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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
Following his interview with Piers Morgan (airing tonight, 9pm ET/PT), we caught up with Lewis Black for a brief chat in the Green Room.
Currently gearing up for his brand new comedy show, "Running on Empty!," Black explains why he routinely returns to "Piers Morgan Tonight":
"I'm amazed that anyone is interested in what I have to say. So, the opportunity for me to just yack, is good," insists Black. "Otherwise, I'm sitting at home doing my own interview."
During the chat, this prolific funny-man, actor, and standup explains why Morgan should continue hosting his show, and offers a surprise prediction, for the upcoming Republican nomination.
Watch the above clip, and tune in this evening for a primetime exclusive at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Lewis Black is awesome. It was pretty cool to see his buddy Kathleen Madigan tweeting in the background on the green room footage! That is a duo I would pay just about anything to see on tour together. Her light but informed political banter and his fierce but informed rants! Classic.
Piers,old chap, I'm a fan and not just because you're a Gooner BUT Bachman did an 8-2 on you today mate. You let her get to you and under your skin and prattle on and on and on- and do it content free! Next time do a 5-2, approach it as you would St. Totteringham's Day.
Hello Mr Morgan,
Which law does allow President to make that kind of mandate – healthcare does not –
I am so disappointed that you are letting her lie that way without challenging her.
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I totally agree!,
I had the opportunity to see Lewis Black last week in louisville ky..he was awesome..I agree ..I think that LEWIS Black and Kathleen Madigan together would be a sold out show!
Kathleen called him during that show didn't she? I live in Owensboro, Ky and I have tix to see Kathleen in St. Louis in October and saw her in Nashville a few weeks ago. If you ever have the chance to see her DO IT! She is awesome!
I really don't understand why Piers lets machell set their and lie about Gov. Insurance . mine is through the DOD and they don't tell B/C-B/s what to cover
Michelle just took Piers b...s away from him...
Ms Bachman keeps say ing that all women have access to contraceptives. Yes, if they can afford them. If they weren't coevered by health insurance policies, the women who most need them could not afford them.
She has opted to be on the publc eye and should expect to be confronted. Not so for Ms Fluke.
Piers Morgan is such a misogonist – go back to England – you are such a bully!
The Republicans definition of family values is equivalent to that of the TALIBAN. They will do whatever it takes to impose their will.
You and Lewis Black sat there and made fun of and were very very judgemental on Both Kirk Cameron and Michelle. Shame on you... you both did exactly what you accuse conservatives of. Kirk Cameron did never once say he hated anyone. You should be ashamed but all of America got to see what self righteous jerks you two were.
That was my very thought. Piers was stating we should be tolerant of others and their beliefs but when Black came on to interview, I saw no tolerance as he joined in with Black bashing others beliefs.
Totally agree and very disappointed as I thought Peirs was evolving in to a more honest, genuine man. Interesting that he didn't ask Lewis what he thought of Bill Maher's comments night after night. Limbaugh's comments are like what would come out of the mouth of a 15 year old. And Maher's comments. Maybe he's been told by CNN that he needs to score more points with those on the left. His response to Breitbart's death may have put him in the hot seat.
You bullied Michele Bachman. You gay, gay, gayed her to DEATH! Just trying to bully her into giving you a "quote".
and you had the UNABASHED GALL to say you are "Middle of the road" guy.............I have never been so disgusted by an interview. Except when you were doing the EXACT same thing when your government was trying to get the TRUTH about your OWN Wiretaping and recording conversations without peoples knowledge. HYPOCRITE!!! PHONEY!!! and most of all You are GUTLESS! A complete worm. Come to think of it. Would you do me a favor? One night on your show, could you please stand up? I just want to see if you have a SPINE!
Piers you hit a home run tonight! You are so good at what you do.
Horrible Interview why don't u just let her interview you
Piers and Lewis know nothing about Christianity. And Piers is lying when he says Cameron hates gays. He never said it and never inferred it. Christians hate sin, not people. You Piers are a hypocrite. You expect tolerance except when it comes to Christianity. You sir do not tolerate Christians. When you ask someone what they believe and they do not answer the way you want them to, you take offense. It is YOU who are intolerant. Read the Bible and find out what it really says. And read it with your friend Lewis.
Stupid University that's the school she went to her and Sarah Palin
Piers can you tell me where in your interview with Kirk Cameron he said that he 'hated those people'? That was what you said in your heated exchange with Lewis Black tonight. Also, why exactly can everyone else's agenda have airtime but Christians are lambasted when we talk about our beliefs. We have the same rights as everyone else, at least we used to.
Bachmann showed her true colors. Bully or no bully, Piers Morgan gave her a fair chance. She diverted the discussion away from the issues. How can a woman claiming to be a foster parent be such a "bigot".
I agree!!!!
What program were you watching?? Try to keep an honest perspective....its hard, but at least try...
You have to be pretty clueless if you can't answer a simple question,. Was Rush wrong for calling that woman that name.. A simple yes or no answer but instead her answer was Obama Care... Really ,,, Do you want to borrow a brain let me see if we can get you one over the Internet Duh!!!!
I was not particularly a fan of Michele Bachmann until tonight. Pier Morgan you did a terrible interview. You were just trying to stir up some ugly scene. Michele handled herself with dignity. That's more than can be said about you. She was right you were rude!!!! I want Larry King back!
Tami, I agree with you. She acquitted herself quite well
Piers needs to shut up.
Let the guests talk.
Go back and watch Larry do it.
Be silent, let the guest get a word in edgewise.
It's America, not BBC, not ITV.
Stern, Carson, Letterman are the best.
Many of you in the blog constantly iterate for Piers Morgan to go back to the UK. Do you realize the irrationality and stupidity of your comments? Think about your comments carefully. You all are likely from immigrant parents if you like it or not. So I say to you – go back where you come from.
Thank God for free speech. We can all give our "opinions" about EVERYTHING. And for some reason we ALL think we SHOULD! I just like the funny. Lewis Black is the man. His political rants are what make me adore him. But it is entertainment. Nobody in their right mind would change their political views because of anything Morgan,Bachman or Black says. She is out of the race so who cares what she thinks. ALL OF THEIR VIEWS ARE ENTERTAINMENT. If people laughed more and complained less our nation would heal.
now here is someone withan OPINION, NOT an agenda! How refreshing.
Piers ought to be nominated for sainthood for even attempting to interview Bachman! It's hard to believe anyone is as programed as she is to evade the question and pump her own agenda. I'm reminded how relieved I was when she had to concede the race. Lordy, lord! It feels so much better when it stops!
Piers Morgan reminded me of a 14 year old girl gossiping with Lewis Black about Michele Bachman....Piers, you showed you true colors today....weak, scared and LOVES to trash people when they walk away....worthless...completely worthless....go back to the UK little man....
Morgan, you proved again that you are a pathetic propagandist for Obama and the state controlled media. Your attempts to set up Congresswoman Bachman with such loaded irrelevant questions were so obvious and your rude reaction when she refused to be baited by you made you look like the socialist fool you are. By the way, birth control pills and morning after pills have serious side affects which you liberals are covering up and these pills are not recommended by experts to treat ovarian cysts, contrary to what Fluke stated. Fluke knows nothing about what she was testifying.
Thank God we have men that think they're experts on female reproduction and or medical conditions. Estrogen and progestin birth control pills prevent ovulation. Functional ovarian cysts do not form without ovulation. So some forms of birth control CAN help control the growth of ovarian cysts. I really don't care where or how Fluke gets her birth control.Not sure how I feel about government paying. But I do think that private insurances should pay for it with patient paid copay.
Experts disagree about the use of birth control pills to shrink and eliminate ovarian cysts that have already formed. Some studies show that the cysts shrink at the same rate with or without birth control pill use.2
But there are many disadvantages too while taking birth control pills. In many cases though not in every one but many might fee.
What are the disadvantages?
1. Irregular bleeding
2. A feeling of nausea and vomiting
3. Weight gain
4. An unnatural swelling in the breast and tenderness
5. Depression
6. Headaches
7. High blood pressure
8. Dizziness
Though birth control pills do help in preventing cysts yet it is not the ultimate solution. There have been cases where in spite of taking birth control pills cysts have occurred. And birth control pills can't actually cure the cysts. In fact the conventional treatments only try to cure the symptoms rather than trying to reach and eliminate the root cause of these ovarian cysts.
The holistic approach tries to eliminate the root causes of the ovarian cysts and thus eliminating every symptom in the process. The holistic approach is gaining more and more popularity also because of the absence of any side effects or disadvantages. The holistic approach tries to achieve not only physical health but also takes care of the mental and spiritual health of the person. The holistic approach believes in an over all approach. Since there are various causes of ovarian cysts, the holistic approach brings an emotional, physical and mental balance and thus eliminating the causes that lead to the cysts.
Breast cancer risk may be slightly increased by the Pill for women with a family history of breast cancer.5 Women who have a personal history of breast cancer should not take the Pill. If you're considering hormonal birth control, let your health professional know if you have any family history of breast cancer.
Other factors to consider include the following:
Birth control pills may not be as effective when combined with other medications. Be sure to tell your health professional or pharmacist that you are taking birth control pills whenever you get a new prescription. The herbal medication St. John's wort also makes birth control pills less effective. Be sure to tell your health professional about all medications and supplements you are taking when starting hormonal birth control.6
After stopping high-dose birth control pill use in order to start a planned pregnancy, it may take longer to become pregnant than after stopping use of a low-dose pill, diaphragm, or intrauterine device (IUD).7
If you are taking birth control pills, take special precautions for backup birth control if you miss or skip pills.
Birth control pills may not be as effective if you are vomiting or have diarrhea. Use another method of birth control for 7 days after vomiting or diarrhea, even if you have not missed any pills.
The pill and the patch may not work as well if you are overweight (body mass index greater than 25).8, 9 If you are overweight, ask your doctor about which birth control methods are right for you.
The most serious side effect associated with the birth-control pill is a greater chance of blood clots, stroke and heart attack. These problems occur in only a small number of women who take the pill. Women who have the most risk of developing these problems are women who smoke, are over thirty-five and women with other health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart or vascular disease or blood cholesterol and triglyceride abnormalities. Other serious side effects are worsening of migraine headaches, gall bladder disease, increase in blood pressure and an extremely rare liver tumor. Some birth-control pills may cause changes in the levels of fatty substances in the blood. The long-term consequences of these changes are not known. Regular check-ups are important for early detection of these problems.
You are correct sir. There are many side effects. As there are with many other medications that we use daily. Holistic remedies included. I do not contend that there are not risks. But there are also benefits. It should be the choice of the woman under her doctors supervision. To control and monitor the side effects. I am not if we should use government funds to supply birth control. But I do think that private insurance should have a cap on their premiums so that low and moderate income families can afford proper healthcare. Including birth control if they choose. That is really what should be at the forefront.
Piers, I was watching the program until I had to yell at the television and turn the channel when you said Kirk Cameron "hates" gays to Mr. Black. I did not get that from him he did not tell you or anyone that.
I don't care about the issue or Kirk Cameron, but I do care when high profile media members say things that aren't true.
You aren't doing yourself any good if people watching feel forced to change the channel when they are hoping to be entertained.
CNN has an agenda. It is a pro gay agenda. CNN is a baby's breath from being MSNBC. There is no way to get an un-biased opinion about ANYTHING. CNN & MSNBC push their left wing point of view. Fox and Rush push there right wing point of view. How un-biased can an organization be that FIRED Rick Sanchez for offering up an honest, truthful, view on the news of the day?
CNN – please get a NEW talk show host!!! Piers Morgan is a BULLY!!!! Not only that he is annoying to watch. Bring back a true professional who allows his guests to have an opinion like Larry King!
I have really enjoyed Pierce hosting his show however, this evening I listened closely to the many times he so rudely interrupted his guest Michelle Bachman and the nature in which he rudely pushed for an anwser that she clearly stated many times she was not going to address. How embarrassing that someone of his professional status and experience had to have the guest take the lead in directing the interview. HIs body language was also quite telling that he did not respect some of her comments. BTW, I didn't want to watch your interview with Kirk Cameron as I could already tell the negative direction you would take it. Sure hope things improve tomorrow night.
Pierce I think you are a more skilled and pleasant host than you clearly demonstrated tonight. I hope this is not an indication of where you are headed with the show. It will be a complete turn off for many of your viewers. I think we are looking for a fair,unbiased and entertaining interview each time you meet with your guest. We have enough of the cram it down your throat media.
Pierce you have it all wrong on gay marriages. First of all america was a god fearing nation, One Nation Under God. God does not accept gay marriage. If you want to accept Gay marriage why not accept marriage between a man and 2 women at same time or a woman and two men after all we need to more acceptable to different views.
I have up to last evening, considered you one of the best interviewers in the business. Since you took over, we probably watch your show 3-4 nights a week. Your interview with Michelle Bachman last night was clearly the low point of your short career here in the states. You were condescending, rude and interupted her like I have never seen you do before. Deplorable conduct. Bigoty and expression of beliefs are not synonomous. Patronizing her as 'I was raised a Catholic' said nothing for your credibility. We have lost all sense of objective truth or even respect for religious truth in this world. I suggest you give some thought to your lack of civility to her given how you are willing to be quite open and accepting to all others who come on your show with opposite views.
Piers, you made fun of Christians last night. I'm not a Bachmann fan nor supporter. But in your interview with Lewis Black you were very negative about Christians. Would you do the same in regard to other groups? Muslims? Gays/Lesbians? My guess the answer is 'no.'
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I'm working on my own quadruped, eventually for Mech Warfare. This quad is named Numa. Numa was the second of the ancient Roman kings... and so I can use royalty as an excuse to make a purple bot (e.g. I will eventually dye the brackets purple). And yes, I'm aware of the fat-guy video for Ozone's song, Dragostea Din Tei. I don't mind if you choose to associate the name with that
Hardware specs of Numa:
-4DOF per leg
-16 AX-12a servos in the legs
-Axon MCU
-Tristate buffer allows Axon to control the dynamixel servos. (Has purple LED to indicate that servos have power!)
-Can use either Xbee 1.25 mW communication, or serial port communication (Using the Parallax SIP xbee adapter on the robot side)
-11.1 V LiPo battery for servos, 9V NiMh battery for Axon. TBD how I will power camera and guns.
-Using dremel, power switches for Axon power, LiPo power, and DC power supply power are integrated into standard Dynamixel brackets
Obviously I'm shooting for a very similar robot to Immortal, but figuring it out with my own hardware configuration.
Software approach:
-Axon runs my own code created with the modules/etc. from Webbotlib
-Webbot's GaitDesigner format is used for gaits
-I generate my gaits in this format using Mathematica to do the IK calculations. Using its visualization tools is awesome for verifying what my code actually does.
-I will be using VB.Net (Unless I learn a new GUI making tool in the near future) to make my own user interface. Input will quite probably use one of these for awesome points.
-I may eventually have the IK be calculated on the axon, but for now I'm still familiarizing myself with the best ways to do this.
-Beginning of May: Started ordering parts.
-Mid May: Made tristate buffer and was finally able to control servos
-June 12: Finally got the bugs out of my Mathematica code and correctly have my robot walking forwards/backwards
-June 17: successful remote control of walking with xbee link.
Stuff to do/determine
-Give the feet more traction
-How I will move camera/etc. (e.g. I'd save weight by using hobby servos for pan/tilt)
-Optimize the gaits for speed and balance
-Make compensating for changes in center of mass easier
-How to tie the gaits together to do more complicated walking
-Design custom body to nicely integrate all of the parts
-Order the usual Trendnet wireless camera
And now some pictures!:
This pic is a few weeks old, but the body is essentially the same. Switches and accessories have been swapped/added in the mean time.
Animation of top down view of forward walking via Mathematica
Animation of leg movements via Mathematica
The servos' battery and its power connector. I like epoxy.
Combo mutant mount: Axon switch, serial connection interface, and xbee on a parallax adapter.
Axon and tristate buffer are mounted together on a spring-loaded hinged plastic container. The container was the box for a ring.
Another pic of same:
9V battery holder is masking tape + velcro. Real chassis will be nice to have.

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Run Rings Around Someone :
Run It Up The Flagpole And See If Anyone Salutes. :
This idiom is used to suggest trying out an idea to see if people accept it.
Run Off Your Feet :
If you are run off your feet, you are extremely busy and don't have enough time to do everything.
Run Out Of Gas :
If a campaign or project runs out of gas, it loses energy and momentum and progress sows or halts.
Run Rings Around Someone :
If you run rings around someone, you are so much better than them that they have no change of keeping up with you.
Run Something into The Ground :
If people run something into the ground, they treat or manage it so badly that they ruin it.
Run The Gauntlet :
To face the criticize
If somebody is being criticized harshly by a lot of people, they are said to run the gauntlet.
Run The Show :
If someone runs the show, they like to be in control and make all the decisions.
Run To Ground :
If you run someone or something to ground, you pursue until you capture or find them or it.
Run Your Mouth Off :
If someone runs their mouth off, they talk too much.
Run-Of-The-Mill :
If something is run-of-the-mill, there is nothing exceptional about it. It is ordinary or average.
Running On Empty :
If you are exhausted but keep going, you are running on empty.
Running Of Fumes :
If someone has used all their energy on something, but must continue, they are running on fumes. It is an expression used when driving a car when the needle is on empty but still running. We say it is running on fumes.
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Wealth advisors will find a valuable new twist in U.S. Trust's annual survey of high-net-worth Americans, released Monday.
For the first time since the survey's inception in 1993, the 2012 Insights on Wealth and Worth explored differences and similarities across three generations of American wealth: Baby Boomers (ages 47 to 66), the generation before them (67 and older) and Generations X and Y (18 to 46).
"Understanding these generational differences is important for the wealth advisors and other professionals who guide these families, since it will enable them to better serve their clients and build stronger relationships with them," Keith Banks, president of U.S. Trust, said in a statement.
Consider: 76% of Gen-Xers and Gen-Yers and 73% of the generation older than the Baby Boomers said it was important to leave a financial inheritance to their children as a way to preserve the continuity of family wealth and to influence their children's lives after they are gone.
By comparison, 55% of Baby Boomers thought it was important to leave a financial inheritance to their children. Among those who did not think it was important, 31% said they would rather leave money to charity than to their children.
Moreover, 40% of Gen-Xers and Gen-Yers had set up a financial plan for their parents' elder care needs, versus 20% of Baby Boomers who had done so. And 54% of the younger generation had paid medical costs for parents and other relatives, compared with 42% of Baby Boomers.
"Our survey points to a shift in generational behavior and outlook, most likely shaped by personal experience and societal responses to economic realities," Banks said. "The next generation has not experienced the consistently strong economic growth or investment returns that Baby Boomers experienced during the longest bull market in history."
The survey includes many other insights into generational similarities and differences. Gen-Xers and Gen-Yers were aligned with the generation before the Baby Boom in their focus on the needs of the family and the continuity of family wealth.
The survey found the youngest generation pragmatic, proactive and disciplined in their approach to investing and wealth management, surpassing Baby Boomers in planning for wealth for themselves and their families.
Elder Care
Eighty-five percent of survey respondents had talked with their spouse about long-term care plans, but 56% had never communicated their plans with their children, and 43% had never talked with parents and older relatives about what that generation's plans and expectations were.
Thirty-three percent of Gen-Xers and Gen-Yers, compared with only 6% of Baby Boomers, had bought long-term care insurance for their parents.
Thirty-eight percent of those aged 18 to 46 and 30% of Baby Boomers were personally financing the cost of long-term care for aging or infirm parents or relatives. Financially Empowering Children
Nearly two-thirds of wealthy parents were not fully confident their children would be well-prepared to handle any financial inheritance left to them, with Baby Boomers having the least confidence.
Only 37% of wealthy parents had fully disclosed their family's level of wealth to their children, and 51% had disclosed only a little. Respondents over the age of 67 who had not fully disclosed their wealth said the primary reason was that they had been taught never to discuss wealth with anyone.
Baby Boomers and the younger generation were aligned in being more comfortable talking about wealth. However, most either had not gotten around to it or were concerned that it would negatively affect their children's work ethic.
Estate Planning and Intergenerational Wealth Transfer
Although most respondents said they had a basic estate plan, including a will, a healthcare proxy/living will and a power of attorney, only 51% had a revocable trust and only 22% had an irrevocable trust. The youngest generation, in particular, underutilized trusts.
When asked why they have not established a trust, respondents exhibited widespread misunderstanding and lack of professional advice:
- 43% believed that because their wishes had been outlined in a will there was no need for a trust
- 31% cited procrastination
- 17% said they did not have enough money to warrant having a trust
- 17% purported not to know what the benefits of having a trust were.
Despite their considerable resources, nearly six in 10 respondents overall did not have a comprehensive estate plan. And in the face of possible tax law changes in 2013 that could increase estate taxes and lower lifetime gifting limits, many respondents had not taken steps to reduce the size of their taxable estate.
Sixty-seven percent had not made, nor did they intend to make, a financial gift to a loved one before year-end. Only 17% had made a financial gift to a charity.
Approaches to Growing Wealth
Respondents continued to be cautiously optimistic about the management of their investment portfolio. Most described themselves as independent, opportunistic and smart when making investment decisions, although 23% of the youngest generation of investors described themselves as "exhilarated."
Gen-Xers and Gen-Yers favored growth over preservation, and were more willing to assume increased risk to achieve growth returns. Older generations were more inclined to seek asset preservation and lower-risk strategies.
Overwhelmingly, all high-net-worth households believed in diversification to reduce risk over a means to market outperformance.
Seventy-seven percent of youngest-generation respondents said that customized benchmarks were a better way of measuring investment performance than broad market benchmarks. This compared with 52% of Baby Boomers and 55% of older respondents who valued personalized benchmarks. Protecting Family Privacy and Security
The U.S. Trust survey found that privacy and security, an emerging area of wealth management, varied significantly by age and experience. Those in the younger, technologically savvy generation were more apt to have taken actions to protect themselves, their finances and personal and physical safety.
However, respondents exhibited a generally low level of proactive activity to protect family privacy and security compared with the level of concern.
- One in three high-net-worth households thought social media and personal information online had increased the risk to their privacy and safety. Yet, only 13% had sought educational information about protecting privacy and security, and only 14% had ever conducted an analysis of online information about themselves or family.
- Just 17% of respondents overall said they were concerned about privacy and safety specifically because of their wealth, with the youngest generation the most concerned (37%), compared with Baby Boomers (20%) and the oldest generation (10%).
- Those concerned about privacy/security worried most about financial ID theft, online theft and intrusion of privacy.
- The youngest and oldest generations were the most concerned about physical safety.
U.S. Trust 2012 Insights on Wealth and Worth was based on a nationwide survey of 642 high-net-worth and ultrahigh-net-worth adults with at least $3 million in investable assets, not including the value of their primary residence. The independent research firm Phoenix Marketing International conducted the survey online in March.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The woman's voice is hushed, but even in her whisper her terror is evident. In a barely audible voice she gives the 911 dispatcher the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin's address and pleads, "Hurry up, please."
The dispatcher already has fielded enough calls to surmise there's a shooter at the temple in suburban Milwaukee. She reassures the woman, "We've got help on the way. OK? OK? Ma'am?"
There's no reply.
The chilling exchange was among a series of 911 calls that flooded Milwaukee County's emergency services the morning of Aug. 5, when a white supremacist opened fire before a Sunday prayer service, killing six worshippers and wounding three others. The recordings were released Wednesday.
Sounds of apparent gunfire can be heard on some of the calls. On others, there are only several seconds of silence or muffled wails before the call get disconnected.
One of the earliest calls comes in about 10:25 a.m.
"There's a shooting," a man says frantically. A series of what sounds like gunshots can be heard in the background.
As the dispatcher tries to ask him whether anyone was hit, the man repeats, "There's a shooting. Shooting."
One woman reports she heard gunfire and that someone was shot. Another man calls and reports "many shooting, many gunfires."
At one point, with phones ringing nonstop, a dispatcher mutters, "Oh my god."
When the gunfire began in the parking lot, two children raced into the kitchen and warned people to take cover. The only hiding place was a small pantry that has has enough room for three to four people stand comfortably. With no other choice, 13 women, along with a man and the two kids, crammed inside for almost two hours.
One caller apparently was a woman who was hiding inside the temple. She told the dispatcher, "We need help, somebody shooting outside." The dispatcher asked if she had seen the shooter.
The woman replied, "I don't know, we have to hide now." The dispatcher told her police were on the scene and the woman said, "OK, thank you." She lowered her voice to a whisper and repeated, "Thank you."
One of the callers was a man who lived nearby.
"Yes, I need an ambulance," he said. "Guy came to my house, he's lying in my front yard bleeding."
Outside the temple, gunman Wade Michael Page also ambushed and shot and wounded a police officer who responded to the 911 calls. Page fatally shot himself in the head after being wounded by another officer.
FBI investigators say they're hoping to learn as much about Page's motive as they can, but acknowledge they may never know for certain why he chose to attack the temple.
Temple officials have since fixed most of the damage, repairing shattered windows and painting walls. But they left one dime-sized bullet hole unrepaired as a memorial to the victims.
A small gold plate below the hole is engraved with "We Are One. 8-5-12"
Dinesh Ramde can be reached at dramde(at)ap.org.


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Megafans who want a piece of Apple's history (besides their beloved products) now have an amazing chance. The ultimate piece of the company's legacy, its original 1976 legal contract, will be going up for auction through Sotheby's in December.
The auction house is expecting anywhere from $100,000 to $150,000 for the iconic piece of tech history, although speculators and Apple enthusiasts are willing to bet it exceeds expectations. The document, dated April 1, 1976, is signed by early Apple founders Ronald G. Wayne, Stephen G. Wozniak, and the late and great Steve Jobs.
The documents originally belonged to Wayne, dubbed Apple's "forgotten founder" as he excused himself from the company for $800 early on, much to his misfortune. Through a university archive, Sotheby's gained access to the papers and is now putting them up for sale through the unprecedented auction.
"The consigner bought the documents in the mid-1990s from a manuscript dealer who had acquired them from Wayne," explained Richard Austin, head of manuscripts at Sotheby's in New York. "It was right before Jobs rejoined Apple. At the time, everyone thought that Apple was pretty much finished."
The auction will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 13 in New York. Bidders may also participate in the auction simultaneously online.
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Unless you are a dedicated outdoors type of person, the months of January and February are reading months for gardeners. Except for the hot, humid months of July and August, there is no better time to focus on books.
There are many books that allow you to learn about the central role that gardening has played in people�s lives.
�Founding Gardeners� by Andrea Wulf, published in 2011 by Alfred A. Knopf of New York ($30), is well researched and reminds us that throughout the development of our country gardening and agriculture have helped to build our nation.
George Washington at Mount Vernon, Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, John Adams and John Quincy Adams (and Abigail), James Madison at Montpelier � each have contributed immensely to the introduction and development of the art and science of agriculture.
Not to be overlooked is the major role played by Benjamin Franklin in promoting of agriculture and of areas of botanic in our developing nation.
�Franklin listed in 1769 the three ways by which a nation might acquire wealth, and gave his opinion on each: �The first is by War � This is Robbery. The second is by Commerce which is generally Cheating. The third is by Agriculture the only honest way.� �
You do not need to be a student or a history major to be drawn to this book. Wulf is a careful storyteller who has delivered a thoroughly engaging human tale of the role individuals played in developing our nation�s greatness.
Then move on to �The Brother Gardeners: Botany Empire and the Birth of an Obsession,� also by Wulf. This book has as its focus the British Empire during the time of plant exploration and will be the focus of the Tower Hill Book group when it meets on Jan. 12, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the library at Tower Hill. Join with other bibliophiles for an informative and enjoyable session.
If the need for immediate useful information is your goal then consider the following books.
�The Authentic Garden: Five Principles for Cultivating a Sense of Place� by Claire Sawyers, director of the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College. Published by Timber Press in 2007 and selling for $34.95, this is an intellectual yet practical guide to landscape gardening.
Ken Druse authored �The Passion for Gardening: Inspiration for a Lifetime� in 2003. This is a well-illustrated and highly readable guide as to why we garden and how to design gardens that excite the spirit within us.
Lastly, Michael A. Dirr, who could rightly be called the father of the modern hydrangeas, has written the magnum opus on the genus hydrangea � �Hydrangeas for American Gardens,� published by Timber Press in 2004. The book is worth many times its price of $29.95. Buy it and you will never need to buy another book on hydrangeas.


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Floral Notes and Bardo: The Creative Chronicles of a Shambhala Mountain Resident is a daily feature on the SMC blog in which a member of our staff/community shares his experience of existing as part of Shambhala Mountain Center.
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buzzing fly–not to fry the lil' baby, but to remind it
of eventual disintegration.
Golden water will vanish, and also: butterflies.
Not so scared of tumbling into the dream.
Time spent with sky and sparkling snow, and emotions, my friends and Teacher Steve. I was a helper for Shambhala Training Level I last weekend. Two years after I first took the program with David and Ethan Nichtern in NYC. It was a wonderful experience–again.
After a full weekend–full heart, full of meditation, and awakening-moments, a walk around with friends up to my little house for a tea party. Then hiking back down–gazing 360 with amazement at the sunset. A lovely nap/sweet cuddle. Barely made dinner and heard about a party. Across the land again, now stars out–baffling. And giddy to be walking with this friend. Joyous gathering–sweet booze/poison from Chile, saw my dear heart-friend (had been a long time), and an amazing tarot reading–one friend to another in the middle of the party. Incredible–loving, wild, comedy. Trio hike home. Big moon. Friend showing me constellations, then goodnight. Late to bed. Laid awake–again. Laying down meditating. Opened my eyes to golden sky.
Travis Newbill is a curious dude on the path of artistry, meditation, and social engagement who is very glad to be residing at Shambhala Mountain Center. His roles within the organization include Marketing Associate and Head Dekyong–a position of leadership within the community.


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This is a series of family photos taken by a Mr.E.A. Ife, mostly in the 1920s. They lived in Cassio Road, Watford, and Mr. Ife ran the 'Post Office Savings Club Photographic Society' from there.
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Johns Hopkins Researchers Discover How Critical Cancer Gene Controls Nutrient Use
Release Date: February 15, 2009
February 15, 2009- Cancer cells need a lot of nutrients to multiply and survive. While much is understood about how cancer cells use blood sugar to make energy, not much is known about how they get other nutrients. Now, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered how the Myc cancer-promoting gene uses microRNAs to control the use of glutamine, a major energy source. The results, which shed light on a new angle of cancer that might help scientists figure out a way to stop the disease, appear Feb. 15 online at Nature.
"While we were looking for how Myc promotes cancer growth, it was unexpected to find that Myc can increase use of glutamine by cancer cells," says Chi V. Dang, M.D., Ph.D., the Johns Hopkins Family Professor of Oncology at Johns Hopkins. "This surprising discovery only came about after scientists from several disciplines came together across Hopkins to collaborate — it was a real team effort."
In their search to learn how Myc promotes cancer, the researchers teamed up with protein experts, and using human cancer cells with Myc turned on or off, they looked for proteins in the cell's powerhouse — the mitochondria — that appeared to respond to Myc. They found eight proteins that were distinctly turned up in response to Myc.
At the top of the list of mitochondrial proteins that respond to Myc was glutaminase, or GLS, which, according to Dang, is the first enzyme that processes glutamine and feeds chemical reactions that make cellular energy. So the team then asked if removing GLS could stop or slow cancer cell growth. Compared to cancer cells with GLS, those lacking GLS grew much slower, which led the team to conclude that yes, GLS does affect cell growth stimulated by Myc.
The researchers then wanted to figure out how Myc enhances GLS protein expression. Because Myc can control and turn on genes, the team guessed that Myc might directly turn on the GLS gene, but they found that wasn't the case. "So then we thought, maybe there's an intermediary, maybe Myc controls something that in turn controls GLS," says Ping Gao, Ph.D., a research associate in hematology at Johns Hopkins.
They then built on previous work done with the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at Hopkins where they discovered that Myc turns down some microRNAs, small bits of RNA that can bind to and inhibit RNAs, which contain instructions for making proteins. The team looked more carefully at the GLS RNA and found that it could be bound and regulated by two microRNAs, called miR23a and miR23b, pointing to the microRNAs as the intermediary that links Myc to GLS expression.
"Next we want to study GLS in mice to see if removing it can slow or stop cancer growth," says Gao. "If we know how cancer cells differ from normal cells in how they make energy and use nutrients, we can identify new pathways to target for designing drugs with fewer side effects."
This study was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, the Rita Allen Foundation, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Sol Goldman Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research.
Authors on the paper are Ping Gao, Irina Tchernyshyov, Tsung-Cheng Chang, Yun-Sil Lee, Karen Zeller, Angelo De Marzo, Jennifer Van Eyk, Joshua Mendell and Chi V. Dang, of Johns Hopkins; and Kayoko Kita and Takfumi Ochi of Teikyo University in Japan.
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Jennifer Hudson testifies about man accused of killing her family members
CHICAGO -- Jennifer Hudson, dressed all in black and wearing little makeup, struggled at times to maintain her composure on the witness stand Monday as the trial of her former brother-in-law opened in dramatic fashion.
Her voice cracked as the Academy Award-winning actress described how no one in the family wanted her sister, Julia, to marry William Balfour, accused of killing Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.
"We didn't like the way he treated her, and I didn't like the way he treated my nephew," she testified.
Balfour is accused of fatally shooting Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson; brother Jason Hudson; and nephew, Julian King, in October 2008 after Julia Hudson told him that she wanted a divorce.
Jennifer Hudson's emotional testimony offered little insight into the murders but gave prosecutors a chance to put a heartbroken _ and familiar _ face on a gritty crime. Her presence gives an important advantage for the prosecution, who will present a largely circumstantial case during the expected monthlong trial.
Earlier Monday the defense addressed her star power quickly during opening statements, saying the heavy media interest following the murders prompted authorities to arrest Balfour without a proper investigation. There is no DNA, fingerprints or gunshot residue connecting Balfour to the murders, according to his attorneys.
With so much attention focused on the Chicago icon in the days following the slayings, police did not look into Jason Hudson's alleged drug dealing or the people he associated with, public defender Amy Thompson said. Jason Hudson, 29, who had been arrested for drug possession in the past and had been shot on two other occasions, brought an element of danger to the home, she maintained.
"This really had nothing to do with (Jennifer Hudson)," Thompson told jurors. "It was what Jason was doing to make money for their family ... as he worked as a drug dealer in Englewood."
Hudson's presence, however, could not be ignored in the Cook County courtroom as jurors listened intently to her testimony. She appeared soft-spoken and vulnerable on the witness stand, answering questions so quietly that the judge asked her to speak up more than once.
She spoke fondly of her mother as she told the jury that Donerson texted or called her every morning because she worried about her youngest child being out in the world alone. Hudson sheepishly told that jury that she had slept in her mother's bed until she was 16.
Hudson broke down in tears when prosecutors asked her to identify a photograph of her mother taken at Donerson's last birthday.
"That's my mommy," Hudson whispered.
Given their frequent contact, Hudson found it odd when she woke up the morning of Oct. 24, 2008, and did not have a text message waiting from her mother.
In a halting voice, she recalled receiving a frantic phone call from her sister hours later and told how she flew back immediately to Chicago to identify the bodies of her mother and brother at the morgue. She offered a $100,000 reward for her nephew, who was still missing at that time.
"We were trying everything, anything we could do to get him back," she said.
Two days after posting the reward, Hudson returned to the morgue again after Julian's body had been discovered in a vehicle stolen from the Hudson home.
Hudson remembered happier times spent with her nephew, whom she affectionately called "Tugga Bear."
Hudson also spoke about how she used her newfound fame to help her family. In the months before the murders, Hudson bought her sister a computer, her brother a car and left her mother numerous signed checks to pay utility and other bills.
After half an hour on the witness stand, Jennifer Hudson joined her fiance, Chicago lawyer-turned-professional wrestler David Otunga, in the courtroom gallery to listen to her sister's testimony. She clutched a handkerchief in her left hand as she sat with her head slightly bowed.
Julia Hudson, the prosecution's key witness, described a dysfunctional marriage with Balfour that began with a 2006 wedding that she kept hidden from family for about two months. He resented the gifts Jennifer gave her and he didn't like Julian to kiss Julia or put his head on her lap, she said.
The relationship began to deteriorate when she went to Japan with Jennifer to promote, "Dreamgirls," the movie musical for which Hudson won the Oscar in 2007. Balfour began seeing other women while she was away and did not stop after she returned, Julia Hudson said. Women, including at least one slated to testify against him at trial, were calling and texting him at all hours, she said.
"If I answered, they (would) argue with me," Julia Hudson testified. " ... They were bold."
Julia Hudson eventually separated from Balfour in 2008, but she continued to have sexual relations with him in the months leading up to the killings. She testified that he threatened to kill her and her family more than two dozen times, but she never went to the police or filed an order of protection.
"I didn't believe him," Julia said in a matter-of-fact voice.
Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Veryl Gambino had downplayed the estranged couple's sexual relationship in opening statements, telling jurors that good sex does not always equal a good marriage. The defense, however, said the continued intimacy shows that Balfour never threatened Julia Hudson.
"This is not a woman who is afraid of William Balfour," Thompson said.
Julia Hudson, who still works as a school bus driver in Chicago, testified that she last saw Balfour on the morning of the murders when he knocked on her bedroom window. She let him in, but he quickly became angry when he noticed Sweetest Day balloons from her new boyfriend in the room and punched them.
"Why are you ignoring me?" she recalled him asking.
The two had another fight over the telephone later that morning after Hudson arrived at work and discovered her wages had been garnished because a car she co-signed with Balfour had been repossessed. He promised to fix it, she said.
When Julia Hudson returned home from work, she found her mother on the floor in a pool of blood. She knew immediately it had been more than a simple fall.
"I just didn't see any life there," she said in a hurried voice that made her seem breathless.
Julia Hudson sobbed as she described running out of the house and asking a neighborhood boy to go check inside for Julian. When he returned without her only child, she called the police.
In a 911 tape played for jurors, Julia Hudson's anguished screams can be heard throughout the two-minute call.
"Someone killed my mother. ... There's a bullet hole in the front door!" she yelled on the tape. "My momma! My momma!"
Dispatchers' assurances that ambulances were on the way were met with another scream.
"Please!" she cried. "I don't know what happened."
As the tape was played, Jennifer Hudson kept her head down and held a tissue to her face.
Hudson, who declined interview requests before trial, did not speak to reporters at the courthouse Monday. Prosecutors have indicated she plans to attend the entire trial.


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Opera is expanding the reach of its free, mobile VPN app. The browser maker recently announced that Opera VPN is now available for Android in Google Play. The new app is similar to the iOS version Opera released in May.
Opera provides five virtual server locations to choose from including the United States, Canada, Germany, Singapore, and the Netherlands. These server locations can either help you stay secure while you're using a public Wi-Fi hotspot or evade regional restrictions—just don't count on fooling Netflix.
For this latest app Opera added a new feature that is not part of the iOS app, called the "Wi-Fi security test tool."
This feature tests the Wi-Fi network you're connected to in order to see how secure it is. Testing my home network, Opera VPN gave me a B+. I lost points for having an exposed IP address, being at risk for Wi-Fi sniffing, and at risk for eavesdropping by my Internet service provider. No doubt that last risk is always there unless you activate Opera's VPN, which the Protect WiFi button helpfully turns on for you.
The Android version also has a feature called Guardian that blocks ad trackers for you. Guardian is not on by default. The iOS version also blocks ad trackers for added privacy, but the feature is on by default and doesn't have a fancy name like Guardian.
Overall the app is very simple to use. It only has three basic features: the VPN, the Wi-Fi test, and Guardian. When you first install the app it asks permission to use Android's built-in VPN features, which then allows you to use Opera's free VPN with a single tap.
The impact on you at home: As we discussed with Opera's iOS app, this free VPN does collect information from your device, which you can read about in the company's privacy policy. Ultra privacy-conscious users will want to take note that the VPN may collect web addresses you visit (but not page content), IP address locations, as well as information about your device type, browser type, and operating system type.
Previously, Opera told us it collects some of this information in order to "use anonymous market insights derived from customer usage to help support the service. We make this information available to third parties who are interested in better understanding the mobile ecosystem and how it's evolving."
Opera's VPN services are provided by SurfEasy, a Canadian company that Opera acquired in 2015.
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Most children with cancer survive. Even so, a diagnosis of cancer can feel overwhelming for families.
At Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) and Seattle Children's, we have an experienced, compassionate team ready to help you adjust to what's happening. You may want to talk to a Child Life specialist, social worker or chaplain; join a support group; get suggestions on talking with your child about cancer; or visit the Patient & Family Resource Center.
Ask someone you trust to go with you to doctors' appointments and tests. This person can provide emotional support. A friend can also help by keeping track of questions you want to ask, taking notes and doing research on your child's disease and treatment options. Consider our list of questions to ask your child's doctor.
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Children with a diagnosis of leukemia may receive their standard treatment at Seattle Children's, an SCCA parent organization, located at 4800 Sandpoint Way NE in Seattle. View a map and driving directions.
Seattle Children's provides care for children with cancer up to the age of 21 years, normally at the Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.
Your child's healthcare team will be made up of professionals from many disciplines who work together to care for your child. These include pediatric oncologists, nurse practitioners, nutritionists, Child Life specialists, social workers and many others. Read more about the cancer team at Seattle Children's.
Each child's journey at Seattle Children's is different depending on the child's needs. Many children with cancer first visit us because their doctor at home recommended this. Some are referred to the emergency room because of acute cancer-related illness, and then they are admitted for a stay in the oncology unit of the hospital so they can receive immediate around-the-clock care. Others come to the hospital for other services, such as to have a mass removed, and then doctors discover the mass is malignant, so the child begins cancer care with us.
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If your doctor has determined that your child's next course of treatment is a bone marrow transplant, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is the best place to be.
You or your doctor may call our Intake Line at (800) 804-8824 or (206) 606-SCCA (7222). You will be connected to the clinic coordinator for bone marrow transplantation. Your first appointment will be scheduled at that time.
Bone marrow transplantation is about a four-month treatment process. Your child will receive their work-up and conditioning regimen at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance clinic, located at 825 Eastlake Avenue East in Seattle. View a map and driving directions.
During this time, your child may become an SCCA inpatient at Seattle Children's. Your child will most likely receive their actual transplant as an inpatient and will remain an inpatient for about two weeks after the transplant. After that time, your child will return to their outpatient status. Your SCCA transplant team will provide exceptional care for your child in both locations.


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Shares of Rubicon Technology (RBCN), which makes sapphire substrates that are used in production of light-emitting diode products, are down 57 cents, or 6.3%, at $8.50, after being briefly halted just before the company this afternoon reportedQ3 revenue that topped analysts' expectations, but missed on the bottom line, and forecast this quarter's profit lower as well.
Revenue in the three months ended in September fell 44%, year over year, to $11.1 million, yielding a net loss of 26 cents.
Analysts had been modeling $10.8 million and a 22-cent loss.
Rubicon said pricing rose for the third quarter in a row for some of its "sapphire cores," but that it also experienced some constraints on its manufacturing capacity, and lower orders for other products.
CEO Raja Parvez remarked that there is rising demand for sapphire, as, for example, the home button of Apple's (AAPL) new iPhone 5S, which has a sapphire ring around it to help with fingerprint detection. He said that was continuing to driving product prices higher:
With the rising demand for sapphire, pricing has been steadily rising and current market pricing, which will be reflected in our fourth quarter numbers, is now back to approximately break-even for our two and four inch core products. Given the momentum of the LED general lighting market and introduction of new applications for sapphire, we expect pricing to continue to strengthen going into next year.
For the current quarter, the company sees revenue about similar with last quarter, and a net loss ranging from 20 cents to 24 cents per share. That is below the consensus estimate for $13.8 million in revenue and a 13-cent loss per share.


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Some lights in my home are controlled by two different switches. How is this possible? - V
An electric light will only glow if it is part of a complete circuit, meaning that current from the power company must flow through wires to the light and then return through wires to the power company for reuse. Any break in the circuit's wiring will stop the flow of current and extinguish the light.
In an ordinary single-switch circuit, the switch simply breaks the circuit when you turn it off. That simple type of switch-one that connects two wires when on and disconnects them when off-is known as a single-pole single-throw (SPST) switch.
Controlling a light with two independent switches is harder and requires more complicated switches. Known as single-pole double-throw (SPDT), these switches connect one incoming (or outgoing) wire to either one of two outgoing (or incoming) wires. When you flip the lever of an SPDT switch, you connect the single wire to the other one of the pair.
In a two-switch circuit, current arrives at the first switch through a single incoming wire and leaves it through one of two outgoing wires. This current travels to the second switch, where it arrives through one of two incoming wires and leaves through a single outgoing wire. The two switches are thus linked by two separate wire paths. If both switches are connecting their single wire to the same link wire, current flows through both switches and the light is on. But if the two switches are connecting their single wire to different link wires, no current flows and the light is off.
Interestingly enough, it's possible to control a light with more than two switches. In that case, the first two switches can still be SPDT, but the other switches must be even more sophisticated. They must connect two separate incoming wires to two separate outgoing wires. The switch pairs each incoming wire with one of the outgoing wires and flipping the switch reverses the pairing.
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Casey Kasem
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Casey Kasem ... the legendary DJ who hosted America's Top 40 for decades, is in dire condition, and a family feud has erupted between Casey's kids and their stepmom.
Jean Kasem -- Casey's wife -- will NOT allow Kerri, Julie and Mike to visit their father, who lives in the exclusive Holmby Hills area near Bev Hills. We're told they've been trying to make contact with their dad for 3 months, to no avail.
Casey -- who is 81 and has advanced Parkinson's -- hasn't been heard from in months.
The kids are outside the house right now ... with a group of friends, family and former co-workers of Casey -- and we're told Jean has just called the cops trying to get them away from the property.
Casey's brother, who is on the scene, tells TMZ Jean has had a strained relationship with Casey's kids for years. The brother says he hasn't spoken with Jean since Casey married her -- 33 years. Kerri, Casey's oldest daughter, tells us Jean has aggressively blocked the kids from the house.
Kerri tells us it's not about money. The kids have all been excluded from Casey's will and they've known that for a long time. She says they just want to see their dad, and they can't.
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Iran is a mighty nation. In fact, historically, Iran is a powerful, far-stretching empire that once encompassed much of the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia. Even as it stands today, Iran is almost as large as Western Europe, minus the United Kingdom. Moreover, Iran's multi-ethnic population is unofficially estimated to have exceeded 80 million. And more importantly, Iran is a nation that gives birth to marvelous, highly creative minds.
Yet, in spite of Iran's well-known might, it's regime never ceases its deliberate saber-rattling. Most recently, during an interview aired by the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) and al-Alam TV IRGC Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi fired a volley of belligerent statements aimed overtly at the United States and subtly at Iran's neighbors across the Gulf.
Admiral Fadavi declared to his interviewer and domestic and international audiences, "You may have footage of the daily interaction between us and our enemies -- the Americans and their allies -- in the Persian Gulf." But, who are these allies of the Americans and "enemies" of Iran? Are these not countries such as Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which the Iranian regime ideologues allege is occupying Mecca and Medina unlawfully?
Fadavi went on to explain the concept of deterrence: "The Americans are incapable of doing anything undetected by the hawk-eyes of the fighters of 'Islam.' They know better than ever before that they must not even think about initiating any confrontation against the 'Islamic Revolution.' That's what deterrence is all about."
Fadavi also asserted that "Nobody in America -- no political or military official -- even thinks, thinks, with a single brain cell about war with the 'Islamic Revolution.'" Somehow Fadavi chose to ignore the incredibly costly budget of the U.S. Department of Defense and the the thousands of Pentagon officials, officers and civilians contractors whose very job is to constantly devise and update plans to subdue America's adversaries, including Iran. And not to mention the numerous think tanks dedicated to combating the Iranian regime's ideology, strategic plans, and nuclear ambitions.
Fadavi also missed or chose to ignore an important geopolitical reality: Why would the United States bother to wage war on Iran when Iran is now bogged down in an endless Shiite versus Sunni sectarian war? To the contrary, the U.S. is openly but indirectly helping the Iranian regime and its allies and proxies, including the Assad regime and Hezbollah, in sectarian civil war theaters such as Iraq, Syria and even Lebanon (where Hezbollah is battling Daesh (a.k.a., ISIL; ISIS; 'Islamic State;' and IS) in the eastern Beqaa Valley).
Fadavi also boasted about his forces' new secret "strategic" naval weapon, which is most likely a submarine-launched torpedo. That should remain as the wonder of the ages in the imagination of the Iranian regime's devotees and fans until one day the secret is exposed. It is then that the world shall learn about yet another North Korean, Chinese or Russian weapon acquired by the Iranian regime but optimized by its scientists, and renamed by its Khomeinist mullahs.
Ultimately, Fadavi's aggressive hype is meant to swing the oil markets and increase oil prices (and hopefully recover the cost of the mock Hollywood-type aircraft carrier blasted by his forces in the Gulf). But, more importantly, Fadavi's aim is to manipulate the minds of gullible domestic and international Shiite mobs with intoxicating talks about power-matching the United States and secret special weapons that are neither special nor secret.
While the oil markets' reaction to such bellicose propaganda is short-lived, the imprint created in the popular mind is long-lasting. This does indeed create deterrence to domestic unrest and guarantees more peaceful nights to a privileged class of special treatment-craving mullahs and Pasdaran militants that have hijacked an entire country and with it much of the Middle East.
But nothing lasts forever -- except the Creator.
Indeed, fortune is like the moon, ever changeable. ("O Fortuna, velut luna, statu variabilis.")


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Keep It Real Campaign Asks Fashion Magazines to Ditch Photoshop (At Least Once a Month)
When it comes to body image issues the odds are stacked against girls. Three out of four teenage girls feel depressed, guilty, and shameful after spending just three minutes leafing through a fashion magazine. The Keep It Real Campaign wants to change this by making one simple ask of fashion magazines: print at least one picture of a model that is not retouched in photoshop in each issue.
Last weekend I learned that the only thing worse than shopping for a bathing suit is doing so with two small children who would rather be anywhere else. Like most American women, I have issues with my body. I wish I were taller and thinner—my theory, by the way, has always been that if I were taller I would be naturally thinner because on a not-quite-5'3" frame there's just nowhere to hide an extra five pounds. I've never had a flat stomach (except for a brief moment in high school after a bad bout of mononucleosis) and have always looked for bathing suits that would hold in my midsection. I've always had large breasts that need built in support so as not to look droopy or worse spill out all over the place when I dive in. Post-children and nearing 40, I have also added cellulite on my legs and what I believe people refer to as a "muffin top" to the list of things my bathing suits must camouflage
As always I approached bathing suit shopping with a sense of despair and at least a little self-loathing (why had I let my weight loss efforts stall last month, I'd been on such a roll). But I'd promised my older daughter a trip to the freshly opened pool and I needed something to wear. I attempted to keep my body image issues to myself as I rejected suit after suit but given my level of disappointment, I doubt I succeeded. Three stores, two cranky kids, and an hour or so later I found a suit that worked just fine. It didn't make me feel like a super model but it was cute enough.
So we moved on to finding a bathing suit for my older daughter and I was struck by what a totally different experience it was for her. We simply walked into Old Navy, found a few in shapes and patterns that looked cute, presented our 20 percent off coupon at the desk, and walked out. Okay, there was a briefly heated discussion about why at six, she could not get the bikini with the triangle top (that seemed to be screaming, look here's where my breast should be even though I'm at least five years from puberty) but there was no trip to the fitting room, no self-esteem squashing images in the three-way mirror, and no discussion about what she wished were different about her shape or size.
The pessimist in me wondered when this would change because we all know that when it comes to body image and self esteem, the odds are stacked against all of our daughters.
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My older daughter may be spared for at least a few more years because put simply she has the exact body shape for which designers seem to make clothes. Granted she's a head shorter than most of her friends but her pre-puberty body is tiny, thin, toned, and perfectly proportioned. My younger daughter is shaped more like I was as a kid– all sway-back and belly. She is both taller and heavier than 98 percent of the kids her age but she is not yet two and may change shape entirely within the next year or so. I admit I worry that if she does not her bathing suit shopping experiences may resemble mine more than her sister's.
I remember being in the dressing room at the Children's Place when I was about six or seven trying on a one piece bathing suit. It had a great metallic sheen, pastel pink and green stripes that ran diagonally across my body, crisscrossed straps in the back, and an Izod crocodile on the left side. As I twirled around thinking I looked grea,t the saleswoman turned to my mom and said: "Well, she does have a tummy doesn't she." Though she quickly added how cute it was, I knew this was not a compliment and never quite felt the same about that bathing suit or my tummy.
Turns out that I am not the only kid to have body images issues while still in elementary school. According to statistics culled by the Keep It Real Campaign, 42 percent of first through third graders want to be thinner and 81 percent of ten-year-olds want to lose weight. The stats just get worse as girls grow up; 53 percent of 13-year-olds are unhappy with their bodies and by 17 that number has grown to 78 percent.
One obvious source of this discontent is popular culture including movies, television, and magazines that present an unattainable idea of what young women "should" look like. Today's models do not look like the rest of us. While twenty years ago the average fashioned model weighed 8 percent less than the average woman, today she weighs 23 percent less. If that weren't bad enough, once they get into print, today's models don't even look like themselves. Most pictures we see in magazine are digitally retouched to make the model look even thinner or lengthen her torso or smooth out her knees and armpits. This could explain why 48 percent of teenage girls wish they were as skinny as models and three out of four teenage girls feel depressed, guilty, and shameful after spending just three minutes leafing through a fashion magazine.
The Keep It Real Campaign wants to change this by making one seemingly simple ask of fashion magazine editors: print at least one picture of a model that is not retouched in photoshop in each issue.
The idea for this stemmed from a May petition on Change.org created by 14-year-old Julia Bluhm. Bluhm is a member of SPARK (Sexualization Protest, Action, Resistance, Knowledge), a group of young (ages 13 to 22) feminists started by college professors in 2010. The group undertakes two actions per month such as demonstrations or petitions designed "to reject the commodified, sexualized images of girls in media and support the development of girls' healthy sexuality and self-esteem." Recent actions have included petitioning against Lego's new line for girls (which had them build hair salons and cupcake stores instead of robots and spaceships) and a Halloween costume called Anna Rexia.
Bluhm's petition explained that: "To girls today, the word 'pretty' means skinny and blemish-free." It went on to say: "Here's what lots of girls don't know. Those 'pretty women' that we see in magazines are fake." It asked the editors of Seventeen for untouched photographs. Over 83,000 people have signed the petition as of now and it led to a meeting with the editors. Though the SPARK activists believed the meeting went well, the magazine's staff made no promises and nothing has changed.
Hence the three-day Keep It Real Campaign which is targeting the editors of numerous magazines read by young girls including Cosmopolitan, Lucky, Teen Vogue, and Marie Claire. The social media campaign first asks people to join a Facebook Event page that says:
"I'm taking the Keep It Real Challenge. It's time for the media to drop Photoshop and show real beauty."
On the first day of the campaign (today, June 27th), participants are asked to reach out to magazine editors via tweets with messages like:
"Hey @seventeenmag will you pledge to #KeepItReal and print one unphotoshopped pic of a model per issue?"
"Hey @Vogue, we'd love you to #KeepItReal by celebrating women's natural beauty – including pores and freckles!"
Day two of the campaign is all about blogging (sorry if I'm jumping the gun with this article but I wanted to get the word out) and participants are asked to write about how photoshopped beauty has impacted them or someone they loved. The organizers explain: "Use your voice and write down why you want the industry to "keep it real" in magazines." Participants can post their stories to their own blog or the Facebook Event wall and are urged to tweet their stories out to magazine editors as well.
The final day of the challenge is dedicated to documenting real beauty. Participants are asked to take photos that:
"Capture the essence of what beauty means to each of us. This can be a self-portrait, a portrait of your friends or whatever else you're inspired to share."
They can then share these on Instagram, Facebook, or twitter. The event organizers are partnering with Endangered Bodies to display the best photos of the day on a billboard in New York City. (The Instagram hash tag for these pictures is #KeepItRealChallenge.)
The challenge is being sponsored by Spark, Miss Representation, LoveSocial, I Am That Girl, and Endangered Bodies, and the organizers have created a great online toolkit that provides you with everything you need to participate.
Maybe, if we get magazines to stop relying so heavily on photoshop and presenting such truly unattainable images of women, my daughters have a fighting chance of growing up without a list of flaws that their future bathing suits must cover. Maybe the only obstacle they will face when they shop for summer suits will be their mother's objections to bikinis.


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The October 30, 2017 Time Machine contest features the following question:
What will the all-time box office rank for Murder On The Orient Express be on December 19th?
If you have access to an actual time machine, you can of course simply travel to the future and retrieve the answer. If not, you should familiarize yourself with BoxOfficeMojo.com and, specifically, this chart—which gives you the all-time box office (worldwide gross) ranks for over 700 movies.
On December 19, 2017, at 11 AM CT, will the Murder On The Orient Express movie be ranked 1st, 713th…or somewhere in between? Learn more about the Murder On The Orient Express movie, which opens November 10th, here.
Q: What is the deadline for entering?
A: All entries must be in by 11:30 pm CT on December 15, 2017.
Q: When exactly will the ranking for Time Machine be considered final?
A: December 19, 2017 at precisely 11 AM CT –per BoxOfficeMojo's All-Time Box Office chart.
Q: Do I have to hit the number exactly or can I win by just being close?
A: This isn't the game Horse Shoes. To win Time Machine, you must provide the exact, right answer.
Q: When will the winner(s) be revealed?
A: The winner (or winners) will be revealed here on the evening of December 19, 2017.
Q: What should an entry look like?
A: Your entry should be a one-, two-, or three-digit number. For example, if you think the movie will be ranked 99th all-time on December 19th, enter the number "99."
Q: Where can I enter?
A: You can learn more about Time Machine and enter HERE.
Q: When will the next Time Machine game start
A: After the entry period ends for the Murder On The Orient Express predictions, a new Time Machine contest will start on or about December 15, 2017.
Q: What if the movie doesn't chart at all?
A: If the movie fails to make BoxOfficeMojo's All-Time Box Office chart, no winners will be named and the Zackpot will "roll over" to the next Time Machine contest.
Q: My time machine is in the shop (Flux Capacitor leak). Can I borrow a friend's?
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Cissokho claims Spurs interest
Porto left-back Aly Cissokho is set to make a decision on his future at the end of the season after claiming Tottenham are interested in him.
The 21-year-old France-born defender could sign an extension to his current deal with the Portuguese giants but is also attracting other clubs.
"I have a contract until 2012 and the club officials want me to add another year to that," he told skysports.com. "I also know there are big clubs looking at me, and Tottenham is one of them and that is fine. I will talk with my club and we will see what happens from there. We will just wait until the end of the season and then see."
Left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto is one of the most improved players under Harry Redknapp but the Spurs boss is short on cover in that position, with Gareth Bale out of favour.
Redknapp is set to add two or three players in the summer and allow some players to leave. Midfielder Adel Taarabt expects to be one departure.
Taarabt, who has just returned from a loan spell at QPR, told mountakhab.net: "I'm going to leave Tottenham during the summer no matter what. They can't give me what I want, so my departure is inevitable.
"I need time on the pitch. At my age I can't wait any longer - I just want to play - and that is why I agreed to join QPR in March.
"They want to buy me, and have made Spurs an offer for me. My agent has a meeting with Spurs' management in a week's time.
"Several English and French clubs are after me, as well as others in Spain and Germany. I will make a decision once I see what offers I've got."
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The Hawaiian Islands will be a haven for foodies this fall with the 3rd Annual Hawaii Food & Wine Festival taking place on Maui and Oahu.
From September 1-9, clients can join more than 70 master chefs, culinary personalities, farmers, and wine and spirit producers from Hawaii, the mainland U.S. and around the globe.
Enticing incentives from festival partners Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, Halekulani, Hyatt Regency Maui, Hyatt Regency Waikiki, JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa, The Modern Honolulu and Classic Vacations will make it easy to travel to the Aloha State.
Notable personalities scheduled to participate in the festival include "Iron Chef" Masaharu Morimoto; Adam Richman of the show, "Man v. Food" and "Top Chef" alumni Anita Lo, Sheldon Simeon and Marcel Vigneron. The festival will showcase Hawaii's enviable bounty of locally sourced produce, seafood, beef and poultry, and offer one-of-a-kind cooking demonstrations, wine tastings and cultural excursions.
Tickets for festival events are on sale now at www.HawaiiFoodandWineFestival.com, and are discounted through August 23. Travel offers are as follows:
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Halekulani in Waikiki offers a sunrise package exemplifying the perfect blend of luxury and value. Starting at $1,525, the package includes three nights (with additional nights at $525), daily buffet breakfast for two at House Without a Key or full American breakfast at Orchids (except Sunday, breakfast will be available at House Without A Key only), welcome amenity, nightly turndown service, admission to Oahu's finest art and culture venues, daily morning newspaper, WiFi access and local calls. Visit www.halekulani.com.
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Discerning luxury clients will enjoy Hyatt's Japengo Island-to-Island Culinary Experience. The package includes a two-night stay at Hyatt Regency Maui and a two-night stay at Hyatt Regency Waikiki in luxury ocean view suites; an exclusive dinner at Japengo Hyatt Regency Waikiki, including sunset cocktails, sake tasting, private kitchen tour and meet and greet with executive chef Sven Ullrich; a couples massage at Na Hoola Spa at Hyatt Regency Waikiki; shuttle service, followed by private helicopter landing on Hyatt Regency Maui's rooftop; 21-course Emperor's Tasting Menu at Japengo Hyatt Regency Maui, featuring exotic ingredients paired with fine sake and Japanese beer; sunset cocktails, sushi demo, and private kitchen tour with executive chef Gregory Growhowski; and the Tour of the Stars astronomy experience, featuring champagne and strawberries. The package is available for $6,999 for two through Dec. 20. Reservations must be made at least two weeks in advance by calling 808-661-1234.
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This beachfront resort on the western shore of Oahu is offering a $290 special per room, per night rate in conjunction with the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival. Set on one of four white sand lagoons, JW Marriott Ihilani exudes a relaxed Hawaiian elegance that only hints at all that awaits: an award-winning spa, world-class marina, tennis courts with breathtaking views, and a championship golf course. Visit www.ihilani.com.
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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
After a series of debates in parliament in early 1628, Sir Edward Coke wrote and got adopted one of the founding documents securing the liberties of Englishmen:
And where also by the statute called the Great Charter of the Liberties of England, it is declared and enacted that no free man may be taken or imprisoned, or be disseized of his freehold or liberties, or his free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, but by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land…
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Liberty Fund has published in 2003 a massive 3 volume collection of Coke's writings including many of his lesser known works. In the contemporary debates about the principle of habeas corpus it is informative to go back to the England of the 1620s to see how lawyers like Coke fought for English liberties against the Stuart monarchy and their claims to absolutist rule.