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Israel's government is not put out by the two American AWACS surveillance aircraft now roaming the skies of Egypt. But this demonstration of the sophisticated aircraft's tactical value is a reminder to the leadership and public here of their opposition to the proposed sale of five AWACS planes to Saudi Arabia - a country regarded by Israelis as inherently hostile and as a potential enemy in any future Middle East war.
Security-minded Israelis tend to look suspiciously at any device capable of penetrating their air space through electronic and radar equipment, thereby depriving them of the element of tactical surprise.
But the two AWACS in Egypt do not evoke much concern in Israel since:
* The two countries are formally at peace.
* The two AWACS will be manned by American crews and will scan air spaces other than Israel's (presumably Libya and the Sudan).
* Above all, the planes will leave Egypt after the November war games - the joint Egyptian-US military maneuvers.
The permanent stationing of AWACS planes in Saudi Arabia and their operation by Saudi crews is an entirely different matter, however.
Prime Minister Menachem Begin has repeatedly declared his unwillingness to intrude in a domestic American debate. He did manage, however, to state his views privately to congressional units and to let them seep into the American mass media.
When the Saudis firmly rejected a compromise proposal according to which American crews would also be aboard the five AWACS with Saudi personnel, Begin had his ministers join him in a strong disclaimer.
''The unequivocal announcement of the Saudi Arabian government that it would not agree under any condition to cooperation (that is, American) in the operation of the AWACS planes is an additional proof - if such were needed - that the supply of these intelligence planes is a serious danger to the security of Israel,'' a Cabinet communique said.
Some of Begin's local critics interpreted this text as implying consent to the stationing of the five AWACS in Saudi Arabia if American crews were assigned to stay with them. But the burden of the communique was negative with regard to the AWACS deal and it was meant for the consideration of senators and congressmen due to vote on the issue.
Political considerations have inhibited the Begin government's involvement in the AWACS deal from the start.
When it was announced, shortly after President Reagan's inauguration, Israeli officials were reluctant to enter into a public dispute with a chief executive universally regarded as a staunch friend of the Jewish state.
On the other hand, it was impossible for the prime minister and his colleagues to ignore the scope of the AWACS deal - not only comprising five surveillance aircraft, but also multiple bomb ejection racks, Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, and disposable auxilliary fuel tanks.
These enhancements, intended for Saudi Arabia's fleet of 62 F-15 Eagle fighter-bombers, constitute a shift in the aircraft's tactical mission from defensive to offensive capabilities, and as such, a deviation from previous commitments made to Israel by the Carter administration when the F-15s were sent to the Saudis.
By late spring, the private consensus in Israel's political elite was that the AWACS deal was irreversible and that to embark on a public campaign to stop it would not only be hopeless, but also would antagonize the Reagan administration uselessly.
That did not prevent Israeli experts from expressing their opinion of the AWACS deal when asked. Ex-chief of military intelligence Aharon Yariv, now head of Tel Aviv University's Center for Strategic Studies, said AWACS in Saudi hands would mean that ''we would be naked from the treetop level up.''
Begin's media adviser, Uri Porat, justified the prime minister's negative stand on the AWACS during a visit to the United States last month, saying: ''We cannot remain silent on a matter of such direct importance to our national security.''
And since the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in Cairo and the consequent blow to Egypt's political stability, Mr. Porat and others have noted that Saudi Arabia's government is even less secure than Sadat's and that it therefore would be unwise to transfer the AWACS planes and their companion technology to a country whose political future is uncertain.


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Bush Heritage Landscape Ecologist Phil Cullen describes our newest reserve.
A major arid-zone property will be the next Bush Heritage reserve. It's a haven for desert wildlife, with river floodplains, dune systems, clay pans and ephemeral and semi-permanent wetlands. You can help us to protect this outstanding property now.
It was over two years ago that Bush Heritage was first alerted to Ethabuka, a 214 000-hectare pastoral lease on the northern edge of the Simpson Desert.
Angus Emmott (Channel Country grazier and long-time campaigner for the Cooper Creek) told me an intriguing tale about a river that flowed only about once a decade and died as a series of waterholes in the sand dunes. He talked of ephemeral lakes that could support huge numbers of waterfowl, vast areas of habitat for a suite of desert mammals that were rapidly disappearing from the landscape, and pressed his point by commenting on the lack of reserves in the Channel Country.
This property, he said, was in very good condition and had seen little development as a cattlegrazing lease.
With its apparent lack of threats my initial reaction was to wonder why Bush Heritage would consider buying such a property. However, after talking to Dr Chris Dickman, a researcher at Sydney University whose work on the mammal fauna of the region and on this property spans more than a decade, I was convinced of the importance of protecting this outstanding place. His information was remarkable.
The desert wildlife on this western Queensland property is largely intact. With 198 species, the property has a significantly higher diversity of animals than the adjacent Simpson Desert National Park and higher densities than the more heavily stocked neighbouring properties.
Twenty-six native mammal species have so far been recorded on the property. The community of 14 small to medium-sized mammal species is exceptionally rich and includes the small carnivorous mulgara that is listed as nationally vulnerable. Also found there are the desert short-tailed mouse, the spinifex hopping mouse, the desert mouse and the charming sandy inland mouse which is also present at Bush Heritage's Charles Darwin Reserve, WA.
The survival of these species on Ethabuka is largely explained by the near absence of rabbits. The country is probably just too hot and dry for them. Fewer rabbits have meant a healthier ecosystem, less competition for food and importantly fewer foxes and cats, which often establish along with their rabbit prey.
Chris went on to say that the property is also considered to have one of the richest reptile faunas in Australia. Fifty-four reptile species have been recorded, including the woma (a rare desert python) and a small desert-dwelling skink Ctenotus ariadne, both of conservation significance.
One hundred and twelve bird species have been recorded, including the Australian bustard, painted honeyeater, yellow chat, and chestnut quail-thrush, all of which are listed as 'threatened'. Six species of frogs have also been found.
The vegetation on Ethabuka is diverse, with 18 major plant communities and 200 species identified so far. Around 36 200 ha of the property is on or adjacent to the flood plains, the type of country that is prized for cattle production and thus unreserved or poorly reserved.
Most importantly, the property extends along a major environmental gradient and incorpo-rates country from the heart of the Simpson Desert to permanent or semi-permanent waterholes on the flood plain. This gradient is not represented in the Simpson Desert National Park.
The ephemeral wetlands and the semipermanent Pulchera Waterhole on Ethabuka are part of a complex of features on the junction of the Mulligan River and Wheeler Creek that have earned the area listing as a wetland system of national significance.
The wetlands spring to life after big rains or with floods coming down from higher in the catchment. They provide habitat for large numbers of waterfowl. The Pulchera Waterhole dries up only during the most severe droughts, so remains a focus for cattle grazing.
Equally important is the Field River, a normally dry watercourse that on rare occasions flows down from higher country to the north-west and out into the heart of the Simpson Desert. It delivers lifegiving water to a string of waterholes, stands of red gums and coolibahs and extensive grassy flats.
This ecosystem extends many kilometres into the Simpson Desert dune field, creating an oasis for a suite of arid woodland species. Again, cattle concentrate here when water is available.
Three factors have been identified as the primary causes of the loss and decline of mammal species and ground-nesting birds in arid and semi-arid Australia: the loss of variability in the vegetation from changes to the pattern and intensity of fires, degradation of habitats as a result of over-grazing by stock and feral animals and, particularly, the spread of rabbits and their predators, cats and foxes.
Fire is a major threat. In recent times the regional fire regime has changed from one of small-scale, frequent and low-intensity fires, as practised by the Aborigines (resulting in an in-tricate mosaic of varying vegetation structure across the landscape), to one of infrequent, broad-scale, high-intensity fires that result in the loss of variability in the vegetation structure. This leaves large areas unsuitable for small mammals and other fauna.
In recent years a number of high-intensity fires have burnt out hundreds of thousands of hectares across the Simpson Desert National Park and parts of Ethabuka. Foxes and cats moved in after the most recent fire to prey on the exposed small mammals. However, as the vegeta-tion has begun to recover, the fox and cat numbers are again declining.
Over-grazing by cattle can have an effect similar to fire by removing the protective ground cover. It also prevents grasses from setting the seed that's an important food for many small mammals and birds. The gradual expansion of grazing into areas previously considered marginal for cattle is a concern for the long-term viability of small-mammal populations in these arid areas.
The station neighbouring Ethabuka is now developing new water points throughout most of the areas that currently support little or no stock. Regular grazing and the provision of the drinking water needed by predators mean that the quality of these habitats, which have probably been refuges for small-mammal populations up until now, is likely to decline.
The long-term impacts of grazing in these remote regions are only now beginning to be reported in the conservation literature. Regions such as the Kimberley, Cape York, the Top End and the Gulf Country, which we once considered to be in a more or less natural condition, are now showing signs of species loss and land degradation.
When I visited Ethabuka in August 2002 western Queensland was in the grip of the severest drought in living memory. Throughout the region much of the sheltering ground cover had gone. The need for a refuge area for the wildlife was startlingly obvious.
Despite a long pastoral history on the eastern side of the property, Ethabuka has largely survived any major degradation of habitat. Grazing has concentrated around the ten or so bores in the east while the western half has been grazed only in years when good rains have filled surface pools. Some areas have never held stock.
With its exceptional small mammal populations, Ethabuka needs active control of predators and sensitive fire management to provide a long-term wildlife refuge for the Channel Country. Allowing it to develop as a fully productive pastoral lease will not guarantee its future for conservation.
This new property represents just one of the many opportunities we must seize if we're to secure a future for our unique wildlife and landscapes and avert the fate that has befallen much of the south and east of the continent. You have the opportunity now to help us purchase this wonderful place, and I ask that you give generously. It is a chance we must grasp with both hands.

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If itâs Sunday, then that means its time for another installment of Rock of Love 2. Itâs the morning after in the Rock of Love house, and Peyton tells a groggy Courtney that she was booted off the show by default because she was passed out drunk during the eliminations. Courtney acknowledges that sheâs a sweet and caring girl, but apparently sheâs also âblackout drunk girl,â and if thatâs not what Bretâs looking for, then maybe heâs better off. Maybe we all are. I personally think Bret might have had a real connection with this girl, especially while sheâs sleeping it off, but hey â who am I to mess with love?
Itâs important that we start off this week with some fabricated drama, so now we learn that Sara is participating on the show because of a dare. Inna, whose manliness reminds me of that Chynna wrestler lady, is so pissed that sheâs gonna tell Bret. Indirectly. She tells Aubry, a.k.a. Madame Tussaud, because she doesnât want to be the tattletale, and she knows that the wax woman doesnât have those issues. True enough, Tussaud tells Bret the truth about Sara. Bret doesnât really seem too concerned, and he says that heâs fully aware that this might be a Tussaud sabotage tactic.
Frenchie reads a note from Bret in her broken English baritone. Their next "challenge" will be a talent show. This should be good. Destiney is going to do ju jitsu. Frenchie is going to get naked (surprise) and make a chocolate mousse for Bret. Sara is going to do a belly dance, even though sheâs never done a belly dance before, but hey, she appears to be Indian or something similar so heâll probably never know, right? Ambre Leftovers, who just narrowly avoided elimination last week, tells us that sheâs "really good at wrapping presents and stuff" so sheâs gonna unwrap herself as her talent. Niki is writing a poem, and Peyton confirms our viewersâ collective thinking that this "talent" totally sucks.
This ainât no ordinary talent show, yâall. The girls have to perform in a peep show booth for 30 seconds. At that point, the curtain will come down, but if Bret likes what heâs seeing, he will put another token into the "machine" and the curtain will go up again. The three girls with the "best talents" will go on a date with Bret. This is important because the more face-suck time you get with Bret, the better chance there is to develop "chemistry" with him and win the competition and get a few weeks of infamy on VH-1 and possibly a mention on Perez Hiltonâs blog.
Let le peeping begin! Madame Tussaud is up first, and she sits down at a set of drums and begins to, um, knock it around. Sheâs awful. Destiney does ju jitsu (I cannot confirm the accuracy of this statement), and Bret is turned on by her "kung-fu moves." Niki reads her snoozer poem. Korie says she has many talents, but "the one she wants to show him is this"â¦and then she writes, "MERRY ME" on a piece of white butcher paper. Thatâs not a typo, my rock-stoned friends. WTF? Mistress of the Deep Neck Wrinkles, Elvira, reads a poem. Kristy Joe, scantily clad, proceeds to iron something, and Bret is totally into it. Megan throws three thongs into a "magic bag" and pulls out an American flag. Bra-vo! I am marveling at her genius. Sara does a "belly dance" but never shows her belly, which is apparently a problem for Bret. Inna ties a cherry stem in a knot with her tongue. Ambre unwraps herself. Daisy "sings." Peyton plays the guitar and rocks out. Frenchie is last and she is fed up â why are none of these girls STREEPING? She immediately, um, disrobes and smashes her ta-tas against the glass. And then she proceeds to put her chocolate mousse on said ta-tas and lick it off herself. "I will be going on zee date wiss Bret!" Nope â Bret chooses Peyton, Daisy and Ambre to go on the date tomorrow.
Some VIP girls go to bed, but the rest of these desperate chicks stay up and listen to Bret play an acoustic version of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." Bret decides that its time to shake it up in the house for absolutely no reason, so there will be an "old-school dance competition" tomorrow, and weâll see who the real VIPs are.
Ambre, Daisy and Peyton leave for their date with Bret, which consists of riding ATVs and eating sandwiches, which quite frankly is too boring to really recap. Daisy, with her unwashed hair and frosted pink lips, is a bit slow on the uptake, but soon enough sheâs riding with the best of them and has the dirt mustache to show it. Bret and Ambre go off and make out for awhile, which gives Bret "heavy movement. Heavy, heavy movement." Puke. What was in those sandwiches?
In the meantime, the sleepyheads who went to bed early the night before decide to make Bret an "amazing carrrrd" to show him how sorry they were, and when the card is complete, they agree that they "make an amazing trioâ¦of brains." Interesting. They position themselves by the door in very little clothing so they can greet Bret right when he walks in the door.
Elsewhere, Inna and Frenchie decide theyâll get the dance floor ready for the dance-off. Inna sees the Hallmark Braintrust sitting by the door all skanked up, so she decides sheâll take her BFF Frenchie and slut it up in front of the door too! They literally move chairs in front of each other so they can be closer to the door. Iâm so embarrassed for these people.
Bret walks in, and thereâs a passel of hos standing before him, but none more bouncy than Frenchie. To recap, "Bret come to zah door, and he open eet, and I am all dressed all super sexy like a stripper, like a slut, you know?" And the rest of the girls just stand up away from the door and mumble "Hi, Bret." Inna and Frenchie show Bret their dance floor and he agrees to make them judges of the contest. The three winners get VIP passes.
At the dance contest, the winners are Roxy (funky chicken), Destiney (running man) and Daisy (pony). Despite the impending elimination, Frenchie is very confident that she wonât go home, because "I tro myself in the peep show, like against zee window, you know lick my t*ts and stuff, und we set up all zee contest for heem today." Fortunately, we know sheâs probably right.
At elimination, Bret calls out Sara for being on the show on a dare. Inna and Frenchie jump all over her when she tries to deny it, so of course Sara calls Inna a "big f-ing whale." Bret gives Sara the boot. He hands out his passes one by one, and then it comes down to Frenchie, Korie and Niki. Two more girls will go home. Of course, Frenchie is een. Korie, who sort of resembles a poor manâs less attractive Jessica Simpson, (whatever that means), canât believe Frenchie beat her out. "What do I look like?" Apparently, you donât look like a man, Korie. Niki, the broke-down robot and poet, cries. The remaining ladies (and I use that term loosely) toast a can of Bretâs Brew to their victory. Itâs a bit early for predictions, but I think weâll see Daisy, Kristy Joe, Peyton and Megan around at the end. Thoughts? Questions? Chocolate mousse recipes? See you next week.
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Obama: I'll be prez another 5 years
A seemingly confident President Obama appears to be shrugging off his approval ratings, after a recent Univision interview revealed an optimistic Obama saying that he would have "another five years" to work on comprehensive immigration reform.
"My presidency is not over, we've got another five years coming up. We're going to get this done," he said about immigration reform to Univision's Eddie "Piolin" Sotelo, in a radio interview which aired today.
In 2008, Obama won support from Latinos, with 67 percent backing the Chicago Democrat over John McCain's 32 percent.
The president is again trying to shore up their support, defending his administration's work on issues which Latinos care about.
"Absolutely we have strong support in the Latino community, because they've seen what we've been working on...there are a lot of issues that we have worked on that have directly benefited millions of Latino families," he said.


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Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard will make today's clash with West Ham United.
The England captain missed the club's successful, if problematic, final group stage trip in the Europa League because of a slight illness.
But the rest will have re-energised him for the challenge of proving his value to the Reds' cause in the absence of the injured Luis Suarez.
Reds boss Brendan Rodgers said: "Steven will be fine. He was ill for a couple of days, but he has been back in training and there will be no problem.
"We are without Luis, but I think we've seen that there are enough players in the group who can score and that's something we will look forward to at West Ham."


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Ahhhh, Hot Spiced Chai Latte
Roger Bernabo 5/30/2005 5:30:16 AMGreat perspective and compositon #255639
Roxanne M. Bubar 5/30/2005 5:34:37 AMI love this. Great capture of the foam. I am now ready for a drink. #1410443
Linda D. Lester 5/30/2005 5:36:32 AMI have to know about this theme....Great shot, Debra! #1410458
Claudia Kuhn 5/30/2005 5:37:07 AMNice curve and textures Debra! #1410464
Charlene Bayerle 5/30/2005 5:38:24 AMTerriffic shot and great detail with those bubbles Debra!!!! #1410476
cj patterson 5/30/2005 5:38:45 AMbeautiful debra!! love it! #1410478
Paul Michko 5/30/2005 5:40:12 AMOow, I love Chai Latte. It looks so rich and inviting, Debra. Wonderful capture. #1410489
Tammy Scott 5/30/2005 5:50:23 AMFANTASTIC shot, Debra! I love the Spiced Chai, too! I have a big can of it in my kitchen!!! #1410573
William C. Raco 5/30/2005 5:51:03 AMExcellent detail and composition.
Stephen Zacker 5/30/2005 5:59:08 AMI'll take one. :-) It's cool, wet, and foggy here in Colorado. Lovely image #1410635
Debra Booth 5/30/2005 6:07:14 AMGood morning, Roger, Roxanne, Linda, Claudia, Charlene, CJ, Paul, Tammy, Bill, and Stephen! Thanks for your wonderful comments. Fellow chai-aholics, have a cup on me! #1410674
Carla Metzler 5/30/2005 6:19:14 AMWonderful capture, Debra! #1410744
Sharon Day 5/30/2005 6:43:25 AMFantastic image, Deborah!!! Everything is perfect right down to the color of the BG and DOF! Well done! #1410834
Bobbie Davis 5/30/2005 6:44:27 AMGreat capture for the beverage theme Debra! #1410838
William Moore 5/30/2005 7:01:57 AMlove the bubbles and steam #1410917
Cathy Barrows 5/30/2005 7:05:05 AMfantastic comp...the soft colors make this one #1410932
Michael Khoury 5/30/2005 7:07:30 AMexcellent Debra!... #1410939
Shirley L. Carpenter 5/30/2005 7:14:14 AMExcellent image, composition and detail Debra!! #1410990
Kerby Pfrangle 5/30/2005 7:22:57 AMDebra
WOnderful detail and color.
Very well done.
Kerby #1411053
Shelly A. Van Camp 5/30/2005 7:40:39 AMWonderful job..love the colors and details..Shelly #1411153
Terry R. Hatfield 5/30/2005 7:58:28 AMLooks Great Debra!!The Background Goes Well With It!! #1411250
S J 5/30/2005 8:02:08 AMSuperb capture and excellent framing, Debra!! Very very tempting!! #1411263
Kate Jackson 5/30/2005 8:03:24 AMJust what I need!! Lovely cropping and colours Debra! #1411267
Stacey M 5/30/2005 8:13:53 AMLooks really yummy!!! Can almost smell it....BRB gotta go make a cup :-) #1411306
Wally Orlowsky 5/30/2005 9:21:38 AMGreat bubbles and curves, Debra. I must confess that I am out of touch. I assume that is a coffee substitute ... but, I don't recognize the coffee names at Starbucks either ;) #1411526
Laurence Saliba 5/30/2005 9:42:25 AMFantastic detail Debra!!! Mmmmm I love it!!!! #1411590
Laura Clay-Ballard 5/30/2005 10:43:30 AMGreat coloring. All those latte colors look so yummy! Love those little bubbles, too. I'm thirsty .. #1411780
Vicki Hunt 5/30/2005 12:13:28 PMYUM!!! I'll have to get one tomorrow! This is so simple, but SO nice! #1412020
Cathy Gregor 5/30/2005 12:16:03 PMNeat image, Debra! #1412026
Karen Engelbreth 5/30/2005 2:09:10 PMGreat shot, Debra!
KHAWLA Haddad 5/30/2005 2:10:12 PMDebra thats such great capturer , yummmm now I want some lol. well don !!! #1412304
Jonna Bergström 5/30/2005 2:52:23 PMGreat shot!! It look very good! #1412393
Diane Dupuis 5/30/2005 3:14:16 PMI really like it Debra! #1412430
Tom Andersen 5/30/2005 4:25:26 PMOh, this is so inviting! I hope you saved me a cup! Wonderful capture, Debra! #1412578
Stanley J. Contrades 5/30/2005 7:49:36 PMLove the "lacey" look of the bubbles, the wonderful curvature of the cup and your terrific presentation, Debra! Very inviting!!
Debbie Hartley 5/30/2005 11:06:32 PMMmmmmm, I could do with a cup of this right now....! Love it! #1413258
Debra Booth 5/31/2005 5:18:46 AMGood morning and thanks very much for all the great comments, Carla, Sharon, Bobbie, Bill M, Cathy B, Michael, Shirley, Kerby, Shelly, Terry, Sanjay, Kate, Stacey, Wally, Laurence, Laura, Vicki, Cathy G, Karen, Khawla, Jonna, Diane, Tom, Stan, and Debbie!! Have a great week!
BTW, chai is the Hindi work for tea. In the west, chai means the sweet spiced tea that is called Masala chai in India. #1413921
Kara L. Hendricks 5/31/2005 6:59:04 PMYUMMY!!!! Great macro and detail on this beverage theme shot!! #1416470
Debra Booth 5/31/2005 7:35:53 PMThanks very much, Kara! I've been wanting one since I posted this, but I haven't gotten one yet! Maybe tomorrow! :-) #1416613
Carolyn J. Connolly 6/5/2005 11:20:39 AMExcellent image, Debra!! :o) #1433267
Amanda Price 6/7/2005 1:14:54 AMYum. I could sure use a cup of that! Great, warm photo! #1439598
Debra Booth 6/13/2005 4:48:13 AMThanks very much Carolyn and Amanda! I appreciate your comments!! #1463407
Debra Booth 6/13/2005 12:00:55 PMnummers I can smell this now~~~~
Debra Booth 6/13/2005 4:08:48 PMThanks, Tonya!! #1466099
Laura E. OConnor 6/13/2005 4:11:21 PMMMMMMMM! Yum! Looks devine! (It'd be better if it weren't 95 degrees and humid out - how about iced??) LOL. Great image, Debra! #1466102
Debra Booth 6/13/2005 6:21:50 PMIced sounds nice, too, Laura!! I'll try that next! Thanks for the great comments! #1466568
Deborah C. Lewinson 6/21/2005 3:10:53 PMCongratulations on this terrific finalist, Debra!
Colleen Braun 6/21/2005 3:49:53 PMCongratulations... #1498578
Tom Andersen 6/21/2005 4:12:04 PMCongratulations on this wonderful finalist, Debra! #1498879
KHAWLA Haddad 6/21/2005 4:21:19 PMCongratulations on your finalist Debra such wonderful image I still want some Well don!! #1499036
Laura E. OConnor 6/21/2005 4:50:26 PMCONGRATS on your finalist! Good luck on the next round!!!! #1499389
Cathy Barrows 6/21/2005 5:16:21 PMCongrats!...wonderful #1499743
Gail Vitikacs 6/21/2005 5:18:32 PMBig Congratulations Debra! #1499776
Cindy Paquette 6/21/2005 5:32:31 PMHOT TO TROT DEBRA...CONGRATS! #1499927
Tammy Scott 6/21/2005 5:36:00 PMAnother great finalist! Congratulations, Debra! #1499967
Sharon Day 6/21/2005 6:33:06 PMCongratulations, Debra!!!! One of my favorites!!! #1500553
Linda D. Lester 6/21/2005 6:42:47 PMCongratulations on all your finalist!
Leonard Pierce 6/21/2005 6:49:02 PMCONGRATULATIONS Debra!!! #1500743
Donna J. Taff 6/21/2005 6:51:29 PMCongrat's, Debra on your finalist win's!!! #1500775
Tammy McAllister 6/21/2005 7:32:45 PMCongratulations Debra, nice to see the theme's make it in the finalists!
Jim Kinnunen 6/21/2005 7:40:58 PMCongratulations, Debra...a well deserved finalist!!!:)
Kara L. Hendricks 6/21/2005 8:19:28 PMCongrats!! Best of luck!! #1501398
Laura Clay-Ballard 6/21/2005 8:24:37 PMcongrats! #1501432
Jennifer Rennison 6/21/2005 8:34:49 PMWonderful tones and comp, Debra, looks yummy, love the bubbles! Congratulations on your finalist! #1501513
Susana Ms Heide 6/21/2005 9:27:41 PMCONGRATS Debra on this delicious looking finalist! I bet it made the judge's mouths water :O)WTG on the beverage theme! #1501803
Cesar J. La Rosa 6/21/2005 10:29:45 PMCongratulations on this GREAT Finalist, Debra!!! #1502009
Photographer 6/22/2005 12:53:10 AMNice job Debra!
Debra Booth 6/22/2005 4:14:40 AMMany thanks for all your kind comments and remarks! I could use some of this right now to wake me up this morning!! #1503270
cj patterson 6/22/2005 6:21:28 AMCongratulations on this well deserved finalist!!! #1504109
S J 6/22/2005 6:33:30 AMCongratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Debra!! #1504216
Deb Holmes-Hatfield 6/22/2005 8:12:28 AMGreat job, Debra, congratulations! #1504871
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Kathleen K. Parker 6/22/2005 2:32:42 PMWonderful!!! Congratulations!!
Stanley J. Contrades 6/22/2005 3:13:34 PMCONGRATULATIONS and the very best of luck in the next judging with this Finalist, Debra!!
Debra Booth 6/22/2005 5:04:52 PMThanks again, everybody!! I really appreciate it your kind comments! #1507557
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Mary K. Robison 6/22/2005 10:57:04 PMSteamy-luscious capture, Debra!!
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Companies including Alabama Power, drugmaker Pfizer and insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama helped fund the secretive "social welfare" nonprofit arm of the Alabama House Republican Caucus during 2012, the Center for Public Integrity has learned.
The Alabama House Republican Conference, organized under section 501(c)(4) of the U.S. tax code, focuses on "research, education and policy development," according to tax records.
Media reports from Alabama also indicate Republican lawmakers in part use the nonprofit, which is not required by law to publicly reveal its donors or the amounts donated, as a vehicle for allowing lobbyists and special interests to hobnob with them — for a price.
But when the Center for Public Integrity asked Rachel Adams, the communications director for Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, for a copy of the group's most recent tax form, she provided a version that is typically only delivered to the Internal Revenue Service and includes contributor names and contribution amounts.
This document named 16 contributors — including several corporations, trade associations, political action committees and one labor union, the Alabama Education Association. Each entity donated between $5,000 and $15,000.
The Center for Public Integrity also discovered that Pfizer, which produces such popular brands as Advil, Lipitor and Viagra, voluntarily self-reported a $2,500 contribution to the group. The pharmaceutical giant is among a growing number of companies that are voluntarily disclosing information about their giving to politically active nonprofits.
Collectively, these 17 organizations gave $100,000 — or about 49 percent of the $204,000 the Alabama House Republican Conference raised in 2012. The remainders came from donors who each gave less than $5,000.
Adams declined to answer specific questions about how the Alabama House Republican Conference raises money, saying only that the group "is funded via private fundraising."


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Film is one of the best ways of reaching an audience since the mid 90's we have made documentaries, feature films and travel programs both for Western and North Korean viewing. In addition to film making we are the official foreign co-ordinators of the biennial Pyongyang International Film Festival and have taken in films such as Bend It Like Beckham and Mr Bean to an unsuspecting audience!
Comrade Kim Yong Mi is a North Korean coal miner. Her dream of becoming a trapeze artist is crushed by the arrogant trapeze star Pak Jang Phil who believes miners belong underground and not in the air.See more
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An observational documentary film following two North Korean schoolgirls and their families in the lead up to the Mass Games - the biggest and most elaborate human performance on earth.See more
In the 1960's, four US soldiers serving in the Korean Demilitarised Zone embarked on an extraordinary journey. At the height of the Cold War, this unlikely band of brothers crossed the most heavily fortified area on earth and defected to DPRK. No-one knew why they did it.See more
Fascinating both as an example of North Korean filmmaking and a strong story of overcoming athletic adversity, Centre Forward is at once inspirational, dramatic, amusing, and educational. Even better,by showing the sport's importance in societies very different from our own, this illustrates the truly universal appeal of the 'beautiful game'.See more
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Best yoga poses to keep diabetes under control
Diabetes is the biggest health threat among contemporary humans. Disordered lifestyle, irregularities in diet, sleep, stress, etc, are the various reasons that diabetes is spreading like an epidemic. Though therapeutic ways are available for the disease, still, prevention has turned out to be the best solution for this. And, there can't be any better way than the yoga to prevent diabetes or to keep it under control. Given below are some of the yoga poses to control diabetes.
Anulom-Vilom Pranayam:
If your diabetes level has gone higher, anulom-vilom becomes a nice recommendation to go with. If you are not …


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Nepal Situation Report 9: The Nepalese people are thankful for emergency response
Relief workers had to dig their way through landslides to reach the thankful beneficiaries in Nepal's remote villages.
The monsoon creates more and more challenges for the emergency response in Nepal. Several helicopter flights have been cancelled, and landslides are blocking the roads. Response teams have had to dig their way through landslides and walk for several hours to reach the remote villages. In spite of these conditions, the work is moving forward, and a recent assessment shows that beneficiaries are satisfied with the effort.
The situation report for July 9 shows that 6,391 households have been reached.


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- The Rohde & Schwarz FeMBMS transmission addresses broadcast applications for video and IP data in HPHT topologies.
Rohde & Schwarz on the way to 5G Broadcast: the world's first transmission of LTE FeMBMS signals in a dynamic single-frequency network
Within the framework of the 5G TODAY research project and in cooperation with the Institute for Communications Technology of the Braunschweig Technical University, Rohde & Schwarz has successfully commissioned the world's first dynamic single-frequency network (SFN) with FeMBMS signals in the lab.
LTE Broadcast, also known as Further evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (FeMBMS), was specified in 3GPP Release 14 in mid-2017. The upgraded standard defines new options for broadcasting to LTE-enabled mobile user equipment such as smartphones and tablets. It allows for the first time high power high tower (HPHT) applications in downlink only mode. The new features make it possible to utilize the full signal bandwidth for multicast/broadcast applications. Moreover, 3GPP Release 14 defines an extended cyclic prefix (corresponding to the guard interval in DVB-T/T2) and modes to enable operation without SIM cards, which is necessary for the broadcast application.
The Rohde & Schwarz FeMBMS transmission addresses broadcast applications for video and IP data in HPHT topologies with bandwidths of 5 MHz and 10 MHz. With this breakthrough, the company emphasizes its commitment to the new technological perspectives arising from the standardization of FeMBMS, thereby demonstrating the potential held by 5G Broadcast for applications such as TV services delivered to mobile user equipment and connected cars, and for IoT applications. "We are not only talking about 5G Broadcast – we are investing in it, which underlines the commitment of Rohde & Schwarz into that technology," says Manfred Reitmeier, Senior Director of R&D Transmitter Systems at Rohde & Schwarz.
Like all SFN networks, the Rohde & Schwarz LTE Broadcast SFN network requires synchronization information, which is made available to each FeMBMS transmitter via the M1 application protocol. The sync information is generated by a simple Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and completed by an incoming IP-based video data stream, which is either generated or encoded and multiplexed by a headend. SYNC timestamps are inserted into the data stream to generate the M1 user plane data. This data is routed via IP networks to the FeMBMS transmitters, which transmit the signal simultaneously. The FeMBMS signal is received by a software defined radio (SDR).
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Snowy Super Bowl would be magical for some, disaster for others
Everybody likes to talk about the weather and on the east coast of the U.S. the past two days they got mugged by old man winter.
Just imagine if Tuesday's storm, that dropped up to a foot of snow in the New York area, had hit on Super Bowl Sunday.
It would have made for a chaotic scene out in New Jersey at best and been winter's version of the final day in the fall of Saigon.
There are plenty of folks that would be pleased as punch and laughing at the NFL for being so brain dead as to schedule their biggest day of the year for a northern-based, open-air site such as MetLife Stadium that is home to both the Jets and Giants. Hey NFL, you get what you deserve.
OK, so what's the weather forecast for Super Sunday, which also happens to be Groundhog Day.
It's doubtful there will be a repeat of Tuesday's near blizzard conditions but it will still be cold with the possibility of some snow.
Hey, it's winter. What did you expect?
According to Accuweather, East Rutherford, N.J., site of this year's big game, Groundhog Day calls for a high of 2C with a 35% chance of snow or freezing rain.
Cool. You bet.
Given that kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m., the temperature by that time should have dipped to -7C with winds of 30-35 kmh, which leaves the fans and players in the great outdoors with a wind-chill factor of -12C.
Couldn't be better.
Doomers and gloomers who would like nothing better than a complete calamity can be buoyed by the Farmers Almanac prediction which calls for a winter storm that very weekend.
If it's -7C and a few flakes are falling, which team should be favoured?
In that case, the odds tilt to the Seattle Seahawks who have a more balanced attack given the running ability of Marshawn Lynch.
Peyton Manning and the pass happy Broncos should have a tougher time.
Everybody who follows the NFL is aware of Manning's troubles in the cold.
During his career, Manning has had 15 regular-season games in temperatures below 5C. In those 15 games his pass completion percentage had dropped and he has also thrown 15 interceptions.
In the playoffs in the cold his completion percentage is just 56.4% and he has tossed nine interceptions.
Overall, he is 4-7 in games that are below freezing.
Numbers like that can leave Denver fans feeling chilly.
Now that New York — technically East Rutherford, N.J. — is the host of this year's Suer Bowl, other chilly, open-aired sites, may want to get into the act.
It depends on how well this year's game at MetLife City goes. If it goes off without a hitch and is just cold, than other cities will be saying: 'What about me.'
If all hell breaks loose, than forget about it.
One city that may be chomping at the bit is Chicago which is loaded with hotels and great restaurants and nightlife.
"There are so many reasons why Chicago is strong," said Marc Ganis, president of SportsCorps Limited, a leading sports business consulting firm, told National Football Post. "But its fatal flaw is very likely the facility, and that presupposes that the league chooses to go to northern open-air cities on a regular basis."
The NFL stadium in Chicago is Soldier's Field which is small by NFL standards, accommodating just 62,000 fans.
"Its constraints make it very difficult to make it Super Bowl-ready," Ganis said. "It would take a major capital cost to make Soldier Field Super Bowl-eligible."
If not Chicago, than other wintry sites such as Washington and Denver may well apply.
In Washington, FedEx Field seats more than 90,000 and the nation's capital has a couple of airports and the required number of hotels and nightlife.
Ditto for Denver's Sports Authority Field which seats 76,125.
None of these possibilities will be in the near future as the sites for the next three Super Bowl's have been set — Glendale, Ariz., home of the Cardinals is set for 2015, followed by the San Francisco 49ers new digs in Santa Clara in 2016 and Houston in 2017.
Chicago and others will just have to wait.
When a team fires its head coach after just one season it usually has a replacement in mind.
The Cleveland Browns may have grasped the first part of that equation but after firing Rob Chudzinski the replacement part has eluded them.
The Browns have been turned down by the likes of Ken Whisenhunt, who opted instead to sign up as the head coach of the Tennessee Titans. Other candidates, such as Adam Gase, the defensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos, said thanks but no thanks and don't bother calling me again. No more crank calls.
At this point, the leading candidate to take over the mess in Cleveland is Mike Pettine, the defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills, another mess.
Pettine has had two interviews and is the man to beat.
The Browns are also said to have held an interview on Wednesday with Dirk Koetter, the offensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons. They may also want to talk with Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn for a second time.
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman raised a kerfuffle with his post-game comments following his team's victory over San Francisco.
Personally, I thought they were great although others believed them to be disrespectful.
Anyway, USA Today caught up with Sherman's former high school coach, Keith Donerson of Dominguez in Compton, Calif., and asked him what his best memory of Sherman was?
"Oh man, he had so many!," Donerson replied. "Probably the fact that he played cornerback and receiver for us and he was just like Terrell Owens; he wanted the ball. A lot. He was never shy about asking for the ball. It's fourth-and-one and he asks for the pass. I told him to wait until we get the first down and he'd be like: "Oh coach, it's like that! You don't believe in me?" Then I throw it to him and it ends up being an incomplete pass.
"So when he comes to the sideline I'm like: "Richard, what's going on?" He looked at me and said: "Don't worry, I'm about to get it back for you right now." And he ends up picking the ball off. That's a perfect example of who he was for us and who he is now."
Right now, he's one of the very best.
Hey buddy, can you spare a dime?
That's not a line from the hungry 30s, the Depression, but from former NFL quarterback Vince Young.
Last week in Houston, Young filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
In an article in the Houston Chronicle, attorney's representing Young listed his assets between $500,000 and $1,000,000 with his liabilities set between $1,001,000 and $10 million.
The former University of Texas star and No. 1 pick of the Tennessee Titans has run into financial trouble due to a pair of lawsuits stemming from a $1.8 million loan obtained during the 2011 lockout.
A New York state court has granted a judgment against Young to Pro Player Funding, a New York company that made the loan, which along with interest has grown to more than $2.5 million, according to a Pro Player attorney.
In the wake of the New York case, Young sued a group that included his former financial adviser, Ronnie Peoples of Raleigh, N.C., and his former agent, Major Adams II of Houston, claiming that the defendants defrauded him and conspired with Pro Player Funding to obtain the loan and that Young himself never received the money in question.
Is the PAT — the covert after a touchdown — about to go the way of the dodo.
We hope so.
Next to the always exciting kneel down, the PAT is the most boring and useless play in professional sport.
It has become an automatic to the point of being ridiculous.
However, a gentle breeze, an early wind has appeared that may signal the PAT is about to be placed on the endangered list.
Speaking recently on the NFL Network, commissioner Roger Goodell said the league will explore getting rid of the point-after play.
"There's one proposal in particular that I've heard about," Goodell said. "It's automatic that you get seven points when you score a touchdown, but you could potentially go for an eighth point, either by running or passing the ball, so if you fail, you go back to six."
One head coach who would love to see the convert get the boot is New England's Bill Belichick.
"It's virtually automatic," Belichick has said in the past. "That's just not the way the extra point was put into the game. It was an extra point that you actually had to execute, and it was executed by players who were not specialists, they were position players.
"It was a lot harder for them to do. The Gino Cappellettis of the world and so forth, and they were very good. I don't think that's really a very exciting play because it's so automatic."
Not sure if we endorse Goodell's proposal as few teams will risk losing a point to gain an extra one what with the conservative coaching style around the league.
It seems there is one more game before Tony Gonzalez retires.
The great tight end who completed his 17th and final NFL season this campaign with the Atlanta Falcons, has been added to the Pro Bowl roster after San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis pulled out.
It will mark Gonzalez' 14th trip to the Pro Bowl.
It will be a fitting way for Gonzalez to bow out and he was pleased to have been selected.
His tweet: 'Thought I played my last game a few weeks ago. Decided I have one more in me. Heading to Hawaii tomorrow for the Pro Bowl!'
A certain future hall of famer, Gonzalez finished his career with 1,325 receptions for 15,127 yards and 111 touchdowns.
In his fifth and final season with Atlanta, he had 79 receptions for 803 yards and eight touchdowns and ended his career with catches in 210 consecutive games.


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"Schayk A.H. (Andre) van" wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Miles Mann [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] > > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 3:10 PM > > To: Schayk A.H. (Andre) van > > Cc: 'firstname.lastname@example.com' > > Subject: Re: [sarex] Mir over europe > > > > > > > > Mir is only active on weekends usually, until the crew gets their > > primary > > work completed. > > Also you are listening to the wrong channel. > > The Mir public channel is 145.985 FM Simplex. > > > > WF1F MAREX-NA > > > > > Hi Miles, > > 925 was a typo but what the heck. > > I'm wondering if the moved the weekend arond to and not only the day night > shedule (i wonder if this is done because the european passes are at night > right now). > > I sure hope they find time to install packet sone as this can be left > running during there normal work time. > > 73 de Andre PE1RDW > aprsdigi co-ordinator Netherlands > member aprs workgroup Netherlands > mailto:email@example.com > ---- > Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe sarex" to email@example.com Hi Andre, I got one SSTV image from Mir on Sunday 23rd April, 08.19 UTC, it was low on the horizon as I think it was the last pass over us in Ireland, I was not expecting it and had to change cables, so I missed the first picture that it was sending but got the second, it was a bit noisy and about half the picture was perfect, you could clearly see the crewmember and the inside of the station, I have not heard anything since then, maybe we will be lucky this weekend, Thomas McCoy EI8ETB, Cork City, Ireland ---- Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe sarex" to firstname.lastname@example.com
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11-16Cookie Recipe (using white beans)
Beans are considered a Super Food for the amount of nutrients, such as dietary fiber, iron, zinc, and folate, contained within the bean. Beans also count as a food found in both the vegetable and the meat/bean food groups. Did you know the USDA My Pyramid food guide recommends to eat several cups of beans each week?
The Food $ense Nutrition Program in Salt Lake County offers many ideas of ways to increase your consumption of beans. One of them is this delicious, healthy, oatmeal cookie. Don't be fooled by the first ingredient (mashed white beans); the beans replace shortening or butter and therefore take away the added fat AND add a bundle of much-needed nutrients. Try them! You'll not only be impressed, but you'll have one more healthy snack to add to your recipe collection.
Oatmeal Cookie
· 3/4 cup white beans, mashed
· 3/4 cup brown sugar
· ½ cup granulated sugar
· 1 egg
· 1 teaspoon vanilla
· 3 cups oats
· 1 cup whole wheat flour
· 1 tsp. salt
· ½ tsp. soda
Preheat oven to 350º. Beat mashed white beans, brown sugar, granulated sugar, egg, and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Combine remaining ingredients in a separate bowl and mix together. Add to bean and sugar mixture; mix well. Drop onto greased cookie sheets and bake at 350º F for 10 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack and cool completely.
Yield: approximately 36 cookies
Optional: Nuts, coconut, raisins, and/or chocolate chips may be added with dry ingredients


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Photo Booth Etiquette
Say Cheese! Photography takes place in many forms and a photo booth is a fun way to do so. At Red Eye Photo Booths we are all about having as much fun during your party or special event but you should always be safe and act proper according to the event you're attending.
We have seen guest at various of events take inappropriate photos from women exposing themselves and flashing the camera, people exposing genitals to the camera, and somethings that can't be mentioned. What most people don't realize is that the photos they are taking are also uploaded to our online gallery for everyone to see. EVERYONE. So when you take a picture of yourself exposing whichever body part not only are you displaying this for everyone from the event to view but you are putting a picture of that out on to the internet for the WORLD to see.
Most of the time we are able to catch photos as such (*see below) and hide/delete them from the galleries before people can see them but some slip through. You wouldn't want someone at your wedding to "moon the camera" and have the parents of the groom/bride having to see that while looking at pictures of your big day.


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Gday people i'm hoping someone Miles? Fetcher? Anyone can help work a question i have been asked so...I was up my local Mens Shed and one of the old boys is building a permant magnet altinator from scratch to use on a 'micro hydro' setup and had a question he was unable to find an answer for :-
"What is relationship between coil resistance and induced voltage for permant magnet alternator"
If you could shed some light on it for me i'd be appreciative and can pass it along to the gent.


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On November 13 and 14, the Florida Republican Party held a fund-raising event in Orlando. Earlier the party had passed rules saying only presidential candidates who appeared could be on the presidential primary ballot automatically.
Those who did not appear had to pay a filing fee of $25,000, or
else obtain signatures of 125 registered Republicans from each U.S. House
Fourteen Republican presidential candidates attended and will now be on the
March 15, 2016 presidential primary ballot. No one has paid the filing fee or
gathered the signatures.
Seven Republicans spoke on Friday, November 13, in this order: Marco Rubio,
Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, and Ben
Another seven Republicans spoke on Saturday, November 14, in this order: Rick
Santorum, Jim Gilmore, Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, Chris Christie, John Kasich, and
Carly Fiorina.
Because the Paris attacks had occurred between the Friday session
and the Saturday session, the Saturday speakers had an opportunity to address
the Paris events.
The Florida Republican presidential primary is winner-take-all. Whoever gets
the most votes on March 15 gets all the delegates. Never before has any Florida
Republican presidential primary had more than nine candidates listed. However,
it is unlikely that anyone will claim the Republican voters will be "confused"
by using a ballot with 14 names.
Monday, November 16, 2015
14 GOP Candidates On Florida Ballot by Attending Sunshine Summit
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Coming off the success of "Midnight in Paris," Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American and U.K. rights to Woody Allen's next picture, "Nero Fiddled," the company said Wednesday.
Sony Classics plans a summer release.
"Nero" is Allen's fifth film with Sony Classics and Allen's first movie shot in Rome.
The romantic comedy originally was titled "The Bop Decameron." It is told in four vignettes.
Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penelope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig and Ellen Page star.
Also read: How 'The Help' or 'Midnight in Paris' Could Win Best Picture
Letty Aronson, Steve Tenenbaum, Giampaulo Letta and Faruk Alatan produced the Medusa Film and Gravier production.
Sony helped make Allen's last comedy, "Midnight in Paris," into the biggest hit of the director's career. In a surprise summer breakout, "Midnight" grossed nearly $50 million at the North American box office and received four Golden Globe nominations.
Sony Classics also released Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," starring Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Frieda Pinto; "Whatever Works," starring Larry David, Patricia Clarkson and Evan Rachel Wood; and "Sweet and Lowdown," starring Sean Penn and Samantha Morton.


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Vanilla cake with vanilla pudding and strawberries inside. Buttercream with fondant decorations. I used Duff brand impression mat to make the brick wall pattern on the buttercream. Then I painted on some other colors for interest. Boom box topper is RKT covered in fondant. Thanks for looking!
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Very cool! Love it Renee!
Thanks Benni! Have a great weekend :)


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An armed prisoner was on the run early on Tuesday after escaping from a hospital in a northern Virginia close to Washington where a shot was fired during a struggle with a guard, police said.
The prisoner, identified as Wossen Assaye by the Fairfax County Police Department, broke free from a private security guard at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, and fled with the guard's weapon, the department said on its Twitter account.
Police said Assaye was being held by the nearby city of Alexandria on federal charges of armed bank robbery and was taken to a local hospital after he tried to harm himself.
While at the medical center, Assaye overpowered the guard and took his gun, police said. One shot was fired, but no one was injured, police said.
Roads around the hospital were shut down as authorities from several different agencies searched for the suspect, who was dressed only in a hospital gown, police said.
The hospital was also locked down and employees were told to go to a local high school to board a shuttle bus to the facility, police said.
Footage posted online by local broadcaster WJLA showed a heavy police presence outside the hospital, with several squad cars on surrounding streets.
Representatives of the hospital, which is situated about 15 miles (24 km) west of Washington D.C., could not immediately be reached for comment.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Larry King and W So,pm)


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Come One, Come All!
26th January - 3rd February 2013
Our volunteer research group have been busy putting their displays together for the weekend. Several topics have been thoroughly researched, including the main events in St Andrews in 1902. We have some fascinating objects for you to see, including this Rowantree Chocolate tin box made in celebration of King Edward VII's Coronation on the 26th of June 1902, marking the end of the Victorian period. The tin was handed out to local school children to mark the occasion.
The exhibition will open this Saturday (26th of January 2013) from 10am where we will be having our annual coffee morning, and we will be closing at 4pm. Thereafter, the museum will be open from 1pm - 4pm daily until the 3rd of February 2013.


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About the book, from the publisher:
In recent years, the justices of the Supreme Court have ruled definitively on such issues as abortion, school prayer, and military tribunals in the war on terror. They decided one of American history's most contested presidential elections. Yet for all their power, the justices never face election and hold their offices for life. This combination of influence and apparent unaccountability has led many to complain that there is something illegitimate—even undemocratic—about judicial authority.Read an excerpt from The Will of the People, and learn more about the book and author at the book's official website and Barry Friedman's blog.
In The Will of the People, Barry Friedman challenges that claim by showing that the Court has always been subject to a higher power: the American public. Judicial positions have been abolished, the justices' jurisdiction has been stripped, the Court has been packed, and unpopular decisions have been defied. For at least the past sixty years, the justices have made sure that their decisions do not stray too far from public opinion.
Friedman's pathbreaking account of the relationship between popular opinion and the Supreme Court—from the Declaration of Independence to the end of the Rehnquist court in 2005—details how the American people came to accept their most controversial institution and shaped the meaning of the Constitution.
Friedman is the Vice Dean and Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. He has taught, written and litigated about the Constitution for twenty-five years.
The Page 99 Test: The Will of the People.
--Marshal Zeringue


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GlobalPSC Member Profile – Vinyl Council of Australia
Posted by GlobalPSC on Member Profiles at 7:24 pm, November 26th, 2012Comments13
The Vinyl Council of Australia was established in 1998 to advance the sustainability of the vinyl or PVC industry in Australia. Members are drawn from across the supply chain, representing a wide range of products.
In 2002 the Vinyl Council launched a Product Stewardship Program for the industry.
This voluntary initiative sets out a series of commitments for Signatories along the vinyl supply chain to address the environmental and health aspects associated with the life-cycle of PVC. Over 35 Signatories are currently committed to actions in areas including manufacturing emissions, safe use of additives, and end-of-life management.
During ten years of operation the Program has resulted in improvements through reduced emissions, phasing out of lead and cadmium additives, waste management activities and adoption of life-cycle thinking in new product development. Stakeholder feedback, annual reporting and expert scientific and technical research help to maintain the Program's relevance and effectiveness.
Chief Executive Sophi MacMillan serves on the GlobalPSC Advisory Group.
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