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- He was convicted in 1975 beating death of 15-year-old girl
- Nephew of Robert and Ethel Kennedy has maintained his innocence
- He has served 10 years of a sentence of 20 years to life
Michael Skakel, the nephew of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, has been denied parole after serving 10 years in prison for bludgeoning Martha Moxley to death with a golf club outside her home in 1975.
The decision Wednesday morning marked Skakel's first chance at parole since his conviction in Moxley's killing, according to a spokesman for the Connecticut Department of Correction.
The 15-year-old's body was found after a night of partying with Skakel, his older brother Tommy and other teenagers in an affluent gated community in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Skakel, now 52, was also 15 at the time of the murder. Twenty-seven years later, he was tried and convicted as an adult.
Martha Moxley's mother, Dorthy, said she wanted Skakel to serve at least 20 years.
"I'd like him to stay in longer, if possible. Only 10 years of a 20-to-life sentence -- that doesn't seem right to me," she said.
Skakel has maintained his innocence.
In a letter to the parole board, John Moxley spoke of the toll his sister's murder had taken on his family and asked that Skakel's parole be denied.
"I believe that Michael Skakel is representative of the most dangerous aspect of our society in that he was raised in an environment in which he was exposed to and at some point embraced the mind-set that the rules of our general society did not then and do not now apply to him."
Skakel's attorney, Hope Seeley, said in a statement, "Michael's conviction was a miscarriage of justice, but that aside, his further incarceration would also be a miscarriage of justice since he should have been sentenced as a juvenile with a maximum sentence of four years."
She added that "there has never been a person more deserving of parole than Michael Skakel."
"His track record during the past 10 years shows the person we all know him to be -- caring, generous, and committed to his faith, family and friends," Seeley said.
His defense has submitted 65 letters to the board on Skakel's behalf. Several describe him as a model prisoner and deeply religious, and said he has taken an interest in mural painting while in prison.
A letter from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls Skakel "kind, forgiving, and guided by God in all his actions and transactions. He is as incapable of violence or injuring another human being as any person I've ever met."


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An Open Source Lover. A Open Web Enthusiast. A Linux user and Open Source Advocate since 2007.
I currently am a student of Computer Engineering. I have been involved in FOSS since 2007 and have participated in many programs related to FOSS. I have been interested in Mozilla for some years now and now I am happy that I am a part of Mozilla and able to contribute it in many ways.
My area of interest are: Web designing, Graphics, Event planning & management, advocacy, motivating contributors.
Contributed mostly in initiating and starting the Nepalese Mozilla community. Trying to expand Mozilla in various parts of Nepal as well.
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Argentina's economy contracted 1.6% in 2014, and this negative trend is expected to continue in 2015, as exchange and price controls are forcing producers to scale back their activities.
Political situation
Head of state/government: President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner (since December 2007)
Government type: Republic
Population: 42 million (est.)
Mounting troubles for the government
President Kirchner faces increasing troubles due to the dire state of the economy and her business unfriendly economic policies (see below) and allegations that her government and the intelligence agency covered up the involvement of Iran in a bomb attack on a Jewish Centre in Buenos Aires in 1994 in exchange for favourable trade deals with Iran. Social unrest is increasing, raising the already high risks to political stability.
It is expected that there will be no major policy change before the presidential and general elections due to be held in October 2015. After having served two terms already President Kirchner is constitutionally prohibited from running again.
Economic situation
Access to global capital markets remains blocked
Argentina went into sovereign default on July 30th, 2014, after the government failed to secure a settlement with litigant hold-out creditors in line with a US court ruling. This ruling effectively prohibits Argentina from making payments to restructured bond holders without also paying the hold-outs in full. So far, Argentina has missed two payments on its restructured bonds (although it did make the July payment to its trustee bank in New York, that payment did not reach bondholders due to legal injunctions).
The default has derailed the government's efforts to improve its relations with international investors in the wake of rapidly declining international reserves and deterioration of the economic performance. With no resolution of the disagreement between the Argentine government and holdout creditors expected in the near future, the country will continue to be shut out of global capital markets (Argentina has no access to capital markets since its default in 2001).
The default has resulted in another round of interventionist policy measures: In order to preserve official reserves, the government has restricted import payments further and has tightened financial regulations, including forcing banks to sell their dollar holdings. To limit inflationary pressures, the government has implemented a new law to control prices, set profit margins and prevent supply shortages. Additional measures to boost the dollar supply can be expected.
These may include regulations to force exporters to sell their dollar holdings and to curb tourism-related outflows. The Argentinian government has targeted some large international companies, accusing them of fiscal evasion and other offenses that appear driven by a need to raise revenue, but which the business community perceives as unfair harassment. Not surprisingly, some international companies are partially closing their plants or even leaving the country entirely due to lack of imported parts needed to complete production cycles.
Economic contraction continues
The debt default, increasing interventionist policies and decreased prices for commodities (especially soy beans) have exacerbated Argentina´s economic crisis. The economy contracted 1.6% in 2014, and this negative trend is expected to continue in 2015, as exchange and price controls are forcing producers to scale back their activities. Unemployment is expected to rise to more than 11% in 2015 and inflationary pressures to remain high. Domestic consumption continues to suffer from low consumer confidence and widespread fear of job losses.
The risk of a steep and uncontrolled peso adjustment remains very high.
The Argentinian peso still remains substantially overvalued, and the risk of a steep and uncontrolled peso adjustment remains very high, given declining official reserves, lack of access to capital following the sovereign default and still substantial external arrears (interest arrears amount to about USD 15 billion). It is expected that in any case a currency depreciation will take place after the next presidential election in October 2015, which could trigger an increase in the already high inflation rate to more than 40% in 2016.
Official reserves were at 4.8 months of imports in 2014, still above the threshold of three months, due to lower imports and oil prices, which somewhat mitigated the effect of lower prices for Argentina´s export commodities on the external accounts. Official reserves are however insufficient to cover the external refinancing needs.
Increasing payment delays and defaults among importers
The unofficial USD exchange rate is almost 60 % higher than the official rate. This is making the availability of USD and other currencies very scarce for importers – regardless of the presence of an import contract/license – and puts further strain on businesses´ profitability if the peso devalues. The increasing shortage of foreign exchange for Argentine importers has already led to increased payment delays and even defaults. Therefore caution is advised for exporters to Argentina. While they might have had good payment experiences in the past, the situation has worsened.
It is expected that the current government will launch additional business-unfriendly actions if fiscal conditions deteriorate further – increasing the risk of an even steeper recession and an uncontrolled currency devaluation. No policy improvements are expected before the presidential and parliamentary elections in October 2015 – i.e. only after a new government takes office at the end of the year. The same goes for a final settlement with Argentina´s hold out creditors. As long as there is no settlement Argentina´s financial situation will remain precarious.


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Printers Tray Turned Photo Frame
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What a cool idea!!! It never would have occured to me to use it for photos, but they look so amazing! Much more interesting than plain 'ol frames :D
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This is VERY impressive! I love it!
Please show pictures when you finish and hang it up!
Wow that's a great find. I love your original use with the photos though I bet it will look great when it's on the wall.ReplyDelete
That's really an awesome idea! I have two of these in my shed. hahahah
thanks for sharing such a great idea!
What an absolutely awesome idea!!! Love it! I would love for you to link up tomorrow!
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You have presented a truly unique way to display photos! It looks great now. I can only imagine how great it will look once all of the sections are full! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Thank you for linking up and I just had to tell you, I went and dug out all my old printer's drawers today. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I have never seen a printers tray before! This is such a cute, cute idea. Love it! Thanks for sharing with Us and Them. ChrisReplyDelete
you can do so many cool things with printers trays. awesome idea!ReplyDelete
Love this project! looks great!ReplyDelete
This is sooo adorable! What a wonderful, creative way to showcase your little guys pictures! Love it! Thanks for sharing with the Pink Hippo Party!ReplyDelete
What a genius idea and a great way to upcycle!
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I did it! No lentils tonight, darlings. I had insomnia last night and made my menu plan at 5am…
A secret – I bought enough stuff to make double amounts of pretty much every meal, to be packaged and stored in the chest freezer for some future meal time when I'm feeling too tired/overwrought/lazy/busy/blah to actually cook. Or when we have a lean week money-wise and I have a hankering for meals gone by. I'm making lasagna while the sun shines, as they say.
Then over my first hot cup of coffee at 6am, when I finally conceded that I would not be getting back to sleep, I wrote my grocery list…
I organize my list according to the grocery store's layout. Tell me I'm not the only person that does this? Heh.
You may have noticed there isn't anything on my meal plan for breakfasts or lunches. That's because generally the kids eat toast or cereal with a smoothie in the mornings. With our Magic Bullet, they can pretty much be left to their own devices on school mornings. They also make their own lunches! This is an actual policy at their elementary school and part of the overall "never do for a child what she can do for herself" mandate (they go to a weirdo hippy school). Works for me! So I just make sure they have plenty of things to choose from every day and they get to have full autonomy over their lunches. Though I do look them over and make suggestions, such as – you need an apple and/or some carrot sticks. Perhaps I'll talk more about school lunches and the challenges we've faced over the years in another entry.
So, according to my meal plan, tonight's dinner was my famous Sunflower Pate Lasagna and The Ultimate Vegan Caesar Salad. Is it bragging if it's the truth?
I don't understand people who seem to think vegans are deprived when it comes to food. I consistently make meals that strike all the same notes my non-vegan meals of yore did. Filling, hearty, savory, sweet, rich, with a ton of variety. The only time I've ever bored with my food is when the pantry is almost bare and I'm too lazy to go shopping to replenish it. Oh, and I am occassionally bored with the vegan restaurant options in my city. Vancouver is pretty good for choice, but we live far enough outside of the city proper to make a trip into town for a meal a bit daunting, especially on a weeknight. I try to look at it as a good thing: I am "forced" to cook at home more often than not, which is less expensive and often healthier. Yeah…that's it.
This one is a little photo tutorial of our dinner tonight which was my basic Aglio e Olio (Garlic & Olive Oil) pasta dish, made with capellini – my favourite of the strand pastas! Capellini is a very thin, delicate noodle that holds up well to a clingy sauce like this one (or any creamy sauce); as long as you know how to cook it properly! The danger with these thinner types of strand noodles (capellini, spaghettini, vermicelli, capelli d'angelo, fedelini) is they cook very fast compared to other pastas and if you walk away from that pot as they simmer away you risk ending up with mushy pasta. So, I'm going to give you a little talk about how to handle this type of pasta in order to maximize it's texture. The sauce also cooks very fast – in fact, you barely want to cook it at all lest you burn the garlic and end up with a bitter mess of blackened olive oil. This is why this meal is great for those nights when you're feeling too tired or pressed for time to do anything "fancy".
First, you want to peel and chop a LOT of fresh garlic. For our family of four, I use two heads of garlic. I like to save time by place the peeled cloves in my Magic Bullet, with a few glugs of extra virgin olive oil.
Then I pulse the bullet a few times to get the garlic and olive oil to turn into a sort of chunky paste. Try not to overdo it if you're using a machine like this – you still want a little texture in there. If you're mincing all that garlic by hand, just get it as fine as you can without feeling frustrated. As soon as you feel frustrated, have a glass of wine and mince it a little more. Then stop and add it to your skillet with the olive oil and a healthy pinch or two of dried, flaked chili peppers.
To make this into a sauce, all you've gotta do is gently warm this mixture on medium-low heat, stirring it now and then, until it starts to sizzle and become aromatic and turn slightly brown. The second it starts to look like it's turning brown, remove it from the heat! Garlic burns very quickly, and extra virgin olive oil isn't very heat-stable. You just want all three flavours to meld together in one perfect sauce.
Now, I know what you're thinking. "Noodles coated in olive oil, garlic and chili sound delicious but aren't particularly nutritious. C'mon, fatty – where are your vegetables?" Watch it, now, grasshoppers. I don't resent being called a fatty (I am, and a proud one at that) but I do resent the implication that I would serve this as a meal and call it done. Oh ho ho ho ho, no. One of the best things about this meal is that you can use the pasta to build a beautiful single plate feast of textures and flavours that are held together by the common thread of delicious and healthful garlic and olive oil – and it can be different every time, depending on what you've got lurking around in your fridge or freezer! Tonight, for instance, I found a big old cauliflower that wasn't going to last more than another day or two, and a lonely package of Tofurky sausages, Italian-style (perfect!). I chopped 'em all up into bite-sized bits and put them in their own pan with a touch of olive oil and fried them together for a few minutes, just enough to get a crisp, browned edge on everything.
I love the Tofurky sausages. In fact, I don't think I've met a single person who doesn't love the Tofurky sausages, vegans, vegetarians and meat-heads alike. What's not to love? They're packed with flavour, their texture is pretty much right on the money, and Tofurky avoided making the same fatal mistake most other vegan meat analogue companies have, which is trying to keep their products fat-free. Sorry, Yves et al – in my mind, the inclusion of some fat in these products is what makes or breaks their tastiness, and so far, Tofurky is winning the game in that respect.
I occurred to me, as I was stirring the Tofurky & cauliflower, that the dish was going to end up looking a little pale and that it could use a splash of colour. Normally I'd chop up a couple of tomatoes or red peppers but I had none in the house. I dug around in my freezer to find some peas, and oh, look! Some argula (aka rocket/roquet to my European readers) is waiting to be eaten too! Green would go well with this meal, for sure. At this point, I started the water boiling.
The first most important thing for you to remember about cooking pasta is, don't be adding anything to the cooking water, except maybe some salt – and even that isn't necessary (or even desirable, if you're watching your sodium intake). Don't add oil – it messes with the pastas cooking time and finished texture. Some people like to cook their pasta in stock, which isn't such a bad idea if it's veg stock (and oil-free); but please remember that pasta isn't supposed to be flavourful – it's supposed to be bland so that it can absorb the flavour from whatever sauces you use. And puddins? This aglio e olio sauce packs a big punch! You really want the garlic and earthy olive tones to shine on these noodles. The second most important thing to remember about cooking pasta is, use lots and lots and lots of water. You want those noodles to be really floating in there, not all crammed together. The number one reason people think they need to add oil to their pasta water is to prevent the noodles from sticking together; but noodles won't stick together if you use enough water in your pot, and stir, stir, stir the heck out of them in the first couple of minutes after adding them to the pot. Bring that water to a high boil. Add salt, or not. Add the noodles (and tonight, I added the frozen peas, because the capellini cooks as fast as they do), and stir constantly until the water returns to a boil. If you want, you can walk away at this point for a couple of minutes, but always come back and give them another healthy stir or two before they are finished.
With a fast-cooking noodle like capellini, I like to keep a big cup of ice water beside the stove. When the timer goes (these are al dente in 4 minutes and über-tender in 6!) I turn the heat off, and dump the ice water right into the pot. This stops the cooking immediately!
Then they are drained immediately. DO NOT RINSE YOUR COOKED PASTA, YOU FOOL. I remember a room mate I had way back in my early cooking days counselling me to run my pasta under cold water for a minute or too after it was finished cooking. He insisted that his mother had taught him it was good to get rid of the "extra starch". Now I can laugh about it – "extra starch"? What did he think pasta was? That "extra starch" is going to help whatever sauce you use adhere better to the noodles, to deliver maximum flavour impact. Toss your unrinsed noodles & peas back into the pot (not on the same burner you were cooking them in – it'll still be hot enough to burn them!). Add the aglio e olio, then toss it all together so the noodles get nice and coated. I find tongs work really well for this job, but a couple of forks or some wooden spoons will do well too. Be gentle – you don't wanna mush or cut the noodles up.
At this point you wanna add whatever extras you've got on hand, like our pan-fried cauliflower and Tofurky sausages! Again, mix it very gently until everything is just tossed together, and serve hot. I plated mine on some fresh, organic arugula, and topped it with a generous helping of my Almosen Sprinkle (a mixture of ground almonds, nutritional yeast, and sea salt).
The addition of the chili flakes to the sauce really takes the flavour of this dish to a whole 'nother level, but you can leave them out if you're not a fan of their heat. I have also added a splash of white wine to the sauce right as it hit the sizzle point, just enough to add a hint of that dry, fruity flavour. Other delicious additions are a handful or two of minced, fresh parsley, chiffonade of basil, chopped sundried tomatoes, or ribbons of roasted red peppers. Mangia!


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Normally a Micronaut album is wrought with big-beat house but Europa is its distant dark cousin. Grouped well with the likes of dark ambient but with more of a Aphex Twin or Autechre style with its disjointed bleeps and beats, Europa is one of those albums that you come across and can't put down ever. The cello you hear is courtesy of Mike Fisher of Machines of Loving Grace and Amish Rake Fight fame. Chris Randall's fame might have come at the helm of his electro-industrial outfit Sister Machine Gun (one of my personal faves) but he continues to impress alongside Miguel Turnazas with his Micronaut project. Stoked isn't even close to cutting it.
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Bailey Erwin Leaves Missouri Softball Program
COLUMBIA -- Missouri softball pitcher Bailey Erwin has left the Tiger program. On Monday afternoon Erwin made the announcement via Twitter saying, "I have decided to transfer from Mizzou for personal reasons and will keep those reasons to myself."
This season, the sophomore pitcher had racked up a 3-0 record, allowing 21 hits and eight earned runs in 24 innings pitched. Erwin did start for the Tigers in the only loss of the season against Cal State Fullerton. During her freshman season at Mizzou, the Oklahoma native earned an 8-0 record.
Erwin also went on to say, "I want to thank everyone who has supported me in my time here, especially my teammates. They are my best friends and am blessed to have them throughout all this. They truly are apart of my family and I will never forget them. Once again, thanks to everyone who has supported me in my time here. I really do appreciate it from the bottom of my heart!"
No. 6 Missouri is scheduled to start conference play this weekend against No. 5 Texas A&M. With Erwin's departure, the Tigers only have three pitchers left - all seniors: Chelsea Thomas, Nicole Hudson and Lindsey Muller. Chelsea Thomas has a 4-0 record this season, while Hudson is 3-0 and Muller is 0-1. Missouri signed pitchers Tori Finucane and Casey Stangel to letters of intent back in November.


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MicroStrain partners with Dartmouth
Burlington Free Press
September 29, 2011
MicroStrain, Inc., a Williston-based manufacturer of high-tech sensors and other systems, has teamed up with Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering to speed the transformation of ideas into businesses through a program known as Partnerships for Innovation, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
The program will provide up to $600,000 of funding to candidates taking part in the school's Ph.D. Innovation Program. MicroStrain will work with a Ph.D. candidate to investigate technologies that will lead to reduced power and increased frequency response for the next generation sensing systems.
"I'm proud to work with Dartmouth and the NSF to further our long-standing tradition of training and hiring young engineers, computer scientists, and technicians," Steve Arms, president and chief executive officer of MicroStrain said. "This program enables us to expand our internship program to include Ph.Ds, which will, in turn, promote job creation and economic growth in our region."


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Aiming to avoid issues if decide ot upgrade Win8.1 to Win10.
BIBM converted GPT to EMBR, limited partitions.
Dual boot Win8.1 and Win7.
1-- Will W10 attempt to convert EMBR to GPT?
2-- Read W8 corruption, and other related posts. Will W10 re-enable Fast Start? If so, how avoid corruption on W10 reboot?
3-- Any issues restoring C:\Win8.1 partition ifw image after W10 upgrade?


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So I'm used to keeping my knives sharp. I'd say @ 90% I would at least perform a touch up. I decided to test how long i could go before actually being forced to sharpen. It's been 2 months and I'm surprised to say my edges are mostly at about 80%. No where near what I'm used to, but still completely useable. I think I will take them a little further still; maybe to the point where I feel I have to saw to pierce skin. So, are are we anal and unreasonably wearing our blades to expect to keep an edge at above 90%?


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Beat the Streak Report: Thursday, Aug. 6
Today's recommended picks
Ichiro Suzuki, OF, Mariners
.538 AVG (7-for-13) lifetime vs. Royals starter Bruce Chen
Dustin Pedroia, 2B, Red Sox
.500 AVG (6-for-12) lifetime vs. Yankees starter Joba Chamberlain
Jason Kubel, OF, Twins
.435 AVG (10-for-23) lifetime vs. Indians starter Fausto Carmona
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
One day after the second-longest streak of the season came to an end, the Top 5 held steady on the BTS leaderboard.
eggman3131 received a 1-for-3 performance from Chase Utley, which was enough to bump his streak up to 35 games. hammanm went with old reliable Ichiro Suzuki (2-for-5) to reach the 30-game plateau, while a 1-for-4 effort from Ryan Zimmerman left samolina55 with a 29-game streak.
Sun_Tenshi and slivkid held onto their joint shares of fourth place, at 27 games, with their respective picks of David Wright (3-for-4) and Carlos Lee (2-for-5).
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 20.8%, 2-for-5
2. Carl Crawford (TB): 7.5%, 1-for-4
3. Derek Jeter (NYY): 3.9%, 1-for-5
4. Albert Pujols (STL): 3.8%, 2-for-3
5. Justin Morneau (MIN): 3.3%, 0-for-4
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The great Dimaggio's hitting streak. Dimaggio played in both ends of a doubleheader on: 5/30, 6/1, 6/8, 6/29, 7/1,
7/6 and 7/13. He kept his streak alive by getting hits in 7 double headers! Playing in a wool uniform, traveling from city to city by train. An amazing accomplishment. We have to remember that in Dimaggio's era, doubleheaders, especially on Sunday afternoon, were a weekly occurance. Teams used PM Sunday and Monday to get to the next city for a game on Tuesday. Thanks to the lavopevb who gave us the web site to visit to learn about Dimaggio's amazing streak. You can get the web site:
Guys remember that chance/luck plays a huge part in this game. I remember reading about the game where Dimaggio's streak was ended. They were some fielding gems in that game that brought the streak to an end at 56 games.
Good luck today to all especially pperkins and vinman28.
Thanks dragbunt and I found out that info about Dimag today by reading that site and today I have Jeter who is hitting .333 at the Stadium against the Sox this year so it's a good pick I think.
I remember hearing that after the 56-game hit streak ended, he went on a 17-game hitting streak, so we would be playing to beat a 74-game hit streak, if not for those plays.
I remember hearing that after the 56-game hit streak ended, he went on a 17-game hitting streak, so we would be playing to beat a 74-game hit streak, if not for those plays.


text: Wordmeister Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) This is my entry in the Memoirs of the Dead contest. Brothers The green Toa darts right, swinging his blade towards me. I easily block then flip his blade out of his grasp. He quickly recovers, and blasts me with a torrent of wind. I dodge out of the way and fire my Zamor Launcher, knocking my adversary down. He quickly jumps back to his feet. I'm not sure who this Toa is, but I know one thing: he is good. Almost too good. He calls upon his elemental power to bring his sword to him. I fire my launcher again, forcing him to dodge and breaking his concentration. The blade drops to the ground. As I charge the Toa, I call upon my elemental power to bring his blade to me. It flies from the ground and into my hand. He responds quickly, blasting me with a wall of Air that knocks me off my feet. As he approaches, I ready myself. He is almost on top of me when I launch myself at him, smashing into his chest feet-first. When the dust clears, I am standing atop my adversary with the two blades crossed across his neck, ready to behead him at a moment's notice. "What is your name?" I ask. "Lesovikk," he replies. "Well, Lesovikk," I say. "You certainly have promise. I would be willing to help you hone your skills, if you like." The Toa of Air stares at me. "Now why would I need your help? I'm a veteran Toa, you're just a rookie." I laugh. "You think a rookie would know how to pin you like this?" "I guess not," he replies. "But I still don't think I can learn anything from you." "Have it your way," I say, though I do not release him. He gives me a questioning look. "Well?" he asks. "Aren't you going to release me?" "And let you attack me from behind? Do you take me for a fool?" Lesovikk appears thoughtful. "If I promise to let you 'hone my skills', will you let me go?" I nod and step off him. Lesovikk climbs to his feet and stretches. Then he turns to me. "Where are we going to go?" he asks. "To a place I know," I reply. We walk for about ten minutes, with Lesovikk following me. "Hey," he calls. I turn towards him. "You never told me your name." "Jovan," I respond. "Toa Jovan." *** We soon reach the cave that I have in mind, and we enter. Lesovikk is holding his blade rather tightly, as I had returned it to him before we arrived. I find his behavior curious, though I think it best not to ask. As we near the center of the cave, the light increases. We then enter the central chamber. Lesovikk's eyes widen in awe, for the chamber is a sight to behold. Sunlight shines through the holes in the roof at odd angles and reflects off the crystals lodged in the walls. The floor is smooth, as are the walls and roof, and a stream crosses the chamber in its center. We walk to the center of the chamber. I turn to Lesovikk. "Will this do for a training area?" I ask. Lesovikk nods, still dumbstruck by the beauty of the chamber. "Then we shall begin." I lunge at Lesovikk, who barely manages to bring his blade up to block. I feint right and swing at his head. Suddenly I am thrown backwards by a blast of air, and my blade the slides to the side, out of my reach. Lesovikk raises his blade and prepares to impale me. I activate my Kanohi Kadin and fly between his legs, knocking the Toa of Air off balance. I use my powers to call my blade to me then charge Lesovikk. My opponent calls up a windstorm, which follows me around the chamber. I am able to stay ahead of it, though it keeps me from reaching Lesovikk. I need to formulate another strategy. Then it comes to me. I use my power to yank Lesovikk's sword out of his hand. He loses his concentration and the storm disappears. I now angle my body so that I am aiming directly at the Toa of Air. I find myself on the ground, pinned by Lesovikk. The Toa has somehow jumped onto my back and forced me to the ground. "Nice one," I comment. "It's what I do," Lesovikk replies. "Get used to it." Over the next few weeks we continue to train, growing stronger every day. Our friendship also grows, and our trust in one another is strengthened. We spend our nights sitting in the central chamber, or trekking through the nearby forest. It is during one of out walks that Lesovikk tells me of his team. He tells me about the many adventures they had, fighting off rahi, protecting villages. He told about their personalities and traits.Tonight was the first night I had ever seen Lesovikk smile, and he looks so much better when he does. He moves on to the encounter with the Zyglak. He shudders as he remembers his fatal mistake, his hesitation, and sorrow engulfs him. I am deeply moved by my comrade's story. It expands my view of the world. I help him back to the chamber and we rest. *** Today we practice melee combat. Lesovikk seems to have recovered, but I cannot be sure. Better to play it safe. As we practice, a messenger Gukko arrives. It is from the nearby village that we have often visited. I read the note aloud and gasp. It says the village was under attack. We grab our gear and charge through the forest. Smoke is rising in the distance. We arrive to find the village burning. Zyglak prowl the streets. Lesovikk stands still, seemingly scared out of his wits. I realize why and panic. We will both need to work together to defend the village. "Lesovikk!" I whisper. "Pull yourself together! These Matoran need you." Something lights up in Lesovikk's eyes. He pulls out his blade and prepares to charge. I join him. Together we charge into the village. The Zyglak appear surprised, as they probably were not expecting Toa to arrive. We slice through the first wave and proceed forward. The others notice us and attack. We fend them off easily, but they keep coming. I see a gap in the sea of enemies, and charge it. I burst into a small clearing, with a lone Zyglak standing in the middle. The Zyglak is tall, ugly, and completely black. He is despicable, in my opinion. I ready myself to fight. The sound of battle disappears, and I know Lesovikk has entered the clearing. I am just about to address my comrade when he gasps. "You," Lesovikk snarls. The black Zyglak chuckles. "So you remember me," he says. "I was hoping you'd come. I tried to warn my minions that you would be coming, but the idiotic fools forgot." Lesovikk stares at the black Zyglak, whom I have decided to call 'Black'. The Zylgak returns his stare, and the two become locked in a face off. Lesovikk charges Black, who easily blocks his strike. The two are now locked in a fierce struggle, and either side could win. "I will not let you harm these Matoran," Lesovikk snarls. "They will not be butchered like my team." Black makes no response; instead he swings his blade at Lesovikk's head, though the Toa dodges. I am so fixated on the fight I do not notice the Zyglak sneaking up behind me. Just before he impales me on his blade, I spin around and strike him with the flat of my blade, and he crumples to the ground. This causes the horde to scream in outrage, and they rush at me. I know that I must keep them from Lesovikk, as he is not skilled enough to take them all on at once. I defeat Zyglak after Zyglak, but there seems to be no end to their ranks. I continue to defend my comrade, but I know I cannot keep this up forever. Just as I am about to collapse from exhaustion, the Zyglak stop fighting, staring behind me in amazement. I turn to see Lesovikk yank his sword out of Black's chest, and the latter collapses, now just a lifeless corpse. "That's for my team," he growls. I turn to find the Zyglak horde retreating, helpless and aimless without their leader. As soon as they leave the village, the Matoran run out of their huts to thank us for our actions. We allow them to thank us, and then we return to the chamber. *** It is now one day after our battle with the Zyglak, and Lesovikk appears troubled. "What is the matter brother?" I ask. "I must go on," the green Toa replies. "I have other friends I must find." I nod and reach into my pack. I pull out a Cordak Blaster and hand it to Lesovikk. "This is for you," I say. "You have earned it." Lesovikk graciously accepts the gift, then turns to go. He pauses for a moment and turns back to me. He nods his head in my direction, and I return the gesture. Then Lesovikk turns, and disappears over the horizon. *** I, Lesovikk, happened upon this journal of Jovan's on my way to Mahri Nui and felt obligated to add something. I have always looked fondly back on those weeks we spent together, and have even placed the Cordak Blaster he gave me on my sea sled. It serves as a reminder of my dead brother, who helped shape me into the Toa I am today. Author: DeltaStriker Protagonist: Jovan Word Count: 1,601 Edit 1: This first edit added the second ***. I made no changes to the story itself. Edit 2: This next edit added the final paragraph (With permission) Edit 3: No changes to story, just formatting fixes. Edited November 10, 2014 by DeltaStriker Format reconstructed after a BZP glitch. -bones Quote Rock Bottom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Ties. I've had the displeasure of having been asked to knot the ties of a few of my guy friends when we attended a wedding last week, and let me just say that it was one of the hardest things I've had to do. Clearly, I should've paid more attention to the girl scouts who went around teaching people how to tie all sorts of knots when I was kid.
If you share the same hate relationship with ties, then zip it. I don't mean that you should put a lid on your complaints; rather, I'm talking about getting the Zip Tie, which does away with knots since all you have to do is zip the tie into place. Quick, easy, painless–and I daresay, fashionable?
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Helen Gurley Brown, the long time editor of Cosmopolitan who helped transform the women's magazine market died Monday morning at age 90.
A spokesperson for the Hearst Corporation, which publishes Cosmopolitan, released a statement announcing that Gurley Brown passed away at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia following a brief hospitalization.
Following the publication of her 1962 bestselling book, "Sex and the Single Girl," Gurley Brown became the go-to for a generation of women ready to embrace (and more importantly discuss) their sexuality and role in the modern world.
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"Helen Gurley Brown was an icon. Her formula for honest and straightforward advice about relationships, career and beauty revolutionized the magazine industry," said Frank A. Bennack, Jr., CEO of Hearst Corporation said in a statement. "She lived every day of her life to the fullest and will always be remembered as the quintessential 'Cosmo girl.' She will be greatly missed."
The legendary editor created a paradigm shift in the magazine publishing landscape when she became editor at Cosmopolitan in 1965, transforming the monthly from a staid periodical into what would become a bible for "single girls" and the glossy of choice for "fun, fearless, females" the world over. Throughout her four decade reign at the magazine she encouraged women to "have it all": a career, marriage and great sex. At her death she held the title of editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan's 64 international editions.
It was Gurley Brown who introduced the big-haired, ample-breasted models that became a hallmark of Cosmopolitan covers in the 1970s and 1980s. She also pioneered the eyebrow-raising coverlines that would stop newsstand browsers in their tracks. Examples include "The Naughty Orgasm Trick Couples Love" and "Nothing Fails Like Sex-cess — Facts About Our Real Lovemaking Needs." It was that fresh point of view mixed with provacative content that kept young female readers returning month after month.
Gurley Brown also famously introduced the male centerfold during the 1970s. Actor Burt Reynolds and his strategically placed arm caused a sensation in 1972, but the practice of showcasing semi-nude men was discontinued in the early 1990s.
Sales of Cosmopolitan grew annually with Gurley Brown at the helm. In 1997 she stepped down from the day-to-day duties of running the U.S. version but continued to be a major force at the masthead and within the Hearst Corporation through her ongoing role as global editor-in-chief.
Helen Gurley was born Feb. 18, 1922 in Green Forest, Ark. Growing up in the Depression, she earned pocket money by giving other kids dance lessons, according to the Associated Press. Her father died when she was 10 and her mother, a teacher, moved the family to Los Angeles where Helen graduated as valedictorian of John H. Francis Polytechnic High School in 1939.
An early career as an ad copy writer flourished before she met her future husband, David Brown, who would encourage her to write for herself. She married Brown, whose film credits include "The Sting" and "Jaws," in 1959. Before his death in 2010 the couple were highly regarded philanthropists who encouraged the pursuit of journalistic excellence through their endowments. As recently as January of this year, Gurley Brown donated $30 million to Columbia and Stanford Universities to establish the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation. The couple moved to New York following the success of her book, "Sex and the Single Girl."
She constantly monitored her rail-thin, 5-feet-4 frame and never allowed her weight to vary more than a few pounds up or down thanks to regular exercise and careful diet. A proponent of cosmetic surgery, she spoke openly and often of her numerous facelifts and filler injections.
In 1967 she hosted a TV talk show, "Outrageous Opinions," which was syndicated in 19 cities. Gurley Brown wrote five more books, including "Sex and the New Single Girl" (1970), "Having It All" (1982) and The Late Show: A Semi Wild But Practical Guide for Women Over 50" (1993).
Her journalistic accomplishments were often overshadowed by the sexy public image she cultivated to help push newsstand sales. According to the New York Times she had the following quote prominently displayed in her office: "Good Girls Go to Heaven — Bad Girls Go Everywhere."
"It was a terrific magazine," she said, looking back when she surrendered the editorship in 1997. "I would want my legacy to be, 'She created something that helped people.' My reader, I always felt, was someone who needed to come into her own."


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Sorry I haven't posted for a while – I've been away in London for work. Luckily whilst I was there my hosts – both fantastic cooks – made me numerous tasty meals, and in the process introduced me to za'atar.
Za'atar (also known as satar, zahatar or zatr) is a mix of spices used most frequently in middle-eastern cookery. My friend made Roast Chicken with Sumac, Za'atar and Lemon, a recipe which he'd adapted from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook. The recipe and some pictures of my version of the same are below.
I'm a big fan of Yotam Ottolenghi and have frequently used his New Vegetarian recipes in The Guardian. I've just ordered my own copy of Ottolenghi: The Cookbook (by Sami Tamimi and Yotam Ottolenghi) – so I'll let you know what it's like when it arrives. Apparently garlic and lemon are involved in nearly every recipe (presumably not the baking) – perfect for me, I already use both in nearly everything I make.
If you can't find za'atar in the shops don't fret, there are plenty of recipes on-line. I used this one which seems to be quite representative. Like many spice mixes there seem to be many variations, although the basic ingredients for this one always seem to include thyme, marjoram, salt and sesame seeds.
Image 1: Making Za'atar
Roast Chicken with Sumac, Lemon & Za'atar
(serves 4)
- 1 free range chicken cut into four (I used 4 legs, you could also use thighs – chicken on the bone is is definitely better for taste)
- 2 red onions thinly sliced
- 4 crushed garlic cloves
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1.5 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp sumac
- 1 lemon thinly sliced (mine were small so I used 2)
- 200 ml chicken stock or water (I used my favorite Reduced Salt Marigold Vegetable Bouillon)
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tbsp za'atar
- 20g butter (I didn't use this)
- 50g pine nuts
- 4 tbsp chopped flat leaf parsley
- Combine the chicken, onions, lemon, garlic, oil, spices (bar the za'atar), stock and salt & pepper in a large bowl
- Marinate overnight, or at least for a few hours
- Preheat the oven to 200°C
- Transfer the chicken (skin side up) and marinade to an oven tray and sprinkle with the za'atar
- Roast for 30-40 minutes, basting regularly towards the end
- Fry the pine nuts in the butter (I dry fried mine).
- Serve the chicken with the nuts and parsley.
We ate ours with what's known in our house as, Egyptian Rice (recipe below); and a greek style salad made of cos lettuce, cucumber, tomato and red onion dressed in an olive oil, lemon juice, sumac and salt & pepper dressing.
"Egyptian" Rice
I have no idea whether this is really egyptian or not – a housemate in my long past student days taught me how to make it.
(serves 4)
- 1.5 cups rice
- 3 cups water
- a good dollop of butter
- a glug of olive oil
- Wash and soak the rice for 30 mins (I really do find this helps)
- Heat the olive oil and butter together
- Drain the rice
- Measure out the water
- Add a couple of tbsps of rice to the butter/oil mix
- Fry the rice until it is a nice nutty colour, as soon as it's brown throw in the water (it only takes a minute to catch and go over) and add the additional rice
- Bring to the boil then cover with foil and the lid and simmer
- When nearly all the water has disappeared turn off the heat, cover the pan with a tea-towel and the lid and leave it (for about 10 minutes)
- Fluff up with a fork
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No one knows just when the West decided it had had enough of being run from Washington, D.C.
The indications that Montanans have had it with federal mandates became evident in the state Legislature this March. Although the capital routinely ignores the opinions of a state like Montana, which boasts fewer than a million people scattered across the fourth-largest landmass in the union, it better think twice when it comes to charging Montanans to use the national lands and waters that surround us.
House Joint Resolution 13, sponsored by State Rep. Paul Clark, D, demands the repeal of the misnamed Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, which in the more popular vernacular is known as the Recreation Access Tax, or RAT. The resolution doesn't have the power of law, and it surely won't stop the federal government, but at last week's hearing, such a stunning political cross-section of Montanans showed up to support it that maybe, just maybe, it might garner a little attention from the federal powers.
Who could have predicted that backpackers of the Montana Wilderness Association would be on the same side as the four-wheelers and dirt bikers of the Montana Trail Vehicle Riders Association? Or that the Sierra Club would find an ally in Montanans for Multiple Use? How is it possible that these traditional opponents were also joined by the Montana Wood Products Association, the Montana State Parks Foundation, Citizens for Balanced Use, the Montana Logging Association and the governor's office?
The answer is simple. None of us would ever consent to pay a fee every time we wanted to enter our home or fire up the barbecue in our own back yard. Yet, under the provisions of the RAT, public-land managers can and will start charging us every time we camp at the little river pullout on Bureau of Land Management land we've used for decades, or launch our canoe from a federal site, or have a family picnic in the national forest. These lands are our heritage as American citizens, and if the feds think they can charge us to use something we already own, the 49-1 vote by which the measure cleared the Senate should inform them that they are terribly mistaken.
Nor are recreation fees the only thing driving Westerners to take a stand against the federal government. A resolution from Democrat Jim Elliott targeted the USA Patriot Act and explicitly requests Montana's attorney general to "permanently dispose" of any intelligence information held by the state "to which there is not attached a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity." In other words, tell the federal government that their covert mining of personal information on Montana citizens will not be tolerated here. Nor will racial profiling, the "use of state resources for the enforcement of federal immigration matters," or the collection of information about "the political, religious, or social views, associations, or activities of any individual group, association, organization, corporation, business, or partnership" unless the information "directly relates to an investigation of criminal activities." That resolution zipped out of the Senate on a 40-10 vote.
Then there is Gov. Brian Schweitzer's request to bring Montana's National Guard troops and helicopters home from Iraq to fight what is feared will be a huge wildfire threat this summer. The generals in D.C. are alarmed that a governor would make such a request, and have already tried to arrange a meeting to mumble soothing reassurances to Schweitzer.
But when Schweitzer told them he wanted to go to Iraq to visit our troops, they told him he needed State Department clearance to do so. Now get that straight: Schweitzer is the commander in chief of the Montana National Guard, but he is being told he needs clearance from some D.C. bureaucrat to go talk with his own troops, let alone bring them home.
Montana is not alone in this battle. Governors, legislatures and local governments across the West are rising to oppose the draconian measures emanating from a federal government that seems to have forgotten we are a union of states -- not a dictatorship.
Yes, it is true that closed meetings proliferate like never before as a cowed populace and press are humbled by the federal fist. But as Hal Harper, the governor's chief policy adviser, said during the House hearing on the anti-fee resolution: "If you want to incite revolution in this state, start charging hunters and anglers and campers a fee to access their own public lands."
Harper is right — and in fact, the Western revolution has already begun.


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Licorus Black[2] (1808 — 1872[1]) was a pure-blood wizard, as well as the earliest known member of the pure-blood House of Black. He married a pure-blood witch, Magenta Tripe, and is the earliest known ancestor of the Black family, being depicted on the Black family tree tapestry that hangs in the ancestral home of 12 Grimmauld Place[3]. It is possible that he was the brother of Hesper, Alexia Walkin, Phoebe and Eduardus Limette Black.
Licorus was born to the House of Black in 1808, to unknown pure-blood parents. He possibly seems to have had four siblings: Alexia Walkin, Phoebe, Hesper and Eduardus Limette Black.
Mr Black was raised in a household that strongly believed in the importance of blood purity, and as such likely carried a grudge against Muggle-borns, whom most of the family called Mudbloods. His brother Eduardus was disowned for unknown reasons, which likely had an effect on him.
At the age of eleven, Black presumably began his schooling at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he may have been Sorted into Slytherin House.
Sometime after completing his schooling, Black married a pure-blood witch, with whom he seems to have had several children: a daughter, Misapinoa, who married into the Blishwick family by being wed to Jimbo Blishwick, and two sons, Arcturus, and Cygnus Black. It is likely, after Cygnus's death, that Licorus and Magenta helped Ella Max raise Cygnus's children: Sirius, Phineas Nigellus, Iola and Elladora.
Licorus died in 1872.
Licorus is a form of the name Lycorus.
In Greek mythology, Lycorus was a son of the god Apollo.[4] After him a city was named Lycoreia.[5]
Behind the scenes
- Based on a statement by Horace Slughorn, Licorus may have been a member of Slytherin house. However, Black attended Hogwarts in the 1810s, long before Slughorn was even born.[6]
- This character appears only on the version of the Black family tree shown in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. He was not included on the version of the tree which J. K. Rowling gave to a charity auction in 2006[7]. However, according to director David Yates, Rowling provided the filmmakers with a copy of the Black family tree going back eight generations[8]. The filmmakers presumably received a more complete version of the tree than the one auctioned off, which only goes back six generations.
- Except for the colour of his hat, this character's picture on the family tree bears a striking resemblance to that of Pollux Black. This was likely done by the film-makers to save time, as other characters, such as Elladora and Callidora Black also have images that are remarkably similar[9].
- His name is similar to the name of his relative, Lycoris Black.
- He is the first known member of the Black family.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Seen on Black family tree tapestry)
- Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey (Appears on Black family tapestry)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 See this image.
- ↑ On the Black family tapestry in the Order of the Phoenix film, only Blacks by birth have portraits, and only their given names are listed on the scrolls beneath these portraits. This indicates that this character was a Black, not the husband of a female Black.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 161
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 6. 3
- ↑ ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ "Black Family Tree" on The Harry Potter Lexicon
- ↑ "'Empire' Magazine Feature on OotP" from The Leaky Cauldron
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)


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Taking On The Pacific Coast Highway - Day 9
Stop 24 - Lavender Fields in Sequim: We started the day with a relaxing drive through the lavender fields in Sequim. I have been wanting to see the lavender fields in bloom for quite some time so this was an exciting moment for me.
We ended up changing our plans a bit on this day since we decided to make a last-minute stop in Puyallup to see Ryan's sister. We basically scrapped the rest of our plans for the day and headed straight to Puyallup so the kids could spend some time with their cousins. On our way, we came across a small ice cream shop that operates out of a few old train cars. Although the restaurant is shut down now, we couldn't pass up a chance to get out and explore the train cars before continuing on.
Once we arrived in Puyallup our car ended up breaking down requiring it to spend the next day in the shop getting repaired. The cost of fixing it was not a fun expense but we felt is was a tender mercy fro the Lord that the car ended up having this issues in Puyallup with family as opposed to when we were on the road. Once the car was fixed we continued on Spokane to spend the next several weeks with Ryan's family. By the end of the trip we were exhausted, sunburned, and a few pounds heavier but we figured that was a small price to pay for some of the greatest memories we could ever ask for as a family. Until next time PCH!
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Aug 25, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – With influenza season well under way in the southern hemisphere, one of the three kinds of seasonal influenza virus is becoming increasingly resistant to the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu), the World Health Organization (WHO) reported last week.
Thirty-one percent (242 of 788) of influenza A/H1N1 isolates from 16 countries that were tested in recent months carried a mutation associated with oseltamivir resistance, the WHO said. In South Africa, all of the 107 isolates tested had this mutation, known as H274Y, the agency reported.
Other countries and areas that tested 10 or more isolates and found resistance included Australia, 100% (10 of 10 isolates); Ghana, 20% (2 of 10) Hong Kong, 17% (97 of 583); and Chile, 13% (4 of 32 isolates).
The findings strengthen a trend that that was first observed last January in Norway and subsequently in many other countries. Overall for the last quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of this year, 16% (1,182 of 7,528) of tested H1N1 isolates carried the resistance mutation, according to WHO figures. Resistance was found in 35 countries, mostly in the northern hemisphere, including in 12% of tested US isolates and 26% of tested Canadian isolates.
"What we're seeing is the evolution of the resistance gene and the distribution of it throughout the world," said Lance Jennings, a clinical virologist with the Canterbury District Health Board in Christchurch, New Zealand, and chair of the Asia-Pacific Advisory Committee on Influenza, as quoted in an Aug 22 Bloomberg News report.
In South Africa, Terry Besselaar, director of the National Influenza Centre in Johannesburg, said, "The patients are from across the country, so the resistant strain is widespread," according to the Bloomberg report.
The WHO said only 1 of the 107 patients in South Africa was taking oseltamivir, and no unusual clinical features or underlying conditions were found.
No increase in oseltamivir resistance has been reported in the other two types of seasonal flu viruses, A/H3N2 and B. Recent WHO updates have not indicated which types are most common overall in the southern hemisphere this season, but the Aug 20 statement said flu was widespread in New Zealand, with H3 and B viruses predominant. The statement also cited sporadic flu activity in Argentina, with H1 viruses most common.
Many countries have stockpiled oseltamivir, which is used to treat people infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus and is generally considered the most promising antiviral to use in case H5N1 evolves into a human pandemic strain. The WHO statement did not mention any reports of resistance to zanamivir (Relenza), the other drug in the neuraminidase inhibitor class.
A spokeswoman for Roche, the maker of Tamiflu, said H5N1 viruses remain sensitive to the drug, according to the Bloomberg report. The spokeswoman, Claudia Schmitt, said the company plans to conduct surveillance on resistant and susceptible flu viruses during the 2008-09 flu season.
In a summary of H1N1 resistance to oseltamivir in the the 2007-08 flu season, the WHO said in June that no link between "oseltamivir exposure and resistance at the individual patient level was noted."
The increasing oseltamivir resistance in H1N1 viruses has puzzled experts. In an editorial published by Eurosurveillance in January, authorities said resistant viruses with the H274Y mutation had been seen in previous flu seasons but were rare and did not spread easily. But the more recent H1N1 isolates with the mutation were "fitter" and were spreading in the community, they wrote.
A recent update by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) observed, "At this stage the significance of these [resistance] findings remains uncertain. The emergence of drug resistance in the context of limited drug use is unexpected, and the extent of future circulation is difficult to predict."
See also:
Jun 13 WHO statement on H1N1 oseltamivir resistance in 2007-08 season
Feb 1 CIDRAP News story "Europe says Tamiflu-resistant virus seen in 9 countries"


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NYT Op-ed: 'Let's Give Up on the Constitution'
Well, at least we know one of the New Year's resolutions on a certain radical professor's list. That resolution, undermining the Constitution whenver and wherever possible to serve the "progressive" agenda, has been on the list of the paper for which this professor wrote for quite a while.
On Sunday, in a New York Times op-ed ("Let's Give Up on the Constitution") which appeared in today's print edition, Louis Michael Seidman, a professor of constitutional law (seriously) at Georgetown University, and the author of the forthcoming book "On Constitutional Disobedience" (given the conduct of the Obama administration, it's hard to understand why such a book is even neceeary is a mystery), wrote that "our insistence on obedience to the Constitution, with all its archaic, idiosyncratic and downright evil provisions." Here's more of what we will likely see from other quarters in the new year:
Consider, for example, the assertion by the Senate minority leader last week that the House could not take up a plan by Senate Democrats to extend tax cuts on households making $250,000 or less because the Constitution requires that revenue measures originate in the lower chamber. Why should anyone care? Why should a lame-duck House, 27 members of which were defeated for re-election, have a stranglehold on our economy? Why does a grotesquely malapportioned Senate get to decide the nation's fate?
… As someone who has taught constitutional law for almost 40 years, I am ashamed it took me so long to see how bizarre all this is. Imagine that after careful study a government official — say, the president or one of the party leaders in Congress — reaches a considered judgment that a particular course of action is best for the country. Suddenly, someone bursts into the room with new information: a group of white propertied men who have been dead for two centuries, knew nothing of our present situation, acted illegally under existing law and thought it was fine to own slaves might have disagreed with this course of action. Is it even remotely rational that the official should change his or her mind because of this divination?
Constitutional disobedience may seem radical, but it is as old as the Republic. In fact, the Constitution itself was born of constitutional disobedience. When George Washington and the other framers went to Philadelphia in 1787, they were instructed to suggest amendments to the Articles of Confederation, which would have had to be ratified by the legislatures of all 13 states. Instead, in violation of their mandate, they abandoned the Articles, wrote a new Constitution and provided that it would take effect after ratification by only nine states, and by conventions in those states rather than the state legislatures.
… IN the face of this long history of disobedience (by past president and courts — Ed.), it is hard to take seriously the claim by the Constitution's defenders that we would be reduced to a Hobbesian state of nature if we asserted our freedom from this ancient text. Our sometimes flagrant disregard of the Constitution has not produced chaos or totalitarianism; on the contrary, it has helped us to grow and prosper.
This is not to say that we should disobey all constitutional commands. Freedom of speech and religion, equal protection of the laws and protections against governmental deprivation of life, liberty or property are important, whether or not they are in the Constitution. We should continue to follow those requirements out of respect, not obligation.
Anyone who believes that ignoring the Constitution has been a net positive influence simply hasn't been paying attention, isn't really interested in the personal freedoms it is supposed to guarantee, and certainly doesn't understand the document's relationship to the its foundation, the Declaration of Independence, and the God-given (not state-given) rights it enshrines.
I'll be impressed with Seidman's convictions when he resigns from his con law perch at Georgetown, and not a moment sooner. Otherwise, the prof stands as a world-class hypocrite.
While we're at it, let's cast aside those Ten Pesky Commandments, too. After all, a lot of people don't do a very good job of following them, so they too must be an utter waste of parchment.
Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org.


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
Bruno Leoni, in Freedom and the Law (1961), noted two serious problems with political voting, namely that it often volated individual freedom and resulted in rule by a minority:
But voting itself seems to increase the difficulties relating both to the meaning of "representation" and to the "freedom" of the individuals in making their choice. … Election is the result of a group decision where all the electors are to be considered as the members of a group, for instance, of their constituencies or of the electorate as a whole. We have seen that group decisions imply procedures like majority rule which are not compatible with individual freedom of choice of the type that any individual buyer or seller in the market enjoys as well as in any other choice he makes in his private life. The effects of coercion in the machinery of voting have been repeatedly pointed out by politicians, by sociologists, by political scientists (such as J.S. Mill who observed that) political issues are decided "by a majority of the majority who may be, and often are, but a minority of the whole."
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As another presidential and congressional election is upon us, we turn to one of the great legal and political analyses of the electoral process by the Italian jurist Bruno Leoni. In this quote from his 1961 lectures Leoni observes that fundamentally elections are a result of group decisions which produce decisions which are not compatible with individual freedom of choice. Furthermore, he suggest that coercion is frequently involved in the "machinery of voting". The much touted benefits of "majority rule" in fact produce outcomes which are desired by only a "majority of the majority", which in reality are that of a minority of the people.


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Budget windfall for California schools
April was a good month for California's finances - a really good month.
In the 30 days that account for more tax revenue coming into the state coffers than the rest of the year, California finished nearly $4.7 billion above what the governor projected in his budget for the current fiscal year.
But before the various interests at the Capitol get visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads with how to spend that money, the vast majority of it, if not all of it, will have to be spent on K-12 public schools and community colleges in the state.
It's a function of voter-approved Proposition 98, which mandates how much money has to be spent on schools in a given year. The formula is beyond complex, but typically it works out to the state spending 40 percent or so of revenues it receives on the schools.
The Legislative Analyst's Office estimates that between 85 and 95 percent of the extra cash collected this year will go to schools.
So why the big jump? Well, last year the governor and Legislature tweaked how they handled cash surpluses and money owed to schools. The Legislative Analyst's Office raised concerns that something like this could happen, and now it has.
The Legislature was "fully briefed, there were multiple opinions on this, they agreed with the administration's approach and that was their prerogative," said Jason Sisney, deputy legislative analyst for state and local finance.
But there may yet be a silver lining for those who advocate for programs other than the schools. The big jump likely will mean that the governor's May revision of the budget, which is due out in just over a week, will have a higher forecast for revenue coming in during the next fiscal year.
And that's money they can fight over.
Taxes and fees advance: Speaking of all the money gushing into the state treasury, lawmakers at the Capitol this week passed several measures that would create additional tax and fee increases.
They include a tax on oil that is pumped up from California, a tax on soda and other sugary beverages, and a fee on shoppers who don't use their own bags at a retail establishment that sells food, beer, wine or liquor.
The oil tax proposal, SB241 by Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, would put a 9.5 percent tax on large oil companies for the extraction of the black gold. Estimates are that it would generate $2 billion per year, with the money directed to public education and state parks.
Soda drinkers would lose some fat in their wallets under the SB622 tax proposal by Sen. Bill Monning, D-Carmel, which would add 1 cent per ounce to the cost of a sugary drink. That money would go to combat childhood obesity.
And finally, Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, has proposed SB700, a nickel-a-bag fee for shoppers who don't use their own bags. That money would be spent on environmental projects and parks.
All passed out of their first committees, but the real test will be whether they get the two-thirds approval needed to pass out of the Senate, given that legislative leaders and the governor have already said they're not interested in any tax increases this year.
The war on drug charges: Last year, a proposal by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, to make simple possession of any drug a misdemeanor offense rather than a felony was crushed in a vote by his Senate colleagues.
Well, this week, many of those same colleagues approved a similar measure, which now heads to the state Assembly. There's one key difference, though: the bill, SB649, makes possession a "wobbler," which means prosecutors decide whether to charge a felony or a misdemeanor.
One supporter of the bill who also supported the previous version, Sen. Roderick Wright, D-Inglewood (Los Angeles County), said this is the kind of criminal justice issue where people of color are disproportionately targeted for arrest and prosecution.
Quoting the late comedian Richard Pryor, Wright said, "Justice in my community means 'just us.' "
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A Pledge Worthy of a Free People
I've long criticized having state school officials lead students in a pledge of allegiance to the state. It runs precisely counter to our nation's founding principles. Michael Lind has gone beyond criticism and proposed an alternative pledge, more fitting to a free people. It's definitely worth reading.
Of course a free people deserve a free intellectual and education marketplace, in which parents choose their children's schools without state interference. Those schools, acting in loco parentis, could decide what, if any, pledges their students recite. They could even chose the current one, if that strikes their fancy. That's what freedom's all about.


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