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If you keep a few cups of cooked wild rice in your refrigerator, this is a quick and satisfying breakfast alternative to oatmeal. Pear and cardamom are a classic flavor combo, but really, once you've mastered the basic formula here, this porridge is endlessly adaptable. Try swapping in apples, apricots, or blueberries for the pears; almonds for the pecans; maple syrup for the honey.
See also our easy slow cooker oatmeal recipe for those cold, on-the-go mornings.
1Combine the rice, cream, honey, and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the cream has reduced slightly and the mixture is hot, about 7 minutes.
2Add the pears (or other dried fruit), pecans, and cardamom, stir to combine, and cook until the pears have softened, about 3 to 4 minutes. Sprinkle with the cinnamon, stir to combine, and spoon into bowls. For a little extra richness, drizzle another tablespoon of cream and a little honey on top.
Cantonese comfort food, chicken jook (also known as congee) is a creamy, warm, savory rice porridge fragrant with ginger and chicken broth, that lends itself to endless customization. Add scallions, fried shallots, roasted peanuts, soy sauce, fish sauce, cilantro, pickled mustard greens, or whatever other toppings strike your fancy. Read more.


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MEPs tighten up rules to protect personal data in the digital era
European Parliament MEPs inserted stronger safeguards for EU citizens' personal data that gets transferred to non-EU countries in a major overhaul of the EU's data protection laws voted on Wednesday. The new rules aim both to give people more control over their personal data and to make it easier for firms to work across borders, by ensuring that the same rules apply in all EU member states. MEPs also increased the fines to be imposed on firms that break the rules, to up to €100 million or 5% of global turnover.
The EU's 19-year-old EU data protection laws urgently need updating to keep pace with the progress of information technologies, globalisation and the growing use of personal data for law enforcement purposes.
"I have a clear message to the Council: any further postponement would be irresponsible. The citizens of Europe expect us to delivera strong EU wide data protection regulation. If there are some member states which do not want to deliver after two years of negotiations, the majority should go ahead without them", explained rapporteur for the general data protection regulation, Jan Philipp Albrecht (Greens/EFA, DE).
"Allow me to express my dissatisfaction and frustration about the fact that it is the Council, or at least some member states, which are preventing us from achieving the goal that we had set, namely to have the data protection reform package passed by the end of this Parliament's mandate", said rapporteur for the directive on the protection of personal data processed for law enforcement purposes, Dimitrios Droutsas (S&D, EL).
Data transfers to non-EU countries
To better protect EU citizens against surveillance activities like those unveiled since June 2013, MEPs amended the rules to require any firm (e.g. a search engine, social network or cloud storage service provider) to seek the prior authorisation of a national data protection authority in the EU before disclosing any EU citizen's personal data to a third country. The firm would also have to inform the person concerned of the request.
Deterrent fines
Firms that break the rules should face fines of up to €100 million, or up to 5% of their annual worldwide turnover, whichever is greater, say MEPs. The European Commission had proposed penalties of up to €1 million or 2% of worldwide annual turnover.
Better protection on the internet
The new rules should also better protect data on the internet. They include a right to have personal data erased, new limits to "profiling" (attempts to analyse or predict a person's performance at work, economic situation, location, etc.), a requirement to use clear and plain language to explain privacy policies. Any internet service provider wishing to process personal data would first have to obtain the freely given, well-informed and explicit consent of the person concerned.
The data protection package consists of a general regulation covering the bulk of personal data processing in the EU, in both the public and private sectors, and a directive covering personal data processed to prevent, investigate or prosecute criminal offences or enforce criminal penalties (law enforcement).
The European Parliament voted on its first reading of the draft legislation, in order to consolidate the work done so far and hand it over to the next Parliament. This ensures that the MEPs newly elected in May can decide not to start from scratch, but instead build on work done during the current term.
The draft regulation was approved by 621 votes to 10, with 22 abstentions.
The draft directive was approved by 371 votes to 276, with 30 abstentions.
Procedure: Co-decision (Ordinary Legislative Procedure), first reading
Q&A on EU data protection reform
Progress on EU data protection reform now irreversible following European Parliament vote
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Procedure file – Processing of data for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution
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Today was Day #4 of Chocolate and Holiday Spice Theme Week; and it seemed like a perfect time to brighten up a cold, holiday morning with an Oatmeal Cookie chocolate bar, from bean-to-bar maker Patric Chocolate (Columbia, MO).
This Patric bar was made of sugar and spice and everything nice, including: organic maple sugar, oats, cinnamon, and vanilla. These ingredients were skillfully blended into (and laid on top of) a chocolate bar base, and yielded very tasty results.
I preferred this Oatmeal Cookie bar over an actual oatmeal chocolate chip cookie; but then again the foundation for this "cookie" was a well-crafted, rich and flavorful chocolate that came from one of the best New American chocolate makers in the Show-Me State,* if not the U.S.
*The Show-Me State is an historic, informal name for the State of Missouri.


In the real world, the murder of any child is an unforgivable sin. We don't know if Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) ever forgave himself for the death of Sean Archer's 4-year-old son (Myles Jeffrey), but this much is certain - the bullet was meant for someone else.
Hey, kid. You see that guy in the Santa Claus outfit? Those aren't gifts he's giving away. It's snow. How do we know? You'll just have to take our word for it." If the dealers who tried to sell Riggs (Mel Gibson) $100,000 worth of cocaine in Lethal Weapon were true to their word, they would have thrown this in, at no additional cost. But we all know how that deal ended, don't we?
(1) He was trying to kill Archer. (2) Three Supreme Court Justices were scheduled to appear at the Convention Center the day it was set to go off.
(3) Castor said the bomb's porcelain casing fit like a condom in the chapter entitled Castor and Pollux. (4) $10,000,000 (5) He hated being called "Bro." (6) Because he didn't care whether he lived or died.
(7) He was outsmarted by Archer. (8) He promised his wife that he'd go to counseling. (9) She was his girlfriend and the mother of his child.
(10) Erewhon (11) He was a paranoid sociopath. (12) She put out a lit cigarette on his arm to prove he was a "turnip."
The best Christmas tree on the lot.
Who was the intended target?
2. Three blind mice… see how they run. If Castor wanted to be clever, he could have tipped someone off with that clue. How would it have related to the bomb that was planted in the Los Angeles Convention Center?
3. Have you ever purchased a bootleg copy of a film? Well, if you have, you probably got exactly what you paid for. Let's say some prankster inserted a scene from Ace Ventura: Pet Detective into this film. Where would you find it if the scene in question included the phrase, "Like a glove!"?
4. No one would take you seriously if you asked for a ga-zillion dollars. A ransom that's too low could also be interpreted as a joke. Just ask Dr. Evil. How much money did Castor's brother (Alessandro Nivola) try to extort from the F.B.I.?
5. Have you ever wished you were an only child? Pollux did, on a number of occasions. What annoyed him the most?
6. Archer thought he had the upper hand on Castor, even when he was down to his last bullet. Do you remember why?
7. The F.B.I. managed to capture Castor alive, but it wasn't easy (is it ever?). Let's give credit where credit is due. Was he outsmarted or could one say that he had no one but himself to blame?
8. Promises are made to be broken. A couple got put on hold when Archer discovered that Castor was still alive. One was the desk job he said he'd apply for. What else got sidetracked?
9. Guilty by association? You tell us. What was Sasha's (Gina Gershon) connection to Castor Troy?
10. What do Con Air and The Rock have in common, apart from being Nicolas Cage movies? Correctional institutions, right? Well, add another one to the list. The name of the prison in this film was a bit odd, so we'll give you a clue. It begins with the first two letters of a sound that's often heard when someone is stumped - errrrr.
11. Inmates talk amongst themselves all the time, so the idea of putting an undercover agent in someone's cell would probably work, but not in Pollux's case. Tell us why.
12. You know what a respectable doctor would never do? What Dr. Miller did when she showed Archer Castor's comatose body.


Located in the Opal Range of the Kananaskis mountains, on the long ridge to the east of the Kananaskis highway. The peak is just one of many summits located along the ridge labelled as the "Opal Range".
Name Notes: Named in 1922 after Sir Thomas Jerram who as an Admiral commanded the Royal Navy's Second Battle Squadron during the Battle of Jutland in World War I.


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Date: 8 July 2019 Author: Jakub Lachert
Western Balkans and Geopolitics
In 2019, Poland holds the presidency over the Berlin Summit, culminated by the Western Balkans Summit in Poznań. Launched at the Berlin summit in 2014, the initiative gathers some of EU Member States, including Poland, along with six Western Balkan states. The main goal of this undertaking was to intensify the integration process of the latter in selected domains, with particular attention drawn to developing infrastructure connections between the region and the rest of Europe.
SOURCE: Polish MFA
Among discussed issues was also a plan to include the Western Balkans in the EU's energy security system. Poland's presidency of the Berlin Process provides Warsaw with an opportunity to boost its presence in the Western Balkan region, the countries of which have the greatest chance for becoming EU member states compared to all other states bordering the European Union.
Geopolitical challenges
The critical challenge concerning future EU enlargements is, in addition to domestic affairs of the Western Balkan states, consists in their geopolitical situation. Major infrastructure and gas investments are part of strategic investments led by the European Union as well as China, Russia and Turkey. It seems that the Western Balkans have no alternative outside the European Union whose countries do not border any other non-EU states after 10 Central and Eastern European countries joined the community in 2004, followed three years later by Romania and Bulgaria.
The European Union is, however, grappling with several domestic issues, making the integration of Western Balkans countries into EU institutions a minor priority of the EU agenda. Another challenge is reluctance shown by EU societies towards the further rounds of enlargement, an attitude linked to people's fears over admitting into the European Union countries that struggle with domestic conflicts and have unstable political systems. After these countries become part of the community, potential disputes in the Western Balkan region will affect the European Union as the latter's internal affair.
EU's political fears are likely to be played by other global players that eye the Western Balkans as an attractive area to penetrate politically or economically.
What China is now doing in Europe is aimed at maintaining control over its vital trade routes to the European Union. This explains why China-based companies hold interest in investing in infrastructure across the Western Balkans, seeking to build fast road and rail connections running from Western Europe to the port of Piraeus, a Greek maritime facility where China secured a majority stake.
Russia holds both political and economic interests in the region, hoping to keep it away from the EU structures. Russia fosters bilateral relations with individual states in a bid to solidify its political presence in the area. A particularly interesting case is that of establishing ties with Republika Srpska – one of the two political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina – while ignoring the country's central government.
Having rejected EU integration, Turkey is making efforts to build its position in the Balkans by referring to the heritage of the Ottoman Empire. But this new expansion in the Western Balkans is of economic character, with no elements relating to the legacy of Islam in the region. In October 2017, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a visit to Serbia, viewed as a state that was building its founding myth on anti-Turkish resentments. A new framework for cooperation between Ankara and Belgrade is set to be laid on the foundation of Turkish investments in Serbia, an example of which is a route for a highway linking Sarajevo to Belgrade.
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Infrastructure and energy
In terms of infrastructure and energy issues, the countries of the Western Balkans are lagging far behind the rest of Europe. What is now taking place came as an aftermath of the wars of the 1990s that affected the region either directly (Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina) or indirectly (Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia). Having remained the only country in the region outside the former Yugoslavia, Albania had to struggle with the legacy of Enver Hoxha's dictatorship.
The Western Balkans region is diversified in terms of energy, with most countries, except Albania, producing electricity from coal. But developing mines and coal-fired power plants is not at all welcomed by the European Union due to its strategy for carbon dioxide emissions reduction. Balkans' attempts to expand their coal-fired power plants are backed by China as the latter spotted a niche for investments, as exemplified by China-funded Tuzla coal-power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Another dominant source of energy, for example in Albania, is hydroelectric power plants. But given that Western Balkan rivers keep drying up while most hydroelectric facilities are planned to be constructed in areas of high natural interest, the European Union is not so keen to bankroll these projects. But fiercest controversy has broken out over expanding gas infrastructure and oil pipelines. Among energy projects that are currently being developed are the Nabucco pipeline (backed by the European Union), the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), initiated by Azerbaijan, and the Ionian Adriatic Pipeline (IAP). Also, it was possible to move the step towards constructing such oil pipeline investments as the Pan-European Oil Pipeline (PEOP) and the Albanian-Macedonian-Bulgarian Oil Pipeline (AMBO), running from Central Asia to the European Union. Among energy projects viewed as competitive towards the ones offered by the European Union is TurkStream, as a replacement for Russia's South Stream pipeline.
The development of infrastructure in the Western Balkans region is diversified, with international projects promoted by both the EU and China, aimed at fostering mobility between the countries of the region and bringing this area closer to Europe. However, local connections remain underinvested and are at a similar level as those of the Commonwealth of Independent States. For its part, the European Union puts a heavy emphasis on building Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) linking Albania and Croatia within the Mediterranean Corridor and transport connections running from Albania to Bulgaria through North Macedonia. China, for its part, seeks to build the high-speed railway linking Belgrade and Budapest. Also, all China's infrastructure investments in the region serve to carve a new entry for Chinese-sourced goods to Europe as part of Beijing's concept of a new Silk Road.
Located in a strategic European region at the crossing of trade routes from West to East and from South to North, the Western Balkans have surged as a new place for geopolitical competition between the powers.
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Ben Kelley Strain
Published 4:48 pm Friday, August 30, 2013
Mr. Ben Kelley Strain, 95, died Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at his residence after an extended illness. He attended Brewton City Schools and The University of Alabama. He played on the Freshman baseball team and was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, where he was commander of the chapter. He served the U.S. Army during World War II and he was a member of Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church. He was a wholesale lumber dealer and in the oil business for many years. He co-founded the Brewton Little League program and was honored by the Brewton Chamber of Commerce as "Man of the Year." He served two terms on the Brewton City Council and was a charter member of the Brewton Country Club Association. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lenora Kelley Strain and Robert Hill Strain; his wife of 45 years, Margaret McQueen Strain; a daughter, Margaret Strain Green; a brother, Robert Hill Strain; his sisters, Willa S. Lovelace, Clair S. O'Neal and Laura S. Sanford; and his nephew, Edward McKenzie Lovelace.
He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Joann Rye Strain; his son, William Dudley (Barbara) Strain of Scottsboro; his daughter, Patricia Strain (Bill) Ringland of Birmingham; his grandchildren, Amy Strain (Steve) Creech, Lean Strain (Drew) Brambach and Kelley McQueen Strain, all of Huntsville, Andrew Calhoun (Carrie) Robinson Jr. of Nashville, Tenn., Kelley Ringland (William) Caine, Hill Ringland (Dan) Weathers, William Spencer Ringland Jr., all of Birmingham; stepchildren, Jerry Stallworth (Larry) Jarrett of New Albany, Miss. and Mary Stallworth (Michael) Higginbotham of Scottsville, N.Y.; three step grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren;
Graveside services were held Friday, Aug. 30, at 10 a.m. at Union Cemetery with Craver's Funeral Home directing. A reception will follow the service at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Stephen's Episcopal Church or the charity of choice. Please share your memories and condolences with the family at www.craversfh.com.
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SINGAPORE - Singapore shares opened lower on Monday (Aug 24), with the benchmark Straits Times Index at 2,911.23 in early trade, down 2.01 per cent, or 59.78 points.
Around 45.1 million shares exchanged hands.
Losers beat gainers 198 to 6.


In a scene from the new movie Kill the Messenger, investigative reporter Gary Webb (played by Jeremy Renner) says that he doesn't believe in conspiracy theories. He does, however, believe in real conspiracies: "If I believe it, there's nothing 'theory' about it." The true story on which the movie is based, however, makes it clear that it's not always obvious what's a theory and what's the truth.
It started when Webb wrote a series of three articles for the San Jose Mercury News in 1996 dubbed "Dark Alliance." In his report, Webb — who had won a Pulitzer in 1989 for a different story — claimed that the CIA was partly responsible for bringing crack cocaine to the United States in the 1980s.
Webb conducted a year-long investigation during which he discovered that a San Francisco-based drug ring, which had ties to a CIA-sponsored Nicaraguan contra group called the FDN, sold cocaine to a dealer in South Central Los Angeles. The millions of dollars made from those sales were later used to fund a secret war against the leftist Sandinista regime. In short, Webb accused the CIA of being complicit in getting thousands of poor African-Americans addicted to crack in order to fund rebels in Central America.
The story attracted hundreds of thousands of readers to the newspaper's site at a time when "going viral" was still a twinkle in the Internet's eye. It was accompanied by a heavy-handed picture of a man smoking crack under the CIA seal.
As word about the story spread through the Internet, TV and radio, politicians took up Webb's cause. Representative Maxine Waters, a congresswoman for South Central Los Angeles — the heart of the drug wars — requested both federal and congressional inquiries into the role that the U.S. government played in bringing cocaine into her community.
But many dismissed Webb's reporting as a conspiracy theory. "Even sources who are routinely skeptical of the official line on the contras agree that the idea that the agency was behind drug smuggling by the contras is fantasy," journalist Eliane Shannon, who covered the war on drugs, told TIME shortly after the Mercury New ran the articles. The New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times all ran their own investigations that disputed many points in Webb's story — though all three of those pieces had their own reporting problems, according to TIME's Jack E. White.
Webb resigned from the paper shortly thereafter. The next year, he published a book titled Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion detailing his own reporting process and the controversy the series provoked.
A 1998, a CIA inspector general's report denied any ties between the U.S. government and the drug dealers Webb named in his articles and book, but ultimately confirmed Webb's thesis that the CIA had worked with contras despite drug-dealing allegations against them. Still, Webb's reputation as an investigative journalist was tarnished.
In 2004, Webb was found dead at the age of 49 from two gunshot wounds to the head. Police ruled it a suicide.


I'm the overwhelming smell of coffee black as death and the revolting smell of mushrooms before a Bears game.
I'm Paula Dean's voice, Marc Summers' smile, and Simon Cowell; multiple personalities are right up my alley.
I'm Meredith Grey, a famous character whom it seems I can relate to.
Although, I am Meredith, my judgment of intense emotions is more guarded; I have a blood hound guarding my heart right now.
I'm a movie or music quote.
I am the green face of envy, looking at all the things I can't have; some I need like shorts for those sizzling summer days, but then others like that little green Land Rover I'm inclined to pursue until I get it.
I'm wet nails forced on me by my superiors.
I'm Law and Order SVU and Family Guy, and the ten o'clock news to finish.


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The garden area is the feature of this cottage which is completely enclosed and has a built in braai, and is a haven for bird life. Its quietness and solitude provides an ideal opportunity to relax and unwind from you busy day. Please note that this Cottage is fully self-catering, and a served breakfast option is not available.


15 Hour Flight, Here I Come!
Yes yes! My mom and I have been planning this vacation since it's the only year I probably won't have summer school. We're spending three days in Hong Kong & Guangzhou, ten days in Sichuan and seven days in Japan!
I'm so excited that I actually packed early and not 20 minutes before we have to leave for the airport!
Chi thinks it's weird that I pack everything into separate shopping bags, I just think it's way easier to find things this way.
In terms of blogging, I'm going to change my posting schedule to Monday and Thursday for the next three weeks and I'm so excited to share that some of my favorite bloggers has agreed to help me out and write guest posts! I got to take a peak at them and I'm sure you guys will love! Monday will be my blogging friends and Thursday will be Asia recaps. I wasn't planning to blog during my time out there, but a lot of my friends wanted to see how everything was going and I would love to share my pictures as well.
Although I am so excited to go, I am going to miss this guy very very much.
Yesterday, for my last night in SF, he took me out to eat at a very special place. Lolinda.
They have an ahh-mazing rooftop bar where Medjool used to be, we managed to grab a drink before dinner started.
They must of put a ton of money into renovating, because I was in awe when I walked in. I've been to a lot of fancy pants restaurants, but this one was decorated so well. Pictures seriously doesn't do it justice, it's a lot bigger and grand-er (?) outside the lens. They also paid a lot of attention to detail, which I love.
It was almost pitch black too, so my camera picked up a lot of light. This is a fore-warning for how diluted the lighting is in the next few pictures.
Lolinda describes its self as, "a new kind of Argentinian steakhouse that combines Latin American flavors with californian sensibilities".
There were so many ambrosial options on the menu that we had a hard time figuring out what to eat. We started with the empanada de carne, stuffed with beef, raisins, egg, potato, olives and a side of chimichurri. My time at Lolinda reminded me of how much I love chimichurri dressing, I"m going to have to make some when I come back to the states.
The choripan came next, which wasn't exactly what I expected but thoroughly enjoyed. I thought it would be more ground chorizo with bread but it came in the form of a fancy hot dog. The flavor was on point, Chi and I were eating the bits left on the plate after.
The table next to us recommended the pork chops (which I love, Chi hates) and sea bass (which Chi loves, but I hate) so we settled for a good ol' fashioned Matambre: flank steak. I wish there was more, it was one of the best cuts of meat I had in a long time.
Of course I had to order a side of veggies, to Chi's exasperation, to balance out all the hearty meats we received. Dino kale, crimini and chili flakes in the first bowl and Chilero (spicy picked vegetables) in the other.
It was an awesome meal at the end of the day and the bill came to a little less then 100 bones, including two drinks. Thank you Chi!
How do you sort your things in the suitcase? Any great eats this week?
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Ohhh my gosh I can't wait to hear all about these adventures! China and Japan! I've always wanted to visit Asia–I think Thailand is at the top of my want-to-travel list, but I'd take anywhere exotic! And I pack all my stuff in separate Ziploc baggies, so know you're not alone! It just stays so much more organized.
Oh I'm so, so excited to hear about Asia!! 😀 China and Japan just sound like such amazing places!
Oh my goodness your food looks SO good. You should send me some of the food from that restaurant! I can't wait to hear about your China adventures–the last time I was there, I was 5, aka I remember very, very little. 🙂 Have fun!
This food looks SO good and you're right – the interior is gorgeous! Love the plates, too.
I never thought to separate things like that in my luggage, but it's a brilliant idea! Plus, when you're travelling, you can always use a few extra plastic bags.
I have to do a mega long flight myself in a few weeks. Do you have any advice??
Just remember you won't be on the plane forever! Our flight was only 13 hours (jeez!) instead of the usual 14. So I slept for 7, watched half of the last season of the Office, and slept for another 2. Doesn't sound bad but I was going crazy, atleast there was good shows!
Holy cow!! Wow! Have an awesome time in China! I cannot wait to see pictures.
Love your dress in that picture! I hope you have a safe flight! I seriously am so excited for you! Take lots of pictures! I can't wait to read all about your adventures!
So exciting, have a safe and awesome flight Tara. I've heard great things about China and Hong Kong.. can't wait to hear all your stories.
Have the most amazing trip! I am so thrilled for you and am looking forward to the recaps…I've never been to China.
PS: Ebags are a great alternative to the plastic bags because they keep everything separate but also flat!
Thanks Ameena! You definitely need to look into a trip to China, although you probably have your head full from moving. I'll have to look into Ebags, they sound awesome.
Hope you're having a fantastic holiday! We were in HK in March and LOVED the city!


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Peter Jackson's epic trilogy is fully told here, with the theatrical versions of all three LORD OF THE RINGS films included. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: With THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, director Peter Jackson has achieved a meticulous and captivating adaptation of the first book of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy trilogy. The setting is Middle-earth, a mythological land populated by elves, dwarves, humans, and the gentle, diminutive hobbits upon whom the story centers. One hobbit, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), unexpectedly comes into possession of an ancient magical ring so powerful it invariably corrupts anyone who wears it. In order to prevent the ring's erstwhile owner, the dark lord Sauron, from reclaiming the ring and taking over Middle-earth, a motley band of comrades set out to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom, where it was forged. Included in the group are Frodo and hobbits Sam (Sean Astin), Merry (Dominic Monoghan), and Pippin (Billy Boyd); the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen); human warriors Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Boromir (Sean Bean); the dwarf Gimli (John Rhys-Davies); the elf Legolas (Orlando Bloom). Along the way, they wage battle with monsters, demons, and Sauron's evil minions, all brought to life by spectacular digital technology.LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS: Picking up where the first film left off, Peter Jackson's THE TWO TOWERS throws the remaining members of the Fellowship into the scattered chaos of Middle-earth, now fully under siege by the forces of Sauron. While Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) journey to the dreaded Mordor, Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) are held captive by orcs, and Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom), and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) search for their abducted companions. Soon Frodo and Sam are joined by the sulking and duplicitous Gollum (portrayed by the voice and motion-captured acting of Andy Serkis), who becomes their guide through the barren lands leading to Mount Doom. Meanwhile Merry and Pippin encounter the looming Treebeard (voiced by Rhys-Davies) and Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli find themselves in the land of Rohan, accompanied by an old friend. As the tale continues, each scenario becomes more perilous, and fierce battles erupt at both Isengard, home of the treacherous Saruman (Christopher Lee), and the massive Helm's Deep.LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING: THE RETURN OF THE KING, the third and final film in Peter Jackson's THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, finds Middle-earth on the cusp of great change. Weary hobbits Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) venture further into the dark realm of Mordor, guided by the increasingly desperate Gollum (Andy Serkis), the two-faced former owner of the Ring that Frodo must destroy in the fires of Mount Doom. Meanwhile Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) contend with the deranged ruler Denethor (John Noble) at the once-mighty city of Minas Tirith, as Merry (Dominic Monaghan) joins Éowyn (Miranda Otto) and the Riders of Rohan to hold back the forces of Sauron. Amidst the chaos, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) must rise to his destiny, aided by Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) in assembling allies for a massive battle that will decide the fate of Middle-earth.
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Release Date 20140525
Leading Role SEAN Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Ian Mckellen
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Merkel Announces Bid for Fourth Term
by Naharnet Newsdesk 20 November 2016, 09:01
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her party Sunday she will seek re-election next year, a move likely to be welcomed in many capitals as a sign of stability following poll triumphs for Brexit and Donald Trump.
After months of feverish speculation, Merkel said at a meeting of her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) that she would run for a fourth term, party sources told AFP.
Merkel, 62, has governed Europe's top economic power, which does not have term limits, since 2005. She is due to hold a news conference at 1800 GMT Sunday.
Another full four-year mandate, which pollsters say is likely, would tie the post-war record set by her mentor Helmut Kohl, who presided over the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall.
With no clear successor in the CDU, her decision also comes as a relief to her party.
Merkel represents "stability and reliability in turbulent times because she holds society together and stands up to over-simplification" by populists, CDU deputy leader Julia Kloeckner told Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
"She stands for moderation and centrism instead of cheap headlines."
- 'Predictability and stability' -
A pastor's daughter who grew up in communist East Germany, Merkel is popular among Germans who see her as a straight-shooter and a safe pair of hands in a crisis.
But her decision to let in more than one million asylum seekers over the last two years dented her support.
It also revived the fortunes of the rightwing populist Alternative for Germany party (AfD), which has harnessed widespread anxiety about migration.
Nevertheless, observers said the recent seismic shifts in global politics were likely to drive traditionally risk-averse German voters back into her arms.
"Society's need for predictability and stability could become so overpowering in the 2017 election year that even the creeping erosion of Merkel's chancellorship won't compromise her success at the polls in the end," left-leaning news weekly Die Zeit said.
More than half of the electorate -- 55 percent -- want Merkel to stay in office, up from 42 percent in August, a poll for Bild am Sonntag newspaper showed Sunday.
As U.S. President Barack Obama exits the stage, many observers say Merkel's importance as a defender of Western values will only continue to grow, with some calling her the new "leader of the free world."
While the globe braces for potentially radical changes in U.S. leadership under Trump, Britain is wrestling with the fallout from its June vote backing withdrawal from the EU, and France is facing a presidential poll in May that could see far-right candidate Marine Le Pen snatch victory.
Underlining her relative strength, Merkel gathered Obama and the leaders of Britain, France, Spain and Italy at her chancellery Friday for talks on the fight against terrorism, climate change and the strategic threat posed by Russia.
- Obama endorsement -
Merkel had long refused to be drawn on her plans for the general election, expected in September or October 2017, saying only that she would make the announcement "at the appropriate time".
She repeated the line on Thursday at a bittersweet farewell news conference in Berlin with Obama, who praised her as an "outstanding partner" and urged Germans to "appreciate" her.
"It's up to her whether she wants to stand again... but if I were here and I were German and I had a vote, I might support her," he said with a smile.
Misgivings about Merkel's refugee policy were blamed for a string of state election defeats for the CDU over the last year, and sparked an open revolt by its Bavarian sister party, the CSU, which demanded a strict upper limit on incoming asylum seekers.
A poll Sunday showed that Merkel's conservatives would draw 33 percent of the vote if the election were held this weekend, down nine points from the last national election in 2013.
The center-left Social Democrats (SPD), junior partners in Merkel's right-left ruling coalition, were a distant second with 24 percent.
The AfD and the opposition Greens were neck-and-neck with 13 percent and 12 percent respectively, according to independent opinion research institute Emnid.
It is still unclear who will carry the SPD's banner into the race, with party leader Sigmar Gabriel potentially facing a challenge from European Parliament President Martin Schulz.
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this traitor should be marched to the town square for her punishment.


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LAcadémico de Viseu Futebol Clube, meglio noto come Académico de Viseu, è una società calcistica portoghese con sede nella città di Viseu. Milita nella LigaPro, la seconda divisione del campionato portoghese.

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As a space for collaborative work, dare I say that I quite like it; it has a handy suite of tools all together in one place and students can probably do most kinds of stuff which group work requires here. Groups are easy to set up and Blackboard will, I believe, even create random groups of a given size for you. Hurray.
One of the difficulties with group work, but particularly with online group study, is what to do about students who don't contribute – or pitch up at the end when it's almost finished. Group emails mean that members can be reminded that their participation is necessary, hopefully in a supportive and non-judgemental way.
Unlovely as it is, as unintuitive as its buttons are, it is a proper wiki. Participation data can be collected, there is basic versioning meaning a student's contribution can be seen (though not easily -some kind of colour coding would have been helpful for that). Embedding images is reasonably straightforward. Tutors can grade the wiki and give feedback, though with nothing like the facility afforded by Turnitin.
On the other hand, students can't easily extract their work in the wiki, for example to add to a portfolio or to refer to later. Nor can it be exported to other platforms or submitted to Turnitin.
Students can upload files to a repository area to share. These can be given a title, but not a description or explanatory notes. May be useful, who knows.
Collaboration – which means Virtual Classroom and Chat.
Awful. Why anyone would use these in a world containing Skype and MSN escapes me. Maybe because they don't want the other students to have their msn ID?
Not sure what the difference here is. In both blogs and journals entries can be posted/edited by anyone in the group; in both there are comments/discussions for each blog post. The journal looks like it's written on a piece of lined paper torn from a spiral bound notepad. Outside of the group spaces journals are private to the student and instructor, maybe this can be turned on within the group setting so students can reflect on how they're finding the collaborative process.
Haven't looked closely at this. A normal Bb discussion board I believe.
Very basic task manager. You can set tasks, give priority and deadlines. Maybe in the descriptions you might assign tasks to individuals? I kind of like it, based on a recent study experience where my group muddled through to no particular success and a rival group set and assigned tasks to win kudos. Mind you, they used a wiki to do it, which might be a more transparent way of going about it at least in the initial phases.
You can add widgets – sorry, modules. I enjoyed adding the school Twitter feed to ours and links to Library resources.
Some students will really enjoy doing this in the first 10 minutes in the Group space.
Hope to spend some time in the space and test drive some of the features in more depth. So far, not seeing anything that screams 'no'. Which is nice.
General observations about an online learning experience. Identifying names/details have been removed or changed.
Other participants have reflected that a group of 9 is too big. I agree; it's difficult to engage with 8 other individuals in a face to face setting where you've spent a little time with 'getting to know you' activities. A group of 5-7 would probably work better, allowing a large enough group to complete the task collaboratively if a couple of people drop out.
Some students have mentioned that they kept working because they felt some commitment to the other people in their group; as designers of online learning we should foster this kind of support and engagement rather than letting it happen.
A week seems like quite a short period in which to do the task. Not because the task was very onerous, but because it's online and therefore collaboration takes longer. Also, if you're having a particularly difficult week at work or at home, you run the risk of missing the whole thing. If this task had been assessed, this would have been a major headache. I don't think this is a criticism of this course because it's very short.
Other online courses I've taken have allowed a couple of weeks for group work and make sure that the first task is well structured with clear instructions and support from the tutor. Second time round is much easier because everyone knows what they're doing. The problem is, if the first time round goes wrong, students may not stick around. Another approach is to have individual tasks running concurrently with group work so that the group work can be given longer.
I shouldn't really comment on this since I missed the online tutorial. However, my opinion based on no experience is that having different roles for group work which people assign to themselves/each other is an interesting idea. That said, in situations where you don't really know who you're dealing with or the exact nature of the task, it can add an unwelcome layer of complexity. In most group situations, everyone does a bit of everything. I do think it's useful to have a 'chaser' but this is somebody who needs support from the tutor and probably the email addresses of the other students. Maybe the role thing would work better for a second or third group work.
Our brief for week 3 began "Hello North Group" (we were West Group). Yes, I did wonder for a second if I was on the wrong page. Ah, the perils of cutting and pasting.
Getting around any online environment is a lot easier if links are assembled logically and if link text describes the link page.
How about putting the group lists before the group discussions, so we can see who we're working with before we start working.
Also, how about having the task on its own page so we can easily refer to it? It has been remarked that some re-reading of the task was done. Assume that this will be so and make it easy to find.
Maybe have the reflections after the activity?
The 'week 3 activities' link goes to a page entitled, erm, week 3 learning outcomes. Is an outcome the same as an activity? Am I alone in finding this confusing? Actually, the word 'activity' is only used on that page with reference to the activity that the students will be designing.
This is fine, but doesn't allow the learner to see consequences of their actions further down the line. Also, it is inauthentic in that in 'real world' situations there usually isn't somebody at hand to give you feedback and allow you to guess again.
Cycle through steps one to 4 till an endpoint is reached.
"You have chosen to continue without attempting to obtain parental consent".
The idea is that this will give learners pause for thought and contribute to some reflection.
Step 6 gives a summary of the previous steps: basically 'you did these things right, you did these things wrong' and the option to begin again.


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"""
Test lldb data formatter subsystem.
"""

from __future__ import print_function

import lldb
from lldbsuite.test.decorators import *
from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
from lldbsuite.test import lldbutil

from ObjCDataFormatterTestCase import ObjCDataFormatterTestCase

class ObjCDataFormatterKVO(ObjCDataFormatterTestCase):

    @skipUnlessDarwin
    def test_kvo_with_run_command(self):
        """Test the behavior of formatters when KVO is in use."""
        self.build()
        self.target, process, thread, bkpt = lldbutil.run_to_source_breakpoint(
            self, '// Set break point at this line.',
            lldb.SBFileSpec('main.m', False))

        # The stop reason of the thread should be breakpoint.
        self.expect(
            "thread list",
            STOPPED_DUE_TO_BREAKPOINT,
            substrs=['stopped', 'stop reason = breakpoint'])

        # This is the function to remove the custom formats in order to have a
        # clean slate for the next test case.
        def cleanup():
            self.runCmd('type format clear', check=False)
            self.runCmd('type summary clear', check=False)
            self.runCmd('type synth clear', check=False)

        # Execute the cleanup function during test case tear down.
        self.addTearDownHook(cleanup)

        # as long as KVO is implemented by subclassing, this test should succeed
        # we should be able to dynamically figure out that the KVO implementor class
        # is a subclass of Molecule, and use the appropriate summary for it
        self.runCmd("type summary add -s JustAMoleculeHere Molecule")
        self.expect('frame variable molecule', substrs=['JustAMoleculeHere'])
        self.runCmd("next")
        self.expect("thread list", substrs=['stopped', 'step over'])
        self.expect('frame variable molecule', substrs=['JustAMoleculeHere'])

        self.runCmd("next")
        # check that NSMutableDictionary's formatter is not confused when
        # dealing with a KVO'd dictionary
        self.expect(
            'frame variable newMutableDictionary',
            substrs=[
                '(NSDictionary *) newMutableDictionary = ',
                ' 21 key/value pairs'
            ])

        lldbutil.run_break_set_by_regexp(self, 'setAtoms')

        self.runCmd("continue")
        self.expect("frame variable _cmd", substrs=['setAtoms:'])

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Omar's "Skirt," Lupita's Skin and the Horrible State of Disgrace We're Currently Living In
As an artist who writes, I pay close attention to what we love, loathe and what we fear. I must say it's been a pleasure for me to see the birthing of a new creative soul force that has been awakened recently in Lupita Nyong'o. The recent Oscar winning actress has delighted movie-goers with her passionate and heart-wrenching portrayal of Patsey in 12 Years a Slave and left lovers of fashion wall-sliding and professing their adoration for her slim figure and ability to wear color bursts of loveliness and gowns that make her look like a princess. Beauty professionals are also lusting after her dark and seemingly flawless skin.
Even in the middle of the love-fest, some pop culture and entertainment critics are warning against focusing solely on Lupita's beauty as she is building a career as a serious actress. I do find that the line between appreciating a woman's beauty and her brains has always been blurred. I am also wondering how long the love will last for Lupita as...
I've also noticed our love and adoration turn to hate and judgement when the people who create art reflect images we may not be comfortable with. Case in point, when actor Omar Epps recently visited The View to promote his new show Resurrection, he was dressed in what some may call avant garde garb, others just saw it as a skirt and were none too pleased with seeing someone that most regard as masculine break his man code so to speak. Actor and comedian Marlon Wayons and rapper Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian fame sparred on Twitter about it and underneath the insults, wisecracks, shade and bashing was a need to express anger and passion about seeing a man and especially a black man in attire that we are conditioned to believe is only for women.
For Lord Jamar, it was something to be ashamed of. I think he called it the continuation of the feminization of black men. Honestly, with the exception of a few movies that feature men in drag for comedic purposes (these include men of other races as well) I don't see how someone's personal or professional choice to wear a dress or skirt can be misconstrued to be seen as a deliberate feminization movement. Marlon is more open minded and sees Epps as a fashion pioneer, someone expressing himself though garments. Epps himself got in on the discussion and said he was paying homage to his African ancestors.
As a society we tend to need to have someone or something to love and hate simultaneously. With the advent and popularization of the internet it's easier than ever to gauge our level of lust or disgust these days and what I have seen is very troubling. For a country that prides itself on being democratic, diverse and a universal melting pot, we sure have a lot of biases.
From men wearing skirts and hoodies in the rain, to women modeling weaves and extensions to the varying pigments we come in to the people we choose to marry and date to who we vote for or the health care we choose or what music we listen to, we have become a society that revels in disgracing and sometimes harming those who do not put it down or pick it up like we do.
We don't have to agree with everything we see and we have a right (Thanks good ole U S of A) to speak out on it, but I challenge the next Skin-Wrapped Walking Soul to be more willing to see and experience rather than critique and berate. How about the next time we see or hear something we don't like, instead of spewing out how much we are offended and taking physical action against others who may not be dressed in a manner that makes us feel comfortable, we instead investigate lovingly. If you are able to approach the person directly, try having a conversation and asking questions about the very thing that has you so bothered. I would be willing to bet that this method would be more healing to our world than what we're doing now.
At this rate we're going to shade and read each other to death. Now, I don't think that is what our creator intended.
Mar 12, 2014 11:46:28 AM | Social Commentary, TamstarzRandomWriterThoughtz, TamzTakeonFilmz, Television
Detroit, Division & DL Hughley
What a couple of weeks we have had in America. There is never a shortage of issues for us to debate about, but the aftermath of the Zimmerman trial has sparked discussions, rallies and disagreements of epic proportions.
Along with that we learn that one of America's largest cities, and my hometown, Detroit has filed for bankruptcy. How does that happen in a superpower?
How does a jury of six mothers acquit a man who profiled and killed an unarmed teenager?
We have Stand Your Ground laws, the conflicting and confusing course of events which were detailed by the defendant along with eyewitness accounts, scant evidence and a verdict that has worked to divide a nation much like the O.J. trial did in 1994.
Back to Detroit. Upon hearing the bankruptcy news, I spoke to a friend and as I was recalling my time there, I remembered complaining to my mom about the deterioration of the downtown area when I was about 15 or so. Even then I knew something was wrong. Detroit at that time was starting to lose it's aesthetic luster, but never in my dreams would I imagine the city would ever run out of money. We built cars there. We were The Motor City. Motown.
Looking for more perspective, I decided to watch the documentary Detropia, a 2012 film that takes the viewer on a painful journey of the city's decline through the eyes of a young local poet and blogger, a UAW Union president and a retired teacher and operator of the Raven Lounge, a nightclub located in the shadow of an auto assembly plant.
It's a gripping, gritty portrayal of a city and its ills and I found myself having flashbacks to my childhood while watching it. One of the more powerful quotes from the film comes from Tommy Stephens, owner of The Raven Lounge:
"When you see your neighbor going down, you have to think about yourself. If you don't go over and help your neighbor put that fire out, that fire is gonna be coming to you!"
He was speaking about how other U.S. cities are starting to see a decline, one's who may have in the past looked at Detroit with pity. This also brings me back to the Zimmerman trial.
A lot of people from many cultures, socio-economic backgrounds and races are upset by the not-guilty verdict. There are some though that say justice has been done. They believe Zimmerman had a right to be armed and bear down on a teen who allegedly attacked him first. Throw in those that feel race shouldn't be considered a part of the mix and are upset because President Barack Obama has commented pre and post trial and you have a potential cocktail that is waiting to explode.
Before the trial when Zimmerman was allowed to go home and not be charged with a crime up until now, there has been a great uproar over this case. George Zimmerman, a white Hispanic. Trayvon Martin, a black teen. Zimmerman, 28 years of age. Martin, 17. Some believe Trayvon was profiled because he was black and wearing a hoodie, a garment that some criminals wear to conceal their head and face while they are commiting crimes. But Trayvon was just going to the store.
Some people are protesting because they are angry. Others are afraid. Scared that their children will be targeted like Trayvon, killed and their killer will be exonnerated due to lack of evidence and a whole host of other factors. Following someone isn't illegal. But perhaps profiling someone should be. Even one of the jurors who decided that Zimmerman wasn't guilty said that he should have stayed in his vehicle after reporting Trayvon as being suspicious. If people don't speak out about their fear, sadness and anger about this case and lobby for change, what happened to Sabrina Fulton's and Tracey Martin's son could very well happen to someone else's child.
Now for the the debates, arguments and insults that have resulted as a part of this case. It's disheartening to see and read so much vitriol on both sides. In everyone's attempt to present their side they are forgetting to be respectful and empathy toward parents who have lost their son is all but absent as some pick over Trayvon's past and images that when presented in the wrong context show a troubled teen. I have seen the words thug, punk, drug dealer, and the N word leveled at a dead kid. There is even a popular author who is offering to purchase another gun for George Zimmerman.
We seem to be ready to battle each other at every turn these days. We are afraid of being hurt. George Zimmerman had witnessed break-ins in his neighborhood and wanted to protect it. The people who commited the crimes were black. He was on edge when he saw Trayvon. I don't know what was in his heart that night, but I know what was in his holster and the decisions he made on that rainy evening led to him killing a teen who was doing nothing wrong.
Even online, we are armed and ready for attacks. Earlier as I was scanning my Twitter feed I saw a few tweets about Detroit and focused in on something from a comedian that I have enjoyed over the years. DL Hughley is known for biting commentary in his comedy so I wasn't surprised to see he had something funny to say about Detroit's current reality. Here is what took place between us:
I have been on Twitter long enough to know that there are those that get up close and personal with celebrities all of the time and shower them with insults so I'm sure DL probably expected the same from me, but all I was doing was acknowledging his joke in my funny manner. Between people who are familiar with one another if one of them makes a joke or tells a truism about something that may tease the other we often say, "You know what, I don't like you!" Then we break out in laughter and the conversation and teasing continues. When DL realized that I was just joking too, he apologized.
I so wish that we were more nurturing to one another on the whole. I wish that when we see a young man in a hoodie that we didn't expect the worse. I wish that George Zimmerman had rolled his window down that night and said, "Hey what's up neighbor? How are you doing tonight in all this rain? You okay?" How I wish that Detroit had not been run into the ground. I wish that more of our young men were surrounded by peace instead of pieces (guns).
Dear Trayvon: A Letter From DL Hughley
Lyric Fire: NaPoWriMo 2012 - Day 22 of 30 Poems in 30 Days - Detroit Central: A Periodical Poem
Detroit goes bust in historic $18.5bn bankruptcy
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Jul 21, 2013 2:07:05 PM | Social Commentary, Streams of Consciousness
Lyric Fire: Sapphire For September - Remembering the 11th
September brings us to the nine month mark of the year and as I think about the time that has passed since that tragic Tuesday in 2001, I always come back to one question. Why?
The sun was out and people were greeting the morning just like any other day. But when night fell and we entered into Wednesday September 12th, our world had changed forever.
The way we travel has changed, our financial health is still failing even now, ten years after the attacks and certain jokes we used to tell are no longer funny. The infants of the men and women who were taken from us on that fateful day are growing up and learning more about the world around them, some of them without their mom, dad or both parents.
Yes, we have learned a lot since then, our military intelligence has been enhanced, the key figure and mastermind of the killings as well as a lot of his network have been taken out, but we are still left with the memories of the people and the buildings that used to stand so tall.
So how can we honor them? By loving one another each day like it will be our last. By putting selfish needs for fame, political offices and greed away. All around the world there is pain, hunger, strife, loneliness and war. With each senseless death we say how horrible it is, but access to guns has never been easier.
On Sept 11th as we honor our fallen, we will remember, cry and hug one another. We will read accounts that take us back to that day. We will remember heroes who just like the sapphire gem, showed just how tough and resilient they were. Just like the sapphire which comes in colors of white, brown, blue, orange, pink and yellow, people from many different cultural backgrounds and skin colors stood strong that day and helped when they could. They walked down numerous flights of stairs in the World Trade Center towers carrying people who couldn't make the journey on their own. They donated money and brought food, water and clothing to people who had been rescued and prayed over the ones who succumbed. For that day and days after we were one.
In our socially and economically turbulent times we need to remember how we responded to a national tragedy. Two words come to mind.
Anyone who had a soul was touched by this tragedy and needed spiritual healing during and afterwards to cope and survive. The towers are gone and a memorial is taking their place. The rubble and ashes have been cleaned up and done away with but we still are standing in the wreckage. This time it is one of our own making. We need to work together to restore the strength of the United States in every aspect. How can we help others globally if we are still in fragments at home?
So use this month to challenge yourself to be more loving, work harder and find solutions instead of tearing your friends, family or your government down. Remember who you were on September 11th and how you helped your friends, family, co-workers and nation to heal. Rewind the tape and tap into your best self. It shouldn't take a tragic event for us to support one another.
Remember and never forget...
To read about the history of September 11th go here: The September 11 Digital Archive
Sep 7, 2011 4:51:43 PM | Current Affairs, Social Commentary
My Blog Lyric Fire: The Changing Brain & Fading Friends
Sometimes I wonder where I've been
Do I fit in.
Make believin' is hard alone,
When I was younger the only early morning thoughts I had consisted of what I was going to eat for breakfast and what outfit I was going to wear. My mind was selectively quiet. It was a silent sponge, soaking up knowledge, only sparking my tongue to speak when it needed to and at other times it seemed like it was constantly at the beach. Riding the waves and soaking up sun rays.
Not to say I'm not a deep thinker, I always have been, but I lived more outside my own mind if that makes sense.
Now, it seems that my brain has diarrhea of the mouth! As soon as I wake in the morning, just like a sprinter, it's off to the races. I'm processing the dream I had the night before, writing grocery lists, plotting out future blog posts, remembering conversations from five years ago, asking why this and why that, pumping myself up over current successes or pondering why my phone doesn't ring as much as it used to. My brain never shuts up anymore.
Look, I'm not complaining. I'd rather have an active brain than an inactive one any day, but I find it fascinating that as we get older the thoughts we suppressed or weren't yet mature enough to have ravish our cerebral cortex like two teenagers in heat.
We're always provin' who we are
Always reachin' for the risin' star
To guide me far
And shine me home
Then I remember. My life has changed dramatically. In the past few years my work situation has been invariably different. I've done more independent contracting as opposed to full-time work. I no longer have a large group of work friends to bounce my millions of thoughts off of. My circle of personal friends has also gotten a lot smaller and more digitized. When I do "speak" to a friend it's usually on Facebook or through text which makes for brief "conversation." Some friends have moved or gotten married and some have faded away altogether.
When I'm down and feelin' blue
I close my eyes so I can be with you
Oh, baby, be strong for me
Baby, belong to me
Help me through
Help me need you
A natural occurrence, I know, but my brain seems to be speaking out over these losses. It's behaving like an angry pet whose family goes away on vacation and leaves him or her in a kennel. When the family returns, they bark or meow incessantly crying out for attention. They are sayin whoo hoo! Over here! Feed me, love me, hug me, talk to me. Make up for the time when you were gone!
Could it be true that all the time we spend talking to others makes our brains jealous? When those outside forces dwindle, the brain gets happy. Oooh weee mommy can come back out to play. Let's invade her mind with endless banter about horoscopes, recipes and politics. Let's beat her into submission by conjuring up thoughts of lost love and reality TV. Oh yeah, let's trick her and make her think she forgot to turn the oven off before she left the house.
The brain, so beautiful, yet devious.
What about those friends and boyfriends and family members that used to be my sounding board? Where are they now when I need them to rescue me from my Chatty Cerebellum? Could they also be reentering a closer relationship with their own gray matter? Or perhaps they've moved on to create relationships with other humans that can lend a different perspective on things.
Well, whatever the case I'm totally cognitive of the shifts and changes in my brain and friendships. It's fascinating and frightening, but very thought provoking!
I'm sure when I settle back into a regular work schedule and become more active this summer that my brain will settle down. I think I'll call the Mental Miles Airline and book a trip to an exotic location for later this year. My brain has been a very social and engaging partner lately. I think it needs a vacation. I think I'll also get myself a ticket as well and ask a few of those fading friends to come along. It would be nice to get reacquainted with the sun and sand as a backdrop.
Do I fit in
I may not win
But I can't be thrown
Jan 22, 2011 8:45:10 AM | Social Commentary, Streams of Consciousness
My Blog Lyric Fire: Taking Away The Technology Teat
Cell phones can now drive cars, vacuum floors and take dogs for walks. Okay, maybe they can't, but they do keep us occupied with music, movies and games. We can also read the paper, record TV shows remotely and keep track of our daily schedules and appointments all with the click of a button. Most of us feel lost without our cell phones and are starting to become way too dependent on them.
Some may think I'm exaggerating, but when you blame the loss of your job on a faulty iPhone, I think we have gone over the edge. I came across a story on the The Huffington Post this morning which featured an open letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs from a displaced writer/actor complaining that she lost her job as a restaurant server due to an iPhone which alarm clock feature malfunctioned, therefore making her late to work. In her letter she referred to the iPhone as an alarm clock stating that: "An alarm clock is the only way to ensure that I am up on time to go serve brunch to people much like you, your friends, and your family."
Actually, an iPhone is not an alarm clock. It's a phone. Albeit it is a really cool phone that can do a lot of cool things, but in essence it's major function is to operate as a phone. Is it inconvenient when it malfunctions? Of course. Should there have been an announcement warning iPhone users about the alarm clock glitch? Absolutely! Should you blame the loss of your job on your iPhone or on Steve Jobs? No. As the writer expressed in her letter, a battery operated alarm clock costs $5. Better yet, a corded alarm clock (remember those?) can be found for under $20. These items are a fraction of the cost of an iPhone or it's monthly bill. You should never rely on a iPhone, Blackberry or Android phone to wake you up in the morning. If you do, it's not a crime, but you only have yourself to blame if a malfunction occurs. Alarm clocks are old school, but they are mostly reliable. Sad to say, but technology with all of it's bells and whistles has lulled us into a coma.
Even highly paid professional athletes have seemingly fallen victim to the seductive charms of the technology teat. The Yahoo! sports blog Ball Don't Lie also featured a timely tale today about three members of the Los Angeles Lakers who may have been affected by the same glitch as the unhappy Huffington Post contributor. To their credit, none of them have taken their complaints about the glitch to Steve Jobs, but even admitting that you didn't wake up on time due to an iPhone malfunction has to be pretty embarrassing. I am a technology aficionado myself, but some things you can't leave to chance.
As adults we need to take more responsibility for our actions. Our mothers took us off the bottle or breast when they thought we were ready and we were the better for it. Now, we need to take ourselves off of the technology teat. It's way past time for us to:
Jan 5, 2011 2:32:03 PM | Social Commentary, Web/Tech


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I really had no idea that I would like the Panasonic GM1 and 12-32mm zoom lens so much. It really isn't 'my kind of camera.' However, it produces superb quality for both stills and video and it's fast, responsive and a pleasure to use. Added to the fact that I can remotely control it with my iPad, it's a really versatile camera that produces top class still images and video footage. From it's size and form factor few non-photographers would ever imagine it could be so, but it's easily good enough to cover a range of professional jobs, from travel location photography to studio assignments. And most of that can be achieved using auto-everything.
How much difference is there between this and a GH3 or an E-M1? Well not that much I would suggest and in some cases it's actually better (Olympus video). Have a look at the 'showboating' horse in the video and how well it handles that. Really quite amazing. It has of course thrown up all sorts of questions as to how I'm going to structure my future gear. Can a camera this small really handle what I want to do? Well I think it just might. And there is no way I would have anticipated that.