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Four hours a day of English classes appears to be working as nearly 40,000 Arizona students prepare to enter regular classes this coming school year.
A report to be released June 23 by the Arizona Department of Education comes just days before the U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on whether the state adequately funds its English learning classes.
State schools chief Tom Horne said the rise in the number of students testing out of English-learner courses is the direct result of the four-hour-a-day course that focuses on English grammar, reading and writing.
The state mandated it for every language learner this past year.
Students are required to pass a state exam that tests their ability to speak, read and write English before they can move to regular grade-level classes.

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English youngster Dale Jennings is ready to leave Bayern Munich.
The 20-year-old Liverpudlian made the fairytale move to Bayern Munich from unfashionable League One side Tranmere Rovers just under two years ago.
"When the opportunity came up to join Bayern Munich there was no way I could turn it down but I've just found it difficult adjusting to life in another country," Jennings told the Daily Mail. "The experience has been amazing and lots of it I wouldn't change for the world but I think I need to go back to England to get my football going again.
"It's time to come home. I've missed my family and there's no place like home. The club have told me I can find a club in England and that's what I want to do."


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"'Red Hands' is pretty open to interpretation and will mean different things to different people. When we originally wrote the song, we were thinking about taking responsibility for your actions and standing up on your own when things go wrong ... rather than blaming other people around you. Sometimes you just have to accept the circumstances that are thrown your way without pointing the finger."
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One of the worst and least-addressed epidemics in America is homelessness. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, more than half a million people in our country sleep on the streets or in a shelter every night. Any number of circumstances may cause an individual or family to lose their home, whether it's financial difficulty (especially during the most recent recession), physical or mental disability, escaping abuse or others. And once a person becomes homeless, it can be difficult or impossible to recover.
For the youth of America, running away from home can seem like the only solution to get away from abuse, neglect or family conflict. While youth homelessness is often a short-term issue, with those affected finding refuge with friends or other family, it can become semi-permanent.
At Artlantica, we believe every person deserves a home of their own. While we cannot single-handedly eradicate homelessness, our goal is to assist those who are or have been homeless find a way to go to college to better their own future. We also want to reward those who have worked closely with the homeless by providing financial aid for college.
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President Obama's campaign will attack Mitt Romney with a Thursday speech by Vice President Biden that will accuse the GOP candidate of a "back to the future" approach on forieng policy.
Biden's speech at New York University is being paired with a new Web video criticizing Romney statements on world affairs.
In his speech, Biden will charge Romney with seeing "the world through a Cold War prism that is totally out of touch with our times," according to excerpts.
"Gov. Romney's national-security policy would return us to the past we have worked so hard to move beyond," says Biden in his speech. "In this regard, it is no different than what Gov. Romney has proposed for our economy — taking us back to the failed policies that got us into the mess President Obama has dug us out of."
A new Web video released by the Obama campaign on Thursday morning previews this line of attack.
The video is the latest in a series titled "Romney vs. reality." The campaign has previously hit the presumptive GOP nominee on energy policy, the economic crisis and student loans.
The new video attacks various Romney foreign-policy positions with a "he said-he said" strategy that contrasts Romney's statements with directly contradictory remarks made by the president, both taken from various appearances, speeches and campaign rallies.
Statements targeted by the latest video include Romney's criticism of Obama's support for Israel, the concept of "apologizing for America," whether Russia is the greatest "geopolitical foe" for the United States, crackdowns on China, sanctions on Iran and using Europe as a model for America.
The Obama campaign has some confidence in its foreign-policy credentials, with surrogates often joking that President Obama's success is so obvious it could go on a bumper sticker: "Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive."


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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Review : Denilson, Eduardo and Diaby on target
Arsenal moved back into third place in the Barclays Premier League with a comfortable victory over relegation-threatened Hull at the Emirates Stadium.
Goals from Denilson, Eduardo and Abou Diaby earned Arsene Wenger's side all three points in a bad-tempered affair.
But the Gunners also had to give credit to goalkeeper Manuel Almunia, who saved a penalty from Geovanni when the home side led 1-0.
Hull, who beat Arsenal at the Emirates last season, had the first opportunity within the opening minute.
Craig Fagan's 20-yard shot was just off target but Hull were clearly in the mood for a battle.
Moments later Almunia had to deal with a free-kick by Stephen Hunt as the City midfielder looked to surprise the Arsenal goalkeeper at the near post.
The home side were clearly missing the midfield artistry of the injured Cesc Fabregas but Samir Nasri should have put them ahead in the 15th minute but shot tamely at Myhill.
Hull had enjoyed much of the possession in the early skirmishes but they had little reward in attack.
Arsenal finally shook off their lethargy in the 23rd minute when Eduardo tried to curl the ball beyond Myhill and into the corner of the net. But the Arsenal striker's effort was a yard wide of the target.
Wenger's side, without a string of first-choice players, found it difficult to break down stubborn Hull, who gave their hosts little time to settle on the ball.
A cross from Hunt in the 39th minute almost reached Fagan but Almunia collected the ball before the City striker could pounce.
Arsenal had found little rhythm in their play and Myhill, apart from a couple of long shots, had been relatively untroubled.
But the contest erupted shortly before the break when Nasri trod on the ankle of Richard Garcia as Arsenal prepared to take a free-kick.
Hunt then clashed with Nasri and a mass confrontation took place in front of referee Steve Bennett with Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia sprinting 100 yards to get involved.
Fagan tried to drag Hunt away from the incident as players from both sides became embroiled in ugly scenes. Bennett eventually booked both Hunt and Nasri when the fracas subsided.
Arsenal rubbed salt into Hull's wounds seconds later when Denilson scored from a free-kick after George Boateng had fouled Diaby 25-yards from goal.
Players from both sides appeared to continue their first-half spat in the tunnel as they left the pitch at the interval.
There was already plenty of bad blood between the two clubs stemming from last season when Fabregas was accused of spitting at City's assistant Brian Horton.
Hull replaced Nick Barmby at half-time with Seyi Olofinjana but nearly went two behind straight after the re-start.
Eduardo worked an opening for himself from Andrey Arshavin's pass, but the Croatia striker put his shot wide with just Myhill to beat.
There was more controversy in the 55th minute when referee Bennett awarded Hull a penalty after Mikael Silvestre had been adjudged to have pulled the shirt of Fagan.
But Almunia saved a poor Geovanni spot-kick and then Hunt headed the rebound wide of the target.
Worse was to come for Phil Brown's side in the 59th minute when Diaby broke into the penalty area and pulled the ball back for Eduardo to tap home.
Arsenal wrapped up the points in the 80th minute when Diaby played a one-two with Arshavin and fired past Myhill.
Hunt almost scored a consolation goal for the visitors with three minutes remaining but Almunia saved his volley.
The Arsenal goalkeeper's clearance then put substitute Theo Walcott in the clear at the opposite end but the England youngster put his lob just wide.
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Preview : Arsenal vs Hull City
The visit of Hull to Emirates Stadium will not dredge up favourable memories for Arsenal after they were the victims of one of the shocks of the season when the Tigers came away from North London with a 2-1 win last year, thanks to goals from Daniel Cousin and Geovanni.
It was a result that threatened to expose Arsenal as top-four charlatans and paint Hull as potential European challengers. Fifteen months on, and Phil Brown's improving Tigers are one point above the relegation zone, while his opposite number, Arsene Wenger, saw his side secure an important victory at Liverpool last weekend to reignite their title challenge.
But a glimmer of hope for Hull fans came on Wednesday night when Arsenal were held by promoted Burnley at Turf Moor to sit eight points behind leaders Chelsea, with a game in hand. Wenger's side were uninspired, sloppy and lacking in fight. Just the combination of elements that saw them fall victim to Geovanni's thunderbolt in September 2008.
The Gunners will also be missing captain Cesc Fabregas after the Spaniard picked up a hamstring injury against Burnley and if he does sit in the stands to watch the game, then he would be well-advised to dress to impress. Following an FA Cup tie in March, Phil Brown accused Fabregas, who again was out injured, of spitting at his assistant Brian Horton and questioned the player's attire, remarking: "What was he doing on the pitch [after the final whistle] wearing clothes like that?" Fabregas was cleared of cleared of any wrong-doing.
Arsenal team news: Wednesday's draw at Burnley cost Arsenal the services of Fabregas due to a hamstring problem and he will not play on Saturday, leaving Arsenal without their two leading players as Robin van Persie is a long-term absentee. With Gael Clichy, Kieran Gibbs and Armand Traore out, Mikael Silvestre will continue as fourth-choice left back. Tomas Rosicky (hamstring), Nicklas Bendtner (groin) and Johan Djourou (knee) remain sidelined.
Hull team news: Midfield talisman Jimmy Bullard is still sidelined with a knee injury, but long-term injury victim Ian Ashbee aside, that is the only serious selection problem for Brown who has an otherwise healthy squad.
Probable Arsenal team (4-3-3): Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Silvestre, Song, Denilson, Nasri, Eboue, Eduardo, Arshavin.
Probable Hull team (4-5-1): Myhill, McShane, Gardner, Zayatte, Dawson, Geovanni, Boateng, Marney, Garcia, Hunt, Fagan.
Wenger To Let Hot Prospect Out
Arsène Wenger has revealed that Burnley manager Owen Coyle has spoken to him about the possibility of taking Jack Wilshere on loan from in January.
The Frenchman has previously admitted that he would consider allowing his teenage midfielder to leave on a temporary basis during the window if the right club comes along.
Midfielder Mark Randall joined Burnley on loan from Arsenal in January 2008 but only started two matches for the Clarets so Wenger wants assurances that Wilshere will play regular football if he makes the short-term switch from Emirates Stadium to Turf Moor.
"My response [to Coyle] is that it is possible under the condition that he plays," said Wenger.
"For us Jack Wilshere is in a period where he needs to play.
"Burnley is a very good club that I respect. They play good football but first of all Jack must want to do it and then we need to have a good hope that he will play if he goes somewhere on loan.
"I like the idea but at the moment I must say we are a bit short. Jack is involved with us for nearly every game."
Categories: Arsene Wenger, Transfer Window
Friday, December 18, 2009
Champions Leagur Draw : Arsenal vs Porto FC
Arsenal will take on Porto in the last 16 of this season's UEFA Champions League.
Porto were runners up to Chelsea in Group D of this season's Group Stage after picking up four wins and just two defeats, both against the Stamford Bridge side. Arsenal met Porto in last season's Champions League Group Stage and defeated the Portuguese champions 4-0 at Emirates Stadium but with qualification already assured they lost 2-0 at the Estádio do Dragão.
Our UEFA Champions League 1st knock out round fixtures will be played as under:
1st leg
FC Porto v Arsenal
Wednesday 17th February 2010
Kick Off 19.45 hrs (UK time)
At Estadio do Dragao, Porto
2nd leg
Arsenal v FC Porto
Tuesday 9th March 2010
Kick Off 19.45 hrs (UK time)
At Emirates Stadium, London
Second Round:
Categories: Champions League
Wenger Not-Cool With the Wolves
The credibility of the Premier League has been damaged by Mick McCarthy's decision to field a weakened Wolves team against Manchester United, according to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.
United beat Wolves 3-0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday night after the visitors made 10 changes to the line-up that had beaten Tottenham Hotspur the previous Saturday.
McCarthy said he had rested his first-choice players to avoid them getting injured ahead of a crucial clash with newly-promoted Burnley on Sunday, but many critics saw the changes as an unfair and an admission of defeat.
Arsenal boss Wenger said: "We will have to compete with Manchester United over 37 games instead of 38. I believe it is a problem for the international credibility of the Premier League, but it is not my problem, it is a Premier League problem."
The Premier League said on Wednesday they had written to Wolves asking them for "their observations" in relation to the team that took to the field against United.
"Once the observations are received the Board will decide whether any further action is warranted," the Premier League said in a statement.
McCarthy continued to justify his selection by insisting he needed to use his full squad to cope with a busy spell of fixtures over Christmas, arguing that Wolves fans would understand his decision if they beat Burnley.
Some Wolves fans chanted "we want our money back" at Old Trafford as Wolves slipped into the bottom three.
Categories: Arsene Wenger, EPL
Update On Skipper's Injury
Arsenal captain Cesc Fàbregas has undergone a scan on his injured hamstring but manager Arsene Wenger has insisted the worst case scenario would be a ten-day lay-off.
The Spanish midfielder scored the Gunners opening goal in a 1-1 draw at Burnley on Wednesday night but was substituted two minutes before half-time and limped down the tunnel shaking his head.
Wenger confirmed that Fàbregas will definitely miss Saturday's Premier League match at home to Hull City and his involvement in the games against Aston Villa and Portsmouth at the end of the month is also looking doubtful.
But Wenger is optimistic the problem is "not long term''.
"Cesc had a scan today,'' said Wenger. "We have not had the result yet. The only thing that is sure is that he will not play on Saturday.
"Beyond that, it all depends on the scan. Is it a tightness that just presents a small risk on Saturday or is it a slight strain - grade one or two? We'll know that later.
"If it is a tear it is a small one and the maximum would be 10 days. So it is not long-term.''
Denilson could deputise for Fabregas against Hull after recovering from a back problem.
"Denilson is back and available for Saturday,'' Wenger said on Arsenal's official website.
Nicklas Bendtner, Tomas Rosicky, Gael Clichy and Armand Traore will be unavailable, and Wenger said: "The first back should be Traore, maybe for Aston Villa (on December 27).'
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Preview : Liverpool vs Arsenal
Eboue is the second confirmed casualty from the 2-0 victory over Stoke last weekend. The Ivorian picked up a hamstring problem while Tomas Rosicky has already been ruled out a few weeks with a groin injury.
Speaking exclusively to TV Online on Thursday afternoon, Arsène Wenger added that William Gallas, Armand Traore, Cesc Fabregas and Andrey Arshavin all suffered "knocks and bruises" but were expected to recover.
"We have problems with many players," he said. "If you look at the players who started the game Stoke certainly Eboue and Rosicky will miss this game. Everybody else should make it.
"There are little knocks and bruises here and there. Who could come back? Eduardo and Diaby maybe could make the squad. That is the news we have at the moment.
"Gallas, Traore are still doubts but I think they will make it. Fabregas has a back problem and Arshavin has got a bruised foot too but I think they will make it too."
However, Wenger has ruled out Nicklas Bendtner until 2010. The Dane has been sidelined with a groin problem since the Tottenham game on October 31 and had been close a return.
"Let's say the New Year [for him]," said the Frenchman. "It is quite disappointing because he looked quite sharp and he was short from coming back into the squad."
Friday, December 11, 2009
World Cup Jubilation
While the whole world is preparing to welcome the Soccer World Cup 2010, its fans all across the globe are going crazy to feel the zeal of the event in every possible manner. Irrespective of race, language and religion, soccer enthusiast come up and shows their passion for this heart throbbing event. South Africa has prepared well to host the most prestigious event of 19th FIFA world CUP 2010.
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Review : Young-Squad Control Game Despite of Losing
With safe passage to the last 16 already secured, Wenger chose to rest most of his first-team regulars - with 18-year-old left-back Tom Cruise handed a debut and reserve captain Kyle Bartley playing alongside Mikael Silvestre, 32, in central defence.
It was, though, the display of Aaron Ramsey, still only 18 but already a full Wales international, which caught the eye, the teenager relishing in the role of midfield playmaker filled so well by rested captain Cesc Fabregas.
Indeed, but for some better finishing from England forward Theo Walcott - fit again following a hamstring problem - and the wasteful Mexican Carlos Vela, Arsenal's youngsters would have taken a deserved result from the game.
Ramsey, who saw a late effort cleared off the line, will probably be back on the bench when the Gunners head to Liverpool for Sunday's crunch Barclays Premier League clash - but on tonight's evidence, the young Welshman certainly had what it takes to compete at the highest level.
As expected, the atmosphere inside the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium was white hot as the passionate home support attempted to drag their team into the knockout stages.
It was, though, a bright start by the young Gunners, with an average age of 21 - and that boosted by the presence of veteran Silvestre.
On 10 minutes, Walcott dashed into the right side of the penalty area, but his rising shot was parried by keeper Antonis Nikopolidis.
Olympiacos broke quickly through Argentinean Luciano Galletti down the right, with Oscar Gonzalez touching the all off to Kostas Mitroglou - only for the Greek striker to fire over the crossbar.
Galletti volleyed wide at the far post following another swift counter by the hosts. Walcott, though, continued to look menacing, and again burst into the area, this time on the left before being crowded out by two defenders.
However, Olympiacos took the lead at the start of the second half.
Bartley upended Oscar Gonzalez, but the referee played a good advantage as Leonardo latched onto the loose ball and dashed into the left side of the area before slotting through Lukasz Fabianski's legs to put the Greeks within sight of the knockout stage.
Arsenal should have equalised when Ramsey dashed clear down the Olympiacos left and to the edge of the 18-yard box before cleverly cutting a pass square to Vela - but the Mexican hit his shot straight at the keeper.
As the hour mark passed, to their credit the youngsters continued to take the game to the Greeks. Ramsey's angled ball put Walcott in down the right, but Raul Bravo got across to make a timely block.
From the resulting corner, the Wales midfielder then failed to get any real power with his downward header at the far post. Vela was again wasteful when slipped into the area by Merida, this time firing over the top with a first-time effort when he could have taken another touch. Fabianski denied Leonardo a second with a fine reaction save as the Brazilian cut into the left side of the Arsenal box before.
On 76 minutes, Jack Wilshere, who looks set to go out on loan in January for more regular first-team football, was replaced by 18-year-old Frenchman Gilles Sunu - another from the impressive Arsenal academy production line.
Arsenal's youngsters continued to fight to the end, almost grabbing a late equaliser when Ramsey's close-range effort was cleared off the line following a corner, and will certainly have grown a bit wiser from the experience.
Arsene Wenger admitted the young side he sent to Olympiacos lacked the necessary experience after they went down 1-0 in their Group H clash in Greece.
With the Gunners already sure of taking first place in the group, the Frenchman named an experimental line-up that came off second best against a side playing for their place in the competition.
Wenger told ITV1: ''We had a positive attitude and they tried to catch us on the break, which basically they did. I put that down to a lack of experience rather than a lack of quality. I'm happy with the performance but don't deny we missed a little but in the final ball, or in the finishing.''
Wenger refused to draw comparisons when asked whether Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey could progress at a similar rate to Cesc Fabregas, but was impressed by the 18-year-old.
He added: ''I don't like to compare players who are different but he (Ramsey) has a good presence, a good personality and gets in the final third. He improves technically from game to game and that is promising.''
Categories: Champions League, Review
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Andrey Arshavin was INNOCENT!
The Russians, coached by former Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink, suffered a shock defeat to Slovenia as their bid to reach next summer's finals in South Africa came to an end last month.
Following a television report from state-controlled Channel One claiming players had partied into the early hours ahead of the qualification play-off first leg in Moscow, there is to be an inquiry by the Russian football authorities.
Wenger, however, insists Russia playmaker Arshavin - who joined the Gunners from Zenit St Petersburg during the January transfer window - is a model professional. "He is a serious player and I have no doubt about his fitness at all,'' the Arsenal manager said.
"I do not believe a word of what I hear, not at all. From what I see, how he prepares for the games, he is an example for everybody.''
The Russian Football Union, meanwhile, intend to get to the bottom of the reports. A statement on their website, www.rfs.ru, read: "The RFU sent an official letter to the heads of Channel One and the Marriott Grand, asking them to provide explanations about the reliability of the reported information.''
Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger has every confidence young Gunner Tom Cruise can deliver a star performance on his Arsenal debut in Wednesday night's final Champions League Group H clash at Olympiacos.
With safe passage into the knockout stages already secure as group winners, Wenger will not risk the fitness of any more first-team regulars than needed ahead of the crucial Barclays Premier League encounter at Liverpool on Sunday.
The average age of tomorrow's squad is just 20, at that has been raised by the inclusion of 32-year-old veteran defender Mikael Silvestre, while fit-again England forward Theo Walcott and Cameroon midfielder Alex Song, who was suspended for Saturday's Barclays Premier League win over Stoke, have also travelled.
However, it is the inclusion of reserve-team captain Kyle Bartley, set to play at centre-half, as well as 18-year-olds Craig Eastmond, Luke Ayling and Cruise - the left-back who has yet to make an Arsenal first-team appearance of any form, even the Carling Cup - which will have left Wenger open to criticism of perhaps not giving the European fixture the respect it deserves.
Wenger declared: "I do not care about headlines - for me, there is only one Tom Cruise, and it is the one who plays for Arsenal Football Club. I believe he is a very good footballer, but I would not like him to be under too much pressure.
"If you are in his boots, you would not think for a second that you will play in the Champions League. So it is good for him and the others to get an opportunity in these games.''
Wenger has been cautious in his use of youngster Jack Wilshere this season after the combative midfielder became Arsenal's youngest player in both Europe and the Premier League when introduced during the early part of the 2008/2009 campaign.
The 17-year-old has made just five appearances in total, three as substitute, and Wenger accepts it may now be time for him to go out on loan, with both Scottish giants Celtic and Rangers, as well as Middlesbrough, having expressed an interest.
"Jack has the quality of a top-level player, but he is still very young to throw in every week in the Premier League,'' said Wenger. He is impatient to play and he wants to play. We have had a few enquiries, and there is a real need there.
"However, it is always a sensitive subject to give the players out on loan because you must trust the manager that they will play them - if he goes out on loan and [just] sits on the bench it is better that he stays and practises with us.''
Categories: Arsene Wenger, Arshavin, Wilshere
Wilshere Wants MORE Experience
Arsene Wenger's policy is to send his young stars out on loan to smaller Premier League or lower league clubs to experience first-team football, with the likes of Jay Simpson currently on loan at QPR and Henri Lansbury at Watford.
And with Wilshere starting just two games this season, both Carling Cup ties, and making two appearances from the bench late in the game, the 17-year-old could be following in their footsteps.
A graduate of the Gunners' impressive academy system, Wilshere is desperate to continue playing in the top flight.
"I would think about it but I think it would have to be in the Premier League," he said. "Not that the Championship is a bad league at all, but it might suit me differently.
"I have seen things about Middlesbrough, Celtic and Rangers being interested and there may be others, but a Premier League side would be better. I would, of course, rather stay and be involved at Arsenal though, so we will see what happens."
Categories: Arsene Wenger, Wilshere
Theo In The Squad For The Trip To Olympiacos
Arsenal Football Club has today announced the following 18-man squad for the Champions League Group H clash with Olympiacos.
Carlos Vela
Theo Walcott
Aaron Ramsey
Alex Song
Mikael Silvestre
Jack Wilshere
Lukasz Fabianski (GK)
Vito Mannone (GK)
Fran Merida
Kyle Bartley
Francis Coquelin
Thomas Cruise
Craig Eastmond
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas
Kerrea Gilbert
Luke Ayling
Mark Randall
Gilles Sunu
As we can see it is full of young player in the list. Will it be the youngest squad ever fielded in Champions League history?
Categories: Champions League, Preview, Walcott
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Fabregas - We Are A Little Small to Fight
The Gunners were knocked out of the Carling Cup by Manchester City last week and were beaten by a powerful Chelsea side in a Premier League clash at the Emirates Stadium prior to that. On Saturday, Arsenal got back to winning ways against Stoke City but the team Wenger fielded had the shortest average height of any club in the top flight at 5ft 10ins.
Fabregas is eager to see Arsenal add to their attacking options and has suggested that the club would benefit if any new signing had a more direct style. Fabregas said: "Throughout the game [at Manchester City], we had a lot of possession but didn't really have anyone to go in behind the defenders. We had a lot of similar players who like the ball into their feet. Sometimes you need a different kind of option."
"Against Chelsea we dominated the first 40 minutes without creating too much. Perhaps we had the same kind of problem and we were a little small to fight against them on crosses too.
"Overall I saw a Chelsea team that was normal but has probably the best striker in the world. Without [Didier] Drogba, their team would not be the same."
With star striker Robin van Persie out injured for five months Wenger has promised to scour the transfer market for a replacement and the Gunners have already been linked with Barcelona's diminutive forward Bojan Krkic and West Ham's 6ft 3ins striker Carlton Cole.
Categories: Fabregas, Transfer Window
Arsenal to Rely On Youngster In CL!
With safe passage into the knockout stages already secure, Wenger will take a youthful squad to Greece to give some of his walking wounded a chance to recuperate ahead of the vital Premier League trip to Liverpool on Sunday.
Forwards Theo Walcott and Eduardo both missed the win over Stoke on Saturday with minor injuries, while Czech winger Tomas Rosicky was substituted at half-time with a groin problem that could keep him out for a month.
William Gallas, Emmanuel Eboue, Armand Traore and Andrei Arshavin all suffered knocks during the 2-0 win, leaving Wenger with something of a selection headache ahead of their midweek match.
However, given that the group is already won and there is nothing other than pride resting on the outcome, Wenger is ready to give those players who helped reach the Carling Cup quarter-finals more big-game experience.
"In the competition as a whole this season, the boys did really well and I am extremely proud of them," Wenger said. "I will give some of them an opportunity on Wednesday, for many reasons.
"At the moment, we have so many players injured that we cannot take any Gambles. Also, you must give players a breather when you can. You will see Fran [Merida], [Jack] Wilshere etc.
"We played Manchester City last week and they had a full side out. For an hour we did not suffer at all. I will try to build a similar team in Greece.
"It will be a great game for them because Olympiakos will play for something, and it is another good opportunity to show that we can do better than we did at Man City."
Mikael Silvestre, 32, is also set to start to help give experience to the younger players, and Wenger believes his value is not recognised.
"He doesn't get enough praise for his attitude and his quality," he said. "Silvestre's commitment to the cause was absolutely fantastic at Man City. People respect him highly in the dressing room. He's a quiet leader.
"He is a positive guy and helps the young players, but of course the best help is to win the games."
Olympiakos, coached by Brazil legend Zico, are currently unbeaten at the top of the Greek domestic league and recently beat arch-rivals Panathinaikos. A draw would be enough to see Olympiakos also safely through to the last 16 ahead of Standard Liege.
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Wenger Commented On Arsenal Injury Crisis
The Gunners have seen a succession of star names suffer long-term injuries in recent seasons with Robin van Persie and Kieran Gibbs the latest victims. In addition, William Gallas (hamstring), Emmanuel Eboue (muscle), Armand Traore (hamstring), Andrei Arshavin (ankle) and Tomas Rosicky (groin) all picked up injuries in Saturday's win over Stoke City.
Rosicky - who spent 18 months on the sidelines before returning to action at the start of the season - is now expected to be out for up to a month and Wenger is growing frustrated at the constant physical setbacks suffered by his side.
"We pick up more injuries than the other big teams, that is true," Wenger said. "You cannot say there is not a reason for it but we have not found it yet.
"It's the worst season for injuries for us. And they are all in the same area - in the offensive side. Last year it was in the defensive side."
"He's devastated and I am as well," Wenger said regarding Rosicky. "It's a vicious circle when you have been out for a long time. Eduardo had not played for 18 months, Tomas has not played for 18 months. When you come back, one or two games, your body has to get used to producing the energy levels again and it's difficult. Nobody masters that."
Arsenal were forced to field Arshavin as an emergency striker against Stoke and Wenger has already admitted he may have to enter the transfer market as he looks to replace Van Persie. But Real Madrid's Ruud van Nistelrooy, who was a hate figure amongst Arsenal fans during his time with Manchester United, is unlikely to move to North London.
Wenger said: "It would not be the best of starts, bearing in mind our past relationship! You have my number - you can text me all the names you find!"
Former Arsenal skipper Patrick Vieira, who had a number of scrapes with Van Nistelrooy and was dismissed following a clash with the Dutchman in the 2003-04 season, is also unlikely to return to the club, even if Wenger did show an interest in his compatriot over the summer.
"Vieira is not a striker," Wenger said. "I don't think we suffered in midfield (on Saturday) and we have (Abou) Diaby who can come back next week. I don't believe we are especially short there, but we are up front."
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Robin Van Persie Injury Update.
Arsene Wenger has received some welcome news on the injury front, with the Arsenal boss revealing Robin van Persie and Kieran Gibbs both had successful surgery.
Van Persie, 26, suffered an ankle injury while on international duty with Holland and will be out for around five months, but Wenger is relieved that there were no complications with his operation. Left-back Kieran Gibbs, who has gone under the knife for his fractured foot, also came through as well as could be hoped.
"Kieran is doing very well,'' Wenger said. "I had him on the phone and it looked to be completely fine. I have not talked to Robin yet but there again the news I got from the surgery was it went very, very well. There was a lot of disturbance on our side recently [about his injury] but the surgery went well.''
Andrey Arshavin has highlighted the problem of holding the ball up in attack without Van Persie. The previously free-scoring team have not found the net in three domestic league and cup games since Van Persie's injury, although they managed a 2-0 win over Standard Liege in the Champions League.
Arshavin told L'Equipe: "Since the injury to Van Persie, we have scored only two goals in three matches. No-one is able to keep hold of the ball.''
Van Persie's absence as a central striker cannot be filled against Stoke tomorrow by Theo Walcott as the England international has picked up a hamstring injury. The hamstring complaint is described by Arsenal as "short term'', and Walcott will be desperate to return as soon as possible as he is yet to complete a match this season after shoulder and knee problems.
Wenger also has Alex Song suspended for the Stoke game at the Emirates Stadium but right-back Bacary Sagna has recovered from his ankle injury.
"We had Sagna out injured but, normally, he will be available,'' said Wenger. "However, Theo Walcott will not be available. He has a hamstring injury. As for the other players we had injured, the long-term ones I do not even speak about. But the players who looked to be shorter - like (Gael) Clichy, (Abou) Diaby and (Nicklas) Bendtner - will not be available. And, of course, Song is suspended for the weekend.''
Van Persie's injury has been part of a controversial fortnight for Wenger. The Frenchman was upset with the Dutch FA for the handling of Van Persie's injury and in the last two weeks there has also been a defeat to Sunderland, a bizarre outburst over players looking ahead to the World Cup and his assertion that Didier Drogba "does not do a lot'' after scoring twice against Arsenal.
The 60-year-old has also been criticised for failing to shake hands with City counterpart Mark Hughes after Wednesday's defeat at Eastlands.
"Whether I like or dislike someone, you have a responsibility to show the right spirit of the game,'' said Stoke boss Tony Pulis.
Bolton manager Gary Megson added: "In my view you can do whatever you want, say whatever you like during the game, but after the game you should shake hands, even if you don't particularly mean it. You should shake hands because people are watching and will draw their own conclusions if you don't. I don't think that is particularly good on Arsene's part and I think he has done it before.''
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Arshavin Demands BIGGER Squad?
Andrei Arshavin believes Arsenal's results against their top-four rivals this season show that the current squad is not equipped to compete for silverware.
Arsenal have enjoyed some impressive form so far this season, but they were beaten by Manchester United and Manchester City in the league in August and September and lost to Sunderland and Chelsea in November.
Many have suggested that the 3-0 defeat at home to Chelsea on Sunday showed that Arsene Wenger will need to invest in January if Arsenal are to remain in the title race and Arshavin believes the lack of height and physical strength must be rectified as soon as possible.
"The fact that we have lost against our direct rivals this season signifies that we are not very good," he said in the Daily Mail. "We played good football, but that is not enough. We score a lot of goals, but we always let in one or more.
"We are not good on set pieces, and that is bound up with the fact that we don't have many tall players. Every other team as an advantage over us in this area. Chelsea were much stronger than us when it came to physical power.
"Had we possessed a tall player, things would have been better for us, especially in attack. We had nobody capable of holding up the ball. What can we, and must we, change? Only Arsene Wenger knows."
Wenger has indicated that he hopes to sign a striker in January following the injury to Robin van Persie.
Categories: Arshavin, Transfer Window
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Who Will Wenger Bring In January?
The Gunners will be without key striker Van Persie until at least April after the Holland forward suffered ankle ligament damage (which turned out to be worse than first expected) while on international duty.
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by Brad Holden
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I love wood, with all its beautiful textures, figures and smells. But I also enjoy experimenting with different materials. So I decided to try some of the plastic lumber available at my local home center. It costs $3 to $6 per bd. ft.—considerably more expensive than treated pine, which costs about $2 per bd. ft. at my lumberyard. Plastic wood also holds little of the beauty and romance of real wood, but its big advantages are durability and the fact that it requires no finishing and little maintenance other than an occasional rinse with the garden hose. I also like the idea that many brands are made from recycled materials that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Some manufacturers sell only the plastic boards; others also sell plastic wood furniture and furniture kits (see Chart, page 59, and Source, page 60). Of course, you can also design and build your own plastic lumber furniture, but you need to consider several things when you do.It's Very Durable
Plastic wood is particularly well-suited for outdoor furniture. It is unaffected by water and has ultraviolet (UV) inhibitors added to protect it from the damage caused by long-term exposure to the sun. This means it will last a long time without cracking, warping or rotting.
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Sultan Zainal Abidin I
Sultan Zainal Abidin I, son of Tun Habib Abdul Majid(Johor's Bendahara) was the founder of the current Terengganu Royal House. Tun Zainal Abidin was installed in 1708. According to the Raja Ali Haji's book, Tuhfat al-Nafis, Tun Zainal Abidin was installed as the first Sultan of Terengganu when the Sultan of Johor Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah (Old Johor Sultanate) sent Daeng Menampuk(Raja Tua) to install Tun Zainal Abidin in 1725. Other sources state that Tun Zainal Abidin was installed by the King of Patani, Phra Nang Chau Yang.
Sultan Mansur I
Sultan Mansur I succeeded his father, Sultan Zainal Abidin I when he was just 7 years old in 1733.
Sultan Zainal Abidin II
Sultan Mansur I was succeeded by his son, Sultan Zainal Abidin II in 1794. There was war between Kelantan that was headed by the King of Kelantan, Long Muhammad. Terengganu was defeated by Kelantan and they managed to extricate themselves from the patronage of Terengganu.
Sultan Ahmad I (1808-1830)
After the demise of Sultan Zainal Abidin I in 1808, Sultan Ahmad I, the eldest son of him became the Sultan of Terengganu. Sultan Ahmad died in 1930.
Sultan Abdul Rahman (1830)
Sultan Abdul Rahman succeeded Sultan Ahmad I who was his eldest brother. However, Sultan Abdul Rahman died in 1830, the same year when he was proclaimed as the Sultan.
Sultan Daud ( 1830-1831)
The eldest son of Sultan Ahmad I ascended the throne of Terengganu after the death of Sultan Abdul Rahman. His reign was in a very short term as he died 40 days later.
Sultan Mansur II (1831-1837)
Sultan Muhammad (1837-1839)
Munshi Abdullah described Sultan Muhammad as unpopular and irresponsible and Sultan Muhammad was proclaimed as Sultan when he was just 15 years old.
Baginda Omar (1839-1876)
Tengku Omar became the Sultan of Terengganu after Sultan Muhammad was deposed as a Sultan.
Sultan Ahmad Shah II (1876-1881)
Sultan Ahmad Shah II, the nephew of Sultan Baginda Omar, ascended the throne in 1876. He died in 1881
Sultan Zainal Abidin III (1881-1918)
At the age of 17, the eldest son of Sultan Ahmad Shah II ascended the throne as Sultan Zainal Abidin III. He died in 1918 and was laid in rest in Kuala Terengganu.
Sultan Muhammad Shah II (1918-1920)
Sultan Zainal Abidin III's eldest son, Sultan Muhammad II ascended the throne in 1918.
Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah (1920-1942)
The second son of Sultan Zainal Abidin III succeeded his brother as Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah. Sultan Sulaiman died in 1942. The eldest son of him, Tengku Ali ascended the throne in 1942 during the Japanese Occupation. Tengku Ali was ceased to be Sultan on 5th November 1945.
Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah was born on 24th January 1907 as the son to the previous Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Zainal Abidin III. He was proclaimed as the Sultan of Terengganu in 1945 and was installed in 1949. Sultan Ismail was elected as the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia on 21st September 1965.His son, Tengku Mahmud was proclaimed as the Regent of Terengganu during the tenure. His term ended in 1970.
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Sultan Mahmud al-Muktafi Billah Shah was born on 29th April 1930 in Kuala Terengganu. He was proclaimed as the Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu in 1950. He succeeded his father as the Sultan of Terengganu on 20th September 1979 and was crowned as the Sultan of Terengganu on 21st March 1980. Sultan Mahmud passed away on 14th Mei 1998 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Tengku Mizan.
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Tengku Mizan ascended the throne of Terengganu in 1998 as Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin. Sultan Mizan is the eldest son to Sultan Mahmud al-Muktafi Billah Shah. He was crowned as the Sultan of Terengganu on 4th March 1999. He was elected as the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 1999. Sultan Mizan was elected as the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong for the second time in 2001. On 13th December 2006, Sultan Mizan was proclaimed as the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong after Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ended his term. The installation was held on 26th April 2007 at National Palace. His term ended on 12th December 2011.


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15 Inspired Artworks From Japan's Superflat MovementOctober 20, 2009 in Art
Takashi Murakami is a prolific Japanese artist who has worked across a wide range of media, from the traditional nihonga style and fine art painting, to experimentation in digital and commercial realms. Embracing high and low art forms, pop culture and mass media, Takashi coined the term Superflat to describe contemporary smooth-surfaced Japanese art, graphics and animation. Feast your eyes on some of the best examples of Superflat artwork below.
1. City Glow [Chiho Aoshima, 2005]
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Aoshima creates exotic worlds populated by demons, ghosts and schoolgirls. Her fantastic cityscapes and scenes of nature are computer-generated; the images can then be printed on a wide range of surfaces, from handbags and clothing, to canvases and vast wallpaper installations. Aoshima's work has decorated sites such as London's Gloucester Road tube station and 14th Street–Union Square subway station in New York.
2. Strawberry Fields [Chiho Aoshima, 2003]
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Kaikai Kiki Co is an art collective founded by Murakami in 2001. The aim of the collective is to promote and support selected artists. Artist Chiho Aoshima joined the collective with no formal art training, but she has since established an international reputation for her dream-like imagery.
3. Nomads are Excellent in Battle [Aya Takano, 2007]
Image: Superflat Art
Having earned a reputation with her drawings and paintings, Takano has also created a series of comic books and videos that feature her bizarre visions of the future.
4. Dimension Bomb (film still) [Koji Morimoto, 2007]
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Dimension Bomb, directed by Morimoto, is a visually stunning anime film that follows the tale of an eccentric girl summoning a boy from another dimension, and the explosive repercussions this leads to.
5. Furusato [Sayaka, 2009]
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Sayaka is a Superflat artist who combines traditional Japanese painting techniques and compositions with modern cultural references, in a 'neo-nihonga' style. This fusion of old and new in the pursuit of image making is at the heart of Superflat, the quintessentially Japanese pop art movement.
6. And Then, And Then And Then And Then And Then (Blue) [Takashi Murakami, 1996]
Image: Kaikai Kiki Co.
In his work, Murakami sublimates anime, manga characters and pop culture references into large-scale flat paintings.
7. 727 [Takashi Murakami, 1996]
Image: Kaikai Kiki Co.
Murakami started out studying nihonga. The paintings of this genre adhere to a framework of conventions and techniques, originating in the 19th Century Meiji Period. The artist eventually became disillusioned with this type of art, and developed a passion for the contemporary pop culture that reflects modern-day life in Japan.
8. Tan Tan Bo Puking – a.k.a. Gero Tan [Takashi Murakami, 2002]
Image: Kaikai Kiki Co.
'Otaku' is a Japanese concept that refers to people who obsess over specific pursuits, particularly anime, manga and computer games. Murakami has embraced the aesthetic of this culture, but also reappropriates imagery from traditional Japanese art forms.
9. I open wide my eyes but see no scenery. I fix my gaze upon my heart [Takashi Murakami, 2007]
Image: Kaikai Kiki Co.
Superflat, a self-proclaimed post-modernist pop art movement, encompasses a wide range of artists and practioners who share a particular aesthetic. In 2001, Murakami curated an exhibition entitled 'Superflat' that toured West Hollywood, Minneapolis and Seattle, successfully promoting the art phenomenon to a Western audience.
10. White Kitty [Yoshitomo Nara, 2006]
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Tokyo-based pop artist Yoshitomo Nara creates deceptively simple images, often of pastel-hued children against plain backgrounds. While the images at first appear rather innocuous, these children often have aggressive, accusatory expressions, and brandish small weapons such as knives and saws.
11. Little Star Dweller [Yoshitomo Nara, 2006]
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Nara takes inspiration from post-war Japanese and Western culture including comic books and cartoons, but infuses his work with subtle horror and fantasy imagery, along with a punk rock sensibility.
12. Guitar Girl [Yoshitomo Nara, 2003]
Image: Tokyo Art Gallery
13. Looking To The Earth From Moon [Aya Takano, 2006]
Image: Superflat Art
The worlds in which pop artist Aya Takano places her semi-nude heroines are heavily inspired by manga imagery and American science fiction. Elongated characters and all manner of animals drift dreamily through urban scenes, cloudscapes and deep space.
14. Tekkon Kinkreet (film still) [Michael Arias, 2006]
Image: Adobe
Alongside paintings, prints and drawings, Superflat exhibitions have also encompassed anime films such as the work of director Koji Morimoto and other artist's from Studio 4°C, of which he his a founder. Above is a film still from Tekkon Kinkreet, directed by Michael Arias and animated by the studio. The film tells the story of two orphaned street kids and their adventures in fictional Treasure Town.
15. Alien 9: Book One [Hitoshi Tomizawa, 2003]
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The work of magna artist Hitoshi Tomizawa, with his unnaturally wide-eyed children, reptiles and insects is recognized as part of the Superflat movement. Tomizawa is best known for science fiction stories such as Alien 9 and Milk Closet.
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After a day of news coverage focusing on his remarks indicating a constitutional amendment is the best way to permanently reform the redistricting process, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing himself away from the morass of legislative redistricting.
"It's going to be primarily, in my opinion, between the legislature and the courts," Cuomo told Fred Dicker on WGDJ. "The courts are going to decide on this 63rd seat. The courts are going to decide on whether it violates the voting rights act."
A federal court magistrate will look at how the judiciary should become involved in the process during a hearing Monday.
Cuomo's involvement in the process centers around whether or not he'll veto a new set of lines. They're being drawn by LATFOR, a legislative task force jointly controlled by Democrats who dominate the Assembly and Republicans who hold a bare majority in the Senate. The thinking is the veto gives him leverage to negotiate changes to the constitution that would rip redistricting out of LATFOR's hands forever.
Cuomo and good-government groups have long derided LATFOR's work for favoring incumbents, and Cuomo denounced their first set of maps as "hyper-political." He has repeated today that he would veto them, but said nothing prospective about a revised set of lines that LATFOR is expected to unveil early next week.
Senate Democrats have been urging Cuomo to veto any plan from LATFOR; last week, some Assembly Democrats joined their call and urged Cuomo to veto a plan that splits communities of color on Long Island. The governor today derided this as "coarse, base, political theater."
"Now, the Senate Democrats want me to veto it. Well, why don't you go to your buddies in the Assembly and say, well, we're all Democrats, don't vote for it," Cuomo said. "This is all, frankly, hypocritical and it's all political theater."
By long tradition, each house deals with its own members' lines and then approves the other, with some level of nose-holding. Azi Paybarah did a great survey yesterday of Assembly Democrats who support reform, asking who was prepared to vote against the bill. Only one committed. Also, Assemblyman Bob Reilly, D-Colonie, said he would probably vote no.
"I'm dying to see how they wind up voting for the other house's lines at the same time they're so critical and outraged, but I'm sure they'll figure that out politically," Cuomo said.


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- For decades, the U.S. has embraced a system of law and order emphasizing militarized policing and mass incarceration
- Robert T. Chase: To end the cycle of racial violence, nation must instead address white privilege and economic inequality
Robert T. Chase is an assistant professor of history at Stony Brook University, State University of New York and visiting fellow at the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of the forthcoming book "Civil Rights on the Cell Block: Prisoners' Rights Movements and the Construction of Carceral States." All views expressed in this commentary are his own.
(CNN)In his memorial speech for the five Dallas police officers slain by a deranged shooter, President Barack Obama reminded the audience of the ways in which our nation's past has shaped the current crisis. "Centuries of racial discrimination -- of slavery and subjugation and Jim Crow -- they didn't simply vanish with the end of lawful segregation. They didn't just stop when Dr. King made a speech, or the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act were signed."


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Posted on 11/30/2006 8:19:10 AM PST by jmc1969
U.S. officials say they have found smoking-gun evidence of Iranian support for terrorists in Iraq: brand-new weapons fresh from Iranian factories. According to a senior defense official, coalition forces have recently seized Iranian-made weapons and munitions that bear manufacturing dates in 2006.
This suggests, say the sources, that the material is going directly from Iranian factories to Shia militias, rather than taking a roundabout path through the black market. "There is no way this could be done without (Iranian) government approval," says a senior official.
Iranian-made munitions found in Iraq include advanced IEDs designed to pierce armor and anti-tank weapons. U.S. intelligence believes the weapons have been supplied to Iraq's growing Shia militias from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, which is also believed to be training Iraqi militia fighters in Iran.
Evidence is mounting, too, that the most powerful militia in Iraq, Moktada al-Sadr's Mahdi army, is receiving training support from the Iranian-backed terrorists of Hezbollah.
Two senior U.S. defense officials confirmed to ABC News earlier reports that fighters from the Mahdi army have traveled to Lebanon to receive training from Hezbollah.
While the New York Times reported that as many as 2,000 Iraqi militia fighters had received training in Lebanon, one of the senior officials said he believed the number was "closer to 1,000." Officials say a much smaller number of Hezbollah fighters have also traveled through Syria and into Iraq to provide training.
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Bomb Iran.
big question is what will the US do about it, publicly or otherwise?
No, no no. Jim Baker says we need to TALK with Iran, and that they can help us in Iraq.
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Sounds like an act of war to me.
It's time to enagage these bastards.
Sadr, you magnificent bastard!
Blow the Sh!t out of their 5 largests dams that will keep them busy for a while.
Leaving Iraq via Iran might not be a bad idea.
No, no, no. You've got to talk to them. /major sarcasm
Well, this is how Baker et Co want to handle the situation. And they are "realists" according to the accepted nomenclature.
(Shakes head in disbelief.)
Very simple answer. NOTHING!
If we don't do that, Iran will continue and increase it's activities and more of our troops (and civilians) will die. We should not stand for that.
Easy now, let's not start throwing nukes around. An MOAB would do the job nicely.
I'm shocted.
I'm stuned.
Nut-men-a-job wants nukes, lets give it to him, and end the Islamic revolution for a thousand years.
Or we can lose millions of lives while fighting these pigs.
You mean other than kowtow to the all-mighty Baker commission and ask Iran for "help" in Iraq?
What are we waiting for?
We dont have to invade.
Bombs we got.
Take out their nuke sites and blast anything trying to cross the border.
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So I finally faced my fear..
Over the past few months I have wanted to post a couple of crafting tut on youtube, but I could not get past my fear of... well ... I don't know. I have no idea what I was afraid of. I knew as soon as I wanted to make a video that I would make some crazy excuse not to. Not today! I got out my camera and finally made a "My haul" type of video. I feel great! Now im making a list of tut I want to post to my Facebook page!
i wasnt sure if it was ok to post the here. if i can and when im done editing i will :)
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Awesome-do you have links to post?
That's great. I can't wait to see it. I am youtube freak :)
you can post it here as long as you are not selling anything - if you are selling you need to put it in the marketplace part of the group.
congrats for getting over your fear! I am sure your video will help someone in the future.
jrberg thanks! mandarose, im STILL trying to edit it! lol. ill have a lot more vids up really soon!
im going to post the link in the marketplace beacuse I do have a link to my shop in the comments.
thanks it something that i have been working on for a while now. I am a traveling consultant so I have no choice but to talk to random people all the time. I still get nervous. The las time i went out for a job, there was 300 of us in a dinning hall. we had to stand up an introduce ourselves. I ran out of the room.Since then I wanted to break this fear.


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Some of the young Yazidi women who were captured by the Islamic State were so desperate that they attempted suicide in order to escape, but their captor kept them alive so that they can be sold as sex slaves.
Kurdish smugglers, who are partly funded by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), are able to rescue around 3,000 Yazidis from ISIS territories, but around 3,500 more still remain in captivity, Yahoo News reported.
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Bahara, one of the rescued women, was able to recount her experiences at a slave brothel in Raqqa. She recalled hearing screams when ISIS fighters came to buy new girls.
"The girls would tell me their stories, they wanted to commit suicide, they wanted to die, but ISIS would not let them. They would try to cut their wrists," said Bahara.
One of the smugglers who is participating in the rescue efforts is a Yazidi businessman named Abdullah. He said that more than 50 of his own family members had been captured by ISIS, which prompted him to start his rescue operation.
Each rescue would cost the Kurdish government as much as $8,000, which includes the rent for a network of safe houses.
A nongovernmental organization known as Yazda has provided support for the Yazidi women who were rescued from ISIS. However, the organization was shut down by the KRG officials, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Yazda staff told HRW that it received no warning from the Kurdish government, and they added that the "officers provided no reason, no paperwork and no information on how long it was being closed. The officers put locks on the doors to prevent staff from coming back."
Former ISIS sex slaves Nadia Murad and Lamya Haji Bashar have called on the EU to recognize the ongoing genocide against the Yazidis.
"The EU must call for its prosecution and international accountability for Isis, for example before the International Criminal Court, Tribunal, or a special court," the girls said in a joint statement, according to The Independent.
They also appealed to the EU and the international community to establish a safe zone for the protection of Yazidis, Christians and other minorities.


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blunt end ligation problem - (Jun/09/2009 )
I am working on blunt end ligation of 3.5 kb DNA fragment using Mighty cloning kit. I gel purified my fragment and checked the purified fragment by running another electrophoresis of 2 ul of my fragment. Surprisingly, I had only few blue colonies. Sometimes also white colonies appeared but did not have my fragment. The technique that I am using here is applied to a 2.5 kb fragment and every thing worked out.
Any ideas why I having this problem which bugs my for 2 monthes.
Could you tell us exactly what you have done. Give every detail. Right now, there isn't enough information to tell you what might have gone wrong.
The best I can say is that something not quite right is happening to your insert (Perhaps it was the processing, it could well be there is insufficient insert being use- I need more details to tell). There really isn't much difference cloning a 2.5kb fragment and a 3.5kb fragment.
Thank you very much of your reply. I do not know what kind of details do you need. I would really appreciate your help by giving me some hints and questions that might be behind all that mess.
Initially I am trying to join 3 fragments by overlapping PCR. With the first 2 fragments (totally 2 kb) everything worked out. But when I am trying to join the 3rd fragment I got no clone. I have one notice here that after joining the first 2 fragment with the 3rd one I got a band not that much intensive. However, I check my fragment every time after gel extraction by running 2ul of gel-purified amplicon.


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LITTLE ELMO (nome de plume) MEETS CINDY!
Little Elmo, one of our visitors here, with Cindy Sheehan!
By Elaine Meinel Supkis
One of our regular visitors told us all he was going to Crawford to help out with the Peace camp there and here is his story with lots of neat pictures: Blind in Texas: (this blog is run by a vet, by the way)
Blogumentary: Camp Casey II, August 27, 2005
My alarm went off at 5am, and I leapt out of bed. After a quick shower I packed a light bag, kissed the wife and kids, and headed out of Austin toward Crawford. It took an hour and forty minutes to get to the Crawford city limit sign. Just a few miles past that on the right is Crawford Peace House...
There are many pictures, some touching, a good record of the place. For example, I didn't know about the peace maze which is laid out with stones and one can walk through it before going to the crosses which are dedicated to those who have died for this folly.
A good idea to seperate the experience of wandering about and then focusing on something important. Indeed, his description of the meetings and how things are run are very interesting. This is a well run outfit. I have run multi-day demonstrations before such as the 2 month one in front of the UN in 1989 and I am in awe with the sensible and well designed way of doing things at this camp.
I really wish I could pop in, too.
But we all can do this in the cyber-world!
This story was also carried by Wimpling Wings, another blogger who visits here and who is a great read, I visit her site daily. Just the art alone is worth many a click!
Keep you chins up, everyone! We must stick together!
Rough seas ahead.
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This FROZEN shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FROZENFun #CollectiveBias
Ever since FROZEN the movie came out last November, it's been all the rage with Quincy and her girlfriends at school. Their teacher, Miss Laurel, tells me they sing "Let it Go" on a continuous basis. They love it so much, she uses it as an incentive for them to get their work done. Pretty brilliant right?
Quincy absolutely loves FROZEN. We waited in line for TWO HOURS to meet Anna and Elsa at Disneyland in January. She's dedicated. Her room is a FROZEN explosion. And there is no end in sight. Elsa and Anna bedding, Elsa and Anna dolls, a rogue Sven… the only thing we are missing? A plush Olaf toy. In the kitchen she has cups, plates, even a FROZEN fork and spoon.
The school year starts in a few weeks (eep, right?) and I thought it'd be fun for Quincy to get together with one of her gal pals. Quincy's friend Miss C came over the other day for lunch.
And then I surprised them with a FROZEN playdate! Little did the girls know I had shopped and bought them both FROZEN gifts for back to school. I was so excited to find notebooks, folders, stickers and even matching t-shirts. (Those by the way, were a total score and hard to find!)
Quincy has it pretty great when it comes to FROZEN, but she's also in that all about me phase, so I wanted her to share an act of love with one of her friends and share some FROZEN goodies. Needless to say, the girls were verrrry excited!
Wouldn't you be? An OLAF spiral notebook? That is just the coolest!
The girls agreed.
In fact, they were so thrilled and surprised, they couldn't open their gifts fast enough, it was so cute!
Did I mention the girls were so excited about seeing each other after the entire summer, they didn't even notice our little playdate had special guests?
Whoa! Anna and Elsa came! So cool! The girls were in awe! We took lots of pictures!
Since all good #FROZENfun must come to an end, the girls did have to say goodbye. They had a wonderful time sharing FROZEN and playing together.
By the way, if you want to have a FROZEN playdate of your own and share FROZEN, head to Walmart. They have a fabulous selection of items. Clothes, toys, back to school supplies, posters, stickers and more! I've actually seen adorable color your own purses since I went to get the back to school gifts for the girls. So so sweet.


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Instructor: Ms Zhuang
What I am concerned the most is that children must have some changes after every lesson in terms of attitude or abilities
Learning with Other Instructors is a Blessing
I am glad to be able to join Kumon, which gives me the opportunity to learn with other instructors. Through participating in various seminars and workshops, I understood the instruction of new students and I learnt to apply the instruction to my students. Learning is a cumulative process. The more you understand the worksheets, the more skillful you arrange study progress for students.
Last year, three to four Kumon instructors from North America, who has worked in Kumon for 20 to 30 years, came to travel in China. They wanted to visit the Kumon education center in Beijing so I accompanied them. I shared my most challenging student case with them. They told me that children are capable and I can let them try and progress with trial and error. I learnt a lot in the interaction with other instructors. The learning atmosphere of Kumon is brilliant.
Helping a Student Overcome Difficult Time
During the past 5 years working in Kumon, the most unforgettable experience is about a primary five student who did not perform well in Math. One day he took out his worksheets and his answers are basically all wrong. He needs to make corrections before moving on to new contents. However, after he corrected the first few questions, he could not continue and walked out of the center with his head down. I followed him to the door and asked him what happened. He cried and wanted to find his mum. I thought that he might feel frustrated about too many wrong answers. I asked, "It is because you have to make a lot of corrections today?" He nodded his head. I said, "no hurry, we make corrections together. Let's see. Actually your wrong answers follow a specific pattern."
He gradually learnt to calm down and make corrections. When he was in primary six, he no longer needed to attend the tutorial classes for poor-performing students provided by his school.
Every Lesson is Important
What I am concerned the most is that students must have some changes after every lesson in terms of attitude or abilities. If a student thinks that it makes no difference whether he comes or not, then that lesson will be my fault. The difficulty level of the classwork, the student's feelings about the classwork and repetition are important to me.
I told my assistants about students' progress every month. It is equally essential to communicate with students' parents. I will ask parents, "Your child just started Kumon. How was his learning attitude these two days when doing homework? Did you need to remind him to do homework or he thought of it himself?" and so on. Throughout these conversations, I can understand the study situation of students at home and I will follow up on any problems I found. I always think what kind of facial expression, speaking tones and what choice of words I should use to make my students feel they are making progress and make them want to improve. I want to be in the best condition when I am in the center such that I will not disappoint every student that comes to learn.


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Plan A for life rafts is to inflate them on a crane at the promenade deck,fill them with crew / pax, and lower them to the water.
Plan B is to push the uninflated raft enclosures overboard. Once they hit the water, they inflate automatically. Survivors get into the rafts any way they can.
Plan C is a hydrostatic latch that causes the rafts to automatically release and inflate when the ship sinks.
The chute system relies on an engineer operating a mechanism that moves a large metal box at a 90 degree angle over the side of the ship.
The chute and 3 large life rafts are released down to the water.The rafts inflate and are tied to the end of the chute. Crew / pax must jump into the chute, and slide down about 70 feet to the life rafts below. The ship must be nearly vertical ot allow this to work.
Someone in the raft catches each person coming down, and transfers them to one of the other rafts.
Do you ever read the capacity numbers stenciled on the outside of the tender boats and life rafts?
Typically the numbers for life boats are between 150 and 250; life rafts are rated for 60 to 90.
Then look around next time you are tendered ashore. That tender boat - as a life saving craft - is rated to hold 150 people. But with the enormous size of many of today's cruise passengers, we are rarely able to squeeze more than 75 of them into a tender boat. There is no way - under any circumstances - that we will be able to fit 150 of them into a life boat in a real emergency. We might be able to jam 100 large bodies into those boats. But where are we going to put the other 50 people assigned to the boat???
You can complain about the dangers of smoking all you want - and I agree with you.
But more pressing is the need to put cruise passengers on a serious diet to allow us to save their lives when the next ship is sinking.
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You wake up, get out of bed!
What comes into your head?
What "action" are you magnetically drawn to?
Personally, even before I check my emails or put the coffee on, I open my word processor and find that paper-shaped image with the flashing cursor that stares at me as if to say "Get Started".
The other day I came across the quote "Work is Love Made Visible…" I thought, not only is it a beautiful phrase, but it is a profound, possibly life-changing thought. Not in a particularly religious or irreligious sense, but as a code, a step-by-step guide for a happy and contented life!
"Work is love made visible" had obviously been churning away in my sub-conscience, and today was the day that it decided to burst out like a tiger jumping through a burning hoop!
Do you find yourself spending your days doing things you don't like?
Do you have workdays that never end, which seem purposeless and uneventful?
I don't like the phrase "mission in life", as it implies a singular, one-dimensional view of one's life or business. Obviously the big picture is more diverse than that.
I guess most people get the most pleasure out of life when they're helping others, rather that living in a selfish, insular world. Link that thought to the fact that we all need to earn a living and it could be a recipe for a happy and successful life.
I decided to open my little helper (The Content Ideas Factory) that my son had developed for me, and have a quick look at what other people were saying and thinking about.
The first thing I discovered was the whole quote by Kahlil Gibran:
"Work is love made visible, and if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms from those who work with joy."
The second quote that hit me was by Marsha Sinetar in her classic work "Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow" in which she says:
"We are meant to work in ways that suit us, drawing on our natural abilities as a way to express ourselves and contribute to others!"
Exactly the words I had been searching for! I closed the program. I didn't need it any more. My core "thought" had been sufficiently propounded and reinforced.
One area of my business life centers on helping people develop and put into practice, video and content marketing strategies that will help them promote their own enterprises. I firmly believe that this is the future of business promotion, and it has become a real passion in my life.
It does involve some work (as the actress said to the bishop), and if you are not prepared to roll up your sleeves, get into the trenches, you will soon be relegated to the "Dinosaur" division, facing early business extinction.
The object of Video and Content Marketing is to give your customers the information they want, and need, to help them do their jobs, run their businesses or enhance their hobbies.
Do the parts of Video and Content Marketing that you love, and it will shine through to your customers. Expand this area of your talents, and find other people to do the rest.
Personally I love writing. It doesn't matter whether it's a video script, a blog post or just a bookmark. The technical stuff; Ftp'ing, payment methods etc. just don't do anything for me.
Have you laid out all the building blocks of your business?
Have you defined all the things you want to do and what you don't want to do?
This piece is designed to help you with your content marketing tactics; I'll leave the other nuts and bolts for another day.
It's not too complicated!
Firstly, you need to classify the areas of your Content Marketing Campaigns that you want to develop: E.g.
Podcasts etc.
Secondly come the strategies:
Content Creation
Content Distribution
Then decide the "who does what!"
If you love making videos all day, stick to that, and having discovered the other areas of your business where "things need to be done", find someone with the skills to do them, either with you or for you.
I've got two cats. I could, and should, have called them Chalk and Cheese. I actually called them Scally (she's a troublesome Scallywag) and Scholsey (after a ginger-haired soccer player who scored a goal for England the day she was dumped on my doorstep, more than 4 years ago now). They don't look like sisters or act like sisters, but they are sisters.
Why should I tell you this?
Well for me, in the context of this article, there are two different types of people, those that are "creative" and those that are "not-creative".
In a business context, and by way of example, I humbly class myself as a "creative" person. I would pigeon-hole my son and biz partner as a "non-creative" person.
This is not being disrespectful in any way. He's a techie. He gets up every morning wanting to write computer programs, work things out, get things done!
As a child he could repair clocks (that hadn't worked for years) in about ten minutes. What he did and how he did it I haven't a clue.
We respect each other for having different skills. He doesn't want to write a video script, and I (definitely) don't want to sit there day and night writing computer code!
So some people love creating content, filling up those blank sheets of paper with a passion. Some people are more suited to doing more mundane, possibly technical tasks, and that's not in a deprecating sense, that's just how it is. I've got many friends who switch off at 9 every morning, get through the day, and then switch on again as they drive home from work. At this point their hobbies and interests take over.
I imagine, as you have read this article thus far, you've probably got a burning desire to achieve more with your life!
It will be obvious to you which category you are in. You may fall into both categories. If you don't, "get into bed" with somebody who compliments your skills. Stick to doing the things you love and the money will follow…
I hope these words clarify things for you, and point you in a direction that ultimately brings you both success and happiness.
Why do billionaires keep on and on creating bigger and bigger businesses, making more and more money?
Could the answer be, "Work is love made visible"?
For us Marketers, "Content can lead to a Contented Life".
Have a great day.
Every Day.
"Make other people's dreams come true, and surely you will realize your own dreams."
(Time to check my emails!)
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Austrian MP Ewald Stadler speaks to the position of the Turkish Ambassador and tells off some of his colleagues. During this, he addresses the lack of outrage when Catholic Archbishop Luigi Padovese was killed in Turkey and mentions the priests who have been killed. Stadler is certainly not an indifferent Catholic! … [Read more...]
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Srdja Trifkovic: Ground Zero Mosque: Correcting the Non-Debate
Source: Chronicles of Culture Excerpts from a speech at Providence College given on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Two sets of fallacies have dominated the mainstream debate about the Ground Zero mosque—and before we go any further, let's get this straight: it is a mosque, frantic insistence by the Qusling elite to use one euphemistic misnomer or another notwithstanding. This means it is not merely … [Read more...]
Don't be fooled…
Frontpage Magazine has an off the record recording of Imam Feisal Abdel Rauf Cordoba Mosque Imam and ostensible "bridge-builder" between Christian and Muslim cultures (the bridge he wants to build is one that reaches back to the VIII Century) that reveals that Rauf is using the 9/11 catastrophe exactly in terms his critics charged: as victory for Islam. Video below with some text. Read the … [Read more...]
Colson: A Bad Idea "International Burn a Koran Day"
Source: Breakpoint Listen here: September 08, 2010 Pastor Terry Jones's thoughts about Islam are simple and direct. The title of his book says it all: Islam is of the Devil. The same thought is on a sign outside of his church, the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, and on the T-shirts and coffee mugs the church sells. In order to raise greater awareness of the … [Read more...]
Michael Rubin: Turkey on the Brink
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Joel CARNAT wrote:
Hello, I'm going for a brand install of 4.99.67/i386. I'm gonna install modular-xorg-server and drm (for Intel) and would like to make sure I use the right pkgsrc (that is, drop any bad habbit I got since I do it :) Here's what I understood from pkgsrc state (correct me if I'm wrong please): - pkgsrc-2008Q1 has no DRM working x11/modular-xorg-server, because 1.3.x is liked to Mesa 6.x, right ? - pkgsrc-HEAD is in the same state for the same reason. - pkgsrc-wip has a working wip/modular-xorg-server which is the one that has to be installed to use DRM. What I use to do is: - cvs up to -HEAD pkgsrc and pkgsrc-wip. - install wip/modular-xorg-server (220.127.116.11nb2 because nb3 seems to have weird distinfo and patch issue at compilation) - install x11/xf86-video-intel - install the rest (xf86-input-keyboad and mouse, fonts, xinit, ...)
FYI, you can use modular-xorg-server 1.3.0 if you roll back to xf86-video-intel-2.1.1.
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The year was 1981. Inspired by the Second Vatican Council and the Holy Spirit, a treasure of wonderful, Spirit-filled music was written for guitar and shared by many priests, monks, sisters, and lay people. St. Anthony\'s decided to designate a mass in the lower church to include the \'new\' music. Within a short period of time it was recognized that contemporary worship music was a very meaningful expression of faith. Participation was such that the \'folk mass\' was moved to the upper church. The \'folk group\' evolved and changed...members coming and going, leaving and returning. At one time when the group only consisted of Jim Delaney, Rob Finger, and Mitch Long, they were affectionately called Peter, Paul, and Mario. At the prompting of the parishoners a CD was released in 1996. At that time the group decided to take on the name of one of the songs it sang, \'Companions on a Journey\'. After all, we are all companions on this journey called life, which we hope is a daily celebration of our relationship with God. The group continues to transform and we\'re delighted that the youth of St Anthony\'s have also contributed their time and talents to our worship on Sunday mornings and the production of this CD. We hope to continue growing so others can carry the torch. Several in our group have faced great difficulties over the past several months and years. We\'ve also witnessed great tragedy in our nation and shared in the sorrow experienced by many parishioners who lost loved ones or experienced illness. But through everything, we\'ve held on to these songs to inspire us to be filled with the joy and strength God provides. We can hear God telling us tenderly, \'You are Mine\'.
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