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Blockbuster News About U.S. Oil Reserves … Isn't News
Searches on "Government Accountability Office" (not in quotes), "shale," and "mittal" at the Associated Press's national site return nothing relevant to the energy-related story which will follow. A Google News search on "Anu Mittal," the person from the GAO who on Thursday testified before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology`s Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, appears to return seven relevant items, but it's really five. The first is a press release from the Luddite (aka Democratic) members of the committee pooh-poohing the importance of Ms. Mittal's assertions. The other four are from non-major and/or non-establishment press sources: Newser, American Thinker, Daily Markets, and the Inquisitr (yes, spelled correctly). Only one other news outlet I'm aware of, Media Research Center's CNS News, has also noted Ms. Mittal's testimony.
What Ms. Mittal had to say is that, according to a leading research organization, just one area overlapping three states in the West (not the Midwest, as a couple of the other links assert) has an astounding quantity of recoverable oil:
… Oil shale deposits in the Green River Formation are estimated to contain up to 3 trillion barrels of oil, half of which may be recoverable, which is about equal to the entire world's proven oil reserves.
… The Rand Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, estimates that 30 to 60 percent of the oil shale in the Green River Formation can be recovered. At the midpoint of this estimate, almost half of the 3 trillion barrels of oil would be recoverable.
The biggest problems is that the reserves are primarily on federal land. Instead of being pleased at the prospect of approaching energy independence, the environmental extremists who control policy in the Obama administration are probably already working on how to lock the area up so no one will be able to touch it even after they're gone.
Ms. Mittal cited very real concerns about advances in technology required to make the oil recoverable at costs below current market prices, but also raised "sustainability" concerns which appear to yours truly to be mostly bogus. They're the types of concerns (lots of people moving into currently low-population areas, related infrastructure concerns, and the like) which would have caused the hand-wringers and anti-progress zealots to shut off oil development in North Dakota, if they could have. But they didn't, and though the state is enduring some growing pains, it's still there, and it will get back to a manageable equilibrium not as soon as everyone would like, but soon enough.
The media bias points in this post are these:
- Ms. Mittal's testimony isn't news in any establishment press outlet — In addition to the searches cited in the first paragraph, nothing relevant was found in a search on Ms. Mittal's last name at the New York Times, Washington Post, or Los Angeles Times.
- Of the outlets which did cover it, two of them gratuitously brought the Iraq War into the discussion. Newser's Neal Colgrass wrote: "Maybe President Bush should have invaded the Midwest instead of Iraq." Residents of Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming will be amused to learn that Colgrass believe that their states are in the Midwest. They're not. Similarly, the unbylined Inquisitr report snarked that "While the United States has invaded much of the Middle East in search of lower gas prices, perhaps President Bush should have been focusing his efforts on the Midwest region of the United States during the first Iraq war." Media bias clearly runs very deep — miles deep, if you will.
- Even at American Thinker, Rick Moran seemed unduly pessimistic about the economic feasibility of recovery. One contrarian commenter at AT suggested that "The majority of the oil cited is economically recoverable using current technology." In something I attempted to confirm but couldn't, another wrote that "This shale oil is being recovered today in Utah by Newfield Energy." The company has Utah operations, but I found nothing directly citing Utah shale operations.
Meanwhile, anything which even remotely seems to support the in reality nonexistent case for global warming gets preferential treatment from the establishment press — which can only lead one to conclude that many journalists and the Democrats who feed them news leads would rather see the nation economically dependent and energy-starved than energy-independent and prosperous.
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I grew up in Austin, Texas, home of flawlessly BBQ'd meats and live music. I love all types of food, particularly Southern, Vietnamese, and New American. I have been fairly active most of my life, but am sadly "athletically uncoordinated." In high school, I competed on the track and swim teams, and then went to UCSB for the triathlon team. I competed at Triathlon Nationals my freshman year, but focused on my studies the following years of school. Now, I love hiking and backpacking, cycling, running, swimming, yoga, and power lifting.
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The permanent exhibition at Villa Schöningen in Potsdam is dedicated to the symbolic and historical significance of Glienicke Bridge, which used to be a crossing point between West Berlin and East Germany.
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The funding recommendations for our Research Grants, New Investigators and Secondary Data Analysis (SDAI) schemes are made by the Grants Delivery Group (GDG). The GDG is chaired by an academic member of Council. These funding recommendations are informed by the Grant Assessment Panels (GAPs).
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The role of the Grant Assessment Panels is to appraise proposals submitted under the responsive mode schemes and classify them by grade according to procedures and criteria approved and overseen by Council, which has responsibility for the schemes.
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Patents, in particular software patents, usually don't make sense from an economic standpoint. Patents grant a monopoly to an individual for the invention. Having a single individual control production and use of an invention is obviously inefficient compared to allowing everyone to use and build on it freely - there are a huge number of people in the world who could be doing useful things with the invention that are unable to do so because of the monopoly granted. Thus, granting the monopoly means that during the period the patent is valid, society makes less efficient usage of the invention than if it were in the public domain. How much? Well, let us say for the sake of argument that it's 10x less efficient. This number is completely made up, but bear with me.
Of course, patents act as an incentive to inventors. Without the incentive, perhaps it would have taken longer for the invention to become common knowledge. Let us say for the sake of argument that it took an extra five years for invention X to arise in the absence of patents. In this case, after the five year period, society benefits ten times more each year than it would if a single inventor were given a monopoly. If we assume, say, that society derives one unit of utility each year from the invention, then after a single year in the public domain, society will already have obtained double the benefit from the invention than in the previous five years that the patent holder was granted his monopoly. And this will continue for the lifetime of the patent.
Obviously, these numbers are made up. The point is more that the invention really does have to be something that would not have been discovered for a very long time to make up for the inefficiency of granting a monopoly. If it would have been discovered relatively soon anyway we would have been better off just waiting for that to occur. Software patents rarely make sense because software development requires almost no capital investment, and as a result, it is almost impossible for an individual to develop some software invention that would not be discovered by multiple other people soon in the future. Do you know of any individual or organization that is even capable of creating some software "invention" that would not be rediscovered independently anyway in the next five or ten years? I don't. No one is that far ahead of everyone else in software, precisely because there is no capital investment required and no real barriers to entry.
What I find irritating about all the software patent discussion is that patents are intended to benefit society - that is their purpose, "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts". But no one seems to want to reason about whether that is actually happening - that would mean doing things like thinking about how likely the invention was to be independely discovered soon anyway, estimating the multiplier of having the invention be in the public domain, etc. Instead we get regurgitation of this meme about making sure the little guy working in his basement gets compensated for his invention. Aside from the disingenuousness of this example, this is shifting the discussion away from the real issue. The issue is not whether "the little guy" deserves to be compensated for his work, the issue is whether granting "the little guy" or anyone else a monopoly for 17 years is net beneficial to society.


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Surgeons in the Division of Plastic Surgery strive to combine the science of medicine with the art of patient care in their practices, which include the Center for Plastic Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine Lee and Joe Jamail Specialty Care Center, Ben Taub Hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, and the pediatric clinics and hospital services at Texas Children's Hospital.
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Brandy's Potato Salad. Which is bacon, ranch and Santa Maria Seasoning. To die for good. There is my Loaded Potato Salad which has everything from bacon, eggs, pickles, and sour cream. Its like a loaded baked potato in a potato salad. And then..I have my Two Mustard Potato Salad. It isnt too mustardy either. Or My Sour Cream Ranch Potato Salad. It is great for potlucks when there will be a couple potato salads there. Or if you are looking for something really different, I love a Warm Potato Salad It goes really well with meaty sandwiches. My all time favorite is my grandmother's Old Fashioned Potato Salad. I don't know if it is exactly how she made it but it is as I remember it.
But every potato salad I make only has gotten an ok rating from The Tortured Teenager. Until THIS one. You see, she preferred STORE BOUGHT potato salad. She liked the vinegar taste it had. It was the one thing I despised about them. They tasted too sweet, too sour. And she loved that about them. And then, one say I had a bright idea while making a pasta salad using an Italian dressing, to use it in a potato salad. I tried, let her taste it and she LOVED IT! So did the entire family for that matter. And it was so easy!!! With Labor Day coming up, this is perfect!!! Give it a try!
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The war continued and more and more private residences were destroyed by the showers of bombs. Amir's father was a very successful man in Iran who owned four different companies. The war, however, made life in Iran very difficult, and Mr. Esfandiari had to work one long year to be able to afford the emigration to America.
When Amir was nine years old the family finally left their home country and immigrated to San José, California. Although life there was much safer, Amir did not feel very comfortable in the USA. The young boy did not understand a word of English and there was no-one around who could teach him. The first couple of months in America, Amir was unable to communicate with his classmates or any of the other children, and he had very few friends. But Amir was a fast learner and after about six months, he had mastered the new language well enough for him to make friends. After only several months in San José, Amir's mother filed for divorce and went back to Iran on her own. From then on, Amir and his younger brother Paul were raised by their father and grandparents.
Amir describes the time when his brother was finally old enough to play with him as one of the greatest experiences of his childhood. Amir's family used to play cards a lot, mostly Iranian poker, in which all the cards from two to six are removed from the deck and only cards higher than seven stay in play. The rules also vary from "standard" poker variations. This game did not leave much of an impression on Antonio, who hardly remembers anything about it. At the tender age of eleven, Amir already proved he was good at making money: he sold newspaper subscriptions and made up to $ 400 a week.
During his time at high school, Amir changed his name to Anthony, because the other kids made fun of his Iranian name.
After graduating from high school, he enrolled at De Anza College in Cupertino, California and got a part-time job as a waiter. As he had moved out of his family's house after a fight with his father at age seventeen, and had lived on his own since, his apartment soon became party central. As a result, his grades started to plummet, which caused him to quit college after about a year – he was just too busy partying.
A bartender at the restaurant where Anthony worked gave him his first taste of magic by showing him an especially fascinating card trick. The young Iranian was so impressed, he immediately went out to get books and tapes on the subject and learn the art of magic too. With the help of these books he taught himself a few tricks to impress the guests at the restaurant. He embellished his performance as a waiter with diverse magic tricks, a strategy that had a very positive effect on the money he earned from tips. He even was shrewd enough to hand out business cards to potential clients. At times, all Anthony would do twelve hours a day was perform magic tricks. Earning $ 300 to $ 400 per hour, "Magic Antonio" eventually was able to quit his job as a waiter. His popularity was impressive, and soon Anthony was also in demand as a magician for private parties.
At age 19, when he was effectively a professional magician, he decided to change his name once more: this time he called himself Antonio, because he thought that this was a more suitable name for a magician. Even today, Antonio is still known by the nickname "The Magician" due to his past as a conjurer.
It was through his roommate Scott Steward, that Antonio was finally introduced to the poker circuit. Antonio, only 19 years of age at the time, accompanied his friend Scott to a poker tournament at the "Garden City Club", a casino in San José.
Of course, there was still that small problem that Antonio was too young to be allowed to play legally. When a bouncer asked him for his ID Antonio feared that his poker career was over before it had even begun. He did not have to worry about it for long, though. He just switched clubs, and at "Bay 101" they did not card him. Antonio was swept off his feet by the casino atmosphere. He tried his luck at a $ 30 buy in event and won. He discovered he loved the challenge of no-limit Texas Hold'em. Especially the fact that one had to be good at bluffing to excel at this game fascinated young Antonio. Already, he was trying to figure out the best way to improve his poker game quickly, in order to earn money playing. Soon Antonio was not only responsible for the disappearance of rabbits, but also for making various pots at the poker table disappear. This is what Antonio has to say about his early days as a poker player:
"Right from the start, poker came easy to me. I was always able to tell what other people had. And don't ask me how I did it. I don't know. It just came to me."
So Antonio began to study the game of poker more intensively. To learn more about it, Antonio went to Gabe Thaler, who he regularly organized private poker rounds with – mainly no-limit Texas Hold'em. These games taught "The Magician" a lot and helped him improve his game a great deal. He also took part in cash-games and smaller tournaments in order to build up a bankroll that would allow him to enter bigger tournaments: his aim was to go to Las Vegas and take part in the main event of the World Series of Poker. Although Antonio's ambition was great, his poker skills at that time were not: Antonio did not do so well and lost all the money that he had built up so painstakingly.
It was at around this time, during the WSOP, that Antonio met Phil Laak, an experienced poker pro. The two sat at the same table for one of the events at the World Series of Poker. As usual, "The Magician" thrilled the crowd with his elaborate magic tricks. Laak was the only one who did not let Antonio pull the wool over his eyes and was intent on trying to see through the illusion, much to Antonio's frustration. So Antonio moved to another table, but he could not get rid of Phil Laak who followed him there. Eventually a conversation was struck up and Antonio and Phil became friends.
Antonio learned a great deal about money management from Phil. He returned to San José with the firm resolution to continue working on improving his poker skills. During one of Phil Laak's frequent visits to see Antonio, they decided to move in together.
By, contract, Antonio played at UltimateBetPoker for several years. About his deal with UltimateBet Poker, Antonio says,
"They payed me and I did whatever I wanted… I went from being nothing to being on the side of Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth".
In 2007 it was announced that the contract between Antonio Esfandiari and UltimateBet was not going to be renewed; apparently because he no longer fit the new, non-US-focussing advertising strategies of the online poker room.
It was in 2002, that Antonio took part in the World Poker Tour, broadcast on TV, for the first time. He even made it to the final table of the "Gold Rush Bonanza" at the Lucky Chances Casino in San Francisco. Esfandiari placed third and won $ 44,000, the first "real" prize money of his life. At this final table, Antonio made the famous poker professional Phil Hellmuth break out in cold sweat: he challenged the master by taking the initiative and therefore forced Hellmuth to react. Antonio stole the show, although he "only" placed third and got to enjoy being in the spotlight, in the midst of cameras that were all focused on him.
In an interview with the "San Francisco Chronicle" he confirms that he "…loves being on TV". He goes on to say, "I was such a dork in high school. All I ever wanted was to be popular. My dream was for someone, someday, to ask for my autograph." So dreams really do come true!
One year later, Antonio made it all the way to the final table of the $ 2,000 no-limit Texas Hold'em event at the 2003 World Series of Poker. At this tournament he played against 407 more or less experienced players and came in fifth place. Although he failed to win the Gold Bracelet, he knew that he had played well, which gave him an enormous boost of self-confidence.
At the second series of the World Poker Tour in 2004, Antonio won the "L.A. Poker Classic" with prize money amounting to almost $ 1,400,000. He beat 382 other poker professionals, including Vinny Vinh in heads-up play. So at the age of 25, Antonio was the first player ever to win over a million dollars in prize money. Furthermore, at this time, he was the youngest player ever to win a televised WPT event.
This impressive victory enabled him to participate in the "Celebrity Invitational". This tournament was to take place the next day at the Commerce Casino. Nevertheless, his triumph called for a celebration of course, and Antonio spent the whole night partying. He showed up the next morning at the WPT Invitational without having slept a wink. It was his friend Phil Laak who ended up winning the tournament. Despite Antonio being the most talkative participant at the table, with a grin reaching from ear to ear, he was exhausted and could not fully concentrate on the game. He finished sixth. With the prize money Antonio won at the World Poker Tour, he treated himself to a Dodge Viper and an Armani suit.
Not only had Antonio quenched his yearning for a life full of challenge and riches, he had also regained the respect of his father. Even though Antonio's hardworking father had always supported his son, he had not been very pleased with his son's passion for poker. To allay his father's worries, Antonio took him by the hand one day and dragged him to a casino, forcing him to watch several tournaments. Most of the time, Antonio could tell exactly what cards each of the players was holding, which eventually convinced his father that Antonio had the stuff to be a successful poker player. After his victory at the L.A. Poker Classic, Antonio wanted to keep his prize money a secret until he had the opportunity to personally tell his father. So he took his father to a casino a second time and, just before entering the building, told him,
"By the way, Dad, I won over a million."
With his win at the L.A. Poker Classic, Antonio made a name for himself in the poker world, a fact he was fully aware of. In 2004, he returned to Las Vegas to take part in the World Series of Poker. That year he won the $ 2,000 pot-limit Texas Hold'em event and with it his first Gold Bracelet and $ 184,860 in prize money.
In 2004, "The Magician" moved from San José to Las Vegas; since then he has become an integral part of the poker scene.
In 2005, he placed third at the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship and fifth at the $ 2,500 short-handed no-limit Texas Hold'em event at the WSOP.
In March of 2005, Antonio Esfandiari's book "World Poker Tour: In the Money" came out, and subsequently was invited to the "Poker by the Book" event, which was part of the WPT. At this tournament Antonio placed fourth. The book is ideal for hobby poker players and gives insight into the world of poker. It is filled with tips and strategies for the more and more popular cash-games. Antonio's book can help any poker player improve their game. In addition to the reading, every poker pro recommends practising your skills in the poker schools offered by many online pokercasinos such as William Hill Poker.
Antonio's winnings at live tournaments in 2006 amounted to more than $ 2,800,000.
Antonio Esfandiari is a man who enjoys being at the centre of attention, which is why he continuously builds up his poker empire.
Antonio produced a video called "Magical Poker", the purpose of which was to tell others how to avoid being cheated at poker. He also appeared on TV shows such as "High Stakes Poker" or the "National Heads-Up Poker Championship". Together with Phil Laak Antonio also starred in the reality show "I Bet on You". Furthermore, "The Magician" was main character of an advertising campaign for a video game as well as a product called "Kick Butt Amped Energy Ballz", the perfect poker delicacy: based on the concept of fun energy food, these balls look like sweets but have the effect of an energy drink.
In addition to all that, he also took part in the second and third series of "Poker Superstars". In the second series he came in last, but one year later he made it all the way to second place.
Of course, like most of his colleagues, Antonio has his own website: www.magicantonio.com which offers a wide range of information and a number of different services, greatly appreciated by his fans. Among other things, there also is a platform called "Ask Antonio". Here, anyone interested can ask "The Magician" for advice on a variety of things. Yet one could almost receive the impression that this platform does not really serve its original purpose, since Antonio often prefers personal questions and does not even answer poker related questions. He says,
"You know, poker stuff, they tell me this long hand, they think I'm actually going to read it. If someone sends me an e-mail and says, 'I had this and I had this,' I just write back and say listen bud, I hate to tell you, but I'm not reading your long poker story. Think of something else to ask."
There even are rumours that Antonio Esfandiari can be hired for $ 1,000 to give a tour of Las Vegas night life. And since Antonio has a lot of experience in this field he would definitely be the right man for the job.
He lives out his passion for partying within a secret society. Antonio and his closest friends founded this society, which goes by the name of "Rocks and Rings" (R & R), for the sole purpose of having fun. They see themselves as a group of people who understand how to have a good time and party, and they have made it their mission to show others how to learn just that. Antonio is the so-called president of this troupe which professes a lifestyle of hedonism. This philosophical belief considers the pursuit of pleasure an ethical measure. One thing that has to be said about Antonio is that he really does always try his best. The members of "Rocks and Rings" have even developed their own private idiom. What follows is an example of R & R vocabulary:
Baby: an attractive young lady—in homage to the classic movie "Swingers", and with full respect to the lady in question
Bite: an incoming call on the mobile phone, as in "I've got to step outside and take this bite."
Deep Dish: excellent house musicHotwire: to hook up. If you hotwire, you don't go home alone. Rocks and Rings: an all-purpose adjective to describe something of high quality or style such as, for example, "How Rocks and Rings are those shoes?"
Deep Dish: excellent house music
Hotwire: to hook up. If you hotwire, you don't go home alone.
Rocks and Rings: an all-purpose adjective to describe something of high quality or style such as, for example, "How Rocks and Rings are those shoes?"
The "Rocks and Rings" party crew can be found at fine restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and at other famous hot spots for the rich and famous. For this troupe, only the best will do. They travel in limousines, take a jet to Las Vegas or Costa Rica, but somehow it does not even matter where the "Rocks and Rings" are because they are the heart of every party: everyone just wants to be where they are. A membership of this secret society could be considered then, as an excuse to "Fight for your right to party!", as the Beastie Boys once demanded.
In an interview, Antonio Esfandiari once mentioned that his two jobs as a magician and poker player complemented each other quite nicely. From his experience as a magician, he has learned to judge the behaviour of other people. As a poker player, he now has the chance to use this knowledge against his opponents at the poker table, which makes him an especially dangerous opponent. Of course, Antonio's talent alone makes him an exceptionally capable poker player, but his daredevil character has helped him decide a game in his favour many times.
One dream of Antonio's has always been to open a restaurant, "I always wanted to go into the restaurant business. I have a business mind, business sense. Some sort of business, you know. But definitely restaurants. I always wanted to open a restaurant where you would come in, you would have great food, you'd have entertainment, magic, or something like that."
Some of Antonio Esfandiari's statements are just as unbelievable as they are legendary. For the sake of completeness we also inserted them here:
"I don't recall seeing the words 'life is fair' printed on the contract."
"Sometimes the cards fall your way and sometimes they don't. The question isn't whether you'll occasionally get punched by life – you will! – but rather how well you roll with the punches you take."
"Don't be shy – you're never gonna see her again. Girls don't like shy guys. They like guys who step up and take the command. So take your shot. The worst thing that can happen is she'll shoot you down – her loss – and then you move on. To quote Steve Forbert, 'You cannot win if you do not play."
For those who want to follow in Antonio's footsteps and have a successful poker career, he has created a three-step guide to poker glory:
Don't be afraid to fail
Don't be afraid to lose money
Don't be afraid to look bad
Yet Antonio has not only compiled rules for life as a poker player; he has also created a guideline for real life. As it is quite extensive, his philosophy cannot be summed up in three simple sentences:
§1"Never quit a great game. So what if it's 2 a.m.? You're still having fun, aren't you? Go for that after-hours club and go hard. You wouldn't quite a terrific poker game when you were killing it, would you? Then why would you leave a party you're still winning? As the late, great Warren Zevon put it, 'I'll sleep when I'm dead.'"
"Never quit a great game. So what if it's 2 a.m.? You're still having fun, aren't you? Go for that after-hours club and go hard. You wouldn't quite a terrific poker game when you were killing it, would you? Then why would you leave a party you're still winning? As the late, great Warren Zevon put it, 'I'll sleep when I'm dead.'"
§2"'Rules were meant to be broken. To live outside the law,' said Bob Dylan, 'you must be honest." It's the darion call of the outlaw hero, and reminds us that if we have a code, we don't need limits. Rules are made for timid shrink-thinkers who can't manage to figure things out on their own. If it ain't broken, break it!"
"'Rules were meant to be broken. To live outside the law,' said Bob Dylan, 'you must be honest." It's the darion call of the outlaw hero, and reminds us that if we have a code, we don't need limits. Rules are made for timid shrink-thinkers who can't manage to figure things out on their own. If it ain't broken, break it!"
§3"If you can't do it when you can do it, when can you do it? What are your goals? What are your dreams? What are you waiting for!? You'll never have more personal power than you have right now, so you'd better get off your ass and go! If you're not slowly getting better, you're slowly getting worse."
"If you can't do it when you can do it, when can you do it? What are your goals? What are your dreams? What are you waiting for!? You'll never have more personal power than you have right now, so you'd better get off your ass and go! If you're not slowly getting better, you're slowly getting worse."
§4Be lavish with your praise. It costs you nothing and makes others feel good. If someone's looking good, tell her. If someone does a good job, thank him. Praise is the WD-40 of social interaction. It keeps everything running smooth and free. And never forget: the more you approve others, the more they'll approve you back."
Be lavish with your praise. It costs you nothing and makes others feel good. If someone's looking good, tell her. If someone does a good job, thank him. Praise is the WD-40 of social interaction. It keeps everything running smooth and free. And never forget: the more you approve others, the more they'll approve you back."
And now, at the end of this article, let us listen to the champion once more: "I love that I am able to play with the heads of people!" And of course you have to be able to manipulate others if you want to do either one of the two things Antonio does so well: play poker and do magic.
"The Magician" is known for his flashy life style and his fantastic chip tricks. It is safe to assume he will go on dazzling his opponents with his magic tricks and poker skills for many years to come.
For Antonio Esfandiari, it is not just a strategy but a way of life to mess with other people's heads.
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UN CC:Learn Takes Part in an Expert Consultation on Ways to Use Education to Promote Climate Change Awareness
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organized an Expert Consultation on Guidelines on Climate Change Education (CCE). The event took place at the UNESCO Headquarters. This two-day meeting brought together policy makers from education ministries, delegates from United Nations agencies, academics, research institutes, education and climate change experts from different world regions.
UNITAR attended the meeting, and shared information on the UN CC:Learn Resource Guide on "Integrating Climate Change in Education at Primary and Secondary Level" which is under preparation. A spokesperson from UN CC:Learn pilot country, the Dominican Republic, also attended and spoke on recent achievements on climate change education.
The meeting agreed on a number of key areas for follow up including: sustainability literacy; scaling up capacity development for education systems; increased use of social media; and the strengthening international networks and partnerships for climate change learning.
Opening Remarks
UNESCO stated that the meeting was integral in efforts for developing guidelines on climate change education for ESD that can be used by Member States, UN agencies and other stakeholders. UNESCO equally expressed that the meeting was part of on-going efforts to advice on developing a common framework which integrates the various educational responses to climate change into one coherent whole. UNESCO also added that Climate Change Education is a responsibility for all Parties as stated under Article 6 of the United Nation Convention of Climate Change.
This meeting was an opportunity for its attendees to discuss important items which enable the development and implementation of CCE in the context of ESD. Three main items were presented and discussed:
- Discussion on the findings of a cross-national study of recent policy development in ESD and CCE coordinated by UNESCO;
- Deliberation on what approaches to ESD and CCE policymaking have actually been taken in different countries; and
- Refining the draft policy guidelines on creating an enabling environment for ESD/CCE implementation.
The discussion of these items enabled the participants to highlight the important aspects of their own experiences on integrating climate change into education and vice versa.
UN CC:Learn at Consultation
Mr. Melvin Arias, National Coordinator Area of Natural Sciences of the Dominican Republic Ministry, spoke of the main achievements of the UN CC:Learn project so far in the Dominican Republic, including a training workshop for teachers on Climate Change Education developed with the support of UNESCO and UNITAR. As conveyed by Mr. Arias, the Dominican Education Ministry is currently reviewing the national curriculum for integrating CCE on a holistic-based approach.
Ms. Adriana Valenzuela, from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), added that UN CC:Learn, with valuable inputs provided from its partners, is preparing a Resource Guide on "Integrating Climate Change in Education at Primary and Secondary Level", which aims to facilitate access to existing materials relevant for climate change education produced by UN organizations and other institutions. Ms. Valenzuela expressed that UN CC:Learn at national level is supporting a long-term and strategic approach to climate change education which includes designing national strategies in five pilot countries (Benin, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Malawi, and Uganda).
About the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD)
The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) 2005–2014 was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2002 with the overall goal to integrate the principles, values and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning. UNESCO is the lead agency of the Decade and the Task Manager of Chapter 36 of Agenda 21 (education, training and public awareness).
About UN CC:Learn
UN CC:Learn is a partnership of 33 multilateral organizations which supports Member States in designing and implementing results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change. The Secretariat for UN CC:Learn is provided by UNITAR. An important aspect of UN CC:Learn is to support countries in developing a National Strategy to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Advance Green, Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development, through a multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder process. During the course of 2012-2013, Benin, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Malawi, and Uganda are participating as UN CC:Learn pilot countries. Core funding for the 2011-2013 implementation phase of UN CC:Learn is provided by the Swiss Government.
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Annual to trees, some dioecious
Stem: nodes often swollen
Leaves simple, basal or cauline, alternate, opposite, or whorled, generally entire; stipules 0 or obvious and fused into a generally scarious sheath around stem
Inflorescence: small cluster, axillary or arrayed in cymes or panicles; involucres sometimes subtending 1many flowers
Flower generally bisexual, small, ± radial; perianth generally 56-lobed, base ± tapered, often jointed to pedicel; stamens 29, often in 2 whorls; ovary superior, styles generally 3, generally fused at base
Fruit: achene, generally enclosed by persistent perianth, generally 3-angled, ovoid, and glabrous
Genera in family: 50 genera, 1100 species: worldwide, especially n temp; some cultivated for food (Fagopyrum ; Rheum , rhubarb; Rumex , sorrel) or ornamental (Antigonon , coral-vine; Muehlenbeckia ; Polygonum )
Reference: [Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd 1988 Bot J Linn Soc 98:321371; Reveal et al. 1989 Phytologia 66(24):83414]
Treatments of the 15 eriogonoid genera are based on the monographic work of James L. Reveal, who is gratefully acknowledged.
Annual, perennial herb, glabrous or hairy, sometimes glandular
Stem generally scapose (made up of inflorescence axes)
Leaves basal (rarely some cauline); stipule 0; blade generally ± oblanceolate
Inflorescence open or of few heads, sometimes 1-sided; bracts generally opposite, leaf-like to scale-like; involucres 1several per axil, sessile, tube cylindric to bell-shaped, generally ± cross-ridged or net-veined, bracts (and ribs) 36, awns straight or hooked; flowers 12 per involucre
Flower: perianth white to red or yellow, lobes 6, entire to fringed or toothed; stamens 39
Fruit 1.54.5 mm, generally ± brown, glabrous
Species in genus: 50 species: temp w North America, sw South America
Etymology: (Greek: divided flower, from perianth)
Reference: [Reveal & Hardham 1989 Phytologia 66(2):98198]
Stem prostrate to erect, 550 cm, grayish or reddish, soft-hairy
Leaf: blade 570 mm
Inflorescence: involucral tube 23 mm, cylindric, bracts 6, scarious margins conspicuous, white to purple, awns ± equal, hooked
Flower: perianth 23.5 mm, white to rose, hairy, lobes ± jagged at tip; stamens 9
Chromosomes: n=20
Ecology: Coastal strand, scrub, etc.
Elevation: < 450 m.
Bioregional distribution: n&c Central Coast, San Francisco Bay Area
Synonyms: var. hartwegii (Benth.) Goodman misapplied
The earliest name in a variable and confusing complex with many local forms (see key). More erect plants with pink to purple involucral margins have been called var. hartwegiana Reveal & Hardham.


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The Scitation platform offers access to electronic journals published by the American Institute of Physics and its member societies. Users from the MPG have access to journals of following societies: * Acoustical Society of America (ASA) * American Association of Physics Teacher (AAPT) * American Institute of Physics (AIP), incl. AIP Conference Proceedings * American Physical Society (APS) * Science & Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing (AVS) * Society of Rheology


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Actor Eli Wallach, whose career spanned six decades, died on June 24, 2014. He was 98.
Over the years he starred alongside some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Yul Brynner, Peter O'Toole and Al Pacino.
Read more: Eli Wallach, veteran actor, dead at 98
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Eli Wallach starred in Sergio Leone's 1966 spaghetti western film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," alongside directed by Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef.
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A Tony Award winner for the 1951 production of "The Rose Tattoo," Wallach almost made his big screen debut in "From Here to Eternity" when he was offered the role of Angelo Maggio. But a Broadway job he'd been signed for, temporarily halted, was back on, and Wallach's role went to Frank Sinatra, who turned in an Oscar-winning performance. Wallach finally appeared with Carroll Baker in "Baby Doll" (1956), directed by Elia Kazan. His performance in the potboiler earned him a British Academy Award and a slew of Hollywood film offers.
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Eli Wallach was up against such Hollywood stars as Steve McQueen and Yul Brynner in "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), but his performance as a Mexican bandit stood out from the crowd.
Wallach played one-third of the titular "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1968), Sergio Leone's epic spaghetti Western.
Eli Wallach, left, with Clint Eastwood in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." Wallach said that after shooting, Eastwood told him he had bigger plans, including directing, "And I thought, 'That'll be the day.'" Wallach ended up making a cameo appearance in Eastwood's Oscar-winning "Mystic River."
Eli Wallach played Don Altobello in Francis Ford Coppola's conclusion to the mob trilogy, "The Godfather Part III" (1990). Here, he is seen with Andy Garcia playing Vincent Mancini, the illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone and heir to the Corleone empire.
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The 94-year-old is still putting in scene-stealing performances, as in this year's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" (here with Josh Brolin), playing a wise old banker who predicts a financial apocalypse.
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Actor Eli Wallach attends the "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Sept. 20, 2010, in New York.
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This 1964 file photo shows actor Eli Wallach in a scene from the film, "Lord Jim."
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Eli Wallach and his wife Anne Jackson from the Broadway comedy "Promenade All!" in New York on April 27, 1972.
Actor Eli Wallach, center, and his family attend the TCM Classic Film Festival screening of a "A Star is Born" at Grauman's Chinese Theater on April 22, 2010, in Hollywood, Calif.
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Actors Clint Eastwood, left, and Eli Wallach attend the 2006 National Board Of Review Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street Jan. 9, 2007, in New York.
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Actor Eli Wallach attends the 2006 National Board Of Review Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Jan. 9, 2007, in New York. At the event, he was presented the Career Achievement Award.
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In this photograph provided by Columbia Pictures, actor Eli Wallach celebrates his 91st birthday and the success of his latest film "The Holiday" in New York on Dec. 18, 2006.
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Four-time Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood speaks during the award presentation to Honorary Award recipient Eli Wallach, at the 2010 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, Calif., Nov. 13, 2010.
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Honorary Award recipient Eli Wallach at the 2010 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, November 13, 2010.
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Four time Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood, Honorary Award recipient Eli Wallach, and Two time Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro at the 2010 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, Calif., Nov. 13, 2010.
Wallach died June 24, 2014 at age 98.
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Dear Arizona Capitol Times:
It's outrageous that some in Washington want to cut Social Security to help balance our federal budget. Social Security did not contribute to our financial mess and should not be used as a piggy bank to pay down our debt. If it weren't for Social Security, millions of Americans like me would have had little to depend on during this economic nightmare. I don't understand how this program, which touches the lives of virtually every American family and has performed so well during this crisis, is now being targeted by fiscal hawks as "unaffordable."
It seems like every time I read the paper or turn on the TV, I learn about new budget proposals on Capitol Hill to increase the retirement age, means-test Social Security or reduce the cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA).
As a senior, I understand the need for fiscal responsibility and want a prosperous future for my grandchildren. However, I also know that we don't have to rob from Social Security to meet those goals, and I worry that our grandchildren may ultimately need Social Security even more than we do.
— Linda Miller


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Still no Interwebs service at home. Everything is done by coffee shop or stolen signal.
Thought I'd do a OneWord. One word, and 60 seconds to writer. That word? Sunlight.
Sunlight pervades this place. The kind of lemony-yellow light that makes you squint, sneeze, just by looking at it. It envelopes you, like a blanket, warm on exposed flesh that turns to heat when out too long. Sunlight like the skin of a golden delicious apple, fragrant, vibrant. The final strong rays of fall, before another winter sets in, turning skin to alabaster, gooseflesh.
OneWord, Sunlight
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2 comments:
- OMJ said...
"or stolen signal" ha! lemony-yellow - beautiful images of sunlight!
- Dee Martin said...
trying very hard to NOT think about winter - I would love a few weeks of crisp cold snow and home made bread and fire in the fireplace. Maybe three weeks, but then - give me any any of the other three seasons.


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Consider These Tips Prior To Camping
Possess you been actually taking into account going camping for a lengthy time today? What gets been actually having you back? Is it the deficiency of know-how? Well go ahead and read this content so that you recognize just what it requires to enjoy on your own on a good weekend break camping vacation with the whole loved ones.
Unless you are actually heading to be devoting a considerable quantity of time outdoor camping, investing in highly-priced resting bags is truly unwarranted. Even if your aged and musty resting pouch is evaluated for listed below freezing climates, it is exceptional underlay for the ground perhaps even when it is warm outside and you may seem comfy rethinking it.
Giving along several methods for starting a campfire when car outdoor camping. Additionally, ensure to retain these packed in different areas so you'll possess an extra on hand if one has soggy or even shed. As an example you may ferry a water resistant lighter in a bag, some complements with your pans, and some unmoistened kindling in your torso.
If little ones may be appearing on a camping vacation, ensure to ferry many products to retain these entertained in the course of down-times and after dark. Wagering cards, board online games, paper and crayons and tale books may maintain these from being actually annoyed long after the campfire has certainly been actually aggravated.
Carry out certainly not leave your resting pouch wrapped until right just before it is moment for you to obtain some sleep. Lay it out as soon as possible so that it may up and give you the maximum level of insulation. Carry out the exact same for any type of resting pads you have carried along.
Giving a compass so you recognize just what direction to enter at all times. If you go bust to provide a compass you might just locate on your own shed. Offer on your own a sense of peace, provide a compass so that you are actually often goinged in the perfect direction and seem the protection of recognizing where to go.
When you are actually going outdoor camping, perform your leading to obtain as early of a head start because conceivable. This will certainly be your job to station your outdoor tents so you possess anywhere to relax comfortably, and that may be much harder for you to perform as soon as it starts to have brunette exterior.
This is vital that you dress adequately for the outdoor environments when you take place a camping vacation. Wearing tiers is the vital! This verifies ideal when climates boost in the summer time, or even chill down in the winter weather. Really don't forget to ferry some rainfall stuff in circumstances the shapes turn soggy.
When you provide your dog on a camping vacation, ascertain he gets sufficient tick safeguards. Bugs are plentiful in woodlands and lots of vermin treatments perform certainly not increase safeguards to feature ticks, so inquire your vet just before going if your dog needs anything he requires and just what you should can for correct tick protection and removal.
Method campfire protection. Make certain your fire pit is certainly not built near any type of hardwood limbs that dangle above. Always keep the pit wrapped with either a band of rocks or even a steel loop. Always keep shovels and a bucket of water near the fire at all times. Never leave your campfire untended and completely placed it out prior to leaving.
If you have don't ever been actually camping in the past, then ensure to provide more of anything. This is primary for items like food items and drinks. Due to the fact that you are actually novice you might undervalue exactly how much food items you literally need. Always remember, you will possibly be really active, and for that reason need more food items than regular.
If you seem because though you are actually a state-of-the-art camper and just what to provide a test back into the activity, you may check out wilderness survival. This is fairly hard, however, and should simply be embarked on simply by the most enhanced camper. This variety of vacation means simply eating food items that you catch or even locate on your own!
If you are actually resting in an outdoor tents provide a mat or even appreciated table mat. This is effortless to track mud and fragments into your outdoor tents. This may be really horrible and irritating to rethink at night. In order to combat this, placed a mat outside the entrance and wipe your foundations just before you enter.
A fabulous thing to set in your camping rucksack when entering the rear country is a Ziploc pouch loaded with clothing dryer dust. There is zero far better fire starting product than clothing dryer dust. This will certainly accommodate a stimulate and obtain your fire going promptly and efficiently. Dryer dust takes virtually no room in your pile and is really light weight.
Save any type of cardboard boxes and paper bags in the weeks getting at your camping vacation. You may make use of some of the the boxes to hold equipments, of class, but they are actually additionally fantastic for starting heats. Laundry washing dust from your clothing dryer screen additionally produces fantastic kindling for a flames.
Prior to leaving, take a few seconds to make a check list of anything that you need. There is nothing at all even worse than reaching a campground and then learning that you really don't possess just what you have to be comfy. A check list is a fabulous help because you are actually packaging. Strive to start obtaining items all together many times just before you leave behind so you possess a number of time.
A huge issue with lots of people that go outdoor camping is the pests. Perform certainly not get embeded the middle of nowhere without having some kind of pest repellant. Examine your settings just before putting together camping ground for any type of wasp nests or even ant mountains that may create you problems. Sport lengthy pants and long-sleeved whenever conceivable and review on your own for checks sometimes.
Giving a few frisbees with you coming time you go camping. Certainly not simply will they give you something to perform, but they are actually practical, very. Use a frisbee to aid you keep your paper plate. This will certainly give it the design that it requires and it will certainly be a ton more durable.
Through carrying out some organizing and some analysis, you may require an average outdoor camping vacation and rotate it into something definitely exclusive. Put in the time to make use of these techniques to plan your coming loved ones camping vacation and everybody may have a fabulous time. Develop the thoughts that endure a life-time this year!


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So much gold tonight. I mean, hilarious show gold in the form of Ben Stiller and others barely hiding their mock of James Cameron, and in Tina Fey reading action lines from the script of Up, but it's more about the dresses. And while Sandra Bullock's may or may not have been your thing, it was...inoffensive for the most part. And believe me, I really wanted to give "Worst Golden Mom" to Miley Cyrus's shining example Tish Cyrus who showed off her giant back tats on the red carpet.
But dresswise, it has to go to Sarah Jessica. Because way back in the day when she wore these ridiculous concoctions and was considered a 'fashion maven' she looked giddy at what she was getting away with. "Can you beLIEVE I'm wearing this?" She annoyed some people with her theoretically faux modesty, but at least she was into it.
And now her eyes are tired. She puts on ever more outlandish things hoping that she'll see that spark reflected back in someone else's eyes. A Golden Column?? How insane! How out-of-the-ordinary! She's broken one of her own cardinal rules - not to let the dress wear you. And I'll add one - not to let the dress be your self worth. Because she will be on almost every worst-dressed list but nobody will say "At least she took a risk" because it wasn't that risky.
Do you think he tells her she looks pretty?
(Lainey: no)
Photos from Wenn.com and Flynetonline.com
Worst Golden Mom: Sarah Jessica Parker
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Wish I had the time and resources to run an event like this, but wanted to share in case someone wants to run one of these for us!http://www.vibramdiscgolf.com/birdie-bash.html
May 25, West Park. More info soon.
I'd like to join, but I'm new and typically shoot over par, sometimes hit par and the occasional birdie. Would I fit into a tournament like this?


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News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch wasn't going to let a little blizzard get in the way of the launch of his newest big idea: an iPad only publication that is supposed to knock your socks off.
The initial launch of the Daily in San Francisco got bumped and moved to New York City after a production glitch and an undisclosed illness by one Steve Jobs.
Wednesday morning at the Guggenheim Museum, a beaming Murdoch unveiled his latest pet project. Murdoch put $30 million behind the Daily. It also has the backing of 100 A-list journalists, who have been working for the beta site for months.
You have to have an iPad to see it, but if you do it does appear to come with every bell and whistle possible. That list includes 360 degree photos, HD video and customizable sports data. What it doesn't have is a printing press.
The Daily has been a buzz for months, but the one last kept secret, which was unveiled Wednesday was the price. Murdoch said it will cost 14 cents per day or 99 cents per week. You can also get a yearly subscription for $40. All can be purchased directly through iTunes.


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Hello All,
I recently took a quiz and I am confused by the correct answer. Can someone please explain the answer to me? Thank you so much!
You have two arrays named b and c. You call a static method that swaps the value in component k of one array with the value in component k of the other array. This swap method does not mention any variable declared outside the method except its parameters. Which of the following method calls could possibly accomplish this?
Correct answer: swap (c, b, k);
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!


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Score a rare victory for the California state legislature over Amazon and the other retailers seeking to avoid collection of sales taxes on purchases from California customers.
At a minimum, the outcome means an additional $200 million for the state treasury, although some observers believe the amount may mushroom to $1 billion or more annually in the years to come.
Of course, the ultimate agreement did not come without its share of drama. After the legislature voted to require retailers to collect sales taxes, Amazon launched a campaign to collect enough signatures for a statewide election to undo the new policy.
But several factors combined to force Amazon's retreat.
Among them:
--The incredible backlash from the public against a company that had enjoyed immense popularity as a discount outlet, and which now appeared to be guided by disproportionate greed.
--The potential financial cost to Amazon of perhaps $100 million or more in an election campaign fraught with great uncertainty.
--The power of Wal-Mart and other big retailers who roiled against Amazon's unfair advantage against similar companies.
--The clout of the California Retailers Association, an organization of small businesses that are required to collect sales taxes, thereby placing them at a disadvantage with Amazon, and adding to the state's unemployment woes with so many going out of business or laying off employees.
The folks at Amazon are no dummies.
In the end they calculated that between all the bad press, the pressing efforts at similar policies in other states, and the renewed attention in Congress, perhaps it would be best to pare their losses and negotiate a deal that will begin sales taxes collection in a year unless Congress intervenes with a national policy.
So Amazon cut the deal.
Beyond the retailer sales tax law, does this mean that the legislature finally has the gumption to take on big money and special interests?
Don't hold your breath.
At the same time they declared victory over Amazon, legislators refused to roll back a monstrous $1 billion corporate tax break they awarded big businesses in 2009.
They also doled out $100 million in tax breaks for Hollywood film makers to keep California competitive.
Legislators once again refused to increase California's low taxes on tobacco and alcohol. They also refused to pass an oil severance tax in the only state that does not tax oil coming out of the ground.
All these actions (or lack thereof) were the result of powerful interests keeping the legislature in line.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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Dominican lawyer dismisses prostitution reports
A prominent Dominican lawyer who has been accused of hosting outings on his yacht in which a New Jersey senator used the services of prostitutes strongly denied the allegations Monday and said he would seek a criminal investigation into the source of the reports.
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez on Monday issued his own denial of the allegations from Washington, calling them false "smears."
The attorney, Vinicio Castillo Seman, says the allegations, published in U.S. media and on the Internet, are "absurd." He filed a formal complaint with the district attorney of Santo Domingo, a step that typically triggers a criminal investigation under the legal system of the Caribbean country.
A prosecutor was scheduled to meet with Castillo on Tuesday to discuss his complaint, according to the district attorney's office.
Castillo, the son of a presidential adviser and the brother of a member of the Congress, called a news conference to discuss what he called the "false and defamatory" allegations that his yacht was the scene of encounters involving prostitutes, two of whom were underage, hired for the use of Menendez.
He said he has known the U.S. senator for about 15 years and had never seen him with a prostitute.
"I have never seen him behave in any way that was not impeccable and dignified," Castillo said.
The senator met with reporters in Washington on Monday and acknowledged that he flew on the doctor's private plane to the Dominican Republic. But Menendez denied meeting with prostitutes and blamed the allegation on political enemies.
A watchdog group called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, said it had received emails starting in April 2012 alleging that Menendez used the services of prostitutes from 2009-2010 in the Dominican Republic, and that two of them may have been 16, which would be illegal in both the Dominican Republic and the U.S., which prohibits people from traveling overseas to engage in sex with minors. The emails came from someone identified as "Peter Williams," though that may be a pseudonym.
The tipster said the senator traveled to the Dominican Republic in the private plane of Dr. Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor of Dominican descent who is a prominent Democratic campaign contributor, and that the encounters with the prostitutes occurred in homes owned by Melgen and in a yacht owned by Castillo.
Castillo said he has never hosted any parties involving prostitutes on his boat and never lent it to Melgen. The accounts are "absurd," he said.
"It's absolutely false and slanderous to say that I have been on trips or at parties with underage prostitutes with Sen. Robert Menendez and Dr. Salomon Melgen," he said.
CREW said it investigated the allegations, but was unable to prove or disprove them and sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice asking for an investigation. A conservative website, The Daily Caller, then published the allegations, which drew more attention after Melgen's offices in South Florida were recently raided by U.S. federal agents. The FBI has declined to say why it searched Melgen's office or whether he is under investigation.
In a series of emails sent to CREW, the person identified as Williams provided names, numbers and an address for some of the alleged prostitutes. The phone numbers are not in service except in one case in which the woman who has the number says she has no connection to any of the parties involved in the allegations and is not a prostitute. The names of the alleged prostitutes in the emails are either nicknames or common and The Associated Press has been unable to locate any of them.
Castillo said the episode is a "smear campaign," intended to scuttle a contract for port security by a company controlled by Melgen.
The Dominican Republic, which has become a busy transit point for drugs destined for the United States and Europe, has only one X-ray to screen port cargo. It was donated by the United States.
A company called I.C.S.S.I. signed a contract in 2002 to provide screening throughout the country but the government suspended it in 2004 before it went into effect amid claims that it was too expensive and the bid process had not been competitive. A company run by Melgen bought the company in 2011 and he has been seeking to reinstate the contract, which has been tied up in the courts.
"It's evident that drug traffickers and their powerful allies in our country have no interest in the use in seeing this technology implemented in our ports," he said.


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Bazaar uses compiled extensions, written in Pyrex or C, for some key operations. (These typically compile to names like _chk_map_pyx.so or dll.) These extensions are optional, because we can fall back to a pure-Python version, but they make an order-of-magnitude difference to the speed of some operations.
Most users never need to know about them because the extensions are built and included in the binary package they install for their platform.
Starting after bzr 2.0, Bazaar gives you a warning if it can't load the extensions. We want to make sure that people aren't unintentionally getting bad performance, while still letting them run pure Python if they wish.
We're thinking about cases like these: people running from source without compiling, or a problem in bzr, packaging, or the OS python infrastructure (like Ubuntu bug 392355) that means the extensions never get loaded. We want at least some kind of warning light, rather than for things to just be mysteriously slow.
A few people are now hitting this warning. The typical cause seems to be that they're running bzr.dev tip and haven't run make in that directory after updating. We'll change the warning (bug 430529) to make it more clear that's what you have to do. If you want to just silence it, run (on Unix)
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Lezlie Jane
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It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
-- Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994
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A woman was killed Wednesday night in a traffic crash in southern Weld County.
The crash happened about 8:15 p.m. at U.S. 85 and Weld County Road 22, about two miles north of Fort Lupton. Few details were immediately available about the crash, but the female driver of a 2009 Toyota sedan was killed when her vehicle, which was traveling westbound on Weld 22, was involved in a collision with a 1998 Chevy pickup truck, which was headed north on U.S. 85. The male driver of the chevy was taken to North Colorado Medical Center, according to Colorado State Patrol spokeswoman Cpl. Heather Cobler. She didn't know the extent of his injuries.
The names of those involved in the crash were not immediately released, and an investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.
Authorities closed northbound U.S. 85 at Weld 22. Southbound traffic was down to one lane. The highway opened around midnight Thursday.
The woman is the 27th person to die on Weld roads this year. Through Aug. 21 last year, 25 people had died.