Listen To David Tennant Read Luella Miller In A Night With A Vampire Tonight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VdCJEGhzJVjEGL_FFirOSYSDU3wP5viWR-Y_vdTCa5ymxYrLJdzqZnq-dAZy5nAd-33canRIPuRDhsRIFpP-ySVdekPUkaJsLc3l1p9bUOaOffgW12Ix_3fUu6vsac7PEr3oHpYhawk/s1600/David16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VdCJEGhzJVjEGL_FFirOSYSDU3wP5viWR-Y_vdTCa5ymxYrLJdzqZnq-dAZy5nAd-33canRIPuRDhsRIFpP-ySVdekPUkaJsLc3l1p9bUOaOffgW12Ix_3fUu6vsac7PEr3oHpYhawk/s1600/David16.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant reads the fourth in a series of five short Gothic horror stories on BBC Radio 4 Extra this evening. The fifteen minute story  in the repeated series <i>A Night With A Vampire </i>will be broadcast at 6.30pm BST and can be heard again at half past midnight </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thursday 3rd October<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Luella Miller</i> - Mary E Wilkins Freeman</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luella Miller seems incapable of surviving on her own, so she calls on friends, relatives and lovers to help her. And they all die - one by one - until there is no one left to lift a finger to assist this most demanding of women. An unusual tale set in small town <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />The series was originally broadcast in November 2010 and was produced by Clive Brill for Pacificus</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_four_extra"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Listen in worldwide via this link</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each episode will be available to play for 7 days after broadcast via BBC iPlayer</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div>

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FINLAND: Watch Episode 5 Of Broadchurch Tonight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaARihChxRM84LgDmjIM6q7bkdt5vdqT4ED6BP-UxHeOGAT3KdUwZUCTJkDef91f-5JHEyK0D-V2kGQlWZAOoH7-mO2kpgDSHYGbjEoLDOjoosuSMX7GPuMX9zdQyx7t36R-11ScLaEuc/s1600/BC-E4+Hardy06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaARihChxRM84LgDmjIM6q7bkdt5vdqT4ED6BP-UxHeOGAT3KdUwZUCTJkDef91f-5JHEyK0D-V2kGQlWZAOoH7-mO2kpgDSHYGbjEoLDOjoosuSMX7GPuMX9zdQyx7t36R-11ScLaEuc/s1600/BC-E4+Hardy06.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 5 of <i>Broadchurch </i>will have its premiere in Finland tonight on MTV3. The drama stars David Tennant, Olivia Colman and Arthur Darvill and looks at the effect on a small seaside town when a schoolboy is murdered.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part 5/8</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">03.10.2013 klo 21:00-22:00<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Median rytyyttämä.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uutisvainuiset toimittajat Karen ja Ollie pistävät eteenpäin artikkelin Jackista, ja lehtijuttu on vain pisara pienessä joessa, joka paisuu mereksi aloittaen median ilotulituksen koskien syytöksistä kärsivän miehen menneisyyttä. Jackilla on oma kertomuksensa tapahtumista, mutta luottaako kukaan entisen vangin sanaan? 15 vuotta yhdessä viettäneet Beth ja Mark käsittelevät petturuutta ja uusia tuulia avioliitossaan. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">03.10.2013 from 21:00-22:00<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Media shake-up</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Newshounds Karen and Ollie sniff out a story on Jack, and the newspaper article is just a drop in a small river, which swells into a stormy, that begins with the media revealing the allegations made against the man in the past. Jack gives his own version of events, but will anyone trust the word of a former prisoner? Beth and Mark deal with betrayal and new trends in their marriage after 15 years together.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch Broadchurch on MTV3 tonight at 21.00</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div>

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Episode 5 of Broadchurch  will have its premiere in Finland tonight on MTV3. The drama stars David Tennant, Olivia Colman and Arthur Darvill...

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How Vladimir Putin Can End the Shutdown and Restore America to Her Greatness

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheeeeeers Chuckleheads and a Happy Weekend Eve Eve to one and all, especially to you Federal worker types whose weekend started this past Monday when you were furloughed.<br /><br />It’s a sad state of affairs when y’all are sitting idle and without pay while all 535 members of the United States Congress are collecting their paychecks while making a mockery of statesmanship, common sense, and what it means to think beyond their next election.<br /><br />But, and I hate to say this to any and all Americans who are reading this…<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9h7Iv35nEc7YJwehGoucvdNjWL39QOCehHWz6plBNEZmfVu9IG2CS90VTTULvOFWhA7gN7pYPAfgeRMCuBhuks8nowxDXPYp6YY1zPi7jXDbp7C9-Z8Gq0ZIC15uosY30arn30V2vWQdI/s1600/boehner+reid+assholes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9h7Iv35nEc7YJwehGoucvdNjWL39QOCehHWz6plBNEZmfVu9IG2CS90VTTULvOFWhA7gN7pYPAfgeRMCuBhuks8nowxDXPYp6YY1zPi7jXDbp7C9-Z8Gq0ZIC15uosY30arn30V2vWQdI/s400/boehner+reid+assholes.jpg" width="400" /></a>We are a representative democracy and we elected these people.  So…um, well…we have the government, or the lack thereof, that we deserve, and that is why government workers can’t go to the grocery for awhile.<br /><br />However my friends, I do not pen upon this sacred IWS Radio page today to merely cast aspersions upon America and her people.  Nooooooo…You see?<br /><br />Unlike the United States Congress, I am here to identify the problem with the state of our once great nation, and offer a solution.<br /><br />So…To wit, heretofore, and with a hearty, here’s ya goes…Allow me to identify the problem, and offer my solution.<br /><br />America is a great nation and with amber waves of great people but to be perfectly honest, Americans are also a populous stricken with a collective case of Anti-Attention Deficit Disorder.  It’s true.<br /><br />Americans are all about instant gratification, a solid trusting in a monolithic set of “facts”, and a comfortable life within a bubble that contains a backyard grill, an ice cold Bud, and being left alone during football season.<br /><br />A vast amount of Americans, want to pay attention to one thing, and one thing only…themselves.  And my friends, that is why, to that point, Americans are so duly, and well-represented within the no longer hallowed halls of Congress, but...<br /><br />All is not lost, and there is a way to end this current government shutdown, and restore American greatness.<br /><br />Remember the halcyon days of America from post-World War II 1946 through December of 1991?  I do…well some of it, but anyhoo…<br /><br />There was a common thread of unity that ran red, white, and blue throughout every city, hamlet and burg of this great land.  It was a unifying thread of hate so strong, that even in the midst of racial inequality, gender inequality, and wire tapping skills over equality that upon which Americans could agree.<br /><br />Our hate of Communism, and more specifically for that <i>Great Godless Vodka Drinking Nosferatu of Two Continents</i>, the Soviet Union.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3j569hU68nFJgkNcWf01wL-3ihifUZnLjGFLzEoV2OYMTNzzJG9MSk4NFBDN1IfxkVEnsxEnwzCeKmoZGzaoT9mBiu0DnVkIX4m5YnFAOIIOlM1hNnYz27aw-m3LIHjecxo5FQ8fJCVsp/s1600/Miracle+on+Ice+Mike+Eruzione.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3j569hU68nFJgkNcWf01wL-3ihifUZnLjGFLzEoV2OYMTNzzJG9MSk4NFBDN1IfxkVEnsxEnwzCeKmoZGzaoT9mBiu0DnVkIX4m5YnFAOIIOlM1hNnYz27aw-m3LIHjecxo5FQ8fJCVsp/s400/Miracle+on+Ice+Mike+Eruzione.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />We <i>HATED</i> the Soviets.<br /><br />The Soviets were wicked and if they had a chance, they would convert your children to Stalinism and then eat them. We had a space race.  We had a nuclear weapons race.  We had a miracle on ice that brought all Americans together.<br /><br />We wanted to beat them and we did, but then?<br /><br />When we won the Cold War on December 26, 1991 when the Soviet Union officially dissolved, sadly, our national bond was dissolved as well.<br /><br />Sure the 1990’s were a post-Cold War honeymoon full of peace dividend rewards, but then on September 11, 2001...The honeymoon was over and the booming U.S. economy was torn down with it.<br /><br />America was perplexed.  You know why?<br /><br />Many Americans can’t focus and agree or disagree with more than one thing at a time.  To hear that we were and continue to be attacked by groups like Al-Qaida, the Taliban, Syrian, Iranian, Left-Wing, and Right-Wing terrorists makes no sense.<br /><br />That’s why many Americans today, Americans who are either rather far-left or far-right, focus on fellow Americans with polar ideologies.<br /><br />Far Left Loonies line-up and blitz Rush, Sean Hannity and Ted Cruz…Simple enough.<br /><br />Far Right Tea Drinkers get into a huddle and hate on Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, and President Obama. <br /><br />In order to fix the logjam of hate that is cast upon our own, buy our own, we should build a Mount Rushmore of Soviet leaders with the heads of Stalin, Brezhnev, and Andropov in stone, so we can cast potatoes at them, so we never forget.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4GeyAmpFYg6Kzxy-5AmLc0XqivgYowDDGeLQtK1aC02BbBRxseOqDfAEX0p0j6xi82cpXo0nDxCPiCW5RuJ6xz-y1QMGssGk1az32ToNsnx8LC51J665LGtESogZg4V_geUuqi8t33j-/s1600/Putin+Dana+Rohrbacher+Arm+Wrestling+Gay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4GeyAmpFYg6Kzxy-5AmLc0XqivgYowDDGeLQtK1aC02BbBRxseOqDfAEX0p0j6xi82cpXo0nDxCPiCW5RuJ6xz-y1QMGssGk1az32ToNsnx8LC51J665LGtESogZg4V_geUuqi8t33j-/s400/Putin+Dana+Rohrbacher+Arm+Wrestling+Gay.jpg" width="400" /></a>And then we can ask of, and turn a blind eye to, Vladimir Puitn re-establishing the former Soviet Union, and, if that happens?<br /><br />We will all be OUTRAGED, and Congress will say…<br /><br /><i>“Obamacare?  Sure, why not…have all the fun you want with that.  But in addition, we need to immediately pass a comprehensive budget, and I don’t care what’s in it, as long as it includes funding for nukes.”</i><br /><i><br /></i>Nearly all Americans would rejoice and say...<br /><br /><i>"To Hell with Moscow!!  Fuck the Sputnik!!  Let Them Eat Taters!! Mike Eruzione Lives!!"</i><br /><br />Unity once again!!  IKR!?  I am freaking brilliant!!<br /><br />That my friends, is both my break-down as to what is happening, and my solution, but…I have one last thing to add.<br /><br />Vladimir Putin?  America <i>wants</i> you on that wall.  We <i>need</i> you on that wall…We <i>want</i> you to <b><i>rebuild</i></b> that wall!!<br /><br />And so does Sylvester Stallone, because if you restored the Soviet Union, downloads and subsequent royalties of <i>Rocky IV</i> would go through the roof!!<br /><br /> <i>здоровье!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a></div>

How Vladimir Putin Can End the Shutdown and Restore America to Her Greatness

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RUSSIA: Watch The Final Two Episodes Of Broadchurch On 1TV Tonight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mS6c-x-7zSFem5psVOJbWYt5btTY6KM1XMN_1RYKby3Ac2JWF3yG-KQEu0fam-KG_bN3NPN7o07Jbtvw0vm6c5m0FsqqX1lAzNb1UxSRq1U4j_3lgDReZp-ayEcZjTrx6IdWRlkva7I/s1600/AlecEllie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mS6c-x-7zSFem5psVOJbWYt5btTY6KM1XMN_1RYKby3Ac2JWF3yG-KQEu0fam-KG_bN3NPN7o07Jbtvw0vm6c5m0FsqqX1lAzNb1UxSRq1U4j_3lgDReZp-ayEcZjTrx6IdWRlkva7I/s1600/AlecEllie.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The final episodes of the UK crime series <i>Broadchurch </i>air on 1TV tonight. Time is running out for Detectives Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller (David Tennant and Olivia Colman) to track down young Danny Latimer's killer.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Убийство на пляже</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7-я серия</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1TV 00.40</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Элли чувствует себя в еще большей изоляции, чем раньше. Время, отпущенное на раскрытие убийства, истекает, а количество вопросов у следствия все возрастает. Тем временем Бет и Марк принимают для себя очень важное решение.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8-я серия</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1TV 01.40</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Обстоятельства смерти Дэнни Латимера наконец раскрыты. Шок волной накрывает Бродчeрч, и его жители с трудом осознают страшные новости...</span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 7</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1TV 00.40</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ellie feels even more isolated than before. Time is running out to solve the murder, but the number of questions around the investigation is growing. Meanwhile, Beth and Mark make an extremely important decision.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 8</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1TV 01.40</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The circumstances of Danny Latimer’s death are finally revealed. The shock wave engulfs Broadchurch, as its inhabitants struggle to come to terms with the terrible news ...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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The final episodes of the UK crime series Broadchurch air on 1TV tonight. Time is running out for Detectives Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller (Da...

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Where's Ted Cruz?

Okay. So we have a government shutdown. After being front and center and grabbing the camera for weeks, where is Ted Cruz? He's toned it down considerably ... <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/ted-cruz-blasted-by-angry-gop-colleagues-government-shutdown-97753.html#.UkzOwlCwvJI.twitter">perhaps this is why</a>.<br /><br />End the government shutdown.

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Okay. So we have a government shutdown. After being front and center and grabbing the camera for weeks, where is Ted Cruz? He's toned it...

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Good Morning, Singapore!

I'm in Singapore for the <a href="http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/">World Architecture Festival</a> (WAF). Here is the view of Marina Bay Sands (Moshe Safdie, 2011) from my hotel room across the bay.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDmYkIiC_bpCTK8rqq2MOS2ig2KbDM987XrSbcgO0JznkqvYywznGZHZm0wQiBGjcsKgtD36cQU40e6Bx-mz-x4-NAYPb3-h1REaFNdECujJnQt8dUinm3x0SLO-Jy3bTYuNhrw63jNnrG/s1600/gmorning-singapore.jpg" />

Good Morning, Singapore!

I'm in Singapore for the World Architecture Festival (WAF). Here is the view of Marina Bay Sands (Moshe Safdie, 2011) from my hotel roo...

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Elliot Barnes-Worrell On David Tennant: "Working With David Tennant Is Like Being In A Whirlwind"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklfgf7YgEsDdhMwJ3mDYlmrh1rY9ZmNKGvWuNuVpX28UJem2fdyLZBYkDbdiD7z_c2Bm8s2QRu8GlLiCO6LIUBaVNszq6AEZExeTqYpHuJpIIHZZH4WzQdJ5TIVvNu_sTW-yQ-YfVoAU/s1600/WoS3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklfgf7YgEsDdhMwJ3mDYlmrh1rY9ZmNKGvWuNuVpX28UJem2fdyLZBYkDbdiD7z_c2Bm8s2QRu8GlLiCO6LIUBaVNszq6AEZExeTqYpHuJpIIHZZH4WzQdJ5TIVvNu_sTW-yQ-YfVoAU/s1600/WoS3.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elliot Barnes-Worrell, who plays the Groom in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of <i>Richard II</i> has been blogging his experiences of the rehearsal process for the regular RSC feature Whispers From The Wings. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In his latest blog, <i>Running</i> he talks about the inspiration that he is finding in David Tennant. He says:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Working with David Tennant is like being in a whirlwind, his energy is infectious and unrelenting, trying new things, and adapting to change.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His work ethic is admirable. I often find myself excited to see what he tries next. He tries out a new idea… it doesn't work, he tries something else, it works, he changes it, he changes it again, experimenting, molding, and enjoying playing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a newbie in the RSC watching him, and playing with him gives me courage, the courage to find new things, to get it completely and utterly wrong, acknowledge that and try again. David brings a freedom into the rehearsal room that liberates me and makes me try harder."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production opens in Stratford-upon-Avon in just under two weeks and the nerves are beginning to kick in. Elliot mentions an exchange with David as he bumps into him just before a visit to the local supermarket:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"'You alright?' I say</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Yeah' he says</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Want anything from Sainsbury's'</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Another three weeks.'</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'I don't know if they stock extra rehearsal time.'"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rsc.org.uk/explore/blogs/whispers-from-the-wings/running/"><span style="color: blue;">Read Elliot's blog 'Running' here</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard II will open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. The production is directed by Gregory Doran and stars David Tennant as King Richard and Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The play will be filmed and streamed live into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> cinemas on Wednesday 13^th November, and then into cinemas in locations worldwide in broadcasts running until February 2014. <a href="http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/richard-ii/default.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more on the RSC Onscreen site</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue;">Keep up to date with all the Richard II news on our website</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

David Tennant Elliot Barnes-Worrell Gregory Doran Richard II Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre Elliot Barnes-Worrell On David Tennant: "Working With David Tennant Is Like Being In A Whirlwind"

  Elliot Barnes-Worrell, who plays the Groom in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Richard II  has been blogging his experiences of...

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JORDAN AND ISRAEL

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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPUAJMFYGb3fRbPUWCu9b6kFZ7zYkxD4UsrmMFm_HpdMUTCrNHV9FJm_TtyHOuR1tlFZpNi8wni7G_F2we4BPeQeMwe68GMcl_csWg9HMvvd-4AFbLjH9oY6W6prvLv1C_qSdEqR7uqgg/s1600/jordanpal.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">DOES JORDAN WANT PALESTINIANS IN CONTROL OF THE BORDER?</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Khaled Abu Toameh </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The last thing the JORDANIANS want to see is hundreds of thousands of PALESTINIANS move from the West Bank or Gaza Strip into the kingdom. Understandably, the JORDANIAN monarch cannot go public with this stance for fear of being accused by Arabs and Muslims of treason and collaboration with the "Zionist enemy."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PALESTINIAN Authority Pesident Mahmoud Abbas says that the PALESTINIANS will not accept any ISRAELI presence along the border between a future PALESTINIAN state and JORDAN.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">PALESTINIAN NEVER-ENDING QUEST FOR MORE LAND</span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But the question is whether JORDAN really wants to have PALESTINIANS on its borders. In private off-the-record meetings, top JORDANIAN officials make it crystal clear that they prefer to see ISRAEL sitting along their shared border. Speaking at a university graduation ceremony in Jericho, Abbas stated that the borders of the PALESTINIAN state would stretch from the Dead Sea in the south and through the Jordan Valley all the way up to the town of Bet She'an in the north.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"This is a PALESTINIAN - JORDANIAN border and that is how it will remain," Abbas said. "The responsibility for security along the border will be in the hands of the PALESTINIANS." Abbas's remarks came in wake of leaks by PALESTINIAN officials to the effect that at the current US-sponsored secret peace negotiations, ISRAEL is demanding full control over the border with JORDAN in any peace settlement with the PALESTINIANS.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information: </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">PALESTINIAN - JORDANIAN CONFEDERATION</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/01/israel-jordan-and-palestine.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/01/israel-jordan-and-palestine.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">TELLING THE UN SIX HOME TRUTHS</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/palestine.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/palestine.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">PALESTINE AND PARANOIA - JORDAN, JERUSALEM AND JITTERS</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.ar/2011/04/palestine-and-paranoia-jordan-jerusalem.html">http://jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.ar/2011/04/palestine-and-paranoia-jordan-jerusalem.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ISRAEL, of course, has its own reasons for refusing to cede control over the strategic JORDAN Valley. ISRAEL'S main concern is that the border with JORDAN will be used by PALESTINIAN terror groups and Islamist fundamentalist organizations to smuggle weapons and terrorists into the West Bank and ISRAEL.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, there's another reason why ISRAEL remains strongly opposed to surrendering control over its border with JORDAN to the PALESTINIAN Authority or a third party. It is no secret that the JORDANIANS have long been worried about the repercussions of the presence of PALESTINIANS on their border.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a recent closed briefing with a high-ranking JORDANIAN security official, he was asked about the kingdom's position regarding the possibility that PALESTINIANS might one day replace ISRAEL along the border with JORDAN.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"May God forbid!" the official retorted. "We have repeatedly made it clear to the ISRAELI side that we will not agree to the presence of a third party at our border."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The official explained that JORDAN'S stance was not new. "This has been our position since 1967," he said. "The late King Hussein made this clear to all ISRAELI governments and now His majesty, King Abdullah, remains committed to this position."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">JORDAN'S opposition to placing the border crossings with the West Bank under PALESTINIAN control is not only based on security concerns. Of course, JORDAN'S security concerns are not unjustified, especially in light of what has been happening over the past few years along the border between the Gaza Strip and EGYPT. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYUgBqggSUjyAEnp7tU9msHh8mRIHyTcLBXYeCaNQEXId_xXquu9RB4CY9NWd3_n5HXJQWzJbdO4APd7CvDsW6gn9rAT94HalVLQCJ_x15vcXEf634g6EFBfEmkO67LUloQ-oTg7bDtBn/s1600/IsraelMapReduction1922-mandate_for_palestine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYUgBqggSUjyAEnp7tU9msHh8mRIHyTcLBXYeCaNQEXId_xXquu9RB4CY9NWd3_n5HXJQWzJbdO4APd7CvDsW6gn9rAT94HalVLQCJ_x15vcXEf634g6EFBfEmkO67LUloQ-oTg7bDtBn/s400/IsraelMapReduction1922-mandate_for_palestine.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Furthermore one should not forget the fact that in recent past the PALESTINIANS have already tried to overthrow the JORDANIAN kingdom in order to continue their never-ending quest for land. For it is common knowledge among Arab tribes that PALESTINIANS will always claim more land, not only from ISRAEL but also from fellow Arab countries, if given the option. When talking to Arabs from neighboring countries off the records about PALESTINIANS they all tell the same thing: Since ancient times PALESTINIANS were in quest for land, thus there is a saying: If you give a PALESTINIAN JORDAN he will claim SYRIA, if you give him SYRIA he will claim IRAQ and so forth. Thus one can imagine that once ISRAEL agrees to PALESTINIAN statehood in no time they will claim Haifa and Tel Aviv. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">…..<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">t</b></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">hat offer to share the large land was so logical, generous and right, it was literally ‘an offer he couldn’t refuse’--but Arafat did in fact refuse that huge geographical land mass for a homeland. Instead he tried to overthrow the King and take over all of Jordan. </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Read entire article at: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://specialguests.com/guests/viewnews.cgi?id=EFFkkVkuulgKBngPvH&style=PrintFull&tmpl=fullprint">http://specialguests.com/guests/viewnews.cgi?id=EFFkkVkuulgKBngPvH&style=PrintFull&tmpl=fullprint</a>and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_September_in_Jordan">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_September_in_Jordan</a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><br /> <div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Background Information: </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What no mains stream media ever reports are the opinion, citizens of other ARAB Nations, and tribes have of the PALESTINIANS. Ask for example SYRIAN, JORDANIAN or LEBANESE citizens,   and they will in most cases comment, that no Sunni ARAB tribe or nation really want PALESTINE Arabs in their country for PALESTINIAS are notorious when it comes to land ownership, for they never are satisfied with what they have. <b>"Thus it’s better to let the ISRAELIS struggle with them instead of us." </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Read entire article at: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/07/license-to-statehood.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/07/license-to-statehood.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">And </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/11/strategic-fallout-from-gaza.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/11/strategic-fallout-from-gaza.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/11/iron-dome-was-only-real-israeli-winner.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/11/iron-dome-was-only-real-israeli-winner.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">THE EGYPTIAN LESSON – HOTSPOT SINAI</span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The EGYPTIANS are now paying a heavy price for neglecting their shared border with the Gaza Strip over the past few decades. This lapse has seen Sinai emerge as a hotbed for Al-Qaeda-linked terror groups that are now posing a serious threat to EGYPT'S national security. Besides the security concerns, the JORDANIANS are also worried about the demographic implications of PALESTINIAN security and civilian presence over the border.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Their worst nightmare, as a veteran JORDANIAN diplomat once told ISRAELI colleagues during a private encounter, is that once the PALESTINIANS are given control over the border, thousands of them from the future PALESTINIAN state would pour into JORDAN. The JORDANIANS already have a "problem" with the fact that their kingdom's population consists of a Palestinian majority, which some say has reached over 80%. The last thing the JORDANIANS want is to see hundreds of thousands of PALESTINIANS move from the West Bank or Gaza Strip into the kingdom.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although the JORDANIANS are not part of the ongoing peace talks between the PALESTINIAN Authority and ISRAEL, they are hoping that ISRAEL will not rush to abandon security control over its long border with the kingdom. Understandably, the JORDANIAN monarch cannot go public with its stance for fear of being accused by Arabs and Muslims of treason and collaboration with the "Zionist enemy."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The EGYPTIANS today know what the JORDANIANS have been aware of for a long time -- that a shared border with Fatah or Hamas or any other PALESTINIAN group is a recipe for instability and anarchy. The EGYPTIANS surely miss the days when the ISRAEL Defense Forces were sitting along the border between EGYPT and the Gaza Strip.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even if Abbas's forces initially manage to maintain security and order along the border with JORDAN, there is no guarantee as to what would happen in the future. Between 2005 and 2007, Abbas's security forces were in control of the main border crossing between the Gaza Strip and EGYPT -- before they were expelled by Hamas.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is in ISRAEL'S interest to have stability and calm in JORDAN. Undermining JORDAN'S security would create many problems for ISRAEL. To prevent such a scenario, ISRAEL, if and when it reaches a deal with Abbas's PALESTINIAN Authority, needs to take King Abdullah's fears and interests into consideration.</span></div>

JORDAN AND ISRAEL

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How To Operate Your Weight Loss Website More Successfully

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How To Operate Your Weight Loss Website More Successfully

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The Sound Of Tiny Feet Stomping

The Kabuki continues right on schedule.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/politics/congress-budget-battle.html?hp&_r=0"> <b> Obama Summons Congressional Leaders to White House</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> <blockquote>WASHINGTON — President Obama summoned the Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress to the White House for an afternoon meeting Wednesday, the second day of the government shutdown, to urge the passage of measures financing the government and increasing the nation’s borrowing limit — without add-ons like a limitation on his health-insurance law.<br /><br /><br />It was to be the first such meeting since large portions of the government were forced to close at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, when the new fiscal year began without agreement on a stopgap spending measure, known as a continuing resolution, or C.R., that would finance the government until spending levels are set for the new year.<br /><br />“The president will urge the House to pass the clean C.R. to reopen the government, and call on Congress to act to raise the debt ceiling to pay the bills we have already incurred and avoid devastating consequences on our economy,” an administration official said.<br /><br />Invited were Speaker John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio; Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House Democratic minority leader; Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader; and Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader.<br /><br />The White House also mounted a full-court press on Wednesday to enlist the nation’s business leaders to pressure Congressional Republicans to agree to finance the government and increase the nation’s borrowing limit without demanding other measures in exchange. </blockquote><br />To emphasize the full court press being employed here, on another front they trotted out James Clapper, the head of the NIA to point his bony finger and proclaim that the shutdown is hurting National Security too. Complete with video no less.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/national/intelligence-chief-shutdown-threatens-national-security/2013/10/02/27eb65fc-2b84-11e3-b141-298f46539716_video.html?hpid=z6"><blockquote><b>Clapper: Shutdown threatens national security</b></a><br /><br />2:20<br /><br />October 2, 2013 2:14 PM EDT — The government shutdown "affects our global capability to support the military, to support diplomacy, to support our policymakers," said Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. (CBS News)</blockquote><br />Fuck 'em.<br /><br />They wanted to play hardball and here they are, whining and bitching.<br /><br />Every one of the miserable motherfuckers can kiss my ass.<br /><br />It ain't hurting a single one of 'em personally, it's the working man and woman who are taking it up the ass while these peacocks strut around .<br />Let me tell ya, the secretaries and the people who make it possible for these jack asses to strut around claiming the sky is falling are not going to forget just who is causing their pain.<br /><br />It's amazing just how much trouble a few hundred thousand disgruntled employees can cause.<br />

The Sound Of Tiny Feet Stomping

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New Picture!!

Well, what do you think?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_P1Yz6-qXVXwxcsLIFKLgA2JAo5C_nCYhKsMy-oiJrp6PPGU2_p1IVgFnuCkL2KBQQmfK3Ll1s1h0DFH9gD4W2tzPbLQl3aawK9TB_rp-dYPHC8f6qkf-qGX1Dh0us3cVGI-ho6SW4g/s1600/IMG_0364%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_P1Yz6-qXVXwxcsLIFKLgA2JAo5C_nCYhKsMy-oiJrp6PPGU2_p1IVgFnuCkL2KBQQmfK3Ll1s1h0DFH9gD4W2tzPbLQl3aawK9TB_rp-dYPHC8f6qkf-qGX1Dh0us3cVGI-ho6SW4g/s320/IMG_0364%5B1%5D.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>

New Picture!!

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Key Ideas For Weight Loss Salt Lake City Residents Can Try

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Esme Spence</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>To achieve the weight loss Salt Lake City dwellers may want, many ideas can be utilized. What is the most important idea? Work hard at it. There are many decent services, products, and plans available that may help you to lose weight, but a sincere hard effort is almost always necessary for significant weight loss. There are lots of little tricks that could help you along, but a strong commitment is important. This article will talk about some ways to get to the weight loss Salt Lake City residents might seek out. We will discuss how even the wrinkle fillers Salt Lake beauty professionals may offer could possibly help you out.<br /> <br /> To start, we'll look at exercises for weight loss Salt Lake City dwellers can perform. Next, we will talk about how enhancing your self-confidence can further your efforts. At last, we will discuss how an improved diet will allow you to achieve better weight reduction results.<br /> <br /> It's not a secret that exercise is important for being healthy. However, it can be tough to fit into your schedule. There are exercises for weight loss Salt Lake City residents can do even though they're busy. Consider opportunities throughout every day. Purchasing a pedometer to measure the number of steps you take daily may help you see solutions to be more active. It is very important to keep yourself occupied with activities that need some movement. Many jobs around the house will help you break a sweat and improve your home. You also likely have many mountain activities nearby if you're now living in Utah. Biking, rock climbing, and hiking among other pursuits could possibly be available not too far from your home.<br /> <br /> Building confidence in yourself and your appearance may help to improve your efforts. Having procedures like the facials, laser hair removal, or wrinkle fillers Salt Lake esthetics professionals could offer may help bolster your confidence. Perhaps you just need a new hairstyle. Whatever you do, the more self-confidence you have, the more you'll usually want to work hard at the weight loss Salt Lake City citizens might need.<br /> <br /> We frequently hear how a healthy diet is a key place to look for boosting the weight loss Salt Lake City residents want. You should think long and hard about what you are consuming. Make a list of the food and drinks from your past week or so. Look for healthy things missing from the list or that you could add more of, and look for the unhealthy things you could eliminate from your diet.<br /> <br /> The weight loss Salt Lake City residents want might involve tricks like using the wrinkle fillers Salt Lake estheticians provide, but consulting with your doctor and working hard are both certainly good ideas.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Learn more about <a href='http://www.elase.com/utah/vive-weight-loss'>weight loss Salt Lake City</a>. Stop by Lucy Cho's site where you can find out all about this and options like <a href='http://www.elase.com/utah/wrinkle-fillers'>wrinkle fillers Salt Lake</a> and what they can do for you.</div><br /> </div><br />

Key Ideas For Weight Loss Salt Lake City Residents Can Try

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Traveling Archivist - Connecticut State Library

<strong>Traveling Archivist - </strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Connecticut State Library</span></strong>. This is a part-time, grant funded, contracted position based out of the Connecticut State Library. Reporting to the Project Director, the Traveling Archivist is part of a National Historical Publications and Records Commission [NHPRC] SNAP grant project intended to encourage best practices in the management, arrangement, preservation, and access of archival collections held in museums, historical societies, archives and libraries in the state. The Traveling Archivist will be responsible for conducting half-day site visits throughout the state as well as attending a 3-part workshop series on archival management and arrangement. Key duties and responsibilities: assist in promoting the Traveling Archivist Program; assist in reviewing applications, selecting participants and arranging site visits; conduct 34 half-day on-site visits to instruct institutional staff and volunteers in archival best practices, including management, arrangement, description, preservation and access; assist in the creation of forms and hand-outs to aid institutions after the site visit to continue to be able to implement the recommendations made by the Traveling Archivist; prepare a written report for each site visit; conduct a three month follow-up via phone/email; and prepare a final summary report on site visits. Qualifications: bachelors or master’s degree in Library/Archival Science, Public History, or other related field; strong knowledge of archival principles and practices; knowledge and familiarity of mid-size and emerging cultural heritage institutions; a working knowledge of the operations of collecting institutions, understanding of collections preservation standards; experience in providing training in archival practices; minimum 3-5 years professional experience required; excellent written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated project management skills; proficient computer skills required (Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel); in-state travel required; must have a car. The start date is January 1, 2014. The grant funding currently in place is scheduled to end June 30, 2014, although an extension to June 30, 2015 will be sought and is expected. Compensation is $14,000 during the grant period including the extension. Benefits are not included. Please send/email letter of intent and resume by <span style="color: red;">October 31, 2013</span> to Project Director, Paul E. Baran, State Archivist, Connecticut State Library, 231 Capitol Ave., Hartford, CT 06106, FAX: 860-757-6542, Phone: 860-757-6511, <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:Paul.Baran@ct.gov" href="mailto:Paul.Baran@ct.gov">Paul.Baran@ct.gov</a>.

Traveling Archivist - Connecticut State Library

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Library Aide, Circulation - Groton Public Library

<strong>Library Aide, Circulation -</strong> <strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Groton Public Library</span></strong></strong>, 12-18 hours per week – to include afternoon, evening and weekend hours. $10.00/hour. High school diploma or equivalent required. Some library experience preferred. Ability to perform basic word processing, use office and library equipment and deal effectively with the public. Must have good oral and written communication skills. Applications are available at the Human Resources Office, Groton Town Hall, 45 Fort Hill Road, Groton, CT 06340 or <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.groton-ct.gov" href="http://www.groton-ct.gov/" target="_blank">www.groton-ct.gov</a>. Applications must be returned to the Human Resources Office on or before Friday, <span style="color: red;">October 11, 2013</span>. The Town of Groton is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Library Aide, Circulation - Groton Public Library

Library Aide, Circulation - Groton Public Library , 12-18 hours per week – to include afternoon, evening and weekend hours. $10.00/hour....

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Port truck drivers get paychecks for $0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrf55QEYY1eh9BR8Rzr0UIh-lJ7b_Lfv83E8wI-NBsfagXuCK0RwZD3fPUyiXqNcMRCnr2DNTW9f4e-BIh2kXcyvkCdO3wRzhbij7oL5ho-eO-h9RvvxAcuO2uEI44e1al6VJDIeUVPIoV/s1600/misclass+paystub+TTSI+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrf55QEYY1eh9BR8Rzr0UIh-lJ7b_Lfv83E8wI-NBsfagXuCK0RwZD3fPUyiXqNcMRCnr2DNTW9f4e-BIh2kXcyvkCdO3wRzhbij7oL5ho-eO-h9RvvxAcuO2uEI44e1al6VJDIeUVPIoV/s400/misclass+paystub+TTSI+(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Take a look at the paycheck of this port truck driver. He worked 32 hours for a net pay of zero. He actually owed his employer $196.30 for the “privilege” of working!<br /><br />The wages of port drivers all over the country are being systematically stolen through employer scams that boost company profits.<br /><br />They aren't the only ones. Josh Eidelson at <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/09/27/i_worked_all_week_for_free_the_horrifying_true_story_of_0_paychecks/" rel="nofollow">Salon</a> posted a story, "I worked all week for free?!: The horrifying, true story of $0 paychecks." He writes,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">...guest workers employed by Mister Clean Laundry and Cleaning Services filed a federal complaint and went on strike Aug. 19. “We were scared,” said striker Shellion Parris, but “we knew in the back of our heads that we need to do this, we have to do this.” </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Photos provided to Salon by the <a href="http://www.guestworkeralliance.org/" rel="nofollow">National Guestworker Alliance</a>, the group behind the work stoppage, show checks reading “No Dollars and No Cents,” and a page dated June 25 warning guest workers on H-2B visas that, “Any worker who does not show up for your assignment will be immediately removed from Mister Clean Housing and will be reported as AWOL (Absent Without Leave) to ICE (Immigration Custom Enforcement).” The statement, which was in all-caps, continued, “You will then be escorted to pick up your plane ticket and go back to Jamaica. You will have an ICE and Okaloosa County Sheriff Department Escort.” Workers say that warning arrived stapled to their checks. Mister Clean did not respond to a request for comment.</blockquote>Here's how most port trucking companies rip off their workers: The vast majority misclassify drivers as “independent contractors,” though they work the same way as employee drivers. Why? To eliminate the cost of having employees (payroll taxes, health insurance, vacations, retirement benefits, disability insurance), and to eliminate the cost of running a trucking business (truck leases, insurance, maintenance)!<br /><br />With the help of the <a href="http://teamster.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters</a>, drivers at ports around the country are fighting back. In California alone, nearly 10 percent of truck drivers serving the <a href="http://www.portoflosangeles.org/" rel="nofollow">Ports of Los Angeles</a> and <a href="http://www.polb.com/" rel="nofollow">Long Beach</a> filed claims with the <a href="http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/" rel="nofollow">California Labor Commissioner</a>. Industry liability could reach $100 million in stolen wages.<br /><div><br /></div>

misclassification port truck drivers wage theft Port truck drivers get paychecks for $0

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Public Services Librarian - Allen Music Library, University of Hartford, West Hartford

<b>Public Services Librarian - </b><b><b><span style="color: #48286d;">Allen Music Library, University of Hartford</span></b></b>, West Hartford. Position Summary: Provides formal and informal bibliographic instruction to students, faculty and staff. Supervises circulation, reserves, stack maintenance and equipment operations in the music/dance library. Assists library patrons in their research using print, online and audiovisual resources in music and dance. Recommends public service policies for the Allen Library to Head of Allen Library and Mortensen Library's Head of Reference and Public Services. This regular full-time exempt position may work evenings and/or rotate weekends. Key Responsibilities: Assists students and other library patrons in making the best use of print, electronic, and audiovisual music, dance, and other performing arts resources in a wide array of languages and formats and responds to questions. Recruits, trains, and evaluates staff who provide reference and information service to library patrons. Helps devise and implement public service policies, procedures, new services, and marketing strategies in consultation or collaboration with the Head of Allen Library and the Mortensen Library's Head of Reference and Public Services. Assists the Head of the Allen Library in identifying priorities, goals, strategies, and direction of Allen Library. Plans and presents instructional classes on information resources to students, faculty and staff. Administers the HLM 020 online information literacy course. Maintains print manuals and online information. Supervises the Allen Library circulation department, including circulation services, course reserves, stack maintenance, and equipment. Supervises one full-time assistant plus student employees. Monitors the student employee budget in an effort to ensure prudent fiscal management. Updates and maintains the Allen Library web pages in conjunction with the University Libraries Web Applications Developer and Technology Specialist to enhance usability, promote library offerings, and ensure maintenance is in compliance with University standards and University Libraries policies. Helps develop, enhance, and/or test information search tools. Provides recommendations for title development of the print and online reference collection and assists in the overall maintenance of the collection. Maintains awareness of trends and advances in the field through attendance at relevant meetings or seminars as well as through regular examination of literature in the field. Participates in relevant professional organizations. Serves on internal and external committees as appropriate. Maintains statistics and develops accurate reports for the Head of the Allen Library. Performs other related duties as assigned. Indicates an "essential" job function. Formal Education: Bachelor's Degree required with a major in music and Master's Degree of Library Science from an A.L.A. accredited institution required (or recognized equivalents). Work Experience: 1 year to < 2 years. Knowledge & Skills: Professional Skills: Requires knowledge of theories and practices of a professional field. This level of skill is typically reserved for an individual with a four-year degree, or a high-level vocational skill demonstrated by a number of years of on-the-position experience (i.e. management). Writes reports using technical data requiring considerable interpretation, developing new methods and procedures. Frequently applies knowledge to practical issues and problems. See the complete job description at <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.hartford.edu/hrd/Employment.aspx" href="http://www.hartford.edu/hrd/Employment.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.hartford.edu/hrd/Employment.aspx</a>. Working Conditions: Normal office situation. Physical Efforts: Typically sitting at a desk or table. Requires good hearing. Using equipment requiring high dexterity. Intermittently sitting, standing, stooping. Moderate lifting or carrying 26-50 lbs. Special Skills: The ability to work effectively with diverse groups. Pay Grade: G -- See salary ranges at <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.hartford.edu/hrd/files/pdf/Non_Union_staff_salary_ranges.pdf" href="http://www.hartford.edu/hrd/files/pdf/Non_Union_staff_salary_ranges.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hartford.edu/hrd/files/pdf/Non_Union_staff_salary_ranges.pdf</a>. See benefits overview at <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.hartford.edu/hrd/Employment.aspx" href="http://www.hartford.edu/hrd/Employment.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.hartford.edu/hrd/Employment.aspx</a>. Application Procedures: There is no deadline for applications and the position will remain open until filled. Electronic resumes are highly encouraged. All resumes are acknowledged. If you are applying by email, please send one complete set of the following: resume, cover letter (including position of interest and salary requirements), and professional references to <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:hrd@hartford.edu" href="mailto:hrd@hartford.edu">hrd@hartford.edu</a>. If you are applying by either fax or by mail, please send two complete sets of the following: resume, cover letter (including position of interest and salary requirements), and professional references to: University of Hartford, Attn: Human Resources Development, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT 06117-1599, Fax: 860.768.4732. The University is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action employer.

Public Services Librarian - Allen Music Library, University of Hartford, West Hartford

Public Services Librarian - Allen Music Library, University of Hartford , West Hartford. Position Summary: Provides formal and informal bi...

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'Dirty Dozen' Teamsters in 79th day of strike against Cummins Crosspoint

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQ7vLrSGeDgoVm-UfbMDQvLvVpL969WveCQ2lrlNcI3sDhFrDSoo8-7Mb0A1HhrxGr4H6y4ch-M4KWIklR9Jg-P3JpqjqPZu7FJkVzbLS2uyM-dP-cqOR9ZWKd7GEaDDFjeRyODBZftca/s1600/Cummins+Crosspoint.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQ7vLrSGeDgoVm-UfbMDQvLvVpL969WveCQ2lrlNcI3sDhFrDSoo8-7Mb0A1HhrxGr4H6y4ch-M4KWIklR9Jg-P3JpqjqPZu7FJkVzbLS2uyM-dP-cqOR9ZWKd7GEaDDFjeRyODBZftca/s400/Cummins+Crosspoint.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Striking members of Teamsters Local 519: 'The Dirty Dozen'</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Twelve members of Teamsters Local 519 walked off the job when Cummins Crosspoint tried to impose a contract that took away seniority, just cause and prescription drug benefits while increasing their health insurance deductible to $8,000.<br /><br />That was on July 16, and they do not intend to cave. The company is paying a price. The 12 Teamsters are diesel mechanics who take pride in their work. Their replacements -- well, apparently not so much.<br /><br />"Everything they work on comes back," said Bob Van Gorp, trustee for Teamsters Local 519 in Knoxville, Tenn.<br /><br />"I've never seen guys with more intestinal fortitude than these," Van Gorp said. "These guys are so brave. They're just strong."<br /><br />And they take pride in their new nickname -- The Dirty Dozen.<br /><br />We'll keep you posted.<br /><br />

Local 519 strike 'Dirty Dozen' Teamsters in 79th day of strike against Cummins Crosspoint

Striking members of Teamsters Local 519: 'The Dirty Dozen' Twelve members of Teamsters Local 519 walked off the job when Cummins Cro...

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Botox Can Help You Look Great

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Spencer Harlod</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Botox and Botox treatments started off by being a type of aesthetic procedure that only Hollywood stars and celebrities did, and it was among those unusual things they did together with buying quick autos and going on an organic spa retreat.<br /> <br /> However, times have evolved, and the organic spa retreat and botox treatments aren't one thing so exceptional anymore, and instead have become quite popular and regular. What caused this to take place? Well, partly since these experiences slowly became famous and more offers popped into the market. Since there are a lot more offers, costs are now cheaper than ever. Because of the discount prices, even regular people could have Boton injections via organic spa retreats.<br /> <br /> Why is this treatment famous? Well firstly there's something you must learn about botox - it is not one thing you may do one time and it will last, rather, when you do it you need to keep doing it in steady durations or your face may be affected significantly, becoming even worse than before you did your very first botox injections, so be sure you have enough of a budget to keep performing them all through your life.<br /> <br /> However, if keeping up the botox treatments isn't a problem, you need to know that it provides incredible outcomes, stretching out your skin and knocking off many years off your face.<br /> <br /> If you're concerned with the side effects, you must realize that there would not be any obvious side effects when it's effectively done. This is one risk of having Botox. There is a chance that several facial muscles cannot be moved after many treatments.<br /> <br /> The best thing to accomplish is always to know your treatment specialist much better along with their experience. Find out if they're great in what they do or are just looking for easy money. Once you find that good spa you will be happy you did and can go back time and time again. <br /> <br /> Having well-informed staff is a major advantage for any medical spa. Doctors who can take note of your needs and help determine the proper treatment are an important first step. Despite the fact that essentially all processes available at a medical spa are extremely safe and not likely to cause injury, this always assumed well-trained staff members are using the machine appropriately over the course of your treatment.<br /> <br /> The point is you do not have to be filthy rich to enjoy botox treatments. You can always go for organic spa retreat. Do things in moderation because living big has its own consequences and you might be the next individual to go through them.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Learn more about <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM8PqndDWr4'>botox in Memphis TN</a> by watching this video about <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6S_nNF_06A'>weight loss in Memphis</a> and what it can do for you.</div><br /> </div><br />

Botox Can Help You Look Great

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Cracks Forming in the Recessionary Dam

<a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/RECPROUSM156N">St. Louis Fed: Smoothed U.S. Recession Probabilities</a><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Smoothed recession probabilities for the United States are obtained from a dynamic-factor markov-switching model applied to four monthly coincident variables: non-farm payroll employment, the index of industrial production, real personal income excluding transfer payments, and real manufacturing and trade sales. This model was originally developed in Chauvet, M., "An Economic Characterization of Business Cycle Dynamics with Factor Structure and Regime Switching," International Economic Review, 1998, 39, 969-996.</i></div><br />The following chart compares the recession probabilities seen starting in 2006 to those seen starting in 2012. I'm looking specifically for the formation of tiny cracks in the dam.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKvfNpL_qO3EyA3q8LsMPgPSeFmn5XUP192mUzp4ppu6POO0K5nrAMcASdQzZgwPWruBQ-Ye1P0pOKz6jFBxybhH8XLebYAofEOmGEJVkwyMKlEz9WNiord0HqBWprRBnsam3zSzlu7g/s1600/Recession+Probabilities.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKvfNpL_qO3EyA3q8LsMPgPSeFmn5XUP192mUzp4ppu6POO0K5nrAMcASdQzZgwPWruBQ-Ye1P0pOKz6jFBxybhH8XLebYAofEOmGEJVkwyMKlEz9WNiord0HqBWprRBnsam3zSzlu7g/s320/Recession+Probabilities.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />What a structural engineer might say: "The cracks are growing again. Might want to get that fixed before it fails entirely again."<br /><br />What <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Wtx_FjHWc">Jamie Dimon might say</a>: "So we're <span style="color: red;">kind of confident</span> that you'll see growth over the years as America recovers."<br /><br />Reality Check: <span style="color: red;">Kind of Confident</span> = <span style="color: red;">Not Confident</span><br /><br />Nobody who is truly confident says kind of confident, just like nobody who is truly pregnant says kind of pregnant.<br /><br /><b>May 18, 2012</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/05/recession-prediction.html">Recession Prediction</a><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><i>I'm going to predict the next recession will hit on or before October 2014.</i></div><br />For what it is worth, my long-term prediction stands. That said, the odds of making it to October 2014 seem smaller now. As I have <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-retail-sales-accident-waiting-to.html">stated previously</a>, I am not at all optimistic about this year's Christmas season.<br /><br />This is not investment advice. I am being kind of sarcastic though, in honor of Jamie Dimon.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=mZ4">St. Louis Fed: Smoothed U.S. Recession Probabilities</a>

Cracks Forming in the Recessionary Dam

St. Louis Fed: Smoothed U.S. Recession Probabilities Smoothed recession probabilities for the United States are obtained from a dynamic-fact...

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