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senior precious metals analyst at Casey Research...
How Big Investment Funds Are
Gold for $911.62/oz
(Even though it's selling for nearly twice that...)
The smart money is using a little-known anomaly in the metals market to buy deeply discounted gold – while everyone else pays exorbitant prices. Keep reading to discover what this anomaly is... and how you can use it to protect and grow your wealth.
Dear Fellow Investor,
The number-one question people ask me – and just about every other gold analyst – is...
"Should I buy gold now or wait for the price to come down?"
Maybe you've wondered about it yourself.
The short answer is, even though gold's well over $1,700 an ounce as of this writing, now is a good time to buy.
We've all seen gold's big run-up. And it's not surprising that investors are flocking to gold when you consider how worried they are these days about worldwide inflation... the European debt crisis... S&P's downgrading of America's credit rating... the volatility in the world's financial markets.
And even though these and other troubling issues will keep the bull market in gold going strong, there's an even better profit opportunity than buying the metal itself.
It's an opportunity that the big investment funds are exploiting, which can get you into the yellow metal for as little as $911.62 an ounce.
They're doing this by leveraging a market anomaly that practically guarantees healthy gains.
An unusual situation is allowing you to get into gold at a steep discount
Right now you can get positioned in the gold market at more than 45% under the current spot price of the metal.
Precious metals analysts like myself – along with many highly respected institutional, hedge, and mutual fund managers – credit this to an anomaly in the precious metals market: Gold and silver mining companies are seriously undervalued relative to the price of the metals themselves.
This has created a rare profit opportunity that is unlikely to last very long.
Big institutional and mutual fund managers
are urging their clients to
buy gold miners
Bank of America and Merrill Lynch analysts recently told their clients that gold stocks are severely undervalued and reflect gold prices of over a year ago, when they were 20-25% less than they are today.
Our analysis suggests that most of the gold producing companies appear undervalued... we recommend an overweight position in gold equities as the summer wanes and we head into the fall season, traditionally a great time to own gold companies."
Dundee Capital Markets
But that assessment is based on an overview of the entire mining industry. I'm watching a select group of mining stocks that are even more undervalued relative to the price of gold – and they're offering some of the best profit opportunities I've seen in years.
Frank Holmes, chief investment strategist for U.S. Global Investors, agrees that gold producers have huge upside potential: "There is a substantial opportunity to buy healthy gold mining companies at historically low prices compared to gold..."
So does John Hathaway, portfolio manager for Tocqueville Gold Fund, who claims gold stocks have "tremendous catch-up potential" to the price of gold.
The point is professionals who analyze the precious metals industry, as well as big fund managers, recognize there's an unusual divergence between the price of gold and mining company shares.
This divergence shows that shares of gold companies are severely lagging the price of gold... and should be much higher.
That's why the experts are urging investors to immediately get into gold and silver equities. They know the current situation presents a strong liklelihood of outsized gains... gains that could be life changing.
A once-in-a-decade buying opportunity that can give your portfolio a major boost
Mining stocks typically outperform gold by 3 to 1. And from 2001 to near the end of 2007, they did even better, outgaining it by 5 to 1.
The chart below illustrates this point. It compares gold producers, as measured by HUI (the Amex Gold Bugs Index, shown by the red line), to the SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GDL, in blue), which is designed to track the price of gold:
|Gold stocks outperformed physical gold
by 5 to 1 from 2001 through 2007
But it's totally different today – this historical trend has completely reversed. Gold is now outperforming mining companies by a 3.6-to-1 margin, opening up a rare profit opportunity.
The following chart – again comparing gold producers, as measured by the Amex Gold Bugs Index in red, to physical gold tracked by the SPDR Gold Trust ETF in blue – provides a stark illustration...
|A rare divergence overdue to correct –
Gold stocks are lagging gold by 3.6 to 1
A rare divergence overdue to correct – Gold stocks are lagging gold by 3.6 to 1
While there's no guarantee this divergence will reverse course, I'm convinced that it will.
Will gold stocks revert back to the historical norm of outperforming gold 3 to 1? Or will they do even better, like they did from 2001 through 2007, when they outshined gold 5 to 1?
No one knows. But consider this – even a reversal to a 1-to-1 ratio would give you significant gains.
An improvement to 2 to1 would give your portfolio a nice shot in the arm.
And if the ratio returns to the historical norm of 3 to 1, or shoots up to 5 to 1 (like it did from 2001 through 2007), you'd be sitting on gains that could literally change your life.
Tocqueville Gold Fund Manager John Hathaway sums up how the experts feel about the situation:
I'm looking for gold stocks in general to be re-priced over the next several months… Mining stocks will be producing great earnings, while the rest of the economy is stalling out...That to me will be very positive for mining stocks...
Yes, right now gold stocks are selling at bargain basement prices.
This is especially evident when you calculate the price you pay for gold when you invest in a mining company (of course you're purchasing a stake in a mining company's assets – including its gold reserves – when you buy stock; you're not actually buying phsical gold).
A formula to calculate your gold price when you buy a gold mining stock
The secret to understanding the value of a gold mining company is to start with the number of ounces it has in the ground (a public number accessible to all of us), and simply divide that number into its market cap.
Let's take Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC), one of eight gold miners I have in my portfolio. As of this writing, it has a market cap of $18.821 billion, with 62.4 million ounces of gold reserves.
By dividing the number of ounces into the market cap, we get a figure of $301.62.
To this total we add the company's cost to dig each ounce of gold out of the ground. In the case of Kinross, that's $610. That makes the final figure $911.62 – the cost per ounce of gold you pay for buying Kinross stock.
($18.821 billion/$62.4 million = $301.62; $301.62+$610 = $911.62)
This represents a 49% discount to the current price of gold itself (based on the August 16 close of $1,787.10).
Here's a look at the other seven gold stocks I'm holding, using the same per-ounce method of calculation:
Price per Ounce (as of August 16, 2011)
Gold Company A - $809.50
Gold Company C - $971.50
Gold Company D - $972.78
Gold Company G - $1,272.08
Gold Company B - $954.57
Gold Company D - $972.78
Gold Company F - $1,168.88
Obviously, there's a lot of value in these companies – and significant disparity in the cost-per-ounce of gold among them. Part of this disparity comes from future cash flow expectations, as well as the time and cost of mining the gold (mining costs average around $557 per ounce industrywide, but they can vary considerably from producer to producer... and we tend to favor the lowest-cost producers).
There are other factors to consider, such as the political climate of the countries where mining operations are taking place, and the company's financial health (or lack thereof).
While these are important considerations, the main point to understand is that gold mining stocks are selling at an historic discount right now – and this is giving you an outstanding opportunity to profit.
HSBC Global Asset Management certainly sees it that way.
They reportedly sold most of their physical gold holdings and bought gold shares...
Gold equities will remain under pressure while investors remain fearful, but once investors feel that the risk of another leg down in general markets passes, or after a downswing in the markets, we feel the gold equities will do some catching up."
HSBC Global Asset Management
Here's something else you should know – gold miners aren't the only sector of the precious metals market poised for big returns...
Silver miners are on sale, too
Let's apply the same formula I used for Kinross to Pan American Silver (PAAS), another company I'm holding.
Pan American Silver has a market cap of $3.265 billion, and 230.7 million ounces of silver reserves. That gives you a total per-ounce price of $14.15. Since it costs the company $9.19 to mine silver on a per-ounce basis, we add $9.19 to the total.
The result: By investing in this company, you're getting into silver at $23.34 an ounce – a far cry from the August 16 close of $39.91.
($3.265 billion/$230.7 million = $14.15; $14.15+$9.19 = $23.34)
Another silver mining company in my portfolio is effectively giving shareholders a per-ounce price of $22.12.
Silver Is Way Undervalued Compared With Gold"
CNBC's "Fast Money"
As is the case with gold miners, I'm not the only metals analyst who believes there's considerable profit potential in select silver producers as well.
Andrew Kaip, a precious metals analyst for BMO Capital Markets, is recommending that investors seek out sound silver equities because they're undervalued to the underlying price of silver (he especially likes companies with a good number of operations already in place).
Here's what he had to say during an interview with The Wall Street Transcript:
BMO covers about 55% of global silver mine production, so we've got a good handle on where we see production growth moving forward... Our analysis suggests that for the next couple of years silver should benefit from robust industrial demand growth, as well as strong and sustained investment demand. We see a mine supply deficit... through to the end of 2012.
As Kaip and other experts keep stressing, right now you have an outstanding opportunity to get positioned in the precious metals sector. Through buying select mining companies, you'll effectively get deeply discounted gold and silver.
But this opportunity will be available only as long as the divergence I talked about remains in place – a situation I doubt will last much longer.
And there's another factor that is likely to cause a rise in the metals markets that you need to know about...
Gold and gold stocks
tend to strengthen in the fall
The reason is Asian demand – especially in India and China – typically boosts gold prices in the fall.
Fall is the Indian season for marriage, and its impact on gold prices is immense because the wedding gift of choice is often gold jewelry or gold coins.
During the Hindu Diwali festival, also in the fall, gold coins are especially popular because they're considered good luck – people use them during the festival while worshipping.
And when you consider that India has a population of 1.15 billion – with millions of weddings, Diwali, and about a dozen other Hindu festivals every fall – it's no wonder Indians buy so much gold.
According to the World Gold Council, total gold demand in India last year was 963 tonnes, out of a worldwide total of 3,812.2 tonnes – that's 25.26% of total worldwide demand, making India the number-one gold consumer in the world. Most of this gold is in the form of jewelry, which is both used for investment and adornment (there is little distinction between gold as investment and gold jewelry in India).
Indian gold demand is expected to accelerate, according to Minerals and Metals Trading Corp's Ved Kumar Prakash. He reported that gold demand in India is "skyrocketing," and predicted – given his company's brisk sales – gold imports would jump by more than 40% this fiscal year.
The red dragon's
ravenous appetite for gold
India isn't the world's only mass consumer of gold. China is the second-largest gold buyer in the world, but at its current buying pace it may overtake India by 2014.
It's hard to overstate the role China plays in gold's current bull market. Nearly 16% of global gold demand went to Chinese households between July and October 2010, rising from 14% the previous year.
Overall, total consumer demand for gold in China totaled 579.5 tonnes in 2010, a rise of 27%.
While India is the world's largest consumer of gold, China is the largest market for gold coins and bars, according to the World Gold Council. In 2010, Chinese demand for gold as an investment surged 70%, totaling 180 tonnes.
As in India, gift-giving in China plays a huge role in increased demand. Unlike in years past, Chinese families tend to give each other gifts of gold instead of traditional red envelopes stuffed with cash.
A big reason for this change is that the Chinese government deregulated the gold market in 2001, making it far easier for Chinese citizens to buy gold.
In fact, the government of China actually encourages its citizens to purchase gold and silver, unlike Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who says gold isn't money and discourages Americans from buying it.
With all this demand from India and China, it's easy to see why gold prices typically get such a huge boost in the fall.
And with gold producers lagging physical gold, it's equally easy to understand why Raymond James, Canada is urging its clients to buy select miners now:
We recommend investors take advantage of the strengthening precious metal prices by accumulating gold and silver equities ahead of the typical fall rally.
And here's another reason for the autumn boost in gold: Trading volume tends to increase after brokers and investors return from their summer vacations (this extra push can be substantial).
As a result, gold gets a double dose of enthusiastic buying in the fall – from returning brokers and investors, and gold-hungry Asia.
The time to get positioned in gold and silver miners is Now – before autumn Asian buying kicks in
A reversal in the divergence between the performance of gold miners and gold itself could happen at any time. It wouldn't surprise me at all if this fall's Asian gold buying season triggered it.
There are many other scenarios that could trigger a reversal as well – another round of massive U.S. debt buying by the Federal Reserve... the default of a deadbeat eurozone country on its debt... an escalation of central bank gold buying... a new war. Any one of these scenarios could be enough to send gold company shares flying.
If you're on the sidelines when that happens, you will effectively have lost your chance to get gold at a steep discount.
Of course, you can't just buy any old gold or silver stock and expect to make money. While the simple formula I outlined above gives you a feel for the profit potential sound gold miners offer, there's much more to evaluating a gold company than just dividing its market cap by its gold reserves.
How sound is the company's management?
How successful has it been at turning promising properties into producing mines?
Does the company have the capital – or access to it – to pursue its development plans?
Failing to get answers to questions like these before investing in any mining company is a recipe for disaster.
Fortunately, you don't have to do all this work yourself.
Why you should pay attention to
what I have to say about
precious metal mining companies
I'm Jeff Clark, senior precious metals analyst for Casey Research and editor of BIG GOLD, a precious metals advisory.
You might say gold mining runs in my blood.
I've worked gold claims on my family's land in California and Arizona (as well as a mine in a place that I'll never reveal).
These days I spend my time tracking the market forces behind gold, as well as silver and other precious metals.
As a result of my experience, I have an insider's understanding of the gold industry and what it takes to make a mining operation profitable. But more important to you, I know how to use my understanding to find profitable investment opportunities others often overlook.
I just put together a special report that shows you exactly what I do to find the best gold and silver stocks.
It's called The Bargain Buyer's Guide to Gold and Silver, which features three companies that I feel are in outstanding positions to reward you with solid gains in the coming weeks and months.
In this report – which is free for you – I reveal everything you need to know about these companies, including:
- Detailed information about the management teams and why they're a cut above the competition
- Where their producing mines are, what projects are in development, and how they're leveraging gold and silver for maximum profit
- How they're promoting themselves
- The state of their finances
- Details about their share structures
- What they've got going for them that's likely to boost share prices
- And much, much more… including their ticker symbols.
Right now I'd like to give you a little information about these companies…
Pick #1
a Mid-Tier Gold Producer
that's undervalued by 34%
This outfit is one of the lowest-cost gold producers around, with operating mines in China and Turkey. It has several more in development and is led by a man with over 55 years' experience in the mining industry.
By 2015, it's expected to increase production by 150%, to over 1.5 million ounces.
This is also a very conservative company…
- It's set up to be profitable even if gold prices drop 75%
- All exploration projects will be paid for by current cash flow
- It has more cash than debt
- It pays a dividend
And based on the formula I outlined earlier in this letter, buying this company is like getting gold for $954.57 per ounce.
Pick #2
a Canadian Silver Producer
with a big presence in China
If you want to succeed in China, you need a well-connected management team. And that's exactly what this company has...
- Its CEO has already been a part of four silver and gold discoveries in China and is a powerful member of the Canada-China Business Council and the Canada-China Business Association
- The company president has worked for numerous mining companies in both China and Canada
- The board of directors includes a former ambassador to China and a man who helped develop current mineral resource laws in China
This company is also the lowest-cost producer among its peers, has increased production 72% in 2010 over 2009, and is on track to acquire significant new development projects.
Like Bargain Buyer's Pick #1, it also pays a dividend.
Pick #3
a Gold Royalty Company
led by a management team with
100+ years of experience
There's more than one way to skin a cat – or in this case for a mining company to make money on gold. This outfit generates cash by getting a percentage of profits from gold miners, rather than actually mining the metal itself.
In other words, it's a royalty company (but it's not Royal Gold).
Right now it has…
- Over two dozen royalty arrangements with a host of precious metals miners from all over the world (most of which come from politically stable countries)
- Royalties from oil and gas producers
- 20 future royalties locked up with potential revenues of over $2 billion
Plus it has plenty of cash, no debt, and a management team with over a century of experience – making it a stock that could yield substantial profits, even if the divergence between gold and gold mining companies persists (which I doubt).The Bargain Buyer's Guide to Gold and Silver has all the details about this stock and the other companies I just told you about.
How to get The Bargain Buyer's Guide to Gold and Silver for Free
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BIG GOLD belongs in every serious investor's arsenal. It features only the best mid- and large-cap precious metals and natural resource producers, plus ETFs, mutual funds, and more.
But you get much more than just stock picks in BIG GOLD – there's enlightening interviews with precious metals experts... hot-off-the-presses updates on the latest trends in the mining sector... timely feature articles that introduce you to the movers and shakers in the mining industry... and much, much more.
BIG GOLD – your guide to profitable precious metals investing
Here's a sampling of some monthly features that have appeared within the last year in BIG GOLD:
- How to Buy Gold for $100 a Month If you're looking for an easy-on-your-wallet way to buy gold, look no further. This timely piece reviews several firms that allow you to buy gold in per-gram increments from monthly checking account deductions that can be as small as $100 (they even store your gold for you and can arrange for delivery)
- The 2011 Silver Buying Guide Features a candid interview with Andy Schectman (of bullion dealer Miles Franklin) about the current state of the bullion market, as well as expansive charts that survey the entire silver market landscape (you won't find these charts anywhere else)
- Should We Buy Rare Coins? Reveals the three things you must know to accurately gauge the value of collectable coins, as well as an interview with Val Simmons, co-founder of PCGS, a professional coin-grading service with over 1,300 authorized dealers that have graded over 19 million coins with a declared value of over $20 billion
- Royalties Happen Why investing in companies that receive royalties from gold miners can be even more profitable than owning the miners themselves – and what you MUST watch out for in a royalty company before you invest
You get access to these features, as well as every article that's ever appeared in the four-year history of BIG GOLD, when you subscribe today.
And remember, with BIG GOLD, there's absolutely no risk to you – and plenty of opportunities for reward.
There's no risk because if you don't like it, just let the Casey Research staff know within the first three months and I'll make sure you get your money back. And if you request a refund after three months, you'll get reimbursed for all remaining issues left on your subscription.
The bottom line is you get a full 90 days to try BIG GOLD risk-free – and even if you ask for a refund, you get to keep The Bargain Buyer's Guide to Gold and Silver – and profit from its recommendations.
As for the rewards, consider...
The current BIG GOLD portfolio
is up 54.48% – and we're just
getting started
As I write this, we have 22 open positions, with 21 in positive territory – that's a win ratio of 95.45%. And even with the portfolio's one losing position – down 11.7% – BIG GOLD members still come out way ahead.
Take a look at some of the winners…
- A gold trust – up 154.11%
- A silver trust – up 92.3%
- A gold producer – up 191.41%
- A silver producer – up 79.75%
We're also sitting on gains* of 64.44% from a gold producer, 103.37% on a silver ETF, and 117.17% from another gold producer. And considering that gold miners' profits are lagging behind those of the metal itself, we're confident that the best gains are just ahead.
*Gains as of Aug. 10, 2011
And with the Asian seasonal buying just around the corner – not to mention the likelihood of the closing of the gold/gold miner divergence – we're looking to expand on these gains substantially.
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And rest assured, your trial subscription to BIG GOLD is completely risk free. You can cancel any time within the first 90 days for a full refund – plus you get to keep The Bargain Buyer's Guide to Gold and Silver just for giving BIG GOLD a try.
Now's the time to start profiting in gold, silver, and other precious metals – and there's no better way to do that than to hitch your wagon to the companies that mine it.
So get on board today and get your share of discounted gold (while you still can).
Jeff Clark,
Editor, BIG GOLD
P.S. Remember, you have a full 90 days to see if BIG GOLD fits with your investment strategy.
Read The Bargain Buyer's Guide to Gold and Silver. Paper trade it or add a few picks to your portfolio.
If at the end of 90 days you're not completely satisfied with my research and recommendations, if you're not convinced BIG GOLD is helping you uncover outstanding opportunities in gold and silver miners, just give us a call. Our friendly customer-service staff will provide you with a prompt, courteous refund.
And keep The Bargain Buyer's Guide to Gold and Silver, withmy compliments.
All the risk is on us, so why not give BIG GOLD a try?
P.P.S. The divergence between gold and gold miners is very likely to reverse coursen the near future. As Sprott Asset Management's Chief Investment Strategist John Embry says:
They [gold and silver equities] haven't moved up a lot with gold and silver… it's going to be like Internet stocks in the '90s, except the mining stocks are going to have real fundamentals.
Don't miss out on the 21st-century gold rush – get positioned now and make 2011 your portfolio's top-performing year.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this report, gold's sharp – and temporary – correction is giving you the chance to take part in the best buying opportunity I've seen in the natural resource sector since 2008.
On October 27 of that year, the Amex Gold Bugs Index (HUI) closed at 151.57. By September 8, 2011 it had shot up to 635.04, a gain of 319%.
This is the kind of profit opportunity current market conditions are creating... and I firmly believe there will be no shortage of them for investors who get in now.


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Volume 23 - Article 24 | Pages 669-696
Studying historical occupational careers with multilevel growth models
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|17 Dec 2009
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|01 Oct 2010
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|You will find all publications in this Special Collection "Social Mobility and Demographic Behaviour: A Long-Term Perspective" at http://www.demographic-research.org/special/10/
In this article we propose to study occupational careers with historical data by using multilevel growth models. Historical career data are often characterized by a lack of information on the timing of occupational changes and by different numbers of observations of occupations per individual. Growth models can handle these specificities, whereas standard methods, such as event history analyses can't. We illustrate the use of growth models by studying career success of men and women, using data from the Historical Sample of the Netherlands. The results show that the method is applicable to male careers, but causes trouble when analyzing female careers.
Author's Affiliation
Wiebke Schulz - Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
Ineke Maas - Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
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I think there are some forms of intellectual property that are warranted. We live in a time in which things are easily duplicated, for the creator and for those who wish to exploit them. Take digital music. Is it lawful for someone to create an CD of music, which could have been days if not months of preparation, not to mention the years of musical practice and composition, recording, mixing, mastering, and production, to then sell duplications of the master recording for profit?
Is it lawful for someone to take that recording and duplicate it for free for himself (say, checking it out at the library), or free for many people (e.g., Napster), or to sell it to others? We are in new territory in terms of property. I think a modest amount of protection is warranted, for a modest amount of time. Certainly, though, the system is being used to protect big business, perpetuated revenues, and stifles the development of society due to information log-jam. I am also for artists having their creations being open, and allowing patronage from their fans. This market model has a lot of potential and can effectively by-pass the whole intellectual property issue.
You are correct. Intellectual property does not exist. However, it is a matter of the fourth commandment (according to Catechism of Pius X). Obeying civil authority when possible is proper. My blog post on it: http://nonpeccabis.blogspot.com/2010/12/modern-concerns-of-theft-concerning.htmlThe basis for this idea of intellectual property is greed.
Say I write a book and publish it with my own money. I sell one copy. I receive $5 after my expenses. Should now I be deemed to have been worthily paid for my effort, and now the work can be distributed and/or sold to the four winds? Or should I have a legal control over my work for my lifetime to reproduce, distribute, and receive money for my work. It seems logical that someone who creates a work should have legal rights over that work for a certain period of time. It certainly can be construed in some instances that purposely going against the law would violate a person's right to a just wage, since you are undermining it.
That is not logical.You are missing the point. The issue of payment would be in your managing the publication of it, or in the contract with a publisher. You are not entitled to anything but truth (another can't claim your work for their own).
Current copyright laws extend the protection to after the person who created a work is dead. That does nothing to encourage additional productivity. Why write more books when your best seller will keep you and your publishing house going for 70 years?I've seen it argued that a 12 to 15 year copyright period would strike a nice balance between rewarding people for their work and encouraging more productivity - and it seems to be a less intrusive exercise of civil authority. Isn't this also closer to the amount of time used in some of the first copyright laws too?


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Celebrating Breast Cancer Survivors
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Celebrating Breast Cancer Survivors
1. Richard Roundtree was diagnosed with a rare male breast cancer in '93 and underwent a double mastectomy at age 61.Source:PR Photos 1 of 22
2. Wanda Sykes found out she had breast cancer when she went in for a breast reduction. She opted for a double mastectomy.2 of 22
3. Angelina Jolie tested positive for the breast cancer gene BRCA1 in 2014. As a result she had a double mastectomy.Source:AP 3 of 22
4. Robin Roberts was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and returned to work a month after surgery & chemo. (AP)4 of 22
5. Diahann Carroll was diagnosed in 1998 & 10 years later she had a bestselling comedic book about her battle with breast cancer.5 of 22
6. Sheryl Crow was diagnosed at age 44 in 2006 and credits early detection to her survival. (AP)6 of 22
7. Patti LaBelle was diagnosed in 2005 and is cancer-free today. (Photo: AP)7 of 22
8. Kylie Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 at age 37 and is now cancer free after chemo. (Photo:AP)8 of 22
9. Hoda Kotb was diagnosed in 2006 and underwent a mastectomy & reconstructive surgery. She is now cancer-free. (AP)9 of 22
10. Fashion designer Betsy Johnson was diagnosed in 2002 is now cancer-free. (Photo: AP)10 of 22
11. Giuliana Rancic was diagnosed at age 36 and underwent a double mastectomy. (Photo: AP)11 of 22
12. Rene Syler chose to have a preventive mastectomy due to carrying the breast cancer gene. She is cancer-free today and happy.12 of 22
13. Christina Applegate underwent a double mastectomy and is now cancer-free and working harder than ever. (AP)13 of 22
14. Poet and author Nikki Giovani battled and conqured both lung and breast cancer.14 of 22
15. Melissa Ethridge was diagnosed in 2004 at age 43. She performed at the 2005 Grammy Awards bald, beautiful & cancer-free.15 of 22
16. Retired WNBA player Edna Campbell is a breast cancer survivor and penned a Breast Cancer Recovery Manual. (AP)16 of 22
17. Cynthia Nixon of Sex & the City fame was diagnosed in 2006. She had a lumpectomy and radiation and is now cancer-free.17 of 22
18. Peter Criss The ex-KISS drummer who penned the power ballad "Beth" is one the few faces of male breast cancer & survivor. PR18 of 22
19. Actress, director and Oscar-winner Kathy Bates recently revealed she had a double mastectomy and is doing great. PR19 of 22
20. Singer, novelist, actress & model Marsha Hunt was diagnosed with Breast cancer in 2004 and is now cancer free. (Pinterest)20 of 22
21. Oklahoma state Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre is a survivor and a tireless advocate for breast cancer research. (Flickr)21 of 22
22. Nancy Brinker founder of the Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundation is also a breast cancer survivor. (AP)22 of 22
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Prerequisite: GR 202, EN 211 with a grade of "C" or better or HON 102 and HON 112 and sophomore standing.
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This is by no means a Denver only phenomenon. Cops have been shooting dogs in record numbers over the past few years. Most of the time they have no knock warrants, kick down the wrong door, and immediately shoot any dogs in the house because they are a "threat to officer saftey". After they realize they are at the wrong house they give an insincere "sorry" to the family and go on their merry way with no reprecussions for their actions what so ever. Remember a police officer's primary responsibility is making it home to their family safe and sound, your rights, and those of your loved ones/pets are a distant second.
If you really want to get upset, go on youtube and search for "cop shoots dog". Unfortunately there are a ton of videos, and they all make me very sad/angry
You come on my property and shoot at me or my dogs I don't care who you are your going to be in for a real surprise when i start shooting back.
My driveway gate has a sign that reads
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Have a nice day"
|I have no respect for those who harm animals for the hell of it or who support breed bans. I agree with Snowolf that not all cops are bad, but fuck those cops or anyone who hurts an animal without just cause. Maybe I'm jaded, but I prefer animals over most people...people just disappoint me for the most part.
This is really messed up.
All i gotta say is this is messed up and sad.
I just got back from a walk with my dog.
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Couldn't pay me enough to live in Denver! Seems that city has big issues and is always in the news.
While there are a lot of horrible cops out there, I am unable to a "fuck the police" hater of them all. There are many decent people working in law enforcement and I have several friends who are cops.
I work with a Portland cop at the mountain and we have talked over beers about this issue. According to him, a huge problem has been these military guys coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. The US military training along with their horrific experiences in urban combat has fucked them up in the head.
They come home, join the police force and can't adjust to American civilian law enforcement. They don't see us as people whom they serve and protect. To them we are all just "hajies" like the Iraquis and they see us all as potential enemies ready to kill them with an IED. Shred is right when he calls th cowards but most of them weren't originally; we turned them into cowards from 14 years of occupation of two countries in the Middle East. Like in the movie Forbidden Planet" these guys are our monster from the id.
The cruelty to animals by our military in Iraq has been well documented by all international agencies. Dogs in Iraq are routinely shot and tortured in horrific ways by American soldiers. Is it any surprise that when these guys come home and join the police force, they display such sociopathic behavior? It's going to get much worse before it gets better too I am afraid.
My cop friend is so sickened by what he is seeing and wants to leave the force. He doesn't for a couple reasons. One is that he is 7 years away from a really good retirement and secondly, like many goog cops who do it for all the right reasons, he can't bear the thought of what it will be like for all of us if all of the good cops with a conscience leave the force and all we have are militaristic psychopaths.
There is no way I can go down that "fuck cops" road. There are too many good guys out there and they deal with some horrible shit day in and day out!
I don't what I'd do if I lost my dog. Aside from snowboarding I spend every waking moment with him, I even take him to work. It's kind of twisted that I get more broken up about dogs being mistreated than people.
Those pictures really pissed me off and made me very upset. If it pisses you off I suggest writing to the mayor with the pictures included. I probably should not of posted them since they are horrible, but people should know what breed bans do.
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I use a retractable leash on my dog. This is a dog that is worthy of being off-leash. I am well aware this type of leash is not good for many dogs. My dog is very well socialized and does not in danger himself or other people/animals on the leash.
|Those pictures are horrific. I adopted a pitbull 2 years ago from a shelter who said he was seized in a bust at a dog fighting ring, i was hesitant at first but the second i met him i fell in love. He is gentle and loving and NOTHING like what people think of pitbulls. It really is all on the owner.
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|I like dogs.........dog owners are the problem. Don't get a breed that needs to run....when the owner never leaves the house. Don't get a dog because it's cute. Do a little research on the breed and their personalities. Don't use one of those retractable leashes. Pick up your dog's waste. Dog ownership is a huge responsibility.....too many people take it lightly.
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Denver also has a very strict pit bull ban. It's like a dog holocaust. This link is what breed bans look like. Thankfully it's not the entire state. Pit Bulls are adoptable dogs where I live. It's horrible to look at.
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"First of all, before we say anything about the game, we must make sure that everybody's thoughts and prayers go out to Coach Hamilton and his family with the passing of his mom. Leonard (Hamilton) and I go back a long way when he was an assistant at Kentucky and I was an assistant here (North Carolina). What a wonderful guy and his mother was 96 and he said she lived a wonderful life. Still let's make sure everyone's thoughts and prayers go out to Leonard.
"First half we were really good. You take away the two bonehead defensive plays we made at the end that gave them two conventional, old-fashioned three-point plays. A couple of our veterans were involved both times. I thought we were good defensively and really good offensively. The reason I say good defensively is because we were also fortunate that Florida State missed some shots and were pretty doggone open too. We've got to make sure we don't leave someone wide open. They missed some shots in the first half that they make a lot. I liked our intensity and I liked the way we were pushing the ball. Needless to say I like the way we were shooting it. In the first half we were six of 11 from three, that always helps you as well. The second half I was a little frustrated at times. Florida State is good defensively. Two of the last four or five years they have led the nation in defensive field goal percentage. They switch all the screens one through four and we didn't do a good job handling that in the second half. We made enough shots to keep it going. They came within twelve but we just kept playing so it was good."
On James Michael McAdoo's strong early performance
"If he starts and makes his shots he is a whole of a lot better than when he starts and misses his shots, there's no question. I think that James Michael was aggressive early in the game, but I think the whole team was. That was good for us. When the ball goes in the basket it makes everyone a little more aggressive. A couple of times we got some long rebounds and a couple of turnovers that we were able to run the break and push the ball. James Michael can drive the ball to the basket as well. We have to make sure we move the ball at times so there's space so he can drive in there. He and Reggie (Bullock) were sensational for us and P.J. (Hairston), all three can score. All three we had 20, 21, and 16; 8 of 11, 10 of 15, 6 of 11. When you have guys shoot those percentages, it's going to help you at anytime."
On whether the team is comfortable with the smaller starting lineup
"I think we are still in the process of getting used to it. I'll give this example; very few teams have tried to post up P.J. and tried to post us up in a smaller lineup and I thought Florida State did that quite a bit in the second half. We didn't handle that very well. We have got to do a better job of fronting the post and if you can't front him you have to get help from the top and rotate over. That's something we know that we have to work on with Maryland coming up with Alex Len. They have about five or six big guys that are the focal point of their offense."
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On his team's size advantage
"We got the ball inside to our big guys and we got the ball inside to our perimeter guys. They [North Carolina] blocked one shot in the first half and we had 14 lay-ups. So, offensively our game plan was pretty solid but we just didn't execute. That's one of those things that – sometimes it happens to a team. You get those easy looks and don't finish. I'm sure they [North Carolina] had something to do with it. They did a very good job of bodying up against us inside. I thought that our guys just didn't explode aggressively enough to finish through the contact. That gave them just enough breathing room to come down and make a couple threes and get their energy going. We just couldn't recover."
P.J. Hairston
On the team's field goal percentage
"When I hit that first one, I just knew we were in a rhythm as a team. Reggie (Bullock) came down and hit one. From then on it was like the basket was getting bigger for us."
On being more aggressive
"With Jackson (Simmons) coming in that's what he wants to do. If he could live on the floor, he probably would. That's just him. He loves to dive on the floor, he'll give you extra possessions."
On he, Bullock and James Michael McAdoo
"It's like a triple barrel gun --all of us shooting at the same time. It's hard to stop us."
James Michael McAdoo
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On building momentum
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Arsène Wenger admits winning away at Borussia Dortmund in Tuesday's Champions League opener would give his side a massive boost.
Saturday's victory against Swansea provided a timely lift to the Arsenal squad ahead of the trip to Germany for, what appears on paper, their toughest Group Stage fixture.
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I finished the CELTA course about three months ago, and have been looking for work teaching in a language center in Kraków ever since, to no avail. The market here is quite saturated, above all with Brits, and I'm at a disadvantage being an American and not having a bachelor's degree.
Anyway, I've started to pick up some private students lately and I'm very confused about what approach to take with private lessons. Students usually say that they "just want conversation", but when we meet I invariably find that they expect some kind of preparation and presentation on my part. This makes sense, but so far I've only had preliminary meetings with two students and didn't prepare for either, not having had any idea what I could prepare for students I've never met. The average learner of English in Kraków tends to be at a very advanced level and has studied under numerous previous tutors, further contributing to my nervousness. d-:
For those not familiar with the CELTA, it's a very good, brief, and practical introductory course to teaching groups of adults. Providing a variety of activities and interaction-patterns is stressed, and the basic format of lessons consists of setting up tasks, where students usually interact with one another in groups, while the teacher monitors, correcting and stimulating, then brings the group back together to share and summarize and segues into the next task. From my experience, the CELTA methodology was very effective and interesting. Although I believe most of its concepts (generating and stimulating interest, using a variety of tasks, presenting language using in a well-rounded way using student-centered methods, and thoroughly checking understanding) are still valid in a one-on-one context, the technique of applying such concepts must be completely different...
One of my teacher friends recommended I center lessons around news articles. That seems to me like it would be fine now and then, but I can't see it being interesting time after time. CELTA introduced me to many games and group activity types which just aren't adaptable to tutoring sessions. It doesn't seem possible to "set tasks" for students during a one-on-one sessions. Asking them to fill out worksheets or solve puzzles seems kind of boring, and I think it would make them feel awkward if I'm just monitoring and not participating with and engaging them. Plain conversation on the other hand seems like it would also be boring, and difficult to plan per se, since I think good conversations usually spiral off into tangents.
Furthermore, I think lessons should be presenting some kind of language and moving toward long-term goals. Actually designing a syllabus is something the CELTA course overlooks -- it focuses on lesson planning and execution, but candidates are entirely guided in selection of teaching material. In theory it's easy to say, "assess the student's learning needs and develop an appropriate syllabus." But these are people I'm meeting for the first or second time... I'm confused about how to start envisioning the bigger picture.
I've found very little advice online for planning private lessons. The little I have come up with tends to deal with teaching lower-level students, which isn't very helpful for me in Kraków, where the average level is quite high. And most of the discussion I've seen online about private lessons tends to discuss the problems of finding and keeping students, getting paid, etc. -- not methodology or actual teaching issues.
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I'm meeting new potential students on Tuesday, who work at an IT firm. I really don't want to blow it, since this could lead to a lot more business, but, again, I'm confused about what kind of lesson I can present without having met students before and knowing very little about their level. In my favor, I'm an IT expert myself. But with my luck, they'll probably be some kind of big-wig managers that I'll have trouble relating to... ]-: Who knows.


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Dark Horse Comics: Boba Fett is Dead
Beloved bounty hunter Boba Fett is dead â but who killed him? â GeekOut - CNN.com Blogs
Anybody read this comic?
Just wondering what other peoples' thoughts are about this:
Dark Horse Comics: Boba Fett is Dead
Beloved bounty hunter Boba Fett is dead â but who killed him? â GeekOut - CNN.com Blogs
Anybody read this comic?
I say kill him! Everyone seems to think of Fett as this unkillable god-mod character, maybe this will kill some of the silly hype and fan-fic of him taking on sith, ect. To me, he died in the Sarlacc in Jedi so this is all just artists playing in George's sandbox
Didn't have a chance to grab it today but you know darn well he won't be dead.
That's like Superman dying...
Hopefully its actually that Jodo Kast guy in the suit dead...
He's dead...I killed him
nah, he aint dead. He's just retired and sitting on a beach with Elvis
So he mentions continuity with EU, etc, but also mentions Vader. Boba far outlives Vader in the books, so I wonder how they are going to swing that one.
I am not a comic reader, but I am intrigued now.
I think the question here is not who would want to kill him, because that would probably be just about everyone... But rather, who is actually good enough to kill him?
I'd say no one. In my mind, he'll live on forever <3
Just picked up Issue #1. It was an ok start. What I just realized is all any of us ( or those in the story) have seen is a dead body in Fett armor. The helmet hasn't been removed from the corpse yet, it could be simply an imposter trying to pull a Shysa. I have some other doubts but won't voice them so I won't give things away to those that haven't read it.
not to ruin the plot [AND I DONT KNOW FOR SURE either way],this is just my way of thinking and i could be way off on this but i have a sneaky feeling that the stormtrooper commander that drags connor freeman out of his cantina in issue 1 is fett in disguise
maybe someone found Jodo Cast and mistaken him for Boba?
Just remember Lucas originally wanted to kill Fett off in Jedi, (He didn't much like that everyone liked the anti-hero and after all he was a villain in the movies). It was the comic book franchise (Dark Horse if I remember right) that brought him back to life. Mainly because of the demand to see more Fett...And demand usually equals more money..
I'm just happy that they did, imagine how flat it would have been if Lucas had never allowed the revival of Fett
He's a clone there's bloody loads of him !
Just finished reading the first issue and I have no idea what to expect. It's kind of weird, but this is the reason why I wait for trade paperbacks to come out.
I've got a STAR WARS INSIDER magazine that says it is ACTUALLY Boba who dies.
That makes C-3po, Chewbacca, and Luke who're dead in the EU now right? I've seen pics of Luke as a force ghost (I built a Jedi costume around it a coupla years ago for Halloween) but I haven't read the comics about it sonce I find the EU a little difficult to get in too; the only EU I can take iare the Prequels and the CLone Wars serieses.
eh I still doubt it's him, then how would Lucas make millions from us fett fanboys?
I read the 1st issue of that "Blood Ties" comic, and I don't think that it's really Boba Fett, but an imposter.
Why? Because in page 2 of the comic, it is clearly listed as, "The events in this story takes place approximately ten years before the battle Of Yavin".
So that means Boba Fett would have been long dead, before the events in "A New Hope", and "The Empire Strikes Back".
The only other explanation from this comic is that the real Boba Fett died 10 years before "A New Hope", and that it was really an imposter posing as Boba Fett in "The Empire Strikes Back". (If the comic chooses this type of explanation, it would really contradict with the real canon story.)
lol cause we all know how well GL likes to stick with canon
I hope they don't do something stupid like ACTUALLY kill Bobsa then have him brought back from the dead...


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Stick with the folks here if you have a problem - these guys were my mentors.
The tech sheets must have come back on line after I looked tho have seen that message before. I think they leave them ambiguous on purpose so they can always claim that it's not their fault when things go wrong.
As far as sanding after prime, scuff with some 180 - 220 to give it some tooth and open up a fresh surface as this DuPont dries fairly smooth - then use a good filler like one of the Ever-fil products like Rage Gold or Extreme. That stuff even needs to wear off your skin if you are sloppy.
As a note, if you are going to use ChromaBase as your base coat paint, you do have to be careful of the primer colors. I used the recommended light gray, Value Shade 2, under my Venetian Orange and instead of a 2 coat cover, I needed at least 4 before it "sparkled" clean without a gray shadow.
Dave W
Hi Dave,
I got the tech sheets from here:
Just checked and they're online. Thank you for the offer, though...much appreciated.
Confusing, but I think I'm understanding how to use the stuff. I've got the 2540S DTM primer and I forget which hardener. I've read and re-read the tech sheet a bunch of times. I'm thinking, since I need to do filler, that I'll have to be doing some sanding of the epoxy. I think I've got a plan of action now, after a lot of thinking about it. New to all this and kinda slow at times, too.
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|Thanks again, Dave. I'll give it a try and see how it goes. I understand SPI epoxy is the best stuff to use but, unfortunately, I can't get any and had to "settle" for Dupont. Is it really that bad to sand? I was thinking it might be better to spray a urethane right over it since that will sand easier.
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Small compressors - I did 3-4 reasonably good complete paint jobs with a 1 hp 12 gallon Sears unit in the early '70s but using siphon feed guns and acrylic lacquers(and I still have that little compressor to drag out in the drive for filling tires !!)
Dave W
That's good info to know! I bought a purple Harbor Freight gun but haven't used it yet. Hope it doesn't give me too much grief.
I have a small compressor but will be only spraying primer (Dupont epoxy primer) and only small sections at a time...maybe like 1/4 of the vehicle at a time. I've read about the problems with a too small compressor, but is it really a big deal if you're only spraying primer?
|Irelands child
They do - but trying to find one is a study in futility.
The existing 1.5 should work just fine tho if you play around with inlet pressure and paint controls.
A note - the "regulator" that came with the gun - it isn't!! It's a variable restrictor that actually restricts the volume of air passing through the gun. I set mine at the wall and check with this gadget:
then check pressure at the gun with this removable gauge set up:
And with my Iwata, don't have a problem with 1/4" fittings on my 1/2" air line
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Thanks for the help so far. I will try adjusting the gun I have. It is the HF 43430. Does anyone know if they make a 2.0 or a 2.2 mm tip for priming? Thanks,
|Irelands child
I've had some pretty good luck with a Devillbiss Finishline 3. You can get 4 different tips, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8 and a 2.2. The price is in the $125 to $200 range depending on how many of the tips you buy. Of course, my favorite is an Iwata LPH 400 1.4, but that gun gets up there in price. It's a low pressure @16psig and low volume @9.5 cfm compared to the Sata's 25 psig and 13.5 cfm if you are compressor "poor".
The HF 43430 Purple is an air hog (some need up to 45+ psig to atomize correctly) and an overspray demon, but once you figure it out, most of them work well, tho there are some real clunkers in each batch.
Economy wise, that HF uses a lot more paint and spreads it far and wide vs. the Iwata or even the Devil FL3. And yes, this is from my own experiences with these guns.
Dave W
|Fast Eddie D
Scroll down to the blue gun on the first page. I own two of these guns, available for $40 at Menards, including 14. and 2.0 tips and air caps. The regulator is caca. These guns spray really nice, and are easy to use.
I have a somewhat more expensive (read still cheap) Cobalt gravity gun from Lowes that I use for clear; it seems to do better for that. The Menards gun atomises metallic basecoat really good if you crank up the air pressure.
They broke a couple times, but nothing I couldn't fix in 10 minutes. I keep them clean and lubricated, and so for, so good.
As long as the gun is clean, adjusted properly, and not too terrible, the person pulling the trigger makes a lot more difference than the gun does. Also, the more you use a gun, the better you become acquainted with its performance and limitations. I think these guns are perfect to learn on, because if you get yourself to the point of extracting maximum performance out of them, you will not only have a decent performing gun, but you will learn enough to justify buying a better gun.
I have never shot with a brand name gun, or gun that cost over $100 for that matter. My next step will probably be Astro. I would have bought DeVilbiss Finish line guns from the start, but I don't have enough air for them.
|If you are not use to HVLP, it will seam to suck. You have to really slow down. It also takes 3/8 hose and the full volume stlye fittings. The non- HVLP gravity guns will put it on just as nice and are more forgiving. I have bought some HVLPs in the past, and they suck so bad, I sold them. One was even a SATA NR 95
Couple of things to do..One is run the air pressure at the wall at about 100 psi and regulate the air at the gun to get the correct air pressure at the aircap ..
Adjust your gun according to this:
That should help..Walcom and Astro have guns that are reasonable and work well..also some are having a decent success with the HF 43440 gun..
let us know what your specific difficulties are ans someone can guide you better..
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Paint gun suggestions?
Hello, I have been fighting with a couple cheap guns and not getting a good result. This is my first experience with HVLP and gravity feed. It must work or so many people would not use it. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a nice gun. I have heard that Sata is a great gun, but i am in the $200- $250 ballpark and I paint about l car every 5 years. Thanks,
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Less than 24 hours after The Washington Times corrected its misquote of remarks by Senator John Kerry from 1997, syndicated columnist and CNN co-host Robert Novak distorted past statements Kerry made on CNN's Larry King Live in 2001. Novak claimed that Kerry told King, "We've got to get Saddam Hussein" and said Kerry called Iraq "the problem" in the war on terrorism. Discussing Kerry's recent criticism of President George W. Bush on Iraq on the September 26 edition of CNN's The Capital Gang, Novak claimed it "was inconsistent" with statements he made "with Larry King in 2001." In fact, Kerry never told King, "We've got to get Saddam Hussein" or that Hussein was "the problem" in the war on terrorism.
From the September 26 edition of The Capital Gang:
NOVAK: [H]e [Kerry] was inconsistent. You know, he was on with Larry King in 2001. He never mentioned Osama bin Laden. He said, "We've got to get Saddam Hussein. That's the problem." He linked in that program the connection between Larry -- Osama -- between Saddam Hussein and -- and the -- and terrorism.
In two of the three 2001 appearances on Larry King Live in which Kerry discussed Iraq, he explicitly said that while the United States should pressure Saddam Hussein's regime regarding its suspected weapons of mass destruction, concern about Hussein should not distract from the higher priority of rebuilding Afghanistan and fighting the broader war on terrorism.
From the October 17, 2001, edition of Larry King Live:
CALLER: Yes. Senator Kerry, after Afghanistan, should Iraq be next on our agenda?
KERRY: It ought to be on our agenda today, but not as a military priority initially. It should be on our agenda. It should never have left our agenda in the context of the U.N. inspections. I mean, it's always been incomprehensible to me that at one moment Saddam Hussein was this enormous threat who merited our bombing and our no-fly zones, our putting our young people in harm's way, and raising the stakes, if you will, of the confrontation, and then all of a sudden it disappeared.
I think we did all of ourselves a great disservice by allowing that to happen. We must reconstitute the pressure on Saddam Hussein's regime to be inspected and to be held accountable to international standards for proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. And we need to build that over a period of time. But not allow that -- and I emphasize this -- that cannot take priority over the operations in Afghanistan today, and it would be a tinderbox with respect to the Muslim world and some of the coalition today if we were to move in a premature fashion.
From the October 24, 2001, edition of Larry King Live:
CALLER: My question is: Because of what's happening, is there any way the U.N. can force Iraq to let them in to check their weapons to see if they have anthrax or any other, you know, chemicals or --
KING: Can the U.N. bring that pressure? Senator Kerry, you want to take it first.
KERRY: The United Nations was engaged in that. We had this entity called UNSCOM which was inspecting -- the Clinton administration, and the United States were the principal enforcers of that effort. Other nations began to weaken in their resolve. Ultimately, we backed off and I regret that.
I think that many of us felt we never should have backed off. We gave Saddam Hussein two years plus during which he has built up a supply. We believe maybe even every one of his 50 palaces contain some of these kinds of weapons. I think when the timing is correct we must reinvigorate the focus on Iraq, but we don't want to confuse it with the target of what we are doing in Afghanistan now, absent an absolute smoking gun about his involvement in September 11.
In the third appearance, Kerry did implicitly link Hussein to the war on terrorism but brought his name up only when King specifically asked about "going on further than Afghanistan." In this context, it makes sense that Kerry "never mentioned Osama bin Laden," since bin Laden was widely believed to be in Afghanistan at the time. Discussing Hussein, Kerry expressed the need to "put enormous pressure on" him, but specifically declined to endorse military action, noting that there was no "smoking gun evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the immediate events of September 11."
From the December 4, 2001, edition of Larry King Live:
KING: What about enhancing this war, Senator Kerry? What are your thoughts on going on further than Afghanistan, all terrorist places --
KERRY: Oh, I think we clearly have to keep the pressure on terrorism globally. This doesn't end with Afghanistan by any imagination. And I think the president has made that clear. I think we [Congress] have made that clear. Terrorism is a global menace. It's a scourge. And it is absolutely vital that we continue, for instance, Saddam Hussein. I think we --
KING: We should go to Iraq?
KERRY: Well, that -- what do you and how you choose to do it, we have a lot of options. Absent smoking gun evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the immediate events of September 11, the president doesn't have the authorization to proceed forward there.
But we clearly are he ought to proceed to put pressure on him with respect to the weapons of mass destruction. I think we should be supporting an opposition. There are other ways for us, clandestinely and otherwise, to put enormous pressure on him and I think we should do it.
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Fire up the grill for steaks that just melt in your mouth. They're garlic infused, and the grill flavor is off the charts. With this recipe on hand, weeknight menus sizzle! —Jim Moody, Wichita, Kansas
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- 8 beef ribeye steaks (10 ounces each)
- 12 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- Cut slits into each steak; insert garlic slices. Brush with oil and sprinkle with salt, cayenne and pepper.
- Grill, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 4-6 minutes on each side or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 145°; medium, 160°; well-done, 170°).
- Combine blue cheese and butter. Serve with steaks. Yield: 8 servings.
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In U.S., fear and distrust of Muslims runs deep(IGNORANCE=KEY PROBLEM)
WASHINGTON (Reuters)- When radio host Jerry Klein suggested that all Muslims in the United States should be identified with a crescent-shape tattoo or a distinctive arm band, the phone lines jammed instantly.
The first caller to the station in Washington said that Klein must be "off his rocker." The second congratulated him and added: "Not only do you tattoo them in the middle of their forehead but you ship them out of this country ... they are here to kill us."
Another said that tattoos, armbands and other identifying markers such as crescent marks on driver's licenses, passports and birth certificates did not go far enough. "What good is identifying them?" he asked. "You have to set up encampments like during World War Two with the Japanese and Germans."
At the end of the one-hour show, rich with arguments on why visual identification of "the threat in our midst" would alleviate the public's fears, Klein revealed that he had staged a hoax. It drew out reactions that are not uncommon in post-9/11 America.
"I can't believe any of you are sick enough to have agreed for one second with anything I said," he told his audience on the AM station 630 WMAL (http://www.wmal.com/), which covers Washington, Northern Virginia and Maryland
"For me to suggest to tattoo marks on people's bodies, have them wear armbands, put a crescent moon on their driver's license on their passport or birth certificate is disgusting. It's beyond disgusting.
"Because basically what you just did was show me how the German people allowed what happened to the Jews to happen ... We need to separate them, we need to tattoo their arms, we need to make them wear the yellow Star of David, we need to put them in concentration camps, we basically just need to kill them all because they are dangerous."
The show aired on November 26, the Sunday after the Thanksgiving holiday, and Klein said in an interview afterwards he had been surprised by the response.
"The switchboard went from empty to totally jammed within minutes," said Klein. "There were plenty of callers angry with me, but there were plenty who agreed."
Those in agreement are not a fringe minority: A Gallup poll this summer of more than 1,000 Americans showed that 39 percent were in favor of requiring Muslims in the United States, including American citizens, to carry special identification.
Roughly a quarter of those polled said they would not want to live next door to a Muslim and a third thought that Muslims in the United States sympathized with al Qaeda, the extremist group behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
A poll carried out by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an advocacy group, found that for one in three Americans, the word Islam triggers negative connotations such as "war," "hatred" and "terrorist." The war in
Iraq has contributed to such perceptions.
Klein's show followed a week of heated discussions on talk radio, including his own, and online forums over an incident on November 22 involving six Muslim clerics. They were handcuffed and taken off a US Airways flight after passengers reported "suspicious behavior" that included praying in the departure gate area.
The clerics, on their way to a meeting of the North American Imams Federation, were detained in a holding cell, questioned by police and
FBI agents, and released. Muslim community leaders saw the incident as yet more evidence of anti-Muslim prejudice.
Several American Muslims interviewed on the subject of prejudice over the past few weeks said ignorance was at the core of the problem.
"The level of knowledge is very, very low," said Mohamed Esa, a U.S. Muslim of Arab descent who teaches a course on Islam at McDaniel College in Maryland. "There are 1.3 billion Muslims in the world and some people think they are all terrorists."
Hossam Ahmed, a retired Air Force Reserve colonel who occasionally leads prayer meetings for the small Muslim congregation at the
Pentagon, agreed. "Ignorance is the number one problem. Education is of the essence."
There are no hard figures on how many Muslims have been subject to harassment or prejudice and community leaders say that ugly incidents can prompt spontaneous expressions of support. Such as the e-mail a Minneapolis woman sent to CAIR after the imams were taken off their flight.
"I would like to ... help," the e-mail said. "While I cannot offer plane tickets, I would be happy to drive at least 2 or 3 of them. My car is small, but at least some of our hearts in this land of the free are large."
And optimists saw signs of change in the November 4 election of the first Muslim to the U.S. House of Representatives, which has 435 members.
Democrat Keith Ellison, a 43-year-old African-American lawyer, did not stress his religion during his campaign for a Minnesota seat, but said his victory would "signal to people who are not Muslims that Muslims have a lot to offer to the United States and the improvement of our country."
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So, what do you think of this? I have a feeling there would have been a couple of people from this site calling in spewing their hate. Is it ok to make fun of ingorant people like that? I think so.
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|December 3rd, 2006, 02:15 PM
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Huh. Did the Jews commit terroist acts against Germans? Didn't think so. Branding someone and throwing them in a prisoner camp based on religion might be the only parallel you could draw; to say it is the same is just plain silly.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan women's lacrosse head coach Jennifer Ulehla announced the hiring of her second assistant coach, Casey Ancarrow, on Monday (July 1). The two-time Tewaaraton Award nominee joins the Wolverine staff after recently completing a standout career at James Madison University. In addition to her career at JMU, Ancarrow was also a member of the U.S. Women's National Team from 2010-12.
"We are excited to have Casey join our women's lacrosse staff," said Ulehla. "She is an extremely talented and experienced player with a very high lacrosse IQ who will bring a youthful and energetic dynamic to our program. Casey comes from a very strong lacrosse background and has excelled at the elite level. She is a high character individual with a great deal of experience and knowledge, both as a player and coach, which will be a tremendous asset to our team. Casey's tireless work ethic, enthusiasm for learning and desire to make a difference will lay the foundation for a successful transition to collegiate coaching at Michigan."
Amcarrow builds upon the Michigan-James Madison connection as current U-M assistant coach Jen Valore was a four-year starter for Ulehla at JMU from 1997-2000.
"I am thrilled at the opportunity to join coach Ulehla and coach Valore at the University of Michigan," said Ancarrow. "Being a part of Team One and to help build the women's lacrosse program at a university with such a stellar academic and athletic history is a dream come true. It is obvious that Michigan is a unique place built upon tradition and success, and these are characteristics that will undoubtedly allow us to build a championship level program."
A native of Jarrettsville, Md., Ancarrow was a four-year starting attacker for the Dukes from 2010-2013, captaining the squad in 2012 and 2013. She concluded her career ranked fifth in goals (159) and points (220), tied for eighth in draw controls (119) and tied for ninth in assists (61) on JMU's all-time career lists.
Throughout her four-year career, she helped lead the Dukes to a combined 54-19 record, as well as back-to-back Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2010 and 2011.
Ancarrow was a two-time Tewaaraton Award nominee, which is given annually to the nation's top player, earning a spot on the list in 2011 and 2013. She also appeared on the Tewaaraton Watch List in 2012. She was named CAA Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013, and earned IWLCA All-America third team honors in three consecutive seasons from 2011-2013. The dynamic attacker produced a streak of 55 straight games with at least one point that spanned three seasons.
Over the past year, Ancarrow has served as an assistant coach for the NEMS Lacrosse club team, where she helped develop 24 elite high school athletes. From 2008-2010, she worked as the Assistant Director of Operations at Top of the Bay Sports in Bel Air, Md., helping to promote, manage and conduct camps and clinics.
The three-time All-CAA first team member earned her bachelor's degree in justice studies with a minor in coaching from JMU in May 2013, and was a three-time JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete (2011-13).
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee dropped a tough four-set loss to Ole Miss Friday night at Thompson-Boling Arena. Freshman Ashley Mariani paced UT with a team-best 14 kills as she recorded her 15th match this season in double figures for kills. The Lady Vols fall to 9-17 overall and 1-11 in league play, while the Rebels improve to 13-12 on the year with a 3-9 mark in SEC action.
Sophomore Lexi Dempsey dished out 26 assists and sophomore Megan Hatcher scooped up a team-high 13 digs. Freshman Jamie Lea put down 12 kills while junior Carly Wishlow added six.
Senior libero Ellen Mullins tallied nine digs, and now has 1,703 career digs, tying her for ninth on the SEC's top-10 all-time career digs chart. The Nashville native now has 542 scoops on the year, moving her into second on UT's single-season digs chart, just 16 shy of Chloe Goldman's record of 568 which she set in 2009.
In the first set, the Lady Vols trailed late, 20-22, as they took a timeout. Out of the break, junior Shealyn Kolosky laid down a kill. She catapulted the Lady Vols on a 5-1 run with two kills and a block assist, as Tennessee wrapped up the opening set with a 25-23 victory. Freshman Jamie Lea had the set-ending kill. The Lady Vols out hit the Ole Miss Rebels .290 to .122 with freshman Ashley Mariani leading the team with five kills.
The Ole Miss Rebels kept game two close with six ties before taking the lead winning the second set, 25-18.
The Rebels continued with the momentum through the third set taking the game, 25-14.
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The first issue of FISH WITH LEGS came out in Sept. 1007, I think. I just know I've done a total of 14 issues (one of which wasn't numbered for some odd reason that made sense at the time so I'm only up to issue 13) and I've rarely managed more than 1 issue a year.
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