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THURSDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- For most children who otherwise might need surgery for scoliosis -- curvature of the spine -- having them wear a brace helps prevent their condition from worsening to the point where an operation is needed, a new study says.
In fact, the study was stopped early because of the positive results from bracing, when researchers found that 72 percent of the children using the brace improved and surgery wasn't needed, compared with 48 percent of the children not using one.
"Bracing significantly decreased the progression of patients who are at high risk for progression to the threshold where surgery would be indicated," said lead researcher Dr. Stuart Weinstein, a professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Iowa.
"The study also showed that the more the children wore the brace -- the longer their brace hours -- the better the chances of success in avoiding surgery," he said. "We found children who wore the brace more than 13 hours a day have a significantly better outcome in preventing surgery than wearing it for less hours."
Many types of braces exist for kids, according to the Scoliosis Research Society. Successful treatment requires regular physical exams by an orthopedic surgeon, a well-fitted brace that's replaced when outgrown, as well as patient cooperation and family support, according to the society's website.
For the study, Weinstein's team randomly assigned 116 children to wear a brace or not. In addition, another 126 children were given the choice of wearing a brace or not. Patients with braces were told to wear them at least 18 hours a day.
High-risk patients are those with a spinal curve between 20 degrees and 40 degrees, and whose spines are still growing, Weinstein said. For these children between 10 and 15 years old, bracing should begin as early as possible, he added. The brace is designed to prevent the progression of the curve to around 50 degrees, which is when surgery is indicated.
It's not known why some children's scoliosis didn't progress without a brace, nor why some children's scoliosis progressed while wearing a brace, Weinstein said.
Bracing has been around since 1948, but doctors still disagree whether it is helpful, and up to now there hadn't been a study done to support or refute its value, he said.
The report was published online Sept. 19 in the New England Journal of Medicine, to coincide with the presentation of the findings at the annual meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society in Lyon, France.
"This confirms our suspicion all along that bracing does change the outcome of scoliosis in adolescents," said Dr. Harry Shufflebarger, director of the division of spinal surgery at Miami Children's Hospital. He was not involved with the new study.
The problem is that there is no way of telling who needs a brace and who doesn't, he said. "You can find a high-risk population and offer it to all of them with the explanation that some of you guys don't need a brace, some of you do and we can't differentiate."
Another doctor, Dr. Eugene Carragee, a professor of orthopedic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, agreed that it's not clear who actually benefits from bracing.
There are many types of spinal curves, including upper and lower spine curves, double curves and curves that tilt right and those that tilt left, said Carragee, who wrote an accompanying journal editorial.
"The study doesn't have enough people to be able to break it out to say which of these curves are going to do better with a brace," he said. "It is very likely there is a subgroup for whom the brace is highly effective, but there is also a subgroup where it's not effective," Carragee said.
"The research still needs to be done to separate the curves that are braceable from the curves that are not," he said.
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alertnoun A generic term for a warning call, alarm, or message which addresses concerns where urgent action may be needed to be provided by a health and social care.
Government noun See Kickback alert.
MedspeakUK noun An urgent message delivered about an actual or potential threat to patient safety, which can be delivered in person, by phone, on screen, by email, pager, SMS, snail mail, mass media.
Neurology adjective
(1) Referring to a state in which a person is awake and appropriately answers all questions.
(2) Attentive; quick to think or act.
Pharma noun See Clinical alert.
Public health See Amber alert, Medical device safety alert, Orange alert.
Vox populi On the ball, "with it."
ALERTAbbreviation for:
Acute Life-threatening Events Recognition and Treatment (Medspeak-UK)
Allergy to Latex Education and Resource Team
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Assessment of Lescol (fluvastatin) in Renal Transplantation. A trial assessing fluvastatin's potential for improving survival in renal transplant recipients in relation to cardiovascular mortality and graft rejection.
Fluvastatin reduced the risk for cardiac death and non-fatal MI, but had no effect on renal endpoints in renal transplant recipients.
Randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled; 2100 renal transplant recipients with total cholesterol 4–9 mmol/L/155-348 mg/dL.
Adjunctive Lamictal in Epilepsy: Response to Treatment. An observational study assessing the safety and efficacy of lamictal in seizure control in patients with seizure disorders.
alertNeurology adjective
1. Referring to a state in which an individual is awake and appropriately answers all questions.
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Beat the Streak: Weekend, July 3-5
Today's recommended picks
Derrek Lee, 1B, Cubs
.436 AVG (17-for-39) vs. Brewers starter Jeff Suppan since '04; Suppan: .307 AVG against in '09
Scott Rolen, 3B, Blue Jays
.423 AVG (33-for-78) during 19-G hit streak
Jermaine Dye, OF, White Sox
.385 AVG (15-for-39) lifetime vs. Royals starter Zack Greinke; .447 AVG (17-for-38) over past 10 G
Saturday's recommended picks
Aaron Hill, 2B, Blue Jays
.556 AVG (10-for-17) lifetime vs. Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang
Hanley Ramirez, SS, Marlins
.444 AVG (4-for-9) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Zach Duke
Carl Crawford, OF, Rays
.439 AVG (18-for-41) during 10-G hit streak
Sunday's recommended picks
Ryan Braun, OF, Brewers
.462 AVG (6-for-13) lifetime vs. Cubs starter Ted Lilly; .433 AVG (26-for-60) vs. left-handed pitchers in '09
Chipper Jones, 3B, Braves
.565 AVG (13-for-23) lifetime vs. Nationals starter Scott Olsen
Aubrey Huff, 1B, Orioles
.467 AVG (7-for-15) lifetime vs. Angels starter Joe Saunders
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
Although Ichiro Suzuki dashed many a streak with his hitless performance on Wednesday, BTS co-leader greg4263 had enough faith in the speedster's ability to bounce back at the plate yesterday, and Ichiro responded with a pair of doubles in four at-bats to extend greg4263's streak to 27 games.
Fellow leader redleg ump went somewhat out of the BTS box by selecting Brandon Phillips, but the Reds second baseman came through with a single in five at-bats.
grebecks held onto his share of third place, pushing his streak to 25 games by tabbing Derek Jeter (1-for-4), while wyn11 kept pace with his selection of Ichiro. Five more enter the July 4 weekend tied for fifth place at 24 games.
May there be plenty of fireworks at the plate for all BTS contestants over the next few days!
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Albert Pujols (STL): 19.6%, 0-for-2
2. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 14.2%, 2-for-4
3. Torii Hunter (LAA): 6.3%, 1-for-4
4. Pablo Sandoval (SF): 5.3%, 0-for-4
5. Derek Jeter (NYY): 4.5%, 1-for-4
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How long does a hitting streak have to be to rank better than 10,000+?
It was 11 about a month ago. Probably 12 now
That's three straight days that the most popular pick (and in all three cases, it was the runaway most popular pick) went hitless.
Is that a record?
Having just made 16 with Miggy Cabrera tonite–I believe I finally got off the 10,000+ at 14–maybe 13.


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Evan Osnos with a good one on what we see in the Party Congress, and what we don't see:
For a week, Beijing is flirting with memories of the pre-Internet age. By ramping up the electronic network of censors, dead ends, and other roadblocks, the government has succeeded in making the Internet, at times, as balky and circumscribed as at any moment since the Web arrived in China nearly a decade ago. It would be easy to forget that China now has nearly six hundred million people online, because the Chinese-language microblogs and forums have been scrubbed of the humiliating double entendre and mockery that citizens now pour forth on the Party and its leaders. At times, Google and Gmail disappear entirely. The outside world's most nettlesome newspaper, the Times, has been blacked out. Likewise, it's easy to think we're back in the days before Bloomberg was anything but a person, because that site is blacked out, too, for publishing details on the fortunes of senior Party oligarchs, a subject the government considers an appalling breach of decorum.
For a week, all is quiet on China's Western front, as far as the Party is concerned. It would be easy to miss the fact that six Tibetan protesters set themselves on fire in the course of two days last week, to protest the Chinese occupation of Tibet, because the only Tibetan participants you're likely to meet in the Great Hall of the People this week are the kinds of Tibetans who call each other "comrade," speak Mandarin, and point out, as the delegation did on Thursday, that the Tibetan capital has been voted the happiest city in China four times in the last five years. To make sure that the present doesn't intrude on that memory, teams of guards are stationed outside the Great Hall with fire extinguishers in case anyone tries to burn themselves.
For a week, the Party is unified, tolerant of debate, and clear in its mission. To ensure that today's complexities do not encroach on that, the State Council Information Office, which helps tell the Chinese media what it can report, advised all Chinese news publications that they are "forbidden from reporting on, commenting on or publishing Hu Deping's online article 'Reform Cannot be Wasted.'" Hu, the scion of the late leader Hu Yaobang, is a frequent critic of the Party's reluctance to reform, but there's no reason for newspaper readers to be burdened with those ins and outs. It was just one of scores of advisories given to the Chinese media this week to maintain what filmmakers call continuity. It is the authoritarian equivalent of ensuring that the extras in the shot aren't wearing digital watches.
Like all parties, the Party's party will come to an end, eventually: Thursday, to be precise, when the next generation of leaders will be revealed to the world. It will be up to those men to face the reality of the Party's future, if the present is not unnerving enough.


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Police: MC Hammer pulled over for expired tags
A sheriff's department spokesman in Northern California says a Dublin police officer stopped and then arrested MC Hammer because the '90s rap star was driving a car with expired registration and refused to get out of the vehicle.
Lt. Herb Walters of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office said in a statement issued Monday that Hammer was "very argumentative" with the officer during the traffic stop late Thursday. He says it's unclear who owns the car.
Hammer eventually came out of the car and was arrested for investigation of obstructing an officer in the performance of his duties.
Hammer, who was born Stanley Burrell, has offered a different account, suggesting he was the victim of racial profiling. He tweeted on Saturday that the officer asked him if he were on parole or probation and tried to pull him out through the car window.


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From the folks that brought you Hilarity for Charity (HFC), Seth Rogen, Lauren Miller and their team are excited to introduce HFC U: a nationwide program that encourages and supports college groups to throw their very own Hilarity for Charity events to raise awareness and much needed funds for Alzheimer's' Disease.
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Just as Impressionist paintings provide visual pleasure, pets brighten one's emotions. Put the two together, and the result is pure delight. In their brilliant images of modernity and leisure, Impressionist painters often painted dogs. Household animals were a part of middle-class life captured in works whose pictorial riches reveal the comfort and well-being found in prosperity.
The 19th century saw revolutionary economic and demographic transformations, many of which were accompanied by cultural changes, such as in the arts and in the role of domestic animals. Economic prosperity produced a growing urban leisure class based on commerce and industry, a class whose power displaced that of nobility and agricultural workers living in the countryside. As a symptom of that change, domestic animals evolved from utilitarian outdoor creatures—hunting and herding dogs or mouse-chasing cats—to what we call pets, ubiquitous indoor denizens of our middle-class households.
Known in France as the bourgeoisie, this social class also supported Impressionist painters, whose imagery featured the lifestyles, families and possessions of their newly expanded and prosperous clientele. Indeed, the famous Impressionist technique—with its spontaneously and energetically applied brushstrokes—embodied the sense of freedom, dynamism and self-confidence that characterized this most progressive social element. Impressionist artists were devoted to representations of modern life based on their personal experience and observation. That dogs appear in a significant number of important pictures testifies not only to their presence in the interiors and surroundings where the Impressionists set their scenes, but also to their new role as favorite companions in leisure and beloved members of the family.
One of the most famous pictures to express these values is Pierre-Auguste Renoir's portrait, Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children. In it, the family Newfoundland serves as both a wooly guardian in the absence of the busy publisher father and as a patient playmate for the daughter, whose brother (dressed like a girl, as was the fashion) presses closer to his mother. Monsieur Charpentier published the most avant-garde authors, and it was important that his choices in visual art and objects demonstrate his trendy taste.
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The Japanese screen, bamboo furniture and Chinese rug reveal the contemporary fad for Orientalia, while the informal representation of his wife as mother rather than goddess (despite her expensive gown from the fashion house of Worth and Co.) is another reference to his modern point of view. Wealthy families usually had nurses taking care of their children. In this picture, it seems as if Madame Charpentier herself has assumed responsibility. In truth, Marguerite Charpentier was in many ways her husband's equal partner. She hosted parties for artists and men of letters, and made decisions on household decoration and art. The choice of Renoir for this portrait also reflected the Charpentiers' adventurous taste.
Even the dog harbors a literary reference, for he was named Porthos, after one of the three musketeers in Alexandre Dumas' famous novel. One notices that Porthos anchors the composition at its base, like a reliable foundation for the family's security. He seems both content and careful as he supports his master's little girl. Newfoundlands were (and are) valued for their tireless loyalty and gentleness. This image of the family, paid for by the absent father, reflects both his reality and his aspirations as a successful entrepreneur. The dog's prominence is therefore a telling commentary on the importance of pets at the very heart of a family's moments of both pride and privacy.
There is, of course, a long history of dogs in art. Prized for their devotion and intelligence, dogs have enjoyed "best friend" status since before written history. They were such faithful companions that in ancient and medieval art, sculpted representations often appear at the foot of the tombs of nobility. Beginning in the Renaissance, they appear frequently in hunting scenes—sleek Greyhounds accompany aristocrats on horseback, or Beagles and Bloodhounds travel with more ordinary woodsmen deep into European forests. Certain painters, like Englishman Edward Landseer, who was later knighted, made careers depicting their clients' favorite pets.
Where Impressionist painting differs from such traditions is in the inclusion of pets in scenes that focus primarily on people. Yet, as in Renoir's portrait of the Charpentiers, the canine presence is not just factual, it also provides a commentary on people's lives and their relationships.
An earlier painting by Renoir, The Inn of Mother Anton, shows some of the artist's friends, including Impressionist Alfred Sisley to the right. They have gathered at a local haunt near the Fontainebleau forest, where many of them spent their days painting—Impressionism was, after all, primarily an art of landscape, even though Renoir himself preferred portraiture both as a form of social contact and as a saleable commodity. The ungroomed Poodle in the foreground watches us as the companions relax, roll their smokes and discuss events in the newspaper.
The standing figure is Jules Le Coeur, a patron of the young artists who lived nearby and enjoyed dogs as his hunting companions, as we know from another painting by Renoir. But whether the Poodle is his is impossible to know. It could just as likely belong to the innkeeper, who is shown with her back turned as her daughter clears the table. The dog could be part of the establishment, whose warm and familial atmosphere included Mother Antony's willingness to let artists paint caricatures or scribble graffiti on her walls, as in the background.
Comparing Renoir's The Inn of Mother Antony to Mary Cassatt's charming and brilliantly colored Little Girl in a Blue Armchair is instructive. In the sumptuous, generously windowed sitting room, the furniture and upholstery patterns are the center of aesthetic interest, while the center of psychological interest is the relationship between the girl and her puppy. Of course, everyone knows that pets are often associated with children, adored for their childlike qualities and sometimes treated better than their human peers, who are raised to conform to rules and traditions. They are also often companions and playmates for children, who enjoy their enduring friendship.
In Cassatt's picture, the little miss has flopped down in an armchair. I suspect she just returned from a day at school, since she is still wearing her plaid uniform, with matching socks and headband. Looking a little dazed, she seems unaware and indifferent to the fact that her petticoats are showing. This intimate moment is witnessed only by her pet. The little dog itself is probably a Yorkshire Griffon, which was one of the most popular breeds of lap dog in the late 19th century. Cassatt had asked her friend, painter Edgar Degas, to get her a puppy, as he knew a dog breeder. (The 19th century also saw the creation of kennel clubs, with standards for breeding and pedigree.) Could this be her pup in the picture? We know such dogs can be high-strung, and this one, though resting, seems ready to go at a moment's notice. If someone were to enter the room, there's no doubt he'd bound in a flash from his cozy nesting place.
In placing the Yorkie in a position of surveillance, Cassatt links the viewer to the composition. As in The Inn of Mother Antony, the human figure appears to be unaware that she is being painted, while the dog acknowledges the outside world. The effect is to join the realm of the painting with that of the viewer, enhancing the illusion of realism despite, in the Cassatt, the broadly painted abstractions of brushed slipcovers, which remind us that we are looking at a painted surface.
The tradition revealed in both paintings is one that turns the most ordinary visual scene into an extraordinary experience of art. By acknowledging the presence of an observer, the pets call attention to the maker of the image, and engage in a sort of dialogue with the viewer. Thus, Renoir and Cassatt used these pets not only to accompany and comment on the people in their pictures, but to call attention to their own presence as sensitive observers and creative portrayers of intimate scenes.
The other well-known female Impressionist, Berthe Morisot, actually painted several dogs, but the most moving and personal is a sketchily finished image of her daughter Julie with a pet Greyhound, Young Woman and Her Greyhound Laërtes. Julie, in mourning for her recently deceased father, takes comfort in the company of her pet. Indeed, perhaps her mother keeps grief at bay through the act of painting, which her late husband (painter Edouard Manet's brother) had encouraged, against convention. The dog was the gift of the poet Stéphane Mallarmé, a close family friend. There is a poignant allusion to family life in this representation of what remains of the family, as well as an echo of what has been lost. The empty chair, toward which Julie's pet seems mournfully to gaze; the blank look on Julie's face; and the incompleteness of the canvas itself seem to reference such emotions.
Speaking of Edouard Manet, there are a few exceptions to the rule that the Impressionists avoided the kind of pet portrait on which lesser artists might have built a career. The most interesting one is Manet's picture of the Japanese Chin named Tama. The name means "jewel" in Japanese and suggests that such a rare breed was a treasure in Europe. Tama belonged to the well-known Parisian collector and connoisseur of Asian porcelains and decorative arts, Henri Cernuschi, whose former townhouse is now a museum that bears his name. Not content with an ordinary dog portrait, Manet showed the delicate and pampered creature in a yard with a little Japanese doll.
Those who knew Manet's works might have recognized the parody of his own earlier painting of a women dressed as a toreador. In both instances, the flatness and frontality of the composition echo characteristics of Japanese prints. Even the bold lettering of the little dog's name in this picture is a Western version of the calligraphy that often appears on Japanese works. Not only has Manet given us a charming portrait of a favorite pet, he has again referenced himself as an artist, one highly aware of cultural traditions in which both he and his patron share an interest. In another famous picture by Manet called simply The Artist, he showed Impressionist printmaker Marcellin Desboutin returning from a walk with a large Setter-like dog.
The Impressionist's great predecessor and sometime-companion of Claude Monet, Realist Gustave Courbet, was one of the century's greatest painters of animals. In several of his self-portraits, he is accompanied by a sleek black Spaniel. Monet himself seems to have ignored pet presences, even when Renoir, painting the same scene right next to him, recorded them. And we must certainly not forget Edgar Degas, whose famous portrait, The Bellelli Family, shows a Poodle or other small dog exiting a stuffy bourgeois interior to escape family conflict.
The Impressionist tradition of pets pictured in intimate interiors continued well into the 20th century. For example, in the charming Nude in Bathtub, Pierre Bonnard included a small Dachshund-type dog reclining on a rug, keeping his mistress company as she performs her bathing ritual. The painting, with its plethora of detail and bold composition, is typical of Bonnard's work.
In a 19th-century book entitled L'Esprit des bêtes (The Mind of Beasts), a certain Alphonse Toussenel claimed: "In the beginning, God created man. Finding him weak, he gave him the dog. He charged the dog to see, hear, smell, and run for man." He should have added "to provide friendship." The spread of pet-keeping to the middle classes and its association with wholesomeness are modern phenomena. With their complete dependence and undying love, dogs complement human lives and become vehicles for emotional relationships. The diverse roles they play in Impressionist paintings acknowledge both the intelligence of dogs and their intimacy with their human companions.


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Facebook acquired Gowalla over the weekend, buying the location-sharing service best known as the one that isn't Foursquare.
The story first broke on Friday, but it took a few days for the parties involved to kind-of confirm, according to AllThingsD. Now, one of the company's founders, Josh Williams, has confirmed the move on the company blog:
About two months ago, my co-founder Scott and I attended F8. We were blown away by Facebook's new developments. A few weeks later Facebook called, and it became clear that the way for our team to have the biggest impact was to work together. So we're excited to announce that we'll be making the journey to California to join Facebook!
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Williams also said that the service will end in January and allow users to export data. However, he said that Facebook isn't acquiring any of Gowalla's user data.
Gowalla has been recasting itself as a travel guide and the Austin-based company has been shopping itself around for the last few years looking for a buyer, according to CNN. Some of the company's workers will work out of Facebook's Austin office while others will move out to Facebook's headquarters in Silicon Valley.
It's most likely that this was a "talent acquisition," or a way for Facebook to get a whole bunch of experienced engineers who will likely work on its location-based projects. We can't see that Gowalla would have anything else that Facebook would want.


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Animals In Print
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Folks Discuss the Anthrax Scare
By Mary T. Hoffman
Folks discuss the anthrax scare
While chewing burgers rare;
They aren't aware,
Nor seem to care
What germs are lurking there:
Dangerous microbes in their meat,
Prions that defy the heat,
Feces (now, that's quite a treat!)
(Milk and meat I will not eat!)
"Irradiation is the way,"
That's what so-called experts say:
Treat our food with atom's ray.
Don't worry about a future day
When mutant microbes go astray,
While nutrients have fled away:
Deny, and look the other way.
No enemy can do more harm
Than what may come from a factory farm.
Yet anyone who cries "alarm"
Risks being sent to a "funny" farm.
Food-borne illness is our bequest
It hastens the day of eternal rest.
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a) Whoever, otherwise than as provided by law for the proper discharge of official duties, directly or indirectly—
(1) demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept any compensation for any representational services, as agent or attorney or otherwise, rendered or to be rendered either personally or by another—
The Senate has convened and will vote again for cloture on S.510; at this moment Senator Tom Harkin is speaking about why the bill is so important. Echoing the drama of Senator Durbin, Harkin alludes to the "sick and dying" people in this country as a result of food borne illness. All the drama aside: neither Harkin, Durbin nor any other Senator will identify the true sources of food contamination arising from industrialized farming and ranching, self-inspecting processing plants, and contaminated food imports coming into the country uninspected.
Regardless of all the flowery language, all the hyped up drama issuing from these Senators who have remained totally silent as the FDA, the agency they intend to unlawfully empower, has been the facilitator for hundreds of lethal and deadly pharmaceuticals allowed into the markets that cause physical damage and even death in thousands of cases. With this in mind I doubt anyone could conclude that this bill is in reality about food safety, but is instead about the transfer of power to a corporate agency belonging to the Federal corporation; the intent of course is to also transfer blame for what will ensue once this overthrow of agriculture is completed.
Neither Senator nor any of the bills sponsors make any mention of the subjugation to unlawful trade and harmonization agreements or the underlying assaults on Constitutional rights. Not one speaker can claim anything other than systems already in place as pertaining to food safety that are reiterated in the bill. The focus of the bill is:
1. to eradicate through burdensome regulations, constitutional violations, property theft and interference with lawful trade, family and independent producers.
2. To corner the agricultural markets, reducing competition, and
3. to force all food products produced in the US into exports markets.
4. to criminalize land and livestock ownership through the use of predatory licensing and regulation.
This bill signifies one of the greatest assaults on the American public by its own government, presented as a deceptive fraud.
While wondering why our own government has worked for so many years to dismantle independent agriculture, I could not help but revert back to that list of bribery payments, called "campaign contributions" to our Senators (members of the House also receive millions in "contributions"). The list of corporations who stand to benefit financially from passage of S.510, and those Senators who took millions in aggregate "campaign contributions", is staggering. And these millions are just for this one bill; multiply this by the hundreds of bills that are written by corporate lobbyists and foreign principals.
While these elected officials will refuse to correspond with individuals not from their districts (congressional courtesy, they say), and most time will only respond with a canned letter that addresses anything and everything except the topic you might have been inquiring about, they seem not to have any problem with corresponding with and representing corporations and non-US organizations. They have even less trouble with taking gigantic payments from corporations most of which are not only not in their district, but many times, not even in their state and sometimes not even in the country! In my opinion, "contribution" is simply a euphemism for "BRIBERY".
So let us look at the issue of "BRIBERY":
§ 203. Compensation to Members of Congress, officers, and others in matters affecting the Government
(a) Whoever, otherwise than as provided by law for the proper discharge of official duties, directly or indirectly—
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It seems rather obvious to me that what our congress has engaged in on all levels is the selling of political favors and the power of their offices. Hiding that behind the term "campaign contributions" makes it no less a bribe. Why would corporations be dumping what amounts to millions and millions of dollars into the campaign funds of elected officials unless they were anticipating a return of some kind and were fully expecting the official to give their blessing to legislation written by the corporations themselves in an effort to maximize markets and profits.
Much of what is produced on the floor of both Houses is written by world organizations, corporate representatives and attorneys, lobbyists of all kinds, none of which represent the interests of the nation or its people. It is a rare thing that any legislation has actually been written by any of those officials preparing to vote on it. As these elected officials have made clear that they are more than willing to negotiate, even against the best interests of the country, and prefer instead to represent the global interests of their donors, they have in fact, declared themselves to be agents of foreign principals. With this in mind, I do believe it would be fair to have each of these Senators and Representatives register themselves as what they actually are: AGENTS OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS
§ 219. Officers and employees acting as agents of foreign principals
(a) Whoever, being a public official, is or acts as an agent of a foreign principal required to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 or a lobbyist required to register under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 in connection with the representation of a foreign entity, as defined in section 3(6) of that Act shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to the employment of any agent of a foreign principal as a special Government employee in any case in which the head of the employing agency certifies that such employment is required in the national interest. A copy of any certification under this paragraph shall be forwarded by the head of such agency to the Attorney General who shall cause the same to be filed with the registration statement and other documents filed by such agent, and made available for public inspection in accordance with section 6 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended.
(c) For the purpose of this section "public official" means Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, either before or after he has qualified, or an officer or employee or person acting for or on behalf of the United States, or any department, agency, or branch of Government thereof, including the District of Columbia, in any official function, under or by authority of any such department, agency, or branch of Government.
Would not this section apply to members of both the House and Senate and various other agency and department heads, corporate lobbyists and other agents, who have advanced World Trade Organization, multi-national corporate raiders, and the various and multiple trade and harmonization agreements, all of which are intended to usurp the United States sovereignty and laws?
Have any of our elected representatives registered as agents of foreign principals? If not: why not? Are they not advocating for these principals in direct violation to their oaths of office and by extension abdicating the responsibilities and duties of their official office in favor of foreign governments, multi-national corporate donors, and world organizations, unlawful agreements and thereby undermining the independence and sovereignty of the US?
Maybe its time we looked at remedies in the US Code for elected officials who advance their own wealth and fortunes by selling the power of their offices to entities which have no allegiance, loyalty or concern for the future of America.
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Writer/director Tom Provost's The Presence is an interesting blend of horror and romance that stars the eternally beautiful Mira Sorvino as a woman who heads off to her family's cabin upon an island in the mountains of Oregon. Completely alone, save for a visit from a kindly old man named Mr. Browman (Muse Watson) who brings her supplies every once on a while, she's there to work on her writing and deal with her past. Molested as a child by her father, she has trust issues and commitment issues and so is both relieved and irritated when her boyfriend (Justin Kirk) shows up to spend some quality time with her.
What neither one of them seem to realize is that they're not as alone as they think they are. There's a ghost in the house (Shane West) who makes himself known by opening and closing doors now and then but who seems to be in love with our heroine. When the boyfriend proposes and she accepts, another spirit turns up and tries to meddle in all of their affairs. As the spirit's obsession intensifies, the woman's psychological damage is brought front and center and her behavior becomes increasingly unsettling.
You've got to give Provost for trying something different with The Presence. What could have easily been a film reliant on jump scares and horror movie clichés instead focuses on the drama that emerges between parties seen and unseen in the house. Starting with a fifteen minute sequence completely devoid of any dialogue whatsoever, we're introduced to Sorvino's character and West's character, who she can't see and who we can. This makes for a few moments of unsettling imagery, the most obvious being when she wakes up in the morning and he's curled up in bed beside her, but it also makes for a few moments that seem overdone in which all West's spirit does is GLARE at her. This carries on into the later part of the film when the boyfriend arrives, at which point he GLARES at both of them. There's lots of glaring going on throughout the first two thirds of the movie and not a whole lot more.
At the same time, the movie holds our interest simply because we want to know where Provost is going with all of this. It reaches an interesting and fairly satisfying conclusion by the time the end credits hit the screen, but be forewarned, this is very much a slow burn movie and it's as much a romantic drama as it is a proper horror picture despite what Lionsgate's packaging would lead you to believe. The film does over do the whole 'ghost is glaring at people' angle quite a bit and this takes away from thing, at times almost making it feel a bit padded but overall the good outweighs the bad here. Mira Sorvino's performance is pretty convincing, she does fine with the dramatic aspects where she lays into her boyfriend and does just as well during the film's quieter moments, of which there are many, where we really just watch her go about her daily routine unaware that she's being watched from the other side. Shane West, made up to look like a corpse to a certain extent, doesn't really get much to say here and so his performance relies almost entirely on body language and facial expressions - aside from those aforementioned moments where it's a little overdone, it works. The third key player, Justin Kirk, is also fine as is Tony Curran in his supporting role (which we won't discuss in order to avoid spoilers).
If viewers are able to stick with it long enough and don't mind the odd pacing and this turns out to be a pretty interesting movie, beautifully shot to get the most out of its gorgeous locations and featuring a great effort from Sorvino.
The Presence is a very nicely shot film that looks good in this 2.35.1 anamorphic widescreen presentation on DVD. Despite the presence of some obvious banding the image is generally strong and detailed and if it doesn't pop off the screen the way a more colorful film might, it reproduces the many earth tones used throughout the movie with a nice realism. You might spot some very minor compression artifacts in a few scenes if you look for them but otherwise there aren't really any quirks to complain about. The image is consistently clean and stable and black levels also fare well.
The only audio option on the disc is an English language Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound mix, though optional subtitles are provided in both English and Spanish. This is a movie that uses sound rather well, so listen throughout the movie for a subtle bang coming from behind you or to the left or right, as it ties in with what's happening on screen very effectively and helps to build tension rather well. Dialogue is always easy to understand, levels are well balanced, and there are no problems at all with hiss or distortion. This isn't a super aggressive mix, though there are moments with quite a bit of surround activity to them during the last half of the picture, but the movie doesn't really need it to be and the end result is a mix that's entirely appropriate for the film.
Director Tom Provost kicks off the extras with a pretty decent commentary track in which he details shooting way out in the middle of nowhere, the style he used for the film, casting the picture, Sorvino's performance and his admiration of it, and where some of the ideas for the movie came from. This covers some of the same ground as the twenty-two minute making of featurette also included on the disc, though there's input in the featurette from a few of his collaborators here and it also covers the use of music in the film, editing and technical aspects of the production not covered as well in the commentary. If you dug the feature, both are worth checking out.
Rounding out the extras are thirteen minutes of storyboards that are available with commentary from Provost and his editor, Cecily Rhett, trailers for some unrelated Lionsgate properties, menus and chapter selection.
The Presence is an interesting slow burn of a horror film, mixing up some well played romantic angles into the creepiness rather effectively and benefitting from some great camera work. The performances are solid and if the movie moves at a snail's pace, at least it succeeds in trying something different. Not a film for all tastes, but an interesting one that gets a solid release from Lionsgate. Recommended.
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Fans dressed in black and white lined a parade route Monday to celebrate the Los Angeles Kings' second Stanley Cup Final victory in three years after the team's thrilling run through the playoffs ended with a double-overtime victory over the New York Rangers.
Kings players aboard double-decker buses hoisted the Stanley Cup, shining bright on a sunny Southern California day, above their heads as they passed cheering fans on Figueroa Street en route to Staples Center. A giant banner that reads "We Are All Kings" was hanging from an entrance to the arena. where Los Angeles closed out a stunning playoffs run with a 3-2 Game 5 victory over New York.
- Images: Kings Fans Show Their Pride
Flatbed trucks with bleachers arrived along the parade route early Monday. Double-decker buses draped with the Kings logo were parked downtown, ready to carry the Stanley Cup champions past fans -- some of whom staked out a viewing area as early as 6 a.m.
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Fans then attended a sold-out rally inside Staples Center with players.
The parade marked an opportunity for fans to cheer in care-free celebration without the cloud of tension that accompanied each of the Kings' post-season series -- all but one of which required seven games and included several Kings comebacks and overtime battles. Los Angeles fell behind 2-1 in the second period Friday, then displayed the same resiliency that propelled them through the playoffs.
"The first one is your first, so it's special," said Kings goalie Jonathan Quick of the 2012 championship. "We faced more adversity, more ups and downs, so we're enjoying this one, right now. The whole run was up and down -- tough losses, dramatic wins."
The Kings appeared headed for an early exit in the opening round of the playoffs, falling behind the San Jose Sharks 3-0. But LA became one of only four teams to come back from a 3-0 series deficit, winning the next four games to advance to the next round against Southern California rival Anaheim.
"It was just a matter of winning one at a time," said Kings radio broadcaster and former Kings player Daryl Evans. "The toughest game was to go into San Jose and win Game 5. They don't get too high, they don't get too low. They trust and believe in each other."
LA claimed the Freeway Faceoff series in seven games after falling behind 3-2 against a Ducks team that seemed poised for its own Stanley Cup run. The Kings, for a fifth time during the playoffs up to that point, staved off elimination and went on the win the final two games.
- Images: Kings Victory Parade
"I always believe in my team and my teammates," said Kings defenseman Drew Doughty. "When the playoffs roll around, that's the time we shine."
The win earned the "Cardiac Kings" a shot against the defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks with the trip to the final on the line. The Kings appeared to gain control of the Chicago series when they took three of the first four games, but the Blackhawks fought back to even the series at three games apiece.
Once again the Kings found themselves in a Game 7, this time facing a 2-0 deficit early before scrapping back to within 3-2 entering the second period. LA trailed 4-3 midway through the third period when Marion Gaborik backhanded home a goal to force overtime.
Defenseman Alec Martinez clinched the series for LA in overtime with a wrist shot that found the back of the net.
Los Angeles was poised for a Stanley Cup Final sweep of the Rangers after winning the first three games, but New York extended the series with a win in Game 4 at Madison Square Garden. The series returned to Staples Center Friday, when the Kings won on another clinching goal from Martinez, who slammed a rebound past Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist at 14:43 of the second overtime.
"I'm not a hero," Martinez said Monday. "I don't care who scored those goals as long as it was someone in our room."
The goal sent the Staples Center crowd, already its feet throughout the overtime periods, into a frenzy and gave the franchise its second Stanley Cup since Los Angeles was awarded an NHL team in 1966. For much of the team's history, that moment of elation seemed out of reach as the team endured several seasons of early playoff exits and mediocrity.
- Watch: Kings Parade Confetti Blast
Then the "The Great One" arrived. In 1988 after a blockbuster trade with the Edmonton Oilers, Wayne Gretzky spent eight years in LA and the team reached the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 1993, losing to Montreal in five games.
The team hit another dry spell until 2012, when it won the first of two Stanley Cups by defeating the New Jersey Devils 4-2.


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Edinburgh may only host its world-famous eponymous festival for a few weeks annually, but the Scottish capital is plump with drama all-year round.
Even my taxi rides are spiced with theatrical, rapid-fire comments. "It's braw and bricht," one driver virtually purrs to sum up a "good and bright" day during my spring fling in the city; another classically exclaims "jings, crivvens," the Scottish equivalent of England's "goodness me," as I quiz him about where to go for what he dubs a "braw shindig" that night.
There's a litany of lively spots, of course – the Scots having long earned their reputation for knowing how to have a good night out. But the statuesque city is seemingly brimming with extra brio these days: Perhaps due not only to the recent delivery of a specific day (Sept. 14, 2014) for the historic referendum for independence from England, but also to the hullabaloo surrounding the arrival of flamboyant tycoon Sir Richard Branson in the city.
Not so much showing what was up his sleeve but more what was under his kilt, the underpants-flashing billionaire has just launched his new Virgin Atlantic London Heathrow to Edinburgh service (that now connects with its Vancouver route restarting this month). Along with a male crew also cheekily in kilts created by the city's Howie Nicholsby – already well known for the sultry design for singer Lenny Kravitz – the new schedule marks the first domestic service in the U.K. for the 30-year-old airline.
Away from the thrum of excited fans and the media group I'm part of, however, I've hired a storyteller to tour me through the less touristy side of the city. Sure, everyone should run through the checklist of architectural triumphs such as the gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (affectionately nicknamed Thunderbird 3 for mimicking the rocket in the popular British sci-fi TV series in the 60s), the grandeur of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen's residence in the city, or the more recent arrival of the granite, oak and steel of the Scottish Parliament (for a great visual, see it from the bucolic neighbouring hills, Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat).
For me, it's all starting with a bit more grit as I head for the "skeleton," according to my colourful guide Calum Lykan. We're on the "spine," the much-vaunted cobbled drag of the Royal Mile that runs through the main part of the Old Town, which is punctuated by the "skull" or Edinburgh Castle (another to be checked off), high on the volcanic crag overlooking the capital. From there he nips me down many of the narrow, herringboned claustrophobic closes or alleyways that, he declares with a giant sweep of his arms, make for the "ribs." Beyond the archways, vertiginous seven-storey former tenements loom down on the paths named for the people who once lived there such as Trunk's, Jackson's and Paisley's.
It's clear he's bent on history, but his passionate explanation of the 19th-century rotten landlords and the characters who stalked the city's nefarious bygone, slum-filled era makes it feel like it were happening today. Among the tartan-tat being hawked in some of the stores, we are among myriad "wee treasures" that pockmark the area: from the quaint-looking Museum of Childhood to the grand gallery of the expansive National Museum of Scotland, where he whisks me up to the rooftop for one of the best views of the city.
Back down on the street, we journey through the lesser-visited Pleasance and Newington areas. Amid the charity shops and pubs, we clock the police station from Ian Rankin's detective TV series, Rebus, as well as a lineup of minuscule, now-defunct police boxes (think Doctor Who's Tardis) – some left to graffiti artists, others to entrepreneurs reinventing them as coffee stores.
Lykan brings me back to the "nicer parts of this Jekyll and Hyde town" leaving me to the sweeping St Giles Cathedral and the handsome sandstone buildings. To continue with his anatomical analogy, however, a few heartbeats later I'm looking for more of the rough-and-ready side of the city, catching a cab to Leith, the industrial setting for Danny Boyle film, Trainspotting. (Once again theatrics dominate as my driver animatedly tells me the elongated and controversial politics surrounding the installation of the city's tram system – you spy them effortlessly with the accompanying roadworks.)
While there may be a few divey spots left in Leith, the waterfront is now mainly a scrubbed-up harbour boasting a buzzing shopping centre (which is also the final resting place for the Queen's old ship, The Royal Yacht Britannia) and to die-for food such as vaunted chef Martin Wishart's smart one Michelin star eponymous restaurant.
As for that promised braw shindig, well, let's just say it was down to the classic Scottish trademarks of whisky, kilts and a barrage of bagpipes. But just as Edinburgh has undergone much reimagining, so has the musical instrument via Scotland's supergroup, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. It may be piping but this one is infused with rock and – once again – heavy on the drama.
Lucy Hyslop travelled with Virgin Atlantic from Vancouver to London and on to Edinburgh (virginatlantic.com)
Key spots
Stay: Nothing generic about The Scotsman Hotel: From typeset numbers to the warren of rooms that are temples of stylish tweed, this hotel is uniquely converted from the former HQ of one of the city's newspapers. It even has private custom-built hutches inside the rooms that allow you to have room service without having to see a soul. The Scotsman Hotel, 20 North Bridge, Edinburgh; 011 44-(0) 131 556 5565; thescotsmanhotel.co.uk
Visit: Check out ship number 691, or what's more commonly known as The Royal Yacht Britannia. The Leith-based attraction is dedicated to lively luxury afloat — including space for the royal Rolls-Royce. For added "Yottie" decorum, sip — with your pinky extended — a cup of the famous Edinburgh Ceylon tea at the Britannia Royal Deck Tea Room, while eating a clotted cream tea (with scones made on board) complete with royal ensign napkins.
The Royal Yacht Britannia, Ocean Drive, Leith, Edinburgh; 011 44-(0) 131 555 5566; royalyachtbritannia.co.uk
Guided tour: For specially designed tours, try storyteller Calum Lykan; 011 44-(0) 7794-020583; storytellingscotland.co.uk
Eat: Deep-fried Mars bars? Don't be afraid about Scotland's reputation for low-rent food. It's had a serious injection of high-octane restaurants, which have whipped dishes into shape. Two unmissable stops include the quietly sumptuous affair of Martin Wishart in Leith (do anything for his flammkuchen tart and tonka bean brûlé; Restaurant Martin Wishart, 54 The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh 011 44-(0) 131 553 3557; martin-wishart.co.uk) and the Wedgwood, tucked off the Royal Mile (267 Canongate, Edinburgh; 011 44-(0) 131-5588 737; wedgwoodtherestaurant.co.uk). Have a slice of cake and listen to a tale at the café at the Scottish Storytelling Centre (43-45 High St., Edinburgh; 011 44-(0) 131 556 9579; scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk)
Drink: For a serious dram complete with wood-panelling and an idiosyncratic atmosphere, hit The Shore on Leith Waterfront (3 Shore, Leith, Edinburgh; 011 44-(0) 131 553 5080; fishersbistros.co.uk/the-shore-bar-and-restaurant.php). Or head underground to The Caves (8-12 Niddry St South, Edinburgh 011 44-(0) 131 557 8989; thecavesedinburgh.com).


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Here we go, two 15 minute periods of overtime action. If the match is still tied after that, it's on to penalties (but let's hope it doesn't come to that). Continue after the jump for live commentary and updates.
• Sneijder makes a nice run, but his shot had no chance of getting past the keeper. The Russians are getting kicked around a bit at the other end, and the ref has finally called a foul. Free kick to come.
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• Arshavin made another beautiful turn only to see his shot swallowed up by van der Sar.
• Neither team is backing off at this point, but eventually the Netherlands will probably start playing for penalties.
• van Persie's shot took a couple of deflections, but it was ultimately secured by the keeper. The Russians quickly get the ball back downfield, but Arshavin skies one over the bar. The Dutch have no clue how to handle him.
• Pavlyuchenco just crushed one into the corner of the bar. That might have been the hardest shot I've seen in the tournament along with Podolski's late miss against Portugal.
• Arshavin shreds the Dutch defense once again, leaving it off for Torbinski, who promptly deposits the ball in van der Sar's hands. In case you were wondering, Arshavin is not Leo Messi.
• Afellay wisely stops another Russian counter with a timely shove in the back. The free kick is awarded outside of any danger area.
• Just a few minutes remaining in the first extra period.
• Ruud was only about ten yards offside. We're seeing all aspects of classic Ruud today.
• They've switched sides and the Dutch have kicked it off. I'd expect to see the Russians taking control of possession in this period, with the Dutch increasingly confident to go to the penalties.
• The Ruskies were calling for a penalty, but the ref was wise to not award it. Orange riots are especially ugly.
• Stop reading my live blog, Smyth!
• Wow, the Russians are running roughshod over the Dutch, yet they can't get any good shots on target.
• The Dutch need to be a bit more agrresive than this, they just have to be mindful of the counterattack.
• Torbinski picks up a yellow with a late challenge, and he becomes the second Russian to be suspended should they move on.
• Holy shit! A Russian defender tried to head it back to the keeper, but he looked like he wanted to score. And now they're screaming at each other. Teamwork!
• DAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGER! GOAL, TORBINSKI! 2-1 Russia with minutes to play.
• I didn't see who provide that cross, but it was a beautiful floater to the back post and Guus's sub finished the job with ease.
• Sychev is on for Russia and he doesn't waste any time before taking a crack at goal, just high.
• GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! ARSHAVIN! He's dominated the match, and he deserved a place on the scoreline.
• 3-1 Russia, and it's just about official.
• It's all over in Sweden, and another favorite has been denied entry into the Semifinals. The Russians will go on to face the winner of tomorrow's Spain/Italy match, but they'll be without two players due to yellow card accumulation.


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Superfast scrambled eggsSaturday, October 24th, 2009
Miss Silvia is full of surprises! She's been around the house for a year, but only now did she reveal one of her hidden capabilities. Did you know that you can make scrambled eggs with the steam wand of your espresso machine? Me neither. It's a brilliant idea and one can wonder why no one has done this before. I mean, espresso machines have been around for a while. And as it turns out – according to Kelly's comment below this was done in San Francisco back in the 90's. It seems as if the credits for rediscovering these scrambled eggs should go to Chef Jody Williams (and thanks to Jessica at FoodMayhem for posting this). I've tried it several times and it works very well. I'd even say that this gives you another reason to purchase an espresso machine with a proper steam wand! Many other reasons can be found in my first post about Miss Silvia. (more…)


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Rave heads, revisited. Revisited.
The Cable nightclub in London Bridge and the Vibe bar in Brick Lane – raving institutions both – were forcibly shut down within a year or so of each other and now the authorities put the squeeze on Fabric, conditioning … Continue reading


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By David Ponce
Steve Jobs is rolling around in his grave, we're sure. But the Ozaki iCoat Finger case for the iPhone 4/4S will certainly interest any of the millions of people now playing Draw Something. See, it packs a stylus, all the while protecting your precious mobile from damage. Some might argue that half the fun of the game is to see what kind of drawings you can achieve while limited by your finger's awkwardness. Others however take the game pretty seriously and would consider it a boon to be able to produce anything more than barely recognizable squiggles.
The fact that the stylus docking area at the back protrudes like that does mean that you won't be able to lay your phone flat on a surface anymore, although the tradeoff appears to be "better grip" while using the stylus. We're unconvinced. But hey, screw Steve Jobs' visions: a stylus on your iPhone!
It's $41.
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With the "counter clockwise swing of space, matter and time at hand" – indicating we are at the age when lost Children of Israel are to be found what did (does) the Sun of God or Ra's, if you will (and I will), plan hinge on to make the first generation of the found lost recognize the fulfilment of the promise of the return to their deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) rights inwardly as opposed to being told who they (we) are from third party sources.
While there are a number of individual obvious reasons by which we know the regime of self styled Jews who although openly identify themselves as Ashkenazi ethnic Jews and were installed in 1948 to create and continue to keep up a masquerade of their 'real Jew' status as legitamacy, the most obvious prophecetic reason their legitimacy can be trahed is that in their history the Ashkenazi have never been lost. Continue reading


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The Woman in the Fifth (2012)Suspense
Rated R
83 min.
Release Date
June 15, 2012 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
September 18, 2012 (Buy on Amazon)
Running Time
83 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language, violent images and some sexual content
American writer Tom Ricks (Ethan Hawke) arrives in Paris to be closer to his young daughter who is living with his estranged ex-wife. Completely broke, he accepts a job as a night guard for a local crime boss. Stationed in a basement office, his only task is to push a button when a bell rings. The tranquility of the night, he hopes, will help him focus on his new novel. His days become more exciting when... Full synopsis »
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THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- Passion suit: Your job should make you happy
Sarah Kenny wakes up at 5am six mornings a week to get to Back Bay Yoga in Boston where she practices ashtanga– a school of yoga known for acrobatic lunges, feet tucked behind the head, and almost 50 pushups in one session. After that, she goes to work as a senior operations specialist.
For Kenny, both pieces of her life are important. "I'm good at my job, and I'm good at yoga, and I had to figure out how to balance both," she says.
One of the most liberating moments in career planning is to realize that you don't have to get paid to do your favorite activity in order to be happy. One of the constipating situations is to think there's only one career that can be fulfilling to you. Get rid of the idea that the most important thing to a worker is work, and you free yourself to make work just one portion of a fulfilling life.
Paul Tieger, co-author of the best-selling career guide, Do What You Are, advises that people pick a career based on their personality type, which nearly ensures that they'll have passion for what they do. Tieger's book helps readers to understand themselves very quickly in a way that allows them to nail down their personality type and then find many careers that cater to it. Readers can even give the system a free test drive.
What is clear form Tieger's system is that a personality is multi-faceted, and a career need only cater to the dominant aspects of one's personality in order to be fulfilling. The passion someone has that she won't get paid for is something she can do in addition to a job, and in the best scenario, each portion of a life caters to a different aspect of one's personality.
The key to making this sort of life work, though, is finding a job that leaves room for a life. Kenny, for example, will not work at a company that does not respect her yoga schedule. Leslie Cintron, assistant professor of sociology at Washington and Lee University, says that workers like Kenny are not aberrations: "We have a generation clamoring for more balance in their lives."
But this is a different sort of balance than the baby boomers aspired to. According to Cintron, "Baby boomers were talking about issues that they had to deal with when women moved into the workforce. Today one difference is that men in their 20s also are saying they want balance. They want extra space to be able to develop themselves as individuals."
Another difference is that baby boomers ask, "Can we work and have a family?" The new generations ask, "Can we work and have a life?"
For some people, "having a life" means having time for friends or developing a connected relationship. Other people might seek meaningful pursuits outside of work, such as a particular sport or extensive travel. Whatever "having a life" means to you, take solace in the fact that you don't need to get paid for it; you just need to find an employer who will give you room for your personal passions.
Be bold when it comes to getting what you need. Ask yourself what parts of your personality you need to address. Ask your employer to accommodate your non-work needs. The new generation is rife with people like you. Management advisors across the country are warning companies that if they don't make the workplace flexible they will face a shortage of willing workers.


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"A dashboard camera recorded a shoot-out between a suspect and two police officers in Kansas City, Missouri in which the suspect was killed in September. On Wednesday, the officers were cleared of any wrongdoing. (Dec. 10)" - AP
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Packers laying it on the line
GREEN BAY, Wis. — While no one would suggest that it's actually one of the good things to come out of the controversial ending to Monday night's loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the members of the Green Bay Packers' offensive line can't deny this much: The hullabaloo created by the replacement officials' ruling on Golden Tate's game-winning touchdown took plenty of attention away from their putrid performance as a unit.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was sacked eight times in the first half, and a line that has been a strength in pass protection was thrown into total disarray. Coach Mike McCarthy went so far as to go to what essentially was goal-line personnel in the middle of the field to start the second half, taking a smash-mouth run-the-ball approach offensively after the protection broke down so many times.
"There's no excuse for your quarterback getting hit that many times. It's obviously embarrassing as a group when your quarterback's getting sacked eight times in one half," left guard T.J. Lang said. "It's something that we take a lot of pride in. We certainly need to have a better game this week, keeping Aaron upright."
It was particularly stunning to see steady right tackle Bryan Bulaga turn in a performance like the one he did on Monday night, when he seemed to revert to the way he played early in his rookie season, when the 2010 first-round pick was thrust into the starting lineup after veteran Mark Tauscher went down with a shoulder injury. Bulaga got better and better as the season wore on, becoming the youngest player in NFL history to start a Super Bowl, but there were some growing pains early on.
For his part, Bulaga couldn't explain why he played so poorly, but he made no excuses.
"I mean, you never want to hear your name being called in that sense, negatively. But, it happens," Bulaga said. "I think I settled down in the second half. But I think I didn't use any fundamentals for most of the first half. I was just out there, I don't know what I was out there doing. I just wasn't playing my game, and that's what happens. I know that's not going to happen again."
According to ProFootballFocus.com, Bulaga was charged with two sacks, one quarterback hit and an eye-popping eight QB hurries, most of them against rookie first-round pick Bruce Irvin. ProFootballFocus.com charged two of the sacks to Rodgers, and one each to left tackle Marshall Newhouse, center Jeff Saturday and third-down back/fullback John Kuhn. The eighth sack wasn't charged to anyone.
Rodgers admitted that he deserved some of the blame for the stunning amount of pressure he was under. ProFootballFocus.com had the Seahawks for eight sacks, four other quarterback hits and 13 hurries on the night.
"We had some protection breakdowns and some situations where I didn't get rid of the football," said Rodgers, who's been sacked an NFL-worst 16 times in three games. "There's a fine line between trying to make a play outside the pocket and throwing it out of bounds. So we'll do a better job of that moving forward."
However, McCarthy basically absolved the NFL MVP of holding onto the ball too long because of the kinds of plays he's made by using his feet to extend plays and turn potential negative plays into positive ones.
"The other side of Aaron is when he steps up and comes out of the pocket and makes plays, you sit there and clap for him," McCarthy said. "When he doesn't … there's a fine line between the ability to transition from in the pocket to the out of the pocket, the way we train the quarterback. So, most of our issues in the area of sacks were in the protection unit."
Offensive line coach James Campen made it very clear that any suggestion that the line struggled in pass protection because of the imbalanced play-calling by McCarthy in the first half (24 pass plays, three called running plays) was, well, crap.
"I'll be honest with you, I don't give a flying crap. I don't care what play is called, I could give a crap if it's 100 passes or 100 runs. Do your job," Campen said. "To me, that's a negative, defeatist attitude. Whatever is called, our job is to block. Period. That doesn't mean crap to me.
"It's a fair question. It's a very fair question. I don't get into that kind of (stuff). It's not an excuse. Those are crap. I don't care what is called. You block your man. I don't care."
That's precisely what the linemen vow to do this week against the Saints, who come in with the NFL's worst overall defense (477.8 yards per game) and worst rushing defense (215.0 yards per game) in the 32-team league.
"I think you would be a fool not to recognize (the protection issues) and they're something that obviously can't be tolerated in bunches like that," Campen said. "Certainly moving forward, the first thing you have to do is recognize what happened, analyze what happened and why and get it corrected. Moving forward and moving on to New Orleans, we're making those corrections and adjustments."


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A former Food Network chef was charged Monday with attempted murder and solicitation of murder for allegedly trying to hire two homeless men to kill his wife.
Juan-Carlos Cruz, 48, pleaded not guilty during a Monday afternoon court appearance at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles. Bail was set at $2 million.
Cruz, who hosted the shows "Calorie Commando" and "Weighing In," was arrested last Thursday by Santa Monica police. According to police, they were contacted May 7 by two men who said Cruz had hired them to kill someone.
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"The individuals who were solicited agreed to assist the Santa Monica Police Department in the investigation," during which detectives learned the murder-for-hire method, the time and place the intended victim was to be killed and the terms of payment, said Santa Monica police Sgt. Jay Trisler.
TMZ.com reported that Cruz paid the men half of the $1,000 he promised for the job and gave one of them a box containing a box cutter, disposable cell phone, gloves and a pocket watch.
Police and prosecutors have not provided any possible motive for Cruz wanting to put out a hit on his wife, Jennifer Campbell. Neighbors told the Los Angeles Times that Campbell, an attorney, and Cruz were high school sweethearts.
According to Cruz's biography, he graduated from the California Culinary Academy and worked as a pastry chef at Hotel Bel-Air. While working as a chef, his weight eventually ballooned to more than 280 pounds.
He then began developing low-calorie recipes and eventually lost about 100 pounds, much of it while appearing on the Discovery Health network's show, "Body Challenge."
Cruz hosted "Calorie Commando" on the Food Network in 2004. He also authored a book titled, "The Juan-Carlos Cruz Calorie Countdown Cookbook."
Cruz is due back in court June 23, when a date will be set for a preliminary hearing to determine if there is enough evidence for the case to go to trial.


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Players from the middle east have been facing this problem for a long time. The closest server is the European servers and SEA servers. Both servers have unstable high pings because we are located in the middle. On a 10mb connection, the pings vary from 200-300. Players from the middle east are stuck in the loop hole of servers, in which no playable server is found. This thread is to suggest a server for the middle east. No specific country is picked because any server close to the middle east would fix the problems for all the countries. A suggested country would be UAE since it seems like the most viable place for all the country's pings. This problem have been mentioned before, but nothing has been done. The dota 2 community is expanding and many players from the middle east joined the community. This problem is happening with all of them, so I was hoping an action would be taken to fix this problem.
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Women are Irrational and Emotional
So the conventional wisdom is that men don't understand women. Well, I think most men understand women quite well. We understand that the majority of women are completely irrational and emotional in their behavior. As the infamous scene from As Good As Gets goes:
Receptionist: How do you write women so well?
Melvin Udall: I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.
And that's pretty much what seems to be the difference between men and women: men are logical thinkers driven mostly by reason, while women are illogical thinkers driven mostly by emotion.
Case in point is something about women that has annoyed me since college. I've been told numerous times in my life by various women that they like men who are "mysterious". Which basically translates to… a man who is a handsome-looking "bad boy" who doesn't communicate and doesn't express emotion or feeling. Yet, at the same time, ask women what they want in a man and they'll inevitably state they want a man who's romantic and caring and can express his emotions and who will be their best friend (ie someone to whom they can talk and with whom they can communicate).
Now, men can immediately read this and understand that these are two completely contradictory things. But, of course, girls/women don't seem to understand that about themselves. They don't see any contradiction whatsoever in stating what they want is a man who is open and emotional and communicative and yet what they actually go after is a man of "mystery" (ie no communication or emotion).
So what ends up happening is girls will date the "mysterious" "bad boy" and probably marry him. Then, inevitably, they get disappointed that their "mysterious" non-feeling, non-communicative "bad boy" doesn't magically turn into the romantic best friend of their dreams after they're married.
Why on earth women do this, I have no idea. If you want something, it is usually a good idea to actually, I don't know, go after what you want… instead of choosing the exact opposite of what you want and then becoming disappointed and blaming of the guy you chose for not being the man you wanted.
I have run into this sort of girl/woman all the time. She'll state to me how she wants a certain type of man, yet she'll turn around and date the exact opposite of that type of man. This has been especially frustrating for me, because I have always been that type of guy who wears his emotions on his sleeve (emotional and feeling) and always seems to be too open and honest to a fault (communicative). (I actually had a good female friend in college tell me that I need to "be more mysterious" and not so open.) Yet, what happens is that girls/women keep guys like me around only as friends… to bitch to about the men of "mystery" they date/marry.
I just shake my head anymore. Ironically enough, if women were more logical with their choices of men, they would have their emotional, romantic and communicative needs filled much more. But, as Melvin Udall stated, women don't use reason. And, of course, lack of accountability comes into play when women decide that the reason for their relationship troubles is not their own decisions, but rather "men suck".
Uh huh. Sure. Men understand women just fine. The problem is that women don't understand themselves.
I Don't Want to be Me Anymore
You know, I am really getting annoyed with God.
Each day I hate that He made me the person and man that I am. Each day I have more and more examples of people and girls — especially girls — who seem to be repulsed by me.
Yet, if OTHER people do things that I do, or act the way I do, or say things I do or perform on the field as I do, people, and especially girls, give them plenty of attention. But me… nothing. Cold shoulder. I'm getting fed up with this.
I wish I could just flip a switch and turn off everything about myself that makes me… me. Turn off all my emotions, all my feelings, all my passion. I don't want to feel ever again.
If I can't feel, then I won't care. If I don't care, then I won't feel all this pain inside every time I'm rejected or ignored or shunned for being… me.
I don't want to be me anymore…


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Happy Birthday, JB!
So, what are you now, like, 40?
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Posted by Mrs. B at 7:47 AM
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The Maharaja
WOW! You remembered my birthday? Thanx and I am a year younger than the geriatric you married (which I guess makes us both geriatrics..hmmmm).
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Wednesday 19 October 2011 6:38:34 pm - 6 replies
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Hypoglycemia and Outdoor Activities
As the sun comes out and the days get warmer, many people head outside, whether for recreational activities like yard work, or dedicated physical activity like biking or walking. Although it's great to get outside and get moving, particularly if you have diabetes, there are some important things you need to keep in mind when you take your physical activities outdoors, especially when it comes to preventing hypoglycemia.
Seasons make a difference
The same activity that you do in the cooler weather, when done in the summer, may negatively affect your blood glucose (sugar). This occurs for a number of reasons. Metabolism is higher when it is hot and humid. Dehydration, or loss of body fluids, can happen during summer months when you're active and do not drink enough. Elevated levels of blood glucose can also lead to an increase in the body's excretion of urine. In addition, many symptoms of hypoglycemia, such as sweating, weakness, feeling lightheaded or dizzy, and feeling tired, can also mimic the body's response to heat, making it difficult to recognize hypoglycemia when it occurs.
What can I do?
The key, according to Michael See, MS, RCEP, Clinical Exercise Physiologist, at Joslin Diabetes Center, is to "reacquaint yourself to your blood sugar's response to physical activity." Develop strategies around exercise, self monitor, and adjust accordingly, whether it be through insulin, eating, or hydrating. Keep in mind the level of physical activity, and the duration. If you plan accordingly and speak with your healthcare provider, you can safely enjoy your outdoor physical activities year-round.
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Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees: Expected to go upto 80%
Details about Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees, which is expected to increase by 8% from current 72% t 80%
Today can be a big day for Central Government Employees as there are expectations that the dearness allowance can be increased from 72% to 80%. This was a decision expected earlier on April 2, 2013, but it was deferred because the Finance Minister was not available to conclude on the decision. Now the expectations are that today this good news can come through.
Dearness Allowance: Sixth Pay Commission Recommendation Details about DA hike
How many central government employees will benefit from this Dearness Allowance DA hike as per Six Pay commission recommendation?
More than 50 Lakh central government employees are expected to get the benfit of increased Dearness Allowance.
Along with them, around 30 lakh pensioners are also expected to benefit.
When will the new Dearness Allowance be effective?
That is another good news. The new Dearness Allowance DA value is expected to be effective from January 1 2013. So employees can expect more money in coming months as arrears payment.
How much money will this hike be?
It is estimated that this hike of 8% in Dearness Allowance will be given. Current DA stands at 72% and with 8% hike this is expected to shoot upto 80%.
As per the various details available on the internet, The Dearness Allowance revision usually happens two times in a year, January and July.
Last year, there was a DA hike which took the DA to 72% in September 2012. That came into effect from July 2012.
The DA is integrated with basic salary component once it goes above the 50 percent limit. It ensures that employees get higher allowances as those are paid in proportion to the basic pay.
With this DA hike, the Central Government employees who already have got a lot of benefits from the 6th pay commission recommendation have one more additional thing to feel happy about. This will be a relief for them considering the high value of inflation the common man in India is struggling with.
However, please note that above details are based only on the news items and yet to be confirmed. Quiet likely the confirmed news is expected today with exact details.