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Forget About Russia's S-300 or S-400 (The S-500 Is Coming)
And America should be worried.
Moscow has long been preoccupied with the threat posed by NATO airpower, and has fielded a variety of potent long-range surface-to-air missile systems over the years to counter it, including at the high end the S-300 (SA-10 and SA-12) and S-400 (SA-21). But the primary role of its latest design, the Almaz-Antey S-500 "Triumfator," isn't taking potshots at frontline fighter planes. Rather, the S-500 marks a new Russian effort to develop its own defense "shield" against cruise and ballistic missile attack.
Moscow has claimed the S-500 will enter service in 2016 or 2017 and has offered an impressive-seeming list of its capabilities. Appropriately nicknamed "Prometey"—Prometheus—the S-500 supposedly will have a maximum vertical altitude of 185 to two hundred kilometers, permitting it to swat down incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and low-orbit satellites in space. The Triumfator would also have a maximum range of six hundred kilometers, even further than the four-hundred-kilometer range of the S-400. Russian Air Force Commander Colonel General Viktor Bondarev claimed the S-500 would be able to engage up to ten missiles at the same time, with a reaction speed of three to four seconds—compared to six missiles and nine-second reaction times for the S-400.
Like the United States' Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD), another long-range antiballistic missile weapon, the S-500's upcoming 776N-N and 776N-N1 interceptor missiles are supposed to use hit-to-kill technology—that is, the missile destroys its target through physical impact, rather than relying on a fragmentation warhead. The 776Ns would travel at hypersonic speeds of five to seven kilometers per second, enabling them to intercept opposing hypersonic cruise missiles.
It's very impressive-sounding—but Russian defense officials have been cagey about revealing the system's actual performance specifications. While it is claimed testing has begun, the results of those tests remain unknown. Considering the American experience developing the THAAD system, which suffered numerous failures over more than a decade of testing , there's good reason to believe designing an effective ABM system might take a little iteration.
Of course, Almaz-Antey's engineers may have been more successful. But until testing data is available, there's little way of knowing whether the S-500 can live up to the considerable hype.
There are some concrete details on the S-500, including the fact that unlike the older, larger 53T6 Anti-Ballistic Missiles deployed in fixed positions around Moscow, the S-500 will be a smaller, self-propelled system that can easily "shoot and scoot" to avoid attacks intended to suppress air defenses. In fact, the S-500 is supposed to be a smaller evolution of the S-400 design. Diagrams released by the vehicle manufacturer BZKT reveal that each S-500 battery would involve numerous support vehicles , including a Transport-Erector-Launcher (TEL) vehicle, four different radar vehicles (one of which is specifically optimized against ballistic missiles) and one or two command vehicles.
The Pentagon has had extensive experience dismantling air defense networks, so Russian media has emphasized how the S-500 will be difficult to detect. For example, it has showcased efforts to produce special "containers" that will shield the S-400 and S-500 from being spotted by satellites employing electromagnetic interference sensors. Another article highlights how the S-500 system will feature secured communication links on variable frequencies to shield them against electronic warfare.
There has also been some buzz that the S-500 will be more effective against stealth aircraft. However, most descriptions of the system do not list counter-stealth as a primary goal, and there is little concrete evidence suggesting that it possesses unique features in this regard compared to the preceding S-400. Of course, the S-500 will have low-bandwidth radar that can be used to detect stealth planes— but not to shoot at them at long range. This could still aid the air defense network in attempting to acquire a weapons-quality lock on stealth fighters at short ranges, but this is not a new capability. Overall, it seems the S-500 design really is focused on the missile-defense mission.
However, the S-500's very long range makes it an ideal weapon for taking out the largest and least stealthy of targets. While a fighter plane would be harder to detect and to hit at extreme range, an airliner-style AWACS or electronic warfare plane would be in far greater peril, and would likely be forced to operate outside the S-500's engagement radius.
Already, Russian S-300 and S-400 missiles deployed in Kaliningrad could interdict the airspace over the Baltic states as well as a large chunk of Poland. A forward-deployed S-500 could extend that no-fly zone even further. To be clear, NATO stealth fighters could still attack missile sites from standoff distances, but long-range SAMs could effectively shut down that airspace to most other air traffic unless dealt with.
Nonetheless, the first S-500 battery will deploy to Moscow and other parts of central Russia, reflecting the strategic defense role of the missile. A naval S-500F version for the upcoming Leader-class destroyer is also supposedly in the works for deployment around 2023–25.

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There have been a number of definitions for GWS, but perhaps the most comprehensive of them can be found at Wikipedia:
Gulf War syndrome (GWS), also known as Gulf War illness (GWI), is a chronic multisymptom disorder affecting returning military veterans and civilian workers of the Gulf War. A wide range of acute and chronic symptoms have been linked to it, including fatigue, muscle pain, cognitive problems, rashes and diarrhea.
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The percentage of veterans of that conflict who ultimately suffered from GWS was astounding: More than one-third, or approximately 250,000 of the 697,000 vets who served in the first Gulf War campaign, are afflicted, according to the National Academy of Sciences.
In 2009, a study published in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry posited that that the substance aluminum hydroxide could be the primary GWS culprit, as documented at Science.NaturalNews.com:
Gulf War Syndrome is a multi-system disorder afflicting many veterans of Western armies in the 1990-1991 Gulf War. A number of those afflicted may show neurological deficits including various cognitive dysfunctions and motor neuron disease, the latter expression virtually indistinguishable from classical Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) except for the age of onset. This ALS "cluster" represents the second such ALS cluster described in the literature to date. Possible causes of GWS include several of the Adjuvants in the Anthrax vaccine and others. The most likely culprit appears to be Aluminum hydroxide.
The study, conducted by Canadian researchers from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, involved a set of experiments in which researchers examined the potential toxicity of aluminum hydroxide in male mice that had been injected subcutaneously with two doses that were equivalent to that given to humans.
Later, researchers examined the animals' spinal cord and motor cortex using immunohistochemistry:
Aluminum-treated mice showed significantly increased apoptosis of motor neurons and increases in reactive astrocytes and microglial proliferation within the spinal cord and cortex. Morin stain detected the presence of Aluminum in the cytoplasm of motor neurons with some neurons also testing positive for the presence of hyper-phosphorylated tau protein, a pathological hallmark of various neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and Frontotemporal Dementia.Multiple additional causes of GWS?
In a second set of experiments, scientists injected mice with six doses of aluminum hydroxide and then conducted behavioral analyses, which "revealed significant impairments" in several motor functions, as well as diminished memory capacity.
The ground combat phase of the Gulf War lasted a mere 100 hours and began in late February 1991, but troops were on the ground in a toxic environment in Kuwait and Iraq for several months. As such, from 1995 to 2005, the health of combat vets got worse compared to military members who had not been deployed to the combat zone.
Those affected experienced a host of problems ranging from new chronic diseases to functional impairment, repeated clinic visits and hospitalizations, chronic fatigue and related symptoms, posttraumatic stress and other problems.
In addition to the 2009 study, other research has suggested that the syndrome may also have been caused by depleted uranium (which was used by U.S. tanks against Iraqi tanks, as well as U.S. Air Force planes like the A-10), sarin gas, smoke emanating from oil wells that had been set on fire by retreating Iraqi forces, predeployment vaccines and psychological factors. That said, only two substances - pyridostigmine (an antitoxin for nerve agents) and organophosphate pesticides have been strongly, and routinely, associated causally with Gulf War Syndrome, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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The chief executive of satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp. and sister firm EchoStar Corp. is a former professional gambler who bought much of a $300 million batch of discounted Sirius bonds that come due next week. He offered to restructure the debt and inject several hundred million dollars into Sirius in exchange for control over the company, according to The Wall Street Journal.
His maneuvering comes as Sirius has few options left.
The satellite radio company has never made a profit despite signing up increasing numbers of subscribers, because it was burdened with massive interest payments on its debt. Analysts say it could have grown out of its problems, especially after acquiring rival XM last year, but it was hit hard by the credit crunch and poor auto sales - its main distribution channel.
Now time is running out for Sirius and its CEO, Mel Karmazin, the former head of media giant Viacom Inc. and a past adversary of Ergen.
Ergen holds the "cards that determine whether or not Sirius goes into bankruptcy," said Sanford Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett. "He's the one to whom interest is due."
Even in bankruptcy, debt holder Ergen would be assured a seat at the table for possible control of the company. Sirius has to refinance or repay nearly $1 billion of debt this year alone, and it's not clear how much Ergen holds and for which company - Dish or EchoStar, a provider of set-top boxes and satellite services that was spun off from Dish last year.
If Sirius files for bankruptcy, Sirius could see a shuffle of talent. Contracts such as its five-year, $500 million pact with Howard Stern could be terminated, and Stern could jump ship. Stern's publicist did not return calls for comment.
Sirius, Dish Network and EchoStar also declined to comment.
Joseph Clayton, the former CEO of Sirius who joined EchoStar's board last year, was not available to comment. Ergen did not immediately return a call for comment.
But it's clear that Ergen, a satellite TV pioneer known for his independent streak and tenacity, has confounded Wall Street with his latest move. Analysts sharply disagree about his motives.
Moffett believes that Ergen will probably get into the satellite radio business, which is more profitable than satellite TV, by winning control of Sirius on the cheap. Sirius is a growing business that's starved for capital, which Ergen has, Moffett said.
"All he's trying to do is buy an attractive franchise at a discounted price. If anybody understands the economic potential of a satellite business, it's Charlie Ergen," he said.
Todd Mitchell, an analyst at Kaufman Bros., had a different take.
Mitchell believes Ergen wants XM's satellites and ground network. XM's satellites occupy strategic orbital slots that would be very attractive to Dish and EchoStar because XM's satellites have a better line of sight to more locations, he said. Ergen's rival DirecTV Group Inc. also has better-positioned satellites than Dish, the analyst said.
The XM satellites, if obtained by Ergen at a discount, would "significantly enhance his own competitive position," Mitchell said. "I think that's the primary target here."
Tuna Amobi, an analyst at Standard and Poor's, said Ergen's pursuit of Sirius could be motivated by a desire to offer new services to more effectively compete with cable TV operators. He noted that Dish bought the rights to a portion of the wireless spectrum in a federal auction last year. The spectrum could be used for things such as mobile video.
Still, the capital that would be needed would require taking on more debt, Amobi said.
However the companies collaborate, a potential problem is the strong personalities of Ergen and Karmazin.
The two have locked horns before. In 2004, after talks broke down between Dish and Viacom over - among other things - the rates Viacom wanted Dish to pay to carry certain channels, Dish published Karmazin's home number and told subscribers to call him.
"I can't imagine Ergen and Mel Karmazin working that well together," said Matthew Harrigan, an analyst at Wunderlich Securities.
Shares of Sirius were cut in half to 5.5 cents on Wednesday. Dish Network gave up 17 cents to $12.98 and EchoStar fell 60 cents, or 4 percent, to $15.15.
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Standard Operating Procedures and Building Survey Plan
The Building Survey Plan describes radiological characterization necessary to determine residual building contamination for planning of demolition and protection of workers and the public. The Standard Operating Procedures describes the master plan process for building demolition. Next, it provides references for regulations and standard procedures for Area IV D&D. Lastly, it provides general approach for waste disposition, demolition and documentation.
EPA 2000-2003 Building Surveys
Between January 2000 and September 2001, EPA and its contractor, Tetra-Tech, reviewed Boeing's and DOE's final status and verification surveys of 11 prior radiological facilities that had undergone D&D survey and release. EPA and Tetra-Tech also conducted radiological surveys of 8 of these facilities.
On January 9, 2003, EPA issued the final reports of its three year assessment of Boeing's remediation and survey process for releasing radiological buildings for unrestricted use.
- EPA Survey Cover Letter
- EPA Survey Q&A
- Survey Table
- Building 4011, 4019, 4055, and 4100 confirmation surveys
- Building 4012, 4029, and 4363 confirmation surveys
- Building 4059 confirmation survey
- Building 4009, 4011, 4019, 4055, and 4100 document review
- Building 4012, 4023, 4028, 4029, and 4363 document review
- Building 4059 document review
EPA reached the following conclusions:
- "Previous DOE/Boeing surveys sampled in appropriate and representative locations"
- "Measurements made in previous surveys were accurate"
- "EPA concurs with the conclusions made by the Department of Energy (DOE) and Boeing Rocketdyne about the locations and levels of residual radioactivity"
- "Residual radioactivity does not exceed DOE and Nuclear Regulatory (NRC) established limits for unrestricted use."
EPA therefore confirmed that prior surveys had been conducted in a correct, appropriate and compliant manner.


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Carousel Promotions LLC will present "A Christmas Story Event," 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Historic Riviera Theatre and Performing Arts Center.
The event will celebrate the classic 1983 movie "A Christmas Story," beginning with a special talk back session with cast members Ian Petrella, who played the role of Randy Parker; Yano Anaya, who played the role of Grover Dill; Zack Ward, who played the role of Scut Farkus; Scott Schwartz, who played the role of Flick; and R.D. Robb, who played the role of Schwartz.
Author Caseen Gains will moderate the talk back session, which may include questions tweeted from the audience.
Afterward, the "A Christmas Story" will be shown around 3 p.m.
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I'm sorry sir, that it had come to this.
If I had any kind of influence, I would gladly use it to have the blacklist against you revoked.
I would have wanted a multi-awarded actor such as yourself to visit our capital and appreciate its charms, which includes the stench of cockroaches.
Or at least that's according to Claire Danes who made that remarkable, if brave observation fifteen years ago.
Of the world's many poor, underdeveloped capitals that stank to high heavens, she had to choose to visit Manila, thereby forcing her to take in the powerful scent of the city's armpit districts.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't pleasant.
However, Manila's City Council felt differently about the whole matter.
Just days after Ms. Danes reportedly embarrassed the Philippine capital, the body issued a resolution that banned the actress from Manila.
While the move was hailed by all manner of lobbyists, sycophants, and self-proclaimed patriots, the order didn't do anyone any good. Like most laws in this country, the resolution only showed the public that council members were indeed hard at work, protecting the nation's pride and integrity at the expense of the truth. After Manila's supposed assault on her olfactory senses (and her critical faculties), little was heard from Ms. Danes.
I'm sure the actress was hardly interested about ever coming back to the Philippines, a sentiment shared to this day by little brown Americans headed for — or currently living in — North America and various parts of the world.
Thankfully, ever since that incident, progress has arrived in Manila and in the country in general.
Fifteen years after Ms. Danes showed that she was right on the nose, the city and its offended residents have moved on.
No longer does Manila carry the stench that so repelled Ms. Danes, although on hot summer nights, it retains a slight hint of piss and sweat, making beggars and street people long for the good, old days.
Meanwhile, its residents have discovered the wonders of perfume, which many of them use in cloying amounts.
Indeed, many Filipinos may live in hovels, earn starvation wages, encounter regular police harassment, suffer from daily hunger, but we do smell good (and our prepaid cellphones have enough credit to send a text message to say that we'll be late).
After all, looking and smelling good is a matter of national priority and cultural pride, besides making babies and allowing ourselves to be raped by US servicemen so that we could get US visas.
During the past decade and a half, many Filipinos have also been introduced to the internet, a vast computer network developed by former US vice president Al Gore.
Faster and easier access to information — false, factual, and trivial — have made many of them more small-minded and parochial, jingoistic and oversensitive.
When you cracked that joke about Filipina mail order brides on US television, the whole country heard it via YouTube and read all about it through their email inboxes.
Naturally, they were appalled and disgusted at your remark, even though they cared little for Filipinas who dreamed of marrying foreign males they hardly ever knew.
In any case, the remark earned you a ban from the Philippines' Bureau of Immigration.
You're in good company.
After Danes, a Hong Kong-based journalist was also banned for telling the truth.
In his column, Mr. Chip Tsao called the Philippines "a nation of servants," a piece of information that was factually accurate.
Except that it wasn't something that enhanced our exalted sense of self.
I guess you very well know by now that Filipinos take everything seriously, save for political and economic reform.
This is the reason why it might take awhile before you can get the ban lifted.
In the meantime, let me just say that as a Filipino who is obviously in the minority, I apologize. I am so sorry that you had to be prompted to say you were sorry.
N. B. Good luck with having kids. And send my regards to Ms. Basinger. That is, if you're still on good terms.


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It's happened to all of us.
I plop down in my stylist's chair. She asks, "So, what are we doing today?"
"Well, I got drunk two months ago and cut off 6 inches of my hair with office scissors," I tell her.
(OK, so it doesn't always START this way. Be patient.)
"I like the shape of the cut, but it's a total hack job," I explain. "I don't want to lose a lot of the length. It's growing out funny, though, so I guess just even it out?"
I show her the picture of Keira Knightley with that hairstyle I adore, as a good client should. She nods understandingly. "Also," I continue, since it's 9 a.m. on a Saturday and I'm chugging espresso, "I'd like more of an asymmetrical cut -- with the front longer than the back."
She explains that the style in the image I show her is one length, with layers. I shrug and say, "Yeah, OK, cool." I also attempt to describe the tone of the highlights I want (which is relevant to this story for the mere purpose of relaying how much time was involved).
She starts putting in the highlights, and we start talking.
We talk about our boyfriends, moving to New York, mustering the courage to talk to male models on the street, utilizing hashtags on Instagram as an effective search tool, our mutual obsession with Sophia Amoruso (CEO of Nasty Gal), how extremely unfortunate it is that "The Simple Life" isn't available on Netflix.
Three hours pass, my hair is soaked, and she's trimming away. She says something about how adorable face-framing pieces would be. I respond, "Mmm… Sure."
As she begins to blow my hair out, the mood in our station shifts. I stop talking, grab my book, and read intensely. When my mane is dry and styled, she looks at me like a 5-year-old who just gave his mom another shitty scribble drawing, or a Golden Retriever that brought its owner a dead rabbit.
"Um… it's… great…" I manage to get out. I pay, leave the salon, turn the corner, and put my hair up.
"Oh, it's not that bad," you may be thinking.
I get it: It's not like she accidentally buzzed my hair, seared my scalp, or convinced me to get bangs. But this cut is not what I wanted -- at all. It's so not me!
(Also, these "face framing pieces" are the opposite thing I had in mind when describing the long-in-the-front, short-in-the-back style I'm digging right now.)
To make matters worse, yesterday, as I sat to write in a stupid Brooklyn café where everyone was reading the New Yorker, a French couple sat next to me. I became momentarily paralyzed when I realized the French woman, who was very pretty and very French, had the EXACT same haircut I wanted.
Since the one thing I've wanted most in life is to be French, seeing her was like smooshing salt in my wound.
So, please, even if you think you've gotten past the point of falling victim of paying for a haircut you hate, learn from my mistakes, and keep these pointers in mind the next time you go to the salon:
I used to think you were an overachiever if you walked in with one photo of the style you wanted. Now I'm confident that my debacle could've been prevented if I had also shown the stylist this picture of Ashley Olsen's asymmetrical 'do.
Really, though, celebrities pay their stylists a lot more than us common folk, and we may not even have the same texture of the person whose hair we covet. Bringing in more than one picture increases your likelihood of getting what you want (and not something you hate).
Bless her Alabama heart -- if the stylist who did my hair read this, I would DIE. She was wonderful! And it's not like this is her fault. [Smiling through gritted teeth.]
She checked with me prior to putting her scissors at my chin, angling them downwards, and cutting them into those THINGS I despise. When she suggested the idea, rather than telling her, "That sounds cute, but I've had that cut before, and it makes me feel like a self-conscious country singer," I thought since we shared a similar personal style, naturally, she could read my mind.
I shouldn't have let our three-hour bonding sesh get in the way of what I really wanted: A haircut that made me look French. I MEAN, an asymmetrical lob -- with that messy hint of je ne sais quoi.
I felt uneasy when she first positioned the scissors at my chin. I thought, "Am I going to regret this?" Mmm yeah. I do. Five seconds of saying NO THANKS would've saved me many minutes of cringing every time I see myself in mirrors afterwards.
Already have a haircut you LOATHE? Here's what to do now:
Unlike when I cut my own hair, there isn't enough length around my face with this style to get it fixed. So the next step, for me, is to get my hair back.
I first heard of prenatal vitamins helping your hair grow like WHOA as a teenager. Since I was afraid of babies, I didn't start taking them until my little sister (aka the family beauty guinea pig) did, and her mane grew faster than my first internship in New York ended.
Now that I'm afraid of having babies and get creeped out by the fat baby face on the prenatal bottle, I take a women's multi-vitamin with folic acid (which is what's in prenatals that help your hair grow). I also started taking fish oil about a year ago after a psychiatrist told me that studies have shown it could be good for my sick brain. And, latent side effect: It has made my hair so pretty!
Everyone has heard that massaging your scalp helps your hair grow 'cause it increases circulation so your hair follicles get more nutrition, right? Do you actually do it, though?
I do it if I remember, which is when I focus on how much I hate my hair all day instead of any real, meaningful issues. While shampooing and conditioning (I have a dry scalp, so oily roots aren't a concern), I'll push my thumbs into my head in circular motions. Relaxation!
Run to your nearest drug store. Load up on tiny clips and bobby pins– you're going to need them.
It's just hair! It'll grow back. Not like you gave yourself a bad tattoo or something.
Tell me about the time you hated your hair the most. Did your stylist jack it up? Did you not speak up? Do you have no idea how to talk to a hairstylist? Have you cried into your pillow for three days after getting a bad haircut? Not like I've done that. But still.
Caitlin likes to get melodramatic about hair and other matters on Twitter: @caitlinthornton


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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL--(Marketwired - Jan 10, 2014) - RealBiz Media Group, Inc (OTCQB: RBIZ), a real estate digital media and technology company focused on real estate agent success, announced today the launch of Nestbuilder.com, the first fully integrated video marketing platform that allows real estate agents full control of their out-bound marketing campaigns to online, TV and mobile channels on one platform.
Nestbuilder.com acts as a powerful social media marketing tool that integrates with RealBiz Media's 100,000 newly created agent web pages. The agent web pages will interact with mobile, video ads, the Microvideo App (MVA) platform and additional home video content to give the agent a powerful new way to engage and better serve their customers. The video home listing site was created in a style that enables homebuyers to search and create video listing collections of homes for sale. Homebuyers can then share these collections with friends and family as well as discover relevant community information and showcase lifestyle enhancements utilizing Nestbuilder's video centric platform.
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Inter Milan have been handed a 50,000 Euro fine after fans racially abused Mario Balotelli in the Milan derby on Sunday.
The AC Milan striker played against his former side at the San Siro on the weekend. It was the first time he had faced his old club, and the Lega said he was subjected to "racially discriminatory chants" by a section of Nerazzurri fans.
Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that inflatable bananas were waved at Balotelli by several Inter supporters during the match and, in the second half, Balotelli was seen to raise his finger to his lips in an apparent bid to silence his detractors.
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"We shouldn't forget that he's 22-years-old and tonight he played against Inter Milan, the team where he started. Therefore it was normal he would feel the pressure of the match.
"He's been very good not to react to any provocation. He put in a good performance and I'm very happy."
Inter president Massimo Moratti apologised afterwards while expressing his hope there would be no repeat in the derby.
Balotelli's agent Mino Raiola later revealed his client had been carrying a high fever and did well to complete the 90 minutes, regardless of any ill treatment from the Inter fans.
Quoted on Gazzetta.it, he told radio station GrParlamento: "It was an important game but he treated it like any other. He had a temperature of 38 degrees but still played well, especially in the first half.
"He didn't score but everything else went well. He was really relaxed and calm.
"Because of the fever he was perhaps lacking about two per cent of his usual freshness and Handanovic pulled off two or three miracle saves against him.
"What mark would I give him out of 10? If he'd scored then 10 but for what I saw and for how he prepared for the game, with the level of concentration he maintained - for me it was a nine."
Balotelli missed a series of chances in the first half which could have given his new club a 3-0 lead.
The match finished 1-1, with Ezequiel Schelotto's second-half goal earning the Nerazzurri a 1-1 draw after Stephan El Shaarawy opened the scoring before the break.
Balotelli signed for Milan from Manchester City in January. After he arrived the club's vice-president Paolo Berlusconi described him as "negretto di famiglia" - translated as "the family's little n****".


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Providing Food to People in Need
On average, The Gray House Food Pantry serves 80–120 households per week.
Households are able to visit the pantry ten times in a year. With each visit they receive three to four days worth of food.
Providing food assistance for people living in poverty is crucial because it prevents physical and emotional health problems and helps sustain quality of life.
To learn how you can get involved in the food pantry, please see our volunteer opportunities.
Food Pantry Program Information
Hours of Distribution
Thursdays, 9 am–1 pm
*Please note there will be no distribution on Thanksgiving Day. Instead, eligible families can pre-register to receive a turkey and other thanksgiving food.
First time visitors will need to complete an intake form. This can be done during your visit or you can complete the form ahead of time (see links below) and bring with you along with the required documentation listed below.
Spanish Food Pantry Intake Form
English Food Pantry Intake Form
How often can I receive food?
Households can come to The Gray House up to ten times within a calendar year.
What do I need to bring with me?
- A form of ID for all members of the household
- Proof of income
- Proof of address such as a piece of mail from the last six months (cannot be junk mail) or a lease agreement
If you have a MassHealth card, this will cover requirements 1 & 2.
To find a pantry near you, visit the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts' Food Bank Agency Locator
The Need for Food Assistance
The Gray House is located in the North End of Springfield, one of the poorest areas in the city and in the state. Here over 45% of residents live below the poverty line; that's four times more than the statewide rate.
Many of our neighbors have to choose between paying rent, utility bills including heating, child care, medical bills and prescriptions, purchasing school uniforms and winter coats, and buying food. Clothing and food are often the first areas in which people make sacrifices. This is why hunger emerges as a serious, and increasingly a chronic, problem in impoverished neighborhoods like the North End.
Many of our visitors have told us they are turning to emergency food support for the first time. They are newly unemployed, employed part-time with their hours greatly reduced, grandparents finding themselves unexpectedly caring for family members who can no longer support themselves, and seniors choosing between food and prescriptions.
In addition, many people had been able to get by with federal food assistance. However, in November of 2013, the federal government cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps) and people lost valuable support. The SNAP cuts had an impact on 160,000 families in western Massachusetts. A family of four now receives $36 less a month. This may not sound like much, but the average SNAP benefit provides about $1.40 per meal, which means a family of four will lose their ability to pay for at least 21 meals a month.


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Louise Scott is a Glasgow-based artist, specialising in copper plate etchings and marine life images. She is a member of the Glasgow Print Studio and the Glasgow Society of Women Artists. Previously, Louise lived in Orkney for 17 years where she ran The Inkstone Gallery in the beautiful village of St Margaret's Hope. She trained in Printmaking at Cheltenham College of Art back in the 80's and then spent many years in the Conservation Field.
Louise creates her copper plate etchings using a sewing needle and a magnifying glass! Her inspiration comes from the natural world and the animals that inhabit earth, air and water.
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Horse Guard recruiting Saturday
The horse guard is a group of volunteers who serve the governor and the state under the
Connecticut National Guard
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Applicants must be between 18 and 55, in good physical condition, and pass a background check.
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About a month ago we got a really bad rain in the middle of the night and the one basement window that isn't a block window started leaking water into the house. We never thought we would get water in this window because of where it is located. It's the one under our Living Room window, but it was never blocked in because the previous owner of the house put a planter box type thing with a window well around it to keep the dirt from going against the glass. There's also an overhang over it to keep the rain from coming straight down in that spot.
The only way to really completely fix this problem is to remove the planter box and put in glass block windows. So, that is what we've decided to do.
Not long after we moved it, we removed the bushes in front of the big planter box and the bushes (and fake flowers) inside the planter box. Boy What a difference!
Final look of the front yard after our original remodeling made the house look so much better, made our home stand out from the rest of the neighborhood.
I've been working on removing the planter box over the last couple of weeks, only getting to really do some work during the weekend so it's taking a good amount of time to do. I didn't think about pictures until today but you'll get the idea of what all I've done from these pictures.
First, I had to remove the short side, which consists of two layers of bricks. Pretty colored bricks and then regular red bricks. Next, I started removing the dirt. Lots and lots of dirt! This thing was filled to the top with dirt! I've been spreading it around throughout the yard, front and back, to fill in holes and leveling some areas.
Here's how the front looks as of today!
As you can tell, there's still a good amount of dirt to remove and brick to break apart. The nice thing is the pretty brick that's on the outside I'm using for the border of my flower garden in the front, which you can see in the pictures. Not sure if that's how I'm going to do it yet or not, but it's a thought of how I'll do the border :yup .


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Diablo Cody to Appear on 90210Matt Richenthal at . Comments
According to 90210 producer Rebecca Rand Kirschner, Tori Spelling isn't simply showing up on 90210 this spring; she's bringing a famous sidekick with her!
"Diablo Cody is going to be on the show," Kirschner told iF Magazine. "She is definitely going to be on the Donna episode which is the nineteenth episode. Donna Martin is still in the fashion business, and it may be that she may be called upon by Diablo Cody to create something for some event. That may be the beginning of their friendship."
Cody is a screenwriter that won an Oscar for penning Juno last year.
As for how many episodes Spelling will be on, Kirschner is hopeful.
"Hopefully Donna will be around for awhile. She is Kelly's sister-in-law. She's a relative and a long time friend. That's the connection. And we'll get it in there."
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I like to informally call this one the "bachelorette" potato omelette. You just mix a few simple ingredients together, and in no time, you have a filling & tasty breakfast for one. Of course, it's suitable for bachelors as well.
Love Recipe:
Total Time:
~ 10 minutes
- 1 small irish potato, cubed
- 1 egg
- ½ cup warm milk
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp green seasoning
- 2 tbsp flour
- ½ tsp baking powder pepper sauce, to taste
- 1 tbsp oil
Preparation Method:
- Boil potato in salted water for 5 minutes or until cooked. Drain & set aside.
- Blend together egg, milk, salt, green seasoning, pepper, flour and baking powder.
- Heat oil in a medium frying pan. Pour in the liquid mixture.
- Evenly distribute the potato on top of batter.
- Cook on low heat for 3 minutes, moving around the pan to ensure the edges of the omelette cook well. When the batter sets and the potato is clinging to the omelette, flip with a spatula & cook the other side for 2 minutes.
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Smallville Episide Stills from "Crossfire"Matt Richenthal at . Comments
Move over, Jim and Pam! You aren't the only office mates getting busy this week!
On Friday's new episode of Smallville, titled "Crossfire," Clark lays a big kiss on Lois, right in front of co-workers. Take a look:
Also taking place this week: Oliver offers to train a new girl named Mia; while Lois and Clark are asked to host a radio program.
As for a broader view of what's to come, producer Kelly Souders told TV Guide that Clark isn't finished with his all-black suit just yet.
"He isn't quite done with his suit yet. This whole season is the alter ego before he starts transforming into the [Superman] that we all know... There's a flirting moment with a pair of glasses. I won't say that he's definitely got them on, but I would watch the next little run [of episodes]."
Meanwhile, we're always updating TV Fanatic for the latest Smallville quotes. For now, click on the photos below to view more scenes from Friday's installment:
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Top 100 Agencies: ICC Lowe
ICC Lowe has been known for bringing together medical, creative and strategy under one roof ever since its founding as Integrated Communications 26 years ago. Now, execs say, they want to fuse medical, customer insight and engagement.
The turning point for this new direction was the hiring of Matt Brown as general manager. Paul O'Neill, who left in April to lead Ogilvy CommonHealth WorldWide wellness marketing, had been promoted from GM to chief growth officer shortly before leaving.
"We wanted to transform the agency to what we think the model for the future can be," says Steve Viviano, CEO of ICC Lowe, "and that's why I went out and actively found [someone] who I think will take us there, and that's Matt." Brown's know-how came from running Irvine, Calif.-based inVentiv agency Ignite Health. Brown took Ignite from a small outfit to a $28-million pure-play digital shop. It's since merged with inVentiv sibling Palio to form Palio+Ignite.
Brown joins a very stable senior management team, each member of which has over 15 years of experience. "You don't often get the chance to bring in new senior leadership, but when you make a new step in growth, you get that chance," says Viviano.
Revenue is "significantly up in 2013," he reports. While last year his crew won MM&M Agency/Network of the Year and went on to strong double-digit growth both in staff and revenue, "for us, 2011 and 2012 were probably the most challenging years in the last decade," he says, "but 2013 and 2014 also are going to be much, much more historic for us."
The worldwide network has expanded since rebranding as ICC Lowe in 2011 and got a license to grow healthcare within Interpublic Group's Lowe & Partners under this moniker. The network landed 15 accounts over the rolling 12-month period in the US, 26 when you count Europe. These included Allergan's Botox for the OAB indication, oncology pipeline and launch products for biotechs AP Pharma and Celltech, work for iGenix, a global assignment for the re-launch of Nuron's meningitidis vaccine Meningitec in France, and Swedish firm Orexo's opioid-dependence drug.
Oh, and there were five product launches in the last eight months, with another eight ongoing. These included Vertex CF drug Kalydeco in 2012 out of the ICC Lowe Pace office, plus a new HIV launch for J&J.
Viviano says winning MM&M AOTY was "a starting line." The execs have reimagined the finish, and it involves assembling an agency that melds medical direction, a customer insight team and an engagement staff.
The first two already exist within ICC Lowe. Medical is led by chief medical officer Stacy Patterson, who manages a pool of MDs and PhDs offering product differentiation. Customer insights have been bolstered with the hiring of new SVP/branding and strategy, Martin Mannion.
The agency is building out the engagement piece—knowledge of patient and physician channel preferences and an analytic infrastructure. At press time, the principals were interviewing candidates for the job of SVP/engagement. Already brought on-board is an SVP of operations and technology, Sophy Regelous, tasked with aligning operations and IT. "Sophy will be integral to [the new model]," says Viviano.
ICC Lowe's plan involves becoming, like Ignite Health once was, 100% digital. ICC Lowe Thermal, ICC Lowe's one-time "digital" unit, will be more of an innovation lab, led by Eugene Lee, chief innovation officer. The content-generation side, led by ICC Lowe chief creative officer Chet Moss, is key. "Agencies that jumped on digital early didn't keep up on content-generation," says Viviano. "This agency never lost the story-telling piece," says Brown. "Now, we will add the innovation that perpetuates that narrative piece."
Preparations are underway at the main office, ICC Lowe in New Jersey, to create an engagement space, a lab-like atmosphere where it will be possible to plan a brand's strategy, medical insights and engagement in one area. These plans follow solid growth. The NJ office enjoyed 15-20% higher sales last year.
As for the US-based conflict shops, ICC Lowe Trio's billings were up by double digits on the back of five wins (see separate profile), while ICC Lowe Pace moved into new space that's double the size of its old quarters. "They're growing massively," Viviano says of Pace, a significant win for which was the professional, global AOR account for Piramal's florbetaben, a PET radio tracer used to detect beta-amyloid in the brain.
ICC Lowe Redshift, the device shop, will be overseen by Brown and continue to work on clients such as the TYRX antibacterial envelope.
Viviano counts his biggest achievement as increased globalization and the continuation of his plan to build out healthcare within Lowe. The network has 14 offices after Mumbai agreed to rebrand as ICC Lowe, from LinHealth, which Viviano says is the number one or two healthcare agency in India. Plans call for that office to become the hub for APAC, which could bring three to four more offices into the fold: Singapore, Tokyo and beyond. A Sao Paulo, Brazil, location also joined during the year.
Viviano would like to see the network reach 20-25 offices. "We're not looking to be McCann Health with 70 offices," he says. There was one setback: "We basically closed our New York office," acknowledges Viviano. Its anchor client, Baxter, brought its mostly project-based work to a local Chicago shop.
But the agency/network expects a positive 2013. "When we launch the new model, we're anticipating incremental growth off that," says Viviano. Staffing for it has been a challenge, though. The network hired 70 across offices, including 13 digital. It promoted 42, and five switched offices, which, Viviano says, "we're proud of because we're trying to operate as a collective agency."Headcount is 300 in the wholly owned offices and another 100 in the affiliated ones. The network has 42 openings now, including about 30 tied to the engagement plan. "We have an internal recruiter," says Viviano. "He's the hardest-working guy in the agency now."


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I had so much fun designing and making these little dollhouses. I hope the girls love playing with them!
I hope to have a pattern available next summer.
OMG! I want one! I'd love to have the pattern for this, so I can make one for my daughter! Too cute!
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Thanks! I've just started prom sewing so I am fully booked till May. Sometime next summer if you're still interested, I'll let you know how to get your hands and one of these!
Do u sell portable Doll houses?
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Across the world an estimated 8 million children live in institutions. Some of those are run by the government, others by NGOs, faith-based organisations or private individuals. Many of these institutions are run with the best of intentions, with a desire to help vulnerable children. However, the fact is that most of these children do not need to live in institutions, more than 80% of children living in institutions have at least one living parent. Giving children a chance to live with their families by making sure community support is available to strengthen vulnerable families is the best way to help them and gives them the best chances both in the short and the long term.
Unfortunately, even the best-run institution is not able to fulfil all of a child's essential basic needs – which include physical contact, attention, stimulation and an opportunity to form attachments as well as the more commonly recognised practical needs of food and clothes – and in the long run this has serious consequences on the health, physical development as well as the brain development of the child. So institutional care is never the best option for raising a child, children need to grow up in families.
Why then, you may ask, does Orphanage Projects work to improve conditions in existing children's homes? This is because while it is essential that all childcare moves towards being family-based, this is not something that is going to happen overnight. And while children are still living in institutions, where improving the care system might give them a better chance of survival and a better quality of life, that is what I will strive to achieve, while at the same time advocating a move towards family-based care.
Because of limited means, limited knowledge, limited staff, and sadly sometimes limited interest, levels of care often fall well short of what is needed for children to be able to grow up and enjoy a good quality of life. Amongst the weakest group – infants – the toll is the highest. Lack of proper care quickly leads to high mortality among infants.
While on the other hand, simply more knowledge about and insight into childcare can save lives and make life more enjoyable for both children and carers. All you require to start reducing infant mortality is:
- A genuine interest in improving the care in your institution
- The cooperation of your staff in this endeavour
- Someone to provide you with the required knowledge
Would it surprise you to find out reduction of killers like infant pneumonia is in large part based on just knowledge? Or that the quality of life of children with motor development delays can often already be drastically improved without investing in equipment, with just regular exercises?
Who does not want to see the children in their care live to see their first birthday and beyond? And see their faces beam with pride as they reach their next developmental milestone.
Obviously being a single person, I cannot change the world. But I can change the world for one child. And then another one. And another.