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The Picture House Cinema, Uckfield, has been recognised as The Best Independent Cinema in Europe.
Owner Kevin Markwick was presented with the award at a ceremony held at the Event Cinema Association conference in London yesterday.
He told Uckfield News today that he was very pleased for everyone in his team who worked hard to keep up interest in Event Cinema in Uckfield.
The Picture House has been in the forefront of screening events, many of them live, including opera, ballet and theatre, exhibitions and music events, for the past seven years.
It has showcased work from The Royal Opera House, The National Theatre and from The Bolshoi.
Kevin said: "Events now account for 25% of our ticket sales and that is very good when you consider the UK average is about 3%. It shows how far ahead of the game we are and it is all down to marketing and hard work that we reach that level in the box office."
Screening events from around the world enables a new audience to access works they wouldn't otherwise be able to experience, and at a fraction of the price they would pay if they were at the original venue.
This current week is proving hugely successful for The Picture House in terms of Event Cinema, or Arts on Screen, with Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet screened live from the National Theatre. This has been so popular that the cinema already has four recorded encores scheduled and has almost sold out.
The Best Independent Cinema in Europe Award comes as a major refurbishment programme is completed at The Picture House. The new foyer is due to open on Monday in time for the release of the new Bond film Spectre.
Kevin said: "We have got to be ready for Bond. There is no possible way we could cope with that in a cupboard in a corridor. The advances on Bond have been amazing and ticket sales for Star Wars are going mad too. It is all looking good."
All the work, and the opening of The Picture House Restaurant ten months ago, which compliments the cinema-goer's evening out, has been done in the run up to the cinema's centenary next year.


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He loves playing the phonemic awareness games on starfall.com (the phonemic alphabet song is FANTASTIC fun!). In recent months, I created a tiny set of flash cards (varying the size--- tiny or huge-- always seems to make the kids laugh and creates more of a gaming atmosphere in our house). Each card had a letter on it, written in capital print and lower case print. At points throughout the day, him and I sit down and go through the cards. The rules to the game? He sees the letter, says the letter sound or chooses to 'pass.' The sounds he gets correct go into a pile. The ones he passes on or misses, I say the correct sound and put them into another pile. Then, I pick up the pass/try again pile and we race through those in the exact same manner. We keep at it until all of the cards end up in the success pile. Then? We jump up and cheer like maniacs!
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3 comments:
- Brianna said...
Your have some awesome, simple ideas! And it should be said that your love and enthusiasm are great. I want to cheer like a maniac with my daughter now! Thank you for inspiring me to enjoy my kids.
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- Viv said...
Are you a home schooler? I'd like to invite you to join our panel and share some of your ideas. I sent you a message via your contact information with more details. Thank you for your consideration.
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- Anonymous said...
Shelby, I can see you cheering like a maniac! :0) M
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A quote from my son, when he was 17:
"Trees are anything you want them to be. They are always willing to let you climb on them, and there are always new branches to learn to climb on every tree."
Across the lane from where I live are very old and tall Eucalyptus trees. They have provided shade, a sound buffer and a wonderful aroma in the air. Today, my neighbor has taken the action to take them down. I'm sure her reasons are valid and I have no issue with that aspect of the process. What disturbs me is knowing that where they once stood is now a big gaping hole. Instead of a habitat for the owls and hawks who made them their home and the squirrels who romped from branch to branch, only the memory now remains. Joni Mitchell's lyrics come to mind: "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot".
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I have never read many comics- at least, not much beyond the incomparable Neil Gaiman, but I had at least heard of Marvel comics. I had heard of The Hulk, Captain America, and Iron Man. Actually, I saw Iron Man 1 and 2, and was surprised to find I enjoyed them quite alot. Still, I wasn't sold on the premise of The Avengers. Chuck all of the super heroes into one movie? Sounded to me like a 2 hour punch up, rather than a movie.
The plot of course, is standard action film, big, bad villain fare. Loki steals the Tesseract in order to subjugate earth and get back at his brother, Thor. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) assembles The Avengers with the aid of Black Widow, some willingly, and some grudgingly, to protect earth from a major threat.
Luckily, The Avengers was scripted and directed by Joss Whedon (Buffy, Firefly), who is known for his character, and geek loving takes on science fiction. There are disagreements about the ethics of The Avengers as a fighting force, there are debates about the use of super powers, there are suicidal thoughts on the part of The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo in a stand out performance) who dreads the change each time, for the loss of his precious humanity. There is Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) being his usual cynical, caustic self, there is Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) who are both pretty attractive eye candy, doing their fallen Gods thing, and Captain America (Chris Evans) doing his best to come to grips with the fact the world isn't the way it used to be, and valour is no longer everything.
There were pop corn fight scenes aplenty for the action film buffs, but there were also quieter character moments, and serious attempts to deal with the psychological element of being a super hero peppered throughout. Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) was treated with the same respect as the super heroes with powers, and got to hold her own based on her own personal attributes. There was a very cool scene with a caged Loki approximately halfway through the movie that I loved (also nice shot from behind, Joss. I say this as a relatively straight female) , and I liked that her role wasn't all about the usual faux girl power feminism so rife in Hollywood films.
It is not the best movie I have ever seen, and it is nowhere near as thought provoking as say, the recent Hunger Games film, but the script was full of humour and pathos, the visuals were good, and the fight scenes were exactly what you'd expect from a film of this nature. If you want a geektastic, source material respectful, and character driven action movie, The Avengers is for you.
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Mercedes calls the GLS the S-class among SUVs—its rich appointments and power earn it a 2018 10Best award. Its three rows offer room for seven; the interior has leather, wood, and options such as an air-ionization system and heated and cooled cupholders. The GLS-class feels much smaller than its size on the road; it's surprisingly quick and nimble, and, unlike many others in the class, it isn't onerous to park.
The Mercedes-Benz GLS' attractive, well-built interior comes with three rows of roomy, comfortable seats. There's also a generous amount of cargo space and numerous available features. On the performance side, this Mercedes also features a powerful group of engines, including a V6 that has better gas mileages estimates than many class rivals. In addition, it boasts composed handling with excellent road grip, and it delivers a comfortable ride. In short – yes, the GLS is a good luxury large SUV. However, some competitors offer more standard features.
The GLS seats up to seven people. Unlike some 3-row SUVs, the GLS provides comfortable seating for most adults in every row. The front seats are the most spacious and comfortable, however, and there's excellent driver visibility.
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Tim Beckham Has Found What Works
After a strong 2017 campaign for Tampa and Baltimore led some observers to declare, perhaps prematurely, that the former No. 1 pick had finally figured out how to sustainably deliver on his sky-high potential, Tim Beckham's 2018 performance was sufficiently awful (a 79 wRC+ over 402 plate appearances) that the Baltimore front office declined to tender him a contract and left him to sign a $1.75 million deal with the Mariners in early January. Well, for a guy who was probably only intended to hold the middle of the field warm until J.P. Crawford gets the call up to Seattle at some point later this summer, Beckham has had a remarkably good first week in the Queen City:
Usually, I wouldn't note a first week like this except in passing — Preston Tucker was hitting .435 through his first seven games of 2018, after all — except for two things. First, Beckham was hurt — with a core muscle injury that required surgery — throughout much of 2018, which suggests that perhaps his poor performance over the full season was less a reflection of a regression from 2017's breakout and more what you'd expect from a player toughing it out through a debilitating injury. Second, Beckham has actually had a pretty good five weeks, dating back to September 1st of 2018. Since that date, his wRC+ of 186 is eighth-best in the game.
Beckham has always had good power to all fields, but until 2017, that power was too often undercut by a tendency to end at-bats early by swinging at the first pitch he saw offered close to the zone. In 2017, he solved the mental hurdle that had pushed him to try to do too much and instead started taking a few pitches early in at-bats until he found the one he wanted. "These days," he told me back then, "I want to see the ball in the zone where I can drive it, and if it's not" — here, a pause — "I want to trust that it's going to be a ball." The core injury hindered his ability to execute on that mindset in 2018, yes, but since September of last year, he's been able to put it into practice again. The results have been impressive.
"I'm seeing him swing at good pitches and hit the ball really hard," said fellow Seattle newcomer Jay Bruce. "The quality of the at-bats he's had lately have been really great — he's putting himself into good counts, and not missing pitches that he gets."
Over his first 31 plate appearances of 2019, in fact, Beckham has swung at just 22% of pitches he's seen outside the zone — his career mark is 33% — and made contact 74% of the time (also near a career best). I say this not to suggest that Beckham can necessarily keep this level of performance up over a full season, but merely to confirm that what's being seen with the eyes is also being recorded in the data: Tim Beckham has learned how to wait for his pitch. And he's finding support from his hitting coach, Tim Laker.
"This year," said Laker, "we've really tried to emphasize to all our hitters that we're going to specifically target each night's starting pitcher, and say 'How are we going to beat this guy,' not just go up there and say, hey, look, there's a pitch, let me try and hit it." So when Beckham came to the plate against Chris Sale early in last Thursday's home opener against the Red Sox, he knew he was looking for a pitch up in the zone, somewhere in the middle of the plate appearance, and he knew what he would be trying to do with it.
"For me," said Laker, "when you're a right-hander facing a guy that's a cross-fire guy, like a Bumgarner or a Sale, you're going to have to generate power to the pull side. In the past, [Beckham] has kind of tried to hit that kind of guy the other way. But if you go the other way, you lose the barrel a bit and they get that little rise up and away and you miss under. So before that game we talked about attacking the ball at a bit of a different angle to get a bit more pull on it and take it out to left." On a 1-2 pitch in the second inning, Beckham got a pitch he could pull, and did this:
Tim Beckham probably isn't going to end 2019 with a 186 wRC+, and in fact I suspect that both he and the Mariners would be quite pleased if all he did was replicate 2017's 109 mark. But he's had a terrific first week of the season, and it's come hot on the heels of a September that showed that, when healthy, Beckham can do serious damage to baseballs to all fields.
"I think," said Bruce, "that before 2017 he had a tendency to try too hard sometimes, and I think staying within himself now has allowed him to 'finish' the at-bats and not miss the pitches that he gets. All he has to do now is stay within himself."
Rian Watt is a contributor to FanGraphs based in Seattle. His work has appeared at Vice, Baseball Prospectus, The Athletic, FiveThirtyEight, and some other places too. By day, he works with communities around the world to end homelessness.


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A new report from the National Center for the Middle Market singles out mergers and acquisitions as a powerful and even predictable force behind sector success. "Middle Market M&A: What Executives and Advisors Need to Know to Make the Most of Mergers & Acquisitions" uses data from Thompson Reuters to determine that approximately 2,000 middle market deals are struck every quarter. 2017 was no different, despite 60% of middle market companies reporting they perceive an uptick in merger and acquisition activity.
"It feels up, but it's not," explains NCMM executive director Thomas Stewart, who points to historical Middle Market Indicator data showing a definite cadence in the transactions. "Those charts are as predictable as a marathon runner's heartbeat. Just constant rhythm. … What's different is there is [now] a lot of money out there looking to make deals. That means two things: Price is going up and the structure of the deal has changed a little bit. Less banks, more equity."
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Family-friendly Halloween event features train rides, children's activities and food
(Bonsal, N.C., Sept. 27, 2018) – For more than 20 years, New Hope Valley Railway's (NHVR) Track or Treat: Halloween Express has transported passengers on a spooky, kid-friendly train ride.
NHVR's Halloween Express takes place on Saturdays Oct. 13, 20 and 27 with five train departure times at 2:45, 4:00, 5:15, 6:30 and 7:45 p.m.
New this year, is NHVR's Mummy Mayhem, a game where passengers search for 13 mummies hidden along the train tracks, and in the rail yard and museum. During the ride, visitors will see the new flying monkeys Halloween scene, and some favorite scenes and decorations from past years, including the flying witches, large pumpkin faces, smoking cauldrons, and Count Dracula, the gravedigger and the headless brakeman.
Before or after the train ride, there's lots to see and do in the rail yard, including songs by the popular singing pumpkins, photo opportunities, a gallery of creepy artwork in the North Carolina Railway Museum's stationary caboose, Dr. CO2's magical boo bubbles and the Count Cluckula kids' game with prizes.
"Our annual Track or Treat: Halloween Express is a fun event that all ages can enjoy," said Shannon Curtin, who has coordinated the event at NHVR for more than 10 years. "Children and adults are encouraged to ride the train in their costumes, which makes for great family memories and photo opportunities."
The event is family-friendly, but earlier departure times during daylight are recommended for younger children. All tickets cost $15 per person and children under two years old are free when sitting in the lap of an adult ticketholder.
NHVR's food vendor will have a kid-friendly menu with a special Halloween-themed kid's drink. Food and drinks are not included in the train ticket price.
NHVR's Halloween Express is the only event in the Triangle that includes a ride on a real train. Its rail yard is located 30 minutes from Raleigh off of Old U.S. 1 South on the Wake-Chatham county line. Visit www.TriangleTrain.com to see ticket fares and purchase tickets. These rides can sell out.
The remaining 2018 ride events at the rail yard include Slow Down Sunday on November 11, a weekday ride on November 14 and Santa's Reindeer Roundup Express on December 1, 2, 8, 9 and 15.
About the New Hope Valley Railway (NHVR)
New Hope Valley Railway, the Triangle's Train, straddles the historic towns of Bonsal and New Hill, North Carolina, 30-minutes southwest of Raleigh, off of U.S. Highway 1, Exit 89. A real train takes passengers on one-hour scenic rides through the woods in covered, open-air train cars. The organization was chartered in 1983 as the East Carolina Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and soon began its all-volunteer operated public train ride days. Also available are opportunities to operate a locomotive, host a birthday party in an historic caboose, and visit the North Carolina Railway Museum, Garden Railroad (G Scale) and gift shop.
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This Hunted Escape Game is an exciting new concept to Chattanooga where you'll be placed in a specific scenario with your team and set on a mission to solve a mystery and escape the room within your 60-Minute time frame. Your and your team will Search the room using your wits,puzzles and clues that will unlock secrets as you search for the solution to the escape room. See if you can manage your way out to success or will you fail!
Arrive at our escape game location 405 River Street - Chattanooga Tennessee. Your team is on a search for some missing hikers, you and your group come across an abandoned cabin in the woods. But you quickly realize that you are not alone, and an innocent break from the cold just put you in the hands of a rogue hunter that calls himself "The Revolutionary" He is responsible for the missing hikers and has captured them in his makeshift Room. The Hunted Escape Room is an incredible challenge with a 35% completion rate and is a fantastic team building opportunity. Can you pull off the biggest rescue mission of your life and escape before you become his next target?


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I am a bit of a feminazi (or can be on certain subjects) , So you can imagine that I would not be into the subordination of women, or of women being submissive. So I thought I would adamantly hate 50 Shades Of Grey by E.L.James , But, shockingly I did not hate it. I will say that I agree with many that the writing was not as good looking to its popularity, and yet even with the bad writing I wanted to know what would happen. I was curious while reading what parts interested other women. Yeah sex sells , but there was more to the book , it was the depth with the characters ,and the emotional part that played around , & I would say I have more of a positive opinion towards it.& again there is this happy ending that s very appealing to me. 50 Shades of Grey has enlighten one of the most important part that many fails to read,& that is the in between shades ,
Again people have this tendency of complaining with the happy endings of movies & novels , which I really don't understand , if you expect good things than that 's what would happen to you , your perspective towards life , I would like to mention this quote which played at the end of the movie He 's just not that into you
"Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you he likes you. Never try to trim your own bangs and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, Every story we're told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe… it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is… just… moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope. "
The mistake that we all made is we try to live the happy endings shown in movies & have read in books , but we don't live our own happy endings in our own ways , & thats where we lose it ,& than curse this hollywood movies & romantic novels for showing us this way. We are the ones who misinterpret the real idea behind it. So my word , try to make your own happy endings , rather than comparing it , try to live your on moments and that would make it special.
Go for happy endings , Life doesn't have sequels , you know sometimes all you need is 30 seconds of insane courage , Just literally 30 seconds of embarrassing bravery , & I promise something good will happen out of it , give life a shot , & have a positive attitude towards life , that would just do the magical work.
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This year I spent my tax return on 9 months of rent and paying off my car loan.
A lot of finance people want you to pick that magic number on your deduction form when you start a job so you don't owe tax but you don't have to pay tax so you get all the cash you can in your paycheck. That's great for people who are willing to save money in small bits during the year but even when I was young, single, and making decent money I claimed zero because I'm better at doing things with a chunk of cash once a year than with four dollars a week more. Your mileage may vary but if you're like me, this might help you out.
If you ran a business last year and found at the end of your taxes you owed the government money this year, I salute you. I've been there and it hurts when everyone else is getting a big refund check and you're writing a check. I wish you well and wanted you to know I know you're out there since most business owners get ignored or glossed over during this season.
Last but not least, I realize that because of where we are at financially we get a very large tax return ($9200 this year) because Mr. Brickie works but we are still below poverty level so we get a lot in Earned Income Credit as well as the Tax Credits for three kids. Here are some things you can do even if you get a smaller tax return. If you get a bigger tax return, you can do more of them.
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boring responsible with your tax return, do one or two of these and use the rest to have some fun like your normally would.
- Pay your insurance. Monthly fees range but are usually around $7/mo. to pay monthly. You can save $84 if you set the cash aside and pay that auto insurance twice a year or your home/renters insurance once a year. (Shop around now and then for better rates, too. You might be surprised at how much less you can pay for the same coverage.)
- Make an emergency fund (or fill yours up a bit!) If you don't have an emergency fund (or it's not big enough) you can choose not to spend your tax refund at all and set it aside in case you need it. The relief you feel at having backup money might be worth not going shopping for a new pair of shoes.
- Pay off a credit card. If you're working toward being debt-free, pay off a card. This is the first year I haven't wiped out all my credit card debt with my refund. It made me sad but paying off the car was too important to pass up.
- Clean up your credit report. If you have a bill you owed to AT&T or Comcast years ago that's still hanging out on your credit report and it might keep you from getting a car or a house or an apartment … get rid of it! Call and see if you can negotiate a deal to get the overall amount you owe reduced. A chunk of cash gives you negotiating power.
- Prepay utilities. If you know you're the type of person who can't have an emergency fund without spending it, send extra money to your gas/electric company or pay a few car payments in advance. It can give you some breathing room to get the rest of your finances on track. Put $20 in an online savings account and practice not spending it. Like exercise, you can't become a budget ninja in a minute, you have to start with baby steps. Once you can keep yourself from spending that $20, bump the amount up to $40. Eventually your discomfort will fade and you'll enjoy seeing that number sitting there, waiting for you, just in case.
- Get an Oil Change! If there is some routine maintenance you have been avoiding on your car because it's not that important or it's just a little too expensive…now is the time. If you google your car year/type and routine maintenance you should be able to find what's recommended and get your ride spruced up. If your car is already running it's usually cheaper (and a hell of a lot less expensive) to get that routine maintenance and keep her running right instead of ignoring the little things until they become a big thing that costs a big chunk of cash.
I try really hard to keep it classy and not judge people who buy name brand accessories or phones or whatever instead of doing the above super-responsible stuff for the future. If I did judge it would be out of sheer jealousy and I don't want to be that person. Seriously, I would be lying if I told you it was easy and fun to pay off the car instead of going on vacation somewhere warm and swimming in a pool with my kids while we relax, laugh, and order copious amounts of room service. I feel like a crap mother most nights because my children don't directly benefit at all from paying the rent in advance or paying off the car. Sure, you can tell me (like I tell myself) that giving them a stable childhood is the most important thing but you and I both know that's not something they can feel or touch. It's difficult to choose the intangible option, even when you know it is the best possible decision for the whole family.
If you need me I'll be laying out getting a tan next to the pool in my mind palace ordering an imaginary Bellini from my imaginary butler, Jarvis.


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Ask almost anyone who builds or collects miniatures and they'll tell you why they're addicted. It's our own little world and it comes to life under our hands. We inhabit our little worlds with miniature people and pets, and weave story lines around them. Our flights of fancy have a home in miniature, and our grand ideals can become a reality. In this issue, we'll take a look at how fantasy and fancies can become reality in miniature.
I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day. Please remember that May is also Military Appreciation Month, so I have included a link to a web form at America Supports You where you can send a message of support to our servicemembers.
Magical settings have fascinated humans since the beginning of time. We're entranced by fairies, trolls, wizards and magicians, but quite often, people only get the opportunity to see these delightful things in their mind's eye... unless they're a miniaturist and then anything is possible. One of the greatest things about miniatures is that we can bring our fantasies to life in smaller scale. Houses and settings that are only conceived of in our imagination can come to life under our hands in miniature.
As a young man in the Navy, Porter Stout spent most of his career frequenting various bars and other public establishments of dubious pleasures and getting thrown out of them, that he decided when he retired to become the proprietor of his own establishment.
Spring is in the air and a miniaturist's thoughts turn to landscaping. This month, we've included a tutorial on how to build a wishing well for your favorite mini yard or garden. It starts with an inexpensive wishing well from the craft store and ends up with a mossy brick well that will be the delight of any elf, gnome or garden creature.
Heidi (heidiiiii5) has been a member of the Greenleaf Miniature Community since January 31, 2006. With 4,220 posts (and counting) Heidi makes us laugh with her wry sense of humor and puts us in awe of her compassion for animals and children. In fact, she has owned so many animals that she could write a remake of the movie "The Truth About Cats and Dogs"!
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Elder Patriot – Liberal Alan Dershowitz and Conservative Joe diGenova do not often reconcile their political differences in wholehearted agreement. When it comes to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into President Trump, however, they're in complete concurrence.
Dershowitz and diGenova appeared together on a segment of Hannity last night and they were very clear that Mueller has nothing, never had anything, and is on a fishing expedition to find something to pin on President Trump.
As you listen to this video keep in mind the words of Lavrentiy Beria, Joseph Stalin's state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus, who said: "Show me the man and I'll find you the crime."
Dershowitz: I have to tell you, if after a year of investigation and going after all the low-hanging fruit, and getting people not only to sing but convincing them possibly even to compose, if they couldn't shift him [President Trump] from a subject to a target, there's nothing there.
I challenge Mueller to tell me what statute is violated by collusion… They know [collusion isn't a crime] but they hope that by investigating collusion they'll get somebody to obstruct justice, to commit perjury, to commit one of these other peripheral crimes.
They always say it's in the cover-up. It's not the cover-up. It's that prosecutors induce cover ups which is why innocent people shouldn't be testifying unless they absolutely have to because you can be indicted for perjury even if you tell the truth if you say something that somebody else says is different. Because if somebody contradicts you and the prosecutor believes [or, chooses to believe] the person contradicting you're indicted for perjury.
diGenova: Rod Rosenstein (the man who appointed Mueller special counsel), his conduct has been a disgrace – legally and every other way.
Let's be very clear about this, the president has never been a target. The fact that he has been recently notified that he is a subject means absolutely nothing. He is not even a subject. He is a witness.
A subject is a person whose conduct is within the scope of the grand jury's investigation. What the hell does that mean? It means they don't have anything on him.
There have been nineteen criminal cases and not one piece of evidence against the president of the United States. And now we are told that Mueller wants to question the president of the United States who knows nothing, who has been a witness to nothing, who is not a target of the investigation.
What we are seeing now is conduct by two public officials, Robert Mueller and Rod Rosenstein, that is unethical, unprofessional, an embarrassment to the United States government, and is undermining equal enforcement of the law because of what they are doing to a president of the United States.
Rod Rosenstein single-handedly has taken away from the sitting president of the United States sixteen months of his presidency by his incompetent and fearful conduct. You know why Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller? Because he didn't want to make the tough decisions that would have to made if you were supervising a case being run by a United States attorney, like Huber. (Editor's note: Jeff Sessions appointed to John Huber to conduct an investigation into the FBI and DOJ's targeting of first candidate and then President Trump.)
Rod Rosenstein is a coward. He is a disgrace to the Department of Justice. It's a shame that the president cannot fire him because of the political consequences.
Dershowitz: He can't fire him but it's amazing that he hasn't been recused. After all, he is the main witness on whether or not obstruction of justice had occurred with the firing of James Comey. He wrote the memo!
Joe is absolutely right, they have deprived the president of the right to govern.
diGenova: What does he [Mueller] want to question the president about? He cannot ask him about the firing of Comey. That is an Article II Constitutional authority the president has to fire Comey. He had every right to fire Flynn.
Suppose they say, "what were you thinking when you fired Comey," "what were you thinking when you fired Flynn?" These are the kind of stupid questions. This is a perjury trap.
Dershowitz: [President Trump] should [tell Mueller in front of the grand jury] you're not allowed to ask me or question any Article II decision I make. Just like you can't question any Senators for their vote and you can't question justices for their vote.
If I acted within the authority of Article II, I cannot be compelled or asked why I did something.
It's rare that Joe and I agree on anything but today we agree.
Robert Mueller learned well from Lavrentiy Beria. Having been unable to find anything to pin on President Trump he is now looking to invent a crime. He'd better hurry because his window of opportunity to prove obstruction is closing quickly.
Once the Inspector General's report is released, it's expected later this month, Trump will be proven right that Comey, the FBI, and the DOJ constructed a criminal conspiracy to destroy his presidency.
After Comey's firing is determined to have been warranted, Mueller's charges of obstruction will evaporate into thin air.


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Speaking of trouble, had some sad news this weekend. My car was broken into. Much of my con gear was taken and I had to sadly miss Santa Rosa Toy Con. Trying to see the positive side, a chance to update my table set up! Life of an artist.
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Maytag Aircraft Corporation is proud to have been part of a high profile foreign visit; one that led to the head of Vice President Mike Pence's Secret Service detail expressing gratitude for their assistance during his quickly-pulled together trip to Colombia.
On February 25, 2019, Vice President Pence traveled to Bogota to address the political turmoil in Venezuela and any U.S. humanitarian assistance to that country. Travel to the region presents significant challenges, and Maytag Aircraft has the expertise to quickly and successfully provide travel support under these conditions.
David Nelson, President and Chief Operating Officer of Maytag Aircraft Corporation, heard from the Secret Service official who voiced his appreciation of Maytag Aircraft's "pulling a rabbit out of hat" for such a crucial trip. The company handled logistics for all of Vice President Pence and entourage, according to Mr. Nelson.
Maytag Aircraft provides air terminal and ground handling support in foreign countries to dignitaries traveling to those countries. In the past, this has included the President of the United States, U.S. Congressional Representatives, U.S. Cabinet Members, Press Corp, and foreign diplomats.
State Departments and the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group (MILGRP) are also important customers of Maytag Aircraft. MILGRP members are the U.S. military advisers sent to foreign countries to assist in training and facilitate military sales. They work in "hot spots" and help promote military partnerships in Latin American countries, such as the countries Maytag Aircraft has significant contracts in.
Mr. Nelson stated, "Maytag Aircraft has supported the U.S. Air Force, along with the U.S. Embassy/MILGRP, throughout Latin America for more than twenty-five years and is proud of our logistics support of the U.S. mission and our allies in the region."
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McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is the gateway to one of the most luxurious cities in the world. Spurred by studies showing consumers engage more thoroughly with digitally delivered ads than with static content, McCarran and their signage partner, Lamar Advertising, recognized an opportunity for a technological overhaul in their airport environment. This airport is a valuable advertising environment because it grants advertisers the opportunity to have their content seen before anyone else's. Chris Trares, the Director of Sales for Lamar Airports, echoed this point within the video below. He says, "Las Vegas is known worldwide for tourism, conferences, [being] a huge business destination, and McCarran is a place where you can have your message displayed first, for everyone who arrives." This is an incredibly lucrative proposition for advertisers and McCarran cashed in on that value by integrating the type of state-of-the-art LED signage that would maximize both advertisers' ability to communicate with customers and McCarran's own ability to rotate content on the fly.
In completely overhauling the signage situation in their domestic baggage claim area, one of McCarran's top priorities was to their advertisers. In the advertising world, being the first thing a customer sees is invaluable, but being seen at all is of course a necessary element of that. The traditional solutions that McCarran formerly relied on were often lost in an environment with high levels of ambient light and their static nature required regular physical replacement. "As the initial purchase price of LED displays continues to become more and more competitive," said the McCarran's director Rosemary Vassiliadis, "the enormous revenue-generating, creative and production efficiencies the format offers have become more and more compelling." To learn more about this remarkable signage overhaul, watch the video below and download the case study as well!
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VANCOUVER (From news reports) -- Interfor Corp. plans to permanently close its Hammond sawmill in Maple Ridge, B.C., affecting more than 100 workers.
The Vancouver-based company says the closure is part of a reorganization of its forestry and woodlands operations amid tight supplies of logs for processing.
It says the shutdown will be complete by the end of 2019, after the mill's remaining log and lumber inventories have been processed and shipped.
Interfor chief executive Duncan Davies says the company, which has 18 mills across North America, will seek jobs for the affected workers at its other operations or at outside mills.
Interfor is still awaiting a provincial decision on its $60-million offer to acquire Canfor Corp's Interior cutting rights after that company closed its Vavenby sawmill in July.
When the planned deal for the cutting rights was announced, Interfor said the additional supply would "solidify" its Adams Lake operation east of Kamloops, B.C.
None of the timber was earmarked for Interfor's coastal mills but a company statement issued Tuesday said the Hammond closure could create opportunities to increase supply for its other Metro Vancouver sawmill, located in Delta.
"The Coastal B.C. forest industry has faced significant log supply challenges over the past two decades and manufacturing capacity needs to be brought into line with available log supply," Davies said in the statement.
Closure of its Maple Ridge sawmill would result in "repatriation of working capital tied up at Hammond," while "monetization" is planned for the prime Fraser River-front property, the company said.
The Hammond mill mainly processes Western red cedar and has a two-shift capacity, but Interfor said it has been operating with a single shift for several years due to log supply constraints and other issues.
In August, United Steelworkers Local 2009 members at Hammond and at Interfor's Acorn mill in Delta voted 97 per cent in favour of strike action.
The permanent closure of the Hammond mill is the latest upheaval for the B.C. forest industry, which has seen nearly two dozen mill closures, short-term shutdowns and hundreds of layoffs through the Interior over the summer.
A lack of supply and volatile markets were blamed in those cases, while Davies said cedar producers such as the Hammond mill have been "disproportionately impacted by duties on shipments into the United States as a result of the softwood lumber dispute."
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Managing the big risks of marine construction
January 03, 2018
The marine construction business is booming in the US for many reasons. Nationwide ports are expanding, deepening their channels to accommodate bigger vessels. Other infrastructure, including bridges, needs updating to be brought into the 21st century. A growing recreational boating population is prompting marinas to expand their footprint to accommodate bigger yachts and other pleasure craft. And an active 2017 hurricane season left the need to rebuild docks and other structures along affected waterways.
But these are only part of the reason marine contractors' workload is heavy these days. Marine contractors' expertise and skill are also continuously in demand for small construction and maintenance jobs to keep US traffic moving. When construction is in or near water, it very likely involves specialized marine contractors whose knowledge and experience are invaluable. Marine contractors are tasked with performing some very risky work; therefore, protecting their property and assets requires considerable attention to managing on-the-job exposures.
Water, Waves and Weather
Marine contracting is not for the faint of heart. It ranks up there as one of the most hazardous occupations in the workforce. Just consider a marine contractor's environment. Working on or near water poses more slip or fall risk. Contractors can be swept off their feet by wave action, tide action, strong currents or swell from passing water traffic. And these conditions can change quickly, especially when adverse weather kicks in, increasing dangers that maritime construction workers face daily.
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, data collected from 2011-2015 revealed that the most injuries in the marine construction industry resulted from:
- Overexertion
- Slips, Trips and Fall
- Contact with Objects or Equipment
- Transportation incidents
Fortunately, OSHA offers guidance to help marine contractors address and minimize some of these workplace exposures. Operating heavy equipment on land can be challenging enough. Operating large heavy equipment, often on workboats and swaying with a waterway's current, has its own unique risks. These include mechanical damage from fatigue failure of machinery to wear and tear, sinking, improper ballasting, overstressing of motors and pumps, and more.
Sharing the Waterways
Another risk for marine contractors is third party liability. Their operations share the waterways with a growing volume of vessels. Marine contractors' vessels are restricted in their navigation because of the work they perform, often working at a fixed location, such as a bridge. The exposure to collision while working around the clock, especially at night, is significant. Proper lighting assures they are seen.
Tight on Talent
Only a few years ago, the whole construction industry was in a slump. As a result, many left the construction industry to pursue other fields. This resulted in a shortage of skilled workers, which has been exacerbated by recent rebuilding efforts after like Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.
Given the specialized work performed by marine contractors, the strain of the talent shortage is even greater. This is a top risk management concern. A shrinking workforce translates to severe gaps in experience. Inexperience poses significant risk, especially in the challenging marine work environment.
Inclusive Insurance
Given the hazardous working conditions and the unique equipment, insurance protection is essential. It must directly address the diverse, day-to-day exposures marine contractors face. Contractors' insurance is often consists of such coverages as:
Marine General Liability includes coverage for products and operations liability for work performed from watercraft.
Marine Contractors' Liability provides coverage for property damage to marine structures.
Commercial Hull and Protection & Indemnity (P&I) protect vessel owners against physical damage to the ship and legal liability.
Bumbershoot (umbrella) provides excess liability coverage for companies with major marine exposures. Such policies cover both non-marine and maritime liability exposures—that is, protection and indemnity, general average, collision, general liability hazards, among others.
Builder's Risk and Installations includes materials, labor and reasonable overhead and profit
Contractor's Equipment provides broad coverage including waterborne coverage
Property includes insurance for buildings, contents, and business interruption
Auto can also be packaged with the marine contractors program
In many instances, coverages are packaged together to streamline the insurance buying process, as well as to eliminate possible conflicts in coverage. Recently, XL Catlin introduced one of the most comprehensive insurance coverage packages available on the market, designed specifically for marine contractors. This program is designed to simplify the insurance buying process and minimize the potential for gaps in coverage should a loss occur.
No marine contracting business is exactly the same. That's why working with an insurer with a long track record in the marine industry can significantly impact the effectiveness of a contractor's coverage. Marine underwriters are a rare breed. Insurers with a long history in the marine market pride themselves on building teams of underwriters who understand the nuances of marine contracting operations. Policies can be tailored to meet an operation's special needs. These include per project aggregate limits, coverage for waterborne equipment and contractual legal liability including action over, automatic additional insureds, and flexible sublimits for additional coverages.
Marine insurance carriers also employ marine claims specialists who understand the specific maritime laws and liabilities that apply when working on or along the water.
Final Thoughts
Marine contractors are playing a vital role in the nation's need to improve and enlarge vital infrastructure, making way for bigger shipping demands and other commercial activity. Fortunately there is a marine insurance market that understands this diverse industry's challenges. XL Catlin is well equipped to take on this risk through insurance products that are comprehensive, innovative, and tailored to the unique needs of the marine insurance buyer.
Based in Chicago, Stephen Clark is Vice President, National Hull & Liabilities Practice Leader for XL Catlin's North America Marine team. Based in Ohio, Mike Perrotti is Senior Vice President, Inland Marine for XL Catlin's North America Marine team.
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Thank you for your incredible support of the MPA Girls Varsity Volleyball Team as they advanced to the State Tournament for the first time in school history! We are so proud of our athletes, our fans, and our entire Panther community. It was a day to remember as five buses full of students departed campus for the Xcel Energy Center and other students gathered in the Family Commons to watch the livestream. The Panther Pride across all grades was palpable and truly represented how our community comes together to support one another. It was a great day to be a Panther! See photos of the electric energy from today here!


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Today I wanted to try out the new and very awesome Office 365 Attack Simulator for Office 365.
The idea behind it is that there are certain types of hacking attempts that can bypass security protocols based on their nature, such as a phishing scam, brute force password attack or even password stuffing or as Office 365 calls it password spraying.
Curiosity is an enemy and a friend
The reason these attacks may bypass security protocols is because, by nature, humans click things we should not, we type in passwords wrong a few times when we forget them and use the same password for multiple accounts.
This means it is very difficult to put procedures in place without causing complexity which will later be bypassed and rendering the security useless.
I am not saying all of these can be avoided with the right measures in place, and the Office 365 Secure Score certainly can assist, it is not 100% fail safe.
Simulated attacks
This brings in the Office 365 Attack Simulator. What it does is launch a specified attack on your Office 365 tenant and simulates what a hacker may be trying on you and your employees. This will then identify security flaws and allow you to resolve them before the bad guys do.
Some of you that are very familiar with #infosec will very quickly point out that the Office 365 Attack Simulator is not needed, and one could simply leverage Kali or a number of other tools to get this job done. But for the new comers out there who do not have this and want a legit reason to hack everyone in the business, this is your tool.
Launch mode activated
To activate the Office 365 Attack Simulator got to this link https://protection.office.com/#/attacksimulator with your privileged Office 365 account.
You will then be presented with this magical dashboard.
And right away get 3 attack options as listed below.
- Display Name – Spear Phishing Account Breach. Phishing is a generic term for a broad suite of attacks classed as a social engineering style attack. This test is focused on Spear Phishing – a more targeted attack, aimed at a specific group of individuals or an organization. Typically, a customized attack with some reconnaissance performed and using a Display Name that will generate trust in the recipient;
- Brute Force Password Attack Account Breach. A brute force attack is a trial-and-error method used to obtain information such as a user password or personal identification number (PIN). In a brute force attack, automated software is used to generate many consecutive guesses as to the value of the desired data;
- Password Spray Attack Account Breach. A password spray attack against an organization is typically used after a bad actor has successfully enumerated a list of valid users from the tenant, utilizing their knowledge of common passwords used.
I did try to setup a few attacks but got the following error, I think it is because the Office 365 Attack Simulator is still in preview.
So I will keep checking, and once it is up and running, I will complete this blog for you.


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September 19th, 2019
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Nasal stops
Some consonant spectra
In the spectrograms discussed in this topic, clear formant tracks are marked with yellow lines. Formant transitions (movements) from a consonant to a vowel are important cues to place of articulation for many CV consonants. In this topic only CV consonants are illustrated. Consonants in other contexts (clusters, VC and VCV) are dealt with elsewhere.
The time scales are not constant in these diagrams. You are advised to take note of the time scale underneath each spectrogram before comparing temporal properties of the consonants.
FFT/LPC intensities are relative to an internally specified reference number. They should not be construed as signifying actual intensities in the original recording studio as this would require reference to an independent calibration signal. The dB values should only be interpreted as indicating relative intensities for spectrum components. For these particular spectra, -70 dB should be regarded as the floor or minimum level for these spectra and represents low level background noise. Such noise is a normal characteristic of the recording environment and the recording technology.
All of the spectrograms and FFT/LPC spectra used in this topic belong to the same adult male speaker of Australian English.
A pdf version of this topic is available.
d. Nasal stops
Nasal stops are sonorant consonants and so they have formant patterns that resemble those of vowels (to some extent). They also have a side resonance cavity, in this case the oral cavity, which opens into the pharynx but is closed at the lips (eg. bilabial) or the tongue (eg. alveolar or velar).
Figure 38: Spectrogram of /m/. Click anywhere on the image to hear the sound.
In this spectrum we can see a very strong low frequency resonance at about 200 Hz which is the main resonance of the nasal cavity. We can also see formant patterns that resemble vowel formants and are caused by the interaction between nasal and oral cavity resonances and antiresonances. The affect of having a main resonance chamber and a side resonance chamber is that the spectrum also consists of antiresonances which insert dips (rather than peaks) into the spectrum. These dips can cancel out or greatly diminish formant peaks. In this case the second formant appears to be particularly affected by such antiresonances. The formant transitions are similar to those for /p/ and /b/.
Figure 39: FFT/LPC spectrum of /m/. Click anywhere on the image to hear the sound.
Here we can see possible antiresonances at about 1000, 1800 and 3000 Hz. The antiresonances at 1000 and 1800 Hz have most likely greatly attenuated the second formant peak. The main nasal resonance is paired with an antiresonance (a pole-zero pair) that usually cancels out the oral tract F1 unless its very low (say 200 Hz) and therefore reinforced by the nasal resonance.
Figure 40: Spectrogram of /n/. Click anywhere on the image to hear the sound.
In the case of /n/, we can again see the strong nasal resonance at about 200 Hz. F3 is fairly evident, but both F2 and F4 are strongly attenuated by antiresonances. The formant transitions are characteristic of those for alveolar consonants and are similar to the transitions for /t/, /d/, /s/ and /z/.
Figure 41: FFT/LPC spectrum of /n/. Click anywhere on the image to hear the sound.
The peak at 200 Hz is the main nasal resonance. Antiresonances between about 900 and 2000 Hz have almost completely obliterated F2 and antiresonances between 3000 and 4000 Hz have cancelled out F4. A weak F3 is still visible.
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No, this isn't an article about a Michael Phelps size smoking device. It's not even about San Francisco's famous marijuana clubs. Big Ben, the imperial size bell in the Tower of Parliament, will soon be celebrating its sesquicentennial. The Brits are justifiably proud of the bell that has tolled from the height of empire, through the Blitz, and on to our modern day. For a hundred and fifty years, Big Ben has announced "there will always be an England."
The bell officially first rang out in July of 1859, but it was put up into the rafters (if that's the right term) right around this time in June of the same year. It was not even the first bell. It was such a huge undertaking that nobody had ever cast a bell quite like it. So the first bell, like our American Liberty Bell, cracked while being tested. The first bell was tested in the foundry yard, so it never actually made it into the tower. That was in 1857, and it took another two years of calculating and reworking to get the right formula.
There are parallels with America's Liberty Bell as both became symbols of liberty and western civilization, with a certain Anglo twist. The big difference is that our Liberty Bell was preserved, crack and all, as a national treasure. England's bell rings out from a tower whose visage is known to almost everyone in the civilized world. The architecture and design correspondent for the London Observer, Stephen Bayley, says "that as silhouettes, only the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower rival Big Ben (although the Gherkin, I believe, is coming up fast)." During the darkest days of the London Blitz, the tower stood as a symbol of defiance, and could occasionally be heard in the background as Edward R. Murrow broadcast from the city under bombardment.
The story of the creation of the tower and the bell was pure English eccentrism. The architect who won the competition to design the structure, Charles Barry, hired Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin to do the metalwork, glass and surface decoration. Pugin was going slowly insane from some sort of mercury poisoning, and it was becoming unclear whether he would stay lucid long enough to finish the job. It was all part of the Westminster Palace reconstruction resulting from the London Fire, so they were charged with being traditional, but original. The result was a glorious Gothic, Greek, Tudor, Edward VI school hybrid.
As the Spectator UK hilariously describes it, "Pugin was charged with designing and decorating archivolts, squints and spandrels, lovingly detailed fleurons, spirelets, stoups and mullions, every detail of crockets and crestings, daggers and diapers, not to mention naiheads, mouchettes, escutcheons and dogteeth, all drawn in meticulous, demented detail." Pugin wrote one last insane letter taking credit for both the tower and the bell, calling himself "the whole machinery of the clock," downed a few flagons of brandy, and went off quietly to the Bedlam insane asylum. Barry, on the other hand, was knighted for his efforts.
Big Ben and the Liberty Bell will go on for many, many years to come. Given the current status of the world, let's hope England and America can do the same. Big Ben survived the Nazis. Will it be able to survive the Jihadis? The mosque currently designed to sit next to these architectural treasures would rival, and perhaps overshadow the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Palace and the Bell Tower. Londoners are beginning to show signs of open rebellion over that.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
The Big Bong
No, this isn't an article about a Michael Phelps size smoking device. It's not even about San Francisco's famous marijuana clubs. Big Ben, the imperial size bell in the Tower of Parliament, will soon be celebrating its sesquicentennial. The Brits are justifiably proud of the bell that has tolled from the height of empire, through the Blitz, and on to our modern day. For a hundred and fifty years, Big Ben has announced "there will always be an England."
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Good day Lawhawk! When I was a kid in the '60s I had the opportunity to go to Independence Hall, and saw the actual Liberty Bell which was across the street, both made an impression on my young mind. On the same trip we stayed in DC we saw the monuments for a week and took a short trip to see Mt. Vernon, this young man was further impressed. In recent years before my kids were grown we spent four days in Williamsburg and as an grown man was impressed again by the courage of the Founders. I to fear for the survival of this wonderful country anymore the founding of the USA is ignored by academia as a bunch of self-serving white slave owners, wow. In keeping with your bell metaphor, "For Whom the Bell Tolls," as go the bells of Big Ben and the Liberty Bell goes western civilization. God bless, and God help America.
- May 23, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
Nice article. I think it should concern us all that England, the cradle of much of modern Western civilization, seems to be allowing itself to be converted into an place that stands directly opposed to the very freedoms and intellectual traditions that led us to the bright spot in history that we currently enjoy.
StanH, welcome to our little spot on the internet. Come back anytime! I agree with you on many levels. The Founding Fathers, their achievements, and more importantly the theory of governance that they established is the common culture that holds us together as a people and that makes this entire experiment that we call America possible. There is nothing like this country in the world and we need to protect it.
- May 23, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- Unknown said...
StanH: Thanks for your comments. Good to see you in our little part of the internet world. Every American should visit our national historical sites as you did. Standing in front of the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall can invoke a sense of both humility and purpose.
Andrew: As you know, I don't have a drop of English blood (some of my very distant relatives were likely to have been flying those Messerschmidts, Stukas and Fokke-Wolfs during the Blitz). But I have a very deep fondness for England, and the great republic she ultimately spawned here in the New World. If that wonderful thing that many have called "The Anglosphere" fails, western civilization fails. Let's pray that the spirit that the two great bells represent can hold us together through the onslaught.
- May 23, 2009 at 12:32 PM
- Captain Soapbox said...
Lawhawk, good article! I think my biggest sigh due to the English came when the entire Geert Wilders situation came to a head. I couldn't believe a country like the UK would allow manufactured outrage to allow them to keep someone out of their country just for his views on Muslims being "offensive." But on the bright side I think they're learning, and their pride in their past will help steel them for their future.
Also the comment about some of your relatives flying those planes made me think of the old Douglas Bader joke about "Fokkers" too. :-D
- May 23, 2009 at 4:59 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Cap'n Soapbox, I too was thinking of a Fokker joke. Let's see if it's the same one:
After World War II, a French Ace was invited to speak to a group of elderly ladies. He began his speech with a story about his most harrowing dogfight.
"As I lookt in zee sky, I zaw three Fokkers to my right. . ."
The audience gasped.
". . . and three more Fokkers to my left."
The audience gasped again.
"I turned my plane toward the first Fokker and I opened fire."
The audience gasped again. Alarm, the MC of the event rushed to the stage.
"Ladies, please let me explain. A Fokker is a kind of German airplane that these pilots were flying."
Without missing a beat, the French Ace says, "No, these Fokkers were flying Messerschmitts."
- May 23, 2009 at 5:19 PM
- Unknown said...
Captain Soapbox and Andrew: While I was trying to figure out how to tell the joke, you both got there ahead of me.
The Fokker joke is hilarious, but I remember that the Fokke-Wolf (more correctly spelled Focke-Wulf) had its own joke. No need to tell the joke--just the punchline. "Why would anyone want to do that to a wolf?"
- May 23, 2009 at 5:43 PM
- John Keats said...
What we Americans fail to realize is how Big Ben stood in defiance against the German attacks, blanketed by the London skyline. Westminster Palace was bombed 14 times during World War II, yet Big Ben stood. When the lights in London went out during the nearly 60 consecutive days of firebombing that would claim 20,000 lives, Big Ben was visible against the yellows and blues of exploding projectiles.
Remind you of a particular country's national anthem?
Thank you for this beautiful post.
- May 23, 2009 at 7:24 PM
- Writer X said...
I'm harboring a secret wish that the Liberty Bell will fall on Prez. Obama, or anyone in his administration--literally or figuratively.
- May 23, 2009 at 9:17 PM


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Teachers in the NUT union are debating their strategy in the fight against Gordon Brown's pay limit, following their hugely successful national strike on 24 April.
They need to ballot again to have another strike.
NUT conference earlier this year voted unanimously to call for a ballot for discontinuous action, meaning several days of strikes.
Teachers also voted to expand the remit of the action to fight over issues such as workload and class sizes as well as pay.
A ballot that took these issues into account would strike a chord.
Thursday 24 April was a fantastic display of the fighting mood that exists among workers.
It was significant because several different unions struck together over pay.
This kind of unity, pulling in more unions, will be needed in the future if workers are to win.
At rallies up and down the country on the strike day, informal votes were held which backed a ballot for discontinuous action in the NUT to take the campaign forward.
Several schools have also passed motions calling for the ballot to begin so that action can be taken before schools close for summer.
There is no time to lose.
The NUT has enough time to have a ballot, which would give it the flexibility to join possible action with other unions in June and July.
The NUT executive meets on Thursday of this week.


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