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Here's the state of play on the fiscal-cliff-avoidance talks a month before the deadline: President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies insist on raising $1.6 trillion in new taxes, the bulk of which must come from higher tax rates on the rich. Republicans just as adamantly oppose higher rates.
It's a classic standoff. Or so it would seem. Look more carefully, and important players on both sides appear willing to cede territory.
The latest salvo comes from billionaire investor Warren Buffett, whose Nov. 26 New York Times op-ed debunks the idea that the wealthy would simply quit investing if their taxes went up. It's fair to say that Buffett's experience confers authority on his argument: As a stockbroker in the 1950s, when marginal rates topped out at 91 percent (versus 35 percent today) and capital gains were taxed at 25 percent (versus 15 percent today), he made good money.
The Buffett contribution is his proposal to define the rich as households earning $500,000 or more, or twice Obama's preferred cutoff. By raising the bar on what constitutes "rich," Buffett seeks to close the gap between the no-tax-rate-increase Republicans and the president, who sees the tax code as a way to level the income-inequality scales.
The Buffett compromise builds on one that Republicans have been offering. To raise revenue, they are willing to close loopholes and cap tax expenditures, such as mortgage interest and charitable contributions, as an alternative to higher rates. In addition, there appears to be a growing willingness to entertain higher taxes on investment income, including taxing capital gains at 28 percent and dividends at ordinary income-tax rates, and to close the carried-interest loophole that allows private-equity and hedge-fund managers to pay taxes of just 15 percent.
Add it all up, and one can see the makings of a deal: The Bush tax cuts would end for those earning more than $500,000 -- about 760,000 households. Marginal rates would rise from 33 percent and 35 percent to 36 percent and 39.6 percent, respectively -- the same as under President Bill Clinton.
Capital gains and dividends would be taxed at higher rates, preferably at the same level as ordinary income but no less than 20 percent. Low investment taxes overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americans, with 96 percent of the tax savings going to the top income quintile, according to the Tax Policy Center. Tax deductions would also be capped between $25,000 and $50,000, depending on the remaining revenue hole.
It's worth pointing out that this deal would obviate the need for the so-called Buffett rule, a proposed 30 percent surtax on Americans with incomes of more than $1 million. As we have noted, such a tax would barely make a dent in the budget deficit, raising about $47 billion over the next decade. More important, it runs the risk of being perceived as an act of class warfare. Dropping the idea would make it easier for Republicans to swallow a tax-rate increase.
Where does this get us? According to the Congressional Research Service, allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire on earnings exceeding $500,000, combined with 20 percent capital- gains and dividend taxes, would yield about $566 billion over 10 years, or 72 percent of the revenue gain from Obama's plan to raise taxes on those with incomes of more than $250,000. Capping deductions between $25,000 and $50,000 would bring in between $1.2 trillion and $749 billion, respectively. That puts negotiators well within Obama's $1.6 trillion ballpark.
Both parties say they understand that averting the fiscal cliff will require compromise; now they need to understand that the outlines of that compromise are within reach.


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An online petition is circling among philosophers worldwide urging the American Philosophical Association to create a formal code of conduct and a statement of professional ethics for the discipline because of "recent events at more than one university."
The petition on Change.org, started by Eleonore Stump, philosophy professor at Saint Louis University, and Helen De Cruz, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford, had 656 signatures Wednesday.
In an interview with the Camera, Stump said events at universities around the country in the last year prompted her to think about the need for a philosophy-specific code of conduct and ethics.
The American Philosophical Association now directs its members to the code of ethics created by the American Association of University Professors and to documents on its own website specific to topics such as discrimination, sexual harassment and others.
"But unlike sociology and psychology, we don't actually have a specific standard for professional ethics for the discipline," Stump said. "The Board of Officers of the APA have in the past thought that the code of ethics listed on the American Association of University Professors' website was sufficient, and it may be that for many purposes it is sufficient, but what all these current events show and what many people think is that it would be helpful if we had a more detailed code of ethics specifically for our discipline."
Stump said the need for a philosophy code of ethics goes beyond revelations about the philosophy department at the University of Colorado. An independent report completed in the fall found sexual harassment, bullying and other unprofessional sexualized behaviors on the Boulder campus, which led to a new philosophy chairman and to the suspension of graduate admissions into the department until at least 2015.
Stump added that at Northwestern University, an undergraduate student is suing philosophy professor Peter Ludlow, saying he sexually assaulted her. In June, an Oxford University student committed suicide after she was allegedly harassed by a philosophy lecturer.
Last summer, well-known University of Miami philosopher Colin McGinn agreed to leave his tenured post after a graduate student brought forth allegations of sexual harassment.
"People are really deeply distressed, and it's good that they are," Stump said.
She added that in an ideal world, the American Association of University Professors' code of ethics would be enough for philosophy. But other disciplines have specific documents that outline, in detail, what's appropriate or inappropriate within the profession.
"A code of ethics is not only what you don't accept, it says what you aspire to," Stump said. "It also helps to say, 'As a profession, we find these kinds of things unacceptable.' That detail covers many cases which you wish we wouldn't have to think about, but obviously we do."
Amy Ferrer, executive director of the American Philosophical Association, said the association's officers will discuss the idea of creating a code of conduct at one of its next three meetings.
The association has talked about producing a code of ethics in the past, Ferrer said, adding that the group always welcomes suggestions and recommendations from its members.
"It's true of any profession that setting community expectations allows the profession to function better," she said.
CU professor Michael Tooley signed the online petition, writing that while individual departments can create their own code-of-conduct documents, it's important to have one written by the discipline's professional association.
CU philosophy chairman Andy Cowell, who took over Feb. 1 for outgoing chairman Graeme Forbes based on recommendations from the American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of Women Site Visit Program, said his department has given itself an early April deadline to complete its own code-of-conduct document.
"Our goal is to post those on our website as models for best practices, not just in this department, but possibly other philosophy departments around the country," Cowell said.
Cowell said the CU philosophy code-of-conduct documents will outline what kind of department faculty members and students want to live and work in.
Though it might seem like everyone knows what an ideal department looks like, Cowell said, it's helpful to discuss those topics with faculty members, graduate students and undergraduate students.
"People often think everybody knows this anyway or there's a culture of the department that everyone should know this, but it's surprising when you start talking to people that they don't know it or haven't thought through it," he said.
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One of the things I value about forensic psychiatry is the opportunity for collaboration and "cross training" with other disciplines. Some of the best cross training I've had the good fortune to receive has come from one of the original FBI profilers. In this age of "profiling" shows and TV "talking heads," there are but a very few legitimate experts who have the requisite knowledge, training and experience in behavioral analysis and offender profiling. To say that Roy Hazelwood is an encyclopedia of such knowledge would be understatement. Whenever I spend a mere hour with him, I come away with the distinct impression that I have absorbed a month's worth of knowledge.
Robert R. (Roy) Hazelwood, MS (FBI ret) spent 22 years as a Supervisory Agent with the Behavioral Science Unit, FBI Academy in Quantico, Va, and is generally regarded as the pioneer of profiling sexual predators. He also has a background in forensic medicine from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Mr Hazelwood has interviewed incarcerated sexual offenders and many of their wives and girlfriends, and has conducted extensive research on violent crimes. He is widely published, and his books—The Evil That Men Do and Dark Dreams—have been well received by the lay public.1 He currently works for The Academy Group, Inc, the world's largest privately owned forensic behavioral science firm.2 He now gives lectures across the country on a variety of topics, including sexual sadism, autoerotic fatalities, and the spouses of sexually sadistic serial predators.3
Here Mr Hazelwood answers questions about serial murderers that are commonly posed to him. The term "serial murderer" (or "serial killer") was not even a part of the forensic lexicon until the 1970s, when it was popularized by one of Mr Hazelwood's FBI Behavioral Science Unit colleagues, Robert Ressler. Most proposed definitions of serial murder share the following elements in common: (1) there have been at least 3 victims, (2) victims are killed in a non-continuous fashion (ie, there is an emotional "cooling-off" period between murders), and (3) the murders usually involve a sexual component.4-6 Now on to the forensic and behavioral insights of one the world's leading experts on sexual predators.
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NEW YORK (AP) - A man out walking his dog early Tuesday morning made a gruesome discovery: The dismembered remains of a woman in a heavy duty plastic garbage bag, police said.
Hours later, a suspect was in custody, and police said he had made statements implicating himself in the killing. His name wasn't immediately released.
Police believe the victim was 45-year-old Tanya Byrd, a home health aide who was last seen Monday. Her remains were stuffed in four bags and scattered along four blocks, police said. The medical examiner's office was working to make a formal identification and determine a cause of death.
The first bag was discovered in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx at about 5 a.m., when the dog started sniffing at some trash. Among the pile of trash was a duffel bag containing a plastic bag with a bloodied leg inside.
When police arrived, they found three other bags with remains on surrounding blocks. One contained a leg and an arm. In another, a portion of a torso with shoulders. In the third, a head.
Mario Font, a building superintendent, said he saw police open the bag near the pile in front of his building, and the trash bag inside it held a leg. He said he believed it was the right leg, judging from the toes.
Font was disturbed by the scene in a neighborhood he said has improved in recent years. "To chop a person in pieces, it's a horrific crime," he said.
Police cordoned off at least four separate locations on the streets surrounding the initial discovery. There were uncollected trash and recycling piles throughout the area, and white sheets covered items near the piles in at least two spots.
Witnesses said the sheets were placed shortly before children and parents started walking through the neighborhood to reach a public elementary school.
Police interviewed witnesses and also were talking to the victim's son. Some witnesses told police an SUV dropped the bags off sometime during the night.
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OMER — The US-23 bridge over the Rifle River will be shut down in 2014 while it is repaired, contrary to initial plans to keep a lane open each way.
Councilman Larry Daly said he had received an update on the bridge repair plans and the Michigan Department of Transportation now intends to shut down the bridge entirely, and shift traffic to a temporary bridge to the south during the course of the work. In February, MDOT manager Jack Hofweber told the Independent the plan was to keep a lane open each way.
"They will put in a temporary bridge south of that one, and will tear off all four lanes and do it at once," he said.
Daly reported during the April 23 city council meeting that the bridge deck is going to be torn up all the way down to the bolts and replaced with a fresh deck, and the bridge guardrail will also be replaced. However, those are the only real changes expected at this point due to cost.
"They will be taking the top of the bridge off, but they won't be milling US-23 on either side of the bridge," Daly said. "It would cost $897,000 to do milling and a new overlay (on US-23) from city limit to city limit."
He said US-23 is in poor condition and the council was not sure it could handle another tough winter without falling apart, something he did not believe MDOT appreciated before officials brought it up. He acknowledged the large amount of money necessary to get the road back in shape, but was told that if additional funding came along the council would be in the loop.
The sidewalk on the edges of the bridge will not be widened, Daly said, as he was told it would require another I-beam on the bridge to support it, which would also cause the cost to jump up.
In other city council news, the council approved moving $23,000 from the general fund to the local streets fund to blacktop South Michigan Avenue. The money will be repaid to the general fund from the local streets millage over the next two and a half years.
"It should be a lot quicker than blacktopping North Michigan, and a lot cheaper too," Treasurer Joan Steward said.
The process of repairing South Michigan began last May, when the council voted to pulverize and reshape the road for $6,450. Since the city did not have the funds available to pave it in the same year, officials decided to hold off until 2013.
Daly said at the time that South Michigan, along with Wall Street, were in too poor of shape to simply patch and reseal, and would need to be repaved.
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At the direction of newly reinstated Sheriff Timothy A. Swanson, workers have begun removing former Sheriff George T. Maier's name from signs and cruiser doors at the Stark County Safety Center. Adding Maier's name to the department's insignia cost roughly $13,671.
Sheriff George T. Maier spent $1,266 to embroider his name on quartermaster shirts, $5,582 to add his name to the side of police cruisers and other department vehicles, and $6,823 for his name to appear on stationery and signs.
All of it was paid for by taxpayer money that Stark County commissioners allotted the sheriff's office earlier this year. All of it soon will be changed.
At the direction of newly reinstated Sheriff Timothy A. Swanson, workers began removing Maier's name from view at the Stark County Safety Center, at 4500 Atlantic Blvd. NE, Friday morning.
Using brake cleaner and other solvents, they peeled his name from the sheriff star decals posted on the glass doors and from insignia on the doors of the sheriff cruisers and vehicles. Using white tape, they also covered Maier's signature on the notices that warn visitors to not bring weapons into the safety center.
Lt. Louis Darrow, whom Swanson has appointed to oversee operations until he returns to the office Tuesday (Monday is an observed holiday), said the office would not spend additional money to return Swanson's name to the department's insignia since his term in office is expected to be short.
He said residents may see some of the department's older cruisers with Swanson's name on it. Yet, on some other vehicles, workers have been unable to peel away the adhesive overlay that contains Maier's name.
Stark County Democrats are expected to meet within the next 45 days to choose a new sheriff as ordered by the Ohio Supreme Court Wednesday. The court removed Maier and reinstated Swanson as interim sheriff after determining that Maier did not meet all the legal qualifications to be sheriff and that Democrats should never have appointed him in February to fill the post vacated by Sheriff-elect Michael McDonald.
Maier, who has been paid $84,447 in salary and benefits since taking office Feb. 7, said he chose to add his name to the decals, signs and shirts after receiving guidance from the Buckeye State Sheriffs' Association and other sheriffs that it was an appropriate practice to do when the office's leadership changes.
"I guess it's part of the branding for the sheriff's office," he said.
While no law requires the department's insignia to include a sheriff's name, the use is so common that Robert A. Cornwell of the Buckeye State Sheriffs' Association couldn't immediately recall a sheriff in Ohio whose name is omitted.
"It helps to identify (the sheriffs) for the public that elected them," Cornwell said. He added that, "All the cars are marked the same throughout the state, (and) that's one of the ways you can tell if it's from (another county)."
Veteran officers in the Stark County Sheriff's Office said sheriff's going back to at least Bruce Umpleby's reign in the 1990s have attached their names to the department's shield.
Maier noted that the embroidery cost for the dispatcher's shirts would have been an expense the sheriff's office would have borne anyway because he changed their uniforms from tactical-type fatigues to less expensive polo shirts. He said the new shirts cost less than $20 with the embroidering included while the former uniform shirts cost roughly $43, not including patches and name badges.
"They were embroidered by a local company, and although I didn't ask them to put (my name) on there, it was part of the embroidery package," Maier said.
Maier also indicated that the sheriff's office may not want to completely erase his name yet as he plans to be a candidate for the Democratic appointment.
"I think the Supreme Court gave me a clear path to correct what needs to be corrected," he said.
Maier said he considers the court's determination that he did not meet the full-time law enforcement requirement a technicality and that his nine months of experience as sheriff resolves the issues.
"The (court's) opinion is a little confusing — the whole law is confusing — but I didn't see in there that my time (as sheriff) didn't count," Maier said.
He declined to elaborate on whether he would rely solely on his service as sheriff to meet the qualification or if he would pursue a full-time law enforcement job in the interim.
"I think at that time of the election, I will be able to show that I have corrected the technicality and that I am a viable candidate," Maier said.
Maier also believes the Supreme Court's ruling confirmed his belief that he meets the educational requirements to be sheriff when it determined that he was a supervisor and a peace officer during his time as the assistant director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety. State law requires a sheriff to have either two years of supervisory experience as a peace officer or two years of post-secondary education.
Swanson had challenged Maier's educational qualifications in his lawsuit, but the court did not directly address the educational component when it found that Maier did not meet the law enforcement experience requirement. Swanson's attorneys contend that Maier is be eligible for the Democratic appointment now because the court ruled he did not meet the qualifications in February. They believe that only the two candidates who were eligible in February can be considered by the Democrats now.
Darrow, who is backed by Swanson, and Republican Hartville Police Chief Lawrence Dordea have said they plan to seek the appointment again.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Investors this week will divide their time watching for dividend hikes that are popular in February while taking the pulse of the U.S. consumer from companies such as Coca-Cola Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Priceline.com, Inc.
Stocks finished higher across the board Friday, notching their best week of the year after consumer sentiment topped expectations by coming in unchanged for February, and industrial production in January declined on account of bad weather. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.36% and the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.03% both gained 2.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.04% advanced 2.9%.
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With about four-fifths of the S&P 500 having reported earnings this season, attention in the President's Day-shortened week will shift to how companies are translating increased earnings into higher dividends, which are on track to beat 2013's record cash payout, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
"There were 78 dividend increases in the S&P 500 in February of last year," said Silverblatt. "We have 28 so far this February, so I bet we beat that as it's only going to get busier and busier."
Late Thursday saw a jump in dividend hikes and buyback authorization increases, while earlier in the day, PepsiCo. PEP, +0.86% also hiked its dividend and said it expects to increase buybacks. Even with weak demand seen in emerging markets, Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, +0.26% hiked its dividend last week.
In fact, Silverblatt said he sees a record dividend payout in 2014 of $339 billion from S&P 500 companies, topping 2013's $312 billion, a far cry from when cash paid out totalled $196 billion in 2009.
But while the total amount paid out is on the increase, the percentage of earnings going into dividends is actually on the decline, Silverblatt notes. Dividend payments are about 36% of earnings right now, down from a 78-year average of 52%, and that's expected to fall to 34% by the end of 2014, according to Silverblatt.
Stock buybacks for the fourth quarter, while running flat from the third quarter's $128.2 billion, are still on track to be significantly up on the year-ago quarter's $99.2 billion, he noted. Then again, given the S&P 500's 30% rise in 2013, that appears to be just keeping up with valuations.
Meanwhile, U.S. corporations are still sitting on a record amount of cash, an estimated $1.25 trillion on the books at the end of the third quarter. Even with cash payouts and buybacks on the rise, Silverblatt expects that to increase by 3.7% for the fourth quarter.
Consumer-driven earnings ahead
About 40 S&P 500 companies report quarterly results this week, with a quarter representing consumer discretionary and consumer staples stocks.
So far this year, excluding energy and telecom, the consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors have performed the worst with declines of 2.5% and 3%, respectively. The S&P 500, in contrast, is down 0.5% year-to-date.
As to whether the consumer contribution to the economic recovery is slipping, much of the recent data shows conflicts, and investors will have to keep an eye on what pans out in the next month or two.
Consumer discretionary and consumer staples companies are some of the hardest pressed to top Wall Street expectations for earnings.
Only 55% of consumer staples companies reporting and 62% of consumer discretionary companies have topped earnings estimates, compared with the 66% average for the S&P 500, according to Thomson Reuters data.
It gets worse on the revenue side of things. With an average 64% of companies on the S&P 500 topping Wall Street revenue expectations, 51% of consumer discretionary companies have topped estimates and only 33% of consumer staples companies have beat on top-line forecasts.
Two Dow industrial components report this week with Coca-Cola KO, +0.81% on Tuesday, and Wal-Mart WMT, +0.78% — which recently warned on profits, blaming weather and food-stamp reductions — reporting on Thursday.
Other notable earnings reports include Medtronic Inc. MDT, +0.77% and Herbalife Ltd. HLF, +1.09% on Tuesday; Marriott International Inc. MAR, +0.01% Safeway Inc. US:SWY and Tesla Motors Inc. TSLA, -1.74% on Wednesday; and Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ, -0.38% Groupon Inc. GRPN, -0.83% Nordstrom Inc. JWN, -3.44% Priceline.com Inc. US:PCLN , and Express Scripts Holding Co. ESRX, -0.47% on Thursday.
Economic data in the holiday-shortened week that may lend some insight into consumer health includes the home builder's index on Tuesday, housing starts on Wednesday, the consumer price index on Thursday, and existing home sales on Friday.
Also, the Federal Reserve is scheduled to release minutes of its recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting, where the central bank reduced asset purchases by another $10 billion a month, on Wednesday.
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It's also solidly constructed throughout and the acting is impeccable. The problem is that it just lumbers along for two solid hours, never rising to any significant emotional or philosophical heights.
The courtroom scenes emphasize the movie's potency as a David and Goliath saga. But the film's strength lies in its fact-based story of a wronged man turned crusader, played with vigor by Kinnear.
The individual components of director Marc Abraham's David-and-Goliath drama are roundly unexceptional; the script, soft and teach-y; the performances, earnest.
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Parents need to know that this fact-based "feel good" drama focuses on a determined man's unflagging quest to receive credit for his invention. Ultimately, it's heartening to see how far he gets, though some scenes may be overwhelming for very young children (for example, when the main character has a nervous breakdown). At times, the protagonist seems neglectful of his marriage and kids, but overall they're close and supportive. There's some swearing (including "s--t" and one use of "f--k"), social drinking, and smoking, but there's no violence or age-inappropriate sexual content.
Messages: A large company betrays a man who decides to fight obsessively to get the credit he thinks is rightfully his. To a certain extent, he sacrifices his family life in doing so. Nevertheless, the family is portrayed as supportive and encouraging, even in times of great difficulty.
Violence: A man shows up unannounced at a company event and makes a scene; he's ushered out by security. A man throws a drink at a car. Otherwise, the battles are largely in the courtroom.
Sex: A little bit of kissing and sexual innuendo.
Language: Some use -- at times by children -- of the words "bastard," "damn," and "s--t." One use of "f--k."
Consumerism: Since the film is set in Detroit, there are many mentions of the big American automotive companies: Ford, Chrysler, GM. Car decals and logos are displayed, as is signage for dealerships and manufacturers. Some mention of Case Western University and Pepsi.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Some social drinking; some smoking by minor characters (accurate for the time period).
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As 2015 came to a close with a very busy year end culminating in COP21, we asked member committees what were their best moments of the year. Find out more about the highlight events covering key regional issues as well as discussions on global topics that cross the world from North America and Latin America […]
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Busy Zimbabwe Clean Energy, Clean Cities Week
The Zimbabwe Energy Council (ZEC) recently organised a Clean Energy Week 2015 on the topic "Clean Energy,Clean Cities" in Harare where the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Dr Samuel Udenge, spoke about work on sustainable energy solutions. At the Forum there were wide-ranging discussions on urban clean energy which included the potential of energy […]
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This month's Africa Energy Indaba will be bigger and better than ever. The Indaba, to take place from 19 to 21 February in Johannesburg, is the WEC's annual African regional meeting. The event is expected to attract more international and African participants, both in the form of speakers and delegates. Organisers expect conference attendance to […]
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Africa Energy Indaba 2012, held during 21–23 February in Johannesburg, South Africa, is Africa's leading energy gathering which aims to facilitate interaction between energy leaders as they work towards a sustainable energy future for the continent. In her opening speech Dipuo Peters, South Africa's Energy Minister, recognised the importance of the forum and thanked the […]
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The World Energy Council (WEC) welcomes Zimbabwe as the latest member committee in Africa to join the world's largest inclusive and impartial all-energy forum working towards a sustainable energy future. As the 21st African member country, Zimbabwe follows Chad and Bolivia, which joined the WEC at the end of 2011, and brings the WEC network […]
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That Robin van Persie would score against the club where he spent eight years felt strangely inevitable. That he did it in such a comfortable victory for Manchester United would have made it all the more painful for Arsenal supporters who watched their side finish the game with 10 men.
The Dutchman took just three minutes to open the scoring on his first appearance against Arsenal since his £24m summer move before Wayne Rooney missed a glorious chance to double the lead from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time.
Patrice Evra effectively sealed the victory with a 66th minute header to take United to the top of the Premier League for at least a few hours ahead of Chelsea's clash against Swansea.
A miserable day for Arsenal was completed when they were forced to play the final 21 minutes with 10 men following the dismissal of Jack Wilshere for a second booking before Santi Cazorla scored a consolation strike with the last kick of the game.
It may not have been pretty, but United were able to swat aside opponents once regarded as their greatest competitors. The 3,000 Gunners supporters in the stadium once again made clear their frustration, singling out chief executive Ivan Gazidis and chanting 'we want our Arsenal back'.
Sir Alex Ferguson chose to continue with the 4-4-2 formation used in the victory at Chelsea last Sunday, with Van Persie partnering Rooney in attack, while Aaron Ramsey was the only starter for Arsenal who featured in last season's humiliating 8-2 defeat at Old Trafford.
The Arsenal fans ignored Ferguson's plea in his programme notes to treat Van Persie as "a hero", instead booing their former captain and targeting him with vile chants.
It took just three minutes, though, for Van Persie to provide his answer as he took advantage of woeful Arsenal defending to score his 10th goal of the season.
United right-back Rafael exploited a gaping hole in the Gunners' left-back area and when Thomas Vermaelen failed to clear, the ball fell perfectly for Van Persie to shoot low into the bottom corner with his right foot from just inside the penalty area.
While Arsenal saw plenty of the ball in the opening period, they failed to create any chances of note and looked vulnerable defensively, with left-back Andre Santos particularly woeful.
The Gunners had goalkeeper Vito Mannone to thank for keeping them in the game as the Italian made fine stops to prevent Van Persie and then Rooney from doubling United's advantage.
Then, on the stroke of half-time referee Mike Dean pointed to the spot after Santi Cazorla raised his arms and handled Ashley Young's cross. United failed to take advantage, Rooney shooting wide of the left post from 12 yards, meaning the striker has now missed nine out of 26 penalties in his club career.
Arsenal improved after the break, with Olivier Giroud striking against the outside of the post from a tight angle, but in truth if always felt as though United were coasting towards a comfortable victory.
In the 66th minute, United found the second goal with a well-worked corner routine seconds after Van Persie had forced Mannone into another excellent save.
From the resulting corner, Rooney played a one-two with Young and whipped in a vicious cross for Evra, the shortest man in the penalty area, to head home in the absence of any semblance of marking from the Arsenal defenders.
To add to the misery, Wilshere was sent-off three minutes for a second booking. The midfielder, who was booked in the first half for a late challenge on Tom Cleverley, could have no complaints after lunging in on Evra by the touchline.
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August 29. 2013 2:25AM
Fisher Cats win 8-6; final home game tonight
By ALLEN LESSELS
New Hampshire Union Leader
MANCHESTER – The Fisher Cats got one back.
They survived a Sea Dogs rally and took the lead on run-scoring double by Kevin Ahrens in the bottom of the seventh inning on the way to an 8-6 win in the penultimate game of the season at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium on Wednesday night.
The Fisher Cats improved to 67-69 for the season and are a game ahead of the Sea Dogs, who dropped to 66-70.
Portland won the first two games of the series.
New Hampshire wraps up the home portion of its schedule with one more game against the Sea Dogs tonight at 6:35. Casey Lawrence starts for New Hampshire and Keith Couch for Portland.
Left fielder Ryan Schimpf had a home run, double and single and scored three runs to lead the Fisher Cats.
The Fisher Cats came up with five runs and five hits in the bottom of the sixth to break open a 1-1 game.
Amadeo Zazueta's two-run double was the big blow, Kevin Ahrens and Kenny Wilson knocked in runs with singles and Andy Burns scored the last with a sacrifice fly to right.
The Sea Dogs got the five back in short order in the top of the seventh. Garin Cecchini drilled a bases-loaded triple off the wall in center field to drive in the first three runs. Cecchini scored on a fielder's choice by Christian Vazquez and J.C. Linares homered to left field and it was tied at 6-6.
New Hampshire took the lead back at 7-6 on doubles by Schimpf and Ahrens in the seventh.
Portland threatened in the top of the eighth and had runners on second and third with no outs but could not scratch out a run against Alan Farina. He got Ryan Dent on a pop foul to first baseman Kevin Ahrens and then struck out Derrik Gibson and Shannon Wilkerson to end the inning.
The Fisher Cats extended their lead to 8-6 in the bottom of the eighth.
The teams swapped second-inning runs.
Portland's Deven Marrero reached on an error by second baseman Lance Zawadzki and scored on Ryan Dent's double to left center.
The Fisher Cats got that back in one swing when Schimpf drilled a 2-0 Jeremy Kehrt pitch over everything in right field with one out in the bottom of the second.
Kehrt made his seventh start of the season and first since Aug. 10 against Bowie. He went six innings and allowed four runs, only one of them earned, on six hits in that one.
Sea Dog right-hander Matt Barnes has been called up to Pawtucket and is expected to make his Triple-AAA debut tonight for the PawSox against Syracuse. Barnes had been scheduled to pitch against the Fisher Cats ... Cecchini wasted little time in extending his on-base streak to 37 games with a first-inning walk.


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I had an operation to treat varicose veins for the second time. I have to wear a special sock that prevents blood from stopping in my leg's veins, otherwise the disease will return, and it is not easy to have a third operation. I have to wear this sock before leaving bed or my veins will be full of blood and this will decrease the benefit of the sock. Is it permissible for me to wear this sock before I leave bed for fajr prayer (before I perform wudu')? Bear in mind that this sock covers my leg from toes to thigh, and as my profession requires me to stand for long time (university professor) I have to wear the sock. Please clarify the matter for me, may Allah reward you!.
We ask Allaah to heal you and grant you well being in this world and in the Hereafter.
If you can put on these socks before you sleep, when in a state of complete purity, this is good. It is well known that the non-traveller may wipe over the khufoof (leather slippers) and the like for one day and one night (24 hours) from the first time he wipes over the socks after breaking his wudoo'.
If you do wudoo' and then put them on before you sleep, and you wipe over them at the time of Fajr, it is permissible for you to wipe over them until the time of the next Fajr.
This will solve the problem of putting on the socks when not in a state of purity.
If you cannot do that, such as if it will be harmful to wear them whilst sleeping, then there is nothing wrong with putting them on before getting out of bed, and that will come under the ruling on plaster casts, because you have no choice but to wear them and you will be harmed by not doing so., and it is not essential to have put the plaster cast on when in a state of purity in order to wipe over it. This is the view of the Hanafis and Maalikis. See al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah (15/108).
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Sharh al-Kaafi: Undoubtedly the correct view is that it is not essential that plaster casts be put on when in a state of purity, rather when there is a reason to do so, they may be put on and one may wipe over them. End quote.
But it must be noted that if we regard these socks as being like plaster casts, in that case one must wipe over the whole thing, top and bottom, down to the ankles, and it is not permissible to limit it to the upper surface only, as is the case with khufoof and socks.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A government official says a landslide triggered by torrential rain has killed at least four villagers and left 18 others missing in western Indonesia.
Disaster official Ade Edward says 20 houses were buried by tons of mud and rocks that fell from surrounding hills at dawn Sunday in Tanjung Sani village of Agam district in West Sumatra province.
He says three injured villagers were being treated at a hospital. Rescuers have recovered four bodies and are searching for 18 people who reportedly were buried under the mud.
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Bedford, Exeter gain NHIAA girls' soccer finalsBy IAN CLARK
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 06. 2013 10:47PM
NASHUA — It's a rematch in Division I.
Four-time defending NHIAA girls' Division I soccer champion Exeter defeated No. 4 Bishop Guertin of Nashua 3-0 and No. 3 Bedford edged No. 2 Pinkerton Academy of Derry 1-0 in semifinal action at Stellos Stadium Wednesday night.
Exeter (18-0-0), which has won 42 games in a row and is ranked No. in the nation, will face Bedford (14-2-2) in the state title game Saturday at 6:15 p.m. at Southern New Hampshire University. Bedford lost to Exeter in last year's championship.
The 1-0 win for Bedford reversed the regular season result that saw the Astros (14-3-1) earn a 1-0 win.
"We knew that coming in. It wasn't going to be easy," said Bedford coach Michelle Winning. "People started to look forward and I said 'no, Pinkerton is going to be a tough, tough game.' Both sides are bumped and bruised from it and that's the way the playoffs should be."
Junior Christina Campbell scored the only goal with 16:01 remaining in the game. She sent a long ball into the far corner of the net from the right side, driving the ball just over the leap of Pinkerton goalkeeper Samantha Mitchell.
"I was trying to get it in the box for one of my teammates to get it in," Campbell said. "The long ball ended up in the corner. It was exciting."
Pinkerton coach Steve Gundrum took the blame for the goal, saying that his defenders were tired and he did not substitute in time.
The Astros had some chances in the first half, but seemed to wear down as the game moved along. The Astros were also without top player Katyann Grochmal, who sat out with a concussion.
"I'm not making any excuses, but the best player on the field wasn't out there tonight," Gundrum said. "But I thought we played a hell of a first half. In the second half, we got a little tired. But it was still a back-and-forth affair."
After an early push by Pinkerton to open the game, Bedford began to take control of the play and earn the better scoring chances. Still, the Bulldogs managed just the one goal, which has been a theme this year.
"That's the story of our season. We create opportunities. A lot of our games have been 1-0 so we wouldn't expect anything else," Winning said. "You can't get too frustrated. They're working their hearts out."
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Three Vemma Brand Partners Achieve Record-Breaking Incomes*
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwire - Feb 6, 2013) - Business is booming for Vemma Nutrition Company, and three of the company's Brand Partners have achieved elite rank status and are now earning record-breaking incomes. This announcement comes just a week after the launch of Vemma's new energy drink, Verve Bold, and within three months of the launch of the Chris Powell Bod-e Shake. Skyrocketing sales of both products, including pre-orders of Verve Bold, contributed to business success for Tom and Bethany Alkazin, Pinnacle Leaders, and Brad Alkazin, Star Royal Ambassador.
Tom and Bethany Alkazin are the first in the company's eight-year history to reach the highest rank of Pinnacle Leader. Brad reached the rank of Star Royal Ambassador, which can generate annual earnings well beyond the seven-figure mark.*
Vemma Founder and CEO, BK Boreyko commented, "We are honored to have such tremendous leaders on the Vemma team. My heartfelt congratulations go to them. Tom and Bethany have established an empire, and Brad has proven that success can happen at any age and is redefining the income potential for young people with Vemma."
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well last I checked all you can eat meant "All you can eat." As in I get as many plates until my stomach is about to explode. When I got to "All you can eat" restaurants, you know what I do? I eat until I can't eat anymore! I mean that's the service I'm paying for right?
Making rules like only two plates per meal is bogus and not what's advertised at all. You might as well say seconds are free or something.
I have 3 guest passes message me for one.
all you can eat is where you pay a set amount of money for a meal package to where you eat as much as you please.
I'm hardly active.
Anybody have a real answer here? This is kind of an interesting question. What I mean is that people here on CR can debate the meaning of "all" or whatever forever, but how this question actually plays out in reality may be a matter for lawyers and case law (which might well vary from country to country, or even between different jurisdictions within a country). All-you-can-eat restaurants have been around a long time, and surely someone by now has already tried to test out whether "all you can eat" really is ALL you can eat in court. A brief Yahoo! and Google search on my part pulls up numerous references to the same three incidents (the one in the U.K. the OP linked to, a sushi bar in L.A. sued by a diabetic who said he couldn't eat the rice, and some fish place in the U.S. who cut off a customer after 12 pieces or something), but no real resolution. Any lawyers out there who can weigh in on the discussion here?
(Incidentally, we've a lot of all-you-can-eat sushi places here in Reno, and they're not bad at all-- some are quite good in fact. In all the places I've been, there are up-front rules in place about eating the rice with the fish (AYCE sashimi can be had also, but for a higher price), AND there's a time limit, typically one hour. I've never had a problem being satisfied, indeed overly stuffed, within one hour.)
theres a brazillian steak house by me (fogo de choa i think its spelled) or texas de brazil in illinois, all you can eat meat. good meat. lamb pork,ribs, filet. and its good. 70 bucks a person, but i swear i eat more than that each time i go.
I think it merely refers to the maximum amount of food you can stomach within the time limit given to you by the restaurant for the given price. No take-outs is obvious, and not wasting food, drink, and utensils on purpose should also be a given.
If I owned an AYCE restaurant, I'd make it so that it isn't a buffet. I'd intentionally make my waiters slow down a little bit so food has time to settle in people's stomachs. I'd also charge enough, but not a low enough price to get me ripped off by every eater. I'd also try to obtain ingredients from sources that give me good deals without compromising quality too much.
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When you're full, don't make a fool out of yourself.
I'm sah tired x_x
America is fat.
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Myself, I go for 1-3 plates. I'm not that much of an eater in restaurants.
You must be American if you think 1-3 plates isn't that much.
This sort of marketing happens everywhere. You see so many "unlimited*" everywhere, the star being the trick. No one gives you unlimited anything. Even the somewhat true unlimited ISPs will cut your service if you're using your internet too much.
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sasakibomb wrote:
Myself, I go for 1-3 plates. I'm not that much of an eater in restaurants.
You must be American if you think 1-3 plates isn't that much.
This sort of marketing happens everywhere. You see so many "unlimited*" everywhere, the star being the trick. No one gives you unlimited anything. Even the somewhat true unlimited ISPs will cut your service if you're using your internet too much.
Or a lousy Asian like me who will occasionally scoop up some of the food in a hidden container to bring home. Then again, I usually don't bother with AYCE unless the restaurant is great. If it is, I'll be too full to think about scooping up food secretly. And if it's too bad, I won't even eat in the first place.
Conjuring up the past is not remembering; it is replacing.
It's not a good idea to eat until full...
I only take two plates maximum... and then some desserts and fruit salad.
The way I hold you and the night just seems to fly
Sizzlers, bro. Buy a sizzling steak with the extra (I can't remember the word right now) and you just destroy it, they have desserts and main dishes like Spag bog and Potato bake. And then you have salads and soups and the drinks too. Wicked place, I eat like 4 plates when I go. Delicious
You've been hit by, you've been struck by a smooth criminal!
I think it basically means to eat until you can't eat anymore. XD But I sometimes see people mouthing down 7 plates of food at all you can eat restraunts. I personally don't eat more than a plate and a half or I know I would be sick.
I don't know about what the rest of you are saying, but as for this being legal or not. I think you'll find that in the entrance of most "All you can eat's" there is a piece of paper covered with tiny writing. You agree to the rules on this paper the moment you step into the establishment, so presuming it say's that they have the right to ban/stop customers from eating (most do) on there it would be legal.
So the answer "All you can eat" is never infact all you can eat. No owner worth his two cents would make their "all you can eat" actually all you can eat, there is always going to be ways to get rid of people they don't want.
Despite that if your not over the top who really cares.
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its in one sitting, there are people who are broke goes in and rotate eating all day. while they spend time talking all they want while someone eats. honestly buffet places usually range would usually aim for under eaters. they don't have the right to ban them like that, unless law give them power to do so.
They can refuse anyone's business for any reason. They can also kick you out if they don't like you. Example someone who runs a coffee shop kicked a cop out because he doesn't like cops, nothing they can do to him because they know it's his business.
Not sure if banning someone for eating too much at an all-you-can-eat buffet is right, but if they wanted to make sure everyone wanted to get food for this special, they should have set up rules and limits for every table.


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America's wild places offer oodles of opportunities to enjoy the beautiful outdoors. But there's one type of recreation for which it seems the rules are not quite clear.
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Assaf Arkin questions a recent report indicating SOA failures, rather the success of web oriented architectures (WOA). He points to the survey results in an Information Week article, which suggests that
IT pros have expressed skepticism about SOA's promised return on investment. A 2007 InformationWeek Web survey of 278 IT pros found that 32% of those using SOA said those projects fell short of expectations. Of those, 58% said their SOA projects introduced more complexity into their IT environments, and 30% said they cost more than expected. Out of all respondents using SOAs, just 10% said the results exceeded expectations [which is confirmed by a survey by] Nucleus Research, which found that only 37% of 106 organizations it surveyed actually were realizing ROI from their investments in SOA technology and programming.
He compares this to industry averages in the software development and opines that "Considering industry standard, that doesn't look all that doomy or gloomy. It looks … just average". He asserts that
What will change is not the rate of success. What will change is the ability of the successful to do more interesting things, and do them better.
That's where the change is. The possibilities you can realize.
What didn't change is the industry average. And the average article using statistics out of context to make a point that sounds good but doesn't say anything. There are other things horribly wrong with this article, but this one point stood out because, as fallacies go, it tends to propagate wide and far.
Joe McKendrick of ZDNet examines the meaning of SOA failure in his article where he says that "Frankly, I haven't heard about any big failures… yet. But for most companies, it's still too soon in the evolution to SOA to make the call". However he identifies a couple of tell-tale signs that an SOA effort is in trouble
- Lack of a true SOA. An organization may only think it has SOA. Having a primordial soup of services across the organization and hoping an SOA may evolve from it at some point.
- Lack of reuse or sharing by multiple business units. Such services may languish until a more effective governance strategy can bring them into the light of day. Or, sharing may actually be happening, but the business is not tracking these metrics.
- More money spent than gained — over the long run.
- More, not less, vendor lock-in. The purpose of SOA is independence from vendors, so components or services can be swapped out as needed.
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SOA failure.
Sara Jay
The first project started off with a group of enthusiastic developers, starting out on performing requirements gathering with the business, analysts etc. jotting down the functions that different parts of the corporate performs, and started writing fine grained web-services across the corporate, orchestrating the calls using ESB. Over a period of time, for certain composite apps in the enterprise, certain use cases had to orchestrate with 12 or 13 different web-services across the corporate, bringing the application to a halt under high production load. At that time, the business wanted to generify some of the web-services into 1 or 2. But that rework was a big mess, once all of the services had been designed and the business just said "Oh.. F*CK it, rollback the entire system, lets start out fresh and get it complete before next holiday freeze" - In fact some of the web-services I believe from what he said, did not have a business specification to them, they just send back some data from a database to the client, given a key.
The second project, failed due to developers being extremely enthusiastic in technical jargons while failing to capture business use-cases and translating them into technical requirements.
"Failure", or just not a silver bullet?
Jim Leonardo
Does it mean SOA is a failure? No. It just means that it doesn't solve every problem in the world and not every organization can or should move everything onto an SOA platform. And above all, make sure your training and education includes the theory and philosophy, not just the nuts and bolts.
Software Development Amidst the Whiz of Silver Bullets...
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Most of the problems derive,(at least in SOA), is as others have put it here, from the fact that in the end, the endpoints become too fine grained. Then, to create any useful business composition requires a myriad of dependent services. I'd add that they become too narrow-scoped because legacy lines of business end up dominating the interface contracts and defeat the whole exercise of the re-engineering in the first place.
No architectural abstraction is going to fix that.
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Most of us are out and about much more in the summer, including many of our pets! But summer comes with its own set of potential problems. Common sense and preventive measures can prevent illness and injuries for our pets. Here are our Top 10 tips for a safe and happy summer:
Prevent Parasites. Fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, and other parasites are a year-round problem where warm weather is the norm, but in summer they're practically everywhere. Not only are these pests a nuisance to your dog or cat, but they can carry tapeworms, heartworms, and diseases such as Lyme, Bartonella (often called cat-scratch disease, although dogs actually carry more species of this nasty bacteria than cats), West Nile Virus, leptospirosis, and even bubonic plague. Keeping your pet parasite-free requires a broad approach and vigilance on your part, with a little help from effective preventives. (See our comprehensive
article on fleas here. Many
natural products are available; talk to your vet about what's needed for your area.
Stay Cool! Pets can succumb to heatstroke, so be sure that whenever your pet is outdoors, he always has a shelter from the sun, and plenty of fresh water. Add ice cubes or blocks to the water to keep it cool longer. If it's extremely hot and humid in your area, consider a
cooling vest for your dog. Don't jog or bike with your dog in hot mid-day temperatures; stick to morning and evening. This is especially important for short-nosed (brachycephalic) dogs (Pekes, Pugs, Bulldogs, etc.) or those with double-thick coats or long hair (huskies, shepherds, collies, some terriers and retrievers).
Dogs can't sweat—they control their body temperature by panting. If the air in the car is near or above the dog's body temperature (about 100°F), the dog will be unable to cool itself, and its body temperature can quickly rise to fatal levels (over 107°F). Heatstroke symptoms in dogs include: heavy panting, salivation, disorientation, agitation, rapid heart beat, lethargy, vomiting, seizures, coma and death.
If you see a dog left alone in a car under dangerous conditions, note the car's location, color, model, make, and license plate number, and contact local humane authorities or police, who usually have authority to break in to save the animal. If you can make a good guess as to which store the driver might be in, ask the store manager to page them. If the animal shows symptoms of heatstroke, immediately take these steps to lower its body temperature in a controlled manner:
* Move the animal into the shade or an air-conditioned area. * Apply ice packs or cold towels to the head, neck, and chest; or immerse her in cool (but not cold) water. * Allow small amounts of cool water or let the dog lick some ice cubes. * Get to a veterinarian as soon as possible.
Avoid Sunburn. Sunscreen may be needed for pets with white fur around their face and ears—even indoors, if they're sunbathing through windows. Susceptible areas are where the fur is thin and the skin is white or pink. You can use a human sunscreen or sunblock product (but be sure to clean it off when you get home), or get one especially made for pets, such as Solar Rx, which is green, vegan and chemical free.
Summer also brings chemical hazards. Antifreeze is particularly deadly, so leaky cars are a hazard; clean up any spills immediately. This is the also the time of year when people are using fertilizers, mulches, and pesticides in yards and on lawns. While professionals will usually put flags up, do-it-yourselfers might not. Don't let your dog wander in other yards where chemicals or cocoa mulch (toxic if ingested) might be used.
If you suspect that your pet has gotten into something, poison-control hotlines (there may be a charge) include: • Kansas State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital 785-532-5679 • ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (888) 426-4435 • The National Animal Poison Control Center 1-900-680-0000 or 1- 800-548-2423 • Angell Animal Poison Control Hotline at 1-877-2ANGEL
Watch Out for Critters. Walking and hiking with your dog summer increases the chances of encountering unpleasant or even dangerous wildlife, such as skunks, porcupines, scorpions, or rattlesnakes. Some toads have poisons on their skin that can be deadly even if your pet merely licks at the toad. Toads come out in wet weather and when it's dark, so be especially careful when letting your dog out at these times.
Don't Let Burrs Get Buried. Summer grasses often produce sticky or spiky seed cases. Foxtails and burrs can get caught in the paws or fur and work their way into—or even through—the skin. Foxtails have been known to work their way inside the chest or abdomen, where infection can be life-threatening. Check your pet after every outing to ensure its fur isn't harboring any of these nasty items. Other sharp items also multiply in warm weather…if you live near water or take your dog on fishing trips, be careful with your fishing hooks and lines, and watch out for those that may have been left behind by others.
For car rides of any length, the very safest place for pets is in the back seat, either wearing a safety harness, or in a carrier or confined area. Pets loose in the car can distract and interfere with the driver, which could result in an accident. Harnesses designed as "doggie seat belts" provide safety during the trip, and prevent your dog from getting loose if someone unexpectedly opens the door. If your dog must ride in a truck bed, use a carrier or cross-ties to prevent injuries.
Cats should always be kept in a carrier while the car is in motion; many cats actually prefer it, because the smaller space makes them feel safer. Always make sure the cat is well secured before opening the car door. Some cats can be trained to walk with a harness and leash, but this is not something to try for the first time the day of the trip!
Always Carry Identification. Pets should always wear a collar or harness and ID tag, no matter where they are or where they're going. Cats should be fitted with a breakaway collar for maximum safety. Please consider having your pet microchipped as added "insurance." Rumors of cancer from microchips are greatly exaggerated, while the sad truth is that lost pets are often gone forever. Thousands of lost pets have been returned home thanks to microchips!
Be Prepared. Whether at home or away, keep a first aid kit ready in case of emergencies. There are special kits for both dogs and cats, so you never have to panic! You might also want to keep flower essences on hand, to keep your pet calm while you give first aid or head for the vet. Several products are available:
And there you have it! Once you're prepared for summer hazards, you'll be able to relax, have fun, and enjoy the summer season with your pet!
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Skip to comments.Polygamy advocates buoyed by gay court wins
Posted on 12/30/2003 12:13:31 PM PST by hattend
Polygamy advocates buoyed by gay court wins Some see sodomy, marriage opinions as helping their cause
By JOE CREA
Friday, December 26, 2003
Mark Henkel, a constitutional conservative and polygamy advocate, said two recent gay rights victories should pave the way to decriminalizing polygamy laws. He claims the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning state sodomy laws and a Massachusetts case that some say will legalize gay marriage in the Bay State should help polygamists.
The government does not have the authority to be in the marriage business in the first place, said Henkel, founder of TruthBearer.org, a Web site devoted to the decriminalization of polygamy.
Some social conservatives have argued that both decisions, particularly Lawrence vs. Texas, which found state sodomy laws unconstitutional, will send the nation down a slippery slope toward the legalization of polygamy and other societal ills.
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) stirred up the debate in April, ahead of the Supreme Court ruling, when he said sex between two men was not constitutionally protected and was harmful to society.
If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything, Santorum said. Does that undermine the fabric of our society? I would argue yes, it does.
Utah polygamists Tom Green and Rodney Holm are currently challenging their convictions for having multiple wives based in part on the Supreme Courts sodomy ruling. Holms attorney is arguing that there must be some other rational basis to ban certain behavior other than sheer moral disapproval.
Legal scholars say that while it is possible the bigamy charges against both men could be dropped as a result of Lawrence vs. Texas, their other convictions would likely remain. Green was found guilty in a separate case of child rape because his first wife was 13 when they first married and began having sex.
Holm, a former Utah police officer, was also convicted on two counts of unlawful sex with a minor.
Yes, I think [Lawrence vs. Texas] would give a lawyer a foothold to argue such a case, said Art Spitzer, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union. The general framework of that case, that states cant make it a crime to engage in private consensual intimate relationships, is a strong argument.
Slippery slope
Henkel criticized his fellow conservatives for spearheading the slippery slope argument, noting that it was conservatives who started the supposed ball rolling by involving government in marriage in the first place.
Marriage in this country is not defined as the union of one man and one woman, Henkel said. Marriage in this country is the union of three: one man, one woman and the government. Any valid Christian should be concerned about this because from the conservative Christian paradigm, thats an abomination itself.
Quoting biblical passages supportive of polygamy, noting that Moses had two wives and that no one in the Bible was ever married by government, Henkel says that Christian polygamy, which his group supports, has garnered steam after the recent gay legal victories.
Christian polygamy, Henkel says, is a relatively new movement, based strictly upon the Old and New Testament. He describes it as a benevolent form of polygamy, in which a husband might take two wives to help support them financially.
Polygamy lacks support
Despite Henkel and Spitzers assertions that the recent gay legal victories will be a powerful tool in court, some experts say that both decisions are unlikely to lead to the overturning of polygamy laws.
That [slippery slope argument] is just an incendiary device by the right wing, said Sarah Barringer Gordon, a professor of law and history at the University of Pennsylvania. States have a significant interest in marriage and the defense of marriage, especially in Utah, which does not want either same-sex or polygamous marriage.
Tom Green, a Mormon polygamist serving a sentence for bigamy in Utah, has argued his conviction should be overturned based on the Lawrence vs. Texas decision. Gordon noted that there is not enough broad, political support for polygamy and that many of the legal battles over polygamy occurred in the 19th century.
Gordon said that conventional Mormon polygamy, based heavily on religious command, was debated in the middle to late 19th century and abandoned in 1890 when lawmakers and the courts made it clear that the government, rather than local religious groups, would set the terms and boundaries of marriage.
Opposing the FMA
Henkel also voiced his opposition to the Federal Marriage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that seeks to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. He called the proposed amendment, which has been introduced in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, nothing short of new liberalism and another call for big government.
After the Supreme Court overturned states rights in Lawrence vs. Texas, you now have conservatives saying lets overturn states rights on marriage well guys, make up your mind.
Gordon said that Henkels argument has a very respectable pedigree.
Its basically a libertarian argument unless there is harm or some tangible drawback to a given activity, then the government has no justifiable means of regulating it, Gordon said.
Henkel wants the government to completely step out of marriage.
You can identify contractual obligations that we now consider within the realm of civil marriage and it does need to be in the realm of marriage, Henkel said. Anybody can have civil unions by making contracts with other parties and it does not need the gold star from the government to call it marriage.
Spitzer said that more lawyers will likely argue privacy cases based on consenting adults but said that courts will always find a way to say no to incest.
That would always be considered non-consensual but where the line will be officially drawn is unknown.
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) argued in April that if the Supreme Court legalized gay sex, that similar rights for polygamists would follow.
Tom Green, a Mormon polygamist serving a sentence for bigamy in Utah, has argued his conviction should be overturned based on the Lawrence vs. Texas decision.
The slide has begun, and the thing that will reverse that slide has not yet appeared on the political scene.
They are?
Wow, this is going to make the tax business fun in the next few years ... and imagine the multi-state filing complications ... billing by the number of parties involved? It could work ...
This is the opener of Bill Murchison's column on Townhall.com today. If even the NYT admits the public doesn't support gay marriage, I think it's safe to say they don't.
But that's the "beauty" of the MA court decision! It just don't matter what the people think. We don't get a chance to vote on it. The Court ordered the legislature to write a law legitimating gay marriage. It (apparently) doesn't matter what the legislature thinks either. And I'm sure you understand the "full faith and credit" clause.
It's coming, brother.
BTW...Keep your eyes on Rick Santorum the next four years...I believe he is going places, much to my delight.
Why not me and my rutabaga?Ouch!
Not me. No sir. I don't want to disappoint another woman.
Why not pets?
Because pets are not human and cannot consent to a legal agreement.
Why not menages a trois? Why not me and my rutabaga?
Marriage COULD be defined as between any 2 adults not related to each other. I don't know if it should be, but I don't think the slippery slope argument is a good one against it.
LOL...I have had a few ex-girlfriends who were not much brighter than a rutabaga..
Tom Green is not "Mormon." He is not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - he is not Mormon. How many times does this have to be repeated before the people who write this stuff get it right? Polygamists are excommunicated and therefore are not Mormon. He can call himself Mormon, but that does not make it so. He can call himself the Queen of England, but still he is not.
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Kerry heads home after Iraq, Afghanistan visits
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry headed for home Wednesday after making clandestine journeys to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he delivered a stern warning to Iraqi leaders about Syria and sought to patch up differences with Afghanistan's president.
Kerry was flying back to Washington from Paris, having piggy-backed off President Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East to make unannounced stops in Baghdad and Kabul, as well as following up on Obama's discussions with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
In Iraq, he told Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that shipments of Iranian weapons and fighters through Iraqi territory must stop. In Afghanistan, he put on a show of unity with President Hamid Karzai, whose recent anti-American comments had angered U.S. officials.
Kerry's first foray as secretary of state into the war zones were shrouded in secrecy for security reasons.
Using Jordan — the last stop on Obama's tour — as a base, Kerry flew surreptitiously to Baghdad aboard a military transport plane Sunday for meetings with al-Maliki and other Iraq officials just four days after the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.
A key message, officials said, was to warn Iraq that unless it cracks down on Iranian planes and trucks using Iraqi territory to supply Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with arms, it will not have a voice in ongoing preparations for a post-Assad Syria. He also urged the Iraqis to overcome deep sectarian differences that have fueled consistent instability since the departure of U.S. troops in late 2011, and to hold inclusive, transparent local elections next month.
After returning to Jordan, where he had dinner with Pakistan's army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Kerry flew to Afghanistan on Monday for talks with Karzai amid fears the Afghan leader might be jeopardizing progress in the war against extremism with anti-American rhetoric.
While Kerry was there, the Taliban claimed responsibility for eight suicide bombers attacking a police headquarters in the eastern city of Jalalabad, killing five officers and wounding four.
Karzai infuriated U.S. officials earlier this month by accusing Washington of colluding with Taliban insurgents to keep Afghanistan weak even as the Obama administration pressed ahead with plans to hand off security responsibility to Afghan forces and end NATO's combat mission by the end of next year.
But after their talks, which coincided with the U.S. military ceding control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan, Kerry brushed aside concerns about Karzai's comments.
"We're on the same page," Kerry told reporters. "I don't think there is any disagreement between us and I am very, very comfortable with the president's explanation."
Karzai said he had been trying to make the point that if the Taliban really wanted foreign troops out of Afghanistan they should stop killing people.
Speaking to staffers at the embassy in Kabul before he left Tuesday, Kerry joked about the rapprochement, noting that the weather before his arrival had been cold and rainy. "President Karzai and I stood up and it was like the sun had been shining forever between us," he said to laughter. "It was wonderful."
Kerry then flew to Paris, where he met French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to discuss the crisis in Syria and also promoted a new trans-Atlantic trade agreement that the Obama administration is pushing.


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White Supremacist Rally Draws Hundreds
Supporters, Protesters, Police Gather In Lincoln
White Supremacist Rally Draws Hundreds
Supporters, Protesters, Police Gather In Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. —
Hundreds gathered in Lincoln Saturday afternoon to support and protest a Neo-Nazi rally.
The National Socialist Movement held a rally at the State Capitol. The group turned out dozens of supporters, there were 225 law enforcement officials on hand and dozens of counter-protesters.
Lincoln police and the Nebraska State Patrol set up barricades and had officers stationed on rooftops. The rally quickly became a shouting match between the two sides.
When the rally wrapped up, opponents didn't leave and many followed Nazi supporters away from the capitol. With the help of authorities and the NAACP, things finally broke up.
Lincoln police estimate a $25,000 price tag for security at the event.
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Pictures: Soccer Night In Newtown
If the number of stars from Major League Soccer and the U.S. men's and women national teams and the number of joyful smiles that lit up this early January night are used to quantify that mission, Soccer Night in Newtown was a grand success. They signed autographs for more than 1,000 Newtown kids and their families over two sessions. They broke down into soccer games. There were giant inflatables to romp in. Read more.
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Professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt had a kind of coming out party with the terror front group CAIR this afternoon in Washington at the National Press Club. Fresh off his fundraising appearance for Keith Ellison in Minneapolis on Friday, CAIR's Nihad Awad introduced Mearsheimer and Walt at the haters' ball this afternoon. Behind the bloopers, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank noticed a certain thematic unity to the event:
Yesterday, at the invitation of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), [Mearsheimer and Walt] held a forum at the National Press Club to expand on their allegations about the Israel lobby. Blurring the line between academics and activism, they accepted a button proclaiming "Fight the Israel Lobby" and won cheers from the Muslim group for their denunciation of Israel and its friends in the United States.
Whatever motivated the performance, the result wasn't exactly scholarly.
Walt singled out two Jews who worked at the Pentagon for their pro-Israel views. "People like Paul Wolfowitz or Doug Feith . . . advocate policies they think are good for Israel and the United States alike," he said. "We don't think there's anything wrong with that, but we also don't think there's anything wrong for others to point out that these individuals do have attachments that shape how they think about the Middle East."
"Attachments" sounds much better than "dual loyalties." But why single out Wolfowitz and Feith and not their non-Jewish boss, Donald Rumsfeld?
"I could have mentioned non-Jewish people like John Bolton," Walt allowed when the question was put to him.
Picking up on the "attachments" lingo, Mearsheimer did mention Bolton but cited two Jews, Elliott Abrams and David Wurmser, as "the two most influential advisers on Middle East affairs in the White House. Both, he said, are " fervent supporters of Israel." Never mind that others in the White House, such as national security adviser Stephen Hadley, Vice President Cheney and President Bush, have been just as fervent despite the lack of "attachments."
This line of argument could be considered a precarious one for two blue-eyed men with Germanic surnames. And, indeed, Walt seemed defensive about the charges of anti-Semitism. He cautioned that the Israel lobby "is not a cabal," that it is "not synonymous with American Jews" and that "there is nothing improper or illegitimate about its activities."
But Mearsheimer made no such distinctions as he used "Jewish activists," "major Jewish organizations" and the "Israel lobby" interchangeably. Clenching the lectern so tightly his knuckles whitened, Mearsheimer accused Israel of using the kidnapping of its soldiers by Hezbollah as a convenient excuse to attack Lebanon.
"Israel had been planning to strike at Hezbollah for months," he asserted. "Key Israelis had briefed the administration about their intentions."
A questioner asked if he had any "hard evidence" for this accusation. Mearsheimer cited the "public record" and "Israeli civilian strategists," then repeated the allegation that Israel was seeking "a cover for launching this offensive."
And so, unbelievably, on, all the way to Mearhsheimer's post-ball interview with al-Jazeera.
Charles Johnson notes that in Awad's introduction of Mearsheimer and Walt, Awad promoted Paul Findley's absurd book on the subject of the "Israel Lobby" that I used as my point of reference in "They too dare to speak out!" (With apologies to the late Shel Silverstein and his "Freakin' at the Freakers' Ball.")