We have a long waiting list of people looking for council housing in Harlow, so finding a privately rented home will be the quickest way to improve your situation if you are looking for somewhere to live.
You can also visit local estate agents in Harlow town centre - many are located in and around Broadwalk.
Once you have identified a property you will need to know how much of the housing element of Universal Credit you will be able to claim.
The amount of housing element you can get will not necessarily be the same as your rent. There is a maximum allowance based the size of your household and your location, called the Local Housing Allowance (LHA).
You can use a calculator to find out how many bedrooms your household needs. Once you have worked out your bedroom need, you can enter a location. This will tell you what the LHA is in that area.
You can look at Harlow's LHA rate.
Once you have the LHA, you should use this as a guide when you look for a property. You want to try and find a property with a rent that is close to or below the LHA to make it affordable for you.
You should bear in mind that you may not be able to claim the full LHA amount, as your housing element claim will also depend on your circumstances, including your income.
You can use the entitledto calculator to get an estimate on how much housing element you could receive.
We may also be able to offer you financial assistance through our rent deposit scheme, which you can use to pay for a deposit and rent in advance to secure new accommodation. For more information on the scheme, contact us.
Social housing in Harlow is available for people on the Housing Needs Register.
If you are on the register, you can bid for properties that suit your needs.
You will need to meet certain qualifying conditions to be able to join the register. There is also a very high demand for social housing in Harlow, so this is not always a realistic option.
If you are struggling to find a new home, someone you know might be able to help.
You can ask friends or family if they have somewhere you can stay, even if it's just while you are looking for somewhere more permanent.
You could use social media to let people know you are looking for somewhere to stay.
If you find somewhere to stay with a friend or family, you could offer to pay them some rent at a level you can afford.


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Required to start in April 2019 a qualified French teacher to join this successful MFL department for one term initialy! The school will consider full or part-time French Teachers! Due to changes in staffing and the option choices of GCSE classes, the Head teacher seeks to recruit an MFL teacher who can add enthusiasm and make an impact on the interest of pupils to Languages throughout the school. Situated in Slough, close to the town centre this is a diverse mixed secondary school which currently exceeds the national averages for progress made throughout KS3 to GCSE. Children are entering the school below the required levels and due to the standards of teaching available make more than adequate progress upon completing Year 11.


Pippa Reid-Foster's musical career began at an early age with learning to play the piano. Music became a prominent element of her school career during which she studied the cello, whistle, fiddle, Bodhran and finally Clarsach. She has participated in many traditional music tours, has taken part in various music competitions and has played live on BBC Scotland's Celtic Connections. Pippa was selected as a semi-finalist in the 2014 BBC Young Scottish Traditional Musician of the year competition and most recently has attained a Masters from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where she studied Scottish music specialising in composition.
Based in Helensburgh on the West coast of Scotland, Pippa plays her Clarsach at a diverse range of venues. She travels far and wide to entertain at weddings, public and private receptions, corporate events, charity events and various other functions. Her broad repertoire which ranges from Scottish traditional to contemporary is supplemented by her own arrangements and compositions and can be tailored to suit any occasion.
Playing regularly throughout Scotland Pippa has performed in many spectacular venues including; Edinburgh Castle, House for an Art Lover, Scottish Parliament, Cameron House on the banks of Loch Lomond, Stirling Castle, Boturich Castle, Norton House, Glenskirlie Castle and Airth Castle showcasing the Scottish Harp and Pippa's beautiful playing.
Pippa teaches clarsach and piano both in schools and privately to children and adults. 'I am very passionate about passing on my skills and knowledge as a traditional musician to new musicians.' Pippa also teaches Scottish music workshops and courses to all ages.
Having previously gained a BA in Textile design, Pippa finds that the visual creative language she has developed enhances and invigorates her musical composition. During her masters at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Pippa based her final composition project on history, folklore and song of Scotland's Argyll region. Currently Pippa is working on her first album, collaborating with electroacoustic composer Tim Cooper.
Pippa performs regularly for various functions, from small private informal concerts to larger venues with hundreds of spectators. Her latest business adventure is establishing Harp Bazaar with fellow harpist Heather Downie. It was set up to meet all harpists needs, from teaching workshops and courses, to performing, selling sheet music , merchandise and any advice harpists may need.


Using the InstantKB .NET API you can easily query the InstantKB database to return support tickets created by users. We've provided in this article several examples on how to achieve this using the InstantKB .NET API. These examples are provided in C# and would require you reference the InstantKB assemblies from your .NET projects.
Now we have access to all the business logic exposed within the InstantASP.InstantKB namespace.
In this example only tickets created by the user with UserID 123 within the tabs our current authenticated user has access to would be returned. There are a few important things to note within this example before we provide further examples.
Here we are constructing a new TicketsRepository object and passing in the current authenticated user. The TicketsRepository class requires a InstantASP.InstantKB.Component.User object to be passed into it's public constructor. The supplied user object is important as it's used for security purposes to ensure tickets are only returned from the tabs that the supplied user object has access to or permission to see.
For further information on controlling access to tabs for users please see Controlling Access To Tabs.
For example let's say our current authenticated user or the user passed into the TicketsRepository constructor only has access to the "Knowledgebase" tab via the InstantKB role based security. In this instance as the supplied user object cannot access any ticket tab the above code example would return no results as the supplied user object does not have permission to view or query any ticket tab.
With this hopefully explained we'll continue to provide further examples of how you can query and return tickets within InstantKB. These examples will simply extend the code example provided above and will demonstrate the different properties you can use to filter returned tickets.
You may be asking why we are both passing a user object tinto the TicketsRepository constructor and setting the CreatedByUserID property to the same user objects UserID. Surely we just need to pass the current user into the TicketsRepository constructor to restrcit results right? We'll not quite. For example if you don't set the CreatedByUserID property but pass a user object into the TicketsRepository constructor and this user object belongs to either an administrator or support agent role then all support tickets will be returned regardless of who created the ticket. To ensure we can filter results even if the user object passed into the TicketsRepository constrcutor is an administrator or support agent we also set the CreatedByUserID property.
For secyrity purposes to use the CreatedByUserID property and query for support tickets created by other users the user object passed into the TicketsRepository constrcutor must belong to an administrator or support agent role. If the user object passed into the TicketsRepository constrcutor does not belong to an administrator or support agent role the returned tickets will be restricted to only those created by the user passed into the TicketsRepository constrcutor. This is explained further below with the "Returning Tickets Created By Others" section.
In the above example only tickets created by the current authenciated user will be returned.
Again if multiple filters are supplied InstantKB will perform an AND operation so in the example above only tickets that have a StatusID of 10 AND a PriorityID of 3 AND a WorkflowStopID of 4 would be returned.
Where TabIDs is a string array containing the InstantKB_Tabs.TabIDs of the tabs you wish to return results from. Again the supplied user object must also have access to the supplied TabIDs.
We hope these examples help you get started with our API to query and return tickets. IF there are any specific examples we would add to this article to assist please don't hesitate to submit a support request.


ESPN said it would make a new push into the boxing ring by striking a multi-year deal with Top Rank, one of the sport's biggest promoters.
Under terms of the pact, the Disney-owned sports-media juggernaut will have the exclusive ability to televise and stream live Top Rank fights in the U.S., as well as deliver pay-per-view events with the promoter's matches. ESPN intends to include Top Rank content in a new direct-to-consumer streaming service recently announced. ESPN will also air all Top Rank content in English and in French on Canadian sister networks TSN and RDS. The next "Top Rank Boxing on ESPN" fight card is scheduled for September 22 in Tucson, Arizona, and will feature Oscar Valdez and Gilberto Ramirez both defending their respective World Boxing Organization titles.
ESPN has signaled its intent to step more definitively into the boxing ring in recent months. In July, it aired a bout between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and undefeated contender Jeff "The Hornet" Horn at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. The fight, which was also telecast on ESPN Deportes, marked the first time since 2005 that the popular Pacquaio had taken part in a fight that was not limited to pay-per-view.
In recent years, more TV networks have returned to boxing, though the biggest names in the sport have moved to pay-per-view matches and premium cable outlets like Time Warner's HBO and CBS Corp.'s Showtime. ESPN is the latest broad-audience outlet to try to make the sport more available, and does so as its business has come under more scrutiny. As its subscriber base erodes and its top-dollar rights agreements with sports leagues come under the microscope, there has been a new focus on financial discipline at ESPN. The streaming and pay-per-view rights will give it some leverage as subscribers migrate to new viewing behaviors that do not require a traditional subscription to Comcast, Charter or Cox.
Top Rank has a long association with Pacquiao, and promotes rising stars like Juan Manuel Lopez and Nonito Donaire, Jr. "Top Rank has consistently and successfully built many of their fighters into global brands, and now will benefit significantly from ESPN's broad distribution, sales and marketing support and outstanding storytelling," said Alan Gold, who heads CAA's Sports Media Advisory practice, in a statement. Top Rank has retained CAA Sports to manage its official sponsorship sales efforts, working closely with ESPN, and served as Top Rank's adviser on the deal.
In the first year of the deal, ESPN will showcase 18 main events in the U.S. on multiple platforms, including television networks, its ESPN App, the direct-to-consumer service and pay-per-view events, in both English and Spanish, and on Canada's TSN in English and RDS in French. The deal allows ESPN to make Top Rank content – including undercards, select main events, re-airs of ESPN telecasts and pay-per-view matches, and archival material – available across its various outlets.


The Entertaining Speaker Project 3: Make Them Laugh. Writing a speech designed to draw laughs from the audience was one of the more daunting assignments in my Toastmasters experience thus far. Fortunately, it was a success. Shared a personal story about my wife and I briefly exploring moving to Cayman early in our marriage.
The Entertaining Speaker Project 4: The Dramatic Talk. I skipped project 3 to deliver this talk in the aftermath of my kids' automobile accident the week before. Shared 3 tips for driver safety based on my professional experience: (1) Always wear your seatbelt; (2) Sit as far back from the dashboard as safely possible; (3) Be aware and don't be the distracted driver. Won "Best Speaker" award for this meeting.
The Entertaining Speaker Project 2: Resources for Entertainment. Shared the history of The Oxford Hotel in Denver, Colorado, focusing primarily on it's claim to fame as one of Denver's most haunted buildings. Tied it's history into my personal experience during a recent stay.
The Entertaining Speaker Project 1: The Entertaining Speech. Shared my account of a Grand Cayman North Wall dive gone wrong when two individuals in our dive party emptied their air tanks midway through the dive! Won "Best Speaker" award for this meeting.
CCM Project 10: Inspire Your Audience. Discussed the importance of living each day to yield it's best benefits while glorifying God in the process. Won "Best Speaker" award for this meeting.
CCM Project 9: Persuade With Power. Offered at our Toastmasters Christmas party, the speech encouraged the audience to practice acts of kindness towards others during the holidays and all throughout the year.
CCM Project 8: Get Comfortable With Visual Aids. With our house on Lake Tyler as the backdrop, I reminded the audience that it is important to be thankful for all we've been given, and that others can offer perspective to help us in that endeavor. Used handouts to reinforce the message. Won "Best Speaker" award for this meeting.
CCM Project 7: Research Your Topic. Discussed the importance of personal credibility in building and maintaining one's reputation at work and at home using a bank checking account as an object lesson. Won "Best Speaker" award for this meeting.
CCM Project 6: Vocal Variety. Described a few of the adventures and mishaps I've experienced during business travel, using each to remind the audience to make lemonade out of lemons. Won "Best Speaker" award for this meeting.
CCM Project 5: Your Body Speaks. Inspirational speech touting the importance of healthy competition in helping individuals of all ages grow and mature into productive members of society. Won "Best Speaker" award for this meeting.
CCM Project 4: How To Say It. Word picture speech in which I described the beauty and wonder of some of my favorite SCUBA diving sites and experiences in Grand Cayman, BWI. Won "Best Speaker" award for this meeting.
CCM Project 3: Get To The Point. Motivational speech discussing the importance of slowing down in today's fast-pace life so we take notice and appreciate the people and sights around us. Won "Best Speaker" award for this meeting.
CCM Project 2: Organize Your Speech. Motivational speech discussing the importance and influence music has on one's life. Used three personal life examples to motivate the audience of approximately 25 Toastmasters. Won "Best Speaker" award for this meeting.
CCM Project 1: Icebreaker. "Icebreaker" speech during which I introduced myself to the Toastmasters club. Won "Best Speaker" award for this meeting.


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Q: Why does iAd still load data after it has been removed from it's superview, and can this be stopped? I have a small app with iAds, and allow people to pay to upgrade.
The iAd is setup in the application's NIB.  I check the purchase status in the viewDidLoad method of the main UIViewController, and call the following methods on the ADBannerView outlet member:
[adBanner removeFromSuperview];
adBanner = nil;

Unfortunately if I watch the device's data usage, some data is still downloaded for the Ad.
Is there any way to properly kill the iAd so it doesn't load any data?
I know I could create the iAd view programatically and then add it only if the user has not purchased the product, but my product is working nicely from the NIB and I'd rather not change it for this reason.
UPDATE:
In my .h file I have:
IBOutlet ADBannerView* adBanner;

In the .m file in - (void)viewDidLoad method I have:
if (purchased) {
    [adBanner removeFromSuperview];
    adBanner.delegate = nil;
    adBanner = nil;
}

I would hope this would be enough to remove the iAd before it gets a chance to download any data.
Alas, this isn't enough to prevent the view from downloading data. I suspect there is a delay in it being fully dealloc'd at that time – but I don't know how to do this, short of calling dealloc itself.
Does anyone know of a better/correct way to completely destroy an object loaded via the XIB and assigned to an IBOutlet?

A: I suspect you don't completely release the ad banner.
Did you autorelease the adBanner when creating it? If you didn't, the code you are showing here doesn't properly release the banner.
Most likely, you didn't autorelease it and it's retained. What you need to do is:
[adBanner release];

instead of
adBanner = nil;

which is by the way useless since it only sets the pointer adBanner to nil but doesn't release the object at all.

A: I think you'll have to use a second nib, without the iAd banner. The nib loading process will instantiate all elements of the nib before passing control back to your objects.  That's why you can't stop the iAd from trying to load an ad.
First, duplicate the current nib, and just delete the iAd banner view. Then override the view controller's initWithNibName:bundle: method to check for paid status. If paid, change the nib name to the non iAd nib, and call the superclass's method with the other nib.

A: You could set the adBanner.delegate = nil also, to stop the adBanner from communicating with it's delegate.

A: @mr-berna is right in that you need to conditionally load the iAd view. You can either do as he suggests and use a second nib or create the iAd view programmatically.

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Glycemic Index Lags Behind Low-Carb Acceptance
January 4, 2008	by David Mendosa
The new nutrition recommendations that the American Diabetes Association issued last week budged the premier American diabetes association into the 21th Century. It gave its limited — and probably reluctant — stamp of approval to low-carb diets.
But the ADA moved little or no distance further in its tenuous support for the glycemic index that it initially gave in the previous nutrition recommendations. It issued the previous recommendations in September 2006. The ADA concluded then that for people with diabetes " the use of glycemic index and load may provide a modest additional benefit over that observed when total carbohydrate is considered alone."
This year the ADA came to exactly the same lukewarm conclusion.
The position statement bases its reservations mostly on "potential methodological problems" that a 2006 review in the British Journal of Nutrition noted. But that article used food frequency questionnaires, which are notoriously inaccurate.
Nevertheless, the ADA acknowledes that several randomized clinical trials reported that low-glycemic index diets reduce blood glucose levels among people with diabetes. But some other clinical trials were not able to confirm it, the position statement says.
The other basis of the ADA's half-hearted endorsement of the glycemic index is that "responses to specific carbohydrate-containing food is a concern." What are those responses?
"The glycemic index does not address other metabolic issues related to…low glycemic index sweeteners, particularly fructose." This phrase comes from the article the position statement cites. It's a 2004 article in Obesity Research, "Carbohydrates and Increases in Obesity: Does the Type of Carbohydrate Make a Difference?"
The lead author of that article is Judith Wylie-Rosett, who happens to be the co-chair of the writing panel for the ADA's nutrition recommendations.
Good point. It's one that I addressed here recently in my article on "The Trouble with Fructose."
While fructose does have the lowest glycemic index of any sugar, high-fructose diets lead us to secrete more insulin, which in turn leads to more insulin resistance. That's because fructose goes to our liver instead of directly into our bloodstream like other sugars. Because the glycemic index does not take the effects of fructose into account, this is indeed a limitation that we need to consider.
But, proponents of the glycemic index have never said to forget everything else we know about diet. "The glycemic index should not be your only criterion when selecting what to eat," I wrote on my main glycemic index page. "The total amount of carbohydrate, the amount and type of fat, and the fiber and salt content are also important dietary considerations."
These seem to be minor limitations to the glycemic index compared with its benefits. In fact, the ADA's position statement on its nutrition recommendations recognize one huge advantage of a low-glycemic diet.
It favorably quoted a study lead by Professor Jennie Brand-Miller of the University of Sydney in Australia, the world's top glycemic index researcher today. The study showed that when people with diabetes follow a low-glycemic index diet they have a 0.43 percent reduction in the A1C levels after just 10 weeks compared with a high-glycemic index diet.
Jennie herself is hopeful that the ADA will come around to giving its full acceptance of the glycemic index. "Adopting a low glycemic index diet is at least as good as a serious exercise program or an additional diabetes drug," Jennie just wrote me when I asked her views of the new nutriton recommendations. "There is no risk of hypoglycemia, no adverse effects. It's cheap and sustainable from both a behavioral and environmental point of view."
Eventually, the ADA will come around to giving the glycemic index its due. Probably before the 22nd Century.
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I am an IDDM who weighs only 170 lbs. I eat 300 to 350 g. of carbs a day just to maintain my weight. I use humalog and humulin n for blood sugars. I take no supplements of any kind and never have. The kind of work I do excludes having a proper diet. They serve us high starch food and don't allow us to bring in food. My HgA1Cs run from 7 to 9. My doctor isn't much help, but I have never found one that was. Oh, I am 60 and was diagnosed at 46 with diabetes. Pills and exercise treatment almost killed me, I lost 40 pounds and wound up in the hospital. All my labs are good. I had a heart cath done and no sign of CAD. I did have an atrial myxoma which was removed with no problems. I find all these diets, supplements too confusing and too costly.

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As UK furloughs near end, Whitbread to shed 6,000 jobs
22 SEPTEMBER 2020 9:18 AM
The effects of COVID-19 on the United Kingdom's hotel industry and the end of the government's furlough scheme have forced Whitbread PLC, the U.K.'s largest hotel company by asset number, to terminate 6,000 jobs, 4,500 of which are in the company's hotel division.
By Terence Baker
tbaker@hotelnewsnow.com
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DUNSTABLE, England—The 31 October end of the United Kingdom government's furlough scheme for hospitality employees is already having a dramatic effect on one of the country's largest hotel firms.
Whitbread PLC, parent company of the Premier Inn brand, announced in an update ahead of its first-half 2020 earnings on 27 October that it will lay off 6,000 employees, or 18% of its workforce.
Whitbread CEO Alison Brittain said "many (of these staff losses) are expected to be voluntary, so the one-off costs are modest."
The company's hotel business bears the brunt of those losses, accounting for 4,500 of the total layoffs.
"It is with great regret that we have advised our teams this morning that we intend to commence a consultation process with our U.K. hotel and restaurant colleagues as the furlough scheme comes to an end," Brittain said.
She said the move will ensure the firm emerges with a lower cost base, more flexible operating model and stronger resilience.
Whitbread is positioning itself "to take advantage of the compelling, long-term structural-growth opportunities that we believe will emerge both in the U.K. and Germany," Brittain said.
Approximately 20,000 employees have been on flexible furlough, allowed to work some of the time by the new government standards.
"The scheme has been incredibly welcome. … It has helped us, and the entire industry … but the government has been pretty clear that (it) was not planning on extending the current scheme. If they do, it would be very welcome," she said.
Whitbread's hotel performance suffered in the first two quarters, although occupancy is slowly gaining traction, Brittain said.
Whitbread's comparable revenue fell by 76% and 78% over both quarters, adding this was better than the previously announced forecast of an 80% decline and "cash burn looks much better than guidance."
Brittain said each 1% decline in revenue per available room equated to £18 million ($23 million).
In a statement from business advisory Morgan Stanley, managing director Jamie Rollo said the firm's RevPAR forecast for full-year 2020 is a 60% decline, which would result in an earnings-before-interest-and-tax decline of £373 million ($477.5 million).
Brittain said Whitbread was helped by an increase in F&B sales due to the United Kingdom government's "Eat out to help out" campaign in August and a weekly increase in occupancy, since hotels were permitted to reopen on 4 July.
Brittain said the break-even occupancy for the company's hotels ranged between 50% and 55%, and by the end of August all of its hotels had resumed business.
She added that the high point of hotel occupancy in August was 58%, but in London the metric hovered around 30%.
As is broadly true for the entire U.K. hotel industry, Whitbread's rural and seaside hotels have fared better than its urban hotels, due to a rise in staycations.
She said the firm is operating "ahead of the market."
"We know customers are seeking value for money … high levels of quality, and we have been able to provide both of those things, so we are pretty confident about our ongoing business," Brittain said.
Whitbread already has moved to shore up its financials. Brittain said initiatives include the "immediate postponement and cancellation of non-critical spend, cancellation of dividends (and) voluntary pay cuts for the board and management team."
"We utilized support from government schemes both in the U.K. and in Germany, and we topped up our U.K. teams to 100% of pay on top of the furlough scheme where we used it," she said. "In May, we increased our financial flexibility and strengthened our balance sheet with our shareholders contributing via a £1 billion ($1.28 billion) rights issue."
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to address the House of Commons today on increased lockdown measures due to a recent spike of COVID-19 cases.
The 21 September announcement to close pubs and restaurants an hour earlier at 10 p.m. is likely to be ratified, but Brittain said that had not affected her decision regarding layoffs, which have been in discussion for several weeks.
"(The curfew will) not be impactful for us, but it is across the sector, which will have a degree of frustration about it," she said.
There have been local lockdowns, she added, which with Premier Inn's extensive footprint has meant some individual hotels already have faced renewed restrictions.
As of press time, Whitbread's stock was trading on the London Stock Exchange at £20.41 ($26.25) per share, a decline of 56.9% year to date.
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Frazier Rehab Ironman Housing Fund continues to help those in need
Lexy Scheen
Three years after the Frazier Rehab Ironman Housing Fund was started, its goal and impact is even stronger.A Louisville man started the organization three years ago to honor his best friend, Tom Morris.He suffered a spinal cord injury in Indiana and came to Frazier for treatment.Lexy Scheen explains how the Ironman Housing Fund provides help for those who need it.Monday through Friday just before 3 p.m., spinal cord patient Derek Maude pulls up to Frazier Rehab in downtown Louisville in a taxi.It's a 20-mile trip from his aunt and uncle's house in Goshen.Fifty dollars there, $50 home, five days a week."A lot of people tend not to think about this until it affects someone in their life or someone they love," Maude said.Maude is from Lakeland, Florida, but a spinal cord injury at the beginning of this year landed him in Louisville for treatment."When I first got here, I couldn't tie my own shoes. Now I can dress myself, I sit up on my own, I can get in and out of anything on my own. I've made a lot of progress," Maude said.The rehabilitation is imperative, but with five kids at home, his aunt and uncle were sacrificing a lot to get him there.That's when the Frazier Rehab Ironman Housing Fund stepped in."It's helped over 35 people so far. It's primarily, I think, helped with transportation costs," said Dierking.Initially the fund paid for a month's worth of cab rides for Maude."It was a huge help. It took a huge burden off of the family," Maude said. "You can imagine with five kids, you have to cook, help with homework and all that and then you have me. They say it's not a burden, but I felt like it was a burden and this alleviated that burden."But then the money ran out."The need is there and that's the big thing. We've raised $120,000 in the last three years and the money has been given away at this point," Dierking said.This year's push is to raise $35,000 by Ironman race day on Oct. 11.Two athletes are competing for the fund. Their efforts have renewed Maude's cab rides, but there's more work to do."There are patients currently waiting to become part of the outpatient program and they need housing and transportation assistance to physically make that happen," Dierking said.Maude hopes he'll one day be on the giving end of the generosity he's received.Three other athletes are also raising money for the fund by running non-Ironman races this year.Dierking emphasizes how grateful he is for all of the donors so far, but is making a big push to hit the $35,000 goal by Ironman Sunday.If you'd like to donate, click here, select the donation amount and then click the cause which is listed as: Frazier Rehab Institute - Ironman Housing Fund-in Honor of My Athlete.Click here for the group's Facebook page
Three years after the Frazier Rehab Ironman Housing Fund was started, its goal and impact is even stronger.
A Louisville man started the organization three years ago to honor his best friend, Tom Morris.
He suffered a spinal cord injury in Indiana and came to Frazier for treatment.
Lexy Scheen explains how the Ironman Housing Fund provides help for those who need it.
Monday through Friday just before 3 p.m., spinal cord patient Derek Maude pulls up to Frazier Rehab in downtown Louisville in a taxi.
It's a 20-mile trip from his aunt and uncle's house in Goshen.
Fifty dollars there, $50 home, five days a week.
"A lot of people tend not to think about this until it affects someone in their life or someone they love," Maude said.
Maude is from Lakeland, Florida, but a spinal cord injury at the beginning of this year landed him in Louisville for treatment.
"When I first got here, I couldn't tie my own shoes. Now I can dress myself, I sit up on my own, I can get in and out of anything on my own. I've made a lot of progress," Maude said.
The rehabilitation is imperative, but with five kids at home, his aunt and uncle were sacrificing a lot to get him there.
That's when the Frazier Rehab Ironman Housing Fund stepped in.
"It's helped over 35 people so far. It's primarily, I think, helped with transportation costs," said Dierking.
Initially the fund paid for a month's worth of cab rides for Maude.
"It was a huge help. It took a huge burden off of the family," Maude said. "You can imagine with five kids, you have to cook, help with homework and all that and then you have me. They say it's not a burden, but I felt like it was a burden and this alleviated that burden."
But then the money ran out.
"The need is there and that's the big thing. We've raised $120,000 in the last three years and the money has been given away at this point," Dierking said.
This year's push is to raise $35,000 by Ironman race day on Oct. 11.
Two athletes are competing for the fund. Their efforts have renewed Maude's cab rides, but there's more work to do.
"There are patients currently waiting to become part of the outpatient program and they need housing and transportation assistance to physically make that happen," Dierking said.
Maude hopes he'll one day be on the giving end of the generosity he's received.
Three other athletes are also raising money for the fund by running non-Ironman races this year.
Dierking emphasizes how grateful he is for all of the donors so far, but is making a big push to hit the $35,000 goal by Ironman Sunday.
If you'd like to donate, click here, select the donation amount and then click the cause which is listed as: Frazier Rehab Institute - Ironman Housing Fund-in Honor of My Athlete.
Click here for the group's Facebook page


Josh Clark from Rath Security was at DPSI's Anaheim and Fremont offices recently to provide training on their 2-Way Communication for Areas of Refuge for the DPSI team. Did you know that the IBC (International Building Code) requires a two-way communication system for all areas of refuge in New Construction, Change of Building Use, or Significant Remodels, regardless if there is a sprinkler system or not?
What is it? The Area of Refuge communication system provides a hands-free, two-way communication with an audible and visible signal to indicate communication has occurred and also indicate to the receiver the location sending the signal. These systems are placed in Areas of Refuge, typically in stairwells and elevator landings.
How does it work? When the emergency button is pushed on the call box, the call goes to a central Rath Base Station. If the call is not answered, it is then transferred to a 24-hour location staffed by emergency personnel. When the call is received, the individual(s) at the area of refuge will hear audible dialing and a location message (which plays when the call is answered), along with a visual indicator. On the location message has commenced, two-way communication will occur. The calling party in the Area of Refuge cannot stop the call once the button has been pressed; only the called party can terminate the communication.
DPSI now carries Rath equipment and currently has Rath equipment in multiple construction projects in California.
The Rath 2-Way Communication System complies with the 2010 NFPA Code 72 (National Fire Protection Association), the 2010 CBC Code (California Building Code – Chapters 10, 11A & 11B), the 2010 CEC Code (California Electrical Code), the 2010 California Energy Code, the 2010 San Francisco Housing Code, the IBC Code (International Building Code), and the ADAAG (Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibilities Guidelines).
Let DPSI get your new project or existing facility code compliant! For more information regarding 2-Way Communication systems and code compliancy, contact DPSI at 1-800-330-3774 or email us at info@dps-sc.com.
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In this edition of the Multimedia Case of the Month we have the pleasure of presenting the Spain Case, developed for the area of Economic Environment.
This multimedia case, analyzes the online sale strategy of Mango. This case covers the strategy since the company launched their e-commerce platform in 2000 until 2008.
This case contains a series of interactive graphs that explain what e-commerce is and the impact it can have on the P&L of a company especially in the retail sector. It does also include a "did you know?" that describes the use of e-commerce platforms in various sectors. It does also include videos of Mango's Executives explaining the decisions they took before and after the implementation of the online strategy.


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I'd heard Anne Perry's name mentioned over the years as an author to try, and I would have tried her work sooner if I'd known quite how wonderful it was!
This is the first of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt stories - which give a little away as in this book Thomas and Charlotte first meet ;).
Great murder mystery, fabulously unique characters, gorgeous setting in Victorian London, and an extremely dry wit. There is both a lightness of touch and a depth of style in this book.
It was first released in 1979 and you wouldn't know it for a second. Delightful, exciting, and just great reading. Adored it and I can assure you I'll be back for more!
More about the author here. Buy the book here.
Next I'm reading...Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig.
What are you reading? Which book MUST I read this year? Find the other books I've enjoyed in my "I'm reading..." series this year here! Or join me at GoodReads.


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The 19 day itinerary South India (Heritage Reloaded) will take you in the cities & villages of Cochin, Alleppey, Thekady, Periyar, Madurai, Athoor Village, OOty, Coocnoor, Nagarhole, Mysore & Bangalore.
A stay in an Eco-friendly home stay in Kerala, created on the principles of sustainability and responsibility.
No South India experience is complete without staying in a luxury Houseboat in Kollam where one would enjoy a typical Kerala experience.
Our toy train ride will have a unique zigzag motion of gaining height while climbing the hills.
We will also have a beautiful time in Athoor village with the natives of this wonderful village.
Morning, we will proceed on a guided tour of Cochin.
A special treat awaits us this evening as we proceed to witness the strength and vigor of Kathakali dance drama.
After breakfast, we ride to Alleppey for a houseboat experience through the narrow canals and channels of the backwaters of Kerala.
Dewalokam, is the venue where Professor Jose and his family live on the premises – an organic farm with goats, cows, buffalo, pigs, chickens, ducks and guineas fowls. Delicious Kerala dishes are prepared for guests using the farm produce. From the patio of your room you can see the Sahyadris mountains (the local name for the Western Ghats), beyond the river and forest.
The organic farm of Dewalokam produces almost all the vegetables, fruits and spices. This beautiful resort is in the Spice Belt of Kerala. The Birthplace of spices like pepper, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, turmeric, curry leaves, etc. Almost all the vegetables used in the kitchen are produced on the farm. A walk in the garden, plucking, smelling, and, tasting, will enrich your earth experience. In these plantations you will see many of the spices growing that you buy in the Departmental Stores.
You will be explained significance of various spices and measures that we need to bear in mind when preparing South Indian recipes. This is also hands on experience; either makes or breaks your dinner.
Time for independent exploration. We suggest you to spend some time in and around this divinely stunning place - tucked in the lap of nature.
Following a little downtime, we will participate with the chef and undertake a cooking lesson.
This is an easy activity that is possible for all age groups. The Rafting takes us deep into the forest for a true nature experience.
Upon arrival we will walk through the rubber estate to the village where we will witness traditional dwellings, interact with the natives, learn about their beliefs, as well as practices, and, get a better understanding of people and culture. Along the way you will also get to see a rubber factory started by the British in 1913. Following the walk, we would have a special ride in a unique public transport – the local tuktuk!
Following breakfast we will undertake a general nature walk through the forested areas that surround your Resort.
For the adventurist, we can also indulge ourselves in some soft adventure of Bamboo Rafting.
Following lunch, we will ride on a public bus for a short distance to a neighboring village.
In the evening (at leisure) you may choose to book yourself into regular Ayurvedic massages and treatments. The resort has well appointed Ayurveda center.


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Sunrise Coigney Bio: Husband Mark Ruffalo & Family To Children, Height Details
French-American actress Sunrise Coigney is best known for her role as Michelle in the movie Campfire Stories (2001). Besides that, she is also famously known as the wife of the Avengers star Mark Ruffalo.
Sunrise, who is a happily married woman, is a supportive wife who always inspires and supports her husband in his work. Her husband refers to her as his backbone.
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Sunrise is not less than a beauty pageant winner with perfect height and the astonishing body physique. When Mark first saw her on the road in the year 1998, he fell in love with her at first sight.
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Sunrise turned down his first proposal, but Mark Ruffalo won her heart in the second attempt, and the duo rang the wedding bells in the year 2000. Just after a year of marriage, Sunrise together with Marl welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Keen in 2001.
With the birth of their first son, their relationship fortified.
Sunrise supported and inspired her husband when he struggled in his early years in the industry. She encouraged her man even when he lived in a dump.
Not only that, but Sunrise took care of Mark when he underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor in the year 2002. She helped her husband recover from the disease and be healthy.
Afterward, in 2005, the couple welcomed their second child, a baby girl and named her Bella Noche Ruffalo. Their family bliss enriched when they gave birth to their third one, a daughter named Odette Ruffalo in 2007.
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However, four years after the death of Scott in 2012, Shaha Mishaal Adham, who was the daughter of a wealthy Saudi businessman was found dead in her home. Some sources claimed that drugs were suspected to be the reason behind her death.
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Sunrise and her husband, who lived in Los Angeles, later confessed that their family did not enjoy the stay there. So, they moved to New York and settled their family there.
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Sunrise was born as Christina Sunrise Coigney on 17 September 1972 in San Francisco, California, USA. Her father name is Joel Coigney, wheras her mother's name is yet to be revealed.
She made an appearance in TV shows like 100 Centre Street (2001), In the Cut (2003), and Line of Fire (2003). Since 2003, she put aside her acting career and focused on providing time to her family.
After leaving the industry, Sunrise opened a pop-up shop named Sunny's Callicoon Pop near her family's home in upstate New York. She also owned an upscale jewelry store called Kaviar and Kind in Los Angeles.
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Reed has appointed Michael Lyons as its exhibition director for AIBTM.
Lyons has worked for businesses including Global Events Partners, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, and Rosenbluth Travel (now American Express).
He has served on the boards of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (PCVB) and ADME (Association of Destination Management Executives), and is actively involved in organisations including MPI and PCMA.
Reed's meetings and events portfolio director Craig Moyes said: "We are delighted to welcome Mike to the Reed Travel Exhibitions family.
"His diverse experience, background and connections will complement the accomplished team we have in place and we expect great results as we take AIBTM to the next level."


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Alien Huang
黃鴻升
Xiao Gui, Huang Hong Sheng
Alien Huang is the stage name of Xiao Gui, a popular Taiwanese singer and actor. Born on November 28, 1983, he went by the English name Harry in elementary school and Janson in high school but eventually chose "Alien" because he wanted to be an "indefinable and unique character" like aliens. Alien Huang began his career with the boy bands HC2 and Cosmo, both of which disbanded after their debuts. He has since been a prolific solo artist and a successful television host, best known for hosting the Taiwanese variety show "100% Entertainment" since 2005. He made his acting debut in 2002 and has starred in many popular films and television dramas, including "KO One" (2005), "Corner With Love" (2007), "Sweet Sweet Bodyguard" (2012) and "Lovestore at the Corner" (2014). The talented star is founder and designer of AES, which stands for Alien Evolution Studio, a popular clothing brand that launched in 2008. He also has published three illustration books.
Nov 28, 1983 (age 35)
Cosmo (2003-2005)
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Mail theft suspects sign plea deals
Two suspects accused of breaking into mail boxes at Guam post offices have signed plea agreements in federal court.
Mail theft suspects sign plea deals Two suspects accused of breaking into mail boxes at Guam post offices have signed plea agreements in federal court. Check out this story on guampdn.com: https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2015/09/24/mail-theft-suspects-sign-plea-deals-0925/72710082/
Cameron Miculka, cimiculka@guampdn.com Published 12:13 a.m. ChT Sept. 25, 2015
The U.S. Post Office building in Barrigada is shown in this 2015 file photo.(Photo: PDN file)
Jon Michael MapoteVillena and Annalin Marie Perez Aldan both agreed to admit to aiding and abetting access device fraud and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft.
They face a maximum of 15 years in prison for the first charge and two years in prison for the second charge.
According to their agreements, the pair broke into local post offices on three separate occasions in June and July.
Documents state Villena broke the locks to 39 post office boxes and stole their contents.
The agreement also indicatesVillena reached through the back of the burglarized boxes to steal mail from neighboring boxes.
Meanwhile, the documents state, Aldan served as the "lookout" and collected the mail as Villena went from box to box.
The U.S. Post Office reported that the damage to the boxes totaled $999. The renters of the boxes that were burglarized reported losses of more than $500.
Among the stolen mail was a debit card issued to one of the box holders.
Court documents indicate that Villena and Aldan used the debit card at various stores, making transactions that totaled $11,413.96.
Among the purchases were computers, a television and a toolbox.
Investigators later allegedly found the fraudulently purchased goods at Aldan's residence.
In exchange for the agreements, federal prosecutors have agreed to recommend a lower, but unspecified, sentence.
They also will have to give up the fraudulently purchased goods.
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Название: Adult Origami Автор: Robinson N. Издательство: New Holland Год: 2004 Страниц: 104 ISBN: 978-1843307440 Формат: PDF Размер: 101 Мб Язык: English This book reaches the parts that other origami books don't, plumbing previously uncharted depths, uniting the yin and yang bedfellows of an ancient Japanese artform and 21st century toilet humour. Readers who hitherto have only been able to make a humble paper aeroplane, will soon be able to impress their mates down the pub with a jaw-dropping ability to take a scrap of chaste, virgin paper and fashion something that is both artistic and crude.
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Hillary, News Media and Rev. Jeremiah Wright; Obama Is Rolling In Superdelegates, While Hillary and Media Stuck On Color Arousal Politics
AAPP: Here is an interesting story about American Politics. As Barack Obama takes the high road, Hillary and her surrogates take the low road, all the while Obama continues to gain on the superdelegate front. I guess, Obama has his "eye on the prize," while Hillary and major media outlets have their eyes on their own color aroused ignorance. But then again, should Barack be held accountable for his pastors comments?
Obama Cuts Into Clinton's Delegate Lead Among Elected Officials
Source: Bloomberg -- Barack Obama has pulled almost even with Hillary Clinton in endorsements from top elected officials and has cut into her lead among the other superdelegates she's relying on to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
Among the 313 of 796 superdelegates who are members of Congress or governors, Clinton has commitments from 103 and Obama is backed by 96, according to lists supplied by the campaigns. Fifty-three of Obama's endorsements have come since he won the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, compared with 12 who have aligned with Clinton since then.
``That's not glacial, that is a remarkable momentum,'' Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, a superdelegate and Obama supporter, said in an interview. ``I don't think there is anything that will slow that down.''
Democratic elected officials have the most at stake in the nomination because the candidate at the top of the ticket in November will have an impact on state and local races.
In the overall race for superdelegates -- elected and party officials who automatically receive votes at the Democratic National Convention that will choose the nominee -- Clinton leads Obama in commitments by 249 to 212, according to an Associated Press tally.
The trend, though, is running against the New York senator. Since March 5, the day after she won primaries in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Obama took Vermont, the Illinois senator has won backing from nine superdelegates and Clinton one, according to the campaigns and interviews.
Obama's Lead
Both sides agree her chance to win the nomination rests on winning a significant majority of superdelegates because Obama is likely to maintain a lead of at least 150 pledged delegates - - those won in primaries and caucuses -- after the last contest is finished. If he does, Clinton, 60, would have to snag more than 70 percent of the remaining 334 or so superdelegates.
Clinton also has suffered defections, notably Georgia Representative John Lewis, a prominent civil-rights leader and early backer of the New York senator, who switched to Obama.
Underlying the movement to Obama, 46, is some politicians' calculation that he'll be the strongest candidate to face Republican Senator John McCain in November.
``All along he has been the one person McCain does not want to run against and that is still true,'' said Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat who endorsed Obama last month. More HERE
AAPP: Meanwhile, The Washington Post is following the remarks made by Obama's pastor. OK, I don't get this, is Obama's pastor running for President?
Check out the report by Washington Post writer, The Sleuth: The Sleuth who writes:
Obama Disavow's Pastor's Remarks
She writes: Looks like Barack Obama is kicking his crazy uncle out of the basement.
The Democratic presidential hopeful has compared his longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, to an "old uncle" with whom he doesn't always agree. But with the controversial preacher's racially inflammatory remarks and sermons burning up the Internet over the past 24 hours or so, the Obama campaign had to respond with some tough love.
In a posting on Huffington Post, Obama called Wright's statements "inflammatory and appalling" and said, "Let me say at the outset that I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have been the subject of this controversy. I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies. I also believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it's on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Rev. Wright that are at issue."
Among his most controversial statements, Wright said African Americans should sing "God Damn America" instead of "God Bless America." And he suggested that the Unites States invited the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with its own "terrorism."
Wright just retired from Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where Obama, his wife, Michelle and their two young daughters attend. But Wright's sermons have been immortalized on the Internet -- unfortunately for Obama.
In one, Wright told his congregation the reason why "so many folks are hating on Barack Obama" is because he doesn't "fit the model: He ain't white, he ain't rich and he ain't privileged."
"Hillary [Clinton] fits the mold," Wright said, delivering a fiery tirade on how "Hillary never had a cab whiz past her and not pick her up because her skin was the wrong color," and how "Hillary never had to worry about being pulled over as a black man driving" and how "Hillary was not a black boy raised in a single parent home."
He also said Hillary has never been called the "N word." (Wright used the actual word.)
On Huffington Post, Obama wrote, "The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation. When these statements first came to my attention, it was at the beginning of my presidential campaign. I made it clear at the time that I strongly condemned his comments. But because Rev. Wright was on the verge of retirement, and because of my strong links to the Trinity faith community, where I married my wife and where my daughters were baptized, I did not think it appropriate to leave the church. "
As you can see in this mocked-up YouTube video , which came from Fox News, Republicans could have a field day using Wright as ammunition in a general election contest against Obama.
Todd Harris, a veteran GOP political strategist, tells us, "There are hundreds of churches in Chicago to choose from but Obama picked the one with a racist preacher who is anti-American and anti-Israel. This guy makes Louis Farrakhan look like Hello Kitty and we're going to have a field day with this."
AAPP: Its interesting that the media has nothing on Barack Obama, so it keeps trying to dig-up dirt on his former pastor. As reported by the Washington Post; ABC News reviewed dozens of Rev. Wright's sermons and found "repeated denunciations of the U.S. based on what he described as his reading of the Gospels and the treatment of black Americans."
What do you think about the pastors comments?
Washington Bound
OK, live about 45 -1 hour away from D.C.
I'm joining a group of bloggers from the New Organizing Institute this weekend for a bloggers summit in Washington, DC. A number of Afrospear and other black bloggers, are going to attend as well. They include, The Field Negro, Gabriel, from the Color of Change.org, Oliver - Like Kryptonite To Stupid - Willis, Brandon Q. White, The Super Spade, Baratunde Thurston, from Jack & Jill Politics, Pam Spaulding from Pam's House Blend, and Faye Anderson from the blog, Anderson@Large and many others.
I have to give it to the New Organizing institute. Unlike some groups like the DailyK... and Netroots, they have aggressively made attempts to be inclusive and outreach into the black blogger community. So if your in the area, stop in. like The field Negro and others, I will be reporting on the summit.
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Everyone is talking Politics: Should Clinton or Obama Be First?
Here is some great political conversation and Analysis from NPR. Kimberle Crenshaw joins Farai Chideya to discuss her response to Gloria Steinem's controversial op-ed and this ongoing debate. Crenshaw is a professor of law at UCLA and Columbia University. More HERE
Should Clinton or Obama Be First?
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News & Notes , March 11, 2008 · A multi-racial group of female activists, journalists, and educators have been debating who should get to be America's "first" in the Oval Office — a black person or a woman.
Gloria Steinem on Gender, Race in Election 2008
Keith Olbermann's special comments - The Hillary Clinton David Duke Style Campaign Strategy
All I can say is please watch this video. As usual Keith Olbermann's on point!
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Ashley Alexandra Dupré' She is the star of the seamy drama that is the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York.
Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton, Philadelphia Kitchen Sink Strategy, Election 08
It's the new Clinton "Kitchen Sink Strategy" now the Geraldine Ferraro strategy. Get Geraldine
to make some bigoted and color aroused statements, and twist the script on the Barack Obama campaign. There are many people who see through Geraldine Ferraro. As RJ Eskow has noted,Geraldine Ferraro, once a beacon of hope for the possibility of a new era in American politics, has now disgraced herself for a second time. Today's 'clarifying' comments regarding last week's racist remarks were, if anything, even more offensive. They, and now Ms. Ferraro herself, symbolize a dark and ugly political era that belongs firmly in the past. And by allowing her to remain with her campaign in an official capacity, Hillary Clinton has brought the shadow of Ms. Ferraro's disgrace upon herself. Read More
Clearly, Clintons' "Throw the Kitchen Sink at Obama strategy" is a strategic and deliberate.
(Photo: U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton chats with longtime-friend Geraldine Ferraro before commencement exercises for Marymount Manhattan College in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center May 20, 2005 in New York City. By Chris Hondros/Getty Images.)
AAPP: These old throw backs from days gone bye, need to just... go away. There plan is to bloody Obama up and have white women and white men hate Obama for attacking Geraldine and Hillary.
Did Hillary get a face lift? Look at her pictures in 2005 versus 2008. Speaking of looking, lets have a look at Hillary Clinton's Tax Return
Check out Andrew Sullivan and The Daily Dish:
The Clinton campaign's decision not to reject or denounce Geraldine Ferraro's racial gaffe strikes me as a conscious and deliberate one. The Obama campaign saw Samantha Power resign for a less offensive remark. But Ferraro is now on the networks and airwaves amping up the volume, and Clinton, in classic passive-aggressive mode, is merely "disagreeing." Isn't this obviously about Pennsylvania? Isn't this classic Rove-Morris politics - to keep designating Obama a beneficiary of affirmative action and Clinton a victimized white woman in order to racially polarize a primary where Clinton needs white ethnic votes?
Ferraro's original gaffe was an accident. The compounding of it is a strategy. A reader comments:
I'm willing to bet damn near anything Bill thought this up himself. As a white male Bill realized he couldn't push Obama into the ghetto box, but what a brilliant strategy! - let's have another "disadvantaged group" lambaste Obama through an elderly white female surrogate to divide and conquer in the victimology sweepstakes. Since whites outnumber blacks, and white females in particular outnumber black voters, it's an incredibly audacious gambit to win the nomination. Throwing the kitchen sink apparently means turning the Democratic Party into an all out race versus gender war, ultimately allowing Bill and Hillary to either emerge on top or for Obama to be so badly damaged that the Superdelegates will fear he's lost the white vote in the general election. That's exactly the game the Clinton's have set in motion here.
Thoughts anyone?
Why Do Male Politicians like Prostitutes and Young Interns?
My Question: Why Do Male Politicians love to have sex with prostitutes, and why would a Governor or Presidents ' wife, like Silda Spitzer or Hillary Clinton, put up with it ?
Are they weak women?
Eliott Spitzer, who was on Hillary Clinton short list as a running mate, and his wife Silda don't look to happy. She looks like she would love to hit him in the head with a bat. Anywho, Eliott Spitzer has announced his resignation, which will take effect on March 17. Only the lord knows how long it will take before Silda divorces her husband, who likes to play with young prostitutes. Reports are the FBI Watched Spitzer Before February Incident. Interesting the hypocrisy of this man. I wonder if she will stand by her man, like Hillary? it reminds me, how the hell can Hillary want to be President when she cannot take care of her house, let alone the White House.
The Washington Post has a list of interesting/Top 10 Sexual Politician Scandals, including:
10. "Gropegate." Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Cali.) admitted groping women early in career (2003).
9. Gary Hart's affair with model Donna Rice, ruining his very promising run for the Democratic nomination for president (1988).
8. Alexander Hamilton-Maria Reynolds affair (1797).
7. The Petticoat Affair or Eaton Affair involving a sex scandal and the resignation of much of Andrew Jackson's cabinet (1831).
6. Rep. Mark Foley; (R-Fla.) accusations of sexual harassment of underage congressional page (2006).
5. The Wayne Hays-Elizabeth Ray scandal. The Washington Post broke the story quoting Elizabeth Ray, Hays's (D-Ohio) former secretary, saying that Hays hired her on his staff in order to serve as his mistress. (1976).
4. The 1983 Congressional Page sex scandal – the House Ethics Committee recommended that Rep. Dan Crane and Rep. Gerry Studds be reprimanded for having engaged in sexual relationships with minors, specifically 17-year-old congressional pages (1983).
3. Chandra Levy scandal, involving Rep. Gary Condit's (D- Cali) affair with Levy and then her mysterious murder (2001).
2. Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) – Bathroom sex solicitation scandal (2007).
1. Monica Lewinsky, a scandal involving a President Clinton's affair with an intern (1997). Larry Craig Special Report: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2007/08/30/LI2007083000829.html "Clinton Accused" Special Report: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/clinton.htm
Geraldine Ferraro Is Trying to Divide Democrats Along Color Lines
AAPP: Well the former closet bigot, now out of the closet bigot, racist Surrogate and Fox News contributor, former 1984 vice presidential candidate who helped Walter Mondale lose 49 states, Geraldine Ferraro stood by her controversial and racist comments about Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy today. to this AAPPundit It appears that Ferraro and Hillary are working to divide the Democratic party along racial lines.
"I am sorry that people think this was a racist comment," Ferraro said in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America."
The white female Affirmative Action candidate of the 1980's declined to apologize for the firestorm she created when she told a newspaper last week that "if Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position."
Get this, She told Sawyer she was "absolutely not" sorry for what she said.
(Getty Images/AP Photo)
Hillary Clinton and her token negro has ignored Geraldine Ferraro's bigoted and racist statements saying to a reporter in an interview with ABC News affiliate WHTM, "Well, I don't agree with that and I think it's important that we try to stay focused on issues that matter to the American people."
I guess racial hatred and bigotry within her campaign organization is not important to Hillary Clinton. I'm in agreement with Pam Spaulding, when she wrote, has the Clinton team gone stark raving mad? I also wonder Since When Has It Been Lucky To Be Black In America? get this now Ferraro says: "They're attacking me because I'm white!" Hey, I'm also beginning to wonder why do (some) feminists hate Barack Obama? But, guess what, one of my favorite bloggers just might be right when he wrote, Oh, She Just Hates Black Men. Ferraro's has a long history of this crap.
Speaking of long history, Look at the long campaign history of Hillary and Company playing the race card through racial hatred towards Obama specifically and black folks in general:
Shuck and Jive
Clinton Supporter Andrew Cuomo, Referring To Obama, Said "You Can't Shuck
And Jive At A Press Conference. All Those Moves You Can Make With The Press
Don't Work When You're In Someone's Living Room." Clinton-supporting New
York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said the thing that's great about New
Hampshire is that you have to go out and meet people rather than "shuck and
jive" through press conferences there. Cuomo said of New Hampshire on an
Albany radio station: "It's not a TV-crazed race. Frankly, you can't buy
your way into it. You can't shuck and jive at a press conference. All those
moves you can make with the press don't work when you're in someone's living
room." [Newsday, 1/11/08]
Martin Luther King/Lydon Johnson Comparsion
Clinton, Criticizing Obama For Promising "False Hope" Said That While MLK Jr. Spoke On Behalf Of Civil Rights, President Lyndon Johnson Was The One Who Got Legislation Passed: "It Took A President To Get It Done." Clinton rejoined the running argument over hope and "false hope" in an interview in Dover this afternoon, reminding Fox's Major Garrett that while Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on behalf of civil rights, President Lyndon Johnson was the one who got the legislation passed. Hillary was asked about Obama's rejoinder that there's something vaguely un-American about dismissing hopes as false, and that it doesn't jibe with the careers of figures like John F. Kennedy and King. "Dr. King's dream began to be realized when President
Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act," Clinton said. "It took a president to get it done." [Politico, 1/7/08; Video]
Clinton Introducer Said JFK Gave Hope, But Was Assassinated. Clinton introducer: "If you look back, some people have been comparing one of the other candidates to JFK and he was a wonderful leader, he gave us a lot of hope but he was assassinated and Lyndon Baines Johnson actually did all his work and got the republicans to pass all those measures." [HRC, Dover, NH,
1/7/08] AUDIO ATTACHED
Bill Clinton Implied Hillary Clinton Is Stronger Than Nelson Mandela. "I have been blessed in my life to know some of the greatest figures of the last hundred years. [...] I go to Nelson Mandela's birthday party every year and we're still very close. [...] But if you said to me, 'You've got one last job for your country but it's hazardous and you may not get out with life and limb intact and you have to do it alone except I'll let you take one other person, and I had to pick one person whom I knew who would never blink, who would never turn back, who would make great decisions [...] I wouldpick Hillary.'" [ABC News, 1/7/08; Audio]
Clinton's NH Campaign Chair Raised The Youthful Drug Use Of Obama And Said It Would "Open The Door To Further Queries On The Matter." Clinton's Campaign Issued A Statement Distancing Themselves From Shaheen's Comments And Shaheen Issued A Statement Saying That He "Deeply Regret[s] The Comments." The Democratic presidential race took on a decidedly nasty and personal turn, with the New Hampshire co-chair for Clinton, raising the
youthful drug use of Obama. Shaheen said Obama's having been so open -- as opposed to then-Gov. George W. Bush, who refused to detail his past drug use during his 2000 presidential campaign -- will "open the door to further queries on the matter. It'll be, 'When was the last time? Did you ever give drugs to anyone? Did you sell them to anyone?'" Shaheen said. "There are so many openings for Republican dirty tricks. It's hard to overcome." By the end of the day, Clinton campaign spokesman Phil Singer had issued a statement asserting that "these comments were not authorized or condoned by the campaign in any way." And Shaheen himself issued a statement: "I deeply regret the comments I made today and they were not authorized by the
campaign in any way." [ABC News, 12/12/07]
Mark Penn, In Trying To Defend His Campaign Over Bill Shaheen's Obama Drug Use Comments, Used The Word "Cocaine," Drawing A Rebuke From Edwards Adviser Joe Trippi. Mark Penn, defending the Clinton campaign in light of Bill Shaheen's comments about Obama's drug use, repeatedly referenced Obama's cocaine use. Edwards adviser Joe Trippi accused Penn of dropping the word "cocaine" deliberately. Mark Penn said "Well, I think we have made clear
that the -- the issue related to cocaine use is not something that the campaign was in any way raising. And I think that has been made clear. I think this kindergarten thing was a joke after Senator." Joe Trippie responded and said "I think he just did it again. He just did it again. ...
This guy's been filibustering on this. He just said cocaine again." [Politico, 12/13/07; Video]
Donna Brazile Lashed Into Bill Clinton For Comparing Obama To A "Fairy Tale" And Said "It's An Insult... As An African-American" And That His Tone And Words Are "Very Depressing." Donna Brazile lit into Bill Clinton over his insulting comments of Obama, where he called him a "fairy tale" and said "I could understand his frustration at this moment. But, look, he shouldn't
take out all his pain on Barack Obama. It's time that they regroup. Figure out what Hillary needs to do to get her campaign back on track. It sounds like sour grapes coming from the former commander in chief. Someone that many Democrats hold in high esteem. For him to go after Obama, using a fairy tale, calling him as he did last week. It's an insult. And I will tell you, as an African-American, I find his tone and his words to be very depressing. ... I think his tone, I think calling Barack Obama a kid, he is a United States senator." [Politico, 1/8/08]
Cross posted on African American Political Pundit
Hillary Clinton's - Scorched-Earth Tactics
Her scorched-earth tactics are absolutely reprehensible.
At best, she doesn't seem to care whether her attacks on Obama now are recycled by the GOP in the fall if Sen. Obama is the Democrats' nominee, and at worst, she seems to be signaling her supporters to vote for McCain if she isn't.
Sen. Clinton's tactics have pretty much convinced me - my previous service in her husband's administration notwithstanding - that I can never vote for her, come hell, high water or John McCain!
- Steve Shender,
Steve Shender served in President Bill Clinton's administration from 1993-1995 as senior speechwriter for HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros. I am appalled by Sen. Hillary Clinton's repeated insinuations that presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain is better qualified to be commander in chief than Sen. Barack Obama. More HERE
AAPP: I guess Nancy Pelosi is right. The Dream Ticket is "Impossible."
Then again, was it ever possible?
Hat Tip: Blogger My Brown Eyed View
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Hillary Clinton Election Fraud - The Number 1 Reason not to Vote For Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama needs to stop being nice, and talk about one of the largest election law frauds in the United States history.
Hillary Clinton is a Color Aroused, Ignorant, Arrogant, Illogical and Condescending Race Baiter
AAPP: I get what Hillary Clinton and her surrogates, including, NBC are doing and saying to Obama: Get on the back of the bus! Boy!
Hillary and company are saying, Black folks have not payed their dues. Obama, you may be leading in the number of delegates, the number of votes, and the number of state primaries won, but your only able to be Vice President Obama, and I Hillary Clinton, make the decision if you will be President of these here United States - Not The American People! I am so glad Obama is not hearing that get to the back of the bus conversation. She is illogical.
Check out the article by Mike Downing on How Clinton camp justifies Obama as VP
Does Hillary Clinton believe Barack Obama is good enough to be a heartbeat away from the presidency but still a second-rate choice for commander-in-chief?
As Clinton's campaign simultaneously questions Obama's readiness to be commander-in-chief and enthusiastically promotes him as a vice-presidential choice should she win the nomination, a Clinton surrogate this morning made the unusual argument that Obama is "qualified" to be a heartbeat away from the presidency but still falls far short of Clinton's readiness for the job.
Tim Russert, moderator for "Meet the Press," bored in on the seeming inconsistency in questioning Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, a surrogate who appeared on behalf of the Clinton campaign.
While the Clinton campaign's recent rhetoric suggests that Obama may not meet the standard of readiness voters would expect in a commander-in-chief, Rendell argued that Obama is in fact "ready" for the job.
Still, according to Rendell, his candidate's "dream" vice-presidential pick is "not nearly as ready as Hillary Clinton is, there's no question about that."
Here is the exchange:
RUSSERT: Would--do you think that Barack Obama would be acceptable as vice president?
RENDELL: Acceptable? I think it would be a dream to Democrats all over this country. Personally, for me, it would be a great ticket. I mean, I'm going to fight hard for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, whoever the candidate is. But put them together and I think it would give America a rare opportunity to experience something just incredibly wonderful.
RUSSERT: So, if you believe he's acceptable as vice president, one heartbeat away from the presidency, you believe that Barack Obama is qualified to be commander in chief.
RENDELL: I think he's qualified. I don't think he's as good a potential commander in chief right now as Hillary Clinton is. But I certainly think he's qualified. And I will work my heart out for him if he's our nominee, just as I know Tom will work his heart out for Senator Clinton if she's our nominee.
RUSSERT: It--that seems to be in conflict with some things that you have said and what Hillary Clinton has said. On Wednesday you sent out a statement from the Clinton campaign that says, "We want a president who's ready, not one we hope will one day be ready," suggesting Barack Obama is not ready. Hillary Clinton said this on Monday. Let's listen.
(Videotape)
CLINTON: I think that I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he will bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002.
RUSSERT: And she went on to offer these observations about a threshold for commander in chief. Let's listen.
(Videotape, Thursday)
CLINTON: I think it's imperative that each of us be able to demonstrate we can cross the commander in chief threshold, and I believe that I've done that. Certainly Senator McCain has done that. And, and you'll have to ask Senator Obama with respect to his candidacy.
RUSSERT: So, Governor Rendell, if Barack Obama's qualified to be vice president, he has crossed the commander in chief threshold. Correct?
RENDELL: Well, I, I think he's ready. He's not nearly as ready as Hillary Clinton is, there's no question about that. But, look, make no mistake about it, he's a talented, dynamic politician and, and a, and a good senator, and I think he would make a fine president. Again, is he as experienced and as ready as Hillary Clinton? Nobody is. Tim, I've been talking to Democratic candidates since 1980, and Hillary Clinton is the best-prepared candidate I've ever talked to. Far better prepared than Bill Clinton was in 1992.
RUSSERT: But if, in fact, there's a possibility Obama may be the Democratic nominee, would it be better, in the interest of the Democratic Party, that the Clintons not suggest that he hasn't passed the threshold to be commander in chief?
RENDELL: Well, sure. Look, there, there's rhetoric in a campaign on all, on all sides, and I, I think the, the issue should be framed as ready compared to Hillary Clinton. And, and that's the way I would frame the issue going forward. To me, there's no contest. I don't think--it's not Barack Obama's fault. I think almost any of the other candidates would have fallen into the same category, ready but not as ready as Hillary
Clinton.
AAPP: No matter how many votes a black man has, Hillary would rather have us get to the back of the bus. Thank God Obama is having none of this color aroused nonsense and has told Hillary to dream on.
Link: sevenload.com
Personally I seriously wonder why Hillary and her surrogates seem to want America to go back to this period in American history (pictured below).
Ku Klux Klansmen beat black bystander George Webb in the Birmingham Trailways bus station, May 14, 1961. The man with his back to the camera (center right) is FBI undercover agent Gary Thomas Rowe. Oxford University Press
Hillary Clinton Supports NY Prostitution King, Gov. Elliott Spitzer
It appears NY Governor Elliott Spitzer is engaged in a prostitution ring. Hillary Clinton is a close friend of Gov Elliot Spitzer (D-N.Y.) Spitzer, was apparently on Hillary Clinton's short list for running mate, has acknowledged in a very brief statement today that he was involved in a prostitution ring. Spritizer who recently endorsed Clinton, saying, the nation in 'crisis' has been urged to resign.
Hold up, but Hillary Clinton seems to be supporting Spritzers' prostitution ring, saying, she had no comment on New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's possible involvement in a prostitution ring.
OMG, the "woman" who wants to be president of the United States supports a Governor who is involved in a prostitution ring. Check ou what she said:
"I obviously am sending my best wishes and thoughts to the governor and to his family," she told reporters after visiting with reporters in a local pizza parlor.
When asked whether Gov. Spitzer could survive politically she said "let's wait and see what comes out of the next few days. Right now I don't have any comment. I think it's appropriate to wish his family well and see how things develop."
I thought Hillary was a protector of women? oops it could be male prostitution right?
The good News: Spitzer's Successor Would Be NY's First Black Governor
Hillary Clinton lies about the part she played in bringing peace to Northern Ireland
AAPP: It appears Hillary Clinton is a Liar!
Hat Tip:Joyeta
You see a Nobel winner has said it would be 'silly' to believe her Irish peace claims. As reported in a London newspaper, "Hillary Clinton had no direct role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland and is a "wee bit silly" for exaggerating the part she played, according to Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former First Minister of the province."
"I don't know there was much she did apart from accompanying Bill [Clinton] going around," he said. Her recent statements about being deeply involved were merely "the sort of thing people put in their canvassing leaflets" during elections. "She visited when things were happening, saw what was going on, she can certainly say it was part of her experience. I don't want to rain on the thing for her but being a cheerleader for something is slightly different from being a principal player."
Mrs Clinton has made Northern Ireland key to her claims of having extensive foreign policy experience, which helped her defeat Barack Obama in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday after she presented herself as being ready to tackle foreign policy crises at 3am.
"I helped to bring peace to Northern Ireland," she told CNN on Wednesday. But negotiators from the parties that helped broker the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 told The Daily Telegraph that her role was peripheral and that she played no part in the gruelling political talks over the years.
Lord Trimble shared the Nobel Peace Prize with John Hume, leader of the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party, in 1998. Conall McDevitt, an SDLP negotiator and aide to Mr Hume during the talks, said: "There would have been no contact with her either in person or on the phone. I was with Hume regularly during calls in the months leading up to the Good Friday Agreement when he was taking calls from the White House and they were invariably coming from the president." Read more: David Trimble: Hillary Clinton mere "cheerleader" in Ireland
Saturday Night LIVE, SNL, Barack on SNL, Hillary on SNL, Racist Saturday Night Live, Color Arousal, and Barack Obams' Blueprint To Win The Nomination
Look out Barack Obama, NBC and MSNBC are "coming at you" with Saturday Night Live (SNL), creating Sambo-Obama skits, Cartoons, and other negative articles.This is the second time in which SNL have run negative skits on Barack obama, and there will be some who will watch the recent weeks of fairly brutal comedy skits towards Barack Obama, and love it. There are others that see SNL as hitting a new low, as a Hillary Media Puppet.
The fact of the matter is SNL saved Clinton's campaign. 'Saturday Night Live' has been stumping for Hillary for a third week in a Row.
It would be great to see how many of the NBC writers contributed to Hillary Clinton.
I'm thankful that Billary's Saturday Night Live (SNL) Strategy didn't work in Wyoming as Barack Obama kicked team Billary's butt in the Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses.
As reported in The Washington Post, the Clinton campaign painted the Wyoming results as a better-than-expected showing for the New York senator.
Check out Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post. He has it down on a Obama's Blueprint for Victory. Earlier in the week, he laid out the blueprint Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) could follow to win the nomination. Today he offered a nomination-winning blueprint for Sen. Barack Obama. I Agree with his assessment.
The Obama Blueprint
1. Math Matters: The stark reality of the remaining contests is unless Clinton can win 60 plus percent of the vote in each, she is unlikely to overtake Obama in the battle for pledged delegates. That means that at the end of the nominating season (Montana and South Dakota on June 3 now that Puerto Rico has moved to June 1), it will take a significant majority of the superdelegates for Clinton to wind up as the nominee. Those are the hard numbers and they ain't likely to change. The mistake the Obama campaign made in the runup to the Ohio-Texas Two-Step is mistaking the math for a message. The math can be a compelling argument when it comes to superdelegates ("To choose Clinton is to subvert the will of voters") but average people are not swayed by the fact that the Illinois Senator has a nearly impenetrable lead among pledged delegates.
2. Fight Back (Politely): Although Obama said on Tuesday that he was happy with his campaign's strategy leading into the Ohio-Texas elections, it's clear that Clinton's decision to hit him hard on national security paid dividends. While Obama's message of hope and transformational politics has served him well to date, the endgame in the Ohio-Texas Two-Step suggests that it may be time to fight more of a trench warfare battle from here on out. The issue for Obama, of course, is that he has promised a different sort of campaign and runs the risk, if he is perceived as going negative, of losing some of the support he has built to date. The solution? Fight back in the most polite terms possible -- praising Clinton as an able public servant and the questions being raised as legitimate avenues of inquiry that Obama himself has had to answer. Asked about the campaign's new strategy on a conference call earlier this week, chief Obama strategist David Axelrod said: "This is not a decision to go negative. This is an attempt to see to it that both campaigns are held to the same yardstick."
3. What Are You Hiding?: The first e-mail from the Obama campaign that arrived in The Fix inbox following the Ohio-Texas Two-Step called on Clinton to release her tax returns. But, on a conference call later Wednesday, Axelrod broadened the argument -- and in the process provided a window into the wider Obama strategy in the race. Axelrod called Clinton a "habitual non-discloser" and then later said that she has a "history on non-disclosure." Axelrod never mentioned Whitewater, the controversy over the Clinton White House travel office or the behind-closed-doors health care commission that Clinton chaired in the 1990s. He didn't have to. Expect Obama and his surrogates to trumpet the message of Clinton as secretive over the coming weeks -- using her unwillingness to release her tax returns as a symbol of a broader pattern of non-disclosure during her years in political life. Clinton's campaign has effectively leveraged the good times of her husband's presidency to their benefit; Obama will now seek to convince voters that not everything was rosy during the 1990s.
4. Guilt the Press: Clinton effectively argued with the press over the final week before March 4, repeatedly suggesting that Fourth Estate was going easy on Obama. In politics, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; by Wednesday, the Obama campaign was urging the media to more closely examine the claims of the Clinton campaign. "We are going to ask you guys to do your jobs," said Axelrod. Will this reverse-guilt tripping of the press work for Obama in the coming months?
5. Electability is Essential: With Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) as the official Republican nominee, Obama and his campaign will urge voters to think about the remainder of the primary race through the frame of the November election. In his speech on Tuesday night, Obama briefly congratulated Clinton but then devoted a considerable chunk of his speech to the differences between him and McCain -- a subtle signal that Obama is still preparing for a general election race. In the days following Tuesday's votes, his campaign also sought to re-invigorate the storyline that Republicans so hate Clinton that they will be motivated -- regardless of the national political environment -- to turn out and vote against her in the fall. "There's a reason Rush Limbaugh was urging Republicans to cross over and vote for Hillary Clinton in Texas," said Axelrod earlier this week.
As we wrote in the Clinton blueprint, the greatest fear among Democrats is that they will somehow miss a golden opportunity to take back the White House in 2008. Clinton is pushing hard on the idea that Obama's relative dearth of foreign policy experience makes him a risk. Obama will counter with the idea that Clinton is so divisive that nominating her represents the far greater risk.
AAPP: Sounds like a winning blueprint for Barack Obama to me. I had some of the same thoughts in my recent post, An Open Letter To Barack Obama What do you think? Is it a good blueprint?
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