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I really hated the first "Simple Life" but my wife loved it. Unfortunately I have to pay for watching all the NBA playoff games by watching "Simple Life 2" with her when it starts. :ohno
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I really hated the first "Simple Life" but my wife loved it. Unfortunately I have to pay for watching all the NBA playoff games by watching "Simple Life 2" with her when it starts. :ohno
I wasn't all that crazy about it when I first saw it ,but I got hooked. Yeah it's silly but it's funny and campy. I mean what young lady of 22 walks around like that with a little rat dog. That's usually reserved for little blue haired women living in Pasaena or the Hamptons maybe even Miami. This is just cheap fun.
Please keep this thread on topic.
Sorry abou that. :blushQuote:
Originally Posted by JR.
Soooo EXlurker ,your gonna really like watching the Simple Life -2 Riiiight . I would imagine we could get some could get some pretty cool recaps. It'll be fun even if you don't like it all that much it'll give you something to complain about in a fun way. No harm in that.Can You dig it!!!!
But ,I bet after two or three episodes of Simple Life -2 you'll be down with the show.
Sorry I got us in trouble :blush
One question the show can't be that bad if you actually do watch it with your wife I think this show may actually bring preople closer together :) :)
I personally love this show. :) I shall be watching! The girls are such brats - esp. Nicole, but they are entertaining.
Rich kids! Man they act as if they rule the world and they act silly on top of it ,good thing they're cute , oh and they have that nasty little rat dog. Every time I see one of those dogs I want to set out a mouse trap :lol
I love the show & love the girls. Yes, they are spoiled - but i love watching to see what outrageous outfits they have on and they're crazy comments !!!!!
It's just a show - i'm sure they don't act THAT ridiculous in real life....... or let's hope not !!!!!
Originally Posted by marciadale
That's what I tell my co workers how can you not love to see them play dumb . It's a gas. I think some people have a hard time getting with this show because they think they act that outrages. I bet some of my co -workers that if thet couldn't appriciate the show and at least get into it after two or three episodes I'd by them two rounds. Needless to say they took me up on it. Come on Paris ,Come on Nicole .Work with me ,Work with me :)
i bet your co-workers fibbed just to get the drinks.......
THE GIRLS ARE A RIOT - and even if you can't stand them, one show w/ hook ya - this was totally me w/ paris before the first season - and now i'm a PARIS HO !!!!!!


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Looking for a simple, satisfying summer smoothie? This Mocha Coconut Morning Smoothie combines the sweet tropical flavors of coconut with robust, rich coffee and cocoa, and comes together in just minutes for the perfect portable breakfast idea!
Hello friends!
So we all know that I am a huge fan of smoothies. 2014 has easily become the "Year of the Smoothie" and as the weather is turning towards summer, I easily turn to smoothies for quick breakfasts I can grab before I head off to work.
I usually end up running into a predicament about my morning cup of coffee, though. If I'm enjoying a smoothie for breakfast, I don't want to carry two cups like a weirdo while I walk down the road.
People will be all like "why does that girl need two cups of coffee at the same time? Why can't she just wait until she finishes one before having another? Why is she dancing down the road to work?"
Okay, I guess I could solve the whole "dancing to work" part without the help of this recipe, but to be honest, it's so energizing and wonderful that I can't help but put a little pep in my step while enjoying it! So, to solve my dilemma, I combined my love for smoothies with my love for coffee, to bring you this Mocha Coconut Breakfast Smoothie!
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I did?
Well, good.
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Happy Blending!
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N.H. Electric Coop bill is now $26.06 before you buy anything
- Published in Letters
To The Daily Sun,
What's happening at the New Hampshire Electric Coop? It seems to me the Cooperative is making tons of money. How do I know that? Why are they raising the membership rate $2 per month ($26)? No reason was given, just a small paragraph in the flyer that accompanies the bill. I will be calling 1-800-698-2007, member service number. I encourage everyone to call.
The hard-working taxpayers are too busy with their jobs, family and paying bills to even read the flyer. Does the NHEC know this? I wonder how many people have called the NHEC? In my opinion this is unethical. I have noticed the increments in cents each month over the last two to three years, but this is unbelievable.
Another dilemma for the NHEC, is the Wireless Electric Radiation Smart Meters placed on our homes for over two years now, and I understand the network is not functioning. So they took the government grant money and now they are charging the customers for a meter nobody wanted.
Surprise. Yep, it has happened again. The New Hampshire Electric Co-op has increased the Member Service Charge. Predictions for January 2015 will be $28 per month, by 2016, $30.19, creeping to $35 by 2017. Yep, that's $420 a year before buying power.
If you look at your electric bill, it is now $26.06 before buying power, right? Now correct me if I am wrong, but with 83,000 customers times $26.06 would equal $2,162,980 a month, just in membership charge. That means $2.1 million a month plus or minus is going into the coffers of NHEC, before buying power. So the math times 12 months that equals $25,955,760 — almost $26 million a Year taken in — before buying power.
There was never a charge before, example, in 1993 NHEC electric bill. Do you remember what it was back in 2003? Well, it was $9.02 and listed as Customer charge, right? Take a look at your November or December electric bill, the member service charge was $24.17 before buying power. At this rate your member charge will be about $75 in 10 years, right? That's times 12 months for the year rounding out to $900 a year. Think? Do your math ... $26.06 per month in 10 years equals $3,127.20 before buying power? $75 per month member charge times 10 years equals $9,000 before buying power!
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We carefully measure our successes and our failures in order to ensure the long-term success of our programs.
(20% higher than their peers)
How do we get the results?
First, we understand that we cannot do this work alone. That is why we partner with schools, as well as other organizations in order to provide students with the most comprehensive and thorough program possible. We partner with uAspire and the American Student Association to assist students with FAFSA completion and their CSS profile; with the Grand Circle Foundation to provide students with leadership training and internship possibilities; and the Boston PIC to provide students with job training and resume building. In addition, our PUSH coaches provide workshops, classes, civic projects, and one-on-one counseling. Classes preparing students for college success include:
We have also strategically designed our program to insure students receive these skills throughout their high school education. Our goal is to reach students early in order to establish a college-going identity and culture of academic success throughout the high school.
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Help the Wheat Shortage and Your Health TodayApril 23rd, 2008 , by Melissa
Some sources say the world will run out of wheat supplies in 10 weeks. If you're still eating wheat, don't start panicking, do something for your health and stop eating it today. In America, we have plenty of other food, so let those who need the wheat have it, and stop poisoning your body with it. (It will keep most humans alive, unless they have Celiac disease, but it has long term health consequences for many) Wheat is bad news for most blood types and most genotypes, and no better than neutral for the rest. Next time you go for a sandwich, find something else to wrap it with: a romaine leaf, a nori sheet, there are so many other options. Same goes for rice, it's mostly neutral for most of us, but we have other options, so it's a good time to explore them.
Also, in this time when many people in the world are panicking, remember those less fortunate. If you have some avoids or toxins in your pantry, donate them to the food kitchen, or somebody who needs them worse than you do. If you gave up wheat long ago, but still have some stored, right now is a great time to find a new home for it. Produce production this year should be good in the western US, at least I don't see any reason why it won't be, so replace some of those scarce grains in your diet with vegetables. Take the rising prices of the foods that are bad for you as an opportunity to branch out and try new things...and start that garden!
Once I get my son's new bed built, I will embark on a garden building project. One 4ft by 4ft square foot garden can provide fresh produce for one person for a year. Save seeds while you're at it. Even though their germination declines over time, there are so many seeds in a packet that it's worth using them up over time. You can reduce waste and feed your garden by composting as well.


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Mix and Match was a Sesame Street video game produced by the Children's Computer Workshop for the Apple operating system and Atari in 1982. The game consisted of the opportunity to mix and match the body parts of Sesame Street characters. It retailed for $50.[1]
The game was produced by a new division of the Children's Television Workshop, the Children's Computer Workshop (CCW). It was designed and created by David Fox (later to become one of Lucasfilm Games' founding members) of the Marin Computer Center.[2]
- ↑ "Muppet madness", Popular Mechanics, May 1983.
- ↑ "David Fox (game designer)", Wikipedia.


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In this session, we learn how to write a REST service deployed to Azure platform and targeted for mobile devices. Due to the nature of REST, they can be consumed by iOS, Android, as well as HTML5 and Windows Phone.
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In this session you will learn how to use your ASP.NET skills to create Mobile Web Applications leveraging jQuery Mobile. We will cover initial setup, strategies for your data layer, and targeting the major Mobile OS platforms.
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Bamba Happy With Holding Role
Sol Bamba has said he is happy to play the holding role for as long as Nigel Pearson wants him to.
Speaking to lcfc.com the defender said.
'It's a role I've played before, so I know the role. It's just a case of getting used to it again, but I'm sure I can play there. I don't mind that, it's just good to be playing.'
Whilst it's possible that Bamba will occupy the position for a while longer, he's looking forward to our season run in.
'We're not far away and we know we need to win as many games as possible. The important thing is that we don't give up, we just have to win games.'
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A/N:A rather odd Vash character analysis which popped to mind one day. This is, barring a fun humor piece, my first Trigun fanfic (wandering from Silmarillion to anime, how strange…) and I hope I haven't mangled anything too badly. Constructive criticism – and reviews in general – are very very much appreciated.
Summary:Meryl thinks on who Vash is sometime during the last episodes. No MerylxVash, just exceedingly odd characterizations and ANGST.
Disclaimer:Trigun does not belong to me, more's the pity. It was made by Yasuhiro Nightow and everything in this fic belongs to him – except for my Vash characterization, which he wouldn't want anyway.
When I first met him, I mustered him in a quick glance and then ignored him. A man – no, a boy – with a knack for getting into trouble and an attitude that should have gotten him killed long ago. An immature goofball who could get me riled up with just a few words. He couldn't be Vash the Stampede – the very idea was ludicrous! Vash the Stampede was a dangerous outlaw whose very name struck fear into the hearts of the populace. A whisper that he was headed their way could cause entire cities to be abandoned, fearful that the Humanoid Typhoon would do to them what he had done to July. Vash the Stampede was a destroyer, a murderer, a legend. Maybe an short-legged, earringed giant in red, maybe a man with a big weapon and a Mohawk, maybe a bank robber, maybe masquerading as a bounty hunter… but not a kid with spiky hair who was incapable of being serious.
And so I tried to ignore him – as far as his sheer annoyingness let me – as the evidence piled up. Even Milly pieced it together before me, a fact that still shames me to this day. This was me, Meryl Stryfe, famed for her observation skills, her keen eye, her knack for figuring out people – and I didn't let myself see the truth because I couldn't believe that the terrifying Vash the Stampede was, in fact, a kid with a penchant for donuts.
But the evidence kept piling up, until eventually I was forced to accept it. I didn't want to – I can still hear myself shout It can't be him! – but I did, reluctantly.
I remember going back to the bar that night and pondering. This was Vash the Stampede. The ace gunman. It couldn't be. And yet it was. I was curious, I'll admit – who wouldn't be, when faced with a legend acting like that?
I watched him. And, even if I say so myself, I'm damn good at it. Observing people, analyzing their every gesture and mien to figure out something about the thoughts that drive them. A flinch, a stutter, a sigh – this can speak volumes to a good observer. And I'm one of the best.
I watched him, more carefully than I had ever watched anyone before. At first, I saw nothing I did not already know. A person with an attitude that never fails to drive me up the wall, immature, annoying, rather childlike. Then, after some time, I began to discover a different side to him – the side that had let him save Inepril City, defeat the Nebraskas with six shots, whose motto was "Love and Peace!". Idealistic nearly to the point of naïveté. Selfless. Determined. A person who would rather dodge countless bullets than fire a single one himself. Was this, then, Vash the Stampede?
Any other watcher would have said "yes" and left it at that. But I was still curious, and smarting from the shame of not having realized who he was. I'd show them – or rather, I'd show myself. I might have denied his identity, but I would figure him out. So I kept watching.
I remember the first time I realized that something wasn't quite right. It was night, it had been a good day, and we were in a bar. We'd all had a bit to drink – not much, enough to make us a bit tipsy… and there was a black cat, with wide green eyes, sitting on the floor watching us. Milly said something about it… I don't quite remember what, but I remember it was very funny, and we started laughing.
Except that Vash didn't.
He just sat there and looked at us, slightly puzzled, for a second or so. Then he started to laugh, too… but just a bit too late, a bit too loud, to be genuine. As if he didn't realize what was so funny, but didn't want us to notice.
I was watching him, had been watching him obsessively for weeks. I was ready to read volumes in the twitch of an eyebrow – this was so obvious I would've had to drink a lot more in order not to notice it.
Vash has a sense of humor like no one I've ever met. He'll laugh at everything, every joke, no matter how lame. And what Milly said was funny, and with the alcohol, it should have been enough to send him into hysterics. So why didn't he laugh?
I watched him even more carefully after that. And now that I knew what to look for, I saw more such… discrepancies, I suppose you could call them. Things that didn't quite fit, things anyone else would have missed. When Vash was just a little too goofy or a little too serious, when he paused for a split second in a conversation, when his moods were just a bit wrong for the situation, when he was injured and didn't show the pain until a tiny bit too late… little things, but they were there, and I was watching.
It seemed so… artificial, somehow, as if his whole attitude was just a show put on to fool us. I thought so for a short time – I was furious, thinking he was playing us, having his fun with us… but I realized that that wasn't quite right either. I'd seen people acting before, pretending to be a different person and… it wasn't like that with them. There were little things, yes, but those were different things… With him, there was something else. It was… it's hard to describe. As if he were wearing a mask that didn't quite fit… as if he were an actor playing a role he didn't quite understand. As if he were something pretending to be what he was not.
Something not human.
I remember when I realized that. It was morning, and we were about to leave again. It was shortly after Wolfwood had left, I think, before the fiasco with Monev. Vash had just finished drinking a glass of water, had stood up, picked it up – and then dropped it on the floor. He was terribly sorry, he explained to the owner of the place where we'd been staying, helped gather the shards, paid for the glass. A bit of clumsiness, nothing out of the ordinary, anyone would have thought. Anyone but me.
I'd been watching him. More precisely, I'd watched him pick up the glass. I saw it slip out of his grip… a split second too late. He'd already been holding it securely in his fingers. Why had the glass fallen at that moment? Had he loosened his grip? Why? And then it hit me.
Something not human.The thought was there and it was undeniable. All these little things… the little things he did wrong… they were all human things, something that is in every one of us, on a basic level, something we cannot ignore and cannot hide. Every human has basic reactions. Every human would have dropped the glass a split second before Vash did, when their grip was still unsteady and hadn't tightened yet. Yet Vash had dropped it after, when anyone else would have already had the glass secure in their hand. Anyone human. But Vash wasn't human.
It was less a theory derived from observations than a feeling, an instinct, something that would sound absolutely ludicrous voiced aloud – "What, Vash-san not human?" I could almost hear Milly say in disbelief – yet in my heart I knew that it was true… so true. And it made far too much sense once I thought about it. He was someone who had watched humans for all his life – and how long was that, I wondered – who had mastered the art of imitating them, nearly to perfection, so that what he truly was was invisible to all but the most careful watcher… but he didn't quite manage, couldn't quite imitate us perfectly, because he simply couldn't understand us, because he was too different. A loner, on the outside looking in, nose pressed against the glass. Observing without comprehending, without participating, always alone, separated from everyone else on this planet by an unbridgeable gap – the gap of race.
I realized this, and felt sorry for him – what horrible fate, to always be alone, incomprehensible and uncomprehending, always pretending to be what one was not! Yet I was still curious, more curious than ever before. I had realized that Vash's demeanor was but a mask, near-perfect yet not quite correct, to hide the sheer alienness of his mind. So I wondered – what was beneath the mask? Who was Vash really?
So I watched. I spied on him, I admit. I thought of the effort it must take to keep such a mask up, to act such a role, all the time. He must relax his guard some time, I thought. So I watched him when he thought he was alone, in the night when everyone else was asleep, out in the desert when he had wandered off, looking up at the stars. I was nearly breathless with anticipation, waiting for the moment when I would catch sight of his true self – not glimpses, but really see him, see him let down his mask.
The moment didn't come.
Even when Monev attacked him in prison, when he shouted at me to leave, when he was alone at night and couldn't have known I was watching him – there was a veneer of humanity over it all. I was stumped. Why? Why didn't he ever let his mask down, even when it had to be safe, even when he was tormented almost beyond my imagining? Why did he always pretend to be human, a silly, goofy human, even when it caused him pain, even when he was humiliated because of it, even when there was no conceivable reason for him to?
And I came to another realization, and if I had felt sorry for Vash before, I was near frozen with shock and pity now. Because he didn't know.
The actor acts a part he does not quite understand, yet does not realize he is on a stage. The man wears a mask that does not quite fit, but he does not know it is a mask. Vash was raised by humans. His childhood, knowledge, morals and beliefs – all shaped by humans. How is a young not-human supposed to realize what he is in that environment? That the reason he doesn't completely understand what they are trying to tell him isn't that he is stupid, but that he cannot, that there is a gap there that cannot be bridged? How was little Vash supposed to discover himself while surrounded by people who could hardly have been more different? Little wonder that unconsciously, he pretended to be human, tried to be human, without ever truly realizing what he was doing. And now, long after this, he still clings to what his human caretakers taught him, suffering – for he is forcing his mind into a mold it is not designed for – yet not knowing why. He is like a child in more ways than the obvious, more than the goofiness and immaturity that he so clings to, more than his idealism and naïveté. A little child, alone and lost in the dark, unable to find a way back, not even knowing if there is one.
Don't you pity him too?
Oh dear, I think Vash was badly OOC there… and Meryl too. *shrugs defensively* an odd idea that hit me, and not all too plausible, but it wouldn't leave me alone until I brought it to paper. And my style is still influenced by Tolkien. I hope you enjoyed reading this despite all that… do drop a review?
Final A/N: There might be a sequel featuring Vash and Knives. This was going to be a one-shot, but it turned out far too much to fit into one story. Stay tuned for updates! :)


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Challenges faced by ICRC and international humanitarian law (IHL)
19-10-2006 Statement
Speech delivered by Jakob Kellenberger, President of the ICRC, at Georgetown University, Washington.
Executive summary
There is a special relationship between the ICRC and international humanitarian law, which expressly recognizes the mission of the ICRC and provides a legal basis for the mandate conferred on it by the international community. The ICRC has been at the origin of or involved in the codification of most of international humanitarian law as it stands today.
Challenges facing the ICRC
The ICRC's most important operational challenge is to ensure access to victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. Direct access to those people is essential if we are to understand their situation and try to address their needs. However, in a changing conflict environment, access is becoming more difficult because of security constraints.
Security presupposes acceptance of the ICRC's presence and activities by all belligerents. To remain close to the victims and to communicate with all existing or potential parties to a conflict, the ICRC has developed a network of more than 230 delegations, sub-delegations and offices throughout the world. It works constantly to expand its network of contacts with all weapons bearers, and with those who can influence them.
However, such contacts are useless without the capacity to deliver on the expectations created by th e ICRC's presence and mandate. It is therefore by being effective in the field and taking action to relieve the suffering of those affected by armed conflict that the ICRC gains its acceptance.
Today, a humanitarian response is provided by a wide range of actors. These include international and local humanitarian agencies, governmental or non-governmental, and, in some regions, military units. Under the terms of its mandate, the ICRC stands for humanitarian action that is neutral and independent. By not taking sides between parties to a conflict, we improve our chances of bringing protection and assistance to those in need. It is a real challenge to ensure that this identity is clearly perceived and respected by all concerned, especially the belligerents, but I am convinced that this identity produces tangible benefits for the victims.
The diversity of the humanitarian sector and the magnitude of the needs it seeks to address make efficient coordination among different actors imperative. The ICRC therefore welcomes any serious effort to improve coordination in the humanitarian field and closely follows and promotes initiatives that have that aim. However, credible independence is not compatible with participation in initiatives where the organization does not retain its own decision-making capacity or where the perception of its identity risks being blurred by association with others whose agendas may go beyond an exclusively humanitarian response.
The interpretation and development of international humanitarian law
For many years, if not decades, understanding and interpreting international humanitarian law was primarily the preserve of government and military experts and others involved in commanding armed forces or instructing them on how to behave in war. Over the last few years, however, issues relating to international humanitarian law have become front-page ne ws. The Geneva Conventions, war crimes, prisoner-of-war status and Common Article 3 are now debated in the public domain.
International humanitarian law is a body of rules, developed over centuries, that today governs armed conflict between States, between States and non-State armed groups, or between such groups themselves. Its main treaties, the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 for the protection of victims of war, were adopted after the carnage of the Second World War. The treaties were crafted as a fine balance between legitimate military necessity and the basic demands of humanity that continue to hold good even in war.
International humanitarian law governs only armed conflict involving organized armed forces, whether State or non-State. It does not apply to situations in which other, peacetime measures may be relied on to achieve the same result.
By way of illustration, let us consider the humanitarian law rules on the taking of life and the detention of persons. Under international humanitarian law, attacks may be directed only against military objectives, which include personnel and objects. However, international humanitarian law also recognizes that in the uncertainty of battle civilian lives may be lost, and attempts to prevent and limit that outcome. Similarly, international humanitarian law recognizes that detention for imperative reasons of security, without criminal charges, might be necessary, but provides that such detention must end as soon as the reasons for it cease to exist.
Interpreting if and when a given situation amounts to war is one of the main challenges facing humanitarian law. Most recently, the challenge has been to determine to what extent the global " war on terror " is governed by international humanitarian law. In the ICRC's view, depending on the facts, some situations may be classified as armed conflicts for which humanitarian law is the appropriate legal framework while others cannot. It is bot h practically dangerous and legally inappropriate to resort to the laws of war in a situation that does not meet the criteria for their application.
There is therefore also no " one size fits all approach " to the status and rights of persons detained in the fight against terrorism. Those involved in war in the legal sense will be protected by international humanitarian law. The protection of others is governed by other bodies of law, such as human rights law and domestic law.
As with any body of law, practical problems many arise that call for existing concepts or rules to be further developed. Allow me to cite the example of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions, which applies to armed conflicts between States and non-State armed groups or between such groups themselves. Common Article 3 is, and must remain, a legal baseline from which no departure may be allowed. According to the explicit wording of the Article, its provisions constitute a minimum standard which the parties to a conflict must apply in all circumstances. The Geneva Conventions, in which the Article is contained, have gained universal acceptance. There is no State in the world today that is not party to those treaties.
When Article 3 was drafted in 1949, it was meant only to cover armed conflicts within the territory of a State. Over time, however, it was recognized that its provisions are so fundamental that the prohibitions of murder, mutilation, torture, cruel treatment, outrages upon personal dignity – in particular humiliating and degrading treatment – the taking of hostages and the denial of a fair trial constitute customary law and must be observed in any type of armed conflict, whether international or non-international. It thus applies to all persons detained in armed conflict, regardless of who they are and regardless of who the detaining authority may be.
Common Article 3 expresses minimum obligations with respect to persons detained. However, it does not provide guidance for all aspects of detainee operations to which it may apply. It does not, for example, spell out procedural safeguards for internment, which is a form of deprivation of liberty for imperative reasons of security recognized by humanitarian law. In the ICRC's view, other bodies and sources of law, as well as appropriate policies, should be relied on in order to develop a regime that would comply with Common Article 3.
Internees must, among other things, be informed of the reasons for their detention and a procedure provided to allow them to effectively challenge it. The reasons for detention must be evaluated by an independent and impartial body with the authority to order release if those reasons no longer exist. Humane treatment covers a number of additional requirements including contacts with family members. In no case may persons be held in unacknowledged detention.
Setting out the principles, as well as the specific procedural safeguards, required by the logic and spirit of Common Article 3 is a task that lies ahead. The ICRC has developed guidelines on complying with Common Article 3 that are part of its dialogue with detention authorities in different operational contexts.
Common Article 3 was the subject of important legal and policy debates in the United States in the process leading from the Supreme Court's decision in the Hamdan case to the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Common Article 3 is now recognized by the US as a legal minimum standard applicable to those detained in the fight against terrorism.
The Department of Defense has been very explicit in its instructions aimed at ensuring the application of Common Article 3 to persons under its authority. Positive recent legal and policy developments also include the disclosure of the CIA detention programme, as well as the transfer of 14 detainees previously held incommunicado to Guantánamo Bay, where the ICRC was able to visit them .
However, there remain concerns and questions with regard to the Military Commissions Act of 2006. These relate in particular to the definition of unlawful enemy combatant, to the normative distinctions made between the various prohibitions set out in Common Article 3, to certain aspects of procedure before Military Commissions and to the fact that the Act does not provide more clarity regarding the future of the majority of detainees, i.e. those who will not be brought before the Military Commissions.
The implementation of international humanitarian law
Better implementation and enforcement of humanitarian law remains an abiding challenge. This is primarily the responsibility of parties to armed conflicts, whether State or non-State. Implementation presupposes access to and understanding of the law, as well as proper training and command supervision. It also means that appropriate sanctions, including criminal, will be applied against those who violate the rules.
Important strides have been made over the last 15 years with regard to the creation of international mechanisms for individual criminal responsibility. Ad hoc tribunals have been established, as well as a permanent International Criminal Court and special or mixed tribunals. Some States have also proved more ready than others to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction in order to prosecute and punish serious violations of humanitarian law.
While individual criminal prosecution of violators may thus be said to have undergone some development, improving compliance with international humanitarian law by parties as a whole, while an armed conflict is ongoing, remains the main challenge. Violations and abuses must be prevented from happening to begin with if the law is to fulfil its protective role. While certain mechanisms are provided for in the treaties, the main problem is not so much a lack o f structures, but a lack of political will.
The work of the ICRC is, among other things, aimed at encouraging parties to armed conflicts to implement international humanitarian law in order to prevent and alleviate suffering. The methods by which we do this are many and span the range from public dissemination and training to confidential representations to the authorities in the event of violations. The ICRC's role, and that of other humanitarian actors, is important, but cannot be a substitute for the responsibilities that lie squarely with the parties to an armed conflict.


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Julian Reschke wrote: > There are characters allowed in HTTP headers that need to be > escaped both in HTML and XML, such as "<". For symmetry you'd also protect ">", and of course "&" when it doesn't introduce a hex. NCR. At the end you can keep a hex. NCR "as is" for the purpose of "displaying" it by insertion in a dummy <title></title><pre> header </pre> HTML file. Works like a charme for transformations of BCP 47 registries to XML, admittedly that has the advantage of not using raw & characters, any & always starts a hex. NCR, for examples see <http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry> <http://xyzzy.webhp.info/home/ltru/ltru2xml.awk> (script) <http://xyzzy.webhp.info/home/ltru/ltru801.xml> (output) > Could you please provide an example? See above. I can't say why you mentioned & output as example for & input, it has nothing to do with displaying hex. NCRs "as is". But of course it is possible to do this, like it's possible to protect input \u'0026' by say \\u'0026' & => & or & =>  is the same idea as \ => \\ FrankReceived on Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:50:23 UTC
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Documents of the month (2010)
Document of the month: August 2010
Study of spatial relationships: the "viewpoint" experiment, with a landscape including a house, a pine tree and a tower. The perspective varies according to the position of the observer. The child must select the drawing corresponding to what she believes the experimenter sees.
Institute for the Sciences of Education, Geneva, Switzerland, 1958.
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August 30, 2006
Hurricane John menaces Mexican resorts
By Chris Aspin
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane John grew into a powerful
Category 4 storm on Wednesday, threatening Mexican Pacific
resorts with heavy rain and searing winds and blowing down
trees in Acapulco.
up to 10 feet, said Nadya Velas, spokeswoman for the civil
protection agency in Guerrero state.
Emergency workers were on alert in Guerrero -- also home to
the resorts of Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo -- as John trekked
parallel with the coast. It packed winds close to 135 mph (215
kph), with higher gusts.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center upgraded John to
Category 4, the second-strongest hurricane grade and capable of
extensive damage if it hits the coast directly.
John was moving slowly northwest parallel to the coast
about 95 miles south of the steel-making port of Lazaro
Cardenas. A hurricane warning was in effect from Lazaro
Cardenas to Cabo Corrientes, further northwest.
"While the center of John is forecast to remain just
offshore, hurricane-force winds are still expected to reach the
coast within the warning area," the hurricane center said.
Emergency workers were most worried about Ixtapa,
Zihuatanejo and Manzanillo, which is popular with U.S. and
Canadian sailfish fishermen, as well as further up the coast in
Colima state.
Velas said civil-protection workers were on alert in
Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa although there were no plans to evacuate
for the moment. "But we are ready for any scenario."
The storm was due to shave the Baja California peninsula on
Friday, near the exclusive resort of Los Cabos which is popular
with U.S. golfers and other vacationers.
Category 4 hurricanes can destroy mobile homes, deal major
damage to lower floors of structures close to the shore. Land
lower than 10 feet above sea level may be flooded and require
massive evacuations.
"Some additional strengthening is forecast during the next
24 hours," said the U.S. center, which is predicting the storm
will be close to land near Manzanillo early Thursday.
Rainfall of 4 to 8 inches, with isolated deluges of 12
inches, was possible along the coast in the warning areas.
The U.S. hurricane center warned that rain could cause
life-threatening flash floods and mudslides over areas of
mountainous terrain.
The storm formed on Monday and became a Category 1
hurricane early on Tuesday before being upgraded two notches
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That is the rough outline of my blog right now. It will be a sports blog focusing on the NHL team the San Jose Sharks, along with the NHL in general.
Here is the basic color scheme the team uses. Most the images appear much more green and dark than they really are in real life. Think teal, black, orange trim, sometimes a lighter bluer teal for some specialty hats. That's the basic color scheme. Since the animal the team is named after is a Shark, colors of the ocean, or real life sharks, are also possibilities. With the name of my blog being Shark Circle, my header sort of uses a hockey puck as a yin yang with a Shark fin in the middle, and it can sort of be read as, I'm covering the Sharks full circle, or if there's a circle of life, my blog is the circle of the Sharks the team, sort of covering all angles. But you can also take it to sort of circle of life, maybe use that in a color scheme (just thinking out loud here to help others help me). Other colors, ice is whitish grey on TV, but it would be hard to reproduce the color of ice on a computer while differentiating it from just white. Sticks can be any color so not much help there. Pucks are black same as the Sharks alternate jerseys.
Maybe most important here, I'm not sure if it's just my screen, or if this is true in general, but I find white (or almost white) text written on a darker, like brown background, is easier to read than dark text on a light background. Which is sort of a problem for a light teal ocean type color scheme. Maybe the outer background light teal ocean, then the text area darker teal (if it's even possible to create a reading-friendly-on-the-eyes dark teal color in the same was a brown)?
For instance I find this very easy on the eyes and easy to read.
He is using a dark brown background and seems like silver white text. What font do you think he is using by the way? Very easy to read. Also, if I wanted to use colors of the Sharks jerseys, is there a way to copy a color from an image? Like you can never get it perfect or close to perfect messing around with the color wheel trying to imitate a color from a picture. The only way to do it is if there's some way to just snatch it off the picture and have the color code automatically identify that color and give you the code. Is there a way to do this?
Thanks for your help. Also please let me know if there is an easier way to experiment with different color schemes that adding in a new color code in CSS for each color every time, then previewing it, then realizing one color needs to be darker, and the other lighter, and going to the color wheel to make it darker, and then copying the code, and putting it into CSS, and then previewing again, trying out one different variation on each color every two minutes, and not getting anywhere for hours. Is there a better way?
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Nadeem Ahmad, global technology director for Dimension Data, one of the world's largest systems integrators headquartered in Joahannesburg, South Africa, said from a consumer perspective, Microsoft's Skype buy makers perfect sense, but the enterprise implications are not immediately clear. "They know everyone in the consumer world is using Skype," he said. "They're seeing an opportunity to corner that market on the conferencing side."
Ahmad said the Skype acquisition works with Microsoft's bid to dominate in both the home and the office and Skype also plays into its mobility story, where it can be used as a de facto voice/conferencing service for tablets.
Sean Connolly, general manager and vice president of network integration at Dimension Data, says the acquisition gives Microsoft the ability to strike on the merging of consumer and business IT. "It enables Microsoft to seize that opportunity," Connolly said.
Microsoft responded to requests by CRN for additional comment on the channel integration by referring CRN to Microsoft's Skype acquisition press Web site.
Glen Coffield, president of Smart Guys Computers, a Lake Mary, Fla. system builder and computer retailer, said Microsoft needs to provide a compelling monthly recurring revenue services opportunity for partners with Skype. Coffield's advice for Microsoft: give system builders that preinstall Skype recurring revenue for as long as the customer maintains that Skype subscription.
"Right now vendors want to give you a small activation fee with no recurring revenue," he said. "They'll kiss you one time but there is no relationship. If you want to keep the channel healthy you have to go for hearts and minds with margin. You have to show us respect and stop throwing us bread crumbs.
"The big question for Microsoft with the channel is: how do I make money with it?" Coffield added. "Where is the margin?"
As Microsoft expands into new markets, Coffield cautioned that there is also the threat of the software giant becoming a "jack of all trades and a master of none."
Alan Weinberger, chairman and CEO of The ASCII Group, a Bethesda, Md.-based organization that provides business-building tools to thousands of VARs, said Microsoft will need to make clear to partners how Skype will be integrated and how much it will restrict Skype integration with non-Microsoft solutions.
"Is Microsoft going to discriminate against a VAR if they decide to use Skype from somebody else? Will it be unbundled from Microsoft?" Weinberger asked.
Weinberger and ASCII held several meetings with Skype shortly after Skype launched its formal partner program in September. While there was a lot of initial interest in Skype as a channel player, Weinberger said, it was hard for VARs to understand how they'd make money selling Skype.
There was some discussion, Weinberger said, but Skype retrenched a few months later and a lot that discussion petered out. Like Coffield, Weinberger said that for VARs, money making opportunities will be top of mind.
"Obviously the VARs would like to make a buck on it," Weinberger said. "So we'll have to hear how Microsoft is going to integrate this."
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Lynsey Sharp beats illness to win silver
Lynsey Sharp reveals she was ill overnight before racing to silver in the 800m: "I go out there and I train and I do it in training so why can't I come out here and execute it perfectly every time.
"That's why I was so annoyed yesterday because I didn't do that and I had 24 hours to get it right and thankfully I did".
She told BBC One that she had been ill in the Athletes' Village at 05:30 in the morning.
Eunice Sum took gold in the women's 800m in Hampden Park.
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If you are teacher working with shapes and math, there is so much information, so many stories and so many activities in this books, you could spend most of the year using them as the basis of your math and geometry lessons. Buy this for your favorite elementary teacher!
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When pushing out twenty number 2's, rapid-splatter one after the other, you never know when* or where it's going to happen; all you know is that it's going to be damn messy and a whole lot of fun for everyone involved except the clean-up crew.
Also, we're looking to hire some people for the clean-up crew.
As always, a very small number of Dark Horse entrants will receive bus fare and advance to the National Finals on Saturday night.
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Remote Sens. 2014, 6(5), 4409-4429; doi:10.3390/rs6054409
Estimation of the Image Interpretability of ZY-3 Sensor Corrected Panchromatic Nadir Data
School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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Received: 14 March 2014 / Revised: 21 April 2014 / Accepted: 6 May 2014 / Published: 14 May 2014
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AbstractImage quality is important for taking full advantage of satellite data. As a common indicator, the National Imagery Interpretability Scale (NIIRS) is widely used for image quality assessment and provides a comprehensive representation of image quality from the perspective of interpretability. The ZY-3 (Ziyuan-3) satellite is the first civil high resolution mapping satellite in China, which was established in 2012. So far, there has been no reports on adopting NIIRS as the common indicator for the quality assessment of that satellite image data. This lack of a common quality indicator results in a gap between satellite data users around the world and those in China regarding the understanding of the quality and usability of ZY-3 data. To overcome the gap, using the general image-quality equation (GIQE), this study evaluates the ZY-3 sensor-corrected (SC) panchromatic nadir (NAD) data in terms of the NIIRS. In order to solve the uncertainty resulting from the exceeding of the ground sample distance (GSD) of ZY-3 data (2.1 m) in GIQE (less than 2.03 m), eight images are used to establish the relationship between the manually obtained NIIRS and the GIQE predicted NIIRS. An adjusted GIQE is based on the relationship and verified by another five images. Our study demonstrates that the method of using adjusted GIQE for calculating NIIRS can be used for the quality assessment of ZY-3 satellite images and reveals that the NIIRS value of ZY-3 SC NAD data is about 2.79. View Full-Text
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I pulled at the skirt again, trying to pull it down a little. "Come on girls!" Piper yelled and all the cheerleaders including me skipped out into the gym for the basketball game. Stop fussing Ivy I thought to myself as I let the skirt fall out of my hand and lay smoothly on my thigh. "READY."
"RIBBET RIBBET RIBBET!" We all cheered back. Then the team ran in to practice, I watched Mason as he ran in dribbling a ball. Focus Ivy I mentally scolded myself. We all ran to the other side of the gym to entertain the audience while the basketball team practiced. "We are the bullfrogs when they shoot we jump so high! We could touch the sky!" We all cheered together. Piper signaled me with her finger twirling it around. I ran forward slightly and did a quick round-off and the crowd clapped wildly.
"What's that I hear," Piper said "It sounds like T.J Bullfrogs mascot! BULLY THE BULLFROG!" Just then a kid dressed in a frog suit ran out. "LET'S HEAR IT FOR BULLY!" Piper shouted rousing the crowd as they cheered. Music blasted through the speakers as bully started to break dance in the middle of the gym as the team stopped to watch. I waited for Pipers signal, what would happen was the rest of us would run forward do a round- off and then back flip into the team while Piper climbed onto Bully the bullfrog's shoulders and then back flipped off. Then the game would start. I watched as Piper stared at Bully, this was a new cheer. Suddenly Piper grabbed me and whispered "Y-y-you do it"
"Me? But I-
"You can do it go!" She said. She switched spots with me and gave the signal. The rest of the cheerleading squad ran forward as I ran a second later and stood on Bully's shoulders. I looked over the gym as he lifted me off the ground. Mason stared at me with wide eyes, Tammy and Melody who sat in the bleachers did the same. I took a deep breath and jumped off his shoulders. Pushing myself back in the air until I was standing upright I landed on the gym floor, my new white sneakers landing with a thud. The crowd went wild! Hooting and cheering filled the gymnasium. Then the opposing team came jogging in. The cheerleaders ran off the court and onto the bottom bleacher. "That was amazing Ivy!" Piper said walking over to sit next to me. "I don't know what happened I looked at Bully and I just couldn't do it."
"It's ok Piper," I said as we made a basket.
"Dribble it pass it we got a basket" The cheerleaders sang.
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At half time we ran back onto the court with Bully. We did a series of flips and cartwheels then the team came back on and sat on the bench. It was time for the pick a cheerleader thing. Well each basketball player would come on the court and choose a cheerleader, and then we were all to learn a dance that each of us would be doing to entertain the crowd and keep them awake and blah blah blah. The team ran onto the court and Mason instantly ran over to me. The valentine's dance tango played in the background as everyone started. "That was impressive," Mason said smiling at me
"What was?" I asked as he spun me around.
"You back flipping off of Bully the Bullfrogs shoulders. I don't know what you think but Mike Evers is a little tall," He said smiling crookedly.
"It was fun," I said my cheeks burning a dark pink. Then the song ended and the team was about to run back over to the bench to wait. Mason kissed me softly just before the team turned. My cheeks turned bright scarlet as he turned to join the team. I ran back and sat down again next to Piper my mind spinning.
"I'm sorry about what I said at the dance," Piper said taking me off guard. "I was really rude and I probably sounded like a b***h. But I'm sorry," She said nodding.
"It's ok" I said taking myself off guard. But I could sense she meant it and that was good enough for me.
The game was over we won! I walked out into the chill autumn air with Mason by my side. The Moon broke through the clouds shining down upon this perfect moment. Stars twinkled brightly in the sky. Mason pressed his lips against mine making the moment absolutely perfect. All I could think about was him, all I could feel were his lips pressing lightly to mine. I could hear the pounding of his heart as it sped up, I could feel mine doing the same.
"Mason" Someone yelled. We broke apart unwillingly to see Brian running up.
"Always interrupted or late never a moment to ourselves," Mason said pulling me closer as he called "What?" To his best friend.
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U.S. Aircraft Carriers Stopped over in Hong Kong
The "George • Washington" aircraft carrier groups of U.S. Navy docked at Hong Kong Waters to get supply and rest and recuperation on 29th Oct., which was the first time that it had stopped over in Hong Kong.
The Commander David Lauschmann claimed in the brief news conference that they would like to strengthen cooperation with the Chinese Navy in antipiracy and Maritime Search and Rescue. As introduced, there were over 5500 officers and ratings coming with the "George • Washington" aircraft carrier groups, and they would stay in Hong Kong for 4 or 5 days.
Since 1992, the "George • Washington" started service in the sea, which belongs to the largest "Nimitz" class CVN. With a length of 333 meters and a width of 77 meters, it's able to admit more than 5,500 crews and load displacement of 97,000 tons.
About USS George Washington (CVN-73)
USS George Washington (CVN 73) is the sixth ship in the Nimitz class of nuclear-powered supercarriers, and the fourth United States Navy ship to be named after George Washington, first President of the United States. She was built by Newport News Shipbuilding and was commissioned July 4, 1992.
Previously homeported in Norfolk, VA, in May, 2008, the carrier was en route to its new homeport in Japan when it suffered a serious fire off the coast of South America causing $70 million in damages and resulting in the relief from command of both its Captain and Executive Officer. The George Washington underwent repairs in San Diego, CA, shortly after the blaze, and finally arrived in Yokosuka on September 24, 2008 to a mixture of cheers and protests from the local populace.
George Washington (commonly known as GW) is 1,092 ft (333 m) long, 257 ft (78 m) wide and is as high as a twenty-four-story building, at 244 feet (74 m). The super carrier can accommodate approximately 80 aircraft and has a flight deck 4.5 acres (18,000 m²) in size, using four elevators that are 3,880 ft² (360 m²) each to move planes between the flight deck and the hangar bay. With a combat load, GW displaces almost 97,000 tons and can accommodate 6,250 crewmembers. Her four distilling units can make 400,000 U.S. gallons (1,500 m³) of potable water a day; her food service divisions serve 18,000 meals per day. There are over 2,500 compartments on board requiring 2,520 tons (2.1 MW) of air conditioning capacity (enough to cool over 2,000 homes). The warship uses two Mark II stockless anchors that weigh 30 tons each, with each link of the anchor chain weighing 360 pounds (160 kg). She is currently equipped with 2 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts and 2 Sea Sparrow SAM launchers. 1 CIWS and 1 Sea Sparrow mount were removed to make way for 2 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers, installed during the 2005 Planned Incremental Availability (PIA).
Traditionally, US Navy aircraft carrier hangar bays were painted "Navy Gray"; George Washington was commissioned with her hangar bay bulkheads and overhead painted white, to make the hangar bay appear larger and brighter. Since then, all US carriers have followed suit. All US Navy aircraft carriers have their hull number painted on both sides of their island structure for identification. These numbers are lighted white for visibility at night while in port. By order of Congress, George Washington's island number is outlined in red, white and blue lights in honor of her namesake's contributions to America's independence. General Washington had long been a proponent of a strong Navy. On November 15, 1781 he wrote, Without a decisive Naval force, we can do nothing decisive. And with it, everything honourable and decisive. These words are engraved on a plaque on the ship's quarterdeck. The ship cost over $4.5 billion in 2007 dollars to manufacture.
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Andrew Luck: Outstanding Start Confirms How Great Colts Rookie Will BeAugust 12, 2012
Andrew Luck was hyped as one of the best prospects in decades heading into the draft, and his NFL preseason debut showed why.
Actually, all he needed was his first pass to do the trick.
On his first-ever drop back in a Colts uniform and facing the St. Louis Rams defense, Luck delivered a 63-yard touchdown pass to running back Donald Brown.
While it was hardly a deep strike that cut through the defense—it was actually a three-yard dump-off to Brown, which he turned into a huge play by zigzagging through the defense to reach the end zone—it still was quite an impressive beginning to what should be a famed career.
It even paralleled the start of another very famous Colts QB, as ESPN's Trey Wingo pointed out on Twitter:
so, that was a nice start for Andrew Luck. first pass is a 63 yd TD, just like Peyton in 1998. lightning does strike twice— trey wingo (@wingoz) Aug. 12, 2012
However, Luck's great day didn't end there. He showed great overall poise in the pocket, going 10-of-16 for 188 yards and two touchdowns against the Rams.
He worked through his reads well, was very accurate and seemed to be in total command of his team, just like Peyton Manning was when he ran the squad.
Luck literately seemed to do no wrong in his debut on Sunday, and Colts fans can expect to see more of the same from him during his rookie year.
He'll live up to expectations, too—Luck is just a one-of-a-kind player.
He has the arm strength, the athleticism, the smarts and the field presence to dominate in the NFL, and all of those traits were on display Sunday, Aug. 12.
Many will say, "It's just the preseason, slow down," but Luck is that good.
There's a reason he was the consensus No. 1 overall pick in a draft chock full of talent. More impressively, Luck was so good that he convinced the Colts that they could afford to part with Manning.
And remember, that's Peyton Manning, perhaps the best quarterback of all time.
Luck, isn't quite there yet, but he'll have a great rookie season for Indianapolis. The team doesn't quite have the talent around him to challenge for the playoffs, but Luck will ensure that they're nowhere close to the top of the draft again.
It was just one preseason game, but when fans look back on Luck's career years from now, the game will really be labeled as the beginning of his legend.


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About Edwin StarrEdwin Starr (January 21, 1942 – April 2, 2003) was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War". Starr was born Charles Edwin Hatcher in Nashville, Tennessee in 1942. Read more...
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I have no idea what this may need or even how to get it back together yet. Sure wish I took it apart. I am excited to see if I cam get this thing going again it will be great to have for my sears collection if I can get it working. Unfortunately I have to put it back in the storage tub for now because all I can do is talk about it. I need to get a tractor running first but this will be fun when I get the time for my wants as I really didn't need this but hey it says sears and that was just as we as saying take me take me. I may be asking about info on this when the time comes but if anyone has anything to comment about this please do I would love to hear it. This was one of those Items i didn't expect to get as was there for other things and this was something he almost forgot about until i mentioned to him to keep an eye and ear out for sears stuff.
BTW whats wrong with it is that the engine locked up, he thought it was the alt. but when he disassembled it he found the engine was seized and just threw it in a box.
This is the engine an engine I was going there for just to be leaving there needing another engine.
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Propaganda at work: Quotes from the article:
"as little as 50 becquerels of cesium in a young human body, which is about a fifth or a sixth of the amount measurable by other devices widely used to scan adults, the study said." Source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/science-health/extensive-radiation-study-finds-no-internal-cesium-exposure-fukushima-children/#.VhgH3ysvd_m
This is technically inadequate. Low internal contamination is therefore not recognizable, and remains undetected. Probably the device has been designed on purpose that way. In addition, these measurements must be constantly repeated, monthly, every three months or every six months. Theoretically, as long as the person lives. The paradox is that the cesium reaches more and more people, and the concentration increases.
update: The used baby scanners can detect cesium 137 only if it is above 50 becquerel per scanned baby. Assuming a baby's weight is 5 Kg, then the average could by 10 bq per kg bodyweight. Or 50 bq in the heart muscle tissue of the baby. After 4 TEPCO years, the internal radiation is not high enough to be measured, and the baby scanners are not accurate enough. But the radiation will increase.
Also from the article:
"Even if cesium below Babyscan's capabilities was present, the resulting exposure level would be less than 16 microsieverts a year, which is negligible, the study said"
Are they out of their mind? Does Babyscan measure Cesium as potassium, and then Cesium is not found? Cesium is beta and gamma radiation – has a different energy signature.This is murderous epidemiology. Source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/science-health/extensive-radiation-study-finds-no-internal-cesium-exposure-fukushima-children/#.VhgH3ysvd_m
A 1,3 billionths of a gram of Cesium 137 (4,000 becquerel) creates a load of 100 Becquerel per Kg in the body of a 40 Kg heavy child.
"cesium is easy to accumulate in the heart"
"50 Becquerel break your heart rhythm at 20 to 30 becquerel per kilogram of body weight" (CHILDREN!)
"if, during pregnancy, there is more than 200 becquerel per kilogram of cesium in the placenta it can lead to sudden death of the child"
"even 1 bq of Cesium 137 in Children kg is too much, and in Belarus 37 bq are the standard"
"Pectin can not help to get incorporated radionuclides out of the body."
"we can rightly consider the Cesium-137 in relatively small doses (20-30 Bq/kg); a breach of the regulatory processes in the body"
"The most easily demonstrable problems, in terms of ability to function, arise in the cardiovascular, urinary, endocrine, reproductive, digestive, immune systems, and in the sight organs" Source:
"In most cases effect of existing concentrations of radioactive caesium in the organism (10 – 20 Bq/kg) doesn't cause its death, but influencing the energetic apparatus of cardiac cells significantly reduces their adaptable possibilities, and as a result functioning during stress situations and banal loads (physical and mental tension, hypoxia, disorder of temperature regime, alcohol drinking, infections and allergic diseases) becoming impossible." http://chernobyl-today.org/images/stories/Bandajevski_2001_Radiocaesium_and_heart.pdf
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The death of veteran trade unionist and socialist Jimmy Reid, just short of the 40th anniversary of the Upper Clyde shipbuilders work-in which he led, robs the radical left of a once-towering figure. Reid has been labelled "the best MP Scotland never had". The only figure who has rivalled Reid's significance has been Tommy Sheridan, as a result of the anti-poll tax campaign he led.
Reid had the kind of political imagination, flair and charisma which is sorely needed today as the now shrunken left faces up to the task of whether it can create an effective "coalition of resistance" against the coalition government's cuts and privatisation programme. Reid secured his place in the pantheon of popular revolts because, along with fellow Communist party members and fellow travellers such as Jimmy Airlie and Sammy Barr, he led not only one of the most important postwar struggles but one which did not end in glorious defeat.
Instead, the revolt ended after 18 months of hard struggle in a stunning victory with the nationalisation of the yards. This was one of the first nails in Edward Heath's political coffin, as he became a lame duck prime minister who was forced to make umpteen U-turns.
The success and significance of the Upper Clyde shipbuilders' struggle was threefold. First, faced with redundancy and closure, there was an innovation in tactics. The action was not a strike that put the workers outside the gates. Instead, the work-in maintained control of the yards, the half-built ships and equipment by occupying them. The work-in was also a challenge to the employers and government by continuing the building of the ships. The workers showed they could not be categorised as mindless militants or layabouts.
Second, the campaign did not just confine itself to the yards or other workplaces. While there was a mass sympathy strike, the campaign garnered support throughout communities becoming a movement as the ramifications of closure sunk in. These communities demonstrated this solidarity and self-interest in huge public marches showing the campaign had built a robust alliance of workers and citizens.
Third, there was the language and discourse of the work-in. While the campaign could have easily and explicitly latched itself onto the heritage of "Red Clydeside", instead it deployed other resources. One was that shipbuilding was an iconic industry in the west of Scotland. It was said that men too were built in the yards. This was fully utilised as was the emerging shape of progressive Scottish national identity, whereby the sense of a grievance being done to the whole of Scotland was disseminated.
Reid is acknowledged as the leading architect of these strategies and tactics. He helps provide the left with valuable lessons for today if they want the credibility and respect that is needed to create and lead mass struggles.
These are: talk in a language that workers and citizens understand; don't necessarily repeat the forms of what has gone before; frame the salient issues in a way that relates to what will work best for the given situation and era; understand that coalitions need to be built with wide arrays of groups outside the usual suspects; and do so in a way that is non-sectarian.
This was what was also done last time round with the poll tax, and these kinds of skills and imagination are desperately needed if the radical left is to be able to step up to the plate this time round.


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Goldman's J. Michael Evans, Ripert, Samuelsson: Scene
J. Michael Evans, vice chairman at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), who oversees the firm's business in emerging markets, last night paid $22,000 for Eric Ripert to cook in his home.
At the Children's Storefront auction, he also bid a winning $13,000 for brunch at the Red Rooster, honoree Marcus Samuelsson's restaurant.
(The Ripert price was a comparative bargain: at an April 24 benefit, an unidentified member of the City Harvest board had paid $200,000 for the same privilege.)
In a week when Goldman Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein told CNBC that the board has a successor in mind and hasn't told that person yet, Evans, sometimes named as a leading candidate for the job, asserted himself on behalf of two New York charities.
At his side was his tall blonde Norwegian wife, Lise Evans, one night wearing St. John, the other Lanvin.
The Lanvin, a pink and red cocktail dress, came out for "A Night for Changing Lives," the Children's Storefront benefit at the IAC Building, where Michael, 54, and Lise, 44, were event chairmen (and Michael wore a business suit and a tie with a whale pattern).
The tuition-free independent school, located in four brownstones on East 129th Street in Harlem, teaches 174 students in pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade.
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Lise first served the school as a student teacher while earning a master's degree in English education at Columbia University's Teachers College. A board member for seven years, she will be installed as board chairwoman in July.
Two days earlier Michael and Lise were co-chairmen with seven other couples, including Heather and Steve Mnuchin, of "An Evening of Practical Magic," the City Harvest benefit at Cipriani 42nd Street. There the couple sat with Credit Suisse's Bob Jain, Goldman colleague Henry Cornell, the writer Jay McInerney and Ripert, chef at Le Bernardin.
Michael joined the board of City Harvest last year, having learned about it from Ripert, a City Harvest board member, at whose restaurant he is a frequent customer. One of his favorite dishes is the thinly pounded yellow fin tuna served with foie gras.
"Not too much, not too little, light and beautiful," Michael said of the dish.
"It was not a question of convincing or recruiting Michael to the board," Ripert said. "He wanted to do it."
Stephens Praised
"City Harvest fits the things that Lise and I are interested in," Michael said, praising the organization's executive director, Jilly Stephens. "Ask yourself this: Who writes anything negative about City Harvest? It's one of the most efficient ecosystems for the redistribution of food."
An Olympic gold medalist for the Canadian rowing team in 1984, Michael has been described by his former Princeton University teammate John Seabrook as "super, super competitive."
He said he still rows a single on occasion in Southampton.
Lise, for her part, grew up a skier. Now she likes to kick box. Her goal as chairwoman, she said, is to expand collaborations with Harlem Children's Zone, the Studio Museum in Harlem and other institutions in the neighborhood.
Richter, Kennedy
Also this week: Jim Berk, CEO of Participant Media, joined the lead singer of Train, Pat Monahan, former New York Ranger Mike Richter and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to support Riverkeeper. Susan Sarandon and Padma Lakshmi also attended.
Berk said the documentary about hunger by chef and Craft restaurateur Tom Colicchio and filmmaker Lori Silverbush will be released in early 2013.
Sir John Soane's Museum in London held a benefit at 583 Park where art dealer Angela Westwater chatted with the Met Museum Greek and Roman art curator Carlos A. Picon. In the same venue, Mario Cuomo gave a tribute to his wife, Matilda Cuomo, on behalf of the SLE Lupus Foundation, which increased the revenue at its Bag Ladies Luncheon to $250,000 from $183,000.
Venetian Heritage lured its supporters with Tilda Swinton and Richard Gere. And at the Whitney Museum of American Art, choreographer Sarah Michelson received the Bucksbaum Award, a $100,000 grant bestowed on an artist in the biennial, named after and endowed by Melva Bucksbaum, a museum trustee. Michelson, the second female to receive the award in 12 years, will also get her own exhibition at the Whitney.
(Amanda Gordon is a writer and photographer for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. Any opinions expressed are her own.)
Muse highlights include Zinta Lundborg's NYC Weekend and Greg Evans on movies.
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Well Mets fans, it appears that the Mets have now engaged at least one team in trade talks. Closer Francisco Rodriguez appears to be the Mets' first trade chip to be actively shopped.
According to Bob Klaspich of the Bergen Record, the Mets have talked to the Yankees about K-Rod.
As expected, the Mets are going to at least see what they can get by putting K-Rod and possibly others out in the market, which is fairly understandable.


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Our History
Christian Science services started in Victoria in January 1902 with the formation of a Society and Sunday School which met in the home of Samuel and Nancy Greenwood. In 1909 this group, consisting of 35 members bought a building site at 939 Pandora Avenue and built a small church there to plans by D.C. Frame. The members had the foresight the following year to purchase property on the corner of Pandora Avenue and Chambers Street for a new building.
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Beautifully sited at Pandora and Chambers opposite Harris Green, this landmark building was designed by architects George Foote Dunham & Carl Harding Wallwork of Portland, Oregon. The church's design is based on the Pantheon in Rome: a domed building fronted by a porch resembling the façade of a Greco-Roman temple. The cornerstone of the church was laid on 21 November 1919 with only the Board of Directors, Building Committee and a few friends present. The first service in the new church was held on Sunday, 29 August 1920. A three-manual Casavant Freres pipe organ was installed in the church in 1927, and with 1600 pipes this instrument is considered one of the finest in Victoria. The church was dedicated free of debt on 17 October 1943. Two houses adjacent to the church were purchased in 1962 and demolished, providing space for a parking lot and also making possible the addition for an elevator to our second-floor auditorium. In 1979 the church building was designated as a heritage building by the City of Victoria.
Our church building as it looked in the 1920's.
Our church in the 1940's.
Our church is democratically governed by its members, with by-laws written by our members. We have regular Sunday services, testimonial meetings on Wednesdays, a Sunday School, and Reading Room. We also host public talks on Christian Science, and have regular contact with other churches in Victoria. Our church is a recipient of the City of Victoria permissive tax exemption for 2017.
We are a branch church of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. There are branch churches in 80 countries around the world.
Take a mini video tour of The Mother Church in Boston!
Our Sunday Service 10:30 – 11:30 am
If you're interested in learning more about Christian healing, the Sunday service is for you! It revolves around a weekly Bible Lesson from our dual pastor the Bible and the Christian Science textbook Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. These Bible Lessons form the basis of self-instruction in Christian Science and are available for study during the week. We are an informal church. You are welcome to dress up for the church service or to come in casual dress.
Wednesday Testimony Meetings
7:30 – 8:30 pm
How can thoughtful prayer benefit our lives? Questions such as this are answered as people voluntarily tell of their healings, experiences, and inspiration. Meetings also include singing, prayer, and brief readings from the Bible and Science and Health.
Our church services by phone!
Can't attend in person? Join us by telephone via conference call through a USA call centre. There is also an opportunity to give a testimony at the Wednesday meeting.
Five minutes before a service begins, 10:25 am PT on Sundays, or 7:25 pm PT on Wednesdays
- dial the conference centre phone number: 1-404-920-6777
- enter the participant's code: 74 34 61 68# (don't forget the # sign)
- please press *6 to mute your phone to avoid any background noise from your end interfering with the service being heard by other listeners. Press *4 for volume.
This may involve long-distance charges, depending on your phone plan.
To give a testimony (Wednesdays only), about 20-25 minutes into the meeting, after the second hymn, you'll hear the coordinator ask if anyone wishes to share a thought or healing. When you wish to speak, press *6 again to unmute your phone and again to mute when you've finished speaking.
If there is a problem with the phone-in service, please call the church phone at 250-384-3416.
For Young People
Sunday School 10:30 – 11:30 am
We have a year-round Sunday School! Children and teenagers up to the age of 20 years discover the spiritual truths of the Bible and how to make them practical in daily life. A question and answer approach leads to lively discussions.
Infant Care
Church is for families! We have a lovely Children's Room and we welcome you to bring your little ones with you to our church.
Camp Bow-Isle
Christian Science camps are designed to create a supportive, safe and loving atmosphere where kids and teenagers put their prayers into practice. Campers have fun while they deepen their relationship with God. For many, camp is a life changing experience and just plain fun! Click HERE to learn more about Camp Bow-Isle, on Bowen Island near Vancouver.
Location and Map
You can find us here at 1205 Pandora Ave. & Chambers St. directly opposite Harris Green.
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