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In 2007 parents of some 24,000 children in Pakistan refused to give their children immunizations after a radical Muslim clergy opposed the local polio vaccine plan.
Also in 2007, a Pakistani health official in charge of the campaign to inoculate children against polio was killed in a bomb blast, following rumors the vaccination was a US plot to sterilize them.(AFP/File/Ali Arif)
Thanks to regional paranoia to vaccinations, each year 400,000 new cases of TB are reported in Pakistan.
Now this…
The Taliban opened fire on a UN vehicle in Karachi wounding a foreign polio doctor and his driver.
The Nation reported:
Armed men opened fire on a UN vehicle, wounding a foreign doctor working on a polio immunisation campaign and his local driver in Sohrab Goth area of Karachi on Tuesday.According to police sources, unidentified gunmen sprayed bullets on UN vehicle (X-68-3686) when it was moving towards Hassan Noman Colony located behind Al-Asif Square. The injured doctor, identified as Constand-Dedo, son of David Rahoja, received single bullet in his abdomen and was shifted to private hospital.Sohrab Goth SHO Muhammad Sultan said the African doctor was among a team of UN polio workers. He was going to launch the polio campaign at Hassan Noman Colony. The police officer said it was premature to say anything about the incident as investigation was underway. Agencies add: The shooting highlighted resistance to a widely publicised three-day vaccination campaign, which began Monday. The Taliban have banned immunisations in the northwest, condemning the campaign as a cover for espionage since a Pakistani doctor was jailed after helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden using a hepatitis vaccination programme."A WHO vehicle was fired upon with gunshots. One international staff and one local driver were injured in the incident," Maryam Yunus, spokeswoman for the United Nations' World Health Organisation, told AFP.
And, just think, these ignorant baboons want to rule the world!
A plot to sterilize them might be a good idea….
A tragic taking place with each child being kept from immunizations a risk of horrible death or very difficult life. I wish that each victim would have the opportunity to embrace each of these horrible zealot leaders and convey their pain and suffering
Well, in the United States of America, Baltimore and the District of Columbia have an HIV infection rate comparable to a third-world country (if you count the blacks). Why would this be? Well, there's a preacher, and his buddies, who have been telling their congregations that the US government invented the HIV virus for the purpose of killing people of color. Their congregations (and also the Africans who heard this message) have been heavily resistant to anything people attempting to deal with the epidemic have tried to tell them.
If the Rev. Wright can get away with his howling lies, who are we to talk about ignorant Taliban preachers?
I grieve for the crippled children.
July 21, 2012
Finally! Veil lifted on Muslim rape epidemic
[Until now, when a case from the United Kingdom
has proven so egregious it could not be ignored.
The BBC reported that nine men were convicted of child sexual
exploitation in Greater Manchester, after they had "groomed"
girls as young as 13. But even there, the report identified the
convicts only as "Asian" while revealing their victims were white.
The Guardian took one more step and labeled them as "Pakistani," but
it took a lesser-known online news site, The Salfordian, to identify the
suspects as "Muslim men" who "plied girls as young as 13 with drink
and drugs so they could use them for sex 'several times a day.'"
Now, the subject that long has been ignored or suppressed finally may
be getting the attention a major crime wave would deserve, regardless
of the political correctness of the facts.
Officials at The Gatestone Institute, a non-partisan, not-for-profit
international policy council and think tank dedicated to educating
the public about what the mainstream media fails to report, have
spoken up.
In a commentary just days ago, the organization noted that the
three-month trial where the "nine Muslim men were found guilty of
raping dozens of British children" revealed that "police and social
workers in northern England repeatedly refuse to investigate Muslim
pedophile gangs: they said they are afraid of being called racist."]
we not only know it's not just happening in Europe, but that it's been
going on for centuries, and unfortunately, not only by Muslims, yet for
some reason, Muslim crimes have been secreted for centuries as well,
and it's way past time this sick side of Islam was exposed..
The third paragraph should read 400000 cases of polio, not TB (tuberculosis – not the same thing).
Well, polio and other diseases ARE caused by the will of Allah. Or jinns living in your butt. Whichever.
I'm sure it helped a lot for the Obama CIA to enlist a doctor doing community outreach in Pakistan to try to gather intel on bin Laden, and then to not protect his identity after the raid. It would be a little easier to paint these nutcases as nutcases when they accused foreign doctors of being in on a CIA plot if the CIA didn't include doctors in their plots.
is there a tea party in pakistan?
Polio vaccine causes polio.. Bill Gates is a NWO, son of a bankster who's charity end goal is population reduction.. Google polio vaccine caused polio.. Here's one of the links; http://www.thinktwice.com/s_polio.htm . This is the reason for the exploision of autisim, cancer and many other illnesses in the US.. Autisim went from 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 25.. I have not taken one of their vaccines for 25 years and have not had a single flu. Obama tried to make it a law that every American had to take the N1h1 shot. He went as far a to purchase 200,000 doses at taxpayers expense. Sorry Nobama, I will not take your BIG PHARM poisons..
PS; When I was young, I used to get the vaccine's.. Every year I would get sick.. Vaccines cause desease and big profits for BIG PHARM!
Bill Gates; Bringing Roundup drenched soil and GMO poison waves of grain from sea to shining sea!
Cafateria at Monsanto serves only non-GMO food.. They know the score!
See? We even have anti-vaccine idiots living in the US! How can we criticize Pahk-ee-stan if we have atticcellars in our midst?
There are in fact many of us Americans, who believe that God has provided humans with an imune system which is far superior to the poison laden injections that big pharm offers.. You can take your shots which contain mercury and non human DNA gentic strands along with the cancer and other health problems that comes with big pharma's "cure's".


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The Wilmington Hammerheads are a minor-league professional soccer team, formed in 1996 by current New Hanover High School soccer coach Al Pastore. The team currently plays in the American Division of the USL Pro League, in the second tier of pro soccer in the United States.
The Hammerheads made the playoffs eight consecutive seasons from 1998 to 2005 and won a regular-season championship in 2009.
The team did not compete in the 2010 season after the USL decided to terminate the contract of the Wilmington franchise due to financial disputes between owner Chuck Sullivan and the league. However, on Nov. 9, 2010, former co-owner Bill Rudisill announced that he and a group of three others would restart the franchise for the 2011 season. New Jersey businessman George Altirs purchased a majority share of the team in September 2013.
The team is coached by David Irving and plays in the same division as regional rivals Charleston (S.C.), Charlotte, Orlando and Richmond (Va.). All home games are played at Legion Stadium.
The Hammerheads have had success on a national level in the past, winning its league championship in 2003 and defeating MLS franchises in the 2003 and 2009 US Open Cup.
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3:48 p.m. Traffic stop, Melvin Way and Red Hill Avenue. A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a 25-year-old male. The man's bail was set at $15,000.
June 20
10:22 p.m. Disturbance, address withheld. A woman called to report that her 42-year-old son was threatening her daughter. Deputies arrived at the scene and arrested the son, whose bail was set at $25,000.
June 19
5:51 p.m. Family dispute, address withheld. A mother reported receiving a text from her daughter saying that her husband was threatening to blow up her car when she and her children were inside it. Deputies arrived and arrested a 43-year-old male. The man's bail was set at $10,000.
5:59 p.m. Special event, 1100 block El Camino Real. Sheriff's deputies assisted with traffic, security and crowd control at Tustin High School's commencement ceremony.
June 17
12:42 p.m. Found property, 1800 block Lucero Way. A resident reported finding a hypodermic needle in front of their residence.
4:45 p.m. ID theft, 18100 block Bigelow Park. A resident reported someone using their driver's license number to commit fraud.
June 16
9:46 a.m. Citizen assist, address withheld. An elderly resident who suffers from dementia was reported as being physically abusive with their caregiver.
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Amid the holiday hustle and bustle, it's easy to slip from the nice list to the naughty one.
Stores are crowded, lines are long and children are as impatient as, well, children. It's enough to shift one's mood from jolly to Grinch in a jiffy. It brings to mind that Nat King Cole song about the Italian town where it's always Christmas. Egads, can you imagine?
According to the U.S. Postal Service, we'll send 16 billion cards, letters and packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas. (I'm thinking catalogs account for 15 billion items). According to a recent postal tweet, Monday will be the busiest day of the year; the organization may encounter 839 million pieces of mail.
We hear a lot about the beleaguered, overscheduled child. During the holidays, I think we should toast the overscheduled adults. One of my friends thought she was so smart, slipping into a children's store on a weekday. She reported a time-travelesque experience, as if she had crossed the threshold and stepped into a Saturday afternoon, going-out-of-business sale.
Back in the day, there were the battles over Cabbage Patch dolls. Then it was Tickle Me Elmo. This year the frenzy surrounds that Zhu Zhu hamster my dog would make mincemeat of before you could say "nutcracker." Now we hear the thing might be poisonous. (So far, the Consumer Products Safety Commission has given the rodent the green light.) I don't think my parents ever wondered whether my toys were toxic. Don't say it: It explains a lot.
The grumpiness goes beyond gift stores. At the grocery store Monday night, my route followed that of a bickering couple. They weren't loud. They weren't abusive. But dang, they were impressive multi-taskers, fussing at each other up one aisle and down the next.
Then there was the charmer who flipped the bird (and I don't mean a turtledove) as he pulled across three lanes of traffic. I resisted the temptation to send a holiday-themed response. We wouldn't want the season ruined by charges of assault with a loaded fruitcake, now would we?
Lest you think I'm singling out the Coastal Bend, a glance at current events tells us there are out-of-towners who aren't exactly breaking out the mistletoe. You may not have heard but there's this golfer and his wife who are bickering up a storm.
Former Vice President Al Gore and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin are at odds over (so appropriate as we trim the tree) going green. There are rumors the Gosselins still are at war. (If a reality show couple argues and there's not a camera to record it, does the argument exist?)
Yes, we could use a little peace on earth and goodwill toward men, women and over-cookied children. If holiday stress is our biggest problem, we're doing pretty well.
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Former NSA Director Keith Alexander fears anti-agency sentiment will drive away the young workers needed to keep the country safe..
Perhaps not surprisingly, former National Security Director Keith Alexander focuses on data that's big and secure, not open.
Speaking at ACT-IAC's Management of Change Conference on May 19, Alexander declared that, when it comes to federal IT, open data and big data are "what it's all about." But while leveraging open data is a key focus of the conference, Alexander pivoted immediately to his former agency's mandate to gather and secure information -- and to arguing NSA's case in the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks.
Alexander noted that the intelligence community only "collects what we are asked to collect," and said that "the one thing we failed on was protecting data from those ... we trusted." He suggested again that Snowden had motives others than whistleblowing ("he might have gotten lost along the way, but ... it benefits the country he is currently sitting in"), and said agencies must put more emphasis on guarding against insider threats.
Continuous monitoring will be key, Alexander said, quipping: "You're looking at the guy who's like, 'I'm all for that!'" He noted more seriously, however, that 50 percent of employees take data with them when they leave a job -- and that "not everybody needs all the data."
And at the NSA, departing employees worry Alexander for a very different reason, he said. He praised the young workers in the intelligence community, and stressed the 400 hours of training they get on the proper use of the data they see -- "people don't understand how much training we get," he said.
But the blowback against the NSA's data collection, Alexander said -- and the restrictions being put on future efforts as a result -- risks driving some of that young talent out of the intelligence community. And he argued that media reports and congressional critics have distorted the story.
"People keep asking me, 'why are you still defending the NSA?'" Alexander said. "The reason I keep fighting is that if [those talented young workers] leave, it hurts the country."
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CHAMPAIGN -- It's not too early to get into the holiday spirit.
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lloydbraun wrote:I think both of you are probably correct. He didn't push anything and was very pleasant, but I think it's important in those situations to always know what you're buying and why you're buying it. I know I'm preaching to the choir here! My only real issue was that there was nothing wrong with the account, someone from sales just wanted to talk to me even though I didn't request any help/advice (that's why I have this forum and the books of Bogle and Ferri!).
MoneyMythsSolved wrote:lloydbraun wrote:I explained that I'm investing in their Intermediate Bond Index fund (.29 ER) in order to start a housing downpayment fund because of the federal government's allowances regarding the one time Roth withdrawal for housing purchases. At that point he said, "It sounds like you know what you're doing, is there anything else I can do for you?"
The one time withdrawal (regarding $10,000 for first time home purchase) refers to a Traditional IRA.
When you have a Roth IRA, you can always withdraw whatever contributions you've made, at any time, any age, and for any reason. You could contribute $5,000 for 10 years in a row, and withdraw $50,000 tax/penalty free in Year 11. As long as the earnings are left intact, there are zero tax consequences. Of course, all of this is moot if you're age 59.5 and the Roth IRA is open for 5 years.**
What concerns me is that the guy on the other end of the phone should've pointed this out, if he was actually paying attention to the course you were taking. Or, he could've just been having an off day - it is RMD/Tax season after all.
**Source: IRS Publication 590: You do not include in your gross income qualified distributions or distributions that are a return of your regular contributions from your Roth IRA(s)
TAINTED-MEAT wrote:I think you're looking WAY too much into this. It sounds like it was just a courtesy call...... No need to be upset.
lloydbraun wrote:[...]I have no problem with this as I was well prepared and I like the fact that Schwab offers access to solid index funds for only $100 per month for those of us who do not have 1-3K to immediately open Vanguard accounts. However, the experience was a good reminder of some of the perils Bogle and the rest of you warn younger investors about and it's important to keep in mind if any of your friends or family who make over 50K per year open funds with Schwab.
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Becky Montague, 60, of Perkins Township, makes her "morning commute" Monday through Friday.
Instead of a car, Montague pounds the pavement or rather the floor of the Sandusky Mall.
"I've always been physically active," Montague said. "This is just a way for me to stay active."
Mall walkers can cover several one-mile laps throughout the mall before any of the shoppers show up at 10 a.m..
"It's kind of a unique experience. There are speed walkers and slow walkers. You get it all," said Kim Rubin, mall marketing director. "They're on a mission."
A.G. Conley, 79, and his wife, Rita Conley, 65, both of Sandusky, met 15 years ago when they walked the aisles of the mall. They just celebrated their one year anniversary in May.
"I like it because the floor's level and the temperature is regulated," A.G. Conley said. "It's safe and comfortable to walk."
A.G. and Rita prefer to come in at 7 a.m. since it gets their blood pumping.
"Sometimes in the morning I'm not awake. When I come here, it wakes me up," Rita said.
"Caffeine can't do the same thing that exercise does," A.G. said.
A.G. likes to get his heart thumping.
"It's one of the best exercises a person can have," A.G. said. "If you don't get that much of a heartbeat, you're not doing yourself any good."
Sisters Mary Ann Fox, 75, of Sandusky, and Trudy Doyle, 78, of Port Charlotte, Fla., have been mall walking for about 25 years.
"I can walk my own speed, and it's air conditioned," Fox said.
"And you get to see what sales the store are having," Doyle added.
Mall walking is better than outdoor exercise since there are no bugs and the mall plays good music, Doyle said.
Another benefit for mall walkers is a nurse checks their blood pressure Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
"Our generation is going to live longer than our parents and grandparents, and in order to enjoy that longer life I need to exercise," Montague said.


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Drain peaches, reserving 1 cup syrup; coarsely cut up peaches and set aside.
In saucepan combine cranberries and reserved peach syrup; cook 5 to 8 minutes or till skins of cranberries pop.
Combine sugar and cornstarch.
Stir into hot cranberries.
Cook quickly, stirring constantly, till mixture is thickened and bubbly.
Remove from heat.
Stir in peaches and almonds; set aside to cool.
Prepare and roll out pastry.
Line a 9-inch pie plate with half of the pastry.
Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate.
Pour peach mixture into pastry-lined pie plate.
Cut remaining pastry into '/2-inch-wide strips.
Weave strips atop filling to make lattice crust; flute edge.
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It's here, it's here, it's here! Like a child on Christmas morning, I'm excited it's finally here! This week Intel has officially launched the Z68 Express chipset, which looks to be all things to all LGA 1155 users. Gone are some previous restrictions, allowing people to get the most out of their 2nd generation Core processors.
Up until now, LGA 1155 motherboards were divided into two camps. The first is the P67 chipset, which has the ability to overclock the processor cores but not utilize the integrated graphics processor in order to make use of Intel's speedy new QuickSync video encoding technology.
The H67 chipset, on the other hand, is the other way around. Many in the tech world, including myself, are still left scratching their heads over this, but with the addition of the Z68 chipset all of the above is now possible.
The old P67 dog has learned some new tricks this time around, too. One new feature is "Intel Identity Protection", which allows the system to generate a code that changes every 30 seconds. This code is provided to a website that is protected with the same technology, and unless the numbers match, your information stays locked away. This could go a long way in helping to curb online identity theft and account hacking but requires widespread adoption by websites in order to become effective.
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It was all about bragging rights, and in the end the winners took up the opportunity to do just that.
"We are the new Oarsome Foursome", proclaimed David Smith, one of the members of the K4 gold medal team who managed to hold off a fast-finishing men's rowing four to win the inaugural race on Melbourne's Yarra River.
"It just shows we are the fastest boat in Australia, it's as simple as that",Œ Tate Smith said.
"We got off the line fastest, we probably had the fastest top speed out there. I was surprised how quick we did get out of the blocks, I thought they might have been a bit quicker."Œ
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In a startling post-race admission, David Smith said his crew would have been happy to race the rowers over 750 metres.
"We're not sure how it came to be 500 metres",Œ he said.
"Our original thought was we'd do it over 750, which we thought would make it closer. But the rowers came back and said let's do it over 500. They must have been confident enough they'd get over us in the end."
This was news to the rowers. When asked why they didn't opt for the 750 metres, they said "We didn't have a choice! We were told it was over 500."Œ
It's a minor detail for the K4 crew, who are breathing a sigh of relief tonight.
"It was really important for us to win, because we issued the challenge," Murray Stewart said.
"It would have been a bit embarrassing if we'd put it out there and then lost the race."
And maybe they can put their victory down to thorough preparation. For the K4, no studying videos and the like of their opponents.
"We wikipediad their fastest times," Œsaid David Smith.
Not surprisingly the rowers have indicated they want a rematch, probably over a longer distance, and maybe in Queensland where the K4 spend a lot of their time.
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I love the fact that I thought of Renegade when I saw Hourglass :) Nice work!
A large update containing some more details on Capture the Flag mode, Naval Units and some of our new maps!
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It's been quite a while since we updated on ModDB, and anywhere else for that matter too! To put it simply we've all been busy with all sorts of life related things and the aspects of the mod that have been worked on are those that I can't really show you such as the AI coding. So straight to the point, I've been working hard on finalizing the aspects of the Capture the Flag gamemode which will be included with Tiberian Odyssey, it changes the focus of your usual skirmish match making your objective to capture the enemies Flag with an engineer which then wins you the game!
Other differences are that you now no longer harvest Tiberium during a CTF match, but rely on Supply Depots which will spawn Goodie Crates for you ranging from money, free units, unit upgrades and map reveals. For balance reasons you now have a restriction on your selection of buildings and units available to you (being able to build anti infantry turrets and units would be overpowered) however the units you now have access to are some of the none buildable units from the Campaign and additional different units can be found at Supply Depots.
Moving on from the talk of Game Modes, a lot of work has been going towards getting the naval units of Tiberian Odyssey ready for proper use and whilst doing so I thought I'd get some more appropriate images of the current units. We intend the two main factions to have 3 naval units each and so far we have a fair few units to show off.
The Pallas serves as GDI's main battleship, armed with medium - long range missiles, the Pallas will fire a burst of 4 missiles at it's target at a time with the ability to target air units.
The Trident is a heavy hitting battlecruiser armed with a powerful Firestorm based plasma cannon. It can hit targets at a long range and fires two blasts per attack. Whilst powerful, it's unable to engage close range targets, making it vulnerable.
The Poseidon is literally a floating super weapon. Armed with a vertical launching ballistic missile which splits into several other missiles the Poseidon can deliver massive scale damage at very long range. It's heavily armoured and can take a good beating but like the Trident, it's inability to attack close range targets can quickly make this unit highly vulnerable.
These jetski based units are light, fast and agile. Whilst weakly armoured their speed more than makes up for this handicap when encountering the larger more cumbersome GDI ships. Armed with dual rocket launchers with a short - medium range they are capable of dealing minor damage to enemy fleets but like the fish it's named after, it can be devastating in groups.
The Hydra serves as Nods main naval unit and demonstrates Nods devastating new electrical based weaponry. Rather than packing brute force for its firepower the Hydra fires an arc of lightning at it's target which can split into several arcs hitting mutliple enemies at a time if fired at long range whilst short range targets recieve the full power of the original lightning arc. Whilst the Hydra is a powerful unit in its own right, it still doesn't have the sheer grunt and armour to stand up to GDI's heavy battleships and is usually accompanied by Piranha reinforcements.
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An incredibly rare unit. Amongst the GDI fleets these submarines are more considered a legend or myth. Whilst some Nod captains claim to have seen these mysterious units before the details on them remain completely unknown. Approach with extreme caution.
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I love the fact that I thought of Renegade when I saw Hourglass :) Nice work!
I love CTF.
Wow nice
Nice i love everything except the fact that GDI has 2 units with the same role ><
both the trident and the poseidon are shore bombardment ships
I think you should change one ot them to a dedicated AA warship or completly remove it and make a small recon ship...
Love the other unit the CTF mode and the new maps though :)
Not entirely true. The Poseidon is indeed a shore bombardment ship, with a weapon completely unsuitable for attacking moving targets or even targets capable of moving. A little micromanagement by an enemy player can easily see attack boats inside the Poseidon's minimum range.
However, the Trident is mostly anti-ship. With a cannon which fires Firestorm plasma, there's not much time an attack boat has to lock on and fire before the Trident can seriously damage them. Since to the best of my knowledge the Trident cannot outrange the Nod obelisk, it's not so well suited to base attack, at least against Nod.
The Pallas is a multi-role ship, but is best at hitting other ships and aircraft. This makes the Pallas pretty much the prefect escort ship, patrol boat, scout, or in a pinch it can be 90% of your navy.
In this way, a navy built to attack enemy bases is more likely to be comprised of a Poseidon and a number of Pallases for defence, while a navy being used to combat an enemy navy would be comprised of Tridents and Pallases.
Actually I imagined the Trident as being able to bombard enemy bases also similar to the original RA1 cruiser but also to be more anti ship capable, the Poseidon however has a greater range and is much more powerful. In essence though the Piranha is designed to be the anti ship unit for Nod, but is effective mostly in groups and the Trident would have some trouble taking out those pesky little Piranhas (use Pallas for that). After some discussion we are thinking of changing the Poseidon slightly to have some additional uses which revolve around the Poseidon requiring to deploy to fire (this makes it more vulnerable) but also providing the player with a sensor array to detect enemy subs.
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Tonight at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, home of the 2008 Stanley Cup Champions Red Wings, the former Vice President will appear at a rally with presumptive nominee Barack Obama and give him the Goreacle stamp of approval.
In an email to his supporters today, Gore committed to doing everything he can to make sure Obama wins in November and gave his unambiguous endorsement: "On the issues that matter most, Barack Obama is clearly the right choice to lead our nation."
"Over the next four years, we are going to face many difficult challenges -- including bringing our troops home from Iraq, fixing our economy, and solving the climate crisis. Barack Obama is clearly the candidate best able to solve these problems and bring change to America," the former Vice President said.
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Why now and not a few weeks ago when Obama was still battling with Hillary Clinton for the nomination? (Remember, Gore is a superdelegate so his endorsement is twice-as-nice.)
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Will we ever see a day of dueling conference calls, with Gore playing surrogate for the Obama campaign and his 2000 running mate Sen. Joe Lieberman doing the same for the McCain campaign?
Speaking in Flint, MI today, Obama said that the Gore endorsement "means a lot" and said the two have been talking throughout the primary season, per ABC News' Sunlen Miller.
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In April, Obama said he would consider the former vice president and 2000 Democratic presidential nominee for a Cabinet position in his administration. "I can guarantee you that Al Gore will be invited to take part in my administration. And I don't know what he'll want to so and what he'll be willing to accept," Obama said at the time in Indiana, per Miller and Venketaraman.
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My parents weren't thrilled when I told them in pregnant because me and SO aren't married. But my mom has become a bit more accepting of it (however her occasional "are you sure you want to go through with this?" remaks still hurt a lot). My dad just seems to ignore the fact I throw up all day and leaves the room if it's brought up. Then I realized my parents are hiding it from our extended family! My aunt came to visit last week and my mom didn't tell her and when my aunts boyfriend asked me why I didn't eat much at dinner my mom piped up and said I hasn't been feeling well recently, it was probably just a bug going around so they shouldnt be too close to me. Thanks mom. Glad to know I have half your support And you're ashamed of me.
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To me 21 isn't " very young" i had friends in hs getting pregnant (high school) heard a rumor of one girl i junior high but you never know if she was molested. One of my.friends in band was trying! Every month she would say she was preg then say no, i had my.period. if you really dont want a baby a few scares and you are more careful. But no she finally.did get pregnant. SO seems ready and able to support and nursing is an awesome career. You sound very ready to me! My mom and dad were married at 21 and started trying right away but my mom didnt happen to conceive for 9years they were about to go to a specialist when it finally happened. All my life my mom said she wished she had her kids when she was younger. I wanted kids when i was younger but it wasn't in the cards for me either. As for what you originally said, being unmarried does not make you a hick!. Having a shotgun wedding might, though. Lol, just kidding. I'm unmarried myself and I've told my family. No one has asked if im sure i want to go through with it. And if they did i would say yes. Never more sure of anything.
Good luck with everything and im sorry you have to go.through this.but hopefully they will come around soon... :)
Good luck with everything and im sorry you have to go.through this.but hopefully they will come around soon... :)
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I went through something like that with my mom when I got preggo with ds. She's probably just worried about you and your baby's future. And dads can be like that sometimes. Mine didnt realize I was pregnant until almost 5 months and thought I was just getting fat lmao. Just make sure you handle your business and they will come around. Make sure they know that the baby is not their responsibility.
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Hugs momma. Hope thigs get better
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Having a baby out of wedlock is so common these days, it's not a legit reason to not accept your pregnancy. If your old enough, stay in school & baby's father is supporting you they should be very proud. They may be worried u won't finish school? I agree with the girls that said to sit & talk with them & show them you are responsible. You & the father are talking on this blessing knowing all the ups & downs.. Once the baby is born they will not be able to see that lil face & not accept it.
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I think "hiding it" from extended family is inappropriate...you're 21, not 15!
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Jeff Anastasio / KENS 5 | PIPE CREEK, TEXAS -- Regine Weatherholtz never owned a horse, but she always knew one day she'd get one. Then in 1987, a quarter horse named Nikki walked into Regine's heart and changed the next 25 years of her life.
It was in that year that Regine and her husband Bill took ownership of Nikki and opened the doors of the Brighter Days Horse Refuge in Boerne.
Nikki was first, then it was one after another after another, Regine said. As soon as people caught onto what we were doing, horses came from everywhere.
The need was great. Before the non-profit organization became a haven for horses suffering from neglect or abuse, animals in this condition were traditionally condemned to a death sentence.
We tried to stop getting more because we had so many here, but it's hard to turn them away, Regine said. They need someplace to go, and I don't want them sent off to the slaughter house.
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The horses kept coming. The 10-acre facility in Boerne swelled to nearly 100 horses, and in 1994, Regine and Bill moved the refuge to a property off Highway 16 in Pipe Creek.
Many horses that come here have been seized by law enforcement or surrendered by their owners.
It's usually because people can't feed them anymore or they just don't want them anymore, Regine said.
These once-great creatures enter Brighter Days broken and scarred, but it's just a matter of time and patience before these horses feel a genuine connection to humans.
If they've been abused for any length of time, they're always going to feel that, Regine said. It doesn't take long to stroke their head and talk to them. They listen, and those ears twitch when you talk to them.
An expensive operation
It's a long road of rehabilitation that never really ends. Horses that were once hungry now have a huge appetite, and the cost to sustain the non-profit organization is substantial.
It's kind of rough right now, Regine admitted. Because of the economy, it's rough getting money in for the horses to keep them well-fed and everything.
The Brighter Days Horse Refuge depends on support from the community. Visitors are welcome to visit their Pipe Creek facility and interact with the horses.
I would just like those that haven't been out here to come out here and see for themselves, Regine said. If you can afford a little bit of money to bring out here for the horses, we would appreciate it so very much.
And for those that visit Brighter Days and fall in love with a particular horse, adoption is available. The remaining horses will live out their golden years at the facility.
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As for Regine Weatherholtz, the heart and driving force behind Brighter Days Horse Refuge, it's been a tough year.
What should have been a time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the organization has instead been a year of goodbyes. Not only did Regine lose her husband, she recently had to say farewell to the horse that started it all.
Nikki was kind and sweet and taught me everything, Regine said. He was the one that just grabbed my heart and held on.
Despite the pain of losing her two partners and the challenge of keeping the doors open in a tough economy, Regine's mission continues in the extraordinary love she gives to each horse and the joy of gently guiding these great creatures to trust humans once again.
People are changed, she said. They pet on them, take a brush and brush on them, and once they get out here, they keep wanting to come back.
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In Part II, of a 2-part series on Hearing Loss, HealthyAnswers.com related several types of new research leading to new treatments for hearing loss. They include a) Gene therapy. Research out of Emory University in Atlanta focuses on regenerating the sensory hair cells that send electrical signals that get interpreted by the brain as sounds. b) Molecular deafness. Sheffield University (England) researchers have found a possible molecular cause for deafness — the mutation of the mR-96 RNA molecule.
This molecule helps produce the sensory hair cells that send sound signals to the brain. Treatment with drugs or gene therapy to stop/change the molecule´s mutation may restore hearing loss. c) Heredity-type deafness. Yale University researchers have identified a molecular pathway disturbance in the mitochondrial DNA inherited through the mother that accounts for deafness. Researchers found if they removed the protein responsible for this process, they could restore hearing in the mice tested. d) Acupuncture. Researchers out of Korea have found that acupuncture treatment within 51 days of sudden idiopathic sensorineural hearing loss — 30 decibels or more over 3 days — can recover about 24 decibels of hearing.
HealthyAnswers.com resident medical expert, Mark Rosenberg,M.D., comments on hearing loss, "Hearing loss can be caused by a number of things including heredity, loud headphones, blocked ear canal, age, antibiotics, environmental toxins or injury to the ears/head, or noise around your home or work place. It can be a devastating, frustrating condition to live with that can make you irritable, depressed, and lead to physical illness. Research done by the National Council on Aging showed that people who did not use a hearing aid, had higher levels of social withdrawal, were less communicative, less emotionally stable and had problems with concentration."
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Printer (1) has a large paper support tray (7) on one side, which is rotated outward to feed continuous forms (9). The length of tray 7 is extended by moving outward extension 7a. Tray 7 is folded into printer 1 when not in use.
1. A printer having external sides and a sheet feed opening to receive sheets for printing, a pivoted sheet support member mounted on one of said sides, and an extension member to be supported by said support member in one position, said one position adding to the length of said support member to form an extended surface to support sheets, said support member being separated from said sheet feed opening whereby a continuous sheet folded in a stack supported on said support member and said extended surface can be fed upward off the top of said stack through said sheet feed opening.
2. The printer as claim 1 in which at least one of said support member and said extension member have a wall to contact a side of a stack of folded, continuous sheets to resist movement of said sheets as a body so that said stack moves by unfolding.
3. The printer as in claim 2 in which said wall to contact a side of a stack is on the outer end of said extension member.
4. The printer as in claim 1 in which said extension member is removably mounted on said support.
5. The printer as in claim 2 in which said extension member is removably mounted on said support.
6. The printer as in claim 3 in which said extension member is removably mounted on said support.
7. The printer as in claim 1 in which said extension member is slidably mounted on said support.
8. The printer as in claim 2 in which said extension member is slidably mounted on said support.
9. The printer as in claim 3 in which said extension member is slidably mounted on said support.
This invention related to printers having the capability of feeding and printing on an exceptionally long sheet, sometimes termed banner printing.
The Lexmark 1000 inkjet printer first sold publicly in July 1997, has a device which allows the feeding of continuous forms from elements from which discrete sheets are normally fed. This device required the removal, rotation, and reinsertion of a paper support. After this, a second component (a continuous form support) was required to be attached to the paper support in order for it to properly feed continuous form paper. This required a user of the inkjet printer to separately store the continuous form support until it was needed for feeding continuous form paper. Also, the removal and rotation of the continuous form support is somewhat awkward for users.
This invention integrates a separate support into the printer to permit the features of banner printing to be readily and easily accessible to the operator of the printer.
By integrating a special continuous form feeding device into a recessed area of an inkjet printer, continuous form paper can be fed through the printer without requiring the removal of parts. The integrated feeding device is unfolded from the rear of the printer for use during continuous form paper feeding, then restored to its closed and recessed position when not in use. The design of this system allows paper to be fed over the top of and through existing automatic sheet feed mechanisms on inkjet printers, as well as other devices using similar automatic discrete sheet feed devices, much as done by the 1000 inkjet printer discussed in the foregoing.
The support has a built-in sliding floor which is simply pulled out to lengthen the support to the required length. At least one wall on the sides or at the end of the sliding floor contact the continuous paper as a resistance to the body of paper moving upward during feeding instead of single sheets unfolding. Alternatively, the sliding floor may be replaced by a removable member attached to the support.
The details of this invention will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which;
FIG. 1 is a front view of a printer having this invention with the normal sheet feed support in the outward position;
FIG. 2 is a rear view of the printer with the banner support in the closed, storage position;
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the printer with the banner support in its open position and the extension not yet pulled out;
FIG. 4 is a rear view of the printer with the extension in its operative, outward position; and
FIG. 5 shows the printer in operation printing an exceptionally long sheet of paper (a banner).
This integrated device to feed continuous form paper in an inkjet printer utilizes a specially designed continuous form feeder that is attached to the rear cover of the printer 1. This device, when not in use, is rotated to a concealed position in the rear cover of the printer 1. A form support element 7 is connected to the back of the printer 1 by lower hinges (not shown). When an inkjet printer user desires to print using continuous forms, the user lowers the paper support 3 in the sheet feeder 5 (FIG. 1). The user rotates the form support 7 outward to the continuous form feeding position (FIG. 3). A sliding support extender 7a is then extended which will give support to the full length of a folded continuous form paper during feeding (FIG. 4).
The extender 7a also has an end wall 7b to hold the continuous form paper 9 in proper feeding position as the stack of paper 9 is unfolded. This is required because the paper 9 as a whole can be pulled out of the feeder 7 when there are only a few pages left to feed. This is caused by upward forces on the paper 9 during feeding that can pull the stack out when there are only a few pages due to its lighter weight. To prevent this end wall 7b contacts the paper 9 with sufficient friction to act as a retaining surface. (Preventing paper from being pulled out of the feeder can also be accomplished by adding high friction surfaces elsewhere on the continuous form paper feeder that will prevent the paper from sliding up.)
Once the continuous form feeding device is in its feeding position (FIG. 4), continuous form paper 9 is loaded (FIG. 5). The paper is held by resting on the continuous form feeder device 7, and it is routed over the top of the standard sheet feeder such that the continuous form paper follows the same paper path through the printer as standard paper (FIG. 5). An alternative to going over the top of a standard sheet feeder would be to provide an opening for the continuous form paper to go through the lower portion of the sheet feeder 5. This would allow a simple path to the feed rollers of a printer or similar machine using continuous form paper.
A flat main body of extender 7a is captured in slots (not shown) in support 7. It is held in place by friction and slides in and out readily by human pushing and pulling which overcomes the friction. Such extenders in paper supports are highly conventional and so will not be further described.
It will be noted that the feed mechanism of printer 1 is at the top of printer 1 and that the recess 11 into which support 7 folds need have no other function nor contain an opening into any sheet feed or other mechanism. Accordingly, virtually any printer can accommodate this invention by only adding the hinged support 7 to the back of the printer. The hinges may be of any standard configuration, such as molded pins on each side of support 7 which fit in corresponding holes of printer 1 after being inserted by flexing support 7. Similarly, a standard, flexible detent (not shown) on the top of support 7 holds support 7 after it is closed.
It will be further noted that many of the advantages of this invention can be realized even if extension 7a is not incorporated into support 7, but is attached as a separate member. In particular, the location and positioning of support 7 can be ideally placed in accordance with this invention, as they are not directly dependent on other mechanisms of the printer 1.
Accordingly, patent coverage as provided by law is sought, with particular reference to the accompanying claims.
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Brown works to overcome residency questions
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Scott Brown is working to convince New Hampshire voters he is one of them.
Thirteen weeks after he became a registered voter in the state, the former Massachusetts senator is touring New Hampshire's diners, businesses and hospitals to help promote his nascent bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. He acknowledges his challenges, which are both practical and historic.
No one has served two states in the U.S. Senate in more than two centuries.
"Do I have the best credentials? Probably not. 'Cause, you know, whatever. But I have long and strong ties to this state," Brown told The Associated Press during a weekend visit to the Red Arrow Diner, a political landmark in the heart of the state's largest city. "People know."
Brown spent the first year and a half of his life living in New Hampshire before moving to Massachusetts. But since formally returning in late December, the Republican is suiting up in his campaign armor — faded blue jeans, cowboy boots and a storied pickup truck — and hitting the campaign trail hard. He was set to visit Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester on Tuesday to highlight his opposition to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a hot-button issue in New Hampshire and in Senate contests across the nation.
It's unclear whether the everyman appeal that fueled his rise in Massachusetts will be enough to revive his political career north of the state line. There are early signs that New Hampshire's famously feisty voters may be reluctant to embrace the recent Republican transplant.
"New Hampshire people want New Hampshire people," Kim Pratt, 52, a self-described independent voter, said while sitting at the Red Arrow Diner's breakfast counter as Brown shook hands nearby. "He's not really a New Hampshire person. He's a politician from Massachusetts."
Little more than a week after he launched an exploratory committee to join the Senate contest, Brown's residency already plays prominently. The stakes are high in New Hampshire and Washington, where Republicans are competing to gain six seats they need to win the Senate majority and transform the last two years of Obama's presidency.
Shaheen had been expected to cruise to re-election until Brown stepped into the race this month, giving the GOP a high-profile challenger with national fundraising appeal and a moderate political philosophy expected to play well among local voters.
Brown and his wife moved to their 1,700-square foot seacoast New Hampshire vacation home in late December. The recent move was common knowledge inside the diners he visited over the weekend as part of a "Main Streets and Living Rooms" listening tour.
Inside the Red Arrow, Brown faced pointed questions about his New Hampshire ties.
Brown said "carpetbagger is a derogatory term" in New Hampshire even though roughly 60 percent of its people were born elsewhere, including the current and former Democratic governors. Gov. Maggie Hassan moved to the state in 1989. Shaheen, who was born in Missouri, has lived in New Hampshire for more than 40 years.


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The Bruins announced Wednesday that they have signed restricted free agent Brad Marchand to a two-year contract.
Renaud P. Lavoie of RDS in Canada was the first to report the deal, noting it is for $5 million and a $2.5 million cap hit.
Last season, Marchand made $821,667. He had 21 goals and 20 assists in the regular season as a rookie, and his 11 goals in the playoffs put him behind only teammate David Krejci for tops amongst all skaters.
Had he not signed this week, it was possible Marchand may have missed part of training camp.
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Colbert Treadmill: Ready For The Space Station
International Space Station astronauts are getting a new toy in August "" a treadmill. Famously named after comedian Stephen Colbert1, the new running machine will help astronauts stay fit, fighting off the bone loss and muscle decay2 that otherwise comes with space travel.
Just one problem: How do you run where there's no gravity to hold your feet to the ground?
"Bungee cords! You have to strap yourself to the treadmill," explains astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams. And she's not joking.
In 2007, she ran the Boston Marathon on the station station's TVIS treadmill wrapped in bungee cords for the entire 26.2 mile race.
"It's not as bad as it sounds," she laughs.
TVIS stands for "Treadmill with Vibration Isolation System." It's the space station's original treadmill, designed to allow astronauts to run without vibrating delicate microgravity science experiments in adjacent labs. COLBERT, short for "Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill", has a different kind of vibration-suppression system plus some other improvements3 for runners:
"I tried a COLBERT mockup at Johnson Space Center," says Williams. "It's broader than TVIS, so you don't have to watch out where your feet go. It allows a wider, more natural gate."
Williams spent a lot of time running during her six months on board the ISS, and she recalls what it's like:
"Just getting ready to run is a workout when you're weightless. Before all my training runs up there, I had to hook the toes of one foot under a handrail to keep from floating around while I struggled to put my sock and shoe on my other foot."
"I did this so often, it made calluses on top of my feet. Meanwhile, the calluses on the bottoms of my feet from running on Earth went away. It's totally upside down and backwards!" she laughs.
The treadmill's bungee harness "can be a bit uncomfortable," she continues. "During the marathon my foot sometimes went numb and tingly from the straps' pressure on my hip. Also, I had to use moleskin where the harness rubbed my neck raw."
And inside the close, still quarters of the space station, there are no gentle breezes to cool you down.
"Sweat globs onto you. It doesn't evaporate. I was soaking wet. During the marathon my hair was so sopping it flopped right in my face. We have little fans blowing on us but they don't do much good."
And Williams missed more than the soft winds of Earth.
"On Earth, the crowd cheers you on and you enjoy the camaraderie and support of the other runners. In space it's a little bit lonely. I was by myself most of race. My crewmates did cheer me through the last half hour to the finish. That was great!"
"Also, one of the Soyuz astronauts floated sweet, juicy pieces of oranges to me "" so refreshing!"
After the grueling run, Williams longed for a hot shower. "A sponge bath just isn't the same!" she says. Neither did she have a washer and dryer for cleaning her sweat-soaked running clothes. "I hung my drenched clothes near a fan and tied my sneakers to a handrail to air them out."
Williams is the only person to have run the Boston Marathon on Earth and in space""and she noted some interesting differences:
"I recovered faster after the space marathon. When you're floating, your muscles get to rest, so you can totally relax when you finish running "" it's like being in a pool."
"Also, the space marathon didn't give me the same endorphin4 effect "" that wonderful mood lift runners enjoy after running "" as the Earth marathon did. I'm not sure why," she says. "We are loaded with only about 60% of our Earth weight on TVIS and its harness system, so maybe I just didn't work hard enough!"
Williams says she'd consider running another marathon on COLBERT. "If another astronaut challenges my time, maybe I'll do it. I have a competitive nature."
When it comes to running, you could say "it's out of this world."
Dauna Coulter, Science @ NASA
Image 1: The official patch for "COLBERT," the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill, due to launch onboard shuttle Discovery as early as August 2009.
Image 2: Suni Williams bungeed to the TVIS treadmill onboard the ISS.
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