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The end of the year is here! Let's say goodbye to 2014 with the final list of Do Not Miss from December:
- The beginning by Alberto "Winterland": I really liked this diorama by my friend Alberto. Loving that hobbit hole!
- Roman Officer Bust by Kirill Kanaev: Kirill does not cease to amaze us with his painting of busts.
- Blabla Le Lutin: I'm really digging this little leprechaun.
- Fire and Ice Chaos Lord: Flameon did this amazing experiment with extreme warm and cold colours on the same miniature.
- Infinity warband by Zwo: Manu has been doing this warband for quite some time but these are the final pics of it all completed.
- Facebook minis of the month of November: Summary of the best miniatures seen during the month of November by the Eureka minis team.
- Quaccapotl by Sascha Buczek: Sascha's interesting and personal version of this very famous toad.
- Blood Rage 1: You know Remy is a classic from this list, but long time no see!
- Blood Rage 2: So this month, we get to see Remy two times. :)
- US WWII paratrooper of 101th Division by Kirill Kanaev: Kirill brings life to Matt Damon with this incredible paintjob.
- Look into the void by Christoph Blumenthal: One of the coolest dioramas of the year, finally with proper pics.
- The Gobengers: These funny gobbos are going to be everywhere soon. Here's Martin Goumaz's version, a tribute to Arsies' Avengers diorama.
- Old school warhammer paintjobs by Ringil: It was very cool to see such good paintjobs of this old school warhammer minis.
Articles and tutorials
- NMM tutorial with Scale75 paints: This is a very interesting article showing how to paint NMM with the Scale75 paintset.
- Pieces and parts of plastic and wood for bases: James Wappel makes bases out of nowhere, and they are cool!
- Magic effects on miniatures: This is an essential tutorial on making magic effects for your miniatures.
- Backgrounds for miniature pictures: Analysis of different backgrounds for miniature pictures. Photographing minis is really tricky!
- Identifying types of simple freehands: This is very good information for painters starting their way on basic freehands.
I wish you all the very best for the new year!!! May your brushes be filled with lots of paint at all times :)


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Aromatase Inhibitors in Products Marketed as Dietary Supplements: Recall
Audience: Consumer, Family Practice, Pharmacy
including Advanced Muscle Science (Arom-X, Arom-X UTT, Arom-XL, 4-AD, and Decavol), ArimaDex, Clomed, Off Cycle II Hardcore, iForce - Reversitol
ISSUE: Products marketed as dietary supplements contain aromatase inhibitors, commonly known as "ATD." Adverse events associated with the use of aromatase inhibitors could include the following: decreased rate of bone maturation and growth, decreased sperm production, infertility, aggressive behavior, adrenal insufficiency, kidney failure, and liver dysfunction. Consumers with liver, kidney, adrenal, or prostate abnormalities are at higher risk for developing adverse events.
BACKGROUND: The FDA concludes that products containing aromatase inhibitors have a reasonable probability of resulting in permanent impairment of a body structure or function in at risk consumers. FDA has notified manufacturers that these products do not meet the definition of a dietary ingredient and therefore the product is in violation of provisions of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Many of these products are or had been sold nationwide, both in retail stores and via the internet directly to consumers. Some have been discontinued but some online retailers may still have remaining inventory that they are offering for sale.
RECOMMENDATION: Consumers who have any of these products in their possession should stop using it immediately. If consumers experience any adverse side effects due to its consumption they should contact a physician. Photos of the recalled products are available through links on the company press releases, seen below.
Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:
- Complete and submit the report Online: www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/index.cfm
- Download form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178
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[09/13/2010 - Press Release - Genetic Edge Technologies, Inc]
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Keith Richards (born December 18, 1943) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, guitarist, and actor best known as one of the original members of the Rolling Stones.
- Yes, star-crossed in pleasure, the stream flows on by
Yes, as we're sated in leisure, we watch it fly, yes
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me...
Time can tear down a building or destroy a woman's face
Hours are like diamonds, don't let them waste
Time waits for no one, no favors has he
- Keith Richards and Mick Jagger in Time Waits for No One (1973)
- I'd play whenever I could get my hands on an electric guitar; I was trying to pick up rock'n'roll riffs and electric blues-the latest Muddy Waters. I'd spend hours and hours on the same track, back again, and back again.
- Denyer, Ralph (2002). The Guitar Handbook. p. 66. ISBN 0-679-74275-1.
- What interested me about Chuck Berry was the way he could step out of the rhythm part with such ease, throwing in a nice, simple riff, and then drop straight into the feel of it again. We used to play a lot more rhythm stuff. We'd do away with the differences between lead and rhythm guitar. You can't go into a shop and ask for a "lead guitar". You're a guitar player, and you play a guitar.
- Denyer, Ralph (2002). The Guitar Handbook. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-74275-1. .
- I thought it was ludicrous to take one of those gongs from the establishment...it's not what the Stones is about, is it? I don't want to step out on stage with someone wearing a fucking coronet and sporting the old ermine. I told Mick, It's a fucking paltry honour.
- Commenting on Mick Jagger receiving a Knighthood in 2003, reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
- There are certain guys that are band players and there's certain guys that ain't. If there's anybody lazier than me, it's Eric (Clapton).
- Mojo magazine; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
- I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
- He tells Rolling Stone of his drug-taking past; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
- I thought rock and roll was an unassailable outlet for some pure and natural expression of rebellion. It used to be one channel you could take without ever havin' to kiss arse, you know?
- Rolling Stone; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
- I was number one on the Who's Likely To Die list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list.
- NME; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
- The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It's almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
- BBC Newsnight 2005; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
- I don't encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
- Interview 2006.[1]
- This morning on Dartford station a guy I knew at primary school came up to me. He's got every record Chuck Berry made. He is called Mick Jagger.
- From letter to Keith's aunt Keef comes clean, The Times p4, 15 Oct 2010.
- Rap — so many words, so little said. What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there. All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they're happy. There's an enormous market for people who can't tell one note from another.
- Reported in Jon Blistein, "Keith Richards: Rap Is for 'Tone-Deaf People'", Rolling Stone (September 3, 2015).
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- New Rule: Airplane black boxes must now be made out of Keith Richards. The man, who has taken more drugs than Whitney Houston, Rush Limbaugh and Robert Downey, Jr., combined, recently fell out of a tree, and then crashed a jet ski. And yet, somehow, that cigarette never fell out of his mouth. What is this guy still running on? I've got to know. Because I'm beginning to think the future of medicine isn't injecting stem cells, it's injecting heroin.
- Real Time with Bill Maher, May 12, 2006 (Season 7, Episode 9)
- ...how come Keith Richards still walks? Explain that Mr. Surgeon General! You never mention Keith do you? Aah, a little hole in the theory there! Surgeon General says, "Drugs are bad, drugs are evil!...except for that guy, they work real good for him, -but the rest of you...
- Keith Richards is shooting heroin into his eyeballs and still touring all right! I'm getting mixed signals! I picture nuclear war and two things surviving: Keith and cockroaches! (does Keith Richards impression) "Where did everybody go-o? I saw a bright light and thought we were on ..."
- Bill Hicks, "Dangerous" audio 1990
- I was reading an interview with Keith Richards in a magazine and in the interview Keith Richards intimated that kids should not do drugs. Keith Richards! Says that kids should not do drugs! Keith, we can't do any more drugs because you already fucking did them all, alright! There's none left! We have to wait 'till you die and smoke your ashes! Jesus Christ! Talk about the pot and the fuckin' kettle.
- I know there is a cure for whatever bioterrorism they throw at us, I know there's one. And it lies within Keith Richards, I do know that. He is the only man on the planet that could go (imitates Keith snorting something) "Anthrax? All right! Doesn't go with my E. coli, but fuck." Keith is the only man who makes The Osbournes look fucking Amish. He's insane. I've seen Keith go to a drug dealer and the drug dealer's goin', "I'm out, man, I'm sorry. I have nothing left!" Supposedly, he goes to Switzerland and changes his blood. Not like one pint, but like a fucking Chevrolet, all of it. I just wanna know, who gets his blood? Some old Swiss man's going, "HEIDI!! We've gotta go on tour, you bitch! We've gotta pay for Mick's babies! COME ON!!!" Because I know this. I know that we may all be dead and gone, Keith will still be there with 5 cockroaches. Keith will go, "Ya know, I smoked your uncle! Did ya know that? Fucking crazy!"


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IS there anyone who can tel me ....that what are emulators programmed in. Alright i'll describe it more bout emultors... Many of you must have played video games like nintendo or sega.
On the net ROMs are provided with same games people use to play on play station or video games.
eXamples on emulators are Gensis, sega...n others.
Also here's a link for downloading games n Emulators.
So can is it possible for create Emulators in MASM 32 ....i heard it is possible to create emulators using VC++ or NASM


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For you in London, don't miss the Letterpress Matters exhibition and workshops, 3-7 July 2007 at Camberwell College of Arts:
It is no coincidence that type was traditionally referred to as matter. In a time when the last generation of professionally-trained compositors are retiring, Letterpress Matters, as part of the Postgraduate Summer Show 2007 at Camberwell College of Arts, explores the inherent material nature of letterpress and celebrates its new possibilities in our ever more digitally-engaged contemporary culture.
The integrity of letterpress lies in its material and physical process. Therefore, involving the audience as much as I myself am involved in the hands-on printing process is crucial. So come and join a guided tour of the letterpress workshop at our very own Camberwell College of Arts. With the rich history of the Camberwell Press and the technical expertise of Ian Primarolo, the letterpress workshop is now a rare and inimitable place.


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Why should you tour the Roman Jewish Ghetto with me?
Well, for starters, I was born in Rome from a Jewish Roman father (proud to be here since Cesars time!) and a Libyan Jewish Sephardic mother. I have lived in Rome my entire life (not including the year I spent in Argentina and another year in Israel). Traveling has given me the opportunity to meet other Jews, share my story with them, and compare my community with theirs and other communities. Throughout my time as a guide, while meeting people along my journey, I have come to realize how miraculous the existence of the Jewish Community of Rome really is. Now I would like to share my story and experiences with you!
The first Jews in Rome came directly from Eretz Israel in 160 B. C. It was Chanukah and the Maccabees decided to travel as ambassadors to Rome in order to ask for protection from the Romans against the Syrian King Antiochus who had been giving the Jews in Palestine a hard time. So they came to Rome, and as you can see or will soon see, how could they not like it? (Roma has a nice climate, there was an important harbor, and there was much potential for business and better life).
This small group of Jews settled and created the first community in the Golah.
In 70 C.E Titus destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem. He brought many Jews to Rome as slaves, as well as the Menorah stolen from the Temple. The Jews living in Rome paid a ransom to liberate their brothers.
All that happened more than 2,000 years ago and still we thrive here today, after the Inquisition, the persecutions, the Ghetto and the concentration camps. There are only 16,000 Jews in Rome, yet we are the oldest community in this city. We never moved from here. We have been witness to so much change, yet our traditions and values still remain strong while living a Jewish life in a society based around Christianity.
Your Roman holiday would not be complete without a visit to the Jewish Ghetto with someone that can take you through with knowledge, anecdotes, legends and humour.
I am that person, and I would be glad to share all that with you.
Micaela Pavoncello
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Badgers set rushing record, dominate Indiana
Win clinches spot in Big Ten championship game
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Wisconsin 62, Indiana 14: Montee Ball rushed for 198 yards and three touchdowns as the visiting Badgers dominated from start to finish and clinched a spot in the Big Ten Conference championship game.
Ball, who notched his sixth 100-yard game of the season, now has 77 career touchdowns, one shy of Travis Prentice's NCAA record. Fellow running back James White also rushed for 161 yards and a pair of long scoring runs as the Badgers (7-3, 4-2 Big Ten) manhandled Indiana (4-6, 2-4) for the eight straight time.
Wisconsin jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, scoring on its first two possessions, and never looked back. The Badgers amassed 605 yards of total offense, including a school-record 564 on the ground. Indiana, which had won back-to-back Big Ten games for the first time in five years, has now been outscored 204-41 in its last three losses to Wisconsin.
Fifth-year senior Curt Phillips, making his first career start for the Badgers, completed 4 of 7 passes for 41 yards and a touchdown and also rushed for 68 yards on seven carries. Phillips, who had missed the previous two years with three ACL injuries, became the third different starting quarterback for Wisconsin this season.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Ball and White have now gone over 100 yards in the same game three times this season. … The Badgers trail Ohio State and Penn State in the Leaders Division, but the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions are ineligible for the conference title game because of NCAA sanctions. The Badgers host undefeated Ohio State next weekend before finishing the regular season at Penn State.


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The Cash For Clunkers bill's now law and, though we've show you how it works, there's still a serious risk you'll get screwed trying to take advantage of this feeble, milquetoast program. Below, five ways the new law endangers consumers.
5.) Buy A Clunker Now!
Some unscrupulous sellers may try and convince you to buy a clunker for a few hundred dollars with the promise of being able to trade it in for a $4,500 voucher. In reality, if you haven't owned your car and kept it running and insured for a year you're not eligible. Don't buy a beater unless you want to keep it for a while.
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4.) Trade In Your Car Early
We've read reports on forums of people already taking advantage of the Cash for Clunkers bill. In reality, they're being taken advantage of. The law has been signed, but the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration hasn't finalized the rules. It probably won't go into affect until after July 24th. If you are being offered a "voucher" on your clunker you're really just getting money for your trade-in, which the dealer can then resell. The most you lose is your car, but the dealer could face a fine of up to $15,000.
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3.) Scrap A Car Worth More Than The Voucher
The used car market isn't great right now, but this doesn't mean your vehicle doesn't have some value. Make sure to check the value of your car using a resource like KBB before trading in an older car that, it turns out, is worth more than $4,500 or $3,500 on the open market. Dealers have a greater incentive to sell you a new car and scrap your old one than to get the value of your trade-in "clunker."
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2.) Get Denied For Other Discounts
The voucher program is not designed to be a stand-alone discount program, meaning you're still eligible for whatever other discounts automakers are offering (and there are a lot of those). With 0% financing and thousands cash back you're getting cheated if you just get the value of your trade-in off a new car. The average incentive, according to Edmunds, was $2,930 for June. So you could possibly get $4,500 + $3,000 off of a new car.
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1.) Avoid Moving Up To A More Profitable Class
If you own a truck or SUV you can use your voucher to trade it in for a car and, likely, get a larger voucher. Many dealerships will want to put you into a new truck because they're more expensive than most cars, but if you don't need a truck you can trade your old one in and find an inexpensive car with 10 MPG better fuel economy, which qualifies you for $4,500. For example, if you've got a 1991 six-cylinder Ford F-150 you can trade it in for a $15,000 2009 Ford Focus for your kid and get the full $4,500 off, instead of paying upwards of $20,000 for a new truck and only getting a $3,500 voucher.
Want answers to any of your other questions? Go to the official "Cash For Clunkers" CARS Act website here.
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Sci-fi fans, get ready! From the creative minds that brought you "Battlestar Galactica," "Lost," and "The X-Files," the premiere of sci-fi thriller "Helix" is less than two months away.
"Helix" debuts exclusively in Canada on Showcase and on SyFy in the U.S. on Friday, January 10 at 10 p.m. EST/PST. Starring Billy Campbell ("The Killing," "Killing Lincoln") and Hiroyuki Sanada ("The Wolverine," "47 Ronin"), "Helix" is executive-produced by Ronald D. Moore ("Battlestar Galactica," "Outlander"), Steven Maeda ("Lost," "The X-Files") and Lynda Obst ("Sleepless In Seattle," "Contact"). Moore also serves as showrunner, which should be pleasing to all the "BSG" nuts out there. The 13-episode drama is currently filming in Montreal.
"Helix" follows a team of scientists from the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) who travel to a high-tech research facility, Arctic BioSystems, to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that may hold the key to mankind's salvation or total annihilation. But, of course, the lethal threat is just the tip of the iceberg, and as the virus evolves, the chilling truth begins to unravel.
Campbell stars as Dr. Alan Farragut, leader of the CDC outbreak field team called upon to investigate and control a potential outbreak. Sanada stars as Dr. Hiroshi Hatake, director of Arctic BioSystems and its mysterious viral research program.
"Helix" also stars Kyra Zagorsky ("Supernatural") as Dr. Julia Walker, Mark Ghanimé ("Emily Owens, M.D.") as Major Sergio Balleseros, Jordan Hayes ("House At The End Of The Street") as Dr. Sarah Jordan, Meegwun Fairbrother as Daniel Aerov, Catherine Lemieux ("White House Down") as Dr. Doreen Boyle and Neil Napier ("Riddick") as Dr. Peter Farragut. Jeri Ryan ("Star Trek: Voyager") will be guest-starring.
Another little tidbit of good news: prolific director and producer Jeffrey Reiner ("Friday Night Lights") is directing the premiere episode of "Helix." Full hearts, indeed.
The premiere of "Helix" airs in Canada on Showcase and on SyFy in the U.S. on Friday, January 10 at 10 p.m. EST/PST.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Tim Macpherson: Kids At Home And At Play
Posted by Jay at 6:06 AM
Jan von Holleben's pictures of little tykes having fun outside with their homemade costumes and props look impressive and inspiring, but Tim Macpherson takes the cake when it comes to kids having fun indoors. It only took a few household items to create the scenes that he did, but they're all done so well that you can't help but be awesomed by all of them.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Jan Von Holleben: Adventure Is Out There!
Posted by Jay at 8:53 PM
As cute and cuddly babies become rambunctious little kids, their little minds look out on the world and scream. "Adventure is out there!" Even without the luxuries of video games, kids can find adventure out there, even if it's just out there in your neighbor's backyard or on the streets. It might be a little hard for adults to picture the fantasies that their children play out, but photographer Jan von Holleben makes it easy with his creative captures.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Anne Geddes: Babies, Babies Everywhere!
Posted by Jay at 7:48 PM
There has been a lot of bad and depressing news as of late, so instead of sharing more dispiriting images on the Internet, it's best to lighten the mood with some heartening pictures of humanity at their best or in this case, their newest. Nothing in this world can encourage a smile like a baby, and no one else can capture these newborns quite like photographer and artist Anne Geddes.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Corinne Vionnet: This Is The World As Tourist Spots
Posted by Jay at 7:35 PM
So, you've arrived at a popular tourist spot and you've bought your cute little souvenir. What's left to do but take a few shots at that thing that everybody else is taking a few shots at? If you happen to miss that amazing landmark that everyone seems to be so excited about, don't worry as artist Corrine Vionnet has you covered. She's arranged all the most popular pictures into one mosaic so that you won't have to bother yourself with taking your own picture.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Michael Hughes: This Is The World As Souvenirs
Posted by Jay at 6:02 PM
Tourists will be tourists. There's no denying them their instinct for being drawn to the most popular vacation spots, taking pictures of famous landmarks and buying small souvenirs for family and friends back home. These rituals have become such cliches that the solemnity and significance of these places and objects have almost been lost. One person however has found a way to reinvigorate both by combining the two into one spectacular image. World traveler Michael Hughes has made it his mission and passion to collect tourist souvenirs and turn them into icons that are larger than life.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Martin Parr: This Is The World On Vacation
Posted by Jay at 5:18 PM
Not everyone can be as composed and proper like the subjects of The Sartorialist blog. Even in the best places for cultural erudition, tourists on vacation can sometimes stand out like a sore thumb. This is where photographer Martin Parr does some of the best (or some would say the worst) candid photography.
Monday, July 18, 2011
The Sartorialist: A Visual Life
Posted by Jay at 4:46 PM
Some of you may remember my post on Scott Schuman's The Sartorialist blog a few weeks back. Well, Annette from Social Radius has asked me to share this short documentary video on the subject.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Seascapes
Posted by Jay at 6:50 PM
From the depths of the oceans to the edge of the sea, the Reel Foto blog now ventures out of the water to take a familiar yet refreshing view of the sea. This is how Hiroshi Sugimoto captures his Seascapes; bleak, black and beautiful.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
David Doubilet: On The Edge Of Two Worlds
Posted by Jay at 6:22 PM
From the depths of the oceans as presented by Claire Nouvian, the Reel Foto blog now ventures to the edge of the water. Here, sunlight and marine life are more abundant, and it is here that famed underwater photographer David Doubilet has made a name for himself, capturing uncanny underwater images on the edge of two worlds.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Claire Nouvian: Deep Sea Beauties
Posted by Jay at 6:10 PM
This week, The Reel Foto blog heads to the waters and seas starting with the deepest depths of the oceans. Here, a thousand fathoms below the water's surface where little sunlight invades the privacy of the darkness, where the intense pressure is enough to crush a man and the extreme cold embraces all, mysterious and beautiful sea creatures abound. Public knowledge of these animals would be found wanting today were it not for the efforts of many devoted researchers and scientists, most especially that of the work of Claire Nouvian.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Peter Granser: The American Dream
Posted by Jay at 2:50 PM
Tucked away in the heart of southwestern United States' Arizona is Sun City, a vibrant and exclusive community of senior citizens living off their retirement years. While the thought of old age might dampen the spirits of many readers, in this city it's only akin to getting your second wind as photographer Peter Granser discovered.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Aaron Huey: The Black Hills Are Not For Sale
Posted by Jay at 4:31 PM
Almost 100 years ago, Edward S. Curtis photographed the Native American people as a proud and noble nation, mindful of their tradition despite the encroachment of European settlers. Today, the story is a bit more complicated as the increasing Americanization of their people has had vastly different results. One of the more regretful stories is the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation as presented in photojournalist Aaron Huey's powerful photo essay.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Edward S. Curtis: The First Americans
Posted by Jay at 4:15 PM
Today, the 4th of July, marks the Independence Day of the United States, which makes it the perfect excuse for festivities, fireworks, fanfare, and fun of all forms for people across the country. Today is also good day to remind Americans about the first settlers of the continent, the American Indians. Many records were made of these people and their culture before great changes came into their way of life, but none equal the beauty and scope of the works of photographer Edward S. Curtis.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Herb Ritts: The Beauty of Man
Posted by Jay at 2:00 PM
The beauty of women has been the subject of art and photography ever since anyone can care to remember, but the beauty of man hasn't been as prominently advertised. Even when photography became more accessible to media, women almost always took the role of the subject. It wasn't until the 1980s when photographer Herb Ritts began his groundbreaking work that the male model would earn a regular role in the fashion and advertising industry.
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Dec. 26, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A delegation from the University of Notre Dame that included men's lacrosse operations coordinator Kevin Dugan and junior defenseman Jake Brems (Kensington, Md./Georgetown Prep) spent time in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Md. during Monday and Tuesday of last week to further the school's commitment to peace in Sudan by advocating for full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan.
The group had meetings with key policymakers and non-governmental organizations. Among the stops on the trip were the White House, the State Department, Senator Richard Lugar's (Ind.) office, Congressman Joe Donnelly's (Ind.) office, The Enough Project and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Headquarters.
On Monday, the delegation met with Samantha Power at the White House in the Eisenhower Executive Offices. Power is the Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the National Security Council in the White House. She also is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, foreign policy analyst, journalist and professor. Power's New Yorker article on the horrors in Darfur, Sudan, won the 2005 National Magazine Award for best reporting.
"What Notre Dame has done is both important and unusual," said Power. "Students don't usually act proactively on issues like this to prevent conflict. The response is usually after disaster takes place. I think the story is yet to be written on how Notre Dame has been involved and can keep shining a light on this issue."
The group also met with Kalpen Modi, the Associate Director in the Office of Public Engagement, who works on President Obama's youth engagement initiatives. Modi had a long conversation with the delegation regarding how to get college students more involved in civic engagement. He also accepted a letter and petition for President Obama seeking continued support of peacekeeping efforts in Sudan. Patrick McCormick (Notre Dame student government '12), Emmanuel Gore (Kroc Institute) and Brems delivered the letter on behalf of the Notre Dame community.
The delegation then headed to Senator Lugar's offices where they met with Michael Phelan who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee where his portfolio includes African Affairs, Afghanistan, and Post-Conflict Stabilization/Reconstruction.
"Our meetings at Senator Lugar's offices were incredibly informative," commented Dugan. "Mr. Phelan led a very engaging conversation and dialogue with our students on Sudan, foreign policy and the global economy."
The student group then went back to the CRS offices on Capitol Hill to dial into a White House conference call to get a debriefing and update on preparations for the upcoming referendum in Sudan on January 9th. From there they moved on to Congressman Donnelly's offices where they met with his Legislative Director, Nathan Fenstermacher.
On Tuesday, the delegation started its day at the State Department where they met with Peter Quaranto ('06), who now is working in the offices of the President's Special Envoy to Sudan.
"The meeting with Mr. Quaranto was really encouraging to us because just a few years ago he was a Notre Dame student fighting for justice in Northern Uganda, the same way we are now fighting for justice in Sudan," stated Brems. "He was once in the same position we are currently in and his efforts made a huge difference in getting President Obama to sign the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act."
The delegation then moved on for a meeting with John Bagwell and a team of staffers at the Enough Project, a project of the Center for American Progress. The Enough Project seeks to end genocide and crimes against humanity. Enough Project co-founder John Prendergast has been a driving force behind drawing media attention to Sudan by arranging for media moguls like actor George Clooney and NBA star Tracy McGrady to be involved in Sudanese issues with visits to Darfur.
From there, the group headed north to Baltimore where they received a warm welcome at CRS Headquarters. Upon arrival the delegation had lunch and met with the CRS Executive Leadership Team and received a personal welcome from CRS President Ken Hackett.
"The spirit and fellowship we experienced at CRS was really special," said Dugan. "CRS is fighting tirelessly for justice in Sudan and I think it was encouraging for them to see that fight resonate in the hearts and minds of students at Notre Dame. We received an extensive update from Dan Griffin and Steve Hilbert (USCCB) on operations in Sudan. This update was a powerful experience for our delegation and gave them a great look at how bold and courageous our Church really is in the fight for justice."
While the nature of the visit to CRS Headquarters revolved around a very serious subject, the meetings ended on a light note as CRS President, Ken Hackett, escorted the delegation to the elevators, he encouraged the group letting them know that Notre Dame students have given them a boost of encouragement and a shot in the arm and closed by telling Dugan and Brems that "Lax (Lacrosse) is life!" Hackett played club lacrosse at Boston College as an undergraduate student and closely followed Notre Dame's run to the national championship game last May.
The Notre Dame community has been heavily involved in working towards peace in Sudan. On October 5, 2010, a delegation representing the Sudan Conference of Catholic Bishops visited the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies to "reach out to the Catholic community" in the United States before making their appeal in high-level conversations arranged in both Washington, D.C. and New York City.
Following this appeal, the Notre Dame Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution expressing the student body's solidarity with the people of Sudan and calling upon the University to "express its support for full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement" and to "call attention to the urgency of securing a sustainable, just peace for all Sudanese."
On December 4, the University of Notre Dame organized a community-wide `Stand with Sudan Rally' and the `Playing for Peace' basketball tournament. The men's lacrosse team, men's basketball team and Student Government sponsored the event to affirm Notre Dame's commitment to answering the appeal of the Sudan Conference of Catholic Bishops by declaring for once and for all that `Never Again Begins Now.'
The rally involved a unique collaboration of several different University offices: The Center for Social Concerns, Campus Ministry, The Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity, Play Like A Champion and the Alliance for Catholic Education.
The mission of the event was to raise awareness about Sudan because on January 9, 2011, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan in 2005 will expire.
This week's visit ended with a trip to the Inside Lacrosse Magazine headquarters in Baltimore. While there, Dugan, and Brems discussed their visit to Washington, D.C. and their pursuit to raise awareness about Sudan and to be a `voice for the voiceless'.
In addition to helping Sudan strive for peace, Brems spent this past summer working on a joint internship with the Center of Concern in Washington D.C. and Fields of Growth International. Fields of Growth, which was started by Dugan, is a non-profit organization operating in Uganda that is spreading the game of lacrosse while also developing social entrepreneurs and working with community-based organizations. Dugan has made numerous visits to Uganda with Fields of Growth and currently is working with the Play Like A Champion TodayTM program, to bring their ministry to Uganda.


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HBO proved this week that it's no Omnicorp, the clueless, borderline evil fictional company that employs the hapless title character of "The Life & Times of Tim."
The cable network thankfully reversed its decision to cancel the quirky animated comedy, which will return for a third season, Deadline Hollywood reported.
The saving of "Tim" marks a victory not only for fans, but a win for the losers of the world – and for the comedy of the awkward.
Tim, created and voiced by Steve Dildarian, is an uncomfortable-in-his-own-skin twentysomething office drone whose passivity, malleability and uncertainty about his place in the adult world allow him to be bullied into trouble.
He gets pressured into partying with his overbearing boss, only to face a drug test at work. He lets a firefighter pretend she rescued him – only to be branded a sexist wimp when he reveals the truth. He ends up babysitting a circus elephant when his buddy takes off with a cute animal rights activist.
You might say that Tim is the youngest generation in a triumvirate of current comedies featuring male characters who create humor of the uncomfortable via escalations of the mundane.
Louie CK, star of FX's new comedy "Louie" could be Tim in his early 40s. The bald, paunchy and divorced stand-up comic is resigned enough to his fate to all but give up ("I know too much about life to have any optimism") but still possesses enough residual anger to declare verbal warfare on a comely heckler.
He's only 63, but the granddaddy of this style of humor is Larry David, who's been around long enough that he doesn't care about offending anyone with his outbursts of outrage over the absurdity of the ordinary (last season on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," he literally wrestled Rosie O'Donnell for a restaurant check – and lost).
We're still hopeful that some brave network will pick up the recently cancelled "The Sarah Silverman Program," an often hilarious, always irreverent showcase for the undisputed queen of the comedy of the awkward (are you listening HBO?).
It can take time for an audience to find certain shows, particularly ones that don't fit familiar molds, like David's classic co-creation "Seinfeld" and two other animated comedies that rebounded from cancellation: "Family Guy" and "Futurama."
So we salute HBO for giving "Tim" another chance – which is more than he'll ever get from Omnicorp.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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guess i need some help of experts again.. wanna export listview to MS excel. i found a really nice article on this:
however the only one thing that does not seem to work with my OLE is COleVariant class.
It's simply not declared. I tried adding afxdisp.h but it's not a standard lib in my Microsoft Visual Visual Studio Express 2012 and it seems to be very specific to MFC.
I tried to add it manually from internet but it's then referring (calling) to other *.h
is there any way to either replace COleVariant with VARIANT (or something) or add afxdisp.h (and all connected libs) to my program?
i wanna achieve this :
will be grateful for any hint!Code:IDispatch* pRange; { COleVariant oleRange(szCell); VARIANT result; VariantInit(&result); m_hr=OLEMethod(DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET, &result, pSheet, L"Range", 1, oleRange.Detach()); pRange = result.pdispVal; }


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Don't be puzzled by today. National Puzzle Day honors puzzles of all size, shape and form. Crossword puzzles are by far the most common. Sudoku, a number puzzle, is the most recent puzzle rage. There's easy puzzles, and there's puzzles for experts. They fit the needs of every person, and every skill level.
Puzzles are a favorite pastime of millions of people, young and old. So, what's with this fascination over puzzles? There's numerous reasons for it's popularity. For many, doing puzzles is fun. Some people just like the challenge of completing them, and graduating to evermore complex and difficult puzzle solving levels. For others, it is a way to kill time, and to eliminate boredom. Others still, do puzzles to keep their mind sharp, or to learn new words.
Whatever the cause for your interest, spend National Puzzle Day doing puzzles.
Personally - my first choice is crossword puzzles, then jigsaw puzzles.


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Do you work with schools globally? Or want to?
The teachers whose students use Youth Voices -- and meet each week on this webcast -- often talk about "taking it global." And this is a key value advocated by Jeff Lebow.
The idea for this webcast came when a teacher new to our work together contacted us saying that she was thinking of having her students get involved with both Youth Voices and Taking it Global (TIG). This teacher, Melissa Lynn Pomerantz, a 10 grade English teacher from St. Louis joined us on the show.
To learn more about TIGed we invited:
- Katherine Walraven; http://profiles.tigweb.org/kagawa - TIG's Education Program Manager,
We also invited a teacher and a tech integrator who use TIGed:
- Mali Bickley; http://profiles.tigweb.org/mbickley
- Suzie Vesper; http://profiles.tigweb.org/suzievesper
Listen to this podcast if you would also like to learn more about Taking It Global. Perhaps like us, you will want to learn how we can broaden our -- and our students -- horizons beyond these United States.
Click Read more to see a transcript of a chat that was happening during the webcast.


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09 July, 2012
By Asif Haroon Raja
War on terror initiated by the US in October 2001 is still continuing with no end in sight. In Afghanistan, the initiative is in the hands of the Taliban. The ISAF despite its massive superiority in men and material and in technology has become so vulnerable and fragile that it has decided to quit by end 2014. While ISAF under Gens McChrystal, Petraeus and Allen resorted to policy of brutal force against Afghan Pakhtuns to breakdown the resistance of freedom fighters, Pak Army under Gen Kayani after using force to capture the restive regions opted to win hearts and minds of tribal areas. He decided to take over the next phase of rehabilitation and building of war torn regions when he saw that civil administration was reluctant to come forward. The picturesque Swat town has regained its past glory in a very short time and in many ways gives a more modern look. Business and tourism are thriving, schools and colleges are functional and fruit orchards are bearing fruits. Bajaur has also been rebuilt to quite an extent.Satisfied with Army's performance in Swat and surrounding regions, Kayani has now diverted his attention towards South Waziristan (SW). Large number of people had left their homes in July-August 2009 in the wake of impending Operation Rah-e-Nijat and had taken refuge in makeshift camps in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan. Although the Mehsud dominated SW was cleared of the miscreants by December 2009, but the displaced persons terrorized by the militants were reluctant to return back. They were hesitant to take on security of their respective villages on self-help basis by organizing village defence force. Hakimullah Mehsud's men had thoroughly terrorized the locals and they were not picking up heart to return and face them. They returned in small packets from mid 2011 only when the Army assured them that it would provide them security as well as help in rehabilitating them and in developing the region. To start with, three major roads were built, one leading from Jandola-Srarogha to Makeen-Razmak, the other from Tanai-Wana to Angoor Adda, and the third one from Tank-Gomal to Wana. Network of roads is being laid to make the area serve as third transit link for trade with Afghanistan. Once the area was opened up, displaced persons were brought back from December 2010 onward and rehabilitated.In addition to rebuilding destroyed houses, fifty new houses were built for the poor including 26 houses for the widows. Building material has been provided for self-help construction. Villages are developed on the concept of model village having basic facilities available at their doorstep. Kotkai, Chaghmalai, Sarwakai and Jandola have already been turned into model villages where market complexes have also been constructed. 112 shops have been handed over to the locals on a nominal rent of Rupees 20 per month to enable them to earn their livelihood. Ten poultry farms have so far been established in markets and many more are under construction. Locals are trained in this field. After letting them handle two flocks of birds free of cost, they are charged nominal amount in running the poultry farm independently. Schools, health centres, sports complex, recreational parks, public toilets, roadside driver hotels and mosques are found in most villages.In addition, three goat farms, two cattle farms and one duck farm have also been established and handed over to villagers at Sararogha, Kotkai and Murghiband. Goat and cattle breeding have started in a big way. Honey-bee boxes have been distributed free of cost to the farmers. Bee-keeping and honey business taught to the locals has become very popular. Disrupted electricity is fast being restored and water channels revived. Agriculture is being boosted by providing wheat seeds, fertilizer and ploughing tools free of cost. Some fish ponds have also been made by providing hatchlings to the farmers.Several water schemes were completed in record time to provide clean drinking water. For the women, cottage industry has been promoted. Healthcare units have also been established. In order to improve health facilities, hospitals at Jandola and Srarogha have been renovated and a mobile field hospital made operative under Army Medical Corps. Free medical camps are also in operation. To impart technical training to the youth, Institute of Technical Education at Chaghmalai was established in June 2011. Stream of trained auto electricians, auto mechanics electricians, drivers and computer operators are coming out of this institution after every four months training. So far 23 schools have been reconstructed and three of them converted into model schools with sophisticated facilities including sports stadiums. Two cadet colleges at Wana and Spinkai Ragzai are functioning with facilities as good, if not better than other recognized cadet colleges in the country. Gen Kayani on his visit to that area on 18 June did the ground breaking ceremony of the Road Tank-Gomal-Wana, and also inaugurated Spinkai Cadet College. One has to visit this war torn area and see for himself the revolutionary change that has come and the enthusiasm with which the locals are taking part in day to day activities. Seven 'Women Skills Development Centres' have been planned to impart training of sewing, knitting, and handicrafts. Widows have been provided with sewing machines, hens and goats for their sustenance. In order to de-radicalize and rehabilitate the misled youth, particularly those involved in minor crimes a special therapy program has been launched in Tank. Similar efforts are needed in North Waziristan where the security situation is so far not conducive to undertake development works. If the US had fulfilled its promise of ROZs, extremism and terrorism would have got curtailed by now. What is needed is awareness drive through well organized media and publicity campaign to remove misperceptions about the Army and what all it is doing to improve the quality of life of people of tribal areas. The perverse role of foreign powers in creating misgivings and hatred and instigating the tribes to fight the state forces rather than defending the western border should be highlighted. In addition, intelligence network should be expanded and modernized to not only prevent foreign interference but also to keep an eye on spies and anti-state elements on the payroll of foreign agencies. Paramilitary forces which have gone through the mill are now better trained and equipped to deal with counter terror duties. These second line forces should be further strengthened to be able to take on frontline duties independently so that the Army could be relieved and reverted to its primary duties. Idea of creating a separate counter terror force seems to have been shelved. This needs to be activated since the problem of terrorism will persist at least till the departure of US troops in 2024. It is high time that FATA which is rich in natural resources and has an extremely hardworking workforce should be declared as an independent province and named as Qabailistan. This will help in removing its sense of deprivation and bringing it in the mainstream. Political power, job opportunities and education will certainly help in curbing extremism and feelings of neglect. Besides its own political legislature, administrative and judicial set ups, it should have its own Regimental Centre, Qabaili Army units and Qabail Corps under IGQC. This will be very much in line with the ongoing trend of creating more provinces. Or else, FATA should be made part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but the Governor should be from FATA and KP in rotation. The writer is a defence and security analyst who writes for national/international newspapers/websites. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Russell, you did a great job. Among the viewers who watched the AACTA Awards on television last night, that's what plenty of people are talking about today in their offices.
Russell Crowe hosted the entire film and television awards ceremony last night in Sydney and it must be said, he was charming, funny, sincere and well-liked by both the gathered audience and a wider audience of television viewers on Ten.
Sure, the press usually writes endless stories about the scandals and the splits and the fashion fails, but really, truthfully, this time around Crowe – and his Oscar-winning cohorts – deserve a simple "good on you".
Crowe was one of four of our esteemed Academy Award winners who turned up to the second annual AACTA Awards (formerly the AFI Awards) last night at The Star in Sydney. Geoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman were there too.
It was an impressive foursome, one that Rush cheerfully refers to as "the stamp collection". Love it.
Let's pause for a moment and really think about why those four Oscar winners were there. There was good publicity, yes, but there was no real reason other than them openly supporting the Australian film industry and trying to send out a message to audiences that it's still worth seeing locally-made films.
Kudos should be given to Kidman, Blanchett, Rush and Crowe for really giving back to the industry which nurtured them – and in such a genuine way. They didn't have to be there, they chose to be there and with Crowe taking on the role as host (he replaced Hugh Sheridan at the last minute) it added gravitas to the event which in previous years has been struggling to capture the attention of Australians, hence the restructure of the ceremony and the name change from the AFIs.
What was particularly striking at this year's ceremony was the warmth and camaraderie between our biggest acting exports. The usually shy Kidman let down her hair to engage in a cheeky exchange with Crowe about the first time they met in Darlinghurst.
As the awards ceremony rolled on, there were pockets of raw emotion among the winners, particularly those from the hit film The Sapphires. Seeing someone with the international stature of Nicole Kidman greet Jessica Mauboy as she arrived in stage in a state of shock, after winning best supporting actress for her role in The Sapphires, was a truly beautiful moment.
Having both Kidman and Crowe standing in the shot behind Mauboy as she gave her speech was actually a powerful statement about their support for the industry and their acknowledgement of an emerging generation of young, talented stars.
Crowe, who was of course born and raised in New Zealand, has worked and lived in Australia for decades and became an Australian citizen six years ago. His support for the local industry has been unwavering and notable throughout his career, despite the lure and riches of Hollywood. Kidman, Blanchett and Rush have, to their credit, always done the same.
When the trio of Crowe, Blanchett and Rush appeared on stage together at the AACTAs for the presentation of the best film award it was suitably breathtaking.
At the end of the night, Crowe spoke directly to the cameras and asked Australian families to pause next time they're at the cinema and think about watching an Australian film. It's this kind of heartfelt vocal support from our biggest stars that may just give our film industry a much-needed image boost among audiences.
Christine Sams is an entertainment writer


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China's Leader Embraces Mao as He Tightens Grip on Country
WUHAN, China—On a visit here in July, Chinese President Xi Jinping went to a lakeside villa where Mao Zedong spent summers in the 1950s enjoying such luxuries as a swimming pool and air conditioning. Opening a new exhibition there that makes no mention of the millions who died under Mao's leadership, Mr. Xi declared that the villa should be a center for educating youth about patriotism and revolution.
A week earlier, he went to a village from which Mao attacked Beijing in 1949. There, Mr. Xi vowed that "our red nation will never change color."
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It isn't just Mr. Xi's rhetoric that has taken on a Maoist tinge in recent months. He has borrowed from Mao's tactical playbook, launching a "rectification" campaign to purify the Communist Party, while tightening limits on discussion of ideas such as democracy, rule of law and enforcement of the constitution.
Mr. Xi's apparent lurch to the left comes as Chinese authorities prepare for the coming trial of Bo Xilai, the former party rising star who led a Maoist revival movement until his dramatic downfall last year. Two of Mr. Bo's lawyers said they expected the trial where he faces corruption charges to take place next week. Before he was detained, Mr. Bo rejected allegations of corruption.
The Chinese president's Maoist leanings have dismayed many advocates of political reform, who hoped that Mr. Bo's downfall signaled a repudiation of his autocratic leadership style and might lead to a strengthening of the rule of law and other limits on party power.
But Mr. Xi's recent record has delighted and emboldened many former Bo supporters who advocate stronger, centralized leadership as the solution to the country's problems.
"Chairman Mao is a rich resource for us," said Hu Angang, an economist and leading member of the "New Left" intellectual movement that backed Mr. Bo. "I'm not surprised by what Xi is doing." Zhang Hongliang, another New Left economist, said in a blog post last month that the New Left should support Mr. Xi because his recent speeches showed he had fully absorbed their political agenda.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry, which usually handles inquiries from the foreign press, didn't respond to a request for comment for this article.
Mr. Xi's use of Maoist imagery, rhetoric and strategy sets him apart from his two predecessors—who both emphasized collective leadership—and suggests to many party insiders that he won't pursue meaningful political reform during the 10 years he is expected to stay in power.
In fact, he appears to be doubling down on China's authoritarian political model, while borrowing elements of Mr. Bo's Maoist revivalism and media-savvy politics to boost his own stature and revive public support for the party, according to political insiders and analysts.
Last month Mr. Xi launched a yearlong campaign to strengthen and purify the party that for many insiders is a conscious echo of Mao's "rectification" movements to purge rivals and enforce ideological discipline.
He has commanded army generals and senior officers to reconnect with the "masses" by serving as privates for 15 days minimum.
The new Chinese leadership has also ordered officials to combat the spread of "seven serious problems" including universal values, press freedom, civil society and judicial independence.
At the same time, state media have published a series of attacks on civil society and "constitutionalism"—the idea that the party's power be limited by China's existing constitution.
Human-rights groups say police have detained dozens of political activists in recent weeks, including Xu Zhiyong, a constitutional lawyer who has called for officials to declare their financial assets publicly. The government hasn't commented on Mr. Xu's detention.
Mr. Xi's attitude toward political reform is a critical issue in China today because the country may be entering a prolonged period of slower economic growth and mounting public discontent over environmental problems, patchy public services and widespread corruption.
The new Chinese leadership has sent clear signals that it plans to unveil a package of economic reforms this year to stimulate domestic consumption as an alternative growth engine to the investment and exports that have powered the economy for the past 30 years.
On the political front, however, Mr. Xi has shown no sign of considering even limited liberalization, party insiders say. "Xi is really starting to show his true colors," said one childhood friend who recalls Mr. Xi spending hours reading books on Marxist and Maoist theory as a teenager. "I think this is just the beginning."
That friend and others who have known Messrs. Xi and Bo for many years said they had been deeply affected by the experience of their fathers, both revolutionary heroes who were jailed by Mao in the 1960s and rehabilitated after his death.
Yet rather than losing faith in one-party rule, both Mr. Xi and Mr. Bo had worked harder than many contemporaries to prove their allegiance to Mao as young men, and had been left with a heightened sense of how to get ahead in Chinese politics.
"Their thinking is quite similar: They have the same Maoist education, the same red family background, and the same experiences growing up," said Zhang Lifan, a historian whose father was a senior official. "When they face a problem, they revert quickly to Maoist thinking."
No one expects Mr. Xi to turn the clock back to the Mao era, during which millions of Chinese died as a result of political campaigns and a man-made famine.
Mr. Xi's predecessor, Hu Jintao, also paid public homage to Mao, as did the president before him, Jiang Zemin, and both carried out limited campaigns to root out corruption in the party. But neither launched those campaigns so early in their tenures, or in such explicitly Maoist terms.
Mr. Xi's political posturing is all the more striking in the context of the controversy surrounding Mr. Bo, whose wife was convicted last year of murdering a British businessman.
After Mr. Bo was detained, many in the party concluded that he made powerful enemies through his policies in Chongqing, the city he governed, which included a crackdown on organized crime and a campaign to revive Maoist values through mass renditions of revolutionary songs.
Now, however, party insiders are saying that the charges against Mr. Bo are far less severe than expected.
They believe that Mr. Xi has struck a deal with Mr. Bo's supporters and other "princelings"—sons and daughters of party chieftains—under which Mr. Bo will plead guilty to lesser charges as long as no further action is taken against his family and allies, or other princelings whose families have gotten rich in recent years.
In exchange, many of Mr. Bo's former supporters and several powerful princelings have thrown their weight behind Mr. Xi's efforts to establish himself as much a stronger leader than his predecessor, the party insiders said.
Mr. Xi spent much of his first few months in office trying to reunify the party by appealing to different interest groups, including advocates of limited political reform such as the sons of Hu Yaobang, a reformist party chief who was close to Mr. Xi's father but was ousted by hard-liners in 1987.
But people in the latter camp were alarmed when Mr. Xi made a speech in December in which he declared that the Soviet Union had collapsed because of a lack of ideological conviction among its leaders, and because there was no "real man" to stop the process.
In June, the transcript of a speech by Hu Yaobang's second son, Hu Dehua, was posted online in which he directly contradicted Mr. Xi's analysis, arguing that the Soviet Union collapsed because a privileged elite monopolized power and resources for its own benefit.
"We blame everyone else, but never try to find problems from within. Is this a correct attitude?" he said.
Hu Dehua confirmed that the transcript online was his, but declined further comment, telling the Journal: "I've said everything I want to say."
Party insiders say his views are shared by senior people in the party, but many of them are now in their 70s or 80s and have dwindling political influence.
Advocates of political liberalization have been further dismayed in recent weeks by a spate of attacks on constitutionalism and civil society in prominent party publications, some of them penned by prominent New Leftists.
"Just as liberals pinned their hopes on Xi supporting their agenda, the New Left saw an opportunity when Xi's rhetoric veered to the left and adopted Maoist overtones," said Joseph Fewsmith, an expert on Chinese politics at Boston University.
More important, Mr. Xi was given a highly unusual public endorsement last month from former President Jiang, who was once a patron of Mr. Bo and is still considered the leader of an influential group of current and retired party officials.
A statement on the Foreign Ministry website said Mr. Jiang had met with Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State, in Shanghai and declared that "a big country like China with a population of 1.3 billion needs a strong and capable leader."
Mr. Jiang described Mr. Xi as "a wise leader who can really get things done," the statement said.
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Drink this:
2009 St. Somewhere Syrah. $9.99 worth of delicious. A fuller bodied syrah, with hints of jam but on the dry side for a syrah. I would definitely not only buy this again, but buy several bottles to keep in the house for whatevs.
Don't drink that:
Trader Joe's label 2010 Petite Sirah. Candy in a bottle. I will be saving this opened and unfinished bottle of pancake syrup for use in cooking, or even more likely to make hot mulled wine when/if it ever cools off in Los Angeles for the winter.
Make some roasted garbanzo beans to munch with your wine. This is the easiest thing to make on the planet. You can literally use whatever herbs and spices suit your fancy or you happen to have on hand. Roast in the oven until they reach desired crispness for a sophisticated bar snack.
Rinse garbanzos in a colander until the starchy thick canning fluid is rinsed down the drain.
Toss on cookie sheet.
By hand, I mix the beans with about a tablespoon of olive oil per can. On the night in question, officer, I tossed also with cumin, smoked paprika, and Lawry's season salt. Taste the uncooked beans as you season, add a little at a time, you can always add more.
Spread one bean deep across a cookie sheet. Bake at 350f for about an hour. I like mine to retain a little moisture so they're not too crunchy. Dryer than a little al dente, but not much.
Serve up in little ramekins, drink and crunch at will.


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text: The latest robots and high-tech electronic warfare, silently watching over soldiers as they sleep. Rickety but vital helicopters whose pilots devise new tactics to make up for aging hardware. Hand-carried devices that promise to end age-old battlefield dilemmas but end up causing more problems than they solve. These are the most important techs in arguably the most important U.S. Army brigade in the waning months of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. The Texas-based 1st Brigade of the 1st Armored Division is the "last brigade" -- the final full-up combat unit with a major frontline role before American forces in Afghanistan switch to a strictly training and advisory role. 1st Brigade is the beneficiary of a last-minute influx of new and upgraded systems. Some of the basic hardware is decades-old but still proving its worth with new tactics. Other systems are so new that the bugs are just now being worked out. But all of the gear reflects the hard lessons of 12 years of war -- and offers a glimpse of the future as the Army pulls out of one conflict and prepares for others. Photo: David AxeRelease the Kraken! Named for the many-tentacled mythological creature, the Kraken is the latest and most fearsome defensive weapon for American bases. Bloodied by mass insurgent assaults on isolated Afghan outposts, two years ago the Army combined all the most sophisticated cameras, ground-scanning radars, acoustic gunshot-detectors and robotic machine gun mounts into a single, networked system with lots of deadly arms extending in all directions. Packed for transport inside a single shipping container, installed in the center of a walled outpost and monitored by a pair of soldiers with laptops, Kraken "offers the most force protection per cubic foot <href>compared to any other system," according to Tom O'Neill, the Army program manager. First Brigade has the first-ever copy of the Kraken to be deployed overseas.</href> Kraken is mostly autonomous. The mast-mounted radar detects people and vehicles and slews the cameras to follow them. The cameras, positioned alongside the radar, can also be pointed by sonic sensors that detect incoming gunfire and triangulate the source. At present, the two 7.62-millimeter guns, set atop an outpost's walls, are remotely controlled by the operators rather than slaved to the sensors, but Army sources say that could change in the future. At that point the new system will be able to keep watch over sleeping soldiers with practically zero human input. Photo: ArmyTrailblazing Robot Every few weeks 1st Brigade's forces will converge along with Afghan troops for so-called "clearance operations," flooding some isolated village with troops and equipment in a bid to flush out insurgents. Clearance ops are dangerous. Any village neglected by U.S. and Afghan troops for weeks or months at a time is likely to be heavily booby-trapped with buried bombs -- too many for any minerolling M-ATV to handle. To reinforce the vehicle-mounted rollers, 1st Brigade can call in the Doking, a tractor-size robot with tank-like treads and its own bomb-triggering mineroller. Built by a Croatian company specializing in finding and destroying landmines, Doking can be fitted with a variety of attachments, including firefighting gear and dozer blades in addition to the Army-standard mineroller. The five-ton 'bot is steered by a soldier with a handheld controller. "We'll walk right behind it," says Capt. Dennis Halleran, commander of a 1st Brigade company. "It's kind of slow, but it makes movement much safer." Photo: ArmyCombat Facebook The goal for most Army patrols in Afghanistan is gathering intelligence. Panther, a new prototype handheld device fielded by 1st Brigade, helps track every step a platoon takes, neatly arranging location, key events and imagery on a computer display, like a "combat Facebook timeline," according to Spec. Christopher Carroll, a brigade intel analyst. Based on an Android smartphone but without the phone capabilities, Panther is one of several handheld trackers in development by the Army as part of its semi-annual Network Integration Exercise war games in the Texas desert. One soldier per patrol carries the device, which automatically tracks the patrol's location over time while the soldier snaps photos and add text notations. Returning to base, the Panther can be plugged into a laptop or desktop computer to automatically download a step-by-step recap of where the patrol went, what it did and what it saw. Problem is, the software back-end for the new device doesn't always work, making it impossible to download, according to Carroll. He's hoping future versions are less buggy. Photo: ArmyThe Things They Carried Almost everything they need to attack and defend, the soldiers of 1st Brigade must carry on their backs. To their basic loads of weapons, ammo and body armor weighing 30 pounds or more, the young soldiers add up to another 100 pounds of gear, including radios, night vision goggles, and systems for finding and disabling insurgent bombs -- plus batteries for all these systems. The bomb-defeating gear has steadily accumulated since the first Improvised Explosive Devices struck U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan in the early years of those wars. Today a 1st Brigade squad carries: radio-signal jammers to disrupt remote-triggered bombs, metal detectors for snooping buried metallic bombs and ground-penetrating radar for detecting bombs without metal components. The soldiers are grateful for the protection, but the bomb gear's added weight -- and the tactics for using it -- makes movement very, very slow. On one typical patrol in mid-April, it took one squad more than two hours to walk half a mile. On another April mission to apprehend a suspected Taliban commander, brigade troopers moved so slowly that the suspect was able to escape on a motorcycle. Photo: David AxeBattle Taxi The Stryker eight-wheeled armored vehicle was developed by General Dynamics in the mid-1990s as a speedy, roomy, lightweight battle taxi that could be flown directly into a warzone aboard a C-130 transport. Nearly 20 years later, the Stryker has evolved into something entirely different. It's bigger, owing to bolt-on slats to protect against rockets. It's heavier and slower thanks to a host of new weapons, radios and jammers. It's less roomy now that its bottom hull has been redesigned to better resist buried bombs. And these days it's never, ever, flown into combat. Despite its evolution -- some would so devolution -- the Stryker is not unpopular with the troops. It's a smoother, quieter ride than a tracked armored vehicle. And its high-tech systems make the vehicle equally adept at long-range scanning and eavesdropping as it as direct combat. You just don't want to have to sleep overnight in one. One thing the cramped Stryker was not meant to be is a motel. Photo: David AxeRolling Pin When it was originally fielded four years ago, the Oshkosh M-ATV -- the all-terrain model of the four-wheeled Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected armored truck -- was meant to haul soldiers around the bomb-strewn battlefields of Afghanistan. But 1st Brigade uses the more capacious Strykers for that role, and has adapted the M-ATV for a new mission as a mineroller. In essence, a giant rolling pin. Almost every vehicle patrol 1st Brigade goes on is led by a M-ATV fitted with a two-ton, cylindrical device attached to its front. The roller is heavy enough to set off most buried, pressure-activated bombs -- and extends far enough from the M-ATV's crew cabin that the resulting explosion is unlikely to hurt the occupants. But it will shake them up real good. Photo: David AxeAerial Scout The Army's Kiowa scout helicopter flew for the first time in 1961. The nimble, quad-blade copter is anything but new, but upgrades and fresh tactics have kept it on the frontlines for more than 50 years. The Kiowas patrolling over 1st Brigade's positions in Kandahar are on the bleeding edge of rotary-wing warfare. Fitted with a top-mounted camera plus guns and rockets, the two-person Kiowas can be seen flying in the company of bigger, heavier Apache gunships -- a new tactic in Afghanistan. In years prior, Kiowas flew mostly with other Kiowas, and Apaches with other Apaches. Pairing the two types makes up for each copter's weaknesses. The diminutive, lightly-equipped Kiowas fly at treetop height, spotting targets for the less maneuverable but more heavily-armed Apaches. If the Kiowa spots insurgents, the Apache can unleash its massive firepower. Plus, the Kiowa is small enough to land on roads or in fields so that ground troops can speak face to face with the copter crew without having to use radio -- a useful trick while coordinating complex raids against insurgents. The Kiowa's close proximity to the fighting comes at a cost. One of the scout copters in Kandahar crashed in March, killing one of its crew. Photo: ArmySlow Biometrics Keeping tab on suspected insurgents is at the core of the Army's mission in Afghanistan. First Brigade and other units use the Secure Electronic Enrollment Kit, or SEEK, a handheld iris-scanner, fingerprinting and data-entry system. SEEK is indispensable ... and a huge burden. It can take 20 minutes or longer for a SEEK unit to boot up and register with its wireless network. If a unit is, say, chasing after a fleeing insurgent and crosses paths with other suspected bad guys, it must choose between continuing the pursuit or stopping, setting up the SEEK and registering the new guys to verify their identities. That very thing occurred on a 1st Brigade patrol in Zari district in mid-April. Opting to register the new suspects, the platoon lost track of their original prey. Like many of the technologies the Army has developed over the last 12 years of war, SEEK can be both an advantage and a liability. For better or worse, the Army in Afghanistan in 2013 is defined in large part by its hardware. Photo: David Axe


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It's a done deal now. After working through a pair of preliminary votes over the summer, the Gorham Fayette Board of Education voted Monday to seek renewal of the district's 7.0-mill operating levy.
The levy is due to expire this year and passage at the Nov. 6 general election would guarantee nearly a quarter million dollars of general operating funds for each of the next five years.
The motion passed by the same 3-2 vote recorded on the preliminary measures, with board president Kelly Bentley and trustee David Brinegar opposing the measure.
Because the levy seeks renewal and not replacement, the effective millage rate is actually 6.16 rather than seven.
Fulton County Auditor Nancy Yackee spoke with board members about financial issues, leading up to a meeting with district treasurer Angel Adamski today.
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For the first time, all 11 co-hosts of ABC's "The View" — past and present — will share the same stage, live, to bid adieu to the show's creator Barbara Walters. The reunion will take place on Thursday, May 15.
The following day, after more than five decades on the air, Walters will say farewell to daily television with her final co-host appearance on "The View." Walters, the last remaining co-host of the original panel of five women, will continue to be an active part of "The View" in her role as executive producer, along with executive producer Bill Geddie, her producing partner of more than 25 years.
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Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Joy Behar, Debbie Matenopoulos, Lisa Ling, Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck will join Sherri Shepherd, Jenny McCarthy, Whoopi Goldberg and Walters for the goodbye show.
"Barbara Walters' status as a trailblazer, a legend and an icon are undeniable," said Paul Lee, president of ABC Entertainment. "By creating a talk show panel with multiple hosts she changed the daytime landscape with a concept that is now widely emulated. It's a true testament to her legacy. We are grateful to her and recognize her enormous contribution to ABC Entertainment and the indelible mark she has left on television."
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Last May, Walters said that the show's 17th season would be her last. Since then, "The View" has been celebrating Walters' career by highlighting her most famous interviews with the ongoing series, "The Year of Barbara."
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It's understandable that as parents, we want to shield our kids from the harsh realities of the world.
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Dear Frank,
Your letter of 25th ult is at hand and was gladly welcomed. Yes the dreadful war is over, thanks be to Him who has ruled & over-ruled preserving our Nation and Government intact and fixing it upon a firmer foundation than ever before. Now I pray that this same hand may guide our rulers & the conquered but not subdued rebels in the re-organizing & putting in operation the State Governments. There is great reason to fear on this score heart brimmings & bitter political strife. Your views & mine & indeed almost all men coincide as to the course to be pursued at present & for the future. It is quite probable there will be many differences as to detail.
For my individual self, to avoid bitter strife & feelings I would have preferred, that the whole gang of Confederate leaders had escaped from the country, but when I look at the horrid soul sickening record of the murder by inches of our poor prisoners to the number of perhaps 50,000 I cannot but feel that its doubly damned infamous authors ought to swing high as Haman. Jeff Davis & his chief officers are directly responsible for this infamous - nay infernal wholesale murder - a crime as far more infamous as light is from darkness, that the wholesale butchery by Santa Ana or by Forest at Fort Pillow. Horror & righteous indignation fill the mind at the very thought.
Most sincerely do I congratulate you & yours on the prosperity which our Heavenly Father has vouchsafed to you all. Surely such a family of children are a blessing indeed, & for much of this under God are you & they indebted to the wise christian training of a judicious self denying wife & mother. Surely her children & childrens children will wise up and call her blessed. She has her reward. Give my regards to Adelia & her husband. His name I have forgotten. I congratulate them on his good fortune as a soldier, while he has proved his devotion to that countrys best interests. May God bless him and his.
Nora Howard, that was, the widow Mrs. Duncan, that is, is now visiting us. A young widow of 27. She is just the same good affectionate Nora, that we parted with so many years ago. Her husbands relatives & her home are now at Evansville, Indiana. She may stay with us for the summer.
My own health has varied very much. At one time some six weeks since I was very very sick with Pneumonia. I thought it was the closing struggle but God did not so order it & now I am about the house & ride out a little. But I am a hopeless invalid awaiting my Heavenly fathers summons. May we all be ready is the prayer of Your affectionate uncle Warren Jenkins. We reciprocate your kind regards.
I'm including this letter, even though I don't know who Frank (the recipient) is nor Warren Jenkins (the sender) because I found it interesting. I also don't know where Rose Cottage is located. I wonder if Warren Jenkins could be related in some way to James W. Rose and his sister Mary J. Rose.
Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9, 1865 and President Lincoln was assassinated less than a week later.
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Ron Gardenhire and the Minnesota Twins might be anticipating another playoff-less season, but that doesn't mean they're not having a lot of fun. During the run of Wichita State in the NCAA Tournament, some members of the Twins pulled a fast one on Mike Pelfrey.
Pelfrey is an alum of Wichita State. A few days ago, Gardenhire called Pelfrey into his office telling him that Wichita State was looking for "big celebrity guys that went there to pump them up." After convincing Pelfrey to do a motivational speech, Gardy called up the players clubhouse a room down the hall and the hilarity ensues.
Just go get them. In one way, you could just consider this the first "perfect game" of the 2014 MLB season.