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Yale Integrative Medicine Gains Acceptance from Medical Leaders, Begins to Flourish
Yale Integrative Medicine: A Story of Growing Acceptance from Medical Leaders
Summary: Those who have followed the short history of integrative medicine will know that the Yale name has been associated with an integrative clinic for nearly a decade. Yet it was only two months ago that a website at the Yale School of Medicine affirmed that conservative institution's participation in integrative medicine. This article describes the process over the past decade of a public health medical doctor, a Planetree hospital, a medical student and a series of naturopathic physicians quietly "tearing down an Iron Curtain." How? That conservative institution discovered that forms of integrative medicine already existed within its walls. On April 2, 2008, Yale will sponsor an "Inaugural Scientific Symposium" which is expected to significantly advance that academic health center's involvement with the field. More ...
1. Introduction: Moving from "Carve Out" to Integration
In its first phase, the integration of complementary and alternative healthcare with conventional medicine in the United States followed fundamentally non-integrated models. Hospitals developed so-called "integrative clinics" then placed them over there, where they weren't too involved with the hospital's core business. The insurers or managed care firms which "integrated" non-conventional services into benefits plans typically did so through methods called a "carve out." This pricing strategy guaranteed that the money spent would not be mixed with the real money in a core benefit plan.
Leadership endorsed IM involvement in 2006
So it was at Yale University School of Medicine when a high visibility member of the faculty began to express his personal interest in integrative medicine through professional pursuits a decade ago. A unique clinical model was created in which medical doctors and naturopathic physicians worked side-by-side. The model caught the attention of Oxford Health Plans then a darling of the managed care world. Through James Dillard, MD, DC, CA, then Oxford's integrative healthcare leader, Oxford piloted coverage of these integrated services.
That early integration activity with which the Yale name was associated was all the more interesting for its leadership. The clinic operated as part of one of 28 Prevention Research Centers (PRC) established through a grant from the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The PRC provided the base for a CDC grant to explore integrative clinic models in a Tristate (NY, NJ, CT) area. The Yale PRC was also unique nationally in its relationship with a hospital: Griffin Hospital. Griffin happened to be the organizing center of the Planetree model of care, the pioneering hospital organization in promoting patient-centered care. Finally, the Yale physician fronting the Yale-Griffin PRC was, and still is, David Katz, MD, MPH. Besides running the PRC, Katz is an associate professor of public health practice and formerly director of medical studies in public health at the Yale University School of Medicine.
All good, and impressive, even. However, for all this confluence of unusual integrative medicine energy, the medical school's portion of the action was fundamentally rootless. The so-called integrative clinic was off campus, at Griffin, carved out and away, offsite and largely out of mind. Despite the connections, and the CDC grant, there wasn't any pleasing of "Dad." The conservative medical school was having none of this.
The last two years have begun to produce a remarkable new rootedness for integrative medicine at Yale. Two signs are the program's first Yale-based website, and an Inaugural Scientific Symposium tentatively scheduled for April 2, 2008. To all accounts, this change was fostered largely by the passion and quiet persistence of one medical student, Rachel Friedman.
2. In which a cardiologist, a medical student and a bookstore employee create a "coat hook" for integrative medicine at Yale
Medical student Rachel Friedman - credited with organizing the Yale IM initiative
"It's gaining momentum," reflects Friedman, thinking back on how integrative medicine has begun to be accepted at Yale. She adds: "The real tipping point will be the conference."
That Inaugural Scientific Symposium will showcase what she, two years ago, anticipated she would find when she began quietly organizing. "There were things going on. A lot of mind-body research. A drug researcher looking at the pharmacology of Chinese herbs. There were research and clinical models. My job was to bring people out of the wood work. There needed to be something to latch onto, a coat hook."
The story of how Friedman became that coat hook follows a fascinating sequence. She took off a year between her 3rd and 4th years of medical school to be involved in research. On an NIH fellowship, she was given a cardiologist as mentor. The cardiologist was studying stresses on the heart to examine the effects of "bad impacts." Friedman suggested to the cardiologist that, while they were at it, why not examine what happens with positive impacts. Friedman ended up examining the physiological effects of Reiki on people who had heart attacks.
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Once she opened the door, Friedman, whose clinical interests focus more on family medicine, started connecting researchers and clinicians. She calls it a "grassroots effort." A key ally has been Don Levy, MA. Levy is the manager of the Yale medical bookstore who is on the board of the Connecticut Holistic Health Association. Said Friedman: "He sees a lot of people and is very friendly and chatty. Once he knew my interest, he started sending students and other people in the community."
Friedman believes that Yale was slower to get involved with integrative medicine than, say, Harvard, it's not-too-distant neighbor, because "there was a cultural feeling that (integrative medicine) wasn't Yale." But she thinks that this is changing: "If there is more permission to think about integrative medicine, and if there is a community of researchers, more could happen, a lot more. This is Yale."
3. "A flag planted in virgin territory ... "
"Yale is a bastion of conservative thinking," says David Katz, MD, MPH, who continues to head up the Yale effort. "Yale has a strong commitment to evidence-based medicine. What Rachel (Friedman) has done is identify all the things in the University that are connected (to integrative medicine). She's found activity in medicine, in pharmacology, in nursing. We have ours in public health. She's said, 'look, we have a lot going on.'"
David Katz, MD, MPH - Yale's IM pioneer
I asked if it hadn't made some difference that the other university with a similar pedigree as Yale has been closely associated in the public mind with exploration of alternative medicine. After the consumer survey by David Eisenberg, MD and others at Harvard Medical School was published in January 1993, Harvard hosted or co-hosted many of the more visible early conferences in the field.
Katz allowed that, compared to Yale, Boston-based Harvard has always been associated with far more liberal thinking. He added that Harvard's involvement "did make a difference," although it wasn't Harvard per se. Rather, what influenced Yale's dean of medicine was that Katz could point to a group of top-quality academic health centers which had already declared an interest in integrative medicine. These had become members of the now 40-strong Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM). Notably, a key membership criterion in CAHCIM is that integrative medicine must have support at the Dean's level or above. Reflects Katz: "I said 'look, here's the cohort we're joining.' There is comfort in looking around at the others and seeing the group and saying, 'this is where I belong.'"
Katz got his Dean's support. In 2006, Yale was accepted for membership in CAHCIM. That membership has, in turn, facilitated Friedman's organizing work. In September, an Integrative Medicine @ Yale website went live. Said Katz: "This is a flag planted in virgin territory."
4. The Yale-Griffin clinic as "the mouse that roared at Yale"
The dean's blessing was a long time coming. For years, Katz, an internist, appeared to be the only integrative medicine game in town who was connected to Yale.
Fostering an MD-ND co-directed model
The so-called Yale-Griffin integrative medicine center was born through the initiative of naturopathic physician Christine Girard, ND. Girard, now chief medical officer and vice president for clinical affairs at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, arrived with a $50,000 annual grant to create a naturopathic residency inside the Griffin system. The program was associated with the sole East Coast naturopathic medical program, at the University of Bridgeport. The clinical model evolved as a pilot project based on this initiative.
In the decade since, a series of ND residents have worked with Katz in a biweekly integrative clinic. Katz and the naturopathic co-director - presently Ather Ali, ND, MPH - do "a pow wow on each patient," in Katz' words. Their roles are clearly demarcated. Katz is responsible "to ensure that all allopathic care is there." The naturopathic physician provides and oversees various natural medicine services.
Katz uses a medical joke about surgeons and internists to explain his integrative medicine abilities: "Surgeons know nothing and do everything. Internists know everything and do nothing." He laughs: 'I don't have to know how to insert a pacemaker. I just need to know when to refer to a cardiologist. I am a generalist who needs to know who to refer to and when." Katz adds that he has "evolved" into an integrative medicine practitioner. His integrative clinical strength is in nutrition and nutraceuticals, as well as in knowing when to refer.
Ather Ali, ND, MPH - co-chairing the innaugural symposium
Yet while the Yale name is attached, via the Yale School of Public Health and the CDC Prevention Research Center, and while some medical students have observed care at the clinic, Yale medical school still does not have a formal relationship with the Griffin-based integrative clinic.
Still, Katz believes that the existence of the clinic continuously prodded Yale toward more involvement: "In some ways for integrative medicine here, Yale's involvement at Griffin was the mouse that roared."
5. A sense of the breadth of Yale's integrative medicine activity
Katz anticipates that Yale's conservatism will continue to shape integration activity at the medical school. He notes that of the 3 core areas of medical school activity - education, research and clinical services - at Yale "integration with patient care will be slowest." In fact, even in the more fluid, off campus operation at Griffin, to follow a patient's rare request for inpatient integrative services "practically needed to have an intervention by the government."
Yale's integrative medicine-related education initiatives are described on the education portion of the website. They range from supporting student wellness, to an introduction to a CAM courses, to a senior clinical rotation. This integrative medicine clinical elective includes observations with the Griffin clinic, at a pediatric anesthesiology practice and with "other CAM practices in the area," according to Ali. Of most importance from an organizing perspective are monthly Integrative Medicine @ Yale meetings in which topical presentations are combined with organizational issues.
The website notes three areas where the most research appears to be underway at Yale: Traditional Chinese Medicine/acupuncture; therapeutic effects of modalities such as meditation, massage, and Reiki; and the physiology and pathophysiology of emotional stress.
Ali also singles out an emerging research program with which Yale is involved: People Reported Outcomes from Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine (PROCAIM). This ambitious, multi-institutional project, organized in part through CAHCIM'S clinical working group, can eventually facilitate efficient gathering of diverse patient outcomes using an array of instruments.
6. So why is a conservative medical school linked with naturopathic medicine?
I have often felt that the MD-ND model in the Yale-Griffin clinic may have been part of the challenge to greater acceptance at Yale.
Conservative medical doctors are typically more comfortable with unconventional therapies than with unconventional practitioners from unconventional disciplines. When it comes to such disciplines, acupuncturists and massage therapists are typically more acceptable to the conservative MDs than are chiropractors and NDs. It did not help that the naturopathic medical program at Bridgeport, while maturing, was hardly the naturopathic profession's version of Yale or Harvard. On top of this, the naturopathic licensing act in Connecticut hadn't been modernized and still read like an old-time drugless healers act.
Whatever human and historic elements created that MD-ND linkage with Yale's name attached, Katz has clearly kept pushing the envelope. When Yale joined CAHCIM, Katz appointed Ali, a naturopathic physician, to serve as Yale's representative to CAHCIM's clinical working group. Ali was the first ND to attend CAHCIM's annual working conference. Ali is also high profile with Yale's upcoming Inaugural Scientific Symposium, for which he is serving as co-chair.
"We get some push back," acknowledges Katz, adding: "But there is less-and-less as people meet Ather. Ather is such a beautiful representative of his profession. He's not starry-eyed." While Ather's ND might not be familiar to Katz' MD colleagues, the rest of his profile is. He earned his MPH from the Yale School of Public Health, in chronic disease epidemiology. In 2004, Ali was awarded an NIH-NCCAM National Research Service Award. Said Katz: "Ather fits right in."
7. Four months from tipping point, and counting ...
Ali believes that the CAHCIM membership and Friedman's labors created the context for what he believes will be a very successful Symposium. The plan is to feature Yale people, with a few speakers from outside sprinkled in. The planning team recently received the good news that the Symposium had been adopted more deeply into Yale's support structure, giving it more presence. Friedman, who is co-chairing the Symposium with Ali, believes that the meeting will be a transitional moment for all their efforts, as she said, "the tipping point."
Katz evokes another tipping image as he expresses the importance to him of distinctly licensed complementary and alternative healthcare professionals being involved in the Yale exploration: "It's like bringing down the Iron Curtain. We need people on one side pulling and on the other side pushing. We need to be building cohorts of professionals who are devoted to their art but can speak the language of others."
Added Katz: "Integrative medicine is on the way to taking a respectable place among the disciplines at the Yale School of Medicine."
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Westcoast is mourning the loss of Howard Strowman who sadly died after sustaining serious injuries in a motorbike accident at the weekend.
Strowman had been a channel character for years and had been chief executive of the distributor's Asset Management (WAM) arm after joining them back in May last year.
Before that he was synonomous with the three letters PST Holdings, a brokerage that specialised in handling all sorts of kit and he enjoyed 30 years running the firm before it ran in trouble in 2004.
"Everyone at Westcoast will remember Howard. It will be hard not to as his enthusiasm and larger than life presence was ever present," said Alex Tatham, sales and marketing director at Westcoast.
"His Westcoast and WAM colleagues are devastated by his loss as are all those that knew him in the channel and beyond. But our deepest condolences must go to his family who loved him dearly," he added.


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The 2012–13 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi race competition over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 9 November 2012 in Lake Placid, United States and ended on 17 February 2013 in Sochi, Russia. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton.

Calendar
Below is the schedule of the 2012/13 season.

Results

Two-man

Four-man

Two-woman

Standings

Two-man

Four-man

Two-woman

See also
 FIBT World Championships 2013

References

External links
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Bobsleigh World Cup
World Cup
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"There are no charges. There are just some discussions between me and the government. Rest assured this is a clean operation that we have and we're just in discussion with the government on various matters that I cannot divulge right now. But rest assured we are at the end of the whole story. And I'm very comfortable because I'm in my country, I'm in my city, so I feel at home. It's no problem at all. Everything's fine," he said.
Following a hack against the exchange Coincheck last week, CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) turned lower from $11,942 (Sunday high), ultimately hitting a low of $11,110 at 09:59 UTC Monday. Still, what may be more notable is not the recent price (which continues its sideways 2018 trajectory), but the changing narrative for potential buyers.
The Confederation of British Industry poll -- based on responses from 92 financial-services firms in the three months through December, before a new year that has seen worries of a hard Brexit recede and the pound appreciate -- showed sentiment at banks has deteriorated for seven of the last eight quarters. Almost a third of the firms saw a high likelihood of financial-market conditions worsening in the next six months.
"Optimism in parts of the sector has been falling for the last two years, whilst firms are nearly unanimous in voicing their concern about the damaging impact of Brexit uncertainty," CBI Chief Economist Rain Newton-Smith said in a statement Monday.
It is yet another battle for a weakened prime minister whose leadership is being questioned after scandals within her party, gaffes and an ill-judged election that lost her party its majority in parliament.
Facing calls to ax her finance minister, who favors a gentle Brexit, and criticism over a lack of big ideas to revive the fortunes of the Conservatives, May needs to drive through legislation to sever ties with the EU before March next year.
The largely pro-EU House of Lords, which will start debating the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill on Tuesday, have made no secret of their opposition to the legislation which they say amounts to little more than a power grab by the government.
President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at musician Jay-Z, demanding recognition for the improved job market for African Americans, in response to the hip-hop mogul criticizing Trump's vulgar outburst against African and Haitian immigrants.
On Saturday, Jay-Z appeared on CNN's "The Van Jones Show," where he called the president's remarks — in which he reportedly describing immigrants from African countries as coming from "s___hole countries" — "hurtful." He added that Trump appeared to be "looking down on a whole population of people."
The allegations against one of Las Vegas's most powerful figures reverberated in the political world over the weekend, as Mr. Wynn stepped down from his post as Republican National Committee finance chairman. He had donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to GOP candidates and political committees, and a number of Republican officials said they would redirect his contributions to charities.
"If the allegations have merit, then we should return the money," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) said Sunday on ABC. Federal Election Commission records don't show that Mr. Graham received any contributions from Mr. Wynn, or the political-action committee affiliated with his company, Wynn Resorts Ltd.
Joshua Randall Hansen, 25, was spotted by sheriff's deputies and U.S. marshals running out the back of a federal prison in Beaumont on Wednesday evening, the statement said. Hansen picked up a large duffel bag that a vehicle had dropped off at a private property adjacent to the prison, authorities said. The deputies said they arrested Hansen as he was trying to reenter the prison.
The duffel bag contained three bottles of Martell brandy, a bottle of Crown Royal whiskey, multiple bags of Buglar tobacco, salty snacks, fruit, and home cooked foods like BBQ sausage and fried chicken, FOX 40 reported.


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Fullerton College proudly announces that Sophia Alexander has been awarded the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship worth up to $40,000 a year to complete a bachelor's degree at a four-year college or university.
Alexander is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and serves as president of Associated Students, staff editor for LiveWire Journal, and an active member of several campus committees. She plans to transfer to UC Berkeley this fall to pursue a degree in Economics.
Seventy-five community college students were awarded scholarships from a competitive nationwide pool this year. All of the Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars have financial need and strong records of academic achievement as shown by grades, leadership skills, awards, extraordinary service to others and perseverance in the face of adversity.
Cooke Scholarships fund the costs of attending college not covered by other financial aid, plus academic advising, stipends for internships, study abroad, and opportunities to network with other Cooke Scholars and alumni. In addition, after earning a bachelor's degree, each Cooke Scholar will be eligible for a scholarship for graduate school worth up to $50,000 a year for up to four years.


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"Roberta is playing it now .. she seems to be smiling! "
"This is very cool, and bringing back a lot of great memories."
"Roberta did finish Episode 1. She was a little worried that she finished it so quick (under two hours), but she had a great time playing, and will play the other levels."
"We are amazed that your group has done this!"
"…I am deeply honored that a group of devoted fans have dedicated themselves to reviving the characters, lands and quests of my adventure game series, King's Quest. Without the bravery and persistence of these volunteers – and it should be stressed that this game was developed by fans over ten long years without pay and in their own free time -- it is almost certain that King's Quest would have been relegated to a forgotten obscurity – its story left untold. Now, there is a chance that many can truly find out what happens to the royal family of the Kingdom of Daventry.
This game is very true to the original series and features many of the storylines and characters, especially, of King's Quest VI. I found it beautiful and fun to play. I, too, like many other fans, would like to see how this story unfolds!
It was nice to read that... So now Roberta is also waiting for the next episode, that should be enough motivating to finish it quickly.
BTW, I've just finished the 1st episode for the second time and I enjoyed it a bit more than the first time.
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I'd hit the Like button like a bajillion times if this were posted somewhere with a like button, and I almost never use the Like button... what I'm trying to say here is "schweet!"
Noli me tangere! Nescio ubi fuisti!
Don't touch me! I don't know where you've been!
...resistance was obviously useless against a family that could invent italics.
It's cool that she played episode 1, but to get the after reaction will be priceless. Maybe you can interview her for her feelings on the unfinished business in KQ6 (Black Cloak, etc.). Great to see she is motivated.
This is outstanding news!!!!!! Rock on guys and gals!
What thing is it without a name that brings my mind ere back the same to thee?
Hearing comments like that from Roberta herself must make you all so proud! ^_^ It's good to hear that she not only liked Ep 1, but plans to play the rest to see how the story unfolds - I think everyone would be interested in hearing her thoughts on TSL as a whole!
High praise indeed! ^_^ Congrats!
Finally a place where no one will ask me what my screenname means or how to pronounce it!
I like Big C's idea a lot.
would be nice to read an extensive interview with the creaters of the series after all episodes are released and played. Wonder how they feel about what happend with what they started off.
What an honor to be complimented by the mother of adventure games! Big congrats to you, TSL team!
Erica Reed is Katie Hallahan.
It was awesome. Considering this is a person I've wanted to emulate since I was a kid, just--squee!!!
This is one of the best moments of my life, quite simply. To have Roberta Williams, the queen of adventure gaming (in my opinion), officially endorse this project is great news. No matter what mainstream news outlets say, this game is and always shall be the true King's Quest IX in my opinion. The team has done an outstanding job on this game, and they've spent years making it. They've poured their heart and soul into this project, and it really shows!
Well personally, while I like the game, I think there is no 'true' KQIX and that the continuation of the story is up to any fan's imagination. I don't think placing one fan game as 'canon', when it isn't truly, it's still a fan game, is very fair to any of the other fan writers out there.
Wow that's awesome they have played the first episode. I would like to thank the internet for making this all possible. Without it, no fan games, no interaction and comments from the original creators... i could go on forever. The awesome thing here is we get POS's vision of what would have been to come in 3d, and we get a sidequest from a different company in 2d. Everybody wins really. But thank you POS's for your offering into the series.
It was beautifully done, but I thought there would be more to it since we've been waiting years. It wasnt much further than the demo.
I was happy to see more of the village something that I could only imagine in KQ 6.
I look forward to the next episode!
There are at least two other fan authors out there, as far as I know, that have written their versions of what "KQIX" is to them, and how Shadrack was defeated, LOL.
Did you write one yourself?
I adore Roberta and all of her adventure games. Long live Graham & King's Quest.


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A very interesting North Carolina tie-in to the Facebook IPO class-action lawsuit is emerging; courtesy of Thomson Reuters News.
Robbins Geller's latest Facebook filing asserts that the sole trustee of the North Carolina fund has "a longstanding personal and financial relationship" with Erskine Bowles, the former Clinton administration official who served as president of the University of North Carolina from 2005 to 2010. Bowles also sits on the boards of Facebook and its lead underwriter, Morgan Stanley, so he's a defendant in the securities class actions.
In short, it appears that Bowles helped raise funds for State Treasurer Janet Cowell, and in turn Cowell invested millions of state pension dollars in the IPO of a company of which Bowles serves on the Board. In turn, Bowles is now one of the defendants in the class action lawsuit of which Cowell's retirement system is one of the lead plaintiffs.
Can anyone say conflict of interests?
This sordid affair underscores the need for North Carolina to convert to a 401(k) style retirement plan for state employees and teachers. This removes the conflicts of interests and taxpayer risk for losses and instead enables workers to control their own retirement.
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The 1970 animated classic The Aristocats tells the story of a family of cats who will eventually inherit their wealthy owner's fortune. As strange as the concept might seem there have been several cases of wealthy cat-owners leaving their beloved felines their millions after they have passed on.
Aged 59, British singer Dusty Springfield died in 1999. Of "Son of a Preacher Man" fame Springfield made headlines when it became known that she had named her cat, Nicholas, a beneficiary of her will. While the extent of the bequest was not known, the singer left strict instructions as to how her 13-year-old California ragdoll was to be cared for. The will stated that Nicholas must be fed specially imported American baby food, live in a 7-foot high indoor tree house, and "marry" a 5-year-old English blue breed.
American author, Ellen Frey-Wouters is among those whose cats inherited money after their death. Out of her $3-million estate the New York native bequeathed $300,000 to her cats, Troy and Tiger. Two of the author's former health aides now care for the cats by use of a trust fund, which reimburses them after submitting purchases made for the felines.
In 2005 a reclusive bachelor left his fortune to his cat, Red. David Harper of Canada—who died at the age of 79—left his entire estate to his ginger tabby cat. While the reported $1.3 million estate was officially left to the United Church of Canada the fortune comes to them in the form of an $80 a month that provides for Red's care, feeding, and veterinary bills.
Guinness World Records holder until 2018, Blackie earned a $12.5 million inheritance at the time of his owner's demise. Ben Rea was a British antiques dealer and recluse who lived with 15 cats. Instead of remembering his family Rea split his fortune between the only surviving feline (Blackie), and three cat charities who were tasked with the cat's care.
Perhaps one of the more recent cases is that of a Burmese named Choupette. Companion of the late Karl Lagerfeld the cat inherited part of Lagerfeld's multimillion-dollar estate upon the Chanel's designer's death. Incidentally the "pampered pussy" has over 286,000 followers on Instagram with a massive 119,184 likes alone for Choupette's post—complete with mourning veil—for her beloved "Daddy Lagerfeld".
Astounding as it might seem, Choupette is not the wealthiest feline in either history nor the world. A black Italian cat named Tommaso inherited his 94-year-old owner's entire estate after her death in 2011. The massive portfolio of widow, Maria Assunta, was valued at over $13 million and includes properties in multiple countries. While laws in Italy prevent the former stray from inheriting the fortune directly his nurse known only as, 'Stefania', was named trustee for the feline and his millions.
Dentists recommend humans brush their teeth twice a day and to have at least one dental check-up a year. Tooth decay, gum disease, and plague build-up are just some of the problems that are easily prevented by a dental hygiene routine – and it is the same for cats.
The seriousness of maintaining dental hygiene cannot be ignored. According to the team at Flinders View Veterinary Surgery, all cats from the age of three are "80% more likely to develop a serious dental disease." Tartar on the teeth is the main problem vets attribute to these high figures. When tartar or plague is left on the surface of a cat's teeth the feline's gums can swiftly become inflamed with a condition more commonly known as gingivitis. Left to further develop gingivitis can result in periodontal disease, which can result in bleeding gums or the loss of teeth. Eventually if bacteria is left unchecked it can spread from the teeth to your cat's kidneys, heart, lungs, or liver causing irreversible damage.
There are thankfully several points where an observant cat owner can intervene before such damage takes place. Noticing the signs of dental disease is the first line of defence against it. Symptoms include bad breath, drooling, pawing at the mouth, red gums, or a change in eating patterns such a refusing or dropping food.
Vets also recommend a regular hygiene routine that includes brushing your beloved pet's teeth. It is also important to ensure you do not forget to massage their gums in order to reduce the risk of gum disease.
Brushing your cat's teeth can be difficult, as cats are usually reluctant to let owner's do so. It is best to introduce brushing slowly to your pet: start by simply using your finger to 'brush' your pet's mouth. Once they appear willing to allow this you can begin adding tooth paste and eventually a brush – a cat toothbrush or a child's toothbrush can work well given their size.
It is important to remain patient throughout. Be gentle and reassure your pet whenever possible.
If tartar remains present on their teeth booking a professional descale and polish is the best course of action in order to prevent both pain and further dental disease. Many veterinary practices have free dental checks or discounted cleans for such a purpose. Further recommendations include dental toys and a dental diet with dry biscuits both designed to remove tartar and maintain teeth cleanliness. Please remember that all dental diets should be given only at the advice of your vet.
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Zatar is an amazingly versatile Spice mix ,that tastes tangy ,nutty and herby ,making it one of the favorite condiments in Arab cuisine.
The spice mix includes dried thyme, marjoram, oregano, sesame, salt and sumac. The aroma of zatar on fresh baked bread is simply indescribable. To get the best taste ,many in middle east make this spice from scratch. For those of us who can't find the individual ingredients to make the mix ,the middle eastern stores are usually well stocked to purchase this spice mix.
These zesty zatar rolls are perfect for brunch or an evening snack. I adapted the following recipe from Zainab's recipe ,which uses multigrains for a more hearty texture and also has feta cheese sprinkle along with the zatar. I made her recipe simpler by using single whole grain and just zatar stuffing.
Shape the dough in to a rectangle and sprinkle the Zatar mixture all over ,roll and cut in about 2 inches portion,lay on baking sheet. Keep distance between the rolls,cover and let rise for another 45minutes .
Place in the middle rack of the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes until lightly browned. Serve warm with any dip. Here I prepared a simple avocado and sour cream dip.
Wonderful rolls! Za'atar is a great spice mix.
I have never tried Zatar and would love to cook with this spice blend . Share the recipe with exact proportions if you make it. I have fresh oregano growing at home.
bioten - This is truly fantastic, supportive and informative blog. I like it. Thanks for sharing information.
Yasmeen, I have never tasted zaatar. Your description makes me want to try it inshallah. The dip looks delicious too. How long does it stay good, please share your recipe for it. Jazakallahu Khair.
The spice mix makes my mouth water. Wonderful!
Yasmeen , havent been here in a long time , definitely missed a lot of goodness, rolls look delicious !
hello Roha! you have nice space out here..i love ur zatar rolls.I live in Kuwait and i get to eat zatar in every form be it bread,toast,drinks and even as chips!..I have home grown zatar as well..
Man I?m impressed with this informative blog, and in fact you hav a genius mind. keep up the good work.
Been really long since I visited your space.
Delicious rolls and it will perfect for a summery picnic.
I am a huge fan already, man. You have done a brilliant job making sure that people understand where you are coming from. And let me tell you, I get it. Great stuff and I cant wait to read more of your blogs.
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Brilliant one. Za'atar is truly an interesting spice mix. Za'atar croissants are also so lovely in flavour. New to your space and glad to follow !
I like that these use whole wheat pastry flour. I find it works better than whole wheat flour in baked goods. Lovely pictures, mouthwatering rolls!
Yummy! snack i wish to have one right now.
tasty and healthy! my kids will love these!
I am feeling its taste.n It is really interesting to enjoy this rolls as snack. I will try out as soon.
These looks amazing- as does the avocado dip! I just found and bought some zatar...i was so excited when i found it, and now i am dying to use it. making these would be my chance! thank you!
do you put olive oil in the zatar?
They look so delicious surely gonna try them yesterday and will let you know my reviews.


A driver appeared in court on Monday accused of dangerous driving after his Land Rover Discovery came very close to swerving into a road race peloton.
Perth Sheriff Court was told that William Peebles lost control of his vehicle and nearly hit riders taking part in the Dundee Thistle two-day race on May 16 2015, reports STV News.
Peebles, 57, is reported to have crested a hill towards riders taking part in the race, beeping his horn, flashing his lights and gesticulating at the riders. He hit a verge and then veered into the road, towards the peloton.
The case has yet to conclude.


Her activities started through noise band. Her mixtapes and concert became a hot topic in the internert. Voluntary production of the 1st EP, which had been sold only in limited stores, was immediately sold out. Various media also attracted attention for their unique background and unique language and behavior, such as appearing in neettokyo and writing columns in subcultural magazines such as Quick Japan. She is a new type of artist that wide variety of genres such as Trap, Cloudrap/Trillwave, and Indie R&B. And she also combines the charm of melancholic singer.


Yesterday, women's tennis star Maria Sharapova shocked the sports world by admitting to using the performance-enhancing drug meldonium for the last 10 years of her career after it was revealed that she failed a drug test administered just before this year's Australian Open.
In light of the news, several huge companies including Nike and Volkswagon have suspended their endorsement partnerships with Sharapova while she remains under investigation and continues to face considerable backlash from the public. Sharapova has long held the title of the world's highest-paid female athlete and has lived in that space for a large majority of her career, despite the existence of another female athlete who is regarded by most as the greatest tennis player of all time, (and one who has continuously beaten Sharapova in every match up over the last 13 years) one Serena Williams.
While there's no argument that she's been a stellar athlete in her own right up to this point, it's not Sharapova's talent, skillset or performance on the tennis court that gives her the edge over Williams in the earnings department and interestingly enough, each of their 2015 salaries prove as much. According to Forbes, Serena raked in a cool $11.6 million in 2015 from her yearly salary and winnings. Sharapova, on the other hand, trailed significantly by comparison, earning a total of $6.7 million in salary and winnings. However, as is often the case with professional sports figures of their caliber, these superstar athletes make just as much off the court as the do on…..but that's where things take a strange shift when comparing their earnings.
Despite a consistent record of success that thoroughly supports the public labeling Serena as one of (if not the) the greatest female athletes of our time, she often gets the short end of the stick relative to Sharapova when it comes to brand endorsements. Case in point, Sharapova's endorsement earnings last year topped out at a whopping 23 million to Serena's 13 million — a noticeable $10 million dollar gap with the higher paid athlete coming up short. While there's no reason or merit to compare Williams to Sharapova as a means of measuring her success in any aspect, it doesn't make the blaring truth of a white woman finding favor with more of the world's largest brands than her superiorly-matched African-American opponent solely because of the difference in their physical appearances any less apparent.
Regardless of what you think of Maria Sharapova's recent announcement, if you've ever found yourself regarding her as a formidable, equally as talented or "rival" opponent of Serena's on the tennis court, listen up. Make sure you speak out with that same passion about the lack of mainstream brands who blatantly refuse to put Serena on the same pedestal as their blonde-haired, blue-eyed go-to girl because of the color of her skin or natural tone of her body, especially since the very culture of the woman they continue to box out is the one that's played a vital role in keeping so many of them in business all along.


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DESCRIPTION="Simple Login Android Client"

STANDALONE_DEST="../firebase-clients/java"
STANDALONE_STUB="firebase-simple-login"

cd $(dirname $0)

# Check for destination
if [[ ! -d $STANDALONE_DEST ]]; then
  echo "error: Destination directory for standalone artifact not found; 'firebase-client-js' needs to be a sibling of this repo."
  exit 1
fi

# Get version we're releasing
VERSION_CAND=$(grep version pom.xml |head -2|tail -1|awk -F '>' '{print $2}'|awk -F '<' '{print $1}'|awk -F '-' '{print $1}')

read -p "What version are we releasing? ($VERSION_CAND) " VER
if [[ -z $VER ]]; then
  VER=$VERSION_CAND
fi

# Check if we already have this as a standalone
STANDALONE_TARGET="${STANDALONE_DEST}/${STANDALONE_STUB}-${VER}.jar"
if [[ -e ${STANDALONE_TARGET} ]]; then
  echo "error: The target standalone already exists: ${STANDALONE_TARGET}"
  exit 1
fi

# Kick off standalone build
echo "Building standalone artifact"
mvn -DskipTests clean install

if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
  echo "Error building artifact."
  exit 1
fi

STANDALONE_SRC="target/firebase-simple-login-${VER}-SNAPSHOT.jar"
if [[ ! -e $STANDALONE_SRC ]]; then
  echo "Source artifact not found. Check $STANDALONE_SRC"
  exit 1
fi

ls -l $STANDALONE_SRC

cp $STANDALONE_SRC $STANDALONE_TARGET
cp $STANDALONE_SRC ${STANDALONE_DEST}/${STANDALONE_STUB}-LATEST.jar

cd ${STANDALONE_DEST}/
git add .
git commit -am "[firebase-release] Updated Firebase $DESCRIPTION to $VER"
git push
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
  echo "Error pushing firebase-clients."
  exit 1
fi

cd -

echo "firebase-clients repo updated. Deploy to make changes live."

read -p "Next, make sure this repo is clean and up to date. We will be kicking off a deploy to Maven." DERP
mvn clean
mvn release:clean release:prepare release:perform

if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
  echo "error: Error building and releasing to maven."
  exit 1
fi

echo "Manual steps:"
echo "  1) deploy firebase-clients"
echo "  2) release maven repo at http://oss.sonatype.org/"
echo "  3) Tweet: v${VER} of Android @Firebase SimpleLogin is available: https://cdn.firebase.com/java/firebase-simple-login-LATEST.jar Changelog: https://cdn.firebase.com/java/changelog-simple-login.txt"
echo ---
echo "Done! Woo!"

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The third season of Mr. Mercedes will see Kate Mulgrew (Orange is the New Black), Brett Gelman (Stranger Things) and Natalie Paul (You) joining the Stephen King adaptation in recurring roles.
David E. Kelly (Big Little Lies) will return as showrunner and writer with Jack Bender (Lost) directing the new season as well as Stephen King producing it. Production on the third season is taking place in Charleston, South Carolina.


There exists great potential for improvement of existing methods for calculating the flexural and axial compressive resistance of longitudinally stiffened welded steel box-section members, to achieve gains in the accuracy of their representation of the limit states responses as well as greater generality and ease of their design application. A good quantification of the ultimate compressive resistance of longitudinally stiffened plates is crucial for accurate characterization of the flexural and axial compressive resistance of these member types. This paper summarizes the conceptual and theoretical development of new methods for characterization of the ultimate compressive resistance of longitudinally stiffened plates, and the flexural and axial compressive resistance of longitudinally stiffened welded box-section members. The proposed method for calculating the plate compressive resistance is derived using an orthotropic plate idealization, but is expressed as a designer-friendly, intuitive column on elastic foundation model. This model considers the contributions from longitudinal stiffener flexure, transverse plate bending, and plate torsion. The proposed method for calculating member flexural resistance recognizes the inability of longitudinally stiffened flange plates to sustain large inelastic compressive strains beyond their maximum resistance, and therefore limits the flexural resistance of box sections with a longitudinally stiffened compression flange to the first yield of the compression flange in the effective cross-section. For sections involving early yielding of the tension flange, the member response is addressed rigorously via the direct calculation of the yield moment to the compression flange, considering the early yielding on the tension side of the neutral axis, and considering hybrid web, slender web and unstiffened slender or longitudinally stiffened compression flange effects as applicable. The paper presents a parametric study of longitudinally stiffened welded box columns whose failure mode involves combined flexural and local buckling, for which there is no experimental or finite element simulation data in the literature. The predictions using the proposed methods correlate well with the results from finite element test simulations, and with data compiled from experimental tests.
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var Algorithm       = require('../algorithm')
  , LogisticCost    = require('./logistic-cost')
  , BackPropagation = require('./back-propagation');

/**
 * Optimizes weights
 * @param {Network} network  Neural network
 * @param {Array}   examples Array of examples (1)
 * @param {Object}  options  Options           (2)
 *
 * (1) [
 *   {
 *     input: Vector,
 *     output: Vector
 *   }
 * ]
 *
 * (2) {
 *   learningRate: Number,
 *   targetError: Number (Targeted error, algorithm will stop when error achieved),
 *   iterations: Integer (Iteration limit),
 *   reportFrequency: Integer (Frequency of reporting and error checking)
 * }
 */
var GradientDescent = function (network, examples, options) {
  Algorithm.call(this, network, examples, {
    learningRate    : 0.5,
    iterations      : 10000,
    targetError     : 0.2,
    reportFrequency : 1000,
    minimalSpeed    : 0
  });

  this.setOptions(options);

  this.setCost(new LogisticCost());
  this.setDerivative(new BackPropagation());
};

GradientDescent.ERROR_INCREASING = 1;
GradientDescent.ERROR_DECREASING = -1;

GradientDescent.prototype = new Algorithm();

/**
 * Set cost function
 * @param {Function} cost Cost function
 */
GradientDescent.prototype.setCost = function (cost) {
  this.cost = cost || this.cost;

  return this;
};

/**
 * Set function to compute derivatives
 * @param {Function} derivative Function to compute derivatives
 */
GradientDescent.prototype.setDerivative = function (derivative) {
  this.derivative = derivative || this.derivative;

  return this;
};

/**
 * Scales derivative according to the learning rate
 * @param  {Matrix} derivative Derivative
 * @return {Matrix}            Scaled derivative
 */
GradientDescent.prototype.scaleDerivative = function (derivative) {
  return derivative.multiply(this.options.learningRate);
};

/**
 * Computes error with the given cost function
 * @param  {Array}  weights Weights (1)
 * @return {Number}         Cost
 *
 * (1) [Matrix]
 */
GradientDescent.prototype.computeError = function (weights) {
  this.network.setWeights(weights);

  return this.cost
    .setNetwork(this.network)
    .setExamples(this.examples)
    .run();
};

GradientDescent.prototype.clone = function () {
  return Algorithm.clone(GradientDescent, this);
};

/**
 * Optimizes weights
 * @return {Array} Weights (1)
 *
 * (1) [Matrix]
 */
GradientDescent.prototype.run = function () {
  var derivatives
    , error
    , lastError
    , speed
    , weights
    , i
    , l
    , j
    , m;

  weights   = this.network.weights;
  lastError = Infinity;

  // stop after the given number of iterations
  for (i = 0, l = this.options.iterations; i < this.options.iterations; i++) {
    // compute derivatives
    derivatives = this.derivative
      .setNetwork(this.network)
      .setExamples(this.examples)
      .run();

    // update weights
    for (j = 0, m = derivatives.length; j < m; j++) {
      weights[j] = weights[j].subtract(this.scaleDerivative(derivatives[j]));
    }

    // report with the given frequency
    if (i % this.options.reportFrequency === 0) {
      error = this.computeError(weights);

      speed = (lastError - error) / this.options.reportFrequency;

      this.report('optimization', {
        iterations  : i + 1,
        error       : error,
        speed       : speed,
        development : (error <= lastError) ?
          GradientDescent.ERROR_DECREASING :
          GradientDescent.ERROR_INCREASING
      });

      if (isNaN(error) || error <= this.options.targetError || speed < this.options.minimalSpeed) break;

      lastError = error;
    }
  }

  error = this.computeError(weights);

  this.report('finished-optimization', {
    iterations  : i,
    error       : error,
    speed       : lastError - error,
    development : (error <= lastError) ?
      GradientDescent.ERROR_DECREASING :
      GradientDescent.ERROR_INCREASING
  });

  return weights;
};

exports = module.exports = GradientDescent;


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package com.googlecode.javaewah.datastructure;

import java.nio.LongBuffer;
import java.util.Iterator;

import com.googlecode.javaewah.IntIterator;

/**
 *
 * This is an immutable version of the BitSet class in this same package.
 * It is meant to be used with memory-file mapping.
 *
 *
final FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tmpfile);
 *	BitSet Bitmap = BitSet.bitmapOf(0, 2, 55, 64, 512);
 *	Bitmap.serialize(new DataOutputStream(fos));
 *		RandomAccessFile memoryMappedFile = new RandomAccessFile(tmpfile, "r");
 *		ByteBuffer bb = memoryMappedFile.getChannel().map(
 *				FileChannel.MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, totalcount);
 *		ImmutableBitSet mapped = new ImmutableBitSet(bb.asLongBuffer());

 *
 */
public class ImmutableBitSet  implements Cloneable, Iterable<Integer>,WordArray {
  /**
   * Construct a ImmutableBitSet from the content of the LongBuffer
   * which should have been initialized with BitSet.serialize (from the BitSet in this
   * same package).
   *
   * The input is not modified.
   *
   * @param bs the data source
   */
  public ImmutableBitSet(final LongBuffer bs) {
  	int length = (int) bs.get(0);
  	LongBuffer copy = bs.slice();
  	copy.position(1);
  	data = copy.slice();
  	data.limit(length);
  }

  /**
   * Get a copy of this ImmutableBitSet as a mutable BitSet.
   * @return a copy
   */
  public BitSet asBitSet() {
  	BitSet bs = new BitSet(this.size());
  	this.data.rewind();
  	this.data.get(bs.data, 0, bs.data.length);
		return bs;
  }

  /**
   * Compute the number of bits set to 1
   *
   * @return the number of bits
   */
  public int cardinality() {
      int sum = 0;
      int length = this.data.limit();
      for(int k = 0; k < length; ++k)
          sum += Long.bitCount(this.data.get(k));
      return sum;
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableBitSet clone()  {
  	  ImmutableBitSet b;
      try {
          b = (ImmutableBitSet) super.clone();
          b.data = this.data.duplicate();
          return b;
      } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
          return null;
      }
  }

	@Override
  public boolean equals(Object o) {
		if (o instanceof WordArray) {
			WordArray bs = (WordArray) o;
			for (int k = 0; k < Math.min(this.getNumberOfWords(),
					bs.getNumberOfWords()); ++k) {
				if (this.getWord(k) != bs.getWord(k))
					return false;
			}
			WordArray longer = bs.getNumberOfWords() < this.getNumberOfWords() ? this
					: bs;
			for (int k = Math.min(this.getNumberOfWords(),
					bs.getNumberOfWords()); k < Math.max(this.getNumberOfWords(),
	  					bs.getNumberOfWords()); ++k) {
				if (longer.getWord(k) != 0) {
					return false;
				}
			}
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

  /**
   * Check whether a bitset contains a set bit.
   *
   * @return true if no set bit is found
   */
  public boolean empty() {
    int length = this.data.limit();
    for(int k = 0; k < length; ++k)
          if (this.data.get(k) != 0) return false;
      return true;
  }

  /**
   * @param i index
   * @return value of the bit
   */
  public boolean get(final int i) {
      return (this.data.get(i / 64) & (1l << (i % 64))) != 0;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
      int b = 31;
      long hash = 0;
      int length = this.data.limit();
      for(int k = 0; k < length; ++k) {
      	  long aData = this.data.get(k);
          hash = hash * b + aData;
      }
      return (int) hash;
  }

  /**
   * Iterate over the set bits
   *
   * @return an iterator
   */
  public IntIterator intIterator() {
      return new IntIterator() {
          @Override
          public boolean hasNext() {
              return this.i >= 0;
          }

          @Override
          public int next() {
              this.j = this.i;
              this.i = ImmutableBitSet.this.nextSetBit(this.i + 1);
              return this.j;
          }

          private int i = ImmutableBitSet.this.nextSetBit(0);

          private int j;

      };
  }

  @Override
  public Iterator<Integer> iterator() {
      return new Iterator<Integer>() {
          @Override
          public boolean hasNext() {
              return this.i >= 0;
          }

          @Override
          public Integer next() {
              this.j = this.i;
              this.i = ImmutableBitSet.this.nextSetBit(this.i + 1);
              return this.j;
          }

          @Override
          public void remove() {
          	throw new RuntimeException("Object is immutable");
          }

          private int i = ImmutableBitSet.this.nextSetBit(0);

          private int j;
      };
  }

  /**
   * Checks whether two bitsets intersect.
   *
   * @param bs other bitset
   * @return true if they have a non-empty intersection (result of AND)
   */
  public boolean intersects(BitSet bs) {
      for (int k = 0; k < Math.min(this.data.limit(), bs.data.length); ++k) {
          if ((this.data.get(k) & bs.data[k]) != 0) return true;
      }
      return false;
  }

  /**
   * Usage: for(int i=bs.nextSetBit(0); i>=0; i=bs.nextSetBit(i+1)) {
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Billy Bragg Quotes
Enjoy the top 56 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Billy Bragg.
"Im celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo"
— Billy Bragg —
"A virtue never tested is no virtue at all."
— Billy Bragg
"The revoloution is just a T-shirt away."
"The temptation to take the precious things we have apart to see how they work must be resisted for they never fit together again."
"Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all."
"Now that the space race is over and I can't help but feel that we have all grown up too soon."
How can you lie there and think of England when you don't even know who's in the team?
"If no one seems to understand
Start your own revolution and cut out the middleman"
"All musicians start out with ideals but hanging on to them in the face of media scrutiny takes real integrity. Tougher still is to live up to the ideals of your dedicated fans."
"That taught me one lesson which is that you're naive to believe that bands can change the world. Bands are very naive to think that just if their audience thinks that they can change the world, that they can. That was quite a lesson for my career, really."
"In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were there. But they couldn't understand why some pop star from London would want to be there."
"I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return."
"By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from the year zero."
"I'm trying to make a case for those people who don't have a sense of belonging that they should have, that there is something really worthwhile in having a sense of belonging, and recasting and looking at our modern history."
"I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me."
"Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers."
So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.
"The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you're an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level."
"There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them."
"I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash."
"All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations."
"Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today."
"Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had."
"We read our own political content into The Clash, and they accepted it."
"I enjoyed so much working with the guys from Wilco, and riffing off of them, and having someone come up to me with ideas, because normally in the studio it's me who has to come up with all the ideas."
"Most of the people that I went to school with - I went to secondary school - we were educated to go and work in the line at Ford's, and if we were lucky, technical skilled labor. I sort of rejected that, and thought I wanted to do something else."
"An isolationist America is no bloody use to anyone."
"I try and write honestly about what I see around me now."
"I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all."
My upbringing was very straightforward suburban working class upbringing.
"It's not a very popular subject amongst my audience, who are by nature more internationalist, but I don't choose what to write about, I don't choose my subjects, they kind of choose me."
"At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society. Yeah the individual is the most important facet in society but unless every individual is the recipient of free health care, free education decent affordable housing and a proper pension then only the rich and powerful will be individuals and the rest of us will be exploited by them."
"Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses."
"You can experience a download, but you can't download an experience."
"If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination to limit the authority of those who rule over us."
Our neighbors shake their heads And take their valuables inside While my countrymen piss in the fountains To express their national pride.
"That's what I'm about
getting engaged. Too many people don't wade in the mud with the politicians."
"Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we can achieve."
"Don't saddle me with your ideals, and spare me all your guilt. For a poet with all the answers, has never yet been built."
"A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets."
"If you thought the army was here protecting people like yourself, I've some news for you, we're here to defend wealth."
I never met a politician who didn't want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I've got the opportunity to say what I believe in.
"Money maketh man a tory, don't fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea"
"[A]s long as you're comfortable it feels like freedom."
"What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands."
"I'm celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo"
"A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country."
"Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away"
Just because you're gay, I won't turn you away. If you stick around, I'm sure we can find some common ground.
"War what is it good for? It's good for business."
"If you've got a blacklist, I want to be on it."
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