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12 Unbeatable Things to Do in Cannes
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June 5, 2022 by Carol Perehudoff
From film festival glam to exploring the Old Town, here are the best things to do in Cannes.
Cannes, France – A Top French Riviera Destination
Overview of What to Do in Cannes
Best Things to Do in Cannes, France
1. Walk up Boulevard de la Croisette
The Other Side of the Promenade de la Croisette
2. Pose on the Red Carpet
3. Visit the Vieux Port
4. Explore Le Suquet Cannes – The Old Town
5. Feast on French Flavours at Forville Market
6. Shop on Rue d'Antibes
7. Take an Apero Break on Rue Hoche
8. Visit the Lérins Islands
9. Hit the Beach
10. Get Out on the Water
11. Have a Drink at One of the Big 3 Luxury Hotels
12. Cannes Things to Do Off the Beaten Track: Visit Le Cannet
Best Day Trips from Cannes
1. St Tropez from Cannes by Boat
2. Day Trip to Antibes
3. Cannes to Nice
4. Cannes to Monaco
5. Day Trip to Grasse
What to Do in Cannes From a Cruise Ship
What to Do in Cannes for One Day
Cannes is a splashy resort city on the French Riviera, and when most of us think of it we think Hollywood celebrities and film festival glam.
But. While the Cannes Film Festival is a 12-day star-studded extravaganza in May, there are loads of fun things to do in Cannes year round.
Every time I visit Cannes I find more to explore. And, as the South of France is one of my main beats as a travel writer, I'm here quite a lot, staying in everything from a convent (during the Film Festival no less) to glam 5-star hotels.
I've also taken plenty of day trips from Nice to Cannes, and yes, you can see Cannes in a day. As this walkable city is right on the train line, it's also a good base for exploring other French Riviera destinations like Eze, Monaco and Antibes.
That said, let's have a look at the top Cannes tourist attractions to see.
Cannes has sandy beaches that knock most (pebbly) French Riviera beaches out of the park. It's got a wide waterfront promenade, designer shops, over-the-top luxury hotels and streets lined with charming patios and restaurants. Did I mention the yachts?
Places to visit in Cannes include the old quarter of Le Suquet, which offers a nice change of pace, while the peaceful Lérins Islands off the coast slow that pace down altogether.
Above all, Cannes is fun, as if the exuberant film festival atmosphere lingers year round and seeps right into the boulevards and cafes. And don't worry – you can pose on the red carpet any time of year.
Sunset over Cannes
It's easy to compare the Boulevard de la Croisette to the waterfront Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Both curve along the Mediterranean with breezy sea views and it's an easy comparison. But ooh la la, there are differences.
Boulevard de la Croisette
Next to Monte Carlo in Monaco, La Croisette has the highest concentration of designer boutiques on the French Riviera. (I should know. I was obsessed with finding chic white sneakers and beelined into every swank shop on the Côte d'Azur.)
Along with haute boutiques like Chanel and Dior, you'll find colourful sculptures, grand hotels and a parade of pricy sports cars. There's no two ways about it: Boulevard de la Croisette equals glitz.
There are two sides to La Croisette, however. Literally. Cross the street to the Mediterranean side and the boulevard is transformed into a lively beachside promenade complete with palm trees, beaches, food stands, playgrounds and bright blue chairs – pull one up, sit back and watch the scene.
You'll even find the cheery sight of a carousel, so it's a great place to hang out in Cannes with family.
Red Carpet photo ops
Oh, go ahead. Everyone does it. It's silly but iconic, and having your moment on the red carpet is one of the most unique things to do in Cannes.
Where is the red carpet? You'll find it on the steps of the film festival building, the Cannes Palais des Festivals et des Congrès at the west end of La Croisette. The blocky Modernist-style building seems awfully utilitarian for hosting such a glittery event, but it's celebrity central anyway.
What's inside the Cannes Palais des Festivals et des Congrès? A lot of places to watch films. The building has 15 auditoriums.
Sightseeing Tip: The Tourism Office is located at the base of the building. It's handy for picking up a map or getting information on Cannes points of interest you can't find online.
While you're nosing around the front of the Palais des Festivals building, keep your head down and search for the bronze handprints of A-list celebrities on the Walk of the Stars, L'Allée des Stars. (Hello, Meg Ryan!).
Cannes port
Just past the Palais des Festivals building to the west is the old port, the Vieux Port. Here you can get so close to the sleek-looking yachts it seems only fitting the global elite invite you onboard. (They may disagree.)
Nonetheless, the marina is one of the prettiest places to visit in Cannes – full of gleaming sailboats, fishing boats and floating palaces that add to the exclusive French Riviera mystique.
The Old Town of Cannes on Suquet Hill
From the Vieux Port you'll spot the the Old Town rising up in a peak of red tiled roofs, weathered stone and walls of faded ochre and pink.
This old quarter of Cannes has been around a lot longer than the film festival or the flashy shops on La Croisette. In fact, the Romans were here for five centuries, and the Ligurians before that.
In the 12th century, the land became the property of Cistercian monks who built a castle fortress at the top of the hill, the Château de la Castre.
Oh, how things change. Rue Saint-Antoine, once the domain of fishermen, is now a pedestrianized street lined with bistros and souvenir shops, with restaurants like Table 22 upping the culinary game from touristy to gourmet.
The castle fortress is now a museum called the Musée de la Castre, and houses a mixed bag of artifacts ranging from 19th century landscapes to Tibetan masks.
The museum isn't going to take up much of your time, but it's the journey that counts. One of the most popular things to do in Cannes Old Quarter is to walk the 109 steps up to the castle for the stunning views over the Bay of Cannes.
At the top, take a break on the shady terrace and visit the Eglise Notre Dame d'Esperance, a notable Cannes landmark that took more than 100 years to complete.
When it comes to Forville Market, it's not so much about what to see in Cannes as what to taste. Located at the foot of Le Suquet, the Marché Forville is the place to go if a picnic is in your plans or fresh local produce is calling your name. (What is it about cantaloups from Provence that makes them so juicy and flavourful? Delish!)
The Marché Forville is a morning market, so get there between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. But take note: On Mondays it's a flea market.
Shopping on Rue d'Antibes
While most tourists window shop on La Croisette … they buy on Rue d'Antibes. This busy shopping street that runs behind La Croisette is chock full of shoe stores, perfumeries and clothing boutiques that range from international chains like Zara and Mango to French fashion brands such as Morgan and Maison 123.
At the end of the day, you may hear Rue Hoche calling your name. This amiable pedestrian street near Rue d'Antibes is lined with cafes and restaurants. It's the perfect place for an apero, the pre-dinner drink and 'small bites' break embraced by so many locals.
Sainte-Marguerite Island
The Lérins Islands are a balm to an over sightsee-d soul (which is me, all the time), and when you need an escape the French Riviera crowds, it's one of the best places to visit near Cannes.
What are the Lérins Islands? The Lérins Islands are an archipelago on the Bay of Cannes.
The largest, Île Sainte-Marguerite (Saint Margaret Island), can be reached in as little as 15 minutes by ferry, and Île Saint-Honorat in 20. Ferries leave from the far west edge of the port.
Like Cannes Old Town, the Lérins Islands were occupied by the Romans, then owned by Cistercian monks who established a monastery on sleepy Saint-Honorat, which is still going strong today.
The larger of the two, Sainte-Marguerite Island is the most visited, and it has a fascinating past. It was the site of the prison purpose-built for the Man in the Iron Mask, a political prisoner whose name – and face – was never revealed.
Visiting his cell at Fort Royal, a former fortress now home to the Museum of the Sea, was the historical highlight of my day trip to Sainte-Marguerite.
Other things to do here include seeing Batéguier Pond, which attracts many migratory birds, and exploring shady trails, rocky coves and small beaches – bring your swimsuit if you're so inclined.
Skip the line and book your ferry ticket to Sainte Marguerite Island in advance here.
The abbey on Île Saint-Honorat
Saint-Honorat Island
A peaceful atmosphere reigns on the island of Saint-Honorat, where the monks of Lérins have resided since the 5th century. Visit the abbey church, shop for wine, honey, olive oil and other tempting goods produced by the monks, and enjoy the shoreline trails.
What to do in Cannes when you're ready for sun? Head for the sand. There is no shortage of Cannes beaches to choose from.
You can go deluxe and pay for a lounge bed and wait service at a private beach club like Mademoiselle Gray Plage Barrière, or grab your favourite beach essentials and plunk your towel down for free in 5-star territory at the public Palais Festivals Beach.
Cannes, France, has beaches galore
You may not have a yacht to cruise around on, but it doesn't mean you need to be landlocked. Boating is a favourite pastime on the Riviera, and there are a few different ways to enjoy it. If you're looking for things to do in Cannes with family, check out these excursions:
Guided Boat Tour From Cannes: The Calanques of the Esterel
The Calanques of the Esterel Tour is a guided boat tour of the Esterel natural park. Skim over turquoise water, take a swim break and explore hidden coves, caves, and Calanques. The boat tour is 2.5 hours. Check prices and availability here.
Cannes: Half-Day Catamaran Cruise with Lunch
Another option for boating in Cannes is a half day catamaran trip with lunch. Swim, snorkel and soak in the amazing coastal views on the Bay of Cannes. Stand up paddleboards and kayaks availabile, too. Check prices and availability here.
Considering all the stars that hit up Cannes for the festival, you'd expect nothing less than extravagant 5-star hotels, and this lively French Riviera city delivers. If you're looking for Cannes things to do 'jet-set style', dip your toes into the opulent surroundings of a luxury hotel on the Boulevard de la Croisette.
Here are the top three:
InterContinental Carlton Cannes Hotel
The famed InterContinental Carlton Cannes Hotel is undergoing a facelift (as so many celebrity glam-pusses do), but you can still catch a glimpse of its iconic domes from the street and visit their beach club for some (expensive) seaside refreshment.
Oh, my gosh, I had a hilarious evening out at the Carlton Hotel during the film festival once.
Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic
Maybe a champagne cocktail at the Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic? The plush Fouquet's Gallery Bar Cannes is hard to beat. Sit at the bar if you're in the mood to chat … it worked for me.
Hôtel Martinez
Opened in 1929, the Art Deco Hôtel Martinez rounds off this trio of top Cannes hotels. Now part of the Hyatt brand, it's got a 2-star Michelin restaurant, La Palme d'Or, which is one of the best restaurants in Cannes.
If you're spending just one day in Cannes, you probably won't be able to fit this in, but if you're looking for things to do near Cannes the average tourist won't see, consider a trip to Le Cannet.
This artsy town is basically a suburb of Cannes. It was home to the renowned artist Pierre Bonnard, who was a leading light when art was moving from Impressionism to Modernism.
Things to see in Le Cannet include the Bonnard Museum on the Boulevard Carnot. As well, there are a number Bonnard-inspired walks you can do in the lush landscape behind. Grab a brochure detailing the various walks at the Cannes Tourism Office and head for the hills.
How to get to Le Cannet: It's a 30-minute walk (at a fast clip) from Boulevard de la Croisette straight up the Boulevard Carnot or take Bus Number 1.
The artsy enclave of Le Cannet
With it's prime position on the French Riviera, Cannes is a great jumping off spot for day trips. For an in-depth look of some terrific Cote d'Azur destinations, check out my day trips from Nice article. All of the places I talk about can be easily done as day trips from Cannes, too.
Here's a quick look at some of the best places to visit near Cannes.
St Tropez, the sultry vixen of the French Riviera, has a village meets ultra chic vibe unmatched by anywhere else on the Cote d'Azur.
Sample a sweet Tarte Tropezienne, lounge with the jet set at a private beach club on the Plage de Pampelonne (Pampelonne Beach), and make your way up to the Citadel for views over the Gulf of St Tropez.
In summer season, you can do a Cannes St Tropez day trip by boat. Check prices and availability for round trip transfers here.
Lovely Antibes is one of the best places to visit near Cannes. A quick ride on the TER, the regional train line, from Cannes, it has a laidback feel that sets it apart from most French Riviera cities.
Visit the morning market, the Marche Provencal; explore the Vieille Ville (the Old Town) and don't miss the Picasso Museum in Grimaldi Castle overlooking the sea.
Nice is a great day trip from Cannes
There are so many things to do in Nice, you'd be hard pressed to see it all in a day. As the largest city on the French Riviera, it's a cultural hub for the region with stellar museums like the fabulous Mark Chagall Museum.
Stroll the Promenade des Anglais, climb Castle Hill and visit the Old Town for ice cream at Fenuccio's. If you're taking the train from Cannes to Nice, you can shop on Avenue Jean Médecin all the way back to the station.
If you think Cannes is sophisticated, wait until you see Monte Carlo. An hour and quarter ride on the TER train line, Monaco is one of the top day trips from Cannes.
Head to the Place du Casino for a direct shot in the arm of glamour, wander along the port and walk up the Rampe Majeure to the Old Town, where you can watch the changing of the guard at the palace every day at 11:55 a.m.
Check out my one day in Monaco travel guide here.
Jasmine, roses and nearby lavender fields have helped put Grasse on the map as the Perfume Capital of the World. Visit the historic Parfumerie Fragonard Factory, explore the Old Town and stop into the impressive Notre Dame de Puy.
To get to Grasse from Cannes you can take the train, then it's easiest to take a bus into town from the station.
The Promenade de la Croisette is a Cannes must-see attraction
Half Day Tour From Cannes Port
If you have only one day in Cannes you might want to save time with a tour. This private tour for groups of up to four people introduces you to the highlights of Cannes and Antibes in a half-day excursion. It's geared towards cruise passengers who want a taste of the French Riviera but are short on time.
Check prices and availability for a Cannes Shore Excursion: Cannes and Antibes Private Tour here.
Full Day Private Tour From Cannes Port
This private 8-hour tour in an air-conditioned van shows you the best places to visit near Cannes, from must-see cities like Nice and Monaco to smaller spots such as the medieval town of Eze and the coastal resort town of Villefranche-sur-Mer.
Check prices and availability for this French Riviera Sightseeing Cannes Private Tour here.
From beaches to boat trips, we've looked at the best things to do in Cannes overall, but what are the absolute must-do activities if you're only doing a day trip to Cannes? Here is an itinerary in a nutshell:
Wander up and down the Boulevard de la Croisette (easy to do as you can hardly avoid it), and pause for a red carpet moment at film festival central, the Palais des Festivals.
From there, stroll along the harbour – the Vieux Port – and make your way into the Old Town for lunch and a walk up to the top of Suquet Hill.
For an afternoon excursion take the ferry to Sainte-Marguerite Island, though if shopping is more your thing, opt for Rue d'Antibes. If you have a full day in Cannes, you can easily fit in both.
End your day with some authentic French cuisine at a traditional restaurant like La Brouette de Grand Mère or up the ante with a hip-with-a-view bite at Le Roof in the Five Seas Hotel. Cannes is a city of restaurants and you'll find something for every palate.
Is Cannes Worth It?
In my opinion, yes! It might not have have the museums of Paris, the gardens of Giverny or Monaco's Grand Prix, but does it need them? It's fun, it's festive and it's the nearest thing to Hollywood on the European side of the pond.
Whether you're staying for a few days, visiting on a day trip from Nice, or stopping off for a quick cruise shore excursion, these unique things to do in Cannes should give you a delicious taste of the sensational South of France.
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There is no hard and fast rule on what you should have at your wedding. This is all a matter of priority. So, splurge on the essentials that you simply must have, and eliminate or step down on those that you can do without. You can always substitute certain vendor services with affordable options that will work. For example, you can save a chunk of your budget by eliminating the band and DJ from your celebration. Instead, compile a playlist and play the songs using a good stereo system. You can do your floral décor with what is inexpensive and easily available, and eliminate the services of a florist. Or, forego the makeup and hair artist's services for the wedding day, by doing it yourself. Just make sure that you know what your priorities are, and don't compromise on them. The rest is up to you to take or leave, as your budget permits.
Wedding cakes are more about the look, than the flavor or taste. Most guests remember how the wedding cake impressed them, but won't always recollect the taste it had. Some may even have skipped dessert altogether after the heavy meal they enjoyed. However, cakes are expensive, and so you should think of whether you really want it. There is a world of desserts waiting to be discovered, and these are even more enticing than a slice of wedding cake. So, step away from cake and turn to alternate options for a wallet-friendly, practical and delicious choice that is bound to impress. This article on the wedding blog of Apartment therapy provides some unusual options that will have you saying, "Why didn't I think of it?" You can also refer to this previous post for more ideas on what to serve instead of cake, at your wedding. Choose a dessert that is truly unique and one that you love, so your wedding has a sweet ending that is both delicious, personal and delightfully inexpensive.
A welcome alternative to the plated meal and wedding buffet, serve family style dishes at your wedding. Not only does this bring down the cost considerably, these are hearty meals that everyone will naturally enjoy. When you choose a family style meal, you will need less service staff, which is again a budget winner. This article on the Huff Post tells us that family style wedding dinners are better than buffets and plated dinners, since they are the middle ground between the two. It is more elegant than a buffet and less formal than a plated meal. By serving items on large platters that can be passed around, you can also eliminate elaborate table décor, not to mention the casual and informal vibe that this activity can create. Don't skimp on the quantity of food available, just choose dishes that are interesting and filling so your guests aren't left hungry. This idea is also perfect for wedding parties that include children, as you needn't plan a special menu for the younger taste buds in this case.
Instead of having the standard open bar, give your wedding a unique twist by serving up local fare that you can buy from nearby vineyards or breweries for a fraction of the cost. Not only will your guests have plenty of new and unusual options, you will be thankful for how cheap it will be. Also, switch out the champagne for the toasts. Guests can toast with whatever they are drinking. After all, it is the sentiment that counts, not the details of how it is done. If necessary, add some non-alcoholic drinks as refreshers, and serve them at the beginning of the reception. This will not only help your guests feel refreshed at the beginning of the function, it will also reduce their capacity to drown in alcohol later. If you should splurge on anything, it should be on improving the appearance of the drinks served at your bar. Inexpensive garnishes and colorful mixers are all it takes to dress up drinks and make them look festive and more expensive than it actually cost you.
All the little things add up quickly, and you can stay ahead of the game if you stick with the essentials only. So, forego elaborate decorations and trimmings for your wedding favor wrap-ups, menu styling and floral décor. Consider whether you really need things like a dessert table, coffee bar, photo booth or individual place cards. Rather than aiming for perfection, you can work with a tight budget if you look at the bigger picture and execute it with simplicity. So, the lesser textures in décor, lower it will cost you. Similarly, go with simple menu choices that are full of flavor and compensate for not looking too great. Your favors do not need satin bows that will mostly end up in the trash, nor do you have to spend a fortune on signboards when your guests can find their way at the venue, without them.
Flowers are an expensive factor at weddings. Minimize the cost by choosing alternative options for your décor, or keeping floral arrangements to a minimum. The bridal bouquet is one essential though. Despite this, there is no condition that your bouquet has to be made with real flowers. You can add your own DIY details to this accessory of your wedding dress ensemble, by making your own bridal bouquet with alternatives like cloth or paper. Unlike other elaborate DIY projects that consume time and take a lot of effort, your bouquet is a simple and relatively easier option to handle. With a little crafting knowledge, this is the perfect way to have an attractive bouquet, sans the cost. Check out some great tutorials on creating amazing bouquets, at this link here and here. The best thing about choosing to DIY your bouquet is that you will have a keepsake from your wedding, that you will forever be proud of making.
With wedding dresses, wedding accessories, décor and more available to rent, you can find plenty of economically viable choices for your wedding day. Unless you are particular about owning what you wear or use at your wedding day, renting is a practical and sensible option. After all, most of these things won't find a second use. So, why waste so much money by buying all of it, when you can get what you want for much cheaper. Bridal shops like Best for Bride allow brides to rent their wedding dress for a fraction of the original cost, so you can look great on your wedding day without the hefty price tag. If not the dress, you should definitely consider the accessories. Indulge in your dream of wearing a grand tiara and looking like a princess on your wedding day, even when you don't have to buy it. By renting part or most of your wedding ensemble, you can look fantastic on a tight budget, and isn't that how you should beon your wedding day?
A big wedding party translates into extra expenses not only for the members in it, but also for the bride and groom. You will have to set aside a part of the budget for buying gifts, bouquets and many more things for the members in your wedding party. This can quickly add up. Think of whether you really need so many people beside you at the time you say "I do." Wouldn't it work just as well if they were seated with the rest of the guests and took home wedding favors that were much cheaper? Plus, by keeping your wedding party to the bare minimum, probably just your maid of honor and two bridesmaids, you do not have to worry about ruffling feathers when you do not ask someone to be on the list, or making anyone who secretly isn't keen on it feel uncomfortable by inviting them.
Even when it concerns things that you simply must have, weigh your various options and find the one that is practical yet costs less. For example, if you must hire a limo for you entrance and exit, go with a black one that will cost much lesser than a white or silver limo. Similarly, think of monochromatic bouquet options and simple bouquet arrangements instead of complicated flower arrangements that will cost more. In case of table décor, choose basic, but classic materials to do the job, instead of fancy table décor that will cost more but perform the same function. Basically, we suggest you prioritize value over look, and you will find choices that are appealing but inexpensive.
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We are on a strict budget and that is just because we both believe that there is no reason to make a big deal about the wedding part of our relationship. These are good tips and many that we are going to use.
Budgets are not popular when you are talking about a wedding, but as a planner, you need to have one. Either way, you need to have a number that you would like to stick to. Great tips here!
You know what? With the rise of Dollar Stores all over the country, getting decorations and things like that for the, basically, one time use, can save you a TON of money!
My budget includes half of a shoestring. These tips are a life saver.
Family style dishes is a great way to serve a lot of people a few different options.


I remember going here for Christmas parties when I was a kid.....then it caught on fire. The renovations are really nice on the hall, though now it's less than half the size it used to be.
Rude and unkind don't begin to describe the behavior I witnessed. Perhaps threatening is a more appropriate word to describe how we were treated by the Elks Club personnel.


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Blog Tour! Forged in Desire by Brenda Jackson
Forged in Desire, an all-new sexy standalone from Brenda Jackson is live!!!
When good girl Margo Connelly becomes Lamar "Striker" Jennings's latest assignment, she knows she's in trouble. And not just because he's been hired to protect her from an underworld criminal. The reformed bad boy's appeal is breaching all her defenses, and as the threats against her increase, Margo isn't sure which is more dangerous: the gangster targeting her, or the far too alluring protector tempting her to let loose.
Though Striker's now living on the right side of the law, he's convinced his troubled past keeps Margo out of his league. But physical chemistry explodes into full-blown passion when they go on the run together. Surrendering to desire could be a deadly distraction—or finally prove that he's the only man qualified to keep her safe, and win her love.
Margo and Striker were an interesting couple. I was interested in their story and I liked it for the most part, but with some reservations.
There was an appeal in the idea that she was strong and independent, but needed to rely on Striker to keep her safe, although I found myself slightly annoyed with her at the beginning with the way she treated him. This resolves quickly, for the most part and I am not even totally able to say that her reaction is not normal for someone in her position...but it still annoyed me about her.
That said, I thought the balance with the romance and the suspense story was a little off, and I thought there were some additional characters who were a little too present in the narrative, so I was not able to fully engage with the events in the story, both the romance and the suspense aspect.
I think, for me, there was too much going on within the story...there was a romance, and the bodyguard idea, and family drama, and ex drama...there was just too much and I felt like I was bouncing from plot point to plot point in a few places.
Again, not badly enough that I did not enjoy it...but enough that it did alter my ability to really engage with the narrative.
I do recommend this book.
This is the first in a series from Brenda Jackson and the blurb really caught my eye. I started out hooked with this book; the premise was really strong in the beginning but my interest didn't hold as strong as I expected it to hold.
I liked our main couple, I really did. Former bad boy turned good guy (who of course is smoking hot) and the good girl is a classic combination for a reason. Her profession was a fun one and one that provided a unique set of circumstances to the story. I thought the characters were well done and believable and I genuinely wanted things to work out for them.
My problem was with the secondary characters. There were just so many of them and so many issues among them that it kind of detracted from the main plot of the book in my opinion. It didn't affect the pacing for me exactly, I just felt they kind of got in the way at times.
Overall the book was fine. I'll definitely try the second book in the series now to see how it plays out.
Margo Connelly stared up at her uncle. "A bodyguard? Do you really think that's necessary, Uncle Frazier? I understand extra policemen are patrolling the streets."
"That's not good enough. Why should I trust a bunch of police officers?"
"Why shouldn't you?" she countered, not for the first time wondering what her uncle had against cops. On more than one occasion he'd made that quite obvious.
"I have my reasons, but this isn't about me—this is about you and your safety. I refuse to have you placed in any danger. What's the big deal? You've had a bodyguard before."
Yes, she'd had one before. Right after her parents' deaths, when her uncle had become her guardian. He had shipped her off to London for three years. She'd reckoned he'd been trying to figure out what he, a devout bachelor, was to do with a ten-year-old. When she returned to the United States, Apollo remained her bodyguard. When she turned fourteen, she fought hard for a little personal freedom. But she'd always known the chauffeurs Uncle Frazier hired could do more than drive her to and from school. More than once she'd seen the guns they carried. "Yes, but that was then and this is now, Uncle Frazier. I can look after myself."
"Haven't you been keeping up with the news?" he snapped. "Three people are dead. All three were in that courtroom with you. Erickson is making sure his threat is carried out."
"And more than likely whoever is committing these murders will be caught before there can be another shooting. I understand the three were killed while they were away from home. I have enough paperwork to catch up on here for a while. I didn't even leave my house today."
"You don't think a paid assassin will find you here? Alone? You either get on board with having a bodyguard or you move back home. It's well secured there."
Margo drew in a deep breath. Back home was the Connelly estate. Yes, it was secure, with its state-of-the-art surveillance system. While growing up, she'd thought of the ten-acre property, surrounded by a tall wrought-iron fence and cameras watching her every move, as a prison. Now she couldn't stand the thought of staying there for any long period of time…especially if Liz was still in residence. Her forty-five-year-old uncle had never married and claimed he had his reasons for never wanting to. But that didn't keep him from occasionally having a live-in mistress under his roof. His most recent was Liz Tillman and, as far as Margo was concerned, the woman was a real work of art with the words gold digger written all over her. Margo knew her uncle was a smart man and would eventually figure that fact out for himself. But right now it seemed he was quite taken with Liz's looks and body.
"It's final. A bodyguard will be here around the clock to protect you until this madness is over."
Margo didn't say anything. She wondered if at any time it had crossed her uncle's mind that they were at her house, not his, and she was no longer a child but a twenty-six-year-old woman. In a way, she knew she should appreciate his concern, but she refused to let anyone order her around.
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Seeking False Security at Fortress Europe's Gates
Michelle Chen,
After the Cold War, European nations fashioned themselves as a bastion of peace, market-liberal prosperity and international cooperation. But the European Union's grand utopian vision is cracking as its borders fray. Brussels' brittle liberal consensus has been rocked by financial decline, explosions of right-wing nationalism, and lately, the existential crisis unleashed by Britain's Brexit referendum. The internal political fissures stoke much deeper turmoil, however, on Europe's perimeter, where hundreds of thousands of migrants still see the continent as a relatively safe haven from the worse chaos they've fled.
For all its internal tensions, the continent still unites through fear of outsiders. EU officials are pushing a migration policy that will ensure that the global injustices driving displacement will keep pushing "Fortress Europe's" border to a breaking point.
At the June 28 meeting of the European Council, officials solidified a migration plan seeking to address "root causes of irregular migration," "ensure full control over external borders" and undertake "fast and operational returns of irregular migrants." A statement issued by European Commission spokesperson Tove Ernst frames the "reforms" in humanitarian rhetoric:
The objective is saving lives and breaking the business model of smugglers, preventing illegal migration and enhance cooperation on returns and readmission of irregular migrants, as well as stepping up investments in partner countries to improve the socio-economic situation of the population.
The scheme follows the launch of a supposedly "successful" migration management plan along the Greek-Turkish border. Border authorities there are seeking a "one-to-one swap" that supposedly balances official humanitarian admissions with deportations to Turkey, aiming "to provide legal pathways … for victims of the Syrian crisis."
So far this year, EU authorities report, "1,546 irregular migrants have been returned from Greece to Turkey." Roughly 49,000 people languish in "relocation centers" indefinitely as legal claims are processed through a congested bureaucracy widely decried as inhumane and arbitrary. As of mid-June, roughly 8,000 people have drowned over two years trying to cross the Mediterranean, according to Amnesty International.
Officials boast that "the average daily number of irregular crossings … is down to 47" since May. But migrants are simply being pushed out of sight and shunted into camps in Turkey, possibly to face a more dangerous fate. There have been sporadic reports that once in Turkey, some refugees are being illegally expelled rather than temporarily detained.
More than 100 humanitarian organizations warned in a recent statement that the current border policy "has left thousands of people stranded in Greece in inhumane and degrading conditions … with many hundreds of unaccompanied children being held in closed detention facilities or forced to sleep in police cells."
Europeans unmoored by identity crisis now cling to the comforting ballast of cultural "security." But "securing" the border is a myth that stands in for addressing insecurity within European society. External border policies are an easy scapegoat for EU leaders' domestic political failures. Their citizens are rightly angry about austerity-driven budget cuts and mass joblessness. But tightening national divides won't alleviate civic concerns that are clearly more tied to deindustrialization and market volatility — the economic disruptions of neoliberal globalization and the single currency — than to how many Syrian families each government resettles, or how many workers traverse soft borders day to day.
The concrete consequences of these policies are felt by the families who fled war in the Middle East only to get pummeled by tear gas clouds while facing razor-wire fences in the Balkans.
While Europe fears a migrant invasion, migrants themselves face vicious stagnation, centering around the brutal lottery of applying for humanitarian relief. As of mid-June, EU authorities had relocated 2,280 migrants, about 1,500 from Greece and 780 from Italy, which officials admit "still falls far short of the Commission's proposed target of relocating 6,000 people per month."
The Greek government has vowed "to accelerate the identification and full processing of relocation applicants," with about 60 percent to 65 percent of them thought to belong to one of the nationalities deemed eligible for humanitarian relief, primarily those assumed to be directly fleeing war. Of course, one can suffer persecution even if they hail from the "wrong" country by EU standards, which is why rights advocates warn this policy violates both EU and international human rights laws.
Even migrants from a "right" country face massive barriers — Europe has housed about 1.4 percent of Syrian refugees as of March. Oxfam has called for resettlement of 10 percent by year's end, about 481,000. (While the EU claims it cannot sustain the "burden" of mass refugee admission, the vast majority of these desperate millions are being warehoused in much poorer countries like Jordan and Turkey.)
Tensions around migration in Europe stem in part from visa-free travel, including generally free movement of labor among member states' common job markets for EU citizens. However, for "third country" migrants, movement within Europe's external borders are limited under the so-called Schengen Zone and a related policy known as the Dublin Regulation. These dictate that the point of official entry for a non-European refugee is also where one applies for asylum. Ironically, although the media displays images of desperate throngs piling into Eastern Europe, their real destination is the richer economies to the north. So while nativists in the Balkans cry "get out," it is the stiffening border patrols and lack of a comprehensive resettlement plan that is keeping them in.
Though the UK had opted out of Schengen prior to its vote to withdraw from the EU, the Brexit referendum (which was partially driven by Britons' hostility toward Polish workers "competing" with natives for jobs) could complicate the asylum process for refugees who crossed into Britain through the EU; it is unclear to what extent EU asylum policies still apply once they enter UK territory. More alarmingly, the vote has further emboldened anti-immigrant hostility against all outsiders, including non-British Europeans and non-EU migrants.
Yet while the continent's political conflicts swell from within, leaders grasp for external "security" by widening Fortress Europe's moat. The increasingly militarized border zones along the Mediterranean and the Balkans may be enhanced by a new program of "deterrence" via imperial bribe: Ministers have proposed investing potentially over €60 billion over several years, shoving aid into an "External Investment Plan" aimed at what policymakers consider "priority countries of origin and transit," mostly in Africa. The idea is to "incentivize" Global South governments to thicken their own border security, with "tailor-made compacts" for "development" to make staying put a less miserable prospect for would-be migrants.
This is not a humanitarian solution. Main channels for legal resettlement remain employment-based, recruiting professionals and entrepreneurs needed to fill labor market needs. Filling all those job slots would probably still barely begin to address the vast need for long-term resettlement of traumatized individuals and families — people who have already proved they would rather risk death on a hellish passage than face conflict, persecution and dire poverty at home.
"We are very concerned about making development aid conditional on other instruments and policies implemented by third countries to curb migration," says Karen Mets, an advocacy officer with Save the Children, via email from Belgium. Her organization has joined scores of others in denouncing the migration agenda as "an unacceptable contradiction to the EU's commitment to use development cooperation with the aim of eradicating poverty." That is, keeping Africans out of Europe is a perverse rationale on which to base a humanitarian offering.
The political economy of migration reflects the devaluation of humanity under the neoliberal regimes running Europe.
European ministers are slashing their domestic welfare budgets but remain deeply invested in border policies based on imprisonment and violent exclusion. These policies combine not only to produce more xenophobic vitriol among Europeans but to ensure that non-Europeans keep dying in the pursuit of a mythical humanitarian promise that exists only in the crisp bureaucratic jargon of EU laws.
The postwar promise of a free, liberal Europe has turned into a bounced check. Europe could begin to redeem that dream by accepting refugees with a fair, human rights-based framework. Yet first it must recognize that migrant lives — and human rights more broadly — are not to be traded for cheap political gain, but valued above all. That universal principle, not higher walls, is the continent's last hope for true security.
Michelle Chen
Michelle Chen is a contributing editor at Dissent Magazine, and a contributing writer at The Nation, In These Times and Truthout. She is also a co-producer of the "Asia Pacific Forum" podcast and Dissent Magazine's "Belabored" podcast, and teaches history at the City University of New York. Follow her on Twitter: @meeshellchen.
Who Should We Blame for Brexit — and Where Do We Go From Here?
The UK's mainstream political parties, the media and the European Union itself all share some responsibility for this outcome, which will embolden far-right nativist groups.
Joe Macaré,
We Don't Need Trump or Brexit to Reject the Credo of Neoliberal Market Inevitability
Revolt against the inevitability of globalized capitalism takes diverse and often desperate forms when "there is no alternative."
Michael Meurer,
The Iraq War, Brexit and Imperial Blowback
Brexit is the fruit of empire. Britain is reaping what it sowed in its imperial exploits.
Nadine El-Enany,


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By Victoria Broadus August 18, 2010
"The Shambles" street in York, U.K., is reputed to be Europe's best-preserved medieval street and was recently voted Britain's most picturesque. It is also very walkable. Researchers in York want to take this level of livability to scale around the U.K. Photo via tj.blackwell.
"This project marks a significant break with traditional thinking that regards transport as too hard to deal with when it comes to greenhouse gas reduction." — Prof. John Whitelegg, co-author of "Towards a Zero Carbon Vision for UK Transport"
A new study released by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and University of York outlines how the U.K. can cut transport sector greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 76 percent in the next forty years. The study, entitled "Towards a Zero Carbon Vision for UK Transport" (PDF), breaks down the 76 percent potential reductions as follows:
100 percent in road transport (cars and trucks)
100 percent in rail transport
56 percent in aviation
49 percent in shipping
Transport sector emissions presently account for a quarter of total GHG emissions in the U.K., and they are the fastest growing emissions sector. In this report, researchers highlight the necessity of a dramatic shift in urban planning and policies, arguing that such a shift could reduce transport sector emissions much more than people imagine. All predicted reductions are founded on already available experiences demonstrating that the reductions can be achieved.The authors recommend a national policy focused on developing livable communities where daily tasks can be taken care of on foot, bicycle or public transit. They also call for innovative regional approaches to production and consumption (to reduce road freight) and a new pricing system for transport (to implement the "polluter pays principle.") Other emissions-reducing measures include the full de-carbonization of the U.K.'s energy supply, as envisaged by the Climate Change Committee, and a full switch to electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
If all of these policies are implemented as the study outlines, authors say the 76 percent decrease in transport sector carbon emissions by 2050 is possible. And these changes would also bring social boons, including economic gains, more cohesive communities, dramatically improved road safety, and higher quality of life with lower air and noise pollution across the nation.
Co-author John Whitelegg said of the study, "We have shown that the potential is much greater than anyone previously thought and that reductions in emissions go hand-in-hand with improvements in air quality, health and economic success."
The study is making waves across the UK. Government ministers and leading transport organizations and officials have received copies, along with British Airways and discount airlines including EasyJet and RyanAir.
These discount airlines' cheap flights have contributed to a sharp increase in what environmentally minded Britons call "binge flying." If left unchecked, people's penchant for flying could counteract any of the U.K.'s other efforts to reduce transport sector carbon emissions. In an effort to combat binge flying and thereby cut GHG emissions, Britain's coalition government, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, abruptly canceled plans to build a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport this summer. Cameron also preempted plans to build new runways at London's secondary airports — Gatwick and Stansted — saying he would not approve new runways for them, either. Now if only highway engineers would consider building fewer roads…
The study's conclusions are universal, to a certain extent, showing that transport sector emissions can be dramatically reduced around the world with the proper "spacial, technological, fiscal and behavioral changes."
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After all, something new is coming up by Hasbro, that is not ugly and uncreative G4, but a new Collector's Pony designed by Mizuno Junko, that is simply gorgeous. It lacks her normal disposition to combine scary and cute elements, so what we get is a mere cute Pony and I really want to have it on display in my showcase…or perhaps above my computer table, so I can see it while designing myself!? XD You can pre-order at entertainment earth.
Look at the bird on the back foot, cute!
I don't like those two very much, the eyes are a bit creepy!
Teh so called Peacock Pony is beautiful, but I feel it's a bit annyoing all ponies are in that same Core 7 pose.
Those two pictures show the right and left side of this years Comic Con Pony. Now that I take a closer look I have to admit there's one creepy eye, too, but still: it rocks!
I'm a bit angry those don't seem to arrive in time (normally it's two days from here to France). Of course I loved it, it's sooo beautiful!
Genial, was es nicht alles gibt und das Neuseste ist definitiv das Genialste!
das sind wirklich ganz toll bemalte ponies, ich bin ganz hin und weg. wie kann man denn an diese tollte collection drankommen? Ich war in meiner kindheit ein großer MLP fan und hatte so einiges, die ich immernoch habe. Ich bin zwar nicht mehr in dem alter das ich damit spielen würde aber als samelobjekte sind die neuen ponies geradezu gemacht worden. Ich finde es echt toll das Hasbro die MLP nochmal zum leben erweckt haben, sie waren glaub ich ein ganzes jahrzehnt aus den geschäften verschwunden. Ich wünschte ich hätte schon kinder oder nichten, da würde ich meinen kram wieder ganz schnell aus dem keller kramen.
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Bloodlust is a shaman spell card, from the Basic set.
Two copies of Bloodlust are a reward for raising a shaman to level 2.
Two Golden copies of Bloodlust are a reward for raising a shaman to levels 40 and 42.
Bloodlust is uncraftable and cannot be crafted or disenchanted.
As a possible game-winner for the shaman, Bloodlust needs to be set up by maximizing the number of creatures in play, making it very powerful with Murloc decks. To avoid creature attrition and maintain a large pool of minions, the shaman may prefer to deal damage to the opponent's creatures directly by using cards like Lightning Bolt or Lightning Storm.
Bloodlust was introduced in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, as a spell that Ogre Mages had to increase the move and attack speed of fellow units. The spell was later carried over to the Warcraft III Shaman, with the same effect. The Warcraft III incarnation of the spell got carried over to DoTA and its sequel as the Ogre Magi skill Bloodlust.
The spell was later introduced to World of Warcraft in the Burning Crusade expansion. The WoW version of the spell grants a temporary haste buff to all party and raid members, increasing the rate at which they can deal damage and cast spells, making it very useful for DPS boss phases, or to survive all-out assaults in PvP. Like its Hearthstone incarnation it is a temporary effect, requiring players to make the most of it before it expires, but is nonetheless an extremely powerful buff. A Horde-only spell available to the originally Horde-only shaman class, an Alliance counterpart to Bloodlust, Heroism was later introduced for Alliance shamans, featuring exactly the same effect.
In Warcraft II this spell multiplied a unit's attack by 3. Hearthstone mimics that slightly in that the Hearthstone spell gives all your minions +3 (rather than *3 like War2). This effectively mimics the "Lusted group of ogres" feel where you get swarmed by a bunch of bloodlusted ogres. 9 lusted ogres could easily overwhelm 18 Human Paladins or 18 non-lusted ogres.
This card's flavor text - "blaarghghLLGHRHARAAHAHHH!!" - attempts to render a spelling for the distinctive soundbite used for Bloodlust. This soundbite originated in Warcraft II, and was carried over into World of Warcraft, and later Hearthstone.
The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Crown of the Heavens" series, for the card Krumshal.
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The Fraudulent Khazar Claim to Palestine
The Khazars bought the "Jewish" franchise in the 8th Century.
They needed to distinguish themselves from their neighbors who were
Christians and Muslims.
As John Beaty shows in his book, Iron Curtain over America, the NWO is very much a recrudescence of the old Khazar empire, extended to the whole planet. The Bolshevik Revolution was revenge for the destruction of the Khazar Empire in the 10th century by the Kievan Rus.
Even Israeli geneticists and historians say the Palestinians are the true descendants of the Biblical Hebrews and Ashkenazi Jews are Khazars.
Study: 'European Jews are not Semite'
A 2012 genetic study published in the British journal Genome Biology and Evolution claims that European Jews (Ashkenazi) don't belong to the 12 (Semite) tribes of Israel. They're a mix of genetic ancestries, far more of which than previously thought to originate in tribes from the Caucasus – a region that sits between Eastern Europe and Asia Minor. Ashkenazi ancestry comes from Slav, Bulgar, Iranian and Turkic tribes which established the Khazar empire in that region – which at its peak stretched from Kiev in the West to the Aral Sea in the Southeast.
The study, titled 'The Missing Link of Jewish European Ancestry: Contrasting the Rhineland and the Khazarian Hypotheses', was conducted by Dr. Eran Elhaik, an Israeli-American geneticist at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.
Elhaik compared the genomes of 1,287 unrelated individuals who hail from eight Jewish and 74 non-Jewish populations.
Among the European Jews, Elhaik found ancestral signatures that pointed clearly to the Caucasus and also, but to a smaller degree, the Middle East, where the Israelite (Hebrew tribes) had originated. More than 90% of 12.7 million world Jewish population is Ashkenazi.
RHINELAND HYPOTHESIS
The so-called "Rhineland hypothesis" is based on Zionists' lie that Jews migrated to Europe when Arab Muslims captured the city of Jerusalem in 638 CE. This lie has been debunked by British academic, Dr. Karen Armstrong, former Catholic Nun, author, historian and a religious authority on Judeo-Christianity, in an article published by Time Magazine (April 16, 2001).
"When Caliph Umar, one of Muhammad's successors, conquered the Jerusalem of the Christian Byzantines in 638, he insisted that the three faiths of Abraham coexist. He refused to pray in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher when he was escorted around the city by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch. Had he done so, he explained, the Muslims would have wanted to build a mosque there to commemorate the first Islamic prayer in Jerusalem. The Jews found their new Muslim rulers far more congenial than the Byzantines. The Christians had never allowed the Jews to reside permanently in the city, whereas Umar invited 70 Jewish families back.
The Byzantines had left the Jewish Temple in ruins and had even begun to use the Temple Mount as a garbage dump. Umar, according to a variety of accounts, was horrified to see this desecration. He helped clear it with his own hands, reconsecrated the platform and built a simple wooden mosque on the southern end, site of al-Aqsa Mosque today. Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock, built by Caliph Abd al-Malik in 691, was the first great building to be constructed in the Islamic world. It symbolizes the ascent that all Muslims must make to God, whose perfection and eternity are represented by the circle of the great golden dome. Other Islamic shrines on the Temple Mount, which Muslims call al-Haram al-Sharif, the Most Noble Sanctuary, were devoted to David, Solomon and Jesus," she wrote.
Furthermore, when Muslim-Arab army invaded Christian Spain in 711 CE, the local Jewish community which was treated as Serf (slaves), welcomed Muslims as their liberators. American journalist and author, Rose Wilder Lane wrote that within fifty years of Muslim rule, the Serf Jews became part of the middle and upper-class. Some of them even joined the royal court and commanders in army later.
"When Granda fell, the Saracen (Muslim) troops retreated to Africa, and on their heels came Isabella's and Ferdinand's troops, driving out hundreds of thousands of Jews. There would be no more religious freedom in Spain," wrote Lane. According to some Arab and European historians, between 3-5 million Muslims were slaughtered by the Crusaders within 1492-1550.
The conversion of Khazarian to Jewish religion began in the 8th century. It was lead by the empire's wealthy merchants. Some Jews from Mesopotamia and the dying Christian Byzantium empire also immigrated to Khazar empire.
"We conclude that the genome of European Jews is a tapestry of ancient populations including Judaised Khazars, Greco-Roman Jews, Mesopotamian Jews, and Judeans. Their population structure was formed in the Caucasus and the banks of the Volga, with roots stretching to Canaan and the banks of the Jordan," Elhaik claims.
Dr. Elhaik has also claimed that the Yiddish language had nothing to do with Jewish religion. He asserts Yiddish began as Slavic language which was classified as a dialect of high German later.
Related– Benjamin Freedman – The Truth about the Khazars
Makow – Jews neither race, religion or nation but occult secret society
———– DO JEWS SUFFER FROM FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS?
Jews Not Related to Biblical Hebrews, Originated in South Russia! Israeli Scientists Proved that Modern Jews' "Y Chromosome" Related to Kurds, Asiatic People NOT Semitic
https://www.henrymakow.com/2018/09/fraudulent-khazar-claim.html
12 comments on "The Fraudulent Khazar Claim to Palestine"
But as these lies are exposed, don't forget the holocaust, because they aren't lying about that. And besides it's a great source of pride for a few hundred of Poland's people to be deemed righteous by the Jews as opposed to the rest of the anti-semitic Polish nation.
I guess if I lived in Poland I'd be reluctant to let go of those cool stories too…Jews being hidden in the walls and under pigsties etc, sheltered from gas chambers and soap factories by rare righteous Catholics.
I can smell a jew that you are from afar …
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The Holocaust term meaning Genocide was created by the Khazars. Those who died in Germany did so of the Plague.
Saebattin Zevy coined the term Holocaust meaning Genocide. Those who died in Germany did so because of disease.
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Thank you for a very informative post.
K. Chris C.
Non-parasites would "Return."
"Ignorance is Strength. I'm weak.
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The Zionist Imperial Plan for the Entire World!!!
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Speaking of finishes, while I don't usually enjoy India pale ales because of their bite, Blue Point Brewing Company's Mosaic Session IPA surprised me with strong flavor that doesn't overwhelm at the end. I conducted a little post-event research on this one and am glad I did. Blue Point's website describes this beer as one of its most personally and passionately crafted, a "mosaic" of the company's history, combining Mosaic, Simcoe, and Centennial hops.
New Hampshire's Smuttynose Brewing Company offered a curiously good taste with the international components in its Vunderbar Pilsner, which brings together German malt and Czech hops for a combination I honestly can't describe any better, but certainly enjoyed (some things are best left unexplained).
Not all beers at the event were created stateside. New Zealand's Moa Brewing Company brought along its European-style Moa Breakfast, a lager with cherry notes that is reportedly best enjoyed during the daytime. I'd have to agree, as it's a little funky to sip alongside heartier, dinnertime bites.
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I think I floated home from Soho.


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Snow Bunnies: Hip-Hop's Favorite White Girls
Dec 24, 2014 at 9:00 am | By Christian Bonoan
Last week, a caucasian Playboy model admitted that she made a sex tape with Wiz Khalifa. With that said, we've compiled a list of hip-hop's favorite white girls.
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Scroll through the gallery below to see who made the cut of rap's favorite white girls!
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Hate on Iggy's rapping all you want, but there's no denying that the Aussie is a baddie.
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September is here! The summer has truly flown by, but even though summer is officially over and school is back in session some of the best seasonal summer vegetables are still here! This time of the year some of the most delicious summer vegetables are still in season: squash, okra, late season tomatoes and corn.
Squash is a late summer/fall vegetable whose season we are just entering into. Squash is full of beta-carotene that is very beneficial to eye health. Your body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A. Vitamin A is an extremely essential nutrient for eye health because of its ability to help reduce dry eyes and night blindness. They are also full of vitamin C, lutein and zeaxanthin, which are also important for healthy happy eyes. Okra is another seasonal vegetable that is also a great source of vitamin A.
This time of year the weather is so beautiful, so I wanted to find a way to combine all of these great ingredients in a recipe that I could cook in its entirety on the grill. By grilling all of the vegetables on the grill you are able to fully enjoy this amazing time of year and achieve some delicious flavor.
Place shrimp on kebobs and season with salt & pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
Start grill, heat to medium heat.
Place all vegetables onto hot grill; allow to get beautiful grill marks. Okra should stay on grate, but in case your grates are to large you can put some in a wire basket, or use a pan with small holes to ensure no okra falls through.
Okra should take about 5 minutes, do not cook to long or it will shrink up to nothing. Next, flip squash to ensure fully cooked on both sides. Onion is done when it is slightly soft and sweet.
Allow vegetables to slightly cool so you can chop them in to smaller chunks. Place them all into a large bowl.
Heat 4 tablespoons oil with garlic, dried basil, chilies, allow to come up to simmer and become fragrant. Add vinegar and pour over vegetables. Toss salad with a large handful of arugula.
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On February 25, That's Life Gourmet held a sake and cheese pairing with Fukumitsuya's sakes at Minami Restaurant in Yaletown. Junichi Yageta came to Vancouver to showcase the Fukumitsuya brewery and its wonderful sakes. Here is a preview of what went down at Minami that evening. It was a sold out event! Make sure you keep up with TLG and their events throughout the year because they are not only very informative but fun and enjoyable too!


I had to use the bootflags "GraphicsEnabler=No npci=0x2000" in order to boot the installer. But I can't boot the now installed Mavericks using the bootloader on the external drive I used to install it (the myHack one).
I've tried various different bootflags with no success. I have also tried all the kernels I could find with no success. Is it a bootloader issue? Or am I doing something really stupid?
Even if you don't know a solution, any ideas are appreciated.
Did you copy the patched kernel after the installation from your installation device to your internal hdd?
I did not. Can I do this using terminal? I have no way to access the HDD (to my knowledge) apart from via the terminal.
Yes, just follow the link above.
You have to start the installation again and use the integrated terminal in order to copy the mach_kernel on to your HDD.
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J N Dixit was India's high commissioner to Sri Lanka from 1985 to 1989. He played a major role in drafting the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord in 1987, and the subsequent induction of the Indian Peace Keeping Force to implement it.
Days after Indian troops arrived on the island, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam started what it was best at: guerrilla attacks in the jungles and shanty towns of north-east Lanka. It killed over 1,200 soldiers, maimed thousands, and forced the IPKF to abandon its task and retreat.
As then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi government's key man in Sri Lanka, Dixit was in the hot seat and privy to all the greenroom drama. Giving a clean chit to Gandhi, he blames the heavy casualties India suffered in the initial fighting for Jaffna on Major General Harkirat Singh, the IPKF's first commander.
It is 10 years since the IPKF withdrew. Was it rightly timed?
My view would be prejudiced. I think the Indian forces went to ensure the implementation of the agreement of July 1987, not to fight the Tamils or the Sinhalese. It was the LTTE that primarily created a situation that resulted in the Indian army having to fight them. And also, the Sri Lankan government ministers like Lalith Athulathamuthali and Premadasa, who sabotaged the agreement.
Despite these limitations, the Indian army did a very effective job of restoring stability, organising a democratic government in the north-eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. In my judgment, we withdrew in haste. Had we stayed on perhaps for eight months or a year, we could have perhaps stabilised the situation and generated sufficient persuasion on [LTTE chief Velupillai] Prabhakaran to come back to the political path.
We withdrew because the V P Singh government and then foreign minister Mr Gujral partially felt that they need to be legalistically correct: we were in a foreign country, the president of that country says "go away", and you come back.
The second thing is, there was a political motivation to prove Rajiv Gandhi was not right. But have the last 10 years shown the Sri Lankans got a better deal? Have the Tamils got anything better compared to what was provided for in the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement? And most of it was implemented under the amendment of the 13th Sri Lankan government.
In fact, our troop-withdrawal resulted in erosion of the things which were beneficial to the Tamils. Sri Lanka sunk back into 10 years of violence. It sees no end even today. My view may be considered partisan because I was involved in the process as the high commissioner. Remarkable proof of it is: Renil Wickramasinghe, the present leader of the Opposition, has gone twice on record, once sometime in 1995 or 1996, and he told this to [then Indian prime minister P V] Narasimha Rao that he would like the Indian troops to come back.
The second thing, more than one Sri Lankan, Sinhalese and Tamil politician have acknowledged that the proposals in the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement were the best compromise possible. They have become irrelevant because so much of violence occurred. New political terms have emerged.
On what basis do you say that had the IPKF stayed for a little more time it would have completed its mission?
Jaffna was pacified that it was under a civilian government. Trincomalee was pacified. Baticaloa and Ampare were pacified. LTTE cadres were pushed out of north-central Sri Lanka. They were all concentrated in a small place north of Vevunia jungles. Had we continued our military containment operation we could have persuaded them to surrender and give up violence.
More important than the withdrawal is the induction. Was it the right decision to send in the IPKF?
We didn't want to send troops, who said that? Sending the troops was not part of the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement. Please understand. There was no thinking on the part of India to send armed forces into Sri Lanka during the negotiations and till the morning of the signing of the agreement on July 27. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party and Janatha Vimukti Peramuna organised wide-scale riots all over Colombo, it spread to the whole of Sinhalese areas in Sri Lanka in the morning a day before. On the morning the agreement was signed it became so violent that they went and burnt down the president's house somewhere south of Colombo.
President Jayewardane wanted to withdraw his troops from Jaffna to control the riots in the South. And it was he who said, "I want some Indian troops to come in to ensure security in Jaffna and Trincomalee because I am withdrawing my Sinhalese troops to maintain law and order here."
And Mr Rajiv Gandhi -- I was present -- said, Are you sure you want our troops? Because India can be criticised, Sri Lanka can be criticised. He said, I am going to give you a formal written invitation. Mr Gandhi said, Let us first sign the agreement, and then in your letter, if you think it is necessary, you say to ensure the efficient implementation of the agreement you want the troops. So it was a separate matter.
Did Gandhi's agreement to send in the troops surprise you?
No. It didn't. He was reluctant. Why should it surprise you? We had anticipated this possibility, so we had no qualms. 20, 30 days before, all sorts of contingencies were speculated upon by the army chief, intelligence, ministry of external affairs. There was no surprise.
This was one of the contingencies that you foresaw?
Did you expect them to fight?
No. How can you expect? But we had speculated on the possibility. I have said that in my book.
In your book you also admit to the fact that India sent in troops with inadequate briefing.
Yes, the army did not brief its own people why they were going in. But that is the armed force's responsibility. I had specifically asked [then army chief Krishnaswamy) Sunderji in the presence of Rajiv Gandhi, suppose you face a situation where you have to fight the LTTE, what will you do? He said, no, it will take a fortnight to take care of them. And the chief of intelligence said, These are our boys, once they have agreed they will not betray. Anand Verma said this to Rajiv Gandhi.
You think that was bad judgment?
Why blame one or the other? All of us who were involved are to be blamed. There was a certain... why certain, there was a very basic lack of judgment about what Prabhakaran's intentions were. There is a whole chapter in my book on how we failed. Read it. The whole chapter, totally uninhibited acknowledgement of where all we went wrong.
Did we underestimate the capabilities of the LTTE?
Yes. Perhaps we did. We did.
Intelligence agencies, did they come up with inputs?
Intelligence agencies did not analyse it from that point of view at all. They said these are boys who were trained by us from 1977 or whatever.
All of them. Why the LTTE? All the 50 different groups. LTTE , EPRLF [Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front], all sorts. They did not look at it from that angle at all. They said these are our boys, we know them very well, they owe so much to us, so once they say yes, they will not fight us, they won't. That was their judgment.
More than a former foreign secretary you are an analyst of diplomacy and international affairs today. Was India's decision to train them wrong?
See, you do not indulge in value judgement, in retrospect, in hindsight. It is unrealistic. When you take a decision, you are in the middle of a situation. Nobody sitting in a chair 10 years later, five years later, is competent to judge whether it was necessary or not. Whether it was necessary or not was decided upon by the then government, then prime minister, on the basis of information and analysis that were available.
The army went in in 87. Between 77 and 85, [Indian prime minister] Mrs Gandhi would have been given information about all sorts of security equations, intelligence equations, that Jayewardane was developing with Pakistan, with Israel, with the Americans. Mind you, the Cold War had not ended. Plus, the compulsion of Mrs Gandhi was not only external, you have 60 million Tamils in your country. It is one of the most important states in our republic, and which has a history of secessionism. In 67 they threatened to separate on the question of language.
So she had take care of the sentiments of 60 million people who send out messages to her. In fact they went to the extent of saying that, Achcha, when the Bengalis were in trouble you gave support. When the Tamils are in trouble, because we are from the South, you are not giving us support. It is all easy to sit on moral judgment and say, No, no, we should not have done it, we should not have interfered, non-alignment, Mahatma Gandhi's country etc. The political pressures of that particular point of time must have made the then government consider it necessary. It is a different matter that it did not come through as we desired.
It did not come through as we desired because we did not have the grit to follow through a policy decision which we took. You have to look at it in two contexts: Either you are a totally committed moral country. In that case, you should have said that it is a problem of another country, it is an internal problem, do sort it out [yourself]. And to the extent possible, we will receive the refugees. Then you are safe and nice.
Or, because of consideration of our politics, and our internal political pressures, external consequences, we have taken an initiative that is strictly not moral. In that case, we should finish the task that has been undertaken. If you leave it half way, then you have the perceived lack of judgment, lack of performance. This is what has happened. You think we did not take the position regarding Bangladesh, there also we interfered many times. What happened in the Maldives, where we finished the operation in two-and-a-half days and came back?
If you look at the newspapers of the first two-and-a-half months, from July to October, the Indian papers were full of praise. Even the Americans came and told the Government of India that you assume responsibilities which are yours, we are glad. The moment you do not do it fully, everybody will say that you are no good.
Did the V P Singh government consult you while withdrawing troops?
They didn't consult any one of us. They had a two-point programme. We must be given a certificate for being a very good non-aligned, great non-interfering country. And second, we must do things exactly opposite to what Rajiv Gandhi did.
Did you feel bad that an expert hand on Lanka like you was ignored?
Why should I feel bad? I am a professional. Why should I feel bad? I was not even dealing with Sri Lanka then. I was the high commissioner in Pakistan. You do a job to the best of your ability in a particular assignment and when you move away from it somebody will continue. In my profession, there is no place for emotions. The only thing emotional about my profession is hopefully a very deep commitment to India. That is the only thing. In my judgment, the IPKF going in was in India's interest.
But once the IPKF entered we suffered humiliating casualties.
That was the foolishness of [IPKF's first commander, Major General] Harkirat Singh. You don't do a helicopter attack in full moonlight after giving advance notice to the enemy.
Was the army aware that the LTTE could intercept its messages?
Of course they were. [But] He [Major General Harkirat Singh] was a most inept general. The first general there was the most inept fellow.
Do you think the death of over 600 soldiers in a most gruesome manner during the initial fighting for Jaffna could have been avoided?
Much of it could have been avoided.
Did Major General Harkirat Singh come down to you for any briefings, discussions?
Once in August, and once perhaps in September with General Sunderji. No, not Sunderji, Mr K C Pant. He never came otherwise. In fact, he was so wooden that when those fellows where arrested and brought to the Palami airbase, I told them to take them into protective custody and not let the Sri Lankan authorities get to the LTTE cadre.
The fellow said, No, no you are not in my chain of command. Please don't tell me. You first send it to the ministry of external affairs, they should send it to the ministry of defence, they should send it to army headquarters, they should send it to Southern Command. Then Southern Command should tell Madras. Then they should tell me, then only I will act. I said, By then the game will be over. I am telling you I am fully responsible. No, I will not do it, he said. The result was that the 17 fellows were killed.
That added to the LTTE anger?
That is the origin of where we had to fight the LTTE. The LTTE got an excuse. [Thanks to] this man's foolishness.
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