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An enemy tests a weapon that could kill millions of your countrymen in the near future. Having worked diligently on a defense against such attacks, your government has one within reach. Then, suddenly, it pulls back on this effort.
You are puzzled. You see a defense budget that preserves funding for weapons programs to defend other nations, but cuts back on the very weapons that could defend you.
This is what the Obama administration is doing with the nation's missile-defense budget. In the same week the North Koreans tested a long-range missile, the Pentagon announced a $1.4 billion cut in our missile-defense budget. Under the knife are the programs that could defend us against missile attacks from North Korea and Iran — the most hostile regimes America faces today.
It's being done in the name of "restructuring" the missile-defense program. The administration is holding on to defenses against short-range missiles, while scaling back programs against long-range missiles - the kind North Korea and Iran recently tested.
This makes no sense. Defenses against short-range missiles are all very fine, but they are not the missiles that most threaten the United States. That would be North Korea's Taepodong-2 missiles tested April 5, which when fully deployed, could reach Alaska and California.
One target of the cuts is the Airborne Laser (ABL), an energy-directed weapon placed on a modified Boeing 747-400. The ABL is intended to knock down a long-range missile shortly after it leaves the launchpad — the best time for an intercept because its warheads have not yet been deployed in space.
Preliminary tests have been quite promising. An actual ABL intercept test could take place later this year. This "boost-phase defense" is precisely the kind of system needed to counter long-range nuclear missiles launched from North Korea or elsewhere.
Another budget casualty appears to be the Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) program. Thirty-three GBIs are already — or will soon be — deployed in Alaska and California. But the budget eliminates the plan to ramp up to 44 by 2011.
That makes no sense. GBIs are the only operational systems capable of destroying a Taepodong-2 missile approaching the U.S. mainland. Shorter-range missiles fired from Aegis ships could defend Japan, Guam and perhaps Hawaii, but currently could do nothing to stop a missile heading for Alaska or California.
Most puzzling of all is the Pentagon's decision to kill the Multiple Kill Vehicle, which is designed to destroy missile stages and warheads in space. Its value is that it could potentially destroy multiple incoming warheads. It is not yet fully developed, but there are no showstoppers in its research, testing and development.
The same is true for the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (SSTS) sensor program, which could discriminate between real warheads and decoys in space. Both programs could prove vital in defeating an enemy's attempt to overwhelm our missile-defense system with countermeasures.
It would be understandable if we couldn't afford missile defenses. But that is clearly not the case. The $1.4 billion cut from the missile defense budget is 0.04 percent of the overall proposed federal budget. It's like a rounding error in an Obama bailout.
The roughly $10 billion we spend annually on all of missile defense amounts to only 13 percent of what local, state and federal government agencies pay for "first responders." I'm all for responding effectively to catastrophes, but surely we can afford a fraction of the "response" budget to stop a disaster before it happens. Besides, why is defending Americans from nuclear attack one of the few areas where the administration is showing any budget restraint?
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It's funny that you said that because the thought did occur to me that there wasn't a movie adaptation. I can't recall if they did a comic adaptation of Trek 2009 (I think they did).
They did, and spun it out to six issues!
According to my friend who manages a comic shop, movie adaptation comics are no longer the guaranteed huge sellers that they once were.
I had no idea why they were sellers in the first place. Unless there is aditional background info in them why should i buy it?
Way back once upon a time when home video didn't exist, comic book adaptations and novelizations were really the only way you could enjoy the movie at home. But since home video now allows you to actually watch the movie itself at home, and DVDs even include bonus scenes, you can see why they wouldn't be huge sellers. Really surprised me when IDW did adaptations of TWOK and XI and it will surprise me if they do STID.
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The Year 2011 is more than half over, and the state of the movies is just as troubling as the state of the union.
All hail Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall, the co-directors of "Winnie the Pooh."
True landmark events are hard to come by in the world of movies, an art form dominated by disposable entertainment.
Just about everyone has had a boss who made their lives miserable, so we can all relate to this summer's darkest but funniest comedy.
Just about everyone has had a boss who made their lives miserable, so we can all relate to this summer's darkest but funniest comedy.
Hollywood's "Diversity in Summer" strategy continues with the release of "Larry Crowne," a romantic dramedy about middle-aged characters, which should provide very welcome counterprogramming to this week's other big release, the obnoxious, idiotic "Transformers: Dark of the Moon."
Pixar, the studio that brought us the "Toy Story" movies, "Finding Nemo," "Ratatouille," etc., has never released a "bad" movie. "Cars 2" doesn't change that.
"Mr. Popper's Penguins" is "a Jim Carrey movie." Not that there's anything wrong with that ...
"Super 8" is a summer blockbuster that isn't based on a comic book or in 3D. How's this for a welcome change?
Nobody does a cinematic love letter better than Woody Allen. "Manhattan" is the greatest example of this, of course, but "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" exuded Allen's affection for Spain.
When Dreamworks released "Kung Fu Panda" in 2008, no one predicted its success. "Shrek" was still the studio's favorite franchise, and American animation studios had encountered little success translating Asian themes.
Let's be honest. The usual summer genres look pretty lame for 2011.
It makes perfect sense that "On Stranger Tides," the fourth installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, would be in 3D. After all, 3D is little more than Hollywood's way of pillaging and plundering audiences' hard-earned money, so the format is appropriate for a movie about pirates.
"Bridesmaids" is an improbable movie for numerous reasons.
"Bridesmaids" is an improbable movie for numerous reasons.
For those of us who hate the 3D trend, Marvel Entertainment and Paramount Pictures have given us the perfect gift. No movie demonstrates the problems with 3D better than "Thor."
With the release of "Fast Five," I guess the summer movie season is upon us. And by "upon us" I mean it is set to trap us in a headlock, strap us to the hood of a muscle car and drive really fast until it crashes into something. Repeatedly.
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Without Matt Damon, the solitary fight for survival on Mars would be lonely indeed. Alone on screen for most of his scenes as an astronaut ...
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yup I made a sequel....i was bored as **** so here you go :)
well here's the game so i hope you enjoy it :) i didn't put much effort into this one just like the last one but it is a little longer....but not by a lot
What a wonderful name for a game :)
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Tom "Homer" W.
~~CORN DOGS and LEMON FREEZE NASHVILLE STYLE~~~~
HI Anne - I am glad you and hubby had a fun time at Nashville and it's always fun and interesting there with Brown County being absolutely gorgeous during the Fall season. Oh, I checked the Jenny Craig diet snack food list and didn't find "corn dog" on the list and that's the story of my life! I love corn dogs and lemon freeze! I did manage to put over three hundred miles on my Harley in the last several hot and clear days in Indiana perfect for cycle riding going north and south, and in the last several weeks I also took Harley rides to see an old buddy from grade school and HS days in Cincinnati, Ohio.... The last HS buddy that is left, which includes the girls we dated, unfortunately.... Bummer! The other bad news is that on one of my hikes in the woods I contracted (or is that contacted) poison ivy. I watch for the nasty three-leaf monster but somehow got into a mess of the horrible stuff! Long story short, after using Cortisone 10 for about a week it seemed to clear up on my arm but then, over night, it spread all over my sexy Paul Newman body - maybe it was my Paul Newman baby blues that attracted it but it sure loves my body so I did see the doctor and he put me on several bad medicines that kills poison ivy, poison sumac, and poison oak... Also, was ordered to avoid the sun and take cool showers - brrrrrish! These pills are strong, I take three pills at one time each day for 5 days then two pills at one time for 4 days, then the remainder of the pills, one pill daily until they're gone. The good doctor also gave me a prescription to take away the itching and burning, one pill every 6 hours or as needed. Simple, right - ha - the only problem is the three pills knock me out and I am in a fog the entire day - boo-hiss! Rainy days, okay but sunny, warm days, that's a rough order to follow. Having poison ivy is like sucking butter milk through a long straw, yuk! Double yuk! Much rather have those butterscotch Lifesavers - catch ya later, alligator - P.I. Tom
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Anne~it came through okay. Have a great weekend.
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~NASHVILLE - The Little One~
Hi Anne - wishing you and hubby a great escape to Brown County, it's simply gorgeous in the Fall and interesting all year around. The John Dillinger Museum is gone which was one of my main stops to visit. I have visited his grave at Crown Hill Cemetery... Some folks in Mooresville still consider him a hero of sorts (when he robbed banks he would also, besides the money, take mortgages and send the deeds to the farmers and the banks were at a loss instead of the farmers) but that doesn't mean he was a good guy... Yes, a lot of horrible shootings and crimes being committed everywhere! Where's Wyatt Earp when we need him to clean up a town? Hang in there, Anne. I have lost several friends recently and that's no fun at all. I have been hiking a lot and doing the Fort Harrison 2.5 mile lake loop walk almost daily which keeps me in shape and watching my diet - I do not cheat - I divorced Little Debbie. I did take a Harley ride to Cincinnati several times in the last month and plan a Harley ride to Nashville this weekend. If you see a guy on a big black Harley Softail with Paul Newman baby blue eyes,looks like Rock Hudson, and has a body like Steve McQueen - it's not me. Catch ya later, alligator - Tom
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Hello Anne :)
Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry to hear what happened to your husband, darling! But I'm glad he's getting through this and doing better. That's good news! You are such a wonderful wife for helping him and supporting him through everything, he is lucky to have you! :) Keeping you both in my thoughts. xx
My grandmother has been in and out of the hospital a lot recently too so I know the feeling of worry that you must have been feeling. She's doing better now though :) Still not 100 percent, but getting there!
I've been well, thanks! :) I feel like this summer is going a bit too quickly, but I'm trying to make the most of it. Nothing really exciting is happening with me. But I'm so glad to talk to you... do you have a Skype or anything like that? And you have a Facebook, right? I looked you up on Facebook but couldn't tell which one was you!
Talk to you soon, my dear friend :)
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Hi Anne! I am so sorry we haven't talked in so long. Finally I am out for summer! How are you doing? I keep forgetting to send you the rare Kathleen photos that I've found, I promise I will do it soon :)
Hope all is well! Can't wait to hear from you.
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~HAPPY 4th of JULY ~ GOD BLESS AMERICA~
Hi Anne ~ thank you for remembering and wishing you and hubby a wonderful 4th of July and to all our troops, men and women, serving our country and let us not ever forgot the sacrifices made by our troops in uniform in the past and present, the suffering, the lives lost, the moms that never saw their sons or daughters again, all for the sake of freedom and it took God, guts, and guns to preserve our freedoms and America is absolutely the Home of the Brave. HAPPY 4th of JULY, Anne - later alligator - if you see a Harley cruising down the road with a flag waving on it, it's me! God Bless America - Tom
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Hi Anne ~ I am sorry you're having some rough times and especially for your friend going through the pain and trauma of her surgery. She and you are in my prayers. I can fully understand why Yopi is so angry... dealing with cancer, having a masectomy, that would be very hard to take with a smile. It would be hard to deal with, definitely! Hopefully with antibiotics your hubby's sinus problems will eventually clear up and disappear. I remember seeing Ashley Judd in a made for TV movie and she had a bad sinus infection and it showed on the screen as her face was swollen! I have been hiking a lot doing my "Bigfoot" woods searches and getting good exercise too. No, I haven't seen Bigfoot but have probably lost a few pounds looking - ha! Actually, believe it or not, in this rather remote section of the forest, over the years, there have been numerous Bigfoot reports - go figure. With all the negative news on TV and all the horrible happenings and a lot of bias reporting from NBC, CBS, ABC and half truths on the news and the horrible things with ISIS, it's not easy to stay focused and positive, Anne. Just remember one thing, God is still in charge and He will tolerate just so much and God said, "I build up nations and I tear nations down" and just know that God is in charge and trust in God... They tell you that God isn't a loving God - oh, really, and His precious Son suffered on the cross and died for your sins - if that's not loving then what is? So, don't let life get you down, hang in there, keep the faith and wishing you the best of everything. I am staying pretty much at my healthy, normal weight by divorcing Little Debbie and hiking for exercise... It takes sacrifice to keep the weight off but it's worth it, health wise. Eat vegatables when you get the hungries and that will help a lot. I open a small can of carrots or green beans for snacks - no Little Debbies! Catch ya later, alligator, after while crocodile - Tommo on the go (today looks like Harely time)
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Hello! Anne, Im so glad to hear you have a clean bill of health! All is going well here. Thank you for asking. I hope you have a great summer and I will keep you in my prayers.
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Anne - you asked me how I was doing, thank you - I am doing good - no complaints. I have been hiking a lot at Morgan-Monroe State Forest near Martinsville to a rather remote lake, Prather Lake, where over the years there have been many "Bigfoot" reports. Several weeks ago the BFRO (Bigfoot Field Research Organization) people had a camp out at the campgrounds and did some day and night hikes in search of evidence but I never saw them at Prather Lake and I hiked there for times just in one week - that's a work out! I didn't see anthing unusual while at the lake or on the trail, a rugged but beautiful hike. I also had two new tires put on my Harley (OUCH) owning a Harley isn't cheap - trust me. But I haven't been riding much waiting on warmer weather and less rain, hopefully, however, my bike and I are ready for some long rides and wind in my face. I am still staying at my normal weight and watching my food consumption and no Little Debbies or junk food - I am a healthy 76 and in reasonalbly good shape because I play by the "Good Health" rules and God has been gracious to me - take care, Anne, keep the Faith, watch what you eat and good things are coming your way so hang in there, later alligator - Tom
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This library item is related to the following area(s) of work:Software Product Lines
This article was originally published in News at SEI on: September 1, 2003
One of the crucial aspects of getting a software product line production capability up and running is to synchronize the production of the core assets with the production schedules of the products that need to use them. At the heart of the problem is knowing which core assets need to be produced first, and channeling all of the product-builders' needs and demands through a disciplined process that results in a prioritization that is optimal for the entire product line, as opposed to any one product. For this process to work, planning is essential.
In October of 1999 I went to visit the software core asset manager for a product line effort we were helping to get off the ground. It had been a few months since my last visit, and in the interim the product line effort had undertaken a massive and detailed planning effort. The manager wanted to show me the results. "I have to give my manager credit," he said, referring to the overall product line manager. He began unrolling a cylinder of paper over a conference table, spreading out a sheet roughly the size of a queen-size bed, covered with an enormous PERT chart. "He asked me if it would be worthwhile to hire a management consultant to help us build this project plan for the core assets and keep it up to date. I said 'Sure, why not?' Since then, the guy has worked full time on-site for a week every other week for several months."
A full-time management consultant hired to help with planning sounded expensive, if not extravagant. Had it paid off?
"I can't believe what a difference it's made," he said. "Just this week, I've had four or five product managers come to me and say they needed to have a particular task moved over here"--with a sweeping motion of his hand he indicated the left side of the huge chart, home to the earliest tasks–"and they needed it now." He smiled--rather serenely, I noticed. "I say, 'Well, there are about 2,000 tasks in the plan. Yours is one. We can move it, but it's going to affect everything else. We'll have to see if that's what management wants.'"
This resonated immediately. Almost three years earlier we had performed a risk evaluation at this organization, and one of the most critical risks to their ambitions of launching a product line was lack of planning. Project engineers intent on getting a particular product out the door as soon as possible would make heated demands on the newly-formed, embryonic, and hopelessly overworked core asset team. When they balked, the project engineer could point to a deadline, whether real or invented, whereas the core asset team could point to nothing. One of the risk evaluation participants lamented, "We never had enough information to be able to justify a 'no' answer."
Not that "no" was anyone's goal. But some well-placed "no"s will keep an organization focused on the long-term product line goals and not let them get trodden over by short-term single-project concerns. Learning how and when to say "no" is a big part of product line culture.
And that wasn't all. The manager went on to explain that his consultant would visit the product development, systems engineering, and hardware engineering groups to understand the inter-group dependencies and account for them in the core asset software plan. Groups who had poor plans of their own could not justify the arbitrary deadlines they once were able to impose on the core asset group. The message was "When you understand what you really need and why you need it, come see us and we'll see what we can do to help you. Until then, poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on our part." It was a message that was never delivered explicitly; it never had to be.
As we went through the plan, I noticed something I hadn't heard before. He told me he thought that the software core assets were going to be ready sometime in 2001.
"Really?" I said. "The last I heard, you were on the hook to deliver those this spring."
He nodded. "April 2000," he agreed. That was only six months hence.
"And now not until 2001?"
"What happened?"
With another sweep of his hand, he indicated the leftmost edge of his furniture-sized PERT chart, where there dwelled a column of blue boxes indicating dependencies on external projects such as the systems engineering group or the hardware selection group. "These won't be ready in time," he said, trying very hard to suppress a grin.
I thought a minute. "There's no way that you would have been allowed to slip your schedule almost a year without this plan, is there?"
"Nope," he said, grin no longer suppressed. "Now we're going to get to do it right."
The point, as we both knew, is not that a year delay in the product line was a thing to be smug about. But since the dependencies really did exist, the delays would have occurred anyway. But they would have occurred maybe a month at a time, each time precipitating unpleasant surprise, finger-pointing, hand-wringing, disappointment, and (more than likely) management pressure that intensified each time, to no good end. The plan had bought the core asset group the time it would have had anyway, but without planning that time would have arrived in jerky four-week chunks and not have been used to best advantage.
If the truth will set you free, then I was looking at a very liberated software core asset manager.
Besides uncovering the truth, planning had another ironic side effect. Considered a way to let the core asset group to say "no," planning now let them avoid having to. The message is one of cooperation, not confrontation:
"That consultant makes a lot of money," the manager volunteered, rolling up the chart. I knew the manager was talking in terms of a per-hour rate, and consultants being consultants, I had no doubt that the rate was breathtaking. But if we were measuring the serenity that this information imparted to the core asset group, a serenity that I had not observed heretofore in this manager, then I got the distinct impression that the manager thought the consultant was not overpaid at all. I was inclined to agree.
Dr. Paul Clements is a senior member of the technical staff at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute, where he has worked for 8 years leading or co-leading projects in software product line engineering and software architecture documentation and analysis.
Clements is the co-author of three practitioner-oriented books about software architecture: Software Architecture in Practice (1998, second edition due in late 2002), Evaluating Software Architectures: Methods and Case Studies (2001), and Documenting Software Architectures: View and Beyond (2002). He also co-wrote Software Product Lines: Practices and Patterns (2001), and was co-author and editor of Constructing Superior Software (1999).In addition, Clements has also authored dozens of papers in software engineering reflecting his long-standing interest in the design and specification of challenging software systems.
He received a B.S. in mathematical sciences in 1977 and an M.S. in computer science in 1980, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received a Ph.D. in computer sciences from the University of Texas at Austin in 1994.
The views expressed in this article are the author's only and do not represent directly or imply any official position or view of the Software Engineering Institute or Carnegie Mellon University. This article is intended to stimulate further discussion about this topic.
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Located in Vila Olimpia, this hotel is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Shopping Vila Olimpia and within 3 mi (5 km) of Pinheiros Sport Club and Ibirapuera Park. Jockey Club and Professor Aristoteles Orsini Planetarium are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a snack bar/deli, a conference center, and valet parking.
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All 173 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and 24-hour room service. Guests will also find cable TV, minibars, and separate bathtubs and showers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Discover's Springfield on a 2-day train getaway to Illinois' state capitol.
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Discover's Springfield on a 2-day train getaway to Illinois' state capitol. Travel roundtrip from Chicago aboard Amtrak's Lincoln Service to the Land of Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois. Highlights of your stay include accommodations at the State House Inn located in Springfield's beautiful downtown, tickets to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, a gift certificate to one of Springfield's most popular restaurants, and more! This getaway is wonderful on its own or as part of a larger vacation to the Midwest.
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After breakfast this morning, visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, home to collections that are key to understanding the history of Illinois as well as Abraham Lincoln. Browse the museum at your leisure. Late this afternoon, make your way to the Amtrak station for the 4:56 pm Lincoln Service train bound for Chicago, You're scheduled to arrive at Union Station at 8:40 pm, where your historic Springfield getaway comes to an end.
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^Even when they weren't literally calling it the flagship, they were implying left and right that the Enterprise was a particularly prestigious assignment. I was just watching "Ensign Ro", where Riker objects to Ro's attitude by exclaiming that some officers wait years to serve on the Enterprise.
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... Nor does it explain your repeated point of view that the first operational Galaxy was automatically the Flagship.
I was getting that from you, responding to your argument on your terms:
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A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocideby Samantha Power
2003 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction
2003 J. Anthony Lukas Prize for nonfiction
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A Problem from Hell is a path-breaking interrogation of the last century of American history. Samantha Power poses a question that haunts our nation's past: Why do American leaders who vow "never again" repeatedly fail to marhsal the will and the might to stop genocide? She provides the answer in the form of the suspenseful story of courageous individuals who risked their careers and lives in an effort to get the United States to act. Drawing upon exclusive interviews with Washington's top policymakers, access to thousands of pages of newly declassified documents, and her own reporting from the modern killing fields, Power shows how those who urged U.S. action were thwarted again and again by ignorance, indifference, and, above all, a failure of imagination.
"Nothing less than a masterwork of contemporary journalism....Extraordinary....An angry, brilliant, fiercely useful, absolutely essential book." The New Republic
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"A well-reasoned argument for the moral necessity of halting genocide wherever it occurs, and an unpleasant reminder of our role in enabling it, however unwittingly." Kirkus Reviews
In this pathbreaking interrogation of the last century of American history, Samantha Power draws upon declassified cables, private papers, exclusive interviews with Washington's top policy-makers, and her own reporting from the modern killing fields to tell the story of American indifference and American courage in the face of the worst massacres of the 20"th" century.
Power shows how and why Americans have rarely marshaled their might to stop genocide. She tells the suspenseful story of those who risked their careers and lives in an effort to get the U.S. to live up to the promise of "never again." By paying particular attention to the last 30 years of world carnage, Power shows how the lessons of the Holocaust can co-exist with an American diplomatic and military policy of inaction. "A Problem from Hell" makes a riveting case for why, as both great power and global citizen, we must renew our vigilance against genocide.
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"A riveting work of reporting and a magisterial history of one of the twentieth centurys great dramas of liberation."—Commentary
At the end of World War II, nearly three million Jews were trapped inside the Soviet Union. They lived a paradoxunwanted by a repressive Stalinist state, yet forbidden to leave. When They Come for Us, Well Be Gone is the astonishing and inspiring story of their rescue. Drawing on newly released Soviet government documents, as well as hundreds of oral interviews, Gal Beckerman shows not only how the movement led to a mass exodus in 1989, but also how it gave the American Jewish community a renewed sense of spiritual purpose and taught it to flex its political muscle. In cinematic detail, this multi-generational saga, filled with suspense and packed with revelations, provides an essential missing piece of Cold War and Jewish history.
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Samantha Power teaches human rights and U.S. foreign policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she was the founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. From 1993 to 1996 Power reported on the wars in the former Yugoslavia for the Boston Globe, The Economist,and The New Republic: Moving from Inspiration to Impact.Born in 1970, Power immigrated to the United States from Ireland at the age of nine. She is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School, and she lives in Winthrop, Massachusetts.
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Dr Silvia Vignolini, from the University of Cambridge's Department of Physics (Cavendish Laboratory), explained the importance of the buttercup's unique appearance: "Although many different factors, such as scent and temperature, influence the relationships between pollinators and flowers, the visual appearance of flowers is one of the most important factors in this communication. Flowers develop brilliant colour, or additional cues, such as glossiness - in the case of the buttercup - that contribute to make the optical response of the flower unique. Moreover, the glossiness might also mimic the presence of nectar droplets on the petals, making them that much more attractive."
Dr Beverley Glover, Department of Plant Sciences, said: "This phenomenon has intrigued scientists and laymen alike for centuries. Our research provides exciting insight into not only a children's game but also into the lengths to which flowers will go to attract pollinators."
Professor Ulli Steiner, from the Nanophotonics Centre at the Cavendish Laboratory, the University of Cambridge's Department of Physics, said: "It is fun to revisit a problem that is more than one century old and, using modern methods, discover something new. The strong collaboration between Physics and the Plant Sciences has enabled this."
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The arrogance of xians...that was something I didn't notice till I started looking at it from the outside. Plane crash survivor: "Gawd was looking after me (but not the other passengers; they all died).
Or, when a woman's granddaughter was murdered, "Gawd is testing my faith (because I'm important)." Why would an all-knowing super-being need to test anything? She/he/it would already know what's going to happen.
I'm still embarrassed that I used to believe all that crap. Reading the buybull from cover to cover (twice!) was the last straw for me.
Sad story. Just another example of how prayer obviously works and how god clearly favors her. No mention of science or technology or skilled physicians that helped god out.
Heh! They might try Shakespeare, or other literary sources. That would be fun. Or maybe some quotes from entertainment celebs....such as George Carlin: "God LOVES you! And He needs MONEY!"
I'm fond of Robert A. Heinlein: Make up your own mind. Before you do that, think it through. Before thinking about it, get the facts.
So people are making up plaques to cover over the verses with quotes from other religious texts, right? Right?
Maybe they're afraid the boogey-man will get them if they remove the magic spells.
I think that's the way they feel about putting IGWT on our money, and adding the "undergod" to the Pledge of Allegiance spell.
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It starts in elementary school, a way to "do drugs" while not actually doing drugs. It's a substitute for smoking tobacco or cigarettes. What is it? It's SMOKING SMARTIES!
Children and teens think it's fun to do this because they think they are getting the experience of smoking without the danger of cigarettes. Even though smoking Smarties may be a fun thing to do with your Smarties candy, it can cause harm to you and your body.
The ingredients in Smarties are dextrose, citric acid (used as a flavor enhancer), corn syrup solids, artificial favors, maltodextrine (a food additive), and calcium stearate (C36H70CaO4). According to Wikipedia, calcium stearate is a white, waxy powder that is the main component of soap scum. It is used in the Smarties as a flow agent.
Some teens just don't smoke Smarties, they also snort them! This is what causes infections in the lungs. The danger caused by smoking or snorting Smarties is that the particles from the tablets can be inhaled into the nose, lungs or any other respiratory body part.
According to Oren Friedman, a nose, head, and neck specialist at the Mayo Clinic, "Frequent use could lead to infections or worse, albeit rare, conditions such as maggots that feed on the sugary dust wedged in the nose." Freidman did a two-month study about how kids get a higher risk of maggots in their nose by how many times they have smoked Smarties. He discovered that you can get cuts in the throat from not fully crushed bits of Smarties, as well as infection, allergic reaction, and bad breath.
In a survey of 131, 7th grade students at Farnsley Middle School (Louisville, KY) we found that 59 students or 45% said they do or have smoked Smarties.
"Well, the results are surprising to me," says 6th grade at Farnsley Middle School Assistant Principal Clarence Glover. "I would've thought that more kids would've said that they do smoke Smarties than don't, because it was very common for students to say that they have been smoking Smarties."
A student at Farnsley Middle School said that he knows a lot of people who smoke Smarties. He thought it was cool, because it made you look like you were smoking. He started smoking Smarties in elementary school, because another kid showed him how!
Smoking Smarties is not the only fad going around. Here are some other things that teens are interested in and may be harmful to their health (you can even find all of these challenges on YouTube): Sniffing Pixie Sticks, Sniffing Kool-Aide mixed with vodka or any other kind of alcohol, and drinking Gummy Bears soaked in alcohol. Kasey Hottinger & Atorian Hunter
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ha wow! I SMOKE SMARTIES SO I MUST BE COOL! OMG GUYS LOOK AT ME INHALING CANDY! I REALLY AM A BAD ASS FOR SMOKING SMARTIES!!! if u do smoke smarties, it is not only hurting u but it makes u look stupid! Just think if ur friends do it let them look stupid, dont do it with them! Peir pressure can cause seriouse problems so please just say NO to any type of peer pressure exspeacialy drugs and alchohol! STAY SAFE
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Okay I admit it I have smoked before and I have inhaled it (not through the nose) and I did think its cool but now these people are idiots because smoking now if you do it without it getting in your lungs then yea but snorting, idiots that's what I'm saying because it's gonna kill you and my friend told me that I should stop and that she doesn't want a dead best friend so save your lives you s*&^ heads
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I hear that Noah is popular in israel for a girl ;)
I named my 2 boys Micah Aaron and Avi Gavriel ;)
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Avinadav (Avi) Gavriel - Jan 20, 2011
Eden, Keshet, Noam (my next door neighbors have a daughter called Noam.), Meytal,
Hillel 16 Yosef Tzvi 14 Chanah 12 Brachah 9 Moriyah 7 and Betzalel 5 Living in Israel! Believe it or not, settlers are actually people too! MIGRON!
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Ayala or Ayelet, Aliza, Aviva, Ilana, Naomi, Yael, Noah,
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Information Technology:
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A key information systems challenge in homeland security is ensuring that essential information is shared in a timely and secure manner among disparate parties in federal, state, and local governments, and in the private sectors. This requires communications networks that provide information-sharing capabilities between the various levels of government--federal, state, and local. GAO's objective was to identify and describe, through agency reporting, major networks and examples of applications that the agencies considered important in supporting their homeland security functions. (For purposes of this review, GAO defined networks as "the data communication links that enable computer systems to communicate with each other.") GAO corroborated agency-provided information about networks used by multiple agencies. While agencies verified the accuracy of the data about their networks, GAO cannot ensure that agencies provided data on all applicable networks. In commenting on a draft of this report, seven of the nine agencies generally concurred with the facts contained in this report. Technical comments were incorporated as appropriate. Two agencies declined to comment.
Nine agencies identified 34 major networks that support homeland security functions--32 that are operational and 2 that are being developed. Of these 34, 21 are single-agency networks designed for internal agency communications. Six of the 34 are used to share information with state and local governments; 4 share information with the private sector. The Department of Homeland Security is in the process of developing the new Homeland Secure Data Network. It is intended to become a significant vehicle for the sharing of homeland security information with state and local governments and classified information among civilian agencies. Agencies also provided examples of more than 100 major applications that support homeland security mission areas.
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U.S. Customs Service:
Limitations in Collecting Harbor Maintenance Fees
GGD-92-25: Published: Dec 23, 1991. Publicly Released: Jan 24, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Customs Service's efforts to collect the harbor maintenance fee (HMF) for use of harbors and ports.
GAO found that: (1) Customs primarily uses fee collections to pay the Army Corps of Engineers' port and harbor improvement and maintenance costs; (2) since the inception of its collection operation in 1987, Customs has reported HMF collections of about $916 million, with imports accounting for about 67 percent; (3) Customs has incorporated the HMF collection on imports into its existing import process, which also collects import duties and other fees; (4) in fiscal year 1991, importers paid Customs over $17 billion in import duties and fees, including over $258 million in HMF; (5) since exporters, domestic shippers, foreign trade zone users, and passenger vessel operators are not subject to comparable duties and fees that importers pay, except HMF, Customs cannot collect HMF for those users with other collections; (6) although Customs' controls primarily consisted of matching payment data with shipment data and then auditing nonpaying parties, limited HMF collection resources impeded its ability to completely or accurately perform that function; (7) Customs and the Corps estimated that losses resulting from exporters' and domestic shippers' nonpayment of HMF could total about $23 million annually; (8) Customs took such actions to increase collections as identifying nonpaying exporters and increasing its workforce; and (9) although current legislation restricts Customs from using HMF revenue to pay for activities associated with fee collections, legislation has been introduced to change the law to provide money from HMF revenues to assist in paying fee collection costs.
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Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: The Customs Modernization Act (P.L. 103-182) authorizes Customs, the Corps, and Census to seek reimbursement for costs associated with collecting the HMF. The act does not require a justification of costs before expenses are reimbursed. It does not appear that agencies will be required to submit justification before expenses are reimbursed.
Matter: To permit Customs, the Corps, and Census to be reimbursed for costs directly associated with collecting HMF, Congress should amend the Water Resources and Development Act, as proposed in H.R. 2589, with one change. Congress should change H.R. 2589 to require a justification of costs before expenses are reimbursed.
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Sioux Falls Skyforce v Maine Red Claws
Fab Melo of the Maine Red Claws battles against Mike Davis of the... NyhetsfotoAmerikanska proffsligan i basket,Basketboll,Fab Melo,Horisontell,Maine,Maine Red Claws,Portland - Maine,Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center,Rörelse,Sioux Falls Skyforce,Sport,USAPhotographer Rich ObreyCollection: National Basketball Association 2012 NBAEPORTLAND, ME - DECEMBER 2: Fab Melo #41 of the Maine Red Claws battles against Mike Davis #24 of the Sioux Falls Skyforce on December 2, 2012 at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2012 NBAE (Photo by Rich Obrey/NBAE via Getty Images)


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|.7 lbs.
|4th of July Product Type
|Base Material
|Basket Shape
|Basket Type
|Fast Food Basket
|Geometric Shape
This 8" Round Wire Basket with Ramekin Holders (BSKB80) from American Metalcraft allow you to serve food as well as dips together seamlessly. Perfect for chips and dip, veggies and dip or French fries and ketchup (and so much more), this basket offers unique versatility and convenience. The black finish of this basket offers an attractive look and an easy to clean surface. Versatile and efficient, this 8" Round Wire Basket with Ramekin Holders from American Metalcraft makes serving efficient and dining convenient.
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Designer Tips from Luxe Rooms: Kitchens
Incorporate real-life tips from these luxe kitchens into your own kitchen design and get a high end look for less.
Renovating your kitchen? These luxe spaces provide inspiring ideas for any budget. Maybe you don't have the large space and lofty ceiling of this kitchen but you can still make your design sing with these tips. If you're adding an island, consider tonal contrasts. This wood island with furniture details anchors the mostly white room and mimics the finish in the ceiling beams. For upscale cottage appeal, keep it simple, clean lines on perimeter cabinets, while marble countertops and crisp subway tile make the space bright and airy. Consider a few glass front cabinets like this one to display pretty serving pieces and add pops of color. For a sleek accent, look to stainless steel fixtures in your sink, task lighting and stove. If you want sophisticated glamour in your kitchen renovation, take a cue from this sleek space. Look to shiny details to show off your style. Here the standouts include a metallic backsplash tiled in a reflective tone-on-tone pattern. Consider lacquer cabinets to add to the sheen as well as a touch of chrome found in these white leather counter stools. Balance your glamorous design with few traditional elements. The heavy crown molding, elegant corbels and crystal chandeliers offer timeless appeal. Balance standout features with finishes that are muted and simple. In this room, discrete colors and finishes let strong architectural bones shine. A bank of dramatic windows and a curved ceiling sets a light and airy tone but the kitchen is still functional and practical. To compensate for a lack of upper cabinets, this design incorporates tall pantry cabinets and drawers to hold daily essentials. Be sure to consider a prep space and room for serving meals in this stunning kitchen and island next to the range fills the bill.