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Former Argentina star Claudio Caniggia says Brazil superstar Neymar's biggest attribute is his imagination, but said it will not be enough to surpass Lionel Messi's greatness.
The former Boca Juniors and River Plate man was confident the 20-year-old would reach great heights in the game, but said he needs time to become one of the best.
One of Neymar's biggest attributes, according to Caniggia, was his ability to think spontaneously on the ball, constantly surprising his opponents with unpredictable movements.
"Neymar is a great player. Surely, as I always say, Neymar is a player with more imagination in the world," he is quoted as saying by Sambafoot.com.
"He has a lot of imagination, is creative and finds different ways to score and create a move.
"He will surely be one of the best. He is only 20 years old. We have to give him time. Within a few years, he will be one of the best."
However, the 45-year-old, who also had a spell with Rangers in Scotland, insisted we were in the age of Barcelona star Messi, saying his fellow Argentinean was certain to be regarded as one of the greatest of all time when his career was over.
Although he would not say who was the best, he likened him to football great such as Pele and Diego Maradona.
"This is the era of Messi. There will always be many stories of the careers of players like him. How was Pele, Cruyff, Di Stefano, Maradona ... No matter the order of who is the best," he added.
Barcelona have been heavily linked with a move for Neymar in recent months, so the new star of the Brazil national team may have the chance to prove whether or not he can compete with Messi at the Camp Nou.
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THE streets of Fairfield are set to become safer.
Fairfield Council will spend $1.6 million of ratepayers' money installing security cameras across the CBD.
The council will divert the $400,000 it spends annually monitoring a handful of cameras in Cabramatta.
Mayor Frank Carbone said during the past 15 years, the council had spent $7 million on a few cameras to monitor the streets of Cabramatta, when it was notorious for drugs and crime.
He said now that Cabramatta was clean, the council had decided to hand over the monitoring of those cameras to Cabramatta Police.
The cameras will continue to record digitally rather than the council paying for someone to monitor the footage and change the tapes when needed.
"There's going to be three phases in this new program," he said.
"The first will target public spaces such as town centres in our local government area.
"The second will include implementing cameras around our council assets to prevent rubbish dumping, graffiti and the burning down of buildings.
"The third will be installing them in key gateway sites such as roads.
"If people intend to do the wrong thing, then their chances of getting caught increase tremendously."
He said the council would liaise with police about crime hot spots before selecting sites.
"We will also be asking police if they need mobile cameras," he said.
"Police can put these in hot spots to assist in their current investigations. We will fund that.
"This is a state government issue. We are the first council that's had such an extensive program to roll-out cameras when it's not our responsibility."

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G-Star Raw & Top Chef's Marcel Vigneron were thrilled to host VIP guests and invited patrons for an evening of shopping, cocktails, and hors d'oeuvres on May 15, 2012 from 7pm – 10pm. The combination of two highly recognized names within the fashion and food industry created quite a media buzz around an exclusive VIP Shopping Event at G-Star Raw's flagship store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, CA.
The name G-Star Raw is intriguing as an internationally renowned denim brand that produces RAW untreated or unwashed jeans, popular within the fashion industry and amongst celebrities. Celebrities such as Jay-Z, Justin Beiber, Nicholas Holt, Liv Tyler, and Clemence Poesy have been photographed wearing the high end label. It is the successful formula of comfort, fit, and edgy street appeal that resonates with the brand's target audience.
High profile celebrities, features in editorials, and the production of fashion shows raises awareness, however; it is the continuous experimentation and product development that maintains consistent quality and brand loyalty. Perfectionism by Head Designer Pierre Morisset in obtaining the perfect fit, acute attention to detail, and a philosophy of staying true to the authenticity of G-Star Raw has maintained its recognition as one of the most elite global denim brands.
Concepts in military influence not only reflect styles and intention of G-Star Raw, it also expresses overall image of the brand. Entering the Rawdeo Flagship store, visual presentation of merchandise and overall layout of the store impressive in detailed window displays, flawless denim folds, and 'Fashion Concepts'; highlight color trends for this season.
As guests dined on the tasty hors d'oeuvres of Top Chef's Marcel Vigneron, a particular favorite of the fashion crowd being Marcel's 'Dragonballs' Rice Krispy treat, Operational Manager for G-Star Raw, LeHang, was available for an intricate look into the latest developments of the line.
Discussing in detail the brand history, clientele as well as overall success of the denim brand, one realized a major component to the success of the G-Star Raw is the talent. Ultimately, the core of the brand's philosophy - innovation - will allow this fairly young company continued success as a leader within the denim market.
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My major question is, has anyone found any strategies to handle someone that they have to work with, that is incompetent but we can't yet get rid of, that doesn't sound condescending? She's on a year contract, and is on about month four. I mentor people all the time, and have really tried to do so with her (she's younger than me, which is unusual for me - I usually am the youngest person in the room) but I just can't seem to strike a balance between talking her through the same thing for the tenth time and not sounding like I'm talking her through it for the tenth time, you know?
We have a new teammate - S - who is a contractor doing a specific function. Her function could be done by me, or another team mate, but we decided that since we had other things that weren't easily offloaded, and this function was, we'd have a contractor handle them. S is polite, very quiet, does her work and doesn't mix much with others. This in itself isn't the issue, but it does color how we interact with her - she does better with e-mails, and doesn't call or come to our desks (we all work in the same general area, no more than 30 feet from her desk). She's been working on a project for some time, for an external (not on our team, but in our company) group. When S went out sick for two weeks, I had to step in and do some of it - there was a tight deadline involved. She's been back for a month, and is trying to finish up the second half of the project. I did the work that comprised the first half of the project in about two days - including compiling a lot of data. She could have used my data, but chose to pull her own copies, and go through the manual work again. She could have followed the (very simple) steps I used, but instead is making it VERY complicated, so that she can use a specific tool instead of just doing the work. She's spent hundreds of hours on this - I did the first (larger) half in TWO DAYS. We had a meeting today that lasted four hours because my boss had to walk her through all the issues with the data she'd come up with, line by line. In other words, she is NOT working out well on this. My issue is, how do I handle being polite, when I really want to scream at her? I would appreciate some strategies - I've tried to just not talk to her if I can help it, but because my boss was OOO the day that she started, I helped do the onboarding for her (getting badges, computer access, etc.) and she thinks of me as her supervisor, even though I'm not. I'm also the only other girl on the team, and I think that's an issue for her - she seems uncomfortable in our mostly male workplace. I really want to like her, and she's polite, but she just. doesn't. get. it. and it's affecting both my work (my boss knows this) and my morale (which I've been trying to disguise).
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A criminal sexual conduct suspect who fled from Waterford police was arrested Tuesday in a wooded, swampy area near the border with West Bloomfield Township.
The man is now behind bars at the Oakland County Jail, and the Waterford Police Department has submitted a warrant request to the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office on charges of felony criminal sexual conduct, hindering and opposing and larceny of a bicycle, said Chief Dan McCaw.
After police received a criminal sexual conduct complaint, interviewed the victim and began a preliminary investigation, it led to a home near Cooley Lake Road and Lochaven at about noon Tuesday.
The man, who is in his 20s, left the home through the back door when police arrived to interview him, McCaw said. The man then stole a bicycle and used it to get away.
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office assisted in the search, bringing a helicopter, along with West Bloomfield police.
Police found the man in a densely wooded, swampy area near Waterford's border with West Bloomfield Township. A phone message was sent by Waterford police to residents in the area alerting them that the situation was over.


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The war between the Autobots and Decepticons will continue a week earlier than expected as the Tranformers try to save their dying home world. Tranformers: Fall of Cybertron is now being released on August 21, publisher Activision said today.
The game, being developed by High Moon Studios, will be coming out of Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. A new video features Optimus Prime calling in the city-sized Autobot Metroplex to crush a few Decepticons:
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My new pup (7mos.), Grace has been having problems with loose stools and diarrhea - it isn't constant but more intermittent. I put her on Lamb and Rice kibble and her stools got a lot better, but then there was one that was back to the messy gunky stage with what looked like some blood. Well I freaked and grabbed up the sample and ran it to the vet.
They checked it for worms and it was negative (I thought it might be Giardia) and then the vet told her assistant that she was putting Grace on antibiotics (she wanted to do that earlier but I resisted). I never saw the vet in person as she was in surgery but her assistant ran back and forth with messages. I had been calling her and maybe overreacting about the diarrhea.
It has been going on for about 5 weeks now but it does seem to be getting less frequent. I don't know whether I led the vet to believe it was a lot more than it was but now I think she's overreacted. I gave Grace the first day's dosage of both meds and a couple of hours after the last one of two Grace seemed very lethargic uncharacteristically sleeping for twelve hours. I couldn't get her to perk up and it really scared me. She's better this morning but I'm afraid to keep her on the meds.
I feel like I should wait to see if things get worse before I put her on such an extreme regimen or at the very most cut the pills in half. She's only 11 pounds and she was on two 100 mg of the amoxitab and two halves of a 250 flagyl. I'm not a vet but my gut reaction after seeing Grace's reaction is to wait and see and if she seems to need it put her on half the dose. I'd really appreciate any comments, advice, etc.
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The critically acclaimed 2D stealth-action game Mark of the Ninja has made the jump to PCs today. The game is now available on Steam, with newly available custom keyboard and mouse controls alongside the standard gamepad support.
The game is available for $14.99, the same price for the Xbox 360 version. Mark of the Ninja received high marks for its multi-fasceted combat and stealth options, hand-painted 2D art style, and a surprisingly impressive story. It's Klei's most highly-regarded game by a long shot, so give it a spin on the new platform if you missed the first go-round.
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Author(s): Kaykhaei MA, Shams M, Sadegholvad A, Dabbaghmanesh MH, Omrani GR
Affiliation(s): Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 71345-1414, Shiraz, Iran.
Publication date & source: 2008-10-23, Endocrine., [Epub ahead of print]
The enterohepatic circulation of thyroid hormones is increased in thyrotoxicosis. Bile-salt sequestrants bind thyroid hormones in the intestine and thereby increase their fecal excretion. Based on these observations, the use of cholestyramine has been tried. The present study evaluates the effect of low doses of cholestyramine as an adjunctive therapy in the management of hyperthyroidism. In a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 45 patients with newly diagnosed hyperthyroid Graves' disease were randomly assigned into the following treatment protocols: group I, cholestyramine 2 g BID, methimazole and propranolol; group II, cholestyramine 1 g BID, methimazole and propranolol; group III, placebo powder, methimazole and propranolol. The fixed dose of methimazole (30 mg/d) and propranolol (40 mg/d) was used. The study period was 4 weeks. Serum total triiodothyronine and free thyroxin were measured at baseline, and at the ends of the second and the fourth week of the study. The serum thyroid hormone levels decreased more rapidly and to a greater extent in the cholestyramine-treated groups. All of the patients in group I had achieved euthyroid state at the end of the study. We conclude that low dose of cholestyramine is an effective and well-tolerated adjunctive agent in the treatment of hyperthyroid Graves' disease. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00677469).
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A radical new look at the politics of the 40 year cover-up featuring the powerful voices of those who lived and those who died
Criminal Injustice: Death and Politics at Attica is a one-hour broadcast length documentary film that examines the 40+ year cover up of the Attica prison uprising by the Emmy Award-winning production team of David Marshall and Christine Christopher.
Using newly discovered documents and new revelations from eye witnesses, the film lends credibility to allegations of murder, presents new information of involvement by individuals in the White House, and explores the corrupting influence of Nelson Rockefeller's political aspirations on decision made before, during, and long after the controversial and deadly retaking of the prison.
Forty years after this cataclysmic and highly charged event, we have found that many are willing to speak with new candor that adds depth, and in some cases alters, the historic record. The film includes the final interview regarding Attica given by NYT reporter Tom Wicker (who was an observer/negotiator on the scene and author of A Time to Die about his experiences at Attica), Malcolm Bell, the special prosecutor turned whistle blower, Dr. Heather Thompson who is the nation's leading academic authority on the Attica prison uprising -- as well as inmates, former hostages, law enforcement officers and others.
The documentary will be aired on PBS and distribution by California Newsreel is anticipated.


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A recent University of Washington study showed Seattle-area shoppers at Whole Foods are much less likely to be obese, on average, than shoppers at the less expensive chain Albertsons.
I shrugged when I read this. From what I can tell, the study didn't control for income: it's well established that Whole Foods shoppers have higher incomes, which has always been correlated with low obesity rates. Indeed, some public health experts will tell you that we don't have an obesity epidemic so much as we have a poverty epidemic.


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Economists expressed disappointment with the latest Commerce Department activity Report for American's manufacturing sector, but here in the stateline, some manufacturers say things are starting to turn around.
Some sectors of manufacturing continue to slump, but the automotive side is showing signs of life.
"Our activity level is sky high right now. From that we expect to get some machine orders," says Fred Johnson, president of Rockford's Redin Corp.
As more manufacturers call it quits or move out of the area, these companies are benefiting from a little less competition and a lot of creativity.
"We've sustained ourselves by spare parts, sub contract work, general machining. Just trying to be creative," says Redin's Johnson
While local manufacturers are glad to be on the road to recovery it's been a rough trip. Redin employed 34 workers two years ago, now they only have eight. Johnson says his goal is to bring workers back.
Forest city grinding is gushing with the same sense of optimism.
"These people are not going to stop in the city of Rockford. This is a group of tough manufacturers and they're not just going to walk away and lock the doors," says Dwight Shepherd, president of Forest City Grinding.
In 2003 the company posted a seven percent increase in revenues and this month they've hired on another full time worker.
"It's picking up so we foresee as much as last year if not more. We don't see it slowing down any," says Dave Johnson of Forest City Grinding.
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I just wanted to share with you my Xdebug client app for OSX, not sure if many of you guys use Xdebug or even Mac, but I just want to spread the word and get some feedback
You can get it at codebugapp.com
This app is mostly targeted for people who like me prefer to use an text editor instead of an IDE, since I couldn't find a debugger that did want I wanted I created one.
Just install it, and add "xdebug_break();" to your code and if you have xdebug installed and configured correctly your are good to go.
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Archbishop Samuel Aquila begins shepherding new Catholic flock under the shadow of Aurora theater shooting
Within two days of Samuel J. Aquila's installation July 18 as the fifth archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, all the joy and excitement of that beginning drained away into the sorrow of the Aurora movie theater killings.
Aquila couldn't have fully settled into his new residence and role before the focus of the world and his ministry became the Aurora mass murder — 12 killed and 58 wounded by a lone gunman who burst into a midnight showing July 20 of the new Batman movie.
"It's a very real manifestation of evil and sin that fills our hearts with sorrow," Aquila said in a public appearance.
The archbishop said Mass that Friday night for more than 1,000 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Aurora. There he also spoke privately to one young person who told him she worked at the Century Aurora 16 movieplex where the shooting took place, Aquila said Monday to radio host Teresa Tomeo of Catholic Connection.
The girl was "very shaken," he said, and asked the archbishop to pray with her to ask the Lord for strength.


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A POEM written to honour Australian troops in Afghanistan has been praised by Cr Allan Smith and his son-in-law, Australian Army Warrant Officer Shaun Graham, who has completed two tours of duty in the country.
The Dubbo Community Men's Shed raised $300 to send 15 two-kilogram gift boxes for serving men and women, last week.
The money was used to buy personal items like lip balm, nut bars, Anzac biscuits, salted peanuts and magazines to fill the boxes.
Among other things, each box also contained a touching poem about Australian soldiers serving their country.
The poem was written by shed member Frank Doolan (Riverbank Frank) who said he sat by the river and pondered how it would feel to be serving in Afghanistan.
Cr Smith said both he and his son-in-law "choked up," at hearing the poem read out by Frank.
"We were very touched by it, Frank is so articulate and he expressed it so well."
Australian Heroes
Behind enemy lines
In the dark of night
When mere mortals like myself
When we'd cave in to fright
When your training kicks in
And you do the things you do
Don't ever think you're alone
We are there with you
There are a lot of Aussies with you
There are lots who know you care
There are people who feel proud
To see Aussie diggers there
To all our Australian soldiers
Every woman, every man
To me you are the finest
From a sunburnt timeless land
I could never imagine
The horror of war
But I know our Aussie diggers
They'd protect our shore
They'll go wherever they are needed
These defenders of the free
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
DETROIT >> Brad Ausmus is nothing if not methodical.
Like many managers, he had his lineup and rotation mapped out for the next few games.
Then, considering the lousy weather coming in, he had contingency plans. And contingency plans for those contingency plans.
"No, we're going to play it by ear. No. I'm kidding. Yeah. There's a contingency plan," he said before Thursday's series finale against the Royals was postponed by impending rain. It will be made up June 19. "The weather today and tomorrow is not exactly great, so we've got a number of contingency plans, but certainly it can mess up a starting rotation, especially with all the off-days we have."
Ausmus' planning will be tested over the weekend, with the same type of rainy weather that postponed Thursday's game playing havoc with the series against the Orioles.
Of particular inconvenience is the fact that the Tigers want to get Anibal Sanchez on the mound to face big league hitters for the first time since March 12. He missed a couple of spring starts with shoulder soreness, then had his final start rained out in Washington, D.C.
"Sanchie's going to start our next game, whenever that is," Ausmus said, acknowledging after the rainout that he'd be pushed to Friday. "I think the bigger concern is we don't want a situation where Sanchie is out there and throws two innings and suddenly we're rained out. For us, that would be the worst-case scenario."
Sanchez will face the Orioles Friday afternoon, followed by Rick Porcello on Saturday and Justin Verlander on Sunday.
"Unless Sunday gets rained out," Ausmus said.
Thursday was supposed to be the first start of the season for Andrew Romine, one of the two late-spring trade acquisitions at shortstop.
"I think we've got to get Romine in there and give Gonzo (Alex Gonzalez) a break more than anything else," Ausmus said of the shortstop, who has yet to appear in a game, along with Don Kelly and backup catcher Bryan Holaday. "The truth is yes, I'd like to get them in, but Mother Nature is going to have something to say about that. I've already prepared the lineups for the next three, and if things stay clear, you'll probably see those two guys in one of those three games, but if Mother Nature gets involved, that could change."
The Tigers also have off-days on Monday and Thursday next week, and the following Monday (April 14) before the next homestand begins. That makes it harder for Ausmus to get some of the reserves in.
"I don't mind having off-days at home, but the truth it makes it difficult," he said. "You try to balance giving the veterans rest and getting the reserve players in, but with all these off-days built-in, the truth is that the veterans don't need the rest, but the reserve players still need to get in."


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Do you have a cold or flu? Do your kids? Does your neighbor or neighbor's kids?
If you answered yes to the previous questions, chances are that you might actually benefit from some tips about National Handwashing Awareness Week.
It should come as no surprise that this week is designated just as flu and cold season is getting into full swing. And just like everything else we learned when we were kids, handwashing is one of those things we should heed - no matter what our age.
So why handwashing? Well, because of where our hands have been and where they go.
People with colds and flu of course use their hands. If you just follow the germs, you'll see them go from people's mouths and noses to a door handle or piece of paper that then goes into someone else's hand, and voila!
So here's some tips:
n Wash your hands when they are dirty and before eating. If you use antibacterial soap, that's even better.
n Do not cough into your hands.
n Do not sneeze into your hands.
n And above all, do not put her fingers into your eyes, nose or mouth.
And remember the "T" zone. That's the area from your mouth to your nose to your eyes.
Most diseases enter our bodies through the mucous membranes of our eyes, nose and mouth.
And if you sneeze or cough, try doing so into the crook of your elbow. Sneezing into your hand only allows germs to spread when you touch something.
We can all fight diseases if we're careful not to spread germs to others or to let others spread germs to us.
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Ever wonder why you have to turn off your e-reader or tablet before a plane takes off and lands? The Hill newspaper obtained a letter written by the head of the Federal Communications Commission to the Federal Aviation Administration. Julius Genachowski has asked for the FAA to loosen the rules on those devices.


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I could understand smaller bands sueing napster, because they may very well be taking money from a band that has very little if no following to begin with.
Yeah. And if they have so little, just how the hell do you expect them to sue Napster? I don't know too many lawyers that work for the warm fuzzies. (Actually, I don't know any lawyers, and consider myself fortunate.)
However Selloutica, and Dr. Dre are QUITE established and have money to wipe their asses with thousand dollar bills! They are the last people who should be worring about losing money!
Typical narrow-minded view. One possible reason is that they're concerned about losing money, but that doesn't make much sense, now, does it? Some other possibilities:
Especially when the majority of the public doesn't even know what an mp3 is.
Change to "majority of the public with heads up asses for the last 6 months" and your statement might hold water.
CD sales have been astronomical over the past year, and yet they still complain!
I said it before. Album sales are up for the same reason they always go up. Don't feed me that "I'm sampling music and buying the CD" bullshit. Album sales always increase, and might be just a little higher if people weren't pirating music.
Anyone got a spare thousand dollar bill? I need to wipe this guy's post off my screen.
Once more, for the hopelessly dense - only people that made Metallica songs available for download are on the list.
That's what they say. I know for a fact that I haven't shared any Metallica songs; I don't share any songs! I leech! The only thing I've done on Napster with regards to Metallica as of late was search for them right after I heard about this whole banning issue. Lo and behold, I found people still sharing them. I didn't download any!
I just want to see the proof. Show me the logs that say when I did this, and what song I was sharing! That's all. I'm not signing or filling out any legally binding forms or agreements until I see evidence that I even did something wrong!
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It's funny how their executive bosses who are making ten times what they are just happen to be so quiet during this ordeal. But people already are weary of the executives so they use one of the people's favorite "artists". It's just political propaganda they are feeding us over the mess. Blur the facts, confuse people as much as possible. Create FUD. Typical guerilla tactics.
Metallica endorsed people taping their concerts just a few years ago but these people were never kicked out of their concert much less had their players taken away. So how is that any different?
Another quirk in this fiasco is Paylars.com [paylars.com]. Thankfully they have only recieved $261. Interestingly enough there is a line below the logo in the upperleft hand corner that states the site is not affiliated with Metallica.
IMHO, music should under some license similar to the BSDL/GPL. It would allow people who had the love do it for the love of it. Not a gaggle of suits telling us what the new trend to consume is. These "artists" don't deserve to be making well over ten million dollars a year while some government employee who designed weapons is now homeless after defense spending cuts and Vietnam vets who are missing limbs live in a cardboard box. Metallica has a lot of gaul going after their fans who have spent hundreds of dollars on albums, merchandise, and concert tickets.
The URL they want you to go to Infringe? [napster.com] is basically an admission of guilt on your part. Just having some Metallica mp3's on my computer doesn't mean I obtained them from Napster nor does it mean that I transfered them on Napster. Being on a 28.8 doesn't give me much overhead so I can't necessarily transfer any even if I wanted to. I had (threw them away twenty minutes ago) several Metallica albums. Maybe I just made some mp3's from the albums? Or who can say I didn't obtain them from some dime-a-dozen ratio ftp?
I tried editing my registry after deleting, reinstalling and creating a new user name but I was stilled banned. I even attempted to get on from multiple ISPs. They couldn't be banning entire IP ranges, that is too clandestine. So I did a regedit looking for any Napster entries in my registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Napster was the only entry to be found. I went through the uninstall/reinstall/new user process again but I am still banned. I don't want their software on my machine which I'm not using! I was never told what exactly I am guilty of. No specifics were mentioned at all. Only ambiguous mentions of infringement. What exact songs I am guilty of "illegaling" owning?
their whole site is built on copied material and beam it was just the one which was easiest to take to court
That just isn't true!
So... can anyone point out what mp3.com has done which makes them the hero in so many slashdotter's eyes?
Their original plan was pretty cool, and I've used it as a customer several times: they offer MP3s free for download. You download MP3s, and decide what you like. If you like some, you buy the DAM CDs through their site. They burn the CD and print a cover on demand and mail it. You end up paying $8, and the artist gets some money. No retail stores, no MTV payola, no big labels, etc. Furthermore, while you're waiting for the CD to arrive in the mail, it knows that you've bought it, so it lets you download or stream the rest of the album in MP3 form.
What the hell is wrong with that?
It wasn't perfect, but it was a step in the right direction.
So perhaps Napster was trying to send a hidden message...they weren't just removing users, they were removing "eleet" users.
Something to think about, anyway.
That would be undermining everything that the internet has come to represent: freedom of speech, and choice. The internet is currently one of the ONLY public forums in which ANYONE can publish their thoughts and beliefs.
I would like to state that I am under 18, and not only find your comment insulting, but also severly deprived of intelligence. If you enjoy using free software, such as linux, you are more than a little likely to be using software written by someone under 18. I have contributed to several free software projects, by providing bug reports, and the odd bit of code. By destroying my access to the internet, you would also destroy any feedback I could give to projects such as Mozilla.
What makes you think that just because people are under 21 they are more likely to download illegal mp3s? I have NEVER downloaded an illegal mp3. Indeed, most of the people I know trafficing mp3s are 21-25 year-old college students.
Should we ban chemistry chemistry so students can't learn how to mix explosives with common chemicals? Physics because students could possibly design and build a potato gun? Are you naive enough to believe that just because someone is young, they can't learn "dangerous information" on their own?
Why require people to take exams to get on the internet? What type of exam would you give? A standard IQ exam? A test in English language? Math? Science? Decorum? If you are not sure enough in your own beliefs to tolerate those with others, YOU should be the one reexamining yourself.
When it comes to mp3s, I know of several groups supporting napster. Offspring [offspring.com] comes to mind, who recently in an interview gave their opinion that they, "Like to have more fans", and that mp3s are in a strange way helping.
For those of you wanting a car MP3 player but don't want a big machine with an FM transmitter or the, albeit cool, EMPEG for $1500 or so, Aiwa is making a car cd player that will play MP3 cds. I don't know of a price or release date, just thoght some people might like to know.
I'm a 21st century digital boy.
I don't know how to read, but I got a lot of toys.
The article says:
"Under the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, if an Internet service provider receives a complaint about a user who is allegedly violating a copyright, the ISP is supposed to immediately remove that user from its service. But if that user thinks he has been misidentified and submits a legal counternotification, then the copyright holder has 10 days to decide whether to take legal action. If the copyright holder doesn't initiate legal action against the user, the ISP must reinstate the user.
"Now, Napster, identifying with the ISPs, is using this law to force Metallica to take up its piracy concerns with individual Napster users. On a page on its Web site, Napster explains this. "The Napster software will direct all users barred as a result of Metallica's allegations to an infringement notification page. That page explains the notice that Metallica has given us, explains who Metallica has stated to us it intends to block, and gives the user an opportunity to submit a counter notification if the user has been misidentified. If the user has been misidentified, and requests to be reinstated by submitting a counter notification under penalty of perjury, then, unless Metallica chooses to pursue legal action against that user within 10 working days of being notified of that user's counter notification, the user is entitled to be reinstated."
So, what would happen if all those Metallica fans who own all the CDs for the MP3's they were trading stepped forward and gave counternotification?
Would Metallica have a legal leg to stand on?
-- Diana Hsieh
Yet again I'm sure we'll see the ugly head of double standards raise itself up on this particular public forum, as
Artists have to make a living off of their work, and they're unable to do this if every 16 year-old and "hacker" on the net can download their songs for free. The record companies that represent them and their interests are of course going to demand that services like my.mp3.com and Napster remove their songs from their services, and they are right to do so.
Anyone arguing otherwise is simply kidding themselves with specious arguments like "information wants to be free". We don't live in some Communist utopia where everything is part of public property, no matter how much gurus like RMS would like. Whilst we live in a capitalist society downloading music from the net without paying for it is a crime that hurts artists, and people should pay the appropriate penalty for it.
If the net wasn't so "open" as it is nowadays this wouldn't be nearly so much of a problem. Since anyone can now access the net we are seeing all kinds of criminal behaviour. In the past, when the web was young, the only people using it were scientists and academics, and the signal to noise ratio was extremely high. Then, services like CompuServe and AOL began, allowing everyone to access the net for a price that was easily affordable. Since then, the net has done nothing but go downhill.
What is the solution to this problem? IMHO, the open access to the net is the root cause of the problem, and the solution is to stop letting everyone access the web. There are two ways this should be implemented. Firstly, anyone under the age of 18 (or 16 or 21) should not be allowed on the web at all. Until they are adults, they cannot be trusted to handle the large amounts of dangerous information which the web can provide to them, and during this vulnerable stage in their life they can be swayed by rhetoric and promises. Doing this will immeadiately stop almost all of the crime on, since if only repsonsible adults can use the net they will be wise enough to not commit criminal acts.
Secondly, access to the web should be dependent on some kind of examination process, whereby people who want to use the web have to take a test to determine their suitability. In this way we can weed out the undesirables from the net and make sure that the content on it is of uniformely high quality. Rather than having sites dedicated to racist hate, terrorist manifestos and anti-Christian diatribes we can have decent sites which educate and enlighten readers, like we had before open access.
Now, I know these comments will offend some
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Actually people have to realise its not your music, its the muscians music.
First of all, your whole argument is based on the premise that "intellectual property" has some meaning. Under the current legal system, it does... but some of us hope to alter or eradicate that definition.
Second, most musicians who have signed record contracts do not own their music. The record companies do. Musicians aren't even allowed to give away copies of the music they wrote if the want to! (Quite a few have tried -- the record companies made them stop.)
I am (Napster username: Neuracnu_Coyote) one of the over 300,000 users who have been banned from Napster's network for supposedly propagating pirated MP3s of Metallica songs. As mentioned in a previous feedback article [slashdot.org], Metallica and NetPD claim that the list they have produced is 99% accurate, admitting that they inadvertently included some 3000 innocent users in their list of offenders. I am also one of these 3000 users.
I don't have the bandwidth to handle all the requests I would get from Napster, so I do what most people do - I make my shared directory an empty directory and, when a file gets downloaded, I move it out of there and refresh my file library to make sure there's nothing in there for people to download. I NEVER SERVE FILES.
How, then, can Napster and Metallica claim that I have, and say that they have caught me in the act? Where is this proof? May I see it? Is a federal judge just goint to take NetPD's word for it that I pirated music?
And that reminds me, when exactly did this ban go into effect? I read about it on Slashdot, then immediately started up Napster to see if people were still trading Metallica songs. I was able to log in and found that, yes, they were. I got a good chuckle out of this and shut down the client. Last night, I started the client to find that I had been banned! It also said that I should visit their Counter Notification page [napster.com] (http://infringe.napster.com/metallica.html) in order to protest my ban. I'm having a lawyer friend of mine go over this to make sure that my signing it will not set into motion a whole set of legal shenanigans only to end with me getting spanked with a charge of perjury.
But now, I should get back to the subject of the message. I went into the registry and removed my user information before uninstalling and reinstalling the software. I tried to get it to create a new user, but after going through the signup process, I got the same message that my account, for the new username, had been banned - they must be doing it by IP address as well as usernames.
In the meantime, banned (windows) Napster users can download Napigator [napigator.com], a client that allows you to navigate through official Napster servers as well as OpenNap and other unofficial Napster servers and connect to those without bother from Metallica's musical meddling. Either that, or Gnutella, IRC, ICQ or any of the other genies that have popped out of the bottle.
I'm getting pretty tired of this arguement for mp3s.
First of all, how can you show that mp3 promotion through rampant copying will be beneficial to the industry. I remember earlier comments about how open source will benefit the industry and generate huge profits due to support and modifications to the source. Well, guess what, Linux has 25% of the server market and less than 1% of the revenues. Linuxcare is cutting back and all Linux stocks are down considerably (even more than the NASDAQ index). I'm not against Linux, because Linux competes fairly against other OSes. People choose Linux, it's not forced on them. In the case of Napster, you are forcing the record companies into using it.
Secondly, even if free mp3 distribution is a better business model, it should be the choice of the record companies to take this business risk. In Toronto, the National Post is giving away newspapers to drum up business. I'm pretty sure they would not be happy if you broken into their displays and took newspapers to be given away freely! And copying music dilutes the economic vlaue of it.
I went into the registry and removed my user information before uninstalling and reinstalling the software. I got the same message that my account, for the new username, had been banned - they must be doing it by IP address as well as usernames.
I cleaned the registry after removing the program - installed it - registered a new nick - and was able to connect to their server without a problem. They're not banning by IP address. I would guess that most of the clients have dynamic IP addresses that change each time they dial in to their ISP.
Which is the exact key with the username? I keep deleting hte entire registry entry to no avail.
Someone, in another feedback article [slashdot.org], in a thread moderated far far higher than the one in which we speak, posted the exact process one goes through in order to work around the ban. Give it a shot - it worked for me.
Thank you, good day.
If you "cannot believe" something, it is often a very good course of action to not believe it. Follow this course of action through your life and you will end up both believing a lot less shit, and having less of your time wasted by people like me.
Apparantly, they are aware of this problem:
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 11:52:38 -0700
From: email@example.com
Subject: The following CDs have been silenced but are not from major labels [#242062]
Dear ian stevens,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are aware of the situation and our engineering staff is working on resolving the problem. Please try to access the feature at a later time.
MP3.com Customer Service
This feels rather peculiar, more corporate doublespeak? Or am I wrong about the labelmate status of Bizkit, Dre, and Metallica?
Now I have a question that might be a bit off-topic, but please bear with me:
If someone broadcasts their MP3 collection, and you listen to the stream and record it, are you legally allowed to have that MP3? I guess the two sides of this argument are really
Once more, for the hopelessly dense - only people that made Metallica songs available for download are on the list.
Thank you, drive through
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According to Dani Evanson, the managing director of California real estate investment firm RMA, many of her high net worth clients have historically looked to real estate for aggressive capital appreciation gains. That is, they bought fixer-uppers, added value, and then flipped them, cashing out with a lucrative payday at the end of the effort. No longer. In the quest for a stable source of yield, wealthy families these days are supplementing their fixed income investments with real estate deals that yield a solid, steady return.
Evanson says that client-thinking in the past was, "if it's going to be alternative or illiquid" they wanted to see returns, from capital appreciation, around the mid-teens. Now, she sees more and more clients investing in quality, low-upkeep properties with the aim of earning steady yields of around 4% to 6%.
"I think people didn't believe that interest rates were going to stay low as long as they have," Evanson said, so by now, "they thought their fixed income products would start to bump up." With all signals pointing to interest rates remaining low for the next few years, however, her clients see real estate as an alternative, fairly low-maintenance money-maker. Private clients have moved "away from aggressive behavior" and are mimicking the real estate investments traditionally favored by long-term institutional investors.
Consider the now popular triple net leases, wherein the commercial tenant, let's say Taco Bell, is responsible for the entirety of the property's maintenance, while paying you, the landlord, rent. Triple net leases are attractive to investors because the messy job of maintenance falls largely on the tenant, and, as such, are considered by some the closest real estate equivalent to low-maintenance bonds. Investors can get 4%-5% out of such real estate deals, Evanson claims, compared with 1.5%-2% on their fixed income portfolio. That higher yield makes it easier to tolerate the more illiquid nature of the real estate investment.
The pitfalls? Investors who own or owned Best Buy locations, for example, reasonably thought they had a solid triple net investment. The struggling retailer has been closing stores all year. It can also happen that the value of the property decreases over the course of the investment, and the steady yield you enjoyed won't make up the difference. Remember, your total return is calculated by adding your annual yield to the property's capital appreciation when it comes time to cash out.
Multi-family units are another property-type favored by families looking for decent yield. In markets like New York or San Francisco, where demand is high and volatility is low, an apartment could yield 3%-4%. The same asset in rural Texas, meanwhile, could yield 12%, she says, due to risk of finding suitable tenants for properties most likely to get hit in a downturn.
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The methodology is based on five variables: average initial investment (franchise fees plus equipment costs); total locations (the more the better); closure rate (the number of closings in the last three reported fiscal years divided by the total number of existing locations); growth in the number of U.S. outlets in the last three years; and the number of training hours as a percentage of startup cost (the more support from the home office, the better). Overall footprint and survival rates carried the most weight. We did not include royalties paid to franchisors because they ranged in a tight band and thus barely affected the overall rankings.
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These stores-on-wheels sell tools to professional mechanics. Each Snap-on truck comes equipped with a computer, wireless Internet access and a DVD player for product demonstrations.
Average initial investment: $135,390
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Closures (last three fiscal years): 0
Hours of Training: 191
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The 24-hour home of the Slurpee is the largest franchisor (by outlets) in the world. U.S. military veterans get a 10% discount on the initial franchise fee.
Average initial investment: $393,800
U.S. locations as of 12/31/10: 6,142
Closures (last three fiscal years): 90
Hours of training offered: 304
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Opened in 1955, this chain sells and leases furniture, televisions and household appliances. It offers a $450,000 line of credit to buy inventory—more if business is brisk.
Average initial investment: $420,725
U.S. locations as of 12/31/10: 1,749
Closures (last three fiscal years): 12
Hours of Training Offered: 701
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This fast-casual chain sells homemade bread and made-to-order sandwiches and salads. Three Panera Cares cafes function as charities, accepting donations and offering free food to hungry patrons.
Average initial investment: $1,447,770
U.S. locations as of 12/28/10: 1,379
Closures (last three fiscal years): 6
Hours of training offered: 1,129
5. Servpro
Gallatin, Tenn.
Started in 1967 and now in 48 states, this chain cleans buildings and homes after fires, floods or other natural disasters hit, including the September 11 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina. It marshals "elite large-loss specialists" to handle universities, municipalities and the Pentagon.
Average initial investment: $156,250
U.S. locations as of 12/31/10: 1,571
Closures (last three fiscal years): 22
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- 1 pound potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 1 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, divided
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 tablespoons dry bread crumbs
- 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Meanwhile, cut the tips off asparagus spears; set aside for garnish. Cut stalks into 1-in. pieces; place in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 18-20 minutes or until tender. Drain asparagus and place in a food processor or blender. Cover and process until pureed; set aside. Drain potatoes; mash and set aside.
- In a large saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon butter; whisk in flour until smooth. Gradually stir in cream. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in asparagus pieced, mashed potatoes, salt and pepper. Transfer to a greased shallow 1-1/2 quart baking dish. Top with reserved asparagus tips.
- Melt remaining butter; lightly brush some over top. Toss bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese and remaining butter; sprinkle over casserole. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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ABAC Goes To 36th Annual Sunbelt Expo
TIFTON– The green and gold presence of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will be in full force at the 36th annual Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition at Spence Field near Moultrie on Oct. 15-17.
"ABAC and the Sunbelt Ag Expo have been together since the beginning and we always enjoy connecting with prospective students as well as alumni and industry representatives," Director of Public Relations Ashley Mock said. "We are always look forward to fall in South Georgia, because that means it is Expo time."
The ABAC exhibit will feature performances by the ABAC Jazz Choir on Oct. 15 and student performances on Oct. 16-17. The Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village will also be on site with information. ABAC took over the operation of the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village in Tifton on July 1, 2010. The Museum delivers educational opportunities as a part of the ABAC campus.
The ABAC Ambassadors will host the daily shows on the ABAC stage and will also sell ABAC souvenir t-shirts, sweat shirts, caps and other merchandise. They will also spend each day recruiting future ABAC students from the thousands of high schoolers who visit the Expo.
"No one sells ABAC like our very own students. ABAC has something for everyone and Expo is a great time to see for yourself that ABAC is College Done Right," Mock said. "The Ambassadors are excited about this opportunity to share their experiences with ABAC students of the future."
ABAC will also host the Expo Scavenger Hunt for middle school and high school students. The students follow clues to find answers to questions posted on the Expo web site at http://sunbeltexpo.com/special-events/expo-scavenger-hunt. Prizes will be awarded after the Expo.
The Expo began as a series of small farm equipment shows on the ABAC campus in the 1960s. It moved to Spence Field in 1978. The college has exhibited at the show every year near the main entrance.
The Expo is open 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Oct. 15-16 and 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Oct. 17. The agricultural-based trade show features 1,200 exhibitors showcasing the latest in farming technology. Admission is $10 per person per day or $20 for a multi-day ticket. Children 10 and under are admitted free with their parents.


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Grub = Larva +... Weight?
Posted 14 July 2011 - 06:02 PM ( #1 )
Anyhow... I've been trying to keep my Mothra Larva at minimum weight. After she'd been a Larva for a few days, I decided to use logs to get an idea of growth times (I'd always pause her due to never being up early). A few of the logs I looked at said the Larva->Grub transition required a high weight. I was skeptical, as the guides all stated they'd "heard it somewhere". My Mothra is currently 5, and still a Larva. It's possible that it just hasn't been long enough (never clocked over 8 hours in a day), though I'd still like clarification before I gorge my Mothra Larva.
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Posted 14 July 2011 - 07:13 PM ( #2 )
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Posted 14 July 2011 - 08:40 PM ( #3 )
Not sure how this applies to Mothra, but I presume like other Tamagotchis keeping the weight [relatively] low is healthier. Still, there are special cases (like in Morino) where increasing the weight is necessary for some stages. What has me iffy about it is that it just seems so early in Mothra's growth. The stages that require weight increases are the just preceding the Cocoon stage in Morino, and they aren't the only stages to choose from. In Mothra's case, you'd push the weight directly after its Toddler stage with no choice about having to or not if you want to progress. That seems far too early and far too restricted, in my opinion. I suppose I'll have an idea if my Larva ends up dying as a Larva, though!
I couldn't figure this one out myself. I've ran mine twice and while trying to achieve a Batra accidently killed my Batra grub at age 7. I would try just keeping its weight low and see if it changes and then try again with a high weight. If I do remember right my first run changed to a cocoon at age 7.
Posted 15 July 2011 - 10:24 PM ( #5 )
Will do! I found your guide in particular quite helpful in my decision. I was getting rather impatient, especially when I'd wake up late and Mothra wouldn't really end up doing much before sleeping herself. Your calculations on the Larva waiting time (the "30 and a half hours" thing) really helped me to be more patient with all this. I'm not sure of my time exactly, but I know I'll definitely pass 30.5 hours within the next two days (most likely tomorrow). We'll see how your calculations hold up then. Even if they're off slightly but still before 36 hours, you calculated right for that 6 hour period!
Please let us know how it goes.
Posted 16 July 2011 - 02:43 PM ( #6 )
At exactly 4:18 pm today (20-some minutes ago), my Mothra Larva changed into a Mothra Grub. I can confirm that weight increase is not a factor whatsoever, as I kept my Mothra Larva at minimum weight (10 tons) throughout the whole process. I can further clarify that how I assumed the growth chart to be (Egg->Baby->Larva->Grub->Cocoon->Adult) was correct as well. Glad I was able to clear all this up!
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Posted 16 July 2011 - 04:02 PM ( #7 )
Posted 16 July 2011 - 05:22 PM ( #8 )
Yep, Mothra definitely needs (and deserves) more coverage. Thankfully people like us are still playing our Mothra Tamagotchis and allowing for information to be confirmed and rumours to be dismissed.
Awesome. That's what I was thinking. It's good to be able to confirm something like this because for some reason the Mothra Tama has very little information about things like this BUT a lot of rumors.
Posted 16 July 2011 - 06:32 PM ( #9 )
Posted 16 July 2011 - 08:19 PM ( #10 )
Yeah, I'm quite a fan of the Showa films myself. They're so cheesy, but in a way where you can't help but enjoy 'em. Heisei as an era started off great, but I thought it got mindless by the end. Millenium films seemed really hit-or-miss to me; you either loved 'em or hated 'em.
Indeed. I've always been a HUGE Godzilla and Mothra movie fan. My favorites being the ones where they are both together (and the one with the slime monster Hedora but that's besides the point). Now to get more people to play the Genjitchi tama as well. lol
Regarding Genjitchi... I know Morgiie (her username on here) is intending to buy one in the next week or two. I may purchasing one later on as well, though that depends on whether or not they stay in their current eBay price range. Both of us will be able to help with any questions needing answers and any rumours needing disproval.


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In a dramatic announcement today, Ehud Barak announced he was quitting politics:
"I have decided to resign from politics and I will not be running in the [upcoming] elections," Barak told reporters at his office in the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv. "I enlisted to the IDF in 1959 and I served the people of Israel for 47 years as well as I could."
The defense minister reassured reporters that he would remain in his post until the establishment of the next government, following the Jan. 22 elections and then "I will free up time to focus on my family."
"I have exhausted my contribution to politics, which I was never entirely passionate about, and I feel that I must make way for others to man senior political positions. Turnover in positions of power is a good thing," Barak said, explaining the decision that took most Israelis by surprise.
"This decision was not without its misgivings, but ultimately, I am at peace with it," he declared.
"Thus I complete seven and a half years in the Defense Ministry, spanning three governments, one of them under my own leadership," he said.
"During these years, I led a systematic rehabilitation, bolstering the long arm and dealing with the Iranian threat, pushing Iron Dome and the other anti-missile interceptors and ensuring a deep diplomatic and military cooperation with the Americans," Barak said.
"I want to thank from the bottom of my heart the IDF commanders, both in compulsory service and career soldiers, the people of the Defense Ministry and the members of the intelligence community, who allowed me to fulfill my duties as defense minister successfully. I am proud to have led such wonderful people. I want to thank the prime minister and my colleagues in the government, as well as my devoted friends in the Independence Party leadership, who gave me a lot of strength for many years and for long hours," Barak added.
"In the coming three months, we will continue to face every challenge, and I assure you, there will be many," he concluded.
Reactions from the Israeli political sphere were fairly predictable, with only the Jewish Home Party (formerly National Religous Party) head Naftali Bennett surprising people with his reaction:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he "respects" Barak's decision to retire. Netanyahu thanked Barak for his "cooperation in the government, and his greatly esteemed contributions over many years to the security of the state," according to a statement published by his office.
Barak, who has served as defense minister for the last five years, first under the centrist government of Ehud Olmert and currently under Netanyahu's more hawkish rule, was seen as a security expert and dovish stalwart who slowly drifted rightward.
Labor Party head Shelly Yachimovich wished Barak success in his new life and expressed regret at his retiring from politics, which is to take effect when the next government is formed after January's elections. She called Barak "the most decorated soldier in the world, one of the most highly regarded [in the realm of] international security and [someone] who contributed to the army and state security more than the public will ever know. He brought his vast experience to the Defense Ministry, where he used good judgment and professionalism."
Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party, also new, issued a statement thanking Barak for his "many years in civil service, security and defense."
Barak's fellow Independence party MK Einat Wilf praised his "tremendous contribution to the security of the state of Israel," adding that despite his departure from political life, "I have no doubt that Barak will continue to contribute substantially to Israel's foreign policy and security strategy."
Right wingers, however, took the opportunity to lambaste Barak for his left-wing policies as prime minister and defense minister.
"Good riddance," said new far-right party Otzma Leyisrael (Power to Israel), headed by MK Michael Ben Ari, in a statement. "Now Netanyahu and Liberman will approve all construction projects in the West Bank… or prove that Barak was just a fig leaf, and the prime minister is responsible for the harassment of the settlers."
Minister Yuli Edelstein said that Barak would be remembered in Israel as the "worst" defense minister in regards to the settlements.
National Union MK Uri Ariel added that "Barak's resignation from politics is a blessing for the settlement enterprise… Barak worked constantly and unjustly against settlers and the settlements."
"Good riddance to this punishment," said Likud MK Danny Danon. "After Barak understood that he will not receive a reserved spot on the Likud list, he faced up to his lack of relevance in the political arena and chose to retire from political life, rather than have the people do it for him."
Danon, who is competing on Monday for a spot on Likud's list, said he expects Tzipi Livni and Ehud Olmert to follow Barak's example and not "embarrass themselves with another defeat."
In contrast, Bennett, the incoming chairman of the right wing Jewish Home party, thanked Barak for his many years of service to the state of Israel. "Ehud Barak is a man of many merits and amazing contributions to the state. Many of us owe our lives to him," he said.
On the far left, MK Dov Khenin, chairman of the Hadash party, welcomed the news of Barak's imminent retirement. "I welcome the resignation of Barak, who made possible the existence of the most extreme right-wing government in Israel's history," he wrote on Twitter. "He will not be able to free himself from this heavy historical responsibility."
MK Zahav Gal-on, head of the Meretz party, said that Barak "played a dual role" in the political system. She praised him as a "buffer against extreme measures," but said that he sometimes was "actually the one who led them, pushed them."
Even the terrorists in Gaza felt they had something to say about Barak's resignation announcement:
Gaza-based terror organization Hamas also issued a statement through the Palestinian media, attributing Barak's resignation to his "failure in the Gaza Strip" during the recent Israel-Hamas hostilities. Islamic Jihad, a Shiite group, said that "Defense Minister Ehud Barak left political life after his defeat in the war in the Gaza Strip."
Yisrael Hayom gives us a potted biography of Ehud Barak and explains how he was respected as a soldier but reviled as a politician:
Ehud Barak was born in 1942 in Mishmar Hasharon, a kibbutz north of Tel Aviv. Upon graduating from high school in 1959, he joined the Israel Defense Forces, where he served in the General Staff's elite reconnaissance unit, Sayeret Matkal. He participated in the 1967 and 1973 wars, as well as in some of his unit's most daring raids, among them the rescue operation on board the hijacked Sabena airplane in 1972 in which Barak was dressed as a technician to deceive the terrorists. In 1973, Barak's unit assassinated top PLO officials in Lebanon in Operation Spring of Youth. During that operation, Barak and several other commandos were disguised as women.
Barak would go on to rise in the military chain of command until his appointment as IDF chief of the general staff in 1991. Barak was the most decorated Israeli soldier at the time, having been awarded more than four military honors.
In 1999, as head of a new political bloc, One Israel, he unseated incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in what was an electoral landslide.
A year later, true to his campaign pledge, he unilaterally withdrew IDF forces from southern Lebanon, despite pressure from the IDF and some in the political world who warned that the move would hurt Israel's standing and deterrence.
Barak was voted out of office in 2001, shortly after the outbreak of the Second Intifada, or Palestinian uprising. The Israeli electorate blamed him for making far-reaching concessions in his negotiations with PLO leader Yasser Arafat over the future of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip in an effort that ultimately failed to produce peace. They overwhelmingly supported his Likud challenger, Ariel Sharon.
After a six-year hiatus, Barak returned as defense minister and deputy prime minister in 2007, after reassuming leadership of the Labor party. In the 2009 elections, Labor won only 13 seats (down from 19), but he led the party into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, keeping the title of defense minister. In 2011, in the face of increasing dissent from within his party ranks, he created a new Knesset faction, Independence. During his tenure at the Defense Ministry, he presided over the most recent Israeli military offensives in the Gaza Strip — Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9 and Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012. His performance in both campaigns shored up his popularity as defense minister, but he has never fully recovered from his crushing defeat in 2001.
This article does not mention his extreme unpopularity with Israel's right wing for encouraging and enforcing the settlement freeze in 2009 which contributed to his controversial reputation.
Meanwhile, in related news, the Likud party held its primaries yesterday and today (today was an extra day of voting due to many technical malfunctions in the voting system yesterday), and the results are in: the party has swung to the right with many moderate old-timers out and younger, more right-wing members voted in:
Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar was the top vote-getter in the Likud primary elections, which concluded with a clear wictory for the ruling party's right-wing branch.
The unofficial results indicate that the ruling party has shifted to the right, with moderates such as ministers Benny Begin and Dan Meridor failing to secure a realistic spot on Likud's list ahead of the general elections in January.
The first 20 spots are considered realistic.
According to unofficial results, Minister Gilad Erdan placed second in the primaries. He is followed by Silvan Shalom. Yisrael Katz, Danny Danon, Reuven Rivlin, Moshe Ya'alon, Zeev Elkin, Yariv Levin and Minister Yuli Edelstein, who closed out the top 10.
Haim Katz won the 11th spot on Likud's national list, while Tzipi Hotovely, the first woman on the list, and Miri Regev secured the 12th and 13th slots, respectively.
In addition to Begin and Meridor, ministers Avi Dichter and Michael Eitan also failed to gain a spot in the top 20.
The unofficial line-up is as follows:
- Gidon Sa'ar
- Gilad Erdan
- Silvan Shalom
- Yisrael Katz
- Danny Danon
- Reuven Rivlin
- Moshe Ya'alon
- Ze'ev Elkin
- Yariv Levin
- Yuli Edelstein
- Haim Katz
- Tzipi Hotovely
- Miri Regev
- Moshe Feiglin
- Yuval Steinitz
- Tzachi Hanegbi
- Limor Livnat
- Ofir Akunis
- Gila Gamliel
- Shama-Hacohen
Speaking to Ynet after the vote, Danon said "I respect all the people who found themselves off the list, but it's a generational thing. There is new blood in Likud's leadership."
MK Hotovely told Ynet: "I deeply regret the fact that Benny Begin won't be in the party. I looked up to those people and learned from them."
Adressing the results, Labor Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich said, "The list chosen, accompanied by (Avigdor) Lieberman's extremists who will be part of it, makes the Likud a radical right-wing party."
In late October Netanyahu and Lieberman announced they were uniting the Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu under one ticket ahead of the January elections.
Meretz Chairwoman Zahava Gal-On commented on the results of the Likud primaries, saying: "I see the Likud list and it makes me feel bad. We see how settlers have turned the Likud into a nationalistic, extremist rightwing list; how the liberal Likud has passed away today."
The Yesh Atid Party, chaired by Yair Lapid, stated that "The Likud has presented a worrying list that revolves around 'old politics' deals and ideological extremism."
"This is no longer the Likud of Menachem Begin and national politics; whoever votes for the Likud-Beiteinu list will get a branch of the National Union Party," the Yesh Atid statement read.
I view this Likud list with mixed feelings. On the personal level I am very happy that so many people with political views similar to my own have been elected to realistic positions on the Likud list.
On the other hand, this list will lead to only greater polarisation of the Israeli political sphere. We already have more than one right-wing party, with National Union, Jewish Home, Otzma, and Yisrael Beitenu – which has now joined forces with Likud. This leaves very little choice for the centrist and right-of-center Israeli voter. I am not sure this is good for Israeli society.
We won't find out for sure until the January general elections are over.


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Americans are lazy but I don't know that they will do nothing. Beck has a daily viewership of something like 2.5 million - for many of whom this is the only detailing of the days' news. He has cornered the market on the aging and stagnated portion of the population, people who don't access or understand technology and are already worried that the world is passing them by. They turned out en mass just to vilify our first black president in protest after worthless protest. They are waiting, not for someone to tell them to think, but for someone who will tell them what to think. The aging baby-boomers, the boob-tube generation. These are also the religiously entrenched folks who have read the entire LEFT BEHIND series and would like nothing more than to have the rapture happen in their lifetime. They want their moment of reality TV- which would ideally mean a chance to be armed and dangerous for the Lord. They already believe that when the world falls into chaos there will be a second coming, so this is their chance to help make it happen. They just need someone to orchestrate it because churches are, by their very definition, organized. It would be humerous if it wasn't so serious.
All this is True.
But never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
I always forget about american paranoia :(
All I can say, what ever happens it will take time, and during this time we will all know what will hatch out of new Arab-egg.


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Bluffton University announces its 2007 Volleyball schedule
April 19, 2007
Bluffton University would like to announce its 2007 volleyball schedule. The schedule consists of tournaments hosted by Eastern Mennonite University, Thomas More and rival Defiance College.
The 2007 Bluffton volleyball team will play five Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference matches on the road. Throughout the season, they will travel to Defiance, Franklin, Transylvania, Manchester and Rose-Hulman.
The Beavers will host highly-touted non-conference teams that consist of backyard rival Ohio Northern, Otterbein, Taylor and Tri-State. They will also welcome HCAC rivals Hanover, Anderson and Mt. St. Joseph to the raucous environment that is Founders Hall.
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Barbie And Ken's Life Isn't Really Working Out So Well
Remember those weird, dark things you used to do to Barbies as a kid (pop their heads off repeatedly, cut off their hair?) Dina Goldstein's new series "In The Dollhouse" explores the tragedy that is Barbie and Ken's marriage – though to be honest, I mostly feel bad for Ken. Why can't he be with GI Joe if he wants to? Why can't he be free to be the kind of doll he wants to be? I mean, Bert and Ernie were on this ages ago. I bet he wishes he were a puppet. Their kind are much more permissive.
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A new battery type has appeared:
- 1000+ (dis)charge deep-cycles.
- Low self-discharge; 5% / month at 25 deg. celcius
- Very electrically robust
- Very mechanically robust - can literally be nailed without explosion danger.
- -30...60 deg. celcius operating
- a123systems ANR26650M1 3.3V 2.3Ah can be charged in 15 minutes.
- a123systems ANR26650M1 3.3V 2.3Ah cells are laserwelded instead of crimping, which lower water losses and therefore extends celllife.
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- http://a123systems.textdriven.com/product/pdf/1/ANR26650M1_Datasheet_AUGUST_2008.pdf
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- Pdf-file: http://www.rc-netbutik.dk/getdoc.asp?id=100&md5hash=9810C237586CF6B4325753101E37DAE1 Quote: "...Curent test projecting excellent calendar life: 17% impedance growth and 23% capacity loss in 15 [fifteen!] years at 100% SOC, 60 deg. C..."
- http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5921365/tm.htm
- Quote: "...according to our tesing, for 2.3AH high rate LiFe cell, the self-discharge rate is 4% of rated capacity per 28days...Jason's information is pretty close. We rate the cells at 5% cpacity loss per month...."
- DeWalt 36V Technology (A123 Systems):
- http://www.slkelectronics.com/DeWalt/index.htm
- Quote: "...The M1 cells behave differently from other Lithium technologies. The specified end of charge voltage is 3.6 volts rather than 4.2 volts....The M1 cell, on the other hand, accepts very little additional energy above 3.6V....So how do the M1 cells compare? Tests so far show that over the course of a couple of weeks, the loss of capacity is close to zero. That's a good thing!..."
Info-links sunhigh-battery:
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AtomicDumpling (05-10-2013),REDREAD (05-07-2013)
The people that argue that MLB umps are the worst officials in professional sports...need to reevaluate that assessment. The quality of umps today compared to what it was even just 20 years ago is astounding IMO. And today's players get away with quite a bit more than they used to as well. I'm not an "umpire apologist"...I'm just not going to side with the fans and players blindly is all. The argument "just get the call right" is much easier said than done...and almost always said by someone who's never even attempted to "just get the call right" first hand.
jimbo (05-07-2013)
Recently I have really liked how umpires have been issuing warnings and trying to keep players in the game as opposed to being quick tosses as they have been in years past. However my position has changed because I really think umpires need to start following the book and start dumping players immediately who break the rules and stop issuing warnings. Recently an umpire was fined albeit a paltry amount for simply trying to keep a disgruntled player in the game by attempting to difuse a situation that was starting to escalate. John Hirschbeck issued warnings to Bryce Harper when he did not need to and again he receives grief from the fans/ media types who really do not appreciate the leeway he and other umpires have been doing recently to key players in the game when there is nothing in the rule book that says they have to
I SAY NO MORE!! Start dumping the biggest stars in the biggest games again like they did in the old days and then just maybe, the badly misinformed people who think otherwise will begin to reevalauate their position.
Since the fans don't appreciate "preventive umpiring", lets go back to this, shall we???
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
jimbo (05-07-2013),Revering4Blue (05-09-2013)
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
Actually, according to the rule book, arguing balls and strikes will get you a warning. Continuing after the warning to argue balls and strikes will get you ejected. So the practice you are seeing, of issuing warnings and then ejecting when the protest continues, is following the rule book.Rule 9.02(a) Comment: Players leaving their position in the field or on base, or managers or coaches leaving the bench or coaches box, to argue on BALLS AND STRIKES will not be permitted. They should be warned if they start for the plate to protest the call. If they continue, they will be ejected from the game.
Umps need to keep the game under control, no doubt. The diva part is when they escalate or go looking for trouble.
Let's not do this again.
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French publication Moto Journal has good naturedly posted a video to YouTube featuring test rider "Lolo" on the new 2013 Yamaha FJR1300. Even motorcycle journalists can have a bad day at the office, and Lolo certainly did when he plotted with his photographer/videographer to film a poetic scene at the marina.
The video is below, and we hope Lolo had nothing hurt, other than his pride (although it looks like quite a fall). Just remember how wide those saddlebags make your FJR.