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ON THE STREETS OF SYDNEY
Yesterday morning Victoria and I joined a protest by the Australian Anti-Bases Campaign in Sydney. We met at a park where people dressed themselves in white with white masks and carried signs calling themselves the Invisibles since the Australian corporate media refuses to cover their protests against the growing militarization of their country.
As we walked in single file through the busy Saturday morning streets leaflets were handed to people, cars honked, a bus driver flashed us the peace sign, and we got a nice reaction from the public. We ended up at city hall and a sound system was waiting for us as more people joined the protest. While waiting I went to the microphone and sang "Gonna lay down my sword and shield, down by the riverside." The others joined in with me.
Eventually I spoke to the assembled (which grew larger as people paused on the side walk to listen) and Victoria followed me to speak. She first sang an indigenous song from Guam and then an elected official from the Green Party made a fine speech as well.
The leaflet that was handed to the public included these words:
More than 80% of Australians want less money spent on the military. About 70% did not want Australia involved in the invasion and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. But Liberal and Labor governments ignore our voices for peace and justice.
The Invisibles, dressed in white and masked, symbolise the silent majority. We will not be silenced!
We march to demand:
No US Marines in Darwin
No US war fighting and spy bases on our land
No US drone base on the Cocos Island
No more war games intended to teach Aussie soldiers to fight in more shameful US wars
No more destruction of our precious environment by military exercises such as the four bombs dropped by US planes in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
No increased US warship and military plane visits to Australia
A cut to the massive military budget of $25 billion a year
Australia must not become a US military base and a launch site for US wars in our region
As former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser said: It's time Australia stood up and learned to be independent.
A send-off dinner for Victoria and I was held later in the evening with a dozen members from various peace groups joining us. We had a lively discussion about non-violence, organizing strategies, Australian politics, and more over fine Middle Eastern food in a basement room of a local Lebanese restaurant.
Today I head to the airport for the long trip home. I fly to Dallas and then to Boston where I catch a bus back to Maine. The trip will take me a full day.
It was a great trip to the Pacific and I am deeply grateful to all of my wonderful hosts in Hawaii, the Philippines and now here in Australia where Denis Doherty and Hannah Middleton saw that Victoria and I were given excellent treatment.
END THE KOREAN WAR - DEMAND A PERMANENT PEACE TREATY
After 60 Years of Suffering, Time to Replace Korean Armistice with Peace Treaty
By Christine Ahn
Sixty years ago today, the United States, North Korea and China sat down to sign the Korean Armistice Agreement to "insure a complete cessation of hostilities." Several provisions were to guarantee a peaceful settlement, including a permanent peace agreement, withdrawal of all foreign troops, and no new arms introduced into Korea. Six decades later, none of these have been honored. As such, war, not peace, defines the relationship between Washington and Pyongyang.
Official commemorations are now taking place throughout Korea and United States, mostly honoring veterans who sacrificed their lives to fight the Forgotten War. Missing from this sanctioned remembering are the nearly four million Korean, mostly civilian, lives lost in just three years. Also missing is the central question: what are the costs of maintaining division and a permanent state of war? The costs are indeed enormous.
The most obvious is the threat of war, which would result in 1.5 million casualties within the first 24 hours, according to 1994 Defense Department estimates, well before North Korea possessed nuclear weapons. We came dangerously close this spring after Washington responded to Pyongyang's satellite launch and nuclear weapon test with another round of UN sanctions, followed by nuclear capable B-2 stealth bombers and nuclear power submarines equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles. Washington was "within an inch of war almost every day," said former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
Another major casualty are the millions of families separated by the DMZ, who by no choice of their own, are unable to see, embrace or communicate with their loved ones.
Unending war means bolstering up militaries to prepare for war. In 2012, the United States spent nearly $665 billion on its military, South Korea $32 billion, and North Korea $6 billion. North Korea recently acknowledged how they had "to divert large human and material resources to bolstering up the armed forces though they should have been directed to the economic development and improvement of people's living standard."
North Koreans are also struggling with food and energy shortages because of another weapon of war: U.S.-led sanctions, which have for the past 60 years had deleterious effects on the daily life of North Koreans. On his last trip to North Korea, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter remarked how "sanctions have deprived the North Korean people from adequate access to trade and commerce which has been devastating to their economy" and that "the people suffer the most and the leaders suffer the least."
The costs are also of repression on both sides of the DMZ in the name of national security. Every government, including the United States, justifies violating human rights on the grounds of national security, whether it is the NSA's spying program or systematic torture of prisoners at Guantanamo. We often point to North Korea's prison camps, but rarely do we critique South Korea's antiquated Cold War-era National Security Law, which is still used to silence and imprison political dissidents.
The partition, however, has very real consequences for North Korean women who make up the majority of migrants leaving North Korea due to poverty and hunger. According to estimates by aid workers, 80 to 90 percent of North Korean female refugees are trafficked and survivors of sexual violence. One 19-year old North Korean woman recently shared among a circle of women her experience of being raped four times during her journey to Seoul: once by the Korean-Chinese man who promised her work; twice by a Chinese man who hid her from authorities; third by a South Korean man who smuggled her into Seoul; and a fourth time by a South Korean agent.
The Korean War lives on. For six decades, the Korean peninsula has been marked by tragedy and war, a pawn on a global chessboard determining its fate. Yet much of this human suffering could be resolved through one action: replace the armistice with a peace treaty. In June, Pyongyang requested direct talks with Washington, but the Obama administration has not yet responded, even though there is a wide political spectrum of U.S. voices calling for peace with North Korea, including former U.S. ambassadors to South Korea from both political parties.
In Korean culture, 60 years represents an entire lifetime. It's time to end 60 years of war and hostility and begin a new lifetime of peace, reconciliation, and hopefully, reunification. Central is replacing the Korean Armistice Agreement with a permanent peace treaty.
- Christine Ahn is a founding board member of the Korea Policy Institute and the National Campaign to End the Korean War.
GUAM: LITTLE SAY IN THEIR FUTURE
With Washington refocusing its forces to the Asia-Pacific region, the US Naval Base on the small island of Guam is preparing for the arrival of 5,000 more troops and their dependents.
The goal is to turn Guam, an unincorporated territory of the US in the western Pacific Ocean, into a regional security hub by integrating the US Air Force and Navy.
The move is seen as a bid to counter what are perceived by the US and its allies as challenges to the freedom and security of the region.
However, many of the locals feel there are other ways their island can prosper, and that growth should not happen at any cost, particularly at the expense of their environment.
Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports from Guam.
TRADES COUNCIL MOTION
This motion passed this morning in Melbourne:
The Victorian Trades Hall Executive is concerned with the recently announced expansion of US military bases and stationing of US Marines in Darwin in Australia and Asia-Pacific.
We are concerned that Australia's foreign policies, the armed forces and military infrastructure, are being deeply integrated into the US global military operations.
We are concerned that Pine Gap [US NSA listening post in Australia) and other joint US bases in Australia are being used in extensive electronic surveillance and gathering of information on people and other countries for the purpose of launching wars.
The VTHC-executive supports an independent Australian foreign policy that builds peace and friendship with people and countries in our region.
APPEARING IN HISTORIC TRADES HALL
Last night Victoria and I spoke to more than 50 folks (a very diverse group) at the historic Trades Hall in Melbourne. The Trades Hall was built in 1859 by workers as a rallying point for the labor movement, following the successful Eight Hour Day campaign of 1856.
I was here 10 years ago when the Global Network held our annual space organizing conference in this magnificent building.
Our talk was expertly facilitated by Richard Tanter from The Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability. He is an expert on the Australian military and the growing US military presence in this country. He also showed himself to be quite up-to-date on US military space policy.
This morning Victoria and I were interviewed on a progressive radio station.
Following the radio show we were brought back to Trades Hall to meet with the 15 members of the Executive Committee of the Victoria Trades Hall Council. The listened attentively to each of us and then passed a motion calling on their country to stay neutral and independent during this US pivot into the region. Once I get a copy of the motion I'll post it here on the blog along with a photo of this beautiful Trades Hall.
It's cold and wet here, quite a change from the heat of Darwin, Manila, and Hawaii. I had to borrow a coat from my host Nic Maclellan who is an expert researcher and journalist on Pacific issues. Nic and I met some years ago (neither of us can remember where or when) but he has been on our mailing list for a long time and follows the work of the Global Network closely. We've been having some great discussions about the "pivot" and it is great to get his informed perspective on things. He also made a fine bowl of tomato soup for lunch when we arrived yesterday from Darwin. Just what the doctor ordered on a cold day.
We have a lunch meeting with various activists (including some who could not make it to our talk last night). Victoria and I fly out tonight to Sydney which will be my last stop before heading home.
"FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND"
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner is a poet from Marshall Islands in the Pacific.
Kathy writes, "During the period from June 30, 1946, to August 18, 1958, the United States conducted 67 nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, all of which were considered atmospheric. The most powerful of those tests was the 'Bravo' shot, a 15 megaton device detonated on March 1, 1954, at Bikini atoll. The US continues to deny responsibility while many more Marshallese continue to die due to cancer and other radiation related illnesses."
THE PIVOT TO DARWIN
Holding banner at the front gate of Robertson Army Barracks in Darwin where Obama intends to deploy 2,500 US Marines. Who does the US need to protect Australia from or is this purely Pentagon power projection?
Denis Doherty runs interference as private security guard at Shoal Bay Satellite Receiving Station base tried to block our banner
I arrived in Darwin, on the north coast of Australia, yesterday afternoon. This is where Obama has announced that over 2,500 US Marines would be sent as part of the "pivot" to the Asia-Pacific.
Joining me here was Denis Doherty (who I was with in the Philippines and hails from Sydney) and Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero from Guam.
Last night a public meeting was held at a local pub and just over 30 people turned out in this military town to hear us speak. You can see the video clips of our talks here
The last person on the video is a woman who asked to recite a poem about Obama's visit to Darwin that was pure joy to listen to.
Today our hosts took us to visit the front gates of two local bases that are involved in US war operations. Robertson Barracks is the place where the US Marines will be sent. Major upgrades are underway at the base in order to accommodate the additional soldiers. The Australian government claims that the Marines stationed there will help to "deepen interoperability" between their forces and the US military.
The second base we visited is called Shoal Bay which is an important satellite interception station used by the NSA's ECHELON surveillance system - part of the program exposed by Edward Snowden that is collecting millions of phone, fax, and email communications from this part of the world.
When we arrived at the front gate of Shoal Bay, hidden along a lonely dusty road in a wooded area, a woman security guard came out of the shack to see what we were doing. I announced that we were from the NSA and wondered if Edward Snowden was there. She didn't look amused and immediately turned away.
Later in the day, after lunch, while at the home of one of Darwin's local activists we got a call from the guy who had driven us to the two bases. He reported that the Australian Federal Police had just called and asked who was the person that said he was from the NSA. Clearly anyone mentioning the NSA and Edward Snowden deserves to be checked out!
Early Thursday morning Victoria and I board a plane and head to Melbourne where we will speak.
THE OBAMA PLANTATION
For a response to President Obama's comments on the acquittal of George Zimmerman and racism in the United States, Democracy Now is joined by Dr. Cornel West, professor at Union Theological Seminary and author of numerous books.
A LAKE IN MAINE
Sebago Tar Sands Demonstration from Regis Tremblay on Vimeo.
On Saturday, July 20, 2013, 350 Maine conducted a wonderful "teach-in" at Sebago Lake to inform the public about the dangers of fossil fuels, and specifically Tar-sands. The Canadians want to reverse the flow of the Portland to Montreal pipeline to move filthy, dirty Tar-sands oil down through Maine, 500 feet from Sebago Lake, to Portland to be shipped to China and other places. 200 people took part in the festivities and street (lake) theater.
350.org founder, Bill McKibben spoke to the crowd and took part in the activities. The band, Melodeego entertained with eco-relevant songs, featuring "They Are Digging Us a Hole."
ANTI-WAR STORY DURING CIVIL WAR
Copperhead was a name for Northern Democrats opposed to the Civil War. Now it's also the name of a remarkable new film: CopperheadTheMovie.com. This is not the first film about a family opposed to the Civil War. Many will probably recall the 1965 film Shenandoah starring Jimmy Stewart. But Copperhead is the one to see.
This is a war movie that neither sanitizes war nor pornographies it. This is a war movie set far away from the war, in upstate New York to be precise -- just as all of our wars today are far away from all 50 states. It's an unpredictable movie, an engaging movie, a personal drama that makes the Civil War and the politics surrounding it more comprehensible than a gazillion tours of battlefields or hours of PBS specials.
We come, through this film, to understand the viewpoint of a man, and others like him, who opposed slavery but believed the cure of war to be worse than the disease. Here was a man of principle and courage who saw better than others what war would mean, and who opposed it. Here was someone opposing President Lincoln's assault on the Bill of Rights as he was engaged in it, not just centuries later as Lincoln's example is used to justify similar abuses.
Copperhead does a remarkable job of bringing us to understand the mindset of the copperheads, these opponents of mass-killing who found themselves accused of "aiding the enemy." And yet I wish this film went one step further. I wish it addressed directly the inevitable audience response that -- reasonable as the copperheads may have seemed at the time -- the war proponents were eventually proved right by the ending of slavery.
But the copperheads never claimed the war couldn't end slavery, only that slavery should be ended without war, as it had been in other countries and would go on to be in still more. Today we have more African Americans in prisons, jails, and under the supervision of the U.S. justice system than were enslaved in the United States in 1850. If we were to wake up tomorrow and discover that everybody was suddenly appropriately outraged by this horror, would a helpful proposal be for us to gather in some large fields and kill each other off by the hundreds of thousands? Of course not! What would that have to do with prison reform or with prison abolition? And what did it have to do with slavery abolition?
Anti-slavery activists in the U.K. had already been somewhat disappointed when Parliament had chosen to compensate slave owners for the liberation of their slaves. The slaves themselves were, of course, not compensated. They had little but hard times ahead. But the compensation of slave owners offered a model that might have served the United States better than bloody civil war.
During the American revolutionary war, the British had recruited slaves to fight on their side by promising them freedom. After the war, slave owners, including George Washington, demanded their slaves back. A British commander, General Sir Guy Carleton, refused. Thousands of freed slaves were transported from New York to Nova Scotia to avoid their re-enslavement. But Carleton did promise to compensate the slaves' owners, and Washington settled for that. So, it was good enough for George Washington!
The original British abolitionists, including Thomas Clarkson, greatly influenced Americans like William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass. But few picked up on the idea of compensated emancipation, which had not originated with the abolitionists. Elihu Burritt was an exception. From 1856 to 1860 he promoted a plan to prevent a U.S. civil war through compensated emancipation, or the purchase and liberation of slaves by the government, following the example that the English had set in the West Indies. Burritt traveled constantly, all over the country, speaking. He organized a mass convention that was held in Cleveland. He lined up prominent supporters. He edited newsletters. He behaved, in other words, like Clarkson and many an activist since.
And Burritt was right. Britain had freed its slaves without a civil war or a slave rebellion on the scale that was possible. Russia had freed its serfs without a war. Slave owners in the U.S. South would almost certainly have preferred a pile of money to five years of hell, the deaths of loved ones, the burning and destruction of their property, and the uncompensated emancipation that followed, not to mention the century and a half of bitter resentment that followed that. And not only the slave owners would have preferred the way of peace; it's not as if they did the killing and dying.
ON THE STREETS IN MANILA
It was a hot day in Manila yesterday as I spent several hours marching with Bayan (diverse coalition of groups that coordinated the protest).
In the first photo above you can find me on the left side near the front of the march. A couple of hours later I was invited to speak to the crowd about the US "pivot" in the region.
The march and rally took place on the 16-lane Commonwealth Avenue that leads to the Filipino Congress building. Groups applied to hold the rally near the Congress as the president was delivering his SONA (State of the nation address) but the courts backed the police who had denied the permits.
In the top photo you can see a tree-lined median strip separating the two sides of the avenue. At one point the march broke through the razor wire blockade along the median strip and took control of both sides of the highway. This continued for about two hours but eventually more police moved in with water cannons and night sticks and began cracking heads. I saw some who had been beaten and were bleeding quite profusely.
It was predominately a young crowd and people lined the route watching from their homes and various stores along the long highway. The marchers were protesting the privatization of everything from water to public services. They demanded jobs and of course were vigorous in their opposition to the governments stated desire to make major increases in military spending - to modernize the military by buying weapons likely from the US.
After my talk at the rally I had to make my way and get ready to head to the airport. (That took 90 minutes in the massive traffic jams that are characteristic of Manila.)
Corazon was in a coffee shop while waiting for me and saw the chief of the cops sitting there coordinating the protest operation of more than 9,000 police. At one point she heard him yell into a phone "Maximum tolerance, maximum tolerance." President Aquino didn't want to have too much police violence spoil his day in the sun. There were tons of media covering the event.
As we made the drive to the airport Cora kept giving me a running translation of Aquino's SONA that was airing on the car radio. Some of his comments were really stupid such as when he was talking about energy. He mentioned alternative energy but only in a way to negate it as he said, "What do you do when there is no wind? What do you do when there is no sun?"
He talked about the police for more than 20 minutes and called for the purchase of 74,000 more guns for the police forces.
Lots of "public-private partnership" talk came out of Aquino's mouth as he clearly is a promoter of the corporate agenda of neo-liberalism.
I had a great experience in the Philippines and I must thanks those at the Ban the Bases Now conference and Cora for the great job of hosting me during my week there.
I am typing this from Darwin, Australia as we prepare for a talk tonight. I'll be joined by Denis Doherty (who was also in the Philippines) and a young woman activist from Guam who will be speaking in Darwin, Melbourne, and Sydney with me.
US RETURNING TO SUBIC BAY
US warship being serviced yesterday at the former US Navy base at Subic Bay
My wonderful host and guide Corazon Fabros organized another great day for me on Sunday. Five of us loaded into a van and headed northwest towards the beautiful green mountains near the former US Navy base at Subic Bay.
Once on the MacArthur Highway we again passed miles of rice paddies and I saw many workers planting the rice in the wet fields. As we got further into the rural areas thatched roof houses became more common alongside those with the rusty tin roofs.
I learned that the Catholic Church currently owns many of the rice fields. One veteran activist told me that after the US defeated Spain and took control of the Philippines in 1902; one negotiated point was that the Catholic Church could hold onto their vast land holdings they had obtained during Spain's 300-year rule.
The US had replaced one colonizer with another.
Writer Mark Twain was one of the most prominent opponents of the Philippine-American War and an outspoken anti-imperialist - an aspect of his biography that is rarely mentioned in high school English classes. In 1901 he wrote about the US-Philippine war: "There must be two Americas: one that sets the captive free, and one that takes a once-captive's new freedom away from him, and picks a quarrel with him with nothing to found it on; then kills him to get his land."
The US bases at Subic and Clark were finally returned to the Philippines in 1991 when a majority in the Filipino Senate voted to force the Americans out. By 1992 the US was gone. But things are rapidly changing back to the old ways.
Today, under Obama's "pivot" of 60% of US military forces into this region, the port at Subic Bay is getting up to five US Navy warships a week making port calls under the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the two countries. During an interview with a newspaper reporter while visiting Subic he told me that the VFA allows the US to even avoid paying any docking fees. In a way it's a better deal, he said, than when the US had to maintain the huge Navy base at Subic.
An American ship maintenance corporation is now permanently stationed at Subic to service the US destroyers, supply ships, and frigates that are regularly arriving. Just last November there was big controversy after one US warship dumped human waste into the bay rather than pay to have their on-board sewage tanks emptied. Fortunately they got caught.
During our tour of the enormous former Navy base at Subic our guide, a long time security official at the port, took us to the far side of the bay to see the former Naval runway that will soon be buzzing again with US military aircraft.
Near this spot, where we saw monkeys and fruit bats hanging from the trees in the thick jungle, were more than 300 weapons bunkers that the US had used to store their nuclear weapons and other ordinance. One of the former bunkers has been converted into "Bob's Bunker Restaurant" and we couldn't help but stop in to take a look. Just inside the door was an orange steel drum marked "Agent Orange" that is used to hold the menus. Just a reminder of the massive toxic legacy the US left in Subic Bay after 50 years of occupation.
Our next stop was to pick up three activists near the former US Clark Air Force Base that left a similar calling card – massive toxic contamination – so much so that children and adults were catching cancers and other diseases at alarming rates during the years of US control.
Today Clark has been converted into an international airport and foreign investors are moving in big time to build casinos, call centers, plastic and steel factories, and garment and electronics factories – all in pursuit of cheap labor.
I learned that the average monthly wage at a call center is about $500. At wages like that you can see why the greedy corporations have left the US and moved overseas. Even Korean corporations like Samsung are exiting their countries due to the presence of strong unions and setting up profit-enhancing production in the Philippines.
It was just getting dark as we headed back toward Quezon City last night. As we approached the urban center we noticed an incredibly long line of police trucks, full of well-equipped men, stopped at a highway tollbooth. I asked Cora what was going on. She replied that police are being brought in from the outside provinces for the big protest that is set on Monday in Manila. President Benigno Aquino's State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be delivered then and the police will set up along the highway to turn activists away who try to come to the protest from the rural areas. They will be easily identified she said because they will be riding in the converted "jeep" taxi vehicles that are seen all over the country crammed full of people.
The Filipino judicial system has denied the request of the protest organizers to have a permit to rally near the Congress building where the speech will be given. Instead the march and rally will have to be held in the middle of the hot paved street that leads toward the government center – but we will be kept a good distance away.
Cora also told me that the presidential address would be a high fashion show. The wives of the elite will present themselves to the nation in their most expensive gowns and jewelry. They consider themselves royalty and have used their powers to keep the unruly rabble far away while they celebrate their control over "democracy".
The protest march will be addressing the growing economic disparity between rich and poor. The protest will also highlight the return of colonial status for the Philippines as the US military returns to Subic and drags the Filipino people into the coming US conflict with China. The US wants the Philippines to spend more on "modernization" of its military so that it can be "interoperable" with US forces.
In this age of space satellite directed high-tech war that means that the US would ultimately control the military forces of the Philippines. (The Filipino military has no satellite capability to direct the "modern" weapons they would purchase from the US.) The days of Filipino national sovereignty will be over if the US can pull this charade off.
During my time here I've tried to plant some seeds about how the US Space Command coordinates all warfare on the planet on behalf of the corporate interests. Activists and organizers have appreciated the information. They seem to understand the connection.
Time will tell if the people here can hold onto their democracy – what little of it that still exists.


Serve grated cheese, sour cream, guacamole and salsa with the fajitas. Begin with Margaritas, and finish with coffee ice cream drizzled with Kahlúa.
Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Whisk first 5 ingredients in 8x8x2-inch glass baking dish to blend. Add beef and green onions; stir to coat. Let stand 10 minutes. Thread beef onto 2 long metal skewers. Thread green onions and bell pepper squares onto 2 long metal skewers. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Grill beef and vegetables until beef is cooked to desired doneness and vegetables are slightly charred and almost tender, turning often, about 8 minutes. Meanwhile, grill tortillas until warm and beginning to brown in spots, about 1 minute per side. Using fork, push beef and vegetables off skewers onto work surface; chop coarsely. Place 2 tortillas on each plate. Divide filling among tortillas; roll up and serve.
Good, not "wow." The green onions seemed weird to me and my Mexican boyfriend, but we both agreed it was delicious cooked on the grill. The marinade was nice, but of course, he would have liked it hotter/spicier and so would I have. Roasting the other jalapeno helped to add a little kick. I also grilled purple onion on a separate skewer and added red pepper to the green veggie skewers, which really made a better presentation. I marinated longer that indicated and he basted during barbecuing. Overall, nice flavor.
Skirt steak is never available in our markets,so substituted a top sirloin. Marinated it several hours along with veggies and then grilled, starting the steak first and then the veggies (used some yellow squash and poblano peppers along with the green onions and red bell peppers)while the steak rested. It was a good and simple dinner, but needed some more flavor for us. My standard of Wishbone Italian dressing is just as good.
I never would have thought that tequila was much good for anything, but this was really good! I had a large group over, so I quadrupled the recipe... half for chicken and half for beef... the beef was better. I will definitely be making this again soon!
i agree that it is not exciting enough for beef. try it with chicken and add a little fresh o.j. to the marinade. marinate in fridge for about 1 hour. i make this for parties as a heavy appitizer served along mango-habenero salsa. try it!
I liked the idea of grilled fajitas. This dish lacked charcter. Try adding habanero chile, 1Tsb.Soy sauce and 1tsp. dry mustard to marinade. Also leave in marinade over night. This is beef so don't be afraid spice.
Not enough seasoning. Some chili powder and cumino would dress up this marinade as well as salt and pepper.
My husband and I both liked this dish...it was easy and marinating the meat overnight made it tastier.
The idea of grilled fajitas is very good. I think this idea would do well with a marinade such as the tequila mockingbird marinade but the marinade in this recipe has no zip.


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VIII. 2. Merlínusspá II (Merl II) - 68
Gunnlaugr Leifsson (GunnLeif, d. 1218 or 1219) was a monk at the Benedictine house of Þingeyrar, a monastery near the shores of Húnaflói, in northern Iceland, that maintained close relations with the seat of the bishop at Hólar (Turville-Petre 1953, 135). Nothing is known concerning Gunnlaugr's place of birth, upbringing or social origins. He was regarded in his own time as a man of singular Latin learning (LH II, 394-5) and worked in a distinguished historiographic and hagiographic milieu (de Vries 1964-7, II, 246). In a rare personal anecdote, perhaps apocryphal, Arngrímr Brandsson, a Benedictine monk and abbot at Þingeyrar (d. 1361 or 1362), tells that Gunnlaugr attempted to recite his new history of Saint Ambrose at the church at Hólar but was rebuffed by Bishop Guðmundr Arason (LH II, 394-5; Ciklamini 2008, 1). The two men were evidently on good terms at an earlier stage, however (Ciklamini 2004, 66), and, while bishop at Hólar, Guðmundr commissioned Gunnlaugr to prepare a life of Jón helgi 'the Saint' Ǫgmundarson and an account of portents and miracles pertaining to Þorlákr Þórhallsson, both in Latin (LH II, 394-5).
Works ascribed to Gunnlaugr that survive in one form or other include the Latin life of Jón helgi, represented by a close Icelandic translation; the account of Þorlákr's miracles; a Latin expansion of Gunnlaugr's Þingeyrar colleague Oddr Snorrason's life of King Óláfr Tryggvason, extant in the shape of excerpts translated into Icelandic; an Icelandic original version of Þorvalds þáttr víðfǫrla 'The Tale of Þorvaldr the Far-traveller' that may at one time have formed part of the life of Óláfr; and a now entirely lost life of Saint Ambrose (LH II, 394-403; Turville-Petre 1953, 194-200; Bekker-Nielsen 1958; de Vries 1964-7, II, 245-7; Würth 1998, 205-6; Ciklamini 2004, 66; Katrín Axelsdóttir 2005). The only work ascribed to Gunnlaugr that appears to survive in a relatively complete state is Merlínusspá 'The Prophecies of Merlin' (Merl I and II). It is also the sole medieval instance of a direct verse translation into Icelandic from Latin prose (Würth 1998, 206).
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Merlínusspá I ('The Prophecies of Merlin I') — GunnLeif Merl IVIII (Bret)
Russell Poole 2017, ' Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I' in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 38. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1223> (accessed 19 January 2022)
stanzas: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
Skj: Gunnlaugr Leifsson: Merlínússpá II (AII, 22-36, BII, 24-45)
SkP info: VIII, 63
23 — GunnLeif Merl I 23VIII (Bret 91)
Cite as: Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, 'Breta saga 91 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 23)' in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 63.
'Farask mun krístni, kirkjur falla;
sás harmr hǫfugr; herr es í landi.
Þá mun enn eflask in auma þjóð;
áðr es harðla hnekt hennar kosti.
'Krístni mun farask, kirkjur falla; sás hǫfugr harmr; herr es í landi. Þá mun in auma þjóð enn eflask; kosti hennar es áðr harðla hnekt.
'Christianity will vanish, churches collapse; that is a grievous sorrow; the [invading] army is in the land. Then the miserable people will gain strength once more; prior to that their welfare is sorely checked.
texts: ‹Bret 91›
editions: Skj Gunnlaugr Leifsson: Merlínússpá II 23 (AII, 25; BII, 28); Skald II, 18; Bret 1848-9, II, 46 (Bret st. 91); Hb 1892-6, 278; Merl 2012, 144-5.
AM 544 4° (Hb) 51r, 25 - 51r, 27 (Bret)


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Contestants Devour Pizza At LGA For Cash Prizes
by airportxadmin | Nov 25, 2009 | News Flash |
Israel "Big IZ" Jimenez, an employee of the Transportation Security Administration, ate 12 slices of pizza in six minutes to win first place in the pizza-eating contest put on by the Food & Shops at LaGuardia and Famous Famiglia on Nov. 19.
Eddie "Bang Bang" Hernandez of Southwest Airlines and David "The Pizza Tank" Frank of the TSA tied for second place, both eating 11 slices. InMotion Entertainment's Christopher "Smooth Sabz" Sabatino came in third, with 10 slices.
"My family and I are grateful to have had the opportunity to work with MarketPlace Development in introducing a fun and new way of creating awareness and raising funds for City Harvest," says John Kolaj, co-founder and COO of Famous Famiglia. "We look forward to creating a sense of fun and community among the airport family next year while supporting a worthy cause."
Kolaj surprised everyone when he said he would double the cash prizes for all winning, making the first-place purse $2,000, second place $1,000 and third place $500. In addition, he doubled the original $1,000 donation to City Harvest, the world's first and New York City's only food rescue organization dedicated to feeding the city's hungry men, women, and children..
"The Pizza Eating Contest was a great success and created a spirit of fun and sense of community at the airport." says Lillian Tan, vice president and general manager of MarketPlace Development. "We were impressed and inspired by the large crowd of LaGuardia employees who attended to cheer and applaud for their fellow employees. We are also very grateful to the Kolaj family and Famous Famiglia for their heartfelt generosity to help feed people in need."
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Heartland Film is happy to partner with students from Anderson University during the Festival on several projects. Students recently interviewed filmmakers to give you a closer look at these three films.
Through the eyes of a child, life could look vastly different. Generally, children display naivety, happiness and a glass half full mindset despite the difficult circumstance that life brings. These characteristics intrigued Filmmaker Denali Tiller when she began her journey a few years ago. If life looks different from the eyes of a child, what could life look like through the eyes of a child whose parents are incarcerated? Tiller began to investigate.
In 2014, roughly 2.7 million (one in 28) children in the U.S. have an incarcerated parent.
Approximately 10 million children have experienced parental incarceration at some point in their lives.
About one in nine African American children in the U.S. have an incarcerated parent (view more stats from Rutgers University).
Like Tiller, some may wonder why nothing is being done to help these children and why the world lacks a call to action. Through the making of the film, "Tre Maison Dasan," Tiller was able to grow closer to her three subjects. Although these boys are different ages and have different experiences, they each have a story to tell, and Tiller was determined to let the world hear it. Her film is told through the experiences of the three boys to allow a greater level of intimacy between the audience and the characters, less intervention of a narrator and lasting relevance.
By viewing the film through the boys' perspectives, the audience can know who the boys are and learn more about the children affected by parental incarceration. Tiller hopes the boys' resiliency and ability to look at the world through a different lens will impact people and cause them to look within themselves and change their perceptions. While the film has many strengths, perhaps one of the main strengths is the multiple impacts it can leave on a person. Since the film, lacks a narrator, the audience has more control interpreting the message.
The message a person needs to take away from this film could help improve this unfortunate phenomenon, and Tiller is hoping it will make a difference. Throughout the 94-minute run time of the film, viewers will be experiencing a range of emotions; however, most of all, viewers will be experiencing vulnerable and true moments given by transparent and honest young people. While the film may run for only 94 minutes, Tiller hopes the impact of the film (whatever it may be) will run for much longer.
Blakelee Steeb is a junior from Eminence, Indiana, majoring in public relations and minoring in management. Blakelee is an associate with Fifth Street Communications®, a student-run public relations agency at Anderson University.
Women Direct – She Proved it!
"Girl power." A slogan that goes much deeper than being printed on hot pink t-shirts in the '90s. It is a testament to the war society has been fighting for centuries. Women have faced discrimination in every single area of life, including the world of art and film. One producer is seeking to shatter the glass ceiling in her industry by sharing the stories of women who share the same passion for storytelling.
Cady McClain is an artist in the purest sense of the term. She is not a stranger to performance art, writing, fine art, music and film. Though her love for directing began early in her life, McClain was undeniably hooked on filmmaking more than six years ago. During a time when she was working on a lot of writing, she had an idea for a short film. She wrote it, shared it and was encouraged by her husband to bring it to life. Through the process of directing this project, McClain realized that it is what she was meant to do.
An actress herself, McClain understands the needs of those in front of and behind the camera. She has a passion for working with actors and assuring they are esteemed through the entire production process. One of her favorite parts of filmmaking is the process of creating a new world and new perspectives of seeing that world. McClain is passionate about working with others who are also adrenalized by the creation process.
"Seeing is Believing: Women Direct" is a documentary about women sharing their stories and the importance of voices and stories in art, society and the battle for equality. Through the process of production, McClain sought to celebrate the creativity, narrative and wisdom of the women she interviewed. She wanted to provide insight to the inspiration and perspiration poured out by these artists on a daily basis.
McClain loves the ending of this film. She also appreciates the rawness of the project and that you feel like you have been given a gift by being invited into the homes, hearts and minds of these women. She hopes those who view the film will be inspired to embrace opportunities to work with people who are different from them. McClain also hopes viewers will learn different tools and perspectives to adopt and be energized to accomplish the things they believe in, comforted by the knowledge that they are never alone.
McClain and "Seeing is Believing: Women Direct" are paving a path of liberation for women in creative industries, especially film. Storytelling and supporting one another through the process of production and the process of life are changing the way people live and understand the world around them. Every person has a lifetime of stories to tell and the world has a need for each of those words.
Erin Smith is a junior from Anderson, Indiana, majoring in public relations and minoring in writing. Erin is an associate with Fifth Street Communications®, a student-run public relations agency at Anderson University.
Howard Ashman grew up in a Jewish household in Baltimore, Maryland. Even as a child, Ashman had a profound love for musical theater. Upon graduating college, he opened his own theater in a rundown part of New York.
After working on songs for Disney's "Aladdin," Howard's health rapidly declined. From his hospital bed, he wrote songs for "Beauty and the Beast" before passing away due to AIDS. Although he never got the chance to watch his final Disney film, his remarkable story is still impacting lives today.
This film was directed by Don Hahn who had produced "Beauty and the Beast" and worked closely with Howard on the film. Alongside Hahn was Lori Korngiebel, who had worked with Hahn on multiple Disney classics. Both Hahn and Korngiebel are passionate about sharing the untold story of the life of Howard Ashman. Howard was extraordinarily talented and lived a vibrant life. This film is a way of honoring his memory and work through storytelling and film.
Charis Grubbs is a senior from Eaton, Ohio, majoring in public relations and political science Charis is an associate with Fifth Street Communications®, a student-run public relations agency at Anderson University.


It seems Greece is willing to begin criminal proceedings against Moody's after the latest downgrade to junk status.
Moody's downgrades Greece to Caa1 from B1, negative outlook. Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Greece's local and foreign currency bond ratings to Caa1 from B1, and assigned a negative outlook to the ratings. The rating action concludes the review for possible downgrade that the rating agency initiated on 9 May 2011.


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Memorial plaque to regional editor who died on Titanic vandalised
by David Sharman Published 20 Sep 2016
A plaque commemorating a regional daily editor who died on the Titanic has been removed after being vandalised.
The plaque in memory of the Northern Echo editor WT Stead has been removed by Darlington Borough Council from outside the town's library after it was daubed with felt-tip by vandals and is now being cleaned.
Stead , born in 1849 and originally from Embleton, Northumberland, was a pioneering investigative journalist who edited the Echo between 1871 and 1880.
He was jailed for his work exposing child prostitution in which he 'bought' a child to prove his point. Nonetheless, his work helped raise the age of consent from 13 to 16.
The plaque, pictured above with the stone, reads: "This stone, originally in possession of Mr WT Stead when resident at Grainey Hill and to which he tethered his dogs and pony, is probably the only monument in granite to his memory in Darlington."
Stead died on the Titanic in 1912, having boarded the fateful ship to travel to America, where he was due to take part in a peace congress at the request of US President William Howard Taft.
He was last seen clinging to a lifeboat, having given up his life jacket to another passenger.


Total Commander 2.72 final for Android is available now!
What's new in version 2.72?
- Show progress with number of items loaded when loading large folders or long list of apps in "Installed apps"
- "Root functions everywhere" was no longer working.
What's new since version 2.71?
What's new since version 2.70?
- Android 6: External file system access using new "User-defined location" button.


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Ed Hill (Teresa Getten, Havre Herald)
Republican Ed Hill Runs For House District 28
By John Kelleher on February 10, 2020
Havre school board member Ed Hill is running to represent Havre in the Montana House of Representatives.
Hill recently retired after 41 years working for BNSF Railway.
"I'm a conservative. I'm pro-life. I won't vote for any government expansion or higher taxes," he said Friday, outlining his political beliefs.
He is running in House District 28, which includes Havre and the immediate area.
Incumbent Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, a Democrat, is not running for re-election. Instead, Krystal Steinmetz is seeking the Democratic nomination with Bachmeier's blessing.
The district is considered a swing district that sometimes votes for Republicans and sometimes for Democrats.
Hill said he has been interested in public affairs for a long time. His wife, Heidi, previously served as campaign treasurer for legislative candidates Kris Hansen and Stephanie Hess.
Hess, now Stephanie Hess Cote, serves as Hill's campaign manager in his race.
Born and raised in Havre, Hill said he believes his conservative political positions are right in line with the Montana GOP platform.
He has been active in a variety of community programs, including Relay for Life, which raises funds for the American Cancer Society. He has worked with the Havre Ski Patrol for 21 years.
Hill said his positions have annoyed some board members "who feel we should always be unanimous" on issues. However, he added that he wants to be responsive to the voters who elected him. He said he takes the conservative side on most issues that come before the school board.
Hill and Steinmetz are unopposed in their respective primaries. March 9 is the filing deadline with the Montana Secretary of State's office. If others file, the parties will pick their nominee in the June 2 primary.
The winners will match off in the Nov. 3 election.
Steinmetz Files To Fill Bachmeier's Seat
Jacob Bachmeier Resigns From Politics, Won't Run In 2020
Write to John Kelleher at editor@havreherald.com
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As construction crews rebuild black churches in the South that have recently been destroyed by arson, church leaders, federal officials, and several Christian and civil-rights organizations have grown distraught as the incidents continue. (See related editorial, "Burned, but Not Consumed," in this issue.)
Some pastors of damaged or destroyed churches are especially dissatisfied with the government's investigation, claiming the probe has focused more on members of their congregations than the possibility of an external conspiracy. Deval Patrick, assistant attorney general for civil rights, says investigators are simply attempting to be thorough.
Four arrests have been made in the more than two-dozen arsons at predominantly African-American churches since January. Investigators have not found evidence of national or regional conspiracies. Some fires, however, appear to be related, such as four in Louisiana within five miles of one another in February (CT, April 8, 1996, p. 92).
Patrick says the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms have been hampered in their efforts due to the language of current law, but a bill sponsored by Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), chair of the House Judiciary Committee will ease some of those restrictions. The passed the House 422 to 0 on June 18.
Organizations from the National Council of Churches to the Christian Coalition have offered rewards. Millions of dollars to help rebuild are being raised by civil-rights groups, denominations, and parachurch organizations.
In a joint move on June 12, the National Black Evangelical Association, the National Association of Evangelicals, and World Relief began a "Partnership Fund to Rebuild ...
The Church and Pastoral Leadership
How to Disagree Nicely but Not Lose Your Convictions
Everything is not a biblical issue—but who decides?
Tim Muelhoff and Richard Langer


Citrus greening was first reported in Asia during the late 1800s, and it has no cure. It isn't a threat to humans or animals, but it has ruined many acres of citrus crops throughout the world, including the United States.
"It's been problematic and it's pretty much spread throughout the entire industry now," says Mark Wheeler, a third-generation orange grower and CFO of Wheeler Farms in Lake Placid, Florida.
Wheeler says that although they're seeing elevated fruit prices, the production has been diminished per acre because of the disease.
"It's all a grower by grower situation and how impacted they are by the disease," says Wheeler. "A grower who is producing 300 to 400 boxes per acre is doing well, but a grower who is producing 200 boxes per acre is struggling to stay in business."


We have in the library a wide variety of leaflets and brochures about local attractions, maps, details of local walks that start and finish in Bosworth and also from Carlton. The Library houses a local history section which contains much information about the history of the local area and Leicestershire. We have guides for a selection of destinations around the world.
Additionally we have a wide range of leaflets about health, education, advice, events, benefits etc.
We aim to provide a welcome to any visitors to the town as well as residents seeking further information about places of local interest.


Volunteer Day at Mainspring School!
Austin, TEXAS – This past Friday, August 18th, 9Gauge hosted a Volunteer Day at Mainspring School in South Austin. Mainspring School, a nonprofit preschool that eliminates the early childhood school readiness gap for low-income children, hosted their annual Graduation Day to celebrate their students' achievements at the end of the school year. Therefore, we thought it would be fun to make this day even better for them.
Nearly a dozen 9Gaugers offered their morning to help facilitate this day for the children. The team arrived brightly dressed in our signature '9Gauge Orange' Tees with cheerful smiles all around. Using plenty of tape, cardboard boxes, balloons, and aluminum foil, our team transformed their library into a futuristic scene that included robots in the back drop. By the end of the morning, the children loved how the group were on hand making their graduation special. Each of them had their own unique cap, as well as some other foil crafts, to send them off into their new Kindergarten school year.
This was the second year for 9Gauge to help with the event. Working with the Mainspring students and staff was such a memorable experience for us. We are excited to come back again next year for their next graduation. Good luck high school class of 2031!
Since 1941, Mainspring is a best-in-class nonprofit preschool that eliminates the early childhood school readiness gap. Their mission is to deliver the highest quality early education and care to Austin's most economically disadvantaged children – along with services so each child and parent have tools for success in school and life. Mainspring's model includes innovation learning, physical and emotional health, and family-centered engagement. For more information about Mainspring Schools, visit their website here.


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By now, if you regularly follow the stories that we publish in the PRISON CALL DEALS Buzz section, you all know how much we love writing about positive and life changing examples of inmate life.
We also feel very strongly about topics concerning prices that big companies unfairly create and therefore make it even more difficult to stay in touch with your loved one as much as you would like.
While still fighting our online battle and spreading our e-voice about costs of talking to your loved ones, we bring you the story that we found on NPR .
The story begins in a small classroom in Alabama's Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women. This facility is running at almost double capacity partly because people are locked up at a higher rate than anywhere else in the world, and some of the country's most overcrowded prisons are in Alabama.
Despite the overcrowded conditions, inmates have an opportunity to enter General Education Development (GEDs) and learn skills that could be useful upon release. Sounds great, right? Well, it is, because this program has been made in order to ease overcrowding problems. But, unfortunately, it's threatened by budget cuts.
Inmates taking classes for GEDs.
As stated in the article "Budget Cuts Threaten A Unique Alabama Prison Education Program", another problem is that there are only two people teaching courses at Tutwiler. The prison is built to house 400 inmates, although it now holds roughly 700.
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Jackie's Father left the family when Jackie was small.
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Tell whether you think it was murder or self-defense.
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How did the Boston Massacre help start the American Revoluition?
Colonists, soldiers, Brittish, Captain of the guard, Fire bell, fight, rocks, snow ice club, mob, musket, Crispus Attucks.
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Things to Be and Huawei designed the recently-released Honor Magic mobile phone. The handset features a new type of operating system called Magic Live, which continuously learns about its user's behavior so it can provide assistance in a more natural way.
The handset itself is highly tactile, and inspired by the surface tension of water. An ultra slim metal frame allows for a large three dimensionally arched screen, to fully immerse the user with the phone's content. All connector interfaces (ear phone jack, USB-C and SIM) are carefully placed at the metal block at the bottom of the phone.
Tobias Berneth, the founder of the studio, was leading designer for the handset design, and integration with software.


Over 4000 Canadian First Nations soldiers volunteered to fight during the First World War. Redpatch follows the story of one Métis soldier from Vancouver Island who travels to the battlefields of France to help defend his country. The production features a cast of six Indigenous actors.


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The 30th Anniversary of the SDSU/CGU Joint Ph.D. Program in Education was celebrated at the April 2009 AERA confrence held in San Diego. Welcoming remarks were given by Dean Ric Hovda, Dean Margaret Grogan from CGU, Phil Dreyer, CGU faculty, Peggy Hawley, first Director of the program and Rafaela Santa Cruz, current Director.
The program started with a group oft 12 students in 1978. We were honored by the attendance of the founder and first Director of the program, Dr. Peggy Hawley, Dr. Margarita Calderon and Dr. June Kubli, who were graduates from the 1978 inaugural group, other students, and retired faculty and administrators.
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So here I am alone in the admitting room of Froedtert Hospital and Medical College of Wisconsin. Just finished calls to my wife, brothers Jack, Jim, Bill, Feds, a friend from high school and college, cuz Mary, and my secretary at UW Milwaukee. Feeling pretty talked out. We're getting 'er done on Thursday—2 days from now. Following several days of being concerned about "sensations" in my chest—not pain as I'm sure to add whenever I'm telling someone. I went to the Heart and Vascular Center last Friday to have an EKG. Results were fine. Came home but forgot my journal in the waiting room.
Returned on Monday to retrieve it and told Rebecca, the PA, I still had the "sensations." She smiled but escorted me into the exam room— did one more EKG; it's still fine, but calls Dr. N. She hangs up and says emphatically, "Dr. N said, "Admit him, cath him and we're doing it tomorrow!" Ok—it's on! I'm grateful…and scared. Hopeful and confident. God's in it. I will get a repaired heart; it will tick like a Swiss watch.
It's easy to put big things like a job change off and even easier to rationalize that things are ok as is. Philosophy like "the devil we know is better than the one we don't" promulgates this pessimism which drives immobility. I don't have time for empirical analysis but I'll bet few people will argue that most of us have stayed in jobs too long. What are the clear signals that you need to move on? Other than the obvious like you hate getting up for work; you dread Mondays, you despise your boss and your work has not progressed with challenge, depth and variety, there are others.
Sometimes, someone else needs to get you moving. I still regret the decision to not deny tenure to a loyal colleague, friend and supervisee. He needed to move on to more challenges. He was better than the job he had worked his way out of. He stayed and languished for the next ten years. We both agreed (later) that it was a poor decision—but the easiest one at the time.
What work decisions have you wrestled with for too long?
If you could snap your fingers and be in a new work situation, would you? What would it look like?
Who or what can get you moving?


A study by Dr. Wang to evaluate the effectiveness of Tai Chi in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms concluded that tai chi reduces pain and improves physical function, self-efficacy, depression, and health-related quality of life for knee OA.
TRUTH! Tai chi keeps me moving. My knee is so painful these days that without tai chi I think I'd be in a wheelchair now.
5. Tai chi makes me feel JOY.
6. After knee surgery, the physiotherapists sent me home when I was able to bend my knee 90 degrees (about 6 months of physio). Health recovery classes, then regular playing of tai chi gave me only 2 inches less of bend than my un-operated knee.
The first time I was able to come up from "snake creeps through grass" into "golden cockerel stands on one leg" I could NOT STOP SMILING for the rest of the class!!! That felt SO GOOD!!!
I would DEFINITELY recommend that anyone experiencing arthritis in knees take up playing tai chi!


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So about 2 weeks ago, I was given a very cool opportunity to view the new, 9/11 movie, which stars Charlie Sheen, and Whoopi Goldberg.
9/11 is a new movie, based on the original play, The Elevator, that centers on the events of September 11, 2001. No matter where you were, or what you were doing, we all have some connection to the event, whether we heard it on the news, saw the effects in person, or even lost someone in the tragic event.
I personally, was in 5th grade. We were just having a normal day, and then the phones started ringing, and our teacher turned on the television. We all sat quietly, some crying, most of us confused and within an hour, 3/4ths of the children in the class room, were picked up by their parents.
We were all in shock, and absolutely terrified. My family came to pick me up about 30 minutes after we first learned. That period of time, will never leave my head, because I, like so many, did not understand the events I was seeing unfold in my eyes.
I went home, and cried. I cried as we saw peoples lives ending, and I cried for days later, thinking of all of those innocent people, who lost their lives on that horrific day. Since then, I have always been very sensitive to the subject, but always watch all of the movies, and I have read so many articles, and stories, surrounding the events.
So when I was given this opportunity to view the movie before it's release date (which is actually in theaters starting today, September 8th, 2017.) I of course could not pass up on the opportunity.
This story is actually based on a true story and chronicles the lives of five average, everyday people who find themselves trapped in an elevator during the events of 9/11 in the World Trade Center.
The movie is of course very scary, because you are seeing the events that actually occurred to people, and you are feeling every notch of fear, during the film, knowing that 5 real people had to endure what these people do in the movie, is heartbreaking. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the movie, and would definitely recommend checking it out for yourself.
Be sure to visit the official 911 movie website for more information.
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We were home watching this unfold on tv. We cried for all the innocent victims.


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In May 2014, following 5 weeks of legislative elections, India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader – Narendra Modi – became Prime Minister. Elected without the need for allies, this is the country's first noncoalition government for 25 years. Known to be pro-business, Mr Modi's election has instilled hopes for reforms in a country where bureaucratic impediments and poor infrastructure have been constraining private and public investments for years. After only one year in power, the Modi administration has already initiated major measures, such as the Goods and Services Tax bill which is expected to boost growth and fiscal revenues, as well as increase the foreign direct investment ceiling in several sectors.
In 2015, India seems to be one the bright spot in the world's economy and Coface expects the country's GDP growth to reach 7.5%. But to what extent have Modi's reforms contributed to the recent pickup in growth? To answer this question, we should first recap on the situation and context of the Indian economy when Mr Modi came to power. We will then review the major policy actions taken by the government so far and their impact on the economy, as well as the challenges that remain. Finally we will analyse sectorial issues, focussing on the sectors which are likely to benefit from the progress in the implementation of reforms – notably the infrastructure, steel and IT sectors.
Narendra Modi came to power in a context of faltering growth. GDP growth lowered from an average of 7.4% in 2000-2011, to 5.3% in the fiscal year 2012/13 This deceleration was mainly due to supply constraints and, in particular, to very poor infrastructure. The slowing of the economy was also aggravated by the political paralysis which affected the former Congress government, led by Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister, for 10 years.


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Formerly based in the Columbia, South Carolina office of EDENS, Ames relocated to Atlanta to expand the company's regional scope.
Ames is known for his commitment to the community, and is currently serving on the board for the Buckhead Community Improvement District. He previously chaired the Long Range Planning Committee of the City Center Partnership (Columbia, SC) and served on the CCP Executive Committee of Board of Directors, an organization dedicated to reinvigorating Columbia's urban core and central business district.
Ames is a graduate of the Leadership Columbia Class of 2008 and a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and Urban Land Institute. He received a BS from the University of South Carolina.


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Lucas the Rope-maker
March 4, 2019 April 3, 2019 by Administrator
Luis and Isco were intimate friends. They lived in a country called Bagdad. Though these two friends had been brought up together in the same school, their ideas were different. Luis believed that gentleness and kindness were the second heaven, while Isco's belief was that wealth was the source of happiness and peace in life.
One day, while they were eating, Isco said, "Don't you believe, my friend, that a rich man, however cruel he may be, is known everywhere and has great power over all his people? A poor man may be gentle and kind, but then he is disdainfully looked upon by his neighbors."
"Oh," answered Luis, "I know it, but to me everybody is the same. I love them all, and I am not enchanted by anything that glisters."
"My friend," said Isco, "our conversation is becoming serious. Let us take a walk this afternoon and see how these theories work out in the lives of men."
That afternoon Luis and Isco went to a town called Cohija. On their way they saw a rope-maker, Lucas by name, who by his condition showed his great suffering from poverty. He approached Lucas and gave him a roll of paper money, saying, "Now, Lucas, take this money and spend it judiciously."
Lucas was overjoyed: he hardly knew what to do. When he reached home, he related to his wife Zelima what had happened to him. As has been said, Lucas was very poor and was a rope-maker. He had six little children to support; but he had no money with which to feed them, nor could he get anything from his rope-making. Some days he could not sell even a yard of rope. When Lucas received the money from Luis, and had gone home and told his wife, he immediately went out again to buy food. He had one hundred pesos in paper money. He bought two pounds of meat, and a roll of cañamo; and as there was some more money left, he put it in one of the corners of his hat. Unfortunately, as he was walking home, an eagle was attracted by the smell of the meat, and began flying about his head. He frightened the bird away; but it flew so fast that its claws became entangled in his hat, which was snatched off his head and carried away some distance. When he searched for the money, it was gone. He could not find it anywhere.
Lucas went home very sad. When his wife learned the cause of his sorrow, she became very angry. She scolded her husband roundly. As soon as the family had eaten the meat Lucas bought, they were as poor as before. They were even pale because of hunger.
One day Luis and Isco decided to visit Lucas and see how he was getting along. It happened that while they were passing in the same street as before, they saw Lucas weeping under a mango-tree near his small house. "What is the matter?" said Luis. "Why are you crying?"
Poor Lucas told them all that had happened to him,—how the money was lost, and how his wife had scolded him. At first Luis did not believe the rope-maker's story, and became angry at him. At last, however, when he perceived that Lucas was telling the truth, he pardoned him and gave him a thousand pesos.
Lucas returned home with delight, but his wife and children were not in the house. They were out asking alms from their neighbors. Lucas then hid the bulk of the money in an empty jar in the corner of the room, and then went out to buy food for his wife and children. While he was gone, his wife and children returned. They had not yet eaten anything.
Not long afterward a man came along selling rice. Zelima said to him, "Sir, can't you give us a little something to appease our hunger? I'll give you some darak in exchange."
"Oh, yes!" said the man, "I'll give you some rice, but you do not need to give me anything."
Zelima took the rice gladly; and as she was looking for something with which to repay the man, she happened to see the empty jar in which her husband had secretly put his money. She filled the jar with darak and gave it to the rice-seller.
When Lucas came home, he was very happy. He told his wife about the money he had hidden. But when he found out that the money was gone, he was in despair: he did not know what to do. He scolded his wife for her carelessness. As he could not endure to see the suffering of his children, he tried to kill himself, but his children prevented him. At last he concluded to be quiet; for he thought, "If I hurt my wife, and she becomes sick, I can't stand it. I must take care of her."
Two months passed by, and Luis and Isco again visited their friend Lucas. While they were walking in the street, Luis found a big piece of lead. He picked it up and put it in his pocket. When they reached Lucas's house, they were astonished to see him in a more wretched condition than before. Luis asked what was the matter. Lucas related to him all that had occurred; but Luis just said, "Oh, no! you are fooling us. We will not believe you." Lucas was very sad. He asked pardon of Luis for his carelessness, and said, "Don't increase the burden of my suffering by your scolding!"
Now, Luis was by nature gentle and pitiful. He could not endure to see his friend suffering. So he gave him the lead he had found in the street, saying, "Now, take care of that! Maybe your wealth will come from it." Luis accepted the lead unwillingly, for he thought that Luis was mocking him.
When Lucas went into the house, he threw the lead away in the corner, and went to sleep. During the night a neighbor knocked at their door, asking for a piece of lead for her husband. The neighbor said, "My husband is going fishing early in the morning, and he asked me to buy him some lead for his line, but I forgot it. I know he will scold me if I don't have some ready for him." Lucas, who was wakened by the talk, told his wife to get the lead he had thrown in the corner. When Zelima found it, she gave it to their neighbor, who went away happy, promising that she would bring them the first fish her husband should catch.
The next morning Lucas woke very late. The neighbor was already there with a big fish, and Zelima was happy at having so much to eat. While she was cleaning the fish, she found a bright stone inside it. As she did not know of the value of the stone, she gave it to her youngest son to play with; but when the other children saw it, they quarrelled with their brother, and tried to take it away from him. Lucas, too, was ignorant of the fact that the stone was worth anything.
In front of their house lived a rich man named Don Juan. When he heard the noise of his neighbor's children quarrelling, he sent his wife to see what was the matter. Don Juan's wife saw the stone, and wanted to have it very much. She asked Zelima to sell it to her, but Zelima said that she would wait and ask her husband. The rich man's wife went home and told her husband about the jewel. He went to Lucas's house, and offered the rope-maker a thousand pesos for the stone; but Lucas refused, for now he suspected that it was worth more than that. At last he sold it for twenty thousand pesos.
Lucas was now a rich man. He bought clothes for his wife and children, renewed his house, which was falling to pieces, and bought a machine for making rope. As his business increased, he bought another machine. But although Lucas was the richest man in town, he was very kind. His house was open to every comer. He supported crippled persons, and gave alms to the poor.
When Luis and Isco visited Lucas the last time, they were surprised and at the same time delighted to see him so rich. Lucas did not know how to thank them. He gave a banquet in honor of these two men. After the feast was over, Lucas told his friends every detail of all that had happened to him, how he had lent the lead, how his wife had found the stone in the fish, and how a rich man had bought it for twenty thousand pesos.
Luis was now convinced that Lucas was honest, and had told the truth on former occasions. Lucas lived in his big house happily and in peace with his wife and children.
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How is Hospice Care Paid For? | High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
To alleviate the stress and burden on patients and their families, one of the services provided by hospice agencies is all billing. Once a patient is admitted the High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care, the Billing Coordinator and Business Manager deal with with Medicare, Medicaid, private health care carriers, pharmaceutical vendors, durable medical equipment, oxygen and any other needs associates with the terminal diagnosis. While they may need to confer with families regarding specific questions and issues, hospice staff work with the health care providers directly so families do not have to.
Hospice is considered skilled health services and is covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most private health insurance plans. Provided all eligibility requirements are met, Medicare and Medicaid will pay for all home visits, medications, supplies, and equipment related to end of life care. Some private insurance plans require a co-pay or deductible. Contact your insurance company to determine if hospice services are covered under your plan.
If insurance coverage is not available, hospice care can be provided for a set daily fee, regardless of the amount of visits, medications, or equipment required in the home environment. Individuals and families who cannot afford the cost of services can complete an application for financial assistance. Inability to pay or lack of insurance is never a barrier to receiving care.


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A*Teens Channel '80s Film For "Dancing Queen" Clip
archive-David-Basham 05/18/2000
The A*Teens are currently back home resting and relaxing in their homeland of Sweden, and in July the band will return to the U.S. to support its debut CD, "The ABBA Generation," during an opening stint on Britney Spears' summer tour.
The teen group was forced to take the break and cancel a European tour after Dhani Lennevald injured himself during the A*Teens' brief American run in late April (see "A*Teens' Dhani Recovering; Band Talks Britney Tour").
The group's video for its cover of ABBA's "Dancing Queen" is currently in rotation at MTV, and the clip pays homage to one of the classic '80s teen films, John Hughes' 1985 high school comedy-drama, "The Breakfast Club."
Despite the film's popularity in America, the A*Teens admitted to MTV News that they actually hadn't seen the film prior to starting work on the video, as the band members were barely out of the womb when the movie was first released.
"I liked the part when me and Marie run into the boys bathroom," Lumholdt said, "because the guy with the black tooth, he [looked] so much like Freddie Prinze, Jr."
"We were sitting in the makeup room," Serneholt continued, "the guy came in, and we were like, 'Is that Freddie Prinze, Jr.? And it wasn't, but they are like look-alikes.
"He told us, 'Yeah, I like to do acting,' and we were like, 'Sorry, but there's someone [already] that looks like you,' and he went, 'Yeah, I know. That place is taken.' He was nice, and I talked to him [Laughs] … because I like Freddie Prinze, Jr., also. So that was fun." [RealAudio]
Dates where you can catch the A*Teens opening up for Britney Spears this summer:
7/19 - Dallas, TX @
Starplex Amphitheater
7/20 - San Antonio, TX @ AlamoDome
7/21 - Spring, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
7/26 - Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater
7/27 - Albuquerque, NM @ Mesa Del Sol
7/28 - Phoenix, AZ @ Desert Sky Pavilion
7/29 - Irvine, CA @ Irvine Meadows
7/31 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
8/1 - Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion
8/3 - San Diego, CA @ San Diego Sports Arena
8/4 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand
8/5 - Devore, CA @ Glen Helen Pavilion
8/6 - Sacramento, CA @ Sacramento Valley Amphitheater
8/8 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater
8/10 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden
8/11 - Seattle, WA @ Gorge
8/12 - Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
8/14 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center