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The walls are up around the crash sled, the safety glass is in place and the dummies are ready to ride. Kettering's Crash Safety Center officially opened Aug. 25.
The Crash Safety Center at Kettering University officially opened Aug. 25, with hundreds of visitors attending grand opening ceremonies and public tours. Research done in Kettering's new facility will make automobiles and other forms of transportation safer for everyone, especially children and infants.
SpartaKUs, the adult-sized test dummy in the Center, was relegated to diplomatic duty as his child-sized colleague, Buster, got to ride the crash sled rails in a Cosco Children Safety seat for its debut run. Both dummies will provide a wealth of information and understanding of occupant protection in crash safety research.
Kettering President Stan Liberty welcomed the crowd, saying the Crash Safety Center is a modern facility where Kettering faculty and students, along with corporate partners, will begin to study the interaction between structural crash mechanics and occupant protection. "An important part of this new center at Kettering is a larger vision, however," he said. "It includes a Bio-Engineering curriculum - which is currently under development -- and a Crash Safety Industrial Advisory Board, whose members represent leading experts and advocates from industry and business."
Janet Brelin-Fornari, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, thanked the 22 corporate sponsors that helped make Kettering's Crash Safety Center a reality. "Since 2003, so many volunteers have given of their time to create this world-class facility," she said. "It is a one-of-a-kind education and research facility. And it makes Kettering University the only university in the country that can offer undergraduate students this kind of curriculum in crash safety."
Brelin-Fornari, who is directing the Crash Safety Center, then introduced three guest speakers to represent the industry, community and government aspects of Kettering's crash safety effort.
Representing industry was Jack Jensen, who is supervising engineer in vehicle safety and crash worthiness for General Motors. Jensen said he appreciated the opportunity to participate in the opening of such an important safety facility. "Usually, I'm known as the guy who spends a lot of time with dummies," he quipped. "Most engineers... who develop systems for cars don't learn the specifics of safety. The young engineers who train here will be able to make a contribution early on, rather than later. That is paramount in safety issues."
Jensen said the country still suffers 42,000 fatalities in traffic accidents a year, plus another 360,000 injuries annually. Losses cost an estimated $230 billion in the United States each year, even though today's automobiles are rated five times safer than just a few years ago, Jensen added.
Richard Miller spoke on behalf of Kettering's partners in the community. He is the manager of community safety services for AAA Michigan. He said Kettering's new state-of-the-art facility will provide automotive engineers and child car seat manufacturers with vital information to better protect occupants, especially children, during automobile crashes.
"The center will also play an integral role in educating child safety seat technicians throughout Michigan and our country so that they can better assist parents and other caregivers in keeping their children safe.
"As a retired Michigan State Police trooper, I've witnessed firsthand what can happen to kids who are unbelted, or improperly belted, prior to a crash. It's a sobering and tragic scene. By working with traffic safety research partners, such as Kettering University, AAA is helping to ensure that the only families who are damaged or destroyed in a Michigan crash are the dummies who work here at Kettering's Crash Safety Center."
Congressman Dale Kildee, a Democrat from Flint who represents Michigan's Fifth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, spoke during the ceremony as a representative of Kettering's relationship with government. He said Congress has important work to do and needs to be guided by professionals in engineering. "We can't go far without sound engineering," he said.
Kildee congratulated Kettering for its accomplishments. "Flint thanks you. Michigan thanks you. And I thank you for all you've done. We'll watch what you're doing here and ask you to advise us."
Other special guests at the grand opening included Jane Warner, chair of the Kettering University Board of Trustees, and Trustee Sam Mancuso. Kettering President Emeritus Jim John, under whose leadership this Crash Safety Center was developed, attended the ceremony.
While the focus of the Center is to study the interaction between structural crash mechanics (what happens to the vehicle during a crash) and occupant protection (what happens to the people inside), it is also part of a larger vision which includes a Bio-Engineering curriculum, currently under development, a Crash Safety Industrial Advisory Board that integrates academia and industry and community outreach.
Occupant safety in automobiles is becoming increasingly important as Federal Motor Vehicle Safety standards are added or mode more stringent every year. The Crash Safety Center puts Kettering on the cutting edge of training engineers who will better understand the role of vehicle design on occupant protection.
Undergraduate and graduate students will participate in hands-on crash test safety research in the Center. In addition to augmenting curriculum and research opportunities at Kettering, the Center will provide resources for community education programs including research to be conducted for AAA Michigan on an improved design for child/infant seats. It will also enhance Kettering pre-college programs, allow Kettering to be involved in more industry consulting projects and enable undergraduate and graduate student to work with faculty and industry on product development.
"The Crash Safety Center has three components, a deceleration sled, a component test area, and a dedicated computer based classroom," said Brelin-Fornari.
The deceleration sled is a large piece of test equipment on which the interior of the vehicle (also known as a "buck") is placed along with test dummies, vehicle safety systems (airbags, seat belts), instrumentation, and high-speed video. The buck is propelled down a track up to 42 mph and is decelerated using pneumatics to simulate the abrupt stop during a crash.
The component test area allows for the study of impact on specific pieces, such as a crash test dummy's head or legs. Lastly, the computer classroom allows students to review data from the test instrumentation and learn how to set up and perform virtual crash tests. Undergraduates will use the lab through the Mechanical Engineering Occupant Protection course and Collision Reconstruction course. Also, a lab component to Physics I will be implemented.
"The lab is multi disciplined," explained Brelin-Fornari, "so faculty from Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Manufacturing Engineering and Science and Mathematics including Physics and Chemistry will use the lab for research."
An important resident of the Center is a crash test dummy named SpartaKUs, donated by Robert A. Denton, Inc. of Rochester Hills, Mich. SpartaKUs is a 50th percentile male anthropomorphic test device (ATD). The crash test dummy offers a hands-on element to the crash safety curriculum.
Donors supporting the Crash Lab include: General Motors Corp., Dane and Mary Louise Miller, Lear, Biomet, AAA Michigan, AMG Foundation, Autoliv, Callaway Golf, Crash Lab Support, Delphi, Dorel, Global Testing and Engineering Services, Inc., Grand Blanc Cement, Harley Davidson Motor Company, Hewlitt Packard, Jonhson Controls, Kettering University, MSI-Entran, McNaughton McKay, Photron (Motion Engineering) R. A. Denton, State of Michigan, TRW, Takata. These donations and the involvement of these well-known firms help to establish Kettering as one of the up and coming resources in the area of crash test safety and Collision reconstruction.
There is also support from the safety industry in the form of an executive advisory board, which helps guide the automotive Crash Safety Program curriculum, laboratories and co-op experience at Kettering. Representatives from the contributing companies named above, as well as McLaren Regional Medical Center, Johnson Controls, Ford, Wayne State University, Delphi, TNO Madymo Automotive, Kayser-Threde, Holcomb Engineering, the Office of Highway and Safety Planning - State of Michigan and Savage Engineering participate in bi-annual meetings.
Automotive Crash Safety was added to the Kettering curriculum in 2001, with recent advances made in curriculum including a class on Vehicular Crash Dynamics and Collision Reconstruction, which may be the only course of its kind available to undergraduate students in the country, , according to Dr. Massoud Tavakoli, professor of Mechanical Engineering, who teaches the course with Brelin-Fornari.
For more information about the Crash Safety Center at Kettering, call (800) 955-4464.
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THE flagship store of Frontier International (M) Sdn Bhd, a global producer of halal health supplements, was launched in Petaling Jaya recently by Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir.
Also present at the launch were Frontier International founder and president Dr Suk Jee Jong, the nation's first astronaut and one of the company's partners, Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) director Azizi Meor Nyah.
Dr Jong said: "Frontier International's products are backed by the advanced Nanotechnology, which is an elegant process of minimising the sizes while maximising the potency of molecules and biochemical of the various raw materials for better and efficient human absorption.
"We are confident that this flagship store will be an avenue for Malaysians who are seeking quality products for health and wellness using the latest technology available today."
Currently, Frontier International's products are available in 52 countries worldwide.
Its range of healthcare and personal care products, including the Angkasa Series were developed by four lead scientists namely Dr Suk Jee Jong, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar, Dr Carlo Delucca and Dr Massimiliano Conti.
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In his speech during the launch of the Angkasa Series, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor said, "I am a firm believer of the motto, 'What the mind believes, the body can achieve'. Therefore, it is with great excitement that I have partnered with Frontier International to develop the Angkasa Series which is also the first full halal health supplements and personal care products available as a complete combination.
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Poor Sony. First the A77/NEX7 bashfest and now the HX100V.
Sony needs better trolls that sabotage the other companies camera releases better.
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Kelly currently appears in 30 videos and 70 sets of pictures. That isn't exactly a whole lot of smut, but you do get some great variety. You can watch Kelly take part in a lesbian threesome and then enjoy the show as some lucky guy fucks her tight pussy. After that, you can catch a performance recorded at a strip club or look through some photos that show her posing in a sexy outfit while very pregnant.
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When you're a kid, anything is possible. With a bit of crayon, cardboard boxes can become helmets, or even space ships. All it takes is a bit of imagination. Replace that crude packaging with something as refined a Tesla Model S and that fantasy world can kick into overdrive.
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- Who are caregivers, and what do they do?
- Communication
- Understanding the health care system
- Making health decisions
- Long-distance caregiving
- The treatment timeline
- Organizing medical treatment and paperwork
- Taking care of yourself
- Asking for help
- Job, insurance, and money concerns
- Legal issues
- To learn more about caregiving and coping
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Asking for help
Caregivers need a range of support services to stay healthy, be good caregivers, and stay in the caregiving role. But they often don't know where to go for help or how to accept help.
Caregivers have been shown to have less distress and feel less burdened when they have social support. In fact, in one study, neither age or cancer stage affected the caregivers as much as having a network of people around them as a support system. Human connections can help you stay strong. Let people know what you need and ask for help. You cannot and should not try to be responsible for all the caregiving by yourself.
Can I count on family and friends for help?
You need to know who you can talk to and count on for help. Families facing cancer can become stronger. If family members do not offer help, or if you need more help than they can give you, you may be able to set up a circle of friends to help you. Church members, neighbors, and others may be willing to help. Include them in "family meetings." Share information with them on the patient's condition, needs, and care.
One way to make it easier to get help is to set up a website that lets people sign up for different jobs or tasks to help get things done for the patient and for yourself. People can look on the website to see what's been signed up for and what's still needed of the task list you post. (See Lotsa Helping Hands and CaringBridge websites in the "To learn more" section.) You may still have to recruit "offline" volunteers to help with things no one signs up for.
They may not be able to be a part of your loved one's care every day, but perhaps a friend can come once a week for 3 or 4 hours so that you can take time for yourself. Someone else may be able to be there for an hour or 2 twice a week so you can go to a support group, shopping, or church. See the section below called "Can I take a break or time for myself?" for more ideas.
How do I take care of my children during this time?
If you have young children, you'll need to figure out how to take care of them and their needs while you are caring for the person with cancer. Juggling children's schedules and trying to keep their lives as normal as possible often requires a great deal more help from friends and family members. As you are setting up care for the person with cancer, you may also need to tap into other parents and trusted neighbors for help with your children.
Children can sense stress in their family members and notice that there's less time for them. They may start to have trouble in school or act like they did when they were younger. Even though your time is limited, you'll need to take time to check in with them to learn about their fears and concerns.
For more information, see our documents called Helping Children With Cancer in the Family: Dealing with Diagnosis and Helping Children With Cancer in the Family: Dealing With Treatment.
How do I get professional help?
It's normal to feel overwhelmed sometimes by the responsibilities of care. But if it becomes a constant problem, you may need to see a mental health professional. Below is a list of serious signs of trouble. Get professional help if you:
- Feel depressed, physically sick, or hopeless
- Feel like hurting yourself or hurting or yelling at the people you care for
- Depend too heavily on alcohol or recreational drugs
- Fight with your spouse, children, stepchildren, or other family members and friends
- No longer take care of yourself
If you decide you do need help, usually the first people to ask are members of the cancer care team. They might know more about who works with people caring for those with cancer in your area. For more on recognizing when you or your loved ones may need help with emotional issues, see our document called Anxiety, Fear, and Depression.
Can I take a break or time for myself?
Most caregivers hesitate to take a break from their caregiving responsibilities, even for a short time. In fact, most would probably feel guilty if they did this. But no one can be a caregiver every day, 24 hours a day, for many months and even years. Try to get out of the house and away from your loved one every day – even if it's only to take a short walk or shop for food. If you can't leave the patient alone and don't have friends or family to relieve you, you may want to look into getting professional help.
Respite care is the term used to describe short-term, temporary relief for those who are caring for family members who might otherwise need professional care. Respite is a short break from the exhausting challenges of being a caregiver. It has been shown to help keep family caregivers healthy and improve their sense of wellbeing.
In most cases, the respite caregiver comes to the home and gets to know the patient, the family routine, and things like where medicines are stored. Sitter-companion services are one respite option. This is sometimes offered by local civic groups, church or religious groups, and other community organizations. A regular sitter-companion can provide friendly respite care for a few hours, once or twice a week. Be sure that the sitter-companion knows what to do if there's an emergency while the caregiver is gone.
Another type of respite uses a specialized, local facility where the patient may stay for a few days or even a few weeks. This gives the caregiver a chance to take a vacation from caregiving and catch their breath, whether or not they leave town.
Depending on the state, Medicaid or Medicare may help cover the costs. Also check with the patient's health insurance to see what kind of respite help might be offered. See the "To learn more about caregiving and coping" section for groups that can help you find respite care where you live.
Are there tools to help the patient be more independent?
Assistive devices are tools that can help a person be more independent and make your job a little easier. You may also hear these called adaptive equipment or independent living aids. These tools can be something as simple as a cane, or as complex as a high-tech lift used to move the patient. Some other examples are walkers, wheelchairs, shower chairs, bath mats, grab bars, portable commodes, or urinals. Monitored medical response systems, webcams, and intercom systems are other options that can help some patients feel safer and give the caregiver peace of mind. But even little things like a pill organizer or large wall calendar can make things easier for everyone.
Think about the tasks the person with cancer wants or needs to do and how these devices may make it easier or safer. If you're not sure, talk to your health care team or maybe an occupational therapist about tools that might help at home. These professionals can give you ideas for ways to help the patient. They can also help you find out where to buy or rent the assistive devices you need. And some may be covered by health insurance, too.
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While much of the populace still harbors residual resentment and ill-will towards musician/filmmaker Fred Durst for his rap-rock tresspasses and early aughts omnipresence, the Limp Bizkit frontman has undeniably contributed to modern cinema in a film that is already being considered a contemporary classic
How's that? Well, Fred Durst directed, and further-boosted the career of, Jesse Eisenberg in his filmmaking debut "The Education Of Charlie Banks" in 2007. While Eisenberg was already ostenibly "discovered" in 2005 by Noah Baumbach for his breakout turn in The Squid In The Whale," the major difference is that Durst is friends with director David Fincher, so when it was time for "The Social Network" creator to cast his young Facebook creator, the singer/rapper recommended Eisenberg. Now nominated for his first Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Oscar, the rest, as they say, is history.
Anyway, Fred Durst is now mounting his
sophomore third feature filmmaking effort. Titled the "Pawn Shop Chronicles," the thriller, dubbed a "hillbilly 'Pulp Fiction,' " by its producers, will star Paul Walker, he of the crystal blue eyes you just want to swim in and the "Fast And Furious" franchise.
Lionsgate will distribute the picture in the U.S. and the film centers on a maze of interconnected tales that focus on the disappearance of a wedding ring, and a wild goose chase that leads to run-ins with Elvis impersonators, Meth addicts and racist skinheads.
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Massive blaze continues to rage for second night: Four Border Guard police officers hurt by smoke inhalation, firefighters rescued from northern community of Nir Etzion earlier. Some 30 firefighting aircraft to battle flames Saturday
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Israel's deadliest fire, which claimed the lives of at least 41 people, continues to rage for second night in a row: Several firefighters were rescued from the flames in the northern community of Nir Etzion Friday night, as authorities were preparing to launch a major operation to battle the flames Saturday.
Early Saturday, four Border Guard police officers were lightly hurt by smoke inhalation after being trapped near the northern community of Ein Hod.
The four were rescued and taken to Rambam hospital in Haifa, Magen David Adom spokesman Zaki Heller said.
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While the blaze rages on, officials at the fire command post are planning to renew major aerial firefighting efforts on Saturday after halting them at night. Authorities are preparing a complex operation utilizing some 30 firefighting aircraft. The effort will be coordinated by Air Force officials who enlisted for the cause.
Speaking at a briefing Friday, Police Commissioner Dudi Cohen said he hoped the fire would be extinguished by Saturday night. He added that officials will soon find out whether the massive blaze was the result of arson or negligence.
Israeli firefighters received massive assistance from many states worldwide, including Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Jordan, Britain, Turkey, France, the United States, Egypt, Italy, Croatia, Romania, Azerbaijan, Switzerland, and Spain. On Friday, the US Administration announced that it was dispatching three firefighting experts to Israel as well as large quantities of fire retardant chemicals.
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Eagle Wind Trail
Eagle wind is a nice 4 mile intermediate trail at Rabbit Mountain Open Space Park. It's got a little bit of everything: easy switchbacks, rocky sections and some great turns. It's also well marked so you won't get lost. It's short, but has good elevation gain without ever getting too steep. Most of the trail is single track with only short sections of dirt/fire road. If you are looking for a great ride to practice your skills and get more comfortable riding on the kind of trails we have here in Boulder County, look no further!
Early season note: This is often one of the first Boulder County trail systems to dry out, so early season it may be the only place to ride when the other trails are wet and all mud.
The trail starts out going up some great intermediate single track. Beginner's option: if this is too difficult ride across the flats with some great views of prairie dogs and turn left up the dirt road and ride it up a steep hill about 4/10th of a mile to the trail junction. At the Eagle Wind sign turn right to do the lollypop. or turn left to go down some sweet single track back to the trail head.
After you reached the top of the trail about 0.5 miles if you go straight you will be on the Little Thompson Trail, so go right to stay on Eagle Wind. You will cross the road the beginners took to get to the trail. After going a 0.5 mile you will reach the loop. This trail is fun in either direction. The loop has no major changes in elevation and just a few technical sections. After completing the loop it's all down hill enjoy.
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City Guide : KarachiMarco Polo mentions the Indus Valley as "the River of Kingdoms." The region that reaches from the Arabian Sea to Karakoram and Hindu Kush Mountains, has a land so fertile that it has been subjected to the rule of every empire since the beginning of time, such that even Alexander the Great had ridden his horse upon these lands. Today's Karachi is the most important city of Pakistan, which govern the region for half a century now. Karachi, on the shore of the Indian Ocean, is the most populous city of Pakistan. The city which is the capital of the Sindh region, was founded on a point close to where the Indus River flows to the sea as a fishermen's village. It was close to the sea, it had a secure location and fertile lands. The English, who took control of the region with time, built a port to the village in mid 19th century and started transporting the agricultural production of the region elsewhere. Karachi had become the most efficient agricultural producer of the British Empire in 1914. In 1924, an airport was built and thus the city had become the main entrance gate to India. Muslim immigrants from India were located in Karachi which became the capital city of Pakistan when it declared its independence in 1947. A great economic and demographic transformation took place. But the transformation did not affect the fact that Karachi is still the most important economic and industrial center of the country and it controls the trade of Pakistan with countries overseas and the countries of the Middle East. The economic expansion that the country experiences is the result of the economic comeback of Karachi.
Tourist AttractionsThe monumental mausoleum of the founder of the modern Pakistan, Muhammed Ali Jinnah, who is also known as "Quaid-i Azam", made of white marble is a must see. The mausoleum reflects the spirit of the city. Both native and foreign, many visitors go there starting from early morning to climb the white stairs and get in line-patiently and respectfully- to get close to the middle section where Jinnah rests.
The world's largest domed mosque is located in Karachi. The dome of Masjid-e Tooba is 72 meters in diameter and it does not have any columns or pillars. The balance is achieved by the low walls that surround the dome from the ground. The mosque, which has a capacity of approximately five thousand people, was built in 1969.
The Empress Market is one of the places where visitors of Pakistan stop by the most. As the Frere Hall which was used as a train station, museum, and library before; the Empress market has a neo-classical structure that belongs to the time of Queen Victoria. Also there are many churches similar to those in Europe.
Clifton is the closest one of the many beaches in the city, to downtown. The people of Karachi enjoy family picnics on this long beach. Horserides and camelrides are organized. There is an aquarium and a theme park close to the beach. Although the Hawke's Beach, a couple of kilometers away from the city, offers the delights of swimming and camelrides, the beach also is the home where caretta caretta's lay their eggs. The Sandspit Beach, which is located in the northwest part of Karachi, host not only the caretta carettas but also the Olive Ridley turtles which take their name from their olive colors and their heart-shaped shells.
The beaches are most enjoyable during spring months, As summer months bring the monsoon rains, it is very rainy during that period. The city has a temperature average that enables swimming in the sea from September to June.
The tomb, Ziarat of Shah Qazi Abdullah, is especially crowded during evening hours. The sacred part of the tomb up the green and very long stars is quite impressive with its misty atmosphere combined with the smell of incense in the air. There are flowers surrounding the place. Visitors purchase flowers and a dessert made of sesame, and leave them at the tomb.
Karachi is a city that comes together with nature. While the fertile Indus Valley surround the city, elaborate parks in downtown also catch your eye. The largest park in Asia, Baghe-ibn-e-Qassim, is located in Karachi. The park is recognized as one of the most beautiful in the world. Among the theme parks, Aladdin, Sinbad, Safari, Hill, Koza Water, Sun Way Lagoon Water, Fiesta and Go-Aish stand out.
Culture & EntertainmentThe culture of Pakistan is visible both in the streets and museums of Karachi. Many important cultural establishments of the country are located in the city. The historical Hindu Gymkhana is of service as the National Academy of Visual Arts. Studies of classical music and modern theatre are ongoing in the academy.
In the National Arts Council, you can attend the readings of "mushaira", the traditional poem of ,especially, Pakistan and Northern India.Mushaira, called "mehfil" in the Urdu language, is a type similar to ghazal. You should visit the Museum of Mohatta Palace and the Pakistan National Museum as well.
There are also two major festivals in the city. The Music Festival, which more than three thousand people in Karachi follow, has been organized since 2004. The Kara Film Festival, which films and documentaries-both local and international- attend, is one of the most important connections of the country to cinema. The first one of this film festival was held in 2001.
In Pakistan and Karachi, which were under English rule for many years, Anglo-Saxon customs are continued. Examples for that can be denoted with the fact that cricket, golf, hockey, box, polo, and snooker-which is the most beloved type of billiards of the English- are the sports that the Pakistani people like the most.
While wandering around in Karachi, not only you can come by streets that remind you of England or the United States, but also you may find yourself back in the East. The salespeople, bazaars, and especially the outdoor laundromats beside rivers remind you in which part of the world you are, at once. That's why Dobi Gath, the largest outdoor laundromat, is a must-see.
Food & DrinkBe sure that you will find the best Pakistani dishes in Karachi. Boat Basin is the address regarding food in Karachi. The food court of the city, Boat Basin, which is a part of the Clifton Beach, houses the most famous restaurants. You can find traditional Pakistani dishes on Burns Road located in downtown. You can enjoy the seafood of Karachi, which was founded as a fishermen's village, in the restaurants on this street.
In Pakistani Cuisine; meat, vegetables and legumes are consumed in nearly equal amounts. Bread and rice are indispensables of the cuisine as well. Rice is eaten both plainly boiled and cooked together with vegetables, meat, and poultry.
The people of Pakistan enjoy eating. The taste and appearance of the dishes are critical for them. They use various spices in order to make the dishes tastier. Usually, these spice mixes are prepared specifically for the dishes they will be put in and consumed fresh. The most important one of these is the mix called "garam masala" and "biryani" is put in various meat packages as well. Pakistanis make "raita" by adding spices and herbs such as cummin and mint into yogurt, which they frequently consume. A type of raita is included in almost every meal.
The most beloved meat dishes that Pakistanis most frequently eat are tika (shish kebabs made of chicken), curry, and meatballs. Also meat cooked in "tandoor" called "tandoori" are among the most delicious dishes in the cuisine. Tandoor is a round, hemisphere shaped oven buried in the ground made of clay.
"Dhal" made of legumes-especially lentils, beans and chickpeas- is another important dish of the Pakistani people. Almost all cooking techniques such as roasting, frying, and boiling are used in the Pakistani Cuisine. In fact some dishes are prepared by combining all of these techniques. In Pakistan, many drinks made of fresh and dried fruits are consumed.
ShoppingThe Empress Market comes first among the most enjoyable shopping areas. Wholesalers of spices in stores with a Victorian Style stand out. Saddar, located downtown, houses many stores with varying sizes. It is mostly based on fabrics and clothing. Other famous shopping areas are Gulf Shopping Mall, Bahadurabad, Tariq Road, Zamzama, Zaib-un-nissa Street (Elphinestone Street), Hyderi, and Waterpump (Anarkali Bazar).
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text: Mel B joins X Factor panel 11 Jun 2014 Former Spice Girls star Melanie Brown is joining the judging panel for the new series of The X Factor, it has been confirmed. Share Share Share Story by UTV Staff, Belfast She will take her place alongside fellow judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh as filming for the upcoming series begins next week.Mel B rose to fame as a member of the globally successful 90s girl group The Spice Girls, best known for their huge hits including Wannabe, Spice up Your Life and Viva Forever.Mel's signing comes after she appeared as a guest judge on The X Factor in 2012.Speaking about her new appointment, she said: "I'm so excited to be joining The X Factor - I loved being a guest judge back in 2012."I've always thought honesty is the best policy when being a judge and that's what I'm going to bring more of this year - whether it's spotting an incredible singer, giving someone a reality check or debating with Simon over who's got it wrong!"Now I can't wait to get started and find some amazing talent."Simon added: "I am thrilled that Mel B has agreed to be a judge on The X Factor this year."I thought she was fantastic as a guest judge a couple of years ago. She is feisty, opinionated and, I believe, will be a great mentor."The X Factor will once again be hosted by presenter Dermot O'Leary.He said: "Mel was great as a guest judge a couple of years ago and she certainly doesn't mince her words. With Mel on the panel, along with Simon, Cheryl and Louis, I'll have my hands full - we're going to be in for an exciting year."Filming for the new series will begin next week with an audition tour taking place in four cities across the UK - Manchester, London, Newcastle and Edinburgh.And this year hopefuls will once again have to tackle two sets of audition rounds, starting with the closed rooms in which they find themselves face to face with the judges.If they impress the panel and get three or more yes votes, they will then sing in an arena to prove they can impress a live audience.The X Factor returns to UTV later this year. © UTV Share Share Share


text: Home Politics In the Ebony-GOP Twitter Beef, Republicans Need to Toughen Up Personal insults are never a good look—full stop. But once black Republicans decide to get in the fray, they have to be able to take the heat as well as dish it out. By: David Swerdlick Posted: March 28 2014 7:32 PM 0 Jamilah Lemieux; Raffi Williams YOUTUBE screenshots Right off the bat, let's be clear: Insults don't elevate the dialogue. So there's no way to condone it when a black Republican gets called a "sellout" or an "Uncle Tom." And by that same standard, it's equally uncool when left-leaning African Americans are referred to as "low information voters" stranded on the Democrats' "plantation." Sadly, though, it's stuff you hear all the time. Particularly if you hang out on Twitter. Which is why I'm puzzled that the Republican National Committee is making such a big deal about Thursday's Twitter scrap between Ebony's Jamilah Lemieux and RNC Deputy Press Director Raffi Williams, in which none of those aforementioned insults were hurled, but Lemieux—who was lamenting the launch of Dr. Ben Carson's new black conservative magazine—mistook Williams (who's black) for white and said: @Raffiwilliams @BETpolitichick @SistahScholar @orlandowatson Oh great, here comes a White dude telling me how to do this Black thing. Pass. Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) March 27, 2014 To which Williams responded, in the exact manner that he should have: @JamilahLemieux You are questioning someones blackness.sorry I do not fit your stereotypes @BETpolitichick @SistahScholar @orlandowatson Raffi Williams (@Raffiwilliams) March 27, 2014 And when Lemieux realized her error, she apologized—with a side order of "scram": @Raffiwilliams I was looking at your avi without blowing it up. I apologize for that. However, I care about NOTHING you have to say. Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) March 27, 2014 That's pretty routine Twitter business, and that should have been the end of it. But then the RNC demanded an apology from Ebony, and Fox News ran with the story: But to rise to that level of umbrage about Lemieux's tweets is sort of like a basketball player taking offense if he takes a hard foul when he drives the lane. Because for better or worse, Twitter can get pretty rough—and despite best intentions, sometimes elbows do get thrown. Back in 2012, for instance, in the heat of the presidential election, a black conservative commentator with a large Twitter following looked at my picture and mistook me for white in the middle of our exchange, leading to this wayward tweet: May I be frank @Swerdlick? How in heck would you know? Again, you sit there like Woody Harrison and think you know Black, safe being White. Eli'sha Crews (@ElishaNEWS) September 9, 2012 I wasn't offended, though—I was sort of amused. It was, I'm sure, an honest mistake, but—and here's the key point—I didn't ask for an apology. I kept right on debating with him about Obama vs. Romney until he finally figured out his mistake for himself. So when Republicans come along and escalate the Lemieux-Williams beef to the level of a national outrage, I'm wondering if they just need a little toughening up. Yeah, Lemieux got a little raucous—and maybe a follow-up tweet in the spirit of sisterly-brotherly love was in order. She should have expected, once she put her thoughts out in the Twitterverse, that folks would jump on her timeline to respond and react. But in a spirited exchange between journalist and political flack, Republicans' suggestion that Williams could, would or should be genuinely wounded just doesn't add up, considering that part of his job is winning over converts to the GOP cause—and part of her job is offering opinions. We're forever being chided, after all, by conservatives—including, especially, Carson, the country's most prominent black conservative—about the perils of "political correctness" and "PC police." In the land of the free, he says, unvarnished talk shouldn't be squelched. I agree. And until Twitter starts playing by Marquess of Queensberry rules, folks who jump into the fray—left, center and, in this case, right—should be prepared to dish it out ... and also to take it. David Swerdlick is an associate editor at The Root. Follow him on Twitter. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. David Swerdlick is an associate editor at The Root. Follow him on Twitter. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Get what we're watching delivered to your inbox everyday! Sign up for our daily video newsletter below. Powered by Livefyre 0


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As the race for the White House takes on a new air of volatility after President Obama's off-kilter debate last week, Mitt Romney is displaying new vigor in his fight for Ohio. Its 18 electoral votes are critical to Romney's candidacy, and the state has bedeviled him like no other battleground state.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — If one place is emerging as a test of Mitt Romney's ability to capitalize on a new dynamic in the presidential race, it is Ohio, where the Republican is intensifying his advertising, deploying more troops and spending four of the next five days.
Ohio, whose 18 electoral votes are critical to Romney's candidacy, has bedeviled him like no other battleground state. His prospects were so shaky two weeks ago that his advisers openly discussed the narrow path to winning the necessary 270 electoral votes without Ohio, which every Republican president in the nation's history has carried.
But as the race for the White House takes on a new air of volatility after President Obama's off-kilter debate last week — a poll from the nonpartisan Pew Research Center on Monday suggested that Romney had wiped out the president's lead among voters nationally — Romney is displaying new vigor in his fight for Ohio. The state, along with Iowa, Virginia and Florida, is now at the heart of Romney's strategy for the remaining 28 days of the campaign.
Obama and Romney are both visiting Ohio on Tuesday, the final day of voter registration here, but Romney is sticking around for one of his most intensive bursts of campaigning yet. His increased presence is a response to pleas from state Republican leaders to invest more time and attention to the regions where he needs to turn out his voters.
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Cathy Appel, 53, an independent voter from suburban Columbus, said she believed that Romney did a better job in the debate. But she said she was still leaning toward Obama because of Romney's positions on women's issues.
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The Pew Research poll Monday found that Romney was backed by 49 percent of likely voters nationwide and Obama was supported by 45 percent, which was within the poll's margin of sampling error of 3 percentage points for each candidate. But a Gallup survey of registered voters showed Monday that Obama was the choice of 50 percent and Romney was backed by 45 percent.
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If you have a shrimp-loving crowd, you must serve this appetizer! When weather permits, I cook the shrimp out on the grill.—Angela Buchanan, Longmont, Colorado
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- 1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon wasabi mustard
- 1/4 cup thawed orange juice concentrate
- 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1 green onion, chopped
- 1. In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until partially cooked but not crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain.
- 2. Peel and devein shrimp, leaving tails on. Combine mayonnaise and mustard; brush over shrimp on both sides. Cut each bacon strip in half widthwise. Wrap a piece of bacon around each shrimp. Secure with toothpicks. Place in a foil-lined 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
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- 4. In a small bowl, combine the orange juice concentrate, soy sauce and onion; serve with shrimp. Yield: 1 dozen (1/2 cup sauce).
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text: Hello, > Also, if these problems are well known, I'd appreciate pointers > to prior discussions, or at least a pointer to where to find > prior discussions. A similar or related technique (using IP TTL lifetime fiddling) was presented in 1998 in a paper called "Firewalking. A traceroute-like Analysis of IP Packet Responses to Determine Gateway Access Control Lists": http://www.packetfactory.net/projects/firewalk/firewalk-final.pdf > In a nutshell, you can discover the internal IP address of a DNAT'd > host by manipulating the TTL of packets sent, such that the expire > between the DNATing and DNAT'd hosts. > > By DNATing host, I mean the machine that has the iptables DNAT rule > By DNAT'd, I mean the host that the connection is directed to, which > actually terminates the connection. So the packet path is: > > [end-user]----[some net]---[DNATing host]---[some more net]---[DNAT'd host] > > Sorry if this is confusing, I'm not sure what terms are usually used I wouldn't know the correct terms either. > I believe that this was resolved in 2.6.11 with the following patch > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git;a=commitdiff;h=1e69ba3fa29b13fe5229d6e325aee91ae5abe298 > > At the very least, 2.6.16-rc2 does not seem to exhibit this problem, > while I have been able to reproduce it using 2.4.18, 2.4.27, 2.4.33-pre1 > and 2.6.8. (I can reverify individual versions if need be). I haven't been able to reproduce it on our 2.4.x kernels (2.4.32 currently but quite some out-of-mainline-tree patches), so maybe we need to supply more information: - firewall policy on chains - ESTABLISHED and RELATED ruleset - DNAT rule - proc-fs settings: grep . /proc/sys/net/ipv4/* /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/{all,eth0,eth1}/* eth0 and eth1 being the DNATing host's interfaces > I. Disclosure of intermediate hop addresses > > I believe that the following patch, also included in 2.6.11 causes the > IP address of intermediate hops between the DNATing and DNAT'd hosts to > be trivially disclosed, as illustrated by the following tcptraceroute. > > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git;a=commit;h=8d5f3377d48c74df38990688f09e773887ba4eb5 > > # tcptraceroute 10.0.1.7 80 > Selected device ppp7, address 10.0.1.4, port 1942 for outgoing packets > Tracing the path to 10.0.1.7 on TCP port 80 (www), 30 hops max > 1 10.0.1.7 26.517 ms 25.262 ms 74.672 ms > 2 192.168.1.254 76.070 ms 75.554 ms 75.988 ms > 3 10.0.1.7 [open] 69.503 ms 114.771 ms 105.756 ms > > The client now knows not only that 10.0.1.7 80 is DNAT'd but that > there is an intermediate hop with the address 192.168.1.254. Which > is similar to the disclosure made by CVE-2002-0704, where the IP > address of hop 3 can be revealed using hbping (but not tcptraceroute). > The intermediate hop information can also be revealed using hbping, > and likely a variety of other tools. Not directly reproduceable here in the lab using 2.4.x kernels and the latest tcptraceroute. I get the behaviour like you show in your patched kernel example. > # tcptraceroute 10.0.1.7 80 > Selected device ppp7, address 10.0.1.4, port 1952 for outgoing packets > Tracing the path to 10.0.1.7 on TCP port 80 (www), 30 hops max > 1 10.0.1.7 27.198 ms 72.374 ms 66.602 ms > 2 10.0.1.7 68.898 ms 76.121 ms 66.639 ms > 3 10.0.1.7 [open] 66.052 ms 107.855 ms 107.375 ms This is what I get. Netfilter logs a RELATED ICMP in the output chain of the filter table, however the RR entry of the host which had the exceeded TTL is not sent back to the original host. tcpdump -s 0 -X icmp traces do not contain the reveiling payload when examined. > II. DNAT use exposure > > I believe that all versions of the DNAT code back to at least the > versions covered by CVE-2002-0704, and up to date allow TTL to be used > to ascertain if a port is DNAT'd. Looking at the original description of > CVE-2002-0704, and the two tcptracroutes above, it is easy to see that > the port has been DNAT'd. While the last trace does not disclose much > information, other than that DNAT is in use, and there are 2 hops after > the DNATing host, it is still unwanted disclosure. Imagine a user > whose ISP forbids the connection of networks, who is using DNAT (against > the ISP's policy), and the ISP runs a check like this. This is a common way we do our vulnerability assessments. OTOH we certainly do not want our packet filters to expose this information, so below are a couple of possible (not very nice) solutions. > I do not have a proposal to fix this problem. I'm actually not sure if > it is fixable. I would be interested to see what other DNAT > implementations do. I could check for the Raptor Firewall (now Symantec Enterprise Firewall) and the Checkpoint NGX. I believe they both have means to either drop the ICMP TTL exceeded message or instrument the TTL itself on ingress and egress. It's been a while since I've configured any of the above products, so I need to check the documentation first. > And at the very least, I would like this message to > serve as documentation (or the start of documentation) of this problem. Very well. I hope this yields an interesting discussion. > This problem also seems to be exhibited in LVS. Although it only > discloses that DNAT (in the form of LVS-NAT) is in use, not how many > hops are taken, as only one additional hop is shown, regardless of how > many hops there actually hare. The tcptraceroute below was using an > LVS-NAT setup with 2 hops from the DNATing host to the DNAT'd host using > today's Linus tree (~2.6.16-rc2). Is the TTL decremented in LVS-NAT? I have to think about this a bit. I vaguely remember some patches in the past (4-5 years ago) from Julian regarding the ICMP handling in LVS-NAT. > # tcptraceroute 10.0.1.7 80 > Selected device ppp7, address 10.0.1.4, port 1973 for outgoing packets > Tracing the path to 10.0.1.7 on TCP port 80 (www), 30 hops max > 1 10.0.1.7 67.788 ms 71.196 ms 85.573 ms > 2 10.0.1.7 [open] 65.745 ms 105.648 ms 68.284 ms > > I am one of the LVS maintainers, I have CCed the others, along with my > colleagues who look after security for the Debian Kernel. Thanks for the heads-up, Horms. Now as for possible solutions I see the following approaches (I don't necessarily claim them to be intelligent nor feasible): a. Deny/drop ICMP TTL exceeded messages through proc-fs (rp_filter extension, maybe rp_filter_icmp) or by an explicit ruleset. However it's questionable if the ruleset works when conntrack is enabled. b. Make the ICMP RELATED code check for FIB scope in expectation. This will probably not work with raw tables. c. Write an ICMP handler/helper module which inspects ICMP packets and rewrites/overwrites IP information not pertaining to FIB scope of expectation tuple. This is similar to 2. d. Reset TTL option (either don't decrement or set to an arbitrary number). Egress could be a place?. I should like to note, however, that the common sense or best practice approach regarding this problem among commercial firewall vendors seems to be blocking outgoing ICMP TTL exceeded messages and/or instrumenting the TTL. 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Remember the persecuted
Religion | This year's special day of prayer will highlight those who "bow the head, take the hemorrhage"
Over 200 million silent sufferers win their day in the spotlight on Nov. 14 when churchgoers in the United States and around the world commemorate the eighth annual International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Some live in countries long pegged as religious persecutors, such as Iran, Sudan, China, and North Korea. Others face religious harassment in the shadow of terrorism: Christians in Iraq this year, for instance, have faced multiple targeted bombings and in some cases are fleeing the country, leaving stalwart believers to face attacks from Muslim terrorists.
Where Communism once threatened the church, militant Islam's spread is the heftiest challenge facing Christians today. "The Iron Curtain fell down and there's this whole switch," said Jerry Dykstra, media relations director at Open Doors, a California-based ministry that monitors persecution and delivers Bibles in 60 countries. "It seems there's even more of a battleground now." A further 200 million to 400 million Christians around the world endure discrimination and restrictions on their worship. The global spread of persecution presents a fresh need for prayer, highlighted by trends that affect not only those in the spotlight, like Iraq, but those in lesser known countries.
Militant Islam
Islamic oppression is not confined to the Middle East. The most populous Muslim country in the world is Indonesia, a former Dutch colony where Christians make up about one-tenth of the population. Many live in the eastern part of the 17,000-island archipelago, in provinces with the most flammable flashpoints.
In the last month, Christians in the province of Central Sulawesi have seen a spike in attacks, Compass News reports. On Oct. 21 gunmen on motorcycles shot into a crowd of Christians outside a Pentecostal church in the city of Poso, injuring the custodian, Hans Sanipi. The drive-by shooters have been on the prowl since April, killing at least five Christians.
A day earlier, Muslim youths attacked Christian-owned pig farms with machetes, spears, and wooden sticks, slaughtering 20 pigs. The animals are "unclean" in Islam, and the attackers said their odor was offensive during the Muslim period of fasting, or Ramadan. Elsewhere on Sulawesi island, in Mamasa regency, interreligious fighting broke out in mid-October after a new law redrawing local boundaries put Muslims in Christian majority areas. More than 1,000 have fled their homes, too afraid to return home.
In the midst of the turmoil, however, one glimmer of good news appeared in Central Sulawesi. Imprisoned pastor Rinaldy Damanik, jailed for three years, prepared to leave prison this month after winning an early release. Authorities convicted him on dubious charges of possessing illegal weapons, but cut short his sentence this year. The advocacy group Jubilee Campaign reported that in mid-October officials let him attend church meetings for five days. Members of the Christian Church of Central Sulawesi elected him president of their body, the largest Protestant group in the province.
Friction from expanding Islam in other countries is also putting pressure on Christians. One is Nigeria, where 12 of its 36 states-mostly in the north-implemented Islamic law four years ago. The death toll from the country's Muslim-Christian violence is often pegged at 10,000 since 1999. But in October officials said the toll was 53,000 in Plateau state alone in the last three years.
One instigator is a militant band in the north calling itself the "Talibans" after the deposed extremist regime in Afghanistan. On Sept. 20 it attacked police stations in Borno state, according to Compass News, then struck Christians, burning villages and killing and raping inhabitants. At least 14 died, but police could not recover all the bodies in the mountainous area.
Even in northern states with relatively little violence, such as Kaduna, Christians must avoid attracting too much attention. "We have to be very careful not to be the source of any explosion," said Josiah Idwu Fearon, the province's Anglican archbishop. "The Muslims want to insist on application of Shariah. In some of the places it is very difficult to evangelize and do things in the name of Christ."
State-sanctioned persecution
The usual Communist suspects still dictate what is and is not acceptable religious activity. Countries such as Vietnam, China, and North Korea-all pegged as some of the world's worst persecutors by the United States-keep the closest eye on underground churches. But even more than 10 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia and some of its old republics keep a heavy heel on religious activity.
One of the worst is Belarus, where a sham referendum on Oct. 17 allowed President Alexander Lukashenko to amend the constitution and stand for a third term in 2006. Since he came to power 10 years ago, he has consolidated authority in his hands and trampled his opponents. Since 2002, only religions registered with the state have been legally allowed to worship.
Registration has not proved much of a buffer against persecution for "nontraditional" religions, however, such as Baptists and Pentecostals. According to Forum 18 News, they fear the referendum victory-declared despite voter irregularities-will prompt Mr. Lukashenko's government to implement the religion law more forcefully. Police reportedly beat Baptist evangelist Andrei Fokun in the city of Leped on Oct. 2, after he and a friend set up a small street table with Christian literature. Authorities have repeatedly detained the two men, though they deny beating Mr. Fokun.
Central Asian countries have also become prime grounds for persecution against Christians. Compass News and Forum 18 report that on Oct. 17 police in Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent, raided a Baptist church and demanded the pastor halt all future religious activity or face criminal charges.
The congregation has tried to register with the state for several years without success. Pastor Nikolai Shevchenko had to sign a statement saying he was conducting an illegal service, and eight volunteers from the 120 members present also penned their signatures. The congregation had not been raided for three years. Mr. Shevchenko believes the government timed the raid to coincide with the visit of members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a federal body: "Tashkent is using this to try and demonstrate that it is not afraid of pressure from the international community and that it does not intend to observe international standards on the rights of believers."
Threats from other religions
Militant Islam gobbles the most press, but militant Buddhism also claims Christian casualties. In the last year the island nation of Sri Lanka has seen about 200 attacks on Christian churches. Buddhists make up 70 percent of the population and Christians about 8 percent.
An ethnic civil war that has raged for more than 20 years is now dying down, and in its place Buddhist nationalism is growing. Radical monks are now pushing for a law that would make religious conversions from supposed coercion or bribery illegal, and for the first time won nine seats in parliament in April. In practice, an anti-conversion law would severely limit Christian evangelism.
The Jubilee Campaign, whose U.S. team recently returned from a fact-finding trip to Sri Lanka, reported a Nov. 1 attack on a pastor's family outside the capital of Colombo. In the early hours of the morning, four masked men identifying themselves as Buddhist activists broke into the Margaya Fellowship Church, hit the pastor's wife on the head and set fire to household appliances. They fled in a van when she and her two children screamed for help.
Even with church attacks coming almost every week, Jubilee's USA Director Ann Buwalda says Sri Lankan Christians are not losing hope, as is often the case among persecuted minorities. "The comment we heard over and over again was 'Bow the head, take the hemorrhage' and 'We want to be salt and light.' They believe that with enough influence and prayer, it could be reversed."


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MIT's Jonathan Gruber, one of the chief defenders of the 40% excise tax on high-cost health insurance plans, has come under fire from leftwing bloggers for failing to disclose a $297,000 contract from the Obama administration to analyze its implications while attacking opponents of the tax in print, such as a recent op-ed article in the Washington Post.
He tells Ben Smith of Politico.com that his public writing and his paid work for the administration are unconnected, and "at no time have I publicly advocated a position that I did not firmly believe - indeed, I have been completely consistent with my academic track record."
Hmmm. What about this March 2007 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, which he co-authored. It looked at the effect of higher out-of-pocket co-pays for retired public employees in California. Gruber found that they led to higher hospitalization rates as old folks with chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease cut back on physician visits and necessary drugs.
These offset effects are concentrated in patients for whom medical care is presumably efficacious: those with a chronic disease. . . Our findings suggest that health insurance should be tied to underlying health status, with chronically ill patients facing lower cost-sharing.
What will happen after the excise tax hits high-cost insurance plans, according to Gruber today? 80 percent of employers will ratchet down plan benefits to keep their costs under the tax cap. The only way they can do that is by raising co-pays and deductibles and eliminating benefits. The extra money employers save will be returned to workers as higher wages, which they can choose to either use to pay for health care or pay other bills. And as his own research points out, many will choose to cut back on necessary care, and some will wind up in the hospital.
"There's literally no evidence out there that people are going to suffer," he told the Washington Post earlier this week. He should re-read his own paper.


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Now there are loads of extras that you can enjoy with some limits before you buy a membership, including blogs, an online magazine with user-submitted articles and chat rooms. One thing that I feel is done right by this network of sites is that there's always a sense of community. You can also "go local" so that your browsing brings you content from people in your area.
They get lots of visitors here, so you can't fault them on their popularity, even if that doesn't mean everyone who comes to their pages sticks around and actively participates. Passion.com seems worth a gander, even if you're just looking to see amateurs getting naughty on cam.
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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Morning News
Charles Ashburn once tried to explain to his daughter that Harry Potter is not an actual real live person. Kaycie cried and refused to believe it, and then, when Charles didn't press the issue, things went back to the way they were before at the Ashburn house where everybody agrees that Harry Potter is Kaycie's personal friend.
The thing about Harry is that he's not only magical, he's timeless: 15 or 13 or 11 years old, depending on which movie version you pop into the DVD player. In that way he's a lot like Kaycie, who is simultaneously 18 and 4 and 2.
Kaycie has a rare form of dwarfism that has stunted her growth at 2 feet 10 inches tall, shorter than her 3-year-old nephew, Taven. In some cases, children with Kaycie's kind of dwarfism have grown into small adults who go on to college, but Kaycie's intellectual development was stunted as well. Although she turned 18 last December, her parents figure that intellectually she's at the level of a 4-year-old. Emotionally, the demarcation is a little less clear: Sometimes Kaycie will shut the door to her bedroom so she can be alone and dance to Jesse McCartney; but when Taven comes over she loves to put on her Harry Potter costume and have a little duel with some "Star Wars" light sabers.
Kaycie is now a sophomore at Fremont High School in the rural Weber County community of Plain City, where she takes chorus and drama, as well as resource classes. Embraced figuratively and literally by the students at Fremont, Kaycie also attends every basketball game and usually has a date to the school dances.
One morning earlier this year, Kaycie sat in her chorus class waiting for the teacher to arrive.
"Sometimes I confuse Harry," Kaycie told the other altos in the first row, who talked about homework and clothes but also were happy to talk about a fictional wizard.
To pass the time, Morgan Dodge took Kaycie up to the board and offered to help her write something. A letter, Kaycie decided.
"Harry Potter," Morgan wrote as Kaycie dictated. "Will you take me to the dance?"
At Fremont High, Kaycie has a student escort as she moves from class to class. Sometimes the escort will walk beside her; sometimes, if the halls are crowded and the next class is too far, the escort will carry her. At lunchtime, Kaycie sits on a booster seat in the cafeteria, often next to her best friend, Marcie Turley. Marcie, who was born with Down syndrome, has been Kaycie's constant companion since they were infants together in the newborn ICU.
Wendy Ashburn's obstetrician realized something was wrong about midway through the pregnancy. The diagnosis wasn't clear but the prognosis was distressing: The baby probably would die at birth, if not before, the doctor said, which is why she was taken early a decision that probably affected Kaycie's intellectual development, Wendy says.
When Kaycie lived, doctors listed her as "failure to thrive." She weighed 1 pound 6 ounces and was 11 1/2 inches long, about the length of a Barbie doll, Wendy points out. Kaycie's condition is so rare that it took a couple of years for Utah doctors to zero in on a diagnosis. Before that, doctors gave her growth hormones, which only made her fat.
There are 200 types of dwarfism. Kaycie's type falls into a group called primordial, the smallest of the dwarfs. Even at the annual Small People's Convention, people with Majewski Osteodysplastic Promordial Dwarfism type II stand out as tiny. Physical characteristics include small heads, prominent noses, high squeaky voices that are sometimes hard to understand, small or missing teeth and a "pleasant, outgoing, sociable personality," according to a recent study in the American Journal of Medical Genetics. As teenagers they will usually already need reading glasses and sometimes false teeth, and at 20 might develop a cataract or need a hip replacement, if they could find someone to make one small enough.
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"One of us had to die. With me, it tends to be the other guy."
-Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), The Departed (2006)
John D.:
That's a very good quote…from a real movie icon (and many of his roles bear that fact out).
I tend to feel the same way around our "Fortress"…with the whole "other guy" thing…lol.😉
Hope your eyes are doing better too.
Have a great weekend and roll safe out there.


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Mumbai: Kribha Handicrafts Pvt. Ltd, which runs online handicraft and natural products e-commerce portal craftsvilla.com, has received an undisclosed amount as early-stage funding from Nexus Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
The company did not disclose the amount secured or the equity diluted as it was bound by a non-disclosure agreement.
Scaling up: Manoj Gupta.
Scaling up: Manoj Gupta.
First rounds of funding are typically in the range of $2-3 million, with an equity dilution of 15%-30%, say industry insiders.
Kribha has already initiated dialogue with investors for a second round of funding.
"We are looking at gaining scale rapidly. We need investments of Rs. 100 crore over the next two-three years," said Manoj Gupta, co-founder and chief executive, who earlier was principal at Nexus Venture Partners.
Kribha was founded in December and its website launched in April.
The company has 500 vendors and more than 1,000 artisans supplying it products, including apparel, bags, jewellery, home furnishing, health and beauty accessories.
The company will use the funds to expand operations within India as well as overseas in the US, the UK, Germany and Japan.
The investment will also allow the company to expand its team and build a robust back-end supply chain, besides setting up studios for artisans to get products shot for display on Kribha's website.
"The company is looking at a year-on-year growth of 500% to be a Rs. 100 crore company by fiscal 2013," said Gupta, who plans to adopt Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd's community-owned companies model, where communities that represent artisans are shareholders.
This is Nexus Venture Partner's third investment in the online shopping space.
Its earlier investments were in Snapdeal.com, a discount deals website, and Yebhi.com, a shopping site selling everything from shoes and clothing to digital products.
"Craftsvilla.com has got the first-mover advantage in the online space with a team that understands the space and business and is looking to gain scale. With funding it can become a dominant player," said Sandeep Singhal, co-founder, Nexus Venture.