussion in which ideas can thrive. Ideas mean innovation, and innovation is how economies move forward. Any attempt to exclude others from the basic conversation of democracy menaces this process.
The critical baseline for democracy is simple: Everyone gets to participate in the rule of the nation. The basic element of participation here in the United States is the ability to vote. When that vote is denied to some and granted to others, democracy is threatened, and the entire system that the democratic process produces is threatened right along with it.
American business is defending the real bottom line.
R. Bruce Anderson is the Dr. Sarah D. and L. Kirk McKay, Jr. Endowed Chair in American History, Government, and Civics and Miller Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Florida Southern College. He is also a columnist for The Ledger and political consultant and on-air commentator for WLKF Radio.


Jubilee Party on February 8th expelled six nominated senators, among them Millicent Omanga and Isaac Mwaura affiliated to DP Ruto's Tangatanga faction for alleged misconduct and insubordination.
Deputy President William Ruto allied Senator, Hon Kithure Kindiki, has made remarks concerning the expulsion of the six legislators that have raised speculations on whether he seeks to redeem Tangatanga from the wrath of Jubilee party.
The Tharaka Nithi County Senator has stated that a well crafted and lucidly argued petition before the Constitutional Court should overtun the expulsion of 6 nominated Senators from Jubilee.
According to the DP Ruto allied Senator, the six were 'chased' from Jubilee party for failing to attend a Parliamentary Group meeting which other elected legislators too did not attend.
The former Senate Majority whip has stated that failing to attend only one Parliamentary Group meeting whose short notice was given via a text message, is a petty offence that should attract a lighter punishment and not an expulsion.
Further, Hon Kindiki has added that the process followed in expelling the six nominated Senators did not follow all the critical requirements stipulated in Article 47 of the Constitution on fair adminstrative action.
"It also is contemptous of, preys on, devalues & undermines the stature, esteem & dignity of representatives of women, youth and PWDs in Parliament," Senator Kindiki said.
In addition, the DP Ruto allied legislator has stated that a decision to isolate nominated Senators for expulsion for failing to attend a meeting which was also skipped by their elected colleagues equates to illegal discrimination which is contrary to Article 27 of the Constitution.
The remarks by Senator a Kithure Kindiki have sparked a series of mixed reactions from Kenyans online including;


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Pastor David Duane Bolin, 56, HuntingburgMay 20, 2021
Pastor David Duane Bolin, 56, passed away on May 20, 2021.
He was born in Tell City, Indiana on July 29, 1964 to the late Melvin and Diane (Russell) Bolin. David was also proceeded in death by a sister, Kathy Bolin.
David was united in marriage on April 16, 1984 to Lisa Clark, who survives. He was a truck driver for Jasper Engines until 2016.
A man of faith, Pastor Dave enjoyed music, playing bass in his church, collecting two-dollar bills and coins and spending time with his grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Lisa Bolin, Huntingburg; his children, Jeremy Clark, Dale, Jennifer Huckelby (Tony), Huntingburg, Holly Bolin, Rockport and Dusty Bolin (Gerardo Puente), Owensboro; grandchildren, Aiden and Makayla Clark, Kolt and Khloe Weddle, Draven Huckelby and Hope Rene, who is due any day.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM CST on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at Huber Funeral Home, Tell City Chapel. Pastor Scott Thomas will officiate. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bolin Cemetery at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the family.
Condolences may be left online at www.huberfuneralhome.net.
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Moscow not seen as possible host of Eurovision 2017 song contest - mediaSociety & Culture December 04, 22:22
Et-Tell in Damascus Province fully controlled by Syrian governmentWorld December 04, 21:46
Mirziyoyev campaign office says he is winning presidential elections in UzbekistanWorld December 04, 21:40
Preliminary results of Uzbekistan’s presidential polls to be announced on December 5 - CECWorld December 04, 21:28
Putin expresses condolences over fatal road accident in Khanty-Mansyisk autonomous areaSociety & Culture December 04, 20:20
Emergencies ministry confirms death of 12 people in road accident near Khanty-MansyiskSociety & Culture December 04, 17:04
Fidel Castro buried in Santiago de CubaWorld December 04, 16:50
Cuban revolution in pictures: Early years of Fidel CastroWorld December 04, 16:49
10 people, including 9 children, killed in bus accident near Siberia's Khanty-MansiiskSociety & Culture December 04, 15:32
VLADIVOSTOK, May 3 (Itar-Tass) - A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook the south of Kamchatka at 19.10 local time (06.10 Hours GMT) on Friday, the Geophysical Service at the Russian Academy of Sciences said.
The epicenter of the tremor was located 77 kilometers off the Paratunka spa known for its pools of volcanic hot water. The seismic focus lay at a depth of 153 kilometers, the service reported.
No visible aftermaths of the quake were registered in the Kamchatka peninsula.
Kamchatka along with the Kurile islands belongs to the Pacific Ring of Fire where earthquakes rock the crust almost every day.


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I've built a few computers before, but its been a while. Everything seemed good while I was installing the gear the first time. I got the computer to post CD drives opened, it just seemed like video was having issues kept having black screen no matter what I tried with the video card. Finally I got frustrated, pulled the mobo out and reinstalled everything from the beginning again aside from processor. Got to the same point, posting beeps CD drives working, no video. Since its a PCIexpress card I dont have any others to test it with and have never encountered anything like this before. I went through the troubleshooting guide on this site and currently when I press the power button it starts to boot then shuts itself off unless i hold down the reset switch but now no posting.
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Easy String Beans
I can’t even tell you how easy this is so I won’t.
One bag of 12 ounce clean, prewashed green beans
1 1/2 inch of goat cheese or about 1/3 of a cup
Poke holes in the green bean bag and microwave for three minutes
Drain the water off the beans. This is just water that forms from condensation in the bag.
Put them in a bowl
Generously drizzle with the balsamic glaze
Break the goat cheese into small pieces and put over the beans
The beans are still warm and the cheese gets nice and soft.
You don’t even need a pot.
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Where’s the Moral Outrage by the MSM?
H/T: Todd Starnes
College Republican Student Holding ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Poster — Muslim Students Protesters Didn’t Have any Interest in Opening Up any Dialogue and Shouted Over Every Attempt to Initiate Conversation about their Grievances
(Campus Reform) An event held by a Jewish student group at the Univ of California Irvine (UC Irvine) was disrupted Wednesday by a crowd of Muslim students chanting antisemitic and anti-police slogans.
Ariana Rowlands President of the College Republicans club at UC Irvine told ‘Campus Reform’ that her group had just wrapped up its meeting on Wednesday and were gathered outside the building preparing to hang posters to advertise an upcoming appearance of Milo Yiannopoulos a Breitbart News columnist, when they heard a commotion nearby.
Wandering over to investigate the ‘College Republicans’ member encountered a large group of students holding signs and screaming in unison to protest a movie screening being held by ‘Students Supporting Israel’ – Shawn Steel a Republican Natl Committee member who was on the UC Irvine campus to address the ‘College Republicans’ meeting posted a video on Facebook capturing a portion of the demonstration.
“Intifada, Intifada long live the Intifada,” the protesters shout at the beginning of the video following that up with a call and a response chant of “displacing people since 48 there’s nothing here to celebrate.”
They repeated their venomous chant several times before progressing to a more simple message of: “F–k the Police.”
Kevin Brum, Vice President of ‘Students Supporting Israel’ (SSI) told ‘Campus Reform’ that the demonstrators were members of the ‘Muslim Students Union’ and ‘Students for Justice in Palestine Groups’ who were apparently incensed that two former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were planning to meet with attendees of the screening.
According to a post at SSI Facebook page police had to escort the attendees out of their planned event for their own safety when the intolerant Muslim’s violated the SSI students constitutionally protected rights to peacefully assemble, watch a film and hear from former IDF soldiers were disrupted, when the Muslim students became “aggressive, blocking exits and not allowing people to leave (the venue) as well as forcing people to run and hide in rooms, fearing for their lives.”
“They were shouting Intifada, Intifada long live the Intifada – All White people need to die and they chased a female student into another building,” SSI further reported.
In March 2011 Jihad Watch reported that the ‘Muslim Students Union’ at UC Irvine, a ‘Muslim Students Association’ affiliate which the NY Police identified the organization as an ‘incubator’ for Islamic radicalism, had been suspended by the school after members repeatedly heckled Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren during a speech in 2010
More here on Muslim Students Association
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Do You Feel Safer Now? -Image: Amy Mek
“Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem.”
(I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude.) -Thomas Jefferson
Democrat Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton
Now Claims to be Champion for Equal Pay for Women
More here ‘Hillary Clinton’s War on Women’ -Washington Free Beacon
Flashback: Remember Hillary Clinton’s warm reception with
KKK Member/Sen Robert Byrd (D-WV) who Democrats and
President’s Obama and Clinton eulogized at his funeral claiming that he fought for Civil and Equal Rights.
H/T: Victoria on Twitter
Let Us Pray for a Revival in Our Nation — God Bless America
Image Courtesy: Linda Marie Lovison
“Every great religious revival in America has led to an advance in Civil Rights–from the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, to the end of slavery and the pursuit of racial equality but all this has been achieved in the face of established power structures strongly and often violently opposed to these rights. So this is a time of choosing…to keep open the doors of religious liberty. If we do so, then we will make possible the next great awakening in America…”
Natl Catholic Prayer Breakfast, April 2012
More here from U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops


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Alice and Yuzu must work together to create a hit pop song. The mysterious Momo returns after months of silence. The love triangle gets deeper and more tangled in this volume of Anonymous Noise!
This latest volume of Tokyo Ghoul: re brings us the holiday season and some well deserved promotions! EyeSpyeAlex discusses all that and more in her latest review.
Things are really heating up in the latest volume of Food Wars! EyeSpyeAlex dishes about it in her latest review, courtesy of Viz Media.
With existential questions regarding humanity happening, EyeSpyeAlex had an interesting time reading through Seraph of the End Volume 14! She discusses all that and more in her latest review from Viz Media.
Emma, Norman and Ray do their best to outmaneuver Sister Krone and Isabella in the latest volume of The Promised Neverland!
E Class is still reeling from the successful assassination attempt in Assassination Classroom Volume 21. EyeSpyeAlex discusses the aftermath of their actions in her review of the latest from Viz Media.
The desperate love triangle between Nino, Momo, and Yuzu continues as they battle for each other’s affection and attention. Each character has their own secrets that may change their futures. I.Am.No.Man reviews the next installment of Anonymous Noise.
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Biden’s Vaccine Mandates BLOCKED in Court
President Joe Biden has had some trouble getting his vaccine mandate past the courts. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked his mandate while a pile of cases against it are resolved. Watch this episode of America Uncovered for how the mandate would be implemented, why Biden is using OSHA to implement a worker mandate, and what former OSHA directors are saying about the mandate.
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A musical journey through the 70s featuring the songs of Billy Joel and Elton John
This tremendous show is a year by year, hit by hit musical tour through the songbooks of two of the world’s most talented and influential songwriters.
Award-winning recording artist Jim Witter and his band begin an expertly crafted tour of the decade, starting with the million-selling Your Song.
Then this magical musical time machine is off and running – with images of the headlines, the people, the places, the toys and the television shows that shaped the Seventies.
Along the way, the ‘soundtrack’ features classics like My Life, Candle in the Wind, Rocket Man and Just the Way You Are.
This is no pale imitation tribute show – Jim Witter’s voice does true justice to the stunning back catalogue of Joel and John.
This talented artist creates homage to a time in people’s hearts and minds when talent sold records, rather than reality television shows.
If you can remember where you were when Elvis died or if you can smell the interior of your Ford Escort, then you’ll recognise every song!
Jim Witter has been entertaining audiences in the United States and Canada for over 20 years.
His incredible rich, powerful voice, versatility and rapport have made him a hit with theatre-goers everywhere.
It all began at an early age when Jim began performing in the comfort of his own living room. His mother would play piano and Jim would belt out the hits – from Broadway shows to The Beatles – which isn’t bad for a four year old!
Throughout his school years Jim knew he was destined for a career in the music business. “I never really thought of doing anything else,” he said, “and neither did my parents because they always encouraged me to follow my dream.”
And follow it he did. Jim paid his dues playing in the clubs and bars around Southern Ontario for years. He would write songs and record demos during the day and play in the clubs at night to pay the bills.
Jim met his wife Rebecca in 1985. Together they worked tirelessly to promote Jim’s talent and music. Finally in 1990, one of Jim’s demos came to the attention of a Sony Music executive and Jim’s recording career began.
A record deal with a small independent label in Canada soon gave way to a multi-record deal with Curb Records of Nashville – home to artists like Tim McGraw, Leanne Rimes and Wynonna Judd.
From his first self-titled record, to All My Life and Forgiveness, Jim has had 10 top ten radio hits in Canada, seven hit videos on CMT, and impressive chart action in the United States, on Billboard and R&R.
Jim’s music and songwriting have been recognised with multiple awards and nominations from the Canadian Country Music Association, the Juno Awards and most recently, the Dove Awards.
“Songwriting has always been a real love of mine,” said Jim. “I feel fortunate to have been able to work with so many incredible songwriters over the past years. Not only have the collaborations produced songs that I am very proud of, but I have gained an invaluable education and created lifelong friendships along the way.”
A few years ago, Jim came up with the concert for the show The Piano Men: a musical journey through the 70’s featuring the songs of Billy Joel and Elton John.
“I was always a big fan of acoustic music – especially the folk of the 70s, like James Taylor and Harry Chapin, but my real mentors were Billy Joel and Elton John.”
Jim still lives in Southern Ontario with his wife and four children. A devoted family man, Jim is a truly happy guy.
“All I have ever wanted from this business is to be able to support my family and to make people feel a little bit better when they hear my music. To help them forget about their troubles for a while and enjoy the moment. If I can continue doing this five, ten or 15 years down the road, I’ll be perfectly happy,” he said.
A firm believer in the transformative power of theatre, Michele’s most recent play RAGE, produced by The Vancouver East Cultural Centre, explores the difficult issues of violence and bullying in high school. Michele has also written communication campaigns supporting the end of Violence Against Women, Bullying and Racism. She is a former member of the board of directors for Turning Point Recovery Society and continues to advocate for women in recovery.
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|Tuesday 27 November||City Hall, Salisbury|
|Wednesday 28 November||Theatre Royal Brighton|
|Thursday 29 November||Theatre Royal Brighton|
|Friday 30 November||Theatre Royal Brighton|
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The people behind a business responsible for an organic food scam have been ordered to pay a total of £85,000 following a court judgement today (Wednesday 13th January) thanks to action taken by Northamptonshire County Council’s trading standards service.
In September 2009, trading standards prosecuted Neil and Kate Stansfield (both of Newnham near Daventry) for a five-year scam which saw various products that were falsely described as organic being supplied by their company One Food Limited to consumers and businesses across the UK.
At a confiscation hearing at Northampton Crown Court today (13th January), Neil and Kate Stansfield were ordered to pay a total of £85,000 confiscation under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 & Proceeds of Crime Act (2002). This breaks down as follows:
- Neil Stansfield (the director of One Food Limited): a benefit figure of £300,000 was declared and he was ordered to pay £42,500.
- Kate Stansfield (the company secretary of One Food Limited): a benefit figure of £115,000 was declared and she was ordered to pay £42,500.
Both have been given six months to pay the full amount, with a default sentence of 12 months imprisonment if they fail to pay.
Councillor Andre Gonzalez de Savage, cabinet member for customers and communities said: “We are absolutely committed to tackling rogue traders in the county and will take action to prosecute wherever appropriate. Criminals operating in the county should also see this case as assurance that we will not hesitate to use the proceeds of crime legislation to take the benefit out of their crime and stop them profiting from their ill-gotten gains.
“Anyone who has any concerns about a product they have bought can get trading standards advice by telephoning Consumer Direct on 08454 040506.”