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Criminalizing OWS Protesters – by Stephen Lendman
On November 14, the Northern California ACLU and National Lawyers Guild (NLG) sued the Oakland Police Department (OPD) in federal court for "egregious constitutional violations" against Occupy Oakland protesters.
A temporary restraining order was sought to stop them. On November 14, hundreds of riot gear clad police forcefully evicted encamped Oscar Grant Plaza protesters at 5:00AM. At a same day press conference, Mayor Jean Quan said:
"We have to bring the camp to an end."
The ACLU-NC and NLG sued OPD on behalf of videographer Timothy Scott Campbell. Other plaintiffs include Kerie Campbell, Marc McKinnie, Michael Siegel, and NLG Legal Observer Marcus Kryshka.
On November 2, all faced excessive force. Campbell said:
"I was filming police activity at Occupy Oakland because police should be accountable. Now I'm worried about my safety from police violence and about retaliation because I've been outspoken."
According to NLG attorney Rachel Lederman:
"OPD's unconstitutional actions against protesters were wholesale and flagrant violations of Oakland's Crowd Control Policy."
It strictly limits force and prohibits indiscriminate use of shot-filled beanbags and other projectiles against peaceful protesters and crowds.
In fact, authorities nationally want OWS demonstrations ended. On November 15, Occupy Wall Street.org countered, saying:
"You cannot evict an idea whose time has come. We are the 99%. We are everywhere. We are a global movement that is reclaiming our humanity and our future."
America's First Amendment affirms everyone's free expression and assembly rights. Fourth Amendment freedom prohibits unnecessary excessive force.
No matter. On November 14, billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg used goon squad cops to evict protesters. Hundreds earlier were beaten, pepper-sprayed, maced, tear gassed and arrested.
Days earlier, police attacked nearby Berkeley, CA Occupy Cal protesters. Students and youths were beaten, one seriously. About 40 were arrested. Similar crackdowns are happening nationally. Thousands have been arrested.
On October 26, Oakland, CA police attacked nonviolent protesters with tear gas, flash grenades, beanbag shotguns, and rubber bullets. Officers also threatened use of unspecified "chemical agents."
Veterans Against War member Scott Olsen sustained a serious skull fracture when struck on the head by a tear gas canister. Children, elderly and disabled bystanders were affected. Police helicopters patrolled overhead.
America's violence roots are deep. Wars are glorified in the name of peace. Pacifism is considered sissy and unpatriotic. Among Western nations, its homicide rate is highest. Gun owning is considered an inalienable right.
Violent films, video games and sports are some of its most popular. With good reason, its society is called a "rape culture." Constitutionally guaranteed human rights, civil liberties, common dignity and personal safety are more illusion than fact.
"Indispensable state" credentials, exceptionalism, and moral superiority are manipulated false notions to force our ways on others globally.
Kids are weaned on violence. Television and films feature it. Before age 18, the average child watches 200,000 violent acts, including 16,000 murders. Moreover, studies show homicide rates doubled 10 – 15 years after television was introduced. What better way to teach how to kill, beat, brawl and abuse.
Some kids grow up to be cops. From pre-adolescence they've been conditioned to accept violence as normal. They're used to it when asked to quash dissent.
Americans' Free Expression Right to Dissent
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) advances and protects constitutionally guaranteed freedoms. It creatively uses law "as a positive force for social change."
In October 2011, it issued a report titled, "Restore. Protect. Expand: The Right to Dissent," saying:
US history is littered with repressive laws "at the expense of constitutional protections and civil liberties." The 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts restricted First Amendment freedoms.
So did 1919 anti-communist Palmer raids, the 1934 Special Committee on Un-American Activities, its House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) successor, secret FBI COINTELPRO crackdowns, the 1996 Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, the 2001 USA Patriot Act, and other post-9/11 measures.
These and other police state measures expanded government surveillance, eroded habeas rights, formalized military tribunals, permitted torture-extracted confessions, and sanctified violence in the name of national security.
As a result, nonviolent civil disobedience can be called terrorism. Patriot Act provisions criminalized dissent. Innocent people have been arrested, indicted and imprisoned for pursuing their constitutionally guaranteed rights.
Using so-called "terrorist profiles," the FBI can investigate anyone for any reason. So can local police working cooperatively with them or alone.
Abrogating constitutional rights entirely may come next. Occupying America against financial terrorism and corporate greed can be criminalized. America's right to dissent is endangered.
Attacks on Nonviolent Protests
In 1999, attacking Seattle global justice protesters was a harbinger of things to come. Tens of thousands rallied for environmental, worker and other rights. Police did what they do best.
Tear gas and pepper spray saturated city streets. Hundreds of riot gear clad cops fired bean bag bullets, rubber bullets and paint balls at peaceful demonstrators. Others were beaten with batons and pepper sprayed. Hundreds were arrested. A state of emergency and curfew were imposed. Parts of Seattle looked like war zones.
In 2003, similar violence targeted Miami nonviolent protests against the Free Trade Act of the Americas (FTAA). Thousands of militarized police filled city streets. More than 40 law enforcement agencies were involved.
Streets were cleared lawlessly. Hundreds were arrested, including journalists and legal observers. Red squad police surveillance and infiltration were used. Congress provided funding.
CCR and others filed lawsuits. In Killmon v. City of Miami-Dade, et al a major settlement was reached. Nonetheless, the "Miami Model" and its Seattle predecessor became prototypes for future crackdowns like those ongoing now.
In today's America, anything can be criminalized, including protests for environmental and animal rights. CCR called the 2006 Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (ACTA) "unconstitutionally vague and overbroad in violation of the First and Fifth Amendments." It criminalized legal politically motivated actions.
"Green Scare" entered the vocabulary earlier. First used in 2002, it referred to legal and extralegal government actions against animal liberation and environmental activists.
The ghost of COINTELPRO returned, including intensive surveillance of political activists, false arrests, and police brutality. What the 1974 Senate Church Committee condemned, Patriot Act and other legislative measures restored.
In 2009, police cracked down hard against Pittsburgh G20 protesters. For two days, the city was on lockdown. Dozens of University of Pittsburgh students were arrested. Police used batons, pepper spray, beanbags, OC gas (similar to tear gas), sound cannons, and rubber bullets.
Ahead of the meeting, thousands of police and National Guard troops were marshaled. Requested permits were denied. Similar measures are employed against IMF and World Bank protesters, others for global justice, some against war, and when Republican and Democrat political conventions are held.
Each time, constitutional rights are denied. Police violence and other repressive measures are used. OWS demonstrators are now targeted and treated like criminals.
On November 13, Portland protesters were evicted. Despite supportive thousands on downtown streets, camp sites in two parks were forcefully cleared. In Salt Lake City, police used bulldozers against protesters. In Berkeley, police used truncheons against peaceful students trying to set up a camp.
Nationwide, thousands of arrests were made. Numbers mount daily. Tent cities are being cleared. Reasons used are bogus. Alleged health and safety issues are raised. So is talk about enforcing local ordinances.
At issue is police state thuggishness, beating up on people for Wall Street and other corporate favorites. Constitutional freedoms are denied. Popular protests globally are targeted.
"Total policing" met London students protesting tripled tuition fees and abolishing the weekly 30 pound low-income family allowance. Entire areas were blocked off. The city was on lockdown.
Section 60 of the 1994 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act "gives police the right to search people in a defined area at a specific time (and) provides powers to require the removal of disguises at public order events."
Protesters trying to set up camp at St. Paul's Cathedral and Finsbury Square were arrested and dispersed. Erected digital screens told people they broke Section 12 of the 1986 Public Order Act. Some demonstrators were constrained, others attacked.
None of it's justified. In America and across Europe, constitutional provisions, criminal and international law provide effective tools against lawbreakers and potential threats. Why abuse the law when what's on the books works fine. However, nothing there warrants police crackdowns against lawful protests.
Millions across America, Europe, and the Middle East are fed up and want change. At issue is social injustice, political corruption, banker occupation (aka financial terrorism), and repressive blowback against popular opposition to austerity, inequality, and growing human need.
Feigning support, Obama and congressional allies sold out constituents for Wall Street and other monied interests. Unemployment, poverty, lost homes, and other social injustice issues drive protesters for change. Sustained struggle is the only way forward.
No matter what obstacles they face, there's no turning back now. There better not be to have any chance of succeeding.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at email@example.com.
Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.


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Crypto-API Released
September 7, 2010
Crypto-API (hackage, haddock) 0.0.0.1 is now on Hackage.
Crypto-API is a generic interface for cryptographic operations, platform independent quality Entropy, property tests and known-answer tests (KATs) for common algorithms, and a basic benchmark infrastructure. Maintainers of hash and cipher implementations are encouraged to add instances for the classes defined in Crypto.Classes. Crypto users are similarly encouraged to use the interfaces defined in the Classes module.
Previous blogs on crypto-api have discussed its design and the RNG interface. These were to aid design discussion, so note the code there won't work without minor changes.
Example: Hashes
An example class instance:
instance Hash MD5Context MD5Digest where outputLength = Tagged 128 blockLength = Tagged 512 initialCtx = md5InitialContext updateCtx = md5Update finalize = md5Finalize
The hash user can remain agnostic about which type of hash is used:
authMessage :: Hash ctx dgst => B.ByteString -> MacKey -> dgst -> Bool authMessage msg k = (==) (hmac' k msg) hashFile :: Hash c d => FilePath -> IO d hashFile = liftM hash L.readFile
Example: Block Cipher
Users of block cipher instances probably want to use Crypto.Modes:
import Crypto.Classes import Crypto.Modes (cbc) import Data.Serialize (encode) cipherMsgAppendIV :: (BlockCipher k) => k -> B.ByteString -> IO B.ByteString, cipherMsgAppendIV msg = do iv <- getIVIO return $ B.append (encode iv) (cbc k iv msg)
Example RNG
Its easy to get a DRBG (aka PRNG) that can be used for generating seed material for keys, building asymmetric keys, obtaining initialization vectors, nonces, or many other uses. See Crypto.Random (which users System.Crypto.Random for entropy):
newGenIO :: CryptoRandomGen g => IO g genBytes :: (CryptoRandomGen g) => g -> ByteLength -> Either GenError (ByteString, g) getIV :: (CryptoRandomGen g, BlockCipher k) => g -> Either GenError (IV k, g) buildKeyPair :: CryptoRandomGen g => g -> BitLength -> Maybe ((p, p), g)
A quick peek in the Test.Crypto module will show you that testing is decent (particularly for AES) and getting better all the time.
Given a BlockCipher instance the entire test code for an AES implementation is:
-- Omitting hack-job instances for SimpleAES in this snippet main = do ts <- makeAESTests (AESKey $ B.replicate 16 0) runTests ts
This automatically reads in hundreds of NIST Known Answer Tests (KATs) and checks the implementation. A lesser infrastructure exists for testing Hashes. Cipher property tests are still needed.
Example: Benchmarking
As with tests, benchmarking is quite simple:
import Data.Digest.Pure.MD5 import Benchmark.Crypto import Criterion.Main main = defaultMain [benchmarkHash (undefined :: MD5Digest) "pureMD5"]
So please, if you maintain a hash, cipher, or other cryptographic primitive please add instances for the crypto-api classes. If you need these primitives then consider using the crypto-api interfaces, allowing you to remain algorithm and implementation agnostic in all your low level code.
One Response to "Crypto-API Released"
October 21, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Hi – I needed a working version of crypto-api on Windows (as it appears that Yesod depends on it) – so I've hacked together some code for System.Crypto.Random (using the outline code you provided) that seems to work and looks like it ought to work.
The only slight wrinkle is accessing required constants from the Windows header files – I've constructed a separate module, which has to be pre-processed using hsc2hs, but obviously you might want to do things differently?
Anyway – if you would like to incorporate these changes,please contact me @ stuart(dot)dootson(at)gmail(dot)com


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Finding God in the Midst of Pain
SOURCE: Alex McFarland
Devastation… danger… desperation. Such words are still being used in headlines referencing Japan (2011), as observers struggle to adequately describe the magnitude of this tragedy. Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear radiation-related statistics are continually being updated as accounts of death, damage and turmoil among the survivors dominate the news.
Whether facing a human-initiated tragedy such as a terrorist attack, or in times of natural disaster like the earthquakes that hit Haiti, Chili, and now Japan? we invariably ask ourselves, "Why?" In the process of enduring such calamities, people may wonder, "Where is God? Could He have prevented this? Does what I am going through matter to God?"
As limited, finite human beings, no one can fully know why a given event might have happened, or why seemingly innocent individuals suffer. But we long for an answer to the elusive issue of why. People in Jesus' time wanted to know why a certain man was born blind (John 9) and why lives were lost through a prominent disaster of that era (Luke 13). Should we automatically conclude that sinners were getting their "just deserts?" Or like John the Baptist's moment of doubt while in prison, should we conclude that maybe God isn't as authentic or faithful as we had first thought (Matthew 11)?
We may not know every reason behind the events of life, but meaning and hope can come from reflecting on what humans do know about God and this world. In a number of ways (through creation, conscience, Scripture, and through Christ Himself), God has shown His creatures that He exists. Further, God has revealed much about this world and His plans for it. God says that the original creation was perfect, but sin and fallenness was introduced through human rebellion.
With this in mind, it's a wonder that more places aren't severely damaged by weather, or that more lives aren't lost. Rather than blame God, it's probably more suitable to praise God, given the data, and ask, "How is it that the human race is so protected and shielded, given the self-inflicted dangers posed to humans by this world?" We cannot forget that humanity—not God—is to blame for natural evil. It was our sinfulness that caused God to curse the earth (Gen. 3:17). As Romans 8:21-22 points out, the world is in bondage and is suffering from man-induced "corruption."
Hope or consolation would be scarce if the story ended there. However, there is valid reason to trust God's promise that He will one day "make all things new" (Revelation 21:5). John the Baptist was encouraged to evaluate his own doubts in light of the promises of Scripture and the Person of Christ. Divine love, forgiveness, healing and even victory over death are not just pious platitudes, but are realities promised by both the Bible and Jesus. Christ's historically verified empty tomb is tangible proof that this death-conquering Jesus was indeed in a position to authoritatively speak about the here and the hereafter.
The question becomes, "Could there be a morally sufficient reason for God to allow pain and suffering to enter our lives?" The answer is yes. Suffering may be the only means by which a nonbeliever will see his need for Christ (though only God knows this). Meanwhile, believers who suffer can emerge from their valleys with purified character, deeper faith and a greater awareness of how truly faithful God is. C.S. Lewis asserted that, "pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world."(1) If this is indeed the case, then we may peacefully accept that God is still loving and merciful even when trials and sufferings have been permitted to come into our lives. For the one willing to process their suffering with an eye on God, there is purpose in pain. Here are some reasons why God may allow pain and suffering in the world? Even on the scale of what the nation of Japan is now going through:
- Suffering uncovers what is really inside of our hearts.
- Suffering breaks us of our pride.
- Suffering can deepen our desire for God.
- Suffering can mature us.
- Suffering can breed humility.
- Suffering may be a warning of something potentially worse
- Suffering can jump-start our prayer life.
- Suffering may prompt a lost person to receive Christ.
- Suffering may lead a Christian to confess sin.
- Suffering helps deepen our trust in God.
- Suffering can deepen our appreciation for Scripture.
- Suffering helps us appreciate other Christians who were victorious.
- Suffering can take our eyes off ourselves and this world.
- Suffering can teach us firsthand that God truly is sufficient.
- Suffering can connect us with other people.
- Suffering can create an opportunity for witness.
- Suffering can lead a person into Christian ministry.
- Suffering can make us grateful for what we had or still have.
- Suffering can position our lives to bring more glory to God.
- Suffering, properly handled, will result in rewards in heaven.
Christians do not deny the realities of evil and tragedy, but we do affirm that God can (and will) bring good from it. Like Jesus, we weep with those who weep (see John 11:35 and Romans 12:15) and long for the day that evil will be quarantined and this world restored. Believers everywhere extend their prayers, love, sympathy, and support for the people of Japan.
The reality of evil, pain, and suffering in the world does not negate the reality of God. Far from it? if there were no God, then not only would there be no answer to the question of suffering, life itself would have no meaning. The healthiest way to understand and endure life's valleys is to find our solace and sanctuary in Christ. At this time, may God draw the Japanese closer to each other, and closer to Himself. At this time, may God enable people of goodwill everywhere to pull together with brave, humble, and grateful hearts.
1. C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain. New York: MacMillan Publishers, 1962, page 93.


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I just bought the Eye Envy starter pack and I have some questions. First of all, are you supposed to refrigerate both the solution and the powder or just the solution? Secondly, the EE website says that the solution only lasts 2-3 weeks if left unrefrigerated. At the store where I bought the EE, it was not being refrigerated. The solution has a very unpleasant smell to it. Is that smell normal or should I question whether or not the solution has gone bad?


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It seems like F# code often pattern matches against types. Certainly
match opt with
| Some val -> Something(val)
| None -> Different()
seems common.
But from an OOP perspective, that looks an awful lot like control-flow based on a runtime type check, which would typically be frowned on. To spell it out, in OOP you'd probably prefer to use overloading:
type T =
abstract member Route : unit -> unit
type Foo() =
interface T with
member this.Route() = printfn "Go left"
type Bar() =
interface T with
member this.Route() = printfn "Go right"
This is certainly more code. OTOH, it seems to my OOP-y mind to have structural advantages:
- extension to a new form of
Tis easy;
- I don't have to worry about finding duplication of the route-choosing control flow; and
- route choice is immutable in the sense that once I have a
Fooin hand, I need never worry about
Bar.Route()'s implementation
Are there advantages to pattern-matching against types that I'm not seeing? Is it considered idiomatic or is it a capability that is not commonly used?


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mother and childThe hip new thing in Democrat circles these days seems to be demagoguing women; spewing nonsense such as claiming that the GOP has a "war on women." It appears everywhere, from For The Women sites to former Speaker Pelosi. Man, I love saying 'former Speaker Pelosi' -- I'm sure that means I'm waging a war on women, too. Speaker Pelosi went so far as to say that this "war" means that Republicans are "voting to say that women can die on the floor." No, really. She said that. With a straight face! Although, I guess that's the only kind of face she's capable of making.
The reasoning? Because, abortion. You see, to the Left the nebulous "women's rights" is somehow distinct from, you know, individual rights. We super scary women are to remain separate from everyone else. Never mind that every policy that President Obama and his administration has put into place is harmful to all, including women.
Staggering unemployment, a stagnant economy, global threats, fiscal irresponsibility worse than a college student on a binge with daddy's credit card? Whatevs! That stuff is for boys. Republicans hate dames! Except they don't. It's the Left who uses women for their own end. For the Women, my strappy sandal-clad foot! The Left reduces women to the sum of their girly bits only. We aren't to care about fiscal matters (math is hard) nor foreign policy (unless shopping at Chanel). We are only to care about things like 'reproductive rights' as if our rights are somehow separate from a man's and are based solely on a legal ability to kill our unborn children.
Of course, President Obama does think that we are somehow lesser than men. When Iran (IRAN) was pegged for a spot on the United Nation's Commission on the Status of women, his own State Department said that they 'wouldn't stand up and cheer' but it's 'less onerous than the Human Rights Commission.' Hey, at least it's not humans, just pesky old women, am I right, fellas? Vice President Joe Biden said he wouldn't 'second-guess' China's one child policy. It's just millions of females being slaughtered, who are we to judge?!
President Obama, like all his fellow travelers, merely uses women for political gain. From perpetuating the myth of the 'wage gap' to insisting that abortion is a sacred right and women will be kept barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen without it, they are striving to keep women as victims. Victims can be controlled, you see. Victims are dependent.; in this case on The State. Victims are powerless. Gone are the days of charity and feelings of gratitude when one needs and receives help in a time of need. Now, we are to feel entitled. Because, victims.
President Obama also believes that women are not equal to men. He made that quite clear in the statement he issued on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. He said "... And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams."
How dare he. My daughter's dreams are not predicated on the slaughter of over 50 million unborn children. She is not "empowered" by that. Where is the "equality" if a woman must "choose" to kill her own child so that she can have the same opportunities as a man? How is it empowering women to declare motherhood a burden and a child a punishment?
Years ago, an actual feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton said, "When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit." Huh. You've come a long way, baby!
Any of the Republican candidates, even my last choices, are better for everyone, including women, than Barack Obama. Respect for women and life, individual liberty and true freedom? Now THAT is empowering.
This post is part of a weekly conversation with our 5 Moms Matter 2012 political bloggers. Read the original question and find links to all their responses here: How Will the Next President Affect Women's Rights?
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Show Summary
Adam opens the show talking with today's guest, Brandon T. Jackson, about growing up in Detroit. Brandon announces that he just quit drinking today, and Adam talks about the problems with wine bottles. They also chat about why Brandon grew up without porn in his house, and what it's like Skyping with someone in jail. Adam then answers audience questions about waterbeds, shaving his junk, and what his priorities would be if he were president.
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The basics
Chivas USA (1-2-0) at Houston Dynamo (1-1-1)
Saturday, April 17, 3:00 p.m.
Robertson Stadium
All-Time Record: The Dynamo lead the regular season series 6-1-5. They lead the overall series 7-2-5 and are 6-0-2 overall at home.
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Last Meeting
With playoff seeding on the line, Houston ended its 2009 season with a 3-2 victory last October on the road against Chivas USA. The Dynamo jumped out early with the first three goals (Andrew Hainault 26', Dominic Oduro 29' and Abe Thompson 52'). The Goats battled back through Michael Lahoud (59') and an Eduardo Lillingston PK in the 88th minute. With an offside goal for Chivas USA called back and a late opportunity striking the side netting, Houston was lucky to escape with three points and a tie for first in the Western Conference.
What's at Stake?
While it's early in the season, both teams will want to keep up with the pace in the Western Conference. Houston cannot afford to fall off the pace with the front end of its schedule loaded with home games. Chivas USA are already tied for sixth place in the West and a third loss may continue to move them down the table. Both teams have been plagued by injuries, with Brian Ching, Cam Weaver, and Richard Mulrooney out for Houston and Ante Jazic and Maykel Galindo out for Chivas USA. As a result, the depth of both teams will be tested early.
Heroes & Villains
Corey Ashe/Danny Cruz v. Jonathan Bornstein: While the Dynamo are crossing their fingers for all the paperwork to be processed for Joseph Ngwenya's inclusion, it seems unlikely the former Houston hero's signing will be completed in time. As a result, Brian Mullan will likely move to forward, which opens a spot up in the Dynamo midfield. Corey Ashe would normally be the next midfielder in line to start, but he suffered a knock at the end of practice on Thursday and could recover in time for Saturday. If not, Danny Cruz may get his first MLS start. With Jazic out for Chivas USA, Jonathan Bornstein likely will line up at left back. His ability to move up into the attack will be hampered if Ashe or Cruz can keep him busy.
Sacha Kljestan vs. Brad Davis: With Houston likely missing a target forward, expect Davis to pinch in more centrally and expect to see the ball played more on the ground to Mullan and Oduro. While Davis might be better known for his delivery on crosses and set pieces, his creativity and touch should allow him to adjust to the change in Dynamo tactics for this week. Kljestan provides the offensive creativity for Chivas USA, and Davis' defensive abilities along with left back Mike Chabala might be more important to the Dynamo success this week than their offensive contributions.
Stat of the Day
Chivas USA have failed to score in their last 712 minutes at Robertson Stadium. That equates to nearly eight full games without a goal and includes seven consecutive shutouts dating back to 2006.
He Said It
"They never stray away from their short passing game, and they're good in possession, so it's important for us to try and pressure them and not get to the point where we're trying to chase the ball, because they pass the ball and they move well. So it's important for us to stay with runners and not gamble, because they can make you pay for lapses in concentration." -- Houston coach Dominic Kinnear


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Naval maneuvers appear to confirm postponement of Iran attack
Paul Joseph Watson
Friday, April 6, 2012
The latest Stratfor Naval Update map suggests that reports speculating a potential Israeli attack on Iran has been delayed until next year are accurate. With the U.S. having positioned numerous aircraft carriers and other warships in the Persian Gulf, it now appears at least some of them are departing.
Only last month it appeared that the attack on Iran was imminent given the fact that no fewer than three U.S. aircraft carriers were either already stationed in or on their way to the Persian Gulf , in addition to four anti-mine ships and other warships.
However, the latest naval map suggests that the U.S. is removing its hardware from the region.
The USS Carl Vinson, which has been patrolling the Strait of Hormuz since January, has been re-assigned to the 7th fleet area of operations and is set to take part in a naval exercise with India.
The USS Lincoln, which was deployed to the Persian Gulf in December, is still listed as operating in the 5th fleet, but the map shows it is now moving away from the Strait of Hormuz.
The USS Makin Island (LHD-8) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship is also on a course taking it away from the region.
In addition, the USS Enterprise, which had been expected to join the Vinson and the Lincoln in waters just outside Iran has now been assigned to the 6th Fleet area of operations.
The apparent pullout is likely related to numerous indications over the last two weeks that the Israelis have decided to postpone an assault on Iran's nuclear facilities until next year.
– On Wednesday, Israeli writer Richard Silverstein reported that he had been told by a confidential source close to a Likud Party member that "Bibi Netanyahu has decided to delay an Israeli attack on Iran until some weeks or possibly months before the next scheduled Israeli election" in 2013.
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– On the same day the Jerusalem Post, citing anonymous defense establishment officials, also reported that the attack had been delayed until next year. "It could happen this year, but also 2013 is a possibility," said the source. "We will need to wait to see the effect sanctions and diplomacy have on Iran and what the regime decides to do."
– Last week Haaretz correspondent Amir Oren's reported that the attack had been delayed until spring 2013 as a consequence of a joint US-Israeli wargame that did not produce the desired results. Oren also claimed that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak's acknowledgment that Israel would not launch the attack without U.S. support before the American presidential election represented, "An announcement that this war was being postponed until at least the spring of 2013."
– Last month it was also reported that Israel had "agreed to hold off a strike on Iran's nuclear sites this year in exchange for receiving U.S. military equipment," including bunker-busting bombs and refueling planes. The deal was seen as a tacit admission that the Obama administration would support Israel in launching the attack but only after the election in November.
It remains to be seen whether these naval maneuvers are just part of a strategy to put Iran on the back foot, but all indications suggest that the attack has been postponed for the time being.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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Attending holiday parties can be a perfunctory, listless chore. There are so many to attend, they all blend together into a mess of tinsel and trimming, and they all inevitably fall within a 10-day span that inevitably becomes a spree of punches and nogs, bad sweaters and worse conversations, and way too many holiday cookies. Even the holly-jolliest of fellows can't withstand this marathon of seasonal cheer.
But there's a solution. Instead of going along with the holiday party routine of happiness and joy, I recommend going the opposite route. You should comport yourself like a proper villain at all of your holiday parties.
What exactly does this mean, to comport yourself like a proper villain? Well, we did explain the concept last week, when we went over the right way to wear a scarf. Mostly, it consists of a fairly dark disposition — one unconcerned with larger societal norms, but somehow extremely correct at the same time. As we put it last week, it's the ability and inclination to comport yourself in a way that is both intrinsically wrong and yet deeply, beautifully right.
To apply this to holiday parties is quite the operation, because there are various types. But let's begin with perhaps the most important one: the obligatory office holiday party.
Your Office Holiday Party
You're getting dressed. It's very important that you wear no Christmastime insignia whatsoever. You know what we're talking about. Pins, ribbons, hats — none of that. And certainly no red or green. No color at all is preferable. Maybe just wear a black trench coat to really get the point across. Black pants, black socks, black shoes.
Upon arrival, it's essential that you extend a curt but not cold greeting to your boss, then respectfully move on. Do not dwell on anything petty that might have happened during the day. You're better than that.
Now we move on to the food. Politely decline the food. Most likely it will not be very good, and scarfing down free canapés — those little styrofoam-like wafers topped with a glob of something that looks like tartare, but certainly isn't — is a decidedly bad look. Dinner, as it were, should be strictly liquid.
You will see your colleagues here as well. For the most part, ignore them. You have your allies in the office, and they will serve as people to converse with here. But that mid-level staffer who holds the door for you as you walk in? You do not need to acknowledge his existence simply for the sake of St. Nick.
If possible, get in and get out. Make an impression and then be off, back to anywhere but your office holiday party. You need to have your presence felt, but you don't, by any means, need to actually be present.
The Holiday House Party
The holiday house party is slightly different. You are there, presumably, because you have been invited by a friend, so you can attend without the overwhelming urge to exit that you felt at your holiday party. Still, it is important to make a quick and lasting impression. This can be achieved by a particularly statuesque date, or a loud sports car that you can pull up in. A Jaguar, say — that should do the trick. And maybe there's a small but expensive token of your appreciation you can bring for the host, then place on display for the other, less considerate guests to see. Is this host someone you can use for a favor at some point in the new year? Bring a smaller, yet somehow more expensive gift. Nice work.
Another note: the food may very well be better than it was at your office party, but don't eat the food. You're better than that.
Your Girlfriend's Office Party
Do you have a girlfriend? Has she asked you to her office holiday party? You already have plans. They're unbreakable.
The Charity Holiday Party
The last permutation of the holiday party you might want to consider is the host committee party. You know the ones: you get invited by a friend, or perhaps an acquaintance, who has been recruited and given "host" status, which sounds vaguely important, but isn't. It's at a bar that was maybe cool a year ago, it costs $50 for an hour-long vodka-only open bar, and the proceeds go to some sort of charity.
You have plans. They're unbreakable.
So, consider this a primer on how to attend all the holiday parties you have this week like a proper villain. You'll certainly make an impression, feel excellent all vacation long, and be lavished with praise and a raise upon your return to the office. But, really, no cute little Christmas hats. No red and green sweaters. No jingle bells sewn into your sleeves. And no canapés — you're better than that.
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Nate Freeman is the Editor-in-Chief of Good to be Bad. His writing has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Observer.
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Saturday, 13 October 2012 from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM (EDT)
Ryan McMahon is making his way across Canada on the "Ryan McMahon – UnReserved Tour" this Fall and you're invited to join him.
With 26 stops over 6 weeks – Ryan is performing brand new material, a new show format and brand new insight on the good, the bad & the ugly of the collision between Indian Country and the mainstream.
There are a few HUGE reasons why we're celebrating this fall at Ryan McMahon Comedy headquarters – this summer Ryan became the FIRST Native Comedian to ever tape a one hour standup comedy special for CBC TV (Ryan McMahon – UnReserved) (Corkscrew Media/CBC Television) and the broadcast dates coincide with the fall tour.
Also, in July 2012 Ryan made his debut at the prestigious Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, QC. While at the festival Ryan was named to the "New Faces List" that Just For Laughs releases every year - creating THE Industry List of the "best young up and coming standup comedians on the planet." A pretty remarkable feat for a kid that grew up in the bush in North Western Ontario.
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I think the RIBA should have an annual conference - it seems to me astonishing that there is no annual conference - and this would be an opporunity to showcase all awards - including one for sustainibility if appropriate. Awards are useful for promoting selection criteria and raising the profile of architects who embrace those criteria. More work needs to be done on combining good design with environmental performance - so this could be a valuable initiative.
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I'm prone to like defense cuts as a solution to budget problems. For one thing, we spend immensely more than any other country on our military. For another, while blowing things up and killing people may be necessary, it is not a happy use of our money. So I am especially anxious to root out wasteful spending in this area.
Nonetheless, I'm a little bit wary of graphs like this one:
It's from Matt Yglesias, who writes: "I don't know that any of that's true, but it certainly seems like a smart plan to me. As conservatives generally point out whenever the context isn't military spending, it's very damaging to human welfare to have the government tax productive labor in order to spend money on something useless. So given that population aging is certain to lead to growing pressures on the federal budget, it's important to make up as much of the financing gap as possible by cutting spending elsewhere rather than with new taxes. And per the great Peterson Foundation chart above, the U.S. military budget is really large. Obviously, you don't want to cut the military all the way to the bone lest you invite an invasion from Mexico or Canada. But we're not even close to being overwhelmed by Canadian arms. And it's striking that if you look at non-U.S. defense spending, a majority of it appears to be by U.S. treaty allies—NATO members, Japan, Australia, South Korea, etc.—so we really do seem very safe."
Not that I disagree with the fundamental premise: our defense budget is large, and can probably be cut back a lot. I mean, we could save a huge amount of money just by cutting back to the spending levels of . . . the United States, ca 2007.
But I would like to see someone specify how far we could cut. Should we be spending the same amount as China? Twice as much? Would that be a stable equilibrium, or would we be encouraging the emergence of global competitors who would then force us to spend more again?
When I think about this, I think of Google. It's safe to say that Google spends more than anyone else on the development of web services, including improving stuff that they aleady spend more on than anyone else, and do better than anyone else, like . . . web search. You could argue that they should stop, because it's a waste of money: they've already got the top ranked search engine, and webmail program. Why continue to spend money making those things better when they've already got such a dominant position?
And to some extent, I am sure that this is right. Google could spend less on development, and still maintain its position as top dog. Web search is characterized by enormous network effects: Google searches are so useful precisely because everyone else is using Google. That lets them gather loads of information about what links are the most useful responses to a given search--and thereby improve search for all of you. That's a big barrier to potential competitors.
But it seems important to know how much less they could spend--particularly in the context of a budget discussion, where we're proposing cuts.
I don't think that many strategic advisors would recommend Google cut back its spending to the level of its next biggest competitor. The reason is obvious: Google's continued spending keeps competitors out of the market. If they cut back that far, there's a real risk that someone more nimble will come along and start cutting into your market. Every user that Google loses to a competitor makes their services just slightly less outstanding.
On a similar note, you can argue that the reason that other countries spend comparatively little on their militaries is that there is no point. America spends so much money that there is no hope of anyone else building competitive capacity (at least, not since the Soviet Union collapsed). So no one even tries. Even countries like Russia and China seem focused on building capacity as regional powers, not viable competitors to the US. This is good for us, obviously, but arguably it's also good for billions of other people who aren't embroiled in wars (or occupied by a foriegn power), because there's so little potential gain to the countries that might start them*.
So the real risk to a decline in US defense spending is not that Canadians load up their ice guns and start across the border; it's that other countries leap into the arms race, and the world abruptly becomes more unstable, with more, not less, global spending on weapons.
How much could use spending drop before Russia and China, and many other nations, decide that it might be worth their while to invest in a bigger military? I have no idea. I'd certainly like to believe that the answer is "a lot". Or even better, to believe that we've entered an era where this sort of thinking is obsolete: where multilateral institutions mean it's not really worth anyone's while to prepare to invade their neighbors.
But I'm skeptical of the latter. And I simply have no idea about the former. I'd like to see folks take a stab at answering that question, rather than just pointing out that we're probably a long way from Alamo II.
* Note that I'm talking about our military power, not our military actions: you can think that it's good for the US to have a big, badass military that makes it unwise to attempt to take over Taiwan, or the Straits of Hormuz--and still bad for the US to invade Iraq. Or you can disagree with the whole premise, of course--I'd certainly be interested to see a coherent argument that the world would be better off with China or Russia as the dominant military power(s).


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He may originally hail from Sacramento, California, but for all intents and purposes, featherweight contender Tyson Griffin might as well be considered a Las Vegan, considering that it's been his base of operations at Xtreme Couture MMA for much of his five year career in the UFC. And as such, Griffin is looking forward to contributing even more to his adopted hometown.
"I wanted to do something more for the community and something that hit home was Boys Town Nevada and the work they do with families and kids without families," said Griffin, who is preparing for a UFC 137 bout against Bart Palaszewski. "I wanted to find a way to give back, and me and my manager (Tom Call) came up with a fundraiser / raffle for my next fight. For $25, you can buy a raffle ticket and possibly win tickets to UFC 137 and get after party passes, and all the money is gonna go to Boys Town Nevada."
Based in Las Vegas, Boys Town Nevada has positively impacted the lives of 20,000 children and families each year since launching in 1991 through a variety of programs to help those in need. For the 27-year old Griffin, the plight of the children in the Boys Town programs is one he is all too familiar with.
"Growing up, my mom and my dad were locked up, and we got sent through foster care a little bit and then to my grandma eventually," he said. "I was in those kids' shoes at one point and I could have been there longer, so I really like what they do. To be honest, I was too young to actually remember, so I can't speak on being there firsthand (in a foster home). But being there only with my grandma and having to go visit my mom in jail and not knowing dad growing up and things like that, I realized that I still came out ahead and a lot of those kids may just need a little bit of support. And there are families there too that just need help in being a better family, and to me, that's what stood out and what I think is lacking in today's society – just better, closer families working together."
And while this is the first time Griffin is doing a fundraiser like this, he's no stranger to talking to young people, including those at Boys Town Nevada about his struggles coming up and how he overcame them. His story is an inspiring one, and he isn't shy about sharing it.
"Everyone comes from different walks of life, everyone's gonna have challenges, and it's up to you to make the most of it and embrace it," said Griffin, who is coming off a June win over Manny Gamburyan. "Don't be scared of who you are and where you come from. I'm sure a lot of kids are embarrassed by their situation, but everyone has their own things to deal with. We're all different, no one's perfect, and no one's 'normal,' as they say. This is life, so you've got to deal with it as it comes."
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Mini post: Holidays for Navi!
Gosh, I'll be going away this Friday, so that means I will have nothing to post for a while in regards to WoW. Or will I?
I'm heading off to London to visit my sister so that's going to be exciting for me! Eating at fancy places, going sightseeing, bumming around doing sister stuff - it will be great!
I thought about what I'd write if I was able to write, and I guess we'll see how that goes :) It will be along the lines of My week of no WoW, and what goes through my head. I'll see how it pans out. It could be horribly boring, in which case I'd abandon the project, or it could be a nice outlet for me to keep blogging! We'll see :)


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Mind control is a favorite plot device in science fiction. It typically calls for a powerful manipulator to turn other people into drones using some extremely complicated-sounding, but often unexplained, process. It's a neutral power, used by heroes (Obi-Wan Kenobi) and villains (The Riddler) alike. Moral ambiguities aside, let's take a look at whether pop culture mind control could ever work in reality.
MYTH: Full Control of another Individual via Hypnosis
Not to pick on the Riddler in Batman Forever, as complete mind control is a common device used by any number of villains (particularly science-based ones) over the years, but I choose the Riddler as Jim Carrey jumping around in a green jumpsuit is permanently entrenched in my brain. The Riddler uses a device, the Box, to satiate its users to the point of becoming immobilized and at the same time drain their intelligence and memories.
Although the Riddler's motivations do not include control of the physical movements of his captives, let's include this as well. In order to control both the thoughts and movements of a group of people, remotely (and whether by hypnosis or some other means) one would have to gain access to entire portions of the collective brains and human physiology, as physical movement and long term memory are not controlled by the same region. This would call for a physiological change occurring at thousands of sites in multiple regions (motor neurons in the spinal cord, a reward system in the frontal lobe, control of precession movements in the cerebellum, etc.) in each and every person being controlled. Let's say this physiological change could be accomplished - even then, wide-scale mind control becomes a numbers game that's highly unlikely to work on a large number of individuals as shown in the movie. There are too many individual parts in to be manipulated to reach a desired result.
MYTH: Directed Control to cause a Single Desired Effect
Enough with the Riddler and my visions of Jim Carrey. You are more than likely familiar with the Jedi Mind Trick, which was first observed in Star Wars: A New Hope. Ben Kenobi, on Mos Eisley, waves his hands in front of some poor stormtrooper, and convinces the trooper that the droids in the back of the landspeeder, C-3PO and R2-D2, are not the ones that the Empire is currently scouring the desert planet of Tatooine to find. The trooper assuages, lets the land speeder pass, and probably gets shot later that night.
To cause an event wherein mental powers would elicit a desired and specific response (whether it be mental or physical) in another individual, say forgetting a previous command, would call for a disruption of the stormtrooper's working memory, and eliciting a desired response in the stormtrooper's short term memory long enough for the response to be vocalized and allow the group of desert scalawags to move along. This would be much more easily accomplished by misdirection, either verbal or physical.
However, if Ben Kenobi went to the storm trooper on Mos Eisley every day, for say, forty or fifty days and waived his hand and said, "These aren't the droids you are looking for," and then gave the storm trooper a star-cookie, this might work. He'd probably just be seen as creepy though. Which leads us too…
FACT: Influencing Behavior and Emotional Responses
As mentioned above, conditioning an individual over time, with either positive or negative reinforcement, could attain a desired response. This, went taken to a more extreme level calling for deprivation of the individual and lack of food, could break an individual's will and make the susceptible to influence or eliminate any response altogether. Both of these extremes of the scale, however, would take a phenomenal amount of time and action on the part of another party.
Annoying sounds (particularly bass heavy ones), odors, and use of light could get an emotional response quickly, one of confusion or disorientation, and are often used in control of large crowds.
One possibility that could work as well would be pharmaceuticals and other drugs. There has been a history of governments attempting to use chemical compounds to control the behavior of individuals, and we see it in practice in the medical community as well for the benefit of patients.
On this basis, one fictional character I would like to posit as being believable would be the Scarecrow, particularly as envisioned in Batman Begins. Using a mix of psychotropic drugs and imagery to cause hallucinations and induce fear and exploit the phobia of others – a destabilizing source along with reinforcement – would elicit an extreme emotional response, and if not gain a manner of control that would allow for the following of orders, obtain emotional domination over an individual. I admit I can't debunk this possibility – it would take some time to get the correct mix of pharmaceuticals, a method of administration, and specific environmental cues, but it might just work. Heck, the Scarecrow might be the most believable character to enter the realm of comic books who's not a guy in a trenchcoat with a gun.


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Juanita Elizabeth Romano Vathis, a native of Apalachicola, FL., went to be with Jesus on December 28, 2013.
Juanita Elizabeth Romano Vathis, a native of Apalachicola, FL., went to be with Jesus on December 28, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, Costa Vathis and father of her children; mother, Lilly Bryant Romano; father, Capt. S. A. Romano; brother, Sandy Romano; son, Nick Vathis; and a granddaughter, Christina Vathis
She is survived by her children, John Vathis of Panama City, Mary Elizabeth Herring of Panama City Beach, George Vathis of Bellview, FL., Theo Vathis of Tallahassee; grandchildren, Veronica Crotts Almarode of Tallahassee, Jamie Vathis of Mexico Beach, Nicky Vathis of Panama City Beach, Ricky Vathis of Chipley, Stephani Vathis of Texas, Tracy Vathis of Destin, Candice Vathis of Tampa, Michael Vathis of Tallalhassee, Costa Vathis of Tallahassee, Tammy Vathis of Colorado and Christopher Vathis of Colorado; great- grandchildren, Vernon Babich of Ocala, Michael Austin of Wewahitchka, and Katlin Vathis of Mexico Beach; nieces and nephews Mary George Williams, Despina George, Alexander Vathis, Tony Romano, Carla Hight, Nick Spanolios and Jimmy Spanolios; dear friends she considered her other daughters, Ginger Chumney Lewis, Geri Parker, Marilyn Wages, Frances Ann Monroe and Denise Putnal.
Her father Capt. Romano was from Palermo, Sicily, a sea captain who came to Apalachicola to trade for cotton and lumber. He met Lilly Bryant and married they raised Juanita and her brother Sandy in Apalachicola. She attended the Catholic Convent and was schooled by the Nuns. She later married Costa Vathis who operated The Grill Restaurant in Apalachicola and was a State Representative for Franklin County in the 40's. Jaunita was his secretary.
Mary Carol Creekmore was her dance instructor with her sister-in-law Helen Vathis and friend, Betty Brocado as a teenager.
Her hobby was corresponding through letters to her friends and family up to the time of her death.
She never met a stranger and was loved by so many and will be missed forever
Graveside funeral services were held 2 p.m. EST Friday, January 3, 2014 at Magnolia Cemetery in Apalachicola.
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ROME, Ga. (AP) - Despite the wet and muddy conditions, the energy was high for Outkast's performance in their home state at the CounterPoint Music & Arts Festival.
ROME, Ga. (AP) � Despite the wet and muddy conditions, the energy was high for Outkast's performance in their home state at the CounterPoint Music & Arts Festival.
Organizers suspended the festival due to heavy rain and inclement weather, pushing Outkast's set back more than an hour Sunday night. But the Grammy-winning rap duo still put on an energetic show that kept the crowd jamming in the late hours.
Outkast was one of the final acts to close out the three-day festival in Rome, Ga., which is about 60 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. The group, which consist of Andre "Andre 3000" Benjamin and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, grew up in East Point, Ga.
"I know you're all muddy and dirty," said a chuckling Andre 3000, who was wearing a white wig and a black jumpsuit with a white X on the chest. "And I know y'all are going to want to go home and take a shower."
Outkast kicked off their act with the song "B.O.B." They went on to perform some of the duo's major hits from "Ms. Jackson," ''So Fresh, So Clean," ''Rosa Parks" and "Player's Ball."
CounterPoint was the second stop for Outkast, who is currently on a 40-date tour. Big Boi and Andre 3000 reunited onstage for the first time two weeks ago at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, following a near-decade hiatus.
Outkast is celebrating 20 years in music since the release of their 1994 debut, "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik."
"It's good to be back in the dirty, dirty," said Big Boi, sporting a red hat with "Atlanta" written in black across the front of it. "ATL you know what it is. We love y'all. ... 20 years and we still here."
The group often danced alongside each other, then stood and walked behind each other inside a tall see-through box for a couple of songs including "Aquemini." They showed good chemistry onstage as the two smoothly interchanged into their own solo acts.
Big Boi took the stage first performing a slew of his songs including "The Way You Move." Andre 3000 followed up his bandmate's act with singing his well-known hits "Prototype" and "Hey Ya!."
Outkast brought out other performers such as Janelle Monae, Sleepy Brown and Killer Mike. More than 60 artists performed at the festival including from J. Cole, Pretty Lights, and Foster the People.
"This seems like a family reunion," Big Boi said to the packed crowd.
The group also paid homage to the late Pimp C, performing a snippet of the UGK song "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)."
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Liberty News
Wrestling team No. 2 in coaches poll
The Liberty University wrestling team is ranked No. 2 in the latest coaches poll by the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA).
Head coach Jesse Castro said wins against The Apprentice School (5) and Middle Tennessee State University (12) helped push Liberty toward the top.
Currently, the program has more than 40 members. Castro has high expectations of taking home the championship trophy in March.
"It is our desire to bring honor to our university through putting out an excellent product," he said.
The Flames travel to Messiah College this Saturday, Jan. 21, to Dalton, Ga. Jan. 27-28 and to Edinboro, Pa. on Feb. 11. Their only home meet of the season is Saturday, Feb. 25 at 10 a.m., when they will host the Mid-Atlantic Conference. Nationals are scheduled for March 8-10 in Knoxville, Tenn.
Wrestling has been offered at Liberty since 1973 and is one of the 29 Club Sports programs.


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A change in marketing is expected to make a difference if the Charles Fay Village senior complex converts to an independent living facility.
Gary Cates, senior vice president for ProMedica continuing care services, explained last week that as an assisted living facility, the Village is operating at a loss and the company's favored option is convert the facility to an independent living structure.
Charles Fay Village first opened in 1999 for independent living, but a lack of residents led to a decision to convert the units to assisted living. Now it will likely go back to its original format.
Why will it work this time?
"We're looking at a different approach to marketing," Cates said.
He said a group such as a civic organization could be enlisted to show the facility to prospective tenants in exchange for a fee.


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Hi, I am Anurag (aka The Lithiumhead) and I am from India. I currently live in Pune with my wife. On most weekends, I travel to Mumbai to be with my family (mom, dad, grandma, brother).
Besides being a tech geek (think a room full of gadgets and circuits boards, think characters from The Big Bang Theory), I have numerous other interests: collecting stuff (who doesn't), going on adventure trips, photography (especially of insects and Mumbai!). I enjoy most kinds of music (Savage Garden, POTF, The Corrs, Linkin' Park, Indian Ocean) but suspect that I am constitutionally incapable of dancing, although I am sure my
I have this innate thirst to explore and learn about things around me - as a result of which I become a jack of many trades and master of a select few. According to my friends, even though I may not have answer to all the questions, I do end up coming up with solutions to most problems! (True Jugaadu at heart). I like reading books, I have quite a few of them (list here - The Fountainhead, H2G2 & JPod are my all time favourites!).
I like making stuff (circuits, art, websites, blah..). The adventures we have while making (or trying to make) things are the stories worth telling - stories which define us as an individual. I love to tell these and hear similar ones from others. (so of them are here on my blog!)
I swear by my friends - they are the life and soul of, well, life itself!
I truly believe that we all lend meaning to each other lives: the experiences I have had so far, the people I have come across, the books I have read, my friends and my family have only strengthened my belief is this - "you are, therefore I am". Earth is a living planet and we all have our parts to play. Forget about fate. Forget about destiny. When we leave the stage, all that would matter is the feeling inside of you that would say "part well played!".
The "lithium" in my screen name refers to the highly reactive nature of the element Lithium. I have been told my imagination is as hyperactive as the element is reactive. At the time of choosing my screen name, I wasn't aware of the drug, the song or the battery chemistry by the same name.
I have Renal agenesis - I was born with only one kidney (the only one is on the left side).
I found this out when I was 26. It has been a source of surprise and amusement among my friends and family ever since. About 1 in 750 people are born this way and have zero point zero health complications arising from this. Totally no extra care is needed for such a condition.
I am an avid runner. My current race tally can be found here.
I am also an Amateur Radio Operator. My Callsign is VU2AXC
Paragliding is another of my hobbies and I am a club pilot attached to Temple Pilots


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An outspoken member of Congress says he is frustrated that the Marine Corps' top general has not yet addressed questions put to him nearly two months ago about the fallout from a whistleblower complaint.
At a March 12 House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Navy Department's 2015 budget, Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., confronted Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Jim Amos about the treatment of Maj. James Weirick, the attorney who accused Amos and others close to him of abusing their authority, and about comments Amos made to NPR refuting the sworn testimony of another general whom Amos removed as the convening authority in a series of high-profile legal cases. Weirick, who was fired from his post in September and served with a restraining order after sending a testy email to one of Amos' advisers, has an active reprisal complaint filed with the Pentagon Inspector General.
In the hearing, Jones asked Amos to respond in writing within six weeks. It appears that the delayed response may be due at least in part to a technicality, as the formal exchange of questions from Capitol Hill to the Pentagon did not occur until several days after the hearing.
"That's no excuse," Jones, whose district in eastern North Carolina includes three Marine Corps installations, said May 1. "These are not difficult or technical questions: 'Were you a part of what happened?' They probably had an answer to that within three hours."
A Marine spokesman at the Pentagon, Maj. John Caldwell, said "responding to Congress in a timely manner is a top priority."
"However, we must ensure our responses are properly staffed and reviewed prior to submittal — this ensures our priorities and concerns are consistently and concisely represented," Caldwell said. "Our staffing process in this matter is near complete. Our responses will be delivered to the committee soon."
A source in the building also said that while Amos' answers are forthcoming, they will be "limited" because the IG investigation is ongoing.
Jones' aggressive support for the whistleblower Weirick has become a sore subject at Marine Corps headquarters. Before confronting Amos on Capitol Hill, Jones lobbied the IG's office and the Information Security Oversight Office, which is investigating Weirick's allegations that Amos and other senior Marine officials flouted procedures associated with the government's security classification system. As a result, Jones drew a rare rebuke from headquarters.
Weirick and those close to him also continue to force the issue. His friend and fellow attorney Lee Thweatt has collected more than 2,000 signatures on a digital petition launched in late April urging House Armed Service Committee Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., to lean on Amos.
And weeks before, Weirick had sent lengthy emails to the commandant's top civilian and uniformed attorneys, Robert Hogue and Maj. Gen. Vaugh Ary, offering to "assist" Amos in answering Jones' questions.
In his messages, Weirick enclosed results of two recent mental health exams — by a military doctor and a private specialist — concluding he is fit for full duty and poses no safety risk.
It was Hogue who told Marine Corps Times that Weirick's firing and the restraining order were necessary in light of last year's mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. And that was the centerpiece of Jones' questioning. "Since you were named in the protective order," he said, "did you fear Major Weirick?"
He also asked Amos whether his comments to NPR in February implied that Lt. Gen Thomas Waldhauser lied under oath about their exchange prior to his removal from those high-profile legal cases. Waldhauser said last year that Amos wanted Marines "crushed" and kicked out of the service for their role in an inappropriate YouTube video showing four scout snipers urinating on dead Taliban foot soldiers. Amos has denied saying that.
Jones, who is in the midst of a re-election campaign, says he's determined to see Weirick's named cleared. "I'm going to be like a dog on a bone with this one," he said.
With reporting by Hope Hodge Seck and Geoff Ingersoll.


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The Inn at Ellsworth Estate is located at 702 3rd Avenue South in Hailey, ID. Only 6 blocks from downtown Hailey, and a 15 minute drive to Ketchum/Sun Valley.
Traveling North on ID-75/Main St., take a right on 3rd Avenue South. You will notice a Shell Gas Station/Car Wash on the corner.
The Inn at Ellsworth Estate is approximately 1.5 blocks down and on the right hand side, directly across from the Wood River fire department and just past the Police Station.


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Wednesday July 8, 7pm
This will be a brief presentation all about lasers from laser safety, what makes laser light special, theory and operation of lasers and how to incorporate lasers to make your artistic projects more interesting. Marc will be bringing equipment from the lab for demonstrations, but he's prepared to discuss how you would go about making the tools yourself. So that they're safe even.
This will be your chance to get answers to any questions you may have about safe and creative things to do with lasers. He even has experience working with them on the playa, so will be able to talk about special issues there, as well.
The presenter, Marc Hertlein, is an Experimental Systems Staff Scientist with the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley labs, as well as roboticist with SWARM.


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MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay for failing to get approval from the network on three political contributions he made.
"I became aware of Keith's political contributions late last night," MSNBC TV president Phil Griffin said in a statement. "Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay."
Politico reported earlier today that Olbermann contributed $2,400 to the campaigns of Reps. Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, and also to Kentucky's senatorial candidate Jack Conway.
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NBC News, which also operates this website, prohibits employees from making political contributions without approval of the president. Olbermann, host of "Countdown With Keith Olbermann," apparently did not.
The policy states, "Anyone working for NBC News who takes part in civic or other outside activities may find that these activities jeopardize his or her standing as an impartial journalist because they may create the appearance of a conflict of interest. Such activities may include participation in or contributions to political campaigns or groups that espouse controversial positions. You should report any such potential conflicts in advance to, and obtain prior approval of, the president of NBC News or his designee."
Olbermann defended his actions with a statement: "I did not privately or publicly encourage anyone else to donate to these campaigns nor to any others in this election or any previous ones, nor have I previously donated to any political campaign at any level."
It is unclear at this time when Olbermann will be back on the air.
Selected Reading: Politico, Huffington Post, MSNBC.com.


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Pyrimethamine and Sulfadoxine for Treatment of Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00013689
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 29, 2001
Last Update Posted : March 4, 2008
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This study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an antibiotic called Fansidar on autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS). Patients with ALPS have enlarged lymph glands, spleen and/or liver, abnormal blood cell counts and overactive immune function. Current treatments are aimed at suppressing the immune system and improving symptoms, such as anemia (low red blood cell count) and low white blood cell and platelet counts. These treatments, however, are only partially effective and may have complications. Fansidar is a combination of two drugs, sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine, that is used to treat or prevent parasitic infections such as malaria. Recently a child with ALPS who was treated with Fansidar for a different illness had a marked shrinkage of the lymph organs. This study will examine whether Fansidar can shrink the lymph glands or spleen in patients with ALPS.
Patients with ALPS between the ages of 4 and 70 years who have had lymph gland enlargement for at least 1 year and are not allergic to sulfa drugs may be eligible for this study. Candidates will be screened with a medical history and physical examination and blood tests. Females of reproductive age will have a urine pregnancy test.
Participants will be evaluated at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, with blood tests and a computed tomography (CT) scan of the lymph nodes. For the CT scan, the patient lies on a table during an X-ray scan of the neck, part of the chest, and, if the spleen has not been removed, the stomach area.
When these baseline tests are completed, patients will be given Fansidar pills to take once a week for 12 weeks. The dosage will be increased after 2 weeks and again after 4 weeks. At 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 weeks after starting the treatment and 2 weeks after the last dose, patients will have blood drawn to check for possible side effects of therapy. Women will have a repeat urine pregnancy test at week 6 of treatment.
Within a week before completing treatment or after completing treatment, patients will return to NIH for a history, physical examination, blood tests and CT scan. Patients who responded well to treatment will be offered to return to NIH again 3, 6 and 12 months later to repeat the evaluations. If ALPS symptoms recur during this time, patients will be offered another 12-week course of Fansidar and the procedure, including the 3, 6 and 12-month evaluations will be repeated again. If symptoms recur again, patients will be asked to resume Fansidar for 6 months or longer, with doses adjusted as needed. During this time, patients will be seen at NIH every 12 weeks for evaluation and blood will be drawn by the patient's private physician every 6 weeks or 2 and 4 weeks after the dose is increased to check for side effects.
|Condition or disease
|Autoimmune Disease Lymphoproliferative Disorder
|Drug: Fansidar (pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine)
|Phase 1
The Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome is an inherited disease associated with a defect of lymphocyte apoptosis, lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity. Although, there are treatments for many of its autoimmune complications, there currently is no safe and effective therapy for this syndrome itself. Recently investigators in Europe serendipitously found that a child with ALPS type I had significant clinical improvement while on pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine (Fansidar) for Pneumocystis carinii prophylaxis.
Based on this finding, we propose to conduct a pilot study to obtain information on safety and initial data on efficacy of the drug combination Fansidar for the treatment of ALPS. Six to 8 individuals, with ALPS who report no allergy to sulfa drugs will be treated for up to 3 months with weekly Fansidar at escalating doses adjusted by weight. The effect of Fansidar treatment on lymph node and/or spleen size will be assessed by CT scanning. The effect of treatment on other laboratory features of ALPS will also be assessed. Evaluating the effects of Fansidar on these clinical and laboratory parameters will allow us to determine if this drug demonstrates sufficient activity to warrant further study in a larger randomized controlled trial.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Enrollment :
|8 participants
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Pilot Study of Pyrimethamine and Sulfadoxine (Fansidar) for the Treatment of Individuals With the Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (ALPS)
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|March 2001
|Study Completion Date :
|March 2003
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Older Adult
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
All subjects must fulfill the current criteria for the diagnosis of ALPS (documented nonmalignant lymphadenopathy and/or splenomegaly of at least 1 year duration; greater than or equal to 1% TCR alpha/beta(+) CD4 (-) CD8(-) T cells in the peripheral blood and defective apoptosis by in vitro assay).
Subjects must be between 4 to 70 years of age.
Subjects must have a primary care physician.
Weigh less than 18 kgs (40 lbs.) will be excluded.
Have a known hypersensitivity reaction to pyrimethamine, sulfonamides, sulfonylureas, furosemide or other sulfa-like drugs will be excluded.
If you are receiving and requiring anti-folate drugs such as sulfonamides, trimethoprim, pyrimethamine and methotrexate will be excluded.
Patients who are G-6-PD deficient will be excluded.
Have a history of megaloblastic anemia, folate deficiency or a mean corpuscular volume greater than 101 CU MICR will be excluded.
Have a usual Hb concentration of less than 9 gm/dl, a platelet count of less than 75 K/mm(3), or an absolute neutrophil count of less than 1000/mm(3) will be excluded.
Liver disease determined by an ALT, AST or bilirubin 3 times above the upper limit of normal, and/or a serum albumin of less than 3 gm/dL will be excluded.
Renal dysfunction determined by a calculated creatinine clearance of less than or equal to 70 ml/min/1.73 m(2) in children and less than or equal to 60 ml/min in adults will be excluded.
Patients on immunosuppression (eg: corticosteroid, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, etc.) are not eligible if the dose of the immunosuppressive drug has not been stable for at least 6 months prior to enrollment will be excluded.
Pregnant women will be excluded.
Women of reproductive age must have a negative pregnancy test and commit to use an acceptable method of contraception.
Unwilling or unable to comply with the need to have periodic blood tests to monitor possible side effects of treatment, or other major requirements of this study.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00013689
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|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
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|March 29, 2001 Key Record Dates
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|March 4, 2008
|Last Verified:
|March 2003
Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (ALPS)
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Folic Acid Antagonists
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary
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Smoked paprika's use in cooking is almost endless. It adds an extra level of flavor to chili, soup, and stew; sparks up sauces, scrambled eggs or omelettes; and makes deviled eggs or spiced nuts deliciously different. Essential to a Spanish sauce named romesco, smoked paprika complements many Southwestern dishes as well. Rub it on meats to add a subtle, smoked flavor without actual smoking. Sprinkle it over rice, potatoes or casseroles. Finally, try drizzling olive oil flavored with Pimenton de la Vera over steak, chicken, fish, or vegetables.


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After a month and a half absence from the Associated Press Top 25, Texas A&M jumped back into the rankings this week at No. 21 on the strength of a four-game win streak.
But the Aggies have a whole new slew of issues to deal with in their run-up to their key Southeast Conference battle at Missouri on Tuesday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri, that could affect their chances to stay in the rankings and continue to make some noise as the league season heads into its final stretch.
But first the good news for Texas A&M -- the Aggies (17-8, 6-6 in SEC play) head to the Show Me State on the heels of a definitive 85-74 home victory over No. 24 Kentucky on Saturday that handed them their sixth win in their past seven SEC games.
All five Aggies' starters scored in double figures in the win over Kentucky, the sixth time that's been achieved by the team this season.
The win also allowed Texas A&M to even its conference record after beginning the campaign with five straight losses, improved its record to 4-3 against ranked teams.
Texas A&M junior forward DJ Hogg said afterward that the biggest difference in the last couple of weeks is the Aggies' positive attitude.
"We've just been sticking together and listening to the game plan and following what Coach (Billy Kennedy) says," Hogg said. "He is a positive man and in turn helps us stay positive. We just feed off each other's energy."
Given that win and the streak that the Aggies have enjoyed in February, you'd think they would be flying high. But there's a fly in the ointment -- on Sunday, the team announced that two of its freshman players, had been suspended for violations of Texas A&M policy. JJ Caldwell has been dismissed from the team and Jay Jay Chandler has been suspended indefinitely.
Then on Monday evening Texas A&M officials said graduate transfer guard Duane Wilson would be lost for the remainder of the season and that his career for the Aggies had come to an end.
Wilson initially suffered a knee injury on Dec. 30 at Alabama, missing three games before returning Jan. 13 at Tennessee. He played in each of the Aggies' last nine games before injuring the knee again during Saturday's victory over No. 24 Kentucky.
Missouri (17-8, 7-5 in SEC play) has also won four games in a row, the most recent on Saturday at home in overtime over Mississippi State 89-85. That streak is the Tigers' longest in conference play since they won five straight in the Big 12 in the 2011-12 season.
"Good win. We made it a lot tougher down the stretch than we would have liked, but it's all about growth," Mizzou coach Cuonzo Martin said afterward. "Our guys maintained composure, focus and fight. Great team effort, I'm happy for our guys. It's basketball. Do the things necessary to win the game."
Tuesday's game is crucial for both teams' hopes at an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Martin was asked after the win over Mississippi State if Mizzou is an NCAA tourney team.
"I've never debated on us being an NCAA tournament team," he said. "If you say there's 64 teams, we're one of the 64 without question. That's not a debate. Are we one of the better teams in the country? That's not a debate. We are one of those teams. The focus is not to win a game so we can make the tournament. I'm not talking about that. We're already that."
Missouri lists the all-time series as 18-14 in favor of Texas A&M as the school was forced to vacate all of its wins (including two over the Aggies) during the 2013-14 season. The Tigers will be seeking to snap a seven-game Texas A&M winning streak in the series and avenge a 60-49 loss to the Aggies in College Station on Jan. 20.