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2012 Trafficking in Persons Report - Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|United States Department of State
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|19 June 2012
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CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE (Tier 3)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a source, destination, and possibly a transit country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. The majority of this trafficking is internal, and while much of it is perpetrated by armed groups and rogue elements of government forces outside government control in the country's unstable eastern provinces, incidents of trafficking occur throughout all 11 provinces. A significant number of unlicensed Congolese artisanal miners – men and boys – are reported to be exploited in situations of debt bondage by businesspeople and supply dealers from whom they acquire cash advances, tools, food, and other provisions at inflated prices and to whom they must sell the mined minerals at prices below the market value. The miners are forced to continue to work to repay constantly accumulating debts that are virtually impossible to repay. Throughout the year, in North Kivu, South Kivu, and Katanga Provinces, armed groups – such as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) – and Congolese national army (FARDC) troops routinely used threats and coercion to force men and children to mine for minerals, turn over their mineral production, pay illegal "taxes," or carry looted goods from mining villages.
Some Congolese girls are forcibly prostituted in tent- or hut-based brothels or informal camps – including in markets and mining areas – by loosely organized networks, gangs, and brothel operators. Some girls in Bas-Congo province are reportedly coerced into prostitution by family members or are transported to Angola and placed into the sex trade. Congolese women and children have been exploited within the country in conditions of domestic servitude and some migrate to Angola, South Africa, Republic of the Congo, as well as East African, Middle Eastern, and European nations, where they are exploited in sex trafficking, domestic servitude, or forced labor in agriculture and diamond mines. There were reports that some Congolese youth in Bandundu and Bas-Congo provinces were lured to Angola by the promise of employment; upon arrival, however, they were subjected to forced labor in diamond mines or forced into prostitution. Children from the Republic of the Congo may transit through the DRC en route to Angola or South Africa, where they are subsequently subjected to domestic servitude. Local observers suspect that some homeless children who act as beggars and thieves – known as cheggues – on the streets of Kinshasa are controlled by a third party. In previous years, Chinese women and girls in Kinshasa were reportedly subjected to sex trafficking in Chinese-owned massage facilities. Some members of Batwa, or pygmy groups, are subjected to conditions of forced labor in agriculture, mining, mechanics, and domestic service in remote areas of the DRC. A representative from a local NGO reported that, in Equateur province, pygmies are exploited in a form of hereditary slavery through which a non-pygmy family maintains control over a pygmy family throughout generations; the victims are forced to work in timber or agriculture, or to hunt for the family for little or no compensation.
The UN reported that indigenous and foreign armed groups, notably the FDLR, Patriotes Resistants Congolais (PARECO), various local militia (Mai-Mai), the Forces republicaines federalistes (FRF), the Forces de Resistance Patriotique en Ituri (FPRI), the Front des Patriotes de la Justice au Congo (FPJC), the Allied Democratic Forces/National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF/NALU), and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), continued to abduct and forcibly recruit Congolese men, women, and children to bolster their ranks and serve as laborers, porters, domestics, combatants, and sex slaves. Though at lower rates than in previous years, the LRA continued to abduct Congolese citizens, including children, in and near Orientale province; some of these abductees were later taken to Sudan, South Sudan or the Central African Republic. Likewise, abducted South Sudanese and Central African citizens experienced conditions of forced labor and sexual servitude at the hands of the LRA after being forcibly taken to the DRC.
Some FARDC commanders recruited, at times through force, men and children for use as combatants, escorts, and porters. During the year, the UN noted the continued presence of children in FARDC training centers; from January to June 2011, 66 such cases were documented in Orientale province alone. Former members of the militia group Congres National pour la Defense du People (CNDP) who were loosely integrated into the FARDC, particularly those commanded by Bosco Ntaganda, Colonel Innocent Zimurinda, and Colonel Baudouin Ngaruye, continued to be the worst offenders. However, the process of "regimentation" – a reorganization of the FARDC from a brigade- to a regiment-based system – undertaken by the government in 2011, as well a change in UN data collection methodology which no longer distinguished those elements that had been poorly integrated into the FARDC from the rest of the government's armed forces, made the distinction between these units less clear. An unspecified number of children recruited by the CNDP prior to its incorporation into the Congolese military remain within integrated FARDC units and have not been demobilized. The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) documented 272 cases of children who were both recruited and separated from armed groups in 2011, all of whom were identified in North and South Kivu provinces. In March 2012, the International Criminal Court, in issuing its first-ever verdict, convicted former Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga for enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 during conflict in the DRC between 2002 and 2003.
FARDC elements reportedly pressed civilians – men, women, and children, including internally displaced persons and prisoners – into forced labor to carry ammunition, supplies, and looted goods, to fetch water and firewood, to serve as guides and domestic laborers, to mine for minerals, or to construct military facilities and temporary huts. There were unconfirmed reports that policemen and members of other security forces in eastern DRC arrested people arbitrarily in order to extort money from them; those who could not pay were forced to work until they had "earned" their freedom.
The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so. It did not sign a UN-sponsored action plan to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers within its armed forces, though it formed a ministerial committee for this purpose. The government did not apply legal sanctions against those who recruit and use child soldiers. Also, a number of FARDC commanders accused of using child soldiers and committing forced labor abuses in previous reporting periods remained in leadership positions within the army and were not investigated, disciplined in any way, or brought to trial.
During the reporting period, the government made no discernible law enforcement efforts to combat any form of human trafficking. It continued to cooperate with international organizations in the demobilization of children from armed forces; however, despite evidence of a multifaceted human trafficking problem throughout the country's 11 provinces, the government did not identify victims of other forms of trafficking, and it did not provide protective services or referrals to NGO-operated facilities to victims of other forms of forced labor or sex trafficking.
Recommendations for the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Investigate and prosecute military and other law enforcement personnel – to the extent possible using existing legislation and irrespective of their rank – accused of unlawfully conscripting child soldiers or using local populations to perform forced labor, including in the mining of minerals, and punish convicted offenders; increase efforts to prosecute and punish non-military trafficking offenders who utilize forced labor or control women and children in prostitution; cease the FARDC's use of child soldiers, including those forcibly recruited, and demobilize all children from its ranks; adopt the implementing regulations to effectively apply the previously passed Child Protection Code; continue to ensure that any armed groups integrated into the FARDC are vetted for the presence of child soldiers and all associated children are removed and demobilized; adopt a UN-sponsored action plan to end the recruitment and use of children by the FARDC and begin to implement this plan; develop a legislative proposal to comprehensively address all forms of human trafficking, including labor trafficking; in partnership with NGOs or other civil society institutions, ensure the provision of short-term protective services to victims of forced labor and sex trafficking; and take steps to raise awareness about all forms of human trafficking among the general population.
The government made no discernible progress in law enforcement efforts to combat trafficking during the reporting period. The government's ability to enforce its laws does not extend to many areas of the country in which human trafficking occurs. The Ministry of Justice was allocated a budget of slightly less than 1 percent of the national budget and, at the close of the reporting period, the government was operating without an approved budget for the current year. Existing laws do not prohibit all forms of labor trafficking. The July 2006 sexual violence statute, Law 6/018, specifically prohibits sexual slavery, sex trafficking, child and forced prostitution, and pimping, prescribing penalties for these offenses ranging from three months' to 20 years' imprisonment. These penalties are sufficiently stringent and commensurate with those prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape. The government has not reported applying this law to suspected trafficking cases. The Child Protection Code (Law 09/001) also prohibits and prescribes penalties of 10 to 20 years' imprisonment for sexual slavery, child trafficking, child commercial sexual exploitation, and the enlistment of children into the armed forces; it cannot be fully implemented, however, reportedly because necessary decrees from several ministries are lacking as is a funding allotment from the Ministry of Finance.
Unlike the previous year, the government did not report investigating or prosecuting any trafficking cases during the year, or convicting any offenders of trafficking on related crimes. Bedi Mubuli Engangela (a.k.a. Colonel 106), a former Mai-Mai commander suspected of insurrection and war crimes, including the conscription of children, remained in detention at Malaka Prison in Kinshasa for a fourth year; a trial date was not set before the close of the reporting period.
Impunity for the commission of trafficking crimes by the security forces remained acute; the government did not report making efforts to hold suspected trafficking offenders within its security forces accountable for the use of civilians for forced labor or the unlawful recruitment and use of child soldiers. There was no evidence of disciplinary, investigative, or legal action taken by authorities, either during the reporting period or in recent years, following the commission of such abuses. Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Pierre Biyoyo, formerly of the Mudundu-40 armed group and the first person convicted by Congolese courts of conscripting children, escaped from prison in 2006 and was not re-incarcerated by the close of the reporting period. "Captain Gaston," an armed group commander allegedly responsible for the mid-2006 murder of an NGO child protection advocate attempting to identify and remove child soldiers, remained at large in Kitchanga, North Kivu during the reporting period; his January 2007 arrest warrant has not been executed and, after being promoted by the FARDC to the rank of major, he is leading a FARDC battalion between Ngungu and Karuba.
Elements of the governmental security forces continued to victimize, rather than protect, local populations during the reporting period. Although the government assisted in the identification and demobilization of child soldiers, it did not offer specific protections to other types of trafficking victims; beyond child soldiers, it did not report identifying any victims of forced labor or sex trafficking during the year. NGOs provided the vast majority of the limited shelter, legal, medical, and psychological services available to trafficking victims. The government lacked procedures for proactively identifying victims of trafficking among vulnerable groups or referring victims to protective services; there were reports that victims were sometimes detained for traveling within the country without proper documentation. An NGO reported that security forces regularly performed sweeps to round up cheggues in Kinshasa, at times at gunpoint, and expel them outside the city center. The government did not show evidence of encouraging victims to assist in investigations against their traffickers. While trafficking victims could file cases against their traffickers in civil courts, there is no evidence that any have ever done so; the public widely viewed civil courts as corrupt and believed outcomes were determined based on the relative financial means of the parties to the lawsuit. The government offered no legal alternatives to the removal of foreign victims to countries in which they may face hardship or retribution; there were, however, few foreign trafficking victims identified within the DRC in 2011 and the government has consistently allowed for the safe repatriation of foreign child soldiers in cooperation with MONUSCO.
Under the National Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Plan, all ex-combatants, including child soldiers, pass through a common process during which they disarm and receive information about military and civilian reintegration options. During this process, the National Demobilization Agency (UEPN-DDR), in cooperation with MONUSCO and UNICEF, continued to separate and transport any identified children to NGO-run centers for temporary housing and vocational training. According to MONUSCO, 1,244 child soldiers separated from armed groups were identified in 2011; 256 of these children were from the FARDC, including in elements which have been poorly integrated into the government's armed forces; approximately two-thirds of these children escaped from armed groups and the remainder, including 12 children under the age of 10 years old, were identified by UN child protection officers. An additional 302 children released from armed groups in previous years were identified and provided services this year. Reintegrated child soldiers remain vulnerable to re-recruitment as adequate rehabilitation services do not exist for children suffering the most severe psychological trauma. During the year, the government, with support from a foreign donor, screened and provided biometric identification cards to 103,217 members of the FARDC; as a result of these efforts, an unknown number of children were identified, removed from the armed forces, and referred to NGOs to receive rehabilitative services. As a result of MONUSCO's government-requested assistance in demobilizing children associated with the FRF prior to the group's integration into the FARDC, 52 children were identified and removed during the year, though it was estimated that this group contained greater numbers of children than were identified.
While the FARDC high command remained supportive of MONUSCO's efforts to remove children from its forces during the reporting period, it lacked sufficient command and control to compel many FARDC commanders to comply with standing orders to release their child soldiers, or to prevent ground troops from recruiting additional children or subjecting local populations to forced labor. There were fewer reports during the year that FARDC commanders actively blocked efforts by MONUSCO to separate children from their ranks; however, it is suspected that some factions hid children from UN representatives, and some FARDC elements continued to harass, arrest, and physically mistreat children formerly associated with armed groups.
The government made no significant efforts to prevent human trafficking during the reporting period. While the country has inter-ministerial bodies focused on human rights and child protection, no similar coordinating mechanism existed to address human trafficking at the national level. Although the National Ministry of Labor remained responsible for inspecting worksites for child labor, the ministry neither conducted any forced child labor investigations nor identified any cases of forced child labor in 2011 and had no system to track child labor complaints; inspectors often lacked means of transportation or resources to carry out their work. The government took some steps to establish the identity of adult populations by issuing voter registration cards to several million citizens between April 2011 and July 2011 through the country's voter registration process. In December 2011, the government adopted a national action plan to combat the worst forms of child labor, which includes some forms of child trafficking including child soldiering, but it did not allocate funds to implement the plan. The Katanga Provincial Committee to Combat the Worst Forms of Child Labor reported holding a public awareness event, reportedly focused on the use of children in artisanal mining, to correspond with the International Day to Combat Child Labor in June 2011; no other actions were reported by the three provincial committees established during the previous year to combat child labor. The government did not take any known measures during the reporting period to reduce the demand for forced labor or commercial sex acts.
In March 2012, senior FARDC officers, including commanders, from all regions of the DRC organized and participated in a seminar on security sector reform, including the government's "zero tolerance" policy regarding the recruitment and use of children in its armed forces. During the year, the Ministry of Defense publicly maintained its adherence to this policy and did not publicly engage in a discussion regarding children used by government forces, claiming that rebel groups were the sole perpetrators of these crimes. However, in September 2011, the government formed a committee comprised of members of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, to serve as the government's focal point for discussions with the UN regarding a joint action plan on ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers in the FARDC. In September, this committee met with UN representatives to discuss the steps toward signing an action plan; however, by the close of the reporting period, the government had not formally committed to signing such an action plan and negotiations between the UN and the government had not yet begun.


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IKEA in No Rush to Open India Stores
The new India chief of Swedish furniture giant IKEA Group says the company is not in a hurry to open its first store in the country. IKEA's priority, said Juvencio Maeztu, is to get a better feel for the market first.
"At this point of time we have many questions about the Indian market. We need to get information. We have to be humble and we have to listen," said Mr. Maeztu in his first interaction with the Indian media since IKEA announced its foray into India in June.
"I spent a fantastic week in May meeting people in their homes. I wanted to get a flavor of the Indian market. I wanted to try and understand how they live, what they need," said Mr. Maeztu, 44, told reporters in Mumbai. An economist by training, he spent 12 years working for IKEA in Europe before being appointed as country manager for India.
He declined to answer questions on when or where the Swedish company is likely to open its first store here. "We are in the process of getting an approval. We need to wait for it first," said Mr. Maeztu.
He hinted it will be a while before Indian homes will see IKEA furniture: "We are not going to rush. We are not going to set up too many stores in a short span of time. That is not out goal. Or goal is to develop a long-term approach for India."
IKEA is in the final stages of securing the Indian government's approval to start retail operations here. In June, it applied for permission to invest 1.5 billion euros ($1.9 billion) to set up 25 stores in the country.
This would make it the largest investment by a major global company since New Delhi changed its policy to allow 100% foreign ownership in single-brand retail ventures last year. Previously, foreign ownership was capped at 51% of such retail operations. IKEA wanted full control of their brand before entering India.
IKEA, which is known globally for its affordable, modern-looking furniture and household goods, hopes to tap into India's price-conscious market. "Design is not a good friend of price and many times price is not a good friend of quality. It's extremely important for us to combine these three things together for our future in India. We are obsessed with low prices to make things affordable for people," said Mr. Maeztu.
In India, IKEA will stick to its global strategy of setting up large stores, in line with the company's concept of having "everything under one roof," explained Mr. Maeztu. Local consumers are slowly embracing the one-stop shop concept in India, where some still prefer to have their furniture custom-made.
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Discussion in 'Regional Forums' started by Stagehand, Oct 9, 2009.
New tag
I want to see a sign that says "mighty"
Nice Job.
As a Fireman I got to know....Where was the fire station at?
Getting Bruced never really bothered me. I don't mind waiting either. I ride everyday in all weather so I have a chance to grab a TAG alot. I just wish I had more free time to actually do recreational riding and not commuting to work.
That would be Boston right there.
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Thanks. It's two blocks from my house! I at least rode across town for the new tag.
Just grab what you can, when you can. Everyone has different riding opportunities. No need to make this a lowest common denominator thing.
I hear you. But when it's Winter and the tag is one of 47 things in the entire country... it sort of kills the game. I try to make the tags fairly universal and easier in Winter than in the normal riding season. Just because I can ride all year, doesn't mean others can. And I'm more likely to be going farther away in the warmer months and be willing to grab something that's more challenging.
I like the current tag, but the nearest one I can find is about 150 miles away. No worry, I'll wait until something comes up I can get, or am willing to cover more distance for.
Oh, I know. I typically try to make them pretty easy. That way, I figure I'll have another shot at it sooner. I don't much get burying a tag somewhere that's near impossible to find. Making it a great ride is one thing. Making someone spend hours on the interwebs to find it is another altogether.
Hell, tell me what's within easy reach and I'll make that the tag when I get the chance, you know?
Get me a sign that has something to do with Sesame Street.
:huh UH OK that will take some research.
Funny, I thought this would be fairly easy given that is somewhat open ended.
There is an actual Sesame St close to the new NC tag :)
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Not saying it isn't, I just dont know off hand where to find anything right now. I will look into it more when I get off work.
:huh Sesame street is open ended? It's a trademarked business. Most don't go there when picking logos or wording. The one you used is probably in violation of the trademark.
But hey, I haven't looked for Bert streets or Ernie businesses or a local Sesame street yet.
Yeah, it's open ended for anyone who might be a little creative.
Gorgeous bike! I think there is a similar sign close to me. Hmmmmmm.......
Sesame St. Tag done, no Bert but Ernie was fond of his place


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Health Center seeks new site
On Thursday, Aug. 31, the site plan for the new health center was presented in front of the Arlington Planning commission. While the site plan has not yet been approved, the planning commission will hold a special meeting Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 5:30 p.m. That way, they can approve the site plan before the project goes before the Zoning Board to seek a permit later that evening.
In an interview after the meeting, Dan Barber, chairman of the planning commission, said there were five or six items missing from the site plan. They were verbally presented at the meeting, but needed to be added to the plan itself. The missing information included property dimensions, setbacks and more information about screening and what trees would be removed and which would stay.
"Nothing critical was missing, there just wasn't enough information," he said.
David Frothingham of DeWolfe Engineering Associates in Montpelier, presented the project to the board. He said it will feature an 8,000 square foot building in the front of the property, with parking in the middle and a 5,000 square foot building in the back. Frothingham said the building in the back of the property will not be built yet, but it is a future plan that they added to the site plan, for a full idea of what the property could look like.
"We're just putting it out there. . . it's a part of the plan, we want to make sure it all works together," he said. "Even if we don't build it for five or 10 years."
The site will feature 65 parking spaces. The planning commission wanted to know if there would be more handicapped parking because of the nature of the site.
Grace Gilbert-Davis, the chief executive director of the health center, said in offices like these it is very common to have 15 minute parking for visitors to the health center that may not have a handicap permit, but need some assistance at the time of their visit. Along with the parking spaces, the board wanted to know if ambulances would be dropping off at the center.
"No. . . but there is access for an ambulance in the main driveway," she said.
Some of the abutting landowners had questions, about how their property would be screened, as well as if there would be any impact on their water.
Frothingham said there wouldn't be any impact on their water and Gilbert-Davis said they would work with the property owners to make sure their property was screened in a way they wanted.
The planning commission asked for some changes to be made to the plan before they could approve it. Frothingham said the changes, which just added some more detail to the plan, would be sent to the planning commission next week.
The town has approved a temporary sign for the property, but Keith Squires, chair of the Arlington select board chairman, said he wanted Battenkill Valley Health Center to wait until they received their permits from the ZBA.
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CELEBRATION, Fla. - A Central Florida student says he regularly stands on his school bus while riding home due to overcrowding, and he shot video to prove it.
His parents say they are now wondering why any student should have to endure this and want the Osceola County School District to reduce crowding on buses.
Chandler Desrochers, 16, said he captured the video Tuesday on his way home from Celebration High School. He said for nearly four and half miles, students are regularly crammed into seats.
"If the bus gets into an accident, God forbid, the person sitting on the aisle goes flying forward," said Desrochers.
The Celebration High sophomore says some students are so uncomfortable they stand for the ride.
"It's not safe," said Chandler's mom, Melea Desrochers.
The Desrochers cited state statute about seat belts on school buses, but Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Kim Montes said that although buses now need to be equipped with seat belts, state law does not require students to wear them.
"But if you've got three children shoved in a seat and one of them is hanging half-way off of the seat, obviously the seat belts are probably not going to contain that third person," said Melea Desrochers.
"The younger kids are smaller so three to a seat might make sense for them," said Marty Desrochers, Chandler's father. "High school, three to a seat is mostly not doable."
In an email to Local 6, Osceola County School spokeswoman Dana Schafer says the bus was not overcrowded and standing on a moving bus is not allowed.
"The student chose not to sit down -- he certainly wasn't asked or required to stand. The approved occupancy of the bus is three to a seat. It was an 84-passenger bus," wrote Schafer. "You can see from the video that there are available seats vacant. We'd love, as I'm sure the students would as well, to only have two to a seat, which is more comfortable. Sometimes that isn't possible -- this is not an overcrowding situation."
The Desrochers disagree.
"I don't want to make a huge deal out of it, but it's a safety issue," said Melea Desrochers.
"I mean that's my biggest thing is that they're not restrained and, God forbid, an accident were to happen," said Marty Desrochers.
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To help locate Jim and Gail Ellis, FMCA issued an e-mail alert at approximately 2:30 p.m. Eastern time on Feb.12.
Meanwhile, longtime FMCA members Dave and Donna Moore were heading east in their Monaco Knight motorhome to Catalina State Park in Tucson, Ariz. They had just left Kartchner Caverns State Park, where they had spent the previous three nights.
"When we got to Catalina and set up, I saw the e-mail," Mr. Moore said. "I opened it up and saw the pictures and I said to my wife, Donna, 'That's the people we were camped next to at Kartchner.' "
He called FMCA immediately.
"The e-mail from FMCA was very helpful," Mr. Moore said. "Had their not been pictures on that e-mail, I know I would not have recognized them. Between the pictures of the coach and the pictures of them, especially of the lady, I recognized her. So that was what helped make the identification."
At Kartchner Caverns, the Moores, of Conneaut Lake, Pa., had parked one site below the Ellises — "on nice, spacious sites," Mr. Moore recalled. The Ellises arrived on the second day of the Moore's three-day stay.
"We saw both of them and the lady was sitting outside reading," Mr. Moore said. "It was a little bit cooler those days. As a matter of fact, the day before we had a little snow. We went for a walk around the campground and we waved and said hello. The next day we tried to ride our bikes but it was too cold, and once again she was outside reading and we waved again, but we really never introduced ourselves."
Mr. Moore said he also took notice of the Ellises' Newell motor coach, because it seemed "somewhat unique." He pondered whether it could be a converted motorhome.
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Mr. Moore's observation and swift action eroded the anxiety and concern that seemed to be escalating by the hour. "I'm so happy that I could put people's minds at ease and help the Ellises reunite with their friends and family," he said. "It's great. I like happy endings."


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FORT WORTH, Texas — Bristol Motor Speedway will not undergo additional changes from the grinding track officials conducted between its two Sprint Cup events in 2012, its owner said Saturday.
In order to create narrower racing grooves to encourage more contact among drivers, track officials took 2 degrees out of the banking of the top groove against the wall between the March and August races.
The intent was to create only two grooves and eliminate racing up against the wall. In the August race, there were two grooves — one groove in the middle and one next to the wall, which in the end produced the desired effect — the race had a series of crashes in one of the season's most rough-and-tumble events.
"Our (advanced) ticket sales are awesome so that tells me they liked what they saw," track owner Bruton Smith said Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. "Maybe that's indicative of what we did is right. … If we need to tweak it (after next March), we will."
Smith controls a majority of stock in Speedway Motorsports Inc., which owns the tracks at Bristol, Texas, Las Vegas, New Hampshire, Atlanta, Sonoma, Kentucky and Charlotte.
SMI reported that its admissions revenue at its 2012 races from January-September is down 9.2 percent with most attributed to fewer fans attending races this year (as opposed to fans buying cheaper tickets).
Overall, Smith believes NASCAR races need more drama.
"Happy? No," he said when asked to evaluate the season. "I just think we can do better. We can work at making the races more exciting.
"Some of the things NASCAR has done over the years has proven to be great. … I wish we had a couple of drivers that had maybe more of a mean streak. It would add a great deal to what we do if we would see more drama."
That drama could include more fighting and things such as Tony Stewart throwing his helmet at Matt Kenseth's car at Bristol. But what Smith doesn't want to see is drivers being interviewed when mad and getting themselves in trouble with sponsors and fans.
"I see on TV they are promoting Kurt Busch (and a new nickname) 'Outlaw,' " Smith said. "I hope it comes off all right. But right now I'm wondering about that.
"Is that going to do Kurt Busch harm? He's a talented driver and I think we make too much of some of the things he says sometimes. But you never want to stick a mic or a camera in front of a guy when he just came out of a racecar. … That's the wrong time to interview. That's when you get the worst."
Smith, who earlier this year had advocated NASCAR select certain laps and throw competition cautions, couched that idea Saturday. He said NASCAR should figure out a way to have at least six cautions per race. He also reiterated a suggestion of smaller gas tanks to have more pit stops.
Smith also talked about NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series, which is NASCAR's equivalent to AA baseball and considered a starting point for many drivers looking to compete in a national touring series.
"It's hard to sell truck racing," Smith said.
He joked that livestock might enliven the events.
"They need a lot of help," Smith said. "When I see a truck, I think it ought to be hauling something. I always thought maybe to enhance this truck racing maybe we put maybe a 200-pound hog in the back.
"We could build a nice harness for them and strap them down."
What Smith isn't worried about is the Formula One race in Austin in two weeks. He said that there is little crossover between NASCAR and Formula One fans so it shouldn't impact attendance at this weekend's Sprint Cup races in Fort Worth.
"Formula One has never been anything in this country," Smith said. "Go back as far as you want to. … We checked and about 10 people we know are going to it so we're not really concerned."
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Pneumothorax is the collection of air or gas in the space inside the chest around the lungs, which leads to a lung collapse.
This article discusses pneumothorax in infants.
For information about pneumothorax in older children and adults, see: Pneumothorax
Air leak syndrome
A pneumothorax occurs when the tiny air sacs (alveoli) in a baby's lung burst, leaking air into the space between the lung and chest wall (pleural space).
The most common cause of pneumothorax is respiratory distress syndrome, which occurs in babies who are born too early (premature).
Meconium aspiration syndrome is another cause of pneumothorax in newborns. As the baby is being born, he or she may breathe in the first bowel movement, called meconium. This may cause breathing problems and the need for a breathing machine.
Less commonly, an otherwise healthy baby can develop an air leak when he or she takes the first few breaths after birth. This occurs because of the pressure needed to expand the lungs for the first time.
Pneumothorax is more common in boys than girls.
Many infants with pneumothorax do not have symptoms. When symptoms do occur, they can include:
The nurses and doctors may have difficulty hearing breath sounds when listening to the infant's lungs with a stethoscope. The heart or lung sounds may seem as if they are coming from a different part of the chest than normal.
Tests for pneumothorax include:
Babies without symptoms may not need treatment. The health care team will monitor your baby's breathing, heart rate, oxygen level, and skin color.
If your baby is having symptoms, the doctor will place a needle or thin tube called a catheter into the baby's chest to remove the air that has leaked into the chest space.
Treatment can last for a few days to a few weeks.
Some air leaks will go away within a few days without treatment. Infants who are treated by removing the air with a needle or catheter usually do well after treatment.
Although babies on breathing machines are carefully watched, air leaks can occur.
As air builds up in the chest, it can push the heart toward the other side of the chest. This puts pressure on both the lung that hasn't collapsed and the heart. This condition is called tension pneumothorax. It is a medical emergency.
Often pneumothorax is discovered shortly after the baby is born. Call your health care provider if your infant has symptoms of pneumothorax.
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Integration of the environment into economic policy
The European Union defines a Community strategy to integrate environmental issues into economic policy using various instruments such as market mechanisms, Member States' annual reports and the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines.
Communication from the Commission of 20 September 2000 to the Council and the European Parliament: bringing our needs and responsibilities together - integrating environmental issues and economic policy [COM(2000) 576 final - not published in the Official Journal].
This communication takes as its premise, that there is no inherent contradiction between economic growth and the maintenance of an acceptable level of environmental quality. So measures to integrate environmental and economic policies should simultaneously reduce pollution and improve the functioning of the economy.
At the present time, economic policy is essentially concerned with economic stability and the functioning of markets. For a great many environmental groups and services, there is no market or it is incomplete and these missing markets give rise to economic inefficiency. Consequently, the best strategy for integrating the environment into economic policy must be to create or improve the functioning of markets for environmental goods.
The communication advocates a number of solutions to improve the functioning of environmental product markets:
- fixing correct prices for environmental goods;
- creating and assigning well-defined property rights for environmental goods and services which are enforceable by law and tradeable;
- fixing a price to pay (in the form of a tax or charge) for pollution;
- establishing deposit-refund schemes to encourage recycling;
- offering subsidies to goods and services which generate positive environmental effects;
- negotiating agreements with industry;
- providing information about the environmental characteristics of goods and services.
As far as the relationship between competitiveness and the environment is concerned, the communication states that increased protection of the environment should not damage the Community's competitiveness in the world. On the contrary, integrating environmental factors into economic policy should increase efficiency and hence improve the competitiveness of the European Union's economy.
While the Commission identifies international cooperation as the most appropriate means of combating world ecological problems, it also raises the possibility of making broader tax adjustments which would be environmentally sound and consistent with international trading rules.
The Commission is proposing to analyse the environmental implications of the taxation systems of the different Member States for the Council. An analysis of this kind would have to include the effects of subsidies, taxes, tax exemptions and reductions on the environment.
With regard to social stability, the communication states that environmental policies can have a positive effect on employment where the supply of environmental goods and services is more labour-intensive than the economic activities it replaces.
The Commission undertakes to devise a detailed series of indicators for integrating environmental and economic policies. They will be compatible with the structural indicators which emerged from the Lisbon European Council. This will make it possible to take account of environmental questions in structural reforms of the European economy. These indicators will be of different kinds:
- relating to the use and effectiveness of economic instruments (such as the amount of income received from environmental taxes, the use of tradeable emission permits and negotiating agreements);
- relating to policies and measures that are harmful to the environment (such as indicators on the importance and impact of subsidies);
- relating to the value of the environment (such as measures of savings and wealth which attempt to capture the impact of depletion and degradation of natural resources);
- relating to "environment" industries (data relating to repairing pollution damage and providing environmental services).
To recapitulate, the communication lists the basic elements for a Community strategy to integrate the environment into economic policy by:
- adopting a gradual and credible approach to environmental integration, derived from an analysis of available scientific and technical data, the environmental conditions in the various regions of the Community and the potential costs and benefits of action or lack of action;
- adopting an approach consistent with the strategy for sustainable development which the European Council intends to adopt in June 2001;
- the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines must fully incorporate the objectives of environmental integration;
- adopting an approach which takes account of the contribution of taxation and expenditure policies to environmental integration, including the efficiency of economic instruments in achieving environmental objectives;
- including the removal of subsidies which are harmful to the environment.
Communication from the Commission of 15 May 2001 A Sustainable Europe for a Better World: A European Union Strategy for Sustainable Development (Commission proposal to the Gothenburg European Council) [COM(2001) 264 - not published in the Official Journal].
Report by the (ECOFIN) Council of 28 November 2000 to the European Council in Nice - A strategy for the integration of environmental issues with economic policies. The Council considers that environmental considerations should be integrated with the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines (BEPG), and rigorously followed through. Environmental policy should include various complementary economic instruments:
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OCEAN CITY – Plans for the Ayres Creek water trail and landing park are moving along smoothly, reported organizers this week, as they sought approval from the Mayor and City Council to move forward with a partnership with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Jim Rapp, director of Delmarva Low-Impact Tourism Experiences (DLITE), presented the Mayor and City Council with an update on the proposed eco-park project this week, citing potential assistance and funding that could be garnered from DNR.
Rapp presented the Mayor and Council with the conceptual idea of an eco-park at Lewis Road along the banks of Ayers Creek earlier this year, pointing out a relatively untapped resource in the resort area, nature-based tourism.
The 37-acre park is home to a variety of species of waterfowl, birds and raptors and has the potential to draw visitors and to work as an active "soft" landing access for canoes and kayaks.
The idea of the eco-park was pitched to the Mayor and Council as "adventure with a coat check," a concept that could add an eco-tourism aspect to the resort.
According to Rapp, studies are showing that an increasing number of people, more specifically baby boomers, are looking for a day full of adventure followed by a hot shower, a nice dinner and a comfy bed. The idea is to create a relationship between the amenities of Ocean City's hotels and restaurants and the close proximity of the area's nature in an effort to create a strong following of nature-based tourists.
The council gave unanimous support to the concept earlier this year, giving permission for the use of the 37-acre, town-owned land that once served as the town landfill.
Rapp explained this week that through working relationships with DNR, Maryland Coastal Bays Program, Assateague Coastal Trust and other organizations, they hope to continue with the creation of the paddling opportunity.
"It's a great access point to the very scenic Ayres Creek," he said.
Paddlers would have the opportunity to launch from a "soft landing" point, and take advantage of the unique water trails that would guide them through Ayres Creek and Newport, Chincoteague and Sinepuxent bays.
Rapp sought permission from the Mayor and Council this week to send a letter to DNR to request its assistance in the project.
At this stage, a conceptual plan and water trail map and guide need to be created, explained Rapp.
The conceptual plan would include amenities and water access for canoes and kayaks. The water trail map and guide would work to guide paddlers through the area as well as give them a better sense of the eco-park.
Wetlands restoration is also a priority that will need to be addressed at some point, said Rapp.
Rapp explained that with the town's approval to send the letter to DNR, the agencies could move forward with DNR soon, as money is already budgeted through DNR for this fiscal year.
Rapp added that both the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association and the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce have shown interest in the project.
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"There is hope."
Those were the words of Harold "Sonny" White at the
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I. From Fiction to Feasible
The idea for the real-life version was first hatched by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre in 1994. Alcubierre's spaceship was a two-part design consisting of a football-shaped spacecraft and an outer ring of exotic matter, responsible for warping space.
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So what's the problem? The amount of energy needed to warp the space was calculated to be equivalent to the mass of the planet Jupiter, the most massive planet in our solar system. Thus for almost a decade the idea was written off as an interesting theoretical observation, but more fit for fiction than fact.
Then along came Mr. White with an interesting idea -- what if you turned the relatively flat ring into a donut. The results were astonishing -- used the new rounded ring design, the mass-energy needed was reduced by orders of magnitude to around that of the Voyager 1 probe NASA launched in 1977 -- a small spacecraft.
And by oscillating the intensity of the warps over time, the energy could be even further reduced.
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, "The findings I presented today change it from impractical to plausible and worth further investigation. The additional energy reduction realized by oscillating the bubble intensity is an interesting conjecture that we will enjoy looking at in the lab. If we're ever going to become a true spacefaring civilization, we're going to have to think outside the box a little bit, were going to have to be a little bit audacious."
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Following the new revelations, Mr. White's next order of business is to set up a tabletop experiment at the Johnson Space Center using a measurement instrument they invented, dubbed the White-Juday Warp Field Interferometer. The laser instrument is designed to detect small warps in space.
Mr. White says of this "humble" experiment, "We're trying to see if we can generate a very tiny instance of this in a tabletop experiment, to try to perturb space-time by one part in 10 million."
The warp drive could allow man to reach distant exoplanets. [Image Source: NASA/UCSD]
Richard Obousy, president of Icarus Interstellar, a non-profit group of scientists and engineers devoted to pursuing interstellar spaceflight, is thrilled by the progress, commenting, "Everything within space is restricted by the speed of light. But the really cool thing is space-time, the fabric of space, is not limited by the speed of light."
At this point the warp engine is still in its very nascent stages of development.
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And at that the mind wonders upon the idea of this device floating through the cold stretches of space -- a doubly round manmade instrument in a universe dominated by curvature, creating oscillations of space which are in turn oscillated in intensity with a sinusoidal, rhythmic beat that could one day carry mankind across the stars.
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Tree of Life costars Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain also made the elite list. Brad chose to portray himself as a madman and got into character by envisioning "Peter Lorre — with a dose of Kramer." Jessica's beauty was disguised behind a wall of fire and flames for her shoot while another famous face, Ryan Gosling, is barely recognizable. Gosling, who starred in three separate films this year, was given the impossible feat of playing the Invisible Man. Ryan joked, "I don't really know if the Invisible Man is a villain or not, but I just don't trust the guy. He says he's going to be somewhere, but never shows up. Even when he does show up, he's only ever kind of there. Yeah, that's right, Invisible Man, I'm looking at you. In your face! That is your face, right?"
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Kristen Goes Bowling In Montreal... No. Really.
17 comments:
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2010 at 5:40 AM
I don't believe this is a current pic of Kristen...she has reddish hair now for her role in On The Road. Remember when she was on with loopy Letterman? Here is a link to those pics. http://www.popsugar.com/Pictures-Kristen-Stewart-New-Strawberry-Blond-Hair-8947897ReplyDelete
I agree with anonymous. why would her hair be that color if it was a current pic...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2010 at 10:36 AM
to the previous people,ReplyDelete
there is something called the lighting.
Also the guy on his facebook also talk about garett being there, why would he lie?
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2010 at 12:18 PM
his jeans looks like he peed on himself lolReplyDelete
What interview is that gif from?ReplyDelete
Seriously, that girl can wear the tightest pants I've ever seen. Respect.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2010 at 4:56 PM
The guy sounds like a d*ck. His statement smacks of condescension. Aside from that...poor Kristen, can't even get her bowl on in peace.ReplyDelete
It looks like her 'new' hair to me..who's garret?ReplyDelete
Garrett Hedlund is Stew's co-star in "On the Road". The cast is in Montreal right now doing some prep work for the film to learn about the time period before shooting begins.ReplyDelete
The pic is recent... Stew is wearing the necklace... THAT necklace.
I feel very out of the loop.. what do you guys mean about the necklace?ReplyDelete
and yah, the guy is sooo rude. wth?
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2010 at 11:30 PM
to the person who said there's something called lighting...you don't think this guy would lie? Bulloney...all you have to do is read his little story to see what an arrogant jerk he is...he'd do it to get all the attention from fans! Personally I don't believe it ever happened because other people there would have said something about seeing Kristen too. Lighting or not her hair is TOO dark!ReplyDelete
Yeah--what's up with that necklace? I've seen her wearing it all the time lately--and I know you all mean something by your comments about it, so please spell it out for those of us who are clueless!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2010 at 1:57 AM
Before her 20th birthday celebration with Rob in Budapest...no necklace. Returning from Budapest...necklace that she almost NEVER is photographed without!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 22, 2010 at 4:24 AM
Heres where they returned from Budapest - you can see the necklace.ReplyDelete
Thanks--I get that, but what is it? It looks to me to be some sort of saint charm or something similar--do we really know what it is?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 25, 2010 at 12:30 AM
She was wearing it in the the Entertainment Weekly cover, but all the images I can find online don't let me zoom enough to see what it is. You can see the pictures here:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2010 at 3:18 PM
It's true i'm from montreal, she's here shooting a movie ... she was at sharx in downtown montreal bowling my friends were there too.ReplyDelete


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Landlord doubles rent, forces gym out of downtown
Original post made on Jul 10, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 11:14 AM
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a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jul 10, 2012 at 11:31 am
Laura Macias supports the homosexual community. Thats where she made a mistake. Turning to her
a resident of Gemello
on Jul 10, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Greed is back with a vengeance like we have never seen before. dotcom boom pales to what I see now. I see apartment rents skyrocketing like we have never seen before. 1BR for more than $2000 and 2BR for $2500 in many average neighborhoods in this town now. There is no stopping this unless we have a real serious calamity in this area.
a resident of Willowgate
on Jul 10, 2012 at 12:13 pm
ok sorry bout this.....this was there how long? since 2004? on castro? I never heard of it.....I live in Mountain View, and know everything.....or I thought I did.......where on castro was this? must have been tiny.......wow.....oh well.....
a resident of Jackson Park
on Jul 10, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Well, the article does say the space was 2200 square feet, so not enormous.
According to the website, the entrance was actually on Church Street, so it was one of the businesses that looked to the back of the building. You couldn't see it if you drove by on Castro.
I hope they land on their feet nearby and that old customers will continue to patronize them.
a resident of The Crossings
on Jul 10, 2012 at 2:33 pm
I never used Custom Fitness but it's sad to see a small business that looks out for the community being replaced by some fly-by-night startup. What exactly are we doing to ourselves?
a resident of Rex Manor
on Jul 10, 2012 at 4:01 pm
I'll bet that Promethius gives more donations to the Council than did Custom Fitness.
Thanks Planning Commision and the City in general for regulating our City, the businesses and the world.
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Jul 10, 2012 at 4:21 pm
This is exactly why I wanna leave Ca, specially MV. Hey MV GOOGLE won't be here for ever, don't be stupid and force all the mom & pop Bussiness out. Then whet will you be???? WAKE UP!!
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jul 10, 2012 at 8:39 pm
There are some factual errors in this article. As noted, the gym address is actually Church Street. The building it was in is offices, not apartments.
FYI: Currently Prometheus is renting a 1 bedroom apartment in he building next door for $2950 a month. That is up from $1890 just 2 years ago.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Jul 10, 2012 at 8:43 pm
George you are so right on. The common Mountain viewer doesn't dtand a chance with the money the promo titan has to throw around.
Change the zoning - no problem, build, build, build no problem.
Regular citizen - you aren't a good fit....
a resident of Cuernavaca
on Jul 10, 2012 at 9:41 pm
"Forces gym out of Downtown"?
Perhaps the cost structure of a gym doesn't fit with rents on the main street in downtown Mountain View. I can't recall any gyms on University Ave in Palo Alto or Santa Cruz Ave in Menlo Park or... I bet lots of gym owners would like to be situated on a bustling main street within walking distance of floods of customers.
It's possible the building owner paid a large amount for the building and has been operating at a loss during the low-rent period of time. Are people suggesting this particular property owner should now be charitable because some folks feel bad for mom & pop? Hey, then pony up and help the gym out...or maybe people can flood City Council and ask for a subsidy.
It's easy to play with other people's money...
a resident of Shoreline West
on Jul 11, 2012 at 7:12 am
Mountain View continues to follow the old Rust Belt pattern: put all of your eggs in one basket. When the tech sector nosedives, and it will, San Jose will be Detroit, and Mountain View will be Flint.
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If the NHL thinks it's at war only with its players, the league had better start paying attention to fed-up fans.
A Sun Media online poll shows that fans are mad as hell … and apparently not going to take it anymore.
With the lockout entering its second weekend, fans reacted with anger over a dispute between the NHL and NHLPA that shows little sign of being resolved.
With more than 12,000 fans responding to our poll, nearly 62% said they have had enough of this drama and will watch less hockey when the players return to the ice. The remainder decided they loved hockey too much to hold a grudge.
It's hard to blame the disgruntled fans. There have been three lockouts under commissioner Gary Bettman's watch, the most recent in 2004-05, sidelining the league for a year.
When it comes down to it, fans, many of whom have to pinch pennies to take care of such "little" things as making mortgage payments and paying grocery bills, have a hard time relating to a war between millionaires and billionaires. Both sides, our poll shows, are at fault.
But many fans still vent at the crusty owners who pull Bettman's strings.
We remember
Yes, owners, we remember the last settlement when you privately crowed that you took the players to the woodshed. In the wake of the agreement, the commish promised reductions in ticket prices. Sure enough, a few years later, fans are paying the price for the owners' stupidity and irresponsibility.
Players don't get off the hook, either. When asked if player contracts should be guaranteed, more than 66% of those responding said teams should be able to dump players in the middle of their contracts. After all, that's exactly what they do in the NFL. Ouch!
Here's a sampling of the fan anger:
"I'm 55 and have been watching hockey since I was seven … 48 years (Bruins first 20, Leafs last 28), usually with family and friends. I/we will never again go to Toronto or Buffalo unless the ticket is free. I will watch less games, much less, if any! I'm disgusted at what I'm hearing from both sides. Total disregard for those who work at the arenas and surrounding areas and of course us fans, again … Shame on me, a fan!!!!"
We asked what is the reasonable amount to pay a superstar player. More than 50% said $5 million was fair. Problem with that is fans will pay to see Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Steven Stamkos and the Sedins of the world, but should they draw the same salary as Ales Hemsky and Brian Gionta?
The poll reveals other interesting findings.
Fans think the Vancouver Canucks will perform the best of any Canadian team once teams return to the ice (assuming they do), but the young, exciting Edmonton Oilers have risen to second.
A bit more than 41% of fans say they will watch more football during the lockout, while a surprisingly low number of 4.14% will watch more hoops.
Oh, and the New York Rangers are apparently the choice to win the Stanley Cup. Perhaps in some kind of lockout-induced trauma, 6.97% picked the Toronto Maple Leafs to hoist Lord Stanley's chalice.
Yes, it is okay to dream.
Who do you blame most for the lockout?
Both sides 57% (7,319)
Greedy owners 28% (3,603)
Greedy players 15% (1,895)
What is a reasonable amount to pay an NHL superstar?
$5 million a year 58% (7,089)
$1 million a year 24% (3,004)
No limit 10% (1,243)
$10 million a year 8% (958)
Should NHL contracts be guaranteed or should owners be able to walk away from deals with underperformers as is the case with the NFL?
If a player doesn't perform, owners can dump them 66% (8,108)
A deal is a deal and the owners need to guarantee the money 34% (4,152)
During the lockout, I'll watch more …
Football 41% (4,747)
Junior hockey 35% (4,047)
AHL hockey 14% (1,543)
Soccer 6% (700)
Basketball 4% (477)
If the season is lost, how will it affect you as a fan?
I have had enough of this and I will watch less hockey 62% (7,437)
I will be ticked off, but I will go to games when they come back and watch on TV. I will always love hockey. 38% (4,568)
If the NHL comes back this season, who will be the best Canadian team?
Vancouver 45% (5,330)
Edmonton 18% (2,078)
Ottawa 13% (1,530)
Toronto 8% (948)
Winnipeg 7% (822)
Montreal 5% (637)
Calgary 4% (425)
If the NHL comes back this season, who will win the Stanley Cup?
New York Rangers 26% (2,777)
Pittsburgh 25% (2,662)
Los Angeles 11% (1,145)
Vancouver 10% (1,010)
Other 9% (923)
Boston 8% (802)
Toronto 7% (734)
Detroit 4% (473)
If the NHL comes back this season, who will be the best player?
Sidney Crosby 57% (5,893)
Evgeni Malkin 17% (1,812)
Taylor Hall 10% (985)
Other 5% (531)
Alexander Ovechkin 5% (478)
One of the Sedins 4% (440)
Zdeno Chara 2% (245)
If the NHL comes back this season, who will be the best goalie?
Henrik Lundqvist 31% (3,313)
Jonathan Quick 29% (3,112)
Carey Price 11% (1,097)
Cory Schneider 10% (1,052)
Pekka Rinne 9% (941)
Martin Brodeur 5% (496)
Other 3% (318)
Mike Smith 2% (240)


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ISRAEL (A courageous Israeli Jew)
Original post made by Jag Singh, Duveneck/St. Francis, on Nov 12, 2006
Comments (6)
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Nov 12, 2006 at 1:48 pm
Where did you cut and paste this story from Jagjit?
Also you may note that in the Stanford Daily story about her talk, she is quoted as saying that she is not their to bash Israel--too bad you missed that.
In order to get equal coverage they should bring in an Arab speaker to express his outrage over the treatment of Jews living in the Arab country--oh wait that would be impossible since almost all of the Jews living in the Arab countries have been forced to leave with their belongings confiscated.
By the way www.breakingthesilence.org is a non-existant link.
So when will you tell us why you hate Jews and Israel so much? It seems that Jews and Israel are always the victim of your venom and hatred yet you never speak out agaist Arab/Muslim oppression, terrorism and hateful policies.
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a resident of Palo Verde
on Nov 12, 2006 at 10:38 pm
I wonder why Jag calls Ms. Nathan "courageous." Ms. Nathan is entitled to her opinions and she does not face prison or other punishment for her words and actions. In other words, Ms. Nathan lives in a democracy and is no more courageous than any one of us here -- like Jag -- that decide to voice an unpopular -- or foolish -- opinion.
Courageous would be a Muslim from the Palestinian Authority -- or from a neighboring Arab country -- that would publicly speak up in defense of Israel and against the Islamic ethos of suicide, terrorism, and anti-semitism. Unfortunately there have been only handful of such courageous people over decades, and most of them ended up murdered or in prison. That's a different king of courage, of which Jag has not the slightest inkling. Instead he can enjoy his anti-Semitic ravings in the safety of American democracy.
a resident of another community
on Nov 13, 2006 at 10:43 pm
Everyone should try to see "Isreal's Next War" The extreme right Zionists call for the killing of all Palestanians. Also a major local,talk show host has said a number of times (not exact words) If only the world wasn't watching the Iserial army could take care of the Palestian problem (kill them all, exterminate them) Gaza strip is the size of NY citys central park and has several million people living in it. It is actually a concentration camp with guards controlling it's borders.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Nov 14, 2006 at 10:35 am
The "minor" difference being that each and every such statement by extremists is widely denounced by the Israeli mainstream, while Palestinian and Islamic extremism is never condemned by any Arab mainstream, and indeed it is generally embraced and praised by them. It is like judging the US by what Al Sharpton or David Duke say.
Instead, what "everyone should" is read the various Arab mainstream opinions of Israel. Few examples from just the last 3 weeks courtesy of MEMRI Web Link :
Palestinian Foreign Minister 3 weeks ago: "Israel is a vile entity that has been planted in our soil, and has no historical, religious or cultural legitimacy. We cannot normalize our relations with this entity. [...] [We say] no to recognizing Israel, regardless of the price we may have to pay [for our refusal]."
Official Hammas communique two weeks ago: "We will not relinquish [...] a single inch of stolen Palestinian land. Sooner or later, our people shall return to its land, to its cities and to its villages from which it was expelled..."
Editorial in Iranian daily newspaper 3 weeks ago: "The nation of Muslims must prepare for the great war, so as to completely wipe out the Zionist regime, and remove this cancerous growth."
It would be nice if any mainstream Arab voice would raise in condemnation. Unfortunately, none can be found. Speaking of "courage" ...
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Nov 15, 2006 at 10:40 pm
I'm really tired of all the Israel demonizing going on, and a certain user of this forum uses every opportunity he can! This "Israel's Next War" business sounds a lot like the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion."
Israel is a peacful democratic nation. Like all democracies, there are free people within its borders that express many opinions.
Its just sad to hear this non-stop conspiracy mongering. I guess history has shown that when people need to demonize, they will usually demonize the Jewish people. I'm a Jew, and I believe in Israel. I believe Israel, the only Jewish nation in the universe that we know of, has a right to exist and a right to self defense. I pray for the day when that need will no longer exist.
a resident of Community Center
on Jan 16, 2007 at 6:53 pm
Israel is a peaceful nation? Not according to her own soldiers. You really should check out breakingthesilence.org.il
How many Palestinian dead last year?
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