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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire: A Review (Review #111)

Put Some Fire Under the Potter...

This Harry Potter film, the fourth in an epic series of eight (the seventh book being split into two films) finally gets it right, mostly. Of course, I'm not a fan of the books, having read only one and finding that one a bit underwhelming. I figure that they have to be a bit repetitive because each year Harry goes off to Hogwarts, faces great danger, and comes out all right. Have I got the gist of it?

That being the case, Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire put things in that were needed (a genuine sense of danger/darkness/terror) and took out things that were always needless (no Dursleys!). As a result, what we have is an actual film that shifts the franchise from the cuteness of the Columbus films to the darkness, even evil, within the world of Hogwarts under new director Mike Newell.

Harry Potter (Daniel Ratcliffe) is not with his Muggle relatives for once but with the Weasleys. He joins them to go the the Quidditch World Cup (I figure a bit like the FIFA World Cup, except for Quidditch), and it's the final match between Ireland and Bulgaria. It's here though, that chaos breaks out: Lord Voldermort's murderous henchmen, known as Death Eaters, crash the festivities, killing and destroying and of course threatening Harry's life. Be that as it may, Harry, along with his friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) still go off to Hogwarts.

There is a special event this year: the Triwizard Tournament. Future wizards/warlocks/witches (whatever they're called) from other schools: The Beauxbatons Academy of Magic of Girls from France and the Durmstrang for Boys from Russia, or at least some Slavic country even if the name sounds vaguely German. They are coming to compete against the British co-ed Hogwarts for the championship.

Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) informs them that the winner will receive great glory, but must survive THREE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TASKS (begging the question, are there ever any other kind?). Anyone seventeen or over who is willing to face these THREE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TASKS must submit their name into the Goblet of Fire, which will select one champion from each school. Since Harry & Company are fourteen (although none of them actually look fourteen, so we have to suspend disbelief for a bit) they concentrate on their studies, with yet another Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts: Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody (Brendan Gleeson).

The Goblet now releases the names of the competitors: from Durmstrang: Viktor Krum (Stanislav Ianevski), from Beauxbatons (which sounds like Beautiful Batons) Fleur Delacour (Clémence Poésy), and from Hogwarts Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson pre-Twilight). Then, the Goblet unexpectedly releases a fourth name, an unexpected choice. Any guess as to who was named?

Now, they have these three competitions (all dangerous): getting a golden egg away from a dragon, rescuing someone from the bottom of the Black Lake, and the third, and most dangerous of all, entering a maze that could devour them to reach the Triwizards Cup. Through each danger (with some sequences extremely frightening) Harry is always aided by others, be it his bumbling classmate Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis) or even Cedric. However, in the midst of all this Harry has two great issues to deal with: Lord Voldermort is still Out There, plotting to rise again and kill him, and a greater!

I suppose this is what elevates Goblet of Fire from all the previous films. It has the requisite menace from Lord Voldermort and his Death Eaters, but also has something everyone can relate to: the teenage rites of passage. This is most explicitly shown at the Yule Ball, a Christmas Eve dance where guys have to ask girls out. In the midst of all the danger and evil going on, there are real human emotions being played, among them love, lust, fear, and jealousy.

To my mind, Grint is becoming far more than Ratcliffe's sidekick, but a serious actor who is emerging out of the shadows. Goblet of Fire introduces something into the mix between Ron and Harry: resentment. We all know that Harry couldn't have put his name in the Goblet of Fire, but Ron doesn't believe him, and Grint's face expresses so much: a combination jealousy and anger against Harry that is both brilliant and frightening in its intensity. This is a realistic view because in every friendship at some point there will be conflict, perhaps even jealousy and resentment. When Harry & Ron make up, that also plays realistically, as does when they both realize they have to ask girls out to the Yule Ball. These moments where we see our characters as real people is what elevates Goblet of Fire into a better film in the franchise than we've seen before.

Newell also gives us more visually. Following in Prisoner of Azkaban's footsteps, there is very little lightness in Goblet of Fire, which is again dominated by grays and blacks. Even the moments of visual splendor, as when the students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang enter the Great Hall of Hogwarts is visually arresting in its pomp and ceremony (although, for my tastes, a bit unrealistic).

I wonder if J. K. Rowling--whom I understand to now be the Citizen Kane of all British writers--toyed with the idea of sending her Hogwarts students to Beauxbatons or Durmstrang. Now that would have been interesting: to see our heroes in another setting. We might as well, given how little Maggie Smith's Professor McGonagall or Alan Rickman's Professor Snape had to do in the film. Even Tom Felton's Draco Falfoy were almost incident to the overall plot. It's debatable whether this is good or bad: it's good to be able to concentrate the story on our three main leads, but it does sacrifice almost everyone else.

Goblet of Fire has some of the most intense sequences in the franchise so far, so frightening that I wonder if it's a good thing to gear these films toward children. Things as small as Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) emerging from the fire in a fireplace to seeing four people lying at the bottom of the Black Lake to the Maze, where at last Lord Voldermort finally rises, in the form of Ralph  Fiennes (whom I thought was just a touch hammy, but given Lord Voldermort is suppose to be the embodiment of evil, I'll cut him some slack).

This issue with the violence reaches the culmination with the killing of Cedric, which to my memory is the first real death in the entire film (everyone else up to now was merely frozen or somehow able to be revived). Frankly, I wonder why everyone was surprised that we had a character murdered (since we were told it would be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS).

However, why would parents or adults allow children to participate in such gruesome, potentially deadly activities, even if it is in a world of magic?  Is that me being far too logical about fantasy stories?

If we go over the acting of some of the guest stars, we can't say that Goblet of Fire pushes any great cinematic borders. Pattinson is pretty to look at (given he was a former model, that's not surprising) but he really didn't have much to do with the story. It is nice though, to hear him speak with his native accent. He didn't show any great acting ability here, so whether his awful performances in the Twilight films are a result of the weak material Stephanie Meyer gives or of Pattinson's lack of talent is still up in the air.

There is some comedy thanks to intrepid (and insipid) reporter Rita Skeeter (Miranda Richardson, continuing the trend to behave as if the Harry Potter films were the new Shakespeare where every brilliant actor is fighting to get a role in them, which has me asking where are Sir Derek Jacobi or Sir Christopher Lee, or aren't they good enough for them?).

When I saw that the Weasley's tent at the Quidditch World Cup was larger on the inside than the outside, Harry might have been impressed, but I wasn't. I've seen that before--has Rowling or screenwriter Steve Kloves ever heard of a little art-house miniseries called Doctor Who?  This tent, it wouldn't be called 'a TARDIS' now would it?

The Doctor Who connection continues as we have as Barty Crouch, Jr., none other than The Doctor himself (David Tennant), it's not a surprise we have a TARDIS tent. I like Tennant as an actor (and yes, as the Tenth Doctor as well), but I couldn't help laugh at some of the faces he makes as he's led away. They were almost comic, not frightening.

As with any Harry Potter film, we have those lovely Deus Ex Machinas that will always get Harry out of everything. The D.E.M. isn't as atrocious and insulting as the Time-Reversal deal Hermione had in Prisoner of Azkaban, but it still was completely out of the blue: it was the spirits of Mr. & Mrs. Potter as well as Cedric Diggory coming to give Harry more power to fight Voldermort and escape from the maze, leaving a frustrated and furious Voldermort.

I suppose there was no other way a fourth-year wizard student could possibly defeat the greatest force of evil, but it all seemed a bit too convenient. As usual, Harry himself doesn't have to do anything himself to get out of danger; it's done for him.

I think a line the Weasley twins tell Harry at the end of the Black Lake Challenge sums up the entire Harry Potter franchise perfectly: "Even when you go wrong, it turns out all right".

Goblet of Fire is a frightening film, I'd argue too frightening for anyone under 14. I wouldn't let my preteen children see it or for that matter read this particular book until they get older. Given all the ones that have come before, I'd say that's a good thing in terms of film. This chapter centers the story where it should be: on Harry.

It gives real emotions like love and hate a greater prominence in the story. It still has what all previous Potter films have: a great length (two and a half hours--will they ever be under two hours) which again I think is wrong for films geared toward children. However, the darkness, the danger, the humanity within Goblet of Fire makes it the best Harry Potter film of the franchise so far.

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Investor’s Business Daily is reporting that a week after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the state’s $15 minimum wage boost into law, UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks sent a memo to employees announcing that 500 jobs were getting cut.

The article reports:

Those workers might want to have a chat with the folks at UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research, who just days before Brown signed the wage-hike bill released a study touting the minimum wage as a boon to low-income household breadwinners.

After that report came out, Ken Jacobs, chairman of the UC Berkeley center, told the Los Angeles Times, “This is a very big deal for low-wage workers in California, for their families and for their children.”

It is a big deal, as well, to those soon to be out of work UC Berkeley workers.

But why is anyone surprised about jobs cuts following a wage hike? It’s one of the most basic laws of economics. Any high school kid taking Econ 101 can explain it:  If you raise the price of something, demand goes down.

Keep in mind, too, that a $15 minimum wage is more than twice the federal minimum wage today. And it would set the wage floor higher than it’s ever been. On an inflation-adjusted basis, the minimum wage peaked in 1968 at just over $10 an hour.

In a strong economy, raising the minimum wage might not be as much of a problem, but in an economy that is not rapidly expanding, companies simply do not have a large enough profit margin to handle the increase in the cost of employees. The demand for an increase in the minimum wage also overlooks the fact that most of the people who hold minimum-wage jobs are people who are just entering the work force. It is in that entry-level job that new employees learn basic skills–such as showing up on time, following directions, being responsible, etc. Those minimum-wage jobs give young people the skills they need to move on to higher-paying jobs. Increasing the minimum wage to the point where there will be less minimum-wage jobs accomplishes nothing positive. Unfortunately, it has become a Democratic policy talking point, and because of that, more young people who support this idea will lose their jobs if they succeed in increasing the minimum wage.

Using State Agencies For Personal Purposes

Hot Air posted an article today about some recent actions by California Governor Jerry Brown. It seems that Governor Brown used state resources to survey his family’s ranch to see if there was any fossil fuel underground.

The article reports:

In case you missed it, Hizzoner apparently took it upon himself to direct the state’s oil and gas regulatory agency to do a survey of his extensive ranch and find out if there was anything under the ground worth tapping. This effort included satellite imaging and all the other scientific tools to estimate the potential fossil fuel reserves which might be found there. When pressed for an explanation, all the Governor’s office managed to come up with was a claim that the agency does that for regular people all the time. (That came as a surprise to the folks at the Department of Conservation.)

It seems that the Governor was unhappy about seeing this news in the headlines and a whistleblower from the regulatory agency is now crying foul, implying that some sort of retaliation toward her may be in the works. (NewsMax)

I don’t even want to think about how much it would cost a private citizen to have such a survey. The woman who filed a whistleblower’s complaint about the state’s resources being used for the survey has hired a lawyer because she fears retaliation.

The article concludes:

The GOP in California has already called for a full investigation and Brown deserves a chance to clear his name. But the statements from the Governor’s office thus far seem to be admissions that it happened, with the only quibbling being over whether or not it’s allowed business as usual. If the findings show that this was precisely what it looks like thus far, this could very well be the beginning of the end of Jerry Brown’s governorship.

As taxpayer’s become more concerned about how their tax money is being spent, we may see more scandals like this. State and federal governments include a lot of waste and a lot of pork.

Part of the spending problem in the federal budget is the concept of ‘baseline budgeting.’ This is the concept that explains how Congress can claim to cut spending while the actual amount spent increases. The way the federal government computes its budget is to begin the process at the current spending level. Then, Congress will plan to increase the spending in a department maybe 5 percent. Then, they will ‘cut’ their spending by increasing the spending in that department by only 3 percent. Despite the fact that they actually increased spending by 3 percent, they will claim that they have cut the spending in that department by 2 percent. People who are not paying close attention will believe that spending has actually been cut by 2 percent. The solution to this practice is to educate the American voters as to what is going on.

Meanwhile, let’s see how much of Governor Brown’s current problem is reported in the mainstream media.

Lied To Again

California used to be the breadbasket of America–until Nancy Pelosi and crew shut off the water to the Central Valley. Now because of a severe drought, the State is making further decisions about water use that are just as nonsensical as the government’s previous decisions. You can expect the mainstream media to blame this on climate change, but that is not the problem. California has always had droughts–Congress and actions by the State of California have made this drought worse than it should have been.

In 2010, I posted the following vacation picture:

In 2010, I quoted the National Review Online in a rightwinggranny article:

The Central Valley’s woes began in earnest in 2007, when the hardline Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) won a lawsuit against California’s intricate water-delivery system, sending farmers like John Harris into a tailspin. In court, the NRDC’s lawyers contended that the vast pumps that help to funnel water from the reservoirs up in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta down to the Central Valley, to Southern California, and to the Bay Area were sucking in and shredding an unacceptable number of smelt — and, the smelt being protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) since 1994, that this was illegal.

The problem has gotten worse since then.

The Wall Street Journal posted an article today about the problem. The article included the following chart:

The line from the article that stands out to me:

The reality is that farm water has already been rationed for more than two decades by the ascendant green politics, starting with the 1992 federal Central Valley Project Improvement Act. Federal protections for the delta smelt, salmon, steelhead and sturgeon (2008-2009) further restricted water pumping at the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, so 76% of inflows, mainly from the Sierra Nevada mountains, spill into San Francisco Bay.

If California is sending three-quarters of the runoff from the mountains into the San Francisco Bay, they deserve to have water problems.

The article in the Wall Street Journal concludes:

Some farmers have also adapted by shifting production to high-value crops. Since 1992 cotton acreage has fallen by about 80%. Roughly 100,000 acres of alfalfa have been torn out in the last four years. Almond acreage has increased by a third over the last decade. While nut trees are water-intensive and cannot be removed from production in dry years, most were planted prior to the Delta’s pumping restrictions. New almond acreage has fallen by 80% since 2005.

In other words, farmers are responding to market forces, which conservatives ought to understand even if the concept is foreign in San Francisco’s Presidio.

Meanwhile, the Bay Area currently imports a large share of its pristine water (among the cheapest in the state) and some of its hydropower electricity from the glacial Hetch Hetchy valley in Yosemite. So its water isn’t diverted to protect fish. But imagine if the government mandated that Hetch Hetchy be restored to its pre-development state. Water and power rates would spike. Marijuana growers and distributors—cannabis consumes about twice as much water as lettuce—would shut down or (horrors) raise their prices.

That won’t happen because of the Bay Area’s clout in Washington and Sacramento. But farmers don’t pack the same punch, so they’re getting fed to the smelt.

This is another example of the state government compounding the previous mistakes of the federal government in order to make a bad situation worse. It’s not about doing what is best for everyone–it’s about who has the most clout in Washington. If we do not change that dynamic in the next election, all of us will be at the mercy or bureaucrats who have no idea of the unintended consequences of their actions.

Laws Gone Crazy posted a story today about the preparation California schools are currently making for new transgender laws in schools.

The article reports:

With a law that spells out the rights of transgender students in grades K-12 set to take effect in California, school districts are reviewing locker room layouts, scheduling sensitivity training for coaches, assessing who will sleep where during overnight field trips and reconsidering senior portrait dress codes.

But administrators, counselors, teachers and school board members also are watching and waiting. The law, the nation’s first requiring public schools to let children use sex-segregated facilities and participate in the gender-specific activities of their choice, could end up suspended within days of its Jan. 1 launch if a referendum to repeal it qualifies for the November ballot.

I don’t disagree with the idea of protecting transgender children from bullying or from being discriminated against, but I do wonder how a kindergarten child can be transgender. I have met very few kindergarten children who can make up their mind on such a complex issue.

Meanwhile, the children of and in the mainstream are being exposed to things in kindergarten and lower grades that they really don’t need to be exposed to.

The article reports:

“We don’t know what’s going to happen when kids come back from their holiday vacation,” said Republican state Sen. Steve Knight, who voted against the law. “Are there going to be 15-year-old girls talking in the bathroom and in walks a boy? What are they going to do? Scream? Run out?”

The California School Boards Association is acting on the assumption that the law will stand and that, even if it does not, existing state and federal anti-discrimination laws, as well as year-old California Interscholastic Federation rules under which athletes may petition to play on a sports team that does not correspond with their biological sex, already compel schools to accommodate transgender students.

The association has advised schools to handle requests on a case-by-case basis and with parental input, if possible, but to be prepared to make private changing arrangements both for transgender students and for classmates who might object to dressing with them.

I think it’s time for the rational parents in California to either home school their children or send them to private school. This is ridiculous. I wouldn’t want my teenage daughter to run the risk of having a boy walk in while she is using the ladies’ room. If he needs a separate facility, that is fine, but if he is still walking around with male equipment, he does not belong in the ladies’ room.

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The Central Valley Water Problem Is Still In The News

In 2010, I posted some pictures of my summer vacation (It’s my blog–I can do that). The pictures were of the California Central Valley, once the breadbasket of America, now a politically created dust bowl. This is one of the pictures:

Well, California Governor Jerry Brown is trying to change that. I don’t know how practical his plan is, but I love the fact that he is trying to change a really unfortunate situation.

Today’s Sacramento Bee reported that the state and federal water agencies that control most of Northern California’s water are negotiating the details of Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to build two massive water diversion tunnels in the Delta with 279 farm and urban water buyers. These contracts will govern those relationships – and extend the government’s obligation to provide water – for decades.

The article reports:

How the new contracts are shaped will affect water rates for millions of Californians. It also will change how taxpayers at large continue to subsidize the many dams and canals that deliver water.

The process is a kind of house-cleaning for the giant financial investment required to build the proposed tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. If the $25 billion project is approved next year, the state will be selling bonds for decades to pay for it; and the bond buyers, before committing, will want to see that the state has a solid contractual foundation with water agencies.

Meanwhile, today’s Wall Street Journal reports:

The U. S. Bureau of Reclamation this spring cut water deliveries to farmers and the two-thirds of Californians who live south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to between 20% and 35% of their contractual allocations. The reason? Because 300 three-inch smelt were caught int he pumps at the south end of the delta. Since smelt is designated “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, it’s being protected at literally all costs.

I am not a scientist, but common sense tells me that you don’t destroy the breadbasket of America for 300 fish. Governor Brown’s solution to the Central Valley’s water problem is very expensive. However, if the voters don’t kill the project because of the expense, the environmentalists will kill it because it will promote growth in an area that is losing people because of unemployment.

In the past four years I visited California about twice a year (my military children were stationed there). It is a beautiful state with a wonderful climate (I live in New England. To me, most other places have a wonderful climate). It was truly sad to drive through the Central Valley (on my way to a family reunion in Santa Rosa) and see the dust bowl that had once been abundant farms that supplied America’s food.

I have no idea whether or not Governor Brown’s plan is the answer to the water problems in the Central Valley. I am impressed, however, that at least he is looking at the problem and attempting to do something about it. Water in the Central Valley would do wonderful things for both the California economy and the California unemployment rate.

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It All Sounds So Sensible…

Yesterday the Los Angeles Times reported that California Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation aimed at taking handguns and assault rifles away from 20,000 Californians who acquired them legally but have since been disqualified from ownership because of a criminal conviction or serious mental illness.

Now on the surface, that sounds like a really good idea, but let’s take it apart for a minute. Who determines the disqualification? Can one person determine the disqualification?

The article reports:

“This bipartisan bill makes our communities safer by giving law enforcement the resources they need to get guns out of the hands of potentially dangerous individuals,” said Evan Westrup, a spokesman for the governor.

This law allows for confiscation of guns from ‘potentially dangerous individuals.’ Gun confiscation is definitely not part of America‘s tradition. I have recently posted a few articles that really make me wonder about what this law would be like down the road.

On April 6, I posted an article ( about a U.S. Army training instructor listing Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as examples of religious extremism along with Al Qaeda and Hamas during a briefing with an Army Reserve unit based in Pennsylvania, Would Christians have their guns confiscated under the California law because they were seen as ‘potentially dangerous?’

On April 12, I posted an article ( about a New York man who had his guns confiscated because his 10-year-old son talked to some his classmates about bringing a water gun, paintball gun, and BB gun with them to the house of a schoolyard bully. He was told he could get his guns back when his son is eighteen and moves out of his house. Needless to say, there is a lawsuit making its way through the courts.

On March 28, I posted an article ( about attempts to take Second Amendment rights away from America’s veterans.

There is a pattern here. The guns are being confiscated not only from criminals, but from law-abiding citizens deemed dangerous. The thing the lawmakers have forgotten here is that the guns most criminals have are not registered and they are not likely to be confiscated. Therefore, all you have done is to disarm law-abiding citizens because some authority considers them a threat. That is not a really good idea in a free society.Enhanced by Zemanta

What Do You Do When Your State Runs Out Of Money ? Borrow More For A New Project ! reported today that California legislature has approved selling $4.5 billion in voter-approved bonds that includes $2.6 billion to build an initial 130-mile stretch of the high-speed rail line in the Central Valley. That will allow the state to collect another $3.2 billion in federal funding that could have been rescinded if lawmakers failed to act Friday. California received more federal aid than expected after Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin turned down the money.

Included in the article are the following statements:

Before Friday’s vote, at least half a dozen Democrats in the 40-member Senate remained opposed, skeptical or uncommitted. Some were concerned about how the vote would impact their political futures, while others were wary about financing and management of the massive project.

One dissenter, Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, said public support had waned for the project, and there were too many questions about financing to complete it.

“Is there additional commitment of federal funds? There is not. Is there additional commitment of private funding? There is not. Is there a dedicated funding source that we can look to in the coming years? There is not,” Simitian said.

There is no financing to complete the problem–that is one of many reasons the other states turned it down! There is also the cultural element–this is California–the state with a massive highway system that exemplifies America’s love affair with the automobile. There is a cultural aspect of mass transportation that simply does not fit in with the California culture.

California has budget problems. It has had budget problems for many years. The public schools in California have cut art and music teachers from the curriculum in order to save money. To spend $4.5 billion on a high speed rail project that will need even more money to complete is simply not wise. Then there is the matter of whether or not the environmentalists will let it go forward even after construction has begun.

No wonder the state is going broke.

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An Amazing Quote

I missed this when it happened, so I am posting it now. The American, the online magazine of the American Enterprise Institute, posted the following on March 29th:

Gov. Jerry Brown defended his new campaign website’s characterization of his proposed tax increase as “a millionaires’ tax,” even though it hikes levies on people who make more than $250,000 per year.

“Anybody who makes $250,000 becomes a millionaire very quickly, if you save,” Brown told reporters in Sacramento on Wednesday.

Brown said he had not yet seen the site, although it was promoted by his Twitter feed earlier in the day. The site calls his plan “a millionaires’ tax that asks the richest Californians to pay their fair share to help fund public education and vital public services, pays down the debt we owe to schools, and does not raise income taxes on the poor or middle class.”

The proposal, which Brown wants to place on the November ballot, would hike levies on incomes of more than $250,000 for seven years, and include a quarter-cent sales tax increase for four years.

“It is a millionaires’ tax. It taxes millionaires,” Brown said, but assured reporters he would check on the campaign’s assertion. “I’ll take a look at it and make sure that it’s the most accurate it can be.”

This is an amazing quote–the only place $250,000 equals $1,000,000 is in the minds of government officials who want to take more money away from the people who earn it! Giving more money to government will not solve deficit problems–those in power will simply spend more and continue to go deeper in debt. At some point we need to realize–IT’S THE SPENDING, STUPID!!!!!!!

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December 24, 2010
I can't believe it's finally here! It's Christmas Eve (I should be wrapping presents, packing for Nashville, and packing for Haiti instead of blogging, but I couldn't resist) and I'm so excited! Tonight, I'm going to the Christmas Eve service at our church with my family and then off to my grandparent's for a delicious prime rib meal and lots of presents! More Christmases (2) tomorrow and then heading to Nashville to visit my Daddy! And then - Tuesday I leave for Haiti! It's going to be jam packed with lots of fun things and family and it's going to fly by! This year, I'm going to do my best to soak it all in and just remember how lucky I am and what this season is all about. Going back to Prosper I'm sure will help tremendously with this. I'm so excited to say goodbye to 2010 (such a great year for me) and say hello to 2011 on the side of a mountain in Haiti. It's going to be amazing and I am so looking forward to what this year has to hold. I love you all and hope you have a fantastic time with your loved ones!

Merry Christmas! See you next year :)

P.S. Since I won't be back to blogging until January 5th (or after) I have a few scheduled posts! Every year I make a recap of the year so I can look back, reflect, and remember all of the fun things!  The recaps will start on the 26th with the year 2004! It's going to be so fun (at least for me), so come back and enjoy! :)

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Every entrepreneur, big or small has to build their own brand. It’s the way to establish yourself in the minds of your customers. But the whole thing is not an easy process – it takes a lot of effort, time and thought to make sure you are creating the right impact to your target audience.

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Self-promotion on social media is very important to establish your brand. Linkedin is one of those social media platforms. Linkedin is very helpful in launching your presence as the platform is known as a database for budding professionals and established entrepreneurs. You definitely need to connect to those people!

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Srinagar, the capital city of Jammu & Kashmir is one of the most popular tourists destinations, acknowledged world-wide for its enchanting natural beauty. And, a visit to Srinagar is incomplete without a Shikara Ride. ‘Shikara’ is a narrow wooden boat used as a means of transportation on lakes by the local people, much representative of age-old tradition of Kashmir.The Shikara ride is a major tourist attraction and must to do activity while visiting Srinagar.

Shikara rides at Dal Lake and Nagin Lake gives an opportunity to soak into the spellbinding beauty of Kashmir, while moving slowly in the unique wooden carved boats. Seeing the graceful sunrise and sunset on Shikaras is a magical experience to cherish forever. The tourists get to see a floating world in form Shikaras being used for garnering aquatic vegetation, shops and markets on Shikara, and fishing.

Though Dal Lake is the hub of Shikara Rides, one can also take these rides to navigate the Nagin Lake, Nehru Park, Char Chinar, or to reach Hazratbal Mosque, Shalimar Bagh and, Nishat Bagh. The charges for Shikara rides vary from 500 to 1500 or above depending on the time duration spent on rides. So, if you visit Srinagar, do enjoy the eternal beauty of Kashmir through Shikara Rides in Srinagar.


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Salem City will be Participating in the Vote By Mail this year.
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Ballots Must be post marked by Monday November 6th.

Voting Service Center will be at the city office on Tuesday November 7th from 7:00a.m. to 8:00p.m. to help answer any questions or if you did not get a ballot.

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Diana Marie (Lanning) Shaft, 56, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, at home, surrounded by her children, grandchildren, and many friends. Diana was born Jan. 16, 1962, to Donald Ray Lanning and Dixie May (Bartley) Lanning. Diana married Gerald D. Shaft on Aug. 24, 1981. This union added two sons from Gerald’s previous marriage. Together, Diana and Gerald had a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth.

She attended school in Salina, graduating from South High with the class of 1980. Diana received a bachelor's degree in social work from Bethany College in Lindsborg, and her master's degree in social work from the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

Following college, Diana worked many years for SRS Child Protective Services. After completing her master's degree requirements, Diana became a school social worker, retiring from USD 305 in 2017.

Diana served on the board of directors of Central Kansas Mental Health Center and the Smoky Hill Association of Social Workers. She was honored to be named Social Worker of the Year and received the lifetime achievement award from the Smoky Hill Association Of Social Workers. She served on many other boards and committees over the years. Diana never met a stranger and saw the good in everyone. She loved being a social worker and did not consider it a job but more of a calling.

Survivors: husband, Gerald; sons, Travis Jeffrey Shaft (Kathryn Brooks) and Trenton James Shaft (Erin Maili); daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Shaft; mother, Dixie May Lanning; brother, David John Lanning; and granddaughters, Khendal Lane, Natalie Adair, Brynn Addison, Elin Brooks, Paige Harper and Stevie Grace.

Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 901 E. Neal, Salina.

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African leopards are lighter in color and their rosettes are smaller and set closer together. Asian leopards are darker in color and have larger rosettes. The rosette may have a spot in the center. The leopard’s spotted coat helps to hide the cat as it hunts in wooded grasslands. The leopard’s spots are small rosettes and lack the additional spot of color inside the rosette of the jaguar. Leopards spend a lot of time in trees and are built for climbing. Their shoulder blades are positioned to the side to make them better climbers.

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Miscarriage Support

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We offer a wide range of services to support those facing tough times of change, loss, trauma and grief - whatever the cause, and whatever their age. We also equip, train and support those wanting to assist them, such as friends or family members, community volunteers and professionals.
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Grief Relief, Wellington/Hutt Valley

Experienced and knowledgeable support for parents, families, whanau and others bereaved by the death of a child, of any age or gestation, from any cause, at any time, on any aspect. Support is available face-to-face locally or phone or skype nationally. Three sessions free for families in Wellington and Hutt Valley who used Harbour City, Wilson or Guardian Funeral Homes. Contact: Claire Laurenson at (04) 970-1222 or
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Grief Centre, Auckland

At the Grief Centre, we provide support, advice & counselling to help those affected by grief and loss. The Death of a loved one shifts the whole foundation of our life. Nothing is as it was. Even what was most familiar, seems in a strange way unfamiliar. It is as though we have to learn a new language, a new way of being. Even the face in the mirror sometimes seems the face of a stranger.
The Grief Centre offers Support Groups, and Training Courses.
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SIDS and Kids

SIDS and Kids is a national organisation of parents, families and friends of children who have died suddenly and/or unexpectedly of any cause including SIDS.
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Forever Present - A gift from Pema & Isla

Care packages for families affected by sudden infant death in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Waipukurau Sids NZ Support Meeting

Runs a support meeting for anyone who has experienced the loss of a baby. Meetings are held on the third Sunday of the month. Please phone 0800 164455 or Andrea Todd (06) 858-5268 or Racheal Berkahn (06) 858-9681.

Baby Loss NZ

Baby Loss NZ are set up to support parents and their families who live in Manukau and greater Auckland to Thames/Piako and have experienced the death of a baby during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy. We also support parents facing the difficult decision following a poor prognosis. Baby Loss NZ primarily supports our local hospital - Middlemore - educating staff on the experience of baby loss and providing support items for them to give to parents. Call Sarah on (09) 530-9077 or 027 872-6901
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Dunedin Baby Bereavment Group

Monthly support meetings on the last Tuesday of the month, 10am-12pm, held at the Hope and Sons Bereavement Support Services, 18 Bay View Road, Dunedin.
Contact: Sarah Barton on (03) 476-4126 or
Rose Scott (03) 472-8048 or
Helen Muir on (03) 455-425

International Support:

International Stillbirth Alliance

The International Stillbirth Alliance (ISA), a non-profit coalition of organizations dedicated to understanding the causes and prevention of stillbirth. Its mission is to raise awareness, educate on recommended precautionary practices and facilitate research on the prevention of stillbirth. ISA serves as a centralized resource for sharing information and connecting organisations and individuals.

Australia & New Zealand Stillbirth Alliance
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Sids & Kids Australia

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Astrology for Foreign Settlement

The possibility of foreign settlement is concluded through the position of Rahu, Shani (saturn) and 12 Bhavs that are mentioned in their kundalis. Astrological measures can eliminate every hindrance in relation to going abroad like family differences, business settlement, job opportunity and permanent or temporary settlement there.  Dasha, antardasha and gochar are the prime indicators that convey an astrologer about the conflicts between married couple due to which both have to remain separate. Small astrological measures should be implemented such as recitation of mantra relating to troubling planets and wearing gems as per suggestion of an expert astrologer.


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Southern Appalachian Nature Photographers

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Knoxville, TN 37930-2324

For information about the club, email info@sanp.net.

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High Rise by Laura Capozzola, HM, 2017 Salon, Altered Nature Category.

Southern Appalachian Nature Photographers --

Sharing the Awareness of Nature through Photography

Next Meeting--October 30

On October 30, Jerry Whaley will show his presentation entitled, “The Range of Light in the Smokies.” Join us for an exciting evening with Jerry Whaley!

Read more about Jerry and this program on the Events page and in the October 2018 issue of the SANP newsletter.

New Location:
Ramsey Cascades Room in the Watershed Building at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church. The church is located at 9132 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37923. Read more about the new meeting location in the July issue of the SANP newsletter.

Become a Member

Membership dues for 2018 were due May 1, 2018. To join, complete our membership form and mail to Southern Appalachian Nature Photographers, Attention Allan Glazer (email SANPmem@gmail.com), 2241 Breakwater Dr, Knoxville, TN 37922.

Dues for the fiscal year 2019, which begins on January 1, 2019, are payable beginning in January 2019.

2019 Salon

Based on the newly approved SANP Bylaws, to be eligible for the 2019 Salon, you must have paid your membership for 2018 in full by December 31, 2018. The current issue of the SANP Newsletter (October 2018) has the most up-to-date list of those who have paid their membership fees this year.

Reminder to SANP Members:

Do you have a great photo experience you want to share with fellow club members? If so, please send your photo and the story behind it to info@sanp.net. We will try to feature it in the newsletter as soon as we can.

Remember, to use your photos on the website or in the newsletter other than those submitted to the Salon, we need an email addressed to info@sanp.net granting permission. So please send us one if you haven't already done so.


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Friday, January 16, 2009

Teachers Day

Teachers' Day in Thai language My two great kids with me...... Early morning we attended a teachers' day celebration here in Hatyai, Thailand. We need to be present because we are required to do so, and we had seen how they give honor to all Thai teachers, giving them gifts and more. However, I felt bored because we (me and my hubby) don't understand their language. Yet their action speaks. Teachers are really given importance by the authorities especially in the government. Right after the ceremony we went home and prepared for a sports' fest. Can you imagine teachers having different squads and dancing while shouting their yells? They look like students with their attire, playing drums and other paraphernalia for their songs and yells. I really love taking photos while they perform. It doesn't matter whether we understand the language or not but the thing is, they are cute and they perform with gusto. Can you imagine the teachers performing with gusto? They are cute. Games for teachers to enjoy Even our kids enjoy while watching teachers playing a lot of games. I was supposed to join in the eating contest which is so different from ours in the Phil. but I wasn't able to join because my students are coming to the center and they wanted to finish the course. So I don't have any choice. Anyway, I'd been there seeing all the teachers in their different-fabulous attire, and playing just like, it's fun and we enjoy. It's a great day!

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Jenkintown, PA -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/22/2016 -- Throughout the month of February, Dr. Genter and the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center are offering an unprecedented number of specials on injectables, plastic surgery and more. The Center, in operation since 1988, has a sterling reputation in the Philadelphia area for perfect results and flawless treatments that rejuvenate clients of all ages. This month, patients are encouraged to take advantage of any number of sweetheart deals at the center to get their best face and body.

This month, Dr. Genter offers his ever-popular injectables packages, which target different problem areas like forehead wrinkles, crow's feet and lips. In addition, this month Dr. Genter is offering a "zone" special on the lower part of the face. Known as the "pink zone," this area is prone to issues such as lips that lose volume, chin lines, nasolabial lines and other issues. Using Belotero and Juvederm, Dr. Genter fills in moderate to severe lines that have been etched into the pink zone over time, creating a plump, firm and youthful appearance.

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Residency decision for Czech smuggler under urgent review

Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway is urgently reviewing his decision to grant residency to a Czech drug smuggler after receiving "new information".

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Jan Antolik, also known as Karel Sroubek, was given New Zealand residency despite currently serving time in prison for importing about 5kg of MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy.

However Mr Lees-Galloway told Parliament on Wednesday he had become aware of potentially new details which appeared to directly contradict information he'd relied upon to make his decision.

"I am now taking advice on my options and need to consider the veracity of the new information that has been made available to me."

The minister has previously refused to discuss the reasoning behind his decision, but past news reports would suggest there could be a risk to Sroubek's life if he returned to the Czech Republic.

In Parliament today National said he had been back to the Czech Republic since the early 2000s.

National leader Simon Bridges told reporters if the "remarkable" story was true, it appeared the Minister had been "duped".

"If you say this is some form of humanitarian basis because he can't go back because maybe he's scared, well, he did just that - he went back, he wasn't scared.

"They know they've got no good reason. They were duped. They were naive."

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has defended Mr Lees-Galloway, saying the minister had to rely on the information provided to him by officials at the time.

Mr Lees-Galloway told reporters he would be making no further comment until after he'd received further advice and checked the veracity of the new information.

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Let’s Go JoJo! #3 – Meet the Gangster Behind the Wall

Giorno may have Bucciarati's approval but to truly join the Stand-powered syndicate running Naples he'll have to complete the task set to him by the corpulent convict that is Polpo. Is it as simple as it looks? Or is there a darker purpose hidden within? Speaking of challenges we do our utmost to cover the remaining slate of weekly airing anime, staying on theme with serial killers escaping via minecart in Golden Kamuy, the usual suspects in Double Decker and twice the helping of murderous puppets in Karakuri Circus and Thunderbolt Fantasy. Hello Clarice!

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If you walk through a temple such as a church or mosque its template is typically pretty obvious if you stop to think about it, being that its plan is based on longstanding religious tradition. The meaning of older templates might not be so clear if the tradition has been broken or we have somehow lost the plot with the passage of time.

Modern building templates tend to respond to the practical needs of their owners, occupants or in some cases, the egos of their architects, rather than embodying celestial order as above, so below. However, there are many notable exceptions.

Lately I have been studying Asian architecture and urban design, and have noticed similarities between Angkor Wat and the Forbidden City.

Angkor Wat Forbidden City

The have roughly the same proportions and, similar but slightly different dimensions. Angkor Wat is ~888×1111 meters, not including its moat. The Forbidden City is ~888×1111 meters including its moat.

This comparison visually reminded me of a stereogram art piece I made back in 2010 called “Chasing Isis”.

Chasing Isis (object array stereogram)
Chasing Isis (object array stereogram)

Try staring unfocused at the pair of images until a third image appears in between the two images in your mind’s eye. Find this image in your perception and then slowly bring it into focus. When you see it clearly, it will be an unmistakeable Eureka! You will perceive an extra dimension of depth. I find stereograms like this a wonderful analogy for higher dimensions and the unseen realms that remain secretly hidden in plain sight until you perceive them.

Once you’ve got it, try moving your head very slightly from side to side to accentuate the parallax effect. I’ve written many articles about stereograms in my “Beyond Photoshop” column in Photoshop User magazine (I’ve written 62 articles there since 2007).

Taking a closer look at Angkor Wat, I see that the center of the sanctuary is located by the apex of a triangle whose slope angles measure 51°51′. The proportions of the island are 6:5 and at that scale, the faces of the “pyramid” have the proportion of 5.555 and the distance from the apex to the base of the island is 3.141, recalling π.

Angkor Wat geometric analysis
Angkor Wat geometric analysis

The ancient Egyptian template for the Great Pyramid also encodes π and 51°51′.

Thirteen Moons from Quantification
“Thirteen Moons” from Quantification

The Forbidden City uses a different template that appears to me to be based on the 3-4-5 triangle and its squares. The 3-4-5 triangle has the slope angle of 53°8′ and the apex of two back-to-back triangles locates the Hall of Preserving Harmony at the center of the Forbidden City.

The template shows that the dimensions of the squares are 3, 4, and 5 units. At this scale the gap between the apex of the “pyramid” and the 3×3 square measures .333 units and the gap between the intersections of the arcs and the 4×4 square measures .33 units. That’s a lot of Threes!

The Forbidden City template
The Forbidden City template

There are numerous geometric correlations between this template and the Forbidden City. Take a closer look.

Forbidden City geometric analysis
Forbidden City geometric analysis

Where have I seen squares measuring 3, 4, and 5 units on edge before? Oh yes, that’s Euclid’s 47th proposition. You remember, a squared plus b squared equals c squared?

Pythagoras' triangle
Pythagoras’ triangle

I know, really boring right? Well Euclid’s propositions can actually be quite entertaining or frustrating as the case may be. I couldn’t figure out Level 20 but sure had some geeky fun getting there.

Gary Osborn, Nicolas Poussin and John Michell taught me that the humble 3-4-5 triangle encodes the true proportions of the Earth and Moon…

Extended implications of Euclid's Proposition 47
The larger implications of Euclid’s Proposition 47

…and the tilt of the Earth.

The 3-4-5 triangle encodes the Earth's obliquity
The 3-4-5 triangle encodes the Earth’s obliquity

There is also this equation:

I’ve also shown how the 3-4-5 triangle and the golden rectangle encode the location of Dendera, the birthplace of Isis…

"Birthplace of Isis" from Quantification
“Birthplace of Isis” from Quantification

…and correlates with magic squares and their planetary associations:

"3-4-5 Magic"
“3-4-5 Magic”

Freemason writers such as Frank Higgins accorded the 3-4-5 triangle Egyptian significance by correlating it with Osiris, Isis and Horus. The squares planetary associations match the gods. Osiris = Saturn, Isis = Jupiter and Horus = Mars.

The 3-4-5 triangle is another ancient Egyptian template.

This just in…Urban Asplund says the dimension 888x1111m shared at Angkor Wat and the Forbidden City is suspiciously close to π squared times 100,000. In fact it is 99.98% the same. That is interesting not only because of π in Angkor Wat’s template but also because it measures 3141 km from Angkor Wat, Cambodia to Ellora, India. Here is how it looks when we connect the dots and continue hacking the world matrix:

Angkor Wat Greater Pyramid
Angkor Wat Greater Pyramid

The distance from the Forbidden City to Angkor Wat is 99% equal to the distance from Ellora to Angkor Wat, so we essentially have an isosceles triangle draped on the spherical geometry of the Earth. Mount Everest is on the base of this “greater pyramid”.

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  1. I appreciate the amount of math that went into this, but that last triangle is a stretch. If they perfectly lined up, I’d be on board, but it looks to me like you’ve chose three monuments that exists in the same hemisphere and tried your hardest to make them fit.

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Feb 28, 2017 04:57PM ● By Leland Rucker

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I understand you’re trying to put the fear of God into the cannabis industry in states where it’s legal, strutting your new AG feathers with some big talk about how the Feds, or as you call them, the Adults, are gonna flex their muscles and teach us a lesson.

States’ rights? Not applicable here, Mr. Republican?

Fact is, now that Colorado and other states have decided not to support your expensive, stupid failure, the War on Drugs, the industry is run by mostly good people trying, yes, to make a living in an atmosphere complicated by people like yourself trying to create policy based on your belief system rather than actual knowledge. You don’t know what you think you know.

You could have done something positive. You could have said that you’re interested in finding out more about cannabis, since it’s not been studied in the US for decades because of federal restrictions. You could have said that you support research into why one in seven Americans, at least, use the plant. You could have said that you want to work with states, to meet elected officials and industry people and find out what’s really going on.

Nah. “I don’t think America is going to be a better place when more people of all ages and particularly young people start smoking pot.” Dude, that ship has already sailed. This isn’t a partisan issue. Millions of Americans use marijuana openly and proudly, and millions more use it privately. Are you really saying that one in every seven or eight Americans are bad people?

Does it even cross your mind that Republicans use marijuana, too? More than 60 percent of Americans express support for legalized cannabis for adults in any poll you care to look at. That’s more than 15 percent higher than the percentage of Americans who voted for your boss. Hello in there.

“I believe it’s an unhealthy practice, and current levels of THC in marijuana are very high compared to what they were a few years ago, and we’re seeing real violence around that.” Higher THC levels are causing “real violence?” Were it true, that would be major news. If it were legal in other states that border ours, they wouldn’t have any of the “violence” you’re talking about. And please, let us know where you got that information. 45 just said this week that he doesn’t like unnamed sources.

You could listen to the growing numbers of your former colleagues in Congress who support legislation that would clear up the banking situation for businesses in their states. You’re collecting federal taxes from these businesses even though they’re, as you say, bad people. You pine for the days of Nancy Reagan and Just Say No. Does it even dawn on you that the kids who went through that program are the marijuana users of today?

You say you’re worried about teen use. But Gov. Hickenlooper, on Meet the Press Sunday, said that’s steady in our state and in some cases down from previous times. How will cracking down protect teens?

Why disrupt an experiment that has even won over our anti-pot governor in Colorado, provided jobs and pumped billions into state and local economies and put thousands of residents to work, just because you believe good people don’t use cannabis? Taxes collected in Colorado won’t save or sink the economy. It’s only a tiny percentage of the state budget. But $200 million dollars is enough to fund scientists to learn more about cannabis and its effects and educate adults and teens about its use. Certainly it’s better than turning a billion-dollar-a-year business back over to the cartels or whoever chooses to provide cannabis to Americans who are going to use it no matter what.

Almost ninety percent of Americans support medical marijuana. Make a date with Sean Spicer and both your staffs and watch a Sanjay Gupta CNN Weed special on veterans with PTSD finding relief with cannabis. Talk about the opioid crisis with someone besides the pharmaceutical industry, study it, instead of merely blaming something that has nothing to do with it.

In spite of 45’s pronouncements about murder, crime is not on the rise in the United States. It isn’t because of Barack Obama, or the Dems, or the Republicans, it’s just a fact. Which means that you’re gonna need some culprits to be the Law and Order administration.

You’ve recently said that the federal government will reverse course and begin to employ private prisons. Since those places succeed only if they’re full – several have been closed or consolidated here in Colorado, by the way -- you just may need someone to keep them full, and what better than bad people (hombres, dudes) who use marijuana. Sad. -- Leland Rucker

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Sex Addiction Is Real And Made My Life Hell

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Sexual addiction came under fire recently as a slew of VIPs, who are reportedly sexual offenders, checked themselves in inside expensive rehabilitation centers claiming they’re plagued by the sexual addiction to the outraged cry of the public. Even among doctors and therapists, the hotly debated question is – IS SEXUAL ADDICTION REAL? Or is it just an uncomplicated scapegoat for celebrities and other royalties, sexual offenders whose acts have been exposed?

Well, a man tells his side of this story.

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VIP Sex Offenders And Hypersexuality: A True Addiction, A Misconstrued Crime or An Easy Excuse?

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The recent surge of news about celebrities, politicians and Hollywood bigwigs accused of various sex offence cases around the country puts hypersexuality – better known as sexual addiction – under the limelight. While these VIPs – House of Cards star Kevin Spacey and Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein among them – and their therapists insist that they’re suffering sex addicts, the public cries foul saying they’re just making lame excuses to cover their sex crimes. Even therapists and medical experts are at odds about this condition.

Hypersexuality: which is which?

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Are You A Sexual Addict?

Finding out that you have a sexual addiction can be frustrating. It can turn your world upside down. There will be days when you could not stop thinking how this habit can affect the way your loved ones see you. You would feel scared about what may happen in the future. At the same time, it will be difficult for you to address the problem right away. It may seem that the world is coming to an end, but the truth is that you can still get over that addiction.

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Sex Addiction And Its Impact On Relationships

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Abraham Maslow explained that sex is a physiological need and relevant to human survival. True to its statement, without engaging in sexual acts, the human species will become extinct.

Nonetheless, this behavior can also be considered as an abnormal manifestation of a mental problem where in the sexual acts become more incessant and occurring anytime, place and with other persons other than one’s partner, not to exhibit love but more on the release of inhibitions. Psychologists link it to a history of sexual abuse such as rape, child molestation, or mood disorders.

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Understanding Sexual Addiction

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Based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, sex is considered a basic human need. Both men and women desire for it more than others, even though sex is normally seen as something natural. The excessive preoccupation with sex might be disruptive to one’s everyday life. A person with increased desire for sexual acts is said to have a sexual addiction.

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Talking About Your Sex Addiction

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Honest self-disclosure with someone is never an easy thing, whether it be to someone close to you or someone on the outside. Talking to someone about an addiction, and in particular, a sexual addiction, is extremely tough, but the end result is the help needed to overcome the addiction. While it sounds incredibly daunting and overwhelming, it can be accomplished in several steps.

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The Casualties of Pleasure: Reality vs Fantasy

Mental illnesses impact not only the life of the person suffering from the illnesses but those around them. To understand how people are affected by those with sexual addictions, it is important to understand the criteria for a sexual addiction. Sexual addictions can cover many behaviors that the addict cannot restrain from doing, from online viewing of pornography to rape, frequent masturbation to excessive and compulsive sexual intercourse, and everything in between. Any sexual behavior that is nearly impossible to control for a person is a sexual addiction. With this in mind, we can now begin to understand who this mental illness affects and how.

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4 Ways A Sexual Addiction Can Destroy A Relationship

While there are many negative effects of having a sexual addiction, possibly the most painful is the effect it can have on relationships. For some couples, an addiction like this can be easy to dismiss. After all, how serious can a sex addiction really be? The truth is that it is a very serious addiction. Though the effects that the addiction have on the relationship may not show up at first, eventually they will rear their ugly heads and the impact of this can be devastating.

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5 Well Known Oncologists In France

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Radiation oncology has emerged as one of the most reliable ways of treating cancer. Over the years, it has grown in popularity to become one of the world’s leading cancer treatment methods. This is mainly owed to the numerous benefits that are associated with it. It is one of the best options for treating cancer, others being medical and surgical oncology. Sometimes it may be used independently, but it may also be combined with other forms of treating cancer for purposes of optimising the treatment results. For example, it may be combined with surgical oncology in special cases where it works as a continued treatment option.

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Being an advanced form of treating cancer, it is generally available in developed countries. France is one of the countries in the world with a wide pool of hospitals that offer radiation oncology as one of the means of treating cancer. It is also one of the leading countries in the treatment of cancer using radiation oncology and other high profile methods of treating the condition. The country is also home to some of the best oncologists in the world. suppose you want to learn more about the leading oncologists that the country is home to, you can do well to look at the information provided below.

Dr Marc Maidenberg

“Dr Marc Maidenberg”

He is among the most important experts at the Clinique de L’Alma, a reputable cancer treatment centre in France. He is charge of overseeing the treatment of cancer patients at the centre. His credentials have enabled him to ascend to such a position. Most notably, he has immense experience in urological surgery and has worked on many radiation oncology cases in France.

Dr Marc Bollet

“Dr Marc Bollet”

He is one of the most revered oncology experts in all of France. His credentials are beyond all the names stated here. Dr Bollet also enjoys global recognition based on his unmatched contribution to the global fight against cancer. In particular, he is held in high esteem for his sophisticated tool for the treatment of cancer, the stereotactic technique which is used extensively in all parts of the world for treatment high precision cancer cases. Shortly after completing his advanced studies, he was able to serve as a fellow in various globally revered institution around Europe. Today, he is an expert who provides training and research skills in oncology centres around the world especially in France where he is based. There is more to this man than just teaching and spearheading the treatment of cancer using advanced techniques. He is a pioneer of the cancer fraternity in France.

Dr Sarah Dauchy

“Dr Sarah Dauchy”

She is a specialist at one of the most renowned cancer treatment centres in the country. Dr Dauchy works an overseer at the Gustave Rousy Institute of Oncology. The centre is renowned for providing integrated radiation oncology, a feat which has made it highly recognised today.

Dr Assouline Avi

“Dr Assouline Avi”

A specialist who offers cancerology services. He has a high level of experience in the field and has risen among the ranks at the American Hospital of Paris. Dr Assouline contributes greatly to advancement of the treatment of cancer in all of France. He provides expertise in the department of cancerology where he is responsible for assisting patients living with all kinds of cancer to find the right treatment.

Dr Renoux Jerome

“Dr Renoux Jerome”

He is another iconic figure of the American Hospital of Paris in France. His services are mainly available in the field of radiology. Therefore, he is a prolific expert who helps cancer patients to receive the right radiation therapy as often as the need arises. He is able to oversee the administration of even the most sophisticated cases of radiation oncology.

These are the most distinguished figures of the French cancer fraternity. Each of them has been a major player in the fight against cancer. Even though several other medical doctors could have made this list, these names have earned stripes that distinguish them from other medical practitioners. It is important to note that France as one of the leaders in the fight against the cancer, is actually home to many experts in all fields of cancer.

Therefore, it is practically impossible to exhaust the list of radiation oncology experts that the country boasts of.

The Société Française Radiation Oncology is an organisation that is concerned with the provision of information about radiation oncology.

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