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Any time we can incorporate a local component to our community service efforts, we are glad to do it.
Milwaukee, Wisc. (PRWEB) December 20, 2012
Alpha Source, Inc., a multi-vendor medical equipment parts distributor and battery pack manufacturer, donates $1,000 to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation—a foundation focused on delivering gifts to America's needy children. The donation is the local component of Alpha Source's 2012 Holiday giving efforts. Earlier, Alpha Source and its employees donated 100 gift-filled shoeboxes to Samaritan's Purse's Operation Christmas Child—an international organization that delivers gifts to children around the world. For every box donated to Operation Christmas Child, Alpha Source also donated $10 per box to Toys for Tots. Alpha Source's donation of new toys was dropped off at the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Center of Milwaukee, Wisc.
In November, Alpha Source and Alpha Source employees set a goal of sending 100 gift-filled shoeboxes to Operation Christmas Child. Through donations from Alpha Source, Alpha Source employees and local businesses, they met their goal. As an added bonus, for every gift-filled box sent to Operation Christmas Child, Alpha Source donated $10 per box to Toys for Tots. The result was a $1,000 donation towards new toys for Toys for Tots of Milwaukee.
"Any time we can incorporate a local component to our community service efforts, we are glad to do it. Working with organizations like Toys for Tots is a great way to get our company and our employees involved with giving back," said Norine Carlson-Weber, president of Alpha Source.
One-thousand dollars' worth of new toys for boys and girls, including board games, dolls, balls, books, crafts, action figures, toy cars, and others, were donated.
The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation is dedicated to bringing the joy of Christmas to America's needy children. Toys for Tots began in 1947, and since it began, the foundation has delivered 332.5 million toys to 158.7 million needy children.
About Alpha Source, Inc.
Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Alpha Source, Inc., a WBNEC certified company, provides innovative solutions in procurement and logistics for a variety of industries including healthcare and government. Established in 1986, Alpha Source is an ISO13485:2003 battery pack manufacturer with an emphasis on products used in medical and technical applications. Alpha Source distributes a variety of medical equipment parts including medical lamps, batteries, monitoring accessories, fiber optics, O2 sensors, power protection products, diagnostic Instruments and supplies, and mounting solutions. For a complete list of products or for more information on Alpha Source, visit http://www.alphasource.com or call 800.654.9845.


text: Where I want the Ravens to lose in San Diego on Sunday night and then Ben doesnt play along with Pouncey and a few other key Steelers players including the suspended Harrison and despite all of those guys out the Steelers still find a way to beat the 49ers without their best players on the field and overtake the Ravens for the division the final 2 games of the season. That would screw both Harbaugh brothers in different ways. It would screw John out of winning the division for the Ravens and for Jim it would screw him and the Niners out of getting a 1st round bye over the Saints in the playoffs. Plus, I want all the Ravens fans to feel confident and okay even if they lose in San Diego on Sunday that at least on Monday night Ben and a few other key guys wont play so we should still be okay because the Niners will win and them BAM the Steelers still find a way to win with either Dixon or Batch playing QB and take over first place in the North over the Ravens. Boy would the Ratbird fans be pissing and moaning all day Tuesday and the rest of the week for that matter should something along these lines occur.

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Introducing Cisco Algo Boost and Nexus 3548 – Breaking 200 ns Latency Barrier!
… While Delivering Superior Fabric Visibility!
Today, at the High Performance Computing for Wall Street event, we announced Cisco Algorithm Boost or Algo Boost technology, a groundbreaking networking innovation with numerous patents pending, that offers the highest speed, visibility and monitoring capabilities in the networking industry. A true game changer delivering competitive advantage to our customers!
Ideal for high performance trading, big data and high performance computing environments, this new technology offers network access performance as low as 190 nanoseconds, more than 60% faster than other full featured Ethernet switches. When your business success is determined by nanoseconds, this is a huge gain!
The first switch to integrate the Cisco Algo Boost technology is the new Cisco Nexus 3548 full-featured switch which extends Cisco's leadership in networking by pairing performance and low latency with innovations in visibility, automation, and time synchronization. And it is tightly integrated with the rich feature set of our Nexus Operating System, a proven operating system used in many of the world's leading data centers, creating a truly differentiated offering.
So you may ask how we deliver this breakthrough offering that will change the game. Here is how…
At Cisco, innovation is core to our corporate culture. We have world-class engineering talent and one of the largest research and development investments of any technology firm.
We also have very deep and long-standing relationships with our customers. That gives us the benefit of insight into their unique requirements. For high performance trading, high performance computing and big data environments, every nanosecond matters. We get that! Take a look at this short video with Padmasree Warrior (Chief Technology and Strategy Officer), Paul Perez (CTO of Data Center Group) and other technology experts discussing Algo Boost.
And today we're announcing a solution with our purpose-built silicon engineered specifically to meet YOUR network needs. But before we dive into details, here is a snapshot of what Nexus 3548 with integrated Algo Boost provides:
- One-rack-unit (1RU) line rate 48 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2 and 3 switch
- Lowest latency in the industry: switching latency as low as 190 nanoseconds
- Warp switch port analyzer (SPAN) feature facilitates the efficient delivery of stock market data to financial trading servers as little as 50 nanoseconds
- Active buffer monitoring for proactive monitoring and congestion alerts
- Line rate Network Address Translation (NAT) without latency penalty
- IEEE-1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) with Pulse Per Second output – time synchronization to better achieve regulatory compliance
- Intelligent traffic mirroring (ERSPAN) for better performance analysis
- Robust, feature-rich, proven NX-OS Networking Software
With the introduction of Nexus 3548 and Algo Boost Technology, Cisco shows commitment to delivering the highest performance switch with innovation that goes beyond low latency. Our competitors simply cannot match it as Algo Boost is the marriage of ultra-low latency with performance visibility and critical features like NAT to make our solution as versatile as possible.
First, let's talk about latency. We had to think out-of-the-box and take a different approach than the industry about the way ASICs are designed in order to optimize port-to-port latency. Our engineers exceeded expectations in this category by designing our Algo Boost silicon to execute multiple functions in parallel, significantly reducing latency, and delivered a switch that could move packets from one port to another in less than 250 nanoseconds. This is less than a third of the latency of our current generation Nexus 3000, and about half of what full-featured switches from our competitors can do. This latency comes without compromise, running line rate and it holds true for layer 2 and layer 3, unicast and multicast, for all packet sizes, with any feature enabled, even with NAT.
But we weren't done. We wanted to do better than 250 nanoseconds!
Our engineers came up with another innovative solution – storing different types of data in the same table! This allows the switch to do multiple functions with a single lookup operation, resulting in an additional 20% reduction in port-to-port latency. We named this Warp mode! The Nexus 3548 running in "warp mode" offers latencies as low as 190 nanoseconds for small to medium sized Layer 2 and Layer 3 deployments.
But guess what! We even went further than 190 ns!
The Nexus 3548 switch also facilitates the efficient delivery of stock market data to financial trading servers in as little as 50 nanoseconds with the warp SPAN feature. Cisco Nexus 3548 switch latency speeds were verified using Spirent TestCenter across various workloads using testing specifications developed jointly with Spirent Communications.
But it is not just about the speed only, is it?
To give customers a view into how much latency is being introduced by microbursts, Cisco Algo Boost analytical framework includes active buffer monitoring that provides highly granular data and pro-active notifications on switch congestion. Compared to software-driven techniques that take periodic snapshots of the packet buffer, Algo Boost utilizes hardware to provide millisecond-level polling to form rich histograms, charting buffer usage over time. This empowers trading firms and exchanges to rapidly evolve their infrastructures to turn market volatility into opportunity.
Algo Boost also comes with forwarding features that are critical for Financial Institutions. A requirement to trade on many modern exchanges is to place all orders from the exchange's IP space. A trading firm may want to trade with more servers than they have IP addresses, or trade on multiple exchanges simultaneously, which means they need a way to translate IP addresses between domains. Algo Boost supports hitless Network Address Translation, allowing algorithmic traders to connect to any trading exchanges they desire – faster and easier.
To assist with programmability and control, Nexus 3548 supports features such as embedded event manager and python scripting, and is future proofed for the core components of the Cisco Open Networking Environment we announced at Cisco Live back in June.
Precision time is delivered through a hardware-assisted implementation of Precision Time Protocol. Compared to today's implementation on the current generation Nexus 3000, the Nexus 3548 achieves higher levels of synchronization, and allows for measurement of the environment through a pulse per second output. Improved time synchronization across the fabric also enables greater transparency for internal compliance, as well as conformance with external legal and regulatory requirements.
Combining PTP time stamping with built-in line-rate advanced SPAN and Encapsulated Remote SPAN traffic filtering capabilities in the Nexus 3548 enables to send the monitored traffic to a different destination for further examination and analysis.
Cisco offers high performance networks and systems that are optimized for ensuring performance under many complex variables such as microbursts, massive price movements, high performance computing, big data etc… The new Nexus 3548 integrated with Algo Boost technology, as part of the Cisco Unified Fabric, delivers breakthrough latency performance, superior visibility and control to give our customers a competitive edge that others simply cannot offer!
Take a look at these resources for more information on the Cisco Algorithm Boost and Nexus 3548.
- Cisco Press release
- Cisco Nexus 3548 switch website
- Cisco Algo Boost website
- Video Overview of Cisco Algo Boost and Nexus 3548
- Summary of Spirent Communications testing results of Nexus 3548
- Video of Cisco Execs on how Algo Boost works
- Info Graphic: Nexus 3548 Innovation
- Blog by Dave Malik: Cisco Innovation Provides Competitive Advantage to High-Performance Trading
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Cisco has been known for years to offer high performance networking devices. This is just an upgrade of what they have always provided superior visibility and control.
Boaz Aviani
Can you please advise when this product will be available for ordering and shipment?
Boaz Aviani
Hi Again,
Sorry, but I can't find the p/n N3K-C3548P-10G
in CCW.
Please advise.
Boaz Aviani
Just found it now. Thanks 🙂


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You saw the other part of my handmade gift for my sister and her hubby this year already…but hello. I had to make them more than one! I don't run a crafty blog for nuthin'…..I LIVE for this stuff. The hat was actually kind of an accidental gift. My father in law had requested one after he saw this book (that I have a project in!) around the house. So I made him this one but it was the wrong size…went one size up and that worked out!
So I had this hat sitting around and I sent a pic to my sis and she was like "give it to me." and I was like "ok". We have scintillating conversations, you see.
Yes, I told her this cheesy pic was going on the blog. Yes, she didn't care. Love you Jobo!
It of course, was a little macho, so I made a quick ric rac flower using my tutorial, glued a pin to the back and called it girly. Sadie picked out the button, which was a stroke of genius on her part. She was very proud of herself when I liked it so much! 😀
I almost wanted to keep it. (I didn't)
For her 49ers loving hubby, I decided to make a little felt ornament for their tree next year. Basically I printed off the logo at the size I wanted, then traced all the separate parts to freezer paper (backwards!), ironed them to my wool felt, cut them out, and layered them all together. Stitched the large ovals, but glued the letters with hot glue. It ended up pretty cool looking I think!
Sadly that was all the ornament crafting I did last year. I had high hopes, but not enough time. Maybe this year I'll get going in like, September.


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About Pickle Monger
Which is why, along with buying the land, they have retained a law firm specialising in the eminent domain legal actions.
I guess that means that decades of playing Monopoly was the real cause behind the housing market bubble!
Hey, remember how reasonable and full of common sense the Righthaven people were?
So a two-week vacation in Europe would basically end up costing $15 x 14 = $210. I can buy a lot of crap for that money. We're all better off buying a local SIM card.
I took an improv workshop last weekend and we played a variation of the game of tag as part of the warmup. Nobody died.
Back in the days of Iron Curtain we had a joke: in the West, what isn't forbidden is allowed, but in Soviet Union what isn't expressely allowed is forbidden. It's more concise and laconic in Russian but you get the point. Looks like nothing has changed there.
I find it interesting that they decided to lump on Iva Toguri D'Aquino in as well, given that she did not really have a choice but to participate in the propaganda braodcasts and the she used what little money she was paid to feed POW's. Plus she was convicted because the government coerced witnesses into purjuring themselves on the stand in order to have them give damaging testimony against her.
I'm guessing someone watched "Fire Down Below" one too many times...
Considering that she is also the main sponsor of the law banning mentioning homosexuality, this new move is not that surprising. That said, some of the most celebrated Russian authors have used the very words the esteemed Deputy is trying to remove from view. What exactly is she planning to do with those works of art that use the swear words? Does she think herself worthy of editing the works of Pushkin or Mayakovsky? If so, she is profoundly delusional.
I think we can safely assume that the poor fella is nuttier than a thousand allergy warnings.
Those are pretty serious charges, and I wonder if there's a police report to support those claims filed at the time.
If memory serves me right, it is a felony not to report theft of your weapons. So for esteemed attourney Steven Goodhue, this might prove to be a rather dangerous and costly claim to make.
Here's a thought: "Warm Bodies" was filmed in Montreal. Are we supposed to be flipping out about possible zombie invasion when we recognise the scenery in the movie?
Here in Montreal, we the people apparently are given to panic over a lot of things. For example, just the other day, Quebec Office of the French Language (which usually only throws hissy fits upon seeing anything written in English) sent a nastygram to the owner of Buonanotte (an Italian restaurant in the trendy Plateau area) complaining about too many Italian words on the menu. Next thing you know, they are going to request us all to change our given names to something non-possibly-panic-inducing, i.e. Frenchier. The way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised.
Maybe it's the worst James Bond ever (barely edging out Timothy Dalton)...
Me. I would like to live forever.
My understanding is that the reason FBI got involved was because the original complainant asked her FBI friend to take a look at the e-mails she had received. Having read those e-mails, the FBI special friend agent saw that the sender had details of calendar and itinerary of the director of the CIA. Only then did it become an official FBI investigation.
Clint Eastwood and The Chair SuperPAC (google it).
Clint Eastwood and The Chair SuperPAC (google it).
Clint Eastwood and The Chair SuperPAC (google it).
Kinda makes you wonder if there are any reasonable governments out there.


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The following article, written by Vic Tafur, appeared in Friday's San Francisco Chronicle. You don't need to be a fan of football to enjoy it. All you need to be is a fan of improved performance. We underline the last paragraph for emphasis. Everyone one reading this has been on "both sides of the world".
This is the year of the rookie quarterback, but what's happened to the rookie quarterback of a year ago, Cam Newton?Superman's been down in the dumps and back, an alarming and confirming follow-up to a year in which the Panthers' quarterback broke the NFL rookie record for passing yards.Carolina started 2-8, with Newton having more interceptions (10) than passing touchdowns (nine) and openly pouting on the sidelines after an ugly loss to the Giants. Then, on Oct. 21, after a loss to the Cowboys, a depressed Newton said he was going to put out a suggestion box for reporters to help fix the problem.But just when everyone was ready to write off Newton, he is back.Smiling big and making plays nobody else can make."He's playing with the swagger he had," Panthers coach Ron Rivera said.The 5-9 Panthers, who host the 4-10 Raiders on Sunday, have won three of their past four and Newton has thrown nine touchdown passes, rushed for three more and hasn't turned the ball over once in those games. The "wow" plays are back. Like in the 30-20 win over Atlanta, when Newton took off for a 72-yard touchdown run, the fifth-longest by a quarterback in the Super Bowl era."Some stuff, you can't practice for it," said Raiders linebacker Omar Gaither, who played with Newton last season. "It's like you're playing against Kobe (Bryant), you know what he can do, but somehow he still hangs 40 on you."In the immortal words of Bobby McFerrin, "Don't worry, be happy."Newton had to learn how to lose and how to deal with the disappointment."He's never had to go through that," Rivera said. "I think part of it's just the pressure of it. He puts so much on himself. He took a lot of the blame himself."I think he understands and has figured out how to cope with it. Not accept it, but cope with it and make things better."The Heisman Trophy winner from Auburn hasn't thrown an interception in 152 passes, the longest current streak in the NFL.With 373 yards passing in his last two games, Newton will eclipse Peyton Manning's total of 7,874 yards for the most in NFL history by a quarterback in his first two years.
"I could not have done it without my offense, and they could not have done it without me," Newton said. "There are a lot of guys going unnoticed behind the scenes that make this work.
"It is not a one-man team. I think that's what we have learned more as the season has progressed."Yes, the swagger, the one that prompted AFC players to actually hit him hard in last year's Pro Bowl, is back. But you also have to credit hard work and being more patient.
"He has really improved, especially with checking it down to the second read or dumping it off to the backs, or with getting the ball out of harm's way and throwing it out of bounds," Panthers offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski said. "Those are the things that quarterbacks can do to keep drives alive."We've been good at creating big plays and getting things down the field. He's doing a good job of stringing those together with the check-downs and the short passing game."
The Panthers also have solidified their offensive line with Garry Williams, the fourth and most effective player at the problematic right guard position.
Happy Holidays from us to you and your team!Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III have grabbed the limelight this season, but Newton wants it back. He is just not going to live and die over it every day."A wise man once said that nothing is as good as it seems when things are going good and nothing is as bad as it seems when things are going bad," Newton said. "You have to stay even keel because today you can be on top of the world and tomorrow the world can be on top of you."Vic Tafur is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com: @Vic Tafur


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From the juiced-box and the soundtrack: Roberta Flack – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
[Press 'Play' for a taste of 1973]
Ramblings: The X Factor
Final Proof: 4 Shots
You know how you get drunk at an office party on a Thursday night? All of the gang is there, it's the same people you don't get drunk with all day at work and they're here again but they look a little unusual and act a little cooler and the office is still the normal office but it looks kind of weird because it's late at night and the lighting's different than during the day. You have a good time and you let your hair down, and you unbutton an extra button on your shirt while you flirt with danger and the office hottie, but at the same time you never forget where you are so you don't let yourself go crazy and you're home by 2am and ready for work the next day. X-Men: Days of Future Past was as fun and as safe as that office party.
i originally wasn't planning on going with 4 shots for this film but X-Men: Days of Future Past was ½ shot better than Godzilla and i gave that 3½ shots so there you go, a 4-shot movie.
Why hesitate to go the full 4? X-M:DoFP accomplished what it set out to do very well, but it didn't set out to do all that much. It's a solid movie with a story that's easy enough to follow, even for me, and this despite jumping around in time all over the place. The acting was nice and not just Jennifer Lawrence who can do no wrong here in the Bar None, but even people i'm not big fans of weren't too annoying. (i have nothing against Hugh Jackman because you can make "Hugh Jass" or "Hugh Jackass" jokes about his name, but i hate Wolverine with a passion partly because his last movie sucked Hugh Jass and mostly because his hair cut is what they should give pedophiles so they stand out from the crowd and make it easier for us to spot and hate on.)
Floppy hippie peace sign hat's off to Bryan Singer who directed all this because most of the movie takes place in 1973 and i know from personal experience (mescal flashbacks) that this is what 1973 exactly looked like. Even the Pepsi product placement signs were vintage. The movie–like Kaley Cuoco's boobs at 18–had an authentic look and feel.
Also, the special effects were very good. i saw this bad boy in (passive) 3D and there was enough eye candy to keep me interested and i'm not talking about trying to see if Mystique wears panties when she's blue. It looked good and it moved at a good pace with only one really noticeable slow spot which they got out of the way at the beginning and was when they had to tell us the story of all the X-Men movies.
Why hesitate then? Because the film was missing the spark that set movies like The Avengers above the flood of super hero cinema. There was nothing special and when i see a film, i want special. i want to get excited about a movie, to get goosebumps, to guy cry a little. i want to feel kind of drunk when i watch a movie, especially because i'm an alcoholic who stopped drinking and can't get drunk the normal way any more.
Finally, and being careful not to give away any spoilers, i felt a sense of "So what?" when the movie ended. Like it was a good movie but didn't contribute anything to the X-Men anthology. Sure, it was better than all 3 of the first X-Men combined (i'm a Hugh Jater of those movies), but not as important as First Class.
At the end, you'll give it a warm round of applause, but you won't jump to your feet and yell "encore".
Buzz Kills (Watch Out for Spoilers)
Sex: 3 shots
Many, many beautiful women here (OK, three beautiful women, but in my life, that constitutes "many"). Then there's knowing that Jennifer Lawrence is walking around naked except for a little polyurethane net and some body paint and you have all the fixings for a hot ticket. Apart from that, no sex or nudity, though there is a reference made that Mystique / Raven and Erik / Magneto had something X rated going on for a while.
Here's what the majestic Jennifer Lawrence looks like when she's not blue.
There'll be more shots of her in my drawers, down below. Just keep scrolling down until you hit the warning.
Also thrown in the mix is Ellen Page, my newest favorite lesbian. Here in the Bar None we welcome lesbians with open arms and not just because they're hot. We have a strict no-hating policy here, including sexual preference, race, religion, politics and drink choice. Because none of those things stands in the way of hotness. Witness:
There's more single body shots of her down below as well.
Rounding things up, there was this super hot Chinese woman named Fan Bingbing who covered up all her goods because she played a mutant called Blink, like "Blink and you'll miss her". Fortunately, i've got this capture of her here for y'all.
i threw some shots of her in my drawers as well. Dig down deep and enjoy.
On one final note, for those of you who prefer Y-chromosomes to X-women, Hugh Jackson shows his naked ass in this movie. i'm not gay, but i'd like to have that ass…as mine.
Drink: ½ Shot
Not a lot of booze here and what they had wasn't key to the plot, so if they're not going to make the effort, neither am i.
- Young Charles Xavier drinks vodka from a scotch glass
- Russian and Vietnamese soldiers drink in a Paris disco
- Vietnamese officer orders a bottle of Johnny Walker at the bar
- Charles drinks whiskey on a private jet to Paris
Slurred Speeches
I haven't had a real sip in 10 years.
Erik drinking whiskey on the plane to Paris after his escape from prison
Rock & Roll: 4 shots
Very good special effects, (you won't believe what happens to the baseball park) and regular action scenes with a minimum of backtalk left me satisfied in this domain. While there was no real rock and roll to the movie, they did have "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" twice and the escape scene with Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle" was killer. So yeah, imma go 4 shots on this.
Boring Technical Crap
Written by:
Jane Goldman, Simon Kinberg, Matthew Vaughn – story
Simon Kinberg – screenplay
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Jennifer Lawrence – Raven / Mystique
Ellen Page – Kitty Pryde
Fan Bingbing – BlinkHugh Jackman – Logan / Wolverine
James McAvoy – Charles Xavier
Michael Fassbender – Erik Lehnsherr
Peter Dinklage – Dr. Bolivar Trask
Evan Peters – Peter / Quicksilver
Bottom Line
A movie you don't need to be a fanboy to like
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Al K Hall's Drawers
What happens in my drawers stays in my drawers, and is also pretty NSFW.
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Fan Bingbing
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No Nukes
In May 2010, in the lead up to the Non-Proliferation Treaty discussions in New York (which take place every 5 years), we hosted very special visitors from Japan with a message of peace... in the shape of a dress made of 1000 origami peace cranes. Japanese tradition believes that if 1000 cranes are handmade, that a wish will come true. Human rights activist and LUSH Japan's Ethics Director, Emi Akiyama wore the dress made of paper cranes to share the message of peace as we marched in the peace rally.
Why did we decide to go nuclear? With LUSH shops in both the United States and Japan, the only nations to have dropped a nuclear weapon and suffered the effects, we wanted to see a global nuclear disarmament. Uniting under a message of peace we wanted to raise awareness and gain support for a Peace Action petition asking US President Obama for a nuclear free world.
Our Partners
Along with LUSH Japan, we worked with Peace Action. Peace Action is the largest grassroots peace network in the U.S. with representatives in 30 states and have been campaigning for peace for over 50 years. They organize and pressure Congress and the Administration through write-in campaigns, Internet actions, citizen lobbying, and direct action.
To find out more about Peace Action, please visit: www.peace-action.org


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Former Premier League defender appointed Sheffield United manager
Sheffield United have named former Scotland defender David Weir as their new permanent manager.
Weir takes the reigns at Brammall Lane following the departure of Danny Wilson in April after a barren run, where United failed to score for two months at home.
The 43-year-old, who counts Rangers and Everton among his former playing clubs, will be taking his first role in management.
He told the League One side's official website: "My first thoughts about the job are of excitement. I understand how privileged I am to be named manager here.
"I realise what a great opportunity is in front of me now and my message to the supporters is that I will work hard and give everything to be successful at Bramall Lane."
Weir will be looking for a return to the Championship as his first target after the Blades were relegated from that division in 2011.
They reached the League One play-off final in their first season in the third tier of English football but since then have largely disappointed.
The Yorkshire club were also in the Premier League only six seasons ago, but were relegated on the last day of the season in their first campaign in the top flight.
It is Weir's first chance at a managerial role, although he was a coach at Everton where he was recently interviewed for the manager's job
Chris Morgan, who acted as caretaker manager following the departure of Danny Wilson in April, will go back to his original role as coach now Weir will take charge.
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Google Purchases Frommer's Travel Guides
(NEW YORK) -- Google says it is acquiring the travel brand Frommer's from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"The Frommer's team and the quality and scope of their content will be a great addition to the Zagat team," a Google spokesperson said Monday in a statement to ABC News. "We can't wait to start working with them on our goal to provide a review for every relevant place in the world."
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., said Monday that it has "entered into a definitive agreement to sell of its travel assets, including all of its interests in the Frommer's brand, to Google."
Earlier this year, Wiley said it was exploring opportunities to sell a number of its assets, "as they no longer align with the company's long-term business strategy."
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Bath time!
Bruce H
21st January 2006, 06:55 PM
It was bath time today. Company (puppy people) are coming.
Harry & Heidi's mom
21st January 2006, 07:21 PM
icon_whistling you could almost hide that puppy in that towel and sneek it out icon_whistling
Heritage Cavaliers
21st January 2006, 08:19 PM
Just a doll!!! What a beautiful pup - great job Bruce!
22nd January 2006, 12:36 AM
Gosh they are getting so darn cute!
Jaspar had a bath today too... having rolled in some nice fresh horse poop, so much that at first I thought it was mud. icon_angry He's nice and fluffy now though!
Bruce I've enjoyed the recent updates on the puppies on your forum. That pic of them all eating is also wonderful. :)
Bruce H
22nd January 2006, 12:56 AM
Thanks! They really are cute, if I do say so myself :) We spent the whole afternoon with puppy people visiting their puppies, I really enjoyed that. Everyone told us how cute the puppies were; if they're not careful, I won't be able to get my head through the door :lol: Nice to know, too, that I'm not the only grown man who talks baby talk to the puppies.
BTW, I figured out what was wrong with the camera. Kris was using it on manual mode a couple days ago and forgot to put it back to autofocus. I'm lost without everything on automatic.
22nd January 2006, 06:48 AM
Great pictures once again Bruce! Those babies sure are so cute :)
How long does it take to bath all of your babies? Do you have a production line going?
Julie and the girls
Bruce H
22nd January 2006, 10:39 AM
If we do just a quick rinse with plain water, bath time for the 9 puppies takes about 45 minutes. If we do a good job with shampoo, then it's more like 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. It almost takes as much time to get fresh bath water between each puppy, which we usually have to do even if they aren't very dirty. It also takes about 3 bath towels to do everyone, which explains why it seems we are always doing laundry.
All but one of the 9 (and that one is from Anna's litter) at least tolerate bath time. The one that doesn't like it does everything she can to get out of the sink; she'll get used to it eventually. Once they have been towel dried, we just let them run through the living room and dining room, helps them stay warm. Once in a while we have one that wants to lay down and then gets cold. If we warm a towel in the microwave, that usually helps them. We have thought about trying the cage dryer, but we are a little nervous about freaking them out.
When the first couple came to visit their puppy, he was still a little damp, but they didn't mind. Just showed them we do bathe the pups. In fact, one of the later families asked if we could show them how to bathe their puppy the next time they come to visit; they have never had a puppy as small as these before. Hmmmm, wonder if we could con them into doing all 9 :lol:
22nd January 2006, 11:25 AM
You could always say that it would be good practice! :lol:
Julie and the girls
Bruce H
22nd January 2006, 01:48 PM
icon_whistling you could almost hide that puppy in that towel and sneek it out icon_whistling
Didn't you hear? We frisk everyone as they leave :lol:
And you think the airports are tough!!
22nd January 2006, 02:34 PM
Didn't you hear? We frisk everyone as they leave
I can imagine!! :)
When I went to select Jaspar (he was only 3.5 weeks!) two friends drove up with me as the breeders live about an hour away. They just about had to frisk my friends who each had a puppy on their lap the whole time we were there. We were offered endless cups of tea and long conversations about breeding, show dogs, the old time scene in the UK/Ireland back in the 70s and 80s and some of the great dogs of that time. We also were in troduced to some older puppies to get asense of their size at 8 weeks. It was so interesting! We had a hard time getting away both because of puppies being so adorable and the conversation.
Of course this was just a selection visit -- I didn't take him til 8.5 weeks and would still gladly have waited til 10 or so as they ARE still so small, and Bruce you are so right, as you point out in your forum, 6 weeks is shockingly early. I cannot imagine removing puppies from their mother at this age, especially the more I learn about dogs and how they learn and what affects their behaviours. Behaviouralists generally say puppies need to really be at least 7-8 weeks and longer is better for the socilaising and behaviour guidance they get from mum and siblings. ;)
Some other random observations: From doing cat rescue and fostering quite few kittens/kitten litters -- I know from personal experience that the same holds true for cats -- take a kitten away from its mother and siblings at 6-7 weeks and that kitten will be the one that shows inappropriate behaviour (biting and attacking) - mum would put paid to any excessive behaviour of this type and siblings make it clear (as do puppy siblings) when play is too rough and walk away from the offending sibling -- meaning they learn fast to hold their bite etc. With kittens, this is part of the reason why it is strongly recommended to home in pairs, whether siblings or not. For puppies the opposite is true -- the pups may bond more closely with each other than with humans though I imagine this is less true with cavaliers than with many other breeds. But that is all the more reason why it is a good idea to leave pups with mum and siblings til 10 weeks or so as they really, really benefit from mixing with adults and puppies and getting further behaviour guidance from a parent.
When you see the huge problems that puppy mill puppies have -- which get no human socialisation, are taken at 6 weeks generally and sometimes even younger, and grow up in flithy cages so don;t learn any hygiene -- you really, truly realise what a benefit pups get from loving breeders and lots of human contact, a human and dog family upbringing, and extra time with parents and siblings.
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Fresno Pacific Captures Third-Straight NAIA Volleyball National Championship
Dec. 5, 2009
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Fresno Pacific (Calif.) capped off a perfect season by winning its third-consecutive NAIA Volleyball National Championship Saturday at the 30th edition of the event presented by the Siouxland Sports Medicine Foundation in the Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena. The top-seeded Sunbirds swept sixth-seeded Georgetown (Ky.), 25-15, 25-18, 25-12. The Sunbirds finish the season with a 38-0 record, while Georgetown closed out its campaign with a 45-4 mark.
Twenty-five year head coach Dennis Janzen has now guided five of his teams to national glory, winning the title in 1989, 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2009. For his efforts, Janzen was named the NAIA All-Tournament Coach. Saturday's match also marked the fourth consecutive national championship match appearance for Fresno Pacific and the seventh overall in the program's history. The Sunbirds are also the first team since Brigham Young-Hawaii to three-peat as the national champion. Brigham Young-Hawaii won four-straight titles from 1994-97.
Fresno Pacific sophomore outside hitter Martina Gregusova was named the Tachikara Tournament Most Valuable Player and teammate Lisa Shilling, a junior middle blocker, landed a spot on the Tachikara - All-Tournament Team.
Gregusova led the Sunbird attack with 11 kills on 27 swings, hitting .333. Erika Adachi and Emily Carroll teamed together to direct the offense, dishing out 22 and 12 assists, respectively. Defensively it was Mariah Mandelbaum with 16 digs, followed by a dozen from Gregusova and Adachi.
Even though Georgetown's offense was limited, Kristy Hock registered 11 kills on 23 attempts to lead her team's efforts. Amanda Philpot had 20 assists and Amy Barmore had 14 digs.
The Sunbird defense limited Georgetown to a .097 hitting percentage in the match, registering only 29 kills while committing 18 attack errors. On the opposite side, Fresno Pacific closed out the match with 41 kills, hitting .286.
The Tigers were able to take 6-3 lead in the first set, but lost their rhythm and finished the set with a -.024 clip. Fresno Pacific took advantage and would at one point hold a nine-point lead in the first set. In the second stanza, Georgetown was able to move into positive hitting percentage at .226, but fell behind by as many as 10. With the victory in sight, the Sunbirds cruised through the third set, going up by as many as 13 to capture the set and the match.
Freshman setter Philpot and senior outside hitter Janszen represented Georgetown on the Tachikara - All-Tournament Team.
Tachikara - All Tournament Team
Jill Baker, Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)
Fei Shi, California Baptist University
Amber Ridens, Concordia University (Calif.)
Lisa Schilling, Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)
Amanda Philpot, Georgetown College (Ky.)
Erica Janszen, Georgetown College (Ky.)
Whitney Owen, The College of Idaho
Ashley Hamilton, Indiana Institute of Technology
Milica Krsmanovic, Lee University (Tenn.)
Jessica Tjaeen, Morningside College (Iowa)
Randa Hulstein, Northwestern College (Iowa)
Tabitha Henken, Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)
Kelsey Pritchard, Taylor University (Ind.)
Arlene Ferriera, University of Texas at Brownsville
Tachikara Tournament Most Valuable Player
Martina Gregusava, Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)
Champions of Character
Lee University (Tenn.)
NAIA All-Tournament Coach
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TSA Spills Ashes Of NFL Player's Mother During Luggage Inspection
New York Giants defensive lineman A.J. Francis is not happy with the Transportation Security Administration after they mishandled his checked bag which contained the ashes of his mother. The TSA will occasionally search checked bags for explosives or other contraband. If they search your bag, they will put a "notice of baggage inspection" inside so you know that agents opened and went through the contents of your luggage.
That's what happened with Francis' bag and he shared a photo of the contents in it in an expletive-laden tweet directed at the TSA.
Hey you pieces of s*** at @TSA next time you assholes feel the need to go thru my mother's ashes for no reason, make sure you close it back so her remains aren't spilled on all my clothes... the least you pieces of garbage can do is your f****** job
Francis' tweet was brought to the attention of @AskTSA, the customer service account for the TSA. They replied and offered an apology in two tweets.
1: We're very sorry to hear about this. We understand the emotional stress travelers are under when transporting the remains of a loved one. Our policies and procedures focus on ensuring that all passengers are treated with dignity, respect and courtesy.
2: Our officers are trained to handle your carry-on and checked property with care. Out of respect for the deceased, under no circumstances should the container be opened. Please accept our apologies and our condolences.
Francis did not accept their apology, replying to the TSA's tweet saying "Under all circumstances f*** yourself."
He later clarified that he had no issue with them searching his bag, but said it was "asinine & irresponsible" for them not to ensure the lid was put back on the ashes properly.
The craziest part of this @TSA a***is that I dont even care that they checked it... they were just being cautious, & I can understand that. But to not ensure that it won't spill back into my bag after you put it back in is the most asinine & irresponsible s***I have ever seen.
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When we talk about preventing child abuse (and neglect), it seems like common sense and would be counter-intuitive to do otherwise. However, for any number of reasons we continue to struggle with this issue. Children are born into less than ideal situations or parents are over-stressed because of poverty or financial issues, returning military personnel have little support, and because there simply is no requirement or test to become a parent. The most important job in the world requires absolutely no training, certification or verification.
Somewhat due to the lack of preparation for becoming a parent, some children are subjected to abuse. Who is their voice? What rights do they have? How do we protect the most vulnerable? Most people don�t know HOW we came to have protections in place in the event of child abuse.
�In the early 1870s, child abuse captured the nation�s attention with news that an eight-year-old orphan named Mary Ellen Wilson was suffering daily whippings and beatings at her foster home. With no organization in existence to protect abused children, the orphan�s plight fell to attorneys for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). These attorneys argued that laws protecting animals from abuse should not be greater than laws protecting children. Mary Ellen Wilson�s case went before a judge, who convicted the foster mother of assault and battery and gave her a one-year sentence. More significantly, the orphan�s case generated enough outrage over child abuse that in 1874, citizens formed the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.�
Moving Forward � That was 1874. So where are we now? 139 years later? People working in the courts, social services, schools and other places are making a difference for each child they interact with. And each child has a greater potential to then grow and develop into a healthier person who is then able to provide for him or herself and has the potential to NOT repeat the mistakes. But, it will take more work and certainly more time. As we are asked to do more and more with less and less and the economy continues to falter, we will likely see more stressful situations in our communities.
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Mediator to handle New London disputes with police
New London - Hoping to end a stalemate and a settle some of a soaring number of police union grievances, the city and union have agreed to let an independent mediator handle future talks between the two sides.
City Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio, along with both city and union attorneys, expressed optimism this week about being able to move forward in not only labor disputes but in other areas where the two sides have continually butted heads.
Finizio called the move to an independent mediator a small but significant turning point in relations with the union where frustration has become the norm in both talks over grievances and ongoing contract negotiations.
"Opinions and emotions have been strong on both sides of this," Finizio said. "The disputes in some cases stretch back several years and continued into this administration."
Evidence of friction came last month when Chief Margaret Ackley banned union attorney Eric Brown from all police buildings, alleging that he "went berserk" prior to a meeting to discuss discipline of a police officer who was eventually fired. The chief and the union, headed by Officer Todd Lynch, have had a contentious relationship for years. Lynch has a pending lawsuit against Ackley because of claims of retaliatory behavior. Ackley has a lawsuit against the city.
More than 40 grievances were filed in 2013 alone and city attorney Brian Estep and union attorney Brown said several more have carried over from 2012. The grievances range a complaint about one officer receiving a suspension for not trimming his beard to a lieutenant's wondering about the pay raises officers are supposed to get when they are promoted.
Finizio said he had suggested the independent mediator months ago.
"I do believe this is a step in the right direction," Finizio said. "Hopefully we can remove some of the personalities and politics from the situation to allow us to reach a resolution for the benefit of members of the police department, city administration and the city as a whole."
Brown said talks moderated by a mediator with the state Board of Mediation and Arbitration, different than the independent mediator now being proposed, have been at a standstill for months.
"Morale is terrible and there is a great deal of mistrust on both sides," Brown said. "There are a number of grievances not getting resolved. A neutral third party, with a neutral eye on this stuff, could help us resolve some (grievances). I'm hopeful because the city is on board. My people are on board. For the first time in a year I feel like we're headed in a bit of a positive direction."
Former Superior Court Judge Robert Holzberg is the mediator agreed to by both sides, Brown said. Holzberg leads the Alternative Dispute Resolution practice at Hartford-based Pullman & Comley.
Estep, involved in many aspects of the legal wrangling between the union and the city, agreed it was a step forward. He said that since the recommendation of the mediator is not binding, a better working relationship between both sides will go a long way to resolving some of the issues.
Finizio said the recent dialogue was a sign that "all sides want to move forward."
"Hopefullly we can … dial down the rhetoric and politics and come to the table with good faith," Finizio said. "We all need to do what's right for the city of New London.
He said his administration looks forward to meeting with union officials, Lynch included, to "resolve the ongoing contract negotiations and begin to move the department forward so we can restaff the department, get them the equipment and vehicles they deserve and start a new chapter in the history of the New London Police Department."
Contract negotiations are expected to continue on Jan. 23 and a meeting with the new mediator for grievances is expected to be scheduled for February.
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Dell tried again to explain to its customers why the fancy new XPS M1330 notebook they ordered has been delayed. A follow-up to Tuesday's entry was posted to its official Direct2Dell blog Friday afternoon. Judging by the comments on Dell's posting earlier in the week, customers were, well, less than impressed by the company's first try at an explanation.
Dell gives considerably more information this time around. A big reason for the delays? Dust particles in the paint. Specifically, if you wanted your laptop slathered in Crimson Red or Pearl White, expect to wait longer than your compadres that chose Tuxedo Black. Apparently this problem was only noticeable as Dell ramped up production in larger volumes. So says Alex Gruzen, senior vice president of the consumer product group, in the posting:
"There was no problem painting hundreds at a time. But as we increased the volume, otherwise manageable factors like dust contamination caused our successful yields to decrease. Adding to the complexity, the Crimson Red and the Pearl White colors require more coats of paint and more touches to create the finished product--that means there is more opportunity for dust contamination."
I'm not sure what that means. Because more units were being painted there was more dust? I put in a call to Dell, but it's late on a Friday in Texas where the company has its headquarters, so I'll update this blog if I hear back. At any rate, Dell has killed the Pearl White option on the M1330 from here on out as a result, according to Gruzen. He also blamed delays on unexpected parts shortages, specifically LED-backlit LCD screens.
For now, Dell has worked through 10 percent of its backlog, and if your order is delayed for some previously unforeseen reason, Gruzen says a Dell service rep should be phoning you shortly.


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It's silly season in the NFL head-coaching and front-office rumor mill. You're going to hear a lot of reports and rumors over the next few days, and it's up to us to sort it all out for you.
On the list are the Kansas City Chiefs, whom NFL.com's Steve Wyche reported are expected to retain general manager Scott Pioli despite a disastrous season, according to a source briefed on the situation. Chiefs owner Clark Hunt has strong feelings for Pioli and wants to give him another shot to get things right, the source said.
Coach Romeo Crennel was not as fortunate.
NFL.com's Ian Rapoport pointed out that Pioli could go after Iowa's Kirk Ferentz to replace Crennel. Rapoport hears that Iowa coaches are calling around inquiring about jobs. There's no buyout in Ferentz's contract.
Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com and Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports both initially passed along chatter that Pioli would stick in Kansas City, but Crennel would not.
Both Cole and Florio pointed out that Pioli would be charged with finding a new coach and a new quarterback. The similar details of their missives suggest that the information came from the same source.
Chiefs fans were upset with Pioli throughout the season, staging protests at home games. We can't imagine the reaction if Chiefs owner Clark Hunt indeed retains him. Ticket sales surely would suffer.
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Asked how Iowans view President Barack Obama, Michael Gartner, the President of NBC News from 1988 to 1993, insisted on this weekend's Bloomberg TV's Political Capital: "I think people have a fondness for him and I don't think people blame him for anything that's wrong in this country," except, that is, "the far-right of the Republican Party."
For the Bloomberg TV show which first runs on Friday nights, Al Hunt interviewed Gartner, an Iowa native, at a game of the Iowa Cubs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs which Gartner co-owns.
From the end of the August 12 Bloomberg interview:
AL HUNT: What kind of shape is Barack Obama in for the 2012 campaign in Iowa?
MICHAEL GARTNER: I think he's in pretty good shape. First of all, people out here have an attachment to him because he was out here. I think people have a fondness for him and I don't think people blame him for anything that's wrong in this country, unless – I think the far-right of the Republican Party does, but I don't think the moderates do and certainly the Democrats don't. He generally shows up quite well in Seltzer's Iowa poll.
That's the Des Moines Register's "Iowa Poll" and in the latest one Obama ticked up to a 48 to 47 percent approval over disapproval, so unless Gartner thinks 47 percent of Iowans are part of the "far-right," a lot more than just them blame Obama for something.
Gartner's had a long career in journalism, including top editor of the Des Moines Register and Louisville Courier-Journal and, after his stint running NBC News, a time in charge of Iowa's Ames Daily Tribune where he won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing.
Liberal editorials, that is, based on the kind of columns he composed for USA Today where he was a columnist in the mid-1990s. An April of 1997 MRC CyberAlert compiled some of his liberal pontificating, such as:
From the October 17, 1995 USA Today:
It's nice, of course, if we have a President we like. But there's more to governing than likability. We learned that from the likable Ronald Reagan, who charmed us with stories as he amassed huge deficits and spent billions on goofy defense plans. No, the record is more important. And Bill Clinton's record is just short of terrific.
From June 11, 1996:
How can anyone argue that Bill Clinton has not been a good President? Business should love him. The country has been in a controlled boom since he bludgeoned through by one vote his first economic package....Workers should love him. There are more jobs than ever....Minorities should love him. He has a terrific record of appointing women and minorities to judgeships and high federal posts. He has put civil rights back on the table after 12 years of Republican neglect....
No, it makes you wonder what the President and his wife could have accomplished these four years if they had not been consumed by these scandals, these lawsuits and these clippings. By almost any measure, the past four years have been spectacular for many Americans. Still, if Bill Clinton had been a full-time President, if Hillary Clinton had been a full-time First Lady...
Would the poor be a little richer? Would the old be a little healthier? Would the young be a little smarter? Would the nation be a little more prosperous? Would the world be a little less troubled? You wonder. And you wonder if he wonders.


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I just cannot believe that its here already! So I've been skimming thru the spoiler boards and the first boot etc and have come up with from RTVW/Blows << can be read here"State Of The Spoiling: S18: Tocantins: Episode 1" Immunity Challenge winner: JalapaoTribal Council: CandaceThe Mess Hall poll << herelooks like the members are leaning towards Candace or Sierra in the poll Sucks poll Candace in the lead, Sierra not far behind then we have survivorfevers bootsheet for reference << here... as well as their challenge speculation here , as far as I can tell no predictions yet or if they are chosing to do one this season?and then we have ACME which I am not sure even exists now? sadlyother spoiling sites SurvivorSkills spec for exile spec "favors Sierra, and Sandy"and of course survivorphoenix, videos, vidcaps and hopefully some of those famous puzzles/clues this season (please)
IIRC, Survivor 12 and 14 had EI on the first episode (Misty and Sylvia from Panama and Fiji, respectively, went there). Since 2007 (and CI), it's been the norm that there isn't an Exile Island on the first episode. Typically, there's only one task on the premiere, and it's usually a combined reward/immunity challenge. So with no solo reward challenge, they wouldn't send someone to exile. Of course, in the past there's a second combined challenge, where someone from the losing team could get sent to exile island. Earlier on, he or she was safe from Tribal (I believe), but recently, they would return the morning following Tribal.
I think its not exiled, more like the first 2 peeps that are voted off but in actuality they get the clues and go back to the camps in search of the HII's?
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The week in review
Worst firestorm: Southern California is ablaze. Ten wildfires have destroyed over 1,000 homes and killed at least 15 people.
Best decision in a sniper trial: After two days in court representing himself, John Muhammad turns his defense back over to his attorneys.
Best spin on the October 27 suicide bombing at Red Cross headquarters in Baghdad that kills 40: President Bush says it's a sign of the progress the U.S. is making and the desperation of the attackers.
Worst local rape story: Fluvanna resident Jermaine Leon Franklin is charged with raping a two-year-old girl he was babysitting.
Worst international rape news: Gang rape is so epidemic in the Congo that thousands of women are suffering from vaginal fistula– a rupturing of vaginal tissues– that prevents them from controlling bodily functions and requires several painful reconstructive surgeries, the Washington Post reports.
Worst bus accident: A UTS bus driven by Clarence Feggans Jr. strikes and critically injures health systems employee Margaret Potts October 24 as she attempts to cross JPA, the Cavalier Daily reports.
Best endorsement for write-in Board of Supervisors candidate Kevin Fletcher: The Albemarle Smart Growth Initiative drops its support of incumbent Lindsay Dorrier in the Scottsville district race and funnels $5,500 into Fletcher's war chest, David Dadurka reports in the Daily Progress.
[CORRECTION MADE: The above item mis-identified the name of the supporting group in the Hook's print edition.]
Best update for Tenaska opponents: Construction of the Fluvanna power plant is put on hold because of upheavals in the energy markets, according to a Braxton Williams story in the Progress.
Best decision for PRA: A judge dismisses a lawsuit filed by clinical trials contractor Immune Network against Pharmaceutical Research Associates, one of Albemarle's larger employers.
Worst botched alleged spousal homicide: When state trooper Taylor Blanton is murdered in his bed in Caroline County, his wife claims an intruder shot her husband and dropped the gun, which she grabbed and fired at the alleged fleeing gunman. Donna Lee Blanton is charged with first-degree murder.
Worst confiscation: Hampton University officials seize issues of the October 22 Hampton Script after the student newspaper paper does not print a letter on the front page about the school cafeteria's health code violations as directed by acting president Joann Haysbert.
Worst standoff: A fugitive from Chicago holes up at the Doubletree Hotel for six hours before police burst into his room early October 21, Reed Williams reports in the Progress. John E. Taylor is a suspect in the October 14 murder of his wife.
Worst honor code violation: An undisclosed amount of Student Council cash is taken from the desk of Will Sowers, vice president for administration, according to the Cav Daily.
Worst additional way to get a lemon when buying a used car: Flood damage from Hurricane Isabel. The DMV warns buyers to check both new and used cars for water damage.
Worst news for Dukes of Hazzard fans: Ben "Cooter" Jones is closing down the Dukes' museum in Sperryville Thanksgiving weekend.
Worst realization about spam: Being able to buy Vicodin, Valium, and Xanax on-line really is too good to be true.
Worst-sounding event: The Lymphatic Drainage Workshop November 4 from 7 to 9pm at Ivy Commons Family Chiropractic.
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MADISON — Veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are being invited to participate in a Wisconsin study designed to help soldiers adjust to life after combat.
The study is being conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Researchers there say veterans who return from a war zone may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, but not all respond to conventional treatment.
Scientists hope to develop new strategies for treating PTSD. The programs may involve group discussions, breathing exercises, meditation and gentle stretching.
A university news release says these sorts of programs are cost-effective and free of side effects, and veterans can practice the techniques on their own.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Pushing through a ring of his security men, President Hamid Karzai climbed into his slain half-brother's freshly dug grave Wednesday and sobbed alongside the coffin at a funeral attended by thousands of mourners.
Overcome with grief, the president and appealed to his countrymen to stop the violence.
Hours later, a bomb attack killed five French soldiers and an Afghan civilian in the east of the country.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for both attacks. But Afghan officials cast doubt that the militants really were behind the killing of the president's brother. The gunman's motive remained unclear.
Shortly after the funeral, Karzai named another sibling, Shah Wali Karzai, to replace Wali Karzai. The move signaled the importance of continuity in a country where power vacuums are often filled with violent confrontations. Still, the new tribal elder is a relative unknown, and it was unclear if will be as able an operator as Wali Karzai.
"The president will have to be very careful to move quickly to consolidate and maintain his power structure in Kandahar," said Rustam Shah, former Pakistan ambassador to Afghanistan.
Kandahar is the birthplace of the Taliban and site of recent military offensives by the U.S.-led military coalition.
The radical Islamic movement claimed responsibility for the killing, and the president, speaking later at a somber press conference, challenged his insurgent adversaries to give up violence.
"My message for them (the Taliban) is that my countrymen, my brothers, should stop killing their own people," Karzai said. "It is easy to kill and everyone can do it, but the real man is the one who can save people's lives."How assassin used ruse to kill Karzai brother
In a land of big men, warlords and gangsters, Wali Karzai was all of these. He was the president's bulwark against the Taliban's forces in the south and the enforcer of Karzai's tenuous rule over the Pashtuns who predominate the insurgency.
To the international community, Wali Karzai offered indispensable reach and ruthlessness, but he was also an embarrassment — a partner whose other partners included opium dealers and smugglers.
President Karzai, who flew to Kandahar hours after his brother was shot, led a procession of thousands of mourners under a tight security blanket from the center of Kandahar city to the family's ancestral village of Karz, some 12 miles away.
He was accompanied by his family and some of Afghanistan's most influential leaders, including at least one possible successor to Ahmad Wali Karzai's unofficial crown, Gul Agha Sherzai, currently the governor of eastern Nangarhar province.
Story: After Karzai, who will fill Afghan power void?
The president knelt by the side of his brother's grave clutching his hand, weeping as the crowds looked on. Concerned mourners then pulled the president away, warning him that television cameras were recording his every move.
"I came here to mourn the death of Ahmad Wali Karzai. He was our only hope for everything in Kandahar," cried one mourner, Khan Agha, as attack helicopters circled overhead.
A tearful President Karzai appeared at the fringe of the throng of thousands and pushed toward the lowered coffin.Video: No known motive in murder of Karzai's brother (on this page)
He paused at the edge of the open pit, then climbed down in it, partially disappearing from view, and wailed.
He remained there for at least a minute, his grief overwhelming other cries and prayers. Relatives and guards were unable to coax him out, but two men locked their arms underneath Karzai's and pulled their leader out by force.
As Karzai left, his phalanx of guards again powering through the masses, a stream of people dropped fistfuls of dust on the casket.
Wali Karzai's death will transform power relations in the south, where the international military coalition has few friends of stature and none with the sweeping influence of the president's powerful sibling. Karzai will struggle to find an ally resourceful enough in balancing alliances with tribal and political leaders, drug runners and militias in a province where the Taliban still hold much sway.
The assassin was from Wali Karzai's tribe and hometown and traveled with and worked beside him for seven years.
Afghan officials said it's not clear whether he was killed by insurgents, as the Taliban claimed, or died as the result of an internal dispute.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid issued a statement Wednesday saying that insurgent fighters killed Wali Karzai because he cooperated with U.S., British and Canadian forces in the south.
"He was aligned with foreign occupiers," who bombed Afghan villages, Mujahid said.
The Taliban spokesman called Wali Karzai a "puppet" of the West and alleged that he was on the CIA payroll and profited from the illegal seizure of government and private land.
Wali Karzai had denied working for the CIA or being involved in shady business dealings.
Mujahid warned that if other Afghan officials fail to support the insurgency and befriend those aligned with the Afghan government and U.S.-led coalition, they will face the same fate as the slain Wali Karzai.
In Wednesday's insurgent strike in the eastern Kapisa province, an attacker detonated a bomb near a meeting of local leaders that was being guarded by French troops. Five French soldiers and an Afghan civilian were killed, the French president's office announced in Paris.
Four other French soldiers and three other Afghan civilians were seriously injured in the attack in the village of Joybar.Video: NYTimes: Karzai brother on CIA payroll (on this page)
Afghan security forces were a conspicuous presence at the burial, with troops and intelligence agents dispersed around and within the crowd.
Despite heightened security, two members of the Afghan intelligence service traveling to Wali Karzai's funeral with Helmand provincial governor Gulab Mangal were injured when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Kandahar's Maiwand district, said Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the governor of Helmand.
Rustam Shah, former Pakistan ambassador to Afghanistan, said Wali Karzai's death exposed the fragility of the security infrastructure in the southern provinces, particularly Kandahar where the Americans have boasted of progress in wresting territory from the Taliban.
"It will be a big blow to the government's image in the Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan," he said.
"The president will have to be very careful to move quickly to consolidate and maintain his power structure in Kandahar."
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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The Kansas City Chiefs need help all over the place and hope safety Husain Abdullah can lend a hand.
|Take a look at the best photos from the Kansas City Chiefs' 2012 season.
Abdullah -- a practicing Muslim -- was signed Monday after sitting out last season to speak at mosques across the nation before making a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah last played for the Minnesota Vikings from 2008 to 2011, but turned down a contract offer from the team in 2012 to embark on a journey of faith along with his brother Hamza, who spent 2009 to 2011 with the Arizona Cardinals.
On the field, Husain started 24 games for the Vikings, but suffered concussions in his first, fifth, 22nd and 24th starts. If he can stay healthy, Husain could see time across from strong safety Eric Berry as part of a secondary that ranked 13th in the NFL in total defense and 21st against the pass in 2012.
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Mazak Corp. (Florence, Kentucky) introduced its line of Nexus machine tools at IMTS 2002. Now the company is expanding the line with more models and different types of machines. The new Nexus machines were recently on display during the company's Touch The Future 2004 event, which took place at the company's facilities in Florence. The company also showcased its new lean manufacturing system.
Machine tool builders usually designate related models of the same type of machine with a name that characterizes their common features or properties. Mazak's Nexus line is an exception. The original Nexus line included CNC turning centers and vertical machining centers. Although these machines were different types (milling versus turning), they represented the builder's effort to design machine tools that could be manufactured efficiently, yet deliver advanced technology. According to the company, this combination of performance and attractive pricing has proven to be a timely offering for shops facing intense competition from low-cost manufacturers overseas.
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The new additions to the Nexus family include models featuring multitasking capability and a horizontal machining center. The two new multitasking models are the QTN250MS and the larger QTN350M. Both turning centers feature integral spindle/motor technology on the main turning spindle. On the smaller machine, the 25-hp spindle produces a maximum 4,000 rpm with a 10-inch chuck. On the larger machine, the 40-hp spindle produces a maximum 3,500 rpm with a 12-inch chuck. The rotary tool spindle for milling, drilling, tapping and boring is 7.5 hp/4,500 rpm on the QTN250MS or 10-hp/4,000 rpm on the QTN350M.
The QTN250MS features a second spindle (6-inch chuck, 10 hp, 6,000 maximum rpm). A workpiece can be quickly transferred between the first and second headstock for a smooth, continuous operation. The QTN350M features a fully programmable tailstock, which is driven by a servomotor. According to the builder, this feature reduces setup time by 90 percent. Both machines can be equipped with an optional bar feeder, allowing users to take advantage of a novel feeder scheduling function in the control unit software. Different parts can be scheduled and cut in varying quantities out of the same barstock. Because multitasking permits each part to be machined completely, the schedule can be set to sequentially produce each part in a set or kit. The complete kit or set can be delivered at once to meet kanban (pull) production requirements, a key aspect of lean manufacturing.
The Nexus HCN-6000 is the horizontal machining center entry debuted at the event. Like other machines in the line, it features advanced integral spindle/motor technology (50 hp, 10,000 rpm maximum speed) with a 50-taper spindle. The spindle maintains a stable operating temperature in heavy-duty or high speed machining conditions because of an integrated spindle chiller unit and oil/air lubrication system for the spindle bearings. Pallet size is 19.69 inches by 19.69 inches, and maximum workpiece dimensions are 35.43 inches around and 39.37 inches high.
A significant enhancement to the Nexus vertical machining center line is found in the VCN-510C/HS model. This machine has an advanced high speed spindle with built-in motor and temperature control that delivers a top speed of 15,000 rpm in 1.4 seconds and a maximum 123 foot-pounds in torque. The high speed rapid traverse rate of 1,968 ipm at 0.7 G acceleration and 2.6 seconds chip-to-chip time helps reduce non-cutting time. The machine also provides a large machining area, with X-axis travel of 41.3 inches, Y-axis range of 20 inches and Z-axis travel of 20 inches. Overall machine dimensions, however, are 16 percent smaller than previous models.
The Nexus machine concept has spurred the builder to revamp its approach to building machine tools at its Florence plant. The company reports that it invested $20 million to implement a lean manufacturing system called Production on Demand.
"The design and production goals for Nexus were to produce machines with higher performance features that were more accurate, but still would be very reasonable in price," says Mazak President Brian Papke. "The intent was to be able to respond quickly to changing market conditions and product design changes. Building to order on demand has resulted in significantly lower finished-goods inventory while realizing the goal of delivering Nexus machines in weeks instead of months."
The new Integrex Palletech cell installed as part of this reorganization is emblematic of this new approach. The cell can machine more than 80 different part numbers, including spindle shafts and chucks for the Nexus machines. The four Integrex machines in the cell make parts that were previously made on 11 different machines, all requiring individual fixtures and setups. Now the machines in the cell turn, mill on multiple faces, bore, tap and complete parts in a single setup. Overall throughput time on the new cell is down 54.7 percent for shaft work and down 49.4 percent for producing chucks, the company says.


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Ars Technica's Kyle Orland recently found a security issue with Valve's online marketplace, Steam. "Out of respect for the privacy of Steam's more than 50 million users", Ars didn't immediately publish the article. Instead, they contacted Valve.
Barely three hours after being notified, the exploit had been fixed. That's fast. But what's really interesting is that Valve kept their mouths shut the entire time, neither commenting to the site or even publicly admitting that the exploit had been discovered.
The full piece on Ars details how the exploit was discovered and how easy it was to do, while also raising the point that, by keeping quiet on the matter, Valve is potentially discouraging further acts of voluntary "white hat" security existence.
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Jews persecuted in Europe because of their "great love of money," teaches PA TV history program
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
Oct. 28, 2010
Jews persecuted in Europe
because of their
"great love of money:"
PA TV history program
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
A history program on official Palestinian Authority television has repeated an odious PA distortion of history.
Since its inception, the PA has been rewriting the history of Zionism, teaching that the Jews came to Israel not because of their historical ties to the land, but because Europe wanted to be rid of
the burden of its Jews
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida
, Dec. 6, 1998] and "
wanted to get rid of the Jews and their problems
," [
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida
, Nov. 15, 2009].
This message has appeared again in a PA TV history program,
Witnesses and Testimonies
. The program featured two Jordanian academics, who explained that the Jews' behavior had been "harmful" to Europeans because of the Jews' "great love of money." They cited Shakespeare's fictitious character, the moneylender Shylock, as proof of this "harmful" Jewish trait.
"This is how they harmed the societies that embraced them," one of the academics explained.
Click here to see excerpt from the TV program
As Palestinian Media Watch has reported
, the idea that Jews were a threat to every nation in which they lived, and therefore had to be expelled, is an essential concept in the Palestinian Authority's denial of the Jewish connection to Israel, and the denial of Israel's right to exist.
According to this historical revision, Jews never had a history in Israel and would therefore never have created and supported the Zionist movement. In order to explain the Jewish ties to Israel, the PA claims that the Jews were so despised and were such a threat to every country in which they lived that the European nations sent their Jews to Israel to be free of the Jewish "burden."
PA TV is controlled by the office of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
Click here
to see more examples from PMW's website about the PA's portrayal of Zionism as a European plot to get rid of the Jews.
Following is an excerpt from the program:
Jordanian academic Arafat Hijazi:
"150 years ago, when there were no Jews in Palestine, the Jews were in Europe, in Eastern Europe, but the Jews suffered from persecution by the European nations.
The reason was that they would harm the people of the lands in which they lived.
They had a problem: Wherever they went, they were expelled, and were imprisoned."
Jordanian academic Muhammad Dohal:
"The Jews are hated in every society in which they have lived, because of their behavior relating to their great love of money.
Their behavior led to [Shakespeare's] famous story, the story of Shylock about money lending, which clings to the Jews. This is how they harmed the societies that embraced them."
[PA TV (Fatah), Oct. 10 and 17, 2010]
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