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Tom Hanks and Ellen DeGeneres bring Woody and Dory to life in Pixar-off
Pixar worlds collided on the set of The Ellen DeGeneres Show when Tom
Hanks and Ellen DeGeneres reprised their famous roles as the voices of
Woody from Toy Story and Dory from Finding Nemo. The two made the
audience close their eyes and talked their way through a very believable
meeting between Andy's toy cowboy and a very forgetful fish. SEE ALSO:
Britney Spears and Ellen DeGeneres wreak havoc a
Pietro the Cat rescued from Italy earthquake rubble after 16 days
After Romeo the dog and Gioia the cat, it was time for Pietro, another
cat, to be rescued from the rubble of Amatrice, central Italy, 16 days
after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. SEE ALSO: Romeo the dog pulled alive
from Italy earthquake rubble after 9 days Firefighters yesterday found
Pietro, who was believed to be dead, when they heard a weak miaowing
while accompanying the cat's owners to recover
The EU this week: Germany gives up on hard targets, Turkey plans 80 coal stations, EU dithers on Paris.
The current state of play in the EU, thanks to the GWPF: The Germans
have quietly given up on their own hard climate targets. They have 30%
renewables, the most expensive electrons in the world, and their
emissions are about the same as five years ago. The EU, climate
champion, can’t even agree among the member states about how to ratify
the Paris Agreement. Meanwhile the Turks are planning to bu
5,300 Wells Fargo Employees Fired Over 2 Million Phony Accounts
Via: CNN: Everyone hates paying bank fees. But imagine paying fees on a
ghost account you didn’t even sign up for. That’s exactly what happened
to Wells Fargo customers nationwide. On Thursday, federal regulators
said Wells Fargo (WFC) employees secretly created millions of
unauthorized bank and credit card accounts — without their customers
knowing it […]
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The Obama Administration Temporarily Blocks the Dakota Access Pipeline
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the hundreds of Native protestors
who have joined them in rural North Dakota won a huge but provisional
victory in their quest to stop the Dakota Access pipeline, as the U.S.
government announced late on Friday afternoon that it was voluntarily
halting work on the project. The triumph tasted all the sweeter because
it had followed so closely after a seemingly imm
9/11 tapes reveal raw and emotional Hillary Clinton
We partnered with WNYC to look back at Clinton’s time at Ground Zero –
a far cry from the controlled figure now a step away from the
presidency It was 26 August 2003, almost two years since 9/11, and the
sickening plume of smoke that hung over Ground Zero in lower Manhattan
had long since dissipated. But steam was rising from the steps of city
hall, three blocks away, where Hillary Clinton was ve
The US Government Has Sent This Guy 300 Joints Each Month for 34 Years
Irvin Rosenfeld smoking a joint. Image courtesy of Irvin Rosenfeld If
Irvin Rosenfeld had to guess, he'd say he's smoked about 135,000 joints
since 1982—roughly ten a day, every day, for 34 years. Despite a
cannabis habit that would probably kill Snoop Dogg, the 63-year-old
Floridian leads a fairly normal life: He's a senior stockbroker at a
large securities firm, who spends every Saturday volunt
Pep Guardiola: ‘I spoke to Zlatan Ibrahimovic face to face. He used his book’
• Manchester City coach hits out at remarks Ibrahimovic made in
autobiography • Former Barcelona colleagues meet again in Saturday’s
Manchester derby Pep Guardiola has paid tribute to Zlatan Ibrahimovic as
a player while expressing disappointment at the way the striker has
used the media to air his grievances instead of fronting up. Related:
David de Gea: ‘Zlatan is very big. He’s even more impos
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Time crystals might exist after all
(Phys.org)—Are time crystals just a mathematical curiosity, or could
they actually physically exist? Physicists have been debating this
question since 2012, when Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek first proposed
the idea of time crystals. He argued that these hypothetical objects can
exhibit periodic motion, such as moving in a circular orbit, in their
state of lowest energy, or their "ground state
DNA Reveals Giraffes are 4 Species--Not 1
Finding could alter conservation strategies for long-necked animals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
DNA Reveals Giraffes are 4 Species--Not 1
Finding could alter conservation strategies for long-necked animals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Extraordinary Link Between Deep Neural Networks and the Nature of the Universe
Nobody understands why deep neural networks are so good at solving
complex problems. Now physicists say the secret is buried in the laws of
physics.
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Ellen and Britney Spears Help Louisiana
Ellen and fellow Louisianan Britney are helping with relief efforts
for the state's devastating floods. See how their work is affecting one
school in particular. From: TheEllenShow
An Emotional Surprise for an Orlando Survivor
While recovering from the Orlando nightclub shooting, Tony Marrero
found strength in Katy Perry's music. Watch the touching surprise that
only Ellen could arrange. From: TheEllenShow
L'acrobate des toits de Paris
Cette Parisienne fait l'acrobate sur les toits de Paris. Elle
pirouette à 30 mètres du sol. Elle marche sur la tête des monuments.
Cast: mylittle , francois peyranne , Maxime Phedyaeff , Thanh Long BACH
and isaac mazeran
Long Term Parking
An airport parking lot in Los Angeles has become an improvised village
of airline workers. By Lance Oppenheim. Read the story here:
nyti.ms/2bZfIeU Cast: The New York Times - Video , Lance Oppenheim and
Voyager
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The Profanity of the Profanity Peak Wolf Pack Massacre
The only realistic solution to this conflict is to retire the grazing allotments on public lands
The Bakas, National Forests, and the Conservation Conundrum
Dispute between WWF and Survival International highlights how some
conservation efforts continue to displace Indigenous peoples
US Beekeepers Fear for Livelihoods as Anti-Zika Toxin Kills 2.5m Bees
‘It kills everything’: conservationist warns over threat to other animals
Montana’s Newest State Park Signals Shift from Extraction to Recreation
In a state once dominated by mining and logging, outdoor recreation is now a bigger revenue generator
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What is planning time to a teacher?
One of the things I remember most about teaching in Maryland roughly 15
years ago was the amount of time I had to do my job. In fact, I had so
much time to actually teach, plan, and grade during the day, with a
class of 32 fifth graders, that I actually took on a […]
The contradictions of reading as emancipation in the #edreform era
From Douglass: I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing
difficulty—to wit, the white man’s power to enslave the black man. It
was a grand achievement, and I prized it highly. From that moment, I
understood the pathway from slavery to freedom…I set out with high hope,
and a fixed purpose, at […]
#Walmart is a terrible store and terrible for schools #backtoschool
I agree with all of the WTU’s points here regarding Walmart’s
well-financed efforts to undermine public education. Their latest back
to school gimmick is a cynical ploy to feign support for public school
teachers, while offering very little of actual value in return. A quote
from a charter school supporter is particularly interesting: “All of […]
A [partial] itemized list of my #backtoschool purchases UPDATED
Below is a list of what I’ve bought to date for the new school year. I
thought I’d share it to underscore the amount of preparation that some
of us do, even before we step foot in our classrooms and make an
accurate appraisal of what we actually do and don’t need to replace. I’d
[…]
The Rules of Exposition
If you say you "over-exaggerated"...
If you say you "over-exaggerated" it means you still think you should have exaggerated, just not quite so much.
A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
*Posted on Facebook - good fun
I felt a quick flash of annoyance during a swim this past weekend at
Thetis Lake when a group of young people on a raft of floaties cranked
up their music a little too much. I then felt an immediate and sobering
flash of alarm that a bunch of mild-mannered young people having a
little fun in the sun had annoyed me. Could it be that Cranky Capital
Regionite Syndrome is already upon me, a mere thre
A.E.Brain
In a Universe next door...
Things to come. Handley Page H.50 Heyfords escorted by Westland
Pterodactyl Vs, somewhere over the North Sea. Painting by Daniel
Bechennec, Fana d'Avation magazine cover, April 2010
Activist Teacher
* Quick - but telling
Truth about US criminality in the Middle East is spelled out by Donald Trump. Source: LINK.
Will York University in Toronto go along with this latest attack by organized groups?
York U staffer under investigation for anti-Semitic posts Toronto
police investigate teacher’s comments at Al-Quds Day rally I am very
concerned by these and all such select attacks against employees,
especially in the education sector, based on an employee's expression
outside of work. I have reviewed the posts of Nikolaos Balaskas, which
are the pretext for this particular attack,
The Queen of War
Muricans: Those of you who will vote for Hillary Clinton will vote for
the greatest risk of more domestic instability and violence, and for the
greatest risk of major increased wars and destruction. It's that
simple. Any other vote will be a more humanistic and self-preserving
one. The Queen of War is not the right choice.
Allen L Roland's Weblog
Biden Dellivers Message To Turkey ~ It'S Not Personal , It'S Strictly Business
Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand It was a scene
straight out of the Godfather as US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in
Turkey to announce that we would directly support NATO member Turkey's
incursion into northern Syria, while in July Turkey's President Erdoğan
barely survived a military coup, which is widely believed to have
enjoyed US support. Biden’s reversal was at the same
America'S Dark Side Is Hillary'S Cross Of Iron
A leaked Hillary Clinton email confirms that the Obama administration,
with Hillary at the helm, orchestrated a civil war in Syria to benefit
Israel. See story ~
https://www.transcend.org/tms/2016/08/clinton-email-we-must-destroy-syria-for-israel/
America's Cross of Iron speech was immortalized by President Eisenhower
in 1953 as well as his farewell address to the nation in 1961 and he
correctly
Fifth Force Of Nature Is A Unified Field Of Love And Soul Consciousness / An Urge To Unite That Exists Beyond Time And Space
“ If confirmed by further experiments, this discovery of a possible
fifth force would completely change our understanding of the universe ,”
says UCI professor of physics & astronomy Jonathan Feng, including
what holds together galaxies such as this spiral one, called NGC 6814.
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt. You
can well imagine my excitement when I recent
Singing Your Own Song / A Source Of True Joy And Belonging
The Robin doesn't sing because it's happy ~ it's happy because it
sings. And this is the true source of my deepest joy ~ that I am singing
my own song, as well as being in service and empowering others to sing
their own song. In singing my own song, I have integrated with a
universal chorus and we are all making a difference on this planet. In
that sense, standing alone and singing your song is r
Amused Cynicism
Mother Theresa Was No Saint
Instead she was a sadistic religious fanatic .
Thoughts on Health Care
The NHS is supposedly running out of money, so much so that one NHS
body has decided to withhold treatment to obese people and smokers : The
Vale of York clinical commissioning group (CCG) will make people wait
for up to a year for treatment for non-life-threatening conditions such
as hip and knee replacements if their body mass index is 30 or higher.
adult smokers will have elective surgery post
Angola 3 News
Albert Woodfox in San Francisco on Sept. 7 and in Chicago on Sept. 21
September 7: Albert is speaking in San Francisco, California on Wed.
Sept. 7, 7pm at 2969 Mission St. For more information, please visit the
ANSWER Coalition website . September 21: Albert is speaking in Chicago,
Illinois at 6pm, at Gallery 400, at 400 S. Peoria Street. For more
information, see flyer above and visit the event's Facebook and
Eventbrite pages.
VIDEO: Albert Woodfox recieves Arthur Kinoy Award from National Lawyers Guild
2016 #Law4thePeople Convention Keynote Address (8/4/16) from National
Lawyers Guild on Vimeo . On August 4, Albert Woodfox received the Arthur
Kinoy Award from the National Lawyers Guild at the organization's
convention in NYC . In this video, Albert is introduced at 26:00 and
then comes onto the stage to receive the award and begins to speak at
approximately 33:00
October 3: Albert Woodfox to speak at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, LA
On Monday, October 3, as part of Southern University Law Center's
2016-2017 Speakers Series, Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 will be
speaking about: "Use of International Laws and Coalitions in Justice
Movements / Prison Reform." The event will be held from 12-1 pm in 129
A.A. Lenoir Hall at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
ArmsControlWonk
DPRK Missile Designations
North Korea tested three Nodong ballistic missiles, which means I am
going to be treated to three days of the same penis joke on Twitter. No.
Dong. I get it. The thing is, “Nodong” is our name for their missile.
That’s right kids, we call it the Nodong. They don’t. So, they aren’t
idiots. And there is no …
The Enduring Value of the CTBT
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is turning its attention to the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty for the first time since 1999, when it
held the briefest of hearings on the Treaty before fast-forwarding it to
the Senate, which rebuked President Bill Clinton by denying its consent
to ratification. The vote was mostly along party lines …
Lessons Learned from Eliminating WMD
If by some chance you haven’t already heard, the Nonproliferation
Review is holding an event at the Washington, DC offices of the James
Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) this coming Monday,
September 12 from 1 to 3 pm local time. We’ll be introducing a new
special double issue on lessons learned from the elimination of weapons
of mass destruction. Four of the authors …
KN-11 and THAAD
North Korea has now tested what appears to be a two-stage, solid-fueled
ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon to more than
1,000 km, probably much more. I would have thought that would garner
some attention. North Korea’s new ballistic missile, which the US calls
the KN-11, is a technically submarine-launched ballistic missile. But …
Big Dan's Big Blog
Sgt David Clarke Of Milwaukee Gives Speech At RNC On July 18, Then
Milwaukee Cop Shoots Black Guy August 13 In Milwaukee, Then Sgt David
Clarke Becomes FOX's On-The-Scene Police Expert: HOW CONVENIENT!!!!!!
July 18 unknown Milwaukee black cop (who seems to hate blacks btw...)
gives speech at RNC: August 13, about a month later, Milwaukee cops
shoot and kill black guy: Guess where the shooting occurrred? In
Milkwaukee, where SGT DAVID CLARKE is from! The same guy who gave a
speech at the RNC a month ago! And guess who conveniently becomes FOX's
"on the scene police expert"? SGT DAVID CLARKE
Cherchez la Verite
For any of those who think that Colin Kaepernick is some kind of a
traitor and/or a disgrace to America, read the real truth below. It
exposes a little known event in American history which took place when
the young United States decided to grab Canada from the British Empire.
It is something never mentioned in U.S. schools.
Colin Kaepernick Is Righter Than You Know: The National Anthem is a
Celebration of Slavery Before a preseason game on Friday, San Francisco
49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the playing of
“The Star-Spangled Banner.” When he explained why, he only spoke about
the present: “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a
country that oppresses black people and people
Paul Craig Roberts explains the origins of Labor Day versus what it is
today. Most Americans know little of the story ...including the blogger,
who hopes you will also visit his preceeding post with an additional
little known story of U.S. history.
Labor Day June , 2016 | Original Here | If you wish to receive his
newsletter via email go to Original and sign up at bottom. Paul Craig
Roberts Labor Day—what is it? Perhaps not many Americans any longer
know, so here is my explanation. In my time Labor Day was the unofficial
end of summer, because school began after Labor Day. Today school
begins almost a month before. When I was in school that
Paul Craig Roberts begins this all to true issue with this paragraph:
"Acquaintances of my generation are puzzled by the disappearance of the
American left. They remember when there was far less war, far less
monopoly capitalist theft, a less rich and powerful elite, less police
violence against civilians, less militarization, less privatization and
deregulation, fewer attacks on the social safety net, less propaganda
from the media, and yet, despite the milder state of affairs, the
leftwing was present raising hell about it all." NB, The bloger is of
the very same generation, and he too laments the disappeance of the left
just when we need it most.
What Became of the Left? — Paul Craig Roberts August 19, 2016 |
Original Here | If you wish to receive his newsletter via email go to
Original and sign up at bottom. What Became of the Left? Paul Craig
Roberts Acquaintances of my generation are puzzled by the disappearance
of the American left. They remember when there was far less war, far
less monopoly capitalist theft, a less rich and powerful
Wall Street tells it like it is!!! Just what is the underpinning of the
sudden pitch upward of the Standard&Poor 500, the Dow Jones
Industrial, and the Nasdaq? What are they smoking? Or are they just
stupid? Fed chief Janet Yellen keeps saying that there is 100%
employment in the U.S. ...ignoring the 23% of Americans who have wanted a
job but finally gave up because there simply weren't any. The remaining
"middle class" jobs pay very little, so those folks have little money
to spend on frivolous things. Thus, it is increasingly likely that the
fat cats of the stock markets will soon find themselves in a monumental
market crash. Don't you go down with them. Sell everything but quality
gold and silver producers.
At Ports, a Sign of Altered Supply Chains Flat import activity
indicates how retailers are adjusting as customers shop online Cargo
containers were stacked on the docks at the Port of Los Angeles in
February. U.S. ports are on pace to handle 2.2% more imports this year,
the slowest rate of growth since 2011. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon for The
Wall Street Journal By ERICA E. PHILLIPS and ROBBIE WHEL
Creekside
Electoral Reform Road Trip
Last week IPSOS passed on their rather depressing survey news to the
ERRE committee that only 3% of Canadians were following electoral reform
at all closely and those 3% were mostly wealthy educated older dudes.
Pretty sure that's going to change in the next few weeks. Here in BC,
there's over 30 electoral events - the ones from today on are listed
below. If you can't make any of these, you can h
Dear Postmedia Editorial Board
This : is not an adequate response or apology for what was previously
published in that same space by the Postmedia Editorial Board on August
24th : "[Elizabeth] May must renounce anti-Israel resolutions ".
Excerpted : You are not RebelMedia. You are not some partisan advocacy
organization that can pass off the blame for this appalling libelous
attack on some hapless newbie book reviewe
Balancing jobsjobsjobs with destroying the planet
Brilliant one minute speech New Zealand MP James Shaw made to an almost empty house. .
Loopholes and Libya
Really? Because a mere two weeks ago, Steven Chase was reporting:
Ottawa rewrites mandate for screening arms exports "The Canadian
government has quietly watered down its own mandate for screening the
export of military goods, rewriting parts of the only substantive public
statement available on Ottawa’s responsibilities for policing foreign
sales." Previous policy on military exports :
DAMMIT JANET!
Shock and Gore: The Plan to Shove Yucky Images in ALL Our Faces
Chances are, if you've seen a disgustingly gory anti-choice ad, truck,
postcard, billboard, or display, the Fetal Gore Gang is behind it. DJ!
has covered their various stunts , most recently, their efforts to force
city buses to carry their deliberately deceptive ads . The gang runs
the ongoing Genocide Awareness Project, an incredibly offensive campaign
-- often foisted on university campuses --
Public Money for Fake Clinics (An ongoing series)
Here at DJ! one of our aims is to defund and disrupt the operations of
fake clinics, aka crisis pregnancy centres (CPCs). Their outrageous
lies, manipulation, sneakiness, and slut-shaming are well documented.
They've been around a long time in North America and are somewhat
cannier here than they used to be thanks to relentless investigations.
But they're relatively new in Ireland, where just a fe
Lies, Hate, and Bus Ads
This is the ad that the fetal gore gang is trying to force onto buses
in Hinton and Grande Prairie , AB, after Peterborough, ON caved to their
threats. Perhaps there are other cities targetted; we don't know. Note
that this is a departure for them. This is the banner they dropped over a
busy highway in Hamilton, ON. And here's the
fuzzed-out-for-public-consumption sample of the postcards they stuf
Fake Clinic Update: Two Fewer In Canada, Irish Health Minister "Sickened"
Crisis pregnancy clinics, aka fake clinics , are going through a bit of
rough spot. We reported on HInton's fake clinic being turned down for a
community grant . They'll have to downsize as a result. In Campbell
River, BC, the fake clinic closed down entirely in March. So did the
fake clinic in Prince Edward County, Ontario. (From Facebook.) Meanwhile
in Ireland, another undercover investigation r
Did You Know
Update: Earthquake in Italy 241 Perished
Update from earlier Italy earthquake death toll drops to 241
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/italy-earthquake-death-toll-drops-1.3735050
August 25 2016 How Canadians can help victims of the quake in Italy
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/how-canadians-can-help-victims-of-the-quake-in-italy-1.3042454
How to help the victims of the Italy earthquake
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/24/world/iyw-italy-earthquake-
August Index 2016
Update: Earthquake in Italy 247 Perished Earthquake in Italy Filed under: Archives
Earthquake in Italy
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake followed by a series of aftershocks has hit
central Italy. The worst hit towns were believed to be Accumoli,
Amatrice, Posta and Arquata del Tronto, a spokesman for the Italian fire
department Luca Cari told Reuters. The tremor was felt across Italy,
from Bologna in the north to Naples in the south. There have been dozens
of aftershocks. Strong shockwaves were felt as f
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It's Really Sad The Things Some People Get Offended Over
Politics aside, I try to not delve in to too many controversial
issues. I did a lot of that with my Nunavut blog, especially when it
came to issues surrounding the seal hunt and traditional culture and if
you go to the proverbial well too many times, you end up opening the
door to all sorts of trolls and nut jobs. Let's just say that I won't be
getting a Christmas card from anti-sealing activist
Out of the Ashes
A stretch of rainy, windy and generally unpleasant weather had kept me
cooped up inside for a few days so I jumped at the opportunity to head
out yesterday to stretch my legs and enjoy what turned out to be a
pretty decent day. One of my regular birding routes I follow takes me by
a section a of a neighbouring subdivision that was hit hard by the
fires back in May and while it felt great to be ab
Oompah Loompah Doompedee Do
The film adaption of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" came out
not too long before I was born and has long remained one of my favourite
childhood movies. (The 1964 Roald Dahl book is quite likely one of the
first fantasy-type books I read when I was learning to read on my own.)
Its main character was a quirky, blue-eyed figure who made a teachable
moment without sounding preachy.
Anticipation
It seems that we had a really short summer on account of all the drama
back in May. The past few days I've really started to notice the
daylight getting shorter. I still get home before the sun sets (at a
little after pm) but that won't last too much longer). And while it may
mean that fall is around the corner, it also means that the upcoming
concert season is fast approaching as well. With the
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