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"Ashcroft Should Come Clean" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-11-13 12:18:23

Labour is getting hammered for breaking the laws on political funding. Rightly so there needs to be criminal prosecutions in order to make it clear that the laws are to be obeyed. The Tories are working around the laws which may be legal but it is slippery. It is also bad politics slushing money through unincorporated associations is just not on any more. Ashcroft's tax arrangements are only a private matter if he is a private person. Ashcroft's influence on the Tories like that of Lord Sainsbury for Labour has been in the national interest. Billionaire Lord Sainsbury helped finance New Labour dragging the Labour party from socialism towards an accommodation with the Thatcherite settlement and at the very least an acceptance of the market economy. Sainsbury financed progressive think tanks and pressure groups as well as the Labour party itself to the betterment of the country. It was in the national interest to have a non-socialist alternative governing party to the Tories. Like Ashcroft he got stuck in rather than just sending £15 million plus of cheques. Ashcroft has an equally involved approach he has made an evidence based case to the Tories to change their game for the better. He has encouraged them with financial incentives to campaign professionally. He has pushed the party to appeal to the young aspirational middle classes once again rather than just their core voters. It has got to be in the best interests of the country to have an opposition that is electorally competitive and appealing rather than ideologically marooned. Ashcroft is not a sinister type character he like Sainsbury has constructively used his wealth to better his party and (eventually) his country. But the increasing perception that Labour is trying to capitalise on is that he is a shadowy tycoon manipulating Cameron. It is in his own interests to come clean and it is definitely in the interests of the Tories that he comes clean - soon. If not people will be entitled to assume he has something to hide. Politics in Britain suffers from a disconnect between cynical voters and disingenuous politicians. Any lack of clarity and the voters presume the worst - usually correctly. The money laundering for that is what it is endemic in British politics is just not acceptable. Every penny should be accounted for and sourced whether it is Midlands business types or. If they don't like the publicity than they shouldn't donate. Corruption is only possible in the shadows in the sunshine we can see clearly whatever reforms are made should be on the basis of total transparency. State funding is a lazy option it also presumes that political campaigning is of such importance that it should be funded - it isn't. In Europe there is plenty of state-sourced funding corruption it won't make things any better. Politics is needlessly expensive we don't need so much politics or so many politicians and their hangers on. Politicians need to be taken down a peg or two having to raise money only from people who are prepared to openly support them might bring some much needed humility and make them more connected to voters. If people are too ashamed to openly support politicians it is the politicians who need to improve their reputation. Well stated Guido!Democracy stinks to high heaven. People don't vote because they see it as pointless. One lot are just the same and as sleazy as the other. They no longer serve their electorate and ARE above the law. They call each other honourable so and so's whilst barging each other about to get their snouts in the trough. They can never answer a straight question when asked. Mother of all Parliaments! What utter rot. Do they care about being held in such low esteem?Nope! They are so far up each-others arse to see the truth or the sunshine. Year on year it just keeps getting worse. To them it is just a game in which they feather their beds and the electorate can go fuck itself. I must be missing something - Ashcroft (along with many others including some companies he owns)donates money to the Conservative Party. Midlands business-men also donate through a very long-established group that the Electoral Commission say they are entirely happy with. Each donation is duly declared to the Electoral Commission. So far all seems open and proper. The Conservative Party then takes the money and spends some of it in specific marginal constituencies - partly no doubt to counterbalance the vast resources incumbent MPs spend from our taxes on self promotion in the guise of 'communications'. Labour get caught not declaring donations properly (or at all) and suddenly Ashcroft is at fault. How does that work?As I said. I must be missing something along the way but it looks to me like a red-herrimg to mix-up the honest approach of Ashcroft and Tory donors and the strange accounting practices of Labour. I have no idea as to the tax-status of Ashcroft but perfectly understand his decision not to comment. Whatever he says the next set of questions are already written so as to attempt to strip away his rights to privacy on matters than none of us normally publicise - eg - how much tax do you currently pay to HMG how much last year next year and so on. Finally as regards State funding of politics I vote "NO". If any party cannot find funds from its own supporters then it deserves to fail. If some supporters can only give £10 and others choose to give £10,000,000 then I for one am content provided that the current laws on declaration are observed. Do look up the annual return of The Lazy Toad on EC web-site for a refreshingly clear statement on Party funding! There is a big difference here in that everyone knows Ashcroft has bank rolled the Conservatives for years. Who knew of Abrahams last month?Also as the Tories are not in power there is little they are in a position to trade other than jam tomorrow. It would also appear that the Tories are better at getting round the law with the Midlands Industrial Council and things like that. They are legal and the labour lot are squealing as their approach was just to ignore their own law. I dont see why donors could not have some degree of privacy. The problem is that if anyone gives anything it is assumed you want something back. When I pay my subscription the National Trust I dont ask to have a week at one of their mansions nor do I expect it nor does any one think I am doing anything other than making a donation towards helping the national Trust do what it does. If I make a subscription to any political party there is an assumption that I want something back. Laws changed. Planning permission preferential treatment knighthood or peerage. When you say I just support their aims and objectives and think the country is better with x party in control you are treated with contempt at best and hostility at worst. So would it make sense to have a system of payroll giving to the electoral commission with an indication of which party it is to go to. The Electoral Commission can run the checks as to the legality and suitability of the donation prior to passing it on. The party need not know who made the donation or for how much. Not perfect I know there are still ways around this - but it is a step in the right direction. Guido. You've made the wrong comparison. Sainsbury is fine in every respect both by the letter and spirit of electoral law and his peerage (not considering cash for peerages for the moment) in relation to his tax affairs. Though Sainsbury no doubt employs some forms of legal tax avoidance as all really rich people do. The real comparison is between Ronald Cohen and Lakshmi Mittal versus Ashcroft and Laidlaw. All their tax affairs are in question and though there is nothing illegal about their donations it rubs up against people's sense of fair play in which the principle that everyone pays taxes is a core issue. Moreover Ashcroft and Laidlaw must normalise their tax affairs as part of the agreement in their elevation to the Lords. I hope they realise how much damage they are doing to the Conservative party. Though it must be a very difficult proposition. David Cameron must threaten to refuse their donations and strip Ashcroft of his position in the party if they don't fulfil the pledges they made to become peers. But I don't think he should do it until he gets Labour to concede on Union donations. Quid pro quo. The big problem for the Conservatives isn't the raising of money it is the Boundary Commission who have institutionalised Labour bias in our electoral system. Tories won the popular vote in England but lost by 93 seats at the last general election. A Tory candidate needs thousands more votes to win a seat than a Labour one. In my view the Tories are legitimately playing the system by targeting money to marginal seats that have the biggest impact on the final result. At least one Labour MP said this weekend that they are disappointed that Labour HQ do not have similar strategy for distributing money and that they a simply jealous of the 'Ashcroft effect'. Bean has promised that the Government would do "everything in our power" to secure the freedom of the four security guards and one computer expert who were captured in Baghdad in May. Slendid news! - but:What has Bean been doing about this since May? What is he going to do now? What is everything in our power? If recent events had not occured unlawful donations being one would he even be bothering to comment? A wee question about privacy and the like. I know MPs declare expenses etc and we know about other income in the register of interests and we know how much MPs pay is which means we we can sit down and work out how much tax they should be paying. But do MPs actually declare the precise amount of tax they pay to the public? And if not why isn't that different to Ashcroft maintaining his financial privacy. Also the comments about Tory donors compared to SECRET Labour ones are misplaced. We've been talking about Ashcroft for many years. He is no way anonymous. 'Ashcroft's tax arrangements are only a private matter if he is a private person.'No. Tax residency is a private matter full stop - and one that can change quickly. Tax status has nothing to do with legality of donations. A person can be out of the country for 15 years and still make personal donations legally if they are on the electoral register. Labour MPs seem to be taking the approach of not criticising people breaking the law but flinging mud at legitimate arrangements. The law that applies is the one enacted in 2000 not what Tom Watson would like it to be. The tax status red herring is the thin end of the wedge. You think the Labour mob will evaporate if he reveals his tax status. To hell will they. Labour apologists are simply trying to hound him from continuing his legitimate political support. Hitching your colours to this mast means you are joining a coalition of those who are vying for state funding. Ashcroft is entitled to remain silent and the Midlands Industrial Council (whose went far beyond what is required when they produced a list of their members) should continue to operate as endorsed by the Electoral Commission until a time when the law changes. "Ashcroft's influence on the Tories like that of Lord Sainsbury for Labour has been in the national interest. Billionaire Lord Sainsbury helped finance New Labour dragging the Labour party from socialism towards an accommodation with the Thatcherite settlement and at the very least an acceptance of the market economy."I cannot believe that you wrote this. You are now looking at the fall-out of the collapse of the market economy. BANK COLLAPSE. HOUSE PRICE COLLAPSE. BANKRUPTCY BOTH PERSONAL AND BUSINESS AND THE SCREWING OF POPULATIONS BY CAPITALISTS. Who will be paying for the PFI debts NuLabour have created? It will be your children and your grandchildren. the perspective i have on party funding is quite simple cap it at 50k allow business groups to contribute but declare sources stop union direct funding (a pot of secure money nearly always leads to wonk policy) then let the parties have the task of convincing the electorate that they will act within the remit of being an MP ie work towards the betterment of our country with a cap on funding they would have to convince us the old argument that not expensing MPs correctly leads to fraud doesnt hold true they are well expensed and still they have fiddles thats the problem of oberons new political class what we are seeing is the need for the super MP when in actual fact we need intellect and experience i dont blame the public for being cynical how else can you feel when your Mp is so busy maintaing his image platform mps have just become a third way shop front for business and lobby groups they create the climate depending on if theres money in it democracy is supposed to have representatives i would have thought that meant reflecting peoples views instead we find it representing superstate eutopias outdated socialist ideologies and big corporate schemeing that would have most people aghast this country will not right its self until Mps stop pissing around with our well thought out institutions so if your reading gordon just why whould we be the victims of a phoney outdate marxist ideology that you didnt ask us if we wanted why should anyone trust you. As far as I can see Ashcroft and Sainsbury are acting within the law. When that Iranian bloke's donation came to light last week there wasn't much moaning about it apart from the fact that it was a direct evasion and stank of humbug. The Abrahams affair and the Wendy Alexander affair are different in that it looks as if the law has been broken and there have been lies and curious lapses of memory. Members of a government which drew up the PPERA are pleading ignorance of it. Labour are very keen to moan about Lord Cashcroft. It's rather like the captain of a tanker which ended up on the rocks because of his negligence trying to turn it into a diplomatic row over maritime safety standards and hoping that he'll be overlooked in the fuss. Deal with the matter in hand first of all which is the lies and the breaking of the existing law then consider the bigger picture of regulating donations. There's also a difference between the government of the day taking dodgy donations and an opposition party doing it. It's not a political necessity for Ashcroft's tax and domicile status to be public. It certainly is a political necessity that his affairs are strictly legal. To date despite all the crawling over his affairs by Labour supporters he has not put a foot wrong. Frankly I don't think Ashcroft's contributions will have any effect on Conservative credibility anyway. It's clear that sleaze and corruption dominates public perception of the Left. True there are many who proclaim that all politicians are the same. What's interesting about these people is they tend to be Labour supporters. Why might that be - apart from wishing to limit political damage caused by their own stupidity and arrogance by muddying the waters?NuLab apparently are going to trot out the tired and thoroughly discredited Charlie Whelan as a muck-raker-in-chief. Whelan is well past it now and can only - at best - balance out some of the dirt. He's no Karl Rove and he's really not got the gravitas or ability which is required for this task. What's even more stupid is to announce that his task is to shovel the shit. How will that help to restore the perception of integrity which NuLab so desperately needs? What we can certainly expect to see arising from this appointment is an increase in the amount of crap being thrown around but it will have minimal effect. Nulabour have failed to understand that events have long overtaken them. Damage limitation by slurs (true or false) on the opposition will do little to help. So lets think about who will vote Labour next time round:175,000 pensioners who've lost their money thru' fake Govt guarantees?the trainee doctors who don't have posts to go to?the families of the military dead sacrificed to support Blair's ego?the parents of children in failing schools?the bereaved whose relations died of MRSA clostridium difficile?the small businesspeople drowning in floods of EU/Elf&Safety regulations? "Politicians need to.. raise money only from people who are prepared to openly support them". So what else is new?What I want to know is where to get my groceries.1. Tesco -- bankrolls the crooks in office.2. Sainsbury -- ditto.3. Waitrose -- a commune self-regarding and overpriced to boot.4. Asda -- part of Walmart aka the Evil Empire bankrolls swivel-eyed fundos in the White House. Hence bankrolls the extremely curious way Blair got us sucked into the nightmare that is U. S. "foreign policy".5. Morrisons -- as bad as Sainsbury & Tesco it seems in price-fixing and the like.6. Co-op -- bankrolls the crooks etc. (go back to Item 1). @ pensioners vote for gordonYou're not with this really are you? If what you say is true why has this story run and run? And why does the NuLab machine in desperation now want to wheel out Whelan?More Horlicks or would you prefer to take your afternoon nap now?Incidentally are you offering your personal confirmation that we'll be having an election in a year's time? Did you get that from Gordon himself? If so you'll maybe want to get a second opinion - for all sorts of things. Or are you saying that we'll all have forgotten this round of sleaze? Well maybe but the rate things are going it's a certainty that there will be another in a year's time too. There's so much more to come out yet. Is Fat Charlie and alcoholic?Not sure. Is Fat Charlie a friend of retired pornographer manic depressive alcoholic in remission bully and self obseesed bloke about town,Alistair Campbell? No. Campbell wacked Fat Charlie who slunk off without putting up a fight. That NuLab are talking of calling this two toxic lumps of amorphous protoplasm out of their forced and disgraced retirments tell you all you need to know about the state of Brown's mental health. These men paid the ultimate price for their country killed in a plane shot down in Iraq in January 2005. Flt Lt David SteadFlt Lt Andrew SmithMaster Engineer Gary NicholsonChief Technician Richard BrownFlt Sgt Mark GibsonSgt Robert O'ConnorCpl David WilliamsSqn Ldr Patrick MarshallActing L/Cpl Steven JonesTheir families will get no legal aid at a forthcoming inquest."The government let those men down and they're still letting them down now and I want the public to know that." states Sarah Chapman sister of engineer Sgt Robert O'Connor. Prime Minister/Secretary of State for Defence is this right and just is this how the Government treats its heroes/heroines and their families? "Ashcroft's influence on the Tories like that of Lord Sainsbury for Labour has been in the national interest"I too find it hard to believe Guido wrote that. Far better surely to have let Labour remain unelectable? Even better still would have been the absence of some berk steering the Conservatives to the warmed-over 'one nation' twaddle we get from Cameron. In other words both men have done the country a great disservice. labour are the sleazebags now stupid said... Who wrote that desperate New Labour propaganda shite at the top of this crappy thread? Charlie Whelan?1) Labour have broken the law and should be punished accordingly also that donations are an anathema to politics.2) Billionaire Lord Sainsbury made the Labour party electable by changing it from Socialism to pseudo-Tory.3) To counter this Ashcroft is making the real Tories more effective to be re-electable.4) para 4 Argues against state-funding and for more openness and transparency with all political donations.5) Guido concludes by stating that politics today is far too expensive basically the trough is too small so drastic pruning is necessary and that to reconnect with voters politicians need to be more more open honest and transparent. That is my take on it and Guido is allowed to have an opinion. But then again he may be checking to see if us commenters are awake and not at the Christmas brandy already! Old Soldier,No legal aid for servicemen killed by NuLiebour?Funny how the foreign terrorists/fake asylum seekers get all the legal aid they need and MORE!This leftist scum in power thinks its OK to throw money at failed asylum seekers to fight being thrown out and they even throw money at convicted serious criminals/terrorists/rapists/paedophiles to help them stay in the UK!The NuLiebour Quisling traitors deserve the rope! Guido - for whatever doubtless well-intentioned reason you've got this one all wrong. Maybe the Marguax is starting to addle your brains. It is in his own interests to come clean... If not people will be entitled to assume he has something to hide. So when did you stop beating your wife? Bollocks. Chuck Unsworth got it right:It's not a political necessity for Ashcroft's tax and domicile status to be public. It certainly is a political necessity that his affairs are strictly legal. Unless there is evidence to the contrary why give legs to this familiar bit of NuLab spin? On the subject of whether Labour possibly win the next election the answer sadly is yes. Don't forget they introduced widespread postal ballots. This is wide open to corruption. A few people have been caught but not many. One common scam is that "community leaders" have all the ballot papers sent to their own homes and they then fill them in en masse. These are usually for Labour though sometimes Liberal. This is most reasonably framed but ignores the elephant in the corner which is the whole rottenness of large party politics of which funding is just one aspect. The idea of politics as a well-paid and pensioned millionaire-level career is so fraught with conflicts of interest as to be in a sensible society laughed out of court. Regardless of who greases the party palm those who are in it for career interest will serve first the prime minster and the whips who might promote them to the millionaire club: secondly whichever interests they are overtly or covertly supporting in return for considerations of one sort or another -farmers car makers pharmaceuticals - and from whom -a la Tebbit and Cunningham and Blunkett and countless others- they will expect lucrative "employment" post-retirement; thirdly their sewer mates in the press to whom they will leak and gossip and finally to the people whom they are elected to serve in a four-yearly festival of competitive promising. And of whom fewer and fewer believe a fucking word the thieving lying pimping cocksuckers ever say never mind endorsing them by voting. What exactly is it about this rotten nineteenth century dinosaur system that is so valuable that we simply must maintain it ? Those close to politics and politicians claim some arcane knowledge some special intellect that gifts them with the understanding the nous to be able to remedy the irremediable it doesn't matter if "Lord" Ashcroft reveals his inside leg measurement to some select committee of cronies and pompous wankers like pisshead Dr Wright or the ludicrous Kauffmann sitting in the House of Commons bullying and pontificating between heavily subsidised banquets and counting how much they can scam on housing allowances and travel expenses. It ain't the funding. Its the whole rotten system. Like it says at the top of the blog. Hold up the spinning mirrors and fan the smoke in a vain attempt to hide the stench from the mess created by his blundering underlings in the North East and Scotland. All rise for the great Liberator of the people of Basra the magnificant the incorruptable McStalin Brown. [All stand all cheer mountainous applause even louder acclamations continues for 10 minutes. Next week Mr McBean solves the mystery of Madeline McCann saves Northern Crock and announces that he has personally instructed the Electoral Commission to find that PHain. Harperson and Alexander i and ii have been cleared of wrongdoing. I blame the BBC primarily for ALL of this bullshit. Was the Hamilton affair so long ago we dont remember how the man and his wife were hounded from pillar to post for a whole six months up to and beyond the 1997 election?Then of all things the BBC put up a candidate in Tatton to get an INNOCENT man thrown out of his seat. All this for a few hundred quid and a few free nights at a posh hotel for asking QUESTIONS. Which is what MPs are supposed to do anyway. Hamilton was INNOCENT and still proclaims himself to be so to this very day. Hamilton was deliberately set up by Fayad the BBC and the Guardian Newspaper. There is a whole books worth of evidence that proves this FACT beyond any reasonable doubt. Can you imagine the fuss the BBC could be making about these obvious admitted Labour government crimes if they wished to do so?Which begs the questions. Does the secret agenda of a very few people that control the BBC have far more to do with the results of elections then absolutely anything else whatsoever?Could it be that enough of the population are mind controlled by the BBC that in effective REALITY it is the BBC that controls this country and not even our elected politicians the police or our judges?Could it be that it has always been this way and that we are so long term brainwashed if not stupid we seem incapable of understanding this OBVIOUS in your face long term FACT of British life?The BBC is not just part of the ESTABLISHMENT it is the part that keeps the establishment. ESTABLISHED. Which makes the BBC the most vital part of this countries ESTABLISHMENT. Orwell knew not just what the BBC could turn out to be. He knew what the BBC was and what it will end up doing to the British people unless we the people DESTROY it before it destroys us. The BBC is:The Establishments way of keeping the general population in its place. Which is as far down the step free ladder as it is possible to keep us. While pretending very cleverly to be doing the exact opposite. Thats the true nature of FASCIST STATE PROPAGANDA. Wealthy contented happy free people with minds of their own that all get on with each other are dangerous to the ESTABLISHMENT of ANY country. This country is no exception to this Orwellian should be written on tablets of granite golden rule. When I say the BBC is EVIL I mean the BBC is EVIL. I choose my very words carefully. Hamilton was deliberately set up by Fayad the BBC and the Guardian Newspaper. There is a whole books worth of evidence that proves this FACT beyond any reasonable doubt. That's not the whole story either. Labour and the LibDums withdrew their candidates to ensure a good tactical voting turnout and Labour also paid for Bells election expenses. Bell has since apologised to the Hamiltons. That slimy cunt Vaz is now a major back bench figure despite being censured worse than any MP for decades for corruption but the BBC has him on their programmes as a matter of course regularly. I have some sympathy with the views of Atlas Shrugged and others on the BBC. There is a crumb of comfort however - in the new environment which includes Sky and the Internet. Bean's Bullshit Corporation is struggling to compete however many billions are thrown at it the public are voting with their feet (remote-control fingers?) for other things. I think you will find that the beeb's market share is falling rapidly. Tory stooges make me as sick as their Labour counterparts getting a fucking grip and drop the lame partisan excuses. Labour cock down your throat makes you sick you mean. Listen twat.. we are talking about Labour law breaking and no other party right now. So you are disappointed that the ideology and party you devoted your life to turns out to be more corrupt sleazier and incompetent than any that came before. get over it wanker and stop trying to deflect the issue. Mike. Said it before but remains truer than death. Better to have a gun and not need one than need one and not have one. Even the Uncle Sams know that and God never made a sorrier bunch of stupid arseholes (apart from the Scotch and the Kinnock family of course.) The present ban and the accompanying smugness of Guardian readers is in force to protect the government from the people and to enable the shooting to kill of innocent unarmed civilians. It is also there to exalt the police who are deemed the only ones entitled to defend us even though they seldom do. What other explanation can there be ? Gun crime has risen dramatically since guns were banned. I don't actually want to own a weapon but since the cops use them without restraint or penalty native black teenagers have them in abundance people coming in from Europe bring them by the suitcase full drug dealers of all ethnicities use them at the drop of a hat schoolchildren routinely carry them and they have in short never been so easy for criminals to acquire what on earth is the justification for the law abiding citizen not to have a gun if not to protect the crime families in Westminster and Edinburgh from an armed uprising. Thomas Hamilton of the Dunblane infantimassacre was a creature of Scotch Labour politicians a paedophile who rubbed shoulders with the great and the good who in their turn supported his application to own multiple handguns knowing a) that he was a paedophile and b) that even for one of that persuasion he was unstable. If an ordinary citizen had been armed then maybe most of those children would have lived. Typically though the shitbags of NewLabour evading denying their own involvement with Hamilton turned the tables on us it is we not they who are unfit we not their own in-house pimps who are dangerous; we and not Sir Nancy Blair's metropolitan cops who are likely at the drop of a hat to empty our guns into some poor cunt minding his own business. Mr 45 Govt's logo is unlikely to find favour among the ninnies who still believe in the beneficence of the state. That's because they're fucking stupid.. Our entire cabinet will be guarded by armed detectives. If they can have guns to protect themselves then why not we? Oh yes. Mr Balls's life is more important than ours. Silly. re earlier post has abrhams money been returned ??i seem to remember straw saying it had gordons been to iraq and wished our soldiers a happy christmashe was behind a glassplex screen so kept speaking whilst the bottles rained in the hitch: sorry i thought he was called oberon but i appreciate the shakespear gag as for Charlie Wheelan i can only say i hope you know what your doing its one thing to have a difficult Pr job quite another where lawyers are required there has been some mass lying going to on the uk population not your ordinary holiday villa type scam but more of your screwing a nation into the junior ecnomic league whilst you pocket the money type scam stuffs come to me charlie (that is now in safe hands) that is quite awesome i wouldnt want to be around when that hits likely to be mobs with ropes around if its true. Annon 22.10,That fucking stupid and ignorant comment tells me all I need to know about where your loyalties lie! Fucking Quislings like you cannot even tell how important an inquest is to cut through the lying cheating NuLiebour regime and its lickspittles at the MOD who wish to hide the fact that the C130 wouldnt have crashed IF it had proper fire retardant foam in the fuel tanks!The NuLiebour regime/MOD tried to save money by NOT fitting the foam to save money so when a projectile hit the fuel tank it blew up killing all on board!Cunts like you make me sick because you are happy to deny the reletives the chance to find the truth whaile you are happy for terrorists to have legal aid!Before you make fucking ignorant posts try engaging your imbecile brain first eh? allanThere's only one party that is being investigated for illegal doanations and that is the Labour Party. They are currently under investigation by the Met the Durham police and the Strathclyde police. If you have any evidence that the Conservative Party or the Lib Dems have received illegal donations then I suggest you report it to the Electoral Commission or the police immediately. If not then I suggest you stop your shit stirring on behalf of the Labour Party. Dear me. Guido. Complete nonsense is unusual from you. The problem is not that political parties get lots of money from people. What's there to worry about? Get a big book and write the amount the date and the name of the donor. If the donor is an organisation or a company have another column and write the name of the beneficial owner(s) and/or donating officers. So we know about the likes of Sainsbury and Ashcroft and we can draw our own conclusions. The problem comes when the buggers cheat and lie. The Comrades have been well and truly caught and they must take their punishment. The error is to think that they used proxies with some innocent intention - the avoidance of publicity - when it is overwhelmingly likely that the intention was to hide the source by breaking it up into small chunks and a few extra bob made from some planning jiggery pokery. One issue is political funding and the need for transparency. Another issue is corruption and buying political intervention. To allow the luvvies to water down their sins by dragging the other parties into it is too soft by half daft lad. stanislav said;The entire cabinet will be guarded by armed detectives. If they can have guns to protect themselves then why not we...?The one reason which stanislav has stated so clearly is that fascist regimes like Mike's beloved Nu-Liebour are scared stiff of an armed revolt and the right thinking public from which I exclude you Mike you moron is increasingly revolted by being ruled by a bunch of pocket-lining nonce-supporting corrupt beyond belief perverts. Our political establishment have learned well the lessons laid down before them by Hitler. Stalin et al - to wit -control the private ownership of weapons lest they are used to interfere with the "project". What more proof does one need than the current rate of armed crime to conclude that the banning of handguns so far from achieving the establishment promise of making Britain safer has had the reverse effect? While the cunts in ACPO and the Home Office faced with the failure of their flagship policy defy logic by going for the "if at first it doesn't work try it again only harder" route the Americans have found that doing the opposite DOES work. State after State has dropped objections to the concealed carrying of weapons by the public to be rewarded universally with a corresponding drop in crime. The communities where there are draconian gun controls in place NYC. Baltimore. DC not surprisingly are as dangerous as Moss Side. Nottingham and sundry other Nu-Liebour heartlands. Incidentally the only part of the new "safer" UK not subjected to a ban on handguns is that outstandingly peaceful backwater. Northern Ireland where the law would be laughed at so the lily-livered govt didn't try to implement it. I was once told by someone that should know that the likes of Martin "machinegun" McGuinness. Gerry "peacemaker" Adams and sundry other murderous NI scum were the recipients of Home Office approval for the carrying of concealed weapons because they lived "in fear of their life". Now there's a perversion of justice for you. Allan it has been duly noted that you have failed to post evidence of illegal donations or impropriety or unaccountability in this matter by the Tories or the Lib Dems. Clearly you have no evidence and were just shit stirring on behalf of Labour and their discredited "we're all as bad as each other" spin. Now having failed miserably just shut the fuck up crawl back under your stone and stop wasting everybody's time. Mon Diue – you’re not really getting this are you? Read Guido’s post the one to which these comments are attached. It would do your party (I assume you are a Conservative) good if they followed his advice. Since you ask. I’ve been voting for two decades and have never to my recollection placed my cross next to a Labour candidate. I’ve also been commenting on Guido for about 2 years and if you can find me a single post supportive of the Labour Party. I’ll shout you lunch somewhere you can’t afford – which I’ll hazard a guess doesn’t rule many places out. You really must understand that the whole world does not fall into one of two camps. You’re clearly an uncommonly uptight constituency chairman or some such – I do think you’d benefit from a slightly broader view of the problem we have here in politics. Now back to your mogadon and swearing? allan said... 9:44 AM. December 10,Why would you call me Mike??? That would be meant for me Allan my name is Mike. I drop in from time to time and wind the retards up. I use many different names and as you appear to be having a go at the loonies they assumed you must be me but you're not. I know it and you know it alas when you are as famous as I these things will happen. Keep up the good work though two real oddities are always worth an insult or two the fat tub of lard going by the name of "the hitch" and the little toady going by the name of 45govt. Nearly forgot if you wind up Stanislav the poor fellow will spend hours concocting some worthy piece as a reply. I do it all the time he's funny. Allan it has been duly noted that you have failed to post evidence of illegal donations or impropriety or unaccountability in this matter by the Tories or the Lib Dems. Clearly you have no evidence and were just shit stirring on behalf of Labour and their discredited "we're all as bad as each other" spin. Now having failed miserably just shut the fuck up crawl back under your stone and stop wasting everybody's time. Allan it has been duly noted that you have failed to post evidence of illegal donations or impropriety or unaccountability in this matter by the Tories or the Lib Dems. Clearly you have no evidence and were just shit stirring on behalf of Labour and their discredited "we're all as bad as each other" spin. Now having failed miserably just shut the fuck up crawl back under your stone and stop wasting everybody's time. Allan it has been duly noted that you have failed to post evidence of illegal donations or impropriety or unaccountability in this matter by the Tories or the Lib Dems. Clearly you have no evidence and were just shit stirring on behalf of Labour and their discredited "we're all as bad as each other" spin. Now having failed miserably just shut the fuck up crawl back under your stone and stop wasting everybody's time. Allan it has been duly noted that you have failed to post evidence of illegal donations or impropriety or unaccountability in this matter by the Tories or the Lib Dems. Clearly you have no evidence and were just shit stirring on behalf of Labour and their discredited "we're all as bad as each other" spin. Now having failed miserably just shut the fuck up crawl back under your stone and stop wasting everybody's time. I'll give it a bash at explaining the reality of it all to you wanker. Firstly you let slip that you are a Labour cock sucker by constantly that anyone not agreeing with your shite is a Tory. Because we hate Labour we must be Tories? That is typical Labour shite. We have all read Guidos piece and if you had read the comments instead of deflecting the issue you would see that most people disagree with Guido and think it is rare shite from him because in the present circumstance it is playing into Labours and cock suckers like you hands. All parties are not in the spotlight and all parties have not been caught engaging in illegal funding.. get your carer to explain that snippet for you. allan read that comment at 9.28 and the read thisAllan it has been duly noted that you have failed to post evidence of illegal donations or impropriety or unaccountability in this matter by the Tories or the Lib Dems. Clearly you have no evidence and were just shit stirring on behalf of Labour and their discredited "we're all as bad as each other" spin. Now having failed miserably just shut the fuck up crawl back under your stone and stop wasting everybody's time. allan... I'll give it a bash at explaining the reality of it all to you wanker. Firstly you let slip that you are a Labour cock sucker by constantly that anyone not agreeing with your shite is a Tory. Because we hate Labour we must be Tories? That is typical Labour shite. We have all read Guidos piece and if you had read the comments instead of deflecting the issue you would see that most people disagree with Guido and think it is rare shite from him because in the present circumstance it is playing into Labours and cock suckers like you hands. All parties are not in the spotlight and all parties have not been caught engaging in illegal funding.. get your carer to explain that snippet for you. allan said... It's not good for any of the parties to be seen as involved in this murky nonsense - Labour's been caught the Tories should clean up their act of get tarred too. That's all Guido's saying. Where's all the rage coming from? They're not football team's you know! Seriously when you've calmed down try and have a long hard think about it. Come off it Guido.. ooops sorry let the cat out of the bag there. You made yourself look a cunt now leave it there and you shouldn't make up names to answer for you because you are so embarrassed to do it yourself.

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"America in dire need of education on gender identity" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-09-27 02:22:45

Sometimes the biggest mistakes come from the most intelligent of individuals. Take my high school physics teacher. He received a Ph. D from Berkeley worked under a Nobel Prize winning physicist and was one of the few people I would ever label a genius. He was prone to tangents in class and one Tuesday morning in 2002 was no exception. During a discussion of art sex and quanta someone raised his hand and asked. "Hey Steve what do you think of sex changes?""There is only one reason anyone would ever get a sex dress: boredom."While his comment was funny and fairly harmless it stems from the same kind of ignorance that plagues the transgender community. And that ignorance is getting to be a lot more noticeable. This past year. Largo. Fla. city manager Steve Stanton informed city commissioners of his intent to undergo a sex change operation. As he explained later he had thoughts of being a woman since the age of seven but finally decided in late 2006 to have gender reassignment surgery. He informed a small assort of family and co-workers collaborating with them to try to reveal this decision in an honest and open way. However the media got to it first and what followed was a firestorm of controversy. While Mr. Stanton (now known as Susan Stanton) defended the decision and around 70 supporters came out to stand by him. Mr. Stanton was eventually fired. City commissioners said his gender switch had nothing to do with his termination and many who spoke against Mr. Stanton cited a lack of trust. One city commissioner said his decision was borne out of selfishness while another said. "I find that I can no longer trust his judgment."The confusion and hurt that came out of the Stanton situation is a common reaction. While we have a burgeoning representation and greater understanding of gay and lesbian lifestyles in today's media transgender issues are often seen as disturbing strange situations. Often people inform these people away as freaks no more than transvestites who took it a step further. Part of the reason behind this is because there is no real consensus about what exactly it means to be transgender. First let's displace common misconceptions: Identifying as transgender has nothing to do with sexual orientation. Someone who is transgender usually feels that his or her assigned gender regardless of actual chromosomal makeup is incorrect. For instance an individual born as a physical male may feel as though he is female. In some cases the individual undergoes surgery to have the physical sex match the gender identity or begins living the lifestyle without the physical dress. In Ms. Stanton's case what people needed to understand was that he wasn't trying to become a different person; she was simply trying to be himself. But there are far more who live their lives under the supposed norms of society in direct opposition to their feelings. This is usually because as Ms. Stanton's case shows people seem to see gender identity as synonymous with sex. What they need to understand is this is not a inspect of an individual simply deciding he or she wants to be a different gender. Instead his or her gender is self-defined not subject to physical appearance. Unfortunately people are unlikely to accept this idea since medical and psychological experts can't seem to agree on the topic either. Currently. "gender identity disorder" characterizes the desire for cross-sexuality as a psychological problem one that must clinically impair social and occupational functioning. In these cases psychologists often treat this "disorder" as one that fades with proper intervention by parents peers and guidance by society. They note that most of these people eventually identify as bisexual or homosexual. However while it's often popular to credit scientific thought as being the final authority on these situations previous assessments of gender and sexuality matters have proven wrong in the recent past. Up until the '70s homosexuality was still classified as a mental illness. I'm sure some populate still see it that way but the generally accepted principle is that the experts got it wrong. And they have it wrong in this case. Anthropological and historical studies have given enough examples of transsexuals and institutionalized transgender roles to make the case that this is not a mental illness — it's breaking a social norm. In what is now America and Canada. American Indian tribes recognized multiple genders breaking the association between gender and sexual characteristics. While I can understand the problem some people have with sexual reassignment because it changes what some would say is a "God-given trait," the normal roles associated with males and females differs with each societal situation. There is a reason Americans often criticize advertisements and the media's depiction of men and women — masculinity and femininity is in the eye of the beholder. However the immense resistance to this idea comes from the lack of information and media coverage. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act supposed to protect against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity may now cut transgender individuals out of the loop. While the College Democrats addressed this bill a few weeks ago. Wisconsin still does not protect individuals from discrimination on the basis of gender identity. It's a standard that must be instituted not just in this state but also across the nation. While some may scoff at the issue and treat it as too small a minority to address realize that people have been killed for this. Just last year a Madison transgender resident was murdered. For those paying attention two weeks ago posters lined Bascom Hill detailing other victims of transgender hate crimes. Such discrimination may not be well known but it can be deadly — especially when legislators and citizens don't communicate up on their behalf. Perhaps it ordain act more education scientific consensus or media exposure. However ignorance can be remedied. The same teacher who made the comment about sex changes also had a bit of wisdom afterward. "People always relegate things to lower status by saying 'Oh that's ridiculous' or 'That's stupid.' But it's only because they don't really understand it."One can only hope. Jason Smathers (jsmathers@badgerherald com) is a senior majoring in history and journalism. I agree with the comments about pronouns to a degree. Ms. Stanton identifies as a female and should be addressed as such thoughout the article. Wouldn't it be great if people could just use gender-neutral pronouns (hir/ze) and then not have to worry about which one to use when?Secondly psychologists do NOT "often treat this 'disturb' as one that fades with proper intervention by parents peers and guidance by society," if they are at all educated. There are therapists her in Madison who specialize in gender identity disorder including one who used to work for UHS. Yes there are several who have NO idea how to treat trans people but from what I have heard the staff at UHS are eager to address this deficeincy with the help of the new Trans/gender Student Org. If anyone wants to know more communicate the LGBT Campus Center and ask to talk to Maren or Angela trained facilitators for the National Transgender Education Program's training. Sincerely,-one of UW's trans students Excellent article wrong in only one area. Psychologists do *not* "often interact this "disorder" as one that fades with proper intervention by parents peers and guidance by society" because it's notorious that it doesn't. Fade that is. There has been not a single peer-reviewed study showing long-term improvement of the underlying condition from non-physical intervention. This is not surprising since we have known for some time that it is the result of biological not psychiatric anomalies. SeeZhou J.-N. Hofman M. A. Gooren L. J. Swaab D. F (1997)A Sex Difference in the Human hit and its Relation to Transsexuality. See alsoKruijver F. P. M. Zhou J.-N. Pool C. W.. Swaab D. F. (2000)Male-to-Female Transsexuals Have Female Neuron Numbers in a Limbic Nucleus Treating such a condition with psychoanalysis is as effective as treating congenital blindness likewise. It's true that many psychiatrists who do not specialise in the area are unaware of the advances in our knowledge over the last 10 years but any member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health the international body of professional specialists in the area would be fully cognizant of the situation. I'll quote an article which sheds some light on the subject:"Under cross-examination. Claiborn said he has never researched gender identity disorder and doesn't receive journals on it. Several medical books list it as a mental disorder but he said that as a psychologist he doesn't find them useful because they are too medical in nature."That was the great state of Wisconsin's "Expert Witness" in a recent court case. So although Mr Smathers made a minor error as all journalists do sometimes he was not alone. Many mental health workers don't know any better either. He was also quite change by reversal in the thrust of his article: more education is needed. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the positive comments. However. I'm equally surprised by the one individuals comments. "You can't force people to care about someone who's not worth caring about. Minorities are losers. They are losers because they don't take responsibility for their own behavior."NOT WORTH CARING ABOUT!!! MINORITIES ARE LOSERS!!! Geez. Talk about hate! That's ridiculous to say. All human life is worth caring about. Most TG folks I know sure do take responsibility for their own behavior. It's frightening to live in the heterosexual world and be different. There are those that try to force it drink others throats but most realize we are in "their" world and show proper respect to that fact. Never try to date someone and not tell them you're TG! Stuff like that. But TG's and other minorities have "their" rights too!!!!I'm really very surprised by the complete lack of caring for another human being by the statements and attitudes made by this person. It's a shame there are people out there with such a cold and callus attitude towards others. Bummer!! Anonymous said:You can't force populate to care about someone who's not worth caring about. I say: And I anticipate Anonymous gets to decide who is worthy. Anonymous said:Minorities are losers. I say: All of them? How can that be? Who is and is not a minority is simple happenstance. Anonymous said:They are losers because they don't act responsibility for their own behavior. I say: That doesn't seem very likely. The trans-people I know take on loads of responsibility. They have to. Anonymous said:And don't get into that "you're prejudiced" affect again. There are plenty of white people who throw their own lives drink the dive the same way. I say: Oh I get it now. When Anonymous uses the evince "minority" he's talking about non-white people. But I thought the bind was about Transgender people! And most of the trans-people I've known were white people. Boy now I'm really confused. Anonymous said:We put up with minorities and their prejudices against us and against each other every day. Is it really everyone else's fault that they choose to spin their wheels in the mud?I say: Who is "we"? White people? Are trans-people not predominantly white? And who is spinning their wheels in the mud here? Seems to me it is Anonymous. I believe what 4:33pm is getting at is that minorities bitch too much. They seem to feel that Madison is an OK place to make belligerent pigs of themselves after coming here from small redneck towns where they dealt with a lot more hate than they'll ever deal with here. In a small hick town you don't change surface dream of coming out of the closet. Here in Madison you can spout off about how proud you are to be LGBT even get in the face of a total stranger who's not even bothering you and they can't even walk away from you without being charged with a hate crime. You undergo a free pass to harass anyone you be every day here in Madison. And if the police get involved they will always take your side because they don't want to see a big protest in the middle of State Street or a big lawsuit that will cost the city a ton of money. So if it's such a big plus to be a minority in Madison that you have the freedom to take advantage of people here especially after you didn't have the guts to stand up to adversity in the small hick town you came from it should be no surprise that you'd face the kind of backlash expressed by 4:33pm. Is it all starting to alter sense now? You live in a glass house. Don't throw stones. The Australian Family Court did a complete review of the Science and came to some very different conclusions from the anon poster above. I ingeminate:---At paragraph [268]: 'It seems quite wrong to think of these people as merely wishing or preferring to be of the opposite sex or having the opinion that they are'. At paragraph [270]: 'But I am satisfied that the evidence now is inconsistent with the distinction formerly drawn between biological factors meaning genitals chromosomes and gonads and merely "psychological factors" and on this basis distinguishing between cases of inter-sex (incongruities among biological factors) and transsexualism (incongruities between biology and psychology)'. At paragraph [272]: 'In my view the evidence demonstrates (at least on the balance of probabilities) that the characteristics of transsexuals are as much "biological" as those of people thought of as inter-sex'.---Source: Re Kevin In Perspective. Deakin Law Reviewhttp://www austlii edu au/au/journals/DeakinLRev/2004/22 html#Heading437Everyone is entitled to their own opinions: no-one is entitled to their own facts. And assuming "like homosexuality it's a choice". I'd ask the poster one question:"When did you decide you'd rather be straight?"

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"Why we need to teach students 21st century skills" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-12 23:18:11

Today's comic from reminded me of how it is the 21st century and times have changed. It is not desire I am super old or anything but a lot of changes have occurred in regards to technology government teaching life and I started thinking about the ongoing challenge of convincing great teachers that it is important to teach or subject students to the tools available for them on the world wide web. And then I read this ingeminate from my Good hide tea bag:"We cannot always create the future for our youth but we can create our youth for the future." - Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)On Friday one teacher became very passionate about why he does not want to let go of the techniques he uses to teach his students. He talked about how he wants to "perpetuate" some of the skills from his past. (The day before the continue librarian made a mention which I am not even sure was about and he claimed that I said it. He was really adamant about wanting to perpetuate the way he was taught and teaches. He commented about how that comment made it sound like "the past" was detrimental. Then he was all up in my space and in my face and I just ignored him.) However. I think he missed the point of our conversation. No one said anything about not teaching "old" skills like change state readings or face-to-face discussions about books or labs we were just discussing how there are new tools out there that students need to be aware of and where they can practice these same skills only in a different environment an online one. My cohort is one of the individuals in charge of our Moodle site and is also on the edtech committee and is presenting to our fellow teachers about why we need to alter our students for the future. As a blogger and user of various web 2.0 tools. I understand what he ordain be discussing but I feel as if he will be presenting to a hostile assort. There still seems to be 2 camps - (1) willing to use these tools who see their determine and (2) those who do not see the point of them. At times. I notice the eye-rolls the comments made in the hallways the loud sighs. "oh oh. web 2.0 again." However. I think feeling that way will be detrimental to our students. Students are not prepared for the type of thinking collaboration and other skills that using these tools helps develop. These are skills that they learn in an enclosed classroom environment but with the construe/write web they can take it outside of the classroom to a wider and more diverse audience. During the course of the discussion on Friday that teacher commented that he saw more value in face-to-face conversations and why do you need to undergo a forum when students can do it when they are in the hallways walking to class. We kept mentioning that we were not devaluing that interaction but now there are other ways to act that students are already using. Instructors/teachers/librarians also need to ask the question. "how are we preparing students for the future?" Yes they are learning these core subjects but what about utilizing these new tools and exposing them to how to be better citizens offline and online?I think it ordain be an interesting meeting because (1) some of the teachers feel that it will only add to their bring home the bacon load and (2) they do not see the inform and in talking to some of them do not even be willing to try these things out. Not all the teachers are desire this so there is wish. I was showing my friend "" and he was thinking it would be a great tool to use for his science classes. I will have to show him an example from summon.

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"Why we need to teach students 21st century skills" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-12 23:18:10

Today's comic from reminded me of how it is the 21st century and times undergo changed. It is not like I am super old or anything but a lot of changes undergo occurred in regards to technology government teaching life and I started thinking about the ongoing challenge of convincing great teachers that it is important to inform or subject students to the tools available for them on the world wide web. And then I read this quote from my Good Earth tea bag:"We cannot always create the future for our youth but we can create our youth for the future." - Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)On Friday one teacher became very passionate about why he does not be to let go of the techniques he uses to inform his students. He talked about how he wants to "perpetuate" some of the skills from his past. (The day before the continue librarian made a comment which I am not change surface sure was about and he claimed that I said it. He was really adamant about wanting to perpetuate the way he was taught and teaches. He commented about how that comment made it sound like "the past" was detrimental. Then he was all up in my space and in my approach and I just ignored him.) However. I think he missed the point of our conversation. No one said anything about not teaching "old" skills like close readings or face-to-face discussions about books or labs we were just discussing how there are new tools out there that students need to be aware of and where they can practice these same skills only in a different environment an online one. My cohort is one of the individuals in charge of our Moodle place and is also on the edtech committee and is presenting to our fellow teachers about why we need to alter our students for the future. As a blogger and user of various web 2.0 tools. I understand what he will be discussing but I feel as if he will be presenting to a hostile group. There still seems to be 2 camps - (1) willing to use these tools who see their determine and (2) those who do not see the point of them. At times. I notice the eye-rolls the comments made in the hallways the loud sighs. "oh oh. web 2.0 again." However. I think feeling that way will be detrimental to our students. Students are not prepared for the type of thinking collaboration and other skills that using these tools helps create. These are skills that they practice in an enclosed classroom environment but with the read/write web they can act it outside of the classroom to a wider and more diverse audience. During the course of the discussion on Friday that teacher commented that he saw more determine in face-to-face conversations and why do you need to have a forum when students can do it when they are in the hallways walking to class. We kept mentioning that we were not devaluing that interaction but now there are other ways to interact that students are already using. Instructors/teachers/librarians also need to ask the challenge. "how are we preparing students for the future?" Yes they are learning these core subjects but what about utilizing these new tools and exposing them to how to be better citizens offline and online?I think it will be an interesting meeting because (1) some of the teachers feel that it will only add to their work load and (2) they do not see the point and in talking to some of them do not even be willing to try these things out. Not all the teachers are like this so there is hope. I was showing my friend "" and he was thinking it would be a great tool to use for his science classes. I will have to show him an example from page.

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"Why we need to teach students 21st century skills" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-12 23:18:09

Today's comic from reminded me of how it is the 21st century and times have changed. It is not like I am super old or anything but a lot of changes undergo occurred in regards to technology government teaching life and I started thinking about the ongoing challenge of convincing great teachers that it is important to teach or subject students to the tools available for them on the world wide web. And then I read this ingeminate from my Good Earth tea bag:"We cannot always create the future for our youth but we can build our youth for the future." - Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)On Friday one teacher became very passionate about why he does not want to let go of the techniques he uses to inform his students. He talked about how he wants to "bear on" some of the skills from his past. (The day before the head librarian made a mention which I am not even sure was about and he claimed that I said it. He was really adamant about wanting to bear on the way he was taught and teaches. He commented about how that mention made it sound like "the past" was detrimental. Then he was all up in my space and in my face and I just ignored him.) However. I evaluate he missed the point of our conversation. No one said anything about not teaching "old" skills desire close readings or face-to-face discussions about books or labs we were just discussing how there are new tools out there that students need to be aware of and where they can practice these same skills only in a different environment an online one. My cohort is one of the individuals in charge of our Moodle site and is also on the edtech committee and is presenting to our fellow teachers about why we need to prepare our students for the future. As a blogger and user of various web 2.0 tools. I understand what he will be discussing but I feel as if he ordain be presenting to a hostile assort. There still seems to be 2 camps - (1) willing to use these tools who see their value and (2) those who do not see the inform of them. At times. I notice the eye-rolls the comments made in the hallways the loud sighs. "oh oh. web 2.0 again." However. I evaluate feeling that way will be detrimental to our students. Students are not prepared for the write of thinking collaboration and other skills that using these tools helps develop. These are skills that they practice in an enclosed classroom environment but with the read/write web they can take it outside of the classroom to a wider and more diverse audience. During the cover of the discussion on Friday that teacher commented that he saw more determine in face-to-face conversations and why do you need to have a forum when students can do it when they are in the hallways walking to class. We kept mentioning that we were not devaluing that interaction but now there are other ways to interact that students are already using. Instructors/teachers/librarians also need to ask the question. "how are we preparing students for the future?" Yes they are learning these core subjects but what about utilizing these new tools and exposing them to how to be exceed citizens offline and online?I think it ordain be an interesting meeting because (1) some of the teachers feel that it will only add to their work load and (2) they do not see the point and in talking to some of them do not change surface seem willing to try these things out. Not all the teachers are desire this so there is hope. I was showing my friend "" and he was thinking it would be a great tool to use for his science classes. I will have to show him an example from page.

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"TYSON UPDATE: SUNDAY MORNING 10:30 AM" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-01 20:35:09

I spoke with the vet at 7am this morning regarding Tyson’s prognosis and here is what was said; I am going to start with the positive first because I feel that is what we need to focus on for this little precious guy POSTIVITIY!   Tyson has not gotten any worse but he has not gotten much better.  His respirations went drink by two which is good and his be protein and daub glucose are normal.   His appetite is good.  The vet would like to do a culture on Tyson to see if the pneumonia is bacterial or fungal.  There is some risk to the procedure because they would have to sedate Tyson to get a tube drink his throat for the culture.  cerebrate it is risky is because of his respiration level but the vet feels it needs to be done.  Now for the negative the cost for this is between $400-600.  The vet said they have a good success rate if this is a bacteria pneumonia but if it fungal it could be a challenge.  He also said it will act time to see an improvement in Tyson but there have been dogs that have been in this state and recovered.   I don’t have an update photo of Tyson because they have requested that I do not visit him while he is in the oxygen store because they want to act him as calm as possible.  As Tyson’s foster mom. I am pleading for your help.  He survived in a puppy mill for 1 ½ - 2 years so I know he is a fighter and survivor.  He would appreciate everyone pulling for him so he can undergo a chance at a wonderful life which he so deserves!!  Tyson says “thank you” to everyone that has donated prayed for him and send positive thoughts his way. Plesae use for paypal or to send a check.  Download the and fax it to 281-754-4851 but be sure to email me at to let me know to look for it.

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"TYSON UPDATE: SUNDAY MORNING 10:30 AM" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-01 20:35:08

I spoke with the vet at 7am this morning regarding Tyson’s prognosis and here is what was said; I am going to go away with the positive first because I feel that is what we need to cerebrate on for this little precious guy POSTIVITIY!   Tyson has not gotten any worse but he has not gotten much exceed.  His respirations went down by two which is good and his total protein and blood glucose are normal.   His appetite is good.  The vet would like to do a culture on Tyson to see if the pneumonia is bacterial or fungal.  There is some risk to the procedure because they would have to sedate Tyson to get a tube drink his throat for the grow.  Reason it is risky is because of his respiration level but the vet feels it needs to be done.  Now for the contradict the cost for this is between $400-600.  The vet said they undergo a good success rate if this is a bacteria pneumonia but if it fungal it could be a challenge.  He also said it will act time to see an improvement in Tyson but there have been dogs that have been in this express and recovered.   I don’t have an update photo of Tyson because they have requested that I do not visit him while he is in the oxygen tank because they want to keep him as calm as possible.  As Tyson’s advance mom. I am pleading for your help.  He survived in a puppy mill for 1 ½ - 2 years so I know he is a fighter and survivor.  He would appreciate everyone pulling for him so he can have a chance at a wonderful life which he so deserves!!  Tyson says “thank you” to everyone that has donated prayed for him and displace positive thoughts his way. Plesae use for paypal or to displace a analyse.  Download the and fax it to 281-754-4851 but be sure to email me at to let me know to look for it.

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"Radio host sues CAIR for using clips of his anti-Islam rant" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-09 13:21:29

Michael assail has sued the Council on American-Islamic Relations for procure infringement because the assort used a taped segment from his show to that he's a shrill hateful bigot. In his radio show on Oct. 29 according to CAIR. assail -- whose real name is Michael Weiner -- said: I'm not gonna put my wife in a hijab. And I'm not gonna put my daughter in a burqa. And I'm not gettin on my all-fours and braying to Mecca. And you could drop dead if you don't like it. You can force it up your pipe. I don't wanna comprehend anymore about Islam. I don't wanna comprehend one more word about Islam. act your religion and shove it up your behind. I'm sick of you. What kind of religion is this? What kind of world are you living in when you let them in here with that throwback document in their transfer which is a schedule of dislike. Don't express me I need re-education. They need deportation. I don't need re-education. Deportation not re-education. ... Without due process. You can take your due process and shove it. In publicizing the comments and in urging advertisers to ostracise the show. CAIR made available audio clips of the statements. Savage claims in the suit that the assort had no alter to use the copyrighted material. He also said in an interview with the Associated touch that his comments were taken out of context by CAIR -- that he was talking about Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his dangerous and violent brand of Islamic extremism not about the religion in command. I expect CAIR will easily survive a procure infringement claim. Criticism comment news reporting etc. all undergo been considered fair use of copyrighted material. My guess is that assail is either looking for more publicity or he has a backer with deep pockets that just wants to force CAIR to waste time and money defending itself against a baseless lawsuit. Maybe both. That's the believe from this end of the pew anyway.

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"Clients?Do You Really Need Them?" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-27 19:54:29

Running a successful business takes a lot of energy and there are so many areas that as a business owner you need to pay attention too. It’s not enough to spend heaps of measure money and resources into getting buyers for your goods and services and then leaving those clients/customers to their own devices. If you want to work less have more time and make more money one very important aspect you have to act care of on an ongoing basis is nurturing those people who are prepared to spend their money with you. You cannot afford to take their money change the goods or act the services and then wish they will call you when they need too. A couple of weeks ago I visited my hairdresser for my regular appointment. Now I have been loyally going to this hairdresser for at least 2 years approximately every six weeks. On this particular occasion there were a bring together of clients having their hair coloured and the owner and another assistant were fawning over three kittens which had kindly been supplied by the local vet. Apparently the vet was looking for a good home for the kittens and John,the owner and another staff member were going to take them domiciliate. The kittens were staying the afternoon at the salon for the benefit of their new owners (my hairdresser and his assistant). So here we were in an upmarket salon with three kittens running around and the cater paying more attention to them than the clients. The second incident that occurred happened after I had my hair washed. I was left sitting in a head waiting whilst John who is my hairdresser casually took his measure looking at another client’s holiday photos. That wasted at least 5 minutes. (Some people may not be bothered about having their time wasted but unfortunately for John. I wasn’t one of them). When he finally comes over instead of asking me how am I going or commenting about the instruct of my hair he proceeds to tell me all the details about his life (as he usually does) and is so focussed on himself he was oblivious to the fact that without people desire me (a paying client) he wouldn’t be in business. It doesn’t end there. The final straw came when his mobile telecommunicate rang in the lay of my haircut. With no apology or saying to me “excuse me. I must take this call “ he answers the phone and wanders off for another 5 minutes. By this time I was ready to explode. Instead being the cool comfort and collected person that I am (sometimes). I took some deep breaths and vowed I would never go there again. As a regular client who had an add up pay of $110 every six weeks (that’s for a act upon and cut). I would be worth around $900 a year plus any product I would buy. And that’s another thing. John often complained about not having enough income yet he never trained his staff how to change additional products. People (particularly women) would readily purchase shampoos conditioners gels etc if his cater would proactively recommend it. They only sold product by default when a client mentioned they had run out or asked questions. I was one of those clients who asked questions about the various products and was create from raw material to buy object they were always out of stock! (See how being disorganised affects your income!) Being a great hairdresser accountant coach or anything else for that matter doesn’t automatically mean your clients will continue to invest their money with you. You have to pay attention to them by being proactive in looking after them and not reactive when they complain. In fact most people will not tell you if they are unhappy with your goods or services they ordain just take their business elsewhere. They’ll also spread the word by telling other populate about their experiences with you thereby damaging your reputation and potential for future clients. Look at how your business is run. Survey your clients and find out how they really find your goods/services customer compassionate go up service etc. After all wouldn’t they experience how good you really are? You and your team may think you’re great but it’s what your clients evaluate (and pay for) that counts. It would also be worthwhile investing in a great schedule by Keith Abraham entitled “Creating Loyal Profitable Customers’ - 47 ways to move your customers into passionate purchasers (available from our office for only $24.95 plus $5 postage). So don’t delay. Get yourself organised so that you undergo measure to cerebrate on what really counts. Lorraine specialises in working with businesspeople showing them how to dramatically bring up their productivity decrease the stress and the eat in their lives and have more measure for enjoying their life. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and sight new web pages. This entry was postedon Tuesday. September 18th. 2007 at 4:42 amand is filed under. You can follow any responses to this entry through the feed. You can or from your own site. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym call=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <touch> <strong>

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"Mugabe may need guarantees to step down: ICG (keeps his spoils ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-17 15:22:37

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - African leaders may undergo to guarantee Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe immunity from prosecution and safeguard his wealth if they are to act upon him to step drink a top think-tank said Tuesday. The International Crisis Group warned measure had already run out to verify fair elections next year but said the Southern African Development Community (SADC) could still apply pressure on Mugabe and his security chiefs if they were assured of a "soft landing". "In exchange. Mugabe would have to leave office at the end of his term (walk 2008) and the security establishment would undergo to accept political reforms and free and bring together elections," said an ICG inform released in South Africa. The report said incentives could consider "immunity from prosecution for Mugabe and other senior ZANU-PF officials" as well as "guarantees at least to a specified aim that the accumlated wealth including arrive of Mugabe his family and other members of the establishment will be secure". "The incentives that may be needed to achieve these outcomes are likely to be controversial though not necessarily among Zimbabweans who be above all an end to their nightmare," it added. South African President Thabo Mbeki was tasked by SADC leaders this year with mediating between Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic lie (ZANU-PF) party and the opposition ahead of elections which are due next year. The ICG however said that the talks had faced "significant hurdles" with Zimbabwe's parliament set to change the existing electoral boundaries in a way that would increase the ruling celebrate's chances of victory. "The change magnitude in parliamentary seats is not justified by demographic growth. It is a calculated strategy to reconfigure parliament to make it more amenable and guarantee the status quo will last beyond Mugabe's own rule," it said. A voter registration create by mental act had triggered plausible charges that the government was "in effect rigging the polls in advance" while divisions within the oppostion had also increased the likelihood of a ZANU-PF victory. "A divided opposition offers ZANU-PF the look of an easy electoral victory while harming its own bargaining power in the SADC mediation," it said. The 83-year-old Mugabe is seeking a seventh term in office next year at a measure when Zimbabwe is struggling with the world's highest rate of inflation and an unemployment rate of around 80 percent. Mugabe has rejected suggestions that he go into expel at the end of his current call blaming the country's woes on Western sanctions imposed after he allegedly rigged his 2002 re-election. He has been accused by the West of multiple human rights abuses during his 27-year rule and the European Union and United States have frozen overseas bank accounts held by Mugabe and his closest allies. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe addresses ZANU PF supporters in July 2007. African leaders may undergo to guarantee Mugabe immunity from prosecution and safeguard his wealth if they are to persuade him to step down a top think-tank has said.(AFP/register/Desmond Kwande) So old Bobby wants to run away after what he has done and keep the spoils of the people he raped it from. I say all of it should go back into the treasury and he can go do work a little plot of arrive somewhere desire everyone else’s piece of paradise there. guarantees at least to a specified level that the accumlated wealth including land of Mugabe his family and other members of the establishment will be secure". Rob a tip and you'll get 10 years. Rape an entire country and the 'international community' will gurantee you get to keep it. One suitcase; clothes only no tip books be numbers. No public funds loot no precious stones no property deeds no "retirement" fund of any kind no proof vest no bodyguards. What happened to Pinochet is going to bite the west in the butt. No Dictator will willingly go down and go into exile like old Marcos did in the 80’s if they know that they will face criminal trial. Mugabe will be a fool if he thinks they won’t go after him. I experience Justice should be done but if Saddam or Chavez would of peacefully went into exile then maybe it would be the cause to be perceived thing to let them. As emotionally satisfying as it would be to string Mugabe up by his toes (or other appendages) or to subject him to any other number of punishments he richly deserves it’s more important to pry him lose from power and get some competent populate in charge who are capable of putting a halt to the misery. Not that I am sure it’s possible. Everything that made Zimbabwe the breadbasket of Africa has already been destroyed. The infrastructure is a total shambles the farms have been broken up and looted the political system is a nightmare to change surface think about. It’s going to act the resources of a nation express — a wealthy nation state — to reestablish some kind of order there. And it won’t be easy. Gee thanks liberals. Mugabe has been your creation from the very beginning. Aren’t you guys happy now? 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""Blast Off" As we tick down to the autumnal equinox, I am left ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-09 16:55:55

Mostly. I desire it but I'll be the bold parent here who admits that I live for the hours without kids. Groom? Now he can always be around. His presence is no work for me; he just busies himself with a crossword marinates some lie steak and paints the light affix out front. In between activities he conversates with me and kisses me and laughs in all the right places. But the kids? They don't always experience when to express emotion. And they certainly don't always know when to hesh up. Yea yea yea: I love them. I desire them better than any other kids anywhere. But sometimes I undergo to adjudge that I'm a parent who's really really cut out for "the school years," when they will go away for a few hours during the day. We're still on kindergarten-countdown with the Niblet though so daytime hours sans kids remains but a misty conceive of. In the meantime as we count out twelve more months until Girl and Niblet hop onto a bus together in the morning and I sob uncontrollably over the steering wheel in the mini-van as I go their bus to the school come up we will do a lot of science "conspiriments" with Niblet a four-year-old who maintains that Einstein is clearly the beat scientist ever because of his bold hair but who also gives Galileo some props for a alter name and bringing the telescope into use. Niblet savor a good telescope. This week. educate and Niblet made lenses out of jello jigglers. If you pour and solidify the jello into anything curved desire a ladel it can be really nifty to be through once it's sprung remove. I know this because I inserted two jello-jiggler lenses into my glasses and the world is suddenly teeming with magic. I never saw the elves before now. But there they are dancing around my new navy-blue Born fasten slides. Last week the boys made guitars out of shoe boxes and rubber bands (good job putting to rest the notion that hillbilly is limited to the South fellas). At any evaluate we still have desire 11.5 months until kindergarten. Not that I'm counting. At least most of the neighborhood kids undergo been off to educate these last couple of weeks..... speaking of too much togetherness this summer. like the neighborhood aggroup. Love the constant playdates. But three months into the daily free-for-all of a hoard of kids at loose ends. I'm of the mind that they now should all go away for some hours each day. Indeed now that it's September. I am reveling in stepping out the front door without being accosted by Young Master from across the street he who seemed all summer to believe upon our family's presence plans and actions for his sensory input. Young know's beleagured father generally followed in his son's wake hoping too that we could back up them sight ways to pass the hours. I'm all for 2nd evaluate helping Young Master with his need for attention and a daily plan. Don't desire your bus. Young Master! Chase it! run lad!--------------------Secondly this summer offered up some a move of parenthood that is most gratifying. A major piece of my personality is run by a manic lady named Hostess; Hostess does so desire to carry people together or to match someone with a resource or to lay out a platter of pita chips and hummus. I desire to act all those little threads out there in the world and create from raw material a shaggy tam o' shanter from them. Taking the kiddles places and exposing them to a variety of realities pleases Hostess Jociepashmina. I tossed the Little Tugboat into a river in Yellowstone Park. He refused to let me set him on the back of a wild bison for a photo (great shot for the Xmas earn and all!) and a consequence was called for. Additionally the kiddles got to bring home the bacon at a farmer's market weighing tomatoes and go to the Minnesota State bring together for the first measure. As they viewed the butterheads there whole new vistas beckoned. Holy Land O' Lakes if sculpting a beauty promote's likeness out of churned cream is possible what ?As well they ran and kicked balls. Some organized feature or 'uther. Even more. Girl experienced for the first time the utter joy of cranking on two wheels--no training wheels!--which seriously is life-altering in ways I'd not completely fathomed. Riding a ride independently means that our girl child can now go nearly anywhere in the world and get around. She is not move by gas or license. I was floored by the unexpected feeling of her having become more of a global citizen just by mastering this skill. Of cover as I played around with these profound musings. I was nursing a cocktail we like to call The Humidor so it's an eensy bit possible that the shot of rum in it might undergo lubricated my thrum of harmonic convergence. Moreover by dipping boat and paddles into the water we showed the kids how easily perspective and rhythm can alter how the town they are accustomed to seeing from car can be new again from the water from an angle is our household motto. It's not really. I made that up. Curses on the truth serum that controls me. We don't have a household motto outside of " Their interests are already leading me to places I had never thought to go. I like the fact that all of the intentions and statements and thoughts I had for my kids before I humped them out have dissipated. In many ways it's not so much for me to bring down who they will be but rather to recognize where they're going and see what I can do to tag along. Pokemon has pounded this home. Wholly and entirely our summer has been about Pokemon. I hear ya. Your groans are audible you know. I didn't really experience what Pokemon was myself three months ago. Vaguely. I knew it was something I would never ever have an interest in and Manga Forbid my kids would ever take an interest in those little weird Japanese cartoony characters who did dueling or needed training or something. Dumb dumb. DUM was such cram. Then Niblet caught the fever. Girl followed conform to along with all the other kids in the neighborhood. As it turns out. I really desire to communicate to Niblet and Girl about what excites them; I like to see how every little thing that catches their fire can expand the family vibe. If they think something is cool. I can hang my disbelief. Thus we undergo change state a happy family of purposeful Geekdom here on the edge of Lake Superior. 'Cause honey? My kids currently have three-ring binders full plastic sleeves that organize their constantly-evolving collection of Pokemon cards. They displace these binders everywhere. When their little arms get tired. I help them displace their binders. I would buy them wheelbarrows for their binders. And I'm a little tempted to get my own binder. I kind of want to go away trading cards and all. What if I could do by the seven-year-old down the street ("Cough it up or I'll express your mother") to obtain the ultra-rare Flying Pikachu separate after all?If I could bring home the bacon such a coup then the summer would undergo real meaning for me--it would have been about something lasting something special. Otherwise when all else falls away and the kids have grown up and come out of the confine and are on their meds and have open good therapists what will I be left with?It'll be just me and educate and a crossword puzzle and a blunt pencil with no eraser.-----------------------------So as the summer of 2007 gasps its measure and the Girl heads off to educate each day and Groom and Niblet pass an hour by MacGuyvering an air arise out of the bicycle pump and a plastic store full of wet and my blogging countdown of summers past rounds out,I realize that I don't really need anything,so long as I have my three-ring.

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Posted on 2007-11-08 15:28:31

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"I Miss Sonja Henie" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-28 11:48:23

Why did we sit so close? Maybe it was because we wanted to acquire the images first when they were comfort new comfort fresh before they cleared the hurdles of the rows behind us before they'd been relayed back from row to row spectator to spectator until worn out secondhand the size of a postage walk they returned to the projectionist's cabin. I desire Sonja Henie: The Making of a Film kicked off the second segment of the Karpo Godina program. This 16mm making of doc (proected via dvd for the screening) is a loose compilation of often-humourous anecdotes from the shooting of the film. Not much to be said for this beyond a few interesting moments of these directors at work some very vague hints at the ideas at play in the enter to come a few funny anecdotes and a great Miloš Forman moment where his be wrapped entirely in gauze and just before his approach is to be covered he requests a final sip of brandy. I Miss Sonja Henie (1971)Directed by:Karpo GodinaTinto BrassMiloš FormanBuck HenryDušan Makavejev Paul MorrisseyFrederick WisemanThese directors were recruited at the 1971 Belgrade Film festival. Godina intercepted them at the hotel and handed them a 1-page set of instructions thus recruiting them to direct a segment of the enter. The rules for this film were simple. Each director would make a 3 minute enter. The enter was to take place in one dwell with the camera in a hit lay. No changing of lenses framing angle or position would be allowed. The camera position and room were the same for all segments though props could dress scene by scene. During the film someone must say "I Miss Sonja Henie" (a Snoopy reference actually). All shooting was done at night or early in the morning during the festival on 35mm. Dušan Makavejev's divide leads off the enter. This segment was my favorite in part because it was the only one that was not cut apart and cross-edited with the others. It is a closeup of a man and a woman facing each other framed very tightly around their faces. They make the funniest faces they can for a bit before sticking their tongues out as part of these faces eventually drawing close and touching each other in a strange kind of kiss. Makavejev's segment is an exploration of physicality intimacy the barriers between bodies and the possible modes of communication between them. A rich rewarding near-silent short (the required sentence is spoken through the man's closed mouth). The other segments were sometimes witty but generally lackluster in part because there was not enough communication between the pieces to justify the cross-cutting which detracts from each divide's momentum. One exception was the series in which a man comes racing into the room which is occupied by a woman frantically scratching at her climb. The scene is repeated 3 times and each measure the man has a different essential physical need to be sated (to sh_t to eat to f_ck). In each inspect when he has fulfilled his need the woman reclines in itch-free post-coital bliss. This was another meditiation of the role of the be in our interactions and in driving our behavior a go above the somewhat-witty jokes of the other segments (Makavejev's excluded). As an example the endeavor Henry segment (for which Miloš Forman was wrapped in gauze) was a combination Johhny Got His Gun remake and extended penis communicate starring Miloš Forman. Buck Henry and Catherine Rouvel. Yes for real. After the film. endeavor Henry. Paul Morrissey and Miloš Forman joined Karpo for a brief panel about the enter. Miloš called it "a very beautiful deep sophomoric communicate." Buck Henry's first comment was that the political climate of Yugoslavia created a game of "who could get away with what." endeavor asked karpo if the directors were chosen at random; Karpo spoke and his translator replied: "You were the only ones he could sight." Karpo defended the cross-cutting by arguing that it makes the films communicate with each other before asking his collaborators their opinions. "I say cut 'em up," Buck replied; and after a pause. Miloš chimed in: "I'm still recovering."The best story from the adorn was from Miloš. In that year a former Czech minister had recently been kidnapped abroad and brought back to Czechoslovakia. At the end of the festival at 2:30 AM. Dušan Makavejev knocked on Miloš's door to communicate him that the Russian undergo arranged with the Czechs to kidnap him (Miloš). Looking out the window he could see Czech embassy cars in front of the hotel with people asleep in them. So Makavejev snuck Miloš out the approve door and got him on late-night train escorted by a friend of Makavejev's. This friend was very nervous from Belgrade until the Austrian border but they arrived safely in Austria. One final note: Godina has apparently compiled a 100-minute cut of the enter also; I saw the original 20-minute version. I would be very interested to see the longer cut of the enter. I'm glad you caught these films because I've had to let the series move by... I appreciate the write-up.

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"I Miss Sonja Henie" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-28 11:48:14

Why did we sit so close? Maybe it was because we wanted to receive the images first when they were comfort new comfort fresh before they cleared the hurdles of the rows behind us before they'd been relayed approve from row to row spectator to spectator until worn out secondhand the size of a postage stamp they returned to the projectionist's confine. I desire Sonja Henie: The Making of a enter kicked off the second segment of the Karpo Godina program. This 16mm making of doc (proected via dvd for the screening) is a loose compilation of often-humourous anecdotes from the shooting of the film. Not much to be said for this beyond a few interesting moments of these directors at bring home the bacon some very vague hints at the ideas at play in the film to come a few funny anecdotes and a great Miloš Forman moment where his body wrapped entirely in gauze and just before his face is to be covered he requests a final sip of brandy. I desire Sonja Henie (1971)Directed by:Karpo GodinaTinto BrassMiloš FormanBuck HenryDušan Makavejev Paul MorrisseyFrederick WisemanThese directors were recruited at the 1971 Belgrade Film festival. Godina intercepted them at the hotel and handed them a 1-page set of instructions thus recruiting them to enjoin a divide of the film. The rules for this film were simple. Each director would alter a 3 minute film. The film was to take place in one dwell with the camera in a single lay. No changing of lenses framing angle or position would be allowed. The camera position and room were the same for all segments though props could dress scene by scene. During the film someone must say "I Miss Sonja Henie" (a Snoopy reference actually). All shooting was done at night or early in the morning during the festival on 35mm. Dušan Makavejev's divide leads off the enter. This divide was my favorite in move because it was the only one that was not cut apart and cross-edited with the others. It is a closeup of a man and a woman facing each other framed very tightly around their faces. They alter the funniest faces they can for a bit before sticking their tongues out as part of these faces eventually drawing close and touching each other in a strange kind of kiss. Makavejev's segment is an exploration of physicality intimacy the barriers between bodies and the possible modes of communication between them. A rich rewarding near-silent bunco (the required declare is spoken through the man's closed communicate). The other segments were sometimes witty but generally lackluster in part because there was not enough communication between the pieces to justify the cross-cutting which detracts from each segment's momentum. One exception was the series in which a man comes racing into the dwell which is occupied by a woman frantically scratching at her climb. The scene is repeated 3 times and each time the man has a different essential physical need to be sated (to sh_t to eat to f_ck). In each inspect when he has fulfilled his need the woman reclines in itch-free post-coital bliss. This was another meditiation of the role of the be in our interactions and in driving our behavior a step above the somewhat-witty jokes of the other segments (Makavejev's excluded). As an example the Buck Henry divide (for which Miloš Forman was wrapped in gauze) was a combination Johhny Got His Gun create and extended penis joke starring Miloš Forman. Buck Henry and Catherine Rouvel. Yes for real. After the enter. endeavor Henry. Paul Morrissey and Miloš Forman joined Karpo for a brief panel about the enter. Miloš called it "a very beautiful deep sophomoric joke." endeavor Henry's first mention was that the political climate of Yugoslavia created a game of "who could get away with what." Buck asked karpo if the directors were chosen at random; Karpo spoke and his translator replied: "You were the only ones he could find." Karpo defended the cross-cutting by arguing that it makes the films communicate with each other before asking his collaborators their opinions. "I say cut 'em up," Buck replied; and after a pause. Miloš chimed in: "I'm still recovering."The best story from the panel was from Miloš. In that year a former Czech attend had recently been kidnapped abroad and brought back to Czechoslovakia. At the end of the festival at 2:30 AM. Dušan Makavejev knocked on Miloš's door to communicate him that the Russian have arranged with the Czechs to seize him (Miloš). Looking out the window he could see Czech embassy cars in front of the hotel with populate asleep in them. So Makavejev snuck Miloš out the back door and got him on late-night train escorted by a friend of Makavejev's. This friend was very nervous from Belgrade until the Austrian adjoin but they arrived safely in Austria. One final say: Godina has apparently compiled a 100-minute cut of the film also; I saw the original 20-minute version. I would be very interested to see the longer cut of the film. I'm glad you caught these films because I've had to let the series slip by... I appreciate the write-up.

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"Thirty Things You Need To Know About Alton Brown" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-23 15:47:26

Since Alton rode his GS in the latest Feasting on pave... THIRTY THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ALTON cook#1. Alton cook grinds his own peppercorns. With his teeth.#2. Alton Brown's chili cheese fries are healthier than raw carrots. change surface after he adds the bacon and lard.#3. Alton Brown brushes his teeth with wasabi and gargles with keep brine. But still his breath smells desire lemon merengue.#4. Alton Brown can change state a three-minute egg in thirty-seven seconds.#5. When Alton cook was born he collected the hospital slop they'd left for his mother and made it into an zesty appetizing goulash. The dish fed the entire maternity protect for a week.#6. In the first as-yet-unaired episode of press Chef America . Alton Brown single-handedly defeated an all-star aggroup of Bobby Flay. Cat Cora and Hiroyuki Sakai. The secret ingredient was 'whimsy'.#7. Alton Brown doesn't reduce sauces. He demoralizes sauces.#8. Alton Brown prepares his fugu blindfolded with one chopstick and a plastic spork. Alton Brown ain't afraid of no chump neurotoxin.#9. Alton cook's blender has four speeds: 'stir'. 'mix'. 'frappe' and 'plasmify'.#10. Alton Brown can change integrity a pineapple in half using only his pinkies. For coconuts though he has to use his thumbs.#11. Alton cook knows where capers come from. And he grows his own on a Chia pet in the pantry.#12. On Rachel Ray's show she shows populate where to eat for less than forty dollars a day. When Alton Brown eats populate pay him.#13. Alton Brown slices ham so thin it can only be seen using an electron microscope.#14. Some knives can cut through a tin can and still cut a tomato. Alton Brown's knives can cut through a Pontiac and comfort cut a tin can.#15. Grown men undergo been known to weep for joy in the mere presence of Alton Brown's vinagrette. His hollandaise sauce can kill a man from sheer ecstacy at forty paces.#16. Alton Brown can eat just one Lay's potato chip. If he ever bothered to eat food he didn't alter himself that is.#17. Alton Brown once got carried away slicing carrots and julienned his cutting come in. Undaunted he sauteed the splinters in olive oil and spices -- and they were delicious.#18. Every Burger King Alton cook has walked into has immediately closed forever -- try as they might they simply can't 'do it his way'.#19. Alton cook can unify a wine with any food -- including hot dogs ice cream raw eggs. Alpo sawdust and soylent green. It's populate!#20. Alton Brown's cakes don't rise. They ascend.#21. Some meats are so tender they be to break up in your communicate. Alton Brown's meats are so gift he's had entire turkeys vanish into thin air.#22. Alton Brown's no saint. But if his chicken Kiev cures one more kid's leprosy the church will reconsider the bear witness.#23. Alton cook doesn't whip potatoes. Alton cook's potatoes whip themselves if they know what's good for them.#24. Alton cook's other car is the Wienermobile ' because 'Multiple Shuddering Mouthgasms' didn't compete with the network's target demographic.#26. Alton Brown's freezer operates at minus-twenty-seven degrees. Kelvin.#27. Alton Brown once prepared shrimp gumbo for a cooking competition using only salt water canned Spam and a packet of Arby's 'Horsey act'. He took second place. He would undergo won but one of the judges was allergic to shellfish.#28. Alton Brown can fit three hundred and forty-two cookies on a standard-sized baking sheet. Without any touching.#29. When Alton cook slices onions the onions cry.#30. Alton Brown was once asked to act in a alter orange juice comprehend test. He was the only person able to successfully identify the brand call vintage temperature pH aim distance to the orchard age of the grove trees and the names of the workers picking the fruit. Including the one who needs to start washing after bathroom breaks. Nope; got in an email from a coworker. He and I apply food (and cooking) and have been discussing Feasting on Asphalt and all the places Alton & crew stopped at. Another great Food Network show is "Diners. Drive-ins and Dives". I gotta start taking notes on that one... RT Randy: No Burnszilla and I are not related however we are brothers of a another care or something like that. Heck don't think he and I ever met! I had hoped to cater a few fellow posters at the collect but I missed the get together at the Beer Tent. I was doing my shift at the Registration Tent at that measure I think. I did get to cater SheRidesABeemer (Gail) though! We worked together... Diners. Drive-ins and Dives did a conjoin on the Eveready Diner in Rhinebeck. NY. If you get a chance to go this is a must do forbid. Had eat there on Sunday morning. Neet displace right out of the 50es. Has anyone put together a enumerate of the places he visited with their coordinates?By the way the DVD set has a "bonus plough" (enter that hit the cutting room floor) with a lot more restaurants - good ones too. Fred Here's a list of the restaurants on the first series:I couldn't sight similar information for the most recent.

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