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Uranium Weapons Still Making Money, Wreaking Havoc
The US Army has awarded General Dynamics a $12 million contract to deconstruct and dispose of 78,000 depleted uranium anti-tank shells. The Pentagon's May 6 announcement calls for "demilitarization" of the aging shells, as newer depleted uranium rounds are added to the US arsenal.
In the perpetually profitable business of war production, General Dynamics originally produced and sold some of the 120-millimeter anti-tank rounds to the Army. One of the richest weapons builders on earth, General Dynamics has 95,000 employees and sells its wares in 40 countries on six continents.
The International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons in Manchester, England, reports the armor-piercing shells to be disassembled are thought to be the large 105-millimeter and 120-millimeter anti-tank rounds.
Depleted uranium, or DU, weapons are made of extremely dense uranium-238. More than 700,000 tons of DU has been left as waste in the US alone from the production of nuclear weapons and nuclear reactor fuel rods. The urankum-238 is left when fissionable uranium-235 is separated for H-bombs and reactor fuel. DU is only 'depleted' of this U-235. It is still a radioactive and toxic heavy metal. A tax and ecological liability, DU is given away free to weapons builders.
Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the enriching of natural uranium for use in nuclear reactors. When most of the fissile radioactive isotopes of uranium are removed from natural uranium, the residue is called depleted uranium. A less common source of the material is reprocessed spent reactor fuel. The origin can be distinguished by the content of uranium-236,[1] produced by neutron capture from uranium-235 in nuclear reactors.
As a toxic and radioactive waste product that requires long term storage as low level nuclear waste, depleted uranium is costly to keep but relatively inexpensive to obtain. Generally the only real costs are those associated with conversion of UF6 to metal. It is extremely dense, 67% denser than lead, only slightly less than tungsten and gold, and just 16% less dense than osmium or iridium, the densest naturally occurring substances known. Its low cost makes it attractive for a variety of uses. However, the material is prone to corrosion and small particles are pyrophoric. [2]
Depleted uranium was first stored in stockpiles in the 1940s when the U.S. and USSR began their nuclear weapons and nuclear power programs. While it is possible to design civilian power reactors with unenriched fuel, only about 10% of reactors ever built utilize that technology, and both nuclear weapons production and naval reactors require the concentrated isotope. Originally, DU was conserved in the hope that more efficient enrichment techniques would allow further extraction of the fissile isotope; however, those hopes have not materialized.
In the 1970s, The Pentagon reported that the Soviet military had developed armor plating for Warsaw Pact tanks that NATO ammunition couldn't penetrate. The Pentagon began searching for material to make denser bullets. After testing various metals, ordnance researchers settled on depleted uranium. DU was useful in ammunition not only because of its unique physical properties and effectiveness, but also because it was cheap and readily available. Tungsten, the only other candidate, had to be sourced from China. With DU stockpiles estimated to be more than 500,000 tons, the financial burden of housing this amount of low-level radioactive waste was very apparent. It was therefore more economical to use depleted uranium rather than storing it. Thus, from the late 1970s, the U.S., the Soviet Union, Britain and France, began converting their stockpiles of depleted uranium into kinetic energy penetrators.
Photographic evidence of destroyed equipment suggests that DU was first used during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. Various written reports cite information that was obtained as a consequence of that use.[1]
However, while clearing the decades-old Hawaii Stryker firing range, workers have found chemical weapons from World War I era and depleted uranium ammunition from the 1960s [3].
The U.S. military used DU shells in the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq War (Associated Press, August 12, 2006, free archived copy at: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0812-06.htm most recently visited November 1, 2006).
Production and availability
Natural uranium metal contains about 0.71% U-235, 99.28% U-238, and about 0.0054% U-234. In order to produce enriched uranium, the process of isotope separation removes a substantial portion of the U-235 for use in nuclear power, weapons, or other uses. The remainder, depleted uranium, contains only 0.2% to 0.4% U-235. Because natural uranium begins with such a low percentage of U-235, the enrichment process produces large quantities of depleted uranium. For example, producing 1 kg of 5% enriched uranium requires 11.8 kg of natural uranium, and leaves about 10.8 kg of depleted uranium with only 0.3% U-235 remaining.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) defines depleted uranium as uranium with a percentage of the 235U isotope that is less than 0.711% by weight (See 10 CFR 40.4.) The military specifications designate that the DU used by DoD contain less than 0.3% 235U (AEPI, 1995). In actuality, DoD uses only DU that contains approximately 0.2% 235U (AEPI, 1995).
- World Depleted Uranium Inventory Map (Java required)
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a) As of mid-2000. See also: Compostion of the U.S. DOE Depleted Uranium Inventory (70k PDF).
For more recent and detailed data, download Inventory of depleted uranium tails, Oct. 2, 2007 (PDF – U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce)
b) Estimate based on: Depleted Uranium from Enrichment, Uranium Institute, London 1996
c) As of February 2001
d) As of end of 2000
Source: OECD NEA 2001
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Parrish's team has found that DU contamination, which remains radioactive for millions of years, is in effect impossible to eradicate, not only from the environment but also from the bodies of humans. Twenty-three years after production ceased they tested the urine of five former workers. All are still contaminated with DU. So were 20 per cent of people tested who had spent at least 10 years living near the factory when it was still working. . .
GUARDIAN, UK – Depleted uranium, which is used in armor-piercing ammunition, causes widespread damage to DNA which could lead to lung cancer, according to a study of the metal's effects on human lung cells. The study adds to growing evidence that DU causes health problems on battlefields long after hostilities have ceased.0508 05 1DU is a byproduct of uranium refinement for nuclear power. It is much less radioactive than other uranium isotopes, and its high density – twice that of lead – makes it useful for armor and armor piercing shells. It has been used in conflicts including Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq and there have been increasing concerns about the health effects of DU dust left on the battlefield. In November, the Ministry of Defense was forced to counteract claims that apparent increases in cancers and birth defects among Iraqis in southern Iraq were due to DU in weapons.
Now researchers at the University of Southern Maine have shown that DU damages DNA in human lung cells. The team, led by John Pierce Wise, exposed cultures of the cells to uranium compounds at different concentrations. The compounds caused breaks in the chromosomes within cells and stopped them from growing and dividing healthily. "These data suggest that exposure to particulate DU may pose a significant [DNA damage] risk and could possibly result in lung cancer," the team wrote in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology. . . Prof Wise said it is too early to say whether DU causes lung cancer in people exposed on the battlefield because the disease takes several decades to develop.
"Our data suggest that it should be monitored as the potential risk is there," he said.
AUDREY PARENTE, DAYTONA BEACH HERALD, FL – Lori Brim cradled her son in her arms for three months before he died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. Dustin Brim, a 22-year-old Army specialist had collapsed three years ago in Iraq from a very aggressive cancer that attacked his kidney, caused a mass to grow over his esophagus and collapsed a lung. The problems she saw during her time at Walter Reed, including her son screaming in pain while doctors argued over medications, had nothing to do with mold and shabby conditions documented in recent news reports. What this mother saw was an unexplainable illness consuming her son.
And what she has learned since her son's death is that his was not an isolated case. Lori Brim has joined other parents, hundreds of other sick soldiers, legislators, research scientists and environmental activists who say the cause of their problems results from exposure to depleted uranium, a radioactive metal used in the manufacture of U.S. tank armor and weapon casings.
Health and environmental effects of depleted uranium are at the heart of scientific studies, a lawsuit in the New York courts and legislative bills in more than a dozen states (although not in Florida). . .
Despite a 1996 U.N. resolution opposing its use because of discovery of health problems after the first Gulf War, the military studies have concluded there was no evidence that exposure to the metal caused illnesses. . .
To the military, the effectiveness of weapons and armor made with depleted uranium outweighs any residual effects. Their bottom line: Depleted uranium saves soldiers' lives in combat. . .
But Brim and others think there will not be enough known until soldiers are tested for exposure. They compare the debate over depleted uranium to the controversy surrounding Agent Orange, the toxic herbicide used to defoliate the jungles of Vietnam. Speculation over its effects continued for more than two decades before the Defense Department agreed to compensate veterans who suffered from ailments linked to its use. . .
MNA – Canadian research centers have reported that during the war against Iraq the U.S. military used depleted uranium weapons which caused the radiation level to rise at least 300 times above normal, and the weapons caused similar effects in Afghanistan.
U.S. troops have recently begun removing contaminated topsoil in Iraq, taking it to an unknown location. Scientists believe the next generation of children of citizens of both countries exposed to DU will suffer from higher rates of birth defects and cancer.
The Uranium Medical Research Center issued a report based on a 13-day survey throughout the primary conflict zones in urban and rural areas of central and southern Iraq on October 2003, according to Risq News. . .
The most disturbing circumstance was observed in the U.S. occupied base in southwestern Baghdad in the Auweirj district. It is close to the international airport and hosts one of the largest coalition bases around Baghdad, occupying the operational headquarters of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard. . . Departing the coalition-occupied base was a long, a steady stream of tandem-axle dump trucks carrying full loads of sand, heading south away from the city. Returning from the south was a second stream of fully loaded dump trucks waiting to enter the base. As the team passed the base's main entrance, the gates were opened to reveal bulldozers spreading soil while front-end loaders were filling the trucks that had just emptied their loads of soil (silt and sand). The arriving trucks were delivering loads of sand into the base while the departing trucks were hauling away the base's topsoil.
JUAN GONZALEZ, NY DAILY NEWS – Four soldiers from a New York Army National Guard company serving in Iraq are contaminated with radiation likely caused by dust from depleted uranium shells fired by U.S. troops, a Daily News investigation has found. They are among several members of the same company, the 442nd Military Police, who say they have been battling persistent physical ailments that began last summer in the Iraqi town of Samawah. . . A nuclear medicine expert who examined and tested nine soldiers from the company says that four "almost certainly" inhaled radioactive dust from exploded American shells manufactured with depleted uranium. Laboratory tests conducted at the request of The News revealed traces of two manmade forms of uranium in urine samples from four of the soldiers.
ROB EDWARDS, SUNDAY HERALD, UK – An expert report warning that the long-term health of Iraq's civilian population would be endangered by British and US depleted uranium weapons has been kept secret. The study by three leading radiation scientists cautioned that children and adults could contract cancer after breathing in dust containing DU, which is radioactive and chemically toxic. But it was blocked from publication by the World Health Organisation, which employed the main author, Dr Keith Baverstock, as a senior radiation advisor. He alleges that it was deliberately suppressed, though this is denied by WHO.
Baverstock also believes that if the study had been published when it was completed in 2001, there would have been more pressure on the US and UK to limit their use of DU weapons in last year's war, and to clean up afterwards. Hundreds of thousands of DU shells were fired by coalition tanks and planes during the conflict, and there has been no comprehensive decontamination. Experts from the United Nations Environment Program have so far not been allowed into Iraq to assess the pollution.
U.S. FORCES UNLEASHED at least 75 tons of toxic depleted uranium on Iraq during the war, reports the Christian Science Monitor. An unnamed U.S. Central Command spokesman disclosed to the Monitor last week that coalition forces fired 300,000 bullets coated with armored-piercing depleted uranium during the war. "The normal combat mix for these 30-mm rounds is five DU bullets to 1 — a mix that would have left about 75 tons of DU in Iraq," wrote correspondent Scott Peterson. Peterson measured four sites around Baghdad struck with depleted uranium munitions and found high levels of radioactive contamination, but few warnings to this effect issued among the populace at large. While the Pentagon maintains that spent weapons coated with the low-level, radioactive nuclear-waste are relatively harmless, Peterson notes that U.S. soldiers have taken it among themselves to print leaflets or post signs warning of DU contamination. "After we shoot something with DU, we're not supposed to go around it, due to the fact that it could cause cancer," said one sergeant requesting anonymity.
PAUL KRASSNER, NY METRO – The officer came around a row of missiles, and Ethan asked him the question he had for him about his TAD request, and then asked him, "What the hell kind of missiles are these?"
"Those aren't missiles; they're cobalt jackets."
"What are they for?"
"Well, this is 'need to know,' so keep your mouth shut, but they are designed to slide on over most of our conventional ordinance. They're made out of radioactive cobalt, and when the bomb they're wrapped around detonates, they contaminate everything in the blast zone and quite a bit beyond."
"So they turn regular ordinance into nukes?"
"No, not exactly. The cobalt doesn't detonate itself. It just scatters everywhere."
"Well, what? Does the radiation kill people?"
"Not immediately. Cobalt jackets will not likely ever be used. They're for a situation where the U.S. government is crumbling during a time of war, and foreign takeover is imminent. We won't capitulate. We basically have a scorched earth policy. If we are going to lose, we arm everything with cobalt  and I mean everything; we have jackets at nearly every missile magazine in the world, on land or at sea  and contaminate the world. If we can't have it, nobody can. . .
I emailed the anecdote to no-nukes activist Harvey Wasserman, author of The Last Energy War and co-author of The Superpower of Peace. I asked him to comment in a couple of hundred words:
"This nightmare has now essentially come true with the use of depleted uranium on anti-tank and other shells in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq. The military rationale is that the super-hard depleted uranium helps shells penetrate tanks and other hard structures. But the long-term effect is that the uranium vaporizes upon explosion and contaminates everything for hundreds of yards, if not miles."
SARA FLOUNDERS, COASTAL POST, CA – In hot spots in downtown Baghdad, reporters have measured radiation levels that are 1,000 to 1,900 times higher than normal background radiation levels. It has also opened a debate in the Netherlands parliament and media as 1,100 Dutch troops in Kuwait prepare to enter Iraq as part of the U.S./British-led occupation forces. The Dutch are concerned about the danger of radioactive poisoning and radiation sickness in Iraq. Washington has assured the Dutch government that it used no DU weapons near Al-Samawah, the town where Dutch troops will be stationed. But Dutch journalists and anti-war forces have already found holes in the U.S. stories, according to an article on the Radio Free Europe website. . .
In this year's war on Iraq, the Pentagon used its radioactive arsenal mainly in the urban centers, rather than in desert battlefields as in 1991. Many hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people and U.S. soldiers, along with British, Polish, Japanese and Dutch soldiers sent to join the occupation, will suffer the consequences. The real extent of injuries, chronic illness, long-term disabilities and genetic birth defects won't be apparent for five to 10 years.
By now, half of all the 697,000 U.S. soldiers involved in the 1991 war have reported serious illnesses. According to the American Gulf War Veterans Association, more than 30 percent of these soldiers are chronically ill and are receiving disability benefits from the Veterans Administration. Such a high occurrence of various symptoms has led to the illnesses being named Gulf War Syndrome.
JAY SHAFT, COALITION FOR FREE THOUGHT IN MEDIA – In three separate interviews a U.S. Special Operations Command Colonel admitted that the U.S. and Great Britain fired 500 tons of DU munitions into Iraq. He has also informed me that the GBU-28 BLU 113 Penetrator Bunker Buster 5000 pound bomb contains DU in the warhead. Until now, as far as I know, the materials used to make the warhead of the GBU-28 have remained shrouded in mystery. He admitted that privately the Pentagon has acknowledged the health hazards of DU for years. . .
J.S.: What about the cities? Did you deliberately use DU on them?
U.S.C.: Let's just say that we didn't do anything to avoid using DU in cities or heavily populated areas. I know that I selected some DU bunker busters because of the fact that they have a high penetration factor. I used DU weapons exclusively on some targets so as to ensure maximum damage on those targets. You don't want to just halfway destroy some targets, you want maximum damage. . .
J.S.: What about the health risks that are associated with DU? Or do you deny there are any?
U.S.C.: You are determined to get me to make a statement about the health risks aren't you?
J.S.: If you will, I want to see what the behind the scenes view of DU is in the Pentagon.
U.S.C.: Well. . . (long pause, followed by heavy profanity). . . Okay, I'll give you some dirt if that's what you're looking for. The Pentagon knows there are huge health risks associated with DU They know from years of monitoring our own test ranges and manufacturing facilities.
There were parts of Iraq designated as high contamination areas before we ever placed any troops on the ground. The areas around Basra, Jalibah, Talil, most of the southern desert, and various other hot spots were all identified as contaminated before the war. Some of the areas in the southern desert region along the Kuwaiti border are especially radioactive on scans and tests.
One of our test ranges in Saudi Arabia shows over 1000 times the normal background level for radiation. We have test ranges in the U.S. that are extremely contaminated; hell, they have been since the 80's and nothing is ever said publicly. Don't ask don't tell is not only applied to gays, it is applied to this matter very heavily.
I know at one time the theory was developed that any soldier exposed to DU shells should have to wear full MOP gear (the chemical protective suit). But they realized that just wouldn't be practical and it was never openly discussed again.
J.S.: So the stories that they know DU is harmful are true?
U.S.C.: Yes, there is no doubt that most high level commanders who were around during the 80's know about it.
J.S.: So how do you feel about the fact that you exposed your own men to DU?
U.S.C.: F…k you!! What do you know about my job? I did what I had to do to take out the targets I was given. If it was necessary to use DU, than I put it in my target analysis reports. I didn't actually fire the rounds myself; I work in a remote office.
J.S.: So you'll never have to worry about being exposed to DU huh? Very brave.
U.S.C.: (lot's of profanity) this interview is over with (more profanity, followed by the phone slamming down)
BBC – A United States defense official has said moves to ban depleted uranium ammunition are just an attempt by America's enemies to blunt its military might. Colonel James Naughton of US Army Materiel Command said Iraqi complaints about depleted uranium shells had no medical basis. "They want it to go away because we kicked the crap out of them," he told a Pentagon briefing.
If war starts, tons of depleted uranium weapons are likely to be used by British and American tanks and by ground attack aircraft. Some believe people are still suffering ill health from ammunition used in the Gulf War 12 years ago, and other conflicts. In the House of Commons in London on Monday, Labor MP Joan Ruddock said a test of the UK Government's pledge to keep civilian casualties to a minimum in an attack on Iraq would include not using depleted uranium weapons.
Apparently anticipating complaints, the US defense department briefed journalists about DU – making it plain it would continue to be used. . .
Cancer surgeons in the southern Iraqi port of Basra report a marked increase in cancers which they suspect were caused by DU contamination from tank battles on the farmland to the west of the city. . . Depleted uranium is mildly radioactive but the main health concern is that it is a heavy metal, potentially poisonous. The likelihood of absorbing it is increased significantly if a weapon has struck a target and exploded because the DU vaporizes into a fine dust and can be inhaled. . .
A 1995 report from the US Army Environmental Policy Institute, for example, said: "If DU enters the body, it has the potential to generate significant medical consequences."


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Fulham Under-21s were unable to build on the victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in their previous outing, as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough on Monday.
Despite the testing conditions, both sides made a bright start to proceedings, with Cauley Woodrow creating the first of the afternoon's chances with a clever piece of skill. However, the young striker's low strike was easily held by Jayson Leutwiler.
At the other end, Adam Reach and Luke Williams both saw opportunities come and go, with David Stockdale making an impressive save to deny the latter.
Woodrow then drew another save from the Boro 'keeper, before seeing his next effort cleared off the line by a defender as Fulham threatened to open the scoring.
But it would be the home side that broke the deadlock, when Williams made the most of some defensive hesitancy and, after stealing the ball, was subsequently tripped in the box. Andy Halliday stepped up and finished confidently from the penalty spot.
Early in the second half, Boro went close to doubling their advantage when Ryan Brobbel fired wide. In response, Kit Symons' side pushed forward and almost levelled only to see Josh Pritchard's stinging strike from distance rattle the woodwork.
Stockdale pulled off another brilliant stop moments later, denying Cameron Park's powerful shot as the hosts looked for a second.
Unfortunately for Fulham, that goal came within minutes when Williams headed beyond the reach of Stockdale following some intelligent play from Reach and Andre Bennett.
Symons told fulhamfc.com: "I actually thought this was an evenly matched game, and had we made more of our early chances then perhaps we could have had something to show.
"We had a very young side out today, in what were very difficult conditions. But that's not an excuse, because as the result suggests we just weren't good enough. That said, there were positives to be taken and it was good experience for them.
"I thought we played some good football in patches, it's just a shame that we didn't make the most of that. No one likes losing, so we'll have to move on and make sure we bounce back."
Fulham U21: Stockdale; Brister, Musa, Arthurworrey, Grimmer; Pritchard, Minkwitz, Banya (Della Verde 70), Altman; Islamovic (Tankovic 60), Woodrow
Competition: Barclays U21 Premier League
Date: Monday 19 November 2012
Kick-off: 2:00pm
Venue: Rockliffe Park, Middlesbrough
Line-up: Lutweiler; Bennett, Oliver, Burgess, Halliday; Park (Fowler 72'), Brobbel (Weldon 87'), Dolan, Reach (Sirrell 83'); Williams, Waters
Line-up: Stockdale; Brister, Arthurworrey, Grimmer, Musa; Minkwitz, Pritchard; Altman, Islamovic (Tankovic 65'), Banya (Della Verde 75'); Woodrow

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Nice, small apartment, fine for four, as long as you don't expect any extra floor space. The skiing was great, even in April, and the transfer all happened very smoothly. Val Claret is tiny, so really easy to get to shops, ski hire, ski classes. Very friendly folks at the apartments, and a lovely, holiday for families. Wasn't too impressed with the Evolution 2 ski classes though.
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After reading various trip advisor reviews I was expecting very little from this apartment but we were very pleasantly surprised. We stayed in a 6 person apartment with 4 of us and there was lots of room. One night we had 8 people eating at our dining table comfortably. The apartment was nice and clean and ample room. The ski locker was very good although we only had one key which was a bit frustrating. The Apres ski was good, expensive but no more than any other ski resort. We recommend the Folie Douce from 3-4.30pm before making sure you get the last lift back over to Tignes. One other recommendation - check the French school holidays! It is BUSY if they are on holiday!
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They were soldiers of Emperor Decius, who appointed them to guard the royal treasury. When the emperor established the worship of idols, certain men made accusation against them. They hid themselves in a cave, lest they become weakened and deny the Lord Christ. When the emperor knew that, he ordered the blocking of the cave's entrance, shutting them in. One of the soldiers was a believer in the Lord Christ. He engraved their life story on a tablet of brass and left it inside the cave. Thus the seven holy young men delivered up their pure souls.
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Brazilian company Atlas Táxi Aéreo has ordered seven Russian-made multirole Ka-62 helicopters (with an option for a further seven). The contract was discussed and agreed when Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visited Russia and met President Vladimir Putin in early December. This is the first export order for the new Ka-62.
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Chávez Signals Takeover of Globovisión
Since Hugo Chávez promised last year to shut down Globovisión—Venezuela's last independent TV station—it's only been a question of when and how he will try to fulfill his pledge. A dictator can't tolerate a free press, and Globovisión's critical and independent coverage has long been a thorn in Chávez's side.
However, shutting down Globovisión would've been an abrupt move that would have drawn international condemnation around the world, and it would've made life harder for those international leaders who still claim that Venezuela is a democracy, such as Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Spain's Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza. Yet Chávez could ill afford having an independent TV station in light of collapsing poll numbers, rising social discontent, and a critical election in September for a new National Assembly that might lead to his party losing control of that body.
This is why Chávez has launched a takeover strategy of Globovisión, which became clear yesterday with his announcement that the Venezuelan government will take almost half of Globovisión's shares, and name a representative in the network's Board of Directors. His shady plan consists of seizing the shares of a bank whose owner is also a partial owner of Globovisión, and also seizing the stake of a Globovisión shareholder who recently died. This would give the government 45.8 percent of the network's ownership. (The story is explained in full detail here). This move has been called "legally absurd" by Guillermo Zuloaga, president of Globovisión, who escaped Venezuela last month after a government‐controlled court issued an arrest warrant against him and his son for "hoarding cars."
Chávez also announced that he may appoint, Mario Silva, the Goebbels of Venezuela, to the Board of Directors of Globovisión. That would also be patently illegal.
If Chávez goes ahead with his plan to take a minority ownership share of Globovisión, despite the blatant illegal nature of his move, the case will probably end up in the courts, which are controlled by the regime. It is also easy to foresee that sooner or later Chávez will try to seize Zuloaga's stake in Globovisión, claiming that he's a "fugitive of justice." Then Globovisión will be completely in the government's hands, and Venezuela's last independent TV station will cease to exist.


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When I was a kid, my nice grandmother, who lived next door to us, let me sit with her when she sewed at home. She worked in a sewing shop; in fact, she helped to unionize the shop.
She used an old Singer treadle machine, which I observed closely from her lap and from the floor. Every once in a while, something would go wrong with "The Machine," as she called it, and I learned how to fix it.
Grandmom taught me to be safe around machines and how to put pieces of fabric together to make magical things. She taught me about love at the same time. I had another grandmother. She worked in a knitting shop. She crocheted afghans in wild colors for family members.
"May I have one?" I asked.
"When you get married," she crabbed.
I tried to crochet. My grandmother scolded my efforts and made me rip out what I had done wrong and do it again. It was no fun whatsoever. Not to crochet, not to be her granddaughter, and later, not to try and find a husband.
When I got a teaching job, I moved out of my parents' house into my own studio apartment in Center City. I lived on the eighth floor of a tall building. The windows faced west, and I had unimpeded afternoon sunshine and a breeze in fine weather. I set up a tiny sewing room in a tiny closet. I spent many happy hours in my nook sewing articles of clothing and later quilts, especially on nights when I couldn't sleep. I loved the quiet and privacy of the sewing world I had created. A man asked me to marry him. Well, really, my father asked me,
"Do you think that guy, B__, and you will ever get married?"
"Um, I don't know, Dad."
"Well, it's time," he declared.
I passed on my Dad's message to B__ later that evening, and he said, "Yeah, OK; wanna?"
And that's how we became engaged. We set a summer wedding date, and I bought fabric to make my wedding dress into which I planned to sew my hopes and dreams. B__ had decided not to move in with me before we were married, so little changed in my life before our wedding.
He didn't know much about my insomniac sewing nights. Because I was a schoolteacher, I could spend all summer sewing if I chose to. The days were mine, made poignant by the fact that they were going to end at my wedding. We planned to move; I might never have the afternoon sun and breeze all to myself again while I sewed quietly and thought about life. If I had thought a bit harder, I might have realized that all was not well.
B__'s should-have-been influence as my fiancé, all the power he might have had over me, evaporated like a morning fog before the wedding. I kept sewing, though. I ran into a small glitch with the sleeve of my wedding dress. A friend came over, and we spent the afternoon fixing the arm scythe and talking. Would I have as much fun as a married woman? Would a husband be willing to eat a dinner of canned soup in the pot over the sink? Wouldn't I have to make dinner in the late afternoons? Or something?
I finished hemming the dress in the car on my way to my wedding. I had many doubts. What was I doing? Why was I getting married? I was happy already. My crocheting grandmother gave me an afghan as a wedding present.
B__ came to live in my apartment after the wedding. Late on our wedding night, he was fast asleep, and I was still wide-awake. I walked into my sewing niche, turned the light on and started looking for projects. "
What's going on?" asked my new husband, reasonably. "Why are the lights on? It's late; Jan, turn them off and come to bed."
He was a very nice man, just not the right man for me. We parted amicably after three years. Eventually, I met someone else. We were crazy about each other. The first time he came to my small apartment, I was in the midst of making dance costumes for a local company. Tulle and glitter lay everywhere. There was nowhere to put them away and no point in vacuuming before I was done.
He asked, "What's going on here?"
I apologized for the mess. I explained how much I loved making costumes and seeing dancers bring them to life on-stage. He looked around at the glitter, scattered and sparkling, all over my floor.
"I could fall in love with a woman like you," he said.
And he did. We've been married for a long time. I got rid of a lot of my fabric and sewing supplies at first, partly to be a tidy wife and partly to de-accession my past. When we moved into a bigger place, though, I inevitably began to accumulate fabric all over again. If no one else in the house had any possessions, I'd have room for everything.
My family must understand: the love of sewing that a sweet grandmother planted in my heart when she let me sit with her and learn will be with me forever. I adore my husband and son, but they must give me some sewing time. Even at 2 a.m. Especially at 2 a.m.


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And from the first quilt-a-long, week 8's block:
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I'm still thrilled about how this quilt is going to look when all's said and done. Here are the 12 blocks I've already completed:
* P.S. In case you're wondering, we celebrated our anniversary on Saturday. We got a babysitter and went for a long hike around a lake near our house, followed by dinner at one of our favorite restaurants and a movie ("Iron Man"). Good movie, by the way. I'm not a fan of Robert Downey Jr. or of Gwyneth Paltrow, but I am a HUGE fan of comic book movies ... and I actually think all of the actors were great in this movie. If you're into this sort of thing, make sure you stay past ALL of the credits for a fun surprise scene.


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EVIE WYLD grew up in Australia and London, where she currently resides. Her first novel, After the Fire, a Still Small Voice, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Betty Trask Award, and All the Birds, Singing won the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Encore Award for Best Second Novel. Wyld has also been short-listed for the Orange Award for New Writers, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize, the James Tait Black Prize, and the Costa Novel Award, and long-listed for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Her graphic memoir, Everything Is Teeth, was created with illustrator Joe Sumner. Wyld lives in London, where she runs the Review bookshop.


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The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what this New World Order really is, and how it is being gradually implemented, you will be able to see it progressing in your daily news!!
Learn how to protect yourself, your loved ones!
Stand by for insights so startling you will never look at the news the same way again.
On 16 June 1998, the Navy and Marine Corps were conducting their annual strategy meeting entitled "Current Strategy Forum". This year's meeting was held at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. One of the attendees was shocked by one sentence uttered by the Under Secretary of the Navy, simply and only because he knows the New World Order Plan. This one sentence passed right over everyone else's head, as it will in every instance where a person does not know what the Plan is, or when they realize how close we seem to be in to its final stages.
After speaking for about 30 minutes from his prepared notes, the U.S. Under Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Jerry MacArthur, then began to answer questions. After answering several questions, Mr. MacArthur made this statement, apparently off the cuff.
"Senior Military Pentagon officials have been working closely with senior officials at Wall Street to perfect several scenarios that could quickly be put into action once Wall Street crashes."
This attendee gasped and looked around the room, to see what the reaction was on the part of the other attendees. Each of them sat in their chair, showing no emotion and no visible reaction. But this man was jumping out of his skin at this revelation, for the following reasons.
We have wondered about this scenario, also, in several of our previous articles. Remember that this planned financial crisis will not be occurring by itself. Rather, this financial crisis will be occurring simultaneously, or concurrently, with other crises, the cumulative effect upon the minds of the people will be so great they will be panicked into allowing their beloved Constitutional Form of Government to be suspending and their freedoms taken away! Obviously, this crisis would have to be severe in the extreme for this to occur. But, this is just the scenario we have in store for us that will usher in the New World Order
This shocking news as casually declared by the Under Secretary of the Navy, Jerry MacArthur, to those assembled at the "Current Strategy Forum" at the U.S. Naval War College, seems to strongly suggest the time of the End of the Age is truly upon us.
Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.
If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Antichrist will not touch you spiritually. If you would like to become Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page now.We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks to educate and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order -- Kingdom of Antichrist -- in their daily news.
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Santa's elves aren't the only ones making presents this year. It appears his reindeer are helping too, in their own special way.
Last year, the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington debuted Christmas tree ornaments made from dried reindeer dung.
Volunteers dehydrated and sterilized the dime-sized droppings and then spray-painted them with glitter. Strung on a wire with beads, the crappy crafts projects were called "Magical Reindeer Gems."
Think the idea stinks? Think again. News of the "number two" ornaments went nationwide, and the Zoo gift shop had trouble keeping up with demand.
In fact, many customers wanted a more personal touch.
"We kept hearing from people who were buying the ornaments, 'Do you have any jewelry?'" said Susie Ohley, spokeswoman for the Zoo, reports Pantagraph.com.
So this year, the Miller Park Zoo will offer limited-edition Magical Reindeer Gem necklaces.
"It may be silly, but it not only brings in money and support to the zoo, (but) it brings people smiles," said Ohley.
The Zoo has apparently sniffed out a great revenue source. Ohley estimates they'll could make $16,500 from the ornaments and necklaces.
The ornaments are already up for sale: $7.50 at the gift shop (1020 S Morris Ave) or $10 by mail.
The limited-edition necklaces will go on sale Friday for $15 at the gift shop or $20 by mail.
This holiday season, you really can give a crap.
Matt Bartosik is a Chicago native and a social media sovereign.


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Kelly and Giffords lobby in Alaska for gun control
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Background checks on people who want to buy firearms at gun shows wouldn't prevent all of the nearly three dozen murders a day in America or the 10 mass shootings a year, the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Tuesday.
Some of those tragedies, however, would be stopped, Mark Kelly told reporters.
"We'll prevent some of them if we take some reasonable steps that most Americans agree on," Kelly said.
Giffords, a former Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt on Jan. 8, 2011, and Kelly, a former combat pilot and astronaut who flew four space shuttle missions, traveled to the heart of gun-rights country to make a case for expanding background checks.
Proposed legislation also would require criminal background checks for Internet sales.
Giffords and Kelly founded the group Americans for Responsible Solutions after Giffords was wounded. This week, they began a seven-state, "Rights and Responsibilities Tour."
Alaska, where visitors to wilderness areas routinely carry weapons for protection against bears, and where hunting is a way of providing food for others, is seemingly hard ground for the gun control message.
Both of Alaska's U.S. senators, Democrat Mark Begich and Republican Lisa Murkowski, voted in April against extending background checks to gun shows and online sales. Begich said the legislation would have undermined Alaskans' Second Amendment rights.
Kelly disagreed. Walk into any Anchorage gun store, he said, and you'll have to undergo a background check to complete a sale.
"I doubt Sen. Begich would think that's an erosion of his Second Amendment rights. So I'm not sure what that comment means," Kelly said. "Why would it be an erosion of your Second Amendment rights to do that same, exact thing at a gun show? Or if you buy a gun over the Internet?"
He said polling by his group indicates a majority of Americans, including Alaskans, would like to see background checks extended to the 40 percent of gun sales for which background checks are not required.
The FBI website says the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, launched on Nov. 30, 1998, has made more than 100 million checks, leading to 700,000 denials.
Kelly wondered how many people who were denied weapons at stores then went to a show or the internet to buy a gun.
"I imagine, probably some of them," Kelly said. "We could have stopped that. How many crimes were committed? How many lives were lost?"
The main purpose for the trip, he said, was to listen to concerns of Alaska gun owners.
Kelly began his day in the state with target shooting of handguns and hunting rifles at an Anchorage range. He and Giffords in a closed meeting listened to concerns of 11 Alaska gun owners.
Former hunting guide Dave Lyon of Homer said none of the people in the room had a problem with expanded background checks to keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill people. There was disagreement, he said, over what defines the criteria for preventing a gun sale.
Jared Loughner, the mentally ill man who shot Giffords, passed a background check to buy his gun, Kelly said.
"There was enough information there about his mental illness," Kelly said. "That should have been in the system. The problem is, even if it was, he probably would have figured out that he could go to a gun show or over the internet."
Giffords and Kelly kicked off the tour in the Las Vegas area on Monday with a visit to the Clark County Shooting Complex. It was the first time Giffords had fired a gun publicly since she was wounded.
Paralyzed in the right arm from the attack, she held the gun with just her left hand as she took aim at a target.
The stop was an effort to pressure Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nevada, to support expanded background checks on gun sales, according to Giffords and Kelly.
Heller has said he doesn't support the measure because of fears it would lead to a national gun registry.
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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Jan. 26) - Two-time Olympian Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA) led the U.S. Ski Team with 13th in super G Sunday, the last of four races held over four days in Cortina to close the Olympic qualification period. The U.S. Alpine Ski Team nominations to the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team will be announced at 2 p.m ET. Swiss Lara Gut won for her fifth victory of the season as weather and a tricky set forced 19 athletes off course, the highest DNF rate for women's super G all season. Universal Sports Network will broadcast the race at 11 a.m. ET.
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Even seen on a laptop screen, the images from last year's San Bruno explosion are stunning.
But when flipped to different angles, and layered to reveal data and information, the images actually become helpful. At least, that's what Google is hoping, as it rolls out new disaster preparation technology via its "Geo" team.
It's technology that Google has been using - Maps and Earth - but now focused on how disaster victims and responders can take advantage of the software, especially considering how we're all using mobile devices wherever we go.
For example, if you're wondering where flood waters are headed next, or if your neighborhood is going to be evacuated, you can type in your address, and Google's software will tell you whether or not you need to leave home.
Also, "Person Finder," which lets you type in someone's name, and take advantage of Google's crowd-sourcing software to help find someone.
As Google's Mimi Kravetz told us, "People use the internet in times of crisis. Making critical information accessible in the aftermath of natural diasters, leveraging Google Maps and Google Earth, and teaching responding organizations how to use these tools can help."
Originally launched after the Haiti earthquake of 2010, the technology has been updated in time for "Prepare for Disaster" month, with lots of people thinking about San Bruno, 9/11, and recent flooding. Google's technology nods at both our desire for information, and our desire to help others.


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Just realized that in my initial review post, I had wished for the film to have a chance to represent India at the Oscars. Foresight or fandom?! Your guess ;)
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10/13/2008: Taare Zameen Par DVD review (T-Series release)
09/23/2008: Video: Aamir on Taare Zameen Par's entry to Oscars
09/20/2008: And India's entry to the Oscars is...
09/04/2008: Taare Zameen Par on Time Warner Cable
07/21/2008: Taare Zameen Par DVD release (includes videos)
05/03/2008: Aamir Khan interview and notes on TZP DVD release
04/23/2008: Taare Zameen Par at the Indian Film Festival of L.A.
02/24/2008: Taare Zameen Par wins Filmfare Award for Best Film
01/07/2008: Video: Kyun Tera Bheja Kum?
12/30/2007: Making of Taare Zameen Par
12/28/2007: Still basking in the brilliance of Taare Zameen Par
12/27/2007: Thoughts: Why Taare Zameen Par towers above the rest
12/06/2007: Javed Akhtar on music to Taare Zameen Par
12/02/2007: Aamir Khan on Black (2005)
11/27/2007: Music Review: Taare Zameen Par
11/27/2007: Taare Zameen Par trailers for your iPod and iPhone
11/19/2007: New Taare Zameen Par pictures
11/10/2007: Video: Music launch and Shammi Kapoor
11/06/2007: Lyrics and translation: Taare Zameen Par title song
10/30/2007: Countdown to soundtrack release:
4 days | 3 days | 2 days | 1 day
10/11/2007: Taare Zameen Par official website up and running
10/07/2007: First look: Taare Zameen Par artwork
09/22/2007: Aamir Khan and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy on the soundtrack
06/16/2007: Aamir's next, Taare Zameen Par, scheduled for the winter holidays
External Links:
10/06/2008: TZP Bulletin #4 at Apni East India Company
09/29/2008: TZP Bulletin #3 at Apni East India Company
09/26/2008: TZP Bulletin #2 at Apni East India Company
09/25/2008: Vipin Sharma takes TZP to Canada for Oscar lobbying
09/24/2008: TZP Bulletin #1 at Shweta's blog Apni East India Company
09/23/2008: Amole Gupte on Taare Zameen Par's entry


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Watching the Democratic Convention this week, I am left with one observation:
John Kerry fought in Vietnam!
No, really. He did. I know it wasn't obvious to most viewers, but the guy's a war hero. Sure, the Dems were modest about it and rarely brought it up but if you listened closely, you could hear them hinting at it every now and then.
Now, I'm not sure how well sarcasm plays on the net so I'll just come out and bluntly say that they sure did stress his war background a lot. And I don't see why it should matter. Clinton is probably the best post WW2 President and he didn't fight overseas. If you're a Republican, you might give that title to Reagan and his fighting was all fictitious. So was Dubya's, but for different reasons. But who cares? Well, American voters seem to. If you look back, the majority of their Presidents have military experience. Kerry got nominated because of his military history (it certainly wasn't because of his charisma, speaking ability or clear ideas) and General Wesley Clark looked like he might win for a while despite his lack of political experience.
Now, let's look at Canada. I read a Pearson bio recently that mentioned he was the first Canadian Prime Minister to have fought in the army overseas. And since I'm fairly sure Trudeau, Clark, Turner, Mulroney, Campbell, Chretien and Martin haven't worn many military uniforms in their lifetime, that leaves Mike Pearson as the only soldier PM. Out of 21. And that guy was famous for peace keeping.
I guess it shows you the different mentality our country has on war. It likely also explains why the military is never a huge priority.


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San Diego home prices soar 12%
San Diego home prices have reached their highest level in more than 4 1/2 years, said the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index on Tuesday.
The local market's index came in at 167.84 in March, the highest since August 2008, according to the monthly report, which has a two-month lag. March prices are up 12 percent from the same time a year ago. That marks the second consecutive month with a double-digit annual increase.
With the unemployment rate down and home prices up, do you think California has turned an economic corner?
Yes 42% (237)
No 58% (322)
559 total votes.
All 20 U.S. metros featured in the report posted year-over-year increases for the third straight month, the report said. A dozen of those 20 areas recorded double-digit annual growth. When looking at the price performance for all 20 metros together, analysts saw the best year-over-year returns in seven years.
Does all this data indicate that we've completed a national housing recovery? Not yet, says David M. Blitzer, chairman of the S&P's index committee.
"Other housing market data reported in recent weeks confirm these strong trends: housing starts and permits, sales of new home and existing homes continue to trend higher," Blitzer said.
"At the same time, the larger than usual share of multi-family housing, a large number of homes still in some stage of foreclosure and buying-to-rent by investors suggest that the housing recovery is not complete," he added.
San Diego has seen either flatness or increases in home values for the past 14 months, Case-Shiller numbers show. Local and regional real estate experts have consistently pointed to an inventory shortage and increased buyer demand as key drivers of San Diego's home values.
The number of homes on the market are near a multi-year low because a sizable share of homeowners are underwater on their mortgages, which means they're unable to sell. New-home construction has been unable to keep up with demand. Meanwhile, mortgage rates are near historic bottoms, making real estate more affordable for buyers.
The Case-Shiller monthly figures aren't seasonally adjusted and may reflect the beginning of the spring buying season.
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It seems like more and more programs online are sending out notices by email. Both the FamilySearch.org Research Wiki and the Family Tree programs have provisions to watch your entries. In the case of the Research Wiki, you can set your preferences so that any page you edit automatically is added to your watch list. With both programs, you can add any page to your watch list and the program will send you automatic email notices of any changes. As you work with the programs over time, you end up watching a lot of pages and your email inbox dramatically shows you what you have done by adding all those pages. In addition, nearly every program has some sort of notification by email of new offers or updates. The longer you work online, the longer your email list becomes.
Your email inbox can start to get really crowded if you get email notifications from Google+, Facebook and Pinterest. It is not unusual for me to get over 100 emails a day and 200 is not impossible.
I could take the approach that some do, to just ignore my email and let it all pile up. But in all the chaff, I get inquiries, letters from friends and family and lot of day to day business email. So how do you manage?
First, you need an email program. If you are reading your email online at Gmail or Hotmail or whatever, you can use the program to create folders and with some programs, automatically sort the information into these folders. But this really only works well, if you have a local email management program. Microsoft and Apple both have their own programs and you may have one on your computer unless you have removed it or in the case of Microsoft have Windows 7. Of course, Microsoft has it Outlook program as part of the Office Suite. Some people like Apple Mail, some don't, but there are a number of other free alternatives. I tried Mozilla's Thunderbird and had good success and liked the program until one of my Gmail addresses crashed and Thunderbird could never recover. I moved to a program called Sparrow, that works very well after you get used to some of its eccentricities.
I have found in talking to people that I can't really recommend any specific program, because everyone seems to have their own personal opinion and very, very few want to take the time and effort to learn a new program. Also, many people like the convenience of using Yahoo!, Google or whatever, to check their mail rather than fuss with it on their local computer. With the advent of smartphones, such as the iPhone, and tablet computers, such as the iPad, I really end up getting most of my mail through these devices and don't worry so much about the program.
Whatever program you use, you need to be aware of the spam problem. Any unwanted emails are essentially spam. Any program you use should allow you to automatically send emails from a specific sender directly to a spam folder or the trash. But be aware that the filters may send valuable email to the spam folder and you may still need to review the messages for incorrectly classified items.
In every case, it seems that we each have to work out our own system but one thing is certain, my email load will likely increase.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Managing Email
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Ford Canada, had their annual Blue party a few weeks ago, and even though it was SNOWMAGEDDON outside there was no way were going to miss it. And after last year's fun times (and great food), we were definitely going to be there. It was a nightmare getting around downtown with all the snow, slush, and angry people, but once you walked into the blue lit hall, all the troubles were soon forgotten. There were shiny brand new cars everywhere, lots of people, and the sweet alluring aroma of good food.
I'll admit that I pretty much parked myself by the food station for the first part of the evening, and got my eat on. After that it was time to socialize, get familiar with the cars, and have a good ole time. We played games, saw a few awesome dance performances, got our hair and nails done, saw the unveiling of the new 2013 Ford Fiesta, and just had an all round awesome time!
loved this car!always a pleasure 🙂
you know I had to get involved with all the props!
the sweet bar 🙂Green is the new blue! The new hybrid
another one of my faves!
the boys played games
the girls got their hair done 🙂potent blue cocktails 🙂
Green is the new blue, so… that's why I wasn't wearing blue? My shoes and earrings were blue though 🙂
cutest!the new Ford Fiesta
Thank you for inviting us! Can't wait for next years Blue Party 🙂
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LITTLE ROCK � A former resident physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences who was fired in 2010 kept some patient lists and notes regarding patients when she left, UAMS officials said Monday.
LITTLE ROCK � A former resident physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences who was fired in 2010 kept some patient lists and notes regarding patients when she left, UAMS officials said Monday.
UAMS said it was notifying about 1,500 patients of the medical records breach by mail and through its website.
The former resident, Nasrin Fatemi, joined the UAMS neurosurgery residency program in January 2010 and was terminated from the program the following June 3, UAMS spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said. Taylor said she could not say why Fatemi was fired.
The documents the former resident kept were from January 2010 to June 2010 and contained patient names, partial addresses, medical record numbers, dates of birth, ages, locations of care, dates of service, diagnoses, medications, surgical and other procedure names, and lab results, the hospital said.
Patient financial records are kept separately and no Social Security, bank account or credit card numbers were included with the information, Taylor said.
�The information that this former resident produced did not include any of that,� she said. �She probably would not have had access to any of that financial information anyway.�
UAMS said it became aware of the breach on Oct. 9, when Fatemi produced the documents as part of a federal lawsuit she filed against the university hospital regarding her termination. On Nov. 7, UAMS became aware that additional documents she kept had been provided to UAMS attorneys on June 25, officials said.
The records are now protected by a court order which prevents them from becoming a public record and will prevent anyone from further using or disclosing the documents, according to UAMS officials, who said Fatemi assured the university under oath that she did not share the documents with anyone except her attorneys, with whom she has a Business Associate Agreement that specifically protects the information.
Fatemi�s civil rights lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Little Rock, alleges sex, race and national-origin discrimination against her as the only female resident in the UAMS neurosurgery program. The university denied the allegations.
In a court pleading, Fatemi disputes whether the policy violation UAMS alleges actually violates the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. She alleges UAMS raised the issue only after she filed suit, as an after-the-fact defense for her termination.
Fatemi�s lead attorney, Nathan Goldberg in Los Angeles, did not immediately comment on the UAMS announcement Monday.
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It's home match #2 at Toyota Stadium on Saturday night as FC Dallas hosts Chivas USA pres. by Novo Nordisk in the first Western Conference matchup of the season for FCD. Here are the 10 things you need to know before coming to Toyota Stadium tomorrow night:
1. Get there early to enjoy Lamar's Tailgate with DJ Spin of The LHK spinning up until our Lamar Hunt Scarfing ceremony where Chris Clarke of FC Dallas Youth will be our honorary scarfer in celebration of FC Dallas Youth night. Gates open at 6:00PM for the 7:30PM kickoff.
2. Saturday night marks the first time two Colombians will coach against each other as good friends Oscar Pareja and Wilmer Cabrera's sides battle.
3. Don't miss Seth Savage Band playing in the El Jimador Cantina in the northwest corner of Toyota Stadium.
4. If you don't have tickets yet and you live around downtown or 635, why not take a ride on the FCD Express? You can get a round trip bus ride + ticket for $25 or just a round trip ride for $10.
5. For FC Dallas, Saturday's game represents a chance to go 2-0-1 and stay at the top of the Western Conference with a win. Hear Hedges, Keel & Pareja give their thoughts on the match with our Quick Kicks.
7. Mother nature isn't being terribly kind to us again though temperatures will be much warmer than the last game. There's about a 30% chance of rain, though chances are supposed to go down by the evening so keep your fingers crossed, but bring a jacket.
8. If you can't make it to tonight's game, the broadcast is on Time Warner Cable Sports Channel 148/MLS Direct Kick/MLS Live as well as 100.7FM in english and 1270AM in spanish.
9. FC Dallas has only lost two of 13 MLS matches against Chivas USA at Toyota Stadium. You can find other interesting tidbits in our official match preview.
10. If you don't have your tickets yet, what are you waiting for? Buy them here.


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Michelle "Bombshell" McGee, the alleged mistress of Jesse James, has apologized to Sandra Bullock again, but says she doesn't believe that she destroyed the couple's marriage.
"I am not a homewrecker," Michelle told E! Online's "Daily 10." "I don't believe I destroyed their marriage. Jesse destroyed his marriage. My message to Jesse would be, 'If you were honest to me up front…we wouldn't be in this situation.'"
Michelle, who went public with her allegations against Jesse last month and later apologized to Sandra for the first time, earlier this month via and interview with Australian television program "Today Tonight," said the newfound attention has been difficult.
"It's hard to be the most hated person in America," Michelle continued. "It's easy to target someone who looks different."
The tattoo-loving model and stripper expressed her regrets to the Oscar-winning actress, but said she would do it all over again.
"I hope [Sandra Bullock] does watch this," Michelle said. "I'm sorry this all happened. I want to apologize for her hurt and embarrassment. I'm sorry this went public. I knew I was going to get some kind of backlash — this was America's sweetheart… [But,] I would do it again."
As for reports that Jesse is in rehab in Arizona for sex addiction – neither the reality star nor his reps have confirmed what he's being treated for – Michelle has her doubts.
"I don't know what's going through his head…I was really shocked he went to sex rehab," she said. "It was a bogus move. I don't know if I buy sex rehab. I think it's an easy thing for celebrities that cheat on their wives."
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The Fox drama series Alcatraz follows a unique and unlikely trio, working together to investigate the mystifying reappearance of 302 of the prison's most notorious inmates and guards, 50 years after they vanished. When San Francisco Police Department Detective Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones) and Alcatraz expert and comic book enthusiast Dr. Diego Soto (Jorge Garcia) teamed up with government agent Emerson Hauser (Sam Neill) and his associate, Lucy Banerjee (Parminder Nagra), to piece together the inexplicable sequence of events, they had no idea that what they would ultimately discover would be a much larger, more sinister present-day threat.
During a recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, showrunners Jennifer Johnson and Daniel Pyne talked about what made them want to get involved with the show, answering questions by the end of this 13-episode arc, the challenges of keeping so many aspects of the story and mythology straight, their gauge for just how dark things can get, and thinking ahead to the next level of the mystery for a possible Season 2. Check out what they had to say after the jump:
Collider: For people who aren't familiar with what you do, can you talk about your duties are on the show?
JENNIFER JOHNSON: We're the showrunners, so what we do is everything.
DANIEL PYNE: We work with the writing staff to generate stories for each episode, we cast, we cut, we edit, we spot music. We basically are responsible for the final product, along with our other executive producers, Jack Bender in Vancouver, and J.J. [Abrams] and Bryan Burk at Bad Robot. But, we're the day-to-day people. Basically, we're the arbiters of the storytelling, in whatever form it comes, whether it's through the music, the visuals or the words. That's what we do, with the help of a staff of writers, great editors, great directors and great actors. It's like being the conductor of an orchestra.
JOHNSON: The one thing that we are solely responsible for, that is our most important job, is generating the scripts and making sure that we have good scripts ready to film in Vancouver, every eight or nine days.
What was it about Alcatraz that initially hooked you in and made you want to get involved with this particular story for what could be a long period of time?
JOHNSON: For me, it was the science fiction elements and the magical element of these criminals who are coming back, because I didn't understand them at first. It was impossible to understand what it would be like to be transporting from 1963 to 2012. So, I was intrigued by the criminals and where they had been, and what they might want to do here, in the present-day. Certainly, the mystery of the island and Alcatraz prison intrigued me, with the way it's situated on an island in the middle of the bay and how isolated it is. There was a feeling that anything could have happened there, and I wanted to know more. It's a very magical place. It feels like a secret clubhouse that you want to go visit and understand and explore.
What can you say to tease where the show is headed for the remainder of this season, and how many questions you'll be answering?
PYNE: We're trying to arc out the first 13, so that by the end of them, people will have answers to many questions rather than just continuing to wind out the same questions, over and over. By the end of 13, we hope that people will see what's behind the secret door, they'll understand what is being put into the blood and maybe the reason why, and a little bit more of the architecture of what's happening present-day with these guys who are coming back. Clearly in the past, they were in prison and that was their life. But, now that they're coming back, there's a sense that there's a master plan afoot, and we're going to try to answer some of that question.
JOHNSON: Rebecca (Sarah Jones) will finally face off with Tommy Madsen (David Hoflin), her grandfather who killed her partner.
How do you guys keep everything straight between the inmates, the guards and the doctors, and connections between past and present? Do you have a giant room where you can keep trying of all of the connections between everyone and everything?
PYNE: We have many white boards with scrawling on them, like a mad scientist's laboratory. It keeps shifting and things disappear. It's tough. It's actually a huge challenge.
JOHNSON: It also makes you a little bit crazy because you have to live in that world, in order to remember, the same way that we remember where we live and who our friends are and their telephone numbers. We live in two worlds, at once. We live in this reality, and also the reality of Alcatraz and Rebecca, Hauser (Sam Neill) and Doc (Jorge Garcia), and understanding Lucy (Parminder Nagra), and feeling like we've caught each of those inmates that they have caught, and we've lived in Alcatraz, in 1960, with the inmates whose flashbacks we've seen. It might make most people crazy, but you live in two worlds.
Have you had a favorite inmate whose story you've most enjoyed bringing to life, so far?
JOHNSON: That's hard.
PYNE: They're all so different.
JOHNSON: I was going to say that they all feel like your children, but I don't want my children to end up like that. The one whose interior life we get to know a little bit better are, for me, the ones that I gravitate towards. I enjoyed Paxton Petty (James Pizzinato) and understanding what his motivation was, and what he was doing present-day. They're all so different.
Do you have a gauge for how dark things will get, or can it ever get too dark, when you're dealing with Alcatraz?
JOHNSON: That's a really good question. We try to let it be dictated by what the actual inmate would or would not do, and so, it's what feels organic to the story. There's always an artful way of hiding gore or horror, but if it feels organic to what the inmate would actually do, or try to do, then we try not to shy away from it. We try to stay true to the character.
PYNE: It just depends on where the criminal takes us.
When you're doing a show like this, where everything seems to be so connected with everything else, do you have to start thinking about where you'd want to go in Season 2 pretty early on, so that you can start layering some of that into the first season?
PYNE: Yes and no. If you think too far ahead, you run the risk of losing the audience and losing your fans. You want to give people satisfying stories, so that if they miss next week, they're not going to feel completely lost the week after. At the same time, you want to be able to lay the groundwork for really good stuff later. You want to have enough pieces, so that you can go to a lot of different places and so that the narrative doesn't start to narrow down and go in just one direction.
JOHNSON: This season would be a chapter in a novel. On a macro level, we think, "Who will the main players of the next chapter be? What will the shift be? What will the new paradigm be? How much will we know, coming in? What will be the new mystery that we want to tell?" A lot of the mysteries we've set up now will be answered, and then we'll get on to the next level of that mystery.
PYNE: This season is really about Tommy Madsen, and about Rebecca pursuing this distant, weird connection that she has with this guy who killed her partner, and solving the riddle of why he was there and what happened. That will close out, and then a new mystery will emerge. Next season will be about something else.
Does that mean you would change the cast, or would you just add to the cast you have now?
PYNE: We wouldn't change the cast, but there would perhaps be a different question. It doesn't mean that Tommy Madsen won't still be out there, it just means that there will be an emotional conclusion to that story. Next season could be exploring Warden James (Jonny Coyne) and what he did at the prison, and whether he jumped and is here now, or any number of other things. It could loop back to Jack Sylvane (Jeffrey Pierce).
JOHNSON: Once we open the door, at the end of this season, that mystery will be answered, but it will give us a jumping-off point for a whole new level of mysteries. We think of, "How can the whole season stand on its own?," and it is. In the pilot, we introduced Tommy Madsen and the relationship that Rebecca had to him, and we wanted to have them see each other and come face-to-face, for the first time. That was really important to us, to do by the finale. We'll have answered the questions that we've posed, at the beginning of the season, by the end of the season. And then, once we open the door, we'll platform new mysteries.
For those big questions that you'll be answering, how much of that was laid out, from the beginning, and how much have those answers surprised you, as you've gone along and figured out what they are?
JOHNSON: I would say that we've simplified from where we started. What we've done is focus on one element of the mystery, for this season. We have this huge, three-dimensional galaxy, and we've just focused on our solar system, to use an analogy. There's a huge idea that's multi-dimensional, and we've just made sure that we focused on the first part of it. So, it still lives. We haven't abandoned the huge idea. But, we've focused on the more concrete and specific questions that we've raised this season, so that we can feel that we've answered that question. We've watered that plant, and now we're ready to move on to the next part of the garden because we know that that's stable and works and we can build upon it, as opposed to feeling like it's all shaky ground. I've mixed about 16 metaphors in there, but it's the idea that we'll complete the first piece, so that it just becomes part of the bigger puzzle that we can build upon, as opposed to never quite answering that question and raising new questions. We're just taking care to answer the questions that are right in front of us first.
Was the relationship between Detective Madsen (Sarah Jones) and Dr. Soto (Jorge Garcia) so playful, from the beginning, or has that evolved out of how the actors have gotten along and played the characters?
PYNE: A little of both. It was always intended to be a good and complimentary partnership, but Jorge and Sarah bring their own respective stuff to the party that makes it that much more interesting.
Are you going to get deeper into why Emerson Hauser (Sam Neill) decides to work with some of the people who come back and why he locks others of them up?
PYNE: Yeah, we're going to deal with that a little bit more. There are a few key players who were on the island when everybody disappeared, and who disappeared with them and came back, like Lucy (Parminder Nagra) and Beauregard (Leon Rippy), who have their own stories of what happened. They become key players. There are definitely factions at play.
JOHNSON: As Warden James (Jonny Coyne) evolves, we're really enjoying his character, immensely. He tasks different people on Alcatraz to do different things for him, and makes them feel like they're in on the whole plan, but they're not and they start to realize that. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Everybody knows a little bit, but nobody knows everything, and that starts to become more clear, by the end of the season.
Are there challenges specific to working on this show, with all of its moving parts?
JOHNSON: There are a lot of things to think about. It's the bringing together of the flashback narrative and the present-day narrative and the mythology narrative, and then our characters' relationships to each other and their lives.
PYNE: There's the thriller element, the men-in-prison element, the period element, and the romantic short story of the past element that has to blend with the more familiar police procedural element of the present. There are a lot of different things that you have to weave together, and we hope that we do it seamlessly. It's a challenge because you need to keep it all tonally consistent. There are a lot of different ideas floating around.
JOHNSON: With these chapters, one season will feel one way, and the next season might feel another way. These inmates that have come back this season, we very much felt that they work up yesterday or last week. We may start to get the feeling that some of these guys are a little more integrated into the fabric of their surroundings, so they may become harder to find, for different reasons. So, a future season might make finding them different and might make the tools we need to use to find them different and give us a little bit more to dig into, in terms of who the '63s may be interacting with, who they may have befriended, and who they might have taken on as a girlfriend or an employer. We'd like to sink into that a little bit more.
Have either of you guys ever thought about directing an episode yourself, or do you feel like you're already doing more than enough with the show?
PYNE: I don't think we'd have time to direct, given all the other stuff that we're doing.
JOHNSON: It's an intriguing idea, but in the first season of a show, there are so many things going on. We're all figuring out the show and the characters and the mythology, and the alchemy of all those parts fitting together, but who knows what the future holds.
Alcatraz airs on Monday nights on Fox.