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You've probably heard about how Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff scammed investors out of at least $50 billion.
But you may not have heard that his victims included the foundations that support some really important progressive organizations. Groups that fight for human rights, fair elections and racial justice are getting hit hard—just in time for the holidays. We've worked side-by-side with many of them.
If these groups can't replace the funding that came from investment accounts that Madoff stole, they may be forced to start cutting important projects or, in some cases, even lay off staff.
Can you pitch in $25 or $50 for each of the four organizations we're highlighting below? Our friends at Atlantic Philanthropies and the Open Society Institute will each match every dollar that comes in until January 1! So, for the next three days, your donation of $25 or $50 means $75 or $150 for groups affected by Madoff. If a few thousand of us give together, it can make an enormous difference—and help repair some of the damage Madoff has done. Click here to contribute:
Your end-of-the-year gift will be tax-deductible as if you had made the gift directly to the designated charities; we will forward 100% of your contribution to the organizations you select.
Many organizations have been hit by this crisis. We're highlighting the four that MoveOn has worked closely with over the last few years. Here's a bit about each of the groups:
The Brennan Center for Justice is a nonpartisan institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Their work ranges from voting rights to redistricting reform to checking presidential power in the fight against terrorism. MoveOn has worked with the Brennan Center closely in the fight for fair elections. Chip in to help them out here.
Human Rights Watch is one of the world's leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, they give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes. Its rigorous, objective investigations and strategic, targeted advocacy build intense pressure for action and raise the cost of human rights abuse. MoveOn has worked with Human Rights Watch on campaigns to preserve the constitution and protect human rights in America and abroad. Chip in to help them out here.
Advancement Project is a policy, communications and legal action group committed to racial justice founded by a team of veteran civil rights lawyers in 1998. They have pursued critical litigation to protect voters and also support grassroots movements for universal opportunity and just democracy in the areas of education and immigrants' rights. MoveOn has worked with Advancement Project to stop vote suppression, especially among minority folks. Chip in to help them out here.
The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a nonprofit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. MoveOn has worked with CCR to hold President Bush accountable for his unconstitutional acts, from illegal wiretaps to Guantanamo. Chip in to help them out here.
2008 has been an extraordinary year. Together, MoveOn's 5 million members have done so much—and we have a new president and new hope to show for it. But we wouldn't be where we are as a country without a strong movement of interconnected progressive organizations. Let's come together one last time to keep that movement going strong.
–Eli, Carrie, Ilyse and the entire MoveOn.org Civic Action team
Democrat will lead effort to curb world's dependence on oil; Plans to create five million new posts in clean energy projects
By Geoffrey Lean in San Francisco and Leonard Doyle in Washington Sunday, 2 November 2008
Obama has pledged to create five million new 'green collar jobs' if elected
What are these?
Barack Obama is promising a $150bn "Apollo project" to bring jobs and energy security to the US through a new alternative energy economy, if his final push for votes brings victory in the presidential election on Tuesday.
"That's going to be my number one priority when I get into office," Mr Obama has said of his "green recovery" plans. Making his arguments in a radio address yesterday, the Democratic favourite promised: "If you give me your vote on Tuesday, we won't just win this election. Together, we will change this country and change the world."
The election has come during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, but he declared: "We'll invest $15bn a year over the next decade in renewable energy, creating five million new green jobs that pay well, can't be outsourced and help end our dependence on foreign oil." The appeal of the idea that clean energy could help to kick-start the economy is such that Mr Obama's Republican opponent, John McCain, has also promised "millions" of green jobs if he wins.
That was looking less likely yesterday, despite Republican strategists predicting a historic upset victory as they pointed to polls showing Mr Obama's lead narrowing in "must-win" states such as Ohio. Despite the growing confidence of the Obama campaign, Mr McCain's forces are now engaged in a massive final effort, making 17 million phone calls or door knocks at the homes of carefully targeted voters in the dying hours of the election.
Mr McCain's final blitz will see him make stops in seven states tomorrow. As he told a small crowd of voters at the weekend: "The pundits, my friends, have written us off as they've done before. But we're closing... and we're going to win Ohio." A major handicap he faces, however, is a surge in early voting by Democrats – a reversal of the pattern that delivered George Bush his 2004 victory. In Florida alone, 200,000 more Democrats have already voted than Republicans, and a high turnout – predictions are that 130 million Americans will vote, the largest number since 1960 – is thought to favour Mr Obama.
In the mayhem of the election campaign, Mr Obama has yet to deliver a major speech about his renewable energy plans. But he has pledged to create five million new "green collar jobs", largely by greatly expanding the use of renewable energy, which should supply a tenth of America's electricity within four years, insulating a million homes a year and to put a million rechargeable "plug-in hybrid cars" on the road by 2015.
He also wants the US motor industry to take a lead in producing environmentally friendly vehicles rather than 4x4s. He promises to invest in clean engine technology, to increase America's hitherto lax car fuel economy standards by 4 per cent a year, and to boost sales of green cars by giving a $7,000 tax credit to people who buy them. And he has pledged to convert the White House fleet to plug-in hybrids within a year of taking office.
There is growing acceptance from economists in the US that a Green "New Deal" should be a fundamental part of the solution to the financial crisis and to America's long-term security concerns.
At the same time, British ministers are planning a huge increase in environmentally friendly investment as a central part of its economic rescue plan. Japan's Prime Minister, Taro Aso, has called the green economy "a great opportunity for new growth". And plans are being laid in the Australian treasury for a 3,000 per cent growth in green jobs over the next decades.
But it is the American plans that could have the greatest effect in dragging the world economy out of crisis. Mr Obama believes that a new clean-energy economy "can be the engine that drives us into the future in the same way the computer was the engine for economic growth over the last couple of decades".
The head of Mr Obama's transition team, John Podesta, has called for "a new vision for the economic revitalisation of the nation and a restoration of America's leadership in the world", adding: "We must seize this precious opportunity to mobilise the country and the international community towards a brighter and more prosperous future."
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Introducing WHISPERS LIKE THUNDER the movie The true story of three Native American sisters who fought the government with guns, axes and the law to protect their ancestors burial grounds.The Conley sisters gave punches, swung axes, fired guns, and used the law to fight off U.S. troops, police, construction workers, mob thugs, corrupt business men and crooked politicians for several decades to defend their Native American sacred burial ground. Their Native American fight for honor and respect of the law continues today. WHISPERS LIKE THUNDER is a a film by Ben Kingsley and In association with Luis Moro Productions. Producers: Sir Ben Kingsley | Simone Sheffield | Valerie Hoffman | Luis Moro Wyandot Nation of Kansas: Janith K. English- Principle Chief Screenplay by: Trip Brooks | Luis Moro Story by: Trip Brooks | Shelly Young Wyandot Language Translations by: John Steckley STORY: LYDA CONLEY and her sisters. Woman graduates from Kansas City College of Law in 1902. Since no man would represent the sisters against the U.S. Government, Lyda took it upon herself to prepare for legal action by mastering the law to defend the burial grounds. FORT CONLEY~ While Lyda fought her battle in the courts, her sister Helena, guarded the fort because of the intrusions. Helena wired the cemetery gates together and put up a sign: "You Trespass at Your Own Peril." The sisters took up their vigil over the graves after learning the land was about to be sold. They built a 6 x 8 foot frame structure and placed a fence of iron spikes around it. Helena stood armed with their father's double barreled shotgun, an axe and the American Flag. She used them without fear. Instantly, their new home became known as "Fort Conley." Go to: www.MoroFilms.com for more information. COMING SOON: Wyandot Nation links, gallery, archives and more. Huron Indian Cemetery Chronology Wyandots in Kansas Territory 1844
Since last week's historic win, we've been hearing the same clear message from millions of MoveOn members: Don't stop now.
So next Thursday (11/20), we're organizing "Fired Up and Ready to Go" gatheringsthroughout the country.
We'll launch a new campaign to help Barack win big changes—like health care and clean energy. We'll brainstorm other ways we can work together locally to take advantage of this new opportunity for progressive change. And, of course, we'll celebrate our big win together!
Obama supporters near you still need somewhere to meet up on Thursday. Can you host a gathering in Northridge? Click here:
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Government nutrition researcher [Dr. Mark Levine] has published new evidence that suggests vitamin C can work like chemotherapy - only better. But so far, he hasn't been able to interest cancer experts in conducting the kind of conclusive studies that, one way or the other, would advance treatment. "If vitamin C is useful in cancer treatment, that's wonderful. If it's not, or if it's harmful, that's fine, too," said Levine, a Harvard-educated physician at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The distinction between oral and intravenous is crucial. The body automatically gets rid of extra C through urine. Levine's lab has shown that, at high concentrations, the vitamin is toxic to many types of cancer cells in lab dishes. But to get that much C into the body before it's eliminated, it must be put directly into the blood. Five out of nine types of cancer cells that were put in simulated body-cavity fluid died when concentrated ascorbate or peroxide was added to the dish. And the best part: This same lethal marinade had no effect on healthy cells. "Interest is definitely growing," said Kenneth Bock, physician and president of the American College for Advancement in Medicine, an alternative-medicine society that teaches ascorbate infusion protocols. The American Cancer Society and the American Association of Clinical Oncologists warn patients against high-dose C, as do leading cancer centers such as the University of Pennsylvania's and Memorial Sloan-Kettering.
Note: If the above link does not work, the article is also available on the website of the San Diego Union-Tribune. For why this is not making major headlines in the news, click here and here.
by Anne Kilkenny
I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Sarah since 1992. Everyone here knows Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her father was my child's favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a first name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more City Council meetings during her administration than about 99% of the residents of the city.She is enormously popular; in every way she's like the most popular girl in middle school. Even men who think she is a poor choice and won't vote for her can't quit smiling when talking about her because she is a "babe".It is astonishing and almost scary how well she can keep a secret. She kept her most recent pregnancy a secret from her children and parents for seven months.She is "pro-life". She recently gave birth to a Down's syndrome baby. There is no cover-up involved, here; Trig is her baby.She is energetic and hardworking. She regularly worked out at the gym.She is savvy. She doesn't take positions; she just "puts things out there" and if they prove to be popular, then she takes credit.Her husband works a union job on the North Slope for BP and is a champion snowmobile racer. Todd Palin's kind of job is highly sought-after because of the schedule and high pay. He arranges his work schedule so he can fish for salmon in Bristol Bay for a month or so in summer, but by no stretch of the imagination is fishing their major source of income. Nor has her life-style ever been anything like that of native Alaskans.Sarah and her whole family are avid hunters.She's smart.Her experience is as mayor of a city with a population of about 5,000 (at the time), and less than 2 years as governor of a state with about 670,000 residents.During her mayoral administration most of the actual work of running this small city was turned over to an administrator. She had been pushed to hire this administrator by party power-brokers after she had gotten herself into some trouble over precipitous firings which had given rise to a recall campaign.Sarah campaigned in Wasilla as a "fiscal conservative". During her 6 years as Mayor, she increased general government expenditures by over 33%. During those same 6 years the amount of taxes collected by the City increased by 38%. This was during a period of low inflation (1996-2002). She reduced progressive property taxes and increased a regressive sales tax which taxed even food. The tax cuts that she promoted benefited large corporate property owners way more than they benefited residents.The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration weren't enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a new library? No. $1m for a park. $15m-plus for construction of a multi-use sports complex which she rushed through to build on a piece of property that the City didn't even have clear title to, that was still in litigation 7 yrs later--to the delight of the lawyers involved! The sports complex itself is a nice addition to the community but a huge money pit, not the profit-generator she claimed it would be. She also supported b onds for $5.5m for road projects that could have been done in 5-7 yrs without any borrowing.While Mayor, City Hall was extensively remodeled and her office redecorated more than once.These are small numbers, but Wasilla is a very small city.As an oil producer, the high price of oil has created a budget surplus in Alaska. Rather than invest this surplus in technology that will make us energy independent and increase efficiency, as Governor she proposed distribution of this surplus to every individual in the state.In this time of record state revenues and budget surpluses, she recommended that the state borrow/bond for road projects, even while she proposed distribution of surplus state revenues: spend today's surplus, borrow for needs.She's not very tolerant of divergent opinions or open to outside ideas or compromise. As Mayor, she fought ideas that weren't generated by her or her staff. Ideas weren't evaluated on their merits, but on the basis of who proposed them.While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed. City residents rallied to the defense of the City Librarian and against Palin's attempt at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew her termination letter. People who fought her attempt to oust the Librarian are on her enemies list to this day.Sarah complained about the "old boy's club" when she first ran for Mayor, so what did she bring Wasilla? A new set of "old boys". Palin fired most of the experienced staff she inherited. At the City and as Governor she hired or elevated new, inexperienced, obscure people, creating a staff totally dependent on her for their jobs and eternally grateful and fiercely loyal--loyal to the point of abusing their power to further her personal agenda, as she has acknowledged happened in the case of pressuring the State's top cop (see below).As Mayor, Sarah fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he "intimidated" her, she told the press. As Governor, her recent firing of Alaska's top cop has the ring of familiarity about it. He served at her pleasure and she had every legal right to fire him, but it's pretty clear that an important factor in her decision to fire him was because he wouldn't fire her sister's ex-husband, a State Trooper. Under investigation for abuse of power, she has had to admit that more than 2 dozen contacts were made between her staff and family to the person that she later fired, pressuring him to fire her ex-brother-in-law. She tried to replace the man she fired with a man who she knew had been reprimanded for sexual harassment; when this caused a public furor, she withdrew her support.She has bitten the hand of every person who extended theirs to her in help. The City Council person who personally escorted her around town introducing her to voters when she first ran for Wasilla City Council became one of her first targets when she was later elected Mayor. She abruptly fired her loyal City Administrator; even people who didn't like the guy were stunned by this ruthlessness.Fear of retribution has kept all of these people from saying anything publicly about her.When then-Governor Murkowski was handing out political plums, Sarah got the best, Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission: one of the few jobs not in Juneau and one of the best paid. She had no background in oil & gas issues. Within months of scoring this great job which paid $122,400/yr, she was complaining in the press about the high salary. I was told that she hated that job: the commute, the structured hours, the work. Sarah became aware that a member of this Commission (who was also the State Chair of the Republican Party) engaged in unethical behavior on the job. In a gutsy move which some undoubtedly cautioned her could be political suicide, Sarah solved all her problems in one fell swoop: got out of the job she hated and garnered gobs of media attention as the patron saint of ethics and as a gutsy fighter against the "old boys' club" when she dramatically quit, exposing this man's ethics violations (for which he was fined).As Mayor, she had her hand stuck out as far as anyone for pork from Senator Ted Stevens. Lately, she has castigated his pork-barrel politics and publicly humiliated him. She only opposed the "bridge to nowhere" after it became clear that it would be unwise not to.As Governor, she gave the Legislature no direction and budget guidelines, then made a big grandstand display of line-item vetoing projects, calling them pork. Public outcry and further legislative action restored most of these projects--which had been vetoed simply because she was not aware of their importance--but with the unobservant she had gained a reputation as "anti-pork".She is solidly Republican: no political maverick. The State party leaders hate her because she has bit them in the back and humiliated them. Other members of the party object to her self-description as a fiscal conservative.Around Wasilla there are people who went to high school with Sarah. They call her "Sarah Barracuda" because of her unbridled ambition and predatory ruthlessness. Before she became so powerful, very ugly stories circulated around town about shenanigans she pulled to be made point guard on the high school basketball team. When Sarah's mother-in-law, a highly respected member of the community and experienced manager, ran for Mayor, Sarah refused to endorse her.As Governor, she stepped outside of the box and put together of package of legislation known as "AGIA" that forced the oil companies to march to the beat of her drum.
By Bobbi Miller-Moro
Not only is this a strait forward open letter to Sarah Palin, but included at the end is the facts on WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND ON THE ISSUES. No one can claim ignorance. This is about facts, truth and lies.
I am a 35 year old working, middle class mother of five living in So. California. I have been a Republican since my great ancestor Richard Stockton, signed the Declaration of Independence. I am an ex-police officer, and now I own my own business. This is the first time I changed my party. I am voting for Obama and Biden. I saw Sarah Palin's speech last night. I have watched both conventions closely. I have studied on the issues. I have read articles on major news networks, and blogs. I have listened to NPR, radio talk shows, and television shows. This election, I am making the right choice.
My family got hit with the economy's upward spiral of surging gas prices, and we have no health care. We have felt it at the grocery store. We now shop at the 99 cents store. We have lost one of our vehicles, on the verge of losing our home and are three months behind an astonishing amount of debt that we once was able to afford.
This election, I am taking my life back, I am taking my country back. I have heard the arguments on both sides. I know Obama's back story, I know McCain's back story, and I got to know Biden's. Now it was Sarah Palin's turn. As I watched last night, I was waiting just like the rest of us to see what she was going to say. Now I was going to get to know her. The fact that she has five children (weather or not the fifth baby is hers or not), and she has this unbelievably fortunate position of running for Vice President, I cannot help but to root for her.
I know how hard it is to raise five children. I have a 16 year old, 15 year old, 12 year old, 4 year old, and 2 year old. I know how hard it is to juggle between working and raising my children. I have tried the stay at home route, especially when the children were months old-but always had to go back to work to have the extra income. I chose to own my own business, because that was the only way I can make enough to meet the high cost of a family of seven.
I want to see a woman in office. I want to see a mother of five showing America, "it can be done". Of course I have concerns about how the children will manage without their mother. I know that a baby with Down Syndrome will take a lot of time, love and patience that as Vice President there will be no way it will be physically possible for her to be there the amount of time needed. So essentially, her husband will take on that role, or her family. As any mother, you cannot help to have your attention focused on your kids, your family-even while you work.
It doesn't mean you cannot perform excellently. It does not mean that a mother cannot make powerful decisions, and be completely reliable and competent. I was a single mother with three children and a police officer. It can be done.
I created a blog, Thank God For Mommy (http://www.ThankGodForMommy.com)
where I dispel the notion that just because you are a mom you can't reach for your dreams. That you can't have it all. I talk about everything from paintings to
filming two movies pregnant as a co producer one here in the states and another in Cuba. I talk about how I continue to make films, and I continue to pursue my physical fitness, continue to educate myself and live a life for myself and my children. My four daughters and one son see that I make it happen.
So, when I saw Sarah Palin on the ticket, I thought 'wow, this is validating'. I loved the fact she was a mother of five, and worried at the same time. This is a huge country. This is not Alaska, population 9,000. I cannot, we cannot, afford another four years and I am scared to death to let a Republican in the White House, but Sarah-she might be the one to make a difference.
So she gets on stage, and she looks great. Then she starts to talk. I waited for her to talk about her family. But, all she did was talk about how many kids she has, and the fact she has a special needs baby. She talked about her husband, and what a normal guy he was. She talked about being a pit bull hockey mom. But, I was still waiting. I remember listening Michelle Obama's speech. Talk about her family, her roots, her beliefs, her parents, and grandparents. I got to know Michelle Obama that night.
Half way thru Sarah's speech, she starts to lie, blatantly. Like really aggressive lying about Obama. The way she spoke about him, making fun of community service (wow), and that he has 'devoted followers', the stage he stood on, him trying to save the planet (like a world leader), how she twisted the words of things he said about running his campaign, etc and on and on. She said we have no idea where Obama stands on anything, um…anyone who has a computer can just Google it for Godssakes. My jaw dropped. I thought she would take the higher road. I thought I was going to hear about who she is, but she talked about Obama, Obama, Obama. On and on she went, it got uglier and uglier and she got uglier and uglier.
Oh, no. I thought. This is more of the same. She fed the hate mongers in the crowd raw hate. They gobbled it up. Where was the speech about what type of person she was, her belief system, her values her promises to our country? She seemed completely inauthentic, and smug. 'Shrill' is how one person put it.
I want to rally on the side of a working mother of five. I want to have compassion for her teen daughter's pregnancy. I do. But, the Right wing conservatives have been such a proponent against that. Wasn't also Sarah's stance also against it? Now, what? They are covering for one of their own?
Due to the fact that there is rarely any specific information on where the candidates stand, I put this together referencing from a non biased site. I did not put all of it here, due to reading time and space. But, the major topics I did put. I was surprised to find how little information on where Sarah Palin stands on issues, and on some (like immigration) there was just nothing. Obama's in comparison was very lengthy. There is no excuses as to where the candidates stand on the issues. Here it is in black and white.
The Issues.
A List of all four tickets stance on the issues.
Barack Obama
Expand access to contraception; reduce unintended pregnancy: Favors topic 1
Rated 100% by NARAL on pro-choice votes in 2005, 2006 & 2007: Strongly Favors topic 1
Voted against banning partial birth abortion: Favors topic 1
Stem cells hold promise to cure 70 major diseases: Favors topic 1
Trust women to make own decisions on partial-birth abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1
Extend presumption of good faith to abortion protesters: Favors topic 1
Pass the Stem Cell Research Bill: Favors topic 1
Protect a woman's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1
Supports Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1
Sponsored bill providing contraceptives for low-income women: Favors topic 1
Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance: Strongly Favors topic 1
Ensure access to and funding for contraception: Favors topic 1
NO on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1
NO on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP: Favors topic 1
YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives: Favors topic 1
NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions: Favors topic 1
YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Favors topic 1
Racial equality good for America as a whole: Favors topic 2
Fight job discrimination to give women equal footing at jobs: Strongly Favors topic 2
Include class-based affirmative action with race-based: Favors topic 2
Better enforce women's pay equity via Equal Pay Act: Strongly Favors topic 2
Supports affirmative action in colleges and government: Strongly Favors topic 2
Opposes CA Prop. 8, one-man-one-woman marriage: Strongly Favors topic 2 America's race and class problems are intertwined: Favors topic 2
Get minorities into home ownership & global marketplace: Favors topic 2
Ending racial profiling is part of fight for justice: Favors topic 2
Sponsored bill for a Rosa Parks commemorative postage stamp: Favors topic 2
Rated 100% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Favors topic 2
Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2
Reinforce anti-discrimination and equal-pay requirements: Favors topic 2
Gays should not face discrimination but should not marry: Opposes topic 3
Decisions about marriage should be left to the states: Opposes topic 3
Homosexuality no more immoral than heterosexuality: Favors topic 3
We need strong civil unions, not just weak civil unions: Favors topic 3
Opposes gay marriage; supports civil union & gay equality: Favors topic 3
Marriage not a human right; non-discrimination is: Favors topic 3
Include sexual orientation in anti-discrimination laws: Favors topic 3
Increase funding for AIDS treatment & prevention: Favors topic 3
Rated 89% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance: Strongly Favors topic 3
Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees: Strongly Favors topic 3
NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Reduce recidivism by providing ex-offender supports: Opposes topic 9
No extra penalty for gang association: Opposes topic 9
Passed 150 laws to toughen penalties for violent crime: Favors topic 9
Supports alternative sentencing and rehabilitation: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Rated 75% by the NCJA, indicating a mixed record on criminal justice: Neutral on topic 9
YES on reinstating $1.15 billion funding for the COPS Program: Opposes topic 9
Respect 2nd Amendment, but local gun bans ok: Opposes topic 10
Provide some common-sense enforcement on gun licensing: Opposes topic 10
2000: cosponsored bill to limit purchases to 1 gun per month: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Concealed carry OK for retired police officers: Favors topic 10
Keep guns out of inner cities--but also problem of morality: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Bush erred in failing to renew assault weapons ban: Strongly Favors topic 10
Ban semi-automatics, and more possession restrictions: Strongly Opposes topic 10
NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Added 20,000 children to Illinois healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5
Increase competition in the insurance and drug markets: Opposes topic 5
National Health Insurance Exchange for private coverage: Opposes topic 5
National insurance pool & catastrophic insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5
The market alone can't solve our health-care woes: Favors topic 5
Crises happen in our lives and healthcare is necessary: Strongly Favors topic 5
Believes health care is a right, not a privilege for the few: Favors topic 5
Will expand health coverage & allow meds to be re-imported: Favors topic 5
Ensure access to basic care: Favors topic 5
More funding for Rx benefits, community health, CHIPs: Favors topic 5
Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn: Strongly Favors topic 5
NO on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium: Favors topic 5 YES on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics: Favors topic 5
YES on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug: Strongly Favors topic 5
YES on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D: Favors topic 5
YES on requiring negotiated Rx
prices for Medicare part D: Favors topic 5
Stop any efforts to privatize Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Privatization puts retirement at whim of stock market: Strongly Opposes topic 6
No privatization; but consider earning cap over $97,500: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Stock market risk is ok, but not for Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6
$2000 tax credit for Working Families Savings Accounts: Opposes topic 6
NO on establishing reserve funds & pre-funding for Social Security: Opposes topic 6
GovWatch: $150B for electric car batteries & new technology: Strongly Favors topic 18
GovWatch: Supports nuclear power if it's clean & safe: Opposes topic 18
Reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050: Strongly Favors topic 18
Aggressively address accelerating climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18
3-way win: economy, environment, & stop funding terror: Strongly Favors topic 18
Cap-and-trade is more specific on reducing greenhouse gases: Strongly Favors topic 18
20% renewable energy by 2020: Strongly Favors topic 18
Invest in alternative energy sources: Favors topic 18
Increase CAFE to 40 mpg: Strongly Favors topic 18
Renewable Fuels Standard: require ethanol in fuel supply: Strongly Favors topic 18
Sponsored legislations that improve energy efficiency: Favors topic 18
Sponsored bill for tax credit for providing 85% ethanol gas: Favors topic 18
Sponsored bill raising CAFE by a 4% per year until 2018: Strongly Favors topic 18
Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence: Favors topic 18
Designate sensitive ANWR area as protected wilderness: Favors topic 18
Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18
Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%): Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Favors topic 18
YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning: Favors topic 18
YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: Strongly Favors topic 18
I will raise CEO taxes, no doubt about it: Strongly Favors topic 11
Trillion dollar giveaway: the Paris Hilton Tax Break: Strongly Favors topic 11
Bush tax cuts help corporations but not middle class: Strongly Favors topic 11
Tax cuts for the rich do not create jobs: Favors topic 11
Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on raising the Death Tax exemption to $5M from $1M: Strongly Favors topic 11
YES on increasing tax rate for people earning over $1 million: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on allowing AMT reduction without budget offset: Favors topic 11
NO on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends: Strongly Favors topic 11
YES on $47B for military by repealing capital gains tax cut: Favors topic 11
NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on permanently repealing the `death tax`: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on supporting permanence of estate tax cuts: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on raising estate tax exemption to $5 million: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
Immigrants are scapegoats for high unemployment rates: Strongly Favors topic 12
Support granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants: Favors topic 12
Reform must include more border security, and border wall: Opposes topic 12
Pathway to citizenship, but people have to earn it: Favors topic 12
Give immigrants who are here a rigorous path to citizenship: Favors topic 12
Extend welfare and Medicaid to immigrants: Favors topic 12
Comprehensive immigration reform without amnesty: Strongly Favors topic 12 Provide funding for social services for noncitizens: Favors topic 12
Rated 8% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance: Strongly Favors topic 12
YES on continuing federal funds for declared "sanctuary cities": Strongly Favors topic 12
YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 12
YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12
YES on establishing a Guest Worker program: Favors topic 12
YES on building a fence along the Mexican border: Strongly Opposes topic 12
NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government: Strongly Favors topic 12
YES on comprehensive immigration reform: Strongly Favors topic 12
Grow size of military to maintain rotation schedules: Favors topic 15
Give our soldiers the best equipment and training available: Favors topic 15
Sponsored bill for Iraq budget to be part of defense budget: Opposes topic 15
YES on limiting soldiers' deployment to 12 months: Opposes topic 15
Can't do anything at home with $12 billion a month on Iraq: Favors topic 17
US policy should promote democracy and human rights: Favors topic 17
$2.7 billion each week of Iraq spending is unsustainable: Favors topic 17
War in Iraq is "dumb" but troops still need equipment: Strongly Favors topic 17
We are playing to Osama's plan for winning a war from a cave: Strongly Favors topic 17
NO on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007: Strongly Opposes topic 17
YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008: Strongly Favors topic 17
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Refrence: http://www.ontheissues.org/Barack_Obama.htm
Joe Biden
Make every automobile sold be a flex-fuel automobile: Strongly Favors topic 18
Rated 95% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 18
Keep efficient air conditioner rule to conserve energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances: Strongly Favors topic 18
Rated 83% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence: Favors topic 18
NO on do not require ethanol in gasoline: Favors topic 18
YES on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests: Favors topic 18
NO on defunding renewable and solar energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
NO on ending discussion of CAFE fuel efficiency standards: Favors topic 18
NO on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling: Favors topic 18
NO on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill: Favors topic 18
YES on addressing CO2 emissions without considering India & China: Favors topic 18
YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation: Strongly Favors topic 18
Take away $85B in annual tax cuts for 1% of top earners: Strongly Favors topic 11
Rated 15% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Favors topic 11
YES on Internet sales tax moratorium: Opposes topic 11
NO on requiring super-majority for raising taxes: Favors topic 11
YES on eliminating the 'marriage penalty': Opposes topic 11
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Frisée and Radish Salad with Hazelnut Dressing
Serves4 to 6
- Active time:25 min
- Start to finish:25 min
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This riff on the classic frisée salad with lardons is the perfect thing to make with leftover hazelnuts from our 10 Minute Main Hake with Hazelnuts and Capers. It looks delicate, but its vinaigrette is enriched with the nuts and some bacon fat, which not only gives it substance but also balances the bitterness of the frisée and the bite of the radishes.
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil, divided
- 1/2 cup hazelnuts (2 oz), coarsely chopped
- 4 bacon slices
- 1 tablespoon Sherry vinegar or red-wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 small heads frisée (about 10 oz total)
- 4 medium radishes, thinly sliced
Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a small skillet over medium heat until it shimmers. Add hazelnuts and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Cool slightly in skillet.
Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Transfer to paper towels to drain and reserve 1 Tbsp bacon fat. Break bacon into 1-inch pieces.
Purée hazelnuts (with any remaining cooking oil), vinegar, lemon juice, 1/4 tsp salt, remaining vegetable oil, and reserved bacon fat in a blender just until nuts are finely chopped (dressing will be thick and slightly chunky).
Toss frisée, radishes, and bacon with dressing.
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December may be a month of parties and presents, but for many, it's also a month of depression.
An estimated nine percent of adults in the U.S. suffer from depression at any given time, a disease that can take many different forms. For some, the holiday season is hard to cope with. For others, the onset of short, dark, winter days leads to seasonal affective disorder. On this program, Crystal Sarakas and guests talk about depression and some of the treatment options available.
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My bedroom door has always been an important part of my life. I used my door as a communication tool; I often slammed it to show my anger and discontent. It was a source of privacy when I wanted to be alone. Finally, my door was a source of security — I could only go to sleep at night if my door was closed. I currently live in a house in which my bedroom has no door.
When I realized this, I was certain that I simply could not live without a door. How would I change clothes? How would I have personal time? Most importantly, how would I sleep? I needed privacy. I needed security. I needed a door.
Living without a door has been one of the most enlightening experiences. First, as it turns out, I can sleep just fine without a door. Also, living without a door grants total access to my personal space. People come into my room whenever they please, without knocking (as I write this in my journal, my host mother just came in to open the window to give me more light). They come in to retrieve things from the closet, to look in the mirror, but mostly, they come in to chat and to hang out with me. They come in to see how I am doing and to practice their English.
Initially, I was very uncomfortable. How did they function without a bedroom door? Where was the privacy? Where was the "me time"? But I have found that my bedroom is a microcosm of this community. The people live in a community without doors. While the apartments have actual doors, neighbors run in and out of each other's houses without knocking, children eat with different families, and everyone gathers together inside and outside of the homes to talk, dance, and watch TV.
Everyone in this community is so familiar with each other that I thought that they were all related. I finally asked my host mother: "Voces son familia?" (Are you all family?)
She responded, "Familia da Igreja" (family of the church). I was in awe when I realized that everyone in this building attends the same church. That's right: I am witnessing real and actual church community. I thought that this was something that only took place in the biblical book of Acts. I thought that this was something that Christians could attempt, but never accomplish, like counting to infinity. But I have found that Christian community can exist when we get rid of the desire to be closed off, when we let people into our personal space, when we treat our Christian brothers and sisters as actual brothers and sisters. Christian community can exist when we decide to live without doors.
Excerpted from the July 3, 2009, blog entry by Tiffany Thomas, a candidate for the master of divinity degree. She was among three divinity students from Duke who served a 10-week summer field education placement in Brazil.
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1. Why did RCC software develop only for laptops ? Who wants to carry laptop to field ? This is not practical at all. Please make it work with mobile devices : phones, tablets. Meaning it needs to work with Android and iOS.
2. The time lapse app is nice but it doesn't work for bulb mode. If user wants to shoot longer than 30 secs, for instance, star trail, this app is useless. And the shutter release sold by Sony can't do that either. Please include this in next firmeware update. I believe Nikon has done that so Sony should too. Don't make users feel regret of buying Sony product, in this case, A7.
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Questioner: Arvind had seen visions of Krishna and been in contact with Yogi Lele. Is it that a final judgment on the experiments conducted at Pondicherry will be made by future generations? What do you think of Alice Bailey who claims to receive messages? Where do the messages come from? And how? Do you too have such esoteric contacts with some masters?
Arvind sees visions of Krishna inside a prison, in the walls of the prison, in the prisoners' faces and in himself. But who is the one who knows that he sees visions of Krishna? If there is a knower then it is surely his own mental projection. If someone says he sees Krishna, it means the one who sees is not Krishna; he is bound to be different from Krishna.
The oceanic, universal form of Krishna is something entirely different from Krishna the man who happened some five thousand years ago. But his universal form, which is universal subconsciousness, is eternal. And one who encounters the universal consciousness ceases to be an ego; he disappears as he is and turns into that universal intelligence itself. You can call it by the name of Krishna, Christ, or Buddha, or whatever you like. Names don't matter; the choice of name depends on the cultural background of the one who encounters it. And once someone comes in contact with this supreme intelligence - provided it is real, not imaginary - he is lost in it forever. Come what may, he cannot stage a comeback to his old life of misery and pain. Once someone really comes to this ultimate intelligence, he can never be deprived of it.
The irony is that Arvind's whole spiritual life begins after this incident of his prison days when he is said to have seen visions of Krishna. It is after his release from the prison that he meets Yogi Lele, who is referred to in your question, and learns meditation from him. It is unbelievable that a person who has yet to learn meditation can come in contact with the universal form of Krishna. If one has already attained to Krishna consciousness, he does not need to learn meditation. For what? And does such a man need a master or a guru?
And the kind of meditation that Arvind learned from Yogi Lele is nothing special; it is an ordinary technique of meditation which does not have much depth. And he practiced it for only three days; perhaps this was his first and last meditation. And we know on Lele's authority that Arvind did not make any headway, any progress.
Arvind sat for meditation only three days, when Lele gave him the simple technique of witnessing, watching his thoughts. Lele asked him to watch his thoughts as if he is watching a beehive swarming with bees within and without. Arvind was frightened to see the swarm of his teeming thoughts, but Lele persuaded him to watch patiently. If someone watches his thoughts he will find that by and by their movement slows down and then disappears. But Arvind did not pursue this technique beyond three days and thought it was enough. And this was the greatest mistake of his life.


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text: Montana teen loved pit bulls, poetry before rape and suicideBy Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNNUpdated 4:20 PM ET, Fri August 30, 2013Just WatchedProtesters want Montana judge to resign replayMore Videos ...Protesters want Montana judge to resign 02:06Story highlightsMother looks back fondly on daughter's eccentricities after 2010 suicideMontana teacher admitted to raping teen numerous times in 2007Protests erupt after judge hands down 30-day sentence for Stacey RamboldCherice Moralez loves dancing, music, outdoors, reading and poetryCherice Moralez wasn't the type to wait for the storm to pass. She preferred to dance in the downpour."When a big rain would come, she'd always get out and dance in the rain," the teen's mother, Auliea Hanlon, said. "She taught me how to dance in the rain."Hanlon was used to her daughter's eccentricities. This was a teen who once painted herself green "for sport" and "set booby traps," sticking wads of gum on the bathroom door handle as a child, her mother said. "If the world wasn't entertaining enough, she would entertain herself with the world. She used to do all sorts of crazy stuff for sport," her mother fondly recalled.It was when that playful nature waned that Hanlon suspected something was wrong. Cherice's teachers saw it, too, as her grades suffered and her gregarious personality dimmed."She just didn't laugh as much, you know? And she had the most beautiful laugh," Hanlon said. One of Cherice's peers at a church counseling group broke the news to Hanlon in 2008: Cherice, then 14, had been raped by Stacey Rambold, a business teacher at Billings Senior High School. He was 35 years older than Cherice.Hanlon set aside her disappointment that Cherice hadn't confided in her and called the police. As news of the sexual assault disseminated through their hometown of Billings, Montana, Cherice was ostracized and bullied. Her mood grew darker. Just WatchedProsecutors fight 30-day rape sentencereplayMore Videos ...Prosecutors fight 30-day rape sentence 02:45PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedVictim's mother: Judge should resignreplayMore Videos ...Victim's mother: Judge should resign 03:46PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedMom can't believe judge's sentencing replayMore Videos ...Mom can't believe judge's sentencing 03:21PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedTeacher gets 30-day sentence for rapereplayMore Videos ...Teacher gets 30-day sentence for rape 01:52PLAY VIDEOAs Rambold's case traversed the court system -- during which the teacher confessed to repeatedly raping the girl in his home, car and office in 2007 -- Hanlon came home one day to find Cherice in Hanlon's bed, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It was February 6, 2010 --2½ weeks shy of Cherice's 17th birthday. This week, hundreds of protesters converged on a park adjacent to Yellowstone County Courthouse, armed with a petition thousands of signatures strong, demanding that the judge who handed Rambold a 30-day jail sentence after Cherice's suicide step down. He would recant and apologize later, but Judge G. Todd Baugh defended the sentence at the time by saying that Cherice looked older than her age and that the 14-year-old was as much in control of the situation as Rambold.Cherice was tough, determined and certainly strong-willed, her mother said. Her raw honesty often offended people, and she rarely shied away from telling someone how she felt. But how could she be in control? Especially being two years younger than Montana's age of consent? Her mother wonders. Hanlon has done numerous interviews in her quest to unseat Baugh from the bench he's held since 1984 and prompt a judicial review of the case. On Friday, she took a break from rehashing the rape, suicide and sentencing to look back on her daughter -- not the victim, but the older sister to John, Buck and Aulyicia who believed in unicorns and loved strawberry cheesecake, camping and making sandwiches. "She could probably out-cook Subway -- vegetables on everything," her mother said. In many ways Cherice was a typical kid. Her mother called her "Dada," a play on "daughter," while everyone else called her Cherry, the name her aunt gave her the day she was born.She enjoyed walking the family's pit bulls, Demon and Kitty, one named for a character in "Snow Dogs," the other named for fun. A 15-year-old Cherice banged up a car and the backyard fence trying to take the canines for a ride, Hanlon said. Mother and daughter were always introducing each other to new things. Cherice gave her mom the "Cirque du Freak" vampire series, and Hanlon reciprocated by acquainting Cherice with Stephen Donaldson's "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant."Cherice Moralez was 14 when she was raped by a teacher.Hanlon's fondness for the supernatural went only so far, though. Cherice would have to go elsewhere to watch her scary movies. "I don't do horror flicks," Hanlon said. The two shared plenty of other interests, though -- namely music. Hanlon enjoyed listening to Puddle of Mudd, Will Smith and Cherice's favorite band, Nickelback, while her daughter grew to love Pink Floyd and Melissa Etheridge."We'd be down in the living room -- crank it up, open the windows, open the doors and she danced," Hanlon said, recalling how she and Cherice listened to their favorite tunes. "She was a pretty good headbanger, and she had the hair for it."Cherice also loved the outdoors. She'd climb "the Rimrocks," the scenic sandstone bluffs overlooking Billings from where Hanlon, as a kid, would try to throw rocks at airplanes leaving the nearby airport. When the family went to Delmo Lake or Red Lodge -- two of Cherice's favorite camping spots -- she'd refuse to take shelter in the motor home. She and her close friend, Tiffany, would stay outside in Cherice's battered tent, which leaked. The pair got soaked several times, Hanlon said. In school, Cherice often excelled. Her teachers described her as gifted -- both academically and artistically -- and an energetic hard worker. She was insatiably curious, and if she didn't know the answer to something, "she was the type who was going to look it up," her mother said. Yet despite her intelligence, her grades would occasionally flag, not because she couldn't grasp the subject matter but because it didn't interest her, her mother said. 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What's cheap vs. what's expensive? Goldman Sachs today downgraded Kimberly-Clark (KMB - Get Report), a company that I have liked since 1985, when I first started "using" it, as they say in the biz, with my clients at Goldman Sachs. I found it painful but, alas, probably right.
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Bull signs a preliminary agreement in view to acquire Siconet - an IT services company - in Spain, a key growth country Bull announces the acquisition of its Portuguese subsidiary by GFI Informatique
Paris, May 21, 2007 -
Bull confirms its strategic repositioning as a European leader in Information Technology and related services with the planned acquisition of Siconet, a Spanish IT services provider specialized in consulting, systems integration, software development and support and the acquisition by GFI Informatique of Bull Portugal, the group's Portuguese subsidiary, present in the electronic payment terminals and systems market.
"These transactions embody Bull's ambition to develop aggressively our service activities in specific activities and growth markets" declared Didier Lamouche, Chairman and CEO of Bull. "Our Spanish team has an established track record of growth and profits and we believe that the addition of Siconet will further boost our growth potential in Spain, a key growth country for Bull. Bull Portugal has successfully developed a business that is no longer aligned with the strategic priorities of the group. However, we are confident that GFI Informatique will provide the best prospects for the employees of Bull Portugal taking into account their specific skills."
Bull Spain registered revenues of €82 million in 2006, of which €34 million in services, support and maintenance. Bull Spain and the shareholders of Siconet have signed a preliminary agreement with a view to the acquisition of Siconet by Bull. This acquisition will reinforce Bull's presence in sectors targeted by its growth offerings in IT services while drawing on its complementarity with those of Siconet.
Created in 1992, Siconet employs 400 people at its Madrid and Barcelona sites. In 2006, Siconet recorded revenues of €17.8 million, showing growth of 83%, and an EBIT of 6% (€1 million). Siconet targets five priority markets: insurance, banking, aerospace industries, transport and telecommunications. Backed up with a strong recognition for the quality of its services and its expertise in "open source" technologies, Siconet has a large customer portfolio including key names in these sectors.
"With the acquisition of Siconet we significantly reinforce our position in Spain, one of the fastest-growing markets, where Bull will exceed €100 million in revenues. Siconet brings youth, talent and dynamism as well as a commercial complementarity which will further boost our growth potential. With their expertise, Siconet's teams will reinforce our capacity to assist our customers with the evolution of their IT systems. This transaction considerably accelerates the momentum of our services activity in Spain and significantly reinforces our position" declared Didier Lamouche, Chairman and CEO, Bull.
In order to focus on its core strategic activities, Bull announces having signed with GFI Informatique a definitive agreement to sell its Portuguese subsidiary, Bull Portugal. Bull Portugal is present in the market for electronic payment solutions and counts among its customers several large banks and financial institutions. The company also has a recognised position in infrastructure services and systems integration.
Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.
Didier Lamouche, Chairman and CEO of Bull declared "This transaction allows Bull to focus on its core strategic initiatives. Our customers are assured of the continuity of all existing support and service contracts, and can continue to build their most critical IT infrastructures using our products and technologies. I extend my thanks to the employees of Bull Portugal for their exceptional dedication to their customers and their company over the years. Today they are joining a leading enterprise whose strategy is aligned with the expertise at Bull Portugal. We wish them every success."
Bull Portugal will join GFI Informatique, reinforcing its critical mass and growth strategy.
About Bull, Architect of an Open World
As one of the leading European IT companies, Bull delivers open, flexible and secure information systems. The group helps public and private sector customers transform their information systems, applying its know-how and expertise in three main areas:
Capitalizing on its extensive mainframe experience, Bull designs and produces robust, innovative and open servers, based on industry-standard technologies;
Building on its alliances with leading ISVs and long-standing involvement with Open Source, Bull develops and implements flexible and interoperable application infrastructures which give business processes the freedom to evolve;
Bringing together recognized expertise in end-to-end IT security, Bull secures data and exchanges that are so critical in preserving customers' business integrity.
Bull has a particularly strong presence in the public, healthcare, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing and defense sectors. Its distribution network and business partners cover more than 60 countries worldwide.
For more information visit: http://www.bull.com
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Located in the heart of the buzzing financial and shopping district of Dubai, Conrad Dubai offers elegantly furnished accommodations with panoramic views, 6 unique dining and entertainment venues, and a luxury spa and fitness center.
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Nestled near the turquoise waters of the Arabian Gulf where white sandy beaches dazzle in the sun, Ajman Saray is the first beach-side Luxury Collection Resort in the Middle East. Located on a pristine stretch of Ajman coast, the resort is an accessible retreat, just a short drive from major International airports and the Emirates of Dubai, Sharjah and Umm al Quwain.
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December 9, 2013
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Oberoi Dubai is located at The Oberoi Centre which is a commercial complex and includes an office tower. The hotel is located within minutes from the Dubai Mall and the Dubai International Financial Centre. The 252 spacious guest rooms and suites have floor to ceiling windows and have spectacular views of the city's skyline.
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November 24, 2013
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Waldorf Astoria Ras Al Khaimah was inspired by the palaces of the Arabian Peninsula. The setting of this landmark destination is matched by its unparalleled facilities including stylish dining and entertainment venues, sophisticated conference and event facilities, luxurious spa experiences, an 18-hole championship golf course and a 350 meter private beach, both set against the azure water of the Arabian Sea.
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August 25, 2013
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Few hotels have a more iconic structure than the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, which is constructred to look like a single, massive breaking wave. The sprawling hotel is so built so that every room can feature a sea view, since its wide face is open to the ocean. With 618 rooms and suites, that's no mean architectural feat, and its large size means that guests always have great choices when it comes to dining and leisure. The Pavilion Sports & Leisure Center puts most other hotels to shame. You can enjoy watersports, a full-service spa, tennis, dive center, and even a climbing wall. Five different fine dining experiences await your palate, so you'll have to stay at least a week to try them all. From Italian to Latin to Lebanese, each is a completely unique culinary treat.
There are 19 beachside villas that have an extra degree of privacy. The hotel has a total of 550 Ocean View Rooms, 48 Ocean View Suites and 19 Villas.
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May 21, 2013
By: K. Clare Johnson
Think a gold credit card is impressive? Not anymore. Burj Al Arab, the super-luxury hotel in Dubai, has introduced the latest status symbol for luxury travelers: The gold iPad.
Guest at Burj Al Arab often arrive one of the world's largest chauffeur-driven fleets of Rolls Royce's or by a dedicated helicopter transfer service. After check-in, the 24-karat iPad, which is worth approximately $10,000, is yours to play the world's most expensive game of Angry Birds on. Or, guests can use the virtual concierge program that comes loaded on the gadget to take advantage of the hotel's many bespoke services. The hotel introduced a similar amenity back in October 2012, with a 24-carat rose gold iPad that was designed as part of its Breast Cancer Awareness month program.
Sadly, the iPad, much like a room key, has to be returned to the front desk upon check-out. Although you can purchase your own in the hotel's boutique, along with a gold iPad minii and a gold iPhone5.
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May 12, 2013
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Dusit Thani Dubai is known for capturing the essence of Thailand in the vibrant center of Dubai's Business District.
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March 12, 2013
By: Five Star Alliance
Dar Al Masyaf is one of the three properties of Madinat Jumeirah Resort. Literally translated, Dar Al Masyaf means summer houses and the property features 29 summer houses comprising 283 rooms and suites with private balconies or terrace areas.
Beautifully appointed, all 283 rooms and suites portray an Arabian theme in keeping with the overall style of the resort. An integrated design means that guests can take either one room or even an entire summer house. Designed for the guest who seeks added privacy within intimate enclaves yet with easy access to all Madinat Jumeirah resort facilities, the summer houses of Dar Al Masyaf are an ideal refuge. Offering two house types (Gulf and Arabian), each with luxurious guest rooms and suites, the Gulf summer houses offer superb access to the beach and all houses benefit from privileged locations within the resort.
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December 29, 2012
By: K. Clare Johnson
In the final days of 2012, Five Star Alliance is counting down the Top 15 Luxury Hotels and Resort Destinations Worldwide, as decided by you, our luxury travelers! Be sure to check in with us daily to keep up with our countdown and explore a few of the absolute best and most luxurious hotels in the world for your future travels!
As of this writing, Five Star Alliance has 64 luxury resorts in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. One of the seven Arab emirates, Dubai is one of the richest places in the world.
What makes our guests love Dubai?
-Seemingly endless clean beaches, amazing accommodations, gourmet dining, and tons of nightlife make Dubai desirable.
-Unusual spectator sports like Camel racing. Sports are big in Dubai, visitors can enjoy world-class tennis, horse racing, rally car racing, power boatting, rugby and sailing.
-Shopping is big business in Dubai. The very popular Dubai Shopping Festival takes place from January to February.
-October to April is the peak tourist season in Dubai. Temperatures tend to be from the upper 70s to the low 90s during this time period.
Where to Stay?
-For a Valentine's Day getaway, Dusit Thani Dubai has nightly rates from 676AED. Nightly rates from 1360AED are available at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray. For a real splurge, try Kempinski Hotel and Residences Palm Jumeirah (pictured) with nightly rates starting at 1920AED.
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Choonghee Han (Ph.D. candidate, North Liberty, Iowa) brings many years and many more miles of journalism experience to The University of Iowa, and that time and space has allowed Han to form the philosophy on journalism education he imparts on UI students today.
Born in 1968 in Wonju, South Korea, a small city in "a mountainous province," Han and his family eventually moved to Seoul where, as a high school student, he joined an intramural broadcast team. He took that blooming interest in journalism to Kyung Hee University.
"I wanted to learn more about how journalism works, how communication works and how to better understand each other," Han said. "That's the business of journalism."
Han received his bachelor's degree from Kyung Hee in 1993 and took a job with the Educational Broadcasting System (EBS), the Korean equivalent of the United States' Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). There, Han honed his media production skills in radio, television and documentary filmmaking, while increasing his curiosity about media audiences.
Five years into his 10-year tenure at EBS, Han chose to return to Kyung Hee University to obtain a master's degree in journalism. His thesis explored EBS's audience and its satisfaction with the station's programming.
"We had a broad concept of what educational programming meant, so I wanted to know if audiences were happy with what they received from this formerly government-run, now public-but-government-funded station," Han said of the PBS-modeled network. "We claimed to be the protector of public broadcast. That' why I wanted to know if audiences respect the network and would continue to contribute and support quality programming. And they said they really enjoy what we created."
Han's thirst for education was not quenched, though, and after asking for a one-year leave from EBS, Han applied and was accepted to the master's program at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. The school had a journalism and broadcast program similar to Kyung Hee and one whose reputation appealed to Han.
"Ball State has one of the top five telecommunications programs in the country, which basically means they have one of the top five programs in the world," Han said.
There, he continued studying audience usage of media, even though it took him longer than the time off he requested.
"Ball State's is a 48 credit-hour program, and I only asked for one year off," Han said. "So every year I had to ask for another year off; I even called the president of EBS, and somehow I successfully made my case."
Han worked hard the next two years to obtain his second master's degree, this one focusing on digital storytelling with a thesis on international students' usage of local media or their home's media. He admits, however, that even though he intended to return home, once he landed in the Midwest, his goals took a turn.
"I had another plan in mind: to find a quality Ph.D. program," Han said. "And I knew the name of The University of Iowa because of its philosophy and doctorate program. Several people in Korea have graduated from Iowa. For example, the dean of communication at Seoul National University is an Iowa graduate."
Associate Professor Lyombe Eko was the first to call when Han was accepted into UI's doctorate program in 2005.
"I was a member of the graduate admissions committee, and I was assigned to vet international students," Eko said. "By coincidence, Choonghee was driving in heavy traffic, but he offered to pull over so we could talk!"
Eko was and continues to be impressed with Han's experience and work ethic.
"Choonghee has done an excellent job setting up a model that takes our school from having a simpler broadcast system to a strong online system as well," Eko said. "He has walked students, and me as well, through these technological changes and has been the multidisciplinary, multi-tasking, multi-skilled person we like to have and are trying to produce at The University of Iowa."
One of Han's many tasks, his doctoral dissertation, reflects his continued interest on media's effect on audiences. The project, "The Politics of Memory in Journalistic Representation of World War II Human Rights Abuses: Discursive Construction of Controversial 'Sites of Memory' in Three East Asian Newspapers," seems easier done than said when explained by Han.
"There are three key concepts: journalistic representation, and that means news. There's collective memory, which is something we share that defines our existence. And there's politics, something that's never neutral and always wants to win public support," Han said. "So I want to see how politicians in South Korea, Japan and China exploit their audiences' shared memory of World War II atrocities invasions, killings, occupations, massacres through media."
Along with his dissertation, Han has also worked as a teaching assistant for Professor Julie Andsager's Social Scientific Foundations of Communication and Associate Professor Frank Durham's Cultural and Historical Foundations of Communication.
"Choonghee has a really sharp mind and would often ask important questions to get the discussion going," Durham said. "He has a good rapport with students and runs a good class." As a colleague, Durham considered Han "more of a collaborator than an employee. That's my goal: to work with graduate students on even terms, and that's been easy to do with Choonghee."
Han has collected his travels and experiences and crafted a philosophy on journalism education that he takes pride in imparting on his students.
"I've always had a sense that journalism produces public intelligence," Han said. "My career so far has helped me learn about the importance of journalism, the impact it has. We are trying to facilitate democracy, which is the goal of society: to maintain everybody's well-being. This is a value we cannot abandon. And any student who can learn our skills, who has our analytical ability and who believes in our value, after they graduate from our university, they can do anything."


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Burrata Cheese
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My daughter introduced me to burrata cheese. She works at the Italian Kitchen downtown and on her recommendation we ordered the salad that features it. She was so right.
What is it? Burrata (burro is Italian for butter) is a fresh spun cheese with a creamy centre. If you cut into one, you'll notice 3 textures. The outside is a stretched 3'x 5″ sheet of mozzarella, drawn up into a little sac then filled with a fresh cream and soft strips of mozzarella (stracciatella). Which means you have chewy, creamy, sweet, yogurty, buttery going around in your mouth at once.
Traditionally served with tomatoes and a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper. Go no further.
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Food historian, Gary Allen has written a wonderful story about this cheese. If that isn't enough for you, there's a burrata Facebook page.


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3428 ups - 1528 downs = 1900 votes
149 comments submitted at 05:43:15 on Jan 26, 2014 by lamborghini224MC
That's why I bought a fedora, those things are like safe deposit boxes, for just a little investment, you can guarantee your money's safety for a lifetime.
What about if you're wearing a fedora with a nice suit?
I like wearing a bowler hat with my suit sometimes and I think a matching fedora would look tits.
Actually, I'm gonna do it anyway, probably wouldn't get laid even if I had a chocolate dick that spurts money.
Oh yeah dude. you'd look totally awesome. Try combining a fedora with a trenchcoat and a MLP t shirt too. Bitches will be swarming you.
Bitches will be all over you, you won't even need pants with that trench coat.
Fuck is MLP?
I've been a suit guy for a long time man, none of this cheap shit neither, tailored suits.
It's called gentlemans fashion, you should try it next time you're out looking for nikes or vintage clothes or whatever you wear.
> It's called gentlemans fashion
Oh god, my sides
He must be one of those "swag is for boys, class is for men" guys.
Have you even ever been into a tailors?
Bro do you even bespoke?
I shop at Bespoke Fucks.
You have been into tailors?
Show fit pics bro.
calling yourself a suit guy and saying its gentlemans fashion somehow tells me it doesnt look as cool as you think it does.
One of OP's submission links says he hasn't been intimate with a girl since he was 15 and I think I understand.
MLP is a show for mature and classy people.
It's not a show for everypony, only us enlightened bronies can understand the subtle nods towards adult humor in it. :)
I thought you died
What is it then, I'm guessing you're one of these soft as shit indie kids that might as well have a pussy secured to them in their skinny jeans and jack wills shirts?
The mad is strong with this one.
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Why would you assume I'm mad man?
Did I hurt your feels or something, come on, lets hug it out. Come on Mary Beth, it's ok to cry.
Res tagged as mad fedora boy.
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