Habitare, Finland's largest interior decoration and design event, will be held from 12 to 16 September 2018. Habitare 2017 was a huge success and attracted 56,000 visitors and more than 400 companies. The Habitare 2018 theme of ROOTS will bring out and highlight the authenticity and personality of things.
In a globalising world, we have a growing appreciation for our own ROOTS and an interest in the origins of things and in other cultures. The Habitare exhibition design, conceived around the theme, will be by Mattila & Merz. The theme manifests itself in the exhibitor stands and the programme at Habitare, to be held in September 2018.
Multiculturalism is about communicating between different cultures, but also about understanding that our own roots extend beyond national boundaries. When viewed from a global perspective, we are, in the end, similar, wherever our ROOTS are.
"In design, authenticity and truthfulness mean that things can also be rough, unfinished, odd, and random. Creativity triumphs over obeying the rules, and this is something that we encourage each Habitare participant to embrace", say the designers of the theme, the trend expert Antti Rimminen from Urban View, and the culture and fashion editor Mia Dillemuth.
Establishing values and acting in accordance with these values is emphasised in today's increasingly unpredictable world. We are increasingly aware of the ethical implications of our purchasing decisions, and we value authenticity and transparency. Companies increasingly seek to differentiate themselves from the competition through personal and human branding and values.
Instead of stereotypes, people seek more diverse ways of portraying themselves. Identity is no longer a permanent, unchanging concept, but a person or a company can incorporate several different facets.
Read more about Habitate here.


In this week's episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Judd Tully, veteran art market reporter, joins us to recap last week's edition of Art Basel. First, Judd comments on the trend seen in recent years in which several galleries are bringing high-value artworks at a level previously unseen at the fair. Then, Judd reveals if the recent and overdue commercial growth for African American and female artists continued at the fair. Also, he touches on some of the interesting topics discussed amongst insiders at the fair, including a London art advisor who has been scamming deals and advisors, the response to Art Basel Unlimited and the high degree of pre-selling that occurred before the fair. Lastly, Judd describes the current health of the contemporary art market and tells us if there is any reason for concern.


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Public Interest - Civil Track
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Clinics and Externships
Civic-minded law students are drawn to this track, addressing broad areas of public concern, including illegal discrimination, environmental protection, child welfare and domestic violence.
Public interest law is the practice of law to address broad areas of public concern, such as illegal discrimination, environmental protection, child welfare and domestic violence.
Public interest lawyers and non-lawyers provide legal services to individuals, groups, and organizations that are historically unrepresented in society. Studies show that about 80% of the legal needs of the poor in the United States remain unmet, despite existing federal, state and volunteer programs that provide legal services to low-income people. Public interest lawyers, paralegals, law students and legal professionals provide legal services free of charge or for a substantially lower fee to underserved segments of the public such as the indigent, the elderly and others who cannot afford legal services.
Public interest law professionals also fight for the underdog: they seek to enact policy change, advocate for civil liberties and fight for environmental protection, consumer rights and other causes for the betterment of society.
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For public interest courses specifically in the criminal law field, please see separate Criminal Law curricular track.
LAW.723Children & Law
This course would focus on the law and policies underlying the allocation of power and responsibility among children, parents and the state. Areas that the course covers include children's constitutional rights; child abuse and neglect; and juvenile crime and delinquency.
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Course Degree
Juris DoctorMaster of Studies in Law
Faculty Associated
Emily J. Sack
LAW.729Civil Rights
This course focuses on constitutional tort damage actions brought against federal and state officials and governments based on 42 U.S.C. §1983 and the United States Constitution. Attention will be given to both the substantive constitutional rights that form the basis of the damages actions and to the procedure, defenses, and immunities that pertain to constitutional torts.
Jared A. GoldsteinDiana J. Hassel
LAW.890Domestic Violence Law
This course will examine the dramatic changes in domestic violence laws and policy over the past twenty years, assess their impact, and explore potential new practices in this rapidly developing area. Discussion topics will include: the historical treatment of domestic violence by the justice system; changes in state and federal legislation, including the Violence Against Women Act, and developments in international human rights law; strategies in police and prosecution response; issues involving battered women defendants; use of civil remedies; the impact of changes in family law and immigration law on domestic violence victims; the interplay between the criminal justice and child welfare systems; and changing court responses to domestic violence cases.
LAW.819Employment Discrimination
An analysis of selected problems in the law of employment discrimination. Topics will be selected that address the historical, economic, and social dimensions and implications of the problem of employment discrimination. Included will be coverage of federal statutory prohibitions of discrimination in employment, the procedures for enforcement, standards of proof, and remedies for violation of applicable law.
Meghan E. SiketJoseph D. WhelanMichael J. Yelnosky
LAW.772Immigration Law
This course provides a survey of U.S. immigration law. The course will review the constitutional basis for regulating immigration into the United States, and, to some extent, the constitutional rights of noncitizens in the country; the contours of the immigration bureaucracy, including the roles played by various federal agencies in immigration decisions; the admission of nonimmigrants (i.e., temporary visitors) and immigrants into the U.S.; the deportation and exclusion of nonimmigrants and immigrants; refugee and asylum law; and citizenship and naturalization.
Peter S. Margulies
LAW.757Legislative Drafting & Advocacy
Our lives are bordered by statutes. This course will teach the fundamentals of enacting statutes from policy concept to enacted legislation at the State level. Topics to be covered include bill and resolution drafting; effective Committee presentations; ethical and regulatory reporting issues; and campaign finance. Students will draft bills, advocacy pieces to legislators, reports to clients, and grassroots issue coordination plans.
Patrick J. Quinlan
LAW.711Mental Health Law: Multidisciplinary Approach
This course is designed to create a cross disciplinary environment where students can explore some of the critical issues that cross the boundaries between law and behavioral health. It will focus on selected topics, exploring each of them from a medical as well as legal perspective. The course will begin with an overview of the mental health system and its history, as well as an outline of the specialized legal environment in which it works. There will then be a series of focus sessions that zoom in on specific issues. There will be three skills workshops providing practical application of the material to common types of psychiatric hearings: civil certification; dangerousness; and competency/diversion. Brown University graduate students in psychiatry and psychology will be registered students in this course.
The Honorable Stephen Erickson
LAW.706Poverty Law
This course will provide a broad introduction to the theory and practice of poverty law. The course will be divided into four parts: (1) an overview of poverty and theories about poverty in the United States; (2) poverty and constitutional doctrine (due process, equal protection and fundamental rights) (3) federal and state government safety net programs (4) and the role of lawyers and the civil justice system in poverty law and policy. Substantive topics will include demographics of poverty in the United States, policy arguments about the causes of poverty, access to justice, welfare reform, food and income programs, health care access, low-wage work, housing, education and child protection.
LAW.721Sexuality and the Law
This course explores aspects of the legal regulation of sexuality. Among the questions on which we will focus throughout the semester are these: How has sexuality (and related notions such as sexuality and gender) been defined, posed and addressed as a problem in and for the U.S. legal system? What role do various conceptions of sexuality play in framing the terms, the argumentative strategies and resolution of legal disputes? What shaping functions do legal constructions of sexuality exert in and on broader political conversations about sex and social justice in the contemporary U.S.? Topics to be discussed include the scope and limits of the "public/private" distinction as a conceptual framework in U.S. sex law; legal efforts to define and distinguish sex, gender and sexuality, sexual acts, gender identities and expressions (male, female, transgender, transsexual, intersex), and sexual identities ("homosexuality," "heterosexuality," and "bisexuality"); law, sexuality and intimate association; sexuality, gender, and reproduction; gender, sexuality, surveillance and citizenship; law, sexuality, kinship and family relations; gender identity, sexuality and the legal construction, and regulation, of the human body; sex.
Janet GilliganPatrick Smock
Gender & the Law
Housing Law & Policy
Interviewing and Counseling: Civil Rights
Juvenile Justice Law and Policy
Relevant Seminars or Perspectives Courses as Offered
Capstone Experience
LAW.869Business Startup Clinic
The Roger Williams University Community Economic Development Clinic, our newest clinical offering, is scheduled to open in the fall semester of 2013. The focus of the clinic will be to provide services to small, low-income and start-up businesses and not-for-profit organizations in Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts. Students enrolled in the clinic will work with small business owners in determining and facilitating their legal needs. This will include selecting the best legal entity, assisting with the filing of organizational documents, creating agreements, and drafting leases and other contracts. The primary goal of the clinic will be to teach the practice of transactional lawyering while providing service to under-served entrepreneurs and organizations.
Clinic/Externship
LAW.635 – Business Organizations
Katie A. Ahern
Immigration Clinic
Judicial Clinical Externship (includes Semester in Practice)
Public Interest Clinical Externship (includes Semester in Practice)
Poverty, Health and Law: The Medical-Legal Partnership
Activities/Competitions
Pro Bono Collaborative

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All the Cool Stuff that Happened at the GLAAD Media Awards
14 Apr 2014 | Filed under Celebrity | Posted by Sophie Joske
The 25th Annual GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Media Awards were held on Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Comedian Ross Matthews hosted the ceremony which honoured those whose work has presented an accurate, inclusive and fair representation of those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex.
The ceremony was the first of two annual ceremonies honouring the winners of the GLAAD Media Awards, the second of which will take place in New York on May 3rd.
A number of high-profile LGBT advocates and allies were in attendance, including award-winning actress and style icon Lupita Nyong'o, iconic singer Jennifer Lopez and everybody's eternal girl crush Ellen Page. Here's a round up of some of the highlights of the night:
Jennifer Lopez was given the Vanguard Award, an honour bestowed upon those whose work has improved the understanding and profile of LGBT people. Lopez was chiefly honoured for her work as an executive producer on the ABC Family series 'The Fosters', which tells the story of a family with lesbian parents. 'The Fosters' also won the award for most outstanding drama series.
In her acceptance speech, the singer spoke of her love for the LGBT community, saying ""I've always felt tremendous love for the LGBT community and the LGBT community has always supported me and returned that love." She also honoured her Aunt Marisa, who she saw as a role model growing up.
""Marisa [was] gay in a time [when] life could be very difficult, and that her struggles were mostly kept to herself," Lopez said. "It wasn't until I got older that I really got to know and appreciate the difficulties that she dealt with and the struggles of her community."
Check out her speech in full here, alongside her introduction by musical star Rita Moreno:
Speaking of J.Lo being generally excellent, have you seen her video for 'I Luh Ya Papi'? Because you should. Just saying.
Also honoured was Laverne Cox, star of hit Netflix series 'Orange is the New Black', producer of the documentary 'Free CeCe', trans* activist and generally flawless human being. She won the Stephen F. Kolzak award, which was named after a casting director and LGBT advocate. The award is given to an openly LGBT media professional who has promoted equality for those of diverse gender and sexuality.
Presenting the award was none other than actor Ellen Page, making her first public speech since she came out in February, looking totally badass in a suit and praising Cox as one of her heroes.
Lesbian pop-rock goddesses Tegan and Sara won Outstanding Music Artist for their latest album, 'Heartthrob'.
Naomi Campbell also gave a speech about her experiences with LGBT people in the fashion industry, wherein she strutted her stuff and gave a shoutout to Carmen Carrera as a transgender model in the fashion industry.
The other winners were:
Pioneer Award: Norman Lear (presented by Wilson Cruz)
Outstanding Documentary: TIE: Bridegroom (Virgil Films/OWN) [accepted by: Shane Bitney Crone and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason] and Call Me Kuchu (Cinedigm) [accepted by: co-directors Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall, and Ugandan activist John "Long Jones" Abdallah Wambere]
Outstanding Drama Series: The Fosters (ABC Family) [accepted by: co-creators Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg with stars Sheri Saum and Teri Polo]
Outstanding Daily Drama: Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Outstanding Newspaper Article: LGBTQ in the Capital (series) by Melissa Griffiths (Juneau Empire [Juneau, Alaska])
Outstanding Digital Journalism — Multimedia: We Are Here: LGBTI in Uganda by Sunnivie Brydum, D. David Robinson (Advocate.com)
Outstanding Music Artist: Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob (Warner Bros. Records)
Outstanding Comic Book: Young Avengers, written by Kieron Gillen (Marvel Comics)
Spanish Language Winners:
Outstanding Talk-Show Interview: TIE: "Debate por la igualdad" Al Punto (Univision) and "Decision Historica" Sin Limites con Elizabeth Espinosa (CNN en Espanol)
Outstanding Local TV Journalism: "Natalia: rompiendo barreras" Noticiero Telemundo Arizona (KTAZ-39 [Phoenix, Ariz.])
Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Decision Historica" Noticiero Telemundo (Telemundo)
Outstanding Digital Journalism — Multimedia: "Eric y Juan, un matrimonio feliz a pesar de todo" by Fernando Mexia (EFE.com)
Sophie Joske
Tags: Carmen Carrera, Ellen Page, GLAAD Media Awards, Jennifer Lopez, Laverne Cox, Lupita Nyong'o, Naomi Campbell, Orange is the New Black, Ross Matthews, The Fosters


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Cyperus indecorus is a species of sedge that is native to southern parts of Africa.

The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1837.

See also
 List of Cyperus species

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indecorus
Plants described in 1837
Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth
Flora of South Africa
Flora of Malawi
Flora of Mozambique
Flora of Namibia
Flora of Swaziland

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Karl Georg Wästlund, född 11 januari 1905 i Karlstad, död 15 februari 1980 i Stocksund, Danderyds församling, Stockholms län, var en svensk väg- och vattenbyggnadsingenjör och professor.

Wästlund tog studentexamen 1924 och utexaminerades från Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH) 1928. Han blev teknologie doktor och docent i byggnadsstatik där 1934 och var professor i brobyggnad där 1941–70. Han var anställd vid AB Vattenbyggnbyrån 1928–29, 1:e assisent vid KTH:s byggnadsstatiska laboratorium 1929–36, konstruktionschef vid AB Skånska Cementgjuteriet i Malmö 1936–41 och föreståndare för Cement- och betonginstitutet i Stockholm 1946–72.

Wästlund var ledamot av direktionen för Statens geotekniska institut 1944–71, ordförande i statens betongkommitté från 1956, Nordiska betongförbundets normkommitté från 1961, Svenska betongföreningen 1948–52, vice ordförande i Svenska Teknologföreningen 1951–54, teknisk rådgivare i Internationella föreningen för bro- och byggnadskonstruktion 1947–65, vice ordförande från 1965, ordförande i dess svenska nationalkommitté från 1962, styrelseledamot i Europeiska betongkommittén 1957–71, vice ordförande 1966–71, ordförande Liaison Committee of the International Organizations of Civil Engineering 1963–65 och Réunion Internationale des Laboratoires d'Essais et de Recherches sur les Matériaux et les Constructions (Rilem) 1969–70.

Wästlund innehade expertuppdrag i Colombia och Etiopien, var inspektor för studentkåren vid KTH 1954–60, hedersledamot 1961, blev inspektor för Värmland-Dals nation i Stockholm 1963 och hedersledamot i Värmlands nation i Uppsala 1968, Svenska betongföreningen 1968. Han blev teknologie hedersdoktor i Wien 1952, i München 1967, ledamot av Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien 1945, hedersledamot av American Concrete Institute 1971 och Rilem 1971.

Bibliografi i urval
 Untersuchungen über die Festigkeit von Beton (doktorsavhandling 1934)
 Silotryck (1939)
 Buckling of webs in deep steel l-girders (1947)

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Svenska professorer i brobyggnad
Personer verksamma vid Kungliga Tekniska högskolan
Ledamöter av Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien
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Födda 1905
Avlidna 1980
Ingenjörer från Karlstad
Svenska ingenjörer under 1900-talet


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For chronic pain sufferers, such as people who develop back pain after a car accident, avoiding the harmful effects of stress may be key to managing their condition. This is particularly important for people with a smaller-than-average hippocampus, as these individuals seem to be particularly vulnerable to stress. These are the findings of a study by Dr. Pierre Rainville, PhD in Neuropsychology, Researcher at the Research Centre of the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (IUGM) and Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at Université de Montréal, along with Étienne Vachon-Presseau, a PhD student in Neuropsychology. The study appeared in Brain, a journal published by Oxford University Press.
"Cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal glands, is sometimes called the 'stress hormone' as it is activated in reaction to stress. Our study shows that a small hippocampal volume is associated with higher cortisol levels, which lead to increased vulnerability to pain and could increase the risk of developing pain chronicity," explained Étienne Vachon-Presseau.
As Dr. Pierre Rainville described, "Our research sheds more light on the neurobiological mechanisms of this important relationship between stress and pain. Whether the result of an accident, illness or surgery, pain is often associated with high levels of stress Our findings are useful in that they open up avenues for people who suffer from pain to find treatments that may decrease its impact and perhaps even prevent chronicity. To complement their medical treatment, pain sufferers can also work on their stress management and fear of pain by getting help from a psychologist and trying relaxation or meditation techniques."
This study included 16 patients with chronic back pain and a control group of 18 healthy subjects. The goal was to analyze the relationships between four factors: 1) cortisol levels, which were determined with saliva samples; 2) the assessment of clinical pain reported by patients prior to their brain scan (self-perception of pain); 3) hippocampal volumes measured with anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); and 4) brain activations assessed with functional MRI (fMRI) following thermal pain stimulations. The results showed that patients with chronic pain generally have higher cortisol levels than healthy individuals.
Data analysis revealed that patients with a smaller hippocampus have higher cortisol levels and stronger responses to acute pain in a brain region involved in anticipatory anxiety in relation to pain. The response of the brain to the painful procedure during the scan partly reflected the intensity of the patient's current clinical pain condition. These findings support the chronic pain vulnerability model in which people with a smaller hippocampus develop a stronger stress response, which in turn increases their pain and perhaps their risk of suffering from chronic pain. This study also supports stress management interventions as a treatment option for chronic pain sufferers.
Étienne Vachon-Presseau, Mathieu Roy, Marc-Olivier Martel, Etienne Caron, Marie-France Marin, Jeni Chen, Geneviève Albouy, Isabelle Plante, Michael J. Sullivan, Sonia J. Lupien et Pierre Rainville. "The stress model of chronic pain: evidence from basal cortisol and hippocampal structure and function in humans", February 18, 2013.


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Learn about the Russian desman found in marshes around the Ural River in Kazakhstan
Overview of the Russian desman.
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The marshes around the Ural River in Kazakhstan are home to an unusual creature, the Russian desman. It's an aquatic mole that seeks out overgrown wetlands and muddy river banks. Like most moles, it's virtually blind, using the sensitive whiskers on its snout to feel its way about. And it's perfectly adapted to it's watery environment. With webbed feet and thick, waterproof fur, the desman moves easily between land and water. The long, flexible snout probes the mud for small insects and snails. Underwater, the snout acts as a snorkel and stirs up the silty sediments.
The Russian desman was hunted for centuries for its rich, thick fur. Although today it's protected, the wetlands on which it depends are being drained for agriculture at an alarming rate. The desman has brought up a water snail and skillfully extracts the animal from its shell. We still know remarkably little about the desman's habits and lifestyle. The challenge will be to discover this curious creature's needs before it's too late.


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Shaya is our Principal Solicitor who has been practising in the area of Family Law for around 15 years. The FLP was started after Shaya's frustration around the lack of quality and accessible Family Law services in both SA and interstate.
Shaya saw first hand the clients who were unable to access legal services due to restrictive fees. She also saw Legal Aid clients being discriminated against and receiving "second rate" services because they were not paying their solicitor privately. She saw a need for private clients to have the option of fixed fee cost agreements. Clients who were "asset rich but cash poor" also needed deferred payment options to ensure that they have quality legal representation.
She is a qualified Independent Children's Lawyer and has received regular appointments from the Court to act for children since completing the National Training Program in Melbourne in 2008.
Shaya has practised exclusively in the area of Family Law at private practices in both Adelaide and Auckland New Zealand. She has also worked for Legal Aid Commissions in Adelaide and more recently in Sydney. Working in both the private and Legal Aid sectors in various geographical areas has given her valuable insight and interaction with a range of clients with various needs. She understands the importance of not only having the right solicitor who knows the system and specialises in Family Law, but who is also empathetic.
Aleesha spent a number of years working for a medium sized South Australian firm where she headed up their Family Law division. She is experienced in both parenting and property matters and loves getting into court work. Aleesha grew up in country South Australia.
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Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars is een first-person live-action interactieve film van American Laser Games. Oorspronkelijk kwam het spel uit in 1994 als arcadespel waarbij de bestanden op laserdisc stonden. Later werd het spel geporteerd naar DOS, cd-i en 3DO. In 2000 werden de rechten van het spel opgekocht door Digital Leisure. Zij brachten het spel in 2002 opnieuw uit voor een dvd-speler.

Het spel is de opvolger van Crime Patrol en gebruikt een gelijkaardige spelbesturing. Kritiek op het spel zijn de slechte acteerprestaties, verhaallijnen en cliché-personages.

Verhaal

De speler bestuurt een agent van het Amerikaans Drug Enforcement Administration. Zijn taak is om een Zuid-Amerikaanse drugsbaron op te sporen en zijn illegale drugshandel volledig te doen stoppen. Daarbij dient hij alle tegenstanders uit te schakelen.

Net zoals in Crime Patrol reist de speler doorheen Amerika. Hij start in Sierra County (New Mexico), om zo via Chicago en de grens tussen Mexico en de Verenigde Staten in Zuid-Amerika te geraken. Daar gaat hij op zoek naar de residentie van de drugsbaron. Op elke locatie dient de speler drie missies uit te voeren. Pas wanneer deze met succes worden beëindigd, reist hij door naar de volgende locatie. Het verhaal is afgelopen wanneer de drugsbaron werd uitgeschakeld.

Spelbesturing
In het originele arcadespel gebruikt de speler een lichtpistool. Hij dient het pistool op vijanden te richten om deze vervolgens neer te schieten. Datzelfde pistool wordt ook gebruikt om het geweer bij te laden, de missies te kiezen, om instellingen te wijzigen... De speler verliest een leven wanneer hij wordt geraakt door een vijand of wanneer hij onschuldige mensen neerschiet. Het aantal kogels in het geweer is beperkt, maar kan hij onbeperkt bijladen.

Op andere computersystemen wordt gebruikgemaakt van de computermuis of een additioneel lichtpistool.

Platforms

Ontvangst

Computerspel uit 1994
Lichtpistoolspel
Interactieve film
Actiespel
3DO-spel
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Cdi-spel
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There were reports of snow in Texas last night, and a fresh powdering just before Christmas always brings with it tales of possibility and wonder. It's in that vein that we share this Youtube video that someone sent sent me. It's a Christmas story of sorts, with a few snowbound deer in need of someone to follow. Yes, I know there aren't reindeer in Texas, and I even know that the deer in the video are whitetails…but it's still a great little video, and it serves to remind us of what the holidays are really about, a celebration of the birth of Christ, as personified through goodwill to our fellow man.
From all of us at Lone Star Chronicles, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and an adventurous New Year.


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Two of the losses were so good that SBNation listed them in the "Top 100 Games of 2018" list.
The first game that shows up for Texas Tech is number 69 on the list. Nice. It was the game against the Texas Longhorns. Of course, the reason is that the Longhorns beat the Red Raiders on a similar play to Michael Crabtree's epic game-winning play a decade earlier.
The next game on the list is in the top 50. Go Tech! That one was against Oklahoma, and it's number 49 on the list. The game was an offensive firefight that ended 51-46.
Kyler Murray started the game with two interceptions, but never looked back. The game also featured Alan Bowman's final action of the season after injuring his lung for a second time. Jett Duffey came in and played admirably in defeat.
It's cool to make a list naming the best games of the year, but in 2019 maybe Texas Tech can notch a couple of great games that are also wins. That'd be cool.


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Knob Creek Is Battling Back Against the Worst Trend in Bourbon
Knob Creek's flagship, always-available bourbon has its age statement back. Here's why that matters.
By Will Price
Rolling out to stores now, Knob Creek's new 12-year-old small batch bourbon is set at 100 proof, $60 suggested retail price and permanent availability. The blue-labeled bottle was previously a more limited, allocated release, and the brand says its popularity drove the distiller to keeping it around.
This is the second time in less than a year that Knob Creek has brought back the age statement — the number of years the whiskey was matured, stamped on the bottle — on a widely available bourbon. The first instance was reported in the summer of 2019 by longtime bourbon writer Chuck Cowdery's, which confirmed the most widely available of Beam Suntory's popular small batch bourbon whiskey, Knob Creek Small Batch, would get its 9-year age statement back. Bottles of guaranteed 9-year-old Knob Creek will also show up on shelves this year. For whiskey fans, this is cause for celebration.
As the demand for Kentucky bourbon spiked without mercy, industry stock couldn't keep up. Bottles that once carried age statements were forced to drop them, as batches had to be supplemented with younger whiskey to keep bottles on shelves. Always available between $20 and $30, Knob Creek's standard, entry-level expression was one of those whiskeys.
The return of its age statement could be a sign the aging warehouses built at the start of the bourbon boom are finally pulling their weight; that perhaps aged whiskey stocks have finally caught up with enormous demand, and we'll start seeing other distillers bring back age statements on regular offerings.
Bottle transparency is never a bad thing. Especially with one of the best value whiskey brands around. Look for bottles of Knob Creek 12-year-old on shelves now.
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Put sugar in water. Then peel & cut your potatoes and soak them in the water until all of your potatoes are peeled and your oil is nice and hot. Cook about a handful at a time. Take the potatoes out of the water and dry them off on a towel, then put in oil and cook 5-6 minutes or until golden brown. Place them on paper towels in a pan to soak up the oil and sprinkle with seasoning salt (or regular salt). Place the pan in the oven on 300 while you cook the next batch of fries. This keeps the fries warm and crispy. Continue the process until all of your french fries are cooked.
Mix these ingredients together. You could also add a little Tabasco sauce if you want.
These french fries where a quick and easy addition to our dinner one night. We were having hot dogs and I didn't have time to make a potato salad so this was my substitute. They turned out great.


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The weather had taken a huge turn for the better, and I arranged to meet up with Doc at Alchemista. I needed to get some supplies, but know that Doc isn't really one for retail therapy, even when they're of a magickal nature, so it seemed wise to get them out of the way first.
As it turned out, Doc had been doing some retail therapy of his own for some new vaping items for his cache from Medusa and had a bag of tricks.
"What's that you've been getting there?" he asked.
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When the weather is bad, and it's difficult to get outside to clear your mind, a diffuser is a really good way to help with the focus to do crystal readings. You can use them for other purposes, but I find it really helps me to open my mind and read the symbols in the crystal.
Of course it helps too if you have a crystal that really resonates with you. Many people make the mistake of thinking the bigger the crystal, the better. I find though that the big boys are really more for show, but the smaller ones seem to have a more concentrated power. Also they're far easier to carry around with you. I was lucky enough to find a perfect one in The Henge Shop in Avebury. It's small and imperfectly formed, which is another important factor. Clear crystals may look pretty, but you need to have imperfections or "inclusions" in them to be able to give the spirits something to work with.
For this reason, you should never buy a random crystal online, as it really needs to feel right. Also unless you know it's history, I would not buy a second-hand crystal, as you don't know what you're bringing into your workings. If you're happy with its history that's fine, or if you're still particularly drawn to a particular one, you can always cleanse it thoroughly before you use it.
If you don't have an electrical diffuser, you can use an oil burner that uses a tea-light. Just add the oils to sufficient water to allow the oils to produce steam vapor.
I always use it now before and during the times that I do my crystal readings and it helps enormously.


Execute a Builder with custom execution parameters.
This function is forced to be inlined to allow fusing with the allocation strategy despite its rather heavy code-size. We therefore recommend that you introduce a top-level function once you have fixed your strategy. This avoids unnecessary code duplication. For example, the default Builder execution function toLazyByteString is defined as follows.
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Marcus Lush throws hat in ring for Invercargill City Council seat
NZ Herald,
Tue, 22 Dec 2020, 1:44PM
Newstalk ZB host Marcus Lush. Photo / Jason Oxenham.
Newstalk ZB broadcaster Marcus Lush is vying for a spot on the Invercargill City Council.
He lodged his application just minutes before the deadline closed on Tuesday.
It comes after former deputy mayor Toni Biddle announced her resignation from the council in October.
Lush said he saw the opportunity and thought it would be a good one.
"I've put a huge amount of thought into this decision. I am excited about the campaign and learning curve ahead if I am elected."
The 55-year-old has lived in the south for 18 years and said his passion lies in developing youth spaces and housing affordability.
"I look at things like the Margaret Mahy playground in Christchurch and I think it's time we updated some of our playgrounds here."
Lush said he will continue with his nationwide show on Newstalk ZB Marcus Lush Nights if elected.
"I've made this decision with the approval of my bosses. I am certainly not running for mayoralty because I already have a fulltime job.
"However during the campaign, I will obviously need to be impartial so will avoid the topic altogether."
There are two other confirmed candidates in the running for the seat, Carl Heenan and David Pottinger.
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Technology, the bad governance solution (or: why Nigerians love their smartphones)
by Sam Wilkin | Apr 28, 2014
Nigeria recently announced a statistical revision that at a stroke nearly doubled the size of the country's economy. The International Monetary Fund, after careful review, endorsed the revised estimate as accurate.
That said, there was some statistical trickery involved. Nigeria had failed to update the base year for its GDP estimates since 1990, which had the effect of making entire sectors of the Nigerian economy disappear from official statistics. This may have been an oversight, but probably wasn't. For countries soliciting foreign aid, appearing to be very poor is useful.
By contrast, for countries soliciting foreign investment, appearing to be rich is useful. And indeed, shortly after the revision, Nigeria raised $1 billion in a sovereign bond issuance, despite a Standard & Poor's rating downgrade. Indeed, the bond issue was oversubscribed, as investors rushed into what is now (following the revision) Africa's largest economy.
The understatement of Nigerian wealth is one reason that the big international telecoms companies decided not to bid when Nigerian mobile phone licenses were put up for auction in 2001. As a happy result, Africa has some thriving mobile telecoms companies and entrepreneurs, notably South Africa's MTN and the Sudanese telecoms billionaire Mo Ibrahim.
Actually, the understatement of Nigerian wealth is only part of the reason for this strategic miscalculation. What international telecommunications companies also did not understand is just how badly Nigerians wanted mobile phones.
Consider the following graph, taken from the Upstream/YouGov 2013 Emerging Market Mobile Attitudes Report:
Strikingly, an overwhelming majority of Nigerian respondents envisioned using smartphones for activities beyond talking and texting. Even more strikingly, the top choice of content that Nigerian users wanted to access was business content (80 percent), followed by social networking, and then education content (74 percent).
You can imagine what an equivalent survey for Europe or North America looks like. According to one recent U.S. Census Bureau survey for U.S. smartphone users, the top content accessed is social media (51 percent), followed by weather (47 percent), watching videos (31 percent), and then news, sports, and entertainment. "Business information" comes last, at 10 percent – nearly an inversion of the Nigerian statistics.
There is a good reason for this. While Nigeria may be richer than it appeared, the performance of the Nigerian government is still just as bad. A few months prior to upgrading its economic size, the Nigerian government announced that it had somehow misplaced $20 billion (an announcement that actually represented significant progress, as prior to that moment, stolen government funds typically went unreported).
Even today, less than half of Nigerians have access to electricity; only a bit more than half have access to an "improved" safe water source; and less than half of school-aged Nigerians enrol in secondary school. The Nigerian government does not provide a functioning telephone network (only one in 500 Nigerians has a fixed line telephone), nor foster a functioning banking sector (bank credit is equivalent to 1/5 of Nigerian GDP, compared with one half of Brazil's or Russia's), nor of course provide its citizens with access to broadband Internet (only one in 1,000 Nigerians has access, compared to one in 100 Indians and one in 10 Chinese).
For citizens whose governments cannot be bothered to provide them with a functioning telephone network, technology has fostered an economic a great leap forward. Mobile phones have provided Internet access to a continent that previously found it nearly impossible even to gain a phone line, reliable electricity or access to business travel (given the abysmal state of roads and rail).
The spread of such technologies, together with a booming Chinese investment and resource demand, has driven economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa above 5 percent for nearly a decade. The obstacles put in place by bad government have been overcome suddenly, by solar generators and smartphones.
Indeed, the Nigerian government was probably surprised to find just how much larger the country's economy had become. In 1990, the previous GDP base year, Nigeria's service sector was all but nonexistent. Upon revising the figures, it turned out that services had grown by some 240 percent. Many of these new services are enabled by technology, such as the famous M-Pesa mobile payments service (which has been such a success in Africa it is now being introduced in Eastern Europe).
Last year, emerging markets accounted for between 70 and 80 percent of growth in worldwide sales of smartphones. Not simply mobile phones (where emerging markets have long been dominant) but smartphones with Internet access. The iPhone (and its cheap Chinese knockoffs), which we tend to think of as cutting-edge even in the US and Europe, is increasingly a developing-world phenomenon – and innovations such as M-Pesa are being pioneered there.
While most Europeans look at business content on their laptops or tablets via broadband Internet connections, for Nigerians, a smartphone is the only option, in light of their government's ongoing failure to provide basic services. Because of this, Nigerians are willing to pay a much higher share of their income for technology that Western consumers. A smart phone is not a source of entertainment, it is a business investment. Technology is a bad governance solution, and people are willing to pay for it.
Still, it is too bad there is no way for Nigerians simply to pay for better government.


Summertime means high temperatures – and in many parts of the country, high humidity. Chickens don't have sweat glands – they work to regulate their body temperature by panting, airing out their wings, and keeping movement to a minimum. Temperatures passing 80-90 degrees can mean trouble for your backyard chicken flock, but there are number of ways to help keep your chickens cool.
To help prevent dehydration and heat stress, look for treats that are high in water content and always have cold, fresh water available. If you use apple cider vinegar as a nutrient boost in your waterer, skip it on hot days and go with electrolytes instead. Fans, tarps and misters can also help cool down your coop and run.
Frozen Watermelon Bowl: Watermelon consists mostly of water, and chickens love it! Cut a fresh watermelon in half, scoop out the center (save it for later!) and fill with fresh berries, herbs and water. Freeze until solid.
Ice Pops: Fill ice cube trays or popsicle molds with frozen vegetables, fruits, herbs or weeds. Need some flavor inspiration? Try peas + mint, blueberries + basil or watermelon + pineapple sage – the most popular among our girls!
Probiotic Smoothie: A cool smoothie on a hot day can work wonders. Adding a boost of probiotics can help keep chickens healthy, fighting off bad bacteria while improving their absorption of nutrients. Chill a metal pan (loaf, cake, etc.) and fill with cold, blended fruit + a natural probiotic supplement. You can stick the mixture in the freezer to let it get solid, or serve to them still as a liquid – either will cool them down!
Morning 'Muffins': Fill a muffin tray with water, chopped greens & vegetables. Freeze until solid, pop out of the tray and save extras in a freezer bag. For a sweeter treat, try freezing banana slices and mixed berries.


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DENVER― Federal land-management plans released today would undo key protections for greater sage grouse on public lands and allow more fossil-fuel development across the West, further imperiling the iconic bird and hundreds of other sagebrush-dependent wildlife species.
The Bureau of Land Management's proposed changes to resource-management plans in Colorado, northeastern California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming would unravel greater sage-grouse protections put in place just three years ago. In 2015 western states and federal officials approved plans to reverse the bird's decline and prevent the need to list it as endangered.
The greater sage grouse is under threat because it is intensely loyal to particular areas, reliant on large expanses of intact sagebrush and especially sensitive to disturbance and habitat fragmentation. The new plans eliminate protections for sagebrush focal areas, which currently are given the highest levels of protection. They also eliminate science-based habitat standards for grazing use and make it easier for BLM officials to waive buffers around sage-grouse mating areas, called leks.
Today's plans would gut a key requirement that the agency do "more good than harm" when authorizing projects in sage-grouse habitat. They also would curtail wildlife agencies' involvement in decisions about whether oil and gas development should be allowed in sage-grouse habitat. Plans for several states also weaken requirements that the BLM prioritize fossil-fuel development outside the birds' habitat.
Protecting the greater sage grouse and its habitat benefits a host of other species that depend on the Sagebrush Sea, including pronghorn, elk, mule deer, golden eagle, native trout and nearly 200 migratory and resident bird species.
Today's release of the plans initiates a 30-day protest period.
As many as 16 million greater sage grouse once ranged across 297 million acres of sagebrush grass lands, a vast area of western North America known as the Sagebrush Sea.
Over the past 200 years, agriculture, oil and gas drilling, livestock grazing and development have reduced the grouse's range by nearly half, and sage grouse populations have steadily declined. Today sage grouse are found in 11 Western states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
The BLM is responsible for managing about half of the remaining sage-grouse habitat. After years of inaction and prompted by a 2011 decision by the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the bird for protection under the Endangered Species Act, the BLM initiated sage-grouse protection planning.
This unprecedented five-year effort, led by the Department of the Interior, resulted in land-use plans with new measures to protect the bird. The Fish and Wildlife Service's decision not to list the greater sage grouse as endangered was predicated on the assumption that the public land management plans would be implemented and would reverse the decline of the grouse.


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Gipsy Hill (littéralement : la colline des gitans) est une région du sud de Londres près de Norwood dans le district de Lambeth.

District dans le borough londonien de Lambeth
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During Nintendo's Direct 2011 showcase, they showed off some more of Kid Icarus Uprising, a game that I had managed to forget about completely. During the game's quick spotlight, we were given some new info regarding its multiplayer components: 3-on-3 competitive, and battle royal. Both will be playable over local and internet connects and look really fun.
They've also cemented the game's Spring Japanese release date of March 22. I'd like to think we'll be seeing it here in the West shortly after, but there's no word on that. In the meantime, enjoy a few shots of the trailer while we wait for the video to crop up.


The Brooklyn & Staten Island Independent GOP Fountainhead: Who is behind this anti-Liam message ? ? ?
Who is behind this anti-Liam message ? ? ?
I received the following missive by E-mail from an anonymous source.
Does anybody out there know its provenance ???
Liam McCabe candidate for GOP primary in 43rd had rage fueled temper tantrum during Bklyn GOP reorg petition processing.
McCabe instructed his team to steal signed petitions from the petitioning room. He held them in an attempt to extort control of several county committee positions in the upcoming reorg. Those present were stunned by this outrageous stunt.
This is Chairman Ghorra's first reorg since officially becoming chair in Nov 2016.
Unnamed sources who were present are willing to speak to you.
McCabe is CEO of political consulting firm, Steeplechase Strategies.
Many have said McCabe is not ready to run. He is referred to as unstable and undependable.
On July 12th he instructed his Steeplechase associates to steal signed petitions from the Bklyn Gop processing room. Christine Sisto, President of the Brooklyn South Conservative Club and McCabe's girlfriend and Alexandra Sherer, a Manhattan GOP Leader ran like bats out of hell from the Bay Ridge Manor and into a car that sped away. These petitions were signed by hundreds of voters and were for several candidates in addition to McCabe. Once these petitions were signed they became a legal document. It was a crime to remove them and hold them to extort control over several County Committee seats during the Brooklyn Reorg.
When McCabe returned to the Manor with the petitions he entered and stood in a menacing and threatening way. He insisted he was justified in stealing the petitions. Such childish behavior can not be tolerated.
McCabe in a fit of rage, threw a temper tantrum, screaming and yelling for several minutes. His team, including Manhattan Political Director and Steeplechase business partne, Robert Morgan, just watched as their candidate had a melt down. No one attempted to get him under control.
Chairman Ghorra was present for this tantrum.
A woman stepped in front of McCabe when he stepped towards a young male operative. She stopped him from hitting the younger man.
With his history of arrest and reckless use of social media. Those present believe this is news worthy.
If you are interested in speaking with those in attendance, please give me a phone number to call."
I think that the source of this E-mail is a bigger story than its contents. Please, let's unravel this together.
"Nothing resembling what appeared in the E-mail published on your blog happened at any meeting attended by Liam or his representatives...." said a senior member of the McCabe Campaign.
".... First, you need some background. There was a joint meeting involving the petitions of two competing candidates that was set up by County Chairman Ted Ghorra so that everybody's petitions might be bound in a proper and transparent manner...." The McCabe Campaign spokesperson then praised the Kings County Republican Chairman's efforts as masterful in both keeping the peace at the meeting and accomplishing the purpose of the gathering.
However, what was also described was a meeting that was about as contentious as anybody might expect where the inner circles of two different campaigns might be gathered for any common pursuit.
A short while later, Liam spoke to me and said that none of the petitions handled by his folks could be "stolen," even if they might have been gathered together at one point, because they were petitions naming him, gathered by his volunteers, and assembled for binding by his campaign coordinators. As for County Committee slots, his petitions contained many, many hundreds of qualifying signatures for County Committee candidates that were proposed by the current District Leaders. As far as he could tell, the real dissatisfaction was over the fact that the Quaglione team overwhelmingly submitted "bullet petitions" naming only John Quaglione and containing no other names, such as for County Committee.
Liam also said that Ted Ghorra would certainly confirm his version of the evening.
Of course liams camp is sucking up to ghorra with their statement above, if he publicly tells the truth liam is certainly done..unfortunately for liam and his camp there are at least 3 people who were there who will confirm the contents of the email as opposed to Liams story. .
Gale, Q's campaign is flailing. They are desperately trying to find a narrative that distracts from the sorry petition situation for Q that you reported on earlier this week. Word on the street is that Lucretia has Q on the ropes in her specs.
Why dont you just respond to the email and give you phone number so you can get the truth from 3 different people who were there!
413pm: Looks like there is a rift between Team Q and Ted Ghorra. Perhaps Q's lackluster petition effort is the cause of this.
Dont be surprised if you see a press conference next week with Q and Marty calling on McCabe to withdraw over this issue. The Republican party in brooklyn needs adults. McCabe has shown over and over again through black eyes, arrests, social media tantrums, and now this that he has a temperament issue. As much as he thought changing his name from Will to Liam would cause people to forget his past, this is a stark reminder that you cant change so quickly!
428pm Why is Team Q sending anonymous, breathless missives about Liam if they believe they have County's endorsement?
Quaglione filed 100 signatures that also contained the County's County Committee and District Leader slates. His other 750 signatures were for Q and Q alone: bullet petitions.
All 2,000 of McCabe's signatures were on petitions for Liam and the County's slate.
Q went lone wolf on day one. Now he and his tiny group of supporters are just barking at the moon.
So McCabe cursed out Mayor de Blasio and shook his son after learning the kid was smoking pot.
DO I REALLY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER TO VOTE FOR LIAM McCABE?
I'm ready to elect him RIGHT NOW.
Somebody really ought to remind Mr. Quaglione about the dead baby girl.
Perhaps these attacks by Quaglione's friends and supporters will, in retrospect, be proven to have been a horrible strategic error.
All Prime Right to Life Republicans will only see the dead baby. Career over, Mr. Q.
Obrien..you need something substantive to prove what your saying. .
OK so to all who are lingering let's get some questions answered.
1. Who else was in the room? More than 5 people were in the room.
From the comments it looks like Gorra, McCabe, Sisto, Sherer, Morgan, a young male operative and a woman who stepped between McCabe and the young man operative.
2. Did McCabe have his people take the petitions so he could see how many of Q's petitions didn't contain County Committee and District Leaders names?
3. Are the petitions still valid since they left the building and others had access to them? Fake names could have been added to the petitions.
4. What was Ghorra's response to all of this lollygagging?
5. What happened to Maureen's support towards Liam?
Quaglione and his best friends were bragging that they were going throw Lucretia "off the ballot". Suddenly, the tables have turned.
I heard that Q boy made a deal with Lucretia so HE could stay on the ballot.
All the comments have chosen to ignore the grassy knoll. Discard it completely.
I saw Liam at Summer Stroll tonight and it looked like he was wearing make up! Is Liam going Hollywood? Tanning salon?
Maybe Liam got a tan while he was out campaigning. It is July.
Nobody is out campaigning in this weather. Capanos uncle in staten island has a pool with a barbecue.
Heya 7:55 PM, funny you should mention seeing Liam at the 3rd Avenue Walk Last night because I too ran into Liam near Giacomo's and thought he looked like he was wearing make-up! Maybe Liam was shooting a television campaign commercial?
542..please a commercial? ??? With what money. .
Liam hasn't had a drink in years, and your slurs are offensive. Great way to build support for your candidate, Mr. Orlando.
These slurs are really an attack on a very successful reorganization effort by Ted Ghorra. The committee would have had no success relying on Q's bullet petition operation and 100 County signatures.
The Republican pro family Republicans will have a clear choice with a family man Republican with a wife and children who owns a home (as opposed to shacking up with his girlfriend and mom). A man who pays property taxes, has no arrests, or questionable past habits and behavior. .a clear choice.
I think that all the vile garbage being posted against John and Liam is from Democrats who realize that no matter who wins their primary they are going to be fielding the weakest candidate in 40 years with de Blasio at the top of the ticket. Any one of the Republican candidates not named Lucretia will be the favorite to win the seat.
It doesn't matter who wins in the September GOP Primary, my guess is that by mid-November everybody will be looking back on Capano in 2009 and Quaglione in 2013 as "... the good old days...".
Did Liam take an oath when he became an Uber driver? I'm asking for my friend Bob who needs a ride from Staten Island.
I hear Quaglione and Golden are going to make McCabe an offer he CAN NOT refuse to withdraw from race on Tuesday? ? Anyone hear anything on this? ?
Petitioning is generally an overall indication of a campaign's strength.
Quaglione filed the fewest signatures of all four candidates, with the fewest petition witnesses.
His campaign is looking more and more the Alamo everyday.
At least people showed up to the Alamo.
When Q wins-- McCabe, Obrien, Capano, Gallo & berardelli will be groveling!
When Q wins, it will be at miniature golf, with his daughters.
great point- Q only father in race..rep voters like that sort of thing!!
The Post article on Liam regarding this headline will be out Tuesday.
This is coming from the Quaglione team: "...Quaglione and Golden are going to make McCabe an offer he CAN NOT refuse to withdraw from race on Tuesday..." --- "...The [NY] Post article on Liam regarding [some] headline will be out Tuesday..." --- "... Q only father in race..." --- "...Quaglione is the only rep candidate who owns a home, has a wife, and children..."
Boy, does anybody think that all that kind of stuff will get GOP voters to the polls for John Q. Republican in a September Primary ???
What happens to Q's home if he has to get a real job?
His wife's mob parents will bail him out.
At least Liam can plan a wedding when he loses.
Boy somebody continues to bring up Capano here..most think he is irrelevant but not 1224am..
Hmmmm...maybe they worry about him after all, wilk have to give him second look.
However, it does raise this issue, is it true, or even close to true?
Quags will win the Primary. Capano will be Liam's best man at the wedding.
anybody see the "press release" that Liam's consultant's sent out about his wacky "marriage proposal" at the Staten Island Yankee game yesterday? This begs the question, has Liam ever done anything that isn't some sort of stunt? This also begs the question, are Capano and Quaglione the _only_ adults in this room? Does Lady Lucretia pull votes from Liam or Capano?
Hey 2:46, you left out left out white and christian. If you're going to go all 17th century on the campaign, why cut corners?
246pm lives in Victorian England where only white male property owners above the age of 21 have suffrage.
There is a reason why Q keeps losing these elections. By now he's memorized all the Donna Reed re runs.
Are you suggesting that Quags is sessile?
That is a very serious charge.
It is an even more serious charge when you say it about somebody like John Quaglione, who has tried to make political activism and some versions of 'public service' a main part of his resume - along with having a wife, some kids and a house.
On the other hand, the fact that any sessile creature has accomplished all that JQ has accomplished is a biological, physiological, psychological, and sociological miracle.
Is 7:26 PM suggesting that John Quaglione might have an unhealthy fascination with Paul Peterson?
It's terrible tot honk that Liam's going to get away with cheating his way out of stealing petitions and now, get away with marrying a decent girl, after cheating on her several times also. This is not an honest man. Unfortunately, it seems most politicians aren't great people.
TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 11:21 PM"
Fourth, nobody has provided any of the factual detail necessary to conclude that either Liam McCabe or anybody acting his behalf was engaged in or attempting to anything that resembles (d) "stealing petitions."
BTW, TUESDAY PASSED AND THE ROOF DID NOT FALL IN ON LIAM MC CABE OR HIS CAMPAIGN OVER WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED AT ANY MEETING INVOLVING THE JOINT BINDING OF CERTAIN REPUBLICAN PETITIONS --- ALSO, THERE WAS A T LEAST ONE OR TWO BOB CAPANO SUPPORTERS AND/OR REPRESENTATIVES THAT WERE PRESENT AT THE SO-CALLED JOINT PETITIONING MEETING WHERE ALL OF THAT STUFF WENT DOWN.
False. No Capano supporters were there.
If you want real story and proof.. check cameras from bay ridge. It'll speak for itself.
Capano was not part of any "petition togther" agreement with County GOP so no Capano represnetatives at the petition gathering on June 12th at the Manor.
As McCabe readily admitted in his op-ed in Kings Councty Politics this was agreed to by McCabe and Quaglione (Capano was not invited to participate in this by Ghorra).
When can we talk about Liam conspiring with Elyateem to file an OTB for the Working Families line?
TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 8:31 AM"
You are very deceptive in your attempt to use your "straw man" arguments to bootstrap your final pitch.
If you don't think so, then you don't know who the various GOP district leaders are really supporting. --- A fair share are with Capano.
TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 1:54 PM"
The Bay Ridge Manor is in Staten Island?
11:20 needs to learn something about politics. Why would Liam want El yateem to take WFP from Justin? When Justin loses the democratic primary he'll get enough votes on WFP in November to put Liam over the top.
4:36 has it right. Justin loses by 4% but Carroll wont even get 6%.
You may have an overly high opinion of Brooklyn's Republican District Leaders.
There is not a John Crews or Ed Seergy among them.
6:10, the district leaders can barely fog a mirror. Having them isn't much help.
Take a look out your window Bob. Staten Island is not Bay Ridge.
The Dems took control of Bay Ridge in the 80's. But I'm sure that will all change for you.
Without a doubt Bay Ridge will go republican. The Bronx also.
This particular thread has turned into a real Rorschach Test for a variety of "anonymous" comment makers --- and even the "fake news," misinformation and disinformation contained therein makes for a treasure trove of insights into the various campaigns on this last weekend in July 2017.
The reason I say "anonymous" is that I do know immediately who some of you folks are. The others take a few key strokes, or more often one phone call, to cull the unnamed steer or wild bull out of the rest of the herd (btw, there have been plenty of steers and darn few "wild bulls").
Am I comment 100 ?
Neither of you can count - I'm 100.
Kathleen Fox McCall --- R.I.P.