potism?
Do you want your government to be like that?
voiceofokinawa
Do you want your government to be like that? A wolf in sheep's clothing?
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CrucialS:
My response to your asking is summed up in the post addressed to extanker.
voiceofokinawa
Yubaru,
What I write gets "crazier and crazier", just proving that i am "living in a time warp"? Probably, you want to say I can't bring up past incidences of the U.S. military's illegal action to requisition land. That's an absurd argument. Can a thief claim his theft took place in the past and so he is exonerated from the crime?
JWTNSSN
In this case maybe Hawaii and Guam should just secede from the United States as well. I guess when it comes to the US governments need for security and financial support, its not about the will of the people its about what America tells you to do.Marie Anne Leonard writes “On Thursday evening we visited the A Level Art Private View of our sponsors Claires Court Schools. It’s always a pleasure to join them for any event, as you’d be hard-pushed to meet more welcoming, friendly and hospitable people, but the A Level PV is always a highlight for us.
The art and photography team at Claires Court truly allow their students to experiment, take risks and thoroughly immerse themselves in their studies. It is of continual amazement to us that the students challenge themselves by tackling very mature subject matter and approaches to them with a committed and hard-working approach beyond their years.
The photography on show was a joy. These students have a real eye for the commercial, poring over magazines for inspiration in fashion, styling and inspiration. A career in advertising photography is definitely on the cards for some of these talented students!
Once again, a triumph of a year – congratulations to all the students and the teaching team”
You can read more from Marie Anne at her blog –
I was unable to attend the exhibition on the Private viewing evening, so Head of Art Jan Price linked me to the entire album set. Separately, here are the clips from the photography section. All in all, I feel this year’s exhibition is as strong as ever. With so many of our past pupils now out there in the commercial world – Rupert Houseman for example winning this year’s BAFTA for 7/7, a day in London and Toby Hefferman,First assistant director World War Z – it’s nice to report the Claires Court Production line of ‘Creatives’ is running full steam.A few months ago, my husband came home and rattled keys in front of me and then said they were to a flat just outside London–free for me to use when I wanted. A friend of his only uses the place part of the year and she and her husband were kind enough to offer it to me. Oh, yeah, baby! And having saved enough miles and points, I had the airfare right there waiting for me.
I could see my grandmother’s hand in all this. So I am packing up and flying off for twelve writerly-indulgent days of loitering about London, York, Canterbury, Dover, Windsor and a host of castles, houses and ruins in between.
The last time I went, I came home inspired to write Tempted by the Night after a particularly gruesome Jack the Ripper walk. While on a stroll through Jane Austen’s London with a London Walk’s guide, the entire plot, and I mean the ENTIRE plot, for Confessions of a Little Black Gown fell into my lap.
I stood in front of the house on Brook Street and wondered what it looked like in the early 1800s when Felicity Langley would have need of it, which she did when I wrote Love Letters from a Duke. And I walked Grosvenor Square and Hanover Square and wondered which houses would befit a future duke-ish hero. And finally, I stood in Floris, the perfume shop that survives today, much as it did when my heroines would have shopped there, and plied the incredible staff with questions about their earliest perfumes. And then they let me smell them. My senses ranneth over. I came home brimming with the sights and sounds and smells that I indulged in, and then those spilled into the books that followed.
I know what I am looking for this trip–several things, but I have also mixed in the unexpected: a tour of Royal Richmond, medieval churches and towers to fill my crusader lust, and a bit of Tudor history because I love it so much. Oh, I’ll go in search of more Regency inspiration, Sir John Soanes’ House, Fairfax House in York, and the Thomas Lawrence showing at the National Portrait Gallery, but I know from experience in traveling that often in the oddest corners comes the most delightful surprises.
I will try to post daily photos up on my Facebook page, so check there often. However, if you are going up there to look for Jack the Ripper pics, don’t bother. I haven’t the stomach to do that walk a second time.
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Wow. OK, I need to get in touch with MY grandmother.
I just started to read your book series and I have loved each and every one of them. I just finished “Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress”, it has been my favorite so far. I do have a question. Is Pippin’s son John going to have a story with Molly? And is there going to be any story for Nate? I enjoyed reading about them and I was curious as to what happened to them. They are a new generation but is there any possibility of some of their parents recklessness showing through? I ask not only because I love your stories and the individuality of each one, but because your characters have a profound amount of depth to them that, dare I say it?, makes me care for them. My favortie Literature teacher always told me that the way you can tell if a person is a good author is if she or he makes you care for the characters they create. Miss Boyle you are a wonderful author and I hope to see more of your work in the future.
- Track your team members progress and the progress of your team against other teams.
Remember to sync daily if you connect with a FitBit or Garmin to ensure steps are tracking and your position is reflected accurately on the leaderboards.
The Heart Foundation Walking app is designed for iOS versions 9.0 - 13.0.
*Terms and conditions apply. Visit walking.heartfoundation.org.au for details.
I am a walk organiser and registered with Heart Foundation Walking so assumed I could just login to my existing account. But no, I was rejected as unknown. So I then assumed I must register separately for the app. I tried multiple times on different days. I deleted and reinstalled the app twice. The app was very sensitive and the slightest wrong touch made it crash - throwing me back to the start screen again, and again. Registering or logging in via Facebook was not possible. It just crashed and threw me out of the app completely. Finally, I managed to make it to the end of the registration process only to find out that my email address is already registered! I give up. I can’t login and I can’t register and I can’t login via Facebook. What can I do. Very, very frustrating.
Enjoying doing the Put Your Foot Down challenge at the moment, and I like the teams feature. However the Best Teams This Month leaderboard is a bit of a waste of space as it is obvious that the leader is only one member; it would be a better indicator to have the number of team members displayed beside the total. Or maybe a team has a minimum number of members before it can feature on the leaderboard. Also, for the app in general, is it possible to add a ‘friends’ leaderboard for extra motivation to get out walking? Cheers, SJ.
so i got my results a couple weeks ago, and these are my beta results. 

due to family stories and genealogy that myself and other family members had done, i was honestly expecting like 95% british and not much else. the french and german is a total surprise, and no one seems to know where it came from! 

23andme says that this french and german relative would only be 2-4 generations away from me, but i can’t find anyone in my family tree that fits the criteria...which leads me to think that someone in my close family doesn’t have the father they think they do! 

my initial french and german result was nearly 18%, now its 26.7%. what relative of mine would you guess is the right person? grandparent, great grandparent etc?Dylan Roberts meets with Grand County's EMS Deputy Chief Austin Wingate. Roberts is looking forward to a broader role representing Grand if he leads Senate District 8, just as he’s represented Eagle and Routt. “I've held over 60 town hall meetings... across my district because I want to hear directly from people about what their questions are, what their challenges are, any criticisms of the work we're doing,