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Montana State University Receives $800,000 From The USDA To Study Climate Change

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $6 million to 10 universities to study the effects of climate on agriculture production and develop strategies to provide farmers and ranchers with the solutions they need to supply the nation with quality food.

“With longer growing seasons and an increased number of extreme weather events, climate-related changes are increasingly posing new challenges and risks for America’s producers,” said Vilsack. “Every day, farmers and ranchers see the impact that changes in climate patterns have on their operations, and they are contending with drought, floods or extreme temperatures. The discoveries these grants will lead to will be invaluable for American farmers whose livelihoods directly depend on the nation’s land and water resources.”

The Universities receiving fiscal awards announced Tuesday include:

Montana State University, Bozeman, Mont., $800,000 – This project will determine what effects a climate-induced rise in water temperature will have on rainbow trout gut microbial communities and fish metabolism.

University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., $900,000 – This study will provide an integrated social and biophysical assessment of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change and variability in the Blue Mountains ecoregion of Oregon.

Florida International University, Miami, Fla., $250,000 – This project will study the mechanism of Ochratoxin-A toxicity in wine-musts (freshly pressed grape juice for wine making) which is predicted to intensify in winemaking regions because of the increased prevalence of the toxin producing fungi in warmer climates, and create an inexpensive and simple method of detoxification.

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, $550,000 – The goal of this research is to examine factors that either facilitate or hinder climate adaptation, while assessing the role of human-made infrastructure and policies that protect natural resources, grassland and wetlands. .

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., $975,000 – This project will seek to define the effects of hot and cold temperatures on turkey growth and development and develop management practices to mitigate these effects.

University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn., $25,000 – This is a conference grant to support the National Extension Climate Science Initiative Conference, which will empower Extension professionals and collaborators with the latest in climate science research and delivery methods.

Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., $600,000 – This project will evaluate the resiliency of rice production with increasing climate uncertainty by developing models integrating historical rice yield data at the county and farm level, weather variables, and genotypic parameters.

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., $1,000,000 – The project will provide some of the first climate adaptation tools for beef production systems in the form of water management resources and lead to the development of beef cattle that are adaptable to climate change induced drought.

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa., $750,000 – This project aims to strengthen farm operators’ capacity to manage cropping system’s adaptation to climate change by providing real time online decision making tools.

West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.V., $150,000 – This project will study the effect of climate change on interactions among solitary pollinator bees, bee parasites and crops.

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Friday, December 22, 2006

I Spy Happy Holidays

'Tis the season for squinting. ;) **(Click on photo to enlarge a bit.)

Can you spy, with your little eyes,
Some things from our family's past year?
A toy plane represents our cross-country trip
And a coaster our visit to Mt. Rainier.
Lots of small clues show the things that we like:
Find Katy in a beach chair and Jim up on his bike.
There are girls in a bike trailer, a pencil from first grade,
Simba from Broadway's "The Lion King,"
And a special mermaid.
A seahorse light from the Tacoma Zoo,
Knitting needles, Friendly's crayon, and Scooby-Doo.
Now look again and you might see
A small gap where a tooth should be!
Bunk beds for big girls; rockin' crocodiles;
Dance recitals and happy smiles.
As the light in our chalice shines bright and true,
We send the happiest of holiday wishes to you.

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Monday, October 24, 2016

Watch: Zebra And Snake Reveal Music Video For New Single "In The City"

Finnish indie pop/rock band Zebra And Snake have revealed the video for their catchy new single "In The City".

The song is part of our current playlist and is the first of a new EP which will be released at sometime before the end of the year via 100% records. Get the single here.

Watch the clip below.

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Monday, January 23, 2017

Watch: Methyl Ethel Drop Music Video For "Ubu"

Australian indie rock/alt-pop Methyl Ethel have dropped the video for their latest single "Ubu".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming new album 'Everything Is Forgotten', which will be released on 3rd March via 4AD Records. Pre-order your copy here.

The video was directed by PAXI. Take a look below.

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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Why He Is Not Ready To Get Married

I have noticed this myself and have heard the sad tales of young single women from all sorts of backgrounds and theological persuasions. I have witnessed the self-indulgent lifestyles of guys who like women and seem to like babies well enough, as long as they belong to someone else. I have watched normal, rational moms turn into Mrs. Okonkwo overnight, sharing their frustrations with the lack of suitable men for their daughters who are prepared for and longing for marriage and children.

It seems to me that there are plenty of things that could cause a young man to be anxious about pleasing a wife, causing him to delay marriage. Below are just some thoughts whirling around my head why men find it difficult to marry.

Thursday, 12 September 2013

Lawyer And Human Right Activist Mike Ozekhome Released

Human Rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome  has finally regained freedom after being abducted two weeks ago by suspected kidnappers.

Though, it cannot be  ascertained, how much was paid as ransom. It is rumored that the sum of N100million was paid by his family and friends to secure his release.

There was jubilation in his Oviukwe community in Etsako East Local Government Council of Edo State following his release by his abductors. It was learnt that the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) was abandoned  near Agbor at about 1am.


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Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Review: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

From the author of Forever, Interrupted—hailed by Sarah Jio as "moving, gorgeous, and at times heart-wrenching"—comes a breathtaking new novel about modern marriage, the depth of family ties, and the year that one remarkable heroine spends exploring both.

When Lauren and Ryan’s marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes.

Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin to change Lauren’s ideas about monogamy and marriage. She starts to question: When you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? What are you willing to fight for?

This is a love story about what happens when the love fades. It’s about staying in love, seizing love, forsaking love, and committing to love with everything you’ve got. And above all, After I Do is the story of a couple caught up in an old game—and searching for a new road to happily ever after.

Paperback, 352 pages
Expected publication: July 1st 2014 by Washington Square Press

Terri's Thoughts

I won an advanced copy of this novel as part of a Goodreads giveaway in exchange for an honest review.  The expected publication date is July 1, 2014.

This is a must read for anyone who is or has been in a relationship for an extended period of time.  I am positive that everyone will be able to identify with the evolution of Lauren and Ryan's relationship if not to the extreme extent they did.  We have all experienced the thrill and butterflies of new love and then found ourselves wondering where the spark was after time has past.

I myself really enjoyed the first part of the book where we got to experience this transition.  From the feelings that the world is rainbows and unicorns to the ho hum and stress of everyday life.  Although I love my husband dearly I have felt all of the same emotions Lauren did.  Having been married five years now I find myself getting annoyed and angry with how my husband snores, how he insists on watching hockey every Saturday night, the fact that he has to buy soda every time he is at a grocery store regardless of how much we have at home....the list could go on.   I found myself giggling as Lauren and Ryan became annoyed with each other as I think everyone who has settled in to the comfort zone feels the same.

This story was moving in how Lauren learned some life lessons when she had to learn to stand on her own two feet.  The dynamic of her family was great and I enjoyed all of them from her brother and sister to her grandmother.  I found that they gave an added value to the storyline and all in their own way helped her find her way.

I could go on and on however I will try to summarize.  If you are looking for an honest portrayal of the evolution of a relationship then this is a story for you.  If you are looking for a story that answers the question if love is enough to conquer the difficult times then this story is for you.  A story about how love can change and people in love can change....yup that too.  Overall I would recommend this to pretty much any female out there who has ever been in a relationship regardless of if it was successful or not.

Also now I think I will go do something nice for my husband.  Maybe make him some meatloaf since he loves it so much (yuck)!

About the Author

Taylor Jenkins Reid is an author and essayist from Acton, Massachusetts. Her first novel, Forever, Interrupted, was named one of the "11 Debuts We Love" by Kirkus Reviews. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Alex, and their dog, Rabbit. You can follow her on Twitter @tjenkinsreid.
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Key West, Happy New Year!

Although New Year’s Eve plans changed for me (I thought I would be in Anguilla – British West Indies – already by now), a sad occasion and a blessing kept me in D.C. for just a few extra days.
I’ll be heading down to Key West, Florida this afternoon to ring in the new year with some sand and sunshine. Expecting no time for posting while on a true vacation… check back after the 3rd of January.
Happy New Year!

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Got Books?

Mary Catherine has taken off with reading.

I really can't explain it...her daddy's brains...her mama's passion for books...her kindergarten teacher...being read to while still in the womb...(only because I was teaching 3rd grade while pregnant with her and did "read-aloud" because I love it that much!)

...I have no idea the reason for her reading success, but she's light-years ahead of most of her classmates.

Or maybe this is the reason

Little brothers make a great audience! Be sure to come back tomorrow when I share what Mary Catherine received from mommy and daddy for Valentine's Day.

  1. That´s great!
    Nothing beats reading a good book :-)

    Have a great day!

  2. Thats great! With all the video and computer games these days I love seeing kids take up a passion for reading. My hubby and I both love to read, and already our little man LOVES books. After reading him the same book 15 times in one day I can get a little worn out, but remind myself what a blessing it is that he loves reading so much at just 22 months.

  3. Oh, look at that sweet baby!!!!

    I love your large pictures on your blog!!

    Thanks for commenting today, I loved reading your beginnings.

  4. I never loved to read. I struggled the same way my kids do now. I am so happy that you might not have that issue. I have pushed my kiddos into read alouds and have discovered a real desire to read often. We are loving the people that we meet in these great stories. As you probably already know, even if she is reading on her own it is a great idea to keep reading out loud to her. It helps with development if you continue to read a few levels above where she is.

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. Your kind words are appreciated! As Mother Teresa said, "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."


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Saturday, April 16, 2011

tentang Tales of the Ages

this is actually a reply to Rique's question. i realized what i wrote was way too long so i decided to post it as a blog post. (im being lazy so i copy-paste the whole thing i wrote)

hey i think i've seen that teaser before! dunno when but must've followed a link from some forum. neway..

i think it looks awesome. love the characters, love the colours, and especially love the editing. i don't think malaysia have a nice proper editing work like that in our animations. maybe u guys can be the first, congrats!

but the characters look a bit awkward when they walk/run (0:21 in the video especially). i suspect the kain batik causing some rigging or animating limitations. but maybe it's just me.

another thing that could improve the looks of both environment and character models.. normal maps. i think some of the 3D models could use a little bit more detailing (ie on the monster and rock cliff's models, in Timun Mas). but yeah.. it could be time consuming.

having said all that.. the videos are teasers after all. so maybe the full shorts will look heaps better? so.. will it be aired on tv or what? seriously, i am extremely curious about TOTA now.

lol im ranting. this reply should be a new blog post :P. neway thanks for ur comment Rique. best of luck to glue studios and hope to see ur works on tv or cinema soon! .. and perhaps break this lescopaque/animosta dominance in our animation industry before they become too big

so if anyone's curious what is the hujung pangkal of this Tales of the Ages animation, here's the video of Glue Studios's Bawang Putih Bawang Merah teaser trailer and Timun Mas teaser trailer.

award winning videos are property of Glue Studios (

i think i like Timun Mas a little bit more that the Bawangs :P

Friday, April 1, 2011

tentang Pada Zaman Dahulu

the creators of Upin&Ipin and Geng The Adventure Begins
revealed their new IP yesterday, a beautifully rendered and designed..

Pada Zaman Dahulu (Once Upon A Time) is a 3d animated series that brings to life the Malaysian folk stories of a clever mousedeer, Sang Kancil and other jungle creatures. Their fantastic adventures are told by a grandfather to his city-based grandchildren. Aris and Ara are sent to live with their grandparents, Aki and Wan, in the village when their parents have to go overseas. Every day Aki would tell them stories about Sang Kancil to entertain as well as to impart wisdom and advice on how to become responsible individuals.

today they revealed more about their new gem and provided us with this cute sneak peek video

i have to say, i am super excited with this announcement. a proper and significant progress for Les'Copaque. and honestly, to me, i think it's definitely a significant progress in our animation industry. congrats Les'Copaque!!

there is a Sang Kancil animation (series?) in the making (or is it done i am not sure) by aniotek. i cant remember exactly what it is.. if anyone can shed some light about this issue i'd be grateful. but i do wonder how they'll feel about this development in our animation industry. if it was me i'd feel threatened.

i do hope more local companies will speed up their production and air their animation series. i've seen lots of em online but have not seen them made their way on tv. it's tough i know.. but it seems doable. like LCP and Animonsta have done. and i little bit of me wish that someday i too can produce an animation tv series ^^

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Supreme Court Considers Legality Of Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones

Jan 15, 2014
Originally published on January 15, 2014 8:28 am

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case testing the constitutionality of buffer zones at abortion clinics.

Fourteen years ago, the court upheld Colorado's 8-foot "floating" buffer zones around individuals to protect patients and staff entering and exiting these clinics. Since then, buffer zones have prevented demonstrators from closely approaching patients and staff without permission.

But the issue is back before a different and more conservative Supreme Court.

The Massachusetts law prohibits anyone from standing within 35 feet of the entrance to a reproductive health care facility where abortions take place. That distance, the length of a school bus, takes the average person about 7 seconds to walk. And, according to the law, anyone can walk through it — as long as their purpose is to enter the facility or cross to the other side of the zone.

'Just Talk A Minute'

The zone is marked by a painted yellow line, and anybody who remains standing in it is asked to move outside the line.

Lead plaintiff Eleanor McCullen is a member of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue and a part-time prison chaplain. She looks like a typical cheery grandmother, and has been standing outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Boston every Tuesday and Wednesday for the past 13 years.

As McCullen describes it, she asks women to "just talk a minute before you rush in. You rush in so quickly, and then you come out in tears." She tells women: "There's another option other than taking the child, the small boy or girl, from the womb." And she says she and other Operation Rescue volunteers have provided housing, medical help, even baby showers to help women who decide not to have an abortion. On her refrigerator, she keeps photos of all of the babies she says she has saved.

But McCullen says the buffer zone violates her First Amendment rights and prevents her from communicating with complete effectiveness. "It's America," she says. "I should be able to walk and talk gently, lovingly, anywhere with anybody."

Inside the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Boston, officials say 90 percent of their work is primary care, contraception, cancer screening and gynecological services — not abortion. But because of the abortions that are performed, the clinic has considerable security.

And in the building's atrium stands a stark reminder of the darkest days for Planned Parenthood in Boston: a plaque dedicated to two clinic personnel killed by a gunman, who also wounded five others, in 1994.

Public Sidewalks And Polling Places

The Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts is led by Marty Walz, a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 2007, while in the state Legislature, she co-sponsored the buffer zone legislation now at issue. She compares the law with other buffer zone laws — in Massachusetts and many other states — enacted to protect people going to funerals, political conventions and polling places.

She contrasts the 35-foot buffer zone around the clinic with the "150-foot buffer zone around every polling place" in Massachusetts on Election Day. At polling places, even those handing out literature have to stay 150 feet from the entrance.

"There's even a buffer zone around the Supreme Court," Walz points out. In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court does ban all demonstrations, vigils, picketing and speech-making on its 252-by-98-foot plaza, allowing demonstrations only on the adjacent public sidewalk.

The court has justified its policy by saying the plaza is "not a traditional public forum," according to Catholic University law professor Mark Rienzi, who represents the anti-abortion demonstrators in Massachusetts. Whether or not one agrees with that distinction, he says, in contrast, "Public sidewalks are places that people are supposed to be free to exchange information and exchange ideas." He asserts that evidence here shows that the abortion-clinic buffer zone makes it "much more difficult" to do just that.

Moreover, if demonstrators are such a threat to people at the clinic, he asks, why were there no prosecutions in the seven years before this law took effect? Massachusetts then had a 6-foot floating buffer zone, a provision similar to the one in Colorado that was upheld in 2000.

'An Issue Of Safety'

Law enforcement authorities and clinic personnel paint a different picture. They say the situation outside the clinic was frequently chaotic, with anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights demonstrators often toe to toe at the entrance, a scene one volunteer who helped escort patients into the clinic likened to linebackers on the 1-yard line.

"On a day-to-day basis there was an issue of safety, of people trying to get in the clinic being approached" and "physically harassed," says Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley. At clinics outside Boston, she says, demonstrators routinely stuck literature through car windows as they approached, thus endangering both those in the car and the demonstrators themselves.

Lawyer Rienzi counters that "violence and obstruction and intimidation and harassment are already illegal," and that "the only new thing this law gets is the peaceful speech."

Not so, asserts Planned Parenthood's Walz. The 35-foot buffer zone is a reasonable time, place and manner regulation of speech — akin to regulating how loud you can play music at night. "Nothing else in our 30-year history has worked," she adds.

Prosecuting people after they've violated criminal statutes doesn't solve anything, Walz says. "What you want to do," she says, "is create an environment where people can get health care when they need it, when they have an appointment, rather than have them leave because they're afraid or blocked from getting in the door, and then seeking a remedy." At that point, "they've been deprived of access to health care."

The Legal Questions

At the Supreme Court on Wednesday, there are essentially two questions:

First, does the Massachusetts buffer zone law go too far, or is it permissible under the court's 2000 ruling allowing some buffer zones?

Second, should the court reverse that 2000 decision entirely? The vote in that case was 6-to-3, with the majority ruling that in situations like those at abortion clinics, unwilling listeners have some right to be let alone.

The dissenters, however, were furious. Justice Antonin Scalia delivered a rare and blistering oral dissent when the opinion was announced. "Does the deck seem stacked?" he thundered. "You bet."

He went on to say that "our longstanding commitment to uninhibited, robust and wide-open debate is miraculously replaced by the power of the state to protect an unheard of right to be let alone on the public streets."

Scalia and his fellow dissenters are still on the court. But most of the majority justices from 2000 are gone — replaced in some cases by more conservative justices. Most important, Sandra Day O'Connor has retired and been replaced by George W. Bush appointee Samuel Alito, who has a history of being unsympathetic to abortion rights.

For now, though, outside the Boston Planned Parenthood clinic, the scene remains fairly constant. Eleanor McCullen is there every Tuesday and Wednesday, sometimes standing far outside the buffer zone line. When asked why, she replies: "I go where the Holy Spirit leads me."

We'll know by summer where the legal spirit leads the Supreme Court.

Nick Fountain contributed to this report.

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Saturday, November 15, 2014

It has been a fun year and a great challenge
and this is the last month we post our projects for

Sew here are projects from the last month of sewing.

Some wintry fabric coasters
 A fabric covered journal in holiday prints
A quilt as you go mug rug
(my mug rug tutorial here)
 A zipper pouch
(Lazy Girl Designs Pattern)
  Some Handmade Christmas Ornaments
for a swap partner (my designs)
(yep she loves sugar skulls and little Russian Stacking dolls
I completed a sweet Halloween Quilt
(my twist on Yellow Brick Road pattern)
which could be a gift for someone

And a Christmas Quilt that can be gifted
(also in my Etsy Shop)
"Tick Tock" pattern from "Growing Up Modern" book

This lap kwilt is made with Basic Gray's "Blitzen"
I needed a new Christmas Kwilt!
(In a Flash pattern)

Two more kwilts are at the long armer now.
Once returned I'll add the binding and they will be ready
for Christmas gifts from me...

An Ohio State Buckeye Kwilt for my BIL
(Turning 20 Pattern)
(he gave me a yard of each OSU licensed fabric
for Christmas last year...only fair he should get a kwilt)

My Son-in-law gave me these Crown Royal bags, he collected while bar tending, for his kwilt
 (my own design)

I just want to give a big shout out and
Thank You to Darlene at Insights from Sew Cal Gal.

 I was so focused on bustin' my stash for my personal 2014 challenge, not only did I  keep this Handmade Christmas pledge but I can include all of the finishes for

and with that...
Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!

  1. You have been a very busy little elf this year. Wonderful projects. Creative Christmas Bliss...

  2. you certainly have been productive, lots of great makes here

  3. Whew. Just reading that wore me out. You've been busy.

  4. Wow that is super impressive! WTG

  5. Wow, what a woman! You are amazing with all you them all!

  6. You are really been busy and wonderful projects and quilts!

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Monday, September 28, 2015

I just finished my last Halloween swap package
 for the IG Trick or Treat Mini Swap
By now I hope my secret partner @chelsaphene
has received it!

Don't ya just luv these goofy Halloween characters!
My partner said she like the "fun" side of Halloween
so this should so it!

 I made the Nested Churn Dash block
by Quilt Jane...
which is my all time favorite mini kwilt to make.
It finishes at 24"

And kwilted with a wavy, wacky design!

I had some fun spiders and webs in my stash for the backing.

It turned out sew cute...I wanted to keep it!

But I didn' I added some fun extras.
Her favortie Halloween movie is
"Hocus Pocus"
and I couldn't believe I found this kitchen towel!
She loves cats...and I had a couple FQs to include.
Some cute hair pin that a friend had made.
I hope she likes it all!

I received this Halloween banner in a swap
And had to hang it!

Have you started decorating for Halloween?

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The Left needs to regroup, rethink, and reorganise

12/11/2016, 05:22:07 PM

by Nick McDonald

It does feel like we’ve entered a new Dark Ages doesn’t it? It’s sobering (and I use that term loosely) to conclude that, as 2016 draws to a close, we live in a world dominated by racists and bigots who want to spend their time hating each other and driving each other off their land. Snarling & sneering, rather than embracing each other.

That in the 21st century a person can be elected President of the United States of America on the back of policies that include preventing people entering the country because of their religion, and building a great wall across the border with Mexico like some ancient dynasty is truly terrifying.

More terrifying still is that these are the only two substantive Trump policies most of us can name. His website barely describes his economic ‘positions’ (a more accurate description than ‘policies’). He never really knew what he wanted to do, other than win big.

And win big he did. Hate triumphed over hope this time, for sure. But we shouldn’t accept that it’s forever, or that it’s truly who we are. The narrow majority of people who voted for division and hate this year in both the US and UK (actually, in the US, a narrow minority) did so because they are frightened, not because they are intrinsically bad people.

After the crash of 2007, across the world we’ve seen our standards of living plummet, and for many the world they thought they understood and were part of has moved on and left them behind. And no one has explained it to them, and it doesn’t feel like anyone is fighting for them.

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Identity politics and snobbery are destroying liberalism

11/11/2016, 04:57:20 PM

by Samuel Dale

On Wednesday I marched down Broadway in Manhattan to protest Donald Trump’s election.
Thousands of millennials walked in the rain while chanting ‘Not my president’, ‘pussies grab back’ and ‘end rape culture’. I lasted two minutes before walking off in despondence.

This was the complete embodiment of the failure of American liberalism. An impotent march in a bastion of liberalism shouting about fringe issues among ourselves. Completely and utterly pointless. Sixty million people had just voted for Trump.

The American left is in the worst shape in the history of the American Union.

Barack Obama will leave a presidency, Congress, more than 30 state governorships and many Supreme Court picks in Republican hands.

His entire domestic policy agenda can and will be quickly dismantled from Obamacare to tax and financial reform.

After painstaking years rebuilding US reputation abroad, it has been shattered by the election of an unhinged bigot.

It is a dreadful legacy and he must own his failure.

It is not just America. Liberalism is clearly in crisis around the world from Brexit to Le Pen and Orban. Here are three reasons why.

Firstly, the toxic failure of identity politics. The Hillary Clinton campaign began with a colourful mosaic of American life in April 2015.

Black, brown, gay, Muslim, Latino, female. The new American progressive coalition.

For 18 months, Clinton signalled this was the future. If you were a white man then you were the past and didn’t belong in her American Dream.

And it wasn’t subtle either. Ramming it down their throats in advert after advert.

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Sure, let’s laugh at the Republican implosion. But Labour’s next

15/10/2016, 11:20:00 PM

by Samuel Dale

Labour and the US Republican party are suffering almost identical political predicaments. Both have leaders drawn from the extremes of their party who have created a popular revolt to hijack the institution for their own purposes.

The successful leadership campaigns of Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn have fed off a fundamental separation between grassroots activists and the party establishment that has grown over many years. Party elders in both parties have unsuccessfully tried to stop their rise.

Trump has strongly backed anti-trade, anti-immigrant and isolationist policies that have long been treated as an embarrassing feature of the grassroots and swept under the carpet.

Just as successive Labour leaders and MPs have ignored and dismissed grassroots support for nationalisation, high income taxes and an aversion to fiscal prudence.

Both leaders have flirted with leaving Nato and supporting corrupt foreign regimes simply because they are anathema to the systems they despise at home. My enemies’ enemy is my friend, in other words.

Meanwhile, both part faithfuls feel they have, finally, got a leader who gives their views a voice without apology or qualification. And it feels great. Nobody is too concerned with winning.

And yet both party faithfuls see the anger of establishment figures and believe that their hero could be take away from them at any moment. They are paranoid.

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Big match preview: The Clinton vs Trump debate

26/09/2016, 11:14:12 AM

by Jonathan Todd

No matter what happens to Labour under Jeremy Corbyn, no matter whether Brexit is soft or hard, no matter whether secondary modern schools return or not, these all pall next to the consequences of President Trump.

Nearly half of Trump’s supporters expect him to detonate a nuclear bomb. No one should sleep easily. Especially not in the Baltic states, where the closeness between Trump and Putin is particularly troubling.

As a Trump adviser, with extensive business interests in Russia, is suspected of holding clandestine talks with Putin officials, it is not hard to imagine President Trump failing to trigger a NATO response to a Russian invasion of the Baltics. This would be part of a broader drawing back of American troops from Europe and the shrivelling of the NATO.

The consequences in the Pacific are also likely to be dramatic. US trade war with China. Ending the military protection that the US provides Japan. Heightened tensions, both economic and militarily, between the historic rivals of China and Japan. After throwing oil on these fires, President Trump can hardly be expected to be an effective firefighter.

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Hillary Clinton’s damaged goods. It was madness for the Democrats to choose her

16/09/2016, 10:27:26 AM

by Kevin Meagher

It’s safe to say the Clintons have cast a long shadow over the Labour party.

A generation of political professionals have imbibed the campaigning techniques that propelled Bill to the presidency in 1992 and 1996, with two ambitious young Labour frontbenchers sent over to learn from the master at close quarters.

The lessons Tony Blair and Gordon Brown brought back with them have pretty much shaped everything Labour has done since. Rapid rebuttal. ‘It’s the economy, stupid.’ Triangulation. New Labour was born in that war room in Little Rock.

But now the Clintons have had their day. Bill was a good domestic president, focusing ‘like a laser beam’ on the economy; balancing the budget, creating jobs and presiding over a decade of prosperity.

But he is also venal and morally-corroded. A Vietnam draft-dodger who, while Governor of Arkansas, notoriously sent a mentally-disabled man to his death, just so he didn’t look weak on the death penalty, (the issue that hobbled Michel Dukakis’s 1988 tilt at the White House).

Never mind that impeachment business.

Despite his many good works as president, a trail of slime followed the Clintons throughout their time in the White House. As people, Bill and Hillary make Frank and Claire Underwood in House of Cards look like Tom and Barbara from The Good Life.

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Why things are not as bleak as they look for social democrats

30/08/2016, 06:02:14 PM

by Jonathan Todd

Uncanny. That is what Nigel Farage says of the supposed similarities between the EU referendum and the US presidential election. This is not a comparison exclusive to him. Far from it. The excellent Gideon Rachman has made it as articulately as anyone in the Financial Times.

“This similarity is more than an unfortunate coincidence. I would point to three parallels between Brexit and the Trump phenomenon that should worry the Clinton campaign. The first is the potency of immigration as an issue. The second is the way in which the Trump and Brexit campaigns have become vehicles for protest votes about economic insecurity. The third is the chasm between elite opinion and that of the white working class.”

On immigration: In the race for the Republican nomination, Trump favoured a “deportation force” to eject the estimated 11 to 12 million undocumented migrants living in the United States. No more. Trump is watering down his position because he has, finally, twigged that it is a loser.

On economic insecurity and the white working class: up to a point, Lord Rachman. Nate Silver has exploded the myth of Trump’s “white working class support”. Similarly, having reviewed the evidence, Zoe Williams has concluded of Brexit that: “The very most we can say is that leave had some popularity with the disaffected and the disenfranchised; but it was not limited to that group, and the people who swung the vote were affluent, older southerners.”

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Jeremy Corbyn is Labour’s Donald Trump. The Republicans are showing us what not to do with a disastrous leader

09/06/2016, 11:06:20 PM

by Samuel Dale

Every Republican in the United States is being asked a very simple question that must be answered: will you vote for Donald Trump as president?

There are four approaches. First, total support as we have seen from Chris Christie and Marco Rubio. Secondly, qualified support as shown by Paul Ryan, John McCain and others who are holding their nose and voting for Trump out of party loyalty.

Thirdly, abstention and neutrality as backed by both former President Bushes, Jeb Bush, Lindsay Graham and others. Finally, outright rejection which is not currently a popular view but is backed by Colin Powell and other Republican mavericks.

These are the four choices that Labour members will face in 2020 when they are asked the same question: will you vote for Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister?

The Republican mess is a useful guide for how Labour members can handle the Corbyn nightmare in 2020 and how not to handle it.

1. Total support

Christie, Rubio and Carson look like the shameless job-hungry careerists that they are. They spent months claiming Trump was totally unfit to be President – not in the normal primary knockabout but seriously unfit to hold office.

There will be Labour total supporters come 2020 who fear for their role in the party if they show disloyalty to Corbyn such is his grassroots support.

This is the road to disaster. Members and MPs should think about the long-term future of Britain and how to install a centre-left government. Blindly backing Corbyn will taint supporters and the party for decades to comes, just as it will for some Republicans. Differences must be made clear.

2. Qualified support

This is perhaps the worst approach of all. Paul Ryan set out a seemingly sensible idea of being a critical friend of Trump, calling him out where needed and pushing his own conservative agenda.

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Sex, fear and social media

21/03/2016, 04:45:34 PM

by Jonathan Todd

“I’m afraid I’m pretty much a flaming ball of hurt and anger at the moment.”

“Maybe you should stop reading tweets.”

That exchange comes from Purity, Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel. It a dirge, according to some reviews. But Uncut found it a fast paced engagement with eternal themes of longing and friendship in contemporary contexts of coffee shops and social media.

The “experts” are wrong about Purity, as they have been about Donald Trump, who was never meant to get this far.

Many Trump supporters are also flaming balls of hurt and anger. Made more so by time spent on Twitter. As Trump understands and exacerbates.

“This is a pattern,” observed Marco Rubio, before he crashed out of the Republican race, “this is the game he plays. He says something that’s edgy and outrageous, and then the media flocks and covers that and then no one else can get any coverage of anything else.”

There is finite media oxygen and Trump’s aggressive, social media driven campaign has starved Republican opponents of it. Nonetheless, if Trump fails to win a majority, he will be at the mercy of party procedure at the Republican convention. Which would be, in the vernacular of Twitter, a real #getspopcorn moment.

Uncut is unpersuaded, however, that there is enough popcorn in the world to stop Trump getting over the line as the Republican candidate. The likes of Eisenhower and Lincoln previously emerged as Republican candidates after contested conventions. But the power of backroom deals must be more limited in less deferential, more connected times.

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Time for Hillary to trash Trump. He’s there for the taking

03/03/2016, 09:17:13 PM

by Samuel Dale

So it’s Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump.

The question now is how can Hillary beat the absurdist rise of the Donald?

The answer is simple: attack him, attack him hard and do it again & again.

Trash his character, his business record, his views on women, his lack of policies, his temperament and his bigotry and racism. Earlier today, Mitt Romney of all people showed the way.

Negative campaigning works. It works because the public are more willing to believe the worst in politicians than the best. They will tacitly agree when a politician’s flaws are being highlighted but act like cynics when politicians convey positive messages.

Every successful modern campaign goes negative and stays negative.

Labour did it in 1997 by attacking Tories on the NHS and pensions.

Obama did it in 2008 on Hillary over her support for the Iraq war.

The Tories hit Ed Miliband’s leadership & economic competence for four years to bear the fruits of victory last May. Miliband ran a positive campaign.

Obama went negative again even more successfully against Mitt Romney in 2012.

Romney was attacked remorselessly in negative ads on his business record at Bain Capital, the private equity manager.

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Labour should see the bigger picture on the UK in the EU

22/02/2016, 10:27:58 AM

by Jonathan Todd

“In 1941 there were only a dozen democracies in the world. Today there are over a hundred. For four centuries prior to 1950, global gross domestic product (GDP) rose by less than 1 percent a year. Since 1950 it has risen by an average of 4 percent a year, and billions of people have been lifted out of poverty. The first half of the twentieth century saw two of the most destructive wars in the history of mankind, and in prior centuries war among the great powers was almost constant. But for the past sixty years no great powers have gone to war with one another.”

These, according to Robert Kagan, in a book published at about the same time as Obama’s second term began, with the clear intension of dissuading the president from stepping back from global leadership, are American fruits. Since then, Kim Jong-un and Putin, Syria and the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, have brought into question America’s global reach. Nonetheless, Obama has held the international institutions that have held sway throughout much of the period venerated by Kagan – EU, NATO, IMF, UN, World Bank – in as much reverence as any modern US president.

We have our discontents with globalisation (and these are justified, notwithstanding its gains, which, in Kagan’s historic sweep, are considerable, even unprecedented). We have our grumbles with Obama (but it is hard not to feel that he has made a sincere attempt to recalibrate American strategy and recraft international institutions for ongoing transition to a more multipolar world). None of these discontents and grumbles, however, justify a retreat to nineteenth century statecraft.

John Kerry bemoans Putin playing by “19th century rules”, while Thomas Wright has chronicled Donald Trump’s “19th century foreign policy”. Trump – like Nigel Farage and George Galloway – holds Putin in high regard. The feeling is mutual. The Russian leader has said of Trump that he is a, “really brilliant and talented person”.

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Jun 17, 2014

Plights of domestic workers

Plights of domestic workers

Usually domestic worker means a person do or help to do our household chores for money or benefit. However, our existing Labour Law denies their rights and does not include them as worker. The word “Servant” used by the Act is itself an offensive word.

Nonetheless, recently enacted the Domestic Violence (Prevention & Protection) Act, 2010 also does not cover domestic workers under its purview. Only the Domestic Servants' Registration Ordinance 1961 defines them as domestic servant among all others laws in this country. However, the law again does not ascertain any of the rights or duties of the domestic workers rather it merely deals with the provision of registration.

The term “Domestic worker” is very recent trend to recognise them as worker. Formally the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (Convention No. 189 of ILO) first recognises domestic work as “work” and persons engaged in this sort of work as worker and also introduces a set rights for these workers. This work may comprise cleaning house, cooking, washing, taking care of children/elderly/sick members of a family etc.

Though there is no special law on domestic workers but constitutional provision has guaranteed some rights as fundamental rights and enforceable by the court for every citizen of the country. Also there are few ordinary laws, which can defend the rights of domestic workers as an ordinary citizen of Bangladesh.

Among those, the Nari O Shishu Nirjatan Daman Ain, 2000 can be used to punish and prevent death, attempt to murder, grievous hurt or mutilation by using corrosive, incendiary or poisonous substances (especially throwing of acid), trafficking of women for prostitution and allied matters, trafficking and stealing of children, rape etc. Although this Act of 2000 covers many aspects relevant for domestic workers, it was promulgated to safeguard women and children in general and no specific attention was given to the domestic workers.

However, all criminal acts are adjudicated by criminal courts and tribunals and the domestic workers, like any other citizen, are under the jurisdiction of these criminal courts of the State. A domestic worker can take the advantage of the Penal Code, 1860 to prosecute the culprits for culpable homicide, murder, hurt, grievous hurt, wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement, assault, kidnapping, abduction, rape, theft etc. There is however no statute that specifically deals with domestic workers and declares an act to be a criminal act considering the special circumstances of the domestic workers.

Whenever a domestic worker starts to work in a household, there is an agreement between the employer and the worker. This agreement is almost oral. Everybody shall be paid for his work on the basis of the principle 'from each according to his abilities, to each according to his work'. However, there is lack of law which can determine minimum wages for every sorts of domestic worker and can ensure other employment rights as ensured for other workers.

One can enforce his agreement by the Contract Act, 1872 if any breach has been occurred. Moreover, in case of any violation of the service contract, or any injury sustained by the worker, a case of compensation can be filed before the civil courts.

Domestic workers are mostly unlettered and unaware about their rights. Moreover, we have no effective mechanism to inform them about these legal protections and cannot bring them under the shield of the court of law. In addition, it is really difficult for them to fight against their wealthy and giant bosses. Hence, State should arrange such effectual machinery to inform them about their rights and provide sufficient legal aid to fight against suppression.

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Monday, September 3, 2012

Bingo Is Sneaky-Smart

Usually when I get up in the morning, as soon as I open my bedroom door, Bingo comes trotting down the hall, tail wagging.  A few mornings ago, I open the door and head down the hall. Bingo is lying on the floor looking a bit lethargic. She glanced up at me and thumped her tail on the floor a couple times, but didn't get up. Hmmm . . . I went into the kitchen and discovered the reason she was a bit of a slug:
Bingo had figured out how to open the food container!  And had stuffed herself.
I looked back at her lying in the hallway like a giant bloated tick.  *sigh*  So we started up the driveway for our morning walk and she trotted into the woods. Suffice it to say, she had eaten A LOT. After she came back, we continued up the driveway when she detoured back into the woods again. She had eaten A LOT. She came back out and I started to head up the driveway when she did a U-turn and waddled back to the house.  She was pretty much in a food coma the rest of the day--no long walks to the lake that day!

Another day, another thing to eat:

YUM--a rib!

Remember this?
The food wobbler.
Bingo chases it under the stool:

 This weekend, we popped up the street for a vizzie with my friend Rita. She has 2 dogs, & will be my dogsitter when I go away. Here's Bingo with Roy:
Hullo.  So sweet.

Here comes Dana.

Bingo was vying to come inside.

Hullo, Dana.
 This next picture cracks me up:
Dana & Roy doing a proper doggie greeting.
And finally this weekend, I did an uber-clean of all bedding & vacuumed. I had stacked Bingo's 2 beds in the living room, and she cozied up before I unstacked them:

Tabby on the coffee table.

Tabby: Zzzz . . . .  Bingo: Hullo.

Zzzzz . . . .
And that was our week.  :-)

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Thursday, 14 March 2013

H&M Flagship Store Relaunch

I was notified by a friend that H&M would be relaunching their flagship store today on Oxford Street, with a total of 4 levels of fashion (and underground level for menswear), not to mention the massive sign that was plastered against the store as I walked past it during the week, which said that doors will open at 1pm and that there would be 25% discount for the first 500 customers. The whole store was filled with music, DJ sets, a piano set, freebies such as sweets and Vita Coco drinks, and a lot of friendly staff on hand to help or seen having a good time themselves. There was also a photo-booth for customers set with a 'wind' function for that glamour look (click on photos for better quality).

The DJ sets and activities will continue on throughout the weekend so if you're around it is definitely worth it to have a look and join in the festivity! Once we got our head around the new store we shopped from the top floor down, I bought a few pieces but most of it was lingerie so I won't put up a haul post :)

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Saturday, 13 April 2013

[Review] Nip + Fab Dark Circle Fix

I have been using the Simple 'Kind to Eyes Soothing Balm' for nearly 2 years now and although it keeps my under eyes moisturized, it does absolutely nothing for my dark circles.
I tried to look for a fairly inexpensive eye serum. I remember reading in a magazine that eye serums are better to use at night-time because it is lighter opposed to eye creams, which is heavier so sinks into your skin and can make your eyes more puffy. I say serum but came across Nip + Fab's Dark Circle Fix, to be honest it had mixed reviews so I took a gamble. I bought my one from Look Fantastic for £15.95.

The back of the tube reads:
"A 3-in-1 formula that reduces the appearance of puffiness, dark circles + premature ageing. Fast acting formula.

Dark Circle Fix contains:
  • Red Algae targets dark circles
  • Tetra Peptide reduces the look of puffiness
  • Shea Butter hydrates + softens"

Pump bottle.

The consistency is more of a gel than a cream.

I used this for 2 days 2 nights only and I had to revert back to my Simple Eye Balm because this product was not moisturizing at all, so much so that it left my under-eyes with dry patches! Needless to say I will not be purchasing this product again. I did like the pump bottle, it was easy to use and to control the amount used. Also the consistency is really light, evidently too light for me but this is just my skin's reaction.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Mishka store opening & party in Los Angeles

Being the selectors that we are, we want to make sure you Los Angelians know about the new Mishka store opening in Echo Park on Saturday followed by a party at 3 of Clubs.

Be there or be square.

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Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Book Review: The Liberal Arts Tradition by Kevin Clark and Ravi Scott Jain

The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Philosophy of Christian Classical EducationThe Liberal Arts Tradition: A Philosophy of Christian Classical Education by Kevin Clark

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I had high hopes for The Liberal Arts Tradition and Clark and Jain did not disappoint.

I loved the way they made education - paideia - part of an integrated Christian life rooted in piety and fed by music and the gymnastic.  The paradigm of Wonder leading to Worship leading to Work leading to Wisdom is one that can be used in all of life. The chapter on Theology is a masterpiece helping me see how Theology, the queen of sciences, undergirds and forms all other elements of education.

This is a book of education philosophy, so while I can catch glimpses of how it all works, its main failing is the *how* ... the concrete is there for the teacher to build on the foundations.

Don't let the length of time it took me to read this concern you, I took a long break from all serious reading for no apparent reason.  This book could be read much more quickly.  I did bog down in the chapter on Philosophy (Natural, Moral, and Metaphysic) where every sentence was beyond my comprehension, but the rest of the book was approachable and readable.

I loved the two illustrations that bookend the book; a tree (planted by streams of living water?) and the climbing of a hill (to Wisdom, Grace, and Virtue) helped me to see how the ideas built on one another.

Highly Recommended to Educators of all kinds. Be prepared to be stretched.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Girl Power

I wanted to see Up before commenting on this article. Not necessarily because Up has anything specific to do with the open letter to Pixar, but I figured I should see the latest film before making judgments about what Pixar is doing/should be doing.

(Plus, Up is amazing!)

Basically, Linda Holmes would like Pixar to feature more girls in their films. Not just as side characters, like Dory or Colette or even Helen/Elastigirl. Characters with their own adventures and problems. (Not that these female characters don't have problem and aren't well-rounded characters. They're just not the central figures in their stories.) She claims "the story is never 'a girl and the things that happen to her,' the way it's 'a boy and what happens to him.'" I feel like this is a fair point. When I was little, I loved watching movies/reading books about thoughtful, strong, creative, smart, etc. girls.

Still, I'd also say that Pixar should make a 'girl movie' just because I want a girl movie. I think Pixar isn't out for boys or girls. I think they just try to make good movies, and it just so happens that the ones they've made feature male characters. When you try to force a characterstic on a story/character, it doesn't turn out well.

For example, check out the trailer for the new 2D animated Disney movie, The Princess and the Frog. It's supposed to bring Disney back to the era of classic, musical full-length animated films, but it doesn't look right. I think they were too focused on making sure the African-American angle was right, but forgot that classic films like Beauty and the Beast weren't about one characteristic. It wasn't like "Oh, we need a brunette girl, let's develop one." It was more about the character of Belle herself. So I might be too hard on the Frog movie, but it doesn't seem like a cohesive, engaging story yet. You can't force characterstics on a character and hope it all comes together. The story should be more organic. And it seems like that's the case with Pixar and the boys. I'm sure that someone will come up with a great Pixar movie about a girl and her adventures; but I hope it's the right story, not just a movie about a girl because they feel like they need one.

Also, I kind of don't like how people knock the princess characters nowadays. When I was little, I never thought of Ariel or Belle as "the princess." They were stronger characters than that. Ariel was basically an anthropologist, and Belle loved reading. Those are the characteristics I remember. The princess thing was just because their stories are fairy tales, and that's how fairy tales end. I didn't aspire to be a princess and wasn't freaking out over ball gowns. So what's wrong with princesses as long as they're strong characters in their own rights? Belle didn't aspire to be a princess; it just kind of happened. She was definitely one of the "girls in Band-Aids" that Holmes thinks should be featured in a Pixar movie. Why can't a girl be a princess and have adventures? And I think, even though parents may worry, little girls get that.

Of course, I also didn't grow up in the era of the Disney Princess brand. My association with the characters extends to the movies and dolls and backpacks, not to an enormous Disney subculture.

So Pixar, keep doing your thing--making good movies. And hopefully soon there will be a movie about a girl and her adventures. But mostly, just concentrate on quality and don't try to squeeze in gender.

Ron said...

The reason Linda Holmes is frustrated with Pixar is precisely why I love Pixar. Practically nowhere else in the movies can you find good father/son relationships and positive, realistic role models for boys.

Boys are constantly marketed to with superheroes and other "manly" characters who will ill suit them as examples later in life (or later on the playground). There is at least one place, and most likely only one place, Pixar, that even comes close to addressing this audience. The boy who wants to be a chef (not a spy or soldier), the boy who wants to be an adventurer and misses his father (Up), a man struggling with a life that's not fulfilling and a boy who is struggling to use his full potential constructively (The Incredibles) are all characters you will see in almost no other movies kids can watch.

Some, like Holmes, may criticize Pixar for focusing on realistic young male characters; I commend them for being the only place that seems to know they exist.


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Released in 1988, Jackal is a free roaming top down shooter from Konami. In it you assume the role of a group of army guys armed only with a jeep that can apparently hold upwards of 20 people as well as infinite supplies of various types of ammunition. With this super jeep (or jeeps if you have someone to play co-op with) you are tasked to go deep behind enemy lines to rescue POWs and defeat hordes of enemy soldiers and vehicles on your way to taking down the enemy's headquarters. Truly a battle that will make your blood boil.

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Osteopathy is a treatment philosophy that identifies areas of the body that are restricted or constricted, then eases these restrictions so that normal function can resume.

Your body can function normally again

Osteopathy applies the knowledge of the structure (anatomy) and function (physiology) of the body, to all diseases, disorders and dysfunctions. The tools osteopaths use are their hands. Osteopathic manual practitioners use a gentle “hands-on” or “manual” approach, applied through osteopathic philosophy, to identify the causative factor of the problem and restore order to all of the systems.

Osteopathic manual practitioners use their palpation skill to seek out areas of the body that are restricted (not moving normally) or constricted (strangled or squeezed). These areas can be in any of these systems:

  • Musculoskeletal
  • Respiratory
  • Cardiovascular
  • Digestive
  • Reproductive
  • Nervous

Osteopathic manual practitioners seek to identify and then gently ease the restrictions or constrictions so the body can function normally again.

Four basic principles of manual osteopathy:

1. Each structure in the body supports the body’s functions. If a structure is damaged, out of place, or otherwise not working properly, the body will not function at its best.

2. The natural flow of the body’s fluids — lymphatic, vascular, and neurological — must be preserved and maintained.

3. The human body is the sum of its parts. Its physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and cognitive systems don’t work independently — they work in harmony.

4. When the body has no restrictions, it has the inherent ability to heal itself. Osteopathic manual practitioners recognize that a patient is an integrated whole. When all the body’s components are in balance, a person is complete and in total health.

What can Osteopathy Treat?

Osteopathy can successfully treat many acute and chronic conditions including:

  •  Neck and back pain
  •  Sciatica
  •  Headaches and migraines
  •  Jaw pain and TMJ syndromes
  •  Pain resulting from motor vehicle accidents
  •  Pain resulting from over-use and sports injuries
  •  Neurological syndromes
  •  Digestive disorders
  •  Genito-urinary problems
  • Infertility
  •  Circulatory problems
  •  Issues in Pregnancy such as back pain, digestive upset, edema, breech position
  •  Respiratory Issues such as Asthma, Bronchitis, Pleurisy
  •  Chronic ear infections
  •  Recurrent sore throats
  •  Frequent colds
  •  Sinusitis
  • Tinnitus
  • Carpal Tunnel syndrome

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Boat Shuttles
A guide for the independent paddler.

Boat Shuttles

Boat shuttles allow paddlers to access some of Lake Superior’s most remote areas in a safe, time-effective manner. Popular destinations for sea kayakers include Michipicoten Island and the Slate Islands. Whitewater canoeists and kayakers frequently hire boat pick-ups at the mouth of the Pukaskwa and Dog rivers to eliminate the long flatwater journey back to civilization. Most backpackers in Pukaskwa National Park employ a boat shuttle to access the Coastal Trail’s remote southern trailhead.

We rely on McCuaig Marine Services for our Pukaskwa Park boat shuttles. Contact us if you need assistance.

McCuaig Marine Services

(Heron Bay/Marathon, Ont.; remote service available in Michipicoten/Wawa, Ont.)
Contact: Keith McCuaig, phone (705) 206-2758; email; or Facebook.
Fees: Prices are quoted on a per-trip basis, minimum three hours.
Service area: Specializes in Pukaskwa National Park, Michipicoten Islands. Service to Slate Islands also available.
Vessel: 30-foot aluminium landing-craft catamaran, designed and built to Transport Canada and U.S. Coast Guard standards as a small passenger vessel.
Cruising speed: 25 knots. Vessel, operators and service certified by Transport Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard.
Capacity: 12 passengers and eight sea kayaks.

Bluebird Charters

(Terrace Bay, Ont.)
Contact: Come & Kinda Castonguay, phone 807-824-3353; bluebirdcharterboat.com
Service Area: Specializes in Slate Islands.
Capacity: Bluebird Charter Boat is equipped to carry 6 kayaks or 3 canoes and a total of 6 people with camping gear.

Northern Phin Charters

(Terrace Bay, Ont.)
Contact: Gary Salesse, phone (807) 825-9685 or (807) 823-0048
Service Area: Specializes in Slate Islands.
Vessel: 26-foot Seaswirl Offshore.
Capacity: Up to three sea kayaks or two canoes and paddlers


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things i've been looking at....

Warming up to a cup of orange tea with fresh ginger and honey today. Just felt like sharing some special things that have been inspiring me lately!
-fabulous swimsuits vs. rooms on from The City Sage
-pretty picture collage from design is mine sure signs of summer time
-pastel and dreamy from Creature Comforts
-super awesome new vintagey plates by Lou Rota via decor8
-drool over amazingly cute Copenhagen Cottage decor8 strikes again!
-SO cute from Oh Joy
-HOLY CRAP! how cool are these bubble pics via Cup of Jo (check out flickr set here)
-beautiful wedding hair via Smitten
-a peak into P's home, what possessed me
-flowerless chocolate cake....mouth watered as I saw this on tv last night....delish from Everyday Foods

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those bubbles are amazing!

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You’ve made the shift to put organic foods in your body, but what about your skin care? Say hello, to the softest and smoothest lips you’ve ever had, minus all the guilt of putting toxic chemicals into your body! La Lune Naturals lip balms give your lips all the moisture you need without all the crap […]


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I was able to do a little shopping at Sally right before my birthday and I picked up some fun stuff.
One thing I did finally pick up was Orly Star Spangled. I already own China Glaze Ruby Pumps so it's seems silly to have purchased this but I have no reds in my Orly collection.
I'm so super picky about red but a snazzy red jelly-ish with glitter is up my alley.
Anyhoo, I wanted to see how Star Spangled stacked up to Ruby Pumps. Behold:

 Orly Star Spangled on index and middle
China Glaze Ruby Pumps on ring and pinkie
Both are three coats with no base or top.

As you can see, they're pretty much the same. The Orly has very fine and dense glitter in the bottle. The China Glaze has larger, slightly irregular glitter. On the nail, there's very little difference. However, I feel that Ruby Pumps is a snotch darker because of its glitter.
So which do you buy? Whichever one is on sale. Both have great formula that applies beautifully and both dry ridiculously fast.
Now I have dupes but I'm okay with that. My sister seems bent on stealing my bottle of Ruby Pumps in spite of having her own bottle so it might be in my favor that I picked this up! ;)
As for my prop, it's one of my birthday gifts. I haven't yet tried bacon flavored toothpicks but it has to be good, it's BACON! I do love me some bacon...

That does it for me for the time being. Thanks you for coming by and have a pleasant day!

  1. Thanks for the comparison. It seems like I've seen a lot of bacon flavored products lately. I even found a chocolate bar that has bacon in it!

  2. Thank you, Elizabeth!

    Deb - If you're talking about Vosge's Bacon bar, then I also received one for my birthday. It is sublime. My family and friends know me so well!
    That said, I have lots more bacon products to show. My friends set me up right.

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Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd are the Three Stooges of Warner Brothers. Daffy Duck and Porky Pig is like the Frick and Frack of Warner Brothers.

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You don't see these guys as much as you used to anymore. I remember when they were on every saturday.


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