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Schumer clears a path for Hagel
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday he'd support Chuck Hagel's nomination for defense secretary, removing a major obstacle to the nomination and greatly increasing the chances he'll be confirmed, even as Hagel continues to face opposition from the right.
Schumer's backing is a major sign that Democrats who have expressed squeamishness over his nomination are starting to come on board. And with Democrats now holding a 55-45 majority in the Senate, Hagel's prospects greatly brightened with Schumer's support.
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( PHOTOS: Obama's second-term Cabinet)
In a statement Tuesday, Schumer said Hagel addressed his concerns over Israel and Iran during a 90-minute Monday meeting at the White House, saying the former Nebraska senator had been "forthcoming and sincere." Regarding Iran, Schumer said Hagel rejected a containment strategy regarding the country and said the U.S. would do "whatever it takes" to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Planning military contingencies against Iran would be Hagel's "top priority" as defense secretary, Schumer said.
( PHOTOS: Chuck Hagel's career)
Moreover, Hagel told Schumer that he backs unilateral sanctions against Iran. On Hezbollah, Hagel pointed to past comments in which he referred to it as a terrorist group. And despite previously calling for direct talks with leaders of Hamas, Hagel said he now believes there should be "no negotiations with Hamas, Hezbollah or any other terrorist group until they renounce violence and recognize Israel's right to exist."
"Based on several key assurances provided by Sen. Hagel, I am currently prepared to vote for his confirmation," Schumer said. "I encourage my Senate colleagues who have shared my previous concerns to also support him."
Schumer's support may mean a major tipping point for Hagel's nomination, given his clout within the Senate Democratic Caucus and his deep ties to pro-Israel hawks on and off Capitol Hill. And they're an important sign that Democrats who have expressed concerns over his nomination are starting to come on board, as California Sen. Barbara Boxer did Monday night.
One Republican, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, still opposes the nomination.
"No closed-door White House meeting with a single Senator or a letter can erase a problematic 12-year Senate record and many troubling public statements from Sen. Hagel," Cornyn said in a statement.
"Retractions of long-held positions raise serious questions about where Sen. Hagel stands on critical issues of national defense. Our nation and our men and women in uniform need a Secretary of Defense who says what he means and means what he says."
( PHOTOS: What they're saying about Hagel)
Most notably, Democrats have raised concerns that Hagel has been too quick to call for direct engagement with Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah rather than push tougher measures preferred by pro-Israel members of the Senate Democratic Caucus. But Hagel appears to have alleviated those fears ahead of his crucial confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the coming weeks.


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Peter Lombard, Master of the Sentences
The roots of Christian doctrine extend back to God's revelation in the Old and New Testaments. In the early centuries of the church, apologists defended Christian beliefs. Ecumenical councils affirmed the Trinity and theologians fleshed out these beliefs. True …Read More
Beauty and the Princeton Piety
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Breaking Boundaries
Pluralism has found a home among the people of God. While pluralism — the acceptance of nonbiblical ideas and practices as compatible with biblical faith and life — is not a new phenomenon, its persistence in church history and the …Read More
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After United raced into an early lead, the introduction of Eden Hazard and John Obi Mikel spurred a brilliant Chelsea comeback
Anyway, that's about us - thanks for all your comments, company and sitcoms. I'm off to lie down, possibly for ever.
So, a "small" club will definitely play in the final - hopefully a hobnail to the plexus of all those who don't take this competition seriously. I hope it hurts.
....and Manchester United or Chelsea will play Manchester City.
Millwall or Blackburn will play Wigan Athletic...
Here we go then. Mark Pougatch is all glassesed up...
David Wall is writing a sitcom! "Reviving an idea from the 70s, this follows the career trajectory of a centre-forward as he's transferred from Nottingham Forest to Manchester United. I'm thinking of calling it 'Ever Decreasing Birtles'."
Ryan Dunne is writing a sitcom! "How about a show featuring a down on his luck Scouse football manager working in a car dealership? Only Jewell and Porches."
Wasn't it a BMW that Paul Jewell...er.... er used?
Anyway, stay with me for the draw. Difficult one for the FA this - the only tie that might sell out Wembley is one of these two teams against Man City, but if they play one another, then the final will hardly entice.
That was an absolutely magnificent game of football, and more specifically a magnificent half of football from Chelsea. Yeah, United put their boots on the wrong feet during the break, but even so - the guile, pace, movement and magnificence of Oscar, and in particular, Mata and Hazard, was far more than they were equipped to handle. Ramires was also exceptional, and Mikel used the ball sensibly when he came on - United are lucky that he and Hazard didn't start.
And as for United, again, Fergie failed to react to an opposition substitution. His midfield disintegrated, and that's something you can at least be certain that Anderson will never do. He'll be furious with his players, if he's been paying attention, with himself, and relieved to have a replay. Of course, there's form for this - the two played out a horrific 0-0 at Old Trafford in 1999, before a replay at Stamford Bridge in which United were battered, but somehow won 2-0.
I'm spent.
90+2 min United manage some possession, but after three-quarters of an hour chugging around like fire engines en route to the wrong forest fire, have no idea what to do. Eventually, Chelsea break, Hazard in the inside-right position, and he squares for Torres to pass-back to De Gea. But after he clears, Chelsea pour forward again, Hazard shmicing a low drive that spits and swerves, and De Gea does well to make the save. And even then, United defecate another clearance, and are lucky to avoid punishment.
90 min There shall be four added minutes.
90 min Oh my days, this is some serious fitba. David Luiz radio-controls a perfect pass over Ferdinand's head for Mata, and he caresses a perfect touch to control with his right foot. He then makes love to another, Ferdinand now thoroughly eliminated from proceedings, and no one between him and goal. Opening up his body, he very deliberately curls a low left-footer that's headed for the far corner - until De Gea somehow extends a telescopic right leg to divert it past the post. He is an outrageous individual - his reactions are more animal than human, and his improvisational instinct is more extreme than that of any keeper I've ever seen.
89 min Ramires picks his way past Rafael along the edge of the box and running from left to right, eventually crowded out - but Rafael's clearance is lame, and comes straight back.
88 min Good of the various goodnesses to schedule this game at the same time as Liverpool and Spurs - which, incidentally ended 3-2. Well done, football!
88 min Juan Mata, eh.
87 min Ferdinand boots Torres from behind, off the ball, before Mata locates him on the right of the United area. He tries a shot, but Ferdinand is quick enough to stretch a leg in its path and deflect it behind for a corner, which comes to nowt.
85 min United, after almost half an hour of defensive fudging, have looked a little more dangerous in the last five minutes, some scampering passes along their left giving Cleverley the chance to set Carrick for a shot. But the pass it short, forcing him to take a touch, after which the opportunity was gone.
84 min Oscar finds Mata, in front of Evans and Ferdinand and behind Carrick and Cleverley. You'd think they'd have happened upon a solution to this, but no - and they're relieved when he can only pull a shot straight at De Gea.
83 min Mata seems to be ok.
81 min United are absolutely hating this. The defence that looked so secure in the first half is now rattling around the box like a cluster of dazed bees in a jar. Evans botches a clearance, and Mata pounces, his dancing feet far too sharp for Evans. But they're also too sharp for him, and he slides over on his ankle, staying down. That's a shame, and the first time United have been sure of his presence, after 35 fruitless minutes spent searching for his reported presence.
79 min Mikel, who's made a quiet but crucial difference, slides a ball through to Mata, who immediately moves it on to Hazard. On the by-line, he diddles Rafael, but overruns the ball slightly and the opportunity goes. United then break, Welbeck lanking through the space which is supposed to contain two midfields, and with Van Persie outside, slides a pass that's just behind him. Forced to check, he can only manage a shot that's blocked.
76 min Kagawa is clattered by Hazard, forty yards out on the left-hand side, and is booked. He's replaced by Welbeck before the free-kick, which is headed away by Luiz. It's falling perfectly for Valencia to volley, but he elects to trap and cross, getting nowhere. But when the ball's returned, the same happens, and this time he goes for it, sending a miserable effort sideways.
Torres comes on for Ba.
75 min I've said it before, but this game crystallises the problem with Tom Cleverley: really good when his team are playing well, really non-existent when they're not.
Meanwhile, Bill Chilton is writing a sitcom:
"Got this one about a cat eating alien that gets the England manager's job and guides them to World Cup glory. It's called A.L.F. Ramsay."
73 min Kagawa crosses towards Van Persie, but it's intercepted - by Luiz,Ii think - and Chelsea break again, but this time United organise themselves accordingly and get the ball away, before indulging in the r&r of some sideways passing along the back four.
71 min There exist no shortage of remaining minutes - United would probably be grateful for a replay, the way it's going. They'd be advised to add a midfielder for the duration, because Chelsea are strolling through them with a sashay, a flourish and a dosado. Meanwhile, Peter Wahlberg is writing a sitcom:
"How about a sitcom about a portly journeyman lower league footballer who can't hold down a job to the frustration of his long-suffering but good-hearted wife (and a totally-fabricated adorable daughter for comic relief). It'll be called Same Shittu, Different Day."
This has been coming. David Luiz intercepted a stray pass on the left-hand side, and set Hazard away, Chelsea suddenly with an overload. He transferred the ball inside and square to Oscar, who drew a challenge before sending it one more, outside him for Ramires. His initial burst took him inside Evans, no longer able to block, and he then curled a gloriously understated left-footer into the far corner. De Gea managed to get fingertips to it, but it was too precise for him to manage any more.
Another excellent goal.
66 min With Rooney banished to the wing, David Wall thunders an email: "Isn't all of this obituary-writing for Rooney's career a bit of an exaggeration. It's true he's not turned out to be as good a player as people like Messi or Ronaldo, but it's not as though he's gone the way of Francis Jeffers. And he's entering the period of his career when people are typically most consistent and effective, so it's a bit premature too."
No one's saying that he's finished, nor that he isn't good. But he isn't the player he promised to be, and the joy and improvisation that made him a special has pretty much gone. That's a shame, in mine - I used to look forward to watching him, now I don't.
65 min Matthew Bridge is writing a sitcom! "It's about a large footed Liverpool midfielder who in a strange football family. Jordan and the Hendersons".
More passing from Chelsea, more harrying from United, who aren't really sure what to do. They sit, while Chelsea move sideways in search of a hole or an angle.
63 min Kagawa is now behind Van Persie, with Rooney on the left. But it's still Chelsea in the ascendancy, United nervously clearing and serrying men around their box.
62 min Van Persie replaces Hernandez.
60 min Ashley Young was warming up, but he's been told to sit down - Robin van Persie is coming on instead.
Joann's got it
Leonice has got it
Theresa's got it
Tonia's got it
I tell ya Cheryl's got it
Boy I tell you
Betty's got it
Chip has got it
And Ann's got it
Gail's got it
Stephanie's got it
And Sabrina's got it
Rachelle has got it yeah
Gladys got it
Fontina's got it
Little cute Aaliyah's got it (
Ooh Stacy's got it
I tell ya
Tita's got it
I tell ya Rita's got it
Oh Laurel's got it
And Kim's got it, yeah
And so has Eden Hazard. Mata, coming in off the right, arcs a low ball out to Hazard. He approaches Rafael, who shows him inside, as you do - only for his man to unfurl a wondrous curler that billows the inside side-netting of David De Gea's far post. Brilliant, brilliant vibe-possession.
Oh I say!
58 min Good period from Chelsea - replacing Moses with Hazard has made a difference. Who could have guessed? Ah, the genius of Benitez. Anyway, he exchanges passes with Oscar and just as he's about to shoot, a sliding tackle from Cleverely robs him.
57 min It's funny, though, much as I can't justify the sugar daddy model of football club ownership, imagine it wasn't allowed: United would probably have won every league title since 2006, and that would very much not do.
55 min "We want our Chelsea back," sing the away support, and much as I feel the emotion, it's not Benitez who makes Chelsea not theirs. Meanwhile, Luiz scythes through Rafael from several years away and is booked.
54 min Gary Naylor is back on the English players tip: "Point taken, but one of the reasons why English players play with such freedom in domestic football but tighten up in international football (especially
tournaments) is that they know against the likes of Middlesbrough that if they balloon it over the bar, there's another chance coming in five minutes. That tends not to happen in the last eight of a World Cup. The constant supply of chances is another reason why so few English players go abroad - it's harder over there. England have never produced an Andrea Pirlo, never mind a Xavi or Iniesta and never will."
Again, Paul Scholes. Your point stands, though - only Glenn Hoddle grasped what he had, and used him properly.
53 min Well oil beef oct. A Benitez substitution, not at the earmarked moment. Moses and Lampard leave, Mikel and Hazard arrive.
52 min Ramires, who's had a quiet season, suddenly switches on the afterburners and powers through Rooney and away from Carrick, taking him in off the left and ready for a shot. With Ferdinand in his immediate way, he slices plenty wide.
50 min The teams swap possession with maximum ineptitude, Rooney then Cole getting rid of the ball sillily.
48 min Chelsea have started the second half carelessly, Cole lumping the ball into touch for no discernible reason. Maybe he espied a work experience kid in the crowd.
46 min "Poor Benitez." laments Nicholas. "This is the best Chelsea have played in months and they are two goals down. Also, seems to me he has too much faith in Cahill. Terry is the best passing centreback in the League (yes he is) and would have been a much better bet than Cahill today."
It's hard to deduce why he's left Terry out today - and you have to admire his bronca and love of the ruck for doing so - but yes, it's odd. I also agree that they're playing well today, it's just that they lack the fibre to deal with the important bits: hitting and not getting hit.
46 min The second half is upon us.
I'm writing another sitcom. It's about a football manager who applies for every vacancy, thus upsetting supporters pleased to see the bakc of the previous incumbent. I'm calling it Curbs Your Enthusiasm.
Right, you know what to do.
I'm writing a sitcom. It's about a misfiring centre-forward who owns a hotel, and I'm calling it Fawlty Torres. I expect it to be a particular hit in Northern Ireland.
"What became of Rooney?" asks Gary Naylor, rhetorically. "Like every other English player of my lifetime (except Gazza and maybe the Lineker / Beardsley partnership) he was found out when playing against better teams than Middlesbrough."
I'm not sure this quite nails it. There are others who've done very well against all sorts: Scholes, Ferdinand, Ince, Adams, Gerrard, Lampard. And whacking them in like Rooney did there isn't to do with quality of opposition - a volley is a volley, and not getting stopped when dematerialised with venom of that ilk. I'd say it's more a personality thing, or maybe the spontaneity has been coached out of him.
Half-time advert. This is such a piece of beauty that I'm not going to ruin it with any more prattle. Football meets cricket meets joy.
And when you recall that in the same game, he also managed the below, you do wonder what has quite become of him.
Wayne Rooney's love of chips.
That was an interesting, and curious, half of football match. United started with a flurry, and all the way through, looked dangerous on the attack and tough at the back. Chelsea, on the other hand, have probably had the edge in midfield, where they also have a numerical disadvantage, but their defenders look desperate to make an error and their forwards decidedly unlethal.
That was pretty ok.
45+2 min Rooney, who's loved chips since he was a nipper, attempts a lob, outswinging one from twenty-five yards, that gives Cech a semi-seizure - but he's able to tip it away easily enough in the end.
45+1 min Nani has tweaked an ego, and departs. He'll be replaced by Antonio Valencia, the finest rugby league player that Wigan never had.
45 min There shall be two additional minutes.
45 min "How about when football pundits and commentators start saying that what such-and-such team needs to do is win football matches," spits David Wall, "as if the context of the discussion didn't disambiguate it from rugby matches, Test matches, or Swan safety matches."
I used to light those off my finger nails, and it's always handy when, trying to impress a member of the opposite sex, the magnesium becomes attached to your fingers and burns a manhole in your skin. You've all done worse, I'm sure.
43 min United construct their first decent attack in a while, intricate passing inside and around the left-hand side of the Chelsea area between Rooney and Kagawa crafting at least thirty-four shooting opportunities, all eschewed in favour of more passes. Cleverley eventually has a dig, but it's blocked and Chelsea clear.
41 min United break, and Rooney, just over halfway, picks a pass to Nani that's never on. In the meantime, Azpilicueta pulls down Evra on the left touchline, for which he is subsequently booked once the initial pass has failed.
39 min Oh, this is lovely from Chelsea. Moses has the ball wide on the right, and instead of crossing, stops and ambles towards Evra. With Mata in front of him, he rolls a pass and accepts a return that's rolled backwards with studs and away from Carrick. Barging after it, there's now a window for a shot, which he uses to slice a hideous effort miles from anywhere.
38 min This is a really good game now - it's perhaps a shame that United took the second goal so early - but, as Andy Townsend helpfully elucidated, "the next goal is vital".
35 min As Ferdinand casts another head at another cross, this time from Cole, Joseph Sampson tweets in to let us know that "Chelsea have got a 'job of work' on their hands now".
As opposed to a job of...er... this is a family service. "Travelling" is another one, as in "I like travelling", rather than "I like going on holiday and not going to work, much like every other human being".
32 min More pressure from Chelsea, who've responded well to the deficit. They cunningly move the ball through midfield, taking advantage of a problem United have - Cleverley is an excellent technician with a good brain, but disappears when his side isn't in control - and Moses crosses from the right, only for Ferdinand to fling another head at it. He's having an excellent afternoon in the Vidic role, leaving Evans to do the posh showy bits that are usually his to enjoy.
30 min Oscar finds perhaps his first space of the game, freeing Ba through the middle. He has men either side - in particular, Moses is serenading him for a pass - but he elects to shoot, dribbling a miserable effort that eventually struggles its way through to De Gea.
Someone needs to write a Demba Ba song to this:
28 min More abhorrent words and phrases with Harry Tuttle: "Please advise" and "please be advised" are particularly gratuitous. Just say "My mind is elsewhere".
Ah yes, the bamboozled lawyer's favourite.
28 min While I was typing that, both Cleverley and Cahill thudded shots from distance, getting nowhere.
25 min United should score again, but don't - partly due to miserable finishing, partly due to superb keeping. Azpilicueta checks out for a moment, and by the time he revives, Evra has paced outside him, and picks out Rooney with a perfect low cross. In front of goal and no one in the road, Rooney opens his body as the ball runs across him and sidefoots firmly, but it's straight at Cech. In the scramble that follows and at a loss for something to do, Luiz heads goalwards, drawing an excellent reflex save from his keeper.
24 min United break, and Nani - so much more effective when allowed to play on the right - arcs a perfect cross for Hernandez, who's got a run on Azpilicueta. He's perhaps too quick for his own good, forced to improvise a finish with his left stick, instead of the swept right-footer that would have given Cech no chance, and it's wide.
22 min Chelsea are still matching United in general possession - missing is the composure at the crucial moment. United give the ball away again, and Mata, floats away from Evra and away from Carrick, moving in off the right. He then rolls a pass square to the onrushing Lampard, who sweeps towards goal with his right foot, but is just off-target.
20 min Turning up on the left, Rafael makes a mess of a pass and cedes possession to Moses. But instead of taking the initiative, he waits for the Red Sea to part, then fires a shot against Evans instead of taking him on. Nachson ben Aminadav would not be impressed.
19 min Chelsea, who have been better these last few minutes, work some space down the left, Luiz finding Cole, but his low cross is no use and Ferdinand banishes it from his presence.
18 min Here's Gary Naylor on Everton: "Mr McMahon is right - but I wouldn't lay all the blame at Moyes' door. Such is the economics of the game these days that if our players were at their very best week-in week-out, they'd probably be playing in this match. Sometimes it goes
that way."
I can semi-wear this - individuals not turning up, fine, but a litany of collective no-shows is odd.
17 min It's the seventeenth minute, so Chelsea supporters sing for Roberto Di Matteo, their former number 16.
14 min Chelsea win a free-kick in a position similar to that from which Rooney scored. Mata attempts the same trick, but Ferdinand launches a head in its direction and sees it away. Oddly, though they're two-up, United haven't paggad Chelsea with passing and movement like they did at Stamford Bridge for 20 minutes, and like Chelsea did to them afterwards. It's a fairly peculiar game, actually.
13 min "I'm not going to get involved in this debate in any way, shape or form. Literally" says Simon McMahon.
Also: 'annual leave', when you mean 'holiday'.
It's a classic of a type, this. Rooney curls in a cross that all the defenders are scared to touch and none of the forwards quite can - and Cech can't commit himself until someone either does or doesn't. By which time it's past him, and in the far corner, Rooney parading himself like he's beaten 17 men and thundered one in from 1000 yards.
This could be all over already...
9 min Chelsea press forward and open a decent shooting opportunity for Lampard, whose effort from twelve yards is deflected behind. From the corner, Evans does well to stretch and backpeddle, heading clear and Rooney picks the ball up, switching it left to Nani, one of all manner of options. He's brought down, twenty-five yards from goal, on the left-hand side...
8 min I'm not sure exactly what's happened to Michael Carrick, but over the last year and bit, he's entirely cured himself of the passifism that blighted an already very accomplished game. Since a game at Loftus Road in December 2012, he's been absolutely excellent, and consistently so.
So, Cleverley, in possession maybe forty yards from goal, clips a pass infield to Carrick, who had one sharp look before drill-lofting an absurdly inconceivable pass from centrefield to Hernandez on the left-hand side of the box. With Cech unsure whether or not to come - he came - Hernandez arced a looping header over him and Cahill and into the far corner.
This is a very fine piece of goal.
4 min "It is what it is," says Michael Wilner, tricking himself into using a phrase that he says must never be used. D'oh! He's right, though - terrible. 'This moment in time" is another.' You mean 'now'.
2 min Rafael bundledashes forward and exchanges
fluids passes with Nani. They earn a throw-in, and the ball eventually finds its way to Rooney, who gives it away - probably the aspect of his play that actually cost him a place in the Madrid game.
1 min Ba nudges Ferdinand under a high ball and lashes a left-footer wide, but is penalised for a marginal foul.
1 min United introduce feet to ball, kicking towards the Stretford End.
Javier Hernandez is praying, so it's pretty much time to get going.
Oooooh! Eeeeee! Aaaaaah! Here's Simon McMahon with some bantz. "Gary Naylor wants to watch a game without seeing the players? Was he not watching the cup tie at Goodison yesterday? Seemed like the Everton players were invisible to me."
This is interesting, though - David Moyes has done a great job, but the number of disappearances at crucial times and in crucial games is very peculiar, and doesn't look at all good.
The players are coming out. Let's watch some adverts.
Words and phrases you simply MUST NOT USE: colleague, as below. Soundscape. Leader of men. Guys. Any more for any more?
Before things get going here, might I recommend that you also take a shmy over to the Liverpool-Spurs MBM (it's 1-0 to Liverpool, by the way) - and admire the photoshopping handiwork of my colleague, Gregg Bakowski.
Gary Naylor wants to know whether. It'd be nice to leave it there, but there's more. "Is it possible to watch a match without watching the players? Except for the goalkeepers and Demba Ba, I'm not sure I can bear to watch these players yet again. They seem to be on television every time I switch it on.
Put some 3D glasses on? Or put the radio on and watch cartoons, maybe,
Number of emails so far commenting that Van Persie's presence on the bench means he must be leaving in the summer: 93,041.
As far as Rooney goes, my inexpert, ill-informed evaluation is this: the relationship between him and Fergie has reversed, in that Rooney now needs Fergie a lot more than Fergie needs him. I'd expect that if an acceptable offer came in, he'd be allowed to leave, on the basis that with the money and the wages, it wouldn't be that hard to find a younger player of equal or superior use.
I confess. I have been known to practice an affiliation to one of the teams participating in this little tear-up. This has given me plenty of time and call to nurture plenty of disaffection, so worry not: my dislike of them is as nuanced and profound as you could possibly desire.
Cards on the table time.
Cards on the table time.
Cards on the table time.
Just when you wondered where he was, here's Ryenne Dunne: "Hawrite and shalom to the max, Dazzle Hazzle! And Happy Mothers' Day and mad props to any cute ones in the audience. Surely "Howard" is far too fancy a name for somebody faegovan? Actually, I think a literary mash-up fan like yourself could do worse than to introduce some Glasweiganisms into the MBM lexicon; 'fud' and 'zoomer', for example, would surely be apt for many an occasion!"
If you can translate 'fud' and 'zoomer' for us, we'll forgive you the reflexive pronoun abuse.
First email of the afternoon, from Patrick Cullen. "I saw a quote from Ferguson on Friday where he said he didn't want to talk negative about Benitez because he wouldn't kick a man when he was down. The wit of the man, he's a comic genius, justifying not talking negatively about someone by portraying them in a negative light."
Yes, that was fairly smooth. Whatever you say about Fergie, and there's no shortage of options, it's fairly hard to quibble with the biting way he publicly undermines. They'd do well to take notice in the House of Commons, instead of stealing cliche from popular culture.
Anyway, what does it all mean? The teams, I mean - though feel free to furnish me with existential explanation.
United line up pretty much as expected, such as anything of the sort exists* with Fergie in charge of it. In central defence, it's Evans and Ferdinand, with Vidic dropping out, and in front of them, Carrick and Cleverley. Otherwise, Kagawa returns, Nani keeps his place, and Van Persie takes the breather he's needed for a few weeks. With Welbeck also left out, it's Rooney and Hernandez up-front.
For Chelsea, John Terry doesn't make it, meaning Luiz and Cahill play at the back. I'm fairly surprised that Mikel isn't starting, but he isn't - as against West Brom, Lampard and Ramires protect the defence. Ahead of them, Moses is preferred to Hazard, and Ba replaces Poortorres.
*nothing of the sort exists.
Apparently, people have approached Roy Keane in the street, to disagree with him, just when you think the zenith or worldwide lunacy has been reached. And whaddaya know, he hasn't changed his mind.
Lets have some teams, eh.
Manchester United (4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1, ooh the tension): De Gea; Rafael, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra; Nani, Carrick, Cleverley, Kagawa; Rooney, Hernandez.
Subs: Amos, Valencia, Anderson, Vidic, Young, Welbeck, Van Persie.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Cech; Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Cole; Ramires, Lampard; Mata, Oscar, Moses; Ba.
Subs: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Torres, Mikel, Hazard, Terry, Bertrand.
Poor referee: Howard Webb (Trafford, by way of Govan, oooh titter)
As for the actual sport, well - it's fairly hard to have the faintest idea what's likely to happen. It's tricky to say how United might respond to Tuesday's righteous indignation. They didn't exactly handle it at the time, their main man is out of form, and there's a reasonable trail of evidence to show that raising your game after a crescendo of disappointment is tricky. In 2001, some clown learnt this the hard way, gambling non-existent money on the outcome of a derby game that immediately followed a kicking off Bayern Munich, in order to finance a final term at university. The final term at university remained unfinanced.
On the other hand, United might take confidence from the knowledge that they stood toe-to-toe with Real Madrid without giving pause. And even if some of the poor darlings are feeling tired and demoralised, there are sufficient decent alternatives such that it might not matter.
Chelsea, though. What they're going to do will be evident, most likely, from Benitez's team selection. Over the last few months, they appear to have tried everything to extricate themselves from every possible cup competition, a task that has turned out to be beyond them. I blame their supporters, personally. But even so, their range of attacking talent means a tricky afternoon for any opposing back-four, and though the word is that Benitez has been ordered to prioritise the Arsene Wenger Fourth Place Challenge Trophy, given that he's for the off anyway, what could he possibly have to fear?
There exists no reason why this shouldn't be a really good game...
Preamble One of the best things about football is how it legitimises free expression of emotions, traditionally frowned upon in polite British society (apparently). Love and hate, for example - or Etah Evol as beneficiaries of a classical education have come to know them - are things you're supposed to keep to yourself, if you're crass and callous enough to experience them in the first place. But when it comes to football, and despite what we're told by the various the moralisers who often have a vested interest in provoking and maintaining the very same SICK FILTH that they chastise, extremes of emotion are acceptable; it's sport, and it's pretend. But it's real. But it's pretend. But it's real. No, it's pretend. And on n on n on on n on, the beat don't stop until the break of dawn and all of that, but still: it's pretend.
So, that being the case, let's revel in some revitalising hatred. United fans hate Benitez. Chelsea fans hate Benitez, apart from some who don't, and each of the two factions hates the opinions of the other, at the very least. Chelsea fans hate Fergie. Fergie hates Benitez. Benitez hates Fergie. United hate Chelsea, once they've finished hating all the various teams they hate more. Chelsea hate United, once they've finished hating all the various teams they hate more. And both United and Chelsea hate Liverpool and Leeds, though this shared experience has yet to bring them together.
As Phil Collins taught us, there's not much love to go round in this land of confusion, but hatred? Ooooh yeah. Now there's a natural resource that will never, ever run out.


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Days after President Obama released five of the world's most dangerous terrorists from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo, two alarming reports—one from a mainstream newspaper and the other from a prominent research group—provide distressing information that confirms it was a really bad idea. The president blew off Congress and…
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On the same week that the Obama administration let the mastermind of 9/11 dispatch propaganda from his Guantanamo jail cell—aiding and abetting more terrorism—it cracked down on "racial profiling" by prohibiting federal agents from singling out Muslims in counterterrorism investigations. Have we lost all dignity as a nation? These are…
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Gitmo Terrorists Who Learn About Peaceful Form of Islam to Be Freed
The Obama administration is negotiating to release Guantanamo terrorists to a renowned Middle Eastern Al Qaeda training ground if the prisoners undergo "counseling, instruction in a peaceful form of Islam and job training." This is no joke, though it sounds like a bad one. Better yet, the famously corrupt and…
Freed Gitmo Terrorist Member of Islamic Opposition in Syria
As the Obama administration pushes its delusional tale that Syrian rebels aren't terrorists, a mainstream newspaper chain publishes a story about a former Guantanamo captive who died fighting the Bashar Assad regime as a member of an Islamic opposition group. The ex-Guantanamo prisoner, Mohammed al Alami, was one of hundreds…
Gitmo Policy Change: Only Leftist Groups Get Access
In a startling about-face, the Obama administration is restricting exclusive access to Military Commission hearings in Guantanamo Bay to five leftist human rights groups that openly advocate for the terrorist defendants. The abrupt policy change was delivered a few weeks ago to Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)—like Judicial Watch—that have repeatedly
Al Qaeda, Obama Share Gitmo Goal
As President Obama redoubles efforts to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Al Qaeda's leader announces that the terror network will spare no effort to free its "brothers" at the U.S. military facility in southeastern Cuba. Imagine if those Al Qaeda "brothers" had been transferred to a prison in the…
JW Covers 9/11 Hearings at Guantanamo
Judicial Watch Senior Investigator Lisette Garcia was in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba last week to observe in person military commission proceedings against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi. Family members of Paul Acquaviva, Andrea Haberman, Michael Noeth, Randy Scott, and Amy Toyen…
Classified CIA Docs Found In Gitmo Prison Cells
Classified U.S. government information was found in the cells of high-value detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison that houses the world's most dangerous terrorists, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The alarming revelation comes just days after lawyers for an al-Qaeda operative—USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri—jailed at…


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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Version 4.3 Released
Personally, I am stoked about this release for aesthetic reasons (hey, eye candy is important). With the sun and 3D building features, the world looks so much more realistic and beautiful in this version. You may have also noticed that the atmospheric rendering is improved, making views around the world quite lifelike.
Previously an easter egg, the flight simulator now is available by default in the Tools menu. You can fly to some gorgeous views by using the flight simulator and sun feature. Try setting the sun to appear on the horizon, at dawn or sunset, and fly over the Swiss Alps. I should also mention that I've created a new section of the user guide devoted to the flight simulator feature.
3 comments:
- AfterimageB said...
I had to unistall 4.3 and go back to 4.2 because links wouldn't open in my browser. They would fine inside of GE but if I checked the option to open links in my browser it wouldn't do anything. After uninstalling it and re-installing it 2 more times I finally gave up and re-installed 4.2 and now links open just fine.
- Dave L. said...
I noticed what appears to be accurate stars in v4.3 (in earth mode, not sky). Looking north with atmosphere turned off, and the sun time slider running, the stars rotate around what appears to be the north star. I'm not much of an astronomer, but I was able to pick out the big dipper. If you're unable to duplicate, let me know and I'll try and send some screen shots. Is this new??
- graham said...
This a step backwards for me!
There are too many options!
Please give me back my old Google Earth - you can keep the $80.


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George David Smith is Clinical Professor of Economics and International Business at the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He began teaching at NYU Stern in 1984 and joined its Economics faculty in 1988. He teaches courses in U.S. Economic and Business History, Global Perspectives on Enterprise Systems, Markets, Ethics and Law, and Entrepreneurial Leadership. He has been a faculty member of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and is a research associate of the Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies. He has been twice named a Glucksman Faculty Fellow. In 2009 he was voted the Excellence in Teaching Award in the Executive Programs. Professor Smith holds a Ph.D. in from Harvard University, where he taught from 1972-78. He was project manager for telecommunications industry antitrust studies at the Cambridge Research Institute from 1979-1982. In 1982 he co-founded The Winthrop Group, Inc., located today in Cambridge, MA, New York and the UK. He has consulted to such firms as ALCOA, AT&T, Citigroup, Comcast Corp., Cotton Incorporated, Dillon, Read, Inc., Dover Corporation, General Electric Company, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Procter & Gamble, Shell Oil Company and Skadden Arps.
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This final, and most successful, of Parson Gotti's plans during the Battle for Gobwin Knob occurred on the final day of the battle. In a desperate ploy to destroy the remaining forces of the Royal Crown Coalition, Parson ordered Maggie, Sizemore, and Wanda to link and to bring the extinct volcano below Gobwin Knob back to activity. The resulting explosion destroyed all of the RCC, and all but a few of Gobwin Knob's defenders.
The plan required the following resources:
- a Thinkamancer, Maggie, to form the link
- a Dirtamancer, Sizemore, to provide the expert knowledge of the materials in, and parts of, the volcano
- a Croakamancer, Wanda, to reawaken the dead volcano
- an extinct (or, presumably, dormant) volcano
- a tactical genius, Lord Hamster, to come up with the plan
The Plan
Parson and the forces of Gobwin Knob had been forced into the Dungeon Zone. Ansom had been croaked, but Lady Sylvia Lazarus had grasped the reins of the Royal Crown Coalition and pressed home the attack on all sides. Encircled, the defenders had no hope of escape. Parson retreated as far as he could, choosing the Portal room as the place of the final stand, because at least there, the Casters alone could escape the onslaught by taking the Portal to the Magic Kingdom. Parson ran the numbers on his Mathamancy Bracer, and determined that the fight was hopeless. He told the Casters this, and suggested it was time for them to leave through the Portal to the Magic Kingdom.
The three casters all realized that he hadn't ordered them into the Portal, and Maggie suggested that it was because of the Summoning Spell that brought Parson to Erfworld. The spell had the effect of disbanding him if he ever disobeyed orders, and so he could not order the casters away, because he may still have a hope for victory. Parson revealed an inner suspicion: he had been planning to put his gamers back on Earth through a game they could not win without cheating, and to ensure that happened, he planned to cheat them if they ever started winning honestly. He suspected this was happening to himself, and so to win, he needed to cheat.
Parson ordered the three casters -- Maggie, Sizemore, and Wanda -- to link and uncroak the volcano. This was done, and they performed the assigned task. Parson, hearing the task had succeeded, hesitated then ordered the linked Casters through the Portal. With the volcano collapsing around him, Parson leapt into the Portal himself, guessing that this might send him back to Earth (citation needed).
The Royal Crown Coalition was destroyed down to the last man. There were no survivors. The city of Gobwin Knob had been reduced to Level 1 before the plan was hatched, and was further damaged in the explosion, but remained a Level 1 city, capable of producing Units and rations. Only a few uncroaked and two rock golems survived.
The three Casters were safely removed from the Caster Link by their comrades in the Magic Kingdom. Parson wound up in the Magic Kingdom, much to his own surprise, and after a brief stint with unconsciousness, returned with the others through the Portal to Gobwin Knob.
There were side effects of the explosion.
The terrain in the vicinity changed, but most importantly, Sizemore had noticed that there were still pockets of gemstones in the mines previously thought defunct, so he tried to control the explosion such that the largest of these would become available. His success resulted in Gobwin Knob becoming the most profitable real estate on Erfworld.
The croaking of Lady Sylvia Lazarus left the Arkenpliers unclaimed. Wanda sought them immediately upon exiting the Portal, found them, and immediately attuned. The explosion left many corpses for the Master-class Croakamancer, including that of Prince Ansom. The Arkenpliers allowed her to decrypt Ansom into a new type of Unit -- one with sentience and a form superficially identical to a living human, with most of his memories and all of his Levels restored but with no upkeep costErf-b1-p145, a new attitude conducive to working for Gobwin Knob and Parson, and probably enslaving him to Wanda (though his words seem to indicate an allegiance to Gobwin Knob). Wanda also decrypted a large number of units much as she had uncroaked a large force earlier, providing Gobwin Knob with a new army to replace the one lost earlier, most likely larger and more powerful, and definitely including new unit types. It is unclear if the parts of the previous uncroaked army (of Jetstone and Marbit troops) which was destroyed is part of this decrypted force, and if so, whether the decrypted uncroaked units return as uncroaked or their original unit type and level.
Gobwin Knob is probably still below its military strength at the beginning of the Battle for Gobwin Knob, but it has defenders, Warlords, Casters, several dwagons, two Arkentools, Parson Gotti, and the resources to rebuild.
This section is incomplete, because some of the results are still not known. The losses to the RCC troops are known to have been total, but not how much this was relative to their Side's total strength. Stanley afterwards used the wealth of the gems to rebuild the city as a level five city, with natural defenses of eternal lava pools raising it to a theoretical 8.


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Entergy Texas Inc. held its first annual Operation: Storm Ready, a hurricane preparedness event, at the Ford Park Exhibit Hall in Beaumont on Wednesday, May 29. The pre-season event was an effort to educate the public regarding emergency readiness and to show how Entergy is prepared for the worst.
"Are you ready?" Entergy Texas President and CEO Sallie Rainier asked the crowd gathered. Rainier said the booths were set up to provide information for people and businesses to ready them "to weather the storms if they come."
"Our motto at Entergy, as far as hurricane storm preparations, is prepare for the worst and hope for the best," Rainier said. "We've been lucky that we have not had to weather any significant storms in the very recent past, but we all remember what the storms were like several years back. They can be devastating. And without a plan, we just won't be ready for the work that needs to be done to get ourselves back to normal."
Entergy Texas partnered with a variety of local governmental, emergency and social service agencies to provide interesting displays and activities related to storm response. Those attending had the rare opportunity to see the kinds of equipment used during storm restoration. There were 13 other wide-ranging exhibits, as well. Those include the National Weather Service, the Coast Guard and a number of other agencies.
The Port Arthur Mobile Command Center was on display, while the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office got to show off its department helicopter. The Beaumont Chapter of the American Red Cross had its emergency response vehicle on-hand, and LifeShare Blood Centers had a bus available for potential donors.
"Bringing Southeast Texas back to normal after a storm is never a one-man show for any organization," explained Todd Dunkleberger, regional customer service manager for Entergy Texas and master of ceremonies for Operation: Storm Ready. "We are very pleased to be able to bring in so many of our partners. This will give all of us the chance to talk to our friends and neighbors in Southeast Texas about what it means to prepare and be ready for a storm."
Speakers at the event said Entergy is ready to weather potential storms and gave advice on how residents of the area could prepare. Representatives said power outage maps are available at viewoutage.entergy.com/tx.aspx. Entergy Texas is making it easier to report outages and receive alerts by adding a text feature for cellular phones. Users can text to report outages, and customers will receive texts when power outages occur in their areas. For more information, visit the Entergy Storm Center website at stormcenter.entergy.com/default.aspx or the main site at www.entergy-texas.com/.
Hurricane preparedness: Maps and tips for emergencies
May 23, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued its 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook, predicting an active hurricane season for the Atlantic Ocean region. With the Gulf of Mexico adjacent to the Atlantic, that could prove problematic for Southeast Texans. State and local authorities are warning the public that steps must be taken to ensure safety.
May 26 – June 1 is Hurricane Preparedness Week. The City of Beaumont Emergency Management Team would like to remind everyone to have preparations made in advance, according to a press release from the Beaumont Police Department. You can register your cell phone for emergency alerts by calling 3-1-1. If you are going to need transportation or assistance in the event of an evacuation, register with 2-1-1. If you have already registered, you do not need to register again. If you have moved, update your information or let the operators know you will no longer need assistance. For more information on Hurricane Preparedness and evacuation information, go to www.setinfo.org.
Talk with your family about your plans. Being prepared will help alleviate confusion and minimize the sense of panic or helplessness during an emergency. Make "ready bags" or "comfort kits," and let your children help.
"We pray for a non-eventful 2013 hurricane season, but together we can get prepared and minimize loss of life and property," the release read.
The 2013 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Hurricane Evacuation map is now available. A detailed map can be seen at the TxDOT Web site at www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/traffic/safety/weather/hurricane.html. Activated evacuation routes will be reflected in current road conditions, but you can also call (800) 452-9292.
According to the website, the time to get prepared and make evacuation plans is now. Start by reviewing the hurricane evacuation maps available and selecting an evacuation route for you and your family. Unless you are physically unable to evacuate, TxDOT urges you to obey evacuation orders. According to TxDOT, the longer you wait, the more likely you are to get stuck in evacuation traffic. If you are elderly or disabled and need evacuation assistance, you can call 2-1-1 for assistance. TxDOT recommends that if state or local officials order a mandatory evacuation residents leave immediately. Be sure your home is secure, and take your pets with you.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) also urged that residents should be prepared for hurricanes. A DPS press release is reminding residents about the upcoming hurricane season and urging individuals to start preparing now for any possible storms. Hurricane season begins June 1 and continues through Nov. 30.
"Hurricanes and tropical storms can wreak havoc on the lives of residents in a storm's path. Although Texans living along the coast are the most vulnerable, powerful storms can have far-reaching effects on the state as a whole," said DPS Director Steven McCraw. "Since early planning and preparation can greatly increase the protection of life and property, residents should begin taking precautions now."
All Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal areas are subject to hurricanes or tropical storms. Because the strongest winds in a hurricane are not located precisely at the center, it is possible for a storm to affect conditions over land even if landfall does not occur.
Hurricanes can cause catastrophic damage to coastlines and areas several hundred miles inland, and winds can exceed 155 miles per hour. In addition, hurricanes and tropical storms can also spawn tornadoes, create storm surges along the coast and cause extensive damage from flooding.
Here are several measures residents can take now to prepare for potential storms:
• Assemble an emergency kit that includes essential documents, supplies and provisions.
• Review hurricane evacuation maps, and select a route for you and your family.
• Plan how all family members and pets will evacuate safely.
• Consider any special needs for individuals with disabilities or the elderly.
• Stay informed about changing weather conditions in and around your area.
For more information on these tips and other ways to prepare for the 2013 hurricane season, visit www.texasprepares.org.
Build for storms
At the Operation: Storm Ready event Wednesday, several local groups and Entergy representatives had booths set up along the aisle at the Ford Park Exhibit Hall, each with information on emergency services and procedures.
New Century Dome Builder LLC President David Smith attended the event and had some suggestions of his own for people looking to build sturdy residential or commercial structures. Smith builds domes, or more specifically monolithic domes, that serve to protect the life and property of those who purchase them.
A monolithic dome is a thin shell structure made of steel-reinforced concrete. It is the strongest structure that can be built on planet earth, Smith said. In fact, the structures are so safe that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded more than $3.4 million to the state of Texas for the construction of two community safe rooms in the city of Kingsville in Kleberg County in December 2012. An announcement from FEMA touted the domes would "provide protection from storms and tornadoes," and Smith said they can withstand between 400 and 600 mile per hour winds.
Smith said people would be surprised how little safety could cost, the price for the dome home being comparable to a similarly sized rectangular structure. More information on New Century Dome Builders can be found at www.newcenturydomebuilder.com or by calling (409) 745-0874.
The Texas Department of State Health Services has more tips and a video regarding hurricane preparedness on their Web site at www.texasprepares.org/survivingdisaster.htm.
Be prepared, Southeast Texans. Hurricane season is imminent.


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International Conference of Young Chemists (ICYC) Fatima Mustafa | added on Jan 27, 2012 | Jordan The main aim of this conference is to "encourage interest in chemistry among young people, and to generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry" which is one of the IYC goals.
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A conspiracy theorist helps Five-0 when a missing artifact is the key to solving a double murder, on HAWAII FIVE-0, Friday, Oct. 11 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Jorge Garcia ("Lost") guest stars as the conspiracy theorist. Pictured (L-R) Daniel Dae Kim as Chin Ho Kelly , Alex O'Loughlin as Steve McGarrett and Jorge Garcia as Jerry Ortega Photo: Best Possibe Screen Grab/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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I miss writing.
I mean, writing in my blog. I, actually, write every single day, but not personally, or about myself, my life, or my work. I even miss vlogging. I miss my music podcasting. I miss my talk radio show. Microblogging (facebook, twitter) is wonderful, but sometimes I crave for the depth and meaning that a quick status update, or rant about politics, or rave about a celebrity just doesn't cut.
But I'm an idealist. I think I can manage all of these media of expression and nurture them, but there just aren't enough hours in the day to sustain all of them. So I started letting them dwindle, and maybe even die, killed by, or infected by microblogging.
I don't know just yet what of my favorite media of expression can be revived, but I will start here. With MyTruthLoveEnergy. My decades old stomping ground of words. It feels like Home.
And I'm going to earn my place among my writer friends, and get my frackin' books published! That's the only resolution I'm making. It's time.
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A drought does not eliminate the threat of corn rootworm. This summer, corn rootworm (CRW) larval feeding was seen around the Corn Belt including some very dry areas. For example, University of Illinois (UI) entomologists found significant damage at the university's research center near DeKalb, Ill.
Dry conditions can heighten CRW damage, according to Mike Gray, UI Extension entomologist. "For fields in which drought conditions exist and several nodes of roots have been destroyed, yield losses caused by corn rootworms can be very significant," Gray states. "No wonder such significant research investment is made to develop products that can be used to effectively manage this impressive insect pest of corn."
Bt corn injury
Beyond its ability to thrive in drought, the CRW is mounting an impressive attack on popular Bt hybrids expressing Cry3Bb1 toxins. The first documented case of CRW resistance to Bt hybrids was reported last year. And it appears performance problems with Bt hybrids in some continuous corn-on-corn fields have occurred this year.
Seed company entomologists acknowledge there are problems with Bt hybrids. "First, the technology is quite effective on over 99% of the acres it is planted on," states Dusty Post, Monsanto global insect management lead. "But a limited number of fields show poorer product performance than what we would like to see. These are corn-on-corn acres planted to corn for more than three years. That invites a lot of pressure from insects because they are in areas where they will thrive."
Monsanto works with customers to help them manage corn-on-corn acres, Post says. When problems appear, the company's first recommendation is to switch to a corn-soybean rotation, which may not be economically viable.
Another recommendation is to use a dual-mode-of-action product like SmartStax. SmartStax continues to perform well in high CRW-pressure fields, Post states. A third option is to stick with a single-mode-of-action hybrid and add a soil-applied insecticide and other products like a foliar spray to reduce next year's crop of beetles.
Insect vs. weed resistance
Insect resistance may sound similar to weed resistance, but Post reports "it is actually quite different. A single resistant weed will produce millions of seeds, which can lay dormant for years. That's not true of bugs, which are on a one-year cycle. They lay their eggs and if they don't hatch, they are gone."
Seeds also can hitch a ride on equipment and easily contaminate other fields, she says. While a few bugs do land on equipment, it is not to the same extent as seed. "Corn rootworm is a fairly contained bug with a field-by-field resistance," she explains. "If you rotate to soybeans, it breaks the cycle." There are CRW variants that lay eggs in soybeans, however. These variants require multiple modes of action to control.
And finally, "refuges do work with insects, but do not work with weeds," Post maintains. "Compliance for planting refuges is important."
She adds that use of refuge-in-a-bag products like Monsanto's RIB Complete meets the grower's refuge requirements.


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Anna Karina: That happened while we were shooting the picture in Geneva. It was a strange love story from the beginning. I could see Jean-Luc was looking at me all the time, and I was looking at him too, all day long. We were like animals. One night we were at this dinner in Lausanne. My boyfriend, who was a painter, was there too. And suddenly I felt something under the table – it was Jean-Luc's hand. He gave me a piece of paper and then left to drive back to Geneva. I went into another room to see what he'd written. It said, "I love you. Rendezvous at midnight at the Café de la Prez." And then my boyfriend came into the room and demanded to see the piece of paper, and he took my arm and grabbed it and read it. He said, "You're not going." And I said, "I am." And he said, "But you can't do this to me." I said, "But I'm in love too, so I'm going." But he still didn't believe me. We drove back to Geneva and I started to pack my tiny suitcase. He said, "Tell me you're not going." And I said, "I've been in love with him since I saw him the second time. And I can't do anything about it." It was like something electric. I walked there, and I remember my painter was running after me crying. I was, like, hypnotized – it never happened again to me in my life.
So I get to the Cafe de la Prez, and Jean-Luc was sitting there reading a paper, but I don't think he was really reading it. I just stood there in front of him for what seemed like an hour but I guess was not more than thirty seconds. Suddenly he stopped reading and said," Here you are. Shall we go?" So we went to his hotel. The next morning when I woke up he wasn't there. I got very worried. I took a shower, and then he came back about an hour later with the dress I wore in the film – the white dress with flowers. And it was my size, perfect. It was like my wedding dress.
We carried on shooting the film, and, of course, my painter left. When the picture was finished, I went back to Paris with Jean-Luc, Michel Subor, who was the main actor, and Laszlo Szabo, who was also in the film, in Jean-Luc's American car. We were all wearing dark glasses and we got stopped at the border – I guess they thought we were gangsters. When we arrived in Paris, Jean-Luc dropped the other two off and said to me, "Where are you going?" I said, "I have to stay with you. You're the only person I have in the world now." And he said, "Oh my God."
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Norton campaign gets leadership shake-up
GOP Senate hopeful Jane Norton shook up her campaign staff today, replacing her campaign manager Norm Cummings with rising state GOP star Sen. Josh Penry.
The campaign said in a statement that the move reflects that the campaign is not "business as usual" and they hope Penry will help them reach out to a broad Republican audience before the August primaries — and into the November general election.
Norton needs the GOP street credibility right now. The 55-year-old former Lt. Gov. decided last week to petition her way onto the primary ballot, rather than go through the state assembly. Much of the state's Republican leadership, including GOP state chair Dick Wadhams, viewed the move as a slap in the face of the more than 3,500 delegates who will gather on May 22 to vote on primary candidates.
Norton's campaign said they decided to petition so they could have a broader conversation with voters in all districts, rather than just those who will go to the state assembly. They also blamed Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet for the decision because he is doing the same thing on the other side.
Norton is leaps and bounds ahead of her primary opponent Ken Buck in terms of fundraising, she raised more than $800,000 in the first quarter and Buck raised a little more than $100,000, and gave himself a $100,000 loan.
But Buck is considered a national "tea party" underdog by several political action committees. Last week, the Virginia-based Americans for Job Security paid for a $600,000 ad buy for him to run statewide. Also last week, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint threw support — and PAC money — behind Buck, saying he was the "true conservative" needed in the Senate.
In a statewide straw poll held at GOP caucuses in March, Buck edged Norton 38.1 percent to 37.5 percent.
Penry, who is the Senate Minority Leader, will not resign from that job. There are three weeks left on the General Assembly's legislative session.
Also helping the campaign is Rich Beeson, who is coming on board as a general consultant. Beeson worked on U.S. Sen. Scott Brown's win in Massachussetts earlier this year.
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West Texas goose and duck hunts are best, hands down
We easily had over a thousand geese circling the decoys Sunday morning, Dec. 11, and there was no doubt that they we're coming on down, so it was no surprise when guide Evan Botsford, yelled for us to shoot 'em.
Our group of hunters popped up out of the custom made layout blinds with shotguns blasting, and nine lesser Canada geese tumbled out of the sky. We were high-fiving when Botsford yelled to get down.
"We've got another big group out front," he said. "I'll call the shot. Everybody get ready."
Just like the last group, this barrage of cackling geese came in from a distant roost pond a few miles away. They saw our spread of decoys, heard the calling and locked in on the black flag Botsford was waving to simulate a flying goose.
He and Chase Morgan were on the calls. Next thing you know the whole flight of Canada geese started circling low over the decoys. Several had already landed when Botsford called the shot.
Beaumont's Lewis Hiltpold was in a layout blind several feet to my left. Both of us popped up to shoot and we suddenly realized the birds were so close we could reach out and grab 'em. Many were walking around in the decoys, dozens were locked up and gliding in with several hundred more coming on down.
"I think this is what we're here for," hissed Hiltpold. "I have never seen anything like this."
By 8:11 a.m. we had 45 Canada geese on the ground, a limit of five per hunter.
"Don't shoot any more dark geese," yelled Botsford. "The snows will start moving shortly, and we'll shoot them. The limit is 20 per man."
Beaumont's Colby Denbow had e-mailed me a few weeks ago with a photo of him and his buddies behind a stack of geese – as in over a hundred. Then he called.
"You need to get up here; we've got more geese than we can run off," said Denbow, who along with Botsford and Morgan are students at Texas Tech in Lubbock.To make a long story short, Hiltpold and I loaded up with a case or two of steel shot, grabbed the shotguns, plenty of warm clothing and headed up to what is called the High Plains Mallard Management Unit, which is part of the Texas Western Zone for goose hunting.
That's a long road trip – as in about 10 hours from Southeast Texas. But consider this. We made two duck hunts and one goose hunt. We had limits of ducks while hunting on a playa lake covering about 50 acres. The ducks included mallards, pintails, widgeon, teal and divers. It was fast shooting. On the goose hunt we shot until we ran out of shells. When the smoke cleared we had 93 birds on the ground – 45 Canadas, 44 snows, and four mallards. Believe me, it's a road trip you need to make. As we were picking up the decoys, thousands of geese were still trying to come in.
Botsford, along with Denbow, run hunts for ducks, geese, sandhill cranes, quail, pheasants, turkey and doves. It's a bird hunting bonanza. If that's not enough, they also run deer and hog hunts."I grew up bird hunting in Southeast Texas," said Denbow. "The hunting is good there, but it's 10 times better here. We get clients from all over. Most are from Texas, but quite a few are from New Mexico and Oklahoma."
Botsford says he grew up in Houston and spent a lot of time hunting the Katy area for ducks and geese.
"There are a lot of geese and ducks around Katy," said Botsford. "But they get a lot of hunting pressure. The birds up here don't get very much pressure at all. That's why our goose and duck hunts are so successful."
One reason for the great waterfowl hunting on the High Plains region of Texas is the production of corn and wheat. This is flat country with plains that go on for hundreds of miles. With the exception of Lubbock most of the land that surrounds the many towns here is used for growing corn, wheat and cotton – tons of it.Corn and wheat are magnets for geese. Our goose hunt was on cornfield stubble. The ground was covered with kernels of yellow corn, which is why we shot until we ran out of shells.
The cool thing about hunting with Crooked Wing Outfitters is that it's a first-class operation. I have been covering the outdoors for newspapers and magazines for 29 years, and I've never seen a better hunting operation than CWO. Botsford and his buddies own and operate CWO. They are college kids that have tapped into bird hunting like I have never seen before.
If you go, the drill is simple. Book a room at any hotel in Lubbock. From there you'll hook up with the CWO guys at various locations and head out from there. It's literally hunting 'til you drop. You can goose hunt in the morning, then go after sand hill cranes that afternoon, or make a duck hunt. Better yet, goose or duck hunt in the morning, and go after pheasants that afternoon. The options are many. Give 'em a call. It's a road trip filled with bird hunting adventure that you will never forget.


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