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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Make America Ungovernable Again? Why?

I'll tell you why: because Democrats want to see America destroyed and rebuilt in a collective image -- despite the harm that would be caused to millions of Americans.

Leaders of the anti-Trump “resistance” efforts say the same thing Democratic lawmakers have been saying: they want to make America “ungovernable” for the president of the United States.

The protesters say they will do whatever it takes to keep Trump from enacting his agenda, and many of them have shown a willingness to destroy public property, assault law enforcement officers and inflict violence upon their fellow citizens.

Democratic lawmakers have said they will not or cannot work with President Trump and instead will work toward impeaching him, despite the fact he entered office just two weeks ago. So, the Democrats are working hand in hand not only with George Soros but also the lawless anti-Trump demonstrators (wno are also paid by George Soros).

Inauguration Day revealed what to expect from the far left during Trump’s presidency: well-organized protests that feature alarmist rhetoric and have a proclivity to devolve into anarchic violence. Rioters smashed storefront windows, assaulted innocent bystanders and torched a limo all in the name of opposing Capitalism, the US Constitution, and President Donald Trump.

D.C.’s inauguration weekend violence was believed to be mostly the work of a group calling themselves DisruptJ20, which began planning to disrupt the inauguration and destroy property weeks in advance.

In the days and weeks leading up to the inauguration, DisruptJ20 publicly advertised an invitation to “Join us in refusing to normalize Trump’s presidency, smashing his facade of legitimacy.” DisruptJ20 advocates using “direct action” tactics, which the group describes as taking “collective action to make social change without giving power over to an authority or middle person.”

“We don’t ask permission or put our faith in electoral politics, instead, we use our bodies to stop the smooth operation of the system we oppose,” the group’s website states, citing Black Lives Matter’s efforts to shut down highways as an example of the kind of disruption they have in mind. The group is open about its aim to become “an ungovernable force this winter.”

Climate Justice? WTF?
A website called Ungovernable 2017 helped coordinate DisruptJ20’s DC efforts with anti-Trump protests around the country. Some groups endorsed a pledge to never give Trump the “chance to govern.”

“As we resist, we will create new governing institutions, new economic relationships, and new ways of being human,” the pledge reads.

The pledge was endorsed by a number of left-wing figures including: the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, a black nationalist organization with chapters in eight cities across the country; activist and 2008 Green Party vice presidential nominee Rosa Clemente; and Lamis Deek, lawyer and a New York board member for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).

An anti-Trump protest in Seattle a little over a week ago featured an activist calling for murder over a megaphone. The activist, reportedly associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, said that protesters “need to start killing people” and “start killing the White House.”

The rumor mill says Hank Johnson & Maxine Waters are dating.
Talk about a couple who are meant for each other...

Milo Yiannopoulos, an editor at pro-Trump website Breitbart, was forced to cancel a speech at UC Berkeley last week after mobs of protesters started fires, assaulted bystanders and pepper sprayed suspected Trump supporters as part of an organized effort to shut down the speech.

Those protests were spear-headed by a national group calling themselves Refuse Fascism. The group is open about its apparent alliance with Princeton professor and DNC platform committee member Cornel West, who is listed as one of Refuse Fascism’s “initiators.”

Video posted to Refuse Fascism’s Facebook page last week features one of the group’s leaders whipping a throng of protesters into a frenzy with calls of revolution. “We need to make this country ungovernable,” she declares. “We need to do what the German people should have done when Hitler was elected.”

Is America burning yet? (BLM pic)
Far-left activist group Occupy Oakland also took part in last week’s Berkeley riots. The group, a local spinoff from the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests, declared victory after Milo’s speech was cancelled due to their mob-like tactics. The group circulated a picture on Twitter of two of its banners from the protest reading, “Become ungovernable” and “This is war.”

“We won this night. We will control the streets. We will liberate the land. We will fight fascists. We will dismantle the state,” Occupy Oakland captioned the photo. “This is war.”

Okay then. It's war. Prepare yourself for consequences.

  1. Nothing the democrats do makes sense anymore -- they are out of their collective, elitist minds.

  2. They want war, revolution, and a new government without white people or Christianity. They want historical perversions to be accepted as normal. They want to make all morality relative -- non-absolute. They want science as a religion. They want to be able to murder their children. Plus, they want you to pay for their actions. The state will provide you with a job and give you a place to live. Leftist Amerika.


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May 5, 2015 / jimnv

It’s On ! Mayhem Momentum

The Economic Forum made its revenue predictions public May 1st. This the starting bell for completion of the current legislative session. From now until June 1st, legislators will be working furiously on the budget and other things. In this mayhem, many will insert a dead bill into one that is sure to pass. Think AB 190 the hybrid retirement nightmare. It could happen.

What to do? Not much. Mayhem momentum will take effect.

If this session is sane, that won’t happen but I have never personally seen a sane session. And have been looking at them since 1971.

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Bonnello’s (Saint Laurent) latest provocation is a film in two distinct and gripping parts: first, a procedural in which we follow a group of Parisian young people, crucially of varying backgrounds, as they carry out a sure-to-be-controversial, city-wide, premeditated terrorist plot; second, a waiting game, oscillating between tense, languid, and bizarre, and which clearly reveals the absolute brutality of the mass media and the militarized state apparatus. A 21st-century thriller of the moment, Nocturama asks impossible questions and alludes to geopolitical issues with a profoundly troubling yet thrilling wink. “A bravura feat of filmmaking.”—The A.V. Club.

Reviews: Cinema Scope, The Brooklyn Rail, The A.V. Club (first review), MUBI Notebook (first review), Little White Lies, Variety

Interviews: Interview with Bertrand Bonello at Cineuropa

Filmography: Saint Laurent (2014), House of Tolerance (2011), On War (2008), Tiresia (2003), The Pornographer (2001)


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The Nature Effect: Gratitude, Guidance, Grief and Glory

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“I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily without getting there in spirit.”   Henry David Thoreau (Excursions 1863)

The Nature Effect explores ways in which we can stay connected to our physical relationship with the earth, through our senses, our minds and our psyche. We collaborate with artists, educators, scientists and others to understand our connection (and sometimes our disconnection) through the doorways have meaning to us.   We hope you will find something of interest in our offers below. We invite you to ‘unplug’ for while, step out of your everyday business and get refreshed!

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Ukrainian judicial transparency (not something you see every day)

March 21, 2017

With the distinct whiff of (at the very least partial) transparency, the disclosures/declarations of the 50 candidates for the highest judicial positions in Ukraine have appeared upon the website of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine.

To say this event is extremely rare would be misleading – this is in fact precedent setting, not only the public listing of all the candidates, but also their declarations (of hopefully legitimate) wealth.

Whether there is anything within these disclosures that will prove to be somewhat smelly for any particular candidate remains to be seen, as will the fullness of the disclosures – nevertheless, a flicker of light in the otherwise dark and grubby world of the Ukrainian judiciary.

A moment to savour in fact – for there are too few and they are far too far in between when it comes to the Ukrainian judiciary.

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WASHINGTON – Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden announced Thursday that the Department of Justice is awarding $50 million in Recovery Act funds to the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) program. The Deputy Attorney General made the announcement during the Department's annual Missing Children's Day ceremony where he also honored

Julie Mosbacher, a registered nurse from Cody, Wyo., for her efforts and quick thinking in helping to recover an abducted child.

"We all owe a debt to these honorees and to the countless others who tirelessly work to protect children against sexual victimization," Deputy Attorney General Ogden said. "The Department of Justice will continue to actively pursue all predators who target our most vulnerable, which is why I'm so pleased to announce these dedicated funds from the Recovery Act to advance these crucial efforts of our ICAC Task Forces."

Deputy Attorney General Ogden presented Mosbacher with the Missing Children's Day Citizen Award, which is awarded to a private citizen for unselfish acts in safely recovering a missing or abducted child. Mosbacher was honored because of her response to the suspicious behavior of a male patient who entered the emergency room with a small child. She sensed something was wrong with the situation and immediately contacted police, who arrested the patient. The child was safely recovered.

In addition to Mosbacher, the Deputy Attorney General recognized the efforts of seven other individuals for their extraordinary efforts in protecting children; and recognized Dakhota-Rae Brown, a fifth grader from Henderson Elementary in Cheyenne, Wyo., who was selected as the 10th Annual National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest winner.

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Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Provincial punk: Why I love Grayson Perry

The Provincial Punk exhibition.

You’ve got to love someone who made an artwork called “Football stands for everything I hate”. (Well, I’ve got to anyway, because it does.) You’ve also got to love an artist who has a retrospective exhibition called Provincial Punk.

You’ve got to go and see it, too (well, I had to anyway because I identify as Provincial Punk), so I went off to Margate to have a look. It’s the first time I’ve seen any of Grayson Perry’s work outside of the telly or a magazine, and I loved it.

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Should I go to my school reunion?

I always said I would never go to a reunion, and I’ve gone to two in less than two years. A punk rock reunion last year and a school reunion last week.

I asked Twitter: Should I go to my school reunion? Twitter said no, so I went anyway.

Sunday, 13 September 2015

Margate and me

Things I have in common with Tracey Emin:
  • We’re nearly the same age.
  • We spent our formative years in Margate.
  • Er, that’s it.
Tracey Emin is rich and famous and I’m not, but she’s got an artwork up on Margate harbourside that says “I never stopped loving you”. Me neither.

Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Modern life is ridiculous

The other day I paid a visit to my nearest city. And I saw the following:

A young man with a pudding bowl haircut and a long beard. (I had to force myself not to laugh out loud.)

Two tourists taking photos with the use of a selfie stick.

A young man wearing his hair in a man-bun.

And this.

 Sometimes I don’t understand modern life at all.


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Missing Juvenile Located on Monday 7/25/2016 | News Release | FCPD

Missing Juvenile Located

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On Monday, July 25, Kaileigh Jenne Salusky was found in Woodbridge around 1:30 p.m. She is fine and has been reunited with her family.

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West Springfield Police District – Detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Kaileigh Jenne Salusky, reported missing around 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19. Detectives believe that she is missing voluntarily. Salusky was last seen around 11 p.m. on Monday, July 18 at a home in the Springfield area.

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Texas Breakfast Taco Battle

Although the state food of Texas is officially chili, most Texans would agree that the breakfast taco should really hold that title.

Growing up in South Texas, the breakfast taco was a daily way of life and an even bigger deal on weekends when barbacoa came out to play. For those who aren’t familiar, barbacoa tacos fall into a special category, “solo el fin de semana,” or just the weekend. Much like menudo and pozole, barbacoa breakfast tacos are usually reserved for Saturday and Sunday only.

I remember we would head to my Uncle Turi’s (short for Arturo) house where we experienced our version of the culinary holy trinity, the trifecta of Sunday breakfasts: menudo, pan dulce, and breakfast tacos (barbacoa included). My Aunt Adelma has always been the official family “madrina de menudo,” the godmother of this most prized Mexican delicacy. She’s like a magician in the kitchen, and to this day, I have yet to figure out what she does differently that makes it so incredibly amazing. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it. But, I digress…

Even now, being in North Texas, it’s a Sunday tradition to bring breakfast tacos over to my brother’s house where everyone, including my 97-year old Grandma Ollie, gently tilts our heads to lovingly usher in the fluffy, yet toasted, flour tortilla, edges bursting with heavenly combinations of bean and bacon, potato and egg, chorizo and egg, and of course, barbacoa.

So, it should be no surprise that my history with and my passion for breakfast tacos recently lead me on a spectacular breakfast taco-filled journey when I was chosen to be a guest reporter for Verify, a television show that takes interested viewers on road trips to seek answers to life’s most pressing questions, like “What’s the Breakfast Taco Capital of Texas?”

For two days, we traveled through Austin and San Antonio, tasting the best breakfast tacos each city had to offer, and in the end, I had to choose which city would reign supreme in the Texas breakfast taco battle. Talk about controversial decisions. Anyone see what happened to the last guy who spoke up about the subject? Sensitive topic much?

And, during the week of September 12, 2016, the state of Texas will find out my decision, and hopefully, I won’t be banned from either city (or any city across Texas for that matter).

I love Texas! I love breakfast tacos! I love all tacos!

Now, one would think that after two days straight of nothing but breakfast tacos, it would have some sort of negative impact on my affection for the tasty Texas treats, and yet, no – it did not.

In fact, that’s exactly the opposite of what happened.

The day I returned, and every weekend since (just as it’s always been) I either made or purchased breakfast tacos. For me, it’s about a sense of home.

I can remember early mornings at my grandparents’ ranch as a small child, watching Grandma Ollie masterfully lead a sort of ballet where each long, thin strip of bacon danced with her wooden spoon until they furled gracefully into their perfectly crisp positions in the cast iron skillet.omgsdfwfood - 300 breakfast tacos bacon

Next would come the potatoes, every piece a blank canvas with nothing but that aromatic, smoky base as the paintbrush, adding the perfect amount of salt over each rich, caramelized cube. omgsdfwfood - 300 breakfast tacos fried potatoesThen, the beans would enjoy a bath in that bacony goodness until every one of them had weakened under pressure and transformed into the perfect creamy base for the breakfast taco, refried beans.omgsdfwfood - 300 breakfast tacos refried beans

To this day, I still follow her steps when preparing breakfast tacos at home. The breakfast taco really means so much more to me than a humble meal in the morning or a Texas tradition, even. It’s about my culture, my history, my family – my own Texas experience.

Having to choose between two cities, knowing there were so many other Texas cities not represented, was extremely difficult for me. I found myself getting teary-eyed whenever I thought too long about not being able to include the Rio Grande Valley or Corpus Christi, my South Texas, in my decision. I felt like I was denying the existence of hundreds of little taco stands, taco trucks, breakfast taco joints, and too many family kitchens that were all more than worthy of having a shot at the title. I felt silly that this responsibility was weighing so heavily on my soul, and yet, I felt compelled to try and weave in my concerns at every turn – all because that’s how much it meant to me!

Poor David Schechter can attest that I must have mentioned the variety of breakfast tacos that weren’t in the running at least 50 times while on the road. By the end of the trip, I am positive I interjected my concerns on camera enough times to possibly make it through editing – next week will tell.

And, it was all for the love of my beloved Texas breakfast taco and the desperate need to represent my culture, my history, and my food family well. I truly took this decision to heart.

I’m a proud Texan. I love both Austin and San Antonio. So, when you watch the show during your evening news the week of September 12thon any Texas Tegna station, know that I took the responsibility seriously and had my own personal breakfast taco battle going on internally, one that wasn’t easily calmed with anti-acids.

In the end, I know I made the right decision based on a very clear set of criteria, and I’ll stand by that decision when it comes out.

For now, I’ll just sit back and have a snack… perhaps one of several breakfast tacos I brought back from this past weekend getaway to Austin and San Antonio.OMGs DFW Food - Texas Breakfast Tacos

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6 Comments on Texas Breakfast Taco Battle

  1. You’re absolutely right! CC is the area where I grew up, and their tacos are amazing! Verify focused on Austin and San Antonio, but we know there are tons of breakfast taco cities who ROCK in Texas!!

  2. What about Corpus Christi? We would love to have you here. We have some of the best Tacos.

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  3. Such a blast! Thank you so much, Greeny! What a fun time sharing food stories and ideas about where to eat! I thought of a few others… Knife, Meso Maya, Twisted Root, and Whistle Britches!

  4. Olivia! Great time today at the book signing at Sur!

  5. Yes! At the very least? we need to do a Fort Worth and Dallas Top 10 for each city!

  6. Olivia! When are we going on a breakfast taco tasting trip?!

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More Lessons from James Bach and Michael Bolton’s “Rapid Software Testing”

I’ve mentioned Jame Bach and Michael Bolton’s ‘Rapid Software Testing’ ebook before. I am citing their resource once more today because they’re worth revisiting again and again, for software testers. Many of the things I’ve come to believe in about software testing are here, explained well in interesting lists, charts, and descriptions. Such are the things that junior software testers need to fully understand, as well as the stuff that seniors should thoroughly teach.

Quoting some lines from the slides:

  • All good testers think for themselves. We look at things differently than everyone else so that we can find problems no one else will find.
  • In testing, a lot of the methodology or how-tos are tacit (unspoken). To learn to test you must experience testing and struggle to solve testing problems.
  • Asking questions is a fundamental testing skill.
  • Any “expert” can be wrong, and “expert advice” is always wrong in some context.
  • The first question about quality is always “whose opinions matter?” If someone who doesn’t matter thinks your product is terrible, you don’t necessarily change anything. So, an important bug is something about a product that really bugs someone important. One implication of this is that, if we see something that we think is a bug and we’re overruled, we don’t matter.
  • It’s not your job to decide if something is a bug. You do need to form a justified belief that it might be a threat to product value in the opinion of someone who matters, and you must be able to say why you think so.
  • In exploratory testing, the first oracle to trigger is usually a personal feeling. Then you move from that to something more explicit and defensible, because testing is social. We can’t just go with our gut and leave it at that, because we need to convince other people that it’s really a bug.
  • Find problems that matter, rather than whether the product merely satisfies all relevant standards. Instead of pass vs fail, think problem vs no problem.
  • How do you think like a tester? Think like a scientist, think like a detective. Learn to love solving mysteries.

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JEXPO Counselling 2017, Register, Dates, Procedure, Seat Allotment

JEXPO 2017 Counselling, Dates, Procedure, Allotment Letter

JEXPO Counselling 2017 has announced by West Bengal State for Technical Education (WBSCTE). Candidates who have applied for JEXPO 2017 those candidates will eligible to get admission in Polytechnic diploma programs for the current session 2017. Huge numbers of candidates filled their online form this year to appear in this exam. After appearing in this entrance exam, Candidates have eagerly waited for WB JEXPO Counselling 2017 those candidates can check their Counselling procedure from its official website.

Candidates who cleared this exam are eligible to apply for counseling online. Counseling will be done by online mode for valid rank holders. All valid rank holders’ candidates can check their online JEXPO 2017 Counselling Procedure form the direct link of website i.e. All aspirants can apply online application form for JEXPO 2017 by the link You can also remember that counseling will be started in the month of June 2017.

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JEXPO Counselling 2017

For regular updates regarding JEXPO 2017, all candidates are advice to regularly check its official website. Candidates can take part in counseling through online technique only. Candidates can complete the online form by registration process online with the use of Login and Password. JEXPO 2017 includes many institutions and the checklist of colleges while applying for counselling.

So you have many choices for getting admission in diploma courses. Candidates can fill more than one option in online counseling form. Candidates can apply for the exam must pass their 10th from recognized board or state board with good percentage.

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WB Polytechnic Counselling 2017

Every year lakhs of candidates have applied for getting admission in Government polytechnic institutions. This year many vacant seats will fill by JEXPO 2017 qualified candidates. Seats will be reserved for various categories in government colleges like: –

  • SC (22%)
  • ST (6%)
  • PC (3%)
  • LLQ (2%)

Candidates can also get admission in private colleges by JEXPO 2017. Candidates who want to attend the counselling for JEXPO 2017 can carry their all required document with them. In this article, we provide you the necessary list of the document which will require for counseling. Candidates must have to carry the photocopy of documents.

  • 10th /10+2 Original certificate
  • Score Card of JEXPO 2017
  • Result document of JEXPO 2017
  • Medical, Caste Certificate
  • Residence Proof
  • Passport size Photograph

Candidates can apply for all three rounds of counselling. Complete information about the counseling has given here. So candidates have to apply for admission and get seat allotment result for all round which you have applied for it.

Best of Luck!

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By Jason Lipshutz, Billboard Magazine

In a ceremony that honored some of the biggest female artists of all time, Madonna left the last impression at Billboard’s Women in Music 2016. The Woman of the Year ended the star-studded event Friday (Dec. 9) with a moving, career-spanning speech that demonstrated her power as an artist, woman and human.

“I stand before you… as a doormat. Oh, I mean, a female entertainer,” Madge stated, before diving headfirst into an account of the “misogyny, sexism” and double standards she has faced as an outspoken female superstar. Madonna touched on David Bowie’s influence, her failed marriage to Sean Penn, the impact of motherhood and her audacious nature, before concluding, “I’m still standing. I’m one of the lucky ones, and every day I count my blessings.”

Yet Madonna — who was honored by British R&B star Labrinth’s medley of “Frozen” and “Like a Prayer” — was hardly the only female artist to affect the audience at the annual event. Breakthrough Star recipient Maren Morris crooned her Grammy-nominated “My Church” in front of a cornfield backdrop, while Hoda Kotb honored Chart Topper Meghan Trainor, who could not attend the ceremony due to vocal issues but had her Epic Records pals Fifth Harmony fill in with a performance of “Like I’m Gonna Lose You.”

Prior to Andra Day’s soaring performance of “Rise Up” alongside the Harlem Boys and Girls’ Choir, Idina Menzel described the breakthrough hit as “one of the most inspiring, truly uplifting songs in recent memory.” Later, Blondie’s Debbie Harry honored Rising Star Halsey, who performed her hit “Colors,” and Wrabel, a close collaborator of Kesha’s, honored the Trailblazer with an emotional take on her “Warrior” on grand piano. Then, Kesha herself took the stage to deliver an overwhelmingly powerful speech on her struggles and self-love.

“I’ve decided to stay confident in my ever-changing, totally imperfect body,” Kesha said after referencing her fights against anxiety and an eating disorder. “Thank you so much for reminding me that what I’m doing is worth it. … If I can’t give up, then neither can anyone else with big dreams.” She ended with a message to all women: “You are worth it, and thank you for reminding me that I’m worth it too.”


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Kunal Basu’s The Japanese Wife

Languid. If I were to describe Kunal Basu’s The Japanese Wife in one word, it would be languid. Rarely do you come across a book that lets you describe it in just one word. This was one of those rare finds. The Japanese Wife is a collection of short stories, of which one of them has the same title.

After having gone through the really good reads that I had in RK Narayan’s Malgudi Days, Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger and oh yes the amazing, Vikram Seth’s Beastly Tales from Here and There, I was really looking forward to The Japanese Wife. And I was a little disappointed.

While the first short story, The Japanese Wife, had a bit of the shock factor with an ending that I have now come to associate with the stories in the Malgudi Days, the rest of the stories were quite lukewarm. For one, none of them really could affect me as a reader, the way the first story did. And I waited for it, story after story. But it never came.

The reason I didn’t enjoy the stories was not because I was chasing a particular feeling, but because I was waiting for just any feeling at all. The stories seemed to just amble along at a slow pace that was quite disconcerting for me, especially after the roller-coaster ride that The Beastly Tales and The White Tiger were.

So, in all fairness I will just quickly look at just the short story, The Japanese Wife, and why I liked it. To begin with, Snehmoy Chatterjee, the protagonist comes across as this simple man who is more content than happy with the way his life has been going. He has been married a few years to a Japanese woman who was his pen friend, without ever seeing her.

The story builds from there to show how this man, with very few wants and needs, nurtures his great loyalty to his wife who is miles away from him in another country. But well, the story would be rather too simple if it was just a simple story about a simple man. Kunal Basu throws in a couple of twists that left me with a small sense of awe (that unfortunately was reserved only for this).

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  1. i had seen the movie with the Rahul Bose as the lead role. It was a heart touching tale and video-graphed with sincere depiction of scenic beauty from the plains of Bengal 🙂

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Wife of ‘Duck Dynasty’ star confesses she had an abortion and has regretted it ever since

Duck Dynasty's Alan and Lisa Robertson. Source: Lifenews.com

Duck Dynasty’s Alan and Lisa Robertson. Source: Lifenews.com

In a recent interview, Lisa Robertson, the wife of Alan Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame, spoke of her regret on having an abortion after an affair. She and her husband Alan were being interviewed by HuffPost Live TV.

Duck Dynasty is A&E’s popular reality show that features the Robertson clan who own Duck Commander, a duck-call manufacturer. The family members, who are all Christians, are very bold about their faith, even during the program. Alan is the oldest son of Phil and Kay Robertson who started Duck Commander.

Lisa and Alan had gotten together as young teenagers. They were separated for a time when Alan took off to New Orleans to find himself. While he was gone, Lisa turned to sex and drugs.  She ended up in a relationship with an older man and became pregnant at age 16. She decided to have an abortion.

Meanwhile, in New Orleans Alan was turning his life around and when he returned the two reunited.

In the January 6th interview, Lisa stated she believed the abortion allowed her and Alan to get back together. Lisa added that she opposed abortion, but would not force her opinion on others.

It was a this point, interviewer Nancy Redd asked Lisa if she was pro-choice, and Lisa answered that she was.

“At the time it was the answer that I sought. As I sit here today, that’s not the answer I would have chosen had I known better, had I been more mature in my thinking. I would never say it was a good choice.”

However, she did add:

“I don’t feel like I should have had a choice to take that life. God is the only Person that has the choice to take a life, or to bring into the world a life.

There has not been—maybe a day has gone by that I have not thought of this child. We have two daughters, two grown daughters. I could have had three children, and I messed that up.”

Her statement that she was pro-choice created a storm of controversy among Christian supporters of the show. As well, the Robertson family strongly opposes abortion. Even during the interview, Alan interjected that he was pro-life and an abortion was never the right choice, no matter the circumstance.

Later in a Facebook posting, Lisa said she regretted her statement. She stated unequivocally she is against abortion and is pro-life. Lisa said she felt trapped into saying she was pro-choice. In her post, Lisa clarified:

“I am pro-choice only when it’s Gods choice. I was so flustered over her questions & just wasn’t aware that she was trying to trap me. Call me naive. I had an abortion @ 16 & I clearly stated that it was a decision that I’ve regretted all my life. I also stated that I thought God was the only person qualified to take a life because he made the life.”

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A Gilgal site to become a garbage dump for Palestine?

A photo of a Gilgal site revealing its distinctive sandal shape. Photo: Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

A photo of a Gilgal site revealing its distinctive sandal shape. Photo: Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

Breaking Israel News is reporting the Palestinian Authority has contracted a foreign company to handle its garbage. The concern is that the proposed location for a new garbage dump is just a couple hundred meters away from an important archaeological site called Gilgal.

The move could potentially damage or even destroy the site near Rimonium overlooking the Jordan valley. No excavation has been done at this site.

What is unusual about the site is its unique sandal-shaped design. It is one of five similar styled sites found in Israel.

And they can be large. One of them called el-‘Unuq is the size of two football fields (228 feet wide and 816 feet long).

The Israelis created them shortly after they entered the Promised Land under Joshua. They were all called Gilgals and marked by large stone walls in the shape of the foot or sandal.

Scattered throughout Israel they initially served as spiritual and government centers.

At one of the Gilgal sites near Gibeath-haaraloth, Israel circumcised its men after leaving Egypt and held their first Passover (Joshua 5:2-11) At a Gilgal site located near Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizem, the Jews pronounced the blessings and cursings associated with the law. Joshua also built an altar to the Lord at this site (Deuteronomy 11:29).

Mentioned 39 times in the Old Testament, they are often only referred to as a Gilgal and we are unsure of which specific site the writer is discussing.

But they served multiple purposes:

  • They were rally points where men gathered to create an army needed for battle (Joshua 10:7-9).
  • They served as a border marker for the tribal territories (Joshua 15:17).
  • The Prophet Samuel judged Israel from a Gilgal sites (1 Samuel 7:16).
  • They made sacrifices at Gilgal (1 Samuel 10:8).
  • When Israel demanded a King, they crowned Saul as their King at Gilgal (1 Samuel 11:15).
  • In one unusual event recorded in the Book of Judges, the Angel of the Lord traveled from a Gilgal to Bokim to chastise Israel for breaking their covenant with God (Judges 2:1-5). This would suggest God honored the spiritual importance of these sites and had angels stationed at at least one of them. Though the site is not named, the angel may have traveled from the site near Mt. Ebal where Israel proclaimed the cursings and blessings associated with the law.
  • Shortly after the quelling of the rebellion started by King David’s son Absalom, Israel affirmed David as their king at Gilgal (2 Samuel 19:9–15, 40).

After establishing a monarchy, their governmental importance declined. However, their spiritual significance continued as a School of the Prophets worked out of Beth-Gilgal (2 Kings 2:1-2).

Though archaeologists have discovered five so far, there are probably more as several extra Biblical sources mention Gilgals at other locations.

So why did Israel create them with a distinctive foot shape?

Some wonder if Israel based their unique construction on the promise God gave the nation that everywhere the sole of their foot stepped, the land belonged to them.

24 Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours; your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as [a]the western sea. (Deuteronomy 11:24 NASV)

Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses. (Joshua 1:3 NASV)

Were the unique sandal-shaped Gilgals a sign they had tread on this land and claimed it? Were they created as a reminder for God to remember His promise to Israel?

The one at Rimonium is also stands as a testament to the Palestinian Authority of who was there first.

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Psychodelic soulsearching: Fidelio, Salzburg Festspiele August 13th, 2015

Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
Claus Guth, Director
Christian Schmidt, Sets and Costumes
Ronny Dietrich, Dramaturgy
Olaf Freese, Lighting
Torsten Ottersberg, Sound Design
Andi A. Müller, Video Design
Ernst Raffelsberger, Chorus Master

Jonas Kaufmann, Florestan
Adrianne Pieczonka, Leonore
Sebastian Holecek, Don Fernando
Tomasz Konieczny, Don Pizarro
Hans-Peter König, Rocco
Olga Bezsmertna, Marzelline
Norbert Ernst, Jaquino
Paul Lorenger, Shadow Pizarro
Nadia Kichler, Shadow Leonore
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
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Outside temperature has been ruthless for some 5 weeks already, and streets and buildings are seriously heated up. The same heated up mood you can observe in Salzburg in general, – most of performances are sold out ages ago, and there are people around Grosses Festspielhouse with sad faces and paper signs “Suche 1 karte” in abundance.

My first night in Salzburg this year is marked by  first attendance of live performance of “Fidelio”, starring Jonas Kaufmann.  The reviews have been contradictory, mostly regards production, but all reviewers have unanimously praised Jonas as outstanding interpreter of Florestan.  I have visited festspiele shop and bought the programme ahead of performance to be able to see what has been intent of Claus Guth, and in the interim have been seduced by DVD of Fidelio by Opera Zurich with Jonas.
Striving for eternal freedom and happiness by escaping from self inflicted imprisonment defined by your own mind, at the same time identifying illusions of yourself and others, and knowing that there is no paradise.. Utopian and tragic, utmost desolation, soulsearching.. Would love save humankind? All themes speak loudly from genious music of Beethoven, and this is such a pity that “Fidelio” is his only opera.

Adrianne Pieczonka as Leonore and Jonas Kaufmann as Florestan © Salzburger Festspiele / Monika Ritter House i

Stage set for Act 1 positively surprises by clearness of intent and smart use of shadows and light. Concept of shadows, “otherselves” rings the right bell, the problem is with intensity of the concept usage – too much, too didactically. It feels like director believes the audience is slightly retarded. Centerpoint of the stage defined by black rotating parallelogram brings some associations with Kaaba. It allows performers to move around without distractions and provides for undisturbed flow of the story, and reminded me the concept of rotating centerstage in recent production of Faust in Deutsche Oper.

© Salzburger Festspiele / Monika Ritter House

Started in the first act, the second act has much more overplayed elements – from mimes speaking to us and their other selves in sign language, funny soundscapes with wind, sighs and cosmic themes, and noisy overacting by Jonas (he fell to floor at least five times, it was probably intended to illustrate despair and exhaustion of Florestan) made it problematic to keep deep absorbption and enjoy vocal and orchestral performance at the most. In addition it felt like director has intended to merge Fidelio and Matrix, as Pizzaro and his gang were so badly over the limit and became ridiculous.

Jonas Kaufman has portrayed Florestan vocally impeccable, but with challenges on dramatic part. Similarly Adrianne Pieczonka delivered impressive Leonora/ Fidelio, while her acting has been monotone and repeating herself. Hans-Peter König as Rocco delivered convincing and emotionally fulfilled character, and Olga Bezsmertna was bit confused but fully believable Marzelline.

The audience provided thunderous applause to Wiener Philarmoniker and Franz Welser-Möst, that was even louder  than praise to singers and chorus, which delivered great performance.

In overall, the orchestra and cast did great job, while I had some confusion regards production concept and necessity of intense use of so many various symbols to indicate internal conflict, solitude, desolation and our personal neverending loneliness. The ending was sad and kind of hopeless.. Need to watch that DVD with Zurich production and reconsider which one speaks to me with Beethoven’s original intent.

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  1. I found this a riveting production. Guth seemed to directly oppose Beethoven’s intent at almost every turn and especiallly at the end. Hope (life) vs Despair (death). The other core theme: the redemptive power of (conjugal) human love also failed at every turn. Leonore is alone. One of the most telling points in Guth’s oppositional approach was to place the singers of the final chorus off stage. Hope and redemption nowhere to be found?
    As I said, it was reiveting and ultimately very depressing. Best to listen to Beethoven’s 9th or another Fidelio production. I have not seen the Harnoncourt version from Zurich but I have it ordered on Blu-Ray. The Abbado/Kaufmann/Sitmme version on CD is wonderful and leaves the listener with HOPE intact.

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ABOUT Opera Maine
formerly PORTopera

Our Mission Statement

“Opera Maine is dedicated to producing creative, inspiring, and professional opera performances of artistic excellence.”
We achieve this mission by:

  • Promoting our opera performances and other events locally, regionally, and nationally.
  • Providing educational opportunities related to opera in local schools and other forums.
  • Fostering young operatic talent.
  • Reaching out to our audience, supporters, and community to share our enthusiasm for opera, and to collaborate with them in creating and enjoying our productions.

Our History

Bruce Hangen, Music Director of the Portland Symphony from 1976 to 1985, had the dream of forming an opera company in Maine, but there was no venue in Portland where opera could be performed in full production. Plans moved forward in 1994 when the State Theatre became available. Hangen assembled a group of friends and supporters to form the Portland Opera Repertory Theater and he persuaded Dona D. Vaughn to act as the Stage Director for the fledgling company. In 2007 the name was changed to PORTopera and in 2017 the name arrived at Opera Maine.

The inaugural production, held at the State Theatre in July 1995, was Carmen. It was an instant success with both critics and audiences. In 1996 the company presented Puccini’s Madama Butterfly to great acclaim. The 1996 season also introduced PORTopera’s Young Artist Program—an educational endeavor to help the careers of emerging young singers. In 1997, PORTopera moved to the newly renovated Merrill Auditorium in Portland with a fullscale production of Puccini’s Tosca. Both of the two performances sold out. The Young Artist Program was then expanded to include six operatic concerts in other parts of the state. In 2017 The company name was changed to Opera Maine and the Young Artist Program became known as the Studio Artist Program.

Since 1997, the company has produced a single mainstage production in July of each year in Merrill Auditorium, except in 2009 when a 15th anniversary concert of opera scenes was presented. Over the years, nearly 90 different singers have participated in the Studio Artist Program, performing in the mainstage productions and taking semistaged operas to thousands of residents throughout Maine.

In 2003, Bruce Hangen, who had served as Artistic Director and conducted most productions, left PORTopera, and Dona D. Vaughn, who had directed every mainstage production for the company was named Artistic Director. She continues to fill the role of Stage Director. The Opera Maine Orchestra is now led by guest conductors, including Stephen Lord, Giovanni Reggioli, and Israel Gursky.

Past Seasons

Over its twenty-two year history, Opera Maine has presented many of the world’s favorite operas, from Mozart to Puccini. Under the artistic direction of Dona D.Vaughn and the musical direction of such internationally renowned conductors as Stephen Lord, Opera Maine’s productions have been widely acclaimed. Our outstanding performers have ranged from rising young stars to Kate Aldrich and the legendary James Morris.

Our Leadership

Opera Maine is a nonprofit performing arts organization led by a volunteer Board of Directors. An Advisory Board of Directors also provides valuable expertise and guidance. Our staff is headed by Artistic Director Dona D. Vaughn, Studio Artist Program Director Richard Gammon, and Managing Director Caroline Musica Koelker.

Board of Directors

United by their love of opera and the desire to see opera flourish in Maine, the fifteen members of PORTopera’s Board of Directors represent a cross section of the community.


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New Blogging Schedule 2013

Last year, I kind of had a secret blogging schedule but I didn’t stick to it. I think the reason I didn’t stick to it was the fact that it wasn’t public so I wasn’t ‘letting anyone down’ by not sticking to it.

This year, I want to stick to my blogging schedule and with my lovely readers help and motivation, I believe I can do so. So, here is a brief description (plus banners designed and drawn by myself) of my new blogging schedule. I understand this isn’t the most exciting post in the world but by reading it you’ll familiarise yourselves with the schedule and be able to prompt me to stick to it. Yes, that was my request for you to please read this post and maybe help me out. Thanks.

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Monday’s Musings: On a Monday, I hope to blog about anything that’s on my mind. This might take form as an essay, a rant, an anecdote or just a short blog post such as this one.

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Tuesday’s Tunes: Like any teenager, I love to listen to music. On a Tuesday I’ll post just some of the songs that I’m enjoying at that moment – old songs and new songs. I’ll also encourage you, my fabulous readers, to post some of your favourite songs in the comments.

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Wednesday’s Writing Prompts: I have tons of writing prompts that I have devised stored on my laptop. Hopefully I’ll be able to post them more often, having a set day.

Thursday: Anything, everything or nothing. This gives me choice. If I’m behind on homework, I can opt not to blog this day. If I want to post something that has no relation to my daily topics, I can do so should I wish.

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Funny Fridays: We all love a bit of humour. Reading memes, jokes, funny gifs and other humorous content is a great way to wind down on a Friday. Also, who likes my ‘SRS Business Cat’? 😉

Saturday: See Thursday.

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That’s all for this post. Do you have a blogging schedule? Let me know in a comment. Thank you for reading!

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  1. I have gone public with some things. It can be pressure on one end, but with other things, like some of my blog series, I have been able to be really consistent with it and seen many blessings come from it subsequently.

  2. Hi, new follower here! I like the idea of a schedule but would never EVER stick to it. I wish you luck with yours though! I’m especially looking forward to writing prompts and Monday’s Musings. I love reading thoughts and rants and I’m always looking for ways to improve my writing, or at least get me writing more. If you could, would you mind checking out my blog? Hope you have a great year (:

    • Hi, thank you for the comment and the enthusiasm!

      I’ve already got my muse post ready to go out tomorrow, I think it’s an interesting one.

      I have posted a writing prompt before alongside some tips, you can find them by clicking on the topics on my sidebar.

      Of course I shall check out your blog. Have a great year also!

  3. I don’t have a formal schedule planned yet.

    I’m starting to do reviews of comic books & graphic novels and I’m thinking that I will probably post those on either Saturdays or Sundays… probably Sunday so I can call it something like Sunday Comics after the good old US Sunday newspapers.

    I’m thinking I may drop in reviews of cartoons (TV & Feature) on Saturday, again for the nostalgia of a Saturday Morning Cartoon segment…

    I’m not sure yet. I’m planning on trying to have some posts in the drawer that I can pull out if I need a filler day, that and using my traditional quotes for day’s with no full post.

    Oh and yes, I love the SRS Cat

    • I do think that a blogging schedule is a good idea, particularly if it’s public as I explained at the beginning of the post. And, comics are cool. Nostalgia is even cooler. 😉

      Thank you! I’m glad you like it. SRS Cat is a five minute sketch of two widely popular meme crazes and he was fun to draw. 😉 It’s nice to sketch something and not make a full on digital painting, once in a while. 🙂

  4. As you know I love my schedules it allows me to get ahead and have posts in reserve for certain days and I think that is something you could consider – maybe use one of the days you have nothing planned for you could review books you have read or films you have been watching these are posts which can literally be written weeks in advance and scheduled to auto post so you know that certain posts will go out no matter how busy you are – and I guarentee however busy you are you still find time to watch a film or two in a week set aside a couple of hours and write a few posts the schedule them in advance

    • It is already proving useful. I have written and scheduled the posts for Monday and Tuesday. Hopefully it will save time, like you said, as I go back to school.

      I certainly enjoy reviewing films and books and that is certainly something I am considering doing on my days off. I am also considering writing the posts for the days I know that I am busy on on one of my ‘days off’.

      Thank you for the comment. 🙂

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NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Training courses offered at the University of Washington (UW) incorporate the most recent American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) spirometry testing procedures and interpretation standards. The ATS is the leading medical professional society in the United States that provides evidencebased statements for pulmonary function laboratory standards, testing procedures, and the interpretation of test results. Both the 2-day initial and 1-day refresher spirometry classes are offered on UW campus or can be conducted at your site.

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This course is designed for technicians who have never taken the NIOSH Spirometry certification course, or with certificates more than 5 years old. This class is appropriate for novice as well as highly experienced spirometry technicians.

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Course Content Includes
  1. Basic physiology of the forced vital capacity maneuver and the determinants of airflow limitations.
  2. Pulmonary disease patterns in spirometry.
  3. ATS/NIOSH instrumentation requirements including calibration check procedures and sources of error and their correction.
  4. Performance of testing including subject coaching, recognition of improperly performed maneuvers, and corrective actions.
  5. Data quality with emphasis on repeatability.
  6. Actual use of the equipment under supervised conditions.
  7. Measurement of tracings and calculation of results.
  8. Common spirometry testing errors and applicable corrective actions.
  9. Evaluation consists of a written and a practical examination.

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NIOSH-Approved Spirometry course certificates are no longer valid indefinitely. Since January 1, 2009, NIOSH Spirometry certificates will expire five years after the date of course completion. Technicians who completed a NIOSH-Approved Spirometry course within the last five years are eligible to enroll in the 1-day Refresher course to maintain their certification. Technicians with certificates older than five years must repeat the initial 2-day course to maintain their certification.

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With thunder, lots of lightning, and tornados in the country, you sure are in the dark side of nature. It’s “Twister”! From the creators of “Jurassic Park”, and the director of “Speed”, this movie talks about storm chasers when they go through destruction! There was one tornado that destroyed a drive in movie theater, while playing “The Shining”! This movie stars Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Cary Elwes, and Alan Ruck, as the storm chasers! You don’t want to end up, like Dorothy, or someone like you that could get killed in twisters. Twisters are very dangerous, and this movie, Tyler Kyte from “Popular Mechanics for Kids” even talked about this, in a episode called “Earth Power”!

So be sure to keep an eye on lightning and thunderstorms, especially twisters. Be sure to also get into a emergency bunker or storm cellar, maybe a tunnel like that “Thomas the Tank Engine” story and episode of Henry the Green Engine when he was in a tunnel, it’s going to be pretty windy!

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