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Skip to comments.The exploitation of Aids
Posted on 06/14/2008 5:37:36 AM PDT by shrinkermd
The Aids scare was one of the most distorted, duplicitous and cynical public health panics of the last 30 years
Finally we have a high-level admission that there is no threat of a global Aids pandemic among heterosexuals. After 25 years of official scaremongering about western societies being ravaged by the disease with salacious, tombstone-illustrated government propaganda warning people to wear a condom or "die of ignorance" the head of the World Health Organisation's HIV/Aids department says there is no need for heterosexuals to fret.
Kevin de Cock, who has headed the global battle against Aids, said at the weekend that, outside very poor African countries, Aids is confined to "high-risk groups", including men who have sex with men, injecting drug users, and sex workers. And even in these communities it remains quite rare. "It is very unlikely there will be a heterosexual epidemic in countries [outside sub-Saharan Africa]", he said. In other words? All that hysterical fearmongering about Aids spreading among sexed-up western youth was a pack of lies.
Much of the media has treated Dr De Cock's admission as a startling revelation. In truth, experts have known for many years that in the vast majority of the world, Aids has little impact on the "general population". In her new book The Wisdom of Whores, Elizabeth Pisani who worked for 10 years in what she refers to as "the Aids bureaucracy" admits that by 1998 it was clear that "HIV wasn't going to rage through the billions in the 'general population', and we knew it".
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Now now now.....we're not supposed to equate the homosexual lifestyle with AIDS.
I was again told that by a Liberal just a few days ago.
Dr. De Cock. You can't make up a better one than that.
"Kevin de Cock"
Doesn't that translate into "Kevin from Cock?"
AIDS was the stalking horse (not the best figure of speech, but I can't think of anything better). If you couldn't criticise homosexual behavior on the ground zero of AIDS, then you couldn't criticise it based on anything. Now that the propaganda effort has ripped the barn door off the hinges with homosexual marriage in the U.S., they don't need the issue anymore, so the truth can at least come onto the field of public discouse, only as a "historical perspective."
When wwill we hear this same 'revelation' re: global warming?
Ten years, fifteen years?
a great question, and how about the collapse of Darwinism as a comprehensive explication of life on earth?
Money still gets collected for Walks for AIDS. Where does that $$ go? To help poor minority inner city drug addicts and prostitutes? Or to build the warchests of the political lobbyists and upper middle class gay white professionals? Can you imagine having ever had a Walk for Syphilis?
Let's hope it doesn't take 25 years to debunk our new moral crusade, but since there's so much more $$ invested in this one, it just might.
In 1982, a girl with whom I went to high school was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. She had a rare blood disease and received tainted blood during blood transfusion. She lived the rest of her life educating people about AIDS.
So what if the opportunity was taken to try change risky behavior? Someone's risky behavior tainted a blood supply that killed this girl.
"The Aids scare was one of the most distorted, duplicitous and cynical public health panics of the last 30 years"
Perhaps so but I rate the DDT scare right up there and pretty close.
You are probably in the right ballpark. I still have Michael Fumento's 1990 book, "The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS". At the time he was excoriated by the more prominent voices on the AIDS issue.
Now, proving God has a sense of humor, we are told by someone named de Cock that Mchael was dead on, 18 years ago.
I've been following this disease since I lost a cousin to what was then called GRIDS, Gay-Related Immunodeficiency Disorder. Cuz had moved to the Castro in San Francisco and revelled in the "bathhouse" culture of the time. Then, the doctors didn't know what the hell it was, the retrovirus hadn't yet been isolated, all they knew from tracking cases was it had something to do with gay men, and the deduction it probably had to do with the sex life wasn't difficult as a question of science.
Politically, something else. To get and maintain the huge funding, it was necessary to scare the bejeezus out of everyone.
BTW, forget the notion AIDS is "God's scourge" on the sinners. If that were so, why is the group with the lowest incidence exclusively lesbian women? It's all in the mechanics of transmission. HIV/AIDS is really quite hard to "catch". Best estimates are about 1 in 500 sexual contacts with an infected person. Needle-sharing in drug abuse is something else, direct blood-to-blood contact has a high probability of transmission, and accounts for a lot of the heterosexual AIDS out there.
Importantly, perhaps the biggest reason for heterosexual transmission in Africa is because a large percentage of the people have *other*, untreated venereal diseases.
This means that if males have open sores on their genitalia, it is a lot easier for them to catch HIV from a female. Otherwise, it is extremely rare.
Leftists lie and the media knowingly goes along with their lies and promotes them. It was the same thing when gays claimed to be 10% of the population. They later openly admitted that they knew that the real number was closer to 2%, but that it was politically expedient for them to claim a higher number. For leftists, like militant gays, power is more important than truth.
I remember when GRID first came out, and the homosexual lobby lowered the boom on the Reagan Administration for not curing it immediately. They even accused Reagan of inventing it.
Then came the lies, that our wives, kids, and dogs were going to get it. If you said it was a gay disease, you were met with all kinds of scorn. The press and entertainment culture were full of stories of newborns in pediatric AIDS units. AIDS was the first full scale use of political correctness. Look at us now.
Your reply reminded me, I got the GRIDS acronym wrong. It was actually Gay Related Immuno Deficiency Syndrome.
The scary thing is, primary result of all this high dollar research and treatment is a generation of gay men to whom AIDS is a distant "monster under the bed". Back in the day, even after we had nailed the virus, the progress from HIV positive to dying in one or more unpleasent ways of AIDS was inevitable and a fairly immediate spectre.
We can't cure HIV, but we seem to be able to hold off symtomatic AIDS quite well; if cost is no object. How long has Magic Johnson been bopping around, to all appearances in excellent health?
I have known enough gay people not to paint with too broad a brush. I built a house for a retired gay couple who had been monogamous since their college days. Their risk of AIDS was zero, lower than mine as single, sexually active hetero. It's all in the behavior.
Sadly, medical science and political correctness now encourage exactly the "behavior", modification of which should have been our epidemiolgical first line of defense.
In the GRIDS days, there was no alternative. Bathhouses were closed, non-suicidal gay men limited their contacts, etc. Now a part of the gay community regards the right to engage with multiple partners with or without "protection" as a civil right.
Very frustrating, and a gross mis-allocation of research dollars from diseases which afflict far more people. We might as well be paying for liver transplants for alcoholics.
Thank goodness for the Internet as the MSM cannot continue to pose as objective while advancing their agenda.
BTW, way back when AIDS was an issue, I read a lot about it and figured out that if you were not engaged in anal sex, used needles or received a blood transfusion without making sure it was clean you had no real chance of being exposed to this scourge. I guess I should apply for a high position at WHO.
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By CESARE POLENGHI
Goal.com Asia Managing Editor
The rivalry between Fiorentina and Juventus dates back at least to the 1981-82 season, when the bianconeri snatched the title in the last game. The enmity turned into something that can be only labeled as hate in the summer of 1990, when the Old Ladypoached Florence's favourite son, Roberto Baggio.
Since then, each game between the two clubs has invariably been a tense affair. Over the years, Fiorentina's supporters alternated humourous gags [such as in the past season, when thousands showed up at the stadium wearing a wig making fun of Antonio Conte's transplanted hair], to appalling remarks about the thirty-nine supporters [most of them Juventus fans] who perished in Bruxelles in 1985 in the infamous Heysel Stadium Disaster.
On Thursday, two days before the game, Antonio Conte attempted to tune down the tension by saying that he did not feel any particular rivalry against Fiorentina. Alas, the Florentine immediately deciphered Juventus' helmsman comment as an insult.
Things went from bad to worse when a clip posted on the Juventus' official YouTube channel probably involuntarily sparked a row.
In the clip, the narrator told how "Fiorentina started their season heavenly [meaning with very good results], are now in purgatory [after a few highs and lows recently], and might find themselves in 'inferno' as they visit the Juventus Stadium."
"All hope abandon, ye who enter in [the Juventus Stadium]," concluded the commentary.
This witticism was inspired by the Divine Comedy, possibly the most popular Italian book, written by the Florentine immortal author, Dante Alighieri in the XIVth century.
But the Viola's vice-president, Andrea Della Valle, did not take the joke jovially, and made it clear through the press that such narration showed how low Juventus' style as a club has fallen in recent years.
However the game went by without any major controversy. Yet, on the stands, Fiorentina supporters took their personal revenge, shouting ghastly slogans that mocked the victims of 1985.
It did not end there, as bad sportsmanship moved down to the pitch. Fiorentina's goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano was allegedly displeased by seeing Borja Valero walking towards the Viola supporters carrying on his shoulder a Juventus uniform that the Spanish midfielder had swapped with Pirlo.
Without consulting with Borja Valero, Viviano unceremoniously picked the black-and-white jersey from his team-mate's shoulder, and threw it onto the ground.
He later apologized and explained that he meant to "save Borja Valero [from being insulted by his own supporters for swapping the uniform with a Juventus player]".
This crescendo of episodes underscores once again the hysterical atmosphere that permeates Serie A in recent years. And sadly, distress was not confined to this game.
Shut up, just shut up!
On Sunday Mario Balotelli, who at Cagliari scored his third goal in two games, found no better way to celebrate than by sticking his pointing index finger in front of his nose, suggesting the local supporters to "shut up".
Inter supporters in Milano, quite a few hundreds of kilometers from Milan's game, 'greeted' the return of Balotelli to Serie A by singing the hateful tune: "There's no such thing as an Italian negro" during their home game against Chievo.
Juventus' supporters, too, found the time to deliver some discriminating insults against title-rivals Napoli.
As if a vice-president, players and supporters misbehaving was not enough, it was then the turn of a manager. In Genova, Sampdoria's Delio Rossi was allegedly insulted by Roma's Nicolas Burdisso, and opted to reply by showing to the Argentinean the middle finger.
Truth be told, the Italian media are finally taking notice of these depressing events, and perhaps because of the reports, some punishments were meted out by the football federation.
But surely it was not enough to balance the series of anti-sportive display seen in stadiums. What is missing is a real discussion on these inconvenient facts, that are not isolated episodes, but by now a depressing routine that most seem to accept passively.
If Italian football wants a shot at once again holding the tag of 'The Most Beautiful Championship in the World' - the way Serie A was unanimously labeled in the nineties - players and clubs cannot keep their head in the sand any longer.
Anti-sportive behaviour should be met with a zero-tolerance policy, and clubs and players should stand united to fight in order rescue a league that it is seriously at risk to lose what's left of its credibility.
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Archive for Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Five questions: Lawn TLC
Lawn destroyed by the drought? Don Crim, Master Gardener for the Wyandotte County K-State Research and Extension Office, shared some tips on lawn care in light of the drought.
Q: Is my yard dormant or dead?
A: If you have not watered your lawn and your lawn does not show any green with recent rains and cooler temperatures, it is probably dead. Look for green in the crown of individual turf plants.
Q: What can I do if it is alive but is thin or has brown patches?
A: You want to overseed it by mid-October. First, spray for weeds and close mow the area. Water the lawn if it hasn't rained recently, then rent a verticutter. Verticut the area to be seeded in two directions and rake up the debris. Then seed with a 90 percent fescue/10 percent bluegrass mixture, three to four pounds for every 1,000 square feet. Fertilize with a low phosphorus (0-3 percent) fertilizer, and water within 24 hours.
Q: How do I care for the lawn after overseeding?
A: Water at least once a day until the seed germinates (five to 10 days for fescue, up to 14 days for bluegrass). Mow grass after it gets to 3 inches, and fertilize again in November.
Q: What if the lawn is completely dead?
A: Renovate it. Take the same steps as overseeding, but you can scalp the lawn before verticutting. Seed at a rate of six to eight pounds per 1,000 square feet. Don't try to renovate the entire yard in one year.
Q: What do I do if I have zoysia grass?
A: Don't do anything yet; zoysia should be replanted in the spring.
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The duplicitous media was all over Bush when gas prices spiked, remember? It was very often the lead story on the nightly news programs. We're now approaching $5 per gallon and over in some parts of the country, and you don't hear sh't about it....the media is sickening, as they play to Obama's narrative on everything.
I think we have already established that everything wrong in the world is the media's fault.
Obama wanted sequestration and now he has and he is still crying little -itch. FO Obama!
I think the Bush thing was all about how he was this Texas oil guy. If he could do one thing right it was keep oil prices low. He'd even go to war to keep oil prices low if he had too. So Bush's high oil prices were like some great irony. Nobody is surprised with high oil prices with Obama. If anything it is the opposite. Surprised they have been under $5 for so long.


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Saturday's promotion of safety
Dye, a free agent last season who signed out of UCLA, played in all four of this season's preseason games and was waived on Aug. 31 before being signed to the practice squad Sept. 24, the same day Crocker re-signed in the wake of the spate of injuries against the Packers. Dye spent his rookie season on injured reserve after suffering an ankle injury early in training camp.
To make room for Dye the Bengals released cornerback Chris Lewis-Harris after he had three special teams tackles in three games.
FINE MESS: According to NFL.com's fine roundup, Bengals left end
But maybe more interesting is that WILL linebacker
DEATH IN FAMILY: On the Friday before their biggest game in a quarter of a century, a Hall of Fame Browns player who coached for the Bengals, died. Mike McCormack, who Browns and Bengals founder Paul Brown called the greatest offensive lineman he ever coached when he presented him in Canton, passed away at 83. Between his stints as a head coach in Philadelphia (1973-75) and in Baltimore (1980-81), McCormack coached the Bengals offensive line from 1976-79 under head coaches Tiger Johnson and Homer Rice.


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Can't wait for the pics of Akainu getting beaten up by Whitebeard. From the description I can't help but imagine something similar to Bellamy getting stomped by Luffy, 10 times more epic.
And I'm so glad Luffy didn't have a super saiyan moment. I think he's finally down for the count in this war... That's not surprising after all he's been through physically and now emotionally.
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Darn!! Why did Ace have to die!! Everytime Luffy gets nearly killed i thought his father would turn up... but right now there's only one lord that can clear up all the mess. Shanks.. slowpoke what's taking you so long??
This epic battle takes pretty long.... not only that i would've assumed that Luffy's nakama would've arrived aswell. If Blackbeard is there... then Shanks will probably go for his head..
Ace was next to Shanks one of the greatest characters...
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It makes sense that WB took down Aikanu in no more than 2 hits, why I didn't get is why WB acted now and not a before...
What is more important to me is to see how Ace presumed death is going to change Luffy's character, I doubt there is going to be a change in personality, but some change should be done after this, Like some have mentioned, ever since reaching Sanbaody, he only has observed failure after Failure, Failures that needs to get trough him in order to continue with his Journey.
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Now that he has ordered all of them to retreat, he has the entire battlefield for himself to unleash all his wrath.
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I just hope BB isn't there to finish off WB's crew...because if so...they're pretty much screwed since Marco is their only Top tier fighter left...
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What about Vista? He's a Haki user and was able to hold his own against Mihawk, so he should be able to take on Blackbeard's crew, as well.....
But I do agree that it's not necessary for Blackbeard to finish off Whitebeard. After all, there's still plenty of powerful marines left who can finish the job, anyway.....
MihawkXGP already answered this, but I just want to add that Blackbeard's line at the end of the summary should have made his purpose at Marineford clear enough.
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I think the real question is what Blackbeard has done, or will do, to earn the respect (or at least right to lead) of these high level people.
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Until we get the actual chapter, and Blackbeard saying specifically that he has no intention of completely demolishing Marinford, I can and will continue to hope that's what he's going to do. He can always wait until after WB is dead, afterall.
I imagine that Blackbeard and a lot of the Level 6 prisoners think alike. Combine that with the fact that he's giving them freedom they wouldn't otherwise have, and I think it's pretty easy to see why they'd at least follow him. I think it's a little too early to be talking about respect, but I'm sure he's capable of earning it. Though, he did just waltz right into the prison, take what he wanted, and apparently leave right after. That's pretty hardcore, and worthy of respect, if you ask me.
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My review:
Whitebeard attacks Akainu knocking him out of battle and damages Marine HQ. Blackbeard appears along with Shiryuu and some mysterious Impel Down prisoners and witnessing Whitebeard's last actions. I wonder if Blackbeard is going to finish Whitebeard off with a black hole attack?
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And wouldn't it be like Zoro with Luffy? Blackmailing with the option of staying there or following him. And like DJtrouble said, it's already quite impressive to get to lvl 6 itself though the chaos Luffy created and getting Shiryuu on his side did simplify things tremendously for him.
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Speaking of the mysterious opening of Marineford's gates of justice, maybe it's possible that Blackbeard's fifth new ally is the one who opened it.....?
Actually, this reminds me of a (admittedly far-fetched) theory I came up with around the time the war began, which involved the possibility of the perp who opened the gates being Garp's subordinate, Bogart. As I pointed out back then, we haven't seen or heard from him at all since Water 7 (coincidentally, Ace's fight with Blackbeard took place right after that storyline ended). Maybe it's possible that Bogart betrayed the marines and joined Blackbeard's side......?
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Transforming Passive Listeners into Active Speakers: A Study with Portuguese Undergraduates in 'English for the Social Sciences'
In the present context of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) or English as International Language (EIL), it has become extremely relevant to maximize speaking opportunities in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom which aim at developing fluency and real-life communication skills. University students in Portugal need to practice expressing their views and sharing opinions in English for their professional careers and for general international communication. With these aims in mind, 'whole-class discussions' were implemented in the subject 'English for the Social Sciences', but monitoring by the teacher revealed low voluntary participation. This classroom-based study began with two questionnaires distributed to a group of twenty intermediate to upper-intermediate undergraduates. They exposed speaking anxiety due to worries about producing accurate English, fear of poor performance and negative evaluation, and embarrassment to speak in front of colleagues. A two-step strategy was implemented to get as many students as possible speaking, by overcoming some of their linguistic and personality barriers. First, students attended two awareness-raising lessons on the aims of whole-class activities, the value of fluency, and today's real-life communicative skills. Then, small 'buzz-group' discussions were implemented, prior to and in preparation of the 'whole-class discussions' to create a more supportive environment. Student interviews and teacher observation notes were used to collect participants' perspectives. Findings revealed that passive listeners, when better informed and working in a less anxiety-inducing environment, can become active speakers.
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It has been three years since my wife and I finished hiking all the trails at Tennessees Savage Gulf State Natural Area. I have told many people that it is my favorite hiking area in the southeast due to its mix of easy-to-moderate hiking with a host of great payoffs, such as great views, waterfalls, suspension bridges, cabins, and a healthy dose of general adventure.
I hadnt visited Savage Gulf since my family moved to the Chattanooga area 2 ½ years ago. Ive been busy with other regional trails. But a mix of time off for fall break and tight finances convinced me this was a time to revisit an old favorite. I hoped to visit pretty much all of the areas great sites and spend one night camping with my family. And despite unexpected cold and wet conditions, I mostly found what I was looking for.
Monday, October 8, 2012
I rose late and gathered my loaded pack and poles. And looked at the substantial rain coming down outside my window. Weather reports said rain should have ended overnight, and I would enjoy warm sunny weather from Tuesday through Thursday. So I checked the weather map online, and it showed this band of rain that had already left the Savage Gulf area I would hike just an hour northwest of my home. I kissed my wife and daughter goodbye, slid into my truck, and headed out.
One hour 10 minutes later, I arrived at the Savage Gulf Ranger Station, the closest of the four trailheads to my home.
I headed up the walkway and Dewey watched my pack while I got my permit for three nights.
Around 1 pm, I stepped off. My destination for night 1 was Hobbs Cabin Campsite. I knew the shortest, easiest route was a mix of several trails. So I headed up the Savage Day Loop. Half a mile in, I reached the first of ten suspension bridge crossings for this trip.
At the beginning of the actual loop, I turned right, pushing another .9 miles to the North Rim Trail. Another suspension bridge and .3 miles and turned off the Rim Trail to the North Plateau Trail. This gave me a smoother, shorter route on the old Dinky Line railbed than I would get following the North Rim Trail. I made great time to Dinky Line Campsite and turned west onto the .8 mile Mountain Oak Trail. 20 easy minutes brought me back to the North Rim Trail, having saved 3/4ths of a mile. I enjoyed a quick lunch here.
Though the days cool, misty conditions let me know fall had finally arrived here in the southeast, the first changes of color were a more pleasant reminder.
Aside from great colors, the North Rim Trail also offers several nice overlooks, the tallest of which is at Yellow Bluff.
As I walked, I had to appreciate how significant the drought conditions of 2007-2009 had been. I had done all of my Gulf walking during these years, and had gotten used to shallow streams and nearly dry springs. I was amazed at how many small streams I was crossing, all of which were bone dry in previous years. The only stream I remembered along the North Rim Trail now offered a beautiful waterfall.
While all the rim trails in the area offer many nice views, none is so dramatic as the view at Tommy Point Overlook.
While the angle of view is a bit bigger at the Stone Door, Tommy Point offers a view of nearly all the many gulfs in the Natural Area, converging in the area of Sawmill Campsite.
After Tommy Point, I always feel like a horse heading to the barn, as it is just a little over one easy mile to Hobbs Cabin. Dewey and I arrived there in short order.
The interior includes a kitchen area and six bunks.
And perhaps nicest of all, in cold weather at least, is the fireplace.
My wife and I have spent several nights enjoying the warmth there. But on this night, I intended to enjoy the comfort of my hammock, so I headed past the cabin to the campsite area. Along the way, I noticed several large white mushrooms, shaped like birdbaths.
I felt energized after an easy 8 mile walk. I quickly set up camp.
Then I headed out to gather water at the spring behind the cabin. It was at least three times the size of previous visits, and perfectly clear.
The evening was chilly, well down into the 40s, and pushing the comfort of my top quilt. I warmed up with a high calorie dinner of noodles with parmesan cheese and bacon bits. Then Dewey and I turned in. I read for several hours until I finally drifted off.


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Many types of leaders and styles of leadership exist.
Becoming intentional about your leadership style can make a big difference in your influence. Two of the most important questions today regarding leadership style may be: Who has God called me to lead? and How can I develop the most effective leadership style to do what God is calling me to do?
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|2012-11-02, 13:29
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What is really disgusting is observing how this election is so close when really it shouldn't. Here we have Nixon v. 2.0 caught on camera lying and speaking his mind and still people chose to vote for him. You have to be flat out stupid in order to even consider voting for the guy. The fact that people will create an alternate reality just so they can ignore the facts is baffling to me.
This really proves why Americans were dumb enough to elect Bush twice. If anything I am hoping that what happened in the year 2000 doesn't happen again.
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No matter what though, even if someone feels that they can't decide on the Presidential candidate, please still vote for your local government. The fastest way to change the world always starts at home.
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|2012-11-02, 16:24
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Like I keep saying, this is a good election to vote Libertarian if you're a conservative who thinks more like Clint Eastwood, Christie, etc. (practical small government, etc). Its also a good election to vote Green if you think the Democrat move to 'center-right-corp' in the '90s has gotten out of hand.
The cages of the duopoly need rattling. In my case, I view the "christian zealot xenophobic right coupled with the new aristocracy' to be so dangerous to the future of the country - I feel like that problem has to be dealt with first before any other matter.
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Voting independent on the presidential ticket really won't do any good. It essentially really is just throwing away your vote as the media will undoubtedly not mention anything relating to that issue.
If you want to promote independent candidates, you have to start locally. Get independents into your local government first. Once you get enough of them a few of them can probably try for the state level positions. If independents can't even grab local seats then there's no way they would be able to do anything at the national level.
|2012-11-02, 16:51
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Oh well, this things ends in 4 days and dont have to worry about it until 2 years later
But in other news, outside of a miracle, couple of states is going to legalize and taxed weed. I am not a weed smoker and I wont try it but if you passed a bill like this, this could be somewhat of a game changer.
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Probably the best ad of the campaign. That's quite a nightmarish vision I must say.
Electing Bush twice remains the most baffling thing I've ever seen in my life; the guy is such a loser in life. When you look at the ideologies plaguing the GOP, no wonder why they have a bad streak of not-so-good/bad Presidents for most of the 20th Century except for Dwight D. Eisenhower, who spent so many years studying under Franklin D. Roosevelt before getting into politics years after FDR's death BTW.
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In the Badger State, divided over and baffled by Obamacare
Older voters prefer Romney on healthcare, Medicare: Reuters/Ipsos poll
The reasons given, when there was one, sound pretty much BS to me.
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Apathy can be why some states are "insert party here* "forever". California just redrew all the voting districts. Every seat in Congress is up for election (save Boxer's Senate seat). Not every new district is clearly Republican or Democratic yet. It is like starting over in some respects.
While I doubt California has shifted to the Republicans, this is a chance to make whatever voting statement you want for President and see what comes of it instead of just being apathetic and do nothing. Vote third party. Regardless of if you think it has a chance of not. Do it anyway. If the numbers start to shift because people are voting rather than not voting, things might change.
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The conservatives that can seem to be "fleeing" to Oregan and Washington.
Despite that, I'd say vote anyway. Reb, blue, green, yellow, black, whatever. Just vote for what you believe in, not what the press tells you to believe in. You want to vote for Obama, than vote for Obama. You want to vote for Romey, than vote for Romney. If you want to vote for Barr, vote for Barr (Rossanne Barr...Peace and Freedom Party). Just vote for someone, since we aren't given a "none of the above" option other than write in vote.
Not voting tells them nothing and they assume it means you don't care, which is a good thing for them. You not caring mean they can get away with anytihing they want, because you don't care.
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Our economic woes can be traced back all the way to the creation of the federal reserve banking system in 1913.
The people's money should never have been taken out of the control of the Treasury Department.
Even Lewis understands this:
Obama has made the situation worse, and if elected, Romney will continue this trend with a war aginst Iran.
The Dow Jones can go to 100,000 and the standard of living for the average American could be complete crap.
We are wage slaves, even those of us that own a business are slaves to this fiat money system, so don't give me the "Savior Obama" garbage.
The banks should not have been bailed out.
The auto companies should not have been bailed out (they've been owned by foreign interests since the 1980s).
If Bush or Obama wanted to save our economy they would have abolished the Fed, put us on a comodities based specie money system, and bailed out the American people by paying off the morgage debt to the banks.
They would also have reinstated Glass-Steagall.
Obama gave Bernanke unlimited power for Quantitative Easing, that means the dollar will become so worthless that private savings will be destroyed if this continues.
So don't try and tell me what's happening.
You wanna play blind man, go walk with the Shepard, as for me, my eyes are wide f*ck'n open.
Fiat bought Crystler so now the Italians own it, and GM is headed for disaster again.
You see Neki, I'm alergic to propaganda from the RepubliDems, and don't buy into what their media sychophants spew on the television.
That's why I voted (on Tuesday) all Libertarian across the board.
From president of the US to Weld county commissioner in Colorado.
ALL Libertarian.
I will not waste my vote on either of the corporatist parties anymore.
They have sold us down the river to international banking cartels, the military industrial complex, big-oil, big-pharma, and big-agra.
They are NOT your friend and will do nothing to improve your life unless it improves the profit margins of their handlers: Obama included.
As Eddie Grffin has said of Obama:
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The Chef: Kailey
The Menu: A quick, healthy meal of red-pepper-infused black beans with sticky rice and a huge, fresh spinach salad with zucchini, wax beans, and sunflower seeds. Kailey adapted one of her favorite spicy beans recipes to fit what was on-hand in the VNHQ kitchen, which worked out just about perfectly. And in case you were wondering, if your rice is lagging for some reason, you can totally get away with serving it before it's completely done just by calling it "sticky rice." Brilliant!
The Goods: Maybe we put the requisite ten pounds of Parma! on this meal. Maybe the accepted thinking around the office is that it's totally OK to pile on as much Parma! as you like, since, you know, it's got your B-12, which we hear is important. Though this happened after lunch had officially concluded, some goods arrived in the form of a case of Dandies. Maybe some of us are dead in sugar comas right now, and couldn't be happier about it.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Black Beans and Sticky Rice
Posted by VegNews Magazine at 3:56 PM
Labels: black beans, brown rice, Chicago Soydairy, Dandies, Eat in the Raw, Kailey, Parma, salad, sticky rice, sunflower seeds, This Just In, vegan, vegan marshmallows, VegNews, wax beans
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- Lady Lazarus said...
Mmmm, I'm loving the look of that. I'm going to try making it.
- August 4, 2009 at 6:08 PM
- Vegan Epicurean said...
That looks really good! The salad is really appealing to me this morning.
If you wanted to make brown rice but didn't want to wait 45 minutes the pressure cooker does a great job in 1/3 the time. And ... the texture is great. I wanted to add this for those that haven't tried rice in the pressure cooker.
- August 5, 2009 at 5:13 AM
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i try to use the Zend XmlRPC Client so i did put the Libs in a folder called "Zend" in the vendors folder in my core yii installation. Then i used the following code as i found it many times on the web:
Yii::import('application.vendors.*'); require_once 'Zend/XmlRpc/Client.php';
Still yii replys:
require_once(/Zend/XmlRpc/Client.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory
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John Medeski Adds Solo Shows
John Medeski has announced a few solo piano shows for April. The keyboardist—who makes up one third of progressive jazz trio Medeski, Martin and Wood—will be making stops in Chicago, Milwaukee, New York City and Woodstock, NY. As previously reported, Medeski will also be joining Bill Evans' Soulgrass February 26-March 3 for their residency at the Blue Note in New York City. You can read our recent interview with Medeski, Chris Wood and John Scofield here. A full list of his Medeski's upcoming solo piano concerts can be found below.
John Medeski Solo Piano Dates
April 7 Chicago, IL—Old Town School of Folk
April 8 Milwaukee, WI—Shank Hall
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Celebrated poet Charles Bernstein reads from his works in the Ryan Writers Series' first event of the year
Bernstein's presentation takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Auditorium in the Conaton Learning Commons | January 24, 2012
Renowned poet and author Charles Bernstein is is giving a poetry reading on Wednesday, Feb. 1, in Kennedy Auditorium in the Conaton Learning Center at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Bernstein is the author of more than 40 books ranging from large-scale collections of poetry and essays to libretti and collaborations, most recently "All the Whiskey in Heaven: Selected Poems" and "Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions." He is co-editor of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine, now available as an anthologized work, "The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book."
Bernstein is the Donald T. Regan Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also is co-editor and co-founder of the PennSound center for programs in contemporary writing. He is also editor and co-founder of the Electronic Poetry Center at the State University of New York-Buffalo.
Bernstein is a popular guest at poetry readings because of a deep sense of humor that infuses his lively presentations. According to the Poetry Foundation, his work "explores the wide-ranging uses of language within diverse social contexts. His poetry combines the language of politics, popular culture, advertising, literary jargon, corporate-speak, and myriad others to show the ways in which language and culture are mutually constructive and interdependent...Bernstein's writing is serious, engaging, and critical, while also being playful, irreverent and deeply humorous."
The Ryan Writers Series, presented by Xavier's Department of English, brings published poets and short fiction writers to campus every year. Also appearing in the series this spring are Henry Weinfield on Thursday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. and Richard Berengarten on Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. Locations of these appearances will be announced at a later date.
Learn more about Charles Bernstein at the Electronic Poetry Center's website. To learn more about the Ryan Writers Series, please contact Professor Norman Finkelstein at 513-745-2041 or email@example.com.


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HANOVER, N.H.– The Dartmouth men's soccer team held its annual team banquet and honored the achievements of the 2012 team while recognizing several individuals with awards.
The Big Green had an excellent season, completing the season with a 9-7-0 record and a second-place finish in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth also made Burnham Field a tough place for Ivy League opponents to play and completed its second consecutive undefeated home slate in 2012.
On the strength of Dartmouth's season, the Big Green had five players earn All-Ivy League honors. Co-captain Kevin Dzierzawski (Oakland Township, Mich.) and Alex Adelabu (Houston, Texas) earned first-team honors, while senior co-captain Teo Larsson-Sax and Colin Heffron (Upper Brookville, N.Y.) were second-team selections. Colin Skelly (Wrightstown, Pa.) was an honorable mention selection, while Larsson-Sax also earned Academic All-Ivy accolades.
Dartmouth also picked up the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the fourth consecutive year, while Adelabu earned NSCAA All-Region honors. Captains Dzierzawski and Larsson-Sax were also named to the NSCAA Scholar All-Region team.
2012 Dartmouth Men's Soccer Team Awards
Most Valuable Player:
Noah Cohen (Johannesburg, South Africa), Junior Goalkeeper
Cohen spearheaded the Dartmouth backline for the second consecutive season. Starting in 15 games between the pipes, Cohen posted a 1.30 goals against average with two shutouts. In his second season as Dartmouth's starting goalkeeper, he registered 61 saves and a .753 saves percentage. He made a season-best eight saves in a 3-1 win over Penn and backstopped the Big Green to a thrilling, 3-2, overtime win over Brown in the regular-season finale on Fox Soccer Channel.
Will Shue Award (Rookie of the Year):
Alberto Gorini (Incisa Valdarno, Italy) Freshman Forward
Gorini was a spark to the Dartmouth offense during his rookie season. Despite being slowed by injury midway through the season, the forward made 11 appearances and six starts for the Green and White. Gorini posted his first collegiate goal against Harvard and had five shots on goal over the course of the season.
Most Improved Player:
Alex Adelabu Sophomore Forward
Adelabu led the Big Green offense in 2012. The sophomore forward tallied a team-best nine goals and added three assists for 21 total points. He ranked second in the Ivy League in goals per game (0.56), points per game (1.31), points (21) and goals (9). He was a two-time Ivy League Player of the Week, taking home the honor after scoring each of Dartmouth's goals in a loss to then-No. 7 New Mexico and a win over Missouri State, and again earned the honor after scoring a pair in a win over Harvard. Adelabu was also ranked in the top 50 in two categories in the final NCAA regular-season rankings -- 41st in goals per game and 48th in total goals. The Texas native also earned NSCAA All-Region accolades for his exploits on the field throughout the season.
Norman Grant Clark Award:
Kevin Dzierzawski Senior Midfielder
Senior co-captain Dzierzawski again posted a strong season in the midfield for the Big Green. Starting each of Dartmouth's 16 games, he picked up four points on four assists while taking five shots on goal. For the second consecutive season, he led the squad in assists and was tied for sixth among his Ivy League counterparts. The two-time first-team All-Ivy award winner was also recognized for his exploits in the classroom taking home NSCAA Scholar All-Region honors.


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Goals from Neymar and Alexis Sanchez were enough to help Barcelona claim a 2-1 victory in the first La Liga Clasico of the season at the Nou Camp tonight.
Both teams caused a few eyebrows to be raised with their team selections; Barcelona opting to field Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Cesc Fabregas together, forsaking any width that the likes of Pedro or Alexis Sanchez could bring.
Taking charge of his first Spanish league derby, Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti opted to deploy Sergio Ramos in midfield, while also going for an attacking trio of Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Angel di Maria, meaning striker Karim Benzema dropped down to the bench.
Neymar broke the deadlock after a cagey opening quarter of an hour. Andres Iniesta broke free from the middle of the pitch to feed Neymar on the left.
The former Santos man worked his way towards goal, and fired into the bottom corner past Diego Lopez in the Real Madrid goal, in part thanks to a deflection off Raphael Varane.
The goal means Neymar joins the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ruud van Nistelrooy as one of only a handful of players to have scored in their first ever Clasico.
That goal sparked the game into life and an otherwise quiet Lionel Messi should have made it two almost immediately after Neymar's opener.
The Argentinian sprung Real Madrid's offside trap to scamper down the right flank, but hesitated slightly and dragged his shot wide.
Sami Khedira was adamant he should have had had a penalty later on the first half when Ronaldo's low fired cross ricocheted off Adriano's arm with the German closing in.
The first half drew to a close without further incident, although Ramos could count himself lucky to still be on the pitch after more than one infringement.
Real Madrid started the second half stronger and with Ramos soon withdrawn after another borderline foul, Los Blancos found their rhythm with Asier Illarramendi anchoring their midfield.
Khedira should have done better when he was fed through clean on goal, but with Ronaldo screaming for the ball in the middle of the pitch, the midfielder fired straight at Victor Valdes, who enjoyed a good day at the office.
Not long after Ronaldo's calls for a penalty fell on death ears after he was bought down by Javier Mascherano, while Benzema, on for the entirely anonymous Bale, rattled the crossbar.
After 78 minutes Sanchez, on as a substitute for Ces Fabregas nine minutes earlier, put the game to bed in the most sublime manner imaginable.
Neymar slipped a fine pass through the middle for the Chilean to latch on to, but with Varane covering the chance looked gone.
However the former Udinese ace slipped his man to earn a yard, spotted Lopez off his line and chipped a beautiful finish over his head.
Ronaldo's bursting run set up sub Jese Rodriguez to slip one past Valdes - who will feel he should have done better - on the 90th minute, but it was too little too late as Barcelona opened up a six-point gap on their fierce rivals.
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SAN DIEGO -- Just had a very brief conversation with Wayne Krivsky. He and his staff remain in their offices at GABP.
"We're still working," he said.
God only knows what they might come up with in the final two hours, 15 minutes before the deadline, but they'll probably push it right to the end.
As for what we do know -- though Krivsky wouldn't even confirm this insignificant and unsurprising set of moves -- the Reds will activate Gary Majewski and Jason Standridge from the DL tomorrow and recall Brian Shackelford for his fifth stint with the big club this year. The three are en route to San Diego.
That's all I've got for now. But it ain't over 'til it's over.


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Becker-Kasch began his comics career in 1954 with the series 'Tim und Tobby' and 'Kay' in the Bambino-Doppelpiccolos. He also did illutration work for Diese Woche. Other comics created by Becker-Kasch are 'Joe the Kid', 'Hannibal' and 'Xury'.
He was an early artist of the Kauka comics production from 1955 to 1957. During this period, he illustrated several longer stories with 'Fix und Foxi'. He continued to work for Kauka from 1960 to 1963, when he created the first story in the science fiction series 'Mischa' and several episodes of 'Knox'.
Fix und Foxi
Unconfirmed rumors state that Becker-Kasch is in reality two people: Karl Schmidt, an artist from Munich, and Becker, a text writer. Any definitive information on this would be appreciated.
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Next year Jordan Brand is coming hard with retro+ colorways of the Air Jordan 1. Aside from the OG "Chicago" model we will also receive this blue and orange design. While we're not going to jump the gun and lable them Knicks the shoe does feature an apple on the insole which serves as a light indication of where Jordan is heading with the concept. Another standout feature is the noticeable "Nike Air" on the tongue and the contrating game royal and team orange along the base. For those interested look out for them on January 5th but until then enjoy this early look and let us know what you think.
Air Jordan 1 "New York" - More Photos
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One of the most active family restaurant companies is Lou Malanati's. What
started as one restaurant back in 1971 has grown into a 21 unit restaurant chain
located throughout the Chicagoland area, a catering division and a mail order
company that ships both Lou Malanati's Pizza and other famous Chicago foods.
We have great respect for the Malanati Organization's committment to the
community. For the past 34 years, Malanati's has sponsored the annual Lou
Malanati's Cancer Benefit which has raised more than one million dollars for
cancer research, In recognition of this tireless effort, Jean Malanati Miller
was awarded the Illinois Restaurant Association's Cornerstone Humanitarian of
the Year Award.
Eli's Cheesecake is proud to be a supplier partner to Lou Malanati's for
their restaurants and mail order division. The new catalog for "Tastes of
Chicago", a Malanati company includes Malanati's pizza, Carson's ribs, Wildfire
steaks, Vienna Hot Dogs, Portillo's Italian Beef, and Long Grove specialty
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Alaskan author Jim Wright says it all. http://www.stonekettle.com/2012/09/a....html?spref=fb
Rick actually says what we all know. No one with a half a brain is going to be part of today's so-called conservative movement. Which is really an ugly mix of racists, fundies, and half-wits with strings being pulled by the the richest one percent. Who dismiss these dimwits with barely concealed contempt but know that they need their votes so they can continue the campaign to cut social programs, public education and keep their tax rates down. Ironically often in the name of God!
Conservative? Hardly. What we have today are radicals who want to upset the apple cart. There is nothing conservative about them. Real conservatives have been relegated to the side lines and are impotent. It's hilarious to watch Mitt bend and twist in a desperate attempt to appeal to these twits.


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I've watched bits and pieces of just about every Capitals game thus far in the '13-14 campaign and it's becoming more apparent with every viewing opportunity that Washington is going to struggle to make the post-season.
Their defense is terrible.
If not for Braden Holtby — and let's face it, he's only a "good" goaltender, nothing more, really — they might not have a win yet this season.
And, if Alex Ovechkin gets a bruised shoulder in two weeks and he misses ten games, they're not winning any of those contests.
The Caps defense is really bad.
The only two guys who give a representative defensive effort every night are Carlson and Alzner…and both of them are capable of throwing up a stinker-of-a-shift once a period.
Erskine? Time to put him out to pasture.
Green? Doesn't really play defense, not sure you can even consider him a defenseman.
Olesky? Still learning. He might be OK actually, but he doesn't have a mentor to look up to, that's for sure.
The Metropolitan Division is like moving up from the J.V. to the Varsity as far as the Caps are concerned. No more lay-ups against the bums of the Southeast Division…they have to play real hockey now, 60 nights a year.
Ain't gonna happen, I'm afraid to say.
Not with this bunch trying to play defense, that is.
I'll take the Red Sox in seven games in the World Series.
Not sure why.
I just think it's their time.
It would appear that Tiger Woods and "his people" have more impact at The Golf Channel than perhaps Brandel Chamblee realized.
Chamblee, the outstanding analyst for TGC, essentially called Woods a "cheater" last week when handing out his end-of-season grades for the recently completed 2013 season. He cited several rules infractions Woods was involved in over a 5-month period and likened them to an episode of his back in grade school when a teacher of Chamblee's cited him for cheating on a test.
The analyst never said the words "cheating" in his column for Golf.com, but he might as well have.
Earlier on Tuesday, Chamblee defended his piece and his accusations about Woods and the rules issues he ran up against…that lasted until about 8pm on Tuesday night when Chamblee sent out a series of five tweets that apologized – directly – to Woods.
He was adamant that the apology wasn't forced by The Golf Channel or Golf.com, but the timing certainly looked odd if you ask me.
Calling someone a cheater in golf is the absolute worst thing you can do.
For the record – in my opinion anyway – Woods is NOT a cheater.
As Seve Ballesteros once told Paul Azinger at the 1991 Ryder Cup: "Cheating and not knowing the rules are two totally different things."
That said, I still contend that Tiger should have withdrawn from The Masters last April after his Saturday rules snafu where he took a bad drop on the 15th hole.
But — like Seve said: Cheating and not knowing the rules are different.


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Customizing SMF > Bridges and Integrations
Try to write a bride for CMS Made Simple but get an error in Subs-Db-mysql.php
I try to write a bridge for CMS Made Simple and SMF 2 but I have already problems to include the index.php of SMF2.
--- Code: ---include(cms_join_path(dirname(__FILE__), 'smf', 'index.php'))
--- End code ---
Leads to a fatal error:
--- Quote ---Fatal error: Unsupported operand types in smf/Sources/Subs-Db-mysql.php on line 53
--- End quote ---
I have compared my code with the bridge for Mambo and SMF 2. But this bridge does quite the same as I do (it uses require() instead of include() but this is not the cause for the fatal error).
Update 1:
If I make the variable "$smcFunc" global in the index.php of SMF 2, this error will be fixed but a few methods later I will get a similar fatal error. There I must declare "$sourcedir" as global and so on. Has anyone an idea what my CMS could make wrong with global variables? Is there a php setting I have to change?
Update 2:
The cause for the problem is that CMS Made Simple is object-oriented. I have create two little php scripts (without any dependency on CMS Made Simple) to reproduce the problem.
This one is working:
--- Code: ---<?php
include(dirname(__FILE__) . '/smf/index.php');
--- End code ---
But this one will fail:
--- Code: ---<?php
class MyClass
public function show()
include(dirname(__FILE__) . '/smf/index.php');
$clazz = new MyClass();
--- End code ---
How can include the index.php of SMF 2 in a method of a class?
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Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has been named in the Argentina squad for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Chile.
The 25-year-old heads an 18-man list made up entirely of foreign-based players, but the squad is expected to be supplemented by the addition of local stars by national team coach Alejandro Sabella ahead of the Uruguay clash on October 12.
Argentina then travel to Chile four days later on October 16. They currently lead their South American qualifying group with 14 points from seven games, and are well positioned to claim a place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero (Sampdoria), Mariano Andujar (Catania).
Defenders: Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City), Hugo Campagnaro (Napoli), Federico Fernandez (Napoli), Ezequiel Garay (Benfica), Marcos Rojo (Sporting Lisbon).
Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid), Enzo Perez (Benfica), Fernando Gago (Valencia), Jose Sosa (Metalist Kharkiv), Pablo Guinazu (Internacional).
Forwards: Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Paris Saint Germain), Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid), Hernan Barcos (Palmeiras), Lionel Messi (Barcelona).
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If you're still mourning the fact that Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor doesn't use a wacky custom controller like its predecessor, chin up! A new video explains how, by combining Kinect with an Xbox 360 controller, the mech 'em up still offers sim-y interaction--complete with punching out-of-control crew members.
The gamepad is used for basic movement and firing, but will combine with Kinect gestures like leaning forwards to aim through a window, reaching up to raise the periscope, and standing up to peek out the hatch. While it's all quite different to the original Steel Battalion's joysticks and buttons, it's the same idea of simulating being inside a mech, and sounds jolly good fun.
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor is stomping onto Xbox 360 Kinect on June 19, made by Dark Souls developer From Software and published by Capcom.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. – Mary Cushman and Emily Fraik combined for 18 kills and 20 digs as the Maryland volleyball team fell to Virginia Tech, 3-1 (20-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-10), Friday night in Blacksburg, Va.
The Terrapins close out regular season play tomorrow night at 6:00 pm as they take on Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. The match marks the program's final match as a member of the ACC.
Maryland cruised out of the gates when it tallied a 6-0 run to take a commanding 11-4 lead in the opening set. The Hokies made three errors in the run to propel the Terps. Virginia Tech fought off four consecutive match points before Maryland took the set, 25-20, after a ball handling error by Allison Munter.
Virginia Tech responded with fury in the second frame, however, as it jumped out to an 8-2 advantage after an Adreene Elliott attack error. Kelsey Hrebenach brought the Terps within two points, 12-10, but the Hokies pulled away for the 25-18 set victory.
The sides battled back-and-forth after the intermission break until the Hokies put together a 9-1 run to take an 18-8 lead. The Terps did well to cut the deficit in half on a Fraik kill, though Virginia Tech rebounded with five out of the last six points to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
The Hokies were incredible offensively in the fourth frame, posting a .520 hitting percentage with 14 kills. The Terps fell behind in the set, 7-1, and never recovered as it dropped the set, 25-10.
Maryland fell below its season average with just six blocks, as Virginia Tech had a .280 hitting percentage for the match.


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Candela never fails to surprise us and take us away to another time and place. This season's presentation was no different. Candela, designed by Gabriela Perezutti, created the ultimate cool girl collection while songs from the Django Unchained soundtrack played. There were definitely some nods to the western outlaw movie but ultimately it was simply Candela. The collection married deco glamour with casual mountain comfort for a boho chic aesthetic.
The Box at Lincoln Center was decorated with unfinished paintings on canvas set atop easels while models lounged on velvet tufted chase lounges. Tables piled with soiled paint brushes sat alongside wicker chairs and all on top of lush Persian carpets. The collection's shoes were playfully set along the unfinished art proclaiming that fashion is indeed artwork. Each model's place on the set was carefully thought out as the position clearly pointed out the intricate details. One model in particular stood out in a gorgeous silk blush deco evening gown standing in front of a floor length mirror that perfectly displayed the back pleating and beading details. Another model laid casually on the chase lounge extending her leg out to show off her hand embroidered bird tights. The whole set oozed with touches of well thought out whimsy.
Gabriela Perezutti is known for her shabby chic style and pairing the unexpected together in a way that is inspiring and admirable. This season the designer married deco glamour with casual mountain comfort that had us ready for a weekend at Sundance. Using Nordic inspired prints and placing an emphasis on outerwear displayed the designer's affinity for the cold and rugged terrain. One deer print knit vest with fox fur collar worn over a pleated chiffon and floral lace skirt was certainly an outfit ready for the Rockies.
Cowboys and Indians was definitely an inspiration for Perezutti's fall 2013 collection. With elements like fringe, denim shirts, and Navajo embroidery the touches of western toned down the all too pretty lace and silk gowns.
Deco baubles and art nouveau beading were abundant throughout the collection. With the Great Gatsby debuting soon, girls will be clamoring for Daisy Buchanan's flapper style in one of these gorgeous beaded dresses.
Whether it is a motorcycle leather jacket over a tiered lace gown or an art deco gown with a knit cap, one thing is for sure the girl that rocks this collection is one cool fashion outlaw. I suspect that many of the styling elements from the Candela presentation will be spotted this fall such as jeweled headbands over knit caps, cameo ear cuffs, embroidered tights, fringed sweaters and dainty lace paired with supple leather.
To shop Candela and view more of their current collection visit: http://candelanyc.com/collections


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Have you spotted 'Superman?'
Actors Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Diane Lane and Jesse Eisenberg are starring in "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice," which is currently being filmed across metro Detroit. If you have seen any of the stars, we want to hear from you. Share your story on facebook.com/theoaklandpress or email your photos to email@example.com.
Even though it's not Hollywood, celebrities have been spotted across Oakland County recently.
From now through the fall, the movie "Batman vs. Superman" will be shot in locations across metro Detroit. Actress Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck's wife, told 105.1 FM that she was packing up the family to move to Detroit while her husband filmed his role of Batman. Henry Cavill, who plays the role of Superman, is also reportedly living near Detroit as well.
Movie crews were recently spotted at Lakepoint Market on Orchard Lake Road in Keego Harbor, where a scene of the movie was shot, and Affleck has been seen working out at Fitness 19 on 13 Mile Road in Royal Oak.
Alora Falconer, 23, said she recently spotted Cavill outside Sumo Sushi and Seafood on Main Street in downtown Rochester.
Falconer said she was with her friend, who noticed Cavill get out of his car in front of the restaurant.
"I instantly walked right up to him, shook his hand and introduced myself. I said 'Oh my god. Hi, I'm Alora and I'm your biggest fan," said Falconer. "I was of course star struck so I probably sounded overly excited."
Falconer said, when she asked Cavill if she could have her picture taken with him, he was very gracious and responded, "Oh yes, of course."
In the photograph, Falconer threw her hands up in the air because she "finally met him."
"The look on his face is priceless. He was very amused," said Falconer. "He was super nice and approachable. Before he drove away, he looked out at us and of course I said, 'Bye, Henry, we love you.' He smiled and shut the door."
Falconer, who is getting married in Auburn Hills on June 28, joked, "Henry is more than welcome to come to my wedding."
Trevor Sheldon of Waterford Township said he has also seen Cavill several times.
"Henry always comes into my work — Best Buy in Bloomfield," said Sheldon. "I did talk to him. He was very nice and very polite."


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January 20, 2012
Panthers not locked on defensive player with 1st pick
Panthers coach Ron Rivera will take his entire staff to Mobile, Ala., next week to scout the Senior Bowl practices.
And contrary to popular belief, the Panthers will not be limiting their focus to the defensive fields while evaluating possible prospects for their first-round pick.
The Panthers, who will pick 8th or 9th based on the outcome of a coin flip with Miami, have needs on both sides of the ball, according to general manager Marty Hurney.
"I don't think you lock yourself in to offense or defense as far as that first pick goes, and really any pick," Hurney said this week. "You have to go by your board. And we've done that and I think we've done well by doing that."
The Panthers' most pressing needs are on the defensive side. They could use another pass-rushing end, a cornerback and even a linebacker with starters Jon Beason and Thomas Davis both coming off surgeries.
But rather than address a need with the first pick, it's not inconceivable the Panthers could look to further fortify a strength by taking a wideout or an offensive tackle a year after landing a franchise quarterback in Cam Newton with the first overall pick.
"The first pick is the same year to year," Hurney added. "I think you have to pick an impact player there and you have to hit on the first-round pick."
(Look for more from Hurney and possible targets for the Panthers in Sunday's editions of the Observer.)
--Joseph Person
Posted by Observer Sports on January 20, 2012 at 05:12 PM | Permalink
Draft defense for the first four rounds. Foolish if they do not.
Posted by: par404 | Jan 20, 2012 6:58:48 PM
hurney is so stupid
Posted by: Allen | Jan 20, 2012 7:16:46 PM
yes pass rusher, like peppers,allen or matthews or suh but without the attitude we need a big strong guy to get threw the o line
Posted by: tony p | Jan 20, 2012 7:24:22 PM
Oh, Allen, and you're smart! LOL!!
Posted by: dbigcat | Jan 20, 2012 7:25:36 PM
I would have to agree with Allen actually. Hurney is pretty dumb, and he sucks at trying to cover up the Panthers' intentions... like how last year he kept saying they're fielding all options as far as trading the number 1 pick... when we all knew they were gonna pull the trigger on Newton. And I still believe they'll pull the trigger on Dre Kirkpatrick, or a defensive lineman. Not wide receiver, not an offensive lineman, and not a linebacker, which would be our only other areas of need. I think they go with an offensive lineman in the second round... then try to trade up to get into the 3rd round and snag a wide receiver or linebacker. And then they'll load up on training camp bodies with the later picks, which is what they did with those later picks last season.
Posted by: el | Jan 20, 2012 7:57:55 PM
Well, the last thing the Panthers need to do is reach for talent at the 8/9 spot. The Defensive Tackles will be there in the teens, and the Panthers already have two young guys to groom. The Panthers need some experience at DT, and they're getting it with the return of DT Ron Edwards. Therefore, DT is NOT a pressing need in the first round. The Panthers really need another veteran up front, not more rookies.
As for CB, it's all going to be touch and go on whether the Jags take Kirkpatrick before the Panthers. Linebacker is also a bit of a reach and the Panthers do have good depth there.
The Panthers will NOT take a Wide Receiver in the first few rounds of the draft, as the Coaching Staff is sold on LaFell, and the team has Gettis returning.
The one other area of need is the Right Tackle position, where the Panthers can no longer take a chance on Otah remaining healthy. In addition, this is the last year of Otah's contract.
Iowa OT Reilly is ranked higher than DE Coples, who will be drafted somewhere in the teens.
The Panthers need to look at Chase Minnifield for a 2nd round pick, as he can return punts and play D Back.
Posted by: Bill Polian | Jan 20, 2012 8:20:34 PM
01' dan morgan (pro bowler)
02' julius peppers (pro bowler)
03' Jordan Gross(pro bowler)
04' chris gamble(pro bowl caliber)
05' Thomas davis(pro bowl cal before 09')
06' deangelo williams(pro bowler)
07' Jon Beason(pro bowler)
08' stewart + otah( stewart=beast/ otah ?)
09' otah pretty much(draft trade 08')
10' everett brown :) LOL(09' draft trade)
11' Cam newton (broke almost every record for a rookie QB, pro bowler 1st alternet, a franchise QB, Guarantees carolina will have at least 1 primetime game per season etc...)
I say our GM has done a good job with 1st
round picks. It's the 2nd and 3rd round picks that scare me and that have hurt our teams talent along with how the front office approach free agencey. 2nd round picks below
04 eric shelton LMAO!!!
05 kerry colbert LMAO!!!
06' richard marshall (he was ok)
07' dwayne jarrett LMAO!! True waste
08' ryan kaili
09' sherrod martin
10' jimmy caulsen LMAO(lead worst offense NFL history)
Posted by: pantherman | Jan 20, 2012 8:34:15 PM
If Hurnia takes the best person available will we get another Jimmy Clausen?? bbahahahahaha
Posted by: Pantherman | Jan 20, 2012 8:36:32 PM
I have to agree with some of the posts so far...
1: Hurney IS dumb
2: We seriously need to pick new talent on defense
3: We'd be wise to pick a veteran first round choice to pick up where we're missin'Peppers now
4: Get a couple strong intelligent rookies to be mentored by said veteran pick on defense
Regardless, I really look forward to the next season. This year was like a teaser to what the Panthers can do now with talented coaches and a talented QB(finally). For the first time in years, I'm totally amped about the Panthers!
Posted by: arejaye | Jan 20, 2012 8:43:20 PM
Who cares? There LOSERS anyway!
Posted by: LolaM9259 | Jan 20, 2012 8:57:12 PM
They are Losers! Who cares?
Posted by: LolaM9259 | Jan 20, 2012 8:57:52 PM
If they Did not go by the BOARD we wouldnt have drafted 3 Quarterbacks the Year before last and then a QB last year. Jimmy Clausen QB Armanti Edwards QB (even though was drafted to play reciever) AND TONY PIKE QB. Luckily we finally got it right with Newton QB :)
Posted by: Wade Berryhill | Jan 20, 2012 8:58:27 PM
Actually, for this year, I like the BPA tactic, because whatever we do not get in the draft, will be addressed with 2nd tier young promising players in FA. THanks for some great years Hurney!
Posted by: Gret | Jan 20, 2012 9:00:21 PM
Actually, for this year, I like the BPA tactic, because whatever we do not get in the draft, will be addressed with 2nd tier young promising players in FA. THanks for some great years Hurney!
Posted by: Gret | Jan 20, 2012 9:01:45 PM
Lola, you should probably focus on your English before talking on here. If for some unforeseen reason Blackmon falls to the Panthers they would take him. Outside of that, yea they go DL or CB.
Posted by: PantherDave | Jan 20, 2012 9:07:15 PM
Dad - I agree with everything you posted, but you are wrong with regards to one eventuality. If Justin Blackmon falls to the Panthers at 8/9, they'll take him, regardless of how the coaching staff feels about LaFell or Gettis. On this team, Blackmon would be an immediate WR2 and a terrific possession receiver reminiscent of Muhammad.
Just sayin'. See you in the unemployment line.
Posted by: Chris Polian | Jan 20, 2012 9:07:44 PM
If you have a top 10 pick, you pick the best player available. There are not legit top 10 DTs are LBs. Brockers has massive upside, but a project.
Posted by: J | Jan 20, 2012 9:34:32 PM
We need a "shut down corner". Kirkpatrick can't smoke THAT much weed ! Nuff said......
Posted by: nasty704 | Jan 20, 2012 9:36:20 PM
@nasty: Kirkpatrick is NOT a shutdown corner; Claiborne and Matthieu are.
Posted by: PantherD | Jan 20, 2012 9:53:57 PM
I would not be upset with an o-line first pick. Otah is in a contract year and Hangman and Schwartz are free agents. We must keep Cam upright. Use the rest of the draft on defense.
Posted by: MIKE | Jan 20, 2012 10:04:04 PM
I think an impact player is just what we need. cant go wrong even if it's not on defense.
Posted by: brad hunter | Jan 20, 2012 10:20:17 PM
With the Kilpatrick arrest, the Panthers will trade down with a team desperate for a QB and get another 1st round pick along with either another 2nd rounder or a 3rd, whuch they do not have.
Posted by: globlwrmr | Jan 20, 2012 10:52:19 PM
Yo! What's up with all this RT talk? Did you people not see how well Byron Bell did coming in on the fly with pretty much no experience! Come on, we gotta have an impact player and I see Kirkpatrick as a bust. I'm not saying who we should take until the combine, but if Blackmon or Kalil is there, you gotta take em. Kalil is the only exception to that RT talk.
Posted by: DieHardCat | Jan 20, 2012 11:14:05 PM
"Who cares? There LOSERS anyway!" by Lola
Lola, a loser uses their, they're, and there wrong. You are a loser. See the connection?
PS - Using they are is correct, but not to cover up your obvious lack of using the right word.
Posted by: Jeff Brown | Jan 20, 2012 11:35:52 PM
Davis and Otah need to go. Can't stay healthy. Time to cut em and clear space to get veterans during free agency.
Posted by: Jeff Brown | Jan 20, 2012 11:37:13 PM
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Case in point is the pic below from Jon (aka @MonkeyWrench32 on Twitter). It's one of those reader submissions for which a mere "HT" or simple "Thank you" hardly seems adequate.
Actually, it was difficult even typing the "Thank you" above. You know, due to the coffee still coating the keyboard and computer screen after the spit-take.
|I Ohio Ohio?
This tattoo is so egregiously bad, I'd almost think it's some photoshopped fake. But we are talking about Ohio. And they do have, shall we say, a "thing" for their tattoos there. Although, even if it was free like most tattoos in C-bus, this dude (I hope it's a dude) got ripped off.
ED. NOTE: It took me a couple viewings of "I Ohio Ohio," but I just realized I wasn't looking at someone's belly. I kept thinking as I looked at the picture, Maybe this is fake. I don't see the belly button. Where the hell is belly bu-- Ohmygod.
And yet "I Ohio Ohio" is only a mere appetizer to the humdinger below I stumbled upon while working on this post. Take a gander at "Ohio, Bloody Ohio."
And this one I know is real because there's a video of it getting done.
Yes, America, somebody is walking around with that on their body. Who, you ask? According to the tattoo website where I saw it, "This bloody ohio tattoo was done on my good friend Tara at this years Hell City in Killumbus, Ohio."
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MAZON, Ill. — Mrs. Robert ( Evelyn A. ) Bates, 76, of Mazon, Ill., passed away peacefully with her loving family be her side early Tuesday morning, March 19, 2013, in Morris Hospital.
Born on Sept. 13, 1936, in Morris, Ill., the daughter of Gilbert and Dorothy Rose Gantzert, she received her elementary education in the Burleigh School in Mazon Township and graduated from Mazon High School with the Class of 1954.
Evelyn married the love of her life, Robert T. Bates, on April 22, 1956, in the Park Street Congregational Church in Mazon, Ill..
She was employed for over 20 years with the M-V-K School District as the cafeteria manager, retiring in 1996.
She enjoyed visiting with her many friends and family, and treasured the time spent following her grandchildren's many activities.
She was a member of the First Christian Church in Morris, a 50-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star, an active member for over 40 years of the Norman Homemakers, and a member of the M-V-K Senior Citizens
Surviving is her loving husband, Robert, and their children, Steven and his wife, Angela Bates, of Hampton, N.J., Lynn Rexroade of Minooka, Ill., and Susan and her husband, Brian Warning, of Verona, Ill.
Also surviving are nine Grandchildren, Taylor Bates, Sydney (Bryan) Carpenter, Reagan Bates, Erica (Dan) Read, Victor (Kathleen) Rexroade, Robert Rexroade, and Brittany, Brooke and Brianna Warning; five great-grandchildren, Cade and Kendall Read, Caleb and Max Rexroade, and Jaxson Carpenter; one sister, Donna (Don) Gorman of Morris, Ill.,; one brother, Paul Gantzert, of Joliet, Ill.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and two sisters in infancy.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at U. C. Davis & Sons Funeral Home Ltd., 301 W. Washington St., Morris. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 22, in the funeral home, with the Rev. Scott Zorn of the First Christian Church officiating.
Interment will follow in Mazon Cemetery.
Preferred form of remembrance would be memorial gifts in Evelyn's memory directed to the Mazon-Brookside Cemetery or the M-V-K Ambulance Service.
Condolences can be extended to her family at www.ucdavisandsons.com.
U.C. Davis & Sons Funeral Home, Morris, is in charge of arrangements. For additional information, call the funeral home at (815) 942-0084.


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Geneva – Opening comments by High Commissioner at Human Rights Day event in the Palais des Nations
Madame President,
Ladies and gentlemen,
I would like to welcome you all to this event to celebrate Human Rights Day and this year's theme, which is dedicated to "Inclusion and the Right to Participate in Public Life."
These are not just nice ideas. They are fundamental human rights principles, laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in the two overarching international Covenants that are the Universal Declaration's direct offspring, and in many other international treaties.
Millions of people have gone on to the streets over the past few years, some demanding civil and political rights, others demanding economic, social and cultural rights.
This groundswell is not simply a question of people demanding freedom to say what they think.
They have been asking for much more than that. They have been asking for their right to participate fully in the important decisions and policies affecting their daily lives. That means not only the democratic processes, but also the key economic decisions that can have such a huge impact on individuals, families, and even entire groups and nations.
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights spells out the right to participation, in its "democracy article" – article 25 – as well as elsewhere.
Every citizen shall have the right and the opportunity to take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives. Every person shall have the right to vote and be elected, and to have access to public service, as well as to free expression, assembly and association.
These rights are supposed to apply, as the Universal Declaration puts it, to "all human beings." No one should be excluded from any of them because they are female, belong to a minority, or worship a certain religion; or because they are gay, have a disability, have particular political beliefs, are migrants or belong to a certain racial or ethnic group. We should all have a voice that counts in our societies.
Unfortunately, many people don't.
Women, for example, make up more than half the world's population, but are still facing widespread discrimination, including with regard to their participation in public life.
Women have now, finally, won the right to vote almost everywhere, but they are still hugely under-represented in parliaments, in senior government posts and in corporate boardrooms.
In only two countries in the world – Rwanda and Andorra — do women currently hold 50 percent or more of parliamentary seats in the lower or unique house. By contrast, in 19 states – almost one in ten – women hold less than 5 percent of the parliamentary seats in the lower house. The global average for women MPs stands at just over 20 percent in the lower house, and even less – an average 18 percent – in the upper house or Senate.
Women clearly still have a long way to go before they can be said to have been fully included in the law- and policy-making processes that govern every aspect of their lives. Ensuring women's participation in public life requires wide- ranging measures, that extend beyond quotas, in order to eliminate discrimination in education, economic opportunities and sexual and reproductive health care.
We are doing a bit better at this ceremony today, however. You have before you a much-praised female President of the Human Rights Council. You have a female UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who used not to have a vote, and was discriminated against because of her colour as well as her gender.
And a little later you will hear directly from perhaps the most celebrated female politician and human rights defender in the world today, Daw Aun San Suu Kyi, who has overcome two decades of efforts to prevent her from participating her country's political process, and who has kindly agreed to address us live by satellite link from Myanmar.
But women leaders are still relatively few and far between.
Many other groups are also struggling to have a greater participation in government and other forms of policy-making. Sometimes, even when a concerted effort has been made to ensure groups are not discriminated against in terms of legislation, the discrimination still persists in practice, creating intangible and self-perpetuating barriers to full participation.
Many millions of people cannot even dream of aiming high, they just dream of getting by – of surviving until tomorrow.
That may be because they have not been to school, have no health care, or insufficient food – because they lack the basic rights and services that would give them the opportunity to build a better future.
Today, I salute all those who have suffered so much seeking what is rightfully theirs — and all those people in other countries who are also saying "we have a voice, we have our rights and we want to participate in the way our societies and economies are run."
No matter who you are, or where you live, under international law, your voice counts. Governments should ensure that this is not a dream. It should be a reality.
My voice, my right, my voice counts – Watch the Human Rights Day's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCnLOpUW7tY&feature=share&list=UU3L8u5qG07djPUwWo6VQVLA


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American Forces Press Service
Aug. 22, 2008 - Multiple militants were killed and one was detained by coalition forces during an operation to disrupt militant activities in Afghanistan's Kapisa province yesterday, military officials reported. The force searched a compound in Tag Ab district, targeting a Taliban commander who smuggles weapons and foreign fighters into Afghanistan and organizes suicide attacks against coalition and NATO forces, officials said.
During the operation, armed militants engaged the force. Coalition forces responded with air strikes and small-arms fire, killing the militants.
(From a Combined Joint Task Force 101 news release.)
Friday, August 22, 2008
Coalition Disrupts Militants in Eastern Afghanistan
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For Eye Care Professionals
Even if you've never worn eyeglasses or corrective lenses, chances are you know about nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and astigmatism. You may have even developed one of these vision correction conditions. But there's one other condition that commonly develops in people around the age of 40 you may not have heard of: presbyopia.
It's not a disease or an illness. Presbyopia is a normal, natural part of our eyes' aging process, and it happens to just about everyone; even if you've had laser eye surgery.
Presbyopia is simply the result of your lens becoming less flexible. As you age, the lens in each of your eyes begins to lose its ability to change shape easily – which allows your eyes to focus quickly on a single object or a page of text. The less elastic your lenses become, the harder it is to focus. That's when eyeglasses or contact lenses come into play.
While presbyopia can't be corrected with laser eye surgery or vision shaping therapy, you still have several options that will help keep your vision at 20/20 – both near and far.
Multifocal contact lenses – including PureVision2 Multi-Focal For Presbyopia Contact Lenses – can correct presbyopia so you can see comfortably up close and at a distance while enjoying the benefits and freedom of wearing contact lenses instead of reading glasses or bifocals.
Embroidering, building models, reading maps, and seeing the numbers on small technical instruments can become challenging as we move into presbyopia and experience other changes in vision. Brighter lighting can help with close-up work, but sometimes you need additional help.
Magnifiers bring fine print and needlework into focus, and they come in many sizes to help match the level of magnification you need for your task.
And if you need both hands to perform delicate work, you can use a hands free magnifier.
If you prefer to wear eyeglasses for vision correction, you can learn about bifocal and trifocal lenses and their attributes at All About Vision, a consumer guide to eye care and vision correction.


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Submission + - Smart Phone Gets Driver Out of a Speeding Ticket 1
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Sahas Katta writes in Skattertech that a traffic cop pulled him over while driving home and gave him a speeding ticket but thanks to his Android, he ended up walking out of traffic court without having to pay a fine or adding a single point to his record. "I fortunately happened to have Google Tracks running when an officer cited me for speeding while heading back home from a friend's place," writes Katta. "The speed limit in the area was a mere 25 miles per hour and the cop's radar gun shockingly clocked me driving over 40 miles per hour." Once in court Katta asked the officer the last time he attended radar gun training, when the device was last calibrated, or the unit's model number — none of which the officer could answer. "I then presented my time stamped GPS data with details about my average moving speed and maximum speed during my short drive home. Both numbers were well within the posted speed limits," says Katta. "The judge took a moment and declared that I was not guilty, but he had an unusual statement that followed. To avoid any misinterpretations about his ruling, he chose to clarify his decision by citing the lack of evidence on the officer's part. He mentioned that he was not familiar enough with GPS technology to make a decision based on my evidence, but I can't help but imagine that it was an important factor.""


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The free OS runs on your phone, your netbook, your desktop, and even your alarm clock. You named your dog Linus and you have Tux wallpaper. Andrew Morton signed your underwear. But how much do you really know about the most pervasive open source project on the planet? Core files, httpd service checks, determining the architecture of a Linux box from the shell -- take the Linux IQ Test: Round 2 and find out.


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"There is the sense that a transman is 'betraying the team,' joining the oppressor class and that sort of thing," said Ken Zucker, a clinical psychologist and a specialist in gender research at the University of Toronto.So a gay man identifying with women is completely different from a lesbian identifying with men? There is, for a woman, the idea that various privileges would come along with being perceived as a man.
Ben A. Barres, a professor of neurobiology at Stanford and a transgendered man, recently provided fodder for that view in an article in Nature and an interview with The New York Times. "It is very much harder for women to be successful, to get jobs, to get grants, especially big grants," he told The Times.That makes your motives impure, then? But surely the man attracted to men who wants to be a woman is after some advantages too, if of a different kind.


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I remember when Jamie Oliver did his programme over there he said it was cheaper for low income families to eat junk in fast food places 7 nights a week than it is to buy food to cook at home and I found that a bit staggering.
We're some people not taught basic cooking then? That's rather sad.I remember reading one of a certain politicians memoirs where he lived in a major US city and he said mothers thought it was healthy to fed their kids potato chips.
The other was brought up in this thread already: with poor transportation, many people only have the option of shopping at the local convenience store, where the healthier foods are incredibly overpriced. I have a vehicle. It's old and ugly, but it gets me from point A to B whenever I want it to, and I don't have to pay extra for parking. In the US, good food just doesn't tend to be within walking or biking distance of residences, especially in urban areas.
We're some people not taught basic cooking then? That's rather sad.
You think it starts with parents? I learned to cook from my parents as it meant they could have the help if myself and my sisters or even have me making the meals myself.I think all children need to learn how to cook before they leave home. And how to do laundry.
The overwhelming impression I have of the US from my very limited knowledge from TV/reading - but also from the posts I read here - is that generally, it just isn't 'set up' very well. That it isn't at all
practical? Local communities often seem not to have access to shops, transport etc in their local area, and if you don't have a car, you're stuffed because of the 'can't walk anywhere, there's no pavements' issue. I gotta wonder what the town planners were on when they came up with that; it kinda boggles my mind.That can be an issue here in the UK too, but generally only for people who live in very rural areas that might have one overpriced (and small) village shop, a pub and a post office. I live in a fairly low-rent area of a big city, not the kind of place that well-to-do shops would move into, but even so, I have access to everything I could possibly need on my local high street a couple of minutes away, and if you lived in a town you'd have all these facilities and more generally within walking or bussing distance.
GlitterisMyDrug you must live in the Southwest ; the roadside cross memorials are mainly found there. (Also Central and South America- kids didn't believe me when I described them after coming back from Venezuela as a kid).
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