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Pascal Pape is not exactly a new French captain. He was given the armband as long ago as June 2007 on the summer tour of New Zealand and the second- row will not have the fondest memories of the encounter. His team went down 61-10 in the second Test in Wellington and that autumn Pape was left out of Bernard Laporte's World Cup squad.
In view of what became a turbulent campaign at home this was not such a bad omission from his portfolio but the road back was made no easier by knee injuries. It was only at the 2011 World Cup that Pape re-established himself as a first-choice player and enforcer. The rugby lock and judo black belt, who is now 32, concedes little to delicacy. He once said in an interview that, if the scrum moves sideways, it is his job to knock the opposition props back in the correct direction.
Appointing somebody so forthright allows Philippe Saint-André, the coach after Laporte and Marc Lièvremont, to dwell on some less arresting aspects of life in his international rugby camp. Pain is not all about smashed noses. It may be achingly difficult, for example, to prune a squad down to 23. This is how coaches say they like it, to be given awkward choices, but the anguish was clear when Saint-André announced that Yannick Nyanga would be the last man to be sent home, leaving only the match-day 23 to prepare for Sunday's opening game in Rome. "Heart-breaking," said the coach.
Saint-André has worked hard, in a French parallel to Stuart Lancaster's reconstruction of England, on stirring the desire to play at this level. And with successful results in the autumn series against Australia, Argentina and Samoa, it is clear that France have responded to his call to arms: his to hug his team tight and the captain's to keep the scrums straight.
Nyanga, exceptional in the autumn, gives way to Pape's predecessor as captain, Thierry Dusautoir, rather less robust with his opinions, but still exemplary with his tackling and work-rate, ingredients to blend into the balance of the back row. Fulgence Ouedraogo offers options at the lineout and the No8 Louis Picamoles is the principal ball-carrier, and, his coach hopes, deliverer of passes out of contact. It may have hurt Saint-André to send Nyanga home but what he has left promises to do a lot of damage. And, according to Pape, if you stay in credit on the pain front, causing more than you have to take, then all will be well.
There is no ambiguity about the French pack. The props have been selected for fitness, the scrummaging technician Thomas Domingo finding himself out in the cold, left behind in the fitness tests by Yannick Forestier, Nicolas Mas, Vincent Debaty and Luc Ducalcon, the four who will face at various stages the thrust of the Italian pack in Rome.
Martin Castrogiovanni and Andrea Lo Cicero, both approaching 100 caps as fast as their props' legs will carry them, symbolise resistance to France's assault on the championship. There is a little more class to the Italian three-quarter line, with Tommaso Benvenuti in the centre, but their strength is up front. Italy are perhaps even bigger, Francesco Minto being their latest find in the second row.
France, through necessity as well as inclination, may have to expand. In the back three, far from the props, there is a new formation of faces steadily becoming familiar after the years of Maxime Médard and Vincent Clerc. Here, Saint-André, a former no-nonsense wing himself, is debunking specialisation. Yoann Huget, big and strong and normally a wing, is at full-back, in for the injured Brice Dulin, while Benjamin Fall, with a preference for 15, is on the left wing. Wesley Fofana, by choice a centre, is on the right wing for Clerc, also injured. They will be expecting a high-kicking game from Italy and will have to find the balance between the instruction to put pace into the game through counter-attacks and the order to wait patiently for the right moment.
Misjudge this balance and a repeat of 2011 is possible: Italy 22 France 21. In honour of that first defeat by Italy in the Six Nations there is respect seared into the French strategy of 2013. Whether Frédéric Michalak at No10 can quell his irreverence remains to be seen. In his comeback under Saint-André he has appeared more measured and less prone to the zany gaffes of his first incarnation.
He has been given a strong character outside him in Florian Fritz, elegance in Maxime Mermoz and something unique in the physique of Mathieu Bastareaud, reinvented by Toulon and on the bench on Sunday. That should be interesting, to see Michalak and Bastareaud together.
More important for Michalak is the strong little character inside him, Maxime Machenaud, who starts ahead of Morgan Parra, hardly shy, at scrum-half. France loves a little dictator at No9. The giant Pape sets the tone but it is the little Machenaud – and Parra later – who will decide whether this is going to be France's year.
Italy v France, Six Nations, 3pm GMT Sunday 3 February
Italy Masi; Venditti, Benvenuti, Sgarbi, McLean; Orquera, Botes; Lo Cicero, Ghiraldini, Castrogiovanni, Geldenhuys, Minto, Zanni, Favaro, Parisse (capt) Replacements Giazzon, De Marchi, Cittadini, Pavanello, Derbyshire, Gori, Burton, Canale
France Huget; Fofana, Fritz, Mermoz, Fall; Michalak, Machenaud; Picamoles, Dusautoir, Ouedraogo, Maestri, Pape (capt), Mas, Szarzewski, Forestier. Replacements Kayser, Debaty, Ducalcon, Taofifenua, Chouly, Parra, Trinh-Duc, Bastareaud.
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Transforming Acting-out Behavior: A Group Counseling Program for Inner-city Elementary School Pupils.
Brantley, Lenore S.; And Others
Elementary School Guidance & Counseling, v31 n2 p96-105 Dec 1996
Examines a group counseling project carried out in elementary schools in an impoverished public school district. Counselor education interns conducted structured and unstructured small-group sessions that focused on acting-out behaviors. Groups were compared with a control group to determine the potential for certain group counseling strategies in such at-risk settings. (RJM)
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Question for parents of teens
My 14 year old nephew recently stole 20$ from a girl in his class. He claims he thought it belonged to another student and that is who he gave the money too. First off he always has a story for what he did wrong and has been getting into a lot of trouble recently. Second off the girl gave him a day to pay the money back before she was pressing charges against him. He has 3 younger brothers and his mom didn'thave the money to give him to pay it back, he got the money from his grandfather who was in the hospital the day this all went down - so he didn't get in trouble. His mom didn't actually do anything to him as she always tried to be their friends instead of the authority in the house.
My real question is this: If you had a child who stole money, and you didn't have the money to pay it back no matter how much you made them work for it, what would you do? I suggested that he hit up all his friends parents and do jobs for them - actually I stated I'd make him do jobs for 50cents each and have to tell them why he needed the money so bad. When I told my MIL(his grandmother) this she thought I was crazy. He's old enough to cut grass, clean a house, move furniture, babysit for a few hours or countless other tasks - heck he is great at basketball and could have gave a few lessons to get some of the money back. Why give him the money and not let him learn the lesson of how hard it is to make money? - So what do you all think?
No way would I give my child the money to pay back what he stole. At 14 he knows that stealing is the wrong thing to do and that when caught one is punished. Maybe if he had to face the consquences of his actions once in awhle he wouldn't be a theif at 14
I agree. Thats why I think he should have had to work his 14 year old theif of a butt off to get the money back to give the girl. Let him see how hard it is to come up with that money in the time limit. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks giving him the money is crazy.
I would make him go to the kids parents and explain what he did and why, and ask them to give him an opportunity to work i toff in odd jobs around their home.
That's a good idea as well. I think anything that would make him realize just what he did would be better than giving him the money.
I agree with you. If he's old enough to know it's wrong (which he is) then he's old enough to own up to it and work to make it right. Asking money from his grandfather was definitely the wrong thing to do.
I agree with you completely. It doesn't matter if I had the money or not, he would have to work to earn the money to pay it back. He has to learn there are consequences to his actions.
Well, I am kind of a different mom first I would sit him down and talk to him why he did this and give him a change to come clean. Then I would explain how hard it is to make 20 dollars now days and how hard mom and dad works to make sure he has stuff and a place to live (with crying a little it works). Then I would make him write a letter to the girl and her parents telling them sorry. Then if grandpa gave him the 20 then he would work for grandpa to pay it back. Being around old people can teach him a lot.


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Hey, what's goin on? Not much here. I have a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale with 126,000 miles. I read on an article somewhere else that if you switch the heater core coolant hoses, you can maybe get some of the grime out of the core and hoses. I tryed this, still didn't get any heat. I don't think there is a leak, because there is no dripping anywhere, and I took apart the whole a/c thingy, and there wasn't any leakage. After running the car for a while, I can feel like a 2 degree difference in the temperature. It's so small of a difference, i'm wondering if i'm just feeling things. Ha. Anyway, I was wondering how to get the heater core out. I didn't want to rip my car apart because I really didn't know what I was doing, so i'm waiting to see what info I can get. So, yeah. Also, can the gasket on the master cylinder affect the pressure for the brakes? I have to bleed my brakes first of all, because the brakes are spongy and to really stop that car from 50mph, it takes 2 pumps to stop. Not safe. Anyway, once I take care of that, that will be that problem. My other problem is I hear a umm. Sounds like hydraulics for an arm of a catepiller scoop. I'm wondering, would the gasket(has rust deposits around the lining, but is not breaking apart) just need to be cleaned, or would a new gasket be needed? I don't know if it's the gasket that's even making the noise. I should probably do this with 2 people. ANyway, if I could just get some direction, that would be awesome. Thanks!
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The Italian 00 flour gives a more tender crust than regular bread flour. Strong white flour can be used instead, but you'll need a dash more water and you won't have that same mellow texture when you bite into it.
1-2 big pinches saffron
350g 00 flour, plus more for rolling
25g unsalted butter
1 tsp dry instant yeast
2½ tsp salt
3 small heads fennel, thinly sliced
1 tsp sugar
1 lemon, juiced
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1-2 small tins anchovies in oil, drained
Pitted green olives
Put the saffron in a jug and cover with 50ml boiling water. Leave for 10 minutes, then add warm water to make it up to 200ml. In a bowl, rub together flour and butter, add yeast, 1½ tsp salt and saffron water, and mix to a soft dough. Cover and leave for two hours – no need to knead.
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Mistaken suspect label goes viral on Web
Updated 9:57 pm, Friday, December 14, 2012
For a brief period Friday, the instantaneous, relentless force that is social media had all but convicted the wrong man of the horrible killings of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.
Online searches had turned up the Facebook profile of a Ryan Lanza, the name of the man first believed to be the killer. His profile said the account owner was from Newtown, and threats and taunts quickly began flying around the Internet. Slate, the online magazine, posted Lanza's page on Twitter.
As it turned out, it was the wrong man. The killer, who apparently committed suicide at the scene, was a 20-year-old named Adam Lanza. This was his brother - who had apparently been at work when the violence occurred. "F... you CNN it wasn't me," he wrote on Facebook, later posting, "I'm on the bus home now it wasn't me" and "IT WASN'T ME I WAS AT WORK IT WASN'T ME."
The media has always thrived on immediacy. News outlets fight to be first with details of any breaking story. But the chaos inherent in an unfolding situation often causes inaccuracy, so there have long been procedures in place to verify or at least qualify information as it trickles out.
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But Twitter and Facebook have taken that initial curation out of journalists' hands. Anyone equipped with a smartphone can instantly project observations and theories across the globe, sometimes enhancing but often clouding the picture from unfolding events.
"I think all of us need to follow first-day news from a tragedy like this with a skeptical ear, knowing that much of what we're told, even by police, will turn out to be wrong," says Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. His organization publishes guidelines on how to deal with the information flowing out of a disaster, noting that the decisions that face journalists affect policy makers and the wider public.
Before the Internet became our primary news source, this wasn't as hard. "Word of mouth" was too slow for incorrect details to get much mileage. But now anyone can misinform everyone they know - and everyone connected to those people - with a single incorrect status message. Rumors spread like wildfire even as others try to put out the flames by retracting statements and publishing corrections.
"We probably can't stop people from tweeting rumors, but it puts a big burden on journalists to provide definitive tweets and actively challenge information that is incorrect, incomplete, premature or simply unethical," Shapiro says.
Social media in itself is not the problem. The same tools that pointed to the wrong man as the killer Friday have helped shed light on other important events. The uprisings during the Arab Spring were broadcast around the world on cell phones. Much of the unfolding story of Hurricane Sandy was wrought from tweets.
But even during Sandy, as people desperately tried to get a sense of its impact, one Twitter account - "ComfortablySmug" - claimed three feet of floodwater covered the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. It was completely untrue, but both CNN and the Weather Channel reported it as fact.
'Trenchcoat' label stuck
As that episode illustrates, getting it wrong isn't just an Internet phenomenon. In 1999, long before there were posts or tweets, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the two boys involved in the Columbine High shootings, were widely reported to have been in a group of outcasts called "The Trenchcoat Mafia." This was later proven false - but the label is still synonymous with the two shooters.
As the speed of communication ramps up, officials that manage tragedies may be getting smarter about controlling information at the scene. Dart's Shapiro points out that the long period of silence from the Connecticut state police after Friday's shootings might not have happened in the past; but now authorities are conscious of the potential social media fallout from any incorrect information.


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Celebrity Cruises yesterday filed a $300 million lawsuit against Rolls Royce and Alstom Power Conversion. The lawsuit was filed in state court in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
The lawsuit charges that the Rolls Royce and Alstom Power Conversion pods, brand-named Mermaid, have failed repeatedly, resulting in cancelled cruises and thousands of disappointed guests. These recurring failures cost the company hundreds of million of dollars, for which the lawsuit seeks restitution.
Mermaid pods are installed on four Celebrity ships--Millennium, Summit, Infinity and Constellation. Celebrity says all four had one or more mechanical or electrical problems with the pods, which caused the ships to be taken out of water--and out of service --to repair.
There are--and have been--no safety issues with any of these ships, says Celebrity. All have been given clearance to sail by the U.S. Coast Guard and the ships' classification society. Even with the problems, safety was never compromised.
"Guests and travel agents should continue to have full confidence in the Celebrity brand," said Jack Williams, president and chief operating officer of Celebrity. "We have modified the more troublesome components, and we are working on a permanent solution.
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Adoption Training for Choose Life Funds and CEUs
Covenant Care Adoptions
Friday, September 6, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
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This eight hour training on Adoption Awareness will cover the history and evolution of domestic adoption, Georgia laws regarding the rights of birthparents, and understanding how to serve the adoption-minded client. This training is intended primarily for professionals who work with pregnant women. Upon completion of the training, participants will be equipped to discuss adoption as an option for a client experiencing an unplanned pregnancy.
Both levels of Registration, the Basic and the Professional, will provide training that meets the adoption training criteria required for pregnancy centers to apply for Choose Life funds from Choose Life of Georgia, Inc. The Professional Registration and training will also qualify participants for 7 hours of CEUs through the University of Georgia.
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Friday, September 6, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
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(CNN) – The National Transportation Safety Board says two planes came within a quarter of a mile of each other, flying rapidly at the same altitude, 1400 feet. Just seconds away from a fiery crash in the sky.
The cargo plane had just taken off on a collision course with the Alaska Airlines 737 attempting to land at Ted Stevens Airport in Anchorage. On board: 150 passengers and crew arriving from portland.
Shortly after 3:00 in the afternoon, alarms began blaring in the cockpit, an air traffic collision avoidance system on the jet alerting the crew to "traffic", that another plane was nearby. Both were over Fire Island Alaska, just seven miles from the airport. Another deadly mid-air crash averted.
Marty Lauth, an associate professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University told CNN "Usually when you get a TCAS, the collision avoidance alert. The pilot that gets this reading, most of the time they might have 15 seconds, 20 seconds."
Tuesday's incident is the latest in a series of disturbing near collisions in the last few weeks.
On April 24th, in Newark, a plane landing at the airport narrowly missed a plane taking off.
On April 25th, in the skies near Hawaii, collision avoidance alerts sounded in the cockpits of two planes as they approached each other.
Just this month, on May 10th at JFK Airport in New York, a passenger jet aborting a landing crossed too close to a plane taking off. The day before that, at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport, a passenger plane taking off veered into the space of another aircraft that had just departed.
So why does this keep happening? Lauth, also a former air traffic controller, says the pressure is on to keep the planes flying and landing on time.
"The controller's job is to keep these airplanes safely apart but without undue amount of separation between them. Because now all of a sudden airplanes start backing up and you have a lot of delays and so forth."
The FAA says it is making changes to prevent this from happening in the future. For example, it says it recently changed rules for takeoffs and landings at Newark Airport.


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Kristen Stewart enjoyed a shopping trip in the sunshine last week, visiting the Balenciaga store in LA.
The petite star paired a yellow printed tank top with round frame sunglasses, rolled jeans and multicoloured lace up trainers as she shopped with her publicist.
The actress, who is the face of Balenciaga's new fragrance, set to be released later this year, emerged from the store with two bags – we wonder what she chose!


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Stargazery Posts Album Teaser For Debut, "Eye On The Sky"
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Stargazery has posted a video teaser for the band's debut album, "Eye On The Sky." You can check it out below. The album is expected to be released on March 25th in Europe by Pure Legend Records. The band is currently preparing their first single for the radio, "How Many Miles." Here's the tracklisting for "Eye On The Sky": Dying Puppet on a String I am the night Eye on the sky How many miles Judah S.O.S Every day I dream of you Jester Of Kings Headless Cross (Black Sabbath Cover)
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The Financial Services Authority has put forward proposals designed to curb excessive mortgage lending. But mortgage brokers have warned that these rules could restrict some people's ability to get a competitive home loan.
Worst affected are likely to be the self-employed, as the FSA is proposing that so-called "self-cert" loans be banned completely.
These loans did not require borrowers to prove their stated income. While this may have been useful for the self-employed who didn't have payslips or three years' worth of audited accounts, their popularity at the height of the housing boom led to them being dubbed "liars' loans" as they were widely used by borrowers to inflate their income and secure the necessary mortgage finance, even if this left them overstretched and struggling to repay bills.
There will also be a crackdown on the number of borrowers taking out interest-only loans, without any obvious way of repaying the capital.
The main thrust of the FSA proposals is to ensure banks and building societies lend responsibly, by verifying the information provided is correct, and checking mortgage repayments are affordable - which seems hard to quibble with.
But anyone who has ever had to complete a mortgage application form might be under the illusion that banks already make such checks, particularly as lenders have become increasingly picky about how much they will advance, and to whom.
But according to the FSA's own figures these checks do not appear to have been rigorous enough. The regulator found that almost half of all households have (46pc) have either no spare cash at all – or have a shortfall – once the mortgage, essential bills and living costs have been paid each month. Even more startling is the figure that 43pc of all new mortgages were advanced without consumers having to verify their income.
Since the credit crunch nervous lenders have been reluctant to offer "self-cert" deals, but many have still been happy to "fast-track" standard mortgages to customer with good credit histories and substantial equity in their home. With these mortgages it is generally up to the mortgage broker to verify the key facts, such as the income stated.
If "fast-track" mortgages disappear, many people will have to wait longer for a mortgage to be approved, and the cost of manually checking each application is likely to passed back to the consumer, via more expensive mortgage fees, according to Ray Boulger, of brokers John Charcol.
He added: "Banks may have already tightened their lending criteria but these proposals go further and will reduce the amount of money some people can borrow. While it may protect some vulnerable borrowers, others with good credit histories who are unlikely to default on repayments will also be adversely affected."
Melanie Bien, a director of mortgage broker Private Finance added: "There will now be swathes of people who will struggle to get on the housing ladder or remortgage. Interest-only mortgages have been extremely useful to those who may be on low incomes initially but expect their salary to rise significantly - now they are unlikely to be offered such generous deals."
Are you likely to be affected? The following questions and answers provide more information.
How much will I be able to borrow?
Rather than look a fixed income multiples, for example allowing people to borrow three times their salary, mortgage lenders will have to look at affordability instead. This will take into account essential outgoings as well as day-to-day living costs. Many lenders do this already, but the crucial difference is that lenders will have to use a standard 25-year repayment mortgage when calculating how much people can borrow.
At present, lenders can use interest-only loans or longer-term mortgages – both of which will have smaller monthly repayments – in order to make loans more "affordable". Such practices won't be allowed. This doesn't mean people won't be able to take out an interest-only mortgage, but they won't be able to take out a bigger interest-only loan, when compared to the maximum they can borrow on a repayment basis.
In addition, lenders will also have to factor future interest rate rises into these calculations. So they are not just looking at whether a mortgage is affordable today, but whether it will be affordable when interest rates rise. If it isn't, then this will also restrict the maximum that can be borrowed.
What interest-rate rise will they use?
This has yet to be decided. One suggestion has been 2 percentage points over the lender's SVR. If this is adopted then lenders who have high SVRs at present may find they will have to restrict the amounts advanced.
I've got an interest-only loan at present? Will I have to switch to a repayment mortgage?
No. These rules won't be retrospective. However, you could run into a few problems when you remortgage. If the amount previously borrowed exceeds these new lending criteria, you may not be able to remortgage to a different lender. This means you will be stuck with your current lender. They may offer a product transfer, meaning you can move onto a fixed- or tracker-rate deal but these may not be the most competitive deals around. Some people will effectively be "trapped in their mortgage" and will have no option but to stick on their lender's standard variable rate (SVR).
I'm self -employed. Am I even going to be able to get a mortgage?
Yes. But but you are going to have to prove a realistic income. This may be done via tax returns, audited accounts, bank statements and information sent to your accountant. The FSA has not stipulated how far back such statement need to run; this will be up to lenders to decide. But again they stress that any mortgage offer must be affordable and based on figures that can be verified.
When will these changes happen?
At present these are proposals, and subject to consultation. But most mortgage experts agree they are unlikely to be significantly changed and should come into effect next year.
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Something in each of us found the other, and we knew we were meant to be friends. Through our friendship, I learned that the word 'friend' can come through people of all different ages. You don't have to be the same age to be kindred spirits. In fact, she was a lot older than me. Old enough to be my grandmother, but we were so close, and our friendship was the kind that is rare and precious. I remember the day when I asked her to be my adopted grandmother. She looked surprised. She teared up and said she would be honored. She told me she never could have children of her own, and she would love to have me call her granny. I felt so special that day.
Granny Su was the one who gave me confidence in so much, and told me I could do or be anything if I really wanted it. She told me that happiness is a journey, not a destination. And the thing was, I believed her. Isn't it special to have those people in your life, that if they say something, you know they genuinely mean it? Its hard to leave a person like that. It hurts a lot.
As I am preparing to leave for college, fly from home and say goodbye to these special people like her that I won't be able to see for several years, I am starting to realize that growing up is hard. It brings change, fear, unknown people and places, it brings goodbyes. It brings a little bit of the grim world out to light, and we start to understand about how much the world is really hurting. But in the mist of this is our individual lives. Our own race, our own journey and our own story. I guess I'm just at a chapter right now that brings tears and pain, but I know that the sun will rise again tomorrow, and everything will be alright soon.


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As part of our series of conversations about the end of the war in Iraq, we hear from an Army veteran and longtime critic of the Iraq War, whose son was killed in it.
Andrew Bacevich is a professor of history and international relations at Boston University.
He says the reference point for trying to understand the significance of the war in Iraq should be the end of the Cold War.
"It's important for us to remember the sense of expectations that the end of the Cold War produced in this country, a sense that was especially pronounced in Washington," he told Here & Now's Robin Young.
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Like his father, Bacevich's son, Andrew Bacevich Jr., served in the Army. He was killed in Iraq on Mother's Day in 2007.


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Urgent prayer request for India people in YWAM being slaughtered.
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Subject: URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS FOR YWAM IN INDIA... please READ &
This is a request for prayer for YWAM missionaries and
churches in Orissa, India. The request came from Mable Hurst, an
associate of HCJB Global. Please read and make this a matter of
Dear beloved sponsors and friends of Good News India.
We have never seen anything like this. We knew that Orissa was the
resistant and hostile State in India as far as the Gospel is
concerned. And
we brushed off the continuous threats and harassment
we faced as we went
about His work. But none of our staff imagined
that they would see this
kind of carnage.... And it seems to be
under the radar of the
Western Media ....
Let me explain.... A militant Hindu priest and 4 of
his attendants,
who were zealously going around the villages of Orissa
'reconverting' people back to Hinduism, were gunned down by
assailants in Central Orissa last weekend.
Immediately the
Christians were blamed.. The cry rose up...'Kill the
Christians!' And the
horror began.... In the past 4 days, we have
first hand witness to hundreds
of churches being blown up or burned
many, many dozens of Christian
tribals have been slaughtered. For no
reason than they bear the
name of Christ.
Night and day I have been in touch with our Good News
India Directors
spread across 14 Dream Centers in Orissa... they are right
in the
middle of all this chaos. In Tihidi, just after the police came
protection, a group of 70 blood-thirsty militants came to kill
staff and destroy the home. They were not allowed to get in, but
a lot of damage to our Dream Center by throwing rocks and
bricks and
smashing our gate, etc.
They have promised to come back
and 'finish the job.' Our kids and
staff are locked inside and have stayed
that way with doors
and windows shut for the past 3 days. It has been a
time of
desperately calling on the Lord in prayer.
More police
have come to offer protection. In Kalahandi, the police
and some local
sympathizers got to our dream center and gave our
and kids about 3
minutes notice to vacate. No one had time to even
a change of
clothes or any personal belonging. As they fled, the
thirsty mob
came to kill everyone in the building. We would have had
a mass funeral
there, but for His grace. In Phulbani, the mob came
looking for Christian
homes and missions. The local Hindu people,
our neighbors turned them away
by saying that there were no
in this area. So they left.. We
had favor. The same thing happened in
All our dream
centers are under lock down with the kids and staff
huddled inside and
police outside. The fanatics are circling outside
waiting for a chance to
kill. Others were not so fortunate. In a
nearby Catholic orphanage, the mob
allowed the kids to leave and
locked up
a Priest and a computer teacher
in house and burned them to death.
Many believers have been killed and
hacked into pieces and left on
road.... even women and children. At
another orphanage run by
another organization, when this began, the
Director and his wife
jumped on
their motorbike and simply fled, leaving
all the children and staff
behind. Every one of our GNI directors that I
have spoken to said:
'We stay
with our kids.... we live together or die
together, but we will never
abandon what God has called us to do.' More
than 5000 Christian
have had their homes burned or destroyed.
They have fled into the
and are living in great fear waiting for
the authorities to bring
peace. But so far, no peace is
This will continue for another 10 days.... supposedly the
14 day
mourning period for the slain Hindu priest. Many more
will die and their houses destroyed. Many more churches will
The Federal government is trying to restore order
and perhaps things
will calm down. We ask for your prayers. Only the Hand
of God can
calm this storm. None of us know the meaning of persecution. But
kids and staff know what that means. So many of our kids coming
Hindu backgrounds are confused and totally bewildered at what
around them. So many of their guardians have fled into the
and are unable to come and get them during these trying
Through all this, I am more determined than ever to continue
our goal: the transformation of a community by transforming its
Orissa will be saved... that is our heart's cry. If we can
these thousands of throw-away children and help them to
of Jesus, they will transform an entire region. It is a
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Editor's note: This is one in a weekly series of profiles on locally owned and operated businesses in Southern Oregon.
Editor's note: This is one in a weekly series of profiles on locally owned and operated businesses in Southern Oregon.
What do you do and how long have you been doing it? (Eric speaking) We have men's and women's high-end clothing, home decor and a little bit of children's stuff as well and recently moved into a new store in the Northgate Centre Marketplace. We opened our original Papillon Rouge store out on North Phoenix Road in 2001. We opened our second store on Main Street in 2002 because we saw a lack of men's clothing in the lines we carry. We moved into McAndrews Market Place in 2007 with the idea of creating La Strada, a high-end boutique shopping mall with other boutiques. But the economy went down about that time and it just didn't happen. We ended up buying one boutique out and keeping the name.
How long have you lived in the Rogue Valley? We've been here for about 11 years, moving up from Scottsdale, Ariz.
What inspired you to go into this line of work? My wife has been doing this about 18 years. When we first met, she was working in the retail business and she was always wanting to do her own thing. On a whim, we moved up here and started a boutique and it's been going strong ever since.
What decision or action would you change if you could do it again? I'd trust my instincts not to go against my gut feelings, which usually help you to do the right things. Any time we haven't done that, it's been a wrong decision. For example, bringing in certain clothing lines or styles we didn't think would sell. Then we brought it in anyway and it just didn't work. When we stick to our gut feelings and order specific to our area, we're better off. Geography has a lot to do with it, styles that work in California don't necessarily work here. Our customers like styles that are classic and timeless and aren't going to go out of style in a year or two. That's what we strive to bring in.
What's the toughest business decision you've made? The toughest was making our first expansion, going in on Main Street. We've seen plenty of stores expand and then it hurt them, but not in every case. We believe in slow growth and that's served us well, keeping it nice and small and not getting too greedy.
Who are your competitors? La Boheme in Jacksonville.
What are your goals? I'd like to see it running itself in five years, so I can get a vacation. We've been very fortunate to do as well as we have in light of the economy. We have a great community that has allowed us to do well, but for us two shops keeps us busy enough. Adding a new location would be adding stress we don't need.
What training or education did you need? My wife is a natural when it comes to retail women's clothing and was managing Dominique R in Scottsdale, Ariz., before we came here. I have a sales background, but I'm really a construction and military guy. I did real estate and mortgage lending before we came up here.
What's your advice for budding entrepreneurs? Take a chance, risk it. If you have a great idea, go for it. Anybody can "what if?" themselves out of anything. We still do that, but you have to push past that and take a risk. One thing my wife and I have agreed on is that we won't live our life with regret. If you try it and it doesn't work out, you can always try something else. The bottom line is take that risk.
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Stocks have had a stellar year so far. In fact, the rally has gotten so heated that some investors are making bets on a big crash.
Universa Investments, which spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year buying crash protection, has attracted a record amount of money into its fund this quarter.
"People are starting to recognize that these market moves are unnatural and distorted," said Universa president and chief investment officer Mark Spitznagel, who declined to say how much is spent on crash protection, citing SEC rules.
Universa's view that a crash is coming is not widely held, making crash protection cheap, he said. Universa buys this protection in the form of options that generate huge returns when the stock market falls by more than 20%. Universa's adviser, economist and former derivative trader Nassim Taleb calls it 'black swan' hedging.
Billionaires Dumping Stocks, Economist Knows Why
Warren Buffett, who has been a cheerleader for U.S. stocks for quite some time, is dumping shares at an alarming rate. He recently complained of "disappointing performance" in dyed-in-the-wool American companies like Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and Kraft Foods.
In the latest filing for Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett has been drastically reducing his exposure to stocks that depend on consumer purchasing habits. Berkshire sold roughly 19 million shares of Johnson & Johnson, and reduced his overall stake in "consumer product stocks" by 21%. Berkshire Hathaway also sold its entire stake in California-based computer parts supplier Intel.
With 70% of the U.S. economy dependent on consumer spending, Buffett's apparent lack of faith in these companies' future prospects is worrisome.
Unfortunately Buffett isn't alone.
Fellow billionaire John Paulson, who made a fortune betting on the subprime mortgage meltdown, is clearing out of U.S. stocks too. During the second quarter of the year, Paulson's hedge fund, Paulson & Co., dumped 14 million shares of JPMorgan Chase. The fund also dumped its entire position in discount retailer Family Dollar and consumer-goods maker Sara Lee.


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One of the things that lots of wonks--including me--have commented on is how scandal-free the Obama Administration has been so far. To be sure, I'm not sure whether that's because they're "unusually clean", as I recently heard someone say, or because scandals take a little time to brew, so they tend to break later in an administration.
The $535 million loan to Solyndra Inc., issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Federal Financing Bank, included a quarterly interest rate of 1.025 percent, the government bank reported in July. Of 18 Energy Department loans cited in the bank's report, Solyndra's rate was lowest. Eight other Energy Department projects, each also backed by the Federal Financing Bank, came with rates three or four times higher, the report shows.
That treatment is in keeping with the history of the loan to the California solar panel maker, an arrangement inked in September 2009 with great fanfare -- and touted, not long after, during a factory visit from the president. Monthly government bank reports filed since then reveal Solyndra's rate as the lowest for any energy-related project in nearly every report; in every case its rate was well below that of most energy projects, which ranged from cutting-edge electric car makers to wind and solar ventures.
At best this looks amazingly incompetent--$535 million may not be a lot of money for the government, but it's a lot of money for a company. Yet it took only two years for the firm to run through all that cash.


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Don Cossack likely for King George Kempton trip
Gordon Elliott feels Don Cossack could not be in ruder health as he gears up for a likely assault on the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton on St. Stephen's Day.
The big Cheltenham Gold Cup hope also holds an entry two days later in the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown, but connections are instead likely to head across the Irish Sea.
Don Cossack has won his last four races over fences, three of which were Grade Ones, and enjoyed a nice workout on Tuesday morning under Bryan Cooper.
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text: On Sat, 5 Aug 1995, Micheal McCann wrote: > I have seen this discussion about not getting a Ph.D. because > of an oversupply > of Ph.D.s but I have not tossed in my $0.02 until now. In > response to the student who asked about graduate programs, etc. > I would have to say be sure > that science is really what you want to do. Its very > important that you enjoy it since it is rather a demanding > job in terms of time and effort. If you do some becnh work > and find that it is really interesting then by all means, > get into a good graduate program and have fun. > > In response to those have have said "don't do it" I would > have to say that a person has to do what they enjoy to really > be satisfied. I did not enter science to get rich. I did it > because its fun. I've had a great deal of fun working at the > bench and teaching in the classroom and I do not regret my > descision at all. If this is what a person really enjoys > and wants to do than > we should not discourage them from it. On the other hand, > if money is the motivation than by all means look elsewhere. > You wont get rich (except in > terms of personal satisfaction) doing research. Just my > two cents. > > Michael McCann, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor of Biology > St. Joseph's University > COMMENT There is a lot of merit in what Dr. McCann is saying ("do it ONLY if you really love it"), but also in those who say "don't do it" and all the arguments the "do nots" provide. The overupply of PhD by a VERY HIGH MARGIN is virtually undeniable in (almost) all areas of science. Despite that it was cummulating for the last 20 (if not 30) years it surfaced to the public eye anly in last 3-5 years. So, now the problem with many those who are coming to science from the "I love it" side is that many of them are not just turned out to be "slightly disappointed", but more likely will find that that they are crudely cheated in their expectations. They came for the love of mysteries of the Universe, and (usally and unfortunately ONLY AFTER MANY YEARS [ about 10 in average ]), they realizse that they are in the the dirty word of grantsmanship, politiics, secretive (with sweetener - "anonymous") peer review [ which by definition HAS NOTHING TO DO with mysteries of the Universe ], etc. Unfortunaetly, when you talk with all these aspiring boys and girls (and I talk a lot), there is almost pointless to say this to them - they are not yet prepared to absorb all this (and messages of older people generally heard poorely). Therefore, the best I can tell to all of you (and THIS probably you CAN absorb): DO TALK to those who are (roughly) 10-12 years older than you. Young enough to "make it with you", but old enough to find that (often) money back gurantee turned uncashable. Take THEIR words with higher weight. (Nonetheless here is 2 references on the best of old guard): Erwin Chargaff "Heracletean Fire" (ca. 1980) John Ziman "Promepheus bound" (1994), (and many other excellent books for those who wish to hear). Also a sceptical word on GenEng: For those who expect to get rich on genetic engineering, DNA experting a la O.J.Simpson trial, etc than (unless YOUR dad or uncle AREADY runs a MAJOR biotech company, so you can count on VP package right after M.Sci.) think of this: most of it (almost) is going to be highly automated in the next few years, more and more fool-proofed, etc. (even now almost any summer undergrad can do PUBLISHABLE work in molecular biology). DE-skilling of the area (similar to many other areas) is getting more and more obvious. Somewhat similar to what is now happening in computing : on the surface it all still booming, but the first wave of frustrates from computing is about to show up (some visionaries see it already). GenEng is likely to follow. Alex Berezin Engineering Physics (not GenEng) McMaster Univ., Hanilton, Ontario.


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Folks: Sorry for being a bit late with this. Below is the agenda for tomorrow. Please feel free to make modifications as you see fit. Riview of Action Items [NEW] ACTION: Carmelo to come back with a plan for helping test widgets specs as recorded in <http://www.w3.org/2008/09/16-mwts-minutes.html#action09>http://www.w3.org/2008/09/16-mwts-minutes.html#action09 [NEW] ACTION: Dom to blog about performance tests and mobile as recorded in <http://www.w3.org/2008/09/16-mwts-minutes.html#action04>http://www.w3.org/2008/09/16-mwts-minutes.html#action04 [NEW] ACTION: Dom to look closer at the plugin support test as recorded ed in <http://www.w3.org/2008/09/16-mwts-minutes.html#action10>http://www.w3.org/2008/09/16-mwts-minutes.html#action10 [NEW] ACTION: Dom to review DI testing guidelines as recorded in <http://www.w3.org/2008/09/16-mwts-minutes.html#action07>http://www.w3.org/2008/09/16-mwts-minutes.html#action07 [NEW] ACTION: Wilhelm to review DI testing guidelines as recorded in <http://www.w3.org/2008/09/16-mwts-minutes.html#action06>http://www.w3.org/2008/09/16-mwts-minutes.html#action06 [PENDING] ACTION: Carmelo to start a draft of guidelines on writing device independent test cases as recorded in <http://www.w3.org/2008/09/02-mwts-minutes.html#action02>http://www.w3.org/2008/09/02-mwts-minutes.html#action02 [PENDING] ACTION: Kai to run the performances test on a few devices and report back to the list as recorded in <http://www.w3.org/2008/09/09-mwts-minutes.html#action04>http://www.w3.org/2008/09/09-mwts-minutes.html#action04 [PENDING] ACTION: Wilhelm to look into opera's test suites for cookies as recorded in <http://www.w3.org/2008/09/02-mwts-minutes.html#action04>http://www.w3.org/2008/09/02-mwts-minutes.html#action04 [PENDING] ACTION: Wilhelm to run the performances test on a few devices as recorded in <http://www.w3.org/2008/09/09-mwts-minutes.html#action03>http://www.w3.org/2008/09/09-mwts-minutes.html#action03 Thanks, Carmelo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Logistics: Zakim Teleconference bridge +1.617.761.6200 (also available at: +33.4.89.06.34.99 or +44.117.370.6152 ) Teleconference code: 8794 Time: 5pm CET / 11 am ET / 8am PT IRC channel: #mwts on irc.w3.org *port 6665*; please make your best effort to be on IRC since we are using it extensively during our teleconferences; if you don't have an IRC client installed, you can use the Member-only web interface to the IRC server at: http://www.w3.org/2001/01/cgi-ircReceived on Monday, 29 September 2008 17:59:42 UTC
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From 15-16 UTC, in IRC, there is a session on "Introduction to Ubuntu development." In Los Angeles, that's from 8 to 9 am! Anyone who is interested in becoming developers should really , pick up an IRC client, enter the session, and learn more about how Ubuntu is worked from the ground up.
Our speaker is Bhavani Shanker, who has been helping out for Ubuntu for 5 years and an experienced developer.


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We all know what curb appeal means – at least traditionally. You want your home to make a positive, warm impression when the buyer first pulls up to the curb. Now, however, the curb is on-line - your curb is virtual!
- Over 70% of home buyers look for real estate videos, 4 billion videos in general are viewed EVERY DAY!
- "Century 21 enjoyed a nearly 20% increase in sales thanks to real estate video marketing campaigns their agents ran through viral social media sites."
- And Google owns Youtube, so guess what? Youtube video's are given a higher ranking authority than any other medium! Your home's listing will rank over others through our use of video. Indeed, videos are 53 times more likely to appear on the first page on Google as opposed to traditional web pages without video. - Forrester Research
These stats cement the notion that virtual curb appeal has never been more important than it is today. So how can you help your REALTOR® create superior online curb appeal?
When your REALTOR® is photographing your home for listing:
- You and your REALTOR® will first make a list of features to highlight.
- Ensure nothing is displayed that would make you or potential buyers uncomfortable when it shows up on the Internet.
- Remove most personal items ie: family photo's, ornaments, pet food dishes and pet beds, magazines, pedicure kits, etc. Clean & tidy relaxes the buyer and sells the home. Clutter, mess and dirt repel.
- When filming your home, your REALTOR® will identify a focal point in all of the main rooms and may ask you to move a chair or lamp, etc to best highlight the mood of the space.
- Buying a home is an emotional decision. The marketing needs to reflect that understanding. And your REALTOR® knows what the market is looking for. Support them in identifying the feeling to convey with this listing; cozy, family home, high end loft, executive home, luxurious living, cabin in the woods/rustic.
- Lifestyle sells! Convey lifestyle. Put people in it if you can. Dad at the barbecue, kiddies in the sand box, a group of teens in the game room. Don't worry about dialogue or noise. Your REALTOR® will be overlaying vocal and text talking points once he has uploaded it to the computer.
- Ensure key features are always ready to present; a large patio, spectacular landscaping, an infinity pool, a real stone, floor-to-ceiling fireplace.
When it's time to sell, call Doren or Jim!
Talk soon...
Doren Quinton & Jim Smart
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