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Bruins hand Sharks rare home lossby Eric Gilmore
SAN JOSE -- The Boston Bruins were oh-for-California when the puck dropped Saturday night against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center in the finale of their three-game road trip.
Boston had lost 5-2 to the Anaheim Ducks and 4-2 to the Los Angeles Kings. Apparently, enough was enough. Goaltender Tuukka Rask made 26 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and Carl Soderberg scored with 7:35 left, lifting the Bruins to a 1-0 victory.
"We talked about it before," Rask said of the Bruins' sense of urgency. "It's about pride too. You come on these road trips and lose the first two games, you don't want to get swept. We talked about it and gave a sharp effort and it paid off with a win. I'm really happy with the guys."
Boston snapped the Sharks' six-game home winning streak and swept the two-game season series, handing San Jose just its second regulation loss at home this season. The Bruins beat the Sharks 2-1 on Oct. 24 at TD Garden as David Krejci scored the game-winner with less than a second left in regulation. San Jose outshot Boston 39-17 that night, but Rask made 38 saves.
This time Soderberg snapped a scoreless tie by blasting a rebound past Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi from left of the crease. Bruins forward Loui Eriksson had fired a shot from the slot that deflected off Sharks defenseman Scott Hannan and angled sharply left to Soderberg. He knocked the puck past defenseman Dan Boyle and Niemi before they could react to the deflection.
"We had a good forecheck there, our line, and won the puck in the corner. We got some opening, me and Loui," Soderberg said. "I passed him when he tried to shoot and I got the rebound."
Niemi said he "just tried to find the puck" after the sharp bounce. "Pretty much when I found it, it was in the net."
San Jose fell to 16-2-3 at SAP Center, but Sharks coach Todd McLellan praised his team's performance against the Bruins, who lead the Atlantic Division with 60 points.
"It was tight right from the beginning to the end," McLellan said. "Playoff checking tight. Top two lines on each team neutralized each other. Basically what it came down to was a little bit of puck luck. A bounce went their way, went to their stick and not ours. It's nothing we have to hang our heads over. I thought we were good on the boards most of the game, went to the net, scrambles in front. We played a good game."
Boston coach Claude Julien said his players helped created their good fortune on the winning goal.
"A goal's a goal in this League," Julien said. "You get some tough ones that go against you so every once in a while it's good to have some go for you. That's the breaks of the game, and sometimes you have to make them yourself. I thought for us to get the puck in the slot in that situation was a good play on our end. And it just happened to go off the shin pads, but we had somebody going to the net, and if he's not then it's not a goal. I don't necessarily call that lucky. It was still good execution for us. Good bounce, but still the players were in the right place."
Niemi, a teammate of Rask's on Finland's 2014 Olympic team, made 21 saves. Rask won his 22nd game of the season, tying his career high set in 2009-10. The shutout was the 21st of his career.
Going into the game, Rask had lost three of his past four starts and was pulled Thursday night after allowing three goals on 18 shots in 22 minutes against the Kings.
"I'm happy with how we played defense," Rask said. "We eliminated those mistakes we made the first two games which was huge. Today we didn't do those and that paid off with the win. A shutout is always good. It's a tight game and we're just happy to get the win.
"That was Bruins hockey. That's how we get points in this league. Sometimes we slip from it but today was a great example of how we need to play in order to get points. I'm really happy with the effort."
Neither team scored in the first period, but Boston accomplished one of its goals -- preventing a fast start by a Sharks team that has scored a League-high 51 first-period goals and has a history of overwhelming opponents early at home. The Sharks outshot Boston 12-9 in the first period, but Rask made a handful of gorgeous saves, including one on a redirect from Joe Pavelski and another on a wrist shot from Tommy Wingels.
"I thought we had a good first," Boyle said. "it was evenly-matched throughout. We had a good first, they had a good second. There wasn't much out there, not a lot of space for either side."
The Bruins nearly snapped the scoreless tie midway through the second period on the power play. With Hannan in the box for holding Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron ripped a shot from the slot that hit the right post and bounced away.
The Sharks opened the third period of a scoreless game by killing the final 1:59 of Boston's second power play. The Bruins, who now have a five-game power-play drought, didn't record a shot. Boston went back on the power play at 6:03 of the third when Jason Demers was sent off for holding, but the Sharks killed that one too.
Veteran forwards Shawn Thornton and Eriksson were in the Bruins' lineup for the first time since a Dec. 7 game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Eriksson had been sidelined for 15 games with a concussion he suffered on a hit from Pittsburgh's Brooks Orpik early in the first period. Thornton later retaliated against Orpik, tripping him from behind and then punching him in the face twice while Orpik was on the ice. The NHL suspended Thornton for 15 games.
"I felt pretty good," Eriksson said. "It's nice to be back playing again and be around all the guys playing and it was definitely nice to get the two points too. It was a good first try."


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President Obama Says He'll Rein In NSA... Then Proceeds To Praise And Defend Everything They've Done
from the not-very-convincing deptIn an interview on Thursday, President Obama said that he's going to propose some "self-restraint on the NSA" and to "initiate some reforms that can give people more confidence." Of course, he's the boss of the NSA. He doesn't need to "propose" anything -- he can order them to stop. Furthermore, it appears that nearly everything else he talked about was supporting the actions of the NSA, so it's a bit difficult to take seriously this idea that there will be any significant decrease in NSA activity.
"The challenge is...we do have people who are trying to hurt us. And they communicate through these same systems," Obama said. "And if we're going to do a good job preventing a terrorist attack in this country, a weapon of mass destruction getting on the New York subway system, etc., we do want to keep eyes on some bad actors."That's misleading to inaccurate, depending on your perspective. The checks and balances are not all they're cracked up to be, with everyone pretty much reliant on the NSA telling the truth, combined with the fact that many of those responsible for "oversight" are so close with the NSA that they're more co-conspirators than actual overseers.
"I want to everybody to be clear: the people at the NSA, generally, are looking out for the safety of the American people. They are not interested in reading your emails. They're not interested in reading your text messages. And that's not something that's done. And we've got a big system of checks and balances, including the courts and Congress, who have the capacity to prevent that from happening," the president added.
Separately, can we drop this whole "they're not interested in reading your emails" bullshit? All people are saying there is "look you're a peon so shut up and deal with the fact that you have no privacy." That's ridiculous. Clearly the NSA is reading lots of people's emails (and getting data about them and what they do). While they might not make use of it today to spy on you in particular, that doesn't mean that it won't change in the future when suddenly you become "a person of interest" for whatever reason. It's easy for some people to think that the government won't ever care what they're doing -- but that can always change in a hurry and by the time it does, it's too late to start "worrying" about your privacy.
On top of that, recent revelations have made it clear that the NSA has no qualms at all about using information it gathers on non-terrorists that it doesn't like to try to destroy their lives. Sure, the NSA might not want to read your email today. But, piss off the wrong person tomorrow...
Separately, if they don't want to spy on me, let's make a simple deal then: stop doing it. It's hard to square this claim from NSA defenders that it's okay to spy on all of us because they don't want to spy on all of us. The right response is to stop spying on all of us. You want to go after the so-called "bad people," okay, then target those people but not everyone in hopes you might find some bad people mixed in there.
Oh, and once again, it's incredibly insulting how completely unconcerned the President and other NSA defenders seem to be about the rest of the world. Once again the message is basically: if you're not American, fuck you.
"The N.S.A. actually does a very good job about not engaging in domestic surveillance, not reading people's emails, not listening to the contents of their phone calls. Outside of our borders, the NSA's more aggressive. It's not constrained by laws," Obama said.But it can be constrained by their boss, who happens to be the President. Will he actually do anything?
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By now you've heard that the Ninth Circuit Court has upheld Judge Walker's decision to overturn the will of the voters in California who supported Proposition 8. The case will immediately be appealed to the Supreme Court. Catholics for the Common Good which has done so much important work educating Californians on the meaning and value of marriage sends along their analysis of why the decision was no surprise:
THE JAMES R. BROWNING COURTHOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA – "The decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold Judge Walker's radical decision overturning Prop 8 comes as no surprise," said Catholics for the Common Good President William B. May.
"We always knew this case would be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Now that the Ninth Circuit has rendered its decision, the case can finally move to the U.S. Supreme Court where it will be decided on sound legal arguments rather than the emotional appeals by those trying to obliterate the only institution that unites children with their moms and dads."
"The author of the decision, Judge Stephen Reinhardt, is one of the most overturned judges in the most overturned court in the U.S."
According to Prop 8 Legal Defense General Counsel Andy Pugno, this decision "is completely out of step with every other federal appellate and Supreme Court decision in American history on the subject of marriage." ProtectMarriage.com will immediately file its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"It is outrageous that judges continue to disregard the will of 7 million voters who voted to protect the centrality and integrity of marriage for children and society," May said.
Federal District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker presided over a show trial about marriage in which plaintiff's counsel trotted out witness after witness with emotional arguments in a PR attempt to re-argue Proposition 8.
"Failing to disclose that the judge himself was similarly situated as the plaintiffs (in a long-term committed relationship with a same-sex partner), Walker could find no rational reason for the voters to define marriage between a man and a woman and concluded they were bigoted and discriminatory," said May.
"To reach his judgment about the voters and his decision to strike down Prop 8, he created a new definition of marriage as merely the public recognition of a committed relationship for the benefit of adults. However, the voters of California know that marriage is much more than that. It is the reality that unites a man and a woman with each other and any children born from their union. This is what marriage is; that is what it does. It is a reality that can only be recognized by law and never changed."
Catholics for the Common Good works for a more just society. It is the sponsor of the Stand with Children Project, a movement promoting marriage and family as an imperative of social justice.


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VANCOUVER, B.C. — Since launching its age-friendly facility locator program on Jan. 1, the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) has already listed 300 clubs that meet its guidelines for age-friendly facilities, and the organization hopes to reach 1,000 clubs by the end of the year.
Facilities apply with the ICAA, a trade organization for the senior fitness and wellness industry, and based on the level of functionality for seniors, receive a designation. Those that are deemed age-friendly get a posting on the ICAA's Web site as a resource for seniors to find their ideal health club. Applying is free for ICAA members and costs $199 per year for non-members for administrative costs.
Colin Milner, CEO of the ICAA, said no other programs exist to help seniors locate friendly clubs, and the ICAA's relationship with the American Academy of Family Physicians, a national association of family doctors, lends extra credibility to the program. It's the first national relationship between a fitness association and a physicians' group to boost physical activity among adults ages 50 and older, he said.
Just last month, Lifestyle Family Fitness, the for-profit chain in Florida, was added to the list of age-friendly facilities.
"The designation was important to Lifestyle because we want to promote a family-friendly environment that supports all ages in their health and fitness goals, young and old," Gina Bailey, marketing director of Lifestyle Family Fitness, said. "Plus, we know the benefits of keeping active as you age; the health, social and physical benefits are unlimited."
In 2004, the club started Silver Sneakers, a senior-based active aging group fitness program. Lifestyle Fitness clubs also hold a semi-annual Active Aging Expo where seniors are encouraged to bring a friend to senior-related educational seminars and fitness classes.
Despite the fact that adults in the 50-plus category are joining health and wellness facilities faster than any other age group today, many facilities are not prepared or equipped to serve older members, said Milner.
To see how your club stacks up to the ICAA's guidelines, the organization released a checklist that facility owners and managers can use to evaluate their facilities and make them more age-friendly.
A complete checklist can be found at www.icaa.cc, but here are a few of the questions:
- Are the membership contracts and marketing materials available in large print?
- Is the music acceptable and set at a reasonable level?
- Do the facility's treadmills start slowly at 0.5 mph?
- Does the facility's strength-building equipment have a low starting resistance of less than five pounds?
- Is the staff knowledgeable about the impact that medication can have on exercise?
For more information contact www.icaa.cc/facilitylocator.htm.


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text: NBC repeatedly denied to Page Six earlier this fall that "Today" executive producer Jim Bell was leaving the morning program for another role at the network. But, lo and behold, it was announced this week he's leaving to executive-produce NBC's Olympics coverage. We reported in September that Bell was making the media rounds to trumpet his "Today" role as "the best job in the world" and alleviate blame on co-host Matt Lauer for Ann Curry's ouster and ratings drop. At the same time, sources told us Bell could be gone in weeks. Bell told us then: "This is exactly the kind of false story that led me to do these interviews in the first place." NBC News senior executive Alexandra Wallace will oversee "Today" as the first woman ever in charge of the show. A search is on for an additional producer to manage day-to-day responsibilities.


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The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog tonight and tomorrow, Tuesday, morning.
Fog is likely to thicken this evening, Monday November 2, and become dense in places. Much of this will persist overnight and last well into Tuesday morning.
Some minor disruption to travel is likely with poor visibility leading to difficult driving conditions on some roads.
A stagnant and moist airmass remains in place across much of the UK. Fog has persisted through Monday across many areas, and visibility is likely to reduce on Monday evening, often below 100 metres.
The fog is likely to thin quite quickly across the south of the yellow area on Tuesday morning but may persist for longer further north.
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All you need is love, according to "Upside Down," to save your planet from the dystopian doldrums. Nice sentiment: Fritz Lang's "Metropolis," among others, got there first.
This new movie — like its heroine, a little foggy in the noggin — is very sweet and all, but Argentina-born writer-director Juan Solanas works from an idea perfect for a short film, along the lines of his 17-minute 2003 attention-getter "The Man Without a Head." (It's good, and it's on YouTube.)
Thing is, "Upside Down" is not a short. It's a feature-length science-fiction romance, otherwise known as "a long."
Life in "Upside Down" is a matter of simple division and opposing gravitational forces. The young man Adam, played by Jim Sturgess, comes from a grimy, underclass planet. The young woman, Eden, played by Kirsten Dunst, hails from the shiny ruling planet locked in close-enough-to-touch orbit with the planet "down below." When, as kids, Adam meets Eden, he's shouting up at her, from atop a mountain, while she's atop her own mountain, shouting down at him.
You know kids: They're curious, or if they're not, then they're spending far too much time with an Xbox. Adam tosses up a climbing rope; Eden wraps it around her waist, and she's pulled down to pay a brief visit to Adam's world. This is forbidden. Bad men with guns shoot at the kids. Eden falls up and apparently dies. Years later Adam realizes she's still alive and working at the dominant corporation, TransWorld. He gets a job there, developing a sort of super-duper anti-gravitational face cream, in order to fulfill that dream date. Will she remember him?
In the down-below world, as Sturgess patiently lays out in explanatory, I'll-try-to-make-this-clear voice-over at the beginning of "Upside Down," "it's possible to fall up and rise down." Once Adam becomes a drone at TransWorld, he befriends his cubicle neighbor to the north, a company man played with an amiable growl by Timothy Spall, who looks down on Adam. Literally: In many shots in Solanas' film, we're watching one character or set of characters sitting or standing or dancing "upright," while other characters appear to be planted to the ceiling.
Is the film something to look at? Yes. "Upside Down" is something to look at. But that's not enough for a full-length, full-bodied, romance. The rules of physics on Solanas' worlds keep fishtailing around, so that you don't quite know what you're watching or how the gravity thing works. Despite the actors' open-hearted sincerity, it's hard to care. The concept of the "Metropolis"-style caste system, with haves and have-nots brutally segregated, is crudely drawn, though some individual images (an upside-down moonlight cocktail, for example) are charming.
Without a strong narrative engine, "Upside Down" ends up exactly where it shouldn't go: sideways.
'Upside Down' -- 2 stars
MPAA rating: PG-13 (for some violence)
Running time: 1:43
Opens: Friday


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NYPD Foils FOIL Request For NYPD FOIL Handbook
from the in-other-news,-NYPD-denies-it-exists,-forwards-requests-to-Mailboxes,-Etc. dept
The NYPD's approach to transparency has been negatively compared to the CIA, FBI and NSA by prominent investigative reporters, who noted that these other agencies will at least respond even if they're not particularly interested in kicking the requested documents loose. The NYPD often won't even respond, and when it does, it tends to drag the process out to the point of absurdity before finally deciding that no, it won't release the requested information.
Muckrock points out that NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton once stated, "there should be no secrets in the NYPD." The NYPD, under Ray Kelly (and apparently, going forward as well), has responded with, "Move along. There's nothing (EVER) to see here."
In what can only be described as a new low for the NYPD, it has denied Muckrock's FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) request for the NYPD's FOIL handbook.
I have written a number of times about ongoing difficulties with the New York Police Department's FOIL Unit. From rejecting routine requests to claiming "inability to locate" documents even when provided with a form number, NYPD seems hellbent on obstructing access to its records.Somehow, the NYPD feels that attorney-client privilege applies to its internal handbook on FOIL requests and has used that exception to reach this illogical, Heller-esque nadir in department transparency. If Muckrock's challenge of the NYPD's rationale is denied, it opens up all sorts of possibilities for the tight-lipped department, as Shawn Musgrave points out.
Last week, NYPD's freedom of information squad determined that its own handbook is exempt from disclosure under FOIL, New York's public records statute.
I very much hope that a competent lawyer who is familiar with NYPD's obligations under FOIL prepared the department's records request manual and training materials. But just because something was prepared or reviewed by an attorney does not mean that an agency can withhold it. If this were true, the vast majority of policy documents prepared by any agency counsel would be immune from disclosure, as would most talking points memos, reports and communiques that endure lawyerly vetting. This is simply not how attorney-client privilege is meant to work.It may be time for the DOJ to declare the NYPD a "rogue agency" (or whatever) and start steering the department back into the calmer waters of public service. It certainly fits the description. It apparently answers to nobody, routinely rewrites laws and guidelines to justify unconstitutional behavior and sends its uninvited personnel to the scenes of terrorist attacks around the world. Ray Kelly called it the seventh-largest standing army in the world, but it behaves more like a law unto itself.
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Vintage Veronica (Hardcover)
Veronica Walsh is 15, fashion-minded, fat, and friendless. Her summer job in the Consignment Corner section (Employees Only!) of a vintage clothing store is a dream come true. There Veronica can spend her days separating the one-of-a-kind gem garments from the Dollar-a-Pound duds, without having to deal with people. But when two outrageous yet charismatic salesgirls befriend her and urge her to spy on and follow the mysterious and awkward stock boy Veronica has nicknamed the Nail, Veronica's summer takes a turn for the weird. Suddenly, what began as a prank turns into something else entirely. Which means Veronica may have to come out of hiding and follow something even riskier for the first time: her heart.
About the Author
Erica S. Perl is the author of three picture books: "Chicken Bedtime Is Really Early, "illustrated by George Bates; "Ninety-three in My Family, "illustrated by Mike Lester; and "Chicken Butt! "illustrated by Henry Cole. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and two daughters.
Praise For…
Review, School Library Journal, February 2010:
"The protagonist is a self-described "fat girl" who is not obsessed with losing weight–a much-needed character in young adult fiction. An enjoyable read filled with quirky characters."
Review, Booklist, February 2010:
"In her first novel, Perl masterfully sets her scene."


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I'm reposting this post from a few weeks ago because some folks asked me about other photo ops in Bosque.
Yes! Bosque del Apache is a mecca for bird photographers. The snow geese and sandhill cranes are a sight to behold.
But there are other great photo ops in Bosque.... especially if you are into HDR photography.
Today Juan Pons, Chris Klapheke and I took our workshop students on a cool HDR shoot in a junkyard.
When it comes to HDR photography, you'll get the coolest images when shooting in a high contrast situation - such as shooting from indoors to outdoors, which includes shooting from inside a car.
Above is one of my favorite images from our HDR shoot. I used the Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens on my Canon 5D Mark II. I created the image in Photomatix with a touch of Topaz Adjust (to bring out the grain in the leather seats). Below is another Topaz Adjust image.
To learn about HDR, see my post: HDR Must Know Info.
To $ave on Photomatix and the other plug-ins I use, click here.
Above is another HDR image I shot today. I could have brought out more of the details in the shadows, but.... shadows are the soul of the photographs, shadows are your friend... and light illuminates, shadows define.
If you like HDR, check out my iHDR apps.. for the iPad and a Mac!
So what about the birds today?
We saw tons of birds. Above: I used my Canon 400mm DO lens on my Canon 7D.
Tips: Crop creatively; crop out the dead space. Use focus tracking (AI Servo) when photographing moving subjects.
Shoot silhouettes. Use Nik Color Efex Pro's Gradual Filter to change the color of the sky. Again, see my plug-ins page to get a discount on the plug-ins I use, including Nik.
Leave some room in the frame into which the subject can fly.
Shoot with both eyes open so you can see other subjects that can enhance (or ruin) an image. Watch the background, too.
Explore the light,
P.S. Before I go, here is an image I created using the Midnight filter in Nik Color Efex Pro.


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Mark Winterbottom extends lead atop V8 Supercars standings in Auckland
Kiwi youngster Scott McLaughlin was denied a fairytale finish to his home round in Auckland, but the plot played out perfectly for V8 Supercars' new championship leader Mark Winterbottom.
The Ford Performance Racing (FPR) star took advantage of a faltering Red Bull-Holden outfit to turn a 49-point deficit into a 107-point advantage over veteran Craig Lowndes on the drivers' standings.
Winterbottom is yet to win a title in his decade competing but stamped his mark at Pukekohe with two wins and a second-place finish across the weekend's four races.
He capped it off with an emphatic victory over local hero and pole position holder McLaughlin in Sunday's 200-kilometre event.
The reigning Bathurst champion started from fourth but crossed the line nearly seven seconds ahead of his 20-year-old rival, with his FPR team-mate Chaz Mostert finishing third.
The triumph earned him the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy - awarded to the round's best overall driver in honour of the late New Zealand racer.
"It was an amazing weekend," the 32-year-old said.
"I wanted to lead leaving. I hate that you're leading Saturday night and then someone takes it back off you on Sunday.
"We now have two weeks to enjoy it, rather than one night."
Lowndes-Whincup juggernaut struggling
Despite scoring a podium on Friday, Lowndes struggled in the remaining races - coming in a lowly 16th, 10th and 20th.
"We're of course not happy where we ended up, it's one of the worst weekends we've had in a long time," Lowndes admitted.
"We can only look forward to the Perth 400 now."
His once-dominant team-mate and defending champion Jamie Whincup fared no better with two fourth-placings his best result.
It extends to seven the number of championship races the five-time title winner has not featured on the podium - the longest run since 2006 when he first joined Lowndes's team.
"Triple Eight are having a rough run, which is surprising," Winterbottom said.
"But I'm rapt that they had a bad weekend.
"Normally we don't capitalise on it when they have a bad one, but they had two (including Winton) and we've outscored everyone both times.
"We're getting it right at the right time and hopefully we maintain it."
McLaughlin looked set to break through for Volvo's first victory in V8 Supercars after grabbing two pole positions, only for Winterbottom to snatch it away from him with a well-timed pit stop on Sunday.
Nevertheless, the Kiwi sensation said he was happy with his double podium and poles, in front of a bumper 128,255 fans over the Anzac Day long weekend.
"The crowd has been absolutely incredible ... it's probably one of the best feelings I've ever had," McLaughlin said.
"You finish in second by like 100 seconds and you still get a massive cheer!"
Round five of the championship begins on May 16 in Perth.
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EA Sports Cricket 2012 is officially made by the 'A-Unit Studios' Team, on Planet Cricket, by its popularly known renowned creators. I thereby being a fan, Linked made this video to initialize their talent. If you don't know how to install, it will be in my next video that I will make the installation steps. The download links will be on my next video which is coming soon - "How to install EA Sports Cricket 2012".
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EA Cricket 2007 is a cricket simulation computer game from EA Sports and developed by HB Studios. It is available for Windows and PlayStation 2. The game was released in the UK on 24 November 2006 and in Australia on 14 November 2006. The cover of Cricket 07 features England and Lancashire cricketer Andrew Flintoff, and the Australian release cover pictures the Ashes urn with the Australian and English flags behind it.
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Groundbreaking Control
Use the intuitive dual analog Century Stick batting system to select foot choice, shot direction, power and timing. With button controls to loft shots and advance down the track, you're free to crack a full array of shots all around the wicket. Success with the bat also relies upon your batsman's individual skills, allied with his confidence level. A confident batsman maximises his potential to time his shots sweetly - maintaining high confidence can make or break his ability to build a big innings.
New Cameras:
Innovative views from behind the batsman offer a realistic batting perspective, and a reworked Broadcast camera gives you a wider view of the play for more authentic coverage.
Quick play Cricket
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One night in August, I was soaking wet from having just been in a pond, under the moonlight in rural Ashfield. I was walking around the side of a barn and I was listening to the applause from the audience who had come to see our performance of the Arabian Nights. They had just reached the end of a travelling performance spectacle that travels around a former dairy farm, from scene to scene outdoors and inside, culminating at our pond. Hurrying down a path, something occurred to me: theatre is important. As someone who's devoted my life for the past nine years to creating theatre at Double Edge, this might seem obvious, but it was an epiphany. I realized that people are hungry for a live experience in the company of others. It is unique what happens at theatre. I had forgotten this or perhaps I was learning it again for the first time.
I did not grow up on theatre. I grew up on movies, cartoons, Roald Dahl, music, the Marx Brothers, a lot of radio, the Sunday paper, and Jewish culture. I quit acting and writing plays after college because the need to survive and provide for my son took priority over making art. I did not see coexistence. When I came to Double Edge Theatre and trained with Stacy Klein nine years ago, I fell in love with a way of creating work that had a Talmudic approach to process and learning about art and life, a holistic integration of survival and art, a rigorous multi-disciplinary training, all of which brought to life some of my own deep unconscious connection to the value of the imagination and the personal.
"Theatre only has a meaning if it allows us to transcend our stereotyped vision, our conventional feelings, our standards of judgment – so that we may experience what is real and in a state of complete defenselessness unveil, give, discover ourselves. In this way – through shock, through the shudder which causes us to drop our daily masks and mannerisms – we are able, without hiding anything, to entrust ourselves to something we cannot name but in which live Eros and Charitas." Jerzy Grotowski
I like the words Grotowski uses above: shock and shudder. I like the notion that the actor and the spectator, an entire audience can have this feeling together. I have a feeling this is a rare experience in our culture. I have seen a lot of great theatre but have only had this level of experience three or four times in my life. I can love theatre that is great and does not move me in this way, but I want, as a spectator, truly to come into contact with this feeling…to fall in love. Is it wrong for me to say this is my goal as an actor as well?
The artist that deflowered me in this regard was Karen Finley. In 1997, at PS 122, she was doing one of her one-woman shows called the American Chestnut. Honestly, I don't remember a lot of what happened on the stage, but I cannot forget the emotional state I was in afterwards: shaken. I remember writing a letter to her that night about how she was able to touch – I'll never forget this phrase I came up with – "the little red essence." But I'll never forget that because I had no idea, no context for what I was seeing, nor a larger sense of performance, hers or anyone else's. I was trying to say in words what I had witnessed, what I had shared in.
Twelve years later I am equipped with some words. I can say I saw in her work honesty and raw emotions. I saw a poetic-prose text used in a way I had not experienced in dramatic literature, neither from a vocal nor dramaturgical perspective. There was a rigorous integration of imagery. But really it was her presence: passionate, vulnerable – yes, heightened – that gave me the visceral experience, that unveiled something deeply personal and universal about the human condition. After I exited the theatre I needed to go back inside to where I had come into contact with something essential.
In the nine years I have been at Double Edge Theatre, I have been researching "acting." Of course, at this stage, I am what Bukowski calls, "a minnow." I have always liked something Eugenio Barba said, "resilience is more important that talent." Because it is in the moment of necessity, when we must decide not 'if' but 'how' we show up, create, overcome the limitations of our reality—how we allow our true self (as Andrea Assaf wrote last week), our true potential to emerge. I am interested in this fertile terrain where desire meets necessity, beyond the rational and not beginning from the place of concepts or abstract ideas.
For me, this research is not about acting. In thinking about where the personal and theoretical merge, I would say: craft is vital – but I do not pray to it. To me, the craft, the technique, the structure is the vessel. But the real thing is the flame inside the vessel. Thus, the research concerns, well, for starters: freedom, love, the irrational, the subconscious, the imaginative, dialogue, intimacy, honesty. I would not say that pursuing acting is to read Stanislavski, or Grotowski for that matter, nor would I be overly concerned with theory. I would work experientially. I would listen to Ornette Coleman, watch videos of soccer gods Pele and Maradona. I would read Lorca's essays on the 'Duende' of Spanish bullfighters and Flamenco dancers. I would listen to Rilke's advice to a young poet or his ruminations on relating to God. I would look at the ecstatic dance of the Hassids or traditional Korean Shaman court dancers. I would find that experience, from punk rock to Picasso that conveys to you that thing which cannot be held back. What I want to say, what I have learnt in my work at Double Edge is the desire that overcomes obstacles can be that essential thing, that artistic, thus political, personal, and socially relevant thing. These gifts, as Lewis Hyde refers, which are exchanged between artist and audience, can be as profound as love, and which whether we know it or not, whether we believe or understand…these gifts can change our whole reality.
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Debt, demographics, technology and globalization are weighing on U.S. economic prospects, Pimco's Bill Gross said Tuesday in his monthly newsletter.
1.) Developed global economies such as the U.S.'s are carrying too much debt. "As we attempt to resolve the dilemma, the resultant austerity should lower real growth for years to come," Gross says.
2.) Globalization has sparked growth, "but if it slows, then the caffeine may wear off," Gross warns.
3.) While technology has been a boon to productivity and therefore real economic growth, it has its shady side, he adds. "In the past decade, machines and robotics have rather silently replaced humans, as the U.S. and other advanced economies have sought to counter the influence of cheap Asian labor."
4.) Gross points out that demographics are becoming a silent growth killer. "Almost all developed economies, including the U.S., are gradually aging and witnessing a larger and larger percentage of their adult population move past the critical 55-year-old mark," Gross says. "This means several things for economic growth: First of all from the supply side, it means productivity and employment growth rates will slow. From the demand side, it suggests a greater emphasis on savings and reduced consumption. Those approaching their seventh decade need fewer cars and new homes."
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Rose Gottemoeller
Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
Washington, DC
September 26, 2012
Thanks for having me here today. This is an auspicious time for such an event.
Twenty years ago – this past Sunday – the United States conducted its last underground nuclear explosive test. The test, called "Divider", was followed by an official moratorium on explosive testing less than ten days later. Over the past two decades, the United States has developed the capability to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of its stockpile through the use of state-of-the-art technology and research while maintaining a moratorium on nuclear explosive testing.
NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino commented on the anniversary saying: "In April 2009, President Obama shared his vision of a world without nuclear weapons. As we work toward that goal, we have the world's leading scientific facilities, the world's fastest computers, and the world's brightest minds working to ensure that we never again have to perform nuclear explosive testing on U.S. nuclear weapons."
The effort that D'Agostino describes entails a number of programs and tools that work together to maintain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear stockpile in the absence of underground nuclear explosive testing. They include:
The Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP), run by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), maintains the continued safety, security and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons in the absence of nuclear explosive testing. A key goal of the SSP is to increase scientific understanding of nuclear device performance, as well as the aging behavior of weapon materials and components to ensure a safe and effective nuclear deterrent.
Life Extension Programs (LEPs) extend the service life of the current weapons in the stockpile by using only nuclear components based on previously tested designs, thereby eliminating the need to conduct nuclear explosive tests. NNSA, in coordination with the Department of Defense (DoD), also performs alterations and modifications to the stockpile in order to sustain the warheads that underpin the U.S. nuclear deterrent.
Advanced simulation and computing capabilities provide greatly increased confidence in the ability to model and evaluate the performance and safety of nuclear weapons without nuclear explosive testing. Computers have become at least a hundred-thousand times more powerful, and modern integrated design codes now more realistically capture the behavior of real nuclear devices.
Enhanced surveillance tools and models play critical roles in providing information essential to assessing weapon safety, security, and performance changes that would affect military effectiveness. The use of data from surveillance of our nuclear weapons enables us to predict how the weapons will perform over time without using underground nuclear explosive testing.
The Annual Assessment process of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile is the authoritative method for the DoD and NNSA to evaluate the safety, reliability, performance and military effectiveness of the nuclear weapons stockpile, and it is a principal tool in our ability to maintain a credible nuclear deterrent without nuclear explosive testing.
Finally, infrastructure modernization is being conducted in accordance with the Nuclear Posture Review. NNSA has identified a path for sustaining the nuclear deterrent while modernizing the supporting infrastructure without nuclear explosive testing. This modernization is implemented by focusing on recapitalization and refurbishment of existing infrastructure for plutonium, uranium, tritium, high-explosive production, non-nuclear component production, high-fidelity testing and waste disposition
All of these programs will be described in greater length in fact sheets that the State Department and the NNSA produced together. The first fact sheet with these overview details will be available today. I'll pass around an advance copy now.
The last U.S. explosive nuclear test is not the only anniversary happening this week. Sixteen years ago, this Monday, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) was opened for signature. The United States signed the Treaty that same day.
U.S. ratification of the CTBT is in our national security interest. As stated in the April 2010 U.S. Nuclear Posture Review: "Ratification of the CTBT is central to leading other nuclear weapons states toward a world of diminished reliance on nuclear weapons, reduced nuclear competition, and eventual nuclear disarmament."
Since we have maintained a 20-year moratorium on explosive nuclear testing, our policies and practices are consistent with the central prohibition of the Treaty. But ratification of the CTBT would be a significant affirmation of the importance the United States attributes to the international nonproliferation regime. More importantly, by hastening the day the Treaty enters into force, U.S. ratification would concretely contribute to reducing the role of nuclear weapons in international security.
With a global ban on nuclear explosive tests, states interested in pursuing nuclear weapons programs would have to either risk deploying weapons uncertain of their effectiveness, or face international condemnation for conducting nuclear tests. The CTBT would also subject suspected violators to the threat of intrusive on-site inspections – a further deterrent to those states tempted to carry out a nuclear test in the hope that it can be covered up.
It has been 12 years since the Senate voted against ratification of the Treaty. This Administration has been reviewing the lessons learned and it is clear the lack of support stemmed from concerns regarding the verifiability of the Treaty and our ability to ensure the continuing safety and reliability of America's nuclear deterrent without nuclear explosive testing.
As I have already outlined with regard to our nuclear deterrent, our extensive surveillance methods and computational modeling developed under the Stockpile Stewardship Program over the last 15 years have allowed our nuclear experts to understand how nuclear weapons work and age even better than when nuclear explosive testing was conducted, as our national laboratory directors themselves affirmed to the Vice President.
The Treaty's verification regime has also grown exponentially over the last decade. Today, the International Monitoring System (IMS) is roughly 85 percent complete and when fully completed, there will be IMS facilities in 89 countries spanning the globe. At entry into force, the full body of technical data gathered via the International Monitoring System will be available for verification purposes to all States Parties.
This system is already at work. It detected the two nuclear explosive tests announced by North Korea, and its capabilities will continue to improve as the system is completed. In addition, with the Fukushima nuclear crisis, we have seen the utility of the IMS for non-verification related purposes, such as tsunami warnings and tracking radioactivity from reactor accidents.
Entry into force also will bring to bear the option for an on-site inspection, which will help clarify ambiguities regarding a possible nuclear test.
Taken as a whole, the Treaty's robust verification regime, which supplements our own state-of-the-art capabilities for monitoring, our national technical means, will severely challenge any state trying to conduct militarily significant explosive nuclear tests that escape detection.
As we look towards ratification of the CTBT, we acknowledge that the process will not be easy.
That said, the New START ratification process reinvigorated interest in the topic of nuclear weapons and arms control on Capitol Hill. I am optimistic that interest will continue as we engage with Members and staff on this Treaty.
I like to think of our efforts thus far as an "information exchange." We are working to get the facts out to Members and staff, many of whom have never dealt with this Treaty. We know that the key underlying issues are very technical in nature and we want people to absorb and understand the rationale behind it, that the Treaty is in the U.S. national security interest. There are no set timeframes to bring the Treaty to a vote, and we are going to be patient, but we will also be persistent.
To aid in further understanding of the Treaty, the Administration commissioned a number of classified and unclassified reports, including an updated National Intelligence Estimate and an independent National Academy of Sciences report, to assess the ability of the United States to monitor compliance with the treaty and the ability of the United States to maintain, in the absence of nuclear explosive testing, a safe, secure and effective nuclear arsenal so long as these weapons exist. Those reports and related materials will provide a wealth of information as the Senate considers the merits of ratification of the CTBT.
Of course, we do not expect people to be in receive-only mode – we anticipate and look forward to many substantive questions that will undoubtedly come from the Hill.
Looking outward, the Administration has been calling on the remaining Annex 2 States to join us in moving forward toward ratification. There is no reason for them to delay their own ratification processes because the U.S. has not yet ratified.
This Administration realizes that this will be a difficult task on many levels, but it is nonetheless committed to moving this Treaty forward, since the national security of the United States, and all states, will be enhanced when CTBT enters into force.
Thank you again for having me here and I am happy to take some


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Girl Scouts of Nassau County's Blog offers the latest news, trends and fun happening within Girl Scouts! Girl Scouting Builds Girls of Courage, Confidence and Character Who Make the World a Better Place.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Embracing Social Media By Guest Blogger, Luci Duckson-Bramble
I was very comfortable with my style of "reaching out and touching." Then, in 2003 I came to Girl Scouts of Nassau County and technology was much further ahead than where I had been. Emails here were the primary way of communicating. I was in shock, I was used to walking from building to building (there were five on our campus) to talk to my colleagues or using the phone. While we had computers, they were mainly for data collection and reports. It took about six months, but I got used to emails as the primary mode of communication both internally and externally. Yet, in my soul it didn't feel right. Something seemed to be missing. I went with the flow because everyone everywhere was using emails.
Then in 2007 I had my first foray into social media. My son, who was then 12 years old was using this thing called "AIM." He and all of his friends were on it. My response was to ignore what he was doing, because I just didn't "get it." Then I started hearing about My Space. A colleague suggested that I get with the program, because this was the way it was going to be with youth, and as a mother I had the responsibility to keep up with what was happening with them. When Facebook hit I really wanted to bury my head. I watched my son, his friends and other young relatives embrace social media with an intensity that I hadn't witnessed with anything else. Every young person I knew was quick to get a Facebook page. I thought they were crazy; I didn't want all my information out there. When it was suggested that Girl Scout staff create individual Facebook pages, I resisted for a long time and finally caved in to the pressure. In time I started to using Facebook and was surprised at how many baby boomers were on it. I even reconnected with my college roommate!
I still wasn't convinced that Facebook was the best means of reaching the general public and didn't think it would help us here at Girl Scouts to reach girls and families and in a big way. All that changed a month ago. As I sat watching '60 Minutes' I was blown away by the story of the Egyptian government's collapse that started with a posting on Facebook. I thought if Facebook could bring down a government that had been in place for 30 years, Girl Scouts could definitely use it reach and engage girls. There hasn't been a day in the past few weeks that I haven't witnessed the power of social media. While many struggle with using it, the world around us is changing because of social media. I can't imagine the advances that will take place in the next 12 months, but I know it's a tool that can help us help girls change Nassau County.
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At one time, there were more than 100 Grand Army of the Republic Halls in Nebraska. Only four remain today.
The Nebraska City G.A.R. Hall, built in 1894, is the only one of these halls in the state that has undergone restoration and development as a Civil War and G.A.R. museum. In addition, it is the only Civil War Museum in Nebraska.
The Hall is a reminder to us and to our children of the presence of Civil War veterans in Nebraska City and the role they played in the growth of the community, state and nation after the war.
Dedicated to the memory of the Union and Confederate veterans, the Hall is being maintained so that it may once again serve the community as a meeting place, research library and historical museum. Hours of operation are listed above.
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An antibiotic that also helps prevent stupidity. Alternatively, one of the most useful side effects of a drug that I've ever heard of. There's an antibiotic called minocycline, which is a close chemical relative of the more commonly prescribed tetracycline. But recently, some researchers discovered it has an intriguing off-label effect: the drug can "improve symptoms of psychiatric disorders and ... facilitate sober decision-making in healthy human subjects." To get a better grip on this effect, some researchers turned to a classic example of human stupidity, the "honey trap." In this case, rather than honey, the trap was baited with an attractive female, because "Males tend to cooperate with physically attractive females without careful evaluation of their trustworthiness."
Given photos from a panel of females who had already decided to exploit their partners, the men were asked to rate the photos' attractiveness and to decide whether they'd trust the woman as a partner. As expected, the decision to trust a woman became more common as the attractiveness rating went up. But the effect completely vanished if the men were given minocycline first.
Killing cancer with a radioactive bacterial infection. There's an unexpected bit of logic behind the approach in this study. The immune system normally helps keep cancer in check, and many tumors only survive because they evolve the ability to tone down an immune response. So, the people behind this study reasoned a tumor and the cells around it should be susceptible to infection by a weakened bacterial strain that the body usually clears with ease.
The problem is that the bacteria were so weak, they didn't actually kill the tumor cells. To solve this, the authors just loaded the bacteria up with a radioactive isotope. That did the trick. When the bacteria invaded the tumor, they brought a radioactive payload with them, one that killed off the tumor cells (and, in all probability, the bacteria themselves).
Teen pregnancy, a health risk that comes from having obese peers. The authors of this one lay out a potentially confusing situation right in the first sentence: "In the United States, adolescent obesity reduces young women's odds of forming romantic and sexual partnerships but increases the likelihood of risky sexual behavior when partnerships occur." So, which ends up predominating? On average, it turns out that obesity lowers a girl's risk of getting pregnant. But the greater the rate of obesity at the girl's school, then the higher the risk becomes. So, if the US obesity epidemic continues unabated, it's possible that one side effect could be an increase in teen pregnancy.
The evolution of laughter: tickling came first. This is something we here on the Weird Science beat were not previously aware of: other primates tickle each other and respond with laughter, suggesting that the behavior has deep roots as a form of social bonding. (Even though tickling came first, it's more complex from an auditory perspective.) The more complicated forms of laughter, like reacting to a good joke or taunting someone, were presumably modifications of this original expression. People have now been put in an MRI tube and their brain activity tracked while they're listening to laughter. The results show that there's a common neural circuit engaged for all laughter, but the two different types then feed into distinct areas of the brain.
Perhaps running for the bathroom can be hazardous to your health. The loss of strength in bones, including osteoporosis, is a significant health problem for older women. Some researchers figured that a commonly used treatment might make matters worse: laxatives. Since these keep things moving through the digestive tract rapidly, they might give their users less of a chance to absorb dietary calcium. And, looking at the data from the Women's Health Initiative, things looked promising at first: women who used laxatives had a significantly higher number of falls. But it turns out they didn't break bones any more often than the non-users. So it's a nice idea, but now they might want to try to figure out why these women fell more often.


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Blockbuster-starved studios rarely reach Hollywood's Emerald City, but Walt Disney Studios appears headed there this weekend.
The studio's $200-million-plus 3-D production is set to open this weekend with a massive gross of about $90 million, according to those who have seen prerelease audience surveys. (Disney is predicting a softer opening of roughly $75 million.) Not only would that make for the biggest debut of 2013 by far -- "Identity Thief" currently holds the record with its $34.6-million February launch -- but the strong opening could help jump-start what has been a slow year for film-going.
For the last six weekends, ticket sales have been down compared with the same period in 2012. Year-to-date, receipts are off about 8%, while attendance is down 9%, according to Hollywood.com.
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But "Oz" seems poised to become a global hit. The movie, a prequel of sorts to the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz," is opening overseas in most major foreign markets on Friday. The film will debut in countries like Russia and Mexico this weekend, but won't hit theaters in France and China until later in the month.
To stoke interest in the picture abroad, Disney recently sent "Oz" stars James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz and Mila Kunis to premieres in Tokyo, Moscow, London and Paris. In the film, Franco plays a charlatan magician who is transported from his native Kansas to the magical land of Oz, where he is mistaken for its long-awaited leader.
The Sam Raimi-directed picture, which cost Disney at least $215 million to produce, has so far received mixed reviews: On Thursday, the film had notched a 57% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Disney is no doubt hoping that the movie is able to generate positive word-of-mouth in the coming weeks so that it might follow in the footsteps of "Alice in Wonderland." That big-budget film, helmed by Tim Burton, was released on the same weekend in March 2010 and started off with $116.1 million and ultimately grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.
Even though "Oz" may also end up being a success story, the film's production caused numerous headaches for Disney. Franco was cast after Robert Downey Jr. dropped out as leading man. After principal photography finished, several weeks of reshoots were required.
The only other movie debuting nationwide this weekend is "Dead Man Down," which looks to be dead on arrival. The film stars Colin Farrell as a tortured hit man who strikes up an unlikely relationship with a lonely accident victim (Noomi Rapace).
The modestly budgeted picture, which FilmDistrict acquired from producers IM Global, Original Film and Frequency Films, may make only around $6 million this weekend.
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Just how many cliffs do we face at the end of the year, anyway? We've been debating about policy and strategy over the fiscal cliff, but Power Line's Paul Mirengoff defines the standoff as three cliffs — debt, fiscal, and political. Paul explains:
There is an economic cliff out there, though. It's the debt cliff. Eventually, our nation's massive debt will lead to a serious crisis of the kind certain European debtor nations are experiencing. But that cliff doesn't face us at the end of the year or, in all likelihood, very soon.
Even so, the time to deal with the debt cliff is now. Delay only will make the cliff steeper.
Unfortunately, only the Republicans are serious about acting now to avoid the debt cliff. The Democrats are debating among themselves whether entirely to bypass entitlement reform — a prerequisite to dealing meaningfully with the debt — or to nod in the direction of such reform without really tackling it. And the Republicans, controlling only the House, cannot force the Democrats to get serious about entitlement reform because the Dems would rather go over the so-called fiscal cliff than take the tough measures that would put Medicare and Social Security on a sound long-term footing.
This brings me to the third cliff — the political one. It's the cliff that one of the two parties will likely go over if no budget deficit deal is reached, we therefore go over the "fiscal cliff," and the economy spirals into a recession.
Which one of the parties will experience the political cliff if we do a Thelma & Louise off either or both of the first two? Paul isn't terribly optimistic about the prospects for Republicans winning the argument, and a loss could be devastating. Democrats now have a 10-seat majority in the Senate, while the Republican margin in the House is slimmer than before the election this month. Obama will be President no matter what happens in 2014, but a financial debacle that ends up being blamed on Republicans could lose the GOP control of the House and no chance to gain control of the Senate — and that would give Obama a free hand for any brand of mischief he chooses in his final two years.
Therefore, Paul advises Republicans to get the best deal they can for now, and work towards solutions for both the fiscal and debt cliffs:
Because Republicans cannot do much about the debt cliff and because going off the political cliff would be catastrophic, Republicans must approach negotiations regarding the fiscal cliff cautiously. They should not feel guilty about doing so. If the American people had given Republicans the power to make major headway on the debt, the party would be obligated to try whatever that takes, the political consequences be damned. But the electorate chose to give Republicans only a little power.
With a little bit of power comes a little bit of responsibility. This means bargaining hard to reduce spending and to do some entitlement reform. It does not mean taking positions that will strike voters as so hardline that Democrats will be able to portray Republicans as the villain of the piece, i.e., the reason why the country went over the fiscal cliff and experienced an economic downturn.
In my column for The Fiscal Times, I argue the same thing. Elections have consequences, and voters gave more power to Democrats than to Republicans three weeks ago. That's a fact of life, and we have to make the best deal we can. However, this recent rash of irresponsibility in budgeting has to get resolved by returning to a normal budgetary process, a demand Republicans should be making publicly every day during the crisis:
Perhaps this sounds hopelessly nostalgic, but most of us recall when elections had consequences, and problems got addressed through normal compromise. Voters in this election supported split government, expressing a desire for middle ground. Yet none of the leadership in Washington seems to understand this, and voices on both sides have begun arguing for strategies that would force gridlock all the way to another election.
This is not only absurd, it's dangerous. The impact of going over this cliff will cost the economy $200 billion in consumer spending alone, according to the White House's own numbers, which would almost certainly push us into a full-fledged recession, or worse. But the damage to the political system might be even more long-lasting. We do not have a parliamentary system for guaranteed winner-take-all outcomes, but a system that usually produces stability and the need for finding at least enough common ground to govern properly. If that system is perceived to fail, don't be surprised to hear extreme voices proposing extreme measures to rectify those failures.
The core of this standoff is the budgetary process in Congress, which has run off the rails for more than three years. Despite the requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 that both chambers produce a budget resolution each year, the Senate under Democratic control has refused to do so since 2009. Instead, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has opted to litigate budget conflicts through high-profile standoffs and crises, rather than through the normal process of budget adoption and conference committees.
While there is plenty to dislike about conference committees and budgeting, it traditionally allows for rational compromises on key differences without turning each of them into crisis points. The House under Republican leadership has produced a budget each year, but the Senate refuses to do so, even though a simple majority can pass budgetary bills, which cannot be filibustered. It is long past time for Democrats in the Senate to prioritize budgets over hobby horses.
Voters send politicians to Washington to solve issues, not find ways to obstruct until they can elect more of their own party. It's time for both sides to accept the consequences of this election, end the campaigns, and start providing solutions.
The loudest voices seem to be demanding three different strategies for dealing with this twice-delayed crisis: obstinacy, total surrender, and something in between. The first two are almost equally irresponsible. Refusing to do anything will create a significant, or perhaps enormous, amount of economic and fiscal damage in the short run, in the vain hope that the disaster will produce total control for one party two years from now (which, for Republicans, is impossible with Obama winning a second term anyway), or in the equally vain hope that obstinacy will certainly make the other side blink. The second option, in which the GOP votes "present" on Democratic proposals in order to stick them with the blame for bad policy, is almost as bad, especially when Republicans control the House and can negotiate at least some good policies to balance out the bad. The third option is the way our political system is supposed to function — and it's more than past time for us to return to it.
Update: Jennifer Rubin makes a similar point:
The problem with the constant drumbeat of anger and revenge against elected officials is not only that it hands victories to the other party (which nominates reasonable-sounding candidates), worsens our fiscal predicament and turns off all but the hardcore base ( well, that's a lot right there, I grant you); rather, the problem for purveyors of this sort of politics is that it doesn't wear well over time.
You can't threaten every week to throw out every pol who is less than pristine without sounding like an LP with a skip ( young folks, this is how music once was played). Eventually donors, voters, listeners and candidates get fed up or bored with the rant-a-thon. Hysteria is tiring. (And once the subjects of your ire get reelected they learn to ignore you.)
None of this is an argument for mushy moderation or split-the-baby politics. (You can legislate in bold color while still giving the other side what is essential to make a deal.) It is, however, a reminder that conservatives who want to govern cannot simply stamp their feet, yell at the other side and blame the media. To obtain conservative ends you first have to attract majorities (hard when you sound like you're on your fifth espresso) and then be willing to accept imperfect legislation that advances the essential conservative value — freedom.
Most voters want solutions, not perpetual campaigns — especially in the immediate aftermath of an election.


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Historical Remedies - Homeopathic Calm Drops - 30 Lozenges
The formulation in Historical Remedies Homeopathic Calm Drops nurtures the deeper feelings that surface from anxiety, stress and strong emotions. The rigid edges of the mind that steer emotions to feel upset, low-spirited, worried, irritable or overwhelmed are softened by Historical Remedies Homeopathic Calm Drops. Historical Remedies Homeopathic Calm Drops console the spirit when coping with grief, trauma, hurt or symptoms of depression. Historical Remedies' vanilla homeopathic lozenge provides emotional support when feeling anxious, irritable or overwhelmed by stress.
How do homeopathic medicines work?What drives the healing mechanism in homeopathic medicine is a natural phenomenon observed between the earth and our body known as the law of similars. This principle of pharmacology states that healing occurs when symptoms are treated with a corresponding source in nature which produces similar symptoms if ingested in its crude form by a healthy person. In preparing homeopathic medicine, a natural source is transformed from its crude state into a healing agent that allows an interaction of the similar chemistries between the natural source and the body to neutralize symptoms and restore health.How can I benefit from using homeopathy?Homeopathic medicine is one of the safest approaches to self-care. For over 200 years, homeopathy has provided an effective, natural choice to treat physical and emotional conditions. Using therapeutically prepared micro doses of plant, mineral and biological sources, homeopathic preparations ensure a high standard of purity and are non-toxic. Homeopathy works with the body's innate healing ability to respond to the cause of symptoms, without masking signs of illness. It offers a gentle way to restore health that is safe for children, elderly and those taking other medications. Our homeopathic products provide reliable relief for some of the key conditions of your active life-styles without risk of over-medication or side-effects.How are homeopathic medicines regulated?Homeopathic medicines are regulated as drugs under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). The FDA drug regulation is exclusive and pre-empts state law concerning drug composition, labeling and advertising. The FDA has established a comprehensive national regulatory policy governing homeopathic product compliance that admits no conflicting state law regulation. Historical Remedies is in complete compliance with FDA's homeopathic requirements in all aspects of its business. It is an FDA registered facility that lists its products with that agency of the federal government. It has a homeopathic laboratory that prepares its products in accordance with the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States (HPUS) manufacturing standards. Historical Remedies' products contain all HPUS compliant active ingredients, properly labeled for Over-the-counter (OTC) use, and formulated based on the indications in John Henry Clarke's Materia Medica.Do homeopathic medicines interact with other medications?No. Homeopathic medicines do not interfere with prescription drugs such as blood pressure medications, antibiotics, antidepressants, anti-anxiety medicines or other over-the-counter medications. While most drugs interact with the body's physical chemistry, homeopathy medicines are stripped of their physical properties and only engage the body's innate healing response to restore health. Neither therapy will interfere with the effectiveness of the other and are safe to take in conjunction with each other. Homeopathic medicines are not meant to replace medications prescribed by your physician.How quickly do homeopathic medicines work?It depends on the condition and severity of symptoms experienced. Emotional and acute conditions tend to respond within minutes. Chronic conditions like arthritis may take longer or more frequent doses to achieve the desired state of well-being. Customers often report symptomatic relief from anxiety, sleeplessness, and grief after their first dose. During periods of acute stress, we advise more frequent repetitions to support and rebalance your body on both a physical and emotional level.How frequently should I take homeopathic medicines?Take one dose and repeat every half hour as needed until you see improvement. How frequently you use homeopathic medicine will vary from day to day, depending on your physical and emotional state and external stressors. If you are under a deadline at work, you may find it supportive to keep a box of Stress Mints on your desk and use them throughout the day to stay relaxed and on-task. If you experience anxiety while flying, take a Calm Drop before take-off and repeat if anxiety resurfaces throughout the flight. If you are sore after working out at the gym, take an Arnica Drop every hour to aid your body's repair. If you feel a cold coming on, take a Pick Up Drop every hour to re-energize your body's immune response. When you feel better, discontinue using the remedy or lozenge. Our best advice is to keep the lozenges that fit your needs close at hand so you can take them as needed.If I use a homeopathic medicine every day, does it become less effective?No, these remedies do not lose their effectiveness with frequent usage. Homeopathic medicines are safe and non-habit forming.Are Moon Drops habit forming?No, Moon Drops are not habit forming and are safe to use as often as needed. Homeopathic medicines work very gently without causing you to feel drugged. If you wake up during the night and are unable to fall back asleep, you can take another Moon Drop without risk of side-effects, even if you need to wake up in a few hours.Will you stress-relief products make me feel drowsy?These products aim to bring a person back to their center of health and well-being. Stress Mints and Calm Drops will help support a person's alertness throughout the day, while bringing about a sense of inner calm. Some customers report using Calm Drops or Stress Mints in the evening as they unwind before bed, while others rely on Moon Drops as their sleep aid of choice. Use whatever product works best for you. Moon Drops are meant to be taken before sleep, so they do help a person become drowsy and fall into a restful sleep. Homeopathic medicine works very gently, without causing you to feel drugged.Does peppermint interfere with the effectiveness of homeopathic medicines?No, peppermint does not interfere or counteract the effectiveness of homeopathic medicines. While some homeopathic practitioners caution patients against using mint while taking a remedy, the research does not back up this position. European physicians have conducted tests on animals and humans that have found that peppermint does not interfere with the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies. Researchers have observed that when a homeopathic remedy is administered, then followed by peppermint syrup or peppermint leaves, that the results are still therapeutic. Kids provide our best proof: they eat all kinds of things and brush their teeth with heavy peppermint toothpaste and the remedies work just the same. Contact us if you would like our position statement on the usage of mint with homeopathy.Is taking two lozenges more effective than taking one lozenge at a time?No greater effect is achieved by taking two lozenges at a time than by taking one lozenge because a homeopathic dosage is not body-mass dependent. Once you take a dose, the body receives a healing message to do something - stop the throbbing, ease tension, improve circulation, etc. The body's natural intelligence receives this message and responds without the need for larger doses. What will add therapeutic value is to increase the frequency of dosage during times of stress or acute symptoms.How long will homeopathic remedies keep before expiring? How should they be stored?These remedies are intended to be used within three years of the manufactured date found on the box. Homeopathy should be stored in a convenient place like your purse, a drawer at work, or your glove compartment. It is wise to not store them in direct sunlight, extreme temperatures, or damp environments to prevent absorption of fluid.What is the difference between single remedies and lozenges?Single remedies are best when the picture of the person's state of health fits the remedy's description. For example, Nux Vomica is the best remedy for treating indigestion as a result of over-indulgence. Whereas, lozenges are made from a combination of remedies designed to holistically address conditions where multiple factors might be in play. For example, stress is often the result of multiple physical and emotional causes, which may include: overwork, fatigue, emotional distress, poor digestion and circulation. Stress Mints are formulated to address each of these factors, triggering the body's natural healing ability to restore balance and well-being.Will drinking coffee or alcohol interfere with the effectiveness of homeopathic medicines?No, in fact, core homeopathic remedies found in the Materia Medica such as Chamomilla and Nux Vomica address symptoms caused by using coffee or alcohol. Chamomilla relieves caffeine jitters, while Nux Vomica is the go-to remedy for excess consumption of alcohol or other overindulgences. Our low-potency homeopathic products are designed to meet you where you're at and do not require you to change your habits in order to benefit from taking them. If you are under the care of a homeopathic practitioner who has prescribed a high-potency constitutional remedy, please follow the guidelines provided by your practitioner.Are animal sources used in homeopathy?Most homeopathic remedies are vegan in origin. Of the remedies we offer, only two are made using animal sources. One remedy, Sepia, is made from the ink expelled from a squid. The other remedy, Cantharis, is made from the dried Cantharis Beetle. All homeopathic remedies are highly diluted until the physical properties are no longer measureable, leaving only the energetic essence from the original source. If you are concerned about using Cantharis or Sepia due to your dietary preferences, you can refrain from using these remedies. Our products are not tested on animals.Is homeopathic medicine safe for kids? If so, how does the dosage change for kids?Yes, homeopathy is very safe to use with children. The dosage does not change between children and adults because homeopathic medicines are not body-mass dependent. A parent may crush a lozenge in some warm water to administer, especially if there is concern that the child might choke on a whole lozenge. Our lozenges may safely be given to children 8 years and older for occasional use. If your child's condition does not improve, please seek medical guidance.My child just took several lozenges, what should I do?The level of active ingredient in the products is extremely small and should not cause harm even when ingested in large amounts. For further reassurance, you can contact poison control (1-800-222-1222). Each lozenge contains one gram of sugar. If your child is diabetic or sensitive to sugar, the concern would be the excess consumption of sugar.Is homeopathy safe to use with my pet?Homeopathy is very safe to use with animals. Several customers have reported giving a Stress Mint or Calm Drop to their pet before a trip to the vet or leaving for work to help with anxiety. If your pet accidentally gets into a box of lozenges, there is no concern of over-dosing due to the extremely high dilutions of active ingredients.
A Choice For Homeopathic MedicineThroughout history Homeopathic Medicine has reflected the ever-changing political and medical standards associated with natural therapies. Regulated as over-the-counter medicine by the FDA, homeopathic remedies have provided an alternative for consumers to choose the medicine they believe will bring them the most benefits. Historical Remedies supports consumer choice by making education a priority and by offering a modern medicine chest of remedies chosen for their proven historical effectiveness. Our educational material, simple instructions and supportive literature have been developed to assist in the health and self-care choice of people from all walks of life.
While being an advocate for choice, we encourage consumers to make informed decisions when choosing any therapy or course of treatment for oneself or a loved one's health. Many of us have learned through practice and experience to trust that homeopathic therapies can safely tend to our most immediate health care needs. Historical Remedies recognizes homeopathy as a stepping stone into awareness and health maintenance.
Science and ExperienceHomeopathy has been a controversial choice since its inception because the medicine's healing properties are based on the laws of physics that conclude that matter is indestructible. Because science cannot yet see the sub-atomic make-up of matter's indestructible healing energy, homeopathic medicine has evolved as a medicine of human experience. From Dr. Samuel Hahnemann's first discovery of the energetic force in matter, homeopathy has depended on the individual's experience as the basis for empirical evidence of homeopathic healing.
Every person's body, thinking and belief system is unique. Choosing homeopathy to prevent a cold, take care of an injury, handle a sleepless night, calm aniexty or balance emotional upsets is an experience in trusting your own instincts and knowledge of your body. Historical Remedies by offering you our best research on the most useful medicine for every day health and wellness.
About Historical RemediesSince 1989 Historical Remedies has upheld stewardship of homeopathic medicines with historical significance and modern relevancy. We invite you to try one of our single-ingredient remedies or formulation lozenges for a revitalizing experience.
Inspiring Self-CareFor over 20 years, Historical Remedies has combined classic homeopathic remedies, the highest quality standards, and a holistic understanding of personalized healthcare to create homeopathic therapies that promote physical healing and emotional well-being. Home to both a gold-standard line of single-ingredient remedies and innovative homeopathic formulation lozenges, including Stress Mints and Arnica Drops, we offer products that inspire a positive experience in self-healing. Our homeopathic lozenges have expanded natural medicine cabinets bringing stress relief within easy reach.
Making Homeopathy ApproachableWe strive to remove barriers that may prevent the wide-spread use of homeopathic medicine. Many people are advised not to touch the medicine, to abstain from mint or drinking coffee, and avoid taking homeopathic remedies with food or alcohol. We seek to dispel these myths and make user-friendly products that do not require lifestyle changes to experience their restorative benefits. To this end, we broke the mold of using pellets in tubes and blister packs by innovatively potentizing organic lozenges to create an easy-to-use homeopathic product that appeals to the senses and fits active lifestyles. Visit our FAQ section to learn more about using homeopathic remedies.
Crafted With CareOur homeopathic formulations have been developed with care and attention by founder Robert Cohanim, in collaboration with a team of homeopathic practitioners, pharmacists, and naturopathic physicians. Their collaboration has yielded relevant formulations that holistically address multi-symptom concerns in a manner that is effective, safe, and in tune with the body's own healing system. The homeopathic preparations used to create these over-the-counter products follow strict Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) from the FDA, in accordance to the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States (HPUS). What you will find are safe and effective homeopathic medicines crafted with care.
Dissolve one homeopathic drop in mouth and repeat as often as needed. This product is naturally safe and has no side-effects.
From its conception in the inventive mind of 18th century German Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, to its grass roots spread in America during the late 1800s, homeopathic medicine has evolved to embrace the commanding issues in over-the-counter therapies today: safety for children, sensitive to needs of the old, emotional care, stress, prevention, holistic methodology, and pharmaceutical practices that are environmentally sound. The Historical Remedies family of homeopathic therapies is designed with innovative delivery systems to inspire a positive experience in modern self-care.
91% 10 of 11 reviewers would recommend this product to a friend.
A friend recommended I try this product due to constant insomnia connected to a lot of stressful issues. These Calm drops are wonderful. They gently relax you enough to take the edge off. I sleep through the night now when I dissolve one under my tongue. I also use the Moon drops and stress drops. These are a great product that really works. I've tried other homeopathic stuff for stress/anxiety, but these work the best and they are affordable for anybody!!!
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These pills really work to settle anxiety and stress. Have prevented many anxiety attacks coming on. I highly recommend these to anyone. Prescription pills are poison and these you can take every half hour as needed. Taste is great as you let dissolve in your mouth, a natural comparison to Xanax
Mild tasting, soothing. Would buy again.
This is my favorite Historical Remedies candy. Unlike the "Historical Remedies Stress Mints" this product does not have mint (I hate mint). This product and the "Historical Remedies Moon Drops" taste so good, I really have to remember to not eat more than instructed. This product will calm you without making you feel sleepy. I do not go anywhere without it. The box is a perfect size for your purse. I absolutely LOVE them!
Gave these out as holiday gifts because I think everyone should have some on hand. Use them regularly on rough days. They help pass the time more calmly.
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Apple's stock has been getting killed lately.
But, enough's enough, says Oppenheimer analysts Ittai Kidron and George Iwanyc in a note this morning.
They're calling for the stock to bounce back to $620 in the near term. (Long term, they have an $800 price target.)
Why are they calling for the stock to come back? Mostly just because: "We believe Apple's competitive position is unchanged and see it better position with a refreshed portfolio across all key segments heading into 2013. We see good potential for a rebound as iPhone/ iPad demand holds up. Buy on weakness."
There's a lot of fear, and unknowns with Apple right now. Can it make enough iPhone 5s? How will the iPad Mini affect overall sales? How will it affect margins? What's up with the executive shake up?
But, Kidron and Iwanyc think the fundamental story about Apple is that it is the industry leader, and it just produced its strongest line up of products ever. Demand for those products is strong, so the stock should go up.
The stock is up ever so slightly in pre-market trading this morning.
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Golden syrup chocolate cupcakes
These cupcakes have an amazing consistency all-over: the cupcake is moist and rich, and the icing is delicious, smooth and creamy. I used the swiss-meringue buttercream for the icing, and it was a hit! :-)
Cream-cheese strawberry cupcakes
Nothing compliments the strawberries like the cream-cheese icing, and you can enjoy this taste even off-season with strawberry jam! :-) You can skip limit the calories in this recipe by using lighter strawberry jam, or pulverized strawberries, and using half of the sugar in the cupcake part if you want the cupcakes less sweet.
Baked cake doughnuts
Traditional-made doughnuts are made with yeast dough, and deep-fried to make a fluffy, delicious spongy cake. It requires a lot of work to cook them, though, but for quick snacks (Sunday breakfast maybe?) the easier way are the baked cake doughnuts—which are spongy, fluffy and delicious too! You can enjoy them bare (like cakes), or glazed (like traditional yeast doughnuts), or stuffed if you overfill the form by any chance! :-)
Vanilla-butterscotch cupcakes
These are the nicest cupcakes ever: rich in taste, sweet, smooth and creamy, thanks to the fluffy buttercream and luxurious butterscotch surprise. Who would've thought that it's also one of the easiest recipes ever? ;-)
When you make your own pasta, you will always end up with some scraps, even more if you make ravioli. You can easily recycle this leftover pasta to make maltagliati, meaning "poorly cut" in Italian, which was traditionally meant as food for the poor. We are way past that, and today you can enjoy rich texture and amazing flavor of your pasta without the social stigma ;-)


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OK, shamelessly ripped off from WoW Insider… but have a look at this… Tailors rejoice!
Gnomer and Out!
August 12, 2008 by Gnomeaggedon
OK, shamelessly ripped off from WoW Insider… but have a look at this… Tailors rejoice!
Gnomer and Out!
i suppose this might be what they meant by not wanting to over power tailoring like they did in the early stages of TBC with Shadow's Embrace and Wrath of Spellfire sets. Instead we get a gimmicky mount. Still…I'll craft one 🙂
I have a dream…
A raid full of mages on carpets invade… somewhere.
wonder how much it will cost… and if I should get advance flying before expansion or not!
Indeed…it's a very fast mount…
i suddenly have renewed vigor for my tailoring. i'm not even at 300 yet, so i will have a LOOoooong way to go, but still. i'll add my own tweak to Zupa's vision, above:
a raid full of mages in carpets… casting fireballs without dismounting.
please oh please oh please, blizzard!
WTB Magic Carpet Mount upgrade that allows an extra passenger. Imagine the RP possibilities!
"I can show you the world…"
@krizzlybear lol …"shining shimmering splendid…"
A carpet made of awesome!
100% pure unmitigated embroidered WIN! I am SO getting myself one of these. 😀
You have just made my day!! I can't wait to see Mae on a flying carpet!
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