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Sally Armstrong
Sally Armstrong worked at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in several roles in the 1990s, including executive director. She began teaching insight meditation in 1996. Now a guiding teacher at Spirit Rock, she also leads its Dedicated Practitioners Program.
Listen to one of Sally's talks: What is Mindfulness? given at IMS on September 12, 2011 – 57 minutes, 39.6 MB (Download, Stream)
Steve Armstrong
Steve Armstrong, a co-founding teacher at the Vipassana Metta Foundation's dhamma sanctuary on Maui shares the Buddha's teachings on human development and liberation of mind. Out of compassion for future generations he plants trees and directs the Burma Schools Project.
Listen to one of Steve's talks: Four Noble Truths given at IMS on August 13, 2009 – 66 minutes, 45.1 MB (Download, Stream)
Rebecca Bradshaw
Rebecca Bradshaw is the guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley, MA. She leads vipassana retreats, including Spanish language courses, emphasizing embodied clarity and kindness. She holds a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology, and also serves as an IMS guiding teacher.
Listen to one of Rebecca's talks: Happiness of Equanimity given at IMS on June 10, 2009 – 57 minutes, 38.5 MB (Download, Stream)
Sky Dawson
Sky Dawson has practiced vipassana meditation since 1981, and also has extensive experience in hospice and palliative care in Western Australia. She has taught at IMS for several years and is now the Teacher-in-Residence at the Forest Refuge.
Listen to one of Sky's talks: Equanimity - Finding Balance of Mind given at IMS on June 13, 2011 – 54 minutes, 37.1 MB (Download, Stream)
Chas DiCapua
Chas DiCapua, a graduate of the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training, has offered meditation since 2001. He is interested in how all aspects of life can be used towards awakening. Currently the IMS Resident Teacher, he teaches throughout the US.
Listen to one of Chas's talks: The Illusion of Not Good Enough given at IMS on October 8, 2011 – 67 minutes, 45.8 MB (Download, Stream)
Christina Feldman
Christina Feldman is an IMS guiding teacher and co-founder of Gaia House in England. She has been teaching insight meditation retreats since 1976 and has recently been involved in the dialogue between cognitive therapies and Buddhist practice. Her books include Compassion and The Buddhist Path to Simplicity.
Listen to one of Christina's talks: The Wisdom of Disappointment given at IMS on March 11, 2007 – 44 minutes, 10.1 MB (Download, Stream)
Joseph Goldstein
Joseph Goldstein has taught Buddhist meditation worldwide since 1974. A co-founder and guiding teacher of IMS, he also helped envision and establish BCBS and IMS's Forest Refuge center. The author of One Dharma, his latest title is Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening.
Listen to one of Joseph's talks: Liberation Through Non-Clinging given at IMS on November 19, 2008 – 61 minutes, 28.2 MB (Download, Stream)
Michael Grady
Michael Grady has practiced insight meditation since 1973. He also trained with the late Master Sheng Yen in the Chan tradition which emphasizes that each moment of your life is a practice opportunity. He is currently a guiding teacher at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center.
Listen to one of Michael's talks: Not Self: We Are Included in Nature given at IMS on August 25, 2009 – 52 minutes, 35.3 MB (Download, Stream)
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Narayan Helen Liebenson is a guiding teacher of IMS and the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center and a regular contributor to Buddhadharma magazine. Her training includes over 30 years in the Theravada tradition as well as in Chan with the late Master Sheng Yen.
Listen to one of Narayan's talks: Compassion given at IMS on August 23, 2007 – 45 minutes, 8 MB (Download, Stream)
Michele McDonald
Michele McDonald has taught insight meditation around the world for 31 years, helping individuals to find their own natural entry points into stillness and deep liberation. She is a co-founder of Vipassana Hawai'i as well as a leader of retreats for youth and Burma relief projects.
Annie Nugent
Annie Nugent has practiced since 1979 and was an IMS Resident Teacher, 1999-2003. Her teaching style aims to reveal how all aspects of our lives can help us come to a clear and direct understanding of the Truth.
Listen to one of Annie's talks: Trust in the Unfolding Process of the Dharma given at IMS on February 28, 2008 – 55 minutes, 23.2 MB (Download, Stream)
Yanai Postelnik
Yanai Postelnik has been teaching insight meditation retreats internationally since 1992. His teaching is inspired by the Forest tradition of Thailand and the natural world. He lives in England and is a guiding teacher of Gaia House.
Listen to one of Yanai's talks: Vulnerability, Not Knowing and Openness given at IMS on July 13, 2011 – 54 minutes, 37.6 MB (Download, Stream)
Larry Rosenberg
Larry Rosenberg studied with J. Krishnamurti and practiced Zen for ten years before coming to vipassana meditation. The founding teacher of Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, his latest book is Three Steps to Awakening: The Practice of Bringing Mindfulness to Life.
Listen to one of Larry's talks: Dogen's Instructions to the Cook - Part 1 given at IMS on July 10, 2010 – 47 minutes, 32.6 MB (Download, Stream)
Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg, a co-founder of IMS and BCBS, has practiced meditation since 1971 and has been teaching worldwide since 1974. She is an IMS guiding teacher and author of Real Happiness, Faith, Lovingkindness and other publications.
Listen to one of Sharon's talks: Three Personality Types given at IMS on March 23, 2004 – 48 minutes, 11.1 MB (Download)
Gina Sharpe
Gina Sharpe has studied and practiced the dharma for many years in Asia and the US. She has been teaching since 1994 and is the guiding teacher of New York Insight Meditation Center, which she co-founded in 1997.
Listen to one of Gina's talks: Compassion - When Love Meets Suffering given at IMS on August 30, 2011 – 57 minutes, 39.1 MB (Download, Stream)
Rodney Smith
Rodney Smith, an IMS guiding teacher, has taught insight meditation since 1984. He is a former Buddhist monk and worked in hospice care for 17 years. The author of Stepping Out of Self-Deception and Awakening: A Paradigm Shift of the Heart, he founded and guides Seattle Insight Meditation Society.
Listen to one of Rodney's talks: Radical Accountability given at IMS on December 29, 2006 – 47 minutes, 10.8 MB (Download, Stream)
Carol Wilson
Carol Wilson, an IMS guiding teacher, has practiced insight meditation since 1971 with a variety of teachers, including Sayadaw U Pandita and Ashin U Tejaniya, as well as spending a year as a nun in Thailand. She has offered retreats worldwide since 1986, including the annual IMS Three-Month course.
Listen to one of Carol's talks: Perception of Impermanence given at IMS on October 22, 2006 – 60 minutes, 13.9 MB (Download, Stream)
Akincano is a Swiss Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist. A former monk, he practiced for 20 years in European and Thai Forest monasteries. Particular interests are suttas, stillness and contemplative psychology. He lives in Cologne, Germany, and teaches internationally.
Listen to one of Akincano's talks: A Good Friend given at Gaia House on June 26, 2010 – 56 minutes, 51 MB (Download, Stream)
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia is a student of the Western forest sangha and a Lay Buddhist Minister in association with Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in CA. She has been a dhamma teacher since 1990, served as IMS Resident Teacher in the 1990s, and is a core faculty member at BCBS.
Bhikkhu Anālayo
Bhikkhu Anālayo is a German scholar-monk, teacher and author of Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization. He studies Buddhist texts in Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan, with a special interest in Buddhist meditation and the role of women in Buddhism.
Pascal Auclair
Pascal Auclair has been immersed in the dharma since 1997, studying with revered Asian monastic and lay Western teachers. A co-founder of True North Insight Meditation Centre in Canada, he enjoys sharing the Buddha's teachings with all curious people.
Listen to one of Pascal's talks: Four Ways We Get Too Tight given at IMS on August 2, 2011 – 64 minutes, 44.3 MB (Download, Stream)
Ariya B. Baumann
Ariya B. Baumann was a Buddhist nun for 21 years in Burma where she practiced under the guidance of Sayadaw U Janaka. Now she is based in Switzerland and teaches metta and vipassana meditation retreats worldwide.
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Bhante Buddharakkhita was born in Uganda. Meditating since 1993, he was ordained as a Theravada Buddhist monk in 2002 and teaches worldwide. Founder of the Uganda Buddhist Centre, he is also the founder of Bodhi Education Foundation, Inc. in Maryland, and author of Planting Dhamma Seeds.
Howard Cohn
Howard Cohn has been leading vipassana retreats internationally since 1985. A psychotherapist and an original member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council, he brings joy and passion to his teaching with an emphasis on reawakening our natural freedom.
Mark Coleman
Mark Coleman has taught retreats since 1997, following extensive training in several Buddhist traditions. He leads Wilderness Meditation courses, mindfulness teacher trainings, has a private practice in counseling and coaching, and is the author of Awake in the Wild.
Chris Cullen
Chris Cullen trained as a dharma teacher with Christina Feldman. He teaches mindfulness courses through the Oxford University Mindfulness Centre, including on-going courses for MPs in Parliament in London. Chris co-founded the UK-based Mindfulness in Schools Project .
Matthew Daniell
Matthew Daniell has practiced Buddhism since 1985. He is a founder and the guiding teacher at the Insight Meditation Center of Newburyport, MA, and a member of the religious services department at Phillips Exeter Academy. He teaches nationally.
Bonnie Duran
Bonnie Duran, Dr.P.H., began Buddhist meditation practice 30 years ago. She is currently participating in the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training Program. An associate professor of public health, she conducts research in partnership with US tribal organizations.
Jean Esther
Jean Esther has trained in meditation since 1975. She teaches at Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley, MA, Smith College and nationally. She also integrates the Buddha's teachings on love and wisdom within her psychotherapy practice in Western MA.
Andrea Fella
Andrea Fella has practiced insight meditation since 1996, studying with both Western and Asian teachers. With an emphasis on clarity and practicality, she teaches at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA, and nationally.
Anushka Fernandopulle
Anushka Fernandopulle is on the Teachers Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and works as a leadership coach and management consultant. Her teaching is informed by creative arts, nature, political engagement and modern urban life.
Listen to one of Anushka's talks: Metta: Digging a Good Trench in the Heart given at IMS on August 1, 2009 – 54 minutes, 37.6 MB (Download, Stream)
Patricia Genoud-Feldman
Patricia Genoud-Feldman has been practicing Buddhist meditation (vipassana and Dzogchen) in Asia and the West since 1984 and teaching vipassana internationally since 1997. She is a co-founder and guiding teacher of the Meditation Centre Vimalakirti in Geneva, Switzerland.
Listen to one of Patricia's talks: Purifying the Mind and Heart given at IMS on November 13, 2008 – 66 minutes, 30.3 MB (Download, Stream)
JoAnna Harper
JoAnna Harper is a participant in the current IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training Program. Her main focus is on working with youth through children's and teen sanghas, teen retreats, and involvement in the juvenile justice system. She is the mother of two children – her main inspirations.
Ven U Jagara
Ven U Jagara ordained in 1979 in Burma. He then spent 15 years meditating and studying in Sri Lanka. Since 1995, he has trained under Burmese master Pa Auk Sayadaw, who is renowned as a guide for jhana and vipassana practices.
Ajahn Jayanto
Ajahn Jayanto entered the monastic community in 1989, training under Ajahn Sumedho and others in the Ajahn Chah forest monasteries in the UK and Thailand. Normally at Amaravati in England, he is also involved in exploring the prospects for a branch forest monastery in New England.
Caroline Jones
Caroline Jones, a member of the Gaia House teacher council, has been practicing meditation for 25 years and teaching since 2009. She is especially interested in exploring ways to bring the Buddha's teachings into our daily lives.
Ofosu Jones-Quartey
Ofosu Jones-Quartey has been practicing vipassana meditation since 2000. He is a member of the Bhavana Society community and a student of Bhante Buddharakkhita. He is also a solo artist, making both pop and Buddhist-inspired music.
Bhante Khippapanno
Bhante Khippapanno, ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1949, practiced vipassana in India and Burma with Dipa Ma, Mahasi Sayadaw and Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw. He founded Jetavana Vihara, Washington, DC, 1982, and Sakyamuni Meditation Center, CA, 1988. He helped establish Phuoc Son Meditation Center, Vietnam, 1994.
Kittisaro, a Rhodes Scholar, spent 15 years as a monk in the Forest sangha of Ajahn Chah. A director of Dharmagiri in South Africa, he has completed two year-long self retreats and teaches worldwide.
Listen to one of Kittisaro's talks: Ice to Water as Dukkha to Peace given at IMS on March 9, 2011 – 33 minutes, 22.7 MB (Download, Stream)
Madeline Klyne
Madeline Klyne has loved the dharma since 1986. She is a co-founder of South Shore Insight Meditation Center, and teaches there and at Cambridge Insight Meditation Center. Madeline also leads retreats for LGBTIQ communities at other meditation centers.
Listen to one of Madeline's talks: Life is Fleeting given at IMS on September 15, 2007 – 47 minutes, 21.5 MB (Download, Stream)
Dori Langevin
Dori Langevin, Psy.D., began teaching in 2003. She is especially interested in the sacred feminine and how Buddhist teachings can inform our relationships through embodied presence. She also values the interaction between mindfulness, addiction recovery and emotional healing.
Brian Lesage
Brian Lesage has studied in the Zen, Theravada and Tibetan schools of Buddhism since 1988. He has taught meditation across the US since 2000 and currently teaches in the vipassana tradition. He also has a private Somatic Experiencing® practice.
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey's meditation teaching aims to inspire the faith, determination and skill necessary to realize the deepest human freedom.
Listen to one of Jesse's talks: Rooting Our Faith in the Deepest Truth given at IMS on June 11, 2011 – 55 minutes, 38.2 MB (Download, Stream)
Catherine McGee
Catherine McGee has practiced and studied Buddhist meditation since 1992, and has taught at Gaia House in England and internationally since 1997. She is also a student of the Diamond Approach of A.H. Almaas.
Ajahn Metta
Ajahn Metta, born in Germany, received ordination as a siladhara (10-precept nun) in 1996 at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. She is currently a senior nun at Cittaviveka Monastery , also in the UK.
Winnie Nazarko
Winnie Nazarko started dharma practice 30 years ago, asking, 'Why does there have to be suffering in the world?' A graduate of the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training Program, she teaches to help individuals realize their full potential for clarity, balance, kindness and wisdom.
Listen to one of Winnie's talks: Seeing the Good given at IMS on November 11, 2011 – 55 minutes, 37.8 MB (Download, Stream)
Mark Nunberg
Mark Nunberg began his Buddhist practice in 1982 and has been teaching meditation since 1990. He co-founded Common Ground Meditation Center in Minneapolis, MN in 1993 and continues to serve as the center's guiding teacher.
Susan O'Brien
Susan O'Brien has been practicing vipassana meditation since 1980 and has studied with a variety of Western and Asian teachers. She began teaching in 1996 and coordinates the Insight Meditation correspondence course.
Listen to one of Susan's talks: Refuge given at IMS on July 13, 2010 – 51 minutes, 35.1 MB (Download, Stream)
John Peacock
John Peacock has taught meditation for almost 30 years. He currently teaches Buddhist Psychology at Oxford University in the MBCT masters program. He is also Associate Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre and is a member of Gaia House's Teacher Council.
Listen to one of John's talks: Embodying Your Intention given at IMS on July 15, 2012 - 48 minutes, 33 MB (Download, Stream)
Doug Phillips
Doug Phillips has taught insight meditation since 1995. The guiding teacher of Empty Sky Vipassana Sangha in West Cornwall, CT, he has been deeply influenced by Vimala Thakar and J. Krishnamurti, and is authorized to teach Koan Zen.
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Deborah Ratner Helzer has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1995, including a year as a nun in Burma. She has been teaching in the Washington, DC, area and around the country since 2001.
Marcia Rose
Marcia Rose has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1970. She is the guiding teacher for The Mountain Hermitage in Taos, NM and was IMS Resident Teacher, 1991-1995. Her international teaching is rooted in the Mahasi and Pa Auk Forest Monastery lineages.
Listen to one of Marcia's talks: Kamma given at IMS on October 22, 2009 – 53 minutes, 33.4 MB (Download, Stream)
Greg Scharf
Greg Scharf has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992, and has been teaching residential retreats since 2007. His teaching emphasizes the confluence of love and wisdom on the path to liberation.
Listen to one of Greg's talks: Renunciation given at IMS on April 8, 2011 – 54 minutes, 37.6 MB (Download, Stream)
Tempel Smith
Tempel Smith spent a year ordained as a monk in Burma and teaches Buddhist psychology in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently part of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council and co-leads the Dedicated Practitioner Program.
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn Sucitto became a bhikkhu in Thailand in 1976. He has been closely associated with Ajahn Sumedho for over 30 years, and is currently abbot of Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery in Chithurst, England. He has taught at IMS since 1989.
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Sayadaw U Tejaniya trained under the late meditation master Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw. After a career in business and life as a householder, he became a monk in 1996. He is now the meditation teacher of the Shwe Oo Min meditation center in Yangon, Burma. The author of Dhamma Everywhere, he also teaches worldwide.
Thanissara, a practitioner since 1975, was a Buddhist nun for 12 years and teaches internationally. She is a director of Dharmagiri in South Africa and has an M.A. in Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy Practice.
Listen to one of Thanissara's talks: Without Walls of the Mind given at IMS on March 10, 2011 – 39 minutes, 27 MB (Download, Stream)
Sayadaw U Vivekananda
Sayadaw U Vivekananda has trained under Ven. Sayadaw U Pandita since 1988. He has taught internationally since 1998, guiding meditators in English, Burmese, German and French. He is the resident teacher at Panditarama Lumbini International Vipassana Meditation Center in Nepal.
Spring Washam
Spring Washam, a founding teacher of the East Bay Meditation Center teaches Vipassana and metta retreats nationally. She is a member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council and is a pioneer in bringing mindfulness based teachings to inner city communities.
Listen to one of Spring's talks: Freedom Through Letting Go given at IMS on September 24, 2011 – 60 minutes, 41.7 MB (Download, Stream)
Lila Kate Wheeler
Lila Kate Wheeler began practicing vipassana in 1977. Her practice honors a variety of Buddhist lineages. In addition to teaching meditation, she writes fiction, travel journalism and spiritual essays. She lives in Somerville, MA, with her husband, an anthropologist.
Listen to one of Lila's talks: Unconditional Mindfulness given at IMS on January 28, 2011 – 60 minutes, 41.1 MB (Download, Stream)
Larry Yang
Larry Yang has taught meditation since 1999. He is a Spirit Rock Meditation Center teacher and a core teacher of the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, CA and the guiding teacher of the Insight Community of the Desert in Palm Springs, CA
Listen to a Sangha News interview with Larry & Gina Sharpe: Diverse World, Diverse Sangha, June 2010 – 12 minutes, 8.5 MB (Download)
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Hundreds have lined up this week in North Phoenix to get a free Thanksgiving meal.The Desert Mission Food Bank has been handing out meals and this year it's been tough to just keep up with the demand.The giveaway was underway near Fifth Street and Hatcher Road on Thursday morning.Nearly 3,000 meals are being handed out by volunteers.People have been lining up for the last three days and they arrive first thing in the morning to wait.The serving includes a full Thanksgiving meal: turkey, dressing and all the trimmings.The group said they expected there to be crowd this big and know the demand will continue even after today."The need is out there as the economy kind of shifts. I think people think that there's not so much of a need out there but in all honesty, there is," Desert Mission spokesperson Ginger Brandt said.Thursday was the last day and they had enough supply to last until about 2 p.m., but on Friday, those in need can come by and take part in the normal food bank.Click here for more details on Desert Mission Food Bank and how you can help.
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Gov. Pat McCrory recorded a message Wednesday for the baseball teams of N.C. State and North Carolina as they make their way to Omaha for the College World Series.
McCrory congratulated the Wolfpack and Tar Heels on their success and for putting him in the spirit.
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"The players, along with their coaches, Elliott Avent and Mike Fox, have been on a long journey all season," McCrory said. "And now a new journey begins in Omaha.
McCrory starts the message by referencing photos of him playing catch in front of the state Capitol earlier in the week.
A liberal advocacy group said McCrory was "playing catch with his chief of staff" when children attempted to deliver 16,000 signed petitions to his office Monday ahead of Moral Monday demonstrations.
McCrory's office contests the governor was in a meeting with an elected representative at the time the petitions were delivered.
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Tyler Day, 28, had been out for a productive crime spree, according to Mesa Police officials. Day honed in on a dense area of condos near Dobson and Baseline, where he was going from door to door checking to see if anyone had left their home unlocked.
When Day reached the Godfrey's back patio, he was able to glide right inside because the latch on the sliding patio door was broken.
It's like your worst nightmare," said Godfrey. "What you're always afraid of, and it's actually happening."
Godfrey's husband immediately sprang into action.
"He came downstairs and yelled at the guy. And our neighbors over here had already called the cops," she said.
The intruder ran towards the way he came in, towards the back patio door, only to see several Mesa P.D. uniformed officers waiting outside. He then did a 180 and ran out the front door. Police were also stationed there, and quickly took Day into custody.
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A crop of American cockroaches brings in serious cash.
Ohio is expecting to provide a total of 80,000 pounds of pet food to families
in need by the end of the year, but they're worried they won't be able to
provide the service next year.
organization provides food to strays and families who need a little extra help,
but officials say their food bank is running low.
of the suppliers of our pet food has had a change in corporate policy, so our
donations are unexpectedly down," said Jill Borkowski from Humane Ohio.
the demand for pet food has increased, as well. Last year, Humane Ohio served
about 230 households per month. This year that number is more than 280.
are people out there that rely on this every month," said Loretta Deal at the
food bank. "This is my first time here and it's kind of scary because I know
there's a lot of people that need it."
high demand and a love of animals is what motivated Kymberly Smith to make a
are many people in the community that do not have the ability to pay, and I've
been blessed," Smith said. "I've had to use the food bank from time to time,
and what you want to do is remember these moments and just pay it forward."
food bank gave away 70,000 pounds of food last year. So far this year, they've
given away 64,000 pounds. Officials are hoping their plea will help them stock
the shelves and feed more animals in need.
rely on donations to keep our shelves stocked," Borkowski said. "We have
little-to-no budget to go out and buy food, so when people in the community
donate a bag or a can, it's one more person and pet we can help every week."
pet food bank is available for residents in Lucas, Wood and Monroe counties. Visit their website for
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If you were Floyd..., How would you feel after reading Tommy Summer's letter?
If you were Floyd..., How would you feel after reading Tommy Summer's letter?
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As always, it's always a matter of time before the pieces start to fit the puzzle http://www.fighthype.com/news/article13399.html
Great read to end my night shift at work and if the case, kudos to Floyd for showing loyalty and stayin true to what he's always said about loyalty. If I were in that position (as tempting as those figures look and sound), I'd do the same. Easy. Al Harmon didn't make Floyd the fighter he is, but he does have a lot to do with making Floyd the rich fighter he is. It would look sooo suspect if Floyd had all those positive things to say about Haymon, to go and turn his back on his mentor, as to say (power phrase) "even though you've done a lot for me, I don't trust". It makes more sense now why 50 said that he (Floyd) has a good heart, but don't think that he's smart. Translation "I respect your loyalty, but my plan of how to get this money is better than what you settled for".
I respect both Floyd & fif, but this one is a 1+ for Floyd if you ask me.
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lol a grown man wrote that letter?
stevie wonder could write better than that
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Chief 6C, at this time positioned in the foyer area assisting with hoseline advancement, observed a rapid increase in smoke visible up the stairwell and then fire in the two-story great room. Chief 6C reported fire was visible to the approximate level of the first-floor ceiling in the great room. Chief 5B, positioned in the great room near the first-floor fireplace, saw fire progress down the stairway and "blow out the front door." On the exterior, Huntingtown Command recognized these conditions and called for an evacuation.
In the second-floor bedroom, the officer from Engine 6-2 became separated from his firefighter on the nozzle and ultimately jumped from the second-floor window, landing on the first-floor overhang before landing on the grassy surface on side Alpha. The firefighter from Engine 6-2 and a firefighter from Squad 6 operating in the bedroom retreated to the stairway. Multiple firefighters operating in the open area on the second floor reacted to the rapid fire progress by immediately implementing survival techniques. Firefighters partnered up with other firefighters by holding onto airpacks and rapidly descended the stairs. At least one firefighter found the hoseline and followed it until the banister surrounding the stairwell was located. Several firefighters, upon locating the banister, jumped or fell to the first floor.
Chief 2, operating as Division 2, on the second floor encountered a rapid heat buildup while standing next to the railing around the stairwell. Chief 2 sounded his PASS (audible warning device) to serve as a beacon for other firefighters on the second floor before following the hose down the stairs. Once in the foyer area, Chief 2 helped pull down hoselines from the second floor and gather equipment. When Chief 2 discovered a helmet from a Company 2 firefighter, Chief 2 conducted a face-to-face accountability check with Engine 2-1 and Tower 2 before confirming all personnel from Company 2 were accounted for with Huntingtown Command.
Emergency transmissions
The following radio transmissions outline the emergency:
Huntingtown Command: "6C, come in and I need accountability right away."
Chief 6C: "(Vibralert sounds)…I am still trying to verify that everyone has come out…(Vibralert sounds)…start a few ambulances, I know we've got people hurt."
Huntingtown Command: "I cannot, can't copy a word you're saying, Chief."
Chief 6C: "(Vibralert sounds)…I am still inside on Division 2, trying to verify that everyone is out…start an ALS unit and a few ambulances. (Chief 6A) I know we've got people hurt."
Huntingtown Command: "Alright, the only thing I got is that you got a couple people hurt, they're in the front yard. Your mask is going off. I can't understand a word you're saying."
Chief 6C: "(Vibralert sounds)…I'm inside verifying that everyone is out." Chief 6C and 5B remained in the first-floor foyer area for a few minutes to ensure all firefighters were accounted for and had exited the home. "Start me three ambulances for now, Calvert. I'll get back to you in a minute."
Medic 102 had requested aero medical evacuation resources in the form of helicopters from Maryland State Police as soon as firefighters appeared in the doorway evacuating the house.
Huntingtown Command: "Please somebody get on the handlines."
Chief 6C: "(Vibralert sounds)...(unreadable transmission)."
Huntingtown Command: "Safety Officer 6, come in. Safety Officer 6, come in."
Unknown unit: "Engine 2, I need water."
Huntingtown Command: "I need to know if we're all clear. I still see people coming out that front door."
Duty Chief: "Duty Chief, Chief 2 and Chief 6C, we're all here making sure everybody's out."
Huntingtown Command: "Alright, now I want one of you to let me know who's hurt, how many guys and the severity of injuries immediately."
Duty Chief: "I'll get that to you in one second."
Tower 2 Portable: "Be advised that when I was coming out, the homeowner was inside. You need to make sure that homeowner got out."
Huntingtown Command: "Yeah, I think he dove out that window, I think I saw him come out the front."
Duty Chief: "Duty Chief to Command."
Unknown unit: "Command, I got that second supply line coming back. I'm not going to be able to make it duals with 2-2. I'm going to have to lay their thousand out and then use their LDH (large-diameter hose)."
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18Lady Gaga's Applause Is Flopping
Lady Gaga's newest single, "Applause" is being met with silence. "Put your hands up, make 'em touch," Gaga talk-sings on the track, but her pleas for applause are being ignored. As of the moment I'm writing this, Lady Gaga's "Applause" has dropped to #4 on iTunes. In #1 is Katy Perry with "Roar." For about 3 days Gaga was in a distant second place, with Perry outselling Gaga 2:1, but then Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" sauntered in (now #2), and then Luke Bryan's "That's My Kind Of Night" stepped right behind (#3) leaving Gaga at #4, which is pretty disastrous for her. Aside from checking iTunes, you can keep up with the charts and get more details on Kworb.net.
Gaga is urging fans to buy multiple copies of her single, offering prizes for those who buy the most, which is yeah, kind of pathetic. To get an idea of how dismal her stats are, "Born This Way" (the single) was, "the fastest-selling single in the history of the iTunes" (MTV.com) and got 448,000 sales after only 3 days (Billboard). "Applause" may clear only 200,000 — 225,000 after a whole week. Roar is estimated to hit 450,000 (Billboard).
So what the hell happened? After she had to cancel her tour was Gaga gone too long? Now that she's back is she more overexposed than ever? Are people annoyed with her latest campaigns and publicity attempts? Do they simply prefer Katy Perry?
Tell us what you think. I've got my own theories and I'm curious to hear yours.
August 17, 2013 at 8:30 am by Catherine St. Ives
18 Responses to "Lady Gaga's Applause Is Flopping"
I think people are just over her. I think most of the time she looks like a clown.
Yeah, I think a lot of people are over her, I have her first album and I really like it and still listen to it, but I have really grown to dislike her. She is just so arrogant and obnoxious. Everything she says and does is just eye-roll inducing.
I agree, Breezie! I wish Beyonce would vanish from our sight for the same reasons.
Katy Perry is about to be over. Prism flopped with only selling 287k it's first week. The other singles are don't doing that well. Good, she has no real talent.
Same here, I find her immensely dull and embarrassing now.
Don't you find Adele boring and stale? I think she has had the most overhyped album in the last 25 years.
Applause sounds a little dated, tbh. :S I suppose it is because it sounds so much like girl gone wild and I can't shake the feeling that I've heard the chorus a million times before.
Why is this supposed to be about a competition between 2 females, like a couple of WW wrestlers or strip bar competitors? This is SO wrong!!!
They are both so strong in their own right. Let's support them both.
I think we all need to be aware that the Perez Hilton endeavor to destroy Lady Gaga may be affecting our objective awareness of her.
I don't like her that much but I also advocate fair treatment of her.
"Flopping" is such a relative term, isn't it? Really, I don't know how long she expected to tell the public that her upcoming album would alter the course of national history or show up to awards ceremonies in an egg and still be able to produce new material. There's only so many times you can be weird and provocative and still surprise people into noticing you, especially now that she's got an overwhelming public image of being druggy and arrogant. I think that's the bulk of her trouble.
The second factor here is that the song isn't anything special.
also @nicole peach, RIGHT ON about making it a competition between two females. I hate to see popular artists being reduced to gender roles like this (although I don't know why what Perez Hilton thinks should matter- i couldn't care less about him)
What do I think ? I think next summer I'll go to Maui for a few weeks
1. 200.000 sold copies and #4 in some charts is a "flop" most bands would be glad to have.
2. It's kinda sad that success is measured in the amount of stupid fans an artist has that buy multiple copies of a digital song…and it looks like katycats are more stupid than Gagas monsters.
I am not surprised at all. I think it has little to do with gaga or the single itself. I believe this was bound to happen because of her fans and the fact that everything she does is overhyped. Born this way sales were inflated due to the $0.99 sale which prompted her bullying little group of monsters to buy multiple copies (much like she is expecting them to do again). For some reason before anything she does comes out the buzz they try to create about how wonderful and artistic is too much. It just sets her up for failure. finally, the bullying monsters – it is hard to be a fan of hers if you already like any other artist because her fan base has spent 5 years twitter bullying, bashing, asking people to commit suicide etc. I was shocked when I first saw pics of her standing on a balcony watching her fans burning Madonna pictures and disappointed that she did not address her fan base when they were telling Kelly Osborne to kill herself. The monsters have attacked everyone from beyonce to Rihanna to Taylor swift, bieber, ….. The list just goes on and on and on. Maybe she needs to take a few years off, let her fanebase grow up, allow people to forget all of the negativity and she can spend her time coming up with something that does not seem like a copy of anything Madonna, grace jones, bowie or bjork have already done,
Flopga is very boring. People don't like her. All she does is to copy real artists such as Madonna and Britney Spears.
People are just starting to realize they're being fed shit when there's plenty of gourmet to listen to.
The song is alright, but it's no Poker Face or Bad Romance. It'll be a success because she is too big to flop (meaning her label will do anything to have her reach Fame Monster-like sales), but it's not her best work.
I just think he song is borning. Here first cd and the mini cd where Great. I Still play them . I did not like he last cd.I don't like what i am hearing now. Maybe the next single be better
I just think the song is borning. Here first cd and the mini cd where Great. I Still play them . I did not like he last cd.I don't like what i am hearing now. Maybe the next single be better


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The Pima County Sheriff's Department served a search warrant on the Northwest side after a string of burglaries on Christmas Eve.
"We came home from the grocery store and SWAT was all over... cops... detectives... undercover," said Cora Fossum, who lives in the area.
Armed with a search warrant, Pima County Sheriff's investigators and their SWAT team searched this mobile home looking for clues and more evidence.
Pima County Sheriff's Spokesman, Tom Peine said, "The suspect burglarized at least two homes that we know of, in his own neighborhood on Christmas Eve."
This comes 24 hours after they arrested Michael Francis just next door in his Ruthrauff and I-10 home.
"You can't leave anything unlocked, you can't leave anything not bolted down cause they'll take it," said Fossum. "It seems that everybody in this neighborhood is parasites and it's taking over."
The first victim told deputies he saw Francis walking down the street with his stuff. He ran after him but lost sight. Deputies were able to gather enough evidence that led them to where he lived.
"Burglaries create a web of information that may lead to other suspects or places that need to be searched," said Peine.
The two homes Francis allegedly broke into were less than a mile away. We weren't able to reach any of the victims tonight but neighbors tell us they're on edge.
"It's kind of scary to know that and it makes me want to keep my doors locked," said Jamie Lester.
We've also learned a strange twist, the man police believe is responsible for a murder suicide on the east side involving his ex-girlfriend last week happens to be Francis' brother. Deputies also tell us Francis' mom was arrested yesterday along with her son on a warrant.
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According to the Coast Guard, a helicopter crew rescued two children from the marsh near Oyster Creek Saturday.
Officials say the father of the boys called Coast Guard Air Station in Atlantic City around 8:20 p.m. He told them he was fishing with his two sons when they got out of the boat and became stranded
A helicopter crew arrived 40 minutes later and lifted the boys from the marsh and took them to the air station. The boys were not injured.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>


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CHICAGO (AP) - Online auctions of surplus materials have generated more than $10 million since 2011 for the city of Chicago.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office announced the revenue from online auctions Friday. The mayor's office says the amount is more than twice that collected during the previous three years.
Online auctions allow the city's Department of Procurement Services to sell surplus items ranging from wood pallets and scrap metal to old trucks and police boats.
Lower-priced items have included DVD players and vacuum cleaners. Most items sold online are stored at the city's salvage yard, although some is sold from facilities where it was used.
The city is working with sister agencies such as the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Public Schools to identify items no longer used.
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AIDS Project Rhode Island
232 W. Exchange St., Providence, RI 02903
(401) 831-5522 ext. 113
Mission: To provide compassionate, non-judgmental and collaborative response to the needs of people infected, affected and at risk of HIV/AIDS. This is accomplished through leadership in prevention, education, supportive services and advocacy. The Project is guided by principles that epitomize effective nonprofit management and client-centered outcomes.
The Project is dedicated to excellence in the provision of confidential, comprehensive, caring, and consumer-driven services that contribute to the well being of HIV infected persons, and to the eradication of HIV transmission in Rhode Island.
Volunteers are needed to work in a variety of programs and services such as prevention education (staff the AIDS hotline, act as school community educator or Hepatitis vaccine educator), client services (work as computer trainer, computer/database developer, assist in the Buddy Program), and administration and development (assist with bulk mailings and administrative duties including working as graphic designer or receptionist). Volunteers are also needed to help organize and implement fundraisers and organize workshops and educational programs.
RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence
422 Post Road, Suite 202, Warwick, RI 02888
(401) 467-9940
Mission: The purpose of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence is to eliminate domestic violence in Rhode Island. Our mission is to support and enhance the work of our member agencies, and to provide leadership on the issue of domestic violence.
The Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV) was incorporated in 1979 to assist and support Rhode Island's shelters for battered women in statewide planning, program development, systems advocacy and public education/prevention. RICADV's six member agencies have been providing services to victims of domestic violence for the last twenty-five years, consistently expanding services to provide the comprehensive support for battered women and their children. RICADV also works both locally and nationally to improve public policy on the issue of domestic violence.
RI Indian Council
807 Broad Street, Providence, RI 02907
(401) 941-33983
Mission: We are here to meet the needs of today's American Indian families, and to serve as a center for cultural, historical, and social exchange. Ultimately, we are building a future for our people based on the Indian nations' history, traditions, and philosophies. This is the understanding we want to share with all people.
The Indian Council is a private, non-profit agency that provides the Native American community with social services, occupational training and employment, and economic development capabilities. The Council also serves as a center for cultural, social and historical exchange among its members. Volunteers are needed as tutors for a youth substance abuse prevention program.
Day One-The Sexual Assault & Trauma Resource Center of RI
100 Medway Street
Providence, RI 02906-4402
Tel: (401)-421-4100
Emergency Line: (800)-494-8100
Mission: To reduce the prevalence of sexual abuse and violence, and to support and advocate for those affected by it.
The Sexual Assault & Trauma Resource Center of RI offers support and information to child and adult victims of sexual violence. Volunteers are needed to staff the 24-hour, statewide hotline; provide victims with accompaniment to police stations, hospital emergency rooms and court; assist with development efforts; and participate in the agency's education programs. Volunteers are trained.
TAP-IN (Touch a Person in Need)
281 County Road, Barrington, RI
(401) 247-1444
TAP-IN provides crucial services to the poor by giving them the resources they need to get back on their feet. TAP-IN enables people to achieve economic independence and to lead happy and health lives. Volunteers are needed to help sort clothing, shelf donated food, drive clients to doctor appointments, and provide childcare for special events.
Women's Resource Center
114 Truro Street, Newport, RI 02840: (401) 846-5263
516 Main Street, Warren, RI 02840: (401) 247-2070
24-Hour Hotline: (401) 847-2533
Mission: Leading domestic violence prevention through the empowerment of individuals and the community by providing advocacy, education and support services.
Volunteers are needed to provide education and support to victims of domestic abuse. Victims call the hotline to come to the Resource Center and to learn about other resources available to them. In the shelter, volunteers assist with all of the daily living activities, child care, cleaning, transporting clients, offering emotional support, etc. Volunteers are asked to volunteer 3-4 hours per week for at least 6 months. Training is provided three times a year.
Youth Pride, Inc.
171 Chestnut St. Providence, RI 02903
(401) 421-5626
Mission: YPI's goals are to meet the social, emotional and educational needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQQ) youth and their allies through empowering programs of support, education, organizing and advocacy, while working to change the homophobic, biphobic and transphobic environments in which they live, work, study, play and pray.
Drop-In Center: a place for youth to hang out, use library and computer facilities and meet others. Hours Monday-Friday, Noon - 8:00 p.m.
Outreach: youth are trained to present workshops on HIV/AIDS, STDs, pregnancy, substance abuse, gender and sexuality in schools and community agencies. Youth are also trained as activists to educate their peers on the connections between racial and economic justice and sexual orientation. Through the Street Health Initiative youth are trained to distribute safe sex materials, food, toiletries and referrals through street outreach in Providence.
The Way Out Support Group: to discuss difficulties and solutions with peers in a supportive and confidential environment. The Support Group meets on Tuesdays, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Social Activities: include Wednesday Movie/Game Nights and Friday outings for bowling, plays, pool, movies, and cultural and social events.
The Safe Zone Program: Youth Pride helps to establish safe zones -- places that actively support and assist lesbian, gay, transgender youth -- in schools and community organizations.
Gay Straight Alliances are after-school clubs formed by youth to discuss issues affecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth at their schools. The RI GSA Coalition brings them together for support and activism.


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My fellow Americans, have you read your QDR?
"My QD what?" you say.
I am referring to the Pentagon's recently released Quadrennial Defense Review Report (QDR). It's a 92-page document in which the United States (U.S.) Department of "Defense's" (DOD's) "senior leadership sets out," in Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's words, "where the DOD currently is and the direction we believe it needs to go in fulfilling our responsibilities to the American people" (you can read it online at qdy/qdr2006.pdf).
It's not a riveting read, but you might want to give it a look. After all, something like half of your federal tax dollars go to sustaining the federal "defense" budget. That budget accounts for nearly half the world's military spending and pays for more than 700 U.S. military bases located in nearly every country on the planet.
The "Defense" Department's invasion of Iraq has cost many hundreds of billions of dollars so far, an enormous sum that combines with overall military spending to significantly disable our federal government's ability to meet basic social needs within the significantly poverty-stricken U.S.
Sounds a little more like "offense" (or what Pentagon planners and "defense" contractors like to call "forward global force projection") than "defense," but Or-, I mean oh, well.
Reading the QDR with a skeptical and yes George Orwell-inspired eye can give you some new insight into why "rogue state America" is broadly feared and loathed outside its borders.
Listen to the QDR's stark opening paragraph, replete with shrill Rumsfeldian hyperbole:
"The United States is a nation engaged in what will be a long war. Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, our Nation has fought a global war against violent extremists who use terrorism as their weapon of choice, and who seek to destroy our free way of life. Our enemies seek weapons of mass destruction and, if they are successful, will likely attempt to use them in their conflict with free people everywhere. Currently, the struggle is centered in Iraq and Afghanistan, but we will need to be prepared and arranged to successfully defend our Nation and its interests around the globe for many years to come."
The authoritarian hypocrisy and related lack of clear definition of terms in this passage are remarkable.
Technically speaking, terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation to achieve political objectives. And nobody has practiced it on a larger and more murderous scale than the U.S. since (and for that matter before) 9/11.
A conservative British medical- and social-scientific study published nearly in October 2004 estimated that 100,000 Iraqis were killed by the American and British invasion and occupation of their country between March 19, 2003 (the first day of "Operation Iraqi Freedom") and the middle of September, 2004 (see BBC News, "Iraq Death Toll Soared Post War," 29 October, 2004, available online at http://news. bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_ east/ 3962969.stm).
"Liberated" Iraq's post-invasion body count is certainly much higher today. It has been accumulated through large-scale deployment of "weapons of mass destruction" (WMD) and "violent extremist" methods by the most lethal military force known to human history: the United States Armed Forces. The WMDs "of [U.S.] choice" include Blackhawk Helicopters, A-10 Warthogs, B-2 Stealth Bombers, unmanned aerial drones, depleted uranium, cluster bombs, cruise missiles, M-16s, F-14s, napalm, and phosphorous.
Here are some of the the "violent extremist" methods employed in America's state-terrorist "war on terror:" attacking hospitals, leveling resistance-friendly (hence "terrorist") cities, bombing civilians (whose consequent deaths and maiming are written off as unintentional "collateral damage" – a "price worth paying" for the advance of America's inherently noble objectives), and torturing innocent civilians in places like Abu Ghraib, Bagram Air Force Base, and Guantanamo Bay.
It's probably for some good reasons that the QDR gives no precise meaning to the phrases "free people" and "our free way of life." There's not a lot of "free people" living under the Saudi Arabian state, the arch-repressive tyranny with whom American policymakers have long maintained a crucial alliance based on U.S. control over much of the kingdom's oil wealth. Another U.S. ally in the supposed conflict between the American-led forces of "freedom" and the evil forces of "terrorism" includes Uzbekistan, where regime opponents are sometimes boiled alive.
There are real questions, moreover, about the extent of human freedom within the openly corporate-plutocratic U.S. The "best democracy that money can [and did] buy" is home to the most unequal distribution of wealth and longest working hours in the industrialized world. It possesses the highest incarceration rate on earth. Alone among industrialized nations, it lacks a socially inclusive national health insurance program – this despite clear majority support for such a system among the American populace.
The majority of the American citizenry is so impressed by the grassroots vibrancy of the nation's corporate-crafted "dollar democracy" that it refuses to participate in the nation's "free" elections. A shockingly authoritarian U.S. state pursues hard-right policy agendas that are opposed by most "free people" within a sullen, depressed, and purposely depoliticized American ex-citizenry (see Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of Democracy [Yale, 2005]).
How exactly has the provocative and monumentally illegal and immoral assault on Iraq – the centerpiece of Rumsfeld et al.'s so-called "long war on terror" – "defend[ed] our Nation and its interests around the globe?"
There are numerous reasons to think that this vast terrorist operation has endangered the security, status and well-being of Americans at home and abroad.
And what precisely are "our [curiously capitalized] Nation's interests around the globe"? On pages 21 and 24 of the QDR, Rumsfeld and Co. denounce Islamic "terrorists" for "opposing globalization and the freedom it brings." They cite "globalization's " "positive" aspects: "the free movement of capital, goods, services, information, people, and technology."
As should be obvious to anyone remotely familiar with the American class structure and the specifically corporate-capitalist form of "globalization" (globalization under the command of corporate capital) that has provoked so much protest in recent decades, however, such "free movement" is hardly in the self-evidently shared interest of all "free people" inside the American "Nation. " Many working-class Americans are significantly victimized by hyper-mobile capital, commodity, labor, and technology flows that create enormous profits for fantastically wealthy "elites" within and beyond "the Nation."
At the same time, the costs and benefits of the military empire that exists precisely to expand and defend corporate globalization are not distributed in an equal fashion across "the Nation." The costs of empire are externalized and spread across the entire society. The benefits fall disproportionately to a privileged minority.
Contrary to Rumsfeld and Co.'s proto-fascistic determination to submerge internal socioeconomic differences under the falsely solidaristic banner of the blood-and-soil Nation State, neither "globalization" nor its partner Empire are class-neutral expressions of a common "National interest."
The rising number of dead Pashtuns and Arabs "sacrificed" for Empire during the last four-and-a-half years offer ghostly backdrop for Rumsfeld and Co.'s QDR claim that "much has been accomplished since that tragic day: September 11, 2001″ (QDR, p.v). There have been many "tragic days" in Southwest Asia since 9/11, thanks to a U.S. assault that has created casualty tolls that make the jetliner attacks seem minor by comparison.
How comforting it must be to the people of that region to know that the Pentagon is "placing emphasis on the ability [of Rogue State America] to surge quickly to trouble spots across the globe" in a noble U.S. commitment to "shaping the future" (QDR, p.v) along the (undefined) principle of "freedom."
And how reassuring it must to be proud Americans to know that Rummy et al. will not let "enemy non-state actors" use "irregular warfare – including terrorism, insurgency, or guerilla warfare – in an attempt to break our will through protracted conflict" (QDR, p.19). To "break our will," that is, to follow through on a monumentally illegal and brazenly imperialist occupation that has been clearly carried out to deepen U.S. control over Middle Eastern oil. To "break our will" to impose empire on people trying to defend their nation and achieve independence through the same methods ("irregular warfare – including terrorism, insurgency, or guerilla warfare" in "a protracted conflict") those "terrorist non-state actors" the American revolutionaries deployed against the British Empire between 1775 and 1783!
One of my favorite parts in the QDR comes on page 28, where Rumsfeld and Co. talk about "the threat of Islamist terrorist extremism" in Central Asia. "The energy resources of the region," the QDR explains, "offer both and opportunity for economic development, as well as a danger that outside powers may seek to gain influence over those resources."
"Good heavens," as Rummy might say, but wouldn't it be terrible if "outside powers" tried to "gain influence" over Asian "energy resources?"
As anyone with a moderately informed mind knows, the final clause of that last quoted sentence from the QDR offers an excellent description of the Bush administration's motivation in occupying Mesopotamia. This is perfectly obvious to even the mildly attentive follower of modern and current history, no matter how many times Bush and the Pentagon prattle about their desire to "liberate the Iraqi people" (see the QDR, p. 10 for two such statements).
Another richly hypocritical QDR moment comes when Rumsfeld and his team rip Iran's "pursuit of weapons of mass destruction" for being "a destabilizing factor in the region" (QDR, p. 28).
Anybody interested in "destabilizing" forces in the Middle East might want to examine the provocative mass deployment of WMD by Uncle Sam in the illegal occupation of Iraq, a lethal operation that has made it clear to Iran's leaders that they would be crazy not to try to develop nuclear weapons.
As predicted even by numerous conservative U.S. observers (George Bush Senior's National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, for one), the U.S. invasion has helped enflame the region, fueling a serious escalation of Middle Eastern violence, political instability, and terrorism.
But my favorite part comes on page 9, where Donny Pentagon and his writers remind us that world history's greatest institutionalized global killing machine is both a trusty guarantor of "the Nation's interest and values" and a marvelous instrument of human benevolence:
"On any given day, nearly 350,000 men and women of the U.S. armed Forces are deployed or stationed in approximately 130 countries. They are battle-hardened from operations over the past four years, fighting the enemies of freedom as part of this long war. They maintain the Nation's treaty obligations and international commitments. They protect and advance U.S. interests and values. They are often asked to be protectors of peace and providers of relief. They are a force for good."
Remember that, fellow Americans, the next time you hear some ungrateful Iraqi complaining because a freedom-loving F-14 just wiped out his family or because his son or daughter was tortured in a liberty-advancing U.S. prison.
Remember it also the next time you hear some bleeding heart, tofu-munching, and latte-sipping ACLU-socialist- type bemoaning the fact that millions are going hungry and hopeless within the U.S. while Uncle Sam pours trillions of your tax dollars into what the QDR calls "modern warfighting."
Do not let your patriotic guard down. Get behind your Nation's freedom-fighters and never forget that all those imperial weapons, troops, and prisons you are paying for are "A FORCE FOR GOOD."
Repeat that phrase enough times to yourself and you'll start to believe it in your heart and soul….just like the thought-controlled masses in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four, living under the magical spell of "Big Brother," who told them that:
War is Peace
Ignorance is Strength
Love is Hate
Freedom is Slavery
The "long war," a phrase that recurs numerous times in the QDR, is also all-too like something out of Orwell. It's the modern imperial U.S. version of the "permanent war" that Big Brother's totalitarian state Oceania proclaimed in order to justify endless military production and related societal repression.
Paul Street ([email protected]) is a Visiting Professor of American History at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of Empire and Inequality: America and the World Since 9/11 (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2004), and Segregated Schools: Educational Apartheid in the Post-Civil Rights Era (New York, NY: Routledge, 2005).


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For Microsoft/Nokia Phones, Future Reception is Unclear
Nokia has ended its last quarter is a maker of handsets, leaving its troubled phone business in the hands of Microsoft.
Nokia has ended its last quarter is a maker of handsets, leaving its troubled phone business in the hands of Microsoft.
The long-running patent war between Apple and Samsung could finally seem some resolution Friday.
Samsung is already the world's top seller of smartphones, and now it hopes to pad its lead. The tech giant will introduce the Samsung Galaxy S4 Thursday, and among the cool -- but creepy -- features we expect to see is a screen control system that works by tracking the motion of your eyes.
A broad array of technology news helped define 2010, from the launch of Apple's iPad to the arrival of the app to a supernova of Internet stock gains. Here's a look back at those major stories -- and a glimpse of some highlights you can expect next year.
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It is surprising that Ghana is not listed as a preferred country of birth right. Ghana currently has a very large presence of foreign people because of its stable political environment over a long period, continuously improving public institutions, hospitality of the people, among others. It should be interesting to know how Ghana compared with some of the selected developing countries, especially, those in Africa.
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Beach Front (2.5 Acres) Secluded Cottages on Ocean in Islamorada
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- sleeps 8
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Relax in Islamorada, Florida Keys... "Sport Fishing Capital of the World."
If you are looking for gold sinks, with gold fixtures, this is not the place for you!
If you would like to experience the charm of the Florida Key's the way they were in th 40's and 50's this is the spot when "whole families" traveled including four-footed members!
You will step back in time to the natural way the Keys were, when Henry Flagler built his railroad.
Two single story cottages sit on 2.5 acres with magnificent views along the 235 feet of Ocean Front Beach. You can relax in one of the five hammocks under the coconut trees on a beautiful white sand beach. Sip a cocktail, cool down and relax in the shallow "drinking" pool. Enjoy the beautiful native peacocks that have lived in the area for over 60 years. Stroll above the Ocean out along a 220 foot long private pier (even fish for your dinner). There is docking for your boat (or a friends) accommodating yachts up to 50 feet and small boats in a private boat basin.
Manatees are regular visitors at along with tarpon, mangrove snappers, parrot fish, small rays, and other native fish species swimming in the waters off our dock. Swim and snorkel with them. Beautiful tropical vegetation, shore birds, and other marine life are all around you. You will cherish the memories of your stay in this lush Island Paradise.
Founders Park with; Olympic Swimming Pool, Tennis, Bike & Dog Trails, Water Sports Rentals is only 1 1/2 miles away. Enjoy fishing, boating, and kayaking. Everything you need is Truly within 15 minutes. Located Near excellent restaurants, shopping attraction, and historical sites. Take a day trip to Key West, See beautiful sunsets. Rent kayaks, boats, bikes and park them at your Private Island Oasis.
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One cottage has 2 bedrooms with a kitchen and dining room and one bath. The other cottage is one bed room with a small kitchen and one bath. Both cottages are on the Beach with Ocean Views. There is a pool house with a bathroom, shower and washer/dryer.
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- 220 Ft Fishing Pier
- Docking for 50 foot yachts and a private boat basin for smaller boats
- 235 Ft of Beachfront with Palm trees
- Large outside patio area
- 12 by 12 "drinking" pool
- Two Sunny Cottages, Sleeps 6
- Two fully equipped kitchens
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- 1 1/2 hours from Miami International airport
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- 4 Televisions & Free WiFi inside and outside!
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Fishing: Backcountry for Bonefish, Tarpon, and Permit. Get the grand slam. Full access To the Altantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Offshore: Fishing for Sailfish, Marlin, Dolphin, Wahoo, Kings and the reef for Yellowtail Snapper, Grouper and Cobia. There are many skilled charter captain's available.
Boating: Bay and offshore cruising. Visit the World Famous Sandbar for relaxing and meeting new people and historical sites. Kayaking, Swimming, Diving: John Pennekamp State Park with beautiful reef diving, Hens and chickens (another well-know diving spot, you can see from our pier) Cheeca Rocks. There are rental boats available.
Attractions: Theater of the Sea, where you and your family can swim and Interact with Dolphins,Rays and Sea Lions; Robbie's Marina where you can feed the Tarpon; Lignum Vitae National Botanical Site; Indian Key Historical Island; Pennekamp State Park; World Famous Holiday Isle Tiki bar; and many gourmet restaurants for your dining pleasure and Founders Park with Tennis, Olympic Pool, Beach Rentals, Bike & Dog Trails.
Shopping: Rain Barrel Shops, Worldwide Sportsman, Wonderful tropical clothing stores, and local art galleries. We have all this information in the Cottage.
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Three weeks ago I got my appendix out (it was super fun) anyways I am not cleared to lift, pull, push more then 20 lbs for another 3 weeks. I have been staying in shape with some light hiking does anyone have any other ideas I could do? If you had yours out how did you climb when you could climb again? Did you have to take it easy at first? How long did you wait to climb again? Any help advice you could give I would appreciate.
I got mine remove pretty recently as well. Do you just have the the small incisions or did they slice you open. I was option one. I got mine remove on a Friday night and the next Saturday went climbing, big multipitch hard climbing. Slept on the wall and everything. It bled a little but nothing serious. I kept it covered and wrap my stomach in an ace bandage to kinda hold everything in place. Do I recommend this, probably not. But a little light climbing ain't gonna kill you at this point.
I had mine out 8/21, and I soloed the NW face of Little Bear Peak (CO) on 9/5. They did it laparoscopically and I didn't have any trouble at all, save for some weakness due to lack of training. I'd say go for it, and after about a week or week and a half of recovery, do whatever feels OK. If it hurts, don't do it.
Had mine out laparoscopically a few years ago. Only had restrictions for 2 weeks and then was let free to do whatever, but I was going nuts at the end. 6 week recovery sounds more like you had it rupture or they didn't do it laparoscopically? I would follow DR's suggestion because they know what they cut when they cut you. One potential issue is giving yourself a hernia and then they'd just have to put you under again. No bueno.
It was laparoscopic I got 3 Incisions, it was not ruptured but very close and very inflamed on the ct scan. I feel pretty good now but I don't want to get a hernia so I can climb 3 weeks sooner so will probably just wait it out till the doctor told me I could climb oct 16th. If I can actually stick to what I just said that is.
If your doc says don't rush it, don't rush it. Take the extra time off now, because a hernia could haunt you a long time.
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Save on Fall Fashion Trends and Contribute to Your Community
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CONCORD, NH & S. Burlington, VT — While high-end fashion houses are heading to New York for Fashion Week, be sure to follow the fashion leads and take advantage of the fall deals at your local Bon-Ton store. While you're there, check out the semi-annual Goodwill Sale, taking place September 12-29. When you donate your gently-used clothing at the Bon-Ton stores in Steeplegate Mall in Concord, NH, and the University Mall in S. Burlington, VT, you will receive a coupon to purchase Bon-Ton's line-up of fabulous fall fashions. Your donated items will be sold at Goodwill stores, where the revenues fund job training and placement services to help people in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont find and keep jobs.
Customers will receive a discount coupon for each item of clothing or textile they donate. The coupon can be used at the Bon-Ton stores in Concord and S. Burlington to purchase women's, men's and children's apparel, shoes, handbags, luggage, fragrances and more at a discount ranging from 15-20 percent.
Those who donate during the Goodwill Sale can take pride in knowing their Goodwill donations provide numerous job opportunities for people with disabilities and disadvantages. Goodwill Industries of Northern New England provides a broad array of services that help people identify their skills and interests to find a job. In addition to job training and career development programs, Goodwill also provides AmeriCorps opportunities and support services, including youth and adult mentoring.
"Goodwill Industries was founded on the belief that every person should have the opportunity to achieve independence through the power of work," said Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, President & CEO of Goodwill Industries of Northern New England. "Our donors, including those who participate in the semi-annual Goodwill Sale, enable us to design programs to help thousands of job seekers, innovating as we see fit to help individuals and families in northern New England."
Customers who donate at the Bon-Ton store during the Goodwill Sale can also pledge their support for Goodwill's mission of employment and training by registering their donation on www.millionactsofgoodwill.com and receive a coupon for a 25 percent discount to use at the Bon-Ton store. Web visitors will also be able to play the "Closet Clean Out Giveaway Instant Win Game," for a chance to win a Bon-Ton gift card instantly and be entered into a sweepstakes for a chance to win a $1,000 shopping spree.
"Through the semi-annual Goodwill sale, our goal is to collect more than 6.5 million pounds of gently used clothing and textiles nationwide to donate to Goodwill to assist people who face challenges to finding employment in neighboring communities where Bon-Ton stores are present," said Brendan L. Hoffman, president and chief executive officer of The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. "This is our customers' favorite sale because it gives them an opportunity to donate to help a great organization and get special deals on new fall merchandise."
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The cancellation of the project also means the city will have to cancel the planned expansion of the city's sewer system down Hull Road.
The funding for that expansion was coming from a grant from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. That grant was largely based on the estimated 30 jobs the facility would have brought to the area.
Ellis said if the Northwest Alabama Mental Health, which owns the property, decides to build a facility there in the future or another business locates there, the sewer expansion would be able to go forward.
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The monitor sends test results ahead to the cardiologist and allows patients to go straight to the cath lab, rather than going through the emergency room.
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Bluewater evacuation - Kent firefighters statement
This from Kent Fire and Rescue service Twitter feed:
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Thanks to his smart lyrics, the Louisiana-based Curren$y landed a label deal in 2003, but it took three labels and seven years of underground releases before the rapper made his official debut. Born Shante Anthony Franklin and raised in New Orleans, Curren$y was originally signed to Master PGÇÖs No Limit label, but in 2005 he made the move to Lil Wayne and BirdmanGÇÖs Cash Money imprint, Young Money. He appeared on WayneGÇÖs Tha Carter II album that same year, then in 2006, Curren$y's GÇ£Where da Cash AtGÇ¥ single was released -- both on its own and as part of WayneGÇÖs Dedication 2 mixtape -- but a promised album never materialized. Not one to sit idle, Curren$y started Fly Society with professional skateboarder Terry Kennedy in 2007. The brand was originally planned as a line of apparel, but evolved into a music label as the rapperGÇÖs relationship with Young Money soured. After leaving the label at the end of 2007 with Fly Society in tow, a series of underground mixtapes appeared before Curren$y hooked up with the digital-only Amalgam Digital for the early 2009 release This Ain't No Mixtape. The relationship continued that October with the download-only Jet Files, but in early 2010 he joined the Def Jam family via Damon DashGÇÖs DD172 imprint. With the labelGÇÖs in-house producer Ski Beatz handling most of the production on both, Curren$y's Pilot Talk album appeared in July of that year, with Pilot Talk II landing in 2010. The stopgap release Weekend at Burnie's followed in 2011, with the retro backing tracks coming from producer Monsta Beatz. Beatz, along with the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. Leauge and Pharrell, was back for the rapper's 2012 street release, The Stone Immaculate. ~ David JeffriesPortions of Content Provided by Rovi Corporation.
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Jacksonville Opens 2013 NCAA Lacrosse Season With 21-8 Loss To No. 1 Syracuse
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The 2013 NCAA women's lacrosse season has officially begun. Jacksonville gave preseason No. 1 Syracuse a challenge before falling 21-8 in the earliest played regular season game in NCAA history.
Eight different players scored for the Dolphins (0-1) which held a 7-5 advantage over the Orange (1-0) for a 30 minute stretch during the middle of the game. Junior Brit Orashen (Lebanon, N.J.) started things off for JU scoring the first goal by anyone in the nation this season. The score came just two minutes into the historic contest and staked the Dolphins to a 1-0 advantage.
Syracuse quickly responded and showcased the talent that earned them a national runner-up finish last spring. The Orange would rattle off eight unanswered goals over the next 10 minutes before the Dolphins finally slowed the attack.
JU, which led the NCAA with 18.16 goals per game last year, would get back on the board by the way of a goal from senior Amanda Hurley (Columbus, Ga.) with just over 10 minutes to play before half. Hurley's goal helped rally the Dolphins as they held a 4-3 advantage the remainder of the period before going into the break down 11-5.
Junior Morgan Derner (Lake Mary, Fla.) helped the momentum continue for JU in the second half. The Dolphin's leading scorer from a year ago score on a free position shot four minutes into the period. After two more goals from the Orange, JU once again pulled to within five following back-to-back goals from senior Ellyn Spangenberg (Chuoulota, Fla.) and junior Ali Hoffman (Gambrills, Md.).
Hoffman's score sent the lively crowd at the Ashley Sports Complex into a frenzy as the Dolphin faithful sensed their team proving it belonged with the upper-echelon of women's lacrosse.
Syracuse ended the JU threat however, ripping off another eight unanswered goals to close out the game.
Kayla Treanor led the Orange with five goals.
Jacksonville returns to action on Wednesday, January 23 in an exhibition against Team England.
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The Texas A&M Aggies need a new head coach. To that end, they're probably interviewing your head coach. According to the Dallas Morning News' David Harris, in the past week they've interviewed "Houston's Kevin Sumlin, Southern Mississippi's Larry Fedora, Air Force's Troy Calhoun and Alabama's Kirby Smart."
Sumlin, Fedora, and Smart have reportedly been hotly pursued by other schools, while Calhoun is a bit of a surprise appearance. He's also been reported as a solid candidate for the Kansas Jayhawks gig, but what's the vision here? Sumlin, Fedora, and Calhoun? Really spanning the entire offensive spectrum.
Fedora is the next in line to take the North Carolina Tar Heels job, according to reports.
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TOLEDO, OH (EDITORIAL) - If you live in the re-designed 9th Congressional District, then you'll definitely want to watch WTOL 11 next Monday at 6 p.m. Along with The Blade, we will televise the first local debate of Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur and Congressman Dennis Kucinich.
This race is unusual since it pits 2 long term incumbents vying for their Party's nod. Each has a conspicuous Congressional voting record to tout or to defend. The race appears to be growing more contentious. The early spirit of Congressional brotherhood is being replaced by some pointed comments and testy responses.
In addition, a Northeast Ohio businessman, Graham Veysey, is also in the running and his contributions are sure to keep things lively.
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RFDTV is looking for 30 vintage tractors to follow their float in the rose parade. I signed up but don't think my chances are too good. I live about 50 miles from Pasadena so we'll see what happens.
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Good luck on getting your tractor in the parade. Who picks and how is it decided on which tractors are picked? Steve K.
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RFTV advertised on their station and Chapter 14 IH collectors had info in the last news letter. Had to send a short blurb on history of the tractor and a picture. Should know today if I made it. Somebody at RFTV is deciding who will go. They were looking for "rare" vintage tractors. The old Cub isn't rare so I doubt I'll make it unless they don't get the 30 they are looking for.
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Dirk Hoag, writer at SB Nation's On the Forecheck, is in looooove with his team's waiver claim of Marek Svatos today. A taste of what he has to say:
The thing I like about Svatos is that he's got the hands to potentially add some sorely-needed zip up front on the power play. He can beat defenders 1-on-1 and isn't shy about sniping at the corners. At the very least, he should provide a different look up front than we're used to seeing.
While this isn't a cure-all for the Preds' offensive woes, it's a very legitimate pickup and comes at basically no cost in terms of hockey assets.
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Bihu ( Bohag Bihu) is Assamese New Year (is on April 15 2010). Goru Bihu is followed by manuh bihu and on third day is Gosai bihu. Bohag Bihu is the first day of Bohag month in traditional Assam calendar which follows the solar calendar.
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Goru Bihu, Manu Bihu or Manuh Bihu, and Gosain Bihu are the three days of Bihu festival. The folk songs and dances associated with the Bohag Bihu are called Bihugeets or Bihu songs and Bihu dance. Read Bihu Assamese New Year


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