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It's time for our April 29, 2019 edition of our Candidate Power Rankings. We get to add two new candidates, write about a bunch of people that have little to no chance of winning, and thank the heavens we are one day closer to the end of all of this.
In case you're new here, read our explainer about how all of this works:
The 2020 Democratic primary power rankings are an attempt to make sense out of the chaos of the largest field of candidates in global history.
Each candidate gets a unique score in at least thirty categories, measuring data like polling, prediction markets, fundraising, fundamentals, media coverage, and more. The result is a candidate score between 0-100. These numbers will change from week to week as the race changes.
The power rankings are less a prediction on who will win the nomination, and more a snapshot of the state of the race at any given time. However, early on, the model gives more weight to fundamentals and potentials, and later will begin to prioritize polling and realities on the ground.
These power rankings include only announced candidates. So, when you say "WAIT!! WHERE'S XXXXX????" Read the earlier sentence again.
If you're like me, when you read power rankings about sports, you've already skipped ahead to the list. So, here we go.
See previous editions here.
20. Wayne Messam: 13.4 (Last week: 18th / 13.4)
A former staffer of Wayne Messam is accusing his wife of hoarding the campaign's money.
First, how does this guy have "former" staffers? He's been running for approximately twelve minutes.
Second, he finished dead last in the field in fundraising with $44,000 for the quarter. Perhaps hoarding whatever money the campaign has is not the worst idea.
His best shot at the nomination continues to be something out of the series "Designated Survivor."
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19. Marianne Williamson: 17.1 (Last week: 17th / 17.1)
Marianne Williamson would like you to pay for the sins of someone else's great, great, great grandparents. Lucky you!
Williamson is on the reparations train like most of the field, trying to separate herself from the pack by sheer monetary force.
How much of your cash does she want to spend? "Anything less than $100 billion is an insult." This is what I told the guy who showed up to buy my 1989 Ford Tempo. It didn't work then either.
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18. John Delaney: 19.7 (Last week: 15th / 20.3)
Good news: John Delaney brought in $12.1 million in the first quarter, enough for fifth in the entire Democratic field!
Bad news: 97% of the money came from his own bank account.
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17. Eric Swalwell: 20.2 (Last week: 16th / 20.2)
The Eric Swalwell formula:
- Identify news cycle
- Identify typical left-wing reaction
- Add steroids
Democrats said there was obstruction in the Mueller report. Swalwell said there "certainly" was collusion.
Democrats said surveillance of the Trump campaign was no big deal. Swalwell said there was no need to apologize even if it was.
Democrats said William Barr mishandled the release of the Mueller report. Swalwell said he must resign.
Democrats say they want gun restrictions. Swalwell wants them all melted down and the liquid metal to be poured on the heads of NRA members. (Probably.)
16. Seth Moulton: 20.6 (NEW)
Who is Seth Moulton?
No, I'm asking.
Moulton falls into the category of congressman looking to raise his profile and make his future fundraising easier— not someone who is actually competing for the presidency.
He tried to block Nancy Pelosi as speaker, so whatever help he could get from the establishment is as dry as Pelosi's eyes when the Botox holds them open for too long.
Moulton is a veteran, and his military service alone is enough to tell you that he's done more with his life than I'll ever do with mine. But it's hard to see the road to the White House for a complete unknown in a large field of knowns.
Don't take my word for it, instead read this depressing story that he's actually telling people on purpose:
"I said, you know, part of my job is take tough questions," Moulton told the gathered business and political leaders. "You can ask even really difficult questions. And there was still silence. And then finally, someone in the way back of the room raised her hand, and she said, 'Who are you?' "
Yeah. Who are you?
15. Tim Ryan: 21.6 (Last week: 14th / 20.7)
When you're talking to less than sixteen people in Iowa one week after your launch, you don't have too much to be excited about.
Ryan did get an interview on CNN, where he also talked to less than sixteen people.
He discussed his passion for the Dave Matthews Band, solidifying a key constituency in the year 1995.
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14. Tulsi Gabbard: 25.2 (Last week: 14th / 25.9)
Tulsi Gabbard torched Kamala Harris in fundraising!!!!! (Among Indian-American donors.)
No word on who won the coveted handi-capable gender-neutral sodium-sensitive sub-demographic.
She received a mostly false rating for her attack on the Trump administration regarding its new policy on pork inspections, a topic not exactly leading the news cycle. Being from Hawaii, the state which leads the nation in Spam consumption, she was probably surprised when this didn't go mega viral.
Other headlines:
- Tulsi Gabbard fundraises off 4/20
- Gabbard hammers Trump for turning U.S. into 'prostitute of Saudi Arabia'
- Gabbard says US undermining North Korea peace bid with Venezuela, Iran policies
13. Andrew Yang: 27.2 (Last week: 12th / 27.1)
Yang has a few go-to lines when he's on the campaign trail, such as: "The opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math." Another is apparently the Jeb-esque "Chant my name! Chant my name!"
Yang continues to be one of the more interesting candidates in this race, essentially running a remix of the "One Tough Nerd" formula that worked for Michigan Governor Rick Snyder.
I highly recommend listening to his interview with Ben Shapiro, where Yang earns respect as the only Democratic presidential candidate in modern history to actually show up to a challenging and in-depth interview with a knowledgeable conservative.
But hidden in the Shapiro interview is the nasty little secret of the Yang campaign. His policy prescriptions, while still very liberal, come off as far too sane for him to compete in this Stalin look-alike contest.
Other headlines:
12. Jay Inslee: 30.4 (Last week: 11th / 30.4)
If you read the Inslee candidate profile, I said he was running a one-issue climate campaign. This week, he called for a climate change-only debate, and blamed Donald Trump for flooding in Iowa.
He also may sign the nation's first "human composting" legalization bill. He can start by composting his presidential campaign.
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11. John Hickenlooper: 32.2 (Last week: 10th / 32.0)
John Hickenlooper was sick of being asked if he would put a woman on the ticket, in the 0.032% chance he actually won the nomination.
So he wondered why the female candidates weren't being asked if they would name a male VP if they won?
Seems like a logical question, but only someone who is high on tailpipe fumes would think it was okay to ask in a Democratic primary. Hickenlooper would be better served by just transitioning to a female and demanding other candidates are asked why they don't have a transgendered VP.
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10. Julian Castro: 35.7 (Last week: 9th / 36.2)
Lowering expectations is a useful strategy when your wife asks you to put together an Ikea end table, or when you've successfully convinced Charlize Theron to come home with you. But is it a successful campaign strategy?
Julian Castro is about to find out. He thinks the fact that everyone thinks he's crashing and burning on the campaign trail so far is an "advantage." Perhaps he can take the rest of the field by surprise on Super Tuesday when they finally realize he's actually running.
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9. Kirsten Gillibrand: 38.1 (Last week: 8th / 37.8)
Gillibrand wants you to know that the reason her campaign has been such a miserable failure so far, is because she called for a certain senator to step down. The problem might also be that another certain senator isn't a good presidential candidate.
She also spent the week arm wrestling, and dancing at a gay bar called Blazing Saddle. In this time of division, one thing we can all agree on: Blazing Saddle is a really solid name for a gay bar.
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8. Amy Klobuchar: 45.1 (Last week: 7th / 45.5)
Klobuchar is attempting a run in the moderate wing of the Democratic primary, which would be a better idea if such a wing existed.
She hasn't committed to impeaching Donald Trump and has actually voted to confirm over half of his judicial nominees. My guess is this will not be ignored by her primary opponents.
She also wants to resolve an ongoing TPS issue, which I assume means going by Peter Gibbons' desk every morning and making sure he got the memo about the new cover sheets.
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7. Elizabeth Warren: 45.3 (Last week: 6th / 46.0)
Elizabeth Warren is bad at everything she does while she's campaigning. I don't really even watch Game of Thrones, and the idea that Warren would write a story about how the show proves we need more powerful women makes me cringe.
Of course, more powerful people of all the 39,343 genders are welcome, but it's such a transparent attempt at jumping on the back of a pop-culture event to pander to female voters, it's sickening.
We can only hope that when she's watching Game of Thrones, she's gonna grab her a beer.
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6. Cory Booker: 54.9 (Last week: 5th / 55.5)
Booker is tied with Kamala Harris for the most missed Senate votes of the campaign so far. He gets criticized for this, but I think he should miss even more votes.
Booker is also pushing a national day off on Election Day—because the approximately six months of early voting allowed in every state just isn't enough.
Of course, making it easier to vote doesn't mean people are going to vote for Booker. So he's throwing trillions of dollars in bribes (my word, not his) to seal the deal.
Bookermania is in full effect, with 40 whole people showing up to his appearance in Nevada. Local press noted that the people were of "varying ages," an important distinction to most other crowds, which are entirely comprised of people with the same birthday.
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5. Robert Francis O'Rourke: 60.2 (Last week: 4th /62.6)
Kirsten Gillibrand gave less than 2% of her income to charity. The good news is that she gave about seven times as much as Beto O'Rourke. Robert Francis, or Bob Frank, also happens to be one of the wealthiest candidates in the race. His late seventies father-in-law has been estimated to be worth as much as $20 billion, though the number is more likely to be a paltry $500 million.
He's made millions from a family company investing in fossil fuels and pharmaceutical stocks, underpaid his taxes for multiple years, and is suing the government to lower property taxes on a family-owned shopping center.
He's also all but disappeared. It's a long race, and you don't win a nomination in April of the year before election day. If he's being frugal and figuring out what he believes, it might be a good move.
But it's notable that all the "pretty boy" hype that Bob Frank owned going into this race has been handed over to Mayor Pete. Perhaps Beto is spending his time working on curbing the sweating, the hand gestures, and the issues with jumping on counters like a feline.
Other headlines:
- O'Rourke Says Green New Deal Will Require 'Sacrifice' on the Scale of WWII
- Beto O'Rourke demurs on TV town halls, cites punk record label as role model for going his own way
- Beto O'Rourke Says He Would Appear On Fox News
- Beto O'Rourke Calls Trump A Racist Islamophobe In Defense Of Ilhan Omar
- O'Rourke congratulates Netanyahu after calling him racist
4. Pete Buttigieg: 62.9 (Last week: 3rd / 62.9)
When we first put candidates in tiers earlier this year, we broke everyone into five categories from "Front Runners" to "Eh, no." In the middle is a category called "Maybe, if everything goes right," and that's where we put Pete Buttigieg.
Well, everything has gone right so far. But Mayor Pete will be interested to learn that the other 19 candidates in this race are not going to hand him this nomination. Eventually, they will start saying negative things about him (they've started the opposition research process already), and it will be interesting to see how Petey deals with the pressure. We've already seen how it has affected Beto in a similar situation.
The media has spoken endlessly about the sexual orientation of Buttigieg, but not every Democratic activist is impressed. Barney Frank thinks the main reason he's getting this amount of attention is because he is gay. And for some, being a gay man just means you're a man, which isn't good enough.
When you base your vote on a candidate's genitals, things can get confusing.
Other headlines:
- Pete Buttigieg sides with striking Stop & Shop workers "You're not free if you work for a living and you can't get by," Buttigieg said ahead of a weekend of campaigning in New Hampshire. (Note: This is a similar argument used to defend slavery... "By 1860 it had become a standard part of the proslavery rationale, made it a central thesis in their arguments. (1) that the condition of the so-called free worker of the North was already fearful and was becoming increasingly more horrible; (2) that the free-labor system enslaved the worker just as much as the chattel-slavery system; and (3) that wage slavery was infinitely worse for the worker than chattel slavery.")
- Pete Buttigieg: 'Capitalism has let a lot of people down'
- Pete Buttigieg's Presidential Run Has Many LGBT Democrats Eager For Their Obama Moment
- Pete Buttigieg suggests national service program
- Pete Buttigieg compares Bernie Sanders supporters to Trump fans
3. Kamala Harris: 68.6 (Last week: 1st / 69.1)
There are a couple of ways to view the Harris candidacy so far.
#1 - Harris launched with much fanfare and an adoring media. She has since lost her momentum. Mayor Pete and former Mayor Bernie have the hype, and Kamala is fading.
#2 - Harris is playing the long game. She showed she can make an impact with her launch, but realizes that a media "win" ten months before an important primary means nothing. She's working behind the scenes and cleaning up with donations, prominent supporters, and loads of celebrities to execute an Obama style onslaught.
I tend to be in category 2, but I admit that's somewhat speculative. Harris seems to be well positioned to make a serious run, locking up more than double the amount of big Clinton and Obama fundraisers than any other candidate.
One interesting policy development for Harris that may hurt her in the primary is her lack of utter disgust for the nation of Israel. There's basically one acceptable position in a Democratic primary when it comes to Israel, which is that it's a racist and terrorist state, existing only to torture innocent Palestinians.
Certainly no one is going to mistake Harris for Donald Trump, but a paragraph like this is poison to the modern Democratic primary voter:
"Her support for Israel is central to who she is," Harris' campaign communications director, Lily Adams, told McClatchy. "She is firm in her belief that Israel has a right to exist and defend itself, including against rocket attacks from Gaza."
Just portraying the rocket attacks as "attacks" is controversial these days for Democrats, and claiming they are responses to attacks indicates you think the Jeeeewwwwwwwws aren't the ones responsible for the start of every hostility. Heresy!
Someone get Kamala a copy of the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' before she blows her chance to run the free world.
2. Bernie Sanders: 69.2 (Last week: 2nd / 68.3)
If Bernie Sanders hates millionaires as much as he claims, he must hate the mirror. As a millionaire, it might surprise some that he donated only 1% to charity. But it shouldn't.
It's entirely consistent with Sandersism to avoid giving to private charity. Why would you? Sanders believes the government does everything better than the private sector. He should be giving his money to the government.
Of course, he doesn't. He takes the tax breaks from the evil Trump tax plan he derides. He spends his money on fabulous vacation homes. He believes in socialism for thee, not for me.
Yes, this is enough to convince the Cardi B's of the world, all but guaranteeing a lock on the rapper-and-former-stripper-that-drugged-and-stole-from-her-prostitution-clients demographic. But can that lack of consistency hold up in front of general election voters?
If Bernie reads this and would like a path to credibility, clear out your bank account and send it here:
Gifts to the United States
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Funds Management Branch
P.O. Box 1328
Parkersburg, WV 26106-1328
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1. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.: 78.8 (NEW)
Joe has run for president 113 times during his illustrious career, successfully capturing the presidency in approximately zero of his campaigns.
However, when the eternally woke Barack Obama had a chance to elevate a person of color, woman, or anything from the rainbow colored QUILTBAG, he instead chose the oldest, straightest, whitest guy he could find, and our man Robinette was the beneficiary.
Biden has been through a lot, much of it of his own making. Forget about his plagiarism and propensity to get a nostril full of each passing females' hair, his dealings while vice president in both Ukraine and China are a major general election vulnerability— not to mention a legal vulnerability for his children. But hey, win the presidency and you can pardon everyone, right?
His supposed appeal to rust belt voters makes him, on paper, a great candidate to take on Trump. The Clinton loss hinged on about 40,000 voters changing their mind from Hillary to Donald in a few states—the exact areas where victory could possibly be secured by someone named "Middle Class Joe" (as he alone calls himself.)
No one loves Joe Biden more than Joe Biden, and there's a relatively convincing case for his candidacy. But we must remember this unquestionable truth: Joe Biden is not good at running for president.
He's a gaffe machine that churns out mistake after mistake, hoping only to have his flubs excused by his unending charisma. But, will that work without the use of his legendary groping abilities? Only time, and a few dozen unnamed women, will tell.
Also, yes. Robinette is really his middle name.
What the mainstream media won't tell you about the new Netflix love-letter to socialism
If only Karl Marx were alive today to see his wackiest ideas being completely paraded around. He would be so proud. I can see him now: Sprawled out on his hammock from REI, fiddling around for the last vegan potato chip in the bag as he binge-watches Academy Awards on his 70-inch smart TV. In between glances at his iPhone X (he's got a massive Twitter following), he sips Pepsi. In his Patagonia t-shirt and NIKE tennis shoes, he writes a line or two about "oppression" and "the have-nots" as part of his job for Google.
His house is loaded with fresh products from all the woke companies. In the fridge, he's got Starbucks, he loves their soy milk. He's got Ben & Jerry's in the freezer. He tells everyone that, if he shaved, he'd use Gillette, on account of the way they stand up for the Have-Nots. But, really, Marx uses Dollar Shave Club because it's cheaper, a higher quality. Secretly, he loves Chic-Fil-A. He buys all his comic books off Amazon. The truth is, he never thought people would actually try to make the whole "communism" thing work.
Companies have adopted a form of socialism that is sometimes called woke capitalism. They use their status as corporations to spread a socialist message and encourage people to do their part in social justice. The idea of companies in America using socialism at all is as confusing and ridiculous as a donkey in a prom dress: How did this happen? Is it a joke? Why is nobody bursting out in laughter? How far is this actually going to go? Does someone actually believe that they can take a donkey to prom?
Companies have adopted a form of socialism that is sometimes called woke capitalism.
On the micro level, Netflix has made some socialist moves: The "like/dislike" voting system was replaced after a Netflix-sponsored stand-up special by Amy Schumer received as tidal wave of thumb-downs. This summer, Netflix will take it a step further in the name of squashing dissent by disabling user comments and reviews. And of course most of us share a Netflix account with any number of people. Beyond that, they're as capitalist as the next mega-company.
Except for one area: propaganda. Netflix has started making movie-length advertisements for socialism. They call them "documentaries," but we know better than that. The most recent example is "Knock Down the House," which comes out tomorrow. The 86-minute-long commercial for socialism follows four "progressive Democrat" women who ran in the 2018 midterms, including our favorite socialist AOC.
Here's a snippet from the movie so good that you'll have to fight the urge to wave your USSR flag around the room:
This is what the mainstream media wants you to believe. They want you to be moved. They want the soundtrack to inspire you to go out and do something.
Just look at how the mainstream media treated the recent high-gloss "documentary" about Ilhan Omar, "Time for Ilhan." It received overwhelmingly bad ratings on IMDb and other user-review platforms, but got a whopping 93% on the media aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
This is exactly what the media wants you to think of when you hear the word socialism. Change. Empowerment. Strength. Diversity. They spend so much energy trying to make socialism cool. They gloss right over the unbelievable death toll. BlazeTV's own Matt Kibbe made a great video on this exact topic.
Any notion of socialism in America is a luxury, made possible by capitalism. The woke companies aren't actually doing anything for socialism. If they're lucky, they might get a boost in sales, which is the only thing they want anyway.
We want to show you the truth. We want to tell you the stories you won't hear anywhere else, not on Netflix, not at some movie festival. We're going to tell you what mainstream media doesn't want you to know.
Look at how much history we've lost over the years. They changed it slowly. But they had to. Because textbooks were out. So people were watching textbooks. It was printed. You would bring the book home. Mom and dad might go through it and check it out. So you had to slowly do things.
Well, they're not anymore. There are no textbooks anymore. Now, you just change them overnight. And we are losing new history. History is being changed in realtime.
You have to write down what actually is happening and keep a journal. Don't necessarily tell everybody. Just keep a journal for what is happening right now. At some point, our kids won't have any idea of the truth. They will not have any idea of what this country was, how it really happened. Who were the good guys. Who were the bad guys. Who did what.
As Michelle Obama said. Barack knows. We have to change our history. Well, that's exactly what's happening. But it's happening at a very rapid pace.
We have to preserve our history. It is being systematically erased.
I first said this fifteen years ago, people need clay plots. We have to preserve our history as people preserved histories in ancient days, with the dead see scrolls, by putting them in caves in a clay pot. We have to preserve our history. It is being systematically erased. And I don't mean just the history of the founding of our country. I mean the history that's happening right now.
And the history that's happening right now, you're a problem if you're a conservative or a Christian. You are now a problem on the left, if you disagree and fall out of line at all. This is becoming a fascistic party. And you know what a fascist is. It doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican or an independent. If you believe it's my way or the highway, if you believe that people don't have a right to their opinion or don't have a right to their own life — you could do be a fascist.
Why are Democrats afraid to call the Sri Lanka tragedy Christian persecution?
Young Voices Contributor
Christianity might seem pretty well-protected in the U.S., but that's not the case in many parts of the globe.
On Easter Sunday, suicide bombers made the news for killing 290 innocent Christians in Sri Lanka and injuring another 500. On Tuesday, ISIS claimed responsibility for the massacre. Of course, the Western world mourned this tragic loss of life on a holy day of worship, but we forget that this isn't an isolated incident. Indeed, Christians are discriminated at extreme levels worldwide, and it needs to be brought to light. And whenever we do highlight brutal persecutions such as the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, we need to call them what they are — targeted attacks against Christians. Sadly, many of our politicians are deathly afraid to do so.
A 2018 Pew Research Center study found that Christians are harassed in 144 countries — the most of any other faith — slightly outnumbering Muslims for the top of the list. Additionally, Open Doors, a non-profit organization that works to serve persecuted Christians worldwide, found in their 2019 World Watch List that over 245 million Christians are seriously discriminated against for their religious beliefs. Sadly, this translates into 4,136 Christians killed and 2,625 either arrested, sentenced, imprisoned, or detained without trial over the year-long study period. And when it comes to churches, those in Sri Lanka were merely added to a long list of 1,266 Christian buildings attacked for their religion.
These breathtaking stats receive very little coverage in the Western world. And there seems to be a profound hesitation from politicians in discussing the issue of persecution against Christians. In the case of the Sri Lanka bombings, there's even a reluctance to use the word "Christian."
After the horrific Pittsburgh Synagogue and New Zealand Mosque shootings, Democrats rightfully acknowledged the disturbing trend of targeted attacks against Jews and Muslims. But some of these same politicians refer to the Sri Lanka bombings with careless ambiguity.
So why is it so hard for our leaders to acknowledge the persecutions Christians face?
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, for instance, certainly did — calling the incursions "attacks on Easter worshippers." Understandably, the term confused and frustrated many Christians. Although, supporters of these politicians argued the term was appropriate since a recent Associated Press report used it, and it was later picked up by a variety of media outlets, including Fox News. However, as more Democrats like 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro and Rep. Dan Kildee continued to use the phrase "Easter worshippers," it became clear that these politicians were going out of their way to avoid calling a spade a spade.
So why is it so hard for our leaders to acknowledge the persecutions Christians face? For starters, Christianity in democratic countries like the U.S. is seen differently than in devastated countries like Somalia. According to Pew Research, over 70% of Americans are Christian, with 66% of those Christians being white and 35% baby boomers. So while diverse Christians from all over the world are persecuted for their faith—in the U.S., Christians are a dominant religion full of old white people. This places Christians at the bottom of progressives' absurd intersectional totem poll, therefore leaving little sympathy for their cause. However, the differing experiences of Christians worldwide doesn't take away from the fact that they are unified in their beliefs.
By refusing to name the faith of the Sri Lankan martyrs, politicians are sending a message that they have very little, if no, concern about the growing amount of persecution against Christians worldwide.
Martyrs don't deserve to be known as "Easter worshippers." They should be known by the Christian faith they gave their lives for. Decent politicians need to call the tragedy in Sri Lanka what it is — a vicious attack on the Christian faith.
Patrick Hauf (@PatrickHauf) is a writer for Young Voices and Vice President of Lone Conservative. His work can be found in the Washington Examiner, Townhall, FEE, and more.


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North, Cabrinha and Naish mainly sell their brand name and people want to pay the price (like they do with cars: BMW, Mercedes and Audi)
Don't worry as the world recession will kill this trend of expensive stuff soon as the big spenders are likely to get extincted.

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text: « Return to Search Mass. Eye and Ear, Joslin Diabetes Center Announce Collaboration in Eye Care September 10, 2012 Mass. Eye and Ear, Joslin Diabetes Center Announce Collaboration in Eye Care Contacts: Mass. Eye and Ear Public Affairs, 617-573-4170 Joslin Diabetes Center Public Affairs, 617-735-1957 Caption: From left: Joan W. Miller, Chief of Ophthalmology at Mass. Eye and Ear; John L. Brooks, President and CEO of Joslin Diabetes Center; Lloyd M. Aiello, Founding Director of the Beetham Eye Institute; Lloyd P. Aiello, Director of Beetham Eye Institute. Boston ( Sept. 10, 2012) -- Massachusetts Eye and Ear and the Joslin Diabetes Center announced today that they have reached agreement to form a clinical and research alliance, aimed toward providing coordinated high quality care to eye patients throughout greater Boston, especially those with or at-risk for diabetes-related eye disease. The new collaboration brings together Boston's two most advanced clinical eye departments, Joslin's Beetham Eye Institute (BEI) and Mass. Eye and Ear's Department of Ophthalmology. The alliance will provide an expanded Longwood Ophthalmology Service for present and future patients. The combined center will be co-located at the Joslin Diabetes Center at 1 Joslin Place and Mass. Eye and Ear's new ambulatory care center at 800 Huntington Avenue. "Mass. Eye and Ear and Joslin's Beetham Eye Institute have had a long-time collaboration as part of Harvard Medical School's Department of Ophthalmology," said Joan W. Miller, Chief of Ophthalmology at Mass. Eye and Ear and Chair of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. "Combining the expertise and resources of these clinical and academic giants will strengthen this collaboration and advance our shared goal of eradicating eye disease. The collaboration will operate under the direction of BEI's medical director Dr. Lloyd Paul Aiello. Dr. Aiello is a vice-chair in the Harvard Department of Ophthalmology, as well as an accomplished clinician-scientist and a leader in the HMS angiogenesis research group. This group first identified vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) as a key regulator of abnormal new blood vessels in eye disease. Dr. Aiello is also the founding chairperson of the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network and he already leads Mass. Eye and Ear's ophthalmology service at Brigham and Women's Hospital. "It is an honor to lead such a talented group of physicians," said Dr. Aiello. "This enhanced collaboration between our two world-class institutions will provide an outstanding level of clinical care based on extensive experience and cutting-edge research for all patients with eye disease." The Beetham Eye Institute has long led the way in both clinical care and research for patients with or at-risk of developing diabetic-related eye disease. This agreement assures that BEI will remain a vital center for providing coordinated, integrated and comprehensive care in preventing, diagnosing and treating eye problems related to diabetes. Mass. Eye and Ear's areas of specialization include: cataract surgery, glaucoma, macular degeneration, corneal disease, oculo plastics, neuro-ophthalmology, vision rehabilitation, immunology/uveitis, genetics, eye tumors including choroidal melanoma and retinoblastoma, and laser vision correction. About Mass. Eye and Ear Mass. Eye and Ear clinicians and scientists are driven by a mission to find cures for blindness, deafness and diseases of the head and neck. After uniting with Schepens Eye Research Institute in 2011, Mass. Eye and Ear in Boston became the world's largest vision and hearing research center, offering hope and healing to patients everywhere through discovery and innovation. Mass. Eye and Ear is a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital and trains future medical leaders in ophthalmology and otolaryngology, through residency as well as clinical and research fellowships. Internationally acclaimed since its founding in 1824, Mass. Eye and Ear employs full-time, board-certified physicians who offer high-quality and affordable specialty care that ranges from the routine to the very complex. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals Survey" has consistently ranked the Mass. Eye and Ear Departments of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology as top five in the nation. Mass. Eye and Ear is home to the Ocular Genomics Institute which aims to translate the promise of personalized genomic medicine into clinical care for ophthalmic disorders. For more information about life-changing care and research, or to learn how you can help, please visit MassEyeAndEar.org. About Joslin Diabetes Center and the Beetham Eye Institute Joslin Diabetes Center is the world's preeminent diabetes research and clinical care organization. Joslin is dedicated to ensuring that people with diabetes live long, healthy lives and offers real hope and progress toward diabetes prevention and a cure. Joslin is an independent, nonprofit institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Joslin Diabetes Center's Beetham Eye Institute is a world leader in diabetes eye care and in research to identify the causes of diabetic eye disease and to find new therapies to lessen the risks of vision loss. The care team at the Beetham Eye Institute is dedicated to delivering the best and most personalized, compassionate care. For more information about Beetham Eye Institute services, click here. For an appointment, call 617-732-2552. To learn more about Joslin, please visit Joslin.org.


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- 90 passengers have been rescued so far, official says
- At least 40 bodies have been recovered; about 100 passengers are missing
- The ferry sank after a storm and broke in two as it was about to dock
At least 100 people are feared dead after a ferry broke in two and sank in a remote part of northeastern India, according to officials.
The ferry sank Monday evening as it sailed along the Brahmaputra River in Assam, the state's home commissioner Jishnu Barua told CNN.
Barua said 90 people have so far been rescued, while 40 bodies have been recovered. Divers have been deployed to search for more victims.
The vessel apparently broke apart when it was about to dock after a storm, Barua said. He added that it was overcrowded and carrying around 300 passengers -- more than its capacity of 280.
"I could see people being swept away as the river current was very strong," Rahul Karmakar, who witnessed the disaster, told Agence France-Presse. He added that "chances of survival seem to be remote" in the river, swollen by the heavy rains.
The ferry was from Dhubri, some 186 miles (300 kilometers) from Assam's biggest city, Guwahati, to Fakirganj, AFP said.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the sinking a "tragedy." In a statement he said he was "shocked and grieved to know about the loss of lives," adding that he had given instructions "for all possible assistance to the government of Assam in relief operations."
Boat accidents are nothing new in remote areas of India, where ferries are often overcrowded and in poor condition due to lax safety standards.
In 2010, a boat packed with Muslim pilgrims capsized in West Bengal in eastern India, killing at least 79.


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You emailed your family and friends a link to Jill's post on reusable wrapping paper alternatives. You wore your "Wrapping Paper Sucks!" pin everywhere you went for weeks before Christmas. Yet here you are, stuck with mounds of clawed, crushed and crumpled paper. Not to worry, below are 5 great ways to turn all that trash into shredded treasure.
1) RECYCLE IT: Before you do anything else, check your local recycling policy because 'used' paper is accepted in most city recycling programs. Shredding before recycling is one option, and if you have a manual shredder, you use no electricity.
2) COMPOST IT: Shredded paper is a great starter component for that vermicompost you always wanted to try, but which gave you the creepy crawlies. As one blog commentator wrote, "I use [shredded paper] in my worm composting bin. They love it and then the castings are great for the garden, house plants, even as a type of fertilizer for your yard." Something to jot on your list of New Year's resolutions.
3) STUFF IT: When shredded, gift-wrapping paper makes a great packaging tool. This of course means you would have to save the stuff for the next time you're snail-mailing a delicate gift cross-country to grandma. You can also use it to return that sagging bean bag chair to its original, more rounded, shape.
4) MUSH IT: Make papier mache masks! What kid wouldn't love his or her very own personalized mask? And it's easier than you think. All that is required is equal parts flour, water and imagination. If the idea of a mask spooks your kid, make a papier mache bowl instead. Painted Fish Studio has a great tutorial.
5) PET IT: When minced into tiny bits, discarded paper makes great bedding for small pets. I've been doing this for over a year now, and our pet bunny couldn't be happier. It does absorb less than store-bought bedding, does not contain deodorizers and so will require more frequent changes.
If all else fails, you can go the route of this resourceful recycler: "I stuff torn pantyhose and knee highs with shredded paper, spray with Febreze [or Mrs. Meyers] and stuff this into my kids' stinky sneakers!" But I'd suggest a quick Google search first.


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WAKEFIELD, Mass. — Freshman defender Megan Armstrong was tabbed as the Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week while the team was named the WHEA Team of the Week after upsetting fifth-ranked Boston University on Friday 4-2 and playing to a 2-2 draw at Providence on Sunday.
Armstrong played a pivotal role in Friday's win over the Terriers as she tallied a pair of assists, her first two points of the season. She aided on the first goal of the game in the first period by Alexis Crossley (Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia) and again on the next goal as Arielle O'Neill (St. Catherines, Ontario) notched a power play tally. In Sunday's game at Providence, Armstrong tallied her first career goal at 9:56 of the second period on a power play.
The Wildcats were 1-1-1 and 1-0-1 in Hockey East play on the week. The team tallied 11 points (4g, 7a) and allowed only two goals against a Boston University who was averaging 3.70 goals and 10 points per game. At Providence, Armstrong tallied a power play goal while O'Neill notched a shorthanded goal while keeping the Friars at 0-for-4 on the power play. The team tallied 61 shots in the two games and tied their season high mark in the category at Providence (38).
New Hampshire returns to action Saturday, Nov. 17, at Maine at noon.
Mann Tabbed as America East Women's swimmer of the week
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sophomore Katie Mann was named the America East Women's swimmer of the week Tuesday afternoon as announced by the conference.
Mann earned a total of four victories in UNH's 161-121 win over the University of Rhode Island on Saturday. She touched the wall first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:05.74 and in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.71), owning the top time in the conference. She took gold in the 200 IM (2:06.54) and swam the second leg of the record-setting 400-medley relay team that broke the Swasey Pool record after notching a time of 3:53.46.
The Wildcats will rest up until Nov. 30 for the start of the three-day Brown Invitational at Coleman Aquatic Center in Providence, R.I.
Kay to be honored tonight
EXETER — Karen Kay, the Director of the Sports Performance Program at Access Acceleration, will be inducted into the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame tonight at the 18th Annual Induction ceremony and dinner. The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Lombardo's in Randolph, Mass. Veteran sports broadcaster and NESN studio host Dale Arnold will serve as Master of Ceremonies.
Kay is a 1985 graduate of Providence College where she played women's ice hockey and later went on to coach the team. While at Providence she helped lead the team to back-to-back EAIAW Championship appearances. She coached both the US Women's National Team and the women's hockey team at UNH (1992-2002). While coaching at UNH she collected a record of 215-90-25 during her 10-year career and led the team to a national championship in 1998.
Kay led the U.S. Women's National Team to a silver medal at the 1994 World Championships and received the Bob Johnson Award from USA Hockey for her contributions to the sport on an international level.
Marshwood football championship tickets on sale
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — The Class B state championship football game between Marshwood High School and Mt. Blue is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 17, at 6:06 p.m. at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland, Maine. Marshwood will be pre-selling game admission tickets on Thursday and Friday Nov. 15-16, in the main office of the high school from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. MPA admission prices are $8 for adults, and $5 for students and senior citizens.
Everyone will need a ticket to enter the game. Marshwood has only been given 500 adult and 500 student/citizen tickets to pre-sell. They will be selling tickets at the site on the day of the game as well. There are no complimentary admissions for any MPA playoff games.
The Class A game between Thornton Academy and Lawrence HS will be at 11:06 a.m. and the Class C game between Foxcroft Academy & Winslow will be at 2:36 p.m. Your admission ticket is good for all three games. Team and cheering Buses will be leaving at 2:45 p.m. from the high school."
Sports briefs: Armstrong, UNH garner weekly Hockey East awards
WAKEFIELD, Mass. — Freshman defender Megan Armstrong was tabbed as the Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week while the team was named the WHEA Team of the Week after upsetting fifth-ranked Boston University on Friday 4-2 and playing to a 2-2 draw at Providence on Sunday.


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Name: Lloyd
Gender: male
Age: 33
Location: UK
Hi Dr,
I like pulling on my nuts when I masturbate. I like the way it adds tension to my entire genital area, cock, bum and of course my balls. Is it ok to do this as often as I masturbate? Could I injure myself? I've heard there are ball-stretching devices, but I don't know how they work. Is this something you are familiar with? Thanks a bunch.
Lots of guys are into stretching their balls; it's a very common practice (fetish). Like you suggest there's nothing like a pair of low-hangers slappin' around down there as you pull your pud.
As you probably know, your nuts hang outside and away from your body so they stay slightly cooler than you normal core body temperature. This keeps sperm production at its peak.
Think of the fun you'll have with a partner too. Do you know about tea baggin? (Not the nutty American Republican kind, mind you.) It's all the rage, don't cha know! When you stretch out your balls, you'll be able to straddle your partner and do deep knee bends, while you're family jewels dip in and out of your partner's mouth as you proceed with your up and down motion. How fun!
Don't know a ball stretcher from a hole in your head? Not to worry. There are several kinds of devices. All encircle your sack above your balls and then either push your balls away from the body, or yank down on your nuts. Most stretchers are made of soft leather, neoprene, metal, or a combination of these materials. Persistent use can stretch your sack a good 3 inches. By the way, the stretching itself can produce a very erotic sensation both in your balls and your testicle cords (vas deferens). Let's take a look at what you can find in Dr Dick's Stockroom relating to this.
For example, check out this little number: Weighted Ball Stretcher (SL118) $25.95 The Weighted Ball Stretcher is crafted from high quality garment leather, containing tiny sand granules that make this CBT (Cock & Ball Torture) toy firm yet flexible. The dual snaps allow for custom adjustment to ensure a snug and secure fit, ideal for even the most extreme CBT scenarios. This ball stretcher weighs six ounces and will weigh down your boys without being excessively straining.
This ball stretcher is supple yet durable and it will make a great addition to your cock and ball toy collection.
Then there's the Parachute Ball Stretcher (A576) $18.00 Add some style and exquisite tease toy your play with the small studded parachute by Spartacus. This exquisite CBT device is shaped like a small parachute that surrounds the wearer's package with a firm grip. High quality leather makes it comfortable as well as providing a tight grip. The item also has a 6″ long metal chain for attaching additional weights. The metal stud design will make the wearer stylish and sexy during the play. Weights can also be attached, but for god sake, have your wits about you when you try this. You can injure yourself if not careful.
How about the KinkLab Neoprene Ball Stretcher (KL765) $14.95
Choose between 2 lengths —
- Short 2-snap (1.5″) Fits 3.5″- 4.5″ circumference with extra 1/2″ stretch.
- Long 3-snap (2″) Fits 3.5″- 4.5″ circumference with extra 1/2″ stretch.
Take a look at the 1.5″ Rubber Ball Stretcher w/ Locking Strap (R134) $22.00 This Locking Rubber Ball Stretcher stands apart from the rest because it is made of a firmer neoprene rubber that looks and feels like natural rubber, but can be used with oil based lubricants. This particular grade of rubber is more firm and shiny than other Neoprene Ball Stretchers.
The snap closes on the side allow for two different levels of tightness for the best fit and the 3/4″ wide buckling strap has a lockable buckle.
Here's a beauty, 3″ Leather Ball Stretcher w/ 2 Pulls (B584) $33.00 This leather ball stretcher has three buckles and two mini pull-straps for attaching weights or other restraint devices. This stretcher constricts the scrotum sack down to a diameter variable between 1″ to 4″ while forcing the testicles down.
The soft leather-lined inner surface is totally smooth without any rivets. Width: 3″, Length 6″, with six holes for buckle adjustment.
Looking for something shiny? The Chrome Ball Stretcher (A720) $29.50 – $42.00 Nothing else looks or feels quite the same as one of these shiny chrome ball stretchers.
We're currently carry two different diameters in two different lengths, for a total of four sizes. The 2 diameters are 1 5/8″ and 1 7/8″ and the 2 lengths are 1 1/8″ and 2″.
For those who get into the feeling of a metal ball stretcher, these stretchers are fantastic. They are good-quality rings at an excellent price.
Finally, something hi-tech. The Separating Ball Stretcher (B010) $68.00 – $69.00 When it comes to ball stretchers/weights, this is the top of the line. You may want to wear it for the sensual feel, but the way it looks, the erotic bondage/control possibilities, and the gradual stretching of the scrotum are a bonus. Whatever your motivation, this chrome-plated brass stretcher of unusually high quality and advanced design has many advantages:
Unlike all other metal ball stretchers I've seen, this one separates so that it can be closed around your balls, instead of having to shove your balls through the opening at the center. This allows the opening to be smaller, which allows the ball-stretching ring to be thicker (and heavier).
The smaller opening also prevents most men from removing the stretcher without opening it. And the stretcher is opened and closed using bolts which can only be screwed/unscrewed with an allen wrench. (The wrench is included with the stretcher.) So, if the wearer doesn't have access to an allen wrench, the ring is effectively locked on, opening up interesting bondage possibilities. (Note: the wrench is a standard size, so if it gets lost, it can be easily and inexpensively replaced with a quick trip to any hardware store.)
Both stretching and bondage possibilities are enhanced by the optional addition of two eyebolts, one on either side of the stretcher. These eyebolts are included as part of the stretcher package. The stretcher can be used with or without the eyebolts, depending on your tastes, needs, and plans. They can be used to attach weights, cuffs, ropes, locks, etc.
- 8oz. Stretcher/Weight B010
This 8oz. version of the separating stretcher is the smallest and mildest of the 3 available sizes. It is 2 3/8″ in diameter on the outside, and the inside opening is about 1″. The width of the ring (the amount of stretch) is a mild .5″ (1.2cm). Some users may want to combine this stretcher with another one to add intermediate degrees of stretching/weight.
- 16oz. Stretcher/Weight B011
This 16oz. version of the separating stretcher is a full pound of weight for the balls, and is the second largest of the 3 available sizes. It is 2 3/8″ in diameter on the outside, and the inside opening is about 1″. The width of the ring (the amount of stretch) is 1″. Some users may want to combine this stretcher with another one to add intermediate degrees of stretching/weight.
- 22oz. Stretcher/Weight B012
This 22oz. version of the separating stretcher weighs almost a pound and a half, and is the largest and heaviest of the 3 available sizes. It is 2 3/8″ in diameter on the outside, and the inside opening is about 1″. The width of the ring (the amount of stretch) is 1″ (3.8cm).
Again a word of caution. When using any stretcher, it's best to proceed slowly and gradually. Be careful when handling your scrotum to make sure that it doesn't get pinched. You may find it helpful to use a tongue depressor, a pen, or some similar household object to push the scrotum skin out of the way as you slowly tighten snaps or screws.
Also, the potential for injury to this tender part of your body is obvious. So be careful and conservative in your use of any of these items. The Dr Dick's Stockroom can guarantee the quality of workmanship of all these products, but not the safety of their use. You use them is at your own risk.
Again, please be careful and use common sense.
Good luck


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On this day in 1923, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louis Simpson is born in Jamaica, West Indies.
Simpson, of Scottish and Russian descent, was the son of a lawyer. He emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 17 and began studying at Columbia University in New York City. However, World War II interrupted his studies. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945, in France, Holland, Belgium, and Germany. After the war, he studied and lived in Paris.
Simpson published his first collection of poetry, The Arrivistes: Poems, 1940-1949, in 1949, while living in France. His early work followed conventional poetic forms, relying on traditional rhyme and meter. However, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, while working as a book editor in New York and pursuing a Ph.D. at Columbia, Simpson began experimenting with free verse. Influenced by the works of Walt Whitman, Simpson embraced the belief that poetry should reflect the poet's inner life and should be expressed in a natural and spontaneous format instead of adhering to conventional structure. His 1963 collection, At The End of the Open Road, Poems, reflected his new aesthetic, and won him the Pulitzer Prize for poetry that year.
Simpson also published several acclaimed critical studies of poets, including Three on the Tower (1975), a study of Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot and William Carlos Williams, and A Revolution in Taste: Studies of Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell (1978). Simpson published 17 poetry collections and won numerous prestigious awards including the Prix de Rome and the Columbia Medal for Excellence. He died on September 14, 2012 at his home in Stony Brook, New York. He was 89.


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The LAS welcomes anyone interested in astronomy to visit us at out dark site located in Curby, Indiana for our monthly Star Party. Come listen to a program on astronomy followed by observing the night sky and crescent 3 day old Moon at 9% illumination.
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The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party.
The LAS is an IRC §501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Donations are welcome.
May your scope and skies be clear at the same time. Hope to see you there.
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Cardinals running back Ryan Williams left Sunday's practice early because of right knee trouble, something that's all too familiar for a player who missed his entire rookie season in 2011 after he tore the patellar tendon in the same knee during the summer.
It appears he's avoided another trip to the injured reserve, however. Coach Bruce Arians said Monday the MRI on Williams' knee is clear of any sign of serious injury, although he didn't say when he thought Williams would be able to get back on the practice field because the back will go for a second opinion. He did intimate that sooner would be better than later when he was asked if it was a make-or-break year for the runner.
"I would think so," Arians said, via the Arizona Republic.
With the regime that drafted him out in Arizona and very little track record to date in the NFL, you won't hear too many arguments to the contrary. Williams is going to have to make an impact for the Cardinals this season or he probably won't get another chance to do it.


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In this final week of volleyball regular season action, our local teams will work on nailing down those fundamentals of the game that will create success in the post-season.
District tournaments start next week and our county teams will all be traveling but Munroe.
Tournament time
Munroe (9-10) will host their tournament for the second year in a row. The 2A
With the conclusion of this week's
FHSAA-member school volleyball action, there will only be one more week of regular season volleyball before district tournaments start the week of Oc. 19.
This week actually marks the end of district play for our four county teams — Munroe, Tallavana Christian, East Gadsden and West Gadsden. Districts with a large number of teams will actually begin on the 19th with tournaments culminating usually on a Thursday in order to not compete with Friday night football.
Last week in volleyball action:
By JIMMY HARRIS
The Jags played their first district game of the season at home this past Friday against the Bulldogs of Marianna High.
After a tight first quarter, in which the Bulldogs gained a 7-0 advantage they quickly extended their lead with two touchdowns within the first two minutes of the second period.
In the final full week of September play, the Munroe volleyball team picked up three wins to push their win-streak to five matches. In those five matches, the team dropped only two individual games. The other three matches were won 3-0 in a best of five set up.
Munroe: 3
Wakulla Christian: 0
After a 0-3 start to the season, West Gadsden played their second home game this past Friday against Jay High School, which is located in Jay, Fla.
A large crowd filled the home section to cheer the Panthers on before they hit the road again to play an extremely important district game against Liberty County next Friday, Oct. 2.
After the game, Coach Striplin spoke on the importance of gaining a little momentum heading into their district game:
By JIMMY HARRIS
Sports Correspondent
In this fourth week of competition, the Munroe volleyball team was able to pick up two wins last week and both were district
The team defeated Aucilla Christian in four games and Tallavana Christian in three.
The Munroe Lady Cats volleyball team, still adjusting to four new starters, played two district games last week and came away at .500.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - In the bustling Baramka district in the heart of Damascus, sounds of iron hammering by mechanics busily repairing cars can be heard next to the large excavated site of an uncompleted $400 million twin skyscraper project.
Since the two-year-old civil war in the country, the prime real estate site now houses many of the artisans who fled from the capital's southern and eastern suburbs.
Those areas, the country's biggest concentration of small workshops and garages, are now laid to waste after becoming a major frontline between rebels seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad and his army.
"My workshop was shelled and I had no choice but to move here. Thank God some of my old customers are now coming back," said Wael Asfour, whose 40 square meter garage in the working class Herasta suburb that employed six apprentices was burnt after two mortars hit it last November.
After over two years of conflict that has killed more than 90,000 people, Syrian business owners are finding ways to rebuild what they can.
With access to Syria limited, this story was reported by speaking to business owners and other residents by telephone.
From blue collar skilled workers to displaced shopkeepers and traders, Syrians are finding ways to sell goods like garments and vegetables on streets of once-quiet affluent residential areas of Damascus, such as Qura al-Assad and Sabura.
Foreign brands like Italy's Benetton have ceased production of clothes under license at Syrian factories. Instead, hawkers now sell cheap goods outside their boutiques in the capital's once fashionable Hamra Street.
"They are all trying to scrape a living, their shops had been demolished in some areas and they are now squatting near a shop and selling. The street is filled with traders who want to live. These makeshift markets have helped depress prices," said Nabil Sukr, a leading economist.
The destruction of the old souks and bazaars in the northern city of Aleppo - once the country's economic engine, now a frontline - has shifted business activity to the more peaceful residential areas in the western part of the city.
Many of those traders who lost businesses have turned their gardens and homes into shops. Others set up tents or even turned their cars into shops.
"People have to eat and drink. What sells now is food and drink. This is the one thing people cannot do without," said Osama Mualem, a car dealer whose business went bust, and who now sells vegetables and produce in a main street in Aleppo's Halab al-Jadida district.
Even in the once teeming working class districts of the sprawling city such as Sakhour, Salah ed-Din, Bustan al-Qasr where whole buildings have been razed to the ground, butchers and fruit vendors who had closed for months have reopened.
In rebel-held rural areas in northern, western and eastern parts of Syria, the rupture of transport links and lack of security has turned once sleepy rural towns such as Daret Azah, Azaz and Anadan into small trading hubs.
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Trade has crossed the front lines. Traders said some merchants had used financing from the state bank to import goods into the two main Mediterranean ports, Tartous and Latakia, only to sell them at a premium in rebel areas or even smuggle them into Turkey or Lebanon.
"These are war profiteers," said Ahmad Zein, a major Damascus-based tea importer. "They do not have a country, their country is their money and they go across every checkpoint paying their way."
A brain drain has deprived the country of some of its most talented human capital, with skilled workers either sitting idle in camps in neighboring countries or providing a pool of cheap immigrant labor in neighboring Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan.
Billions of dollars of capital flight by the merchant and business elite has almost starved the country of investment in the last two years.
Top industrialist and deputy head of the Damascus chamber of industry Essam Zamrick said the war would end sooner or later, but whether Syria's economy can recover depends on how much damage is done.
"They will at the end come to the table to negotiate a political settlement. But what I fear for Syria is the destruction of its infrastructure. If it collapses, Syria collapses," he added.
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If you thought Stu Bykovsky's call for a new 9/11 was the lowest the Neo-Cons could sink, think again. A right-wing foundation with links to Dick Cheney has called for Bush to be made lifetime president, ruler of the world, and for Iraq to be ethnically cleansed of Arabs by means of a nuclear holocaust.
The Family Security Matters organization masquerades as an independent "think tank" yet was highly influential in President Bush's re-election in 2004 and has links to top Neo-Con ideologues.
The outfit poses as an advocacy group for a new breed of goose-stepping brownshirts - so-called "security moms," who are noted for their blind obedience to neo-conservatism as a result of believing every ounce of fearmongering that emanates from the Bush administration on the inevitability of mass casualty terror attacks.
"In late 2004, Media Matters for America discovered that the phone number listed on FSM's website actually belonged to the Center for Security Policy (CSP), a rabidly hardline foreign policy outfit run by former Reagan administration figure Frank Gaffney," reports Right Web.
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The Center for Security Policy is an umbrella organization that includes the National Security Advisory Council, whose members hold senior positions within the Bush administration itself. Former and current members include Dick Cheney, Richard Perle, Elliott Abrams and the organization has also given awards to Donald Rumsfeld.
The FSM foundation itself also has ties to the Anti-Defamation League, the International Women's Forum, numerous nationwide television and print media outlets, and includes on its board of advisors Neo-Con radio host Laura Ingraham and former director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, James Woolsey.
Representatives of FSM also routinely appear as guests on Fox News and their website is a cesspool of anti-American fervor - acting as a cheerleader for the invasion of Iran, the warrantless wiretapping program (opponents of which are labeled "traitors") and lauds the Patriot Act as "An irreplaceable tool utilized by our Secret Service to keep us safe."
In an August 3rd article, contributing editor and philosopher Philip Atkinson penned a feverish diatribe that calls for the end of democracy, for Bush to be made ruler of the world as Julius Caesar was made emperor of Rome, for Bush to be made lifetime President in the U.S., and for Iraq to be ethnically cleansed by means of nuclear genocide and re-populated with Americans.
The comments are so fundamentally sick and twisted that the reader must absorb the following passages in full to recognize the true depravity of what the Neo-Con fringe truly embrace.
After calling democracy 'the enemy of truth and justice', Atkinson openly calls for genocide and mass slaughter.
He then cites Julius Caesar, the reviled dictator of the Roman Empire, as an example of how Bush should engage in rampant ethnic cleansing.
Atkinson then concludes by stating such actions would allow Bush to declare martial law, become permanent President of the U.S. and eventually ruler of the entire world.
The sheer abhorrence of the diatribe could lead many to think that this was some kind of attempt at black humor, a faux article written by a liberal intended as a parody to ridicule right-wingers, but it's not, it's real - this is what many of the Neo-Cons actually embrace.
To the kind of people who think like this, carrying out a 9/11 style attack is like a walk in the park.
Though FSM chose to delete the article from their website after it started to get bad press, the cache is still available and Atkinson's previous articles betray the fact that he is a real columnist and he really believes this crap!
This is the philosophy guiding the people that are in control of the world's pre-eminent superpower - in comparison, they make Hitler look like the tooth fairy.
They are supported by a transfixed hardcore following of kool-aid drinkers, the kind that openly advocate putting anyone who criticizes Bush in gas chambers while praying for Fox News.
And don't for a second think that they won't try and make all this happen - the Neo-Cons are not playing games, yesterday we reported on the open admission of a plan on behalf of the feds to use clergy to "quell dissent" during a martial law takeoever scenario.
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are part of the same crowd and not part of the solution, this is a doctrine that has swallowed the entirety of the political system.
The extreme fringe of the Neo-Con belief system is increasingly attracting more adherents as Bush, Cheney and their warmongering administration becomes increasingly unpopular in the U.S. and faces more opposition in attempting to complete their agenda.
The true horror of what that ultimate agenda entails is the price we as humanity will pay unless we stop these madmen and their goal - a 4th Reich of the elite, the slaughter of millions, and a global totalitarian dictatorship.
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(I don't know what else to call them, so I am just going by where they can be selected), They are insterting and feel like they could be good challenge/ fun classes, but it feels like they just get over locked. I don't want them to be remade, just explained or cleaned up.
The crusader- I really like him, and it makes sense in my head, one shot things to one shot more things. Scarred is one of the best traits in the game, although it doesn't make to much sense for him it does in a way (It is harder to get momentum if poison or curse stacks would make it so the emeny kills you and mana burn would stop you from using helpmeh or byceeps.) The thing I don't get is maryter. While Taurog or Dracul would be nice, he doesn't really need them. This is my reasoning for not liking it:
Taurog- His prep punishment is laughable.
Tikki Tooki- While it makes sense in a way, he doesn't get to much out of it. First strike maybe but more xp is a punishment more then a tool and posion is meh. To be fair, I do hate Tikki.
Dracul- I would have to try this, but it doesn't seem like a better chance of finding him randomly at any point of the dungeon would be worth not just preping him if you wanted him.
Earthmother- This alter can really help you out, since you can descerte it easily, greenblood convert out and half the plants don't even harm you, and entanglement could work to your advantage.
JJ- I don't use JJ, but I guess he could work out.
GG- Because more health is really going to help you out, and cleanse is really helpfully /sarcasm/, Humility might be the only one that you can get and feel good about yourself.
Binlor- Crusaders catapult, would be annoying hard to pull off unless their is something I am missing.
I just don't get it, the crus normally doesn't play a very religious game. It has some perks but not really even to justifiably from where I am sitting.
Transmuter- Two things I would like to see :
Change dungeon lore to something that gives endiswall and decreases it mana cost.
Buff Inner focus slightly.
I tested it, purely using Lemmisi gives you two spirit swords at the cost of almost all the map being revealed, and it revealing key points of the map novel at best. Endiswall is more loyal to the aphla version, makes more sense lore wise, and gives him a more defining feature of starting out with one of the more useful starting gylphs. The biggest worry is Binlor Trans-muter but that is only a big problem if you decrease the mana cost to low, because that is how far his synergy goes.
Other then that, think about this, minumin conversion cost is 80 to my knowledge. You have to cast 27 spells for one spirit sword. It doesn't need that big of a buff but 27 spells is a bit much.
Tinker- Really no compiants, he is well designed. he is a good class to money grind with and would require a reworking if he was to be one of the better classes since he is designed around shopping with is random. The only one I don't have an complaints about.
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The Administration Console provides a help facility containing complete information about how to use the Console to perform administrative tasks. To use the help facility, pull down the Help menu at the right end of the menu bar and choose Overview. The Administration Console's Help window (Figure 2–2) will be displayed.
The Help window's navigation pane, on the left, organizes topics into three areas: Message Queue Administration Console, Message Queue Object Store Management, and Message Queue Broker Management. Within each area are files and folders. The folders provide help for dialog boxes containing multiple tabs, the files for simple dialog boxes or individual tabs. When you select an item in the navigation pane, the result pane to the right shows the contents of that item. With the Overview item chosen, the result pane displays a skeletal view of the Administration Console window identifying each of the window's panes, as shown in the figure.
Your first task with the Administration Console will be to create a reference to a broker. Before you start, however, check the Help window for information. Click the Add Broker item in the Help window's navigation pane; the contents of the result pane will change to show text explaining what it means to add a broker and describing the use of each field in the Add Broker dialog box. Read through the help text, then close the Help window.


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Why do you need a privileged access management system? Let me count the ways…Friday, May 3rd, 2013
This sort of thing is distressingly common:
Basically a technical guy – developer/sysadmin – didn't get promoted, got mad, quit and then spent weeks hacking into his old workplace and causing trouble. Electronic version of old crimes: "break and enter" and "vandalism."
With a robust system to control privileged access, the amount of damage he managed would have been far reduced…


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Women's College World Series is days away from crowning a champion, but Tennessee Tech softball continues to bring in honors, this one for senior leader Melody Christian. College Sports Madness has recognized Christian as first-team all-OVC honoree.
Christian was previously honored by the Ohio Valley Conference as a member of the all-conference second-team squad after her outstanding individual play during the 2013 season.
Christian has led the team in hits, runs, and stolen bases all four years at Tech and this season she solidified her spot in the record books with 89 career steals, the second most in program history. Christian started in all but one game in the 2013 season and finished with a .365 batting average. Christian connected for 62 hits in 170 appearances, driving in 33 runs. Christian held the longest hit streak in the OVC with a 16-game run, after opening the season with an 11-game streak. Christian had a season high three hits in three different games prior to the conference schedule.


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Fourth of five winefest giveaways. The last one will be on Monday (1/14).
Today's Table Hopping giveaway is a pair of tickets to the Wine & Dine for the Arts grand tasting on Saturday, Jan. 19, plus admission for two to barista throwdown that precedes the tasting. The giveaway represents a $130 value. The tasting runs noon to 4 p.m.; the throwdown, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., both at the Hotel Albany downtown. Included in the price of the tasting ticket is the opportunity to watch the Signature Chefs Invitational, at which six chefs will compete to for a spot cooking for the gala dinner at the 2014 festival.
Representatives of about two dozen restaurants and other food providers (after the jump) will be cooking for Saturday's tasting, and there will be samples of more than 250 global wine, spirits and beers.
The winner will be chosen at random from comments posted below that answer the question in the next paragraph. Comments that don't answer the question will be deleted. One comment submitted per person. Multiple answers from same person/email address disqualifies all from that person. Contest closes at noon Saturday (1/12).
Question: Looking over the list of chefs competing in Signature Chefs Invitational, which one would you like to see win, and why?
The festival was sold out before it started last year. See the schedule and buy tickets here.
In all, more than 70 Capital Region chefs will participate in some part of Wine & Dine for the Arts, which in its first three years has raised more than $168,000.
Barista Albany Competitors:
Apostrophe Café – Taylor Davis
Daily Grind – Lee Cohen
Flavor to Go Café – Joe Mancini
Happy Cappuccino – Matt Robbins
Hudson River Coffee House – Anton Pasquill
Tierra Roasters – Ron Grieco
Alternate: J. Watts – J. Watts
Grand Tasting Saturday:
All Good Bakers
Cella Bistro
Chez Mike
Chris Coffee Service
dp an American Brasserie
Epicurean Bistro & Wine Bar
Gideon Putnam
Ginger Man
Hotel Albany
Hungry Fish Café
Il Sapore D'italia
Illium Café & Wine Bar
Max London's
Mazzone Hospitality – Aperitivo, Tavolo
New World Bistro Bar
Normanside Country Club
Portofino's Italian Ristorante
Primes – 677, Saratoga National, Bar + Grill
Sperry's Restaurant
The "New" Salty's Pub & Bistro
The Desmond
Rising Stars Saturday:
Carmen's Café – Chris Faraci
Jack's Oyster House – Brendan Horn
Yono's – Alex Ursprung
Signature Invitational Competitors:
Brian Bowden – Javier's
Brady Duhame – Angelo's Prime Bar + Grill
Giovanni Morina – Gio Culinary Studio
John Grizzaffi – Garden Bistro 24
Marla Ortega – Illium Cage & Wine Bar