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Asia overtakes Europe in military spending
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Asian defence spending is this year set to exceed that of Europe for the first time in modern history as European Union nations slash their military budgets and Chinese expenditure accelerates, a leading think-tank reports on Wednesday.In its analysis of Asian defence spending, IISS reports that expenditure increased overall by 3.15 per cent in real terms in 2011. China, Japan, India, South Korea and Australia accounted for more than 80 per cent of total Asian defence spending.
The IISS says Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are all investing in improving air and naval capacities, as are India, Japan and South Korea. However, China, the region's top spender, has – according to IISS estimates – increased its share of regional expenditure to more than 30 per cent.
By contrast, European expenditure presents a very different picture. The IISS notes that last year's Libya campaign highlighted gaps in the capabilities of European states in targeting, tanker aircraft, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
I'm actually a little surprised it's taken this long. Europe has only a fourth of the population of Asia, no individual economies that rival the size of China or Japan, and, with the exception of the Balkans, no major military conflicts since the end of World War II. Asia meanwhile has seen massive military buildups on the Korean peninsula, the India-Pakistan border, and, of course, China's military modernization.
The demilitarization of the European continent is actually even a bit more dramatic, as the U.S. military will be moving units away from the continent as part of its planned pivot to Asia. In the short term this demilitarization seems to make sense given the priorities of European economies, but taking the long view, it's a pretty momentous development in modern history.
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This elegant, charming and romantic retreat (perfect for a honeymoon!) features lovely furnishings, a beautiful view and lush tropical gardens. The main house consists of two buildings that surround the large brick courtyard with spa. One of these buildings, the master bedroom, has a veranda overlooking the courtyard and is furnished with a four-poster mahogany bed, handcrafted on the island. The other building, the 'great house,' contains the dining room (situated in a cozy screened porch), the kitchen and the living room, as well as a covered porch from which the serene view of the Caribbean Sea can be enjoyed at leisure.
My husband and I just spent a week at Windwardside Cottage for our honeymoon. We decided on this villa because of the wonderful reviews, the detailed description and the wonderful things we had heard about the island of St. John. Additionally, we decided that the quiet Coral Bay side of the island would fit us better than Cruz Bay.
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We so enjoyed Salt Pond Bay that we spent 3 of our 7 days there. The Ram Head Trail hike that starts at the end of that beach has such beautiful views and is just long to feel like we got a little work out in and earned our beach time. We loved using all the of the supplies that the house had-- beach chairs, cooler, etc. We would then make our way back home, shower and either cook at the house and soak in the hot tub or meander to one of the restaurants around Coral Bay.
The food on that side of the island is VERY casual. Aqua Bistro has some nice fish options. But in order to get a fancier meal, you will need to make you way to Cruz Bay, which is not a big deal at all. We loved Morgan's Mango.
Besides Salt Pond Bay, the other beach we really loved was Cinnamon Bay. It has everything you could want to spend the day. We went for the little walk around the ruins before we went to the beach. You can rent kayaks or any other water equipment. There is also a small store and a restaurant with sandwiches burgers etc. It wasn't crowded, and the beach was spectacular.
There is nothing bad to say about Windwardside or St. John in general. We did have one maintenance issue, but it was addressed and fixed within the hour.
The only challenge is the drive up to the house. And it really is a challenge. Other reviews have described it as steep or bumpy. And that is an understatement. It is super bumpy! It is completely worth it, but I wish someone had described it more because we were kind of shocked the first time we did it.
We have stayed at Windwardside Cottage for a week every year for three years now. We just got back home and are already planning our next week there. Each year, the cottage has provided a comfortable and convenient home base from which to explore the wonderful island of St. John. We travel with another couple and there is plenty of privacy for everyone as well as delightful common space for meals and relaxing in the hot tub or on the porch. The views of Coral Bay are great! If you've never been, you can't imagine how delightful it is to wake up and see such beautiful ocean, sky and flowers right from your bed! We prefer to cook at home and enjoy quiet meals -- the kitchen has everything we need. The whole facility is every bit as lovely and well-appointed as it looks in the online photos. Everything is clean and good working condition when we arrive. If anything breaks or needs attention, the staff is quick to respond.
The drive up the mountainside from the main road is a bit daunting the first time -- you really do need a 4-wheel drive vehicle -- but you'll quickly acclimate to the roads. It's well-worth the drive! What we learned on this trip is that some rental companies send new guests to their residence with only directions. In contrast, a staff member from Calabash Cottages will meet first-time guests at the ferry, take them to the car rental pick up, then by the grocery if desired and finally lead them directly to the cottage and show them around. What a lovely welcome.
We couldn't recommend a place more highly!!
After first arriving in St. John for the first time we were blown away by the scenery. After meeting Brian at the ferry, who kindly greeted us, look us grocery shopping and to pick up our rental car. We followed Brian back to the house which at first we thought the road leading up was never going to get us there. Then, we arrived and it was the most beautiful place! We loved the privacy, the views and of course cooking dinner on the grill almost everynight. We would return to this house 100 times over again. It was not buggy and we loved using the hot tub at night after dinner with a rum punch in hand. The accommodations for daily beach lounging and snorkeling was just icing on the cake. Plenty of towels, snorkel gear options, coolers and chairs. We had the time of our lives visiting all the beaches and swimming with all the fish and sea turtles. We would wake up every morning to a beautiful sunrise shinning in through our bedroom screen doors. Most relaxing and mind soothing vacation we needed after a long winter in Maine. We can't wait to rent this house again. If you don't mind driving a mile or two up the half paved, half dirt road to get to your dream vacation destination, this is the place for you. Our pick up from the airport in St Thomas was arranged for us to and from and we never had to worry about planning our taxi service. Someone was always there to meet us with a welcome sign. I hope the next couple can enjoy this place as much as we did. If your looking for a laid back and relaxing tropical getaway, this is it!!!!
This villa is absolutely beautiful! The views from every window are outstanding and we especially loved the outdoor shower. The property is very clean and very private...a perfect spot. Susan & Diane are great and make sure everything goes smoothly from the pick up at the airport, car rental and meet and greet. I highly recommend this villa to anyone looking for a luxurious spot to relax. We will definitely rent here again and again.
My wife and I recently returned from a week at Windwardside Main House. Because of the reviews we had read we had very high expectations, but the property actually exceeded those high expectations. For starters, Susan's team was very professional and excellent to deal with. The property itself is private, clean and well maintained and has lovely furnishings and landscaping and wonderful views. In a word - romantic. We spent our days exploring the beautiful island of St. John, but at the end of each day we looked forward to returning to our retreat on the mountainside. I highly recommend this property.
We stayed in the small guesthouse two years ago for our honeymoon, and couldn't wait to come back. This time we stayed in the main house and once again are counting the days until our return. Susan and her team leave nothing out...every detail is covered from the beautiful furnishings to providing us with all the information we needed for getting to and around the island. We loved it so much we recommended it to some friends who stayed there a few weeks before us. We went from there to Tortola, which was nice, but it wasn't the same because now we are spoiled!
Remote and quiet setting, three quarters of a mile up dirt road with very little traffic. Beautiful view of Coral Bay and nearby islands. Near to beaches, shops restaurants, hiking trails and boating. Shares no facilities with other home on property except parking area.
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The simulation is using point charges which you can place by drag & drop. The "snap to grid" function helps to make it well-arranged but it can also be turned off.
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Women have unique risk factors for heart disease. These include pregnancy-related problems as well as medicines they may be taking, such as birth control pills or hormone therapy.
Birth control pills
Healthy, young, nonsmoking women probably do not increase their risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) when they take low-dose birth control pills (oral contraceptives).
But if a woman has other significant risk factors for CAD, taking birth control pills may further increase this risk. For instance, birth control pills are more likely to increase a woman's risk if she is older than 35 and smokes cigarettes. Birth control pills may raise "bad" cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein, or LDL) and lower "good" cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL).
Hormone therapy
If you have menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness, you might consider hormone therapy (HT) to relieve your symptoms. Because menopause and hormones are linked with the health of your blood vessels, you and your doctor will discuss your health and your risk of heart disease to make sure hormone therapy is safe for you. Risk for heart disease and other health problems varies based on when you start HT in menopause and how long you take it. Short-term use of hormone therapy in early menopause has less risk than when it is started later in menopause. Risk also depends on the type of HT used (estrogen or estrogen plus progestin).1
Talk to your doctor about your risks with hormone therapy. And carefully weigh its benefits against the risks of taking it. If you need relief for symptoms of menopause, hormone therapy is one choice you can think about. But there are other types of treatment for problems like hot flashes and sleep problems.
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I found that ending rather unsatisfying. I felt they took too long to get around to Arthur finally learning the truth about Merlin, and once he did, too little was done with it. And I feel they dropped the ball on the overarching mission of the series. For years, Merlin's toleration of Camelot's persecution of magic-users was supposedly justified by the knowledge that Arthur would one day undo that injustice and create a society where all people, including sorcerors, were treated fairly and equally. Merlin's whole quest throughout the series has been to bring about that goal. But we got no resolution for that. There were hints that the laws against magic might be repealed later on, but it was nothing more than a cursory suggestion, a totally inadequate resolution for such a central thread of the series. I really found the finale to be a failure on many levels.
DS9 (although it did continue in novels)
Voyager (continued in novels)
I wasn't too satisfied with either of these. DS9 dragged the war out far too long, forgetting that the story of DS9 wasn't only the story of the Dominion War. I would've liked them to wrap up the war at the end of the sixth season and spend the final year telling the story of its consequences and aftermath -- although at least the novels got the chance to explore that. But DS9 in a way had the same problem as
. The mission defined for Sisko at the start of the series was to bring Bajor into the Federation, and we never saw the resolution of that thread. Or rather, we almost saw it, but it was deferred and then never revisited.
As for VGR, it dropped the ball on the denouement even more drastically. At least DS9's finale spent time (too much time, I felt) giving the characters sendoffs, but VGR's finale just ended with "Look, we're home, fade out" with no exploration whatsoever of the impact that the characters' return had on them or on the Federation.
Dollhouse (it continued in comics)
Well, not really. The "Epitaphs" comic fills in the periods before "Epitaph One" and between that and "Epitaph Two." So the story hasn't been continued beyond the finale. And it got a pretty decisive conclusion.
Smallville (continued in comics)
Another finale I found underwhelming. The thread in the preceding season was about Clark coming out in the open as a hero, showing his face to the world, winning their trust. I thought they were building to a climax where he'd appear before the people as Superman and make a grand speech inspiring them to overcome Darkseid's malevolent influence, thus providing a resolution to that ongoing thread. Instead we get maybe 20 seconds of him flying up and pushing a planet away, without a single person (or viewer) getting a good look at him as Superman. Which is an absolutely terrible resolution. Not to mention that it's unclear what exactly lets him suddenly learn to fly, since it seems to be nothing more than a flashback montage that triggers it. Not to mention that he and his allies callously kill the possessed humans they're fighting. Not to mention that they brought back Michael Rosenbaum's terrific Lex Luthor only to give him an ending that rendered his entire character journey irrelevant. All in all it was really pretty bad.
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Decide for Your Own Kids, Not For All
- On the list of the most-banned books you will find wonderful, thought-provoking classics such as Brave New World, To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn, as well as many contemporary works. It is a shame and a travesty that a few parents are able to keep these books out of the hands of readers because of their own intolerance. I would never deny parents the right to decide what their children should read, but they do not have the right to make this decision for other parents.
- —Guest Guest Susan
Hypocritical Thinking
- To put it in the shortest of terms: Books (that are being banned) aren't allowed to be "sexually explicit", "violent", etc, but yet these same children are allowed to play games like Halo and Call of Duty, and watch shows with the same levels of violence, sex, and adult themes on TV. Where's the censorship for Cablevision? Or your local news station for that matter.
- —Guest College Student
You Can't Build a Wall
- Sexuality, violence and explicit language are a few aspects of the human experience which we are all confronted with. Banning books that include these things in them does not stop youth from having negative experiences. Since we cannot build a wall around life, we should not try to limit access to the tools children need to understand it. These tools are books. Knowledge is power. Reading about tough issues helps kids cope with real life situations and make informed decisions.
- —Guest Shelley
Banning Books Is Not Right
- To start, I work for a public library and it really infuriates me when I hear of someone who wants to ban a book just because they want to keep their child or other children away from exposure to the material. Every book is a good example of everyone's freedom of speech. Even though a book may not be suitable for the parents' standard it isn't fair to keep it away from the other kids who would like to read it. Almost all the books that usually appear on a banned book list are the "classics". But please explain to me why more children read more then than they do now? I think the parents need to get over themselves and just don't pick up the books and leave them where you found them, on the shelf.
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Where are the parents?
- Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Harry Potter are all fiction, and the parents should explain this to the child they love. I was told the difference between Superman and my uncles and father.
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Not their Call
- Books should not be banned by institutions. Let the parents be responsible for their own children's reading material. I was almost 17 before my mom stopped censoring my books, but they shouldn't remove classics just because they might be offensive. It all begins with that. Then what will happen to freedom of speech? They don't censor TV or news, or radio barely, minus the cuss words. The world is not a perfect place. Therefore, books cannot be so either.
- —Guest Emma
Government run entities are not parents
- It is a parents responsibility to guide their own minor children toward adult responsibility. They do not have the right or responsibility to decide for other children (or adults) what they may be exposed to. Nor do government run entities have the right or responsibility to act as censors in place of a parent, or for that matter, for anyone. Every US citizen from the youngest, w/ parental assistance, to the oldest has the constitutionat right to decide for themselves what they will expose themselves to in the form of fictional and nonfictional media (ie, literature, tele- vision, radio, theatre, art, etc).
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Social tolerance was once the hallmark of Costa Mesa, a place where bowls of free soup awaited the poor just as racks of designer shoes awaited the well-heeled.
The home of South Coast Plaza was also home to a city Human Relations Committee, a job center and a decades-long history of helping the poor, whether immigrant or native-born. The late county Supervisor Tom Riley dubbed Costa Mesa "the city with a heart."
The soup kitchen is still there. But the Human Relations Committee and the job center are gone, jettisoned by Mayor Allan Mansoor and his allies on the council after being too sympathetic to illegal immigrants.
The city's new legacy is its aggressive stance against illegal immigration, including the use of city police to identify undocumented immigrants among crime suspects.
Costa Mesa is not the first local agency to partner with immigration agents. Police in Florida and Alabama have been doing so since 2003. In California, jail-check programs vary from checking the status of convicted felons - that's what Los Angeles County does - to checking everyone in the jail - that's what Orange County started doing just one month after Costa Mesa.
Costa Mesa's program has brought more controversy than others because city police check not only jail inmates, but minor offenders on the street - like jaywalkers and disorderly drinkers - who are not able to provide identification.
"Disorderly conduct itself isn't necessarily the most dangerous crime, but nevertheless, it is a crime," Mansoor said. "It's really cut and dried - we're trying to uphold the law."
The Register analyzed jail records, Superior Court records and crime data to determine exactly what happened during the first months of both programs:
•The sheriff's program snared 2,874 illegal immigrants between April and October, 60 percent of them (1,717) accused of felonies. Among those tagged: 45 people accused of homicide, 66 accused of robbery and 64 accused of child molestation. One 22-year-old reputed gang member was accused of participating in the killing of two 14-year-old boys.
•Costa Mesa flagged 289 illegal immigrants between December 2006 and June, 11 percent of the total arrests. Thirty-nine percent of those on ICE hold (112) were accused of felonies. Costa Mesa didn't find any accused of homicide in that period, but one man was arrested on suspicion of child molestation and four were arrested on suspicion of strong-arm robbery. Police arrested 177 on misdemeanor or infraction charges, including 44 picked up on suspicion of driving under the influence, 32 on suspicion of being drunk in public and 29 on suspicion of driving without a valid license. On Thursday, Costa Mesa released figures showing 520 deportable immigrants were picked up during the full year.
•Many of those caught in Orange County's net were small-time offenders: drug abusers, drunk drivers, probation violators, people no more criminal than the celebrities festooning supermarket tabloids. Three-fourths of those nabbed in Costa Mesa during the first six months had never before been charged with a crime in Orange County. Twenty were arrested on cases so marginal that they were rejected by the District Attorney's Office or not even presented in the first place.
•The Register was unable to identify any effect on crime in Costa Mesa, despite supporters' firmly held belief that the city is safer now.
That may not matter to many county residents.
"If they've committed a crime, there should be no recourse, appeal or anything. They should be gone," said Barbara Coe, chairwoman of the Huntington Beach-based California Coalition for Immigration Reform.
"I think we have enough homegrown criminals. We need not import more."
The law that allows federal immigration officials to deputize local police as immigration officers dates to 1996, shortly after the first World Trade Center bombing. Under the program, known as 287g, the federal government also reimburses local agencies for most of the costs of jailing illegal immigrants.


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Blood proteins, also called serum proteins, are proteins found in blood plasma. Serum total protein in blood is 7g/dl, which in total makes 7% of total body weight. They serve many different functions, including
Separating serum proteins by electrophoresis is a valuable diagnostic tool as well as a way to monitor clinical progress.
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|Regulatory proteins
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All the plasma proteins are synthesized in liver except gamma globulins.
60% of plasma proteins are made up of the protein albumin, which are major contributors to osmotic pressure of plasma which assists in the transport of lipids and steroid hormones. Globulins make up 35% of plasma proteins and are used in the transport of ions, hormones and lipids assisting in immune function. 4% is fibrinogen and this is essential in the clotting of blood and can be converted into insoluble fibrin. Regulatory proteins which make up less than 1% of plasma proteins are proteins such as enzymes, proenzymes and hormones. Current research regarding blood plasma proteins is centered on performing proteomics analyses of serum/plasma in the search for biomarkers. These efforts started with two-dimensional gel electrophoresis efforts in the 1970s and in more recent times this research has been performed using LC-tandem MS based proteomics.


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Marlins beat Mets 4-3 in 15 innings
MIAMI The Miami Marlins' walk-off win left Giancarlo Stanton limping.
Nick Green hit a game-winning sacrifice fly and Miami rallied for two runs in the 15th inning Monday night to beat the Mets 4-3, handing New York its fifth consecutive loss.
But the victory- only the Marlins' seventh all season - didn't leave them much in a mood to celebrate.
Stanton hobbled out of the game in the 10th inning with a strained right hamstring. Afterward he went on the 15-day disabled list, and he might be sidelined longer than that.
"We're enjoying this win," manager Mike Redmond said, "but at the same time, on Tuesday the reality will set in that he's not in the lineup anymore."
Stanton hit a tapper in front of the plate and clutched his leg just before crossing first base, fell face-first to the turf and then pounded the grass with his fist in anger. He said he heard a pop in his leg and fears the injury may be serious.
He's scheduled for an MRI exam Tuesday.
"Lovely," he said sarcastically. "We'll find out more in depth Tuesday, but anytime you go down it's not good."
The injury is a big blow for the team with the worst record in the majors. Stanton had recently shaken a long slump to start the season, hitting his first three homers of the year last weekend.
When he left the game, starting pitcher Jose Fernandez went to the clubhouse to check on him.
"He wasn't happy that he's not going to be here with us," Fernandez said. "He was getting hot and starting to swing the bat well. That hurts."
Without Stanton, the Marlins overcame a 3-2 deficit in the 15th to achieve their first two-game winning streak of the season.
Greg Dobbs singled with one out against Shaun Marcum (0-2), a starter working out of the bullpen after the Mets ran out of relievers. Justin Ruggiano walked and Rob Brantly hit an RBI single to right, with Dobbs barely beating the throw home.
Green followed with a fly ball to left field, and Ruggiano scored easily from third. Green also tied the game with a sac fly in the ninth.
Miami improved to 3-7 in one-run games and 1-2 in extra innings.
"I'm proud of these guys," Redmond said. "It has been tough. We've lost a lot of one-run games, and those can be devastating to a team. These guys are resilient. They keep battling."
The Mets went 1 for 18 with runners in scoring position. The lone hit was Ruben Tejada's infield single to score the tiebreaking run with two outs in the 15th.
"We just can't drive in any runs," manager Terry Collins said. "We played all the percentages we could play all game long, and nothing worked."
New York's other runs were driven in by John Buck, who tied a team record with his ninth home run in April. The Mets, who sorely missed David Wright's bat, have scored only 10 runs in the past five games.


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Grape News - Benign neglect not so bad for an opened bottle
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Controversy continues and will, probably forever, between wine enthusiasts regarding the best way to preserve a bottle of wine that has been opened, but not finished. Of course there are those among us who seldom have the problem, since once opened, there is zip left.
But if it happens, what to do? There are many commercial approaches; some have worked for me to varying degrees of success, some less so.
Several years ago a wine consumer magazine took a detailed swing at the problem by subjecting half-open bottles to several practical solutions.
Zinfandel and sauvignon blanc were chosen for the tests, although the type of wine was probably not important.
Five possibilities were tested: recork and store in the refrigerator; recork and leave them on the counter; use three available commercial solutions -- Private Reserve, Vintage Keeper and VacuVin. The wines in each approach were tasted and evaluated by a wine-savvy committee after one day, two days and four days.
The results were a surprise to many. After only one day, all the bottles were still enjoyable, including the do-nothing bottle, which some thought had even improved a bit. Not so after the fourth day: The do-nothing bottle deteriorated more than somewhat, the Vintage Keeper was similar and VacuVin only a shade better than these two. But not much.
The Private Reserve kit fared the best, it being a unit that sprays a minute amount of inert gas on the wine's surface, thus preventing oxidation. The panelists agreed that while it was not as good as the fresh wine in the control bottle, it was superior to the other approaches.
Actually, the refrigerated recorked wines tasted better than the others, particularly the red, showing what many of us have learned through experience: a lowered temperature is a favorable preservative.
While not knocking the Private Reserve method, it wouldn't surprise me that if all of the bottles were refrigerated and recorked after opening, regardless of the approach, the results might have been surprisingly different.
So you pays your money and you takes your choice, but it may be wise to remember that refrigerating a recorked jug, with whatever device, will always be a winner.
Wine buffs are always on the look-see for bottled bargains. The best way to seek them out, if you have the time, is to eyeball wine merchants' wares in their shops. But obviously, your retailer can't carry all of the wines available from throughout the world. So what to do, if you want to see more wines?
One answer is to be on their mailing lists, usually sent out monthly, particularly from California outlets where shipping charges are minimal. There are many great ones, but I will mention a few.
Close to home in Carlsbad is Wine Street, mentioned here before as having a great selection. Dates and details for weekly tastings are also outlined. (760) 431-8455.
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I just think the judge was trying to give Lindsay good advice!! She could not prevent Lindsay from drinking but I think a lot of people actually like Lindsay and want to help. The frustrating thing is that Lindsay just does not seem to care!! If she concentrated on her career and was not out (apparently all the time) in clubs etc she might be able to save her career before it is too late. I doubt she will get insurance if her behaviour continues like this. Every movie is insured and if you are looked upon as a great risk, end of career. Regarding drink driving etc., I think she should not have a driving license. She has been found intoxicated behind the wheel, much too often. What are the courts waiting for?
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A brush fire has reignited on the High Horse Ranch property between Indiantown and Okeechobee.
Shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, about 50 acres of ranch property reignited forcing ranch hands to move a herd of cattle away from the fire.
The fire is burning along the same route as it did on Monday, where roughly 400 acres were scorched, said Melissa Yunas, Division of Forestry spokeswoman.
A helicopter has also been called in to assist one already working to extinguish the blaze, she said.
Yunas said forestry and fire officials anticipate the fires lines holding to contain the fire. A fire is contained when it is not spreading to other areas.
So far, no structures have been destroyed and no one has been hurt.
In addition to the Division of Forestry, units from the Martin and Okeechobee counties fire rescue are on the site.
Firefighters in three counties responded to lightning strikes that sparked seven brush fires Monday afternoon and evening, the Division of Forestry said.
The largest area affected was 375 acres in western Martin County. That fire was 65 percent contained as of late Monday night.
Another large area was 80 acres in the 4100 block of Center Street in Okeechobee County near the St. Lucie County border. Forestry officials worked with Okeechobee County Fire Rescue to contain the blaze and protect some wooden structures, Yunas said.
Also reported Monday night was a 6- to- 10-acre fire off Martin Grade near U-Pick.
Forestry officials also contained a 5-acre brush fire at Dark Hammock Ranch off Berman Road in Okeechobee, Yunas said.
In St. Lucie, rainfall kept a brush fire to less than an acre at the Bluefield County Preserve property off State Road 70 west of the fairgrounds. Another fire, covering 30 acres, was reported at the preserve late Monday night,
In Martin County, firefighters also were monitoring a 20-acre fire at 4 Winds Ranches off County Roads 710 and 714.
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WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney is in the midst of a bruising, costly campaign to oust Barack Obama from the White House, but one expert has long said the Republican challenger's efforts are for naught: the president's reelection is a sure thing.
"Even if I am being conservative, I don't see how Obama can lose," historian and American University professor Allan Lichtman told US News & World Report.
That was last August, and he stands by his prediction today.
Lichtman is no ordinary soothsayer; he and his pattern-recognition model have been right 100 percent of the time since he created "The Keys to the White House" in the early 1980s.
His system, based on 13 conditions that favor reelection of the incumbent party, has also retroactively called every presidential election since 1860.
That's 37 in a row, including advance calls on every election since 1984.
As for 2012, "I don't think (Romney) can upset the apple cart," Lichtman told AFP, as his system gyrates around a simple truth: "presidential elections are essentially referenda on the performance of the party holding the White House."
In other words, "there is little or nothing the challenging party can do to change election outcomes."
The 13 keys assess the strength of the incumbent party, the presidency's perceived achievements and failures on issues such as the economy and foreign affairs, and charisma of the incumbent and the challenger.
Obama currently holds 10 keys. He'd have to lose three more to lose the election, but Lichtman says such a collapse this late in the game would be unprecedented.
The professor has fended off criticism, notably by Nate Silver of The New York Times, who wrote in the FiveThirtyEight blog last year that many of the keys are subjective.
Lichtman argued that "the world is subjective, and can't be reduced to these equations as we know."
He's stirred controversy by saying for example that Republican John McCain's status as a war hero was not enough to turn the challenger charisma key in 2008.
This year he scores some keys controversially in favor of Obama, such as the president effecting "major changes in national policy," a nod to his health care reform, even though the law is unpopular.
Silver and experts like University of Chicago professor John Brehm say Lichtman engages in data dredging, mining details of past elections in order to establish a winning set of criteria.
Brehm points to Lichtman's deficiencies in forecasting the margin of victory, including in some elections that were "squeakers in reality but… the model predicted them to be runaways," such as John F. Kennedy's razor-thin 1960 defeat of Richard Nixon.
Lichtman said he has not heard from the Romney campaign.
But he has over the years fielded calls from Democratic challengers, including one from an advisor to a man Lichtman had never heard of in 1991: Arkansas governor Bill Clinton.
"I shared the copy (of 'The Keys') with governor Clinton and he loved it," Kay Goss, who was senior assistant to Clinton at the time, told AFP.
In the aftermath of the Gulf War George H.W. Bush had some of the highest approval ratings in history, and Democrats were avoiding running against him in 1992.
Lichtman saw it differently, and wrote that based on the keys, Bush could be beaten.
"I can't speak to the exact impact it had on his decision-making process," Goss said, but the book was "quite helpful to me and to many others supporting governor Clinton's successful quest for the presidency."
Tobe Berkovitz, an advertising professor at Boston University and longtime political consultant, says the system provokes collegial envy and criticism.
"It's a brilliant work of marketing. But, he's been accurate," Berkovitz conceded – though he stressed Lichtman's model predicts the popular vote, not the electoral college, which allowed him to keep his perfect record in 2000 when he picked Al Gore.
Gore won the popular vote, but George W. Bush won the White House.
"Overall, more power to him," said Berkovitz. "But am I going to bet the farm on his prediction? No."
Lichtman says there is still a path to victory for Romney – albeit a negative one.
"The economy could take a catastrophic dive into recession, there could be some terrible disaster abroad, and some presidential scandal. Those three things would do (Obama) in," he said.
As for 2016, some keys are already in the Republicans' favor, especially if Obama wins reelection and there's a Democratic nominations battle four years from now.
"Run," Lichtman tells Republicans, "because it's more likely to be a better Republican year than now."
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