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Pastor to Bike Across US for Diaper Charity
A Washington State pastor who has recently had open-heart surgery will be biking across the United States for the benefit of raising money for diapers.
Eric Shadle of Seventh-day Adventist Church in Richland will begin the 3,700 mile on Sunday, with the proceeds going to a local diaper bank.
In an interview with The Christian Post, Shadle explained that he was doing the bike trip during a planned sabbatical to "raise awareness about the need for diapers."
"I wanted to do something that could take the conversation across the country and raise money as well as awareness," said Shadle. "This is a national issue, and one in which I believe that followers of Jesus should be on the forefront of helping to solve. And that's because this is a family issue."
Shadle began biking last September. Training for his bike across country was interrupted in February when he had to have open-heart surgery.
"This is a cause greater than me," said Shadle, who talked about how many lower income families with infants are forced to choose between food and diapers.
"I will make it because God has called me to do this. And any pain I endure will only serve to remind me of the pain the infants & toddlers endure every day without our help."
While biking across America, the pastor will make stops at various churches to speak about the charity he is involved in. The plan is for him to arrive at the Silver Spring, Md., headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on Sept. 5. Alison Weir of the National Diaper Bank Network has been invited to meet Shadle in Silver Spring.
Weir, who serves as director of Programs for the NDBN, told The Christian Post that her recently formed organization seeks to create "a network of diaper banks."
"Since his ride helps foster our goal of raising awareness about the issue that many people cannot afford diapers, we reached out to Pastor Eric and the diaper bank staff to offer our assistance in connecting him with other diaper banks across the country," said Weir.
"So far, it seems to be a great partnership, as many diaper banks have been corresponding with the pastor about his upcoming trip."
Weir also stressed the importance of the network of diaper banks, even though the availability of diapers is an oftentimes overlooked need for low-income families.
"We often hear from food pantries and social service organizations we work with that they are surprised when they hear from their clients that their greatest need is diapers," said Weir.
"If you do not have small children, or are not reliant on food stamps and other assistance, you might be unaware that diapers are a necessary and expensive need for low-income families."
Shadle is also a board member of the Tri-Cities Diaper Bank, which has a diaper distribution center in Richland, Wash.
He is hoping to raise the funds for the purchase of 1million diapers. The National Diaper Bank Network intends to match all the donations made to the Tri-Cities Diaper Bank.

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Adam Scott became the first Australian to win the Masters Tournament after dramatically overcoming Angel Cabrera to win his first Major Championship.
Nine months after being pipped to The Open Championship by Ernie Els despite leading by four shots with four to play, Scott tonight gained sweet redemption with a dramatic triumph at a rain-soaked Augusta.
The World Number Seven birdied the second hole of a sudden-death play-off after he and 2009 champion Cabrera had finished tied on nine under par.
The 32 year old thought he had claimed his first Major when he birdied the 18th in regulation, roaring "Come on Aussie" after holing from 25 feet.
But Cabrera, watching from the fairway, promptly fired his approach to three feet for a birdie of his own to force extra holes.
The pair both made par when they returned to the 18th - Cabrera almost chipping in to win it - and Scott then birdied the tenth from 15 feet to seal a memorable win.
Scott's compatriot Jason Day had led by two with three to play but bogeyed the 16th and 17th to finish seven under, with Tiger Woods, penalised two shots for an incorrect drop in Friday's second round, two further back after a closing 70 alongside another Australian, Marc Leishman.
"I don't know how that happens," Scott said of the dramatic finale. "It seems a long way away from last July when I was trying to win another Major.
"It fell my way today, there was some luck there. It was incredible."
The final round was played in intermittent rain from overcast skies, but got off to a blistering start as two-time winner Bernhard Langer, looking to become golf's oldest Major winner, birdied the first three holes.
The 55 year old's challenge for a third Masters title, 20 years after his second, faded quickly with dropped shots at the sixth and seventh and he eventually signed for a 76, but by then Day had started birdie-eagle to take the lead.
Day holed from 30 feet on the first and then saw his greenside bunker shot on the par five second disappear into the cup as well, but sole possession of the lead did not last long.
Brandt Snedeker, playing in the final group with Cabrera, also birdied the first, while Cabrera soon made it a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard with a two-putt birdie on the second.
Snedeker, who shared the lead early in the final round in 2008 before fading to a closing 77 to finish third, saw his challenge start to evaporate with bogeys on the fourth and fifth and although he did birdie the eighth, dropped shots on the tenth, 11th and 14th ended his chances.
Day was not immune to the pressure though, dropping a shot at the sixth and another at the ninth. After punching out of the trees to just short of the treacherous green, his delicate chip failed to get over a steep slope and rolled back to his feet.
At that point he was three behind Cabrera after the Argentinean birdied the seventh, but Cabrera bogeyed the tenth after driving into the trees and then found water at the par five 13th for another bogey.
A stunning bunker shot on the same hole set up Day's first birdie since the opening hole, which he followed with another from seven feet on the next, and when he made it three in succession on 15 - hitting the green in two and leaving his eagle putt just two feet short - Day was two in front.
Scott had almost been overlooked after a bogey at the first and birdie at the third were followed by nine pars in succession, but then came a massive stroke of luck on the 13th.
His approach to the par five span back towards the water in front of the green but, aided by the rain, stopped on the downslope in a manner reminiscent to what happened to Fred Couples on the 12th on his way to victory in 1992.
From there he chipped and putted for birdie and then matched Day's two-putt birdie on the 15th, with Cabrera's birdie on the 16th briefly making it a three-way tie.
However, Day's chances then disappeared with bogeys on the 16th - where he three-putted from over the back of the green - and 17th where he failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker, setting the stage for the drama to come.
Scott paid tribute to Australian great Greg Norman after collecting his Green Jacket from last year's play-off winner Bubba Watson.
"Australia's a proud sporting nation and this was one notch on the belt that we'd never got," he added.
"It's amazing that it's come down to me today, Marc [Leishman] and Jason Day, it could have been any of us.
"But there was one guy that inspired a nation of golfers and that's Greg Norman. He's been incredible to me and all the young golfers in Australia and part of this definitely belongs to him."
Cabrera, who in a tremendous sporting gesture went straight over to congratulate Scott, said: "That's how golf is. I came back and I had that chip on 18, I could have won it.
"But Adam's a good winner. I would have been happier if I had won but he's a great player, I get along with him, we've played together in the President's Cup and I'm happy for him."
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The ruling People's Democratic Party retained control of the presidency, the National Assembly, and the majority of governorships in April 2011 elections. Hailed by many observers as a marked improvement from the 2007 elections, the polls were nevertheless marred by violence and suspected voter fraud. The worst bloodshed occurred in the north, where rioting by disaffected opposition supporters ignited a wave of clashes that left more than 800 people dead and at least 65,000 displaced. Since President Goodluck Jonathan's inauguration in May, Nigeria has suffered a series of high-profile attacks by the extremist movement Boko Haram, prompting a brutal crackdown by the security forces.
The armed forces ruled Nigeria for much of the period after independence from Great Britain in 1960. Beginning with the first coup in January 1966, military officers consistently claimed that only they could manage a diverse Nigerian polity beset by simmering tensions among the country's 250 ethnic groups, as well as between religious communities. Muslims, who constitute a majority in the north, make up about 50 percent of the overall population, while Christians, who dominate in the south, account for most of the remaining 50 percent. Ethnic and regional tensions led to the attempted secession of Nigeria's oil-rich southeast as the Republic of Biafra in 1967, which touched off a three-year civil war and a devastating famine that together caused more than one million deaths.
A military-supervised political transition led to the inauguration of a civilian government in 1979, but the new democratic regime was burdened by factionalism, corruption, and communal polarization. Economic mismanagement and deeply flawed elections triggered another military intervention in 1983, followed by 16 more years of military rule.
After several years under the leadership of General Ibrahim Babangida, the country held a presidential election in June 1993. Moshood Abiola, a Muslim Yoruba from the south, was widely considered the winner, but Babangida annulled the election. A civilian caretaker administration governed briefly until General Sani Abacha, a principal architect of previous coups, took power in November 1993. Abacha's dictatorial regime dissolved all democratic structures and banned political parties, governing through a predominantly military Provisional Ruling Council. Abiola was jailed in 1994 and ultimately died in detention, just weeks after Abacha's unexpected demise in 1998.
General Abdulsalami Abubakar emerged as the new military leader and presided over a transition to civilian rule. In 1999, Olusegun Obasanjo—a former general who had led a military regime from 1976 to 1979 and spent a number of years in prison under Abacha—won the presidential election on the ticket of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), which also captured the most seats in the National Assembly. While hailed throughout the international community for bringing an end to almost two decades of military dictatorship, the 1999 elections featured numerous instances of voter intimidation and fraud.
Obasanjo's reelection in 2003 also featured widespread irregularities. The elections were preceded by violence, and observers documented widespread irregularities and fraud. Obasanjo's runner-up, former general Muhammadu Buhari, a northern Muslim and member of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP), filed a petition to nullify the election results. However, the Supreme Court in 2005 unanimously rejected the challenge.
The April 2007 elections were marred by bloodshed and reports of massive vote-rigging and fraud. International and local election monitors were highly critical of the vote, and opposition parties refused to accept the results, which gave Umaru Yar'Adua, the PDP candidate and Obasanjo's handpicked successor, 70 percent of the presidential ballots. In the parliamentary vote, the PDP won 85 of 109 Senate seats and 262 of 360 seats in the House of Representatives. The PDP also captured 29 out of 36 governorships. The official results drew a raft of legal challenges that were adjudicated by election officials as well as the court system. In December 2008, the Supreme Court upheld Yar'Adua's victory.
In November 2009, an ailing Yar'Adua left the country to seek medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. The National Assembly in February 2010 provisionally handed power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. Yar'Adua died in May, allowing Jonathan to formally assume the presidency. In September, Jonathan replaced leaders within the security forces and appointed the widely respected Attahiru Jega to head the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Although presidential, gubernatorial, and legislative elections were initially scheduled for January 2011, INEC faced significant difficulties in creating an accurate and valid registry of the approximately 70 million eligible voters, and in November 2010, the polls were postponed until April.
Jonathan's decision to run in the 2011 presidential election challenged an informal power-sharing arrangement between the north and south initiated by the PDP in 1999. Under the agreement—which called for the presidency to alternate between a northerner and a southerner—the next presidential nominee should have originated from the north, since Yar'Adua, a northerner, did not finish his term. Despite northern opposition, Jonathan succeeded in winning the PDP nomination in January 2011 through an alleged combination of bribery and extravagant political promises.
Jonathan was declared the winner of the April 16 presidential contest, defeating Buhari, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) candidate, 58.9 percent to 32 percent. The vote divided the country along ethnic and sectarian lines, with Buhari winning the northern states and Jonathan taking the south. Protests by Buhari's supporters in parts of 12 northern and so-called Middle Belt states led to sectarian riots and retaliatory killings that resulted in over 800 deaths and forced some 65,000 people to flee their homes.
PDP candidates won a reduced majority of legislative seats in voting April 9 and 26. In the House of Representatives, the PDP claimed 202 of 360 seats, while the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) won 66, the CPC, 35, and the ANPP, 25. In the Senate, the PDP lost its two-thirds majority, winning 71 of 109 seats; the ACN took 18 seats, and the CPC and ANPP took 7 each. The PDP captured 18 of the 26 contested governorships. Despite the election-related violence and high number of dubious official results, most observers deemed 2011's elections an improvement from those in 2007, citing the existence of more orderly polling stations and competent INEC personnel.
The year 2011 also saw a rise in activity by the radical Islamist movement Boko Haram, based in northeastern Borno State, with at least 550 people killed in 115 attacks, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). In August, Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing that killed 24 people at the United Nations' local headquarters in Abuja. In December, a Christmas Day attack on a Catholic church killed 40 people in Niger State. These attacks—along with more frequent, smaller attacks in Borno and other northern states, mainly on government personnel—drew a harsh response from the security forces, reportedly including random killings and arrests, intimidation, and arbitrary and illegal detentions.
Nigeria's economy is dominated by hydrocarbons, which account for 95 percent of export revenues and most foreign investment. It is estimated that nearly $400 billion in oil revenue has been stolen or squandered since independence. Wealth and political power are concentrated in the hands of a narrow elite, and much of the regular violence in the oil-rich yet impoverished Niger Delta region stems from unequal distribution of oil revenue.
Nigeria is not an electoral democracy. According to the constitution, the president is elected by popular vote for no more than two four-year terms. Members of the bicameral National Assembly, consisting of the 109-seat Senate and the 360-seat House of Representatives, are elected for four-year terms. However, since the return of civilian rule in 1999, elections have by and large been chaotic affairs often marked by vote-rigging and violence. This has been particularly the case in the Niger Delta, where
many prominent politicians reportedly sponsor criminal gangs to target opponents.
As of 2011, the ruling PDP, the ACN, and the CPC formed the largest political parties in Nigeria. The ACN and CPC derive much of their support from regional-based constituencies (the Yoruba-speaking southwest and Muslim north, respectively), while the PDP enjoys the backing of opaque patronage networks consisting of elites from every section of Nigeria. Other prominent parties include the ANPP and the All-Progressive Grand Alliance. Although the PDP has dominated Nigeria's political landscape since 1999, it saw its grip on power weakened following the April 2011 elections. INEC chief Jega has won praise for addressing opposition complaints that the commission functioned as an appendage of the PDP.
Corruption remains pervasive, with government efforts to improve transparency and reduce graft proving cosmetic in nature. An August 2011 report by HRW found that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria's main anticorruption agency, had arraigned 30 prominent politicians on corruption charges since it began work in 2002. However, it had won only four convictions, resulting in little or no jail time. The body has been hampered by political interference, an inefficient judiciary, and its own institutional weaknesses, and was subject to criticisms that it targeted those who had lost favor with the government. Nigeria was ranked 143 out of 183 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Freedom of speech and expression is constitutionally guaranteed, and Nigeria has a lively independent media sector. However, state security agents occasionally arrest journalists, confiscate newspapers, and harass vendors, notably when journalists are covering corruption or separatist and communal violence. Local authorities frequently condemn those who criticize them, and cases of violence against journalists often go unsolved. Sharia (Islamic law) statutes in 12 northern states impose severe penalties for alleged press offenses. In October 2011, Boko Haram shot and killed Zakariya Isa, a cameraman for the state-owned Nigerian Television Authority; the group alleged that he was an informant for the security services. In a positive development, President Goodluck Jonathan in May signed into law a Freedom of Information Act. The government does not restrict internet access.
Religious freedom is guaranteed by the constitution, though many Nigerians, including government officials, discriminate against adherents of other religions. Religious violence frequently reflects regional and ethnic differences and accompanying competition for resources. In recent years, sectarian clashes have erupted in and around the city of Jos, leaving hundreds dead and displacing thousands more. Christians have also been targeted by Boko Haram.
Academic freedom is generally honored, although government officials frequently pressure university administrators and faculty to ensure special treatment for their relatives and associates. At the state level, policies related to the admission of students and the hiring of teaching staff are subject to ethnic politics. Nigeria's public education system remains dismal; more than a third of the population is illiterate.
Freedoms of assembly and association are generally respected in practice. However, protests are often suppressed by state and private security forces, especially demonstrations organized by youth groups or in the Niger Delta. Human rights groups report that dozens of activists have been killed in recent years and hundreds have been detained. Workers, except those in the military or "essential services," may join trade unions and have the right to bargain collectively. Public health workers strike frequently.
The higher courts are relatively competent and independent, but they remain subject to political influence, corruption, and lack of funding, equipment, and training. Certain departments, particularly the Court of Appeals, have often overturned decisions on election challenges or allegations of corruption against powerful elites, raising doubts about their independence.
Ordinary defendants in Nigerian courts frequently lack legal representation and are often ill-informed about court procedures and their rights. Human rights groups have alleged that Islamic courts in the 12 northern states with Sharia statutes fail to respect due process rights and discriminate against non-Muslims. Pretrial detainees, many of whom are held for several years, account for 70 percent of the country's inmates, and few have had access to a lawyer. Children and the mentally disabled are often held with the general prison population. Prison facilities are rife with disease, as they commonly lack water, adequate sewage facilities, and adequate medical services.
Security forces commit abuses with near impunity, and corruption pervades their ranks. Amnesty International (AI) has accused military forces currently deployed to quell the terrorist activities of Boko Haram in Borno State of randomly targeting unarmed civilians. Extrajudicial killings of prisoners have been reported, and torture and general ill-treatment of suspects are widespread. A report issued by Nigerian and U.S. watchdog groups in May 2010 noted that police kill, torture, and rape suspects to force confessions and extort bribes. Police officers who routinely abuse their power are often supported by a chain of command that encourages and institutionalizes graft. Violent crime in certain cities and areas remains a serious problem, and the trafficking of drugs and small arms is reportedly on the rise.
The constitution prohibits ethnic discrimination by the government and requires government offices to reflect the country's ethnic diversity, but societal discrimination is widely practiced, and ethnic clashes frequently erupt. Ethnocultural groups in the Niger Delta feel particular discrimination, primarily with regard to distribution of the country's oil wealth, and their grievances have fueled militant violence. The government launched an amnesty program in 2009, and some militant factions accepted the offer. Despite the Niger Delta–born Jonathan's ascendancy to the presidency, many locals continue to voice their intense displeasure with Abuja.
The authorities often engage in forcible evictions to pave the way for development projects. AI estimated that more than two million Nigerians had been evicted between 2000 and 2009. In 2011, authorities in Abuja threatened to evict about 50,000 people, claiming their dwellings violated the city plan or lacked proper permits; they reportedly set fire to buildings in certain districts.
Nigerian women face societal discrimination, although their educational opportunities have improved, and women hold several key governmental positions. Women throughout the country experience discrimination in employment and are often relegated to inferior positions. In the northern states governed under Sharia statutes, women's rights have suffered particularly serious setbacks. Rape and spousal rape are considered separate offenses, though both have low rates of reporting and prosecution. Domestic violence is common and accepted in most parts of society. Women in some ethnic groups are denied equal rights to inherit property, and various forms of gender-based violence are not considered crimes. Although the federal government publicly opposes female genital mutilation, it has taken no action to ban the practice. While illegal, human trafficking to, from, and within the country for the purposes of labor and prostitution is reported to be on the rise. Forced labor is illegal but common, especially bonded labor and domestic servitude, and the government makes very little effort to combat the practice. Several organizations have reported on an illegal trade in which pregnant teenagers are promised abortions, only to be held until their babies are delivered and sold. No laws prohibit discrimination against the physically and mentally disabled, and people with disabilities face social stigma, exploitation, and discrimination. Homosexual activity is illegal and punishable by up to 14 years in prison.


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Some promising players on this Irish team for example, Declan Rice (West Ham) who seems to be playing in midfield.
Reece-Cox gets a hat-trick against Israel
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Prior to the Avowal, she was sixth to yesterday's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint champion, Groupie Doll, in the Grade 2 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes on September 8.
It was 16-1 Mo Jo Queen who took the eight-horse field through brisk early splits of :21.96 and :44.73. Contreras had Atlantic Hurricane within a length and a half of the pacesetter at the stretch call, getting up just in time to record the victory.
The final time was 1:09.57.
"It's seems to have been one thing after another this year with her," said trainer Stuart Simon, who owns Atlantic Hurricane in partnership with Brent and Russ McClellan and Carl Hollick. "We were hoping to get things ironed out for today's effort. Luis did everything perfectly. It was a really good trip."
Simon noted the lifetime winner of 10 races from 21 starts is likely to defend her Grade 3 Bessarabian Stakes title, on November 24 at Woodbine.
Atlantic Hurricane paid $8, $4.70 and $3.30, combining with Youcan'tcatchme ($16.10, $8.80) for an $89.50 exactor. Roxy Gap ($2.80) completed a $260.10 triactor. A $1 superfecta returned $848.90.
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"The Clinton campaign seems to be dominated by the same old people," said William Mayer, a Northeastern University professor who is an expert on presidential campaigns.So, how do we put together these 3 things? 1. surrounding oneself with a tight group of loyalists, 2. having others present a set of options so you can, efficiently, perform the "decider" role, 3. accepting what is.
Having a tight inner circle can cut both ways, Professor Mayer said. With Mr. Bush, he said, "it looked fine to have this group of loyal Texans in there, until his approval ratings went under 40 percent and there were no fresh eyes to see the mistakes."
Mrs. Clinton, not surprisingly, bristles at such comparisons. She contrasts what she calls the "echo chamber" around the president with her own willingness to expand her own circle, hear disputes and solicit opposing views.
"I'm very interested in how you reach and implement decisions in a very efficient way," she said.
The people who thrive within Mrs. Clinton's "process" are those who best provide the currency of choices. "She wants to know, 'O.K., what are my options here?'" [says Clinton's campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle]. "She wants a Plan A, a Plan B and a Plan C. She wants recommendations. Then she'll make a decision." She and Mrs. Clinton speak two, three or four times a day, in a kind of shorthand.
Ms. Solis Doyle said she knew intuitively which items required the senator's attention. When news surfaced of the criminal record of Norman Hsu, a Democratic fund-raiser, Mrs. Clinton's advisers suggested a range of responses, including defending him, keeping the money he had raised for her campaign, or returning it.
In the end, Mrs. Clinton decided to refund $850,000 in contributions linked to Mr. Hsu.
"Her overriding sentiment was to move on and not get bogged down in the matter," said a person familiar with the deliberations.
That was a departure from how Mrs. Clinton might have handled a comparable situation in the 1990s, when she might have been more "lawyerly," dug her heels in and said little — generally her default method of crisis management back then. Today, "it is what it is" has become a favorite phrase of Mrs. Clinton.
It certainly sounds Bush-like. But remember, this is how her people portray her management style, so this is campaign spin. Who knows what she is really like as a "manager"? What have we seen her manage in the real world?
Mrs. Clinton has never led a large enterprise, a point her Republican rival Rudolph W. Giuliani has made in recent days. She has overseen a Senate office (staff of 55), a first lady's office (staff of 25), an ill-fated "health-care task force" (involving 511 people), a presidential campaign (staff of more than 500) — and attended many, many meetings....It seems we've only seen her manage one thing, and it was a spectacular failure.


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Back in the 80s, there was a TV commercial selling cornflakes that I thought was misleading. Well, to me, at least. It started off by comparing a young kid's reaction to two types of breakfast. On the right (yes, I even remember the layout!), he had a bowl of cornflakes and looked really happy. On the left, he was served some dark, fried noodles that resembled very much like Hokkien Mee. And guess what, he looked terribly disappointed. Every time that commercial was aired, I'd say (to the TV screen), ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? I'm not against those tiny golden crisps fortified with dozens of nutrients but if the marketer decides to force supremacy against Hokkien Mee (or any stir-fried noodle, for that matter), it gets personal.
My affection towards this calorific, deathly dish is obvious, if you'd read my previous Hokkien Mee posts. Time and again, I'd mentioned that in the last decade or so, I'd never been wholeheartedly satisfied, even with some of the more established stalls in KL/Selangor. I was told that perhaps my ideal Hokkien Mee had never existed, that it's all in an idea of perfection that I'm indulging. Definitely not. I remember how it tasted back in the older days – a savoury stock and slightly sweet dark soy sauce reduction done to a sticky consistency, coating every strand of thick egg noodle, sprinkled with the quintessential dried, pounded flounder, glistened and aromatized with a layer of hot lard oil. Sometimes, there's the additional fried shallot oil too. Let's not forget a sharp, pungent cili boh/belacan dip that cuts through the sweet/savoury reduction, adding a new dimension to already exciting taste. Jaded that I am, with my ceasing torch, I continue to find that taste, good taste, long lost.
On an accidental night after a light shower, a few of us old kids decided to finally visit the two infamous Hokkien Mee stalls, located at the opposing ends of a stretch along Jalan 222, Section 14 in Petaling Jaya. Both were equipped with fast-paced and knowledgeable, mostly foreign staff. Ahwa's version had a matte finish – an emphasis on dark soy sauce that ensued a sweeter aftertaste. What lacked, I thought, was the compulsory aroma (wok hei) of hot lard oil. Hence the missing shine as well. Peng Yuan, on the other hand, was glossy and aromatic. The sauce was less reduced and leaned towards the savoury side. Despite the loose consistency of the sauce, as a fan of all things savoury, I'd personally liked Peng Yuan's more.
Ahwa's Hokkien Mee
Ahwa's What-Darn-Whore
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too much about Hokkien Mee but not so on the other definitive Chinese noodle dish, Cantonese-style. I must say that I'm a big fan of its more popular variant - the (90% phonetically correct) what-darn-whore or thick rice flour noodles (whore fun) topped with an egg-starch sauce. The browning of whore fun is important to provide wok hei and separate the stacked strands. Ahwa did a good job at that. Their assembly with a smooth, sufficiently gelatinous egg-starch topping sealed the deal for me. I would have been more enthusiastic about Peng Yuan's version if not for finding a broken toothpick (let's hope it was unused) in the sauce.
Peng Yuan's Hokkien Mee
Peng Yuan's What-Darn-Whore
On a different occasion, the old kids decided to explore Sunway Giza on a Saturday night. The main complex didn't excite us much but the young and fashionable seem to enjoy thronging here on weekends. Nearby, at an extended shoplot, we found a branch of yet another infamous Hokkien Mee institution, Restoran Damansara. This one offers a menu and additional fried lard bits. Perhaps due to an overwhelming amount of oil insulating the sauce and noodles, it turned out rather bland. But the shine and colour did look sinfully appetizing though. The Cantonese version fared better with a crispy web of fried rice vermicelli (bee hoon) and whore fun soaked in a subtlely flavoured egg sauce.
Restoran Damansara's Hokkien Mee
Restoran Damansara's Cantonese Stir-Fried Ying Yang Noodles
There are a few Hokkien Mee stalls left on our list but to be honest, I'm not too optimistic looking at the names. One of which I had frequented some years ago, way before they decided to go big with mediocre and expensive Hokkien Mee. I'd never been back since. Although the long lost taste may not be found in the near future (not never, hopefully), every outing with the old kids was fun, as we reminisced the days of being wild, young and free. Now, I wonder if they remember the cornflake commercial.
Restoran Ahwa and Peng Yuan Hokkien Mee
off Jalan 222 Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia
Restoran Damansara Hokkien Mee
35, Jalan PJU 5/9 Kota Damansara
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2012 Mazda MX-5 GT Concept review
* Fastest road-going MX-5 driven * Aimed at track-day enthusiasts * Should cost around 30,000 if production car built...
The Mazda MX-5 GT Concept is a hardcore, road-legal version of the MX-5 roadster.
It's inspired by the GT4 race car that currently competes in the British GT Championship, and features a host of upgrades that are designed to win over track-day enthusiasts.
The most important of these is a 2.0-litre petrol engine, which has been tweaked to produce 205bhp compared with the regular car's 158bhp.
The suspension has been uprated and is adjustable so it can be optimised for different track conditions, while aerodynamic tweaks help the car slip through the air with more efficiency.
As yet, Mazda has not confirmed whether or not the GT will go into production. Indeed, the finer points of the car's set-up are still being worked on even the engine output hasn't yet been finalised.
What we do know is that if the car does go on sale, it's likely to be a Roadster Coupe (folding hard-top) and will cost around 30,000.
What's the 2012 Mazda MX-5 GT Concept like to drive?
In its current state of tune the GT's engine has the same characteristics as the regular MX-5's, in that it needs plenty of revs to do its best work.
Still, the hike in power means the GT is considerably faster than the regular car, and it revs to a heady 7800rpm before you have to change up using the slick six-speed manual gearbox.
Mazda MX-5 GT Concept not yet confirmed for production
Mazda won't divulge any performance figures yet, but be assured the GT is very brisk indeed.
It's also very loud, with the exhaust bellowing and booming to a raucous crescendo as the revs rise. Mazda says this will be toned down if the car goes into production, and although it sounds great at present, that's probably a wise move.
The car we drove also had a very sticky throttle pedal, which was hard to modulate properly. However, the fact that our car was a pre-production mule was to blame for this foible.
From a handling point of view, the GT doesn't feel that far removed from the standard car, which is surprising given the comprehensive changes Mazda has made.
The ride height has been lowered by 35mm, the springs are completely new and the shock absorbers have been heavily modified. This means the car feels a shade tighter when changing direction, with better body control in corners.
It all combines with the classic MX-5 characteristics light weight, neutral balance, rear-wheel drive and sharp steering to make the GT great fun to drive.
The suspension modifications mean the ride is firmer than the standard car's; you feel most imperfections in the road surface and are jolted more over potholes. However, the GT won't make you wince.
What's the 2012 Mazda MX-5 GT Concept like inside?
Aside from a few racy-looking bits of trim (carbonfibre panels on the dashboard and Alcantara gaiters for the gearstick and handbrake), the GT's interior is much like any other MX-5's.
That means the dash layout is clear, if a little heavy on buttons, and the visibility is pretty good front and rear.
The cabin feels impressively solid, too, and although many of the materials are hard, the MX-5's cabin still manages to look reasonably classy.
The low-slung driving position feels suitably sporty, and the Recaro seats hold you in place snugly. True, the steering wheel has no reach adjustment, but it's still pretty easy to get comfortable.
Both of the seats are surrounded by plenty of space and there's even a half-decent 150-litre boot. As a bonus, you don't lose any of that space when you drop the roof.
Expect to pay 7000 more for the GT over the standard MX-5
Should I buy one?
Affordability has always been central to the MX-5's appeal, but the GT version looks quite expensive at a predicted 30,000.
The regular 2.0-litre Roadster Coupe model costs around 7000 less than that, while the rival Mini Roadster John Cooper Works is also considerably cheaper at 24,860. In fact, 30k is about what you'll pay for our favourite versions of the Audi TT Roadster and BMW Z4.
Granted, the MX-5 GT's extra track-day ability will make it worth the premium for a dedicated few, and for those people it will provide immense amounts of fun. However, we can't help wondering if the GT feels a little too similar to the standard car to warrant the hefty premium.
As for those who have no interest in regularly pounding around a race track and just want an enjoyable road car, the standard MX-5 is more than sufficient.
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I have an iConfession: I hate my iPhone.
It wasn't always so. I loved it once and now I hate it the way I can only hate an old flame. I remember the first soft touch of a virtual keyboard in 2009. I pine for my innocent infatuation with the wonder of iTunes.
Today? I'm mad at the way my apps shut down while in use, at the texts that don't send, at an iTunes that doesn't sync. I'm cranky about poky performance, with videos that sometimes take forever to download, if they do at all. (My husband, who also uses an iPhone, doesn't have this problem, and we use the same network at home, of course.) My overall experience is just … slow.
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Planetary Nebula NGC 6818
NGC 6818 is in the constellation Sagittarius at a distance of about 6000 light-years. It has a diameter of about 0.5 light-year. The Hubble telescope observation was taken March 10, 1997 by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.
This is a composite of images taken in 3 filters: Halpha is red, Hbeta is blue, and [O III] (doubly ionized oxygen) 5007 is green. As a result of the longer exposure time at Hbeta, the central star of the planetary nebula appears blue. We see a roughly spherical outer envelope as well as a brighter vase-shaped interior "bubble". Astronomers believe that a fast wind from the hot central star is creating the elongated shape and in fact has caused a "blowout" at the two ends of the major axis (lower right and upper left).
This nebula looks like a twin of NGC 3918, another planetary nebula (PN) that has been imaged by the Hubble telescope. The structure of NGC 3918 is remarkably similar to that of NGC 6818 - it has an outer spherical envelope, an inner brighter elongated bubble, and it also shows a blowout orifice at one end of the major axis in the bottom right-hand corner. By finding and studying such similar objects, it is hoped that crucial details can be learned about the evolutionary life history of planetary nebulae. One could call this "comparative PNology".
Credits: Robert Rubin (NASA Ames Research Center), Reginald Dufour and Matt Browning (Rice University), Patrick Harrington (University of Maryland), and NASA


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Good looking car... why only one windshield wiper?
Great color combo! love the look with the wheel covers too.
Very clean "Yutivo". Did they originally have Camaro emblems?Also was your car, also a radio delete car?,( I didn't see an antenna)Did you you have to make those license plates, or is that the way they look?
Very nice Camaro Claus. Love the wheel covers. They're a breath of air from rally wheels...Joe
Cool ride.. I picked up a set of the same caps for one of my cars..
wow, wtg go on the resto!how much does a 67 Yutivo RS go for over there (finished or not)?


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I remember when Twitter started and I was following/being followed by about 200-300. The signal to noise ratio was very high. Because you couldn't add pictures/video/music into the stream there was little distraction.
Things were focussed on the the business of SEO and Social Media Manipulation. All good stuff. Of course the "drinking coffee" Tweets started to seep in and things increasingly got tedious and banal.
But then an interesting thing happened to Twitter, normal people started to join it. The BBC and other mainstream media organisations came to the party. And it became a powerful tool for a marketer.
Looking at my G+ stream right now, there are pictures of cars, funny videos, reviews on TV shows and so forth. Very little of what I really want, which is SEO and social media and other media stuff. Now, you could say just create a circle and blah blah blah. Problem is, it's not the people I need to separate, it's the topics of the posts.
I am sure there are people have a lot of time on their hands to be able to tweak and learn a new social media system. I'm trying to be polite about this, but there seems to be a lot of "look at me I'm a first mover" kinda business going on.
If your business is built around telling me what social media tool to use in exchange for piles of cash, then it makes a lot of sense to be here.
But, I look at my stream in G+ and just see a bunch of distraction and just like Twitter can be, it's a bit banal, a bit childish and a bit crap. Sorry if this offends, but my job is to write what I think, not to give borderline personality types the warm fuzzies.
I have my Google Reader, I have Twitter, I have Facebook, I have Google Alerts, I have Linked in, I have email. I very much doubt I will miss something if I don't squat on G+ as client work ends up being late (as it mostly does, but that's another story).
There is a big bag of reason to be on G+ and check it out. But if it does not fit my strategy it ends up being a big bag of wank. I think there are reasons to keep tabs on the system as these things tend to morph into something that wasn't initially expected. But the idea of sitting here, eating carrot cake and ingesting the stream of G+ leaves me a bit queasy. Much better to go and read my copy of the Guardian which I bought in a pique of righteous indignation whilst tutting at the piles of unsold copies of the Sun.
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I have been drooling over them for months, but dont have the $20K plus trade in to spend.Topper wrote: I'd look for an '04 or earlier Tacoma double cab if I were you. They are better built than the '05+ current model.
Thats why I was looking at the Dakota quad cab. Take the kids, and dog, maybe a load of dirt and tools. What was it that turned you off the Dakotas? I have the same feeling you do about the frontiers too, they leave a lot to be imagined with not much track record.


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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Tyler Griffey buried a long 3-pointer with 4 seconds left and Illinois survived a scare Sunday by beating Gardner-Webb 63-62.
After winning the Maui Invitational, the Illini (7-0) came home and needed to rally against Gardner-Webb. Griffey's 3 followed a banked-in 3-pointer from Tashan Newsome with 12 seconds left that gave the Runnin' Bulldogs (4-4) a 62-60 lead.
Griffey was one of four Illinois players to finish with 13 points Sunday with D.J. Richardson, Brandon Paul and Joseph Bertrand. Bertrand added six rebounds.
The Illini overcame cold shooting. They hit just 33 percent of their first-half shots and led Gardner-Webb 24-23 at halftime.
Donta Harper led the Bulldogs with 16 points. Newsome finished with 11 points.


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We've all read articles and heard TV commentary about restricting your hip turn on the backswing to develop more coil and increase you X-Factor (the differential in degrees of rotation between shoulder rotation and hip rotation). That's all well and good if you are in good "golf" shape with a lot of flexibility and stability. But for many of my students a simple increase in backswing hip rotation increases their clubhead speed and turns their over-the-top fade into a draw. Let me explain why.
First off, we all need to have as large of an X-Factor as we can to achieve maximum clubhead speed. But there is one aspect that is often overlooked. In Jim McLean's original writings in the early 90's he mentioned that the player with the largest X-Factor on the PGA Tour was John Daly. By no small coincidence he was the longest driver on tour at the time. Here's the ketch, Daly also had the most hip rotation of the players measured. What we find is that roughly for every degree of hip rotation you get two degrees of shoulder turn. So when we say the model backswing normally has around 90 degrees of shoulder rotation and 45 degrees of hip rotation we see this 2-1 ratio develops an X-Factor of 45. If the hip rotation is increased to 46 degrees that should lead to a shoulder rotation of 92 degrees and an X-Factor of 46. This scenario has limits, but I have found that for many average players increasing their hip rotation leads to more shoulder rotation. They don't have the flexibility to just restrict their hip turn and turn their shoulders more. The most profound impact is with players who tend to slide their hips more than they rotate them. Those players tend to have some or all of these characteristics.
A swing plane that is too steep, upright and over-the-top on the downswing and hit mostly shots that start left of the target and fade or slice to the right. They tend to have their right knee bow on the backswing leading to a rolling of the back foot with weight being on the outside of it. Also, many times their right arm gets too far away from the body and they have what would called a "flying" right elbow. Without having to think about all this many times making sure that the hips turn more on the backswing changes these flaws and produces a swing plane that allows players to deliver the club to ball on an inside path encouraging a draw. For some of these players it's the first time they are aware of properly moving their core mid-section and how activating that can really be the engine that drives their swings. They also feel the production of centrifugal force that helps them properly release and square the clubface. Finally, remember these points that will prevent too much hip rotation. As long as you keep your front heel down, your back knee flexed and not allow it to float out over the outside half of your back foot I say go for it and start turning those hips.


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As contemporary life embraces digital formats as a means of convenience, analog devices have become more and more scarce in contemporary society. Record albums have all but disappeared for mp3's, newspapers for blogs (such as DailyServing) and printed books for Kindles and iPads. While there is a growing demand for these analog items for the nostalgic, these physical objects are equally fetishizied as they diminish[…..]


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Watts' competitive streak a double-edged sword
Mikal Watts is a courtroom pit bull, a superstar personal-injury attorney who has rubbed shoulders with shady characters and worked every angle of the legal system to build a colossal fortune.
At the same time, he's a pious family man who faithfully attends Oak Hills Church and speaks of his casework as a kind of calling to compensate victims of corporate negligence.
He's a sugar daddy for the Democratic Party, pouring more than $7 million into party coffers and hosting fundraisers for Barack Obama, Harry Reid and Julián Castro at his Dominion mansion. At the same time, he risked the disdain of Democratic loyalists during a short-lived 2008 U.S. Senate campaign by openly asserting his belief that abortion should be illegal in this country.
Watts' complex nature is under scrutiny this week because of a federal investigation into his handling of thousands of Gulf Coast tort cases related to the 2010 BP oil spill. San Antonio Express-News reporter Guillermo Contreras wrote Wednesday that Secret Service agents raided Watts' offices in February, looking for BP case files.
Personal-injury law is a game for alpha dogs, and Watts is the biggest canine on the block. His chief weapons: a sharply analytical mind that even his adversaries admire, and a competitive streak that doesn't rest just because he's made hundreds of millions of dollars and has an NBA-level indoor basketball gym that occasionally lures members of the Spurs for pickup games.
The same uber-competitive nature that pushed him to get his law degree at the age of 21 has also prompted him to find clients through suspected case runners such as Willie Garcia in the Valley and Mauricio Celis in Corpus Christi. (Case running is the illegal act of soliciting clients on behalf of an attorney. It's a third-degree felony in Texas but is rarely prosecuted.)
It also compelled Watts to send a letter to Corpus Christi attorney Don Schauer, advising him to accept a settlement, because Watts had the members of a Corpus Christi appeals court in his pocket.
One source talks about Watts hiring someone in 2005 to go to a Crystal City distribution center and buy up every copy of the Express-News, because he didn't want people there to see a negative article about him at a time when his firm was litigating a case against Ford Motor Co.
Then there's the story of a Corpus Christi woman who says she was frightened one night by the sound of banging on her door, only to find a case runner bearing brochures from Watts' law firm, and aggressively trying to sign her up as a client.
Given Watts' competitive nature, there was no way he could have stayed away from the BP legal madhouse.
With tens of thousands of potential clients scattered across the region, it was a case-runners' haven that seemed destined for chaos. Watts didn't need the money or the aggravation, but he rarely resists a challenge, and he didn't resist this one.
Watts' allies insist that Gulf Coast lawyers, overwhelmed by the scale of the BP morass, began referring cases to Watts. They say this explains why many Mississippi shrimp-boat workers went to file complaints and found that they couldn't, because an attorney they didn't know — Watts — already had filed complaints for them. They also suggest that some of the referring lawyers mistakenly signed up people who didn't want to be included in the case.
Wattts alluded to this narrative in a statement this week when he referred to "mistakes made by others" possibly gumming up the works.
Watts' detractors privately snipe that all his wealth and political influence have convinced him he's untouchable. In truth, however, Watts paid a major price during his Senate campaign for his controversial legal practices.
Stories about his association with Celis began to dog the campaign, and while Watts pinned his withdrawal on a desire to spend more time with his family, the bad press certainly factored in the decision.
Whether he's guilty of legal impropriety in the BP case or merely the victim of a tip from a malicious rival (as his supporters contend), Watts again finds himself in a situation he can't control.


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The STI Files: Scabies
Stat: This disease has bothered humans for thousands of years, but it seems to come and go in unexplainable cycles. Scabies used to be very rare in America, but now it is coming back again.
What is it exactly? Scabies ("skay-bees") is a skin disease caused by a mite called Sarcoptes scabiei. The mite can barely be seen by the human eye.
About how many people have it? Unknown, but probably less than 1% of the population has it.
How is it spread? Scabies can be transmitted with non-sexual activities like holding hands or touching infested towels. However, most cases of scabies come from sexual contact because sexual contact gives the mites a lot of time to move from one person to the other. The risk increases if partners spend the night together in the same bed. Even people who share a bed or towel with someone might get infected because mites can live for up to two days on linens.
What are its symptoms? The female mite burrows into skin to lay her eggs which hatch and become adults in 10 days. The first symptom people get is an intense itching from the eggs in the skin. It can take as long as 4 weeks for itching to start, which usually becomes so bad the person cannot sleep. Small red bumps like pimples or lines like small scratches appear where the mite has burrowed into the skin.
Scabies prefer warmer sites on the skin such as skin folds or under tight clothing. Examples include between the fingers, the bend of the elbow, under the arms, the wrists, the buttocks or belt line, around the nipples, and on the penis. Mites also like to be under rings, bracelets, watchbands, and fingernails. They are rarely found above the neck.
If scabies is not treated, the skin may be crusty or scaly. This is more common in older people or people with decreased immunity (like those with AIDS).
How is it diagnosed? Self diagnosis is possible, but difficult. May require microscopic examination of a skin scraping or biopsy.
Is it treatable? Yes. You may need to see a special skin doctor (called a dermatologist) to get the best treatment for you. Most treatments involve a skin cream that is put all over the body for 12 hours. During this time, all bedding and dirty clothing should be washed in hot water and put in a hot drier. Everyone who might also be infected should also be treated during those same 12 hours. This includes people who live with you, people you have close physical contact with, and all sexual partners.
After treatment, the mites will be dead but it takes a while for the symptoms to go away, so it is a good idea to be rechecked by your doctor. If the itching is still a problem, you can take an anti-histamine or use a hydrocortisone cream.
Is it curable? Yes, but you can get it again.
Can it affect fertility? No, but it can damage the nerves of fetuses or children younger than two years old.
Can it cause death? Scabies usually doesn't cause anything more than discomfort and inconvenience, though people who scratch the bites may get more bacterial infections.
How can we protect against it? It is very hard to protect against scabies. If you know someone with scabies, it is best to avoid any sort of physical contact with that person because the mites may be anywhere on their body. Do not share any clothes, towels, or bedding with the person, either, until they have been treated and everything has been washed.
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An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age, ALPHA tells a fascinating, visually stunning story that shines a light on the origins of man's best friend. While on his first hunt with his tribe's most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before winter arrives.
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Leonor Varela, Natassia Malthe, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Mercedes de la Zerda, Jens Hultén, Priya Rajaratnam, Spencer Bogaert, Patrick Flanagan, Marcin Kowalczyk, Michael Kruse-Dahl, Louis Lay, Blake Point, Kyle Glenn Thomas, Nestor de la Zerda
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Crafted from hardwood solid and Ash & Oak veneer, the Coventry Shutter Panel Bed brings country charm and homey comfort to your bedroom. A partially shuttered headboard adds lovely visual detail, making the bed a beautiful focal point for your room. Subtle paneling adds a refined look and feel to the bed, and small bun feet give a cottage look and feel to the design. Available in two different finishes, including a rustic Weathered Driftwood and a two tone Weathered Driftwood & Dover White, you can make this bed truly for a bedroom that feels just like home. This bed is available in Twin, Full/Queen, King, and California King sizes.
The Coventry California King Shutter Panel Headboard & Footboard Bed by Riverside Furniture at AHFA in the area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
Come home to the comfort of Coventry, a complete home collection. Full of country charm and a rustic simplicity, Coventry takes a refreshing approach to design, allowing you to make your home truly yours. Including bedroom, dining, occasional, office, and entertainment pieces, fully furnish your home with a look you will always love. Crafted from a combination of Hackberry and Birch hardwood solids and Ash and Oak veneer, choose from two finishes to fit your style and taste. A rugged Weathered Driftwood finish showcases the fine craftsmanship of the woodwork, while a two tone Weathered Driftwood & handpainted Dover White finish adds a subtle touch to soften the collection. Conveniences such as touch switch lighting, lift-top table tops, and wire access and management features paired with design touches such as beveled glass, hand-hammered nail head trimming, and delicate turnings, comfort and class are made one and the same with this collection. Dream, live, and connect - Be swept off your feet by Coventry.
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From the network breach at RSA to theft of intellectual property in Operation Aurora, it is no secret that some of the most visible hacking involves the use of spear phishing. A targeted form of phishing that is custom-made for a specific organization, a spear phishing email message seeks to elicit a desired action that could result in a Trojan being loaded, or the unintended leaking of confidential or privileged data.
As Paul Mah has written in the past, defending against spear phishing is a challenging task that mandates some amount of user training. To assist organizations on this front, Paul has come up with a simple checklist to help identify a potential phishing message.
Five Reasons Project Portfolio Management Will Matter to CIOs in 2012 PPM is moving beyond business projects to managing value and change, as well.
Six Major Trends Will Drive Identity and Access Management and Privacy Management in 2012 Businesses need to increase their focus on identity and privacy projects that can deliver real value not just to IT, but also to the business.
Spam and Phishing Report: Scammers Taking Advantage of Major EventsSpammers are using major events and holidays to make their mail more appealing.
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Jeannie Marie is a world-famous pop singer, adored by millions of fans, especially young men. She's beautiful, talented, and seems to have life by the short-and-curlies. But she doesn't have any time to find guys to fuck! It's becoming a serious problem for this delicate, creative genius.
When she's assigned a new bodyguard, Vinny Castillo, Jeannie decides to seduce him. And when she gets a look at him, she feels she must have his cock in her mouth. But Vinny is a consummate professional. He takes his job seriously and follows the rules...most of the time. Jeannie's first advances are unsuccessful. She cranks up the pressure by suggesting the possibility of career advancement. Vinny can't say no to that...OR the thought of sliding his hard dick into Jeannie's mouth! And once he gets his motor running, Vinny won't stop until he gives this pop star the intense pounding she needs to foster the creativity that brings joy to millions.


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|Ethiopian demonstrators wave their country's flag as they chant slogans outside their consulate in Badaro bemoaning its neglect of Ethiopians in Lebanon, April 1, 2012. (Justin Salhani/The Daily Star)
BEIRUT: A crowd of Ethiopians gathered outside the Ethiopian Consulate in Badaro Sunday afternoon to protest its neglect of their community in Lebanon.
Following a Sunday church service nearby, a few dozen women and one man walked to the consulate and demonstrated outside.
The assembled expressed their frustration with consular officials' perceived callousness, saying that when Ethiopians contact their consulate
in Lebanon via telephone they are often ignored or hung up on.
"We are living here," said a woman named Berti, adding that "the [consulate] should help us, but they only want money."
Another woman, named Sarah, told The Daily Star that many Ethiopians travel to Lebanon illegally through Sudan. She said that if such an Ethiopian encounters trouble in Lebanon, the consulate will absolve itself of responsibility and refuse assistance, but if the same person should want to renew her passport, the consulate would help in the interest of making a profit.
The Ethiopian Consulate was unavailable for comment.
Another driving point of the protest was the consulate's recent mishandling of the situation involving Alem Dechasa-Desisa, an Ethiopian domestic worker who was videotaped outside the building being physically abused by a man later identified as Ali Mahfouz. Dechasa-Desisa was later taken to Deir al-Salib where doctors said she hanged herself on March 14, using strips of her bed sheets.
"Nobody helped her," said another woman named Sarah, who wore a blue keffiyeh: "How did she die? She didn't kill herself. She's not crazy."
She added that the group was angry that officials at the consulate saw Dechasa-Desisa being beaten, thrown on the ground and forced into Mahfouz's care, but failed to take action, instead remaining inside the consulate walls and watching the abuse.
Several protesters told The Daily Star that their group would have been larger had it not been for the consulate trying to prevent the demonstration.
"At church, the [consulate's] workers told us not to come here and said they called the police," said Sarah with the blue keffiyeh, "but the police are here and they are keeping the peace. They aren't harming us."
"We have no problem with the Lebanese government," added another protestor named Lina. "We like them, but we have a problem with the consulate."
"We don't have an embassy here," said Sarah in the blue keffiyeh, "we only have our community."
The group chanted slogans expressing their disdain for the consulate and their suspicion that it wanted Ethiopians out of the country.
The chants were followed by a short prayer before the group dispersed. A few people from the group expressed dismay that even though Sunday is their day off, their employers only give them a few hours in the morning before they must return to work.
A woman named Makdees said, "I come [to protest], I pray, now back to work."
Before leaving the scene she added, "Please, from every country to Lebanon, help us."


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text: Congress Calendar Topped by Syria Crowds Out Immigration September 9, 2013 05:03 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Bloomberg Email If Congress doesn't pass immigration legislation this year, it becomes more difficult in 2014 as lawmakers focus on their re-election campaigns. Michael C. Bender A new U.S. immigration law at one time looked like the main thing Congress could get done this year. Syria is crippling its chances. The debates over U.S. military involvement in Syria and federal government spending are crowding an already-packed congressional calendar, leaving little time or energy for revising the nation's immigration laws, changing the tax code, passing a voting rights bill or stabilizing a money-losing U.S. Postal Service. Congress returns today from a five-week break. "Everything else is on the back burner," said Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma, a member of Republican House Speaker John Boehner's leadership team. Representative Mario Diaz-Balart, a Florida Republican working on an immigration policy revision, said there was a 5 percent chance an immigration bill would pass by year's end. He said he was optimistic because in previous years the chances were zero. If Congress doesn't pass immigration legislation this year, it becomes more difficult in 2014 as lawmakers focus on their re-election campaigns, Diaz-Balart said. "Running out of time is a real issue," Diaz-Balart, a House Appropriations Committee member, said in an interview. "Nothing is impossible but it gets a heck of a lot more difficult if we don't get it done this year." Time is short, even for the must-do fiscal items and the Syria vote. Lawmakers have three weeks until the government shuts down without a spending plan and less than two months to raise the debt limit or risk a U.S. default. Vote Planned First up is Syria, with a vote in the Senate planned this week. The House will consider legislation this week to extend current spending levels for the new fiscal year starting Oct. 1. Days when both chambers are working in the next two months are limited. The House, scheduled to work just 10 weeks for the rest of year, has a five-day break starting Sept. 23. The Senate is in session until an Oct. 14-18 break. President Barack Obama asked Congress for a "prompt" vote on authorization for strikes, which the White House says would deter and degrade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's ability to use chemical weapons. The U.S. blamed Assad for an attack that killed more than 1,400 people, including women and children. The Syrian government denies using chemical weapons, saying elements of the opposition were responsible. Vote Count In the House, 26 members publicly support military action and 202 are opposed or leaning against the resolution as of Sept. 8, with 205 undeclared. In the Senate, where 60 votes are needed, 22 members favor the measure, 26 are opposed and 52 are undeclared. Many lawmakers will attend their first classified briefings today and Obama will deliver an address to the nation on Syria at 9 p.m. tomorrow. That's pushing the timetable back on revamping immigration policy, one of Obama's legislative goals this session. The Senate passed its immigration bill in June while House leaders worked during their break to find consensus in a reluctant Republican majority. The House hasn't proposed legislation to change U.S. immigration policy and is working on a piecemeal approach. The Republican National Committee recommended that the party reach out to minority voters after its presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, won just 27 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2012. No Timetable An immigration revision's biggest hurdle might be that it doesn't have a timetable to force lawmakers into action. A Republican leadership aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed to the RNC report and suggested the only deadline is the 2016 presidential election. Money is the other top priority starting this week. In 2011, lawmakers fought for months over raising the nation's debt limit. Stock investors were affected, with the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 Index falling 16.8 percent between July 22, when talks on a broad deal faltered, and Aug. 8, the first trading day after Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating citing the partisan gridlock. Credit markets weren't rattled by the 2011 standoff, as yields on 10-year Treasury notes declined to 2.61 percent on Aug. 2, 2011, from 3.18 percent the previous July 1, and continued to fall to 1.88 percent at year-end. Still, fiscal deadlines push lawmakers to act. 'Wiggle Room' "Votes have a way of forcing politicians to take a position and give up the wiggle room that is the bread and butter of politics," said Tom Perriello, a former Democratic House member from Virginia. He is now president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a Washington research group founded by former aides to President Bill Clinton. "It's easier to be on both sides of an issue." A record 83 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Congress was doing, according to an NBC News poll released July 24. The survey of 1,000 adults had a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said they would vote to replace every single member of Congress, including their own, if they could. That was the highest in at least three years, according to the poll results. "The American people are concerned about two main things: gridlock and doing important things," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, told reporters before lawmakers started their recess on Aug. 2. "We have to overcome the gridlock of the Republicans and pass some important bills." Republican View Republicans view the divide differently. They see a Democratic president refusing to negotiate on a debt ceiling, though he voted against raising the limit when he was a U.S. senator in 2006. At the time Obama said "raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure." A pair of Tea Party Republicans, Utah Senator Mike Lee and Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina, have gathered signatures from lawmakers who back defunding the president's health-care law in return for passing a short-term spending bill. They've gained support from about-one third of the House and Senate Republicans, not enough to force the issue. Instead, Republicans will claim victory with a short-term spending resolution that maintains discretionary levels at $988 billion. If lawmakers can keep the government running, that would set up negotiations over the debt limit. Republicans see some leverage with across-the-board spending cuts, known as sequestration, that began taking effect in March. Spending Reductions The spending reductions were set to be so intolerable that lawmakers of both parties would compromise on spending to avert $1.2 trillion in cuts over nine years. Instead, no accord was reached and the reductions began. As much as $85 billion will be withheld for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, forcing curtailed services and payroll cuts. "There's a variety of things we could do that would allow us to both address at least part of the sequesters, which the president and Democrats in the Senate very much want to do," Cole said in an interview. On the debt limit, Republicans will seek to define their price for agreeing to an increase, said Jonathan Traub, a managing principal at Deloitte Tax LLP in Washington. "It can't be so big that it can't pass," he said, citing calls for repealing the 2010 health-care law. "But it can't be so small that it's meaningless." Common ground might include expanded means-testing for Medicare and trimming Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments, which Obama included in his budget proposal. Obama's plan canceled the spending cuts and included $580 billion in revenue increases. There's been little sign of negotiations since Congress left Washington. "Let me reiterate what our position is, and it is unequivocal," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Aug. 26. "We will not negotiate with Republicans in Congress over Congress's responsibility to pay the bills that Congress has racked up, period." Back to news


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OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shouldn't be blamed for causing major flooding along the Missouri River that has affected five states regularly since 2006, the federal government says in its initial response to a lawsuit.
More than 200 landowners claimed in their March lawsuit that they should be compensated for the extensive damage they experienced — particularly during the extended 2011 flooding that devastated hundreds of thousands of acres of mostly farmland in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.
When the Corps decides how to manage the Missouri River's reservoirs, officials balance flood control and other potential uses of the river, including barge traffic, hydropower, recreation and providing habitat for fish and wildlife. The landowners say the government is putting less emphasis on flood control because of efforts to restore habitat for endangered species.
Government lawyers deny that in a 56-page response filed Thursday. They argue that authorities never promised to stop all flooding on the Missouri River, and that providing habitat for endangered species didn't exacerbate flooding.
"The system does not guarantee a flood-free zone in the Missouri River reaches between the system reservoirs and below the system," the government's lawyers wrote. "Downstream flooding will occur even if releases are reduced to minimums from the system dams because enough uncontrolled area exists downstream from several of the dams to cause major flooding if significant rainfall occurs."
The landowners argued that the recurring flooding along the Missouri River has improperly deprived them of their land, so they should be compensated because the government improperly took it.
Eddie Smith, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers, said he wasn't surprised by the government's initial response. He said the lawsuit is likely to take several years to resolve.
The 2011 flooding lasted more than three months after the Corps began releasing massive amounts of water from reservoirs upstream that were filled by melted snow and heavy rains. The floodwaters overwhelmed levees, carved gouges up to 50 feet deep, created sand dunes 15 feet deep and deposited strange debris on farmers' fields.
Outside experts who reviewed the 2011 flooding said the Corps did the best it could in dealing with record amounts of water that flowed into the 2,341-mile-long river after unusually heavy spring rains in Montana and North Dakota.
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