Now Im not liberal enough to expect a holiday camp atmosphere for incarcerated terrorists and murderers. And in an establishment that runs by discipline and control, there has got to be some authorities reaction to prisoners refusing to obey the local rules whatever the ins and outs of the situation. And if prisoners struggle and kick out then they will be held tightly.
But the sheer brutality surprised me. Being hauled out of a cell and knocked out against the wall. The bath time scene was perhaps the worst. Prison officers in riot gear, with plastic shields and truncheons, beating prisoners as they headed down to have orifices and mouths checked for illicit goods (in that order with the same gloved finger) before being hurled into a bath and scrubbed with a brush.
The dirty protest following on from the first hunger strike was obviously an extraordinary time. But if the portrayal is at all accurate and I dont hear anyone or any organisation claiming that the scenes written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen werent realistic then humanity and dignity of both the prisoners and the prison officers had all but vanished.
Throughout the film, there was a sense of loneliness. The featured prison officer, Raymond, had little relationship with his colleagues. It couldnt have been an easy place to work. And it must have marked people for life, destroying their optimism, killing their soul. Weekly mass was about the only time the prisoners got together mostly spending the time chatting, planning and encouraging each other, rather than listening to the words of the priest. There was a beautiful scene of a prisoner interacting with a fly on the cells window grill, trying to get it to walk over his hand. A human being seeking companionship from where he could get it - a pet fly.
There are two deaths in the film. One is the murder of an off-duty Raymond eleven prison officers died during the period of the two hunger strikes and the dirty protest.

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The Raconteurs have been on a tear this year after the release of their latest album, Consoler Of The Lonely, playing sold out theaters and crowded festival sets across the world. Apparently, in between all of that constant touring, they also had time to have a little fun for themselves. Jack White has always dabbled with his country influences, even taking the ultimate step into the genre by producing one of country legend Loretta Lynn's recent albums. The White Stripes never had much of a twang to their work, but The Raconteurs have always worked a country flair into their music. It wasn't until Consoler that they truly adapted to the western sound with the addition of a banjo and a fiddle to many of the songs. Now, with the help of bluegrass troubadour Ricky Skaggs and newcomer Ashley Monroe, they have truly crossed the genre barrier by making their "Old Enough" into a string-heavy, front-porch burner.

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A while ago, Melissa Gill won a Home Study program through the Chidiet website and Jim Careys promotions. We asked her to provide some updates on her experiences and learning. Heres the first update weve had from the trenches! Sounds like shes had her nose in books!
Heres the feedback on a fantastic experience she had with her elementary school class and green smoothies. Well be posting this on the Green Smoothie Blog as well, where you can check out a lot more recipes and inspiration about Green Smoothies!
Hello Ladies!
So here goes the first installment of my CHIdiet experience.
After having a couple of months to begin to digest the information Ive studied so far in this course, I know that I have only scratched the surface of all it entails. The information is very detailed and wide in scope. It begins with talk on enzymes, chlorophyll, and the life of Ann Wigmore. It goes on to talk about how to set up your raw food kitchen, benefits of this lifestyle, as well as how to transition to a living foods diet. Eating simply and sleeping well, drinking pure water and the power of thought are all touched uponand this is just the beginning.
Being a teacher by trade, my thoughts kept turning back to how I could introduce this lifestyle to my students without turning them off the idea of eating healthier. They are a group that lives on sugar, processed foods, and the traditional SAD diet. I have a new class this year and they were not fully aware of how I eat, or why. I am very open about what I eat and they see me in class, eating my raw, fresh, ripe, organic fruit and salads. They also see me with various concoctions - warming chia pudding, and the like. Something they havent seen me eat is my green smoothie. I began bringing my green smoothie jar to the school instead of drinking it at home in the morningsI wanted to pique their interest, and pique it did! Theyve always been curious about how I eat and I always tell them, if they ask.
The green smoothies were really the turning point! Every day theyd ask what I put into it and wanted to smell it and were so extremely curious about the whole idea of eating a drink that was so green. In fact one student asked if I had my drink, when it was missing from the desktop that day. Wed been enjoying Fruitful Fridays each week, where I bring in a different fruit for the students to try. They students bring in fruit to include in our Friendship Fruit Salad and we all have our class meeting while learning about a new fruit each Friday as well as enjoying a great fruit salad that we all made together. The first week we did that, the students made me swear not to tell their parents that they enjoyed eating healthy or else theyd be made to do so by force instead of choicea valid point! However if you make this type of food available and tasty, they are bound to make a good choice!
Because of their interest in the green smoothie, I decided last Friday morning to bring my Vitamix to class and have a demo on how to make a green smoothie. The students were aware that I was going to do this and were full of anticipation when I opened the classroom door that day. First, they could not believe how huge the blender was, then their eyes became as big as moons when they saw how much kale I had ready to put into the drink! It was amazing how interested they all were! They are so impressionable at this age and this seed of an idea that was planted that day will reap rewards in the months and years to come.
I told them about the benefits of each food that I put into the blender. We made a very simple smoothie.

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01. Gentleman Junkie
02. King Of Souls
03. Tales From The Scarecrowman
04. Cat's Eye Resurrection
05. Pig Heaven
06. Slaughter The Grey
07. Eighty-Eight
08. Fast Jungle
09. Gun Crazy
10. Kick
11. Memphis
12. Magdalene
13. True Crime

Disco 2
01. Ratmouth
02. Shack Of Hate
03. Drowning The Colossus
04. Crow III
05. Die, Zombie, Die
06. Skin
07. Truck On Fire
08. Future-Shock
09. Scumkill
10. Diamond Ass
11. Demonspeed
12. Disaster Blaster
13. Murderworld
14. Revenge
15. Acid Flesh
16. Power Hungry
17. Godslayer

Disco 3
01. God Of Thunder
02. Love Razor
03. Disaster Blaster 2
04. Welcome To Planet Motherfucker/Psychoholic Slag
05. Knuckle Duster (Radio 1-A)
06. Thunder Kiss '65
07. Black Sunshine
08. Soul-Crusher
09. Cosmic Monsters Inc.
10. Spiderbaby (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah)
11. I Am Legend
12. Knuckle Duster (Radio 2-B)
13. Thrust!
14. One Big Crunch
15. Grindhouse (A Go-Go)
16. Starface
17. Warp Asylum
18. I Am Hell

Disco 4
01. Children Of The Grave
02. Feed The Gods
03. Electric Head Pt. 1 (The Agony)
04. Super-Charger Heaven
05. Real Solution #9
06. Creature Of The Wheel
07. Electric Head Pt. 2 (The Ecstasy)
08. Grease Paint And Monkey Brains
09. I, Zombie
10. More Human Than Human
11. El Phantasmo And The Chicken-Run Blast-O-Rama
12. Blur The Technicolor
13. Blood, Milk And The Sky
14. The One
15. I'm Your Boogieman
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this is Lucia i met her on my space about a year or so ago, she is the sweetest girl,and she has a wonderful N A U T R U A L style. The thing that i admire most about her style is how effortless she always looks in her photos, she looks like she just woke up threw on some clothes and out the door looking fabulous! and i admire her very much.

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In Deam Theater's catalog, there are only 5 items with assigning a 5-star rating; this is one of them.IMAGES AND WORDS is the quintessential Dream Theater album and the album that all Progressive Metal is judged by, even though Dream Theater were yet to reach true metal status until 1994's Awake. This album houses all upon which Dream Theater stands for; masterful instrumentalists, beautiful song writing, technicality, deep lyrics and pure epicness (sorry but it had to be said). The production values are through the roof, especially considering their debut's shoddy producing. James LaBrie's voice is still at it's peak, well before the food poisoning incident that caused Falling Into Infinity to be such a poor album vocally. Kevin Moore was at his keyboard playing and lyric writing peak and would be the last album he truly wanted to be a part of. Plus all of the songs on the album are true Dream Theater classics, especially Pull Me Under, Metropolis Pt. 1 and Learning To Live.The songs:Pull Me Under: The opening track of the album sets the stage for the whole album, a heavy record that blends technicality with beauty and a side of metal. The lyrics are some of Moore's best and will be a lasting testimony to his genius mind. LaBrie's vocals here immediately send the message that this is the man for Dream Theater, clearly sending his voice to those high notes and delivering perfect harmonies during the chorus and a screaming shockwave during the bridge and pre-chorus. John Pretucci's first signs of shredding are shown in this song during the pre-chorus, foreshadowing some of his later solo and DT works. Mike Portnoy and John Myung hold up well here but don't really add to the song and deliver unique parts like the others do. Probably my second least favourite on the album. 9.5/10Another Day: Ah yes, the first Dream Theater ballad, this is one of the few songs that Dream Theater would continue to play well into the 21st century and rightly so as it holds up well as a crowd favourite at shows. The outstanding saxophone work of Jay Beckenstein is also present in this song adding a nice feel to the overall product. The only real downside to the song is the somewhat cheesy lyrics and vocals but it is far from being a turn-off. A pleasant song, yet not one of my favourites. 9.5/10Take The Time: This song is fantastic, though I won't go out and purposefully play this song, when it comes on during an iPod shuffle session, I will be more than happy to listen to it. LaBrie's vocals are outstanding on this song especially during the second verse where he hits all those frequent high notes in quick, smooth succession, 'tis a shame whenever they play this song live they always cut this verse, but LaBrie's current voice just still isn't up to it. The instrument section of Moore, Myung, Portnoy and Petrucci are all at their best here, each showing off their skills and adding to the song at the same time. Overall, my least favourite but a fantastic song. 9/10Surrounded: This song is a piece of beauty, the vocal melodies and drumming are some of the best on the album, accompanied by Moore's fantastic keyboard texturing and layering during the intro and throughout the whole song which add a whole new level to the song. The most fantastic though is the dual accompaniment of Myung and Petrucci during the verses and the latter's lightning solo. My second favourite song on the album. 10/10Metropolis Pt. 1: The quintessential Dream Theater song on the quintessential Dream Theater album, every fan knows this song and any fan that doesn't isn't a true DT fan. The technicality in this song is the highlight and what the song is known most for (so much so that DT later created a sequel as an entire concept album based around technicality). The vocal harmonies mid-way, just before the instrumental section begins are astounding, so astounding that they never try and replicate it live (with the exception of Live Scenes From New York, where Portnoy delivers an average attempt at it). The highlight of the instrumental section for me is one of Myung's few bass solos, the man is an absolute master of the instrument creating a lightning fast shred-fest rivaling some of Petrucci's fast solos; all with his fingers! Probably the most famous song on the album but not necessarily the best. 10/10Under A Glass Moon: My favourite song of the album, though not as technical as the previous track, the band chooses to slow down the technicality somewhat (only to be revived later by the closing track) to produce a more texturized, metalized and beautiful song. The vocals are some of LaBrie's best, with Surrounded and the Metropolis harmonies beating it by only a slight bit. Petrucci's solo here is so good it was placed at #97 of the Best Guitar Solos Of All Time list. Portnoy and Myung hold up really well here and work together to create a strong and heavy rhythm section that rival that of Chris Squire and Alan White of Yes and Geddy Lee and Neil Peart of Rush. Moore has a much more subdued role here, providing background pads for most of the song, coming out with a fantastic and much overlooked solo straight after Petrucci's. My personal favourite on the album but still not the best. 10/10Wait For Sleep: This short piano and vocal piece suits as a perfect intro to Learning To Live (in which this piano line is repeated during the closing sections of the song). LaBrie's vocals are strong as always here and Moore has put all his heart and soul into writing this piece and it's easy to tell. 10/10Learning To Live: And here it is, the best song of the album and one of my favourites, coming in straight after Surrounded on my list. Learning To Live is DT's second epic and first track to break the 10-minute barrier. This song features lyrics by Myung, who has only contributed to 4 song in Dream Theater's entire catalog; he is a one-of-a-kind lyric writer, the lyrics themseleves aren't really that good but his style of writing is so different from the other members, which is probably one of the reasons he decided to stop contributing. This song features powerful work from all members, Moore's keyboard skills are at his best here, with tons of different patch changes throughout, giving multiple sounds and feels throughout the entire track. Petrucci uses a lot of clean guitar work here, giving a much more melodic and less metalish feel to parts of the track. Myung's bass is the most audible in this track, giving the most unique performance on the album from him. Portnoy deals with multiple time signatures on this track well, providing some of the best drum work from him, and LaBrie offers an astonishing vocal performance mid-way during the instrumental wordlessly singing and building up the notes until he hits that famously high F#, something he finds difficult to do these days (and on the Live Scenes rendition sadly). But the true treat is how all these parts come together to form what I would honestly call Dream Theater's second best song so far (surpassed only be A Change Of Seasons). All of these talented musicians come together to perfectly form a Progressive Metal masterpiece that should be listened to and adored by all Dream Theater and Prog Metal fans. An easy 11/10This is Dream Theater's defining album and, like I said at the beginning of the review, one of only 5 pieces of their work to score an honest 5 stars here at Prog Archives. If you are a fan of Dream Theater and haven't heard it; get it now, illegally if you must. If you're a fan of Prog Metal or even simple Prog Rock, I HIGHLY recommend you try this album, it will be well worth your time, even if you only enjoy one or two tracks.

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Stop, for god’s sake stop, importing trouble—and Muslim immigrants, as a whole, necessarily mean trouble, in all lands where the political and legal institutions, and social arrangements, are flatly contradicted by the Shari’a. Muslims are obligated to change or tear down those institutions, in order to remove all “obstacles to Islam.” It is not special or individual malice that prompts that attitude. That is their duty, a central duty. Why not come to fully and soberly understand that duty, and out of a minimal sense of self-preservation, cease to import those into our lands (America, Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Australia, and every other place that has so generously admitted, under a twisted definitiion of “refugees,” people who do not, and can not, wish our ways or institutions or constitutions well.

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