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Is Hillary Clinton Being Used?
Posted by Larry Bergan in 2016 Elections, 4th Estate (Media), Bernie Sanders, Democracy, Election Fraud, Hillary Clinton, Karl Rove, Voting Rights on June 11, 2016
Will the media report on the exit poll mystery that they have refused to report on for over the past decade? Now that it's come to a RICO lawsuit against THEM, will they report that? 😀
Who among the presidential candidates is going to able to make the best case that he can't be manipulated by the banks or the corporations? "He" is the operative word here? Face it: ordinary people from both allowed parties are upset at the establishment, and Hillary Clinton has been forced to take money from them and succumb to their rules. Trump has made promises to the establishment too, but we can't know that until it's too late.
I'm a 64 year old man, but there are other old men and women who feel like we're not being listened to, or having our votes counted anymore. What kind of democratic republic is that?
I'm sure the younger "voters" are getting the fact that this primary is too complex for a reason, and total nonsense. We all are. Young people and old people who have been defined as stupid American voters are mad as hell, and aren't going to take this shit any more! That's my hope. Voting on corporate computer machines through the mail, online, or any other way is just madness. If you don't get that, have your damn head examined!
The old, media maligned, anti-war youth, (hippies), are uniting with the new, maligned anti-war youth, who haven't been given a stupid name yet. They're called millennials until the war-happy media can figure out a more demeaning term.
Maybe I'm just an old asshole with another opinion, but watch this, instead of watching the petrified "main steam" media, who've been slapped with a RICO lawsuit if you want to keep up:
UPDATE: Hell, don't let Russian Television, "Redacted Tonight" shape your mind. Watch the whole two and a half hours of the meeting and decide for yourself. Lot's more angering information here, if you dare:
Magic Carpet Bombing
Posted by Richard Warnick in 2016 Elections, Foreign Policy, ISIS, Military, National Politics, People Are Nuts, Rafael (Ted) Cruz, War, War Crimes on December 18, 2015
Carpet bombing (aka indiscriminate saturation bombing) is actually a war crime. Nevertheless, Rafael ("Ted") Cruz says he is a fan:
In early December, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, began saying that his military approach to ISIS would be "carpet bombing." He said during a speech in Iowa on Dec. 5 that "we will utterly destroy ISIS. We will carpet bomb them into oblivion. I don't know if sand can glow in the dark, but we're going to find out."
Senator Cruz doubled down on his campaign rhetoric during this week's CNN Tea-GOP presidential debate.
What makes this scary is the current mood of the Tea-GOP electorate, which is nothing if not utterly irrational and angry. Public Policy Polling found that "30% of Republican primary voters nationally say they support bombing Agrabah. Agrabah is the country from Aladdin."
To be fair, 19 percent of Dems polled also supported an attack on the made-up Arabian nation from the 1992 animated film. We can't mince words, you have to call this by its proper name: magic carpet bombing. Which is as good a term as any to describe the insane posturing that dominates the current political debate over national security issues.
More info:
Poll: 30 percent of Republicans want to bomb country from 'Aladdin'
Poll: 30 percent of GOP voters support bombing any Arab sounding nation — even the fictional land of Aladdin
People Want To Bomb The Fictional Kingdom In 'Aladdin,' But Don't Panic Yet
Human Rights Watch: Appoint a Special Prosecutor for CIA Torture
Posted by Richard Warnick in Bush Administration, CIA, Crimes, National Politics, This Blog, Torture on December 1, 2015
Via TPM.
Even since the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last December detailed the CIA torture program established in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, no one has been held accountable. Human Rights Watch is renewing its calls to change that.
The Obama administration did commission a two-year investigation led by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Durham that ended in 2012, but no indictments resulted.
So far John Kiriakou, the former CIA official who wasn't involved in the torture program but told a reporter about it, has been the only one prosecuted in connection with the program. He served two years in prison, and was released last February.
A new report on the Human Rights Watch website points out that a new investigation is warranted (and required under the UN Convention Against Torture) because so much new evidence became public with the release in redacted form of the 499-page summary of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report in December 2014.
The group is calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor who would have access to the full Senate report, and the power to bring charges against everyone connected with the CIA torture program including top government officials.
More Evidence For Worst President Ever
Posted by Richard Warnick in 9/11, Bush Administration, Bush Failures, Condolezza Rice, Disaster, National Politics, Terrorism, War on November 13, 2015
Worst National Security Advisor Ever
Politico provides even more evidence, some of which was left out of the 9/11 Commission's report, that the Worst President Ever had the Worst National Security Advisor Ever. Not that we needed any more evidence.
By May of 2001, says Cofer Black, then chief of the CIA's counterterrorism center, "it was very evident that we were going to be struck, we were gonna be struck hard and lots of Americans were going to die."
…The drama of failed warnings began when Tenet and Black pitched a plan, in the spring of 2001, called "the Blue Sky paper" to Bush's new national security team. It called for a covert CIA and military campaign to end the Al Qaeda threat—"getting into the Afghan sanctuary, launching a paramilitary operation, creating a bridge with Uzbekistan." "And the word back," says Tenet, "'was 'we're not quite ready to consider this. We don't want the clock to start ticking.'" (Translation: they did not want a paper trail to show that they'd been warned.)
…That morning of July 10, the head of the agency's Al Qaeda unit, Richard Blee, burst into Black's office. "And he says, 'Chief, this is it. Roof's fallen in,'" recounts Black. "The information that we had compiled was absolutely compelling. It was multiple-sourced. And it was sort of the last straw." Black and his deputy rushed to the director's office to brief Tenet. All agreed an urgent meeting at the White House was needed. Tenet picked up the white phone to Bush's National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. "I said, 'Condi, I have to come see you,'" Tenet remembers. "It was one of the rare times in my seven years as director where I said, 'I have to come see you. We're comin' right now. We have to get there.'"
Tenet vividly recalls the White House meeting with Rice and her team. (George W. Bush was on a trip to Boston.) "Rich [Blee] started by saying, 'There will be significant terrorist attacks against the United States in the coming weeks or months. The attacks will be spectacular. They may be multiple. Al Qaeda's intention is the destruction of the United States.'" [Condi said:] 'What do you think we need to do?' Black responded by slamming his fist on the table, and saying, 'We need to go on a wartime footing now!'"
"What happened?" I ask Cofer Black. "Yeah. What did happen?" he replies. "To me it remains incomprehensible still. I mean, how is it that you could warn senior people so many times and nothing actually happened? It's kind of like The Twilight Zone."
Just as a reminder, several of the al-Qaeda operatives involved in the 9/11 terror plot were already in the USA. Their identities were known to the FBI. If the Bush administration had heeded the numerous warnings, could the pieces of the puzzle have come together before September 11, 2001?
More info:
Ex-CIA director: White House ignored months of warnings about 9/11 to avoid leaving 'paper trail' of culpability
Netanyahu Wants A Raise – No, Seriously!
Posted by Richard Warnick in Israel, Military, National Politics, War, War Crimes on November 8, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns to the White House next week, looking for more of our money. Israel currently gets $3.1 billion per year in U.S. military aid, which has been used to finance war crimes. After Afghanistan, Israel is already the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid.
Now Netanyahu wants a new 10-year deal for $4.5 billion a year, which would be close to a 50 percent raise. The answer ought to be a resounding NO. The current Israeli government is adamantly opposed to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, they are meddling in American politics, and they are a strategic liability, so why are we paying them anything?
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Netanyahu Is Bringing a $4.5 Billion-a-Year Arms Wish List to Obama
US only country to oppose UN holding Israel accountable for war crimes, yet again
Israel is supposedly the only democracy in the Middle East, yet 4.5 million Palestinians under its control can't vote
USA Accused of War Crime in Afghanistan
Posted by Richard Warnick in Afghanistan, Military, National Politics, War, War Crimes on October 6, 2015
The U.S. government has been accused of bombing a large hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, early in the morning of October 3rd. After an initial statement that the aerial bombardment was "collateral damage" from a nearby strike, new information has emerged that suggests the hospital was the intended target. At least 23 people died, including 13 staff members and 10 patients, three of whom were children.
Hospitals are generally immune from attack under the Geneva Conventions and the Law of Land Warfare. Doctors Without Borders, referred to internationally in French as Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF), stressed that it had "communicated the precise locations of its facilities to all parties on multiple occasions over the past months" and yet, despite this, the NATO bombing of the hospital continued for over 30 minutes, even after MSF "frantically phoned" Washington.
The MSF accusations appear to have been confirmed in a Washington Post article that quoted Hamdullah Danishi, the acting governor of Kunduz Province, and Fawzia Koofi, an Afghan member of parliament. Both men suggested that the hospital was deliberately targeted because of the alleged presence of Taliban fighters. MSF denies that the Taliban were ever on the hospital grounds.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John F. Campbell, says that an AC-130 gunship fired on the hospital by mistake.
"To be clear, the decision to provide (airstrikes) was a U.S. decision, made within the U.S. chain of command," Campbell said. "The hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility."
Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Campbell said he could not provide more details about what happened, including who may have failed to follow procedures for avoiding attacks on hospitals. He said he must await the outcome of multiple investigations.
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We Have Committed a War Crime: 'Patients Were Burning in Their Beds'
An exclusive first look at the horrific aftermath of the U.S. attack in northern Afghanistan.


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Vienna Insurance Profit Advances as Poland Drives Premiums
Vienna Insurance Group AG, eastern Europe's biggest insurer, said second-quarter profit climbed 7 percent after premium growth in Poland offset weather-related claims.
Net income rose to 113.6 million euros ($141 million) from 106 million euros a year earlier, the Vienna-based company said today in a slide presentation. That beat the 109 million-euro average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Vienna Insurance, which derives more than half its earnings from the former communist bloc, reported premium growth of 19 percent after sales almost doubled in Poland. The insurer expanded distribution agreements with the country's third-biggest lender, BRE Bank SA, after being outbid in January for KBC Groep NV's Polish unit.
"Growth accelerated in the second quarter mainly because new forms of cooperation with a bank in Poland became effective," Peter Hagen, who took over as chief executive officer in June, told reporters in Vienna today. The growth rate in Poland won't stay at more than 90 percent as Vienna Insurance recorded in the first half of the year, he added. The company, which could spend about 1.5 billion euros, is still looking for acquisitions in Poland and Hungary, he said.
No Forecast
Vienna Insurance didn't give a concrete earnings forecast as in previous quarters, saying only that its goal is to "keep volatilities low" and "improve profitability on a sustainable basis." Full-year profit may rise 5 percent to 427 million euros, according to the average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Hail and wind storms in central Europe, particularly in Austria and the Czech Republic, caused damage claims of 85 million euros in the first seven months of this year, Vienna Insurance said.
Vienna Insurance climbed 1.6 percent to 33.965 euros at the 5:30 p.m. close in Vienna, the biggest gain on the 32-member STOXX Insurance 600 index of European insurers, which fell 0.9 percent. The stock has advanced 11 percent this year.


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Right after having installed wordpress on my site, the dashboard display is messed up. That makes it impossible to use.
Here is a screenshot:
As you can notice it's not even possible to read what is written because the backgroud color is the same as the font color. I has to make a selection to make it readable:
while the blog itself displays correctly at
I think this is related to handling of CSS stylesheet of something like that in the /wp-admin/ dir.
Here is my config: Firefox 2.0, wordpress 2.0.5 running on apache 1.3.37.


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hi guys, first timer here.
just downloaded instantwordpress...
I have a word press user and pw...
though when I want to enter in both details are not recognised...?
any tip is welcomed...anybody?
hi guys, first timer here.
just downloaded instantwordpress...
I have a word press user and pw...
though when I want to enter in both details are not recognised...?
any tip is welcomed...anybody?
I'm not familiar with that software. WordPress is pretty easy to install if you simply download it here and follow these instructions.
Instant WordPress being a third party solution, you may need to ask them for help.
thank u...do i need to connect first via my web host's c-panel first?
Setting up hosting is a good first step. You could set up a local install, but setting up hosting is easier and some hosts also have WordPress quick install.
Thank you Christine...that's why I'm having difficulties...my host at the moment is not responding to my emails...so I am in a bit of a limbo...and the local setting up it doesn't seem easy to handle...unless there was a way..in any case I cannot do anything...
instantwordpress? Is that this?
If so, that has nothing to do with a host, the internet, or anything of that sort.
The program I linked to is a way to open a wordpress install locally, on your own computer - for testing or development maybe.
yes thats right...Im having difficulty to get in touch with my host...he has relocated in singapore...so its not easy for me to install WP at the momen...Is there any otherway to install WP you know of?
Well... we have 2 issues here... instantwordpress and hosting
Let's divide the 2
1) instantwordpress is for use on your computer only - nothing to do with your host. It has nothing to do with actually installing a wordpress website on your server to make a website. So if you wish to have a website, online, using wordpress - disregard instantwordpress - unless you use it for testing or something.
2) you really shouldn't need to contact your host to install wordpress - do you have your username and password? can you log on to your server / host?
if so - you can install wordpress! - do you have a domain name? You would need one which is pointed at your hosting account to be able to access it normally
Then - the links @Christine posted in the second post here tell you how to download and install wordpress
Also - some hosts offer 1 click setups of wordpress - you log on to your server, find something called apps, or services, or something - it's different on various hosts. And follow the process they provide - this doesn't exist on all hosts, you would have to investigate yours.
ok...thats a bit refreshing.. I thought was mandatory to access the c-panel via ur host server...i saw to tubetutorials...thats why..i have all what is needed...dname, user+ password that i use if i want to upload something to my host server to do with my website...soloarte.com... I will try to have a go and follow both urs + christine's intructions and see what happens...
hi there I have my username and password...but I cannot install wordpress...anybody with some enlightment please?
Who is your webhost?
hi I have managed to upload the WP files on the root directory...gor all settings from host in singapore...who confirms I have to install WP form wiothing browser...tried to that ...but is not happening
finally I managed to get in...thank u everyone for the support
good morning forum...as I mentioned yesterday...finally I managed to get in WP. I have a question: at the moment I will be using a secondary domain where I can do all changes and testing...yet I want to publish the so crated ws on the primary domain...I think is as simple as to take the entire WP directory from the secondary and drop it into the primary one... is that correct or will I experience other issues? anybody?
Hi...I have installed Response theme from CyberChimps... if I try to upload an image onto a page... the message: "chessboard.jpg" has failed to upload due to an error.
Unable to create directory wp content/uploads/2012/09.
Is its parent directory writable by the server?
Not sure what to do....is it the theme...or do I have settings to configure in WP to permit files/images uploads?
Please post a new topic.
im not sure whats goinon...but anyway I managed to upload new theme...yet later advised for update installation...and at the mo says update failed...so not quitesure.
Ineed to familiarise with all the post, categories tags,, etc in order to understand when where and how to use it together with the navigation (main) any suggestion how does someone with out the pro knowledge of the
coding can actually manage to master(relatively) WP?
for example if I want to move the existing menu on http://www.soloartestudio.com from left to right...I need coding I guess...
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Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and named it The LORD is Peace. - Judges 6:24
The Lord is our peace. Not family, not possessions. Not world conditions or the political situation. God's covenant child need not be dependent—or co-pendent—on anyone or anything for his or her peace. In fact, when personal peace depends on anything but God, it's fragile as a spider's web. Not that the person in Christ is cold and indifferent. The suffering of others, broken relationships and world troubles stir compassion, prayer and godly deeds. But the individual trusting in Christ places ultimate reliance for the outworking of all things upon God. And they say, "The Lord is my peace."
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Nebraska Public Power District employees at Cooper Nuclear Station are monitoring Missouri River water levels which have risen due to recent heavy rains and higher than average snow melt in upper reaches of the river basin. As of Friday afternoon, the river's elevation was around 35.1 feet or 891.6 feet above sea level at the station.
The plant is elevated 13 feet above the natural grade to an elevation of 903 feet mean sea level as part of its design against flooding from the Missouri River. In addition, plant operators continuously monitor the increasing levels and water flows. For plant operation and public safety, NPPD takes the following proactive measures:
• When levels reach >895' - or are expected to be > 902' within 36 hours - Cooper follows a special procedure specific to anticipated flooding conditions.
• At 896', the Brownville Road is generally impacted and may be closed. If so, plant workers detour through Nemaha, Neb.
• If the river reaches 898' Cooper begins following an additional procedure which involves installing primary flood barriers.
• Should the river reach 899' NPPD would determine whether to declare a Notification of Unusual Event, which is the lowest of four emergency classifications.
• At 900', plant personnel would install secondary flood barriers.
• If the river reached a level of 902', Cooper would enter an ALERT emergency classification.
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The Sun moves into its ruling sign of Leo around sunrise on Sunday, heading for a conjunction with a retrograding Mercury next Saturday, the 28th. Be as one on vacation 'til Mercury's reversal is done, on August 8th. Time to gather information on/for the book that is your life. Peace and love shall conquer all. There are no mistakes…it just seems like it during Mercury's retrograde phases. Good luck!
d CANCER (6.22-7.22) Thus resumes your life, but now it's (ful)filled with the magique you've acquired during this last month, while transiting through the sign of Cancer. Change rearranges — first your household, renewing and refreshing your outlook and those around you (your roomies) — and…
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Time again to catch up on recent news items that affect you and your wellbeing.
And don't let the bedbugs bite. If you're one of millions of travelers heading out on the road for vacation this summer and plan to stop at a motel, you've likely already heard horror stories about bedbugs. We're told to inspect for telltale signs of infestation: black smudges in the cracks of mattresses, etc. But investigators have found that the number one dirtiest item in a motel room is the TV remote. More nasty bacteria were found on that item than on any other. Next were the bedside light switches. For the remote, a simple solution is to carry a clear plastic Ziploc…
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Well, here comes Mercury retrograde — 'til August 8th. Keep your sense of humor. The next Cazimi New Moon rises just before midnight next Wednesday, the 18th. That's when you/we should gather all our magique in a basket and make a wish. See you in dreams…
d CANCER (6.22-7.22) The Moon is twice as important 'til the New Moon on the Cancer/Leo cusp, late on July 18th. This should culminate a very magical month for you and all you cherish. Spread the love while la Luna resides in Taurus, 'til you wake up on Saturday. Take a short trip through the past, communicate before it gets too late and you could get "lucky" after 8:00.…
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Another record fine has been levied against a Big Pharma company. This time it's GlaxoSmithKline, the fourth largest drug company in the world with revenues for 2011 of over $42.5 billion. GSK got hit with a $3 billion fine for basically lying and cheating about their drugs. That's a hefty wad of cash, an amount of money you would think might make a company mend its ways and follow the righteous path of corporate responsibility, yes? No! To drug companies as well as other huge corporations, human suffering, death, unethical behavior and illegal activities are just part of a business model. Outrageous fines are just the cost of doing business, carefully weighed and analyzed on a risk/benefit table. Who…
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Time to hide/idyll from/in the Sun, stay cool and have fun. There are no mistakes. Peace and love shall conquer all.
d CANCER (6.22-7.22) Gear up/down for these next two weeks. Whatever (magique?) happened on June 19th relates to the 2nd Cazimi Moon on the Cancer cusp on July 18th/19th. I'll scope it out for you next week. Meanwhile, let's follow the Moon… It's in Aquarius 'til late Friday night, and then in Pisces 'til Moonday (may I suggest the seafood?), when it enters Aries and presents you with something unexpected after sunset. Wear red to get ahead or green to remain serene. Up or down?
e LEO (7.23-8.22) At last, it would seem…
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Happy 236th Birthday to the United States! With the Full Moon on July 3rd, it's time to party hearty! I've been all over the world and I've found that everyone wants to live here in these United States. True, some of them want to wipe us out first (Amerindian karma?), but such are the fortunes of a warlike nation. It's beautiful here in "the Land of the Free." This is where the Aquarian Age shall/will be born. Here in these United States we are experiencing the meeting/gathering of the tribes. Eventually peace and love shall conquer all, since there are no mistakes. Time to have fun.
d CANCER (6.22-7.22) What a weekend! You are either…
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It doesn't make sense. It's un-American. After all, bigger is better, excess is exquisite, more is the matter and Donald is trump. Then how can a medical modality based on the dilution of a solution to the point of undetectable amounts be valid? It truly defies Western logic but as Einstein said, "Not everything that counts can be counted."
Homeopathy is a system of treatment that uses medicines derived from natural sources in amounts so dilute that they are virtually undetectable. Homeopathy's trump card is in the belief that the body has an innate ability to heal itself. That characteristic of the body is something that Western science or modern logic can neither explain nor deny. Homeopathy insists…
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Planet Power: Nov. 21 - 27, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving. Let's be nice to each other and cultivate warm thoughts. You are what you think…
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Mr Murray, a fourth-generation farmer of the property on the
western side of Lake Tekapo, and his wife received the award
at the association's annual Merino Excellence Awards in
Queenstown on Friday night.
The Sutherland family's Ahuriri Downs, from Omarama, won the
commercial flock title. Bog Roy was runner-up. Glenmore won
the stud flock title and Middlehurst was runner-up.
The event was a ''fantastic celebration'' of the merino
industry, merino association chairman Richard Subtil, of
Omarama Station, said.
The clip-of-the-year awards attracted new entrants from as
far afield as Marlborough. About $4500 was raised for the
Child Cancer Foundation by an auction of various items at the
event, which was attended by 145 people.
FMG bought the winning fleece in the Child Cancer Foundation
fleece competition - entered by the Paterson family, from
Armidale, in Maniototo - for a further $2000, while the
proceeds of the 140 fleeces entered in that competition are
still to be added.
It was an emotional moment when Christina Perriam presented
the Heather Perriam Memorial Trophy, for services to the
merino industry, to Hugh Fraser, on behalf of his late
partner Ann Scanlan.
Ms Scanlan, who died earlier this month, was widely respected
in the industry. She was a former chairwoman of the Otago
Merino Association and a long-standing committee member.
Steve and Mary Satterthwaite from Muller Station,
Marlborough, won the Silere Alpine Origin merino supplier of
the year award
New Zealand Wool Testing Authority Clip of the Year.-Adult -
up to 16.5 micron: Horseshoe 1, The Rocks 2, The Bend 3.
16.5-17.3: Lindis Downs 1, Matarae 2, Craighurst
3.17.3-17.97: Ahuriri Downs 1, Benmore 2, Bog Roy 3.17.98-20:
Middlehurst 1, Glenmore 2, Armidale 3.
Hogget - up to 15.5 micron: The Bend 1, Matarae 2, Shirlmar
3.15.5-16: Lindis Downs 1, Matangi 2, Craighurst 3.16-17:
Benmore 1, Buscot 2, Twinburn 3.17-20: Armidale 1,
Middlehurst 2, Mt Nicholas 3.
Child Cancer fleece competition.-Superfine (16.9 micron and
finer): Merino Ridges (Bevan and Tiffany McKnight) 1, Cornaig
(Peter and Ian Hore) 2, The Gorge (Jock McNally) 3.
Fine (17 micron and over): Armidale (Simon, Sarah, Allan and
Eris Paterson) 1, Benmore (Andrew and Deidre, and Bill and
Kate Sutherland) 2, The Rocks (Andrew and Lynnore Templeton)
Overall: Armidale.
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Peaches are already tender and ambrosial at this time of year, so imagine how deep their sweetness becomes after a trip to the oven concentrates their lusciousness even further. Streusel topping adds a delightful crispness.
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To the cook from Sandusky, you will be fine if you use frozen peaches. I wuld not recommend canned. This is a very good and easy recipe.
To the cook from Sandusky Ohio (should you still check for a response a few months later), I would recommend frozen peaches rather than canned and they should work great. This was quite good and very easy.
Could this be made with canned peaches in the winter?
Very good and incredibly simple to make. Next time I will skip the whipped cream and use ice cream instead.
Also, the skin is really easy to peel off after they are baked, if anyone has a problem with peach skins!
Wowww! I put some cinnamon in the cream I whipped!
Made these for a late summer concert in the park. Made right before we left and served warm w/the whip. Very easy, but I would suggest fork blending the crumble ingredients after lightly pulsing the nuts (used walnuts and almonds) so that the nuts keep their crunch.
Easy and delicious!
I sliced the peaches (had to stretch the recipe to serve 6) and served with vanilla ice cream rather than the whipped cream. Even easier! -- and really, really tasty.
What a delightful and easy recipe. I served this with cinnamon ice cream and it was fantastic. Nice presentation with little fuss. The skin is a little tough to eat, however. I don't know if peeling beforehand would make the peaches lose their shape as they cook. I might consider peeling them after they cook, next time, if I can do it without the topping falling off.


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Aspirin is beneficial because it reduces the tendency of blood to clot in the blood vessels of the heart. Giving an aspirin to a heart attack patient within 24 hours after his/her arrival at the hospital improves the chance of survival.
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AI, Health Care, Genomics, Fitness Apps, Mobile Apps, Social Media and BeyondSubmitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 03/13/2016 - 21:24
It was probably in the 1970s that I first read Richard Brautigan's poem, All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace. I grew up working with computers; I like to speak of myself as a digital aborigine, yet it seems like now, we may be moving closer to Brautigan's poem.
This isn't without its concerns. One recent article had the headline, Our tech future: the rich own the robots while the poor have 'job mortgages'.
This reminded some of my friends online of Fritz Lang's Metroplois
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Yet I'm not so sure the future is quite as bleak.
I work at a health center that focuses on underserved populations. It probably isn't a typical health center of this time because we are very interested in how we can use technology to improve health outcomes for everyone. This has led me to keep an eye on a bunch of developments, and here, I'll do a little bit of my own sci-fi futurist writing.
Recently there has been a lot of interest in Google Deepmind's Go match against Lee Se-dol. Yet it is important to remember there are other AI's. IBM's Watson comes to mind. Of course, so does Wintermute and Neuromancer, but that's a whole different blog post.
Watson is interesting to me for a couple reasons. Watson has been doing a lot of interesting stuff in health care. (See some of the episodes of Conversations on Health Care for more on this.) Watson is now branching out into Social Media.
Some interesting work in the nexus of health care and social media includes Linking social media and medical record data: a study of adults presenting to an academic, urban emergency department
So, what might Watson, looking at health care and social media be like? Artefact has its ideas, described in What iPhone-Based Health Care Could Look Like In 10 Years. They talk a little bit about fitness monitoring apps connected with sites like PatientsLikeMe or 23andMe, but the article doesn't talk about artificial intelligence.
Meanwhile, North Face is adding IBM Watson to its shopping app. So, imagine an AI connected to social networks, genomic data, fitness data, marketing information, and anything else it can get to, all with a proactive, Siri like interface…
"Good morning, Aldon. It looks like it should be a nice day today, and you didn't get much exercise yesterday. You should really try to take a walk down Main St at lunch time today. You don't have anything in your calendar conflicting with that, and there are several Ingress portals you can capture…Before you get to work, I want to make sure you're aware of these articles about the health center, opioid addiction, and telemedicine… Later in the day, if it doesn't get too crazy, you should get in touch with your old friend Bill. He seems to be having a rough time right now… You should read his Facebook posts and reply or give him a call."
"Thanks, Watson. Can you post something uplifting on his Facebook posts for me? "
"No problem, Aldon. By the way, I don't want to nag, but it is really time to have your vision checked again. Do you want me to check your calendar and set up an appointment for you?"
"Yes please."
With that, I get up and make my oatmeal.
The Digital ChurchSubmitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 01/14/2016 - 07:40
In a recent online discussion, someone mentioned to me the idea that Christianity goes through a five hundred year trend of re-evaluation and remodeling. I was asked if I thought we might be at one of those once in every five-hundred year events. I've often wondered how close we are to another American Great Awakening. The Great Awakenings happen much more frequently.
It is interesting that this has come up in an online discussion, something that didn't exist during the reformation or the early Great Awakenings. Many of my media oriented friends often talk about the Gutenberg Press as bringing about great changes in terms of education, politics, and religion. Is the Internet bringing about a similar change?
Much of my political involvement has been focused around online activities. The communities I belong to are often around common interests shared online and not around common geography. Yet our church structure is still seems to be primarily oriented around common geography. At the same time, people are looking at how to get Christianity out of the church building and more into the community. How does this relate to the church community being online?
The stuff we post online is much more permanent and searchable that the comments we make face to face or write in letters. If you know where to look, you can find stuff I posted online back in 1982. Recently, a friend died of cancer. I had met him through an online group back in the 90s, and people in the group are still connected online. They are sharing memories and pointing to photos that were shared back in the 90s.
In two different online religious groups, people have asked that personal information either not be shared, or shared with the smallest amount of personal information necessary.
Now I get some of the desire for privacy. When I started considering more deeply what God is calling me to last spring, I was hesitant to talk publicly about it. Part of it was that it seemed God was calling me to a much more intimate relationship, and we are often restrained in talking about intimacy, especially when there is uncertainty about the relationship and vulnerability. Yet at the same time, as we become more sure of the relationship, we proclaim it boldly. I think of my friends posting life events on Facebook, a new relationship, the engagement ring, the marriage, the birth of a child. As I write this, I think of the song we sang in youth group years ago, "I'll shout it from the mountain top, I want the world to know, the Lord of Love has come to me, I want to pass it on."
I think of some of the meditations I've been reading recently, about our experience of God's Incarnation, God's love, God's presence, happens in the simple parts of life, like appreciating the sunrise on the daily commute, or the kind words of a coworker at the office. How do we experience the presence of God online?
Likewise, I get the idea of telling one's own story, and not someone else's story. Yet when we think of our self as part of a community, part of the body of Christ, the line between my story and our story blurs.
When I get into discussions about acceptable behavior online, I often go back to Mark Prensky's article Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. He was writing in the context of education, but I like to think of it more broadly. In the context of this post, I have to wonder what a church of Digital Natives looks like.
Are the people who are more hesitant to share online digital immigrants? Are they the older folks regularly attending churches as opposed to the millennials who have by and large abandoned church? What might a church of the twenty first century, organized around online interests instead of geographical proximity look like?
I'm also interested in how all of this relates to addressing stigmas, confessing sin, and several other topics. I hope to be exploring some of these ideas in more detail over the coming months.
This isSubmitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 05/31/2014 - 08:44
Recently, I attended the OMMA conference about videos at Internet Week. One of the best talks was by Gary Osifchin of Mondelez, the parent company of Honey Maid graham crackers. He spoke about their "wholesome" campaign. He spoke about how people see graham crackers as wholesome, but that people often associate "wholesome" with "old-fashioned" or "boring". In order to stand out in this world of constant advertising and marketing everywhere, you need to present a strong point of view.
He suggested that to make "wholesome" relevant and exciting against this background, you need to look at cultural truths, for example, the changing face of American families. It is a risky strategy, because there will always be people who rebel against changes in cultural truths, but I believe that Honey Maid's "Wholesome" campaign was very successful and helped to get people to look at how the world is changing.
He spoke about how he hoped other brands would follow suit and how the wholesome campaign is not just a single set of ads, but is a ten year campaign. On twitter, they are using the hashtag "#ThisIsWholesome". It made me stop and think about how this could be done for other brands.
"This is…" I work at a health center serving vulnerable populations. What would a campaign about "This is health" look like? Would it talk about programs we do to help people eat healthier food? Get more exercise? Read more? Become more involved in their community? All of that fits into broader discussions about health, including social determinants of health and health equity.
What about my run for State Representative? Can we change "This is politics" into something positive? Can we talk about caring for the vulnerable amongst us, instead of how so much politics of today seems to be about grabbing what you can for yourself at the expense of everyone else around you? Instead of politics, should we talk about governance, citizenship, responsibility, or some related idea? After all, it seems like the cultural truths are currently stacked up against any positive image of politics.
As I think about the phrase, "This is…", various phrases come to mind. "This is… American Idol". "This is Spinal Tap", "This is water", "This is my body, which is given for you".
What do we want to declare as cultural truths? What do we hope such declarations will bring about?
Health Equity and the 2014 CT Legislative SessionSubmitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 02/17/2014 - 07:21
Last year, as a member of the Connecticut Health Foundation's Health Leadership Fellows Program the group I was part of mapped out plans for bring Health Impact Assessments into Connecticut policy decisions, especially the state legislative process.
A key component of this plan was to improve the way health advocates work together during the legislative session. We set up a Google Group, CT Health Equity Bills to discuss this. As we enter another legislative session, members are encouraged to discuss upcoming bills and opportunities to testify.
I must admit, prior to becoming a CT Health Foundation fellow, I would often be asked to support various bills, and I rarely thought about these bills in terms of the impact they would have on health equity, and I suspect that many legislators don't think about bills in terms of health equity the way I believe they should.
The Connecticut Health Foundation has published a blog post, Things We'll Be Looking Out For During the 2014 Legislative Session. While it doesn't address specific bills, it provides an important framework for this year's session. I have been speaking with other organizations and hope to share thoughts about their agendas as well.
Meanwhile, I'm already getting messages from activists to support different bills. One of the first bills I received a message about was S.B. No. 23 AN ACT CONCERNING BENEFIT CORPORATIONS AND ENCOURAGING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE.. Friends have pointed me to a Change.org petition uring the senate to take up SB 23 this year.
it is early in the session and I don't know what SB 23 is going to look like by the end of the session, but I strongly support the goal. Yet I hadn't been thinking of this bill in terms of health equity. My gut feeling is that it won't harm efforts for health equity and has the potential to benefit health equity efforts, but beyond that, I haven't really thought it out much.
Then, at dinner last night, I got into a fascinating discussion with a friend from Yale's Global Health Initiative. She was at a conference where people were talking about using a social impact exchange as a means of encouraging social entrepreneurship and investment in Haiti to deal with the issues of cholera.
While I do expect the passage of SB 23 to lead quickly to the issue of Social Impact Bonds, or the establishing of a social impact exchange, and a resulting improvement in efforts to address health equity in the state, it does seem like a step in the right direction.
Another bill I was contacted about was S.B. No. 120 AN ACT CONCERNING DYSLEXIA AND SPECIAL EDUCATION.. "To include dyslexia detection, recognition and intervention education as part of the professional development program for teachers and to amend the state IEP form to include dyslexia."
With sponsors ranging from Sen. Bye to Rep. Cafero, this seems like a pretty straight forward broadly supported bill. Yet even with a bill like this, it is important to think about how it relates to health equity. Are there disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of dyslexia in Connecticut? How are they tracked? How will they be tracked and corrected?
A final bill for this blog post: H.B. No. 5144 AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND PARENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION FOR ADOPTED PERSONS., "To provide adult adopted persons, twenty-one years of age or older, access to their biological parents' health information and information in the person's original birth certificate or record."
A friend contacted me about this bill. She was adopted as a child and does not have access to information about her biological parents. While it is easy to think of this in terms idle curiosity that an adopted child might have about their history, there are important health issues to consider. Are there biological family history information that could help the adopted child better deal with their own health? Again, I don't know much about the health equity aspects of this. Are there disparities in access to birth and health information by adopted children along racial or ethnic lines? Would this bill help address such disparities?
Over the coming days, I expect I will hear more about these and other bills. I hope you'll join me in thinking about the impact these bills would have on health equity in our state.
Remission and RecoverySubmitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 02/05/2014 - 10:31
A few weeks ago,Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin dedicated his State of the State address to addiction.
In every corner of our state, heroin and opiate drug addiction threatens us. It threatens the safety that has always blessed our state. It is a crisis bubbling just beneath the surface that may be invisible to many, but is already highly visible to law enforcement, medical personnel, social service and addiction treatment providers, and too many Vermont families. It requires all of us to take action before the quality of life that we cherish so much is compromised.
At work we talk about treating people struggling with addiction. We have some great programs to help and part of my job is to spread the word about these programs.
The nature of the addiction problem came to light recently in a communications meeting. We were tracking various news stories and saw one about Philip Seymour Hoffman. One of the guests cited some report which claimed that two out of three Americans are affected by addictions amongst their friends or family. I looked around the room. Everyone is the room had someone close to them that was struggling with addiction. That two in three number may be a bit low.
Today, a friend shared the article, Russell Brand: my life without drugs. Please, go out and read it.
At CHC, we provide telemedicine services to help providers around the country provide better services for those struggling with addiction. Project ECHO - Buprenorphine helps primary care providers treat patients struggling with opioid addiction. It brings together experts in several fields to provide both experiential and didactic education in treating addiction.
Our outreach teams work on a related issue, health stigmas. How do we reduce the stigmas around various health conditions, like suffering from addiction or being HIV positive? How do we make it easier for people to get the treatment they need?
We celebrate when our friends are in remission from cancer, knowing in the back of our minds that it could come back at any moment. Why don't we have similar celebrations for friends in recovery from addiction? Yes, there may be some celebrations at a narcotics anonymous meeting or something like that, but we are a long way from standing with people fighting health problems the way we should.


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The harvest season is mostly over and farms along U.S. 64 East are busy selling the fruit and crops grown in what turned out to be a vintage year for much of Henderson County.
It was the second of two dry summers, yet a few rains came at critical times in the growth of produce, especially apples, resulting in a high concentration of sugars and other flavor compounds.
Consumers are now shopping at farmers road-side buildings, buying sacks of fruit or vegetables that are field fresh and, in most cases, priced lower than those in supermarkets.
One such market is at Lyda Farms, operated by a family that last year was named Farm Family of the Year by the North Carolina State Grange. The award was recognition of a business started in 1948 by Rome Lyda, who died in February of this year at the age of 88.
Early beginnings
The Lyda family was one of the early settlers of Henderson County and continues to operate its home place in the Fruitland community in addition to its property at 3465 Chimney Rock Rd.
Rome Lyda was considered a leader in developing todays apple industry, according to North Carolina Cooperative Extension Area Agent Marvin Owings.
The growers widow and part owner of the farm, Mildred Lyda, is active in the operation. Asked about her age, she said Lets say Im still young enough to drive a tractor.
She is optimistic about the future for apple growers. It looks all right for those of us left in the business. Were still squeezed between what we have to pay for tending the trees and what we can get for our fruit, but the new varieties have wonderful tastes and the public loves them as much as the old favorites.
She praised neighbors and the Edneyville community as being both caring and supportive. She said she is especially grateful for the loyalty of her three children in keeping the farm a viable business.
Jeff Lyda, her only son, lives on the home place but helps when needed at the farm on U.S. 64. Besides apples, the Lydas grow peaches, tomatoes, sweet corn, Indian corn, cabbage, okra and winter squash.
Debra Lyda Foster lives with her mother and helps run the day-to-day operations. She said, We have no kids, no in-laws and no outlaws.
She retired early from Bell South to return to the farm that had become focused on fruit and vegetables. Debras sister is Sonna J. Lyda, superintendent of schools in Transylvania County. She continues to help when needed at the farm.
60 years of growth
Recalling some of the familys history, Debra Lyda said, As we all know, farming is the best and worst of professions, requiring innovation and flexibility.
In the early years, the farm focused on poultry production, she recalled. Rome and Mildred rented poultry houses in the community before building their own houses at the newly acquired farm on Chimney Rock Road in 1956. Poultry production consumed much of the sixties.
Along with poultry, the farm began to expand and was quite the hog farm during the sixties and early seventies, she continued. Slowly the livestock production was phased out, leaving the farm with a focus on fruit and vegetable production.
In 1994, Debra started educational farmland tours to add an attraction and give children first-hand knowledge of farm living. Although profitable, the tours required additional safety measures and increased liability insurance, leading to their ultimate abandonment.
The family tried expansion to a second location on the same highway, the Rusty Bucket, where other vendors were invited to participate. The venture received a makeover this year, results of which have not been analyzed, she said.
The family has for 50 years been members of Edneyville Grange No. 1051, a local branch of what was once Americas strongest organization of farmers.
Juicy the bug
An innovation that has helped people locate and remember the farm is Juicy the bug, a giant insect made of hay rolls with frisbees and plate-size eyes. Previously one of the stations on the farm tour, Juicy now sits in the farms front field and has become an area landmark.
The five of us have benefited richly from life on the farm, Debra said. Our riches have not been monetary, but more important than money fun, family values, work ethic too numerous to name them all. It is increasingly sad that small family farms are closing because of economics. This county was built on the agriculture industry. We are proud that we are still in business. Were in the business to stay and have loved every minute of it.
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Miles Davis' My Funny Valentine Reissued
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Zorn Mouths Off
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George Crumb in Wichita
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Shows that are scheduled for NYC's Roulette include Joe McPhee, Ned Rothenberg, and Oliver Lake.
The Cardiacs
The Cardiacs are everyone's favorite avant-punk band (well, almost everyone's…). Their site features news, release information, tour dates (currently all in the past unfortunately) and more.
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Thanks to the incredible Andrew Bartram and his beautiful and tender book, Reflections of My Mind, I have been inspired to believe anything can be achieved through perseverance. This Life in Dreams flirts with the tenderness of human happiness, while often tugging at the heartstrings. It explores longings, sorrows and deep-rooted emotions, and ventures into the unknown – the dream space, where anything is possible. With a unique style and contemporary feel, this anthology of thought-provoking verse will make a welcome addition to any poetry lover's library.
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How Are Diabetes and Prediabetes Diagnosed?
The following tests are used for the diagnosis of diabetes:
- A fasting plasma glucose test measures your blood glucose after you have gone at least 8 hours without eating. This test is used to detect diabetes or prediabetes.
- An oral glucose tolerance test measures your blood sugar after you have gone at least eight hours without eating and two hours after you drink a glucose-containing beverage. This test can be used to diagnose diabetes or prediabetes.
- In a random plasma glucose test, your doctor checks your blood sugar without regard to when you ate your last meal. This test, along with an assessment of symptoms, is used to diagnose diabetes, but not prediabetes.
Positive test results should be confirmed by repeating the fasting plasma glucose test or the oral glucose tolerance test on a different day. When first diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor may suggest a zinc transporter 8 autoantibody (ZnT8Ab) test. This blood test -- along with other information and test results -- can help determine if a person has type 1 diabetes and not another type. The goal of having the ZnT8Ab test is a prompt and accurate diagnosis and that can lead to timely treatment.
Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) Test
The FPG is the preferred test for diagnosing diabetes and is most reliable when done in the morning. Results and their meaning are shown in table 1. If your fasting glucose level is 100 to 125 mg/dL, you have a form of prediabetes called impaired fasting glucose (IFG), meaning that you are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes but do not have it yet. A level of 126 mg/dL or above, confirmed by repeating the test on another day, means that you have diabetes.
Table 1. Fasting Plasma Glucose Test
|Plasma Glucose Result (mg/dL)
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|126 and above
*Confirmed by repeating the test on a different day.
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)
Research has shown that the OGTT is more sensitive than the FPG test for diagnosing prediabetes, but it is less convenient to administer. The OGTT requires you to fast for at least eight hours before the test. Your plasma glucose is measured immediately before and two hours after you drink a liquid containing 75 grams of glucose dissolved in water. Results and what they mean are shown in table 2. If your blood sugar level is between 140 and 199 mg/dL 2 hours after drinking the liquid, you have a form of prediabetes called impaired glucose tolerance or IGT, meaning that you are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes but do not have it yet. A two-hour glucose level of 200 mg/dL or above, confirmed by repeating the test on another day, means that you have diabetes.
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I really enjoy this laptop. I waited 5 months before I can do this review so I can give a fully honest opinion. PROS:
-The speakers are underneath the laptop which is great because dust isn't a problem anymore
-The screen is touch sensitive with a fast response
-Audio is quite loud
-The keyboard lights up, it's a much added and awesome bonus for when you're in the dark
-Battery is longer lasting CONS:
-Since the screen is really sensitive, and my fingers aren't small sticks, it can create a bit of a hassle
-Also, the screen gets easily dirty but they provide you with a special cloth to clean it (included in packaging)
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We got this computer for my daughter to take to college. It is a very nice machine for the price and she loves the touchscreen.
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Walmart did a good job on delievery accuracy and timing. But, this is a gift and has not been opened yet, however, my son has one for serveral months and it has been flawless, so I have high expections for this one! I checked with the coomputer geeks at school, and they rate touch screens and Windows 8.1 highgly, say that 8.1 boots very very quickly.
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I think I will look at Eigen a little, if not too complex maybe will go with that. I guess there is some work to do ^^
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We're into Day 5 of what is proving to be one of the most entertaining World Cup's ever and we're still witness two of the game's big dogs.
Germany and Portugal clash today at 5pm with Cristiano Ronaldo due to make an apperance.
Later on, the USA play Ghana after Iran host Nigeria, but what can we expect from today's offerings? Here's Ed Malyon...
Doubting the undoubtables
"You can't write off Germany," we are told. Yet for the first time in years it is getting a little tempting.
There is something about Jogi Low's side approaching this tournament that means they've lost some of their sheen of invincibility (or if not invincibility then whatever is the next rung down).
It could be that for the first time in years it is difficult to place full trust in their defence. Especially with questions over the left-back slot. It could be that with only one centre-forward going – and one who is certainly beyond his peak – there is a lack of variation in Germay's attacking options.
Or it could be that their best forward, Marco Reus, was cruelly ruled out with injury two weeks ago and has left them without one of the most exciting wide attackers in the game.
There is no doubt that they are a good side who will progress from their group, but they simply don't seem to have enough about them to justify being third-favourites for the whole competition.
Ron from the rich to give to the Por
Real Madrid were supposedly keen for Cristiano Ronaldo to sit out this World Cup because of tendonitis in his knee, but you can imagine how brief that phonecall with the Portuguese Football Federation's medical staff must have been.
Nonetheless, CR7 is expected to take to the field for the opener with Germany and expectation levels on the Portugal captain have never been higher.
The reigning best player in the world, at the peak of his powers and coming into this tournament with memories of La Decima still fresh in his mind, if he led his country to World Cup glory it would be one of the all-time great achievements.
And for a player who would love nothing more than to further engrave his name into history, that is the ultimate motivation.
READ MORE: What did we learn from Day 4 at the World Cup?
Team USA and the new generation
Landon Donovan's exclusion from the USA squad was a huge surprise. Many had expected the MLS legend to start, so Jurgen Klinsmann's failure to find space for him at all in the 23 completely shook America.
Supposedly the reasoning was that 'Klinsy' is seeing this tournament as a springboard for the future. With Portugal, Germany and Ghana drawn in their group it was always going to be a tough ask to even reach the knockout stages, and the thinking is that, after including 18-year-old Julian Green in his squad, that the German felt it pointless to waste a space on someone whose age meant they wouldn't be part of the set-up looking ahead to the 2016 Copa America and 2018 World Cup.
So now it's a young side, playing a diamond midfield and Jozy Altidore up front. Fair to say we don't know what to expect but with the start we've had to this World Cup who is to say they can't get something against Ghana?
Super Eagles need to soar
Nigeria come into this competition as African champions, and along with Ivory Coast in Group C they represent their continent's best chance of progressing from the group stage.
Argentina are massive favourites to top Group F but second place is up for grabs, and while next Saturday's game between the Nigerians and Bosnia in Cuiaba will go a long way to deciding who finishes runner-up, Stephen Keshi's men can't afford to slip up in their opener with Iran.
Carlos Queiroz is an experienced coach, and will set up his side to frustrate throughout the competition. If the Super Eagles can remain patient then they should prevail but anything less than three points would be a severe blow.
All today's World Cup build-up LIVE right here.
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While Nigeria have plenty of quality, they lack a real creative influence in the centre of the park and will have to rely on a different sort of spark to break down their opponents – namely the pace and dribbling of Ahmed Musa and Victor Moses.
A disappointing season on loan at Liverpool behind him, Moses' future is currently up in the air but after winning Player of the Tournament at the African Cup of Nations, the Chelsea winger knows that a good World Cup will have a significant impact on what level of club he is playing at next season.
Weighing in with a couple of goals and assists in the opening game will lift the pressure on him and remind suitors of his availability.
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Newcastle Investment (NCT +4%) hits a 52-week high as the sale of the firm's interest in a CDO will remove the impact of its negative book value from the NCT balance sheet and generate about a $200M gain in Q3. As part of the sale, the company purchased $101M face value in collateral held by the CDO for about 50% of par. The fancy footwork speaks well of management and of 5 more CDOs the company still manages. (PR)
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The lead Hawkeye story from Jen Van Meter in this new five issue mini-series is less the wisecracking, feet-first-into-action Avenger and more of a fill-in for a mystery story that isnât all that intriguing. Hawkeye happens to stumble into a dispute between a regular Joe and a tech-powered intimidator and winds up getting further involved in the regular Joeâs problems than seems reasonable or expected for Hawkeye. Throughout the story, Van Meter offers an almost apologetic confession from Hawkeye that he really isnât sure why heâs doing what heâs doing here. Thereâs a lack of conviction from the lead character that translates directly to a lack of excitement in the story.
The basic premise winds up being that Hawkeyeâs trying to find a girl that he has absolutely no connection to. Nothing in this issue makes this any more a Hawkeye story than it would be a Dominic Fortune tale or a skewed Howard the Duck story. Van Meter drops in a couple lower rung villains that really donât do much to liven up the story. The story seems forced, which may be Van Meter simply finding the voice for Hawkeye and trying to set a stride for the series, but all the same it just doesnât move well.
Roger Robinsonâs art is equally stiff and robotic, relying way too much on photo-realism and sacrificing energy and pizzazz. There is no shortage of detail in Robinsonâs work, and Fabio DâAuria throws down some wonderfully distracting patterns in the coloring, but visually, this issue lacks as much fire as the plot itself.
As a backup to this tale, âAvengers Soloâ carries a backup story that features some characters from Avengers Academy. No oneâs flying solo in that backup which just makes the story that much more of an odd choice for this issue. Written by Jim McCann with art by Clayton Henry, the story seems more like a misplaced installment from the âAvengers Academyâ title than it does a story designed to be here. Itâs a decent enough start to a story, but it is only barely a start. McCann has some fun with Hank Pym and seizes the opportunity to add to the relationship between Pym and Tigra while investigating a sliver of the past of the West Coast Avengers. Again in this story, though, there is no compelling element to draw me back.
This book is an oddity. It offers a whole lot of potential, but doesnât deliver on much of that potential. The recently published âHawkeye & Mockingbirdâ series had more of a âSolo Avengersâ feel to it than this comic does. Thereâs no denying âAvengersâ is the brand of choice at Marvel nowadays (Iâm surprised Matt Fractionâs new book isnât titled âDefending Avengersâ) but this title does little to merit that connection.


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