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When a whole group of people agree to lie and blame, when they are making it up, what kind of mental illness is that. I think it is brainwashing because there is a punishment for not agreeing. like…Continue
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Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:28pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
They talk to god but don't tell us what his voice sounds like or how old he is. The words come their own
voice and their ideas from their own minds. I think they get so upset because we don't play the game so we are evil. All the words written were written by humans. and then humans throw out what doesn't fit their agendas. Catholics have done this. They know nothing about me or how moral I am.
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:16pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
I told her I was a healthy minded person. It's not her fault she was raised that way.
What I don't understand is why the believers don't seem to fear god and sin
worse than I ever have. And I don't believe their is any honest reason for
going to war. It's not for us it just makes more enemies. I wish you could get your heads out of your ass.
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:18am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Greetings, Norma! I'd like to invite you to a group where we talk about anything on our minds, Hang With Friends. :D
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I'm not exactly a serious athlete, but my last personal training assessment puts me in the 85-90th percentile in terms of the general Australian public (this says more about the fitness level of the average Australian than my fitness level, really). Anyway, as a casual runner and frequent cycle commuter (and hardcore geek), I've long used all sorts of telemetry accessories such as a heart rate monitor (some other examples being the Nike+ accessory for my iPod, a GPS pod for my new HRM - more on this later, bike computer, etc.).
About ten years ago, I bought a Polar S410 for - if I recall correctly - about $200 on eBay. Although you can still find them on eBay for about $170 or so, this model has since been supplanted by the Polar RS400 (MSRP $USD269.95)
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For its time, this was a pretty cutting-edge HRM. You could set up up to 30 different time-based or heart-rate based training intervals, and have it prompt you for each interval, and it would store up to 120 heart-rate samples for a workout, while storing up to five compressed (summary) workout files that would store average HR, duration, etc. Additionally, the SonicLink function allowed you to do bidirectional transfers between the watch and a computer so that you could look get a better look at your workout data, and setup workouts on your computer to transfer back to the watch. This technology basically used the same method as those wicked acoustic coupler modems from the '80s (remember those?) - by holding the watch up to your computer's microphone, data in the form of beeps and bloops gets picked up and decoded by the software. The watch also has a built-in microphone to allow the reverse process to occur. Pretty trick - when it works.
Alas, this proved to be not only the coolest feature, but also the Achilles' heel for this HRM. The SonicLink transfer process was extremely fussy: if the watch was too close to the microphone, it wouldn't work. If it was too far from the microphone, it wouldn't work. If the distance between the two varied too much during the transfer process, it wouldn't work. Nonetheless, I managed to figure out that holding the watch close to the mic from an audioconferencing headset worked pretty well - around a 1-in-2 to 1-in-3 success rate for transfers. When the data finally gets transferred, here's what it looks like in PC Coach Lite (the Polar-supplied software):
One of the really cool things about this is the sampling rate - it stores 120 samples total, so if you're exercising for an hour or less, you're getting at least 2 samples per minute (once you exceed 120 samples, the watch automatically averages previous samples and then reduces the sampling rate). Of course, if you wanted to be really cutting-edge, you could have bought the S610, which has/had room for 16,000 samples.
At any rate (no pun intended), eventually I tired of this game with the microphone, and bought a shiny new Suunto T4:
OK, so the great thing about Suunto is that they have a whole line of essentially universal accessories, which they call pods. There's a bike Pod, a cadence Pod, a GPS Pod, a PC Pod and a foot pod, all of which will work wirelessly with most Suunto watches - except for the basic ones, as far as I know. I bought my T4 as a package with the GPS pod from theClymb.com at some ridiculous discount (if you want an invite, let me know and I'll hook you up :)). The GPS Pod allows the watch to monitor and store your actual speed. Unfortunately, the Finnish engineers must have been stoned out of their minds (or spent too much time in the sauna) when they designed this thing, because - get this - the GPS doesn't store position data. If there's anything more frivolous than designing a GPS device that doesn't even tell you your position, well - I'm sure it exists, but I ain't gonna buy it. This is somewhat akin to buying an iPhone for use as a pocket watch.
Luckily, however, someone even geekier than I has figured out how to hack the Suunto GPS so that it's actually useful as, you know, a GPS. I haven't actually done this yet, but it's now on my list of things-to-do.
So that gripe out of the way, how does the T4 do as a heart-rate monitor? For the most part, great! The display is big and easy to read, and having the bezel display bpms in graphical format is great for quick reference. Their "training effect" zones seem like a useful shortcut for judging workout intensity, and actually seem to have some physiological research behind them. You can also display past training logs in bar graph format on the watch itself, which is neat. Downloading data from the watch to the free supplied software (Training Manager Lite) is a snap (once you buy the PC Pod, that is). It's all wireless and takes just seconds.
But there's a downside. The logging on the T4 sucks:
That's all you get in the way of information from a 1-hour workout. Or any workout, for that matter. Your average heart rate and your peak heart rate (and, since I have the bike pod, your average speed and total distance). It doesn't store any heartrate samples. You can't tell when you were going uphill or downhill, when you were moving or when you were stopped, how long it took you to recover after an interval . . . pretty much useless, at least for a telemetry geek like me.
No, if you actually want to store beat-by-beat data, you have to step up to the Suunto T6 - which starts at $260. I managed to find one on eBay for somewhat less than that - I just don't have my hands on it yet. When it arrives, I'll report back.

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Saudi Arabia reports 7 cases of SARS-like virus
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says five people have died and two other patients are in critical condition with confirmed cases of a new respiratory virus related to SARS.
The ministry said on Thursday that it had informed the World Health Organization of the seven new cases of novel coronavirus.
The germ is from a family of viruses that cause the common cold, as well as SARS — the severe acute respiratory syndrome that killed some 800 people, mostly in Asia, in a 2003 epidemic.
Since September 2012, WHO has been informed of 24 confirmed cases. Sixteen of the patients died.
The new virus was first identified last year in the Middle East and several of the people infected had all traveled to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan or Pakistan.
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Top Five Space Videos in November
2013 was a year filled with new discoveries about the universe and no month was as memorable in space exploration as November. WSJ's Monika Vosough takes a look at the top stories about the cosmos from the month. (Photo: Karen Teramura/UHIfA)
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I ... the church ... the two thousand thirteen was a year filled with new discoveries about the universe in the launch was as memorable as these exploration as November ... so here's a look at the top stories about the cosmos from the month ... in early November sky watchers in North America or Europe and Africa critical and suffer a rare type of soul and clips ... a hybrid between an annual US and a total eclipse ... to ... file in some parts of the world and will live on the part of the sun ... in the area as people get to see a total eclipse ... science is awesome that a step closer to finding other planets that might harbor life based on data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft group of astronomers reported that that might be as many as forty billion habitable Earth size planets in the universe ... we found that ... one in five starts like this on ... for ... twenty two percent of them have ... a planet that's roughly the size of the earth and came in a similar run of some light as the year ... in other discovery raised hopes in the six foot nine of the earth in November ... researchers found a planet that they call Kepler seventy eight B ... this is the first by ... the government's star like this on the planet is the same sizes here at the same density as eater ... which means that it's made of the same stuff ... primarily Brock ... and I ... there is a huge ... this planet is almost three thousand degrees hotter ... and therefore totally compatible with life ... and other NASA spacecraft reveal a new view of Saturn ... this is the first national turnaround off the gas giant from space ... showing its moons rings and if you look closely you'll see that as well ... the Panorama covers asleep in four hundred and four thousand miles ... across Saturn ... and its inner ring system including all of the planet's rings out to the halo ... of these earring ... Saturn's second outer Mezrich ... FS ... it's ... in yet became the first Asian country to launch a mission to Mars ... the three thousand pound spacecraft is now one of four hundred million mile journey to the red planet ... it's expected to reach them I started in September two thousand fourteen and began examining the planet's surface ... if any US mission is successful it will join two lovers into orbit there's the need to mess up ... and a European satellite already exploring life's ... although there's a lot of research being done around Mars ... so far scientists have not been able to find any signs of life on that ... but this animation many Stynes out suggests that things have been very different than four billion years ago ... new new new new new new new ... most guys fluffy clouds and they could water ... that supports the idea that the red planet might just happen to pull in the past ... new new new ...


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The Republic of Azerbaijan Donates US$ 5 Million to UNESCO
On 18 July, the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova and the Minister for Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr Abulfas Qarayev, signed a Framework Agreement on Cooperation between UNESCO and the Republic of Azerbaijan.
This Agreement foresees strengthening cooperation in all the Organization's fields of competences and provides UNESCO with a financial contribution of US$ 5 million. The signing ceremony took place at UNESCO Headquarters in the presence of Ms Mehriban Aliyeva, First Lady of Azerbaijan, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
This ceremony was followed by the official inaugurations of stones sculptures donated by the Republic of Azerbaijan to UNESCO and of the exhibition on art of stone carving.
During her speech, the Director-General thanked the Azerbaijani authorities for the important contribution made to UNESCO. The Director-General also expressed her gratitude to Ms Mehriban Aliyeva for her personal commitment to UNESCO in her capacity as a Goodwill Ambassador.
Ms Mehriban Aliyeva emphasized very positive assessment of Azerbaijan's overall cooperation with UNESCO which is expanding rapidly in the fields of education, the sciences, communication and culture. Ms Mehriban Aliyeva also paid tribute to Ms Irina Bokova's strong leadership and deep commitment to support the common projects and activities, in line with the Organization's areas of competences.
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Happy Valentine's Day, friends. I'm back, with internet, and a brand new look. What do you think? I still have a bunch of tweaks and updates to make – but really, I just felt it was time. What better day than Valentine's to remember that life is sweet and life is colorful, right?
Also because it's Valentine's Day, I couldn't not share something chocolate. I've been making a lot of chocolate recipes recently, and like I described in this post, I'm getting so much joy in the process of melting chocolate. It's weird, I know. But like I said before. Better chocolate than cocaine.
Even this morning, I woke up an hour earlier to make chocolate mousse for a little VDay party I'm having tonight – the smell of the chocolate melting works just as well as a cup of coffee. Seriously, try it.
Ok, on to these brownies that I've been making you stare at. I made a huge batch of them a few weeks ago for a Superbowl party and were a big hit. They're much thinner than the brownies I usually make, but they're very dense and fudge-like. I love the crunch of the chopped pecans on top, but you could add any of your favorite toppings to them and they'd be great.
This makes a lot of brownies, so be sure to share. Wrap them up in wax paper and twine and gift them to someone special. They'll be thinking of you the whole day after. Spread the love.
Valentine's Fudgy Brownies
Adapted from Magnolia Bakery
- 1 cup flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 12 oz unsweetened chocolate
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
- 3 cups sugar
- 5 large eggs, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 12×18 jelly roll pan/deep cookie sheet.
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a medium sized saucepan over low heat, melt the chocolate with the butter, stirring until smooth. Let cool for 5-10 minutes.
- Transfer chocolate mix to a bowl of an electric mixer, and beat in the sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Add in the dry ingredients and mix until incorporated.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle pecans (and whatever other toppings you'd like) evenly over the batter.
- Bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in he center of the pan comes out with moist crumbs attached. Let cool before cutting and serving.


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4 October 2011
Prerequisite knowledge
Experience coding with ActionScript 3.
User level
The escape-the-room game Dr. Stanley's House 2 was ranked first among iPad free games in the Apple App Store in China in mid-May 2011 (see Figure 1). In six months, this game was downloaded to over 600,000 mobile devices running iOS and played over three million times on all devices including Windows and Mac OS computers and Android phones. As the author of Dr. Stanley's House, I would like to share some of my experiences developing this game with you.
Dr. Stanley's House 2 is a sequel to Dr. Stanley's House, which I developed in 2005. At that time, escape-the-room games were very popular on websites; the most famous one was Crimson Room. It inspired me to create my own escape-the-room game.
Escape and adventure games make you think and observe; they can be very attractive if they contain wonderful stories and tricks. Those unique stories and tricks make each adventure game unique; players may be tired of playing another fighting game but they always want to try a new adventure game to learn a different story.
Creating an escape-the-room or adventure game is also enjoyable. When I designed the storyline, I felt like I was writing a book; it was always exciting.
The original Dr. Stanley's House runs only in a browser because it was developed six years ago when smartphones weren't a viable platform. Now that we are living in a world filled with various mobile devices, developers need to consider building apps for different devices and markets, not just desktop browsers. It isn't wise to create a game that runs only on a specific platform because it won't work for one or more of the major systems. That's why I decided to publish Dr. Stanley's House 2 to all platforms: to reach as many users as possible.
I've worked with Adobe Flash Professional for over 10 years. My very first job was as a Flash designer; creating timeline animations and web banners were my daily work. Three years later, when I started experimenting with ActionScript, I began to realize that Flash could do much more. Now it can also help me integrate games into smartphones and tablets with different systems. Such integration doesn't require that I learn any native code of the device's OS; it is taken care by the latest versions of Flash Professional and Flash Builder, and all integration settings are on the user-interface level (see Figure 2). This is really great: I can create this game as I did in the past for other Flash based games, but this time it will also run on Android and iOS devices. For a developer who wants to keep abreast of the latest technology trends, it's great that the development platform I'm most familiar with is also doing the same thing.
Dr. Stanley's House successfully attracted players for two reasons: a twisted ending and a door that never opens. I left that door closed because I didn't have time to finish it—but unexpectedly, this made people keep guessing and discussing it for the next six years until I published Dr. Stanley's House 2, which carries the answer to that door. I never meant to make a gimmick like this, but it did help promote this game a great deal. One of my users has an explanation: she said the self-initiated communication among game players is the best way to promote your game. If your game has some topics that people keep talking about, then you are already on the way to success.
Architecture and workflow
I already knew how to make games on desktops, but what about Android and iOS? Installing Adobe AIR on Android systems is straightforward, and there isn't much difference between desktop AIR and AIR for Android in terms of architecture. But Apple iOS is a different system: it doesn't allow your app to download any executable code. That means I couldn't load an external SWF file that includes ActionScript; instead, I had to compile all classes into one single file—and do the same for other platforms because I only wanted to set up one project for all of them.
You have many workflow choices with both Adobe Flash Professional and Adobe Flash Builder. You can create a Flex or ActionScript project in Flash Builder and import view classes from a SWC file that was exported from Flash Professional. Or you can simply create a Flash Professional project in Flash Builder and directly use the view classes which you defined in the Flash Library panel without exporting them to a SWC file. The former workflow is more labor-intensive if you've created many view classes in Flash Professional because you have to export SWC files to Flash Builder every time you make changes in Flash Professional. I chose the second workflow because Dr. Stanley's House contains over 100 scenes and animations built in Flash timelines, and each of them has a single view class; so it's definitely easier not to have to export a SWC for every debugging session.
Another question was how I should build the game's graphics. Bitmaps sounded like a better solution to me for mobile devices, at first, because they consume less power than vector graphics do. But this isn't always true: if the shapes are simple and transforming in a large area, then vectors will perform better than bitmaps. Dr. Stanley's House has a simple graphic style, and many of its large scenes have zoom and fade effects (see Figure 3). Besides, vectors can be smoothly scaled to match the screen size, so this would also save me a lot of time resizing views for different resolutions. Therefore, for this game, using vector graphics was a better solution for me.
Programming ActionScript for Dr. Stanley's House 2 was the easiest part. I spent over five months on illustrations and animations, but less than one month on coding.
From Figure 4 you can see how the main logic works. SceneManager is a core class that manages all scene instances. When a scene instance is created, it gets all relevant data from the GameStatus class and uses the data to initialize itself. If players make progress in this scene, the changes will be recorded in GameStatus, just like data binding in Flex. GameStatus exchanges the data with SharedObject to save and load game profiles locally. And this works perfectly on both Android and iOS.
Many other core classes manage different functions: for example, TextContentManager manages subtitles and labels, SoundManager manages all sound effects and music loops, and ItemManager manages the items in the inventory.
Dr. Stanley's House 2 is not a perfect example of using features like the accelerometer, geolocator, or multitouch; it was even not built in the Flex mobile framework. But it does demonstrate interesting features such as inventory movement, dynamic transform effects, and music switching. Most smooth animations were built in ActionScript, on which I spent a lot of time to give users a better experience.
Developing this game presented a few challenges, which I describe in this section. I hope you will be able to apply my solutions to any similar problems you may encounter.
Rendering mode
To be honest, I was very excited to discover that I can choose GPU as the rendering mode because, in theory, it should be much faster than CPU mode—until I saw the Help topic, Tips for optimizing GPU rendering performance, in which I learned that GPU mode also has problems.
One example is tessellating. I noticed when I chose GPU mode and there was a long text message on the Stage, the frame rate went straight down from 30 fps to 3 fps. Finally I figured out it's the text field problem: the GPU uses extreme source on rendering every detail of the vector shape of the text field. The solution was adding one line of code to transform this text field from vector to bitmap:
<code> Mytextfield.catchAsBitmap = true;</code>
See the Help topic previously mentioned for more information about tessellating.
Sizing across different screen ratios
Another issue I solved from the beginning was how to determine the Stage size. I wanted to use the same app for most Android and iOS devices, but their screen sizes and aspect ratios are different. For example, the HTC Desire's screen is 800 × 480 pixels for an aspect ratio of 5:3, the iPad is 1024 × 768 (4:3), and the iPhone is 960 × 640 (3:2). So what Stage size should I choose as a best-case compromise? I determined that the iPhone aspect ratio (3:2) is best because it's in the middle and doesn't require much compromise to adapt it to the others. For screens which are not 3:2, I used two black stripes to fill the space (see Figure 5).
Coding across different runtimes
Adobe Flash Player and AIR are two environments, called runtimes, that execute SWF applications. Many APIs in the AIR SDK don't exist in Flash Player—for example, flash.desktop.NativeApplication, which is an ActionScript API that integrates with the operating system APIs to control an AIR application as a native app. But this API is meaningless in Flash Player; so if I import NativeApplication from airglobal.swc but try to launch the exported SWF file in a browser, Flash Player throws an unknown error. The usual solution is to split this project into two: one for Flash Player and one for AIR. But I was lazy enough to not choose this solution. I used getDefinitionByName to dynamically check the availability of the class NativeApplication and reflect the class instance if it is available in AIR:
isNativeApplicationSupport = true;
var className:Class = getDefinitionByName("flash.desktop.NativeApplication") as Class;
nativeApplication = className.nativeApplication;
nativeApplication.addEventListener(Event.DEACTIVATE, deactivateHandler);
nativeApplication.addEventListener(Event.ACTIVATE, activateHandler);
isNativeApplicationSupport = false;
I spent many nights and weekends (from September 2010 to April 2011) on this game and then published it as a free app on the Android Market, Apple iOS App Store, and many other websites. Dr. Stanley's House 2 was released before native extensions for AIR became available, which would definitely bring more features and possibilities. I look forward to adding that to my next game.
Here are some resources where you can learn more about this game (in Chinese):


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Fire leaves family homeless
A fire Wednesday leaves an Omaha family homeless.
The blaze engulfed Nakita Travis' home near 31st Street and Larimore Avenue. Despite firefighters' best efforts to save the house, it is almost a total loss.
"It's destroyed. It's gone, like gone, everything, property, everything, my kids' things," Travis said.
Travis said she feels lucky her two young kids were not home at the time, but with no insurance, she is now homeless.
"This was our home, my foundation. I'm stuck," she said.
Travis lived in the home with her family for five years, but the property has been in her family for more than 40 years.
"I cherished it. My mother grew up in this house, like it's a traditional house. It wasn't much, but I was thankful to be able to have a key to unlock," Travis said.
The American Red Cross is assisting the family, putting them in a hotel for a few days, but after that, Travis will have to depend on the generosity of others.
"I'm thankful. I just got to count my blessing and hold onto my faith that it will work out," she said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Have you been outside today? It's hot. Literally everywhere in America. If you're a photographer and you need to cool down with some cold ones, you can do both with Poler's combination camera bag cooler.
It fits a DSLR lens as well as other accessories, but if you'd rather be partying, you can take out the padded dividers and use it to keep your brews cool. Or sodas, if that's what you're into. It's $50, it comes in black or orange, and it also has three straps so you can hook it up to your bike. On a sweltering day like today, you know you're going to be ditching that lens for something more refreshing. [Uncrate]


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Mali: Displaced families in Ségou struggle to cope
TitleMali: Displaced families in Ségou struggle to cope
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5 April 2013 - 8:36am
Fragile security situation in northern Mali leaves hundreds of thousands of people displaced, overstretching the resources available to communities hosting them. [English & French]
An estimated 470,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in northern Mali since March 2012. Nearly two thirds of these people have fled to southern and central Mali, where they and the communities hosting them are still coping with the impact of last year's regional food and nutrition crisis. The displacement has led to a significant population increase in south-central regions such as Ségou, where tens of thousands of displaced people have sought refuge, overstretching host communities' resources.
Humanitarian organizations have reached hundreds of families in Ségou with urgently needed aid, including food, water and shelter. They are also providing longer-term support through rural development projects and cash-for-work programmes, but they continue to face operational and funding constraints. The humanitarian appeal for Mali, which asks for US$409.5 million, has only received 20 per cent of the funding so far. This gap has affected many programmes, including those focusing on education, leaving many families without access to the most basic services or the opportunity to improve their lives.
Mariam, mother of eight
Mariam fled her home in Kidal, northern Mali, two weeks after armed groups took over the city. She and her children went to Ségou, travelling 1,000 km south by boat, to stay with family members who generously shared their home and food with them.
But in just a few months, the house became overcrowded with more people who had fled the conflict, forcing Mariam to look for another place to stay. She now rents a small house but struggles to pay her $20 rent because she does not have a job.
"People are beginning to get tired of us," Mariam explained. "We cannot always pay the rent. We are now three months behind, but the owner is kind to us because he knows that we have nothing," she added, saying that she hopes to return home soon.
Ensuring her children's education is another challenge facing Mariam. Her younger children can continue their education in a nearby primary school, but the older children have dropped out because the high school is too far away and the bus ride too expensive.
Ahramatou, displaced student
Eighteen-year-old Ahramatou's education was affected when armed groups closed the schools in Gao when they took over in June, claiming that "education promoted Western values." She could only return to school when she fled to Ségou to live with her aunt. However, living outside northern Mali has brought another set of challenges for displaced students.
"Almost all the students from the north attended Franco-Arab schools. They are educated in Arabic and not in French, which is the language of our schools in the south," said Oumar Paré, the Principal of Abdoul Cabral high school. "Many of them speak very little French and that will have consequences for their grades. They urgently need catch-up education and also psychological support."
Ahramatou attends the high school with 300 other displaced students, many living with relatives and host families who are themselves struggling to cope with the increasing number of displaced people. Many of them go to bed hungry every night because there isn't enough food for everyone.
"Many students are often sick, and it is very difficult for them to stay focused in class because they are hungry," said Mr. Paré. "And they have been through traumatic events, witnessed executions and seen dead bodies in the streets."
Only about half the displaced students attend school regularly, unable to cope with the challenges and stress. Some of them have to walk for an hour to reach school and often do not have money to pay for their meals.
"We have nothing to do with this war but we are the ones who are suffering," said Ahramatou, feeling frustrated about her situation. "I cannot keep up with all my courses and I really need a lot of catching up."
Determined to improve her situation, Ahramatou set up an association to raise funds for books, remedial courses and food for displaced students to help them complete their school year in Ségou and hopefully pass the year-end exams. She is still trying to raise the required funding.
Reporting by OCHA Mali
More>> French version - Humanitarian Situation in Mali (Source: ReliefWeb) - OCHA Mali - OCHA West and Central Africa


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From 1992 Ludmila lived and worked as an artist in Prague.
In 1996 she moved to Ireland.
1995 Group Exhibition in Gallery K + B, Prague.
1996 Exhibition in Rapid Gallery, Prague.
1997 Group Exhibition, Kilkenny Gallery of Modern Art, Kilkenny.
1999 RHA Annual Exhibition.
2001 Two Person Show, Heritage and Culture Center, Dublin.
2002 RHA Annual Exhibition.
2002 Two Person Show, Mill Cove Gallery, Cork.
2004 Solo Exhibition, "Fragments", James Joyce House, Dublin
2005 Group Exhibition, "Dublin Past and Present", Office of Public Works, Dublin
2005 Solo Exhibition, "Project", Mill Cove Gallery, Cork
2005 Group Exhibition, CASe Exhibition, Lavitt Gallery, Cork
2005 Art of the State, "Across Boundaries", Office of Public Works, Touring Exhibition.
2006 Solo Exhibition, "The Circle", Mill Cove Gallery, Cork
2006 Group Exhibition, Wexford Vocational College, Wexford.
2007 Group Exhibition, "Cead in China" in Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing
2007 Group Exhibition, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
2007 Solo Exhibition, "Footprints", Hallward Gallery, Dublin.
2009 Solo Exhibition, "In Between", Berkeley Gallery, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny.
2010-2015 Group Exhibitions, Green Gallery, TwentyTwenty Art Gallery and Waldock Gallery
2015 Solo Exhibition, "At Heart", Gallery Knot, Seoul, South Korea.
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Well this means it'll last
Declarations of love forever in the form of drunken tats...is there any other way to get back together? Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley were supposed to get divorced. Both have been linked to others. She and one of those rich Davis brothers and Brody Jenner, he with this broad Full Story
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As you saw yesterday, Avril Lavigne attended the UK premiere of Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland. Next to the glamour of Anne Hathaway, Avril was more Helena Bonham Carter than glamourous starlet, only Helena does it with a sense of humour and a f-cking awesome cool that makes whatever she wears totally irrelevant. Full Story
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It's not hard. And it doesn't take long. This is Deryck Whibley last night in LA at Tattoo Mania with Hanna Beth Merjos. They're calling her his new girlfriend. Hanna Beth is a wannabe model. Of course she is. After enduring months and months of Avril's f-ckery, and the major dick deflating imagery of being betrayed for (allegedly) Brandon Davis, Deryck deserves some ass too. Full Story
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NYE at Prive, Avril Lavigne was hosting a party but Lil John ended up grabbing the mic and counting down to midnight. Be honest, Lil John can hype a crowd waaaay better than Punk Ass Poseur and her squeaky voice. When Avril saw that Lil John had trumped her, she apparently became "visibly upset" and had to be consoled by husband Deryck, boo hooing that "I wanted to do the countdown!" Poor baby was finally placated when more champagne was brought out to her table. Full Story
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Young, Mariners proving a perfect match
Right-hander revives career with team searching for healthy starting pitching
SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners and Chris Young needed each other.
The Mariners had a rotation that was hit with injuries, forcing projected starters Hisashi Iwakuma and Taijuan Walker to open the season on the disabled list. And then veteran left-hander Randy Wolf refused to sign a contract that would have allowed Seattle to void it any time in the first 45 days of the season.
Young was looking for a legitimate last chance, at the age of 35, to revive a career that had been in limbo since 2008 because of a series of questionable shoulder surgeries when it turned out his problem was a neural issue in his shoulder known as thoracic outlet syndrome.
Released by the Nationals on March 25, Young was signed by the Mariners two days later. He accepted the 45-day out clause that Wolf declined.
It's too early in the season to say that Seattle and Young lived happily ever after. Nobody, however, is complaining about the relationship. And with the season now 40 days old, any concerns about that 45-day clause seem completely unfounded.
Young has not just filled a void in the Mariners' rotation. He has stepped in and become a major factor in Seattle's quest to hang close to American League West-leading Oakland.
How big a factor?
On Saturday night at Safeco Field, Young put together eight of the best innings anyone could ask for in the Mariners' 3-1 victory over Kansas City, limiting the Royals to three hits, and needing only 96 pitches to get the 24 outs needed before turning things over to closer Fernando Rodney to work the ninth.
"He's pretty good," Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon said, "and he's getting better and better."
That's because Young is finally feeling better and better.
That's because after surgery for a torn labrum in 2009, a disabling right shoulder strain in '10, surgery for a torn anterior capsule in his right shoulder in '11, and continued efforts to rehab his shoulder in '12, Young finally hooked up with Dr. Robert Thompson, a vascular surgeon with the Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis.
And Thompson confirmed Young's belief that he was actually suffering from thoracic outlet syndrome.
"At the time, I was content with the way my career had been," said Young. "I was resigned my shoulder couldn't take any more. But I sent him three pages listing my symptoms, baseball-related and non-baseball related.
"When I walked in to his office, he had a smile on his face. I was wondering if I was crazy. He told me I had a case of classic thoracic outlet syndrome, and the previous surgery might have been avoided if it was caught sooner."
Next thing Young knew, he was waking up from the surgery performed by Thompson, and for the first time in more than five years, his shoulder didn't ache.
"Once you have surgery in general, you forget what normal is," Young said. "I had pain. I felt it was just something I had to deal with. I felt it was part of the surgery. I didn't realize the actual cause had not been addressed."
And along came Thompson. Instead of retirement, Young was ready to resume his career, and he had made a new friend.
"He's probably texted me already," Young said after he ran his record in Seattle to 3-0 and lowered his ERA to 2.83 at the expense of the Royals. "I have a game ball and jersey from my first win I'm going to send him as a way of saying, 'Thank you.'"
The Mariners are saying "thank you," as well.
They have won each of Young's last four starts. He has given up three runs or fewer in five of his six starts. Young still throws in the 86-87-mph range, but that's where he was in the early days of his big league career, back when he was an National League All-Star with the San Diego Padres in 2007.
"And I can sleep on my right side again," said Young.
It's why Young had no concerns about the 45-day clause in his Mariners contract.
"A club can release you at any point," said Young. "That just protects them financially if you don't perform. I love the opportunity to play the game and be in Major League baseball. I felt my health problems had been taken care of. I was confident I'd be successful. You can't going into some prepare for the worst.
"I have two mottos: 'The game owes you nothing,' and 'Performance is what counts.'"
Young also has learned the hard way not to take things for granted. A graduate of Princeton, where he was a starter on the basketball team, as well as a pitcher, Young is realistic in assessing his situation in Seattle.
"So far, so good," he said. "My goal is to help this club into the playoffs, not make six starts. I'm not trying to evaluate things at this point. My goal is to keep getting better."
This is, after all, where Young wanted to be. Safeco Field is, he said, his favorite park, and Seattle is one of his favorite cities.
And right now, Young is one of the favorites of the Mariners and their fans.


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National Audubon Society First Field Guide: Weather by Jonathan D.W. Kahl (Scholastic, 1998)
You may have heard of a field guide for birds and trees, but have you ever heard of a field guide for weather? Well, this is it! This book is perfect for the young meteorologists in your family. The first two sections of the book explain what weather is and describe how kids can track the weather by making simple tools, like a barometer and rain gauge at home. The third section is the largest and most fun- the field guide. There are photographs and descriptions of just about every weather phenomenon that exists, things that are common to kids like tornadoes, fog, and lightning and things that kids may never have known existed like microbursts, mesocyclones, and storm surges. This is a timeless and perfect book to keep in your reference section at home.
Otis and the Tornado by Loren Long (Philomel Books, 2011)
Otis is a tractor who lives on a farm. He gets along famously with all the animals except for one the bull. And no one gets along with him. Any attempts that Otis and the animals make to befriend the bull get met with snorts, fierce looks, and charging. One day, a tornado comes blowing in. Otis leads the animals to safety, but there is one animal that is left behind the bull. Otis must make a decision. Should he risk his safety to save the mean, grumpy bull? Children will be rooting for Otis in this boldly illustrated book about a brave, red tractor with a heart!
Tornado Slim and the Magic Cowboy Hat by Bryan Langdo (Marshall Cavendish Children, 2011)
It all starts when Tornado Slim meets a coyote that asks him to deliver a letter to Fire Gulch City. In return for doing this, the coyote gives Tornado Slim his blue cowboy hat. The task seems simple enough, yet is anything but! Along the way Tornado Slim nearly gets washed out by a busted dam, whirled up in a tornado, and caught in a roaring fire. Through all of these disasters Tornado Slim discovers that the blue cowboy hat has some mighty powerful magic. Its just the right kind of magic to save lives and stop bandits. When Tornado Slim finally makes it to Fire Gulch City he gets the surprise of his life, and readers will get a surprise, too. This book will leave you chuckling and have you paging back to the beginning to trace the foreshadowing.
Storm Runners by Roland Smith (Scholastic Press, 2011)
This is the exciting, fast-paced first book in a trilogy about middle-schooler Chase Masters and his storm-chaser father. In book one, Chase and his father have just moved to Florida in the hopes of seeing Hurricane Emily. Chases father leaves Chase to enroll himself in school and get settled at the Rossis farm while he and his partner, Tomas, travel to St. Petersburg to catch the action of Hurricane Emily. However, something happens that no meteorologist, and certainly not Chases father, predicts: Hurricane Emily doesnt hit St. Petersburg; it hits 50 miles north of St. Petersburg, which is exactly where Chase is! Now Chase has to use all of his survival skills to save himself and his two new friends, Nicole and Rashawn. This is just a warning: Have book 2 close at hand because book one leaves you hanging!
Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner (Walker & Company, 2012)
Jadens summer is going to be one that she never forgets. Her father, a world-famous scientist, has invited her to live with him for the summer at the state-of-the-art, storm-free housing development called Placid Meadows to attend the science school called Eye on Tomorrow. Eye on Tomorrow is where only the smartest and most talented young scientists get to study weather, specifically storms. However, things arent quite what they seem. Jaden discovers that her father has learned how to manipulate storms and direct them for his own purpose. Jaden is faced with a tough decision. Will she hide her fathers wrongdoings or bring them to light? Its a matter of life, family, and friendship. Readers will be intrigued with this futuristic world and this fast-paced plot that builds to the end.
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A contest about The most humorous bookplate in your collection.
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Hello again readers, and welcome to Day 10 of our 13 Days of Giveaways to celebrate SIA TV season 4 airing on PBS THIS Saturday, Sept 1!
Thank you all for sharing your sewing-room sewing stories. Maybe I should have asked 'Do you have a sewing room?'! The things we have to put up with to support our addiction! Though I just got a new desk for it, my sewing room was just combined with our guest/storage/junk room. Not much space to spread out, but hey, my sewing machine fits in it, so I guess I'm all set.
Make some more stuff for your sewing room: Check out Jacquie Gering's instructions for creating matching curtains, a stool cover and a sewing machine cover in her season 3 episode, "Sewing Space Spruce-Up."
Yesterday's winner won the book Quilting Modern by Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen.
And that winner is Margo, who has sewn "pincushions and a bag for my snipped-off threads for my sewing room." Congrats Margo, please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your mailing address to receive your prize!
Our Day 10 prize is the book Sulky Secrets to Successful Applique by Joyce Drexler!
Learn about other cool stuff you can do with stabilizer from Ellen Osten's episode "Serger Crochet" where she demonstrates how to make a tutu using a serger to emulate the look of crochet.
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Among fall movies there's the ones aiming for Oscars, the ones aiming for big audiences, and then every once in a while some that fall in the middle. We had pegged Out of the Furnace as pure prestige, coming from the writer and director of Crazy Heart and starring a laundry list of Oscar nominees and winners, from Christian Bale to Forest Whitaker. But this new trailer, which premiered at Apple and can be watched there in HD, seems to show off a much more entertaining side than we imagined. It's got economic distress and PTSD, sure, but there's also a ton of guns and underground boxing, and Woody Harrelson in super-villainous mode. Maybe this will be a more fun sit than we thought.
Writer-director Scott Cooper made his directorial debut with Crazy Heart after a career in acting, and its commitment to authentic run-down country music life-- not to mention its Oscar-winning original song "The Weary Kind"-- earned it far more attention than you might expect for a small indie. Cooper's ambitions are obviously bigger with Out of the Furnace, tackling a larger cast and a much broader range of topics. From this trailer it's a little hard to see how it will all tie together-- is a single movie really capable of telling stories about PTSD and economic hardship and underground fighting? But the trailer also seems to be actively aiming to keep the plot details at bay, using a cover of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" to keep all but the most crucial dialogue out of it.
And maybe the best evidence of Cooper's talent, and the kind of movie he's pulled together, is the offers that have come his way since he started making it. He's reteaming with Out of the Furnace producer Leonardo DiCaprio for the 1930s-set crime thriller The Road Home, he's attached to a remake of the French film 36th Precinct, and biggest of all, he's stepped in to replace Ben Affleck as director of The Stand, a new adaptation of Stephen King's massive book. It's hard to imagine much that's more different from Crazy Heart, but Out of the Furnace seems poised to show a whole new dimension of Cooper's talents. Hollywood clearly believes in him already-- will this convince you to do the same?


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Harvard 15, Georgetown 7
The Crimson offense and defense were on display in win at Georgetown (Gil Talbot).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Harvard men's lacrosse team picked up its second straight win with a 15-7 victory at Georgetown Saturday afternoon.
Harvard exploded in the second quarter, outscoring Georgetown 7-0 to open a 10-2 halftime lead and all but put the game out of reach. Ian Ardrey scored all three of his goals during the stretch as Jake Gambitsky turned away six shots en route to a career-high 18 saves on the day. Ardrey, Peter Schwartz and Will Walker each recorded a hat trick with Devin Dwyer notching five assists in his first action of the year.
The Crimson improves to 3-2 with the win, its first on the road. Gambitsky's 18 saves were the most for a Harvard goalkeeper since Harry Krieger '13 made 19 on March 29, 2011 against UMass.
Harvard Highlights:
- Harvard picked up its second straight win to improve to 3-2, its first on the road.
- Jake Gambitsky made a career-high 18 saves, the most by a member of the Crimson since Harry Krieger '13 made 19 on March 29, 2011 against UMass.
- Peter Schwartz (3g, 2a) and Devin Dwyer (5a) finished with a game-high five points.
- Ian Ardrey and Will Walker also scored three goals, with Ardrey adding one assist for four total points.
- Nine different Crimson scored at least one goal.
- Harvard was 1-of-1 on the man-advantage while holding Georgetown to a 1-of-6 performance.
Game Notes:
- Jake Gambitsky made a career-high 18 saves, the most by a member of the Crimson since Harry Krieger '13 made 19 on March 29, 2011 against UMass, and has registered double-digit saves in four of five contests this year.
- Peter Schwartz matched his career-high with five points (3g, 2a) and extended his point scoring streak to six games dating back to last season.
- Will Walker recorded his second hat trick of the year and has scored at least two goals in each of the Crimson's last four games.
- Ian Ardrey matched his career-high with four points (3g, 1a) for his first hat trick of the year.
- Devin Dwyer set career-highs with five assists and five ground balls after returning from injury.
- Harvard earned its first win ever at Georgetown and improved to 3-3 all-time against the Hoyas.
Game Progression:
- Harvard opened a 2-0 lead to begin the game and was in front 3-2 after the first quarter.
- Harvard exploded for seven goals in the second quarter for a 10-2 halftime lead.
- The teams were even in scoring in both the third and fourth quarter as Harvard took the victory, 15-7.
Ties: One
Lead Changes: Zero
Largest Leads: Harvard by 10 – 3rd: 12:51, Georgetown - none
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Gettysburg Penn
July 3rd
My dear mother
This is the last you may ever hear from me. I have time to tell you that I died like a man. Bear my loss as best you can. Remember that I am true to my country and my greatest regret at dying is that she is not free and that you and my sisters are robbed of my worth whatever that may be. I hope this will reach you and you must not regret that my body can not be obtained. It is a mere matter of form anyhow."
This is for my sisters too as I can not write more. Send my dying release to Miss Mary." you know who."
J.S. Gage
Co. A, 11th Miss.)
Mrs. P.W. Gage
Holmes County,"
Miss.)(This letter is stained with my blood.)
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Beware email scams and frauds
Warning - Fraudulent Internet Banking Emails
Emails purporting to be from Macquarie have been sent to a large number of people, including our customers. These emails are bogus and similar to those that have affected other organisations.
The emails provide a link that requests login details ie name, Macquarie ID, password, email address.
The purpose of this scam is to fraudulently obtain access to customers' account details and funds. these emails have not come from Macquarie.
What you should do:
Should you receive any emails requesting your user name or password, etc, delete the email.
Under no circumstances should you reply to the email, click on the link provided or enter any of your personal details. Macquarie will never request personal login details via email.
If you have provided your personal details please immediately contact Macquarie via your customer service contact.
If you receive anything that is suspected to be a new fraudulent activity, please do not respond to it, notify us by email via firstname.lastname@example.com. If possible please send your contact phone number and the suspect email to this address as an attachment, rather than simply forwarding the email, as this helps to identify the author and source.
What Macquarie is doing:
We are taking these frauds very seriously. Macquarie is working with the industry and authorities to try to stop this fraudulent activity. This includes working across jurisdictions to close down the web sites and email addresses used and to trace the people behind these frauds.
How can you avoid being scammed?
The best protection is to follow these rules:
- Never access Macquarie online sites from a link in an email, particularly sites that require your personal information (Macquarie ID and password). Always type in the full web address.
- When using Internet Banking check for the locked padlock symbol in your browser.
- Keep your computer up to date with anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall software.
- Disregard and delete spam, chain and junk email.
- Avoid using insecure computers such as Internet Cafes for Internet Banking
- Keep your password secret. Change your password regularly.
- Regularly check your account activity for unauthorised transactions.
- Protect your personal information at all times. Learn to protect yourself online. Fact Sheets are available at the Australian Bankers' Association
- Be alert to scams. For more information on scams and how to protect yourself you can visit FIDO, the consumer section of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) website www.fido.asic.gov.au or www.scamwatch.gov.au.


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How did Liverpool do in the window?
Ins and Outs
Players in: Rickie Lambert (Southampton, £4 million), Emre Can (Bayer Leverkusen, £9.75 million), Adam Lallana (Southampton, £25 million), Lazar Markovic (Benfica, undisclosed), Dejan Lovren (Southampton, undisclosed), Divock Origi (Lille, £10 million), Javier Manquillo (Atletico Madrid, loan), Alberto Moreno (Sevilla, undisclosed), Mario Balotelli (AC Milan, undisclosed)
Players out: Luis Suarez (Barcelona, £75 million), Iago Aspas (Sevilla, loan), Divock Origi (Lille, loan), Jack Robinson (QPR, undisclosed), Daniel Agger (Brondby, undisclosed), Andre Wisdom (West Brom, loan), Jose Reina (Bayern Munich, undisclosed), Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Jordan Ibe (Derby, loan), Tiago Ilori (Bordeaux, loan), Sebastian Coates (Sunderland, loan), Oussama Assaidi (Stoke, loan)
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Summing up the window
There has been an awful lot incoming to sift through, and that in itself makes the grade pessimistically low. So much needs to be done to incorporate so many individuals that it is nigh impossible to calculate the exact effect on the club's chances this season.
That's before anyone has seen them perform, of course. Liverpool have chosen to spread the Suarez bounty around, opting for four or five other reinforcements in weak areas for more sensible prices from their own pocket. All together it's easily the biggest spend in the club's history.
With that in mind, it can't be ignored that this won't be just for the current season but for two, maybe even three, years into the future. It's an incredible vote of confidence in Brendan Rodgers. A quick look at the names bought reveals an intriguing measure of talent, either already confirmed at their previous clubs or seen as great potential.
One look at the sales, one in particular, makes you realise what the club has sadly lost. 6/10
Best piece of business?
Talking football in fiscal terms can be pretty annoying. What ultimately matters is whether you get the right player, no matter what he cost.
Much has been made of the other clubs' signings of inferior strikers that cost them almost as much as Balotelli cost Liverpool. There have also been references to "sell-on value," an ugly but necessary consideration in the modern game. Though even his agent speaks of Balotelli's "last chance," at a big club anyway, it would not be difficult to sell him for the same fee if things didn't work out.
A slender chance exists that not only could Balotelli fail but that he could also drag everyone else down with him, making the sensible-business angle moot. There's no arguing with the fact that the fee for a Premier League winner and an influential international is almost laughable. It's whom that joke is going to be at the expense of that will keep even neutrals engrossed this season.
Worst piece of business?
The reported pittance brought in for Agger is obviously ridiculous, yet if it is true, that there is an element of compassion in the decision to send a quality, still relatively young centre-half back to his homeland makes me prouder of my club than if it had squeezed every last penny out of the deal. He has done quite enough in a red shirt to warrant understanding and goes with everyone's blessing, I'm sure.
As for the buys, every writer will hate this particular question. The potential for having it thrown back in your face is enormous. "Aren't you the one who said Markovic would be a dud?" I could cop out, be terribly old-fashioned and name Lovren since the reported £20 million for a defender just feels wrong even in the modern era. Gone are the days of Sami Hyypia and Stephane Henchoz combined for £7 million.
What Liverpool needed most of all is organisation and discipline at the back, which can be done with individuals that cost a fraction of the Lovren money. It's almost as if fans are expecting him to do all that restructuring himself! He really would be worth the fee then.
People will be watching closely for clean sheets or general improvement on a defensive record that largely cost Liverpool the title last season. Whether it's fair to give any credit or pin any blame on one individual is for another discussion, but spend that much on one centre-half and fingers will point, no matter how unfair it is.
What remaining issues are there?
The simple question of what Liverpool's first-choice team will be. Will there even be one, or will rotation become the rule rather than the exception?
So much focus was placed on one competition last year that the only changes needed were for injury, suspension or the occasional tweak. With the workload increased and the squad much larger as a result, quite what to do with what on the surface seems like an embarrassment of riches could become an obstacle in itself.
That said, the loss of Agger and Kelly and a new injury to Martin Skrtel raise questions over the depth in the one area Liverpool needed to strengthen most: the back four. Glen Johnson's place also looks in danger, so pressure will build on loanee Manquillo or Jon Flanagan to step in.
The biggest question is whether Daniel Sturridge can strike up a new, similarly fruitful partnership with another of football's so-called bad boys. More prolific feats from the two main strikers may yet again cover any cracks in the rest of the side.
Who could help in January?
The trickiest question of all. A quick look at the top figures suggests Liverpool have spent everything there is to spend. Keeping faith in the players they already have might be the only way to go by the turn of the year. Ideally, additions would not be necessary.
A good defensive midfielder would be useful, but that would be an admission that Steven Gerrard isn't really the answer in that department. For a side that scores 100 goals and doesn't really care how many it concedes, Gerrard was probably ideal.
If there was ever to be a genuine commitment from Rodgers to protecting that defence and reducing those numbers significantly, the next Javier Mascherano would come in handy. All the major clubs will be searching for such a player, though, and once it became an auction, Liverpool would probably have to bow out.
It would be great if they discovered such an individual slaving away at an unfashionable club for a fairly low fee or -- perish the thought -- find him within their youth ranks. Sadly that no longer seems to be in fashion nowadays.
Should the rumoured Victor Valdes move fail to materialise, if Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero still hasn't left Sampdoria and any question marks remain over Simon Mignolet, that might also be considered.
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University of Nebraska, USSTRATCOM to partner on University-Affiliated Research Center
The University of Nebraska announced today that it has entered into a long-term partnership with the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) at Offutt Air Force Base to create a University-Affiliated Research Center (UARC). The UARC will serve as a primary research and development center that supports USSTRATCOM's missions to deter and detect strategic attacks against the United States and its allies, and to defend the nation as directed.
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Through the UARC – housed in the university's National Strategic Research Institute, which the Board of Regents approved in May – the university will provide research and development services for USSTRATCOM in areas in which NU faculty have demonstrated significant strength. These areas, which are critical to national security, include: nuclear detection and forensics, detection of chemical and biological weapons, passive defense against weapons of mass destruction, consequence management, and space, cyber and telecommunications law.
The UARC is a university-wide initiative, drawing on a broad range of expertise from all four NU campuses. Faculty will have the opportunity to participate if their research aligns with federal funding opportunities. Their work will be solutions-oriented, geared toward meeting – and ultimately anticipating – USSTRATCOM's needs.
The initial contract award from the Department of Defense to the university provides for up to $84 million over the next five years to support the early research activities of the National Strategic Research Institute. Research opportunities through the UARC are expected to grow significantly in the coming years, and the university anticipates additional funding in the future.
Only 14 U.S. institutions, including the University of Nebraska, host a UARC. All UARCs are affiliated with leading research universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, Penn State University and others. Those universities are among the national leaders in research and development expenditures financed by the Department of Defense; the top tier also includes prestigious institutions such as the University of Michigan, Stanford University and the University of Illinois.
"The UARC is a tremendous distinction for the University of Nebraska which recognizes the outstanding capabilities of our faculty," NU President James B. Milliken said. "The impetus for the university's participation in the UARC is much like that of our other university-wide initiatives, such as water and food security, early childhood education and rural futures: that a 21st-century land-grant university should be addressing in a significant way the great challenges facing the world. This new UARC and the research it supports will be good for the university, the state and our nation."
Milliken added, "I am very pleased that the University of Nebraska's unique combination of strengths will be leveraged for the benefit of our neighbor and partner, USSTRATCOM."
Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of the United States Strategic Command, said that "this UARC will create an important strategic relationship between DoD and the University of Nebraska, and will provide STRATCOM and the DoD essential engineering and research."
U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, who is chair of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee on the Senate's Armed Services Committee, praised the selection of the University of Nebraska to host a UARC. "The university has demonstrated its desire, capacity and expertise to conduct important research and development in areas relating to national security and defense," Nelson said. "The UARC will provide one-stop, close-to-home services to USSTRATCOM that will serve our country well."
Robert Hinson, who retired from the U.S. Air Force at the rank of Lieutenant General after serving for 33 years, is the founding executive director of the National Strategic Research Institute. Hinson is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours who has previously served as deputy commander at USSTRATCOM and, most recently, vice president of government programs and corporate lead executive at Northrop Grumman Corp. Hinson has degrees from the University of Tennessee and Arkansas State University and has completed the Program for Senior Officials in National Security at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
"It's not often one gets the opportunity to be on the leading edge of such an exciting new venture as the National Strategic Research Institute," Hinson said. "I'm very excited about being involved in this UARC, promoting the exceptional research capabilities of the university, and delivering potential solutions to some of the most challenging missions of USSTRATCOM. I believe the University of Nebraska, through this UARC, is well-positioned to grow as one of the best research and development programs in the country."
Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and economic development at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said: "I'm thrilled to support USSTRATCOM and the United States on important issues related to national security. Through the UARC, we look forward to leveraging UNL's tremendous research strengths in science and engineering and the social sciences."
Jennifer Larsen, vice chancellor for research and Louise and Morton Degen Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said: "Being selected by the Defense Department to establish a University-Affiliated Research Center (UARC) is a landmark event for UNMC researchers who already have a long history of Department of Defense funding. Over time we realized that our investigators have the expertise that STRATCOM and other defense agencies need and want. By forming this new collaboration, we hope to provide benefits for the defense of our troops as well as new funding opportunities for our investigators."
Scott Snyder, associate vice chancellor for research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, said: "The National Strategic Research Institute provides an exciting opportunity to grow UNO's long-standing association with STRATCOM by conducting research essential to the defense of our nation. UNO researchers bring special knowledge to the institute in a number of areas, including human-computer interactions in support of decision-making and the protection of critical computer and data infrastructure from cyberattack. We look forward to working with our partners at STRATCOM and across the University of Nebraska to meet vital research needs."
Charlie Bicak, senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, said: "The UARC has tremendous mutual benefit for both the NU system and the U.S. Department of Defense. Individual campuses within our NU system, like ours in Kearney, have faculty expertise that can be leveraged in combination with that on the other campuses and along with that of the sponsor to ensure our continuing edge in research and development. This is so critical in meeting the needs of the citizenry of our country. This is truly a watershed announcement for the NU system, for the state of Nebraska and indeed for the country."
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Credit card "skimmer" found at gas station
South Lake Tahoe police are encouraging anyone who purchased gas at the pumps of the Safeway gas station using a credit card in February to check their statements for fraudulent activity after a "skimmer" was found at the business.
A skimmer is a device installed by an identity thief to steal credit card information.
"These devices are not easily detected, and there usually is not much consumers are able to do prevent this sort of identity theft," according to a Wednesday statement from police. "An Internet search will reveal several photographs of credit card skimmer devices."
Police began investigating a fraud report regarding the pumps at the gas station located at U.S. Highway 50 and Takela Drive on Wednesday.
"The investigation revealed that there is more than one victim, and we expect there may be others identified after they receive their credit card statements," according to the statement.
Police have confirmed there are no longer any skimming devices at the gas station pumps. They encourage anyone who believes they have been a victim of the fraud, or anyone with information about the suspect, to call police at 530-542-6100 and refer to case number 1302-0799. Secret Witness can also be reached at 530-541-6800.


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Randy and Evi Quaid are reportedly on the run from the law again!
According to People, the actor and his wife skipped two scheduled court dates in Santa Barbara, Calif., earlier in the week and are wanted by the state of California as fugitives.
"If they're picked up in California, they will be put in jail," Santa Barbara Senior Deputy District Attorney Lee Carter told the mag. "They cannot be released on bail until they come back here and a judge [agrees to] set bail for them."
The Quaids' trouble started after allegedly not paying a $10,000 hotel bill last June – a charge they pleaded not guilty to – and previously missing multiple court dates. A previous arrest warrant was issued for the couple last December. The couple has avoided jail time so far by eventually posting bond.
Carter told the mag that the couple's lawyer, Robert Sanger, assured the Santa Barbara District Attorney's Office that the Quaids would show up to court last week. When contacted by the mag, Sanger was unavailable for comment.
After not showing up, a judge issued a no-bail warrant for the Quaids.
"The warrant will go nationwide," Carter told the mag. "Anyone out there that comes in contact with them can pick up our warrant and start their own felony fugitive case."
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As the press reports that Afghanistan bomb attacks kill twenty-one US soldiers in 48 hours ... David Petraeus describes the Taliban as if he is pitching a new and improved spray cleaner or laundry detergent; tough, 'industrial strength,' stronger than ever.
Does he make this stuff up on his own or have a PR team prepping him before interviews?
Petraeus definitely has certain talking points not to be deviated from ... lies to be exact ...
"We are here so that Afghanistan does not, once again, become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when Al Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks."Of course he throws a few truths into the mix to prepare us ...
Winning the war is a "long-term proposition."Long-term as in forever or until the U.S. implodes, whichever comes first.
The general should have to go to the families of each of the these 21 who were wasted in the last two days and just tell them the truth.
"No poppies are being hurt in this operation, the bankers are still making all the money and war contractors, including any possible future employers of mine, are doing just fine."That way the grieving families would have a little bit better understanding of how the blood of their sons is keeping these 'too big to fail' institutions healthy and not have to fall back on old cliches like 'for our freedoms' or 'fight them there not here.'
Perhaps they'll just accept the reality and say ...
"My husband's dead and gone but JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs must also soldier on and GE is a brand I can trust!"
That aside, believe me on this. If you truly love a son or daughter, losing them is the worst thing in the world that can happen. Sometimes the loss is seemingly unavoidable. In the deceptions and lies of war there was always the possibility that you could have prevented it.
But for 21 young folks coming home in a box ... no one did.
The world is a maddening place.
Now on the eve of another fake and hyped up Israeli/Palestinian peace talk, Israel kills 4 of their own in a false flag and puts the blame on Hamas. Israel doesn't want peace. They want more land, power and many more dead Palestinians ... and Iraqis, Afghanis, Pakistanis, Syrians, Lebanese and of course Iranians.
Obama gives his Iraq war speech filled with lies. What else did you expect?
"Americans across the political spectrum supported the use of force against those who attacked us on 9/11."
al Qaeda is mentioned 6 times in this short teleprompter swill.
Islamophobia Rising ... satire as a weapon ...
Putting a Mosque Next to WTC-7 Is...BLASPHEMY!
We're all oil soaked Pelicans now ...
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