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Audio may have captured Michael Brown shooting
audio recording released Tuesday morningmay shed light on the death of a Missouri teenager fatally shot by a police officer Aug. 9.
The tape, provided to CNN, allegedly contains audio captured during a Ferguson resident's video chat at the time of the shooting. CNN says the authenticity of the tape has yet to be verified, but what appears to be gunfire can be heard in the background of the call.
As many as 10 shot-like sounds can be heard. Several shots are fired in what appears to be fairly quick succession. There is a brief pause, then more shots are fired.
An autopsy concluded that Michael Brown, 18, was shot six times, with two fatal shots to the head. The Ferguson officer involved has been identified as Darren Wilson, 28.
■ Related: Poll: White or black, Americans doubt police
Law enforcement officials and bystanders have provided differing accounts of what led to the fatal encounter. Police say Wilson stopped Brown and a friend for walking in the street, asking the two to move to the sidewalk, and words were exchanged. According to Wilson's account, he was attacked by Brown as he attempted to exit his cruiser and the two scuffled for the officer's gun inside the car.
Both Wilson and witnesses concede Brown took off running. The witnesses say the officer fired on the unarmed teen as he had his hands up to surrender. Wilson supporters say Brown was bull-rushing Wilson, who shot Brown in self-defense.
The shooting ignited racial tensions, sparking several days and nights of protests, riots, looting and unrest.
Brown's funeral service was Monday, and the case is currently being presented to a grand jury. Attorney General Eric Holder has promised a thorough investigation.
The organization Black Lawyers for Justice plans to file a
$200 million class action lawsuitagainst Ferguson authorities Tuesday, KDSK-TV reported. According to the organization's
website, the group's mission is to fight police brutality.
A press conference is set for 1 p.m. CT Tuesday at the U.S. District court building in St. Louis.

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The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta keeps getting bigger. The latest patch has added a new Arms Race mode playable on Shoots and Baggage. In Arms Race, every player starts with the same weapon, and gains a new one with every kill. The first player to get a kill with the final weapon, the knife, wins the round. Dead players respawn immediately and the round time is extended to give players time to murder their way through CS:GO's arsenal.
The patch adds a few new weapons, too, including the Scar 20, an auto-sniper for Counter-Terrorists, the G3SG1, an automatic sniper rifle for Terrorists, and the Zeus x27, a one shot insta-kill taser available to both teams in casual mode.
If you're looking for something less wild, the classic Aztec has been added to the map rotations. Here are the patch notes in full from the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive site .
- Added Arms Race maps – Shoots and Baggage
- Added Aztec to Classic maps
- Arsenal Arms Race game mode is a single extended round with instant respawn. All players start with the same weapon and get a new one each time they kill an enemy. The progression of unlocked weapons ends with the knife. The first player to get a kill with every weapon wins the match.
- Added 'Find A Game' to the Play options menu screen. Find A Game allows you to join an online game of a specific type. This update offers Arsenal Arms Race and Classic Competitive game modes. The map cycle groups include:
- Classic Maps
- Arms Race Maps
- Classic Maps
Added new weapons:
- Scar 20 – CT only auto-sniper.
- G3SG1 – Terrorist only auto-sniper.
- Zeus x27 – Casual Mode only weapon available to both teams.
- Adjustments have been made to increase the base accuracy of all weapons.
- Jump and land penalties have been decreased, and the rate of stamina gain has been increased.
- Bot difficulty has been tuned.
- HE grenade damage has been adjusted per pro feedback.
- Added two new player skins:
- Phoenix Faction
- Phoenix Faction
- Death notice order reversed.
- Updated Italy mini map image.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug in the keyboard + mouse options screen where changes were resetting.
- Fixed the consecutive loss bonus persisting through halftime. Solves the problem of teams receiving extra cash early in the second round of the match.
- Fixed end match scoreboard saying it was a tie in Arsenal Mode.
- Fixed a bug where penetrating shots were doing full damage after the penetration.
- Fixed a bug where the desired distance required to defuse the bomb wasn't being used.
- Fix for the HUD alert panel coming up incorrectly.
- Fixed for bots not being able to defuse bomb.
- Fix for bug in Demolition mode where players would start the first round of the second half stuck in level geometry.
- Fix for radio message font appearing quite large at higher resolutions.


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Detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew-assistant Kenichi arrive in Duke Red's city of the future on the trail of an organ-trafficking doctor. But the city is coming apart, with Duke Red's adopted son Rock leading a predatory police force, and the enslaved robot population scapegoated as the cause of all ills. Meanwhile, Tima, an android facsimile of the Duke's dead daughter, goes on the run, unaware of her true nature.
The 2001 feature Metropolis was a who's-who of big names from the Japanese animation business, including a superstar writer, a director at the top of his game, and an original story from the renowned "God of Manga." It was also famously the last great clash of old and new animation techniques, using the traditional cel animation method in conjunction with conspicuous digital animation – thereafter, almost all Japanese animation would be entirely created within computers, whether it had a hand-drawn appearance or not. Such juxtapositions even carried across into the characters themselves, with a cast that faithfully mimicked the cartoonish look of Osamu Tezuka's original comic, dwarfed and often upstaged by gleaming, realist steampunk backgrounds and machinery.
In Germany, the film is known as Robotic Angel, seemingly because nobody was going to get away with giving it the same name as Fritz Lang's classic movie. Even in the new English-language release from Eureka Films, the movie is pointedly called Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis. But this only opens a whole new can of worms.
For starters, much of the film's plotting and look owes more to Fritz Lang's Metropolis and its distaff descendant Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, both touchstones for the film's famous scriptwriter, Akira-creator Katsuhiro Otomo. Yet neither of those works were known to Osamu Tezuka when he wrote the original Metropolis manga, which he began working on as a teenage boy in the 1930s. His inspiration was a magazine article about the Fritz Lang movie, which he had not seen at the time. In fact, Tezuka was once heard to claim that his sole true inspiration was a sighting merely of the poster for Lang's film, and his teenage speculations as to what it might have been like. At best, Tezuka's story and setting were inspired by a handful of stills and a bit of text, but were not as directly related to the Lang film as Otomo's version could be said to be.
Moreover, it's become commonplace in writing about movies to assign a possessive credit to the director. Films of all stripes are collaborative ventures, but although there are occasional complaints from the Writers Guild and other interested parties, it's the directors who most often get to say that a film is "theirs". But Osamu Tezuka didn't direct Metropolis. In fact, he'd been dead for a generation when it was made, and left explicit instructions that it should never be filmed. Metropolis was actually helmed by Shigeyuki Hayashi, usually known by his pen-name Rintaro, an animator who got his big break in the 1960s working for Tezuka on the iconic Astro Boy.
Rintaro's attitude towards Metropolis, although usually spun in the media as an hommage to his beloved mentor, doesn't have quite the same reputation among many anime professionals. One bitterly observed to me that Tezuka had been crystal clear about his opposition to seeing the story animated. In championing the production, Rintaro was less tipping his hat to Tezuka than flipping him the finger. He even admitted in press interviews that Tezuka "would have hated the film and will probably haunt me as a ghost." Otomo, too, was heard to say that while Tezuka had been an inspiration to him, he was sure that his cyberpunk stylings would not have found favour with Tezuka, were he to ever see them.
In mitigation, such decisions over literary estates are fraught with what-ifs. Tezuka's heirs have been superbly adept at preserving his legacy with a number of modern remakes, so it should come as no surprise that Metropolis gets the same treatment as Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion. As with all estates, there is a question of whether the originator would have ever changed his mind. But the wrangles in the background over "Osamu Tezuka's" Metropolis will always leave the audience guessing whose Metropolis it really is
Jonathan Clements is the author of Anime: A History. This article first appeared in Geeky Monkey #18, 2017.


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Celebrating the New Year with Your Family in Western MA
Celebrating the New Year
It's the last day of the year! There are a number of community events families can join in today to celebrate the last day of the year while ushering in the new year!
- Holyoke's First Night, Jr.
- Northampton's First Night
- Wilbraham New Year's Eve Celebration
- 16th Annual Starry Starry Night in Orange
- Jiminy Peak Tochlight Parade
If you're looking for a fun Parents' Night Out instead? Check out Popcorn Noir's Glitter Ball in Easthampton
Other New Year's Eve highlights include magician David Hall at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, New Year's Eve kid-friendly celebration at Chandler's Restaurant in South Deerfield, celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation in Springfield, and museum adventures at MASS MoCA in North Adams and Old Sturbridge Village. Find out all the details on these New Year's Eve happenings HERE.
On New Year's Day, there are First Day Hikes in Goshen and Pittsfield, and more museum adventures as previously mentioned in North Adams and Sturbridge. Also, churches throughout the Pioneer Valley will be letting the beautiful sound of bells ring out through the crisp air in remembrance of Lincoln's landmark policy to end slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation. Come out to hear the bells ring, or celebrate in your own home by ringing bells and learning together about the history surrounding the proclamation and the changes that it brought to the country.


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Brace yourselves: Campaign cash buying tons of ads in NC, heartland
Negative campaign ads flood airwaves, turning off disillusioned voters
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's airwaves already are jammed with ads, most of them negative, in one of the Senate races nationwide that will decide which party claims the majority.
The ads come one after another in an onslaught of spin that galls voters.
The inescapable deluge is not confined to Iowa, and it's only going to get worse.
Election Day is just two months off, and the national tab for the 2014 campaign already stands at $1 billion. Before it's all over, the bill for the first midterm election since both Democrats and Republicans embraced a historic change in campaign finance is likely to grow to $4 billion or more.
In North Carolina, the tab now tops $28 million.
On a recent evening, six of the seven political spots either supported Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan or attacked her Republican rival, state House Speaker Thom Tillis. One was a generic pro-GOP ad. None was from Tillis himself.
Taking advantage of her large fundraising advantage over Tillis, Hagan appeared on the screen to promote her pitch that she's a middle-of-the-road senator who fits well within North Carolina's split political environment.
"Not too far left. Not too far right. Just like North Carolina," she says.
The heavy spending on ads feeds into the frustrations of North Carolina's voters.
"I literally turn them off," said Terry Hutchens, 66, of Raleigh, who runs a leasing equipment company. "My personal opinion is there's too much money in politics, which is like giving a drug addict too much cocaine. Nothing's good going to come from it."
The most expensive race, so far, is Kentucky's Senate race, at $36 million and counting. The ads stack up heavily, with dueling appeals to female voters from Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes.
"They are getting annoying because it's the same thing over and over. Finally it just disturbs you enough until sometimes you think you won't even vote because of that," said Pamela Blevins, a Grimes supporter in Pike County who plans to vote.
TV ads try to reach the few who are able to be swayed and willing to vote. In the closest Senate races, that translates into a price per vote that could double that of the 2012 presidential election.
Just turn on the TV in Des Moines. On a recent night, an ad against Democratic contender Bruce Braley and for Republican rival Joni Ernst aired back to back. They were among the eight ads jammed into a 30-minute local newscast.
Concerned Veterans for America, an outside group, ran a 30-second ad criticizing Braley for not doing more to fix the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
"Congress was warned, but Bruce Braley ignored it."
Ernst's campaign comes up next, with an ad showing American flags, farmland and churches. "It's a long way from Red Oak to Washington, but I'm asking for your vote because I'll take your values there," Ernst says. Red Oak is her hometown.
The ad blitz has left things cloudy for Gloria Pace, a 72-year-old retiree from Des Moines. The negative ones against Braley have upset Pace, but she's not sure they are true.
"I don't know what to believe and what not to believe," Pace said.
Total spending in Iowa's Senate race has topped $18 million, according to data compiled at the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation.
Even though both political parties are tapping outside groups for seemingly unlimited spending, turnout in the primaries has been at near historic lows. Enthusiasm shows no sign of changing come November.
That means that each vote is going to be more costly than ever before.


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Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ©
If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
(Matthew 18:15-17 (NIV))
Sadly, just by choosing this verse, too many people will get offended. Society currently believes that if you love someone, then you accept them as they are. Society claims that people are made that way and as a result, there is nothing wrong with them. This has become rampant even in the church. Let's play fill in the blank to see how that actually sounds.
I was born a(n) __________________, therefore, you have to accept me the way that I am.
Pick any of the following words and see how that sounds.
Sex Addict
Perhaps you have a few more that you can think of, but the concept is clear, sin is sin! Why do we, as the Body of Christ, not follow what we have been told? How can we be the light of the world if we allow the darkness to influence us? How can we share the truth of the Gospel if we can't follow it ourselves? The last time I read anything about the Lord, He does not lead us into sin! In fact, He leads us away from sin. Jesus, when addressing the woman caught in adultery, was clear. We are to go and sin no more! We are to leave our life of sin. We are not to embrace the sin simply because our fallen nature made us this way! We are to become a new creation. We are to repent. We are to take up our cross and follow Him daily.
Sadly, we are seeing too many people profess that what has been called good is now evil and what was once called evil is now good. Society may claim this as the new normal, but the Body of Christ must stand firm.
We must not accept sin as the new normal!
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Regular readers will know how much I love Benefit cosmetics (if not, check out my post Friends with Benefit) – so imagine how happy I was when I heard about the campaign they're running for the whole of May. If you live in the UK, USA, France or Australia, head to a Benefit Brow Bar for a Brow Wax in May 2015 and 100% of Benefit's profits from the treatment will go to charities supporting women and girls, an issue close to my heart. As a thank you you'll also receive a free, full sized Gimme Brow volumising fibre gel!
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I read Me Before You way back in 2013 and loved it. You are right, this isn't crime fiction and nor is it particularly gritty but even though Jojo Moyes was telling the story about a young woman who falls in love with her boss, a quadriplegic, I found it an irresistible read.
In 2015 Jojo Moyes bought out a sequel, called After You and I considered whether to read it and decided it would ruin the original for me (something that I always dread with sequels) and so I ignored it. And then… in 2018 a further episode to Louisa Clarke's life was published called Still Me. At this point, a colleague read the entire trilogy after hearing about Me Before You and asked my advice on if it was worth a read. I said yes and then she raved about the other two books, and I cracked and decided to listen to After You as an audio book. My previous rambles on audio books will confirm that light-hearted contemporary fiction is my preferred listening fare.
So how was it? In short I loved it. The narrator Anna Acton is perfect for telling the next episode in Louisa's story as she learns to live with the emotional fall-out from Me Before You. The narrator manages to get the humour to come across in her voice without it ever feeling forced and the sadder parts are also almost underplayed allowing the author's words to work the magic and complementing them rather than overegging the pudding so to speak.
Louisa isn't the same young woman she was. She's more thoughtful and suffering but she also has something special to offer. What I love is although she's undoubtable a 'good person' she isn't so good it's sickly. Jojo Moyes created a 'real' woman character and then has developed her, realistically to deal with the next chapter in her life.
What makes Jojo Moyes such a wonderful author – I am now a confirmed fan – is that she manages to take her readers (or listeners) through the entire gamut of emotions and I travelled unashamedly through Louisa's despair, her hope for others and then bit by bit herself, her sympathy, her embarrassment and her joy. They are all held up for examination and our inspection. I may be considerably older than Louisa but in many ways the story she tells is a timeless and relevant to us all. Yes, there is romance and love and all those nice things which are all made entirely palatable with a rich seam of humour to take the edge off the sweetness. I have walked and listened to Louisa laughed at her observations, winced at the embarrassment of wearing an awful Irish costume as part of her job in the airport bar, loved it when she got one over on the pompous boss and wept alongside her when life unfairly conspires against her.
I loved meeting Louisa again as well as catching up with the Traynor's and some new characters too, all as rich and as powerful as the original book, perhaps more so because on the surface the ingredients appear to be less obvious. In fact I loved it so much that I hadn't finished this one before I bagged the audible version of the next book in the series, I wasn't going to miss out any longer.
First Published UK: 24 September 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books
No of Pages: 411
Listening Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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The "Lyt" is a small and neat, well performing light. and the lowest cost option in Busch & Müller's range. The 20 lux output (this is a revised version: older Lyts had a 15 lux output) is enough to outshine any older halogen front light, as well as some cheaper LED front lights. The inbuilt reflector gives passive safety, and this light includes a steel support for mounting on the fork crown.
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Neanderthal Protocol (adult thriller, Musa Publishing, eBook)
Greg Anderson is a physicist working on Project Cold Sun, which will generate electricity via hydrogen fusion. After a DNA test exposes him as a Neanderthal, he lives on the streets like a wild animal. Near death, he meets Rachel Waters.
After Greg's former boss is murdered, the police blame Greg. Rachel helps Greg search for the killers. Can Rachel and Greg find the people who are trying to destroy Project Cold Sun before the police charge Greg with murder and execute him?
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Seven years ago David and I began work on creating a wildlife yarden. We focused on attracting as much wildlife to an inner city walled yard as we could.
Bird feeders were the first and easiest addition to the yarden and during late summer/early autumn the feeders are usually awash with different coloured wings and bird calls. From chattering charms of goldfinches and the happy chirruping of sparrows to boisterous gangs of starlings. The odd blue tit is seen nervously snatching away a sunflower heart as well as two delicate greenfinches who've visited among with the goldfinches. All this activity has caught the eye of several sparrowhawks whose presence in the yarden is a wondrous sight to behold.
About three years ago we put in a wash bowl pond. It's in a sheltered spot so we don't have dragonflies or damsels visiting but we did have a little frog for a short while.
Over the years we have planted shrubs and herbs which flower at different times of the year to attract insects. We even have the odd sapling tree, with a hawthorn being my pride and joy!
Trying to increase the insect population means that other predators will hopefully move in. Imagine my excitement and surprise when I discovered that a bat frequents the area!
I know nothing about bats so here's a few facts on them:
- There are 18 species of UK bat, with 17 breeding here
- They all eat insects and are a natural pest control for e.g. mosquitoes
- A pipistrelle can eat up to 3000 insects a night
- They use echolocation to find food
- They are indicators of biodiversity
- They pollinate and spread seeds
- Like the dormouse and hedgehog they hibernate
- The mating season is from September and females give birth to one pup around June in maternity roosts
- Cats and birds of prey are their main predators
- They are the only mammal that can fly
I wonder what type of bat is visiting? It could be the most common bat in the UK, called a common pipistrelle. I'd need a bat detector to discover the identity of our new visitor, perhaps I'll add one to my birthday/Christmas wish list. :p
Have you got bats visiting your garden? What is your favourite bat?
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When the young ones ask me which football team I follow, I always reply 'The Seagulls'. They look bewildered as there is no major AFL (Australian Football League ) team with this bird as their logo. I quickly follow this with an explanation, that I barrack for real seagulls, the birds that land on the grounds during a match and annoy players, lest they think it's time to send me off to the funny farm. I am not a football fan at all. In fact, it bores me to tears – please feel free to substitute that other very Australian colloquial phrase which refers to 'a state of being during which one is without feces'.
On rare occasions, I allow myself to watch 'the footy'. It is usually forced upon my consciousness during the grand final season, when all sorts of non footy followers suddenly convert. Not me. I allow myself snippets of the game to waft over me, but would rather be the tea lady – or the beer/wine/cake/biscuit gatherer- during the broadcast.
My mother, born and raised in Footscray, the original home of the Bulldogs team, was excited and anxious during the grand final this year. We had joined her to watch the big event, especially given that the last time her team won was in 1954. That's pre- TV, a very long time to wait for a victory. She mentioned a few names of the players, the much-loved captain of the Bulldogs who retired earlier this year due to injury, my eyes were glazing over, and another one she referred to as 'The Package', a player who was bought for a large sum but who wasn't living up to expectation. I kept calling him 'The Packet', at which point, the assembled football devotees suggested I should take a nap. I was happy to grab my smart phone and head to the backroom for a surf and a snooze.
I woke up for the last 12 minutes, and enjoyed the match thoroughly. I can recommend this approach to my fellow football- loathing friends: just watch the last 12 minutes- that's when the real action happens. You won't have missed a thing.
I made this lemon cake for the day. As it turned out, it was a celebratory cake – the Bulldogs won. I can recommend this cake for its excellent keeping qualities ( up to one week in the fridge) and for its simplicity. It is now my favourite lemon syrup cake and can easily be adapted to gluten- free. The recipe comes from Mix and Bake by Belinda Jeffries. I have made minor adjustments to the method.
Lemon Almond Syrup Cake
- 50g plain flour ( or GF flour if required)
- 200g almond meal
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 4 eggs
- 190g castor sugar
- 250g unsalted butter, at room temperature cut into large chunks
- 1½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ tsp almond essence
- 1½ large lemons, finely zested
Lemon Syrup
- 150g of castor sugar
- 2 lemons zested ( or one large)
- 125ml of lemon juice
- 250ml of water
- Preheat oven to 160c or lower for Fan Forced. (150c FF worked well for me). Butter a 20cm – 24 cm square cake tin and line the base with paper. Butter the paper and dust the tin lightly with flour.
- Put the flour, almond meal, baking powder and salt into a food processor. Whiz them together for 20 seconds, then tip into a bowl.
- Add the butter and sugar to the food processor and whiz them together until they are light and creamy. Scrape down as you go, then add in eggs, one at a time, until creamy. Stop the processor, add the vanilla, almond essence and lemon zest and blitz for another 10 seconds or so.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in the food processor and pulse until they are mixed. Do not over pulse. Scrape the sides to make sure all is well mixed.
- Scoop out the mixture into the prepared tin and flatten surface. Bake for around 50-55 minutes or until a fine skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Check after 30 minutes and if browning too quickly, cover the top with tin foil.
- Meanwhile, prepare the lemon syrup. Place all ingredients into a pot over a high heat. Stir until all sugar is dissolved. Then stop stirring and allow it to come to boil. Let it bubble for 10 – 12 minutes or until it looks thicker and like syrup. Then off heat and set aside. Keep warm.
- When the cake is ready, place the cake in the tin on a wire rack for 10 mins. Invert onto the rack and remove the paper. Now brush with the lemon syrup. I used all the syrup as the cake happily absorbed it but the original recipe advises using half and serving the rest of the syrup alongside the cake. If using all the syrup, the cake will be very moist and very lemony.
- The cake stores well for about 1 week in the fridge. Warm it slightly before serving if from the fridge. Other lemon and lime cakes from my blog can be found in the links below.


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When Giuseppi Cipriani opened Harry's Bar in Venice in 1931, little did he know that his undertaking would grow into an empire with restaurants in New York, London, Hong Kong, Miami, Los Angeles and Porto Cervo.
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Prosten 200 (Testosterone Propionate)
Manufacturer: Thaiger Pharma
Category: Injectable Steroids
Substance: Testosterone Propionate
Package: 200mg/ml in 10 ml vial
Product Description
The main difference between propionate, cypionate, and enanthate is the respective duration of effect. In contrast to the long-acting enanthate and cypionate depot steroids, propionate has a distinctly lower duration of effect. Testosterone proprionate has a duration of effect of 1 to 2 days.
An eye-catching difference, however, is that the athlete draws distinctly less water with propionate and visibly lower water retention occurs. Since propionate is quickly effective, often after only one or two days, the athlete experiences an increase of his training energy, a better pump, an increased appetite, and a slight strength gain.
Best results can be obtained with 50-100 mg per day or every second day. The athlete, as already mentioned, will experience visibly lower water retention than with the depot testosterones so that propionate is well liked by body builders who easily draw water with enanthate.
A good stack for gaining muscle mass would be, for example, 100 mg Testosterone propionate every 2 days, 50 mg Winstrol Depot every 2 days, and 30 mg Dianabol a day.


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July 27, 2012
Dr. Thomas R. Bice
Alabama State Department of Education
50 North Ripley Street
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36104
Re: Compliance Review #04-10-5001
Dear Dr. Bice:
This is to advise you of the resolution of the above-referenced compliance review that was initiated by the U.S. Department of Education (Department), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), against the Alabama State Department of Education (ALDOE) under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 (Section 504), and its implementing regulation at 34 C.F.R. Part 104, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12132 (Title II), and its implementing regulation at 28 C.F.R. Part 35.
The compliance review focused on whether the ALDOE discriminated against students with disabilities who were transported by bus on special education routes by denying them a free and appropriate education (FAPE) when the ALDOE failed to exercise adequate oversight or to provide sufficient guidance and training with respect to school districts' transportation schedules within the state, resulting in a shortened school day, in noncompliance with Section 504 and its implementing regulation at 34 C.F.R. Section 104.33(a) and (b)(1) and, Title II and its implementing regulation at 28 C.F.R. Section 35.130(a) and (b)(1)(i).
OCR had authority to initiate this compliance review under Section 504 and its implementing regulation and Title II and its implementing regulation, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability by public entities and in educational programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. As a recipient of Federal financial assistance and a public entity, the ALDOE is subject to Section 504 and Title II and their respective implementing regulations.
During the course of this compliance review, OCR reviewed documents submitted by the ALDOE and documents submitted by a number of school districts chosen from within the state's seven congressional districts.1 The districts that were chosen were of varying student populations (small, medium, and large), rural, suburban and urban, and covered the four corners of the state.
At the inception of the investigation, OCR met with the ALDOE General Counsel, Associate General Counsel, Transportation Consultant, Education Specialist, Education Administrator, and the Director of Special Education to discuss the compliance review and to outline OCR's investigative plan. Prior to the initiation of OCR's compliance review, ALDOE did not have a comprehensive state-wide policy addressing school arrival and departure times for busses transporting students with disabilities.
Legal Standards
The regulation implementing Section 504 at 34 C.F.R. Sections 104.4(a) and (b)(1)(i)-(iv) provides that no qualified person with a disability shall, on the basis of disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination. A recipient, in providing any aid, benefit, or service, may not, directly or through contractual, licensing, or other arrangements, on the basis of disability deny a qualified disabled person the opportunity to participate in or benefit from the aid, benefit, or service; afford a qualified disabled person an opportunity to participate in or benefit from the aid, benefit, or service that is not equal to that afforded others; provide a qualified disabled person with an aid, benefit, or service that is not as effective as that provided to others; or provide different or separate aid, benefits, or services to disabled persons or to any class of disabled persons unless such action is necessary to provide qualified disabled persons with aid, benefits, or services that are as effective as that provided to others.
The regulation implementing Title II includes similar provisions at 28 C.F.R. Sections 35.130(a) and (b)(1)(i)-(iv). The standards adopted by Title II were designed not to restrict the rights or remedies available under Section 504. The Title II regulation applicable to the issues raised in the compliance review does not provide greater protection than the applicable Section 504 regulations. Therefore, OCR applied the Section 504 standards when analyzing the issues raised herein.
The regulation implementing Section 504 at 34 C.F.R. Section 104.33(a) and (b)(1) requires a recipient to provide each qualified person with a disability in its jurisdiction a free appropriate education (FAPE), regardless of the nature or severity of the person's disability. FAPE is defined as the provision of regular or special education and related aids and services that are designed to meet the individual educational needs of persons with disabilities as adequately as the needs of persons without disabilities are met.
The regulation implementing Section 504 at 34 C.F.R. Section 104.37(a) requires that a recipient shall provide nonacademic and extracurricular services and activities, i.e., transportation, in such a manner as is necessary to afford students with disabilities an equal opportunity for participation in such services and activities. Transportation of a student with a disability should not be provided in a manner that results in the student having a shorter school day than his/her nondisabled peers unless there has been a determination, through a process that comports with Section 504, that a shortened school day is necessary to meet the student's individual needs. The Title II implementing regulation is interpreted consistently with the standards set forth in the regulation implementing Section 504.
Summary of Investigation to Date
OCR requested data from ALDOE pertaining to its training, oversight, and monitoring of special needs transportation throughout the state.
Data revealed that ALDOE's Department of Pupil Transportation is responsible for managing a statewide comprehensive student transportation program including, school bus inspection, fleet renewal, driver education programs, training and certification of school bus drivers, technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation of state and local operations, and oversight of the provision of special needs transportation. The state has approximately 951 special education bus routes.
In order to determine whether ALDOE provided the necessary oversight to ensure that the provision of special needs transportation throughout the state does not result in shortened school days for students with disabilities, OCR requested data on bus transportation schedules from a number of representative school districts. In addition, OCR conducted on-site investigations at Baldwin, Calhoun and Montgomery school districts during the 2010-2011 school year. During the on-sites, OCR met with the district Superintendents or their representatives, transportation directors, special education coordinators and 504 coordinators. In addition to interviewing district staff, OCR observed the bus drop-off and pick-up times for students who ride on the special education bus routes, reviewed transportation schedules, interviewed parents of students who ride on special education buses and talked with bus drivers.
After a review of the data provided by the districts and information obtained during the on-site investigations, OCR determined that of the districts reviewed, the transportation schedules of four districts (Baldwin, Butler, Calhoun, and Marshall) resulted in a shortened school day for students with disabilities. Specifically, the transportation bus schedules provided by the districts revealed that students with disabilities in Baldwin, Butler, Calhoun and Marshall school districts who rode special education buses were scheduled to arrive after the school day began and/or to depart before the school day ended resulting in significant losses of instructional time. With few exceptions, the IEPs or Section 504 plans of the students in those districts did not support the need for each of the students to receive a shortened school day. Montgomery County School District did not provide arrival and departure times for buses transporting special education students because it did not have records or a process for consistently tracking this information. During the on-site investigation at Montgomery, OCR observed special education buses consistently arriving after the school day began.
After the compliance review was initiated, ALDOE took several steps to provide additional oversight to districts with respect to transportation of students with disabilities. These initiatives included coverage of the requirements concerning shortened school days during various training sessions for: special education teachers, supervisors, facilitators and administrators; central office personnel school-level IEP participants; local special needs bus drivers and aides; local superintendents, transportation supervisors, and chief school financial officers.
ALDOE also conducted on-site visits at a number of school districts not reviewed by OCR revised on-site monitoring procedures to include a checklist item concerning shortened school days and required six districts2 found to have provided shortened school days for some students with disabilities to take corrective action. To ensure documentation of guidance provided, ALDOE sent memoranda to superintendents, special education coordinators, and transportation supervisors, to remind them that no student with a disability may receive a shortened school day due solely to transportation or administrative convenience. ALDOE included questions concerning shortened school days in the annual transportation plan that school systems submit to ALDOE and required superintendents to survey local principals regarding the length of their school day and transportation of students with disabilities.
As noted above, transportation of a student with a disability should not be provided in a manner that results in the student having a shorter school day than his or her nondisabled peers unless there has been a determination, through a process that comports with Section 504, that a shortened school day is necessary to meet the student's individual needs. The Title II implementing regulation is interpreted consistently with the standards set forth in the regulation implementing Section 504.
Prior to the completion of the investigation, ALDOE expressed an interest in resolving the matter. In accordance with OCR's Case Processing Manual, a complaint may be resolved when, before the conclusion of an investigation, the recipient requests to resolve the complaint. Subsequent discussions with ALDOE resulted in ALDOE signing the enclosed Agreement which, when fully implemented, will resolve the issues raised in this compliance review.
The ALDOE understands and acknowledges the OCR may initiate administrative enforcement or judicial proceedings to enforce the specific terms and obligations of this Agreement. Before initiating administrative enforcement (34 C.F.R. §§ 100.9, 100.10), or judicial proceedings to enforce this Agreement, OCR shall give the ALDOE written notice of the alleged breach and a minimum of sixty (60) calendar days to cure the alleged breach.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, it may be necessary to release this document and related correspondence and records, upon request. If we receive such a request, we will seek to protect, to the extent provided by law, personally identifiable information, which, if released, could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
We wish to thank you and your staff for the cooperation extended to OCR during our investigation.
If you or your staff has any questions about this matter, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Virgil Hollis, Team Leader, at (404) 974-9366 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Cynthia G. Pierre
Regional Director
cc: Larry E. Craven, General Counsel
[1] Congressional District 1 - Baldwin County School District (CSD); Congressional District 2 - Butler & Elmore CSDs; Congressional District 3 - Calhoun & Montgomery CSDs; Congressional District 4 - Marshall & Walker CSDs; Congressional District 5 - Madison CSD; Congressional District 6 - St. Clair CSD; and Congressional District 7 - Demopolis CSD
[2] Dothan City, Hale City, Linden City, Morgan County, Randolph County, and Tarrant City


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Keep lining up the famed bloodlines, says Alan Jouban (1-0).
"The Ultimate Fighter 11" cast member Jamie Yager (3-2) has been forced to withdraw from a planned Tachi Palace Fights 9 bout with Jouban, and in his place steps Chidi Njokuani (4-2).
A potent striker with four first-round stoppages to his credit, Njokuani is the younger brother of current UFC lightweight Anthony Njokuani.
Featuring a flyweight matchup between top contenders Ian McCall and Dustin Ortiz, Tachi Palace Fights 9 takes place May 6 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, Calif.
"On such short notice, we are happy to be able to have a fighter of Chidi's caliber compete on our show," Tachi Palace Fights executive Jeremy Luchau told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "I think this is a great matchup of two rising welterweight prospects."
Jouban made his professional debut at February's Tachi Palace Fights 8 event. The youngster made a splash with a 15-second knockout of Kyle Griffin, younger brother of perennial UFC contender Tyson Griffin.
Meanwhile, Njokuani carries a two-fight win streak into the matchup. The Muay Thai specialist earned his first career submission win in his most recent outing, a November 2010 win over Jack Montgomery under the King of the Cage banner. Njokuani's three previous career wins each came via first-round knockout, and none lasted longer than 90 seconds.
In fact, all six of Njokuani's career bouts have ended in the first round.
An undisclosed Yager injury forced his withdrawal. A timetable for the return of "The Chosyn 1" has not yet been established.
(Pictured: Alan Jouban courtesy of TuffNUff.net)


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American Honda Reports July Auto Sales: CR-V Sets Seventh Consecutive Monthly Sales Record; Acura RDX Sales Up More Than 142 Percent
American Honda today reported July 2012 U.S. sales of 116,944 units, an increase of 45.3 percent compared with July 2011 (an increase of 57.4 percent based on the daily selling rate*). The Honda Division posted July 2012 sales of 104,119 units, an increase of 46.4 percent compared with July 2011. Acura 's U.S. July sales of 12,825 units increased 36.4 percent compared with July 2011.
- Honda division posts best seventh-month year-to-date sales total since 2008
- Accord sales pace strong at 28,639 units, up more than 70 percent; Civic sales up more than 78 percent with 25,004 units sold
- CR-V sets seventh consecutive monthly sales record with a new July record (20,554 units), up more than 47 percent from July 2011
- Odyssey sales up more than 88 percent from July 2011, with 11,953 units sold in July
"As our sales momentum continues to build through the summer, Honda is experiencing its best year-to-date sales in four years," said John Mendel, American Honda executive vice president of sales. "With success growing along with inventory, it's wonderful to once again be able to meet the strong retail customer demand for our great Honda products."
- Continuing its sales success, the new RDX delivered another record sales month (2,664 units), up more than 142 percent from July 2011
- MDX remains the top selling Acura vehicle with sales of 4,288 units, up more than 24 percent from July 2011
- Gaining momentum in only its second full month of sales, the all-new ILX posted sales of 1,410 units
"With the MDX continuing its reign as the top seven-passenger luxury SUV, and the new RDX leading the compact luxury segment, Acura light trucks lead the way for the Acura brand," said Jeff Conrad, vice president of Acura sales. "With the ILX gaining its stride, Acura is sure to see robust sales increases for many months to come."
*The daily selling rate (DSR) is calculated with 24 days for July 2012 and 26 days for July 2011. Year-to-date, the DSR is calculated with 178 days for 2012 and 178 days for 2011. All other percentages in release are unadjusted; see table for adjusted DSR figures.
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New Trails
Suspense, romance, horses and sometimes the paranormal are the themes I like to explore in my books. I've had a life-long preoccupation with investigating new trails and new ideas. When I was a kid, my best friend was a sweet, little horse named Star. We loved to ride in the hills or along the river and were always open to trying unknown paths. We saw lots of pretty country that way and occasionally got into trouble, but that never discouraged us. (Though after getting caught in quicksand one time, Star was very leary of soft ground from then on.)
I plan to continue seeking out the new with my writing. Explore unusual ideas, see where it takes me and enjoy the ride . I suspect I'll sometimes get into sticky sand again, but that's part of the adventure. I hope you'll come along and try the new trails with me.
My Books
Grieving and guilt-stricken after her husband's suicide, Kasey Martin has closed her energetic healing practice and retreated to her Oregon horse ranch. One night, she rescues a badly injured man, and against her better judgment, uses her neglected skills to save his life. This starts her on an unexpected journey of healing and danger. Complicating her life is Jim Bradley, an old friend who has long been in love with her and wants her to return to her work. When criminals looking for her patient invade the serenity of her world, she must use her skills to save all three of their lives.
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One dead body is frightening enough, but a second one, plus a dirty cop, sends chef Mikela Richards fleeing for her life. The ultimate city girl finds a safe hiding place on a Wyoming Dude ranch, where she tries to discover if the murders are connected to the mysterious computer memory stick she found in her car. But her fragile feeling of safety is disturbed by a compelling Marine, home on leave.
Back from Afghanistan to heal both physically and emotionally, Shawn Saunders recognizes the type of fear in Mikela's eyes—it's one of the things he's come home to forget. Even though he knows it's a bad idea, he can't stop himself from trying to help her, while she's even more afraid of letting him. In spite of their reservations, neither can resist the pull of their attraction.
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Bernanke gives upbeat assessment of economy to U.S. senators
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday offered an optimistic view on the U.S. economy's prospects to Democratic senators, but warned that "tough decisions" were ahead on dealing with long-term budget deficits and healthcare costs, according to lawmakers present.
Bernanke, whose term as chairman ends on January 31, told a private lunchtime meeting with senators that the reduction in federal budget deficits and the country's improving energy position were "all positives" contributing to a healthier U.S. economy, according to Senator Thomas Carper of Delaware.
Carper added that Bernanke said that "the next several years are more encouraging, but we can't forget those long-term challenges and they involve among other things programs that are concerned with healthcare."
An aging U.S. population will put increasing pressure on the federal government as it struggles to provide retirement and healthcare benefits to the elderly, poor and disabled.
Bernanke did not speak to reporters upon leaving the meeting and a spokeswoman for the U.S. central bank declined to comment.
The Fed last month decided to begin scaling back its bond-buying monetary stimulus, dropping its monthly purchases to $75 billion from $85 billion. Exiting the stimulus program will likely be the main task on the plate for Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen, who was confirmed by the Senate on Monday to succeed Bernanke.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, arguing on the Senate floor that an extension of jobless benefits would boost the U.S. economy, quoted Bernanke as saying that the economy could do much better.
"He talked about the vibrancy of this economy now," said Reid, a Democrat. "He said ... it's not as good as it should be. But he said: 'With a little bit of help it would be on fire.'"
Senate Budget Committee head Patty Murray said Bernanke was "very astute, talking about how things are looking up and some of the things we need to be doing investing in infrastructure and research that will help our economy in the future."
Senator Charles Schumer emerged from the session declaring to reporters that the Fed chief "thinks over the next four or five years the deficit is in very good control but he's much more worried about middle-class incomes and growth of average families than he is about the deficit."
President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats in Congress are focusing their 2014 political message on the need to narrow the income gap between rich and poor.
Schumer, the Senate's third-ranking Democrat and a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, said Bernanke also discussed the issue of financial institutions that are deemed "too big to fail."
Asked how Bernanke addressed that issue, Schumer said: "One of the ways is to have market forces deal with the ability of closing banks when they're in trouble and he talked about how the credit rating agencies, realizing that the government might not come in and bail out these institutions anymore, have actually lowered their credit ratings, which is a market force."
(Reporting by Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell; editing by Andrew Hay and Meredith Mazzilli)


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Buyer/Seller Listing
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) does not buy or sell pulse crops. To purchase Saskatchewan-grown peas, lentils, chickpeas, and/or beans, please refer to the Pulse Companies List or contact the Canadian Special Crops Association.
The Pulse Companies List is a complete list of Canadian pulse brokers, buyers, and processors who are licensed and bonded (unless indicated as exempt) through the Canadian Grain Commission.
Note: For the purposes of this list:
- A pulse broker is a company that arranges transactions between buyers and sellers, usually without taking possession of the crop.
- A pulse processor is a company that handles and processes the crop; they may or may not be acting as agents for other companies.
- An SPG buyer is a company that has registered with SPG and that remits the pulse levy. The word ''registered'' does not imply endorsement.
- The Canada Grain Act requires some elevators and grain dealers to have a Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) license and post security to cover their liabilities (what they owe) to farmers. Grain dealers and operators of primary, terminal, and process elevators in Western Canada are licensed by the CGC. Seed cleaning plants which do not purchase grain and feed mills do not have to be licensed.
- SPG does not endorse any company over another and does not take responsibility for any transactions between these companies and their clients. It is the personal responsibility of individuals to satisfy themselves that any company they deal with is financially sound. Please take the time to ensure you are dealing with a reliable company. You can do this by asking the company questions, or for references. You can also contact the Canadian Grain Commission to check which companies are licensed.


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The 52nd Carnival of Mathematics is underway over at The Number Warrior. I'm glad it was resurrected. Check it out!
Two other mathematical tidbits.
Clue in yesterday's NY Times crossword: Calculus pioneer.
The answer: EULER.
Also in today's NY Times, the headline: U.S. Jobless Rate Hits 8.9%, but Pace of Losses Eases. When I first saw this I thought third derivative! The rate of change of a rate is decreasing. However, upon further reflection, I realized that the unemployment rate is not really a rate of change in the calclulus sense—and is definitely not a time derivative—so the statement is only a second derivative. Oh, well.
(Contrast this with Richard Nixon's use of the third derivative).


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Legendary NWOBHM band SATAN have announced a series of live dates in the U.S. and Europe.
SATAN is a Heavy Metal band originating from Newcastle, England in 1980, known as part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement. Though generally obscure throughout their career, the band is considered influential for playing a form of proto-thrash metal that was fairly advanced by the standards of the early 1980s.
Their 1983 debut album, Court In The Act, is now widely acclaimed and regarded by many as the pinnacle of their career, during which the band's line-up underwent a number of personnel changes and even changes in band name, releasing albums under the name of BLIND FURY and PARIAH, before folding in 1990. Guitarist Steve Ramsey and bassist Graeme English went on to found folk metal band SKYCLAD, while vocalist Brian Ross reformed his original band BLITZKRIEG.
SATAN remained inactive until re-assembling for a one-off gig at Germany's Wacken Open Air in 2004, and finally reunited in their original Court In The Act line-up for 2011's Keep It True festival. The band performed at several european festivals in 2011 and 2012 and have announced more festival shows and even a new album for 2013, to mark the 30th anniversary of Court In The Act's release. Bow to your knees, SATAN was back with its new album Life Sentence, released in April 2013 on Listenable Records.
Life Sentence was featured on many a "Best Of 2013" lists, and has been heralded as one of the best comeback album of the decade.
Footage of SATAN performing "Cenotaph" at last year's Live Evil Fest in London is now playing at this location.
SATAN Live:
3/01 – Hambourg @ Hell Over Hammaburg – GER
3/08 – Santiago @ Evil Confrontation – CHILE
3/15 – Brescia @ Play it Loud – ITxs
4/05 – Helsinki @ PRKL Club – FI
4/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Black Bear Bar – USA
4/12 – Montreal, QC @ Katacombes – CANADA
4/13 – Worcester, MA @ Ralph's Rock Diner – USA
4/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie – USA
4/15 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter – USA
4/16 – Baltimore, MD @ The Metro Gallery -USA
5/09 – Wuustwezel @ Puntpop – BE
5/31 – Alvesta @ Muskel Rock – SW
6/20 – Clisson @ Hellfest – FR
8/09 – Dobriach @ Sauzipf Rocks – AT
8/10 – Derbyshire @ Bloodstock open air – UK
8/30 – Bergen @ Beyond the Gates – NO
Critical Praise:
"The 80s NWOBHM legends return with an absolute beast of a comeback" – Metal Hammer
"With the original lineup all in place, Satan's high-flying, expertly-phrased melody lines and riffing have returned as if reappearing, modified DeLorean-style, from the past." – Worm Gear Zine
SATAN Line-up:
Brian Ross – vocals
Steve Ramsey – Guitar
Russ Tippins – Guitar
Graeme English – Bass
Sean Taylor – Drums
(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)
* For more info on SATAN:
Website: http://www.satanmusic.com
Facebook: Satan (Band)
Twitter: www.twitter.com/satanmusic_com
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text: Formula Two Public Group Active 6 months, 3 weeks ago The group for Formula Two (formerly GP2) fans. Group Admins Group Mods HomeForumMembers 287 2013 GP2 Round 2: Bahrain Tagged: 2013, bahrain, Calado, Coletti, Dillmann, Evans, Frijns, GP2, Leimer, Nasr, Richelmi, rossi, Sakhir This topic has 34 replies, 16 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 1 month ago by andae23. Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 35 total) 1 2 3 → Author Posts 19th April 2013, 8:42 at 8:42 am #133025 andae23Participant Practice is coming up in about fifteen minutes time, so I thought I'd start this thread. Driver changes: Rossi replaces Ma Qing at Caterham and Frijns replaces Daly at Hilmer. 19th April 2013, 8:54 at 8:54 am #232170 Keith CollantineKeymaster Two very interesting driver changes there, though I'm disappointed to see Daly go. 19th April 2013, 9:20 at 9:20 am #232171 AdrianMorseParticipant Can somebody explain the tyre strategy of GP2 to me? I think that have four sets of tyres, how do they use them? In particular, when do they typically re-use the set from Friday morning practice? 19th April 2013, 9:31 at 9:31 am #232172 andae23Participant @adrianmorse Theys have four sets (two prime, two option) they can use during qualifying and the two races. The fifth set of primes is used during practice and has to be given back to Pirelli at the end of that session: more info here. I'm actually not 100% sure how they use the tyres during the weekend: I usually just go with it :P 19th April 2013, 9:34 at 9:34 am #232173 andae23Participant Practice result: Leimer over a second clear over the rest of the competition. Chequered flag – @fabioleimer leads the proceedings #WhoWantsDesert #GP2 pic.twitter.com/7gWjDd9GT4 — GP2 Series Official (@GP2_Official) April 19, 2013 19th April 2013, 9:43 at 9:43 am #232174 AdrianMorseParticipant Thanks, @andae23, I didn't know they had a set just for practice. Has that always been the case? I seem to remember one or two years ago Lotus hardly doing any running in free practice in Bahrain, and then paying the price for it by disappointing in qualifying. 19th April 2013, 9:50 at 9:50 am #232175 andae23Participant Could be, no idea actually 19th April 2013, 13:32 at 1:32 pm #232176 andae23Participant Staggering performance by Leimer!! Here's the result: http://twitter.com/GP2_Official/status/325240299226017792 Qualifying report — Results For the second weekend in a row we saw a driver using his car as a weapon: I hope Canamasas will get a penalty for that. 19th April 2013, 13:32 at 1:32 pm #232177 wsrgoParticipant Fabio Leimer on pole for tomorrow's feature race, ahead of Marcus Ericsson, Felipe Nasr, Stefano Coletti, Tom Dillmann, Stephane Richelmi, Alex Rossi, Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, Sam Bird and Robin Frijns. 19th April 2013, 13:59 at 1:59 pm #232178 Force MaikelParticipant Great driving by Leimer, that's how you destroy the opposition. Robin Frijns in P10, phew he put together a nice string of laps and could have been even higer up had he not blown his third lap because he was very close on Leimers first time. I tell you this kid deserves a full year in GP2. 19th April 2013, 14:07 at 2:07 pm #232179 AlfieParticipant Blimey, that's a mighty margin, especially given it's a spec speries. 19th April 2013, 15:10 at 3:10 pm #232180 RoaldParticipant Fantastic to see my fellow Dutchman Frijns do so well again. Qualified P10 during his first GP2 weekend while his teammate qualified 24th. How can I not support this guy after everything he's shown us through the years? He needs to drive GP2 the entire season though, show Formula 1 teams just how fast he actually is. Never fails to impress, just doesn't have quite the budget. Which is annoying to me, because Randstad have been sponsoring Williams for years, why don't they just get behind someone talented like Frijns? Annoys me to no end, but nothing to be done about it. Here's hoping he won't have a Verstappen-esque career though… 19th April 2013, 15:11 at 3:11 pm #232181 NickParticipant I was pretty downbeat about Frijns after this morning's session, but qualifying in p10? Damn, if he manages a good points haul, my doubts about him doing GP2 being the right thing are over. 19th April 2013, 15:59 at 3:59 pm #232182 andae23Participant I must admit, I was really worried for Frijns after practice and his first run in quali, but somehow he managed to pull it together during his second stint – no doubt he could have gone faster though. I hope Hilmer will realize Frijns could be a real team leader, but I fear Hilmer just doesn't have the capability to challenge for victory yet. @andae23 yes there was some time to come. Bit of traffic last sector. Last a bit of time. Could go like 3 thents quicker maybe. — Robin Frijns (@RFrijns) April 19, 2013 19th April 2013, 18:55 at 6:55 pm #232183 andae23Participant Justice has prevailed: Canamasas has been excluded from qualifying after he deliberately forced Ceccon to the edge of the track. Last time out, Cecotto Jr. was also excluded from qualfying after doing the same to Bird. Canamasas has made quite a name for himself: he shoved Trummer into the barrier at last year's Hungary feature race (just metres from where I was standing). At the Belgian race, he almost pressed a driver into the wall just after La Source (can't remember which driver it was) and in Singapore's feature race he ignored a black flag. http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2013/04_April/Canamasas-excluded-from-Bahrain-qualifying/ Author Posts Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 35 total) 1 2 3 → You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Solve Captcha*30 + = 34 Log In


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Just in case we haven't already made it perfectly clear, we love station wagons here at the Jalop. We also love AMCs, so it made my day when I spotted this sharp '69 Ambassador wagon parked in Alameda's South Shore neighborhood.
First off, it's got the 343 engine. You don't see many 343s; AMC made them for just a few years. Of course, if I owned this car it would have a 401 under the hood (but I'd keep the 343 emblems).
The '69 Ambassador SST wagon went for $3998, a fairly steep price when you consider that the '69 Ford Country Squire went for $3644 and the Chevy Kingswood Estate carried a $3678 price tag.
But when you went with the AMC, you got a bunch of cool little details. Check out this beautiful side mirror!
Or the fancy tiedowns by the roof rack!
The big Wisconsin wagon definitely had more style than your typical late-60s Detroit wagon. Weird Rambler-y style, sure, but that counts too.
A little hint of fin for the tailight lets the world know you haven't sold out just because you're driving a family hauler; this must have been the wagon to bring to swingin' suburban key parties.
That distinctive Kenosha grille might as well have big neon letters spelling out A-M-C.
The SST was the top trim level for the Ambassador in '69. For $168 extra, you could get the 315-horse 390 engine; unfortunately, the 4-speed wasn't an available factory option in the Ambassador that year (but an agreeable AMC dealership may have been able to find a way to get one for you).
Other than the taped-up taillight lens, this wagon is in great original condition.


text: Back Eating Raw Clams: Is It Risky? Americans love clams, scallops and other seafood, raw or cooked. But how safe is a trip to the raw bar? Experts say that any time you eat something raw, there's a risk. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA ) notes that shellfish, especially mollusks such as oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops, are likely to cause foodborne illness because they filter water through their bodies and absorb contaminants. The water contains nutrients, but it also can contain contaminants. Contaminated shellfish that are eaten raw—or only lightly cooked—boost the risk for foodborne illness which can lead to intense abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. If you can't give up your favorite delicacies, here's some advice from the experts. Don't ever eat raw shellfish if you have one of the following conditions: Gastrointestinal disorders Diabetes Immune disorders; if you are taking an immunosuppressant medication for an organ transplant or if you have HIV/AIDS Liver disorders, such as hepatitis Chronic kidney disease Inflammatory bowel disease, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease Cancer A condition that requires you to take steroid drugs Chronic alcohol abuse Pregnancy or breastfeeding Infants, children and elderly adults also should avoid raw shellfish. People in these high-risk groups are vulnerable to bacteria sometimes found in shellfish. The most deadly of these bacteria is called Vibrio vulnificus, which is found in oysters and continues to multiply even during refrigeration. Because these bacteria are not associated with polluted waters, even "clean" oysters may contain Vibrio vulnificus. Reports of illnesses can help officials close contaminated water areas. In addition to Vibrio species, contaminated shellfish potentially may carry organisms that cause Hepatitis A, Hepatitis E, cryptosporidium, salmonella, shigella, Norwalk-like virus and enterovirus. In healthy people, the Vibrio bacteria can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. But people with intestinal problems or weak immune systems may not be able to resist the bacteria. Symptoms of infection by the Vibrio bacteria include sudden chills, fever and nausea. It can be fatal in people with certain medical conditions, such as liver disease. Thoroughly cooking shellfish to an internal temperature of at least 145 degrees F will kill the bacteria. Shells of clams, oysters, and mussels should open with cooking. Shells that don't open should be thrown out.


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Monday, September 25, 2006
The Little Guy Gets Off the Hook
Attorney's fees of $310,580.24 were sought, a not particularly large number. Judge Fox's opinion is a pretty straight, by the numbers opinion. He finds Perdue's claims were not objectively unreasonable, and not brought in bad faith. I have my doubts, by hey, that's what it means to be a finder of fact.
20 comments:
- Lewis Perdue said...
By "virulent campaign" I assume you mean my internet and blog posting of the expert analysis, the emails from ordinary readers who called the plagiarism to my attention and other verifiable information?
If there was anything at all "virulent" then it was inherent in the facts themselves. All I did was bring them to the attention of the public: one fact after the other after the other with page citations and other ways to confirm that these were not my mere opinion.
On the other hand, I did not, do not nor do I ever anticipate having access to the highly paid and relentless public relations experts and spinmeisters in Random House's employ who, one might argue, found far more virulent ways to defame me without resorting to the facts.
- William Patry said...
No, by virulent I meant quite something else. I think you were quite lucky attorney's fees weren't awarded against you.
- Anonymous said...
It seems that Random House requested only attorney fees in opposing the counterclaims of infringement. Was there a separate motion by Random House for its fees in bringing the declaratory action?
- William Patry said...
I don't know if there was a separate motion, but I would assume not. If not, it makes Randon House's motion even more reasonable, at least to me
- Anonymous said...
I though in the interest of fairness to all parties, I should point out a deceit Perdue is cleverly putting forward here.
While he constantly repeats that Random House sued him, to be fair, that must be seen in the context in which it occurred.
Perdue was leveraging Dan Brown's success to sell his own books by saying horrible and libelous things about Dan in many fora: in interviews, on his website, in a blog, any public forum he could get. He was even spotted by a bookstore owner putting "Dan Brown's a plagarizer" cards he'd printed in copies of Brown's book in bookstores in California.
To his business, if not ethical credit, his campaign worked, and his sales went way up and he found himself on a national stage.
But all this while, though he constantly threatening to sue, months and months went by and he never did. After enough time, it became evident by his actions and his postings on his blog that he had never intended to sue; the threats were merely to gain publicity.
But the problem for Random House was that now Dan Brown found himself faced with all these questions about plagarism and about some author and book he'd never even heard of. Dan's and Random House's image was, as we all witnessed, severely damaged through Perdue's publicity efforts, despite the fact, that was clear to anyone who'd been following it closely, that Perdue had no intention of suing, since he as well as nearly everyone else knew he didn't have a prayer of winning on the merits (as has by now been repeatedly and embarrassingly demonstrated in the courts). But for Perdue, worst of all, beyond the embarrassing legal loss (that we've now all witnessed), doing so would end his publcity campaign and his book sales (which has also happened).
Also, Perdue knew he'd be hit for legal fees if he lost (as he was), and that if that happened it could bankrupt him (as it would have, and may still if Random House' appeal is granted). So he had no intention of suing, particularly as he was happily libelling his way to fame and fortune. And as he continues to do to this day, as demonstrated on his websites.
But back then, Perdue's campaign was generating a big cost to Brown's and Random House's reputations, and potentially to book sales as well. So Random House, who had let Perdue's genuinely vicious libel go on unchecked for months, finally sued for summary judgement, in an effort to have the court for once and for all adjudicate the case on the merits, (which it did, and as we know, Perdue lost in every conceivable way), and to force Perdue "to put up or shut up." If he had a case, he was given his opportunity to prove it.
But as everyone now knows, he didn't, and outside his own mind, the story, and his relevance, have faded away.
- Mark said...
"I think you were quite lucky attorney's fees weren't awarded against you."
Why sir? For reporting the truth?
- William Patry said...
I don't know what truth you could possbily be referring to. My comments were made with respect to the courts' (plural) finding that the truth was Perdue had no case. You may disagree with their findings, but the unimpeachable truth is they did so find.
- Mark said...
Well they came to a falty opinion that read like the transcript from the RH brief. I've read all the books involved. "Expression" was clearly taken here from Mr. Perdue. I'm referring to substantial similarity sir. Perhaps the SCOTUS will see that truth? Just saying something is true doesn't make it so. Politicians of a certain flavor seem to think this is enough but facts have to be factored into one's wishes for it to be valid.
- Anonymous said...
What is interesting in Amy Casteneda's post is that she maintains Mr. Perdue was and is perpetrating libel but the choice of action against him was the copyright act and its quite punishing attorney fees clause. If Dan Brown and/or Random House had chosen a libel path, the damages would have been negligible in light of the overwhelming financial success of Brown's book and the ultimately gargantuan value obtained for its allied rights in film and otherwise.
But it hurts the integrity of the copyright laws to see them used in this way. I don't doubt Dan Brown's moral high ground in the dispute one bit. But the Random House tactics seem to be so aggressive against a foe so weak that I can understand the magistrate's reluctance to award attorney fees and I applaud that result.
Unfortunately I need to post this comment anon. Why? Because increasingly clients want to use the copyright law exactly in the way in which Random House chose to do so. And, in fact, the copyright law is an effective offensive weapon for strategic results having little to do with the protection of a copyrighted work. or the purposes of Article 1, section 8. Many would have counseled Random House to do what it did here. I am in that group although I wasn't asked. But from behind the curtain I am free to opine that Random House shouldn't be rewarded with a complete kill.
- Mark said...
I don't see the so-called "moral high ground" on Brown's end. What I see is "to the victor go the spoils" which so much governs the America the hard right lords over. I've got mine and to hell with you. I stole it fair and square. That just irks the Eagle Scout in this citizen.
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous, I think that's an excellent observation.
Mark, you have to remember the factual context here, which is that with the exception of Perdue, yourself and a couple other Lew-nies, no one thinks anyone stole anything here.
- Lewis Perdue said...
Ms. Castaneda:
Facts are facts and everything I posted on the web -- everything -- was and is provable in a court of law.
If Random House had an issue with the factual nature of those, then an action for defamation would have been appropriate. The facts clearly made RH uncomfortable.
If you had read the entire case and the chronology, you would have found that I tried numerous times to have a civil conversation with Random House ... NOT to settle or to ask for a settlement, but to determine what was going on.
I was NOT convinced for a very long time (until the expert's analysis) that there was plagiarism involved at all.
If you read the legal filings (and my under-oath affidavits) you'll find the details are quite different from Random House's defamatory accusations.
Indeed, I did not "go public" until RH basically told me to go f**k myself.
My affidavits and those of the experts are the ONLY under-oath data in the entire trial ... I daresay that Random House's briefs would have been far shorter and would have been far less defamatory had they been required to file only that which was sworn under penalty of perjury.
Reading the facts of the case, all the facts, would go a long way toward making this a civil discourse .
And as for the Lew-nies: you have just libeled several score readers who wrote and emailed me about this long before I had ever taken any notice at all.
Sticking to the facts, as opposed to name-calling, hyperbole and exageration, always makes for a more rational discussion.
- Lewis Perdue said...
And yes, given the Second Circuit's prohibition against expert testimony, Mr. Patry is correct that I am fortunate to have escaped the legal fee issue.
I assume that regular readers of this blog are probably believers in 2dCir precedent, but as my cert petition points out, the circuits are split about 50-50 about the appropriateness of expert testimony.
The cert petition argues that expert testimony, if it had been admitted, would have raised the sorts of genuine and substantial issues to overcome the motion for summary judgment.
The cert petition is HERE.
- Lewis Perdue said...
Not to belabor the point, but the court found nothing approaching "...horrible and libelous things...."
Quite the contrary, Judge Daniels ruled that, "...Perdue's claim was not objectively unreasonable, and there was no evidence that Perdue pursued his claims with an improper motive and/or in bad faith. " -- page 2, line 8 of Daniel's Order.
The magistrate's report on which Daniels based his decision is far more detailed and spends a fair amount of time to support his opinion that I was _not_ the money-grubbing, gold-digging opportunist that Random House claimed in its legal papers and which Dan Brown publicly alleged on the Today Show.
- William Patry said...
I am happy to take the facts as both courts decided them: no infringement and no attorney's fees. I tried a case before Judge Daniels on fair use and lost both before him and before the Second Circuit, but in all such cases, Mr. Perdue's and mine, I am quite reluctant to espouse truth.
- Mark said...
So for a lawyer, and I have a paralegal certificate as a baseline in that field, whatever one can get away with is the factual truth no mtter what it is as decreed? Au contraire
- Lewis Perdue said...
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- Anonymous said...
Dan's and Random House's image was, as we all witnessed, severely damaged through Perdue's publicity efforts, despite the fact, that was clear to anyone who'd been following it closely, that Perdue had no intention of suing...
In light of the above statement should the district court have entertained a declaratory judgment action here? If it is clear to "anyone" that Mr. Perdue was not going to sue, how do we get to DJ standing?
Let me echo the concern of the previous poster that RH appears to be using a copyright cause of action to remedy a defamation issue (and perhaps thus avoid the First Amendment defenses that would apply with respect to a public figure like Mr. Brown?).
- Donald David said...
Remember, if you will, that Random House gamed the system. In the Ninth Circuit, where Mr. Perdue lives, the expert testimony establishing his claims would have been admissible on the motion. Random House chose to go to the 2nd Circuit, where such testimony was not admissible. Could it be that that is the real reason they chose to commence the action themselves -- nothing like a little forum shopping. Also, through the miracle of the Internet, we actually do know that more than a few "lay readers" saw the substantial similarity at issue.
As to the claim that Random House may upset the determination on attorneys' fees on appeal, there is no such option. The MJ order became final and non-appealable.
Disclaimer: I am Lew'sattorney
- Lewis Perdue said...
I'm correcting an earlier comment here because I realize it could have been misread.
My comment should have read as follows:
"I am quite reluctant to espouse truth."
My comment should read:
Ironically, that is so true -- [of any search for "the truth" in the court system.]


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When one company finds the right formula for a successful accessory, others soon follow the trail that's been blazed. Griffin has been on both ends of that equation, and its new SmartTalk Bluetooth Headset ($100) — not to be confused with the prior SmartTalk Headphone Adapter — is the company's answer to Aliph's 2008 version of Jawbone, a stylish wireless earpiece that let users make and receive telephone calls even under exceptionally poor ambient noise conditions. Aliph figured out how to make its microphone system pick up only your voice even if you were standing next to a fan, a pair of speakers playing music, or someone else having a conversation. The Jawbone technology was impressive, and Aliph charged a premium for it.
SmartTalk is essentially Jawbone with small cosmetic and functional changes. They're almost exactly the same length, height, and depth, with SmartTalk ever-so-slightly deeper thanks to an in-canal earpiece that is tipped with a replaceable silicone cap. Griffin's black soft touch rubber version is a smoother take on Aliph's diamond plastic, with SmartTalk's buttons and lights more visually apparent than Jawbone's. Aliph went with white and red lights in a thin slit; Griffin uses more traditional blue and red ones that peek out from underneath a large power button. The difference in conspicuousness works a little to SmartTalk's advantage because Jawbone's buttons are sometimes difficult to find; Griffin also includes small, side-mounted volume buttons that aren't found on the Aliph unit.
The two companies' bundles are also similar, though not identical. Each comes with a wall charger and a USB cable, but Griffin's parts are a little nicer: both come with cables so that you don't need to carry the USB cable over to the charger from your Mac or PC. (A more expensive SmartTalk version ($120) will be bundled in the near future with a car charger.) They also both have detachable ear stems and replacement rubber caps for their ear pieces; we prefer the Griffin design a little on comfort. Notably, Aliph's battery is rated for 4 hours of talk time or 192 hours of standby, while Griffin's is 4 hours of talk and 110 hours of standby. Neither is impressive by the standards of competing headsets out there, but Griffin blames the power demands of its noise-canceling solution for the drain; Jawbone lets you deactivate its noise-canceler to squeeze a little extra life out of the headset, at obvious sonic costs.
On a positive note, SmartTalk's noise-canceling abilities are a serious rival to the Jawbone's. Our callers told us that they could barely hear ambient noises surrounding us as we made telephone calls from taxicabs, hotel lobbies, and rooms with music playing; SmartTalk's dual microphones managed to isolate our voice, render it intelligible, and effectively blur the background noise into a Charlie Brown teacher-like drone. Everyone said that they could hear us clearly over the noise, though in comparative testing against the Jawbone, they noted that they slightly preferred the latter unit's sound—by a little.
Occasional static and an unusual initial noise metering process appeared to be to blame. SmartTalk appears to use the first few seconds of each connection to size up your voice's presence relative to the microphones and whatever sounds you might be surrounded by, and doesn't do it as quickly as it should; callers repeatedly told us that they missed the first couple of seconds of our conversations as we "faded in." Thereafter, they said that we sounded as good on SmartTalk as with the Jawbone under identical conditions, apart from an intermittent small, inoffensive static crackle. The SmartTalk rendition of our voice was described as ever so slightly more natural, and the Jawbone equally more intelligible.
We noticed a similar crackle on our end at one point, as well. As it turns out, SmartTalk promises both noise cancellation and a voice prompting feature that is supposed to replace the beeps of most Bluetooth headphones with voices. While the idea's a good one, the voices can annoyingly overlap incoming phone calls and, on one occasion, screwed up the earpiece as it attempted to let us hear the prompt and our caller at the same time; both were audible, but with static that continued until we disconnected and reconnected SmartTalk. It bears emphasis that this happened during an unusual testing scenario, when we were switching back and forth between headsets, but voices ("hello," "goodbye," and so on) do get played whenever you activate certain features, sometimes clipped or with no real benefit to the user. Though SmartTalk's noise-cancellation feature was superior, we preferred the voice system in iVoice's Diamond-X headset, which handles similar messages more gracefully, and also uses voice to let you know who's calling; SmartTalk instead just plays a digital ringtone in your ear when a call comes in. It is, however, nice to hear SmartTalk's obvious voice prompt for initial pairing rather than having to depend on special flashing lights to know you're ready to go.
Overall, SmartTalk is a very good headset to the extent that it offers Jawbone-like functionality plus a few little bonuses—integrated volume controls, an extra charging cable, and semi-useful voice prompting—at a possibly lower price, given variations between Jawbone's $130 MSRP/$75 street prices and Griffin's $100 MSRP. It remains to be seen what SmartTalk's street price will be, but if you can find it less expensively than the Jawbone, consider it a comparable option; only the pre-call fade-in and the occasional issues with slight static and voice prompting detract from its potential for greatness.
Our Rating
Company and Price
Company: Griffin Technology
Website: www.GriffinTechnology.com
Model: SmartTalk Bluetooth
Price: $100-$120
Compatible: iPhone, iPhone 3G


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AstraZeneca: Free the Beagles Immediately
This is an urgent call to action on behalf of the international campaign to Free the AstraZeneca Beagles. Win Animal Rights is calling for international solidarity and we are asking for animal rights groups across the USA and around the world to get behind the international effort to liberate hundreds of beagles used in laboratory testing by AstraZeneca.
Actions for Groups and Organizers:
Start organizing protests and events at local AstraZeneca offices. Locations can be found here:
USA AstraZeneca Leadership Team:
Call as often as you can
Write Letters – snail mail, email
Take pictures of your dogs and other companion animals asking that the AstraZeneca beagles be set free.
Send your pictures and letters to:
Make sure you copy WAR as we will be delivering pictures in person to AstraZeneca's USA Headquarters.
And also send a copy to the international campaign coordinators:
Coming soon:
Protest at AstraZeneca USA Headquarters in Delaware
Protest at AstraZeneca's NYC Investor Office
Details soon.
If you have any questions or if you want to help on this important campaign please contact us at:
or message us on Facebook:
firstname.lastname@example.com ; firstname.lastname@example.com
If you are in the United States and would like additional information regarding AstraZeneca products, or you are a third party with an offer of services for AstraZeneca, you can contact the AstraZeneca Information Center by phone at 1-800-236-9933 (Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET, excluding holidays).
Contact AZ online HERE
To Whom It Concerns,
This is an urgent call to AstraZeneca to free the AstraZeneca vivisected beagles, and any other animals suffering under the guise of medical advancement.
From a pragmatic standpoint, if we could adequately determine the effects of drugs using animals in general then human trials would be unnecessary, a costly redundancy of testing protocols. Therefore, if we acknowledge that data from animal testing cannot be extrapolated to humans, as demonstrated by the need for human testing trials prior to a general administration of drugs, then why are animals used at all? To determine a general idea relative to safety of them? If animals cannot be used to predict a human outcome in general, then how can they be used to predict safety? It's a ridiculous premise, one on which vivisectors place the lives of human animals and the death of non-human animals with a publicity machine using deceptive statements and misleading assertions fabricated by unscrupulous "scientists" to garner social approval.
Animal experimentation is unnecessary, unjustified, and unprincipled, its only function to financially benefit those who exploit animals. Animals have rights to live free from pain and suffering regardless of objections to acknowledge such; I therefore hope this message finds you willing to examine and subsequently change your potential complicity in their abuse and death.
Thank you for your attention and consideration to this urgent appeal.
we stand in defiance,
against pseudoscience.
let those sweet beagles be,
and let them live free!!!!
Karen Lyons Kalmenson
Manel Dias permalinkJanuary 14, 2013 10:22 am
Why these pharmaceutical companies cannot make sure these innocent defenceless animals to be sent to the people who are eagerly awaiting to help them & adopt them after these dogs have already done somuch contributions to labs & alike. Please let them spend their rest of the little time left on this earth wth some one who would show them the love & care. Have a heart. Do the right thing.
David johnson permalinkMarch 5, 2013 1:57 am
There's is a march in Bristol on the 9th March at Victoria gardens and one on same day at Astra Zeneca Alderley Edge, Cheshire 11:00am we need numbers if you can attend. Please note it is a quiet campaign and not a demo. We will appeal to the company to release the beagles to us for rehoming. Follow Facebook group, "save the beagles from torture in the name of science"


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Need a Starfighter? Head for Holland!
Located in Baarlo, Holland, PSAero is a specialist supplier mainly for ex-military aircraft, engines and spare parts. The site is not open to the public but it is possible to book guided tours. Most of the exhibits are in a remarkably good shape and are either available for sale or can be rented for TV-productions. At the time of my visit in October 2017 the collection hosted a rather large number of former East-European aircraft like the MIG-21, MIG-23 and SU-22. For more information visit www.psaero.com .


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Matt Mullenweg was recently interviewed by KTEH who produces the program, "This Is Us". The interview goes over a bunch of information such as Automattic, Matt's enjoyment of WordCamps, the GPL licensing, and more. This is a great 5 minute spotlight for anyone that is not familiar with Matt. One of the best things he said during this interview was that:
It's never good to see something you put your heart and soul into, being used for morally odious purposes. But, ultimately, the freedom to use the software for any purpose is far more important than the fact that I might disagree with some folks who use it.
He even talks a little bit about the legal action threat against Chris Pearson earlier this year.


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I know it's just one game, but a few things about the opening day experience at Nationals Park left me quite hopeful about the notion that this is where I'll be watching baseball games for the rest of my life.
Here are five of the reasons:
#5: Big Cup Holders. The team's food policy states that you can bring 1-liter bottles of water into Nationals Park. Not being a soda guy, I picked up a case of 1-liter water bottles last week in preparation for the season. As you can see, that big 1 liter kahuna fits perfectly in the new cupholders.
Thankfully, my seat actually has a cupholder. Some seats did not, but that's another story for another day.
#4: Four-Way Chili. Savvy Nationals fans back in the 2006 season at RFK Stadium knew how to find their way to the 300-level terrace food court, where Hard Times Cafe had a brief run as the food vendor of choice for the discerning palate. Now Hard Times Cafe is back at the new Nationals Park, serving fine Chili Nachos and "Chili Mac," known to true devotees of Cincinnati chili as a "4 way" (chili, spaghetti, cheese, and onions). You'll find Hard Times Cafe at Nationals Park next to Red, Hot & Blue in the left field food court.
#3: Helmut Sundaes. One of the great injustices of the past 3 years is that I've been taking my kids to major league baseball games without buying them helmut sundaes. Maybe it's me, but for a kid, helmut sundaes are as much as part of the sport as the 7th inning stretch. Now at Nationals Park, we finally have the real deal.
#2: Home Town Fans. OK call me crazy for dreaming, but opening day gave me hope that Nationals Park will deliver the best home field advantage in DC sports. Home colors, home traditions, home angles, and most importantly, home town fans. Sunday was the first Braves game I've been to when I didn't hear the tomohawk chop, and when Chipper hit that homer, the place went dead silent. That's the way it should be. Here's to cheering only for the home team at Nationals Park.
#1: Racing Presidents (What Else?). I started this site because the racing presidents are the first truly unique hometown tradition that we can call our own. They are great fun, and give kids of all ages another reason to become Nationals fans.
I was incredibly pleased to find that the team has made them a huge part of the fan experience at Nationals Park. The presidents race itself has been expanded, plus Teddy, George, Tom, and Abe greeted us at the centerfield gates and reappeared near the kids zone after the 4th inning. The Nationals had no idea how big the racing presidents could be when they were first created, but it's equally clear that they are astute enough to build on this great fan tradition.


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Charlotte airport's recycling efforts turn to worms for help
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Problems with recycling equipment at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have prompted officials to bring in one million worms to eat leftover food.
The Charlotte Observer reported (http://bit.ly/1ikqiVL) that the airport's new recycling center has been delayed for more than a year.
Assistant Aviation Director Mark Wiebke says the airport obtained a composting permit Monday from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Wiebke says the airport will begin feeding food scraps to the worms in the next few days. The worms' waste will be used as fertilizer on the airport grounds.
The recycling center opened in June 2012 but has had problems with cost overruns and equipment breakdowns. The center is designed to reduce the 10,000 tons of waste the airport sends to a landfill each year.