I love your gorgeous dishes and glasses. I would love eating at this table for sure. So happy you shared at Dishing it and Digging it link party. We love having you. Have a great week.
Loving your rich pretty Fleur de lis tablescape. Perfectly Alfresco with touches of pretty in pink. What a bargain for those goblets. Those plates are lovely Valerie. You always find the best deals. A beautiful setting to enjoy your alfresco living. Again, thanks for sharing your beautiful Alfresco tablescape at DI&DI.
Oh la la! The plates are gorgeous, and that flatware is stunning!! What a beautiful alfresco setting you've created Valerie, so romantic, so French!
What a pretty table! I love those pink goblets! Don't we often look back and wish we'd taken better advantage of a sale like that? I wish there was a PB or a Home Goods store close to me, I do enjoy visiting them when I get a chance.
Such a fun table. The chargers are particularly unique and add that something special.
Well nhow, isn't this VERY "pretty in pink"!!! The goblets are so pretty!! You have me curious as to how you could use them at Halloween!!! The whole setting is so light and welcoming. I'll be right over to share a glass of that sparkling lemonade!
Lovely, cheerful, feminine table with all of the right touches. I am totally in love with that flatware!
I had the pleasure of shopping at Home Goods while I was in Atlanta, it was amazing. What's also amazing is this beautiful summery tablescape. Those dessert/salad plates are gorgeous!


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CNN: Obama Was Israel's Greatest Security Ally Ever
Alex Xenos
May 22nd, 2017 2:39 PM
With President Trump visiting Israel Monday, the media have been pushing the narrative that President Obama was Israel's protector, literally (see headlines below). On Tuesday, CNN political analyst David Gregory and global affairs analyst Tony Blinken were eager to assert that President Obama was Israel's greatest ally in regard to security.
MSNBC Opens Inauguration....By Touting Obama; 'Elevated the Office'
Roughly five minutes into MSNBC's Inauguration coverage, host Brian Williams switched gears from discussing Donald Trump becoming President to mythologizing President Obama for having "elevated the office...improved by touching the office and shown great respect for the office he's the custodian of."
'Just Look at Him!'; Matthews Offers a Final Gush on 'Fine Man' Obama
Yes, it's as bad as you think it was. On Wednesday, MSNBC's Hardball host Chris Matthews allowed himself to have his knees quake one last time, paying tribute to President Obama, who he deemed "a fine man" offering unparalleled levels of "sentiment," "temperament," and "optimism." "To say that no person can make a difference, I give you the fine case of that fine man, Barack Obama," Matthews…
Pelley Swoons Obama 'Is Not Going Gently into that Good Night'
Prior to President Obama's final press conference, CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley seized the opportunity to gush that Obama "will be leaving the presidency in less than 46 hours and he is not going gently into that good night."
FNC Panel Excoriates Obama's 'Disgraceful,' 'Radical' Manning Decision
On Tuesday night, the panel on FNC's Special Report tore into President Obama's "bizarre" decision to commute Chelsea Manning's sentence as "an absolute disgrace" that "does tremendous damage going forward because it incentivizes leaks." This was in contrast to CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, who reported that "[t]he Obama presidency is ending on a note of forgiveness" and "mercy."
Tapper Notes WH Used to Be 'Angry' and Outraged' by Manning
In the moments after President Obama commuted the sentence of convicted criminal Chelsea Manning on Tuesday, CNN's Jake Tapper, host of The Lead, vocalized this disconnect between the White House's actions versus how they felt when Manning first handed over stolen government documents to WikiLeaks.
NBC's 'Dateline' Obama Hour Special — All Gush, Censors Scandals
Friday's edition of Dateline NBC featured the long-planned hour-long special Reality of Hope dedicated to outgoing President Barack Obama and, naturally, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt stayed clear of all Obama scandals in lieu of gush over his so-called accomplishments.
Will Trump End the Media's White House Daily Briefing?
Jeffrey Lord
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will leave office after eight years of strutting even while sitting down, preening even while standing up, swanking while playing 18 holes. Yet he remains the first president in American history to cast no shadow. President Jimmy Carter cast a pale and minuscule shadow. President Lyndon Johnson cast an obscene shadow. But Obama leaves absolutely no shadow, even…
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The Piranhas hailed from England's south coast — a charming, idiosyncratic quintet with thick accents, funny lyrics and a jaundiced attitude that led to such neurotic numbers as "Getting Beaten Up," "I Don't Want My Body" and "Green Don't Suit Me." The music is mostly good-natured ska — in the general direction of early Madness or Bad Manners — though a number of the tracks fall well outside the genre, some recalling spy-movie soundtracks from the '60s. The Piranhas are likable, and smart enough to be a lot more than mere fun.


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The ECtHR judgment Broda and Bojara on the premature termination of Polish court (vice) presidents
A few weeks after the ECtHR first stepped into the ring for the fight against rule of law backsliding in Poland via its Xero Flor judgment (also discussed here), it has now dealt a new blow to the Polish judicial reforms. In its Broda and Bojara ruling, the issue at hand was not the composition of the Constitutional Court, but the termination of judges' mandates as court (vice) president. In its judgment, the Court showed once more its commitment to the safeguarding of domestic judges and the procedural protection they should enjoy. Yet, one can wonder whether the judgment will really have an impact and if it is not too little too late.
Mariusz Broda and Alina Bojara were both vice president in the regional court of Kielce. Their mandate, which was supposed to last for six years, started in April and October 2014 respectively. However, in January 2018, they got a letter from the Ministry of Justice, informing them that their mandate had been terminated. The legal basis for this decision was to be found in Article 17 of the Act of 12 July 2017 on the Organisation of Ordinary Courts, which for six months gave the Minister of Justice the power to terminate the mandate of court (vice) presidents, without having to state reasons. During those six months, a total of 158 presidents and vice presidents were dismissed and replaced, among which Broda and Bojara. Since the law did not provide for a judicial remedy for this dismissal, they both appealed to the Strasbourg Court, arguing that their right of access to a court under Article 6(1) ECHR had been violated.
Access to court
The two most salient points in this judgment are first whether the two applicants could rely on a right that was of a civil nature and, if so, secondly whether their right of access to a court had been violated.
As far as this first issue is concerned, the Court refers to the Polish law at the time of their taking office, which stated that vice presidents were normally appointed for a six-year mandate. Moreover, by virtue of the principles of judicial independence and irremovability of judges, enshrined in the Polish Constitution, judges were in principle protected to complete these mandates. Since the 2017 Act could not retroactively wipe out the rights that the applicants could rely on at the time of their taking office, the majority – as opposed to dissenting judge Wojtyczek – concludes that the two applicants indeed enjoyed a right to complete their mandates as vice president.
To decide whether this right was of a civil nature, the Court turns to its well-known Eskelinen criteria. A dispute between a civil servant – including judges (see Baka §104) – and the state will be seen as civil in nature, unless national legislation expressly excludes access to a court and justifies this exclusion on objective grounds in the interest of the state. Even though the Court indicates that it is not convinced that the Polish legislation expressly excluded access to a court for the applicants, it does not rule on that issue since it holds that the exclusion had in any case not been justified on objective grounds.
In that respect, the Court points to the particular role that domestic courts play as guardians of justice and the rule of law. Given this crucial task, the Court is particularly attentive when their status or career are on the line. It also means that the special bond of loyalty and trust that must ordinarily exist between a civil servant and the state is not easily applicable to the members of the judiciary. Judges must function as a check on the government and should as such enjoy sufficient independence. According to the Court, it would be illusory to believe that judges are able to uphold the principle of the rule of law when they themselves are deprived of the protection of the Convention when issues that touch directly upon their independence are at stake. Judges must be able to enjoy protection against arbitrariness by the executive and legislative powers and only oversight by an independent judicial body of the legality of such decisions is able to render such a protection effective. Thus, based on the particular status of judges, the Court holds that the exclusion of access to a court is not justified on objective grounds in the interest of the state. Consequently, the right in question of the two applicants is civil in nature.
With Article 6(1) ECHR being found applicable, the second issue is whether it has been violated. Even though the right of access to a court is not absolute, it cannot be restricted in a way that impairs the essence of that right. Here, the Court points out that there were no domestic remedies available against the decisions of the Minister to terminate a mandate as court (vice) president. Moreover, the Minister could decide whether to make use of this power at his own discretion and did not even have to state reasons for his decisions, nor was there another independent body involved in the process. In such circumstances, the applicants could very well fear an element of arbitrariness in the Minister's decisions. In other words, the termination of the mandates took place on the basis of legislative provisions which appear to be at odds with the requirements of the rule of law. Stressing once more the importance of judicial independence, the Court concludes that the Polish legislative framework undermined the essence of the right of access to a court, finding a violation of Article 6(1) ECHR.
Compensation but no reinstatement
The Broda and Bojara judgment can be placed in a – by now already rather impressive – list of rulings that denounce the Polish reforms of the judicial system. The Court states in no unclear terms that the legislative framework that allowed the Minister of Justice to terminate judicial mandates at will without any subsequent judicial oversight is incompatible with Article 6(1) ECHR and the rule of law.
In this regard, the case is reminiscent of the well-known Baka judgment, but with the important difference that the legislative measure in question was of a general nature, affecting all court (vice) presidents in Poland, rather than a piece of ad hominem legislation. In the Broda and Bojara case, the incompatibility with the principle of the rule of law stems from the unfettered discretion that was afforded to the Minister. Rather, Broda and Bojara may be more closely related to the more recent judgments of Eminağaoğlu and Bilgen. In those two cases the Court had to rule whether the absence of any judicial review of decisions by the Turkish High Council of Judges – in casu a disciplinary sanction and a non-consensual transfer – was in conformity with the right of access to a court. In its judgments, the Court unanimously found a violation of Article 6(1) ECHR in these cases, on the basis of a very similar reasoning.
At this point, one can wonder whether it is still possible to satisfy both Eskelinen-criteria when judges are concerned. As the Court mentions itself, the increased importance it attaches to the principles of the rule of law, separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary, lead it to be particularly attentive for the protection of judges when their status or career are concerned. When one reads the Courts reasoning in this case and the stress it puts on judicial independence, it would seem rather unlikely that it will still accept an exclusion of access to a court as being justified on objective grounds in the interest of the state. Elsewhere, a similar remark was already made regarding the Eminağaoğlu and Bilgen judgments.
Yet, the Court goes somewhat further here. In Eminağaoğlu and Bilgen the Court simply came to the conclusion that the absence of judicial review implied that the right of access to a court had been impaired in its essence. In other words, the applicability of Article 6(1) ECHR in a context where there was no possibility of judicial review sufficed to find a violation. In Broda and Bojara, by contrast, the Court does not stop there, but adds several further considerations on the principle of judicial independence and the importance of procedural protection for judges.
In general, this judgment contains an overview of all the recent case law on judicial independence and the procedural safeguards that judges should enjoy. It should be possible to bring measures that are liable to infringe on the independence of judges before a court, which can provide a sufficiently serious review, not being limited to mere formal issues (on that: Kövesi). As such, it is clear that a system that granted unfettered discretion to a Minister to terminate mandates as court (vice) president without any judicial oversight is clearly incompatible with the Convention.
One can, however, be sceptical about the real impact of this judgment. As opposed to Xero Flor, this ruling does not immediately appear to have any structural consequences (though one can also wonder what exactly will be the result of that "non-existent" ruling). Since the power of the Minister to end the mandates was limited to six months, the judgment appears to have little bearing on the current situation. Polish judges that have seen their mandate terminated, but who haven't already lodged a case before the Strasbourg Court will most likely see their case dismissed as being lodged out of time. Moreover, this judgment does not seem to provide a strong legal basis for Polish judges to now challenge an unfair termination of their mandate via national remedies, something which the Ástráðsson judgment, or the ECJ's Review Simpson judgment, for example, did much more. The two applicants in this case have also only received financial reparations, in contrast to the Volkov judgment, where the Court ordered a dismissed judge to be reinstated. In this regard, the disheartening conclusion may well be yet again that this judgment is too little too late and that the Polish government has succeeded in putting loyal people in key places all throughout the judicial system, ensuring a tight grip on the judiciary as a whole.
SUGGESTED CITATION Leloup, Mathieu: Too little, too late: The ECtHR judgment Broda and Bojara on the premature termination of Polish court (vice) presidents, VerfBlog, 2021/6/29, https://verfassungsblog.de/too-little-too-late-2/, DOI: 10.17176/20210629-232929-0.
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Mathieu Leloup Mathieu Leloup is a PhD researcher in constitutional and administrative law at the University of Antwerp, where he is part of the research group Government and Law. His interests lie in human rights law, constitutional law, judicial independence and separation of powers.
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Roger Goodell Claims NFL 'Moved On' from Kaepernick after Special Workout
By Zachary Evans
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Colin Kaepernick is seen at a special training event created at Charles. R. Drew High School in Riverdale, Georgia, U.S., November 16, 2019. (Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday that the league has "moved on" from former San Fransisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick after the player attended a special workout session in November to demonstrate his readiness to rejoin the league.
In 2016 Kaepernick, who played six seasons for the 49ers, kneeled during the playing of the national anthem because, as he said at the time, "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color." His stance was excoriated by President Trump.
"If a player wants the privilege of making millions of dollars in the NFL,or other leagues, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect our Great American Flag (or Country) and should stand for the National Anthem," Trump wrote on Twitter. It was later revealed Kaepernick had worn socks depicting police officers as pigs, sparking further backlash.
Kaepernick became a free agent in 2017, but no NFL team has signed him since. The special workout in November was meant to show that he is ready to play again.
The workout was initially scheduled to take place at the Atlanta Falcons' training facility. However, Kaepernick moved the event to a local high school at the last minute after learning the media would not be permitted to attend the session in its original venue.
This was about creating an opportunity," Goodell told reporters at an NFL meeting on Wednesday. "We created that opportunity. It was a unique opportunity, a credible opportunity and he chose not to take it. I understand that."
Kaepernick has accused NFL teams of being afraid to hire him due to the potential political fallout. The former quarterback's representatives said he moved the workout to a high school because the NFL did not conduct a "legitimate process" that would allow media observers.
Zachary Evans is a news writer for National Review Online. He is a veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces and a trained violist.
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Welcome to an all new feature on my blog in which I present you some of the loveliest Etsy shops from Austria! And speaking of money and shopping, don't we all need a wallet for doing just that?
Elfenklang is a small leather factory that takes care of your money. Living in beautiful Salzburg, Petra creates these stunning women's wallets in all colors of the rainbow, bringing more than just a little sunshine into your purse.
Why play with them if you can wear them, right? Dominoes from Odd Bird Designs are certainly not your typical fashion accessory!
Odd Bird Designs transforms ordinary little objects into fun and quirky jewelry and I will give away two pieces from the domino collection in this month's giveaway! Looking for new owners are a Gryphon Pendant and Dove Earrings which means there are going to be two winners and if you're undecided which one you like better, you'll be happy to hear that you may enter for both!
Please note that this giveaway is not sponsored by Odd Bird Designs - it's just my way of spreading the love and at the same time giving a shout-out for an amazing Etsy seller!


Here is the hanuman stroy I shared in the class I subbed yesterday. My theme was about using muscular energy to help with integreation to help expeirence more confidence on and off the mat. I love this wonderful story and have been finding it very instpirational lately.
After Hanuman was given power he started to create a lot of chaos and havoc when he was little so all the gods prayed to Lord Brahma to find a solution. Brahma put a curse on Hanuman to protect the world from his mischief by removing his knowledge of his powers. One of his powers is becoming very big and strong. However the only way this power is available to him is if he or someone else (normally his friend Jambavant) reminds him of his powers. When Hanuman was older and was a dedicated server of Lord Ram he was chasing after the demon Ravana to save Rams beloved Seeta. Hanuman chased Ravana to the edge of a vast ocean and then lost Ravana's trail. Hanuman was defeated and there is page after page in the Ramayana of hanuman's thoughts, about how he let down Ram, how he can't do anything right, his disappointment over himself…. Then his little friend somewhat elbows Hanuman and reminds him of his power, of his past victories, of his strength. As hanuman remembers he comes into integration and then has the confidence to get big and strong and he leaps over the ocean. (I love this story because even Gods can feel defeated, even gods need to be reminded of their greatness).
The main theme I wanted to work with was muscular energy with an emphasis on the midline.
The plan was to focus on the midline which so many cultures consider a very sacred space. The midline holds the Hara meridian center channel (Chinese), the sushumna and the seven chakras (Hindu) and the spinal cord and the nervous system (western). By integrating our limbs toward the midline, and integrating muscle to bone we can express our self and our poses with confidence. And by practicing this on the mat, it is easier to stay integrated in our midline and maintian our confidence off the mat.
The class was lots of fun. It was my first time teaching these students but I know many of them because we have been students of Adams for awhile. I was nervous about changing my position from fellow student to teacher but it seemed to go really well. They seemed to really enjoy my sense of humor. I used this finishing analogy for inner spiral that was a big hit (that would be another blog).
One of my teachers, Dr. Douglas Brooks is always telling wonderful Rajanaka tantra stories. As he tells these stories that are full of teaching and full of different characters he always points out that as a yogi, we are all the characters AND the writer and the readier of the story. I remember when I was little and my parents would tell my stories I would always identify with one of the characters (normally the hero). But Douglas says that we are not just the hero but also the villain, the masculine, the feminine, that we are in fact every character. And we are the writer. Douglas also says the yogi needs to make sure not to get ahead of the story. Because we are all the characters and the writer we need to go through the story and allow it to unfold. If I am reading or writing a book and I am on page 16 but I am thinking about what happens in 3 chapters on page 113, or even what will happen at the end of the book I will miss the learning opportunity and I wont be mindful about what is currently being written which will change the way the story is being written and what will happen on page 113. So with the new year just starting, it is like we are starting another chapter. It is our job to stay present with what is happening word by word, page by page, lesson learned by lesson. So by the time we make it to page 365 the end on 2011 we will have been able to direct the story where we want it. Right now we are only on day 6, no need to get ahead of our self.
We often talk about samskaras in yoga, which are these cycles that keep appearing to us in our life over and over again and until we learn from them they will just keep on appearing. I normally use the example of dating: you can date someone who has the problem, and then the next person you date will have a similar problem maybe even amplified and this will keep happening over and over and over again until you learn your lesson. I think a lot of samskaras keep repeating themselves because we are not present as we write that part of our story, or maybe we are refusing to learn from one of the characters because we are too busy worrying or planning what will be happening three chapters from now.
I think this has a big connection to yoga asana, the poses we do on our mat because we don't just come to our mat and can do all the advanced poses. No it is this steady disciple over time, page by page, practice by practice that one day allows us to express a more refined variation of a pose.
One of the words I have been thinking a lot about this year as I get busier is patience. Patience means "endurance through any situation". It requires a great deal of patience to stay with the story page by page even when it seems boring or is full of hurt and suffering, it is endurance through anything. We can cultivate patience in our practice by having the endurance through any pose even if that means backing out of the pose and having the endurance to maintain a modified variation even when you really want to do a more advanced variation but know that it wouldn't benefit you.
I just finished my second day of massage school and I love it to pieces. I feel like i am signed up for a yoga workshop I feel so passioante and jazzed about what I am doing.
Here is a awesome list of some of the amazing benefits that massage can offer broken down into physical, metal, emotional.


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The usual key to staying on top in the murky world of politics is to control the narrative. And, by all linguistic accounts, Barack Obama's control of the oil spill narrative has slipped away.
In fact, Obama's rhetoric around America's biggest environmental disaster has intensified in recent weeks.
Accused of not being angry enough at the company that has still not managed to fully plug a gushing oil well, "No Drama" Obama, as he was once known, is using tougher language and framing the oil spill as an environmental 9/11.
Therein lies the problem, says language analyst Paul Payack. Words alone mean nothing if they are not backed up by action and, as a result, Obama has lost control of what he wants to say.
"He who wins control of the narrative controls the story in terms of political capital," says Payack. And at the moment, Obama isn't doing so well, which could hurt his party in the November mid-term elections.
To arrive at that, Payack's Global Language Monitor tracked the frequency of words and phrases on the internet — in the news media, blogosphere and social media outlets — to figure out the predominant, unfiltered story.
According to Payack's measurement, the popular opinion is that Obama was slow to respond and is not in command, therefore "enabling" the perpetrators, BP.
Remember health-care reform? That is supposed to have been the president's great achievement.
So how did Obama lose control of the story?
The prime-time speech solidified the "enabler" narrative, in part, Payack says, because the president spoke at an unexpectedly high 10th-grade reading level, with the highest level of what are called passive constructions measured in any major presidential address in this century.
The passive voice in politics, says Payack, tends to either deflect responsibility or obscure who is taking action.
But while the government has lost control of the oil spill narrative, it's not like BP has gained it.
The company is so desperate to have some control, any control, of the storyline that it's actually buying up language.
The company said it wanted to show what it was doing to contain the oil spill. That's clearly not working too well for them.
So if neither the government nor the company is controlling the narrative, who is?
"If you neglect to write your own narrative, somebody else will write it for you", says Payack. And those others appear to be pundits, bloggers and journalists.
Obama's prime-time address was billed as an "inflection point" (another oddly esoteric term for a very real disaster).
It was supposed to create a shift from the anxiety-provoking narrative of a slow response, to an uplifting narrative of hope and change and energy independence.
The American public, however, doesn't seem to be buying it. A recent poll shows only 53 per cent of Americans believe Obama is a solid and effective leader, a seven-point drop since January.
Still, the president might yet wrestle back control in the next few months, in time for the mid-term elections. Because, sadly, this story is far from over.
BP: Use remotely operated underwater vehicles to try to reactivate blowout preventer.
Political narrative: Remotely control response, i.e. let Coast Guard handle it.
BP: Introduce small tube into burst pipe to slow flow.
Political narrative: Introduce oil spill commission and temporarily stop offshore drilling.
BP: Drill relief wells (this is going to take awhile).
Political narrative: Drill home the need for relief/compensation (this is going to take awhile).


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Interview with MORTAL SOIL
!!!HEAVY METAL FROM FINLAND!!!
We had a conversation with Joel Burner.
Tell us a few things about MORTAL SOIL (Members, Starting Year etc).
So we are Mortal Soil, a heavy metal band from Finland. Members of the band are Nick Grave on drums and me handling vocals, guitars, bass and song-writing. Starting year of the band is quite hard to date exactly because the first riffs I've written for the band are 5-6 years old. I still count 2019 as a year that we started because at that time we started recording demos for the songs. So that is the first real step for the band.
You have recently released your single ''Evil Strikes at Midnight''. What is the feedback from your audience as well as from the press?
Feedback has been great! I think it has promoted Mortal Soil really well.I wanted second single to be straight to point and faster song from the album and "Evil Strikes at Midnight" was an obvious choice for that and I'm glad that song was chosen to be single track.
Of course releasing music through a label would be a great way to get good promotion and it would help in distribution and releasing album different formats. Still I don't have any problem with releasing music DIY way.I've done music always in a DIY attitude and that gives at least freedom to do whatever you want.
I'm really into tapes and vinyls because I like old school style and analog formats.Of course digital format is nowadays really important to get music available to listeners because not anyone are in physical albums. I have nothing against CDs and I buy them now and then but I think vinyls and tapes are more my thing.
Basically I listen to all kinds of music and different genres and influence for a new riff, melody or rhythm can be just from any song I listen and what gives and idea. Our main influences are from older bands such as Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Angel Witch to newer bands such as In Solitude, The Oath and The Devil's Blood. I still think it's important to not limit yourself to just one genre while getting influences to create music. Another thing that influences me is just to spend time and wander alone in the forest. That is the way to get ideas in the lyrics and atmosphere in our music.
Which things, do you think, a Band should sacrifice in order to succeed?
Have you ever sacrificed anything in your life for a better future of your Band?
Of course you have to invest your time and your money for the band to keep it rolling and do a lot of work for songs, promoting and live shows.If you don't have an inner motive to practice, write songs and to evolve as a song-writer it doesn't work. One sacrifice to me is to do all social media stuff because I'd rather just play and write music and would be in solitude fishing by the lake or wandering in nature. But still internet is the way nowadays to get your music to be known so maybe that is what it takes!
Ideal live show would be a quite small venue. That's because there's a better chance for the audience to get more intense experience from music when the venue is small enough. We haven't done any live shows yet as there's just two of us playing in these songs so no, we haven't experienced that yet.
Which attributes, do you think, that a new Heavy Metal Band should have in order to gain identity and be unique?
I think it is hard to be unique these days as heavy metal has been made over 50 years.Still the most important thing to gain identity is to make music that has something to do with expressing yourself.I see music like a painting and when you paint a vision you have that piece of work has something from your identity.
Absolutely. Without Bandcamp and other digital platforms it would be hard to promote music.I think the ideal way for a band to promote its work is to get albums into distros, sell albums at live shows and of course through Bandcamp as mentioned above. One thing that also is a good way is to do a split album or live shows with another band that has a slightly same way to approach music as your band.
Tell us a few things about the New Underground Metal Scene in Finland (Bands, Fanzines, Webzines, Metal Clubs etc).
It is a really tough question for me to answer because I live in the countryside in a small town and I'm not an active follower of any scene. We have few zines that write articles about more mainstream metal bands but I don't know about zines that are focused more in the underground scene. There are clubs for metal bands to play in Finland but many times it is a corner in the bar at least for new bands to play but like you know in this time of the world all the places are closed anyway. To name a few newer good bands from Finland there's Chalice, Mansion and Seremonia that come to my mind.
Unfortunately not enough. I know Rotting Christ and drummer George Kollias but that's all. It would be great to hear good stuff from Greece.Sadly I can't answer Aphrodite's Child for a question about the metal scene!
Our future plans are to focus on releasing our first full-length album and continue writing new songs and do work for the band. I think that's enough for the future plans for now.
Thank you for the interview and cheers!
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A hard-hitting 2006 investigation by San Francisco's CBS 5 News exposes 'Gaia Movement USA', a used clothing collector then active in the Bay Area, and a related 'volunteer training school' called Campus California.
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The Teachers Group is possibly the world's largest collector of used clothing. But where do the millions in profits from these operations end up? Our research strongly suggests that a large percentage of it goes into the TG's offshore accounts. Then it's used to buy property or invest in business. Like organised financial criminals, the TG has invested in 'legitimate business' to disguise the source of its wealth.


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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses to the troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria, on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Putin declares victory on visit to air base in Syria
Declaring a victory in Syria, Putin on Monday visited a Russian military air base in the country and announced a partial pullout of Russian forces from the Mideast nation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory against "terrorists" in Syria on Monday during a surprise visit to a Russian military base in the county, where he also announced a partial pullout of Russian troops.
It was Putin's first trip to Syria, where Russia launched an air campaign in 2015 that allowed President Bashar Assad's forces to gain the upper hand against the Islamic State group as well as Syrian rebels. It was also the first visit by a foreign head of state to war-ravaged Syria since the civil war began in 2011.
Putin's brief stop at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria's coastal province of Latakia while en route to Egypt came days after the Russian president said he would run for re-election on March 18, and helped to show off Moscow's global clout to the national audience.
In a televised speech to the Russian troops at the base, Putin hailed their "excellent" performance in Syria, where the Russian military declared victory against the Islamic State group last week.
"You have shown the best qualities of a Russian soldier — courage, valour, team spirit, decisiveness and excellent skills," he said. "The Motherland is proud of you."
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Russia launched its air campaign in Syria at the end of September 2015, when Assad's government was teetering on the brink of collapse, and quickly changed the course of the conflict. Russian officials say the troops were sent to Syria mainly to fight "terrorists," including IS and al-Qaida, but they also battled mainstream rebels opposed to the Assad family's four-decade rule.
Putin has hosted Assad twice in the past six years, including a surprise Nov. 21 visit that Assad undertook to the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Russian television stations showed Putin walking off the plane at the air base, embracing and shaking hands with Assad. The two then visited a military operations room.
The Hemeimeem base, located in the heartland of Assad's Alawite minority, has served as the main foothold for the Russian military campaign in Syria.
"Here in Syria, far away from our borders, you helped the Syrian people to preserve their state and fend off attacks by terrorists," Putin said, facing the troops lined up on the tarmac. "You have dealt a devastating blow to those who blatantly threatened our country. We will never forget about the victims who fell in the fight against terror both here and in Russia."
Putin also said that he had ordered the military to withdraw a "significant part" of the Russian contingent in Syria.
"Friends, the Motherland is waiting for you," Putin said. "You are coming back home with victory!"
He added, however, that the Russian military will maintain its presence at Hemeimeem and a naval facility in Tartus.
Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the Russian military commander in Syria, said the military will pull out 23 warplanes, two helicopter gunships, special forces units, military police and field engineers.
Surovikin said the remaining forces will be sufficient to "successfully fulfil the tasks" to stabilize the situation in Syria. He did not say how many troops and weapons would stay behind.
Syria has allowed Russia to use Hemeimeem air base indefinitely without cost. Moscow also has a deal with Syria to use the Tartus base for 49 years, which could be extended if both parties agree.
The Russian military plans to modernize the air base and expand its runways to allow it to host more warplanes. It also intends to expand the Tartus facility significantly to make it a full-scale naval base capable of hosting warships, including cruiser-sized vessels.
After seeing troops march, Putin drove up to the Russian warplanes parked on the runway and talked to the pilots, who said they will fly back home later in the day.
Syrian TV said Assad thanked Putin for his troops' "effective contribution" to the fight against terrorism in Syria, which he said the Syrian people "will never forget."
"Syria has been saved as a sovereign, independent state, refugees are coming home and conditions have been created for a political settlement under the United Nations' auspices," Putin said.
Insurgents still control several areas in Syria, but much of the fighting has been paused by "de-escalation" agreements brokered by Russia and Iran, which support Assad, and Turkey, which backs the rebels.
Putin told Assad he would discuss the prospects for a peace settlement with the leaders of Egypt and Turkey later Monday.
"I hope that together with Turkey and Iran we will succeed in restoring peaceful life and launch a political process to settle the situation in Syria," Putin said.
Associated Press writer Albert Aji in Damascus, Syria, contributed reporting.
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One of the unfortunate aspects of being a celebrity is the lack of private life. Their celebrations, happiness, privacy, scandals, and everything else are constantly scrutinized by the paparazzi and judged by the people. And we have seen some nasty battles when these celebrities are caught cheating on their partners. Today, let us take a look at some of these scandals which made international headlines. So, here's presenting the 10 famous celebrities who cheated on their partners.
Tori Spelling
Starting the list at number 10 is American actress, TV personality, author and socialite Tori Spelling. Known for her work in Trick, A carol Christmas, A Friend to Die For, Kiss the Bride, among others, Spelling married actor-writer Charlie Shanian in 2005. However, the very next year she cheated on her husband when she met Canadian-American actor Dean McDermott while filming the TV-movie Mind Over Murder. At that time, McDermott was married to Canadian actress Mary Jo Eustace, with whom he had a child. As per reports, they began the affair the very first day they met. Within three months, she separated from Shanian and got divorced in 2006. Less than a month later, Spelling married McDermott and went on to have five children. Things backfired for Spelling in 2013 when McDermott cheated on her with a woman named Emily Goodhand. Fortunately, or unfortunately, this incident didn't rock their marriage as they are still going strong.
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Godley strikes out 10, D-backs move back atop NL West
By Jose M. RomeroThe Associated Press
PHOENIX — Zack Godley matched a career high with 10 strikeouts, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Texas Rangers 6-0 on Tuesday night to move back atop the NL West.
Arizona (60-49) overtook the Dodgers (59-49) for first place when Los Angeles fell 1-0 to Milwaukee. That came hours after the Diamondbacks added relievers Brad Ziegler and Jake Diekman via trades just ahead of the non-waiver deadline. Diekman was acquired from the Rangers and was driven from one clubhouse to another by Arizona's bullpen cart.
Godley allowed two hits and improved to 12-6. He struck out the leadoff batter in each of his seven innings.
Nick Ahmed hit a two-run double as part of a three-run fourth inning to give Godley more than enough support.
Rangers starter Bartolo Colon (5-10) was knocked around for five runs and seven hits in five innings. Colon was bidding for career win No. 246, which would have given him the most career wins for a pitcher from Latin America, but came up short in his fifth attempt at the record.
A.J. Pollock's first-inning homer cleared the high wall in center field, his 15th of the year and the 24th that Colon has allowed.
Arizona took a 2-0 lead on Paul Goldschmidt's two-out double to drive in Jon Jay in the third inning, then Ahmed made it 4-0 in the fourth when he lined his double into the left field corner to score Steven Souza Jr. and Daniel Descalso.
Jay singled in Ahmed before the inning ended, and Ahmed raced home on a wild pitch in the sixth to make it 6-0.
The Rangers' four-game winning streak came to an end.
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Left-hander Jeffrey Springs came on for Colon in the sixth for his major league debut after being called up from Triple-A Round Rock earlier in the day. Springs allowed a run on one hit, a walk and a wild pitch, but recorded his first three career strikeouts in two innings of work.
Rangers: RHP Chris Martin was activated from the 10-day disabled list after the trade of Diekman and pitcher Keone Kela to Pittsburgh.
Diamondbacks: OF David Peralta was held out of the lineup with right shoulder tightness for the second straight night. ... RHP Shelby Miller was transferred to the 60-day disabled list with elbow inflammation as part of the roster move to make room for Ziegler. ... LHP Andrew Chafin was placed on the paternity leave list.
Rangers: RHP Yovani Gallardo (5-1) faces Baltimore at home on Thursday after Wednesday's day off.
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (12-5) pitches the opener of a four-game series against San Francisco on Thursday. He's 12-2 in 18 career starts against the Giants.
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I got out of bed, and went to walk on the beach with Anadi and walked in the surf and felt better… And then I ate a little bit of breakfast – I love the breakfast space here, a bright blue room, with vases of flowers on the tables… And from its cupboards and fridges flow plenty. The energy of the room is one of openhearted generosity… Fatima loves to look after people, and she brings us delicious Moroccan flat breads and honey, corn cakes and eggs – which I couldn't face today – I nibbled on the corn cakes and flat breads with fig jam and then went out onto the roof with the cats.
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Illness in the body can provide the space for understanding, and a deeper letting go, when we are stopped in our tracks.
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Is your lawn eating you alive with maintenance expenses? Lawns, after all, are costly. They account for 50 percent of all residential water bills nationally, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Then there's the price of fertilizers, fungicides, algaecides, pesticides and other lawn care products and equipment.You can reverse the cash flow by eating your lawn instead of having it eat you.Seriously.
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TestPacketFileSourceBasic2

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public composite TestPacketFileSourceBasic2

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pcapFilename

processorAffinity

metricsInterval

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 composite TestPacketFileSourceBasic2 {

     param
     expression<rstring> $pcapFilename: getSubmissionTimeValue("pcapFilename", "../../SampleNetworkToolkitData/sample_dns+dhcp.pcap" );
     expression<uint32> $processorAffinity: (uint32)getSubmissionTimeValue("processorAffinity", "1" );
     expression<float64> $metricsInterval: (float64)getSubmissionTimeValue("metricsInterval", "1.0" );

     type

     PacketType =
         uint64 packetNumber,            // sequence number of packet, as emitted by operator
         float64 captureTime,            // time that packet was captured, in seconds since Unix epoch
         uint8 ipVersion,                // IP version: 4 for IPv4, 6 for IPv6
         rstring ipProtocol,             // IP protocol: 0x01==1 for ICMP, 0x6==6 for TCP, 0x11==17 for UDP
         rstring ipSourceAddress,        // IP source address, or empty if not IP packet
         uint16 ipSourcePort,            // IP source port, or zero if not UDP or TCP packet
         rstring ipDestinationAddress,   // IP destination address, or empty if not IP packet
         uint16 ipDestinationPort,       // IP destination port, or zero if not UDP or TCP packet
         uint32 packetLength,            // original length of packet (not necessarily all captured)
         uint32 payloadLength,           // length of packet payload, following all network headers
         blob payloadData;               // contents of packet payload, following all network headers
     MetricsType =
         float64 metricsTime,            // time that metrics were produced, in seconds since Unix epoch
         boolean metricsUpdated,         // true if metrics have been updated since previous output tuple
         uint64 packetNumber,            // sequence number of packet, as emitted by operator
         uint64 packetsProcessed,        // number of packets emitted by operator in this interval
         uint64 bytesProcessed,         // number of bytes emitted by operator in this interval
         float64 intervalElapsed,        // elapsed time since last metrics interval, in seconds
         uint64 intervalPacketsProcessed,// number of packets processed since last metrics interval
         uint64 intervalBytesProcessed; // number of bytes processed since last metrics interval

     graph

     ( stream<PacketType> PacketStream as OutPackets ;
       stream<MetricsType> MetricsStream as OutMetrics ) = PacketFileSource() {
         logic state: { map<uint8,rstring> ipProtocols = { 1: "icmp", 6: "tcp", 17: "udp" }; }
         param
             pcapFilename: $pcapFilename;
             metricsInterval: $metricsInterval;
             processorAffinity: $processorAffinity;
         output
         OutPackets:
             packetNumber = packetsProcessed() - 1ul,
             captureTime = (float64)CAPTURE_SECONDS() + (float64)CAPTURE_MICROSECONDS() / 1000000.0,
             ipVersion = IP_VERSION(),
             ipProtocol = IP_PROTOCOL() in ipProtocols ? ipProtocols[IP_PROTOCOL()] : (rstring)IP_PROTOCOL(),
             ipSourceAddress = IP_VERSION()==4ub ? convertIPV4AddressNumericToString(IPV4_SRC_ADDRESS()) : ( IP_VERSION()==6ub ? convertIPV6AddressNumericToString(IPV6_SRC_ADDRESS()) : ""),
             ipDestinationAddress = IP_VERSION()==4ub ? convertIPV4AddressNumericToString(IPV4_DST_ADDRESS()) : ( IP_VERSION()==6ub ? convertIPV6AddressNumericToString(IPV6_DST_ADDRESS()) : ""),
             ipSourcePort = IP_SRC_PORT(),
             ipDestinationPort = IP_DST_PORT(),
             packetLength = PACKET_LENGTH(),
             payloadLength = PAYLOAD_LENGTH(),
             payloadData = PAYLOAD_DATA();
         OutMetrics:
             metricsTime = getTimestampInSecs(),
             metricsUpdated = metricsUpdated(),
             packetNumber = packetsProcessed() - 1ul,
             packetsProcessed = packetsProcessed(),
             bytesProcessed = bytesProcessed(),
             intervalElapsed = metricsIntervalElapsed(),
             intervalPacketsProcessed = metricsIntervalPacketsProcessed(),
             intervalBytesProcessed = metricsIntervalBytesProcessed();
     }
     () as PacketSink = FileSink(PacketStream) { param file: "debug.TestPacketFileSourceBasic2.PacketStream.out"; format: txt; hasDelayField: true; flush: 1u; }
     () as MetricsSink = FileSink(MetricsStream) { param file: "debug.TestPacketFileSourceBasic2.MetricsStream.out"; format: txt; hasDelayField: true; flush: 1u; }

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Wilde's Army - DNF Review
Wilde's Army (Darkness Falls, # 2)
By: Krystal Wade
Published: July 4th 2012 by Curiosity Quills Press
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Goodreads description--"Hello, Katriona." Those two words spark fear in Katriona Wilde and give way to an unlikely partnership with Perth, the man she's been traded to marry for a favor. Saving her true love and protector Arland, her family, and their soldiers keeps her motivated, but the at-odds duo soon realizes trust is something that comes and goes with each breath of Encardia's rotting, stagnant air. The moment when concern for her missing sister spirals out of control, all thoughts of trust are pushed aside and she finds herself trapped by the daemon tricks Perth warned her of. However, rescuing those she loves is only half the problem. Kate still must get to Willow Falls, unite her clashing people, and form an army prepared to fight in order to defeat Darkness. When so many she's grown fond of die along the journey, her ability to play by the gods' rules is tested. How will she make allies when the world appears stacked against her? And will she still be Katriona Wilde, the girl with fire?
I never should have requested Wilde's Army for review. Wilde's Fire was better than I was expecting; however, between the writing and the ending of Wilde's Fire, I just wasn't excited at all about starting Wilde's Army. When I saw Wilde's Army available on NetGalley for review I requested it without thinking much because I had not yet broken my obsessive need to "complete" things--in this case this series. But since requesting Wilde's Army, I've made much progress in being able to let go of this obsession. Time is too short.
I did indeed start Wilde's Army. And I did press on to try to complete it. I made it to 20% which translates into roughly 70 pages. I know that's not very far into the book, but you have to considering that I've already read 390+ pages in this series and by this author. I feel completely comfortable with the effort I've put in to Wilde's Army.
The same struggles I had with Wilde's Fire were there and more in Wilde's Army. Kate's 20 years old, but she behaves and speaks much younger. Where Kate's sister, Brit, seemed more mature than Kate in Wilde's Fire, I didn't really feel like that was the case thus far in Wilde's Army. I still don't like the alternate dimensions aspect of this series, but this was less of an issue in the 20% of Wilde's Army that I've read since there's really no travelling back and forth in this portion of the series. My other general complaint of Wilde's Fire was just that the book was mainly average. However, I've read some truly stellar books this year, and I don't feel like this series or the writing measures up to the level of these other books.
A new struggle for me in Wilde's Army--or at least I didn't point this out before--is the dialogue. The characters repeatedly call each other by name. While I've definitely noticed that a lot of books do this more than people use each others' names in real life, Wilde's Army goes beyond this to the point of being really awkward, making the dialogue feel forced. Specifically in Wilde's Army there's a section where one character says, (paraphrasing) "We can't stay here long. It's dangerous." But then the group proceeds to have a discussion right there that lasts like 10 pages, and another character interrupts and says, "We can discuss this later. We really need to leave this place." The dialogue and decisions made by the characters feels forced and awkward.
I intended to continue trying to push through this book, even if I had to do it 5 pages at the time, but I've come to a place in my reading life where I just don't want to do this. I want to read for fun--always. Someone else may be in love this series. I'm sure it's the perfect fit for someone out there--perhaps a younger readers--but that someone just isn't me.
I don't rate my DNFs, but what do you think? Have you read Wilde's Army? Is this one I should consider picking back up later? Does the ending make up for the rest of the flaws? Let me know!
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