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As Kennebunk Police continue to release batches of names from the list of so-called "johns" in connection with a high-profile prostitution case, people in Maine are talking about the laws that govern the crime. And there are differing points of view on the issue among feminists. Keith Shortall has more.
As Lois Reckitt sees it, prosititution is - and should be - against the law. "I tend not to talk about it as prostitution," Reckitt says. "I tend to talk about it as prostituted women."
Reckitt serves as executive director of Family Crisis Services in Maine. And she says "prostituted women" are at risk of violence at the hands of men they meet, and the pimps who often control them.
"But I also come at it from the years of working with teenagers, and my concerns around the growing problem of human trafficking - which, when we looked at our own statistics, in the last six months we've helped 31 victims of trafficking in Portland," she says.
In these cases, says Reckitt, young girls in Maine are lured into prostitution. They are often then taken to other states, such as Florida, to engage in the sex industry for the profit of others.
In addition, Reckitt says for the 4,000 women in Cumberland County who come to Family Crisis Services for help with domestic violence issues, "In the cases that are involved, over half of them - well over half of them - have sexual components, have pornography components, have women being forced into acts that their partners believe are appropriate because they've seen them in pornography," she says. "We dance around this topic perpetually, and I don't think that it's a healthy way to live."
At one time, Wendy Chapkis agreed. But after living in the Netherlands, where prostitution is legal, and later studying the subject in graduate school, Chapkis says she came to a different conclusion.
"I guess in short I would say that I think prosititution laws harm both the women engaged in prostitution and the society in which prostitution is practiced."
Chapkis is a professor of sociology at the University of Southern Maine, and director of women and gender studies. She says for women selling sex in nations where prostitution is legal, but highly controlled, police are a resource rather than a threat.
"So I became convinced over the course of 10 years or so of research that it was much before for women in the sex trades to work in places where the sex industry was not criminalized," she says.
What's more, says Chapkis, it makes little sense to criminalize one very small segment of a booming sex industry that is already legal in the U.S.
"And it became very clear to me you can sell sex, you can sell the sex act, as long as its being filmed by somebody for broadcast somewhere, but if you have that same sex act with that same person, and it's not being filmed, it's prostitution and it's illegal," she says. "It makes very little sense."
And from a fiscal point of view, Chapkis says instead of spending taxpayer money on prosecution of the sex trade, governments could bring in additional taxes and fees.
But for Lois Reckitt, that doesn't take care of the bigger issues of violence and human trafficking.
"I mean, we would not allow, you know, people working in a machine tool shop to get the crap beat out of them, so I think it's like we have to look at our views on prostitution in general and whether or not we want to take this so-called 'industry' and have it be in the mainstream," she says. "And I don't want it to be there."
But Reckitt says she doubts the issue will come before lawmakers at the State House anytime soon, and she says women will continue to be victimized. Chapkis says that under the current laws, people who engage in so called "non-normative" sexual practices will continue to be shamed and blamed.


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Except BB is no where near the man Bobby Cox is!
Posted Tuesday March 05, 2013, About: Revis ahead of schedule, Tebow in camp?
Tebow needs to return to FL and live on his NCAA memories...he is not an NFL QB. Jets are just hoping some other team is as stupid as they were and will give up a draft pick for him.
Posted Thursday February 21, 2013, About: Steelers' Troy Polamalu has a lot of football left
Spot on...he has lived on his reputation for years. The Pig Squealers are old on defense and they need to accept the fact it is time to move forward with younger, faster players.
Posted Thursday February 21, 2013, About: Collin Klein will throw at NFL Combine
Blah, blah, blah, Tebow. Never was nor never will be an NFL QB. Thought Klein was smart enough to see what a sideshow attraction Tebow has made of himself and move to a position he might be actually able to play at the next level.
Posted Thursday February 21, 2013, About: Tyler Wilson believes he's a first round pick
Nothing wrong with "Jerry the Great" making another stupid move as the GM!
Posted Thursday February 21, 2013, About: Titus Young clears waivers
He just needs to get his **** whipped by the girl kicker and maybe that will knock the chip off his shoulder.
Posted Thursday February 21, 2013, About: Female kicker attempting to break sexist gender barrier
Jets will draft her and she can room with Tebow...she'll make a better pro than him plus the Jets can add to the circus they call a football team.
Posted Thursday February 21, 2013, About: Tebow will be shopped at combine
Still can't believe they use Tebow's name in the same sentence as QB...
Posted Tuesday November 13, 2012, About: Roethlisberger has 'unusual' separated shoulder
Guess co-eds may be safe for a few weeks...can't force them on their knees with only one arm!
Posted Thursday March 01, 2012, About: Steelers didn't offer Ward a pay cut
Normally after he cheap shotted someone...
Posted Thursday March 01, 2012, About: Broncos might wait for Moore
Weeden will be available early 2nd round but we can't afford to give up draft picks although an actual QB would be a great plus! You know Elway has to like the whole NY Yank-me's connection though.
Posted Tuesday February 07, 2012, About: Peyton's arm strength down 40 percent
If anyone can overcome this, it Peyton. I will take a reduced number 18 over the glorified TE my Broncos had playing QB!
Posted Tuesday December 27, 2011, About: Sideline chats with Jones won't go away in Dallas
He should wait until the 4th quarter, that way his team can claim to be doing something towards the end of a game.
Posted Tuesday December 27, 2011, About: Desperation in Denver?
Broncos win and Tebow gets all the credit, they lose and it was a team loss until his real colors came out in Buffalo...Tebow is not nor never will be the answer. John knows it and the Buffalo and KC games are going to give him the ability to move forward with the QB position without having to listen to all the Tebow lovers cry about giving him a shot. Tebow is a great human being and an awesome teammate but sooner or later people have to realize skill is also required!
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If he goes anywhere it will be Dallas...
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They are done!
Posted Sunday December 18, 2011, About: Steelers happy to see 'arrogant' Graham leave Pitt
And Roth is "hookinh up" with a 15 year-old...
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Posted Monday December 05, 2011, About: Garrett iced his own kicker in loss
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Posted Monday December 05, 2011, About: Tim Tebow: MVP candidate
Love the Broncos--refuse to drink the Tebow Koolaid! The D is nearlt leading this team in touchdowns and are the only reason "St Timmy" gets the opportunity to win the game. John E, please draft a QB who can throw better from the pocket than my 19 year-old daughter!
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We have a vacation cabin in the Southern tier of NYS. The well was put in about 12 years ago with the presure tank (thought to be a membrane type)buried 6 ft deep next to the well head. The issue was noticed this summer with a short cycle of a couple of minutes when no water is being called for. The presure gauge started at 40 lbs and drifted down slowly to 20 which caused the pump to cycle.
We were hoping to not dig up the old presure tank this winter and a theory was hatched to add a second membrane tank in the house thinking that if the old one had ruptured it might just act like a dead end pipe.
We installed the new tank in the house and at first glance it seemed we had sucess, the presure gauge read a steady 40 lbs. Over the course of the weekend we then realized that gauge would hold at 40 for a couple of minutes than drift down to 20 and kick the pump on when no water is being called for. The short cycle is now longer at about 5 minutes.
I think we know what must be done at this point, just wondering if there is anything else we should check like the presure switch before we get out the shovels?
The well was 155 ft deep from what everyone remembers.
What exactly are you thinking Mr. Brown...Upper
That we have to dig out the old presure tank and cap the connection since we now have a new tank in the house. How likely is it that the old tank still has enough air in it to be causing the 5 minute short cycle?
I have a suspicion that when you unearth the old tank you will find that it has a leak or two in it. They were not made to be burried.
That would not suprise me at all, I was not there when the well was drilled but I would guess they buried it to keep it from freezing? or maybe the well guy was planning to replace it about now....
Pressure tanks that can be buried have been around for decades.
You really want to remove the old tank from the water line because the area above the bladder is not meant to have water in it and any water that gets above the bladder gets really funky really fast, and rusty too. It can smell like the most rotten thing you ever smelled and it's not good for your health.
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We did not remove anything at the well head. I am not familiar with the "AW8A" is that a valve of some sort?
So, if I understand correctly the pitless adapters connection could fail over time essentially creating a leak which allows the pressure drop. I wonder if we could detect the leak by looking down the well casing.
Just in case this is the old style, where is your pressure switch? At the well head?


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Posted 12 August 2010 - 08:37 PM
Thanks for your contribution.
I'm in the process of upgrading a heavily modified site from 2.2 MS2 to 2.2 RC2a. Working on the test site I've modified all of the required files and everything seems to be fine until we reach checkout_shipping - we get a blank page. I've tried it with the original file in the add-on to replace the modified file in case it was one of the modifications causing the problem.
Was wondering if you could point me in the right direction as to where the problem may lie.
Posted 12 August 2010 - 08:53 PM
Jaya, on 12 August 2010 - 08:37 PM, said:
Posted 12 August 2010 - 09:31 PM
Jan Zonjee, on 12 August 2010 - 08:53 PM, said:
Thanks Jan,
Found the error log, looks like includes/classes/order.php. Will look into it.
Posted 09 November 2010 - 09:29 PM
I've used your contribution and it looks like things are working again however I can no longer login into the admin section of the shop. I've understood that the administrator table didn't excist in MS2 so I copied the table from a more recent (RC2) shop I have and imported it into the database but I still couldn't login.
So I emptied the users and passwords hoping I would get a request to setup a new admin account when trying to login. It didn't and now I'm stuck so any help is appreciated.
I do have some understanding of things (through practical experience) but I am by no means an expert...
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Posted 04 June 2011 - 12:51 AM
kjolebutikken, on 24 April 2010 - 12:18 PM, said:
Have just finished upgrading from 2.2MS2 to 2.2RC2a.
In addition I have changed webhost and name of domene for my store.
Both my store and my admin is totally blank, just a white screen, no error message.
Have tried for several days now, buth no luck in figuring this one out.
Right after changing host, I uploaded all old storefiles to my new webhotel and it worked, both catalog and admin showed on the internet.
Then I upgraded from MS2 to RC2a -> both store and admin totally blank
Then I went through all files to change all path directions to new pathdirections and also change the storename and domenename.
In my old store the path was like this: www.mydomain.com/catalog........ (right at the root)
In my new store the path has one extra folder: www.mydomain2.no/public_html/catalog......
I did not think that /public_html should be in the pathdirections in any other files than the configure files, but maybe I'm wrong?
Also I use an old sts free template. I have been told that I must upgrade this. I will start this work now, but could this be the reason that my store and admin now both are blank?
Any idea in which files I can start to look for the cause?
And what code?
Please help anyone :-)
Thanks :-)
I was wondering if you mind helping me out from upgrading from 2.2MS2 to 2.2 RC2a
I've been trying for day and no luck
I have got diffmerge but I don't know how to use it, and don't know where to start
Thanks in advance
Posted 07 June 2011 - 07:38 AM
1054 - Unknown column 'customers_name' in 'field list'
insert into orders_products (customers_id, customers_name, customers_company, customers_street_address, customers_suburb, customers_city, customers_postcode, customers_state, customers_country, customers_telephone, customers_email_address, customers_address_format_id, delivery_name, delivery_company, delivery_street_address, delivery_suburb, delivery_city, delivery_postcode, delivery_state, delivery_country, delivery_address_format_id, billing_name, billing_company, billing_street_address, billing_suburb, billing_city, billing_postcode, billing_state, billing_country, billing_address_format_id, payment_method, cc_type, cc_owner, cc_number, cc_expires, date_purchased, orders_status, currency, currency_value, ip_address) values ('711',
did the table syntax change that customer info is with ordered products or did I do something wrong>
Posted 11 January 2012 - 03:11 PM
My latest findings are that somehow a session is not ending correctly. Let me give you an example.
I ordered a product and paid via ideal. The ordernumber was 1413, no email confirmation
I made some changes as mentioned by you in the past, just to try them again
I made a new order via ideal, the ordernumber was 1414 and what happened> i receive two emailaconfirmations about order 1413, but the time between those orders was about 30 minutes, so it could never be the real confirmation of 1413, it was triggered then ordering order 1414. Strange or what.
I did find something interesting in the SQL database, but I don't know what caused this:
ideal_issue.jpg 19.25K 5 downloads
When starting the idealpayment for 1414, order 1413 is put in the database with same entrancecode.
Any thoughts?
Edited by Remco Leuven, 11 January 2012 - 03:12 PM.
Posted 27 April 2012 - 06:31 PM
I'm following upgrade instructions found in the document "Upgrading osC from 2.2 MS2 to 2.2 RC2a". My PHP Version 4.4.9, MySQL 4.1.22.
After the following change in step 19: admin/includes/functions/html_output.php, I'm getting blank pages in admin.
Line 273-274 (294-295 in changed file) [Add the Session ID to GET Based Forms]
//// // Output a form pull down menu**ADD**
//// // Hide form elements function tep_hide_session_id() { $string = ''; if (defined('SID') && tep_not_null(SID)) { $string = tep_draw_hidden_field(tep_session_name(), tep_session_id()); } return $string; }I was wondering what can be the problem here.
Thanks for help.
Posted 26 May 2012 - 06:48 PM
That pre-selection was disapeared after the upgrade to rc2a. This is due to the new function tep_draw_pull_down_menu in includes/functions/html_output.php
So if I use the rc2a:
function tep_draw_pull_down_menu($name, $values, $default = '', $parameters = '', $required = false) { global $HTTP_GET_VARS, $HTTP_POST_VARS; $field = '<select name="' . tep_output_string($name) . '"'; if (tep_not_null($parameters)) $field .= ' ' . $parameters; $field .= '>'; if (empty($default) && ( (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name]) && is_string($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name])) || (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS[$name]) && is_string($HTTP_POST_VARS[$name])) ) ) { if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name]) && is_string($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name])) { $default = stripslashes($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name]); } elseif (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS[$name]) && is_string($HTTP_POST_VARS[$name])) { $default = stripslashes($HTTP_POST_VARS[$name]); } } for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($values); $i<$n; $i++) { $field .= '<option value="' . tep_output_string($values[$i]['id']) . '"'; if ($default == $values[$i]['id']) { $field .= ' SELECTED'; } $field .= '>' . tep_output_string($values[$i]['text'], array('"' => '"', '\'' => ''', '<' => '<', '>' => '>')) . '</option>'; } $field .= '</select>'; if ($required == true) $field .= TEXT_FIELD_REQUIRED; return $field; }no country is pre-selected.
If I use the old ms2:
function tep_draw_pull_down_menu($name, $values, $default = '', $parameters = '', $required = false) { $field = '<select name="' . tep_output_string($name) . '"'; if (tep_not_null($parameters)) $field .= ' ' . $parameters; $field .= '>'; if (empty($default) && isset($GLOBALS[$name])) $default = stripslashes($GLOBALS[$name]); for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($values); $i<$n; $i++) { $field .= '<option value="' . tep_output_string($values[$i]['id']) . '"'; if ($default == $values[$i]['id']) { $field .= ' SELECTED'; } $field .= '>' . tep_output_string($values[$i]['text'], array('"' => '"', '\'' => ''', '<' => '<', '>' => '>')) . '</option>'; } $field .= '</select>'; if ($required == true) $field .= TEXT_FIELD_REQUIRED; return $field; }the store country is pre-selected just as it should.
This is how my code for selecting country looks like:
<?php echo tep_get_country_list('country', ($HTTP_POST_VARS['country'] ? $HTTP_POST_VARS['country'] : $order->billing['country']['id']),'onchange="sb=1;copy_shipping(document.getElementsByName(\'ship_as_bill\')[0],true);sb=0;getbillstatewithshipp();" class="checkoutCountry" style="width:145px;"') . ' ' . (tep_not_null(ENTRY_COUNTRY_TEXT) ? '' . ENTRY_COUNTRY_TEXT . '': ''); ?>
Should I stick to the old ms2 function tep_draw_pull_down_menu?
Or can anyone help me out modify the code for selecting country in my checkout.php?
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I ran all the queries and upgraded the database. All were successful.
In an attempt to get my site back up quickly I uploaded all the new files into both admin and the store.
I then made a quick edit of header.php and replaced the OSC banner with my site's
My site comes up http://www.hcca.org/ClubStore/
You can get to a category
If you try to bring up details on any item you get 1054 - Unknown column 'p.products_id' in 'on clause'.
I have traced this to the classes/PriceFormatter.php file but don't know how to fix it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello Jan,
I wanted to thank you for this Contribution. It worked fine for me.
Now, if I can just figure out how to re-integrate Ultra-Pics (or similar) . But that isn't a failing of this contrib. You stuff worked fine. Thanks again.


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One soldier's story of bravery casts light on current combat situation.
The question facing the Department of Defense is not whether women will serve in combat roles, but whether the Pentagon will train them for it.
Combat in Iraq and Afghanistan yields stories from both sexes about women who broke out of their prescribed roles to address the combat thrust upon them.
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Paigh Bumgarner joined the Virginia National Guard in 2000, and deployed to Iraq as an active duty soldier in the years after Sept. 11, 2001.
"We got hit. Hard. Several times," says Bumgarner. "Women were shot. Males were shot. There is one thing I have to say out there: It's not that a male comrade isn't going to help another male who's injured because a female is injured."
"It really is based on the severity of the injury," she says.
Bumgarner's Nuclear/Biological/Chemical team was reclassified as a transportation unit for her 2005 deployment to Balad, a Shiite town north of Baghdad. Their existing equipment allowed them to run security for convoys as a "gun truck company," she says.
The retired sergeant served as a gunner, driver, and truck commander during her year-long tour with the unit comprised of some trained infantrymen. On one mission roughly 10 months in, she was serving as the assistant convoy commander when her unit was attacked by a well-coordinated insurgent enemy.
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They shot out the radiator of Glass' vehicle while he was driving roughly 55 miles per hour.
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One of the troopers was killed and a many were injured from five different improvised explosive devices. Among the casualties was the convoy's commander. That's when Bumgarner took over.
"She took control of the situation," says Glass. She put the dead soldier in a body bag, called for med-evac and organized defensive maneuvers. "It takes a very strong person to do that."
Bumgarner earned a Bronze Star medal and Combat Action Badge, but her story is not unique. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told a group of reporters at a press conference last week about when he arrived in Iraq in 2003 as a division commander. He got into his vehicle and asked the driver where he was from, then slapped the turret gunner on the thigh and asked for a name. A woman swung down and said, "I'm Amanda."
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At 8.9 million, education workers accounted for more than half of the 16.7 million state and local government full-time equivalent employees nationwide in 2008, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Teachers union president claims racially biased test used to find teachers lackingby Laura Green
Robert Dow, president of the Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association, has issued a statement explaining why local teachers are opposing the district's efforts to claim $20 million in federal Race to the Top funding.
In it, Dow references the recent controversy over a regimented academic program that Superintendent Art Johnson had to drastically scale down in response to outraged parents and teachers who said it treated all schools as failures regardless of their test scores.
District officials have implied that if FCAT scores fall this spring teachers will be blamed for not supporting the program, Dow wrote. But one of the bigger problems with the test scores, Dow says, is that the test is racially-biased.
Dow also says the state's version of the Race to the Top program, which requires teachers to be evaluated primarily on those same test scores, pits teachers against each other.
Johnson, ironically, has raised the same concerns about the state's pay-for-performance. He says such systems of evaluating teachers do not encourage collaboration. He has also repeatedly claimed a racial bias.
The local union's decision not to support the grant application is no surprise. So far the state Department of Education has reported that about 50 Florida school districts are vying for funding, but only five have the backing of their local union. Florida still stands a chance of getting the $800 million it's requesting even without teachers' support, but the federal scoring system awards more points to states that manage to get teachers on board.
Below is Robert Dow's full statement about the union's opposition to the grant:
Why Palm Beach County Teachers are not in the "Race To The Top"
Ever since I became aware of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's and 1960's, I heard, and continue to hear, rumblings about the "achievement gap" between minority and non-minority students, as if race is the only criterion by which we compare achievement between different demographic groups of students. And all during that time, the "measure" of achievement was somehow based almost solely on a set of test scores developed, taught, and administered by one demographic group. It is even more so today, and the tests are even more narrowed and "high stakes", leading to the grading of states, districts, schools, teachers, and individual students, to show who is failing and who is not, and more and more to reward those who are "succeeding", and demean and punish those who are failing. Lo and behold, the same demographic group that has controlled the testing is mostly doing well, and other demographic groups tail off from there. I am shocked that the system works just the way it was built to work, except in those few places where community and government and parents and businesses and schools sat down together and figured out how they wanted to fix things in their particular circumstances. (The Ypsilanti study and the Harlem Zone are two examples that come immediately to mind, but there are more.)
And despite the fact that they are more highly trained than ever in history, it seems solely the teachers taking the blame for our societal failures; not the communities, not the churches, not the businesses, not the families, not the students and certainly not the school boards and administrators who control the money and make all the decisions, often with no input from teachers.
In our own public schools in Palm Beach County, it has already been intimated and inferred repeatedly that if the almighty FCAT scores go down this year, it is the fault of teachers who were not visionary enough to implement with fidelity the tangled web of changes foisted on them from the district this year, but if anything anywhere does improve it will have had nothing to do with the teachers, but with the changes forced on them from the top. So the teachers will still take the beating.
In the hastily compiled tome written almost entirely by administrators in application to the Gates Foundation for a grant to work on closing that achievement gap, every aspect pointed to the inadequacies of teachers and what they are doing or not doing, and every change was something that was going to be done to teachers, not with them.
Now the federal government is proposing a new, limited source of funding intended to help states and districts and schools pilot new ideas and programs to work on closing that gap in the 5000 worst performing schools in the nation. Instead of gathering input from the teachers, the Florida Department of Education, (DOE) just like the district before it, put together a Memorandum of Understanding which is overly broad, pits teachers against each other in a race for non-recurring funds, and uses a shotgun approach to changing everything rather than a series of surgically precise efforts to bring help to exactly those places it was intended to go. And at the end of the process it will leave teachers with empty promises, lower pay, and fewer safeguards, and will bankrupt some districts. The DOE refuses to let the memorandum die if no agreement can be reached, and will allow districts to unilaterally impose changes to the terms and working conditions of teachers that have been worked out cooperatively with districts to achieve over the last forty years.
Our own district will apply for this dangerous little "jewel in the crown" of education despite the fact that the Classroom Teachers Association board of directors, as contentious and independent a group of teachers as can be found anywhere, rejected the MOU unanimously. Unanimously.
The Superintendent of Public Schools, Dr. Arthur Johnson, has said it may take years to repair the damage and return trust and improve teacher morale in the wake of the devastation that has marred the district this last semester. Chasing this elusive little pot of fools' gold will only delay those repairs.


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Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi said Benedict had the pacemaker installed "a long time" before he became pope in 2005. He called the latest medical procedure "routine."
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Imagine a not too distant future where the technology exists to send external signals to your nervous system, bypassing your brain, making your body do stuff while your brain can relax and focus on other things. The government will ban it of course but there will still be some third party developers making hacks allowing you to write your own code and use it on yourself making your body perform the tedious daily routines such as cleaning, shopping for groceries or even working while you (meaning your brain) is chilling and reading the latest news on diablofans.com (probably that PVP is going to be introduced to D3 "soon").
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Cellar/Tasting Notes "The blend for the 2009 Pichon Lalande is dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, somewhat unusual at this estate which usually has more Merlot in the blend. As stated previously, the Cabernet Sauvignon reached levels of ripeness and intensity of flavor in 2009 never seen before in Bordeaux! The final..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A beautiful effort, the 2009 Pichon Lalande, a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, possesses copious mocha, lead pencil, unsmoked, high class tobacco, black currant, forest floor and herbaceous characteristics. It is a deep purple-hued, charming, surprisingly open-knit..
Cellar/Tasting Notes The 2006 Latour performed even better from bottle than from barrel. Only 38% of the production (10,000 cases) made it into the grand vin, a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest primarily Merlot and a small amount of Cabernet Franc. From barrel, I thought it was a modern day version of the..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A luscious Lafite that is silky and elegant with layers of wonderful violet, berry, cherry and chocolate flavors. It's full-bodied, with racy, refined tannins and good length."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A brilliant offering and a candidate for wine of the vintage, this is classic Lafite that reminded me somewhat of the 1976, although the vintage conditions were completely different. This is a medium-weight, quintessentially elegant style of Lafite... with black currants, plums, and crushed..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Dense purple to the rim, this wine exhibits the classic cassis aroma that is so characteristic of Mouton. Medium to full-bodied, tannic, powerful, and cut somewhat from the 1988 mold, this is a backward, chewy, well-endowed Mouton-Rothschild that will require considerable patience from those who..
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Politicians watching the Oscars this weekend of course will be seeing stars, just like the rest of us. But many of them -- Democrats, at least -- may see something much more alluring: dollar signs. Of the 51 actors, directors and producers nominated for the six most-watched categories, 25 nominees or their spouses have contributed to a political candidate or cause since 1990, nearly all of them Democratic. Most supported Obama either in 2008 or 2012, or both. And "Lincoln" is the money-and-politics blockbuster of the year.
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- Races to Watch III: Big Money, Small MoneySeptember 29, 2008 3:34 PM
Barack Obama defended his decision not to accept public financing by arguing that running a campaign for the White House based on small contributions accomplishes what the public financing system aims to do but falls short of doing: curb the influence of outside interest groups. In many congressional races, the issue of who's backing the candidate--wealthy donors or everyone else--is finding its way into debates over the best way to fix the economy and whether campaign contributions and lobbying by the financial sector had anything to do with today's economic crisis. Capital Eye takes a closer look at some of these races.
- Money and Votes Aligned in Congress's Last Debate Over Bank RegulationSeptember 23, 2008 11:43 AM
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The last time Chelsea and Manchester City met, in a 0-0 draw in November, Blues interim manager Rafael Benitez was booed by his own fans as he took charge of the European champions for the first time. Four months on, Benitez may not receive the same reception from the away end at the Etihad, but fans would be forgiven for highlighting the gap between themselves and the top of the table.
As they meet on Sunday - live on ESPN UK at 1330 GMT - third-placed Chelsea sit 16 points off Manchester United and four behind City in second. With Tottenham and Arsenal closing in fast, a top-four place is by no means assured and, with what some will view as the 'distraction' of the Europa League to contend with, there is a feeling of anxiety at Stamford Bridge.
First and foremost, the position of the manager is providing no consolation of long-term security. It comes with the territory somewhat under Roman rule, but Benitez's constant need to bat away questions over his future and that of his players (see Frank Lampard as chief subject here) is hindering progress - as evidenced by the 3-2 defeat to Newcastle and 2-2 draw with Reading earlier this month.
But if stability is the watchword for the chasing pack then City can't claim to have a handle on it either. Roberto Mancini may have said recently that he has been 'the best manager in England' over the past 15 months, but City have looked far from the best team. A battling 2-2 draw with Liverpool and shock 3-1 defeat at Southampton have made it a horrible few weeks for the club, and they may well be forced to rely on the FA Cup for salvation again.
One thing that falls in their favour this weekend is their early exit from European competition. With Chelsea sapped of energy in progressing past Sparta Prague in the Europa League on Thursday, the Sunday lunchtime kick-off means that City have had a whole week of preparation time while the Blues get little over 48 hours.
At this stage of the season it is no surprise that attention turns to squad depth, but the two leading Premier League financial powerhouses should be well equipped to deal with fatigue. The real question that will be asked, once the final whistle is blown, is why they are not providing more of a challenge to United.
Manchester City player to watch: Joe Hart. Many pointed to the fact that Hart was 'dropped' for Costel Pantilimon for the FA Cup tie against Brentford as a sign that Mancini's faith in the goalkeeper was waning - but forgot that Pantilimon had been used throughout the competition to give him first-team action. That said, Hart's form has not been impressive of late and he erred badly in defeat to Southampton to suggest that something is not quite sitting right. On home turf, and against the Blues' powerful strikeforce, he could use a confidence boosting performance.
Chelsea player to watch: Branislav Ivanovic. After a slow start to life at Chelsea, Ivanovic is now the key defender in their backline. Tough and uncompromising, his versatility to slot in at right-back or in the centre of defence has proved very useful amid Chelsea's injury crises, but he has now made a home for himself in the middle to compensate for the loss of John Terry. The Serbian's aerial prowess and excellent reading of the game have ensured that his side have only conceded 28 times, and it seems they are well set if Terry is not considered to be the man to lead the Blues forwards.
Key Battle: David Silva v Juan Mata: The former Valencia team-mates are very much alike in playing style and have become key men for their respective clubs since arriving from Spain. Silva impressed the most in his first season with City, but now it is Mata who is leading the battle of the playmakers as his silky skills have been the focal point of the Chelsea attack this season. With incredible vision and comfort on the ball, Spain's pair seem like peas from the same pod, but Mata's added potency in front of goal (he has 10 from 20 games in the league; Silva has just three) is what has set them apart this season.
Trivia: In Jose Mourinho's first, title-winning, season of 2004-05, the Blues lost 1-0 at Manchester City with Nicolas Anelka scoring the only goal. It was their only defeat of the season.
Stats: The Premier League's top two defences come together - City have conceded 24 goals all season, while the Blues have let in 28.
Odds: Man City (1.90), Chelsea (4.00) and the draw (3.60) are on offer with bet365 while a 2-2 draw comes in at 13.00.
Prediction: If City don't win, one feels the title can truly be put to bed, but a draw seems the most likely option given their recent form.


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We visited and stayed at the Venetian in November of 2005. We had a comped meal at the Grand Lux and enjoyed it very much. Our service was okay, but our server was a little distracted. I think she was ready to go home. Our meals were so different, with tons of different styles of cuisine. I had a Thai dish and my husband has pasta. Both were delicious. They are owned by the same people as the Cheesecake Factory. The meals were blessed with huge portions; the dessert would have served a small country!
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Professor Jin holds graduate degrees from Tianjin Foreign Languages Institute (M.A., 1994), University of Memphis (M.A., 1999) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D., 2008). He specializes in Buddhist philosophy of mind, its classical East Asian presentation in the treatise entitled the Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna, the commentarial literature of the treatise, and theory and practice of Buddhist exegesis. He is also interested in the formulation and interpretation of the Chinese cosmology, and the interaction between Confucianism and Buddhism.
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OKALOOSA ISLAND – Will Muschamp spoke with the media before taking the stage at the first ever gathering of the Emerald Coast Gator Club on the 10th and final stop of his recent booster tour.
Muschamp, now entering his second year at the helm of the Florida football program, said he rather enjoys his speaking engagements.
"It's always good to get out and touch the Gator nation," said Muschamp. "Being the head coach at Florida, that's what it is. I really do enjoy it, it's been ultra-positive and I'm very appreciative of our support."
The Gators struggled in Muschamp's first year, finishing 7-6 overall and 3-5 in Southeastern Conference play. A largely inexperienced offensive line and a pair of true freshman quarterbacks splitting time through one of the nation's most difficult schedules didn't make things any easier for the Gators last season. But what was a struggle last season is paying off now in experience.
"Jeff Driskel and Jacoby Brissett are both very capable guys to run our football team, to run our offense," Muschamp said of his quarterbacks. "They're competition through the summer is going to make each other better, our offense better and make our football team better. I'm excited about both guys."
New offensive coordinator Brent Pease replaced Charlie Weis who took the head coach job at Kansas. Muschamp has been impressed with how Pease has made the transition a smooth one for his young quarterbacks, and the rest of the Gator offense.
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Procter & Gamble said that it plans to cut 4,100 of its 129,000 employees during fiscal 2013. The Cincinatti, Ohio-based company looks to shave costs by $10 billion before the end of fiscal 2016. P&G previously announced 1,600 job cuts for 2012.
Sears Holdings said it is getting ready to separate its Sears Hometown and Outlet businesses, sell 11 more of its stores and reduce its headcount by another 100.
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Gap is on a mission to add more creative and product talent to its upper ranks. The San Francisco-based apparel giant has hired two retail veterans: Jill Stanton, for the new role of creative advisor for Old Navy, and Liz Meltzer, as senior vice president of Gap International Merchandising.
Consumer Confidence Gains (Bloomberg)
Consumer confidence rose to its highest level since April 2008 last week as more Americans became optimistic about their finances.
Marketing Buzz
Chief Content Officers (FINS)
The role of chief content officer is becoming an increasingly popular position for those in media and marketing. At places like Netflix, where Ted Sarandos reigns, the pay can reach into seven figures.
Lin's Branding (Bloomberg)
Jeremy Lin is looking to trademark the term "Linsanity." Read our coverage on how to model your career after his recent successes.
Marketing YouTube (The Drum)
Danielle Tiedt, general manager of Microsoft's search engine Bing, is joining YouTube as its vice president of marketing, where she will be responsible for luring audiences to the site's new channels.
Romenesko's Return (Ad Age)
Media blogger Jim Romenesko, who was laid off from Poynter last year, is finding a larger audience as an independent blogger. He talks to Ad Age about his new gig.
Buzz Around the Office
Slowed down for your enjoyment.
List of the Day: Staying Awake
You've got a 3 p.m. meeting and you're in the middle of an REM cycle. Here's how to get chipper in a flash.
1. Participate so you're forced to talk.
2. Sit on an uncomfortable chair.
3. Eat something to give you a burst of energy.
(Source: The Daily Muse)
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