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The Syrian Crisis: Cutting Through the Propaganda (satire)
Robert Ford is why wannabe jihadis are flocking to Syria to fight against the corrupt regime of Bashir al Assad.
Thanks to strong propaganda against Syria, primarily due to its ties with North Korea, the US government has created the current crisis in that country.
Since Robert Stephen Ford is the mastermind of American sponsored terrorism in Syria, the blood is truly on the hands of American government.
However, Islam is not the enemy in Syria.
That would be the US-backed propagandists labeling Assad an evil tyrant in their mainstream media. His crime would be aligning with Iran and dealing with North Korea. Yet the majority of people suffering are Palestinians, displaced by the birth of Israel in 1947.
Hence, Syria's Arab Spring is but a continuation of the struggle between a people (the Palestinians) demonized by propaganda and a world misled into believing Israel is one of the good guys.
If you do not believe Israel is on our side, then you are an anti-Semite, even if your lack of trust in Israel is based on the cold facts that Israel acts like a client state of America and its imperialism in the Middle East.
Even America's invasion of Iraq is but a cold and calculated move for American dominance in the Middle East, or, so the propaganda goes.
However, both sides are in error since the endless war is never over, because the so-called oppressed nation of Israel will be exposed for crying wolf. Yet the sheeple will side with Israel because of right-wing propaganda painting all Muslims as caricatures of Islamic jihadism.
If you hate all Muslims then know that you have been duped by the mainstream media and your gut feeling has been manipulated by propaganda from CNN and FOX News. We all saw how well they tried to blame Amerithrax on Iraq when it's more likely that might have been an inside job.
Muslims who know the truth will laugh at this compliance with propaganda. Nobody who is Muslim in the Middle East and well educated believes al Qaeda and their ilk are Muslim. They know them to be criminals who will burn in hell for their crimes against humanity.
Once, right wing militants like the Muslim Brotherhood will cheer on those criminal terrorists who hide under the robes of a pious Muslim. Now, with the rise of the Islamic State in northern Iraq, all the Muslims have condemned them.
Those who condemn Syria should remember that Ambassador Robert Ford egged on the civilians of Syria to protest in a country where the Assad regime rules with an iron fist.
Given that the rebels did not sent their envoys to the failed peace talks in Geneva, that makes them look like they are only interested in an endless war controlled by ideology rather than by cold hard facts.
However, if you think Syrians are suffering, think again. These people in the picture are not Syrians. The smart ones with the means have already fled Syria, either fleeing to Turkey or to America. It is the unfortunate ones that end up anywhere else, including Jordan and Egypt.
For the people in the photograph are Palestinians, and they suffer due to ideology be it Shi'a or Sunni or even American foreign policy as expedited by Israel, often with prejudice favoring Jews over Arab.
Indeed, the enemy here is not Assad. It is those criminals behind al Qaeda and the Taleban, and especially the Islamic State. No Muslim in their right mind would support them. It is they who threaten, Syria and now Iraq, because their Sharia will ruin both Syria and Iraq were they to win. Any Muslim who supports the Islamic State is Muslim in name only. For the Qatari and Saudis who are behind them are crazy, crazy for oil money, and eager to pay for a holy war, contrary to Islam, all thanks to Big Oil.
Think about that the next time you line up for gas at the gas pumps: your driving privileges support terrorism. It also leads to endless war in the Middle East. So regarding any propaganda about Muslims that you hold, you've been lied to just to manipulate your fears by mainstream media.
If you really cared about the Middle East, then please sell your second car, which you don't really need. Its convenience is echoed in millions of other people with two vehicles actually fund unrest in the Middle East.
Yet, were I to tell this to people filling up their SUVs at the gas pumps, they would be angry due to their fear of losing status among their peers. It is such a waste of money but everyone is doing it, hoping that another recession controlled by powers-that-be won't cause them to lose their jobs.
For all these wars in the Middle East are the doing of elites around the world who want to make a profit from it. Who cares if you lose your jobs? Who cares if Palestinians suffer in Syria? They are also hoping you side with the thinly veiled propaganda designed to cause you to hate the Muslims.
Still, what good does this do except gain more subscribers for the propaganda machine called mainstream media? Indeed, the mainstream media sources are merely propaganda outlets for US foreign policy which has caused much of the civil unrest in the world today. By pushing democracy, America has only caused anarchy in the world.
In my opinion, Muslims were never our enemies. Islamic terrorists did not fly planes into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. That is only what the elites want you to believe. You have been lied to.
A jihadi is not Islamic -- he is an Islamist. The term "Islamic terrorist" is used for propaganda, and is only true within context of mainstream media. They are a corporate terrorist network that is nominally Islamic in that they take what is in the Quran and its hadiths only to utterly distort its true meaning.
I'm sure that people who believe otherwise think that what I am writing is propaganda. However, I am telling you truth based on what Muslims tell me. They were never the enemy. That has always been truth. I am just saddened that few people are willing to discover the truth about what Muslims think about those quasi-Muslim terrorists - the Islamists - that the mainstream media write about.
However, it's not up to me to change the minds of bigots. They would rather listen to the propaganda than work to open their minds to Truth.
It is Sayyid Qutb who is the father of Islamism. However, the acts of violent revolution are influenced by his words.
By "setting up the kingdom of God on earth, and eliminating the kingdom of man," Islamists think they are "taking power from the hands of its human usurpers and restoring it to God alone".
Instead, they are taking power into their own hands and forcing sharia in contravention to the Quran by limiting the choices of their Muslim subjects in the Islamic State to submit or die.
Thus, the Islamic State is merely continuing human usurpation and oppression of Muslims by Islamists who are political ideologists bent on total control and domination of the Ummah that they are purported of restoring power to God alone.
Since this has occurred in northern Iraq and eastern Syria, it is still a part of the Syrian crisis. That crisis has proven time and again of being orchestrated by American foreign policy in Syria, and funded by Qatari and Saudi sympathizers of the Syrian rebels.
For the almost-religious zeal of the American government to force democracy on the Middle East, especially Afghanistan, Iraq and even Syria will only lead to more anarchy in the Middle East.
Perhaps then, the Islamic State is only a symptom of that anarchy, which makes Islamism a Muslim answer to globalism. Might that mean jihadi is just another name for "freedom fighter" and the freedom that they are fighting for is the extreme of the right to freedom of religion?
Originally posted March 2, 2014 at 10:48 AM
Update posted July 10, 2014 zy 1:29 AM
A shocking image of Syria's brutal war - The Guardian:
Who is Ambassador Robert Stephen Ford? The Architect of US Sponsored Terrorism in Syria:


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Here is the smoking gun evidence to back impeachment of Donald Trump
Posted on February 8, 2021
BY ALLAN LICHTMAN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 02/08/21 10:00 AM EST 1,978THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL
Although the House impeachment managers have focused on events leading up to the Capitol breach last month it is the real time response of former President Trump to the rioters that yields smoking gun evidence of his intent to incite this historic insurrection. Trump failed promptly to call off his followers or summon timely assistance to beleaguered Capitol Police, despite pleas from fellow Republicans caught in the mayhem. And his own final words that day connect his inflammatory claims about a “stolen election” to the storming of the Capitol by his followers.
As he watched the insurrection unfold on television, with some delight according to eyewitnesses, Trump did not demand that the rioters immediately leave the Capitol. He failed to heed the pleas of Republicans in Congress, who fearing for their lives, desperately tried calling him with no response.
“We are imploring the president to help, to stand up, to help defend the United States Capitol and the United States Congress, which was under attack,” said Republican Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio), no coward, but a former professional football player. “We are begging, essentially, and he was nowhere to be found.”https://3b034e9facc91f33536619a2a62072f5.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html
We know that Trump did call newly elected Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) because he mistakenly reached him on the phone of Republican Sen. Mike Lee (Utah). He called Tuberville not to ask about his safety or to offer help, but to plot strategy for objecting to the electoral vote count.
When rioters breached the Capitol in full view of cameras, Trump did not appear on television to denounce the riot and call upon his followers to cease and desist. Instead, he stoked the incitement with a tweet that attacked his vice president and doubled down on grievances about a stolen election, “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our Constitution, giving states a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones.”
Trump later tweeted a minimally calming message, but in the passive voice: “Stay peaceful!” He issued a similar passive voice tweet over half an hour later. He still had not appeared in person on any medium. Finally, Trump released a video that told his supporters “you have to go home now.” But he prefaced that request with another incitement: “I know your pain. I know you are hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a landslide election and everyone knows it.” He ended by praising the rioters, “We love you. You are very special.”
The most incriminating “smoking gun” tweet came just after 6 p.m. that day and was later deleted by social media. Trump wrote, “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!”
In his own words Trump admitted that violent protest was a likely consequence of grievances over a supposedly stolen election that thwarted the will of patriotic Americans. But it was Trump himself who ginned up these grievances with a two-month drumbeat of lies about the election that culminated in the fiery rhetoric of his Jan. 6 rally. Simply put, no incitement about the election, no insurrection, by Trump’s own admission. In his tweet, Trump further assured rioters with love that they had acted as patriots, not insurrectionists. Their storming of the Capitol, he implied, should be forever remembered and cherished, not reviled.https://3b034e9facc91f33536619a2a62072f5.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html
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The rioters themselves understood that they were Trump’s people, summoned by him. Video shot during the riot shows that they shouted at police their claim of legitimacy, “We were invited by the president of the United States.” Trump loyalist Jenna Ryan said after the Capitol was breached, “We were going in solidarity with President Trump. So this was our way of going and stopping the steal.”
Trump has yet to acknowledge Biden’s win or to retract his claims of a landslide win snatched away by massive fraud.
Allan Lichtman is an election forecaster and a distinguished professor of history at American University.
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It is just months since same sex-marriage became legal in the UK, a landmark ruling that David Cameron claimed sent the message that that people are equal “whether gay or straight”, but despite the passing of this liberating law, 16 per cent of people – almost one in six – think that gay sex should be made illegal.Not gay marriage, actual gay sex..!
This must be some reactionary little corner of the world, rural Wales, or Scotland maybe?
A new survey of British sexual behaviour, which used a sample of 1,052 UK adults and carried out by The Observer, found this conservative sentiment peaks in London and the south-east…Our gloriously diverse capital? Surely not!
… the proportion of people who think that homosexual sex should be illegal has dropped by eight per cent since 2008, when The Observer last carried out the survey.So the numbers are actually declining? Or people are getting smarter at answering these questions?


A new Powerhearth for the marketplace!
Bill Klein, 3i, October 6, 2009
3i (International Innovations Incorporated), the manufacturers of the world famous Powerhearth, an environmentally friendly biomass conversion system, proudly announce the availability of the Mini Powerhearth in sizes from 5 to 25 KWe. Please find several photographs on the Gasification List web site or contact us directly.
The photographs are of a newly commissioned 5 KWe Powerhearth, shortly after its final testing before delivery to the customer.
This particular unit is a trailer mounted model and will be used in the woods by the customer/logger as a power source for his portable sawmill. By choice, it will be manually operated and batch loaded.
Our regular production model would be outfitted with a continuous feed, airtight auger system from an adjacent metering bin.
We first began work on the great grandparents of this little guy in 2006 and, after thousands of hours of testing, decided we could finally commercialize the model last June. Though a "hunk of metal", we think it's beautiful and it works so bloody well!
A few stats:
Fixed bed, downdraft, linear hearth biomass conversion system
Two inch throat
Makes in excess of 10 cfm gas flow, measured after the gas cooler/cleaner/polisher
Length - without shrouds: 1.5 feet
Width - without shrouds: 1.16 feet
Height: Just under four feet
Weight: approximately 500 lbs.
Operating temperature: 1,250 - 1,300 C
Turndown test - 12 hours: less than 2 cfm
Prior to shipment, each unit undergoes 2 24 hour non stop tests and a 100 hour non stop certification test. The same tests are repeated during commissioning, but with engine(s) and electronics, computers, etc. fully integrated**
** As an option, the unit is capable of full automation, including ash removal and is sized appropriately to maintain net output and parasitic load.
Feedstock: wood chips* 15 to 25% mc and produces a clean and clear flare.
Ash content: approximately 0.25%, but may go as high as 0.5% - clean, fine ash w/o visible char
* As part of the test protocol, each Powerhearth is tested with briquettes of various origin as a check for versatility. Briquettes include green waste, bagasse, non putrescent MSW, black coal, brown coal, rubber, sewage sludge, livestock waste, certain plastics and RDF.
We believe this to be the smallest commercial gasifier capable of producing clean, engine ready, gas 24/7. Each unit is accompanied by the same Powerhearth performance guarantee and full service warranty.
Powerhearth: the power of energy independence. It's your choice!


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I sometimes wonder what possessed me to start a blog.
I’m not someone who can spend hours at the computer screen, probably because my brain isn’t used to it. Having been a teacher for a number of years, my job involves minimal computer time, so my brain doesn’t really handle being online for long periods of time that well.
However, all this suddenly changed a few weeks ago when I found myself spending most of my waking day on the computer after a hip injury. Now, don’t get me wrong, watching a series on Netflix when you’re sick or not feeling so great isn’t the worst thing in the world, but I did find myself wondering whether what I was doing and how I was spending my time online was beneficial to me or not. In fact, I became more than a little bit p*ssed off with myself.
After spending a lot of time trawling through the internet, giving myself multiple things to read or watch with several tabs open all in the name of entertainment, I suddenly one day found myself becoming very agitated. If you’re one of those people who finds themselves picking up their phone and now knowing why (and I think there are more of us out there than we’d like to admit!), you might relate to this feeling well. But for some reason, because I’d told myself that I had good ‘internet habits'(!), I thought I was immune to all of that.
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All That Glitters- Authenticity and the Internet
In this video (13:18), I talk about:
- my own recent struggles with falling down an internet rabbit hole
- how to know if your time on the internet is draining you or energising you
- what to do if you find yourself reaching for your phone, but have no idea why
- how to be mindful when using social media, and why it might be a good idea to think about authenticity and the internet
- how to know if your social media and internet habits are distracting you from facing issues or problems in your life
- the unexpected resource that made me see sense!
Colette Baron Reid’s Guidance
This is the guidance from Colette Baron-Reid that I mention in the video, which really helped me to see where I’d gone wrong.
My ‘epiphany’ card from Colette Baron-Reid’s new deck, ‘Wisdom of the Oracle’.
“A need to see beyond the superficial; the desire to don a mask or dress something up to disguise its true nature; trying to be something you’re not; chasing after every sparkly new thing; being mercurial.
The Oracle’s message: It’s only human to want to adorn oneself in trinkets and paint a pretty picture of oneself. It’s natural to want to acquire the trappings of status— or to deny them as a statement of rebellion. But if it sparkles, is it better? Whether it’s a fast car, a big house, a title or position, the stamp of authority, or the sparkling of diamonds, these icons let you know something about a person, place, or thing. Or do they? The truth is that people seek to acquire things because of what they will do for them, and how they symbolically will elevate them and make them more attractive. This card signals that it’s time to see beyond the adornments and probe underneath the surface. Learn to recognise the masks people wear and the motives underlying them. Imagine that all the glitter is gone. Would you still desire the object or person?” – (Taken from Colette Baron-Reid’s free readings page).
I’d love to hear your comments below my love- have you ever found yourself being swept away by the internet or social media? Do you struggle with authenticity and the internet? How do you bring yourself back to earth?
Love, Katie xxx
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A collaborative effort between the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Metro East Anglers and Bluffers Park Marina, the Fish Pen Project happens every spring in the waters of Bluffers Park Marina when in April approximately 25,000 baby salmon are placed in two pens measuring 9’L X 5’D X 4’W.
When they start out in the pens the baby salmon are around 2.5″, six weeks later, when they are about 5″ long, they are set free; but size isn’t what determines the timing of their release. Six weeks is the amount of time it takes for the location of where they were raised to be imprinted on the salmon. Like an internal GPS system, imprinting is the reason why the salmon always return to the Bluffers Park Marina area in the fall. During June and July the salmon are one to two miles out into the lake, but come August they return to the Bluffers Park Marina area to feed. By the second week of September there are so many salmon in the Bluffers’ waters that you can stand on the Bluffers Park beach and see them.
The Fish Pen Project was started because the Ministry of Natural Resources wanted to ensure Lake Ontario was well stocked with salmon, but it’s really become a pet project of the Bluffers Park Marina community. According to Chris Currie, the lead on the project, 90% of the volunteers who assist with the fish pens are from Bluffers Park Marina. The management team at Bluffers Park Marina gets involved too, donating the pen space and a work boat to get out to the pens—they even help feed the salmon. Congratulations to everyone involved. You could say the Fish Pen Project is just another way Bluffers Park Marina is Toronto’s only full-service marina!

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Varieties of Jasmine Plants
Grown in a wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes, each with its own distinct growing requirements, jasmine plants are hardy garden plants. Some jasmine plants are vines that creep around the landscape, while others are low-growing shrubs. Oftentimes, jasmine varieties are evergreen, meaning they retain their foliage and color all year long, including winter. Tucked along a garden border or growing over an arbor, jasmine plants create a vibrant presence in the landscape.
Dwarf jasmine (Jasminum parkeri) has a moderate growth rate and fine texture. Growing 1 foot high and 2 1/2 feet wide, dwarf jasmine is a low-growing deciduous shrub. The slender, spreading stems and mounding shape are ideal in the front of a flowerbed, or tucked along border. Dwarf jasmine has small, yellow flowers that emerge in early summer. The dark green leaves on dwarf jasmine grown in small clusters of three to five leaflets. While it is versatile and tolerates a wide range of growing conditions, dwarf jasmine prefers full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. The USDA hardiness zone for planting is 9 to 10.
Showy jasmine (Jasminum floridum) is a semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub with a slow-to-moderate growth rate and fine texture. The slender, arching stems on showy jasmine produce a low-growing, mound-like form. Showy jasmine grows 3 to 5 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. It is ideal lining a garden wall for long-lasting color. The yellow flowers on showy jasmine emerge in spring to early summer. The zone for planting is 8 to 10.
Carolina jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is an evergreen vine that has a moderate to rapid growth rate and fine-to-medium texture. The twining stems of Carolina jasmine reach 10 to 20 feet long to hold the yellow, fragrant, spring-blooming flowers. Drought and wind-tolerant, Carolina jasmine has oblong, green leaves that turn bronze in winter. Carolina jasmine requires full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. The zone for planting is 7 to 9.
A deciduous shrub with a rapid growth rate, winter jasmine (Jasminum nudifloru) has fine texture and a broad, spreading form with arching stems. Growing 6 to 10 feet tall and wide, winter jasmine have yellow flowers that emerge in late winter to early spring on the previous year’s growth. The foliage on winter jasmine is deep green and lustrous with a bright green stem that holds the oblong leaflets. Drought-tolerant, winter jasmine tolerates a severe pruning after the blooming season. Winter jasmine requires full sun to partial shade and well-drained, nutrient-laden soil. Adaptable, it also tolerates a wide range of growing conditions, including heavy clay and sandy soil. The zone for planting is 6 to 9.


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Are your Self-employed staff really not entitled to paid holidays?
Today saw a landmark decision in the European Court of Justice. King v The Sash Window Worksop Ltd has significant implications for the right to holiday pay in the UK. It suggests that workers who are wrongly classified as self-employed contractors may be able to claim back pay in respect of unpaid annual leave going back many years when their ‘worker’ status is established.
In this case, Mr King worked as a commission based salesman on a self-employed basis. However, he was later found to have worker rights and therefore the right to holidays. The EU courts have ruled that Mr King was entitled to un-taken leave at the Company, going back 13 years ( circa £27,000).
This decision means that companies who routinely use staff on self-employed contracts such as in sales or the gig economy, could face potential huge liabilities if that status is later changed. It is important therefore that employers do not miscategorise workers ( who have more rights) as self-employed. Failure to do this could lead to a situation where you are liable for holiday back pay, when the workers employment is terminated.
Employers should therefore ensure that those engaged on a self-employed basis are actually self-employed and are not Workers. This is more than just a paper exercise and the working arrangements need to be reviewed.
For more information or assistance in carrying out this exercise feel free to contact firstname.lastname@example.org
This article was originally published on: 29 November 2017

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Ten years ago, WIZARDRY set the standards in Fantasy Role-Playing (FRP). Now after two million copies have been sold and dozens of awards have been won, Bane of the Cosmic Forge raises and redefines those standards. This new WIZARDRY, the truest simulation ever of Fantasy Role Playing, will push your computer, your mind, and your sense of adventure to their very limits. Only through the power of the latest computer technology could the full dimensions of this new genre in FRP be possible.
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Both friends and foes you'll discover as you search for the forgotton secret of a once madman - the secret of the very universe itself. And you won't be alone in your search. Others as enterprising as you have also entered this dimension. Only your actions - both past and present - will determine just how well you fare. From the depths of a dungeon to the blue and limitless skies, you'll see it all - you'll hear it all - in this latest Wizardry adventure.


"Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." (Ephesians 6:11)
The design of this t-shirt is eye catching. The feel of the shirt itself is comfortable. You just can't go wrong with this tee.
Let this shirt be a strict reminder to put on the whole armor of God.
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How to Say No: Research Reveals the Best Way
October 03, 2013
The Violent Side Effects of Antidepressants that Many Ignore
October 03, 2013
Davis (City Council in California) rejects fluoride in city drinking water
By Darrell Smith The Sacramento Bee
Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013 - 6:37 am
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/10/02/5789826/davis-rejects-fluoride-in-city.html#storylink=cpy
Ex Dental Nurse Changes her Mind on Fluoridation
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 9:18 am
Press Release: Fluoride Action NetworkNZ
Ex Dental Nurse Changes her Mind on Fluoridation, and sets up group of current and former Dental Nurses For Ending Fluoridation
Ex Dental Nurse Lois Titchener is For Ending Fluoridation.
Lois Titchener graduated as a school Dental Nurse in 1969. She like many health professionals, current and former, has reversed her position on fluoridation after coming to the conclusion that fluoridation is potentially unsafe and definitely unnecessary.
“We were taught during our training that diet, oral hygiene and fluoride went hand in hand in oral health. One of my dental training officers who taught me this was the late Dr John Colquhoun. Dr Colquhoun later became famous for changing his mind on fluoridation after discovering that fluoridation did not have any impact on reducing dental decay.”
See Dr John Colquhoun’s essay on why he changed his mind here:
“I was aware, as a young Dental Nurse that there were opponents to water fluoridation but they were dismissed as mostly ‘crackpots.’ I personally argued for fluoridation against the late Dr Eva Hill at a public meeting over 30 years ago. We were taught in Dental School simply that this addition of Fluoride (we certainly were not told that it was Hydrofluorosilicic Acid) was an amazingly simple answer to prevention of tooth decay. And we did not need to question the matter.”
Authorised by Robert Reid, FIRST Union, Private Bag 92904, Onehunga
“The real solution is good oral hygiene and a healthy diet. The excess consumption of sugary juices and carbonated sugar drinks along with processed and sugar laden foods have much to answer for – it’s about education. The decline in dental health education from dental clinics and children not having regular check-ups also plays a part. Hydrofluorosilicic Acid is not required to reduce dental decay. Fluoridation has created a false sense of security from the real issue.”
Mrs Titchener has setup a network of Current and Former Dental Nurses who are For Ending Fluoridation. If you are a current or former dental nurse and have reservations regarding fluoridation or would like to know more about fluoridation in New Zealand please contact Mrs Titchener at firstname.lastname@example.org
All contact will be treated in the strictest confidence and discussion is welcomed.
Researchers Find That Drinking Fluoridated Water Gives No Additional Risks For Hip Fractures
October 2, 2013
"Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) published a paper titled “Estimated Drinking Water Fluoride Exposure and Risk of Hip Fracture: A Cohort Study.”
"In this study a team of researchers, led by Peggy Näsman, Karolinska Institute, Department of Dental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, investigated possible adverse health effects on bone tissue from drinking fluoridated water. The study included a large cohort of Swedish residents---All individuals born in Sweden between January 1, 1900 and December 31, 1919, (who were) alive and living in their municipality of birth at the time of start of follow up were eligible for this study---(and) chronically exposed to various fluoride levels, with the hypothesis of a possible association between fluoride level in the drinking water and the risk of hip fracture.
"With nearly half a million individuals participating in this study, this is believed to be one of the largest studies of its kind. The complete study is published in the OnlineFirst portion of the IADR/AADR Journal of Dental Research..."
"Water fluoridation should end immediately," previously surpressed (sic) government report statesPosted: September 30, 2013
The "Joint Irish Houses of Parliament Draft report on Water Fluoridation in Ireland" was written in 2007 for the Department for Health and Children, but pro-fluoride activists have vehemently suppressed the document until it was published online this month.
The report warns of the harmful effects that water fluoridation has on the population and states that any supposed benefits to dental hygiene are minimal.
The Report states "The Department of Health's assessment of the overwhelming benefits of water fluoridation is not justified... We believe on the basis of the international studies there would be no long-term increase in dental decay if fluoride were not added to Irish drinking water" and "We note that dental health has improved to the same degree in countries where there is no water fluoridation."
The report continues, stating that the positive aspects of fluoridation have been over-stated, growing negative impact has not been properly recognized and no general health studies have ever been carried out. This is truly alarming, considering that four in ten 15-year-olds now suffer from fluorosis.
The fact that this report has been suppressed for the last six years shows that fluoridation supporters are desperately hanging on to an outdated practice with no scientific evidence to back up its effectiveness. The report says, "The practice of water fluoridation should end immediately. All of the available evidence suggests that not only will this lead to a marked reduction in fluorosis but that there would not be a significant rise in dental caries."


text: Music Watch New Music Video for Horror Legends Filled ‘Hell’s Kitty’ Titled “Chainsaw Kitty” Published 11 months ago on February 16, 2018 By Nick Bond Share Tweet To celebrate the release of Hell’s Kitty on VOD next month, we’ve a couple of very fun things to share with you today. First, a Hell’s Kitty infographic – essentially, it’s a ‘Drinking Game’ where you, for instance, have to chug a beer when someone screams in the movie, Angel the cat scratches someone or you spot one of the many horror icons in the movie (be it Doug Jones, Adrienne Barbeau, Dale Midkiff, Michael Berryman). The second is the newly-released “Chainsaw Kitty” music video from the soundtrack of Hell’s Kitty. Ashley C. Williams (The Human Centipede) and Barbara Nedeljakova (Hostel) appear in the music video. You can check out both down below. Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Dale Midkiff (Pet Sematary), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), Courtney Gains (The Children of The Corn), Lynn Lowry (Cat People), Kelli Maroni (Night of The Comet), Ashley C. Williams (The Human Centipede), Barbara Nedeljakova (Hostel), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), John Franklin (The Addams Family) and a ‘Killer Klown’ team up for some Pawplay this March! Based on the web series and comic book of the same name, and inspired by writer-director Nicholas Tana’s experiences living with a professedly possessed cat, Hell’s Kitty tells of a covetous feline that acts possessed and possessive of his owner around women. The results are as funny as they are frightening! Synopsis: “Nick (Tana), a Hollywood screenwriter, discovers his cat has become murderously possessed, and will stop at nothing to rid him of any women in his life. As his life unravels out of control, Nick must find a way to have his kitty exorcised of the demonic spirit haunting her and creating a body count.” With characters named after classic horror movie characters (Jones plays Father Damien, Berryman is Detective Pluto, Nina Kate is Dr. Laurie Strodes, Barbeau is Mrs Carrie), and a tone reminiscent of some of the ’80s greatest horror-comedies, Hell’s Kitty is undoubtedly the horror hiss of March! Hell’s Kitty is written and directed by Nicholas Tana and produced by Denise Acosta. To kick of the movie release and to share their love for cats, the creators behind the film teamed with HOLLYSHORTS MONTHLY SCREENINGS and the TLC CHINESE THEATER recently hosted a premiere at the legendary theatre to raise money for FixNation.org. FixNation provides a free, full-time spay/neuter clinic with two full-time veterinarians capable of sterilizing as many as 100 cats per day. They also help hundreds of cats find suitable homes. Hell’s Kitty is available on all VOD platforms March 13, 2018 and on DVD March 27th, 2018 via Wild Eye Releasing. Related Topics:Adrienne BarbeauAshley C. WilliamsBarbara NedeljakovaDale MidkiffDenise AcostaDoug JonesHell's KittyJohn FranklinKelli MaroniLynn LowryMichael BerrymanNicholas Tana Up Next Christmas Horror Flick ‘All The Creatures Were Stirring’ Gets a Very Festive Poster Don't Miss Brand New Poster for Eli Roth’s ‘Death Wish’ Bleeds Grindhouse Visuals Advertisement You may like ‘Killer Klowns from Outer Space’ Return in Hilarious New Clip from ‘Hell’s Kitty’ Harrison Smith’s “Expendable of Horror” Flick ‘Death House’ Lands on Netflix This April Next Year’s Anticipated Horror Flick ‘Death House’ Gets a New Release Date and More! George A. 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Highlight Lecture 3 : Monitoring Coastal Waters from Space – Highlighting the Chesapeake Bay Region – Dramatic Advances Enable Better Understanding and Protection of these Vital Ecosystems, and their Immense Coastal Populations and Infrastructure
Wednesday 23 October 2019, 19:00 – 19:45
Location: The Walter E. Washington Convention Center – Grand Ballroom B
Earth’s coasts play an ever-increasing role in the economy of nations, ecology of oceans and health of both. Nearly 40% of the world’s human population lives within 100 km of a coast, and coastal waters are critically important for fisheries, aquaculture, recreation, transportation and tourism. Yet, the coastal waters are under severe stress. This meeting of fresh water, salt water and land thus becomes a vital junction of ecologic and economic policy, public safety and climate. All must be balanced for a healthy ecosystem, economy and society. Advances in our ability to monitor coastal areas from space, and effectively use that information for policy making, public safety, infrastructure protection, coastal and ecosystem management is critical to achieve the healthy balance. Highlighting the Chesapeake Bay area surrounding Washington D.C., this session will show how Earth Observations from space are advancing to meet information needs to address coastal challenges for societal benefit.


Economic revival tops Sharif agenda Retool power sector, expand trade with India Turnaround key for Pakistan in fight against militancy Pakistan’s long history of underachievement
By Tomasz Janowski (Reuters)
ISLAMABAD, June 5 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s economy is in its worst shape in nearly a decade and yet there is a sense of hope that the incoming government not only seems to know what is needed to fix it but, for once, may also have enough determination and clout to do it.
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif swept back to power in last month’s election, riding a wave of public anger at rival Pakistan People’s Party’s failure to tackle endemic corruption, power cuts and militant violence.
Voters hope that armed with a solid parliamentary majority Sharif, who takes office on Wednesday, has a better shot at fixing the economy than his predecessors, beset by internal strife and strained relations with the powerful military.
Stakes are high not just for Sharif, 63, who won his third chance to lead the 180-million nation largely by making economic revival and fixing government finances the centrepiece of his policy platform.
Economic turnaround is also essential to ensure greater political stability in the nuclear-armed nation, which is a key ally in the U.S. fight against Islamist militancy.
Economists say it will take years to fully revive a long-neglected economy starved of power and investment that has seen it slip behind its neighbours including arch rival India.
“This is not a country which lives beyond its means. It doesn’t have the means,” says Werner Liepach, country director at Asian Development Bank.
The government must start collecting taxes it is owed and overhaul power companies so they can produce enough electricity and stop draining public funds that have kept them afloat.
Less than a million Pakistanis pay income taxes, fiscal deficits run at close to 8 percent of gross domestic product and a big chunk of government revenue is used up subsidising a power sector that covers just over half the country’s needs.
Pakistan’s economy will expand 3.5 percent in fiscal 2012/13, the International Monetary Fund says, from a peak of 9 percent in 2004. The rupee, meanwhile, has lost almost 40 percent of its value against the dollar since the last election in 2008.
Sagging exports and debt repayments have nearly halved official currency reserves over the past year to $6.5 billion in late May. That is just enough to cover five weeks of imports.
The ADB estimates that about $500 million flows out of Pakistan every month, meaning that it may not have enough to meet about $5 billion in loan repayments due this year and next.
Economists say Pakistan has vast potential for growth with a location at the crossroads between the Gulf nations, Central Asia, China and India and a young and growing population.
But Sharif is also inheriting a country barely in control of its northeastern areas, plagued by militant and sectarian violence.
A U.S. drone strike that killed a top militant commander last week further complicates Sharif’s efforts to hold peace talks with the militants.
Yet lenders, economists and ordinary Pakistanis are willing to give the new administration the benefit of the doubt.
“The economy was just not on the previous government’s radar,” said Ashfaque Khan, dean of NUST Business School in Islamabad. “But the new government appears very serious about it.”
ADB’s Liepach agrees.
“If we are talking about whether there is a momentum for reform, I do think there is,” he says.
Lenders, rating agencies and commentators also say that Sharif’s economic policy ticks a lot of the right boxes.
There is a promise to revive growth by boosting investment funded by improved tax revenues and subsidy cuts. There is a plan to turn around loss-making state-owned firms including Pakistan International Airlines PIAa.KA, Pakistan Steel Mills and the National Shipping Corporation.
There is also a plan to diversify Pakistan’s energy mix to help end 20-hour power cuts and a promise to bolster business ties with India.
Sharif’s team plans to make an emergency cash injection of $5 billion to break a chain of payment arrears that has paralysed the power sector. The money would be raised through the sale of treasury bills. (Full Story)
The administration is also considering taxing heavy electricity users, plugging tax loopholes, cutting the number of ministries and slashing by a third the non-development federal budget.
Sartaj Aziz, set to serve as Sharif’s chief policy adviser, says once reforms are under way the government will discuss a possible loan from the IMF to meet its international obligations.
“We’ve encouraged them to develop their own (economic) programme and when they feel ready, we are very eager to work with them,” IMF Deputy Managing Director Nemat Shafik said.
Economists warn that time is short, but Aziz says three months should be enough to see the effects of the new policies.
Sharif, who was toppled by the military 14 years ago, will be hard pressed for excuses if he fails to deliver.
“This is not Japan where we are at the frontiers of economic science,” one international financial analyst said. “The problems that Pakistan is facing are well known and have been already successfully tackled before.”


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This is probably my favorite beef of all time. I really enjoy watching B.o.B. trying to convince one of the greatest scientists of our generation that the world is flat.
For some reason I cannot stop listening to Parachute. Maybe it’s because they released a new song recently (Without You), maybe it’s because of their upcoming tour (hitting Nashville May 6th), or maybe it’s because Will Anderson is literally flawless. If you haven’t listened to their most recent full length album Overnight, do it.
Because we only play for keeps, no timeouts, no free throws, no refs, no penalties.
This was the number one song of the week on January 31, 1976.


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The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and was put on limited release in the United States on 21 December 2006.
The plot concerns Maurice Russell, an elderly actor who finds himself increasingly attracted to his friend Ian's grand-niece Jessie while simultaneously finding himself in deteriorating health due to prostate cancer. Maurice's friend describes the grand-niece as a trouble maker and a nuisance, but Maurice discovers that Jessie warms up to him when he starts interacting with her. He takes her to the National Gallery in London to view his favourite painting, the Rokeby Venus, by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez.
Jessie had expressed interest in modelling (Maurice initially mishears this as "yodelling") and Maurice arranges for Jessie to model nude for an art class. As a result of Jessie posing for the art class, and inspired by his favourite painting, Maurice decides to give Jessie the nickname "Venus". Maurice and Jessie develop a passive/aggressive relationship over the course of the film. Maurice is forward in terms of his attraction towards Jessie while Jessie occasionally indulges his whims to a limited extent, such as touching her hand and smelling her neck, but also retracts the indulgences when she feels that he has gone too far. The plot of the film revolves around the evolving friendship or relationship between the two characters. For Maurice, this appears to be the last attempt at something approaching a love life, as his prostate operation has left him impotent. For Jessie, it is less clear what she sees in Maurice. During the course of the film we see her do everything from exploiting him (trying to get him to buy her presents, trying to use his flat to have sex with a boy), taking care of him, flirting with him, and rejecting him sexually to engaging with him as a friend. During the course of the film we learn that she has been rejected by her mother and great-uncle for her promiscuous life style; it is implied that she is drawn to Maurice because he does not judge her as harshly as her family members have.
The plot comes to a head when Jessie becomes involved with a boy. The two young lovers persuade Maurice to take a walk so that they can have sex. Maurice initially obliges, but returns to kick them out of his flat. A scuffle ensues and the boy knocks down Maurice, injuring him. Jessie leaves with the boy but she later returns to check on Maurice. When the paramedics arrive, Maurice claims he cannot remember who attacked him, much to Jessie's surprise. Then Maurice calls for "Venus" to take care of him. Jessie, remorseful, agrees to look after Maurice. Some time later, after Maurice has at least partly recovered, he takes Jessie to the seaside at Whitstable in Kent. As they sit down by the water Maurice says to Jessie "Now, we can really talk", and dies, leaning on her. At the memorial services, Jessie meets Maurice's ex-wife Valerie, who could not find satisfaction in Maurice's love life either. The last scene shows Jessie and others posing as models for the Venus character.Peter O'Toole as Maurice Russell
Leslie Phillips as Ian
Jodie Whittaker as Jessie
Vanessa Redgrave as Valerie
Richard Griffiths as Donald
Cathryn Bradshaw as Jillian
Filming began in November 2005, with a break for the Christmas/New Year period. O'Toole fell and broke his hip on Boxing Day 2005, which meant filming did not begin again until the end of January 2006.
Venus received positive reviews from critics and has a "certified fresh" score of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 149 reviews with an average rating of 7.3 out of 10. The critical consensus states "Audiences may attend to witness Peter O'Toole's Oscar-worthy performance, but they'll also be treated to a humane, tender exploration of maturing with both dignity and irreverence." The film also has a score of 82 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 32 critics indicating "Universal acclaim." It was nominated for five British Independent Film Awards and earned Oscar, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild, Broadcast Film Critics Association and Golden Globe nominations for O'Toole as Best Actor. Leslie Phillips also received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
O'Toole's Oscar nomination marked his eighth and final Best Actor nomination over a span of forty-five years. On 25 February 2007, at the 79th Academy Awards, he was beaten by Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), making O'Toole's eight nominations without victory a record. This would be his last nomination before his death in 2013.
The film's score includes songs from British singer Corinne Bailey Rae's debut album. The Dvořák Slavonic Dance number 2, from Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's second set of Slavonic Dances, was also featured.


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In planning for a second year of presenting Annual Exhibition online due to continuing public health restrictions around the COVID-19 pandemic, there was the benefit of time, experience, and also real-time observations of how the art and design worlds were changing that informed this year’s Virtual Annual Exhibition website. For the faculty and chairs, helping students hone their creativity and problem-solving skills through remote instruction will culminate in this month’s virtual celebration, when students will have been primed in the capturing, display, and promotion of their work. They will do so using a variety of today’s necessary tools—video, Zoom, virtual galleries, websites, social media—and across all mediums of fine art, fashion, digital media, graphic design, architecture, product design, and toy design. Insight from focus group sessions with students and industry veterans went directly into the design of this year’s website. Many programs also have developed their own ancillary virtual showcase events for student work.
The following are some of the events happening virtually to celebrate the work of Otis College’s graduating BFA and MFA students.
On May 8, the Fashion Design program unveiled work by both the 2020 and 2021 graduating classes during Virtually Cool, a fashion show and scholarship benefit that raised money for First Generation Scholarships at Otis College.
On Wednesday, May 12, the Interdisciplinary Studies seniors—those graduating with minors—are being celebrated over Zoom. The Entrepreneurship Minor Launchpad Awards are also being given. More information here.
The Communication Arts program will host an end-of-year exhibition opening and celebration and toast for its seniors on Thursday, May 13. More information here.
The MFA Fine Arts and Art + Social Practice candidates will be celebrated in an end-of-year group exhibition on Thursday, May 13. More information here.
From May 13-16 the Product Design program will be showcasing senior work on Hopin, a virtual event platform. The students will host virtual booths in which they will share their thoughts and work against the backdrop of recent events. Information on how to attend can be found here.
On Friday, May 14, the Architecture/Landscape/Interiors program will have a virtual event to celebrate its graduating Class of 2021. The 2020-2021 Awards for Excellence in Design also will be presented by faculty to six students, followed by a presentation of the graduating seniors’ installation, SKEW, in a walk-through video and rendered images. More information here.
Also on Friday, May 14, the BFA Fine Arts program will unveil the 2021 Senior Exhibitions as well as premiere the Class of 2021 website, fineassfineart.com, and 2021 exhibition catalog. Billboards in Los Angeles about FineAssArt will be shown, and the student award recipients will be announced. More information here.
In the process of shifting to Virtual Annual Exhibition, the faculty, chairs, and assistant chairs of these programs have seen a glimpse into the near future, and their outlook is bright for the graduates. The past year has presented unique opportunities as well as unforeseen breakthroughs in how better prepared students are for life after Otis. “We saw it as an opportunity to support our students in preparing them and their practice for a world that will be more comfortable than ever to exist virtually,” says Kathrin Burmester, interim chair of the MFA Fine Arts program.

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Comcast To Buy Snider's Stake In Flyers Dolphins Aiming To Host NFL Draft? Atlanta United To Be "Bold" In MLS Mark Davis Not Pleased By Adelson's Comments Pacers Plan Decade Celebrations For 50th Anniversary Franchise Notes Blue Jays Fans Invade Safeco Field Orioles Continue To Have Attendance Issues Cubs' Epstein Attempting To Break Another Curse Las Vegas NHL Team Sells 16,000 Season Tickets
Del Biaggio Was Talking Up Predators Move Earlier This Year
Published July 14, 2008
|Document Shows Predators Minority
Owner Wanted To Relocate Team
TRUTH REVEALED: In Nashville, David Climer writes of Del Biaggio, "The man who once appeared to be a white knight intent on helping rescue a struggling NHL franchise instead was a fraud whose sole purpose was to haul the team elsewhere." Among those who "got duped" were Freeman, former Predators Owner Craig Leipold, "who fronted Del Biaggio $10[M]," and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, "who signed off on the deal" to establish Del Biaggio as a minority owner (Nashville TENNESSEAN, 7/14).
PICKING UP THE TAB: Freeman Friday said that the team's local owners will replace Del Biaggio's $9.8M "personal guarantee to Metro Nashville under the team's" Sommet Center lease. Del Biaggio is "under federal investigation and has declared bankruptcy -- a situation that puts at risk" money he would owe the Metro Sports Authority if the team breaks its lease. Freeman: "We will do it in full. Hopefully that will take care of the issue" (TENNESSEAN.com, 7/11).


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Nicholas J. Freitas
Virginia National Guard; state active duty for emergency response; pay and allowances for members. Establishes rates of pay and allowances for members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force.
Left in Public Safety
Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
Presented and ordered printed 20106051D
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
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Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is used in quake-absorbing structures because of its low friction characteristic. Because of its low surface energy, however, a pristine PTFE surface exhibits difficulty adhering to other substances. Consequently, PTFE surface normally requires some pretreatment such as chemical modification before adhesion. We herein propose a new surface modification route for adhesion enhancement of PTFE/epoxy resin interfaces using plasma-assisted morphological and molecular designs. Plasma processing methods under air and in water were used to introduce the peroxide radical and porous structures onto the PTFE surface. Subsequently, a polyethyleneimine derivative having primary amino groups at the molecular end in the side-chain was chemically modified by graft copolymerization to introduce reactive functional groups on the surfaces against epoxy resin-based glue. We achieved enhancement of T-peel strength between the PTFE substrate/ epoxy resin/ SUS substrate of 9.3 N/mm, which exceeds the T-peel strength obtained from conventionally used sodium-naphthalene processing (9.1 N/mm).
For application to synthetic resin parts and to the fabrication of microfluidic devices made of cyclo-olefin polymer (COP), an adhesiveless bonding technology was developed: photo-activation bonding. A Xe excimer lamp irradiating vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light of 172 nm wavelength was used as a light source for COP surface modification. The surface modification procedure is extremely simple. A COP plate placed in air with atmospheric pressure is irradiated with the VUV light. Based on VUV photochemistry assisted with atmospheric oxygen, a modified layer including large amounts of polar functional groups (-OH, -CHO, -COOH, etc.) is formed on the COP plate. The VUV-modified COP plates were bonded at a low temperature through attractive interactions between the modified layers on the COP plates without deforming the plates＇ preformed microstructures. A strength test of bonding was conducted to elucidate the effects of surface modification and bonding conditions such as VUV-irradiation distance (dVUV), VUV-irradiation time (tVUV), bonding pressure (PB), bonding temperature (TB), and bonding time (tB).

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Alan Peter as blue ribbon chair? Zubiri says ‘super majority’ to decide
MANILA, Philippines—Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri will call for a meeting of senators in the “super majority” bloc to discuss Senator-elect Alan Peter Cayetano’s pitch to head the chamber’s blue ribbon panel.
On Friday (June 10), Zubiri said he would need to consult members of the super majority, adding that Sen. Francis Tolentino had already accepted an earlier offer to chair the blue ribbon committee.
“I would need to consult the majority on the request of my friend Senator Alan Cayetano,” Zubiri told reporters in a message.
“We have already discussed this with Senator Tolentino and he had already accepted the chairmanship of the blue ribbon committee so it’s not my decision to make at this moment,” Zubiri said.
“Unfortunately, a number of senators are on vacation for the next two weeks before I can call for an initial meeting of the super majority. We can only make a decision then,” he added.
Zubiri is poised to take over as Senate president in the 19th Congress.
Before the 18th Congress adjourned sine die on June 3, Zubiri had announced several committee chairmanships in the Senate.
These positions, however, would still be subject to a plenary vote.
The blue ribbon committee has jurisdiction over and investigates “malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance in office by officers and employees of the government, its branches, agencies, subdivisions and instrumentalities,” according to the Senate website.
It also looks into the “implementation of the provision of the Constitution on nepotism and investigation of any matter of public interest on its own initiative or brought to its attention by any member of the Senate.”
Earlier, Cayetano said he was willing to join the Senate majority bloc on condition that he would be made chair of the blue ribbon committee, a position that he held in the 14th Congress.
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The View From Sardis Lake: Why Moving Water to Where It’s Needed is So Hard
Moving water from where it’s plentiful to where it’s needed seems like a logical way to meet all Oklahomans’ future water needs. But water transfers are complicated, and not just because they’re expensive — but because communities with lots of water want to keep it. Nothing illustrates this tension/challenge/whatever better thanSardis Lake.
A bill passed by the state Senate — SB760 — would, among other things, study whether moving water from basin to basin is a viable way of mitigating drought, and started with the idea of moving water from the eastern part of the state to the west. But it’s not the first time people in southeast Oklahoma have faced the prospect of losing the water in their area.
BEFORE THE LAKE
Byron Bohanon reminisces as he stands in what used to be his front yard.
“Grandpa Mahoney had 510 acres and this is what’s not under water,” he says. “My mother was born in 1914 and my dad was born in 1915, and they courted right here.”
That was before Sardis dam was built and the lake covered his old stomping grounds among the potato hills southeast of McAlester. Now, there’s a pavilion where his house was, just feet from a boat ramp and a beach. Jim Koopman also had his land condemned to build the lake in the 1970s.
“They sent a U.S. Marshall out to me and said to get my cattle off of their land,” Koopman says.
They remember the tiny — now submerged — town of Sardis.
“First barber shop I ever went to was there,” Bohanon says. “But it didn’t have electricity.”
Bohanon and Koopman say they and others like them gave up their land for the greater good of the area. Flooding was huge problem before the dam. And tourism promised to bring some kind of economic life to a downtrodden area. Fishing, boating, hiking, wildlife: The place is an outdoorsman’s dream.
TRY, TRY, AND TRY AGAIN
But almost as soon as Sardis filled with water, the rush was on to deal the rights to the water out of state. Andrew Husky with Oklahomans for Responsible Water Policy:
“And after they took the land from the people, built the lake, then real quickly they came and said, ‘Mr. Koopman, Mr. Bohannan, community, we’ve decided to transfer 93 percent to North Texas Municipal Water District,” Husky tells StateImpact.
Husky resigned his position with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board over that attempt to move the water to North Texas in the early 1990s. There was a heated public meeting one day. Then, at the state capitol the next day…
“They passed legislation to tell the OWRB to stop, do not go down there and sign that contract. This who thing is on hold,” Husky says. “If it wasn’t for about 300 people around here, North Texas Municipal Water District would have this lake.”
So, transfer attempt number one: failed.
Sardis is one of the few lakes built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the state actually had to pay for. Often the state didn’t make those payments and has always been looking for someone else to take the responsibility, and the water.
The state tried again to transfer Sardis water to a different north Texas water district a decade later, a move that would prompt the state legislature to enact a seven-year moratorium on out of state water sales.
Transfer attempt number two: failed.
Then Oklahoma City gets into the act. Have a date on this? Oklahoma City currently pipes water from nearby Atoka Lake, but it’s not enough, and the plan is to transfer water from Sardis to Atoka, then to OKC along a new Atoka Pipeline.
“Right now they have water use permits, at the OWRB, for 90 percent of the lake,” Husky says.
The OWRB hasn’t been able to approve those permits because the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations sued over the issue, claiming they hold the rights to Sardis Lake and all of the water in southeast Oklahoma. The parties in the case have been negotiating a settlement for four years with no end in sight.
Transfer attempt number three: on hold.
WHY THEY FIGHT
It’s easy to see why the people here don’t want to share. They don’t have to look any further than Oklahoma City’s Atoka Lake, just down the road.
“You cross the end of Atoka Lake, and as far as you can see back down through there there’s nothing but stumps and rotted trees and mud flats for, I mean, acres and acres of nothing but mud,” Jim Koopman says.
And he worries a draw-down like the one Oklahoma City did at Canton Lake in 2013 would devastate the thriving tourism industry towns like Clayton and Talihina rely on.
“It’s the life of Clayton,” Koopman says.
Even with the state legislature considering a bill to study the feasibility of moving water to drought-plagued southwest Oklahoma, Husky thinks the people around Sardis will ultimately get to keep what they see as their water.
“I think we’ll be having a celebration, maybe right here. We’ll have a party and celebrate preserving a natural asset like this for the community,” Husky says.
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OTTAWA, Aug. 4 /CNW Telbec/ - Prime Minister Stephen Harper needs to
assure Canadians that the country's largest media company has not fallen under
foreign control, says Canada's largest media union.
"We have serious concerns that Canwest Global and Canwest itself may now
be under the direction and control of U.S. investors, contrary to federal
law," says Peter Murdoch, Vice-President, Media for the Communications, Energy
and Paperworkers Union, which represents more than 20,000 media workers,
including employees at Canwest's print and broadcast outlets.
"When Canwest Global purchased Alliance Atlantis, it barely reached the
Canadian ownership threshold by including all of its broadcast operations in
the deal - but since the value of those assets has now dropped so sharply,
it's clear that Canwest's U.S. debt holders may now be calling the company's
shots," explains Murdoch.
"But Parliament has demanded that our communications media remain in
Canadian hands, to ensure our sovereignty and security. Canadian newspapers
receive tax breaks and Canadian broadcasters benefit from many regulatory
incentives, all to promote Canadian ownership.
"Since Canwest's existence hinges on the consent of its major creditors -
largely foreign - CEP's concern is that control of the company has de facto
shifted to non-Canadians already - a situation that requires federal
"The Canadian government should be monitoring Canwest's actions to ensure
that control is being exercised by Canadians, particularly while this
debt-ridden company restructures itself to meet the massive debt it took on.
"We cannot allow financial advisors from Los Angeles to make decisions
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We all remember the excitement that heralded The Phantom Menace's launch back in May 1999. Were you one of those camped out for days at the cinema beforehand, eager to be one of the first to see it? Blogger Laura McConnell was, and having seen the movie Fanboys recently, was reminded of those enjoyable days:
This is a personal article by Laura McConnell .
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How Christologies May Be Shaped By The Broader Visual Cultural Environment investigates how the recent explosion of two and three dimensional images of Jesus, ranging from those placing him in the historically accurate setting or period during which he actually walked the earth, to Jesus in a contemporary society dressed and involved in a 21st century activities setting, may impact a congregant's belief structure or shape the formulation of a Christology of a non-believer. Protestant pastors seemingly have neither given attention to nor engaged in theological discussion concerning what impact such radically differing images may have.
Research was conducted using a literature survey along with a survey of commercially available images of Jesus. An over-arching historical survey was provided of how art and theology influenced each other beginning with Old Testament prohibitions against the fabrication of images to the wealth of Jesus images available in 2010. Based on the research it was concluded that the image of Jesus and how he is portrayed does have an impact on how an individual understands the person and work of Jesus.
A paradigm was developed that enables a pastor to analyze popular visual images of Jesus circulating in the United States and to analyze their theological significance so that they can be more intentional about their own use of images of Jesus and more aware of the ways an individual's Christology may be influenced by the broader visual cultural environment. The model also serves as an excellent teaching tool to help a congregant understand the Christological implications of various images of Jesus.
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Christina Applegate on Giving Birth: "It Was Profound"
Three-and-a-half weeks after she and fiance Martyn LeNoble welcomed daughter Sadie Grace, first-time mom Christina Applegate opens up about the life-changing experience during a Tuesday appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Applegate, 39, reveals that she was in labor for an arduous 18 hours -- and it was anything but painless, particularly because had a bad reaction to her epidural.
"I didn't like it," the Hall Pass actress says. "I didn't like the feeling of numbness....It was really creepy to me. It was too much, so we turned it off and we opted to go all the way...Feeling it all."
Going without an epidural "was profound," the star explains. "It was profound pain."
And when her baby daughter finally arrived (weighing 7 lbs., 8 oz.), the breast cancer survivor surprised herself. "I dropped my gown, which I don't do," Applegate reveals. (Applegate underwent a double mastectomy in summer 2008 following her breast cancer diagnosis.)
"This part of my body is very private to me," she admits of revealing her chest in the delivery room. "That's a real private place. A place that I don't have a good relationship with, let's say."
"But at that moment of pulling [Sadie] out and I just tore that thing off. There's a room full of people that I don't know. Nurses and doctors. And she and I just laid there," Applegate says. "It was the best thing that's every happened to me."
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Today, you have the opportunity to support the Endowment, even MORE, thanks to the Gift-Matching AFE Challenge issued by Smithers-Oasis/FLORALIFE®.
Now through December 31, 2019, Smithers-Oasis/FLORALIFE® will match your donations to AFE, dollar-for-dollar, up to $20,000. In other words, when you give your support to AFE, you’re not only investing in the future of the floral industry – you are DOUBLING your contribution!
For nearly 60 years, AFE has been leading the charge to identify solutions to tough industry challenges. Since 1961, it has sponsored over $17 million in industry projects. Through targeted research, significant impacts have been made with flower and plant care, pest and disease management, new and innovative technologies.
AFE tackles industry challenges and help to attract and retain a knowledgeable and skilled workforce. Support from floral industry members like you helps to increase and expand these programs.
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The expansion of Rwanda’s aviation industry is expected to deepen after the recent KLM entry prompted Brussels Airlines to reposition, as the tourism season enters its peak.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operated its maiden flight to Kigali in Rwanda late last month. The entrance of KLM into the Rwandan market is expected to bring forth competition.
According to industry reports, KLM already had been sending passengers to Rwanda via Nairobi, Kenya through a code-share agreement with Kenya Airways.
Not only will that arrangement continue, but KLM’s relationship with Kenya Airways is expected to expand. KLM President and CEO Peter Hartman was quoted as saying that, “adding Kigali as a new destination strengthens KLM’s position in East Africa. This region is of key importance to the extensive Air France-KLM network.”
The implication is that Rwanda’s profile is bound to be raised several notches as an attractive tourist destination. In a bid to defend its turf, Brussels Airlines, that has been the dominant international airline operating out of Kigali is now repositioning its entire value offerings ahead of KLM’s new services offerings.
Rwanda is targeting a record $187 million from tourism receipts this year after receiving $175 million last year, an increment of 6.4 percent, according to Rwanda Development Board (RDB).This kind of prospect, raises the business expectations for the players in the aviation industry including new entrant KLM.
Brussels Airlines officials have now conceded that the entry of KLM will indeed impact on fares in terms of reductions.
“As you know, in general competition has an impact on the fares in an open, liberal market and the customers always benefit from such increased competition.
This is the case in Rwanda which now has a new airline operator and one will observe that fares have decreased already because of such competition”, Serge Dewachter, Brussels Airlines Rwanda Country Manager told Business Times .
“However, I must add that traditionally, Brussels Airlines has been offering promotional fares when the high season for tourism kicks off. Meaning that this has not changed and consequently we launched a promotional campaign just last Monday with fare levels that went down compared to last year of the same period. That said, I must also point out that we will monitor the new situation closely with the entry of a new players and react to any change if need be,”Serge added.
An indicator that Brussels Airlines was repositioning was the visit by its top boss to the airline’s Rwanda offices recently.

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