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The Real Story of 'Curveball' How German Intelligence Helped Justify the US Invasion of Iraq
Part 3: Justification for the American War
It was only a few days after the attacks in New York and Washington that the White House made the preliminary decision to go to war and the focus was not just to be on Afghanistan. President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the administration's hawks, also wanted to go after Iraq. But for that to come to pass, a doubting global community would have to be convinced that it was necessary. Saddam must be made to appear as dangerous as possible.
This marked the beginning of Rafeds second career -- Curveball and the warmongers in Washington were a perfect match. The result of their collaboration was like a Hollywood film script, with the climax coming in the form of a dramatic appearance before the UN performed by lead actor Colin Powell.
The first draft of the Powell presentation was produced by the neoconservatives Cheney had surrounded himself with. The section on weapons of mass destruction -- closely written sheets oozing with accusations -- took up a total of 48 pages. Powells closest advisors, including his chief of staff Lawrence Wilkerson, moved into CIA headquarters in Langley for several days and nights. It didnt take long, however, before the Cheney draft was tossed into the trash can.
An official intelligence assessment from October 2002 became the basis for the new draft. That assessment was the product of a White House order and saw US intelligence scraping together any charges against Saddam's regime they could find. But apart from an airy story about alleged nuclear weapons research and purported connections between the government and al-Qaida, only the material from Germany remained.
The 'Crown Jewel'
"Curveball" was suddenly the man of the hour -- more than a year after Germany's BND had deactivated him as a source. Rafed, the biological weapons snitch who had come from Iraq to southern Germany suddenly became the "crown jewel," says Wilkerson today. "The file was so thick that the whole story just couldnt be wrong."
President Bush was likewise triumphant in the knowledge that he now had a key witness against Saddam. The president knew the story of "Curveball" from his CIA head George Tenet. Tenet's job involved briefing the White House every day on intelligence developments in addition to a personal meeting with Powell.
August Hanning -- then BND president and today a deputy in the Interior Ministry -- had already committed himself in public on one point. On Nov. 7, 2002 he asserted that German intelligence had "no independent information" indicating that Saddam Hussein had provided support to al-Qaida. Even the constantly repeated warning from the US government that Saddam was attempting to acquire nuclear weapons fell on deaf ears in the BND. On that point, Germany's intelligence community could hardly be counted among the warmongers.
'In a Position to Prove All of This'
What the BND did believe, however, was discussed behind closed doors at 8:30 a.m. on a foggy Wednesday morning. It was Nov. 13, 2002 and the German parliament's foreign affairs committee met in room 2.800 on the second floor of the Paul-Löbe-Haus, a building in Berlin's new government quarter. Not even a refreshment cart was allowed in for the top secret meeting that morning.
BND President Hanning opened the proceedings, speaking in a calm voice with his hands folded in front of him. Initially, he spoke in generalities about Saddam's aspirations to obtain weapons of mass destruction and said there were indications that Iraq was hiding biological and chemical weapons that had proven difficult for the inspectors to locate. He then turned the proceedings over to his specialist, Hans Dieter H.
H., a small, stout man with wavy, gray hair, enjoyed great respect among experts for his cool and incisive analysis. "Iraq has purportedly manufactured seven mobile B-weapons systems," H. told the committee. He had brought along an overhead slide, a simple drawing of the alleged mobile laboratories -- a preliminary taste of what Powell would later present to the Security Council. This information, H. said, is based on a "secret source," but one whose claims have not been verified.
With that, the foreign affairs committee was made aware of the testimony from "Curveball." But while H. was, on the one hand, unambiguous, he was also cautious. We know nothing about production in these facilities," he added. The expert also reported on Iraq's alleged nuclear weapons program and on Scud missiles that would be operational within two to three years. The report ended with a memorable sentence: "We are in a position to prove all of this."
Volker Rühe, the chairman of the committee from the conservative Christian Democrats, then remarked on the enormous discrepancy between the public statements made by the government and the knowledge it had in its possession. An astonished Guido Westerwelle, head of the business-friendly Free Democratic Party (FDP) commented that "the actual threat looks different" from what had been publicly stated. Both Hanning and H. were themselves clearly convinced of the danger. In a highly publicized move, the German government had procured 60 million worth of smallpox vaccine as early as the autumn of 2001 -- one of the responses to the testimony provided by "Curveball."
No Television Appearance for 'Curveball'
To this day, the German government maintains secrecy with regard to what was discussed in room 2.800. There are not even official minutes from the meeting. But on the basis of tape recordings, the BND later reconstructed what Hanning and H. said in order to be able to deflect any possible criticism.
Not long after the Berlin meeting, Tenet came to his German colleagues with a request that was as unusual as it was delicate. The CIA head politely asked Hanning whether he thought there was any possibility that "Curveball" could appear on American television for Bushs annual State of the Union address. Barring that, the US wanted to finally have an opportunity to question "Curveball" itself. In addition, Tenet wanted German permission to make public use of BND information -- a quasi admission that the US thought the information was accurate.
Tenet's role had transformed into that of a public prosecutor in search of witnesses willing to go public -- far from the traditional task of a secret service professional obsessed with protecting his sources. He even gave the Germans a deadline: He needed an answer within 48 hours, he said.
The BND was alarmed. It was immediately clear to Hanning that the issue had become highly political -- and that it was up to the chancellor to make a decision on what to do.
The plenary hall in the Bundestag was largely empty during a Friday session just before Christmas 2002, with many parliamentarians having already headed home for the holidays. And it was about to become emptier. In the middle of the session, Chancellor Schröder suddenly summoned Defense Minister Struck, chancellery chief of staff Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer to his office. Ernst Uhrlau, secret service coordinator, was already there. Of the so-called "security cabinet," only Interior Minister Otto Schily couldn't make it.
The meeting that morning in Schröder's office lasted for an hour and the government's general position on the impending war in Iraq was discussed. The main topic, though, was "Curveball" and how Berlin should respond to the US request. Rafeds core allegations against Saddams regime were once again recapitulated, but so too were his story's weaknesses. Of particular concern, the decisive criteria for reliable intelligence was far from being fulfilled: Instead of three independent sources, they only had one. A television appearance? Under no circumstances. Questioning by the CIA? Best avoided.


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"Why just watch if you can feel?" As new-season slogans go, ABC's feels ... well, a bit clingy and demanding. Back off, ABC. I'll feel you when I'm good and ready.
But the proof is in the programming, and ABC's new fall schedule — unveiled during Tuesday's Lincoln Center upfront presentation — feels like something I'll be spending a fair amount of time analyzing, and perhaps even enjoying, in the season to come. (See the full lineup here.)
When you've got buzz, best to exploit it, which is why ABC (in one of the bolder moves yet announced this week) is transplanting Wednesday watercooler magnet Revenge to the high-profile Sunday time period just vacated by Desperate Housewives. The logic is undeniable, as the sizzling soap will now enjoy a powerful lead-in with this season's unexpected breakout, Once Upon a Time.
It's part of a high-concept fantasy bookend that includes (at 10/9c) the sleek new supernatural thriller 666 Park Avenue, which at first glance might as well be called Rosemary's Sublet. With Terry O'Quinn and Vanessa Williams as the sinister owners of a towering Dakota-like haunted apartment building, luring the naïve and nubile Dave Annable and Rachael Taylor into their web with a dream gig as the new managers (the previous one relocated to "someplace warmer"), this could be good, scary fun. Or it could turn out to be the next Eastwick. At this stage of things, it's always hard to tell. But I'll give it a shot.
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The next significant programming move happens on Tuesday, when the feisty Happy Endings and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 shift from Wednesdays to the 9/8c time period, creating a three-way sitcom logjam with Fox (the established New Girl and the new The Mindy Project) and NBC (the new Go On and The New Normal). Will someone blink, and if so, who? At midseason two new comedies join the season's sitcom explosion with tryouts at 8/7c, forming a two-hour comedy block. The cumbersomely titled How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) looks like fun, as divorced mom Sarah Chalke reluctantly moves her kid in with her obnoxiously free-spirited parents, played to the irreverent hilt by Weeds' Elizabeth Perkins and Brad Garrett. The Family Tools feels more one-note, a slapstick vehicle for Kyle Bornheimer (Worst Week) as a born loser who returns home to take over his ailing dad's fix-it business, although he's the last guy you should let be around power tools. Calling Tim Taylor!
It also seems counterproductive for ABC to move the Dancing With the Stars results show (for what is now confirmed to be an all-star season of past favorites) an hour earlier to 8/7c, where it will face the results show of NBC's The Voice. But when do these things ever make sense?
ABC's biggest head-scratcher, though, is reserved for Wednesdays, when the week's finest comedy lineup, anchored by Modern Family — touted by ABC as "the defining comedy of our time," because "defining" appears to be entertainment president Paul Lee's favorite hyperbolic word — is joined by the new The Neighbors (9:30/8:30c). There goes the neighborhood.
This deeply silly comedy is a reverse Mork & Mindy or 3rd Rock From the Sun in which a prototypical sitcom family (including Still Standing's Jami Gertz) moves into a gated community and learns everyone else in Hidden Hills is a space alien. Zabrovnians, to be exact. They are creepily conformist and bizarro in every aspect (the men give birth, everyone has an inappropriate pro athlete's name), and I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking of ALF right about now. But here's the thing. While the critical elite (and all of Twitter) cringes in a collective grimace of disdain, Joe Public just might dig it. This isn't as obvious a groaner as this season's abysmally inept low-water mark Work It! Wacky aliens have a proudly undignified track record of success in prime time — Mork and 3rd Rock were hits — and if this stays shameless as it stoops low for laughs, it might pay off. The real problem is the scheduling. Pairing this with the sophisticated Modern Family feels like a slap, an assault on the senses. It should be airing earlier where kids (who might most appreciate the ridiculous slapstick) would better enjoy it.
In more promising Wednesday news, the Revenge time period (10/9c) will be occupied by the sudsy musical drama Nashville, which looks very enticing and juicy as it sets up an All About Eve rivalry between veteran country star Connie Britton (looking so relieved to be rid of American Horror Story) and calculating upstart Hayden Panettiere, channeling Carrie Underwood if she had a dark side. (Who can say?) A twangy and less corny Smash with a political subtext — Britton's husband (Eric Close) is running for mayor, backed by her powerful papa (Powers Boothe) — Nashville is unlikely ever to be confused with the Robert Altman film classic. The clips made me want to see more, but I wonder if it has the melodramatic oomph to attract and appease the Revenge crowd.
I have no such reservations about Thursday's Last Resort, a lavish-looking military adventure cut from Tom Clancy cloth, about the officers of a nuclear sub (Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman) who defy orders to launch a strike on Pakistan and become targets themselves. The crew takes refuge on a remote Pacific island where personal intrigues mesh with the big-picture questions about where the next strike is coming from. Shawn Ryan (The Shield, The Unit) is the well-regarded co-creator, and if this can hit an NCIS nerve with the viewing public, ABC might just be able to reverse the curse that has plagued them for years in this troublesome 8/7c time period. (Charlie's Angels? FlashForward? My Generation?)
Finally, ABC looks back to the future to revive the "TGIF" tradition of Friday-night family comedy, starting in November, moving Last Man Standing and returning Reba McEntire to TV in the cornball Malibu Country, which wastes the great Lily Tomlin as a pothead granny. Past history suggests that shows like these can be critic-proof, in which case: Godspeed. We've plenty else to watch that night, and families deserve a safe haven. But wait: Don't they already have one on Fridays with the hits on the Disney Channel? Oops. Call it a reverse-synergy alert.

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The Brighton and Hove Community Stage will be situated outside the front of The Grand and will provide free entertainment for both runners and spectators alike between 10am and 12pm.
Compered by Jennie Castell, who will also perform current chart topping tunes, the stage will play host to a number of local acts including:
- I Charleston Brighton, who will be performing a traditional Charleston dance routine as well as teaching a few moves to spectators.
- Scott Howland will perform upbeat pop numbers from the likes of Bruno Mars, and classic tracks from legends such as Prince.
- Marta Scott Dance Company, an all-inclusive and diverse dance group, will bring a carnival atmosphere to inspire the runners on to the finish line.
- The Brighton Flamenco Company brings a touch of Andalusian cheer (and hopefully weather), to the occasion with breath-taking dance routines inspired by the southern Spanish region.
- While the Youth Theatre Programme will dance and sing a GLEE style routine.
The Grand has entered a team of eight runners, including general manager, Andrew Mosley, raising funds for Rockinghorse Children's Charity, the official fundraising arm of the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital. Furthermore, the hotel also has a corporate relay team who will run the full half marathon between them in aid of The Sussex Beacon, who organise the marathon.
Brighton Half Marathon organiser, David Hill comments "we are delighted to have The Grand Brighton on board as this year's Championship Partner and we are looking forward to another fantastic half marathon day. I'm sure that some family friendly entertainment produced by the Grand, will further spur on the 12,000 plus runners on the day".
The hotels food and beverage team will also be hosting and catering the VIP hospitality tent on the day, keeping spirits and energy levels up with some delicious hot drinks and snacks.
Andrew Mosley, general manager of The Grand Brighton, comments: "We are proud sponsors of the Brighton Half Marathon and are really looking forward to putting on a fantastic show for both runners and spectators, highlighting some great local talent. As a keen runner I can't wait for race day and am delighted that a number of colleagues, friends and family of The Grand will be joining us to celebrate and support such a fantastic sporting event."


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Launched in 1997, the Cassini-Huygens mission is a seven-year project that reached Saturn in June 2004. Upon arrival Cassini began four years of data gathering on Saturn and nine of its twenty known moons. In November 2004 the probe Huygens was released and descended to the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Some scientists view this as a way to travel back in time because Titan is predicted to be under the same conditions as Earth was before life began. During the 2.5 hour descent, data will be gathered on the chemicals contained in Titan's atmosphere, as well as the environmental conditions on the moon, and transmitted back to Earth. Most importantly, scientists will get the first glimpse of the surface with the pictures taken during the descent. This data could possibly change all theories about the origin of life.
A Journey to Unseen Territory
In four years a whole new range of possibilities will open up in the search for the origin of life. This will occur when the spacecraft Cassini reaches Saturn. After a few months of orbiting the planet and relaying pictures back to Earth, Cassini will release the probe Huygens. Huygens is scheduled to land on Titan (see Fig. 1), Saturn's largest moon, in November of 2004. After years of planning, this seven-year journey will come to a climax during the three hours of data that the Huygens probe will gather. The data found on Titan will either change or confirm every theory scientists have about the origin of life.
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Most people can easily identify a picture of Saturn. This is thanks to the Voyager mission, the spacecraft that passed Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus during the early 80's and took many pictures of Saturn and some of its moons; these pictures are easily available for everyone to see. There is just one problem: not everything is visible from a fly-by mission. While the Voyager was able to get pictures of Titan, the haze of Titan's atmosphere clouded any possible view of the surface. This haze intrigued many scientists who believe that Titan could be under the same conditions as the Earth was before signs of life. Enter Huygens, the probe that scientists are hoping will gather valuable information about the atmosphere of Titan as well as take pictures of the surface.
Cassini and Huygens?
Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch scientist who developed techniques to improve lenses used in telescopes. In 1655, Huygens discovered Titan and categorized Saturn's rings [1]. Using these improved techniques, in 1675, Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovered four other moons as well as a gap in Saturn's rings known as the Cassini division [2]. Both of these men helped increase our knowledge of Saturn and have successfully aroused our interest in the topic. Thus, it is only fitting to name the spacecraft and probe that will be going to Saturn after these two men.
Planning, Planning, Planning
The Cassini-Huygens mission is the second global project undertaken by NASA. The European Space Agency (ESA) built the probe Huygens. Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, an American aerospace company, developed computers for the complex command and data subsystem that keeps Cassini on the right trajectory path. Lockheed included fault-protection software in the event of an emergency where the spacecraft will remain "in a neutral condition" for as long as two weeks at a time while a solution is being engineered here on Earth. While earlier projects had the danger of jamming, TRW, another American aerospace company, solved the problem by designing the solid-state data recorders. Cassini contains two recorders that can each hold up to two gigabytes. In all, Cassini is equipped with 12 sets of scientific instruments and subsystems for "mapping, measuring, and analyzing" the planet and its environment [3].
Since Cassini has to travel so far into the outer solar system where solar energy is weak, it is not possible to fuel the spacecraft with solar panels like the ones used on recent missions to Mars. Instead Cassini receives all of its electric power from 72.2 pounds of radioactive plutonium dioxide. The heat generated by the natural decay of the compound is turned into electric power with the use of three thermo-electric converters. NASA was confident that this large amount of radioactive material was securely packaged, and that the chance of radio active explosion during take off was very rare, 1 in 5,000 [2].
The Scenic Route
The Cassini-Huygens mission was designed as a seven year journey from Earth to Saturn. This is mainly due to the number of "gravity assists" that occur as the spacecraft travels by Venus, Earth and Jupiter before it heads for its final destination. As the craft gets closer to a planet it is drawn into its orbit due to gravity. The craft will then be swung around the planet and shot out again at a greater speed. This is often referred to as a "slingshot effect." Cassini passed Venus twice, in April '98 and June '99, then Earth in August '99 [2]. Right now the spacecraft is heading towards Jupiter with a scheduled fly-by in December 2000. Each of these fly-bys is necessary in order for the craft to gain enough speed to head out into the outer solar system.
To incorporate another project into the Cassini-Huygens mission, scientists and engineers are planning to take pictures of Jupiter as well. A team of researchers is interested in possible volcanic activity on Io, one of Jupiter's largest moons. Once this is completed, the spacecraft will not come in contact with any other planets until it reaches Saturn in July 2004.
What Happens When Cassini Reaches Saturn?
Once Cassini gets to Saturn in the summer of 2004, it will begin a four-year scientific program. While orbiting Saturn, it will gather enormous amounts of information, including 300,000 pictures. It is also programmed to study the physics of Saturn's rings and shepherd moons, which appear to herd the rings. This program will begin when Cassini enters Saturn's orbit by firing braking rockets. Cassini will then pass through Saturn's rings. The entire spacecraft will rotate allowing the instruments to collect and transmit data to Earth [2]. It is expected to circle Saturn about sixty times. While in orbit it will use its 13-foot diameter antenna to scan the surface of Saturn's nine major moons.
Using Titan's gravitational pull, Cassini will fly among Saturn's moons. It is expected that each moon will be visited at least five times, including circling Titan itself 30 to 40 times. Five months after Cassini arrives at Saturn, the saucer-shaped Huygens will be released. Twenty-two days after Huygens is released it will parachute into Titan's atmosphere. During the first three minutes of descent through the atmosphere, Huygens will slow from 11,250 mph to 1,060 mph. Then with the help of three separate parachutes the probe will reduce its speed even more and stabilize. It is scheduled to have a two and a half hour descent, during which it will obtain the majority of its data. The probe contains six experiment packages that will test the contents of the atmosphere and relay 1,100 pictures back to Earth through the help of Cassini [2].
Ralph Lorenz, a planetary scientist at University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson, has predicted that the surface of Titan is like icebergs in lakes of methane [4]. Scientists do not know what the surface of Titan will be but if all goes as planned, Huygens will touch down, or even splash down, at 12 mph. The largest "if" comes at this point. If the probe survives the landing, it is programmed to continue taking data for up to half an hour. After this time Cassini will move out of range of Huygens and any other data taken by Huygens will be lost forever [2].
What's the Big Deal?
Spectroscopy is widely used in chemistry to determine the chemical composition of a substance. Each element has its own unique spectrum, made up of lines in the visible light range, which can be seen when the substance is heated. Huygens is carrying a mass spectrometer that will analyze the chemical composition of the atmosphere, including the haze that mystified many scientists as well as the methane and nitrogen that is already known to be on the moon. The probe also contains thermometers and barometers to gather weather information.
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During the descent the camera onboard will also take pictures of the surface beneath. All of this data is highly anticipated due to the prediction that Titan is a sort of primordial Earth. Many scientists have been researching the Origin of Life and have come up with numerous theories. The late Carl Sagan performed a number of experiments in his laboratory attempting to simulate the haze on Titan's surface. He provided the elements that are on Titan with the same kinds of energy sources available to Titan. He was able to produce a dark organic solid that he called tholin, which is Greek for muddy. Current scientists also plan to use the data from Titan to simulate the planet's conditions in their own laboratories.
While most concede that conditions are not exactly the same as the primordial Earth, the lack of free oxygen makes Titan the best look at primitive earth. It is important to note that based on one of the many theories of the origin of life, oxygen was not present on Earth at the "inception of life" [1]. Oxygen as we know it was produced by the life that was created with the substances on Earth. Titan is fascinating because it contains many of the same compounds that were believed to be on Earth. One other difference is that Titan is nearly 900 million miles from the Sun which gives it 100 times less solar energy [4]. However, Titan also receives energy from Saturn's magnetosphere, cosmic rays and impacts (meteors or other fragments that run into the moon) as well as possible heat from volcanoes on Titan's surface [1].
Return to Saturn
Due to the amount of planning necessary for a mission like the Cassini-Huygens project, scientists, such as Lorenz, believe that planning the next mission to Saturn should already begin [5]. If Huygens shows signs of life on Titan, scientists will have to change their requirements for organic life. Organic life is not predicted because of the extreme temperatures of Titan, as low as 95 degrees Kelvin, or -178 degrees Celsius [1]. Scientists also look for a certain size organism, assuming that a living organism must be larger than the molecules that are required to sustain life. These assumptions, or standards, could be completely wiped out if Huygens finds signs of organic life on Titan.
Such an enormous change in the perception of life deserves return trips to Titan. Perhaps new predictions could be made or even confirmed. On the other hand, even if all of the data confirms the beliefs of the scientists, a deeper look at the "primordial Earth" will need to be considered. However, the planning for another mission does not have to wait until the data is sent back to Earth; based on the research that scientists conduct across the globe on Saturn and what is already known, planning the next tour of Titan could take place while Cassini-Huygens is still in flight. Until Cassini reaches Saturn, the theories of the origin of life will continue to be studied. But, in four years the answers to many scientists' questions could be transmitted back from Titan.
- [1] S. Mirsky. "Destination Titan: Saturn's moon may serve up an "ice cream" landscape and the keys of life." Astronomy, vol. 25, pp. 42-48, Nov. 1997.
- [2] S. Coledan. "Ring rider." Popular Mechanics, vol. 174, pp. 60-63, Nov. 1997.
- [3] M. Puttre. "Saturn has rocket scientists thinking big again." Design News, vol. 52, pp. 21-22, April 1997.
- [4] D. Perlman. "Exotic Moon's Wispy Clouds May Conceal Signs of Life." The San Francisco Chronicle, pp. A6, Oct. 21, 2000.
- [5] R. Lorenz. "Titan here we come." New Scientist Online, July 2000.


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"What Are You Waiting For? explores relationships, spirituality, and success—and how to discern the difference between patience and procrastination." —Unity Magazine
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After losing her dream home and all her worldly possessions to a raging and sudden wildfire that killed three people and demolished 21 homes in 2012, Kristen Moeller dove headfirst into an exploration of our cultural discomfort with grief, the existence of God, and finding humor in the midst of tragedy. When she and her husband decided to rebuild their home in Colorado, they chose to downsize from 1200 square feet to 500 square feet, opting to live in a tiny house. The Denver Post talked with them about living in a smaller house.
"'Initially, seriously, it was the adventure of it,' Moeller said. The couple decided to go tiny before they got a final word from the TV show. And they do sometimes question it. It's not that the house isn't comfortable or modern. But they're still adjusting to living in less than half the space they'd been accustomed to," wrote the Denver Post.
Moeller's house will be featured on "Tiny House Nation," a new show by FYI, a new network from A&E on August 13th.
Kristen Moeller is the author of What Are You Waiting For?: Learn How to Rise to the Occasion of Your Life (Viva Editions 2013). Through candid stories and insightful lessons, writer and self-proclaimed "self-help junkie" Kristen Moeller helps explore the pervasive human tendency to wait as life goes by and to look outside ourselves for answers. What Are You Waiting For? is also available as an audiobook.


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Grey's Anatomy will live on — with or without its original cast — but that may not be the case for General Hospital.
Though contracts for Grey's stars Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey and Sandra Oh expire after this season, the medical drama will continue no matter what happens, ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee said at the Television Critics Association winter TV previews.
Get more scoop on your favorite shows in our Winter TV previewLee was less certain about the fate of General Hospital — the last remaining soap on the network. The network has not yet made a decision, and he does not know when it will.Also a question mark: Cougar Town's return date. An official date will be announced soon, with an eye on a March premiere.Get caught up with all of ABC's TCA news below:
ABC boss: Still no premiere date for Cougar Town; Grey's looks strong
Whoopi Goldberg signs on to The Middle
Grey's boss Shonda Rhimes trades MerDer for Scandal: It's like a British miniseries
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The Switzerland international has been in stunning form since moving to Serie A from FC Zurich last summer and his performance at Euro 2008 put a number of European clubs on high alert.
But Udinese general director Pietro Leonardi said: "There is no negotiation with Newcastle. This is an absurd story. I have even heard mention of a figure of 5million euros - it´s ridiculous."
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|WA Seasonal Rainfall Outlook: probabilities for Spring 2008, issued 26th August 2008
Above average rainfall favoured in southwest WA
The Western Australia outlook for total spring (September to November) rainfall shows that a wetter than normal spring is more likely in southwest WA, whilst the odds are neutral for the remainder of the State.
The pattern of seasonal rainfall odds across Western Australia is mainly a result of continued warmth in the central and southeastern Indian Ocean, especially off the west coast of WA.
The chances of exceeding the median rainfall for spring are between 60 and 75% over southwest WA, grading to between 40 and 60% through the remainder of the state (see map). So for every ten years with ocean patterns like current, about six or seven springs are expected to be wetter than average in southwest WA, while about three or four are drier. For the remainder of the state the odds of being wetter than normal are almost the same as the odds of being drier.
Outlook confidence is related to how consistently the Pacific and Indian Oceans affect Australian rainfall. During spring, history shows this effect to be moderately consistent in parts of the southwest and far north, but only weakly consistent through central parts of WA (see background information).
The approximate 30-day value of the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) was +3 as at 23 August, while a mixed pattern of warmer and cooler than normal temperatures persists along the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Both these observations indicate a neutral climate pattern across the Pacific, which computer models indicate is likely to continue for the next few seasons. For routine updates and comprehensive discussion on any developments please see the ENSO Wrap-Up.
Click on the map above for a larger version of the map. Use the reload/refresh button to ensure the latest forecast map is displayed.
|More information on this outlook is available from 8.30am to 4.30pm (WST) Monday to Friday by contacting the Climate Services Centre in the Bureau's Perth Office: (08) 9263 2222.
THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE SEASONAL OUTLOOK IS EXPECTED BY 25th September 2008
Corresponding temperature outlook
July 2008 rainfall in historical perspective
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Dragon Ball Z MUGEN Edition is a sensational fight game from the popular Dragon Ball series, with especially brilliant sound and graphics, especially if you think how little space it takes up.The number and variety of fighters gives Dragon Ball Z MUGEN Edition a level of timing and difficulty...
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Ball Attack is an Arkanoid/Breakout style game. Original solutions give a new twist to the classic "ball-and-bricks" concept. A number of unique elements that never before appeared in such games give Ball Attack absolutely fresh look and feel. The Ball Attack concept can be described as follows:...
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Magic Ball is a highly addictive Arkanoid remake that won't let you go outside for at least a week once you install it.
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5th ball starts new series of logic games from Frostworks. The goal of the "5th ball" game is to create maximum amount of lines joining five balls. To create a line all you need is to put a ball on the gametable and connect it with another four balls (which already exist) directing towards the...
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Hazard Ball is a very fun and addictive real-time arcade puzzle game for one or two players of any age group.
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Play with Fun Ball on your desktop for FREE and access your toolbar menu with a right-click on the ball. Toss it all around, it bounces right back. Don't ever get bored again!
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Gem Ball is a new, amazing 3D arcade game from URSE Games. URSE Games has successfully achieved the goal of combining in one game the elements of both arcades and puzzles. In Gem Ball, it is not enough to simply keep the ball going. You must follow a certain strategy as you can win only by...
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Break the blocks and your imagination limits with this challenging game! Destroy all the bricks on the screen by hitting them with a bouncing ball and catching power-ups. The photo & computer graphics of industrial-themed levels and oldscool gameplay will give you hours of enjoyment. Features:...
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Brawl Ball project is a game of football based on the Blood Bowl ruleset. Brawl Ball is a game of football based on the rules of the fantasy football game, Blood Bowl. It supports the full "basic" Blood Bowl ruleset..
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Desktop 3D Ball will place a three-dimensional soccer ball on your desktop over all programs (except fullscreen). The ball reacts to touches of a mouse pointer and contact to screen edges. At detection a full screen application the program stops to not use a system.
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" Extremely Fun Physics Based Game The Tiny Ball needs your help in getting his ship back from the Evil Devil! Play this fun, addicting, and challenging physics oriented game today! Features:
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The all-new Action Ball 2 is a no-holds barred arcade game that blends the hottest brick-busting action you've ever seen with the thrilling battles of space shooters. As you use one of four selectable paddles to hit one or more balls toward eye-dazzling arrays of destructible objects, you'll also...
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A guide on how to use a crystal ball to achieve results. Examines how the atmosphere can effect readings and also what one should expect to see in a scrying session. Using a crystal ball takes practice but, when the results come to fruition, many find it was worth the effort.
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So much well-known medieval literature stems from the geographic and linguistic center of England - London and its environs - that it's easy to forget the vibrant literary cultures that flourished at the margins of the kingdom. This class takes the idea of the border as its organizing principle, through which we will consider the different kinds of marginality that shaped Middle English poetry, especially narrative poetry, in the fourteenth through early sixteenth centuries. We'll read literature written at political borders, like the town of Chester (which sat between England and Wales) and the Scottish Borderlands, and examine poems about individuals who encapsulate those divides. We'll discuss language borders (between Welsh or Scots and English) and read texts that play with linguistic difference. And we'll consider the ways that border-blurring -- between political entities, religious cultures, humans/non-humans, genres, and poetic forms -- permeates every aspect of these poems. We'll read all Middle English and Middle Scots texts in the original language (yes, I'll teach you how to do that); reading instruction will begin on the first day of class.
In keeping with the course's theme, assessment will take place at the boundaries of traditional grading. Students will be responsible for a series of shorter writing assignments in various formats that engage different facets of writing as an English major: close reading, library research, critical analysis, creative projects. In lieu of a final essay, students will revise their best work into a portfolio that illustrates/argues for their learning process over the course of the semester. Expect to do a lot of formal and informal writing, to meditate on and write about your own learning processes, and to write in a variety of academic forms.
Required Texts
- Middle English Breton Lays. Ed. Anne Laskaya and Eve Salisbury (TEAMS)
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Ed. Paul Battles (Broadview Press. Make sure you get THIS edition, NOT the Broadview P translation by James Winny.)
- Sir Gawain: Eleven Romances and Tales. Ed. Thomas Hahn (TEAMS)
- Blind Hary. The Wallace: Selections. Ed. Anne McKimm (TEAMS)
- A Companion to Britain in the Later Middle Ages. Ed. S H Rigby (Blackwell) ***NOTE*** This last book is available more cheaply as a Kindle ebook (which you can, of course, read on your laptop/desktop/tablet without an actual Kindle); you are welcome to purchase that version instead of the somewhat pricy paperback. If money is an issue, note that I will put this volume on reserve in the library, and you will be able to read/photocopy the assignments there. Please DO, however, purchase THESE editions of the Middle English texts (1-4); you will be hurting if you try to make due without them.
- Additional material will be made available online and via <emma>. Please budget for printing costs.
- As an English major, you ought to already own the 2009 (7th edition) of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. If you don't, you ought to purchase one. Earlier editions will NOT do, as citation format has changed substantially in this edition. I have posted links to online material that will aid you on my faculty website, but they are no substitute for the details given in the Handbook.
Recommended Texts
(not in the bookstore, but available through Amazon and other vendors)
- Andrew Galloway, Medieval Literature and Culture (Continuum)


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Christina Aguilera may be a mom, but she's a sexy, young happy mom.
Little wonder, then, that she and hubby Jordan Bratman sneak out after Max goes to bed to enjoy some grown-up time.
Last night, Xtina partied at the Abbey. Wednesday, they shook their stuff at Villa. And this weekend, she's expected to hit the strip in Vegas to host a party at LAX nightclub.
Just how long will she be able to balance Blahniks with BabyBjörns? Hard to say, but unless she's falling asleep on her Boppy, we see no reason why she shouldn't enjoy a little me time whenever she can.
What do you think: Does she need to spend more time on Sesame Street, and less on the Sunset Strip? Weigh in below...


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Facebook tries to force you to use their email
4 Comments · Posted by lance in Email Security, Facebook
Forbs recently noticed that Facebook suddenly and basically without warning made @facebook.com your default visible email address on your timeline.
I had no idea that such an email address even existed! I certainly don't check it explicitly. Emails to that address end up in your standard Facebook messages queue, which for me is mostly a black hole.
LifeHacker has a nice article on how to change the settings back to how you might want them.
You may not want some spammer to get that address and start filling up your Facebook messages queue.
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Simon Tidnam · June 29, 2012 at 10:29 am
It looks like Facebook is trying to follow Google's model with Gmail. If users adopt Facebook email addresses then they'll be able to collect and sell even more personal data.
Cherry · July 28, 2012 at 6:23 am
Since Facebook is persistent in implementing features and changes to its platform to collect as much data from users as possible, it is up to users to practice vigilance. If they make it difficult to delete Facebook messages, wall posts, photos, likes, and status updates, users must look for a way to do this without relying on Facebook.
Sydney · August 7, 2012 at 12:30 am
Make your system secure and NEVER provide real-life user data, unless there's absolutely no way to get around it! (Be creative in this regard, as there are MANY ways to circumvent their access to your true data that they say you must provide "in order to keep improving their product for the users. Most of these sites just collect the data you provide and turn around and sell their lists to their favorite marketing broker or directly to a marketeer. Always use a faux user ID and address (street/city/state/zip/et al); be creative with email addresses! If you want to keep your current address as your main contact, but set up a dozen, or so alias'. This allows you to simply delete an address that starts to become a homing beacon for spammers and the other ilk that always, eventually begins to show up; if you just want to keep the address, do so, let these jerks waste time/effort sending their crap to a black hole, no reply, no response of any kind from you.) There are many Free email services that let you set that kind of email/attachment handling procedure…BUT…don't use ANY of those that are simply shills, letting you provide them all of their marking data
Use the BEST anti-virus/anti-malware suite you can find; also, when making any form of procurement, keep firmly in mind that the more you pay hardly ever equates to better quality (this applies to any purchases made by you through your life!). Do some browsing and find locations where true security experts gather, to lounge, chat, et al; read security blogs from the experts, not the normal users that wannabee thought of as "experts" in anything related with microelectronics. There are a number of well-respected security organizations that users should frequent on the Internet, for tips, tricks, advice, etc. Skip the myriad of sites where general users' comparisons/scores are compiled and given to you as a true indicator of how well one product (or several) outshine(s) the rest. If you bother reading any of these "reviews," comments and descriptions (e.g., Pros & Cons) entered on these various sites, it's obvious to see the difference between an educated! adult/teen and those that are a mix of teens/adults that simply missed the boat. Rather than sticking to the point, following the rules provided them in advance, the largest grouping will just jump in and start flaming one corporation after another, especially if these corporations are huge, well respected. Or, these same groups flame and belittle the neophyte, or beginner programmer who would usually feel proud of what they have just accomplished, wanting some useful feedback and useful criticism. Instead of encouragement, they get stoned, or other things that are mentally akin to it; these totally ignorant users would kick a dead horse, not even acknowledging the work/time the author put into the particular project, usually NO hint of a "…thanks for the freebie!" Or even being just a little courteous when making making constructive criticism (rather than destructive complaints, putting the author down and, I'm sure, turning whatever good feelings the author may have had, into pain and bitterness. Hopefully, the would-be programmers will let the sh*it slide off, knowing the anything of a flaming nature is of NO import and should be ignored. Look for the few users that offer constructive criticism in a courteous manner.
{I've gone a bit off-track for the next paragraph…}
Keep the pressure on your Congressional Representatives and Senators, as well as any Federal Government agency (e.g. FCC and more) that would be the slightest bit connected with the problem. Send personal letters, emails, vmails, letters and whatever communication method you can think of, so legislation with some real teeth can be written that can take a big bite out of the entire Marketing and SPAM industry! They have been invading our privacy more each year and we should let Washington (and your local State Governments) know enough is enough! Take away the power that they have been slowly gaining and return the Privacy to "WE, the people…" as provided to us by the U.S. Constitution!
This ends my off-track complaint. 🙂
Thanks for your time…hope this helps! 😉


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Thor: The Dark World has released an extended trailer.
The trailer for the Marvel Studios sequel lays out the alliance between Chris Hemsworth's Thor and Tom Hiddleston's Loki and the threat posed by the Dark Elves.
The video features mainly previously seen footage.
Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Rene Russo and Sir Anthony Hopkins will return for the new film alongside Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Zachary Levi.
Director Alan Taylor has said that he has taken an "historical attitude" towards the Marvel Comics property.
Thor: The Dark World will be released on October 30 in the UK, and on November 8 in the US.
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Your adult-friendly home has lots of potential hazards for a child. But you can keep your child safe by finding out what the risks are, and then preventing or removing them.
But even when you think you've removed all the home safety hazards, the reality is that children can still have tumbles and falls. That's why supervision is one of the keys to home safety for kids.
Also, as your child grows and learns to climb and open things, you need to be alert for new hazards. You'll probably need to change the environment to make sure your home is still a safe and creative place to play and explore.
And along with supervision and a safe environment, you can also improve home safety by teaching your child about what's safe and what's not.
Falls are the most common cause of injuries and visits to hospital in every age group.
You can help to keep your child safe by watching the new skills she's learning, and the new places she can reach – and then adjusting your home. For example:
To prevent burns, keep your child away from fire and hot surfaces. Keep a close eye on your child whenever he's anywhere near things that can burn – especially around stoves, ovens, microwaves, heaters and other appliances.
Hot drinks and too-hot baths are a major cause of scalds for babies and children. Here are some simple safety precautions to avoid these risks:
Print out our illustrated guide to burns and scalds first aid for easy reference in an emergency. You can also read more about first aid for burns and scalds.
House fires can be caused by cooking accidents, smouldering cigarettes, electrical faults, candles, incense and children playing with lighters and matches.
Working smoke alarms are an essential fire safety precaution.
By law your home must have at least one working smoke alarm installed on each level. For overall fire safety at home, you should install a smoke alarm outside the sleeping areas of your home. It's also a very good idea to install alarms in bedrooms where people sleep with their door closed.
Test your smoke alarms every month and replace batteries each year. Replace the smoke alarms themselves every 10 years.
Poisoning is one of the leading causes of injury to children under five, and children are often poisoned by common household chemicals and medicines.
You can make your child's environment safer by:
Many homes have everyday items that could strangle or suffocate a child. These items include soft toys and bedding, blinds, cords and ropes, and bags, boxes and packaging.
Here are some essential safety tips to keep your child safe from suffocation and strangulation:
Water safety depends on 100% supervision whenever your child is around water – pools, ponds, dams, rivers, creeks, baths and buckets with water.
If you have a pool, by law you must have a pool fence and self-locking gate that meets Australian Standard AS:1926.
For bath safety, always supervise and give your full attention to babies, toddlers and children under five years in the bath. Never leave older children or siblings to supervise.
Here are tips for electrical safety at home:
Here are tips to keep your child safe around glass:
And here are tips to keep your child safe outdoors:
Safe baby furniture and baby equipment will help to protect your child. Always look for cots, mattresses, portacots and highchairs with the Australian Standards mark.
There are no Australian Standards for change tables and safety gates, so it's important to look carefully at the safety features of any tables and gates you're interested in.
It's a very good idea to do some first aid and CPR training and update it each year. You can do training with organisations like the Royal Life Saving Society, the Red Cross and St John Ambulance Australia.
It's also a good idea to pin up a basic resuscitation chart inside your home and also near your pool if you have one.
Keep first aid kits in your home and car, and take a kit on holidays too.
Make a list of emergency numbers to keep near your telephone. Below are some suggestions for numbers to include:
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There was pandemonium yesterday [Aug. 24] at Majidun area of Ikorodu as a Naval personnel allegedly shot three persons, leaving them in a critical condition.
Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred around 3p.m. at Tipper Park, when the Naval personnel, suspected to have been drunk, allegedly left his duty post to unwind and, thereafter, visited the park where he was playing with his gun, which went off and injured the three persons, who were going about their businesses at the park.
Vanguard learned that the incident resulted in pandemonium as business activities there were grounded for hours, while the victims were rushed to the hospital. Information was scanty at press time, but the victims were said to be in critical condition and were immediately referred to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH.
The suspected naval rating was said to be one of the personnel mounting surveillance in the area to checkmate pipeline vandalism. Vanguard gathered that one of the victims was a tipper driver, while the others were yet to be identified.
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Patricia Amadin, confirmed the report, adding that the suspect had been arrested and was currently being detained at Naval Base, Ikorodu, while investigations into the matter continue.


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How to Make Perfectly Flaky Biscuits
There are so many great conversations on the Hotline -- it's hard to choose a favorite. But we'll be doing it, once a week, to spread the wealth of our community's knowledge -- and to keep the conversation going.
Today: It's brunch season, which means only one thing -- it's time to perfect your biscuit game.
The days are growing longer, and with them, the opportunities for lazy, lingering meals -- greater. For the first time in a long time, we're waking up to the hum of a distant lawn mower instead of a snow plow, and our DVRs are getting a rest as we venture out for marathon walks instead of marathon programming.
This time of year, the simplest foods seem to taste the best: bright spring salads, veggie-packed pastas, elegantly dressed fish, and of course, light, flaky biscuits -- smothered in butter, coated in jam, or drizzled with honey. But, as good as we are at devouring them, mastering the art of biscuit making is trickier. With brunch season fast approaching, Atlanticgull asked our community for tips on making perfectly flaky biscuits from scratch -- and they delivered.
- Don't break up the butter too finely when you work it into the flour, Maedl instructs: "Just like with pie dough, small chunks of butter help make flaky layers."
- SexyLAMBCHOPx swears by substituting leaf lard in place of butter to achieve the ideal biscuit texture.
- Try using crème fraîche instead of buttermilk, says boulangere -- its higher fat content helps enhance other fragances and flavors that are incorporated into the dough.
- According to sfmiller, the wetter the better: The dough should be "so wet that it sticks easily to your hands and the board or counter, unless you flour them first. Don't use too much bench flour -- just enough to keep the dough from sticking."
- Sfmiller's last piece of advice? Check the expiration date on your baking powder, if the recipe calls for it. Leavener loses its strength over time, and you don't want to waste your breakfast on a stale box.
- When in doubt, aobenour follows Julia Child's advice: "Pat the dough out into a rectangle and give it a couple turns like you are making puff pastry. Then, I usually make a rectangle, fold it in thirds, pat it out again, fold it in thirds again, pat it out one last time, and cut my biscuits. The turns will make your biscuits flakier and rise higher."
- DrCrankyPants insists it's all about the flour. For the tenderest biscuits, use low-protein ("Southern") flour. If you can't find it, or don't want to buy it, you can reduce the protein content of regular all-purpose flour by adding some cake flour to it.
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In Bangladesh, fertility was high in the 1950s and declined to fewer than five births per woman in the early or mid-1990s like other developing countries. After that the level of fertility is stalled. The aim of this study is to assess the extent of unmet need for family planning among married women of reproductive age group in Bangladesh and to study the factors related to it. Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey data were used for the study. The results suggest that unmet need for family planning has increased during the last 3 years from time of the survey. The percentage of total unmet need is especially high among rural women, non working women, Muslim women, and women not exposed to media messages on family planning. The regression analysis shows that age, husband-wife communication, sex composition and visitation status of satellite clinic appear to be significant predictor for limiting unmet need. If we can reduce the current unmet need to zero then current met need will be 73 percent which is the required rate of achieving replacement fertility in Bangladesh. New program strategies are required to fulfill the conventional demand for family planning program in Bangladesh.
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7 Photos that prove Doctor Crush's Park Shin Hye is so popular
Why does Park Shin Hye have so many friends, celebrity or not? Is it because she's considerate, positive, and beautiful? Duh~ Here are 7 times she thanked fans and friends for surprise gifts sent to the Doctor Crush filming set. Scroll down to reveal her happy face!
"Shin Hye, beat the hot weather with these snacks!" Let's Fight Ghost's Ok Taec Yeon sent her a truck full of churros and coffee! She calls him a part of Ok Soon Bong family, a code name they put together when they starred in Three Meals A Day last summer.
Beast's Yong Joon Hyung surprised Shin Hye with food and snack trucks!
She says along with the photo, "I wasn't feeling well this morning so I was telling Seung Hoon how nice it would be if something good happened today, and daebak! Junhyung's surprise gift that he has been preparing since three weeks ago because he thought I was lacking energy. I don't know how to express how touched I am. Thank you. Thank you so much. Junhyung, I will cheer up and film! I was going to go to sleep without eating dinner. I am going to eat two plates. Hing. I'm getting teary. What an amazing guy."
She wrote on another photo, "There's also a coffee cart. The Junhyung that B2UTIES love is this cool of a person. You probably know even without being told this, but it's a day in which words of thanks are not enough."
Shin Hye's friend Ji Hoon oppa's fiancée gave her a carrot cake, which reads, "Goddess Hye Jung." "It was the best carrot cake I've had," Shin Hye testifies!
Shin Hye's Chinese fans sent her a food truck! "I'll eat a lot, cheer up and film well. Thank you!" Shin Hye writes.
Actress Kim Jung Hwa sent a coffee truck for Shin Hye. They met in 2002 through Dream Factory, Shin Hye's first agency (Read more here). By the way, do you see Lee Sung Kyung photo bombing her? They're so adorable.
Mamonde sent its muse a bouquet of flowers, saying, "We hope Doctor Crush turns out daebak!"
Shin Hye's Japanese fans sent her an ice cream and coffee truck! "I was thankful all day today. My fans are the best!" Shin Hye writes.
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Tacoma could regain its crown as Puget Sound's largest container port thanks to a Thursday decision by a group of three container shipping lines to forsake the Port of Seattle in favor of the Port of Tacoma's Washington United Terminal.
The move of the Grand Alliance shipping lines, NYK Lines, OOCL and Hapag-Lloyd, to Tacoma's Washington United Terminal on the Blair Waterway could boost Tacoma's critical container business by 25 percent to 30 percent.
"This is probably the biggest announcement that will be made in the rest of my working life at the port," said Longshore Union Local 23 President Scott Mason, who was in New Zealand Thursday supporting a longshore labor dispute there. "The effect will be huge for those working on the waterfront."
The alliance partners told the Port of Tacoma of its decision in a conference call at 10 a.m. Thursday, said Tacoma Port Commissioner Clare Petrich, but the port delayed making an official announcement until almost 4 p.m. because the alliance hadn't issued its own news release.
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Introduction to Statistical Analysis Using IBM SPSS Statistics (v24)
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In this course, you will be given an application-oriented introduction to the statistical component of IBM SPSS Statistics. You will review several statistical techniques and discuss situations in which they would use each technique, the assumptions made by each method, how to set up the analysis, as well as how to interpret the results. This includes a broad range of techniques for exploring and summarizing data, as well as investigating and testing underlying relationships. Students will gain an understanding of when and why to use these various techniques as well as how to apply them with confidence, interpret their output, and graphically display the results. This course uses the IBM SPSS Statistics Base features.
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Last year, mutual fund and variable annuity sales through third-party marketers at banks dropped, but fixed annuities had a boom year, according to a report from Ken Kehrer Associates, a consulting and research firm in Princeton, N.J. The report tracked sales of funds and annuities solely through third-party marketers at banks; many banks, particularly large banks, still sell these products through their own broker/dealers
Among the top 15 third-party marketers of mutual funds, sales fell 14% from $8.7 billion in 2000 to $7.5 billion in 2001. Of the top 15 third-party marketers of variable annuities, sales dropped 18%, from a total of $5.73 billion in 2000 to $4.7 billion in 2001. However, fixed annuities among the 15 top third-party marketers rose 82% to $11.1 billion from $6.1 billion the year before.
Due to the strong figures for fixed annuities, sales of variable and fixed annuities combined rose 23% to $16.5 billion, up from sales of $11.8 billion in 2000.
In terms of mutual fund sales alone, LPL Financial Services rose in the rankings to first place, with sales of $1 billion last year. The Boston and San Diego-based third-party marketer suffered only a slight loss in sales volume from 2000, unlike competitor INVEST Financial Corp. of Tampa, Fla., which experienced a 42% decline in sales, dropping from first place in 2000 to fifth place in 2001.
The top third-party seller of fixed and variable annuities through bank third-party marketers was Independent Financial Marketing Group of Purchase, N.Y. The firm sold $3.9 billion of annuities through the channel in 2001, up 50% from sales of $2.6 billion the year before. In fixed annuity sales alone, the firm sold $2.7 billion, a 143% increase from sales of $1.1 billion the year before. However, in terms of annuity and equity sales combined, the firm suffered a 16% decline in sales.
Ken Kehrer, president of Ken Kehrer Associates, attributed much of Independent Financial's success in the fixed annuity arena to the company's integration into Sun Life Financial Services of Canada. The merger netted Independent Financial two major clients: FleetBoston Financial of Boston and U.S. Bank of Minneapolis.
Kehrer predicted that sales from Independent Financial's new clients will have an even more pronounced effect on the firm's growth throughout 2002.
New Life for Third Parties
Independent Financial's results signal that fund and annuity sales through third-party marketers are on the upswing at banks, Kehrer said.
"They're in an upward trend right now. Their business has gone through some significant shifts over the last decade," he added.
In the late 1980's through the mid 1990's, banks could sell mutual funds internally, but brokers had to be part of a separate broker/dealer affiliated with the bank holding company. At the same time, many banks used third-party marketers to sell annuities within branches. In 1995, banks won the right to sell annuity contracts "within the business of banking" after the Supreme Court's decision in the case of NationsBank vs. Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co.
Larger banks saw the opportunity to earn more profits by disposing of the middleman and establishing or purchasing a proprietary broker/dealer. "They disassociated themselves from third-party marketers and started on their own, so that meant that third-party marketers had to start dealing with smaller [regional] banks. Through that transition, their market share went down," Kehrer explained.
Eventually, regional banks did the same, forcing most third-party marketers to look toward local and community banks for business, again downsizing market share.
Only now has the bank marketplace stabilized, with third-party marketers finding new market niches and offering a variety of different products and services, Kehrer said. Furthermore, some of the banks that decided to go it alone have since concluded that the brokerage business is not part of their core competency and serves as an unnecessary distraction.
"In the last few years, third-party marketers' market share has been increasing again after hitting a low point. That's because they have been adopting different strategies ," said Kehrer, explaining that the third-party marketing business model now ranges from retail brokerage, to pure wholesaling, to broker-dealer back-office and compliance services.
This change in the nature of the business of third-party marketers has complicated tracking, Kehrer said. In the case of companies that provide primarily wholesaling services, their sales figures reflect sales that have flowed through their firms, yet not originated with them.
This potential for double counting has raised the question of whether the increase in market share for third-party marketers is real or phantom, but Kehrer insisted that the consistent rise in numbers indicates true growth in the market. "As reported by the companies, their market share for fixed and variables combined was 27% in 1998, 32% in 1999, 39% in 2000, and 44% in 2001," Kehrer said.
Different Strokes
Models for success among third-party marketers vary considerably. Whereas other investment firms lost mutual fund business in the bank channel, Raymond James Services Financial of St. Petersburg, Fla., increased its fund sales by 25% last year. Selling nearly $1 billion in mutual funds at banks in 2001, Raymond James was the third-largest third-party seller of these products in the channel.
Furthermore, while many third-party marketers gained significant ground with fixed annuities and lost some with variable annuities, Raymond James reported flat sales for both products.
Raymond James' strategy is different from other firms for a number of reasons. First, the firm focuses on banks that see investment services as a key market segment rather than an incidental part of their businesses.
Second, the firm provides full-service brokerage through its broker/dealer subsidiary Raymond James Associates, giving banks the ability to serve wealthier clients who would otherwise shun the limited services typically offered by a bank.
"Banks that chose to do business with us are the ones that like the ability to offer a very broad scope of resources and services to their customer base," said Jim Fulp, president of the financial institutions division of Raymond James.
Banks do not typically market their investment services aggressively, he said. Instead, they tend to rely on walk-in business, Fulp said. As a result, many bank-sold investment products focus on security and preservation, suiting the needs of an older, conservative group naturally drawn to a bank.
Raymond James helps its banking partners turn this model around, Fulp said. Because of the full-service capabilities of the banks with which Raymond James does business, many of these banks tend to have staff from big brokerage firms, Fulp said. It is easier for Raymond James' third-party marketers to work with these seasoned brokers because they are more adept at drawing in accounts, Fulp said.
However, Fulp cautioned that mutual fund sales are difficult to report accurately. In trying to determine net flow, he explained, Raymond James often cannot tell whether a customer's money is moving from securities into mutual funds, for instance. The same problem does not impact annuities as much, since transfers between annuity policies are tracked through 1035 exchanges.


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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) publishes the outcomes of final study results of imposed non-interventional post-authorisation safety studies (PASS) for medicines authorised in the European Union (EU).
The rules on submitting results for imposed non-interventional PASS fall under Art 107q of Directive 2001/83/EC.
A PASS is a study carried out after a medicine has been authorised to obtain further information on a medicine's safety, or to measure the effectiveness of risk-management measures. A PASS is non-interventional if:
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An EU competent authority may impose a non-interventional PASS, either as a condition of marketing authorisation (category 1) or as a specific obligation in a conditional marketing authorisation or a marketing authorisation under exceptional circumstances (category 2). For more information, see GVP Module VIII - PASSs.
EMA's scientific committees (PRAC and CHMP) and the CMDh carry out the assessment of PASS study protocols and final study results. For more information, see PASS: questions and answers.
The outcomes of imposed non-interventional PASS final study results assessments for active substances found only in centrally authorised medicines are published as part of each medicine's European public assessment report (EPAR).
The outcome for nationally authorised medicinal products included in 'mixed' procedures where centrally authorised products were also involved can be found on the Community register maintained by the European Commission.
Protocols and abstracts of results of imposed non-interventional PASS are publicly available in the EU PAS Register on the European Network of Centres in Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance (ENCePP) website.
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YAMA Mountain Gear was born from conversations on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2006. Since then, we've strived to get out on the trail as much as we can, bringing our experiences back to the design table. It's important to us to make the most of our outdoor time, and we want to help you make the most of yours.
One of our mantras is: "A lightweight pack should be a result, not the focus." We don't want to make the lightest gear; we want to help you find that perfect balance that works for you. That balance that allows you to hike efficiently and comfortably. We call it, "comfortable minimalism."
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We design and build all of our gear out of our Charlottesville, Virginia based workshop. The Appalachian trail, George Washington NF, and Shenandoah NP are all our nearby playgrounds. How lucky we are to be just minutes from the trail!
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I love finding cool plants and bugs as I explore mountain trails. I find covering ground quickly to be meditative, but also enjoy meandering and stopping to inspect every little creature, often interrupting my trail runs for particularly interesting finds.
A knack for attracting wildlife earned me the trailname, "Magnet," during my 2004 thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Starting off from Springer Mountain, I awoke to find a bear underneath me and my hammock on that first night! I've since been chased by squirrels and joined by skunks inside my tent…
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Stephen Colbert returned Tuesday evening from his two-week break and was eager to talk about how GOP presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney doesn't mind having the presence of celebrity birther Donald Trump around him.
On the latest installment of The Colbert Report, the Comedy Central host analyzed the block of voters Romney would need to win that Trump's presence could give him.
"He's got to reach out to the 911 truthers," Colbert said. "The alien abductees, the doomsday prepers, the sasquatch hunters, the sasquatch, or sasquatches. Shit! That's only 50 percent, how does he get that tiny sliver, that's going to be tough. Who represents such a miniscule portion of Americans?
"Wait, I've got it! All Mitt needs are the blacks who like Donald Trump."
Colbert then proceeded to play the clip of the latest season finale of The Celebrity Apprentice, in which black comedian and actor Arsenio Hall was the winner.
"50.1!" Colbert shouted. "50.1! Mitt, you're hired!"
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