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August 6, 1965: President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. 48 years later, in Shelby County v. Holder, the US Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a key section of the Act, the formula used to determine which jurisdictions were required to obtain approval before changing voting laws.
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text: On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 04:17:28PM -0500, Uri Guttman wrote: > On 12/12/2012 12:57 PM, Joseph Werner wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Gareth Harper <spansh+london at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> PBP and I disagree with you on this one, Gareth. When a sub does a >> "return 0;" to a list context, that is interpreted as true. A bare >> "return;" is best practice. > > and i support that as well. the argument i get from the other side is > when calling foo() in a list context that needs a scalar like a hash > value: > > sub foo { ... return if $bad } > %bar = ( foo => foo() ) ; # fail > > my counter answer is to use scalar there: > > %bar = ( foo => scalar foo() ) ; > > the win here is letting the caller decide on the context of the boolean > return. if you do a return undef (or 0 or '') then the caller can't ever > use the sub in a list context expecting an empty list, it always gets a > scalar. a plain return works in all contexts and lets the caller force a > scalar when needed. > The flip side of this dogma is, you end up with code like: sub foo { ... return unless $result; return $result; } with people calling it like: my @foo = (scalar foo (1), scalar foo (2)); just in case someone at sometime wants to call this in list context and then have an empty list. That's a price I'm not willing to pay. Foreach function, I will make a pragmatic choice, in some cases a plain return is the way to go, and sometime it isn't. Dogmas are useful for novices; and people following dogmas will have a hard time to get past me if they get interviewed by me. Abigail

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drug-prevention movement emerged in the latter half of the 1970s in response to the greatest escalation in drug use by children and adolescents in the history of the world. It originated with a number of people, who founded several different national organizations to lead the parent movement.
In August 1976, an Atlanta mother, Marsha Keith Mannat Schuchard, Ph.D., and her husband, Emory University professor Ronald Schuchard, Ph.D., discovered at their eldest daughter's thirteenth birthday party that she and most of her friends were using drugs that evening. In response, the family organized the nation's first parent-peer group. Such groups consist of parents whose children are each others friends. The parents come together to establish age-appropriate social and behavioral guidelines they agree to adhere to in order to protect their children and help them avoid unhealthy and destructive behaviors during adolescence. In a very short time, the young people whose parents formed this first parent-peer group stopped using drugs and returned to the productive behaviors in which they'd been engaged before they entered the drug culture. Dr. Schuchard later wrote about this experience in Parents, Peers and Pot, a book the National Institute on Drug Abuse pub lished and distributed free to the more than one million people who requested it during the 1980s.
In the fall of 1977 a group of concerned Atlanta citizens formed National Families in Action. Founders included Keith Schuchard and Sue Rusche. Mrs. Rusche later became the organization's executive director. This organization called attention to the social and environmental factors that seemed to promote the use of illicit drugs. Its purpose is twofold: 1) to replace commercial and societal messages that glamorize drug use with accurate information based on scientific research about drug effects, and 2) to help people put this information to use by organizing community-based parent drug-prevention groups. At the time of its founding, National Families in Action responded to the explosion in all communities of head shops, which appeared to target children and teenagers as potential customers. Drug users called themselves ''heads''—''acid heads,'' ''pot heads,'' ''coke heads,'' etc. Head shops were places that sold books and magazines that taught people how to use drugs, and toys and gadgets to assist and enhance drug taking. The materials head shops sold were called drug paraphernalia. In January 1978, National Families in Action succeeded in getting the Georgia Legislature to pass the nation's first laws banning the sale of drug paraphernalia.
At about the same time, Otto and Connie Moulton, of Danvers, Massachusetts, founded Committees of Correspondence. Their goal was to alert citizens about the activities of drug-culture and drug-policy organizations that advocate for the decriminalization and legalization of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, PCP, and other illicit drugs. They began sending out packets they called ''Otto Bombs, ' detailing information about the local, state, and federal lobbying activities of drug-legalization organizations such as the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), whose board and advisory board at the time consisted of many drug-paraphernalia manufacturers and publishers. Patterned after the original Committees of Correspondence, founded by our forefathers to uphold the rights of colonists before and during the Revolutionary War, the modern-day version seeks to uphold the rights of citizens to be drug-free. A periodic newsletter presents information from researchers and doctors that refutes medical and scientific claims made by legalization proponents. Committees of Correspondence also tracks the lobbying efforts of other organizations that advocate legalizing drugs, including the Drug Abuse Council in the 1970s and the Drug Policy Foundation in the 1990s.
In April 1978, Thomas ''Buddy'' Gleaton, Ed.D., invited Keith Schuchard and Sue Rusche to address the Fourth Annual Southeast Regional Drug Conference. Gleaton held the conference for drug-education professionals at Georgia State University, where he taught. He also invited officials from various federal agencies. Many accepted, particularly from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Parents' Resource Institute for Drug Education (PRIDE) was founded in the summer of 1978, following this conference.
Publicity generated by the passage of Georgia's drug paraphernalia laws, by the Fourth Southeast Drug Conference and, later, by the publication of Parents, Peers and Pot, brought requests for help from parents throughout the United States. These parents wanted to form parent groups to ban drug paraphernalia sales in their cities, towns, and states, and to prevent substance abuse among their children in their families and in their communities. For the next several years, leaders from National Families in Action, PRIDE, Committees of Correspondence, and other national organizations, along with leaders of emerging groups from various states, traveled across the nation helping parents form prevention groups. A contract the National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded to Pyramid made much of this work possible. Pyramid hired parent-group leaders as consultants and paid their expenses to travel to communities that sought their help in organizing groups.
One of the first groups to form outside Georgia was Naples (Florida) Informed Parents, led by Pat and Bill Barton. The Florida leaders joined those from Georgia and Massachusetts to help parents in other states form similar groups. By 1979, hundreds and perhaps thousands of parent groups had organized across the nation. In January 1979, Senator Charles Mathias (D-MD) held Congressional hearings on the harmful effects of marijuana, and invited many parent-group leaders, along with scientists, to Washington to testify. The parent leaders took advantage of this opportunity to be together for the first time and discussed the need to form a Washington-based organization that could represent their interests with both Congress and the federal agencies that were making and implement ing national drug policy. They agreed to meet at the Fifth Annual Southeast Regional Drug Conference, now known as the PRIDE conference, in Atlanta in the spring of 1979. There, they founded the National Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth. Pat and Bill Barton were elected as the group's co-presidents and a Maryland parent group leader, Joyce Nalepka, later became the Federation's executive director.
The summer of 1979 was an election year, and parent groups worked hard to get drug-abuse-prevention policy on the agendas of Presidential candidates. After the election, the National Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth led a massive letter-writing campaign to President-elect Ronald Reagan, asking him to bring Carlton Turner, Ph.D., to the White House as his drug-policy advisor. Dr. Turner, of the University of Mississippi, was responsible for growing all marijuana used in scientific research throughout the world. He had devoted much time to educating parents at various conferences about the pharmacological effects of marijuana on the brain and body, and had earned their trust. President Reagan acted on the parent federation's appeals and selected Dr. Turner as his drug advisor.
Shortly after the inauguration, Dr. Turner helped the federation arrange for parent-group leaders to brief Mrs. Reagan on the prevention movement and enlist her support for their cause. She not only responded positively, but served informally as the national spokesperson for the parent drug-prevention movement. A few years later, President Reagan appointed parent-group leader Ian Macdonald, M.D., a pediatrician from Florida, to serve as Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration (AD-AMHA), the federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services that was responsible for substance abuse and mental health research and services. One of Dr. Macdonald's legacies is the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (then called the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, or OSAP), which he created as an office during his tenure at ADAMHA. Congress formally authorized OSAP as a center, changed its name to CSAP, and funded it in the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986.
Through this kind of concerted effort, parents were able to place key policy-makers in the federal government to emphasize and implement their goals: To prevent the use of illegal drugs (and alco hol and tobacco among those underage) before it starts, to help drug users quit, and to find treatment for those who are addicted and cannot quit by themselves. The parent movement was the first leg of the national drug-prevention effort that was active in the year 2000. It is generally credited with developing and carrying out strategies that reversed the drug policies of the 1970s, which seemed to increase drug use throughout that decade.
These strategies included outlawing head shops and the sale of drug paraphernalia, stopping the decriminalization/legalization of marijuana (and other drugs), and insisting that drug-education materials contain "no-use" messages, based on accurate scientific information about the effects of drugs on health and on local, state, and federal laws and international treaties. As a result of effectively implementing such strategies, both Robert DuPont, M.D., and William Pollin, M.D., the first two directors of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, credit the parent movement with being responsible for reversing the 1970s escalation in drug use by children, adolescents, and young adults, and for initiating the reduction in regular drug use that took place among all ages between 1979 and 1992.
Beginning in the late 1980s, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention made demonstration grants available to support local, grass-roots, drug-prevention efforts targeting high-risk youth, primarily in African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American, and Native American Indian communities. Many new parent and family-based groups emerged to join the parent drug-prevention effort as a result. So did national groups representing each of these populations, including African-American Parents for Drug Prevention, based in Cincinnati, Ohio; the National Hispano/Latino Community Prevention Network, based near Albuquerque, New Mexico; National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse, in Los Angeles, California; and the National Association for Native American Children of Alcoholics in Seattle, Washington. These groups joined with National Families in Action, PRIDE, and the National Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth to form The Parent Collaboration to inspire today's parents to form volunteer parent groups to prevent drug use among their children. An additional group, the Drug Free America Foundation based in St. Petersburg, Florida, works with the collaboration. Unfortunately, economic pressures that drive contemporary par ents to work and to devote an average of 50 to 60 hours to their workweeks, mean there is simply no time for parents to volunteer a sustained drug-prevention effort, as the previous generation of parents were able to do. Furthermore, Congress eliminated high-risk youth grants from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, and funds were simply not available to enable parents to work fulltime, or even part-time, at preventing drug abuse in their families and communities.
As funding to support minority parent- and family-based drug-prevention groups disappeared, a well-funded effort to legalize drugs re-emerged in the 1990s. This effort has contributed to re-establishing conditions that are similar to those that appeared to drive drug use up among young people in the 1970s. Legalization proponents reject abstinence-based drug-education as "unrealistic," and advocate instead for educational materials that teach children how to use drugs "safely." Proponents also are leading efforts to sponsor state ballot initiatives that attack or weaken laws forbidding drug use, drug dealing, and drug trafficking and, at the same time, are launching lobbying efforts to legalize drugs. With the growing popularity of the Internet, the sale of drug paraphernalia, and even of illicit drugs, along with an amazing array of misinformation about drug effects, dominates online drug sites. As these conditions intensify, so does drug use and drug abuse. In the state that has passed the most measures to soften or eliminate its drug laws, Oregon, more citizens now abuse illicit drugs than alcohol, according to a survey commissioned by the Health Division of the Oregon Department of Human Services. Of even more concern nationwide, the 13-year-long, two-thirds decline in regular drug use among adolescents (and the 500 percent drop in daily marijuana use—from 11 to 2 percent among high school seniors) ended in 1992, and drug use doubled among teens throughout the decade. While some government surveys show adolescent drug use is now leveling off, others show drug use continues to rise among teens and young adults.
As drug use rises once again among America's children, America's parents are unavailable to work for drug prevention. Most must work to earn money to provide for their families. They cannot afford to do the long sustained work of drug prevention without pay. No funding mechanisms exist to give parents the opportunity to "switch jobs''
and work full time, or even part time, to prevent children from entering a culture whose lure intensifies each year. Until this changes, the outlook for reducing drug use among the nation's children, adolescents, and young adults remains bleak.
MANNAT, M. (1980). Parents, peers, and pot. Rockville,
MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse. O'Donnell, O. (1999). Parents helping parents: A guide for action. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.
Resnick, M. D., Et Al. (1997). Protecting adolescents from harm: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health. Journal of the American Medical Association, 278, 823-832. Rusche, S. (1995). Voluntary Organizations. In R. H. Coombs & D. Ziedonis (Eds.), Handbook on drug abuse prevention: A comprehensive strategy to prevent the abuse of alcohol and other drugs (pp.181195). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Rusche, S. (1997). A guide to the drug legalization movement. Atlanta, GA: National Families in Action.
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12 Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses s surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance t the race that lies before us, 2 keeping our eyes on Jesus, u the source and perfecter v of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him w endured a cross and despised the shame x and has sat down at the right hand of God's throne.


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Research Access is pleased to bring you the 4th episode of RomiCast with Romi Mahajan: "Don't Write Off Microsoft."
Apple and Google are the darlings of the tech industry. But Romi argues in this episode that Microsoft should not be counted out. He should know – he worked at Microsoft for many years and still has many connections inside the company.
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I decided to sell some of the sheep. First I had to get them up to the barn in order for them to be easy to catch when the buyers come. That's not always an easy task. I went to the feed store and purchased a bale of alfalfa. It cost $16! The hay was absolutely beautiful but very expensive. I put some into the barn and a little in the run leading to the barn. Girl gathered them up from the very back and got them to the closest pasture to the barn. They saw me with some alfalfa and were intrigued but weren't going to come up on their own. Boy hopped the fence and between Girl and Boy they got the sheep running away from them and toward the fenced run that goes into the barn. Success! Then we were able to separate the big ram from the rest of the sheep. He got put into a different pen from the rest.
My first buyer showed up yesterday evening. He took the four young rams. This is only leaving me with my main ram and he is getting old. He is healthy enough for this upcoming season and if something happens to him I have friends who have sheep and they are always trying to get rid of some. I have seven ewes. I am going to sell some of them as well. The second buyer didn't get back to me after his initial inquiry. Perhaps he is not in the market for ewes.
Even if I don't sell them that will be OK. Between now having four less sheep and money in my pocket, I made enough money to buy hay for the rest of them for the winter. If I keep the seven ewes, next spring I will have about 10-12 lambs. If it's a wet winter and spring then I can raise them, otherwise they will go into the freezer. I'd rather sell three or four of the ewes. We'll see. But four of the eleven sheep are gone. I've got money in my pocket to support the rest. Self sustaining venture and the ability to put food in the freezer. I like it!
If you ever think about getting some sheep different breeds have different values. I don't want to shear sheep. Maybe someday I'll change my mind but for the busy life I have now, that would be a burden. There are several breeds that don't need shearing. Their wool is more like the coat of a dog. It does get thick during the winter and then sheds off during the spring and summer.
Because I don't have an irrigated pasture my sheep don't get worms so I don't have to deworm them. That is an expense that I'm saving as well as having healthier animals. I also don't buy animals from the auction. Everyone around here who has bought animals from the auction says that while they look good in the ring, a week or two after they get mixed with the rest of their flocks the rest get sick with runny eyes and noses, or worse. So if I wanted to buy more animals I'd search on the internet, or better yet, drive around and find someone in the neighborhood who also raises animals.
I'm looking for some goats. I really haven't seen any around; all I've noticed is sheep. But I'm sure there are people around raising goats. I need to start paying attention for them now, even if I don't plan on buying them until next year.


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Tamoxifen (Nolvadex) is effective in preventing and treating estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. Women who complete their prescribed anti-estrogen treatments have been found to have better recurrence and survival profiles than women who do not. There are some foods that appear to enhance the effectiveness of tamoxifen treatment and others that reduce it.
Tamoxifen is associated with higher risk of endometrial cancer for women who have not had a hysterectomy and higher risk of developing blood clots, among other side effects. However, there are some foods that can protect against endometrial cancer and blood clots while not interfering with tamoxifen's effectiveness.
Certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants such as Paxil (paroxetine) and Prozac (fluoxetine), as well as the serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor Oleptro (trazodone), have been found to interfere with tamoxifen treatment in some women. However not all studies have found a link. Exposure to light at night suppresses melatonin production, which in turn can lead to tamoxifen resistance. Regular aspirin use appears to enhance the effectiveness of tamoxifen. Preliminary evidence suggests that long-term tamoxifen use might increase the risk of macular degeneration.
Tamoxifen and body weight
There is some evidence that overweight women have a more favorable prognosis than normal weight women after tamoxifen treatment. However, one study reported that secretions from adipose stem cells of obese women were able to counteract the treatment effects of tamoxifen, suggesting that being overweight could contribute to tamoxifen resistance. In addition, weight gain, which is common during tamoxifen treatment, has been found to be associated with less favorable prognosis.
Tamoxifen and cholesterol
Breast cancer typically eventually develops resistance to tamoxifen. Using tamoxifen can reduce cholesterol levels, which can rebound at the end of tamoxifen treatment. There is some evidence that breast cancer cells that don't respond to tamoxifen may be using cholesterol to shield themselves against the drug. While it is not clear that reducing dietary cholesterol would greatly affect this process, it may make sense for breast cancer patients on tamoxifen to reduce their cholesterol to low-normal levels.
Tamoxifen might increase risk of type 2 diabetes
It has been reported that tamoxifen use in breast cancer survivors is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. This risk may be higher in women who have other risk factors for diabetes.
Vitamin D and other micronutrients influence tamoxifen treatment
Vitamin D has been shown to inhibit the growth of tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cells in the laboratory and resveratrol has been found to reduce their proliferation. Selenium and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) may enhance the effectiveness of tamoxifen, whereas vitamin C, vitamin E, red clover and tangeretin have been shown to reduce it. In addition, brassica vegetables contain sulforaphane, an histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor that may cause a synergistic increase in apoptosis and cell death in combination with tamoxifen
Foods that enhance the effectiveness of tamoxifen treatment
The following foods (or major components) have been found to increase the anti-breast cancer effects of tamoxifen treatment:
Foods and supplements that should not be used during tamoxifen treatment
The following foods (or major components) and supplements have been found to reduce the effectiveness of tamoxifen and should be avoided during tamoxifen treatment:
There is abundant cell and animal study evidence that the curcumin found in turmeric can enhance the effectiveness of tamoxifen. However, curcumin supplements can interfere with treatment with tamoxifen because they potentially provide curcumin at pharmacological (rather than chemopreventive doses). See Tamoxifen and curcumin binding to serum albumin in the study list below.
There is also some evidence that exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), parabens, or cigarette smoking could interfere with the effectiveness of tamoxifen treatment.
Foods that reduce the risk of endometrial cancer
The following foods (or major components) have been associated with lower risk of endometrial cancer while also protecting against breast cancer:
'*In moderation.
Foods that increase the risk of endometrial cancer
The foods and supplements listed below have been associated with increased risk of endometrial cancer. Sweets and other foods with high glycemic index, as well as animal fats, have been shown to increase the risk. Exposure to cadmium is associated with increased risk. Foods with high acrylamide content, such as French fries, cereal, potato chips, potatoes, and baked goods, have also been shown to increase risk of endometrial cancer.
- Bacon
- Beef
- Bread, baguettes & croissants
- Butter
- Cheese, full fat
- Cookies, candy and cake
- Fried ripe plantains
- Genistein & daidzein
- Granola
- Milk, whole
- Potatoes, potato chips & French fries
- Shellfish
- Sugar
- Sweet desserts
- Sweetened breakfast cereals
- Well done or fried meat
- White rice
Foods that reduce the risk of blood clots
The foods below have been reported to decrease the likelihood of blood clots while protecting against or being neutral with respect to breast cancer risk.
- Garlic
- Herring
- Honey, minimally processed
- Lake trout
- Mackerel
- Saffron
- Salmon, wild
- Sardines
- Strawberries
- Walnuts & walnut oil
Foods that reduce cholesterol
The following foods have been shown to improve cholesterol profile while at the same time protecting against breast cancer:
Foods that increase cholesterol
The following foods have been shown to worsen cholesterol profile:
Additional comments
Tamoxifen is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), down-regulating ERα but not ERβ (in contrast, aromatase inhibitors such as Arimidex up-regulate ERβ). Tamoxifen is effective in preventing ER+ breast cancer and in treating early stages, but this effectiveness may be lost over time if the cancer progresses despite treatment. Also, tamoxifen does not prevent ER- breast cancer. Women who develop primary breast cancer or a recurrence despite tamoxifen treatment are at increased risk of developing ER- breast cancer, a more aggressive disease than ER+.
Therefore, it is important for women being treated with tamoxifen to eat a wide variety of the foods from our recommended list and limiting or avoiding those on our avoid list, in addition to paying particular attention to the foods listed above. Please see our article on how to optimize your breast cancer diet for information on what to eat during all stages of treatment and recovery.
Below are links to recent studies on this topic. For a more complete list of studies, please click on tamoxifen.


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Just a few days away from seeing if her Pop Album of the Year nomination in the 2012 Juno Awards will translate into a win, LIGHTS dropped by the KDHX studios for a quick in-studio recording session. No electronics, just an acoustic guitar and her awesome voice.
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This week we spent much of our time discussing Pokemon Go, but we also talked about whether or not Disney owns the world and if the Bermuda Triangle is worth all the hubbub.
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Police have launched a fresh bid to catch the gunmen who killed Sapper Mark Quinsey in Northern Ireland, as Brian Shivers is told he must serve a minimum of 25 years in jail.
Shivers, 46, from Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, who was part of the Real IRA gang that murdered Sappers Patrick Azimkar, 21, from London and Mark Quinsey, 23, from Heighter's Heath, Birmingham, outside the Massereene military barracks, is suffering from cystic fibrosis and has an estimated four to five years to live.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment last month and today at Belfast Crown Court Mr Justice Anthony Hart told him he would have to spend at least 25 years in prison before he could be considered for release.
He was convicted of trying to torch the murderer's getaway car.
Sapper Quinsey, and Sapper Azimkar, both serving with 38 Engineer Regiment, were about to leave for a tour in Afghanistan in March 2009 when they were gunned down by dissident republicans opposed to the Good Friday peace deal.
The judge said: "I am satisfied that appropriate arrangements are being put in place to provide the necessary medical care which Shivers will require in the future.
"Those involved in this very grave crime must receive appropriate punishment."
He said Shivers was deemed to be a secondary party to the killings, responsible for making a failed effort to burn out the getaway car.
But he added: "Whilst he played a lesser role than the gunmen and the driver of the attack car, by being at Ranaghan Road and setting fire to the car, he played a prominent and essential role in this carefully planned and ruthlessly executed crime."
The judge quoted from victim impact statements presented to the court by the families of the murdered soldiers.
Sapper Quinsey's mother, Pamela, said: "A mother thinks she will hold her child's hand for the rest of her life. Now my hand is empty and lost."
Sapper Azimkar's mother, Geraldine, said: "We have all changed, all aged, our hearts and souls are no longer light but weighed down with sorrow and loss."
The English soldiers were about to begin a tour of duty in Afghanistan when they were gunned down in the attack at their base in Co Antrim.
Sapper Quinsey and Sapper Azimkar were dressed in their desert fatigues and were within hours of leaving the base.
They were collecting pizzas at the front gate when they came under fire from two gunmen armed with assault rifles.
Two other soldiers and two pizza delivery drivers were injured in the attack.
Outside court today, senior investigating officer Detective Inspector Justyn Galloway said police were continuing to hunt for the rest of the murder gang.
He released a recording of a phone call made by the killers shortly after the attack and appealed for the public's help in tracking them down.
"The investigation is continuing because it is our duty to bring as many of those individuals who were involved in this atrocity before the court," he said.
"Following the conclusion of the trial last month, when the inadvertently recorded call was used as evidence, we are now making the recording available in a public attempt to identify the voices on it.
"The families have conducted themselves with the utmost dignity over the past three years. Anyone who listens to what the boys' mothers have said and who knows anything about the murders or can identify the voices on the phone recording should do the right thing and talk to police."
Shivers' co-accused, high-profile republican Colin Duffy, 44, from Lurgan, Co Armagh, was acquitted of the murder charges in the non-jury trial at Antrim Crown Court.
At a pre-tariff hearing for Shivers last week, a prosecution lawyer urged Mr Justice Hart to impose a term at the higher end of the scale, insisting there were many aggravating factors, including the fact that the murders were politically-motivated acts of terrorism.
DNA on matchsticks found in the partially burnt-out Vauxhall Cavalier getaway car used in the ambush and abandoned eight miles away proved Shivers' undoing at his trial.
Delivering his reserved judgment in January after a six-week trial, Mr Justice Hart said he was satisfied that he had tried to set the car alight.
The judge has noted that the Crown accepted that Shivers was a secondary party to the murders, but at the pre-tariff hearing he said that would not have a significant influence on the length of term he imposed.
Shivers wore dark jeans and a grey striped jumper for today's hearing.
Previously clean-shaven, he wore a beard, and smiled and waved to relatives in the court.
He remained silent, with his arms folded, as the judge detailed the reasons for the jail term.
Mr Justice Hart said the courts would not ignore when a convicted person had a serious medical condition, but he referred to a letter from health service officials which confirmed that they believe Shivers can receive the medical treatment he requires while behind bars.
Staff at Maghaberry Prison are also to receive additional training in dealing with cystic fibrosis.
Mr Justice Hart said that if the dissident republican's condition worsened, it would be a matter for the prison authorities and the Minister for Justice.
The judge added: "Those involved in the attack were determined to kill as many soldiers and others as they could."
He cited the injuries and trauma suffered by those at the scene and said some of the wounded and murdered had been fired on as they lay injured on the ground.
"This was an extremely grave crime, and there is no dispute that it was a terrorist attack.
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The number of major contract awards across the global oil and gas industry continued to decline during the last quarter (Q2: Apr-Jun 2015), dropping to 100, a 17% decrease compared to 120 in Q1 2015, and a 39% decrease from 165 contract awards in Q2 2014, according to the EIC Monitor quarterly report from the Energy Industries Council (EIC).
Upstream contracting activity in Q2 2015
In Q2 2015, a total of 49 major contracts (Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC), Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and Subsea/Subsea, Umbilicals, Risers & Flowlines (SURF)) were awarded across 37 upstream developments, rising 20% from 41 awards in Q1 2015, but decreasing 71% from 69 contract awards in Q2 2014. A total of 28 EPC contracts, 9 FEED contracts and 12 Subsea/SURF contracts were awarded.
EPC Activity
Brazil and Norway have been hotspots of activity in Q2 2015, together accounting for 13 EPC contracts across 10 different upstream developments. In Brazil, a total of eight EPC contracts have been awarded, five of which have been awarded to a joint venture between Asian firms BJC Heavy Industries and Cosco Shipyard Group to build a total of 24 floating, production, storage & offloading (FPSO) compression modules. The contracts are for four modules for the P-66 FPSO, earmarked for deployment on the Lulu Sul Field Development; four modules for the P-68 FPSO (Lulu Extremo Sul/Sul de Lula Field Development); four modules for the P-69 FPSO (Lulu Oeste Field Development); eight modules for the P-70 and P-71 FPSOs (Berbigilo, Sururu and Atapu West Oil Fields); and four modules for the P-67 FPSO (Lulu Norte Field Development).
A further two contracts have been awarded to another Asian firm, China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) for the fabrication of equipment and integration on the Lulu Norte and Berbigilo, Sururu and Atapu West Oil Fields. The remaining contract is for EPC work on the BT-PN-8 Gavião Branco onshore gas field in Maranhão state, operated by Parnaiba Gas Natural, where a consortium of Fluor, Construcap CCPS Engenharia e Comércio and CFPS Engenharia e Projetos have been appointed to carry out the EPC work for a 300 MMcf/d gas gathering system and 40km pipeline.
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Random Reality: Big Brother 8 – Episode 17
Kail was the fifth person evicted from the house on Thursday. We get that recap to start off with. Let me say that was the closest and craziest vote yet. Amber completely screwed Dick and Daniele and voted to get rid of Kail. So I don't know if that was all part of the plan or not, but if it was she is a great actor. Dick says he was lied to and that's it. Daniele says Eric was her target, but it didn't work because she put her faith in people whose word is worth nothing. Eric is glad that he found out that his friends in the house have his back. Dick confronts Amber now. Amber says she forgives Eric, but won't forget. Dick can't believe the biggest liar is still in the house. Of course, he HAS to lie.
We see the recap of Jessica winning the HOH competition. Dustin, Jameka, and Eric jump up and down for joy. Eric is not afraid to celebrate and throw it in Dick and Daniele's faces. Dustin said he got what he wanted to this week and not Dick. Daniele said they got played and lied to. Dick is for sure that he and Daniele will be put up for eviction. Dick says he will cause more damage in the house before he leaves. He harrasses Amber and then Jameka for some unknown reason. Jameka tells him straight up that she voted for Eric to stay. Jameka says it is all part of the game. Dick says she broke her word a long time ago. Dick tells Dustin to shut up and Dustin tells him to not shut up. Dick mentions that he can be more honest than people who read the bible. That is so true, but it gets Jameka all fired up. Jameka says keep her name out of Dick's mouth. Jameka says she was close to hitting Dick. Dick the confronts Amber and Dustin and all the yelling continues. Dick is great puppet master. Basically Dick is mad that he got played and wasn't the one doing the playing. But he knows how to think quick on his feet and try to get everyone so upset and off their game.
Eric hugs and thanks Jameka inside the house. Eric says he should have stood up for himself like Jameka did. Jameka is upset that Dick attacked her religious beliefs instead of something else. That is fair enough, because really I don't remember her lying to Dick. But Amber that's another story completely.
Daniele cries to Dick now. She doesn't want to cry anymore. She hates the house, hates the cameras, etc. She is just mad and whining because she got played. She is so annoying. Dick tries to comfort her and tells her it will be okay. She is whining that she doesn't like anyone here. The funny thing is she caused all of this when she went along with Nick going home! Dick says the only thing he cares about is his relationship with his daughter.
Jessica, Jameka, and Amber chat about who Jessica might nominate. She doesn't know yet. It's basically Dustin, Amber, Eric, Jessica, and Jameka vs. Jen, Zach, Dick, and Daniele. Jen and Zach are quietly slipping through the cracks here.
Jessica gets the key to his HOH room and everyone goes to see it. They see her pictures up on the wall. Her brother is in the Marines in Iraq. Dustin is attracted to Jessica's brother. Daniele says she has nothing against Jessica. Dick notices that she bleaches her hair blonde and has fake boobs. He goes off to tell Daniele that they are still in the game as long as one of them or Jen or Zach wins HOH next week. Dick says that if they get nominated together, he will sacrifice himself and let Daniele stay in the game.
Dick beings round two of attacks on the house. Jameka hangs around Dick and Dick says her religion is a joke. Dick then says that Amber is a bitc that she cries all the time. Amber doesn't cry this time, though. They try and attack his parenting skills now. Um, that doesn't work because Dick is the master of personal attacks. So this won't break down Dick. It will only hurt Amber and Jameka more. More personal attacks from Dick towards Amber and Jameka. Amber finally admits that she lied. Dick is wonderful. HA! Might as well go out with a bang.
Amber runs off to cry in the room and pray to God about what Dick said. The complete prayer can be found in the live feed recaps I posted for the past two days. This prayer is really entertaining. Although, I must say the Big Brother producers are probably going to Hell by playing church music over Amber's prayer and making fun of her. But she did lie and said she didn't until a few minutes ago, so she deserves it.
Daniele talks to Jen and tries to mend things there. They don't like each, but now they want to work with each other since they both seem to be outsiders in this house. She says that if Dick leaves this week, she will need to use Jen and Zach instead. Jen says that she thought they could be great allies in the beginning, but when that didn't happen she was upset. The only thing she has against Daniele is her dad. They could be a great team, though.
Time for the next food competition! The house gets divided into two teams of rockers. The red team is Jen, Dustin, Dick, and Daniele. The blue team is Zach, Jameka, Eric, and Amber. Everyone gets dressed as rockers, but Dick comes as himself since he already looks like one. HA! There are 200 guitars everywhere in the back yard and two stages up front. They have to smash guitars to find either dollar signs or slop signs. The first team to get 20 dollar signs wins food for the week. There is also a one week slop-free pass in one of the guitars as well.
Jameka finds the first one for the blue team. Amber says Dick was good at this competition. He probably smashes things in his free time. It's close so far. Everyone really loves smashing guitars. Dick eventually finds the slop-free pass. Amber says God helped her find the dollar signs in certain guitars as she begins to cry. Blue team is up 12 – 8 by now. The red team is really unlucky. In the end, the blue team wins by the final score of 20 – 12. But since Dick got the slop-free pass he can use it on himself or give it to someone else. Dick wants to give it to Daniele, but Daniele tells him to give it to Jen. Daniele wants to get Jen on their side. So Dick, Daniele, and Dustin will be eating slop this week.
Zach is really loving being in the bunny suit. He likes to dance around in it and try to impress Jessica. He thinks he scored points with Jessica. Jessica says she likes "bunny Zach" better than "non-bunny Zach". Amber actually thinks "bunny Zach" is kinda cute, but never would do anything with Zach.
Time for the next "America's Choice" question and answer for Eric. America wants Eric to try and get Dustin put for eviction this week. That won't happen and Eric is unhappy. He says now he has to sell out Dustin and that won't be easy at all. He doesn't like it one bit, but gives it a shot anyways.
Dustin actually may do all the hard work for Eric. He gets fired up and yells at Dick being white trash, etc. Dustin even suggests having Jessica put him up for eviction and watch it be a 5 – 1 for Dick to go home. That's the door that Eric needed to be open. Dustin tells Jessica to put him up and Eric simply agrees. Eric then talks more to Jessica about what Dustin suggested. HA! This is too easy. Eric then says that Dustin did have a deal with Daniele and Dick this past week. He can't be trusted. I doubt Dustin gets put up, but at least now Eric doesn't look like a traitor.
We get the next question for America. "To which houseguest should Eric give the silent treatment?" This is a little lame, but to make things interesting it should be Jessica really. So go vote now, if it's not too later already!
Time for the "nomination ceremony"! Daniele is sure that she and Dick will go up. Dick says the best thing is for only one of them to go up, but fears that both of them will go up. Dick says that everyone will hate him 1000 times more, in order to keep Daniele in the house. Dustin can't wait to hear what Jessica has to say about her nominations. She says she is putting up people who might not get another chance to nominate for eviction. Jessica pulls the first key and it belongs to Jameka. Jameka pulls Jen. Jen pulls Eric. Eric pulls Amber. Amber pulls Zach. Zach finally pulls Dustin. So that means Dick and Daniele are going up for eviction this week! So no surprises again this week.
Jessica says she nominated them both for trying to rid of Eric last week and is now getting revenge. Daniele says it will be a rough week being in the house with people she can't stand. She needs to win POV. Jessica says she is really gunning for Daniele to leave this week. She is bigger threat in the game. Eric tells us he couldn't get Dustin put up for eviction this week, but he is definitely on his radar for later, if America wants to nominate him again. Dick says he will give everyone holy hell until he leaves! Of course, POV will probably change these nominations, so find out how on Tuesday night!
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Colon Cancer Patients Diet
Colon cancer affects the ability of the body to digest food and to absorb the nutrients present in them. This can lead to severe malnutrition of the person over time. The diet for colon cancer patient should be able to make the patient to tolerate the treatment, prevent malnutrition and to improve the quality of the life of the patient. The diet of the colon cancer should be according to the symptom and according to what the person is comfortable with.
- Include more caffeine and alcohol free drinks in the diet
- Avoid using nuts, seeds, raw fruits, and vegetables with skin as it will be difficult to digest.
- Try to eat non spicy or bland food like baked or boiled chicken, crackers etc.
- If the patient is experiencing constipation take plenty of fluids like prune juice and a small amount of caffeinated beverage and eat fiber rich food like oatmeal, raw fruits and vegetables.
- In case the patient has diarrhea drink clear liquids and should eat low fat and low fiber food. Foods with strong spices and caffeine should be avoided.
- To avoid bloating the patient should take a diet devoid of cruciferous foods like broccoli, cabbage, egg; garlic, onion etc. Avoid food containing fructose and sorbitol.
- Eat soft and creamy foods soaked in gravies or sauces that are easy to digest.
Colon Cancer Survivor DietIn colon cancer survivor food will take more time to digest and some food may upset the bowel movements. The person may need to go to the toilet often and if the person had a colostomy it will take few months for the bowel to become normal. In such cases the survivor will have to avoid certain food items. Some foods can cause gas formation in colon cancer patients after the treatment. The person will have to find out by trial and error which food items are suitable and which are not suitable. It is necessary to add more cancer fighting food in the diet.
- Include fruits such as apples, bananas, melons and berries
- Include vegetables such as green leafy vegetables, carrots, asparagus
- Avoid Fizzy drinks and alcoholic drinks
- Avoid Fat rich food
- Avoid Onions, cabbage and Brussels sprouts
- Eat low calorie foods
- Eat more whole grains such as whole grain breads, pasta , cereal products etc
- Eat fish rich in omega -3 fatty acids
- Use olive oil or vegetable oil for cooking
- Consume 6-8 glasses of water daily.
Colon Cancer Treatment DietColon cancer treatment cause many side effects in patients such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea etc and make the person feel sick. Patients need to avoid certain foods when they are under colon cancer treatment.
- Limit the use of food high in saturated fat and sodium like fried food, red meat, dairy products, packaged , processed and canned foods
- To alleviate the problem of nausea eat small frequent meals at room temperature.
- If the patient experience taste change as a result of chemotherapy eat foods that are sour or tart such as lemonade. Use spices, herbs and marinades to give flavor to food.
- Include whole grain breads, fruits without skin vegetables and cereals.
- Cut back on sugar , alcohol and salt
- Include moderate amount of meat and dairy products if the patient is comfortable with it.
- Include more protein in your diet in the form of milk, cheese or cooked eggs.
- Avoid high fiber foods if the patient is having diarrhea as a side effect of treatment.
- If the patient does not feel like eating replace the solid food with a liquid meal. Drink plenty of water even if you are not able to eat. Try having juices, soups which will provide the patient with nutrients and calories.
Colon Cancer Prevention DietEating healthy can help to prevent colon cancer to a certain extent. It is better to have food obtained from plant sources and one should reduce the fat intake from animal source. Everyday diet should contain some of the items listed below to decrease the risk of colon cancer.
- Vegetables- These are one of the best ways to decrease colon cancer risk as they contain fiber, folate, vitamins etc. the important vegetables to include in the diet are green leafy vegetables; brassicas which include cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower brussel sprouts. Allium group of vegetables such as garlic, onion, shallots etc. Soy products, tomatoes and carrots are also effective in fighting cancer.
- Fruits – It is necessary to include five servings of fruits in your everyday diet to prevent cancer. Consume whole fruits to get benefitted by it. The fruits which are capable of preventing cancer include apples, cranberries, blueberries, grapes etc.
- Green Tea- Studies have found that drinking green tea regularly reduces the risk of colorectal cancer by 50%.
- Whole Grains And Legumes- Whole grains are an excellent source of fiber and Vitamin B. The phytic acid present in these foods reduces risk of colon cancer.
- Fish – Fish intake is protective effect on colon cancer. This is due to the presence of omega-3- fatty acid. Consume cold water fish like salmon, herring, mackerel, cod etc.
- Olive Oil- Animal fats and certain vegetable oils increases the risk of colon cancer. Monounsaturated fats found in olive oil are protective when consumed in the right amounts. Phenols in virgin olive oil inhibit the formation of cancer cells in the colon.
- Peanuts- The nutrients in peanuts have anti- cancer effect.
- Turmeric- Turmeric contains curcumin which has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory action. It reduces cell proliferation of mutated cells in the tumors.
- Ginger- Ginger has an active component called gingerol which will inhibit the growth of colon cancer cells.
- Yoghurt – It has been found that yoghurt and other fermented dairy products reduce the chances of colon cancer. The beneficial bacteria present in fermented foods protect the colon cells from the effect of carcinogens.
It is necessary to consume a moderate amount of food which will provide the right amount of calories to support cancer free life. It is necessary to add a moderate amount of exercise to the lifestyle to prevent colon cancer or any other type of cancer.
Colon Cancer Recovery Diet
Diet plays an important role in managing colon cancer recovery. There are no specific foods to control or treat the colon cancer but, it is necessary to have a diet which will ease digestion and provide the necessary nutrition to the person to facilitate easy recovery. Foods which are unhealthy for normal people are actually helpful for people recovering from colon cancer. The diet for colon cancer recovery should include


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Quick and Dirty Update June 6, 2009Posted by kinzuakid in Events, Geocaching, Geocaching.com, Reviews, Snark, Software.
Tags: Don't Do This, Frown-O-Meter, GeoBuddy, GSAK, Lotrat, NCC, North County Cachers
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- I've hit over 85,000 Geocaching miles. Suck it, Lotrat.
- Calipers pointed out I need to review GeoBuddy and compare it to GSAK. Stay tuned.
- Somebody was musing about a North SD County meet and greet. Let's get it on, folks.
- I'm still looking for more interesting spoofs to target for my "Don't Do This!" series. Take a look at my profile and send me your ideas if you want to have them immortalized with the "Frown-O-Meter". (See my GC profile and caches for more details)
Interview With Marko Ramius: The Reviewer (part 2) March 31, 2009Posted by kinzuakid in Education, For the Newbies, Geocaching, Geocaching.com, Philosophy, Reviews.
Tags: Education, Geocaching, Getting Started, Learning, Newbies
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The Setup
In the first article on Re-Introducing the 3rd Player: The Reviewer I just covered a few basics. This time around I have a bona-fide Reviewer who was kind enough to indulge me a few questions on your behalf. So here you have it, 20 questions with your local reviewer, Marko Ramius.
Well, local if you're in San Diego/Orange County. 😉
The Questions
Marko, thanks for agreeing to participate here, the folks should get a kick out of it. The general populace only sees your name at the top/bottom of a cache log under "Marko Ramius, Published". The first question on their mind is "Who is Marko Ramius?"
New Geocaching.Com GPS Reviews Feature March 29, 2009Posted by kinzuakid in Geocaching, Geocaching.com, Hardware, Reviews.
Tags: Geocaching, GPS
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Have you noticed the "GPS" profile data feature on Geocaching.com lately? This is a bit of a sneaky back door for a feature I have been clamoring about for ages:
Proper GPS reviews by the people who use them
I don't know why they're hiding the feature; it is not terribly well advertised, but you can access the main GPS review pages, here.
You can select the manufacturer and model, then see what other folks have to say. Since these are ALL Geocachers I think you will find a more appropriate set of commentary than in the general intert00b space.
If you are daring enough to add your own review, just view your profile and check for this on the right hand side:
There have been some questions in the forums on this lately, but nobody's looking at the hundreds of reviews for every device already on Geocaching.com.
Enjoy, and Happy Caching!


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Ancient Egypt was a fascinating time in History. We've got everything you need to know right here, plus some super fun facts.
Doing a project on Ancient Egypt, or just want to find out more, then read on for some interesting facts about Ancient Egypt.
The first people to settle on the banks of the River Nile were hunters and fishermen. They arrived there about 8,000 years ago. What a super long time ago that was.
They quickly learned how to grow crops, raise animals, build villages and towns, build boats and navigate the river.
At that time, there was no money, so they used to trade with their neighbors for goods and food. By 3000 B.C the Ancient Egyptian civilization was born.
The Muslim warriors founded the capital – Cairo – and ruled for several centuries. But there was more trouble on the way as the British invaded and conquered Egypt in 1882. They certainly weren't having much luck were they? The British stayed until 1952, when Egypt was finally declared independent in 1952. That's a long time to be under the rule of different nations.
Ancient Egypt was grouped into three major kingdoms which were the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom. This was a time when they practically ruled the world with their great power and wealth.
The three most important crops were wheat, flax, and papyrus.
They also made building materials from the river. They used mud to make bricks which were used to build homes, walls and other buildings. They also got limestone and sandstone from the hills along the side of the Nile.
To fight they used bows and arrows, spears, axes and short swords. They also made brilliant chariots which carried two men with strong horses pulling them. One would drive the chariot and control the horses while the other soldier would use a bow and arrow or a spear to fight.
The pyramids would get built very, very slowly. The Great Pyramid of Giza took 23 years to build. Hardly surprising when you think about the weight of those blocks of rock and how tall the pyramid is. It is believed that it took about 20,000 workers to build it. Amazing. There are some theories as to how the pyramids were built, but no-one knows for sure. How do you think they were built?
After about 1500 B.C. the pharaohs stopped building pyramids for burials, and instead they buried them at The Valley of the Kings.
There are over 60 here which are loads of different sizes; some are a large hole in the ground while others were huge with over 100 underground chambers.
The treasures in these tombs were stolen thousands of years ago. But there is still artwork on the walls which again helps us understand the lives of pharaohs and other leaders.
However, there was one tomb that was discovered that still had loads of treasure and was still intact.
Can you guess whose tomb? Well it was none other than Tutankhamun's tomb, which is now the most famous in the The Valley of the Kings.
Now, this is interesting. There has been a long mystery about the curse of King Tut's tomb. People believed that bad things happened, or deaths occurred if they went in there. But we don't think this is true. Do you?
There are still some ancient mummies of some of the Pharaohs. Both Tutankhamun and Rameses the Great were preserved and you can see them at museums. That would be a cool thing to do.
Did you know that a Sphinx is actually a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a person? They built sphinx statues to keep guard over areas like tombs and temples.
You must have heard of the Great Sphinx of Giza as this is by far the most famous. It is one of the largest and oldest statues in the world. Archeologists think it was carved around 2500 B.C.
The Great Sphinx is massive! It is 241 feet long (about 70 meters), 20 feet wide (about 6 meters), and 66 feet high (20 meters). Just the eyes alone are 6 feet tall (nearly 2 meters), the ears over three feet (nearly 1 meter) tall, and the nose would have been nearly 5 feet (1.5 meters) long before it was knocked off.
There is a legend about the Sphinx too; after it was built it began to look a bit shoddy over the following 1000 years. The whole body was covered in sand and only the head was seen. Apparently a young prince named Thutmose fell asleep near the head. He had a dream, and was told to restore it and he would then become the Pharaoh of Egypt. So he did, and guess what? He did become the Pharaoh.
There were loads of gods and goddesses. Let's take a look at the most important ones.
There were loads of pharaohs who rules Ancient Egypt, but here are some of the really famous ones.
Pharaohs built large temples in honor of their gods. These temples would have large statues, gardens, memorials, and a place of worship. Towns would have their own temples as well for their own local gods.
Oh dear, things started to go downhill again for Ancient Egypt in about 700 B.C. Once again they were conquered by other civilizations like the Assyrian Empire, and by the Persian Empire. In 332 BC, Alexander the Great of Greece conquered Egypt and set up his own ruling family.
Then the Romans came in 30 BC and Egypt became a province of Rome. They certainly had their fair share of different countries ruling over them.
We hope that you've enjoyed all of these interesting facts about Ancient Egypt. Do you have anything to add?


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Plot: B5 station security chief Garibaldi is framed for the bombing of a Star Fury bay just before Earth Alliance President Santiago visits the station. The head of the President's advance security, Lianna Kemmer, knows Garibaldi and blames him for her father's death, so is quick to accept the frame-up as she takes over security of the station.
Garibaldi becomes a fugitive seeking to prove his innocence, but soon falls back on his prior alcoholism instead. Eventually Ivanova and then Garibaldi work out who the culprits are (the man killed by the first bomb, and one of Kemmer's underlings) in time to stop another bomb in the Star Fury bay, one which might have taken out half the station and the President.
The title means: Garibaldi and Kemmer have emotional problems stemming from surviving the death of her father?
Foreshadowing quote: "Make sure nothing happens to [President Santiago]. We need all the friends we can get." - Garibaldi
Weird moment: Garibaldi pauses awkwardly on his way out of crime lord / black marketeer N'Grath, staring at him for a long second, then says in a rushed voice "I guess I'll be leaving now, huh?" The N'Grath puppet is stilted, and Garibaldi has a mask over his face, so the long pause communicates nothing.
Comments: We finally get some explanation of what Garibaldi's horrible backstory that makes him unemployable is (he turned alcoholic after Kemmer's father was killed by bad guys out to stop Garibaldi). The manipulation of the episode in guiding our opinion of the character is obvious: in the backstory he was a good guy who got screwed, and in the current story he's a good guy getting screwed, and we know he stays off the booze normally so we can forgive him his lapse here. So it's not particularly grey, but it's better than nothing (e.g. Sinclair).
Jerry Doyle's acting as Garibaldi has left a bit to be desired so far this season (although he's by no means worst). Most episodes he'll have a few lines where his line readings just don't sound right at all. There's still some of that this episode, but I think he's getting better, because despite him being front and center it didn't bug me too often.
Lianna Kemmer, on the other hand, comes across as too stiff and single-minded in her pursuit of Garibaldi (it's the President, you'd think she'd cover all bases). Most of this is in the writing--she comes across as hard-ass all along, rather than just to Garibaldi, but I'm not sure if the actress played it right either. She's better at the end, though.
I like the moment when Garibaldi borrows money from Londo. It's a nice reversal of their normal relationship and suggests again how the ambassadors' characters are not so one-note as they seemed at first (much like G'Kar helping out in Mind War). Plus since we know that he was framed with Centauri ducats--but Garibaldi doesn't--we get to anticipate how this will only hurt him in the future. (Why was he framed with Centauri ducats? Sadly, no particular reason except to set this up bit, probably.)
Sinclair gets involved in fisticuffs again, and again I don't buy it. It just seems out of place for the character (or maybe the actor).
The Homeguard (mentioned once or twice already this season) is mentioned as possibly being behind the effort to bomb Babylon 5, although it's unclear whether this supposition has any basis. This is especially interesting given that the second bomb might have taken out the President. More on this to come.
There is no B plot.