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A veteran Norwegian peacekeeper is heading to Damascus to take charge of a UN mission overseeing a shaky ceasefire.
Major-General Robert Mood was already en route on Saturday morning to the Syrian capital when Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, publicly announced his appointment, diplomats said.
He takes over a mission that faces major obstacles and doubts before the full 300-member force approved by the UN Security Council has even gathered.
Mood himself has highlighted the "abyss of suspicion" between President Bashar al-Assad and the opposition. The uprising against Assad's rule has killed more than 9,000 people since March last year, according to UN figures.
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A suicide bomber killed nine people and injured dozens of others in Damascus on Friday, according to state media.
The SANA news agency said the victims of the blast in al-Midan district included civilians and law-enforcement personnel.
Opposition activists said the explosion struck opposite the Zain al-Abideen mosque, which was under heavy security for Friday prayers, and where regular protests against Assad erupt.
Syrian TV aired footage of white smoke billowing from under a bridge as people streamed out of a mosque. The streets were stained with blood. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Deaths across Syria
The Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), an opposition activist network, reported the deaths of 18 people, including three children, on Friday amid anti-government protests across the country.
The group said five of those killed were in Homs, three in Idlib, two in Aleppo, two in Deir Ezzor, two in Damascus, two in the Damascus Suburbs, one in Deraa and one in Hama.
"The figure does not include the victims of the terrorist bombing carried out by the regime in Damascus' Midan," it said in a statement.
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As violence continued across the country despite the peace deal, the EU said that it was "extremely concerned" about the persistent bloodshed.
It called on Syria to end its "violations" of the ceasefire, which was negotiated by Kofi Annan, the former UN chief.
"I am extremely concerned about the continued violence in Syria in violation of the ceasefire which should have come into effect on 12 April and despite the presence on the ground of UN observers," Catherine Ashton, EU foreign policy chief, said on Friday.
Ashton said it was "clear that the Syrian government is not fulfilling its obligations and is failing to meet its commitments to withdraw its troops and heavy weapons from population centres".
She said the Syrian government "must ensure that the ceasefire holds".
'Risky' task
As Mood headed to Damascus to take charge of the UN mission, Espen Barth Eide, Norway's defence minister, highlighted the "risky" task facing the unarmed observers.
"The situation in Syria remains fragile," Eide said. "We therefore have to have realistic expectations in terms of what the observer force can achieve.
"Still, our hope is that the presence of the observers may help reduce the level of violence in the country."
Mood knows Damascus well and was there to negotiate conditions for an advance team of UN observers.
He was head of the UN Truce Supervision Organisation, which monitors Middle East ceasefires, from 2009 until 2011.
He was also twice part of the international force in Kosovo between 1999 and 2002.
He has not spoken publicly since he was nominated by Ban, but highlighted the "abyss of suspicion and violence between the Syrian regime and the opposition" in a recent interview with Norwegian media.
No easy choice
Mood said that when he was asked to lead the advanced team, "it was an easy choice to say yes."
"It's worth making the effort," Mood said about the mission and the peace plan that Annan clinched with the Assad government.
"The Syrian people deserve to have an opportunity."
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Mood faces immediate challenges amid Western doubts about whether the Syrian government will let the monitors work freely.
The presence of two UN monitors did not prevent shelling in the central city of Hama this week.The US, UK and France have all said UN sanctions will have to be considered if the violence does not halt.
The UN is also struggling to meet Security Council demands to speed up the deployment. The peacekeeping department initially said that it would take a month to get the first 100 military officers in place.
Syria has blocked one proposed monitor already based in Damascus.
Diplomats said Syria has also threatened to refuse entry to any observers from the Friends of Democratic Syria, a Western-Arab coalition of countries that has backed Assad opponents.
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When it was over and all the Eastern Conference hardware had been distributed, Tamika Catchings, bruised and battered and loving every bit of her pain, ran around the home court and high-fived the multitudes.
This was more than a conference championship and the Indiana Fever's first-ever trip to the WNBA Finals; this was a love-in, a signature moment in the history of a franchise that had not, until Saturday, truly grabbed the heart of this city. On a night when the Fever truly mattered in ways they never mattered before, the home team provided the huge crowd with a lasting memory, a brutish 72-67 victory over the arch-nemesis Detroit Shock.
Good for this organization, which has fought the good fight for 10 years, perpetually knocking on the door of greatness, only to fall a step or two short. Just as the Colts were forced to go through New England and battle back from a huge deficit, the Fever had to engage in a Sisyphean battle against a Detroit team that had sent them home each of the past three years.
Good for the hardcore group of loyal fans, who've cheered and cried in half-empty arenas all these years, their passions never quite shared by the wider population. For them, this night was their gift, their thank you for all those years of believing in and loving women's professional basketball.
And good for the bandwagon-jumpers, myself included, who came around late to this particular team. Larry Bird's grand gesture, buying out the balconies, was rewarded with a mammoth crowd that was every bit as passionate as any Pacers playoff house. There weren't 18,000 people there, but it looked like at least 15,000 and sounded like 20,000.
In the end, this might have been the night that saved the Indiana Fever.
And how did the team celebrate?
By eating cupcakes. Taking pictures with camera phones. Admiring Ebony Hoffman's green toenails. "Green for money,'' she said. And modeling multi-colored streamers like expensive, pearl necklaces.
"I've already told my teammates, what you're feeling now is only a half of what you're going to feel when you win the championship,'' said Fever guard Tully Bevilaqua, who won a WNBA title with the Seattle Storm in 2004. "We're not done yet.''
No, they're not done yet. But what they accomplished Saturday recalled the Colts' long-awaited victory over New England in the AFC Championship Game. The Shock were the defending champions and have absolutely owned the smaller, less physical Fever over the years. Virtually every move general manager Kelly Krauskopf made this past offseason was done with an eye toward beating Detroit. The Fever added a playoff-tested veteran, two-time WNBA champion Tamecka Dixon, who scored seven points in 10 minutes in Game 3. They added size, specifically Jessica Davenport and Jessica Moore, the latter after new acquisition Yolanda Griffith got hurt. And they drafted their point guard of the future -- and the present, it seems, in Briann January.
For an honest appraisal of the game, here's Hoffman:
"Oooooh,'' she said. "That was ugly.''
Not the toenails. The game.
Consider it the most beautiful eyesore in Fever history. Except for Tammy Sutton-Brown (17 points, seven rebounds), neither team could make a shot in the second half, although both teams absorbed several shots to the body and the head. In the Fever locker room alone, both January and Bevilaqua sported lovely purple bruises above their eyes. But Indiana kept pushing through the poor shooting and the physicality, getting Detroit into the penalty with 4:37 remaining in the game. Then it came down to free throws, and Indiana hit its final 16, making 28-of-31 in the game compared to Detroit's 12-of-16.
"We weren't going to miss those free throws,'' Catchings said. "No way. We worked so hard for everything in this game.''
On a night when Detroit found a way to take away Catchings and keep Katie Douglas under relative control, the Fever relied on their supporting cast. Dixon, the veteran, was huge. January, the rookie, had eight points and four assists. And Bevilaqua, who was 1-of-13 in this series, stepped up and hit a pair of 3-pointers in the third quarter.
After the first one in forever, she looked toward the sky and gestured. Well, mate, it's about time, don't you think?
"After I hit that shot, I was so happy, I could have done a cartwheel,'' she said. "The last couple of games have been the most frustrating of my whole life. It's like I woke up and was at a complete loss for how to shoot the ball. You start wishing for it to go in, and I know I started to give up a few shots.
"Hitting those two, that got a huge monkey off my back.''
Said Hoffman: "When she hit that, I thought Tully was going to have a heart attack.''
No guts, no glory, no WNBA Finals. Even bigger, something important changed in the relationship between this franchise and this city. And it's not done yet.

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Chapter 1
Max's POV
I stalked down the hall of the hotel me and my band, Escape the Fate, were staying at in New York.
I needed to make it to band practice before rhe other guys, Craig, Robert and Bryan knew something was up.
That would suck. For the past five times I've been late, I told them I was fucking a fan but what I was really doing was watching gay porn.
You may think "why would MAX GREEN of ESCAPE THE FATE be watching gay porn?!"
Well, there is a good reason for that.
I'm gay.
The Max Green of Escape the Fate is gay and the other members of the band are very homophobic.
That's why I must stay in the closet. 'Cause it's either that, or get beaten and kicked out of the band and that would suck. Hard.
I ran down the stairs and sprinted out of the lobby running down the streets with my hood over my head, so that crazy fan girls wouldn't see me and try to rape me. Its happened before. She got sent to jail though, thank God. When I got to the abandoned building on the outskirts of the place we were staying in, the guys were waiting impatiently.
"Max, hurry the hell up!" Robert yelled at me.
"God Rob, take a chill pill." Craig said back to the drummer. I smiled. Thus is the man I've had a cruch on for a while now...couple months...or.... I think its a year now.
"Wow..." I whisper.
"What was that, Max?" Craig asks. I look up at him. His black hair shone in the twilight light. Oh how I wanted to run my hands thorough it and that smirk... BAD MAX! No Max! Bad Maxxie. No naughty thoughts. But the things I would do to that man... MAX!
I slapped myself mentally.
"Max...? You okay?" Bryan asks. I look at him.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Okay, well let's go inside before the fan girls find us." Craig said.
"Or the fags, dirty mother fuckers." Robert added.
"Whatever, let's just go inside mofo's." I said with a smile. They all laughed and we went in.
It was a dark place, but Craig hit the lights so we could see everything. I screamed.
"BATS!" I yelled. I am deathly scared of bats. A whole bunch of 'em flew right to the door, while I was sitting on the floor with my knees to my chest. Everyone laughed. Bryan doubled over ober and was now on his tummy on the floor a few feet away from me. "I HATE YOU!" I screamed and got up.
"But I thought you loved us?!" Craig said with a smirk. I turned around.
"Maybe. Maybe not." I said with a true smile.
"So why were you late again, Max?" Robert asked. I stiffened.
"Fucking a fan..."
I walked over to my bass guitar and grabbed it off the stand it was sitting on. "Now grab your instruments and let's play!"
Robert walked to the drums, Bryan walked to the guitar and Craig walked to the microphone.
"Okay guys, what song...?" Craig asks.
"1O MILES WIDE!!!!!" I screamed. It was my favorite song because of my little rant in the video.
"Sure, you guys ready?" Craig asks us all. We nod and start playing.


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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - All the signs of October are here.
My football team is teetering on the brink of irrelevance after five games played. My baseball team has made this years renewal of whats become an annual postseason flameout. My hockey team has managed, over just 120 minutes on ice, to snuff out any lingering optimism from the preseason.
And, in the mail the other day, a big white envelope arrived from Canastota, N.Y.
In it were the stapled-together bios of this years crop of nominees for the International Boxing Hall of Fame, along with the form that will need to be sent indicating my picks for the Class of 2014.
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I had seen on a previous list of holdover candidates Masao Obha and do not see it on this list I do not believe he is in the hall and it would be a travisty if he were to be overlooked yet again I do agree that there are a lot of deserving fighters and the three new names are deserving but I do not see a name on the list more deserving than Masao please please consider the eternal champion for induction 40 years after his untimely death
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lol Lyle, still with the Gatti stuff. I think we need to accept the HOF is not exclusively about record for if it was, as you point out, a lot of the guys wouldn't be there. Popularity, contribution to the sport and indeed "fame" also clearly carry weight and personally I think it's right they're recognised, they've inspired people and enhanced the sport.
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Calzaghe, Oscar and Tito all deserve to be first ballot HOFers, I agree with the selections but how many "YES" votes are the judges allowed to cast?
If you can cast more, I'd vote YES for Prince Naseem, Don Curry and Dariusz Machiwakaka.
If you're only allowed 3 votes then picking the 3 that have been picked is cool, they're the obvious choice. In terms of who is in the HOF, it's ridiculous that Gatti got in ahead of Naz and where on God' green Earth are the nominations for Eubank and Benn?
In Eubank's case, he is the second best at smw I have ever seen.
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some of those nominees...
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Should be Oscar, Tito and Kingpetch.
Won't be, though.
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@soul_survivor ... There are more guys on the ballot... but as I mentioned in the piece, I was only going to judge and vote on the guys I'm familiar with. Guys of my era. Doesn't make so much sense to go yes or no on people whom I've not only not seen... but barely heard of. People who are older, or simply better researchers, can determine the fates of those guys. You can vote for as many as 10.
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@The Weebler I ... It's the once a year I get to bang the Hall of Fame drum... so I bang it. As far as standards go, I think that's up to each voter. Mine are clear. Others can be clear as well. Majority rules and Gatti's in, so be it. But that doesn't mean I have to agree.
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Online video can be a great advertising vehicle. So why hasn't anyone made it work?
At Microsoft's Strategic Account Summit last week, MSN Chief Media Revenue Officer Joanne Bradford talked up the recently launched MSN Video site.
"You've seen our new video service," Bradford said, "and we're really excited about millions of people using this service."
I'm excited about it, too. I'm excited consumers on MSN and dozens of other sites have access to a wealth of online video content. I'm happy the picture quality is better than ever before. And I'm thrilled the big online video sites can offer advertisers access to more than 5 million viewers each week, giving them a reach on par with leading cable and syndicated TV shows.
I love online video ads, and I know our industry has the technology and the audience to make them successful. So why haven't they taken off? Why's this business still full of questionable distribution models, mediocre implementations, and unsold inventory? Why hasn't anyone made online video ads work?
Eyeblaster, PointRoll, and EyeWonder have all tried to make video ads work. But all insist on putting video into banners, skyscrapers, and floating ads. Streaming a video while consumers try to read an article is just plain annoying. It's a perfect example of what users dislike about online advertising.
The Unicast Video Commercial, which I liked as a concept, has been disappointing in execution. Frequency caps don't always work, and the ads take as long as 10 seconds to load and start playing. Unacceptable. Worse, Unicast's own research shows these ads have no more brand impact than its old, non-video Superstitials.
Yahoo has plenty of video ad inventory on its Launch.com music video site. But it's had lots of trouble selling the inventory. I've seen as many non-video sponsorships on Launch as paid video ads. MSN Video seems to have similar problems. I've yet to see video ads on its service.
ESPN sold out much of its Motion video ads over the last year, but the rumor mill churns with stories of big cable advertisers getting free campaigns. Creating significant inventory has also proven difficult. ESPN now automatically launches video content on its home page in an attempt to increase viewership.
All in all, online video advertising isn't looking as strong as it should. In fact, it's a bit of a mess. How can sites clean up online video and make it something advertisers flock to?
First, sites need to stop forcing video into places it doesn't belong. Tiny video streams crammed inside banners and delivered to disinterested users don't cut it. In-stream ads, video ads within video content, are what consumers will accept and what advertisers want to buy. Let's ensure we're selling our best stuff.
Second, make sure the product is ready before selling it. For sites, that means aggregating a sizable audience before offering that inventory. For technology vendors, that means fully testing technology before it's introduced. Online video advertising would have a lot more credibility without the under-delivery problems and tech breakdowns.
Finally, sites can't let video get lost in the shuffle. Large publishers have lots to sell: banners, skyscrapers, floating ads, sponsorships, keywords, and more. Video's not always top of mind for buyers or sellers. Online video sales is in the "missionary" stage. Publishers must give their salespeople resources to spread the gospel. Good audience data, case studies, and even dedicated video sales specialists can help make this happen.
Online video is one of the best advertising opportunities online. We need to clean up the mess and get it right, or the opportunity might just slip away.
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BAGRAM, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai welcomed Monday's handover of the main American-run prison to Afghan forces as a victory for Afghan sovereignty, though he and U.S. officials remain locked in a dispute over the fate of hundreds of Taliban and terror suspects behind bars.
The United States is withholding the transfer of scores of inmates, reportedly out of concern that Afghan authorities may simply let some detainees go and no longer hold dangerous prisoners without charge.
American irritation was apparent at the ceremony at the prison, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Kabul. No higher ranking American officers attended, although the Afghan government sent its defense minister, army chief of staff and other officials.
Karzai also did not attend, though he released a statement calling the handover a "very big step regarding the sovereignty of Afghanistan."
"Now, the Bagram prison is converted to one of Afghanistan's regular prisons where the innocents will be freed and the rest of the prisoners will be sentenced according to the laws of Afghanistan," the statement said.
The more than 2,000 Afghan military policemen now at the prison said the inmates were pleased to be guarded by Afghans.
"We are Afghan and they are Afghan. They are Muslim. We are Muslim," said Ashna Gul, a military policeman from Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. "We can see each other through the steel windows. Sometimes we are laughing and joking with the prisoners and they are happy with our guys."
Firoz Khan, another military policeman from Nangarhar, said some of the inmates ask him to get them more soap and shampoo.
"We sympathize with them because they are prisoners and they are away from their families," Khan said.
Hours after the handover ceremony, a suicide attack killed 15 people and wounded 25 others in the northern city of Kunduz. The bombing was a stark reminder that insurgents continue their fight against Afghan and U.S.-led coalition troops and that many detainees at the prison are suspected of organizing such attacks.
The U.S. began detention operations at Bagram Air Field in early 2002. For several years, prisoners were kept at a former Soviet aircraft machine plant converted into a lockup. In 2009, the U.S. opened a new detention facility next door. The number of detainees incarcerated at the prison, now called the Parwan Detention Facility, has swelled from about 1,100 in September 2010 to 3,110 in the spring of this year.
The prison has been the focus of controversy in the past but never had the notoriety of the prisons at the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or Abu Ghraib in Iraq. Had al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden been captured instead of killed, CIA Director Leon Panetta said he would have been taken to Bagram first, then probably to Guantanamo Bay.
Earlier this year, the prison gained unwanted attention when hundreds of Qurans and other religious materials were taken from its library and sent to a burn pit at the military base. The event triggered scores of deadly anti-American protests across Afghanistan. More than 30 Afghans and six U.S. soldiers were killed during the violent demonstrations. Karzai said Qurans would never have been burned if Afghans had been in control of the prison then.
Karzai and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding about the future of the detention facility on March 9, following tense negotiations that frequently stalled.
Since then, the U.S. has transferred 3,082 detainees to Afghan control, according to Afghan Army Gen. Ghulam Farouk, who now heads the prison. He said Monday that the U.S. was in the process of transferring the remaining 30 inmates picked up before the memorandum was signed plus another 600 captured after the signing.


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Hello, I teach Japanese high school students English near Tokyo in Japan. As one of the assignments that the students do in our course is writing a Letter to the Editor to a local paper here. The purpose of this is for them to practice writing a very short opinion essay about a controversial topic related to current events. Most students choose topics related to Japan or Asia. While people do still read paper newspapers here, letters to the editor are not published much anymore, so I would like to modernize this assignment. Does anyone have any good ideas for doing this? Perhaps some kind of online activity, or some place where students can share opinions? I would like to keep the same goals--a short opinion essay about a controversial topic. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Hans Albanese
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It is too bad -- for reasons abutting freedom, personal responsibility and, yes, the endlessness of presidential campaigns. If the president of the United States has become the most important guy in every room he inhabits, it figures that to get there -- to rule the whole American roost -- a certain kind of person puts aside scruples about constant exposure to the public eye, daily life in motels and hotels, etc. Some do so, one presumes, from love of country or sense of duty. The voter's task is sorting out which hounds these are amid the great yapping pack.
Is government too big and pervasive? It sure looks that way when you consider the excesses attendant on trying to grab government by the reins and slow the runaway horses. You get -- well -- the 2011-12 presidential campaign. You get endless polls, bumper-sticker philosophy, sound-bite debates -- and breathless stories about who did what and with whom years and years ago. The latter are the stories that actually matter, as Herman Cain has come to find out, when it comes to picking which candidate we want to run our lives for four years.
Again, is government too big and pervasive? A question of that order would seem to matter more, in the great scheme of things, than the hardly insignificant question of how Herman Cain conducted himself at the National Restaurant Association.
The endless campaign is part, and hardly the meanest part, of our long acquiescence in the government boom -- the steady, sometimes heady, handover of decisions and competencies to the control of people promising to do "more" for us.
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Antibacterial, anti-HIV-1 protease and cytotoxic activities of aqueous ethanolic extracts from Combretum adenogonium Steud. Ex A. Rich (Combretaceae)
1 Institute of Traditional Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Box 65001, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
2 Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012, 12:163 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-12-163Published: 26 September 2012
Records have shown that Combretum adenogonium Steud. Ex A. Rich (Combretaceae) is used in traditional medicine systems of several tribes in Tanzania. This study focused on the investigation of antibacterial activity, anti-HIV-1 protease activity, toxicity properties and classes of phytochemicals in extracts from C. adenogonium Steud. Ex A. Rich (Combretaceae) to evaluate potential of these extracts for development as herbal remedies.
Dried plant material were ground to fine powder and extracted using 80% aqueous ethanol to afford root, leaf and stem bark extracts. The extracts were assayed for anti-HIV-1 protease activities, antibacterial activities using microdilution methods and cytotoxicity using brine shrimps lethality assay. Screening for major phytochemical classes was carried out using standard chemical tests.
All extracts exhibited antibacterial activity to at least one of the test bacteria with MIC-values ranging from 0.31-5.0 mg/ml. Two extracts, namely, root and stem bark exhibited anti-HIV-1 PR activity with IC50 values of 24.7 and 26.5 μg/ml, respectively. Stem bark and leaf extracts showed mild toxicity with LC50 values of 65.768 μg/ml and 76.965 μg/ml, respectively, whereas roots were relatively non-toxic (LC50 = 110.042 μg/ml). Phytochemical screening of the extracts indicated presence of flavonoids, terpenoids, alkaloids, tannins, glycosides and saponins.
These results provide promising baseline information for the potential development of C. adenogonium extracts in treatment of bacterial and HIV/AIDS-related opportunistic infections.


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BackgroundThe follow-up to the #1 next-generation game, Call of Duty 3 delivers the intensity of being closer than ever to the fury of combat during the Normandy Breakout, the historic campaign that made the liberation of Paris possible and brought the Allies a step closer to Berlin. Through a seamless narrative that delivers the rush of unrelenting battle and breathtaking action, players assume the roles of four ordinary Allied soldiers—American, British, Canadian and Polish—and are thrust onto an authentic, living battlefield for an unprecedented variety of combat, with advanced high-definition graphics, detailed character animations and explosive on-screen action, delivering the most immersive and cinematically intense war experience ever.
- The Power of Next-Gen – Built from the ground-up for next-gen consoles, Call of Duty 3 brings the battle to life with advanced graphics, a new physics engine, a procedural environment and detailed ensemble animations that deliver the most cinematic war experience ever.
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- Nowhere to Hide – Environmental physics allow players to destroy enemy soft cover hideouts, forcing foes out in the open. But be wary, opponents can eliminate your protective cover as well.
- Team-based Multiplayer with Vehicles – Combined arms and team-based combat provides unprecedented depth and variety by allowing up to 24-players to battle it out online with the option of single or split-screen Internet play. Gamers have the choice to play as infantry or commandeer multiple-occupancy vehicles, including tanks, jeeps, and motorcycles with side-cars, leading to unique mobile combat roles for all-out, multiplayer mayhem. Call of Duty 3 also offers soldier classes, each with class specific abilities, and a ranking system for truly diversified squad combat.
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Hundreds of thousands or millions of Americans believe they have been abducted by aliens. In a typical case, an abductee recounts lying in bed one night when an eerie feeling overcomes him, and alien beings appear out of nowhere. The extraterrestrials transport him to a spacecraft and subject him to a battery of physical and psychological tests. After what seems like hours, he is returned to his bedroom unharmed, and finds that the whole ordeal transpired in minutes.
Abductees think their traumatic experiences were real. However, most psychologists think abductions are lucid dreams or hallucinations, triggered by an awareness of other people's similar experiences. One recent experiment, in which participants trained in lucid dreaming techniques were able to dream up vivid alien encounters, supports this hypothesis. But if each perceived abduction is just the latest in a series of hallucinations, what was it that triggered that first dream or delusion?


text: I used to use DDX some years ago. From the one liter bottle, I filled 4 small brown glass bottles. I kept my developer between 6 months and one year. But while the developer is still usable, the grain grows and the image appears reticulated. As the developer is quite expensive, I do not recommend the use beyond 6 months. I stop to use it and switch to LC29 which is more versatile and retains its qualities much longer. From my experience, DDX as the same micro contrast and tonal distribution than ID-11 1+1 with a 2/3 stop speed loss (with ID-11).


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Critical conversation with "The New Jim Crow" – next webinar
Real World Restorative Justice Webinar: Tuesday, Feb. 18, 4:30-6:00 p.m. EST
Michelle Alexander's book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness," has gained widespread attention for its compelling analysis of the relationship between mass incarceration and racism in the U.S. Join us as guests Jacqueline Roebuck Sahko, Shiv Desai and Nekima Levy-Pounds begin a dialogue about intersecting the lanes of education, race, discipline and community-centric practice. What strategies can folks on the ground adopt to address these issues? For more information and to register, visit http://emu.edu/cjp/restorative-justice/webinars/new-jim-crow/
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As of now I am a SAHM and the DH works MON-FRI pretty much 4am-4pm so I have a lot of time on my hands seeing how we only have DD.. Right now things get tight but not so bad that I have to work DH has a very good job that is going to turn into a amazing job someday lol so the long run I'm not worried,, I have had that most amazing idea and its a feeling that I can not shake!! I am going to go back to school for Midwifery, I'll start with the basic then work into Birthing Educator then Midwifery Nurses aid and so on.. Have any of you ladies gone for something like this? If so what is the best path for me to take?! Also anyone else thinking about going back??
I'm thinking school!
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Bethesda, MDWomen who are pregnant or using synthetic progesterone birth control injections have a conspicuous vulnerability to certain infections including malaria, Listeria, HIV, and herpes simplex virus. A new research report appearing in the March 2013 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology offers strong evidence for a possible explanation: the progesterone receptor, a pregnancy hormone sensor, targets a part of the immune system responsible for protection against these and other invaders. In addition to helping explain why some women are more vulnerable to certain infections, it also sheds light on why some autoimmune diseases, notably rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, often go into remission during pregnancy.
"We hope that continued work in this area will ultimately yield better approaches to the prevention of immunological complications of pregnancy, safer and more effective forms of hormonal birth control and novel biological targets for the treatment of autoimmune diseases," said Grant C. Hughes, M.D., a researcher involved in the work from the Division of Rheumatology and Department of Immunology at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
To make their discovery, scientists used two groups of mice. The first group had a mutated progesterone receptor, or PR gene, which rendered the mice's bodies incapable of sensing progesterone through PR (PR knockout mice). The second group was comprised of normal mice. After various forms of immunization, antibody responses were tracked. When compared to normal mice, PR knockout mice produced much higher antibody levels, but only in response to forms of immunization requiring T cells, a cell type that normally boosts antibody production by B cells. This prompted a closer look at B and T cells from the PR knockout mice. The researcher saw that when stimulated in the test tube, knockout B cells showed normal, if not sl
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- World Vision to feed 400,000 as part of joint distribution starting today
- In partnership with World Food Program, agencies to reach some 1.6 million people
- World Vision explains precautions taken to ensure distributions protect families' safety, dignity
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- World Vision will join seven other aid agencies today to begin a massive distribution of food provided by the World Food Program. The distribution effort, with support of the Haitian Government, is expected to reach some 1.6 million people throughout Port-au-Prince, some living in volatile areas that have so far received little aid.
During the two-week distribution period, World Vision, along with Save the Children, Concern, CARE and others, will distribute two-week supplies of rice at 16 distribution sites across Port-au-Prince.
World Vision alone will distribute 84 metric tons of rice to feed 17,000 people at sites in Delmas and Nazon today. The agency plans to add two more sites in the often-dangerous district of Cite Soleil on W
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This scholarship is for parents and students who have been members in good standing of the NYWEA for at least one year. To qualify, applicants must be New York State residents and be high school seniors who are planning to enroll at a college/university by September 2015, or freshmen in good standing at a college/university who will begin their sophomore year by September 2015. Applicants must enroll as full-time students in an environmentally related program that allows them to pursue a professional career in the environmental field.
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Tech at Night: …. but NSA gathering public information was the REAL threat
On a multi-user computer system, different user accounts have different permissions. In most Unix-based systems, there is a special account besides. Account zero, the 'root' user, bypasses all permissions checks. The Chinese attackers had root access to Office of Personnel Management servers. But NSA was the real threat ah, Rand Paul?


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Today marks the launch of NeurobyNature, a website entirely devoted to brain health care. This is a topic that effects absolutely everyone and demand for information and advice on related ailments and natural remedies is therefore high. Until now this information and advice has been fragmented across the web. But NeuroByNature resolves this issue by bringing together the online brain health care community and providing important news, data and professional guidance.
A curated blog presenting informative and easy to understand articles by health care experts, including 'Top 10s' and 'Guides to', will focus on a broad range of brain health topics including, amongst others: Memory; Brain function; Concentration and focus; Mood; Lucid dreaming; Sleep and insomnia; Stress & anxiety; ADD and ADHD; Depression; Mental fatigue; and Pregnancy, prenatal brain development and postnatal depression.
Importantly, users can discuss and support one another on these and other topics through the online forum facility. This enables a free-flow discourse of personal, sometimes taboo, subjects in an environment of care, privacy and respect.
Over the past 5 years the demand for 'brain supplements' has doubled. Recognising the need for consumer information and awareness on this market, NeuroByNature is committed to delivering a comprehensive resource of unbiased product reviews. Speaking about this, the founder of NeuroByNature, Ryan Kempe, states: "The natural health industry is essentially totally unregulated. So it leaves manufacturers wide open to make crazy claims like 'take our product and you will increase your IQ!!
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Until recently, it was recommended that many patients with cardiac conditions receive short-term antibiotics prior to receiving dental treatment to prevent the risk of infective endocarditis (IE). The American Heart Association (AHA) has since revised those guidelines and the revisions bring good news for most cardiac patients: many patients who have taken prophylactic antibiotics routinely in the past no longer need them.
The American Dental Association (ADA) provided input to the AHA on the new guidelines, which were also developed in part by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Academy of Pediatrics. This group reviewed and analyzed information from both national and international experts on IE and revised guidelines were released last April.
The updated guidelines state that patients who have taken prophylactic antibiotics in the past but no longer need them include people with:
-- Mitral valve prolapse
-- Rheumatic heart disease
-- Bicuspid valve disease
-- Calcified aortic stenosis
-- Congenital heart conditions such as ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
These revisions are based on scientific evidence that conclude that the risks of taking preventive antibiotics, such as adverse reactions to the antibiotics and development of drug resistant bacteria, outweigh the benefits for most patients.
However, as with any guidelines, there are exceptions. Preventive antibiotics prior to dental procedures are still advised for patients with:
-- Artificial heart valves
-- History of IE
-- Unrepaired or incompletely repaired cyanotic congenital heart disease, including those with palliative shunts and conduits
-- A completely repaired congenital heart defect with prosthetic
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The top stories in the Norwalk Reflector-Herald on this date 51 years ago:
Rural Norwalk youth run over by truck; doing OK
Huntz Vant Gregory, South Norwalk Road, was termed "much better" this morning by Dr. John Gardiner after being run over by the rear wheels of a truck in front of 70 East Main shortly after 9 o'clock last night.
Huntz, 15-year-old son of John Gregory, is in Memorial Hospital after suffering what was described as internal injuries and several fractures to the pelvic bone.
Rev. Dennison elected Alumni Trustee at WRA
The Rev. B. Whitman Dennison, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Norwalk, has been elected an alumni trustee of Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio.
A WRA graduate in 1939, Mr. Dennison attended the school four years. From there he went to William College, receiving his bachelor of arts degree in 1943. In 1951 he was graduated from Cleveland Marshall Law School with the bachelor of law degree.
Huron County Banking Company personnel recognized
The entire personnel of the Huron County Banking Company were pictured in the paper in recognition of the celebration of the bank's 75th anniversary. They were: John M. Arthur, assistant cashier; C. McLaughlin, cashier; John F. Ernsthausen, president; Joseph V. Motsch, executive vice president; Ralph E. Potts, assistant cashier; T.J. Ralston, assistant cashier; Miss Roberta Dombart, Mrs. Ruth Stark, Miss Linda Farr, Miss Patricia Widman, Miss Mary Powers, Mrs. Joan Keller, Mrs. Alice Shepp, Miss Shirley Gates, Mrs. Virginia Young; Mrs. Virginia Poland, Miss Ruth Schaffer, Miss Bernadine Roth, Miss Jean Carpenter, Mrs. Doris McClellan, Miss Jane Start, Mrs. Donna Weisbengerger, Miss Mildred Lyons, William J. Catalane, Clarence Jefferson, Wayne Leslie and Robert Reid.
Eight Norwalk teachers leaving
At least eight of this year's public school faculty members will not be on hand here next September to answer the opening bell on Sept. 4, said Superintendent James McBride today.
Miss Alyce Matsumoto, kindergarten teacher, is returning to Hawaii to teach. Mrs. Naomi Wiebe, high school English, and Miss Anne Gage, sixth grade, are planning to accept positions in their home towns of Willard and Johnstown, respectively.
Miss Gretchen Glick, first grade, is to be married. Mr. Isaiah Owen expects to accept employment in another field. Mr. James Ellertson, teacher of the slow learners class, is undecided as to his future plans.
Retiring are Miss Odah Phay Moll, fourth grade, and Mrs. Harrison Zuercher, junior high science and mathematics teacher.
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