Kavanaugh-Starr Coverup In Foster Death Not Going Away.
Attorney Allan Favish continues seeking the truth of what happened in 1993 and the death of Vincent Foster, particularly the role played by a then 29-year old attorney and newly sworn-in United States Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
lthough the number of men and women determined to reach the truth about what happened to Bill Clinton White House Deputy Counsel Vincent Foster leading to Foster's death in July 1993 is very small, they understand the enormous stakes involved in letting go for the future of the country, – so they are staying on in the legal, public awareness battle.
Vincent Foster's death under suspicious circumstances in 1993 made his passing that of the highest positioned American government official or public figure since the equally controversial assassinations of United States President John F. Kennedy (JFK) in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, and Robert F. Kennedy, brother of JFK, also in 1968 – while running for president.
What makes the deaths of the Kennedy brothers, Martin Luther King Jr. and Vincent Foster stand out as a special category is the subsequent high level of national debate among citizens regarding the truthfulness of so-called "government narratives" claiming to have "solved" the cases. Many point to James Douglass and his book "JFK and the Unspeakable" as the go-to book for the truth, reinforcing the idea held by many that JFK's murder was a coup d'etat, and that America has been a far lesser nation ever since.
William Pepper is held up by many as the man who was most responsible for bringing the shocking truth about Martin Luther King Jr., particularly after he led the extremely under-reported 1999 Memphis, Tennessee civil trial in which a jury, after hearing testimonies from 70 witnesses, absolved James Earl Ray posthumously of the murder.
Perhaps someday – hopefully soon – attorney Allan Favish will join James Douglass, William Pepper and others in the category of human force behind getting to the bottom of America's most disturbing death-related debates and divisions-producing controversies. Many would add the esteemed academic David Ray Griffin to the select category as well, albeit the debate/controversy is somewhat different from one individual's death: his work in leading the way for 9/11 truth involves state-sponsored covert mass-murder.
One need only to acknowledge the very high levels of partisan, divisive debates which occurred across America during the recent Senate hearings over the nomination by Donald Trump of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court to realize the need for resolving controversial matters calmly, reasonably, and wisely.
Those men and women mentioned at the start refusing to let the Kavanaugh-Starr-Foster scandal go and forget about it are unanimous in their criticism of the Senate Supreme Court nomination process that just ended, for the obvious reason that neither republican or democrat senators so much as mentioned the alleged cover-up of critical facts surrounding Vincent Foster's 1993 death.
More information, including that compiled since that 2004 Supreme Court decision, is available at FBICover-up.com.
In the following interview of attorney Allan Favish with host Cliff Kincaid, Mr. Favish suggests that were straightforward, honest investigations done with respect to the 1993 death of Vincent Foster by Ken Starr, Brett Kavanaugh and others responsible from the start, that perhaps there would be no "Washington, D.C. swamp" today.
The term became popularized by – in supremely and cruelly ironic fashion – the same man whose nomination placed Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court of the United States … Donald Trump.
Ironic, also, is that while running for president in 2016 Donald Trump became sharply criticized for asserting there was "something fishy" about events surrounding the death of Vincent Foster.
Mr. Favish, then, wonders how long the "Washington, D.C. swamp" would survive if there were a new, 100% transparent investigation into Vincent Foster's death today.
Most importantly, one wonders if Americans will ever even know.
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Thank you Stuart. People who read the documents related to Allan Favish's Supreme Court case will become absolutely shocked, just as people will with the information at FBICover-up.com.
The professor mentions nothing about Allan Favish, his revealing Supreme Court case in 2004, nor the 20-page addendum to the Starr Report on Foster's death by Patrick Knowlton, his attorney John Clarke and Hugh Turley. If you go to FBICover-up.com and read the addendum, of which – Ken Starr fought vigorously against its inclusion to his report on Foster's death, it will become crystal clear Kavanaugh w/Starr covered up major investigative errors, omissions, and intentional alterations of evidence and testimony.
We completely disagree with the NYT piece being a more "sober analysis" on Kavanaugh's role, but consider it simply a cover-up by the professor of the original cover-up. Let us know when you see the New York Times article by Allan Favish. It isn't going to happen, and that's the problem.
The scandal is huge, approaching 9/11 status, and most likely related to George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton's collaboration in the Iran-Contra scandal when Bush was Vice President and Clinton governor of Arkansas. The CIA had as part of its covert operation for raising money for the Contras massive amounts of illegal drugs coming into Mena, Arkansas airport. Our intuition says Foster had direct knowledge and, unless silenced, was capable of bringing down both the Bushes and the Clintons.
Hello. Thank you for sharing this profoundly important news story. The corruption scandal here is one which reaches the highest levels of American power, including, at the time of Kavanaugh and Starr's coverup – and continually since then until now with the Trump administration, the Bush and Clinton (bipartisan!) crime family dynasties. The internet designation "Truth Troubles" epitomizes this historic-magnitude corruption scandal precisely.


Guess you could say "It's about time!" Got the call today that my car has been fixed, come pick it up. I returned the rental and was in for a pleasant surprise: it seems the other PT Cruiser (the one with the huge gas bill) was a fluke – the total cost for me driving 151 miles was $20.04 to fill up this tank! YAY! (I was really dreading the bill on that one, compared with the previous PT rental). My car is 'home', I'm home and starting to relax a little; today's been a bit hectic. Went to chiropracter and my visits are beginning to be shorter and shorter – it seems my back is healing very nicely! Another YAY! I'm learning to tolerate a little pain during the spinal adjustments, knowing that it's ultimately working for my good. Things are looking up!
It 'was' raining today but even that has stopped and the sun is starting to break through … a third Yay!
Hope your day is either good or getting better!
ps: I also just discovered I can't count! Several weeks ago I reported that I was getting very close to the 200-mark on total afghans made . . . I was wrong. I have NO idea where my head was when I was thinking that but a few days ago I went upstairs and physically counted the afghans here in my possession . . . total: 10. Total afghans dispersed to various foreign countries: 185. Total count of 185 plus 10 does NOT come to over 200! (goofy me, eh?). Anyway, I'm back on track at assembling afghans, working on #196 today. Sometime soon I'm hoping to report that FINALLY I've achieved that 200 mark!
Other than that, our weather is doing it's best to convince me this has been the strangest summer (weather-wise) in my lifetime. We've gone from chilly June/July to a few really scorcher days of mid to high 90's and now we're back to 60's or high 50's! Drove youngest to orthodontist this morning and it was a very chilly 57 and grey out. At 1 p.m. drove middle son to work and it had got up to 71 (big surprise cause it sure didn't LOOK that hot out, OR feel it!). By 6:30 p.m. we were back down in the high 50's again. We had rain yesterday which cooled it off some – that's another thing! We haven't hardly had any rain this summer, either. (I can just hear my middle son droning on & on about "Global Warming"…yawn). I'm no weather expert, just paying attention to what's around me and it's certainly been a strange summer weather-wise; how about your weather in your area?
Life around here the past three days has been pretty predictable: drive to chiropracters, come home…etc. My back is feel much more limber (thank heavens!) and today's treatment wasn't nearly as painful as days past (I'm getting more mobility in my lower back and that's a GOOD thing!). My other 'not fun' thing is: my car is in the shop…AGAIN. As I write these words I have the feeling I've already gone over this with you, but upon checking my previous posts and drafts, I guess I'm wrong. Yes, I'm once again driving a PT Cruiser (since Monday). My car is being checked this time because the "ABS" (brake system), "Service Engine Soon" light, and the "Alarm Set" lights are all staying on. I've encountered various opinions on this from several friends; some say (as I believed) you need to get the vehicle in for a check up immediately and NOT drive it (especially with the Service Engine Soon light on) – others say: "Aw, those are just 'idiot lights'…you can ignore them." I tend to error on the side of caution, so once again…we're playing the 'car repair' game. So far, I'm hearing they have NO idea WHY the lights are on…"It's a communications problem…it isn't really the engine." GREAT…then FIX IT!!! I gave them until today and said that if they can't fix it by Weds. it goes to the dealership (not wanting to do that, either…see last encounter with them…sigh). I just got back from the chiropracter's office and am not really wanting to face the next step of confronting the repair place, but will do so when I get off here. The bad part of all this? It's costing me $30 a day for the car rental; the good part? THIS car rental is $5 cheaper than the last time! I've put 83 miles on it since Monday (can you tell I needed a car?) and tonight is my special needs group, so that's going to add quite a few miles also. Getting really tired of the 'car game' here.
Not much else going on, haven't been knitting or crocheting or sewing squares together much; I did, however, get to go to my knit group last night and that was refreshing to re-connect with friends who enjoy my yarny obsession.
ps: Update: Middle son got out of work early, I had him drive my van home from repair place (they couldn't find out why the light was on, so 'no charge'…YAY), then I drove my van to the dealership. Word from them: they won't be able to get it looked at until tomorrow morning, but at least it's now (hopefully) where it 'should' be. Got a ride home from there with their 'Courtesy shuttle service', so things are looking up.
Look for the blessings – that's the phrase that ran through my mind while sitting in my car awaiting a tow truck … again. Today it was pouring down buckets of rain while I was driving to the local post office. Upon beginning to turn into the post office driveway my car stalled; I was able to start it up again immediately but had no power steering. I manuevered it into the first spot I could (which put me partly in a no-parking zone and also partly on the sidewalk). After getting my wits about me I called my husband who said: "Was it raining?" (yes) and "Open your hood and see if your Serpentine Belt is still connected". (Wise man…he's been through this before with HIS van!). Since I made the call to him inside the post office, I had to walk outside to my van to check…before I even arrived at my car I could see the belt hanging on the ground under my car. (Look for the blessings) I called AAA for a tow, called the local Midas (who had my car not even a month ago with the gas tank/brakes problem…remember?), then "Looked for the blessings." (1) I didn't get into an accident because of the belt failing (2) my car WAS off of the road where it wouldn't be hit (3) I was safe (4) this didn't happen last night going to or from my special needs group while I had 4 special needs adult men in my car with me on the expressway; the only real problems were that my car needed fixing again/I'd be inconvenienced without a car for about a day/I missed my chiropractors appointment…all of which could be 'handled'. Praise the Lord this didn't happen when I was in so much pain with my back! As of yesterday I'm finally able to stand up straight . . . that came in handy today when I had to climb up into the cab of the tow truck (very high, but they had 2 steps) then the same when the repair place owner drove me home in his (very high up) pick up truck.
Just got a phone call that they can probably get my car fixed and back to me this evening . . . in time for me to drive me son to his school registration (before 7:30). That's a blessing! Problems? It seems they found a lot of oil leaks on my engine and can't really assess where it's coming from until I get the engine cleaned! Good thing? He told me there's a $20 car wash almost across the street that can steam clean my engine so that they can locate the oil leak problem.
PPS: One more thing…took youngest to register for the school year; got to the "Fines" table and learned that they had on record my son hadn't returned TWO of his books last year to the tune of $122.00! The ladies at the table were really great, searching lists of books that had been turned in since the end of school. BOTH books were on the lists…what a blessing! The $105 that I had to pay for the car was 'something', but at least it wasn't compounded by another bill for $122! Now that's what I call a blessing!
Hello, all; just thought I'd drop in for a very quick note to tell you that today was Day #3 of going to the chiropracter and I'm FINALLY able to stand up straight! Two more days this week, 3 next then if all's well – maintenance from there. It's been slow going (and painful), but I'm doing OK. I even asked the doctor yesterday if any people ever quit after coming once and knowing upon return that there would be considerable pain that day as well? He said he imagined that over the years a few might have done that. I wouldn't fault them, believe me! Today was a bit scary because when he said lie down on this sort of stretcher table, I KNEW what was coming …. and I KNEW it would be painful for me (it wasn't as bad today…not as many vertebrae 'popped'). Knowing it's coming and hearing the doctor's very soothing voice telling me to 'just relax your shoulders, let all your air out and tip your chin up' is not a 'fun thing', but I know also that, ultimately, this is for my own GOOD and I'm determined to get my back 'back' into shape…whatever it takes. I certainly didn't know (or think) last Thursday that I'd still be going through all this, but perhaps that's a good thing…sometimes knowing something unpleasant is coming doesn't make you want to run towards it . . . know what I mean?
Sorry for the long dissertation; weather's a little cooler today (in the 70's instead of mid 80's as it has been; humidity has been around 61 % which makes it feel hotter).
On a good note, am almost done with "Red Rabbit" by Tom Clancy (another good spy-type book by Clancy); probably another 80 pages to go (this one's a really tiny print/very thick book….just what I needed to take my mind off the pain).
Hope you're having a good day/night . . . mine are getting a little better every day!
ps: Xray results: I have Scoliosis in my lower spine area; looks like it's been that way for many years (who knew?). Just one more thing to 'keep a watch on'…sigh.
It's been a hot week here and our air conditioner died…my husband said he thinks it's the condenser?…it blows cold air then the outside fan just stops. Yesterday during a run to the Post Office I noticed that our local WalGreen's drug store had a big sign out front saying: "All Fans 50% off"…so I stopped in and bought two small floor fans ($6.99 ea!) and 3 beach towels (3 for $9!)…told ya that drug stores have great sales!!!
I'm also working on loom-knitting a baby hat using some yarn that was just donated-it's a Red Heart Baby Teri yarn that, when knit up, looks like the item is made out of terry cloth! Pretty neat! (sorry, no photo).
Ms. Fluke's book was fun to read with 'just the right amount' of suspense and folly all mixed together and including some yummy sounding cookie recipes to boot! I've just reserved another of her books through the library and I'm sure it will be equally fun to read (she does all culinary murder/mystery books).
This week it seems I've managed to slightly throw my back out (AGAIN); it seems to happen about 1-2 times a year, sometimes worse, sometimes not. This time I can't really say as I know 'how' I did it (sometimes I can pin point the cause…not this time). It's not totally debilitating, but it makes standing for any length of time not pleasant. I've learned to apply hot back compresses, take my 'standard' (Doan's Back Pills…over the counter), and sit or lie down as much as I can while also remembering not to lift anything heavier than a slice of toast (look out for that gallon of milk – real pain hovering there in the distance if I do!). I'm OK; haven't done much other than laundry (done very carefully and asking others to carry clean baskets upstairs for me…wise woman!).
Our youngest is due back from his missions trip to GA. some time either very late Saturday night (in the a.m. sometime) or early Sunday, depending on when we get the "Come pick me up" phone call. It has been strange here this week; none of us has felt like eating much due to the high humidity. I did try a (new to me) product the other day that I spotted: Betty Crocker's Suddenly Pasta Salad (Bacon-Ranch). It's really easy to throw together, not expensive and once I doctored up the 'ranch' dressing some (it was way too thick and salty tasting…I added a little sour cream and that did the trick), plus added cut up tomatoes, cucumbers and chopped green peppers, it made a nice, light summer dinner.
Think that's about 'it' for what's been going on around here; hope you're staying cool and enjoying these last days of Summer.
ps: No title yet on middle son's 'new' car-(sigh) now we have TWO cars sitting in our yard and neither one can we drive! Oh, goody (said with much sarcasm).
and enjoyable! Have you ever, while searching for something on the 'web', run into a site that you probably wouldn't have if you hadn't stumbled onto it? (boy, that was a strange sentence!) Anyway, my point is: I found a site that deals in all sorts of Native American craft items (that's not what I'm writing about, however…). At this site, the first time I came across it, they had a embedded music 'stream' which played Native American music and I became fascinated with it. Time passed, I forgot about the site and the music. Yesterday I remembered the music but couldn't remember the name of the person who was singing it…but my dear husband did! The singer/performer/flute player extraodinaire is named Robert "Tree" Cody, son of Iron Eyes Cody, actor and magnificent person. Robert has a site of his own and you can listen to four excerpts of his music (or purchase some if you wish!). He has an excellent singing voice as well as flute playing.
The person at Grizzly Mountain Arts site is very nice; I emailed them yesterday asking for the music site and she explained that she hated to remove the music but the site maintaining the music feed kept having technical difficulties. I spent considerable time just looking at all the many very creative items made and sold on their site: tatting shuttles, pineneedle baskets, crochet hooks…it is all very lovely, from the presentation to the quality of each item; I'm sure you'll enjoy looking, too.
It's been a few days of 'scorcher' heat here (in the 90's and VERY HUMID). Our air conditioner compresser (?) is out so the air conditioner just runs and doesn't blow any cold air…sigh (of course we turned it off…no sense running it and building up the gas bills, eh?). We had a big thunder storm last night which was nice to hear but only managed to add to the levels of humidity and not decrease the heat levels much. (Can you tell I'm spoiled with having had air conditioning?) Brings back the old expression: "Men sweat, Ladies GLOW!" (and BOY, am I GLOWING these past few days!!!).
I've decided to 'treat' myself (a very rare thing which only happens about every 4-6 YEARS)…I'm taking myself to the movies! The new movie: "Julie & Julia" is out and I'm going to the 12:40 p.m. showing (in about 42 minutes!). My husband's at work, middle son is off with his friends going to a water park, youngest is at missions camp…I'm free!!! I'll let you know what I thought of the movie, but I'll tell you that being the mother of an executive chef…I'm partial to cooking shows/movies!
Hope you have a great ("GLOW"-free) day!
ADDENDUM: The movie was GREAT! Being it was a matinee, there were probably only around 20 people in the theater with me, but I had a great time enjoying all the wonderful shots of great food; Merle Streep did a magnificent job of portraying Julia Child and Stanley Tucci was very good, also. After the movie I decided to try a new (opened about 4-5 months now) pizza place which advertises 99 cent slices of pizza. I ate it in my car and it's a good thing I grabbed a few more napkins as it was VERY greasy! (Pepperoni & cheese) The owner told me it was all fresh ingredients and I know that fresh pepperoni CAN be greasy, but this was 'above and beyond'…can't say that I will 'sing the praises' of this place to my friends. Oh well, it filled my tummy and was a large slice, I'll give them that. Stopped at the library to return 2 books and picked up 2 "Friends of the Library" used sale books: Ken Follett and Tom Clancy (I do love a good mystery!). The last 'hurrah' for my 'day to myself' ended with me stopping at Tim Horton's for a large iced coffee w/double cream. Got it home and it was a bit lacking in 'something', so I added a bit of Hershey's chocolate syrup and it's now 'keeping me company' while I type here. Great afternoon; very 'liberating' for a 'housewife/Mom/Grandmother/stay-at-home person'…I had a good time!
As I promised I would report on our latest crazy/wild adventures. Let's see…where to begin? As you know, middle son's car (the one he purchased in January) finally died (think it's the transmission-won't shift into ANY gear, and now that battery's died, too…it's taking up space in our front yard at the moment). I've been "Mama Taxi" for a few weeks now while he constantly complained about not having a vehicle. Last week his friend told him her sister was going to GIVE him her car! Sounds like a great idea, right? Well, if you know my middle son's 'luck'? with cars, this sort of fits right in. It's a crazy story (what else, right?); son and 2 friends drove 45 min. to the 'car owner's' house to pick up the vehicle. As far as they knew, all paperwork was in order. The two friends drove their car and middle son drove the 'donated' car home. When youngest son announced that the 2 friends were in the driveway but NOT my middle son, I began to panic. About 20 min. later he arrived, driving 'new/donated' car. To say that the Lord was definitely on his side watching over him is to put it mildly! Let me list the reasons: son drove car home (45 min.) with (a) no license plate, (b) the left rear tail light not working (c) a 'mini tire/donut' on the right front, and (d) the paperwork was all wrong! Seems the owner gave him a proof of no fault insurance FOR HER MOTHER'S CAR! IF a policeman had pulled him over, I can't even imagine the fines/charges! No insurance, faulty tail light, no license plate, no proof that he even had anything to do with buying this car, NO TITLE!!! Now we have a 1995 dark purple Neon (with peeling paint in several large spots) in our yard. This all occurred last Friday…and no knowledge of just WHEN we're getting this title in the mail! Yep, we're 'on hold' awaiting the title; now you see why I titled this one CRAZY! Guess it sorta fits my lifestyle lately.
Youngest son turned 15 yesterday and we had a small family celebration with Dairy Queen frozen ice cream Oreo Cake! YUMMY! Same son is getting packed today for his one-week trip to Georgia with the church Youth Group on a work/missions trip. They will be staying in a youth hostel and helping teach Vacation Bible School to needy kids in the area; my son is really excited about this trip.
Have to wrap this one up; driving middle son to work then coming home to babysit grandson for a few hours before continuing help with the duffle bag packing.
Hope you're having a nice, calm week!
Oh how I love a bargain!
Part of today has been spent doing the 'school supplies' running; you know, when you hit all the great bargains at all the stores! Not the big ticket stores like KMart and Target…NO! Smart shoppers know that the best bargains for those things are at the…DRUG STORES! Yes, that's what I said…drug stores! Had a great time hunting down their 'get you in the store' sales (can't remember the exact technical name for those…it's been a good 27 years since I took Marketing classes in college!). Walgreen's had great sales on things like index cards for 25 cents ea, limit 2 (I paid $1.70 something a few months ago for one pkg!); college rule filler paper 10 cents a pk, limit 3…that's just a few of the sales I remember there. Then it was on to Office Max (yes, I know it's not a drug store, but they had great sales, too!) like: 2-pocket folders 1 cent ea.limit 5; 12 inch wooden ruler 1 cent;12 pk. #2 wooden pencils 10 cents, limit 3; composition books 50 cents, limit 2…yes, I had a good time shopping! CVS has some good sales going on their school supplies, also. Tomorrow is KMart for their mechanical pencils and a backpack for youngest son.
When we were at Office Max the clerk gave me a coupon good for $5 off a purchase of $25 or more at Pay Less shoes; THAT came in handy because youngest & I went there, too! He got sandals and new school shoes and I found a great pair of those backless tennis shoes ($10) AND we got $5 off on the total purchase! It's my lucky day!!!
It seems to be a week of shopping for school and this upcoming missions trip for youngest son. Still have to get a pair of sun glasses ($5 off at CVS!) and a wallet with chain (there are no lockers or places to store any valuables where they're going).
Just glad to be sitting down right now and resting my feeties; I have another 'adventure' tonight and tomorrow with middle son. Will be blogging about this one, I'm SURE! Stay tuned to the further adventures of this 'constantly running' Mom.


Just returned from my fourth trip to Shiloh. Had a great time as always. Matt and Cheryl are extremely warm and welcoming folks and the hunting quality is top notch, as the hogs seem to be getting bigger every year! In the last two years, we have taken four boars by bow that went 180 lbs. plus with 2.5" cutters or better. True giants! Thanks again for the great time! Bowsite users feel free to contact me as a reference for Shiloh, I can provide contact information for several very pleased clients! Thanks again!
Brennon, always enjoy you and the gang! Can't wait to chase some Muleys with you! Thanks a million!


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Scarborough on Operation Warp Speed: Trump's Legacy on 'Could Be Considered an Unqualified Success'
MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday praised President Donald Trump, who he has repeatedly criticized throughout the president's time in office, for his Operation Warp Speed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Operation Warp Speed is a fast-tracked effort to find a vaccine for the virus in record time.
Scarborough noted Trump has had "repeated failures" throughout the pandemic but said if Operation Warp Speed plays out as the pharmaceutical companies believe it will, then the president's legacy regarding the vaccine "will be a very positive one."
"[N]ot only this news program, but just about every other has documented in great detail the repeated failures of Donald Trump on just about every aspect of this pandemic," Scarborough said while addressing MSNBC medical correspondent Dr. Dave Campbell. "But the president – if these numbers end up playing out the way it's looking if in fact there is a 90-to-95% effective rate, and we have millions of Americans by the end of this year being able to take a safe vaccine that makes them immune from the coronavirus — then that's one legacy that Donald Trump will take with him out of the White House. And that is that Operation Warp Speed will be considered an unqualified success."
"If — it's the lawyer in me — if, in fact, this plays out the way the pharmaceutical companies are saying it's going to play out, then I will say again, Mika, then Donald Trump's legacy on Operation Warp Speed will be a very positive one," he added.
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Murphy entered the world of film, writing and directing two documentaries "The Sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg," and The Reynolds World of Christmas Lights, which were televised on PBS and CBN in November/December of 2016!
Murphy is the founder and executive director of the nationally recognized WriteStuff Writer's Conferences and Events and is the Founder of the WriteStuff Getaway Trips. She has published four books to date and written and directed two documentaries that appeared on PBS and CBN television networks. She has written for nationally published magazines and worked in community magazines and newsletter in her long writing career.
She is actively involved in the writing community, serving as a contributing features columnist for Geist, atFishers and AtCarmel community magazines. She was inducted into the Library of Congress StoryCorps Alumni (June, 2012) after PBS recorded her story documenting her lifelong habit of letter writing and the notable responses she has received. She is now working on a new book, In a Field of Daisies, documenting an amazing life journey habit. Always active in the community, Murphy served for 12 years as the Moderator for the Carmel Clay Library Foundation's annual Guilded Leaf Book & Author Luncheon, which serves as a community fundraiser.
Murphy is involved with the Heartland Film Festival, serving as a Truly Moving Picture Film Juror.


With union organizing cards in hand, teams of graduate teaching assistants fan out almost daily to win over their peers on the sprawling 36,000-student University of Illinois campus.
Teaching assistants--or TAs as they are called--hold a ubiquitous if ambivalent place in academia, as many undergraduates who have sat through lectures in mammoth classrooms with such apprentice teachers might attest.
"We're neither fish nor fowl," said Elizabeth Murry, 35, a Ph.D. candidate in English and American literature from Schaumburg. Over the course of a semester, Murry puts in 27 to 30 hours a week on her teaching responsibilities, which include preparation, grading and student consultation. "They (the administration) don't acknowledge us as employees . . . but we're not pure students in the scholarly sense of the term either."
Their union movement--in Urbana it's the Graduate Employees Organization--seems unlikely in the halls of a profession rarely associated with images of American labor. But the issues playing out on campus are in many ways a snapshot of those changing the American work force, ranging from health benefits to grievance procedures.
As a result, large industrial labor unions are getting involved in the movement, mindful of the nation's growing number of full-time jobs being lost to part-time jobs. In Massachusetts, student unions have aligned themselves with the United Auto Workers, while in New York, it's the Communication Workers of America.
Student organizers of an incipient union at Yale University were roundly squelched in mid-January when the administration threatened firings, expulsions and professional reprimands if they did not call off a grade-withholding strike.
"We admit students into the grad school, we do not hire students into the grad school," associate graduate school Dean Jonas Zdanys told the Hartford Courant.
Still, TAs say that colleges have become so dependent on graduate students to teach undergraduates that this argument seems increasingly disingenuous.
"It's a subtle lie for the university to maintain they don't have a stake in maintaining graduate employment as it is, without improvement," said Michael Rabin, 30, GEO's spokesman and a married Ph.D. candidate in physics who pays $2,400 in yearly health care premiums to cover himself, his wife and young daughter.
Moreover, TAs can no longer be assured of a career in academia after their meagerly paid apprenticeships.
As universities expanded their graduate schools in the 1980s, and produced more Ph.D.s, they also began cutting tenured faculty positions through attrition. In the City University of New York system recently, the jobs of 400 retiring faculty members were retired along with them.
No graduate student union has won recognition at a private university. But with unions now established at 11 state universities, the movement appears to be slowly growing. It has won recognition by courts in California and New York, and by state legislatures or labor boards in Wisconsin, Michigan, Massachusetts, Iowa, Kansas and Oregon.
At the U. of I., the union must present signatures of at least 30 percent of graduate TAs before they can win approval by the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board. The university, though, can appeal the board's decision.
According to University of Illinois figures, TAs there teach 31.9 percent of all undergraduate courses. Some faculty members in the humanities would place that figure as high as 50 percent. Roughly two-thirds of all the 9,000 grad students serve as teaching assistants.
"They are in effect just junior instructors," argues Perry Robinson, a higher education specialist with the American Federation of Teachers, which represents 7,000 graduate teaching assistants across the nation and would like to add Urbana's to its roster.
In exchange, TAs get their tuition and some other fees waived, and receive an annual stipend. Murry, a staff volunteer with the GEO, receives $11,235 a year for teaching two classes of English. More typically, TAs earn about $8,000 a year.
Regardless of department, no graduate assistants at Illinois get health benefits, disability coverage or worker's compensation.
They also are among the lowest paid teaching assistants of Big Ten universities (7th to unionized Wisconsin's 1st). To survive, some accumulate thousands of dollars in student loans and credit card debt.
Lorraine Menar Cox, 27, a graduate teaching assistant in art history from Middleton, N.J., is a rare exception. She has managed to carry her class load, work as a teaching assistant for $700 a month, and work as a waitress 18 to 24 hours a week. Last year she made $8,000 as a teaching assistant and $8,000 as a waitress.
Without a teaching assistantship, it is unlikely Cox or other graduate students could afford to attend the University of Illinois. Considered a bargain among schools, it charges $10,500 in annual tuition and fees for out-of-state graduate students. In-state students pay $4,400 a year.
University administrators are striving to co-opt demand for a union by addressing some of the GEO's key grievances. At the same time, some graduate students remain indifferent to the union movement.
"In the chemistry department, most are fairly happy with their assistantships and don't have the time or the concern to voice opinions to the administration," said Steven Lee, 27, a chemistry graduate student.
U. of I. Chancellor Michael Aiken has worked to raise salaries for faculty and TAs alike. But he has a long way to go. Salaries fell 13 percent below the median of 21 comparable universities in the early '90s, when state support declined and the university's fiscal problems grew. Aiken would like to use savings from 170 retiring faculty members who are not being replaced to provide health care for graduate TAs.
Graduate teaching assistants also say they feel powerless because they do not have clearly defined job descriptions or workloads, and they lack a clear grievance procedure and voting rights in any university body.
"Your job is very much contingent upon pleasing this person who is not only your supervisor, but your academic adviser and your mentor," said Toby Higbie, 30, a graduate student in history from Grosse Pointe, Mich.
Teaching assistants also are concerned that their workloads cause conflicts with their own educations.
"You feel the strain of being caught between teaching and being a student," said Jean Michelle DeNardo, 26, a master's candidate in English who taught two sections of composition last semester and spent long hours of preparation while keeping up with her own classes--13 hours a week. "Others have told me it doesn't pay to be too focused on teaching because you can harm your career. But you can't just stand up there and wing it."


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Trump and a War with North Korea
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Tags: Demilitarized Zone, DMZ, Donald Trump, Guam, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, Pacific Ocean, Pacific Rim, President, Sanctions, Schdule of Missile Launches, Sea of Japan, Start a War, Thousand of Soldiers, United Nations, United States
We have an added introduction. The latest reports as of just before posting was that North Korea had backed down and decided to talk and cease their missile launching. We feel the article will still be relevant, as Kim Jong-un will likely play games similar to those we are all here very familiar with from Mahmoud Abbas. He will make demands, make half promises and then claim that the United States reneged on their promise, thus he will not need to keep his promise. Then more talking and somewhere between Thanksgiving and Christmas Kim Jong-un will announce he has had it with the American double-dealing and perversity and lies and return to firing missiles. The probable reason Kim Jong-un even agreed in the first place is he needs time to manufacture the weapons his latest nuclear breakthrough allows him to build. First, he needs to perfect the manufacturing process and then go into production. After he has made some number of warheads, thermonuclear warheads most likely, then he will return to his threatening ways as then he will have a number of deployable weapons making his threats real. For that reason, the article will still apply somewhere near when Americans are doing their Christmas shopping. It will just add more joy to the season, not.
The way we have read the potential conflict between the United States and North Korea has us somewhat confused. Much of the news appears to center on the threats President Trump has made in reference to the continued missile and other tests by the North Korean military and what President Trump has framed as threats coming from North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un. The framing has appeared to place the threats as coming from President Trump and any threats made by Kim Jong-un have been in reaction to things said by President Trump. This has given the impression that should any actual fighting or launchings of missiles should erupt that it would be on President Trump that all blame should be placed. The theory is that President Trump should never have stood so strongly opposing to the tests and actions by North Korea or to the statements from Kim Jong-un and instead should have sought to have coddled Kim Jong-un by seeking to placate the dictator and give him some room to retain dignity by being able to claim he had stood up to the United States, demanded relief of some kind or other demands and in the end probably just required sending funds and possibly other material support in order to end any potential for confrontation.
Then there are other reports which claim that Kim Jong-un has intentionally provoked President Trump and threatened actual missile attacks and implied heavily that such an attack may very well carry a nuclear warhead should the North Koreans decide that was a necessity. They have stated that President Trump has been responding to North Korean provocations and been attempting to prevent any such attack and bring an end to the North Korean nuclear program before they develop an active nuclear stockpile of weapons, of nuclear warheads of immeasurable potential for destruction. There have been reports of Kim Jong-un making threats to strike Guam if the United States does not back off their provocations. Exactly what these provocations are has been only vaguely referred to in most of the media, well, almost all of the media. So there appears that there are two contrasting media viewpoints with one claiming that the threats and belligerence has come from President Trump forcing retorts by Kim Jong-un and the other the opposite with the North Korean actions pushing this crisis and President Trump simply trying to protect the interests of the United States and her allies in the region.
President Trump and Kim Jong-un in Missile Face-off
We wondered ourselves exactly who has been pushing whose buttons. We thought back and remember some of the beginnings of this ever-worsening crisis. The North Koreans have been suspected of working in conjunction with the Iranians. There have been reports that Iran has invested large quantities of funding with the North Koreans and there have been North Korean scientists witnessing Iranian missile launches, Iranian engineers witnessing North Korean nuclear tests and reports of cooperation to a high degree between these two adversaries of the United States. Reporting on the Iranian agreement reached by President Obama and the Iranians stated that Iran would be capable of producing nuclear weaponry before 2025. This is interesting as some have theorized that Iran already has nuclear weapons and had tested them in North Korea. For this service, the Iranians presumably provided the North Koreans with funding and in return, additionally in this deal the North Koreans provided the Iranians with missiles and carriers modeled after Russian ballistic missiles. And where did we find corroborations for this, CNBC (see video at link below).
The dangerous tie between North Korea and Iran
The entire North Korea imbroglio has been playing out exactly as one might expect from a B-movie. Kim Jong-un has thrown missile after missile into the Japan Sea and Pacific Ocean as an open challenge to President Trump.
March 6, of four ballistic missiles.
April 5, a failed launch exploding immediately after launch.
April 15, in the parade celebrating the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung, displays several new ballistic missiles.
April 16, there was another failed launch exploding after launch.
May 14, tests of one of the missiles displayed in the parade which experts assess that it is capable of a range of 4,800 kilometers.
July 4, North Korea successfully flight tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile, the Hwasong-14, and with that launch it included a functional reentry vehicle, something not stressed seriously enough by reports but the return to splashdown confirmed this fact.
August 8, a leaked Defense Intelligence Agency report found that North Korea has produced miniaturized nuclear warheads.
August 9, North Korean made a statement detailing a plan to test four Hwasong-12 intermediate range ballistic missiles.
President Trump did something by sending an aircraft carrier group into the Sea of Japan off the Korean Peninsula. Kim Jong-un launched another missile, this time straight over Japan registering alarms from the Japanese detection systems causing an alert. President Trump upped his ante sending a second aircraft carrier group to join the first. A third aircraft carrier was deployed to the area to take part in war games with the Japanese and South Koreans. That was the height of the United States presence but still Kim Jong-un continued leading to the latest threat to strike Guam. The United States since deployed additional bombers to Guam and other stations in the Pacific Rim. This is where the world stands at this point. There has been quite a large amount of talk about the prospect of imminent war between the United States and North Korea. There is one large and critical item, this noise and bluster is mostly relegated to the media with the intent of making President Trump appear unsettled and potentially unstable and thus forcing a situation which could result in war, or as they love putting it, nuclear war. The problem with their claims is that President Trump has promised "Fire and fury" should Kim Jong-un actually attack Guam, Japan, South Korea or anywhere else which falls within the range of his missiles. Kim Jong-un has been the sole person to mention striking anything with a nuclear missile though only through innuendo. The United States does not require nuclear weapons to strike at North Korea and probably could use minimal weaponry in a strike to simply decapitate the leadership of North Korea and end the communist tragedy which had victimized the people of North Korea since early in the 1950's. The most serious threat is to Seoul, South Korea as North Korea has sufficient artillery and rocket artillery to all but wipe the Seoul metropolitan area from the map. That is and will remain the most pertinent threat held by the North Koreans, as they would only require a few salvos and a full launch cycle of the MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) to cause unrecoverable damages south of the border. The North Korean Army has sufficient troops located near the border to completely overrun the South Korean and United States troops guarding the DMZ (demilitarized zone). There are approximately thirty-thousand United States Army personnel assigned to the DMZ.
President Trump has also attempted to have China intervene and has pressed the United Nations and passed through the United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea to apply financial pressures into play. President Trump received a unanimous vote putting the sanctions in place, quite an accomplishment considering the record of the Security Council's past. The one thing which can be assured is that President Trump will not break with the United States not being the ones to initiate a war without exhausting every other avenue and will continue seeking Chinese intervention, as they are the North Koreans closest ally officially. We felt the need for the official comment as nobody knows the full extent of the cooperation and reliance upon one another between North Korea and Iran which may actually be one another's best friends, just not officially. Even if Iran is the best friend on Kim Jong-un's speed-dial and rolodex, the Iranians are not about to be of any assistance to the United States and this is nothing new as they would not have assisted President Obama either despite what the media may have attempted to pass off as truth. The final reality is the leader most likely to initiate a war will be Kim Jong-un but President Trump will be the one to end it as well as the best hope to avoid the need or probability for war.
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Whether you opt for premise based calling technology, still used by the majority of calling operations, new cloud based call technology, or a "hybrid" of both, compliance with the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and TCPA is still the number one concern today. Fines are just too high and risks too great not to do things right in this area.
Has the hosted dialer company had direct conversations with regulatory agencies like the FCC, ensuring that they are comfortable with dialing procedures, the solutions offered when calling consumers or other businesses, and that they didn't see any red flags. Get these current compliance proceedings in writing. Don't rely on, "We're good. Don't worry about DNC. We've got it handled. Look how big we are. Everybody uses us. We have a huge compliance page on our site." The FTC won't care.
Traditionally, dialer companies haven't cared much about compliance, so it's a been a long hard transition for them. A process of company-wide initiatives on making sure DNC and TCPA is front and center is highly prudent today. Everyone in the organization must understand what needs to be done and implementing proper procedures across the organization.
There's a big misconception in the industry right now that business-to-business calls are NOT subject to the TCPA. But auto-assisted cell calls actually do apply to B2B calling. So make sure your dialer provider takes into account how these new cell rules will impact your campaigns. And of course, Cells are also subject to the Do Not Call Laws, so you may want to register for the National List, and consider state cell laws as well.
Is my dialer company contacting the right person on permission based calls?
As much as 20% of cell phone owners can change numbers in highly populated areas during any given year. Courts have determined the caller is responsible for these "reassigned numbers" and having them right party verified. The older your data, the more this will be an issue. Compliance providers can provide a "percentage chance" that it's still the party that gave express written consent to call. Since you are responsible for this, not your hosted dialer provider, so make sure it's handled!
Is your dialer provider updating state calling procedures?
States have become more active in creating and acting on consumer phone legislations recently, especially concerning cell phones. State "mini TCPA" rules generally trump Federal DNC restrictions, and have been aggressively prosecuted. Make sure your provider includes these updated algorithms, as state regulations seem to be an area that's often overlooked on the latest DNC & TCPA scrubbing procedures.
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One of our hosted dialer providers was recording calls for a client, and their system purged itself automatically every six months! Needless to say, those records would have been valuable in court above and beyond CRM call archiving. You must perform your own checks, enforcements and auditing of dialer company daily procedures. This may not be fun, but those records are your lifeline of defense against frivolous suits and consumer litigants. "Your defense is only as good as your data" is so true in the litigious Do Not Call arena.
Bringing in a third party compliance provider to check and certify calling data, without slowing down calling procedures, is always a good idea and recommended by many dialer companies. This is all they do as they are the experts. And you can set up these third party compliance procedures to work via API procedures operating totally in the background. Compliance companies, like the ones we represent at Do Not Call Protection, also advise on what registrations you'll need. And as changes come about, like the new mobile wireless restrictions of 2013 - or state established "mini TCPA" laws and prosecutions, they'll also incorporate these algorithms into their scrubbing procedures.


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A leading accounting firm has appointed me, exclusively, to search for an accomplished Private Client Tax Partner to join their London-based office.
The practice has grown rapidly but steadily over recent years and is set to continue this trajectory, and with Partners due to retire in the short-medium term there is an unusual opportunity to join at Partner-grade.
The client portfolio consists of well-known personalities ranging from media and entertainment to sports and politicians.
You'd be responsible for providing tax advice in respect of their non-dom / non-res structures, as well as inheritance and trust affairs. With a book of business to inherit through a transitionary period, having a following is not essential.
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Movie Review - Moana
Starring: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk, Oscar Kightley, Troy Polamalu, Puanani Cravalho, and Louise Bush.
Directed by: Ron Clements, Don Hall, John Musker, and Chris Williams Screenplay by: Jared Bush Story by: Ron Clements, John Musker, Chris Williams, Don Hall, Pamela Ribon, Aaron Kandell, and Jordan Kandell Music by: Opetaia Foa'i, Mark Mancina, and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Premise: Moana has always been fascinated by the ocean and what might lay beyond the protective reef around her home. As the chieftain's daughter and heir, however, she tries to put those desires aside and learn how to become a good leader. But when pestilence and lack of fish begin to plague her island home, Moana realizes she must go and find the demigod Maui and get him to make things right again. (Rated PG)
1) Voice Acting - Total Thumbs Up: Auli'i Cravalho as Moana was a treat. Her boundless energy comes across in every line. Dwayne Johnson is a hoot as Maui. The two worked well together, and you could feel the bonds growing between the characters. Alan Tudyk as Heihei was a surprise, but what fun! (Especially as it isn't a speaking part.) Rachel House and Jemaine Clement added some additional angles to the scope of the film as well. (Clement's final line after the credits is awesome! :P)
2) Artwork/Animation - Total Thumbs Up: Walt Disney Animation Studios outdid themselves with Moana. The film is gorgeous! Fantastic textures, colors, and they do awesome things with the water. The section where Moana is at the beach as a baby was sublime. It will make you feel like you're actually in Hawaii.
A ton of attention to detail on all things. They use the 3D to full advantage, even making facial crinkles and wrinkles. Moana and Maui's hair would make anyone jealous!
Heihei fits the "too stupid to die" type character category. They have so much fun with him! Maui's tattoos are awesome. His mini tattoo version of himself is great. Like a living conscience. When Maui shapeshifts, stay on the lookout for the fishhook and how it's incorporated into each of his forms. Nice little detail. :)
The island goddess and the lava monster were excellent. The cooling lava and resulting igneous rock turned out fantastic. The monster zone and the Kakamoji peoples and boats were fascinating.
3) Plot/Story - Thumbs Up: While the film has the look and feel of Hawaii, after doing some quick research, it doesn't appear that the tale told has anything to do with the legends of the chain of islands. Despite that, it does hold a lot of the trappings of stories dealing with humans and gods. It also definitely has a Hawaiian feel to it.
A lot of themes run through the film. Responsibility, dreams, finding who you are, and more.
The film uses some anachronistic terms/dialogue. But though out of place, some of it is quite humorous. Several in-jokes are tucked away here and there. For example, Maui moving his mini tattoo from one side of his chest to another by muscle movement. A move we've seen Dwayne Johnson do in other films. :P (There's a big in-joke at the end of the credits, too! Relates back to the Little Mermaid. :))
Conclusion: Moana is a gorgeous film. Would recommend seeing it in 3D for the spanning views alone. Lots of fun moments and has plenty to keep the kids and adults well entertained.
Rating: 3.75 out of 5 (Hubby's Rating: Worth Full Price of Admission)
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Hunting has always been a favorite sport for those who celebrate might and valor. Are you a hunting enthusiast and have you started your own hunting club? Or do you have your own outlet for hunting gears such as guns, bows, and arrows? Whatever it is, if you are looking to spread the word around for your hunting organization, a fitting hunting logo is a must have. There are various ready-made hunting logos out there for your inspiration. You can also see Pizza Logos.
With the two guns pointing strategically to the flying duck, the duck hunting logo makes an apt visual for any duck hunting club or companies selling duck hunting gears. You will have space to include your tagline as well.
You have a wide range of deer hunting logos here with deer in all shapes and sizes. The presence of arrow or guns further celebrates the mighty hunting spirit. These logos would be great for your deer hunting clubs, hunting gear sellers and so on.
Since the ancient days, bow & arrows have been the most powerful instruments for game hunting and the heritage is still continued in the modern era of guns. If you are looking for a fitting logo art for your bow hunting equipment site, this artsy artwork of a passionate archer would be great for you.
If you are looking to add some fun element to your Halloween party poster, this cool Zombie hunt logo would be cool for you. It's colorful, comic and carries the right amusing spirit for your party. You can also see Car Logos.
If you are looking for the perfect logo for your newly established hunting club, the logo template set here offers interesting options. Whether you champion the timeless arrow hunting or the modern gun hunting, this logo set would be really fitting.
If you are looking for something out of the box for your dove hunting club logo, this geometric bird artwork would be cool for you. You can also use it for your dove hunting gear store.
You have a simple yet unique logo design here where you can include a silhouette of the predator you are hunting for, within a circular border. It's neat & smart.
If you are planning a classic retro theme with the logo of your hunting club, this vintage wild hog artwork would be cool, complemented by the big archaic font. The logo will also fit any nature-related organization. You can also see Music Logos.
A dedicated fishing enthusiast and a hunter targeting on respective preys make a great logo for your fishing & hunting club. The most interesting part of the logo is surely the bullet focus that borders the entire artwork.
With the deer right within the bullet focus, you have an apt logo artwork for your deer hunting club. The logo would also be suitable if you are hosting a deer hunting competition.
With the duck forced inside a wedge flanked by a bushy space creates the ideal surrounding for a duck hunting scenario- perfectly complemented the two big hunting guns. Is there any other fitting logo option for your duck hunting club?
If you are looking for a suitable logo for your hunting club badge, this classy stag logo artwork would be an awesome thing for you. While the stag marks the prey and arrows below echo the mighty theme of your organization.
You have a versatile wolf logo set here which would be great for the wolf hunting organizations, companies that sell hunting gears and businesses which assure premium services as mighty as the jungle wolf. You can also see Airline Logos.
The guns crossing the shield and the stars around remind of the prizes won at prestigious hunting competitions. If you are planning a hunting contest, this logo would be grand for your flyers and posters -and also for those into selling guns.
With the blazing lion staring fiercely at us, this artwork makes a great choice for those organizations heavily into wild fauna hunting. It would also good for those selling mighty hunting gears for such serious hunting adventures.
Hunting logos can take various shapes and forms but in most of them, gun logos are the most common- since guns are the most used weapons for game hunting today. You also have some hunting logos that uphold the mighty spirit of bows and arrows. These logos can be used in your flyers, posters, business cards and so on. You can also see Company Logos.


I was going to name the latest novel I'm working on Generation Exile but I chose another working title so I can put this one out in cyberspace. GenerationX was a book by Douglas Coupland that, although entertaining and tolerably written, garnered more that its due attention—the title became the calling card of the then-20 somethings, my generation. Generation Xers were defined by the prospect that their standard of living would be less affluent than their parents and their itinerate disposition (a poor jet set that always travels on mileage programs). The book is about three lost souls, disconnected from history and things of consequence, filling the pages with trivial stories, like the TV show Seinfeld.
Generation Exile (since it is my would be book, I can define it) are the Philippine kids that coincidentally are contemporaries ofGeneration X. They grew up duringMarital Law, abroad and isolated, and also became 20-somethings in the early nineties. Because of the disconnection from our home country, physically and politically, they harbor upbringings outside the common experience and are therefore disconnected from their mother culture. For a longtime, I thought of these people as the Martial Law babies. Now I think the predicament describes the lot of many Filipino-Americans who grew up away from the mother country, have careers away from the mother country, and find themselves so well integrated with broader America that the Philippines is receding into a concept that may or may not have anything tangible attached to it.
What do we do about that, if anything at all?
Well, we could create support groups and bring Kleenex, talk about Game of Thrones and identity stories. Or we could party.
Now, this sounds more superficial than it actually is. A few cohorts, including me, are contemplating a membership wing to a large, well-established Philippine foundation that would allow Filipinos who are geographically displaced (usually by their jobs) to plug into a Philippine network. Of course, the membership is almost entirely social, except that the money raised with go to funding education initiatives in thePhilippines. Going to parties should always be this guilt free.
My team and I are in the early stages of fleshing out this membership drive. Remember, initial members are entitled to call themselves founders, will have access to the not to be discounted Filipino diaspora, party invite privileges, and the opportunity to volunteer for the main charity's other activities.
If anyone reading this is interested in getting involved, please email me at [email protected]. The flagship organization will being New York. Opportunities to expand elsewhere will come later.
It's well past deadline here in New York so I'm signing off. This call for help is sincere. All emails that have a human behind them will be answered. Calling all Generation Exiles, come party for a cause.


SSH tunneling for a home-away-from-home experience. Ever find yourself behind a corporate firewall or untrusted network and want to check your personal email or your facebook account to see what you need to bring to the party tonight? If you just need to browse safely you can easily do this via SSH and get your encrypted session from wherever you are to home. Your home computer will then make requests on your behalf and pass the data back to your browser in an encypted session. If you're checking email you can usually do this via the web as well even on your POP accounts as most POP providers have browser front-ends you can access if you have the URL.
How do you set up this little magic trick and surf stright though firewalls and super IDS/IPS systems?
1) Set up a linux box at home with port 22 (SSH) incoming and outgoing on your firewall. (Make sure the account has limited privileges and a very strong password) If you know what you're doing you may even want to set up certificates.
The popular thing is to use -N -L and pick your ports but there's a far easier way for the browser using built-in Sox proxy capability. Using a Sox proxy you can shorten your SSH command and save yourself some head ache and configure your browser more easily.
Your tunnel awaits! Your session will expire eventually but while SSH is connected you will be able to set up your browser and surf safely using the port you chose.
3) Set your browser to use a Sox proxy at 127.0.0.1 port 9050 (or whatever port you want to default to. Type in your destination into the browser such as: http://www.ithumbmynoseatsensiblesecuritypolicies.com and voila you're surfing around all sensible precautions and filters.
You can set a specific browser instance (say Chrome or FireFox or IE) to always connect Socks. This way you can keep your regular browser normal and playing nicely through the firewall and then open your browse-by-home super secret browser and surf like you're on your home network.
Of course this violates all corporate policies we know and love. It also gives you a taste of what can be done if you let your home network or corporate network get hacked. You shouldn't use this if you intend to stay compliant with any sensible regulation or policy. But in a pinch this will get you home-style access from behind the great firewall of China.
You are what you surf so be safe.


When businesses start to feel a pinch during a economic downturn oftentimes the first place they go to save money is marketing. What most businesses don't realize is that a strong marketing campaign can not only help their business to survive but can actually help them come out stronger then they were. A good marketing strategy is to not depend on just one thing to reach your clients but to strategically target them through the proper avenues.
Jill Tooley has a great article about Advertising during a recession.
In the time of an economic recession, it seems logical for businesses to decrease spending in any way possible. It makes sense to save money instead of spending money. Cash spent on advertising (including promotional products) is often the first to be cut when there are problems with the economy. However, by continuing to advertise—maybe even more than normal—it is possible for a company to bounce back even stronger than it was before the recession.
It makes good business sense to take a risk in anticipation of better economic times. A recession doesn't last forever! When the economy begins to turn around, businesses that remained aggressive in their marketing techniques will have a clear advantage over their competitors. It is possible to greatly boost company sales over the course of the recession (and the years following) by planning ahead for better times. Advertising investments can also act as a beacon of hope to employees, customers, and investors.
Here is what Harvard Business Review Says about Advertising during a recession.
2. Focus on family values.
The big question why? The old maxim being,if you keep doing the same thing over and over again, how can you expect a different result?
What does Diamond Advertising do to help form your strategy? We look at what you are doing, look at successful advertising and marketing campaigns, we take a innovative approach to your marketing wherever possible,, find different ways to get the message across, be unique.
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"There are two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are dead
and those who are going to die. Now let's get the hell out of here."
Colonel George A. Taylor - 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division January 29, 2023
Bedford Boys Fallen - Raymond Samuel HOBACK never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrified his life for our freedom... Raymond may have made it out of his landing craft, but he never made it to shore. Others recall seeing his body in the water. Bedford also failed to make in on the beach. He was killed by an exploding 88mm shell. Their time in the battle could be measured in minutes... [American D-Day facebook] Read more...
It is with heavy heart we learn the passing of Mr. Robert GIGUERE, a veteran of D-Day (Normandy)... He was 93... Four days earlier, Giguere rode across the choppy English Channel toward the Normandy coast with the Sixth Naval Beach Battalion. When his carrier grounded on the beach, a Teller mine detonated from beneath and tore through the ship's hull, Killing several soldiers below deck... [American D-Day facebook] Read more...
SLATER R was on OMAHA BEACH AREA
8TH AIR FORCE
Let us remember those young soldiers who changed the course of history with their sacrifice. Let us commit ourselves to remembering their sacrifice by cherishing the freedom they bought for all generations that follow. Honored by Laurent Lefebvre [January 29, 2023]


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Las fosas de Parasimón son un conjunto de dos fosas comunes situadas en el puerto de Pajares, en el concejo de Lena (Asturias, España). Figuran con el número 139/2009 ASTU en el registro de fosas comunes del Ministerio de Justicia, y albergan un total de 22 cuerpos.

Historia
Según el testimonio que dio el vecino Celesto García en 2010, a finales de 1937, ya concluida la guerra en Asturias, y teniendo él 16 años, oyó unos disparos cuando iba a recoger leña. Al acercarse sigilosamente a una cuadra de la zona de Parasimón, lugar de donde provenían los disparos, vio un grupo de diez cuerpos y otro de doce, hombres jóvenes que habían sido atados de pies y manos antes de ser fusilados. Pudo ver cómo los asesinos desfiguraron los rostros de sus víctimas con armas blancas para dificultar su reconocimiento, hecho lo cual despejaron el sitio. Celesto bajó rápidamente a Pajares y contó al maestro lo que había visto. Este a su vez reunió a varios hombres, y se fueron al lugar de los crímenes y abrieron dos fosas en las que sepultaron los cuerpos, cada grupo en una fosa. Tiempo después, se plantaron unos pinos para señalar la ubicación de las fosas.

Recuperación de la memoria histórica
Familiares de Luis Cienfuegos Suárez, uno de los represaliados, se movilizaron a partir de 2010 con el fin de averiguar su paradero. En 2010 presentaron una demanda en el juzgado de Lena por crímenes de lesa humanidad, que no prosperó al considerarse que los crímenes habían prescrito con la ley de amnistía de 1977. También incluyeron el caso en la querella argentina interpuesta por María Romilda Servini contra los crímenes del franquismo.

En mayo de 2014, los arqueólogos Antxoka Martínez y Ketxu Torres rastrearon la zona con un magnetómetro, hallando 40 casquillos de bala atribuibles a fusiles Mauser. Entre mayo y junio, realizaron una nueva batida con un georradar y con el apoyo de ingenieros de minas de Mieres que permitió delimitar dos zonas correspondientes a las dos fosas. En septiembre del mismo año, descubrieron los huesos correspondientes a una de las fosas. Sin embargo, la falta de fondos paralizó la investigación. En abril de 2018, la familia de Luis Cienfuegos lanzó una campaña de micromecenazgo, cuyo éxito permitió seguir financiando los trabajos de excavación. En junio, se hallaron los restos de doce personas en la primera fosa excavada. En la otra fosa, de más difícil acceso, a junio de 2018, no se han realizado excavaciones.

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Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Asociación de Familiares y Amigos «Fosa de Parasimón»

Parasimon
Guerra civil española en Asturias
Lena

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Bobby Miller Finds A Silver Lining
By Bill Plunkett
Righthander Bobby Miller found a silver lining in a year of pandemic-fueled turmoil.
"When I think about it, I think Covid helped me a ton," said Miller, the 2020 first-round pick out of Louisville who reported to the Dodgers' alternate training site at the University of Southern California after signing.
"If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't have been able to go to USC with those guys, facing the hitters I did . . . That was a huge help for me, especially (minor league pitching coordinator) Don Alexander and (pitching coordinator) Rob Hill being out there at USC. Those guys helped me a ton in my game.
"I'll forever use the things they've been teaching me."
Rather than heading to a short-season league to begin his pro career, Miller received more rigorous coaching and faced more advanced hitters at the alternate training site.
The 22-year-old Miller was able to use the time to refine his delivery and adopt a spike-curveball.
"They're not a cookie-cutter type of organization, which I love about these guys," Miller said. "Really, I mentioned that I wanted to be more direct towards home plate with my glove side, my front arm. I kept working on that, so I don't land closed as I'm striding to the plate . . .
"My arm slot I would definitely say raised up a little higher, which improved my four-seam (fastball) a lot, the spin on that."
Miller said his curveball grip change was part of a broader focus on improving his secondary pitches.
"I changed my grip on my curveball, my changeup and also my slider. Those three pitches for me just kind of took off," the 6-foot-5 righthander said.
The new curveball grip was something Miller said he was "messing with" in bullpen sessions.
"As I was feeling it, I was thinking, 'I kind of like this,' because I have kind of big hands. It was sitting in my hand very well," he said. "I kept on working with it in my bullpens and the spin rate went up on that. (And) I was getting better shape on it—a different shape than my slider which was very helpful."
— In a pair of trades with the Athletics and Marlins just before spring training, the Dodgers acquired third baseman Sheldon Neuse, lefthander Alex Vesia and righthanders Gus Varland and Kyle Hurt. Neuse has an outside chance to make the Opening Day roster. Vesia could see time in the Dodgers' bullpen at some point during the season. Righthander Dylan Floro was sent to the Marlins. Lefthander Adam Kolarek and minor league outfielder Cody Thomas were sent to the A's.
— The Dodgers also sent righthander Josh Sborz to the Rangers for righthander Jhan Zambrano. Zambrano, 19, was signed by the Rangers as a 16-year-old out of Venezuela. He made his professional debut in the Dominican Summer League in 2019, recording a 2.55 ERA and 1.08 WHIP in 60 innings over 12 games (11 starts).
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