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Hopkins keeps light heavyweight belt
Retiring his "The Executioner" nickname in favor of the "The Alien," Bernard Hopkins tried to give Karo Murat a close encounter of the knockout kind.
With his first KO in almost a decade within reach, the 48-year-old Hopkins turned his title defense with Murat into a brawl, and retained his share of the light heavyweight championship with a unanimous decision Saturday night.
Hopkins walked to the ring in a green mask with black eyes, and a cape, attire straight out of a campy sci fi flick. He had the "The Alien" emblazoned on the green waistband of his black trunks. "The alien don't get old," Hopkins said.
Hopkins (54-6-2) was dominant in his most convincing, and entertaining, bout in at least a decade. He turned the later rounds into his own personal mission to score his first knockout win since beating Oscar De La Hoya in September 2004 — 15 fights ago.
He battered Murat and busted open the challenger with a series of rights to the face to help successfully defend his championship at Boardwalk Hall.
Hopkins won 119-108, 119-108, 117-110.
"I really wanted the knockout, but he was tough," Hopkins said. "You know you've got to take some punches. Yeah, I have a little bit of blood on me but this is what they want to see. They wanted to see the knockout, so I took some shots."
Already the oldest fighter to win a major championship, Hopkins wants to keep fighting until he's 50. Up next, he'd like a date with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the spring, when Hopkins would be 49.
"We're going to do everything we can to get the biggest possible fight," Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said.
The Philadelphia fighter also had the crowd on his side, with chants of "B-Hop! B-Hop!" echoing through the arena with each right hand in the late rounds.
He also heard encouragement from undefeated Philly fighter Danny Garcia, groomed as the next big star, who screamed "throw that right hand into the body! All day, every day!" from press row.
Hopkins, who weighed in at 172 1/2 pounds, pretty much did that as he pounded away at Murat.
He smiled and shook his head no after absorbing some blows in the third round. Hopkins kissed Murat on the back of his head coming out of a clinch in the fifth. He also taunted Murat's corner late in the fight, barking at them to stop the fight.
"I'm just glad he brought the dog out of me," Hopkins said. "I saw this guy was all cut up and I'm just going to keep beating him. They didn't listen."
Hopkins finally busted open Murat in eighth, with cuts above the left eye and the cheek. The blood didn't appear to seriously affect Murat.
But Murat (25-2-1) didn't do himself any favors with a series of questionable blows. Hopkins fell in the sixth round and sat on his rear as Murat hit him twice in the face. He didn't lose a point.
He did lose one in the seventh round for hitting after the break. Referee Steve Smoger shoved Murat in the face after another hit after the bell to end the 12th.
Murat, born and raised in Iraq before moving to Germany, came out swinging and attacked Hopkins from the opening round. Hopkins built a successful career with a methodical style of doing just enough in the ring to win. But he answered Murat and they spent most of the bout exchanging big punches.
"He figured if he roughed me up, he'd get some sort of advantage," Hopkins said. "It didn't bother me."
In the co-main event, Peter Quillin retained the WBO middleweight title with a 10th-round TKO over Gabriel Rosado. Rosado was busted open above the left eye and could not stop bleeding, forcing the ringside doctor to call for the stoppage. Rosado was irate and yelled profanities from the top rope.
"They knew he was getting hurt and they stopped it," Rosado said. "I was hurting him in the later rounds. I deserve a rematch."
Quillin, one of the best knockdown fighters in the sport, sent Rosado to the canvas in the second and was ahead on the three scorecards when the bout was stopped 40 seconds into the 10th.


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Diving in Sweden
Scuba diving : Diving in Sweden
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Diving in Sweden can be somewhat under estimated. The waters are very cold and dark, the bottom composition is often muddy and you will most likely need drysuit in all seasons. Despite of that, there are plenty of fantastic destinations and unique features such as the preservation of submerged objects.
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M/F Sappemeer
Sappemeer sank on 11 July 1969 due to rough sea conditions. She was taking in water too fast to be able to compensate and sank. She is now lying on her side at 25 meters depth and it is possible to enter through the cargo area.
Get in: — Boat dive
Position: — 59°6'5.94"N, 18°46'56.58"E
Depth: — 25m
Altitude: — Sea level
S/S Najade
S/S Najade sank an early morning on 12 April 1933 in the Baltic sea. The freighter hit some shallow rocks and cracked a hole in the hull. These waters, between Sweden and Finland, are well known for having many shallow parts. The archipelago of Stockholm is actually almost stretching all the way over to Finland.
The ship is very well preserved and standing perfectly straight (as if it was sailing on the bottom). The cargo area is invitingly big and empty, filled only with a thick and heavy yellow color; as if the oranges and tobacco that were in the cargo had been dissolved and still hanging in like ghosts.
It is amazing to see this ship appear out of nowhere when you descend. The visibility is very limited until you reach the thermocline. The ship is made of steel and reflects the torch lights well.
The wreck is within a seal reservation and is prohibited to visit between 1 February and 15 August (confirm?).
Get in: — Boat dive, The dive site is marked with a buoy that is attached to the wreck.
Position: — 59° 4' 50.04" N, 18° 48' 1.38" E
Depth: — 35m
Altitude: — Sea level
Björkvik is a very good dive site for beginners, training or less experienced divers.
There is plenty of room for parking your car on close to the dive site. Although, you should be careful with getting in the way for the bus that end it's route there and have to make a U-turn.
The easiest way to get into the waters is from the beach. The shallow waters stretch quite far out and you might make it down to 20 meters if you are persistent.
Beware of the diving prohibition that is effective outside the far out edge of the the dead end street (imagine a straight line to the south from that edge).
Get in: — Shore dive
Position: — 59° 13' 12.12" N, 18° 32' 18.39" E
Depth: — 20m
Altitude: — Sea level
S/S Ingrid Horn
There is a tragic story behind the wreck of SS Ingrid Horn. The 90m German cargo ship was built in 1901. In July 31 in the summer of 1917 the Ingrid Horn was on route from Lulea to Germany with a cargo of iron ore on a quiet night when she was hit by another ship who realized that they were on collision course when it was already too late. It is said that the Ingrid Horn was sailing without the lanterns lit; it was in wartime and they wanted to save the precious kerosene. They probably thought that they would have time to light them up if another ship came into sight. Only one person survived out of about twenty people in the crew.
The Swedish cargo ship SS Bergvik was entering Dalarö when the pilot noticed a white light, which he believed was a vessel at anchor. When Bergvik got closer they also saw a faint red glow. Eventually they realised that it must be a ship under way and there was a risk of collision. The captain ordered full astern, but it was too late. and the Bergvik's bow penetrated three feet into the side of the Ingrid Horn, which sank fast. The SS Bergvik managed to get loose and survived the collision
The wreck is now a popular attraction for divers. Note that it is the middle of a shipping route, which requires a little extra focus on security and awareness.
Descend at the buoy that marks the route and you will find a rope that leads you down to the stern of S/S Ingrid Horn... in all her glory, still very preserved. On the port side there is a two-meter hole caused by the collision.
Get in: — Boat dive
Position: — 59° 6' 14.4" N. 18° 22' 30" E
Depth: — 24m
Altitude: — Sea level
Nacka strandsvraket
The wreck at Nacka Strand lies in a dark and muddy place. You reach it by entering the water from the pier, swim on the surface to the left corner of the bay and descend there. You will land at about seven meters depth where you will find some large pipelines. Follow them out until you find a string tied to them, leading you 90 degrees out to the wreck.
Get in: — You should be aware that it is a long way to walk from the parking area down to the water. Very long. One option is to bring everything down to the pier and gear up there, but you will need someone to watch your bags left on the pier. The other option is that you gear up as much as possible at your car and walk all the way down. This can be a sweaty maneuver in the wrong season though.
Position: — 59° 18' 56.7" N, 18° 8' 58.66" E
Depth: — 20m
Altitude: — Sea level
M/S Harm (Naantali)
M/S Harm, a.k.a. Naantali, was a Finnish cargo ship that sunk in 1969 after a collision with another ship. She was hit on port side and sunk quickly due to severe damages to the hull. Everyone except one of the crew members managed to save themselves before she sunk.
That is long time ago and now the spot is serving as a dive site. It is a relatively easy dive, although one should be careful since it is close to a shipping route.
Position: — 59° 24' 51.03" N, 18° 30' 30.09" E
Depth: — 20m
Altitude: — Sea level
Tore (the wreck in Alvik)
The wreck in Alvik is also known as Tore. It is a small fishing boat that sunk in the ninties. The wreck is standing up straight on the bottom.
You have to be very careful when you dive here, since it is very close to a marina.
Get in: — You can enter the waters directly from the docks and then you just have to follow the rope that you will find attached directly below. The other end of the rope is tied to the wreck. From the wreck you will also find another rope that leads further to a sunken sail boat
Position: — 59° 19' 53.63" N, 17° 59' 24.64" E
Depth: — 12m
Altitude: — Sea level
The Brothel
No, it is not a joke. This is in fact the name of a dive site in the inner city of Stockholm, named after the boat that sunk some time in the eighties. This was a place for illegal gambling and other shady activities at that time. It all ended in a not too clear way. Maybe there was not too much interests in finding out what really happened. It came to an end and that was it.
The boat is now serving a much better purpose... although still managing to be in conflict with the law; since it is a dive site in harbor area you are not allowed to dive here. You can still access it with proper permission from authorities and a little effort.
Inner city areas are always interesting since there will most likely be plenty of interesting and misplaced objects to be found on the bottom (junk, cellphones, bicycles and sometimes cars).
Get in: — Shore dive
Position:— 59° 19' 16.53" N, 18° 2' 52.51" E
Depth: 10m
Altitude: Sea level
Falken is the name of an old Waxholm boat that was carrying empty fishing boxes from Gothenburg before it sunk in January 1968 due to a leak.
The easiest way to find it is to swim on the surface to the cable sign (Swedish: Kabel), descend and follow the white cable pipe that is parallel with two other gray pipes. Go about 50 meters and then you will find a string attached to the pipe, leading down to the wreck.
Access: Shore dive
Position: 59° 19' 41.91" N, 18° 0' 0.17" E
Depth: 15m
Altitude: Sea level
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Author Discovers Assassin's Creed Uses Same Cliche'd SciFi Trope As His Book... Sues For Infringement
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But that seems to be about as far as the similarities go. One would have hoped that a lawyer would have explained to Beiswenger that copyright only covers specific expression, rather than generic idea, but apparently that didn't happen. Of course, as Julian Sanchez points out, the idea of "genetic memory" is such a common sci-fi trope that there's a whole page dedicated to listing out stories that use the concept -- many of which predate Beiswenger's book (and nearly all of which were significantly more successful). Don't expect this lawsuit to go very far.


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Contract UAT Test Manager - Investment Bank
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Our Client an investment Bank based in Canary Wharf requires a UAT Test Manager with functional experience gained in the capital markets industry. Like many Banks there are significant changes in the regulatory operating environment. Industry wide regulatory initiatives in the form of Dodd Frank Act and other similar types of regulations from global authorities are complex and challenging reaching across the many parts of the organization. The ideal candidate will be a UAT Test Manager with functional experience gained in the capital markets industry working for a primary dealer or a major financial institution. This should include UAT testing experience relevant to front and/or middle office systems (Calypso/Summit preferably) and financial products (primarily Interest Rates, Credit, FX, Equity derivative products) Specific key responsibilities include :
- Effectively manage stakeholder expectation related to UAT testing and build a strong relationship with business users.
- Provide clear communication on testing schedule, test dates, scope changes, UAT status, etc. to the stakeholders
- Drive UAT activity, coordinate, plan for and ensure all pre-requisites are met prior to the UAT, support business users in UAT planning, uploading test scripts in QC, formulating test cases covering all aspect of requirements, etc.
- Defect Management and facilitation of quick resolution of defects depending on severity.
- Collaborate and Document with global testing team/test managers in formulating, and to test plans, test strategy, test environments, etc.
- Represent in industry UAT calls and communicate industry information to internal stakeholders.
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March Musical Madness held at Highland School.
March is all about March Madness of the basketball variety, but Monday evening at Highland Elementary School, the madness took on a different tune in the form of March Musical Madness.
The interactive concert for children birth to five years and their families featured performances by the fifth and sixth grade orchestra and the Valley Fiddlers, and the children were encouraged to march and play along to the music.
The event was sponsored by ECFE and Tri-Valley Head Start.
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The Tax Law Review (TLR), the premier law school journal for tax policy scholarship, is one of the few faculty-edited journals in the legal academy. Under the current leadership of Professor Deborah Schenk, Editor-in-Chief, the TLR publishes articles and essays by leading legal academics and practitioners as well as noted economists. The journal annually awards merit scholarships to six or seven students who serve as graduate editors, assisting the faculty editorial board.
The Tax Law Review publishes four issues annually, one of which is devoted to an annual tax policy symposium. The TLR invites several eminent academics and practitioners to present papers on a single topic of tax policy. The day-long invitational symposium provides the authors the opportunity to discuss their work with academics, practitioners and government representatives who offer legal and economic commentary.
Past topics have included capital gains policy, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and taxation, wealth transfer taxation, and taxation of electronic commerce. The papers and written commentary are published in a special issue that serves as a source for cutting edge theoretical scholarship on a given question.
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I thought I could quit you, Olympics. Everyone did. Ratings were down, and you were getting killed by "Desperate Housewives" and "American Idol." Sure, we tuned in for the curling, because that's what the cool kids watch, and my son really liked the men's and women's "finger skating." You let us ogle the
Hookers On Ice ice dancers and then cringe as so many fell on their fannies. And you put on one helluva hockey final.
For the most part, though, I drew strength from aloofness and judgment. Big Bad Bode took an oh-fer. That blonde chick in all the adverts hotdogged it, then denied she hotdogged it, then admitted she hotdogged it. Speedskaters squabbled. Americans won 25 medals, but 7 of them were for snowboarding, a concession made by a reluctant IOC to rope in the stoner crowd that's so ape-crazy over the X Games.
"Feh," I said. "Feh" and "double-feh."
But then you got me. You rigged it so that Italian guy won the last race, the 50-billion-meter cross country, and he got his gold medal from his sister in the middle of the home crowd at the closing ceremonies. Tens of thousands sang along with his anthem, which sounded an awful lot like the inspiration for "Bohemian Rhapsody."
You taunted me for a while, when a bunch of Pagliaccis sang "Y-M-C-A" for no apparent reason. But then came the topper, when the mayor of Vancouver, a quadriplegic, took the Olympic flag and waved it 8 times with that special waving gizmo attached to his wheelchair. Arrgh! My heart is stirring! I am moved by the triumph of the human spirit!
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To differentiate your fitness facility today, you must have more than quality programming. You need a business culture based on the human factor contribution (HFC). What is HFC? It is what your people can do that's different if they really focus on delivering at their full capacity. HFC is a special combination of managerial beliefs, practices and tools that focus on building a healthy organizational culture that drives performance, efficiency, effectiveness and morale.
More than 100 industry leaders met at the REX All Roundtable Conference in March prior to the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) conference to hear from experts both inside and outside our industry about their successes using HFC.
Nick Sarillo, founder and CEO of Nick's Pizza & Pub, which has two locations in the Chicago area, shared how his company maintains less than 25 percent annual turnover of its 200 team members in an industry where 150 percent turnover is the norm. The company's team retention efforts get at the core of how to identify motivated team members. Sarillo has built a purpose- and values-driven, high-performance organization. The employees learn, grow and then are compensated as they enter the company's rigorous training program, which includes a three-day course on communication and leadership.
Cliff Buchholz, owner of four Miramont Lifestyle Fitness clubs in Fort Collins, CO, attended a workshop at Nick's and worked with Sarillo's mentor, Rudy Miick, to transform his culture, learn strategic budgeting, drop close to $1 million out of costs in a few months, refocus the whole business and engage everyone in it.
Joe Cirulli's Gainesville (FL) Health and Fitness Center clubs have received worldwide recognition inside and outside our industry. Cirulli's success is driven by his values as they inform his organization's culture. During the last 18 months, he worked with Derek Barton, formerly senior vice president of marketing at Gold's Gym, to refine and empower his company's culture. Cirulli and Barton shared how a properly branded culture can set your company above the rest.
These experts relayed that business owners can drive growth, profit and competitive distinctiveness through organizational health. HFC is part of creating that health, but it may lead to clashes with the owner's view of proper management. It requires owners and managers to face their own anxieties and blind spots in order to create a work environment that releases, drives and focuses the heart and energy of his or her employees.
HFC focuses on values and how they can shape culture. HFC requires a clarity of purpose and direction that suffuses the business. HFC incorporates the power of open book management.
In a competitive marketplace, HFC can become a powerful advantage that is not easily copied because your people are not easily copied.
Why are human factors important? Your business success depends on your organization being smart and healthy. Patrick Lencioni, a keynote speaker at IHRSA 2011, says being smart means you are knowledgeable about marketing, sales, numbers, personnel and operations, and it means you make good decisions in these areas. This is the traditional business school curriculum—hard-nosed, practical and focused on results.
A healthy organization has a meaningful and transformative culture. To achieve that, you must first assemble a cohesive leadership team that will build trust, eliminate politics and increase efficiency. Next, you must create clarity about why the organization exists, which values are fundamental, what the organization will achieve and who is responsible for what.
As the leader, your next step is to overcommunicate organizational clarity by repeatedly delivering key messages simply. The more complicated the message, the more potential for confusion and inconsistency. That organizational clarity should be reinforced through human systems—in other words, by ensuring consistency in hiring, managing performance and rewards and recognition.
Ed Tock, a club sales and marketing consultant, also is a partner in REX Roundtables, where more than 100 club owners share and develop best practices. Tock can be reached at 845-736-0307.


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Communication and Media Studies 513
COMS 513: Political Communication
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and instructor's permission
Credit Hours: (3)
Contemporary theories and practices of political communication. Examines the structure and function of political messages, the strategic dissemination of political messages, and the effects of those messages on corporate, social, professional and cultural institutions.
Detailed Description of Content of Course
The general purpose of this course is to introduce students to a variety of communication concepts as they relate to the political arena. The topics included are:
1. Defining political communication
2. Politics, Communication and Society
3. The professionalization of political communication
4. A functional analysis of communication in political campaigns
5. The nature of administrative rhetoric
6. The role of media in politics
7. Political communication and executive leadership
8. Political speechwriting
9. Political communication and the courts
10. Political communication and the legislative function
11. The role of ethics in political communication
Detailed Description of the Conduct of Course
This course is conducted using an informal lecture/discussion approach. Periodically, throughout the semester, students are assigned report topics which become the basis for additional discussion.
Goals and Objectives of the Course
1. Students will demonstrate understanding of communication theories relevant to the political arena
2. Students will demonstrate understanding of basic research tools and methodologies used in analyzing political communication
3. Students will demonstrate understanding of analytical skills necessary for entry to and advancement in politically related professions
4. Students will demonstrate an awareness of the pervasiveness of political messages so that the student might become a more knowledgeable consumer of those messages
Assessment Measures
Students are assessed on the basis of the quality of their work in a group report, the quality of five typed research summaries on specific topics, an analysis of a specific political campaign and its communication components/or a review of a book relevant to the course, and on two written examinations.
Other Course Information
Specific topics of discussion and specific topics of group reports and research summaries vary from semester to semester given current events. For example, during an election year, topics may change to reflect the nature or character of that election or a specific political campaign.
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MTV Geek Overplays Hand, Blows Power Rangers Comic Exclusive
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by The Old Doctor » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:37 pmI have now seen the day Jude becomes a toku fan and as a result becomes Nerdyboy's bitch.
Kind of flat and lacking. Dish was served cold and everything.
by The Old Doctor » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:38 pmJude... beware the Japanese ones... way more of them.
Akibarangers will also pwn you.
by Draco x » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:44 pmWasn't a big fan of the show growing up but I always liked the Green Ranger and Lord Zedd as characters.
by Punchy » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:44 pmGRITTY URBAN REBOOT YES PLEASE
by e_galston » Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:48 pmthe first 7 seasons Mighty Morphin Power Rangers through Power Rangers in Space, told one continuing story. The first 3 seasons they were the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, about half way through the second season half the team left and were replaced with 3 new rangers who assumed their powers. Season 3 they got new powers but kept the same costumes (and could also become "ninjas") During season 3 the original pink ranger was left and replaced. Towards teh end of that season the big bad reversed time and made all the rangers kids, so they didn't have powers. Zordon (their mentor) asked a group of "Alien Rangers" from the aquatic planet Aquitar to come and help stop Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa. This was the first time there was an entirely "new team" of rangers, this paved the way for the yearly rebranding/new powers. They reversed teh time reversal but in the process totally lost their powers, so they got a new source of powers, and a new yellow ranger (the previous one stayed in africa to help animals). half way through this season (Power Rangers Zeo) the original Red Ranger came back and became for a brief time the Gold Ranger (who was actually a black costumed ranger) the original blue ranger (who at the time was just the "tech advisor") left the show (because a lot of the crew were super homophobic). The following season (Power Rangers Turbo) they got new powers (with out any real explanation). Half way through this season the existing Rangers (minus the current blue ranger (who was a child)) left the show and were replaced by new characters. They in turn went off into space and got new powers after their powers were destroyed. During htat season (Power Rangers In Space) they wrapped up the over arcing storyline and killed Zordon and destroyed pretty much every villain the show had seen, also turning the more "human" villains into good people.
The following season (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy) was somewhat tied into the previous one, as the characters came from the same city, and they used Alpha (the robot) and the megaship (space craft) from the previous season). Half way through that season there was the first ever "death of a ranger" as the pink ranger "died" allowing the previous seasons's villain to become the pink ranger.
Every season after that tended to be its own city/storyline though most seasons did have a team up.
the 500th episode of Power Rangers happened in the season Power Rangers Dino Thunder and it was in that episode that they showed that every season was in fact in the same universe.
Rita Repulsa (the original villain) became a force of good and actual created the powers for the Power Rangers Mystic Force.
The only season thats NOT in the same continuity/universe is Power Rangers RPM as they said it was an alternate reality.
The current season Power Rangers Megaforce has a lot of call backs to the original series, including having their mentor be a student of Zordon.
The next season Power Rangers Supermegaforce will have lots of call backs to the entire series, including allowing the current team to use former rangers powers and weapons. There will be a big anniversary episode where 11 previous rangers come back for a big huge battle, there are also talks of other episodes with other characters from the series.
by sdsichero » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:42 pm
Are they adapting Gokaiger for this?
by e_galston » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:54 pm
yes/no... they are using the suits, but its not gonna follow the series, they will still have the current megaforce suits, the Gokaiger suits will be a "power up"
by Keb » Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:17 pmThe original pink ranger was on a Canadian show called Flashpoint. She was pretty boss in it. It also had the guy who plays Elias on Person of Interest and Hugh muthafuckin' Dillon.
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Until last week, the nation's late-night comedians were having a hard time coming up with jokes about the Obama administration. The young new president came across as both idealistic and competent, which was nice for the country but a potential disaster for the satire industry.
Tom Daschle took care of that. "A huge scientific breakthrough today," Jay Leno said Monday night. "Researchers say they are very close to finding someone from Obama's Cabinet that has actually paid their taxes."
The next morning, Daschle withdrew his nomination to be President Obama's health czar, and the president manfully took full responsibility for straying from his promise to change the way Washington works -- sort of. His error, Obama said, wasn't nominating Daschle, with all his tax problems, limousine problems and health-industry-client problems -- it was misjudging the public reaction.
"I screwed up in not recognizing the perception," he told CBS.
At least he was being honest. Obama's decision to accept Daschle's withdrawal wasn't the product of a sudden ethical insight; it was a ruthlessly practical political judgment. And that is characteristic of this idealistic president who, in a crunch, turns out to be -- like all successful politicians -- a pragmatist.
After all, Obama had known about Daschle's tax lapses for weeks and about his consulting contracts for years. The question in Obama's mind wasn't whether Daschle's conduct was ethical: He'd already decided it was OK. He abandoned his nominee only when it became clear the public was not so accepting.
Obama fans haven't cared to notice, but pragmatism has been the guiding nonprinciple in plenty of the president's decisions. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner had tax problems too, but Obama correctly calculated that he would skate into office because his mission was too important to let a few tax issues get in the way. Obama's nominee for the No. 2 job at the Pentagon is a defense industry lobbyist, but he fessed up (it was on his resume) and got a waiver.
Obama has had a decidedly practical approach to some of his campaign promises as well. He initially promised to accept public financing and its constraints, only to abandon the pledge -- brilliantly but cynically -- when he found he could out-fundraise any opponent. He offered to meet John McCain in dozens of town meetings, but backed out after thinking it over. He promised Democratic primary voters that he'd vote against legal immunity for telephone companies that cooperated with the Bush administration's wiretapping program, but when the vote came during the general election campaign, he switched sides. While running for office, he promised to withdraw combat troops from Iraq within 16 months, but he now says the timetable will depend mostly on conditions on the ground.
None of this is surprising, nor is it necessarily bad. Some Obama supporters cling to their view of him as a saint. They need to get over that. Successful Democratic presidents have always sought a balance of idealism and practicality, and have always been criticized by their left wing for straying from perfection. Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Bill Clinton all proclaimed lofty goals and then cut deals. But in Obama's case, the goals were very, very lofty -- and the promise to change the way Washington works was always going to be the most difficult to keep. Last week, he gave up his remaining claim to sainthood but preserved his chance to be a successful president.
That chance now rests on his economic plan, and Obama was right to put that before everything else. Two years from now, voters will know firsthand whether the stimulus worked; they are less likely to remember why Daschle didn't get a Cabinet seat.
In the battle for his economic plan, Obama is struggling to find the balance between pragmatism and idealism -- between his practical short-term goal (jolting the economy back to life) and his ambitious longer-term aims (using the economic crisis to achieve deeper change in education, energy and healthcare). That's one reason he's having unexpected trouble bringing the public along.
In the campaign, Obama rallied most of the nation behind his general message of change, but he's been less effective at persuading voters to embrace the concrete changes he's proposed. A Gallup poll last week found that 75% of the country wants a stimulus but that only 38% support Obama's plan. Republicans cleverly parried his pitch by saying that they too wanted a stimulus, only with more tax cuts and fewer oddball items like contraceptives. Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the Republicans' new star, connected the administration's two headaches by joking that Democrats were happy to support higher taxes "because you know what? They don't pay them."
Obama appeared to hope the Republicans might roll over. When they didn't, he abandoned the dream of bipartisanship and reminded them who won the election. But he didn't answer their attacks as quickly as he could have; he left most of the specifics to the Democratic leadership in Congress, always a risky move.
The question now is how many of his beloved long-term investments in energy, education and healthcare will Obama abandon to get a big stimulus bill passed? If his record is any guide, he'll give up whatever he must to protect the things he cares most about.
Last summer, when Obama abruptly switched sides on the warrantless wiretapping bill, one of his advisors explained the rationale.
"Those who accomplish the most are those who don't make the perfect the enemy of the good," Tom Daschle said then. "Barack is a pragmatist."


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ConAgra (NYSE:CAG) sealed a $4.95 billion deal on Tuesday to scoop up private-label food giant Ralcorp Holdings (NYSE:RAH), making ConAgra the No. 1 North American maker of store-brand foods.
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The transaction awards Ralcorp shareholders $90 per share in cash, representing a 28.2% premium to the company's closing price on Monday of $70.23.
When debt is included, the total value of the acquisition rises to $6.8 billion.
Based in St. Louis, Ralcorp is already the largest manufacturer of private label food in the U.S., making everything from cereal to frozen waffles. The company employs just under 10,000 people and generated 2011 sales of $3.79 billion.
"The transaction will allow us to apply our scale and combined operational expertise to this important growth area, and will strengthen our position as one of the leading food companies in North America," ConAgra CEO Gary Rodkin said in a statement.
ConAgra projects the acquisition will generate annual cost synergies of about $225 million by the fourth full fiscal year.
ConAgra expects to finance the deal with cash on hand, credit lines and new borrowings. The company said it already has a commitment letter from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (NYSE:BAC) for the new borrowings.
While ConAgra said it expects to maintain its annual dividend of $1.00 a share, the company warned it anticipates issuing up to $350 million in equity and significantly scaling back share buybacks.
The combined company will have annual sales of about $18 billion, more than 36,000 employees and private label sales of about $4.5 billion, No. 1 in North America.
"We are proud of Ralcorp's track record of shareholder value creation and view this transaction as the culmination of those efforts," said Ralcorp CEO Kevin Hunt. "We believe the two companies are a great fit, and our employees will benefit as part of a larger diversified organization with the necessary scale and resources to be a leader in today's rapidly evolving marketplace."
The companies expect the transaction will close by March 31 of next year.
Meanwhile, ConAgra also reaffirmed its projections for fiscal 2013 non-GAAP EPS of $2.03 to $2.06, compared with the Street's view of $2.06.
Shareholders of both companies applauded the deal, bidding Omaha-based ConAgra up 4.28% to $29.50 and Ralcorp 26.40% higher to $88.77.
ConAgra was advised on the acquisition by Centerview Partners and BofA Merrill Lynch on the deal, while Barclays (NYSE:BCS) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) served as Ralcorp's bankers.


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As gold makers, our biggest threat may not be what you think it is. It's not competition. It's not markets collapsing. It's not a bot constantly undercutting. It's the threat of stagnation, of getting into a rut where once we find something that works, we put our blinders on and zero in on that specific routine.
Now, don't get me wrong. You can still make gold that way. Diversification, though, is definitely your friend. A profitable market that you're not in is money money left on the table.
To that end, I'm starting what I hope to be a new series, called Nothing Ventured. It's a shorter segment that I hope I'll be able to add more often than a standard blog post. It'll feature a quick suggestion of an item you may not be making, usually something I just recently added or re-added to my routine. You may or may not already be making it. It even may or may not be profitable on your server. I obviously can't make any guarantees, but hopefully something in this series will spark an idea.
Today's item came from the fact that one of my banks has dozens of stacks of Inferno Ink sitting around. It's the Royal Scribe's Satchel, made with Leatherworking. Introduced in Cataclysm, it's still the largest Inscription bag at 36 slots. Anyone who makes a lot of glyphs can tell you exactly how useful it is to be able to store more of them, so these bags are a hot seller to those wanting to enter the glyph market.
Now, with this and many other Cataclysm recipes, the blessing and the curse of it is that it's gated behind the Molten Front dailies. For those of you who may not have been playing at the time, the Molten Front was a daily hub introduced with the Firelands raid in patch 4.2. Each daily completed there gives you a Mark of the World Tree, a currency required to unlock further quests in the chain. Unlocking further parts of the chain would unlock new daily hubs, one-time quests, and most importantly for our purposes, vendors.
It's a blessing for gold makers because gated content like this means that not many people stuck with it through the month or so required to unlock everything. It's a curse because, well, it takes a month or so to unlock everything. The vendor you're looking for is named Ayla, and requires you to have unlocked both the Druids of the Talon and Shadow Wardens quests.
This recipe is Bind on Pickup, so be sure to do these quests on your Leatherworker. The last thing you want is to spend a month doing this, only to realize you're on the wrong character.
The materials required for the bag are 3 Inferno Inks and 3 Pristine Hides. Be sure you save everything you can on mat costs by checking your different options for obtaining them. In addition to buying them straight from the AH, Inferno Inks can be bought from the Ink Vendor for 10 Ink of Dreams each, and Pristine Hides can be purchased from the Leatherworking Supplies vendor for 10 Heavy Savage Leather, which can in turn be created from 5 Savage Leather each. Looking up Royal Scribe's Satchel on your realm on The Undermine Journal will usually give a good idea, at a glance, of which is cheapest, but keep in mind that market price doesn't necessarily tell you what the lowest priced good is.
I hope you've enjoyed this new segment. Hopefully I'll have something for you next time that doesn't require a month-long grind of dailies, but this was the first thing I pulled out of my head. If you found this helpful, or have a suggestion for a future Nothing Ventured segment, leave a comment below. I'd love to hear from you.


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Question: I just returned from a pilgrimage to Quebec City, Canada, where I visited the Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. In the basilica, there is a reliquary containing the forearm of St. Anne. I have faith and believe, but I wonder how we could have such a relic and know that it is authentic. Is there some light you can shed on this?
Answer: The veneration of relics is both commended by the Church and regulated by it in Canon Law (Nos. 1186-1190). Among the practices of the Church in more recent centuries is to insist that relics be authenticated. Various persons within the Church do this; for example, the postulator of the cause for sainthood of a man or woman, or the general superior of a religious congregation who has custody of the body of a saint from their community.
They supply a modest number of relics from the body of the saint or blessed and attest to his or her validity. Proper evidence is submitted to one of various Roman curial offices, and a certificate of authenticity is issued from there. In addition, the reliquary in which the relic is placed has a wax seal affixed to it which also has a stamp of authenticity.
In this way the Church seeks to both authenticate the relics in question and protect the faithful from fraudulent claims. The system works reasonably well for the relics of more recent saints. However, it is obvious that the relic of St. Anne, the mother of Mary, would predate any such system.
Clearly the Basilica of St. Anne has ecclesiastical permissions to display the relic, but can we be certain of its authenticity? In a direct sense we cannot, if by certainty is meant direct physical and documented evidence of the origin of the bone, traced directly to the known burial site of the saint.
However, indirect evidence may exist in the documented handing down of the relic from antiquity. Another indirect evidence of authenticity is the healings and conversions that the relic brings by God's grace. Indeed, there is a long history of numerous healings taking place at the Basilica of St. Anne in Quebec City.
While the faithful are not required to believe in relics, the veneration of them is both permitted and commended by the Church. Many testify to the consoling presence and healing power that relics bring, much like a mother who lost a child, who is consoled by the presence of a lock of that child's hair and feels somehow connected to that child.
Question: I don't bless myself with holy water when I enter the church; the water looks dirty. Is this wrong?
Answer: No, you are not required to bless yourself with holy water as you enter the church. It is a reminder of baptism and a request for purification as we enter the holy place of God's house. You are encouraged to spiritually ask mercy and recall baptism, but the water is not necessary. For obvious reasons, the holy water in the stoups at the church doors needs to be changed frequently. You might wish to speak to your pastor or an usher about the problem. Also, in the past, blessed salt was often mixed with the holy water, to keep down bacteria levels. This practice is still permitted and should be encouraged.
Msgr. Charles Pope is the pastor of Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian in Washington, D.C., and writes for the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., blog at blog.adw.org. Send questions to Pastoral Answers, Our Sunday Visitor, 200 Noll Plaza, Huntington, IN 46750 or to email@example.com. Letters must be signed, but anonymity may be requested.
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Posted: Thu 17 Mar 2011, 08:49
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Subject description: I fail to get it going in Firefox
plugin-container takes up some 80% of my CPU resources. the name is plugin container. If I block it with Noscript then it stop but if I block it by Adblock then the resources still are up to 50%, 60 %
But if I block it with Noscript then I can not add url or B or Quote or anything. So I need a solution that works.
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I have done some experiments. I looked at two Tabloids with extreme much flash and BBC and Gmail and some more and
only Puppy Forum has a flash that takes up 10% of the CPU resources.
so if one have several tabs open in puppy forum then it adds up to 40% of the cpu all day.
While in the Tabloids that have extreme much flash content blinking them goes up to 2% and then down to 0,6% and stay below 1% while at Puppy linux forum there is above 7% and up to 12% for each tab open so it adds up to some 25 to 80% continuesly.
Very annoying and makes the CPU so hot that the fan run wild.
Could Dear Admin or Flash or somebody feeling for it take that up with the person that made the code to that ad in the upper right corner.
I've found none other site that is that demanding on resources continuously.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
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Posted: Thu 17 Mar 2011, 09:44
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seriously - its not much more than an animated gif with a hyperlink. what insanity made them choose flash? It just makes me write them off without even bothering to check it out.
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Posted: Thu 17 Mar 2011, 09:48
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I use Firefox with the Flashblock add-on installed, so the advert doesn't show, and uses NIL CPU resources.
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Posted: Thu 17 Mar 2011, 11:47
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Flashblock add-on installed
Thanks Sylvander. Yes maybe that one would help me too. but I have Noscript and don't want to add more such addons for the same purpose.
Are the Flashblock add-on better for this purpose than Noscript?
I guess I should make a frugal install of snowpup and only add the Flashblock add-on to see how that one behaves. I am so lazy though.
Did you use both noscript and Flashblock add-on and could compare them and then you decided that adbloc is the better one?
How do you tell it to not accept that ad?
Maybe I can do that in noscript too without it shut me out from contributing he he ?
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Posted: Thu 17 Mar 2011, 12:28
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you can also just right click on the image in question or any other flash image pop up
set the image quality to
click on
to uncheck it
click on
so it doesnt keep repeating
if I remember correctly that flash pop up "pays for" or helps pay for the murga forum
to keep it running
so lets not shoot at it
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Posted: Thu 17 Mar 2011, 13:17
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Yes that is the right spirit. But does it pay by taking up all our cpu resources.
that guy making it has not the skill to make it as efficient as the other flash on other sites that are even more impressive using less resource so do tell him to change it and still pay us. He was us to appreciate the ad not to hate him for doing it.
I try to follow your instruction now. Right click and then ...
Hope I get your right here.
I did click on it and set it to low and it confirmed by giving very crude quality.
Then I looked for loop and unchecked it and it stopped looping Check
But that makes the plugin-container step between 5% to 9% to 15% continuesly and never go down to less than 1% like it does on any other site I have tested so far. I test on Expressen.se again to read what happens there I log out from here momentarily.
Ah I understand better now. In or at Expressen.se there I can shut them off using Noscript add on. But now when I am in Snowpup14 and have no plugin activated having booted with pfix=ram then I ahve no protection against any flash and that makes even Expressen.se behave as Puppy forum does.
I have to take back the flash here is 99% most likely normal but the difference is that on Expressen.se I can shut it off and still use Expressen.se and read all its content but on Puppy forum that would prevent me from login and posting would it not?
Now I should test the addon adblock instead for noscript to see how that acts.
I hope Sylvander gave me the right name now
Flashblock add-on
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I use Firefox with the Flashblock add-on installed, so the advert doesn't show, and uses NIL CPU resources
You sure is right about that one.
Mission accomplished no cupu to flash now and Expressen.se works with it too without allowing flash.
Poor Murga I have to compensate him then. I have no right to take the income away. I have to ask him what bank he use and me send him cash instead. Yeah I know I should send to Barry first because without Barry no Murga Puppy forum at all and without Jemimah I would not be able to use Acer D250 so should send her money too.
Hey this can be expensive in the end
But this Flashblock add-on installed does not stop the script it only stop flash and not the javascript that other sites use to abuse our integrity?
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Posted: Thu 17 Mar 2011, 13:39
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Speaking of plugins, I run the Seamonkey browser and I installed the "Better Privacy" plugin to remove cookies on exiting Seamonkey.
The most it has found so far to remove is 13 cookies.
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Posted: Thu 17 Mar 2011, 13:44
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8-bit do you mean the regular cookies that goes away by cleaning using Ctrl+Shift+Delete having set it up to clear cookies when I shut down or do you mean the nasty cookies that are saved on 8 to 11 different places that are named "persistent" cookies because there are no easy way to get rid of them?
That is a huge difference
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not an ideal solution though
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Posted: Thu 17 Mar 2011, 14:06
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Hey very wild idea.
I want Murga to have the money. But I hate that the Flash thing take up to 50% of my CPU making it start the Fan and all get noisty.
So a compromize would be that I open up for Flash every morning when I log in to the Forum and then I let it be on for a 30 minutes or so and then I log out and then I block it.
Then Murga would get the money for that first log in but not for those following.
Is that a workable scenario hopefully ?
Edit test of noscript on Murga forum.
I am using noscript now and have told it to exclude or stop flash on Murga to see if it is still usable for posting and editing. Test ends here
Edit II Jay works good.
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Posted: Sat 19 Mar 2011, 20:54
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you could use addblock plus for seamonkey
I wrote a cleaner to free up all the browser junk
make it executable call it
you run the script when things seem sluggish
it can be run many times with no problems while surfing
about the files that get deleted they get auto generated "clean" each time the browser is opened so its safe
# clean-browser-junk
# cleans firefox and seamonkey browser junk and frees memory also
# Joe Arose ..big_bass
rm -f /root/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/Cache/*
rm -f /root/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/cookies.sqlite
rm -f /root/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/cookies.sqlite-journal
rm -f /root/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/places.sqlite-journal
rm -f /root/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/sessionstore.js
rm -f /root/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/places.sqlite
# do the same for seamonkey
rm -f /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/*.default/Cache/*
rm -f /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/*.default/cookies.sqlite
rm -f /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/*.default/cookies.sqlite-journal
rm -f /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/*.default/places.sqlite-journal
rm -f /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/*.default/sessionstore.json
rm -f /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/*.default/places.sqlite
echo 3 | tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
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Posted: Sun 20 Mar 2011, 06:56
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Well that is nice but I don't want to use SM at all.
I have FF and are used to how that one behave and I know how to ask others who have it and so on. I always do webemail so have not need for a suite. SM does tab differently and my coordination always miss and I get angry. FF does it an easier way so nothing to get upset over.
Thanks for the cheers up
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Sorry I fail to get how one activate it. I installed AdBlock Plus and are now at Murga puppy Linux forum and want to activate it but don't know how?
I read what I wrote earlier but I fail to get what I am supposed to do to make it block Murga forum.
I've spent some 30 minutes now and still fail to get the plugin container to go down and not take up all resources.
I guess others have tested something named Flashblock. Is that one easier to use?
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Aristotle famously said that if you really want to understand what a state values, observe how it spends its money. In an age in which politicians of every stripe declare, or at least feign, commitment to the "future of our children," the universal yardstick for measuring the authenticity of their words can be measured in their support for education.
Idaho, which prides itself as a "family values" state, ranks next-to-last in per-pupil spending, according to a report issued by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2010-2011, Idaho spent $6,824 per student. That's 35.4 percent lower than the national average of $10,560. Only Utah, another self-described "family values" state, ranked lower, spending $6,212 per pupil.
When education expenditures occupy the bottom rung on the ladder of values, advocates of family values should ask themselves if they are getting the government they deserve.
Recently, Idaho Voices for Children honored the former four-term governor of Idaho, Cecil D. Andrus, for his leadership in education, including the establishment of public kindergarten in Idaho and increased public school funding. In words that cut through the fog and smoke that mask the gulf between politicians' rhetoric and deeds, when it comes to education, Andrus declared that it is time for Idahoans "to put our money where our mouth is," if education is truly a top priority.
Idahoans who truly value the future of their children can only cringe at the level of state support for education. A non-partisan goal if ever there was one, education as fulfillment of human aspirations and a stepping stone to a better life, should be preserved and protected by Republicans and Democrats alike. Yet, Idaho's per-pupil spending, adjusted for inflation, has fallen nearly 16 percent since 2007-2008. To place the neglect of education in sharp relief, Idaho spends $5,000 less per classroom than it did five years ago. Only four states have imposed harsher cuts in education funding since the recession unfolded across the nation.
The implications of inadequate support for education – for Idaho's children and the future of the state itself – are grim. It is no secret that various businesses that have eyed relocation to the Gem
State have taken their jobs and money elsewhere because of their perception that Idaho's workforce is undertrained and undereducated. The loss of jobs, with good wages and benefits, represents a stark challenge to the Idaho Legislature to reverse its recent trend of neglect.
Gov. Butch Otter's Task Force for Improving Education has rolled out an impressive package of recommendations. The plan to restore $82.5 million in school operation funds and to boost teacher salaries by $250 million represents a solid start. The installation of wireless and broadband technologies in all schools across the state is a "must."
An improving state economy and a savings account of at least $140 million provides legislative leaders with a genuine opportunity to restore a measure of support for education. Failure to make these improvements will draw down the curtains on the declaration that Idaho is a "family values" state. It is high time for Idaho to demonstrate its commitment to education, the true measure of a state's core values.
David Adler is the Cecil D. Andrus Professor of Public Affairs at Boise State University, where he serves as Director of the Andrus Center for Public Policy.
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In many places, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is able to have an impact beyond its immediate activities, reaching populations or pioneering the use of practices in ways that have far-reaching and lasting consequences. The following case studies, which document instances in which MSF's medical work did indeed have an impact beyond the moment, are adapted from MSF-USA's 2012 Annual Report:
A Burn Unit in Port-au-Prince
MSF has been working in Haiti since 1991, a time during which the country has been stricken with everything from widespread streetfighting to devastating natural disasters, including the 2010 earthquake and the cholera outbreak that followed.
Through it all, MSF teams have tended to patients, assisted in births, and provided access to medical care for hundreds of thousands of Haitians who otherwise would have gone without. Among them have been innumerable people suffering from burn injuries, many of them linked to cramped living conditions. The dangers of burns also increased after the 2010 earthquake, as those rendered homeless were forced to move into shanties and tents and the overall quality of housing declined throughout Port-au-Prince. More than 300,000 displaced people, in fact, still live in temporary shelters where domestic accidents involving cooking stoves and boiling water are distressingly common, as are injuries connected to fires associated with carelessness, defective equipment, or bad wiring.
Seeing the high mortality rates and overall damage caused by these types of injuries, MSF incorporated major burn treatment into its programs. Before the earthquake, teams at MSF's Trinité Hospital had been caring for burn victims, but last year, MSF went further and opened the first dedicated burn unit in the country, in the 127-bed Drouillard Hospital MSF built to replace Trinité, which was damaged by the earthquake, in the Cité Soleil neighborhood.
In 2012, staff at the Drouillard burn unit treated 481 burn victims, and since the housing problems in Port-au-Prince are far from solved, they will likely remain busy in the year ahead. "Unfortunately, the unit is always full," says Dr. Guyguy Manangama. "On average, we receive more than one new admission every day." The program draws on MSF's experience in Haiti and on collaboration with other specialist hospitals, Dr. Manangama notes: "MSF has developed expertise in burn treatment over the last 10 years, thanks particularly to a partnership with the Edouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon, France." The care doesn't happen in a vacuum, either. Drouillard offers a range of complementary treatments for burn patients. The emergency, surgery, physical therapy, and mental health departments work closely with the burn unit, doing all they can to speed care and recovery—marshaling everything that's been learned during past work in Haiti in order to treat the patients of the present and the future.
Surgery in War Zones
Soon after Syria descended into all-out war between the national army and an array of opposition groups, the country's once-capable health system completely collapsed. Medical structures were targeted and destroyed, health care workers threatened or killed—all at a time when people who'd been shot or injured in bombing or missile attacks desperately needed surgery and trauma care.
Treating war injuries is never easy, but the situation in Syria has been particularly challenging. At first, MSF provided medical supplies to networks of doctors already in the country while trying to lay the groundwork to eventually provide direct care to victims of the war. With the government in Damascus refusing to grant MSF (or most other NGOs) access to the country, however, our teams were forced to work clandestinely. MSF set up its first ad hoc hospital facility in a house in an opposition-held area in northern Syria.
Thereafter, teams set up other hospitals in northern Syria where it was possible and safe to do so, including one in a cave. Despite the challenges, MSF performed more than 1,000 surgeries inside Syria in 2012 (and many more in 2013). The work has been specific to the context in Syria, but it's also an extension of the surgical care MSF has delivered in war zones and other extreme circumstances—the Lebanese Civil War of the 1970s and 80s, for instance, or the Soviet-Afghan conflict and the Afghan civil war that followed, or, more recently, in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where MSF surgeons pioneered the use of internal fixation for orthopedic care in settings with limited resources, and in post-earthquake Haiti.
Staff still must adapt to their surroundings and the limitations they present. "When you're faced with casualties, the surgery is fairly straightforward," said MSF surgeon Paul McMaster, who worked in Syria and had previously worked in Sri Lanka, Haiti, and other emergencies. "You do what's called damage limitation, surgery to stop hemorrhages, and deal with damaged internal organs. The difficulty came when we moved to the reconstructive phase—things like physiotherapy and rehabilitation and more complex orthopedics—this was work we just couldn't do in [a] cave."
Having encountered similar issues in the past, MSF had some sense of how to respond when war convulsed Syria. Additionally, when possible, patients requiring major reconstructive surgery followed by extensive physiotherapy were sent to MSF's program in Amman, Jordan, which was opened in 2006 to serve victims of the war in Iraq during a time when it was too dangerous to work inside the country itself. The hospital now serves people from across the greater Middle East who need more advanced care than they can get in their home countries. It also testifies to what MSF has learned over time: reaching people in conflict areas requires persistence, creativity, and a willingness to be flexible within the confines of war.
A Medical Mystery in Nigeria
In 2010, MSF doctors and nurses responded to outbreaks of measles and meningitis in northern Nigeria by traveling across vast landscapes, visiting remote villages to provide treatment and vaccines. Along the way, team members heard a disturbing rumor: in the village of Yargalma in Zamfara State, a settlement of only 2,000 people, more than 40 children had died in three months, and no one knew why.
An MSF team sent to investigate arrived to find six children at the local health dispensary suffering from high fevers and seizures. "When we see a child with these symptoms, we first think of infection," recalled MSF nurse Kaci Hickox, who was part of the team. "Malaria is always present in this part of the world. Meningitisalso affects the brain and can cause fevers and seizures."
Every symptomatic child was given treatment for severe malaria and meningitis, which seemed like plausible diagnoses, but they didn't get better. Something else was responsible for the sickness. It was known that gold mining was taking place in the village, but the picture didn't become clear until MSF logistician Frank Peters started asking questions. "He saw women breaking stones, their babies on their backs," Hickox said. "He was shown machines used to grind down rocks, sending fine dust far and wide. He realized that a heavy metal such as lead, arsenic, or mercury was probably getting released as well." Samples were sent to Europe for testing. Results confirmed the theory: the children were suffering from severe lead poisoning.
It wasn't just Yargalma. In total, an estimated 400 children in Zamfara State died as a result of lead poisoning associated with gold mining. Through late 2012, MSF had treated more than 2,000 children, reducing mortality significantly, and several villages were environmentally cleansed of the deadly particles. In addition, MSF worked with experts from the World Health Organization and the US-based Centers for Disease Control to define new protocols for chelation therapy in situations with such widespread lead poisoning; none had previously existed.
Some unsafe mining practices continue, however, and the Nigerian government's promise to fund further clean-ups went too long unfulfilled. MSF therefore launched a public advocacy campaign designed to spur the government to devote the necessary resources to remediate the problem. At any time, MSF is ready and willing to treat those who need care—to finish a job that started when teams on the ground chased down a rumor and figured out how they could help.
Small Steps, Big Impact in Battle Against Maternal Mortality
In Burundi and Sierra Leone, the act of giving birth can be fatal. Would-be mothers in both countries have precious little access to obstetric care—there are only three registered obstetricians in all of Sierra Leone, for example, and only one in Burundi who works outside the capital—because civil wars and a lack of resources have crippled the health care systems of both countries. Poor roads and limited transportation options compound the problem, making it difficult to reach medical care of any kind.
Many women thus try to delay seeking care as long as they can, or avoid it altogether. As a result, the national maternal mortality rate in Sierra Leone was the third-highest in the world in 2010, with 890 deaths for every 100,000 live births, and Burundi was fourth-highest, with 800 deaths for every 100,000 live births. (For perspective: the maternal mortality rate in Sweden is 4 in 100,000.)
In order to counteract these deadly trends, MSF initiated programs in Burundi's Kabezi District and Sierra Leone's Bo District that set up free-of-charge central referral facilities and emergency ambulance services to bring women from remote health centers to hospitals where they could deliver safely, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Technically speaking, these were not the most medically sophisticated or resource-intensive responses—the annual costs amounted to about $2 per person per capita in Bo District and $4 in Kabezi—but they efficiently addressed clear and present needs, and the results have been dramatic. In 2011, with the programs up and running, maternal mortality decreased by 74 percent in Kabezi and 61 percent in Bo. "If MSF were not here, many of these women who come to us every day would be dead," says Betty Raney, an MSF obstetrician from Indiana who worked in the hospital in Bo. "The best part of my job is feeling that I make a difference and experiencing the gratitude that I get from my patients."
The MSF programs in Kabezi and Bo have proven that lifesaving emergency obstetric care doesn't have to be expensive or state-of-the-art to substantially reduce the number of women who die in childbirth, a powerful lesson for donors, governments, and other NGOs working to save the lives of mothers and children worldwide.
TB and Children
In 2012, MSF teams in Tajikistan opened the country's first project dedicated to treating children suffering from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Though linked to a disease once thought to be on the wane, the number of MDR-TB cases in Tajikistan (and several other countries) has risen in recent years, as people have either received substandard care or been unable to adhere to the lengthy, grueling treatment regimen for TB. Tajikistan, one of the poorest former Soviet countries, has been particularly hard-hit and now has the highest rate of TB in what the World Health Organization designates as the Eastern European region.
MSF, based in part on its refusal to accept the neglect of certain patient populations, has run TB programs in many former Soviet countries, but in Tajikistan, as elsewhere, finding ways to treat children has been an especially vexing issue. Because there's been so little research and development for TB over the past 50 years, there are no pediatric versions of the tests or drugs needed to detect and combat the disease. Children therefore must use the same tests and drug formulations as adults do, taking regular doses of large, hard-to-swallow pills for up two years and enduring debilitating side effects that include fever, headaches, hearing loss, nightmares, even psychosis. And they still only have a 50 percent chance of being cured.
Before MSF launched its program, not a single child in Tajikistan had received treatment for MDR-TB. At the end of 2012, MSF was treating 30 children in MSF's TB ward at Machiton Hospital, near Dushanbe. To improve both prospects and the experience, our medical teams take innovative approaches to care—dissolving drugs in a flavored liquid, for instance, so they're easier to ingest, and fashioning a special sputum induction room, the first of its kind in Central Asia. They also lead adherence and prevention education efforts for children and families and make it possible for children to complete the regimen at home.
More significant changes are needed, however, if we want to offer better treatment options to more children infected with DR-TB. That's why MSF has mounted a sustained advocacy campaign to highlight TB's resurgence and to call for research and development around the disease, for children and adults alike. This includes using new tests to detect TB resistance and welcoming the anticipated release of two promising new medicines that can combat TB and DR-TB. "The current standard treatment for MDR-TB has too many obstacles to a successful outcome, from duration, to toxicity, to efficacy," says Dr. David Olson, MSF medical advisor. "We need an entirely new regimen that is patient-friendly and effective. The new drugs coming into use finally offer an opportunity to construct such a regimen. We need to find a way for these new drugs to reach our patients ASAP."
Vaccinating for Cholera
One-fifth of the world's population, or 1.4 billion people, is at risk for cholera. At present, the customary response to outbreaks is to treat those who've contracted the illness and conduct public awareness campaigns designed to help uninfected people avoid the disease. Until recently, vaccination was a small part of the conversation.
That is changing, however. Oral cholera vaccines have been used preventively in a handful of instances, and pilot studies have demonstrated that vaccination can also be effective even after an outbreak has begun. In 2010, the World Health Organization added vaccination to its cholera outbreak response guidelines as well, even though large "reactive" cholera vaccination campaigns were widely considered too difficult to implement on short notice given the logistical challenges of delivering hundreds of thousands of refrigerated vaccine doses to remote areas and mobilizing communities to get the two-dose vaccine.
In April 2012, however, after cholera cases began appearing along the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea in West Africa, MSF tried to find a middle ground of sorts. With the rainy season approaching, the stage was set for a devastating epidemic. Rather than wait for people to present with symptoms to respond, MSF, working with the Guinean Ministry of Health, identified and vaccinated populations that were at imminent risk of contamination—populations that were in the disease's path, so to speak.
Dozens of teams spread out across hundreds of vaccination sites. Within six weeks, and with tremendous community support, teams immunized more than 170,000 individuals—nearly three-quarters of the population in the target area. Over the next six months, it became clear that the campaign had significantly reduced the impact of the region's outbreak on this population.
These results surpassed MSF's own expectations, demonstrating that rapid mobilization in remote areas is both feasible and effective, and paving the way for the vaccine's wider use during future outbreaks.
Rapid Mobilization When Emergencies Hit
In late 2011, refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan started flowing into South Sudan's Upper Nile and Unity states. The following spring and summer, the numbers jumped dramatically, to more than 170,000. A full-fledged emergency was underway. The refugees massed in remote, barren stretches of an under-developed country still scarred by decades of civil war with Sudan, which it was part of until early 2011. There was no medical care and no way to reach it. MSF, therefore, as it has in many emergencies over the years, had to import a full complement of medical personnel and services, and build facilities in which they could be housed.
That meant mobilizing emergency teams of field workers from numerous countries around the world (including dozens from the US) and hiring local and national staff as well. It meant getting the necessary materials to the location sites, driving them in when possible, or using planes and/or boats when rains rendered roads impassable. It also meant mounting a concerted advocacy campaign when MSF epidemiological teams documented mortality rates in the camps well above the emergency threshold, along with an unusually frank appeal for funds when budget projections for the emergency response rose well above what had been allocated for South Sudan programs in 2012.
On the ground, teams were treating malaria, diarrhea, respiratory tract infections, and malnutrition, making the most of the resources available. Early on, said Dr. Matthew Horning, who worked in the Yida camp, "We had only the most basic medications, equipment, and laboratory tests. We did tests for malaria and we could do a basic urine test, and we could do hemoglobin and blood sugar, and that was it." As MSF scaled up, teams ran measles vaccination campaigns, built inpatient facilities and emergency rooms, conducted surgeries, even drilled boreholes to reach potable water.
By the end of the year, even as the pace of the emergency subsided somewhat, MSF was still running three field hospitals and seven health posts and providing around 5,500 consultations per week across four refugee camps. Medical teams also stood ready to respond to any new crises, like the Hepatitis E outbreak that occurred late in the year.
It was extremely challenging work, and many lives were lost due to the size and severity of the emergency. But by marshaling available resources, calling on lessons learned during bygone emergencies, and pressuring other organizations to do their share, MSF made a profound difference. "Seeing MSF's ability to respond quickly and make changes—to really bring about an improvement in the health and lives of the people—was really incredible," said Jon Johnson, a nurse from Virginia who also worked in Yida. "It was an honor to be there."
A New Tool in the Fight Against Malaria
Malaria, which kills more than 1,500 people around the world every day, is a leading cause of illness and death in many countries in which MSF works. The majority of its victims are children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa, where malaria's vector, the Anopheles mosquito, thrives.
MSF is therefore constantly confronted by the question of how to reach as many children as possible across vast regions where health care provision is limited or non-existent. In the summer of 2012, teams working in Mali and Chad implemented a new approach, something called "seasonal malaria chemoprevention," which basically means treating all children in a given location for malaria during the times when the disease is most likely to proliferate. The working theory is that treatment during the months of highest incidence (usually the rainy season) makes it possible to both treat existing cases and prevent new ones.
Using this approach, MSF treated 160,000 children under five in Mali and 10,000 more in Chad. It was a significant step, says Dr. Estrella Lasry, MSF tropical medicine advisor, with encouraging results. "This was the first time children had been treated at this scale outside research conditions. Results showed more than a two-thirds drop in simple malaria cases and a significant drop in severe malaria in the weeks that followed. The number of transfusions in the hospital in Mali also decreased over 70 percent. We saw malnutrition levels go down, too, an important and unexpected outcome."
The numbers treated in Mali and Chad represent a fraction of the malaria cases MSF treats in a given year, and an even smaller fraction of all malaria cases worldwide. Furthermore, the evidence only shows that this approach is effective in places where malaria is seasonal. MSF has also already identified several ways to improve its implementation and data gathering operations in the year ahead.
That said, seasonal malaria chemoprevention is an important new tool in the battle against malaria, one that looks very promising for certain contexts. "We had good results and our main objectives were reached," says Lasry, "but we are still looking at ways to improve this intervention."


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My mom has tried to coordinate breakfast with me at Cafe Madison for a few years.
One of the main problems I have with Albany is that there are a multitude of great destinations, but with too much distance between each. Of course, Albany has the Lark Street end of Washington Park (with Daily Grind, Bombers, El Loco, Magnolias, to name a few), but I'm not comfortable walking more than a few blocks down Madison, Western, Washington, or Central Avenues. That reminds me, I need to visit Bomber's new location in Schenectady…
Having said all of that, Albany has wonderful restaurants and, after my experience this morning, Cafe Madison is definitely on my list. We arrived around 10am, the downstairs was half-full, and we were seated within a few minutes. Downstairs, there is a bar that runs the length of the room, a few tables in the front, and two-person booths along the other side. There is also a small area upstairs with tables for larger groups. The room has a warm atmosphere and seems to effortlessly combine the coziness of a coffeehouse with a slight trendiness. Our waitress was friendly, efficient, and had a genuinely cheery disposition. I had forgotten how those characteristics (and particularly the latter) should be typical of servers, but today was a nice reminder that there are still a few.
My mom knew she was ordering the oatmeal raspberry pancakes before we sat down. I decided on buttermilk pancakes with blueberries and a hot chocolate. The hot chocolate was what I'd expect for a standard breakfast cafe — hot chocolate mix with canned whipped cream — although it was a perfect temperature!
The oatmeal raspberry pancakes were delicious. Slightly more dense and less crumbly than flour pancakes, the oatmeal created a consistency that was surprisingly pleasant. The combined flavors of oatmeal and tangy, sweet raspberries made think of a dessert-like meal appropriate for breakfast (minus any guilt!). They are heavy, though, so next time I'll probably order two pancakes (instead of three) and a side of fruit.
The blueberry pancakes were cooked perfectly — very lightly crisped on the outside and soft on the inside — and were a medium thickness. The blueberries, folded into the batter, were plump and fresh. My one critique for the pancakes was that they could have had more blueberries, but regardless, the taste was delicious.
Leaving around 11:30, the downstairs was completely full for and the upstairs was steadily gaining groups of three and four people (including a few trios of two adults and a child). The Cafe is open every day of the week for lunch (breakfast and lunch are on the same menu) and dinner. Menus can be found on their website. The dinner menu and drink selections are all very tempting, so I hope to visit again in the evening.
Our total (for a hot chocolate, three oatmeal raspberry pancakes, and three blueberry buttermilk pancakes) was just over $15.
Cafe Madison, 1108 Madison Ave, Albany, NY


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* Facebook shares pare losses, Qualcomm up
* S&P; on track to close best month since Oct 2011
* Constellation brands shares tumble on DOJ action
* Indexes: Dow off 0.1 pct; S&P; flat; Nasdaq up 0.2 pct
By Angela Moon
NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed
on Thursday as investors were cautious after a mixed bag of
economic data, while stellar earnings from chipmaker Qualcomm
helped the Nasdaq index to edge higher.
The S&P; 500 is on track to post its best month since October
2011 and its best January since 1997.
Investors expect a pullback in equities after the recent
gains, though they have bought on dips over the past four weeks.
The largest daily decline on the S&P; 500 so far in 2013 was
Wednesday's 0.39 percent drop after data showed the economy
contracted in the fourth quarter of 2012.
On Friday, the government is due to release figures on
January's non-farm payrolls, which are expected to show
employers added 160,000 jobs in January after a rise of 155,000
in December.
"It's the calm before the potential storm. The uncertainty
about tomorrow's numbers comes from that fact that we had a
decent ADP report but the weekly claims were not so great," said
Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and
derivatives for Charles Schwab in Austin, Texas.
"We could see an overly sensitive market to a bad number
tomorrow, given that we've been up without a major correction,
and that makes the market sensitive to the downside."
Data on Thursday showed a slight rise in weekly jobless
claims and incomes growing at the best pace since 2004,
underscoring how fragile the economic recovery still was.
Friday will also bring reports on consumer confidence, U.S.
manufacturing, construction spending and car sales.
Qualcomm gained 4.4 percent to $66.32 as the top
boost to the Nasdaq Composite after the world's leading supplier
of chips for cellphones beat analysts' expectations for
quarterly profit and revenue and raised its targets for the
Facebook shares fell 0.8 percent to $31.01 after
falling as low as $28.74 a day after the social network company
said it doubled its mobile advertising revenue in the fourth
quarter. However, growth trailed some of Wall Street's most
aggressive estimates.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 7.50
points, or 0.05 percent, at 13,902.92. The Standard & Poor's 500
Index was up 0.36 points, or 0.02 percent, at 1,502.32.
The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 6.99 points, or 0.22
percent, at 3,149.29.
The S&P; 500 has advanced more than 5 percent in January
after legislators in Washington temporarily sidestepped a
"fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that
could have derailed the recovery. Better-than-expected corporate
earnings have added to the gains.
It would be the benchmark's largest monthly advance since a
more than 6 percent gain in October 2011 and the best January
advance since a 6.1 percent jump in 1997.
UPS shares lost 2.1 percent to $79.50 after
reporting fourth-quarter earnings that were below analysts'
estimates on Thursday and forecasting weaker-than-expected
profit for 2013.
Constellation Brands shares tumbled 16.4 percent to
$32.72 after the U.S. Justice Department moved to stop
Anheuser-Busch InBev from buying the half of Mexican
brewer Grupo Modelo that it does not already own.
Constellation would have distributed Corona beer in the United
States if the transaction had been approved.
Tank barge operator Kirby Corp added 6.3 percent to
$70.67 and transportation company Ryder Systems climbed
4.8 percent to $56.84 after posting quarterly results.
Thomson Reuters data through Thursday morning shows that of
the 231 companies in the S&P; 500 that have reported earnings
this season, 69.3 percent have exceeded expectations, a higher
proportion than over the past four quarters and above the
average since 1994.
Overall, S&P; 500 fourth-quarter earnings are forecast to
have risen 3.7 percent. That's above a 1.9 percent forecast at
the start of the earnings season but well below a 9.9 percent
profit growth forecast on Oct. 1, the data showed.
Slot machine maker WMS Industries surged 51.7
percent to $24.84 after the company agreed to be acquired by
Scientific Games for $26 per share in cash. Scientific
Games jumped 5 percent to $9.38.