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Little doubt Slick Willie tapped that shit multiple times. I might give him the benefit of the doubt for figuring out their game early on and hitting this evil broad only to make him less of a scumbag than the rest of them. If he gets a few shots off, so to speak, all the better.
Might be why she came back to the States. I believe they still have that little place in Chappaqua, NY. She could have gone to Muncie, Indiana or Peoria. She went to upstate NY instead. Curious, no ?
Oops, they’re doing it again. In which a new iteration of the Steele dossier is swallowed whole and regurgitated hard by a newspaper that needs the Donald Trump boogieman to keep its readers buying papers.
[IsraelTimes] Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... plotted to ensure Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... ’s election as US president in 2016, according to an exclusive Guardian report.
The newspaper, citing what it believes to be leaked Kremlin documents,
...which are never, ever plants by the KGB...
suggests that Putin told a January 2016 meeting of Russia’s national security council that Trump’s election would weaken the United States and strengthen Russia. Therefore, a report urged, Moscow should use "all possible force" to ensure he is elected.
A purported security assessment at the time labeled Trump as a "mentally unstable and unbalanced individual who suffers from an inferiority complex."
The Guardian piece can be read here, if you want to give them the clicks, dear Reader.
[The Last Refuge] Hey Antifa, here is the fascism you have been looking for.
Imagine the apoplexy in media if President Trump’s White House was flagging content on Facebook for removal. That’s exactly what White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted today: "We are flagging problematic posts for Facebook"...
Yup, the Biden regime is monitoring social media from the White House and identifying content they do not like. Then, they flag that content and send it to Facebook, who then take action to remove it. WATCH:
On the upside — this is a direct admission the U.S. government is the determining voice on speech. That admission now makes this a FIRST AMENDMENT issue.
Previously the Democrats, leftists, media allies and the Biden administration all said Big Tech censorship, the banning of conservative voices/opinions, was a matter of private businesses making decisions on their own without government influence and therefore no ’First Amendment’ issues are in place. This admission from the White House today is exactly the opposite. Let the lawsuits commence.
This doesn't matter. Haven't you gotten it through your head yet? Critical Theory rejects liberalism, rejects the idea we're all equal. Instead there are two kinds of people: oppressors and the oppressed, and obviously the oppressed are justified in using the most extreme measures to destroy oppressors.
“The defining question is whether the discrimination is creating equity or inequity. If discrimination is creating equity, then it is antiracist. If discrimination is creating inequity, then it is racist. … The only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination. The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.” From How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi (pseud. for Henry Rodgers), p. 19.
Wonder who got the contract for that piece of open source surveillance? Perhaps it was 'in-house' embedded gov't sources, or the people just down the hall from the office monitoring Tucker Carlson's email.
[The Last Refuge] Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward provides an update tonight by recapping the Arizona Senate hearing today that exposed stunning election malfeasance in the Maricopa County ballot audit. There is much more yet to come from the forensic audit finding, but the results so far show a significant collapse in voter integrity in the largest county vote.
As Ms. Ward notes "this matter is far from over"..... There will be much more to come. Video Below:
The unmatched duplicated ballots (lacking a serial number) points to a similar issue discovered in Fulton County, Georgia, with double counted ballots. The fact that the total number of ballots counted does not match the certified Maricopa County election results is again another big red flag.
The 70,000 mail-in ballots received that surpass the number of mail-in ballots mailed, points to someone photocopying ballots on regular paper stock. That would also explain the lack of chain-of-custody documents for both the paper-stock and the scanned ballots. Adding to the photocopied ballot likelihood is that some ballots showed ink bleed-through on the paper from one side to the other.
There are many issues identified, and we haven’t yet got to the "ballot mule" process. Biden did not win the election, it’s all starting to come out.
[FOXNEWS] Republican senators are ramping up pressure on President Joe Biden ...... 46th president of the U.S., father of Hunter...... to withdraw Tracy Stone-Manning's nomination for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) director, citing her link to an eco-terrorist plot and her apparently misleading answers to senators about it.
Every Republican on the Senate Energy Committee signed a letter Wednesday urging Biden to pull Stone-Manning's nomination.
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[Breitbart via Bongino] On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s "Situation Room," Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) argued that the $3.5 trillion spending bill won’t add to inflation issues because it will be paid for "significantly by higher taxes on the wealthy and large corporations." Because taxing businesses never causes inflation
In the 5 months since the Obamiden cabal seized power, inflation (.4% + .6% + .8% + .8% + .9% monthly Feb-June) has risen 3.5% or 8.7% annualized. But inflation is accelerating and in the last 3 month has risen 2.5% or 10.5% annualized.
Compare with 2019 and 2020 inflation of 2.3% and 1.4%.
Bernie, socialist, who never really had a job except in government is making recommendations about a $3.5 trillion spending bill? And people in Congress see nothing wrong with this? We are in trouble.
The only people who get rich in a Marxist/Communist society are the ruling class, bourgeoisie. Bernie has bought into that deal.
We're heading towards Jimmie Carter double digit inflation numbers.
Kamala may be one of the first politicians known to literally suck up and punch down.
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Saw a clip of Biden and Merkel sitting across from each other. I was watching her facial expressions closely. She, just like Putin, had this somewhat incredulous look on her face that she was trying to hide as Biden talked slowly to make sure his speaking was not slurred. I think both Putin and Merkel were laughing inside that corruption in this once great nation finally succeeded in getting such a sick man in as POTUS.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Police searching cliffs in South Devon for a missing 27-year-old woman have confirmed they have found a body.
A large sea, air and land search was launched at Berry Head in Brixham in the early hours of Sunday for Jacqueline Hudson, who is known as Jay.
A casualty was found by coastguards in the area of the quarry at about 6am. Police have now confirmed it was the body of a woman.
The public appeal for information about Jay has yet to be officially closed but her next of kin have been made aware of the developments.
Detective Sergeant Tom Blanchard of Torquay CID said: “I can confirm that unfortunately we have recovered a body from Berry Head. At the moment no formal identification has been made."
A search for missing Jay was launched just after 2am on Sunday. The RNLI Torbay all-weather lifeboat searched the sea off Brixham assisted by the coastguard helicopter and ground rescue teams.
Torbay Coastguard said on its Facebook page: "Once on scene we split into several search teams assisted by Devon and Cornwall Police and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service and searched Berry Head Quarry together with North and South forts.
"The helicopter picked up a heat source on the cliffs so we set up two hold fasts and lowered three cliff men down to the location, where the casualty was found.
"Our rescue stretcher was used to recover the casualty to the top of the cliff were paramedics were waiting."
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: "At 2.10am Sunday UK Coastguard was asked for assistance by Devon & Cornwall Police to search for a missing adult female in the Berry Head area.
"The National Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham initiated a search mission involving Berry Head and Torbay Coastguard Rescue Teams, along with Torbay RNLI lifeboat and the Coastguard rescue helicopter based at St Athan. Following an extensive search, a casualty has been recovered by the cliff rescue teams in the vicinity of Berry Head Quarry."
Berry Head was closed to visitors for much of Sunday morning. It was open again around noon.

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This is how you stand out at Pebble Beach.
Standing out against the expensive exotica on display this week's prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance isn't easy. Unless you're McLaren, that is. The British automaker has just revealed a striking 720S designed by McLaren's Special Operations customization division commissioned by a customer with a very acquired taste. The one-off 720S was created for US entrepreneur, philanthropist and car enthusiast Michael Fux, who spec'd their car in an eye-catching purple paint finish.
The distinctive 'Fux Fuchsia' hue was named after the entrepreneur and was originally created by Rolls-Royce before being redeveloped by MSO. Fuchsia coloring has also been applied to the lightweight wheels, as well as inside the doors, the rear-view mirror and as a pinstripe on the steering wheel. White otherwise dominates the interior, from the headlining, floor mats and cup holder, to the leather and stitching. Completing the look are exhaust and window surrounds with a Stealth grey finish and additional carbon fiber components. Fux has a collection of around 130 luxury and supercars, many finished in unique and unusual colors like his 720S.
"Challenging the art of the possible to meet the most demanding customer requirements and then delivering beyond expectations are integral to the service that McLaren Special Operations offers," said Jolyon Nash, McLaren Automotive Executive Director, Global Sales and Marketing. "MSO provides McLaren owners with virtually limitless possibilities to tailor a car exactly to their needs and tastes; unique paint colors and finishes, custom leather and stitching and exotic materials are all available within a bespoke commission, while beyond this there are opportunities all the way up to complete vehicles designed to individual specification."
No mechanical changes have been applied to the one-off 720S, meaning it's powered by a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 sending 710 horses to the rear wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. McLaren may have even been sandbagging the 720S' performance according to a recent dyno run. The unique 720S was presented to Fux by McLaren Automotive boss Mike Flewitt at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in Monterey. The car will then land on the 'Concept Lawn' where it will be displayed at the Concours on Sunday. McLaren didn't mention how much Fux's one-off 720S is worth, but you can bet he paid substantially more than the top Luxury trim which costs over $280,000.


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Review by Peter Brown
It covers the full history of Pulk 4. Pancerny from its formation from Polish troops who were in the Soviet Union before being shipped to Persia (now Iraq). After travels through the Middle East to Egypt, the Regiment became formally established and received its first tanks in Palestine. Its first armoured vehicles were a mixture of old British Light Tanks and Valentines and even some ex-Italian M13/40s but it was eventually to have a full complement on Sherman III plus Stuart V Recce, Daimler Dingos, White Scout Cars and assorted softskin vehicles before it moved to Italy.
The Regiment fought throughout the Italian campaign from May 1944, seeing action at Cassino, Ancona, at the crossing of the Cesano and Metauro Rivers and on across the Apennines before ending the war at Bologne. All its actions, with details of post-war service and final disbandment, are fully described. Text is dual Polish and English, while the translation is good overall some sections may need to be read a couple of times before they make sense. Supporting this are maps and an organisation chart from the start of the campaign.
Modellers will welcome the photos, the account is illustrated throughout with black and white photos of the "Scorpions" vehicles, mostly the armoured ones. These show all the varied types they used, mostly Sherman III showing the various fixtures and fittings used in Italy but also a Valentine Bridgelayer, Sherman Ib 105mm howitzer and Ic Fireflies, dozer tanks and even turretless fascine carriers, along with the Stuart Recce tanks, scout cars and a few of softskins and also some of the German vehicles they knocked out or captured intact.
Doubly welcome are the colour side views of tanks showing the Light Tanks, Valentines, Shermans in training and action colours, Stuarts and even some Jeeps. Alongside these are lists of the tank names used by the Regiment as well as some individual serial numbers. Photo captions point out details of names and record the charges in markings along with the dates of the changes. The photos also show the men themselves, with enough detail to allow modellers to depict accurate uniforms.
The Italian campaign does not seem as well covered as the Desert or North-West European theatres; this book goes some way to redressing that balance. It also brings the story of Polish soldiers in WW2 into easy reach which is itself no bad thing. As an historical account or inspiration for modellers, this is one book I would strongly recommend.
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Jeb Bush Would Have Authorized Iraq War — Even Knowing What We Know Now
If one of Jeb Bush's biggest stumbling blocks to the presidency is his brother's tumultuous tenure in the White House, this past week hasn't been a good one for the former Florida governor.
After telling a group of fundraisers behind closed doors that former President George W. Bush was one of his advisers on the Middle East, the likely 2016 GOP hopeful followed that up telling Fox News' Megyn Kelly that he would have authorized the Iraq War — even knowing what we know now.
"I would have, and so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody," Bush told Kelly in an interview to air Monday night. "And so would almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got."
He added, "News flash to the world, if they're trying to find places where there's big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of those." (In the clip posted by Fox, the audio drops out after that, so it's unclear what he goes on to say right afterward.)
The former governor's point that Clinton, now the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, voted for the 2003 Iraq War resolution very likely won't mute the issue for him, though.
While Clinton, then a New York senator, took heat for her vote in the 2008 campaign — and that was a big reason she lost the Democratic nomination — she has since called the vote "wrong."
In her 2014 memoir, Hard Choices, she said she "wasn't alone in getting it wrong. But I still got it wrong. Plain and simple."
In other words, knowing what we know now, Clinton says she would not have authorized the invasion.
Bush tried to qualify his reasoning by pointing to the faulty intelligence that led to the war. But anything that reminds voters of his ties not just to his brother but to his brother's policies is a huge negative.
"I love my father and my brother," Bush said in February during a speech in Chicago. "I admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions they had to make. But I am my own man —and my views are shaped by my own thinking and own experiences."
But as the months tick by, Jeb Bush has not shown how, exactly, substantively, he would be different from his brother George W., particularly with regard to one of those "difficult decisions" — deciding to go into Iraq.
Despite finding no "weapons of mass destruction," Bush argued in a 2010 interview with CBS News' Jim Axelrod that removing Saddam Hussein from power made "America more secure."
"In my view, what justifies everything is the removal of a threat," Bush said in the interview.
But once it was found that no WMD was discovered, the decision became very unpopular and was a big reason for Bush's and the GOP's decline in popularity. The national Republican Party is still trying to emerge from the shadow of the Bush presidency as it tries to win back the White House for the first time in more than a decade.
Just before Bush left the White House in December 2008, his job approval rating was a meager 29 percent, according to Gallup, with a staggering 67 percent disapproving.
A March NBC/Wall Street Journal survey showed just how much the younger Bush has to do to step out of his brother's shadow. Sixty percent of voters — and 42 percent of Republicans — said the former Florida governor represents a return to the policies of the past, higher than the 51 percent who thought the same thing about Clinton.
Just 27 percent of registered voters said Bush would provide new ideas and vision for the country, while 49 percent of GOP voters said the same thing.
Bush has seen his standing both in early state and in national polls decline recently, as other candidates have gotten in the race and he remains officially on the sidelines.
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A Guide to Utah Cannabis Laws
It’s important to note that you must be at least 18-years-old to obtain a medical marijuana card in Utah, and all patients under 21 must acquire approval through the Compassionate Use Board, an organization that only takes mental health issues into consideration when issuing Medical Marijuana cards, excluding all other conditions listed as “qualifying conditions”, and makes decisions case-by-case.
- HIV or AIDS
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Persistent nausea that is not significantly responsive to traditional treatment
- Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
- Epilepsy or debilitating seizures
- Multiple sclerosis or persistent and debilitating muscle spasms
- Post-traumatic stress disorder currently being treated and monitored by a licensed mental health therapist
- A terminal illness when the patient’s remaining life expectancy is less than six months
- A condition resulting in the individual receiving hospice care
- A rare condition or disease that affects less than 200,000 individuals in the United States and is not adequately managed despite treatment attempts
- Pain lasting longer than two weeks that is not adequately managed
- A condition that the Compassionate Use Board approves on an individual, case-by-case basis
How do I get a medical cannabis card?
- Individuals may apply for a medical cannabis card here. Medical cannabis cards cannot be obtained from a medical cannabis pharmacy, medical clinic, or from any entity other than the Utah Department of Health.
- The requirements to get a medical cannabis card include:
- Must be a Utah Resident;
- Must have at least one qualifying condition;
- Submit an application online;
- Meet in-person with a medical provider registered with the Utah Department of Health to recommend medical cannabis;
- The medical provider has certified your eligibility for a medical cannabis card online; and
- Pay a $15 application fee online.
- NOTE: If a patient is a minor under the age of 21 or if they are an adult over 21 but do not have a qualifying condition, the application must be reviewed by the Compassionate Use Board. A minor cannot receive a medical cannabis card unless their parent or legal guardian qualifies for a medical cannabis guardian card.
Where can I find a list of qualified medical providers registered by the Utah Department of Health to recommend medical cannabis?
- The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) has a list of medical providers who have registered with the UDOH as Qualified Medical Providers (QMPs). This list only includes those QMPs who have authorized the UDOH to post their name, specialty, and contact information on the UDOH website.
- Participation in the medical cannabis program as a medical provider is voluntary and some providers will not choose to become QMPs. If your current provider will not be participating in the program, you may choose to consult with other providers covered by your health insurance about their registration status or talk to your provider about seeing a QMP that they recommend.
How can I use marijuana in Utah?
- Despite the common knowledge that marijuana is most often smoked, sparking up (setting fire to flower) is actually prohibited in the Beehive State, as are edibles such as candies, cookies, and brownies. If you’re looking to smoke, vaping Medical Marijuana is legal in Utah, as are the following forms of ingestion:
Can I grow my own marijuana in Utah?
- No, you cannot grow your own herb in Utah. The Utah Medical Cannabis Program states that at this time, no more Cannabis Cultivation licenses are being offered in the state.
- If you are caught driving under the influence of marijuana you can be charged with a DUI. According to La Jolla, your first offense can lead to at least 48 hours in jail, 48 hours of community service, and possible home confinement.
How much medical cannabis are card holders allowed to possess or purchase at one time?
- Qualifying patients may not possess more than an amount sufficient to provide 30 days of treatment based on the dosing guidelines recommended by their recommending medical provider and may not exceed:
- More than 113 grams of unprocessed cannabis (flower); and
- More than 20 grams of total composite THC in all other medicinal dosage forms.
- Within a 30-day period, qualifying patients may not purchase more than an amount sufficient to provide 30 days of treatment based on the dosing guidelines recommended by their recommending medical provider and may not exceed:
- more than 113 grams of unprocessed cannabis (flower); and
- more than 20 grams of total composite THC in all other medicinal dosage forms.
Utah Cannabis Advertising and Marketing Guide
- Except as provided in this chapter, a person may not advertise regarding the recommendation, sale, dispensing, or transportation of medical cannabis.
- Notwithstanding any authorization to advertise regarding medical cannabis under this chapter, the person advertising may not advertise:
- using promotional discounts or incentives;
- a particular medical cannabis product, medical cannabis device, or medicinal dosage form; or
- an assurance regarding an outcome related to medical cannabis treatment.
- Notwithstanding Subsection (1):
- a nonprofit organization that offers financial assistance for medical cannabis treatment to low income patients may advertise the organization’s assistance if the advertisement does not relate to a specific medical cannabis pharmacy or a specific medical cannabis product; and
- a medical cannabis pharmacy may provide information regarding subsidies for the cost of medical cannabis treatment to patients who affirmatively accept receipt of the subsidy information.
- To ensure that the name and logo of a licensee under this chapter have a medical rather than a recreational disposition, the name and logo of the licensee:
- may include terms and images associated with:
- a medical disposition, including “medical,” “medicinal,” “medicine,” “pharmacy,” “apothecary,” “wellness,” “therapeutic,” “health,” “care,” “cannabis,” “clinic,” “compassionate,” “relief,” “treatment,” and “patient;” or
- the plant form of cannabis, including “leaf,” “flower,” and “bloom”;
- may not include:
- any term, statement, design representation, picture, or illustration that is associated with a recreational disposition or that appeals to children;
- an emphasis on a psychoactive ingredient;
- a specific cannabis strain; or
- terms related to recreational marijuana, including “weed,” “pot,” “reefer,” “grass,” “hash,” “ganga,” “Mary Jane,” “high,” “buzz,” “haze,” “stoned,” “joint,” “bud,” “smoke,” “euphoria,” “dank,” “doobie,” “kush,” “frost,” “cookies,” “rec,” “bake,” “blunt,” “combust,” “bong,” “budtender,” “dab,” “blaze,” “toke,” or “420.”
- may include terms and images associated with:
- The department shall define standards for advertising authorized under this chapter, including names and logos in accordance with Subsection (4), to ensure a medical rather than recreational disposition.
- A QMP may not advertise that the QMP recommends medical cannabis treatment except a QMP may communicate the following through a website:
- a green cross;
- a qualifying condition that the QMP treats; and
- a scientific study regarding medical cannabis use.
Utah Marijuana Laws and Penalties
|Utah Laws and Penalties|
|Less than 1 oz||Misdemeanor||6 months||$1,000|
|1 oz – 1 lb||Misdemeanor||1 year||$2,500|
|1 – 100 lbs||Felony||5 years||$5,000|
|More than 100 lbs||Felony||1 – 15 years||$10,000|
|Any amount||Felony||5 years||$5,000|
|In the presence of a minor or within 1000 ft of a school and other designated public areas is subject to increased penalties.|
|Hash & Concentrates|
|Penalties for hashish are the same as for marijuana.|
|Possession of paraphernalia||Misdemeanor||6 months||$1,000|
|Sale of paraphernalia||Misdemeanor||1 year||$2,500|
|To a minor||Felony||5 years||$5,000|
|Any conviction will result in a driver’s license suspension for 6 months.|
Utah Cannabis Tax Guide
- Medical marijuana: There are no taxes on medical marijuana purchases. https://medicalcannabis.utah.gov/resources/utah-medical-cannabis-law/

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Fresh Cherry Turnovers
Be sure to try this amazing homemade Fresh Cherry Turnovers recipe that will wow the whole family!
For the Dough:
- 2 3/4 cups of all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup of vegetables shortening
- 1/3 cup of unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 8 tablespoons of ice cold water
For the Filling:
- 2 cups of pitted fresh cherries
- 2/3 cups of granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- zest of 1 lemon
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
For the Topping:
- 1/4 melted butter
- sugar in the raw
Dough: In a large bowl cut the shortening and butter into the flour until the fat is the size of rice. Next add in salt and slowly drizzle in cold water and cut in until combined. Place in the refrigerator to chill for at least 20 minutes. Once rested, remove the dough from the fridge and roll out on a flour dusted surface. Using a large circle round, cut as many as you can (should get 8). Next place a small amount of the cooled cherry filling on half of the cut circle round and fold over. Using a fork press the two pieces together so they are molded. Using a knife cut a couple of slits in the top and top off with a little melted butter and a teaspoon of sugar in the raw. Once all the circles are stuffed and formed, place them on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and bake at 375° for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Filling: Place all ingredients in a pot and simmer for 15 minutes on medium high heat. Next, slowly sprinkle in some cornstarch and stir until thick. Once thick, set aside to cool before stuffing the circle rounds.
To Plate: Serve hot with ice cream and fresh mint.

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KURE BEACH, NC (WECT) – After hours of public comments about seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean, town leaders in Kure Beach let a crowd of hundreds of people know that they do not have an official stance on the issue.
The large show of opposition against the issue was prompted by an earlier letter of support for seismic testing signed by Kure Beach Mayor Dean Lambeth. The letter, as Town Commissioner David Heglar explained to the crowd, was not on official letterhead and simply the opinion of an individual citizen.
Heglar said he was glad to see so much interest in local government, but the outcry against the issue was exactly why he told his fellow commissioners last month that the town should not take a stance on a federal issue.
"Just like abortion or voting rights," Heglar told a crowded council room.
Some in the crowd said they would prefer town leaders to take a stance on the issue, specifically one of opposition. Judy Larrick, a resident of the town for 18 years, said last year's elections might have been more contentious if the opinions on seismic testing were known.
"We need to know who we're electing and what their opinions, values and policies stand for," she said.
Larrick said she will remember this debate when she votes in the next municipal election.
Brady Brashaw, with Echo Friendly Action, said Monday night that he would like to see leaders in Kure Beach adopt a resolution similar to one passed in Wrightsville Beach that opposes any off-shore testing and drilling.
"I would love to see that happen in Kure Beach," said Bradshaw. "I think the citizen support is here, but I don't believe the support is there on the town council."


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A coup or coup d'état is a sudden overthrow of a government or removal of an existing government from power, usually through violent means. Typically, it is an illegal, unconstitutional seizure of power by a political faction, the military, or a dictator.
- Organizers fear that Trump is prepping the ground for a de facto coup. But they also hope that he can be headed off by a massive wave of aroused and empowered opposition. There is, after all, a growing public awareness of the existential threat to the country’s democracy, with a drumbeat of warnings
- Is Trump Planning a Coup d’État? Sasha Abramsky, The Nation, (7 September 2020)
- Bolivia has descended into a nightmare of political repression and racist state violence since the democratically elected government of Evo Morales was overthrown by the military on 10 November last year. That month was the second-deadliest in terms of civilian deaths caused by state forces since Bolivia became a democracy nearly 40 years ago... Morales' government was able to reduce poverty by 42% and extreme poverty by 60%... The November coup was led by a white and mestizo elite with a history of racism, seeking to revert state power to the people who had monopolised it before Morales’ election in 2005. The racist nature of the state violence... all of the victims of the two biggest massacres committed by state forces after the coup were indigenous.
- What has received even less attention is the role of the Organization of American States (OAS) (with headquarters in Washington, D.C.) in the destruction of Bolivia’s democracy last November. The wheels of justice grind much too slowly in the aftermath of US-backed coups. And the Trump administration’s support has been overt: the White House promoted the “fraud” narrative, and its Orwellian statement following the coup praised it: “Morales’s departure preserves democracy and paves the way for the Bolivian people to have their voices heard.” According to the Los Angeles Times: “Carlos Trujillo, the US ambassador to the OAS, had steered the group’s election-monitoring team to report widespread fraud and pushed the Trump administration to support the ouster of Morales.”
- ...These guidelines are drawn from the wide body of experience and evidence from the many countries that have experienced a coup since World War II...
- Don’t expect results election night...ballots may not be counted until days or weeks after Election Day... trumped up claims of fraudulent ballots may cause a wayward attorney general..to try halting counts...
- Do call it a coup. One reason to use the language of a coup is that people know it’s wrong and a violation of Democratic norms... We have to be ready to declare loudly ...This is a coup... People who do power grabs always claim they’re doing it to save democracy...
- Know that coups have been stopped by regular folks. Coup attempts have happened all over the world, and over half have failed...
- Be ready to act quickly — and not alone... Most campaigns that defeat coups do so in days...
- Focus on widely shared democratic values, not on individuals. ...Coups are not a time to just watch and wait until “someone else” figures it out...
- Convince people not to freeze or just go along... In all the research on preventing coups, there’s one common theme: People stop doing what the coup plotters tell them to do.
- Commit to actions that represent rule of law, stability and nonviolence... For mass movements to succeed against coups, they should refuse to do violence to the other side. It is really a fight for legitimacy... that uncertain center has to be convinced that “we” represent stability and “the coup plotters” represent hostility to the democratic norms...Historically, whichever side resorts to violence the most tends to lose. In a moment of uncertainty, people pick the side that promises maximum stability, respects democratic norms and appears to be the safer bet. It’s a contest of who can be the most legitimate.
- Yes, a coup can happen in the United States. It may be hard to imagine...
- Center in calm, not fear. ... Let’s aim for calm and avoid hyperbole. Be a reliable source by double-checking rumors and spreading high-quality facts... Breathe deeply....
- Prepare to deter a coup before the election.
- 10 things you need to know to stop a coup, Daniel Hunter, Waging Nonviolence ( 19 September 2020)
- The death of Ginsburg and quick replacement of another ultra conservative to SCOTUS has big implications for November’s election: it strengthens Trump’s strategy... create the public impression mail in voting is fraudulent and the basis for stopping the counting of mail ballots... he’ll raise the ‘fraudulent’ voting claim, get Attorney General Barr to file injunctions to stop the vote count of mail in ballots, and push to the Supreme Court the approval to stop the vote count. Since the Republican and Democratic Party conventions in August I have been following and commenting on the unfolding of Trump’s strategy to engineer a legal de facto coup d’etat surrounding the November 3 elections... as he has publicly declared in his campaign speeches, he’s planning not only to win in November but is considering, as he put, “four more years after that, and maybe even four more, we’ll see”. In lock-step, his Attorney General, Bill Barr, has also publicly declared that protestors (including those protesting a future coup no doubt) should be considered “treasonous” and prosecuted under the sedition acts. For Trump too, protestors are “insurrectionists”, which means terrorists and ‘enemy combatants’ under the Patriot Act... So much for the Bill of Rights in a post November USA world!
- Jack Rasmus, Ginsburg’s Death and Trump’s Emerging Legal Coup D’Etat, CounterPunch (22 September 2020)
- The United States presidential campaign is being transformed into a coup d’état by Donald Trump, who has declared that he will not accept the results of any vote that goes against him. At a White House press conference Wednesday evening, Trump was asked whether he would “commit here today for a peaceful transfer of power after the election.” He replied: “We’re going to have to see what happens. You know, I have been complaining very strongly about the ballots. And the ballots are a disaster.” When his questioner persisted, Trump said, “You’ll have a very peaceful trans—there won’t be a transfer frankly. There will be a continuation.” Trump’s determination to rapidly appoint a new Supreme Court justice to fill the seat left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death is a critical element of the unfolding criminal conspiracy. Trump intends to stack the Supreme Court with lackeys who will rubber stamp his repudiation of the election results. “I think this [the election] will end up in the Supreme Court, and I think it’s very important that we have nine justices,” Trump said at the news conference. That the preparations for an overthrow of the Constitution are well advanced is now widely acknowledged.
- Joseph Kishore and David North, Trump’s coup d’état election, WSWS, (24 September 2020)
- President Trump's Wednesday refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power should he lose the election has exacerbated all the worries raised by his trolling about serving an unconstitutional third term... I understand fears about dissolution of democratic norms and the apparently nonexistent floor in the cravenness of Republican officials in Trump's thrall. But Trump lacks two necessary things for the coup attempt some of his critics anticipate, and those deficiencies reassure me greatly... The first is competence. As my colleague Damon Linker has ably argued, the president is very good at exercising rhetorical power, but he is very bad at actually doing things, because he is deeply incompetent. He cannot plan. He certainly cannot keep a secret or keep his story straight... The second is the absolute loyalty of the military Trump would need to retain the physical seat of power. If he had strong support among active-duty service members, it would still be quite a leap to say they'd help make him a dictator. But Trump doesn't even net a positive approval rating from U.S. forces anymore.
- Bonnie Kristian, in Don't worry: The military dislikes Trump too much to help him steal the election, The Week, (25 September 2020)
- A coup d 'état, is the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group (usually military or paramilitary).According to Oxford University, a coup differs from a revolution, in which large numbers of people work for basic social, economic and political change... many scholars consider a coup to succeed when the usurpers seize and hold power for at least seven days... Patrick McGowan, an accomplished researcher on coups in Africa, proffers that political leaders ejection from power, through unmistakably unconstitutional means, are mainly assisted by the army either on their own or in conjunction with civilian elites such as civil servants and politicians. Researchers add that an essential element of a successful coup is the process of infiltration and subversion. This ensures that a small but critical part of the security forces is totally subverted, while much of the rest is temporarily neutralised. While a variety of mechanisms exist through which coups might pave the way for democratisation, there are still widespread views against it. For starters, coups in democratic societies aren't particularly welcomed because of the stain it places on democracy. Barbara Geddes refer to this as "democratic backsliding," indicative of a democratic breakdown.
- Kanisa George, Coups and democracy, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday (30 September 2020)
- Here’s what we know: Congress was not prepared on January 6th. We weren’t prepared because we never imagined this could happen: an attack, by our own people, fostered and encouraged by those granted power through the very system they sought to overturn. That is a lesson, not a conspiracy theory or counter-narrative. Some have concocted a counternarrative to discredit this process on the grounds we didn’t launch a similar investigation into the urban riots and looting last summer. Mr. Chairman, I was called on to serve during the summer riots as an Air National Guardsman. I condemned those riots and the destruction of property that resulted. But not once did I ever feel that the future of self-government was threatened like I did on January 6th. There is a difference between breaking the law and rejecting the rule of law, between a crime—even grave crimes—and a coup.
- Adam Kinzinger, "The Men who Helped Ensure Democracy Held," (27 July 2021), as quoted in Vital Speeches of the Day, 87(9), p. 212.


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HB 2140 addresses various aspects of the electoral process, from updating filing dates for candidacy declarations to enhancing protections for election officials. The bill also introduces measures aimed at safeguarding the integrity of absentee voting and expands access to provisional ballots.
Rep. McGaugh expressed her enthusiasm for the positive impact HB 2140 will have on Missouri’s elections, noting that the provisional changes are improve election administration, clarify procedures, and provide additional protections for election officials:
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A Strategic Elements subsidiary has successfully completed thousands of key tests at a WA prison facility with its Autonomous Security Vehicle technology, or “ASV” as part of its robotics JV with tech giant Honeywell. The companies plan to develop ASVs for the correctional sector with assistance from researchers and academics at the University of Western Australia.
News of the successful trial results sent Strategic Elements’ share price surging more than 20 per cent in early trades on Thursday with $2.5 million worth of stock changing hands.
Strategic Elements’ subsidiary, Stealth Technologies said its Stealth AxV Automation & Robotics Platform is developing a number of applications covering Autonomous Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear, or “CBRN” Agent Detection and Autonomous Mining in addition to ASV control systems.
The company said the success of its AxV during thousands of operational tests of the Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems, or “PIDS” at a Western Australian prison facility was a world’s first.
PIDS are the first line of defence to deter, detect and delay intruders, prevent escapes and keep staff safe. Operational testing of PIDS is required multiple times a day and is currently only possible through physical interaction between prison guards and PIDS.
Whilst autonomously testing and patrolling the secure perimeter, Strategic said the ASV successfully fed hundreds of hours of mobile high-definition surveillance video to the prison’s control centre.
The ASV integrates seamlessly into a prison’s existing security control systems and can autonomously navigate pre-defined missions to test key PIDS. These include photo-electric beams, microphonic and fibre-optic fence sensors, buried electromagnetic cables and microwave beams. Patrol surveillance is provided by a military grade camera that provides 360-degree high-definition video.
Stealth Technologies has built a world first automation and robotics technology for the correctional sector to increase security, save costs and re-deploy staff away from mundane, repetitive tasks. It is satisfying that real world outcomes are starting to be reported that indicate the robustness and reliability of the ASV.
“I know that Stealth truly values the industry knowledge shared by the Honeywell team and the autonomous vehicle expertise of key professors and researchers at UWA”.
Strategic intends to run the ASV at a Western Australian prison until the end of the year and then conduct a full review and assessment of ASV missions conducted to date. Discussions on a commercial agreement between Stealth Technologies and Honeywell are continuing.
Strategic is hoping for good cheer in the new year in the form of federal funding from the Cooperative Research Centres Project. The company has applied for $750,000 to support a rollout of pilot ASV deployments to increase frequency, accuracy and reliability of mobile surveillance and perimeter security testing for critical infrastructure that underpins Australia’s economy.
The funding will assist in developing a second generation ASV – AxV Gen 2 – with onboard cameras, Light Detection and Ranging or “LIDAR”, sensors and drone capability targeted towards critical infrastructure.
The AxV is a result of collaboration with the Defence Science Technology Group, or “DSTG”, part of the Australian Department of Defence and UWA to build a world first, autonomous drone-carrying vehicle that automates detecting and sensing CBRN agents.
Murphy said multiple streams of work have been focused on further development of the AxV Gen 2 software and hardware stack. Expanded capabilities to support the CBRN project include sensor drivers, navigation modules and the mission control systems.
One leap forward has been achieved in the coordination of the overall CBRN search mission to include multiple ASVs and multiple drones autonomously operating within the same area. This gives greater operational efficiencies by covering a greater area, or the same area covered in a shorter space of time. It also provides an enhanced sensing ability as different drones can carry different sensors.
He said final design of the AxV Gen 2 is expected to be released in February 2022.
Autonomous mining is also on the Stealth Technologies’ radar. It has announced a phased pilot investigation with a global mining company operating what Stealth said were Tier 1, world-class assets.
Phase 1 of the trial involves the supply and installation of a Stealth Sensor Unit containing sensor fusion and computer vision technology from the Autonomous AxV platform. The Sensor Unit will capture mapping data of a portion of a mine’s underground environment to determine the potential suitability of a Stealth technology solution.
The developments in Strategic Elements’ ASV business comes soon after the company was granted a Japanese patent for its “Nanocube Memory Ink” technology. The battery ink technology can be used to produce self-charging battery cells through its wholly owned venture, Australian Advanced Materials.
The battery ink technology venture is a collaboration with the University of New South Wales with the institution boasting over a decade of experience in electronic inks, energy harvesting and storage.
Strategic Elements is looking to utilise its battery ink technology to produce small-footprint battery cells that can be printed on plastic. Remarkably, the battery cells can be powered solely by moisture from humidity in the air.
The key advantage of printed technology over traditional methods is the process allows for the manufacture of flexible, lightweight and thin electronic products for applications that are not possible with conventional silicon-based electronics.
Strategic Elements appears well down the path of achieving the long-sought technological elixir of being able to marry form and function. Robots guarding prisons and batteries being charged out of thin air would fit perfectly in a Jules Verne novel. What’s next is anyone’s guess…..
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An Early Look At ON1 Photo RAW
My buddies at ON1 have just given me a first look at ON1 Photo RAW. And they've been nice enough to let me share a screenshot.
It's a very early build, pre-beta, in fact. So don't read too much into the artwork or if certain tools, icons or menus aren't shown. Those tend to get snapped in later.
Once I've spent a little more time with Photo RAW, I'll do a short video on what I'm most excited about. I can tell you right now that the speed is very, very, very nice.


Folwell Dunbar, a state education official who warned of problems at Abramson Science and Technology Charter School more than a year ago, confirmed Thursday that he was fired this week along with his boss at the department, Jacob Landry.
The two were let go amid a new state investigation at Abramson prompted by fresh revelations about what Dunbar and other experts found during an audit of the school carried out in April and May of 2010. State records show Dunbar let his colleagues know last year that someone associated with the school tried to offer him money during the audit, an incident that brings to light the connections that Abramson apparently shares with Turkish-run businesses and charter schools in other states. He concluding that Abramson was at the very least "terribly mismanaged" and recommended that the state board of education take away its charter.
The school has denied the bribery allegation and says it has addressed shortcomings the audit found in its special education services.
Dunbar's account of the audit surfaced in a records request made recently by The Times-Picayune. And an interview with a former teacher at Abramson has raised questions about the school's handling of an allegedly inappropriate encounter between two kindergarten students in a school bathroom.
Acting state Superintendent Ollie Tyler brought up both incidents last Friday when she asked the state school board to suspend Abramson while the department of education looks into the accusations.
But Tyler provided few details behind her decision to fire two department officials this week. She did not mention their names and only cited a need for "new direction and leadership" at the department's charter school office.
Still, the department shakeup highlights new concerns raised by the Abramson case about how closely the state monitors the more than 30 different charter school operators that educate children in New Orleans under its watch. More than half of public school students in the city attended a charter school this past year overseen by the state, including those that fall under the state-run Recovery School District and those that report directly to the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or BESE.
BESE votes periodically to renew its contract with both types of charter operators. But Members of the board have said they had little knowledge of the complaints made against Abramson before they voted last July to keep the school running.
The department, led by then Superintendent Paul Pastorek, gave board members only an executive summary outlining deficiencies with special needs services and recommending a "corrective action plan" for the school. Pastorek did not immediately return messages seeking comment Thursday.
In a statement, Dunbar said, "I was terribly shocked and disappointed" when the department of education let him go, adding, "I am very proud of the department's post-Katrina reform efforts, and am honored to have been given an opportunity to contribute."
But Dunbar also pointed to gaps in how the state responds to complaints about charter schools. In his statement he made six recommendations for improving oversight: more clearly defined roles for the state, the RSD and charter school boards; a "comprehensive" school quality review system; a more clearly spelled out procedure for handling complaints; whistle-blower protection policies; and more of an effort to live up to the idea of "complete transparency."


Fall from Haven
Efforts by the EU to tackle tax avoidance in the wake of the “Panama Papers” could undermine Ireland’s attractiveness to investors
The “Panama Papers” will expose more evidence that tax avoidance is rife among the super-wealthy, including politicians and corporates.
Some estimates put the amounts secreted away through networks at €20 trillion, which exceeds the amount western governments made in combined tax increases and spending cuts to restore fiscal rectitude after the global economic and banking crises in 2008.
It is important to note that there is no evidence that any of these tax planning mechanisms are illegal, but that does not mean there will not be political consequences.
The leaked papers are unlikely to surprise an already jaded public, but they will add to the growing sense of unfairness and perceptions of inequality in the post-crisis economic landscape.
In November 2014, the “Lux Leaks” affair


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I’ve been reading The Goldfinch for a week now, averaging about 100 pages a day. Like some of the book bloggers have commented, the page count is what ikept me away from this book shortly after I bought it in Bangkok during the recent trip. Despite the length, which can be stalling, I find The Goldfinch more accessible than The Secret History, a story told by in retrospection by Richard Pipen, a young man who, ashamed of his humble past in rural California, finds at a small Vermont college the life of privilege and intellect he has long coveted. By chance, he becomes part of a closed circle of Greek classics students whom he looks with awe, envy, and an outsider’s detachment. The Secret History proceeds with dangerous tension—the first half elucidates the “whydunit,” and the second the horrible mind-purging aftermath. It’s a compelling tale of deception and complicity, examining not so much the moral resonance as the banality of evil. In retrospect the narrator looks in dismay how his passivity and desire to ingratiate pull him into a course of destruction.
Theo Decker is 13 years old when his life is blown apart, in a very literal sense. There’s an explosion in a gallery h’’s visiting with his devoted, angelic mother. She dies; he escapes with minor injuries and carrying a priceless painting from 1654 called The Goldfinch. At its best, The Goldfinch has that cozily addictive quality of a good old Victorian doorstopper. It at times reminded me of Dickens, but with its air of mystery, intrigue and dastardly doings it reminded me more of Wilkie Collins. At its worst, though, it can be torturous. For great chunks of the book Theo just mopes about his mum and ingests opiates in an unconvincing manner. It’s overall a good story and the story gets better toward the end.

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Sixteen More Defendants Pulled into Digital Audio Encoding Campaign
- July 1, 2016
Digital Audio Encoding Systems, LLC (DAES) has more than doubled the number of defendants in its sole litigation campaign, filing new complaints against Alphabet, Amazon, Best Buy, BlackBerry, eBay, HTC, Huawei, Lenovo (Motorola Mobility), LG Electronics, Nokia, Sony, T-Mobile, Toshiba, Verizon, Wal-Mart, and ZTE. The NPE asserts a single digital signal encoding patent (7,490,037), accusing the defendants of infringement through the manufacture and sale of various Android devices (smartphones, tablets, wearables, etc.) that come pre-installed with audio or video streaming apps, including Google Music Play, Samsung Milk Music, Slacker Radio, and/or Youtube. DAES is one of many entities recently formed by Erik Stamell, four of which have so far launched litigation.


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Viewing entries tagged with 'retirement'
NEWCASTLE Knights front rower Dan Tolar has today announced his retirement due to ongoing knee and Achilles tendon injuries.
AT the age of 26, Newcastle Knights playmaker Ben Rogers has announced his NRL retirement due to injury.
PARRAMATTA Eels forward Carl Webb has today announced his immediate retirement, calling time on an 11-year, 186-game first grade career.
JETSTAR Gold Coast Titans inaugural signing and favourite son Preston Campbell has made the decision to retire at the end of the season.
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN Bulldogs captain Andrew Ryan has today confirmed he will retire from Rugby League at the conclusion of the 2011 season.
ST George Illawarra Dragons representative centre Mark Gasnier on Thursday announced his decision to retire from rugby league at the end of this season.
PANTHERS CEO of Rugby League, Michael Leary has today announced his retirement from the Panthers.
JETSTAR Gold Coast Titans cult hero Brad Meyers has today announced his retirement from rugby league due to injury.
BRONCOS, Maroons and Kangaroos legend Darren Lockyer has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2011 NRL season.
PARRAMATTA Eels winger Eric Grothe has today announced his retirement from the NRL.


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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Interactive Urban Screen
The interactive urban screen installation, also known as the 2009 onedotzero identity, was made interactive by a Nokia n900 mobile phone, as shown in the pictures and video clips below.
onedotzero interactive identity powered by Nokia N900 from onedotzero on Vimeo.
Nokia n900 onedotzero Installation- Behind the Scenes
Onedotzero - Watch the interaction with an urban screen with a Nokia n900 (Story behind the scenes story).
N900 to appear in London next week!
(JBC, Nokia Conversations, 9/4/009)
According to the article, the application for the installation was developed by digital artists/computational designers Karsten Schmidt and Gary Birkett. (I think the ad agency Wieden + Kennedy London was also involved with this project, since Nokia is their client.)
"Onedotzero is a contemporary, digital arts organisation with a remit to promote innovation across all forms of moving image and motion arts, activities encompass public events, artist + content development, publishing projects, education, production, creative direction, and related consultancy services ... onedotzero was conceived at the start of the desktop digital revolution in the mid-1990s out of a desire to explore moving image across single screen, interactive and live audio-visual work. today, onedotzero remains committed to providing a home for visionary moving image experimentation and contemporary creative collisions."

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Dundee's education convener warned this week that the city had to win its appeal against a sheriff's decision that two boys could attend their nearest primary school.
John Kemp said the sheriff's ruling would mean "kissing goodbye to catchment areas or any notion of rational planning of school capacity. As for class sizes of 30, we might as well forget the idea if we are not allowed to stipulate when a school is full."
Mr Kemp was speaking after gaining an interim suspension against the sheriff court's decision to overrule a council appeals panel that refused the boys admission to Downfield primary on the grounds that it was overcrowded.
In a case that provides an early warning for the Government of the tensions between parental choice legislation and ministers' determination to cut class sizes, the Court of Session intervened at a hurriedly convened hearing on Monday. There will now be a judicial review after Lord Osborne ruled that the sheriff had erred in law by accepting the parents' case.
The parents of Ian Muir, aged five, and Liam McKenzie, aged four, presented their children at the school on Tuesday only to be turned away. They are considering educating the boys at home. Kathryn Muir, a teacher in Dundee, accused the city of acting with "incredible arrogance".The council wants the children to attend their designated schools, Clepington and Dens Road primaries. Although Downfield is less than 600 yards from one of the pupils' homes, the families do not live in the school's catchment area.
Mr Kemp strongly criticised the sheriff for "going well beyond his remit". The judgment would have "horrendous" implications for other schools in Dundee and "worrying consequences" for councils across the country, he said.
The parents argue that admitting their children would leave the Downfield intake one below the anticipated P1 enrolment of 51. Mr Kemp disputes this, saying the council wanted to cap the number at 45 but increased it to 48 after other parents won local appeals.
"The school is now at the very limit of its capacity," Mr Kemp said. "There is no doubt in my mind about that. In fact, I would say it was overcrowded, particularly in the primary 1 area."
Mr Kemp said 17 other families were on the waiting list for places at Downfield. Liam was number three on the list and Ian was in ninth place. Additional space to accommodate the extra children would cost around Pounds 100,000, the council says.
Dundee is particularly irritated by some of Sheriff Richard Davidson's observations on its handling of the case. Sheriff Davidson said journeys of a mile and a mile and a half from the boys' homes to their designated schools, although well within the two-mile walking distance permitted by law, were "patently far too hazardous" for such young children. He also rejected the council's claim that admission could be "seriously detrimental" to the rest of the year group.
The sheriff said the council had been "just plain daft" not to have included the district where the pupils lived in Downfield's catchment area. Jacqueline Williamson, for the council, told the Court of Session that the drawing of catchment boundaries was a matter for the education authority and the Secretary of State, not a sheriff.
The intervention of the courts in placing requests is rare in Scotland. The most recent official statistics, for the year to July 1996, showed only five cases had been taken to the sheriff court out of 1,677 primary requests that were refused. Dundee granted only 83.5 per cent of primary placing requests in 1995-96, the fourth lowest in Scotland and well below the Scottish average of 91.2 per cent.
Requests for entry to primary one last year represented 32.3 per cent of Dundee's primary 1 roll, the highest proportion in Scotland and almost double the national average of 18.4 per cent.


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Thomas Cook has announced it has reached an agreement with its banks over a new £200 million loan facility to take it to April 2013.
The arrangement replaces a short-term £100 million facility announced in October, the firm confirmed in an announcement tonight.
It added the deal “significantly improves the robustness of the group’s financial position”. The arrangement involved Barclays, HSBC, RBS and UniCredit,
In addition, the banks have agreed a further relaxation of the financial covenants under the existing facilities. This provides Cook with “much increased headroom to deal with unexpected events and the effects of an uncertain economic environment”.
The statement continued: “As previously announced, the Board is taking steps to reduce the Group’s debt and reach a more appropriate capital structure over time. The Group will also undertake a strategic review.
“The Group will announce its preliminary results for the twelve months ended September 30 2011 during the week commencing December 12, 2011.”
Sam Weihagen, group interim chief executive, Thomas Cook Group plc said: “I am absolutely delighted that we have reached agreement and I would like to thank the banks for acting so swiftly.
“Over the last few days, we have been overwhelmed by the messages of support from our holidaymakers, suppliers and partners and I would like to thank them for their good wishes and our employees for their hard work and dedication.
“For over 170 years Thomas Cook has provided customers across the world with fantastic travel experiences. Today they can look forward confidently to holidays with us for many years to come.”
Ian Ailles, chief executive for mainstream at Thomas Cook UK and Ireland, said
“I’ve been overwhelmed by the support from customers who’ve come out in their droves to show their support – not just by booking holidays this week, but by taking the time to write to us. We are extremely grateful and I would personally like to thank them.
“Thomas Cook is the original package holiday provider. No other travel company has seen or experienced more over the past 170 years. Having weathered depressions, recessions and two World Wars, Thomas Cook is certain to remain at the heart of the high street and taking Brits abroad for many more years to come.”
“Some companies have taken the opportunity to have a cheap dig; it’s not something we would do, but we’ve broad shoulders and there’s been overwhelming support from the majority and we’re concentrating on what we do best, sending people on their hard-earned holiday.”


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Age: 11 days (born at 32 weeks)
Indication: Evaluate endotracheal tube
Endotracheal tube tip projects at the level of T2, approximately 5 mm above the carina.
Enteric tube terminates in the distal esophagus. Recommend advancing 2 cm for placement in the stomach.
Right lower extremity PICC with tip at the level of T11.
Branching lucencies in the left lung are concerning for pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE). Hyperlucency of the medial left lung base overlying the cardiac silhouette may represent a pneumatocele or medial pneumothorax. Recommend attention on close interval followup imaging.
Mild groundglass opacification throughout the right lung, which may relate to respiratory distress syndrome and/or edema.
Mild enlargement of the cardiothymic silhouette.
No pleural effusion.
Paucity of bowel gas in the right hemiabdomen without overt evidence of bowel obstruction.


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special pitter remover
Rinse your cherries in a colander and remove the petioles if necessary. If you have a special pitter peeler, place one cherry under the point and press until a pith comes out the other side. The process is not the neatest!
Squeeze the cherries with a knife.
Don't have a special appliance? Press the cherries with a knife to open them and remove the pips. Or use a pin. Make sure there are no pips left you don't want to stumble on them when enjoying dessert.
Cherry Jubilee Dessert
Cherry Jubilee dessert is an old classic recipe that uses the underrated flambé technique. Flambéing caramelizes the sugar and makes the flavor deeper; it's everything you need for summer ripe cherries.
How to remove pips from a cherry


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Costa Coffee, the world's second biggest coffee chain, wants to conquer the Belgian market. The Coca Cola subsidiary will reveal the location of its first Belgian store later this month.
First in Benelux
The chain, which was founded in London exactly fifty years ago, promises to announce more details about its Belgian expansion later this month. Although Costa Coffee has over 4,000 locations worldwide (of which almost 2,500 in the United Kingdom), the chain is yet to open its first location in the Benelux. It is, however, already active in neighbouring France and Germany - albeit with a very small presence.
With a turnover of almost 1.5 billion euros, Costa Coffee is the world's second biggest coffee chain - only behind American rival Starbucks. The chain was bought by Coca Cola in 2018. It offers coffee machines to professionals and - since a few years - coffee cans to the large public.

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In my opinion, here are three titles worth reading that I’ve finished in the last month.
Continue reading →
Postman deftly shows how the shift from the Age of Print to the Age of Television is having a disastrous effect on the tenor of our public discourse.
This book asked the right questions and challenged much of my current thinking.
The premise alone is worth the cost of the book: if you want to change culture, critiquing it or consuming more of it won’t do. You have to make more of it.
We really do love these books, but allow me some color commentary — literally.
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© 2005-2014 James Choung

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It's about time America's sweetheart settled down with an adorably good guy.
She's dated tons of jerks. She's had her heart broken. She's been the butt of many "single girl" jokes. So, we think it's about time that Jennifer Aniston has settled down with Justin Theroux! /node/158892
When the couple confirmed to People over the weekend that they are officially engaged, we jumped for joy! "Justin Theroux had an amazing birthday on Friday, receiving an extraordinary gift when his girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston, accepted his proposal of marriage," his rep told the magazine.
Here are 5 reasons we're so excited that the two have decided to tie the knot:
1. Jen's dating history hasn't been so good. From John Mayer to Vince Vaughn, the 43-year-old has dated many people who haven't been too nice to her or just became plain ol' bored with the Friends beauty. Now, it seems she has a man who absolutely adores her.
2. Justin makes Jen so happy! After co-starring in the movie Wanderlust, the two were inseparable. Even though Jen claimed that nothing had happened between them on-set, she later gushed on Good Morning America about how happy she was with her personal life. Later, she talked about Justin to Marie Claire Australia saying, "He's just a good human being, and so funny."
3. Justin's not about attention. Unlike Jen's past hubby Brad Pitt, 41-year-old Theroux isn't about the limelight. He's been on the big screen in movies like American Psycho, and the small screen in roles like Sex and the City and Parks and Recreation. But, the star doesn't have a big head at all. Recently, he wrote the screenplay for Rock of Ages that became a hit on both Broadway and the box office. Plus, when it comes to red carpets and events, he sits back and lets Jen shine!
4. And, he's freakin' adorable! We know that looks don't matter, but c'mon! The sexiest woman of all time deserves a guy who's got the whole package. And, from what we can see, Justin's certainly got it. If these two decide to procreate, their offspring is going to be h-o-t.
5. There's no love triangle involved. Yes, we're talking about Jen's ex-husband who left her for his Mr. and Mrs. Smith costar Angelina Jolie. To this day, the two cover the tabloids and are constantly making headlines that rope in Jen. But, the actress has decided to take the high road, taking herself out of the drama equation of "Brangelina" and settling down to a much humbler life with a better partner. Jennifer Aniston: "I'll Be Married By The End Of The Year"
And there you have it! What started back in May 2011 as another romance is now, a little over a year later, resulted in an engagement for America's sweetheart. Are you as excited as we are for these two to get hitched?
More juicy content from YourTango:
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Meeting Jiahto at the Toto Lake is a part of Sidon of Zora main quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
You obtain this task after completing the ‘Meet Sidon at Ploymus Mountain’ objective in which Link meets the King of Zora, Sidon, at the Mipha Court.
Sidon tells Link that he has to stay confined in Mipha Court because he needs to protect the region’s water supply. There is sludge falling from the sky in Zora and Sidon has to make use of his water manipulation abilities to keep the water clean from the sludge.
Sidon also expresses his concern about the sludge and suggests that it might be due to the Sky Islands and ruins. He tells Link that he has employed a historian named Jiahto to study these Sky Islands, ruins, and any historical findings related to them.
Sidon also suspects that they might have some relation with the disappearance of Princess Zelda. He asks Link to meet Historian Jiahto who might have some information leading to Zelda. He is currently carrying out an investigation at Toto Lake and Link has to make his way there to converse with him.
Before leaving to find Jiahto, Sidon also tells Link about the Skyview Tower that was built at the request of Purah for the purpose of making a map of Zora.
Finding Jiahto is quite easy and after you have done that, he assigns you another quest ‘The Broken Slate’ which is another main quest in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. So before reaching this quest, you must know where to find Jiahto.
Where to find Jiahto at Toto Lake in Zelda: TotK
As mentioned by Sidon in Zelda: Totk, Jiahto is at Toto Lake which can easily be reached by continuing northwest from Mipha Court where you met Sidon. Toto Lake is marked on the map below.
To go there, climb the rocky mountains and soon you will see a stone structure on top of which you will see Dunma. Paraglide your way down to this structure and converse with Dunma, Jiahto’s guard.
Dunma will talk to you about how Jiahto always investigates dangerous things and then she will show you the entrance of the cave where Jiahtio is investigating the ruins.
Paraglide down to the cave and enter it. You will see Jiahto looking at a broken slate there.
Talk to him and he will tell you that this slate was written by Zora ancestors and he cannot read it due to it being broken.
He will express his wish to fix this slate and this will begin the next main quest of Tears of the Kingdom, ‘The Broken Slate’, in which you have to find the missing piece of the slate.

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Thapelo Mokoena is no stranger to our TV screens.
He won the hearts of many South Africans with his role in the torrid love affair with Karabo on Generations.
Now, fans can expect to be blown away with his new leading role on a new E.tv telenovela called ‘Broken Vows’.
The telenovela will make it’s debut on Monday, 10 April 8 pm. Mokoena assured fans that they will not be disappointed when the show hits the screens.
Mokoena will play Uhuru, who is an investigative journalist from DRC and has returned back home in pursuit for the truth.
He added that Uhuru was dedicated to his work and was driven to expose blood diamonds trading and corrupt government officials across Africa.
“It’s new beginnings for me. One of the most beautiful things about what I do as an actor is that you are not at the same place all the time. When you get a new script it means you are getting into a new world, character, rhythm, co-stars, production company and channel.” said Mokoena.
Revealing Uhuru’s character, Mokena said “a great character was presented to me and I just liked him”. Uhuru is just an everyday man who is out to reveal the truth. He is not about sex. Yes, he might come across as a bit of a symbol but that is not his intention.”
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Beaming with excitement Mokeona added that he likes the character because he’s an ordinary man on a mission to accomplish the extraordinary.
The character’s name stands for a lot and says a lot about the character. Broken Vows is set against the backdrop of a family-owned wedding planning company, ‘Yours Truly Wedding Concepts’ based in Midrand.
The company was founded by well-known businesswoman and Moswane family matriarch, Mam Gertrude, and is run by her youngest daughter Azania and adopted daughter Thandi.
Joining Mokoena will be a some of our beloved star cast that includes Nomsa Nene, Thembi Mtshali, Lehasa Moloi, Joanne Reyneke, Enhle Mbali Maphumulo, Emmanuel Castis, Sello Sebotsane and Mandla Gaduka.
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Mokoena’s role name Uhuru is derived from mama Letta Mbulu’s song “Not Yet Uhuru”. Uhuru means freedom in Swahili,” he said.