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It's a favorite parlor game for science geeks: predicting who will win the Nobel Prizes.
For guidance, you can look to the winners of the Lasker Awards for medical research, or the Shaw Prizes for astronomy and life sciences. Recipients of the John Bates Clark Medal are considered front-runners for the economics prize. (If you want to know who probably won't win, peruse the list of Ig Nobel laureates.)
Analysts at Thomson Reuters have another strategy. They look for people they call "Citation Laureates" – the scientists who are so expert in their field that their research papers are among those most frequently cited by their peers. And by "most frequently cited," we're talking the top 0.1%.
How do they get into that top tier? "Not only do Citation Laureates have stratospheric citation totals, they also typically write multiple high-impact reports, and do so over many years," writes David Pendlebury, a former Thomson Reuters manager who now consults with the firm on bibliometric analysis.
But that's just a starting point. The analysts then consider other metrics, such as citations per paper. Those with CPPs that are well above the average for their field get a close look. The candidates who make it this far are then vetted a little more subjectively, as the analysts consider whether the scientists' work is in a field the Nobel committees are likely to recognize, Pendlebury writes.
The Thomson Reuters team has an impressive track record – since they began making predictions in 2002, they've identified 27 people who went on to win a Nobel in a scientific field, including all nine winners in 2011. Looked at another way, the method has led the analysts to predict 15 of the 44 prizes handed out over the last 11 years.
Will they be right again this year? We won't know until the prizes are announced (the first winners will be named Oct. 7). In the meantime, here are the predictions, with three possible winners for each prize:
Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
The first group of candidates made "fundamental discoveries concerning DNA methylation and gene expression." That's the mechanism that turns genes on and off so that cells can develop into specific tissues. The scientists in this group are Adrian Bird of the University of Edinburgh and Howard Cedar and Aharon Razin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
A second group might be recognized "for elucidating the molecular mechanisms and physiological function of autophagy," the process the body uses to break down and destroy cells that are no longer useful. These winners would include Daniel Klionsky from the University of Michigan, Noboru Mizushima from the University of Tokyo, and Yoshinori Ohsumi from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
A final contender in this category is Dr. Dennis Slamon, a UCLA oncologist who identified the HER-2/neu oncogene. In one-quarter to one-third of breast cancer patients, the HER-2 gene makes tumors more aggressive. Slamon realized that the gene was also a perfect target for a cancer drug. The resulting drug is Herceptin.
Nobel Prize in physics
One of the favorites in this category – and a likely emotional favorite for many people who have been following the search for the Higgs boson – is Peter Higgs, who is projected to be a co-winner with Francois Englert. The two men predicted the existence of the subatomic particle, which is thought to be associated with an energy field that imparts mass to particles. Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider outside Geneva have all but confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson.
Another contender in this category is a trio of scientists who have searched for – and found – planets orbiting other stars. NASA's Kepler space telescope has identified more than 3,500 candidate exoplanets, but it started with Michael Mayor of the University of Geneva and Didier Queloz of the University of Cambridge. They are credited with finding 51 Pegasi b, the first known planet outside of our solar system. UC Berkeley astronomer Geoffrey Marcy followed in their footsteps, confirming the existence of 51 Pegasi b and adding many more firsts to the exoplanet roster. Among them was the discovery of the first multiple-planet system involving a star other than our sun.
The third candidate for the physics prize is Hideo Hosono, director of the Materials Research Center for Element Strategy at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, "for his discovery of iron-based superconductors," according to the Thomson Reuters analysts.
Nobel Prize in chemistry
What's trendier in science these days than nanotechnology? Almost nothing, except perhaps DNA. So it comes as little surprise that Thomson Reuters has named a trio of chemists for their work on DNA nanotechnology. This is a field that uses nucleic acids to build teeny-tiny structures and machines, not to encode genetic information. The scientists whose work might be honored are A. Paul Alivisatos from UC Berkeley, Chad Mirkin from Northwestern University and Nadrian Seeman from New York University.
Another approach to building small substances is something called modular click chemistry. It involves taking smaller units and joining them together into bigger structures using a variety of chemical reactions. Valery Fokin and K. Barry Sharpless from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla and M.G. Finn from Georgia Tech could win for their work in this area.
How do we know which chemicals may cause cancer? By putting them in a lab dish with a particular strain of the Salmonella typhimurium bacterium. Under normal laboratory conditions, this strain of Salmonella can't make a particular amino acid. But if the chemical is able to prompt changes in the bacterium's DNA, the amino acid will appear in the lab dish. If the chemical can cause mutations in Salmonella's DNA, the thinking goes, it may also be able to cause cancer. This is what's known as the Ames test, and its inventor, Bruce Ames of UC Berkeley and Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, is a Nobel contender.
Nobel Prize in economic sciences
This award may be shared by three economists who study labor markets, the value of education, social programs like Medicaid, immigration and other aspects of microeconomics. Joshua Angrist of MIT, David Card of UC Berkeley and Alan Krueger of Princeton could be honored for their work in these areas.
If you've never studied economics, you might be surprised by the amount and complexity of the math involved. Sir David Hendry of Oxford University, M. Hashem Pesaran of USC and University of Cambridge, and Peter C.B. Phillips of Yale are in the running for their work on forecasting, modeling and other uses of data.
Someone from the University of Chicago is always in the running for an economics Nobel. This year, Thomson Reuters flags Sam Peltzman of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Judge Richard Posner of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago (who is also a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Law) as possible winners for their work on the economic effects of regulation.
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Senior forward Mike Owens
NEW BEDFORD, MA-Senior forward Mike Owens (South Boston, MA/Boston Jr. Bulldogs-AtJHL) scored three goals and junior goaltender Ryan Williams (Milton, ON/ Huntsville Otters-OPJHL) made 34 saves to lead the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's hockey team to a 4-2 victory over visiting Westfield State, in their Massachusetts Collegiate Athletic Conference quarter-final playoff game at the Stephan Hetland Memorial Ice Arena Saturday.
Owens scored the Corsairs' final three goals of the game, including an empty-netter that clinched the decision with 16 seconds remaining.
Freshman forward Shaun Walters (Plymouth, MI/Rochester Ice hawks-MNJHL) gave UMass Dartmouth an early lead, flipping the rebound of a shot by junior forward Greg Girtatos (Tyngsboro, MA/Bishop Guertin HS) past WSU sophomore goaltender Eddie Davey (Orangeville, ON/Abitibi Eskimos) just 48 seconds after the opening faceoff. Owens scored the next two goals for the Corsairs, scoring from point-blank range after senior forward Rob Dudley (Douglas, MA/Middlesex School) won an offensive zone face-off with 30 seconds left in the second period. He made it 3-0 when he poked the puck past Davey from a scramble in front of the net at8:17 of the third period.
The Owls rallied, getting on the board when sophomore defenseman Billy Miller's (Morgan Hill, CA/Alexandria Blizzard) shot from the point was deflected first by junior forward Jason Nelson (Raleigh, NC/Springfield Jr. Falcons), and then by freshman forward Steve Evans (Kingston, ON/Wellington Dukes) for a power play goal at 9:45. Freshman forward Frank Zuccaro (Newmarket, ON/Orangeville Flyers) deflected home junior defenseman Jeff Callahan's (Londonderry, NH/Valley Jr. Warriors) shot at 11:21 to cut UMD's advantage to 3-2. But the Corsairs weathered the storm, with Williams making a couple of clutch saves before Owens scored into the empty net at 19:44.
"Goals scored at the end of periods and at the start of periods are usually significant, and that was the case tonight," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach John Rolli. "We played with a lot of energy, in a game in which both teams had everything on the line. Mike Owens had a great game and showed why he is one of the top players in our league. All in all, it was a good effort. Now, we have to travel Tuesday night to take on a very talented Salem State team."
UMass Dartmouth improved to 16-8-2 with the victory, while Westfield State fell to 7-14-5 with the defeat. UMass Dartmouth advanced to the semi-finals and will visit second-seeded Salem State Tuesday night. The game was the final action of the season for Westfield State.

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When I was a little girl, I had hair past my knees - and I don't mean just hair, I mean HAIR. I mean hair you couldn't wrap a pony tail holder twice around. I mean hair that took all night to dry. I mean hair that kept me out of foster care because it made up 6/10 of my pathetic, starving body weight. I could get out of the shower, comb my hair out, and walk out of the bathroom completely naked, because I was Cousin It with calves. Or Samara, if you're under 25. #stayingrelevantforthedamnkidsonmylawn
And one night I was laying in bed, and found a bug in my hair. A bug. IN MY HAIR. I imagine all kids are senstive about bugs, but when you live in the 'hood, and everyone you know lives with cockroaches and ants and shit, bugs in your hair are not. even. a. little. okay. I ran downstairs crying, and shoved the bug on the tip of my finger between my mother's nose and her Nintendo paddle. She smacked my hand away from her face and yelled at me OH MY GOD SHANNON IT'S A FUZZY GO BACK TO BED. Because Tetris.
So I went back to bed. And then more fuzzies I found, the more silently I freaked out, because fuzzies are really disturbing things to find. Eventually I stopped finding them, mostly because I stopped looking. I got off lucky with a hand smack that one time, and I was not about to tempt fate, or my ass.
Years later, someone I knew from church told me her most vivid memory of me was this dream she'd had of me once, in which she was sitting behind me and my hair, my veritable wall of hair, was moving. - because it was full of bugs. I never did tell her it wasn't a dream.
By the time the school realized I had lice, all of the eggs had hatched and my hair was, quite literally, crawling with bugs. I don't even want to think about how many classmates I infected. We had to use a bottle of lice shampoo on all three of my siblings, and then another one on me. A whole bottle. And then the little comb thing, which was laughable but by then my mother was so completely freaked out by the infestation on my head that she sat Tetrisless, night after night, slowly combing dead things out of my hair. It took about a week.
A few weeks later, once it was done and the house was bleached and my head was empty and I was able to re-enter public society, my mother saw in my hair what she thought was a nit, but was ironically probably just a fuzzy - so we did the whole thing over again. And it kind of burned my scalp, which created flakes, which she mistook for nits, so we did the whole thing again.
That's how cycles are created, which is kind of ironic because the other day after swim class, my daughter was pulling her cover-up over her head and something fell on her chest/jumped on her chest, depending greatly upon whom you ask. MOM THERE IS A BUG IN MY HAIR AND IT JUMPED ON ME!!! No, honey, it's not a bug, it's a fuzzohshit.
I still contend that it was a fuzzie. I haven't flat out sat down and dug through her hair yet, because I'm still too traumatized by my last encounter with lice, and a bit too freaked out by the nearly-exact repeat of this little slice of my childhood, but I am going to have to eventually, and I guess I'll just have to pray that you can't give someone lice through flashbacks.
Updated to add: 8oz of prevention is worth a pound of cure. My friend Melanie found a way more elegant lice-prevention method than never-let-my-kid-out-of-the-house-again.


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[April 23, 2014]
By Jeremy Laurence and Mirwais Harooni
KABUL (Reuters) — A $375 million hole in
the Afghan budget is threatening public projects and civil servants'
salaries, officials say, putting the aid-dependent economy under stress
just as Afghanistan awaits a new leader and foreign troops prepare to go
U.S., U.N. and Afghan finance ministry officials have discussed
ways to resolve what they say has become a critical situation for
the budget, with civil projects most at risk as international
assistance starts to taper off.
"If the political situation of the country does not become normal
and businesses do not start again soon this problem will become even
more worrying," Alhaj Muhammad Aqa, director general of the treasury
at the finance ministry, told Reuters on Wednesday. "We will not
only face problems in paying salaries of employees but we will have
difficulties in other issues too."
Funding for security will not be affected, as costs are met by
foreign governments which recognize that any chance of stability in
Afghanistan rests on quelling the Taliban insurgency.
At the start of the month, Afghans voted for a new president to
replace Hamid Karzai who steps down after 12 years in power. The
international community poured billions of dollars of aid into
Afghanistan during Karzai's rule, but the country's next leader
could struggle to receive the same levels of support.
Preliminary final election results are due on Saturday, but early
tallies show no outright winner, meaning further delays in the
political transition. A run-off would occur in late May or early
Of the two frontrunners, ex-World Bank official Ashraf Ghani has
called for radical economic reforms, while former foreign minister
Abdullah Abdullah campaigned on job creation and fighting
"We have to put pressure on the international community to help us
cope with this problem," Aqa said. "This will become bigger if the
presidential election goes to a second round."
Officials put the growing hole in the $7.6 billion budget down to a
sharp decline in domestic revenue, forcing some development projects
to be put on hold. So far this year, the shortfall stands at $375
million due to falling customs, the finance ministry says.
About a third of the overall budget is earmarked for development
projects, ranging from building schools and hospitals to roads.
Employees of a project producing electronic identification cards, a
task jointly managed by the interior and communications ministries,
said they have been told their jobs might go.
"The head of the treasury department of the finance ministry came
with his team to our office and told us that there is a shortfall of
around $500 million and they have to cut from every development
project," Homayun Mohtat, head of the electronic ID card department,
Some employees said they had not been paid for months.
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International assistance covers $5 billion of this year's budget,
with the remainder filled by domestic revenue raising, mainly in the
form of customs duties.
But customs revenue and imports are down since the start of the
year, the finance ministry says. Taxes and exports contribute little
to the state finances.
The U.N. envoy to Afghanistan Jan Kubis said last week Afghan
revenue was much less than expected and the budget was a major
problem. He said international donors and the finance ministry were
meeting to agree a way to cover the hole.
The U.N. office in Afghanistan and the U.S. embassy in Kabul
declined further comment.
In January, U.S. lawmakers halved development aid to $1.2 billion
for the 2014 fiscal year and with most foreign troops due to leave
by the year's end, the new Afghan administration is being left, more
than ever, to stand on its own feet.
After a dozen years of massive international aid efforts,
Afghanistan is still one of the world's poorest countries. The U.S.
decision to cut aid is also expected to shape the contributions of
other donor nations.
Foreign powers have poured billions of dollars of aid into
Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, but the country's
next leader is unlikely to receive the same levels of financial
The prospect of dwindling inflows of foreign aid could stoke
uncertainty as the United States and other NATO countries move to
end their long war in Afghanistan, and as Washington seeks an
agreement that would permit some U.S. forces to stay there beyond
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Though their partnership officially began in 2001, in a strange way the relationship between Paul W.S. Anderson and Constantin started with his first pic, "Shopping," in 1994. The film caused controversy in his native U.K. over its violent dystopian style, which didn't do Anderson any good at home, but brought him and his producer Jeremy Bolt to Hollywood to adapt the videogame Mortal Kombat, kicking off its franchise.
" 'Shopping' showed a lot of action and youthful rebellion," Bolt says. "It got quite a bit of attention and showed a desire to make American-style movies."
Some years later, Anderson bumped into Bernd Eichinger, then head of Constantin, who had seen "Shopping" at a German film festival and was impressed.
"I'd made a small British art movie, but I wanted a spectacular opening because I wanted it to be cinematic at a time when I felt British cinema wasn't," Anderson says. "And we'd run out of money so I spent my entire director's fee to do all these helicopter shots. And the first time I met Bernd, he said, 'As soon as I saw those helicopter shots at the start of your movie, I knew you were a filmmaker I wanted to work with.' "
As the ink was drying on the contract, Anderson had become obsessed with a videogame called Resident Evil, and was eager to adapt it for the bigscreen. He and Bolt inquired about the rights only to find that they had been sold two years earlier. To Constantin.
"It was a very happy coincidence all around," says Anderson. "As (our shingle) Impact, we had just done a joint-venture deal with them, they had a property that they had been developing unsuccessfully, and I came in with passion and energy to breathe new life into it. So it was off to the races."
Today the partnership has proven successful. The 3D "Resident Evil: Afterlife" was Constantin's first global No. 1 movie, and "Three Musketeers," also a 3D film, is the biggest movie they've ever made. Anderson is about to shoot the fifth "Resident Evil" in 3D and his next project, "Pompeii," also in 3D, expects to be even bigger.
But with "Three Musketeers," Anderson is already toning down the violence in favor of action and hoping to reach a wider family-friendly audience.
"In the past we've been quite successful in hitting boys and men, and we want to expand that market now and appeal to women as well," Bolt says.
While not yet ready to announce, Anderson and Bolt say they are developing a number of projects with Anderson concentrating on directing maybe one large-scale film per year and Bolt looking to produce additional films through the company.
"We're looking at branded high-end genre projects," Bolt says, "movies that I can elevate to feel like A-movies, but have some brand awareness. Now Paul may not want to do a horror film again or a straight action movie again, so that might be an area where we might work with another director. And I would like to work with some younger directors who would benefit from Paul's experience — having him as producer.
"Our desire is obviously to build Impact with Constantin," Bolt adds, "and to increase Constantin's success and sustain it. Because in my experience, just on the basis of development, they're very filmmaker-friendly and there is a family atmosphere."
Anderson agrees. "The thing I like about working with Constantin is, and any film director would appreciate this, I deal with Martin Moszkowicz, Robert Kulzer and that's it. There's just the four of us and if we all like something, we go for it. There's no one to stop us and there's no one to hold us back, and that allows us to work really fast.
"In terms of the relationship with Constantin," he concludes, "by the time I finish 'Pompeii,' I will have finished four straight movies with the same creative team, the same distributor — that's a hell of a run, even if you don't figure in the other four 'Resident Evil' movies and all the other films we made together. So I feel very fortunate to be in that relationship.
"One of the best things that ever happened to me was Bernd Eichinger seeing my movie."


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(NOTE TO EDITORS: The following episode of CSI: NY has been substituted for the one previously scheduled for June 27).
THE DEATH OF A COLLEGE STUDENT LEADS THE CSIs TO A SECRET COLLEGE SOCIETY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE MURDER, ON A REBROADCAST OF "CSI: NY," WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27
2007 Grammy Award Nominee Nelly Furtado Guest Stars
Emmanuelle Vaugier ("Two And A Half Men") And Kyle Gallner ("Veronica Mars")
Guest Star in Recurring Roles
"Some Buried Bones" -- While investigating the death of a college student found dead in a Queens park, Mac, Sheldon and Det. Flack discover a secret college society that may have been behind the victim's murder, on a rebroadcast of CSI: NY, Wednesday, June 27 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Rob Bailey directed the episode written by Noah Nelson. (Originally broadcast 2/7/07)
Current GRAMMY Award nominee Nelly Furtado guest stars as Ava Brandt, a world-class personal shoplifter whose job is to fulfill her clients' wish list of the latest must-have items.
One of Mac's key witnesses in the investigation of the murder of a college student turns out to be his stepson Reed (guest star Kyle Gallner), who knew the victim. The team learns that the student was a writer for the college newspaper who may have uncovered details that certain people on campus would kill to keep secret. Meanwhile, Stella, Det. Angell (guest star Emmanuelle Vaugier) and Danny face one of their toughest hunts yet, when a security guard is murdered in the dressing room of a high end store and their top suspect is Ava Brandt, an ingenious master of disguise whose chameleon ways allow her to stay one step ahead of the law.
Det. Mac Taylor: Gary Sinise
Det. Stella Bonasera: Melina Kanakaredes
Danny Messer: Carmine Giovinazzo
Lindsay Monroe: Anna Belknap
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: Hill Harper
Det. Don Flack: Eddie Cahill
Dr. Sid Hammerback: Robert Joy
Adam Ross: A.J. Buckley
Det. Jennifer Angell: Emmanuelle Vaugier
Reed Garrett: Kyle Gallner
Ava Brandt: Nelly Furtado
Thomas Brighton: Matt Barr
Eddie Williams: Scott Kinworthy
Marisa Richardson: Sarah Christine Smith
Brian Miller: Logan Bartholomew
Chris Campbell: Matt Hoffman
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I hear it every year:
"How do you keep your turkey so juicy?"
For a long time I used to explain my cooking process until eyes glazed over and the smile-and-nod reflexes would kick in. So, now my response is, "I don't cook the **** out of it."
An overcooked turkey is a dry turkey–if you put it in a bag, or roast it upside down, or dance voodoo chants while it's in the oven–it won't matter if that turkey is in the oven for hours upon hours. One of the best ways to guarantee a moister turkey is roasting with a high heat method and keeping that bird in the oven just long enough to get the thigh temperature to 161 °. Sure, there's always brining, and I have no beef with that process; in fact, I will brine turkeys when I'm smoking one. However, I think there's a few drawbacks to brining turkey, and I prefer doing a more traditional roast. So, these are my tips on doing a traditionally roasted turkey that doesn't turn to sawdust:
- Buy a digital meat thermometer, preferably one that has a long ovenproof probe that you can keep in the bird while it's in the oven. Stick that probe deep in the thigh, as that's where you're going to test for readiness.
- High Heat Roasting: heat that oven at 500° (yes, really) and once you put your bird in the oven, close the door and set the timer for 30 minutes. At 30 minutes, turn the heat down to 400, and don't be tempted to open the oven door. Keep it closed unless you're seeing the breast getting too dark–go ahead and cover the breast with foil if that's happening.
- Pull the bird from the oven when the thigh reaches 161°. Poultry is cooked at 165°; when you pull the bird out a few degrees early, the carryover cooking that happens while the turkey rests will bring it up to temperature.
- Let it rest! Loosely cover the bird with foil so it has a chance to finish cooking. Give at least 20 minutes to smaller birds (under 13 pounds), 30 minutes to the bigger ones. This gives the turkey a chance to finish cooking and for the juices in the meat to redistribute. Cutting it straight out of the oven releases too many juices and will dry out the meat.
- Don't stuff it! Put a few things in it for seasoning such as half an onion, a few sprigs of herbs, a quarter of a lemon. But, a stuffed turkey means you have to make sure that stuffing also reaches 165°, and that can add more cooking time (which is exactly what we're trying to avoid).
- I put butter under the skin of the breast; it's a great way to add a little extra fat and flavor to the breast. Using a compound butter–butter blended with seasonings and herbs–is easy and can be done well ahead of time.
Compound butter is one of those nifty little condiments you can make and use to add tons of flavor with little effort. The big granddaddy of compound butters is Maître d'Hôtel butter; a little fresh herbs, some lemon, and a bit of salt and pepper make a butter worth serving on hot steaks in fancy joints. I've seen all kinds of compound butters popping up all over the place–from the basic lemon-herb to port-dried-cherry-bacon to chipotle-garlic. Let me show you how easy it is to make, and I'll let you and your imagination go from there. Ready?
To start, have two sticks (1/2 cup) of butter, softened. Add your ingredients into a bowl:
With this batch, I've focused on the flavors I prefer with turkey–parsley, sage, thyme, marjoram, and savory. As a general ratio, expect to put about 1/4 cup of herbs to 1 stick of butter. Also in the bowl is the zest and juice of one lemon. I gave all of this a good beating using the paddle attachment in the KitchenAid mixer.
Plop all of that right in the middle of some parchment or waxed paper:
Fold the paper over and using your hands, push the butter into a log shape:
Roll the log in some plastic wrap and twist the ends to shape and press the butter into a firm cylinder:
Refrigerate or freeze butter (this can be frozen for up to several months, so make extra and save for another dish in the future) and slice as needed:
See those little slices? They're perfect for sliding right under the skin of the breast, where they'll melt and season the meat as it roasts. Wasn't that easy?
Are you ready for Thanksgiving? How do you like to cook your turkey?


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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Medical records show an accused terrorist now held at Guantanamo Bay sustained a head injury while he was in CIA custody and has suffered lasting health problems as a result, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Ammar al-Baluchi, one of five Guantanamo prisoners charged with aiding the Sept. 11 attack, told medical officials at the U.S. base in Cuba that he suffered auditory and visual hallucinations, headaches, memory loss and delusions as a result of the injury, attorney James Connell said at a pretrial hearing dealing with whether he had adequate avenues to report allegations of mistreatment.
The injury occurred between 2003 and September 2006, when al-Baluchi was held in the CIA's network of overseas prisons and subjected to a special interrogation program for suspected terrorists that his lawyers say amounted to torture. The records do not indicate how or where the injury occurred.
Al-Baluchi was taken to Guantanamo in September 2006 along with 13 other men who had been held in CIA custody.
Connell mentioned the injury during a pretrial hearing to underscore his argument that his client has no real avenue to raise complaints of mistreatment as guaranteed under the Convention Against Torture, an international treaty ratified by the U.S. in 1994. The lawyer says the government took no action despite the prosecution's contention that Guantanamo prisoners have the ability to have such claims addressed.
"Mr. al-Baluchi reported maltreatment and nothing happened," the lawyer told the judge in the military commission where the five detainees face charges that include terrorism, hijacking and murder for their alleged roles in the attack. "These records just moldered away with no follow-up."
Al-Baluchi is the nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the lead defendant who has previously told military authorities that he was the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attack. Al-Baluchi, born in Pakistan, is alleged to have sent money to the hijackers for expenses.
He was captured in Pakistan in April 2003 and held for three years by the CIA under its rendition, detention and interrogation program, which included the use of such methods as being repeatedly smashed into a flexible wall, confined in a small space, deprived of sleep and the simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding, according to previously released government documents.
Lawyers for the five men charged in the attack have been arguing this week that the rules for handling classified evidence in the death penalty trial by a military commission are so restrictive that they are hobbling their defense efforts.
CIA spokesman Dean Boyd declined to comment on the allegation that al-Baluchi was injured in the agency's custody, citing the ongoing legal proceedings. Prosecutors have repeatedly said the evidence rules are necessary to protect national security, denying that they violate the Convention on Torture and portraying the issue of the men's alleged mistreatment as irrelevant.
Prosecutor Clay Trivett told the court that the focus of the case should remain on the Sept. 11 attack rather than the men's allegations of torture. "It's about the summary execution of 2,976 people," he said.


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The 33-year-old did not train at the Rhein Energie Stadion on Thursday evening because of an ankle injury picked up in Malahide on Tuesday, and interim manager Noel King will make a late decision on him.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference in Cologne, King said: "He has a bit of an ankle problem. He's not training tonight - we will just leave him out as a precaution - and we will make a decision in the morning about him."
Keane aggravated a long-standing condition when he took a kick on the ankle in training.
King said: "He got a little kick on it. It's something that comes and goes with him over the last number of months and he got a little kick on it, so it's a worry.
"When wakes up in the morning, we will get at it straight away."
However, the LA Galaxy frontman will remain with the squad and if he does not make it in Germany, the hope is that he will be fit to face Kazakhstan in Dublin on Tuesday night.
King said: "He is healing, and that's the process, so he's being tended to and we are hoping he will be ready for tomorrow; if he doesn't make tomorrow, we are hoping he will be ready for the next game.
"There's no question of going home or anything like that. He's still in squad."
King confirmed that Keane, Ireland's record scorer with 60 goals, would start if he was fit, although all the indications are that he is struggling.
Galaxy boss Bruce Arena this week had a request to release his player after the Germany game politely rejected, but asked if Keane would have a painkilling injection in a bid to play, the stand-in boss insisted that would not be down to him.
He said: "That would be a medical situation, that would be for [medical director] Alan Byrne, himself and his club. We wouldn't do anything without talking to the Galaxy. They know about the situation, so that would be pretty much out of my hands."
If Keane does miss out, Anthony Stokes, Shane Long or Kevin Doyle would be likely to fill the void, although the manager admitted the 129-times-capped frontman would be a big loss.
He said: "Robbie been one of our leading lights over the years, he's the leading scorer, one of the leading scores in Europe. If he doesn't make it, we wouldn't be happy about that, that's for sure.
"But we would get on with it. There's nothing we can do about it. If he goes, he goes and the person who comes in will be delighted with the opportunity and delighted with the cap."
King was giving little away about his team selection, although Damien Delaney's presence as the press conference - Keane would normally have accompanied the manager as captain - suggested he will occupy one of the central defensive berths left vacant by the suspended Richard Dunne and John O'Shea.
Giovanni Trapattoni without fail named his team the day before a game, but King had no intention of following suit despite admitting he was close to being certain how Ireland would line up.
He said: "I have fair idea. I probably have about 10 right and I am just working on in my own mind. Then obviously with Robbie's situation, we will have to see how that pans out as well.
"I don't have to name it now, so now why should I? It's extra day for us, a bit more knowledge and we will see.
"They [the players] will know first, they will definitely know first. They will know in the morning."
Ireland cannot qualify for next summer's finals in Brazil, while Germany would book their ticket should they claim three points to go with those with which they returned from Dublin last October after a 6-1 rout.
German midfielder Sami Khedira has urged his team-mates to hit Ireland with an early blitz to make the result a formality, but King insisted his team would be prepared for that.
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ImportBuddy (importbuddy.php) is the tool that allows you to migrate or restore a site with BackupBuddy. Keep a copy of the ImportBuddy script with your backups for restoring sites directly from backups.
ImportBuddy Password
To use ImportBuddy, you'll first need to set a password. ImportBuddy requires this to protect unauthorized access to your site and backup files before you have finished restoring.
- This password is encoded inside your
importbuddy.phpfile when it is made, so:
- If you share this
importbuddy.phpfile to another for usage with a backup file you will need to provide the corresponding password.
- If you change the password will need to download a new copy of
importbuddy.php. Changing the password will NOT change it in existing
- If you share this
- To set your password, navigate to BackupBuddy > Settings and enter the password you'd like to use in the ImportBuddy & RepairBuddy password section.
- You can also set a password when you download ImportBuddy. If you set a password when downloading ImportBuddy, it overrides the password you created in your BackupBuddy Settings. If you leave the option blank, it will use the default password you created in your settings.
- An ImportBuddy password can also be set during the Quick Setup page after first installing BackupBuddy.
Accessing ImportBuddy
After setting your ImportBuddy password, there are two ways you can access ImportBuddy:
- Manually downloading (and then uploading to destination server)
- Sending to destination from within BackupBuddy
Manually Downloading and Uploading to Destination Server
To manually download ImportBuddy and upload to your destination server, follow these steps:
Manually Downloading ImportBuddy
- To download ImportBuddy, navigate to the Restore/Migrate page in BackupBuddy and click the Download ImportBuddy button. This will initiate the download of the ImportBuddy file.
- Save the file to your computer.
- You will next upload the ImportBuddy file to your destination server to begin using it.
Uploading ImportBuddy to your destination server
- Decide on the FTP directory that you would like to migrate or restore the backup to (using an empty directory is best) that corresponds to the web URL you want your destination site to be at. For example, if you want your new site's URL to be "http://your.com/mybuddy/" then your server directory MIGHT be something like
/user/yourusername/public_html/mybuddy/. This is the directory you will then put importbuddy.php into. Note: The directory structure varies host to host but often follows a similar format.
- Upload
importbuddy.phpand your backup zip file to the FTP directory that corresponds to your desired URL.
- Navigate to the
importbuddy.phpfile in your web browser after it has been uploaded. Example:
- To complete the migration or restoration process, visit the Manual Migration page.
Sending ImportBuddy to Destination
Instead of manually downloading ImportBuddy, you can send ImportBuddy directly to the location of your migration/restoration from within BackupBuddy.
- To send ImportBuddy to a destination, navigate to the Restore/Migrate page in BackupBuddy and click the Send ImportBuddy to a Destination.
- In the window that opens, you be given options for where to send the ImportBuddy file. You'll find a list of your current remote destinations and an option to create a new destination.
- Follow the steps for Manual Migration.
The 6 ImportBuddy Steps
For more information on the ImportBuddy migration/restore process, visit the following links:
Advanced Options
ImportBuddy's Advanced Options allow customization of various ImportBuddy functionality for custom purposes or troubleshooting. Exercise caution as some advanced options may have unforeseen effects if not used properly, such as overwriting existing files or erasing existing database content.
Advanced Options can be located after clicking the Advanced Options button during Step 1 and 4 the 6 ImportBuddy Steps.
Step 1 Advanced Options:
- ZIP Archive Extraction (Step 2)
- Skip zip file extraction - Checking this box will prevent extraction/unzipping of the backup ZIP file. You will need to manually extract it either on your local computer then upload it or use a server-based tool such as cPanel to extract it. This feature is useful if the extraction step is unable to complete for some reason.
- Force medium speed compatibility mode (ZipArchive) - Bypass attempting to use command line zip. Rarely needed; troubleshooting.
- Force slow speed compatibility mode (PCLZip) - Bypass both high speed mode and medium speed mode, falling back all the way to PCLZip (slow speed). Rarely needed; troubleshooting.
- Database Import & Migration (Steps 3-5)
- Select the "Adanced Options" button while on Step 3 for database options.
- General
- Skip migration of .htaccess file - Rarely used; for technical purposes only.
- Show detailed PHP warnings
- Import Logging - Errors and other debugging information will be written to importbuddy.txt in the same directory as importbuddy.php. This is useful for debugging any problems encountered during import. Support may request this file to aid in tracking down any problems or bugs.
Step 4 Advanced Options:
- Database Import (Step 4)
- Skip import of database
- Delete database tables that match new prefix on import - WARNING: Checking this box will have this script clear ALL existing data from your database that match the new database prefix prior to import, possibly including non-WordPress data. This is useful if you are restoring over an existing site or repairing a failed migration. Use caution when using this option and double check the destination prefix. This cannot be undone.
- Delete ALL database tables, erasing ALL database content - WARNING: Checking this box will have this script clear ALL existing data from your database, period, including non-WordPress data found. Use with extreme caution, verifying you are using the exact correct database settings. This cannot be undone.
- Force database import compatibility (pre-v3.0) mode
- Ignore existing WordPress tables and import (merge tables) anyways - When checked ImportBuddy will allow importing database tables that have the same name as existing tables. This results in a merge of the existing data with the imported database being merged. Note that this is does NOT update existing data and only ADDS new database table rows. All other SQL conflict errors will be suppressed as well. Use this feature with caution.
- Maximum time allowed per import chunk
- Database Migration (Step 5)
- Skip all migration of URLs/paths in database - Skip extended brute force migration of URLS/paths in database.
- Skip extended brute force migration of URLS/paths in database - By default BackupBuddy will extensively examine and migrate unknown database tables. Sometimes however this can cause timeouts on larger sites. You may skip this intensive procedure to reduce required runtime for database migration steps. Note that some URLs or paths may not be updated if skipping this step. All major WordPress URLs and paths will still be updated however.
See also
- Introduction
- ImportBuddy
- Migration
- Restore


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Illinois at Arizona State – 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Tom's pick: Arizona State, 27-21 – Even if Nathan Scheelhaase can go, he likely won't be 100 percent. And that won't be enough to win a road game like this.
Brent's pick: Illinois, 23-20 – Nathan Scheelhaase or not, the Illinois defense has what it takes to match up against Todd Graham's offense.
Indiana at Massachusetts – 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3
Tom's pick: Indiana, 31-24 – The Hoosiers ground game will come to life, which will make the passing game that much better. Indiana? 2-0? Believe it.
Brent's pick: Indiana, 34-23 – Tre Roberson will be even better this week with WR Kofi Hughes back from a one-game suspension.
Iowa State at Iowa – 3:42 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2Go
Tom's pick: Iowa, 35-33 – There were a combined 85 points scored when these two met last year. It won't be that high-scoring this time, but the last team with the ball will win.
Brent's pick: Iowa, 31-27 – Expect the Iowa offensive line to figure things out and give James Vandenberg time to throw the ball.
[Related: Get a look at Iowa's full throwback uniform for Saturday]
Air Force at Michigan – 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Tom's pick: Michigan, 38-24 – The Wolverine offense will be able to impose its will on an undersized Falcon defense. The result? Big numbers for Denard Robinson, as Fitz Toussaint is eased back into the lineup. Welcome back to the Heisman race, Denard.
Brent's pick: Michigan, 41-20 – After allowing a touchdown on Air Force's first possession, the Wolverines figure out the Falcons' triple option offense.
Michigan State at Central Michigan – 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU
Tom's pick: Michigan State, 41-7 – After a lethargic offensive effort in the opener vs. Boise State, the Spartans want to send a message. Message sent.
Brent's pick: Michigan State, 37-3 – Andrew Maxwell and the receivers connect early and often, and the defense keeps its second straight foe out of the end zone.
New Hampshire at Minnesota – noon ET, BTN/BTN2Go
Tom's pick: Minnesota, 44-20 – After sweating out a triple-overtime win at UNLV in the opener, the Golden Gophers will get a chance to play the reserves.
Brent's pick: Minnesota, 38-23 – MarQueis Gray hits the open targets with more regularity this week and tosses three scoring strikes.
Nebraska at UCLA – 7:30 p.m. ET, FOX
Tom's pick: Nebraska, 30-21 – Taylor Martinez will enjoy another strong game in his return to southern California, throwing for over 300 yards once again.
Brent's pick: Nebraska, 32-24 – It's a homecoming for Taylor Martinez, and the Nebraska QB will show off his arm and legs in a big road win.
Vanderbilt at Northwestern – 8 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2G0
Tom's pick: Vanderbilt, 31-23 – The Commodores don't have a great defense, but it will be a step up from the leaky Syracuse unit the Wildcats faced last week.
Brent's pick: Vanderbilt, 39-34 – Its second shootout in as many weeks, Northwestern is unable to pull out this one on its final possession.
Central Florida at Ohio State – noon ET, ESPN2
Tom's pick: Ohio State, 29-13 – The Golden Knights will have one of the more athletic defenses the Buckeyes will face all season. A nice test for Ohio State's new spread scheme.
Brent's pick: Ohio State, 34-7 – Braxton Miller outgains Central Florida, thanks to Ohio State's defense stifling another opponent.
Penn State at Virginia – noon ET, ABC
Tom's pick: Virginia, 33-7 – The offense will struggle to move the ball, putting too much pressure on the defense. It's a storyline we will see often this season for the Nittany Lions.
Brent's pick: Virginia, 28-13 – In a similar game as last week, Penn State's defense can only keep the team in it for so long.
Purdue at Notre Dame – 3:30 p.m. ET, NBC
Tom's pick: Notre Dame, 40-14 – Yes, the Boilermakers are better. But the offense is turnover-prone and will struggle to score vs. an improved Irish defense. And expect one Irish special teams score.
Brent's pick: Purdue, 23-21 – A few things here: Purdue's defense is legit; Notre Dame is coming from Ireland; and the Irish have games against rivals Michigan State and Michigan the next two weeks.
[Related: Tom Dienhart's Q&A with Purdue's Kawann Short]
Wisconsin at Oregon State – 4 p.m. ET, FX
Tom's pick: Wisconsin, 33-14 – The Badgers got the kinks worked out last week and will look much better vs. a Beavers team that is playing its first game.
Brent's pick: Wisconsin, 43-24 – After a lackluster performance by his very high standards, Montee Ball will visit the end zone at least three times.


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"Fourth-graders have concluded fracking's bad" (Jan. 13) reports on 44 9-year-olds in Middletown who unanimously sided with a ban on fracking after hearing both sides of the issue.
"Fourth-graders have concluded fracking's bad" (Jan. 13) reports on 44 9-year-olds in Middletown who unanimously sided with a ban on fracking after hearing both sides of the issue.
Their verdict is replicated across the Empire State: New York's children firmly oppose fracking. I know that because I'm a college student who spent my winter break helping middle school and high school students compose public comments on the proposed regulations on fracking released by the Department of Environmental Conservation Nov. 29.
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Not going to happen unless hacker/crackers figure out the back-end of SimCity.
Actually... there is not. By installing the game you are signing a EULA, or End User License Agreement. This EULA has an Anti-Class Action clause. However, as a signatory of that EULA you are more than able to arbitrate on THEIR terms, against THEIR lawyers, at a place and time of THEIR choosing on YOUR DIME.
Awesome how people really don't give a crap anymore and just take this BS without any problems...
I'm sorry... but what the article was talking about, with the redditor stating:
I figured from everything I'd read that the always-on part of the game simply required an internet connection, not a slot on a server like I'm about to PvP or something. I'd be more understanding if I could just play my private region by myself like I intended.
Except when you have a case of a 20 y/o that runs through an elementary school/kindergarten and shoots up 26 human beings, and was later found to have a disease that makes it impossible for him to sense pain... no emotional trauma there at all, right?
When will people make up their minds...? Do we want people to be checked or not? Someone with a vendetta couldn't have possibly told the 12 y/o to handle possible explosives, right?
Quit proselytizing. and get a write a real article. No wonder TD is a useless news service full of a**ho... I mean opinions.
Considering that the techdirt article actually listed no sources and was rather opinionated I'm thinking Merkel is pretty much dead on, if one refers to print media being more articulate and actual journalism.
The Techdirt article author mentions that print and digital media are identical. This is usually far from the truth as reputable publications such as Reuters, NBC or Times sometimes have drastically different digital articles than their print media and a lot of times the quality of work is drastically lower, i.e. grammatical and spelling errors, than the print media.
Considering the fact that FOBs should really be de facto standard nowadays AND that Blizzard should provide them instead of charging customers, I don't consider this lawsuit so frivolous.
#1 Fobs would be the one way to make sure people actually BUY their game.
#2 Fobs are a great way to authenticate. Businesses have done it with certain software for a long time now.
Because not ALL people own a smartphone that has internet connectivity or rather even own a smartphone, means THOSE people are inconvenienced by "purchasing" their protection. THAT is against the law. This means another product has to be purchased to use something a provider has already agreed full access to upon purchase. Just because they add a clause that says "we can change the rules at any time" doesn't mean it's right. Sure it's 6.50 or whatever... what's next? Your next $80 special edition doesn't come with all items promised and you have to dish out another $20 to get the rest?
Think about it people... it's entertainment publishers and developers taking consumers for a ride once again, seeing how far they can push the envelope... when is enough, enough?
Finally someone that has some reading comprehension. All those others about "why didn't you get up and leave..." Seriously? Do you people know how to read and comprehend what you've just read...? The fact that there was nothing usable for the final presentation by Crime, inc. whatever (don't watch any news media anymore... pointless) is proof enough of Mike's balls and sticking to the truth.
"and people get on with their lives."
That may be true... but they may get on with their lives without a job, without documentation to back up legal issues, it could be the end of a corporation to have an entire network fail, i.e. network intrusion and a data breach/wipe.
That's about the most ignorant comment ever... the added stress and financial burden a massive failure puts on an organization is not just a simple "meh... we'll deal."
HAHAHAHA Awesome!!!
I believe that the Walt Disney company wanted to make that statement less about copyright infringement, more so about the fact that:
1. So it doesn't get inundated by requests for the REAL Disney company to put on the same show that was put on in Korea.
2. So Disney is not recognized as supporting a Dictatorship that has its populace rotting in poverty and hunger.
Poor choice of words by Disney... yes.
Because we're in a recession and people can't afford to fly as much as the used to and fuel costs only getting steeper? Duh?
You forget your boss at your job pays your salary. You break your boss' rules, you lose your job right? It's not up to you to decide what rule is right and wrong. Would be hella convenient wouldn't it... I'll just decide to stop paying taxes. I'm supposed to pay... but hell. I'll just stop doing that. I'll just start driving 120mph on the highway... no problem right? No one gets hurt by it? They Autobahn in Germany has unrestricted speed limits for the most parts (barring near cities). Dumb rule... I just won't follow it.
Show me the precedent in regards to flying please. I concede that according to the US Judicial system that for ungodly reason they assume that it is a right to be able to drive. But, when you don't follow the rules, you have that right revoked. So, we're back to square one, break the rules on a plane, i.e. you have your privilege of flying revoked.
Amazing the comments I see. Pretty much just selfishness going on.
You know, as an IT guy I don't agree with the rules either. They don't make sense, the IRS, DHS and TSA doesn't make sense. But, you know what... I follow the rules anyways. Do you know why? Because it is out of respect to others who follow the rules.
Personally, the flight attendants have to deal with enough dirtbags and senses of entitlement all day, that I really don't care to make their day any worse.
For those talking about the whole business aspect, that I don't know how it works. Cool... stop flying then. Drive. Don't take a ship to other countries either, because you probably won't follow the in-cruise emergency muster briefing's anyways. So, drive/swim your happy ass to wherever you want to go. Other people will continue to fly/cruise, and will continue to observe these "obsolete" rules.
Just because you fly 50+ times a year doesn't give you any seniority privilege of being able to ignore rules. Become a pilot and fly your own plane if you want that. You're no better than anyone else on the plane that just wants a peaceful flight experience and a flight attendant that's in a good mood. Because if the attendant has to deal with someone that's not willing to follow the rules, guess what... s/he's not going to be in a good mood.
It's not about "re-actionary". They're trying to be preventative. Would suck for you to be on the plane that is going down because of it... wouldn't it?
Pretty much shows how well you adjusted to authority eh? When a ruling doesn't fit into your guideline of what is right vs wrong its fine to ignore right?
Might as well start pirating software right? It's against the law, but you're not hurting anyone, right? But you see how it's affecting the music/software/game industry. They're locking things down even further.
Quit trying to be smarter than the system and follow the damn rules. Once you're in a position of authority to make the judgement call to remove the rules, then be my guest. Or for that matter, start a petition to the FAA about relaxing the rules and do a smart write-up as you sound like you're smart guy.
But, as far as your respect towards the flight rules concerned, I hope the Air Marshall stun guns your butt the next time you don't follow the rules and you get thrown out of the plane for not following them. Maybe with the new laws in effect they might just throw you into a Detention Camp without a warrant or phone call to your lawyer.
It's douchebags like this that should be castrated. Such a sense of entitlement. If people behave like this they should be booted from flying for several years and see how much they pay attention then.
The reason you don't care is because you are ignorant of the effects your "little device" can have. That's all. Personally I hope your plane crashes some day and you're the one arse-hat that actually gets hurt. Then, I hope they trace the incident to your "little device" and you get sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
BRA-FRIGGIN-VO! Finally someone hit the nail on the head! If someone tells you to DO something, especially when it is only a PRIVILEGE, you do it. It's not a RIGHT to fly a plane. It is a luxury and privilege just like driving. Such a sense of entitlement nowadays...
Not only is it because of the distraction, cellular signals can also cause speakers on headsets to cause interference. Ever been on a regular land-line and have your cell go looking for a tower/signal? That's what pilots can hear if everyone's got their phone on in the plane. They could miss crucial routing information on the tarmack, which could actually cost you your life.
So, because 9 out of 10 folks have no idea how to put a phone into "Airplane mode" or a need to have email on their phone, they blanket statement it and have everyone turn their devices off.
When I see jerks that continue listening to their iPod or play games on their phone during take-off and landing it makes me want to smash their skulls into the ground for being such douchebags. Really? You can't wait the 10 - 20 minutes and disconnect for a second and pay attention?? Not only are you being disrespectful to the crew, but you're being a douche to everyone else around you that IS obeying the LAW.
So true.
I'd also like to add that the only reason publishers and developers are crying is because of their own folly. They create games of poor quality, essentially create reprints of old material because they have poor creativity, and have extremely poor consumer relations.
Game publishers also take less risks now, just like the movie industry has been for a while. Why develop something new when you can ride the Call of Duty 4000 train or the Silent Hunter IVXX Elite Chromium Edition (which has it's support dropped day BEFORE release).
Creativity has gone in the dump and it is no wonder that Indy games are making a huge comeback. I get more pleasure out of playing something new and creative than a game engine that's been reused 4 billion times and just retreaded with new textures.
Meh... now I'm ranting.
This is precisely why I've stopped buying Ubisoft titles after they released the USP DRM or whatever it is called. I will not give that company a CENT. I bought their games religiously, but no longer. After Silent Hunter 5 was released in its broken state, with ZERO support in sight, AND was one of the first games to have that DRM... bah.
Ubishaft can go chapter 11 for all I care. They don't care about their consumers, so I don't care for them.


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Saying that the president "refuses to let Republicans in Congress hold our country back," the report listed 20 executive actions this year on such items as the minimum wage, manufacturing, college education, retirement savings, job training, climate change, fuel efficiency and overtime pay.
Obama told radio listeners that "we could do a lot more if Republicans in Congress were less interested in stacking the deck in favor of those at the top, and more interested in growing the economy for everybody."
Republicans mocked the "Year of Action" report, saying Obama could boost the economy by signing off on the Keystone oil pipeline, reducing government regulations, doing more to promote new trade deals, and working with them on GOP-proposed jobs bills pending the Senate.
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It hasn't been the greatest first month for the defending champs, but things could be a whole lot worse.
BOSTON — It hasn't been the greatest first month for the defending champs, but things could be a whole lot worse.
A rainout Wednesday means the Red Sox will play a day-night doubleheader against the Rays on Thursday, with the Dustin Pedroia bobblehead dolls that were supposed to be given out to every fan in attendance instead doled out to attendees of the afternoon game.
And it means they ended April a game under .500 at 13-14, a far cry from the 18-8 they were entering May last year when they never once had a losing record on their way to winning their third World Series in 10 years.
But all things considered, 13-14 isn't so bad.
Most importantly, despite not having a winning record since they were 2-1 on April 3 — failing on four separate occasions to get even — the Red Sox are only 2.5 games out of first place.
But beyond that, they're treading water despite hitting just .225 with runners in scoring position, including David Ortiz batting just .190 in such situations, despite Daniel Nava playing so poorly he's back in the minor leagues, despite Shane Victorino and Will Middlebrooks spending extended time on the disabled list, despite Clay Buchholz posting a bedeviling ERA of 6.66 and batters pasting him at a .339 clip, and despite Felix Doubront pitching only marginally better than Buchholz.
"This first month was just one of those months where a lot of things happened, but I think it was OK," said Ortiz. "I don't think it was that bad. It could be worse. ... If you look at this division everybody is pretty much in the same boat.
"Everybody (in the division) got stronger this offseason, everybody's got a better team, so it's not like it's going to be easy."
The Red Sox looked awful at times during the first month of the season.
After winning two of the first three at Baltimore to begin the year, they lost eight of their next 11 games to fall to 5-9. Included were three losses in four games to the Yankees in the Bronx when the frustration seemed to reach a boiling point for manager John Farrell and he was ejected from a 3-2 loss after an instant replay call went against the Red Sox for the second straight game.
Then there was the 14-5 loss to the Yankees at Fenway Park on April 24 when the Red Sox committed an abominable five errors, leading to four of seven runs against starter Felix Doubront being unearned.
But the end of April was actually pretty good for the Red Sox.
They've won three of four since the defensive debacle against the Yankees, and even including that loss have won four of their last six. They've scored 23 in the last four games, getting at least seven runs three times, and over the last six have scored 33 runs.
"We're moving in the right direction," said Farrell. "We're finishing up the month in a positive way, both in terms of health and a more consistent offensive approach. We've gone through a number of challenges both performance-wise and health that kept us from being full-strength, but while the win-loss record is less than we had hoped for we're moving in the right direction.
"I think there's more consistency to be had. I think guys at various times have performed to their abilities, but it's more start after start that we're still trying to strive for."
Moving in the right direction has coincided with the returns of Victorino and Middlebrooks.
With Nava, Grady Sizemore, and Jonny Gomes all struggling badly, and Ortiz hitting for decent power but not a high average, the infusion of the two players off the disabled list has been a boost to an offense that is tied for sixth in the American League in scoring after leading all of baseball last year.
Victorino has six hits in 19 at-bats in the four games he's played since being activated on April 24. And Middlebrooks is 4-for-14 with a home run since he was activated on April 25.
"April is always a tough month," said Ortiz. "You've gotta deal with a lot of things. You have to deal with the new faces, you gotta deal with the weather, you've gotta deal with the new players coming from the other league -- it's a lot of things that you have to make adjustments to. I always call April the month of adjustments that you have make in order to be successful throughout the year."
And maybe the games at the end of the month show that the Red Sox have made some of those adjustments, or at least weathered the worst of times.
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Back in 1969, the same year as Woodstock, Gallup Poll researchers asked Americans this moral question: "Do you think it is wrong for a man and a woman to have sexual relations before marriage, or not?" "Yes, wrong," responded 68 percent of those polled, while 21 percent said, "No, not wrong."
By 1973, the traditionalist camp affirming that premarital sex was wrong was down to 47 percent and the minority of those disagreeing rose to 43 percent. In 1991, only 40 percent considered premarital sex immoral, with 54 percent disagreeing.
Anyone paying attention to the moral math could see the trend. By 2001 the number of Americans who took the conservative stance was leveling off at 38 percent, but the percentage of those embracing the liberal, progressive position was up to 60 percent. The numbers were relatively flat in 2011, with 60 percent accepting premarital sex and 36 percent continuing to call it immoral.
"Things have been pretty steady recently among the Americans who are religiously active," noted Ed Stetzer, the president of LifeWay Research, which is linked to the 16 million-member Southern Baptist Convention. "The real action has been on the other side of the spectrum, among the people who are atheists, or agnostics, or who have no affiliation with any particular religious group.
"Then you have the people that I call the 'mushy middle,' who remain connected to some religious faith, sort of, but not active in any real sense of the word. ... That's where we're seeing people changing their minds on sexuality."
The results of a recent LifeWay survey suggest that Americans who have, in recent decades, embraced premarital sex as a moral norm are continuing to edit their beliefs to go with the flow of the Sexual Revolution.
The hot-button issue at the moment, of course, is same-sex marriage. This is a political and cultural puzzle that -- for believers in a various world religions -- is closely connected to a number of ancient doctrines linked to sexual morality.
According to a November 2012 survey by LifeWay, only 37 percent of adults in the United States affirmed traditional teachings that homosexual behavior is sinful. This finding was significant since 44 percent took that stance in another survey -- asking the same question -- only 14 months earlier. The number of respondents saying, "I don't know" also rose 4 percent, to 17 percent.
What happened in between? The researchers were very aware, said Stetzer, that -- halfway between these two surveys -- President Barack Obama announced a long-expected change of heart and openly endorsed same-sex marriage.
While the president's words may have helped move some of the numbers, the change among African-Americans appeared to be minimal, with 36 percent saying homosexual acts were sinful in the first survey and 34 percent in the survey 14 months later. That shift was within the survey's margin of error.
As would be expected, Americans identifying as "born-again, evangelical or fundamentalist" Christians were -- at 73 percent -- most likely to call homosexual behavior a sin. Only 33 percent of Catholics in this survey agreed.
A clear "pew gap" also emerged, as usual, with 87 percent of those who said they attend worship services once a week or more affirming the traditional doctrinal stance. On the other side, only 17 percent of those who said they "never" attend worship services said that homosexual behavior is a sin.
In light of these trends, it's easy to see why the Rev. Louie Giglio, an evangelical leader in campaigns against human trafficking, was accused of anti-gay rhetoric and forced to withdraw from giving the benediction at the second Obama inauguration rite.
In a sermon recorded 15 years earlier, Giglio had said: "If you look at the counsel of the word of God -- Old Testament, New Testament -- you come quickly to the conclusion that homosexuality is not an alternate lifestyle. ... Homosexuality is sin. It is sin in the eyes of God, and it is sin according to the word of God."
Clearly, these words are highly offensive to defenders of the Sexual Revolution. Indeed, times have changed.
Giglio's words, said Stetzer, were "simply mainstream evangelical expressions of what traditional Christians have believed for 2,000 years. ... But what we are learning is that a growing majority of Americans no longer feel comfortable with words like 'sin.'"