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Game Dogs: Episode 10: E3
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That was terrifying, it made me cry. I'm going to go curl up in a ball in tho corner.
Y'know, the avatar really gives you away. Those on the outside see it RATHER differently.
I have to say, after a mediocre run which pales in comparison to Doraleous and Co. you hit the Zenith of your humor with "Cardiac arrest, Cardiac on parole, and Cardiac becoming a productive member of society" (I'm cracking a smile just remembering). And immediately afterward you throw it all right out the window with an overly long gag and some sort of trans joke. Just, wow...
The only funny thing was Pedobear. We are not amused.
pedo bear FTW
You know, I'm not stupid, I can tell what panders to furries. I really don't feel like this is it. This is like one of those cartoons that ended up MAKING furries. You know, the innocuous kind where they use anthropomorphic characters because it seems like good marketing, but then certain people respond to it rather... uniquely.
Seriously, these all just seem like run-down animal jokes, not FURRY jokes. Although maybe people just think and hear what they want.
best episode yet, very good all round. I knew a good episode would come. the game trailer was funny, the arse-sniffing was funny. Good stuff
god this show sucks... but I think that was what they were aiming for.
Now THIS is how you should make this show. Parody Game development and use common Dog behaviour for comic relieve.
Best episode yet and it got me interested again.
Though what is with Nerd dog (forgot his name, it's been 9 mediocre episodes cut me some slack) and his hands. He keeps putting his middle... finger against his palms. Either he really likes metal or you should work on another hand animation.
How long can you drag an unfunny joke.
This E3 episode could have been funny. It wasn't. One joke dragged on like something "Family Guy" would have cut short, the dialog at the beginning didn't seem like it was anything but a script, and, really, an alcoholic dog is nothing to laugh at. The saving grace was just at the end and the "two girls one cup" reaction Bob has.
Oh noes! PEDOBEAR :'(
Definitely the best episode so far, keep up the good work
Wow... that got so awkward I nearly had to fast-forward... the cuts between the expressions was hilarious.
And damn! Silence of the Lambs for the win XD
Anyone else noticed Pedobear in the demo? :P
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The whole sniffing thing made me feel so uncomfortable, that I curled up my fingers into a fist and grimaced
If I could have spoken, I would have said 'eaaargh'
I am missing Gary's sensative side a little though
What did I just watch?
It's as if the last nine episodes built up to this glorious episode. This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. The booth bitch, the sniffing that goes on too long and then long enough to become funny again, and then the "do you want to hump me?" Kudos to Game Dogs!
Fantastic episode!
Anyone else notice that Bethany was missing in this ep?
Somebody has to hold down the fort at Electro. :)
Ummm... okay. I watched this just out of curiosity, and i'm going to stop now. Sorry, it just isn't funny, is more.... disturbing...
WOAH, WOAH, WOAH. I'm watching this episode and all this time I'm shaking my head. You've all but come out and flat out tell us that it takes place in the 80's. The 80's references are all over the place, the computer is one from the 80's, the PREMISE ITSELF (a tax software company shoehorns game-making into their repertoire) is something out of the 80's, specifically based in one of the major factors that caused the crash. AXL ROMA! THAT TV AT THEIR BOOTH WITH THE RABBIT EARS ON TOP!! 1980'S!!!
Yet here they are at E³. E³ was first held in 1995, not the 80's. That was CES.
It doesn't bother me so much that they're at E³ (everyone has episodes like this if it's a videogame show) as it does how you can run a site dedicated to video games and screw this piece of VG history up so badly. You could have slapped CES over the same episode and not change anything else and it would have worked out just fine. Yes, I understand that you're aiming for the teens that are idiotic towards this kind of thing but it's insulting to the people who actually know the past of videogames. If you MUST hold it at an E³-like expo, please just make one up or overblow CES (that last one isn't hard). This virtually ruined the episode for me.
Oh, and the rest of the episode...yeah. It was perfectly fine otherwise up until the butt-sniffing part, then a large man with LAZINESS spelled out in big letters with a marker on his shirt broke my door down, plopped down on my couch and started eating all of my chips. After the butt-sniffing started, it wasn't really funny anymore and screamed "WE HAD A DEADLINE TO MEET SO HERE'S A RUSHJOB ENDING HAHA IT'S FUNNY GET IT" to me. The entire ending after that point was like that, but most especially the butt-sniffing part. That was what, a few minutes to cut/pan the camera and move Yee a few pixels up and down every few moments? I'd expect that from NG or YouTube, not The Escapist. (maybe I should start?...)
There were alot of things wrong with this episode. It would have been good if it wasn't for those issues that I listed up there and won't list again.
It's been a good run so far, though. Ever since the show picked itself up from those terrible first few eps it's been pretty good.
Naw, it was awkward, but funny, in an awkward way. God, it was so hilariously wrong on so many freaking levels :P
Wait what, that was actually good and funny. Maybe I should start watching again. Good job guys, knew you could do it!
the weirder the better.
I tuned out of this show after episode 5 but thought I would give it another chance. I don't think I'll be making that mistake again.
Oh lawdy, was that some Pedobear I just saw?
I understand Kimosaber's point about the history of video games, and perhaps they could've made up their own expo that's exactly like the E3 just to stay more consistent to the time period, but...honestly, with fiction you reserve the right to warp things somewhat as you please to suit your story...if they want that to have been held earlier in time, then there's surely no reason you can't accept that slight difference in their universe (especially considering it's a universe in which anthro dogs apparently replace humans, and where there are bound to be SOME differences anyway..)
Wouldn't you have written that, though?
Nope. Russ Pitts writes this show. I just provide the voice of Gary and Chet.
I help write Doraleous and Associates and Apocalypse Lane.
"Furpocalypse Now" indeed
Mmmm. i like the booth bitch. My gaydar went through the roof when i saw him at first.
At the end I noticed bob had the red swingline stapler from Office space.
Ehe, okaaaay? ^^
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Thanks for all the info. I was not aware you could get just vitamin d drops. That is prob the route we take now since she hates the poly visol!
What about iron? I also am giving my LO the Poly-vi-sol drops because my ped. said he needs the vit D and iron. Infant formulas have iron added so is there a drop with just iron and vit D?
Adequate iron passes through breast milk to supplement an infant's iron stores built during gestation. Thus you only need to supplement with iron under exceptional circumstances (e.g. premature birth). My full-term son needs an iron supplement, but I tend to be significantly anemic at times. Large amounts of iron are added to formula because this type of iron is much more difficult to absorb than the iron in breast milk.
Iron supplementation can cause constipation, and too much iron can be very dangerous. As such, I would not supplement with iron, unless a blood test on you baby reveals a need to do so.
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Mention elderly drivers, and the talk often turns to incidents like Sunday's on the Massachusetts Turnpike, when an 87-year-old man drove 11 miles on the wrong side of the high-speed, divided highway, all the way from Auburn into Grafton.
While such stories get obvious and well-deserved attention, most elderly drivers are safe drivers. They generally drive more slowly, follow the rules of the road, wear seat belts, don't drive drunk, avoid rush hour and stay home during bad weather.
However, physical limitations such as worsening eyesight, cognitive decline that can include memory loss and the use of medications with side effects eventually come into play, and there comes a point when elderly drivers need to turn in the keys.
But at what point?
Short of an accident or an incident like the wrong-way driver on the pike, occupational therapist Bill Shea says, there are several red flags for people concerned about an elderly person behind the wheel:
• If you're not comfortable getting in the car with the driver.
• Near accidents, or minor ones — running over the trash can, for example.
• A general decline in the driver's memory and mental acuity.
• Deteriorating vision.
Shea has been an occupational therapist at Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital for 25 years, and he gives presentations such as the one Tuesday night at the Tatnuck Park senior living community, called "Aging Drivers: When to Retire From the Road."
In an interview earlier in the day, Shea said that after falls, car crashes are the leading cause of accidental death among 75- to 84-year-olds. And crash deaths per mile traveled spike after the age of 75, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, although that is largely due to older drivers' susceptibility to injury rather than their tendency to cause accidents.
Massachusetts included a provision on elderly drivers in the Safe Driving Law, which was passed in 2010 and also made it illegal to text and drive.
The law requires that those 75 and older must renew their licenses at a Registry of Motor Vehicles office, versus online, and must pass a vision test or present a vision screening certificate from an eye doctor. The measure also enables health care providers and law enforcement officials to report potentially unsafe drivers to the registry without civil liability.
Fairlawn evaluates drivers who have been referred by a doctor or who are at the hospital for other reasons and should be checked for their ability to drive safely, Shea said. Staff assesses patients' vision, cognitive and motor skills, ability to read and interpret road signs and tests their driving skills, including braking time on a simulator.
An interactive computer program called DriveABLE plays a key role in the therapists' assessment. The program measures reaction time, attention span and decision making. "If they fail on the DriveABLE, there's a high likelihood that they're going to perform poorly on the road," Shea said.
Many older drivers retire on their own, according to Shea. For others whose ability to drive safely might be suspect, family members could accompany them to a doctor's appointment.
"That's a good point to start the discussion, to bring up the subject that 'I'm a little worried about Mom or Gram driving," Shea said.
Often, getting someone off the road before they get hurt or hurt someone else is a difficult task, for both families and drivers. For most people older than 65, driving is the main mode of transportation, enabling them to shop, visit friends and otherwise stay independent.
"A lot of people are afraid," Shea said. "They don't want to lose their license."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers the following tips for older drivers:
• Ask your doctor or pharmacist to review medicines for possible side effects
• Have your eyes tested at least once a year
• Plan your route
• Leave lots of room between your car and the one in front of you
• Avoid distractions, including eating, talking on the phone or listening to loud music
• Consider alternatives to driving, like taking public transportation or getting a ride from a friend or family member


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November 13, 2012
Routt County voters are best served when they have choices and the two-party system helps to ensure that those choices are ever present.
One might assume, based on the results of the Nov. 6 election, that the two-party system in Routt County is on life support, if not already dead. On the surface, it seems the Democrats are in full control. President Barack Obama carried the county with 58 percent support, and every Democrat on the ballot won the county with at least 55 percent support. The legalization of marijuana, viewed largely as a liberal cause, got the support of 63 percent of county residents, including 69 percent in Steamboat Springs.
The general election numbers could lead some to the conclusion that the county simply has been overrun by pot-smoking, big-government liberals. How else to explain the complete political reversal of a decade ago, when the Republican Party largely controlled local politics?
We draw a different conclusion. After all, among active voters in Routt County, more people still identify themselves as Republicans (4,420) than Democrats (4,303). But it is the county's 5,456 unaffiliated voters where the Democrats truly are winning the day.
The bottom line this year is that Democrats did a much better job of asking for votes from independents than the Republicans. Democratic Party chairwoman Catherine Carson and her team were much more visible and active. Republican Party chairman Dave Moloney admitted as much after the election.
"The ground game is important, and as hard as we worked, they were more successful in getting people to the polls," Moloney said the day after the election. "We have to look at how we can better formulate our message to reach independent voters and the youth vote and women voters and drive home some of these conservative principles."
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Republicans appeared to count too heavily on voters casting ballots against Democrats, from President Obama on down, rather than in favor of Republicans. Such a strategy puts anger before vision and message, and rarely works.
"When I started this process in June, I didn't realize just how much of an endangered species Republicans are in Routt County," said Jim "Moose" Barrows, who ran for county commissioner in District 1 and lost. "I think there are a lot of things we need to do as a party. We need to try and separate ourselves from the far right wing of the party (that) so many people identify Republicans with."
Barrows is right. Republicans may have the right answers on the economy, the deficit, government spending and taxes, but they have to do a better job of selling voters on their plans than they did in 2012. And if they aren't able to moderate the party's tone on social issues, they will have a hard time winning a seat on the Routt County Board of Commissioners, much less the presidency.
The good news is, the independents aren't going anywhere. They will make up the majority of voters in the next Routt County election and their votes again will be up for grabs. We hope Republicans learn from the experience of 2012 and re-engage for 2014 and beyond. We think that the public is best served when both parties field competitive candidates, engage in a rigorous debate of ideas and aggressively sell their message to voters.


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CHICAGO (AP) — Another pro women's soccer league will try to succeed where two previous attempts have failed.
The currently unnamed eight-team league will launch in the spring, U.S. Soccer announced Wednesday. The clubs will be located in Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, New Jersey, Portland, Seattle, western New York and Washington.
The sport has repeatedly shown it can draw large numbers of fans in the stands and on TV for the World Cup and Olympics, but women's soccer has yet to find a foothold as a pro sport in the U.S.
WUSA folded in 2003 after three seasons, failing to capitalize on the success of the 1999 World Cup. More recently, Women's Professional Soccer folded this year, also after three seasons.
With a vested interest in ensuring national team players have somewhere to play in the years leading up to the 2015 World Cup, U.S. Soccer is stepping in this time to seek to create a viable economic model. The teams will still be privately owned, but the federation will pay for the salaries of 24 national team players.
U.S. Soccer also will fund the league's front offices.
"We are subsidizing the private sector here to try to make it sustainable, to try to make the investments necessary by the private sector smaller," U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said on a conference call.
The Canadian and Mexican federations also will pay the salaries of some of their players, with the same goal of ensuring their national teams are well-prepared for the World Cup. That means each club won't have to spend on salaries for up to seven players.
"We won't start off with the sort of deficits that we started the last two leagues with," Boston Breakers managing partner Michael Stoller.
The league will try to save money compared with the WPS in other ways, as well. Gulati said teams might sign fewer elite international players. Clubs will play in smaller stadiums to lower operating costs and do less marketing.
"What we need is a sustainable model: less hype, better performance," Gulati said. "The hype will come if we have the performance."
U.S. Soccer could have held a residency program for its national team players, as it has done at times in the past. Gulati said new coach Tom Sermanni and other officials believe the best way for players to improve is by competing in a league.
The federation's involvement will also allow it to make sure the league's schedule doesn't conflict with national team activities.
U.S. Soccer has a handshake agreement with one national sponsor and is looking into a potential television deal, Gulati said. He expected some players would essentially be semi-pro, joining a team while working part-time or going to grad school, saving the squads more money on salary.
But with star power guaranteed from players on the Olympic gold medalist U.S. team, Stoller insisted: "This is a true professional league and standard of play."
"The one thing that has absolutely not changed is the teams' commitment to professional training and professional environment for the players," he said.


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A longtime election official from Little Rock says she's seeking the Democratic nomination for Arkansas secretary of state next year.
Susan Inman on Thursday said she's running for the party's nomination to challenge Republican Secretary of State Mark Martin.
Martin was elected in 2010 and has said he's running for a second term.
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love week: printable stamp valentines
Now we're getting pretty close to Valentine's Day. And I don't know about you, but I still love the silly little Valentines that come in the flat-ish boxes. I think they are way cool, and I wish that I had saved some from when I was young.
Even though I'm "all grown up", I'll be giving away a few of these stamp Valentines this year. They are based on my Teeny Tiny Commemoratives, and I thought you or your littles might want to print some too.
Download the PDF with 4 designs, then trim around them (but don't worry about the shaped edges!).
Have fun!
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canadian police were tipped off by the FBI to a possible security breach by a Canadian navy intelligence officer who later pleaded guilty to espionage, documents made public Thursday say.
Redacted versions of three search warrants were released Thursday after the prosecution consented to their release.
The warrants were used to obtain evidence against Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle, who pleaded guilty last month to passing classified information to Russia.
Delisle worked at a naval intelligence center in Halifax, Nova Scotia and had access to secret data from NATO countries.
One document said police opened an investigation into Delisle's activities after it received a letter in late 2011 from FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi alerting them of a possible security breach involving a Canadian military officer. That letter was sent Dec. 2, 2011, about six weeks before Delisle was arrested
The portions of the documents that were released do not elaborate on how or when the FBI became aware of the security breach. But they do indicate that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police heavily relied on information from Anthony Buckmeier, a Russian counter-espionage specialist who began working for the FBI in 1987.
"Given his vast experience in Russian counter-espionage, I believe the information supported by the opinion of Anthony M. Buckmeier is credible," says a warrant filed by the RCMP.
The documents say the RCMP set up phone taps from Montreal as they pursued their investigation into Delisle's activities. Delisle was arrested Jan. 13.
The documents also say Delisle received a total of 23 money transfers from July 6, 2007, to Aug. 1, 2011 from Moscow and Ireland.
During his bail hearing in March, the provincial court in Halifax heard that Delisle walked into the Russian embassy in Ottawa and offered to sell them information. Over the course of nearly five years, Delisle accepted money transfers from Russia in exchange for his services, the court was told.
There was a publication ban on evidence and arguments presented at the proceedings in the spring, but his guilty plea means there will not be a jury trial now. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 10.
Delisle would search for Russian references on his work computer, transfer it to a USB key and take it to his home nearby before pasting it into an email program that he shared with his Russian handler, the prosecution has said.
But at some point, the RCMP hacked into the email account Delisle shared with his Russian handler, the court heard. Delisle continued sending sensitive information through the account, unaware that police were receiving it.
Delisle, who joined the navy as a reservist in 1996, became a member of the regular forces in 2001 and was promoted to an officer rank in 2008. He had access to systems with information shared by the Five Eyes community that includes Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.


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Skip to comments.Gunboat diplomacy: Indian navy ready to set sail to South China Sea
Posted on 12/04/2012 9:49:07 PM PST by JerseyanExile
Indian naval warship INS Ranjit (D53)
India will deploy warships to the South China Sea if the countrys regional interests are compromised, the Indian Navy commander said. As China bolsters its military, the region has witnessed rising tensions over unresolved territorial disputes.
India is not directly involved in any of the disputes, but its national interests are tied to the turbulent region, Admiral D K Joshi said on Monday, a day ahead of Indias Navy Day. Delhi may deploy its forces to the region if the situation deteriorates.
Are we preparing for it? Are we having exercises of that nature? The short answer is 'Yes,' Joshi said.
Indias prime concerns in the dispute are freedom of navigation for all countries, and the extraction of oil by a subsidiary of the Indian Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONSC) off the Vietnamese coast, he explained.
The Indian Navys military actions are a bit late, but meant to defend the countrys interests in the region, Sreeram Chaulia, the dean of the Jindal School of International Affairs, told RT.
It's seen as a belated but necessary move by the Indian military to be able to say that if our interests are now so widespread, then we will also need to show our capabilities to defend our interests come what may. And of course, the situation in the South China Sea has been deteriorating in terms of security and a high level of competition and bickering between some ASEAN countries and China, said Chaulia.
Drill station Scarabeo 9, working in partnership with ONGC Videsh
ONSC Videsh operates three oil exploration blocks in the region. The company announced its possible withdrawal from one of the blocks this year over difficult drilling conditions and unclear prospects on returning a profit, but eventually stayed after Vietnam offered to extend the contract.
However, the territory is contested by China, which claims ownership of the area. Beijing has objected to Indias drilling program, but Delhi dismissed the concerns.
Should there be a need for some protection [to the ONGC], the Navy will be called upon and we will do that, Joshi said.
Joshi made his remarks as Indian national security advisor Shiv Shankar Menon visited China to for talks with Beijings new leadership. Delhi aims to bolster its military forces to counter a similar buildup in China.
"We have 44 warships and submarines on order, 42 of them in Indian shipyards. Over the next five years, we expect to induct five to six warships/submarines per year," Joshi said.
In spite of this fact, Indias naval forces are not strong enough to challenge Beijing, Chaulia told RT.
I think that Indias naval chiefs statement is more about enhancing on capabilities. Hes saying that were trying to be more prepared. Certainly the eastern command of the Indian Navy is no match to the Peoples Republic of China Navy There is no comparison, Chaulia said.
Vietnam will set up civilian patrols, backed by marine police and a border force, beginning January 25 to stop foreign vessels from violating fishing laws in Vietnamese waters. The move is seen as a response to Chinese media publishing new rules stating that police in the southern Chinese province of Hainan can board and seize foreign vessels in the disputed territories.
The oil-rich South China Sea has seen a number of territorial disputes between nations in the region, including China, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapure, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia.
The Chinese naval buildup, which includes the ongoing sea trials of the nations first aircraft carrier, have troubled its neighbors, who say that Beijings military superiority gives China undue leverage in the disputes.
Joseph Cheng, a Hong-Kong based political analyst, said the latest tensions are about showcasing military might: Because of domestic nationalism, the Indian government cant afford to be seen to be weak in dealing with China. Chinese authorities, on one hand, have to satisfy domestic nationalist sentiment, and at the same time, it would like to avoid serious conflict, an escalation of tension with its neighbors.
Territorial claims by nations in the South China Sea region.
I called it.
AIPEC nations and those who depend on the shipping lanes at risk of chinas bogus territorial claims will eventually result in a shooting war with China eventually losing so typically their phony confederation will be ended and seeing 57 distinct ethnic minorities finally freed, China will be reduced to less than 500 million Mandarins.
That is the true and ethnic makeup of the Chinese.
The Tibetans, Urahgryrs, et al will retreat to their ethnic zones never to be bothered by Red China again.
IN has operated carriers and knows a few things about it as opposed to PRC-Navy which is learning the ropes now. Now if only the IN gets its 3 carriers in time, but like all things Indian (or Russian in one case) things take their own sweet time.
But gotta hand it to PRC-Navy for pushing their development in numbers and capability off-late.
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Thanks for the ping. Could get interesting.
The Indian Navy has also done something else. They are not afraid to pull a trigger. In their piracy efforts, they are more aggressive than the USN in that respect.
Also, India is a nuclear power. They have about 100 nukes on ICBMs against China with about 240.
It's enough that China would be devastated.
India is more able to defend itself than it's appearance would give the casual observer.
The problem that both USN and IN face is political leadership is filled with, excuse the word, pussies.
India's population growth rate is on track to enable India to surpass China's population the near future. India's population isn't that much less than China now. India is either in the process of creating additional army units or already has to counter China over disputed land areas.
India and it's well planned economic growth based on education and business formation is China's real Achilles heal.
India and China square off and duke it out; THAT would be the show of the century.
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Bradley Cooper, Mike Epps, Naya Rivera And More Attend 'Hangover III' L.A. Premiere
May 20, 2013: With The Hangover III hitting theaters this Friday (May 24), the cast, crew and other VIPs gathered to toast its release at Mann's Village Theatre in Los Angeles. Flip through for pics of Jamie Chung, Naya Rivera, Mike Epps and more.
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Action film screenwriter Skip Woods has put himself where the action is in L.A. — the bustling Hollywood Hills West area — with the purchase of a hillside house for $2.004 million.
The sleek contemporary, built in 1951 and extensively updated, features a dramatic two-story entry with a skylight and chandelier, high ceilings, walls of glass, a bar, a fireplace, four bedrooms and three bathrooms. A deck off the master suite has city views. A glass-walled deck over the driveway creates a carport. The swimming pool cabana includes a bar, flat-screen TV and a kitchen.
Woods, 41, is working on the next "Die Hard" movie. His credits include "Hitman" (2007), "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" (2009) and "The A-Team" (2010).
James Nasser of Westside Estate Agency was the listing agent. Lisa Ledson of Coldwell Banker represented Woods.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Plans to build a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower will be delayed into next year as the World War II general's family continues to object to a design by architect Frank Gehry.
A review of the memorial design was left off the December agenda Friday for the National Capital Planning Commission, which must approve the project. That means the commission won't consider it until sometime in 2013.
According to letters obtained by The Associated Press, Eisenhower's son, John S.D. Eisenhower, and his family continue to say the design is "too extravagant" and "attempts to do too much."
Genry has proposed a memorial park with statues of the president and World War II hero framed by large metal tapestries depicting Eisenhower's boyhood home in Kansas.
John Eisenhower, 90, who served as ambassador to Belgium in the Nixon administration, wrote in an Oct. 18 letter that the memorial tries to tell multiple stories, which should be left to museums.
"Taxpayers and donors alike will be better served with an Eisenhower Square that is a green open space with a simple statue in the middle, and quotations from his most important sayings," Eisenhower wrote to Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, who is vice chairman of the federal Eisenhower Memorial Commission.
The commission has continued to push forward with Gehry's design after some changes announced in May.
The family welcomed the changes but continued to oppose other features and the project's estimated $142 million cost, especially with the nation's sluggish economy. The 12-year-old effort would rely on private fundraising and money from Congress.
"We have priorities more urgent than building such an expensive memorial right now," John Eisenhower wrote.
Inouye met with the former president's granddaughters, Anne and Susan Eisenhower, over the summer and reported back to the memorial commission in early August. He noted the most contentious part of the design for the family was Gehry's use of metal tapestry.
Inouye wrote to the commission that ignoring the family's opposition could hurt the project.
"I would hate to stop the process and lose the momentum, especially since a lot of time, money, and effort has been expended on this memorial," he wrote. "However, given the continued opposition with the Eisenhower family, I question whether we can ever resolve the differences ... and whether it would be in our best interest to continue to move forward."
Commission Chairman Rocco Siciliano, who served as a special assistant in the Eisenhower White House, responded days later, urging the commission to proceed as planned. He said the commission had made serious attempts to address the family's concerns over the past year.
"It is obvious to me that we must proceed with Frank Gehry's design," he wrote. "We have not received a single substantive comment from the family. They have expressed only opposition."
Siciliano said the commission must make a decision. Millions of dollars have already been spent on the project's development.
"I am one person who feels competent to say that he believes President Eisenhower would be most pleased as to what the present commissioners have unanimously accepted," Siciliano wrote.
Eisenhower's son later wrote that he was "astonished" that Siciliano would claim to know how the former president would view the memorial design.
The memorial group submitted extensive documentation on the design elements and materials to the National Capital Planning Commission this fall, which the federal panel has been reviewing. Chris Cimko, a spokeswoman for the memorial group, said they aim to have the project considered in January or soon after.
"We're moving ahead," she said. "We're completely fine with however long it takes them. The most important thing is that everybody walks into the room very well prepared."
Eisenhower Memorial Commission: http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/
Memorial Documentation: http://www.ncpc.gov/project/eisenhower
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Secure encryption doesn't protect against physical tampering, until they get to Level 3
About a year ago, GCN reported that many thumb drives certified under the Federal Information Processing Standards weren't as secure as their certifications would lead you to believe. You can find what we had to say on the subject both here and here.
The upshot: The 256-bit encryption of these devices has always been secure, but their vulnerability lies in the authentication software that runs outside the device on the connecting computer.
This has always been the Achilles' heel and Catch-22 of this type of device. You can't have the authentication inside the encrypted area because that is allowing access before log-in. And you can't have the authentication outside, either, since that makes it vulnerable to hacking.
New lines of FIPS 140-2 Level 2-certified thumb drives are coming out, and there is little word as to whether they have solved this little dilemma. However, it doesn't look good, since they don't seem to be bragging that they have solved it, and you know that if they could claim this as a feature they would go on and on about it. The fact that they are Level 2 and not Level 3 also is telling. A huge problem with key drives is how easy they are to physically tamper with. Now, your average high school kid probably can't do this, but a spy who goes to the trouble of stealing your key drive probably has the ability to crack it.
A device with Level 2 compliance means you are protected only in terms of the data encryption, authentication and evidence of tampering. Those Level 2 drives don't have anything to stop hackers from physically fiddling with them.
So even if they have that authentication software problem ironed out, someone could directly access the encryption key through the circuitry and get at the data that way. However, a Level 3-compliant device goes further with steps such as seating the data chip in a special resin that tears it apart should anyone try to get inside.
Most of the new key drives we have seen in the lab are merely Level 2-compliant. These are generally cheaper to make, even if their security features are kind of a paper tiger. A Level 3-certified device would cost about twice as much to make and likewise cost the consumer about two-and-a-half times as much to buy. IronKey says it has the first Level 3-certified drive. That high end of the market is definitely less populated, though it's where most of the government lives.
If manufacturers are ever going to get the government to fully trust thumb-sized flash drives again, they are going to have to deal with that issue. And in the short term, that means making more FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified devices, and probably making the pricing as attractive as possible.
As soon as manufacturers see that this is the way to go, thumb drives will once again start to be welcome in the government workplace. Until then, it's just more window dressing to cover up a bad foundation.
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In the grand scheme of things, our Hydra Privacy Card devices are actually LESS expensive than many Level 2 devices since the encrypted data can be stored on removable microSD memory cards. This design means that you pay for the FIPS 140-2 Level 3 protection ONCE, no matter how much data you have to store. Run out of space, pop in a new card.
But that's not all! Once a file is encrypted by the Hydra Privacy Card, you can store it anywhere, not just on the device, since the data can only be decrypted when the device is plugged in an unlocked. Encrypt an entire hard drive if you want to, with FIPS 140-2 Level 3 protection.
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For heads of state or petty thieves, as one wag put it, the four most frightening words in the English language are "Mike Wallace is here." In 16 years as the most tenacious of 60 Minutes' newshounds, Wallace has pricked politicians' consciences, dissected phony physicians and taxed unscrupulous accountants on-camera. Lately, Wallace has become something of a news item himself. His just-published autobiography, Close Encounters (William Morrow, $17.95), reveals a surprising conservative streak, and this fall he and other CBS employees may be called to take the stand in a $120 million libel suit filed by Gen. William Westmoreland. Wallace acted as chief on-camera interviewer for a 1982 CBS documentary, The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception, which claimed that in the late '60s Westmoreland and other U.S. officials conspired to mislead the public about enemy strength in order to maintain popular support for the Vietnam War. Westmoreland says the charge is false.
The focus of Close Encounters Is professional, rather than personal, not surprising for a man who rarely talks about his private life. At his summer home on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., where he and his wife, Lorraine, 63, have vacationed for 12 years, Wallace talked with Associate Editor Jane Hall.
What do you think will be the outcome of the Westmoreland suit?
I think we will win, on the grounds of truth. The documentary is dead accurate, and I stand by it.
The documentary claimed there had been "a conspiracy at the highest levels of military intelligence" to mislead the American public about enemy strength. Yet CBS' own internal investigation of the documentary concludes that a conspiracy was not proved.
The CBS report affirms the substance of the broadcast. I disagree with the part of the report that says we shouldn't have used the word "conspiracy." The CBS investigation was made by an honorable CBS News executive whose background is not in investigative reporting. Based on the dictionary definition of "conspiracy," a conspiracy was proved. There was a systematic deception about the strength of the enemy. The books were cooked.
What was your role as the correspondent for the documentary?
I did three of the major on-camera interviews that viewers saw. Because the documentary took a year to produce—and involved several other reporters and researchers—I spent proportionately less time on it than I would on a 60 Minutes story. I spent cumulatively about 150 hours on the broadcast. In retrospect, I wish I'd been able to spend more time. But that did not diminish in any respect the accuracy of the report.
One critic of the documentary accused you of being "a puppet on [producer] George Crile's knee." Were you?
I've been called many things in my life, but never before a puppet. Collaboration with a team of reporters is hardly puppetry.
Readers of your book may be surprised to find that you voted for Richard Nixon in 1968 and once were asked to be his press secretary. What do you think of him now?
Personally, I think he's about as complicated a guy as I've ever met. The other day he sent me a note about an old series of mine, Biography, which airs at 5 a.m. in New York. "I hope you're getting residuals," he wrote. But politically, I wonder whether the time has come to let Richard Nixon participate in a more open way in American politics. He's serving an endless sentence for Watergate, and the country is not benefiting sufficiently from his grasp of foreign affairs and his keen intelligence.
What do you think of Ronald Reagan?
He's a consummate politician and a decent man who—whether you agree with his policies or not—uses the Presidency as a bully pulpit.
In the 1970s 60 Minutes gained notoriety with "ambush" interviews. Have you abandoned that tactic?
This fall we'll have a story about a "sting" operation set up by Vuitton luggage to catch criminals who sell fake Vuitton goods. But in recent years we have steered away from stories where the reporter comes out from behind the potted palm. There's a danger with such stories that you are creating confrontation for confrontation's sake.
Some critics have said that 60 Minutes is entertainment, a weekly struggle between good and evil. Do you agree?
I would hope that 60 Minutes is arresting, entertaining. We probably do sharpen the conflict between the opposing views because we've got only 15 minutes to tell a story that may affect millions. If I'm doing a story about age discrimination, I don't want some wimp—forgive the use of the word "wimp"—telling me about it. I want somebody who's really angry and feels he has been treated unjustly. I want the best case to be made on the other side too, so that the audience can make up its own mind. That's good television and good journalism.
How do you work on your 60 Minutes stories?
I do about 25 pieces and travel hundreds of thousands of miles each year. This month I will go to Mexico, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, New York and Denver on three different stories. With that many pieces per correspondent, it's obvious the correspondent cannot be there all the time for each story. The producer will work eight to 10 weeks on a story; as a correspondent, I will work eight to 10 days per story. The producer does much of the gumshoe work before I do the on-camera interviews. I've said it many times: 60 Minutes is a producers' broadcast.
Do you feel interview subjects are treated fairly on 60 Minutes?
We have been sued for libel 50 times, and we've never lost. We settled only one case out of court, for $500, to the nephew of the President of a Latin American country who was mentioned in a drug story. The nephew never even bothered to collect the money. Personally, I think I've occasionally been guilty of a cheap shot—pushing the subject unfairly in an interview—but that is unlikely to make it through the editing process.
What chance does some poor subject have against CBS' Mike Wallace?
Frankly, I don't think I have the advantage. The person I'm interviewing has not been subpoenaed. He's in charge of himself, and he lives with his subject matter every day. All I'm armed with is research.
When you were questioning Shirley MacLaine recently about her belief in reincarnation, she sidestepped a question by saying, "Mike, that doesn't become you." Could a corporate executive learn from her approach?
No, because I don't interview an artist like Shirley or Vladimir Horowitz in the same way that I approach an investigative piece.
Sometime this season Diane Sawyer will join 60 Minutes as the first full-time female correspondent. How will she fare in the 60 Minutes men's club?
She can be one of the boys. She's good and smart, and she will add to the broadcast.
Even though you're Jewish, you were accused of being anti-Israel after some stories on the Middle East. Have you ever experienced anti-Semitism?
I've been called a "self-hating Jew" because I treated Arab leaders, including Anwar Sadat and King Hussein, fairly in interviews. But I've never experienced anti-Semitism in my professional or personal life. I think of myself as Jewish, although I don't go to synagogue. Every night I say a traditional Jewish prayer—"Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God, the Lord is One"—with added prayers for people I'm close to.
How much of your abrasive on-air style is a reflection of your personality?
My wife says I'm the same on-camera and off, and I think my children would agree. There's little of the diplomat in me. I'm not proud of it.
Can you take it as well as dish it out?
It depends upon how close to the bone it is. I used to play the violin in high school, and one Christmas I brought it out. There were catcalls and hoots from my family. I put that violin away, and I haven't touched it since. I have no sense of humor about that, I can tell you.
Your son Chris is a correspondent for NBC News. Do you give him any advice about TV journalism?
We're gently candid with each other, as a father and son should be. I think he's first-rate, and since I'm older, I listen to him more than he listens to me.
Did you ever consider living your life differently?
I didn't want to, and my wife, Lorraine, didn't want me to either. She's the one who encouraged me to return to straight news when I was doing TV commercials for Parliament cigarettes and game shows like Who Pays? for the money in the '50s.
You're 66, and you've got a contract that runs until you're 70. Are you mellowing at all?
Perhaps a little. Physically, everything still works. Psychically, it's more difficult for me to get worked up about injustice because I increasingly appreciate that there's more than one side to a question. But I hope I still have a willingness to be surprised.
Do you plan to slow down?
If Ronald Reagan isn't slowing down at 73, why should I?


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Dave Guimomt (WB6LLO) wrote:--------------------John, the operation of FM voice satellites is a travesty for ham radio... I've been licensed for 57 years, on amateur satellites for 33 years (Oscar 7) and the FM voice operation is the most ridiculous aberration I've witnessed in all of amateur radio...Pandemonium exists here also!! It is pretty obvious NO COMMUNICATION exists on AO51,all of their communication is on here. Why do they bother to turn the radio on??? Many of us attended AMSAT a lot conventions in an attempt to discourage throwing that money "down the tubes" on FM voice, to no avail. Someone had an "ax to grind", and several of the existing "powers that be" in AMSAT-NA told me to "mind my own business". They were obviously the "ax grinders". FM voice on the amateur satellites is about equal to the same degree of difficulty as a cell phone operation! No wonder our membership is deteriorating. Ancient AO7 and present VO52 hopefully are keeping some interest, until Europe launches P3E.... That's where my donations go.....-----------Dave, As one of those who was present at the "birth" of AO-51(we called it "Echo" back then), I respectfully have todisagree with your assertions. I can assure you that nobody had an "ax to grind" in thatdecision. To the contrary, if you will recall, at that time wehad all but lost most of P3-D's on-orbit capabilities. Organizationally, our morale was very low. What's more, the BOD and officers were presented with a unique cooperative venture that offered our membership a new LEO satellite, complete with launch, for a relatively small outlay of capital resources. Naturally, we jumped at the chance. And, while FM operation may not be your particular "cup of tea" (and most of us operating there would MUCH prefer to have an HEO to play with), at least for the foreseeable future, an operational HEO on orbit is simply not in the cards. What's more, as Bob Bruninga has so eloquently pointed out, the FM birds DO serve a purpose in creating excitement among the general Ham population as well as serving as the entry point into more serious satellite operation for those who choose to engage in satellite conversations that offer something more than just a quick "hello and goodbye". As far as our declining AMSAT membership is concerned, while regrettable, I'm convinced this is simply just another reflection of the declining popularity of Amateur Radio in general. In case you hadn't noticed it, Dave, our Amateur Service is now, quite literally, dying. That's because our average age is approaching (and will soon surpass) age 60. I learned long ago that it is far easier to tear a house down than it is to build one. And sitting on the sidelines and passing judgment on decisions that have LONG since been made serves no purpose other than to create bad feelings all around. I'm sure the current officers and BOD members of all of our AMSAT organizations are doing their level best to get an HEO bird into orbit just as soon as they possibly can. However, we all must remember this is 2008, not 1968. The "space biz" has fundamentally changed into a multi-billion dollar, multi-national, military-industrial grab-bag of commercial launch companies, complete with an ever more dizzying array of government-induced, bureaucratic restrictions and regulatory limits regarding who (and/or what) can put which payload into Earth orbit. The bottom line here is that the days of "free" (or nearly free) and unencumbered satellite launches into Earth orbit are long since over. The sooner today's AMSAT members recognize and accept those fundamental changes that have occurred in a business that their predecessors in AMSAT largely helped create, the better off everyone will be. And if operating on our FM birds continues to give you heartburn, then may I suggest you (and others so 'heartburned") simply not operate on them? 73, Keith BakerKB1SF / VA3KSFPast President and BOD MemberAMSAT-NA _______________________________________________ Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Qatar 2022 chiefs claim right to a fair hearing is being undermined
Qatar 2022 chiefs have claimed their right to a fair hearing by FIFA's ethics investigator is being undermined.
Michael Garcia, a US lawyer, is investigating the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups won by Russia and Qatar respectively, but that has coincided with a number of reports alleging corruption during the bidding by former Qatari FIFA executive committee member Mohamed Bin Hammam.
The Sunday Times has reported Bin Hammam made payments to African football officials, with the newspaper claiming it was in order to win support for Qatar – although Bin Hammam was also preparing to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency.
A statement on behalf of Qatar's Supreme Committee for 2022 said: "This week the world should be watching Brazil, yet once again the focus will turn to Qatar as the media continues to attack FIFA's decision to award our country the World Cup in 2022.
"This weekend we expect further attacks on Qatar and our successful bid to host the World Cup in 2022. These allegations are baseless and riddled with innuendo designed to tarnish the reputation of Qatar's 2022 Bid Committee.
"The constant stream of allegations that have been released to media outlets on the cusp of our interviews with the chairman of FIFA's Ethics Committee Investigative Chamber do not implicate our bid. They are instead a series of tenuous links that attempt to assume guilt by association.
"The timing of the release of these allegations is no accident, falling in the same week as our interviews with Michael Garcia and a week before meetings of the FIFA Executive Committee and the 2014 FIFA Congress in Brazil. This has become a pattern prior to important dates in the FIFA calendar.
"It should be clear that these leaks are not an attempt to shine light on the 2018/2022 bidding process. They are, instead, a flagrant attempt to prejudice an ongoing independent investigation.
"While Qatar's bid committee has honored Mr Garcia's request to let the process run its course, our right to a fair hearing has been compromised by certain parties trying to influence Mr Garcia's investigation."
The statement said Qatar strictly adhered to FIFA's bidding rules and regulations. Qatar 2022 has always tried to distance itself from Bin Hammam but the statement accepted there had been a relationship with him.
It added: "Mr Bin Hammam is from Qatar, but he was not a member of Qatar's bid team.
"In fact, we have never denied we had a relationship with Mr Bin Hammam. As a member of the football world and as member of Qatari society, he often crossed paths with influential Qatari citizens, including members of our bid team.
"Further, because Mr Bin Hammam was a member of the Executive Committee, we had to present our plans to him and convince him that our bid was the right choice for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. And as Mr Bin Hammam was also Confederation President and a voting member, it was important for us to maintain a working relationship with him. None of this was improper. We hoped, of course that Mr Bin Hammam would support our bid. But we hoped for the same from every Executive Committee member."
Earlier on Saturday, Germany's most famous football figure Franz Beckenbauer was forced to call off his trip to the World Cup after FIFA confirmed he was not allowed to attend any match in any capacity during his 90-day provisional ban imposed while he is investigated for non-co-operation with Garcia's probe.
Russia's 2018 World Cup chief executive Alexei Sorokin said they had nothing to fear from Garcia's report.
Speaking in Rio de Janeiro, he told Press Association Sport: "We are not concerned with any report – we have always said the bid was very transparent and within the FIFA principles and ethics rules so we have nothing to be intimidated by."
Meanwhile the Sunday Times says it has obtained a security report which rated Qatar as a high risk of a terrorist attack.
The report carried out Andre Pruis, the South African police chief in charge of security at the 2010 World Cup, rated all the other nine countries bidding for 2018 and 2022 as low to moderate, according to the report.
Prius' report stated: "In view of the risks… Qatar is allocated a risk rating of high. I am of the view that it would be very difficult to deal with a major incident in such an environment without having to cancel the event."


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I know there is a poo forum, but it does not seem to be used as frequently as this one.
DS is 4 1/2 months old, and has suddenly decreased poo frequencies. He pooed last Saturday (9 days ago) and went until Wednesday before he pooed (twice). He was gassy and would grunt on occasion like he was trying to go. Poo was thicker than normal, not quite peanut butter, but more solid than the watery diapers we were getting. He has not pooed since Wednesday (5 days). He used to poo twice every three days. Last night he woke up crying and straining to poo to no avail. The only way I could get him to calm down was to hold him in a near sitting position.
He only gets breastmilk, breastfeeding at home and EBM when I am at school or church activities.
Any advice? My family is very disturbed by the infrequency and want me to take him to the pediatrician. I feel badly for him when he tries to go, but I don't think a trip to the pediatrician is necessary.
He also had a decent cold last week starting with the poo problems. He seems to be almost over the cold.


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Independent Committee of Experts on Gaza WarWritten by Stephen Lendman Subject: Israel - Palestine
On September 21, the UN Human Rights Council's independent fact finding Committee issued its report titled, "No Safe Place," assessing "investigat(ions) and report(s) on violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law during" Operation Cast Lead. Its members included:
-- Professor John Dugard, Chairman, former UN Special Human Rights Rapporteur for Occupied Palestine;
-- Norwegian Judge Finn Lynghjem;
-- Chilean attorney Gonzalo Boye;
-- Professor Corte-Real, a forensic body damage evaluator; and
-- solicitor Ms. Raelene Sharp.
On February 21, it held an initial meeting with the Arab League's Secretary-General in Cairo, then entered Gaza the next day through the Rafah crossing. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights organized its six day visit with a wide range of persons, including Cast Lead victims, witnesses, doctors, lawyers, journalists, business people, and members of NGOs, UN agencies and Hamas.
Sites visited included hospitals, schools, universities, mosques, businesses, police stations, government buildings, UN facilities, private homes, and agricultural lands - all devastated by destruction or damage.
Three times the Committee requested Israeli cooperation, getting no response. "The Committee regrets the decision of the Government of Israel to withhold cooperation." It also stonewalled the Goldstone Commission, as it always does to prevent independent investigations from exposing its crimes.
"Operating under internationally recognized standards, the report documents the injuries suffered and their alleged causes." The Committee obtained firsthand evidence of great loss of life and injuries in Gaza, as well as the vast amount of destruction, mostly affecting civilians, their homes, neighborhoods, and other non-military facilities - a clear violation of international law, documented clearly in earlier articles.
Palestinian losses were immense, also documented earlier. Israel's were minor - four civilians and ten soldiers killed (three by friendly fire), and 148 wounded. Palestinians had only "unsophisticated weapons" against the world's fourth most powerful military, using everything (except its nuclear capability), including illegal weapons like white phosphorous.
"It was clear to the Committee that the IDF had not distinguished between civilians and civilian objects and military targets. Both the loss of life and the damage to property were disproportionate to the harm suffered by Israel or any threatened harm." Israel was the clear aggressor in violation of international law, waging premeditated war largely against civilians. The Goldstone Commission highlighted the crime, saying:
"The report concludes that the Israeli military operation was directed at the people of Gaza as whole, in furtherance of an overall and continuing policy aimed at punishing the Gaza population, and in a deliberate policy of disproportionate force aimed at the civilian population. The destruction of food supply installations, water sanitation systems, concrete factories and residential housing was the result of a deliberate and systematic policy which has made the daily process of living, and dignified living, more difficult for the civilian population."
Israel willfully killed hundreds of civilians as a result of "disproportionate attacks," including on hospitals, homes, and other civilian structures. "Repeatedly, the Israeli Defense Forces failed to adequately distinguish between combatants and civilians, as the laws of war strictly require....Pursuing justice in this case is essential because no state or armed group should be above the law." Failure to do so "will have a deeply corrosive effect on international justice, and reveal an unacceptable hypocrisy. As a service to the hundreds of civilians who needlessly died and for the equal application of international justice, the perpetrators of serious violations must be held to account."
So far, they have not. Gaza remains under siege, and world leaders are doing nothing to end it and demand justice for Israeli war crimes. Instead they support a bogus "peace process," that's neither a process or a way to peace. It's the same shameless on and off 35 year charade going nowhere, unless the PA agrees to unconditional surrender, the only outcome Israel will accept.
On September 22, Haaretz report its latest wrinkle, headlined "US won't comment on reports of (Jonathan) Pollard release deal," saying:
Citing unnamed sources, Israeli Radio said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet might propose extending the (September 26 expiring) construction "freeze" in exchange for releasing the convicted spy. Why not when no freeze exists. Construction continues unabated. PA President Mahmoud Abbas accepts the charade as well as the Obama administration and Western media. The reported pressure on Netanyahu is bogus. He loses nothing by agreeing or perhaps negotiating an illusion of compromise.
"Pollard is regarded as a hero in Israel, but a traitor by the US government. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for passing classified documents to the Israeli government in the 1980s while working in the US Navy's intelligence unit."
For years, Israel asked US presidents for clemency, so far without results. If Netanyahu succeeds, he'll gain political prestige and more popularity at home. However, On June 20, 2009, Haaretz writer Amir Oren explained that US intelligence officials "unequivocally oppose" the release, saying doing so "will undermine US security practices and complicate counterintelligence." Then, and likely now, "The US intelligence community hasn't altered its position. It's unknown whether Obama will go along, given how much he yields to Israel on most everything requested.
Conclusions from the Committee's Report
It explained that:
-- as an occupying power, "Israel is obligated to comply with the Fourth Geneva Convention" and other related international laws;
-- "aggression" isn't clearly defined, so it couldn't conclude whether "Israel's offensive constituted" it;
-- "Israel's actions could not be justified as self-defense;"
-- it urged the principles of proportionality be applied to assess criminal responsibility; and
-- it "could not examine" whether Israel or Hamas committed international terrorism "as (its) meaning (is) too uncertain; consequently, criminal responsibility was best measured in accordance with the rules of international humanitarian law."
Nonetheless, the Committee found "serious violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child." Also, Fourth Geneva and its Additional Protocols were violated, especially on the issue of collective punishment, specifically prohibited at all times under all circumstances.
On issues of crimes of war and against humanity, "The Committee found that the IDF was responsible for the crime of indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on civilians....It rejected Israel's determination of who is a civilian." Members of Hamas' civil government are not combatants "as claimed by Israel." Nor are police.
"The Committee found that the IDF was responsible for the crime of killing, wounding and terrorizing civilians," based on the numbers of dead and wounded as well as Israel's use of banned weapons and intense bombardment for over three weeks.
"The Committee rejected Israel's claim that it warned civilians in advance to leave." Use of leaflets and phone calls "only served to cause confusion and panic. Incessant bombing and misleading warnings of this kind served to terrorize the population." Where could they go with Gaza under siege, its borders closed?
The Committee called the IDF "responsible for the wanton destruction of property and that such destruction could not be justified on grounds of military necessity." The harm done was disproportionate and illegal.
Israel committed grievous crimes of war and against humanity, whitewashing them through internal investigations and obstruction of independent ones by refusing to cooperate.
The Committee called Cast Lead so grave, "it was compelled to consider whether (genocide) had been committed. Without question in the context of 62 years of displacement and persecution and 43 years of brutal military occupation, punctuated by regular attacks, killings, targeted assassinations, arrests, torture, and other types of abuses daily.
The Committee thus concluded that Israel "committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and, possibly genocide in the course of Operation Cast Lead" alone. Responsible military and civilian officials are culpable, yet so far unpunished.
The Committee also said "there is no indication that Israel has opened an investigation into the actions of those who designed, planned, ordered, and oversaw 'Operation Cast Lead.' "
It also found Hamas guilty of firing rockets into Israel, a defensive action in response to Israel's attack, and minor by comparison.
Some Final Comments
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights said Israel proved itself "genuinely unwilling to comply with its international legal obligation to conduct effective investigations, and appropriate prosecutions into the systematic violations of international law committed" during its offensive.
So far, only one prosecution occurred - for credit card theft, while serious war crimes have been whitewashed and ignored. As a result, responsible officials keep persecuting millions of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. They're no match against the world fourth most powerful military allied with collaborationist PA officials, principally Mahmoud Abbas and his appointed prime minister, Salam Fayyad, self-serving imperial tools.
On September 27, the Committee will present its report to the UN Human Rights Council. It will highlight Cast Lead's seriousness. Hopefully, it will also demand those responsible be held accountable, perhaps at the International Criminal Court (ICC). That's why it was established, though it fails to fulfill its mandate.
What better time than now to do it, then take on America for destroying Iraq and Afghanistan, and bankrolling Israeli belligerency, supplying money, weapons and munitions, both countries committing mass murder with impunity. It's high time their day of reckoning arrived. It can't come a moment too soon.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at email@example.com. Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.


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The price of oil was steady near four-month highs around $97 a barrel on Wednesday as markets awaited a vote in Congress which would provide a temporary solution to the debt ceiling crisis and avoid America's first-ever default.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for March delivery was up 13 cents at $96.81 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to pass legislation later Wednesday which would allow the government to borrow money until May 18 without the need for further approval from Congress.
"It seems that investors would like to remain cautious ahead of the U.S. debt ceiling vote that could set the tone for the following trading sessions," said a report from analysts at Sucden Financial Research in London.
Price gains were limited by relatively weak monthly data of home sales and manufacturing, which raised concerns about the U.S. economy's growth prospects.
They were supported, on the other hand, by progress in a pipeline project which would transport crude from Canadian oil sand fields to refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
"Nebraska has approved the new route for the Keystone XL pipeline, thus removing one major obstacle to (its) construction," said analysts at Commerzbank in Frankfurt. "This also increases the chances of approval from the U.S. government, though the decision has been postponed until the end of March."
Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, was up 6 cents to $112.48 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Natural gas added 0.7 cent to $3.565 per 1,000 cubic feet.
— Wholesale gasoline advanced 0.95 cent to $2.8506 per gallon.
— Heating oil was little changed at $3.0559 a gallon.
Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.


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Zenith Zoysia Grass Seed - Zenith Zoysia is considered one of the most beautiful lawn grass species available from seed. Zenith Zoysia is a warm season lawn grass grown throughout the central and southern climates around the world.
Zenith Zoysia is in the Japonica family, as is Meyer Zoysia, and is similar in many respects, including blade width and color. It is somewhat less and dense, thus making it easier to mow providing a better opportunity for interseeding with tall fescue for a year-round color. Zenith grows well in full sun or under light shade, and is presumed to have good cold tolerance. Planted shallow on a newly prepared seedbed and watered frequently, Zenith germinates readily, producing a stand of seedlings in as little as 10 days. Like all Zoysias, it grows and spreads slowly, and therefore seeding rates of 1 to 3 lbs. per 1,000 square feet are recommended.
Seed Rate: 1 - 3 lbs. per 1000 sq. ft.; 40 - 80 lbs. per acre
Seed Depth: 1/8 inch or less
Planting Time: Spring - Summer (after last chance of frost)
pH: 5.5 - 7.0
Fertilizer: 16-04-08 - 5 lbs. per 1000 sq. ft.
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Lawn Applications:
Zenith is a new Zoysia which looks much like Meyer (Z-52) Zoysia---a blade width similar to Centipede, many Bluegrasses and some ryegrasses, but not as wide as most Fescues. It is not as fine bladed as Emerald Zoysia. No Emerald Zoysia seed are available and seed harvested from Meyer do not reproduce a true Meyer. Our test plots clearly demonstrate that Zenith produces a higher quality turf than imported Zoysia seed.
* Stays greener later into the fall compared to other Zoysia grasses
* Improved winter hardiness
* Low fertility and water requirements
* Infrequent mowing requirements under low fertility
* More convenient than sprigging or laying sod
* Improved shade tolerance
Recommended Use: Golf Courses (fairways, tees, & roughs), Parks, Athletic Fields and Home Lawns
Establishment & Maintenance:
For best results, take a soil sample to determine the pH and fertility of the soil, and adjust as recommended. Once the seed is planted at the suggested seeding rate, water frequently to insure moisture in the top inch of the soil profile but be cautious not to create run off. Begin the mowing process when seedlings are approximately 3 inches (7.5 cm) tall at a cutting height of 2 inches (5.1 cm), remember to not remove more than 1/3 of the leaf blade when cutting.
Seeding Rates:
New Turf Applications:
1 - 1 1/2 lbs/1000 sq ft. (1/2 - 3/4 kg/100 sq meters)
Repairs of Existing Turf:
1/2 - 1 lb/1000 sq ft.(1/4 - 1/2 kg/100 sq meters)
History of Zenith Zoysia Grass Seed
Zenith Zoysia fulfills a forty-year-old dream! When the U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Station at Beltsville, Maryland in 1951 released Meyer (Z-52) Zoysia, researchers were then looking for a good turf quality Zoysia that would also be a good seed producer.
Finding the right Zoysia was one factor of the equation. How to harvest the seed was another, and a still greater challenge was how to overcome Nature's endowing Zoysia seeds with a material that makes them extremely slow to sprout.
Zenith Zoysia is a "synthetic" seed from three-selected parent clones whose performance was observed at the Beltsville Research Station for many years. The concept is that through cross-pollination the progeny has the vigor of a hybrid and that each parent plant contributes other desirable traits, such as better color, disease, drought and insect resistance, etc.
How to Plant Zenith Zoysia Grass Seed
When to Seed: Warm soil, 70 degrees F, (21 degrees C) is necessary for satisfactory germination, but it is important that seeding be done early enough in the year to get the planting well enough established to endure the first winter. The optimum seeding time in the mid-South is late spring. June is good in any adapted area; July 4 should be the latest seeding date north of the Mason-Dixon Line, while early August should be the latest in the Upper South.
Seedbed Preparation: Till and level the lawn area, removing sticks, stones and debris. Slope away from house and other buildings. Before tilling, lime according to a soil test to bring soil to pH of 6.0 to 6.5 (if no soil test is available, use 50 lbs. dolomite limestone per 1,000 sq. ft.). Incorporate into soil 15 lbs. per 1,000 sq. ft. of a complete fertilizer such as 10-10-10 or 8-8-8.
Seeding: Using a drop-type or Cyclone type spreader, uniformly broadcast on a freshly prepared seedbed, one-pound Zenith Zoysia seed per 1,000 sq. ft. (20' x 60'). To insure uniformity, spread half the seed in one direction and the remaining half across the area first seeded (half east to west - then half north to south). Rake very lightly or roll. The seed needs to be in firm contact with the soil, but require light for quick germination and therefore should have very little soil or mulch cover.
For A Quick Stand: Water as often as necessary, which may be two or three times daily, to keep the surface constantly moist for the first ten days. Thereafter, reduce watering frequency, but water enough to keep good moisture within one inch of the surface.
Fertilizer: A second application of a complete fertilizer about 30 days after the seedlings emerge will assist in maturing a turf and should be all that is needed the first year. Thereafter, a light application after spring green-up and once in late summer should suffice. On better soils, little or no regular fertilization is needed to maintain good color and density.
Mowing: Begin mowing when weed and/or Zoysia seedlings are three inches high and mow as frequently as necessary for good appearance. The best cut-height is 1.5" to 2". In full sun - 2" to 2.5". In shade sharp reel mowers produce the most professional looking turf, but an advantage of Zenith is that it will look good when mowed with a rotary cutter if the blade is kept sharp.
Insects & Diseases: All living things are subject to insects and disease problems. The most serious disease likely to damage Zenith is Brown Patch (rhizoctonia fungus). Leaf Rust is a lesser problem. Grubs and bill bugs (plus moles, crickets in the lower South) are soil borne insects, which can cause serious damage. Consult your garden store or Extension Service Technician for control recommendations.
Overseeding: Many are satisfied to park their lawn mower and enjoy Zenith's golden brown winter color. Others want it green and may wish to over-seed with ryegrass or tall fescue. To do so, cut one-half inch closer than normal in mid-September, catch the clippings and/or sweep well. Seed and water frequently. Use a heavy seeding ratio because the dense turf will prevent many of the seed from making good soil contact.
Seeding Old Lawns: Many lawn owners wish to convert to Zenith by simply overseeding. It may or may not work satisfactorily. If you wish to try cut the existing grass as closely as possible. Remove the clippings and as much thatch as practical, and expose as much soil as possible by severe de-thatching before seeding. After seeding, water frequently for at least ten consecutive days during warm weather. Using Roundup to kill the existing grass prior to seeding will help.
Do Not: Use any type pre-emergence weed control chemical or weed and feed fertilizer for at least 60 days before seeding Zenith. After seeding do not use any weed control chemical that is not labeled and recommended for Zoysia grasses.
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MILAN (AP) — Paolo Sorrentino's homage to Federico Fellini, "The Great Beauty" has divided critics in Italy even as it has racked up awards abroad.
The film is nominated for an Oscar for best film in a foreign language, gaining momentum as it snatched a Golden Globe and a British Film Academy award in the weeks running up to the movie industry's biggest night: Sunday's Academy Awards.
It has raked in more than 8 million euros ($11 million) at the Italian box office, making it the most successful Sorrentino film. It also topped Italian art house movies last year — but was still well below Hollywood blockbusters.
"The Great Beauty" depicts Rome in all its decadent glory, with luxurious focus on the city's visual wonders as well as the malaise of some of its inhabitants, a mood that can be seen as a reflection of the nation's economic and political stagnation.
The film focuses on the life of Jep Gambardella, played by Toni Servillo, who reflects on the occasion of his 65th birthday on how his talents have been subsumed by Rome's seductive beauty and his ambition to be at the center of the high life.
"Decadence? Please, Rome has been decadent since the Caesars," said Selma Jean Dell'Olio a film critic for Il Foglio, who counts herself among those not wowed by the movie.
"Rome is gorgeous," she said. "It is hard to get it down badly, and I think that is what foreigners love about the movie. They think it is saying something about Italy, and it is not saying anything about Italy."
Abroad, the movie has been praised as an "astonishing cinematic feast" by Variety and as "a deliriously alive move," by the New York Times.
Italian film journalist Hakim Zejjari said the hostility of some Italian critics became clear to him at the premier in Cannes, where he watched it sitting among foreign and Italian journalists.
"During the film, the foreign journalists were emotional or laughed at the right moments," he said. "But I watched the Italian journalists, and they were angry. They felt attacked, and they were furious because they expected a remake of La Dolce Vita. Instead, it's a movie that talks about the immobilization of the county."
Despite her criticism of the film, Dell'Olio believes it deserves to win the Oscar for best foreign film.
"Films that split opinions tend to last. It would be just a terrific upset if it didn't win," she said.
Sorrentino himself says the movie isn't meant to be about Italy.
"It's about the miseries, splendors, joys of a city," Sorrentino told The Associated Press after winning the Golden Globe. "It is only incidental that it concentrates on Italy, or Rome. It's about human beings who are put in contrast with the beauty of the city and of the country. It's about the empathy between the viewer and the characters, and not between the viewers and the city."
Sorrentino isn't bothered by criticism.
"It is better not to have unanimity," he claimed. "It is better to have doubts about a film."
Italian critics have mentioned "The Great Beauty," as a modern-day update to Fellini's classic "La Dolce Vita." For Sorrentino, the reference is a compliment.
"I hope I didn't imitate him," Sorrentino said. "It would have been crazy to imitate Fellini. Fellini was a great interpreter of humankind. I, in my small way, tried to do the same thing."
The last Italian film to win an Oscar was Roberto Benigni's "Life is Beautiful," which scooped three Oscars in 1999, including best foreign film.