text: Latest News RT DESTROYS Russian-linked Facebook ads story. 50% of ads ran after US election 25% of the Facebook ads were never posted live. Published 1 year ago on October 5, 2017 By Alex Christoforou 2,257 Views Share Tweet No wonder Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to walk back any claims that "Russian-linked" entities influenced the 2016 US elections with a measly $100,000 in Facebook ads. Zuck saw the 3,000 Facebook ads that the US Congress and the mainstream media is in a tizzy about, as some sort of smoking gun that proves "Crooked" Hillary was bested by Vladimir Putin. RT (now being hunted down by the neo-McCarthyite loonies that reside in the corrupt DC swamp) has debunked…no, RT has completely blown apart the entire Facebook ads fake news. RT is reporting that half of the Facebook ads ran after the US election, and 25% of the FB ads never ran at all. The Facebook ads story was already completely weak, only to be believed by very stupid people, but now RT has completely crushed the entire narrative. More than half of the 'Russian advertisements' on Facebook that supposedly influenced the 2016 US elections actually appeared after the vote, the company has revealed. Nobody even saw one-quarter of the ads bought by "inauthentic accounts." In September, Facebook vowed to deliver Congress some 3,000 ads purchased between 2015 and 2017 and connected to 470 "inauthentic" accounts and pages, which, as it continues to say, "appear to have come from a Russian entity." However, Moscow has blasted those allegations, while repeatedly stating that it had nothing to do with the 2016 vote. "44% of total ad impressions [number of times ads were displayed] were before the US election on November 8, 2016; 56% were after the election," the social media giant stated on Monday as it published some "facts" about "Russian ads." However, over "25% of the ads were never shown to anyone," the Monday 'factsheet' says, adding the posts have reached some 10 million users. President Trump called this hoax the minute it started to hit the media spin cycle… The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook. What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2017 The greatest influence over our election was the Fake News Media "screaming" for Crooked Hillary Clinton. Next, she was a bad candidate! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2017 Via The Gateway Pundit… President Trump was right again. Now we know for certain that this was all another fake news story. The more you dig into the 'Russia hacked the election' Democrat-media conspiracy the more you discover there is nothing there. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! 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Published 19 hours ago on December 16, 2018 By Alex Christoforou The Duran's Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a quick look at the Michael Cohen sentencing memo which paints the picture of a man who was not as close to Trump as he made it out to be…a serial liar and cheat who leveraged his thin connections to the Trump organization for money and fame. It was Cohen himself who proudly labelled himself as Trump's "fixer". The sentencing memo hints at the fact that even Mueller finds no value to Cohen in relation to the ongoing Trump-Russia witch hunt investigation. Remember to Please Subscribe to The Duran's YouTube Channel. Follow The Duran Audio Podcast on Soundcloud. Via Axios… Special counsel Robert Mueller and federal prosecutors in New York have each submitted sentencing memos for President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen, after Cohen pleaded guilty in two different cases related to his work for Trump and the Trump Organization. The big picture: The Southern District of New York recommended Cohen serve a range of 51 to 63 months for four crimes — "willful tax evasion, making false statements to a financial institution, illegal campaign contributions, and making false statements to Congress." Mueller, meanwhile, did not take a position on the length of Cohen's statement, but said he has made substantial efforts to assist the investigation. Southern District of New York Mueller investigation Michael J. Stern, a federal prosecutor with the Justice Department for 25 years in Detroit and Los Angeles noted via USA Today… In support of their request that he serve no time in prison, Cohen's attorneys offered a series of testimonials from friends who described the private Michael Cohen as a "truly caring" man with a "huge heart" who is not only "an upstanding, honorable, salt of the earth man" but also a "selfless caretaker." The choirboy portrayed by Cohen's lawyers stands in sharp opposition to Cohen's public persona as Trump's legal bulldog, who once threatened a reporter with: "What I'm going to do to you is going to be f—ing disgusting. Do you understand me?" Prosecutors focused their sentencing memo on Cohen as Mr. Hyde. Not only did they detail Cohen's illegal activities, which include millions of dollars of fraud, they also recognized the public damage that stemmed from his political crimes — describing Cohen as "a man who knowingly sought to undermine core institutions of our democracy." Rebuffing efforts by Cohen's attorneys to recast him as a good guy who made a few small mistakes, prosecutors cited texts, statements of witnesses, recordings, documents and other evidence that proved Cohen got ahead by employing a "pattern of deception that permeated his professional life." The prosecutors attributed Cohen's crimes to "personal greed," an effort to "increase his power and influence," and a desire to maintain his "opulent lifestyle." Perhaps the most damning reveal in the U.S. Attorney's sentencing memo is that Cohen refused to fully cooperate. That's despite his public relations campaign to convince us that he is a new man who will cooperate with any law enforcement authority, at any time, at any place. As a former federal prosecutor who handled hundreds of plea deals like Cohen's, I can say it is extremely rare for any credit to be recommended when a defendant decides not to sign a full cooperation deal. The only reason for a refusal would be to hide information. The prosecutors said as much in their sentencing memo: Cohen refused "to be debriefed on other uncharged criminal conduct, if any, in his past," and "further declined" to discuss "other areas of investigative interest." Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Canada to Pay Heavy Price for Trudeau's Groupie Role in US Banditry Against China Trudeau would had to have known about the impending plot to snatch Huawei CFO Wanzhou and moreover that he personally signed off on it. Published 1 day ago on December 16, 2018 By Finian Cunningham Authored by Finian Cunningham via The Strategic Culture Foundation: You do have to wonder about the political savvy of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government. The furious fallout from China over the arrest of a senior telecoms executive is going to do severe damage to Canadian national interests. Trudeau's fawning over American demands is already rebounding very badly for Canada's economy and its international image. The Canadian arrest – on behalf of Washington – of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, seems a blatant case of the Americans acting politically and vindictively. If the Americans are seen to be acting like bandits, then the Canadians are their flunkies. Wanzhou was detained on December 1 by Canadian federal police as she was boarding a commercial airliner in Vancouver. She was reportedly handcuffed and led away in a humiliating manner which has shocked the Chinese government, media and public. The business executive has since been released on a $7.4 million bail bond, pending further legal proceedings. She is effectively being kept under house arrest in Canada with electronic ankle tagging. To add insult to injury, it is not even clear what Wanzhou is being prosecuted for. The US authorities have claimed that she is guilty of breaching American sanctions against Iran by conducting telecoms business with Tehran. It is presumed that the Canadians arrested Wanzhou at the request of the Americans. But so far a US extradition warrant has not been filed. That could take months. In the meantime, the Chinese businesswoman will be living under curfew, her freedom denied. Canadian legal expert Christopher Black says there is no juridical case for Wanzhou's detention. The issue of US sanctions on Iran is irrelevant and has no grounds in international law. It is simply the Americans applying their questionable national laws on a third party. Black contends that Canada has therefore no obligation whatsoever to impose those US laws regarding Iran in its territory, especially given that Ottawa and Beijing have their own separate bilateral diplomatic relations. In any case, what the real issue is about is the Americans using legal mechanisms to intimidate and beat up commercial rivals. For months now, Washington has made it clear that it is targeting Chinese telecoms rivals as commercial competitors in a strategic sector. US claims about China using telecoms for "spying" and "infiltrating" American national security are bogus propaganda ruses to undermine these commercial rivals through foul means. It also seems clear from US President Donald Trump's unsubtle comments this week to Reuters, saying he would "personally intervene" in the Meng case "if it helped trade talks with China", that the Huawei executive is being dangled like a bargaining chip. It was a tacit admission by Trump that the Americans really don't have a legal case against her. Canada's foreign minister Chrystia Freeland bounced into damage limitation mode following Trump's thuggish comments. She said that the case should not be "politicized" and that the legal proceedings should not be tampered with. How ironic is that? The whole affair has been politicized from the very beginning. Meng's arrest, or as Christopher Black calls it "hostage-taking", is driven by Washington's agenda of harassment against China for commercial reasons, under a legal pretext purportedly about Iranian sanctions. When Trump revealed the cynical expediency of him "helping to free Wanzhou", then the Canadians realized they were also being exposed for the flunkies that they are for American banditry. That's why Freeland was obliged to quickly adopt the fastidious pretense of legal probity. Canadian premier Justin Trudeau has claimed that he wasn't aware of the American request for Wanzhou's detention. Trudeau is being pseudo. For such a high-profile infringement against a senior Chinese business leader, Ottawa must have been fully briefed by the Americans. Christopher Black, the legal expert, believes that Trudeau would had to have known about the impending plot to snatch Wanzhou and moreover that he personally signed off on it. What Trudeau and his government intended to get out of performing this sordid role for American thuggery is far from clear. Maybe after being verbally mauled by Trump as "weak and dishonest" at the G7 summit earlier this year, in June, Trudeau decided it was best to roll over and be a good little puppy for the Americans in their dirty deed against China. But already it has since emerged that Canada is going to pay a very heavy price indeed for such dubious service to Washington. Beijing has warned that it will take retaliation against both Washington and Ottawa. And it is Ottawa that is more vulnerable to severe repercussions. This week saw two Canadian citizens, one a former diplomat, detained in China on spying charges. Canadian business analysts are also warning that Beijing can inflict harsh economic penalties on Ottawa. An incensed Chinese public have begun boycotting Canadian exports and sensitive Canadian investments in China are now at risk from being blocked by Beijing. A proposed free trade deal that was being negotiated between Ottawa and Beijing now looks dead in the water. And if Trudeau's government caves in to the excruciating economic pressure brought to bear by Beijing and then abides by China's demand to immediately release Meng Wanzhou, Ottawa will look like a pathetic, gutless lackey to Washington. Canada's reputation of being a liberal, independent state will be shredded. Even then the Chinese are unlikely to forget Trudeau's treachery. With comic irony, there's a cringemaking personal dimension to this unseemly saga. During the 197os when Trudeau's mother Margaret was a thirty-something socialite heading for divorce from his father, then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, she was often in the gossip media for indiscretions at nightclubs. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards claims in his autobiography that Margaret Trudeau was a groupie for the band, having flings with Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood. Her racy escapades and louche lifestyle brought shame to many Canadians. Poor Margaret Trudeau later wound up divorced, disgraced, financially broke and scraping a living from scribbling tell-all books. Justin, her eldest son, is finding out that being a groupie for Washington's banditry is also bringing disrepute for him and his country. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest US Commits To "Indefinite" Occupation Of Syria; Controls Region The Size Of Croatia Raqqa is beginning to look more and more like Baghdad circa 2005. Published 1 day ago on December 16, 2018 By Tyler Durden Via Zerohedge… "We don't want the Americans. It's occupation" — a Syrian resident in US-controlled Raqqa told Stars and Stripes military newspaper. This as the Washington Post noted this week that "U.S. troops will now stay in Syria indefinitely, controlling a third of the country and facing peril on many fronts." Like the "forever war" in Afghanistan, will we be having the same discussion over the indefinite occupation of Syria stretching two decades from now? A new unusually frank assessment in Stars and Stripes bluntly lays out the basic facts concerning the White House decision to "stay the course" until the war's close: That decision puts U.S. troops in overall control, perhaps indefinitely, of an area comprising nearly a third of Syria, a vast expanse of mostly desert terrain roughly the size of Louisiana. The Pentagon does not say how many troops are there. Officially, they number 503, but earlier this year an official let slip that the true number may be closer to 4,000 A prior New Yorker piece described the US-occupied area east of the Euphrates as "an area about the size of Croatia." With no Congressional vote, no public debate, and not even so much as an official presidential address to the nation, the United States is settling in for another endless occupation of sovereign foreign soil while relying on the now very familiar post-911 AUMF fig leaf of "legality". Like the American public and even some Pentagon officials of late have been pointing out for years regarding Afghanistan, do US forces on the ground even know what the mission is? The mission may be undefined and remain ambiguously to "counter Iran", yet the dangers and potential for major loss in blood and treasure loom larger than ever. According to Stars and Stripes the dangerous cross-section of powder keg conflicts and geopolitical players means "a new war" is on the horizon: The new mission raises new questions, about the role they will play and whether their presence will risk becoming a magnet for regional conflict and insurgency. The area is surrounded by powers hostile both to the U.S. presence and the aspirations of the Kurds, who are governing the majority-Arab area in pursuit of a leftist ideology formulated by an imprisoned Turkish Kurdish leader. Signs that the Islamic State is starting to regroup and rumblings of discontent within the Arab community point to the threat of an insurgency. Without the presence of U.S. troops, these dangers would almost certainly ignite a new war right away, said Ilham Ahmed, a senior official with the Self-Administration of North and East Syria, as the self-styled government of the area is called. "They have to stay. If they leave and there isn't a solution for Syria, it will be catastrophic," she said. But staying also heralds risk, and already the challenges are starting to mount. So a US-backed local politician says the US can't leave or there will be war, while American defense officials simultaneously recognize they are occupying the very center of an impending insurgency from hell — all of which fits the textbook definition of quagmire perfectly. The New Yorker: "The United States has built a dozen or more bases from Manbij to Al-Hasakah, including four airfields, and American-backed forces now control all of Syria east of the Euphrates, an area about the size of Croatia." But in September the White House announced a realignment of its official priorities in Syria, namely to act "as a bulwark against Iran's expanding influence." This means the continued potential and likelihood of war with Syria, Iran, and Russia in the region is ever present, per Stripes: Syrian government troops and Iranian proxy fighters are to the south and west. They have threatened to take the area back by force, in pursuit of President Bashar Assad's pledge to bring all of Syria under government control. Already signs of an Iraq-style insurgency targeting US forces in eastern Syria are beginning to emerge. In Raqqa, the largest Syrian city at the heart of US occupation and reconstruction efforts, the Stripes report finds the following: The anger on the streets is palpable. Some residents are openly hostile to foreign visitors, which is rare in other towns and cities freed from Islamic State control in Syria and Iraq. Even those who support the presence of the U.S. military and the SDF say they are resentful that the United States and its partners in the anti-ISIS coalition that bombed the city aren't helping to rebuild. And many appear not to support their new rulers. "We don't want the Americans. It's occupation," said one man, a tailor, who didn't want to give his name because he feared the consequences of speaking his mind. "I don't know why they had to use such a huge number of weapons and destroy the city. Yes, ISIS was here, but we paid the price. They have a responsibility." Recent reports out of the Pentagon suggests defense officials simply want to throw more money into US efforts in Syria, which are further focused on training and supplying the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (or Kurdish/YPG-dominated SDF), which threatens confrontation with Turkey as its forces continue making preparations for a planned attack on Kurdish enclaves in Syria this week. Meanwhile, Raqqa is beginning to look more and more like Baghdad circa 2005: Everyone says the streets are not safe now. Recent months have seen an uptick in assassinations and kidnappings, mostly targeting members of the security forces or people who work with the local council. But some critics of the authorities have been gunned down, too, and at night there are abductions and robberies. 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Levin: In Afghanistan, troops deserve a sense of accomplishment
In late October, I traveled to Afghanistan on my 12th trip since the start of the conflict there. I was struck by the rapid and positive changes particularly in the last few years that are transforming security and daily life for the people of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is more secure today, even as — and I would argue as a result of — the Afghan Army and police have taken over from U.S. forces the responsibility for protecting the Afghan people. Afghan security forces have held their own against a resilient insurgency far more successfully and quickly than many predicted.
But just as striking are the changes in the Afghan economy and Afghan society. During this trip we drove across Kabul to visit the American University of Afghanistan - one of dozens of new colleges and universities now open in the country. As we drove through the city center, we saw streets full of cars, rows of shops, and new buildings going up.
The American University of Afghanistan is a truly remarkable story. In the seven years since it opened its doors, the American University has grown from 53 students to over 1,000, including more than 300 women.
During my meeting with the university's students and faculty, one student spoke eloquently about his life experience and what the U.S. presence in Afghanistan has meant to him. As a child, he and his family had fled the fighting in Afghanistan, taking refuge across the border in Iran. After the Taliban were driven out, he returned to Afghanistan. He taught himself to read and write while working, and eventually was accepted at the American University. He is now interviewing to be a sales manager at Siemens, and is applying for a Fulbright scholarship. He said he has these opportunities because of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, and he asked that I pass a message to the American people: "Thank you."
The American people deserve to hear that their contributions in Afghanistan have made a tangible difference in the lives of Afghans in a relatively short time. And we haven't just worked for the good of the Afghan people, but for our own security. We should never forget that we ended the safe haven from which al Qaeda attacked us on 9/11 and removed the Taliban government that harbored Osama bin Laden and his followers.
Yet a public opinion poll in July found that 67 percent of the Americans surveyed thought that the Afghan war was "not worth fighting."
The American people have been deprived of the sense of accomplishment that they would receive if they were provided a balanced view. They have been robbed by a media that reports the problems, but not the progress. Our troops have been denied the credit they so greatly deserve for the positive changes in Afghanistan that help give meaning to the sacrifices of our service men and women and their families.
It is certainly true that the Taliban have not been eliminated, and is likely to remain a significant force in many sparsely populated rural areas of Afghanistan for the foreseeable future. But our military commanders tell us that an extraordinary security transition has taken place over the past 10 months. Afghan forces have taken over combat operations throughout the country.
Afghan forces will continue to need our training and assistance through 2014, when the U.S. combat presence there ends, and beyond — to build their logistics, intelligence, air support and other key capabilities. And they will need financial support over the coming years to sustain those capabilities. I recognize that for many war-weary Americans, we've already invested enough in Afghanistan, but our sustained commitment will go a long way to solidify the hard-won gains from a decade of fighting, protect the massive changes in Afghan society, and ensure against a renewed al-Qaida threat from Afghanistan.
Many challenges remain. But I am encouraged by the commitment of the Afghan security forces to take responsibility for defending their nation, the growing confidence of the Afghan people in those forces, and the belief among a majority of Afghans that their country is moving in the right direction.
Carl Levin is the senior U.S. senator from Michigan and the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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What the civilian match means to HPSP students
I watched my university's Match with great anticipation. As a member of the military, I'm required to apply for military residency at the beginning of my fourth year. While the Air Force does grant deferrals to attend civilian programs, the military residencies have first dibs on the applicants.
I took some numbers from last week's Match in emergency medicine and came up with the following:
1,235 U.S. seniors applied for 1,475 spots in emergency medicine nationwide. Of these seniors, 1,128 matched (91%), and an additional 22 seniors went into combined programs such as internal medicine/emergency medicine. 30 residency spots went unfilled.
Further, I went through the AAMC's data on the applicants to EM programs. The average STEP I score was 220, half of the applicants did not have publications, and the vast majority did not belong to AOA.
In conclusion, looking over the board scores and other application data from last year, I'm reasonably sure that if I were a civilian, I would have no problem matching into EM.
But I'm in the military—which means that I only have a 30-50% chance of matching when I apply next year. That's something the recruiters never told me when I took the HPSP scholarship. More likely, I will be forced to into a one-year internship and then released into the world as a flight surgeon. Just think, my career goals are about as far removed from primary care as they can get. And so what is the Air Force going to do? Force me into primary care along with 70 other fourth year medical students who had other dreams.
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MSG said,
One of my friends took the Air Force route and has regretted it severely this year. She wanted to match into OB/Gyn, was put into Peds instead (which she hates). After a great deal of calling and begging she was told that she could do one year of surgery and then try to match again next year. She's really upset that she took this route along with her parents. She has very little choice. Unless you want to be in the military I don't think this is a good option.
CT said,
My application was in to be considered when my HPSP board was to meet next and I pulled out, precisely because I was pretty sure I was going to want to do something competitive and I didn't want to burn myself further.
I really want to serve, although not make a career of military service. But even with the loans I'm incurring I just think looking into FAP or some of the military reserve medical education loan repayment programs are better options. Especially since I'm going to a relatively "cheap" state school. By then I'll be out in residency and if the military doesn't have a need for whatever specialty I'm training in then that is their problem.
That said, my school has one of the biggest classes of HPSP students in the country. Every year we send a bunch of kids into the military and despite some of the unique obstacles of military medicine, and the military match in particular, it really does seem that most students are happy. I'm sure things will work out.
REO SpeedDealer said,
Just like 94% of Air Force docs, do your time and get out at the earliest opportunity. You'll have no trouble getting a good civilian residency, it will just be 4 years later than you wanted. Be sure to pass your experience on to other students at your school so they don't fall into the same trap.
former AF now MS-1 said,
Don't be too negative about it at this stage. Yes, you might do a one-year transitional internship and then two-three years as a flight surgeon. You can't do a thing about it.
The secret to being happy in the military is to like what you get, because you're not likely to get what you like. So look at it as an opportunity to (1) be in a fighter squadron (2) live in England, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, or some other place that none of your classmates are ever going to live and (3) be a little older and more mature when you return to do the residency of your dreams.
I'm WAY behind my age group in med school because I spent some years on active duty first. I had four stations in three different countries and visited 13 others during that time. In the end, I'm happy I did.
And don't discount the reduced stress of not being $200,000 in debt. The grass is always greener and all that.
I'm not saying the military match system is perfect, or even good — I'm saying that it's not worth considering that question. You can either make the most of the chances to enjoy stuff, or not. That's pretty much the only choice the Air Force leaves most of us.
Zach said,
I'm a PCOM-GA student who is also regretting their HPSP Air Force scholarship. Do you happen to know what percentage of those with the scholarship actually end up doing a flight surgeon tour? Or get civilian deferrals?
Either way, good luck. Your chances may be lower than civilian side, but don't resign yourself to GMO just yet. You never know.
CC said,
The AF in particular is very primary care oriented compared to the Army. There are specialty slots available, but there are not many compared to the number of IM, Family, and Peds.
EM was pretty competitive in this year's AF match. However, what is competitive changes year to year and can be rather unpredictable. If you are forced into a transitional internship, you can always apply for the military match for the following year.
Callie said,
It is what you make it. There are ways to make sure that you are not to behind from your peers. If you do your transitional year make sure it is in the PGY-1 requirement for the residency that you want to pursue. Also on the applications you rank your choices so for the woman that got suck in peds she put it on her application they didn't just stick her there because she took the stop of someone I am sure wanted it. On the app. you rank your residency choices so if you want to defer thats 1 you want to go to travis thats 2 etc and then you also have to rank which PGY-1 you would do if you are not matched into the residency. Also if you think about it this way: total you where going to spend at least 8 years in the military if you matched with a military residency. If you don't match and get out right away after your pay back you are still spending at least 2-4 more years at a residency program and you should be able to match as a PGY-2 if that is the way that you want to go. In the end it is about the same about of time. Before you start the whole process you should call the head person that coordinates all of it and he/she will be able to give you the in's and out's to make sure that you are going in the right direction, just need to be smart and scout out your chances.
Jay said,
The GMO/Flight Surg/Dive Medicine possibility is what steered me away from the Air Force and the Navy, I chose the Army specifically because I did not want to be delayed into residency. As a non-traditional applicant (older) I did have an advantage that the services rarely delay the older grads, usually deferring to civilian residency if not matched into a military program.
Chris said,
I am about to enter med school 2009, but everytime I look at the costs for attendance I grow more worried about the debt I will accumulate. My prospective med school costs around 65,000 a year. Does that mean I will end up with an approximate debt of $260,000 in principal plus the compounded interested during all years that I defer?
Could anyone please give me some information with a real breakdown on the numbers to show that life is still possible with this kind of debt? how long does it take for a physician to pay all that back?
For this reason, I've been looking at HPSP, but that seems like a fatal mistake?
Half M.D.: You aren't alone. Lots of docs worry about the debt, but they all pull through. You can expect to live a comfortable lifestyle and pay back your loans over the course of 20 years. Joining HPSP for any reason other than wanting to be in the military is a bad idea. There are public health sector scholarships if you're willing to do primary care or ob/gyn.
Angie said,
When do students in the military match find our where they will be doing their residency?
Half M.D.: Mid-December


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Twenty-two-year-old Sam Walton, or just Walton, is the latest rising star to be bagged by Hyperdub, who after a pair of house/UK funky singles have helped him produce an LP that's as much about melody as it is about beats. Designed to 'stick to a vibe, not a genre', Beyond is an excuse for its young creator to flex his muscles and craft some contemporary but intelligent bass music: think of the smooth, soulful grooves of Jamie Woon but with an array of vintage synths and an eye on the low-end. Hyperdub fit for the coffee table.
For 48 minutes Walton walks a tightrope juggling production, melody, ripped-up house and a cappella R&B. It never feels trite, or a hybrid for the sake of it - the Manc always keeps his eye on the tune, with 'Can't You See' and its sad, soaring grime chords spiced with 8-bit and distorted female locals, a nod to labelmate Cooly G. The most intriguing component isn't the strange, guttural clicks that sound like the Predator stalking his next targets - it's how smoothly Walton crushes kicks and snares into a song you could comfortably navel-gaze to. 'Need to Feel' performs similar tricks, all dusky digital funk with a warm, shuffling bass line, and 'Love on the Dancefloor' sounds like nothing else around: syncopated gluts of static over dub pads, veering into jazz thanks to a scribbled guitar line and sleepy vocals.
Perhaps to remind us he's still an earthling - and one young enough to qualify for the Tesco Think 25 scheme - Walton sometimes goes straight back to his roots, and doesn't try to invent anything bar sounds he knows will galvanise the dance floor. Teaser track 'Frisbee' is vintage instrumental grime, a looped grime phrase that has an appropriately retro CGI video to match, while 'Help Me Out' is jerky acid house; all squelching pads and percussion like a rifle range. Walton's either snuck into a lot of warehouse parties or got an older brother with a mammoth record collection - he knows how to hit those nostalgia glands, with the echoing bass and lungfuls of dub techno on 'Grit' a direct descendant of Leftfield's 'Storm 3000', and 'Take's stuttering piano blossoming into prog house.
Beyond is a nuanced, well-rounded debut, indistinguishable in quality from the more established artists on Hyperdub. From the Orbital-esque keyboards of the title track (and its sample that sets out the record's philosophy: "A song for yesterday/Today/Tomorrow/And beyond") through to 'City of God' and its goosebump-inducing strings - a tune that could close off a Burial biopic if he died tragically in bullet-time - Walton repeatedly gets right the ideas he tries. Though he may not yet have a signature sound he's as confident as Hyperdub's finest, and has made the label's first artist LP of 2013 a colourful cross-section of bass music.
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The Samsung ATIV S, the company's flagship Windows Phone has been priced for Russia. According to Mail.ru, the Windows Phone will be available in the first week of February for 24.990 rubles (approximately $830). It's an aggressive price to battle against the Lumia 920, but offers an SD slot and a slimmer design / build, which many consumers may prefer.
As a small reminder on what the ATIVS sports, we're looking at a dual-core Snapdragon 1.5GHz chip, 1GB RAM, 16 / 32GB storage (with SD support, 8MP rear shooter (with FFC), and a 2300mAh battery. It's a well-built device and runs Windows Phone without any issues. We've previously taken the ATIV S for a spin, be sure to check out our coverage.
As well as the Lumia 920 and ATIV S, Russia will also be experiencing Huawei hardware with the Ascend W1 launching soon. With a planned release of February, the Ascend W1 is the cheapest option of the trio with a price tag of just 11.990 rubles ($400). Huawei matches Samsung and Nokia in the 4-inch display region, with a 2000mAh battery and dual-core CPU.
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Follow their vivid trail to Ningaloo Reef, where you can swim with whale sharks and snorkel over tropical fish and coral. Capture their life-affirming colour in rugged Kalbarri National Park, near Geraldton, or in sculpted Kings Park in Perth. Let them lead you to the waves, caves and wineries of Margaret River. Walk with them through soaring karri forests on the Bibbulmun Track or take in their dazzling diversity from Albany. Do wildflower day walks, join longer tours or celebrate the blooms with the locals at any of the many festivals.
Four wheel drive from Broome to the Pilbara, where the state's floral spectacular usually kicks off in June. After the first tropical rains, native hibiscus, bluebells, sticky cassia, mulla mulla and native fuschia burst from the dusty red earth. Camp overnight in national parks like Karijini, where you'll find rock fig, lemongrass and silver cadjeput beneath the waterfalls and next to the cool, deep rock pools.


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PrimeBase XT (PBXT) is a transactional storage engine for MySQL which can be loaded dynamically by the pluggable storage engine API of MySQL 5.1. It has been designed for modern, web-based, high concurrency environments. Full MVCC (multi-version concurrency control) support and a unique "write-once" strategy make PBXT particularly effective under heavy update loads.
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An Overview of PBXT Versions
There is actually a consistent strategy behind all this, which I would like to explain here.
PBXT 1.0 - Current: 1.0.11-3 Pre-GA
Launchpad: lp:pbxt
This is the current PBXT production release. It is stable in all tests and environments in which it is currently in use.
The 1.0.11 version of the engine is available in MariaDB 5.1.47.
PBXT 1.1 - Stability: RC
Launchpad: lp:pbxt/1.1
PBXT 1.1 implements memory resident (MR) tables. These tables can be used for fast, concurrent access to non-persistent data.
1.1 also adds parallel checkpointing. To do this, PBXT starts multiple threads to flush several tables at once during a checkpoint.
This version is feature complete. Unless someone is interested in using MR tables in production, my plan is to leave 1.1 at the RC level and concentrate development on PBXT 1.5 and 2.0.
PBXT 1.1 is part of Drizzle.
PBXT 1.5 - Current: 1.5.01 Beta
Launchpad: lp:pbxt/1.5
PBXT 1.5 changes how the data logs are written, which makes the engine much faster, depending on the database schema.
Previously each user thread wrote its own data log. In version 1.5 the data logs are written the same way the transaction log is written. This means that group commit is implemented for the data logs.
I have also added a data log cache which can be help significantly if your data has hot spots.
The log-based architecture of PBXT makes it possible to write Terabytes of data without degrading performance. But, as the amount of data increases, garbage collection and random read speed can become a problem. I am currently focusing on solving these problems in 1.5.
PBXT 2.0 - Stability: Alpha
Launchpad: lp:pbxt/2.0
The major feature in PBXT 2.0 is engine level replication (ELR). This is an extremely efficient form of replication, while being fully transactional and reliable.
ELR works by transferring changes directly from the the PBXT transaction and data logs to the PBXT engine on the slave. This means the binary log does not need to be written or flushed, which can greatly increase the speed of the master server (up to 10x in some tests).
Currently the replication does not handle database schema changes, but it works and is ready for testing.
Setting Priorities
PBXT is a free, open source project which is largely funded by a big name database company.
Nevertheless, I am not bound as to how I set priorities, which means I usually focus on what is important to those using and testing the engine.
Now that you have an overview of what's happening in the PBXT world, let me know if you have a problem that PBXT might fix. I'd be happy to hear from you... :)
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- Mark Robson said...
Are all these versions of the engines compatible with main-line MySQL versions as well as Drizzle and MariaDB?
- Paul McCullagh said...
Hi Mark,
All versions are compatible with the most recent versions of MySQL 5.1 and MariaDB.
Drizzle is a special case. It requires significant changes to the engine interface, so currently only version 1.1 is available for Drizzle.
PBXT 1.0 is shipped as part of the MariaDB tree, so you would have to disable or compile MariaDB without PBXT in order to load another version of PBXT as a plug-in.
This is identical to the way the InnoDB plug-in is run by MySQL.
If you want to try various versions of PBXT then I recommend you build the latest version of MySQL, and build PBXT outside of the tree.
Then you can very quickly switch between PBXT versions. How to do this is described here.
- Mark Callaghan said...
Which version can co-exist with InnoDB in MySQL 5.1? bug 47134 is getting in my way.
More people need to express interest in getting a fix for it.
- Paul McCullagh said...
I agree Mark!
It may even be easy to fix, I haven't had a look yet.
If we have a patch we could get it into MariaDB very quickly.
Hi Paul,
My vote is for data compression.
Making the entire data set fits in memory (or even in SSD) often provides the biggest boost to performance. Data compression would be very helpful for that.
You mentioned that PBXT 1.5 is much faster depending on the schema.
What type of schema would make it fast, and what type of schema would not?
Also how much speedup do you expect?
- Paul McCullagh said...
Hi Andy,
Data compression could be done fairly easily on the data logs, so this would be the first thing to try.
1.5 is faster if your database schema contains tables with variable length rows (fixed length rows do not use the data logs).
If there is heavy UPDATE activity on these tables, then my tests show that 1.5 can be up to 5 times faster than 1.1.
- NMMM.NU said...
Where I can report bugs? I have one - http://nmmmpic.blogspot.com/2010/08/strange-pbxt-issue.html and I can provide the db binary files.
- Paul McCullagh said...
Please report bugs at https://bugs.launchpad.net/pbxt. Thanks!


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SANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 18, 2012) - St. Vincent's launched its Christmas appeal to benefit the single mothers and their young children in St. Vincent's Family Strengthening Program, a life-transforming experience providing low-income families with a full range of support services.
"As St. Vincent's prepares to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, we are mindful of the needs of the at-risk children and their mothers in our program," said Sister Margaret Keaveney, D.C., President and CEO of St. Vincent's. "With generous community support, for which we are so thankful, we can offer these mothers and their children hope and resources this Christmas and in the New Year."
In the past five years, St. Vincent's Family Strengthening Program has helped more than 224 mothers and 286 young children move from homelessness to stabilization. "My daughter was four months old, but she had been born premature," said one of the mothers in the program last year. "With all of the stress I was feeling, I could hardly believe I had a little baby to take care of. I was totally overwhelmed. I could not have done it without St. Vincent's."
Donors can direct their gift to a specific need. For example, they can contribute $1,000 for the care of a mother and her baby for one month, $200 for a baby stroller, or $75 for a welcome basket, including all the newborn essentials, or one month's worth of diapers. Especially during these difficult economic times, St. Vincent's is grateful for the community's continued kindness.
Established by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Vincent's is the longest, continuously-operating nonprofit human service agency in Santa Barbara. With a Tradition of Caring Since 1858, St. Vincent's serves the most vulnerable residents of Santa Barbara County by providing affordable housing, early childhood education, and family enrichment opportunities.
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With a breathtaking design and an exquisite menu, our French fine-dining restaurant makes a heart stopping impression the moment you enter.
Under the watchful eye of talented Chef de Cuisine Nicolas Boujéma, Signature's enticing menu offers an array of authentic French dishes, subtly prepared with distinctive contemporary flair. Beautifully presented, Chef Nicolas' delicious dishes are matched by the restaurant's stunning décor. With dining areas divided by silver partitions fashioned from carbon fibres, sunlight bathes the dining room by day, whilst at night, the glittering city skyline provides the ultimate backdrop for this unforgettable dining experience.
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Chef Nicolas continuously rejuvenates classic French cooking by adding a light touch and contemporary flair to the menu. Inspired both by the traditions of French cooking and the rich culinary culture of Japan, Chef Nicolas's menus are, like kaiseki-ryori, carefully changed to reflect the seasons. Dishes such as poached langoustine with zucchini and peppermint, as well as foie gras in ravioli with snow peas and duck velouté, stay true to the Japanese aesthetic of being both individually beautiful and the perfect accompaniment to the next dish. Dining options include a eight-course menu influenced by Chef Nicolas' seasonal inspiration, a vegetarian menu and a three-course business lunch.
Signature's menu is complemented by an award winning extensive wine list including classic vintages and labels from more obscure origins.
Chef Nicolas' rise to the top of French cuisine began in Rue du Bac, Paris, just a few kilometres from where he was born and raised in Rueil-Malmaison. His stellar career is a direct result of his continuous passion and study of the culinary secrets of some of the most celebrated restaurants in France. These include the three-Michelin-star restaurants Le Balzac in Paris and L'Auberge de L'ill in Alsace as well as two-star restaurants La Tour d'Argent, La Reserve de Beaulieu and Hotel Restaurant La Villa. His Asian journey started in 2011, when he was appointed Executive Chef of Pierre, Pierre Gagnaire's two-star restaurant of Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, before joining Signature in 2013.
Signature's private dining room seats up to eight guests. The contemporary design incorporates a number of striking touches including a stunning, hand-blown glass light fixture hung above the table and a view directly into the busy kitchens.
We also have a semi-private room for up to 12 guests. Offering spectacular views across the city, the sunken level room is separated from the rest of the restaurant by an intricate silver plaster sculptured wall. Other touches include silver filigree lampshades and a long, low velvet banquette for diners to sit on.
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- The HMS Beagle Project has a shiny new website, designed by M/A with invaluable input from Beagle Project associates Anna Faherty and Lisa Taylor.
- This blog is in the process of being re-skinned to match the new branding. Pardon our mess while we get it all ship shape.
- Please welcome our newest Beagle Project blogger Lisa Taylor. *clap clap clap* A lifelong traveler and fan of nature in all its oddity, Lisa has been to a handful of the countries HMS Beagle visited, and plans to explore more. Having worked as a journalist, video producer and project director on five continents, she linked two of them in 2009 by sailing the North Atlantic on a Canadian Navy vessel, and counts good sea-legs as a treasured genetic trait. She now lives in London, sharing her time between the HMS Beagle Project and sustainable housing advocacy.
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One thing that's missed in all the hoopla is how few people actually purchased the Star Pony. The raw numbers have been eye-popping, of course. But when you look at it as a percentage of the player base, maybe 5% at most have purchased one.
To be honest, this is pretty much the ultimate cosmetic item. It is a flying horse made of stars which is usable everywhere, and which every character you have can use. The only cosmetic item that could possibly top it would be a Dragon made of stars.
(Note to Blizzard: I would strongly consider purchasing a Star Dragon. It would be just too
And that 5% is 5% of a market that is already willing to shell out money on the game. Sure, some Free-To-Play evangelists will insist that without subscriptions, more people will spend money on cash shop items.
These people are wrong. In my--admittedly cynical--view, there are two types of people in this world: freeloaders and people willing to pay. Freeloaders won't pay anything if they have a choice, no matter what incentives you put in front of them. You have to force them to pay if you want to get any money out of them. The people who are willing to pay would probably pay the same amount regardless of how that payment is structured. The only real advantage is allowing them to try out the game without forcing a commitment.
So yes, Star Pony brought in a fair chunk of change. But it is dwarfed by the non-sexy, yet reliable, subscription money. Any game that looks at the Star Pony and decides to bet their future on a cash shop has been blinded, and will end up failing. If you haven't made an MMO worth subscribing to, you haven't made a good game.
(Yes, that includes you, Dungeons & Dragon Online. Five times a very small number is still a very small number.)
Off-topic Note: While Star Pony is a very nice mount, the best mounts are still the paladin charger and [Ashes of Al'ar].


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Reports on the best & worst ETFs and mutual funds in every sector and style are here.
Figures 1 and 2 rank all eight ETFs and all eight mutual funds in the sector that meet our liquidity standards. Not all Consumer Staples sector ETFs and mutual funds are created the same. The number of holdings varies widely (from 23 to 122), which creates drastically different investment implications and ratings. The best ETFs and mutual funds allocate more value to Attractive-or-better-rated stocks than the worst ETFs and mutual funds, which allocate too much value to Neutral-or-worse-rated stocks.
To identify the best and avoid the worst ETFs and mutual funds within the Consumer Staples sector, investors need a predictive rating based on (1) stocks ratings of the holdings and (2) the all-in expenses of each ETF and mutual fund. Investors need not rely on backward-looking ratings. My fund rating methodology is detailed here.
Investors seeking exposure to the Consumer Staples sector should buy one of the Attractive-or-better rated ETFs or mutual funds from Figures 1 and 2.
See ratings and reports on all ETFs and mutual funds in this sector on my free mutual fund and ETF screener.
Figure 1: ETFs with the Best & Worst Ratings – Top 5 (where available)
* Best ETFs exclude ETFs with TNA's less than 100 million for inadequate liquidity.
Sources: New Constructs, LLC and company filings
Rydex S&P Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RHS) and Focus Morningstar Consumer Defensive Index ETF (FCD) are excluded from Figure 1 because their total net assets (TNA) are below $100 million and do not meet our liquidity standards.
Figure 2: Mutual Funds with the Best & Worst Ratings – Top 5 (where available)
* Best mutual funds exclude funds with TNA's less than 100 million for inadequate liquidity.
Sources: New Constructs, LLC and company filings
ICON Funds: ICON consumer Staples Fund (ICLEX) is excluded from Figure 2 because its total net assets (TNA) are below $100 million and do not meet our liquidity standards.
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP) is my top-rated Consumer Staples ETF and Vanguard World Funds: Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund (VCSAX) is my top-rated Consumer Staples mutual fund. Both earn my Attrative rating.
PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples Portfolio (PSCC) is my worst-rated Consumer Staples ETF and Fidelity Select Portfolios: Construction & Housing Portfolio (FSHOX) is my worst-rated Consumer Staples mutual fund. Both earn my Dangerous rating.
Figure 3 highlights that investors purchasing Consumer Staples ETFs and mutual funds are doing a great job of identifying investment worthy funds. 92% of the assets allocated to ETFs and 53% of assets allocated to mutual funds are allocated to funds with Attractive ratings. The main driver behind these Attractive ETFs and mutual funds is the heavy weighting (66% of the sector's TNA) of Attractive-or-better-rated stocks.
The takeaways are: Consumer Staples mutual fund managers are doing a great job of identifying investment worthy holdings and investors are able to identify these Attractive funds.
Figure 3: Consumer Staples Sector Landscape For ETFs, Mutual Funds & Stocks
As detailed in "Cheap Funds Dupe Investors", the fund industry offers many cheap funds but very few funds with high-quality stocks, or with what I call good portfolio management.
The Consumer Staples sector offers investors excellent investment opportunities. 50% of all ETFs (5) and 44% of all mutual funds (4) allocate enough value to Attractive-or-better-rated stocks to earn an Attractive rating. The heavy weightings of TNA in these Attractive funds shows that investors are allocating their capital to be best available investments.
Hormel Foods Corp (HRL) is one of my favorite stocks held by Consumer Staples ETFs and mutual funds and earns my Very Attractive rating. HRL has increased free cash flow each year since 2008, raising it from $77 million to $312 million in 2011. In spite of strong past performance, HRL's current stock price of (~$29.38) implies that after-tax profits (NOPAT) will permanently decrease by 10%. Low expectations make HRL an excellent long candidate.
United Natural Foods, Inc (UNFI) is one of my least favorite stocks held by Consumer Staples ETFs and mutual funds and earns my Very Dangerous rating. UNFI has misleading earnings, meaning that it reports accounting profits when it is actually generating economic losses. Over the 14 years of coverage I have on UNFI, only once has it managed to generate a positive free cash flow (FCF). UNFI's downside risks far out way its upside potential.
Figures 4 and 5 show the rating landscape of all Consumer Staples ETFs and mutual funds.
Our sector roadmap report ranks all sectors and highlights those that offer the best investments.
Figure 4: Separating the Best ETFs From the Worst ETFs
Figure 5: Separating the Best Mutual Funds From the Worst Mutual Funds
Review my full list of ratings and rankings along with free reports on all ten ETFs and nine mutual funds in the Consumer Staples sector.
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The tragic story of Chris Guerra, the photographer killed trying to photograph Justin Bieber's Ferrari, just took a strange turn. An anonymous source (also a photographer) claims he was on the phone with Guerra shortly before he was struck by a car. The photographer says Guerra told him he spotted Bieber smoking pot earlier in his car. (As it happens, Bieber was not even in the Ferrari Guerra was trying to photograph when he was killed.)
Worse, the friend thinks this makes Bieber responsible for Guerra's death. According to TMZ, "He also says he believes Justin is partly to blame for Chris' death because of the singer's reckless driving history and alleged pot smoking which made it a big story to follow." What?!?
Hold on a minute here. I know a young man just lost his life, and I'm sure his friends and family are reeling with grief right now. But can we slow down a moment with the accusations?
We just don't know enough about what really happened, exactly. Guerra may have been mistaken about what he thinks he saw. And even if he did spy Justin Bieber smoking pot while speeding down the highway earlier that day, that doesn't make Justin responsible for the photographer's death. No one HAS to chase the crazy, dangerous celebs. It's not safe to tail Lindsay Lohan, either! Just for one example.
There's a big, lucrative market for tabloid gossip. And there are people who risk their lives chasing those stories for a living. But you can't blame celebs for dangling stories of reckless behavior in front of photographers. On the other hand, maybe this is a good moment for Justin Bieber to do a little self-reflection himself. He didn't cause this death, but it seems like he's been getting into trouble lately. 2013 could be the year Biebs decides not to follow the path of so many troubled former child stars before him.
Do you think Justin Bieber really is engaging in risky behavior or is it all just empty gossip?
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My roots in this valley are as deep as the old Gravenstein tree planted on the Annala homestead in Oak Grove. Like the roots of this ancient apple tree, I have planted tap roots into the valley floor that have grounded my beliefs and provided me with a rich perspective of history, family and community.
The first two decades of my life were grounded in my father's family, heritage and culture. Perhaps because my mother died when I was very young, I was nurtured more through my father's side of the family and their deeply entrenched Finnish heritage.
My father, Sulo Annala, was the son of two hardy Finnish immigrants who traveled from Finland in the late 1800s by way of the Dakotas and on to Hood River in the early 1900s. Faith, perseverance and a strong work ethic accompanied the journey. Their settlement patterns influenced what was passed on to my father and in turn what he passed on to me.
Much of the Finnish culture was infused into Finnish children via the steam from the sauna that penetrated every pore as they sat on stair stepped benches for their weekly bath. These benches were frequented by a generational stair step from infant to parent and grandparent, all sharing their knowledge, experience, values and beliefs.
Babies were born in the sauna, delivered by grandparents, the midwife of many immigrant families. My Finnish grandmother was a highly regarded midwife in the Dakotas as well as in this valley at the turn of the century.
As such, saunas were a Finnish mainstay, as important as the roof overhead or the outhouse out back. They were the church, the school, the hospital of the family unit, before the Finnish community had grown large enough to support those facilities.
My father remembered little of the Dakota experience, moving to the valley with his parents and three siblings when he was just a child. His formative years were built on the back of hard physical labor, literally breaking his older brother's back and crippling him for life. Perseverance in the face of harsh economic and social conditions and reliance on family as the primary social, emotional and economic support was a way of life.
There were three Annala brothers and their families who settled in the valley, providing an extended family circle of support to one another. As other Finnish immigrants made the journey across the plains to the lush Hood River Valley, families intermarried and a broader sense of community began to grow. Helping others was deeply imbedded in the Finnish and immigrant culture, passed on to my father, to me, to my children and to their children.
Dad's father died when he was a young teen. As the oldest physically able son, he moved into the patriarch position, taking on the hard physical labor of clearing and planting the land and building a fruit farm.
In order to help support his seven brothers and sisters, he dropped out of Crapper School at the eighth grade. He always said he wasn't book-smart, but he knew a lot about life and how to deal with adversity. The first eight grades of school had broadened his horizons, providing him with new friendships outside the tightly knit Finnish community, some basic reading and writing skills, and an understanding of the English language.
Dad always had a thirst for practical rather than theoretical knowledge and a comfort with spoken rather than written language. Consequently he was a master at listening and ultimately understanding what needed to be said or done. He always conveyed this in a very brief and understandable manner.
Dad's life was filled with challenges: hard physical labor as a farmer, difficult economic conditions from the Great Depression through two world wars and health challenges including early onset of debilitating arthritis and heart disease.
Perhaps most devastating to him was the battle with breast cancer he waged alongside his wife, Mildred, which cut or burned its way through her body for four years until she finally died, leaving Dad to raise four small children by himself.
My father's Finnish heritage is fundamental to my values. It served as the foundation for the second 20 years of my life as I wove a cross-cultural tapestry of my Finnish heritage with my husband's Japanese heritage. The similarities, hard work, perseverance, service to family and then community were far more significant than the differences but in the beginning the differences were far more obvious and painful.
The tapestry had a number of holes that had to be repaired throughout those early years of marriage. I lacked understanding of the Japanese heritage, and immersed myself in understanding the culture more deeply, to help raise our children in the best of both worlds.
That is another chapter of my life. For now, October is coming to an end. It is the month of my father's birth, a time of the year I most closely associate with him. As a child it was a season when he spent more time with us in the evenings, granted a reprieve from the hard physical labor of harvest that plagued his arthritis and set his heart racing. We pull out the cribbage board, fire up the sauna and inhale the aroma of cardamom as poulla bakes in the oven.
As a young mom, it was a time when I brought the grandkids over to play. His step has slowed, his health is failing, but his sense of humor and appreciation for life is honed to perfection.
The leaves are brilliant gems along the orchard path beckoning us to take a leisurely walk. Like bookends, we hold the hands of his grandchild, matching the toddler's pace, speaking about nothing and everything.
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|Touchstone Pictures; 124 minutes; R
|Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney
What are Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Donald Sutherland doing caught up in a movie that is offensive, simplistic, and heavily derivative? Silence of the Lambs cross-breeds with Gorillas in the Mist to birth Instinct, a suspense flop wherein the civilized white scientist Ethan Powell (Hopkins) plunges deep into Africa, and-guess what? — his true 'savage' nature is unleashed. After spending an unspecified amount of time living peacefully with upper primates in the Dark Continent, Powell gets arrested for the murder and assault of several civilians. The noble savage refuses to speak, preferring to express himself in sudden, violent outbursts. In a U.S. prison for the criminally insane promising psychologist Theo Caulder (Gooding) attempts to fathom the bloody mysteries locked tight inside Powell's mind.
What Silence of the Lambs, Apocalypse Now, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest did well, Instinct does unimaginably poorly. Tangential plot pieces float lazily amidst the amateurish murk passing for a psychological thriller.


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Franchise officials recruited about 200 fans to A-Game Sportsplex and shortly before 7:30 p.m. they executed a "Smash Mob." While the Junior Predators teams went through pre-game warm-ups fans poured into the seating area led by a drum line, the Predators Dancers and Ice Girls, and mascot Gnash. The game operations staff and public address announcer were on hand to re-create the sounds and atmosphere at Bridgestone Arena.
When players got to the bench, side-by-side with their regular coaches were Predators coaches, including Barry Trotz and Peter Horachek with the Blizzard and Lane Lambert and Brent Peterson with the Cyclones.


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La Jolla resident, attorney, foster youth advocate and mother Leslie Gladstone takes on that role, helping fulfill a longstanding need in San Diego County through her work on the board of directors at Angels Foster Family Network, a nonprofit foster-family agency that connects at-risk infants and toddlers with families throughout San Diego.
More than serving as an advocate for other parents to open up their homes to foster babies, Gladstone became a foster parent herself nearly 10 years ago.
"It's always been something I've wanted to do — to help a child that needed help — and there are so many here in San Diego that do," she said.
Although she knew from an early age that she wanted to foster a child, it wasn't until she was 40 and already had a daughter of her own when she decided to take the leap. She was referred to Angels by a friend, went through two months of rigorous training and finally fostered her "Angels baby," 22-month-old Selena.
"They do a phenomenal job of acting as liaison between the county and the parents, as well as the birth parents. They hold your hand through the entire process and provide a lot of education and support," she said. "It's pretty quick once you're qualified. It was only a week after [completing training] when I got the call, and Selena came to live with me."
Now Selena is 11 and living with Gladstone as her legally adopted daughter.
Her family may not seem conventional from the outside — with birth daughter Jessica, 16, Selena and Selena's birth sister Ana, 17, all living under one roof — but Gladstone said her family is just like any other.
"They've always considered themselves to be sisters," she said. "They love each other and hate each other just like any other sisters do."
Despite facing some obstacles, Gladstone said her decision to foster and adopt Selena was the most rewarding decision she has ever made.
"There are challenges, and I think you have to look at yourself as to why you're doing this," she said. "You have to be ready for anything — as you have to be with any child — and just be prepared to open up your heart and have some real love in it."
That trait — love — is the only common one required of foster parents, she said.
"[Foster parents] have a deep caring for children and an understanding and patience with the system, because it can sometimes be challenging," she said. "For example, if you have a child that was physically abused and you have to maintain visits with the parent who was the abuser."
The overarching reward, however, to both the foster parents and children trumps any obstacle.
"There are difficulties, but even if it is a short time, you have with these children, you are absolutely saving their lives, and they will have a remarkably better life," she said. "If you are in a situation where you can help a child, you can really have a huge affect on the lives of these little kids."
Angels Foster Family Network specializes in abused and neglected children 3 years old and younger with a unique focus on preventing what is known as Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). During the child's crucial period of development, severe neglect, abuse or separation from caregivers can result in a persistent failure to communicate or respond to social interactions in a developmentally appropriate way, affecting a child's life well beyond the age of 3.
"If a child doesn't form an emotional bond with someone by the time they are 3, they can never form it. That is really one of Angels' main missions is to get them into a loving home — even if it's not a permanent home — during that crucial time so they can have a bond with another human being," Gladstone explained.
Many of these children have had early experiences that are "absolutely horrendous," she said.
"We've had children who have tested positive for drugs — basically born addicted to drugs. We've had some children with most of their bones broken from physical abuse. We have severe neglect, where they're nowhere near what their proper weight is supposed to be," she said. "It's horrible. There are just so many sad situations and so many children who didn't do anything to deserve this."
Angels has become the county's go-to choice when a child is removed from his or her home, Gladstone said. Since the nonprofit's inception in 1999, Angels has provided foster homes to more than 550 babies in San Diego. A number of children, however, continue to be turned away each day because there are not enough foster families available for the county's needs, particularly in key areas like east and south county.
Gladstone urges anyone who has thought about fostering a child to take the leap as she did.
"It is absolutely, without a doubt, the most rewarding thing I've done in my life," she said. "Don't wait as long as I did, because it's just a fabulous way to make a real difference in the world, give help where help is needed, and be rewarded in the process."
For more information about fostering a child or how else you can help, visit www.angelsfoster.org or call (619) 283-8100.


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Teen gets attorney in murder case
The teenager accused of killing his roommate with an axe then carving a word into the man's body received court-appointed counsel Monday during his first appearance in court.
No fewer than four officers from the Catawba County Sheriff's Office were in District Court on Wednesday as Michael Joseph Anderson, 19, was led into the courtroom wearing a neon green jumpsuit. Anderson appeared emotionless as Judge Robert A. Mullinax told him he was charged with murder.
Anderson admitted in a 9-1-1 call released Tuesday that he shot his roommate, Stephen Starr, 36, three times before taking an axe to the man and mutilating his body. Sheriff's deputies said Anderson carved a word into Starr's body, but they won't release what that word is.
Anderson told Mullinax he needed the court to give him an attorney, and Mullinax appointed Scott Reilly for preliminary matters in the case.
Anderson's probable cause hearing is set for March 9.
The appearance lasted less than two minutes, and Anderson was escorted out of the courtroom and back to Catawba County jail, where he is being held without bond. Anderson's court-appointed counsel request detailing why he can't afford to hire an attorney himself wasn't available Wednesday at the clerk of court's office.
Reilly declined to speak with reporters after Anderson's first appearance in court. He also serves as court-appointed counsel for Elisa Baker, who is charged with obstructing the investigation into the death of 10-year-old Zahra Baker.
Monday's gruesome murder was the third murder in Catawba County in little more than a week. The county's first homicides of the year happened Feb. 7 during an apparent murder-suicide on Grassy Creek Road in Denver. Sheriff's deputies said Rick Wheeler shot his wife Angela and their 14-year-old daughter Samantha before taking his own life.
Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid called Monday's murder scene one of the most gruesome crimes he's seen in awhile. Reid said counseling was offered to deputies involved in the murders, but as far as he knows, no one accepted the services.
Deputies were first alerted to the crime about 4:45 a.m. Monday when Anderson called 9-1-1 to report the murder. He told the 9-1-1 operator that "too many pills" made him kill Starr, who allegedly made unwanted sexual advances to Anderson.
Anderson sounded as if he started to panic several times during the call, but the 9-1-1 operator continually reassured him that help was on the way.
Reid commended the 9-1-1 operator and said her quick thinking probably prevented Anderson from committing suicide.
Anderson posted on his Facebook page at 4:04 a.m. on the day of the murder asking God to forgive him and saying he wouldn't be taken alive.


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