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Sour Cream Mushroom Soup
From EatingWell: January/February 1994
This healthy version of cream of mushroom soup uses reduced-fat sour cream and low-fat milk to make it creamy while keeping the fat in check. Fresh tarragon and nutmeg flavor it nicely.
Makes: 6 servings, generous 1 cup each
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Diabetes appropriate | Low calorie | Low carbohydrate | Low cholesterol | Low sodium | Healthy weight |View Our Nutrition Guidelines »
- 1 1/2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon, or 1/2 teaspoon dried
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 pound mushrooms, trimmed and sliced
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 1/2 cups reduced-sodium beef broth
- 1 cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 1 cup low-fat milk
- Salt & freshly ground pepper, to taste
- Pinch cayenne pepper, or dash Tabasco (optional)
- Snipped fresh chives, for garnish (optional)
- Fresh tarragon sprigs, for garnish (optional)
- Heat oil in a large heavy saucepan over low heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, until soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add tarragon and nutmeg and cook for 1 minute more. Stir in mushrooms, cover pot and steam until the mushrooms exude their moisture, about 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle flour over the mushrooms. Increase heat to medium and cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes. Gradually stir in broth, stirring and scraping any flour that clings to the pan. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened and smooth, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Combine sour cream and milk; whisk into the mushroom mixture. Season with salt, pepper and cayenne (or Tabasco), if desired. Gently heat, stirring, until the soup is hot but not boiling. Garnish the soup with chives and tarragon before serving if desired.
Per serving: 170 calories; 8 g fat (4 g sat, 3 g mono); 18 mg cholesterol; 17 g carbohydrates; 9 g protein; 1 g fiber; 134 mg sodium; 462 mg potassium.
Nutrition Bonus: Selenium (16% daily value).
Carbohydrate Servings: 1
Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1 vegetable, 1 1/2 fat
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I'm only passing through this PD club out of interest, but everyone's heard of the Wilson weight variances - how would you say the Babolat PDs and similar compare in this regard?
The reason I ask is because I turned up at my club today having forgotten to bring my racquets so I borrowed a current PD demo from the club shop.
Although I owned a PD many moons away, I'm no expert on recent iterations of the PD, but the balance and weighting of this racquet just did not feel right at all. Just felt too 'hammer' heavy in the head with a very, very light handle. I could be wrong but I don't remember my old PD feeling like that.
The strings were worn out 16g Xcel that had lost a ton of tension, but I just couldn't jive with the stick, so a friend of mine, lent me his spare APDC. It must be years since I've played with that type of stick but it felt so much better as if there was more mass in the handle (the only change I could see was an OG) with an overall better balance to it / more even distribution of mass, and such an easy racquet to swing! You don't have to do anything to generate power, topspin, keep the ball in the court etc. And an unbelievably forgiving hoopsize (even if its the the slight expense of pinpoint accuracy).
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The multi-disciplinary expertise of this proposed office in eastern region would be available to other law enforcement agencies as well, he said, adding, a large number of investors have been duped of thousands of crores of rupees by fraud companies.
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Whenever these companies indulge in illegalities and violate laws to raise huge money from investors by promising lucrative interest rates, the state agencies must promptly initiate action against them, he said.
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F800GS Touratech 20lt fueltank - Who's got one???
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well I dit it like this:
I have it installed with the 2 sides of the tank connected on the vent hose of the main thank.
The hose is also over the dashboard so I can fill the tank with the petcocks open and he do not overfill the main thank.
The advantages are:
-petcocks always open,
-no drilling in to the main tank.
- not possible to overfill the main thank
Last year i have driven this system with a jerrycan for 10000km an it works perfect, when the main tank lowers it sucks the gasoline from the jerrycan, now the tt-tank.
So to get this straight,
You merge the left TT and the right TT tank fuel lines into one hose then run that hose into the stock tank's vent hole located at the back right corner of the the stock tank?
Then you run the TT tank vent line(underneath the TT tank) up and around the instruement cluster and attach it to the right side, kinda high up to minimize water/dust contaminating your fuel. thus allowing both TT tank and the stock tank to equalize the pressure in both tanks.
So there is NO drilling the stock tank.
Petcock stays open ALL the time.
Both tanks vent using a shared vent hose coming out of the TT tank.
In theory, it sounds like it would work! And you stated you've done this using a jerry can for many miles.
As long as you have an airtight tank, the fuel pump should provide the fuel suction to draw all the fuel to the engine.
Sounds like you have to have the "canisterectomy" done too (US bikes only).
Sounds awesome!
In about a month, I'm gonna try this and will report back with pics!
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This week New York Magazine has assembled a power panel of famous figures in sports, art, culture, and poitics to reminisce about their childhoods in New York. It shouldn't come as a huge surprise that a number of the chosen were…chosen (or grew up among them).
Barbara Boxer remembers how all the shopkeepers in Brooklyn were World War II refugees, Zac Posen talks about running into Madonna on Spring Street, and Anthony Weiner looked fondly back on the Reform synagogue wars of old Park Slope. Colin Powell, who learned Yiddish from working in a small store, realized that he really hadn't met a true Anglo-Protestant until he joined the Army. It's a great feature and, as if you need more teasing, here's the opening of the one written by Mel Brooks.
I grew up at 365 South 3rd Street in Williamsburg. I remember doing my homework—it was to write down as many signers of the Declaration of Independence as you knew. I knew three. My brother Irving came home, and I said, "Irving, I only have three. I'm going to fail this test." He said, "Where do you play ball?" "I play ball on Franklin Avenue." He says, "There's one." He said, "Where do you play roller hockey?" "On Hooper." "There's another." "Where's the library?" "Hewes." "Well, there's another one." I said, "Wait a minute, I'm beginning to get it." I aced that test.
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Bewley's Hotel Ballsbridge is one of the few hotels open for Christmas in Dublin. This warm and welcoming Christmas hotel is renowned for its great Christmas charm and enjoyable setting throughout the festive season.
During Christmas, Bewley's Hotel Ballsbridge is offering Christmas Day Lunch & Christmas Breaks
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UNION — Ordinances to accommodate the relocation of the Farmer's Market and the development of an automobile repair business were approved by Union City Council Thursday morning.
Council met in special session Thursday to approve second and final reading of the ordinances.
Farmer's Market
The first ordinance amended the City of Union Zoning Ordinance to accommodate the relocation of the Farmer's Market to a site on Main Street next to the Union County YMCA.
Mayor Harold Thompson said the amendment, which rezones the site as Business Zone A-2 (Highway Commercial) is a "special exception" that will enable the Farmer's Market to relocate to and operate from its new location. He said the property has already been staked out in preparation for its development as the new home of the farmer's market.
The city zoning ordinance defines as Business Zone A-2 (Highway Commercial) as being established "to provide for the proper grouping and development of commercial land uses which are for the convenience of customers traveling by automobile. Establishments in this district provide goods and services for the traveling public and for local residents."
The amendment explains that "Farmer's Markets are important operations that provide convenient access to fresh agricultural products for purchase by residents and visitors." It adds that "this economic development activity also supports local farmers."
The amendment defines the Farmer's Market as "the seasonal offering for sale of fresh agricultural products directly to the consumer at an open air market."
Auto Repair Garage
The second ordinance rezoned the property located at 1306 W. Main St. from R-8 Residential to Business Zone A-2 (Highway Commercial).
A "rezoning analysis staff report" states that the property "is currently developed as an auto repair garage." The report states that the owner has requested the property be rezoned "in order to re-establish the auto repair use on the property."
Currently, the property is zoned as Residential Zone R-8 with the area being used primarily for "single-family, two-family and multi-family dwellings and for related recreational, religious and educational facilities normally required to provide an orderly and attractive residential area."
Both ordinances were unanimously approved by council.


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LUX-Lung 2 Interim Results
Interim Phase II data from the LUX-Lung 2 study suggest BIBW 2992 has anti-tumor activity in advanced, second-line, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations.(2)
"Lung cancer kills more people than any other cancer.(3) The LUX-Lung 1 and 2 studies represent an opportunity to investigate BIBW 2992 across a range of different patient populations," said Dr.
BIBW 2992 is an orally-administered, irreversible dual inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and human epithelial receptor 2 (HER2) tyrosine kinases.(1) It is the first irreversible EGFR-TKI (tyrosine kinase inhibitor) to reach Phase III for third/fourth-line NSCLC.(4)
In the emerging era of personalized cancer medicine, Boehringer Ingelheim is one of the first companies to prospectively identify appropriate patients for clinical trials based on biomarkers. As part of the LUX-Lung clinical development program, Boehringer Ingelheim is evaluating BIBW 2992 in NSCLC patients who test positive for EGFR activating mutations.(5)
"It is well documented that 'activating' mutations that arise in the tyrosine kinase (TK) domain of the EGFR gene are associated with an increased sensitivity to first generation EGFR TKIs.(6,7,8) The majority of patients who initially respond to EGFR TKIs such as gefitinib or erlotinib will eventually develop resistance, often through gaining another mutation, such as the so-called T790M resistance mutation,"(9,10) said Dr. Haehl.
Detailed Findings from LUX-Lung 2:(2)
To date, 409 NSCLC patients have been screened in the LUX-Lung 2 study and 104 patients with EGFR mutations have started treatment with BIBW 2992 once daily. Preliminary data will be presented at ASCO for the first 73 second-line patients, all of whom had previously received one regimen of chemotherapy. Sixty-seven patients are evaluable for response.
Interim data show:(1)
- 64% of patients (43/67) taking BIBW 2992 in the second-line setting experienced a partial response (75% among patients with deletion 19 and 66% in patients with L858R mutations)
- 31% (21/67) of patients taking BIBW 2992 in the second-line setting experienced stable disease
- Median progression-free survival (PFS) in second-line setting is 10.2 months
- The most common related adverse events were diarrhea and skin-related disorders in 86% and 89% of patients respectively [16% and 18% being grade 3 respectively]
- 37 patients had dose reduction and 4 patients discontinued treatment due to adverse events
Findings from LUX-Lung 1
In addition, preliminary data on the demographic and blinded safety data from the ongoing Phase III study, the LUX-Lung 1 trial, will be presented at ASCO for the first time.(5)
The LUX-Lung 1 study addresses a critical need for treatment options for NSCLC patients after failure with a second-line or third-line reversible EGFR inhibitor (i.e., erlotinib or gefitinib). This study recently moved from Phase IIb into Phase III.(5)
"The LUX-Lung 1 study is important as it investigates BIBW 2992 in a group of patients for whom there are no other approved treatment options. These are patients who have already been through standard first-line or second-line chemotherapy and then received treatment with an EGFR TKI. The LUX-Lung 1 study will evaluate whether BIBW 2992 will extend the lives of these cancer patients,"(5) said Dr. Haehl.
First Presentation of Phase II Data on BIBF 1120 in Ovarian Cancer
Data from a Phase II study of BIBF 1120 in patients with ovarian cancer who responded to at least second-line chemotherapy will be presented at ASCO in
"There is a great need for more effective and well tolerated treatment options for women with ovarian cancer.(14) We have a growing body of evidence that anti-angiogenic agents may represent an important treatment approach for this disease,"(15,16,17) commented Prof.
Because angiogenesis plays a pivotal role in the growth of solid tumors,(13) BIBF 1120 is currently being investigated in a number of cancer types including advanced NSCLC. The LUME-Lung Phase III clinical trial program is investigating BIBF 1120 in combination with standard second-line chemotherapy treatments for patients with advanced NSCLC. Approximately 2,600 patients will be enrolled, making this one of the largest Phase III study programs in this NSCLC patient population to date.
About Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the world's most common cancer and kills more people than any other cancer.(3,14) In 2008, approximately 1.52 million new cases of lung cancer were diagnosed worldwide, with 1.31 million people dying from the disease.(14) In
About Ovarian Cancer
According to the 2008 World Health Organization World Cancer Report, as of 2002, ovarian cancer was ranked as the 6th most common cancer in women. Additionally, approximately 204,000 new cases were diagnosed worldwide and 125,000 women died from the disease in 2002.(14) The ACS estimates that about 21,650 new cases of ovarian cancer were diagnosed in
About Boehringer Ingelheim in Oncology
Building on scientific expertise and excellence in the fields of pulmonary and cardiovascular medicine, metabolic disease, neurology, virology and immunology, Boehringer Ingelheim has embarked on a major research program to develop innovative cancer drugs. Working in close collaboration with the international scientific community and a number of the world's leading cancer centers, Boehringer Ingelheim is committed to discovering and developing novel cancer treatments. This commitment is underpinned by using advances in science to develop a range of targeted therapies in areas of medical need, including various solid tumors and hematological cancers.
The current focus of research includes compounds in three areas: angiogenesis inhibition, signal transduction inhibition and cell-cycle kinase inhibition. BIBW 2992 entered Phase IIb/III clinical development in NSCLC earlier in 2008 and was granted Fast Track designation for a third/fourth line treatment indication in NSCLC by the US Food & Drug Administration. In addition, the LUME-Lung Phase III clinical trial program, which is investigating BIBF 1120 in combination with standard second-line chemotherapy treatments for patients with advanced NSCLC, is ongoing. In the area of cell-cycle kinase inhibition, Boehringer Ingelheim is developing inhibitors of polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1), a protein that is involved in the processes of cell division. These molecules are in the early stages of clinical development.
About Boehringer Ingelheim
The Boehringer Ingelheim group is one of the world's 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Ingelheim,
In 2008, Boehringer Ingelheim posted net sales of
For more information, please visit http://us.boehringer-ingelheim.com
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- Shih J-Y et al. "A Phase II study of BIBW 2992, a novel irreversible dual EGFR and HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), in patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung and activating EGFR mutations after failure of 1 line of chemotherapy (LUX-Lung 2)." Poster Discussion Presentation.
1 June 2009, Session Time: 8:00AM – 12:00PM. #8013
- "Ask the Expert Online Q&A: Are the number of cancer cases increasing or decreasing in the world?"
1 April 2008. World Health Organization. 5 May 2009. http://www.who.int/features/qa/15/en/print.html.
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals. "BIBW 2992 and BSC Versus Placebo and BSC in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Failing Erlotinib or Gefitinib (LUX-LUNG 1)"
23 April 2009. ClinicalTrials.gov. 5 May 2009. http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00656136?term=BIBW+2992+and+Phase+III&rank=1.
- Yang C-H et al. "Phase IIb/III double-blind randomized trial of BIBW 2992, an irreversible, dual inhibitor of EGFR and HER2 plus best supportive care (BSC) versus placebo plus BSC in patients with NSCLC failing 1-2 lines of chemotherapy (CT) and erlotinib or gefitinib (LUX-Lung1): a preliminary report. General Poster Session: Lung Cancer – Metastatic." Saturday
30 May 2009, Session Time: 2:00PM – 6:00PM. # 8062
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@Cryptic: I was wondering if you took two steps back to think and test before you released the changes to this map? If so, I don't think you did a very good job and highly recommend you revert what can only be described as mistakes to this map.
For those who do not know,
Shanty Town
is a ground pvp assault map. You download a virus, transport it across the map and upload it to the enemy mainframe. Enemy mainframes are guarded by turrets, with an unguarded (albeit with a small turret) data terminal in middle that gives less points if uploaded to. It's a symmetrical quite evenly balanced map, at least used to be.
Thanks to a recent update, intentional or unintentional, I am unsure. You have dumped a huge pile of sand on the fed side of the map. What purpose this serves I don't know, but it has resulted in the KDF side not being able to use the middle data terminal and has buried several federation turrets underneath the sand.
These fed turrets can shoot you from underneath the sand and are completely invulnerable. They shoot at you while uploading to the mainframe so means that unless you have someone covering you (ie blocking the shots) on KDF side, you cannot upload data. I believe this constitutes a huge balance error.
NOTE: This version of Shanty Town I have only encountered in public PvP matches.


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Two Miramax films, "Chicago" and "Gangs of New York," are among the six nominated for the producer of the year award by the Producers Guild of America.
They will compete for top honors with New Line Cinema's "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," IFC Films' "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," Columbia/Sony Picture Entertainment's "Adaptation" and DreamWorks' "Road to Perdition."
This is the first time six movies have been nominated in the feature film category, a result of two tying for fifth place. The guild said the winner of its award has won the best picture Oscar nine of the past 13 years.
Nominations also were announced in four TV categories. They included, for drama series, NBC's "The West Wing," Fox's "24," CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and HBO's "The Sopranos" and "Six Feet Under," and, for comedy series, CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond," Fox's "Malcolm in the Middle," NBC's "Will & Grace" and HBO's "Sex and the City" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."


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Greenpeace is looking for the next generation of leaders in the environmental movement and we think that you just might know one of them. Every year students join us for an activist training called the Greenpeace Semester. The program combines classroom-style workshops with hands-on field training and travel. Students learn essential grassroots organizing skills, how to plan effective campaigns and the principles and practice of non-violent direct action. It's an amazing program and the students who complete the course gain the knowledge and experience it takes to protect the planet. Right now, we're taking nominations for the summer session. So if you know a student between the ages of 18-24 who would be perfect for this program, or if YOU'D be perfect for the program, let us know by submitting a nomination right now.We'll be getting in touch with all the nominees to give them more information about the Greenpeace Semester. Over 300 students have gone through the program already. These people go on to do all sorts of great things -- from leading campaigns on their campuses to working for Greenpeace. Here's what Alexis Boxer, a summer 2009 graduate currently working with the Sierra Student Coalition in Indiana, had to say about the program:
"The Greenpeace Semester changed my life and got me to where I am today…the Semester prepared me for work with non-profits and really helped me to realize that my passion for the environment and people can be put to use for the greater good and for the long term. I have made some of the best friends of my life and came away with a family and support system unlike any other."
So if you know someone who fits the bill or whom you think definitely needs more information about the program, then nominate them today. There's no shortage of environmental problems facing the world at the moment. We need these young leaders now more than ever.
Phil Radford is an American environmental, clean energy, and democracy leader serving as the Executive Director of Greenpeace USA. He was a co-founder of the Democracy Initiative, served as the Founder and Executive Director of Power Shift, and is a board member of Green Corps.He has a background in grassroots organizing, corporate social responsibility, and clean energy.
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As in the case of the early Sunni caliphate, Ṣafavid rule had been based originally on both political and religious legitimacy, with the shah being both king and divine representative. With the later erosion of Ṣafavid central political authority in the mid-17th century, the power of the Shīʿite clergy in civil affairs—as judges, administrators, and court functionaries—began to grow, in a way unprecedented in Shīʿite history. Likewise, the ʿulamāʾ began to take a more active role in agitating against Sufism and other forms of popular religion, which remained strong in Iran, and in enforcing a more scholarly type of Shīʿism among the masses. The development of the taʿziyyah—a passion play commemorating the martyrdom of al-Ḥusayn and his family—and the practice of visits to the shrines and tombs of local Shīʿite leaders began during this period, largely at the prompting of the Shīʿite clergy.
These activities coincided with an escalated debate between Shīʿite scholars in Iran and Iraq over the role played by the clergy in interpreting Islamic precepts. One faction felt that the only sound source of legal interpretation was the direct teachings of the 12 infallible imams, in the form of their written and oral testaments (Arabic akhbār, hence the name of the sect: the Akhbāriyyah). Their opponents, known as the Uṣūliyyah, held that a number of fundamental sources (uṣūl) should be consulted but that the final source for legal conclusions rested in the reasoned judgment of a qualified scholar, a mujtahid. The eventual victory of the Uṣūliyyah in this debate during the turbulent years at the end of the Ṣafavid empire was to have resounding effects on both the shape of Shīʿism and the course of Iranian history. The study of legal theory (fiqh), the purview of the mujtahids, became the primary field of scholarship in the Shīʿite world, and the rise of the mujtahids as a distinctive body signaled the development of a politically conscious and influential religious class not previously seen in Islamic history.
This rising legalism also facilitated the implementation of a theory that was first voiced in the mid-16th century by the scholars ʿAlī al-Karakī and Zayn al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī, which called for the clergy to act as a general representative (nāʾib al-ʿamm) of the Hidden Imam during his absence, performing such duties as administering the poor tax (zakāt) and income tax (khums, "one-fifth"), leading prayer, and running Sharīʿah courts. A strong Ṣafavid state and the presence of influential Akhbārī scholars at first managed to suppress the execution of these ideas, but the complete collapse of central authority in Iran during the 18th century accelerated the already considerable involvement of the clerisy in state and civil affairs, a trend that would continue until modern times.
Nādir Shah (1736–47)
Nādr later dethroned Ṭahmāsp II in favour of the latter's son, the more pliant ʿAbbās III. His successful military exploits, however, which included victories over rebels in the Caucasus, made it feasible for this stern warrior himself to be proclaimed monarch—as Nādir Shah—in 1736. He attempted to mollify Persian-Ottoman hostility by establishing in Iran a less aggressive form of Shīʿism, which would be less offensive to Ottoman sensibilities; but this experiment did not take root. Nādir Shah's need for money drove him to embark on his celebrated Indian campaign in 1738–39. His capture of Delhi and of the Mughal emperor's treasure gave Nādir booty in such quantities that he was able to exempt Iran from taxes for three years. His Indian expedition temporarily solved the problem of how to make his empire financially viable.
How large this problem loomed in Nādir Shah's mind is demonstrated by his increasingly morbid obsession with treasure and jewels. After suspecting his son of complicity in a plot against him in 1741, Nādir Shah's mind seems to have become unhinged; his brilliance and courage deteriorated into a meanness and capricious cruelty that could no longer be tolerated. In 1747 he was murdered by a group of his own Afshārid tribesmen, together with some Qājār chiefs—a sad end to one of Iran's greatest leaders.
Nādir had been the first modern Iranian leader to perceive the importance of having his own navy, and in 1734 he had appointed an "admiral of the gulf." Ships were purchased from their British captains, and by 1735 the new Iranian navy had attacked Al-Baṣrah. What really mattered, however, were the land forces. Nādir Shah's reign exemplified the fact that, to be successful, a shah of Iran had to prove himself capable of defending his realm's territorial integrity and of extending its sources of wealth and production by conquest. To these ends, Nādir Shah built up a large army composed of tribal units under their own chiefs, such as his Afshārid kinsmen and the Qājār and Bakhtyārī.
But on Nādir Shah's death his great military machine dispersed, its commanders bent on establishing their own states. Aḥmad Shah Durrānī founded a kingdom in Afghanistan based in Kandahār. Shah Rokh, Nādir Shah's blind grandson, succeeded in maintaining himself at the head of an Afshārid state in Khorāsān, its capital at Mashhad. The Qājār chief Muḥammad Ḥasan took Māzanderān south of the Caspian Sea. Āzād Khan, an Afghan, held Azerbaijan, whence Moḥammad Ḥasan Khan Qājār ultimately expelled him. The Qājār chief, therefore, disposed of this post-Nādir Shah Afghan remnant in northwestern Iran but was himself unable to make headway against a new power arising in central and southern Iran, that of the Zands.
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Among the things that Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, said Thursday during a meeting with a small group of constituents, one in particular should resonate with voters: "I think we need to earn credibility. I don't think the American people really trust us on immigration, nor should they."
Herrera Beutler was speaking about the possibility of Congress coming up with changes to immigration law. And she was speaking from the perspective of being a congresswoman when that body's approval rating is at record low levels. The truth is, the American people probably wouldn't trust Congress with changing the oil on their car at this point.
Because of that, it is instructive to consider the differing approaches that are inherent in the immigration discussion. Last year, the Democrat-led Senate passed a sweeping bill designed to address many of the underlying issues of immigration reform, but the bill went nowhere in the Republican-led House. That's because Republicans are favoring a step-by-step approach to immigration — addressing items such as tightened border security, increased legal immigration and an eventual path to citizenship, one item at a time.
The preference for a piecemeal approach likely is fallout, in part, from the still-contentious debate over health care reform. Among the lessons from the Affordable Care Act is that many Americans find sweeping reform too big of a pill to swallow. But a one-at-a-time approach to immigration also could have some drawbacks.
"If we start with the most volatile issue from the start, it may tank the whole process," Herrera Beutler said. With an estimated 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally, the country can't afford for the process to be tanked again.
Immigration will be a major topic for Congress this year, and it will be important to the Northwest — especially in the agriculture-dominated eastern portions of Washington and Oregon. Many industries rely upon undocumented workers, even as the country is ramping up efforts to keep such workers out. As the (Spokane) Spokesman-Review wrote last year: "Our nation needs to resolve the contradictory 'Help Wanted' and 'Keep Out' messages we send across our borders."
In 2010, President Obama signed into law the Southwest Border Security Bill, providing $600 million to beef up security along the United States' border with Mexico. By most reliable accounts, the efforts have helped reduce the number of illegal border crossings, yet completely securing the border remains a far-fetched notion.
Additional immigration issues would have been addressed by last year's Senate bill, which would have allowed unauthorized immigrants currently in the United States to apply for "registered provisional immigrant" status. That would have required undocumented immigrants to pay a $1,000 fine that would have allowed them to stay in the country but not receive federal benefits. After 10 years, they could become permanent residents.
Complex issues have no easy solutions, and regardless of which philosophy wins out — Democrats' sweeping reform or Republicans' step-by-step approach — immigration must be addressed. The Census Bureau estimates that net international migration will increase by roughly 20 million people over the next two decades — about twice the number believed to have immigrated to the United States between 1890 and 1910. Because of that, Congress needs to stop hoping the issue will simply go away.


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October 2, 2006 Sometimes you need to have a physical reference to fully comprehend how big, fast or remarkable a certain achievement is, and that's exactly the case with the truly astounding achievement of Japanese telco Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation when it successfully demonstrated optical fibre transmission of 14 Tera bits per second over a single 160 km long optical fibre. For those who don't know, the word Tera signifies one trillion and … you see, hard to wrap the brain cells around what that really means isn't it. It's why Apple talks about the iPod in terms of the number of tunes it holds. Then try this for size! That's 140 high-definition movies per second, waaay ahead of the old record of 100 hi-def movies per second. Clearly we're going to have enough bandwidth for high res anything a few decades from now.
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Fairy Tales and Folklore: All Girl Thunderdome!**Winners and entrants revealed!! pg5
Ladies and gentlemen!
Once again the girls of ConceptArt.org have joined together for the yearly all-girl Thunderdome!
This year's theme is Fairy Tales and Folklore, and there are 36 entries accompanied by its title and a link to the story, so read up!
This is a multiple choice poll so make sure to select the entries ( as many as you want!) you wish to vote for! Once you vote you won't be able to go back on it !
The poll is open for everyone, but it will close Thursday, November 8th!!!
So hurry and cast your votes for the best artworks or best representations of each individual's story! (Entrants: Be courteous, and vote for someone else other than yourself!!)
There will be badass prizes given to the top three entries, courtesy of Conceptart.org!
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Title: Size doesn't matter
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Title: Alice in Wonderland
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Gahh, so much coolness pld:
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What a great collection of entries. Congrats to all whom have entered and may the best woman win.
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Wow fantastic entires! Can see all the hard work poured into each piece. Good job ladies!
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Phenominal showing, ladies! Definately an outstanding collection of art.
I certainly don't have time to read all the stories, so I based my votes on the criteria of overal image quality and a compelling image that would entice me to read the story. Several tough decisions and pictures that I liked for novelty or quality but that just didn't quite stand up to the great top entries. Everyone participating in this contest should be proud of the work they did, though, winning or not.
"Every generation sees the past though the lens of its own time." - Thom Hartmann
October 31st, 2007 #11
Great jobs, girls! We rock! I'll vote later.
October 31st, 2007 #12
Crits coming tonight!
EDIT: Congrats ladies!!! Wonderful work... totally kicked ass here. (see crits on page 2)
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October 31st, 2007 #13
Awesome ladies! I'll have to read the stories of the ones that interest me most and not on the level of complexity of the art piece itself. As long as the art conveys the story being accompanied by it, it'll get special consideration.
Once again, congrats womenz of CA!
October 31st, 2007 #14
So many months in the making, way to rock the second TD ladies! I'm so ashamed I couldn't pull myself together in time to join in, this is a competition to remember! I can't even vote just yet, I need to really sit and look over these for a while. This is going to be CLOSE.
Way to represent!
October 31st, 2007 #15
Hot damn that was a hard vote.... so much goodness (I'm gonna bet that I voted for a shelly wan...)
October 31st, 2007 #16
We Rock!!!!
I only voted for a single entry because if I didn't limit myself to that, I'd vote for almost all of them. There were at least 7-10 entries I could've just as easily have chosen.
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October 31st, 2007 #17
LADIES - we ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fantastic job everyone! I am really proud!!!!
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Hurrah for us! i made a few choices simply because i couldnt decide! awesome work
October 31st, 2007 #19
Voted. Great work gals
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October 31st, 2007 #20
Goodness what a fantastic body of work! Going to have to think seriously about which piece to vote for. Otherwise well done, and it looks like you all had fun too!
October 31st, 2007 #21
Best thread in a while !
It will be so difficult to make a choice... Too much Coolness here, really !
Bravo, mesdemoiselles !
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October 31st, 2007 #22
Was hard but voted. You girls/women rocked this one hardcore. Boys/Men TD is coming next (I hope)...
October 31st, 2007 #23
Great stuff ladies!! I'm thankful we can vote for more than one entry, or else it would be sooo hard to choose...
thank you very much for all those images (even made me read the fairy tales I didn't know )
October 31st, 2007 #24
Voted for several entries, sooo hard to choose in this one. Lovely lovely pictures *drool*
October 31st, 2007 #25
dang i only voted on one, but I really like a bunch of them. 31 is really great. nice work people.
October 31st, 2007 #26
Hell yeah we ROCK! Rocking your pants off!
Made my votes- blinding entries!!!!
October 31st, 2007 #27
Ha! These are great!
It's actually kind of fun trying to guess who did what.
I loooove #9.. Green Topaz perchance?
I could almost see some Bluefooted in there, but I think she did #5.
#29 is obviously spectacular,
and #28 just mesmerizes me for some reason.
Seriously, these are all great girls.
- Dan Dos Santos
October 31st, 2007 #28
Great work, all!
October 31st, 2007 #29
I don't think all are that obvious really.. I know some of the members with the illustrations, and some not.. I'm just waiting to be surprised..
I don't know about my votes, yet, gonna write all the great ones down and rethink and then vote..
Super super awesome girlies! I love the amazing illustrations!
"the two souls" is really amazing, the colours are just WOW. I think that is my fave.. I also really like "the twelve brothers", really nice capture of the moment and great illustration. (and yes I'm guessing GreenTopaz in this one also..)
But there are many more favourites..
I love the ladies of CA!
P.S. Icon, you rock.. Thanks for all the work!
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October 31st, 2007 #30
I had to limit myself to first, second, and third votes. Everyone really pushed themselves with these pieces and I feel honored to have the chance to participate