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On January 31, 2020 at Rivers Casino & Resort Amy Golding will defend her championship belt in front of her hometown fans.  Golding was offered the opportunity to fight for the Cage Wars vacant amateur atomweight championship on short notice due to a pullout because of injury back in November of 2019.  Amy quickly stepped up and eagerly accepted the challenge.  The fearless Golding not only leaped at the chance, she capitalized on it.  On November 23, 2019 Amy Golding won the title via unanimous decision against a tough, experienced opponent, Jennifer Hicks at Cage Wars 44.  The New York based fighter silenced any critic with a strong performance and walked away the new Cage Wars atomweight champ.

Amy Golding sends Jennifer Hicks mouth guard airborne with a smashing right hand at Cage Wars 44.

Golding started wrestling in the sixth grade and evolved into a decorated and accomplished Olympic caliber wrestler.  She made her amateur MMA debut in December of 2018 and has demonstrated from the start the level of commitment and stamina needed to climb the amateur MMA mountain.  A little over one year later she is the current Cage Wars atomweight champ ready to put her title on the line against Samantha “The Wolf Queen” Seff at Cage Wars 45.

QUEEN MMA MEDIA was able to gain a brief (Q & A) with Amy Golding before her January 31, 2020 Cage Wars atomweight title defense.

Tommy V. (Queen MMA Media) – Congratulations to you on winning the vacant Cage Wars title against a very game Jennifer Hicks.  How did it feel to get that victory?

Amy Golding – I was very excited to win the last fight against Jennifer Hicks and become the Cage Wars champ.  It has been very difficult for me to find opponents who will compete locally here in NY, with two opponents pulling out last minute on me, so I was just happy that it went through.  I have to give Jennifer a lot of credit for showing up and giving me a tough fight, she’s one tough girl!

Tommy V. (Queen MMA Media) – How are you feeling at three weeks out from the fight?

Amy Golding – I’m three weeks out and feeling great.  Not a single complaint from me.  My camps going well my body’s feeling powerful and explosive and my mind is sharp.  I am exactly where I want to be 3 weeks out.

Tommy V. (Queen MMA Media) – Your opponent has considerable experience in the cage with a nine bout amateur career.  She has a grappling BJJ style and is not too shy to throw hands upstairs.  Are you aware of Samantha Seff, or do you generally avoid looking into your opponents?

Amy Golding – Scouting is a part of competing in any type of high level sport.  Yes, I have seen her compete many times and analyzed what she does in her fights.

Tommy V. (Queen MMA Media) – This fight looks to be a classic wrestling versus BJJ match up if the fight goes to the mat.  Are you confident in your highly decorated wrestling background against a dangerous BJJ artist?

Amy Golding –I am extremely confident in my wrestling skills to be able to dominate all positions in the fight.

Tommy V. (Queen MMA Media) – I have followed your amateur MMA career from the start.  I am impressed by the progress in your stand up game in your title win.  Is stand up striking something you have been focusing on as of late?

Amy Golding – “I have been working on the same striking drills as always, but concentrate more on hitting and dodging, not letting anything land and tiring the opponent out.

Tommy V. (Queen MMA Media) – How do you see this fight playing out?

Amy Golding – “I visualize this everyday since she agreed to the fight so I can answer this easily, I will win in a total domination.  I’m not scared to brawl and am in fact looking forward to it!  Can’t wait to put on a show for everyone!

Amy Golding is ready to put her title on the line against Samantha “The Wolf Queen” Seff. Amy Golding vs Samantha Seff at CAGE WARS 45.

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January 31, 2020 Samantha Seff will face Amy Golding for the CAGE WARS amateur atomweight championship at Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady, New York.  Samantha “The Wolf Queen” Seff fights out of North Carolina and brings to the cage a (5-4) amateur record and a ton of experience.  “The Wolf Queen” has demonstrated the effectiveness of her Brazilian Jiu Jitsu skills with four of her five wins coming by way of submission finish, three of the finishes being in the first round.  Queen MMA Media is proud to have honored Samantha Seff last month with the Queen MMA Media Amateur of the Year (2019) award.

Samantha “The Wolf Queen” Seff battles it out with Shelby Koren for the Combat Night Strawweight Title at Combat Night Pro 15

Tommy Vickers of Queen MMA Media reached out to the Wolf Queen for a quick (Q & A) leading into her championship bout at CAGE WARS 45.

Tommy V. (Queen MMA Media) – How are you feeling three weeks away from Cage Wars 45 atomweight title bout?

SAMANTHA SEFF – “Hungry for the cage and out for blood. No place I’d rather be than in an octagon.”

Tommy V. (Queen MMA Media) – Are you going with your standard fight camp or have you changed anything in particular for this fight?

SAMANTHA SEFF – “I have a world champion BJJ instructor (John Schell) and a top Muay Thai coach (Josh Robinson) who are always in my corner and prepping me at Schell Shock BJJ. I’m also fortunate enough to train 3 times a week in Wake Forest with UFC strawweight Hannah ‘Shockwave’ Cifers and her excellent team of coaches Joel Garcia, Tiago Silva, and Carlos Martin.”

Tommy V. (Queen MMA Media) – Your opponent, Cage Wars atomweight champion Amy Golding is (1-2) as an amateur having won the title via short notice fill in due to injury.  Amy won the vacant title against a game Jennifer Hicks via unanimous decision.  Amy has a strong wrestling background and made her debut against a former Cage Wars atomweight champion Elise Reed.  Are you aware of your opponents?  Or do you generally not focus to closely on the opponent?

SAMANTHA SEFF – “I do a bit of research on my opponents and their game, but my primary focus has always been playing to my best skill sets and training to fine tune any areas that need improvement. I’m also lucky that my partner’s daughter is an excellent wrestler and Jiu Jitsu athlete and helps me prep.”

Tommy V. (Queen MMA Media) – Your BJJ is serious level and dangerous, how do you see it matching up with Golding’s wrestling talent?

SAMANTHA SEFF – “I train as hard as possible to be dangerous in every position available. I will never approach a fight with the fear of being outworked. The hard work will be put in all throughout camp and the fight is my reward. I’m bringing the fight to her and I expect carnage and technique on the feet and on the ground. It won’t go the distance.”

Tommy V. (Queen MMA Media) – How do you see the fight playing out?

SAMANTHA SEFF – “The plan is to make a statement with this fight and turn pro with my sights set on the top. This fight will have an exclamation point at the end for sure. I’m always bringing that big dick energy.”

Smantha Seff is a well rounded fighter and will no doubt deliver a big show for the fans and a colossal challenge for the current Cage Wars atomweight title holder.  Will Samantha Seff’s strength and BJJ win the ground battle?  Or will Amy Golding’s decorated wrestling background prove the better?  This title fight has everything needed to become a fierce showdown.

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Wannabe A Writer TV Show Title CardThe Pilot for the Wannabe a Writer TV Show.

Part Two is now available!

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We’d love to hear your comments.

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  1. Jane, I have always enjoyed your column in Writing Magazine and your TV programme is a natural and superb extension to it. Katie Fforde’s comment about ducklings struck a chord. I’d love to watch the whole series on TV.

  2. I think this programme is a wonderful idea and I hope that it gets taken up. Jane is the perfect presenter and the experts, Carol Blake and Katie Fforde, give excellent advice. Looking forward to seeing how Delphine gets on!

  3. This is so good, Jane! This second part really cut to the chase and gave Delphine (and the viewer) something tangible to go away and work on. Katie has a lovely way of giving advice while remaining positive and enthusiastic.

    I really wish you well in this venture! I’d love to watch such a series and I hope it comes to fruition very soon. Good luck!

  4. Great stuff! I preferred the second show to the first. Like Rachel, the quote about the ducklings struck a chord with me, too! (I also want Katie’s house, please!)

  5. So enjoyed this second show and what a lot of great advice Delphine got from Katie. Hope she can put it into practice. This is often tougher than one imagines it will be, especially dealing with making a complete new start to the novel. Loved the positivity of Katie’s replies to Delphine, but that’s what so lovely about her. What a wonderful mentor to have!!!
    Look forward to watching more… and Jane, you’re fab on it too!!!! :0)

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    This programme is long overdue. A “Watercolour Challenge” for wanna be writers and I love it. I am sure I am not alone in having a row of “how to write” books lying dormant on a book shelf gathering dust (sorry Jane) but to be able to relate the theory to real people, to glimpse into the world of real writers and agents and be priviliged to listen to real conversations is just so inspiring. More soon please. Thank you.

  7. Jane, Thank you for making this show, it was such a useful way of understanding the pitfalls around getting published. Please make a series.

  8. Dear Jane, fantastic! It was such an eye-opener seeing Carole’s style of critique compared to Katie’s. Carole simply told Delphine what was wrong with her piece but Katie actually told her, through brilliant examples of her own work, how to fix it. For writers new to the world of professional writing it was an invaluable insight into what an agent will expect and how essential it is to get someone whose judgement you trust to work WITH you on your piece. I’d definitely watch a whole series and will actually watch these 2 episodes again to glean all I can from Carole and Katie’s comments.

  9. Really enjoyed both episodes, and very tempted myself to apply for the show now 🙂 I’m teetering on the precipice of the click send button!

    Just given it a mention on my blog too, hope you don’t mind on

    I shall be re-watching the episodes now to get some more insight as I found both Carole and Katie’s comments really helpful 🙂

  10. Thank you so much for all the comments – glad it’s gone down well. Don’t forget Carole and I will be doing it “live” at the Chipping Norton Lit Fest – do come and watch if you are in the vicinity – or be brave and apply to be critiqued! 🙂 Details on this blog – see tabs above. thanks to you all again janex

    1. Jane, love it all, the whole concept, but when will it actually be on TV? Or have I, as usual, missed it?

  11. It’s high time budding novelists had this x-factor opportunity! Brilliant! I know I’ll benefit from the comments made by CB and KF

  12. I thought the show was terrific. Not a big fan of reality TV normally, but this is a show I would definately watch. More please!!

  13. I too would love the opportunity to be on the show and have my book looked at. It’s just the thought of all those camera close-ups that puts me off!

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As earth moving equipment was already at work shaping the ground, school and city officials on Monday, July 21, officially broke ground on a new $50 million, 600-student capacity, high school to serve Watford City’s growing student numbers.
“This is a big moment for the Watford City community and the McKenzie County School District,” stated Steve Holen, McKenzie County School District No. 1 superintendent. “This building is for the students today and in the future. This will be a true McKenzie County facility that will reflect Watford City’s spirit.”
With an unprecedented growth in student numbers as a result of the hundreds of new families that are moving into the school district to find work in the region’s oil industry, the McKenzie County Public School District No. 1 has been faced with the challenge of having enough classroom space.
Even after enlarging the elementary school and relocating the sixth grade classes to the high school in the past year, the district is simply running out of classrooms.
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“In 2010, the district only had an enrollment of 582 students in kindergarten through grade 12,” stated Holen. “When school opens this fall, we are anticipating 1,200 students.”
The increase in student numbers, according to Holen, has been steady. In 2011, the district saw its enrollment increase to 705 students, while 867 students were enrolled in 2012.
And last year, for the first time since the early ’70s, the district saw its enrollment top 1,000 students when 1,075 started class in the fall.
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“At the high school, we are expecting to see a minimum of 550 students in grades six through 12 this fall,” states Holen. “This is the most students that we have had in the high school since the early 1980s.”
It is that student growth, as well as the projected district’s growth to  1,600 students by the start of the 2017-18 school year, that prompted the school district to move forward quickly on the building of a new high school.
But the new high school would not have been possible without the support of the school district’s patrons who overwhelmingly passed a $27 million bond issue by a 90 percent majority this past March.
And that support was recognized by Steve Stenehjem, whose family donated the land for the new high school in the Fox Hills Subdivision.
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The ground-breaking on July 21 was just the beginning of a very ambitious 18-month construction project that Holen says should be student-ready by December of 2015.
“We expect to begin vertical construction on the new high school in early November,” states Holen. “And the goal is to have substantial completion by December of 2015.”
Last month the school board was forced to cut some of the items from the project such as the athletic field, some of the seating in the gymnasium, a greenhouse for the Vocational Education Department, as well as just shelling eight classrooms and the theater when the initial building estimates topped $56 million.
“When the bids come in, we will see what we can add back to the building,” states Holen.
According to Myra Anderson, who chaired the Vote Yes Committee for the $27 million bond issue, the ground-breaking was just another example of Watford City coming together to get things done.
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With a trip to Anfield looming on Saturday evening, Arsenal fans will go into the game with a cautious optimism that hasn’t been present before recent visits to Merseyside. Arsenal defeated Burnley last weekend to win their first two games of a Premier League season for the first time in ten years. Six points were essential before heading into the Liverpool clash this weekend, a fixture which has proved a very difficult one for the Gunners in recent years, having not won at Anfield since 2012.

This weekend is an opportunity to potentially put that run to an end with Liverpool not looking as convincing as last season in their opening two games despite taking maximum points. Liverpool struggled for large portions of their 2-1 win away at Southampton last weekend with Southampton being punished for their wastefulness in front of goal by Saido Mane and Roberto Firmino. Unai Emery’s toughest selection decision for Arsenal’s first all top-six clash of the season will be in his midfield three.

With Dani Ceballos, Joe Willock and Matteo Guendouzi looking impressive against Burnley, will Emery stick with this combination or opt for the more experienced, defensive options of Granit Xhaka and Lucas Toreirra? Let’s take a look at the possible combinations Emery could go with to try and end Arsenal’s drought at Anfield.

Firstly, Dani Ceballos must play. This is the one certainty in Arsenal’s midfield. He could be used as one of the deep-lying midfield players or be utilised as a number 10 to support Arsenal’s attackers. His full debut against Burnley was almost flawless, taking the ball under pressure and creating space for himself when it seemed impossible, gliding past players dribbling with both feet and seamlessly interchanging with Joe Willock throughout the game.

The most surprising aspect of Ceballos’ debut was his work rate, covering more ground than anybody else on the pitch. He really stole the show and made himself virtually undroppable for this weekend. His performance was reminiscent of Santi Cazorla in his Arsenal career, so much so that Santi Cazorla was trending on Twitter during the match. The only negative from Ceballos’ performance was having to remind ourselves that he’s only been signed on loan for this season. All the attributes displayed in his debut will be required for Arsenal to have success at Anfield this weekend.

His ability to take the ball and keep possession against a high press will be essential for Arsenal against Liverpool and Klopp’s pressing game. Particularly early in the game, Arsenal will need to stem the tide of Liverpool’s pressure. Pushed on by the raucous atmosphere, Klopp’s side always come out of the blocks flying in big games at home. These opening minutes is where Arsenal will need to be at their most vigilant, trying to keep possession and take the sting out of the game while remaining solid defensively.

This is where Ceballos will be a crucial player for Arsenal. Getting caught in possession in dangerous areas, particularly early in the game has been Arsenal’s undoing at Anfield in recent years. Ceballos will need to perform in a similar fashion this weekend, taking charge of the game and getting Arsenal playing. If they can beat the initial press it will be sure to lead to chances for Arsenal and give Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette opportunities to run at Liverpool’s back four.

Granit Xhaka missed the Burnley game after picking up a knock in Arsenal’s opening weekend win at Newcastle. The presumptive Arsenal captain is expected to return at Anfield and I expect Emery to put him straight back into the starting XI. Emery has great faith in Xhaka and he will need a disciplined performance from the Swiss midfielder on Saturday evening. In last season’s very disappointing 5-1 defeat, Xhaka severely underperformed. He didn’t provide any significant protection to the back four and was caught in possession on a number of occasions leading to Liverpool chances.

Arsenal cannot afford to be dispossessed in their own half with Liverpool’s electric front-three sniffing around for chances. Arsenal will not be able to completely deny Liverpool from creating chances but they must not be the architects of their own downfall like in previous visits to Merseyside. I expect Xhaka to play but he will have to give a mature display and play up to the armband for Arsenal to get a result.

The toughest choice, in my opinion, is whether to start with Guendouzi or Toreirra alongside Xhaka in front of the back three or four, whichever system Emery decides to go with. Matteo Guendouzi has been very impressive since his arrival from Lorient in 2018. He has unwavering confidence to take the ball in any position and never shies away from the big occasion. His confidence to take the ball under pressure, while being a massive strength, against this opponent particularly, could be his undoing.

If Guendouzi does feature at Anfield, like Xhaka, he cannot afford to lose possession in dangerous areas. His discipline could also be called into question when playing as a holding midfield player as he is so eager to be involved in the game that he, at times, vacates his position in front of the defence which could leave Arsenal exposed if moves do breakdown. This is why I think Emery may opt for the combative Lucas Toreirra over Guendouzi for the Liverpool clash. Toreirra is a more traditional holding midfield player.

He has typical South American grit despite his diminutive frame. It’s safe to assume Arsenal will be under pressure for long periods of the game and Toreirra’s tough-tackling approach could be vital, providing cover for Arsenal’s full-backs to help combat the threat of Sadio Mané and Mo Salah. The two wide men of Liverpool are almost impossible for any defender to deal with alone so the Uruguayan’s defensive instincts will be important to help Emery’s team to nullify their threat. Emery may go for Guendouzi to reward him for his good performances to start the season but I think a more defensive-minded approach would be wise for this particular fixture.

Academy graduate Joe Willock has taken the step up to the first team this season in his stride. He has looked mature beyond his years in Arsenal’s opening two fixtures. Unfortunately for Willock, I think Emery will go for experience in the midfield this weekend which will see Willock drop to the bench. He can definitely consider himself unlucky not to start and if he does drop out it would definitely be a tactical decision rather than a decision based on his performances. Willock will play a big role for Arsenal this season but I don’t expect him to play from the start at Anfield.

Mesut Ozil comes back into consideration for this weekend but I would be very surprised to see him start the match. Ozil has missed Arsenal’s opening two games, not featuring at Newcastle due to security concerns and missing out against Burnley due to illness. Unai Emery confirmed that the German midfield player is 100% available for the game at Anfield but these are not the type of fixtures where we have seen the best of Ozil.

He prospers when Arsenal dominate possession with his incredible passing ability by being able to open up opposing defences with his movement and passing. While I don’t expect Ozil to start, that’s not to say he won’t have any part to play. He’s a fantastic option for Arsenal to have off the bench should they be forced to go in search of a goal to rescue a result.

I expect Emery to go with a midfield three of Granit Xhaka, Lucas Toreirra and Dani Ceballos. I believe this three will provide a nice balance of defensive stability and creativity to both cause Liverpool problems and make it hard for them to create chances. The midfield battle is sure to be key to the game.

This is where Arsenal can win this game or lose it. If they can avoid any silly errors in this area it will give them a nice base to get a foothold in the match. One thing Arsenal fans will expect from the team on Saturday is that they don’t lose the game for themselves. Make Liverpool beat them with their quality rather than gifting the Reds chances like in previous years and Arsenal should give a much better account of themselves which will make for a fantastic game of football.


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Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. Sameer Dossani interviewed him about the conflict between Israel and Gaza.

DOSSANI: The Israeli government and many Israeli and U.S. officials claim that the current assault on Gaza is to put an end to the flow of Qassam rockets from Gaza into Israel. But many observers claim that if that were really the case, Israel would have made much more of an effort to renew the ceasefire agreement that expired in December, which had all but stopped the rocket fire. In your opinion, what are the real motivations behind the current Israeli action?

CHOMSKY: There’s a theme that goes way back to the origins of Zionism. And it’s a very rational theme: “Let’s delay negotiations and diplomacy as long as possible, and meanwhile we’ll ‘build facts on the ground.'” So Israel will create the basis for what some eventual agreement will ratify, but the more they create, the more they construct, the better the agreement will be for their purposes. Those purposes are essentially to take over everything of value in the former Palestine and to undermine what’s left of the indigenous population.

I think one of the reasons for popular support for this in the United States is that it resonates very well with American history. How did the United States get established? The themes are similar.

There are many examples of this theme being played out throughout Israel’s history, and the current situation is another case. They have a very clear program. Rational hawks like Ariel Sharon realized that it’s crazy to keep 8,000 settlers using one-third of the land and much of the scarce supplies in Gaza, protected by a large part of the Israeli army while the rest of the society around them is just rotting. So it’s best to take them out and send them to the West Bank. That’s the place that they really care about and want.

What was called a “disengagement” in September 2005 was actually a transfer. They were perfectly frank and open about it. In fact, they extended settlement building programs in the West Bank at the very same time that they were withdrawing a few thousand people from Gaza. So Gaza should be turned into a cage, a prison basically, with Israel attacking it at will, and meanwhile in the West Bank we’ll take what we want. There was nothing secret about it.

Ehud Olmert was in the United States in May 2006 a couple of months after the withdrawal. He simply announced to a joint session of Congress and to rousing applause, that the historic right of Jews to the entire land of Israel is beyond question. He announced what he called his convergence program, which is just a version of the traditional program; it goes back to the Allon plan of 1967. Israel would essentially annex valuable land and resources near the green line (the 1967 border). That land is now behind the wall that Israel built in the West Bank, which is an annexation wall. That means the arable land, the main water resources, the pleasant suburbs around Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and the hills and so on. They’ll take over the Jordan valley, which is about a third of the West Bank, where they’ve been settling since the late 60s. Then they’ll drive a couple of super highways through the whole territory — there’s one to the east of Jerusalem to the town of Ma’aleh Adumim which was built mostly in the 1990s, during the Oslo years. It was built essentially to bisect the West Bank and are two others up north that includes Ariel and Kedumim and other towns which pretty much bisect what’s left. They’ll set up check points and all sorts of means of harassment in the other areas and the population that’s left will be essentially cantonized and unable to live a decent life and if they want to leave, great. Or else they will be picturesque figures for tourists — you know somebody leading a goat up a hill in the distance — and meanwhile Israelis, including settlers, will drive around on “Israeli only” super highways. Palestinians can make do with some little road somewhere where you’re falling into a ditch if it’s raining. That’s the goal. And it’s explicit. You can’t accuse them of deception because it’s explicit. And it’s cheered here.

DOSSANI: In terms of U.S. support, last week the UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for a cease fire. Is this a change, particularly in light of the fact that the U.S. did not veto the resolution, but rather abstained, allowing it to be passed?

CHOMSKY: Right after the 1967 war, the Security Council had strong resolutions condemning Israel’s move to expand and take over Jerusalem. Israel just ignored them. Because the U.S. pats them on the head and says “go ahead and violate them.” There’s a whole series of resolutions from then up until today, condemning the settlements, which as Israel knew and as everyone agreed were in violation of the Geneva conventions. The United States either vetoes the resolutions or sometimes votes for them, but with a wink saying, “go ahead anyway, and we’ll pay for it and give you the military support for it.” It’s a consistent pattern. During the Oslo years, for example, settlement construction increased steadily, in violation of what the Oslo agreement was theoretically supposed to lead to. In fact the peak year of settlement was Clinton’s last year, 2000. And it continued again afterward. It’s open and explicit.

To get back to the question of motivation, they have sufficient military control over the West Bank to terrorize the population into passivity. Now that control is enhanced by the collaborationist forces that the U.S., Jordan, and Egypt have trained in order to subdue the population. In fact if you take a look at the press the last couple of weeks, if there’s a demonstration in the West Bank in support of Gaza, the Fatah security forces crush it. That’s what they’re there for. Fatah by now is more or less functioning as Israel’s police force in the West Bank. But the West Bank is only part of the occupied Palestinian territories. The other part is Gaza, and no one doubts that they form a unit. And there still is resistance in Gaza, those rockets. So yes, they want to stamp that out too, then there will be no resistance at all and they can continue to do what they want to do without interference, meanwhile delaying diplomacy as much as possible and “building the facts” the way they want to. Again this goes back to the origins of Zionism. It varies of course depending on circumstances, but the fundamental policy is the same and perfectly understandable. If you want to take over a country where the population doesn’t want you, I mean, how else can you do it? How was this country conquered?

DOSSANI: What you describe is a tragedy.

CHOMSKY: It’s a tragedy which is made right here. The press won’t talk about it and even scholarship, for the most part, won’t talk about it but the fact of the matter is that there has been a political settlement on the table, on the agenda for 30 years. Namely a two-state settlement on the international borders with maybe some mutual modification of the border. That’s been there officially since 1976 when there was a Security Council resolution proposed by the major Arab states and supported by the (Palestinian Liberation Organization) PLO, pretty much in those terms. The United States vetoed it so it’s therefore out of history and it’s continued almost without change since then.

There was in fact one significant modification. In the last month of Clinton’s term, January 2001 there were negotiations, which the U.S. authorized, but didn’t participate in, between Israel and the Palestinians and they came very close to agreement.

DOSSANI: The Taba negotiations?

Yes, the Taba negotiations. The two sides came very close to agreement. They were called off by Israel. But that was the one week in over 30 years when the United States and Israel abandoned their rejectionist position. It’s a real tribute to the media and other commentators that they can keep this quiet. The U.S. and Israel are alone in this. The international consensus includes virtually everyone. It includes the Arab League which has gone beyond that position and called for the normalization of relations, it includes Hamas. Every time you see Hamas in the newspapers, it says “Iranian-backed Hamas which wants to destroy Israel.” Try to find a phrase that says “democratically elected Hamas which is calling for a two-state settlement” and has been for years. Well, yeah, that’s a good propaganda system. Even in the U.S. press they’ve occasionally allowed op-eds by Hamas leaders, Ismail Haniya and others saying, yes we want a two-state settlement on the international border like everyone else.

DOSSANI: When did Hamas adopt that position?

CHOMSKY That’s their official position taken by Haniya, the elected leader, and Khalid Mesh’al, their political leader who’s in exile in Syria, he’s written the same thing. And it’s over and over again. There’s no question about it but the West doesn’t want to hear it. So therefore it’s Hamas which is committed to the destruction of Israel.

In a sense they are, but if you went to a Native American reservation in the United States, I’m sure many would like to see the destruction of the United States. If you went to Mexico and took a poll, I’m sure they don’t recognize the right of the United States to exist sitting on half of Mexico, land conquered in war. And that’s true all over the world. But they’re willing to accept a political settlement. Israel isn’t willing to accept it and the United States isn’t willing to accept it. And they’re the lone hold-outs. Since it’s the United States that pretty much runs the world, it’s blocked.

Here it’s always presented as though the United States must become more engaged; it’s an honest broker; Bush’s problem was that he neglected the issue. That’s not the problem. The problem is that the United States has been very much engaged, and engaged in blocking a political settlement and giving the material and ideological and diplomatic support for the expansion programs, which are just criminal programs. The world court unanimously, including the American justice, agreed that any transfer of population into the Occupied Territories is a violation of a fundamental international law, the Geneva Conventions. And Israel agrees. In fact even their courts agree, they just sort of sneak around it in various devious ways. So there’s no question about this. It’s just sort of accepted in the United States that we’re an outlaw state. Law doesn’t apply to us. That’s why it’s never discussed.

Interview  bySameer Dossani, a Foreign Policy In Focus contributor, is the director of 50 Years is Enough and blogs at


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7 Ways Inflation Can Destroy Your Retirement Dreams

Inflation is the general rise in the prices of goods and services. As prices go up, the purchasing power of your money goes down. For example, if the annual inflation rate is 4%, that means prices will, on average, increase by 4% in a year. If inflation is 0%, prices will remain the same on average.

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Imagine yourself sitting in the driver’s seat of a Formula One race car. The engine under the hood represents the economy. The tachometer on the dashboard, which goes up and down as you rev the engine, represents inflation. Your gears represent interest rates. When you shift up, interest rates go up, and when you shift down, interest rates go down.

You hit the gas and start driving. When you get up to around 2000, 3000 RPMs, the car is running smoothly…

But as the engine keeps revving, you move closer to the red line.

In economic terms, this means there is too much inflation, usually a result of more money printing by the Federal Reserve. When you’ve got the gas pedal to the metal, the result is too much inflation—and the engine is going to blow if you don’t do something.

One way to calm the engine down, so to speak, is to increase interest rates.

So you move up a gear (raise interest rates), which lowers the RPMs, and the economy continues to run smoothly again.

But when this new gear pushes up toward the red line once more, it means the economy is expanding once again because of printed money, and you must shift up to a third gear, raising interest rates to level out inflation.

In 2008, in order to prevent the housing bubble from collapsing, the Fed took its foot off the gas pedal entirely, allowing interest rates and inflation to drop to zero. The car slowed down and almost stopped in the middle of the road.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates above 1% in 2017—the first time since the end of the Great Recession. After its meeting on November 8, 2018, the Fed announced that it would maintain the target range for its benchmark interest rate of 2.00% – 2.25%. Officials tout this as a sign that the economy is running along smoothly. However, there are talks of postponing more hikes due to fears of a trade breakdown with China.

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1. Quantitative Easing (expanding the monetary base with more printing)

Quantitative easing is an expansion of the open market operations of a central bank. The idea is to stimulate the economy by loosening up credit—making it easier for businesses to borrow money. The central bank does this by buying securities from its member banks to add liquidity to capital markets.

Here’s the thing. The central banks don’t actually have the money to buy these securities. It’s imaginary money—created out of thin air. They simply add the same amount they paid for the securities to their credit on their books.

Only central banks have the power to do this. The effect is the same as the Fed printing money. It’s money that doesn’t really exist. Often when you hear people talking about the Fed “printing money” this is what they mean.

The most recent time the Fed launched quantitative easing was between December 2008 and October 2014, adding $4 trillion of this imaginary credit to the money supply. Though the Fed didn’t actually print 40 billion $100 bills and mail it to the banks to lend out, it had the same effect.

In 2017, the Fed began to reverse this through “quantitative tightening”—letting securities roll off of the Fed balance sheet. However, in February of 2018 it appeared that $14.1 billion in assets were added back on. Has the Fed fired up the money printing machine again? Opinions differ, but it’s a real possibility.

The point, again, is that this cycle of dealing in imaginary money is continual…and what happens when that imaginary money doesn’t work anymore?

2. Unprecedented market risks

The problem isn’t just in our own markets, either. This risk is not just at home in the United States, but applies to the entire global economy.

Goods are still coming in from offshore because we print money and ship that money abroad. In other words, we get their stuff and they get our paper. We’re dealing in Monopoly money and IOUs, with massive amounts of debt between countries.

But once foreign bondholders decide to stop financing our debt and accepting our paper, they won’t loan the U.S. another penny until they get a far greater return for their investment.

And when this happens, it could drastically increase prices for products Americans use and consume every day.

3. Higher prices hurt your standard of living

As inflation goes up, your dollar rapidly loses its purchasing power. You don’t have to be an economist to notice that prices for goods and services are increasing, while wages for many people aren’t keeping up.

And when the Fed announces it can no longer print enough money to keep up with inflation, prices for everything around you will rise substantially.

4. Longevity

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal passed in 1933, the average life expectancy was only 63 years.

In 2016, the average lifetime is expected to be 78.

And in 2050, it is predicted to be around 88 years of age.

Social Security checks will pay less and less over time, so it’s very important you have a plan already in place to protect your retirement portfolio.

Will your retirement assets still be there when you need them? As inflation rises, will your retirement dollars cover your cost of living?

If you are seeking to safeguard the lifestyle you’re accustomed to in your retirement years, then owning precious metals—real, tangible assets—is a way to give yourself peace of mind in volatile economic climates.

5. Unexpected expenses

As the purchasing power of your dollar continues to go down, it will become harder to pay for your expenses.

You might run into unexpected expenses that come along like:

  • Home repairs: A new heater, replacing the leaky roof, or fixing any number of plumbing or electrical issues
  • Air conditioning or sprinkler systems you need fixed
  • Car repairs and maintenance
  • Emergency medical procedures for you or your spouse
  • Expensive drug costs and co-pays (especially as you age)
  • Home care, nursing care or assisted living expenses for you or your spouse
  • Paying for regular bills and expenses you’ve always been able to cover

In fact, millions of Americans who’ve never experienced a hard day in their life are already finding it increasingly harder to get by.

For example:

  • People are finding it more difficult to go out to eat and socialize with friends
  • People are cutting back on their dreams of purchasing a second home or traveling the world in retirement
  • People are pushing back the date of their retirement or having to continue working part-time, when they should be enjoying their retirement years

One way to preserve your purchasing power—so you can pay for these unexpected expenses—is to transfer your paper stock or bond IRA into a secure West Hills Capital gold or silver IRA.

6. Higher taxes

As inflation sets in, the government will only have two options:

  • Reduce the money supply and overall size of government
  • Raise taxes

Of those two choices, which one do you think will happen?

As you already know, if your taxes go up, it will take a bigger bite than ever out of your income and spending power.

7. Higher rates for your mortgage and other loans

When interest rates go up (as a result of the Fed trying to control inflation), the cost of your home mortgage and the costs for borrowing money for just about anything will go up too.

For homebuyers considering a fixed or floating-rate mortgage, it is important to understand how rising rates can affect these choices.

These rate hikes could take even more money out of your pocket.

Have You Properly Invested in Precious Metals for Your Retirement?

Instability in the U.S. and in world economies—with the elements of both inflation and deflation—present ever growing risks for traditional investment strategies.

At the same time, the mechanics of retirement have changed because of unprecedented market risks, rising prices, greater longevity, and greater demands on wealth.

Will your retirement assets still be there when you need them?

Investors seeking to protect their portfolio from these and other dangers are transferring a portion of their fragile stock and bond IRA into a secure gold or silver IRA with West Hills Capital. Real, tangible assets are a prudent way to protect your purchasing power and preserve your wealth against inflation.

Call (800) 867-6768 to get started with your NO FEE transfer to a tax-deferred gold/silver retirement savings. At West Hills Capital, you’ll find your transfer from paper to gold or silver IRA hassle free—easier than you imagine.


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What you wish you didn’t know about fracking

“Asthma. Hair loss. Burning eyes. Burning skin. Tremors. Mouth ulcers. Heart palpitations. Stomach cramps. Headaches. Nosebleeds. Vomiting. Projectile diarrhea. Lesions. Loss of balance. Slurred speech. Spitting blood. Abscessed teeth. Sick horses. Dead goats. Dead dogs, dead chickens, dead cats. Dead cows.” Read more…

(Video highlighting concern over lack of preparedness by local governments in the case of a blowout.)

Current Scale of Development in Ohio

As of March 2013, “Ohio has 275,000 [oil & gas] wells drilled of which 65,000 are active. The peak year was 1980 when 6,085 were drilled. Many fewer are drilled now because lateral fracking means less need for vertical shafts. Ohio gets 73 Billion cu. Ft. of natural gas and 4,900,000 barrels of crude oil in the most recent yearly total. ODNR has issued 567 permits in 21 counties (70% of permits went to Carroll, Jefferson, Columbiana and Harrison Counties). 27 rigs now operate here in 208 active drill sites of which 76 are actively producing via fracking.” ~ Jim O’Reilly, Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati. O’Reilly is an expert on regulation issues.

Why We Work to Stop and Prevent Fracking and Injection Wells

There are studies and anecdotes of cases showing that fracking waste water is radioactive and contains carcinogenic chemicals, well water has been contaminated, people (including industry workers) have gotten sick from radiation and/or other pollutants from the process, farm animals and wildlife has died, radioactive brine has been released into rivers and spread on roads, lax safety procedures have resulted in earthquakes, it uses a heck of a lot of water, and might not even be better than coal in terms of greenhouse gas emissions due to faults inherent in the extraction and transmission process and well casing aging.

  • From 1978 through 2012, 7,892,815,182 gallons of waste have been injected–almost 8 billion gallons. Portage County ranks #1 in the state with 1,161,722,898 gallons followed by Stark County at 746,372,676.
  • The single well that has accepted the most waste to date is the Ronald F. Moran well in Licking County at 239,897,742 gallons.
  • We have no idea how much of solid toxic, radioactive waste is going into our landfills because no one at the state level tracks that. The information out of PA shows over 220,000 tons of solids coming to Ohio in 2012–and that’s just from Pennsylvania.

Stopping Fracking with Faith

On Faith & Frackingis a new film by Doug Wood that calls on humanity to fulfill its role responsibly as steward of the Earth. Seven leaders of various faiths from across New York State ask individuals, congregations and peers to follow the teachings of religious traditions and therefore take up the fight against fracking:

January 10, 2012 NY Assembly Hearing on Fracking Regulations:

“Fracking In Pennsylvania Sets Up Dilemma For Locals: Quick Money Or Long-Term Health Concerns?” (Huffington Post, Jan. 25, 2013)


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Margo Price: Newport Folk 2018

Margo Price at the Newport Folk Festival (photo by Adam Kissick/NPR)

Margo Price at the Newport Folk Festival (photo by Adam Kissick/NPR)

John Prine was not even on the bill at Newport, but he stepped out on stage to introduce Margo Price. The set just got better from there.

Price puts nothing less than truth and real life into her songs and performances. That authenticity is what Newport Folk Festival is all about. Price's songs are rich narratives and her band can rock, twang, and shuffle like few others. For the main stage set, she drew from her two albums and recent EP, keeping the storytelling and energy high.

You can listen to Price's performance anytime below. It will also air on WFUV tonight, just after 6 p.m. EST, as we wish her luck at the Grammys.

  • "Tennessee Song"
  • "Don't Say It"
  • "Do Right By Me"
  • "Cocaine Cowboys"
  • "All American Made (Keys)"
  • "In Spite of Ourselves" feat. John Prine
  • "Four Years Of Chances"
  • "Long Live the King"
  • "Nine To Five" feat. Brandi Carlile
  • "Paper Cowboy"
  • "Outro (Roses)"

[Recorded: 7/27/18; See more Newport Folk Festival coverage from WFUV and NPR Music.]

NPR Music Credits: Technical Director - Josh Rogosin; Production Assistant - Téa Mottolese; Location Recording facilities provided by Aura-Sonic, Ltd.; Producer - Suraya Mohamed; Photography - Adam Kissick. Special thanks to TuneIn's Newport Folk Radio.


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Ibis Golf and Country Club recently completed a major renovation to the community recreation parcel. Responsibilities of the design team included the development of a cutting-edge sports complex with a new fitness center, restaurant, spa, and resort pool area. Phase II consisted of a large clubhouse expansion and renovation.

WGI managed site planning and entitlements through the City of West Palm Beach and designed all outdoor spaces, including the resort pool area, club entrance, and patio event space.

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Reader Request Week 2017 #10: Short Bits

Happy Easter! Let’s close out Reader Request Week by running through a bunch of questions I didn’t otherwise get to, shall we? Tracy Benton: If you were falsely accused of a minor crime that would ruin your life, what would you do? (By ruin your life, I mean cause you to lose the trust and respect […]

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