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Amash after win: Ellis is 'what's wrong with politics' — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD/AP) — After Republican U.S. Rep. Justin Amash beat challenger Brian Ellis in the Third Congressional District primary, he said Ellis's campaign was "disgusting" and "despicable."
Discussion: Roll Call, The Daily Caller, National Review and The Lonely Conservative
Abby Livingston / Roll Call: Michigan Primary Results: GOP Congressman Defeated (Updated)
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller: Sore Winner Justin Amash (R-MI): My Opponent's Campaign Was Despicable
Joel Gehrke / National Review: Justin Amash Goes Off on the 'Crooks and Cronies' Who Tried to Unseat Him
Washington Post:
Justin Amash's absolutely amazing victory speech — Politicians who win campaigns, no matter how dirty, will almost always kiss and make up with their political opponents in their election-night speeches. — Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), of course, is not your average politician.
Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Hit & Run and Fox News
Tina Nguyen / Mediaite: Justin Amash Scorches Opponent in Victory Speech: 'I Ran for Office to Stop People Like You'
Ashe Schow / Fox News: Justin Amash's unconventional victory speech
Dave Spencer / Fox17:
Rep. Justin Amash says Challenger Brian Ellis 'owes an apology' and calls Rep. Pete Hoekstra a 'disgrace' — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - While wrapping up his victory speech in a win during the primary election, Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan's 3rd District called former Rep. Pete Hoesktra of Holland …
Discussion: Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, emptywheel, Politico, Business Insider and The Raw Story
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Michigan's Justin Amash Defeats Establishment Backed Challenger
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo: Rep. Amash Cuts Into 'Despicable' Primary Opponent In Victory Speech (VIDEO)
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress: Congressman Uses Victory Speech To Demand Apology For Opponent's 'Disgusting' Racist Ads
Kendall Breitman / Politico: Justin Amash beats Brian Ellis, demands apology
Colin Campbell / Business Insider: Congressman Refuses To Accept Concession From 'Despicable' Opponent After Victory
George Packer / New Yorker:
A Friend Flees the Horror of ISIS — A humanitarian crisis that could turn into genocide is taking place right now in the mountains of northwestern Iraq. It hasn't made the front page, because the place and the people are obscure, and there's a lot of other horrible news to compete with.
Discussion: Michael J. Totten's blog, Booman Tribune, Al Jazeera English, National Review, The Dish and VodkaPundit
Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog: ISIS Exterminating Minorities in Iraq
BooMan / Booman Tribune: The Plight of the Yazidis
Patrick Brennan / National Review: ISIS Is on the Verge of Expelling Northern Iraq's Religious Minorities
Andrew Sullivan / The Dish: ISIS Gains Ground In Northern Iraq
Stephen Green / VodkaPundit: Will the US Help the Kurds?
Loveday Morris / Washington Post:
Iraqi Yazidis stranded on isolated mountaintop begin to die of thirst — BAGHDAD — Stranded on a barren mountaintop, thousands of minority Iraqis are faced with a bleak choice: descend and risk slaughter at the hands of the encircled Sunni extremists or sit tight and risk dying of thirst.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: GENOCIDE! Obama Letting Iraqi Children Die of Thirst - 25,000 at Risk
The Lonely Conservative: After Being Driven From Their Homes, Iraqi Minorities Are Dying On A Mountaintop
Tom Tillison / BizPac Review: Desperate plea from a tearful Iraqi politician will blow you away: We are being butchered in Allah's name
Clara Spera / Lawfare: Today's Headlines and Commentary
Mark Murray / NBC News:
America's Fed Up: Obama Approval Rating Hits New Low — Yet because this discontent differs - among Democrats, Republicans, and independents - Hart cautions that Americans still aren't likely to be storming the polls on Election Day in November. — "We're unhappy, but we aren't coalescing around an issue," he said.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: MSNBC: "Total disconnect" between Obama's rhetoric on economy and reality for voters
Bruce McQuain / Questions and Observations: NBC - America's "fed up". News flash - so am I
Joan McCarter / Daily Kos: Take heart, Congress. You're still more popular than Putin
Scared Monkeys: NBC/WSJ Poll: Barack Obama Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low ... Also, 71% Say Country Headed in Wrong Direction
Darby Crash / Pat Dollard: America Fed Up With The Worst President In History: Obama Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Obama Touts His 'Deeply Personal' Bonds With Himself
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
A Modest Proposal — WASHINGTON — Enough with all the phony impeachment talk. — Onward to a real impeachment! — In the absurdist capital we live in, it would be good for all sides — in ways you may not have considered. — President Obama's threat to bypass obstinate Republican lawmakers …
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite, BarbWire.com and Talking Points Memo
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Obama approval falls to 40/54 in NBC/WSJ poll
Eddie Scarry / Mediaite: Maureen Dowd: Obama 'Slacking Off and Playing Golf,' 'Coasting into Irrelevance'
Andrew Levison / The New Republic:
Democrats Have a White Working Class Problem—and Not Just in the South — Whenever elections approach, there is always a flurry of concern among Democrats regarding the white working class. Despite a steady and gradual decline in its size over the last several decades …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Cassie Spodak / CNN:
George W. Bush calls on Africa's 'first spouses' to break down stigmas in fighting cancer, AIDS — Washington (CNN) - Former President George W. Bush said Wednesday it takes something special to get him out of Dallas nowadays, and with the Africa Leaders Summit in Washington this week it gave …
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Michelle Obama: 'Women are smarter than men'
Michelle Obama: 'Women are smarter than men'
Greg Clary / CNN: Michelle Obama: 'Women are smarter than men'
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Hollywood Life:
Hillary Clinton Launching Presidential Campaign In New York City? — It appears Hillary Clinton has launched her 2016 presidential campaign. HollywoodLife.com can exclusively report that Hillary has leased office space on a high-level floor of a corporate New York City office building …
Discussion: CNN, msnbc.com, Talking Points Memo, Gothamist, Business Insider, Fox News and BuzzFeed
Dan Merica / CNN: Clinton moves 'personal office' to New York high-rise
Alex Seitz-Wald / msnbc.com: Hillary Clinton gets office upgrade
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo: Hillary Clinton Rents Office Space, But It's Not Campaign Headquarters
Rebecca Fishbein / Gothamist: Hillary Clinton Has Name-Dropping Contest With Colbert, Still Pretends She's Not Running For President
Hunter Walker / Business Insider: Hillary Clinton Opens New Office In Midtown Manhattan
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed: Is This Hillary Clinton's New Office?
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Battle of the brag: Hillary Clinton vs. Stephen Colbert
Battle of the brag: Hillary Clinton vs. Stephen Colbert
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Mike Huckabee: Obama 'Acting Like God,' 'Worthy Of Impeachment' — Mike Huckabee appeared on Monday's edition of Iowa-based Steve Deace's radio talk show, where he said President Obama "absolutely" deserves to be impeached but cautioned that Republicans should not pursue impeachment …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Mike Huckabee: Obama 'Worthy Of Impeachment' (AUDIO)
Mike Huckabee: Obama 'Worthy Of Impeachment' (AUDIO)
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Eddie Scarry / Mediaite: Huckabee Has 'No Doubt' Obama Is 'Worthy of Impeachment'
Sam R. Hall / The Clarion-Ledger:
McDaniel staffer drawn into Fielder controversy (UPDATE) — Stephen Fielder, the self-proclaimed pastor from Meridian, says a member of Chris McDaniel's campaign paid him $2,000 to give an interview in which he accused a Thad Cochran campaign staffer of asking him to pay people to vote for the GOP incumbent.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo: Conservative Journalist: I Did So Pay For Discredited Vote Buying Story!
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress: Pastor Says He Was Paid To Accuse Senate Campaign Of Buying Black Voters
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Philip Bump / Washington Post: New allegations of misconduct in Mississippi — this time against Chris McDaniel's campaign
Washington Post:
Former Va. governor's trial: McDonnell staffers called Williams the 'tic tac man' — Former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are battling a 14-count public-corruption indictment that alleges they lent the prestige of the governor's office to a Richmond-area businessman in exchange for gifts and loans.
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J. Christian Adams / The PJ Tatler: Three Curious Defenses in Robert McDonnell Corruption Trial
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
In Virginia Graft Case, Cognac and Golf Trips Aren't Smoking Guns
In Virginia Graft Case, Cognac and Golf Trips Aren't Smoking Guns
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Since marijuana legalization, highway fatalities in Colorado are at near-historic lows — Since Colorado voters legalized pot in 2012, prohibition supporters have warned that recreational marijuana will lead to a scourge of "drugged divers" on the state's roads.
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Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run: Despite Marijuana Legalization, Traffic Fatalities in Colorado Continue to Fall
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Doug Powers / MichelleMalkin.com: Honest mistakes to be sure: Gov't 'transparency' website missing at least $619 billion
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How Pat Roberts beat Milton Wolf — The Republican establishment's latest triumph over tea party activists in a Senate primary this year — Pat Roberts' narrower-than-expected win over challenger Milton Wolf on Tuesday night — came with a big lift from party headquarters in Washington.
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Sen. Pat Roberts takes early lead in primary fight
Sen. Pat Roberts takes early lead in primary fight
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James Carville / The Hill:
Are we facing a GOP takeover in 2014? — Democrats, myself included, tend to respect and value expertise, and find that people who have established a record of accuracy and developed a model that's proven to be beneficial over time should be people accorded great deference when they opine …
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
U.S. policymakers gird for rash of corporate expatriations — Washington policymakers are bracing for a wave of corporations to renounce their U.S. citizenship over the next few months, depriving the federal government of billions of dollars in tax revenue and stoking public outrage ahead of the Nov. 4 congressional elections.
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Noemie Emery / Washington Examiner:
Intellectual hubris hampers presidential geniuses — It's now two and a half years to the can't-come-too-soon end of President Obama's adventure, but his legacy seems to be settled already; he is the smartest man in all of U.S. history to screw up so many big things. — That he is brilliant is something we already knew.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
New Washington Post project discloses fabrications from a source — The Washington Post's "Storyline" project has posted a bruising editor's note on a story about black men and HIV: … As laid out in its initial posting, "Storyline" hovers where people and policy mingle: "We care about policy as experienced by people across America.
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Hadas Gold / Politico: Source fabricates anecdotes in WaPo
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats throw kitchen sink at Republicans ahead of midterms — Democrats are throwing the kitchen sink at Republicans in a bid to keep the Senate and erode the GOP's House majority in November's elections. — While the Democrats' official campaign strategy focuses wholly on the economy …


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After more than two years of political prosecution, my colleagues Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki were this week handed a one-year jail sentence, suspended for three years. Their crime: exposing corruption in the Japanese whaling programme.
Over the course of their trial, Junichi and Toru produced substantial evidence of embezzlement within the decaying relic that is Japan's whaling industry. When I came to Japan in February for the start of this trial I was shocked that Junichi and Toru were even in court. What I saw in the Aomori court is deeply concerning.
The judges recognised that "murkiness" existed in the industry regarding the handling of whale meat, however, despite this and clear contradictions in the official version of events, the judges instead chose to deny citizens the right to investigate the misuse of public resources.
The judges ruled that the harm done to the reputation of the transportation company from whose depot Junichi and Toru seized the evidence of embezzlement outweighed the public interest served by the investigation, and found that enforcing Japan's laws against theft and trespass in this case does not violate freedom of expression protected by treaties Japan has ratified. This runs in stark contrast with the opinion of a UN working group, which slammed the authorities for their handling of this case.
Junichi and Toru have been completely transparent, honest and consistent at all times during their investigation, arrest, interrogation and trial. In contrast the prosecution case against them has been marred by cover ups of critical documents, inconsistent and plain contradictory witness accounts.
Junichi and Toru are appealing this wholly disproportionate and unjust verdict, and Greenpeace will stand shoulder to shoulder with them as they do. Their case is a timely reminder that those who peacefully protest and otherwise stand up to wrongdoing should not be treated so poorly by the authorities.
For close to 40 years, Greenpeace has campaigned against significant environmental and social problems around the world. Our fragile earth needs a voice, and our activists have helped it be heard since 1971 through non-violent direct action.
The deteriorating state of the world's climate, acidifying oceans and increasing loss of biodiversity has made activism more important now than ever before. However, as this need for committed activists grows, there is also a disturbing trend of authorities meeting peaceful civil dissent with harsh and disproportionate responses.
We saw this with the Red Carpet Four's arrest and treatment in Denmark during last year's UN Climate Conference, we saw it a few weeks ago when warships were dispatched to prevent a peaceful protest against oil exploration in the Arctic near Greenland, and we have definitely seen it with the Tokyo Two, whose initial detention without charge for 23 days has been declared a breach of their human rights by the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Their prosecution was also considered political in nature by the same working group, and the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights expressed similar concerns.
Greenpeace activists are keenly aware of any risks they may take with life, limb, and liberty, and all are prepared face the consequences of their actions. Activists are not above the law, but neither are the authorities. When activists challenge the authorities they do so in the public interest and not for personal gain. It is unacceptable for authorities to abuse their power to try to silence them.
Junichi and Toru have already been cleared in the court of international public opinion. This verdict will undoubtedly have a chilling effect on civil society in Japan, as it casts a disturbing shadow over human rights. Junichi and Toru's "crime" has really been to shame the authorities. When political revenge and preserving the status quo takes precedent over improving the quality of democracy, then it is the duty of all to take a stand.
Born in 1965 and hailing from South Africa, Kumi Naidoo was Greenpeace's International Executive Director from November 2009 until December 2015.
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well greenpeace 1 year jail.when are you going to wake up ?you will not beat the japs unless your boats help the seashepherd confornt the ships.the wh...
well greenpeace 1 year jail.when are you going to wake up ?you will not beat the japs unless your boats help the seashepherd confornt the ships.the whales are more important than petty rows with watson grow up and do something please
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paul watsons right, the time for holding up signs is long time over. its time to act and act with a vengence of 100's of 1000's of murdered whales. go...
paul watsons right, the time for holding up signs is long time over. its time to act and act with a vengence of 100's of 1000's of murdered whales. god bless paul watson
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The American Civil War (Hardcover)
A Military History
Knopf, 9780307263438, 416pp.
Publication Date: October 20, 2009
Other Editions of This Title:
Paperback, Large Print, Large Print (10/20/2009)
For the past half century, John Keegan, the greatest military historian of our time, has been returning to the scenes of America's most bloody and wrenching war to ponder its lingering conundrums: the continuation of fighting for four years between such vastly mismatched sides; the dogged persistence of ill-trained, ill-equipped, and often malnourished combatants; the effective absence of decisive battles among some two to three hundred known to us by name. Now Keegan examines these and other puzzles with a peerless understanding of warfare, uncovering dimensions of the conflict that have eluded earlier historiography.
While offering original and perceptive insights into psychology, ideology, demographics, and economics, Keegan reveals the war's hidden shape—a consequence of leadership, the evolution of strategic logic, and, above all, geography, the Rosetta Stone of his legendary decipherments of all great battles. The American topography, Keegan argues, presented a battle space of complexity and challenges virtually unmatched before or since. Out of a succession of mythic but chaotic engagements, he weaves an irresistible narrative illuminated with comparisons to the Napoleonic Wars, the First World War, and other conflicts.
The American Civil War is sure to be hailed as a definitive account of its eternally fascinating subject.
About the Author
Praise For The American Civil War: A Military History…
Acclaim for John Keegan's THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
"Keegan excels at explaining the events and circumstances leading up to the Civil War, and explores how it might not have happened. He depicts with great clarity the haphazard nature in which both governments and armies entered the war. Keegan describes President Abraham Lincoln's frustrations with his generals with such realism that you almost have a sense of being there with Lincoln….an intimate description of Robert E. Lee's surrender [is] one of the best I have read. Here, Keegan shows his talents as a historian as he states that Americans recognize the Civil War as 'the struggle which completed the Revolution and made possible the realism of the ideals on which the Founding Fathers launched the Republic in the 1770s.' Amen….This British historian has thereby nailed the American psyche's captivation with its Civil War."
James T. Course, Times Higher Education
"Written in crisp prose [with] a confident, distinctive voice…insightful [and] amusing….On matters of grand strategy Keegan is at his best. He comprehends the Civil War as a whole, as a war won or lost in the vast western theater, and one in which the winners were those few generals, along with Abraham Lincoln, who developed a 'geostrategic appreciation,' a national rather than local understanding, of the conflict….Keegan's own geographic range inspires comparative insights that will prod….Keegan's exploration of how and why the war was fought the way it was fought leaves us much to ponder."
David W. Blight, Slate
"an impressive body of ideas for specialists and general readers alike to ponder."
Dennis Showalter, American History Magazine
"Even buffs steeped in the subject will find value in Keegan's observations and conclusions, especially about the nature of battle….The one-volume approach is refreshing and, these days, unusual."
Joe Mysak, Bloomberg News
"an intelligent survey of the conflict….Keegan offers many trenchant asides….is shrewd about Ulysses Grant's ability to leverage 'evolving technologies' [and] draws an interesting parallel between the approaches of Stonewall Jackson and the German World War II leader, Erwin Rommel….Keegan is fresh, stimulating and even provocative."
Alan Cate, Cleveland Plain Dealer
"[A]ssiduously researched and comprehensive…Keegan gives us a vivid, panoramic overview of dynamic, mid-19th century America…. Besides providing an insightful description of the more urban, industrial North and the slaveholding, agricultural South, Keegan takes us on an authoritative grand tour of Civil War battles…. He has walked these killing grounds [which] he clearly and knowingly describes…. Keegan pays close attention to the geography and logistics of battles and how they related to grand military strategy….Aside from the cinematic battle descriptions, Keegan delves deeply into the psychological makeup of the leading generals…. he is able to examine American history more objectively and with insights that might elude an American historian.…Written for the general reader, The American Civil War is a wonderfully concise, comprehensive and insightful work. It is also heartfelt history."
Chris Patsilelis, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Keegan takes the long view of [the Civil War], putting it into broad historical context amid history's great conflicts, from the Napoleonic wars and World War I to Vietnam."
Dwight Garner, New York Times
"[Keegan] applies his outstanding grasp on the nature of human conflict to offer a fresh evaluation of the American Civil War….Among the numerous areas he explores are psychology, ideology, and demographics, but most tellingly, the role of geography in the unfolding course of the war."
Nicholas Basbanes, Fine Books Magazine
"[T]houghtful, incisive, and so much more than repetitious accounts of which regiment went where…. From the first paragraph it is evident that this is a thoughtful work…. [Keegan] breaks down the elements of battle in the war, noting the unusual fact that they were so frequent compared to other wars of the time, and so intense, and ponders how a single democratic society could produce such a ferocious intensity of war against itself….cogent, well-argued and insightful book, which approaches so much of the story from a vantage different than that of most of our Civil War scholarship."
William C. Davis, The Military Book Club
"[In t]his sophisticated survey….Keegan places battle strategy at the core of his narrative but does not get mired in the sandbox of the mechanics of war. His balanced interpretation illuminates changes shaped by combat, but his analysis moves beyond battlefield outcomes….With fluid assurance Keegan distils the challenging literature that has made the Civil War one of the 19th century's most popular subjects [and] weaves together America's rebirth of freedom with the transformative powers of a war that turned home guards into warriors when citizen soldiers replaced professional combatants…. Keegan's encyclopaedic knowledge pays rich dividends, as he invokes examples, from Waterloo to the Somme, from Sherlock Holmes to Churchill [while his] asides offer fresh insight…. The precision and punch of Keegan's narrative will please a broad audience."
Catherine Clinton, BBC History Magazine
"Keegan's observations on the human and logistic factors are fascinating [and] contain the essence of what made the war different. Keegan's lifelong study of war and engagement with American history from his earliest years endow his prose with a majesty of judgment….it is hard to see how Keegan's masterful and thought-provoking book could be beaten."
Allan Mallinson, The Times (London)
"Instead of adding to the pile of chronicles of the American Civil War, [Keegan] has written a critique of them, from the point of view of a deep-thinking, distinguished military historian [with] penetrating insight, a trenchant style and unexpected angles of approach….a delightful conceit, elegantly executed….The emphasis on geography is…most original….full of unexpected treasures….All Civil War buffs will enjoy this study and learn something from it."
Hugh Brogan, Telegraph (London)
"One of our finest military historians, Keegan brings a shrewd and discerning eye to [the Civil War]…. [Keegan's] grasp of how the generals wrested to formulate grand strategy in a context of evolving resources, an uncertain appreciation of topography in the absence of good maps, and definitive developments on the battlefield [exemplify his] commanding grasp of warfare in the modern era. The American Civil War derives much of its freshness from the author's broad perspective across time and place."
Richard Carwardine, Literary Review
"Sir John's achievement is to bring an international perspective….As well as looking back at European influences, Sir John looks forward to how the civil war changed European warfare."
"one of the world's most eminent military historians….[presents] a new overview of what can truly be regarded as the first modern war….In its range and sweep, this book is difficult to better and promises to become the definitive account of the conflict from this side of the Atlantic."
John Crossland, Daily Mail
"[The] leading military historian of the English-speaking world….has now turned this hand to writing a comprehensive military history of the American Civil War….rich and nutritious book….fascinating….excellent portraits of all the principal commanders on both sides….every page of this book is incisive and readable. Even American experts on this terrible and absorbing conflict will learn much from Keegan's account of it."
Paul Johnson, Standpoint
"a captivating narrative, huge in scope."
Elizabeth Grice, Telegraph
"engaging….The master of military history [writes] a highly readable overview of the war that goes far beyond merely describing who fought where. Through Keegan's book, one gains an understanding of why the battles happened as they did, where they did, and how they fit into the whole story of the war and its resulting influence on our nation. Both the casual reader and the Civil War buff will find much to appreciate in this excellent work."
"Keegan brings his enormous talents for understanding the 'face of battle'….follow[ing] such writers as T. Harry Williams and James McPherson in assessing generalship….His emphasis on the role of military training, geography, the importance of entrenchments, the use of firepower and infantry tactics, and the technology of war gives Keegan's book a primary place in the annals of modern warfare….the single best one-volume assessment of the military character and conduct of America's ordeal by fire….Highly recommended."
Randall Miller, Library Journal
"Keegan, an Englishman with a matchless knowledge of comparative military history, approaches [the Civil War] as a choice specimen with fascinating oddities. His more thematic treatment [allows for] far-ranging discussions of broader features. Keegan soars above the conflict to delineate its contours, occasionally swooping low to expand on a telling detail or moment of valor or pathos. Keegan's elegant prose and breadth of learning make this a stimulating…interpretation of the war."
Publisher's Weekly
"A premier military historian….[Keegan's] acuity about the war's myriad aspects, encompassing dramatic battles, appalling costs, and decisive historical results [create a] fascinating analytical narrative."
Gilbert Taylor, Booklist
"A solid history of the Civil War by the grand master of military writing….a shrewd portrait of mid-19th-century America and the background to the war. Keegan stresses big-picture issues of politics, diplomacy, strategy and daily life, so history buffs who skim the battle scenes will still have plenty of rich insights to contemplate. Though he is no revisionist, the author delivers a few jolts….no reader should pass up the chance to read Keegan."


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Consequences of Injury and Surgery
I've been a runner on and off most of my life. It's always been part of my training. Now, in my 50s, I know MANY people who (as early as their 40s) who have undergone knee replacements and some hip replacements. Those of us who are active are now faced with failing bodies earlier sometimes than in times past.
There is another group of people who also struggles with fitness – those older people sometimes confined to bed, not always due to an injury, but surgery, or people who have chosen another weight loss path, bariatric surgery. Oftentimes, those people want to begin their weight loss journey, but they are just too large to exercise traditionally.
By chance, a friend of a friend facebook friended me. I can't even tell you now who he knows that I know in common. He is in the fitness industry, and he and his team have invented a fitness product for people who are suffering through the very things I listed earlier. There was a big need that wasn't being met, and Joseph M. Salamon and his team were approached about being able to do fitness in bed. Bingo. A new fitness idea was born. Stuckinbedfitness.com meets the needs of older individuals, those recovering from surgery, those with injuries who cannot traditional exercise and those that are too large to traditionally exercise.
How many times have you read someone's blog or known someone that has undergone knee replacement surgery only to lose all their training and fitness level? Now with the help of stuckinbedfitness.com and rehabilitation, that doesn't have to happen. The concept is that you are able to move and still train while being confined to bed. I asked Joe how it integrates in terms of a patient, for example, and he explained the idea is that the patent undergoing rehabilitation will be guided by a physical therapist.
Young in terms of years, this established and reputable compan are in the process of debuting the fitness program at a national event this spring. You are able to actually purchase the fitness product directly from stuckinbedfitness.com. I can't think of anything better than being able to perform rehab after surgery without losing a lot of muscle tone. This will strengthen you and help you maintain so that you aren't weak and starting over from zero once you have recovered, or on your weight loss journey. I also think it would be a great way for the bariatric patient, one who has never really done traditional exercise or is limited because of size, to start to strengthen their body in preparation for their journey.
Take a look at stuckinbedfitness.com. They have a Facebook page as well. There are pictures attached here that show the product and give you an idea of how it can be used. If you know you will be having surgery, or have a loved one that is struggling right now with fitness and is confined to bed, why not give this a shot? I believe that this is something that will be incorporated with rehabilitation in the next few years. This gives everyone a chance to bounce back or start earlier with taking care of themselves. After all, what is worth more than good health? If you are having surgery to get to that spot, follow it up and help yourself!
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PHNOM PENH – Cambodia has never enjoyed the kind of political clout its neighbors Thailand and Vietnam have been able to assert on the international stage. This issue does not sit well with Prime Minister Hun Sen, who wants to see his country's standing improve significantly.
But the key to raising Cambodia's stature is Hun Sen's own success. After 28 years in power, he is by far the region's longest-serving elected leader.
His autocratic style and a pronouncement that he would like to stay in power until he is 90 has won Hun Sen stately comparisons with Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew from his friends…and less flattering parallels with Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe by his critics.Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month.
With the recent passing of Cambodia's former monarch Norodom Sihanouk — a constant political and royal figure in Cambodian life for the last 70 years — and the bullying of opponents out of electoral prominence, the 60-year-old premier now stands alone.
He likes to remind Cambodians and foreigners alike that only he controls the military and the police, and that the stability he delivered after ending three decades of war in 1998 has underpinned the economic growth that is raising living standards across the country.
That assumption of control gnaws at human rights activists and civil society groups who squarely blame Hun Sen for the ills that have afflicted Cambodia during the last 15 years of peace.
And there are many.
Corruption, electoral-related violence and a culture of impunity among the politically connected and well-heeled has created a rift between his government and the overwhelming majority of Cambodians whose daily lives are still dictated by a hand-to-mouth existence.
The killing of a high profile environmentalist and the jailing of a broadcaster for 20 years in 2012 raised the tempo on Cambodia's human rights violations, which was a major focus during last November's visit by Barack Obama — the first trip to this country by a sitting U.S. president.
"Hun Sen does get blamed for every ill that blights this country but how much he really knows about what his subordinates do and what he does about it — or what he does not do about it -– remains tightly guarded," said one long-term observer.


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Tuesday September 17, 2019
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Lucky Lucy Lindstrom's "No Self-Dealing" Charity
Case:Lucky Lucy Lindstrom finished college and headed west. She started as a financial analyst with a large company in Seattle. After just four years, she became a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and began advising clients. Lucy also managed her own investments. With her keen insight into financial markets, Lucy soon began to move from traditional stocks and bonds into futures and commodities markets. Lucy was so successful in these markets that she now manages only her mega-dollar personal portfolio.
Somewhat late in life, Lucy discovered the wonderful world of philanthropy. She volunteered at her favorite charity and learned that giving someone in need a helping hand is even more gratifying than making another million in the futures market.
Lucy had invested $1,000,000 in stock in a Canadian oil "wildcatter" with the name Northern Long Shot, Inc. This company has been drilling new exploratory wells in the far north. Recently, the stock rose from the $1 per share that she paid to over $5 per share. Lucy was delighted with her gain and decided she wanted to give the $5,000,000 to a charitable foundation to help those in need.
Lucy discussed options with her attorney and her favorite charity. Lucy was very interested in a private foundation. She asked her attorney for reasons to select a private foundation. Her attorney noted that private foundations are more expensive to operate, appreciated gifts are deductible only up to 20% of adjusted gross income (AGI) and deductions for gifts of real estate to a private foundation are limited to cost basis. He also explained that there is usually a 2% excise tax on investment income and that private foundations are subject to various rules on self-dealing, minimum distributions and excess business holdings. However, a private foundation would give Lucy full control.
Question:Lucy said, "Wow! There are a lot of negatives about private foundations. So why set up a private foundation? And if I fund a private foundation, can I manage the investments and receive my normal Registered Investment Advisor payments from the foundation?"
Solution:Her attorney responded and noted that private foundations are subject to the Sec. 4941 self-dealing rules. There is an incidental exception for payments to donors, family members and other disqualified persons. However, the compensation must be for necessary services and must be reasonable.
For the private foundation, the additional services for management of the portfolio are necessary. Lucy's proposed level of compensation is reasonable and comparable to that received by other individuals in similar circumstances. Thus, the Sec. 4941(d)(2)(E) exception would apply and compensation to Lucy will be permitted.
However, her attorney suggested that there was no need to run any risk with the Lindstrom Private Foundation. Lucy does not need added income, and the foundation fees will not be a large part of her annual income. Therefore, Lucy decided to provide the portfolio management services to the Lindstrom Foundation without compensation.
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Topic : Ramadhan: The Islamic Month of Fasting
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Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarokatuh
The honorable juries, teachers and the committees
Best regards to all the participants and my beloved brothers and sisters
In the name of Allah, the most Merciful and the most Gracious
All praises be to Allah SWT, the lord of the world, the master of the day after, the
creator of everything in this Universe.
Peace and Salutation be upon our prophet Muhammad SAW, who has brought us from
the darkness into the brightness and guided us into the right way of life.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
In this good opportunity, I would like to deliver a speech entitled "Ramadhan: the Islamic
Month of Fasting".
Ramadhan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is the Islamic month of fasting
in which Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, and bad attitudes from dawn until
sunset. Fasting is meant to teach the Muslim patience, modesty and spirituality.
Ramadhan is a time for Muslims to fast for the sake of Allah SWT and to offer more
prayer than usual. During Ramadhan, Muslims ask forgiveness for past sins, pray for
guidance and help in refraining from everyday evils, and also try to purify themselves
through self-controls.
Brothers and Sisters,
In our country, Ramadhan is not only a fasting month but also a special moment in our
society. Many people cheer up Ramadhan with certain ceremonies, such us making
cakes and visiting among the family's members to ask forgiveness. It means that
Ramadhan has become a part of our cultures.
In our education activity, the teaching learning process in school during Ramadhan is
usually fulfilled with the activities related with the religion. An example of this activity
is Ramadhan Boarding School or known as "Pondok Ramadhan". The main purpose of
Pondok Ramadhan is to increase the faithfulness of the students towards Islam. It
usually involves the teaching of the Islamic concepts and how to be good Muslims.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As Muslims, what should we do in this Holy Ramadhan?
In my points of view, there are at least four main activities that we should do. The first
one is fasting. A good fasting is not only how to refrain from eating and drinking but
also how to control ourselves from bad behaviors. The second is reading Qur'an. We all
know, Qur'an is the revelation from our God. It contains the guidance of life. By
reading Qur'an, we will get blessing and be able to face this life. The third, we carry out
special prayers, called "Tarawih", which are held in the mosques every night of the
Ramadhan month. The last, we ask forgiveness to our parents, families and friends.
This activity is known as "silaturrahim", which means taking care of good relationships
among the Muslims.
Ladies and Gentlemen;
Brothers and Sisters,
I think that's all my speech. I hope this speech will be useful for us. Thank you very
much for your attention.
Wassalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarokatuh
Words to remember:
fasting : puasa
refrain : menghindari, menahan
dawn : dini hari, menjelang subuh
sunset : matahari tenggelam, senja
cheer up : meramaikan, memeriahkan
faithfulness : keimanan, ketaatan
towards : terhadap, ke arah
revelation : wahyu


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How Gravity Affects the Acceleration of an Object on an Inclined Plane
You can use physics to determine how gravity affects the acceleration of an object as it moves along an inclined plane. When you're on or near the surface of the Earth, the pull of gravity is constant. It's a constant force directed straight down with magnitude equal to mg, where m is the mass of the object being pulled by gravity, and g is the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity:
g = 9.8 meters/second2 = 32.2 feet/second2
Acceleration is a vector, meaning it has a direction and a magnitude, so this equation really boils down to g, an acceleration straight down toward the center of the Earth. The fact that Fgravity = mg is important because it says that the acceleration of a falling body doesn't depend on its mass:
Fgravity = ma = mg
In other words, ma = mg.
Because a = g, a heavier object doesn't fall faster than a lighter one. Gravity gives any freely falling body the same acceleration downward (g near the surface of Earth), assuming that no other forces, such as air resistance, are present.
Plenty of gravity-oriented problems in introductory physics involve inclined planes, or ramps. Gravity accelerates objects down ramps — but not the full force of gravity; only the component of gravity acting along the ramp accelerates the object. That's why an object rolling down a steep ramp rolls quickly: The ramp slopes sharply downward, close to the direction of gravity, so most of the force of gravity can act along the ramp.
To find out how much of the force of gravity accelerates an object on a ramp, you have to break the gravity vector into its components along and perpendicular to the ramp.
Check out the figure. Here, a cart is about to roll down a ramp. The cart travels not only vertically but also horizontally along the ramp, which is inclined at an angle theta. Say that
and that the length of the ramp is 5.0 meters. How fast will the cart be going at the bottom of the ramp?
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Fur seems to be everywhere, as vintage coats get rejigged into stylish hats or even ear muffs and brand name jackets feature it on their collars.
The renewed popularity may be welcome among manufacturers and fashion lovers, but it has some animal rights activists concerned.
"This is something we've noticed that we take very seriously," Thurston Sayara of the Humane Society said of the craze for fur accessories.
People aren't always aware their parkas or hats are outfitted with real fur, she said, or may believe it comes from the scraps of animals already used to make coats.
"They don't realize that most animals are killed for it," she said.
Still, what was once most common among the affluent and the elderly has caught on with a young, hip crowd. This winter, collars, hats and other fur accessories flew from the shelves as soon as the first snow flakes fell.
Stephanie Bingham, co-owner of the Montreal shop La Founderie, said the fur revival began five or six years ago and has really taken off in the last two.
The rise in popularity is hard to explain, Bingham said, but the fact that many people are using vintage fur eliminates the ethical problem.
"I think it's easier to incorporate a little bit of fur in your wardrobe rather than wearing a full coat," Bingham said.
Sayara said the Humane Society considers the fur industry "particularly cruel" because it sells a luxury product that is no longer necessary, since artificial replacements are just as hot on the market.
For its part, the fur industry argues it plays a roll in controlling the population of some species.
Alan Herscovici of the Fur Council of Canada said the coyote, whose fur is often used to decorate caps, is superfluous in some parts of the country, to the point that it causes problems for livestock producers.
"There are some who do not like the idea that we're going to trap or hunt," he said, but "we need to make a certain amount of trappings to keep a balance with wildlife populations and nature in the ecosystem. "
The vast majority of fur comes from fur farms, however.
Teresa Eloy, also with the Fur Council, argues that animals at fur farms have to be treated well in order for their fur to be beautiful and lush.
These arguments don't convince Danielle Katz of the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. She argues animals suffer and emphasizes that many celebrities refuse to wear fur for ethical reasons, hoping that their young fans will follow suit.
Many clients, however, are more concerned with appearance than where the fur comes from, Bingham said.
Noemie Archambault, a 20-year-old wearing a coat with a fur-lined hood at a bus stop, said she didn't even check whether it was real before buying it. Turns out it's made with raccoon fur.
"It definitely bothers me, but at the same time it's good quality and it will stay nice for a long time and it's warm," she said.
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In Canada and Greenland the term Eskimo has fallen out of favour, is considered pejorative, and has been replaced by the term Inuit. However, while Inuit describes all of the Eskimo peoples in Canada and Greenland, that is not true in Alaska and Siberia. In Alaska the term Eskimo is commonly used, because it includes both Yupik and Inupiat, while Inuit is not accepted as a collective term or even specifically used for Inupiat (which technically is Inuit). No universal replacement term for Eskimo, inclusive of all Inuit and Yupik people, is accepted across the geographical area inhabited by the Inuit and Yupik peoples.
Inuit (plural; the singular Inuk means "man" or "person") is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, Russia and Alaska. The Inuit language is grouped under Eskimo-Aleut languages.
The Inuit people live throughout most of the Canadian Arctic and subarctic: in the territory of Nunavut ("our land"); the northern third of Quebec, in an area called Nunavik ("place to live"); the coastal region of Labrador, in an area called Nunatsiavut ("Our Beautiful Land"); in various parts of the Northwest Territories, mainly on the coast of the Arctic Ocean and formerly in the Yukon territory. Collectively these areas are known as Inuit Nunaat. In the US, Alaskan Inupiat live on the North Slope of Alaska and the Seward Peninsula. Greenland's Kalaallit are citizens of Denmark. Sireniki Eskimos live mainly on the Chukchi Peninsula.
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China passes leadership to older, more conservative lineup; North Korea suspected of giving arms to Syria; Israel-Gaza violence escalates; Eurozone slides into double-dip recession; and more
Top of the Agenda: China Passes Reins to Older, More Conservative Leadership
China's ruling Communist Party concluded its Eighteenth National Congress on Thursday, unveiling what commentators say is an older, more conservative leadership (Reuters)lineup in the seven-person Politburo Standing Committee led by new party chief Xi Jinping and premier Li Keqiang. Most notably, two candidates with strong reform credentials—Guangdong party boss Wang Yang and party organization head Li Yuanchao—missed the cut, along with the sole woman candidate Liu Yandong. Observers say the new leadership, which includes North Korea-educated Zhang Dejiang, favors cautious economic reforms (BBC) and will likely steer clear of any radical policy changes.
"Let's face it. China's 18th Party Congress was a heartbreaker. In terms of personnel, it was a triumph of the Party's conservative clique; and in terms of policy, it was a victory for more of the same. It didn't have to be that way, but the Party elders elected to preserve their legacy at the expense of opening the door to real change," writes CFR's Elizabeth Economy.
"In recent years, the notion of "political reform" became a kind of taboo subject. The mere suggestion of it was considered risky, let alone any meaningful discourse on viable frameworks. Leftists would be very happy to completely eliminate the concept from their vocabulary. The fact that the party congress report contains the idea sends a clear signal that there is no question about the necessity of political reform. What is open for discussion now is how current institutions can reform. People who care about political reform must spot the trends and ride the tide," writes Hu Shuli of Caixin.
"The new line-up shows that 86-year old former leader Jiang Zemin still has important influence, because at least four out of seven new members are widely seen as his allies. Meanwhile the outgoing leader Hu Jintao's three allies - Li Yuanchao, Liu Yuandong and Wang Yang - did not make it into the Standing Committee. Mr. Hu has also given up his post as the chairman of the Central Military Commission, indicating he will fully retire from his political posts and stay away from political life too. The prospect of political reform now looks more unlikely as most of the new leaders are regarded as political conservatives," writes Raymond Li for the BBC.
North Korea Suspected of Giving Arms to Syria
South Korean authorities intercepted a shipment of North Korean missile components on a Chinese ship to Syria in May, a move that violates United Nations sanctions (AFP), according to Security Council diplomats. North Korea is barred from trading nuclear and missile technology under UN Security Council sanctions imposed after its nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.
Israel-Gaza violence escalates
Eurozone slides into double-dip recession
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Before anime invaded the mind-space of American youth, sword and sorcery entertainment was limited to Conan the Barbarian and a few hyperactive upstarts like The Beastmaster. Western animation came up with a few oddities such as Heavy Metal but the only cel-and-ink animation director to return repeatedly to the format was Ralph Bakshi. His Fritz the Cat won Bakshi major attention while simultaneously popularizing and trivializing Robert Crumb's underground Comix, and the rather unpleasant Heavy Traffic and Coonskin populated their cartoon worlds with vulgar exaggerations of street hustlers.
The prolific Bakshi then turned to sword and sorcery with Wizards and a feature made of the first two books of Lord of the Rings. Both were underwhelming sagas of good versus evil that borrowed heavily from the graphic style of pulp illustrator Frank Frazetta. For this third and final foray into barbaric magic, Bakshi collaborated directly with the legendary artist. The result is 81 minutes of core Frazetta content - cartoon violence and pre-pubescent eroticism.
Fire and Ice wasn't marketed exclusively for children but kids comprised most of the audience for this weak fantasy. It was given a PG rating despite its non-stop mayhem and near-nude leading lady, a Bettie Page- like nymph who never receives a bruise no matter how roughly she's treated. The typical sword and sorcery tale has an unlikely blonde hero struggling against awesome forces of evil to regain his rightful throne; Fire and Ice has its royal interludes but spends most of its time in repetitious battles between tight-lipped heroes and scores of Frazetta-inspired troglodytic foot soldiers. They fight in swamps, in trees, on mountaintops. The luscious Teegra, clad only in a few square inches of silk, is kidnapped, rescued, and recaptured. The non-storyline is almost prophetic in its prefiguring of the appeal of the video game ... I tell you, killing those demons/aliens/stormtroopers is hard work.
Among animators, Ralph Bakshi's movies are discussed much less than his use of the rotoscope. Rotoscoping is basically the tracing of pre-shot live-action characters to generate animated figures, and Bakshi was the target of scorn when he copied shots from Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky to serve as armies of goblins for Wizards. That artistic 'borrowing' aside, it must be remembered that rotoscoping was being done as soon as animation was born, and that Walt Disney often rotoscoped live-action figures to create characters such as Snow White.
Bakshi's carefully cast 'actors' performed all the fighting and other action we see on the screen, and then were carefully traced into traditional ink 'n paint animated characters. It's obviously not as easy as it looks to render an acceptable graphic from a traced figure, and Bakshi's animators added many details along the way. Traditional animators exaggerate and interpret human characteristics to communicate through their creations; the 'human' animals in Bambi are a prime example of this. The characters in Fire and Ice are embellished with added detail but remain 'xeroxes' of realistic action. Locking animated characters into the physical limitations of what action 'models' can perform seems a waste of graphic possibilities. In Fire and Ice Bakshi is really using animation as a special-effects tool, to create a stylized realist world instead of one based in fantasy design. With today's computers, live-action movies do exactly the same thing, but instead of tracing live action they record it in a way that can be manipulated through computer generated imagery.
Fire and Ice might appeals to young boys who delighted at staring at the grim musclebound warriors and erotically-charged nubile damsels in Frank Frazetta's sex-and-action pulp illustrations. The ferocious heroes are devoid of any thoughts beyond the next knife thrust or axe blow, and the wet-lipped heroine quivers fetchingly but remains chaste throughout. The film is yet another adult feature too infantile to be taken seriously, a kiddie entertainment comprised exclusively of content inappropriate for children.
Blue Underground presents Fire and Ice in a deluxe two-disc set that wisely zeroes in on Frank Frazetta as the hero of the hour. The enhanced transfer brings out the consistently pleasing color schemes in the dark forest settings while revealing a rather high level of animation dust and flecks in the the image. They plague every scene, as if the animation cameraman smoked a cigar and had no ashtray. The audio tracks have been remixed in a full selection of DTS and Dolby stereo configurations. The arresting DVD box sleeve is a lenticular 3D representation of the film's poster artwork.
The prolific Ralph Bakshi uses his commentary to praise his coworkers and discuss his collaboration with Frazetta, who appears to have generated character and costume designs and performed light production chores. Bakshi defends the languishing art of cel animation that, along with most traditional optical effects has been superceded by computer work.
A making-of featurette appears to be a surviving VHS dub of a work print with temporary voiceover and has many examples of live-action shooting. A single second of traced footage appears to take just as much work, perhaps more, than the traditional method. Bakshi's animators even do a few seconds of slow motion for a sword fighting scene. In a new interview featurette, Bakshi lauds his friend Frazetta and waxes nostalgic over the memory of 'interviewing' hundreds of nude models and actresses to play Teegra. An extensive stills gallery accompanies the original trailer. The oddest extra are a gushy set of 'Diary Notes' from actor Sean Hammon, who modeled the evil Lord Nekron. The subjective account uses phrases like, "My tryst with cinema."
A second disc contains a full feature docu called Frazetta: Painting with Fire that would seem to have more potential for multiple viewing than the main event. Amid a generous helping of Frazetta works -- everything from advertising art to movie posters -- are interviews by noted comic artists and writers Dave Stevens, William Stout and Bernie Wrightson. Bakshi is on hand along with director John Milius, whose Conan movie comes straight from the center of the Frazetta universe. The director and producer of the docu contribute a commentary as well -- giving us the feeling that DVDs will soon have commentaries to comment on earlier commentaries.
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8 oz Monterrey jack cheese
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Cook the spinach according to package. Add cheeses and melt in microwave for 3-5 minutes until liquid form. Add rotel and mix together. Serve with crackers or bagel chips or melba toasts.
Last night I made cherry limeade punch. Everyone wanted to know if my friends at Sonic gave me the recipe. I figure they would since I'm their best customer but I actually got the recipe off the net! It's very yummy. This recipe is just 1-1-1 so you can double or triple accordingly. (I doubled for last night).
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Runoff candidate Q and A: Atlanta Board of Education District 5
Parts of Atlanta's west and northwest side will get a new Board of Education member in a runoff that begins soon. The two candidates say some things are going well — but it's time to address equity and look hard at finances in the system.
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New Details About "American Idol" Stop In Casper
The American Idol Bus is scheduled to roll into Casper, Wyoming sometime the week of August 6th. It's one leg of a regional tour by producers combing the area for talent.
Casper Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Robyn Mundell, says they met with the production company this week.
"I talked with them late Tuesday afternoon, we had a conference call Wednesday, and yesterday (Thursday) I went to a proposed site and had a conversation with them."
She says they remain closed lipped about the exact date and venue and the official announcement has yet to be made by producers. Nevertheless, Mundell, says they're scrambling at the Casper Chamber of Commerce to prep for what looks to be a major event in just over two weeks.
Meantime, she says don't expect any celebrity judges, rather she says its the cattle call and the rules surrounding the process are pretty tight.
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It might be hard to break the barrier on this one. A band named Twink with a record called Itsy Bits & Bubbles and album art like that? Everything about this screams that it's for kids. And here's the kicker, it's primarily made with toy instruments. Now, before you get all Judge Judgmental on me, let me remind you that Self's Gizmodgery was made with toys ("Trunk Fulla Amps" anyone?) and then there's the fact that Twink really knows what the fuck he's doing. This is high quality toy pop with quirks, charm, and hooks galore. It's like if Amiina and The Books had a kid who grew up to worship Dan Deacon and was best friends with a sedated Foxdye. Toy instruments are just the beginning, Twink will open up any toy that has a fuck-withable circuit and make it do his bidding, 8 bit rainbows looping in danceable harmony, and wobbly dubstep leaking into the strangest places. Plus, there's an "Axel F" cover and he's from Lowell! If this shit doesn't put a little joy in your heart, maybe it's time to give up because you're just too far gone.
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Yogurt Gets a Makeover (Plus How to Make Greek Yogurt)/
Yogurt has been around for centuries and has loads of nutritional benefits, but recently, lots of new yogurt varieties and yogurt-based products have been hitting the shelves. Try some of these healthy, creamy, and delicious options for a summer snack.
Greek-style yogurt is a great choice because it can be lower in calories and fat than regular yogurt, coming in at about 130 calories per cup if you choose a nonfat variety, but it's much richer and creamier than classic yogurt. That's because Greek-style yogurt is strained to remove liquid whey left over from the fermenting process; traditional yogurt stays unstrained and is less creamy as a result.
How to Make Greek-style Yogurt at Home:
You can create your own Greek-style yogurt at home just using regular plain yogurt and some cheesecloth. Simply place the yogurt on top of the cheesecloth in a bowl, bring the corners of the cheesecloth together to create a pouch, and squeeze the liquid from the yogurt until no more will come out. Leave the pouch in the refrigerator overnight, preferably in a strainer or colander placed over a bowl, and squeeze out any remaining liquid in the morning. Unwrap the cheesecloth and spoon out your now-thickened, creamy yogurt!
What is Kefir?
Kefir is another cultured milk product similar to yogurt. It's a fermented beverage with roots in Eastern Europe that is made using kefir "grains", which are actually a mass of yeast and bacteria that looks a lot like cauliflower. The grains are fermented in milk for about 24 hours until they produce a thick liquid that is rich in digestion-aiding probiotics, up to four times more so than regular yogurt, and contains far less lactose, so even those who are lactose-intolerant can often enjoy kefir. Nowadays, you can find kefir in a variety of flavors like strawberry and raspberry, but stick with plain if you want to avoid added calories from sugar.
Frozen kefir is a new healthy dessert that you can enjoy this summer. Made by Lifeway, a brand that also produces traditional liquid kefir, this dessert is creamy and tangy but still delivers all the probiotic benefits of its non-frozen counterpart. It's a healthier choice ice cream and is safer for those with a sensitive digestive system. Lifeway's frozen kefir comes in three bright, yummy flavors: plain, mango, and strawberry.
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If you want to make your own yogurt-based treat, you can always try this easy homemade frozen yogurt recipe, which uses plain Greek yogurt to make a dessert that will cost way less than a cup of yogurt from your average fro-yo shop.
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Stories of Motherhood is a lovely collection of short stories which celebrate motherhood and is the latest title in Everyman's Library Pocket Classics series.
I thoroughly enjoyed the stories in this anthology, which gathers together more than a century of short fiction writing about motherhood and mothers – having, leaving, loving and losing them.
The collection includes contributions from a diverse range of authors – some of whom I knew of such as Amy Tan, Edith Wharton, Aimee Bender and Colm Toibin and others who were new to me, including Barbara Kingsolver, Alice Munro and Willa Cather. Every author brings their own voice and their own take on motherhood which keeps the collection interesting and varied.
The short stories cover a wide range of themes, from young mothers and their newborn babies in Lydia Davis' 'What You Learn About The Baby', adult children grieving for their lost mothers in Colm Tobin's 'One Minus One', the forging of a bond with an adopted infant in Ron Carlson's 'Blood and Its Relationship to Water' and overlapping pregnancies between a mother and daughter in Barbara Kingslover's 'Islands on the Moon'. Some stories will make you laugh, others will make you cry and some are just pure, literary escapism. There really is something for everyone and I am sure that any mother will relate to, and enjoy, these intriguing insights into motherhood.
Stories of Motherhood is a unique, hardback gift book which is published in time for Mother's Day on 18th March (make a note in the diary!). It would make a wonderful addition to any classic literature collection. My suggestion – buy it for yourself if you don't think the kids are going to be forthcoming – you won't be disappointed!
About Everyman's Pocket Classics
Everyman's Library Pocket Classics is a series of anthologies in pocket size editions. Other titles include Christmas Stories, Bedtime Stories, New York Stories and Stories of the Sea. Founded in 1906, Everyman's Library was re-launched by David Campbell with Random House UK and Alfred A. Knopf US in 1991. It has since published more than 500 titles and sold more than 20 million books.


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We have evaluated over 300,000 URLs with our client honeypot Capture-HPC. Several different types of input URLs were inspected by our client honeypot. All input URL categories did contain malicious URLs putting any user accessing the web is at risk. As in real life, some "neighborhoods" are more risky than others, but even users that stay clear of these areas can be victimized. We make a few recommendations to reduce the risk of successful attack by a malicious web server. We acknowledge that there is no silver bullet in this effort, but rather our recommendations are designed to reduce the risks to more acceptable levels.
The first recommendation is to reduce the likelihood that a successful attack will do harm. An attack on your browser will inevitably occur, and there are several measures that can make this attack hit a brick wall even if your browser is vulnerable and the attack succeeds. Using the browser as a non-administrator user or within a Sandbox will not allow malware to install itself on the machine. This is already the default on a Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7 installation, but there are several products freely available for older versions as well, such as AMUST Defender or Sandboxie.
Further, we recommend using a host-based firewall that blocks inbound and outbound connections per application. Many firewalls support a learning mode that dynamically configures the firewall via prompting the user to accept/reject a connection. As users tend to accept the prompts without much consideration, we believe this might result in an insecure configuration of the firewall, and should rather be configured by an expert after the installation. Running a host based firewall would restrict malware from performing its malicious deeds. The malware pushed by the Keith Jarrett site, for instance, could not send the collected user data to a malicious data collection server if a host-based firewall is installed. The outgoing connection would have been blocked based on the fact that the malware application wasn't authorized to make an outbound connection on port 80. Inbound connection blocking is also important. If malware starts a service that allows the attacker to remotely connect to the machine, for instance via a remote desktop software, the firewall could successfully prevent inbound connections from being established. While malware is able to disable such a firewall once it has gained control of the machine, we did not observe such behavior on our client honeypots.
When choosing a search engine to access sites, ensure that you use one that assesses the safety of the sites in its index. Google for instance, displays warning messages on the search results page next to sites that are not safe. While Google's internal blacklist is probably also not complete, it provides another protection layer that might prevent a successful compromise on the machine you are using.
Finally, we make a recommendation on the software to use. Attackers are criminals that would like to attack as many people as possible in order to get the largest return on their investment. As such, they target popular, homogenous systems. The tests we conducted show that a simple but effective way to remove yourself as a targeted user is to use a non-mainstream application, such as Opera. As mentioned above, despite the existence of vulnerabilities, this browser didn't seem to be a target.
We have just listed a few recommendations that would allow you to reduce the risk of falling victim to an attack by a malicious web server. Implementing such measures does not guarantee full protection, but it does lower the risk. One should practice security in breadth and depth and there are additional measures one can take that are beyond the scope of this paper, such as measures that would detect a successful compromise. To best secure your operating system and browser we suggest contacting your vendor directly for specific instructions on configuration or patching against client-side attacks. You can reference our paper directly with them and inquire as to their specific instructions for mitigating these types of attacks with their software.
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Some of the most popular small SUVs have failed crash tests that simulate a common and deadly front end collision.
"These are troubling results," said Joe Nolan with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. "These small SUV's are very popular and for the most part pretty safe, but with these tests most of them did not do well."
For the first time the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety conducted small overlap crash tests with small SUV's. Eleven of the thirteen models tested received marginal or poor ratings. (Read More: Bigger Is Better: SUVs and CUVs Rule the Road in China)
"Too often many of these models did a poor job protecting the front occupant cabin," said Nolan.
IIHS Small Frontal Crash Tests
Model Rating
'14 Subaru Forrester Good
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport Acceptable
BMW X1 Marginal
Nissan Rogue Marginal
Mazda CX-5 Marginal
Honda CR-V Marginal
Jeep Wrangler (2 door) Marginal
Volkswagen Tiguan Marginal
Hyundai Tuscon Poor
KIA Sportage Poor
Buick Encore Poor
Jeep Patriot Poor
Ford Escape Poor
First Time Crash Tests
So why did small SUVs struggle with these crash tests?
In part it's because many of these models were not designed to specifically protect passengers involved in small frontal crashes.
In these crashes only the front corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle, or a tree or pole. The IIHS says this type of accident accounts for about 24% of the serious injuries and deaths that occur in frontal crashes.
(Read More: Chevy Gets in Luxury Pickup Race With Silverado)
In recent years IIHS has started testing for small overlap crashes because the risk of severe damage or structural collapse of the passenger cabin.
Following these tests, the IIHS was particularly critical of the performance of the Nissan Rogue.
Nissan responded to the results saying, "Nissan will continue to review these and other results from the IIHS 'small overlap front test' as we seek opportunities for improvement."
Top Safety Picks Despite Results
Even though most of the small SUV's tested received a marginal or poor ratings, many have been deemed Top Safety Picks by the IIHS. (Read More: Bye-Bye Minivans, Sales Slump While CUVs Surge)
While that may seem like a conflict, Nolan points out these small SUVs are still safe vehicles overall.
"I don't think these small overlap tests will force people to sell their SUV," said Nolan. "And in a couple years, when many of these models are re-designed I wouldn't be surprised if they improve their crash test results."


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