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Increasing Financial Velocity and Accuracy with FloQast, Oracle NetSuite, and Sikich
Mar 16, 2022 | By John Siegel
Webinar: Increasing Financial Velocity and Accuracy with FloQast, Oracle NetSuite, and Sikich
Improving long-established processes is never a trivial undertaking. Or is it?
But for accounting teams meeting expectations, what's the point of revamping something that isn't fundamentally broken?
Over the past few years, it's become abundantly clear that altering how accounting teams operate is no longer a "nice to have." Operating more efficiently leads to quicker and more accurate results while relieving stress from staff accustomed to long hours with minimal resources.
From economic uncertainty and distributed, remote teams, to a great wave of resignations, there are plenty of things to make the accounting team's job harder. This environment is also exactly the kind of situation where the right tools and workflows can have a massive impact on the speed and accuracy of your work and make your life easier.
Recently, FloQast recorded a webinar with Chris Manchester of accounting and advisory firm Sikich and Tara Maduri, FloQast user and Accounting and Finance Director at Foghorn Therapeutics. Here's a look at what we learned, and don't forget to check out the full on-demand webinar.
The Answer Isn't a "One Size Fits All."
If you're currently operating with standalone accounting software like QuickBooks or Xero, the right ERP system could be the key that unlocks your accuracy and financial velocity. It will become the bedrock of accounting operations moving forward. An excellent ERP like Oracle Netsuite connects everything, so teams can significantly reduce the manual steps previously necessary to close out each month.
"The record and consolidate columns are entirely covered by NetSuite, and that gives us a great level of comfort. We partnered with Sikich to help us determine what modules were appropriate for us, set up controls around the different subledgers, etc. Our other subsystems feed into NetSuite. We use Concur for expense reporting, Coupa is our P2P system, ADP for payroll, and, of course, FloQast, "said Tara.
Establishing a foundation for the team in NetSuite, accounting organizations can significantly boost efficiency and take steps toward eliminating redundancies within its operations, regardless of the team's physical location. But what about managing the close each month? What about providing transparency for accounting leaders? For many companies, the process is so time-consuming that the thought of the month-end close still conjures a sense of dread when it really doesn't need to.
"I joined Foghorn Therapeutics when there were less than 30 total employees. It was the first time I had actually been at a private company — I had always worked for publicly-traded organizations, so I came from a public background, with the compliance and the strict closes. When I got to Foghorn, the expectations were pretty loose. We were using QuickBooks, and it was apparent early on that there was a huge blank slate to work with, but again: I was the first accounting team hire, and we've grown a great deal since our IPO. Over time, our close was just kind of happening when it needed to happen."
With an IPO on the horizon and a great deal of work left to be done, the team identified Oracle NetSuite as its ideal ERP, and with limited resources internally at that time, Foghorn opted to leverage Sikich for implementation support, thanks largely to Sikich's wealth of experience in the life sciences space.
Following its successful NetSuite implementation, Foghorn and Sikich identified the month-end close process as its next area of improvement.
"I'm shuddering thinking about how we managed the close in the past," admitted Tara. "We had so many different Excel spreadsheets that we would go through, which was horribly inefficient. So many V lookups. I don't think I can reiterate how much time we spent on those Excel files, just making sure that we didn't have anything come out of balance or have late journal entries applied that we weren't expecting. Now, having used FloQast for quite some time, whenever a balance is unreconciled, FloQast flags it for you, so you don't have to sit there and worry about, 'Oh, did something come through that I wasn't aware of? Do I have to double-check this?' The peace of mind we have around the close is so helpful."
Ultimately, the goal of any accounting department is to have accurate numbers as quickly as possible so that the business can make better, more timely decisions. For Foghorn Therapeutics, NetSuite and FloQast, with the support of its implementation partners at Sikich, has helped them reach that goal.
"We have these other systems integrated into NetSuite from a reporting standpoint. From a close perspective, that's all FloQast. Before that, that was all Excel. In terms of managing that process, everything was manual in terms of timeline, due dates, and review notes. Now all of that is managed in FloQast, which has been tremendous for us to reduce this record to report timeframe."
The Struggle Was Real
"In this pandemic/post-pandemic scenario that we're in, we see a lot of decentralized workforces, people working from home. This precise situation lends itself to needing a system available to anyone, anywhere, at any time," said Chris.
Accounting teams that are thriving during this challenging time are those that can adapt and adjust to the new normal. Whether or not returning to an entirely onsite workforce will ever be the new, new normal, these pandemic "survival skills" will continue to serve teams in any setting.
So, what does it take for a team to make it through the chaos and become faster and more accurate in the process? The right tools and systems are a great place to start.
"The beauty of NetSuite is in how seamlessly it interacts with integrations available in the NetSuite ecosystem," said Chris. "You have excellent P2P tools like Coupa and accounting workflow automation tools like FloQast that are consistently working together. The goal is for Tara and the Foghorn accounting team not having to spend time reconciling system A to system B. Organizing a tech stack like this, with NetSuite at its foundation, it becoming very common, and I think that trend is going to continue in the future because the results are so plain to see."
If you want more insights from Chris and Tara on improving speed and accuracy for accounting and finance teams, check out the full, on-demand webinar.


National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE), the India's largest Exchange by profit, on the eve of its 25th year of existence (Silver Jubilee), launched a new brand identity on Wednesday. The NSE unveiled the new logo as it commenced the Silver jubilee celebration at a function in the National Capital.
The new logo, replaces the two-decade old brown patch that incorporates dashes of marigold, yellow, red and blue symbolizing integrity, excellence, trust and commitment.
The silver jubilee celebration of the premier bourse was graced by former PM Dr.Manmohan Singh, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog Rajiv Kumar and Delhi lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.
The new branding identity will enable the Exchange to move past legacy issues amid Algorithem trading (Automated Trading) disagreement and co-location issues.
The move further aims at re-building a new image as the NSE is preparing itself to launch its much awaited Initial Public Offering (IPO) issue at anytime early next year.
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Alliance Party Policies and Manifesto Details
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Alliance are in favour of the following policies:
Opposing steep cuts in UK public spending, including seeking to exempt Northern Ireland from cuts as far as possible in return for local commitment to reform.
Alliance believes that if the economic recovery is going to benefit everybody, every community in Northern Ireland must be fulfilling its economic potential. This means that as well as investing in big projects, we must invest in town centres, high streets, local districts and urban villages. These are usually the economic heart of communities across Northern Ireland and need support to ensure that all parts of Northern Ireland are involved in economic growth.
Unfortunately, the high street will not be the same as it has been in the past and we will need to reconsider what we want it to look like. This will mean a mix of shops, cafes and restaurants, residential properties and non-retail businesses. This will help to ensure vibrant community economies despite trends towards out-of-town retail centres and internet shopping.
Reforms to business rates to make it easier for entrepreneurs to establish a business in vacant premises, such as scrapping business rates for the first year for a new business.
Support for Business Improvement Districts, whereby businesses fund regeneration in their area through a levy on business rates.
Some reforms due to take place in the Assembly, such as the introduction of Business Improvement Districts, will create structures that allow community business interests to be developed. We will seek to maximise these.
Alliance would support legislation to separate retail banking from investment banking.
Alliance supports the call for a differential rate of Corporation Tax for Northern Ireland, ideally at 12.5%.
Source: Alliance party website, existing manifesto or officially-published policies.
Our key policy commitments include:
Encouraging greater co-operation and co-ordination between the criminal justice agencies tackling undue delay and the speed of justice, including working to agreed and shared targets;
Providing new alternative to prosecutions for low-level offences;
Delivering comprehensive reform of the legal aid system, including full provision of adequate funding and other resources to the disadvantaged in society, ensuring equality of access to justice for all;
Reviewing strategies for assisting victims and witnesses within the criminal justice system and the development of a Victims' Code of Practice;
Developing a formal set of guidelines on sentencing and on the enforcement of judgements, through the creation of a Northern Ireland Sentencing Guidelines Council;
Facilitating of collaborative working between statutory and non-statutory agencies to drive down offending and re-offending rates;
Creating a Northern Ireland Offender Management Strategy;
Reviewing the conditions of detention, management and oversight of all prisons;
Producing a five-year community safety strategy;
Rationalising District Policing Partnerships and Community Safety Partnerships, ideally as part of wider community planningdevelopments;
Developing and resourcing of an active strategy to engage with communities to commence and support a process for the removal of so-called 'peace-walls';
Alliance will support a Strategic Defence Review. We believe that the balance of investment in the armed services needs to change to reflect the different challenges of peacekeeping and peacemaking.
Alliance believes that no serviceman or woman should be sent into conflict on less basic pay than the starting salary of a police constable.
There are pressing demands for investment in armoured protection and transport for troops and in the pay and living standards for service personnel and their families.
We would ensure taxpayers' money is spent more effectively on equipping the armed forces for the tasks of the future, not past threats. There is also a need for greater support and services for returning service personnel and also for their families.
Alliance has seen no evidence to suggest that the like-for-like renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system is necessary or cost-effective. Alliance believes that other approaches can be found to ensure the nuclear security of the United Kingdom with a different focus to reflect the security challenges of the future rather than refighting the Cold War.
Alliance is committed in principle to abolishing tuition fees for Northern Ireland students, as in Scotland, at the earliest opportunity.
Setting a minimum target of 20% of children in integrated education by 2020, backed up by legislation which will make it easier to establish new integrated schools and help other schools to integrate.
Alliance is a pro-environmental party. We believe that tackling climate change is a priority and that the new district Councils should be at the forefront of this. We have a long record of supporting groups who wish to take action in their communities and arguing for investment at a district level. We are proud of our environmental record and will be the most active party on your Council on these issues.
Alliance believe that one of the most important tasks for the new Councils will be to improve the amount of waste that Councils recycle- making sure that we are not throwing out items that can be recycled and always looking to reduce the amount of rubbish that is sent to landfill. This is one of the simplest ways we can reduce our impact on the environment.
Alliance supports regional, national, European and international efforts to protect the environment. Alliance supports the implementation of the Rio and Kyoto Treaties. Although the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit 'recognises' the scientific case for keeping temperature rises to no more than 2°C, there was no commitment to legally binding, timely emissions reductions to achieve that goal.
Alliance will work for Sustainable Development at all levels of government. Protecting the environment and developing our economy are not mutually exclusive, but interdependent. This is reflected in the concept of sustainable development, as it recognises the links between economic, social and environmental concerns. It is about balancing all of these needs.
Alliance endorses the 'polluter pays' principle. This means that those who pollute more should pay more and provides a financial incentive to pollute less. We support a shift in taxation towards pollution and resource depletion. Consistent with the 'polluter pays' principle, the use of market forces can contribute to the protection of the environment.
Alliance calls for the creation of a Green Economy Task Force. This body could be sponsored by the Northern Ireland Executive and include representatives from the business community.
Alliance supports the principle of the United Kingdom's entry into the Euro at the earliest appropriate opportunity governed by the economic convergence criteria. We do recognise that those criteria do not clearly exist at present.
Alliance will support measures to develop and reinforce the Single Market. All member states should be encouraged to comply with their obligations.
Alliance supports an enhanced role of the European Union in financial regulation. The recent economic recession was partially international in nature and efforts to prevent a repeat are required at the European level in addition to domestic action.
Alliance will support reform of the Common Agricultural Policy to ensure a long term sustainable agriculture sector, through shifting support from production and export subsidies towards diversification, conservation and rural development.
Alliance will work towards a co-ordinated European effort to fight organised crime and terrorism. Organised criminals and terrorists do not respect national borders. Therefore collaboration across borders by states and regions is essential.
Alliance will support the maintenance of the UK's participation within the European Arrest Warrant and the European Police Office (EUROPOL).
Alliance will support the further enlargement of the European Union, including the membership of Turkey.
Alliance would support measures to allow parents more flexibility around maternity and paternity leave. This would enable mothers and fathers to determine the most effective balance to fit their own family and work circumstances.
Alliance will work to provide well resourced childcare provision. There are successful childcare voucher employer/employee tax incentive schemes that we will promote and implement with sufficient funding.
Requiring concerted government action to improve relations with other groups, such as ethnic minorities and the LGBT community.
Alliance Councillors will push to make sure your community is as clean as possible. This will mean using our position on the Council to push for:
More street-sweepers to keep our streets tidier, including making sure they are out and about more at busier times.
Investment in graffiti removal, prioritising sectarian or other offensive graffiti which intimidates as well as looks ugly.
Introducing new techniques to reduce dog-fouling as well as providing more dog waste bins.
Campaigning for more litter bins on our streets where they are needed.
Alliance is also committed to increasing the number and accessibility of nursery places in Northern Ireland.
Alliance would replace the current 'First-Past-the-Post' electoral system with the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system of Proportional Representation. A plurality electoral system, such as 'First-Past-the-Post', does not produce fair and representative outcomes in a diverse society.
Alliance will support 'Votes at 16'. Young people have a stake in society. They can pay taxes and participate in the services. It is inconsistent to deny young people the right to have their say in the future.
Alliance believes that the House of Lords should be replaced by a mixed elected and appointed second chamber. The principle of inherited representation is wrong. However, there is a case for a second chamber to act as a balance to the House of Commons.
Elected representatives could be elected by Proportional Representation from the 12 regions of the UK, including Northern Ireland.
Alliance will support the introduction of a register of lobbyists at Westminster. This is vital to assist in creating greater transparency.
Further to this, there should be an interval before former government ministers are allowed to become lobbyists.
Alliance will support a cap on the level of donations to political parties from individual sources. The initial level of a cap should be around £10,000 per annum.
Alliance will support the consideration of a system whereby electors can recall an MP in the event of major breaches of code of conduct and law.
Alliance MPs would be full-time and will support further action against 'double-jobbing'. Future legislation could bar MPs from holding other public offices, and also working in other jobs and professions or engaging in consultancy beyond a set number of hours annualised.
Alliance is committed to a National Health Service that is free to all at the point of entr y.
Alliance stresses the importance of investment in public health and prevention. In particular bearing in mind that the incidence of mental health problems is much higher in Northern Ireland than the UK-average, we are committed to the full implementation of the recommendations of the Bamford Review.
We would address the structural underfunding of mental health services, particularly with respect to children and young people.
Alliance is further conscious of the inadequate system of social care of our senior citizens in Northern Ireland, as in the rest of the United Kingdom.
We have a longstanding commitment to free personal care. It is wrong that people are forced into selling their homes to fund their care. Alliance would also welcome a UK-wide Commission to study this issue.
We believe that there is a difficult balance to be struck between keeping the rates as low as possible and funding quality public services. However, we believe that all people should pay their fair share of the district (and regional) rate by removing the cap that stops the owners of the wealthiest properties from paying the same percentage rate as everyone else.
Alliance advocates the following elements as part of a Northern Ireland Green New Deal:
Energy efficiency in homes and businesses - this involves incentives and regulations to encourage the installation of such measures, including 'smart meters' and home insulation.
Alliance recognises that immigration must be regulated in order to be fair, but is opposed to a mindset of 'pulling up the drawbridge' and shutting the UK off from a globalising world.
There is a need for formal exit controls to capture numbers leaving in order to complement information on those who have arrived.
Alliance would change the rules to make it easier to get a work permit for those who are willing to go and live in a part of the United Kingdom that is short of workers. This would encourage newcomers to live where they are needed.
Alliance supports a points-based system, linked to skills, as the least worst of all the alternatives for regulating legal immigration. We are opposed to an arbitrary cap that has been proposed by some, such as the Conservative and Unionists.
There is a need for a stronger safety net for immigrants when they lose employment.
Alliance is keen to attract students to study in UK Further and Higher Education Colleges. However, there is a need for stronger checks to ensure that this avenue is not abused.
Alliance would support measures to allow asylum seekers in certain circumstances to work two months after making an application and benefits would only be paid if they could not find work. This would reduce spending on benefits, increase tax revenue, help integration, lower community tensions and greatly reduce dependence on welfare and social housing.
Alliance would advocate taking responsibility away from the Home Office and give it to an independent agency, thus making decisions free from political influence. Currently 25% of decisions are overturned on appeal.
Alliance would allow people who have been in the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland for 10 years, have a clean record and who want to live here long-term to earn citizenship thus allowing immigration services to focus their time deporting dangerous individuals and checking up on employers to stop illegal working.
Alliance believes that the priority for deportation should be on criminals, while letting law-abiding families earn citizenship.
Alliance believes that green transport options should be pursued as a priority alongside other modes of transport. That is why we will support Councils adopting sustainable travel plans that make it easier for cyclists and walkers to get about town and will include advance planning about new bus routes.
We will especially promote safe cycle routes and storage and suitable pavements and road crossings to encourage walking.
Alliance will lobby for a revised Aviation Strategy for the United Kingdom. Aviation policy is not currently devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Alliance would oppose Conservative and Unionist plans for a £3 a week marriage tax credit . The tax system is not the appropriate mechanism to promote so-called family values. Every family is different, and instead of creating rigid rules or special policies that help some families and not others, measures should be put in place that address poverty and lack of opportunities.
Alliance will work towards the eradication of pensioner poverty. We would support increasing the basic state pension, paid alongside other existing entitlements, to provide some financial stability for all.
Alliance will support the introduction of a standard minimum wage from the age of 16. This reflects our commitment to fairness and non-discrimination.
Alliance strongly supports a successful comprehensive Climate Change agreement . The limited agreement from the Copenhagen Summit is be followed-up at talks in Bonn and Mexico.
We also support for the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.
Alliance supports the UK Government meeting and maintaining the United Nations target of 0.7% of GDP for international development aid and assistance. We further encourage the use of the UN Development Programme's Human Development Index to measure the quality of life in countries. Alliance will continue to oppose tying aid to trade.
Alliance calls for co-ordinated action led by the United Kingdom to realise the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
Structural changes in the developing world, such as investment in primary education, are vital to remove the dependency on short-term aid and relief.
We also urge the continuation and advancement of international leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS. We must put our efforts into education and preventive programmes.
Alliance advocates an open and fair international trading system. We would call in particular on the industrialised world, including the EU and the USA, to lead the way towards a more broad-based economic model to ensure that economic disasters can be mitigated.
Alliance supports fair trade initiatives. We are committed to promoting the welfare of workers in the developing world and ensuring fair prices for products.
Alliance endorses the introduction of a small tax on international financial transactions, such as the proposed 'Tobin Tax' . Organised multilaterally, the proceeds would fund international development.

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National Cyber Security Awareness Month Starts Today
(ISC)2 will be participating in two events next week hosted by the National Cyber Security Alliance
Oct. 1, 2010 – (ISC)2' ("ISC-squared"), the world's largest information security professional body and administrators of the CISSP', today announced the details of its participation in the 7th Annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) this month.
(ISC)2 will be participating in two events next week hosted by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), organizers of NCSAM:
* Kicking off the month, a public National Cyber Security Awareness Month Launch Event will be held Monday, Oct. 4 at the Seattle Public Library in Seattle from 9 a.m. to noon. (ISC)2 Senior Manager of Communications Sarah Bohne will participate in panels on "Public-Private Partnerships" and "Keeping Consumers Safe."
* A Unified Message for Cybersecurity event will be held next Wednesday, Oct. 6 by the NCSA and the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Intel headquarters in Silicon Valley. The event will feature a panel on workforce development that includes (ISC)2 General Counsel, Dorsey Morrow, CISSP-ISSMP.
(ISC)2 member Dan Waddell, CISSP, CAP, of Deloitte & Touche, will present the organization's Safe and Secure Online presentation to children and parents attending the inaugural HacKid conference on Oct. 9th and 10th in Cambridge, Mass.
(ISC)2's Safe and Secure Online program is a first-of-its-kind, nationwide initiative that brings top cyber security professionals from business and government into classrooms to teach cyber safety and security to kids ages 11-14 at no cost. The program tackles relevant issues such as cyberbullying, social networking, online predators, identity theft, online reputation and more.
HacKid is the brainchild of CISSP Chris Hoff, who has created an interactive, hands-on experience for children and their parents to inspire interest and understanding of technology.
"As the leading professional body for the information security industry, we are proud to suppor t the goals of National Cyber Security Awareness Month again this year," said W. Hord Tipton, CISSP-ISSEP, CAP, CISA, executive director of (ISC). "It is part of our mission to make the cyber world a safer place for everyone, and our members are willing, expert ambassadors who are giving back to their communities."


Today is our four year wedding anniversary. We got engaged on my 19th birthday and my Dad was terrified that we would elope. Instead, we dated for over six years before finally getting married. We bought our house about nine months before getting married and didn't live together until we brought home our first son, the furry one, in January of the year we were married. If there is one single piece of advice I could give people that are single, dating, or about to get married, it is to date, date, and date. I know we had a long engagement by today's standards, but I think that our length of dating is directly related to how well we knew each other and how amazing these past four years have been. There were no surprises in that first year of marriage despite having not lived together long before getting married. And once you get married the best thing you can do for your marriage is to date, date, and date. A very wise man, our best man in our wedding, told us that the key to a successful marriage is to court everyday. That means 'date' for people under 50. I agree 110%.
Tonight, we will go out to dinner and watch our wedding video. It's our anniversary tradition. We don't spend a lot of money or have a big celebration. Instead, we spend the evening watching our wedding Mass and reliving the words Father Bill said to us on that very special day. In his homily, Father Bill talked about having a pure love that transcends all. A God-like love for each other that people outside of our marriage can see.
I know we've only been married for four years, but the most important thing I will ever accomplish is reaching that goal of our love transcending our marriage and spilling onto others. It's the love of God and as Father Bill put it, a gift to others and not just ourselves. There is a quote by Bruce R McConkie, a famous LDS minster, which says, "I believe that the most important single thing that you will ever do in this world is to marry the right person, in the right place, by the right authority." I know that many people have already been touched by Adam's love and dedication to me. It's the most humbling, rewarding, and fulfilling thing I have experienced in my lifetime. We hope one day to be able to counsel young couples getting married in the Catholic Church as we were counseled by our Deacon and his wife. Although we were dedicated and committed in our hearts from very early on, we both know the importance and significance that June 19, 2009 was for each of us, ourselves as a couple, our family, and our friends.
PS. Want to know what I got Adam as a wedding gift? Check out THIS post from way back in 2010.
Quite impressed to know about your wedding anniversary. I am arranging my nephew's ring ceremony which is in next month and have been searching for finest New York wedding venues. Hope I can find perfect venue for the occasion.


"DO you live in Nehalem?" There was no answer.
"I have never seen you with the Nehalem tribe; do you live in the hills?" The girl was silent, motionless.
Her great dark eyes stared at me, stared until they read my innermost soul. What they read there I do not know, but her lips curled in scorn. In the depths of her dark eyes I could read that a barrier lay between us. 1 could feel the freedom of unbounded, untrammeled generations. I could see the vast forests, the starlit water courses, the long shafts of moonlight shimmering through the trees. I could feel the strength of the great plains and the long, barren sandhills. I could hear the roar of mighty waterfalls. I could feel the latent force of the passionate love and hate which surged through the girl's blood—the passion of the primitive.
And in contrast to it all there arose before me the crowded cities, the sordid lives of thousands, huddled together in misery and squalor—the poor, petty passion which loves by contract and hates by law, and then the clanking of the chains of conventionality shut out the sight and the sound of everything else. The barrier was too strong, the very blood in my veins forbade me to grasp the primitive sweetness. J^nd so we stared.
When the girl took her eyes from my face it was to look upon a poor wizened atom of humanity which lay in her arms. And something sweeter than the scorn played about her lips.
The baby's face was pathetically thin. It seemed as old and wrinklcd as the buckskin wrapped around it. But the child did not cry—a faint little gasp came now and then from the baby lips.
"The baby is sick. You should get it some medicine at the company's store."
"At the company's store—yes, I have been. They not give. I have not money. They—they struck me when I asked again and again."
"How long—how long has the child been sick?"
"A moon, and now she dies. She is starving. I am starving." The words came brokenly in the soft Chinook.
"I have food—medicine," I said. "Will you come? You need no money." The words stuck in my throat. Even the Chinook could not cover their harshness.
For an instant her eyes flashed with the inborn hate; then the mother love overcame and she followed me.
Once she turned white and staggered. She would have fallen had I not been so near, and when I lifted the tiny bundle from her arms she sighed with relief as though the baby's slight weight had burdened her.
At last we reached my cabin. Not another living soul was within ten miles of us. Behind and on either side stretched the forests; in front lay the bay. My skill in medicine is not great, but the intuition which the Fates give us in a great emergency came to our aid. And finally the child slept.
The sunlight was fading. Killamah, the girl, sat beside me on the doorstep. The sleepy twitter of many birds—the solitary yelp of a distant coyote — the swish of the water as it lapped against the shore—merged into the sweet twilight and Killamah spoke.
"Will Sea Wind get—get well?"
"I cannot tell, dear; perhaps. I wish it more than anything in the world. And are you stronger now?"
"I am well. "You are young, Killamah, and—alone?" "Yes,"
"And is Sea Wind your child?"
"Has she a father, Killamah?"
The girl's dark eyes turned full upon me. "Yes."
For an instant her lips quivered, then she dropped her head in my lap.
I stroked the thick, dark hair. "Tell me, little one."
The musical voice was infinitely sadder and more beautiful than anything I had ever heard. Sometimes it faltered; sometimes the force of it thrilled me.
"Margaret Hill, you understand. You have a child?"
"No, Killamah." "Then you have loved? You not speak—Margaret Hill, you turn your head away. Are you angry?"
Ah, poor little one, and had she loved—too?
"No, Killamah, I am not angry. Go on."
"No person has ever heard, and you—you, Margaret Hill—you would not tell?"
"Killamah is not an Indian. Her mother was half-breed, her father a Nehalem. Sixteen times since the birth of Killamah the wild geese have come to the marsh and have flown northward. When I was a child my father taught me to shoot and to paddle. He showed me how to trap the great bear and to steal softly, softly up to the deer, Killamah was his only child—she was wild and free. She knew no ways of a house. In the summer nights she slept under the starlights, and she killed and ate and gathered berries when she was hungry. She swam in the deep, cool streams in the forest when the sun was hot, and no one asked where Killamah had been.
"And then—then the mother went out over the trail, out over Necarnie — for provisions, she said, but my father had plenty. She went to a city — Astoria you call it. And then when she came back my father drove her away. She went back to the man. He was white.
"And my father and Killamah hunted and fished. But the big fire burned the forest, and he had to work for the company. He worked in the mill. There was a woman there—she cooked their food. She was white — ugh!—white, with fair hair and little blue eyes. She was fat and red — ugh!—and her voice it was harsh like the marsh crane. And one day she made my father marry her. She told my father that she would cook for him and earn money—and—and he married her.
"She hated Killamah. She beat Killamah, and cut her hair, and made her cook, and take care of the baby. And Killamah ran away. Then my father was sick—he wasted away, and Killamah went back to him. My father died.
"The woman beat Killamah—because there was not food for me and her baby too. And she put this here with a hot iron when she was angry."
I shuddered. There was a long white scar on her breast.
"And Killamah ran away again. It was winter and the Great Whiteness was deep—deep. I went to the mill people. They had known my father. They laughed at me. They yelled, 'Get out of here—you half-breed. Go to your Injuns—they'll help you. "The Indians of Nehalem lived on the other side of the Great Canyon. I knew not the Indians. They had disowned ray father, because he had married my mother. But Killamah went to them. Sometimes she crawled like the great bear, on her hands and knees. Sometimes she walked. Killamah's moccasins were cut—when Killamah stepped, there was red on the Great Whiteness. For three days Killamah crawled and walked, and then she saw the Indians. They were poor—the women were cold and sick, and there was little food. But Killamah wa,iited just one buckskin to wrap around her and die.
"They set the dogs on her and cried 'Shame!—a half-breed! She is half-white! Go back to your white people! Go back to the company—mongrel, cur, half-breed! "Killamah didn't hear it all—she crawled away and lay on the Great Whiteness—the cold wind was freezing—the hungry wolves—and the big, still night—"
"When Killamah was nearly dead she opened her eyes—and there was some one kneeling beside her. Ah!—Margaret Hill—he was so strong and beautiful. He was a Nehalem. He was dark and deep-chested like my father. And he lifted me, like a baby in his strong arms—and we glided along on his great snow shoes. Then, Margaret Hill, he took me to a cabin — far, far up in the hills.
"Killamah wasn't beautiful then, but he loved her. And my father's people—his people—said they would kill him if he came back. And his father, the great chief, told none to speak his name, or they, too, would die as he had—to them. But Sea Cliff only laughed at them. He would take me in his arms and say, 'Killamah, little one, my people are the Sea. They storm, and beat their tempests against the Sea Cliff, but the Sea Cliff stands silent and stern and unmoved. And Killamah is the dancing waterfall, which dashes over the cold rock and makes it beautiful—beautiful. "The Great Whiteness melted, and went back to the river and to the sea. And when the summer came, and the violets grew in front of the cabin, the Sea Wind was borne to us. Softly, gently, she came, and Sea Cliff and Killamah were happy."
The girl had raised her head and was sitting upright, her face turned toward the evening sky. A long shaft of amber twilight fell full on her face, on the low broad forehead and the eyes with their dark lashes; on the beautifully moulded chin and the curved lips, which could express the depths and heights of her passion. The night wind blew the short skirt in graceful folds about the lithe, young limbs. The buckskin mackinaw, the bared feet and ankles, the long coil of dark hair, stamped themselves indelibly upon my memory. At last she turned her face away. The tears which she could not shed were in her voice.
"Margaret Hill—the great fire came again, and burned the cabin and the forest—and—Sea Cliff'."
"Did—did he go away, little one?"
"No." I could scarcely hear the faint whisper. At last: "He—he worked in the mill, and a—a log fell on him. They sent him away from me—to the hospital—you call it. A moon ago, and he has not come back. The Sea Wind dies, and Sea Cliff is alone—alone. Killamah cannot go to him— she knows not where—she has no money. It may be that Sea Cliff has weakened and fallen, and the Sea rages over him. Killamah does not know.' There was a long, long silence. The twilight deepened. The girl at my side did not move.
Then suddenly she jumped to her feet—her chin uplifted, her eyes strained towards the bay. There was a faint sound which suggested the rhythm of a paddle—a quick step sounded on the shore.
A tall, dark youth, with flashing eyes and quivering lips, thrust me aside and strained the girl to his heart—"Killamah—Opitsah."
The sweetest word in all the Chinook is "Opitsah"—sweetheart.
I strolled oft' toward the bay and bowed my head. The starlit water, the sweet incense of the firs, the wind, the magic of the night had never failed before, but I could not raise my head.
And, finally, when I went back through the trees Killamah and Sea Cliff still sat on the doorstep.
"And did the little one think Sea Cliff would not come back? But he is here, Killamah. The Sea Cliff did not fall though the Sea beat against it—and the Sea Wind, opitsah, will come back to us, as she came before, Killamah."


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Many believe rock & roll was born on July 5th, 1954, at Sun Studio in Memphis. Elvis Presley, guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black were horsing around with "That's All Right, Mama," a tune by bluesman Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, when producer Sam Phillips stopped them and asked, "What are you doing?" "We don't know," they said. Phillips told them to "back up and do it again." The A side of Presley's first single (backed with a version of Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky"), "That's All Right" was issued by Sun on July 19th. It may or may not be the first rock & roll record. But the man who would be King was officially on wax. Bridging black and white, country and blues, his sound was playful and revolutionary, charged by a spontaneity and freedom that changed the world. "It's the blues," critic Greil Marcus wrote in his classic book Mystery Train. "But free of all worry, all sin; a simple joy with no price to pay." Presley released four more singles on Sun – including definitive reinventions of Wynonie Harris' "Good Rockin' Tonight" and Junior Parker's "Mystery Train" – before moving on to immortality when Phillips sold his contract to RCA for $35,000. Incredibly, it took more than 20 years for Presley's Sun output to be properly collected on a 1976 LP – which has since been superseded by this 1999 double-CD chronicle of the King's beginnings at Sun. It collects everything he cut at the studio, including alternate takes and the 1953 acetate he recorded as a gift for his mother as a shy and awkward recent high school graduate.
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Dave Shilling
• 41 minutes ago • 0 △ 0 ▽
Should be in the top 100!!!
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Shortsqueeze
• 2 hours ago • 0 △ 0 ▽
Dark side of the Moon doesn't make the top 10. I mean, come on, I know this is subjective, but really?
rumple
4 of the top 10 records are beatles? they're so fucking overrated and this list is a joke.
Where is Homogenic by Bjork ? Deserve a top 100!
Art Hanick
How is it the number #1s (Jimi Hendrix) favorite guitar player is not even on the list. Jimi felt that the late Terry Kath of CTA (a.k.a. - Chicago) was the better guitar player!
SuperTroll > Art Hanick
Being a great musician is one thing... Writing great songs is another one.
Hendrix could do both. Dylan wasn't the greatest musician but wrote tremendous songs.
• 10 hours ago • 0 △ 0 ▽
Only 1 massive attack album at 397 is ridiculous... blue lines is such a seminal album that should be much much higher and alongside mezzanine . How ray of light, u2, tlc and american idiot are considered better to name but several i don't know. Ridiculously beatles-centric as always.
Lipsticky
• a day ago • 0 △ 0 ▽
Wrong Way Up by Eno/Cale should be on here.
10 Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
9 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
8 David Bowie - Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
7 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
6 AC/DC - Back in Black
5 Guns N Roses - Apatite For Destruction
4 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
3 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
2 Michael Jackson - Thriller
1 The Beatles - Abbey Road
Noodles > Kristofer
Drop Alanis, Winehouse, GnR, and Off the Wall then this would be a good list.
ThePaganTemple > Noodles
Ah, but without those four it wouldn't be the fabulously gay list it now is.
Michael Stephen > Kristofer
jagged little pill gets number two? Jagged...little....pill?! Im surprised you didnt mention avril levine.
Kristofer > Michael Stephen
I'm pretty sure it says number 9 idiot!!
super stevens > Kristofer
You're alot into MJ aren't you?
SuperTroll > super stevens
You're alot into prog aren't you?
musconsaia
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Exile on main street- The Rolling stones
One of the most phenomenal rock and roll works ever. I haven't got
why this album didn't get too much acknowledgment by critics upon it's
Music critics > musconsaia
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JUDICIAL WATCH - THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL CRIMINALS RELEASED!
Calls to Abolish ICE Omit that Majority of Immigrants Agency Arrests are Convicted Criminals
As a growing number of Democrats and their allies call for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), it's important to remember that the overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants arrested by the agency have criminal convictions.
In 2017 immigrants with criminal convictions accounted for 74% of all arrests made by ICE, according to government data used by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center in a study published earlier this year. Sixteen percent of those arrested by ICE had pending criminal charges and only 11 % had no known criminal convictions or charges, the Pew analysis found.
Nearly 60,000 illegal aliens deported by ICE last year were convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and another 57,438 for possessing or selling dangerous drugs such as opioids. More than 52,000 ICE arrestees were convicted of immigration offenses, including false claim to American citizenship and tens of thousands had pending criminal charges for assault, driving under the influence and a variety of other crimes. Some had pending charges for more violent crimes like sexual assault, kidnapping and homicide.
Los Angeles, an illegal alien sanctuary city, topped the list with nearly nine out of 10 ICE arrests consisting of immigrants with criminal convictions. Newark, New Jersey had the lowest number with 60% criminal arrests but every region had one thing in common: "In all ICE areas, considerable majorities of arrests were for those with prior convictions," the Pew study says.
The figures make the calls to abolish ICE, the 20,000-employee Homeland Security agency, preposterous. The growing movement includes elected officials—some presidential contenders—at the federal, state and local level as well as those running for office. Among them are senators Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), Kamala Harris (California) and Kirsten Gillibrand (New York). Warren and Harris are reportedly making White House runs in 2020.
Other federal lawmakers calling for the dismantling of ICE include Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan and Massachusetts Congressman Mike Capuano. In a piece published by a mainstream media outlet, a law professor running for New York Attorney General writes that ICE is a "tool of cruelty and lawlessness and dehumanization." The agency was born in xenophobia and fear, the lawyer asserts, and it is doing exactly what it was designed to do: "Terrorize immigrant communities, bring a police state inside our borders and treat people as less than human."
Not surprisingly, the mainstream media appears to support the abolish ICE movement and has demonstrated it with biased reporting as well as the promotion of radical leftist ideas such as those published by the New York Attorney General candidate.
A mainstream national newspaper writes that the nation doesn't need ICE and refers to it as an "agency that harms Latino and immigrant communities." A northern California newspaper blames the Trump administration's "hardline immigration policies" for transforming the idea of abolishing ICE from a pipe dream for liberal activists to a legitimate political issue. The article refers to abolish ICE as a movement that has seen a "remarkable rise from fringe issue to Democratic rallying cry." A multitude of media outlets around the country have followed suit, shamelessly displaying their pom poms for the insane abolish ICE movement.
The reality is that ICE needs to be strengthened because the agency is overwhelmed, officers can't keep up with monstrous workloads and repeatedly lose track of hardcore criminals inside the United States.
As a result hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens with criminal records are getting released by local authorities in the U.S., according to a federal audit released last year by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General. A surge in illegal immigrants under the Obama administration pushed matters into crisis mode with deportation officers so overworked that they often lose track of dangerous illegal aliens with serious criminal histories, the probe found.
This includes individuals who represent critical national security threats. One ICE agent cited in the report said this: "You might work 18 hours a day, but you still won't get caught up." Inspectors visited four key field offices and determined that the management deficiencies and unresolved obstacles make it difficult for the feds to deport aliens expeditiously. "ICE is almost certainly not deporting all the aliens who could be deported and will likely not be able to keep up with growing numbers of deportable aliens," the DHS watchdog found.
Calls to Abolish ICE Filled With 'Dangerous Hatred,' Says Expert
https://www.theepochtimes.com/calls-to-abolish-ice-filled-with-dangerous-hatred-says-expert_2581588.html
By Charlotte Cuthbertson
ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents arrest a suspected MS-13 gang member and Honduran national in Brentwood, N.Y., on March 29, 2018. (John Moore/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON—Democratic politicians and advocacy groups calling for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are saying the agency is a "racist deportation force" and a "terrorist organization."
Heather Mac Donald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of "The War on Cops," says these groups are "fomenting hatred, and it's dangerous hatred."
"They are playing a race card … the most powerful poison they've got, to try to delegitimize a lawful activity," Mac Donald said. "ICE agents are not racist. ICE is not racist. It's enforcing color-blind laws."
ICE is the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement arm that operates in the interior of the United States as well as overseas. The agency employs more than 20,000 officers to carry out deportations of illegal and criminal aliens, as well as investigations into drug, gang, and cross-border crime.
On an average day in fiscal year 2016, ICE agents arrested seven child predators, seized 4,000 pounds of narcotics, arrested 13 transnational gang members, and refused 24 visas due to terrorist connections, according to the agency.
President Donald Trump has been a staunch supporter of ICE and law enforcement since taking office.
On June 30, as calls to abolish ICE swirled, the president took to Twitter to express support for the agency.
"To the great and brave men and women of ICE, do not worry or lose your spirit," Trump wrote. "You are doing a fantastic job of keeping us safe by eradicating the worst criminal elements. So brave! The radical left Dems want you out. Next it will be all police. Zero chance, It will never happen!"
In an executive order issued days after his inauguration, Trump asked for an additional 10,000 ICE officers to be hired.
Heather Mac Donald, fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of "The War on Cops." (Courtesy of Heather Mac Donald)
'Simply Ludicrous' Analogies
The outcry over ICE gained steam in June after the administration called for all adult illegal border crossers to be prosecuted, in line with the law. Consequently, around 2,000 children were temporarily separated from their parents while the parent awaited prosecution.
Mac Donald said the media is partly to blame for the resulting hype and hysteria.
"It's hardly neutral. I mean the constant coverage and hysteria over the border, Trump's travel ban, and the zero tolerance policy—the analogy [they're using] is to Nazism, to the Japanese internment analogies, which is simply ludicrous," she said.
Holocaust survivor David Tuck told "American Voices" that he is "sickened" when he hears the comparison of children's shelters in the United States to concentration camps.
"Please, this is not a concentration camp—they're free. … I would think it's a country club," Tuck said in a video posted on Facebook. "You can't compare. Anytime I hear it, it's sickening."
Politicians in New York have been progressively more outspoken about ICE.
Actress Cynthia Nixon, the Democratic primary challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, called ICE a "terrorist organization" that should be abolished, during a speech at a church in New York on June 21. Cuomo himself issued a cease-and-desist letter to ICE on April 25.
Then-Acting ICE Director Tom Homan responded to Cuomo by saying ICE arrested nearly 5,000 criminal aliens from the streets of New York last year.
"So rather than a cease-and-desist letter, a letter of thank you would be appreciated," Homan said at an event on June 5.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a socialist who beat incumbent Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) in the Democratic primary on June 26, included "abolish ICE" as part of her platform.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has since joined the "abolish ICE" chorus and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) called for the same on Twitter.
"I believe we need to protect families who need help, and ICE isn't doing that. It has become a deportation force," Gillibrand wrote on June 28. "We need to separate immigration issues from criminal justice. We need to abolish ICE, start over and build something that actually works."
Gillibrand, along with several other Democrat senators, joined hundreds of women who staged a sit-in protest at a Senate building in Washington on June 28. Almost 600 women were arrested and charged with unlawfully protesting.
Protesters demonstrate inside the Hart Senate Office Building against family detentions and ICE, in Washington on June 28, 2018. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Anti-ICE encampments started springing up near ICE field offices in several cities in late June, and individuals connected to the far-left Antifa group have collected and released the personal information of ICE agents online.
"That's just absolutely irresponsible, shocking," said Mac Donald. "Again, they are playing with fire, and it's part of both the anti law enforcement hysteria that has taken over the country for the last four years and then just shows the depth of resolution on the open-borders left to impose their will by force and illegitimate means."
The advocacy group United We Dream sent an e-newsletter out on June 30, calling ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) "a dangerous and racist cancer on the liberties of all people."
"They exist for the purpose of enforcing the racist doctrine of mass deportation. Members of Congress must immediately stop voting to give billions of dollars to the deportation force," the group said.
Mac Donald said more politicians need to disavow this type of "poisonous rhetoric."
"You are playing with fire every time you use this sort of incendiary language against law enforcement," she said.
"If you can't deport someone in the country illegally—if that lawful response is taken off the table—then there is simply no more national sovereignty, and the citizens of the country have lost any say over who comes into the country, and immigration policy is set then by people living outside the country."
She said the "abolish ICE" rhetoric is the natural extension of a longstanding crusade against deportation as a response to illegal entry and illegal presence.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent works in Los Angeles on Oct. 14, 2015. (John Moore/Getty Images)
The Sanctuary Movement
The sanctuary city movement, which originated in Los Angeles in 1979, is the beginning of a larger push for open borders, said Mac Donald.
Sanctuary policies shield illegal immigrants from deportation, especially those who are convicted criminals, often by not allowing local law enforcement to communicate and cooperate with ICE.
By this logic, Mac Donald said, proponents of sanctuary cities are clearly saying it's illegitimate to deport any illegal alien who has not gone on to commit another crime, beyond entering the country illegally.
From the beginning of the Trump administration until the end of the 2017 fiscal year, administrative arrests increased 42 percent compared to the same period the previous year—from 77,806 to 110,568, according to Department of Homeland Security statistics.
Ninety-two percent of those arrests were aliens who had a criminal conviction or a pending criminal charge, were an ICE fugitive, or had illegally re-entered the United States after deportation (which is a felony).
Acting ICE Director Tom Homan speaks at an event hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies, on June 5, 2018. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)
Homan has repeatedly hit back at sanctuary cities for releasing criminal aliens back into communities rather than handing them to ICE.
"When you release a criminal alien from a jail, that criminal alien is going to return to his community and victimize the very community in which he lives—which are immigrant communities," Homan said on June 5.
"This whole thing about sanctuaries protecting immigrant communities—it's false, it's inaccurate, it's just putting politics over public safety. That's all it is."
Nationwide Manhunt for Three Illegal Aliens Accused of Kidnapping, Raping Teen Sisters
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/04/nationwide-manhunt-for-three-illegal-aliens-accused-of-kidnapping-raping-teen-sisters/
Bowling Green PD
4 Jul 2018 Bowling Green, OH4,960
A nationwide manhunt is underway for three illegal aliens who are accused of kidnapping and raping two underage, teenage sisters in Bowling Green, Ohio.
According to WISTV10, four illegal aliens are alleged to have kidnapped and raped a 13-year-old girl and her 14-year-old sister at a Days Inn near Wooster Street in Bowling Green.
The teen sisters allegedly escaped the four illegal aliens after being held against their will and sexually assaulted, and were quickly taken to the hospital by their mother and stepfather.
Already in custody is 24-year-old illegal alien Simon Juan Thomas from Guatemala. Thomas was arrested and charged by Bowling Green Police with raping minors and is currently imprisoned on a $50,000 bond.
Illegal alien Simon Juan Thomas was arrested and charged with sexual misconduct with a minor and is being held on a $50,000 bond. His illegal alien accomplices are on the loose.
Meanwhile, the other three illegal aliens remain on the run with Bowling Green Police officials saying they believe the men have fled the region.
The three illegal aliens wanted are:
David Ramos Contreras
Arnulfo Ramos
Juan Adiel
Police say 27-year-old Contreras is from Mexico, while Adiel had been using a fake ID that claimed he was a legal resident of Fellsmere, Florida. All four illegal aliens were using fake IDs, according to police.
Police are asking the public to focus on the photos of each illegal alien, rather than their names, as they are unclear whether these names are real or fake.
Two of the illegal aliens allegedly worked as drywallers while the other worked at Greenline Foods in Bowling Green.
Police are advising anyone with information on the whereabouts of the men are to contact the Bowling Green Police Division at 419-352-1131, Wood County CrimeStoppers at 1-800-54-CRIME, or a local law enforcement agency.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the men is allowed to stay anonymous and are eligible for an up to $1,000 reward should the information provided lead to the arrest and conviction of any of the suspects.
HOW "CHEAP" IS ALL THAT INVADING "CHEAP" LABOR?
Natalio Vitervo-Vasquez was deported twice but returned to provide "cheap" labor. He can't read or write and raped his 10-year-old daughter.
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2017/08/illegal-natalio-vitervo-vasquez-goes-to.html
"Prosecutors say the girl, who was 11-years-old at the time, went to a medical center where it was determined she was pregnant. Officials say she would have conceived the child at ten years of age."
MEXICAN MOLESTATION
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/01/mexicans-and-child-molestation-mex.html
MEX GIVES 7-YEAR-OLD CHILD HERPES AFTER REPEATEDLY RAPING HER
"The molestation was reported after the child was taken to a hospital for an outbreak of g enital h erpes early this month. When asked how she might have contracted the disease, the child claimed that Morales had molested her "a lot of times."
"The legal age of sexual consent in Mexico is 12 years old. Sex with children at this age and younger is socially acceptable in Mexico. For example: A Mexican Lopez-Mendez pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a 10-year-old-girl in West Virginia." FROSTY WOOLDRIGE
Mexicans cheat, distribute drugs, lie, forge documents, steal and kill as if it's a normal way of life. For them, it is. Mexico's civilization stands diametrically opposed to America's culture.
The legal age of sexual consent in Mexico is 12 years old. Sex with children at this age and younger is socially acceptable in Mexico. For example: A Mexican Lopez-Mendez pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a 10-year-old girl in West Virginia.
THE GRUESOME MS-13 GANGS FROM
LOS ANGELES: THEIR MURDER, RAPE,
AND CRIME TIDAL WAVE IN AMERICA'S
OPEN BORDERS
THE ILLEGALS' AND THEIR CRIME TIDAL WAVE!
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/01/michael-cutler-illegals-and-their.html
Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute has testified before a Congressional committee that in 2004, 95% of all outstanding warrants for murder in Los Angeles were for illegal aliens; in 2000, 23% of all Los Angeles County jail inmates were illegal aliens and that in 1995, 60% of Los Angeles's largest street gang, the 18th Street gang, were illegal aliens.
ILLEGAL RAPES 9 YEAR-OLD STEPDAUGHTER
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2011/06/illegal-rapes-9-year-old-stepdaughter.html
LA RAZA GANG RAPE:
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2011/06/la-raza-mexican-gang-rape.html
8 Alleged Gang Members Arrested For Kidnap And Rape For 2 Teen Girls
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53103
Border Patrol Arrests Gang Members, Child Molesters in South Texas
https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/07/02/border-patrol-arrests-gang-members-child-molesters-in-south-texas/
Photo: U.S. Border Patrol
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector stopped five illegal immigrants from successfully making their way back into the U.S. The agents arrested two 18th Street gang members, two child molesters, and a man previously charged with felony sexual contact.
In a series of separate incidents, Border Patrol agents kept numerous criminal aliens from successfully re-entering the U.S. after previous removals, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.
Agents arrested two 18th Street gang members in separate incidents in South Texas. In the first, Rio Grande City Station agents arrested a Honduran man near Roma. Elsewhere, Kingsville Station agents arrested a Salvadoran man about 80 miles inland, near Sarita. In both cases, biometric background investigations revealed the two men were members of the violent 18th Street gang.
In Donna, Texas, Weslaco Station agents apprehended a Mexican national after he illegally crossed the border. When agents investigated the man's records, they discovered a 2007 conviction in Hidalgo County, Texas, for indecency with a child. He received a three-year prison sentence for his crime.
Further up the highway, agents at the Falfurrias Station came across a Guatemalan national illegally present in the U.S. The agents conducted a background check which revealed a 2004 conviction in Redwood City, California, for sex with a minor. The California court sentenced the criminal alien to 45 days in jail and three years of probation.
Agents assigned to the Rio Grande City Station arrested a Salvadoran man after he illegally crossed the border. The agents transferred the Salvadoran national to the station for processing where they learned the man had been arrested by the Saint Paul Police Department in Minnesota for felony sexual contact in the third degree. A court convicted the foreign national to three years in prison and placed him on probation for 15 years.
Agents processed all of the criminal aliens and turned them over to Homeland Security Investigation who will hold them for prosecution on immigration violations. Illegal re-entry after removal is a felony punishable by a prison sentence of up to 20 years. Their previous orders of removal will also be reinstated, officials said.
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas. He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX, GAB, and Facebook.
WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN OF LEGALS LEFT ORPHANED DUE TO A MEX MURDER???
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/06/illegals-separating-american-children.html
Instead Francis Hernandez, an illegal alien driving 81 miles an hour, slammed into a pickup truck, killing the two women inside, and smashing it through the glass wall of the Baskin Robbins.
Francis Hernandez had been arrested 16 times in 5 years without ever being turned over to immigration authorities. That failure to enforce immigration law separated a little boy from his family forever. DANIEL GREENFIELD – FRONTPAGE
ALEXADRA OCASIO-CORTEZ - PHONY SOCIALIST AND GREEDY LATINA BITCH!
Ocasio-Cortez pockets the tip cup?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/07/ocasiocortez_pockets_the_tip_cup.html
By Jeannie DeAngelis
New York's 14th District's congressional nominee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is currently the darling of the Democratic Party. Running as a Democratic Socialist, the 28-year-old Latina managed to defeat ten-term Democrat incumbent and number-four Democrat in the House Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.), and she did it by touting the virtues of wealth being socially and collectively owned.
In addition to believing that it's time for generational, racial, and ideological change, and in the spirit of former first lady Michelle Obama, who shared none of her pie but wanted the rest of us to "give up a piece of [our] pie so that someone else [could] have more," allegedly, Alexandria, aka Sandy, isn't all that into sharing, either.
Official campaign photo.
According to a food-server who worked with the former bartender at an East 16th Street taco and tequila bar, Flats Fix, on Cinco de Mayo 2017, the newly minted politician proved that when it came to divvying up the tips, collective ownership lost its appeal.
On the Democratic Socialist website, it says that "Democratic socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically – to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few."
If "profits for a few" is what Ocasio-Cortez condemned when running against Joe Crowley, why would she begrudgingly throw $50 at a waitress and pocket $510 for herself? If the soon-to-be congressional contender was really against pay inequity, shouldn't the server she worked alongside have been given half of Alexandria's take?
The only explanation for pocketing 90% of the contents of the tip cup and doling out a pittance to a co-worker is that, deep down inside, "people vs. money" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez considered herself the top 1% of Flats Fix and secretly believed that mixing Mayan Mules has more worth than schlepping fish tacos.
Wasn't it Ocasio-Cortez who said, "The definition of Democratic Socialism to me, again, is the fact that in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live"? Is this the same woman who allegedly gave a waitress $50 for a night's work and kept $510 for herself?
The server was so shocked by the small amount of money she received that a complaint was registered with the management, who wrested another 50 bucks from Alexandria's tightfisted Democrat-Socialist hands.
The offended waitress told Richard Johnson of the New York Post's Page Six that after being treated that way by Ocasio-Cortez, "[f]rom that point on, I wouldn't talk to her. I couldn't look at her. It says so much about her character."
Six months after slighting a low-wage worker trying to make an honest buck, Alexandria packed up her tip cup and left Flats Fix to run against Congressman Joe Crowley as a Democrat Socialist and won.
Jeannie hosts a blog at www.jeannieology.com.
WILL OUR CURRENT POLITICAL CONFLICTS TURN VIOLENT?
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Do today's "woke" leftists really have the guts?
Bruce Thornton
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
President Trump's recent string of wins ––especially the victories in the Supreme Court decisions and the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy–– has incited the Democrat "resistance" to even loonier excesses of rhetoric and rudeness. Celebrities indulging juvenile vulgarities, boorish protestors harassing cabinet members in public spaces, the twitterverse smoldering with calls for violence and a "summer of rage," and the buffoonish Representative from California Maxine Waters calling for even more public harassment: all have some people worrying that we are on the track of escalating violence that will turn the "cold civil war" hot.
Count me as skeptical for now. As bad as today's political discord may seem, American history from its beginnings has been filled with worse political conflict and violence, from Shays' Rebellion to Bleeding Kansas, from the Wall Street bombing to the Haymarket Riot. And having spent more than forty years in the university, the nursery of leftism and today's parlor pinks, I see few people with the gumption to actually back their blustering threats with risky action.
Any claims that we are living on the brink of civil conflict inflamed by violent political rhetoric must answer the question, compared to when? The Sixties and Seventies saw urban riots that killed hundreds, wounded thousands, and caused millions of dollars in damages. Politically motivated kidnappings and shootouts were endemic. The 1968 protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago featured televised vicious battles between the police on one side, and antiwar protestors and left-wing groups like the Yippies and Students for a Democratic Society on the other. A jumpy national guard contingent killed four student protestors at Kent State. During this same period, thousands of bombings from a plethora of radical groups took place ––according to a 1970 Senate investigation, more than 4,300 just between January 1969 and April 1970, killing 43 and inflicting $22 billion in damage. And presidential primary candidate Robert Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King were assassinated.
And what are we fretting over? Vulgar insults on late-night television, a rhetoric of violence used by people who have never fired a weapon, public rudeness to politicians, anonymous threats and virtual stalking, and other forms of bullying perpetrated mostly by well-fed people of leisure who have no intention of risking their lives and possessions for their zombie leftism. Of course, these sorts of attacks can be disturbing to the victims, and any credible threat of violence should be taken seriously by the authorities and investigated. But the worst of what we're seeing is still light-years from the assassinations and bombings of 50 years ago. And don't forget, that leftist violence of the Sixties and Seventies created a backlash that helped elect Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
Our dearth of that sort of genuine violence may be why we try to elevate murders by psychopaths––like the ones who fired on the Republican congressional baseball team last year, or more recently a Baltimore newsroom––into acts of political violence stoked by ideological conflicts. In reality they're no more political than was the paranoid loser Travis Bickle's rampage in the movie Taxi Driver. In contrast, the violence of the Sixties was perpetrated by self-styled revolutionaries whose acts were the consequence of their conscious beliefs in revolutionary violence as the justified means to an ideological end. They were psychopaths with seemingly rational and respected arguments, infinitely more dangerous than your typical school-shooter egged on by his private demons and paranoid hallucinations.
Compared to the Weathermen, the Symbionese Liberation Army, or the SDS of the Sixties and Seventies, our violent "resistance" comprises mostly posers and day-trippers like Antifa. The level of their violence, mostly against property, does not reach that of soccer hooligans, let alone the daily mayhem in inner-city hell-holes. And unlike the '68 protestors in Chicago, who faced beat-downs from the police, these days protestors know the police don't want to risk their jobs by using the force necessary to deter such antics. They also know that most of those arrested don't face serious legal consequences. Their "resistance" is more like theater for iPhone and news cameras, rather than the serious violence that radicals in the Sixties committed.
Today's "activists," then, are performing in a revolutionary operetta that isn't really about radical change, but about making a fashion statement and preening morally. Of course, they may seem "passionate" about their beliefs, and even believe they really are, but the true test of commitment is not attending a demonstration to provide selfies for your Facebook page, nor blustering comments and threats on an online site, nor browbeating your MAGA-hatted aunt at Thanksgiving, nor verbally bullying a cabinet member out for a meal. This is not Yeats' "passionate intensity" that he saw in the political religions and their violence in the Thirties, but a cheap knock-off that substitutes a "revolutionary" pose and attitude for the real deal. It's revolution in the virtual world, where flourish the images and rhetoric that make us think a violent civil war is looming. Meaningful commitment is the willingness to get blood on your hands.
Typical of this symbolic and gestural "radicalism" is the latest mascot of the "woke" resistance, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who beat the fourth ranking Democrat in the House in a New York district primary. This daughter of an architect, denizen of tony Westchester County, and Boston University grad styles herself as a "working class girl from the Bronx" and a committed socialist. But she's really what the Mexican kids I grew up with called a gringada, a Latina culturally indistinguishable from a white girl. Her ethnicity is a costume she uses to make herself attractive to her half-Latino district. As Daniel Greenfield writes, she's "an upscale lefty hipster drifting after college from one activist gig to another, developing the contacts that put her in the right place at the right time. These are the bios of ten thousand professional lefties who infest the non-profit sector. They're all angry, self-righteous and interchangeable."
In other words, an aspiring race-tribune like the ancient Roman variety, the aristocrats on the make who professed to champion the cause of the plebs in order to advance up the cursus honorum of political power. The difference is, many a Roman tribune fought and died in the Forum in pursuit of their revolutionary reforms. Our race tribunes can look forward to dying in their comfortable beds with a fat 401K or state pension, all funded by the wealth free-market capitalism has created. Just ask Bernie Sanders, today's "socialist" Pied Piper whose "activism" has made him a millionaire.
Careerist hipster "activists" like Ocasio-Cortez are not the sort of leaders who can galvanize the masses for violent revolution, no more than are geriatric plutocrats like Nancy Pelosi or George Soros, or political ventriloquist's dummies like Bill Maher or Joe Scarborough. And their "woke" ersatz-socialist fans are just like them: well-fed court jesters for the rich and powerful of the Acela corridor, lap-dogs who will snarl and nip but know exactly where to sit in order to snatch the scraps dropped from the tables of the bipartisan power elite. They know better than to risk biting the hands that feed them by actually fighting with bombs and guns rather than safely blogging and protesting while the police stand down, and the fellow-traveling media advertise their "commitment" and "passion."
Nor are today's "woke" millennials the budding shock-troops of the revolution. Snowflakes of uncertain "gender" and vulnerable to verbal "microagressions" are not promising recruits for class warfare. Guys who've never been punched in the face and fret over their "toxic masculinity" won't make it through Marxist boot-camp. The kind of people needed for violent change these days are living in off-the-grid rural compounds, or the "gangster paradise" where the businesses of drugs, guns, and prostitution are much more lucrative than "transforming" America along Cuban lines.
So let's calm down a bit with the rhetoric of impending violence. When we discover that sizable battalions of organized, disciplined "resistance" outfits are stockpiling guns and ammo, importing illegal armaments, spending time at the range learning which end of the gun to point, and figuring out how to build bombs by studying jihadist websites, then we'll need to take them more seriously. And do something about.
This doesn't mean civil violence is impossible. But if political violence returns to the streets of America, it's unlikely to come from aging hippies and entitled millennials who treat politics like performance art, which is the luxury of well-fed consumers with ample leisure time and discretionary wealth. It will more likely come on the heels of economic dislocation and dwindling wealth to redistribute. And while today we are fighting the rhetoric wars over trivial "scandals" and lurid predictions of democracy's demise, we are creating the conditions for such economic disorder by our feckless policies of unsustainable entitlement spending, rising deficits, and metastasizing debt. Those fiscal chickens may be coming home to roost in just a couple of decades.
Moreover, the social disorder of a serious economic downturn may be more extreme for us. The greater affluence that we take for granted will make the decline in living standards even more intolerable than in the past. Then we may painfully learn the wisdom in Thucydides' timeless warning about how people in times of wealth and comfort––such as we are enjoying now with the economy booming and full employment–– find it easier to indulge revolutionary words and gestures, rather than take lethal revolutionary action. But when they "fall under the dominion of imperious necessities," whether because of war or, what is more likely in our case, economic deprivation, the ensuing breakdown in order can "take away the comfortable provision of daily life." War or want becomes a "hard master and tends to assimilate men's characters to their conditions." That is, in the lean years we may find ourselves capable of brutal actions we'd never consider during the fat years. Right now, the antics of the "resistance" are affordable luxuries for the richest cohort of young people in human history. Let that affluence disappear, and rhetoric indulged in times of comfort can turn to lethal violence and the temptation of collectivist solutions that have paved the road to tyranny in the past.
If we're really worried about civil violence coming to our streets, let's do something about the economic dysfunctions that are insidiously making possible the conditions for such violence. That's a more credible threat than are the social media tantrums and potty-talk of spoiled brats.
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South Sea Dreams, A Vacation Of A Lifetime
Pacific Islands, otherwise Oceanus, is a constellation of more than 25,000 islands as well as atolls of more than 20 nations and territories that are spread across the central and western Pacific Ocean. Sprawling over millions of square kilometers, Pacific Islands' total land area is about four-fifths of the size of Alaska. Significant of the members of the Pacific Islands are Australia, New Zealand, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Based on the culture, geography, and ethnic backgrounds of the inhabitants of the islands, Pacific Islands are categorized into three groups: Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia extending towards the north across the Equator.
Located on the south western region of the Pacific Basin, particularly north and north-east of Australia – Melanesia, literally meaning 'black islands,' is truly a region of remarkable contrasts. Despite its strong Polynesian cultural background, Fiji Islands, one of the most charming destinations on the planet, forms a part of Melanesia. Papua, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia are the other Pacific Islands that are included in this region. A specialty of Melanesia is that it boasts of larger islands, which constitute about 99% of the total land area of all Pacific islands as well as about 85% of overall population of Pacific Islands.
The largest area in the South Pacific – Polynesia, meaning 'many islands,' stretches about 7000 kilometers from Midway Island and Hawaii in the north to Easter Island in the east and New Zealand in the south. Polynesia consists of more than a dozen of the central and south Pacific's prime island groups. Among the Polynesian territories and nations are French Polynesia, located halfway between Australia and California and consisting of five island groups such as the Society Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands, and the Tubuai islands; Easter Island – a territory of Chile which is located halfway between Tahiti and South America; Cook Island, a stunning island situated in the Pelican Archipelago; Niue, Tonga, American Samoa, Samoa, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, and Tuvalu.
Many of the Polynesian islands are a much favored destination for newly weds, honeymooners, and people vacation with large families. South Pacific's island destinations such as Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Rapa Nui, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Tongatapu, Vavau, Tutuila, Upolu, and Savaii, are much popular among the vacationers.
Additionally, some of the Polynesian destinations such as Tahiti and Bora Bora in the Society Islands of French Polynesia (Tahitian Islands) are considered a great destination for weddings. Many hotels and resorts located in this area provide superb facilities for weddings as well as for a memorable honeymoon. However, unlike wedding destinations such as Fiji and Cook Islands, French Polynesian islands such Tahiti and Moorea entail the couples to comply with certain requirements prior to the wedding.
Lying between Hawaii and Philippines in the northern region of the Pacific, Micronesia (small islands) contains more than 2000 islands. Located north of the Equator and the Melanesia Islands, Micronesia is made up of seven distinct units, including Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Kiribati, the Territory of Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and Nauru. An interesting thing regarding the islands in the Micronesia region is that majority of them were formerly German, Japanese, or British colonies.
Depending upon the size of the islands, Pacific Islands are further categorized into two main groups: low islands and high lands. The low islands primarily include coral reefs and islets that are spread across the Pacific. Further, most of the low islands rises more than one meter above the sea level, and some of them are the islands found in the Phoenix, Tuvalu, Gilbert, Marshall, and Tuamotu groups. On the other hand, the high islands mostly consist of rugged mountains, hills, and few active volcanoes, where earthquakes are common as well as severe. Among high islands are Papua New Guinea, the Marianas, New Britain, Hawaii, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
Pacific Islands are home to some of the most exquisite beaches in the world, such as, Samoa beach, Ofu Beach, and Tonga beaches. Some of the islands in the Pacific including Tahiti and Easter Island have excellent hiking trails. For activities such as scuba diving, surfing, and sailing, Pacific islands like Vanuatu and Bora Bora offer superb options. In short, each of the Pacific Islands is unique, and is noted for its amazing culture, history, and cuisine.
People across the globe consider islands in the Pacific as remote area. It is often seen that Pacific Island vacation is mostly focused on destinations including Australia and New Zealand. But, the truth is that these islands are among the most romantic and loveliest on the earth. Pacific Islands can be easily reached from Los Angeles through two hours fly to Tahiti.
So visit these amazing islands and see your South Sea dreams come true!
Relix Presents: UB40 Legends Ali, Astro & Mickey @ The Complex
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UB40 icons Ali Campbell with Astro & Mickey Virtue, the founding members of the legendary reggae/pop ensemble that blazed a multicultural musical path with such global hits as "Red Red Wine" and "(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You, announces a U.S. Summer tour kicking off in San Rafael, CA on July 3rd and wrapping up on July 29th in Las Vegas.
Released in late November on UMC 'Unplugged + Greatest Hits' is a 2CD package containing a brand new 'Unplugged' album plus UB40's 'Greatest Hits' which already went Silver in the U.K. 'Unplugged' offers an inventive new spin on UB40's early gems plus the huge hits with which they later wooed the world. Among the highlights on the album is a new version of 'I Got You Babe', featuring Ali's 22-year-old daughter Kaya Campbell, who sings the lines originally performed by Chrissie Hynde when the track topped the UK charts in 1985.
That pop standard is one of four number one singles on 'Unplugged', which also contains new takes of '(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You', 'Red Red Wine' – complete with a fresh Astro talk-over 'in an acoustic stylee' – and a new version of 'Baby Come Back' featuring Pato Banton, the Birmingham reggae star who took the song to the top of the charts with UB40 in 1994.
Since reuniting three years ago, lead vocalist Ali Campbell along with percussionist/trumpeter/vocalist Astro and Mickey Virtue on keyboards have developed into a formidable touring outfit with an 11-piece touring ensemble, complete with a three-piece horn section. Their world tours have included visits to North and South America, Nigeria, South Africa, Dubai and Papua New Guinea. 2016 has seen them return to the States, play Australia and visit the vineyards of New Zealand for a Red Red Winery tour. They are also made an emotional return to UK in April 2016, when they performed songs from the first two 'Labour Of Love' albums on an arena tour that included shows at London's O2 Arena, the Brighton Centre and the Barclaycard Arena in their native Birmingham.
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Composting rich 'hot' goat manure is similar to composting any other animal waste. Goat manure added directly to a garden in the fall makes wonderful compost. It also can be added to other scraps in the compost bin or used to make manure tea. Composting is the natural breakdown of organic material to a dark, loose, soil-like substance that will substantially enrich any garden, according to the Environmental Defense Fund. It is a form of recycling that occurs continually in nature and can significantly reduce the amount of household waste. Try your hand at one of these composting methods and your plants and garden will love it.
Make or build a compost bin. Contact a goat farmer and arrange to have the manure delivered to the bin.
Layer the goat manure with kitchen scraps and/or soil, shredded cardboard, dry grass clippings, chopped leaves or straw. Add just enough water to keep it moist, and layer until the compost bin is full. Turn the pile from top to bottom approximately every two to five days.
Put 10 to 12 lbs. of goat manure per 100 square feet of garden in the fall after harvesting all produce.Turn the manure and mix with the soil in the spring, using a garden tiller.
Make manure tea. Place a shovelful or two of goat manure in a burlap bag. Tie the bag closed with string. Place the manure-filled bag in a 5-gallon bucket and fill with water. Allow the bag to sit for a week to 10 days. Mix one part manure tea to 10 parts water for use on a daily basis.
Do not allow any manure tea to get on foliage of the plants.


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Virginia Upsets #18/23 Virginia Tech, 78-59
BLACKSBURG, Va. – The University of Virginia women's basketball team upset No. 18/23 Virginia Tech, 78-59, on Monday at Cassell Coliseum, snapping the Hokies' seven-game home win streak while claiming their first win on ACC play.
Virginia improved to 12-3 overall and 1-2 in the ACC, while the Hokies fell to 14-2 overall and 1-2 in the league.
With the win, Virginia earns a point in the Commonwealth Challenge. Virginia now leads the all-sports competition, 8-3.
"Our defense is usually pretty good," said head coach Debbie Ryan. "I'm pleased where we are now. This team has bought into the fact that if we want to win, we have to play defense."
In the first half, the Hokies scored the first bucket, but never led again. UVa went on a 15-4 run to go ahead by double digits, 24-12 with 8:58 left in the stanza. Freshman Lyndra Littles (Washington, D.C.) closed out the half with seven of her nine first-half points. Virginia utilized a season-high 60 percent shooting while forcing 14 Tech turnovers to a 15-point lead, 39-24.
"The first half was our best performance of the year," Ryan said.
In the second half, the Cavaliers continued to dominate, going ahead by as many as 28 points, 72-44 with 4:24 to play.
Littles recorded her fourth double-double of the season, finishing with a career-high 19 points and 12 rebounds. Sophomore Takisha Granberry came off the bench for a career-high 16 points. Sophomore Sharnee Zoll (Marlboro, N.J.) added 13 points.
Dawn Chriss paced Tech with 16 points. Kerri Gardin followed with 10 points.
Overall, Virginia Tech out-rebounded Virginia, 34-32. The Cavaliers shot a 51 percent from the field and 70 percent from the line.
"It's a huge boost for us," Ryan said of the upset. "You can't put too much emphasis on one game in the ACC. You have to stay focused and on an even keel, win or lose."
Virginia returns home to University Hall on Friday, Jan. 20 for a 7 p.m. game with No. 6 Maryland. The Regional Sports Network will televise the game.
1	2	-	FinalVirginia (12-3, 1-2)		39	39	-	78Virginia Tech (14-2, 1-2)		24	35	-	59
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Julia Holter "Betsy on the Roof"
Los Angeles-based singer Julia Holter is nearly ready to reveal her upcoming album Have You in My Wilderness, but before it hits shelves at the end of the month, she's shared another track from the new record.
"Betsy on the Roof " follows previously shared singles "Feel You" and "Sea Calls Me Home," and it's an intricately layered amalgamation of haunting harmonies, strings, keys and electronic manipulation that ebbs and flows theatrically, all the while anchored by Holter's dreamy, melancholic vocal performance.
Have You in My Wilderness arrives on September 25 through Domino Records. Listen to "Betsy on the Roof" below.
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JULY 2018 – Dee Krug is now mortgage originator for Benzie and Leelanau Counties, where she will develop and expand the bank's lending presence in these markets. A Beulah resident, Dee brings 20 years of banking experience to her new position. She is an active member of the Benzie County Chamber of Commerce and member of Benzie County Sunrise Rotary. Dee will continue to be based in the Frankfort office.
For a professional, experienced approach to your home loan, contact Dee Krug at (231) 352-9691 ext. 8076 or dkrug@ssbankmi.com.
State Savings Bank was established in Frankfort in 1901. The bank has banking offices in Frankfort and Empire and loan centers in Traverse City and Gaylord. The State Savings Bank mortgage team is committed to closing loans faster than any other financial institution in northern Michigan.