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LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers who wrote the rulebook for quantum teleportation, described as "spooky" by an exasperated Einstein, are among the 2012 Thomson Reuters tips to win Nobel prizes for science.
Nobel prediction expert David Pendlebury's annual forecasts are based on the company's "Web of Knowledge" data on how often a scientist's published papers are cited as a basis for further investigation by other researchers.
Winners of the 2012 Nobels are due to be announced in early October and although they are notoriously hard to predict, over the last decade 26 people from Pendlebury's list have won.
"We're not trying to pull a rabbit out of the hat," he said. "We're trying to demonstrate that citations in the literature are a strong indicator of peer esteem, which is the basis for awarding top prizes for research, such as the Nobel."
Based on that, Pendlebury picks IBM researcher Charles Bennett, Gilles Brassard at the University of Montreal and William Wootters at Williams College in Massachusetts for their description of the protocols for quantum teleportation.
Quantum teleportation transfers information between two points without anything physical, like a radio wave, passing through space.
This means it can't be intercepted and could provide a basis for totally secure mass communications, super-fast quantum computers and, eventually, a quantum internet much more powerful than the one we have today.
It relies on the process of 'entanglement' between two particles, which physicists have used to create a perfect replica of a single particle of light at some distance from the original.
Work done by Bennett and his colleagues in 1993 has been cited over 5,300 times - that's 300 times more than the average physics paper published in the same year - and it has since been verified in experiments over increasing distances.
Earlier this month, an international team of scientists set a new record by reproducing the characteristics of a photon over 143 kilometres, between two observatories in the Canary Islands.
Rupert Ursin from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, who was part of that team, said physicists now understand the process enough to produce it and use it in the real world, but it remains quite mysterious.
"Entanglement is a bit weird," he told Reuters. "You have to give up your classical world view".
Other contenders for the physics prize include the 1990 discovery by British scientist Leigh Canham that porous silicon can emit light, which could be used in a new generation of microelectronics based on light pulses rather than electrons.
And making light slow down to the speed of a bicycle, described in a 1999 paper by U.S.-based researchers Stephen Harris and Lene Hau, also makes the grade for the Nobels, according to Pendlebury.
Hau and her team at Harvard went further in 2001 by bringing laser light pulses to a standstill for a thousandth of a second in a magnetically trapped ultra-cold cloud of sodium atoms.
Real world applications are far off but it does offer the potential for a technology that can shine light through opaque materials.
An omission from this year's list is Peter Higgs following the celebrated discovery at the CERN research centre of a new subatomic particle which appears to be the boson imagined by him in the 1960s.
Although cosmologist Stephen Hawking confidently predicted a Nobel for Higgs at the time, Pendlebury said it is probably too soon and Alfred Nobel's demand that the prize should go to no more than three people is another complication.
There are five theorists still alive today with a reasonable claim on the Higgs boson because work from all of them was published around the same time as that done by Higgs in 1964.
For that reason, and the fact that the average time between a discovery and a Nobel is now about 25 years, Peter Higgs might have to wait a bit longer.
"Then again, I may be wrong," said Pendlebury
Research into the inner workings of the cell dominates Pendlebury's list for the medicine prize.
Among them, American scientists David Allis and Michael Grunstein are tipped for the work in the 1980s on epigenetics, the study of the mechanisms that activate and de-activate genes, which is one of the root causes of cancer.
The question of why it is possible for one genetically identical twin to suffer autism or schizophrenia, for example, while the other does not, confounded science for some time.
DNA, which provides the blueprint for living organisms, is wrapped tightly around proteins called histones, which were long thought to be an inert packing material.
Grunstein and his colleagues showed that part of one of the histones in yeast is essential for the control of specific genes, which was the first demonstration of a direct interaction between histones and DNA.
Pendlebury said the discovery had far-reaching impact and has since led to the development of a range of medicines, including treatment for rare forms of lymphoma.
In chemistry, Akira Fujishima at Tokyo University of Science, could be in the running for discoveries over three decades up to the 1990s of new uses for titanium dioxide, long used mainly as an ingredient for paint.
Fujishima found titanium dioxide could be a catalyst for producing hydrogen from water when subjected to sunlight and later that water on its surface forms a film rather than the droplets dictated by surface tension.
If the coated surface is upright or on an incline the water runs off and this has led to the widespread use of titanium dioxide as a self-cleaning coating for glass.
It is especially useful for side mirrors on cars but Fujishima also demonstrated it could be used to clean disease pathogens off surfaces.
The technique is even used in Japan to coat paving stones as a way of removing traffic pollution from the environment.
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Lady Gaga Reveals Artwork for First 'ARTPOP' Single 'Applause'
Lady Gaga shared the artwork for the first 'ARTPOP' single 'Applause,' which is due to drop in August. Is it so stunning that it will make you stand up and clap for Mommy Monster, giving her a round of 'Applause?' We'll let you decide once you take a look.
The image was shot by Inez + Vinoodh, who also snapped her naked V photo which leaked last week. The Dutch fashion photographer duo also worked with Gaga on the 'You & I' fashion videos, so her history with the pair is long and deep and they have created some arresting artwork together.
As for the image itself?
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- Unwanted Staffies and similar
- Horses past their prime
- Pigs, Sheep, Cows: Low ranking animals mostly regarded as Agricultural products
When the animals that fall into the above categories hit trouble, their future is bleak and very few survive, which is very upsetting for those of us who truly care about all creatures. For such people, it is very distressing to know that some animals are very unpopular, and others are our victims from birth to slaughter, sad facts that some of us find very hard to live with, yet find ourselves helpless to change the ways of this world.
Writing to M.P's does not work, pleading with religious groups often proves fruitless. Attending demonstrations may get momentary recognition but a week later all is forgotten. So into this depressing scene, let this writer introduce a ray of hope. For there truly is a Sanctuary called Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary founded by Fiona Oakes, and now run by her with the help of her partner Martin and her very charismatic mother Meg.
Three people who have achieved so much and with your help they hope to achieve much more. It is their wish to always help the least fortunate animals and the Sanctuary currently houses just over 400 creatures, all of whom are happy, contented, warm, well fed and much loved. In fact they all look like animals in their prime and most of them have managed to forget about their past troubles, suffering, dejection and rejection. Click to read more about Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary.
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The Winnipeg Art Gallery is both saddened and pleased to announce that Jasmina Jovanovic-Vlaovic has decided to leave her position as WAG Head of Museum Services in order to take up the directorship of the Art Gallery of Algoma. She will leave the WAG on August 31.
Jovanovic-Vlaovic joined the WAG in 1993 after recently arriving from Serbia. She began her tenure as Paper Conservator and was promoted to Head Conservator in 1998 and to Head of Museum Services in 2002.
"We are very proud of the work that Jasmina has done for the WAG during her 19-year tenure here," says Director Stephen Borys. "In addition to her important work in overseeing the care and maintenance of the permanent collection and installing world class exhibitions, Jasmina travelled with exhibitions to Asia and Europe showcasing our permanent collection to audiences around the world. We wish her all the best in her new role as director, and I personally look forward to working with her as a colleague."
Located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the Art Gallery of Algoma is a public gallery dedicated to cultivating and advancing the awareness of visual arts. It hosts approximately 24 exhibitions each year featuring local, national, and international artists. The AGA also houses a growing permanent collection of 5,000 works of art and an arts-related resource centre.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Daytona 500's 53-year run of starting on time – and finishing on the same day — came to a soggy end Sunday.
A persistent rain kept all 43 cars parked on pit road for four hours after the 1 p.m. scheduled start before NASCAR finally pulled the plug and rescheduled the start for noon today on FOX.
Although the 1965, 1966, 2003 and 2009 Daytona races were shortened by rain, stock car's biggest race had never missed a scheduled green-flag start.
"That's a pretty good record — 53 of these; they must be living right," Carl Edwards said. "NASCAR did the right thing by not dragging this out.
"This is still going to be a very good Daytona 500."
After spending months preparing for the race, teams could only sit around and hope for the weather to clear.
"Hurry up and wait," said crew chief Chad Johnston.
The Sprint Cup Series schedule compresses 36 regular season and two all-star events into a 40-week stretch from the end of February through Thanksgiving.
That doesn't leave much room for error, especially when next week's race is at Phoenix.
Johnston, who prepares cars for Martin Truex Jr. at Michael Waltrip Racing, knows his team will be working around the clock to get to Phoenix. If the weather cooperates today — and there's a 50-percent chance of more showers — haulers will get home to North Carolina after midnight, only to get back on the road by noon Tuesday for the 30-hour cross-country haul to the Arizona desert.
"If we get it in Monday we'll be all right," Johnston said. "Any later than that, we're all in trouble."
Speedway president Joie Chitwood III said there are no other plans other than racing today.
"It's tough to even talk Tuesday until we get through (today)," he said. "We'll play it out the best we can. We'll wait until the last possible minute."
Drivers spent the afternoon waiting in their motorhomes. Edwards watched the U.S. Open for the Professional Bowlers Association on television. Kasey Kahne's crew was huddled on pit road watching the NFL Combine. A lot of the drivers spent the afternoon posting messages on the Twitter and Facebook accounts. Bobby Labonte took a nap and cleaned out his refrigerator.
"This is one of the toughest things for drivers. When you put that off for another day, it's who can stay focused," Edwards said. "If I did have any plans, I think I'd put them on hold for the Daytona 500."
Every team uses a specialty car for the Daytona 500. The cars that eventually will race at the Daytona International Speedway aren't built to suit the flat, one-mile oval at Phoenix. That means cars, engines and most of the equipment will have to be removed and replaced with new cars.
Johnston already has NAPA cars prepared for the first four races, including stops at Las Vegas on March 11 and Bristol, Tenn., on March 18. That means despite being pressed for time, his team won't fall behind.
"You've got to be in good order, especially this time of year," Johnston said. "You have to have your car count ready for these first four races. Some of the smaller teams, something like this could really get them behind."
Compounding the pressures facing every team is the turnaround from Phoenix to Las Vegas requires another swap of cars and equipment. Most teams will send a second hauler with the Las Vegas car because it's built for high banks and faster speeds.
"Really, the hardest group that it's on is the truck drivers," Joey Logano's crew chief, Jason Ratcliff, said. "Getting the trucks back and getting those turned around and cleaned up, especially when you've been here for 10 days and you accumulate a lot of dirty laundry in 10 days.
"Getting it in (Sunday) would be a plus as far as staying on schedule. If not, the thing is that (today) doesn't look any better."
The rain also washed away the rubber that was embedded in the pavement during Friday's Camping World Truck and Saturday's Nationwide series races.
However, that wasn't as much of a concern as the lingering doubt of more rain.
"I think that you won't see a big difference," Greg Biffle said. "The speeds will be a little bit faster because the track will be green."
Some teams were so eager to get home they flew back to Charlotte Sunday afternoon and will return early today.
Despite the rain, the Daytona International Speedway was the place to be seen Sunday.
Included in the throng of celebrities was Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney, who shook hands with fans and team on pit road before the race.
Lenny Kravitz did a short pre-race concert with WWE superstar John Cena, Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover girl Kate Upton, New York Giants Jason Tuck, Mathias Kiwanuka and Osi Umenyiora, Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Lynn Swann, Tampa Bay Lightning players Vincent Lecavalier and Marc Andre-Bergeron, actors Jane Lynch and Sean Hayes and UFC fighters Jon "Bones" Jones, Christopher Tuchscherer, Brock Lesnar and Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone.
Most of the celebrities left the track during the delay, but Cena remained at Daytona since he's scheduled to wave the green flag today – weather permitting.


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By Adam O'Connor
Are you sure? Believe it or not, cell phones are a security risk. Not that you can possibly live without talking to your friends and playing Tetris while listening to MP3s. But yes, cell phones are a risk. Consider 5 worst case scenarios and better yet, the alternative to panicking over the situation.
1. Stolen Sidekick
So your cell phone has been stolen! Or lost, more likely. Most people simply take lost cell phones they find rather than pickpocketing them. If you have a special model, such as a Palm Treo, Razr Killer or T-Mobile Sidekick then obviously unscrupulous individuals will want to take your phone and listen to their own MP3s. The first step is to call your provider and let them know the phone has been lost. Ask them to disable any outgoing calls. Also ask about a replacement phone. Some service providers offer a replacement phone depending on the selected service plans. (Be sure that, if you have replacement phone coverage, that they are replacing your phone with a brand new one, not a refurbished one.)
2. Cell Phones In School
Misbehaving in school is a national pastime. Naturally children or teenagers with cell phones are bound to abuse their privileges sooner or later. One risk is that they get caught playing during the assignment and their luxury Sony/Ericsson or Motorola phone gets confiscated. There are also concerns for cell phone theft and robbery on school grounds. Many cell phones come with security devices or protective accessories to help people of ages keep their phones functioning and prevent loss or damage.
3. Cell Phones and Driving
Did you know that some politicians want to ban cell phone use while driving? While it's debatable if this should take place, it is true that talking on a cell phone will hinder your ability to drive. Face it, checking your email and browsing the web on an LG Fusic or Nokia N91 can be an involved task and one second later, you could be in a car accident. For your own protection, be very careful when speaking on a cell phone in traffic, use a hands-free set, and try to limit the time as much as possible. Better yet, stop the car, then make your calls.
4. Diseased Cell Phones For Sale
Some people claim that cell phones could contribute to bad health. Some scientists even speculate that rare types of cancerous tumors could develop from heavy cellular use. However, no conclusive evidence has ever been produced that links ill health effects with cellular phones. If sure evidence of mutation or disease comes to light, surely cell phones would be done away with, much the same way American has turned its back on tobacco products.
5. Cell Phones Without Plans
Worst case scenario! A cell phone that doesn't work for you! Don't panic. There are several big wireless providers from Verizon to Motorola Razr and they are generously willing to accept your money. Seriously, whether you want low monthly payments with just emergency chat time, or anytime anywhere minutes at a set monthly price, there's a plan for you. If there are cell phones for soldiers stationed halfway across the globe, then there's a plan for you. Most service providers feature cell phone reviews on their website detailing plans as well as phone features.
Don't panic! There's a solution to your worries so as long as you have your Smart Phone around. Between you and the super electronic device you hold, you're bound to figure it all out.
Adam O'Connor is the owner of www.handheldguru.com which provides free information on cell phones and smart phones. He is an expert in this industry and his website helps people find free cell phone reviews.
11 Cell Phone Safety Tips to Minimize Radiation Exposure
By Kalon Prensky
"The voluntary exposure of the brain to microwaves from hand-held mobile phones… is the largest human biological experiment ever."
Professor Leif Salford, Head of Research at Lund University, Sweden
The BIG Question! Are we on the verge of a health crisis of epidemic proportions due to lack of cell phone protection?
Scientists and Doctors agree that this emerging time of wireless technology is wreaking havoc on our health as a nation and a world. An estimated 30-50,000 cases annually worldwide, of brain and eye cancer are being attributed to cell phone use. WiFi is now also under scrutiny. Dr. George Carlo, former chief scientist of the cell phone industry's $28 million safety research project, predicts 500,000 new cases of brain and eye cancer each year by 2010 attributable to cell phone use.
What are the risks involved with wireless technologies?
You, your family, children and pets are all at significant risk. Children are of particularly high risk due to their thin and still forming skulls and nervous systems.
"Brain Tumors Now Cause More Deaths Among Children than Any Other Forms of Cancer." According to a Sydney TV News Report. You can also watch a special video report, "The Invisible Dangers of EMF Radiation".
Recent studies reveal that cell phone use and WiFi technology are linked to health problems. Invisible radiation from cell phones, microwaves, computers, cordless phones, electrical wiring in homes and office buildings and more are all contributors to health problems such as: neck and shoulder pain, headaches, brain tumors, high blood pressure, cancer, brain and eye tumors, Alzheimer's, and more.
It can take years for many of these dis-eases to occur due to the latency period, however the effects are cumulative. It is better to be safe than sorry. This biological experiment has gone too far and it's up to you and me to take responsibility for our own health and the wellbeing of our family members.
11 Cell Phone Protection Tips to Minimize Radiation Exposure:
1. Minimize cell phone use by keeping calls short and only using for essential calls. Just 2 minutes on a cell phone call has been shown to alter the natural electrical activity of the brain for up to an hour.
2. Use a speaker on your cell phone if possible. Keeping the phone away from the body and head helps minimize exposure to radiation.
3. Limit use of cell phones by children to emergency only. Due to their thin skull and developing body's, radiation can penetrate much more deeply.
4. Avoid wired headsets. Regular wired headsets have been shown to act as an antenna, attracting additional EMFs (Electro-Magnetic Fields) or radiation and concentrating it in the ear canal.
5. Keep your cell phone out of your pocket and off your belt when on or in use. Body tissue in the lower body area absorbs radiation more quickly than the head. One study shows that men who wear cell phones near their groin are at risk of reduced sperm count by up to 30 percent.
6. Avoid using the cell phone in enclosed metal spaces. Vehicles and elevators may require the device to work harder in establishing a connection. The metal also acts as a Faraday cage, trapping the radiation and reflecting it back upon the occupants.
7. Wait for the call to connect before placing phone next to the ear. More radiation is present during the connection time.
8. Avoid using the phone if the signal strength is down to one bar or less. This means the phone must work harder to establish a connection.
9. When purchasing a cell phone, choose one with low SAR (Specific Absorption Rate). The SAR level is listed in most phone instruction manuals. SAR is a way of measuring the quantity of radiofrequency (RF) energy absorbed by the body. A lower number equals less absorption. However, studies reveal that RF hundreds of times lower than current SAR limits still show biological effects.
10. Take antioxidant nutritional supplements. Free radicals in the body have been shown to create accelerated wear and tear, aging and degeneration. Cell phone and microwave radiation have been shown to decrease levels of these antioxidants in the body. Antioxidants such as Coenzyme Q10, Super Oxide Dismutase (SOD), vitamin C, Picnoginal, Melatonin and others are protective agents against internal and external environmental stressors.
11. Utilize the Cell Phone Protection of a Scientifically Validated EMF Guard Device. Cell phone and microwave radiation and electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) deplete your bioenergy field and immune system. Since most people can not imagine living without a cell phone, the best option is to utilize an advanced technology now available, which significantly strengthens your bioenergy field and guards the body from the cumulative effects of repeated EMF exposure. EMFs weaken the body's ability to repair itself. Since radiation and EMFs are extremely prevailent, even when not using a cell phone, additional protection devices have been made for people, pets and home or office wiring. Some industry experts predict that we are on the verge of a health crisis that could cripple our current health care infrastructure. Now is the time to protect yourself and family.
The damaging effects of EMFs, cell phone radiation and wireless radiation pose an extreme public health risk. Don't wait for the cumulative effects of this highly detrimental force to become fully realized in your life. Take action and protect yourself and your family. Some industry experts predict that we are on the verge of a health crisis that could cripple our current health care infrastructure.
* We now experience 100 million times more EMF exposure than our grandparents
* 40% increase in brain tumors in last 20 years in Australia
* Autism in children increased 30-fold
* 21% increase in brain tumors in children
* 25% increase in brain cancer worldwide
Note: This article is shared for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. If you believe that you have a health problem, see your doctor or health professional immediately.
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- Sleeps 3 - 1 double, 1 small single with compact box bed
- Sitting room
- Glass-roofed dining room
- Kitchen
- Shower room
- Enclosed courtyard with garden furniture and barbeque
- Free wifi (telephone calls up to one hour also free)
- Under floor oil-fired central heating
- Open fire - 1 bag of fuel provided
- Parking available on the front street
- Public transport accessible
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About Whithorn
The Precinct House lies at the heart of the Outstanding Conservation Area of Whithorn, one of Scotland's oldest settlements and once the seat of Celtic Christianity.
Visiting Whithorn Priory you will join a long line of Royal pilgrims, from Edward II of England through to Robert the Bruce, James IV and Mary Queen of Scots. 15th century pilgrims from Europe were required to obtain a badge from the priory as proof of their visit - the precursor to today's passports. The ruins of the 12th-century Romanesque cathedral and its adjacent crypts are only an echo of the grand structure that would once have stood.
Whithorn is famed for its outstanding local produce and is at most three miles in any direction from the sea. At nearby Garlieston the shallow sandy beach is very suitable for toddlers and young children, since there is no deep water.
About the area
Whithorn lies at the south end of the Machars, or 'plains of Galloway', a peninsula surrounded by sea on three sides and, rich dairy farm country on the fourth.
Inhabited since the Bronze Age, the surrounding countryside is an archaeological treasure trove. Ten miles away, Wigtown, Scotland's new Book Town, is home to a variety of bookshops and hosts a literary festival in September, as well as fairs and regular markets.
Things to do
- Pull on your hiking boots and head to the Southern Uplands, half an hour's drive away, for some challenging hill walking.
- The Galloway Forest Park is home to the UK's first Dark-Sky Park, a hotspot for stargazing, due to its pitch black unpolluted skies.
- Rock and harbour fishing, golf and off-road driving for the adventurous are available nearby.
Getting there
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers! I hope you will take a few minutes to read this beautiful story from Mother Teresa, and this prayer from St. Francis of Assisi. As we celebrate our blessings today, let us remember those who are hungry, lonely, and afraid, and let us commit ourselves to doing everything we can to help.
From Mother Teresa:
"One night, a man came to our house to tell me that a Hindu family, a family of eight children, had not eaten anything for days.
They had nothing to eat.
I took enough rice for a meal and went to their house. I could see the hungry faces, the children with their bulging eyes. The sight could not have been more dramatic!
The mother took the rice from my hands, divided it in half and went out.
When she came back a little later, I asked her: 'Where did you go? What did you do?'
She answered, 'They also are hungry.'
'They' were the people next door, a Muslim family with the same number of children to feed and who did not have any food either.
That mother was aware of the situation.
She had the courage and the love to share her meager portion of rice with others. In spite of her circumstances, I think she felt very happy to share with her neighbors the little I had taken her.
In order not to take away her happiness, I did not take her anymore rice that night. I took her some more the following day."
From "Mother Teresa: In My Own Words," compiled by Jose' Luis Gonzalez-Balado, 1996
From Francis of Assisi:
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
where there is hatred let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
Lord, may I not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
Because it is in giving that we receive,
in pardoning that we are pardoned."
Feel free to add your own favorite prayers and quotations in the comment section! Happy Thanksgiving!
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The child seat is suitable for children between 15 kg and 36 kg (33-80 lbs), approx. 3-10 years old. Volvo recommends that your child sits facing backwards in the car until at least 3-4 years of age.
With a stylish design and of an exclusive leather and nubuck textile, this child seat is designed to match the luxurious interior. As always when it comes to Volvo, no compromises have been made on safety, which means that the seat meets Volvo's stringent safety requirements.
The seat and backrest are made of nubuck, which is soft and durable. The child seat sides are upholstered in leather, which is easy to clean and also a material that ages beautifully.
The booster cushion can be used with and without backrest. The backrest has five different height settings and two angles to give the child a more comfortable sleeping position.
The child seat allows the car's ordinary seat belts to lie against the child's body correctly and provides optimum protection. The child is also raised, allowing a better view and a comfortable journey.
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Exclusive leather and nubuck.
Comfortable to use and easy to install and remove from the car.
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Forward-facing passengers (children and adults) must never sit in the front passenger seat if the passenger airbag is disabled. For more information see passengerairbagandchildren (only available in English).
Regulations regarding the placement of children in the car and the type of child seat to be used may vary from country to country. Find out what applies in your country.
Information about where in your car the seat can be positioned can be found in the car's owner's manual.
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I've learned a bit about HIV since I started offering MMS to HIV-positive people. Here in Africa so far Ihave successfully treated 800 HIV cases during this visit (July 2009 to February 2010). For many AIDSwas far advanced. But, you have to look at what I consider "successfully." You see there is no test forchecking to see if someone is HIV negative.
All the tests that have been designed have been designed to test for HIV positive. The tests detectantibodies to the HIV virus or they are designed to detect antigens. Antigens are substances that causethe immune system to generate antibodies. Unfortunately both antibodies and antigens will be with youlong after the HIV virus is gone, maybe the rest of your life. That's the immune system's job, to protectyou from the disease, or from the disease coming back by keeping antibodies available. So the presenttests for HIV positive will never work for testing HIV negative.
Ok, so what is a successfully treated HIV person? Well here in Africa we have now come to consider thatit is any HIV case that has lost all the various discomforts and symptoms and poor health that a personwith AIDS has. In other words when he is healthy again we consider that his treatment has beensuccessful. One other test that we apply, even though most doctors will say, "That doesn't meananything," is the CD4 count. That is the white blood cells that the immune system uses to kill diseasesand other things. It the CD4 count is back up to normal or going up to normal, we consider that a verygood indication. The same situation exists for AIDS.
So in my opinion, when someone finishes this latest HIV protocol, I believe that he really is HIV/AIDSnegative. So far the people here who have finished this protocol have remained healthy up to 4 months.Someday, they will have a test to prove HIV negative, but there is no such test now. And disgusting as itsounds, there are many false HIV positive tests reported, causing people to waste money and time anddistress when it is not necessary, and of course the drug companies could care less as they just makeextra money.
All the people treated with this protocol here are happy to be over their bad health, and suffering, andback to their normal lives. On their health sheet under "Other Data," they all write, "Happy." They are notworried about HIV any more as they feel that should their health deteriorate they will just take some moreMMS.
Although the HIV protocol is a bit intense and takes three weeks, it is quite simple. It uses only MMSwhich is now called MMS1. Out of the entire group of 800 only 40 needed MMS2 because they hadcancer, and that was handled too.
PROTOCOL 1000 is basically taking 3 drops of activated MMS each hour, for 8 hours a day, for 3 weeks.However many people cannot start taking that many drops and should start with only 2 or even 1 dropand hour. This is determined by how sick they are to begin with. If one is feeling very sick then start with 1drop an hour or even 1/2 drop and hour, but then begin taking more if you feel that you can. The rule is, ifyou feel that the drops are making you feel worse, take less and if they are not making you feel worsethen take a little bit more the next hour, but never more than 3 drops an hour.
The way you accomplish activation can be done in 4 different ways, any one of these methods ofactivation is acceptable: First, add your number of MMS drops to a clean dry glass, then activate asfollows:(1) (preferred method) add 1 drop of 50% citric acid for each drop of MMS that is in your glass, swirl orshake to mix, wait 20 seconds, add 1/2 to 1 glass of water or juice and drink.
(2) add 5 drops of 10% citric acid for each drop of MMS in the glass, and then shake or swirl to mix, wait 3minutes, add 1/2 to 1 glass of water or juice and then drink.
(3) add 5 drops of vinegar for each drop of MMS in the glass, shake or swirl to mix, wait 3 minutes, add1/2 to 1 glass of water or juice and then drink.
(4) add 5 drops of full strength lemon juice for each drop of MMS in the glass, shake or swirl to mix, add1/2 to 1 glass of water or juice and then drink.
Do not use orange juice. Do not use juices with added vitamin C or ascorbic acid added. Do not useconcentrated juices that must have water added to them. Fresh juices are best.But if you don't want to make up a single dose each hour, you can make 8 doses in the morning,and keep the solution in a closed container all day. Just follow the above instructions multiplying allthe figures by 8 and then put that liquid in a closed container. Take 1/8th of it each hour. Don't worry theMMS will last hours longer than is needed.
Now, these are the important instructions you must be sure to follow: You must not make yourselfsicker than you already are: Do not cause yourself a lot of nausea, or pain, or diarrhea. When you noticeany of these symptoms coming on take less MMS. Try not to stop taking MMS, just take less. Go from 2drops an hour of activated MMS to one drop an hour. Or if you are already take only one drop an hour,then take 1/2 drop and hour, or even 1/4 drop an hour. Do not cause yourself diarrhea if you can avoid itby taking less MMS. Pain, diarrhea, nausea and other discomforts cause loss of energy, which in turncauses slower healing and slower recovery. On the other hand try to increase the amount of drops youare taking until you are taking 3 drops an hour, but do not go over 3 drops an hour. CONTINUE THISUNTIL YOU ARE WELL.
If bad nausea persists take as little as 1/4 drop and hour. It's OK to stop until nausea is gone, but a smallamount of nausea may continue for some time. Do not let a tiny bit of nausea stop you. Only stop if it getsto be irritating. NORMALLY VERY LITTLE NAUSEA OR DIARRHEA IS NOTICED, BUT IT DOESHAPPEN. If you have to go to 1/4 or 1/2 drop for a long time to prevent nausea that is OK but you shouldthen extend your protocol an extra week.
The nausea is caused by killing pathogens as the pathogens dump poison into the system when they die.A normal healthy person notices absolutely nothing from taking a great deal more than 3 drops an hour.The more health problems the more likely you will be to notice nausea. Just handle it as given above andyou will be OK.
Normally HIV positive people have what is called opportunity diseases that take over or get startedbecause of the distressed immune system. Evidently the first thing MMS does is to go after thosediseases. It provides ammunition to the immune system. The immune system then runs out and kills thepathogens throughout the body.
The reason why hourly doses are required is because HIV is a virus, or, maybe not. I know there aretheories that HIV doesn't exist and that AIDS doesn't come from HIV. And the fact is about 50% of thepeople who have AIDS never were diagnosed with HIV. Fortunately, MMS doesn't care one bit eitherway. MMS kills viruses in a different way than bacteria. It prevents the growth of viruses by preventing theformation of the special virus proteins.
However, it has been demonstrated that this takes longer than just blowing a hole in the side of thebacteria. It evidently takes more than 1 or 2 hours. How much longer I am not sure, but the 3 drops hourlyfor 8 hours per day for 3 weeks seems to work. I couldn't join in the "AIDS-isn't-caused-by-HIV" argumentas I am not that smart. All I know is that MMS overcomes AIDS and either it kills HIV or it just kills all thediseases that are present. I believe though that something more than just bad nutrition is responsible forall those opportunistic diseases that seem to occur.
MMS is amazingly fast. How many people do you see losing their diseases and health problems in 3weeks? Not many. There is no point in using DMSO in this protocol or MMS2 unless some unusualproblem is present or comes to light.


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Michaels Energy has made another strategic move to better serve utilities and other clients by opening an office in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. The fifth location of Michaels Energy opened for business last month in St. Paul, Minn. The metro area is home to four members of Michaels Energy staff consisting of three engineers and a communications specialist.
"Opening an office in the Twin Cities area allows us to be more responsive and flexible when working with our major clients located there," said Vice President Jeff Ihnen. "We're expanding our service offerings for these clients and helping them reach out to their customers, so a local presence puts us in the best position to do both."
Michaels Energy opened offices in Green Bay and Madison, Wis., in 2012 and expanded its Cedar Rapids, Iowa, office from two employees to 12.


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Among my guilty pleasures are movies about opera — that is, film that feature opera in the plotline as opposed to movies of operas, such as the Zeffirelli Otello, or the Francesco Rosi Carmen, which despite their many virtues are somehow never as satisfying as an opera-house performance. (Captures of live performances, such as the Met's HD presentations, are in another, more exalted, class entirely.) What I love to watch are backstage films on the order of Serenade — Mario Lanza and Licia Albanese as Otello and Desdemona! — or Interrupted Melody, which has Eleanor Parker lip-synching her way through everything from Musetta's waltz to Brünnhilde's immolation.
I recently watched a DVD of The Glass Mountain, a 1949 British film about a composer (Michael Denison) torn between his love for his genteel English bride (Dulcie Gray) and his passion for the earthy Italian girl (Valentina Cortese) who nursed him to health when he was injured in the War. The Glass Mountain was evidently very popular in the U.K., although not an international success on the level of 1948's The Red Shoes, another movie that presented a triangular love story within the context of a backstage milieu. Just as the climax of The Red Shoes was the presentation of an original ballet, the payoff in The Glass Mountain is a lengthy sequence, set in La Fenice, devoted to an original opera (or at least excerpts from an original opera) called The Glass Mountain. It's about a poor young man who loves a poor young lady but marries a rich young lady, only to have signora numero uno die and show up as a ghost at the wedding reception. The original pair of lovers are reunited when the young man plunges to his death while searching for his beloved in the mists that shroud the glass mountain of the opera's title.
The score is by the incomparable Nino Rota — the main theme is quite striking and almost impossible to forget, as is often the case with Rota's film work. The opera stars at work are soprano Elena Rizzieri, an attractive artist with a tangy sound whose work is otherwise unfamiliar to me, and the great Tito Gobbi, looking quite handsome and slim at thirty-six, sounding marvelous and handling the English-language dialogue with impressive ease. In an odd twist, Gobbi is meant to be playing himself — "Tito Gobbi of La Scala" — within the confines of a fictional story but pulls it off with complete conviction. In addition to his work as the hero of The Glass Mountain opera, Gobbi also sings a lullaby of sorts, accompanying himself on the accordion, to a group of wounded soldiers and does so with an almost indecent amount of charm.
The soundtrack for the Glass Mountain opera is conducted by Franco Ferrarra, who was later one of Riccardo Muti's teachers; the on-screen conducting is handled with painful clumsiness by actor Michael Denison, who plays the conflicted composer at the center of the drama's love triangle. Despite Valentina Cortese's sympathetic performance as the "other woman," the movie's stiff-upper-lip love triangle is mightily silly stuff. What makes the film of interest today is Gobbi and Rota's haunting music; the opera excerpts leave one wondering what the full score sounds like.
I watched the film on a VCI DVD that had poor sound — most noticeable in the disc's "extra," a 1939 cartoon featuring egrets meandering through a moonlit waterscape to the strains of Debussy's "Clair de Lune." But a YouTube clip of Gobbi at work in The Glass Mountain has been posted below that is well worth a look.
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Vikings punter Chris Kluwe knew he was going to get fined for writing "Vote Ray Guy" over the 50th Anniversary Hall of Fame patch on his jersey last week.
Kluwe took athletic tape and made his statement about a player he believes should be the first punter elected to Canton. The NFL followed suit on Wednesday with a $5,250 fine that Kluwe announced via Twitter.
He also took some time out to compliment the league on their letter-writing etiquette.
My favorite part of the fine email from the NFL - they end it with "sincerely". It's the little touches that let you know they care.—
Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) December 12, 2012
The Hall of Fame voting process for 2013 is underway, although Kluwe won't see his wish get granted this year. Guy is not up for election this time around.


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Department of Revenue News Release
August 06, 2010Interested Bidders Will Have Until Sept. 9 to Submit Proposals to Manage Gallatin License Office
JEFFERSON CITY - Interested groups or individuals will have until Sept. 9 to bid to operate the Gallatin License Office.
The Office of Administration issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) on Thursday asking for bids to manage the office. The office was closed on Wednesday after the state canceled the contract with the former agent of the office.
Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, explained how the bidding process will work.
"People or groups interested in managing the license office will have five weeks to respond to the Office of Administration with a bid," she said. "All of the bids are then evaluated by a review team at the Department of Revenue, and the proposal that scores best in the areas of customer service, business experience, office location and other criteria is the one that is chosen."
During Fiscal Year 2009 (July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009), the office conducted an estimated 12,195 transactions and generated about $40,396 in agent processing fees. The office is located at 400 N. Main St., Suite 1. Potential bidders can propose to keep the office at the current address or submit another location in Gallatin.
Common transactions that take place at local license offices include renewing or applying for a driver license, renewing or applying for registration on motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors, and applying for titles and paying sales taxes on these units.
A copy of the RFP that bidders will use to develop their bids can be viewed at https://www.moolb.mo.gov/. To review an RFP, select "Guest" on the home page, click on "Open Bids By Agency," then scroll through the list of bids until the appropriate bid is located. (The bid number for the Gallatin office is B3Z11030.) Additional information regarding the bidding process can be obtained at http://oa.mo.gov/purch/vendorinfo/DORoffices.pdf or by calling OA at (573) 751-2387.


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Somewhere far away, Sam Bradford is smiling.
Rookie wide receiver Tavon Austin signed with the St. Louis Rams on Thursday, the team announced. Terms of the deal were undisclosed, but the contract includes no offset language, according to NFL.com's Ian Rapoport.
The Rams used the draft's eighth overall pick on Austin, the pass-catching, ball-carrying, kick-returning triple-threat who gives St. Louis an X-factor they've lacked entirely during Bradford's three-year run with the team.
Austin made a powerful impact on his teammates this week, leaving Rams punter Johnny Hekker swirling in the dust on a punt return during a minicamp session. The moves and lightning quickness of the former West Virgina star prompted veteran cornerback Cortland Finnegan to remark, "He is the real deal, man."
This year's rookie class produced plenty of early-round big uglies who promise to improve their new teams at the line of scrimmage. It's Austin who headlines the list of first-year playmakers. It will be fascinating to watch how the Rams use Austin, spreading him all over the formation in an attempt to help defenders league-wide discover how Hekker felt, just days ago.
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The Daily Word in Detroit, Texas, Iraq
The city of Detroit has filed for bankruptcy.
Gov. Perry successfully signs sweeping abortion restrictions in Texas. Meanwhile, in New Mexico, pro-life supporters seek to add restrictions in a state that has absolutely none.
Fancy shmancy "fake farms" dotted all over Bernalillo County taking in huge tax breaks.
Suicide bombing leaves 20 dead in an Iraqi mosque.
Dash-cam footage shows diabetic woman with dangerously low blood sugar being dragged out of her car by Santa Fe police and thrown on the ground.
The Isotopes have made Forbes' list of Minor League Baseball's Most Valuable Teams.
Remember how excited we all got about the new-and-improved awesomesauce Winrock Town Center? Well, it's still four to six years away from completion.


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Melanie Overcash is a Lancaster High School junior who's ranked in the top 20 of her class. She was recently selected to serve as a junior marshal for the upcoming graduation ceremony.
But the 17-year-old has been selected for something else, too, and this is a side of Melanie that her high school classmates might not be aware of.
An aspiring model, Melanie and her mom, Amy Overcash, are headed to Paris, France, on Saturday for the invitation-only four-day European Model Showcase.
It's a sure sign that warm weather is on the way.
Right now, somewhere on a grocery store shelf, you're going to find space dedicated to graham crackers, marshmallows and large Hershey's Milk Chocolate bars.
That's the way it should be.
When you're in the mood to make s'mores, you shouldn't have to walk the aisles looking for the ingredients. It should be a quick dash in and back out the door.
In the past 153 years, 88 members of Douglas Presbyterian have worn a military uniform.
That makes the church cemetery hallowed ground for those who proudly served during the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and in Korea and Vietnam.
Now their final resting place is getting a monument so they won't be forgotten.
The church will dedicate the marker at 3 p.m. Sunday during a memorial service.
On Saturday, Frederick "Rick" Stevens was one of 80-plus graduates who walked across the Charles Bundy Auditorium stage inside the Bradley Arts and Sciences Building at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster to receive a two-year college degree. That's a far cry from Oct. 9, 1996.
That's the day when Stevens – strung out on crack cocaine – walked into Meeting Street Express and tried to rob the place.
He was arrested the next day after someone recognized him from the store's video tape.
A group of high school students are learning how to become firefighters. But that's not all they're learning.
They're also learning what it means to be leaders through hands-on community service.
The members of Explorer Post 8, sponsored by Gooches Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department, recently constructed a handicap accessible ramp at Bonnie Thompson Wright's home on Memorial Park Road.
The materials to construct the ramp were donated by Payless Lumber on Brooklyn Avenue, which is within the Gooches fire district.
Marinades have an unspoken mystique about them.
These contrived secret blends miraculously change poultry, seafood, meats and vegetables from bland to bursting with taste.
Using marinades has been around for hundreds of years, says food writer and cookbook author Peggy Trowbridge Filippone.
Marinades date back to pre-Columbian Mexico when cooks wrapped meats in papaya leaves to make them more tender, she writes in her blog on about.com.
These days, there are many simple flavor-infusing liquids to choose from.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a statement Monday that there is no evidence you can get swine flu virus (H1N1) by eating pork.
"Swine influenza viruses are not transmitted by food," the statement said. "You cannot get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork and pork products is safe. Cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160 degrees kills the swine flu virus, as it does other bacteria and viruses."
Now, there's nothing wrong with getting Mom flowers for Mother's Day, but why not surprise her this year by thinking outside the vase? A little advance planning can go a long way. A heartfelt, homemade card is a great start, but it doesn't have to end there. And you don't have to spend loads of money to do it, either. If you know what she loves, you can come up with the perfect Mother's Day gift that will have her bragging about your thoughtfulness and creativity months from now. A Mother's Day gift doesn't have to be expensive.
The agriculture science class and the Future Farmers of America at Buford High School have started their annual greenhouse plant sale to benefit those programs.
The school greenhouse is brimming with plants and flowers of every shape and size.
Now in its second year, the students have been growing dozens of varieties of plants to sell, including perennials, annuals and vegetables, said Agriculture Science instructor Jeffrey Whisenhunt.
This is no plant resale, he said. The 32 students have done all the cultivating.
Frankie Cunningham learns something new every day. And most of the time, it surrounds her mother, the late Mae "Miss Mae" Wright.
Wright died June 5, 2002, but the foundation of life she left behind for her two daughters, six grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren is a solid legacy.
FORT LAWN – Because of his health, Bill Coble couldn't pick strawberries at Jordan Farms last spring.
He's still unable to pick them, but he left the 3.5 acre strawberry patch with 6 gallons of juicy, ripe just-picked strawberries bright and early Monday. One of the buckets was going to his sister Mable's house. The other five buckets went home with Bill and his wife, Geraldine Coble.
The bluegrass gospel music group, Pinetuckett, above, will be in concert at 6:30 p.m. today at Andrew Jackson State Park amphitheater. The concert is free with park admission. Admission to the park is $2 adults; $1.25 for South Carolina seniors and free for ages 15 and younger.
Organized in the early 1970s, Pine-tuckett plays a variety of traditional bluegrass and gospel music. The group performs across the Carolinas at festivals, churches and private parties.
Twelve years ago, when Derrick Robinson bought the house at 204 York St., he knew the yard had great potential.
Like a true "yardener," Robinson saw past the overgrown, 50-year-old azaleas that nearly covered the front windows.
Robinson said he knew that if he could somehow replace them, he could make the York Street yard a showplace.
Today, he has succeeded.
He and his wife, Lana, have now been awarded Yard of the Month for April by the Lancaster Council of Garden Clubs.
Right now, any help that HOPE of Lancaster gets is a blessing, said director Elaine Adkins.
"The first six days of January, we saw 197 people," Adkins said. "The numbers only continue to climb. Right now, there are lots of folks out there who need help and many of them never thought they'd have to."
And just in time, another group is stepping into the gap to help HOPE.
The STAR (Star Touring and Riding Association) Lancaster Chapter 396 will host its third annual Feed the Children Trivia Ride on Saturday.
By lunchtime Friday, the 59 local Relay For Life teams were close to attaining their goals.
The $205,000 goal was is sight, with a little more than $170,000 turned in.
The money is used to help fund cancer research and American Cancer Society wellness programs.
From Links of Hope and haunted junk yards to barbecues, yard sales and trial rides, all of the teams have been working hard to raise money in tough times, said event co-chairwoman Donna Parsons.
The annual Lancaster County Relay for Life is today and organizers are hoping the event will hit its $205,000 goal. The money is used to help fund cancer research and American Cancer Society programs.
"The Relay is from the heart," said event co-chairwoman Donna Parsons. "There are very few people in Lancaster who can say they haven't had a friend or family member impacted by cancer in one way or another. All of the teams and volunteers have been working as hard as they can."
Lancaster High culinary arts teacher Gregg Shipston wasn't a bit surprised when Rachelle Campbell became the school's first student to earn a ProStart certification.
"Since the class started, I've had close to 175 students," Shipston said. "If I would've had my pick as to who would be our first certified student, it would be Rachelle. She's very self-motivated."
ProStart is a two-year, flexible self-pace career program for students interested in the culinary arts.
For Dianne Cole, every hour of every day is different.
She may be OK one minute and burst into tears the next.
It's been that way for almost five months now, since her son, Edward Paul "Little Gene" Jenkins, 30, died unexpectedly.
Hers is the kind of pain that comes from losing a child. She never dreamed her son's life could be taken away in an instant.
The focus of the Southern gospel trio, Greater Vision is clear.
They may have climbed to the top of the Christian music ladder by becoming the most celebrated trio in Gospel music history.
With numerous Top 10 and a stack of No. 1 Southern gospel hits, several songs of the year by the Singing News Fan Awards, this internationally-known trio has established a solid presence.
But the awards, accolades and hit songs matter very little, said Greater Vision founder Gerald Wolfe.
In August 2008, Palmetto Thunder cased its colors for the last time when the 178th Field Artillery Battalion was deactivated.
Many of its members are now attached to different National Guard units across the state.
But some of them who served their country during various military conflicts like Operation Iraqi Freedom are still around.
So are other military veterans, including the county's five World War II prisoners of war and four Gold Star mothers.
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The Desert of Israeli Democracy: A Trip Through the Negev Desert Leads to the Heart of Israel's National Nightmare
Monday, 14 October 2013 10:34 By Max Blumenthal, TomDispatch | News Analysis
From the podium of the U.N. General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seamlessly blended frightening details of Iranian evildoing with images of defenseless Jews "bludgeoned" and "left for dead" by anti-Semites in nineteenth century Europe. Aimed at U.S. and Iranian moves towards diplomacy and a war-weary American public, Netanyahu's gloomy tirade threatened to cast him as a desperate, diminished figure. Though it was poorly received in the U.S., alienating even a few of his stalwart pro-Israel allies, his jeremiad served a greater purpose, deflecting attention from his country's policies towards the group he scarcely mentioned: the Palestinians.
Back in November 1989, while serving as a junior minister in the Likud-led governing coalition of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, a younger Netanyahu told an audience at Bar Ilan University, "Israel should have taken advantage of the suppression of demonstrations [at China's Tiananmen Square], when the world's attention was focused on what was happening in that country, to carry out mass expulsions among the Arabs of the Territories. However, to my regret, they did not support that policy that I proposed, and which I still propose should be implemented."
Now the country's top official, Netanyahu has updated the smokescreen strategy. While the prime minister ranted against Iran in New York City and in a meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office, his government was preparing to implement the Prawer Plan, a blueprint for the expulsion of 40,000 indigenous Bedouin citizens of Israel from their ancestral Negev Desert communities that promised to "concentrate" them in state-run, reservation-style townships. Authored by Netanyahu's planning policy chief, Ehud Prawer, and passed by a majority of the members of the mainstream Israeli political parties in the Knesset, the Prawer Plan is only one element of the government's emerging program to dominate all space and the lives of all people between the river (the Jordan) and the sea (the Mediterranean).
Expulsions in the Desert
On September 9th, I visited Umm al-Hiran, a village that the state of Israel plans to wipe off the map. Located in the northern Negev Desert, well behind the Green Line (the 1949 armistice lines that are considered the starting point for any Israeli-Palestinian negotiations) and inside the part of Israel that will be legitimized under a U.S.-brokered two-state solution, the residents of Umm al-Hiran are mobilizing to resist their forced removal.
In the living room of a dusty but impeccably tidy cinderblock home on the outskirts of the village, Hajj al-Ahmed, an aging sheikh, described to a group of colleagues from the website Mondoweiss and me the experience of the 80,000 Bedouin living in what are classified as "unrecognized" villages. The products of continuous dispossession, many of these communities are surrounded by petrochemical waste dumps and have been transformed into cancer clusters, while state campaigns of aerial crop destruction and livestock eradication have decimated their sources of subsistence. Although residents like al-Ahmed carry Israeli citizenship, they are unable to benefit from the public services that Jews in neighboring communities receive. The roads to unrecognized villages like Umm al-Hiran are lined with electric wires, but the Bedouins are barred from connecting to the public grid. Their homes and mosques have been designated "illegal" constructions and are routinely marked for demolition. And now, their very presence on their own land has been placed in jeopardy.
Under the Prawer Plan, the people of Umm al-Hiran will be among the 40,000 Bedouins forcibly relocated to American-Indian-reservation-style towns constructed by the Israeli government. As the fastest growing group among the Palestinian citizens of Israel, the Bedouins have been designated as an existential threat to Israel's Jewish majority. "It is not in Israel's interest to have more Palestinians in the Negev," said Shai Hermesh, a former member of the Knesset and director of the government's effort to engineer a "Zionist majority" in the southern desert.
According to the website of the Or Movement, a government-linked organization overseeing Jewish settlement in the Negev, residents of the unrecognized villages will be moved to towns constructed "to concentrate the Bedouin population." In turn, small Jews-only communities will be constructed on the remnants of the evicted Bedouin communities. They will be guaranteed handsome benefits from the Israeli government and lavish funding from private pro-Israel donors like the billionaire cosmetics fortune heir Ron Lauder. "The United States had its Manifest Destiny in the West," Lauder has declared. "For Israel, that land is the Negev."
When I met al-Ahmed, he described a group of 150 strangers who had suddenly appeared at the periphery of his village the previous day. From a hilltop, he said, they had surveyed the land and debated which parcels each of them would receive after the Prawer Plan was complete. Al-Ahmed called them "the Jews in the woods."
Several hundred meters east of Umm al-Hiran lies the Yattir Forest, a vast grove in the heart of the desert planted by the para-governmental Jewish National Fund (JNF) in 1964. The JNF's director at the time, Yosef Weitz, had headed the governmental Transfer Committee that orchestrated the final stages of Palestinian removal in 1948. For Weitz, planting forests served a dual strategic purpose: those like Yattir near the Green Line were to provide a demographic buffer between Jews and Arabs, while those planted atop destroyed Palestinian villages like Yalu, Beit Nuba, and Imwas would prevent the expelled inhabitants from returning. As he wrote in 1949, once Israel's Jewish majority had been established through mass expulsion, "The abandoned lands will never return to their absentee [Palestinian Arab] owners."
As darkness came to the desert, I set out with my colleagues into the piney woods of Yattir. In a small car, we wound along its unlit roads until we reached a gate bristling with barbed wire. This was the settlement-style village of Hiran -- "the Jews in the woods," as al-Ahmed had put it. We called out into the night until the gate was opened. Then we parked in the middle of a compound of trailer homes. Like a shtetl in the Pale of Settlement, the hard-bitten Imperial Russian territory once reserved for Jewish residency, the place exuded a sense of suspicion and siege.
A bearded religious nationalist stepped out of an aluminum-sided synagogue and met us at a group of picnic benches. His name was Af-Shalom and he was in his thirties. He was not, he said, permitted to speak until a representative from the Or Movement arrived. After a few uncomfortable minutes and half a cigarette, however, he began to hold forth. He sent his children, he told us, to school over the Green Line in the settlement of Susiya, just eight minutes away on an Israelis-only access road. He then added that the Bedouins were "illegals" occupying his God-given land and would continue to take it over unless they were forcibly removed. Just as Af-Shalom was hitting his stride, Moshe, a curt Or Movement representative who refused to give his last name, arrived to escort us out without a comment.


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NEWTOWN, Conn., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- An unspecified threat Tuesday prompted officials to close an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., as most students in the town returned to school.
Parents taking their children to Head O'Meadow Elementary for what would have been the first day of classes since 20 students and six adults were killed Friday at Sandy Hood Elementary School were turned away by police, ABC News reported.
The schools are in the same district less than 5 miles apart.
Head O'Meadow's principal sent an email to parents informing them the school would be closed Tuesday because of threats.
"As was predicted by the police that there would be some threats, the police were prepared and have us in lockdown, which is normal procedure," the email said. "Due to the situation, students will not come to school today. Please make arrangements to keep them home."
New security systems were being installed at other Newtown schools.
ABC said law enforcement officials classified Sandy Hook Elementary School as an active crime scene that the building would remain closed. Furniture and supplies from the school were being transported to a former middle school in Monroe, Conn., about 10 miles away.
WTNH-TV, New Haven, Conn., said Sandy Hook students would begin classes in Monroe Wednesday.
More funeral services, including those of two 6-year-old children, and wakes were held Tuesday for the victims of gunman Adam Lanza, 20, who killed himself during the shooting rampage. Police said Lanza also killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, in the home they shared before he went to Sandy Hook.
Meanwhile, a former director of security for Newtown Public Schools offered more information about the gunman, CNN said.
Richard Novia said Lanza had Asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism, based on documents and conversations he had with Lanza's mother. Novia said he would have been told of students who may pose a problem to themselves or others as part of his job, which he left in 2008.
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The grassroots group Newtown United said it was sending a delegation to Washington to meet with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and families from movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo., that occurred in July.
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Milwaukee's Morris breaks out in '12
Slugging first baseman cranks 28 homers, plates 113 runs
By Ashley Marshall / Special to MLB.com | November 12, 2012 12:57 PM
With the exception of the Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers -- the Midwest League champions -- all of Milwaukee's Minor League affiliates posted losing records in 2012. The organization's combined .454 winning percentage across seven levels ranked 29th in baseball, ahead of only San Diego (.450).
But despite picking up just one title, there were a number of positives to draw from the season. Among the highlights was the breakout year of Topps Southern League Player of the Year Hunter Morris, the emergence of Ben McMahan as a leading outfield prospect and the growth of Puerto Rico-born right-hander Hiram Burgos.
Brewers Organization All-Stars
Catcher -- Cameron Garfield, Wisconsin (66 games): Garfield led all Brewers full-time catchers in batting average (.298), homers (11) and doubles (18) this year, despite missing almost half the year. The 21-year-old California native, selected in the second round of the 2009 Draft, saw only 225 at-bats in the Midwest League but showed improvement from his last trip through the circuit.
The Brewers first promoted Garfield to Wisconsin in 2010 when he was 18 years old. A knee injury suffered in a collision at the plate in early 2011 forced him to the disabled list, and he needed surgery on the same knee after re-injuring it during his initial rehab in Arizona.
"He missed some time with injuries, but he jumped into the Midwest League and did a great job at the plate with his bat," special assistant to the general manager and director of player development Reid Nichols said. "I think his offense was nice to see; he responded with the bat. He still has some work to do defensively, but he's a more offensive type of guy at this point."
First base -- Hunter Morris, Huntsville (136 games): Morris hinted at a breakout year in 2011 when he blasted 20 homers and plated 69 runs between the Class A Advanced Florida State League and the Double-A Southern League. This year, he lit up the Huntsville scoreboard in a whole new way. His 28 homers, 113 RBIs, 40 doubles and 294 total bases were all No. 1 among Milwaukee farmhands and his .303 average was 29 points higher than his previous career best.
He led the Southern League in a number of categories, including homers, RBIs, hits (158), extra-base hits (74) and slugging percentage (.563). Defensively, his .995 fielding percentage was the most among all Southern League first basemen. Morris made six errors in 1,259 chances, had a league-best 1,198 putouts and teamed up on 112 double plays.
"He was hugely important," Nichols said. "He was the MVP of the league and a Gold Glove winner at first base in the Minors. He struggled defensively a couple years ago, but he put the work in. Even though his offensive numbers were amazing, his biggest accomplishment was that he won a Gold Glove."
Second base -- Scooter Gennett, Huntsville (133 games): Gennett batted .293 with five homers and 44 RBIs -- the second-most among full-time Brewers second basemen -- this season. His 30 doubles, 37 extra-base hits and 66 runs scored ranked first at his position in the organization, and his overall numbers did not seem to take a hit after moving up from Brevard County in the Florida State League. The 5-foot-9 22-year-old was named to the Futures Game, and he was also recognized as a mid- and postseason Southern League All-Star.
"I think that was a good choice. He's a young guy that responded to being pushed to Double-A," Nichols said. "He will be a good big league hitter. He improved defensively which was what we were pleased most with. The main issue used to be that if he made an error, he would let it get him down and he would maybe make another one. But he overcame that and became a good defensive second baseman this year. He expects so much of himself that when he doesn't perform he gets down."
Honorable mention: Gregory Hopkins played 104 games in 2012, although only 60 came at second base. Overall, however, he hit nine Midwest League homers and plated 50 runs for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.
Third base -- Brandon Macias, Wisconsin (127 games): Macias batted .288 with eight homers and 63 RBIs in Wisconsin in his first full year of professional baseball. Signed as a non-drafted free agent last June, Macias split time between the Rookie-level Arizona League and Midwest League in 2011. This year, solely with Wisconsin, he scored more runs (83) and hit for a higher average than any other full-time third baseman in the system.
While his home runs tally fell behind the likes of Andy Gonzalez and T.J. Mittelstaedt (both 13) and Mike Walker (12), his 35 doubles meant he finished with more extra-base hits (45) and total bases (198) than any of them. Not afraid to crowd the inside half of the plate, Macias was hit by 21 pitches this season. No other player on the Milwaukee farm was hit more than 12 times, and only two other batters racked up double-digit HBPs.
"He was the team MVP and a great utility player," Nichols said. "He has a good arm, he gets on base and he's good at the plate. He's an all-around team player. He was very consistent, he just needs experience. There is no one thing he does not do well. He can play any position, it just depends on the situation. We see his value as a utility guy."
Shortstop -- Yadiel Rivera, Wisconsin (127 games): While Rivera has not displayed the ability to consistently hit for average in his brief Minor League career, his other stats are trending upward. His 12 homers and 49 RBIs ranked first among Milwaukee shortstops, and his .247 average, while not spectacular, was still a career best for the 20-year-old native of Puerto Rico who was selected in the ninth round of the 2010 Draft. Defensively, Rivera posted a .962 fielding percentage, having committed 22 errors in 586 chances.
"Yady is a guy that plays on instincts," Nichols said. "If you watch him play, you'll see he's not a fast runner, but he gets good jumps. He moves well to the ball, and he's similar to the way J.J. Hardy was when he was younger.
"[Jean] Segura came to us late, but it was great to see his tools too. He will be a big league shortstop. People say he will be a very good second baseman, but I think he will be a very good shortstop. He's quick and he sees plays happen. You hear people say that the game is fast for some guys, but he slows the game down."
Outfield -- Ben McMahan, Wisconsin (109 games): Despite playing as many as 28 games fewer than some of the other outfielders in the organization, McMahan led all Brewers outfielders in homers (15), triples (11), RBIs (68) and slugging percentage (.500).
The University of Florida alum, selected in the 23rd round of the 2011 Draft, made the jump from the short-season Pioneer League seamlessly. While he struggled with plate discipline at times (29 walks to 129 strikeouts in 414 at-bats), his raw power and plus speed impressed coaches who hope to see his growth continue in 2013.
"He had a great year. He was a little streaky, but that is something he can work on," Nichols said. "When he's hot, he's really hot. He can still get better. I think experience will bring that, because he's going to get pitches to hit. He just gets a little anxious, but the staff here is aware of that and they will work with him on it.
"He just needs a consistent approach and to stick with that approach. We try to teach the process more than the results, and we tell players not to change their approach if they're not getting the results."
Josh Prince, Huntsville (137 games): What third-rounder Prince lacks in power, he makes up for in speed and aggressiveness, according to Nichols. The 24-year-old, a Louisville Slugger All-American in his freshman year at Tulane University, ranked second in the organization with 41 stolen bases this year.
His 74 walks and 28 doubles were the most of any outfielder in the system, while his 55 RBIs and 74 runs scored were both career highs.
"Josh is an ultra-aggressive player in the outfield and on the bases," Nichols added. "He went from shortstop to center field and did a great job. His range improved, and it's a tough position to learn at the higher level. We thought his range could have been better and his arm could have been better [at shortstop], but he seemed to fit better in the outfield. If you can play center field, you play there until you can't any more. He did a great job."
Chadwin Stang, Wisconsin (127 games): Stang batted .270 with 10 homers and 47 RBIs in 127 Midwest League games this year. The 23-year-old, a native of Surrey, British Columbia, missed all of 2010 with a right shoulder labrum tear, and he was limited to 25 games with Wisconsin 12 months ago.
Stang, who had committed to playing at Louisiana State University prior to be selected in the eighth round of the 2009 Draft, also recorded 24 doubles, nine triples and 26 stolen bases in 2011. His 85 runs scored were the most of any Brewers farmhand.
"Chadwin is a little older player who is Canadian," Nichols observed. "He has a lack of playing experience, but it's always up to the individual. He accepted that he had to catch up with some of the other players. I saw him have a more consistent approach at the plate this year, and he stayed on the field even though he had minor injuries. He played a good, full season."
Utility -- Jason Rogers, Brevard County (67 games), Wisconsin (66 games): The first baseman started 2011 repeating the Midwest League, but after hitting .301 with six homers and 43 RBIs in 66 games, the midseason All-Star moved up to Brevard County.
At his fourth level in three years, the 24-year-old adjusted well to the jump, posting a .300/.416/.412 slash line. With five more longballs and an additional 23 RBIs, Rogers set career highs in virtually every offensive category. His 35 doubles were tied for the second-most in the system, while his 83 runs were second only to Stang.
Said Nichols: "I thought he had a good year. He probably was one of the more consistent players. He doesn't give away at-bats, and every at-bat is a quality one. At first base he is a good defensive player, and he runs better than you think he would. He was comfortable in left field, but he will be a better first baseman than a left fielder.
"The one thing in the Major Leagues is that you have to generate power consistently to play a corner infield position, but that will come with experience."
Right-handed starting pitcher -- Hiram Burgos, Huntsville (13 games), Nashville (eight games), Brevard County (two games): Burgos ranked first in the organization with a 1.95 ERA, and his 10 wins (10-4) were one short of tying for the most among Brewers farmhands. He also led the organization in innings pitched (171) and strikeouts (153), setting career highs in virtually every statistical category.
Despite jumping up from the Florida State League where he posted a 4.89 ERA in 2011, Burgos appeared unfazed at the thought of Double-A and Triple-A competition. He almost doubled his strikeout tally (from 80 in 2011), improved his strikeout-to-walk ratio (from 80:35 to 153:49) and cut the number of home runs allowed from 13 to eight even though he pitched 50 more innings.
"He has outstanding command. He was able to command four pitches and throw them in any count," said Nichols. "He throws a fastball, curveball, changeup and slider. He's a smart pitcher who reads hitters well.
"He will start for a Major League club. He didn't miss a beat going through the levels; he was right in sync. He stayed within himself. He's a command pitcher, but because his command is so good, it makes his fastball look even faster when he throws it inside."
Left-handed starting pitcher -- Taylor Wall, Helena (14 games): Selected in the 22nd round of the 2012 Draft out of Rice University, Wall went 3-1 with a 3.98 ERA in 14 games, including 10 starts, in his rookie year with Helena in the Pioneer League. He struck out twice as many batters (40) as he walked (20), and he allowed three homers over 54 1/3 innings.
"He did a great job," Nichols said. "It's hard to really get a good read on a player in his first year because you don't know if he has had a long amateur season before then trying to adjust to a whole new level. We just have to give him some time.
"I would like to see him get ready and prepared for a long year. Sometimes after they have had a long year in their first professional season, they don't understand that it's now a year-round job and not just a summer job."
Relief pitcher -- Jim Henderson, Nashville (35 games), Milwaukee (36 games): The Tennessee Wesleyan alum saved 15 games and posted a 4-3 record and 1.69 ERA in 35 relief appearance for the Sounds in 2012. He held hitters to a .214 average, and he yielded two homers in 48 innings pitched. A Pacific Coast League midseason All-Star, Henderson struck out more than a batter an inning (56) and recorded a 1.21 WHIP before earning a promotion to Milwaukee.
"He has a power arm and he can get into the mid- to upper-90s," Nichols said. "He throws that slider-type pitch and a hard sinker. He has a funky delivery and he hides the ball well. He has a big future. He was awesome for us like he was in the big leagues."
Ashley Marshall is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More